University of Central Oklahoma
THURSDAY April 11, 1996
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Prank packs unpleasant punch
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UCO worker Thomas Wilson hoses down the streets around the campus to remove the grime and the dirt in preparation for the president's visit. ( Staff photo by Bill Wilkinson)
KCSC achieves $50,000 goal Radio station's spring fund drive another crowning success By Rob Gallavan Staff Writer Despite university cutbacks in funding, KCSC, the university's classical radio station, managed to reach its goal of $50,000 during its spring fund drive March 29-April 1. UCO cut by half the station's funding last year to $40,000, a move that has caused the station to think of new ways to spend money without cutting programs. The station fell short of its on-air
goal, but mail-in funds helped put it over the top. "Our final day we brought in just over $22,000," said Mark Koonce, development director at KCSC. The amount was a record for the most dollars brought in for a single day, said Koonce. The spring fund drive is usually smaller than the fall drive because it elicits fewer responses. The fall goal at the station has steadily gone up every year and the station exceeded its $80,000 goal last semester by raising $103,000.
"We don't want the listeners or the members who support the station to have to suffer at all or to lose any of their programming," said Koonce. The station also brings in outside businesses that wish to advertise on the airwaves. KCSC has 50 businesses that advertise and Koonce said he would like to see that number reach 100. "We would hope that the university would see us as an asset to go out to 60,000 people every week...and for them to hear 'University of Central Oklahoma,"' said Koonce.
hat started out as an act to prove a point has turned into a legal battle for one UCO student. Billy Shane Warren, 20, a freshman with an undecided major in the College of Math and Sciences, was arrested March 26. He was charged with petty larceny for allegedly stealing a five-gallon carton of fruit punch concentrate, valued at $25, from the Central Cafeteria Feb. 9. According to the police report, witnesses heard Warren say, "You should have been watching better." Warren said there were 20 cases of concentrate stacked on the floor in front of the drink dispenser, but there was no punch in the dispenser. "It was like someone wasn't executing their job properly," he said. So he picked up a case and headed for the door. Warren said he hadn't planned to leave the building with the fruit punch, but when he noticed that students were watching him, he started showing off and took it back to his dorm. Warren returned the fruit punch to the cafeteria within the hour. He was counseled by Willie Maxwell, assistant director of food services. Although the carton was returned unopened, it can't be used in the cafeteria because it was taken out of the building. Dean of Student Services Dr. Dudley Ryan had also counseled Warren before his arrest and said that a problem is handled administratively on campus if it could be. However, if an incident is of a nature that would involve the participation of the court system, "then the student is accountable in both arenas." Petty larceny is theft under $50 and is punishable by up to a $500 fine and up to six months in jail. Warren was booked into the Oklahoma County Jail and is currently out on a $500 bail. He has returned to classes at UCO. ei6 —By Gayleen Langthorn Staff Writer
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AWARDS Thirty-two students are honored for student leadership and public service.
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SPORTS Dustin York (right) and Dax Johnston lead the golf team to a win in the Southwestern tournament.
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