The Vista April 12, 1984

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Woman wanted money McGivern says

Rape charges stand against athletes Defense attorneys for five of the six CSU men charged with the gang-rape of a coed here failed in their attempt Tuesday to have the charges dropped against their clients. The attorneys did succeed however in getting bonds reduced for CSU football players Dwain Banks, Timothy Don Stone, Lester Baldwin and Erachetti Carr and football manager Richard Hogg. Defense attorney Raymond Burger and Jethro Currie had subpoenaed the 19-year-old woman to the bond hearing because of charges made that she

would drop the case if given money by the defendants. When questioned by Burger, the woman said she had some misgivings about proceeding with the case. But when District Attorney Robert Macy asked if she was ready to proceed, the women replied, "Yes." After the defendants promised to appear for later hearings and said they were unable to meet the $50,000 bond set earlier, District Judge Charles L. Owens lowered the bond to $10,000 each. Owens did note the woman's testimony conflicted with that of CSU

assistant football coach John McGivern, who said at the hearing that the woman had told him she would not press charges if the defendants agreed to pay her medical and relocation expenses. McGivern also said the woman told him she was under extreme pressure from the District Attorney's office to go ahead with the case. But Macy said the woman had not even talked with prosecutors when she met the coach. He said she apparently was exploring ways out of a stressful situation. Banks, Stone, Baldwin, Carr and

Hogg are all charged with first-degree rape and forcible oral sodomy in connection with an alleged attack March 30 in Banks' room in East Hall: Steven Ray Brooks, a CSU basketball player, is also charged with one count of first-degree rape and is free on a $25,000 bond. The students testified Tuesday the CSU administration has told them they will be allowed to finish the semester but will not be allowed to return to CSU in the fall of 1984. Their preliminary hearings have been set for April 30.

THE April 12, 1984 Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma Vol. 82, No. 50

Ward says future for CSU is a 'heck of a lot brighter' By Traci Baucom Associate Editor

Dr. James Perry, speaking to the faculty at Tuesday's second and final general faculty meeting, addressed the issue of a North Central Association self-study and promised more time and funds for research.

Utility costs rising Utility costs at state colleges and universities are expected to increase by 15.4 percent next year, according to a study released by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The cost at state system institutions is projected at $44,347,209 for 1984-85, compared to an estimated expenditure of $38,444,379 for 1983-84. Electrical service is expected to increase in cost by 17.98 percent, while natural gas will increase by 16.2 percent. Electricity costs are expected to reach $17,064,300 next year, with natural gas costs projected at $17,485,688. Less change is expected in the costs of telephone service, water and sewage. Telephone service is projected at $7,277,908 for 1984-85, compared with $6,684,636 this year. Water and sewage costs are estimated at $1,493,317 next year, compared with $1,335,188 this year. In 1974-75, the first year the Regents compiled actual utility cost figures, the total cost of utilities at state system schools was $8,832,603.

In this issue... Yearbooks to arrive April 30...page 4 Kappa Delta Pi completes initiation...page 6 Buddy's Bronchos move up in polls...page 7 Lady Bronchos sweep doubleheader...page 8

In the second and concluding general faculty meeting of the year, school administrators painted an overall picture of optimism and future prosperity for Central State University. President Bill Lillard, in a general "state of the university" speech, spoke of CSU's financial woes, again reiterating that while things are bad, they are getting better. "CSU is in much better condition than most institutions of higher learning in the state of Oklahoma," Lillard said. "Absent from our campus are furloughs without pay. We were fortunate that no full-time employees were terminated." Lillard pointed out CSU has not experienced some of the severe belt-tightening that other state universities have, such as the removal of campus telephones and copy machines, or having copy machines but no paper. He also said CSU was the first regional institution to employ or re-employ the faculty for 1984-85, without any terminations. All full-time, temporary faculty (non-tenured) were rehired. Lillard indicated there might be a possibility of slight additional relief for the summer of 1984.

"I think our future will be brighter," he said. "In looking back, it has to be a heck of a lot brighter than the immediate past has been. Those were some of the darkest times we have ever gone through at Central State University." Lillard did caution the faculty that although the financial situation is better, it is not yet great. He issued a call to the faculty to become active lobbyists for more funding for higher education and CSU particularly. "Don't be lulled into a sense of complacency," he said. "Don't say, 'We've worked hard, we were able to get a tax increase across. Therefore, our financial problems are solved.' "They are not solved," he said. "The only thing that has been accomplished so far by the tax increase is to slow down the rate of cutbacks in state appropriations. We haven't even reached the leveling off stage." Lillard, having recently attended a meeting in Washington, D.C., called the picture on the national level for education "very, very dim with very few exceptions. "The money that is going into the health related See Future on page 3

Education costs lower The cost of attending schools in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education remains well below the regional average, according to a study released by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The study compares student charges in Oklahoma with those in nine surrounding states. Undergraduate students who live in Oklahoma and attend OU or OSU pay a yearly average of $786 in tuition and fees, placing Oklahoma eighth among the ten states in the region. Out-of-state undergraduates at OU or OSU pay a yearly average

of $2,200, ranking Oklahoma eighth. The charges made of resident graduate students at OU or OSU average $780, again eighth highest in the region. For non-resident graduate students, the average charge at OU or OSU is $2,240, ninth in the region. Student charges in Oklahoma's senior colleges, of which CSU is one, rank seventh among the eight states in the region that have senior colleges for both resident undergraduates and graduates. The average cost to resident undergraduates in these institutions in Oklahoma is $562, while

the charge for graduates is $519. The charge for non-resident undergraduate students in senior colleges in Oklahoma is $1,460, the lowest in the region. The average for non-resident graduate students in $1,393, sixth in the region. Oklahoma ranks eighth in the region in both resident and nonresident charges in public twoyear colleges. The study in student charges is based on information from 156 colleges and universities in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.


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