Senate election fairness challenged By MaryGaye Franklin Assoicate Editor Five professors from the political science department are protesting the recent Faculty Senate elections on the grounds that the deadline for applications to the senate was handled improperly and unfairly. In a letter of protest to CSU President Bill Lillard, Professors Leroy Crozier, James G. Caster, W.T. Devers, Gail E. Balman and Sharon Carney, accuse senate leaders of "arbitrarily extending the deadline for the filing period" so that they could "gain time to recruit Faculty Senate applica-
tions that are favorable to the leadership clique." They state that Dennie Hall, senate president and Norman Russell, chairman of the senate elections committee are members of the "clique." In their letter the professors requested that Lillard either suspend the election until the matter is decided by a grievance procedure or litigation; or suspend the operation of the senate or its recognition by the administration as the representative of the faculty until further notice.
Hall denied the accusations made in the professors' letter stating that the "allegations are foolish and simply not true." He stated that there is "ample precedent" for extending the deadline for applications and that there are no rules in the senate's by-laws or constitution forbidding the extension. "Several times in the past the senate has extended the deadline because they did not have enough applications to fill the vacancies. In this case there were seven vacancies in the liberal arts department and we extended the deadline after we only received five applications," Hall said.
Applications for the senate were to be turned into Russell by March 26. Hall said that by that date only Crozier's application had reached Russell's office and the other four applications "filtered into Dr. Russell's office over the next few days. "At that time Dr. Russell called me and suggested that we extend the deadline for applications. I then called the other members of the executive committee and they all agreed that would be the best thing to do," Hall said. See Elections on page 3
91C9Er]E April 17, 1984
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Vol. 82, No. 51
Meditation skills help to increase job productivity By J.C. Lou Although Transcendental Meditation (TM) is not a religion, some feel it is a science which can help increase productivity, job performance and job satisfaction, according to G.S. Raju, industrialist and ex-deputy chairman of the Legislative Council of State of Andhra Pradesh in India. At a meeting Monday in the business building, Raju spoke to management students about ways in which he uses meditation to help workers. According to Raju, TM is a mental technique for increasing awareness. Derived from ancient Indian tradition, it was introduced to the West in 1959 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as a means of realizing human potential and relieving the stress of competitive, urbanized, 20th century life. Raju explained, "In meditation, a man achieves a state of rest deeper than sleep, indicated by slower breathing and heartbeat. Such rest relieves stress and releases energy. As a result, his health improves, his learning ability increases, and his relations with others become more harmonious." After earning his Master's degree in pharmaceuticals from California State in 1950, Raju started South India Research Institute Pvt LTD. He has watched and recorded workers and staff in companies which practice meditation as a part of their work. "It was the excellent benefit both to the management and the workers," he said. According to Raju, TM enables the individual to increase his capacity for better understanding and to improve self interest and therapy. It promotes cooperation amoung employees and supervisors. This will also enable the individual to work more efficiently by paying undivided attention to his work, which leads to higher production. Raju suggested workers practice TM twice a day for 15 to 20 minutes morning and evening. "It will dissolve all stresses accumulated during the day and keeps the mind alert," Raju said.
In this issue... Average faculty salary down...page 3 `Romancing the Stone' reviewed...page 6 Student Senate here for students...page 7 Will charges hurt CSU's image...page 8 Spring sports 'tee' off...page 10 Netters defeat Iowa State...page 12
Down, down, down Members of the CSU ROTC unit practice their rappelling at the latest field training exercise this past weekend in the mountains around Lawton. —
Enrollment down for state Reduced class schedules, brought about by budget cuts have apparently taken their toll, as state system colleges and universities report a decrease in enrollment of 4.7 percent for the spring semester according to a preluminary enrollment report prepared by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Private higher education institutions in the state showed a lower rate of decrease. Public colleges and universities currently enroll 86.9 percent of the students in Oklahoma, while the private institutions enroll 13.1 percent of the total enrollment of 158,766. Only six state system schools report4ed increases in the number of students enrolled this semester, campared with a year ago. CSU's increase was only 0.9 percent, an increase of 96 students over last year. The OU Health Sciences Center had an increase of 6.1 pecent; East Central State Univesity, 3.3 percent;
Northeastern State University, 4.2 percent; Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 1.7 percent. Conners State College was the only two-year institution reporting an increase in enrollment, 2.8 percent. Full-time equivalent enrollment in the system declined by 1.6 percent in the spring semester as cornpared to last year. The difference in the rate of decline between the FTE and the headcount enrollment indicates that most of the losses were part-time students. Full-time equivalent enrollment is a statistical measure of institutional workload derived by dividing the total number of undergraduate credit hours produced by 15 and graduate hours by 12. The largest enrollment in the system is at Oklahoma State University, 20,568; followed by Oklahoma University with 19,284; Tulsa Junior College with 12,753 and Central State with 11,369.
