Student Senate here for students

Student Senate, 'power to make changes'

By Tami Tuberville

The CSU Student Senate is here to represent the students very much like the State Senators represent the State of Oklahoma. If students have a problem they can bring it to the attention of the Senate for solution, says Joe McCourry, Student Senate President. "Student Senate has more power to bring about change than an individual because they are a legislative body."

The Student Senate president is responsible for the appointments of the Traffic Appeals Committee, the University Health Cornmittee, the Cultural Arts Committee, the Academic Affairs committee among many others.

Student Senate is supported by the Student Activities Fund which enables the Senate to sponsor such activities as Howdy Week, Homecoming and Welcome Back week and Spring Fest week. They also sponsor free movies and dances.

The Student Senate is open to all students enrolled in six hours with a grade point average of 2.0. The only other requirement for a student interested in Senate membership is for he—she to fill out a petition and get 50 signatures.

Elections are held in both the spring and the fall.

This spring's election season only brought in 24 petitions not even enough to hold an election. This low interest in Student

Olympic sport very challenging according to CSU participant

By Tami Tuberville

Fencing, which is an Olympic Sport, does not get the publicity that other events receive, but is as mentally and physically demanding as other sports and often more challenging for the participant, says Steve Bailey, winner of Saturday's intramural fencing competition.

Saturday's event was hosted in Wantland Hall. Trophies were awarded to Steve Bailey, first place; second place went to Greg Amen and Mason Anderson won third place.

Tony Bright placed fourth, John Leaf was awarded a fifth place medal and sixth place went to Dennis Frisbee. Doug McIntire and Roger Astley also participated.

Dr. Virginia Peters, who instructs the fencing courses with the help of Tom Hollis, intramural director and Steve Bailey along with others interested in fencing are trying to start a Fencing Club.

Two fencing exhibitions are already being planned for next year, one in the fall and one in the spring.

Students interested in participating in the Fencing Club or the intramural competitions should enroll in fencing class taught by Peters or have experience in fencing. All participants in the intramural fencing must be amateurs.

After three years as an Army Intensive Care Nurse, Captain Mary Muench applied for the Nurse Anesthetist course: For what I want, Army anesthesia is perfect. It gives me more mental stimulation. There's plenty of variety in cases, and being an Army officer is very exciting."

Because Army nurses are commissioned officers, they're given much more responsibility and comprehensive training. Captain Muench explains: "Your first nine months are bookwork, and that's longer than they give you in most civilian programs. "Army Nurse Anesthetists always score high on the national boards. And they can now get a Master's Degree for their Army education."

If you're ready to test your skills as a leader, have a BSN, and are registered to practice in the United States or Puerto Rico (or if you're still a student), call your local Army Nurse Recruiter: Senate has been an issue all semester so action is being taken to generate more interest.

One of the steps being taken to create more interest is the revsion of the current Senate constitution. The constitution calls for all Senators to be elected at large, 30 elected in the spring and 10 in the fall.

The revised version of the constitution will call for Senators to be elected by individual college (students who have not declared a major will also have seats). Each of the six colleges will have a minimum of three seats and a maximum of 10, based on population of that college, with half the senators being elected in the spring and the other half in the fall.

The revised constitution will also create a President's Cabinet consisting of the President, VicePresident and three directors. The three directors will be split into Academic Affairs, Student Af- fairs and Public Relations to deal with student needs and problems.

This new constitution would set up a Supreme Court with both faculty and students serving. This court would be inferior only to the Student Conduct Committee which is authorized by the State Regents.

The new constitution will only bring about these changes if ratified by the student body and approved by the administration. The constitution will go before the student body the first week of the fall semester.

To vote on the revised constitution students need to present their student I.D. card at the polls for proof of enrollment. Students vote by Social Security number and are allowed to vote only once.

Student Senate meetings are held at 12:40 every Monday of both the fall and spring semesters. Meetngs are open to all students interested in attending.

Art instructor elected president of N.A.E.A.

Jo Ann Adams, assistant professor of art, was elected president of National Art Education Association's States Assembly at the art teachers' 24th annual convention held in Miami, Fla., last week.

The purpose of the National Art Education Association (N.A.E.A.) is to promote and maintain the highest possible degree of quality instruction in visual arts programs throughout the United States and its possessions.

The N.A.E.A. is headquartered in Reston, Va. States Assembly is composed of state presidents or elected delegates of each state art education association as well as affiliate groups. It is a recommending body for legislative and policy matters for the N.A.E.A.

In capacity of president, Adams will preside at meetings of the Assembly and the Executive Board and make appointments to serve on the standing and ad hoc committees of the Assembly. She has served as secretary of the organization for the past two years and also as a delegate-atlarge in prior years.

She was president of the Oklahoma Art Education Association from 1978-80 and is currently treasurer. She is also on the Board of the Oklahoma Alliance for Arts Education where she serves as an advisor for Young Talent in Oklahoma. This is the state's secondary art exhibition, co-sponsored by the Oklahoma Art Education Association and the Oklahoma Art Center, which is held yearly during the month of March.

Jo Ann N. Adams

Adams' activities at CSU include being elected to the School of Education's Teacher Education Council and service on the Council's Curriculum Committee. She planned and served as a tour escort for the 1983 study and travel tour of Europe and the 1984 study tour of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.

A contributor to the CSU Art Department's Faculty Art Exhibitions, she also does tapestry commissions for private and corporate patrons. She has exhibited her work in many one-person and group shows. Her area of instruction is teaching art courses to elementary education majors, drawing and advertising design.

Adams was recognized in 1980 as Oklahoma's Art Educator of the Year and in 1984 received the National Art Education Association's Distinguished Service Award for contributions to the association.

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