The Vista April 29, 1982

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THE YZSTg April 29, 1982

Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma

Vol. 80, No. 56

Media causes 'needless scare' By Barbara Boatman "There are no cancer-causing agents," said Dr. James Perry dean of the School of Business, emphasizing what he felt was an unnecessary scare caused by the media. "In our building we don't have any chemical fumes being emitted, we don't have any chemicals being piped, all we have is heating, cooling and water cooling, so there is no difference between this building and the thousands of office buildings thoughtout the entire state or nation." The investigation of cancercausing agents in the business building at CSU started approximately three weeks ago, confirm-

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ed Perry, because of an informal gathering of faculty members who showed a concern of the number of reported cases of cancer. Seven or eight faculty members have contracted cancer. The faculty concluded that there might be a larger proportion of cancer development for the business department total faculty than what one would normally expect. Perry commented that the question arose whether there was any relationship between the faculty being stricten with cancer and the environment in which those people worked. "I walked immediately that afternoon directly to Alvin Alcorn's, executive vice president, office; told him of the concerns I had heard of and asked him if we couldn't take an appropriate investigation to determine the extent of the matter," said Perry. Alcorn agreed and contacted the State Health Department to inform them of the business department suspicions, said Perry. The Health Department officials asked several questions, such as age, sex, number of people involved, who was involved, and kinds of cancer. "It (investigation) seemed very speculative because the kind of cancers involved ranged from skin cancer to lymphona (a tumor from the lymph tissues), to a malignant tumor to breast cancer," said Perry. "There was no consistant type."

A health examiner commented that they would be happy to investigate the matter, but since there was no apparent correlation between the cancers, the study may take more than a year. The kinds of cancer involved are those that are striking the entire population. "We're at a loss," said Perry, "there being no difference between this building (business) and any office building in the metroplex area, I think one can only be very speculative when they want to say there might be a relationship between cancers and a building.

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Perry was interviewed by three television stations, four radio stations and two metroplex papers Tuesday. He said, "The tragic parts of this (media coverage) is that they have created an unnecessary scare, provoking story that borders on irresponisibility." Perry described the "cancer" issue as an explosive, attractive attention-grabber that the media took advantage of. "Both the persons who forwarded the information to the press and even the press having jumped on it, I think could have handled it in a more responsible manner," he said. The issue is no laughing matter Perry said, it's just been handled poorly by a number of different people.

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Television stations bombarded the School of Business Tuesday and Wednesday for information from Dr. James Perry, dean of the School of Business, about "cancer-causing" agents being investigated by the State Health Department. Three television stations, four radio stations and two metroplex newspapers contacted Dr. Perry.

Electronic signs accepted by most By Nicholas Udumaga Soon, the $66,000 controversial electronic signs carrying the logo of the American Bank and advertising CSU activities will have flashed for one year on campus. The story of the signs was splashed by The Vista on June 5, 1980 and from then on a storm raged on campus over the soundness of the idea until the signs started to flash about a year ago. Although there is no documented proof to this effect, officials think that the signs have enhanced campus activities. Bill Lillard, president, said "Oh, it has been very wonderful. From the comments and reports by people, I think they are serving the purpose for which they are installed. They commend and com-

pliment us. They say what a fine job we've done in setting up the signs." Lillard recalled that the flashing signs were a gift from the CSU Alumni Association and the American Bank and Trust Co. of Edmond and did not cost CSU anything. The strongest argument the supporters of the installation of the signs had was the hope that the signs would improve student attendance at campus activities. Lillard, having been in the forefront of this school of thought, said he had no documented evidence to show that the signs have improved attendance to campus activities. "My reaction to it is that it is wonderful. The signs have been

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effective in informing students and faculty of the activities here on campus." The executive director of CSU Alumni Association, John "Skip" Wagnon, is also happy with the signs so far. "As far as I know, they are serving the purpose." He also had no definite proof of how much the signs have increased student attendance at campus activities. His view seems to have come from the fact that a lot of requests are placed for use of the signs by campus organizations. Student Senate President Tim Reese, who as a senator at the height of the controversy coauthored a bill supporting the signs' installation, said he does not know if it is due to the sign, but that participation in campus activities has been better this year than last year. "I don't know if it's just the sign, but turnout is increasing," he said. On the other hand, Tim Chavez, former Vista editor, who championed the crusade against the sign project, still believes that the problem of poor attendance at campus activities can not be solved by the electronic signs. "I think the problem of campus activities attendance, in the first place, was not with the people

knowing what was going on, it was because of the nature of the campus as a commuter campus," Chavez said. The athletic director, Charles Murdock, is on the "yes" side of the fence, although he too has no documented proof to show that it was the signs that have caused the increased attendance to fieldhouse events. "I think this (the signs) has made the students and people in the city of Edmond more aware of what is going on here. I think it has improved attendance to the activities in the Broncho Fieldhouse," he said. Murdock said because no tickets are sold, and since students gain entry to watch activities with

their IDs, it has not been possible to keep records of attendance. "In a project like this, it is the relation with the community or organization that matters," said Leonard Nelson, vice president controller of the bank. "It's just a PR project. It has helped the relation between the bank, the alumni council and CSU. As for advertising, I would not think it has helped the bank's business." Could the $66,000 put into this project not have been used for other purposes, such as buying more books for the library, buying equipment for needy departments, or even beautifying the campus? "Surely, it could be that all of Continued on page 6.

College graduates 1,604 Degrees will be awarded to 1,604 CSU seniors and graduate students at spring commencement exercise, slated for 7:30 p.m., May 6 at Wantland Stadium, In the graduate school, 374 master's degrees will be awarded, including 176 master of education, 149 master of business administration, 25 master of arts, 23 master of science and 1 master of music education. Bachelor's degrees will be presented to 1,230 seniors: 423 in the School of Business; 224 in the School of Education; 205 from the School of Liberal Arts; 199 from the School of Special Arts and Sciences; and 179 from the School of Mathematics and Science.


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