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April
No. 52
Bronze Books to be available...page 8
VISTA
Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Yearbook fate uncertain due to budget cuts
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Photographic services: Tom Gilbert
The Kaleidoscope Dance Troupe from CSU performs before a crowd Friday afternoon
at the Art Festival in Oklahoma City.
Flat tire? Sick cat? Crafty excuses may be old hat By Sharla Hiatt If you are driving to CSU to take a final exam and REALLY have a flat tire, honesty might not be the best policy. Odds are, your professor has heard that excuse so many times, he won't believe you. This time of the semester professors get bombarded with excuses for missing tests, being absent and tardiness. The Vista talked to several professors to get their opinions concerning the best excuses they've heard from students. All questioned agreed that car trouble and a grandparent dying are the predominant excuses heard. A variant of the usual, "The engine fell out of my car," was an excuse told to David Landrum, marketing professor. Landrum also hears often of grandparents dying. "Someone will tell me their grandmother died, and I'll smile. And sure enough, she did, and I'll feel bad," Landrum said. "You can only have two grandfathers die," said Dr. Ralph Mengel, management professor. Animals are also the basis for a lot of missed classes. Dr. Stan Hoig, journalism professor, tells the story of a woman who was gone for three weeks, and returned to report her canary was sick. Pets, it would seem, are more prone to be sick or die during finals. "The dog story" was heard by Dr. William
Parker, assistant dean of Liberal Arts College, when a student called to say she would have to miss class because she had to take care of her mom's dog. "My cat ran out the door as I was leaving and got run over," a student told Dennie Hall, journalism professor. The professors agreed that most of the excuses are probably legitimate. Especially the ones concerning work schedules. "I just got a job from 8 to 5," Mengel was told by a student who was going to be absent the whole last week of classes. Dr. Ron Miller, physics professor, said one of his students was absent because "his boss wouldn't let him come to school anymore." Often, the most original-sounding excuses are also the most true. Hall had a student who missed many classes because she was receiving threatening phone calls, and was frightened to leave her home. Dr. William Roberts, business education professor, said the most original one he had heard was "My wife has to have an abortion." One of Miller's students ran into school problems because he lived in another state and was getting a divorce. A student from a dormitory called Hall to see if his night class would be canceled because it was raining. Dr. Judith Muse, accounting professor, said a common excuse she hears for not taking a test is "I didn't have time to study for it."
By Susan Garrett Two Bronze Book staff are now selected, but who will direct the staff and take on the courses left vacant by Yearbook Advisor and Journalism Professor Dr. Stan Hoig's retirement this year? Will the vacant position be absorbed by all returning professors? Or will a part-time instructor be hired? The sagging Oklahoma economy has forced cutbacks at all levels of public education this year and has forced administrators to wait to hire new faculty until they know exactly how much budget they will have to work with during the 1986-87 school year. "They don't know yet," said Dr. Ray Tassin, journalism chairperson. "We assume there will be a replacement" for Hoig. Dr. James Perry, vice president of academic affairs, said everything is on hold pending further news on Oklahoma's financial situation." Hoig said the Bronze Book staff usually consist of five students. The 1986-87 staff at this point, consist of two students — the only two that applied for the positions. "It just so happens we have five seniors" working on the Bronze Book, all who will graduate in May, Hoig said. "People have other jobs...I couldn't find anyone that had yearbook experience." "But the yearbook will survive," Hoig said. "It will have a fresh start next year." He said he had sponsored the yearbook too long. "But we have had a lot of nice kids go through here," Hoig said, adding that some of these students have become close friends. One of Hoig's staff members on the 1985-86 Bronze Book, Regina Langford, a May graduate, is concerned about the future of the yearbook. "I just don't feel the administration and faculty considers the yearbook a vital part of the university," said Langford, "Or they would of already found somebody to take over Hoig's position." Hoig has served as Bronze Book sponsor for 22 years. Hoig said the Bronze Book gives "a positive view of the school."
Staff picked for Vista, Bronze Book By Susan Garrett The journalism department announced Monday The Vista staff selections for the 1986 summer and fall semesters. Also announced were the 1986-87 staff for the Bronze Book. The Vista — summer semester: Susan Green, editor; Kim Voynar and Mark Codner, associate editors. Green is a junior newspaper journalism major from Yukon. Before CSU, she attended Oklahoma City Community College where she was student editor and won two third-place Oklahoma Collegiate Press Association awards in editorial and news writing. "I'm very excited about the two positions I received," said Green. "To be on the staff of a university paper is quite an honor. I'm going to give it my best shot." Green was appointed associate editor March '86, when the position became vacant. The Vista — fall semester: Shannon Blockcolski, editor; Susan Green and Kim Voynar, both associate editors; John Helsley, sports editor; and Karen Emery, advertising manager. Blockcolski is a sophomore newspaper journalism major from Enid. She won three Oklahoma Interscholastic Press Association awards for feature writing and critical review at Enid High School. Blockcolski has been associate editor on The Vista since spring '86. "I want to work towards gaining more recognition for The Vista and its writers," Blockcolski said. "It will be hard to follow in the footsteps of Curtis Killman" (current Vista editor). Bronze Book editors are: Jo Lynn McClellan, a junior majoring in advertising design; and Mary Jane Meese, a junior majoring in public relations.