University of Central Oklahoma
THURSDAY May 1, 1997
The Student Voice Since 1903
UCO's Bronze Book faces funding loss By Telannia Hytche
Staff Writer
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Connecting the lines... Telco Supply Co. employee Andy Pannell reaches into a manhole to pull a rope attached to 600 pair telephone wire through underground tunnels outside the Communications Building Tuesday. The phone lines will connect to Murdaugh Hall. (Staff photo by John Clanton)
Budget committee recommends cuts By Joanna Hafey
Staff Writer
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fter 30 hours of discussion and debate the Campus Activity Budget Committee made recommendations Monday about how student activity funds should be spent and proposed policy changes. One hundred and seventy-five student organizations turned in budget requests totaling $1.7 million, but with only $1.2 million in anticipated student activity revenue, cuts will need to be made said, Jean Benson, associate budget director.
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The committee chaired by Dr. Deanna Land, dean of students, Benson, and student and faculty representatives made the recommendation to cut funding for all political organizations, such as Amnesty International; religious organizations, and those associated with civic clubs, such as Circle K Club, said Benson. ROTC would be cut under this proposal, she said. This decision was based on the fact that they're federally funded. Ben Harris, speaker of the UCO Student Association, who served on the committee said, Operation Safe Walk should be cut V See BUDGET, Page 3
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The Campus Activity Budget Committee, by a unanimous vote, recommended to allot the Bronze Book no funds for the next school year. With funds as tight as they are, the amount of money requested was greater than the amount of students it served, said Ben Harris, a member of the committee. He said the committee divided the amount of money requested by the amount of books it sells bringing the cost of the book to $137 a student. Many organizations on the campus service a small amount of students on a smaller budget, said Harris. The Bronze Book requested $50,000, said Dr. Sherri Massey, adviser. The Bronze Book budget was $41,000 this year including salary for staff and production of the book, said Massey. The amount charged students to buy the yearbook doesn't even cover the cost to produce the yearbook, she said. A yearbook costs about $100 to produce and students pay $20 a book. "Any yearbook is the only permanent record for a school," said Massey. It is also used for recruitment of high school or transfer students, she said. UCO is the only school offering certification to teach high school journalism, said Dr. Terry Clark, chairman of the journalism department. The Bronze Book provides the training for the certification. "We have to have that in order to educate the students—its part of the curriculum," he said. The University of Oklahoma had ceased production of their yearbook, but they recently reinstated it after students and alumni demanded it, Clark said. gzs
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COLUMN Graduating columnist bids farewell to UCO in pursuit of blue skies.