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THE June 8, 1989 Vol. 87, No. 54
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Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
5,800 summer students expected
Enrollment nears record
By Kamal Mazlan Staff Writer Summer '89 enrollment at Central State University is expected to reach an all-time high of 5,800 students, according to Director of Admissions and Records Darrell Gilliland. Gilliland said the unofficial head count as of Tuesday, June 6 was 5,669 students, an increase of one and a half percent over the same period last year. Students can enroll for the regular summer session until June 8, and second block of classes until June 29, Gilliland said. "My expectations are when the final enrollment is made after June 29, we'll have another record enrollment this summer," Gilliland said. "In fact, summer enrollment Three summer school students pay tuition during a lull in enrollment activity Monday. (Photo by Stan Pollard)
Chinese student shocked by killings By Kamal Mazlan Staff Writer Yun Tao Xie, a Central State University student from mainland China, expressed shock and disbelief that the pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing were brutally put down by the Chinese "I am shocked and angry," Yun said. "Until now, I couldn't even imagine how the PLA (People's
Liberation Army) could kill their own people. How can they use violence and force to suppress the demonstrators? Wasn't there any other way?" Yun said students in China want democracy to eliminate corruption in the Communist regime, which according to him, has become very pervasive in recent years.
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Football player killed in wreck Central State University sophomore football player Terrance Tyler died in a onevehicle accident at 12:35 p.m. May 26 in Dewey County, Oklahoma. An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper said Tyler was dead at the scene. Tyler, who was from Houston, was driving a truck on a summer job when the accident occurred. Troopers said the truck was westbound when it ran off the road and rolled over twice.
at CSU has been increasing every year since 1986." Compared to last year, Gilliland said, the greatest increase is at the senior level, followed by sophomores and freshmen. About 1,388 seniors, 678 sophomores, 764 freshmen and 965 juniors have enrolled so far for summer courses at CSU this year. Graduate students numbered about 1,874, Gilliland said. Summer enrollment this year is the largest for graduate students, particularly education majors, Gilliland said. "We have the best college of education and the largest teacher education program in the state. This is because CSU's College of Education offers a wide and comprehensive range of education courses and programs."
Gilliland attributed the increasing summer enrollments at CSU to two main reasons—continuing education requirements for public school teachers and students returning home from other state and out-of-state institutions. Though this summer enrollment figures are not finalised yet, Gilliland said as many as 3,000 students transfer to CSU in a year's time. "Based on our records, we have more transfer students than freshmen in the past few years." The new self-enrollment plan according to class level is also working well, Gilliland said. "We don't have any long lines and we're able to better handle students' needs."
CSU budget hiked by $4 million in '90 year's allocated budget. By DeWayne Smoot Unlike the controversial allocaStaff Writer tions of last year, when four of the Central State University was allocated more than $37 million the state's 25 institutions of higher for fiscal year 1990's educational education actually received less and general operating budget as state money than the previous the Oklahoma State Regents for year, the budget allocations reHigher Education overwhelm- ceived the unanimous support of ingly approved the largest operat- the President's Council to the reing budget allocation in the state's gents, according to Joe White, chairman of the council. history. The allocation, which was ap- According to regents, the inproved by the regents in a special creased allocations are a result of meeting June 5, represents a total the renewed commitment Oklaincrease of about $3.95 million— homa has for quality education in a 12 percent increase—over last the state.
By-product of sun tanning may be cancer By Penny Stover Student Writer "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer..." A golden tan has become as much a part of the American summer scene as baseball and Fourth of July. The beaches and poolsides are overflowing with sunbathers trying to achieve that "George Hamilton" look. An unwelcome byproduct of that gorgeous tan, however, might be skin cancer. "Continual tanning is usually the cause of basal and squamous cell cancinomas," said Dr. Alfred
Last, an Oklahoma City dermatologist. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), basal and squamous cell carcinomas account for 90 percent of all skin cancers. They don't usually spread to other parts of the body, and in that sense, are less dangerous than other kinds of skin malignancies. Squamous cell cancers are more threatening when they occur near the nose, ears, eyes or lips. The most deadly of all skin cancers, however, is malignant melanoma.
"It's the acute sunburn that's mainly responsble for melanoma," Last said, "but if we can detect it when it's thin (early stages), it's still almost 100 percent curable." According to Last, a puzzling aspect of melanoma is that it tends to occur more frequently on unexposed parts of the body. "There is realy no explanation for this, except that it may be a genetic predispostion," Last said. Although malignant melanoma
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