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Vol. 84, No. 55
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VISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Park to enhance campus charm; Future beauty projects planned By Kim Voynar Some students may have been wondering just what the bulldozed area on the corner of Second and University is. The now-barren piece of land is soon to become Simmons Park. John "Skip" Wagnon, executive secretary of the CSU Foundation, said the main part of the park will be a large flower planter. A sign reading "Central State University" will be around the bottom of the planter, Wagnon said. Wagnon said the park will also include benches, sidewalks, and trees. The total cost of the park's con-
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struction, according to Wagnon, is $18,000. The money to build the park was donated by CSU alumni John Wendall Simmons, Jr. and Polly Simmons Graham. Wagnon said the park should be completed by the beginning of the fall semester. Simmons Park is not the only beautification project planned to make the CSU campus more attractive and appealing. Wagnon said the California Alumni Group has been discussing the possibility of raising the funds necessary to landscape the area north of the University Center, commonly called "Thatcher Lake".
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The above and below photos, show the present and future sites of Simmons Park, one of the many campus beautification projects. The park, located at Second and University was funded by two alumni, John Wendell Simmons and Polly (Simmons) Graham.
By Susan Green Due to the lack of training needed to care for the sick of today, the Oklahoma Nursing Association has stated there will be changes in the educational qualifications for nursing practice. According to the ONA, as of 1990, nurses will have two options. One is to work for the baccalaureate which will be the minimum requirement for entry into professional practice of a Registered Nurse, whose duties are to supervise, be able to function in a structured or unstructured environment and be able to work independently. The other option is to work toward an associate degree, which will be the minimum requirement for into professional practice of a Licenced Practical Nurse, whose duties are to work in a structured environment and work under the supervision of a RN. Dr. Barbara Henthorn, chairperson of nursing, feels these changes are long overdo. "LPNs are having trouble finding jobs. The patients are sicker and they need someone with additional training. They only have an associate degree and they are ask-
ed to do things they don't know how to do." Henthorn adds that the inpact of the change is already being seen at CSU. Some nurses with just an associate are coming back to get their baccalaureates and those just entering the program are realizing if they want to do it all, they go for a baccalaureate to start with. Those who want to be LPNs just go for the associate. These changes will be clearer for the nursing student and they will be able to concentrate on what they do best, Henthorn said. There's always been one job description and now it will be different, Henthorn said. As of now, Henthorn says the nursing program is able to deal with the upgrade training with the current enrollment. If the enrollment grows, they will add to the faculty and when the changes have passed throught the legislature, they will add a night class for RNs who have full-time jobs. Henthorn feels the change will not change the minds of those who want to become nurses because they have made the decision that they are interested in nursing.