Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
June 14, 1984
,Vol. 82, No. 56
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Future Olympian?— Jeffery Taupman, Edmond, carries the Olympic Torch one kilometer further on its way to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles which are set to begin in July. The Torch runners came through Edmond Monday evening on their way to Oklahoma City where they met with Oklahoma Gov. George Nigh. They moved on to Norman where they spent the night. The Torch run originated in New York City and is making its way across the country in an effort to raise private money to help sponsor the Games. Each runner is required to contribute $3,000 for the privelege of carrying the torch one kilometer.
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Vista photo by Daniel Smith
Lillard says:
'CSU is the flagship of Oklahoma schools' By Matthew Driskill Editor Calling Central State University the "Flagship of Oklahoma universities," CSU President Bill Lillard outlined the economic impact of CSU on Edmond and the greater Oklahpma City area to the Edmond Chamber of Commerce. Lillard was the featured speaker during the Chamber's regular monthly meeting held Wednesday at the University Center on the campus of CSU. Lillard explained to the Chamber that because of the presence of CSU in the Edmond community, "the university contributes about $10 million annually to the estimated total business volume in Edmond." "Of the total business volume in the greater Oklahoma City area, Central State can account for about $33 million of that," Lillard said. Lillard cited figures released in an economic impact study recently completed by Dr. Don Maxwell of the CSU Economics
Department. Lillard told the chamber that although state approproations have been declining in the past two years, "CSU continues to have the highest paid faculty in the state. "We pay our professors more than OU or OSU," Lillard said. "And the reason we can do that is because they start teaching at 7:30 in the morning and finish at 9:30 at night instead of just from eight to eleven in the morning." Lillard also explained the importance of the commuter to CSU and to the community of Edmond. "Commuters are the lifeblood of this university," Lillard said. "We are a successful university because of our commuters." Lillard said the estimation on the amount commuters brought into Edmond businesses "ran around $500,000 annually and that's conservative." According to the report released by the university, CSU also had a major impact on local-area tax
In this issue... Regents allocate funds...page 3 Local band makes good...page 4 CSU prevelant in art festival...page 5 Cadet wins top military award...page 7 Gabrish awarded Gridiron scholarship...page 7 Athletic honor roll continued...page 8
revenues and school-district expenditures, being responsible for $1,508,237 in the Edmond area in tax and license revenue. According to Lillard, the university also has a major impact on the local job market, employing 845 full-time employees. Although CSU may only employ 845 full-time employees, the report indicates that the university is responsible for almost 1,300 full-time jobs in the Edmond area. CSU was also found to be responsible for almost 1,800 full-
timejobs in the Oklahoma City Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA). The Oklahoma City SMSA extends outward including but not limited to; Oklahoma City, Edmond, Moore, Yukon, Midwest City and Del City. This is attributed to the fact that with revenues coming in from the school. Edmond area merchants are able to employ more people. According to the report, CSU is responsible for $21,382,066 of Edmond's total personal income:
Lillard told the chamber's members that "Edmond and Central State are partners in progress...needless to say we are an educational facility, but we are also a business which makes a contribution to the community. "Central State University is one of the few business in Edmond to be opened before statehood," Lillard said. "And you don't have to worry about any cooperate directors moving CSU ...we're here to stay."
Installers cut phone line By Tina Nye and Matthew Driskill Sometimes we think those who act a little strange are "out-of-touch," but that could have applied to the entire campus of Central State Wednesday, as a major telephone line was cut, leaving the entire university unable to contact "the outside world" for several hours. Crews from Centel Corporation were using a trencher to install new phone lines when they sliced through the main cable located near the Administration building. "We had no idea we were cutting the cable," exclaimed Centel worker, Duke Brittain. "The cable was marked incorrectly," he said. However, according to Ron West, Southwestern Bell supervisor, the cables were marked correctly and the problem was due to Centel. Service to most of the campus was restored by mid-afternoon according to an informal survey by The Vista. The new phone system currently being installed by Centel was approved by the Board of Regents in
April and is expected to be in operation by early August. It will replace CSU's present system which was installed in 1948. The university decided to install a new system because of the age of the present one, its vulnerability to breakdowns and lack of spare parts. The new system will include not only new phones and lines, but will also offer the added attraction of allowing the university to plug the system into CSU's computer system. CSU switched from Southwestern Bell to Centel because of projected rising costs. Centel was awarded to contract to handle the new phone system at the Regents April meeting when bids were opened and they were the low bidder with a price of $575,870 to install the system. According to Dr. Bill Lillard, CSU president, the university might also take over some of the responsibilities of the phone company by offering services to dorm residents instead of Centel handling the service. Lillard said earlier that he though the university could save the students money by providing the service.