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Vol. 87, No. 57

Thursday Edition

Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma

State and college regents meet College regents hire new internal auditor By Bretta Barritt Staff Writer The Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges hired an internal auditor to monitor the six state regional universities at a meeting Monday in the President's Conference Room at Central State University. Tom Volturo, current assistant director in the State Auditor's Office, will begin his new role as full-time internal auditor for the college regents sometime before August 1. Senate Bill 77, which was passed in July 1987, requires each board of regents of higher education to hire a sufficient number of internal auditors to oversee fiscal accountability, said Scott Fern, general counsel to the regents. Fern said State Auditor Clifton Scott told regents that once the internal auditing program was underway the regents would probably require a total of three full-time auditors. The regents had consulted with Scott for direction in establishing the new position. Attorney General Robert Henry commended the college regents for hiring an internal auditor at the joint meeting of the college regents and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education at noon Tuesday. Volturo will work with the regents preexisting audit committee and will develop and implement a system of monitoring the six regional universities overseen by the board, Fern said. Fern said universities will now have three levels of auditing: an internal auditor to assist the board of regents, an external audit conducted annually, and the state investigative audit conducted every four or five years. Please see AUDITOR on page 8.

State regents raise admission standards

Oklahoma Chancellor Hans Brisch addresses a joint meeting of state and college regents Monday flanked by Valerie Winn, president, Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, and J.D. Helms, chairman, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. (Photo by Daniel Smith)

Storm cuts power

By Ann Hamilton Student Writer Many Central State University students arrived Tuesday morning to find no lights, air conditioning or computers due to an electrical power outage after a thunderstorm swept through Edmond. Assistant Electrical Super-

intendent for the City of Edmond Jerry Campbell said about 3:30 a.m. winds in excess of 65 mph ripped through the Edmond area, tearing tree limbs from their trunks and throwing them into power lines. "There were no major out-

Please see STORM on page 8.

Holy Cow! Batman's here! By Bryan Goodwin Student Writer Bam! Crash! Pow! "Batman" has hit the theaters. Not even the threat of fire could keep Batman fans from seeing what this movie was all about Friday. A short in the transformer at a local theater made some smoke and delayed the showing, but several Central -State University students endured the waif. to catch the first possible showing of the movie. Why would college stu-

dents want to get out and wait in line for a movie with a story-line that originated from a comic book? Curiosity seemed to be the biggest reason. Several students wanted to know how similar the movie would be to the television series or comic book. CSU student Terry White, a Batman fan since 1966, said it was about time Batman got the credit he deserved. Jeff Young, an employee at the CSU bookstore, said "I re-

ally enjoyed the old 1 6airnan' series. I wanted to see the movie just to see if they have 'Bill Boom! Zwap!' when Batman punches people." Doug Cherry, attending CSU this summer as a religion major at Oklahoma Baptist University, said Batman seemed like he was more of an avenger of his parents' death than a crime fighter, but overall it was a great movie. The Joker played by Jack

Please see BATMAN on page 8.

By Keith Purtell Student Writer Following what may have been the first official meeting ever between the Oklahoma State Regents and the college regents, the state regents raised admission standards in a meeting Monday at Central State University. At their general meeting in the University Center, the regents voted unanimously to implement a five-year plan to phase in stricter requirements for grade point average, ACT and SAT scores, and rank within high school graduating class. "The plan will be final in Fall of 1993," said Jeanie Edney, director of communications for the regents. "Currently, students must be in the top two-thirds of their graduating class, have a GPA of 2.7 and score at least a 16 on the ACT. Eventually, that will be changed to the top half of their graduating class, a 19 on the ACT and a higher GPA which has yet to be determined." Edney said the purpose of the regents' plan is to improve the quality of education in Oklahoma. "One of the main objectives is to increase the potential for a student's success in the college environment," Edney said. "Although there are many reasons why students drop out after their first year at college, the regents feel that, by elevating admission standards, the students admitted under the new program will have the ability to succeed in baccalaureate programs." Edney said an example of some existing problems were presented in CSU professor Dr. Ann Lynch's statement to the regents at the public hearing. Please see STANDARDS on page 8.


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