The Vista July 7, 1983

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9E9RIDIE YZSTg July 7, 1983

Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma

Vol. 81, No. 59

Regents elect officers; allocate school funds The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, at their June 29 meeting, approved budgets for institutions for the State System (Educational and General Budget, Part I) total $464,805,102. This budget does not include federal funds or other sponsored programs (E&G, Part II) for the fiscal year. State-approprated funds for the institutional budgets totaled $378,377,641 with the balance of the operating budget ($86.4 million) coming from Revolving Fund income, principally students and tuition. More than 78 percent of the State System institutional budgets is designated for salaries, wages and staff benefits. The amount budgeted for teaching salaries totaled $164,052,820. The State Regents also approved $63,784,669 in sponsored budgets (Educational and General Budget, Part II) from federal funds and other sources for State System institutions in 1983-84. Other business conducted at the meeting included electing new officers and funding of the TAG program for state students. The newly-elected Chairman of the State Regents is Joe F.Gary, Durant businessman, who succeeds Dr. Eugene L. Swearingen, Tulsa. Mr. Gary was Vice Chairman of the State Regents for 1982-83, after serving as Secretary for 1981-82. He was first appointed to the State Regents by Gov. David Hall in 1971 and served as chairman of the board in 1975-76. He was appointed by Gov. George Nigh in 1979 for a second nine-year term. Enid banking executive Bert H. Mackie will fill the position of Vice Chairman of the State Regents for 1983-84. Mackie was appointed to the State Regents by Gov. Boren in 1977. A vice president and director of the Security National Bank in Enid, he served as secretary of the Regents in 1982-83. Russell D. Vaught, Midwest City, was elected to the post of Secretary of the State Regents for 1983-83. Vaught was first appointed to the State Regents in 1973 by Gov. David Hall and reappointed to the second nine-year term by Gov. George Nigh in 1982. Vaught, President of RDV Energy Co., an oil Field equipment sales firm, served as Chairman of the Regents in 1977-78. Elk City rancher, Bob F. Allee was Assistant Secretary of the board for 1983-84. Mr. Allee has begun serving his third term on the State Regents and served as Chairman of the board in 1960-61 and 1979-80. The Regents also allocated $6,181,738 in funds appropriated by the 1983 Oklahoma Legislature for support of the TAG program. The Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant Program will have some $8.2 million available for assistance to Oklahoma college and university students in 1983-84. The Regents also accepted a federal grant of $806,448 through the State Student Incentive Grant program to supplement the state funds. In addition, State Regents' staff estimates a carry-over of $1,225,968 in unused 1982-83 TAG funds which were reapVista photo by Michael Keen propriated by the legislature for the Tuition Aid Grants. Under the TAG program, qualified Oklahoma students may The crowd ooed and ahh'd as the fireworks burst in dazzling arrays over Wantland stadium Monday. reveive grants up to $1,000 to help pay the costs of attending col- More than 60 thousand people were in and around the stadium area to witness the culmination of Inlege. The 1982 Oklahoma Legislature raised the limit of the dependance day celebration. See related story and pictures on pages 4 and 5. grants and expanded eligibility to include graduate and part-time students. Although both state and federal allocation for the program are down from last year and the federal support has been declining since 1979, the regents staff estimates that the program will "Oklahoma is very tough on criminals," said He thinks that the state should have tougher have sufficient funding to serve as many students in 1983-84 as it Judge Don Manning. "People of Oklahoma laws governing the juvenile offender. For exdid during the current year. are law-abiding citizens and want criminals ample, a juvenile convicted of burglary will punished." spend three to four months in a state training Manning, a district court judge in Oklahoma institute, whereas, an adult convicted of the County, spoke June 29 to Prof. T.E. Guild's same crime would be sentenced two to seven state and local government class. years in the state pen. Manning is assigned to the juvenile division "The most frightening thing concerning of the district court. He has held this post for juveniles is what the parents are doing to their the oast two and a half years. Student writer gets national attention...3 children," Manning said. Parental abuse takes ' A separate judicial code for juveniles, the forms of simple neglect to physical and Locals display holiday mood...4,5 sexchildren up to their 19th birthday, requires that ual abuse. Biology lab assistant retires...6 each case be reviewed at least once every six "Everyone is entitled to a better life than Computer replaces card catalogs...7 months. Oklahoma County requires this review what many children are getting. It is up to conLyric Theater review...8 once every three months. Thus, some cases may cerned people, teachers, doctors, nurses, not be dismissed until the juvenile is 18 years neighbors, to see that this abuse is stopped," old. said Manning.

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