The drafter's dream..pg.5
510 on President's honor roll..pg.7
THE July 17, 1986 Vol. 84, No. 60
S tephen Stills
at the zoo..p.8
VISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Tuition increase effective in fall By Susan Green Editor An approximate 10 to 12 percent increase in enrollment fees will be paid by students for the fall semester. Dr. Larry Williams, vice president of administration, said lower division students will pay $16.85 for each credit hour this fall, as opposed to the previous $15.30. Upper division students will pay $18.30 for each credit hour, and graduate students will pay $21.60. Previously, the fees were $16.65 and $19.30, respectively. Out-of-state tuition will also increase. Lower division nonresident students will pay $36.60 for each credit hour, as opposed to the previous $32.70. Upper division non-resident students will pay $41.50 for each credit hour and graduate students will pay $46.85. Previous tuition fees were $ 3 6 . 1 0 and $ 4 1 . 8 5 , respectively. With this increase effective at the beginning of the fall term, those who have already paid tuition will have to pay the difference. Williams said those students will receive a notice in the mail indicating the balance they need to pay. Students who haven't paid but have their printout will have
their fees recomputed when they come to pay. "We've discussed this and since these are the official fees, this is the best way to handle the situation. It's been done this way once or twice in the past. Those who haven't enrolled yet, their tuition will be computed correctly when they pay," Williams said. The primary reason for this fee increase is that these are the fees set by the State Legislature. Williams said the legislature has had a goal to have students pay 25 percent of their college costs. Raising tuition accomplishes this goal. In addition to satisfying the State Legislature, the tuition increase will aid the university's budget. "It will help, but it will depend on enrollment. With our projected enrollment based on the projected budget, it could add $400,000 to $450,000, but we lost $2.3 million in the budget cut," Williams said. Williams added that this is the third time in the last five years the tuition has been raised. "In the past we had circumstances where we felt we needed to raise fees in other areas such as housing. This year we did not because we realize students are picking up a great percent of the cost in tuition," Williams said.
Parking decals ready Aug. 15 By J Money Parking decals for the 1985-86 academic year expire on Aug. 15, Chief of Police Bobby Roberts said. "In order to get a new decal, the car must be currently registered in it's respective state, and the student must have a valid CSU ID, or a printed enrollment sheet.", he added. To get a decal, the student must fill out a registration card from the Campus Police Department. A desk is normally set up next
to the finance counter during the final week of enrollment where students can pick up a decal conveniently. Students arriving on campus before the final week of enrollment can pick up their decals seven days a week, 24 hours a day, at the Campus Police Station. Chief Roberts said that in addition to the decals, a new map of the campus including parking rules and regulations would be provided also. He urges all students to read them.
Photographic services: Michael Keen
Preparation for removal of asbestos from the ballroom in the University Center: the frame will be covered with plastic to contain the asbestos as it is removed from the ballroom and taken outside to be placed in sealed containers.
Shut-down a mistake, state labor chief says By Kim Voynar The shut-down of the asbestos removal project at CSU was "primarily a mistake," according to T.R. Gay, chief of field operations for the Oklahoma State Labor Department. The project was shut down after state inspectors found loose asbestos in the music building and feared it might circulate through air ducts into non-sealed, occupied areas. Gay said the actual clean-up activities had not commenced at the time of the shut-down. Inspectors had come to see how the preparations for the removal were progressing, he said. He said the contractors were told to remove asbestoscontaminated material from the ductwork. The material had apparently been on the ductwork for
"many years," according to Gay. The workers purportedly cleaned the ducts, placed the contaminated material in the properly marked bags, but had not sealed the bags at the time of inspection because they weren't finished, said Gay. They had also dropped some suspended ceiling panels, contaminating the floor with loose asbestos, he said. "The inspectors felt the contractors had jumped the gun and started removal early, when in actuality they were merely preparing for the actual clean-up," Gay said. The inspectors were also concerned because ductwork, which connected to unoccupied, nonsealed areas, was left running. Because the contaminated areas were unsealed, the inspectors
feared the possibility of contamination spreading to areas occupied by students and teachers. Bill Kemp, director of radiation and special hazards at the State Health Department, said there was never any danger to the public. "If it had endangered the general population, we would have been called. Apparently they (the Department of Labor) felt the only possible danger was to the laborers." Gay said he came down to test the areas of concern and found no concentration of contamination. After he inspected the areas, the red tag prohibiting further removal was removed, he said. However, Gay said the tag should never have been affixed in the first place, and the whole affair was a big mistake.