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THE August 30, 1.990
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Vol. 89, No. 3
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Plan may save $1.7 million Energy firm to slash campus power demands Radio reports say Waite could be released next
By Sam Powell Student Writer
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)—A Beirut radio station reported Monday that Anglican church envoy Terry Waite would be the next hostage to be freed by pro-Iranian kidnappers in Lebanon. The communist-run Voice of the People also said all six American hostages would be freed once Iran's frozen assets in the United States are released. The station, respected for its balanced reporting and investigative work, said it drew the conclusions from interviews with Iranian and Syrian officials as well as Shiite Moslem leaders after the release of five Western hostages in the past four months.
Sanctions to involve force NEW YORK CITY (AP)—The United Nations on Saturday gave the world's navies the right to use force to stop vessels trading with Iraq, and Baghdad cut supplies to some embassies in Kuwait but did not carry out its threat to close them by force. The United States and its allies praised the U.N. Security Council for voting early Saturday to allow military action to uphold international trade sanctions aimed at punishing Iraq for invading Kuwait on Aug. 2. "Iraq has evaded resolutions of the Security Council and thumbed its nose at all humanity," U.S. Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering said following the unanimous vote at the United Nations. "This has prompted the council to take one of the most important decisions in its history."
52 Americans released; U.S. expels Iraqi officials (AP)—Fifty-two exhausted Americans reached freedom in Turkey Monday after an ordeal in Iraq and occupied Kuwait, and U.N. SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez Cuellar said "it is time for diplomacy" to resolve the Persian Gulf crisis. In Vienna, 10 of 11 OPEC ministers tentatively agreed early Tuesday to permit increased oil production immediately by some countries in response to the crisis, sources said, with Iran the lone holdout. Iraq and Lybia did not show up for the informal meeting of the 13-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Iraqi captains received orders not to defy a U.N. embargo but to allow U.S. warships to stop and search their vessels, according to CBS Please see World Wrap on page 4.
Studying energy-saving control devices, Richard Tate of Johnson Controls points out several high-tech features of the equipment to Harold Elston of Central State University Telephone Services. (Photo courtesy Daniel Smith, CSU Photographic Services)
Central State University will realize a savings of approximately $1.7 million in the next 10 years with a system of energy conservation projects, said Administration Vice President Joyce Mounce. The announcement came at an Aug. 28 seminar conducted by Johnson Controls, the energy management manufacturer responsible for implementing the system. "It is a win-win situation for everyone," Mounce said. "The university will pay no money up front. The system will be paid for from future energy savings, and if there are no savings Johnson Controls will pay the cost of implementation." Please see ENERGY on page 8.
Inflation cuts into financial aid University officials are urging students who are federal aid recepients to finish their schooling as soon as possible. "Although student aid has reached a record high, it fails to keep pace with the rising cost of education," said Financial Aid Director Shiela Fugett. Student aid reached a record $27.9 billion in the 1989-90 school year but has failed to keep up with the sharp decadelong rise in the cost of attending college, the College Board reported Thursday. Federal aid, adjusted for inflation, actually declined 3 percent during the decade, according to the board's annual report, "Trends in Student Aid: 1980-1990." Rapid growth in aid from state and institutional sources has picked up some of the slack, but not nearly enough to keep pace with college costs that have more than doubled during the 1980s, the report concluded. Institutional aid-grants and loans awarded by colleges out of their own resources shot up by 90 percent, and state grants increased 52 percent even after adjusting for inflation. Aid from all sources was 62 percent more in current dollars than the $17,226 available in 1980-81. But adjusted for inflation, total student aid was up by just 10 percent since 1980-81, according to the report issued by the board's Washington, D.C., office. During that period, the cost of attending public universi-
ties rose by 105.3 percent in current dollars, and 40 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars. Costs at private institutions were up 133.9 percent-59.5 percdent after inflation is factored in. A record 13.5 million students attended undergraduate and graduate programs last school year, compared with 12.1 million in 1980, according to federal statistics. Preliminary figures for 1989-90 showed the federal share including all grants and loan programs totaled $20.36 billion, compared with $19.95 billion a year earlier. The latest total was 42 percent higher in current dollars than the $14.37 billion available a decade ago. Adjusted for inflation, however, federal aid actually declined 3 percent from 1980-81 levels, according to the report. The drop reflected the abolition in 1985 of college benefits provided by Social Security as well as a 76 percent decline in veteran benefits. Such assistance totaled $601 million in 1989-90, compared with $1.71 billion a decade earlier, the report found. State grant programs grew by 123 percent during the decade, from $801 million to $1.79 billion. Adjusted for inflation, such grants were up 52 percent. Information compiled from Central State University and Associated Press wire reports.