T s,..11E September
Vol. 87, No. 4
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Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Faculty senate votes on proposals today By Tim Earley
Student Writer Student evaluation of instruction, salary differential between professors and assistant professors, and position description for assistant deans are some of the items to be discussed in the Faculty Senate meeting today. The first meeting of the 1988-89 CSU Faculty Senate will be held at 2:40 p.m. in the Council Room at the University Center according to Dr. Fred Grosz, associate professor of chemistry and president of the Central State University Faculty Senate. An election is also scheduled to choose a new Reporter/Historian. Bob Hays, who had held the position, left the university during the summer. A proposal to revise the student evaluation of instruction, including the means that the document is administered to the students, the interpretation of the data, uses of the data and slight changes in the document itself, will be discussed. The Senate will also work to formulate a definitive position description and selection process for assistant dean positions. The proposal calling for a larger salary differential between professors and assistant professors will be studied further during this meeting. This proposal has already been tabled twice in two meetings, Grosz said. Also, Grosz will present to the Senate a copy of the constitution for the Higher Education Faculty Association. The senate began considering joining HEFA last
spring. CSU must approve the constitution before it can become a member of the HEFA. HEFA is a recently formed organization of faculty senates representing each of the higher education institutions in Oklahoma. The Faculty Senate will discuss the finer points of the constitution before deciding to join the organization. In related news, CSU President Bill Lillard took action on several Senate proposals during summer break. The following is a list of the proposals and the action taken: • Proposal 87-1 Emergency Individual Class Withdrawal—Approved; • Proposal 87-6 Rescheduled Salary Payment—Not Approved; • Proposal 87-10 Preferred Provider Health Care Provisions—Not Approved; • Proposal 87-12 Minimum Scholarship Guidelines—remanded to Senate for further study; • Proposal 87-15 Reform of Senate Electoral Procedures—Approved; • Proposal 87-16 Period For Tenure—remanded to Senate for further study; • Proposal 87-22 Procedures for Selection of Department Chairpersons—Approved; • Proposal 87-23 Pacific Fidelity Insurance Premium Payroll Deduction—Not Approved; • Proposal 87-24 Faculty Status of Professional Librarians (eligibility for tenure)—Not Approved. The Faculty Senate meets the second Tuesday of each month during the school year.
Hot air balloons are filled with helium on the Central State University campus Monday morning during an Edmond Hot Air Balloon Festival. See related story on page 8. (Photo by Daniel Smith)
Centennial events planned By Martha Giglio
Editor The 1990-91 Central State University school year will mark the university's centennial, and a number of events are being planned by the CSU Centennial Coordinating Committee to celebrate the school's founding. CSU was founded Dec. 25, 1890, as the Territorial Normal School by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature. "A Sept. 30 meeting is planned for some off-campus people, alumni and friends," said John
Wendell Simmons Jr., chairman of the committee. Simmons was graduated in 1953, and his father, John Wendell Simmons, Sr., a 1927 CSU graduate, chaired the 50th anniversary celebration at CSU. Simmons said planning began in March, and special meetings were held this summer. Specifics will be announced as plans are developed, he said. According to Simmons, the commission is multi-tiered. Sub-divisions of the groups have formed committees and in-
elude marketing, financial and special events. Other committees which have expressed special interest will be organized, he said. Such committee projects as beautification will be begin this fall. "There has been quite a lot of interest in the Centennial," Simmons said. "We hope to see it become a rallying point so current and former students, residents of Edmond and governmental leaders will observe the past, plan for the future and help CSU Please see Centennial on page 8.
Police continuing inquiry By Valli Covert
Associate Editor Police are still investigating the death of a 27-day-old baby who was discovered battered and unconscious last week in Central State University's married-student housing. Corey Carter, of Broncho II Apartments, 600 N. Chowning, sustained two broken collarbones, a broken right tibia, a swollen brain and a skull fracture. He died shortly after being taken to Ed-
mond Memorial Hospital, Aug. 30. Police are waiting to get results back from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation lab on some items that were confiscated out of the apartment, CSU Police Chief Bob Roberts said. He did not specify what those items were. "There are still some people we need to talk to," Roberts said. Police are trying to find out if
the child was cared for by anyone besides the parents, he said. The father, a 24-year-old CSU student, has been interviewed and given a lie detector test. The results of the test were not available. The mother, who is 19 years old, has not been questioned yet, Roberts said. The names of the parents have not been released. No charges have been filed.
Honors program offered By Larry Floyd
Guitarist Steve Coleman, of "Main Event," entertains a crowd at Thatcher Lake Sept. 1. (Photo by Chris Rush)
Student Writer A new honors program should offer some challenging courses for selected students at Central State University this fall, said Dr. Clif' Warren, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. The honors courses do not require more work than regular sections of the same courses, but they offer speakers, tours and other special activities not offered by the regular sections. Students in the program are re-
quired to have special permission or a minimum ACT score of 22 to enroll in the honors courses. The maximum class size is 25 students. Honors course instructors serve as mentors for the students by guiding students into areas of special interest and helping them choose their majors, Warren said. Honors courses are available this fall only in the College of Liberal Arts, with at least one honors course in each of the college's ten departments. The
honors program has begun with lower-level honors courses and will add upper-level courses as the program becomes more established. Ten honors courses will be added each year until 100 courses are available throughout the colleges at CSU, Warren said. Efforts were made several years ago to establish an honors program at'CSU. The program never became school-wide, however, and it was eventually dropped.