"191FICIE September 13, 1983
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Vol. 82, No. 5
Ford suffers stab wounds in attack By Terri Carpenter Staff Writer
CSU English Professor Bob W. Ford, 48, was attacked and suffered stab wounds Saturday, according to Lt. Dave McBride, public information officer for the Oklahoma City Police Department. Ford was admitted to Mercy Health Center Saturday evening with hand and abdominal stab wounds, according to hospital spokesman Larry VanHoose. According to police reports, Ford had been to the fall arts fair (FestiFall) in Oklahoma City. At 3:30 p.m. Ford was returning home when he was approached by a white male. Ford was in his vehicle at N.W. 36th and Walker when the man attacked him with a knife stealing $75 "The suspect approached his (Ford's) vehicle and told him to 'give me your wallet,"' according to McBride. "Mr. Ford got out of his car and fought with the suspect and during that process Ford received a cut to his right hand and a stab wound to his stomach," said McBride. The suspect is described in police reports as a white male, about 30, 6' I", 150 pounds with black hair, wearing blue jeans and a button-up shirt. Ford was reported in fair condition Monday afternoon, according to VanHoose. Ford was conscious, but uncomfortable and his vital signs are stable. VanHoose would not confirm rumors that Ford was operated on Saturday and said it will be up to Ford's physician as to when he will be released. English Department Chairman Dr. Charles W. Hembree said his information on Ford is "very sketchy." "I just understand that he was attacked apparently with a knife over the weekend in Oklahoma City. My information is that he expects to be back possibly within a week," said Hembree. Library assignments and films have been arranged for Ford's five classes while he is away. Other instructors will take over his classes if he is gone too long, according to Hembree.
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Vista photo by Daniel Smith
'I think we are being watched'
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Two female fans take in the action at Saturday night's game at
Wantland Stadium with Southwestern, although the fan to the left appears to be more concerned with the game.
Academic council open to debate By Terri Carpenter Staff Writer
Instead of acting as a rubber stamp that merely shows approval, the Academic Affairs Council will now be confronting critical academic issues head-on, according to Dr. James E. Perry, vice president of academic affairs. "In the past the council took all the issues and basically said yes, yes, yes to them all," said Perry. "They only dealt with things like course descriptions and there was no room for open-ended debate on academic issues. I hope to change this." Council members and other faculty have been given a questionaire on which they were asked to complete a check list they identifying the issues that are of importance to them in their schools as well as in the university. Perry said that this is the first step in the council's attemnt tr nin-point the
problems on campus. Student senate representatives were also asked to fill out a questionaire. "I want them to concentrate on what they think are the most crital areas in their schools," said Perry. "These (those outlined on the questionaire) are by no means the most important ones, but some of them are quite important." Among the issues included on this list were general education requirements, language requirements, specialized accredidation and the quality controls of academic programs. "The Academic Affairs Council is the council before which all undergraduate academic program matters must be presented," said Perry. "Any kind of change concerning the entire undergraduate program must be referred to this council.
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"This may not appear, on the surface, to be significant to the eyes of some, but this is a very, very significant matter in our academic community," said Perry. "The Academic Affairs Council has always been a re-active body. That is, as materials have been brought forward to the council, the membership has reacted to the proposal. "The council has typically not been pro-active, it has not necessarily lead the way with regard to academic affairs matters. "It has not necessarily charted its own course with regard to monitoring the quality control of our academic program, or even addressing the issues that are of importance within our community." Perry said the council will be in contact with the various academic areas on campus more than in the past. This will enable the members to "sound out the areas of concern and work with institutions such as the faculty senate and the student senate," said Perry. Although he said there will be more debate on the issues, Perry said that not just any issue will be considered. "I don't want the council to be used as open season for mc.!::nto bring up just anything," said
Perry. He said that he and council members would operate through such bodies as the Dean's council to determine the merit of the proposals. Dr. Albert Lynd, assistant vice president for academic affairs, will serve as chairman of the council. However, the council will still report to Perry. "He (Lynd) is our chief officer for programs. One of his major responsibilities, therefore, is to not only serve as chairperson of the Academic Affairs Council, but to schedule the meetings, prepare the agenda and to manage the flow of material from the faculty through the council and then to the State Regents for Higher Education," said Perry. In the past, the council only met when a issue arose. Perry said that they will no longer just "be on call," but will have scheduled meetings once a month. They will no longer have an agenda which the members are asked to react to, said Perry. Instead, they will have an agenda consisting of issues of major importance in the CSU academic community to which they will be asked to examine, enumerate the alternatives that are present and recommend a plan of action for implementation, according to Perry. The change in the role and scope of the council was evident at the first meeting, held Sept. 7.
The agenda of this meeting included the new business of discussing this change with the members and also reviewing the search and screening process for selecting academic adminisrators. The coucil's next meeting will be Oct. 5. Perry expects a report back on the questionaire before then and he will brief members on the results.
Wednesday deadline for petitions Petitions for the September 21 student senate election are due Wednesday in the Student Senate office, located in University Center room 420. To be included on the ballot, a student must file an election petition containing the signatures of 25 CSU students. Senators elected in the fall will serve until the spring semester. To be eligible, students must have a 2.0 overall grade point average, be enrolled in and passing at least 6 semester course hours, and have the hour of 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. free on Mondays. In addition, all Student Senators must serve a Senate office hour at a time of their choice at least once weekly.