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E 8, r.,i911 SeptembeT Vol. 85, No. 5
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Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
ELC reviewed at formal hearing By Kim Voynar A formal meeting was held September 8 to decide the fate of the English Language Center owned by Dr. James Stewart, assistant professor of English. An evaluation team sent to the center February 20 submitted a recommendation to the Regents for Higher Education that the center not be approved. The team withheld approval of the center because several major concerns from the 1985 visit had not been addressed. In addition, several additional areas of concern were raised at the 1986 visit.
International students wishing to attend a state college or university must receive a score of 500 or higher on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). However, if a student has completed a minimum of 12 weeks of study at an approved English Language school, the student can be conditionally admitted for one semester with a score of at least 460 on the TOEFL. Because Stewart's school did not receive the approval of the Regents, students attending the English Language Center do not qualify for conditional admission to CSU or any other college or
university in the state system.
At the meeting, Vice Chancellor Melvin Todd briefly reviewed the history of the school. Then Son-
dra Lason, chairman of the survey team which visited the school, reviewed the concerns of the team as listed in the team's recommendation. Stewart answered each of the concerns, and several of his students spoke on behalf of the center. "I took each concern and clarified or presented new material indicating the current status," Stewart said. Professor of Economics Dr.
Mohammad Shaaf, who has two brothers who attended the school, also spoke favorably of the center, Stewart said. Stewart met in June with Chancellor Joe Leone and Todd to discuss the concerns. At that time, Stewart said he believed the center had met all of the concerns of the report. Stewart said the committee was interested in the fact that the English Language Center issued temporary certificates to four students in the past year, and all of the students had a cumulative grade point average of 3.3 or higher. Stewart said at this point Lason
will submit another report to
Todd. A panel will consider the report and the transcript of the hearing to determine if the disapproval of the center will be reconsidered. Stewart said if the decision is not reconsidered, the center has the option of appealing to the Regents. However, Stewart said he doesn't anticipate that happening. "I really don't think that will occur," he said. "There is nothing remaining of concern." Stewart said the Regents will decide at their meeting September 24 whether to reconsider the center's status.
Student discount card resolution eliminated By Shannon Blockcolski A resolution proposing the installation of student/staff discount cards with the U.S.A. company was resended by Student Activities Committee Chairman Kim Voynar at the Student Senate meeting Monday. Voynar said the distribution of the discount cards to the students would create too much of a problem for the Senate members. She proposed the Senate create their own discount card system, in order to gain the profits. In other Senate business, Student Association President Jeff Shilling announced the appointment of Richard Passey, former student senator, as Student Association vice president. Shilling said two other students planned on filing for the office, but one was disqualified for academic reasons and the other did not file a petition on time. A Student Association election will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday on the first floor of the University Center. All students with a validated ID can vote for homecoming queen and two Student Association amendments, said Shilling. The first amendment will allow new student senators to be inaugurated earlier than in the past. The second amendment will allow the Student Association president to appoint senators from different colleges to fill available senate positions in other colleges. Students from the college of liberal arts will be able to vote in the liberal arts senator election. The six candidates for the five senator positions are Tiffany
Bird, April Eck, Nelaine Mason, Patricia McLean, Missy Parker and Kristi Saul. "Those students who are still interested in being a student senator can pick up an application from me in the Student Senate office after the election," Shilling said.
Photographic services: Dan Smith
1986 CSU Cheerleaders, are from left to right (back row): Shelly Boyd, Edmond; Terri Bell, Hen-
nessey; Machel Duncan, Oklahoma City; Tammy Carte, Edmond; (front row) Patricia Wells, Yukon; Michele Williams, Sand Springs; Desiree Combrink, Ponca City and Michele Umdenstock, Yukon.
'Poly-abuse' poses new problem for centers By Shannon Blockcolski Editor
This is the last of a three-part series on problems and issues effecting students. Poly-drug abuse, or the addiction to two or more chemical substances, is becoming more prevalant among young adults, according to Tim Speece, program director for the Edmond Memorial Hospital Recovery Center for Chemical Dependency, 1 S. Bryant. "College is a time for experimentation, and the use of
several chemical substances, such as alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, crack and heroine, is becoming popular," Speece said. The recovery center provides a 28 day inpatient voluntary chemical dependency treatment program for adults 18-years or older. "The patients are not forced to stay, even though we encourage it," Speece said. "Our program includes individual and group counseling, family counseling, a complete evaluation and detoxification if necessary."
After the treatment, Speece said, the center provides a 12 week after care program which is included in the basic cost, ranging from $6,300 to $7,000. June Albright, client care consultant at the Referral Center for Alcohol and Drug Services of Central Oklahoma Inc., 5835 S. Pennsylvania, also said she has dealt with quite a few dual addictions. "We treat very few pure alcoholics or pure drug addicts. Once young adults are addicted to
one chemical, they will trade back and forth," Albright said. "Some start out with marijuana or alcohol very young, then move on to speed, heroin, PCP or acid." The referral service offers a pretreatment program, Albright said, where the patients are educated on the disease of chemical addiction and then referred to a medical chemical dependency treatment center. Albright said they operate on a sliding scale payment basis, and will not refuse anyone treatment due to their financial status.
"The number of people asking for referrals has greatly increased in the past year. We provided services for 5,000 people since January." Albright said.
The service's biggest problem, Albright said, is a lack of chemical treatment centers compared to the number of people needing help. "We have fewer places to refer people to because of budget cuts, which hurts our service and the people with drug addictions," Albright said.