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THE September 26, 1989
Vol. 88, . No 9
VISTA
Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Vote Wednesday Student senate candidates profiled By Bill Kramer Staff Writer
Seven candidates for Student Association Senate seats representing the College of Liberal Arts are competing for five available positions for the fall senate election tomorrow. Representatives for the College of Business Administration and the College of Education were appointed to vacant senate seats without opposition, according to student association officials. Polls will be open to eligible voters at 8:30 a.m. Polls will be open until 7 p.m. in University Center, across from the bookstore. Vying for the senate seats are: Jeff Blansett, Valentine C. Ruth, Jay Jaekel, Dwanna Costello, Judy Tennel, Brian Jones and Charles Brimer. Blansett, a 1980 graduate of Poly High School in Riverside, Calif., and a junior majoring in political science, is running for his third consecutive term as a student senator. He previously served as parlimentarian and chairman of the continuum committee. He is currently serving on the committee revising the senate constitution as well, he said. Blansett, the current president of Wesley Foundation, said his job the past two years as senator allowed him to represent the student body by voting on and writing legislation.
"I really have enjoyed it (being a student senator)," he said. "It's one of the most fulfilling organizations I have belonged to." Tulsa Edison graduate Valentine C. Ruth is a senior majoring in general studies. She is running for senate so she can take the skills she has learned and put them to good use in the legislauture, she said. Ruth also hopes that by being elected she can help make people aware of the need for a bond between younger and older persons, she said. If elected, Ruth plans to push for legislation aiding commuters and night students. She has been active in government and volunteer work for many years, she said. Senate candidate Jay Jaekel, a freshman criminal justice major from Oklahoma City, is a 1988 graduate of Western Heights High School. He is a member of Sigma Tau Gamma and was a senate page at the state capitol for four years. He said he feels he has been around the government for quite some time. His goals for the senate include finding solutions to the parking problem and determining what exactly happened with the budget this year and how to prevent such problems from happening in the future, he said. Sophomore political science major Dwanna L. Costello is a
English 1153 returns An English course designed for international students have been reinstated for the spring semester after formal protests from the Malaysian Students Association and other interested parties were launched last week. Ming Thiang, MSA president, said English instructor Mary Spelman, who teaches the course, told him Thursday that English 1153 classes had been reinstated. Thiang said when the MSA learned Sept. 15 about the cancellations, the group wrote a letter to the editor of The Vista protesting the situation. Copies of the MSA letter were sent to CSU President Bill Lillard, Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Clyde Jacob, and Ron Paddack, international student advisor, Thiang said. Jimmie Rogers, assistant professor of history and geography and advisor to MSA, also intervened on behalf of international students, Thiang said. Dr. Frances Marie Saunders, chairwoman of the English department, was not available at press time to comment on the reinstatement of classes.
1980 graduate of Henryetta High School. Costello said she thinks the university needs good representation for the student body and thinks she can be instrumental in helping legislation and the student senate. She will push for legislation regarding parking solutions and financial aid problems, she said. I'm probably the typical CSU student," she said. "I'm a single mother, I work and I'm 26 years old." Candidate Judy Tennell, a 1989 graduate of Harrah High School, is a freshman majoring in public relations. She has been president of her high school student council, active in athletics and many other things, she said. "I would really like to get inPlease see ELECTION page 8.
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First Dance Sabra Thorpe waltzes away with the crown—and her escort, Jeff Davis—Thursday night at the Freshman Queen Dance at University Center. Thorp, a Sigma Kappa sorority pledge and resident of Murdaugh Hall, was selected to reign as queen by freshman voters Wednesday. (Photo by Chris Rush)
CSU drug arrests logged By Kamal Mazlan Staff Writer
About 20 Central State University students between 19 and 25 years old have been arrested in campus dormitories for drugrelated crimes since spring of last year, according to campus police officials. Sgt. Hayes Forbes, campus police detective and technical investigator, said seven students were arrested in East Hall in spring 1988; five students in East Hall
last fall; five students in West and Thatcher halls last spring; and one student in East Hall so far this fall. The biggest drug bust was made May 5, 1988 when campus police arrested seven students in East Hall, seizing two to three ounces of marijuana, $508 cash, and drug paraphernalia. Three of the seven arrests made were students listed on a search warrant filed by the district attorneys office, Forbes said. Campus police, with the assis-
Spoils of the drug war confiscated by Campus Police in their at-
tempt to curb drug use on campus. (Photo by Daniel Smith)
tance of Edmond police undercover officers on Dec. 7, 1988, arrested five students in East Hall and seized an undetermined amount of marijuana and cocaine. "The drug busts were haceri nn the number and the seriousness of complaints received from the campus community. Acting on complaints made, the campus police normally conduct preliminary investigations through informers developed by the campus police," Forbes said. "We'll call in undercover assistance from the Edmond police and the state narcotics department if the investigations warrant it. Limited manpower resources do not allow us to do undercover work, which is very complex. Also, undercover work is done by people who are not easily recognizable by others on campus," he said. Forbes said all the students were convicted of drug-related charges. "They did not receive jail sentences because, during plea bargaining, some of them got deferred sentences, some did community service sentences, and Please see DRUGS on page 8.