University of Central Oklahoma
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TUESDAY October 1, 1991
Pakistani courts convict Americans PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP)—An Islamic court last week convicted two Americans of theft and ordered their right hands and left feet amputated. Daniel Boyd and his brother, Charles, were convicted in a June 20 bank robbery. It was the first conviction by a special Islamic court set up to impose speedy justice for "heinous crimes." Other courts in Pakistan have handed down similar sentences in recent years, but most have been overturned on appeal. The Boyd brothers have lived in Pakistan several years, according to court records.
University of Central Oklahoma students interested in learning more about money management attend the financial air seminar in the University Center Wednesday. (Photo by Mark Zimmerman)
Tyrol hikers find frozen mummy INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP)—Alpine trekkers discovered a mummified body in a glacier, and a scientist said today that it is about 4,000 years old. Local police had initially put the age of the body at 500 years. However, a bronze ax and a stone knife found with the body helped to date it to the early European Bronze Age, said Konrad Spindler, a University of Innsbruck scientist. Hikers stumbled across the body in a glacier last Thursday in Austria's Tyrol mountain region, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet. The man appeared to be between 20 and 40 years old and was dressed in winter clothing of leather and fur stuffed with hay.
Poverty growing in United States WASHINGTON (AP)—The number of poor Americans grew to 33.6 million last year, the first increase since 1983, the Census Bureau said last week. That means 13.5 percent of the country lives in poverty. Under the 1990 definition, a family of four earning $13,359 or less is consideed to be poor. Two-thirds of poor Ameicans were white. Forty percent were children and 11 percent were elderly. People in the country fared better economically than those in the cities. Blacks had the highest povety rate of any racial group at 32 percent. The poverty rate for whites was 11 pecent; Hispanics, 28 prcent; and Asians and Pacific Islanders, 12 percent. See WORLD WRAP back page
Election committee denies grievance By Larry Rogers Staff Writer
A grievance filed by a University of Central Oklahoma student concerning poll operations has been denied by a four member quorum of election committee members at a meeting Thursday. In the complaint, Conny Ford questioned the validity of election results, and asked that the committee extend the election to make up for the two times the polls were unattended. "Everyone who wants to vote should be able to vote," Ford said. "By not having the polls open at the posted times, some students were not given the opportunity to vote. Gray Blevins, election committee chairman, said voter turnout has traditionally been low, and he didn't think election results would be affected. Blevins said 141 total votes were cast in the four-day period of the election. Student election committee members Blevins, Chris Folsom, Jay Collins and Todd Dealy handed down the decision after about 15 minutes of deliberation. In the grievance, Ford also called the posted voting times "inconvenient," and referred to the absence of the required faculty sponsor during voting Tuesday evening. Committee member Collins, who was staffing the polls that evening said the faculty/staff sponsor, Susie Goddard, was
about 20 minutes late, but was there until the polls closed at 8 p.m. "I had a prior commitment, and when they (senate) couldn't find anyone else, I decided at the last minute to do it," Goddard said. Blevins said members based their decision on information they got from the Oklahoma State Election Board. "After talking with the state election board, it became evident to us that human error can exist, and should be allowed for," Blevins said. "The lady I talked to said there had been cases (in Oklahoma elections) where polls were not open, but no election had ever been declared invalid." Ford can appeal the decision to the student senate, student supreme court, and the president of UCO, in that order, if she is not satisfied with the judgement, Blevins said. "I'm not sure what I'll do," Ford said. "At this point I'm not sure it's all worth it. Article III, section 5C of the student association constitution states, "The Senate shall make all rules and regulations concerning all student campus-wide elections. The Senate shall have oversight on all student campus-wide elections." The UCO student handbook states, "A club sponsor must be present at all meetings of every club and organization. A faculty sponsor must be present at any student gathering." Article XI, section 1 of the student association constitution states, "All students are to obey all local, state, and federal laws and those of this university." V
Senate releases
election results By Larry Rogers Staff Writer
The Student Government Association announced the results of last week's vice-presidential and senate elections. "We've got a lot of new people with some new ideas," said Carole Crawley, SGA speaker. Winning the vice president spot was Joaquin Stevens, a junior vocal music and business major. "It's nice to see the hard work pay off," Stevens said. "I appreciate all the support I received in the campaign." A run-off election will be held in the near future for tying candidates Lorraine Kneeland and Mark Shell from the College of Liberal Arts, who received 21 votes each. Liberal Arts senators elected were Tobye Cox, Sara Richardson, Kieth Taylor and Rebekah Zahn. "I'm going to be working on some resolutions concerning night students," Zahn said. I'd like to see the hours extended at the library and the bookstore. College of Education senators include Craig Farrow, Tina Grouping, Brandon Page, Elaine Paparonis and Joycelyn Stevens. The new Business College senators are Talley Thompson and Romona Starbuck. College of Math/Science senators elected were Deborah Lyne, Farooql Najam and Lori Page. V