Campaign '92
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The Issue: Military
University of Central Oklahoma
General gets fake bloodbath KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — A former Green Beret who turned peace activist splattered retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf with fake blood as the Gulf War commander promoted his autobiography. "All the revenue you generate from the sale of this book is blood money, general," Michael Gayler, 43, of Seattle, said Monday as authorities held him to the floor. He was charged with assault and released without bail.
Grandma has buns in oven ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A 53-year-old woman became pregnant with twins through in-vitro fertilization, and a doctor said she had the same chance of a successful pregnancy as a younger woman. Mary Shearing, who has three children and two grandchildren from a previous marriage, was going through menopause when she became pregnant. The twins were conceived using her husband's sperm and eggs donated by a woman in her 20s. The donor's name was not made public.
Pope ripped NEW YORK (AP) — Spokesmen for the Roman Catholic Church accused Sinead O'Connor of promoting hate after the singer tore up a picture of the pope on "Saturday Night Live." Near the end of the show early Sunday, O'Connor sang "War," written by the late Jamaican superstar Bob Marley — also a critic of Catholicism.
THURSDAY October 8, 1992
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Metal buildings ease crowding Temporary structures house education, liberal arts students By Roy Howe
Staff Writer
Due to a larger enrollment than administrators anticipated, some University of Central Oklahoma students Tuesday found their class located where only asphalt lay a month ago. Two pre-fabricated buildings containing classrooms and faculty offices were constructed last month to accommodate the ever-growing student population. Joyce Mounce, administrative vice president, said 10 class sections are now scheduled to be located in the portable buildings with the possibility of more to be added this semester. "I'm still working with faculty," she said. The classes to move into the portable buildings are primarily from the College of Education and include classes from the College of Liberal Arts, Mounce said. The relocation is based on oversized classes and takes into consideration the State Regents for Higher Education's space utilization standards which address fire code rules. "We moved them (classes) over there with the expressed anticipation to make the class sizes more manageable for proper classroom instruction and to • address the fire code situation," said Dr. Clyde Jacob, academic vice president. Behind the need for the portable buildings lies the university's late enrollment process which allowed additional students to take the faculty and administration by surprise. "The whole issue arose as a result of the surprise record enrollment increase," Jacob said. "It's a pleasant surprise for us, but along with record enrollment comes additional problems that we have to deal with such as
space and facilities for the students. "Because of late enrollment, we did not realize this problem until two weeks into the semester," he said. Through the efforts of Mounce, who worked through the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, UCO received emergency authorization to obtain the buildings. "They were purchased and delivered in a very short amount of time," Jacob said. Mounce said the cost of the two buildings complete with air conditioning, heating and carpet totaled $70,000. Some classes were rearranged to solve the overcrowding problem, but others were faced with no alternatives. "In some cases we could simply switch classrooms," Mounce said, "but there was no place large enough to accommodate the classes that were relocated," Mounce said. "Some colleges were able to make some adjustments to get their classes down to a manageable size," Jacob said, but other colleges were just not able to do that." Portable buildings are a new alternative to overcrowding at UCO. "This is the first time we've used portable buildings," Jacob said. "We've had to go to other measures because of space in the past," he said. The First United Methodist Church and Dayspring Church of Christ were utilized for extra class space in 1989 and 1990. "Several years ago we received national coverage by the press when we used a casket room to hold a class," Jacob said. Classes to be held in the portable buildings are already being scheduled for the spring semester, Mounce said. "I've had 15 requests for the spring — and anticipate more."
Muhammad Alikhan plays cricket, the national game of Pakistan, outside of East Hall. (Photo by Mike Simons)
Accreditation team finishes UCO study By Roy Howe
Staff Writer A seven member on-site reaccreditation team, touring the campus to verify the University of Central Oklahoma's self-study report, wrapped up its examination of the campus Wednesday. In order for UCO to remain accredited with the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools it must periodically submit a self-study of itself to be confirmed by a visiting team. The team arrived Monday to verify the university's self-study which explains what the university is doing, how it is organized to do it, how it is accomplishing its duties and
what the university will do to continue its services. "We've had several weeks prior to arriving here to review the information that the institution has provided us," said Dr. Warren Armstrong, team chair of the on-site North Central team. We're here now to see if it's consistent with what we find," he said. Armstrong said it was not appropriate for him to comment on the team's findings at this time, but explained that the people attending UCO have made a good choice. "It's been a very interesting visit," Armstrong said. "This is a dynamic university. I think the students at UCO shouldn't feel unhappy about their decisions to enroll here," he said.