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Vol. 85, No. 12
VISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Club contracts due for new yearbook
Vista photos by Tim Soldan
Two Campus Police officers use a "slim jim" to unlock a police car door in front of the Max Chambers Library. Campus Police will unlock the
door of any student's car if the student signs a waiver and can produce identification that it is their car.
Couples calendar scrapped By Shannon Blockcolski Editor The "CSU Couples Calendar," will not be sold this year due to "last minute problems and lack of communication," said Kim Legako, president of CSU's Oklahoma Photographers Society and the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi. "The main reasons the calendar was not finished are; the art work was late getting to the printer, not enough ads were sold, we found out we were going to have to prepay for the calendars and we had to pay more than the price we had been quoted," Legako said. Dr. Ray Tassin, chairman of the journalism department, said, "It was four weeks into the semester and the calendars were still not ready. I told them they couldn't sell it that late, and in my opinion they should just forget about it." Dr. Robert Hays took over as journalism faculty coordinator of the calendar after the controversy concerning the 1985-86's calendar girl's pictures. He had planned on giving the calendar a "new look." "We were going to feature fashion couples instead of calendar girls, make it larger, use a different type and color of paper and make it 13 months long," Legako
said. "It would have worked if we had known in advance about the extra costs." In the spring, 1986 semester, four campus organizations — OPS, SDX, the Public Relations Club and Alpha Delta Sigma were going to participate in the new calendar. Yet only two people were actually working on it, Lisa Queri and Regina Langford, who both graduated in May, Legako said. Legako joined Queri and Langford on the project in the middle of the semester when she took over as president of OPS. "I took all of the pictures, but almost no advertising was sold. The PR Club did put out some publicity announcements about couple entries, but OPS did most of the work." Legako, Queri and Langford used a different printer this year, who quoted them the prices for printing camera ready copy but not for the typesetting, Legako said. "Lisa and Regina thought that typesetting was free at CSU, which it isn't, so they just asked for the prices on camera ready copy. Even if we had sold all of the advertising, we still could not have afforded the cost of printing," Legako said.
Legako said another reason for the lack of funds was the poor sale of the previous year's calendar. Some of the 1985-86 calendar girls refused to sell the calendars because they claimed their pictures were "unflattering, disgusting and vulgar," she said. "The controversy over last year's calendar did effect the number of applicants we had for this year's calendar. Yet the photographs I took this year were just head and shoulder shots," Legako said. "All of the applicants were completely satisfied with the pictures." Legako said there will be a CSU calendar next year, and OPS has already started planning it. She said she has decided to use the same art work for next year's calendar, which will go to the printer in April. "We're ahead of the game for next year. The same thing will not happen because we know in advance what problems we will have to deal with, Legako said. "It was definitely a learning experience, we won't come up against these kinds of problems at the last minute again. This year it was just a lack of information being transferred to people, and a lack of participation."
By Susan Green Associate editor The yearbook staff now is working with campus organizations so each may be represented in the book. In order to be in the yearbook, each organization must have filled out a contract for purchasing a page or pages. The contract, available in the Bronze Book office, southside of the Communication's Building, is due Oct. 15. "Any organization which wishes to be in the yearbook, must have a contract. Then the organizations are responsible for scheduling photos with the organization editor," Jane Meese, editor-in-chief said. "Only six have been turned in so far. Every effort needs to be made to have the contracts in by Oct. 15. Each organization needs to double check to see if they have one, if not, get one and turn it in. It is their responsibility," she said. When the organizations turn in the contracts, they need to include the money for the number of pages they want, Meese said. One page is $20 and two pages is $35. Oct. 28 and 29 will be make-up days for students who did not have individual pictures taken. Meese said on a few hundred peo-
pie had their picture made. "I think the rain put a big damper on the number of students willing to get their picture made. And, because it's a commuter school, I have the feeling not very many students even know we have a yearbook, Meese said. "From my own experiences at other universities, it's a great way to hold on to some memories. It's not a big thing to students right now, but in five or ten years it is a great way to remember your college years," she said. The yearbook, entitled "Essence '87," will be distributed the last week of school. The cost will be $16 for those who did not purchase one at the time of enrollment. Students are to pay at the finance counter and bring the receipt to the yearbook office, Meese said. There are still students who have paid for 1986 yearbooks and have not picked them up, she added. The 1987 yearbook staff includes: Debbie Descher, sports editor; Jo Lynn McClellan, students and honors editor; Kellie Connor, faculty and performing arts editor; Leah Tennison, organizations editor; Meese, editor-in-chief and Dr. Sam Sackett, advisor.
New law to require front seat belt usage By Dean Cheves Student Writer Beginning Feb. 1, 1987 all automobile drivers and front-seat passengers will be required by law to wear seat belts. A bill also has been proposed by two U.S. senators to allow states to raise interstate speed limits to 65 mph in rural areas (those with populations under 50,000). The seat belt law would not effect persons in a backseat or in a truck, pickup, recreational vehicle or van. Drivers must be stopped for another reason to receive a citation for not wearing a seat belt, the bill stated. "Right now we are showing a decrease in traffic fatalities and we hope this new law will help to continue this trend," said 2nd Lt. Stewart Meyer of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Each person not wearing a seat belt will be cited individually and
each citation will carry a fine of $25. No points are assessed to the individual's driving record, Meyer said. Under the proposed speed limit law, states would be allowed to raise the speed limit to 65 mph in rural areas without fear of losing federal funds. Since the 55 mph limit was enacted in 1974, traffic fatalities have decreased. Yet tougher drunk driving laws and the increased use of seat belts also have contributed to the decrease, Meyer said. "It is fair to assume that raising the speed limit 10 mph will cause an increase in accidents," Meyer said. "The law was imposed as a conservation issue but has become a safety issue to many including the highway patrol. According to Meyer, the average speed on Oklahoma highways is between 60-62.5 mph.