THE October 13, 1988 Vol. 8'7, No. 14
VISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Student Senate creates petitions
David Walters, (left) state chairman of the Dukakis campaign, debated with Tom Cole, state chairman of the Republican Party Wednesday in the Liberal Arts Auditorium. (Photo by Daniel Smith)
Debate focuses on issues
By Valli Covert Associate Editor Central State University's political science department and the CSU Young Democrats sponsored a debate Wednesday which focused on many issues both presidential nominees have had to face in recent months. Bret Purser, Young Democrat president, said the debate was held so students at CSU would have a chance to hear about issues that affect Oklahomans, and also to understand more about the candidates. Tom Cole, Republican state
chairman, spoke on behalf of Vice President George Bush. Democrat David Walters, state chairman for the Michael Dukakis campaign, spoke on behalf of the governor from Massachusetts. Cole said Bush wants education dealt with on a state level, not a federal level. Bush is for tax free loans to people wanting to attend an institution of higher learning. After the debate, Cole said there is a lot of problems with how education is being handled. Mainly at institutions that have ten-year plans that freeze in a whole lot of wrong.
Walter's said Dukakis has had 24 years of public life, and there has been no hint of corruption. Walters said that the Massachusetts weekend furlough program was instituted by a Republican, and after the problems that Dukakis encountered with the program, he changed it so that inmates who have no chance of parole could not be furloughed.
By Mark Mitchell Student Writer The Central State University Student Senate passed legislation Monday which will give students an expedient means by which to access the senate. Senate Resolution 88-109 establishes a vehicle that students may use to create and present concerns to the senate in a standardized form. Prior to the passing of this resolution, the Student Association Constitution Bill of Rights provided for the right to petition, but it did not state how the petition was to be structured. Howard Pelphrey and Timothy Heflin, senators from the College of Liberal Arts, authored the resolution whereby the senate will print and make available to CSU students a standardized petition for the purpose of initiating legislation to the senate. The form is laid out so that a student who wants to approach the senate can do so, and do it with less hassle. There is space for the author to write in the resolution, write in the Whereas's, which are things as
they now stand, the Therefore's, which are the proposed solutions, and a page for the required 250 signatures. Senators will be available in the SA office during their office hours to help with the wording of proposed resolutions. Questions were raised about the 250 required signature figure, which Heflin defended as reasonable. He said that figure should not be difficult to attain, "considering a person comes into contact with at least 25 people in a single class period." Lisa Coeh said she had delivered the new approved SA constitution to CSU President Bill Lillard's office, and future meetings with him were planned. Executive officer Kim Voyner reported she has contacted the student associations at both the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. The purpose of this communication, according to Voyner, is to glean and assimilate information about these associations and investigate ways it can be applied to the CSUSA.
One thing both men agreed on was that everyone should get out and vote for the candidate of their choice.
Students tested outside By Doug Johnson Student Writer A lack of planning forced a nursing class outside for an exam
Sept..30, said Joanne Dobler, lecturer of nursing. Faced with overcrowding, nursing students in the Health Sciences
Vista hours restricted By Larry Smith Student Writer A deterioration of quality in The Vista, is the result of an administrative order which restricts the staff to working 20 hours per week, said Martha Giglio, The Vista editor. After publication of a letter by Ann Giglio, The Vista editor's daughter, in which she complained that the staff was working 40 hours per week and only getting paid for 20, Mark Hanebutt, The Vista director, was contacted by Kayla Davis, assistant director of personnel, and told that The Fair Labor Standard Act prohibits an employee from volunteering to perform work of the same nature as the work he is normally paid to perform. "As far back as 1951 the staff has worked past the 20-hour paid
time to publish the paper. This is the first time the regulation has been enforced," said Hanebutt. The time that the editors can work on the paper has been cut in half, so the quality is bound to deteriorate, said Hanebutt. Blanche Washington, director of personnel said, "We were getting lax in several areas and this is a crackdown across the campus to get us in line (with the law)." In a memo to The Vista, Washington added, "each fiscal year there are "X" amount of dollars allocated for the hiring of students, and in order to maximize the number of employment opportunities for all students, a limit must be set." Hanebutt said the current plan is to put out the best quality newspaper possible under the restrictions.
Building were given the choice of whether or not they wanted to take the exam in an already full lab, or to take it outside.
The class finally decided to separate into two groups. "This is the first time it's happened over here in nursing," said Dobler. Since nursing has become a part of the college of Math and Sciences, and with this year's heavy enrollment, careful planning is needed to insure space for all the students in the new building, said Dobler. Some nursing students feel that it is a real problem. Jacquelynn Johnson, junior, felt that taking an exam outside was distracting, and that it may have greatly effected her grade. "Not only did we have to take an exam outside, but last Wednesday we were forced to have a seminar outside also," said Johnson.
Angie Rutherford and Greg White
rehearse for performances of "At the Opera," a program of operatic scenes, Oct. 28 and Oct. 30 in Mitchell Hall Theater. (Photo by Daniel Smith)