T i,i98.11E November
Vol. 87, No. 16
VISTA
Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Library to get new elevators
Regents ok requests By William Philpott
Student Writer The Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges approved the acquisitions presented by Central State University President Bill Lillard at its Oct. 21 meeting, said Bette Leone executive secretary to the regents. The 20-year-old elevators at the CSU library have been approved to be replaced with the low bid of $196,000 by the Midwestern Elevator Company, said Dr. John Lolley, director of the library. The Evans Hall renovation project will be rebid Nov. 17 because the previous bids were too high, said Linda Jones, director of cornmunications and publications. The purchases that have been approved are: • College of Liberal Arts: music deptartment; four music synthesizers with software and
sound system, $5,027; two MAC 2 computer systems with one laser printer, $12,748.60. • College of Mathematics and Science: biology department; 18 binocular zoom stereo microscopes, $21,196; 30 compound microscopes, $41,830; five anatomical models, $4,705; one floor model high-speed refrigerated centrifuge, $13,850; chemistry department, one Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, $19,320; computer science department, 11 IBM System 2, Mod 30 hard disk computers with monitors; math and science department; two IBM System 2, Mod 30 hard disk computers with monitors, $6,833.70; one IBM System 2 computer with monitor stand, $2,809.55. • Auxiliary services: maintenance and repair of four elevators in University Center,
$11,000. • Library: acquisitions department; one Minolta microfichemicrofilm reader printer system, $6,977; 86 cases bi-mode paper for reader printer and 20 cases bi-mode toner, $5,596; one IBM personal computer system, $3,193; replacement of five LMM Excel microfilm readers, $20,000. • Physical plant: overhaul of central airconditioning systems in Howell Hall and Liberal Arts, $23,000; lumber and plywood supplies, $3,401.25; paint supplies, $3,379; repair of 580-C backhoe tractor, $2,977.15. • Print shop: stock paper for printing of The Vista, $7,650. • Telecommunications: replacement of telephone cable (1,300 ft.), $5,000. • The Bronze Book: printing Please see Regents on page 8.
Library indexes obituaries By Deidrea Reisman
Student Writer Researchers are collecting obituary entries found in Central State University Library microfilm copies of Edmond newspapers from 1889 to 1989 as part of a Centennial project, said Mary Bond, archivist and coordinater and director of the project. The index will be of value to any library patron seeking information on Edmond and area residents who died during the 100-year period. Bond got the idea for the index when she started receiving requests and calls for such a service from as far away as New York. "The effort is for the purpose of providing an index to the obituaries of the Edmond papers
for those years," said Bond. The information for the index was obtained from all previous Edmond newspapers including the
Edmond Booster, Edmond Sun, Edmond News, Edmond Oklahoma Sun, Edmond Evening Sun, Edmond Sun-Democrat, Edmond Democrat, Edmond Enterprise, Edmond Republican and Oklahoma Farming. Over 7,000 entries have been compiled and sorted thusfar by CSU staff and students using an IBM personal computer. The index will be in alphabetical order and, if known, will list age, occupation, cause of death, source and page number, and will have a comment column that will list a word of interest about the person.
"A search by the comment and date entries could be of benefit to historians. For example, it would be possible to identify those persons who were teachers, farmers, merchants, doctors or ministers before statehood in 1907," said Bond. The index could be a spring board for studies regarding ages, sex and cause of death for certain time frames. Completion of the index is projected for the summer of 1989. The project has been submitted in the Edmond 89er II Centennial Celebration and to the Oklahoma City recognition committee for events and projects. For additional information concerning the index, contact Bond at the Library, ext. 2882.
Reherman to get award By Michelle Dooner
Student Writer Mayor Carl Reherman, assistant professor of political science at Central State University, will receive the Governor Nigh Mayor's award for outstanding community support of the arts Nov. 2. The award will be given during the 1988 Governor's Arts Awards ceremonies at the State Capitol, said Laurie Foor, public information director of the State Arts Council of Oklahoma. "Obviously my first impression and feeling was that the reward
reflects the efforts of the community, and I was just happy to be the person sitting in the office of mayor at the time it was given," said Reherman. Reherman said that his most exciting feeling comes from the way in which young people, school age and university level, have benefited from something he has done. He added that if chose young people go on to broaden their talents, then that is the biggest honor. Although Reherman has been a patron and supporter of the arts for many years, this will be his
first time to receive an award of this nature. The award honors the mayor whose efforts in the community have encouraged art organizations and provided a basis for growth of the arts in his community, said Foor. The State Arts Council began offering the award last year. The recipient of the 1987 award was Mayor Wayne Gilley of Lawton. Reherman is a member of the advisory board of Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park and was the key individual in acquiring the Please see Award on page 8.
"At the Opera" performers Kay Creed (left) and Pamela
Green (right) flutter flower petals during a scene from "Madama Butterfly" Sunday night at Mitchell Hall. (Photo by Dagmar Peery)
Turner sentenced in firearm case By Larry Smith
Student Writer Central State University junior Carl Eugene Turner pleaded guilty Oct. 14 in Oklahoma County Distict Court to a charge of transporting a loaded firearm in a landborne vehicle. District Judge Wendell Smith gave Turner a two-year deferred sentence and ordered him to do 48 hours of community service before Sept. 1, 1989, court records show. Turner was also fined $150 for transporting a loaded firearm, $50 for victim compensation assessment, and $76 for court costs to be paid on or before Jan. 14, 1989. As he was leaving class at CSU Sept. 22, Turner was pulled over by campus police and asked if he had a gun in the vehicle. He said he did, and the officers searched his 1988 Ford Ranger and found a .22-caliber handgun. The semiautomatic pistol had a round in the chamber, police said. He was then taken to Oklahoma County Jail. "The gun was seen laying in the seat of the truck during a routine lot check by officer Craig Hines,"
said CSU Police Chief Bob Roberts. "From talking to Turner, I get the impression that he didn't realize he was in violation of the law. "With a clip-loaded weapon such as this, if it is going to be transported, the clip has to be stored separately from the rest of the gun where the driver can't Please see Case on page 8.
Absentee ballot deadline soon All students who have registered to vote in another county besides the one that they are currently living in, must either go to that county to vote on Nov. 8 or submit an absentee ballot. Students who wish to submit an absentee ballot must send in their name, current address, social security number and their valid signature to the county election board of the county that they are registered in. The deadline for receipt of the request is 5 p.m. Nov. 2.