BUSH WINS! THE VISTA
Thursday Edition
November 10, 1988 Vol. 87, No. 19
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Bush elected president By Valli Covert Associate Editor Republican George Bush will become the nation's 41st president after winning a hard fought battle against Democratic rival Michael Dukakis, Tuesday. Bush jumped out to an early lead in the electoral college winning southern states from Virginia to Texas. Dukakis was able to take his home state of Massachusetts, New York and West Virginia. In an unusual move, Texas Sen.
Lloyd Bentsen conceded the election almost an hour before Dukakis. Students from Central State University held a watch party while watching the returns on television. They are students of Dr. Randall Jones election forecasting class. The five students used historical facts along with technical models in order to predict the outcome of the presidential election on a state and national level.
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As early as 7:15 p.m., Dave Cameron, a senior general education major, had predicted Bush the winner based on Indiana returns. "Total votes for Dukakis will be 42.9 percent, approximately 55 percent for Bush and two to three percent for the New Alliance Party and the Libertarian presidential candidates," Cameron said. The students were able to predict the election within a few percentage points.
O.I.L. honored for 20th year By Mark Mitchell Student Writer Former Oklahoma Gov. George Nigh told delegates of the Oklahoma Inter-collegiate Legislature Friday at the State Capital Complex, they have an opportunity to present a positive image of Oklahoma. "No one can do it better than you," he said. The former governor made the statement to students from across the state during a reception honoring the 20th aniversary of O.I.L. Representatives from Oklahoma's colleges and universities hold two legislative sessions a year at the State Capital Complex, simulating state government with legislative, judicial and executive branches, said Steve Han-
na, this year's O.I.L. governor from the University of Tulsa's law school. Central State University was represented by a number of students, some of whom are also involved in student senate at CSU. Nigh spoke of a time during his administration when the state hired an out-of-state consulting firm to do an image survey of the state. "As a whole the country had no image of this state," he said. "When you go to a meeting and you represent your university," Nigh said, "you're suddenly thrust into the position that people who run for elective offices realize that they have to speak for all those people and have that
responsibility of trying to represent many divergent views. "But somewhere in all these divergent views there must be a common goal place, a place where we come together with what we want people to think of, when they think of Oklahoma," said Nigh. Nigh addressed the image problem by saying the challenge from that day forward has been the challenge of providing an image to the country in a positive way. "I challenge you through O.I.L., I challenge you through other organizations such as this, to be representative of the young minds that are the true leaders of this state, in not the distant future, but today," said Nigh.
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A jaws that was strippod sits on blocks oast of the Liberal Arts Building. Thieves took all four wheels off the vehicle.
Crime wave hits campus By Valli Covert Associate Editor A crime wave that swept over Central State University during the past few weeks has caused campus police to step up patrols, said Chief Bob Roberts. Five grand larcenies and four auto burglaries have been reported to police since Oct. 27. The auto burglaries range from stereos being stolen to a jeep being stripped. Roberts said in most cases people left their rooms or cars unlocked and returned as soon as ten minutes later to find some of their possessions missing. Roberts believes the larcenies are being committed by people who live in the residence halls. There are some precautions to take that may help a person from becoming a victim, he said. The most important is to always lock your dorm room behind you even if you plan on being gone for just
a few minutes. "In one instance, a dorm room was left unlocked for 30 minutes, and the occupant's color televi-
sion was stolen," he said. "There is very little we can do to protect you if you are not concerned enough to lock your dorm rooms." "The suspects in one of the (burglary) cases told us they look for cars that are not locked because there are so many of them," Roberts said. Police have attempted to take fingerprints off some of the vehicles, but "they must have worn gloves" because there were none, he said. "Removable stereos are excellent. We encourage people to own those kinds, to take them and put them in the car trunk." But most people do not, he said. Roberts said if any student, staff or faculty member notices anything suspicious they should notify campus police. "If they (the suspicious persons) are innocent, they will appreciate the concern. "It is going to have to be a community effort to solve this," he said.