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85, November 1986 Vol.
No. 19
VISTA
Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Student fees kept for campus usage
Photographic services: Tom Gilbert
Miss Black CSU Karen Marsten (left), CSU President Dr. Bill Lillard and Suzanne Knopp cut the CSU 96th Birthday
Party cake at the celebration Nov. 7 in the University Center.
•, Courses offer 'credits by mail'
By Shae Naro "Correspondence work was never intended to replace the classroom, but it is a beneficial way to pick up credit," said Darrell Gilliland, director of the Department of Correspondence Studies. The five colleges on the CSU campus are represented by the correspondence studies program. Most of the courses offered are lower division, but there are some 3000 and 4000 level courses offered. The only requirement for students to participate in correspondence studies is that one be admissable to CSU. The fees are $20 per credit hour, but a student cannot enroll in more than two
courses at one time. "Usually students enrolled in correspondence courses are hardship cases, or a course they needed was not offered in regular enrollment," said Gilliland. Full or part-time students may enroll in correspondence courses as long as the combined enrollment does not exceed 20 hours. Students have one year to complete the course, which is graded by a regular faculty member. The number of lessons in a course depends on the course; ten lessons per credit hour means if a student was taking three hours credit there would be 30 lessons. Most courses, depending on the instructor, have one comprehensive final.
According to Gilliland, "It takes a disciplined person to complete the courses because the work is done independently and mailed into the department." Credit is the same as regular enrollment credit, but no record will be applied to the transcript until the final is taken. "We have 600 students actively enrolled at any given time from many states and one or two foreign countries," said Gilliland. "Correspondence is not an easy way out, but it is an alternative," said Gilliland. For additional information regarding correspondence courses, contact Darrell Gilliland at the administration building in office 101D.
By Susie E. Goddard Lake Arcadia is filling up, and, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, construction of the lake's park areas should be cornplete by Fall 1987. Seven parks are being built around the new lake, the closest to CSU's campus being Spring Creek, located at 15th and Midwest Boulevard; Edmond Park, on Highway 66 (Edmond Road) and Central State Park, also on Highway 66.
Other parks include Post Road Park, located on Highway 66 below the dam; Tinker Creek Park, 33rd and Post Road; Deep Fork Park, Memorial and 15th Street and Turtle Island Handicapped Park at 33rd and Air Depot. The parks will provide many recreational activities for CSU students and Edmond residents, a corps of engineers spokesperson said. There will be beaches, campsites, picnic sites, boat ramps,
playgrounds, hiking trails and group picnic shelters. The Lake Arcadia area also will feature sports complexes, a marina and a research center for Central State. As well as recreation, Lake Arcadia also will provide flood control and water storage. The water treatment plant, which will be located east of the lake's dam, will take care of Edmond's water problems for at least the next 20 years, the spokesperson said.
By Shannon Blockcolski Several students don't know what the money they pay for certain fees listed on their enrollment computer printout are used for, said Dr. Larry Williams, vice president of academic administration. "The majority of the fees, 22 percent, charged per semester with the tuition go into revolving fund income, 22 percent of the university's total funds," Williams said. On the computer printout, five different fees are separated from a student's general fee charge. The "facility fee," according to Williams, goes to the Broncho Fieldhouse and Wantland Stadium. This fee is 42 cents per credit hour per semester, with a maximum or $5 each semester and $2 in the summer. The "union fee," Williams said, is used to finance the University Center Activities Board and University Center. It is paid at a rate of 50 cents per semester hour, with a maximum of $7.50 in the fall and spring and $4 in the summmer. The "non-resident fee" is charged all students who are not official residents of Oklahoma. "These students pay a higher cost for all of their tuition and fees," Williams said. The "special fee" category covers many different things, Williams said.
"If a person enrolls in an advanced standing exam, private lessons or some physical education courses, they are charged a special fee," he added. Two physical education courses which charge a $25 special fee are the bowling and racquetball classes. This money is not kept by the university, Williams said, but paid to the bowling alley or racquetball court where the students attend class. The "non refund" space on the printout is reserved for students who enroll in a semester, attend classes for part of the semester and then drop out. If a student withdraws from school during the first week of classes, they are refunded 80 percent of their tuition and fees, during the second week, 50 percent and during the third week, 30 percent, Williams said. After the third week, a student withdrawing from school receives no refund, based on the refund policy of the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education. The "student activity fee" is incorporated into the general fees, Williams said, and is determined by the amount of credit hours a student enrolls in each semester. "A lot of people think we ought to make our students pay 25 percent of the total cost of their education. At CSU the students pay a decent proportion, 22 to 23 percent," he added.
Recreational parks planned to complement Lake Arcadia
Sherelle Sims performs in the Lip Sync competition sponsored by the Afro American Student Union Nov. 8 in the University Center Ballroom.