THE November 30, 1989 Vol. 88, No. 24
VISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
CSU star linebacker sentenced By Bill Kramer
Staff Writer Broncho football star Mike Bennett was sentenced Monday in Logan County Judge Donald Worthington's courtroom on a felony charge of knowingly concealing stolen property. Bennett's sentence was deferred to November of 1991 and he has been placed
under the supervision of the department of corrections, said Barbara Hayes, Logan County court clerk. Bennett was charged June 23 after concealing a stolen Emerson microwave oven and a 19-inch Zenith television. He was also ordered to serve 40 hours of community service for each year of the deferred sentence. In addition, he must pay $150 court assessment, $20 victim compensation assessment, an undetermined amount for court costs and $20 per month probation
fee for the duration of the deferred sentence, she said. The maximum penalty for the crime is 5 years in the penitentiary or up to one year in the county jail and/or up to a $500 fine, Hayes said. Bennett may eventually remove the felony from his record if he maintains good behavior for the duration of his deferred sentence, Hayes added. "If he obeys the orders of the court, in November of 1991, he may withdraw his
plea of guilty and enter a plea of not guilty at that time," Haves said. Bennett, a junior linebacker for the football team and leading tackler for three years, has one year of eligibility remaining, however, his future with the team is in jeopardy, said head coach Gary Howard. "I don't see any change in his status. He was suspended before the final game this season. I think it will be pretty tough for him to be back in the program (next year)," Please see B EN N ETT on page 12.
Prices going up?
14 percent increase proposed for tuition By Kemal Mazian
Staff Writer
Wide open spaces
After four weeks of new available faculty/staff parking south of business buildings, the parking area remains less than half full Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. (Photo by Steve Wann)
Education courses added; seniors have priority status By David Coppock
Student Writer In an emergency move, Central State University's College of Education added four courses to the spring schedule Nov. 22 to ensure elementary education students could finish their programs for graduation. "These classes will be open by permission only," said Dr. Kenneth Elsner, College of Education's dean. "At some point when all are enrolled who need these courses, we may open them up for other students," said Elsner. "But, our first priority is to our students who need the courses for their student teaching." After visiting with several concerned students, names of education students needing the extra classes were placed on a list. Elsner said they will be contacted first by the College of Education before the
courses will be open to the general public. The course selections were developed after the College of Education discovered 35 sections in early and elementary education were closed by spring enrollment. Elsner and CSU's education faculty put together the four emergency courses last Tuesday. Vice President for Academic Affairs Clyde Jacob approved the proposed classes Wednesday, and they were made available for enrollment by permission only Wednesday afternoon. The four courses added are: teaching language arts in elementary school, preschool primary math, elementary social studies, and elementary science. Dr. Bonnie Ford and Dr. Kay Wall have been relieved of their duties in the supervision of student teachers in order to instruct the courses in language arts and math. Kathy Beavers, social studies teacher at Cimarron Middle School in Edmond, will instruct the social studies course. She previously instructed Please see CLASSES on page 12.
Central State University's fall tuition rates may increase by an average of $6.25 per credit hour if the 1990 State Legislature approves two proposals by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. According to Jeanie Edney, the regents' communications director, the regents are asking for $73.6 million in new state money for college and universities and a possible 14 percent tuition increase in each of the next three years. According to Edney, the regents will discuss the tuition increases in their scheduled meeting 2 p.m. Dec. 4 at Oklahoma City
Community College. The regents will then present both proposals for debate, and possible approval, by the state legislators who start the 1990 session on Feb. 1, Edney said. Under the proposal, in 1990-91 CSU freshmen and sophomores could pay $39.50 per credit hour, an increase of $4.35 over 1989-90; juniors and seniors $40, an increase of $4; and graduate students could pay $54.25, an increase of $7.40, Edney said. "Next year's increases," Edney said, "will mean a full-time CSU student taking 15 hours per semester for two semesters could be paying $120 more, or about $3 more per week." Edney said the proposed inPlease see TUITION on page 12.
Lillard enacts proxy policy for disabled By David Coppock
Student Writer President Bill Lillard announced Monday physically disabled students who enroll at Central State University may obtain a student proxy to stand in line for them. "If there is a line of students, and it works a hardship on some-
one physically disabled, they can arrange for a proxy to stand in line for them until it is their turn to go to the counter to conduct their business with their student I.D. and such," said Lillard. Physically handicapped students are to make arrangements for a proxy through the head of the department where they plan to conduct business. Please see PROXY on page 12.