December 6, 1984T Vol. HE 83, No. 25
VISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...csu
students enjoy the first snow of the Winter.
Regents OK capital improvements The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education at their Nov. 28 meeting approved a request for $30 million in captial improvements funds from the 1985 Oklahoma Legislature. In addition to the $30 million for regular campus master plan projects, the Regents will ask for $10 million to complete the state's commitment to the University of Oklahoma Energy Center and the Oklahoma State University 21st Century Center projects. The Regents also approved a request for $12 million from the Legislature for the state's portion of the Tuition Aid Grant Program, $2,553,727 for support of the Teacher Education Entry-Year Assistance
Program (HB 1706) and funds to replenish the Regents' Emergency Building Repair Fund to a maximum of $300,000. The $30 million in capital improvement funds represents 20 percent of the $160 million in on-going campus master plan approved projects that remain to be funded at state system colleges and universities. For four of the last five years, the Legislature has appropriated annually $20 million to $30 million to support state system capital improvements. These projects include renovation and modernization of existing buildings, replacement of worn out or outmoded equipment, nonstructural improvements such as repaving of walks and parking lots, and some new construction.
The state pledged a total of $30 million for the special projects at OU and OSU to be matched by private funds. The state portion of the Energy Center funding yet to be made available amounts to $4.5 million, while $5.5 million is still due toward the completion of the 21st Century Center project. The current level of state funding for the Tuition Aid Grant Program is $6.7 million, bringing the 1984-85 total for that program to approximately $7.7 million when federal funds from the State Student Incentive Grant Program are included. The $2.5 million request for the EntryTeacher program represents a 10 percent increase in funding for the program which is
assigned to the State Regents by House Bill No. 1706 of the 1980 Oklahoma Legislature. Likewise, the $300,000 maximum level of the Regents' Emergency Building Repair Fund represents no charge for this fund which is used for emergency repairs to campus buildings damaged by fire, wind, hail, lightning and the like. The current balance in the fund is $44,176. The State Regents also approved a recommendation to the Legislature to place student assistance funds in an appropiation bill separate from the state system operating budget bill.
CSU student charged In sorority burglary
ROTC holds toy drive
By Traci Baucom Associate Editor Edmond Police have arrested a student in connection with the Nov. 23 burglary of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house, 425 N. Jackson. Patrick Ozwald Kidd, 22, of Edmond, was arrested for second degree burglary Tuesday afternoon after the district attorney's office issued a warrant for his arrest. According to Lt. Mike Wooldridge of the Edmond Police Department, a suspect entered the sorority house through an unsecured window the night of Nov. 23 and exited through the same window. Residents of the house reported that a color television and several photographs had been removed. "The officer who took the original report had Kidd listed as a suspect," Wooldridge said. Kidd, who had worked at the sorority house for approximately one month, was scheduled for arraignment today.
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In this issue... •
Chinese student excels at CSU...page 3 Lord nominated outstanding young woman...page 4 "Beverly Hills Cop" review...page 6 CSU nips Greyhounds...page 7
Vista photo by Italia Carson
Cecil Guess, coordinator of the ROTC Toy Drive, and Kay Lewis contribute toys for needy children.
By Mary Martin The CSU ROTC Corps of Cadets is sponsoring a Christmas toy drive, according to Cadet Command Sgt. Maj. Cecil Guess. The toys donated will be given to needy children in the Oklahoma City area. The drive started Nov. 26 and will continue through Dec. - 14. Guess said the ROTC would like to receive new or good used toys that are child-safe. Drop-off boxes are located in the ROTC office in Thatcher Hall, on the second floor of the University Center and in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation building. "We want people to know that we care about the community as much as we care about our future careers as army officers," he explained. On December 15, the cadets in the community service program will don their dress uniforms and go caroling at all three of the Edmond nursing homes, Guess added.