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THE December 7, 1989 Vol. 88, No. 26
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Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Search, selection grant sets national precedent By Kemal Mazlan Bill Kramer Staff Writers The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education is the first statewide higher education board in the nation to establish a grant program designed to assist the state's colleges and universities in their presidential search and selection process, according to Chancellor Hans Brisch. The regents approved the program in their monthly meeting Monday at Oklahoma City Community College. Under the program guidelines, the regents will provide presiden-
tial search grants to any of Oklahoma's 15 governing boards engaging a professional search firm as part of the search effort. Brisch said the regents will award a maximum of $50,000 in presidential search funds each year on a first-come, first-served basis. The program becomes effective immediately. "The grants will cover one-half the cost of contracting with a professional search firm that meets state regents' criteria, including experience in academic search and recruitment and a successful track record in recruitment of chief executive officers," Brisch said. State regents' Chairman James Barnes said, "The program will enable governing boards to better
Brisch thinks Kremlin behind recent events By David Coppock Student Writer Part two of two parts Relying on his expertise in the field of Soviet agricultural and economic bases, Higher Education Chancellor Hans Brisch believes the recent turn of events in eastern Europe are not the sole result of citizen revolt. Despite what may appear as I various independent movements for liberalization throughout the Warsaw Pact, Brisch said he feels the occurances in the Eastern Bloc Chancellor Hans Brisch could not have taken place without prior approval from the Kremlin. "Gorbachev has combined more portfolios than anyone else since Stalin," Brisch said. "He is giving the green light for the opening of society in Eastern European countries as part of his own struggle for dominance within the Soviet Union. The old guard hard-line regimes of the Warsaw Pact may have been a threat to Gorbachev's power base in the Soviet Union." Brisch said by encouraging the end of those regimes Gorbachev is creating a huge patronage system of loyal leaders within the Warsaw Pact. "As basic necessities become harder to fill, there will be a lessening of trade restrictions between the East and the West," Brisch said, "though I do not see the Communist Bloc joining in with the European unity in 1992." Brisch said overtures have been made for the Soviet Bloc to have 'Please see BRISCH on page 8.
identify and select top individuals to fill vital leadership positions. As a result, we'll further enhance leadership, excellence and efficiency in the offices that guide Oklahoma's colleges and universities." State law prohibits the state regents and their employees from recommending to any state educational institution or official the employment of any person by such institution. The search and selection process of college and university presidents was forwarded by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). Barnes said as an illutration, the assistance of a professional search firm during the regents' search for a Chancellor two years ago was a key factor in their success. The state regents, Barnes said, approved the grant program based on several observations: Please see REGENTS on page
Deck the halls Celebrating University Center's Hanging of the Green, Deidra Douglas, Orlando Smith and Tina Blassengill lead the Ebony Choir during a spiritual selection at the annual event Nov. 30. (Photo by Steve Wann)
Deep Fork Anthology
Literary work hits shelves
By Bill Kramer Staff Writer "Deep Fork Anthology," a collection of poetry, short stories and art by Central State University students, faculty, CSU alumni and others, is now being sold in bookstores throughout the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, said Gwynn Hunter, editor of the publication. The emphasis of the commemorative volume is the centennial of the Land Run and CSU's founding, Hunter said. "We wanted to produce a volume that was entertaining, but at the same time, somewhat informative, focusing on a very unique little river. That is the Deep Fork," Hunter said. The New Plains Review staff, which published the anthology, is comprised of students from a class
offered at CSU which composes and prints a bi-annual review that highlights students' creative efforts in art, music, fiction, short stories and novel excerpts related to the area and state, Hunter said. The staff was first organized in the fall of 1985 and produced its
first publication in June 1986. Since then the staff has produced five reviews and the anthology, Hunter said. The Deep Fork River cuts a path across Oklahoma and connects with Lake Eufaula, Hunter said. "What we've done in this is to take three different aspects of the river (as separate parts of the book). First, we put the idea of Head Waters (chapter one). In Head Waters we have stories and poems and historical essays of beginnings (in the state)," she said. "In Urban Rapids (chapter two), we take the city and the river through Oklahoma City in a little bit more detailed manner. In this chapter, we look at landmark restaurants that are along the river. We also interviewed Alice Edwards who grew up canoeing and swimming in the Deep Fork, and Please see BOOK on page a