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Faculty queried on president
AIDS vaccine seen by end of decade
By Marcia Benedict
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush expressed confidence Tuesday in the federal doctors and scientists leading the research effort against AIDS. A top federal researcher told Bush they hope to find a vaccine against AIDS by the end of the decade. Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, the secretary of health and human services, told Bush that, "Except for cancer, in the federal budget we have more dollars allocated for AIDS than for any other disease."
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Actor shot during local production OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An actor fired off a handgun in a local production of "Dead Wrong," but someone had replaced the blanks with real bullets and the director ended up in the hospital. The script called for the actor to shoot at a mirror during Sunday's matinee performance. However, the bullet crasheds through the theater set wall and hit director Kenneth Benton in the armpit, said police Officer Jim Hale. Benton was not seriously hurt and was in good condition at Baptist Medical Center, the hospital said. Benton and the actor both said they believed the .38-caliber gun contained only blanks, Hale said.
Tilton ministry faces more investigations FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Ole Anthony, a Dallas minister who teamed up with ABC's "PrimeTime Live" program to investigate evangelist Robert Tilton, says the television ministry is nothing more than a high-tech marketing scheme. On Nov. 21, a "PrimeTime Live" report questioned financial practices at Tilton's $85 million ministry. The U.S. Postal Service, the Internal Revenue Service, the FBI, the Texas attorney general's office and the Dallas County district attorney's office have all announced they are investigating Tilton's ministry. See WORLD WRAP
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THURSDAY December 12, 1991
Bowl-Bound Broncho-Freshman Kathy Stricker has been chosen one of six select twirlers to perform at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando on New Year's Day. (Photo by Daniel Smith)
KCSC manager moves up By Penny Owen Staff Writer
After nearly six years of service to KCSC radio station, General Manager Tom Anderson is moving up to a new role as Manager of the Civic Center in Oklahoma City. Besides offering a substantial jump in salary, the Civic Center position will include promoting the Philharmonic, Ballet Oklahoma and other non-profit agencies as well as coordinating events ranging from symphonies to rock concerts to fashion shows. "It's a job where you're not necessarily stuck in an office all day," Anderson said. "I'll be able to get out and meet a variety of people." But the drawback of accepting the new position is having to leave KCSC, said Anderson. "The station really fills a void in this area," said Anderson. "I have gotten a lot of satisfaction from working here." Anderson began as a development assistant (a fund-raising position) with KCSC in
1985. He was then promoted to Development Director before assuming the General Manager position about two years ago. The University of Central Oklahoma has mixed feelings over Anderson's decision to leave KCSC. "I'm very happy for Tom. I think it's a big promotion for him," said UCO Assistant Vice President for Administration Phil Arnold. "But it's going to leave a big void for us." Arnold said that KCSC is being left in good shape after successfully raising money this fall and nearly completing a massive data base of KCSC supporters. The ideal successor will have both radio and marketing experience. Candidates from both the general public and within KCSC will be considered, Arnold said. Three other KCSC employees have been at the radio station longer than Anderson: Operations Manager has worked for KCSC for nearly eight years; Chief Engineer Larry Iverson has served a total of nine years; and Announcer Clyde Martin got his start with KCSC in 1969. V
Should he be a public relations whiz or a fund-raising expert? Should he have an earned Doctorate Degree or only a Bachelor's? Should he be 40 years old, 50 years old or over 50 years old? Should he be more concerned with faculty concerns and issues or student concerns and issues? Should he be a Chief Executive Officer of a large corporation or should he be experienced in public school administration? Approximately 385 full-time faculty members at the University of Central Oklahoma are answering those survey questions to help a search committee narrow qualifications for candidates applying for the job of university president, said Dr. Tom Guild, associate professor of general business at UCO and co-creator of the faculty survey. "The surveys will narrow down a profile for the new president and help us to determine what the faculty would like to see in him," Guild said. Along with Dr. Richard Peters, professor of history and geography, and Bart Binning, decision sciences instructor and faculty senate president, Guild created and distributed the questionnaire to the faculty members last week. "Basically, the search committee is trying to get a feel from the faculty as to what they would like the characteristics of the new president to be," Guild said. "For a number of years, Central has had a president with public school administration experience, for example. hi another area, a vast majority of the faculty would like the president to give promotions on the basis of teaching, some on the basis of research," he said. "We're trying to see what the faculty would like to see as requirements." Since the national advertisement for a new UCO president has already been published in various newspapers, initial qualifications will not be altered, Guild said. "We advertised for a wide variety of specialties. Now, we're seeing what specialties are most important," Guild said. The search committee advertised in publications such as, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News and The Daily Oklahoman.
The deadline for applicants is Dec. 27, and the search committee will meet Jan. 7 to rank the candidates. Guild said a public listing of applicants for the presidency will not be available until the search committee, as a whole, decides to release those names. "Theoretically, no one should know the identity of any of the candidates. The committee agreed to keep those names absolutely confidential," Guild said. V