The Vista April 18, 1985

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'Animal House' days return to CSU with Otis Day show By Diana Zahradnik Dewayne Jesse, better known as Otis Day, said he always looks for the unusual in each concert and the Central State students didn't let him down Tuesday night at the Broncho Fieldhouse. The band that appeared in the movie "Animal House" are not the same band that tours with him, Jesse said. The band in the movie was just a part of the cast. Jesse said the band that is touring with him was chosen to go on tour after the movie. They have been on tour for the last two years, completing the tour in June. The rest of the band, or the Knights, includes: Michael Henderson, from San Francisco who plays base guitar and known

as "Debonair"; Greg Brown, on the drums, is from Los Angeles and known as "Brownie"; John Maxey, on keyboard, is known as one of the wrong brothers or just plain "Percy". Dennis Nelson, on lead guitar, is known as "Baby Face," or "Mr. Lonely"; and Jesse's niece and nephew also are members of the band—Greg Henley on guitar and Amelia Jesse, singer. The group played all the "Animal House" music soundtrack including Jesse's favorite, "Daddy's Home." Sometime this summer, Jesse said, the group will release a new single record, but he would not say what the album would be titled.

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Vista photo by Terry LaFrance

Otis Day leans into the crowd dur- Broncho Fieldhouse, inviting the suing Tuesday night's concert at the

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dience to join in with the show.

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Buttry elected SA chief; protest filed By Curtis Killman Associate Editor Two debate team members captured the Student Association's (SA) president and vice president offices Wednesday in an election that produced one of the lowest voter turnouts ever and an official protest lodged by one of the candidates. Junior political science major and debate team member John Buttry, bouncing back from last Fall's presidential election defeat, squeeked past Debbie McClaren by a vote of 157-152. Mark Kinzie won the vice president's position by collecting 129 votes, turning back challenges from Spencer Weyerman with 96 votes and B.S. Uwalaka with 89 votes. Uwalaka protested the election before the polls closed after claiming inaccuracies in an article in The Vista. The winner of the vice president's office was not immediately known, because the

new Student Association constitution did not specify whether a candidate had to win by a majority or a plurality, according to Student Senate House Speaker Joe McCourry. "In writing a document of that magnitude you are bound to leave out something," McCourry said. The election committee, after confering for two hours, decided that a plurality vote was sufficient to win an officers position and also declared the election totals to stand, thus voiding Uwalaka's request for another election, McCourry said. Runoff elections will not be used, McCourry said, for several reasons. "As has been experienced in the past, they are an expense on the candidates and they expend the time and energy of the senate people having to run the elections," McCourry said. He added that the runoff election tur-

nout is usually so low that the validity of the election could be called into question. Uwalaka protested the election, McCourry said, because an article in Tuesday's Vista detailing his platform was "detrimental" to his candidacy. The election committee disallowed the protest, McCourry said, because: — "The U.S. constitution guarantees the freedom of the press and freedom of speech. —"The Student Association constitution also guarantees this right and therefore holds no control over what The Vista prints. —"And it is the responsibility of each individual to effectively communicate his views to the press." Uwalaka, in a telephone interview, said he filed the protest before noon Wednesday because of claimed inaccuracies in the Tuesday article ofThe Vista.

Lillard backs amendments

By Ed Godfrey Sports Editor Central State University president Bill Lillard has joined the growing bandwagon of state legislators and education officials in supporting three state financial questions that Oklahoma voters will decide on April 30. "All three go together and will reverse the downward trend of the state's economy," said Lillard in a press conference Tuesday." On the April 30 ballot will be a budget balancing amendment that supporters claim will improve funding procedures, a death

liability amendment for state government units and an amendment to provide new industries a five-year property tax exemption. State Question 586 would allow the state Legislature to set limits on the amount of damages that could be recovered from a lawsuit against the state. Lillard said public school districts currently have such a provision, but the state has set no liability limits for its entities. State Question 587 requires a balanced budget but changes the method which determines how much tax money may be spent

In this issue. .

TKE initiates Otis Day...page 3 CSU takes Georgetown...page 4 ROTC cadets take trip...page 5 `Bus Stop' reviewed...page 6 Softballers whip OBU...page 7 CSU coach honored by FCA...page 8

each year. It limits the amount spent to 95 percent of estimated income and any increase in the amount to be spent to 12 percent of annual growth, after inflation. Lillard said the amendment would protect a balanced budget and "free up" $140 million the state Legislature could appropriate. He said the amendment could raise a greater amount of revenue for education compared to making the penny sales tax permanent. "CSU has had less money to spend than they did three years ago with more students to serve," said Lillard. "We can't stand further cutbacks at CSU." State Question 588 would exempt certain new or expanding manufacturing plants from paying ad valorem taxes for five years. It would also require the Legislature to provide a way to repay schools for money lost through the exemption. Lillard said he and other state and local leaders will be working hard in the next two weeks to urge passage of the three state questions.

The article in question listed the campaign platforms of all the Student Senate officers. "I felt that I was unfairly reported," Uwalaka said, "I felt that I was strewn in a very bad light." Uwalaka said that the section of the article concerning him was "very vague," causing the person reading it to not know "exactly what that person was saying." Uwalaka said a quote concerning a proposed activity fee waiver for foreign students was wrong, claiming instead it should have said "all students." Uwalaka claimed he never mentioned international students "as a group to be specially considered," adding that the article resulted in his appearing to be interested in only the international students. Approximately 2.6 percent of the student body participated in Wednesday's election.

Student Senate hunts sports program funds A resolution calling for establishing an academic scholarship in the form of activity fees credit was passed by consent Monday in the Student Senate. The academic scholarship monies would come directly from the athletic funds if the resolution is implemented. According to the resolution, all students making the Dean's or President's Honor Rolls will be awarded a scholarship of $36 if the student is enrolled in at least twelve hours. The Student Senate said they plan to get the $54,000 needed for the academic scholarship for the approximately 1,500 students who make the Dean's Honor Role from the Athletic Scholarships in the student activity fee fund. "The athletic scholarships are about $325,888, which is over onethird of the student activity fund. This money benefits only 2 percent of the students at CSU," said Scott Birdwell, Student Senate deputy speaker. "The following academic scholarship program would directly benefit over 10 percent of the student body, and it is based on merit, therefore available to any student who excells academically," he added. International students pay $100,000 into the recreation fund, but they rarely benefit directly, said Birdwell. International students and commuters rarely attend the activities, he added. All students pay for the student activity fund and that money should benefit as large a portion of the student body as possible, said Birdwell, The Student Senate has been critical of the allocation of the student activity fee monies, claiming the apportionment is too weighted towards athletics and does not benefit the majority of the student body.


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