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April 2, 19 1985 Vol.. 83, N 46 11 E
Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Lillard: Dorm fees likely to increase
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Campus invasion? No, but the Army ROTC will be giving helicopter rides between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Wednesday at Thatcher Lake to ROTC
cadets, guests who have recognized and aided the program and students who are interested in Army ROTC or army aviation. The UH1H "Huey" helicopter from Ft. Sill will be part of an ROTC/army aviation display.
By Curtis Killman Associate Editor Students living in dormitories may have to contend with higher housing fees if a possible request by the administration is approved by the regents. "We've gone a year (without an increase)," said Central State President Bill Lillard, "I would say it would almost be imperative—with utilities skyrocketing and missing one year—that there would probably have to be some increase." The actual amount of increase had not been determined yet, Lillard said. "Whether it (the increase) will be five percent, or seven, or eight, I don't know. We just have to wait each month and get a report." Lillard said the biggest increase though, in the past 10 years, was about 10 percent. "Last year because we had gone for three consecutive years with fee and tuition increases we did not have any housing increases." Lillard stressed the point that the dorms are not paid off yet. "The public sometimes doesn't understand, they see a dormitory and they say 'well we paid for that building.' The taxpayers didn't pay a dime for the University Center, the dormitories, those are on what I call self-liquidating bonds— the users pay for them." Lillard said if there was an increase in housing fees he would probably submit the request to the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges in April. For the past few years the choice to keep housing fees frozen has "balanced off" for the students in the midst of tuition hikes, but that will not be the case this year, said Lillard. "I would say almost regardless of whether there's an increase in fees or tuition, since we didn't have an increase (in housing) last year, it's almost imperative that we have some sort of increase 1985-86." Since Murdaugh and Thatcher Halls have had air-conditioning installed, Lillard said there was a possibility they might increase them more, to bring them closer to East and West Halls rates, which currently cost more to live in.
Student Association filing period opens By Curtis Killman Associate Editor The filing period for the Spring Student Senate elections has opened according to Joe McCourry, Student Senate Speaker. The last day to file a petition for office is April 8. The election will be April 17, McCourry said. There are 23 senate positions available and three executive positions—President, Vice President and Ombudsman. McCourry said due to the new constitution the senate positions will be allocated according to the enrollment breakdowns of the individual colleges. He said the College of Business will have five seats open; College of Liberal Arts—five seats; College of Education—five seats; College of Mathematics and Science—four seats; and the College of Special Arts and
Sciences—three seats. The Residence Hall Association will have one seat open, McCourry added. Students wishing to file for a senate position must have a 2.0 grade point average and be enrolled in at least six hours. Persons wishing to file for an executive office must have a 2.5 grade point average, according to Iyke Nsiegbe-Osuji, Student Association Vice President and in charge of the election. This will be the first time the Ombudsman office has been implemented since the new constitution was voted in by the student body in the Fall elections, Nsiegbe said. The duties of the ombudsman will be to attend administrative disciplinary hearings (at the student request), ethics appeals and grade appeals.
In this issue. . Statewide enrollment increases...page 3 Spring fever on campus...page 4 "Mask" reviewed...6 Lady Bronchos split pair...page 7 Golfers take third...page 8
Students wishing to file for the ombudsman office must have completed at least one constitutional law class with a "B" or higher. The purpose of the ombudsman office will be to be sure due process of law is being carried out and to notify the Student Association president and the President of the university if is not, Nsiegbe said. In other Student Association matters, the Student Senate passed a resolution calling for the publication of the faculty evaluations. The faculty evalutions, conducted at the end of the year are currently not available to the students.
The resolution, if inacted, would call for the evaluations to be put on the computer system in the enrollment center. "This would be especially important for students who are in higher classifications," said Scott Birdwell, one of the authors of the resolution. "When you're a graduate, you want to know something about that professor that you're taking," Birdwell added. Harvard University, according to the resolution, has had the evaluations available to the students since 1924. The resolution would eliminate "hall talk" among the students concerning professors and replace
it with tangible facts, Birdwell said. The Student Senate also passed a resolution to "adopt a starving child." The resolution will attempt to raise $13,000 dollars, or $1 from each student, to donate to an Ethiopian famine relief fund. A resolution was also introduced by the Senate that reaffirms "support for the formation of a student activity budget committee." An earlier resolution calling on the formation of the committee was passed by the Senate and remanded by President Bill Lillard, with the suggestion that instead a committee be formed to look into the entire budget.
Foreign student update ordered By Diana Zahradnik The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington D.C. has instructed Central State University and all other public and private colleges and universities throughout the nation to update records on international students. The International Student Advisors office will be sending letters to international students directing them to come in for registration, according to Dr. Ronald Paddack. The registration will be from April 15-17, he said. In 1983 the Immigration and Naturalizaton Service went to a computer system to keep more accurate records. The update is for F-1 visa foreign students. The F-1 visa requires undergraduates to be enrolled in 12
hours of classes and a graduate student to be enrolled in 9 hours of classes. Paddack said he received a computerized list from the Immigration Department, of which, almost half were no longer students. He said he will be interviewing about 600 students. Central State has approximately 1000 of Oklahoma's 8000 international students on various types of visas. International students come from all over the world to Central State University, Paddack said, of which Nigeria, The Republic of China, and Iran make up approximately half of the foreign student population. Their major area of study is computer science, business, and politcal science.