THE December 5, 1985 Vol. 84, No. 23
VISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Administrator outlines budget reduction plan
Tuckered out
Vista photo by Daniel Smith
Everyone has his own unique style of preparing for that big test.
By Curtis Killman Editor An administrator said CSU will plan to trim 4.5 percent of the University's budget over the 1985 and 1986 fiscal years to meet forecasted State revenue woes. In an interview Wednesday, Dr. Larry Williams, vice president of administration, said approximately $1,050,000 would have to be cut from this year's budget in order to meet the Gov. George Nigh's request that all Oklahoma agencies tighten their belts over the next two years. Williams said CSU is avoiding acrossthe-board budget cuts, layoffs, pay reductions or furloughs. Instead, the cutbacks will be achieved by reductions in: ■ Trayel funds — 25 percent ■ Summer faculty — 10 percent ■ Adjunct faculty Adjunct faculty are hired on a semesterto-semester basis. While avoiding the blanket term "hiring freeze," Williams also said some vacancies that occur may not be immediately refilled. "We will look very strongly at vacancies," Williams said. "Those vacancies that can be deemed, perhaps, as not being critical, we'll try to leave them open. Perhaps open permanently or perhaps delay the rehiring of an individual." Williams also said $200,000 to $250,000 of the cutbacks may be offset by dipping into reserve funds. "We'll try to make all the cuts that we can make from non-academic areas of the University to start with," Williams continued. "We'll want to preserve, as long as
possible, the integrity of the academic programs. "But, undoubtedly we'll have to get to that point, too." One of the academic areas that will be preserved will be equipment purchases, according to Williams. We need to continue our updating of equipment in technical areas, Williams said, or else we're not going to have good equipment for those who are currently here. "We're concerned that we keep good, modern, technical, sophisticated equipment as updated as possible," Williams said. "We've probably been lax in that in the past decade." Throughout the interview, Williams was optimistic. "Given the fact that the University has, over the past few years, taken some giant steps forward as far as our funding is concerned," Williams said, "we have to see this year, in terms of a budget cut, as sliding backward slightly. "We've taken three or four giant steps forward and we're going to go back a step now. "Certainly the decline does not outweigh the growth." Williams said he didn't believe the budget cuts would have a "very negative impact" on the moral of CSU employees. Williams also said while they're planning for a 4.5 percent cut next year too, he pointed out those figures could go up or down, depending on the economy and possible legislative relief.
Journalism calendar redesigned By Susan Garrett A facelift is in store for the CSU "Calendar Girls" Calendar and from all indications the new change will result in complete plastic surgery. The calendar will have a new name and a new look according to Dr. Robert Hays, journalism faculty coordinator of the calendar. "`CSU Year of Fashion Calendar' is the name chosen for the 1986-87 calendar," Hays said. The new look will be accomplished with the help of local clothing merchants. The local merchants will participate with the promotion of CSU students through fashion apparel, Hays said. Hays stressed the fact the calendar would have no sexual over-
tones and was in no way a "girlie" calendar. Hays was referring to the current "Calendar Girls" calendar which has had problems this year. Several chosen "Calendar Girls" refused to help with the sale of the calendars this year because they believed several of the photographs were of questionable taste. "This is the first year the calendar has lost money," said Dr. Ray Tassin, chairperson of the journalism department. "The calendar made a good profit for 25 years and helped fund the journalism clubs and finance the video display terminals in The Vista." Tassin said that he got the idea for the "Calendar Girls" from the University of Missouri. He was
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editorial page editor of a city newspaper owned by the College of Journalism. Tassin expressed concern about the lack of student participation in the calendar. He and Hays both stressed the fact that the calendar is a student project and should be done by students. Four journalism department organizations are participating in the new calendar: Sigma Delta Chi, Alpha Delta Sigma, The Public Relations Club and Oklahoma Photographers Society. "The winner of the `CSU Year of Fashion' calendar contest will receive the title of queen, a trophy, a yearbook recognition and a percentage of the income from the calendars," Hays said. One of the major changes in the
new calendar is local clothing merchants can purchase up to four months of the calendar and will receive two pages of advertising for each month, Hays added. The merchants will select a male and female for each month. Each chosen participant will be photographed in fashions from the clothing merchant. The theme being 'Fashions for Different Seasons.' "In the past, winners were chosen from a selected journalism committee. Now applicants will be screened by the journalism clubs with the final decision being made by the merchant," Hays said. Journalism clubs will be offered a profit incentive to help with the sale of the calendars, Hays said.
Student photographers will be selected according to their portfolio showing photographic abilities. Also, the calendar will be 13 months long to enable students, faculty and staff plan their next year's schedule. The calendar should be ready for distribution before the end of the spring semester, according to Hays. The cost of the calendar will increase, Hays said, but discount coupons for several local merchants will be included in the back. The deadline for entry in the `CSU Year of Fashion Calendar' is Jan. 24. All contestants must be sponsored by a campus organization.
Tuition hike favored Reaction to the proposed tuition hike for Oklahoma students was met with acceptance by both an administrator and student leader. "If their talking in terms of approximately a ten percent increase for residents and 15 percent in-
crease for non-residents, substaintially speaking from the information I have and from what I've been able to see, then yes, I'd have to favor that," Dr. Larry Williams said, vice president of administration. John Buttry, Student Associa-
tion president, said he favored the increase, but he would rather see the tuition hikes spread out over a longer period of time. A public hearing will be held 10 a.m., Jan. 22, at the Oliver Hodge Memorial Education Building to discuss the proposal.