Duke sends team to national tournament By Thomas Schwartz Douglas Duke, director of debate, announced Tuesday two CSU debaters have received a second-round at-large bid to the National Debate Tournament (NDT) to be held March 28-April 1 at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. Although CSU's debate teams have consistently been ranked nationally in both CEDA and NDT divisions of debate, this is the first year CSU has sent a team to the NDT since 1972. Juniors Martin Glendinning of Oklahoma City and David Widdoes of Sapulpa will be among the top 62 teams in the United States competing at the tournament. Other teams competing at the NDT will include Dartmouth, Harvard, University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Kansas and others. Widdoes and Glendinning are one of the only two teams from
Oklahoma colleges participating. Debaters from OU and OSU failed to win spots to the tournament. The elimination process for competing at the NDT is threestep. A first-round, at-large "bid" is given to the top 16 teams in the nation. Teams not receiving these automatic spots to the NDT compete in a district elimination competition. After the district tournament, teams not placing in the top five teams may submit for a secondround at-large bid. CSU was invited to compete at the NDT after submitting. The invitation is based upon the team's debate season record. Widdoes and Glendinning compiled a 67.8 percent win-loss record in preliminary round competition and a cumulative win-loss record of 65 percent throughout the season. Duke was noticeably pleased by the invitation. "It pleases me very much," he
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said during his announcement Tuesday. "Both David (Widdoes) and Martin (Glendinning) have worked very hard and they richly deserve this honor." "This gives them the opportunity to debate the finest teams in the nation and to represent CSU at the debate community's most prestigious tournament," Duke continued. "I want to thank everyone at CSU—all the students, faculty and especially the administration—for their interest and support." Duke said he credited the team's success to their hard work and effort, but indicated the "strong administrative support" provides a "significant reason" why the debate team consistently fares well. Barbara Norman, chairperson for the Department of Oral Communications at CSU, said she was "exceedingly pleased" by the invitation. "This honor reflects well not
only on the team and Mr. Duke, but also on the university, which has been so supportive of the competitive forensic program," Norman said. "It truly demonstrates the dedication these students have to their activity, and their excellence in research and organizational skills," she concluded. Dr. Bill Lillard, university president, responded favorably to the announcement. "This is an appropriate recognition for Mr. Duke and all of the debaters," Lillard said. "I'm looking forward to continued success by our debate teams at CSU." Glendinning, a graduate of Heritage Hall High School in Oklahoma City, is a junior majoring in oral communication education. This is his fourth year of participation in competitive debate at CSU. He aspires to be a debate coach when he graduates. "Going to nationals is an op-
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portunity every college debater wants," Glendinning said. "I want to do well, but just the fact that we're going is very exciting." A political science major, Widdoes is a third year debater. He graduated from Sapulpa High School, where he was a championship debater. "There are two people a debater must depend on for his success—his colleague and his coach," he explained, "but we also had the support of the faculty and administration which made our job much easier." The National Debate Tournament had its origins at West Point Academy in 1947. It brought together the best debate teams in the nation and has been held annually since its inception. CSU students Lee Sherman and Gary Hulse were the last two debaters from the university to compete at the tournament, in 1972.
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Statistics indicate decline in campus library use By Mark Beutler Associate Editor For the first time since 1965, the number of students using the Max Chambers Library at CSU has decreased, according to Clemma McCawley, assistant director of public services. "Each year the gate count has grown a little larger. This has been going on for years, and I have statistics going back 20 years," McCawley said. Statistics show that for the period Jan. 1983-Jan. 1984, 252,300 people used the library, compared with 218,543 from Jan. 1984-Jan. 1985, a difference of 33,757 less people entering the library in a one year period. One of the reasons for the decrease, according to McCawley, is the reinstatement of the search procedure of patrons. "There is only one thing that we are doing differently this semester that might account for the difference in the drop in the gate count, and that is we have gone back to searching backpacks and other items at the exit gate," McCawley said. "I believe that that would not affect students who had papers and assignments, they would have to come in the library," McCawley said of the search procedure.
"But students who might choose to study either in the University Center or somewhere else may choose not to come into the library because of the search. "It's the only thing we can see that we are doing differently than we did last semester," McCawley continued. Dr. John Lolley, director of services at the library, does not feel the budget allowance for the library has affected student's use. "This is probably the most extreme of the budget cuts that we've had, in that we have not purchased any new circulating books this year," Lolley said. "One of the reasons for this extreme budget situation is that we are in a period of change, in that we are moving toward the electronic library. Therefore, it is to be expected that print materials would be less emphasized," Lolley continued. "That doesn't mean that we are going to do away with books and magazines, but we made a decision that we had to place more emphasis on electronic data as opposed to print data. "When you see the statement 'Library doesn't buy books,' you think 'the place is coming apart.' But that is not really the case. We are merely in the process of a
change period, moving from predominantly print materials to print and electronic materials," Lolley said. Although the number of people entering the library has decreased, McCawley is not certain the actual use of the library has gone down. "I'm not sure services haven't gone up. Just because fewer people come in the library doesn't mean that those who are in here may not use the library more. "When periodicals are picked up off the tables, those are all kept track of, and those statistics remain to be seen when they are totalled," McCawley said. As the gate count and number of people entering the library has decreased, the number of books being checked out of the library has also decreased. The number of books checked out during January 1984 were 6,450, opposed to 6,053 for January 1985. The difference in library books being checked out in a one year period is 397 less than those one year ago. However, McCawley does not see the circulation decrease as a major factor. "As books are picked up, books that students use in the library, those are counted and reshelved. Therefore circulation figures really aren't telling the actual
use of books, especially at a commuter college. Students may not want to pack 20 books home. They may use 10 of them here and take out another 10," McCawley said. The premise for the tabulation of inhouse use of books and periodicals is that it serves the library staff in planning the periodicals and books to buy. "Those statistics not only show use, but help us to determine what our purchasing pattern will be according to the budget," McCawley said. According to McCawley, some students may not want to use the library because perhaps they are unaware of how the system works. "There are certain students who are always going to come into the library, because they are used to libraries and they know how to use them," McCawley said. "But some students can't get over the initial reluctance they have to go into a building that houses so much knowledge that they don't know how to get at. If they don't realize that it can be easy to get at it, they may never use the library. "They think that when they come in here they have to know something about the library system, and that's what we're here for, to help them," McCawley added.
Hoig wins outstanding professor 1985 award By Diana Zahradnik The CSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors awarded journalism professor Dr. Stan Hoig,
Outstanding Professor for 1985. A reception was held in the Liberal Arts auditorium today. With nine books on Western history to his credit, Hoig was
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selected for the honor by the AAUP executive board based on his advancement of scholarship at CSU. Hoig's "Peace Chiefs of the Cheyennes" was presented the Golden Spur Ward as the best Western non-fiction book of 1980 by the Western Writers of America. Hoig has also produced some local-interest works with his "Early Years of Edmond" and "Oklahoma, U.S.A." a bicentennial for which Hoig wrote the book as well as the lyrics to sixteen original songs. The song, "Oklahoma, U.S.A.," with music by Dr. Bob Dillon and lyrics by Hoig won the Oklahoma
Heritage Award in 1976. Hoig's research and books in Western American history have made him widely known off campus and outside of Oklahoma. Hoig concentrates on what he describes as "vacuum areas" where limited or no research has been done. "I enjoy historical research—sleuthing and ferreting out information that has long been forgotten," he commented. Although all of his work has received critical acclaim, "Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889" has been described as " the best research book on the subject." Hoig considers "The Battle of Washita" his best work.
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