Professor dies in auto accident Central State University French teacher Dr. Marina Eaton died Friday at Mercy Health Center from injuries received in an auto P accident that day. Trisahion services were held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Baggerley Memorial Chapel. Funeral mass was held at 2 p.m. today at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Oklahoma City, under the direction of Baggerley Funeral Home. Born July 22, 1936 in Athens,
Greece, Dr. Eaton joined the CSU faculty in 1971 as a French instructor. At the time of her death, she held the position of associate professor. She earned her B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in French in 1966; her M.A. in French from OU in 1968 and her Ph.D. from OU in 1973. Prior to joining the CSU faculty, she taught at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas and was a graduate assistant at OU in 1970.
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She held membership in the Renaissance Society; OEA; AATF; South Central Modern Language Association and the Texas Association of College Teachers. She served as president of the Oklahoma chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French during the 1984-85 school year, and was an honorary member of Epsilon Tau chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society. She is survived by her husband,
Eric Eaton, of Edmond, and a brother, loannis Melachrinidou, Athens, Greece. Dr. Clarence Parker, chairman of the humanities and foreign languages department, said that all of Eaton's classes will be retained. Parker said that Maurice Giles, an adjunct faculty member and former student of Eaton, will teach some of the lower division classes. Instructors for the the upper division classes are expected to be found before the next class meeting.
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Efforts renewed to ban alcohol By Curtis Killman
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With three major Oklahoma universities already announcing a move towards an alcohol-free rush period this fall, CSU administrators appear to be stepping up enforcement of regulations that ban alcohol at fraternity parties and other university related functions. Reactions from two Greek organizations were mixed, with one fraternity agreeing to comply with regulations and another saying they are weighing their options. Dr. Dudley Ryan, vice president of student services, said he will be in contact via letter with the president of each organization on campus. "I am in the process of writing each president individually and including a copy of the student handbook," said Ryan. "This is official notification that this is what the university expects." Asked if this could be called a "crackdown" on enforcement of the alcohol ban, Ryan replied, "No, not necessarily." "If it's been ignored, it's my delinquency," said Ryan. "If I'm at fault then I want to clean up my act. Members of the fraternity Alpha Tau Omega (ATO), acknowledged that they were having alcohol at their rush parties, but said they intend to comply with the renewed enforcement. Fraternity members say that in addition to the rush period, Ryan wants alcohol banned on fraternity premises throughout the year. Tim Pitt, ATO president, said that they don't mind dropping alcohol from the rush menu. "We'd rather cut down on numbers that attend our parties anyway, said Pitt. "Guys were just coming to the parties to drink beer." Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) members said they don't mind the dry rush aspect of Ryan's announcement either, but they are in disagreement with the year-round prohibition. Ronnie Woods, IFC representative and social chairman, said a task force of current fraternity members and alumni are weighing the benefits of University sponsorship. "Alumni members are looking into the ramifications of whether that (CSU sponsorship) would make that big a difference," added Woods. The TKE fraternity house, located at 303 E. Ayers, is owned by the members of the fraternity and Woods said their charter would not be revoked if they lost or chose to give up university sponsorship. "We have a chapter at Texas A & M University that does not have university sponsorship," said Woods. But, ATO does not have the choice of going "underground" according to Pitt. ATO would lose their charter and be forced to disband if CSU were to withdraw sponsorship, said Pitt. Ryan said he will not be monitoring the fraternity system any closer, but that "friends and neighbors are." "If I get a call at two o'clock in the morning and somebody says `there is a party going on next door to me and what are you going to do about it?' Well I'm probably going to get in my car and come up here," said Ryan. "Somehow I've got to stop those kind of calls." ■
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art?(I Students "got a little bit lower" at the Welcome Back Week dance Thursday at the University enter Ballroom.
Student polls to open Students will have a chance to cast their votes Wednesday when polls will open to decide Student Senate races and to chose the homecoming queen. Only students from one of the five colleges that comprise CSU will be able to cast votes in the Student Senate races though, according to Mark Kinzie, vice president of the Student Association. The College of Special Arts and Sciences was the only college that had enough students filing for office to necessitate an election, said Kinzie. The remainder of the students filing for office will automatically assume Senate positions. Amanda Black, Shawna Fisher and Tammy Sala will vie for the two Special Arts and Sciences posts available. The names of four finalists for CSU Homecoming Queen were released today following a series of interviews before a selection comittee Monday. Finalists include Kathi Bray, sponsored by Delta Zeta sorority; Marcie Everhart, sponsored by Sigma Kappa sorority; Rie Gerah, sponsored by Alpha Gamma Delta sorority; and Lisa Queri,
sposored by the Public Relations Club. From these five finalists, the 1985 Homecoming Queen will be elected by a campus vote. She will be responsible for reigning over all homecoming activities. Members of the finalist selection committee are drill team captains, Black Peer Center representative, cheerleader captain, AfroAmerican Student Union
representative, Resident Housing Association president, Alumni Association president, Student Associationon president, 1984 Homecoming Queen, Association of Women Students president, Vista editor and Yearbook editor. Poll hours Wednesday are from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Votes may be cast at the Activity Corner, first floor of the University Center.
Enrollment tops old mark Central State University posted its third record breaking fall enrollment in a row, according to figures released Friday by administrators. "While the percentage increase is slight, it comes on top of a record breaking number a year ago, which was a record over the previous year," Dr. Bill Lillard, president. Total enrollment was 13,217, up just under one percent from last year's 13,102. Full time equivalent enrollment, based on 12 hours per undergraduate student and nine hours per graduate student, was up just under a half percent, but
still a new record. Largest increase this year was among seniors, with a 7.8 jump from previous year figures, up 154 for a 2,121 total, compared to last year's 1,967. Juniors experienced a decline, dropping 3.1 percent for a total of 2,211, compared to last year's 2,281. Sophomore enrollment increased 4.3 percent, up 86 from last year's 1,990 for this year's total of 2,076. The number of freshmen enrolled was down 3.3 percent, a drop of 111 from a year ago. Total this year is 3,250.