Oil companies express desire to drill for oil By Curtis Killman Editor Administrators may be able to make use of the ground CSU rests on if negotiations and a little luck pan out for them in the next few months. Dr. Larry Williams, vice president of administration, said he has been talking with interested companies about the prospect of drilling for oil here on campus. "All we have been doing on it is planning internally to decide what might be a good contract," said Williams. "We've done in-
ternal research on it, but we're not prepared to accept or reject anything." Williams said that two sites are being considered. "There are two sites that the leasing cornpany is interested in," said Williams, "primarily on the northeast side and on the southeast side of the campus." The northeast side of the campus is the C-3 parking area and the southeast side of the campus is the field near the Edmond fire station.
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Williams stressed though that these areas are in no way definite. A final contract won't be ready for another 60 to 90 days, said Williams. "At the earliest, the October, maybe the November Board (of Regents) meeting will be the time we get the contract all put together," said Williams. He added that the contract won't be finalized until "we've got the best offer that we can get for CSU." Williams said that there was no way to
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project how much money CSU could collect from the oil venture. "It could be dry," he said. But, if approved by the Regents, all revenue from royalties would go into the revolving income here at CSU, said Williams. Boswell Energy Corporation of OKC was one of the oil companies that Williams has been talking to concerning the well. If approved, Williams said he believes the oil well would be a first for regional universities in Oklahoma.
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the faults which run through By Julie Eskridge An earthquake which measured Oklahoma are inactive and do not 7.8 on the Richter scale struck present any danger to the state. Mexico City which resulted in the Studies conducted by the O.U. loss of at least 3,500 lives and the Geological Survey indicate there number is still growing. While on- was a major surface movement in ly precision instruments recorded Oklahoma between 500 and 1,000 the ground movement here, earth- years ago. It was located in the quakes are not that uncommon, southwestern section of the state even in Oklahoma, according to near the Wichita Mountains. Physics Professor Dr. Verdine Geologists are not sure of the quake's intensity since there were Trout. Oklahoma has 30 to 40 earth- no written records kept at that quakes a year, Trout said, and can time. There have been two large earonly be detected by very sensitive instruments. Out of these 30 to thquakes in Oklahoma since then, 40, only one or two of the earth- stated Trout. The first was in El quakes are actually felt. Many of Reno in 1952 and had an intensity
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measurment of seven and a magnitude of five. This quake was probably felt in Edmond and Oklahoma City, because earthquakes are not confined to any specific area or region. The second was in Catoosa (near Tulsa) and also had an intensity measurment of seven and magnitude of five. Trout said that earthquakes are measured on a scale from one to ten known as the Richter scale. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale and every increase, such as magnitude 5.5 to magnitude 6.5, means the ground movement is 10 times greater. Magnitude indicates the inherent strength of the earthquake and intensity indicates the degree the earthquake is felt in a given area. According to Dr. Ken Johnson of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, "an earthquake with a magnitude of five could be felt for 30 or 40 miles and would be strong enough to knock the plaster off the walls." Although the chances of Oklahoma having a major earthquake again are remote, it could happen.
Administrators release results of student poll Results of a CSU student survey conducted during the 1985 spring semester were made available to the Student Senate Monday by the office of academic affairs. The 52 question self-study is part of a university-wide effort to identify strengths and concerns here on campus. Due to the detailed nature of the survey, The Vista is unable to publish the survey in its entirety. A copy of the survey is available for viewing in the The Vista office in the Communications Building. A sampling of 1,110 of the 11,638 students enrolled here last spring took the survey. Use of the library Forty-seven percent of all respondents said they used the library either very frequently or frequently. Seventy-three percent of the students taking the poll either strongly agreed or agreed that the library provides an atmosphere conducive to study. Two-thirds of the students either strongly agreed or agreed that the library staff members are responsive to the them. After class Sixty-seven percent of the respondents said their attendance at artistic or cultural activities on campus was either never or seldom. Sixty-nine percent of those surveyed said their attendance at athletic events on campus was either never or seldom. One-third of the respondents either strongly agreed or agreed that the University provides sufficient opportunities to meet their needs for recreation and relaxation. The student voice Twenty-six percent of all respondents either strongly agreed or agreed that the University provides the opportunity for student representation on University-wide committees. This figure rises to 55 percent when comparing to respondents who have served on the Student Senate within the last three years. Twenty-five percent of all respondents either strongly agreed or agreed that the Student Senate is the organized voice of the student body. Twenty percent of all respondents either strongly agreed or agreed that the Student Senate is an appropriate representation of the student body. On student feedback, 54 percent of all respondents either strongly agreed or agreed that the process whereby students have the opportunity at the end of each semester to comment on the instruction received in a given course is appropriate. Nine percent strongly disagreed. The classroom Forty-four percent of all respondents either strongly agreed or agreed that the University should require all new students to take a battery of diagnostic tests to assist in placing students in appropriate English, mathematics and reading courses. Twentynine percent either disagreed or strongly disagreed. Sixty-eight percent of all respondents either strongly agreed or agreed that a "common core" of general education courses should be required of all students regardless of their major.