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July 20, 1989 Vol. 87, No. 60
VISTA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Non-teaching staff given bulk of salary increases By Larry Floyd Editor in chief
Non-teaching personnel positions at Central State University have received the bulk of the total salary and wage expense increases in fiscal year 1989-90, the CSU educational and general budget shows.
CSU records prompt tiff By Keith Purtell Student Writer Reporters for The Vista say
Olympic spirit fills the face of U.S. Olympic Festival Torch carrier Mike Peller as the torch passes July 18 through Edmond. (Photo by Bill Kramer)
they have discovered that the state's Records Management Law does not necessarily guarantee swift access to records when researching for an article. "Administration was very uncooperative recently when I tried to obtain information on the '89-90 CSU budget," said Larry Floyd, editor for The Vista. "When I tried to get a copy, they gave me a real run-around." But CSU officials deny any deliberate attempt to obstruct inquiries. "We have a copy of the budget on record over in the library," said Sharon Martin, budget director. "All anyone needs to do is go over to the library, and it's a public document. So, from from the perspective of our particular office, Please see RECORDS on page 8.
Early abuse leaves scars By Bretta Barritt Staff Writer
She was only five the first time a man touched her sexually, and a man made her touch him, said a Central State University student wishing to remain anonymous. Now she's a 24-year-old woman living with the memory of her childhood molestation. She remembers that moment every time a case goes to court and the defendant gets a light sentence, she said. She's reminded of how pedo-
philes can prey on children for sexual pleasure, or power, and of the legal system which deals inadequately with child sexual offenders, she said. Furthermore, she's reminded of the victim's often perpetual turmoil. She said, although she knows she was the victim, she can't help feeling shame for herself and a certain amount of selfhatred. Her relationships have suffered as a result of her childhood encounters. She said, in the past, she felt uncomfortable
in relationships that weren't based only on sexual attraction. "It's been hard for me to trust men or to believe that they would want me for anything more than sexual pleasure," she said. "Talking about it with friends and counselors really helped alot. Everytime I talked with a friend about my molestation I found out that the person had either been molested as a child or knew someone else who had," she said.
Please see CHILD on page 8.
Formulated and approved by CSU administration and the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, these increases in nonteaching personnel salaries and wages were apparently made despite budget instructions from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to prioritize faculty salary increases and new faculty positions in fiscal year 1989-90. Non-teaching, or other professional and non-professional, salaries and wages are estimated at $9.3 million in 1988-89 and budgeted at $10.8 million in 1989-90, an increase of $1.5 million or 16.1 percent. Teaching salaries are estimated at $13.9 million in 1988-89 and budgeted at $15.1 million in 1989-90, an increase of only $1.2 million or 8.9 percent. The largest single position increase, teaching or nonteaching, went to CSU President Bill Lillard. Lillard's salary was increased from $72,500 to S94,250, an increase of $21,750 or 30 percent.
Both teaching and nonteaching personnel expense increases result from a combination of raises and new positions, according to the budget. Raises for CSU personnel average 11 percent for professional librarians, 8.5 percent for other support staff and 7.6 percent for faculty. Additional positions budgeted in 1989-90 in-
elude 12 faculty for a total of $350,000 and 10 non-faculty for a total of $150,000. The emphasis on non-faculty personnel salary and wages at CSU occurred after the state regents had identified faculty salaries and positions at the head of the list of funding priorities to improve the quality of higher education in Oklahoma. In fact, a June 26 state regents report on education and general budgets for 1989-90 states: "In the budget instructions provided to the universities and colleges, the chancellor pointed out that the highest-priority needs adopted by the state regents and presented to the governor and Legislature were faculty salary increases, new faculty positions, library acquisitions, instructional equipment and organizes research." "Our primary goal was to improve all faculty and staff, and employee salaries as much as possible," Lillard said in regard to preparation of the 1989-90 budget. Lillard said he doesn't agree that the state regents meant for the majority of the new funds to be spent on new faculty positions and raises. "I think the No.1 mandate, as I see it, is that they didn't limit the increases to faculty," he said. Please see BUDGET on page 8.