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THE October 4, 1990 VoL 89, No. 13
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Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
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CSU alumna injured after plane crashes From Staff and Wire Reports year teaching assignment in China, Ames
Soviets clear way for religious liberty MOSCOW (AP)—The Soviet legislature gave final approval Monday to a law on freedom of religion, then began debating a bill that would reduce the influence of atheism's strongest advocate, the Communist Party. Together, the measures would give the force of law to two of the key reforms introduced by President Mikhail S. Gorbachev: tolerance for religion and competition for the party.
A Central State University graduate was said. Thomas was a passenger on a hijacked among 100 survivors of a plane crash in southeastern China that killed at least 127 Chinese jetliner, according to Chinese and people, U.S. embassy officials said. Western sources. A struggle in the cockpit Erin Lynne Thomas, 30, is hospitalized as the plane landed at Canton's Baiyun Inwith a broken collar bone, minor bums, and ternational Airport caused it to collide with a re-injured leg, hurt before leaving for two other jets. One was empty and the other China, said Diane Ames, Thomas' mother. was filled with passengers bound for Thomas was graduated from CSU in Shanghai, said a Western survivor. 1985 with an oral communications educa- Canton People's Broadcasting Station retion degree, CSU officials said. ported 120 people had been killed and 53 She left Oklahoma Aug. 18 for a two- seriously injured.
Registration starts Monday Central State University students will have no excuses if they don't vote in the general election Nov. 6. The Oklahoma League of Women Voters and The Vista will sponsor voter registration Oct. 8-10 on the first floor of University Center. People should bring identification when they register. "I think it's very important for college students to take part in the democratic process," said DeWayne Smoot, co-drive organizer. For more information please call The Vista, 341-2980, Ext. 5549.
Report ties Keating to three senators WASHINGTON (AP)—A special counsel's report establishes crucial links between the timing of contributions by Charles H. Keating Jr. to three senators and specific actions the lawmakers took to help the former savings and loan executive, congressional sources said Monday. The links were instrumental in the counsel's recommendation that the Senate Ethics Committee investigation proceed against Democratic Sens. Alan Cranston of California, Dennis DeConcini of Arizona and Donald W. Riegle Jr, of Michigan, the sources said.
U.S., Soviets start plans for joint military actions NEW YORK (AP)—The United States and the Soviet Union have begun drafting resolutions to authorize the use of military force against Iraq if a worldwide economic squeeze does not force a retreat from Kuwait, U.S. officials said Sunday. Both superpowers would move against Iraq under U.N. auspices, but the Soviets prefer to work under a joint military command while the United States prefers more "logistical" leeway, officials told the Associated Press. Please see WORLD WRAP on page 8.
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Doctoral programs await approval By Mark Schlachtenhaufen
Staff Writer
A proposal for a Central State University doctoral program within the college of education awaits Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approval, said Dr. Kenneth Elsner, college of education dean. Doctoral degree areas would be early childhood development and special education within the college of education. The proposal was reviewed by the CSU budget committee last spring before it was sent to the regents. Elsner said he could not give a regents' response date at this time. If CSU receives a doctoral program along with additional facilities, student enrollment could reach 20,000 by the end of the decade, Elsner estimated.
President Lillard has said CSU wants a business doctral program as well. Current combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment for fall 1990 in the college of education is 4,475. Equivalent numbers for the college of business administration is 4,028. The colleges consist of more than 50 percent of CSU students. A doctoral program should be supported with additional research facilities, which could be library additions and the hiring of more faculty, he said. Public and private funding will be needed. Dr. Frank Wert, college of business administration interim dean, said that if passed, a doctoral program would boost student enrollment in business degree options. "It would be very consistent with both the mission and the service of a metropolitan regional institution like CSU," Wert said.
CSU's business master's program serves night students who are mid-level managers trying to advance their careers. The program compares favorably to state institutions with full-time MBA programs, Wert said. "There is a growing demand for doctorally-trained people in the business field," Wert said. "This demand is both in the private sector and in higher education." National shortages are predicted in five or six years for professors in most fields, especially in business Wert said. Specialized corporate demand will dictate faculty characteristics and the amount of doctoralrelated work. Training students in pursuit of an academic career would be a major goal of a business doctoral program, Wert said.