The Vista June 27, 1985

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June 27, 1985T HE Vol. 83, No. 59

VISTA

Thursday Edition

Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma

Faculty members protest dean pick By Curtis Killman Editor A recommendation by Dr. Bill Lillard, CSU president, for a new dean of Liberal Arts Friday has turned an applicant screening committee into a screaming committee, hollering about the president's selection. The president's choices, submitted in the form of an addendum to the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, asked that Dr. Clif' Warren, chairman of the creative studies department, be appointed dean of the college of Liberal Arts. A screening committee, comprised of faculty and ad-

ministrators, had recommended that acting dean Dr. Frank Wert be appointed. The Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges passed a measure Friday, without discussion, to table the two recommended dean appointments. The addendum also asked the regents to approve the choice of English professor Dr. Paul Lehman, as dean of the graduate college. Regent John R. deSteiguer, who made the motion to table the addendum, said that the regents needed more time to study the request. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.

"There had been a protracted selection of deans and it seemed rather short that all of a sudden just before the meeting we had another one submitted," said deSteiguer. "So, I thought that we needed more time. I received mine (copy of the addendum) on Tuesday and yet the selection process had taken several months," deSteiguer continued. Lillard said he sent the addendum to the regents three days before the Friday meeting. The next scheduled meeting of the regents is July 19. Members of the Liberal Arts

College screening and advisory committee voiced disapproval over the president's choice. The screening committee voted to rank three candidates with Wert "overwhelmingly first," said Herman Fullgraf, the committee's chairman. Wert has been serving as the acting dean of liberal arts since the death of Dr. Frank Finney. Fullgraf said Warren's name was not on the list the screening committee gave to Dr. James Perry, vice-president of academic affairs. Lillard though, said that the three names he received from

Perry did list Warren's name, but he did not know if the list he received was the same as the one submitted to Perry by the committee. "I didn't work directly with the committee, I worked with the vice president," said Lillard. "I asked him to submit to me the list of those who had been interviewed." Lillard said he received from Perry on June 12 a list he requested in alphabetical order, without any ranking, of each candidate that was interviewed for the Liberal Arts dean. The list of candidates interviewSee Faculty protests page 3

NATO spokesman warns of Russian naval buildup Tim Ray Countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization depend on the sea for their survival, but the buildup of the Soviet naval arsenal is posing a serious threat to all NATO countries. So said Geoffrey T.J.O. Dalton, vice-admiral of the Royal Navy and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of the NATO Atlantic fleet, who spoke in the Liberal Arts Auditorium Monday, June 24. Dalton was on campus as part of Central State University's Colloquium of Statesmen and Scholars, sponsored jointly by CSU President Dr. Bill Lillard; Dr. James G. Caster, director of the Bureau of Governmental Services, and Leroy Crozier, chairman, political science department. "Of particular interest is the Soviet's rapidly growing submarine fleet," said Dalton. "The Soviet sub fleet contains a variety of conventional and nuclear subs capable of carrying out a variety of missions. All carry torpedoes and some carry cruise missiles with nuclear warheads. "The Soviet military now carries a greater capability than it needs to defend their homeland," said Dalton, indicating that this is seen as a direct threat to the NATO countries. "One of our biggest concerns is

the trends we have been experiencing. The NATO navies are forces to be reckoned with, but we are concerned because of the trends over the past 20 years" during which time the Soviets have matched the NATO forces in number of ships, said Dalton. He said NATO's response to the Soviets' threat has been to increase naval forces, citing that 90 percent of all reinforcement for Europe would be by sea; implementing contingency and wartime plans; performing exercises, which help to train forces and to test and validate war plans; modernizing equipment whenever possible, and standardizing weapons and procedures to provide for greater interoperability between the NATO forces. "I see no diminishing in the importance of naval forces," he said. "You must have a whole array of forces to counter the threat you see against them". As an officer in the Royal Navy, Dalton said that Great Britain learned some important lessons in its war over the Falkland Islands that have been put to use by the NATO forces. "Probably the major lesson we learned was that we need airborne early warning to give sufficient warning to deploy fighters to break up an impending attack.

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We have since modified some of our helicopters to provide that early warning. We also learned how effectively ships in trade could be converted to support ships," he said. NATO was begun on April 4, 1949, with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. Since then, France has withdrawn militarily from the organization, and Greece is considering withdrawing altogether. Despite these problems, Dalton said NATO should stay strong and may actually increase in membership in the future. "If Greece pulls out of NATO, that's a political problem. However, NATO has been together for 36 years and so far no one has pulled out completely. I don't think NATO is currently seeking any additional members. It's more a matter of other nations deciding to join," he said.

Vista photo by Daniel Smith

Geoffrey T.J.O. Dalton, vice-admiral of the Royal Navy and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of the NATO Atlantic fleet, spoke Monday night out on the problems that NATO is presently undergoing.

July 4th celebration to be held in Edmond By Mark Beutler Associate Editor Break out the flag and fill up the picnic basket—it's almost the Fourth of July.

said, "but there will be events all day in Hafer Park. They will have free watermelon, speeches, and music in the afternoon," Potter said.

Edmond's thirteenth annual July Fourth Festival will begin next Thursday morning with events ranging from a parade to a fireworks display at CSU's Wantland Stadium. Edmond Chamber of Commerce spokesperson, Sonya Potter, said the festivities will get underway at 10 a.m. July fourth with a parade boasting about 170 units. "The parade Thursday morning will get things going," she

Preparations for the Independence Day celebration have been going on for quite a while, says parade co-chairman Jerry James. "We plan a year to a year and a half in advance for the parade, but the other activities don't take quite as long to plan, only about six to eight months," he said. "The majority of the arrangements and 90 percent of the planning is finished by a month

and a half before the festival," James added. In addition to the parade, a carnival will be held on the fourth, fifth, and sixth, as well as a rodeo to be held at 8:30 p.m. the same days. The activities at Wantland Stadium, according to Potter, will begin at 7:55 p.m. with a skydiving exhibition from the Sooner Parachute Association. Following that event, music will be provided by the "Sweet Adelines" and "OK Corral." At 9:25 p.m. on the Fourth, there will be a presentation of colors and the national anthem, followed by a fireworks display at 9:40 p.m.


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