Vol. 58 November 1, 1979 Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant . Oklahoma Number I I

Vicki Ragan (seated) and Kathi Schmectp,epper rehearse for the Drama Department's production of " The Shadow Box" to be presented Nov. 1-3 in Montgomery Auditorium.

Forty-eight Students Named 's o

The 1979-80 edition of Who· s Who Among Students In Ameri­can Universities and Colleges will carry the names of 48 students from Southeastern Oklahoma State University who have. been

.selected as being among the country's most outstand ing campus leaders .

Campus nominating commit­tees and editors of the annual directory have included th e names of these students based on their a cademic achievement. service to the community, leader­ship in extracurricular activities and future potential.

They join an elite group of s tudents selected from more than I ,200 institutio n s o f higher learning in all SO states, the District of Columbia , and several foreign nations .

Outstanding students h ave been honored in the annual directory since it was first pub­lished in 1934.

This list includes William H . Angelly. James Bankston. Mark Barnes, Robert Boley. Tommy Brown.

Dianne Coogan , Billie Sue Dancer, Mary Day, Ben Dye. William Ellis, Donnie Evans, Susan George, Bernard Goeders . J ohnny Hamilton, Shelley Hellek­son , George Ho1t i t , Kr ist ie Homer, Carolyn Hunnicutt. Syble Jones.

Robert Karnes. Rebecca Kil­patrick. Naomi Logan , Roland Mc Donald , Jimmy Milligan, Mark Morrison. Lisa Nichols. .

Kathryn Ode n. Timothy Page. Marilla Parker . Randall Pickard . Earl Price . Suzanne Proctor .

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.Float Flamers Strike, Future Caution Urged

Float burning again became the obsession of some after the Methodist Student Union students left their float parked on University drive . It is the second time in the last few years that floats have been flamed.

It would be a good idea for guards to be posted to watch floats left on University Drive during the football game. Afterwards floats should be moved as soon as possible.

As for those who feel it necessary to burn floats. we must wonder about their mentality . Trailers on which floats are built are very expensive. Flames don't discriminate when consuming paper, wooden trailer floors , and tires.

Those who lend trailers for use by campus organizations may feel the risk is to great to continue the favor .

· · It would certainly be nice to see the pyromaniac caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Destruction of private property is not a small crime.

lt also becomes dangerous for firemen to hurry through busy city streets to extinguish a fire started as a stupid prank. Fighting a fire of any size is a dangerous undertaking.

We urge organizations to continue the procedure of parking floats on University Drive for everyone to view. The guarding of those floats must become top priority following the parade, however.

'The S Box' Sig Taus Win

When it opened in 1977. ·'The Shadow Box" was acclaimed as one of the finest plays of the decade. Whe n it opens on No­vember 1. 2 and 3, at Southeast­ern Oklahoma State University. " The Shadow Box" promises to be a major University Theatre e vent.

" We have an e xciting play." said Director of Theatre, Molly Risso. " The Shadow Box ' is a vital. entertaining , and engros­sing script. We have taken an innovative approach, with the emphasis on acting. directing , and lighting. At its core, the play is a study of the terminally ill and those people around them. More importantly, it deals with life and living . courage and hope." " Already, we have had a tremen­dously favorable response to the play by various groups who attended teaser performances last week." she added .

·'The Shadow Box·' is the Southeastern presentation in the 1979 American College Theatre Fest ival and will be performed in Oklahoma City. in addition to performances in Durant . " The play is very much a contest piece. '· said Mrs. Risso. ·'The Festival is a time for a serious work which demands creativity and innovatio n. But we also have an important, entertaining drama that speaks to an audience.

The cast includes Phil Watts, J on Talton , J oyce Spivey. Morley Ro bi nson Ill , Robert Bryan , Russell Caluette, Bev Quarles . Vicki Ragan and Kathi Schmeck­pe per. The production Stage Manager is Kris Nicolau-Sharpley and the Techn ical Directo r / Sceneographer is Lyn Westmore­lanci.

The plot of · 'The Shadow Box·' revolves around three terminally ill people , and the effect that their emmine nt death has on them and the people closest to them. One of these patients is Joe . played by J on Talton. " It is one of the most complex and demanding roles I have ever undertaken, " he said. · ' It has taken a great deal of work to understand the character and the situation facing him. and then to portray this for an audience ."

Joyce Spivey plays his wife, Maggie. According to Spivey: " I think this play speaks to every­one. Although it deals with death . it ma.inly addresses life and hope . • These are important to aiJ of us.''

Morley Robinson lli, who por­trays their son. Steve, is a newcomer to the Southeastern stage. " I am very excited about the play.'' he said. ' 'You become intimately and emotionally involved with every character ."

Robert Bryan portrays the dying Brian. Robert, a veteran SOSU actor, believes this role is one of his most difficult. " It 's hard to play a character who is as many-sided as Brian , and who is faced with accepting his own death , then helping those he loves to accept it."

Russell Caluette is cast in the role of Mark, a former "street hustler ' ' from San Francisco, who

has found a new purpose in life with hi s philosopher friend , Bria.n . " 1 think that establishing the relationships in the play has been one of our most difficult tasks ," he said . " Each of us is playing a · character who is. in many ways. very different from ourselves. We have had to mold our own life experiences to meet with those of the character."

Bev Quarles, a pre-law student . portrays Brian 's former wife, Beverly. ' "The Shadow Box' has no easy roles ," she said . " I portray a woman of. shall we say, Jess than pure character. It's a very challenging part that has required a Jot of work and study. This play discusses the subjects of life and death . and I believe it has something to say to everyone . Everyone has to face death , that 's pretty much the way of things ."

" I play Felicity Thomas . " said Vicki Ragan . describing her role . ·· She is a 65-year-old woman who is dying . She is going through the e motional phases of the fact of her own death . Fe licity is b itter. having lost her independence and having to rely on her daugh ter ."

Agnes. he r daughter . is played by Kathi Schmeckpeper. " My character is a self-sacrificing. middle-aged daughter. She is a slave and scapegoat to Felicity."

Phil Watt s po rtrays t he interviewer. " I have to question the characte rs about their inner emotions and feellings. · · he said. " Its a very intriguing role. I e xperience the deniaf. the bar­gaining. and the hope that each of the patients are effected by~"

The Southeastern Theatre will present " The Sl!adow Box" on November 1. 2. and 3. at 8 p.m. in M o ntg o mer y Aud i t o rium . General admission tickets are 51 .50 in advance and 52.00 at the door . They may be reserved by calling (405) 924-0121. ext . 346. SOSU stude nt t ickets are SJ .OO •

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Tomme Is Queen Even though the outcome of the

game was not favorable for Southeaste rn' s Savage football team th is past homecoming . there were several individual ~inners that afternoon.

The day began as usual ~th the homecoming parade initiiting festivities.

Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity took first place honors in the university division wit h their float " Movies in Review". " Bicenten­nial" of Delta Chi Delta placed second and Alpha Sigma Tau 's ·· Mickey Mouse 50th Anniver ­sa ry· · along with " Space: The Final Frontier " of Tau Kappa Epsilon tied for th ird place . Honorable me ntion went to " Year of the Child" by the United Student's Organization, " Water­gate·· by the Wesley Foundation. and ·· Energy Shortage·· by the Baptist Student Union.

In the non-university division. first place went to the Durant High India n Heritage Oub for ··Animals in Movies·· and second place was gh en to the George Washington Blue Jays for " All Work and No Play". The mass man:hing bands were not judged th is vear.

OJi,·ia Tomme was crowned Homecoming Queen during half­t ime of the football ga me . Olivia i' a sophomore from Durant and was sponsored by DE"Ita Chi Delta . First runner-up was Char­lnttc James of Hug<'. sponsored b~ the Ame r ican Chemica l Sn('tet\ .

The remaining four finalists w.·rC': Teresa Hefner , Coleridge. N~·braska . Ph i Sigma Epsilon; Melissa Jarvis. She rman. Sigma TJ u Ga mma: Stacy Rowland. • Durant. Student Education Asso­ciation: and Belinda Thomas. Ringling . Sigma K-appa.

A bomb threat caused the Industrial Teclinology Building to be evacuated Tuesday morning. The Durant police department received a call from a male caller saying that the bomb would explode between 10 a .m. and noon. Campus security guards Bruce and Gordon Schulze aided local police and firemen in the search which was later termed a prank.

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-The applause of Dr. Leon Hibbs, left . and others present af the Fonner Students Luncheon, was in honor of Dr. Weldon Keiller Haynie, Distinguished Alumnus for 1979.

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Savages' Hope For Homecoming Victory Shattered By Tigers

"It was a fine day for football Saturday; at least for E4st Cen­tral. · · ~id Coach Rutherford. "We don't necessarily reel they have a better'team than we do but they did come up' with the win." Although the Savages did fall to 1-1 in conference play after losing to the awesome Tagers 39-17. they defini~ely kept the Homecoming spirit alive with an outstanding effort.

Aithough the first half was a -corelcss one for the Savages it " as certainly nothing to be . tshamed of. Both offense and defense played heads up ball and whe n the ball bounced, you cou\d say it just bounced the wrong way. This was pretty much the case through the course of the whole game. although Neil Camp did manage a 36-yard field goal ip the third qua.rter and in the final seconds of the game the Savages added a spirited two touchdown rally.

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The Savages tried specifically a passing game and gained 314 of their 383 yards in the air. Henry Conkle led on the receiving end of the aerial attack by catching .six for 97 yards and one touchdown. Walter Daniel~ pulled on eight for 81 yards. Darryl Coats caught two for 53 yards and Rod Wedgeworth was three for 47.

' Mickey Minnett led the Savage

rushing with 16 carries for 42 yards and he also managed another 34 yards on ten carries and he accounted for the other Savage touchdown .

This week the Savages face a very tough Northeastern team. They have lost only two games all season both at which happened! to be conference games. This ga~e is a must for the Savages if th~y expect ta stay alive at all in conference play.

•' As inconsistently as we have been playing. " said Rutherford, "we surely appreciate the crowd

Enroll~ent Among Colleges And· Universities Increased

tnrollment m 'Jbe Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for the 1979 fall term increased by 3. 1 per cent over last year. according to a preliminary enrollment report released by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

State System institutions en­rolled 134.406 students this fall. compared with 130,346 last year, an increase of 4.060.

J;:nrollment in' private institu­t ions of h igher education increased from 22. 71 0 in 1978 to 22 .884 this year, an increase of 0.8 per cent.

Altogether. there are 157.290 stude nts enrolled in Oldahoma higher education for the 1979 fall te r m. an increase of 2.8 per cent O\'cr last year.

The larges t · num erical in ­creases at state institutions came at the University of Oklahoma. up 1.274 students. and at Tulsa J unior College. up 1,220 stu­dents. Much of the increase at T J C appanently resulted from the opening of the new Northeast Ca mpus of that institution.

The largest percentage in,: rcases in enrollment at public in~titu t ions occurred at Oklahoma Pa nhandle State University up 43. ~ per cent; Carl Albert Junior C ullcge. up 18.9 per cent: Lang­swn University , up 18.7 per cent; a nd El Reno Junior College, up 18.3 pe r cent.

The largest number of students •s enrolled at OtJahoma State University, 21,744; followed by the University of Oklahoma with 21.631; Central State University,

Edmond. 11 .398; and Tulsa Junior College, 10,505. Seven­teen. State System campuses reported increases while 13 re­ported decreases.

Nine private institutions reported gains. and seven report­ed enrollment decreases com­pared with last ·fall. The largest private institution is the Univer­sity of Tulsa with 6.311 students: followed by Oral Roberts Univer­sity. 4,032 , and Oklahoma City University. 2.583.

Full-time-equivalent e nroll­ment in the State System is 99.094 this fall. compared with 97.214 for the fall of 1978.

Univ~rsity Players Stress Recruiting In New Program

Recruiting is the word that the University Players organization will be stressing this year under a new program headed by vice­president of the organization Vicki Ragan . Members of the organization will be going to area high schools and presenting scenes and discussions to develop an awareness of Southeastern as a possible college selection .

This program will also serve a dual purpose by allowing stu­dents who are not actively involved in the theatre depart· ment to perform. Scheduling is now in progress. Anyone interested in preparing scenes should contact Vicki Ragan at extension 365 in the afternoon.

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l'HE SOUTHEASTERN, student newspaper of Southeastern Oklahoma Stat~ University, is published every Thursday except during holidays and examination periods.

Second class postage . i1 paid by THE SOUTHEAS~E~N, Statioa A, Durant, Oklahoma, ZIP code 74701. The. subscnptaon rate is S2 per year with the new year beginning on September 1.

Opinions expessed in THE SOUTHEASTERN are not necessarily those of the student body, the faculty, and the administration. The opiaions appearina in by-lin~ ~~des, columns, or Jetten to the editor are those of the md1v1dual writer .

Editor Photopapher Faculty Advisor

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Jim Weaver Rudy Manley

support we had for Homecoming and plead for more of the same in this Saturday's game with Northeastern . ''

Student Activity

Funds Budgeted

For Institutions State System institutions have

budgeted S6:453. 939 in student activity funds for 1979-80, accord­ing to a study released by, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

The study includes actual expenditures of student activity funds in 1977-78 and 1978-79. as well as those budgeted for the current year.

In 1977-78, State System insti­tutions spent $5 ,840,819 in student activity funds, compared with $6,031.462 in 1978-79. The report groups the expenditures in the following categories: Admin­istrative Salaries and Benefits, Student Organizations. Student

• Entertainment Programs, Stu-dent Educational Programs. Student Newspaper, Student Yearbook. Athletic Tickets and Events, Student Health Service, Scholarships. Bonded-debt Ser­vice and Other Expenditures.

Student activity funds bud­geted for the current year range from highs of $1.395.000 at the University of Oklahoma and $1.149.578 at Oklahoma State University to S21 ,000 at the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. and S7.900 at Sayre Junior College .

Just when you think you've graduated from the school of experience. someone thinks up a new course . .

Putting the crunch on an East defensive back Fred Henderson .

Central ball c~rrier is freshman

News In Brief The Baptist Student Union will

be having a hayride Saturday, November 3, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the BSU. Everyone is invited to attend.

EID Prayer: This is an Islamic religious celebration taking place on Wednesday, October 31. at 8 a .m . and las ting approximately 30 minutes. Student Union Ball­room. At 8 p .m . there will be a brief discussion on several rel i­gious customs . International foods and refreshments will be served. All interested individuals are invited to attend.

Today is the las t day to process a National Direct Student Loan for the fall semester. 1979. In addi· tion. no increases on existing loans wilt be made after todav.

For Sale: Tennis ball machine. Call Hallie McKinney Hall , Room 336 or 337.

KHIB is beginning a campus news s ervice . They will be glad to broadcast any information about departments. organizations, fra­ternities. sororities, or s ports. If you have news, please call KHIB at ext. 420.

Who's Who cont · d from page 1

James Pyrum. William Rahorst. Cheryl Ro­

berts. Kathi Schmeckpe pe r . Vicki Scott . J e nnie Sisney. J a n

Snow. Le land Soc key. Christi Springfie ld. Crystal Sulllivan .

Russell Uselton, Anita Watson , Lynd a! Westmore land . J e rry Woods. James Simmons and Joe Charles Townsend.

Ever notice that most people can 't te ll you their blood type, but 99.5 pe rcent of them can tell you their astrological sign?

Placement Interview Calendar SCHEDULE OF INTERViEWS

K Mart Corporation •

Montgomery Ward

J .C. Penney. Inc.

Weyerhaeuser

Thorn MeAn Shoe Company

November 2

November 6

November 7-8

November 13

November 14

Business Administration and Management

All Fields

All Business. Economics. and Home Ec.

Account ing and Computing Science

Retailing, Management . and Marketing

Please n1 ake your appointment in the Placement Office for the interviews listed above, and check thi!> cal~ndar in The Southeastern and on the placement bulletin board in the Administration Building each wee k for additional inte rviews scheduled. Seniors and graduate students who will complete degree requirements at mid-term. in the spring of 1980, or in the summer of 1980, should go to the Placement Office immediately and complete the necessary forms for placement service.

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