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Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Ill. 61920Vol. 83, No. 11612 pages

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By JUSTIN KMITCHAdministration editor

Faculty and staff membersMonday questioned EasternPresident David Jorns regardinghis lack of participation on theunion contract negotiations.

The questions centered onthe negotiations between theuniversity and Eastern’sAmerican Federation of State,County and MunicipalEmployees Local Union 981,and emerged following Jorns’

sixth annual State of theUniversity Address.

Jonathan Hunt, digitalcomputer operator, asked Jornswhy he has been reluctant toparticipate in the currentcontract negotiations.

“The people involved in thenegotiating process don’t wantme there,” Jorns said. “Believeme, I’ve been following thisclosely. I believe I know exactlywhat’s going on. Don’t give uphope because we are moving.”

When asked about the

possibility of the universitysubcontracting out jobscurrently performed byBuilding Service Workers andDining Service employees,Jorns referred the question toBob Wayland, associatem a n a g e m e n t / m a r k e t i n gprofessor, who was sitting in theaudience.

“We are at the table, but noaction has yet been taken,”Wayland said. “We are currentlyin negotiations to discuss aproposed change in the contract

language. We are collectivebargaining; that means bothsides have issues they wouldlike to see resolved.”

AFSCME union 981represents BSWs and foodservice workers, along withclerical/technical workers. Theclerical/technical workers havebeen working without a contractsince July of 1997.

Jorns said he remainsoptimistic the contractnegotiations will have a positive

Jorns saysuniversity‘better off’By JUSTIN KMITCHAdministration editor

Eastern President David Jorns Monday toldEastern faculty, staff and students that the currentstate of the university is “strong and purposeful.”

Jorns presented his sixth annual “State of theUniversity” address to the campus communityMonday afternoon in the Buzzard Hall Auditorium.

Jorns said he sees Eastern as being better offnow compared to recent years.

“These have been years in which we’ve passedfrom trouble to stability, from tough times to bettertimes. We have more now, we know where we’regoing, we know who we are and our prospects forthe immediate future seem good,” Jorns said. “Wehave our own board, we speak for ourselves; ourstudents are among the best in the nation. We’re auniversity and a good one.”

Jorns said Eastern’s plan for itself is now andalways has been:■ “To be recognized as a university of unusualquality; to be known as a selective traditional,residential, institution of the highest quality.■ “To be known as an institution to which many arecalled, but few chosen and those that are chosen are

IKUYA KURATA /Photo editorEastern President David Jorns presents his sixth annual “State of theUniversity” address to an audience of about 200 people Monday afternoonin the Buzzard Hall Auditorium.

Union negotiations questioned by faculty, staff

Parkingchangescause lotsof debateBy AMY THONStudent government editor

The Parking Committee isresearching the possibility of changingthe hours of faculty and staff parking toend at 3 p.m. instead of 5 p.m., the timethe lot currently is open for public use.

Student Vice President for StudentAffairs Jason Amato complied a list ofstudent complaints to address with thecommittee. One of the main studentconcerns is that faculty are not using thereserved spots from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.Amato said that students said that theysee many empty spots after 3 p.m.

“We tried to push to have the timeschanged to 3 p.m. in all of the parkinglots,” Amato said.

Amato said that before the nextmeeting the committee will research theusage of the lots to better determine ifthe proposed change is feasible.

Hal Nordin, parking committeemember, said the lots will be monitoredat different times and spots will becounted to derive how many spots areempty and during what times. Nordinsaid the research will probably not befinished by the end of the semester.

Nordin said the faculty for nightclasses also need to be considered.

Other student concerns that will beaddressed by the Parking Committeeinclude the number of student spotscompared to the number of faculty spots.

“The probability is that there are agreat deal more student spots than staff,”Nordin said. “Most of the spots oncampus are for students.”

Amato said many lots are beingreorganized and the number of studentspots may be changing.

“We want to make sure students arenot losing spots with reorganization oflots,” Amato said.

One way to solve this problem is to

BOT to discuss purchase approvalsBy JUSTIN KMITCHAdministration editor

Eastern’s Board of TrusteesWednesday wil l hold a specialmeeting via telephone conferencecall to discuss purchase approvalsand other issues.

The conference call will be held at10 a.m. in the president’s conferenceroom in Old Main.

The agenda includes the approvalof an extension of student insurancebenefits, a campus (debit) card andpurchase approvals for air con-ditioning, computer software andconstruction of additional parking.

Jill Nilsen, special assistant to the

president, said the BOT will increasestudent accessibi l i ty to studentinsurance benefits.

“Currently, students enrolled in 12or more semester hours areautomatically charged for insurance,”Nilsen said. “The new recommen-dation states that all students enrolledin nine semester hours beautomatically billed for the coverage.

“If a student does not wish toreceive the insurance benefits, he orshe can go to the financial aide officeand show proof of insurance and theywill be exempt from the charge,” shesaid.

The board also is scheduled toapprove the new campus (debit) card.

“The campus card wil l be thestudents’ ID card, meal card, librarycard, and even their off-campuscalling card,” Nilsen said.

Ni lsen said the board also isscheduled to approve a purchase ofair conditioners.

“Air conditioning will be installedin Lincoln and Douglas Halls,”Ni lsen said. “And the airconditioning systems in Old Mainand Student Services wil l bereplaced.”

The air conditioning systems andcampus card are part of the campusimprovement projects, which wereapproved through a student refer-endum in the fall of 1996.

DREW GRANGER/Staff photographer

Windy cityEmily Schmidt, a freshman pre-engineering major, facesthe sudden blast of winter weather Monday on her wayto class.

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2 Tuesday, March 10, 1998 The Daily Eastern News

By LAURA IRVINEStaff writer

Peace, love and understanding.Students will have the opportuni-

ty to attend a performance that willteach them about these three funda-mentals in the life of Irene Farrera, aVenezuelan singer/songwriter.

Farrera will perform at 8 p.m.Tuesday in the Rathskeller in theMartin Luther King Jr. UniversityUnion. Through her songs, Farreradelivers a powerful message aboutlife and the human spirit.

Farrera was chosen to perform atEastern “because she is traveling theMidwest during Women’s Historyand Awareness Month, and we haveheard many good things about her,”said Lucy Gomes, chair of theLatino Heritage Committee.

Farrera has performed at manycampuses, but this will be her firstperformance at Eastern.

“We are looking very forward tohaving her,” Gomes said.

Farrera, an immigrant who haslived in the United States for morethan 20 years, has two recordingstitled “Walking In The Jungle” and“Alma Latina.” She will sing“joropo” and “gaita” rhythms of hernative region as well as singing inSpanish, Portuguese and English. Inaddition to singing, Farrera also willplay the acoustic nylon guitar andthe Venezuelan cuatro.

“It’s not every day we get to hearfrom a Latina singer/songwriter,”

said Shelly Flock, director of mediarelations. “This will be a goodopportunity to hear unique musicfrom a different country.”

Farrera has performed inChicago before, and has had successwith her albums.

The concert, co-sponsored by theLatino Heritage Committee and theWomen’s Advocacy Council, isbeing held in conjunction withWomen’s History and AwarenessMonth. Admission is free and theevent is open to the public.

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Vehicle vandalism hitscampus

The weekend brought threereports of damage to vehicles invarious on-campus parking lots.

Dawn R. Black, 24, ofToledo, reported the lower leftside of her windshield crackedon her 1995 Ford Escort, a policereport stated. The incidentoccurred between 1:30 and 8:45p.m. Thursday in the SeventhStreet parking lot on the south-west side of the Tarble ArtsCenter, according to a policereport.

Derek E. Weston, 19, of 868Carman Hall, reported scratchesand the citizen band radio anten-na ripped off the magnetic basemounted on the roof of hisPlymouth, a police report stated.The incident occurred at 5:03a.m. Saturday in the 1008 GreekCourt parking lot behindBuilding #4, a police report stat-ed.

Chelese R. White, 19, of 720Lawson Hall, reported a shrub-bery plant uprooted and thrownon the hood of her Buick/Coupe,a police report stated. The inci-dent occurred at 12:59 a.m.Saturday in the Ninth Streetparking lot, according to a policereport.

Five people who were citedfor underage alcohol violationsinclude:■ Eric Wade, 20, of Lerna, whowas cited at 11:45 p.m. Thursdayin the 400 block of JacksonAvenue for driving under theinfluence, speeding, illegal trans-portation of alcohol, failure tosignal, minor consumption ofalcohol and illegal possession ofalcohol, according to a policereport.■ Mikk Sorensen, 20, of 458Thomas Hall, and RobertZagorski, 20, of 456 ThomasHall, were cited at 1:31 a.m.Saturday at Fourth Street andPierce Avenue for petty theft andpossession of alcohol by a minor,according to a police report. ■ Angie Armbrust, 18, of 417Andrews Hall, was cited at 2:32a.m. Sunday in the 2100 block ofSeventh Street for possession ofalcohol by a minor and publicpossession of alcohol, accordingto a police report.■ Joseph Sanner, 20, of 2500Nantucket Drive was cited at9:09 p.m. Friday at his residencefor possession of alcohol by aminor, according to a policereport.

Venezuelen performer to play‘fundamental’ music at Eastern

By LAUREN KRAFTActivities editor

A program targeted at prevent-ing physical abuse, date rape andother kinds of sexual abuse willbe presented today in conjunctionwith Women’s History andAwareness Month.

Heidi Polchow, a graduate stu-dent in counseling, will present“Self defense, Safety and Daterape” at 7 p.m. in the Copa Roomof Carman Hall.

Polchow said this is an issuethat is prevalent in every city.

“I think sexual assault and rapehappen everywhere ... preventionis the key,” Polchow said.

Polchow will give tips on pre-vention of sexual assault and pro-tection against “date rape” drugs.

The most important way toprevent being slipped “date rape”drugs is by shielding all drinks,both non-alcoholic and alcoholic,

Polchow said. “Playing the Game,” a video

approaching the different viewsof males and females in a daterape situation, will be shown.

“Women and men ... really dothink differently,” Polchow said.

Polchow added that she strivesto reach all students about theproblems of sexual assault. Allstudents are welcome to attend.

Serving as a staff member withthe Sexual Assault CoalitionInformation Service, Polchowworks with eight other staffersand many volunteers to help vic-tims of sexual assault.

The SACIS also responds tosexual assault victims at SarahBush Lincoln Health Center.

Polchow was trained with theSACIS in a 48-hour program. Shealso has the opportunity to betrained with the Illinois CoalitionAgainst Sexual Assault four orfive times a year.

Program aimed at teachingwomen to prevent abuse

STRONG from page one

education, pound for pound,which is unequaled among thepublic institutions of this state.”

Jorns said that has beenEastern’s plan for as long as hecan tell; “long before any of uswere here.”

Jorns spoke to the fact thatEastern will have to turn awaymany qualified students. He saidEastern’s numbers, with thehigher admission standards equalthe numbers at the same time lastyear.

“In short, quality is the bestadvertisement we have,” Jornssaid. He pointed out the universi-ty’s high academic standards, 69percent graduation rate, which is20 percentage points higher thanthe national average. He alsocited a more than 80 percentfreshman-to-sophomore retentionrate, which is also higher thanthe national average; and anincreasing number of honor stu-

dents, expected to reach 600,with average ACT scores of 29.

Jorns told the campus commu-nity that the financial supportEastern has been receiving fromthe state over the past three yearshas been good. In February, Gov.Jim Edgar recommended a FiscalYear 1999 budget for Eastern thatwould increase funding by 6.8percent, the highest generalfunds increase recommend forany Illinois public university.The state’s capital budget mayalso include about $18 million inrenovation funds for BoothLibrary.

Jorns said even though itlooks as if Eastern is “better offnow,” more still needs to be donefor Eastern to remain as we knowit.

“So, we are better off. Most ofus have worked hard and pulledtogether. But to tell you the truth,we still need everything,” Jorns

said. “On a per-student basis, weremain the lowest funded publicuniversity in the state. You don’tneed to look very far to knowthere just isn’t enough.”

He said Eastern’s labs areantiquated, classrooms and resi-dence halls need to be networkedand scholarship money is needed.

As for Eastern’s future, Jornscalled for faculty and staff mem-bers to accept the “commitment”of higher education and to dedi-cate themselves to fulfilling thatcommitment.

“Eastern is its people. As indi-viduals, we are not very impor-tant, but the school is. This is nota business. It is a university,”Jorns said. “By dedicating our-selves to (the commitment), wecan insure that Eastern will behere, prosperous, independent,and vital in the years ahead, theyears beyond the horizon, theyears that add up to a legacy.”

UNION from page one

ending.“We can negotiate our way out

of any disagreement and I thinkwe will. I really believe that,” hesaid.

Jorns offered the followingcommitment to all employees andcommunity members:

“Teaching and education arethe main purposes for the class-room. All of our energy needs tobe focused on what is happeningin the classroom,” Jorns said.“That is where I have tried todevote all of my administrativeenergy.”

PARKING from page one

reserve spots for people with per-mits, not specifically staff or stu-dents, Amato said. The lot forBuzzard Hall has been organizedthis way. Amato said the spots areoccupied on a first-come, first-serve basis.

In addition, the number of bicy-cle racks on campus was an issueaddressed at the meeting. Amatosaid students often lock bikes tothe poles because bike racks arescarce. Amato said he is trying to

get more racks on campus or toreorganize the current bike racks toaccommodate more students.

Amato said he will be makingthese changes within two to threeweeks.

The other student parking con-cerns will be addressed at futuremeetings. Amato said when oneconcern is addressed, another willbe brought up.

“We are making progress,”Amato said.

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By TAMMIE SLOUPStaff writer

Jacque Carter, the final candidate for theposition for chair of the department of bio-logical sciences, said he believes he can leadthe department into its new configuration in away that identifies new opportunities byusing old traditions and strengths from thepast.

“I would like to provide new opportunitiesto reinvent department programs. Theseopportunities would come from traditionalareas of the botany and zoology departmentsand they will be used as a foundation for thefuture,” Carter said.

Students can become interested in biology

if faculty members act interested and providehands-on experience for the students, Cartersaid.

“To get students interested, faculty mustmake sure they like it and that they show it.They must also provide the opportunity forstudents to collaborate and work with them,”Carter said. “Classes cannot also be just solelecture, there must be experiential work.”

Carter is the chair of the Department ofLife Sciences at the University of NewEngland. He was the third and final candi-date for the position of chair of the biologicalsciences department.

Under the restructuring plan, the botanyand zoology departments will be combinedto form the School of Biological Sciences.The proposed plan will be submitted to thevice president for academic affairs forapproval in June. Carter believes that he canbring his experience with curriculum into theclassroom by giving students the opportunityto experiment with new equipment.

“It’s important to give students as muchexposure as possible to new equipment. Thisgets students excited,” Carter said.

Another aspect of the department that getsstudents excited are graduate students. Theyplay a very important role in the classroom,Carter said. They provide opportunities forfaculty members to focus more on researchand problems within the department.

“Graduate students bring excitement andenergy into the classroom. They can also beencouraging with such things as labs becausethey are closer to the students’ age group,”Carter said.

Graduate programs also need to be builtslowly and naturally because if they are builttoo quickly, resources can decrease rapidly,Carter said.

Candidate says learn from the past to make the future

By JAIME HODGECity editor

A judge Wednesday denied amotion that would allow State’sAttorney Steve Ferguson to petitionto find Thomas Drum, 24, ofMattoon, in contempt of court.

Ferguson attempted to petitionfor contempt of court when Drumrefused to testify at the trial ofMarcus Douglas, 24, of Mattoon.Douglas went through trial in

February. Judge Ashton Waller ruled the

contempt of court petition inconse-quential because Douglas’s trial hadalready taken place and he hadalready been found guilty. Walleralso said that now Drum’s testimo-ny would have no impact on thecase.

Drum was ordered to be returnedto the Department of Corrections,where he is currently serving a 20-year sentence for his conviction in

connection with the Jan. 4, 1997,murder of Shane Ellison, 23, ofMattoon. Drum will be returned tothe Department of Corrections if nohearing is set within the next fewdays, according to court documents.

Drum and Douglas are two ofthree men accused in Ellison’s mur-der and have already stood trial inColes County court. Drum wasfound guilty of first-degree murderin August and was sentenced to 20years in prison in January. Douglas

was found guilty on three counts offirst-degree murder and is awaitingsentencing. Douglas also entered amotion for a new trial Monday.

The third man accused of takingpart in Ellison’s murder is CharlesDrum, 27, of Mattoon. CharlesDrum is Thomas Drum’s brotherand allegedly facilitated the murder.

Charles Drum had been recentlyparoled from prison and allegedlyentered into an altercation withEllison the night of Ellison’s mur-

der. Drum was allegedly afraidEllison would go to police toinform them of the altercation, sohe allegedly plotted to kill Ellison.

After allegedly punching, kick-ing and beating Ellison with ham-mers, the three men allegedlyplaced the body in the back ofThomas Drum’s blue pickup truckand drove him to an overpass off ofIllinois Route 45, where theyallegedly threw the body off theoverpass.

Contempt of court motion denied for Thomas Drum

By AMY THONStudent government editor

Students battled snow andwind Monday as Arct ic airmixed with moisture from theGulf and produced between 2and 4 inches of snow.

Dalias Price, local weatherobserver, said the air has beenstored in the Arctic for sometime and finally broke looserecently and traveled south.

“(That air) was necessary toproduce a very different type ofweather,” Price said.

“(The storm is) just an accu-mulation of a lot of cold air thatshould have been released.”

Price said the heart of thestorm passed early afternoonMonday but the elements con-tinued to blow and drift for theremainder of the day.

“It’s a semi-blizzard,” Price

said. “It’s fun to watch the snowcome down.”

In more rural areas, the snowmay have produced white-outconditions and more driftingsnow, Price said.

Price said the Charleston areareceived 2 inches of snow, butareas farther north in Illinoisreceived more than 2 inches ofsnow.

He said the northwest part ofthe state saw 6 inches of snowand towns surrounding Chicagowas blanketed with 9 inches.

Price said this type of weatheris rare this late in the winter.

“February and March tradedplaces this year,” Price said.“We are getting a taste of whatwinter real ly is.”

Price said the next few dayswill produce temperatures justbelow 20 degrees.

“The cold (air) is going to

continue to come in,” Price said.The National Weather Service

said there was a wind advisoryMonday because of theNorthwest 25-35 mph winds.

The weather service saidTuesday will be partly sunnyand cold with temperatures thatwill fall to the upper 20s.

The rest of the week wil lremain dry according to theweather service.

Price said by Saturday andSunday temperatures wil lincrease to normal spring condi-tions.

The weather caused eveningclasses to be canceled at off-campus sites including ParklandCollege in Champaign, DanvilleCommunity College, OlneyCentral College and RantoulTownship High School. On-campus classes were not can-celed.

An article in Friday’s edition of The DailyEastern Newsincorrectly identified the name ofthe Irish Culture Heritage Union.

The same article also misspelled the name ofTom Hanna, the group’s secretary.

The Newsregrets the errors.

CorrectionsDREW GRANGER/Staff photographer

A Siberian Elm, approximately 20 years old, becomes the first casual-ty of the winter winds blowing across campus Monday outside ofPemberton Hall. Workers will dispose of the tree’s remains today.

Winter marches through Illinois

Third candidate forbiological scienceschair proposed he canlead department

RYAN LANNING /Staff photographerJacque Carter, the chairman of the life sci-ences department at the University of NewEngland and final candidate for the chairof the proposed department of biologicalsciences at Eastern, gives a presentation.

Classes cannot also be just solelecture, there must be experien-tial work.”

-Jacque Cartercandidate for the chair of the depart-

ment biological sciences

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Tuesday, March 10, 1998

“Nothing can be done at once hastilyand prudently.”

– Publilius Syrus

today’s quote

El Nino affecting contract negotiations

Charleston may be jumping the gun askinganother city official to fill in as city man-

ager until a new one can be found.Last year Charleston underwent a long

period of transition and indecision before itchanged to the city manager form of govern-ment.

The decision to change forms of govern-ment is not an easyone, and the city tookthe time necessary tolearn about the new

form, inform the public about the governmentform and select the best possible candidate.

But its best possible candidate, PaulNicholson, resigned last week after less than ayear on the job leaving the city back where itstarted before hiring him – without a citymanager.

The city’s solution? Asking Public WorksDirector Bill Riebe to fill in until a new citymanager can be found.

Riebe has been the director since Feb. 2,and will be doing double duty until the newcity manager is hired. He has worked in othercities with a city manager, and is familiar withthe style of government.

While Riebe may be competent and under-stand the duties of a city manager, the cityshould chose another full-time person to fillthe position as soon as possible.

Riebe should not be responsible for bothpositions. Charleston was able to function foryears without a city manager, even during thetransition period last year when the city coun-cil was choosing a city manager.

Waiting to fill the position with someoneCharleston Mayor Dan Cougill and theCharleston City Council members feel com-fortable with is a better solution than filling itright away.

The city should either go back to the final-ists that Nicholson was chosen from or gothrough the entire selection process again tochose a new person to fill the position.

Whichever process the city council choos-es, it should not select a new city manager,even one that is only temporary, in haste.

Editorial

To the editor:Let me see if I have this straight. In

your editorial on March 3 the headlinereads “Misidentification seems to bemore than an oversight.” It goes on tosay that the FACT that the victim eithergave a false name or fake ID is not theissue. My question is why not? Whilepolice officers may be trained to detectlies, they are not mind readers, and itseems perfectly reasonable to me,given the crime they were investigating,that a false ID wasn’t recognized. Iwould also bet that had the officers pur-sued the underage issue that the DENwould have berated them for focusingon a relatively trivial issue compared tothe violent crime they were called toinvestigate. The fact that the newspaperchose to vilify the police and not thelawbreaker is interesting. There’ssomething wrong with that picture ...and it has more to do with lying thandetecting lying. The police collectedfalse information at the crime scene

because it was given to them. You wereable to write about it because they DIDdetect the lie later (you know, like theyare trained to do.)

Melanie Millsspeech communication professor

To the editor:This letter is sent to publicly thank

State Representative Dale Righter forattending the Charleston BoosterClub’s spaghetti fund-raiser heldrecently at Charleston High School.Rep. Righter has repeatedly shown hiscommitment to education, and I amglad to see he takes the time to makeevery event he can. I know he wasmaking at least one other visit thatsame evening, a chili supper inMarshall, and his willingness to driveall over our district in support of ourcommunity events should make us all

the more appreciative of his efforts.After all, as state representative, Mr.Righter is working in Springfield torepresent us and is here in the eveningscontributing to our local fund-raisers,suppers, etc.

Thank you again, Rep. Righter – andI hope more people in our districtappreciate your efforts too.

Brian FurryCharleston

your turnPolice are not mindreaders, and weregiven wrong names

Rep. Dale Righter is showing support for local education

The weather phenomenaknown as El Nino has caused

tornadoes in Florida and washedmost of the West coast into thePacific Ocean. The midwest hasalso seen its share of El Nino.Eastern students basked in thesun’s warm glow, and thought qui-etly to themselves “El Nino isn’tso bad.”

However, the darker side of theweather system has made itselfknown. Yesterday, it snowed, andweather forecasters heralded the arrival of winter. A winterthat comes only weeks before the beginning of spring. Awinter wind that brings more than snow to Eastern’s cam-pus, but strange allegations.

In Jorns’ “State of the University Address,” El Nino dis-played its powers during the question and answer period ofJorns’ annual speech. Many of the questions asked by theaudience involved the still unresolved contract disputebetween Eastern and its chapter of the American Federationof State and Municipal Employees Clerical Union 981.

One concerned member of the union asked if Jorns couldintervene in the situation, and bring the two parties to thebargaining table. Jorns said that he had been asked not tointerfere with the bargaining process.

“I pay a lot of attention to it,” Jorns said. However, thepresident had very different viewpoint during Eastern’s hol-iday party. While members of AFSCME and the UniversityProfessionals of Illinois, Eastern’s teacher’s union, picketedoutside of Old Main, faculty, administrators and students aterice krispie treats and socialized.

In the Dec. 10, edition of The Daily Eastern News, Jornssaid he had no idea why the people were picketing outside.

“I don’t have a clue what’s going on out there,” Jornssaid. “I just noticed them (the picketers) on my way in. Iwould like to know what’s going on out there myself.”

If Jorns has decided to become informed, more power tohim. As the top administrator he should take interest in thecontract problems that plague the university.

However, other statements aboutthe allocation of funding and theuniversity mission seemed to runcounter to finding a solution to thedispute. Jorns deflected a com-ment about the university’sresponsibility to the communityand the resolution of the contractdispute.

The goals of the administrationwas to funnel as much moneytoward improving the quality ofeducation in the classroom, Jorns

said.He is correct to a certain degree. The university does

have the primary goal of educating its students. However,the university plays a larger role in Charleston community.

Many people who work at Eastern call Charleston home.This includes professors, administrators and especially themembers of AFSCME.

AFSCME members include food service workers, secre-taries and janitors. While not being a part of the universitieslofty goals of higher education, AFSCME workers representthe smaller but integral part of Eastern’s operation. Withoutsecretaries, the paperwork wouldn’t get filed and memoswouldn’t get sent. Without Building Service Workers, stu-dents would live in dilapidated dorms and messy hallways.

While not essential to Eastern’s philosophical structure,AFSCME members are essential to Eastern’s physical struc-ture.

Currently, Eastern and the union are preparing to meetwith a federal mediator. The contract has been disputedsince June, and a contract needs to be approved. Jorns mayhave been asked to stay out of the negotiations, but itsdoesn’t dissolve his responsibility to help the situation.

The El Nino induced storms that flooded the country willpass and the waters will recede. However, if a contract isn’tapproved the damage done may not be so easily washedaway.– Matt Adrian is the managing editor and a weekly colum-nist for The Daily Eastern News.

MATT ADRIANRegular columnist

“The universitydoes have theprimary goal of educating its students.”

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Three candidates will square offfor the Republican Party nomina-tion for Coles County Treasurerduring the March 17 primary elec-tion.

Because no candidates are run-ning on the Democratic ticket, thewinner of the primary will proba-bly replace current treasurer BillGrimes, who is not seeking reelec-tion.

Bill Daniell, Carolyn Kollingand Tim Yow are all first-time can-didates for the position of treasurer.

Grimes has been the treasurersince 1986 but is now steppingdown and running for a countyboard seat. He said the treasurerhas two main responsibilities.

The first responsibility is col-lecting county real estate andmobile home taxes. The secondinvolves handling all payroll, insur-ance claims and bills for the countygovernment, Grimes said.

He said the treasurer also col-lects state inheritance taxes, col-lects drainage district taxes andinvests all county monies.

“The treasurer acts as the chieffinancial officer of the county,”

Grimes said. “It is a job that keepsyou on your toes. It really takesfour years to learn because there isa new aspect everyday.”

Daniell, a Mattoon resident,owned Daniell Produce Co. forseveral years and now works as aconsultant for the company.

Daniell is a certified publicaccountant who worked as a stockbroker in a St. Louis stockexchange. He said his extensivebusiness and office managementexperience gives him a slight edgeover the other two candidates.

“I want to continue the outstand-ing job Mr. Grimes has done,”Daniell said. “I want to give theresidents excellent service.”

Kolling, a life-long Charlestonresident, has served as theCharleston city treasurer since1986. Kolling said she has workedin public finance for 23 years, hashandled a $20-million investmentportfolio, and has served as thepolice and fire pension plan trea-surer.

“Experience, experience, expe-rience should be my slogan,”Kolling said. “I have worked full-time with day-to-day, hands-onfinancial matters for 23 years.”

Yow, a Charleston resident, said

he will bring some unique experi-ences to the office because he hasserved on the Coles County Boardfor 20 years and has worked inbusiness for 35 years.

Yow said the fact that he is acertified real estate broker and thathe has invested money throughouthis business career will help himin performing the duties of treasur-er.

“Because I have worked on theregional planning committee andthe Coles County Public BuildingCommission, I have dealt with cur-rent financial issues facing ColesCounty,” Yow said.

Yow said he has two worthyopponents and that he is hopingthat his name recognition throughyears of public service will givehim an edge over the other candi-dates.

All three candidates stated theywould not feel comfortable makingany changes until they served in theposition for a period of time.

The primary election for county,state and federal positions will beheld March 17.

Voters registered to vote inColes County who will be out oftown may request an absentee bal-lot before Thursday.

RYAN LANNING /Staff photographer

Working for a livingLisa Huber, a senior sociology major, gets her hands wet while work-ing Monday afternoon at Coffee Express in the Martin Luther King Jr.University Union.

By HEATHER CYGANCampus editor

A documentary produced by anEastern associate professor andbroadcasted on the PublicBroadcasting System titled “TheBlack 14” will air today on WEIU-TV.

Adeniyi Coker, associate profes-sor of African-American studies atEastern, will have his documentarybroadcasted at 8 p.m. today.

“It’s a well balanced piece ofwork,” Coker said. “It’s a goodpiece of history.”

The one-hour documentary isabout 14 African-American foot-ball players from the University ofWyoming. The players requested tosilently protest the racist policy ofpriesthood of the Mormon churchby wearing black arm bands withtheir football uniforms.

The football coach refused theirprotest and kicked the players off ofthe team and was supported by uni-versity officials and the governor of

Wyoming.This occurrence led to aunique constitutional issue con-cerning the separation of churchand state, freedom of speech andfreedom of religion all protectedunder the First Amendment.

Coker said he began the docu-mentary at the University ofWyoming in 1993 and finished it atEastern in 1997.This issue was cho-sen for the documentary becausethere are few African-Americansand a majority of American Indiansin Wyoming, Coker said. Not manypeople were aware of African-American heritage and this incidenthit Wyoming close to home, headded.

“People don’t know much aboutcivil rights ... and the Black 14 hadnot been forgotten,” Coker said.

Coker said he developed a fasci-nation for the argument concerningthe First Amendment and wasintrigued by the terms of the legalmatters at hand.

The most difficult part of thedocumentary was “getting the

Mormon’s to speak up” without thedocumentary coming across asanti-Mormon, Coker noted.

The documentary was funded ona small budget of $10,000 and tookCoker to places in Utah,Washington D.C., Colorado andPennsylvania. Coker said he alsoperformed all the interviews him-self. Coker said Sports Illustrated,as well as other pertinent informa-tion sources, had an abundance ofinformation on this situation thatoccurred in 1969.

The documentary previouslyaired Jan. 15 on PBS and was wellreceived, he said.Coker also said heperformed all the research for“Fields of Fire” in 1995 that wasshown on HBO and was nominatedfor an Emmy Award.

Coker said he is currently work-ing on a documentary aboutHollywood’s invasion into theAfrican-American culture and heexplores the audience to give himfeedback on his previous piece ofwork.

Documentary reliving racist policiesBy ANITA CUNNINGHAMStaff writer

The Wozencraft MemorialScholarship, an annual awardsponsored by the mathematicsdepartment, is available for afinancially needy undergraduatestudent.

The Wozencraft MemorialScholarship was established in1989 by Marian Wozencraft inmemory of her brother JohnGeorge Wozencraft Jr., saidClaire Krukenberg, chair of themathematics department.

John George Wozencraft, Jr.was a geology major at Easternwho missed out on many oppor-tunities because of various finan-cial reasons, Krukenberg said.Wozencraft’s sister establishedthis scholarship so other Easternstudents in the same situationwould have opportunities in their

reach.Krukenberg said the scholar-

ship will be between $500 and$600 and will be awarded to anystudent that meets the followingrequirements: preferably a math-ematics major, full-time under-graduate student, in good aca-demic standing and demonstratesfinancial need. The application isessay-based and available in themathematics department office.

This award may be used formath majors or serve as fundingfor any student wanting to travelfor the purpose of enhancing hisor her education, Krukenbergsaid. Usually three to five stu-dents apply for this scholarship.

The applications will be evalu-ated by a board of representativesfrom the math, music and geolo-gy departments from Eastern.

The applications are due April17.

Scholarship helps needymath students with cost

Three candidates vie for treasurer

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Illegitimate companies areattempting to sell copier toner todepartment chairs at Eastern forhiked up prices, said MontyBennett, the director of purchasesfor the purchasing office.

Three individual departments atEastern have been approached withphone calls soliciting copier toner,Bennett said. But only one depart-

ment actually made a purchase butthe problem was discovered beforepapers were signed. The situationwas reported to the UniversityPolice before any other purchaseswere made, he said.

The illegitimate company thatsold the department the toner left aphone number, which is unusual,Bennett said. The police are takingcare of the problem, he said.

“This type of problem occursseveral times every year,” Bennett

said. “Usually the companies areout of California or Las Vegas.”

Bennett said the typicalapproach fraudulent companiesuse is to call the department andsay, “We’ve been looking throughour records and realized that wesold you toner at a low price. Theprice has increased for toner butwhat we can do is sell you tonerfor the original price this one lasttime.”

Bennett said if this happens,

“Just say no thank you and hangup.”

As long as no one signs any-thing, we are not stuck with any-thing, Bennett said.

“On occasion, we do get stuckwith something (because someonesigned),” Bennett said.

Eastern currently has a contractwith R.K. Dickson with all thecopy machines on campus.Bennett said the company alsoincludes the residence halls.

Toner scam thwarted by purchasing office

By JAIME HODGECity editor

The initial court appearance fortwo former 911 board membersMonday was rescheduled for April3.

Judge Ralph Pearman, who wasassigned to the case in lieu ofJudge Paul Komada’s recommen-dation that another judge beassigned to the case in order toavoid conflict of interest, had beenon vacation and returned earlierMonday. State’s Attorney SteveFerguson said Pearman wasunaware of his court appointment.

The initial court appearance isnow scheduled for 9 a.m. April 3 inCourtroom 3 of the Coles CountyCircuit Court, Ferguson said.

The two former 911 boardmembers, Rex Roberts, 38, ofMattoon, and Jack Abrams, 30, ofAllenville, did not appear in courtfor the scheduled initial appear-ance.

Both men are being charged

with official misconduct, a Class 3Felony, Ferguson previously said.Roberts and Abrams are accused ofallegedly using 911 funds for theirown personal gains. Roberts is theformer 911 board chairman andAbrams is a former 911 boardmember. Both resigned from theirrespective positions in August.

Roberts was allegedly paid with911 funds for electrical work, car-pentry and painting not performedat the 911 center.

He also allegedly used a Visacredit card to buy personal itemsand get cash advances and kept acomputer purchased with 911funds at his home residence for hisown personal use.

Abrams also faces indictmentsfor allegedly using 911 funds. He ischarged with using the 911 creditcard to pay for a personal trip toFlorida and to buy cleaning equip-ment for his own use.

Both men were arrested Feb. 26,the day after their indictments werereturned and warrants were issued

By JAIME HODGECity editor

Shawn Majors is scheduled togo to trial today for his allegedinvolvement in the May 4 murderof Cheryl McRill.

The trial will start with juryselection at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 3of the Coles County Courthouse.

Majors’ attorney, Lonnie Lutz,said he anticipates asking thecharge to be murder in the second-degree, voluntary manslaughter orinvoluntary manslaughter.

Majors, 27, of Mattoon, ischarged with three counts of mur-der, Lutz said. The first two chargesare first-degree murder. The thirdcharge involves murder whichoccurred in the course of a robbery,Lutz said.

The third charge was recentlyadded when Ferguson said evi-dence indicated Majors may havetaken money from McRill’s purseafter her murder. There will be evi-dence as to what Majors may havedone with the money at the trial,Ferguson said.

Judge Ashton Waller Monday

approved Ferguson’s motion toamend the date McRill was mur-dered in court documents.Although her body was found May4, she had disappeared May 1.

Ferguson asked that the chargesbe amended so that the day shedied be changed to on or aboutMay 2.

Waller also reserved rulingWednesday on if a third personwho has heard what Majors mayhave allegedly told his wife aboutthe murder would be able to testify. Waller said he would reserve judg-ment on the motion until after hehears the testimony. Ferguson saidwitnesses would be called to testifyover the next couple of days.

Another motion that is pendingWaller’s ruling is Ferguson’smotion that Lutz be prevented fromusing evidence about McRill’scharacter because her characterdoes not have anything to do withthe murder.

Lutz said information aboutMcRill’s character would be used“to show that she was a lady thatliked to go out and have a goodtime.”

Murder trial to begin todayFormer board members’trial rescheduled to April

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BLACK STUDENT UNIO N weekly meeting today at 6 p.m. in theCharleston/Mattoon room. Please come and support BSU!EPSILON SIGMA ALPHA Social meeting today at 9:30 p.m. atDenise’s home. Call for rides or if you cannot attend.EPSILON SIGMA ALPHA Clothing depot all day today at the ClothingDepot. Please remember to work the shift you signed up for. CallDianna for rides.SAFCS Family Service/Education meeting today at 6 p.m. in KhlemHall 313.MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATOR’S CLUB meeting today at 7 p.m. inColeman room 203. “Technology in the Classroom.”WOMEN’S ADVOCACY COUNCIL Irene Farrera: Concert, Singertoday at 8 p.m. in the Rathskeller. Irene Farrera’s performances arewonderful celebrations of cultural diversity. Her message of unity andunderstanding among the diverse cultures of the world is embraced bycampus communities throughout the country.PHI GAMMA NU Active meeting today at 6 p.m. in Lumpkin Hall 127.E.A.R.T.H. meeting today at 7:30 p.m. in the Greenup room of theUnion. We need to work on Peacefest!!IFC meeting today at 6 p.m. in the Tuscola/Arcola room. Executivemeeting at 5 p.m.LUTHERAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP Coffee Break Bible Studytoday at 9 p.m. in the Immanuel Lutheran Student Center. Topic isRomans.CIRCLE K meeting today at 7 p.m. in the Oakland room of the Union.Come and hear about the great experiences we had at convention!BAPTIST COLLEGIATE MINISTRIES Tuesday Night Bible Studytoday at 6 p.m. in the Shelbyville room, 3rd floor of the Union.Everyone is welcome!INTRAMURAL SPORTS Hot Spots March 25 from 6-9 p.m. Entriesaccepted March 6-24 in the SRC from 1-10 p.m.PHI SIGMA PI chapter meeting today at 7:30 p.m. in theCharleston/Mattoon room of the Union.DELTA SIGMA PI Pledge Speaker today at 7 p.m. in the LibraryLecture Hall. Professional attire.

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CONGRATULATIONS SAMAN-THA JOCKISCH on winning theDelta Chi pageant. We are sohappy for you. Love the Ladies ofAlpha Sigma Tau!_______________________3/10DAVE AND JOE, both of you stoplaughing! I know I’m super late.I’ve been played-NOT! Have agood break. KD love, Rita._______________________3/10

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - _ Iowa defensive back EricThigpen has been charged withassaulting his girlfriend afterbecoming upset about how shewas dressed, Iowa City policesaid.

Thigpen is the eighth Iowaathlete to be arrested in the past year.

Thigpen, a junior from Dolton,Ill., was arrested Saturday nightat his home and charged withdomestic assault with injury, a serious misdemeanor that carriesa penalty of up to one year in jail and a $500 fine.

According to police, Thigpenbecame upset with the womanand allegedly threw a shirt at herface. Police say Thigpen alleged-ly pushed her into a wall and ontothe floor and then dragged her across the floor by her legs, caus-ing multiple scrapes.

The woman, who was notidentified, tried to call 911 butThigpen allegedly tried to takethe phone away from her.

Thigpen spent the night at theJohnson County Jail and wasreleased on his own recognizanceSunday morning. Thigpen, who led the Hawkeyes

last season with three intercep-tions, has an unlisted phone num-ber and could not be reached forcomment.

Iowa athletic director BobBowlsby said he could not com-ment because of the student pri-vacy policy.

His status with the team isunclear, but in 1995, whenreserve linebacker Marcus “Tex’’Montgomery was charged withassault after striking a formergirlfriend, he was suspendedfrom the team and did not accom-pany it to the Sun Bowl.

Thigpen is the latest Iowa ath-

lete to be arrested in the pastyear.

Last month, freshman BenSobieski pleaded guilty tocharges of public intoxication,public urination and unlawful useof a driver’s license.

Quarterback Randy Reinerswas charged with drunken driv-ing in January, nose tackle AronKlein was charged with publicintoxication last November andRobbie Crockett was convictedlast month in Michigan of fourth-degree sexual misconduct.

Three freshmen swimmers,Jason Lathrum, Allyn Secor and

Ryan Sorensen, were chargedMarch 1 with possession of acontrolled substance and interfer-ence with official acts after pub-lic safety officers saw them sm-oking what appeared to be mari-juana in a university parkingramp.

Additionally, football com-mentator and former Hawkeye EdPodolak was charged inSeptember with public intoxica-tion, while Iowa women’s basket-ball coach Angie Lee was arrest-ed in November in Connecticutafter being charged with breachof the peace.

Iowa defensive back arrested for assault of girlfriend

“Last year Stacy earned a lotof respect. She is starting out thatway again this year,” Searle said.“She pitched a good game thatwe should have won. Stacymakes routine plays. She is aconsistent and solid player. Shewill bring solidity and a concretefoundation to the team.”

Also returning to the infield issophomore shortstop/secondbaseman Julie Fonda. Fonda let-tered as a freshman last year andis expected to help keep consis-tency in the field.

“Julie was someone that gotsome playing time last year. Sheworked hard in the off seasonand is doing a fine job now,”Searle said.

The final piece of the infieldpuzzle is junior catcher Amy

Kukman. Kukman was injured inthe Southern Illinois Classic lastweekend, but because of the longbreak will not miss any games.

“Amy went out with an injury.It will be good to have her back,”Searle said. “Vicki Rinando andMelissa Slama both did excellentjobs coming in for us. Amy isanother one with experience. Shewill bring us more solidity.”

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You can’t put a priceon experience. You

have to get a number of ga-mes under your belt.”

- Lloydene Searle, Panther softball coach

“IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -He

may have wanted to, but Iowacoach Tom Davis on Mondayrefrained from criticizing theNCAA selection committee fornot including the Hawkeyes in its64-team field.

The committee snubbed Iowaon Sunday even though it madeIndiana, which tied Iowa for fifthplace in the Big Ten, a No. 7 seedin the East Regional. Iowa beatIndiana twice this season for the first time since 1985.

“I thought it was a good signfor us,” Davis said, recalling his thinking as he watched thetournament selection on televi-sion.

He was asked Monday at hisnews conference if he was sur-prised that Indiana earned a rela-

tively high seed with a 19-11record while his own team, whichwas 20-10, was relegated to the32-team NIT tournament.

“Somewhat, yes,” Davis said. “I think it’s disappointing

when you’re not selected. But I think you’re better off to just faceit and move on rather than nit-pick,” he said.

Davis said there are someteams in the NCAA field thatIowa could probably beat, but herefused to identify them or criti-cize their selection.

“We have nothing to gain bydoing that. That’s the decision. That’s the selection. You’ve gotto move on,” he said. “Why demean those other teams thathave worked real hard? They’veworked for it. It wasn’t handed to

them.” The Hawkeyes also were dis-

appointed about missing theNCAA tournament for the firsttime in three years. They willplay host Wednesday to Georgiain a first-round NIT game, thesecond time since 1994-95 thatIowa is in the NIT.

“It was just a horrible feelingwe had when it was over. It waslike, `Are you sure they didn’tforget us? Are you sure it wasn’ta misprint; Iona should have beenIowa?’’’ senior Ryan Bowen said.“Iona is the 12th seed in theSouth Regional.”

Freshman point guard DeanOliver admitted it will be hard tobe motivated for Georgia, whichfinished 16-14 overall and 7-9 inthe Southeastern Conference.

Iowa’s Davis ready to move on to NIT

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By the Associated PressFor the last six weeks of the season the

same four teams held the top four spots inthe AP college basketball poll and it’s no coincidence they are also the top four seedsin the NCAA tournament.

North Carolina, which moved back to No.1 Monday, Kansas, Duke and Arizona werethe four top teams since late January and thatwas their order in the final poll of the season.

North Carolina’s convincing victory overDuke in the Atlantic Coast Conferencechampionship game on Sunday put the TarHeels into the top spot for the third time this

season. The Tar Heels (30-3) beat the Blue Devils

83-68, their second win in the three meetingsof the local rivals, and both came whenDuke was ranked No. 1. That gives NorthCarolina eight victories over No. 1 teams,second only to Notre Dame’s nine.

Arizona was the only other team to holdthe No. 1 ranking thus season. Kansas had astreak of five straight seasons with a No. 1ranking snapped.

North Carolina, ranked fourth last week,received 55 first-place votes and 1,734points from the national media panel.

Kansas (34-3), which won the Big 12 tour-nament, moved up one spot to second with13 No. 1 votes and 1,652 points.

Duke (29-3) dropped two spots to thirdwith 1,601 points and was followed byArizona (27-4), which lost to SouthernCalifornia last week to snap a 19-game win-ning streak. The Wildcats, the defendingnational champion and preseason No. 1,were listed first on two ballots and had 1,580points.

Kentucky, which won the SoutheasternConference tournament Sunday, jumpedfrom seventh to fifth and was followed by

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The Second Ten was Purdue, Michigan,Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas Christian,Michigan State, Arkansas, New Mexico,UCLA and Maryland.

The last five teams were Syracuse,Illinois, Xavier, Temple and Murray State.

Forty-five teams were ranked this season,with all but three - Murray State of the OhioValley Conference, Princeton of the IvyLeague and Illinois State of the MissouriValley Conference - coming from the ninebiggest conferences.

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Although Monday was the firstday of outdoor practice forEastern’s men’s and women’strack and field teams, but thesnowfall kept practice inside.

“I want to leave the indoor andmove to the outdoor,” women’scoach John Craft said.

One of the reasons Craft maybelooking to the future is in the formof consistency from the women’steam.

“Half of the team is good onemeet and the other half does wellin another meet,” he said.

The meet Craft pointed to aspossibly being the turning pointwas the journey down to SouthernIllinois where the Lady Panthersfinished second.

But Craft said he is looking for-ward to the outdoor season whichbegins in two weeks as both teamstravel to Florida State University to

compete over spring break. Thetransition from the indoors to out-doors usually goes without a hitchaccording to Craft.

“We have been going at it sincethe fall and we should make asmooth transition into the outdoorseason,” he said.

The only bump the women’steam may encounter is the injuryto sophomore high jumper/hurdlerCandy Phillips. She was confer-ence champion in the high jumpbut has been encountering pain inher feet.

On the men’s team, Chad Whiteis suffering from broken bones inboth hands following a fall in the400-meter run during the confer-ence indoor meet.

Coach Tom Akers said fresh-man can learn from the competi-tiveness that White showed follow-ing the fall.

“Jimmy Sims still hasn’t seenthe tip of the the iceberg,” he said.“If he can follow the example of

White he willhave a brightfuture in thelong sprints andjumps here.”Not only didAkers single outSims, but theremainder of thefreshmen that

have executed well in the crunchfor the Panthers.

“Ruffler Francis and JustinYoung made their presence felt atthe conference meet, and theycompeted in the right frame ofmind,” Akers said.

Jacob Hunt contributed to thedistance medley team at confer-ence and helped the team placefirst Akers said.

“He struggled during the train-ing portion of the season early buthas taken to it and it has paid off,”he said.

Distance runner Jason Bialkamissed cross county in the fall but

has a lot of potential according toAkers.

“Bialka is basically in his firstseason and is going to be an out-standing athlete for us in thefuture,” Akers said.

Akers also said the freshmanfield performers, Daniel Stone,Josh Stroot and red shirt DaveAstraukus, have picked up thepace for Eastern.

“Pole vaulters Josh Stroot wassixth at conference and Dan Stonehas been consistent to the pointthat it is driving him bananas,” hesaid. “Stone wanted to set theindoor record freshman record.Astraukus had an outstandingcampaign and was really solidindoors.”

Some of the freshmen thatdidn’t compete indoors but mayhelp outdoors were StevenEdwards, Chris Hood and BobCecich Akers added.

“Next year those three guysmay be knocking on the door

when this year’s seniors graduate,”he said. “It’s important that wehave a lot of numbers on the teamso people that don’t compete nowwill know how to compete in thefuture.”

Every team looks good onpaper but it’s on the track wherethe war is won Akers pointed tothe Indiana Meet as being the step-ping stone for the team.

“We ran well at the Mega Meetbut we didn’t have a lot of compe-tition, but at the Indiana Meet weshowed what we are capable of,”Akers said.

What the Panthers were capableof was a conference victory thatbrought its winning streak to three,two indoors and one outdoor, inthe Ohio Valley Conference.

“I think that we took 25 peopleto conference and 24 of themscored,” he said. “That is wherewe are strong when points arescored across the board not onindividual scoring.”

Craft and Akers ready for outdoor track season

Tom Akers

team last year and took over the second baseposition.

His batting average, slugging percentageand on-base percentage is second amongreturnees. He also showed he could field theball, as he only committed seven errors andhad a .958 fielding percentage last season.

Stone has shown his defensive skills againthis season, as he has only committed oneerror for a fielding percentage of .967.

The final upperclassmen and second new-comer in the Panther infield is junior catcherRyan Bridgewater. He is starting in the placeof graduated Nolan Lofgren.

Bridgewater came through last seasonwith a team-high 14 doubles and also pound-ed out four homers. This season Bridgewaterhas accomplished seven hits with one doubleand one triple.

One of the underclassmen in the infieldthis season is sophomore short stop DavidMikes. He did get a lot of experience as a truefreshman, playing and starting 52 games.

Mikes accomplished a batting average of

.303 last season and has compiled six hits innine games this season. On the defensiveside of things, Mikes has committed a team-leading six errors this season.

The final starter in the Panther infield isMarzec. He has shown the year off did nothurt him, as he has only committed one errorthis season and has a fielding percentage of.952.

He has also shown some promise offen-sively, as he has compiled 10 hits and onehome run this season.

Schmitz said he is happy with the peoplehe has starting around the infield.

“We have the talent, but we have not beenable to make the routine play,” he said. “Thisis because we are playing for a weekend, andthen we have to come inside. When we playgame after game they’ll get more consistent.”

Marzec said the success of the infield willrely mostly on being able to overcome mis-takes.

“Errors are going to happen, and we haveto learn to limit them,” he said.

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IKUYA KURATA /Photo editorSophomore catcher Ryan Bridgewater connects on a pitch in Lantz Fieldhouse.Bridgewater is one of two newcomers to the Panther infield starters.

tournament for the first time inschool history.

The Flames had the advan-tage of a 20+ win season, buthad the disadvantage of losingearly in its conference tourna-ment.

I guess the congratulationsshould go to the selection com-mittee for recognizing UIC’sregular season.

And don’t be surprised if UICgoes a bit further in the tourneythan U of I.

The big picture:Overall, the men’s tourna-

ment was evenly spread in termsof conference bids. No confer-ence got more than five teams

in, which meant more teamsfrom lesser known conferencesare dancing in the big one.

But those power conferenceswill win out in the end.

Look for some nice matchupsin the Elite Eight, like Arizona-Utah in the West, NorthCarolina-South Carolina in theEast, Clemson-Kansas in theMidwest and Duke-Michigan inthe South.

Who knows? Could happen.Finally:Thank God most of the first

and second rounds wi l l beplayed during spring break.

All those games in so littletime would certainly have an

impact on class attendance. The NCAA tournament is a

highly rated television event,and college students have animpact on those rating numbers.

But who can blame us? Thistournament sets the stage forsome of the greatest Cinderellastories of all time (rememberVillanova in ’85 or Kansas in’88).

Not to mention the opportuni-ty a Prairie View has when ittakes the floor against Kansas.

No No. 16 team has wonbefore, but there’s a first timefor everything.

Besides, that’s what makes itso exciting.

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and Matt Hughes were named tothe All-American team.

Pena and Hughes were namedto the team for their efforts inthe 1996-97 season.

Pena placed eighth in 118-pound weight class whi leHughes finished fifth at 158.

Combes will try to do some-thing that no other Easternwrestler has done since 1981,and that is take first place at theNational meet.

Mark Gronowski was the lastPanther wrestler to place first.

In order for Combes to dowell he just needs to keep doingwhat has gotten him to where heis now.

“He needs to cont inue towrestle l ike he has been. Heneeds to focus mentally; at thispoint in the game it becomesmore of a mental game,”McCausland said.

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He needs to continueto wrestle like he has

been. He needs to focus men-tally; at this point in the gameit becomes more of a mentalgame.”

–Ralph McCausland,Panther wrestling coach

“

12TUESDAYMarch 10, 1998

BY KYLE BAUERStaff writer

The Lady Panther softballteam is looking to make a run atthe Ohio Valley Conference titlethis year behind the strength ofa veteran infield.

“They say that the mark of agood softball or baseball team isthat if it is strong up the middle,then you wi l l have a strongteam,” Lady Panther head coachLloydende Searle said. “I thinkthat we will be a strong team.We have some leaders withexperience that will help.”

The experience factor willdefini tely be working forEastern this season as most ofthe infield is returning this year.

“You can’t put a pr ice onexperience,” Searle said. “Youhave to get a number of gamesunder your belt. You need thosegames and pressure-type situa-tions. Experience makes a dif-ference.”

Expected to make bigimpacts in the infield this sea-son are junior shortstop/ pitcherStacy Siebert and senior firstbaseman Emily Starkey.

Starkey is the lone senior onthis year’s team. Last season shewas named to the first team All-OVC and the OVC-Al lTournament team.

Starkey has been a sol idmember of the team for the lastfour years. She has started 161of 163 games over her career atEastern.

“Emily is a solid defensiveplayer,” Searle said. “She hasthat experience that can bringstability to the infield and ele-vate the performance of thepitchers.”

Siebert is a multi-dimension-al player who is going to makebig contributions to the teamthis year. She is a shortstop whohas also earned respect as asolid pitcher.

BY KYLE BAUERStaff writer

Eastern’s wrestlers placedthird as a team at the NCAAEast Regional over the weekendand will now send four wres-tlers to compete in the NCAAChampionships in Cleveland onMarch 19-21.

Junior Tom Combes alongwith sophomores Kelly Revells,Don Pool and Mike Russow allqualified to compete at Nation-als.

In addit ion to advancing,Combes also was voted themeet’s Most Outstanding wrest-ler by the coaches. Combesreceived the honor after win-ning all three of his matches,including one by pin.

“I performed pretty well,”Combes said. “I was a littletired on Saturday morning, but Iwrestled through that and then Igot fi red up for the matchagainst Northern Iowa. All inall I wrestled pretty well.”

Revells also was undefeatedthroughout the tournament,recording three victories. Pooland Russow were both wildcardqualifiers. Pool finished with a4-1 record that earned him asecond place finish. Russowalso finished second with a 4-1

record, two wins coming bypin.

Combes figures to be thePanther’s best chance at placingin the meet this year.

“Combes could get a lowseed after beating the ninthranked wrestler in the countryfrom Northern Iowa,” Pantherhead coach Ralph McCausland

said. “Of the four guys he isthe top candidate for Al l -American.”

Al l -American honors aregiven to the wrestlers that finishin the top eight in their weightclass at the National Tourn-ament. If Combes can receivethe honor, he will join an elitegroup of Panther wrestlers.

McCausland is a member ofthat group. He received thehonor three times while wrestl-ing at Eastern from 1976 to1979. Included in those threeselections to the team was afirst-place finish in the 1977-78tournament.

Most recently David Pena

JOSH HARBECKSports editor

Four wrestlers preparing for Nationals

By MATT WILSONAssociate sports editor

The problem of bad weather has taken itstoll on the Panther infield players.

Even with only two newcomers on theinfield, Panther head coach Jim Schmitz isstill looking for his infield to improve.

“Right now, we’re not outside enough andour infield has not been able to make the rou-tine play,” he said. “I’m not worried.”

One of the additions in the Eastern infieldis Matt Marzec at third base. Marzec missedall of last year and is now a redshirt sopho-more. He has had experience playing in theinfield, in his freshman year he played secondbase, so the infield is nothing new to him.

“Moving Marzec has solidified the left sideof our infield,” Schmitz said.

Marzec said he felt comfortable with themove to third base.

“Going into last season I was slated to playthird base, so I had some time to adjust,”Marzec said. “Even though I didn’t play lastyear I knew third base was my spot so thechange was not that tough.”

Marzec said he has seen improvement in

the infield since the opening series atArkansas.

“We started off shaky at Arkansas but sincethen we’ve settled down and become a betterunit,” he said.

Junior Mark Tomse has proven to be adriving force at the first base position for thePanthers. Tomse has lived up to last year’sfielding percentage of .971, as he has onlycommitted two errors in nine games so farthis season for a percentage of .971.

Tomse has also shown he can hit for power,as leads the Panthers with five home runs and16 RBI.

The second base position is occupied byanother veteran, senior Justin Stone. A trans-fer from Indiana State, Stone came to the

Routine plays key for Panther infielders

ANNA BETZELBERGER /Photo editorSophomore Panther wrestler Kelly Revells tries to pin Jarred Zimmet of Marquette Feb. 15. Revells is oneof four Panthers to make it to the National Tournament held March 19-21.

Veteran experience leads Lady Panther infield

IKUYA KURATA /Photo editorJunior Mandy White takes a break from her pitching duties to practiceher offensive skills. A veteran infield is a strong point for the Panthersthis year.

SeeROUTINE page 11

SeeINFIELD page 9

A cornucopia column: plen-ty of opinion on a variety oftopics.

We’ll start with Eastern’sown wrestl ing team, whichcame oh so close to winningthe NCAA East Regional overthe weekend.

Only four and a half pointsseparated the top three teams,of which the Panthers werethird.

A match here or there andthe outcome would have chan-ged. But i t certainly was agood showing.

Four Panthers evenadvanced as individuals to thenational meet this weekend,and junior Tom Combes wasvoted the Outstanding Wrestlerof the Meet.

Of the four wrest lersadvancing, we have a junior inCombes and three sophomoresin Kelly Revels, Don Pool andMike Russow. That’s a younggroup of guys heading off torepresent Eastern. It looks likea strong future for thewrestling team.

Too bad its scholarships arebeing cut off in the next fewyears.

Respect earned: It seems that the nine mem-

bers of the NCAA men’s selec-tion committee have gained abit of respect for the OhioValley Conference - or at leastfor Murray State in particular.

Last season, the Racerswere seeded 15th in theirregional and faced secondseeded Duke.

After almost winning thegame against the Blue Devils(Duke won by three), theRacers came back and won theOVC again.

This t ime around, theRacers are the ninth seed in theMidwest. That ranks themhigher than such teams asFlorida State, UNLV, Washing-ton and Oklahoma.

Does that mean Murraycould beat those teams?

You know it.On the other hand, the

selection committee on thewomen’s side apparently doesnot have too much respect forthe OVC.

Middle Tennessee State hadbeen to the tournament in 1996and made five appearances inthe 1980s.

But the Lady Raiders wereseeded only 15th and will playDuke at Duke in the fi rstround.

Good luck.Gettin’ the props:Congrats to the University

of I l l inois-Chicago, whichmade the tournament for the

Committeehas differentviews of OVC

Right now, we’re not outsideenough and our infield has not

been able to make the routine play. I’mnot worried.”

–Jim Schmitz,Eastern baseball coach

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SeeHARBECK page 11