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Ode to a paintingPaul Zimmer, who won an award this year from the American Academyand Instutute of Arts and Letters for his book “Family Reunion,”readshis poetry Wednesday evening in the Tarble Arts Center.

By CHRIS HOLLYStaff writer

Eastern officials are planning tohandle union labor negotiationsfor the first time on campusbecause the Board of Governorswill be eliminated at the end ofthe year.

“(Everyone) will benefitdirectly from the new procedure,”said Laurent Gosselin, presidentof Eastern’s chapter of theUniversity Professionals ofIllinois. “It will strengthenrelations between UPI and theadministration.”

One of the positive points ofhandling labor negotiations oncampus is the easy availability ofmeeting often and negotiating,said Jeanne Simpson, universitycontract administrator.

“This way we can meetregularly,” she said. “We’ll havegood, clear, open communication

– that’s where it all begins.”An administration negotiating

team and UPI team have beenformed to represent the twoparties in the on-campusbargaining procedures.

The administration negotiatingteam consists of: Terry Weidner,acting provost and vice presidentof Academic Affairs; CynthiaNichols, director of AffirmativeAction and Cultural Diversity;and Simpson.

UPI team members include:Bill Weber, professor ofeconomics; Amy Myers, aneconomics instructor; DavidRadavich, professor of English;and Lora Green, academic adviserin the Academic AssistanceCenter; and Gosselin.

Previously labor negotiationswere run by the BOG vice-chancellor and representativesfrom each of the five BOGuniversities.

One problem with negotiationsthrough the BOG is the board hadto deal with four otheruniversities and the interests of allrather than just Eastern, Simpsonsaid.

The BOG is set for terminationJan. 1 when individual boardswill take governance over the fiveBOG schools.

The two teams have identifiedseveral issues such as comp-ensation, Faculty ExcellenceAwards, distance learning andstep two of the grievance processas key issues to be discussed.

“We can now focus on thosethings specific to Eastern,”Weidner said “We can focus onour own needs.”

“Communication should im-prove in the sense that we all haveto sit at the same table,” Gosselinsaid. “We have to listen

Teacher’s union developing plansfor negotiations after BOG demise

By CHAD GALLAGHERAdministration editor

The expected Oct. 20 naming of Eastern’s newgoverning board trustees by Gov. Jim Edgar has beenpushed back and will likely be sometime next week,said Tom Livingston, special assistant to the governorfor higher education.

“(The appointments) will not be this week,” he said.“We can only release so many press releases in one daywithout diffusing what’s happening in the governor’soffice. We’ll isolate a day for the ‘big release.’”

Eastern President David Jorns said he does notanticipate any further delays or problems with thesmall amount of time the university will have toorientate trustees with Eastern before they takegovernance.

The Board of Governors is set for termination Jan. 1when individual boards for the five BOG school’s willtake governance. Gov. Edgar is solely responsible for

appointment decisions of the five boards.“Eastern’s board is very much ready,” Livingston

said. “But for one board, we are still doing backgroundchecks on a couple of people.

In an Oct. 12 article in The Daily Eastern News,Livingston said he would not pinpoint a date, “but youcan probably expect the announcement by Oct. 20.”

“I’m sure it is a very complicated job (for thegovernor),” Jorns said. “I’m not at all surprised by thedelay.”

Livingston said the governor’s office is being carefulnot to leak any names of possible board members toavoid speculation.

“Those who are going to make (the boards) will beinformed shortly before the official press release isdistributed,” Livingston said.

“There are certainly speculations (about the board’scomposition),” Jorns said. “The one person who wouldknow is the governor and soon he’ll let us know, andall the speculations will be over.”

Edgar slow in releasing names of Eastern’s governing board

By BRIAN HUCHELCity editor

The issues to be discussed at twoopen forums featuring Charlestonarea school board candidates in theNov. 7 election may vary widely,but they all center around oneconstant – money.

“Overall, this board is facingproblems similar to the ones otherschool boards in the past have alsofaced,” District SuperintendentTerry Weir said. “And they all circlearound funding.”

As a precede to the Nov. 7election, the Charleston Chamber ofCommerce and the League ofWomen Voters are sponsoringpublic forums to allow school boardcandidates a chance to talk aboutissues and answer public questions.

The League of Women Voters’event will be held at 7:30 p.m. todayat the District Office, 410 Polk Ave,and the Chamber of Commerceforum will be held at 7:30 p.m.Wednesday at The Worthington Inn,920 W. Lincoln.

Weir said a 25-item listing ofbigger issues confronting the schoolboard has been compiled for the

forums. Among those concerns arethe district’s technological needs,the school budget and the hiring ofadditional staff members in differentareas.

Weir added the school district’sbudget also has not been balanced inseveral years.

Richard Sylvia, a school boardcandidate, said the board should notcontinue to rely on reserve funds orthe area residents to support theschool changing needs.

“The citizens of Charleston can’tbe asked to pay more, at least notfor the next several years,” Sylviasaid. “Enough is enough.

“The school has been drawingfrom reserve funds for quite a fewyears and they won’t last forever,”he added. “The budget was$700,000 over last year.”

Other candidates running in theNov. 7 local election are JackMoore, Hank Davis, MichaelHavey, Brian Peterlich, StuartMichelson, Glenn Robinson, PatriceStratton and Brian James.

Sylvie, Michelson and Robinsonare Eastern faculty members fromthe English, finance and journalism

By AMY BRIGOWATZStaff writer

The University Board is ser-ving up a vegetarian delight thisHomecoming by featuring CarrotTop, America Comedy As-sociation’s Comedian of the Year.

Carrot Top will be performingat 8 p.m. Oct. 28 in McAfeeGymnasium.

Dan Estby, graduate adviserand adviser to the UniversityBoard comedy committee, saidCarrot Top is very popular amongcollege campuses.

Estby said he has made

appearances on the Tonight Show,the Arsenio Hall Show and invarious night clubs. He also has acartoon coming out, he added.

Tickets are on sale from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday throughThursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. onFriday at the University Board’sBox Office in the Martin LutherKing Jr. University Union.

Advanced tickets are $5 forstudents and $7 for others. At thedoor the tickets cost $7 foreveryone.

“He’s performed at Easterntwice, and both performancessold out,” Estby said.

Dave Schaafsma, seniorcomputer management major, sawCarrot Top both times.

“The first year Carrot Top waslate and we waited two hours tosee him,” he said. “I woulddefinitely wait that long again. Iplan on getting my friendstogether this year to see him forthe third time.”

Estby said Carrot Top wasselected in hopes that he woulddraw in a large crowd of peoplefor Homecoming.

Cheryl Baillie, junior zoology

Comedian Carrot Top expected to be a hit at Homecoming show

School board candidatesfocus on better funding

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See SCHOOL Page 2

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2 Thursday, October 19, 1995 The Daily Eastern News

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to one another – now that we meet weekly.”Teacher’s salaries will also be an important issue

in the bargaining process. According to budgetdirector Kim Furumo, Eastern’s teacher salaries arethe second lowest in the state behind Chicago StateUniversity.

“It’s a high priority,” Gosselin said. “We have agroup of distinguished faculty looking at that prob-lem right now. We have every indication thateverybody is on board in regards to this issue.

“But we don’t want to take money from thesalaries of hard working clerical people or give ahigher tuition to the students, and people aren’t infavor of a higher tax rate to help pay for it so wereally don’t know where the money would comefrom.”

Faculty negotiations will include Unit A

employees, which include tenure and tenuretracked faculty, and Unit B, which includes tempo-rary teaching faculty and academic support profes-sionals.

One possible remedy to low salaries is to imple-ment a policy mandating a minimum salaryincrease every year, Simpson said.

“The idea has been brought up, but it hasn’t beendiscussed yet,” Simpson added. “I want to stressthat nothing will be rejected – everything will bediscussed.”

Members of both teams attended a comprehen-sive training conference in June to prepare them forthe negotiation process.

The conference included information on how toproceed in a negotiation situation in a systematic,consistent, efficient and positive way.

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departments respectively.One issue near the top of the

list for the school district is tech-nology. Weir said a review of theschool’s computer system andhow to finance an upgrade willbe necessary once new boardmembers are elected.

“Students entering collegesand universities today betterhave some experience in thistechnology,” Weir said. “We

need to be able to work withtechnology that is able to givestudents that next step.”

Repairs for the eight schoolsmaking up District One alsohave been campaign issuesaddressed.

Slyvie cited the bricks on theLerna School Building and theroof on the Mark TwainElementary School in Charlestonas two items in need of repair.

SCHOOL from page one

major, has seen Carrot Top on tele-vision and at a comedy club inChicago.

“I thought he was really funnybecause he’s an interactive comedi-an,” Baillie said. “He didn’t juststand still like the average comedi-an.” She said that anyone canexpect to laugh when watchinghim.

“I would consider Carrot Top tobe a prop comic,” said GregLandry, senior history major.

Landry said that Carrot Top hasa big trunk filled with homemadeprops.

“His funniest act was when heimpersonated U2, Guns and Rosesand many other rock groups,” he

said. “He’s definitely a good col-lege act.”

Katherine Tobin, a seniorfinance major, said his props arehysterical. “He takes commonhousehold objects and turns theminto something funny.”

She also said that Carrot Topdresses-up in different uniformsand impersonates different occupa-tions.

Tobin has seen Carrot Top onRegis and Kathy Lee. Tobin saidthe funniest act she’s seen CarrotTop do is his call-waiting imitation.

“He took two tin cans and con-nected them by a string,” she said.“He used a can within a can to sim-ulate the call-waiting effect.”

CARROT from page one

DENVER (AP) – A substance found inrodent testicles may hold the key to prevent-ing the rejection of transplanted organs,researchers said Wednesday.

A research team at the University ofColorado Health Sciences Center found that amolecule called CD95 ligand in the testiclesof mice appears to prevent the rodents’immune systems from killing transplantedcells.

“This could be the magic elixir that we canuse to prevent graft rejection,’’ said DonaldBellgrau, associate professor of immunologywho reported the results Wednesday in thejournal Nature.

The human body’s immune system is the

greatest enemy of transplanted cells andorgans. But scientists have known that thetesticles, brain and eyes are “privileged sites’’where immunosuppression doesn’t work.Bellgrau’s team set out to find why.

They learned that Sertoli cells in mice tes-ticles emit CD95 ligand, which appearsresponsible for the immunosuppressanteffect, and were able to isolate CD95molecules. Then, they found that grafts oftestes from different mice weren’t rejected, aslong as they had contained the CD95molecules.

The researchers are a long way from test-ing the molecule in humans.

Also, another scientist cautioned in an

accompanying editorial that while CD95 lig-and may be a necessary factor, more researchmust be done to show that it can preventimmunosuppression by itself. Other,unknown factors could come into play, wroteDavid L. Vaux of the Walter and Eliza HallInstitute of Medical Research in Victoria,Australia.

Bellgrau said the next step is to implant theCD95 gene in another cell to find out if itbecomes a “privileged site,’’ resistant to graftrejection just like the Sertoli cells inside themice testicles.

“We have two basic protocols we want totest: one as a drug; then putting it in cells andmaking it resistant to graft rejections,’’

Bellgrau said.Vaux wrote that doubts about CD95 ligand

won’t be settled until transplant experimentscan be performed on mice that are geneticallyengineered to contain the molecule through-out their body.

Eventually, Bellgrau hopes CD95 ligandcould be used to prevent rejection of isletcells transplanted for treatment of Type I dia-betes, and improve the success rate of organtransplants in general.

Bellgrau’s team also included Dr. AlexFranzusoff, associate professor of cellular andstructural biology; Richard Duke, assistantprofessor of medicine; and Jodene Moore, animmunology graduate student.

Houston (AP) – The womanwho fatally shot Selena wailedto police afterward that she hadpulled out the gun to show it tothe singer, and it “just wentoff,’’ according to tapes playedfor the jury Tuesday.

“I didn’t mean to do it . Ididn’t mean to kill anybody,’’ asobbing Yolanda Saldivar saidduring a 9-hour standoff withpolice during which she held agun to her head and threatenedto kill herself.

Ms. Saldivar said to policenegotiators outside the motelwhere Selena was shot that shetold Selena she had bought the.38-caliber revolver to kill her-self.

“She told me: `Yolanda, Idon’t want you to kill your-self , ’ She opened the door.When I told her to close it, thegun went off,’’ Ms. Saldivarsaid.

Ms. Saldivar, who went from

president of Selena’s fan clubto manager of her boutiques, ison trial on charges of murder-ing the 23-year-old Grammy-winning singing star March 31.Ms. Saldivar, 35, could get lifein prison.

Prosecutors said she inten-tionally shot Selena when thesinger confronted Ms. Saldivarabout suspicions she hadembezzled $30,000.

The jury heard six hours oftapes on Monday and onTuesday from the standoff inthe motel parking lot after theshooting.

“I pulled it out to show herthe gun,’’ Ms. Saldivar sobbedat a one point. “It just wentoff.’’ Witnesses testified lastweek they saw Ms. Saldivar,gun pointed straight ahead,chasing the bleeding, scream-ing Selena across the motelcourtyard to the lobby, whereshe collapsed and died. She had

been shot in the back.On the tape, while threaten-

ing to kill herself, Ms. Saldivarcried: “I don’t know how topull the trigger.’’ But a policeofficer at the standoff testifiedMonday that Ms. Saldivarswitched the gun at least twicefrom single action to doubleaction. Single action, with thehammer pulled back, wouldmake the gun easier to fire.

Ms. Saldivar told police theshooting was the fault ofSelena’s father, AbrahamQuintanilla Jr. She said he hadraped and sexually abused her amonth and a half before theshooting and threatened to killher family if she told.

“I told Selena! I told hermother!’’ she cried to police.

“They said I was lying,lying, lying.’’ Quintanil ladenied it last week under ques-tioning by prosecutors.

Selena murderer claims the gun ‘accidentally went off’

DANVILLE(AP)Police Wed-nesday were questioning a suspectfound driving a Danville couple’scar half an hour after they werefound slashed to death in theirhomes.

Officers found the bodies ofFrank McNeely, 58, and RobertaMcNeely, 57, in separate rooms oftheir home, Danville police

spokesman Larry Thomason said.Both victims had suffered cutwounds, Thomason said.

Police arrested a person drivingthe McNeely’s car about 30 minutesafter the bodies were discovered,Thomason said. The suspect wasthe victim’s grandson and was beingheld for questioning Wednesday, hesaid. No charges had been filed.

Rodent testicles may prevent organ transplant rejections

Grandson suspectin double murder

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By CATHY THOELEStaff writer

Students walking through theLibrary Quad frequently havethe opportunity to stop and listento one of several evangelistswho preach their view of theGospel.

Brother Dan, Max Lynch, andBrian Tucker are the three regu-lar evangelists who visit thequad to preach there about Godand salvation.

While many people believethey have a right to preach onthe quad, some think they take ittoo far.

“Evangelism isn’t somethingthat irritates or annoys me untilpeople start taking it to such anextent that it’s almost accusa-tory,” said Bre Pavey, a seniorphilosophy major. “Through myobservations, I think in my gen-eration people don’t want i tshoved down their throats.”

Brother Dan said he preacheson campus because he doesn’twant people to go to hell andbelieves pastors should practiceevangelism. He said he makesthe gospel relevant to today bytalking about all the differentproblems in society, then point-

ing to Jesus as the answer tothose problems.

“I’m harsh because if I getpeople to realize how wickedthey are and they are saved, thenthey’re really going to appreci-ate their salvation,” Brother Dansaid.

There are better ways to goabout speaking the truth andmaking it known, said PatrickLangan, president of Eastern’sIntervarsity Christian Fellow-ship. Langan said a personshould speak the truth in love,and respect the people he or sheis speaking to.

Many students are offendedby the preaching methods ofBrother Dan in particular. SteveSweis, a senior philosophymajor, said Brother Dan takesthe freedom of speech way toofar and it’s totally inappropriatewhen he degrades women.

Freshman journalism majorCourtney Barrett is offended byBrother Dan, but she believesit’s his right to preach on thequad.

Director of the NewmanCatholic Center, Roy Lanhamalso disagrees with Brother Dan,but said he wouldn’t condemnhim for it.

Max Lynch, pastor of the NewCovenant Church in Terre Hauteand occasional evangelist atEastern, said he approves ofwhat Brother Dan is doing andthat everybody has a little differ-ent approach.

However, Brian Tucker, afreshman engineering major whoalso preaches on the LibraryQuad, said that Brother Dan istoo judgmental. “It’s not ouropinion we’re preaching; it’s theword of God,” he said.

Brother Dan also takes a lot ofquotes out of context, said juniorEnglish major Keith Owens.

But Jason Dothager, juniorsocial science education major,isn’t bothered by Brother Dan.“He may be loud and obnoxiousbut he gets people to come andwatch him.”

Lynch said he doesn’t carewhy students come to listen tohim. He is still going to preachthe word of God and how thestudents take it is their problem.

Tucker also doesn’t care whatstudents think of him.

“If people despise me, hey,that’s fine,” Tucker said. “Weare perfectly normal people andanybody who has experiencedwhat we have experienced

By REAGAN BRANHAMStaff editor

An amendment to the Student Body ConstitutionWednesday was officially placed on the Nov. 8Student Government elections ballot, despite initialconcerns over the clarity of its meaning.

Jason Anselment, student body vice president forpublic affairs, questioned the clarity of the amend-ment, because he said some of the changes were sominute they may confuse students as to its meaning.

“We need to do everything we can possibly do tomake it clear to the students,” Anselment said.

The part of the constitution in question wasArticle XI, Section C which regards the studentappeals process for grade changes. The new amend-ment adds an “s” to the word “student” because“students” is the grammatically correct term.

Anselment said his concern was “the studentsbeing able to understand which parts (of the amend-ment) were being added and which parts were beingdeleted.”

A solution to the problem, which was suggestedby senate member Jeff Zilch, came in the form ofcolor coding the constitution to distinguish betweenadditions and deletions.

The amendment, which was authored by senate

member Bryan Gutraj, also revised the constitutionto clarify the definition of a full-time student.

The new amendment states senate members mustbe either full-time undergraduate students enrolledin 12 semester hours or full-time graduate studentsenrolled in nine semester hours.

The second part of Gutraj’s amendment changesthe percentage of students needed to sign a petitionto propose an amendment to the constitution from15 percent to 10 percent.

In other business, senate member Rick Tuckersuggested the senate give an additional opinion con-cerning the confidence vote for Eastern PresidentDavid Jorns.

At Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, a petitionwith signatures from 125 faculty members was sub-mitted calling for a confidence vote for Jorns.

Although Tucker was not sure how the StudentGovernment should voice its opinion, senate mem-bers agreed with him that student opinion should begiven on Jorns’ evaluation.

The main concern with student evaluation ofJorns was the lack of student knowledge on how heis performing his job.

“Ninety percent of the faculty seems to beinformed about the president, but ninety percent ofthe students aren’t,” Gutraj said.

By KATIE VANAStaff writer

A mock version of the televi-sion show “Hollywood Squares” isone of various student activitiesplanned tonight as part of AlcoholAwareness Week.

Eastern’s Hollywood Squares,sponsored by the Residence HallAssociation and Eta SigmaGamma, will consist of chosenstudents and faculty filling squaresconstructed of scaffolding at 6:45p.m. in the South Quad, saidLynette Drake, director of HealthService.

Students will be drawn by rafflefrom the audience to participate ascontestants, Drake said. Questions

for the game will be alcohol anddrug related, and prizes donatedby local business will be awardedto winners.

The object of the presentation isto promote the education of theeffects of alcohol while havingfun.

Other events tonight include:■ Guest speaker Kim Carmack,

a Charleston attorney who willpresent “Busted for UnderageDrinking...What Now?” at 8 p.m.in the Copa Room of Carman andat 9 p.m. in the Thomas Halllobby.

The presentation will focus onlegal policies and ramifications ofunderage drinking, Drake said.Carmack gave the same presenta-

tion last fall at the resident assis-tant orientation and was askedback for the awareness week.

“She’ll show another point ofview of what happens when stu-dents get in trouble with policeand the law so they know what toexpect,” said Brett Thompson, aCarman Hall RA.

The presentation will give stu-dents a reality base of what hap-pens when you break the lawusing alcohol, Thompson added.■ The Student Recreation Center

is staying open until midnighttonight so students can “work out,instead of go out,” said AngieChurchhill, co-chair of NationalCollegiate Alcohol AwarenessWeek.

Quad preachers attract crowdsStudents at odds with Brother Dan’s message

Senate includes grade appealsamendment on upcoming ballot

‘Hollywood Squares’ TV show part of Alcohol Awareness Week

In a small city about an hourfrom Charleston live Ben andBetty Jones.

Betty is a diminutive, rotundwoman with ankles that swell tothe size of small trees on bad days.Together they live on a combineddisability income of about $650 amonth along with a few foodstamps.

They adjusted their lifestyle totheir income with one exception –$300 a month worth of medicationbills. Sharing their medication by splitting pills in half hadbecome commonplace for them.

For Benny, a proud man who had worked his entire life,Public Aid was a last resort. Barely able to rent a house, feedthemselves and provide for their own health needs, Bettywent for public aid.

Deprived of her statutory right to make an application,Betty was, literally, told to go home. She went home andcalled a legal assistance agency.

After numerous written arguments to Public Aid abouttheir own regulations, her case culminated in a hearing. Thelegal agency’s case was upheld in its entirety. Ben and Bettywere not only eligible for Medicaid, but also a monthly grantof $97 under a supplemental program designed for the dis-abled.

I’m glad Betty sought help when she did because 1996will be a different story thanks to an unprecedented andunconscionable assault by Congress on the ability of theaged, blind and disabled poor of America to get legal help.

The U.S. Congress is working to finalize a one-thirdreduction in funding for more than 300 legal aid agenciesnationwide. These are the attorneys and paralegals who over-see governmental ineptitude (injustice) for folks like theJoneses.

To do any less than provide legal aid for these people is to

let the fox stand guard over thechickens. The request for help can-not now be met. If the members ofpoor grow in proportion to the cut-backs, the travesty is multiplied.

It’s just another conquest for theNewtites. Ronnie Ray-gun wouldbe so pleased (if he remembersanything at all now). As governorof California, Reagan was oncesued by a legal aid office and lost.I guess it’s true – some elephantsnever forget.

“Equal Justice Under Law” reads the inscription over theU.S. Supreme Court building. It’s a guarantee that should bemortared with fast-drying cement and replaced with animmense plastic sign modifying the words to the morningpledge we made as school children: “With liberty and justicefor, ahhh, some.”

Under the guise of balancing our national budget, themajority of Congress is blatantly ignorant and contemptuousof basic Constitutional rights and the dilemma of thousandswho face an intensive and yet overly inept bureaucratic struc-ture when all you have in a sixth-grade education – andankles the size of small trees.

It’s really quite simple: without chickens there are no eggs,without clouds there is no rain, and without access there canbe no justice. But no one really gives a damn about the pooranyway.

However, if water were a constitutional guarantee andCongress fenced off the lakes, streams and private wells, wewould scream outrage. And an outrage it is when the postsholding the fences which surround the wells of justice for theAmerican poor are being set.

– Randy White is a paralegal for the Lincoln LegalAssistance Foundation and a guest columnist for The DailyEastern News.

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OpinionpageEditorials are the opinion of the Editorial Board.

Columns are the opinion of the author.

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Lumpkin studentsmay need to waitfor computers

Legal aid is more than a budget item

RANDY WHITEGuest columnist

“If the membersof poor grow inproportion tothe cutbacks,the travesty ismultiplied.”

Students in Lumpkin College of Business whoare petitioning for new computer systems maysoon face a harsh reality.

They’re at the back of the line.Students are trying to get about 250 signatures

to update computers that are “at least twoupgrades behind,” said Sarah Britton, a senioradministrative information services major.Britton’s plan would draw attention to the oldsystems in Lumpkin and hopefully get systemsthat will prepare students for better jobs.

But petitioners in Lumpkin won’t find muchsympathy around campus. Computers in resi-dence halls and technology in departments such

as education are hurtingmuch more than the busi-ness school.

A $10-a-semester in-crease in student fee money to go to computertechnology will raise more than $220,000 a year.But Lumpkin will rightfully take a back seat toother more needy areas.

Computers around campus in Booth Library,the residence halls and other academic depart-ments are in serious need of upgrades. There arearchaic printers, slow-moving computers and pro-grams that are, in computer years, ancient.

Lumpkin doesn’t have as big a problem asother areas. While students may be missing someprograms in Lumpkin, basic computer servicesare unavailable throughout campus.

Aesthetically, Lumpkin doesn’t win out, either.It’s going to be tough to explain why a state-of-the-art building with more computers and com-puter labs than most areas needs additional tech-nology. People in other areas will look at wherethey study and learn and walk the other direction.

But Lumpkin should get a slice of the pie. Tennew general-access computer stations are set togo to Lumpkin. Britton said that won’t help. Ifnot, maybe the money for those stations could beused to buy new technology to install in the newcomputers.

Another option would be to push for specificprograms Lumpkin students need on general usecommuters in campus labs.

But Lumpkin students shouldn’t expect anymore than what Computer Services is offering. Todo so would be to ask too much. Students all overcampus will be glad to tell them that.

Editorial

Dear editor:I am in total agreement with your

editorial regarding opening teacherevaluations to the student body public(“Teacher evaluations should be openfor students’ review, Oct. 11). In fact, Iwould like to carry this notion one stepfurther and request that faculty begiven access to information regardingthe kinds of students they will be see-ing in each of their courses.

How would this work? Well, per-haps two or three weeks before thebeginning of a particular semester, theteachers would receive a folder oneach student registered for each oftheir classes. In a typical folder, theteachers would find the student’sgrade-point average, list of previouscourses in the department andstrengths and weaknesses. The teach-ers would know immediately whowere the terrific students, those activelearners who energize any classroom,and the less than terrific students, thoseless than stellar bodies that drain ener-

gy like a black hole.John Guzlowski

English department

Dear editor:When I came to Eastern three years

ago, I was ready to have the time ofmy life. This was my true entering intoadulthood. Little did I know the men-tality level of Eastern students is some-times at best lower than that of mostjunior high students.

I am talking about the over abun-dance of rumors that flare around thiscampus. It is worse than a game oftelephone in a kindergarten class.People around this campus are soafraid of getting involved in a relation-ship because they see what those of uswho have courageously gotten intorelationships go through daily. Godforbid you should ever go out withoutyour significant other – the next day

there are two million different storiesabout what you did the night before.

And I will bet you that not even oneof those stories is even close to thetruth. People need to realize that if theywant a soap opera, they should turn onMelrose Place because this is real lifeand they are playing with the lives ofreal people!

Believe me, I know. I have gonethrough it and have seen many of myclose friends hurt for the entertainmentof others with more boring lives. Ihave grown up believing that caringfor and helping others and love andfidelity are virtues everyone shouldhave, and that if you have them youwill be OK in life. Obviously this isnot true.

However corny this may sound, Ilove my boyfriend with everything Iam, and he is the only one I want to bewith. Anyone who doubts this does notor has not taken the time to get toknow me. I can guarantee that this istrue for most people around here. All Iask is that the next time you hear arumor, you think about the peopleinvolved and hang up the telephone.

Kelli A. Fogerty

“No one ever went broke underesti-mating the intelligence (or taste) ofthe American people.

– Henry Louis Mencken

today’s quote

your turnEvaluation of studentsshould also be open

Bad rumors devastatepeople, relationships

5Thursday, October 19, 1995The Daily Eastern News

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The excitement is building forEastern’s Homecoming as the PinkPanthers and cheer team practiceto perfect their routines.

The Pink Panthers and cheer-leaders will be performing nextweek at the bonfire/pep rally,parade and the homecoming game.

“The bonfire is really excitingbecause everyone is so close,” saidNancy Marlow, the Pink Pantherscoach. She said they prepare spe-cial routines for Homecoming.

“We choreograph our owndances and pick out the music,”said Andrea Pluta, captain of thePink Panthers. “We have a fast, afunky and a slower routine for thebonfire.”

There are 14 women on thesquad who dedicate a lot of time,Pluta said. “We have been workingon these routines for the past

month.”Pluta said the routines for the

football game will be performed tothe EIU Marching Band playing aBlues Brothers tune.

The cheerleaders also have beenworking on new routines forhomecoming, including three one-minute routines to do at the bon-fire, said Angie Jensik, coach ofthe varsity cheer team. Some ofthe routines are with Billy thePanther, Jensik added.

Jensik, who was a member ofthe cheer team in 1991-1992,coached the junior varsity last yearand is working with the varsitysquad this year.

“We are trying new things thisyear,” she said. “They are reallyexcited; All but one of the cheer-leaders are returning from lastyear.

“They have been having doublepractices everyday, to perfect theroutines,” Jensik added.

Pink Panthers,Cheer Team readyfor Homecoming

JOHN COX/ Photo editorJennie Davis (center), a elementary education major, and CarrieGrischow (left), a senior elementary education major, practice thebeginning of a routine with the rest of the Pink Panthers Wednesday inthe Lantz Building.

By SCOTT BOEHMERStudent government editor

Minor changes are being con-sidered to formalize the processof grade appeals, said StudentBody Vice President forAcademic Affairs Amy Decker.

The changes require studentsto consult Decker before makinga grade appeal. She said this hasalways been practiced, but hasnever been in writing.

“The changes are just basicallyrewording and some other minorchanges that haven’t been ironedout yet,” Decker said. “These aresteps that are usually done now,but they’re not written down.”

She also said former VicePresident for Academic AffairsKristie Kahles had suggestedsome of the changes because ofproblems she had with appeals.

Decker said she could notmention specific problems thatoccurred in the past because ofconfidentiality issues.

“I just took recommendationsfrom departmental grade appealcommittees I worked with in thepast,” Decker said, adding eachacademic department has theirown committee that deals withgrade appeals.

Decker said her work with thechanges is currently preliminary,and is not her main focus rightnow because of work on openinga new system of teacher evalua-tions.

Gradeappealsformalized

A question and answer forum will be heldtonight for the participants in the local andnational Million Man Marches.

The forum, sponsored by Delta Sigma Thetasorority, will be at 10 p.m. in the CommonsRoom of 1050 Greek Court. Refreshments willbe served at 9 p.m. before the forum.

The seven Eastern students who traveled to

Washington, D.C., to attend the Million ManMarch will be at the forum to answer questionsabout the event and tell about their experiences.

Students Demetrius Lane, Kendric Hall,Kary Durham, Derrick Lane, Juan Lyle, JasonSynder and Mike Richardson, all members ofOmega Psi Phi fraternity, attended the nationalmarch.

In addition, 26 men and three women fromEastern staged a local march up LincolnAvenue and through campus Monday morning.

The Million Man March in Washington,D.C., sponsored by Nation of Islam LeaderLouis Farrakhan, was a rally for black malesaround the nation consisting of praying, singingand speaking on racial unity and reconciliation.

Million Man March forum tonight in Greek Court

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WASHINGTON (AP) –Conjuring images of body bagsand bereaved families, lawmak-ers challenged the Clintonadministration Wednesday tojustify sending Americans’ sonsand daughters to Bosnia toenforce a fragile peace.

President Clinton’s top de-fense and foreign policy officialsargued that the proposed 20,000-member peacekeeping mission isessential to prevent the 3-year-old war from spreading.

But many lawmakers re-mained skeptical.

“My criteria in trying todecide on things l ike this iswhether or not I could go to afamily of someone, a young per-son who’s come home in a bodybag, and explain to that familyhow this young American hasdone a great thing for his coun-try,’’ said Rep. Joel Hefley, R-Colo.

“I have to tell you at thispoint I couldn’t do that verywell.’’ Democrats at a HouseNational Security Committeehearing echoed the theme of fac-ing constituents grieving warcasualties.

Rep. Ronald Dellums, D-Calif., the committee’s seniorDemocrat, said there is “no con-sensus’’ among Democrats for

going into Bosnia in the event ofa peace settlement.

And Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo.,asked Defense SecretaryWilliam Perry and Secretary ofState Warren Christopher “toexplain to those mothers anddaddies and aunts and unclesand grandparents why it’simportant for their young peopleto participate in uniform’’ in theformer Yugoslav republic.

In a second day of congres-sional hearings, Perry, Christ-opher, and Gen. John Shalik-ashvili, chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff, portrayed theproposed troop deployment asthe only way of staving off awider war.

“What I would say to a moth-er in that si tuation, I wouldrecall that twice before in thiscentury the United States hashad to send not a limited numberof troops but an almost unlimit-ed number of troops to take partin a war that started fromCentral Europe, once from the

very city that we’re talkingabout here now,’’ Christophersaid. H ewas referring to the outbreak ofWorld War I in Sarajevo, theBosnian capital.

To avoid such a catastrophe,the officials said, the UnitedStates must take part in a NATOpeacekeeping force that wouldcome in with heavy arms andestablish a buffer zone betweenthe warring parties after theyhave reached a peace agreement.

Christopher announced Wed-nesday that Wright-Patterson AirForce Base near Dayton, Ohio,will be the site of a new round ofBosnia peace talks between topofficials of Bosnia, Croatia andSerbia.

Facing general skepticismabout the mission, the adminis-tration officials argued thatdoing nothing would guaranteethat the Bosnian conflict contin-ues. That would increase the riskthat it would spread to threatenU.S. allies such as Greece andTurkey.

At that point, Christophersaid, “We would have to put innot 20,000 troops, but maybe 10times as many.’’ Perry addedthat the choice for the UnitedStates is not between going in ordoing nothing but between help-

CHICAGO (AP) – Two chil-dren accused of throwing a 5-year-old boy to his death from a14th floor window were ruleddelinquent of first-degree murderWednesday.

Cook County Juvenile CourtJudge Carol A. Kelly also set aNov. 14 sentencing date for thetwo boys, then 10 and 11. Shemade her ruling immediately afterboth sides presented their closingarguments.

The shocking cruelty of EricMorse’s death last October –

allegedly because he wouldn’tsteal candy for the older boys –came only weeks after the slayingof an 11-year-old boy by mem-bers of his own gang also madenational headlines.

Eric Morse was dropped from aChicago Housing Authoritybuilding while his then 8-year-oldbrother, Derrick Lemons, foughtthe two boys in an effort to savehim.

On Wednesday, the two boys,both wearing white T-shirts, jeansand tennis shoes, fidgeted during

the proceedings. One kept turningaway from the defense table towatch television artists work onsketches of the hearing.

The prosecution’s witnessesincluded police and Eric’s broth-er, who testified Tuesday that heran down 14 flights of stairs hop-ing to catch his brother.

Derrick, sitting on a telephonebook so he could see over the wit-ness box, testified the boys luredhim and Eric to a vacant apart-ment on the pretext of showingthem their clubhouse.

Sentencing set for kids who murdered

Lawmakers seek reasonsto send troops to Bosnia

WASHINGTON (AP) – In the past five years thefederal government has spent close to $50 billionresponding to natural disasters in earthquake-proneCalifornia, hurricane-whipped Florida and theflooded Midwest.

Now Congress is debating ways to limit the gov-ernment’s role in the disaster relief business andrequire that people living in vulnerable areasassume a greater share of the risk.

But Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, consumergroups and some lawmakers cautioned Wednesdaythat current proposals are too beneficial to insurersand could still leave the taxpayers vulnerable tobailouts.

The chairman of a House subcommittee hearingtestimony on the Natural Disaster ProtectionPartnership Act said that the concerns might beaddressed in time to pass the legislation this ses-sion.

“We don’t want to rush to judgment, yet wedon’t want to delay one bit,’’ said GOP Rep.Sherwood Boehlert of New York, head of theTransportation subcommittee on water resourcesand environment.

The Senate Commerce Committee is consideringlegislation similar to the House bill sponsored byRep. Bill Emerson, R-Mo.

Many of the recommendations follow up on thefindings last year of a House task force on disastersled by Emerson and Rep. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield.

“People want government to change the way itworks. They want individuals to take more person-al responsibility,’’ Durbin said.

“It’s time to reform a system which places mostof the risks of disasters on the taxpayers.’’ Heintroduced a bill in February that would set up afederally chartered corporation through whichstates could buy insurance for disasters, replacingdirect federal aid to states.

Durbin’s bill has not advanced, but he and 12other Illinois lawmakers are cosponsors ofEmerson’s measure.

The bill would create a federally chartered pri-vate corporation, made up of insurance companies.It would provide homeowners with primary cover-age for disasters and reinsurance for other insurers.

The measure is geared toward hurricane andearthquake protection. It recommends studying thepossibility of adding flood coverage, which has itsown insurance program, in certain situations.

To show the possible effects in the Midwest, acoalition of insurers and other groups said project-ed damages for a major earthquake along the NewMadrid fault in Illinois and Missouri could reach$100.6 billion in the region.

Rubin, in a letter Wednesday to the rankingDemocrat on the subcommittee, said the bill wouldestablish “an unregulated monopoly’’ and puthomeowners “at the mercy of the insurance indus-try that will have the exclusive power to set rates,as well as policy terms and conditions.’’

Congress looks to limit its role in funding disaster programs

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By Heidi KeiblerEditor in chief

t’s 7:20 p.m. on aThursday night, andthere’s standing roomonly in an old barn a

mile south of Charleston onRoute 130.

Pick-up trucks line the drive-way leading up to the bigbrown shelter – some old, somenew, some dented, some shinyas the day they left the dealerand some with license platesfrom far away places. Shortlyafter the trucks end, the funbegins.

“Heeeeeey half-a-dollar-gotta-dollar-half-a-dollar-say-a-dollar-dollar-and-a-half-gotta-dollar-say-a-dollar-and-a-half-bid-it-your-way-it’s gonna be alooooong night.”

A man’s wrinkled arm deco-rated with a chunky silverwatch and a faded gold braceletraises slowly in the back row.

“Dollar-and-half-and-a-half-dollar-and-a-half-hear-two-dol-lars-two-to-the-buyer-to-the-buyer-two-to-the-buyer . . .”

Another arm stretches for-ward. The bidding continues,but this arm goes unchallenged.

“Two dollars to buyer 19!”Charlie Blagg, auctioneer

and owner of Blagg’s AuctionBarn, runs this show everyThursday night from 6 p.m.until the goods are gone –sometimes as late as 10:30 p.m.

People gather in his barn fromtowns as close as Newton,Olney and Mattoon and as faras Erie, Pennsylvania and Ft.Lauderdale, Florida to bid oneverything from a RaggedyAnn and Andy chalkboard to afull-size refrigerator.

“I’ll buy anything thatdoesn’t eat,” says Ft.Lauderdale resident BudMarkell.

Markell has his bidding tech-niques down to a tee. His buyernumber is pinned to his hat tofree his hands, and he knows agood buy when he sees one.

“I buy junk and sellantiques,” the long-distancetraveller says after purchasing aturquoise and light blue stripedporcelain vase for $10.

“I can buy it and fix it up andsell it for more than $10,”Markell said. “Chances are Imake money off the deal.”

Markell, like many peoplepresent at the auction, owns anantique store that he stockswith merchandise from differ-ent auctions.

Alice Walters, co-owner ofH and A Walters antique andcollectible shop in Arcola,comes to Blagg’s barn almostevery week.

“I’ve been in the business 18years and you just can’t believewhat some people collect,”Walters said. “I’ve had peoplein my shop who collect usedrazor blades.”

With that in mind, Waltersand her husband, Harold, cometo Blagg’s to find primitives,dishes, furniture and any otherdeals they can’t pass up.

“I tell people when you firstwalk in here you might beupset because it’s an old barnand the dirt floors might turnyou off,” she said with a grin.“But you’d be surprised whatyou can find here. And youwon’t ever find a better auc-tioneer.”

Blagg, a robust man in a bigblack cowboy hat and cowboyboots to match, has had plentyof practice.

Before opening Blagg’sAntique Barn four years ago,he ran a similar show inChampaign for 12 years. Afterhe and his wife divorced hemoved to Charleston and start-ed up again.

“It’s an interesting business,”Blagg said. “Very interesting.”

“It’s a hard way to make aneasy living,” he added. “Thehard part is finding good stuff,but you get to meet some veryinteresting people.

“One thing I like is everysale is different and a lot ofpeople are one of a kind,” hesaid. “Some only deal marbles,some only want glassware.They come here looking forone thing and if we got it fine –if not, they keep going on down

the road.”The bidding doesn’t last long

on the smaller items. DaveRiddle, owner of an antiqueshop in Charleston, offered thehighest bid for an espressomaker and vase at $1.

Shortly after Fergy deliversthe items to Riddle, a man onerow back begins to admire thecoffee pot.

“You want this?” Riddleasks. “I never made coffee. Iwanted the thing that camewith it.”

And with that, the espressomaker changes hands again.

A Chinese checker board, aset of silver dollars, an old suit-case, clothes pins, even a uni-cycle are sold to the highestbidders.

A brass belt buckle with the

word “Sukup” on it sells toNewton resident Ray Cook for50 cents.

“Now ain’t that nice?” heasks the crowd after strapping iton to his belt. He is met withlaughter from the woman hecame with and smiles frompeople sitting around him.

Gradually bigger items like ababy crib, an antique woodendresser, a velvet covered chairand a Maytag washing machineare sold. Some items sell formore than $1,000.

Even Panther’s strip clubowner Mike Bickers buys hisshare of stuff from Blagg’s.

“There’s good stuff here,”Bickers says. “I built Panther’sout of the stuff I bought here.

“People who can’t affordWal-Mart come out here.”

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Photos by Scott PainterCharlie Blagg (left), the lively auctioneer and owner of Blagg’s Auction Barn, runs ashow every Thursday night from 6 p.m. until the goods are gone. People gather in hisbarn (top), located a mile south of Charleston on Route 130, to bid on everything froma Raggedy Ann and Andy chalkboard to a full-size refrigerator. Marlene Rankin (right),secretary, lends a hand each night.

A strange shopping adventure

Storming

Dave Kindelberger, an auction worker, rolls out anantique wheelchair, one of the many odd collectibles thatdistinguish this strange world of bargain shopping.

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Eastern has only scored 16 goals,averaging just over a goal a game.In addition to the low scoring per-centage, the Panthers have beenshutout five times this season.

Goalkeeping woes: Aftergoalie Brian Hecht went downwith a separated shoulder againstUMKC, Brian Ritschel has beenthe Panthers’ goalie in the lastthree games. While Ritschel hasonly given up seven goals inthose games, the team has givenup 39 goals this year, comparedto only allowing 22 last season.

Positive outlook?: With two ofthe Panthers’ next three oppo-nents, Ohio State and SIUE, own-ing sub .500 records, it may bepossible for Eastern to end theseason on a winning streak.

Ohio State, which is currently3-9-1 overall, and SIUE, which iscurrently 1-10-1 overall, will beEastern’s last two opponents ofthe season, possibly giving thePanthers something to build ongoing into next year.

– Compiled by Brian Lester

SOCCER from page 12

and McInerney believes this hasthe other runners out after him.

Weiss himself is also verymodest about receiving the honor,believing it’s nice to receiverecognition, but believes othersare just as qualified to receive thehonor.

“It’s always nice to receive thishonor, but I wish the Mid-Con

would pick someone whodropped a lot of time or reallyimproved, like my teammateMike McBride who ran the raceof his life on Saturday,” Weisssaid.

“The honor doesn’t alwayshave to go to someone who hadthe best time or came across theline first.”

WEISS from page 12

fans. This year, the fans were toldwhich games they could watch.

Isn’t that nice of them. Theexecutives went out of their wayto make up our minds for us. Weshould all write them a personal“thanks,” because it’s not likewe’re adults or anything and candecide for ourselves on whatgame we want to watch.

Thank goodness, this demonchild Baseball Network is beingdone away with after this year. Iencourage every fan to stand up,right now, no matter where youare, and give a standing ovationto the people who decided to doaway with it.

But, the problem hasn’t goneaway. Negotiations are underwaywith the networks for next year,and the possibility exists thatsome of the playoff games will beput on cable.

Even though 70 percent ofAmerican households have cable,what about the 30 percent thatdon’t? Another big surprise frombaseball – something that was

always free is now going to costus something.

If baseball is trying to driveaway fans, they are doing oneheck of a job. It’s name should bechanged to “The sport that doeseverything possible to turn awayit’s fans and make them feelunappreciated and worthless”.

I’m so pleased to see that thefans in Cincinnati finally gavebaseball what it deserved. Theyleft nearly 26,000 empty seats inthe two playoff games against theBraves.

Afterwards, Marge Schott hadthe nerve to call the crowd “dis-gusting” and tell the CincinnatiEnquirer that the fans are spoiled.Sorry Mrs. Schott, the fans aren’tspoiled. We’re simply sick ofbaseball and asinine people likeyou.

When all is said and done, andthe World Series rolls around onSaturday, I won’t be watching. I’drather suffer through an 18-hourmarathon of “Gidget,” “Flipper”and “Lassie” reruns.

MERDA from page 12

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Isaac Bruce’sbig start prompted comparisonswith Jerry Rice. On Sunday, fanswill get a head-to-head look.

Bruce, the St. Louis Rams’ sec-ond-year man, is second in theNFL with 660 receiving yards.He’s 24 yards ahead of Rice, theSan Francisco 49ers’ future Hall ofFamer, and averaging 18.3 yardsper catch, almost 5 yards more thanRice.

The last two weeks he’s put upsome Rice-line numbers, totaling18 catches for 372 yards. He’s thisweek’s NFC offensive player of theweek. The only category whereRice leads is in touchdowns, 7-6.

“It’s my time to blossom,’’Bruce said. “I just went out andspread my wings, I guess.’’ Wantmore? Both played in relativeobscurity in college – Rice atMississippi Valley State and Bruceat Memphis State – and both wearNo. 80 on their backs.

Too bad Bruce is only about azillion catches and yards behindRice, the best pass catcher inleague history. So Rams coachRich Brooks has never been intothis comparison at all.

“I think that’s really unfair toIsaac,’’ Brooks said Wednesday asthe Rams (5-1) prepared for the49ers (4-2). “I don’t want to takeanything away from Isaac becauseI was one of the first guys to saythis guy’s going to be a hell of aplayer.

“But you don’t become a JerryRice in six games. You have to doit for a long period of time, consis-tently, when people are trying totake you away, they’re in therebusting you in the mouth when youcome off the line of scrimmage.’’Brooks will get no argument from49ers coach George Seifert on thesubject.

Rice, in his 11th year, is thecareer leader with 146 touchdownsand 138 receiving touchdowns, andhe needs 95 yards to beat JamesLofton’s career yardage mark of14,020. With 68 catches, he’ll passArt Monk’s record of 934 recep-tions.

Eventually, every major receiv-ing record will be his.

“What Rice has done would lendanybody who’s paid any attentionto this sport to believe that he’s thebest of all time,’’ Seifert said.

No sophomore slumpfor St. Louis’ Bruce

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The only aspect of last week’sgame that did not please Spoowas the performance by the off-ense in the first half. At halftime,the Panthers had a touchdownadvantage by a 14-7 score.

“I felt (Western Kentucky)didn’t stop us,” Spoo said. “Westopped ourselves (on offense).But our defense did an outstand-ing job.”

In the second half, the offensestarted moving. One part of thePanther offense that has not beenthat effective this season is thepassing game. But quarterbackPete Mauch wasn’t shy aboutthrowing from the shotgun forma-tion – something that has finallyclicked in the Panther machine.

“It’s a whole different perspec-tive for Pete Mauch,” said Spooabout his quarterback throwingfrom the shotgun. “He can seemore and he’s obviously out of

harms way alittle longer.That’s good forus.”

This is Eas-tern’s byeweek, meaningit doesn’t haveto play anyoneuntil its Home-coming contestwith IllinoisState on Oct.28.

But just because Spoo’s squadis not challenging anyone thisweek doesn’t mean that his troopsare taking time off. In fact, Spoohas even thought of implementinga few more plays into the book.

“You’ve got an extra fivedays,” Spoo said. “If you want todo something different, you do itthis week. We’ve tried to work onfundamentals, individual tech-

niques and allof the funda-mentals of eachposition.”

Spoo hastime to workon all of theabove beforefacing IllinoisState, WesternIllinois, Sou-thern Illinoisand Indiana

State to round out the season.“We’ve got these four games

(and) they’re all good (teams),”said Spoo in reference to his finalfour opponents who are all mem-bers of the Gateway FootballConference.

“Illinois State was a schoolthat was picked to finish second(in the preseason). So if they putit all together, they’ll beat you ifyou’re not ready.”

But one player that the Pan-thers will be without is punt re-turner Jinho Ferriera. Ferriera hadknee surgery last week andmissed the Western Kentuckycontest.

Spoo, at first, thought Ferrieramight be ready for the IllinoisState game, but doctors said Ferr-iera’s knee was more injured thanthey thought.

“There was a little more dam-age than we thought,” Spoo said.“It will be close (if Ferriera playsin the following game againstWestern).”

But Spoo said Solomon Burcyproved to be a quality replace-ment for Ferriera in handling thepunt returns at Western Kentucky.

“I was really pleased with howSolomon Burcy handled thosepunts,” Spoo said. “He handledthem all flawlessly – he’s gotsome stuff.”

SPOO from page 12

I felt (WesternKentucky) didn’tstop us. We

stopped ourselves (onoffense). But our defensedid an outstanding job.”

– Bob SpooEastern football coach

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matic bids to the tournament, withthe other 10 teams chosen by vot-ers. Five-time defending Gatewaychampion Northern Iowa is 3-0 inthe Gateway and appears on itsway to an unprecedented sixthstraight league title – leavingEastern to battle for an at-largespot.

Eastern is currently No. 20 inthe Sports Network’s Division I-AA Top 25 poll, a ranking thatwon’t hurt Eastern’s chances ofmaking the postseason. “The peo-ple that select the teams count alot (what a team is ranked) in thepoll, and if you’re ranked in thetop 16 or 20 that definitely helpsyour chances,” Spoo said.

If the Panthers finish tied in theconference with Northern Iowa,the Purple Panthers would win thetie-breaker via a victory overEastern this season. Spoo said hehad tie-breaker regulations faxedto him this week from the Gate-way, just to be sure of where histeam stands.

“In the event of a tie, co-cham-pions will be named, but the auto-matic bid will go to the team hol-ding the head-to-head victory,”Spoo said, reading from the infor-

mation he had received.Big game: Northern Iowa hosts

Southern Illinois University thisweekend. In 10 years of Gatewayplay, the Salukis have averagedless than two conference wins ayear. But Southern has surprisedmany by going 4-3 overall (2-1 inthe Gateway) this season.

Northern Iowa coach TerryAllen said Southern’s surprising

start has not changed his team’sgame plan. “No not at all. We’regoing to try to do what we do bestand go after them like we normal-ly would,” Allen said.

Spoo said while the PurplePanthers are the Gateway’s frontrunner, every team in the Gatewayis capable of knocking them off.

“I’ve always felt every year thatthe Gateway Conference has someof the best talent,” Spoo said.“Northern Iowa has dominated(this year), and I notice they’reundefeated (in the Gateway) aswell. But everyone else I feel isstill alive.”

As for a prediction on theNorthern Iowa vs. Southern Illi-nois game?

“They’re (Salukis) playing veryconfidently and they’ve got someweapons,” Spoo said. “Whoknows what’s going to happen.”

And then there were six:When Eastern leaves the GatewayConference after the season, con-ference officials have said therewill not be an immediate replace-ment chosen.

“It’s a little too early to tell,”Gateway commissioner Patty Viv-erito said of replacing Eastern.

“We are certainly hoping to keepseven teams in the conferencebecause it makes for easy sche-duling.”

According to Viverito, theGateway will not lose its automat-ic bid to the I-AA tournamentafter Eastern leaves.

“Six is the minimum number ofteams needed in order to apply foran automatic bid,” Viverito said.“After that, strength of the teamsbecomes a factor,” she added, say-ing a six-team conference doesnot automatically receive a bid.

Superconference: Plans are inthe works to create a sort of super-conference for Division I-AAfootball teams – the SouthlandFootball League.

The conference may extend aninvitation to Western KentuckyUniversity in January. The Hill-toppers, Eastern’s opponent lastweekend, would join some power-house teams which are currentlyranked in the top 25 in the nation.Some of the teams slated to jointhe conference are No. 1 McNeeseState, No. 4 Stephen F. Austin,No. 5 Troy State, No. 19 North-west (La.) State and No. 24Jacksonville St.

Team Conf. AllNorthern Iowa 3-0 4-2Indiana State 3-1 5-2Southern Illinois 2-1 4-3Eastern Illinois 1-1 6-1Western Illinois 1-2 3-3Illinois State 1-2 2-5SW Missouri St. 0-4 1-6

Saturday’s gamesSouthern Illinois at Northern Iowa

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PLAYOFFS from page 12

ATLANTA (AP) –The Atlanta Braveshave one distinct ad-vantage over the Cle-veland Indians head-ing into the WorldSeries – experience.

“I’m not so sure anyof that makes any dif-ference,’’ Braves man-ager Bobby Cox saidWednesday. “Goodplaying will take careof any of that type ofedge.’’ The Bravesaren’t loaded with ex-perience as 10 playershave combined for 71appearances, most inAtlanta’s Series lossesto Minnesota in 1991and Toronto in 1992.

That seems like alot, though, comparedto Cleveland’s total of 28 WorldSeries games by six players,obviously all with other teams.

Cox said the butterflies willremain for anyone in any sportno matter how many times theyhave been involved in champi-onship competition.

“They never go away,’’ hesaid. “If they’re not there, thenmaybe you better look into

something else to do.’’ The mostsuccessful Braves as far asWorld Series go have been sec-ond baseman Mark Lemke, whowas in line to be the Series MVPhad the Braves beaten the Twinsin ‘91, and pitcher John Smoltz,who has a 1-0 record in fourstarts with a 1.95 ERA in 27 2/3innings.

Lemke has appeared in 12games with a .326 average and

six RBIs.He hit .417 against the Twins,

driving in four runs. He hadthree triples in four at-bats over atwo-game span.

He also sees no advantagefrom Series experience.

“Once it starts, i t starts,’’Lemke said. “It’s baseball. Itmay be a little more pressurepacked, but you still go to playthe game. Whoever comes out

and plays the game theway it’s supposed tobe played and does thethings necessary towin is going to be ontop.’’ The Indians’ topSeries performers areright-hander Orel Her-shiser, who has a 7-0postseason record in-cluding the playoffs,and reserve catcherTony Pena, who hit.409 and drove in fourruns for the St. LouisCardinals in the 1987World Series againstMinnesota.

Hershiser, pitchingfor the Los AngelesDodgers, had a 2-0record and 1.00 ERAin two completegames against Oak-

land in 1988.David Justice of the Braves

and Eddie Murray of the Indianshope to improve on disappoint-ing Series numbers.

Justice’s 13 games are themost by any player on eitherteam. He has a .217 batting aver-age with three homers and nineRBIs, driving in five of those in1991’s Game 5.

Braves downplaying World Series experienceBy the Associated Press

Her hero, Mickey Mantle, died this yearand her beloved Dodgers were swept out ofthe playoffs by the Cincinnati Reds. Whatcould possibly be worse for Suzan ShownHarjo? Try a World Series that features theCleveland Indians and Chief Wahoo againstthe Atlanta Braves and the Tomahawk Chop.

“It’s sort of like drive-by racism, with bul-lets for an unintended victim,’’ said Harjo,director of the Morning Star Institute inWashington that promotes Native Americancultures and traditions.

American Indian groups have vehementlyprotested the use of Indian nicknames, mas-cots and, worst of all, the chanting andwhooping they say is demeaning to nativecultures.

In a season already filled with replace-

ment spring training and a season cut to 144games because of the strike, baseball fanswho find the nicknames and images offen-sive are getting the worst of both worlds.

“I was listening to the radio and one ofthe sports commentators said, `When theydo the Tomahawk Chop, which Indians arethey cheering for?’’’ said Ray Apodaca ofthe Administration for Native Americans. “Iexpect to see a lot of things that are going tobe offensive in characterizations.’’ ChiefWahoo belongs to Cleveland, a red-faced,smiling Indian who adorns everything fromhats to shirts to placards that fans wave.Cleveland had a huge symbol of ChiefWahoo outside old Cleveland Stadium; hedidn’t make the move to Jacobs Field.

There were some protests of the symbolduring playoff games.

Series not a model of political correctness

The Daily Eastern News

Sports 12THURSDAYOctober 19,1995

Chad Merda - Staff writer

Ah yes, baseball. It’s Amer-ica’s national pastime, you know.Or wait a minute, shouldn’t thatbe changed to America’s regionalpastime?

How can it be called a nationalpastime when there are as manyas four games scheduled at once,and a fan can only see one? Ofcourse, there is a very goodchance that the game shown inyour region is not the one youwant to see.

Baseball fans can thank thewonderful Baseball Network forthis. What happens to good ol’Grandpa John, a Cleveland na-tive, who has been an Indians fanall his life, and is now enjoyinghis golden years in Arizona.

This may be his last chance tosee his beloved Indians in all theirglory. But Grandpa John is out ofluck. Because in Arizona, theReds-Braves game is on the tube.Oh well, baseball doesn’t care,because it’s only one broken-hearted fan out of millions acrossthe country.

What baseball doesn’t know isthere are many Grandpa John’sout there. Where have the goodold days gone of having only onegame at a time, while each isnationally broadcasted? Appar-ently, those days went out of stylejust like the milkman.

An NBC spokesperson wasrecently quoted in the ChicagoTribune as saying that regional-ization is good, because it bringsin higher ratings. Even a monkeycan figure out that higher ratingsmean more money brought infrom commercials.

So the fans are being ripped offand deprived of watching theirfavorite teams, while the bigshots involved with baseball padtheir pocket books.

What a surprise! Who wouldhave ever guessed? The big shotsof baseball are willing to shortchange the fans only so they canmake an extra buck. It is trulyshocking news to me.

I wouldn’t be surprised if thereare currently negotiations in theworks between the NFL andMajor League Baseball to reworkthe entire baseball schedule.

Maybe they can schedule gameseven of the World Series at thesame time as Super Bowl XXX,and have the coverage regional-ized. If this were to happen, theratings would surely be sky high.

Baseball just doesn’t get it.Last year, we were cheated out ofpart of the season, the playoffsand the World Series. This yearwe were still cheated out of a sig-nificant part of the playoffs.

Baseball executives can easilybe compared to a bunch of com-munists. The freedom of choicehas been taken away from the

New network leaves baseballfans in the dark

By DONNA RUFStaff writer

For the second time this season,junior Justin Weiss has capturedthe Mid-Continent ConferenceRunner of the Week award.

The honor was bestowed uponWeiss after he finished secondthis past weekend at the EIUInvitational, with a time of 25.11.With Weiss’ help, the team earnedits way to a first-place finish onthe home course.

Weiss’ first honor as Runner ofthe Week came after a fifth-placefinish at the Bradley Invitational,

where he completed the race in atime 25.03, his second best timeof the season. This effort helpedEastern earn a fifth-place teamfinish.

Weiss’ consistency has been akey factor to his success this sea-son, as he has been the No. 1 run-ner for the Panthers in every meetand has finished no less than fifthoverall.

Weiss’ best time of the seasonwas at the Central CollegiateMeet, where he crossed the line in25.00, giving him the secondfastest time in the conference forthe season. Weiss is edged out of

the No. 1 slotby WesternIllinois Uni-versity’s Ad-am Finley,whose besttime is 24.58.

Coach JohnMcInerney isnot surprisedthat Weiss hasreceived the

honor twice this season, sayingthat Weiss “has been consistentall year running in some veryquality races,” McInerney said.“This is a well-deserved honor.”

McInerney also believes Weissreceiving this honor is not asmuch as a concern to him(Weiss), as is his concern for theteam and its success.

“He’s one to worry about theteam, and not himself,” McIner-ney said. “His focus is on teamsuccess, which helps him fromgetting too uptight about personalpressure put upon him.”

The reason for this personalpressure upon Weiss can be attri-buted to the fact that Weiss wasthe 1994 Mid-Continent Confer-ence Cross Country champion,

Weiss named Mid-Con ‘Runner of the Week’

After snapping its five-gamelosing streak against conferencerival Southern Illinois Universityat Edwardsville on Oct. 8, itlooked as if the men’s soccerteam would contend for a postsea-son berth. Unfortunately, thingsdidn’t turn out that way.

Less than a week later, withEastern at home and in aposition to claim twoimportant wins overconference foes QuincyUniversity and WesternIllinois University, thePanthers came up short.Quincy dealt Eastern a3-1 loss last Friday andWestern Illinois ralliedfrom a two-goal deficitto knock off the Panthers 3-2 onSunday.

“I think the team relaxed toomuch after we took the two-goallead against Western, and wedidn’t play with the same kind ofenergy during the rest of thegame,” said junior forward SeanJohnson.

With the losses, it appears thatEastern’s postseason plans havebeen all but canceled. The Pan-thers, with an overall record of 3-11 and a 1-5 record in the Mid-Continent Conference, only havetwo conference games remaining.With this in mind, sophomoremidfielder Brian Holcombe

would like to see the team at leastend the season with a strong fin-ish.

“I would like to see us win ourlast three games of the season,because we don’t want to go outwith a 3-14 record,” Holcombesaid. “If we can finish with a win-ning record (in our final games)

we can go into next sea-son with a positive out-look.”

Eastern will now trav-el to conference rivalUniversity of Missouri atKansas City on Fridaybefore going up againstBig Ten foe Ohio StateUniversity on Oct. 27.The Panthers end their

season on Homecoming weekendagainst SIUE at Lakeside Field.

Bad trend: Throughout thisseason the Panthers have sufferedthrough four different losingstreaks, while never enjoying awinning streak. Eastern began thefirst weeks of the season with apair of two-game losing streaksbefore going on its longest losingskid of the season – a streak offive games. The team is currentlyriding a two-game losing skid.

Struggling offense: With onlythree wins this season, the soccerteam’s offense has struggled.

By DAN FIELDSAssociate sports editor

After seven games last season,the Panther football team had anundesirable record of 2-5. Thisyear, after the same amount ofcontests, Eastern owns a 6-1mark.

Obviously, head coach BobSpoo has much less to worryabout trying to claim a winningseason. And he doesn’t mind atall.

“The wins have put my mind atease,” Spoo said Wednesday athis weekly press conference. “I’mcomfortable with things now.”

It’s no wonder that Spoo’snerves are calm after a 35-9thrashing of Western Kentuckylast week in Bowling Green, Ky.But according to Spoo, he was not

prepared for such dominance byhis team, especially after thePanthers lost a conference matchwith Northern Iowa 17-7 the pre-vious week in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

“We executed very well onboth sides of the ball,” Spoo said.“I really thought going in that itwas going to be a dog fight. Ithink it was a very important winfor us. It was important for us toreestablish ourselves.”

Plus, Spoo mentioned thatWestern Kentucky not playing itsbest football also helped Easternto the lopsided victory.

“They approached us not tohave a good plan,” Spoo said.“Against us, that allowed us to dothings. Again, when a combina-tion of players are executing, itmakes it look easy.”

Spoo: The wins have put my mind at ease

By PAUL DEMPSEYSports editor

The Eastern football teamcurrently owns a 6-1 record andexpectations of being one of the16 teams invited to Division I-AA’s postseason tournament arevery high. But head coach BobSpoo warns that even if Easternwins three of its next fourgames, a 9-2 record still mightnot be good enough to make thecut.

“I would like to think that 9-2

would get us in, but another lossin the conference could leave usin third place (in the GatewayConference) at the end of theseason,” Spoo said. The Pan-thers’ last four games are againstGateway opponents. A sweep ofthose four contests would defi-nitely get Eastern in the postsea-son – while three of four winsmight leave the Panthers on thebubble.

Six I-AA conferences, includ-ing the Gateway, receive auto-

Panthers might notmake playoffs at 9-2

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JOHN COX/ Photo editorSean Johnson, a forward for the Panther men’s soccer team, practiceshis two-touch passing Wednesday afternoon at Lakeside Field.

Men’s soccer team tries to salvage finalgames of lost season

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