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PARTLY SPORTS SUNNY a high of52" The Devils INSIDE Daily in town Central C>nnecficut on the -r~ FRIDAY Eastern Illinois Unwersity -_..--s._ Blu.e Lllvils Charleston, Ill. 61920 visit Lantz Februal)l9, 1900 Vol. 81, No. 95 ~~~ 16 pages, 2 sections Saturday Dave Matthews, of The Dave PAGE Matthews Band. in concert SECTION B "Tell thE truth and don't be afraid" SA Ordinance dropped Inspection proposal met with heavy opposition from residents By KATIE VANA fonn a committee consisting of City editor cityofficials and property owners to examine what can be done to Mayor Dan Cougill Thursday clean up som~ poorly managed night dropped a proposed prop­ properties and to ensure the erty inspection ordinance after safety of tenants. about 10 0 residents packed the After the meeting. several Charleston City Council Cham­ propnty owners volunteered to bers to voice their opplsition sit on the committee, and Cougill against it. said he would announce all the "You can't take this back and member.: at the next City Council sugar coat it and expect these meeting. people 1o swallow it- we need 1o Thursday night's Board of drop it," said John Williams, a Zoning, Appeals and Planning Charles1on property owner. "!'he meeting was held as an open T ET SU YAK IKUMASAIAssociate photo ed~or proplsed ordinance is a slap in forum to discuss a proposed Charleston property owner Ron Tar bin addresses the Charleston City C>uncil and Board ofZoning the face to every landlord who ordinance that would make it Appeals and Planning Thursday night in the Council Chambers ofthe Municipal Building to voice his lakes care of their property. !fit's mandatory for all properties. opposition to a proposed inspection ordinance. Ofthe nearly 100 area residents who attended the not broke. don't fix it." rental and privately owned, to meeting, only one person said she mpporfe d the ordinance. Cougi II said he would still See ORDINANCE page 2a Lobbying team planning April day at the Capitol By NORA KELLY mid-Aplil1o help the legisla1ors get money does come from the General because the General Assembly pass the budget bil~ a piece of Staff writer a better unders1anding of what the Assembly, and I hope going to should be in session on the day they legislation that would inct'e ase university has 1o offer students. He S pringfleld will help increase their visit in order for the visit to be moneycoming in1o Eastern. The student lobbying team will said he ropes once the legisla1ors awareness of our needs as a effective. Menifreld said she also wants be working with Eastern's lobbyist, have abetter understanding of the university. .. Befote the visit in April, Ryniak the lobbying team 1o meet plivataly Chris Menifreld, 1o get an "Eastern scrool they will be more willing 1o "!'he lobbying team represents said he hopes the lobbying team with Edgar 1o focus on the budget Day at the Capiro!" for legislators increase slate funding 1o Eastern all the students and will have a will be able 1ovisit Springfreld and and the need for funding for in Springfteld to increase awareness Ryniak said he is hoping for significant impact on making talk 1o its legisla1o>:S from its home deferred maintenance on campus. about Eastern. many students to come 1o Spring­ legislators aware of Eastern." 1owns. Merrifle ld said she will be Keith Ryniak, director of the field with the lobbying team. Menifreldsaid. Ryniak said he also wants the working privately with the student lobbying team, said the "We've seen a lot of apathy in Menifreld said setting a day to lobbying team 1o write a letter 1o governor to schedule a meeting team is hoping 1o hold the visit in the past,." Ryniak said. "A lot of go 1o Springfield maybe difficult Gov. Edgar 1o encourage him to time fort he lobbying team. Independent governing board 'Bl.ack Womyn' play not such a new idea to some scheduled for tonight By BETSY COLE Charleston's fire department pumped four streams of By THERESA GAVLIN Adrninistrationedi1or water from opposite comers of the square so they S1aff writor arched over the courthouse dome. Easta.rn's new Board of Trustees has long been At the same time, the Knights ofPythias band gave a Just after AIDS Awareness Week, a realistic play about three louted as the ftrst independent board to oversee the concert and search lights swept over. the square. black women with AIDS will be perfonned in conjunction with university. But some remember othetwise. Needless 1o say, Charles1on was ciusen. Eastarn'sAfricanAmericanHeritage Celebration. In 1895, when Eastern was founded, another Afler selecting a site, the board's major project was "What About Black Womyn?" is a two-act play by James indepena.nt board was in charge. lllil1ois Gov. John P. getting a building built. Chapman about the lives of three women living with AIDS. Altgeld aFJX>inred Eastern'~ firs! Boald of Trustee~ th-, "The board didn't haw a problem fllldillg ~ires (for The pl~y starts at 8 p.m. tonight in the Grand Ballroom of the same ~~ar the General Assembly created the school, the college), but they had a problem getting buildings," Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. O.ssert will be setved at 1 according 1o Eastern Dlinois State C>llege: Flft.Y !'ears said Dan Thombwgh, a retired Eastern professor. p.m. until the curtain call. ofPublic Service, writtenbyCharles Coleman. The first board also chose Eastern's fust president,. The admission charge is $3 for students with a valid Eastern ID, In 1895, the slate appropriated $j),000 for Eastern, Livingston Lord. Thornburgh said a lot of corr­ and $5 for the general public. The cost of dessert is included in the which was then called Eastern Illinois State Nonnal espondence look place between Lord and the first ticket price. School. That board's job, among others, was 1o decide board The dessert theater is sponsored by the UB Perfonning Arts "Lord became a community man right away." a location for the school. committee, and the play is sponsored by the UB Human Potential Central Illinois officials subjec tad board members 1o Thornburgh said. "He wasveryhighlyrespectadandhe committee. various taclmiques to get Eastern 1o build in their cities. had an excellent tepulation that still lives on 1oday in This "dark comedy" tells the personal stories of Billie, a Bidding wars on the location broke out between the minds ofhis fonner students of Lorl." transvestite; Ruth, a 22-:,rear-old cr:sck addict; and Naom~ a 40-:,rear­ Mattoon, Charles1on, Paris, Danville, Shelbyville and Eastern's ftrst Board of Trustees consisted offtve oldwidow. Effmgham, according 1o Coleman, for vmom Coleman members, appointed by the governor for four-year Last year's African American Heritage play, "Our Black Men Are Hall is named. See 80ARO page 2a See WOMYN page 2a In order to win the approval of the board, 2A Friday, February 9, 1996 The 1>.\lly Eastern News ORDINANCE frompag•··· ------------- maintain a Certificate ofOccupancy . "The thousands of dollars we would spend Gutraj said, adding he spoke to 50 students ''This seems like it is government, for the City Attorney Brian Bower said Eastem's on license fees would go a long way towards regarding the ordinance in the past two days. go\...mment by the gov~" said Ke\oin campus is excluded from the proposed ordi­ continuing our reputation for outstanding Questions were also rais:ed whether the Myerscough, attracting audience applause. llllllCe because it is state-owned property. property maintenance,.. said Barbara proposed ordinance was simply a means to The board was questiooed repeatedly on Certificates could be maiotained by pass­ Quinlan, owner of Lincolnwood Pinetree increase city revenue. why aurent ordinances are not enforced and ing iospections and meeting all building Apartments. "We have put all revenue into "The pmpose is to provide for the safety of why other methods of solving the problem codes specified in the ordinance. the project since it's inception and plan to residents of the city," Cougill said "The par­ have not been offered The inspection would cost the property ronfim1e to do so for many years to come." pose is for safety, not income prodncing." "I have not had one occurrence where a owner S40. The inspections would be done Bryan Gutraj, student representati'"' to the Property owner Dorothy Hart said the safe­ building inspector wanted a search warrant yearly unless all codes were met and the City Council, said he didn't like the ordi­ ty measure seems to be making the C-ity and they are easy to obtain," said Paul C. inspection would be waived for two years. nance because it would increase rent, vacant $160,000 from all the initial inspections. Comada, a Coles County cirtuit judge, who Owners of rental properties were con­ properties and bureaucracy. "That seems like a pretty high safety pre­ attended the meeting as a property owner. cemed about the high cost of the inspections However~ he said he would support it mium," she said Norma Sunderman, a Charleston residen~ because the cost was S40 per dwelling uni~ because the students he talked to were in Several audience members also voiced that agreed with the idea of the ordinance.