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Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 1984 2-10-1984 Daily Eastern News: February 10, 1984 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1984_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 10, 1984" (1984). February. 8. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1984_feb/8 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1984 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. frlday, february 10, 1984 will be cloudy Friday with occasioiial rain and drizzle. The highs will be in the low to mid 40s with southerly winds 1 to 18 mph. Later in the evening Oit will be in the low to upper 30s. On Saturday it will be sunny and warmer with highs in the upper Eastern Illinois University I Charleston, Ill. 61920 I Vol. 69, No. 100 (Two Sections, 24 Pages 40s to low 50s. Women's groups for lower rape penalties by Kevin McDermott · not agree with Thompson's amen and Mike Sengstock datory veto, but is not taking any im Illinois women's groups, hoping to mediate action on it. see more convictions, generally sup Sandy Rives, who heads Coles port a push by the state legislature to County Women Against Domestic lower the penalties for some rape Violence, said her group supports the charges, Coles County State's At spousal rape provision in the legisla torney Nancy Owen said. tion. "We support any type of legal Owen, who- spoke at Eastern Friday, provision which strengthens laws said the new legislation will lower the spousal rape." for legal classification of rape from a class "Some people feel we were soft on Montgomery attempts to touch his nose in a sobriety test administered X to a class one felony. rape," Paskin said, but added that she Charleston police officer at the Alcohol Forum held last night in the "Some people lobbied on the posi believes the new legislation will make rsity Ballroom. (News photo by Doug Apple) tion that it would be easier to get con rape a " crime with fewer elements to victions if there are lighter penalties," prove" and will ultimately increase the Owen said. conviction rate. coho/ awareness forum Under the current class X status, the Coles County Women Against Rape penalty for rape ranges from a Coordinator Bonnie Buckley said the minimum of six years in prison to a legislation is supported by her ·ves taste of inebriation maximum of 30 years. rape is chang organization for that reason. If ry Holland way, but I guess the machine ed to a class one felony, the minimum "A lot of juries don't want to con ur slightly inebriated Eastern doesn't lie." sentence would be four years in prison vict a person if th$!y're going to be im nts "toed the line" Thursday Mulvaney and the other students with possible parole and a maximum of prisoned for a long period of time, " t and all but o 1e passed with had to walk a straight line and then 15 years. Buckley said. gcolors. tilt their head back, st retch their Polly Paskin, Illinois Coalition of Owen said Friday she "objects to the nior Audrey Dumentat and arms out to the side and touch their Women Against Rape director, said lessening of the penalties" for rape, Loretta Heagy, Bill nose with their right and left index the coalition was "the major drafter and a'dded that some women's groups rs . aney and Phil Montgomery all fingers. and proponent of this legislation .. who supported the legislation may varying amounts of alcohol Charleston police officer Roger Among the changes made in rape h�ve believed it would actually kthe n took a field sobriety and Cunningham, who administered the laws, Paskin said, is the consolidation strengthen those penalties. halizer test to determine their sobriety test to Mulvaney, said he of eight existing rape laws into one law "They (some women's groups) had drunkeness. would have probable cause to arrest and a legal name-change for the crime no idea what they were doing, " Owen ofmental, Heagy, and Mon Mulvaney based on the results of his from "rape" to "criminal s·exual said. ery, who took the tests as part sobriety test. assault.'' Gretchen Saries, one of the founders alcohol· awareness forum The sobriety tests were the The law has been passed by the of the Eastern-based Student anored by the Off-Campus Stu highlight of the alcohol forum, legislature and has received an amen Awareness Committee-a group focus Housing Association and the which also featured Becky datory veto from Gov. Jim Thompson. ing on the issue of rape, also believes nt Se•1a1e Awareness Commit Markwell, the coordinator the Under the original legislation, a person some people were mislead into suppor t e tests. Comprehensive Alcohol Safetofy Pro could be convicted of either sexual ting the legislation. owevasseder, h Mulvaney, who drank gram project. assault or aggravated sexual assault "It was a misconception, almost," beers prior to the forum , Markwell told the students during against his or her spouse. Saries said Sunday, adding that tered .10 on the breathalizer the discussion, "During this forum. Thompson's amendatory veto made although the original idea for the hine, the minimum intoxication six people will die in an alcohol only the aggravated sexual assault of a legislation was to strengthen rape laws, needed to be convincted of related crash." spouse a crime. The amended law takes "t hings have turned around . " "If you choose to drink. that's effect July 1. She said she also believes that Illinois ulvaney said, "I felt good but I your business. But if you choose to Paskin said spouses are protected prison overcrowding may have been a 't believe my judgment was im drink and drive, that's everyone·s against rape "for the first time" under factor in the legislature's push for . I would have driven this business," she added. the new legislation. shorter sentences. Paskin added that the coalition does rge turnout for residential night security program y Zurawski Applicants will be screened by the program Keith Kohanzo, night security committee chairman than 150.Eastern students have picked up ap counselors next week, Hencken said, adding that he said, "The duties of the night assistant will be to 'onsre for the experimental night assistant securi hopes "to have them hired by the end of next week. make frequent rounds of all the buildings in their am to begin Feb. 20, a housing official said "It is great that we had so many applicants because area; check the outside doors, public areas, lounges· ay. we didn't know what to expect at first," Hencken and common areas and noting and reporting any sing Director Lou Hencken said 153 students said. safety problems or concerns.'' picked up applications; however he noted In addition, he said having more applicants will He added that the night assistants will not be ex ' 'only about 125 students had turned the ap allow us to hire more people for each area to prevent pected to confront people who appear suspicious. ns in." "job burn-out." Hencken said the night assistants will be paid originally had 100appl ications printed, but The five initial areas being established for night minimum wage, $3.35 an hour. e out on Tuesday �nd had to have more made assistants will include Carman Hall, Thomas and An The night security program, will cost about said. drews ·halls, Taylor and Lawson halls, Lincoln, $12,000 to conduct for the remainder of the semester, beexperimental night assistant program, which Stevenson and Douglas halls and Triad and Pember he said. be comprised · of students chosen by hall ton halls. "Since the money wasn't appropriated for in this lors in charge of the program, will act as a Hencken said, ''About 7 or 8 people will be hired year's budget, we are rearranging it to cover the cost · ent to the Campus Police Department and per area." of this program," Hencken said. ce hall staffs. x·banker sentenced Voter sign up set· , ·Drake routs Eastern ormer Coles County National Bank president · Students can register for the 1fg54 Presidential The Lady Panther basketball team lost big McSparin was sentenced Thursday to prison election on campus next week. Thursday night to the Drake. Bulldogs at bes five years on two counts of embezzlement and Moines plying funds. seepage& 77-52. seepage12 seepage3 2· . Frida , Februar 1 0, 1 984 TheDaU EasternN Broken 'wrist' foils shuttle test CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)-Bundled in McCandless was showing restraint wit their bulky suits, Challenger's exuberant commander-in-chief. Earlier he had spacewalkers performed an impromptu rescue "Up, up in the bay." His partner, ex Thursday, snatching b�ck a piece of equipment Stewart, said, "Boy, it's awful pretty." R as it drifted toward the junkyard of space. Pessimism that bad weather would again They flew free and joyously, propelled by or cancel a first landing Saturday at Flo bursts of nitrogen gas from their backpacks. But Kennedy Space Center turned to optimism the day was not without its disappointment-the expected weather front stalled over U.S.; o evacuation latest in long series for this shuttle crew. The T ·Syriawarns n a " Right now it's looking real good for BEIRUT -The U.S. 6th Fleet bombarded the rebel-held "wrist" on the shuttle's robot arm refused to res astronauts were told. KSC,' ridges outside Beirut for a second day Thursday, after pond to commands, canceling a docking rehear From mission control came applause government and rebel gunners traded deadly artillery bar sal with a rotating object.