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Eastern Illinois University The Keep August 1999 8-23-1999 Daily Eastern News: August 23, 1999 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_aug Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: August 23, 1999" (1999). August. 1. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_aug/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 1999 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in August by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 83˚ Scattered The Daily Monday 62˚ rain storms August 23, 1999 Inside Eastern Sports The building Almost Eastern Illinois University that faith built Charleston, Ill. 61920 done The Newman Center opens its doors Vol. 85, No. 2 Coaches are looking forward to the 12 pages to campus and the community with a completion of O’Brien stadium so dedication ceremony. News they can move back in. Story on Page 3 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 12 Students return to lines, frustration By Geneva White Campus editor It’s 10 a.m. Saturday morning and Steve Campus Staskiewicz stands in line at Textbook Rental ready to begin the school year. “It’s not too bad this morning,” said Staskiewicz, a hours sophomore biology major. “I remember last year the line was out to McAfee (Gymnasium).” Schedule pick up For Staskiewicz, starting the year is not a stressful Today - 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. time as it is for many students. He said the answer is being prepared. in the Union Ballroom of “I knew what I needed and I knew what I had to get the Martin Luther King Jr. done,” Staskiewicz said. “I made the mistake of com- University Union. ing late to get my books last year.” The woman behind the counter tells Staskiewicz he Tuesday through Thursday needs be in line two. He weaves his way through a - from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. crowd of students waiting to fill the empty crates and in the registration office book bags they are holding. When he nears his line, located in the south base- Staskiewicz is greeted by a another woman shouting frantically “Line two! Who’s next for line two?” ment of McAfee Staskiewicz said he does not think he will be walk- Gymnasium. ing out of textbook rental with a heavy load this year. “I’ve had it where I had to fill my backpack then Friday - from 8 a.m. to carry books, so I think it will be less than that,” he said. 4:30 p.m. in the registration Other students are not as optimistic as Staskiewicz office. is about the idea of coming back to school. Courtney Crawley, a senior business education major, had just Textbook rental walked out of Textbook Rental after being inside for nearly an hour. Books can be picked up “They just gave me all the wrong books,” Crawley this week at Textbook said. “They had the wrong schedule.” Rental Service 8 a.m. to 7 Besides going to Textbook Rental, Crawley said Mandy Marshall / Photo Editor p.m. Monday through she also does not like dealing with financial aid every Josh Hancock, a freshman undecided major, waits in line outside Textbook Rental Service in the Thursday and 8 a.m. to semester. North Quad Thursday afternoon. Hancock and the rest of the students in line had to wait about fif- “(The financial aid) process is too long,” she said. 4:30 p.m Friday. teen minutes in the hot sun before they entered the air conditioned Textbook Rental building. “It shouldn’t take that long.” Many students agree, however, the trip to Textbook Rental is the one of the worst tasks to do at the begin- Student Rec Center ning of the year. The Student Recreation “The lines are long,” said Colleen Shanahan, a Students face headaches Center will be open 5:30 junior early childhood education major. “You don’t a.m. to midnight Monday even use some of the books you get.” through Thursday, 5:30 Going to Textbook Rental is not the only aspect on trek back to Eastern a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, about coming back to school students find frustrating. Alonzo Perkins, a sophomore computer science By Matt Neistein including a 19-mile stretch north of Paxton, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday major, registered late on Friday. He said he was City editor according to the Illinois Department of and 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. annoyed with touch-tone registration. Transportation web site Sunday. “It took me five hours to register,” Perkins said as It’s the end of August, and the back-to- (http://dot.state.il.us./). he walked out of Textbook Rental. “To get the class- school migration begins for thousands of “It’s terrible,” said Lorri Thompson, a es I wanted, I had to keep calling back.” Eastern students. sophomore elementary education major. “I Union Bookstore hours Denise Hunley, a senior pre-med major, said she is However, for those making the trip from hate it when it narrows down to one lane and The bookstore will be open not ready to say good-bye to summer break and get the Chicago area and towns north of the cars in front of you go real slow.” 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday back into the routine of classes. Charleston, the journey along I-57 has The construction comes during a summer through Thursday, from 8 “I have to go to bed early,” she said. “In the sum- become a bit more time consuming because in which the entire nation is experiencing mer, you’re free and you can do what you want.” of numerous construction zones that narrow delays because of the overwhelming amount a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday Trey Balch, a senior pre-med major, said he is not the interstate to one lane. of road repair going on in the United States. and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Between Chicago and Charleston, 47 Saturday. See LINES Page 2 miles of the southbound I-57 is one lane, See HEADACHES Page 2 Professor charged with altering prescriptions By Tammie Sloup report was filed by HealthCheck, a said the prescription for the non- with codeine for Thompson on and/or be fined up to $10,000. News editor medical facility for people with controlled substance could be Aug. 1. The pharmacist received Thompson said he has suffered minor injuries or illnesses, in Terre filled, a court document stated. the call 30 minutes after filling the from chronic migraine headaches An economics professor faces Haute. When Thompson returned for prescription. After re-examining the for the past 12 years, and became up to three years in prison and fines Thompson was treated by a doc- the prescription, the pharmacist prescription, the pharmacist discov- addicted to Fiorinal with codeine. up to $10,000 for allegedly altering tor at HealthCheck on Aug. 1, when confronted him about the alter- ered the prescription had been He said he has been treated for the prescriptions for drugs. his doctor wrote him three prescrip- ations and according to the pharma- altered, a court document stated. addiction and is “absolutely William F. Thompson, of Terre tions, the affidavit stated. The same cist, Thompson admitted to have Thompson’s doctor also said the through it.” Haute, Ind., plead not guilty Aug. 6 day, Thompson brought a prescrip- altered the prescription for Fiorinal, prescription filled at Kroger South In regards to the charges against to charges of acquiring a controlled tion to K-Mart Pharmacy, in Terre the affidavit stated. was for Fioricet, which typically him, Thompson said he did not alter substance by fraud and attempted Haute, for Fiorinal with codeine. The pharmacist then called other helps treat headaches, but had been the prescriptions, and he had “a acquiring a controlled substance by The pharmacist later told police the local pharmacies to inform them altered to read Fiorinal with really dated prescription, so there fraud, both class D felonies, in the prescription appeared to have been Thompson presented K-Mart codeine. The quantity also was might have been some problems Vigo County Court Division 5. altered and called HealthCheck to Pharmacy with an altered prescrip- changed, the affidavit stated. with that.” According to a probable cause verify the prescription, the affidavit tion for Fiorinal. A pharmacist at Thompson’s attorney, Joseph Currently, Thompson said he is affidavit for Thompson’s arrest, the stated. Kroger South pharmacy, in Terre Etling, said according to Indiana just looking forward to the school investigation by the Terre Haute Thompson’s doctor confirmed Haute, remembered filling a pre- law, Thompson could face six Police Department began after a the pharmacist’s suspicions, and scription for 18 capsules of Fiorinal months to three years in prison See ALTERING Page 2 2 Monday, August 23, 1999 The Daily Eastern News ETheastern Daily Evacuations ordered along Texas coast BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) In addition to powerful wind, News People were ordered to evacuate Hurricane Bret bringing 140 mph winds Bret was expected to spin off low-lying sections along the Texas destructive tornadoes, and drench The Daily Eastern News is published daily, Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- Gulf Coast on Sunday as the region with up to 10 inches of ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly Hurricane Bret headed for shore Corpus Christi city officials had most had already fled for the main- rain, forecasters said.