Eastern Illinois University The Keep March 1999 3-24-1999 Daily Eastern News: March 24, 1999 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_mar Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: March 24, 1999" (1999). March. 13. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_mar/13 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 1999 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in March by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 54˚ Partly The Daily Wednesday 34˚ cloudy March 24, 1999 Inside Eastern Sports Spiritual www.den.eiu.edu Comeback Eastern Illinois University expression Charleston, Ill. 61920 win A speaker tells of the Quakers, who Vol. 84, No. 121 Designated hitter Chris Martin 12 pages got their name because they ‘quaked’ fuels the charge for baseball during their spiritual expression. News team in its home debut. Story on Page 3 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 12 Formal Cougill welcome may be scheduled for Surles Reception for president removed set for Thursday By Meghan McMahon Marty’s,Mother’s lawyer Administration editor A welcoming reception for files motion regarding liquor Eastern President Carol Surles will be held Thursday and will be open hearing fairness,wants to the Charleston and Eastern com- munities. mayor out as commissioner The reception will be held from By Christy Kilgore 3 to 5 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom City editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. It has been requested that Charleston Mayor Dan Surles said Cougill be disqualified as liquor commissioner in a she is looking motion filed by the lawyer representing two forward to the Charleston bars charged with liquor ordinance vio- reception and lations. getting to Steve Ryan, the attorney representing Marty’s, know more 1666 Fourth St., and Mother’s, 506 Monroe Ave., members of said the request was filed concerning the fairness of the communi- the hearings with Cougill serving as mayor and ty. liquor commissioner. “I’ve had An initial hearing was set for Dec. 18, but when some opportu- Carol Surles the city contacted Ryan’s office and said they would nities to meet Eastern’s president have trouble presenting witnesses because many with academic leaders and I hope to were going to be gone for semester break, Ryan and have the opportunity to get to meet his clients agreed to vacate and continue the case with community members too,” later, he said. Surles said. The next hearing was set for Monday, the day Surles said she hopes to meet after Eastern students were to return from spring more Charleston residents because break, and Ryan said he was notified on March 4 the university is such an integral and when he realized it would be difficult for his part of the town. office to subpoena witnesses, he filed the same Surles will attend the reception request the city had filed in December to vacate and with her son, who is on Spring postpone the hearing. Break from boarding school in “I found myself in a similar situation as the city Michigan, and her daughter will be in December,” Ryan said. “The witnesses were out visiting from Virginia. of the area and in some cases out of the country dur- “My son is here … and he of ing spring break.” course will be with me, and my Ryan was told by City Attorney Brian Bower the daughter will be here too,” Surles mayor had decided to continue with the set said. Monday’s hearing date. “It will be their first opportunity Ryan said many witnesses were difficult to reach, to see the university.” given the time it takes to issue subpoenas. While she said she is looking “I found that unfair,” Ryan said. “It raised the forward to meeting many members suspicion in my mind and my clients’ minds Mandy Marshall / Staff photographer of the university community, Surles whether we would get fair treatment.” said she may have a hard time Ryan said the issue surrounds Charleston Mayor Women’s Power! remembering names with so many Dan Cougill presiding as liquor commissioner and Tara Coburn, sophomore English major, reads a selection by Virginia Woolf Tuesday evening at the new faces. mayor, who is also in charge of the city attorney and Rathskeller in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. “Eastern’s Lilith Fair” was sponsored by “Name tags would be helpful,” the police department. P.O.W.E.R. (People Organized for Women’s Equality and Rights) and Eastern’s English Club. Unlike the she said. State statutes say the mayor is required to also actual Lilith Fair males were allowed to perform. In honor of Women’s History and Awareness Month all Light refreshments will be served at the reception. See COUGILL Page 2 the selections read were to be either performed by women or written by women. 19 students to share research today with state legislators By Laura Irvine Jill Nilsen, acting vice presi- Eastern have gone to Springfield sen to go to Springfield are “repre- dents to highlight their achieve- Campus editor dent for external relations, said the for the past two years to discuss sentative of outstanding work they ments and to interact with their students are traveling to academics with the state legisla- have done in their discipline.” legislative representative,” she Nineteen Eastern students will Springfield to share the research ture, but this is the first time the The students were chosen by said in the statement. “It provides travel to Springfield today to share projects they have been working students will be presenting infor- the deans of Eastern’s colleges, so an opportunity for showcasing the their results of research and cre- on. mation. all of the colleges will be repre- excellent work being done at ative activity to the legislative “The students are going to “This is the first time their aca- sented in Springfield. Eastern.” members of the General share with the General Assembly demic achievements have been Wall said, in a written state- Both Nilsen and Wall will trav- Assembly. the results of their educational shared,” she said. ment, she thinks the trip is a good el to Springfield with the students. The students will be presenting work that occurs here on campus,” Lida Wall, dean of the college opportunity for the students to The poster presentation will be their research on posters in the Nilsen said. of sciences, said in a written state- highlight their achievements. on display from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 south hall rotunda of the Capitol. Nilsen said students from ment the students who were cho- “This is an opportunity for stu- p.m. in the Capitol. 2 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 The Daily Eastern News ETheastern Daily Freight trains collide just miles News The Daily Eastern News is published daily, Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly from deadly Amtrak crash during the summer term except during school vacations or examinations, by PRINTED WITH MOMENCE (AP) – Little more fered cuts and bruises in the crash, SOYINK the students of Eastern Illinois TM University. Subscription price: than a week after a deadly Amtrak Train’s engineer and conductor injured Silgen said. $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all collision – and just miles from that The Conrail engineer was identi- year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of site – one freight train crashed into tor team from each train and a fire- that the Union Pacific train crossed fied as Tim W. Norred, 27, and the The Associated Press, which is entitled to exclusive use of all articles appearing another Tuesday, injuring each fighter – were taken to Riverside the intersection before the Conrail conductor was Daniel E. Pickering, in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 train's engineer and conductor and Medical Center in Kankakee, where train, which then collided with the 52, of Bourbonnais. Norred's home- represent the majority opinion of the all were treated and released, said Union Pacific train at a 45-degree editorial board; all other opinion pieces causing yet another multiple-car town was not immediately avail- are signed. The Daily Eastern News editorial derailment. hospital spokeswoman Mary angle. able. and business offices are located in Buzzard Officials say the eastbound Thomson. “Our engine ran into the side of Jim Hildreth, another Union Hall, Eastern Illinois University. Conrail freight train hit a south- Union Pacific officials said it their train,'' Hildebrand said. Pacific spokesman, said his compa- Periodical postage paid at Charleston, IL 61920. ISSN 0894-1599. bound Union Pacific train loaded appeared their employees didn't After the collision, the lead ny's train had been traveling from Printed by Eastern Illinois University, with auto parts just after 7 a.m. at an cause Tuesday's crash. Conrail locomotive was on its side, Chicago to Mexico. Charleston, IL 61920. intersection of the two companies' “It appears that, at the very out- and a second that followed was The Conrail train, which was Postmaster: Send address changes to tracks about 50 miles south of set, the Union Pacific train had a leaning, Hildebrand said. At least carrying several loads of unspeci- The Daily Eastern News Chicago. green light to proceed,'' said John four of the 60 Conrail cargo cars and fied commodities, originated in Buzzard Hall Eastern Illinois University Investigators from both compa- Bromley, a spokesman for the four of the 43 Union Pacific cars Kankakee and was headed for Charleston, IL 61920.