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f"trefighters work around a vehicle in the driveway, which also reuived damage from the tire. The cause of the fire, which started in the far west room of the house, is under investigation. STEPHEN H AAS'THEDAILYEASTtRN M WS II II 1r I Home of track members totaled in afternoon blaze
BY JULIA BoURQUf and Eric Buhot and juniors Nathan Pepper and CAMPUS EDITOR Daniel St:raekdjahn live in the "Arby's house," located near the Arby's on Lincoln Avenue. The The house of Eascem traek and cross councry house bas been rhe crack and cross councry team members caughc fire Wednesday arrer house for three yC:irs, and Atkins was a founding noon, leaving behind severe member. damage and 6vc Ea.stem ath Sinc.c Carmen Hall's fire, uni leces withour a home. More on the Web versity officials have developed The fire srarced in rhe fu See more photos at: an emergency alrernative plan, wesuoom ofthe house at 1515 ''"'"' .1hedai/ye.i. BY JENNlftll PllYAM Life Ccci Brinker. The Scudcnc Activities follow the opening of rh.c new intramural ST\JOENT GOVERNMENT EDITOR Center, located in the Martin Luther KingJr. fidds which begins ac 7:30 p.m. Student leaders University Union, houses Recognized Getty also di.scusscd a student saving club The Scudenc Scnare held iis fuse meeting Student Organization and executive offic.cs. card program he intends co start this year. Wednesday to discuss expectations of senare Executive members also discussed upcom "Srudencs will save $1,000 throughout the start with goals members and provide advisor reporrs. ing events during the meeting. year by getting discounts ac Papa John's Pizza, "The Student Activities Center renova "The Srudcnc Government versus campus Papa Murphy's and Fazoli's," Getty said. The for upcoming year tions look grear and special thanks should be recreation sofi.ball game is (Thursday night) cards will be distributed che first three weeks given to Shirley Stewart, Vice President for and we still need more players," said Student Srudent Affiiirs," said Director of Srudent Body President Chris Getty. The game will SEE LEADERS PJ'GE 9 FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK TODAY I FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY 85 85 83 76 11 71 67 63 58 55 Partlv cloudv Scattered f·Sk>rms Scattered T-Stonns Showl'rs IMlydoudy THLllSDAY. Atx; ST 26, 2004 AROUND' BLOODY WEDNESDAY WTF? ILLINOIS PORT OF SWEET CAMPUSES GRASS, Mont. (AP)· Jesse NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Huttman insists he didn't do it on purpose, but the Bling bling! toilet he lell UGS, a Texas-based software compan}. has donated plugged after $14 million worth of software co rhe College of •nature called' at Engineering and Engineering Technology co hdp pre this border cross pare srudents for employment after graduation. ing in north-cen tral Montana has This grant is che ~nd concribution from UC,S, him tacing crimi which donated $5.6 million of software four years ago. nal charges. "Companies arc looking for people with experience," Tool• County said Jan Brown, UGS din:ccor of incemal and executive authorities communication. 'This software will give chem real charged the 19· world experience." year-old college Promod Vohra, acting dean of the College of student from Engineering and Engineering Technology, said more Great Falls with than 1,600 enrolled engineering srudenrs will have an cnmmal m1sch1ei opportunity co use ch(' programs in their d3.S5CS. alter a border Vohra said che use of chese rechnological cools will agent accused help srudencs become more compc:'tirivt' globally. him oi intention· READMORf Al WWW.STAR.NIU.EDU ally dogging the toilet SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Huftman said the clogged p1p1ng was completely Smokers relocated unintentional. the result 01 an led Src:fus knows he now has co go an extra 25 feet urgent, but natu· before he can light up, but whar really has him up in ral, bodll) func flames is how much further he has ro go just to buy tmn some smokes. "I've never been "1bac's~ annoyance chat I have ro go all the way to arrcstt'd bctore or the Suip co buy cigarerces now." said Steffens, a sopho anything like that, more in music business who was all too used to getting and I get arre~ted his smokes from che Srudenc C.Cncer. for taking a Sreffens. sporting a Lucky Strike T-shin. is now dump sad preparing to work the campus with a petition. He's Hunman, a stu angry. The new smoking policy is absurd. he said. It dent at Montana could have been bercer thouglu our. Most ofall, he just State University believes he is being discriminated against, forced to rake m Bozeman. his habit elsewhere because it's not somec:hing people Port authonlfes wane to look at. He feds like he's being pushed aside stopped their car READMOREAT -W.DAll\'fCYPTIAN.COM 1or a random ~e.1rch. The car's JOSH R HlEY/IHl; CWLY EASTIKN MWS 19-year-old dnver T,ter Sapp, sophomore pre-physical therapy major, gets ''stuck" by Kim Hille, a phlebotomist for the American Red \\as cited for pos session ot alco Cro11, 11 be donates blood at the Student Rec Center Wednesday afternoon. hol. CORRECTIONS IN WEDNESDAY'S EDITION of The Daily Eastern News, WORD the headline and photo caption with an article about ONLINE POLL new equipment at the Student Rec Center incorrectly DU JOUR credited the University Board with supplying the funds This wetk we ask our readen how tbey fHl aboat tbe redesign of The Daily Eastern News. Rip it apart-.we dare you! phlebotomy for the new equipment. The funds were apportioned to 1. the letting o( the the Rec Center by the Apportionment Board Al It's about •Cl'&"!!S time. I hated that of' looking thing. blood for transfu Bl I like totally dislike it ... like it looks weird and stuff. I only like look at the pictures anyway. sion, diagnosis, °' IN THE SAME ISSUE, a photo caption incorrectly stated Cl I'm scurred of 1t. I won't read it. experiment and especially fonnerty Michael Chron was a speech communication major. He Dl Fabooo. We want more and we want it nowt in the treatment d is a speech communication professor. The News regrets disease-also the errors. VOTE @WWWTHEDAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM called venesedion. EOfTOtl IOj OtlCF ••••••••••• MATT MDNHm 5f'ORTS PHOTO El>ITOll • , , , • , .Slll'ttf.N HMS PHONE. 217-581-2812 FAX: 581-2923 • • • • • • mmemhcit0)'3hoo.com st•'(>I oenetha,JSpho~r.lphv.oom E-MAIL mmeinhe1tOyahoo oom MANACINC f.DfTOtl ••• , ••••.l<>AQulN OcHOA 5f'OllTS corroa ..•...... • .AAll~ Seoun • • • • .cujoOclu.cdu • • • • • • •..iseid03830site.com NIGHT PRODUCTION STAff NICttT CHIEF ••••••••••• MArr MUNHm Assr. 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Ill dur :i II and spring for anicles you would like to sec in t jch1ar1elloltyahoo com .stcphenCh.mphotographycom St'Mcster:s .ind 1v.1 e Wc<"kly dur ng th THIU 4DVUTISINC ""'-"ACUI • , ••••••• .SFTH Esns t comaa us ar 581-2812 or b\ e-mail youn jcd11R20holm111 com SA1 t> MANACnt ••••••••••••C11•1> RAun AoMINtsTIL\TION EDITOR ••• • • ••• • • • • .01'£N PROMOTIONS MA.' Peter Andrews (left), a mathematics instructor at Eastem, places beans into a bag held by Steve Cloud, of Mar1insvme, at the Johnson Branch Produce table of the Farmer's Market on the Square Wednesday morning. STEPHEN H .usflliE l:WLY EAST£RN :-.EWS Farmers market offers fresh fruit, vegetables BY )ESSK".A YOUNGS the Square. Tomatoes, bell pep spaghc1ri noodles that can be CllY EDITOR pers, raspberries, plums, pears and eaten with pasta sauce. Want to go? peaches were some of che icems Her husband is in charge of the + What: Farmer's Market Purple eggplants, orange, yel she had acquired, bur an Asian sweet corn, a variety of water mel low and whire squash, green zuc cucumber that "is a cucumber bur ons and the mush melons, which + When: F.ach Wednesday chini, red and green peppers, lighr tastes like a melon" was her most resemble cantaloupes, although and Saturday mommg from 5 green sweet bell peppers, purple exciting purchase, she said. Jean Buxton said they are cwo dif to 10 a.m. red cabbages and red tomatoes Other vendors, such as Jean and ferenr chings. Oscar Buxton has + Where: Courthouse could all be found early Oscar Buxton who sell produce goctcn his customers, and even Square Wednesday morning in boochs for their son's vegetable farm near the staff of chc newly remolded surrounding che Courthouse Sullivan, had hard-to-find icems, courthouse, to car raw sweet corn; Square. like the cucumbers, ac rheir chis ccsc will lee customers know For more information call Jayne Badsley.said she comes co stands. whether che corn will casce good Mike Knoop at ~48-5266 the farmer's markec on che Square The husband and wife pair has when actually cooked. every Wednesday morning in been coming co the Charleston Produce, however, is not the search of fresh produce, specifical farmer's marker each Wednesday only item char can be found ac the ly fresh vcgerables. and Sarurday morning and has Square between 5 and 10 a.m. •1f I'm going co pay the same hauled the produce ro Mattoon twice a week. There arc also flower, sides arc now filled, the number of amount, why nor pay ic to the each week for five or six years, said craft and food mix vendors. customers remains srrong, producer?" she said. Jean Buxcon. First-year market vendor Nicholas said. Yesterday morning, despite the She is in charge of the family's Sharon Nicholas, of Kansas, said The market will continue into chill, wind and overcast s}cies, produce table, featuring fruits and she has been coming co the mar the fall when chc vendors begin STEPHEN Hus/IHE CWLY EASTERN NEWS Badsley had her produce she vegetables in wicker baskets as ket since the end of June. At rhc selling autumn produce such as l basket of bell ,.,,.,. on one of tbe picked up from the variety of ven well as a special spaghetti squash beginning of the summer, three pumpkins, squash and hay bun tables at tht Farmtr's Market on the dors set up in parking spaces thac sells for $1.25. When sides of the square were surround dles. 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" EDITORIAL BOARD Opinion page editor, )ENN1HR CHwuaw Editor in chief, MATT M EINHm Managing editor, JOAQUIN OotoA Assistant managing editor, MATT Wll.LIAMS ~ews editor, ICEvlN SAMPIER Associate news editor, OPEN -.t Sport' editor, AARoN Seoun THURSDAY, AU(.;US'f 26, 2004 [email protected] EDITORIAL COLUMN Students make Attendance policy unnecessary problems for With the fim few days ofclasses comes che "If students feel they can still are not n:sponsible fur their own actions. obligatory lim-day explanation of che course maintain decent grades while Throughout middle school, teachers said "in and che C\'a present syllabus. Always included only attending class when they high school, you'll be on your own," and said network on these is che inscruccor's attendance policy. choose too, they should hue teachers wouldn't baby students. In high By this poinc in a srudent's acidcmic career, that right." school, teachers said the same thing about col F.asrem's Internet connection has been a subject of this is all pretty much old-har. Everyone KfvlN SAMPIER lege. Now in college, students find che same concern for some time and will likely be a concern knows the system by chis poim. Bue instead N~fOITOR mencality and coddling they saw in their high chis semesrer, bur srudenrs growing irritated by a fluc of just aa:epcing all this as a matter ofcourse, school years. tuation in the consisrency of che connection provided reachers and students boch should question The mocivacion co arrend class come:> &om One must also look .u the reasons an the necessity of an attendance policy at che within che srudencs. If chcy cued about chcir insm1cror would implement such a policy. It by the university should remain patiem. college level. grades or the class in the fuse place, they could be the case that an insrruccor wants co The infrastrucrure for the nev system rook 11 The purpc>s<: of an attendance policy is co would be there each day attendance poliq· or stress che facr che course is very challenging mooch~ co complete and was ready for use the ''eek ensure a srudent's mca:ss in a clas.~ by forcing not. And ifa student is ~ing enough cla'5 and C\'m a few missed days will result in before das.\e; began. This is a great accomplishment him or her to always anend or face the pW1- to justif}· an .mendmcc poliq; there is no fulling behind. le could also be char the ishmcnc ofa 10\\~rcd grade. nc;-ed for a policy becmse chances arc they'\'e in.mm:tor knows the cla~s is les.s than chal by the univt·r~iry because this project invohc:s re.._ 'The borrom line i~ s1udenrs should not be fullcn so far behind b} not .mending thC) \'C lenging and if the scudcnrs knew they could wiring all the buildings on cimpus, whid1 was expect forced to attend classes. done to themselves what the policy was onl) show up one or two J.n~ .1 \\eek and srill ed co rake t\"ic:e a.s long to c.omplece. Students voluncarih .:hose to attend designed to do; lower their grade m not pas.s. the room would be empty come tlass The nC\\ system upgrade included nC\\ wires in the F..utem. They signed up for da.ssc:s wuhout shm\1ng up. rime. being forced, with the po~ible exc.cption of On 1he other hand, there are sn1dentS who An .utem.lance poliC} forces those srudenrs walls, ne'' fiber between the buildings and lllW net their parents, and dlC) signed the mmon can miss class and snll pass with flying colors. to am;nd, cvm though cht:}' don't need 10. It work electronics in the \viring closets. cht'dc on chcir own &ee v.ill, coo. So wh}~ An attendance policv is unfair to these s1u would surdr bniise an msrrucror's ego if all Students expenenang connection failure is a prob with all ofche new responsibilities colleges denrs bcciu.:.e they are being pWlbhcd for his or her students never showed up. yet srill lem that '-ould not be avoided. brings. should students be created like high beating the S)'l-1em. pa.s....00 the clas.s. An attendance poliq makes school students \\htlc in the das.~room? "!lie best policy is no policy. Nor n.-quiring sure this porcncially embarr.t-;.,ing ~ruation The security and virus issues were somerhing the lfsrudenrs fed rhq· can still maintain srmknrs to come co da.\S will present them Ill-Ver h.1ppens. unive~ity had co learn about after students arrived, decent grades while only attending cla\!, when with new resporuibilitics, including time: Th~ i.~ not middle school. this is nor high therefore could not be prevented, said Char Chatterji, they choose coo, they should have that right. man.igement decisions and fighring the urge school. this is a uni\"Cr..icy. Boch instructors assistant vice president for informacion technology They paid for the whole class, if they only to sleep in. By using an .mcndance policy, and scudenrs should act like it by giving and want co use a pan ofit, that's up co them. instructors are f0:;tcring the idea thar studenrs accepcing individual resporaibilit}~ services. The brand new sys At issue EDITORIAL CARTOON BY JOAQUIN OCHOA Internet connection tem was puc online chis on Eastem's campus week and as srudem:s has been clown twice since student's arrival. brought their PCs co • campus, the university di.scovcrcd problems .....ITS has been working and issues like virus as efficiently as attaeks. In response, possible to correct and prevent the Eastern bas been apply- connection problems. ing rules co the new fue.. wall char bas not bad these aw00 before. Chattcrji said. Eastern students could not aa::icss the Inccmct fur about an hour Wednesday and about one co rwo hours Sunday because of attacks and an overload on the firewall, but the problems were because ofspecial ports. Problems scudem:s have been reporting involves~ YOUR TURN: LETIERS TO THE EDITOR cial ports noCdcd fur playing Internet games or using file sharing sites such as video or audio downloads noc Students need less shallow outlook ports used for web, chat and e-mail acc.css, Chattcrji said. The Daily .Eastnn News, never a disap ring the srudy guide fur a rest even though used concraceprives, but hey, it'll pass the rime while you're \vaicing fur the abortion. The threat of viruses is "forcing (Eascem) co keep a poincing source of fodder, has done it again. they'd been absent for nine-rcnrhs of the "All Growns up Now" the headline class periods. right lid on pon access," Chacterji said. "If we didn't announced in its yearly premier issue under It's not hard to diagnose the problem. Michael Klem, have any viruses, everything would be open." the revealing quote: "I was really nervous I The hard thing is co find the solution. smior phihsophy major Considering the scale of the projca, Eastern stu would end up with some fu:ak or some How do you arrest the ever-present and thing." The picrurc was about hdping growing problem ofstudent apathy, igno denrs should be glad the network upgrade has pro LETTERS TO TH E EDITOR The Dailv Eastern ~men move into their donns. rance, and disregard for standards of any gressed as fur as it has by now. As fur the speed of their News accepts lett~ 10 the editor addressing l0<:al, I'll leave ic up co you to find rhe irony kind? Seminars? If you can get anyone to go state, national and in1erna11onal ;,sues. They should Internee connection, it will improve when they start rhere. to chem. Change the ridiculous Eastern 1J BY BRITTANY ROBSON more family and consumer sciences CAMP' S RE ·'ORTEr major, said che new Ball 30 class is "awesome" because it is dedicated co To kick off the new school year che abdomen aJld it's fun because it che Student Recreation Center is uses the workouc balls. offering three new aerobics classes, "I needed ro work on my abs so I as well as several modifications ro can wear my cuce shires again." she rcrurning classo. said. "This is fun, noc boring like . .. Walk and Talk 8 is one of the new regul ar sit-ups. classes Eastern is offering. Rock Bonom is che third new aer "Walle and ralk 8 is for scudencs obics class offered chis year. Ewing who wane co walk outside while the said chis 30-minure class focuses on weather is still nice. le lasts eight lower body roning. It meets Monday BUNDY HEADLR/'IHE O'JLY EASTERN NEWS weeks, starting the first week of and Wednesday ac 4:30 p.m. in che Eril Lattil, a IHior urtr ollil6oo4 •lllHatioll •IJor, worts Ht ..... Ille a4'Mct4 abs clan • • ...... , It a,.& school," said Sracy Ewing. aerobics Rec Ccnccr aerobics room. ii flit ..,., ,... of flit Stwlltllt ltomtioll Ctlttr. coordinator at che Ccncer. In addition co che new classes chis "This class is geared toward peo year, some returning classes have ple who arc noc comfortable walk been revamped to fit more srudents' char have been modified are Strictly and Thursday from 6 ro 6:30 p.m. "We also offi:r an aquatics class ing inside the recreational cenrer or needs. Stepping Legs, Advanced Abs and Advanced Abs is for students who called Splash and Splash aquatics for people who jusc wane to get fresh "We want to improve our classes Advanced Kick. arc achletes or students who arc fit, chat meets Monday through ak outside," Ewing said. co benefic and please che whole sru Strictly Stepping Legs is an hour but wane a harder workout than che Thursday ac 6:30 p.m. at the pool in Walk and Talk 8 members walk dent body," Ewing said. "We based long. with the first 45 minutes beginning classes, Ewing said. Lancz Arena," Ewing said. around che panther trail, campus our improvements on comments focusing on step aerobics and the "Advance Abs was really hard but Splash and Splash aquatics scares crack and panther pond, among and complaints from the students." remaining time using che mar for a fun ," Faulkner said. "You can defi in the shallow end and gradually many ocher places on campus. T he The Rec Center offers 40 classes lower body workout. T his class nirely feel che work chat you did che moves to the deep end. Participants class meets Monday and Wednesday with 16 inscruccors and all classes meecs Tuesday and Thursday from nexr day." will have floacacion devices chey can ac 5 p.m. in the Rec Cencer aerobics are free. Ewing said classes have 3:30 co 4:30 p.m. Advanced Kick is more intense wear around their .,..aisr or arms and room been cue by 5 minuco co allow for Jenni Faulkner, a junior journal chan chc beginner kick boxing class, water weights in their bands. Ball 30 is another new class. This ci me berween classes. ism major, is caking the step and which is on Wednesday's from 3:30 The Rec Center also offers four class is a full body-sculpting work "If 'ou htd a half-hour cl:15S aerobics class and said it is fun, but co 4 p.m. pilates c.lasses. Monday through out chat uses 1he exerci\e balls wich before, ic is now 25 minutes, and 1 much endurance is needc:d to keep Ewing said the rwo dance classes Thursday 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Mar same :.ibdominal work. Thi~ class hour classes arc: now 55 minuces up. Eastern offers have also changed. Science is a mix of pilates and yoga meets Tuesda~· and Thursday at 4:30 because there: were many complaincs Advanced Abs is the most popular Funk is now held Tuesday at 6: .~0 and is on Monday 1hrough p.m. in the Rec Center aerobics L15t ye.tr wich classes overlapping cl.tsS Ewing said. This class mccls p.m. and Salsa is on Thursdav at Thursday from 5 co 6 p.m. room. each ocher." she said. Monday, Wednesday and Friday 6:30 p.m. 1n the dance studio of the A complete isr of cla,scs can be Stephanie Sobczew~ki, a sopho- Ewing said ~ome recurning classes from 3 to 3:30 p.m. and Tuesday Rec Center. found at 1hc Rec Center. Buy your textbooks on eBay and save up to~ Giif the list price. PREVENT...... 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RHA president and plans co use ~ ofRHA. ·allows you to voice opinions and "lh::u: are no prercquisiccs fur any of she learned &om her expcricna:s wich OiPicrro had one year of experience change bylaws you fed are viral co resi thc committccs," said RHA President funner RHA president Nachd Glynn. as co-chair fur che Kids Wedccnd dence hall:I." will meet co incroducc ina:restcd sru Lin~ Dipiccro. An upcoming RHA "fm going to use similar methods of Commiace, attended confurena:s fur RHA is planning to get more dcncs to the organi7.arion and disam an rctteat will also be discussed. parli-pro as Nachd Glynn did," the Grear Lakes Affiliacc ofColleges and involved on campus this year during upcoming rcmat. The cxccurivc boa.id will give details DiPietto said. 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"Obviously we have enough housing arrangements for "One of the girls came and told us the Arby's house was on them, and we are planning co give them dining dollars as wdl," fire," Scrackdjahn said. "None of us really believed her, but Hudson said. "I gave chem our comacr information and cold when our coach saw che smoke, we sprinted home." them if they need to, call us." The support they have received bas hdped the five residents Through che swear, rears and high emotion, however, che minimize their feelings off~. house maces realii.ed the ouccome could have been worse. "The Red Cross and our teammates have been awesome," "The fire could've started while we were in ic," Pepper said. Grobcngieser said. "This jusc shows how much our team is a JOSH REE LEY /THE Ot.LY EASTERN NEWS "fm jusc glad we were all ouc and OK." f..unily; they're looking out for us, patting us on the baclc and ACbarlesto11 firtfi&trter walks olfside of the home after fightinc tH The majoricy of che residents left for pracric.e ac 3:05 p.m., making sure we're doing all righr." blaze from the iaside. WELCOME ' JACKSON ST. AUTE. UO MS-6722 DRIVE UP WINDOW BACK STUDENTS - Kegs in Stock Quick Drive-in Service - Everyday Beer Specials - Large Selection of Domestic & Imported Beers - Fine Wine Specials - Evyryday Liquor Specials WANT MONEY - Fast, Friendly Drive-Up Service TO FLY YOUR WAY? Wll!lll ~\ HAU r I IOClllVllT AYUU. --cnotCDurt _114_ "fl -~ UfiC:Ol.llAll£Nllf E.l.U. At.DNC "°' !J 0 - f •I I I' j ~--·-- ... 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Call 148-8882. nr~hed, parkrng. laundl), FREE ... 8127 DSL Fast internet, 5490 913 La t Minute Opening 2BR and 917 4th St. 235-0405 or House w/ Bsmnt Periec.t for Grad J______17-~085 oo Stu or Cpl. Clean Qu1f.'t Private Close. Call Korrna at 549·3843 4 bedroom house, 2 bath, \N D, ~------911 low utrlit1es. clo ~ THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS PAGE 9A Anti-war group's such issues as access ro drinking water STATE. NATIONAL BRIEFS and projeccion of sound along che long, BRIEFS .... plea to rally against narrow space. In her ruling, Silbermann said Republicans denied che anri-war group's lawsuir was an Commitment hearing for draw 250,000 people, and che Parks "11 ch-hour atternpr ro renege on an Deparcment said chat would ruin the agreement" rouse chat space. accused mailbox bomber THE AssoclAT~D PRESS park's lawn. United for Peace and Justice GOP MOVES toward adopting THE AsSOCIATfD PRESS NEW YORK - A judge rejected a had sought an order prohibiting che city platform that takes firm last-minuce plea from anti-war activists from denying its use of che park, noting stand against gay unions IOWA CITY, Iowa -A federal judge in Minnesota will seeking to hold a massive rally in Cenrral chat che area has been used for events determine next monch ifa former college student accused in a Park che day before che Republican con including a Dave Matthews show that NEW YORK - Republicans mailbox bombing spree covering five scares, including Illinois, vention, saying chey were too late. drew more chan 70,000 spectators and endorsed an uncompronusmg posmon should be comnUtted indefinirdy ro a menral bospiral. The group said it would cane.el performances by che New York Cicy against gay unions Wednesday in a man In April, Lucas Helder, 22, was declared incomperenr co che rally, bur scill planned to march to Opera and che New York Philharmonic ifesto char contrasts with Vice President srand rrial on charges chat he planced pipe bombs and anci Madison Square Garden, che convencion attended by tens of thousands. Dick Cheney's supporcive comments govemment noces in rural mailboxes in Illinois, Iowa, sire. The group said the cicy violated about gay rights and che moderate fuce Nebraska, Colorado and Texas in May 2002. The bombs were State Supreme Court Justice the scare Constirucion by allowing cul rur the party will show at nexr week's nation found in che western Illinois rowns of Mount Carroll, Jacqueline Silbermann ruled Wednesday al but nor policical events. al convenrion. Morrison and Elizabeth. chat United for Peace and Justice was Silbermann disagreed, -saying A pand made up largely of conserva Since chat decision, Hdder has undergone addicional rest "guilcy of inexcusable and inequitable che Parks Department "appropriately cive delegates approved platform lan ing ac che Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minn., co delay" in bringing che case to court after applied concenc-neucral regulations while guage that calls for a constitutional deternUne whether be poses a risk co himself or society. months of back-and-forth negotiations leaving (che protest group) with a reason amendment banning same-sex marriage A commianent hearing is sec for Sepe. I, according co a over plans for che Sunday demonstration. able alcernare site." She said che cicy bad and opposes legal recognition of any sore spokeswoman wich che U.S. attorney's office in Minneapolis. Large numbers of protesters shown "che Grear Lawn was not an for gay civil unions. Under federal law, he could be held indefinitely wich peri scill are expected to Bock co che pa.de. appropriate venue for a demonsrrarion of The party's full plarform committee odic reviews by a judge. The anti-war coalition sued che this magnirude." was raking up che marriage plank and cicy last week after pulling out ofa deal co The organit.ation's leaders said other planks late Wednesday, meantime hold che rally on a west Manhattan high they had changed cheir minds about seeking ways to appease Republicans who SOURCE: Michigan congressman to head way following a march from 23rd Screet demonsrrating on che rreeless West Side supporr gay rights or abortion rights ro che Garden. The evenc is expected co Highway because cbey couldn't resolve wichouc embracing cheir posicioos. House intelligence panel CHICAGO -Rep. Peter Hoekstra, a Republican from Michigan, will he-ad the House Intelligence Commiccee as ir GOALS: cakes a key role in che pre-decrion debate over changes co che CONl•Nl !D !ROM •AC.1 1 CIA and rhe nation's overall intelligence sysrem, two congres sional sources said Wednesday. of school. Execucive Vice President, House Speaker Dennis Hasren, R-lll .. was ro introduce Adam Howell, reminded members of the Hoekstra :is rhe choice co head che commiccee larer Wednesday first Board ofTrusrees meecing Sep. I 0 .i.t in Chicago. the sources said, speaking on c:ondicion of I p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the anonymil)~ Union. Hoekstra. 50, who was born in che Netherlands and cune "I would encourage ~rudencs ro actend co the United States as a youngsrer, currently serve.; on che because thi ~ is che governing body of che intelligence commim.'C and represents a district in western university,'' said Howell, who is the stu ~ Michigan. denc representative for che BOT chis year. The incdligence committee's chairman, Rep. Porrer Goss, Howell is also working on scudenc vot R-Fla, has been nominaced by President Bush co be the nexc ing regiscration. He plans to go to CIA director and will fuce confirmation hearings in che Senace Springfield co lobby and encourage letter in early September. writing campaigns. Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dirk Muffler, hopes co address che GOVERNOR wants to overhaul toll system Council on Academic Affairs, with CI-IlCAGO - Gov. Rod Blagojevich proposed a major approving an Asian Studies Minor and an COLI N M CAULIFFE/THE Cll\ILY fASTtRN NEWS overhaul of che state's tollway system Wednesday char would MKat test course to give scudencs Executive Viet Prt1ident Adam Howell reminded students of the first Board of Trustet1 raise rates for truckers, eliminate congested coll plazas and pesources for caking che test. meetinc Sept. 10 at 1 p.11. bl tht Gr111d Ballroom of the Union. Howell is Ealfem's 111- rebuild 274 miles of roads. Vice President for Business Affairs, tltlf repmeldatiYt on tit• llolrL Blagojevich said the 10-year, $5.3 billion plan would reduce Nikki Kull, calked about che funds chat traffic jams for che collway's 1.3 million daily users, saving will be approved next week. has $156,740.17. Vice President for and colleges will be out cherc, and it chem rime and money. "We had only $400 left from srudent Srudent Affairs, Matt Kulp, discussed che should be a great time, n Kulp said. "To put it simply, che current system is outdated," che gov recreation and now have over $7,500," Panther Pal001.a event chat will occur on The Student Senate meets at 7 p.m. ernor said in remarks prepared for an afternoon news confu Kull said. The Studenc Senace has Sep. 8 on che Souch Qµad &om noon to Wednesdays in che Arcolaffuscola Room ence announcing che plan. "When it starred, it was all about $34,838.62, the Apportionment Board 4p.m. of che Marcin Luther King Jr. University moving people co and from places fusccr. Now, it's just che bas $20,316.50 and che Univcrsicy Board "Recogniz.cd Srudent Organizations Union. opposite. It slows everything down." The cenccrpia:e of che plan is replacing che plazas where drivers stop to coss coins into rows of tollbooths. Instead, driv ers would pass through arches chat collea che tolls automati cally ch.rough che elearonic I-PASS system, already used to collea neady 50 percent of rolls. i\..\\f.~~ ~ Drivers without I-PASS rransponders would scill be able to ~GPODll~\O D\t;,C\.)f:b \U~ pay at tollbooths off co che side - at twice the current cost. fbfh\g\L\"N' Or INf.ll\UilN& t> ACCREDITATION team criticizes UIUC's han .. D\<~ ~ fo~ dling of llliniwek issue m~~~\ONf1. .. URBANA. - A three-member team from che associa ) tion chat accredits che Universicy of Illinois chastised che 1 ' school Wednesday for failing to resolve che concroversy sur- 1 1 rounding its use of Chief lliiniwek as che symbol and mas- cot for athletic reams on che Urbana-Champaign campus. However, che Norch Cenrral Associarion of Colleges and Schools did not sanction the campus. Another team will BOONDOCKS BY AARON MCGRUDER visit che campus in che 2006-2007 academic year to see 1 whether progress has been made, che report said. OEFEA1lNG STEM au RES~. PART The three-member ream visited che campus in late April RlOR: 1lME F'-OR YOU-KNOW-WHO! rr' lllE WAY. IF l'M CAUGHT ~EfORE NOVEJ.lfER. IT Will ~ Ias a follow-up to its 1999 accrediration review of che univer 'OM PL,TU \' •••••••••••••••••• • • • • Surprise • • your friends with a • • Birtlldav Ad in the Den! • • ·sa1-2a1s • • •••••••• •••••• •••• THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004 TH£ DAILY EASTERN NEWS PAGE llA WOMENS RUGBY Veterans give stability "\11/e really want co bear Illinois since chcy are ADAM DREMAK one of the besc teams we'll play (this year) and $f'ORTS ~fl'ORTER are our biggest rivals,., Hoopingarner said. "We always look forward ro playing chem, so hopeful Veceran leadership will be key foe che Ea.seem ly we can beat chem.." women's rugby rerun this fall. The ream has 'been unrested so fu chis year, They losr only three players due co gradua wich only practice sessions serving as a gauge co tion, so the Panthers should not have a lor of how well they can perform in a game-rime siru trouble crying co replace those they lose. ation. Starting his sixth year as head coach of the "We had some good preseason practices and only NCAA recognii.cd women's rugby ream, we are scarring the normal season practices now. Frank Graziano is looking forward co having a We will be going preny hard chis week, buc noc ceam wirh so much veceran leadership. co the point where we push the players coo "The chree losses are big on Mary (Archer), · hard," Graziano said. Kare (Taake), and Becky (Carlson). They leave With so many players coming back, there us with some big shoes co fill, bur I am confident does not appear to be any major concerns with in our ream co do a good job replacing them. the team right now. With thac said, keeping This will really be my fuse year reruming here players healthy will be important for the ceam's with so many vereran players," said Graziano. success. Among the vecerans who came back are Jamie "Everybody came in, in preny decent shape, Buenzow, Allegra Hoopingarner and Nikki bur we need to see where we will be in terms Ponce. ofcon ditioning ar the seasons scare. The coach "We have a vs:cy veteran ream since almosc our es and trainers pay dose acrencion ro the play enrire srarcing lineup is reruroing," Buenzow ers health, so that always has ro be of some said. 'We want co go undefeared this year, and concern," Graziano said. "In any contact spore we really are looking forward for the season ro players will gee hurt, and through the course of scan. " a season players will have ro deal wich the The Panrhers srarr the season in Nebraska on minor injuries." Saturday September 4, and they hope co scare the The schedule will include many new teams year on a positive noce heading imo theit rival than Ea.seem has played in the past, including game againsc Illinois. reams from the SEC. Big 12. as well as the Big "Hopefully we can scan the season off posi 10 conferences. tively againsr Nebraska so we can come back Graziano is very pleased with rhe schedule and home with a loc of confidence playing against a how ir should work ouc through the year a~ he pre real cough Illinois team." Graziano said. pares his team for the initial siag~ of the season. Ea.seem the last couple vears has had some "The schedule looks compecirive, but also rrouble playing Illinois knowing the game is a looks real good. Our lase game of che year we go good rivalry for both reams. Since Eascem will down co Florida, which is a team I am unfumil STEPHEN HAASrTHE DAILY l:ASTtRN NE\.\'S play lllinois in the second game this season, it iar with, but (still chink). ought ro be a rough Freshman scrumhaH Cindy Deitch practices with the women's rugby team We dnesday afternoon at should be a good rest for the ream. game," Graziano said. 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Chances need to be taken and strengths need co be shown in order to prove whar an athlete can be. lbat is the case wich the women's soccer program, which continues co bl=m year afier year and conference coumamem championship after conference coumamenc championship. Instead of making invues co less er teams and taking opportunities to gee easy wim, head c:o.1ch Steve Ballard and the Panthers accept invitations from other top schools. Coaches haVl' difren.11t philoso phies on scht'Ciuling, and I chink chc Panthers have chosen the cor- rect one. Some coaches prefer co go lighter early on in order to gain STlPHlN H .USITHF ONLY E.AST!RN NEWS confidence with a few wins before Mea's soccer head coach Adam Howarth drills pllJlrs during practice Tuesday aftemooa at the intramural soccer fields. The players practiced before pouiblt the conference schedule begins. walk-ons took tht field to try and impress Howarth and his coaching staff in order to lock up one of the final roster spots. Sure, that method works for reams char can gain ar-large bids ar chc end, bur Eastern has to win chc Ohio Valley Conference couma mcnc co even think abour poscsca son. In the end ofAugust and the TRYING TIMES firsc few weeks of September, Eastern is playing che No. 2 ranked ream in the country and BY AARON SEIDLITZ Men's soccer team Hmvarth a glimpse at what these playen are going cwo other reams char qualified fur SPORTS EDITOR to be able to do. the 2003 Women's College Cup. holds tryouts for This is something thar the coach does not cake .. I think our succ.ess has earned One chance co make a dream come cruc, and lightly. coruidering he expcas a high Jevd ofplay from the program definitdy regional, if there may not be any opportunities ali:er that co cake those who wish to chose who might have a chance to make the team. not some national, respect; and pare in the sport an athlete has participated in his "Each year the tryout process is a liccle different,• therefore, WC arc getting invites entire life. continue their dream Hmvanh said. "It depends on what our needs arc from bigger time programs," That is the sicuacion about 10 men's soccer hope and what char group of players can accomplish. Ballard said. fuls arc in right now as head coach Adam Howarth ulf we have some~y from tryouts who ends up Afi:er iis sea-;on opener Friday. leads a rwo-day tryour period in an attempt co fill crying out, thus giving them a chance to impress making the team, chat person needs to be able to against Evansville, Easrem plays any hol~ on his roscer that he might haYe. him over a matter of only a couple of hours. second ranked Notre Dame, fol 'IO do so, Howarth drilled the players who are This highly stressful and 'telling time gives SEE TRYING PACE 10 lowed by a crip to No. 26 Nebraska. It also plays DePaul, the fifih ranked team in the region, and Illinois Scare, a college cup qualifi Fresh faces lead offense er, all before ic even sees an OVC opponent. BY DAN RENICK er Alfred Osbourne, who will not play 1be Panthers even cake the rime ASSOCIATE SPORT~ EDITOR this full. Osbourne started the first co fie in Loyola during the micldle three games at split cod lase year of the season and a qualicy Eascem's offensive attaek cook hirs before injury cut his season shore. Southwest Missouri Seate team at in the off-season but will feature a . "That was a position chat cook a hie the end. group of calenccd sophomore's hoping in the off-season," head coach Bob These are the games that make to fill the holes left by depaned seniors Spoo said. "We thought we were good programs, and winning them and off-season injuries. going co be in real good shape there, can make them great programs. The Panthers pure passing arrack but thin~ have changed." Eastern hasnc won three con suffered some hard knocks in the off Fortunately for Spoo, he has sup secutive OVC coumamenis by scason with the losses of senior receiv- port at the receiver position in battle- scheduling che easiest non-confer ence teams. STf PHlN HAAS ITHHWlY EASTERN NEWS SCE OFFENSE PM:E 10 SEE WILLIAMS PACE 10 Tailback Viacent Webb eladts lnliaaa State deftaift plaJtrs ..nq a pmt Sept. 27 at lndi11a State Univmtt,. NG NEW CONNECTIONS ADVICE COLUMN A troubled student wants to know why his girlfriends won't let him explore south of the boarder. ollege is the first time away PAGE2 from home for many people, MUSIC ON THE ROAD forcing them to rely on new Using music to keep a good conversation going on a long social structures road trip. PAGE 8 Afccr carrying load afrcr load ofboxes, 1Vs, ~- and stereos up the stairs (hopefully you were lucky chougb BUYING ACOMPUTER co have an elevator). tears were shed, c-shirts wctt P'lfo For most people, their college carcc:r is filled wich many chascd and promises co call often were made. Mose of me What co know and whar co firsts: first roommace not related co them, first broken freshmen boch feared and desperardy wanted their paraa avoid when investing in a new schedule, where they may have one class one day and seven co leave, gecring anxious as rime rolled on. After a few kiss compucer. the next, and mosc impomncly, first time being away from es and h~. and many more ccars, che "P's" as Honors the parcncal figures. College Dean Bonnie Irwin dubbed parents, finally left. We all saw the freshmen and their parents lugging all College life officially scarced as soon as chose taillights PAGE4 thac scuff co their dorm rooms. le was crazy and chaotic, but fudcd in che distance. Students were &cc co do what they srudenrs were offered hdp from che very moment they wanted without having co ac.count themselves to anyone. drove on to the campus lot. People could stay out all night and (technically) didn't even CONCERT CALENDAR Freshman Juscin Heany said, "There was a good ser up [at Taylor] were people hdped you rake sruff to your room SEE SOCIAL PAGf: l Sec what's going on in the and hdped you just move in fusccr." Coles county music scene. PAGE 8 "'j/11 .,...... REVIEWS ~ "--"°_,_ . Movie: Music: ····"' ALIEN VS. PREDATOR BEST SONGS OF SUMMER SEE PAGE 7 l -~ . ADVICE COLUMN , -o Well this is tricky for me because chances are, If you have braces or cold sores, .ic's possible cooler for one month, FREE. are as much if nor more ofa mystery co me girls these unsightly picfalls mjghc keep your lady 914 18th St. than you, and that's in general. The area you friends from leering you go down under. 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Ocher drugs thac work in a similar way Ifyou're an alcoholic, could you get help Some scienri.sts are srudying how co prolong and char are being reseed in cocaine addiccs scaying sober by raking an anri-nausea drug the effects of nalucxone, now usually given include the anci-se1z.ure mcdicauons used by cancer patien~? as a daily pill for treating dependcnce on ciagab1nc, copiramace and a drug sold over Scienriscs are exploring those questions alcohol or opiates like herom and m9r seas as V1gabacrin. Lava lamp rigbc now. In fact, in the: field of addiction phine. Coc.aine withdrawal spnpcoms mighc Ix medicine, one of the honest sources of new Dr. David Gascfriend of Massachusercs eased by booscing che brain's deplect.-d drugs IS ••• old d~. General Hospital and Harvard Mt.-dical dopamine levels. So scicnriscs an: studying &iitor's 1wtt Each week. the Vf78't wiU ftatu" n dijfermt Despice years of research, there is no drug School and ocher researchers recently dopamine-boosting drugs like Ritalin, used pop culture icon on the cover and provtrk a short histary and approved in the Uniced States for creating reported that specially formulated nalcrex for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, rrasons why it IS known as a pop cuin1" iCQn. cocaine dependence. To find such a creat one hdped alcoholic men cue down on and amancadine, used for flu and menc, che Nacional lnstirute on Drug their drinking for a mooch when chey Parkinson's disease. STAfF REPORT Abuse i.s sponsoring human srudies of 21 received che drug as a shoe in the bucrocks. Addiction is complicated enough co medicines already on the market for some Why is a monthly visit co a doctor better involve many brain circuits, which in rum inventor and avid nudist Craven Walker is cred English thing else. That's about two-thirds of all the than just taking a pill every day? provide many cargecs for anti-addiction ited with creating the first lava lamp, albeit uninrentional potential cocaine drugs being tested in peo "The pill requires a daily awareness chat ~· lnderal, a blood-pressUlC medicine, sometime shortly after the end ofWorld War Walker ly, JI. ple, says Frank Vocci, director of NIDA's this is a dangerous disease and a rational may reduce cocaine craving during early was actually working on design for an egg timer when his a pharmacochcrapy division. decision to cake the pill," Gasdiicnd said. abstinence by interfering with the actions of idea went wildly astray, and the lava lamp was born. Over Over at che National lnsrirutc on Alcohol "The problem with chis illness is chat on another brain substance, norepinephrine. years tinkered his the next 15 Walker with invention until Abuse and Alcoholism, nearly all the poten any given day, a person can fed, 'No, it The antidepressants Prozac and Effcxor, he found the perfect mixru.rc of wax and oil, then got a tial alcoholism drugs tested in people under would be better if I could drink.' So you which boost levels of yet another brain European patent for the lamp and began to marlu:t it institute sponsorship over che past 10 years cake the pill the first day and you have co chemical called serotonin, are also under through his business, CrestWorth Co. were previously approved for some ocher make 29 more decisions" the rest of the study in cocaine dependencr. But the lava lamp didn't make its inaoduction in che use, says Raye Litten, co-leader of chc insri mooch. Then there's ondanseaon (pronounced U.S. until 1965, when cwo American businessmen saw rure's medications development ream. "Bur if you received an injcccion the fuse on-DAN-SC:.cron), which is normally used Walker's lamp at a trade show in Germany and bought the While the strategy is hardly new, "it's day, chose 29 dccisioru have already been to prevcnc nausea and vomiting after cancer market rights co manufucture the lights and them on che been going on maybe just a bit below the made," said Gastfiiend, a paid consul rant to chemotherapy or surgery. Scientists arc other side of the Atlantic. Calling their company Lava radar SC«J:n" for most of the public, Vocci Alkermcs Inc., which is developing the for studying it for both cocaine and alcohol Manufacruring Corporation, Adolph Wertheimer and Hy said. mulation he studied, called VIViucx. abuse, again for ics action in che serotonin Spector designed and began selling various styles of lava It can certainly work. In 1997, for exam More striking than jusr reformulating a circuitry. lamps over the next few years, including a night light for ple, the govemmem approved a stop-smok drug is finding a new and apparently unre le might seem logical that a singic drug children and a model heated a candle. by ing pill called Zyban, which was in fuct the lated use for it. Herc. scienriscs are guided could help in multiple kinds of addiction, In the early 70s Wertheimer and Spector sold the busi older antidepressant Wellbutrin. by emerging knowledge about how addic but even that situation can come with a ness to Lava..Simplex Corporarion, and even more varia To be sure, experts haven't given up on tion hijacks chc brain. twist. Consider Ancabuse, the anti-alcohol tions of the original lava lamp design began to emerge as dcvcloping new drugs. Most NIAAA-fund Addicts apparently suffer &om a combi drug that works by making users sick ifchey the lights reached the height of their popularity. During the ed drug studies for alcoholism char are in nation of unusually scrong desire for a drug drink alcohol. Scientists recently found, decade, Lava-Simplex Corp. introduced ten new designs early stage testing - not yet cried on peo and a weak inhibition against using it, Vocci unexpectedly, chat Anrabuse also hel~ including more "elegam" scyles, some decorated with fuux ple - are brand-new dru~, Litten said. said. cocaine-dcpcridenc people cue bad< oii Bowers and even one featuring a planter dish. The notion of examining current drugs "These people esscnrially have a revved cocaine, though not by making chem sick. But sadly, as the disco decade ended, so it seemed had for addiction-breaking pocenrial holds Sl!V up engine and thin brake pads," he said. Jusc how it does that isn't clear, says the lava lamp's popularity. Lava-Simplex discontinued all eral advantage:.. It's a lot cheaper co gee fed In the brain, scicnriscs have found char researcher Dr Thomas Koscen of Yale except of their six best-selling lava lamp models, and even eral approval for a new use of an old drug cocaine produces euphoria by stimulating University. Ancabuse hampers the normal tho$C only sold until the mid-80s, when the company was tban co bring a completely new medicine to nerve circuics chat communicace with a sub breakdown of cocaine by the body, and bought by the much larger Haggerty Encerprises. market. And experience with an existing stance called dopamine. So they've looked boos~ dopamine levels while reducing nor Arrempting co appeal co the minimalist fashion move drug gives an idea of ics safety and dose for medications that can affecr the activity epincphrine levels, he said. The net effect mem in America during che '80s, Haggerty Enterprises range for possible anci-addiction effects, of this dopamine syscem. may be co reduce boch withdrawal symp directed Lava-Simplex to discontinue what was left of the Voca said. One is a decades-old old drug called roms and desire co seek cocaine, he said. more flamboyant lamps for good. choosing to sell more He and ochers caurion chac people who baclofen (pronounced BAK-Joe-fen), used Shoptaw thinks that within che nexc five simple designs in hopes of keeping the lava lamp in the happen to have medications on hand that co creac spasms, cramps and muscle tight years. some drug will win approval for creat marketplace and out of obscurity. show promise in such studies shouldn't give ness in people wich mulnple sclerosis or ing cocaine dependence. Badofcn, topira Bue ic wouldn't be until the early '90s and the emergence chem to friends and fumily with addiction spinal problems. Steven Shoptaw, a mate and Ancabuse lead his lisc of candi of retro scyle char lava lamps would again become an icon problems. That must be lefc co profession researcher ar the University of California, daces. Each m:iy 6nd a use in a different of American pop cultw"e. als. Expens also say thac even effective anti Los Angeles, recently published a prelimi phase of cocaine dependence, such as gec addiction medicines usually can'c work by nary, federally funded srudy chat suggested ting off the drug or scaying off. he said. SOCIAL: meet people, if you had the balls." Forrunacely, firsr few days. The common theme was that the sorority informational in the Martin Luther (O' Mac BY EVAN H1u llCRGE EDITOR It is noc possible for an Eastern scudcnt to graduacewichouc ac least che occasional encouncer wich computers. While it's not neceswy co own a computer to graduate, ic can make life a bit easier and more fun. Buying a computer is noc rocket science, buc ic can seem like it somccimcs, cspoc:ially wich so many oprions and so much jar gon in the computer market. Th.is guide will explain the paniculars of and ideas ro keep in mind when shopping for a new computer. PRICE Prices range from rcfurl>ished sysccms on Tiger din:a: for less than $300 up ro some of cbc monster performance machines wich all che ~ from Alienw:uc going for more than $4,000. Thac leaves a loc of laricude. Unfurcunatdy, quality Wmdows/Mac divide oan be a problem. varies even more than price. Paying more for a computer docs Alchough there arc video games and gaming bardw:uc for noc guarantee a proportional increase in quality. Macs, Wmdows is scill che undisputed leader in che gaming Several years ago, a company called e-Macbines(SP) released world. 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" r f t •, ,. ,.:• r NETWORK CONNECTIONS SIZE DOES MAMR While wllclcss nctWorking is a technology still in its inf.mcy, it is bcmming prevalent in workplaces, coffee shops and schools iodud- Veterans ofEastcm's residence halls will tell you, space is an issue Thursday:. CJIA' t t ,,... C/ t!.ar y s .Alf\. 1/4 lb. Bulld your own Chic.ago Style ,-.• Vienna Hot Dog w/ fries $1.99 Cubs fansll Old Style Cubs Logo Glasses Nltel s $2.50 Drafts $1.50 Refills - - -You Keep the Glass!- e~ $2 Corona/Corona Light Bottles 0 ...... F F ' I PAGe6 THE D A I LY E AS T ERN NEWS + O N T H E V ERGE OF THE W EEKEND THURSDAY, AUGUSl 26, 2004 Non-religious Americans add numbers to Democrats' coalition THE AsSOCIATED PRESS religious identifications. (The 2004 margin of trend might seem to hdp the Democrats. In God" &om che Pledge of Allegiance. Peterson is error was plus or minus 2 percencage points.) National Opinion Research Center surveys dur now organizing religious opposition co the pro A.fi:er years of ca1k about che cencrality of con A Pew Research Cencer poll of 1,512 aduhs, ing 2002, 13.8 percent answered "none" when posed ban on gay marriages and civil unions in servative Procesrancs and Catholics in the reported Tuesday, showed more Americans see asked their current religion, compared with 6.3 Kentucky. Republican Parcy coalition, an opposite Faccor is the Republican Parcy as "generally fiiendly ro percent in 1991. She says Akron-cype polling overstates secular gaining wider notice: the Democrats' reliance religion" (52 percenc) than the Democratic Party Bue overt appeals co secularists could backfire, ism's impact because many Americans are per upon non-religious vocers. (40 percenc). Among blacks, only 28 percent Layman says, because blacks are more devour sonally religious buc "far more dedicaced to act "Seculars have become an increasing portion saw the Republicans as faich-fiiendly and among than ocher Americans and the Democrats also ing out their faith" through policies than by of che Democratic electoral coalition and espe Republicans, only 27 percenc saw che need some support from churchgoing Catholics church involvement. cially of the parcy's activist base," says Geoffrey Democrats as friendly. and whice Procescants. ln practical cerms chat's precisely che problem Layman of che Universicy of Maryland, author Political scientists say polls thar corrclare reli Lase year Amy Sullivan, a former aide co Sen. for Democrats, says John C. Green. an expert on of "The Grear Divide: Religious and Cultural gious behavior or belief with parcy alignmenc Tom Daschle, complained in a Washington religious fuccors in politics who runs the Akron Conflict in American Parcy Politics." The trend indicate the "God gap" is more significant than Monthly article char Democratic leaders worried surveys. Unlike Republicans nerworking ac originated in 1972 and had become obvious co most Factors, induding the much-coured gender so much abour "their core base of secularises and weekly w.orship or with ocher groups or listening political scientists by 1992, he says. gap. religious minorities" that they shunned religious co religious broadcasts, the unchurched voters A rdigiously linked values dash is redefining Similarly, scholars' surveys of ddegates to the appeals, thus undera.icting "any chance of build "are much harder co find and organize," he says. U.S. politics, according co Louis Boice and parries' 2000 conventions found contrasts on ing a sustainable elecroral coalicion." Worse yec, they're less likely co voce. Gerald De Maio of City University of New weekly worship attendance (59 percent for Sullivan chinks in 2004 the Democrats are To Boice, che Democrats' new religious rheto York. And ifRepublicans are labeled che parcy of Republican ddegaces, 35 percent for finding "ways to acknowledge che importance of ric doesn't alcer the fa.cc that the cwo parries have religious tradicionaliscs, they assen, "che Democrats}, expressing "a great deal" of reliance religion," luring religious moderaces wichouc become markedly different on disputes chat Democrats with equal validity, can be called the upon religion (41 percent for Republicans, 23 alienating non-religious supponers. divide secularists and religious oadirional.ists. He secularist party.,, percent for Democrats) and conservative beliefs One sign of the new emphasis came the and De. Maio raced U.S. senators' records che A University of Akron poll of 4,000 adults about the Bible (54 percent for Republicans, 26 Friday before the parcy's Boston convention past decade from 0 co 10 in voting on matters this spring showed that chose with no religious percenc for Democrats). when chairman Terry McAuliffe named Brenda like abortion, homosexualicy and aid for reli affiliation are 17 percent of self-identified Moreover, Boice observes, some Americans Barcdla Peterson, a Christian Church (Disciples gious schools. Democrats, rivaling che party's cradicional blocs aren't just non-religious but anti-religious. of Chrisc) minister, as che Democratic National &publicans had an average of 0.95 and of white Catholics (l 8 percent) and black Surveys have shown hostility toward evangelical Committee's fuse religious outreach Staffer wich Democrats 8.9 on their secularism scale. John Procescants (16 percent). The secularists favored and fundamentalist Protestants among a seg in memory. McAuliffe said chis reflected Kercy scored a perfect 10, as did John ~ John Kerry over George W. Bush by 57.4 per ment of Democrats, including more than half Democrats' "commitment to reaching all people once he joined the Senace. Zell Miller, the cent to 27.2 percent (wich the rest backing och the party's 1992 convention delegates. He likens of faith." Democratic rumcoac that Republicans named as ers or undecided). this co anti-Catholic bias from the 1850s But Peterson .resigned less than cwo wedG their convention keynoter lase week, scored zero. The Akron polling since 1992 is particularly through the 1920s, except that this rime "it's later, after the conservative Catholic League useful because samples are large and interviewers more a prejudice of the educated classes." pointed our chat PeteISOn had joined a legal brief press for specifics on affiliation rather than vague Since America's secular ranks are growing, the asking the Supreme Courc ro remove "under People in the news tl>s· ~as - A.sk Robert ical animals in it, have become so eracion, was remaking sociecy. {His claims of being a retired news - "Since 1952, che television MacNeil ro assess che currenc state of polarized and so intolerant of ocher "The People Machine: The man aside, the 73-year-old is still hard industry has engulfed che national journalism and he offers a modest dis views, Democrats want co see more Influence of Television on American at work MacNeil's books include che conventions, noc only covering chem claimer. blood flow from che arrows ofjournal Politics" - overshadowed ac the time 2003 memoir "Looking for My and interpreting chem to the rest of "I'm son of a retired newsman. I'm ists and &publicans wane more red by Joe McGinniss' sexier "The Selling Country: Finding Myself in the councry, but (with che active coop noc following ic with che intensicy I meat ouc there going after of the President" - is a choughcful, America," and he's working on a PBS eration of the parties) reshaping them, was when I was working," says che Democrats," MacNeil said. 333-page volume that remains perti documentary and companion book molding chem into happenings more former co-anchor of PBS' "The When he hears a claim thac che nent. "Do You Speak American?" - a fol appropriate co television." (Ironic, MacNeil-Lehrer NcwsHour." now-solo anchor of the "The While McGinniss focused on TV's low-up co his 1986 documentary given char necwork have severdy min But, when pressed, he cices whac he NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" fuled co role in revamping candidate Richard "The Story of English.") imized their convention coverage considers among the mosc croubling go on the actack in an interview, Nixon's image, MacNeil cook on che Relying on research as well as his based on che claim the gatherings are crends, including news coverage deco MacNeil chinks he know the impetus broader issues of how networks, catbird's-sear vancage point, MacNeil's merdy dog-and-pony shows - an rated with tabloid glitter and opinion behind che complainr: Allowing politicians and government were 1968 book ascurely dissected the approach MacNeil considers misguid~ shaded reporting. guescs to air their views chcough skill responding ro the growing power of pocencial and shorrfulls of the young ed: Although conventions are "full of' "I chink ics only beginning," he ful quescioning isn't enough anymore. the electronic eye. medium - and was prescient in how all sores of conceived symbolism and said of the latter. "It's as though che viewer wants a When he wrote "The People ir could go further astray. manipulated imagery, they do never MacNeil blames Fox News lictle window - you know how they Machine," celevision bad been a part Among his observations and con cheless give che country a sense of how Channel for "cynically and deliberace have signing for the deaf - saying, of U.S. elections since 1948 (albeit clusions: that party wants co be thought of," he ly" choosing to build its audience with 'This is full of bull,"' MacNeil cold with a limited reach) and MacNeil - "There is evidence that che cde said.) "aggressive and competitive parriotism The Associated Press. was already an experienced broadcast vision indusoy, for its own commer - "Seldom does a candidate seem and waving the flag." If anyone deserves a place in che journalise. The Montreal narive starr cial purposes and in unwarranted fear che same ac che end (of a campaign) as But it's noc all Fox's fault, he said. debate about news, ic's surdy ed with the Canadian Broadcasting for the safecy of its licenses to operate, he did ac che beginning. His image Audience expeccations are being MacNeil. His insights rep.resent both Corp. in che 1950s then moved to has ac times forced its news depan takes form, and cdevision itself has shaped by the growing drumbeat of experience and che long view: He NBC News as a foreign and domestic mencs co adopt a craven and accom much co do with the transformation." partisanship, he suggested. wroce a 1968 book assessing how the correspondent. Stints at the BBC and modating attitude co Congress and "As this society, or ac lease the polic- nascent TV medium, in jusc one gen- PBS followed. che Whice House." WHAT'S POPULAR THIS WEEK TELEVISION FILM Sucka Free/Columbia. 3. "God.father Buried Alive," Shyne. 1. "Summer Olympics Thursday 1. "Exorcist: The Beginning," Warner 3. "Goodies," Ciara (fear. Perey Gangland. Primetime l," NBC. Bros. Pablo). Sho'nu.ff. 4. "Amerikaz Nighrmare," Mobb 2. "Summer Olympics Tuesday 2. "Without a Paddle," Paramount. 4. "Slow Motion," Juvenile (feat. Deep. Infamous. Primetime l ," NBC. 3. "The Princm Diaries 2: Royal Souja Slim). Cash Money. 5. "One Day &mains," Alter Bridge. 3. "Summer Olympics Wednesday F.ngagancnt... Disney. 5. "Turn Me On," Kevin Lyttle (fear. Wind-up. Primetime 1," NBC. 4. "Alien vs. Pttdator,.. Fox. Spragga Benz). VP. (From Billboard magazine) 4. "Summer Olympics Monday 5. "Open wm:r.· Lions Gate (From Billboard magazine) Primetime l ," NBC. (From Exhibitor Rdations Co.) CONCERT TOURS 5. "Summer Olympics Sunday ALBUMS 1. Madonna. Primetime 2," NBC. 1. "Autobiography," Ash.Ice Simpson. 2.Prince. (From Nielsen Media Rcscan:b) HITT FIVE Gdfen. 3. Simon & Garfunkel. 1. "l.can Back," Terror Squad. 2. "Now 16," Variow Artists. 4. Dave Matthews Band. SROUnivcrsal/UMRG. Univcrsal/E.MllSony 5. Eric Clapton. 2. "Suruhine," Lil' Flip feat. Lea. Music/Z.omba/UME. (From Pollstar) THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS. ON THE VERGE OF THE WEEKEND l'AGE. 7 Monster match-up a colossal disappointment REVIEWS MJ 8¥ PATRICK WIMP Alien vs. Predator Grade: C When a "versus" movie featuring two historically rated R franchises is creaced under a PG-13 racing. ques cions begin to arise abouc rhe serious ness of che film and irs crurhfulness co rhe originals. Throw in a man who has wriccen and clirecred several second race video game adapracions and you gee "Alien vs. Predacor," a mediocre movie and a feeble arrempc ac bring ing cwo of science ficrion's mosc beloved characcers cogecher on screen. Paul W.S. Anderson (Morral Kombat, Residenc Evil) brings rhe acid bleeding Aliens and galactic super hunter Predacors togerher in a film rhat despice its title, focuses far coo much on ics human characcers. The biggesc screngch of"AvP" is irs incredible fight scenes becween rhe creacures from oucer space. When che Aliens and Predators duke it our rhe baccles are spirit lifting and speccacu SUBMITTED PHOTOIT\....C,TIETH CTNTURV FOX lacly bloody, unfonunately chese The monsters from "Predator," right, and "Aliens," face each other in a scene from "Alien vs. Predator." fights are few and far between. By rhe rime rhe ride characcers accually gee sense female in charge of che Predators serving as gods and cre As aforementioned, the presence of Jones scyle labyrinth. down to business you are worn down expedicion co rhe Predators' ators to all ofearly hwnan civilizacion. humans on screen gradually becomes "Alien vs. Predacor" is a colossal dis from an excessive amount of boring ancient pyramid. Her performance is Even che expedition under thousands more and more irriraring and plagues appoincmenr. Its saving graces are the human interaction. sound but nowhere near as credible as of fecc of ice co rhe Predators' cemple rhe enrire film. Even when mosc of che minority and they cannot make up for The scar power in "AvP'' is limited Weaver's Ellen Ripley. Henrikson's is believable but chis is where it ends. team is eliminated, we are created tG a the .medi.ecricy of rJie,~~~µgh ar best, Sanaa Lachan (Blade, Love multiple "Alien" appearances add a The characcers are bland and unin horribly cheesy ceam up beC\veen rhe final scene setting up a sequd is and Basketball) and Lance Henrikson nice nod co che original films bur nor spired, elicicing very lirtle emotion or Lacban's character and the Jase remain very cool, let us hope tbac we will be (Aliens, Alien 3) give srrong perform enough ro power chis new incarna care for what happens co chem. There ing Predator. Apologies for near spoil spared from another of the series. ances but filling in rhe shoes of tion. are arcemprs co create solid-backed ers bur no one is missing anything if Perbaps Paul Anderson should rake a Sigourney Weaver, Arnold The scory of AvP is decent, on pat scories for everyone buc chey flesh our they avoid che ridiculous scene featur break from che video game genre and Schwarzenegger and Danny Glover is wich the resc of che film. Anderson's as cheap knockof& of the team from ing Lachan and the Predator running look ac the many ocher beloved licens a tall order. Lachan is che new no non- script has a few nice touches such as che original "Jurassic Park." side by side co escape the Indiana es rhar he shamdessly embarrasses. Top five songs of summer Comedian Al Franken urges New Yorkers to yell lacer. 2) "FLOAT ON" By Modert Mouse "Fuggedaboudit!' during convention 4) "TAKE ME OUT" Possibly the biggest surprise of the By Franz Fmli1Ul11d summer, Modest Mouse has come, like Franz Ferdinand, from relatively cy," he asked chat participants quiet BY DAVID THILL This art-house rock group was nowhere co capcure the attention and The Associated Press down once Bush begins speaking so STAff WlUTER completely unheard of ro most radio ears of all of America. "Float On" is a NEWYORK -Al Franken wants "people can hear him give a bad listeners unril rhey released chis break deparrure from rhe ususal sound of you to gee up our ofyour chairs, open speech." Each and every year from the dance out hie song earlier chis summer. A Modest Mouse, but ic is still a very your windows, stick your heads ouc Franken said he expects 100 mil dubs co the beaches, the summer is good scrong bear tied in with vocals radio-friendly song char can be heard and yell ... fuggcdaboucdit? lion people nationwide co participate, che rime of year for the most antici reminiscent of early Robert Smich of on borh rock and pop radio stations. Well, yes. adding: "Anyching less would be a pated albums co be realeased and che The Cure gives chis song, as well as In che spirit of Paddy Cbayefsky's horrific failure." hotcCSt music co be unveiled. This chis band, a very unigue sound. classic movie monologue from Unlike che movie version - "I'm as swnmer has been no difierent, as sev 1) "CH-CHECK IT OUT" "Necwork," the liberal comedian mad as hell, and I'm not going co rake eral new acrs and old favorites have By The &atsi.e Boys Wednesday urged New Yorkers - chis anymore!" - chis procesc has come out with new albums and sin 3) "TALK SHOWS ON and ocher Americans - co simultane been railor-made for regional dialects, gles. MUTE" ously scream the all-purpose local Franken said. It is wich great pleasure char I crown wisecrack at the moment chat In his native Minnesota, people are By Inc11bus 5) "DOWN" the best song of the summer "Ch President Bush accepts the nomina co yell "Oh no ya don't!" in an exag By Blink 182 check It Out" by The Beasrie Boys. Ir tion. gerated accent. The latest rdease from chis San A slower song chan mosc orhers on has been a few years since chese New "Th.is is a form of protest chat is In California, che suggested shout Diego rrio is a seep in the right direc rhe rock charts, "Talk Shows on York rappers have been on the scene, very non-disruptive," Franken said at is: "No way, dude!" cion. "Down," the the band's latest Mure"is the latest and greares from but with the same swagger and sound, a press conference in the Park Avenue Air America has created a Web site, single, is a sullen and marure song nor the So-Cal rock band Incubus. After che Beasties have grabbed che reigns of office of Air America radio necwork, www.chegreacamericanshoucouc.org, usually seen from a band chat likes co rhe initial release of"Megalomaniac," pop music yet again. The song is a where he hoses a talk show. where participants can plan "shouc cell fare jokes on scage. The song is many funs choughc che band had funcascic mixture of old- and new Franken said che Sept. 2 protest, parries" or lee their solo shout be indicative of rhe enrire album released become coo political, but chis song school rap. The band utilizes the same called the "Grear American Shour counted. by the band chsi past fall. The band reminds us chat jusr because a band method of melding hilarious lyrics Ouc," will nor "cax our public safei:y Air America began on 6ve scarions has slowly been moving in a mature has important views on heavy issues ·wirh infectious rhythms and an easy system at all." around rhe counrry on March 31 as a direction, seeming!} crying co leave doesn't mean chey can't release a song hook. Congrars co these veterans of "This is our way of venting," lefr-leaning political alternative co behind their stigma of being jusr without addressing serious copies. rhe music world who masterfully Franken added. "Ir will be a catharsis." conservative raJk radio. le now airs on another pop-punk acc. Wich songs The use of synthesizers in the song is show how, even in their forties, white Franken said he expected rhe shouts 23 scacions nationwide. like chis, Blink 182 should be able to alone phenomenal. boys can srill rap. to lase less than 6ve minutes. Ouc of shed the scereorype sooner rarher than "respect for the office of the presidcn- THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS • ON THE VERGE OF THf. WEEKEND THUR.mAY, At·c i.;sr 26. 2004 GUIDE TO BITTER LIVING Music to make friends on the All American roadtrip Here'~ rhe siruarion. You're sec co go on a road trip or brcalong chin&. into ear candy that 'can be as smooch as spun silk and hard- 1 excended vehicle voyage wirh someone you've recently mec. Mascerpiece quality aside, what makes chis album good core enough co keep generacions of rockers searching for You might consider them a friend or an acquaintance, but for the road is (nearly) everyone knows Nirvana. and the dusive edge Hendrix seemed co have ar his beck and the poinc is you don't know each ocher very well. While l almosc as many people have something co say about them. call. love road trips, I hare uncomfortable silences, and if you're nor careful, a 4-hour drive to Chicago can be chock-full of Each of these albums have cwo Ckments in common: uncomfortable silences. fuse cbey fearurc bands or artim that have made a lasting However, music being king and we are its scr&, a silent impaa on che music industry, and their work has noc yet EVAN Hill siruation wich nothing co ralk about can be reccified wich been discarded. This should provide all che music geeks out JUNIOR JOURNAL an appropriate music sclcccion. This guide is written +BLUR- self-citied chere with plenty of nuances co discuss and geek out on ISM MA.JOA assuming you know nothing abouc your roadmace's music (myself included). preference, and cbey decline co scare a preference. Also, you Next on my list is Blur's 1997 self-tided album. I've Second, chey are on che mellow end of che spectrum anc don't have co cake my advice on specific alburns co play, but found chis co be the definitive mellow mix of crunchy, don't have sounds rhe ear would find jarring or abrasive, yet keep in mind what traits each album has. spacy rock sprinkled wich che eccentricities Blur is known chey arc not so mellow they would put you co sleep when for. you need co stay awake co avoid running over those orange I this album is edgy and abrasive enough co keep you cones. This makes listening co and ralking over chem easy awake on che road and mellow enough co ignore ifyou gee and seamless with no need co adjust che volume. a good conversation going. Road crips are one of cbe greaccst pares of early adult hood. and some of my mosc cherished memories came + Nirvana - "Unplugged" from chem. When I was l 7, Dr. Dre taught me char not all hip-hop sucks and my friends John, Paul, George and .. This is one of the few classics my post-MlV generation Ringo helped me cope wich being cooped up wich my dad can uuly be proud of. Say what you want about grunge and scepFamily for the 26 hours between Illinois and wesc and the cynical angst of the early 1990s; this album is a +Jimi l lcndrix - "Eleccricladyland" ern Monrana. high-qualicy mix of obscure covers and Nirvana son& char ln all honl'Sty, I love a great conversation; bur sometim~. all translate well inro an acoustic seccing. which is a feac for Jimi Hendrix is the only musician f've ever considered r have crouble talking weU with people I've just mer. MtL~ic a band driven by an O\erabundance of distortion on che capable ofpuUi ng offwhat I call Mm ell ow met£ succc:ssful has become che wonder-drug of our generation. Ir cures guitars and fierce live shows featuring classic "rock scar" ly. While Elecrricladyland scam off \vich a rarher dissocia depression, an&t• low sex drive, and ir has cured my social anria like cavorting around che stage and yelling and cive ~pat ofexperimental 1960~ psychedelia, it rapidly ~hifu anxiety. t Small, simple telescopes discover big new planet orbiting a star (AP} Astronomers using cdescopes noc much menc, loads of rime and enough caffi:ine co sc.ay Planct-huncing beyond our solar system is buc chis is che first rime ic has been used co derect larger chan che spyglass Galileo wielded 400 awake. Just last winter a Kencucky man in his perhaps che mosr glamorous race in astronomy, a new planer using such modesc inscrumencs, years ago have discovered a new Jupicer-siwd backyard found a new nebula, or scar nursery, with at lease 123 identified. researchers said. planer orbiting a bright, distant scar. thac had been overlooked by scientists at major [n a separate anoounccmenr Wednesday, The sophisticated technique has been com· It is the firsc planer co be discovered by observatories. European ascronomers said they had discovered pared co standing in Boston and spotting the an incemacional network of ascronomers using "You might chink char you need a big cdc yec another new planer using more convention shadow of a mosquito 6ying in front ofa search tdcscopes no larger than chose sold ac Wal-Mart scope co do chis, buc that's nor really true," said al techniques. Their new planet is interesting. light in New York City. ffit Ute Wrl!: prltc as a11 ifud. Guillermo Torres of che Harvard-Smichsonian they said, because ics dimensions arc more "All char we have co work wich is che light dw "This portends a new era in planet Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. Earth-like. le is the second planer co be found comes fiom rhe scar," said scudy co-author huncing." said Geoff Marcy of the University of Torres is one of 12 astronomers &om six insti orbicing a scar in the constellation Altar 50 lighr limochy Brown of che Nacional Cenrer for California-Berkeley, whose ceam has discovered cucions that collaborated co find che new planet. years from Earth. Armospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. "Ir's nearly 60 new planets, but was nor involved in Details are online in Astrophysical Journal Bur it is the new "lirde telescope char could" much harder co learn anything when che scars arc ch is survey. Letters. mcchod rhac has researchers buzzing. faint. le was only a decade ago chat the world's mosc "The follow-up work requires very specialized The new planer in cbe consrdlacion, Lyra, 500 "The .fua chat we can learn anyching at all sophisticaced telescopes with mirrors more chan cechniques, so chis is something char mosc peo light-years from Earth was che fim to be spocced from a planer char is 500 lighc-years away is 30 feec across were beginning co notice celestial ple couldn't buy in a shop and do right away," by che Trans-Adancic Exoplanec Survey. (An exo astonishing.~ Brown said in a scaremenL hints - a scar's wiggle here, a brief dimming Torres said. "Bue the hardware is Fairly simple." planer is one char orbits a star ocher chan che Astronomers confirmed the discovery by there - that planers orbit scars Far beyond our Ocher planet hunrers say che small celescopcs' sun.) using che gianc Keck I telescope in Hawaii, fol solar system. success is "quire significanc" because ic makes che Small cdcscopes assembled with off-che-shclf lowing the established method of planer decec Now telescopes 'vich opcics just 4 inches wide search cheaper and simpler, which could acceler parts were sec up at Palomar Mountain in rion that measures how a planets graviracional cosang a few hundred dollars are scanning the are che pace of planet discoveries. California, the Lowell Observacory in Ariwna rug makes a scar wobble ever so slighdy. heavens for signs of chcsc new worlds. Ofcourse. "But you still need auromared telescopes co and Ascrophysical lnstiruce of che Canary Wands The new planer, knO\vn as TrES-1. is a hoc. precise navigacion systems, powerful computer really cut down the operating coses," said near AfiiC1. The inscrumencs examined 12,000 Jupiter-siu:d gas giant orbiting just 4 million software and several Ph.D.s working full-cime University of Texas ascronomer William brighc scars over a chree-ycar period. miles from a scar in Lyra. By comparison, Earth are pare of the formula for success, coo · Cochran, who recently spotted a new planer The telescopes looked for a brief dimming in is positioned 93 million miles &om che sun. h Scill, the discovery suggests it won'c be long using che Hobby-Eberly Observatory in wesc a scar's bnghcness, indicating a planer might have zips around its scar in 72 hows, meaning a year before the hunt is joined by backyard Texas, which combines 91 hexagonal mirrors co moved across che scar's face. This mechod previ on the planer equals just chree days on Earth. ascronomcrs armed wich off-the-shelf equip- form a lighc-gachering surfucc 30 feec across. ously has been used co confirm planer sightings, CONCERT I EVENT CALENDAR QUOTE THIS Sept3 • J. Davis Trio Do you have any · Friends & Co. Sept.4 New Sclwol-Year'sResolutions? • Dave Riley Blues Band • Poprocks Gunner Buc's Gunner Buc's 9p.m. Aug.28 • Back to JAC Celebration w/ Brent Byrd, Joe Eastwood and Elsinore 8p.m. m Brennan Rizzo Townsend Katie Delslnger Sharie Gillett James Rasmussen Jafon freshman senior education freshman biology freshman comput- senior sociology sophomore undecided major major mator er infonnation major Aug.29 marketing major systems major • Soulfly w/Cnsis •No/• "To help organize •Pass my •Study more, al/.• Canopy Club ·aemore the cJasses!.• •Not at more COITll1lUMy 6p.m. involved in African-American service for a bet- $15 student tercampus.• population on organizations." campus in both social and political functions. II