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Eastern Illinois University The Keep October 1997 10-31-1997 Daily Eastern News: October 31, 1997 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1997_oct Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: October 31, 1997" (1997). October. 22. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1997_oct/22 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1997 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in October by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. PARTLY CLOUDY Falling a high of 67º INSIDE trees Panthers travel to Indiana State looking for TM win against FRIDAY Eastern Illinois University Sycamores Charleston, Ill. 61920 October 31, 1997 Vol. 83, No. 51 Charleston gets haunted this 12 pages weekend by Jaycees. PAGE SECTION B 12A Student trustee vote bill passes House of Representatives approval sends proposal to Illinois Senate By AMY THON Ruthie Rundle, vice president for Staff writer public affairs and current Eastern student trustee, said the approval of The Illinois House of Repre- the bill by a vote of 116-0 sends a sentatives Thursday unanimously very powerful message of passed a bill which will give approval. student trustees a vote on “I think this is very exciting,” university governing boards. Rundle said. “All I can hope is that Chris Merrifield, Eastern’s it passes through the Senate with liaison to the capital, said the bill the same speed and the same passed with only one amendment. support.” The amendment changed the bill so The Student Action Team has that the governor would not be able been working to influence House JOHN BATES/staff photographer to pick the student trustee, she said. representatives and Senate “Mary” returns from the dead and plays a haunting tune Thursday night at the fateful piano in This is the second bill brought members to vote in favor of the Pemberton Hall as part of the Halloween festivities. before the House about giving new bill. student trustees the vote. The first Student Action Team member bill was amended by Gov. Jim Ellen Eardley said they were not in Edgar. The governor performed an favor of the amendatory veto. Students scare up ghosts amendatory veto to change the bill “We decided we were not in so that he would be able to chose support of the amendatory veto the student trustee from each because it took away the student Students learn history of Pemberton’s Mary school. decision on who the trustee would By SCOTT BOEHMER them through normal, occupied floors arriving on With the new bill, the governor be,” Eardley said. and HEATHER CYGAN the landing of the fourth floor. will only be able to choose the Since the group did not have Staff writers Several students waiting to see the tour said the trustee at the University of Illinois enough time to get to Springfield hope of seeing Mary, Pemberton’s legendary ghost, and at Southern Illinois University before the bill was discussed in With the sounds of screaming, banging doors which brought them to the event. because both U of I and SIU have committee, Student Action Team and Mary playing the X-Files theme on piano, “With all the hype, it shouldn’t be cheesy,” Anne multiple campuses and multiple members lobbied by phone dozens of students took journeys through a Bergstrom, a sophomore speech and English major, representatives. Tuesday morning. “haunted” Pemberton Hall Thursday in an attempt said as she waited in line. The student trustee at Eastern “Tuesday morning Student to see the legendary fourth floor. Once inside, students were terrorized by spooky would be chosen by the student Action Team members called The tour lead students through a dim-lit maze costumed characters positioned throughout the tour, body when they elect the Vice committee members and let them and into the basement of the hall before bringing See GHOST page 2A President for Public Affairs. know Eastern supported Winkle’s “The bill will go to the Senate to amendment,” Eardley said. be acted on the week of Nov. 10 The Student Action Team will be when they are in session on Nov. writing letters to senators with their 11 and 12,” Merrifield said. Eastern receives $720,000 grant See BILL page 2A for student development skills By JUSTIN KMITCH strong freshman-sophomore Staff writer We are trying to keep retention rate of 81 percent, as these students in well as provide critical support to A $720,000, four-year loan, was school and add to Eastern’s upperclassmen to ensure their awarded to Eastern’s Office of “ academic success through Minority Affairs to help provide 61 percent graduation rate.” graduation,” Beck said. “A unique students with things such as – Ann Beck, component of the program will be leadership development skills. director of TRIO the use of faculty mentors to assist The Student Services Grant, students in obtaining internships from the U.S. Department of and in continuing their studies in Education, will help provide rate,” Beck said. graduate and professional students with tutoring, counseling, Students currently enrolled in schools.” study skills enhancement, cultural TRIO programs nationally mirror Eastern is one of only 808 activities and supplemental the nation’s multicultural and colleges and universities chosen to instruction. multi-ethnic society. house such a program. Eastern “TRIO assists low-income/first- “Although this grant is under will be serving 175 carefully generation/disabled students to the supervision of the Minority selected students. Students stay in college until they earn their Affairs Office, it is designed to enrolled in the program are baccalaureate degrees,” said Ann serve all students,” Beck said. required to participate in all Beck, director of TRIO. Of the national TRIO students, support services, as requested, a “Statistically, they drop out of 39 percent are white, 36 percent press release stated. ANNA BETZELBERGER/staff photographer school more due to being are African American, 16 percent “Eastern was one of the last overwhelmed with the pressures of are Native American, 4 percent are schools to receive the grant Dressed for the holiday college. Asian American and 16,000 are because we didn’t apply for it Sarah Iverson, sophomore health studies major; Megan McGlasson, “We are trying to keep these disabled, a press release stated. right away,” Beck said. “Most freshman theater arts major and Stephanie Brandt, freshman undecided students in school and add to “What we hope to accomplish is academic institutions are already major, dress up for the Rocky Horror Picture Show Thursday night as Eastern’s 61 percent graduation to continue enhancing our already involved in the TRIO program.” part of the many Halloween activities on campus. 2A Friday, October 31, 1997 The Daily Eastern News 19-year-old British nanny convicted of shaking death CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – In a case The baby died in his father’s arms five “I feel very strongly that anyone who showed the baby’s injuries were caused by that riveted audiences on both sides of the days later. heard the evidence in this case knows that being shaken violently and having his head Atlantic, a 19-year-old British au pair was The conviction carries a sentence of life Louise Woodward did absolutely nothing slammed against a hard surface. convicted of murder Thursday by shaking in prison with a chance of parole in 15 wrong and did her very best to save this Police officers also testified that a baby in her care to death. years. Middlesex Superior Judge Hiller B. child’s life,” said defense attorney Andrew Woodward told them she had been “a little “I didn’t do anything,” Louise Zobel set sentencing for Friday morning. Good. rough” with the child, a statement she has Woodward said through loud sobs when Woodward’s parents sat stone-faced “Her parents are devastated, like we all denied making. the verdict was read. “Why did they do after the verdict was read. are.” The three-week trial captivated audi- Woodward, who took the stand on her that to me?” Matthew’s parents, Sunil and Deborah ences in the United States and in Britain, own behalf, was unflappable as she denied It took the jury three days to convict Eappen, both physicians, were not in the where trials are not televised and viewers doing anything to harm the child. She said Woodward of second-degree murder in the courtroom. They did not immediately were transfixed by the gavel-to-gavel tele- she only shook him when she panicked death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen. return a phone call to their home. vision coverage afforded the case. while trying to revive him after some kind Woodward called 911 on Feb. 4 to say The defense said the verdict would be The prosecution relied on experts who of convulsion. She denied telling police Matthew had stopped breathing in his crib. appealed. testified that medical and autopsy reports the baby’s head hit the floor. Police capture Illinois woman BILL from page 1A “What we have planned is, “Hopefully each legislator each member of the team is will get several letters from ending five-week armed standoff going to write a form letter say- Eastern students on this issue,” ROBY, Ill. (AP) – An apparent- Ruby Ridge and Waco as an calm her down. ing Eastern supports House bill Eardley said. ly deranged woman who held example of overzealous law Nearly two hours after Allen 2364 with Winkle’s amend- The Student Action Team police at bay for more than five enforcement. Others questioned was taken, just before noon, sever- ments.