The Daily Egyptian, February 22, 1996

Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC February 1996 Daily Egyptian 1996 2-22-1996 The Daily Egyptian, February 22, 1996 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_February1996 Volume 81, Issue 99 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1996 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in February 1996 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Inside: New SIUC Core Curricul~~ c9j.1rs~s-se(fo.begtn~i,nJ~li~ page 3 e Deans: Limitations ~~;rir:i,r:1g needed By Lori D. Clarie ofSIUC. DE Assistant Politics Editor "This is a difficuJt time. but it is necessitat II The money that was getting ready to_ be spent ed IJJ the loss of student enrollments and the is now not available:,, . - - problem with the state penaliziitg u~ on tuition Placing limitations on hiring for cenain fac waivm," be said. '1t's something we have to ulty and staff positions is a necessary step to get through the best we can." deal with the University"s budget problems, John Jackson Jackson S&-d budget problems have also SIUC deans said after a meeting with an SIUC Dean, SIUC College of Liberal Arts cawoo equipment purdJases to be minimi7.ed. vice chancellor. "The money '1tat was getting ready to be John Jackson. dean of the College of Libe,al spent is now not available," Jackson said. Arts, said a meeting between SIUC deans and Thomas Keon, College of Business Ben Shepherd, vice chancellor for academic lion this semester to cover an income shortfall gency situations will have to be approved by the Administration dean. said his college would affairs and provost, took place on Tuesday. caused by decreased tuition funds resulting vice chancellors. Such situations would include not be affected by the hiring restrictions. "We were told wc are not having a full from an enrollment decline. Because of the offices which would have to shut down ifaddi "We weren't planning on making any addi fledged hiring freeze, but a situation where only budget shortfall, SIUC OJancellor John Guyon tional staff was not hired. tional hires this fiscal year," Koon said a t-'W positions will be replaced, and those have has placed restrictions on hiring faculty and Jackson said although the hiring restrid.ions However, Kcon said COBA wi.lJ be affected to be them~ crucial positions." Jackson said staff positions. are causing some difficulties, he said he The University must come up with SI-" mil- Positions which need to be filled in emer- believes the restrictions W1: in the best -'nterest see DEANS, page 6 Recipients of tuition waivers not disclosed By Donita Polly DE Politics Editor SIU and three other state universi ties have refused to relea~e the names of srudents who receive full tuition waivers from Illinois state legislators, a University official says. Each year, a state legislator can waive two four-year public universi ty tuitions. The slllte law. requires that"the.recipienl'sbe"frorii the legis lator's district One recipient cf the waiver must attend the University of lllinois and the other must attend any of the other state universities. Some state legislators called for eliminating the state law Monday after The News-Gazette of Champaign reported the names of srudents who received the waivers at Eastern and Western Illinois unive. silies. The legislators said the power to give waiven; is abused by legisla tors who award relatives of political associates and campaign contribu r.. mac T. CASIOI- The Daily Egyptian tors. The News-Gazette filed a Whoa, Beavis! Check this out: Bria11 Fo11drm (left), a se11ior ill biological sciences from Chicago, a11d Kelly Spencer, Freedom of lnfonnation Act against a senior in biology from East St. Louis, idC11tify muscles on a Ra,ra catesbeia11a, more commonly known as a bllllfrog, Wednesday afternoon the universities to get the names of i11 a zoology lab localed i11 Life Scie11ce II. see rumoN, page 6 Program occupies international wives' time By Melissa Jakubowski Programs and Services. Many of leaving Malaysia," she said. "It's an productive while they live in Gus Bode DE Assistant Features Editor these dependents are spouses who exciting, new e)lperience, but you Carbondale. She said the spouses left behind their lives, families and leave everything familiar behind. set up and run the group. friends so their husbands could But it was a good opportunity for "Many international spouses are Sc Gin Ong is a certified elcmen · study at an American university. our family, and family comes firsL" highly educated professionals in tary school teacher in Malaysia. b\lt While her husband is studying for The International Spouses group their own countries," she said. she left her carce• behind to live in a degree in music, she has found a began IO years ago, when a gradu "They have a lot to offer and no Carbondale. way to occupy herself in the ate student became interested in way to express it. so they very often Ong. 39, is the spouse of an International Spouses group spon performing a srudy on the needs of can become subjected to boredom." SIUC international studenL She and sored by International Programs and international spouses, Beth Many group members say they her husband moved lo Carbondale Services. Mochnick, community programs value the opportunity to spend some in August 1994. Ong said she experienced con coordinator.. for International time outside of home. There are an estimatro 200 inter flicting emotions when her husband ProgrdlllS and Services, said. · Josefena Beck, 33, from Peru, Gus says: I am from the national stvdents with dependents at received a scholarship to SIUC. Mochnick said the program is Egyptian - can my wife SIUC, according to International "I was both happy and sad about designed to help spouses remain see SPOUSES, page 6 join too? Sports Campus It,.dex Weather - Today: Sunny Former Saluki Aces eliminate Saluki debaters Police investigate track star trains Dawgs from argue their way apparent suicide for Olympics. postseason 94-80. to strong season. of SIUC studenl :~ page 16 page 16 page3 High\;·6f Low .. 45·- Daily Egyptian Thursday, February 22. 1996 Deal of the week~ 2122-2/28 _J KENWOOD KAC-645 World.,,.. CAR AMPUF1ER 'CHRETIEN SHOVES.HOSTILE PROTESTER AT RALLY • 4 Channel Amp TOROl'ITO-Wbcn Prime Minister Jean Chretien declared a Flag Day •25 wpc RMS @ 4 ohm ror Canada. be bad hoped to . 'ir a spirit or patriotism and unity in a •High & Lowpass cr05$0Ven country that sorely lacks it after last fall's traumatic referendum on Quebec secession. As be spoke to a aowd in Hull. Quebec the mass dis-. Center • Carbondale • 529-1910 play of the red-and-white maple leaf Oag was spoiled by demonstrators clanging cowbells and jeering in protest of the government's painful cuts in unemployment insurance. Cutting short bis"remarlcs, lbc prime minis HITE ter plungi;d into. the aowd and within momcnlS was face to face with a GLOVE hmtile demonstrator chanting that it was Chretien himself wtmhould be unemployed. Wllhout breaking stride, Chretien seized the shorter man by L-,,.__a-._..._______ .:;11 the nedc and shoved him brusquely aside into the arms of the security l~?,E._ W:,:- ~ ~ detail trailing behind. M OFF HATRED DEEPLY ROOTED IN NORTHERN IRElAND- YourSID ~ Cleanina " BELFAST, Northern Ireland-Catholics in Northern Ireland said last -•~Att.rr--i: week that while some forms of discriminalioo are less prevalent than • • they used to be, especially after lbc Irish Republican Anny declared a temporary cease-fire a year and a half ago, being Catholic in Northern __....;...., 549-6783.... ..., ..... ___ Ireland is still to exist as a seamd-class dtiz.en lnttling against daily dis- .---------- aimination in lbc workplace, on the streets, in their homes and the ~ couns. Now that the IRA has called off its cease-fire and returned to 1/2 lb. Steak Study in ~ violence, many Catholics are bracing for a renewal of the bigotry they w/ Potato & grew up with. Protestants deny that they disaiminate against Catholics, Japan . saying that any harsh treatment Catholics receive is a reaction to the Salad aggression or lbc IRA and a resistance to what they sec as the threaten ing dogma or the Catholic Church. Presentation:~ Nation 3 28 :00 p.m. ' February EXPERTS: CLINTON COLOMBIAN DECISION IS KEY - Delivery 529-Burt Humanities Lounge WASHINGTON-President Clinton is approaching what may be one Faner Hall Room 2302 of the most crucial decisions yet faced by the United States in its decade• ·••••• •••••• ••••• long war against Latin American cocaine barons, officials and experts •• Tom's Place •• say. The president has until March 1 to decide whether Colombia. the world's biggest source of cocaine. has been cooperating in the dmg war. • ti ..J t ~ • ~ If be coocl~ it has noc, be can either impose economic sanctions or - •u"~t~W uP~~,fl.~'!_ should be decide such action would "e rounlctplOductivc - waive the . : T • penalty. Experts say the decision could have a far-reaching impact on ., Buy one 10oz. Prime Rib: Colombia's fragile democratic institutions and on the battle against drug • Receive one FREEi • corruption .thro1:ghout Latin America. which is a source not only of : RL 51 10 min. North of C-..arbondalc: cocaine but marijuana and heroin as well. : Houn: Tucs.-Sun. at 5 p.m. • GROUP SEEKS TO CHANGE ANTI-SMOKING IAW - • (618) 867-3033 : The National Smokers Alliance Wednesday ls latmching a campaign in l'n« - r.11' -· t I. ·Ill --1.<><1 - ..._ i ,<Ill •• Expires 3-3-96 • Not Valid 2-14-96 • Califon1ia aimed at stopping a state law that will Inn smoking in bars starting next year.

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