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Eastern Illinois University The Keep January 2004 1-23-2004 Daily Eastern News: January 23, 2004 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2004_jan Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: January 23, 2004" (2004). January. 8. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2004_jan/8 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2004 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in January by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” VOLUME 87, NUMBER 84 THEDAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM REVIEW THIS ON T HE VERGE O F T H E WEEKEN D WWE’s “Originals” can’t get much Friday, January 23, 2004 worse Section B Proving once and for all that no wrester has any business quitting his or her respective day job. Page 8B Grade: D January 23, 2004 Mmmmmm...◆ FRIDAY Chili jam Six bands will perform in ◆Six local bands and artists set to play at the first ever “Chili Charleston for health care. Jam,” to be held at Roc’s on the Charleston Square Sunday. See story, Page 2B ADVICE COLUMN... FEATURE DVD REV I E WS CONCERT CA LENDAR Dan and Holly answer the never St. Louis rockers sullen and New Line Cinema’s “Freddy Vs. Jason” The Rural Kings, Saltwater ending question, “To be, or not to local punks Saltwater Vampires polishes up a sub-par horror romp with Vampires, Twista and more in be ... greek?” return to Charleston Saturday. loads of extras. upcoming shows. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Page 2B Page 5B Page 8B Page 8B Page 1B Breaking VERGE ground for better water Work on treatment Representin’ plant well underway U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Urbana, speaks with University President Lou Hencken Thursday afternoon in the Java Bean and Bakery of the Martin Luther King, Jr. University Union. “We do this regularly,” Johnson said. By Jessica Youngs CITY EDITOR “To visit folks in the community and to find out about Eastern and its DAILneeds.” Hencken said Johnson has helped (Eastern) open doors in Washington. Y EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY STEPHEN HAAS The quest for crystal clear, great-tasting water moved one step because the old plant was very closer Dec. 8, when the city of aged and outdated. The new plant Charleston broke ground on a new will use up-to-date technology to water treatment plant. purify city water, while additional- The plant, scheduled to be com- ly incorporating ozone treatment pleted within a year and a half, is a during the treatment process, he major project for the city’s Public said. Works Department in accordance The decision to build a new treat- with its current 5-year plan. ment plant at the old plant site on Department director Curt the east end of McKinley Avenue Buescher said a new plant was was proposed at the annual city Not just for childrenscheduled anymore into the 2003-2004 plan retreat attended by department ENTERTAINMENT directors along with the city coun- cil, city manager and mayor. Cartoon producers are finding a new, older audienceSEE WATER ◆ Page 7A By Adam Testa STAFF WRITER Who says cartoons are just for kids? Jim Babcock, director of public relations for Cartoon Network, said cartoons have actually been targeting an adult audience for a long time. He said “Looney Toons” was created with a general audience of adults and children in mind. Shows like “The because people at the network had seen them and Flintstones” soon followed the same suit. thought they might attract more viewers. Babcock said from the day Cartoon Network launched, its “There is a history that if you have a directors knew they had a signifi- good show with good writing that cant amount of adult viewers and wanted to accommodate them. you will attract a good view- “We wanted to build some block of ing audience,” Babcock our programming for our adult view- said. ers,” Babcock said. The network also After seven or eight years of building a decided to include significant base of young viewers, the net- Japanese animation, bet- work turned its attention to creating a pro- ter known as anime, on its gramming block aimed for an audience of 18 Adult Swim programming to 34-year-olds, Babcock said. The result was block. the creation of the three-hour block of program- Several anime shows, ming now known as Adult Swim. including “InuYasha,” “Cowboy Bebop” and “Big O,” “We carve out a portion of our time block for attract large viewing audiences. shows for adults and not for varied audiences,” So what keeps adults, especial- Babcock said. ly college students, watching these Babcock said the most popular shows from the Adult shows? Swim block are a mixture of Cartoon Network original Michael Migler, a sophomore programming and shows that originated on other net- DAILY EASTERN NEWS computer information systems works. major, said he likes the unpredictabil- “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” “SeaLab 2021” and ILLUSTRATION ity of the shows. “Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law,” are all original BY MATT WILLS “I love how the shows can be so ran- dom,” Migler said. “And you never truly know what is going to happen next.” Migler said he has watched “Space Ghost Coast to Coast” since its inception on “Futurama” andare “Familyamong the Guy,” highest both rated, of which he said. origi- Cartoon Network in 1994, and he also has been nated on the FOX network, have become two of the top- a fan of “SeaLab 2021” for a long time. rated Cartoon Network programs. Babcockprogramming said the and “I just like the way that they took old shows and network decided to purchase the rights to these shows gave them a new twist,” Migler said. “The old shows were good, but the new spins are just awesome.” In addition to the increasing interest in adult-orient- ed cartoons, people also are turning to another kind of cartoon: the retro cartoon, or cartoons from their child- hood and the years beyond. SEE CARTOONS ◆ Page 6A Today Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Partly cloudy Partly cloudy Rain/Snow Showers Snow showers Partly cloudy Snow shower Friday, 35º 30º 40º 37º 41º 32º 45º 24º 38º 19º 30º 20º 32º 21º January 23, 2004 HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW New finance classes approved By Jennifer Peryam STAFF WRITER The Council for Academic Affairs approved new and revised finance and accounting courses as well as the Career and Organizational Studies Program revisions effective for Fall 2004. The council approved FIN 3300, Fundamentals of Financial and Tax Planning; 4220, Applied Securities Analysis, and; FIN 4300, Retirement and Estate Planning to prepare students to take the Certified Financial Planning examination. “The CFP is required for all accounting students and these classes will allow the finance major revision to occur,” said Jane Wayland, associate chair of the school of business. Fundamentals of Financial and Tax Planning is an introductory course to finan- cial and tax planning processes. Students DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY COLIN MCAULIFFE must take Business Financial Management, Jane Wayland, associate chair of the Lumpkin School of Business, writes down notes as Larry Helsel, a member of the Council for Academic BUS 3710, before enrolling in FIN 3300. Affairs, Thursday afternoon in room 4440 of Booth Library. Fundamentals of Financial and Tax Planning is an integration of investment systems concepts, design and information Accelerated Learning and Training, COS 1970s,” Woodley said. and portfolio management descriptions, needs. 4890, is a research-based class applying Council members agreed this revision according to the catalog description. “ACC 3900 will allow students to under- accelerated learning courses to accelerate was similar to the Board of Trustees revision Students will give oral classroom and writ- stand the role of accounting during the learning and training. approved last year. The BOT was an alterna- ten reports and conduct a major research industrial age,” Wayland said. Career and Organization Studies Program tive adult education program that was project. Students are advised to take ACC 3250 and revision was also passed. approved. The alternative allows adult stu- “FIN 4220 allows instructors to make deci- ACC 3900 as well. This class will replace “The proposal is to waive the foreign lan- dents to be waived from foreign language sions on how to conduct the class and the ACC 3100, Accounting Information Systems. guage requirement for the adult students in requirements. class uses real money to perform security The course will not be offered until spring our program because it is difficult for them “Our students at Eastern are required to analysis tasks,” Wayland said. 2004, Wayland said. to meet this requirement,” said Deborah meet core requirements and go through a The prerequisites of this course are FIN Productive Work Teams, COS 4880, will Woodley, professor of the school of technol- rigorous program,” said Deb Reid, assistant 3720, Investments and FIN 3730, Financial emphasize what it takes to work as a team by ogy. history department professor. Markets: Commodities, Derivatives and being a member of class teams and studying Eastern does not accept the 1000-2000 Some council members were concerned Securities. Instructors evaluate student per- teams. level foreign language courses taken from other departments would eventually come to formance through students meeting each “This class is to allow students to under- adult community college transfer students. the council asking for foreign language course’s learning objectives. FIN 4300 also stand ways to understand synergy within “The rationale in not requiring these waivers. Council members came to agree was approved.

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