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Eastern Illinois University The Keep January 1989 1-27-1989 Daily Eastern News: January 27, 1989 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1989_jan Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: January 27, 1989" (1989). January. 14. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1989_jan/14 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1989 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]. .. ' ..... WadD Check out the Friday will be sunny and warmer, high It's been one of.ihe-warmest Party Houses. around 50: Januar9' s in 50 years. Page3 Section B l L.=::~G~ non-union workers may take case to court r~~(l- By CRAIG EDWARDS a little more than half of that Administration editor number belong to UPI. Ron Perkovich, executive Academic employees at the director of the Illinois Education five Board of Governors universi Labor Review Board, said more ties who do not belong to the than 150 non-union employees University Professionals of have filed complaints against UPI Illinois Local 4100 but are being .and the fair share provision of the forced to pay a portion of union contract. He said all of the com dues may eventually take their plaints will be consolidated and objections to the U.S. Supreme hearings on the issue will b<' Court. scheduled this spring. John Scully, a represenative He added that until the hear from the National Right to Work ings can be scheduled, the fair · Foundation in Falls Church, Va., share will be deducted from non said numerous cases like this one union employees' paychecks and have gone all the way to the placed in an escrow account until Supreme Court. "I wouldn't be a final decision is reached. surprised if this one goes that Currently, non-union acadeMic far," he said Thursday afternoon. employees at the BOG univena· But UPI officials say fair share, ties are being required to p.iy the practice of deducting a per 83.95 percent of regular un.i:rn centage of union dues from the dues, . which vary according to paychecks of non-union employ salary. Scully says that amount is ees to cover the costs of collective extremely high. "That figun bargaining, is perfectly legal. can't truly be based on UPI's col JoAnn Hummers, UPI's chief lective bargaining costs alone ead of the class negotiator, played a key role in They're trying to fool the employ tern President Stan Rives received the Hughes Trophy, the U.S. Army's most prestigious award for getting the contract approved and ees," he said. C n behalf of Second Lt... Robert Haycock, a 1987 Eastern graduate Thursday in the Univer:_sity believes the practices used to But Hummers maintains that a oom. Lt. Col. Lloyd McCammon, Battallion Commander and Rives admire the trophy which was determine and collect the fair careful audit of UPI's books was arded to Haycock, the top cadett .1~n~t~h!_eJJnl.!UJ·£W.-------- share are within regulations set by completed to determine the fair the Illinois Education Labor share amount. "The results of that Relations Board. audit is what is being charged," "I doubt the Board of she said. veral Governors would be deducting Jayne Ozier, president of the fee if it wasn't legal," she Eastern 's UPI chapter, could not enrollment figures," Rives said. high enrollment figures are that said. be reached for comment "The 1.8 percent increase they reflect a high retention The Board of Governors began Thursday. occurred despite the fact that level," Rives said. Despite an attempt by Eastern deducting the fair share dues from Scully said he may attend the sident Stan Rives to reduce admission to Eastern for the The only drawback the figures academic employees' paychecks hearings as legal counsel for the rollment, tenth-day figures spring semester was closed on reveal is the drop in graduate stu at Chicago State University, non-union employees. "The Sept. 16," he added. eased Thursday show 9,966 dents. Governors State University, Supreme Court has said that "While we must limit enroll dents are enrolled in on-cam Rives said that while he is con Northeastern Illinois University, whenever a union forces people to s courses this semester, an ment to the resources we have cerned about the decline in gradu Western Illinois University and pay agency fees (fair share), they available to serve students," ate enrollment, it is a trend that is ase of 176 from last spring. Eastern after the new UPI con are infringing on first ammend Enrollment is down, however, Rives said in an issued stat occurring state wide. tract was ratified in September. ment rights," Scully said. last fall's record-high enroll ment. "We are pleased that the In an attempt to curb high There are more than 500 academ institution remains so attractive to enrollment figures for next fall, t of 10,510. Therefore, Rives ic employees at Eastern, but only n't completely surprised when students." Rives said admission was cut off figures were revealed Rives added that Eastern is in November. sday. cutting off admission before any "The result of increased Two female students, "The high enrollment is not other university in the state. enrollment is a certain deteriora "The positive aspect of the xpected because of last fall's tion of the quality of our educa ( tional program," said Rives, "and that is something we can not assaulted on campus N ~ allow to happen to our universi Editor's note: The following is a r~ u ty." list of reported crimes on M ~ Eastern is not the only univer Eastern's campus. The reports B sity in America experiencing from the University Police. E increased enrollments. Anyone with information about a R The American Council on crime is urged to contact the Education reports college enroll University Police at 581-3212. 0 ment nationwide seems to have By CLARK CARLSON ed about 4 feet from the floor. She F increased again, despite long Staff writer told police when she looked over. standing predictions that it would the side of the bed she saw a s fall. black male croutched down T Two 19-year-old female American Council on Eastern students were assaulted beside her bed. She began u screaming and he ran out the rloor D Education Vice President Elain earlier in the week by black E El-Khawas said some of the gains males, police reports stated. and down the hall. N are"attributed to ''increasing ~om One of the women was awak The police report descriheu the T munity college enrollment, ened at about 4:20 a.m. Tuesday suspect as college age, 5 feet lO s ~tepped up minority recruitment, in her Weller Hall room by some inches to 6 feet tall, med'um more part-time study and rising one grabbing her leg, while the build, •flat top hair cut with the participation and retention rates other woman was attacked at sides shaved close to the head, hut among traditional-aged students." about 2:10 a.m. Wednesday while about l to 2 inches long on top Campus However, El-Khawas said she was walking south on Fourth He was wearing gray sweat pants enrollments will start falling Street toward Lawson Hall. and a blue sweat shirt or long Enrollment soon, noting that 1992 's high When thewoman opened her school graduating classes will eyes she saw someone duck " Continued on page 7A shrink by 12 percent. below her bed, which was elevat- Friday, Janua;y 27, 1989 The Dally Eastern Ne;a MS .· virus,- AIDS virus related WASHINGTON (AP)-.t\ HTLV-I, is involved in the MS immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic test of cells in the blood disease process. that causes AIDS, or acquired of patients with multiple sclerosis "This test for the first time immune deficiency syndrome, are suggests that the crippling disease shows that if you do sensitive retroviruses. Reddy said that both is closely associated with a virus enough assays you can find of the viruses also appear to infect that is similar to the AIDS virus, HTLV in MS patients," Reddy immune cells in the blood. researchers report. said in an interview. The same "Even though these two virus E. Prem Kumar Reddy, a tests on 20 healthy people, he es are not causing the same dis researcher at Wistar Institute in said, detected the virus in only ease, their basic mechanisms of Philadelphia, said the genetic one. infection are very, very similar. study of blood samples from six A report on the study will be Something that works for HIV multiple sclerosis patients pro publist> J Friday in the Journal should also work for HTLV-1," Packers-- s-ue· over meat v ides "direct proof" that the Sc· Reddy said. ·MOSCOW -Angry meatpackers are suing a newspaper for an arti human T-lymphotropic virus, of , uth HTLV-I and the human cle that said their sausage was so bad that even cats can't stomach it, but editors said they turned to a furry, four-legged jury that proved their point. -- ~,, ,1: .. .,;:~ State wsighing ICC rate hike "Twenty-four sausage experts don't eat it at all; five only eat high quality sausage or out of extreme hunger. Only one, the 2-month-old kitten Mura, you can say actually sits down to the sausage," the week SPRINGFIELD (AP)- State '·I think the only thing they are u!ed to rule in the case by March ly Literatumaya Gazeta said in announcing the feline findings.