Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship Innovator Student Newspapers 9-20-1999 Innovator, 1999-09-20 Student Services Follow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/innovator Recommended Citation Governors State University Student Services, Innovator (1999, September 20). http://opus.govst.edu/innovator/519 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Innovator by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Governors State University students' publication Monday GSU ARCHIVES September 20, 1999 Volume 28 No.12 The terrors of alcohol by Alisher Bozorov the dry ground. The blood The autumn of 1990 they were out of breath, and I wouldn't stop seeping out. It was a pleasant one in won the race. looked like his head was Tursunzade, Tajikistan. I was After dinner, we went sma hed into the ground, like eleven years old and played back out ide, planning to fin­ something ran over him. A tan outside like any normal boy my ish our games. A few of my sand shovel wa left intact in age. Children my age were friends and I went to talk on the his hand. Once a person looked playing the sport we loved sitting bench, discu sing sports at him, they knew nothing such as soccer, badminton and and life. A man came out to u could be done for him. A toy volleyball. The older men were and gave us two big platters of truck sat about twenty feet from playing a card game, named food, and everyone was sur­ hi · body, brui ed and battered duraka, a competition where prised. The food was gone just like the young boy. the person with the most cards within a matter of two minutes. After a moment, a at the end of the game is durak, Shortly after, we no­ woman came racing toward the meaning stupid. The women ticed a commotion just down scene of death. She was a were doing their daily chores. the treet, not too far from neighbor to the youngster. She National music played, filling where we lived. Numerou saw the child and instantly fell our souls with happine. s. Some people started to cramble to­ to him. She creamed hysteri­ men were cooking food, cutting ward the action, not expecting cally; neighbors tried to pull her the meat and vegetable , pre­ to see what they saw. My away from the horrifying itu­ paring to make osh. which was friend. and I raced to follow the ation, but she wouldn't budge. my favorite dish. I sat in the crowd , leaving the platter~ be­ Some people brought her wa­ gras , playing little games and hind, m si'>terc; and their ter, but that did nothing for a talking with my sisters, Nargis friend wanted to follow. I di­ Thursday, September 16, a water show was pre­ broken heart in a state of shock. and Nigina. The evening came rected them to stay in the yard sented by the Student Life Division at Governors State Uni­ She started to scream for the fast because we were having so where my parents could ee versity Student Center Pool. The show was titled SPLASH mother who was not too far much fun and not keeping track them. Unfortunately, my sis­ 2000 and featured members of the various Student Life away, cooking in her kitchen. of the time. I remember my ters didn't listen to me and both aquatic clasess. Featured were the "Dolphins," a senior My friends and I were aston­ mother calling us in for dinner; suffered many terrifying aquatic exercise group led by instructor Arta Dicker on, ished and unable to move. "Alisher hoharota giru bieye dreams after what they saw. and a swimming team duet and solor by the "SeaStars," a The mother came xona avkot xure." My sisters There, laid in the group of swimmers from Wright College directed by coach outside, hoping that the worst and I raced for the door, com­ middle of the street, a little boy Kathy Goodwin. Also performing were two Student Cen­ wasn't true, but knowing that peting as usual. We lived on about my sister Nigina's age. ter members, Dawn Hildeman and Michelle Hildeman it was. She was carrying a big the ninth floor, and by the time There was lots of dark blood Kahney, a synchronized swimming duet. we had gotten to the fifth floor oozing from his head, wetting continued on page 4 more 9 ing away August 30. Northwestern U. athletic department mourns three of its own "We haven't handled by Mark Lazerus But at 6 a.m. the with his children, the victim In three months, three it really well," NU Athletic Di­ D . N, h phone rang, and within mo- of a vicious hate crime. members ofNU's athletic com- 1 rector Rick Taylor said. 'The Ql Y ort western ments, Juscik was immedi- "Brad called me be- munity died prematurely. Late emotions are still very raw. We (Northwestern U.) ately brought back to causehedidn'twantmetohear in the spring, former football don't want to forget them, we 09/17/99 Evanston, where her thoughts from anywhere else," Juscik player, Robert Russ was shot by want to remember them, and it (U-WIRE) EVANSTON, would reside for much of the said. "I just cried a lot. I police in a roadside incident makes it hard to move on. I 111.-Lisa Juscik fell asleep summer. The voice on the couldn't understand how it that was eventually deemed don't think life gives you any easily that night. other end of the line was Brad could happen. I just kept ask- "unjustified" by police officials. choice, but it's hard. They say Her days as associate Hurlbut, the Northwestern ing why. How could someone Then Byrdsong fell victim to it's good to bring things to clo­ director of Media Services at University's Assistant Ath- do this to someone who put so white supremacist Benjamin sure, but I don't want clo ure. Northwestern behind her, she letic Department. It was a much good into the world?'' Nathaniel Smith" Midwest I want to remember Bobby, had been immersing herself amber and broken voice, car- Through Juscik no rampage during the July 4 Ricky, and Matt." in her new job at the Big Ten rying a simple yet earth-shat- longer works at NU, she spent weekend. Taylor heard about Russ' Conference office in Park tering message. most of her summer with her Less than two death much the same way Ridge. Affairs back in Ricky's been killed. old colleagues and acquain- months later, former NU full- Juscik learned of Byrdsong's. Evanston were only a small Former Northwest- lances from the NU athletic back Matt Hartl, who had A phone call from Hurlbut fraction of her workload now, ern basketball head coach department. Together, they been an inspiration to so woke him with the news. and she certainly didn't ex- Ricky Byrdsong was shot helped each other through the many people as he battled "You can't describe pect to be woken up the fol- seven times in the back the most difficult summer of their Hodgkin's disease for the past it," Taylor said. "You're lowing morning by a call night before as he walked professional and, for many, three years, finally sue­ thinking, 'Why did this hap­ from her old bass. through the streets of Skokie their personal lives. cumbed to the iiJness, pass- pen?' and there's no answer." Photos This 'n Index Curmudgeon Opinions A&E That page3 pages 6 & 7 Page9 page 10-12 page2 INNOVATOR Monday, September 20, 1999 politicians had an opening to 'edit' what INNOVATOR Think about it! was being printed. The premise is by Cindy Kansoer simple: if you print this, we won't ad­ staff vertise. Sometimes it is necessary to The letter written to the editor decide if you would rather print some­ (page 4) has prompted some serious re­ thing and go hungry or if you would flections by me on the field of journal­ rather kill the story and pay the rent. Cindy Kansoer-Schneider, i m and the people who participate in Joumali ts face this every day. editor-in-chief this field. A term u ed was 'advertis­ When television came into be­ ing-free' press. I find that this i a fad­ ing, it was the sponsors that provided ing term. the capital for a station to exist. Again, Josh Dipert, Unfortunately, 'money talks.' the sponsor or sponsors were (and till managing editor Everyone is subject to succumbing to are) large corporations. They areal o thi perspective, including the press. We the .means for the staff to make a living. Bruce Weaver, have lost sight of simple things and Even the news is driven by large views/opinion editor strive for bigger and better possessions corporales. These are very simple con­ so that we can out-do our neighbor or cepts, but we have a tendency to forget family. We judge our success by what who is paying the bills for the programs Henry Stuttley, and how much we own. It is little won­ that we watch. news editor der that in many ways we are oppressed. Recently with the Kosovo cri­ even they are limited in who or what It should be of little wonder that the 'all­ sis, articles and pictures from the for­ they will antagonize.