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Fresh Another women’s sport may TUESDAY Eastern Illinois University be added to help conform Charleston, Ill. 61920 September 23, 1997 with Title IX regulations fruit Vol. 83, No. 22 The Farmer’s Market offers 12 pages students a chance to buy fresh PAGE fruit and vegetables News 12 PAGE 3 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Carman Hall fire causes evacuation Fire officials estimate damage will cost Eastern up to $10,000 By RACHEAL CARRUTHERS registration informational meeting Staff editor that was taking place in the lobby. “We came upstairs and smelled Carman Hall residents were smoke, like two seconds after we forced out of their homes for got up there, then we saw smoke approximately 45 minutes coming out of 404,” Watts said. Monday night because of an Watts and Milbern then began electrical fire in the north tower. knocking on other doors to tell The fire, which started shortly other residents there was a fire before 8:55 p.m. in room 404, and they needed to evacuate. forced all 900 residents to “They didn’t believe me that evacuate from the hall while fire there was a fire because I’m fighters from three fire engines always joking around about stuff and an emergency rescue vehicle and they thought I was joking contained the fire. again,” Watts said. “It was an electrical fire Milbern said she was worried contained to one room,” said the single resident of room 404 Charleston Fire Department was in her room so she banged on Battalion Chief Keith Malcolm. her door too, but the resident was An overloaded outlet seemed to not inside. be the cause of the fire, he said. For the residents who were Jackie Watts, a Carman Hall inside, the evacuation was an resident who lives in room 403, inconvenience. and fourth floor resident Melissa “Everyone was doing SHERYL SUE SIDWELL/Photo editor Milbern discovered the fire after homework or getting ready to go A group of Carman Hall residents stand on the edge of Edgar Drive Monday night waiting for fire fighters to returning from a freshman spring See FIRE page 2 extinguish the electrical fire started in room 404 of the residence hall. WEIU radio back to full time Kokomo Joe’s strives Buzzard Hall for feel of Las Vegas renovations limit By MANDY MILCAREK Staff writer In Las Vegas, everyone TV to part time is a performer.We A restaurant in Mattoon is trying never had any trouble looking By SCOTT BOEHMER to liven up their atmosphere with a “ for entertainment.” Campus editor unique kind of entertainment. Kokomo Joe’s Restaurant, 516 – Joe Kimery, WEIU-TV and Radio are both Piatt, has a “casually-elegant dining owner of Kokomo Joe’s back with at least limited atmosphere” and features pasta, Restaurant amounts of operation after ribs, seafood, steaks and fine wine, having their local programming said owner Joe Kimery. townspeople as employees, he said. interrupted by the Buzzard Hall Kimery is currently interviewing In Las Vegas, if an ad was placed renovations. entertainers including palm readers, in the paper more than 150 people The radio portion of WEIU is jugglers, magicians and card trick would show up for the job, he said. expecting to resume full-time dealers to perform for diners to But here, people are slowly programming by October, said create a fun-filled atmosphere. answering the ad. Station Manager Joe Heumann. “This idea (of entertainment) is “In Las Vegas, everyone is a “We have a lot of students just starting to get off the ground,” performer. We never had any who would like to see us expand ANNA BETZELBERGER/Associate photo editor Kimery said. “We recently have trouble looking for entertainment,” our hours and go full time and Scott Cisek, a senior speech communication major, watches as Annie brought in an old-time piano player Kimery said. (also) see us get into the studio Morgan, a junior Art major, cues up a CD for the next song Monday and the customers really enjoyed More than two weeks ago, with the better equipment, but night at the WEIU-FM radio station. that.” Kimery placed the ad and only two they just have to be patient,” Kimery is hoping to have people have responded. Heumann said. station has resumed filming but the wiring of the student Lynch’s Colloquium, Panther production room and master different kinds of entertainment This has delayed the start of Heumann said WEIU-FM did every night of the week. Kokomo’s new atmosphere and not broadcast at all from July to Country and EIU Country control room still needs to be “We are open for ideas for our theme because Kimery would like late January 1997 because of shows, which could not be completed, Heumann said. The entertainment. We want customers to have a complete line-up of safety concerns from the filmed between March and station is temporarily to have a good time at our entertainers to have a diversified construction. Currently it is August 1997 because of work on broadcasting from an area that restaurant,” he said. week for restaurant patrons. broadcasting from 8 a.m. to 8 its studio. will eventually be used as a His experiences in the Kokomo Joe’s has a banquet p.m. Monday through Friday and Eisenhour said the station recording studio. entertainment field stems from his room that seats 20 to 60 people. noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and resumed its local news Heumann said some of the prior restaurant in Las Vegas, Joe’s “We are taking reservations for Sundays. programming Sept. 2 after it had “alternative” programming Windy City Pub. (Eastern’s) Family Weekend, and “(The renovation) should have been cut off in August 1996. typically broadcast by the radio Kimery wanted to wait until hope to have plenty of been done a long time ago, but Heumann said full-time station has been cut slightly, but students returned back to school entertainment for everyone,” he now we’re relieved it’s getting programming for the radio still is being broadcast. Perez before he placed an employment ad said. done more than (we’re) excited,” station is 8 a.m. to midnight said classical and jazz for the positions in The Daily Anyone with a unique talent can said David Perez, jazz director Monday through Saturday and programming has been less hurt Eastern News. apply at Kokomo Joe’s between 10 for WEIU-FM. noon to midnight Sunday. by the renovation. Waiting for school to start would a.m. and noon on weekdays, or for John Eisenhour, the station Most of the renovation work “The jazz show has been cut allow him to interview and hire a more information, call Kimery at manager for WEIU-TV, said the for WEIU-FM’s studios is done, See WEIU page 2 mixture of students and 235-1455. 2 Tuesday,September 23, 1997 The Daily Eastern News Clinton says he stayed legal in accepting donations NEW YORK (AP) – President Clinton Republicans are calling for an independent report. He said he would cooperate with donations from the White House. declared Monday that he and Vice President counsel to investigate the matter. Attorney investigators “however I can to establish the Some Republicans have threatened to ini- Al Gore “intended to be firmly within the General Janet Reno has begun a 30-day facts,” but remained “absolutely certain” that tiate impeachment proceedings against Reno letter of the law” while seeking donations in review of Clinton’s activity, a step already he and Gore did not intend to seek contribu- if she fails to act. their 1996 re-election campaign. taken for Gore, who has admitted making tions illegally. “It seems to me if you had an independent “I believed then and I believe now that some calls from the White House. “I am absolutely positive that we intended person looking at the whole thing, that would what we did was legal,” Clinton told The New York Times reported Monday to be firmly within the letter of the law when be the way to go,” Michael Madigan, GOP reporters in New York, where he was that Justice Department investigators have we were out there campaigning and raising counsel for the Senate Governmental Affairs addressing the United Nations. documents showing that Clinton was urged funds, as we should have been doing,” Committee, told CNN. A federal law prohibits seeking political to place as many as 40 calls to wealthy con- Clinton said. “We had to do that.” The 30- Meanwhile on Monday, Harold Ickes, the donations from a federal office. It is not clear tributors from the White House, and most of day review is the first step toward seeking an president’s former deputy chief of staff and a whether that law extends to the president and the people on a call list made large donations independent counsel. GOP congressional key figure in the fund-raising controversy, vice president, or whether Clinton actually to the Democratic Party.