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Eastern Illinois University The Keep July 1996 7-17-1996 Daily Eastern News: July 17, 1996 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1996_jul Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: July 17, 1996" (1996). July. 5. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1996_jul/5 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1996 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in July by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CHANCE OF RAIN a high of 90º The Cubs INSIDE Daily fall to Shining Eastern Pirates Eastern Illinois University Chicago WEDNESDAY Charleston, Ill. 61920 loses to July 17, 1996 on ... Vol. 81, No. 162 Pittsburgh John Travolta’s latest film 8 pages 10-5 shows off his star power. PAGE PAGE 5 News “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” 8 Trustees approve budget Jorns also issued raise By DENISE RENFRO Campus editor Eastern’s Board of Trustees Monday approved a fiscal year 1998 budget request which would allow for a 9.4 percent increase in the operating budget. The budget would provide more than $5.7 million for academic program enhancements, equipment purchases, deferred maintenance and faculty and staff salary increases. The total operating budget, with the raise, would be more than $66 million. “I feel the budget passed is a realistic budget for Eastern – it addresses needs that we have in IBE MASAYUKI/Staff photographer operating budgets and in capital projects,” said Jill Nilsen, special assistant to the president. “I’m really pleased the board adopted the Dinah blow your horn budget as presented,” Nilsen said. “That budget Tom Birkner, a music teacher from Belleville West High School at Belleville, orders students to start playing on Tuesday afternoon will be sent to the Board of Higher Education during a practice session for the concert on Saturday of Eastern’s jazz camp at the Fine Arts Center. The concert will be on 1:00 and then the general assembly.” p.m. on Saturday at Dvorak Concert Hall. See BOARD page 2 First Lincoln Festival City Council one step further to feature spirit, history in abolition of last liquor license By PHYLLIS KARPUS By MISSA BECK Cougill to present his side for amending the Staff writer City editor ordinance. Our goal is to show The Council discussed on July 2 changing the Groups and organizations that history does not have to The Charleston City Council voted Tuesday to seven class C licenses to six, and along with six wishing to have a booth at the first “be boring, and there is a lot to pass a contingency regarding the fate of the only class A licenses. Currently, there are 12 total Abraham Lincoln Festival held in be learned about President remaining class C liquor license for Charleston bars. drinking establishments in Charleston satisfying Charleston on September 28 need Lincoln’s life.” One Charleston resident, Denis Wilhoit, has tavern owners’ tastes for business competition. to contact organizers as soon as expressed interest in attaining the remaining liquor In other business, the council voted to layover and possible. -Vicki Woodard, license. amend an ordinance concerning toy vehicles such as The Lincoln Festival will be a historic liaison, Lincoln Festival Attorney Greg Bonelli, representing Wilhoit, has skateboards and roller blades which are not to be day of celebrating old-time filed the appeal with the Springfield Liquor allowed in front of businesses and public buildings there is a lot to be learned about Commission regarding Wilhoit’s application for the particularly on the Charleston square. community spirit with emphasis President Lincoln’s life.” on Lincoln history. The day will license. There are already signs prohibiting bicycles on the The festivities will begin at 9 Bonelli has scheduled a hearing for Mayor feature a walking parade, games, a.m. with a walking parade in See COUNCIL page 2 music, contests, demonstrations, downtown Charleston. Woodard booths and Lincoln presenters will said the theme of the parade is highlight the festivities around the taken from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Charleston Square. Eastern’s female population is Address: “It is a parade ‘Of the Sherry Walker, co-chairwoman people, by the people, for the of the event, said the festival is a people.’” spin-off to the re-enactments of “We want every child in on the rise with national trends the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Charleston to feel the excitement By JEFF KELLY taken from statistics at Eastern’s Looking back throughout which were held in Coles County of being in a parade,” Walker said. Staff writer Planning and Public Affairs history, there have been some in the past including last year at “They can decorate their bikes Office, is nothing new to Eastern, years when men at Eastern the Coles County Fairgrounds in with crepe paper and playing All college men who say they or almost anywhere for that seemed downright scarce. Charleston. cards like kids did in the past, or can’t find a date on campus are matter. In the fall quarter of 1943 the The focus of the event is walk their dogs, or just walk.” out of an excuse. Women accounted for 54 Eastern News reported that “total preserve and extend the know- Walker said they are planning a The fall 1995 student pop- percent of all college degrees enrollment at Eastern dropped to ledge of Lincoln’s life and times. little Abe and Mary look-alike ulation of Eastern was roughly 58 conferred in 1992, according to a an unexpected low of 281 “We want the celebration to be contest. “We’d love to see lots of percent female, which coincides study done in American Demo- students this fall as compared informative, educational and little Abes and Marys parading with national statistics that show graphics magazine in May 1994. with 615 last year.” Of this total, entertaining,” said Vicki Woodard, around Charleston,” she said. record numbers of women Eastern would seem to be about The Eastern News stated that historic liaison for the festival. A Civil War military camp-in attending and graduating from average in this category, trad- “only 44 are men.” “Our goal is to show that history See LINCOLN page 2 colleges. itionally having a larger female does not have to be boring, and This overpowering percentage, population. See WOMEN page 2 2 Wednesday, July 17, 1996 The Daily Eastern News Three Tuscola men charged COUNCIL from page one Charleston square. The council also passed a resolu- There are already signs prohibit- tion granting $3,000 to Charleston’s ing bicycles on the sidewalks, but tourism funds, including $1,700 for in January courthouse arson after numerous complaints from promotions and advertising for the TUSCOLA (AP) – Three young men were Price said. businesses, the signs may need to Abraham Lincoln Festival begin- charged Tuesday with the arson fire last January Inves- REPORT be altered. ning September 28. at the Douglas County Courthouse. tigators believe “That will be too much to put on Also council passed a resolution Sheriff John Chambers said a tip led investiga- the suspects a sign,” said Mayor Dan Cougill. “I to apply for state and federal grant tors to the suspects and that a fourth person is threw fire- am amazed that there needs to be a funds to improve water distribution being questioned. bombs through sign for anything of this nature, to the northeast side of town. Two of the suspects are brothers – Howard the state’s att- ASSOCIATED PRESS common sense should prevail.” Another public hearing, the date Wilson, 21, and Robert Wilson, 18. The third sus- orney’s win- The ordinance is on layover so is yet to be determined, will be held pect is a 17-year-old juvenile. dow in an attempt to destroy evidence against more thorough information and for concerned community members They were charged with burglary, arson, crimi- them in a previous crime. reaction from the community can about the 911 address change for nal damage to property, possession of incendiary The fire caused more than $100,000 in damage, be considered. emergency vehicle response. devices and criminal damage to state property, Price said. The state’s attorney’s office was gutted according to Assistant State’s Attorney Darrell and adjoining rooms were blackened by smoke, he Price. Wilson was already serving a sentence in said. Prosecutors have moved back into the office, Champaign County on a domestic battery charge, which has since been renovated, he said. WOMEN from page one This low number was most likely females. However, it does seem that due to the “ever increasing number of women make up a large portion of from page one men in service,” as World War II was just about any major at Eastern. LINCOLN going on at that time. Linda Leal, psychology professor and demonstrations will be Senate seat, have been invited to be made from ice cream sticks, In 1916, the Normal News reported and a member of the Women’s located behind the library. debate on the Coles County Lincoln Logs, twigs, anything that of the 88 seniors that graduated Studies Council at Eastern, said that The 33rd Infantry Regiment Courthouse steps. simple,” Walker said. They will that year, 18 were males, compared roughly 71 percent of psychology Band of Bloomington will pro- The candidates are vying for be judged by local real estate with 70 females. majors at Eastern are female. The only time men were more “Usually, it seems to be girls that vide period music. The Skiffles, the same seat Lincoln and agents.