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Daily Eastern News: June 11, 1997 Eastern Illinois University Eastern Illinois University The Keep June 1997 6-11-1997 Daily Eastern News: June 11, 1997 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1997_jun Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: June 11, 1997" (1997). June. 2. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1997_jun/2 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1997 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in June by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CHANCE OF RAIN Looking a high of 78º The INSIDE back Daily Eastern baseball coach Eastern Jim Schmitz’s club El Vez produced WEDNESDAY Eastern Illinois University big numbers Charleston, Ill. 61920 June 11, 1997 during sighting Vol. 82, No. 152 8 pages season. Chicano showman to invade PAGE Friends & Co. Saturday with News 8 The Cowslingers. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” New server forces e-mail changes should initialize this change by typing in “(The phone calls) are travelling land-speed pen.eiu.edu will pen.eiu.edu when the system asks for the now rather than least-line speed.” host name. This system is adminis- But according to Nelsen, there might be During this initial log-in procedure, tered locally, so most com- some initial delays or problems with the be quicker, more students will be required to change their puters“ will respond more quickly system. Some students have complained passwords, and they will not be allowed to when“ using these services.” that they can’t get through on the server, use POP mail (Eudora, Netscape mailer, -Harry Nelsen, Nelson said. But he said these problems are cost efficient etc.) until they initialize their new accounts. currently being worked on. “E-mail will not be deleted if students Academic Computing Director “At the moment, the file space that holds By JEFF KELLY Staff writer don’t make this change,” Nelsen said. “All the mailbox is not yet available to the new the e-mail you had in your other account will remain the same on this new host. accounts,” Nelsen said. “This is a high Eastern students may notice a slight will be switched over. “Essentially, Eastern’s contract with ECN priority, though, and people are working change in their e-mail communications “If you don’t make these changes runs out July 1,” Nelsen said. “We chose to real hard to get it up and running.” since last Monday. yourself, they will be done automatically. switch to a local server and use the money Students should remember to com- On June 9, the entire e-mail and All mail sent to the ECN e-mail address the state provides us for ECN for on- municate their new e-mail addresses to computer services at Eastern changed over will be automatically forwarded to the campus use (the pen.eiu.edu server).” their e-mail correspondents. Anyone with to a new host, pen.eiu.edu, from the students’ new mailbox.” Nelsen said the switch to a local server further questions about the system can traditional server, ecn. Students with e-mail accounts will will ultimately be beneficial to users. check out the log-in procedure at According to Harry Nelsen, Eastern’s receive new e-mail addresses and should “This system is administered locally, so http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/ecnmigr8. The director of academic computing, students access e-mail and other services through most computers will respond more quickly Academic Computing Center can also host pen.eiu.edu. Otherwise, all user IDs when using these services,” Nelsen said. answer questions at 581-5171. ‘On schedule’ Construction in Library Quad to be finished before fall term By DAN FIELDS systems of four campus struct- Editor in chief ures: Booth Library, the Life Sciences Building, Buzzard Although an inconvenience to Building and the Fine Arts students now, the construction Building. taking place along the eastern Weidner explained that new portion of the Library Quad will pipe is being laid so that chilled be finished in time for the fall water can pass through, thus term, according to a university enabling the air conditioning official. system to function. Ted Weidner, director of “For most of the year, any one Eastern’s Physical Plant, said that of these buildings could provide construction is going as planned sufficient chilled water to other KERRY LIGUE/Staff photographer and will be completed around the buildings,” Weidner said. “But A construction worker welds a section of pipe in the Library Quad last week. According to Physical Plant end of the summer term. we will be able to provide air director Ted Weidner, the work will be completed on time before the fall semester begins. “It’s going very well – we’re conditioning to four buildings right on schedule,” Weidner said. with just one unit.” measure,” Weidner said. “This was a project we summer ends. “(The project) will be done Weidner said that the measure identified some years ago. Our hope is to provide According to the EIU Newsbits, one of the before fall classes.” will help out the university and better service to the overall campus when the university’s newsletters, the Department of Weidner said the project, when the environment by saving work is done.” Facilities Planning and Management has already completed, will eventually energy. But the work on the chilled water system planned out additional phases of the project to interconnect the air conditioning “It is an energy conserving project won’t be completely finished once the extend it to additional campus buildings. Premier Boys functioning in ‘mythical state’ By MATT ERICKSON instructed,” Bosco citizenship. Managing editor said. The boys here are learn- Among the responsibilities of the elected The high schoolers, officers of Boys State is the return the Approximately 900 high school boys who have been nom- ing citizenship by doing following year to speak to new members. have converged on Eastern’s campus this inated by their schools as“ opposed to learning it by The officers also make an appearance at week to participate in the 62nd annual and have just com- being“ instructed.” Illini Girls State, which will be on campus Premier Boys State convention. pleted their junior year, -Gary Bosco, next week, and remain active throughout Boys State, according to representative nominate each other Premier Boys State the year through their high schools. Gary Bosco, is designed to act as an actual for positions in the “Last year’s Boys State governor was U.S. state, albeit a fictional one. mock government and extremely active throughout the year,” “Boys State is actually like a mythical Gov. Jim Edgar then hold an election. we separate them from their friends so they Bosco said. “He made appearances on his 51st state,” Bosco said Monday. “The Bosco said the elec- develop relationships among their peers. local cable channels and he’s back this year members learn the principles of citizenship tion format for Boys State is successful This is what can get them elected.” to speak.” and function in mock governments at the because the boys are separated from their One of the more sought-after positions in Above all, though, Bosco said the key to city, county and state level by running for friends when they arrive at Boys State. the Tuesday’s election comes as no the success of Boys State and its part- office.” They work with their peers, which helps surprise: governor. icipants after the week is over, is the fact Bosco believes the concept of Boys State them to learn the concepts behind an actual And the future leaders of Illinois will the members are learning for themselves can do wonders in improving the functioning government one where have the inspiration of current Gov. Jim the aspects of governing and citizenship. citizenship of its attendants. different viewpoints often clash. Edgar, one of tonight’s featured speakers. “The whole focus is to let the learning “The boys here are learning citizenship “Everything is compacted into such a Bosco said that Edgar will speak on the process take care of itself by doing and not by doing as opposed to learning it by being short term for the week,” Bosco said. “So importance of learning and developing by hearing,” Bosco said. 2 Wednesday, June 11, 1997 The Daily Eastern News SpotlightSpotlight NewsNews Airport chapel a haven for busy commuters Gay doll – with ripped abs – a hot seller CHICAGO (AP) – Denver- regularly, he said. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Billy is blond with Island and Provincetown, Mass. bound traveler Lauren Kelly said Unlike most of the world’s 80 sky blue eyes and ripped abs. The doll was born in 1994 at an AIDS benefit in the last place she expected to airport chaplains, McKenna He’s got smooth skin, kissable lips and a killer London. Then a limited edition of just 1,200 dolls, attend Mass was at her departing doesn’t have a chapel in which to smile, and he’s anatomically correct, to say the least. Billy sold for $275 each. Two years later, the com- flight’s gate at Midway Airport. hold Mass. For the past five years, Move over, Ken, there’s a new man on the block. pany decided it wanted to mass produce Billy and On a recent Saturday afternoon Frontier and Southwest airlines But he’s not going after Barbie. At 13 inches tall headed to New York to launch the project. the Colorado resident arrived at have permitted him to use Gate and made of a plastic, he’s an out and proud gay There are four Billy varieties on store shelves her gate to find it transformed into B2.
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