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PARTLY CLOUDY a high of 44º The Last INSIDE Daily chance Eastern The Panther's face Eastern The real Kentucky in FRIDAY Eastern Illinois University final regular Charleston, Ill. 61920 season game November 21, 1997 world Vol. 83, No. 65 Field experience is the topic of 12 pages education seminar for students News PAGE PAGE 6 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” 12 CAA passes new degree Individualized Studies proposal heads to IBHE for approval By JUSTIN KMITCH interests,” said CAA member Frank Administration editor McCormick, who voted against the proposal. “I believe the present After debating for about an hour, the arrangement gave students the right Council on Academic Affairs Thursday amount of freedom and discipline to approved the Individualized Studies benefit from their education. Degree Program by a vote of 7-3. “I’m disappointed, but I wish the William Hine, dean of the School of program and its future students well,” Adult and Continuing education, McCormick said. presented the fifth draft to CAA The proposed degree program would members and said the program will allow a maximum of 40 students to allow students more flexibility. create a degree program for majors not CAA members and audience offered at Eastern. After two years, the members said Eastern’s current majors program will be evaluated by CAA to allow enough flexibility and they determine whether it will be continued. questioned the need for the degree. “I would advise that students JAMI MEHLENBECK/Staff photographer “I do not support the program planning on going into this program do William Hine, dean of the School of Adult and Continuing Education answers questions concerning because I really do believe there are their homework,” said CAA member the proposed Individualized Studies Degree Program at the Council for Academic Affairs meeting sufficient amounts of opportunities to Dan Jecks. “It is after all, an Thursday afternoon, in the Arcola/Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. let students develop a course or area of experimental program.” study that meets their personal See DEGREE page 2 Task force proposes changes in faculty payment By JUSTIN KMITCH guidelines describe how faculty credit units Administration editor The CU (credit unit) guidelines had not been revised for 10 years, so we are to be adjusted and calculated for a needed it. Faculty and administration both felt that it needed to be changed.” number of assignments and situations A joint administration-union task force – Katherine Bartel, including large and small class sizes. proposed some revisions of the Faculty “ “The CU (credit unit) Guidelines had not Assignment of Duties Guidelines that would task force member been revised for 10 years, so we needed it,” alter how much full-time faculty members said Katherine Bartel, task force member. are paid based on student enrollment in their professor. Illinois, said three credit units represent the “Faculty and administration both felt that it classes. The workloads for tenured, tenure-track time and effort needed for a professor to needed to be changed.” “Our charge was to recommend to and annually contracted faculty are measured teach a three semester-hour course. According to current guidelines, credit administration and union revisions in the in credit units. The number of credit units is determined units are broken down as follows: guidelines,” said Donald Smitley, task force Laurent Gosselin, president of Eastern’s by the department chairs using the ■ One to five students: Course may be member and educational administration chapter of the University Professionals in Assignment of Duties Guidelines. The See GUIDELINES page 2 AB adds new term for UB loan the balance will be deducted from the UB’s Concert profits to go into 2000-2001 budget. The estimated $22,000 loan from the AB student activity fee fund will cover the more than $38,000 loss from the By JOE SANNER Aretha Franklin concert. Staff writer AB Chair Steve Zielinski met with Huson Wednesday to verify the loan terms drawn up The Apportionment Board Wednesday by the AB subcommittee are legal. approved an additional term for the University “She gave me a lot of good feedback and Board loan, which will require concert profits some fresh ideas,” Zielinski said. to be transferred annually to the student The subcommittee in charge of the loan activity fee reserve. terms consists of AB members Craig Lisa Huson, Eastern’s legal counsel, DeSimone, Tyson Wells, Scott Kopecky and recommended the AB add the term to the Mark Herman. existing four guidelines. In other AB business, a subcommittee will Under the other loan terms, the UB will be examine five recognized student organizations allotted three years to repay the loan. The on campus to make sure they meet repayment period will begin July 1 of the requirements for additional allocations. 1998-1999 fiscal year and end June 30 of the All five organizations will come before the 2000-2001 fiscal year. board next semester to request money for ANNA BETZELBERGER/Assoc. photo editor Interest will be charged at the rate of 6 events. The organizations are requesting funds percent per year the outstanding balance is for a total of 45 events. Don’t touch me owed. Each event will cost about $360, which is Eight theatre art majors perform “Patchwork: No Strings Attached?” an independent Under an additional term, if the UB has not production Thursday night to raise money to bring the AIDS quilt here to Eastern. The repaid the loan by the fiscal year 2000-2001, See LOAN page 2 group raised about $100 in two nights to donate to the AIDS memorial quilt. 2 Friday, November 21, 1997 The Daily Eastern News US given the OK to send arms inspectors back to Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Iraq on Thursday between Russia and the government of Iraqi tion 687.” That section of the resolution, Socialist Baath Party – to give its approval. agreed to allow U.S. arms inspectors back President Saddam Hussein. adopted in 1991 after the Iraqis invaded INA said the assembly was briefed by its into the country, ending three weeks of defi- “An agreement has been reached that Iraq Kuwait, says once the United Nations certi- speaker, Sadoun Hamadi, “on the important ance of the United Nations. will accept the return of the Special fies that Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction results” of Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Iraq and Russia have reached an agreement Commission in its entirety and the resump- are eliminated, the Security Council will Aziz’s visit to Moscow “on the road to lifting for all weapons inspectors to come back and tion of its work starting today, November 20, order the lifting of the sanctions, which block the unjust sanctions imposed on Iraq.” for Russia to work for the lifting of U.N. 1997,” said the text of the statement. Iraq from exporting its oil. Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov Security Council sanctions on Iraq, the offi- It said “that Russia, on its part, will partic- Iraq’s National Assembly, or parliament, had announced a compromise was reached cial Iraqi News Agency reported. ipate to implement U.N. resolutions related to went into session Thursday morning to dis- after a hastily arranged, middle-of-the-night The statement carried by the agency was the quick lifting of the sanctions and especial- cuss the agreement and presumably – meeting in Geneva among the five permanent issued in the form of a joint communique ly the implementation of article 22 of resolu- because it is controlled by the ruling Arab members of the U.N. Security Council. Septuplets concern DEGREE from page one CAA member Jackie McGrath, who voted in favor expressed relief with the approval of the program. of the program, said the program’s faculty advisers “I’m pleased that we were able to put this issue fertility doctors must be sure students are being guided and not left to behind us,” Wohlrabe said. “There are so many safe- determine their fate alone. guards set up including CAA oversight, that I trust my By The Associated Press pounds – because she was able to “I think this program could work, but we must make colleagues to put legitimate programs together.” To those who specialize in fertil- carry the seven for nearly 31 sure that advisers are helping to guide the students,” Jecks said he voted in favor of the program because ity treatment, the birth of seven weeks, which is longer than the McGrath said. “Their first priority should be to try and no additional resources will be allocated. babies to one woman is no miracle. norm for so many fetuses. present the students with a variety of majors. “I supported the program with the mind set that there The goal of fertility medicine is Fertility medicine has permitted Individualized study should be a last resort.” will be no extra burden on any departments,” Jecks to produce a single healthy baby. pregnancy in thousands of women Hine told CAA members of other institutions who said. “Changes can always be made, but only after the Bobbi McCaughey’s delivery in who otherwise could not conceive.