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The Thunder storm Dally NBC Thunder defeat FRIDAY Eastern Illinois University Panthers in Charleston, Ill. 61920 November 15, 1996 exhibition Vol. 82, No. 65 game 79-70 2 section, 1.6 pages s PAGE "Tell the truth and don .'t be afraid" 8 orum ackles ac1sm• ot In Our Town forum ourages community tion against intolerance A panel discussion Thursday helped erate ideas on how to fight racism at tern and Charleston such as forming a k force of community members and nts. The program, titled "Not In Our Town," " lltmut 400 people who talked a60ut More than 400 people watched a video during a forum discussion on racism called "Not In Our Town, " Thursday night in the Grand · g the first steps to. fight racism. Ira Barrett, owner of Tokens, suggested Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. ing the task force so the community something happens here." drive down Roosevelt everyday seeing covering how the town of Billings, Mont. students can get together to solve racial Others suggested fighting racism by windows eight floors high and 20 windows fought a growing problem with racism and terns. adopting a symbol to hang in residence long filled with that symbol. That would hate crimes through community action. The "We have a problem we need to halls·and store fronts, as had been done in a show people we care," said Liz Halbert, video was followed by the panel ss," Barrett said. "We can create a video shown during the program. organizer of the event. discussion. The panel was made of various 'ttee and we can address this before "Can you imagine all the people who The program consisted of a video See FORUM page 2A o summer school .Voter turnout .nearly doubles r poor academics in fall election GPA up and they only take one By MINDV BUYCK AA approved or two courses," Hohengarten Student government editor new program that said. He said if a student, who has Voter turnout at the Student Senate fall limits options for been academically dismissed, election reached 1,325, almost double of last reinstates in the university fall's total of 695. · missed students during the summer term, takes This election was the first time Student one course and gets a C, the Senate elections were held on two days, student will have a hard time instead of one. getting his or her GPA up to an 'We didn't know what to expect from .this appropriate lcrvel. Members of the Council on change," said John Petrenko, director of the -"I think there is a high elections commission. Petrenko had said cademic Affai,rs Thursday failure rate for people who ved a proposal that says earlier in the week he hoped for a voter reinstate in the summer," said turnout of 15 to 20 percent becau~ the nts who are academically Charles Evans, assistant vice · ·ssed from the university elections were extended for two days and the president for academic affairs student improvement referendum was placed annot be reinstated during and a member of the Academic IUIDDler terms. on the ballot. Reinstatement Committee. Petrenko estimated the turnout was about The policy will take effect "If someone only earns a C leXt fall. 12 to 13 percent. Fall elections in 1994 an in the summer term, they have I 9'J5 both had voter turnout below I 0 percent. Frank Hohengarten, chair of a greater chance earning a B in the Academic Reinstatement "Over all I would have to say I am happy," the fall and spring semester Petrenko said. mmittee, told CAA than the summer." mbers that some students The 1,325 voters were divided into 956 on­ A student receives an campus voters an 369 off-campus voters. ho are academically academic warning if his or her missed from the university Petrenko said many of the resident halls did grade falls below a 2.0, Hohen­ better in voter turnout than in the past d sit out one semester, garten said. y try to be reinstated into Petrenko also said he was pleased with the "If a student has a warning off-campus turnout He said the commission die iiniversity in the summer and that student's GPA drops, IBE MASAYUKl/Staff photographer had run off 300 ballots for off-campus voters mm. he or she is put on probation, "The committee and I think and actually had to run off more when those and if the GPA doesn't Drummer boy ran-0ut · that it is a disadvantage for improve, the student is aca­ dents who re-enter in the Carl Powell Jr., junior music education major; hits the timpani Petrenko said he plans to spread elections demically dismissed from the Thursd(ly morning during a rehearsal for the concert, over a two-day period in the spring elections aummer term because it is university," Hohengarten said. der for them to get their "Percussion Ensemble," in the Fine Arts Building. It will be because of the high voter-turnout in this See SUMMER page 2A held Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Dvorak Concert Hall election. 2A Friday, November 15, 1996 The Dally Eastern News Bernardin dies Thursday pancreatic cancer had spread anniversary of his father's Thousands mourn and would kill him within a death. year. In doing so, he intimately Pope John Paul II mourned loss of Catholic discussed fears most people the loss of a great church lead­ find too terrifying to reveal. er and cited the cardinal's "dig­ church leader He faced the ordeal humbly, nity and hope in the face of the CHICAGO (AP) - Less than head-on, saying, "As a person mystery of suffering and four months ago, Cardinal of faith, I see death as a death." Until he was nearly Joseph Bernardin gallantly friend." It was a signature style bedridden earlier this month, faced a packed room of that defined the man in life and Bernardin never avoided the reporters to calmly tell the in his very public death. most prying questions about world that he was dying. Bernardin, 68, died at his his deteriorating health, Shot Specials With almost shocking can­ North Side home.at 1:33 a.m. endearing himself to worship­ 16oz dor, the nation's senior Roman Thursday, his mother's 92nd pers who saw him not only as a Bud Lt. & Aftershock Catholic prelate disclosed that birthday -and a day after the spiritual leader, but a friend. Bud Bds. Shots University of Illinois approves tuition hikes CHICAGO (AP) - Attending the University of Tuition will rise by 5 percent at the main campus Stu•s Pop 1 Illinois is getting more expensive. in Urbana-Champaign. That's a $158 increase for The university system's Board of Trustees on undergraduates and a $180 increase for graduate stu­ When Shacking, Take? Thursday approved tuition hikes of between 3 per­ dents. cent and 5 percent at the three :eempuses~ Tuition will rise to $3,~08 for undergraduates and A.) T-Shirt E.) All of the University officials sa:y the money is needed to $3,770 for graduate stlidents. make academic improvements such as reducing Students in law school and graduate library sci­ B.) Boxers above class si:res and equipping co~puter labs. ence students also will pay an extra $500 per year. C.) Sweatshirt FORUM frompageone ----- community and campus figures. many of them had called him to tell him about it. Charleston Mayor Dan Cougill, who sat on the "If we don't know there's a problem, it's hard panel, said the only racial problems in Charleston to address it," Cougill said. Cougill told the audi­ he was aware of was a series of gang related ence members that if they ever have a problem to graffiti from about a year and a half ago. call him about it. t-lONO KONO t-lOUSE But several audience members said they had Halbert said she ·was very pleased with the NOW OPEN MONDAYS been the targets of racism, and said it is a prob- outcome and plans on following up on all the lem in Charleston. Of the incidents mentioned, suggestions. several included problems with local police. "It was great to see people not only state prob- COMBINATION PLATTERS Halbert, a freshman at Eastern, said she had !ems, but also offer solutions and we are going to served with eggroll, fortune cookie, friect · ce been the focus of racism herself. follow up on those," Halbert said. "If there is ever a problem, and one of our offi- Cougill said afterwards that he would be wilf- Sweet and Sour Chicken cers is involved it will be investigated," Cougill ing to sit on a task force and help identify key Sweet and Sour Shrimp said. "And it will not be done quietly, it will be community members to serve on the task force. Almond Chicken done openly." Cougill said he served 28 years where there Empress Chicken (spicy) Graduate student and member of Zeta Phi Beta was a policy of :rero tolerance.