i't on the EDGE The Eastern back. The monthly magazine gives you a glimpse of the arts and entertainment world around campus and the community. Check out the first issueyCl-12 Richmoi - On the run... Burnam flail room l. Shots are nred al the comer of Orange and Irvine Streets. damaged by smoke f r^.^. Around 8:30 pja. on Tuesday night, room 353 in Burnam Hall caught fire. consKKraolc amount of i saidTomLMdp^astdBTCsarofi Ec safety. There was mam age to a laundry hamper and there were multiple barn marks on a quit. The m condatontog unfe was also considerabfr damaged. No one m hurt inoucfL was no active burning flame in the OsnaTi rsd. wn*e and blue tamsy quit waa The sprinklers in the room did not go off because they are her wonre hi—nounam Burnam Hal caught *eTi heat sensitive, not smoke sensi- tive." he said. "There obviously kfers." dowa at the Baptist Student was a flame inside the air condi- Sarah Dickey, the resident of Union, tioning unit bat there were no the room and whose fattier. Steve 1 was working for the Baptist active burning flames elsewhere Dickey, is aa ertainrnars profcssoi Student Union's CommooGround 3. Two man are i in the room, so there was not at Eastern, was told that her room 4. Just after tie firet arrests, a man is denied entry into at Brockton Apartments- enough heat to set off the sprin- was on fire while she was working See BURNHAM, A5 Palmer Hal. That man, who police are St* searching one at 1:19 a.m; for. is believed to be the fiflh suspect in the shooting. the other at 6:15 a.m. Eun-Young You^ragmi Faculty Senate passes Campus police aid proposal for inequities BrAiijaowAlTia* paaaed the motion in Ben of the Schlomann said that 80 per- Copy minimum wage motion passed cent is minimal, as is the $50,000 in shooting arrests lastApriL budget, which is why so few facul- The Faculty Senate's expected "(The CUPA survey) is a nation- ty are affected. She that with BmM- debate over a change in pokey for BY Ju—ui Boons al database of sauries of pubic insti ed funds, tins is a start selecting foundation professors tutions ... We, in the proposal, Keith Johnson, char of the Ad NewseaMor was postponed indefinitely at its looked specifically at Eastern's Hoc Committee, said the CUPA Eastern Pubic Safety officials arrested three men monthly meeting Monday. L MKa> a JsaUi OCZaaVQMOQ, study is being used by new hires on campus carry Sunday morning in connection Instead, the Senate focused on a on lanspus already, thus, the pro- with a drive-by shooting in downtown Richmond. proposal dealing with salary The change will be applied to posal wiD allow for more consis- One other man was stressed by Richmond Polce. SMqunee. tency in salaries. Johnson said Officials are sol looking for a fifth suspect The Ad Hoc Compensation al faculty salaries. Approximately 26 faculty members wul be affect- other sd i ant ay i to the proposal A preliminary hearing for three of the men was and Benefits Committee proposed are that the plan is more legally held Wednesday morning. They posted a $20,000 that the Senate adopt a motion to ed; 14 professors, 10 associate defensible and falls within the bond and haw been released. increase individual faculty salaries professors and two assistant pro- available funds. At 1:10 a.m. Sunday morning, all the men were for 2001-2002 to 80 percent of the fessors will receive increases Interim President Eugene riding in a car coming down Irvine Street, accord- average salary, as defined by the ranging from $5O$5,300. The pro- Ksvtn MarHn/Progrsss Hughes pointed out that using ing to Charles DeBord, Richmond police chief. 2000-2001 CUPA National Faculty posal will use the $50,000 avail- national data as a method for bar- Multiple shots were fired from the vehicle near Brian Ison. 21. left, and Ralph Van Dyke, 16, Salary Survey of Eastern's bench- able in the budget for this fiscal the corner of Orange and Irvine streets down- mark institutions. The Senate year. See SENATE, A5 town, DeBord said. consult wKh attorney Jm BaechtoM at a prasns- DeBord said that bullets hit two other vehicles nary hearirtg yesterday at tha District Courthouse. in the area, one of which was occupied by two people. They were not injured. DeBord declined after the car was pulled over, lindquist said. to release their names. One of those men was Brian Ison, 21, of Neither of die vehicles had any connection to Lancaster. Police reumts said Ison fT*** the few» Club-like atmosphere the case, according to police reports. behind the 100 block of Brockton Apartments. He Richmond Police notified Eastern's Pubic Safety was arrested at 1:19 am. after an officer saw him officials to watch for the car the men were driving staggering in front of the building. Ison had a cut on — a Lincoln with tinted windows — and a Public his right hand from jumping the fence. could come to Powell Safety officer patrolling the north side of campus He was charged with alcohol intoxication and spotted the car as it turned from Madison Drive disorderly conduct. By. onto Summit Street at the edge of campus, accord- The other man spotted running from the vehi- Managing adKor ing to Tom Lindquist, director of Public Safety. cle was Ralph VanDyke, 18, of Lancaster, who Public Safety police reports stated Eastern offi- had been driving the car. Reports said VanDyke Eastern is working to make the cers pulled over the speeding car on Madison was found and arrested at 6:15 a.m. after police Powell Building a little more stu- Drive in front of Telford Hall. There, Richmond saw him hiding in a bush near the 200 block of dent friendly through Project police arrested Kenneth Puffins, 20, of Lancaster. Brockton. VanDyke was charged with third Achieve, a leadership/scholarship According to police reports, Pullins initially degree criminal trespassing. program sponsored by the Office attempted to give officers a false name. He was None of the men campus police arrested were of Student Affairs. arrested at 129 am. at the car, and was identified armed, but Richmond Police said at the bearing The student committee for the at the county jail through a criminal history file, that shell cases were found in the car behind the project is developing a proposal the report said. door and between the seat and the door. All three that, if passed, will turn the He was charged with giving police a false of the men were charged with two counts of first- Powell Building Recreation Area name and possession of marijuana. degree wanton endangerment into a dub-like atmosphere. Police also arrested Antonio McPherson, 22, According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, "The mission of the group of Lancaster. Police reports stated McPherson McPherson pleaded not guilty at an arraignment (Project Achieve) centers around had been in Garrard County, where he shot his making an impact, making the girlfriend in the leg. He was taken to the Garrard Monday and is being held in the Lincoln County jail in lieu of a $250,000 cash bond. His preliminary institution a better place through County Detention Center. a leadership effort of the group's Three other men in the car ran away on foot See SHOOTING, A5 See POWELL, A5 The bowwng easy hi toe bottom of the Powell Bunding wM be updated. ^>V*r Tuition rates :how Eastern compares Eastern not alone Eastern's tuition rate next year for undergraduate full- time students is one of the highest in the state, with Western ranking first at 36.2 percent. with tuition increase •01-02 *02-03 rsatarivlJehenstT BY Mm VMSON 16.3 percent for full-time nonresi- Resident 1.168 1.279 $111/9.5% Managing editor dent undergraduate students. Nonresident 3,502 3.835 $333/9.5% Bill Swinford, senior associate for The> money Eastern isn't alone — several the CPE, said there is a pretty good 1.224 85/7.5% other in-state universities are variation of tuition rates across the 3.675 256/7.5% CRUNCH depending on their students to state, noting that increases are grow- This is the bring in revenue for their institu- ing rapidly and enrollment is up. 1.213 9078.0% tions, resulting in increases in "At the moment, Kentucky 3.640 270/8.0% third in a four- tuition across the state. tuition rates are low relative to most part series Eastern's Board of Regents voted other states," Swinford said, noting 1.257-1.280 90-113/7.7-9.7% examining how to increase undergraduate tuition the CPE's concern is not the tuition 3.770-3.840 269-339/7.7-9.7% IT for the 2002-2003 academic year by increases themselves, but the fact budget 9.5 percent at its Aug. 2 meeting. Hi 79 cutbacks affect they are going up so quickly. Resident 1.203-1.248 63-108/5.5-9.5% Low: 55 Graduate student tuition will rise 9 Student Government Association Nonresident 3,327-3.372 63-108/1.9-3.3% students and percent for the 2002-2003 year. avarsstyaf Conditions: rr> «v President Nick Bertram said it's Thunderstorms * 1 their wallets. The Council on Postsecondary unfair the CPE pushed the universi- Resident 1,635 1.740 105/6.4% Education allowed universities to set ties to set their tuition rates so early.