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Eastern Illinois University The Keep March 1999 3-26-1999 Daily Eastern News: March 26, 1999 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_mar Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: March 26, 1999" (1999). March. 15. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_mar/15 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 1999 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in March by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 53˚ Partly The Daily Friday 25˚ cloudy March 26, 1999 Inside Eastern Sports We got www.den.eiu.edu Payback Eastern Illinois University Panthers travel to S.E. the funk! Charleston, Ill. 61920 Missouri for three-game set Funkadesi makes its debut in Vol. 84, No. 123 against reigning Ohio Valley 20 pages, 2 sections hopes of making Charleston a Conference champs “funky town.” News tournament champs. See The Verge section B “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 12A Mattress, deck catch fire Hundreds Flames extinguished before help arrives By Joe Sanner welcome new Senior reporter esidents were evacuat- ed from Darigan Apartments, 751 Sixth president R St., Thursday afternoon when a discarded mattress caught her to campus,” Fain said. fire at the rear of the building and Eastern and the Pat Butler, a freshman market- spread to an outside deck on the ing major, said he attended the first-floor level. community rally reception because it is important The Charleston Fire Depart- for students to get to know the ment received a call at 3:24 p.m. support for Surles president of the university. that a fire had broken out, but by “I enjoyed the opportunity to the time firefighters responded, it in a welcoming meet the president,” Butler said. had been fairly well extinguished, “This is not just a faculty meeting. said Charleston Fire Chief Darrell reception It is also an opportunity for stu- Nees. dents to meet the president.” “Some guys were going up By Meghan McMahon Biological sciences professor town in an ambulance and saw the Administration editor Judy James said she enjoyed the fire and were able to put it out with opportunity to meet Surles and the a couple of fire extinguishers,” Several hundred members of opportunity for Surles to meet Nees said. “Being a masonry the university and Charleston some of the faculty members. building, of course it didn’t spread communities attended a reception “(I attended the reception) to into the building.” welcoming Eastern President welcome her to the university and Captain Kris Phipps said it took Carol Surles to Eastern. get to know her a little bit,” James only a couple of minutes to extin- Jerilyn Hutson, a secretary in said. “I think this is a good chance guish the fire and estimated $700 the alumni office, said she wanted for her to meet the faculty.” to $800 in damages were caused Chris Sievers to welcome Surles to Eastern. Jeanne Simpson, assistant vice by the fire. Staff photographer “I think it is very important president for academic affairs, Aaron Davison, a junior music that everyone shows their support said the reception was a good major, said he noticed the fire Residents of for the new president,” Hutson opportunity to let Surles know when he was in his neighbor’s said. (the community is) glad she is Darigan apartment, which was directly Apartments, 751 She said she thinks it is impor- here. above where the fire originated, tant to show Surles her support Sixth St., were and called 911. evacuated because she is going through a “We were watching the war in period of adjustment after just Thursday after a Kosovo and we started to smell the We surely wanted to meet discarded mattress moving to Charleston and begin- “ smoke,” he said. “I thought it was with the new president and caught fire behind ning a new job. the building. Hutson also is a member of the gain additional under- See MATTRESS Page 2A alumni association board of direc- standing about how the tors and said she is looking for- ward to working with Surles. university will be progress- Library technical assistant ing for the next century.I New domestic violence cases Scott Minor said he wanted to be part of the community welcoming think the university is Surles to Eastern. headed in a continuing exceed CADV’s 1999 predictions “We want to welcome Dr. positive direction and I am Surles and make her aware of our cal year (July 1998 - July 1999),” library and let her know what pleased to find that out. ATAGLANCE Four months into Stepp said. “By the end of October, we’re doing,” Minor said. we had already had more shelter Retired business professor 1999,reported cases Number of Coalition Against Foster Rinefort, nights than predicted for the entire Foster Rinefort said he attended retired business professor year.” Domestic Violence clients: the reception because he wanted surpass expected Out of the 649 clients, the coali- to meet Surles and learn more tion had in 1998, 75 were ongoing 1998 - New clients: 574 about her ideas for the university. totals for year clients. Of the 574 new clients, 473 Old clients: 75 “We surely wanted to meet “I think it is important for us to are adults and 101 are children. with the new president and gain ” make her feel as welcome as pos- By Joe Sanner 1999 - New clients: 600 Senior reporter “The kids we see at the coali- additional understanding about sible,” Simpson said. “We’re glad tion, they need the services because how the university will be pro- she’s here and we want to make At the end of fiscal year 1998, they’ve been witnesses to the During the 1998 period, the gressing for the next century,” sure she knows that.” the Charleston Coalition Against effects or somehow experienced the coalition logged a total of 1,075 on- Rinefort said. “I think the univer- David Onestak, director of the Domestic Violence had served a effects of domestic violence,” site shelter days and two off-site sity is headed in a continuing pos- counseling center, said he attend- total of 649 new and on-going Stepp said. shelter days in Charleston. itive direction and I am pleased to ed the reception because he thinks clients, and members predict a def- Stepp estimated 95 percent of The coalition often shelters vic- find that out.” it is important for people to be inite increase in the number of clients at the coalition are women. tims of domestic violence in their He also said he is looking for- able to communicate with admin- cases of domestic violence in 1999. Throughout the 1998 fiscal year, on-site facilities and, in special cir- ward to the opportunity to talk to istrators. At the beginning of fiscal year the coalition received 1,507 calls to cumstances, will put victims in a Surles about his continuing “It’s important for us to know 1999, the Charleston CADV pre- its crisis hot line. hotel room or another off-site loca- research in his field. and communicate with the prima- dicted there would be 600 new Maureen Robinson, director of tion, Stepp said. Ryan Fain, senior speech com- ry administrator at Eastern,” cases of domestic violence reported the Charleston CADV, said it is dif- “We have a fair number of stu- munication major and member of Onestak said. throughout the year. But the coali- ficult to predict the number of hot dents,” Stepp said. “We end up with the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, He said he is looking forward tion has exceeded that prediction line calls the coalition will receive probably 30 to 40 (Eastern) stu- said he attended the reception to to being able to work with Surles already, said Jeff Stepp, Charleston in a year. dents each year.” become more familiar with during her tenure because she also CADV community outreach and “The population is pretty stable The coalition attributes the rise Surles. has a counseling background. volunteer coordinator. and not very fast-growing,” she “I thought I’d like to introduce Dawn Taylor, a senior family “We’ve surpassed that predic- said. “I can’t imagine the number myself on behalf of the (Delta tion four months into the 1999 fis- of hot line calls going any higher.” See CASES Page 9A Sigma Phi) house and welcome See WELCOME Page 2A 2A Friday, March 26, 1999 The Daily Eastern News The Daily Welcome Eastern from Page 1A police ews and consumer sciences major, N said she attended the reception blotter The Daily Eastern News is published daily, simply because she wanted to get Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly to know Surles personally. Driving under the during the summer term except during school “This is my last year here and I vacations or examinations, by influence PRINTED WITH wanted to meet her and see what SOYINK the students of Eastern Illinois TM University. Subscription price: she’s all about,” Taylor said. ■ Andrew J. Feig, 22, of 1520 $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all Linda Rogers, an employee in Second St., was charged at year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of the dean’s office of the College of The Associated Press, which is entitled to 12:40 a.m. Sunday at 1500 exclusive use of all articles appearing Arts and Humanities, said she Second St. with driving under in this paper.