Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Eastern Progress 1995-1996 Eastern Progress 10-19-1995 Eastern Progress - 19 Oct 1995 Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1995-96 Recommended Citation Eastern Kentucky University, "Eastern Progress - 19 Oct 1995" (1995). Eastern Progress 1995-1996. Paper 9. http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1995-96/9 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Eastern Progress at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastern Progress 1995-1996 by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. RUNNING UNNOTICED OUT FOR BLOOD WEATHER i TODAY High The Colonel cross country squads The 11th annual Red Cross 75, Low 52, have had great success over the Blood Drive will get pumping partly sunny last decade, but still come up short Tuesday in the Powell lobby. BS FRIDAY High In national recognition. B6 60, Low 47, partly sunny SATURDAY High 57, Low s PORTS A CTIVITIES 38, showers THE EASTERN PROGRESS Vol. 74 /No. 9 28 pages October 19,1995 Student publication of Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky. 40475 ©The Eastern Progress Boycott draws large crowd BY MATT MCCARTY three student paying high prices for food a la plan, primarily because of limited Managing editor leaders — carte by purchasing one of the four times the cafeteria is open. Molly Neuroth, meal plans. Director of Food "I could not be forced to eat din- At the Powell Cafeteria Tuesday, Natalie Services Greg Hopkins said. ner at certain times," Neuroth said. students were eating Big Macs, Husband and The least expensive plan gives "It's after 9 (p.m.) sometimes before Chicken Burritos, pepperoni pizzas Kristi Hester. students 19 meals a week at a cost I eat." and a ham sandwich with vegetables "We're very of S3.04 per meal. The highest The cafeteria's meal plan is and a sweet pumpkin tan. satisfied," priced plan offers 10 meals a week available from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 Greg Hopkins No, it wasn't the usual meals pre- Neuroth said. for $4.25 per meal. p.m. for lunch and 4:30-6:30 p.m. saya "consider sent at the cafeteria during "There are "If it was really a problem with for dinner. Tuesday's boycott, which students more here than a board plan." price, these people would consider a It wasn't just protesters who said said was necessary because of the we thought board plan," Hopkins said Tuesday prices were high. One cafeteria cus- cafeteria's high prices. would attend. It shows how every- Students, however, said the prob- tomer, Elizabeth Bargo. said she More than 100 students attended one feels the prices are too high." lem was they couldn't eat at the Progress/ MATT McCARTY the boycott, which was organized by Students, however, can avoid cafeteria enough to consider the SEE BOYCOTT. PAGE A8 Students boycotted the Powell Cafeteria by bringing their lunch. Richmond PUMPKIN PICKING Glenn Miller, passes wind tunnels part rules for of alumni recall BY DANNA ESTKIPCE Remember Ma Kelly's? a.m. clubs News writer Refresh memories on A6. Louis Power remembers a time BY IANNA GILLASPIE when the girls asked the boys." News editor when the walk between the library and the Weaver Health Building Power said. "We were both there with someone else, and we started Pat Abrams. part owner of The was "a wind tunnel" because there dancing together, and..." Silver Star located on Main Street were so few buildings nearby. "Of course, now, it looks like a Power was supposed to graduate downtown, said she doesn't know with the class of 1944, but his col- how a new city ordinance approved short space, but back then we used to dread that walk," Power said. lege education was interrupted by Tuesday requiring private clubs to the World War II draft, so he didn't obtain an occupational license will "Back then" was the early 1940s, graduate until 1947. affect the Silver Star's private after a time when things were very differ- ent for students on the university's He came back to Eastern in 1969 hours club. to work in public relations and The ordinance adding to the campus, the Eastern alumnus said. "We had very little to do with became the director of Upward occupational licensing regulations Bound and Special Services for 15 ordinance will regulate area estab- downtown; we stayed on campus years. lishments opening and operating most of the time," Power said. "We'd go to the Student Center, He has been driving the car for after hours night clubs. the grand marshal in the. Existing clubs like Abrams' and where the bookstore is now, and dance to Glenn Miller on the nick- Homecoming parade for several The Cherry Pit on Second Street years, a role he will reprise in this will not be affected by the ordi- elodeon (juke box)." He met his wife at a "vice-versa" year's parade. nance. Ed, Worley, city manager, dance on campus, he said. said in the commission meeting Tuesday, the ordinance was not "The old vice-versa dance was SEE PAST, PAGE A6 retroactive and would not affect existing private clubs. Several arrests and altercations have been reported after midnight in Parking tickets down downtown Richmond, when private after hours clubs are in full early- morning swing. from last semester Abrams said she does not make any profits from keeping the room ably down, Jozefowicz said. open after midnight, when area pub- Commuters using He attributes the lower number lic businesses must close. of parking tickets to commuters rid- "It's more like a game room," shuttle helping to ing the shuttle bus to classes. she said. "A lot of people are riding the Abrams said most of the mem- curb ticket numbers new bus from Stale I and." he said. bers of the private club are second The bus schedule was revised shift workers who come in after 11 BY IANNA GILLASPIE News editor about three weeks ago according to p.m. and wouldn't otherwise have class starting times, Jozefowicz anywhere to go. There are also The number of parking tickets said. The schedule allows riders to many Eastern students who are go from the Stateland commuter lot members. given by campus police are down this semester, said Mark to the Daniel Boone statue in plenty The club does not sell liquor, of time to get to class. Jozefowicz soft drinks or any type of food. Jozefowicz. director of parking and transportation. travel the bus route and walked to Abrams said. "We don't even sell the farthest classrooms with plenty gum." From Aug. I to Sept. 13. 3,473 tickets have been written by the of time to spare, he said. Abrams says her establishment While he has received several already follows the guidelines set division of public safety. Progress/ MARIE MOFFITT complaints from commuters about by the ordinance, including keeping Only two students have lost their a roster of members and selling Kelly Tlpton, of Berea. tries to select the perfect pumpkin at Fall Harvest Saturday «t Alumni parking this semester for excessive Coliseum Tipton was one of many Madison countians who didn't let the rains spoil the day. parking tickets, which is consider- SEE PARKING, PAGE AS SEE ORDINANCE, PAGE AS Todd-Dupree violations higher : Accent B1 ty policy in the Todd-Dupree area, Stauffer said. HOMECOMING Reports in co-ed or one violation every other day. "We stand by the policies, and | Activities B5 dorms twice that of according to figures released by we try to enforce the policies. My : Ad Index B8 MAGAZINE Betsy Bohannon, administrative feeling is that we don't have any j Arts B3 other residence halls assistant in judicial and disabled ser- more people getting away with Find out all the things." Stauffer said. j Classifieds A4 vices. information about BY LANNYBKANNOCK One of the reasons for such high According to the figures. SO per- j News Briefs -A4 numbers from the Todd-Dupree area cent of all violations committed in this year's Assistant news editor People B4 is more students tend to commit vio- residence halls are open house vio- Homecoming in Violations of university policies lations in the co-ed situation. lations. Possession of alcohol Perspective A2.3 our special 12-page in the residence halls are not an "You have a much better chance accounts for another 17 percent. Police Beat A4 of getting caught in Todd-Dupree," "It may be easier here to spend magazine, which everyday occurrence. A co-ed gets Preview B2 written up for a violation once every said Steve Stauffer. Todd-Dupree the night, but I don't think people includes facts on 10 days in Telford Hall and once Area Coordinator. are getting away with infractions Sports B6.7,8 the 5K run. Queen any more than other halls," Stauffer every seven days in Keene Hall, Co-ed living makes it difficult CLASS PATTERN according to 1994 figures. to require students of the opposite said. candidates and a But not in the Todd-Dupree area. sex to be checked in by residents Bohannon agreed. game roster. During the 1994 fall semester, of the dorm, making open house SEE VIOLATIONS, PAGE AS m there were 64 violations of universi- policies difficult to enforce. l mm A2 PERSPECTIVE THE EASTERN PROGRESS Thursday, October 19, 1995 Wrestling, Tips you fake but so won't get much fun from Heloise If you read this column carefully, you will "It's all made up; it's fake," I used to tell have at hand the facts on how to save money, all my friends about so-called professional eat right and still have a little cash left over wrestling.