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RAINY a high High of 64º The INSIDE Daily hopes Eastern Panthers take on Austin HOMECOMING EDITION Peay at FRIDAY Eastern Illinois University 2 p.m. Charleston, Ill. 61920 Saturday October 24, 1997 Vol. 83, No. 45 24 pages, 3 sections Four professional comedians PAGE take center stage Saturday News 3B SECTION C “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Supporting the Panthers Bonfire and pep rally the ‘biggest and loudest’ By DREW GRANGER festivities leading up to Staff writer performances by Eastern’s cheer team and the Pink Pan- The sound of Eastern’s band ther dancers. could be heard from one end of After the crowd was pumped the campus to another Thur- up, Spoo took the stage to sday, cutting through the cold address the assembled students. October night, as shouting Spoo introduced his team, students gathered in and calling them out in front of the around the tennis courts across stage. the street from Lawson Hall for “Come on guys,” Spoo said. the Homecoming pep rally. “It’s past my bed time.” Head football coach Bob Spoo then told the assem- Spoo proceeded to encourage bled students the team was ANNA BETZELBERGER/Staff photographer the crowd noise. gearing up for a run at the Ohio “I’ve been to 11 of these and valley Conference title. Students gather outside, near the Taylor Hall courts Thursday evening in a show of school spirit to prepare this is the biggest and noisiest, “We got off to a rough start,” for the upcoming Homecoming weekend. congratulations,” he said. Spoo said of the season thus The band kicked off the See RALLY page 2A Weekend 110 groups to parade around Charleston By SCOTT BOEHMER said. Campus editor ■ Sigma Sigma Sigma and Delta Security also will be much greater this year Sigma Phi float vandalized. than in 1996, Bentson said. Members of the Pi Saturday About 110 groups and organizations will STORY page 3A Kappa Alpha fraternity will be working with march and ride through the streets of police at each corner to help with security. In T-STORMS Charleston Saturday as part of this year’s addition, Bentson said she and a Charleston a high Homecoming parade. highest of any recent Homecoming parade at police officer have gone to all fraternity and of 72º The parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. and run to Eastern, said Tracy Bentson, Homecoming sorority houses to ensure they understand any about 11:30 a.m. It will begin at Seventh Street parade co-chair. parties they may hold along the parade route and Lincoln Avenue and run along Lincoln to The floats in the parade also will be judged, stay behind the sidewalk line. Sunday Monroe Avenue, along Monroe to Sixth Street with the winners to be announced during the During last year’s Homecoming parade, and along Sixth Street back to campus. third quarter of the football game. members of Pi Kappa Alpha got in trouble for RAINY New to the parade this year will be a Flatbeds, bands, walking floats, decorated allegedly harassing participants. a high marching-band competition featuring five local cars, a carriage with the Homecoming court Bentson said community members have of 56º high school bands. The six bands in the parade, and different city and university officials will been very “responsive to what happened last including Eastern’s marching band, is the be among the entries in the parade, Bentson year and ways to correct it. People are more Chairs: Benchmarking ‘a time-consuming’ process information is going to be to what I’m going been reported the way it has.” With deadline looming, peer institutions to fill out on my survey.” Doug Bock, chair of speech The benchmarking process allows communication, said he also has had interpret same questions differently departments to evaluate their cost problems with interpretations of the data. effectiveness and performance with peer “The main problem that I’m encountering By DEANA POOLE some questions differently. institutions – meaning other universities is the varying interpretations of data that I and JUSTIN KMITCH “I think that if we can get into more of a with similar departments. have received,” Bock said. “It’s like Staff writers dialogue with the peer institutions with what Departments currently face a Nov. 3 comparing apples and bolts.” we mean by certain questions, I think we deadline for completion of quantitative “You have chairs from different Many department chairs say time can gather more valid data. We need to reports, which compare Eastern’s universities providing their own constraints and differing interpretations of refine the questions that we ask as we departments with departments of eight peer interpretation of information that is being survey questions by the peer institutions has proceed each year.” institutions. Late reports will result in the requested, and interpretations may vary complicated the benchmarking process. Richard Wandling, chair of the political loss of 0.5 percent of new planning funds across different departments at different Most chairs agreed getting responses science department, said he questions the from the designated vice-presidential area. universities and different chairs,” Wandling from peer institutions was not a problem, comparability of the information that has Gary Aylesworth, chair of the philosophy said. but the peer institutions’ interpretation of the been collected. department, said he also has had problems With less than two weeks until the questions was. “(My concerns) now have to do with with different interpretations by peer quantitative reports are to be completed, “There are concerns with validity,” said matters of validity of the information that institutions. departments are becoming fully aware of John Best, chair of the psychology we’ve been able to gather,” Wandling said. “At this point, I do not suspect that I have how time consuming the process has been. department. “I think you can look at specific “There are some of the responses on the false information,” he said. “It’s just that I items and see that people are interpreting survey I’m not sure how comparable the don’t understand in every case why it has See BENCHMARKING page 2 2A Friday, October 24, 1997 The Daily Eastern News New laws to keep SIU Halloween quiet BYRDS CLEANERS CARBONDALE (AP) – City In 1994, police made more than 50 people, and damages Same Day Service officials and student leaders are than 100 arrests as about 2,000 totaled more than $10,000. predicting a peaceful Halloween people stampeded through a por- City officials say there are sev- In 10:30 - Out 4:00 M-F for the first time in years. tion of U.S. 51 near campus eral reasons why this year should ☛ Starched Shirts $1.25 “There truly is an atmosphere known as “The Strip.” The next be different. 345- ☛ out there that hasn’t apparently year, heavy police monitoring Last year’s rioting followed a 4546 Press Only Service existed before, one of coopera- limited the damage, and arrests new city ordinance that raised the ☛ Alterations & Repairs tion between the city and univer- were down to 14. minimum age for entry to bars to sity,” said David Vingren, under- Last year, however, packs of 21 from 19. This fall, however, S. 4th Street Curve - Charleston graduate student government students rioted on two nights dur- two new city council members leader. ing the weekend before who were elected with strong stu- In years past, students have Halloween. Several people tore dent support pushed a measure staged drunken riots in the streets down barricades and threw one at that lowered the bar-entry age of downtown Carbondale, flip- a passing Amtrak train before back to 19, saying they believed ping cars, breaking windows and police dispersed the crowd with it gave students a much-needed throwing bottles at police. pepper gas. Police arrested more entertainment option. RALLY from page 1A far. “But were 6-0 since then.” Spoo then said the team would go Large One Topping Pizza into Saturday’s homecoming game against Austin Peay and continue the winning streak. $5.99 Senior quarterback Mike Fri, Sat, Sun Simpson told the crowd, “Right now we’re No. 9 in the nation, but that’s going to change. Large One Topping The homecoming court was pre- and Twisty Sticks sented to the students, and Spoo and the captains of the football $7.99 team presented Homecoming (Pan $1 Extra) Queen Nicole Couri with a com- memorative football signed by the team. 348-1626 “This is kind of a tradition,” Offer Valid 11:00 PM to Close Daily Spoo said as the football was ANNA BETZELBERGER/Staff photographer given to Couri. “And I kind of Rachel Rockicwicz, a business management major, Mandy Bilas, a started a tradition last year. I get to junior marketing major, and Colleen DeLuca, a senior elementary kiss the queen.” education major, whoop it up during the pep rally held Thursday night. The night did not go off flaw- lessly, however. During a routine member Emily Anderson fell dur- on her head. by the Pink Panthers, the automat- ing the teams first routine of the “We were doing a high chair ic lights on the tennis courts went night, and hit her head on the hard (lift),” said junior cheer team out and had to be turned back on.