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Wednesday, June 19, 2002 The Daily Vol. 86 No.154 thedailyeasternnews.com Eastern“Tell the truth and don’tNews be afraid.” Speakers major part of Girls State Felicia Martinez lectures and speakers provide infor- Campus/Activities editor mation as to how the real govern- ment runs and guidelines on how Important professional and polit- to run their own government bod- ical figures from Illinois have been ies. scheduled to speak to high school- After the daily flag raising, aged girls who arrived at Eastern Tuesday included three speakers Sunday morning to begin a week- beginning with Judy Fraser, the long program. weather reporter from WCIA-TV. The American Legion of Tuesday afternoon Gail Starr, Auxiliary Illini Girls State select National Security Chairman, spoke mostly juniors in high school, who at Dvorak Hall. have good academic standing and Tuesday’s events ended with an show leadership skills, to come to assembly at 7:30 p.m. with Carole Eastern and learn about the gov- Pankau, state representative from ernment. the 49th District. Through mock government activ- Karen Hasara, Mayor of ities, guest speakers and several Springfield and Brenda Newman, assemblies the girls, most of which Department Poppy Chairman will are from the Illinois metropolitan speaking to the girls in the Dvorak area, are taught how to run a gov- Concert Hall Wednesday at 2 p.m?. ernment while instilling a sense of Thursday morning will begin patriotism and citizenship in the with the candidates forum and Jill girls. Nilsen, Vice President of External The girls are divided into small- Relations at EIU speaking at er groups and are given a city name Dvorak. in which they form their own mock A Sept. 11 memorial will be dis- government systems while using played at 2 p.m. for the girls fol- the election process to run for city lowed by guest speaker Jeff Perkins. offices such as governor or mayor. The night will end for the girls The program opened Sunday with speaker Corrine Wood, morning in the Martin Luther Illinois Lieutenant Governor, and a King University Union Grand music program and talent show Ballroom where they were wel- preview produced by the girls. The comed by Interim President Lou director could not be reached Hencken and Grace Yang, 2001 regarding details on any of these Governor of the American Legion. speakers. Monday was filled with speakers Friday is the last day the girls will including Chapen Rose, the be performing their mock govern- Photo by Geoff Wagner/Photo editor Assistant State’s Attorney from ments and their last speaker is Champaign County and later in Marion Schwerman, Department Participants in the Illinois Girls State Program danced their troubles away in the South Quad yesterday. the evening, Rita Garman from the Education Chair speaking about Guests including past department prepared will be put on to the Saturday after their closing Supreme Court Justice gave a lec- scholarships and education. presidents of theLegion will visit groups of girls and program leaders. assemblies and 2002 tree planting, ture in the Dvorak Concert Hall. Friday evening, the Premier Boys the girls to make closing state- A farewell around the flagpole at 10 the girls pack up and get ready to According to Pamela Ray, State Representatives and ments. p.m. that night will wrap up the head out by noon. Director of Ilini Girls State, the American Legion Distinguished A variety show the girls will have week for the girls. Salary raises not budgeted Campus construction continues By Erica Foltz is still being waited for as well as the By Jason Langenbahn quads water had become somewhat Chain-link fencing will be used News Editor total appropriation because the Administration editor of a permanent fixture, with some to enclose areas of work and will be income fund depends on how many sections of sidewalk becoming removed as work progresses as Salary negotiations are slated to students actually enroll at the uni- Eastern Students will soon have completely submersed. walks are made suitable for use. take place later this summer, but no versity and pay their deposits and drier feet thanks to campus side- “We had some problems with “There will be no new storm money has been specifically allocat- then there will be a better idea of walk and drainage improvements ed for salary increases in the new water collecting and not going any- drains to take care of the problem. how much will be in the income currently being undertaken on state budget. fund. where,” David Reed, The water will simply be rerouted campus. “Funds have not been specifical- “If we bring in more (students), Superintendent of Utilities, said. to preexisting storm drains,” said ly allocated yet. We’re still waiting we have more(money) to spend,” Students in the past trekked “We are replacing and raising the Reed. for the total appropriation number said Furumo. through deep puddles on the North sidewalks after some of the side- Students should no longer have from the IBHE(Illinois Board of The income fund is a big factor Quad and had to deal with drainage walks settled over the years.” to jump puddles or worry about Higher Education) on unavoidable in the amount of money Eastern issues which flooded the Library The project, started in the spring soaked socks costs and academic support,” said has to spend. Salaries will not be Quad. and Reed said they managed to cor- or cold feet after the repairs. Kim Furumo, the Eastern Illinois paid directly out of the income fund Poor drainage combined with rect several problems. “A substantial amount of the University budget director. but will be combined with general settling and cracking in the side- “This is the second phase. We problems with drainage should be Interim President Lou Hencken funds and then used to pay the walk made repairs a necessity. A identified some additional prob- corrected after this project is com- is still unsure of how the budget is salaries. repair project, started June 12, will lems on campus that needed some pleted,” said Reed. going to work out. He saw one ver- As a whole, the budget for Fiscal fix sidewalks and improve drainage sion of the budget and was happy attention, and they are now being Reed said, although many of the Year 03 is still undetermined. The conditions. with it, but then major changes proposed overall budget for FY03 taken care of,” Reed said. problems are being corrected, there “Fixing these problems has been were made and the final outcome is for Eastern as of last week stood at Work started on the south quad is always the possibility that addi- one of our top priorities. The still unclear. $81.3 million but a final budget is first where the most foot traffic is. tional improvements will need to be “The one thing we don’t know still being waited upon. improvements are being done to get Work on the north quad is made. what’s going be yet is what we call The proposed budget for spend- rid of the puddles and to help the expected to take approximately 10 “If there are any problems that the income fund. The income fund ing forFY03 is currently at $79.62 water drain quicker,” Carol Strode, working days, and the library quad come up after these improvements, is the money we get from tuition,” million dollars which is about assistant director of physical plant, is anticipated to take five to 10 they will be addressed later,” Reed said Hencken. $33,000 less than what Eastern said. working days. said. The amount for the income fund spent within the last fiscal year. Throughout the north and south 2 Wednesday, June 19, 2002 NewsThe Daily Eastern News ETheastern Daily News Hearings put spotlight on proposed Campus The Daily Eastern News is published daily, forecast Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., death penalty reforms during fall and spring semesters and twice weekly during the summer term except dur- ing school vacations or WASHINGTON (AP) — Critics of would be provided to states that trial. Otis countered that there was today examinations, by the stu- federal legislation intended to would adhere to standards for no big problem. dents of Eastern Illinois reduce the risk that innocent people defense attorneys that would be “Of course, it’s possible to dis- 87˚ University. Subscription price: $38 per semester, $16 for summer might be executed charged Tuesday developed by a national commis- cover some poster-boy blunderer only, $68 all year. The Daily Eastern News is that proposals for more DNA test- sion. among the thousands of cases heard 67˚ a member of The Associated Press, which is ing and higher standards for attor- Sponsors say they are trying to each year, but the ’sleeping defense entitled to exclusive use of all arti- partly cles appearing in this paper. The neys are an overreaction to isolated build a consensus on the issue, par- lawyer’ is essentially an urban editorials on Page 4 represent the problems.