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Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC January 2003 Daily Egyptian 2003 1-30-2003 The Daily Egyptian, January 30, 2003 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_January2003 Volume 88, Issue 89 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 2003 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in January 2003 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. '•••.. ·. T__ · ·H. u_. R_:_s_.. D·. A. y DAILY E.. · ..•. 'GYPTIAN . WWW.pAILYEGYPTIAN.·coM VOL. 88, No. 89; 20 PAGES l LL IN O i's UN IV ER /tr Y JANUARY 30, 2003 local-man Union found:not prqpos~s -~- .. ;--, guilty for bindin. ' g murder :arbitration Verdict surprises family, frie-nds and· Faculty Association state's attorney members picket while waiting Greg Cima Daily Egyptian for administration's A Murphysboro man was found bargaining response · not guilty \Vcdnesday C\'Cning for thehteMaymurdcrofa Carbondale Ben Botkin man near a Murphysboro housing . Daily Egyptian complex.- · A Jackson County jmy dclibcr- · With less than a week remaining ated for about 5-1/2 hours before before a possible strike at SIUC, the ·• deli\'ering the verdict for Daron Faculty Association asked for a third -• Woods, 2i. Woods was ch:irged voice to enter its labor lll1ks with the with the first-degree murder of Unr.-=ity admir.istra:ion and· help K_enji Tipton, 23, near Bridge\vood · a\'Cft a strike, union officials said Housing Development. _ · ... Wednesday. Woods walked. int? th_~ .lobbJ: . , : f - The union, -in -contract nego after the verdictwcaring a' suit1·1/l!c.~ (~ tiations 'li.th the administranon since hi_s hands ·and legs in· shackles.)F·- -'; --, F~· 2002, ~ now,~ t~. · ...... smiled and excitedly repeated ~aww ; : hopes on gaining binding: arbitra mar( as he was led back to the j:µL ~ · i tion, a system that liringsin a third Friends and · relatives soon ·· party mediator who =~ews propos flooded the lobby,some )'Clling "not ~ fiom · each bargairung team and. guilty.~ makes decisions both sides must fol- "He just pulled off the impos ·10\t·. Each party must agree to bind siblet one man s;ud. "That's crazy.~ ing arbitration, and the association is \Voods was found guilty of fel still \V:Uting for the ~ti_on's ony possession of a firearm and his response to the proposal, union sentence hearing is March 20. The member Randy Hughes said during a weapons charge is normally punish faculty picket Wednesday ir. the Free able by two to five years in prison, Forum.Area. but he is eligible for an extended "If the Board of Trustees joins st.:ntcnce of up to 10 years bcca~c ,- us in binding :irbitration, there will of a J994 c-,:,,wictio!l for aggravated · be no strike Mondayt Hughes said, assault with a firearm. ' addressing a crowd ofabout 50 cheer- Herb Lantz, \Vo,v.is' attorney, ing supportas with a megaphone. said because ofgood time allowance 'There ,\ill be no strike in Fcbrum·. and time served, \Vooch would not There will be no strike in 2003.~ • likely spend more than five years Administr.ttion spokeswoman in prison if gi\'Cn the maximum . _ , .. _ . .:."· . .-~,. ~ LE-STCR E. MuR!ZAY - OAsLY Ec;vP1-i"A-N Sue Davis did not prm'idc details of extended sentence. · Picketers marched in the Free Forurii area Wednesday iri support ofthe Faculty Association, the proposal in a Wednesday press Maurice Harper, . 21, which announced its decision to can for binding arbitration to avoid a strike. Many. members conference. The union handed the Murphysboro, was sentenced to 25 in the picket line would not reveanheir names and referred all questions to their Information years in prison Jan. 3 for a guilty Committee. · -· · · · · · See UNION, page 13 ~'Cfdict for four counts of murder in Tipton's death. He was the S-!C ond suspect in the shooting de.1th and allegedly provided the· murder International sttide~. enrollment remains strong weapon. Lantz attributed the victory legcs and the fedcra1-;vcmmcnt · national students at American pay _little attention to the interna- to the jury not being "convinced Recruitmerlt, rn~:~::r~tu~:ti.kcii~:~} ;:;:,:~roJ;~JC}~:scn:.~st _~~ population once the students beyond a rcasonal,Je doubt he fired follow-up programs the shot that killed Kenji Tipton." . competition from other countries. According to the · Student "International programs and Lantz said he. was extremely helped numbers · Lany Dietz, ,ice chancellor for Recruit=_ website, the U.S. c:xpe- services lat SIUC] ha,'C so many satisfied with tl1e verdict and he Student Affairs and Enrollment rienccd a record number of inter- hands-on services," Svec said. bcliC\'CS his client was not the man ·; - 11:anagcment said ~IUC has con- national students in the 2000-2001 "That way they don't feel like they who killed Tipton. He said he did Kristina Dailing centratcd on. recruiting in~eina~ a1:2dcmic year. More than 540,000 arc thrown out in the world and not call witnesses for the defense _O_ai~ly_E~gyp~ti_an______ •. tional stu_dents for.inani years. He . foreign students \\'CCC enrolled in told to get along.~ .\Vcdnesdav because he said he was said although many colleges ha\·c American.colleges and unn'Crsities, Svec said recruitment efforts winning atthe end ofthe states' case SIUC received its first two used it .as a way to bolster enroll- an increase of 6.4 _percent com- ha\'C been. stepped up since Sept. and did not want to take a risk. international students in 194i ment, SIUC has been recruiting to pared to the ptc\'ious year. 11. Techniques include promoting Lantz said Woods' family hired according to Christine S\'CC, asso- divcrsif)· the institution. · · The wd:isitc also said that in in media guides, getting the infor-: him for less money than normal ciate director for international "\Ve not only want to pro,ide spite of strong efforts by countries mation out to the students more and he represents a large amount development . the opportunity for international such as Canada, Enghnd and quickly, participating in. recruiting of impoverished peopl~ in criminal Now, 56 years later, that num- students to come here :md learn Australia, the United States still fairs and participating in a .virtual cases in Southern Illinois. bcr is continuing to increase, C\'Cn about a particular discipline, - Dietz remains the No. 1 choice for inter- education fair. · -rm extremely happy because the though national security tightened said.✓ "\Ve· also want to expose national students: Even after the .~cwantthcm toknowthatwc system workst Lantz said. its belt follo\\ing theScpt.11, 200.l domestic students who ha,'Cn't C\'Ct.- 2001. terrorist attacks, the· inter- at the University are their friends; State's Attorney ad\·ocate terrorist attacks. had an international experience.• est of foreign students to study in S,'CC said. "\Ve ,\'ant to help them Theresa Miller said it w:is -a bit of Spring. enrollment numbers The report, "In· America's the United States hu remained learn processes in the :U.S. so they understatement- to say the verdict released . Tuesday showed .. that lntcie.st:: \Velcominglntcmational strong. ~~n'htefire.e~ u___ ,_~_co:°_.-.•~rta_,_ -~:c_,:_).-.~.·~c~ th~'. , was a surprjsc. intcrnatlonal student enrollment is Students," was writte..'i · by a panel S\'Cc said that while recruinncnt ~~ -- · - - · · up 32 students from l,40i. created bcfor: Sept. lj to examine efforts are important, a strong sup:.' , ·• · _-_ {,: . .-·,.:,:-\/ :·,: ·. • &,',qrler Grrg Cima· But according to a report unh'Crsitics'lax-approachtorecruit· :port group for the _i_~tern~~-oilal';' :[.ffeportn;Krii!inaDailing . _ . -. can be rrathed al rcle.1Sed by. the, Association-of. mcntofintcrn:uionalstudents. ,. --._ studcntsisjustasimportant;' .. c· ·>·· -•• ranberrathed_at , ·-·'.', • ""·- -~ ,',_ ·.:_. • , .... gcimafi!l~yegyptian,com , • ,Intcn1!~t~~~:t~~::?t-~~1-.~~\},h_c: :1;P?~~<i~:~trteJ:\\_ :~~t\~~::tJ~t~~~~-'.i.?/1.-d~~,?~~~-~).?/S•:. ·'- T ," PAGE 2 • THURSDAY JANUARY 30 2003 NEWS NAT 1 0 NA L N E W s\ At least 2 dead, 27 ~ Bush runs into resistance injured in N~c. factory ~last on his Medicare plan KINSlON, N.C.-An explosion folfowedby a raging fire GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- President Bush ran into GOP demolished a plastics factory Wednesday, kilr.ng at least and Democratic resistance lo his Medicare reform proposal t\vo people and injuring at least 27. As many as six others were feared trapped in the burning ruins, which sent black, :~t~~~~~~~~:r~~J:n~i~:::i~1~gp:~~;d a aoid smoke billowing over the countryside. key Repubfican pledging to block the plan. The north side of the West Pharmaceutical plant is seen Mati«?t products and services or conduct following an explosion and fire that ravaged the building. visit~~~~:~~ ~J~ ~~i:~~~ks ab!)ut MedLcare during a surveys over the tcl(:jlt,,,ne to the Six hours after the thunderous blast. Gov. Mike Easley Bush lleo.v rnore than 1,000 miles round-trip to highf,ghl a customer base of our fonunc 500 dicnts. said two deaths had been confirmed and six people were ~~~~~d~~o~J~ping Medicare to give beneficiaries still missin.,g. Earlier, a hosrital s3.okeswoman had said as WeOlferi •A reformed and strengthened Medicare system, plus ma'R'i:~~tt~m,~ t~r~~tf~e \Vest Pharmaceuticai a healthy dosage of Mea1tare spending in the bu ,et, \\ill plant was not immediately known. The factory, which make us say firmly, We fulfilled our promise to the ;enio:s of America.M Bush said. ~ua~:rts"~rt~~~l~i~~: i1;:~fif.lies: had been cited for He offered no details, but even as he spoke, or, Capi1ol Sampson Heath.