Subway Crowd Blown Away

Eastern Illinois University The Keep September 1986 9-19-1986 Daily Eastern News: September 19, 1986 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1986_sep Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: September 19, 1986" (1986). September. 14. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1986_sep/14 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1986 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in September by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Friday, September 19, 1986 The Daily . will be partly sunny and warm with a percent chance of showers 30 and thunderstorms early, with a high in the upper 70s. Friday night will be cloudy with a low in the middle 60s. Eastern Illinois University Charleston. Ill. Vol. No. Three Sections, Pages EasternI 61920 I 72, News19 I 28 Mattoon strike may facilitate student move By STEVE SMITH Campus editor Students of Mattoon schools are not the only ones who will be hurt by a teacher strike. Eastern has about 30 student teachers in the area. Francis Summers, director of student teaching, said if the Mattoon teachers strike many of Eastern·� student teachers in the area will have to be moved to other schools. "We will move them so they can finish their student teaching," Summers said. Decatur. Champaign and Charleston are all possible places the teachers may be moved, he said. Student teacher Lisa Dewitt, who is in her fifth week of student teaching in Mattoon, said, "I love it. I know all the students' names. I would hate to leave." Summers said student teachers only have about 16 Gail Vanderjack and Denis Hanna (better known formance in the Subway. Tenuta harassed the weeks to finish their work in the schools and pointed as Ken and Barbie dolls to comedienne Judy standing room only crowd for about an hour. out that losing a week because of a strike could force Tenuta) are married at Thursday night's per- some teachers to drop out of the student teaching program. The school board and the teachers have been at Subway a y odds over pay scales since school began this fall. crowd blown wa The Mattoon Education Association issued a letter of intent to strike after it refused a school board offer to enter binding arbitration. by Tenuta's verbal The letter was sent to the Illinois Education Labor attacks Relations Board, the Mattoon school board and the By DONELLE PARDEE having to kiss in the normal fashion, they were Assistant activities editor regional superintendent of schools. Upon receiving told to kiss each other's knees. the letters, a five o n day " co li g off" period must pass Thursday night's Subway audience gave At one point the audience was asked to clap and before the teachers could strike. comedienne Judy Tenuta more than just a round one person didn't until Tenuta told him, "Do as I The MEA is seeking a pay scale which would offer of applause-they promised her all their worldly say or there will be blood, yuppie." beginning teachers $18,950 and a top salary of possessions. Although Tenuta harassed members of the $36, 700. The board offered the teachers an average At the start of the show, the standing room only audience, they answered her back and chanted her salary of $25,114, beginning salary of $14,550 and a audience took an oath to "Judyism," ad name. A few times, Tenuta lost her own com top salary of $27 ,936. ministered by Subway coordinator Mark posure and had to laugh. Currently beginning teachers are paid $14,000 with Woolbright. "It was interesting how they answered back. a top salary of $26,880. The oath went as follows: "I promise to give They like to participate," Tenuta said after the "They (the teachers) are not ta1king about it," Judy all my worldly possesions and to violently show. Dewitt said. "They want it settled." atlack anyone who refuses to worship Judy as a Tenuta's performance ranged over many think they will settle in a week," Summers said. "l - supreme saint and/or fashion plate." different topics and insults. She even spit her gum "We like to think positive." When the oath was finished the audience called out at the audience after telling them she wasn't Summers said student teachers are not involved in · Judy to the stage. As she passed people in the going to lose any sleep if they didn't approve of determining a pay scale but added that in some cases her. audience she baptized them into her religion •. the settlement could affect their future area teaching "Hi pigs," Tenuta-the petite flower-said The other participants in her act came near the plans. when she walked onto the Subway stage. end when she asked five of her "stud puppets" to "It hasn't failed. There has been a strike every Some of the stunts she pulled were to sing off do a dance with her as she sang her last song of the year," Summers said. "It (striking) is more common the-wall songs, verbally abuse the audience and evening. all the time." make high-pitched noises and hand gestures. Woolbright said he, too, enjoyed the show , If the teachers do strike, the student teachers will The names she used in her show to· harass the especially when Tenuta abused the audience. He be instructed not to cross the picket lines, Summers crowd were "stud puppet" and "pseudo-virgin." added he would like to be able to have her back said. One couple, referred to as "Ken and Barbie," next year. Dewitt said she is not following the progress of the were married by Tenuta in her religion. In�:ead of negotiations closely but said, "I'd like it to be set tled." Thompson may shovel coal at Eastern physical plant during that ceremony, Read said. said. "For a physical plant, they shovel the Department of Mines and By STEVE SMITH Campus editor However, Jim Bray, schedule coal." Minerals; and George Peters, chairman Gov. James R. Thompson may director for Thompson, said Thursday . Read said Thompson will not be able of the Illinois Capital Development appear on Eastern's campus next week, the plans are only tentative. "We have to stay on campus for very long Board. not to give campaign speeches, but to not finalized the plans yet," he said. because of an engagement in Cham Read said most of the members of shovel coal. "Things change rapidly." paign later that afternoon. "It (the the BOG will attend the ceremony Harry Read, Eastern's director of Read said Thompson will arrive at ceremony) should last 30 minutes,'' along with several area.members , of the information, said Thursday Eastern Eastern at about 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Read said. "(Maybe) not that long.' . Illinois General Assembly. has scheduled an opening ceremony for governor is scheduled to take a short Appearing at the opening ceremony Eastern President Stanley Rives will the newly completed $8.5 million tour of the facility and deliver a along with Thompson will be Nancy extend a welcome to the governor, physical plant for Tuesday. Thompson speech. Froelich, chairman of the Board of Read said. "There may be other short will- deliver a speech and possibly "For new buildings, they have a Governors; Thomas Layzell, chancelor remarks." shovel coal outside the physical plant ground breaking ceremony," ,Read of the BOG; Brad Evilsizer, director of Inside The Beatles?· 1964, a band with the sound Getting a kick and look of the early '60s Beatles, Eastern's soccer team, 2-0-1, rocks a 700-member Eastern faces an old rival with a new look, crowd with songs and more than Quincy College, Sunday at just a resemblance to Britain's. � --'Fab - Lakeside Field. Four.' See Section B See Section C Friday, September 1 9, 1 986'. _ �ssOciated Press ._s_ta!!!!!!!!!!!!!te_i_N_at_io_n_IYl_ ·-0'-1d--.,Ij Assassin killS·militaryattache . 1 in series• of French • target attacks bitter Senate Le�on lone s • • • ehnquist hours after . assas m around the four-story building 15 Rehnql)ist.not�HINOToN-William H. with , �EIRt?T? (�)-A. 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