Will the world end on the stroke of midnight Dec. 31? Find TTfc Theme Easterneastern out what two professors have to say about millenni- um predic- Progress^^ www.progress.eku.edu tions/Bl week Phase II changes announced BY SHAWM Howawt ommended approval for all but ments. criteria in program were not recommended program or the aviation faculty. News editor four of the 21 changes to the orga- Major changes recommended making each for departments, largely because "Aviation is a very good pro- nization of the university that by Marsden are the merger of decision: of the number of faculty involved. gram, and it's growing," Marsden Vice president for academic were asked for by colleges and speech communication faculty whether the Hnd out what Marsden said that a faculty need- said. affairs and provost Michael departments. with the department of mass com- change bet- stMhstv ed to reach critical mass before it James Moreton, chair of Marsden released his recommen- Marsden did not recommend munication faculty to create a new ter served panada! became a department. He also speech and theatre arts, said that dations for the second phase of moving the department of com- department of communication students, fac- Faculty Eastern's reorganization Monday, said he thought there was an effi- he expected the department sta- puter science to the college of that would be located in the col- ulty and the m/A8 ciency problem with trying to ful- tus would be turned down. Not everyone got what they asked business and technology, estab- lege of business and technology, university. for. fill the duties of a department "I would have liked to have it lishing a department of theatre, continuing a centrally-organized "If we can Marsden approved or — in the with so few faculty and that a OK'd to be a department," establishing a department of avia- graduate school, and renaming say no to any of those, then we larger faculty would be more effi- Moreton said. He said that he case of changes that need to be tion, and re-organizing the depart- the college of law enforcement to have to reconsider (the propos- approved by faculty senate, the cient understood why the decision was ment of anthropology, sociology, the college of justice and safety. al)," Marsden said. board of regents, or both — rec- The theatre and the aviation Marsden said that this was in and social work into two depart- Marsden said he used three no way disparaging of the theatre See Rs-orgsnizatlon/AS Getting Wet Voters in Richmond's Precinct 34 voted on Tuesday to allow alcohol sales on the west end of the bypass. Monica Santa-Teresa/Progress West bypass voted wet BY JAMIE LrrrwiH "I voted yes," said Swanagin. Staff writer "It has been kind of dead on this side of town." The vote is in. On Tuesday vot- Other residents are not so Archives ers in the west Richmond precinct optimistic. Abundant Life #34 voted to allow alcohol sales Ministries Pastor Edwin Lainhart Eastern has been around since 1906 when Governor to have a female president. Mary C. Roark was acting pres- along the I .-shaped section on the has lived in Richmond for 10 J.C.W. Beckham signed a law establishing Eastern ident from 1909 to 1910 when her husband and Eastern's western side of the Eastern years. He feels the accessibility of Bypass including Winn-Dixie, alcohol will only cause problems. Kentucky State Normal School. first president Ruric Nevel became ill and died. University Shopping Center, "I'm against this end of the Since then a lot has changed on Eastern's campus Find out more interesting facts about Eastern's history Porter Plaza and Holiday Inn. bypass being wet," said Lainhart including the several changes to the name. by playing The Eastern Progress' unofficial board game of At six o'clock Tuesday night "It will open up more alcohol relat- the votes were tallied. Out of the ed accidents and deaths because Ten different presidents have led this university in the Eastern's history, "Colonel Land. "The new game and the 1,541 registered voters in the it's so close to the interstate." 93 years since its creation. Eastern was the first university top 10 Eastern news events of this century are on A6, A7. 34th precinct, only 407 cast bal- Lainhart believes the west end of lots in the wet-dry election. the city offers a family atmos- Residents voted 241-166 in favor phere that may be tarnished. of the sale of alcoholic beverages Lancaster Avenue resident in the west end of the city. Jack Crockett has similar feelings. This is the second time Crockett has lived in Richmond Committee on minority affairs created Richmond voted on the issue. for 11 years and said he does not The first vote was in 1996 when want a change like this. BY PANEL BRUCE ations across the state. organizations were present at the ficulty organizing official func- the area stayed dry by 44 votes. "This is going to be an action meeting. tions and events for minority "I don't feel like Richmond Staff writer Bobby Ward has lived in the needs to be wet at all and certainly committee ... they've voiced their According to RHA policy chair groups. Argyll subdivision, part of the 34th The Student Association has needs and concerns and the prob- Demetriace Moore, who attended Black Student Union member not this side of town," said Crockett precinct, for eight years and said The voters were, in the end, taken steps to help minorities play lems they face on campus and the meeting and helped bring the J.D. Jewell, 20, of Bowling Green, he believes a change is needed. a more active role within the uni- issue to light at President Kustra's who also attended the meeting, the decision makers; however, this committee is going to do "I voted "yes'." said Ward. "It's some non-voters still had a thing versity by forming an ad-hoc com- something about it." said open forum, the committee thinks that the committee will time for Richmond to progress." mittee to study minority issues on solve some of these problems and or two to say. Eastern student Rednour. would involve anyone wanting to Pat Swanagin. wife of acade- Sally Johnson, a political science campus. The committee, titled the give minorities a voice; a voice that it would "be able to have mic advisor for the college of law more interaction and functions major graduating in May, was A bill calling for the creation of Committee on Minority Affairs, that he feels isn't being heard at enforcement Robert Swanagin, very excited to hear the results. the committee was introduced by would be unique in that it would the present time because minority that are sponsored by the univer- lives in the Stateland subdivision, sity." "It's great," said Johnson. the Committee on Student Rights be composed mostly of concerned students are underrepresented. also in the 34th precinct. "It's what a lot of people and chair Richie Rednour. According members of the student body To illustrate inadequate repre- Jewell added that the commit- Swanagin agrees with Ward. businesses have wanted." to Rednour, the bill was the prod- with fewer student senators than sentation of minorities in the tee will allow minority students to uct of student concerns voiced at other committees within the sen- Student Association, Moore point- have their opinions regarding two forums held this semester ate. The committee would have a ed out that his friend Senator Jose important issues too. about the lack of involvement presence at all Student Monsegue is the association's The first meeting of the com- minorities play in student organi- Association meetings and be able only minority member, and that mittee on minority affairs is zations . to present proposals, but wouldn't the office of multicultural affairs scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, Disenrollment date Rednour hopes that this com- have a vote beyond the senators (the only campus office dedicated Jan. 31. The meeting location mittee will prove to be a model for within its membership. to minority students) was so will be announced at a later other student government associ- Several students from minority understaffed that students had dif- date. moved up to Jan. 14 STAFF REPORT All students need to make arrangements to pay their fees or get a deferred payment plan First black student graduated Eastern in '61 This semester the university by Jan. 14, 2000. or be disen- made good on its policy of discn- rolled. These students can re- BY SHAWN HOPKINS around 300 white protesters tried High," Spann rolling students if they didn't register, but must pay a $50 late News editor to block them from entering said. Spann io made have their fee payment arrange- registration fee. Sturgis High School in Sturgis, only got to Ann Peyton got her diploma at a ments made by a certain date There will be a second disen- Kentucky. attend Eastern neat early in the semester. Next rollment on Jan. 31 for students different Eastern Kentucky "I'm not in denial." Spann said. Madison for University. Though not in what any- semester holds the same who register late and didn't pay The first yea. I was there I was her last year, promise, but the date is even one would consider the deep South, BYSAMOSH their fees or re-register and do the only black on campus." which caused earlier. not pay their fees. Richmond in the late '50s and early However Spann said that it did- her a problem Ssrf writer '60s was not immune to the struggle n't cause her any special difficul- at graduation.