Eastern Illinois University The Keep September 2003 9-12-2003 Daily Eastern News: September 12, 2003 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_sep Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: September 12, 2003" (2003). September. 9. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_sep/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2003 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]. September 12, 2003 N “Tell the truth FRIDAY and don’t be afraid.” VOLUME 87, NUMBER 15 THEDAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM Do Panthers stand a chance? Football heads to Mizzou for possible slaughter. Page 12 SPORTS Student’s summer crash death ruled a homicide N Driver in one-car tem.” Freezeland said Jones told him, collision tested positive Bill Fabian, Champaign County “I’ve got to go.” for alcohol, cocaine Deputy Coroner, said Henson was He then saw Henson in the back pronounced dead at 7:05 a.m. June seat. By Carly Mullady 21 at Carle Hospital in Champaign. “What I observed was, Miss CITY EDITOR He cited the cause of death as Henson was ejected from the pas- “traumatic head injuries.” senger seat, laying in the rear of A Champaign jury ruled the Freezeland, who was also pres- the vehicle with her feet toward summer car accident death of ent at the scene, testified in place the door at an angle,” Freezeland Eastern student Sheila Sue Henson of Deputy Thomas Williamson, said. “She had been knocked out of a homicide Thursday, after hearing who has since been called into mil- her shoes.” the driver’s toxicology reports. itary service in Iraq. He testified that Henson was Henson died from injuries suf- Freezeland testified he arrived having difficulty breathing. fered in the June 20 single-vehicle at the scene at around 10:49 p.m. “Within four to five minutes the accident on Illinois Route 316. and witnessed a gray 1992 Ford ambulance arrived and began Henson was the only passenger Tempo facing eastbound. treatment immediately,” he said. when the driver, Trisia A. Jones, “There was no other vehicle “They got Miss Jones out first and lost control of the vehicle while involved in the accident,” transported her, then transported traveling westbound. Freezeland said. “Route 316 is a Miss Henson.” “The driver was taken to the hos- curvy roadway. It appeared that Henson was then air lifted to pital. Officer Williamson did a test off a curve, the vehicle overcor- Carle Hospital in Champaign. for blood alcohol content,” said Tad rected and slid.” Fabian said Henson’s toxicology Freezeland, Coles County Sheriff’s He said it was difficult to see the results revealed a blood alcohol Department detective sergeant. car because it had slid into the content of 0.14 percent and a urine “Her blood alcohol content was cypress trees off the road. sample “tested positive for opiates 0.22 percent. Miss Jones had the Jones was sitting at the wheel of SEE CRASH N Page 8 presence of cocaine in her sys- the vehicle. $4.7 million in plans underway By Jennifer Chiariello CAMPUS EDITOR DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY COLIN MCAULIFFE Becky Cook, manager of Dairy Queen at 20 State St., adds ingredients for Eastern has construction proj- a Blizzard, Thursday afternoon. Cook said, they already pay above mini- ects in the works as wells as plans mum wage, so it probably won’t make a big change. for the future, all totaling $4.7 mil- lion. Many of the university’s proj- ects are the result of repairs Small businesses adding up over time. “(Facilities Planning and Management) maintains a cam- pus of 3,000,000 sq. ft of building divided on wages space and approximately 320 acres of land, said Carol Strode, N staff have discussed raising it facilities director. “Each year sys- Minimum wage before the increase comes into tems and buildings get older. We increase a curse to some, effect. strive for a well working, well a blessing to others “The cost of living has gone up. operating campus. This goal Trying to raise a family on $5.75 an requires a great deal of attention, By Alta Mayhugh hour is difficult,” Eastman said. maintenance, construction and STAFF WRITER Josh Douthit, a supervisor at funding.” DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY COLIN MCAULIFFE Save-A-Lot and a junior secondary Eastern strives to maintain reno- One of the many construction projects at Eastern costing the university Owners and managers of education and social sciences vations. $4.7 million, is at the intramural fields. Charleston businesses have oppos- major, said that any pay increase “Actually we would like to do Projects last year and this summer call stations and new car interi- ing opinions about the minimum will help. He wishes that he could more but there isn’t enough time in Last year, fire suppression ors. wage increases which will take benefit from the raise. a summer and many times not systems (sprinklers) were Wiring upgrades for East effect on Jan. 1, 2004 and in Douthit’s concern is that he is enough funding,” Strode said. installed in Greek Court, Hall, the Sigma Phi Epsilon fra- January 2005. already making more than mini- All construction is going accord- Strode said. The systems ternity house, were started this Some feel that the increases are mum wage, and he doubts his ing to schedule, she said. were installed in half of the summer, Strode said. The proj- long overdue, while others believe salary will increase. For example, “Scheduling is a key issue and University Court complex ect includes a new service the increases are too much at once. employees who make less than many times in the spring and sum- during the summer, while the entrance and circuit upgrades. Minimum wage will increase $5.50 an hour will be raised to that mer months, the weather is defi- remaining buildings in that The work will be completed from $5.15 an hour to $5.50 an hour, wage by January, but employees nitely a determining factor of what complex will receive suppres- next year when the building is thanks to a law signed by Gov. Rod who make more than that may not gets accomplished or gets sion systems next summer. vacated for the summer. Blagojevich on Aug. 21. Minimum receive raises. delayed,” she said. “This year, the Stevenson elevators were Also, five kitchen units were wage will then raise a dollar from The wage increase will negative- weather worked well within our upgraded during the summer, replaced in University Apartments $5.50 to $6.50 in January 2005. ly effect the labor percentage at scheduled times where weather Strode said. Upgrades included during the summer months, Strode Arby’s manager Tiffany Taco Bell, Tye Eagen, a crew mem- could have disrupted our electronic control system, ADA said. Eastman is relieved that minimum ber, said. progress.” compliant control panels and wage will increase. She and her SEE PROJECTS N Page 8 SEE WAGE N Page 8 Manion resigns from Board of Trustees after two years By Tim Martin ADMINISTRATION EDITOR last year, was appointed to the uni- Search Advisory Committee and as business, Accenture LLP, served as university) tick versity’s governing body in April a member of the BOT Financial president from July 2001 to June of and who makes From Japan, to Australia, to South 2001 by former Gov. George H. Committee. His term as the presi- this year. it tick, who does America, Bob Manion is a well-trav- Ryan. dential search chair logged about “Bob’s considerable expertise in what,” Manion eled man. A replacement for Manion will be “five to six hundred hours” over a business and finance matters pro- said. “You really Now he has one less reason to selected by Gov. Rod Blagojevich at 12-month span, he estimated. vided the board and university do feel like you visit Charleston. a future date. The BOT will miss Manion most administration great insight into have an inside Manion resigned from the Board “If I were to give a governor some for his expertise in the business and various business and financial prac- view what goes of Trustees, the university’s govern- advice,” Manion says, “I would find financing world, those who know tices,” interim President Lou on at university, ing body, for personal reasons someone that has two characteris- him say. Hencken said in the press release and that’s really Bob Manion according to a press release tics. Number one – someone who has “(He) was a nice way to get Thursday. nice.” Thursday. a deep care and caring feeling about insight into our business and finan- Manion, who has lived in Panama, “As a student, “I thought it would be best to step the university. You really need to cial practice,” said Jill Nilsen, vice Germany, Canada and various cities I never had it. As an alumni, I never aside and allow someone who hope- love the university because that president for external relations. in the United States, said his term as had it. Even alumni or Board of fully has more time to sit on the leads to the second one because it Manion will continue his member- a BOT member will be remembered Directors, I never had that. So it was board,” Manion, a 1966 graduate of does take a lot of time.” ship on Eastern’s Alumni as the time when he knew “the inner pretty neat, pretty interesting and Eastern, said.