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Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC September 1983 Daily Egyptian 1983 9-30-1983 The aiD ly Egyptian, September 30, 1983 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_September1983 Volume 69, Issue 30 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, September 30, 1983." (Sep 1983). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1983 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in September 1983 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 'Daily Prisoners m.ay work 'Egyptian at 'Touch of Nature' By John &hrag Touch of Nature. not in Winchester's district, two Southern Illinois University Staff Write<- Buzbee, 0-58th District. said existing work camps are. He Lane assured him that before said a facility in Dixon Springs Friday. Septt'mber 30. 1983. Vol. 69. No. 30 The Illinois Department of any decisions were made houses between 50 and 80 Corrections is considering the residents would br allowed to prisoners and employs 40 possibility of housing minimum voice their opinions. people. Another camp near security prisoners at SIU-C's John Guyon. vice·president Cave-In-Rock houses 511 in Touch of Nature facilities. for academic affairs. said that mates, he said, and f)mploys WSIU-FM to continue State Re". Robert Winchester DOC represenlativ"s have about 33 people. Beth facilities said that earlier this week talked with University officials are being expanded to ac· Michael Lane. DOC director. about using a portion of the commodate ISO prisoners each, airin,g NPR programs mentioned the idea of Touch of Nature grounds for a he said, and ...,'·i need additional establishing a work camp at work camp. But he said it is his employee.;. By Dave Saelens Fisher said bt'cause of Touch of Nature. Winchester. understanding that the DOC "We have a serious prison Staff Writer listeners' "good faith eifort at who serves on a state prison officials wanted to visit the overcrowding probk ~ in raising the $15.975," the station task force. said Lane indicate" facilities before discussing the Illinois and these work camps Although WSIU-FM did not asked the Friends of WSIU to that such a facility would hous" matter further. reach the goal it set for its fund pledge the remaining $5,930. only "ultra-minimum security University officials, who See PRISONERS, Page 3 raising event earlier this Station officials got their risk" prisoners, similar to those reportedly met with DOC month. station officials an answer Thursday morning participating in the work representatives. could not be nounced Thursday that a pledge when a spokesman for the release prograan at the House of reached for comment Thur from the Friends of WSIU will organization notified the station Glass in Carbondale. sday. allow them to continue that the Friends would make up Neither Lane nor his Winchester. R-llsth district, broadcasting National Public the riifference between the spokesman. Nic Howell, could said the DOC is looking for Radio programs. amount of money raised and the be reached by the Daily several places to establish work Station Manager Jane Fisher goal of $21,905. Egyptian for comment Thur camps for low-security said that pledges from the two Hans Rudnick, acting :'Jay. prisoners. He said that it is his week fund-raising campaign, an chairman of the Friends of However. state Sen. Y.enneth understanding that the facility art sale and donaticl1s received WSIU. said they have made Buzbee said he talked to Lane at Touch of Nature. if after the campaign totaled similar donations to the on Thursday and was told that established, would house about $15.975. but the station needed to television station in the past, the DOC was in the "very 50 inmates. He saiC\ such a camp Gus says after a guy did a raise a total of $21.905 - $11.905 but this is the first lim£' they've preliminary stages" of in would emploj about 36 stretch at Touch of Nature yon for NPR dues 3nd $10.000 for all vestigating the possibility of supt'l"Visory personnel. probably couldn" get him to other station programming. See WSIU, Page 2 establishing a work camp at Although Touch of Nature is It'a,·e. GPSC votes Halloween safety, to call for halt of brush work new traffic detour Bv .John Stewart Starf Writer under discussion .\ resolution calling for a complete halt at the clearing By Patrit:k Williams Avenue. work being done in Thompson Starr Writer The city will license the beer W~ods was passed by the booths and charge a fee to o:over Gradua te and Pr.Jfessional Although final plans aren't the cost of the toilets. Student Council on Wednesday. complete, traffic coming north When increasing city in ThE' resolution asks for the halt on Route 51 through Carbondale volvment in Halloween W3S first until a complete environmental during City Fair Days. alias proposed in September of 1982. impact study is done. Halloween, may have to take a concerns were raised about the The GPSC also discussed Vice slightly longer tho n usual city's vulnerabilty to law suits President John Guyon's detour. resulting from accidents by responses to the recom· Pohce and the Halloween revelers. mendations made by the Core Committee are still At the City Council meeting Committee on Academic making arrangements with the held on the 28th of that month. Prioriti<!s. and passed a Illinois \.Jepartment of Tran Jerry Cook. then president of resolution encouraging public sportation to possibly reroute the Undergraduate Student speakers to utilize the Free traffic east over Pleasant Hill Organization. prop'lsed that Forum :3rea. Road to Wall Street. north to chemical toilets be used to The GSPC'<; Thompson Woods !\l .. in Street and back to Illinois alleviate thl' problem of alley!> resolution included a "call for Avenue. according to Car and building walls being used as complete study" r.s Council bondale Police Pr£'ss Officer urinals. The council returned II rEpresent;.ltivl·~ !');pressed their Art Wright. cool response. Said Assistar.! dismay wit!"! the haste. timing. During preVi'lUS Halloweens. CIty Manager Scott Ratter: and pm.sible harm of the brush traffic was d£',oured down "If someone is injured, the clearing wor k being done. Grand Avenue to Wall. This city and possibly the l:niversity Several representatives said Staff Photo by Doug JanHin year Grand will be closed off might be sued." they thought the clearing work between Illinois Avenue and Ratter cited the possibility of was illegal. as the l'niversit\" lJlou'i,,' his hor" Wall Street and lined with six thl' toilets being picked up and accepted the woods with the Jazz gn'at Dizzy Gillespie plays for an audience of more than 100 beer booths. 12 porta hie toilets passed all'ong the crowd. condition that it would be left in Wl'dnt'sday night in Shryock Auditorium in a concert sponsored by and booths selling food and In the year following Ratter's its natural state. SPC Consorts. See review on Page 6. sundry items in an attempt to The GPSC spent nearly an disperse the erowd from Illinois SI'I' fULLOWEEN, Page 2 hour discussing two resolutions concerning speakers at the north end of the Student Center. A resolution supporting the l'ndergraduate Student Congress: troops can 8ta y Organization's resolution to remove s~akers from the north WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress Senate vote calling it "a strong signal to the Beirut was defeated 56-42. said its rejection end of the Student Center to the authorized President Reagan on Thur:;day world: America stands united; we speak "would cause many of us to wonder what Free Forum area was defeated, to keep 1,600 Marines in Lebanon for '1;"1 to with one voice. and we fulfill our respon- the mission really is." 22-16. IS months longer. turning aside warnings sibilities as a trustee of :reedom, pe3ce and Baker. urging approval of the IS-month In discussion, Chri:,. Dennis, a that the United States may be headed ftlr self-determination." extenSion, said he had "grave doubts" ~inema and Photography an undeclared war like the one in Vietnam. In both houses, opponents argued that an about the wisdom of sending the Marines to graduate student said that while The Senate a~roved ttor! proposal 54~, IS·month authorization could lead ~o Lebanon, but added, "They are committed, only "raving lunatics" speak by with two Democrats joinillg 52 Republicans deepening U.S. involvement akin to that In they are under fire, and it would be a tragic the Student Center. speaking in approving the authorization sought by Vietnam in the 1!:16Os and early 1!l70s. mistake if the Congress were to withdraw ought to bP. encouraged. Dennis the GOP admmistration. The Senate turned down amendmenis to them." said that as a whole SIU-C shorten the time period to six months, to The House, which had approved the Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd, D- students are apathetic and measure 270-161 Wednesday, had to vote on impose tlte timetable of 60 to 90 days ajJGlitical, and th..'!t an at spelled out in the War Powers Act and to W. Va., said the administration h.as failed to it again because of minor amendments nroviue a clear definition of the purpose oi mosphere of free speech ought adopted by the Senate. The House acted by restrict the Marines to the Beirut area. to be preserved. Senate Majority Leader Howard H. having th'! Marines in Beirut. He said he Countering Dennis.