Eastern Illinois University The Keep October 1978 10-30-1978 Daily Eastern News: October 30, 1978 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1978_oct Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: October 30, 1978" (1978). October. 21. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1978_oct/21 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 1978 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in October by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. by John Pwvka batteTy 'in circuit court Friday in Dedman said the incident involved Two Charleston men and two male connection with the case, Assistant an Eastern sophomore and .freshman , juveniles were arrested last week in State's Attorney James Dedman said who were allegedly assaulted, Ded­ connection with the alleged attempted Friday. man said. abduction of two Eastern coeds Oct. Dedman added that two oth er ••A tragedy was averted in this case 16. Charleston youths were arrested in the because of the actions of the two girls our males Details surrounding the attempted case. involved," Dedman said. He explain­ abduction, which allegedly occurred One of the youths was charge" with ed that the two girls screamed and between Carman and Thomas Halls, being a delinquent and the other had attracted the attention of several rrested in were surpressed by the Coles County his probation revoked in juvenile bystanders. state's at torney's office until the final court, Dedman said. · Dedman commended the joint in­ arrest was made in the case late last Bond was set at $10,000 for both vestigation into the case by the Coles bductio·n Thursday. Daniels and Jones, Dedman said. A County sheriff' s department, the Robert Jones, 23, and Mike Daniels, preliminary hearing has been set for Charleston police and Eastern campus 17, were charged with aggravated Monday. security . Inside Monday will be mostly Page 3: tunny, windy and warmer New aid possible · ha high in the upper Eastern News Page 6: l>s lowto 70s. It will be Tarble survey set flrtly cloud y Monday Page 7: lightwith lows in the Foos pros P.,rform IDw 40s. Monday, Oct. 30, 1978 I Charleston, Ill. I Volume 64 I No. 43 I 12 Pages Hall visitation policy could be unlawful by Karen Kunz that does not have 24-hour open Eastern policy allowing only certain house, goes on much_ more often . residence halls to have 24-hour visita- Students who violate the policy can tion may be in conflict with the Illinois be "written up" by a resident assis­ constitution, assistant state's attorney tant for the offense.. James Dedman said recently. The offenders will then have to go Dedman, said discrimination on the before a judicial board fr om the basis of sex is proscribed in the Illinois residence hall to plead his or her case. constitution. If the student is persistent enough Therefore, unless the housing office he could take ·it all the way to the offers 24-hour visitation to all the student Supreme Court. dorms on campus, ttJe policy may be in Dedman said student handling of direct conflict with the constitution. the violations serves to shift the Currently only Thomas and Taylor emphasis of the policy away from the Halls and Stevenson Tower have the administration which instituted it to open house policy. the students. However, Douglas· Hall recently "Then they (the administration) asked the housing office for 24-hour aren't responsible for enforcing it,'' he ,visitation, a request which has said. prompted an examination of university Dedman said should the university be policy on visitation. charged with discrimination because Dedman said all students should of its housing policy, the administra­ have the right to decide if they want tion would have to prove justification open house policy in their dorm. for the classification system that "If I lived in a dorm and wasn't . decided which dorms would be able to given the choice I would be offended, have open house. like tily civil rights were being vio- Thomas, Taylor and Stevenson were lated,'' he said. chosen three years ago by a committee Dedman said fe males as well as of students from the Residence Hall males should be given ·the choice to Association, the housing office and vote on the open house policy. Vice President for Student Affairs "Illinois has not passed the Equal Glen Williams. Rights Amendment· but most people Concerning the legality of the do not· realize Illinois has a similar housing policy, Williams said it is okay statement written into its constitu-. as· long as its purpose is not totally tion ," he said. discirminatory." But, Dedman said, no one has ever Williams said letting all the dorms challenged the statute. on discrimina- on campus have 24-hour open house Freshman Sherri Blankenship enjoys the w;irm Indian tion with respect to university housing would not be a good idea. Fall summer parading through a pile of fallen leaves. policy. "They (the other dorms) can go to frolic Monday will see another day of warm temperatures. Outright challenges or protests to court if they want it," Williams said. (News photo by Bob Kasinecz). the policy have been few if any. Subtle "But they won't get it. The law always protests, however, such as keeping a changesto� mist r�lricth· lnstead of member of the opposite sex in a dorm gi\ingit to e\erybody,nobody will get it. ecurity: aproblem with 2 4-hour viSitation laren Kunz During one semester in Thomas corridors. doors to every floor for a different lthough the· idea of having a Hall, $1,100 in belongings were taken The doors can now only be opened reason than Thomas Hall installed ber of the opposite sex in your fr om the residents of fast floor north, by residents of the floor with a key, theirs. m for 24 hours may sound pretty he said. Johnson said. Taylor Hall installed the bars to ing, there are a number of Mosf of the items were not "big Though a costly solution--the_ bars keep unescorted males from roaming )ems that come with the freedom. stuff" such as stereos, but two cost $600 for each door--the theft rate the halls and endangering the resi­ dy Johnson, associate housing television sets and a variety of small fe ll immediately when the corridors dents. or, said although the 24-hour items were taken. were not accessible to persons cutting "It takes three keys to get into tion policy is ap�tQ a lot of . "We re..::overed one television, but through the dorm from Carman Hall or T;tylor Hall," Johnson said. "One to nts, anequal number ofpipblems that was about it," Johnson s"id. apa�ments south of campus. get into the building, on«< to get onto arisen since its inception here. As a result of the thefts, the Taylor Hall South has also installed the floor and one to get into . the One of the major problems with the · residents of first floor Thomas Hall bars on its .corridor doors, Johnson room." tion policy is security, Johnson pitched in and purchased bars to be said. If Douglas Hall's request for 24-hour placed on the doors leading into the However, Taylor had the bars put on (See OPEN page 7) 2 ••••• ,••••• Monday, Oct. 30, 1978 - (JP) Newssltorts TED'S PRESENTS TONIGHT ''SKATER'' Mideast agreement frozen from Champaign JERUSALEM(AP)-The United States has frozent the Israeli-Egyptian peace negotiations while Washington awaits a letter from Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to President Carter, Israel Radio reported Sunday. The radio's Washington correspondent, quoting U.S. sources, said the State · Liquor Special Department was analyzing the Israeli and Egyptian positions, which include proposals for ''.far-reaching changes" in the draft worked out by the two sides · before the Israeli delegation's return last week. Bean 9 year old SourMash 754 In Washington, State Department spokesman Kenneth Brown declined · comment when asked specifically whether the talks were frozen, as Israel Radio reported. Secretary of State Cyrus R.' Vance met with the two countries' delegations separately Saturday, but no talks were scheduled for Sunday. Rhodesia shakes WCOC Prifrce Auto Body GENEVA* Switzerland(AP)-Angry dissent over an $85,000 grant to Rhodesian black nationalists is shaking the unity of the World Council of body and fende r repair Churches. Two member churches next month will decide whether to withdraw from the international organization in protest. 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