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Vol. 86 No. 163 thedailyeasternnews.com Eastern“Tell the truth and don’tNews be afraid.” Free speech Eastern alumna hon- ored with plaque from in the sev- school of business enth circuit in jeopardy

By Benjamin Tully in the Hazelwood case. The Editor in chief Innovator is currently funded by funds allocated by GSU. A lawsuit against an Illinois In November 2002 a federal university by three former universi- trial court judge ruled some of the ty newspaper employees entangles administrators involved in the case a web difficult to unravel. qualified as government actors Margaret Hosty, Jeni Porsch making them immune from the and Steven Barba, all former suit. employees of Governer’s State Hosty and Porch served on stu- University newspaper, The dent government as well as being Innovator, filed suit in January of editors of The Innovator which is 2001 alleging administrators a violation of journalism standards insisted on reviewing stories before and considered by journalism pro- they went to print. fessionals to be a conflict of inter- Hosty and Porch said GSU est. administrators and faculty did Their dual positions of power everything in their power to inhib- may have increased the aura of it the employees’ first amendment conflict between them and admin- rights. istrators. “Jeni and I had alerted the uni- Porche likened GSU to a third- versity administration to our world country. She said other uni- English department coordinator, versity publications may question Rashida Muhammad, of having their journalistic integrity from the committed racial and religious dis- outside, but she and Hosty are crimination, denying us our rights simply doing the best they can to serve on the University with limited resources. Curriculum Committee in our Hosty said they knew people capacity as former student sena- view their former positions as a tors,” Hosty said. conflict of interest, but that a new Hosty alleges the administra- age of reporting/editorials is tion also imposed conveniently becoming more accepted. invented policies designed to fur- According to Hosty, GSU is a ther depress their presence at the commuter school comprised of univeristy including covertly delet- working adult students. ing them from class rousters, thus Extra–curricular activities are not effectively slowing their graduate an option for most students, so if work and eligibility for financial she and Porche didn’t fulfill both aid. functions, “nobody else would.” “We also filed official griev- According to a court brief filed ances against the university by Attorney General Jim Ryan President Stuart Fagan and dean of supporting GSU, the students were Submitted photo CAS (college of arts and sciences) never officially restricted from Roger Oden for having defamed printing the paper and instead Eastern alumna Grace Bair shows of the plaque she received from the Eastern for being the first grad- us throughout the entire university chose not to continue operations uate of the school of business. The plaque featuring Bair, who graduated from Eastern in 1936, will be in their having published accusato- on grounds of conflict with admin- displayed in Lumpkin Hall. ry, hostile and emphatically untrue istrators. statements about our ethics Hosty and Porche said they By Chris Christenson Bair served in the Women’s poem, “The Ballad of the motives for having criticized them were dismissed. Staff writer Marine Corps during World Hoofbeats” won the National in their paper,” Hosty said. The same brief reported that War II. Medallion of Merit. GSU essentially wishes to have around late October of 2000 GSU The first graduate of She was a business education Bair and her husband of 42 the same powers of prior restraint Dean Patricia Carter called Eastern’s school of business has teacher in Rantoul following years, Ernie, were the parents given to high school administra- Charles Richards, president and been awarded a plaque. the war until her retirement. of two adopted children. Their tors in the seventh circuit following owner of Regional Publishing and Grace Bair, a 1936 graduate After retirement, Bair son Jim resides in Houston, the Hazelwood School District v. printer of The Innovator , request- of Eastern, was given a plaque became an antique dealer own- Texas and daughter Judy Kuhlmeier decision. ing that Richards allow her to in her honor inside Lumpkin ing and running a shop in Reagan lives in Hannibal, Mo. “Equating high schools to col- review the paper before it went to Hall. Leroy, Ill. Bair currently resides in the leges is an absolutely ludicrous print. Bair’s career choices varied She remained active in com- Knight’s Templar Home in step,” James Tidwell, Eastern pro- Carter explained her intention over the years since graduating. munity organizations through- Paxton. fessor of journalism and communi- was to review the paper for compli- According to a press release, out the Rantoul area. She was a supporter of cation law, said. ance with the University’s stan- Bair first taught business edu- She also received an award women attending college. She Tidwell said publications that dards for grammar and correct cation classes in Ashmore, Ill., from the International Poetry is also a member of the Eastern prove to be an independent public punctuation as well as journalistic but went on to pursue a gradu- Society for a poem written Foundation, giving back to the forum standards. ate degree from the University and provide their own funding are about the vanishing of Native community and her alma mater. of Illinois. American life in the West. The exempt from any notion prescribed See GSU Page 3 2 Monday, July 22, 2002 NewsThe Daily Eastern News ETheastern Daily Thousands die needlessly from hospital infections Campus And payroll cutbacks have gutted one operating room was often CHICAGO (AP) — Deaths staffs devoted to reducing infec- contaminated by dust because of News linked to hospital infections in 2000 tions. faulty ventilation. Flies buzzed forecast were 14 percent higher than the fed- In 1998, eight children died of overhead during operations and eral government estimated, and an infection that spread from a doctors wore germ-laden clothes The Daily Eastern News is nearly 75 percent of the deaths Chicago pediatric medical center from home. Many did not wash published daily, Monday today through Friday, in could have been prevented, a to a hospital. The flulike outbreak their hands before operating, the Charleston, Ill., during fall newspaper reported. was halted months later after three paper said. and spring semesters and twice weekly dur- About 103,000 deaths were dozen sick health care workers Hospitals are not required to dis- ing the summer term except during school 92û vacations or examinations, by the students linked to hospital infections, were ordered to stay home. close infection rates, and most of Eastern Illinois University. 13,000 more than the Centers At Loyola University Medical don’t, the paper said. Also, doctors 69û Subscription price: $38 per semes- for Disease Control and Center in Maywood, Ill., a doctor are not required to tell patients ter, $16 for summer only, $68 all year. The Daily Eastern News is a Prevention calculated last dropped a surgical glove on a dirty about risk or exposure to hospital partly member of The Associated Press, which is year, according to a report in floor, picked it up, put it on his germs, the paper said. entitled to exclusive use of all articles sunny, rain appearing in this paper. The editorials on Sunday editions of the Chicago hand and changed the bloody To document the rising rate of Page 4 represent the majority opinion of the Tribune. dressing on the open wound of a infection-related deaths, the news- editorial board; all other opinion pieces are Many of the deaths were caused burn patient. paper analyzed records from 75 signed. The Daily Eastern News editorial and business offices are located in Buzzard Hall, by unsanitary facilities, germ-laden In Detroit, infections killed four federal and state agencies, as well Tuesday Eastern Illinois University. instruments and unwashed hands, babies in 1997 as doctors and nurs- as internal hospital files, patient Periodical postage paid at Charleston, IL the newspaper reported. Infection es moved about the pediatric inten- databases and court cases around 83û 61920. rates are soaring nationally, exacer- sive care unit without washing the country. ISSN 0894-1599. bated by hospital cutbacks and their hands, according to court CDC officials said they believe Printed by Eastern Illinois University, 58û Charleston, IL 61920. carelessness by doctors and nurses, records and interviews. It took two most hospital infections are pre- Postmaster: Send address changes to according to the newspaper. months for administrators to close ventable, but the agency has not partly The Daily Eastern News Hospital infections are now the the nursery for cleaning. arrived at a precise number. Buzzard Hall sunny, rain Eastern Illinois University fourth leading cause of death in the Staphylococcus bacteria inside The American Hospital Charleston, IL 61920. United States, behind heart dis- a West Palm Beach, Fla., hospital Association said the last decade of ease, cancer and strokes, according infected more than 100 cardiac unprecedented cost-cutting and Summer News Staff to the CDC. patients, killing 13, according to financial instability has impacted Wednesday Editor in chief...... Benjamin Tully* Serious violations of infection- court records. The survivors all areas of hospital care. News editor ...... Benjamin Tully* control standards have been found underwent painful and debilitat- “It’s had an effect on infection 83û Administration editor...... open Photo editor...... Geoff Wagner* in the majority of hospitals nation- ing surgery, as rotting bone was control and it’s had an effect on our Campus editor...... Felicia Martinez* ally, the newspaper said. Since cut from their bodies. ability to recruit and retain work- 64û Sports editor...... open 1995, more than 75 percent of all At Bridgeport Hospital in ers. It’s had an effect on our abili- Verge editor...... Matt Rennels Asst. design & graphics manager...Wendy Winet hospitals have been cited for seri- Connecticut, germs flourished in ty to invest in new and updated sunny Sales manager...... Wendy Winet ous cleanliness and sanitation vio- areas that are supposed to be the equipment as much as we would Promotions manager...... Wendy Winet lations. most sterile, according to a like to,” said Rick Wade, Business manager...... Betsy Mellott Assistant business manager...... Amanda Payne Hospital cleaning and janitorial review of hospital records col- spokesman for the AHA. Golden retriever repels unwant- Student business manager...... Luke Kramer staffs are overwhelmed and inade- lected in a lawsuit. The case “It’s also a question in front of Editorial adviser and ed geese at golf courses Publications adviser ...... John Ryan quately trained, resulting in unsan- involved four patients who con- society: How much do you want to Press supervisor...... Johnny Bough itary rooms or wards where germs tracted infections in late 1996 invest in high-quality, safe medical Subscriptions manager...... Valerie Jany have thrived, the newspaper said. and early 1997. The paper said care?,” said Wade. STREATOR, Ill. (AP) — Bill Jarchow’s favorite caddie has never carried his golf clubs and insists on riding shotgun in Night staff/summer the cart, but he doesn’t mind. Layout chief ...... Ben Tully Bills awaiting approval could add to prison costs This particular Caddie, a purebred gold- en retriever, isn’t a bit interested in golf, but nile prison in St. Charles, two That would cost more than she does have a hobby that dovetails beauti- News layout...... Ben Tully work camps, a boot camp and $50 million for 211 inmates, the fully with her master’s. He’s there for the SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — four transitional centers for department estimates. golf; she’s there for the birds. Sports layout...... openl Trying to balance a shaky state inmates being released. In all, lawmakers sent Ryan Canada geese cause a health risk and budget, Gov. George Ryan Despite that, lawmakers about 25 measures that expand eyesores at many golf courses and public ordered big changes for the easily approved measures that or create new criminal offenses. recreation areas. And Caddie, 6 1/2, delights Photo night editor...... Geoff Wagner state Department of would put more than 350 Most have small or unknown in chasing the big waterfowl, often frighten- Corrections last month, includ- inmates into the prison sys- costs, since they are new ing them enough to make them look for Copy editors...... Ryan Navel ing closing prisons and laying tem within 10 years — a tiny offenses for which the depart- other digs. off thousands of employees. fraction of a prison popula- ment has no data. “We live on a golf course (in Sandwich)...... open Now Ryan has to decide tion that is expected to top Corrections spokesman I’d take her for walks and discovered she whether to approve new laws 54,000 inmates by then. Brian Fairchild said legislators liked to go after the geese,” Jarchow, 59, that would add hundreds more However, the governor has did relatively little this year explained after a recent trip with Caddie to Sports copy editor...... Ryan Navel inmates to the overburdened indicated even small increas- to boost prison costs com- chase the big birds at Streator Country Club. News night editor...... Ben Tully prison system. es can be too much. pared with past years. The “She doesn’t do anything to them, but Legislators sent Ryan eight He vetoed a bill last week department did not oppose they are really afraid of her,” he said. “I don’t Verge editor...... Matt Rennels crime bills this spring that that would require drug traf- any of the measures, know if it’s because she’s so big that she would cost the state more than fickers to serve longer prison Fairchild said. looks like a wolf or some other predator, or $80 million during the next 10 terms, in part because it “There’s always going to what.” To reach us years to deal with additional would cost the department be a cost to locking people Jarchow and Caddie have been pester- By foot: The Daily Eastern News prisoners. about $3.3 million over 10 up,” Fairchild said. “This is ing and expelling the geese near their home, is located in the south end of Ryan rejected one crime bill years. really a small amount.” located on Edgebrook Country Club, for Buzzard Hall, which is at Seventh partly because of its cost, yet “It is difficult to justify Prison reform experts con- four years. Last year, however, the duo Street and Garfield Avenue next to signed another with a much spending more money on tend this might be a good hooked up with the Streator golf course the Tarble Arts Center and across higher price tag last week. longer prison terms for drug time to review the state’s through a friend. the street from the Life Science He says cost remains a pri- offenders at the same time approach to preventing “My next-door neighbor owed me a Building. ority as he decides whether to that funds are being cut at crime. favor,” Jarchow explained. “He was playing sign legislation. both the federal and state Jim Thomas, a sociologist in the invitational in Streator and asked me to By phone: (217) 581-2812 “Whether I’m cutting back level for incarceration and at Northern Illinois play. One of the members at Streator was or whether we’re not, we’re prison construction,” Ryan University, said legislators complaining about the goose problem and I By fax: (217) 581-2923 always concerned about wrote in his veto message. should put more emphasis said, ‘I’ve got this dog and we’d be glad to By mail: cost,” Ryan said last week. Other bills that made it to on rehabilitating criminals, come down and try to help you out.”’ The Daily Eastern News The Corrections his desk involve a much especially nonviolent drug He and Caddie were invited to give it a Buzzard Hall Department has seen huge greater financial burden. offenders. Instead, lawmak- try. Eastern Illinois University increases in prison population One would make it a felony ers take the easy — and “We had some success last year,” he Charleston, IL 61920 and spending in the past 15 punishable by a long prison politically popular — way said. years. But officials cut spend- term for possessing one gram out, he said. They’ve been asked to return this year By e-mail: ing there and at most other of heroin. The Corrections “It’s so highly politi- and have made two or three visits so far, with Editor in chief Ben Tully state agencies to plug a huge Department estimates that cized,” Thomas said. mixed results. [email protected] budget deficit. would put 76 inmates behind “Tough-on-crime sells.” Jarchow doesn’t worry that Caddie will News editor Erica Foltz The Corrections bars during the next decade at Recent financial woes be hurt by the temperamental geese. [email protected] Department plans to cut about a cost of $18 million. could force a review of state “They think the dog is meaner than they Campus editor Felicia Martinez 2,400 jobs — including all Ryan signed that bill into policy, he said, but it probably are, or that she will hurt them,” he said, [email protected] 500 of its sergeants. That law Friday. would take an even greater cri- chuckling. Verge editor Matt Rennels does not include employees Another measure would sis and public outcry to change “She’s a gentle, gentle dog,” he mused. [email protected] who might take advantage of make it a more serious felony things. “She’s never even caught one. I want her to the state’s $64 million early for sexually dangerous or vio- “The end in sight is basical- scare them, but I don’t want her to get one in retirement program. lent persons who assault or ly we don’t have any more her mouth. But I don’t think she’d do any- The department is closing batter state personnel super- money,” Thomas said. thing to one if she did.” its prison in Sheridan, a juve- vising them. Monday, July 22, 2002 3 NewsThe Daily Eastern News

individual and Indiana; the three GSU responsible states in the seventh Faulty steam trap causes tiles to fall from Page 1 for calling circuit where the case the police to is being reviewed. prevent me “This case poses By Benjamin Tully Richards expressed from entering a meet- one of the greatest Editor in chief concern about viola- ing of the SCMB as threats to college free The offices of five history tions of the first Chesser posted an expression that I’ve professors in Coleman hall were amendment, but armed police officer seen in my 17 years left looking like the aftermath of Carter assured him to bar my entrance to here,” Goodman said. a World War II air raid after a that was not her intent the room,” Hosty Goodman said the broken steam trap caused ceiling and ordered he show said. brief filed by tiles to fall. her every publication According to Attorney General Jim Shortly after the July 4 week- prior to print. Hosty, Bell was fired Ryan means the case end, a steam trap in Coleman hall That same month, last year and no offi- is not just between the broke sending humid air through Hosty said officers cial reason for his dis- students and a small the mechanical room and into the Albert Chesser and missal has been sub- university. space between second floor ceil- Debra Boyd of the mitted to the public. Goodman said he ings and the tiles beneath them. “My boss Gary Reed talked GSU department of Hosty and Porch would doubt Ryan is about $8,000 to $10,000 just in public safety detained hired a lawyer for the fully aware of what ceiling replacement,” Rick her and Porche for initial case, but are he supporting, Bagwell of the environmental three hours changing being forced to repre- because he doesn’t control department said. Geoff Wagner/ Photo editor the locks on the news- sent themselves as a file every court The humidity caused ceiling Room 2546 of Colman Hall, the office of History Department room “before our result of costs brief. tiles in offices located in the west Chair Anita Shelton, sustained the most damage of the offices very eyes” with their accrued. Ryan is currently wing of the building to become affected by a faulty steam trap, which caused tiles in multiple possesions still inside. Hosty said so far, running for governer damp eventually weakening them offices to fall from the ceiling. Hosty said Donald civil liberties organi- of Illinois. until they fell on the desks and Bell, liason to the zations have offered “If I was a col- shelves below them. Bagwell said the Honeywell energy efficiently and eventually Student little help by way of lege student in Damages included roughly company replaced 8,000 steam saving money by reducing ener- 200 tiles to the office of history Communication legal expenses. Illinois, I would traps as part of a performance gy costs. department chair Anita Shelton, Media Board According to Mark think twice about contract slated to help Eastern It’s still unclear why the steam 100 tiles to history professor save money. trap failed, but Bagwell said one (SCMB), ordered the Goodman of the voting for Jim Ryan John McElligott, 4 tiles to histo- The performance contract failure out of the 8,000 replaced police swoop down Student Press Law for Governor...if I ry professor Charles Titus, 6 tiles repairs certain mechanical isn’t surprising. after she uncovered Center in knew what he was to history professor Roger Beck aspects in Eastern’s buildings evidence of his mis- Washington, this case espousing,” and 26 tiles to history professor making the systems run more appropriating news- could have a great Goodman said. Roger Beck’s office. paper funds. impact on colleges in “Bell is also the Wisconsin, Illinois WorldCom CEO: Bankruptcy filing imminent

expected for Worldcom’s mil- $100 billion in assets at the end Israeli bread crisis avert- NEW YORK (AP) — lions of MCI long-distance cus- of March but is burdened by $30 WorldCom Inc. will file for Chapter tomers or at UUNET, which billion in debt. ed after marathon talks 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, accounts for 29 percent of the Even before the hidden the embattled telecommunications capacity on the nation’s busiest expenses were exposed, “We shall not allow the stan- company’s chief executive John Web routes. WorldCom was struggling. JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s dard bread to rise in price,” he told Sidgmore told The Associated WorldCom admitted June 25 In March, the SEC launched a flour mills agreed to end a six-day Israeli armed forces radio. “It is a Press. that it had falsely booked $3.85 wide-ranging investigation of the work stoppage Sunday, reaching basic need for very many Israeli The bankruptcy would be the billion in expenses to make it company that included a review of accord with the government for a citizens.” largest in U.S. history and the lat- appear more profitable. The $408 million in loans made to for- 14 percent increase in flour prices Bakers said shops’ bread est in a spectacular series of cor- same day, the company fired mer chief executive Bernie Ebbers. and averting a nationwide bread shelves should be replenished by porate collapses. Sidgmore said chief financial officer Scott WorldCom stockholders sued the shortage. midday Monday. the filing would take place in Sullivan, who was later accused company’s board over those loans. Throughout Sunday Israelis had Bakeries across Israel sent U.S. Bankruptcy Court in by company auditor Arthur In April, Ebbers resigned amid scrambled to buy pitas and other workers home Sunday because Manhattan, and ensure that the Andersen of withholding crucial mounting questions about the loans baked goods as bread disappeared they had no flour with which to company receives about $2 bil- information about WorldCom’s and the financial health of the com- from shop shelves as a result of the bake. Others bought flour off the lion in financing while it reorga- bookkeeping. pany he founded in 1983. He was strike by flour mills demanding a black market — at inflated prices. nizes. Clinton, Miss.-based replaced by Sidgmore. 20 percent increase in price. Shoppers flocked to markets to “The first priority was to sta- WorldCom also announced lay- SEC investigators also focused Millers said the need for a price stock up, vowing to freeze their bilize the company financially,” offs of 17,000 workers, or 20 on disputed customer bills, sales hike stemmed from the increased pitas in case they can’t get fresh he said. “We don’t think that percent of its global work force. commissions and the value of con- cost of importing wheat from the ones in the coming days. there will be any significant Worldcom’s collapse follows tracts between WorldCom and cus- United States, where a poor crop Dani Angel, owner of Angel impact on the employees and costly scandals at other big- tomers no longer deemed financial- this year had resulted in higher Bakery, one of Israel’s leading vendors, for that matter, and we name companies, including ly viable. prices. bakeries, shut down his ovens and should have plenty of cash to Adelphia Communications, Major credit agencies eventually After six hours of negotia- sent his 1,500 employees home for make it.” Global Crossing and Enron, all cut WorldCom’s long-term debt rat- tions that ended close to mid- the first time in a career older than Sigmore said the company of which have filed for bank- ing to junk status, and in June the night, Trade Minister Dalia Itzik the 54 years of Israeli statehood. would look into selling some of ruptcy protection as they SEC filed fraud charges against the agreed to an immediate 14 percent “I have worked for 70 plus its peripheral businesses, but not attempt to pay creditors and company. rise in flour prices but insisted that years in this business, and this is key franchises like MCI or reorganize. Worldcom’s stock traded as high bakers pass the increase on to cus- the first time that I have had to UUNET. MCI is the company’s The bankruptcy would be as $64.50 in mid-1999. But shares tomers only in the fancier bread close my bakeries,” said Angel. core long-distance business; twice as large as Enron’s record- of WorldCom and other telecom- types. “It wasn’t closed during the war UUNET is a major Internet setting filing in December and munications companies have slid The price of standard loaves, of Independence, during the ’67 player. four times as big as Global ever since as the dot-com bubble which are the staple of lower- war, nor during the War of Yom Despite the bankruptcy, no Crossing’s in January. burst and other market forces income families, will remained Kippur, and it is hurting my busi- immediate disruptions are Worldcom reported more than caused an industrywide implosion. unchanged, Itzik said. ness badly.” Advertise in the ALL SUMMER Advertise in the EVERYDAY NewNew StudentStudent EditionEdition && TheThe BBack-Tack-To-Schoolo-School EditionEdition!! Free Pool, Foos, & Darts 3pm - 7pm Call 581-2816 for details or $1.50 Well Drinks contact your ad rep! Daily Beer Specials Open Sunday 3pm - 11pm The Daily Eastern News Democracy the best policy would like to respond to Coalition would agree with the Mr. Lempa’s column, way Saudi Arabia’s government which appeared in the “I don’t hate any treats homosexuals and Opinion ID.E.N. on July 15. women. I don’t know if PETA My friends were asking me single person would agree with the way the other day if I hate all liber- because a small Saudi Arabia treats its camels. page als. I said I didn’t hate all liber- group of his pop- I do know that when Dan als, only the ones who use cur- Rather asked a group of female rent events as a reason to write ulation is irra- Saudi med students if they long-winded diatribes. Gregg Delgadillo tional.” thought women should have Monday, July 22, 2002 The left, throughout time, Guest Columnist the right to vote they said no! has been associated with Perhaps there are thinking outside the box, pushing more people than the Christian Page 4 the envelope if you will. Today the left, much like the Coalition who agree with the way Saudi Arabia treats the right, is an exclusive club where disagreement is simply women living there. not tolerated. Maybe they have been indoctrinated the same way I too love our state and national parks. I too think it Cuban children are indoctrinated to hate America. Keep free is a privilege to live in a country full of diverse people Perhaps the position of women in Saudi Arabia is just a all calling themselves Americans. byproduct of their culture. I do not believe, however, that I am the subject of We may need to head over there again and teach any corporate master. I guess I must be one of the those silly Saudi’s correct cultural etiquette. expression poor, brain-washed saps shopping at Wal-Mart. The All kidding aside, our inability to understand other same Wal-Mart providing numerous jobs and products cultures may have something to do with the present gulf at affordable prices for this small town and many oth- between our country and most of the countries of the ers. Middle East. The case pending for Governor’s State University and its I also love the Bill of Rights; that is, the whole Bill I don’t want the entire country to judge me based on paper should be open and shut. of Rights, including that one pesky amendment that anything other than making my acquaintance. There is no reason for expression to be hindered at the seems to have all the liberals up in arms. I would be naive if I didn’t think the rest of the world college level. I didn’t think Sudan’s pharmaceutical plant was evil. judges me just because I am an American. High school administrators may feel the need to shelter That’s just silly; buildings cannot be evil. I would rather have the rest of the world judge me their under-age students from everything but happy unin- The innocent lives that were lost when that pharma- based on our current Commander-in-Thief than some of spired news and yearbook anecdotes. ceutical plant was mistakenly blown up is tragic indeed. our previous Commanders-in-Thief, but just to be on the Unfortunately we are at the college level. The press as However, I find it disturbing that Mr. Lempa does not safe side I’m going to watch my wallet. the fourth estate is meant to be the watch dog of people in see the difference in making a tragic mistake and the power. premeditated mass-murder that was Sept. 11. I don’t hate any single person because a small group of A college newspaper is responsible for keeping the powers Gregg Delgadillo is a history and English major and guest his population is irrational. I am wary of the Axis of Evil that be honest, just as A college newspaper is responsible for columnist for The Daily Eastern News. His e-mail address is however, which was what President Bush meant. keeping the powers that be hon- [email protected] Columns are the opinion of the author. Integrity important est, just as professional journal- I don’t know if Pat Robertson or the Christian Journalists need to know ists watch over world leaders and understand ethical and other powerful segments of standards are in place for a society. The women at GSU do not understand how horribly reason they jeopardized their credibility To clean, or not to clean? by both serving on student government and acting as jour- By Jon Kinkley– Daily Illini proportionally. nalists. Guest View How do you curb this horrible The professors of journalism at Eastern continue to teach ou are an average college trend? How long do you continue us proper conduct and journalism standards. student walking home on to wallow in your own filth? crevice and chasm of the household. The main reason they do this is not to quiet us, but to a beautiful summer The answer is to just let it go. Follow them through the stag- enable us a more powerful voice and command of our disci- evening. Two blocks The pad will not stay clean. Y nant billows of smoke lingering in pline. away from your home you first hear Cleanliness is comparable to the the still air. Sure, journalism isn’t as stringent as practicing law or the piercing wail of a Fender amount of respect you have for your Pretend you don't notice the doctorate work in history, but there are certain things aspir- Stratocaster mixed with low drum own place of residence. We are in blinking road barricade or the ing journalists must learn. and bass tones. college. This is college life. Why stolen statue, whose reward posters The GSU administration shows definite signs of unethi- You hear the chords of cheesy rush to become some sort of pre- have been up around town for cal behavior and a lack of respect for their students and guitar riffs and neighbor-despising mature adult with standards and weeks. members of the faculty metal solos. oppressive responsibility? You now find yourself in the The editors of the GSU newspaper compromised their One block away you notice the There is no sense in devoting kitchen. positions by acting on the student government while posing broken orb of a street lamp. On the endless hours to the hopeless task This scullery is the epitome of as journalists. ground is a culprit beer bottle min- of cleaning, especially since all your sin, debauchery and refuse. From GSU has obviously proven itself to need a watchdog. gled with extra glass. work can be reversed in the space the condoms in the kitchen drawers One cannot simply pick up a pen and paper and declare You watch the glints of sunlight of a house party. to the fruit flies hovering around themselves a journalist. reflecting off a host of metallic When should you clean? the moldy fruit to the sink filled Journalists should constantly strive to understand their empty beer cans and their gaudy- Definitely clean when the land- with rot and mold — this is the field and all the complex moral issues surrounding it. colored cardboard boxes strewn lord calls complaining about that source of the smell. If being a journalist makes one a target, integrity will be about the lawn. broken window. The refrigerators are veritable one’s shield. Fifty feet away you realize there Or maybe when the folks are breeding grounds for mold cultures actually is no lawn. In its place is a coming into town and are likely to amid May 2000 expiration dates. pockmarked, garbage laden dirt stop helping you out with rent if There are actually mountains of Today’s quote patch. In the bushes is an over- they see first hand your third- empty pizza boxes. turned, dented, empty keg. world living conditions. Mount Dominos. Mount Pizza And that is when you notice the Or when you are older and have Hut. Mount Papa John's. smell. The innumerable spilt liquor concern for impressing other peo- Pop quiz, hotshot: What do you and beer bottles and the myriad of ple with your anal-retentiveness “ cigarette butts can easily explain the do? and the "quality" of your home. “For solitude sometimes is best society, Let's face it — you have to clean. sickly sweet and smoky smells. When you own your own home Cleaning is not the simple and short retirement urges sweet return.” But there is some deeper smell that you paid for with your own "Whistle While You Work" activity Novelist John Milton, 1608–1674 that violates the nostrils and churns money, you develop a certain many would have you believe. the stomach. A smell that common- respect for its condition you would The mentality is, "Why ly causes the innocent passerby to not otherwise have. should I clean if no one else is will- scream in a fit of rage, "For the love In the meantime, do not lose ing to put forth the time or effort?" of God, what is that rank-ass any sleep. Don't waste time with Besides, everyone feels as if they stank?" stupid, useless cleaning charts. shouldn't have to clean other peo- In order to find the origin of this Why walk all the way to the ple's messes. Who made the mess? foul stench, you must follow the kitchen when there is a perfectly Somehow, nobody is responsible. 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Send letters to the editor via e-mail to [email protected] Monday, July 22, 2002 5 NewsThe Daily Eastern News Europe shocked by serious Deportation debate rages amid talk of Israeli withdrawal crimes long associated with U.S. came as Peres met late Saturday JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli with Palestinian Cabinet The assailant, a member of a In Germany, an expelled student officials, faced with an interna- Minister Saeb Erekat and dis- LONDON (AP) — For years, right-wing student group, planned stormed through his former school tional outcry and a definitive rul- cussed conditions for easing many Europeans have seen the to commit suicide after the first in eastern Erfurt in April, gunning ing by the attorney general, restrictions on Palestinians and United States as the epitome of the known attempt on a French presi- down 16 teachers and students acknowledged Sunday they for Israel to end its monthlong Wild West, where gun control laws dent’s life since the early 1960s. before committing suicide. couldn’t legally deport relatives occupation of West Bank towns are weak, too many people own In the Netherlands, political vio- The government later tightened of suicide bombers unless they and cities, both sides said. weapons and violent crime is wide- lence is so rare that when the out- gun laws, even though the 19-year- were directly linked to attacks. Israeli forces occupied seven spread. spoken anti-immigrant politician old assailant had licenses for the Also Sunday, a Palestinian of the eight major West Bank That helps explain why so many Pim Fortuyn was murdered by a pump-action shotgun he carried official said Israeli Foreign towns and cities after back-to- Europeans are shocked by recent lone gunman on May 6, it created a into the school and the pistol he Minister Shimon Peres told the back suicide bombings in serious gun crimes in their coun- political earthquake that upended used in one of the world’s worst Palestinians that Israeli troops Jerusalem on June 18-20 killed tries, including several mass the national elections nine days school shootings. could withdraw from two West 26 Israelis. killings and the July 14 attempt to later. The blood bath also caused Bank cities — Bethlehem and A Palestinian official said assassinate the French president. A 32-year-old activist for the commentators to wonder whether Hebron — in the coming days. Peres had told Erekat the army The disparate attacks do not environment and animal rights was violent movies and computer Israeli officials denied the claim. would leave Bethlehem and seem to have a common cause and later arrested and accused of con- games contributed to such crimes. On Friday, Israeli officials Hebron within days. Army Radio few are blamed on internationally ducting the first political assassina- In Greece, a gunman fired shots had said they were considering issued a similar report. But offi- recognized terrorist groups. But tion in the Netherlands in decades. at the prime minister’s residence in deportation to the Gaza Strip for cials in Peres’ office said they they leave many Europeans won- Europe also has experienced a June, injuring no one. The assailant 21 people arrested in West Bank knew nothing of the proposal, dering if more must be done to con- recent series of mass killings. turned out to be a drug addict, not raids who were relatives of sus- and Gissin indicated a withdraw- trol weapons, fight crime and pre- In France, a gunman killed eight someone with a political motive. pects in attacks last week that al wouldn’t happen soon. vent violent attacks by mentally officials at a suburban city council In Italy, an offshoot of the leftist killed 12 Israeli residents. Peres didn’t mention a time- troubled people. meeting outside Paris in March, Red Brigades terrorist gang The threat generated interna- frame or cities to be vacated in Also, while many Europeans prompting the government to vow claimed responsibility for the tional condemnation and cries of an interview Sunday with Israel still consider their region far safer to crack down on guns. The attack March slaying of an economist in collective punishment from the Radio. The army, he said, has than the United States in terms of left people wondering how the gun- Bologna. The dispute was local: he Palestinians. “no interest in staying in those guns, some say Europe must accept man, who had a history of psycho- was working on the conservative Amnesty International and places where the Palestinians can the fact that it, too, is susceptible to logical problems, was able to obtain government’s bitterly contested Palestinian and Israeli human prove that they can take control.” horrific crimes. semiautomatic pistols and keep labor reforms. rights groups said the proposal The Palestinians have “Nobody knows what has them even after his license expired. What is missing from this rash was a violation of international demanded Israel get out, arguing caused all these random attacks in Switzerland, which prides itself of crimes is a single trend, said pro- law. U.N. Secretary-General they can’t assume security con- Europe, and if there is any connec- on its security, was shocked when a fessor Paul Wilkinson, director of Kofi Annan said “self-defense trol while Israeli forces are in tion among them,” said French gunman walked into the regional the Center for the Study of cannot justify measures that place, enforcing curfews and journalist Ragis Verley, a corre- parliament building in the central Terrorism and Political Violence at amount to collective punish- hunting for militants. spondent for the European newspa- town of Zug in September and Scotland’s University of St. ments.” Gissin said that so far, the per Quenzin. killed 14 people before shooting Andrews. Even Israel’s closet ally, the Palestinians hadn’t shown they “But everyone is asking two himself. “What we are mostly seeing in United States, warned against were ready to take over. questions: How do such attackers Afterward, the Swiss reluctantly Europe are incidents where a loner, deporting anyone based solely “We have in the past acted on suddenly appear on our streets with beefed up security for politicians, not part of an international terrorist on their family relations. the basis of promises, and what guns or rifles, and what are we including installing metal detectors group or conspiracy, tries to assas- On Sunday, Attorney General we got was terror attacks,” he doing to care for loners with mental in government buildings. But they sinate their hate figures or symbols. Elyakim Rubinstein’s office said. “Do you really believe we problems?” stressed that the shooting did not We don’t know what went on in issued a statement, saying depor- will do that again?” On July 14, a young man with represent a general rise in political their minds, whether it was drugs or tation could be considered only In an attack Sunday morning, neo-Nazi connections used a rifle to violence, saying the gunman had a psychological problem,” he said. for people “directly involved” in a bomb exploded on a passenger try to kill French President Jacques mental problems and a grudge “It doesn’t mean we are there- attacks. train traveling south of Tel Aviv, Chirac during a Paris parade cele- against the Zug government. fore destined to have an escalation Ranaan Gissin, a spokesman injuring the engineer. There was brating Bastille Day. The crowd The Swiss government also in the number of attacks on political for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel no immediate claim of responsi- overpowered him, although he did planned to tighten some of the most leaders because they are really one- Sharon, said it was clear “from bility, but police said they fire one shot, and Chirac escaped relaxed gun control laws in Europe, off, and very much a matter of cir- the beginning that it (deporta- believed Palestinian militants injury. but so far has not acted. cumstance.” tion) was problematic.” were behind it. “If you can’t do the move in a Late Sunday, Palestinians said legal manner, then you can’t do that at a meeting of Israeli and it,” he said. He said there was no Palestinian activists in recent legal possibility for deportation weeks, Ami Ayalon, a popular Prosecutors review whether to seek if there was no proof of clear former chief of the Israeli Shin involvement in a terror act. Bet security service, presented a Still, the 21 family members draft of new proposals on some death penalty in Calif.child slaying arrested Friday were being of the thorniest issues dividing investigated to see if any fit the two sides: the future of the townhome complex where a adopted the alert plan in 1999. It Rubinstein’s criteria for deporta- Palestinian refugees and the sta- STANTON, Calif. (AP) — massive memorial of flowers, calls for an immediate county- tion. “If any were directly tus of Islamic and Jewish holy The district attorney said Sunday candles, cards and toys has wide law enforcement alert and involved, who meet the criteria, places in Jerusalem. he is reviewing whether to seek appeared. the notification of media. The you can consider deporting Israeli media has reported in the death penalty against the man “You are truly wonderful to alert plan was first used in them,” Gissin said. recent days that Ayalon seeks 1 arrested in the kidnap and murder us,” she said, and warned people: March 2000 following the The relatives had petitioned million signatures for his propos- of 5-year-old Samantha Runnion. “Take care of your babies. Take abduction of an 11-year-old girl the Israeli Supreme Court to al as part of a grassroots effort to Alejandro Avila, 27, was care of each other’s babies.” from Laguna Hills. She was block any deportation. However, break the stalemate in peace scheduled to be arraigned Samantha was playing with a returned safely from Mexico. they withdrew the petition talks. Monday on charges of abducting, 5-year-old friend just yards from “We drill from the top down Sunday after the court said it Palestinian officials and aca- sexually assaulting and stran- her home when a man claiming as to how to respond. We have could not rule unless the govern- demics are studying the propos- gling the girl, the Orange County to look for a lost puppy carried play books,” Carona said. ment ordered a deportation. als, but they are unlikely to prosecutor’s office said. her away, kicking and scream- Carona said the department The proposal for more blan- meet approval, a Palestinian District Attorney Tony ing. plans to create a playbook for ket and punitive deportations source said. Rackackaus said he would meet The swift arrest of Avila fol- other law enforcement agencies. had generated some support in A draft of the proposal with Samantha’s family as well lowed a massive effort by the It also will review how it reacted Israel. obtained by The Associated as Avila’s attorneys before mak- police, press and public that in Samantha’s case. “The expulsions of terrorists Press speaks of a future ing the decision. began minutes after the first 911 “We’re going to figure out and their families is one of the Palestinian state absorbing “After I review what they have call, Sheriff Mike Carona told what our strengths were, what most severe punishments we can those refugees who wish to live to say with my staff and also The Associated Press Sunday. our weaknesses were and what give — and it will deter the ter- there, with international aid for review the evidence, then I’ll Under the department’s child- we can do better.” Carona said. rorists significantly,” Maj. Gen. those willing to resettle else- decide whether or not to pursue abduction emergency alert plan, Carona has been criticized for Yom-Tov Samia, former head of where. It makes no mention of the death penalty,” Rackackaus a Southern California alert went saying early in the investigation the army’s southern command, the right of Palestinians to said on NBC’s “Today” show. out 10 minutes after the report that Samantha’s body had been told the Yedioth Ahronoth daily. return to homes in Israel that California law permits prose- that the girl had been snatched, left “as a calling card” and that Deportation is sensitive for they lost in 1948, long a key cutors to seek the death penalty he said. the killer might strike again Palestinians, whose close-knit Palestinian demand. against murder defendants if spe- “We were in everybody’s within 24 hours. family relations dictate much of It also proposes Palestinian cial circumstances exist, such as front room, bedroom. People “There was no shock value,” their everyday lives. Deportation “guardianship” of the Al Aqsa the commission of another crime. were seeing the task force num- Carona said in his own defense. to Gaza from West Bank villages mosque complex in Jerusalem, Funeral services for Samantha ber and we were getting thou- “This is information the public where their extended families revered by Muslims, while were pending. Late Saturday sands of calls. And it was those has to understand. We don’t want live would remove much of their Israel would be guardian of the night her mother, Erin Runnion, calls that led us to Avila,” the people to overreact. But we want social, emotional and economic adjacent Western Wall, sacred broke a long silence and met with sheriff said. people to understand we have a support systems. to Jews. Neither side would have well-wishers in the courtyard of Carona said the department sexual predator out there.” The debate over deportation sovereignty, the draft says. 6 Classifiedadvertising Monday, July 22, 2002 The Daily Eastern News

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Charleston, Illinois 61920 Fax: (217) 345-4472 7/30 Monday, July 22, 2002 7 SportsThe Daily Eastern News Finley experiences first hit Lieber allows two with two bench clearing in first and no brawls during NL debut more in Cubs win CHICAGO (AP) — A 94- Oswalt said pitchers had it the PITTSBURGH (AP) — On a we kept adding on,’’ Finley said. “I and he yelled back, and Pirates degree day at the ballpark made the worst. hot, tense day in which it seemed a like what I’ve seen of this team in manager Lloyd McClendon quick- Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros “We were out there giving 100 fight might break out at any the two days I’ve been here. When ly joined him. The night before, work as hard to keep cool as they percent on every throw. That’s the minute, Chuck Finley found a way you look around and see very good J.D. Drew of St. Louis and Rob normally do just to win. difference between pitchers and to cool off the Pittsburgh Pirates players all around you, it really picks Mackowiak of Pittsburgh were hit Mark Bellhorn and Fred McGriff fielders,’’ said Oswalt, who threw 97 and win his National League debut. you up.’’ with pitches late in the Pirates’ 15- homered, and Alex Gonzalez drove pitches over five innings. “You give Finley overcame a shaky begin- By winning their 11th in 17 6 victory. in the go-ahead run with a double 100 percent for 80 to 90 throws, it’s ning by getting the offensive sup- games, the Cardinals maintained As the managers yelled at each as Chicago beat Houston 3-2 on a like doing 80 to 90 sprints.’’ port he seldom got in Cleveland, their 31⁄2-game lead in the NL other, standing nearly toe-to-toe, steamy Sunday at Wrigley Field. After Craig Biggio’s first-inning with Albert Pujols homering and Central over the Reds, 9-1 winners both dugouts and bullpens emp- Humidity made it feel like 106 single, Berkman hit Lieber’s 0-1 driving in four runs in St. Louis’ 8- over the Mets. tied. But there were no punches degrees, and players on both sides pitch into the shrubbery in center 4 victory over Pittsburgh on The Pirates outscored the thrown and the umpires quickly took precautions against the weath- to move one ahead of Sammy Sosa Sunday. Cardinals 27-15 in winning the restored control. er. for most homers in the league. Sosa Finley (1-0) wasn’t dazzling in his first two games, only to be prevent- “I have a lot of respect for Tony La “Every chance I had, I went inside went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. first NL start following 17 seasons ed by Finley and two relievers from Russa, but this wasn’t about Tony to get some’’ air conditioning, The Cubs stranded six runners in the AL, giving back a three-run scoring in double digits for a third La Russa and Lloyd McClendon, McGriff said. “It was hot for every- over the second, third and fourth lead before leaving after allowing consecutive game — something this was between the Cardinals and body.’’ innings, but they caught Oswalt in four runs, three earned, in six they haven’t done since August the Pirates,’’ McClendon said. “My Cubs starter Jon Lieber, who was the fifth. innings. 1930. The loss was only their third kids play the game the way it’s sup- limited to five innings, said he also Bellhorn hit a leadoff homer to After being dealt Friday in a in 11 games since the All-Star posed to be played, hard and clean, ducked inside whenever he could to right and two outs later McGriff three-player trade, Finley said he break. and if people have a problem with an air-conditioned room near the hit his 20th homer to center, tying was looking forward to exactly what St. Louis also contained Adam it, that’s tough.’’ team’s dugout. Catcher Todd it at 2. he got Sunday — a lot of runs. Hyzdu, who singled in three at-bats La Russa said, “Sometimes the Hundley drank jugs of Gatorade McGriff joined Barry Bonds as Finley, 4-11 with Cleveland, got an after going 7-for-10 with 11 RBI, a emotions come out. It’s nothing before being lifted for a pinch-run- the only active major leaguers with average of only 2.9 runs of support grand slam and two three-run serious. I’m not a big one for ner in the sixth. 15 seasons of 20 or more homers. over his last 15 Indians starts. homers on Friday and Saturday. rehashing things publicly and The Astros have too long of a “I pride myself on trying to be Shortly after the first of two brief The key moment — and one that there’s really nothing there. I hope walk to their air-conditioned club- consistent,’’ said McGriff, who bench-clearing incidents, Finley might have momentarily cost Fogg the Pirates don’t spend a lot of time house, so all they could do to escape missed 20 homers once, in 1998 helped himself to one of the his concentration — came after the yapping.’’ was stand in a dank hallway. with Tampa Bay. Cardinals’ 14 hits with a double off rookie narrowly missed hitting Jim The five-minute standoff may “I tried to stay cool by going into Oswalt allowed two runs and five Josh Fogg (10-7) in the fourth for Edmonds with two pitches before have unsettled Fogg, who probably the tunnel between innings,’’ hits. He struck out eight and his first hit in 27 career at-bats. The walking him with one out and one should have tried to pitch inside to Houston starter Roy Oswalt said. walked three. 39-year-old Finley scored on on in the third. Pujols, too. Instead, he left the pitch “Summer league (as a teen-ager) is “When (manager) Jimy Williams Fernando Vina’s single, putting the Cardinals manager Tony La over the plate, and Pujols hit over probably the last time I’ve pitched came out to the mound (after the Cardinals ahead to stay at 5-4. Russa came onto the field, as the the left-field wall for a three-run in heat like this. McGriff homer), I felt like throw- “We came out scoring runs and Cardinals dugout yelled at Fogg homer that put the Cardinals up. Jeff Fassero (4-6) pitched one ing up. It was really hot,’’ Oswalt inning of relief for the victory for said. Houston Rockets 96 - Miami Heat 109 the Cubs, who have won seven of The Cubs took a 3-2 lead in the Hill 10 and are 8-4 since Bruce Kimm sixth when Gonzalez hit an RBI game played July 19, 2002 from Page 8 took over as interim manager July double to left off Tim Redding (3- 5. 6). “It was hot in the dugouts,’’ Kimm Gonzalez took third as Redding Houston Rockets said. “There wasn’t any breeze. But threw wildly for an error trying to # Player S F/G 3 PT FT OR DR TR F PTS A TO B S MIN it always makes it cooler when you pick him off second, but the pitch- 8 Kyle Hill * 3-11 1-5 2-3 0 5 5 0 9 0 2 0 1 28 win.’’ er came back by striking out pinch- 14 Fred Jonzen * 5-8 0-0 2-2 3 4 7 2 12 0 1 0 0 31 Antonio Alfonseca got three outs hitter Roosevelt Brown and 16 Oscar Torres * 2-6 1-1 3-3 2 3 5 3 8 0 2 0 0 21 for his 13th save in 17 chances. Bellhorn. 25 Tito Maddox * 4-9 0-0 4-4 1 4 5 4 12 6 3 0 0 32 Lance Berkman hit his NL-lead- Tom Gordon put the first two 44 Terrance Morris 1-6 0-2 4-4 1 2 3 1 6 1 1 1 0 20 ing 30th homer for Houston, Astros on with walks in the sev- 00 Ismail Ahmed 9-17 1-4 1-1 2 5 7 4 20 2 2 0 0 31 which dropped two of three to fall enth, but he got out of it. 1 Dana Fife 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 23 seven games behind St. Louis in “You’ve really got to hand it to 10 Tierre Brown 1-5 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 2 3 3 4 0 0 21 the NL Central. their pitchers, especially Gordon,’’ 32 Ike Nwankwo 5-7 0-0 3-7 2 5 7 4 13 1 2 0 0 17 Between innings, Wrigley Field Williams said. 41 George Williams 5-5 0-0 1-3 1 1 2 0 11 2 0 1 0 16 personnel sprayed fans in the Game notes: Despite the oppres- TEAM 3 0 3 bleachers with water from a hose, sive heat, a man wearing a Tony the Totals 36-76 3-12 21-29 16 29 45 23 96 16 18 2 1 240 and umpires were given frequent Tiger suit threw a perfect strike to 47.4% 25% 72.4% cups of water by clubhouse work- Mark Prior with the ceremonial Miami Heat ers. first pitch. # Player S F/G 3 PT FT OR DR TR F PTS A TO B S MIN 12 Mike James * 10-17 4-7 4-4 1 1 2 5 28 3 3 0 6 30 23 Ernest Brown * 3-3 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 4 7 0 0 0 0 14 40 Malik Allen * 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 When Location Matters... 52 Caron Butler * 5-14 0-0 1-1 1 4 5 3 11 3 2 0 1 28 54 Rasual Butler * 1-5 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 22 1 Tertence Robertson 1-3 0-0 9-11 0 0 0 1 11 1 1 0 1 15 2 Dean Oliver 3-5 1-2 1-2 0 3 3 2 8 1 0 0 0 18 3 Luke Recker 4-6 1-2 2-3 0 1 1 2 11 1 0 0 1 11 24 Ken Johnson 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 0 4 0 0 2 0 21 32 Kimani Ffriend 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 4 2 1 1 0 1 27 34 Bill Phillips 4-7 1-2 0-1 2 3 5 2 9 2 1 1 1 25 43 Sean Lampley 6-9 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 2 13 2 0 0 0 20 TEAM 1 0 1 1 • Free Trash • Laundry Services Totals 41-78 7-13 20-27 11 27 38 25 109 16 10 4 12 240 52.6% 53.8 74.1% • Fully Furnished • Balconies

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Inside Chuck Finley has NL debut go well. Page 7 McGriff continues to lead Cubs. Page 7 8 Sports Ernie Els wins golf’s oldest Hill starts summer major championship league game for GULLANE, Scotland (AP) — Then came the most amazing with a par and a bogey. Relief washed over Ernie Els as he par of all. Appleby, who birdied three of Houston Rockets cradled the silver claret jug after With his right foot anchored on the last four holes for a 65 to make winning the British Open in a bat- the top of a bunker left of the 18th the playoff, hit his approach into Long Beach, Calif. -- A big second quarter propelled the Miami Heat tle that could have ruined him. green, Els dug in and blasted out to the right bunker, couldn’t get on the to a 109-96 summer league win over the Rockets on Friday. Miami He didn’t beat Tiger Woods at five feet. green and made bogey to finish 1- outscored Houston 35-19 in the second period and the Rockets were never Muirfield. It only felt that way. ‘’That bunker shot was a piece of over. Elkington, the ‘95 PGA able to recover in falling to 3-4 in summer league action. ‘’I’m back on track,’’ Els said. ‘’I nerves,’’ Levet said. ‘’He’s very, very champion who closed with a 66, Former Eastern graduate Kyle Hill started the game playing 28 min- can now legitimately try to win the talented. I lost to a great player.’’ missed a 6-foot par putt on No. 18 utes and scoring nine points with five rebounds. Hill was three for 11 from majors.’’ Els was utterly exhausted and and also dropped out at 1-over. the floor including one for five from three-point range. After four years of marveling at exceedingly pleased. Els and Levet, who finished the Ismail Ahmed led five Rockets in double figures with 20 points. Ike Woods’ skills and questioning his ‘’I guess I’ve got a little fight in four-hole playoff in even par, head- Nwankwo added 13 points, while Tito Maddox and Fred Jonzen each own, Els showed he has the mettle me when it counts,’’ Els said. ‘’It ed back to the 18th. Levet found a poured in 12. University of Houston product George Williams, who was to do just that. would have been a very hard loss if pot bunker on the left side of the recently added to Houston’s summer league roster, hit all five of his field The Big Easy made it hard on I didn’t win this jug.’’ fairway, and the best he could do goal attempts and finished with 11 points. himself Sunday by squandering a No other trophy has ever meant was advance it down the fairway. Regulars Eddie Griffin, Tierre Brown and Jason Collier did not see three-stroke lead on the back nine, so much. Bogey was imminent. action for Houston. The Rockets will wrap up their L.A. Summer Pro by taking a double bogey when the Els honed his game on Els split the middle with a safe League schedule Saturday with a rematch against the Heat. trophy was in his grasp, by making European tour soil and was des- 2-iron, but then pulled a 5-iron into the kind of history he could have tined for greatness until Woods the greenside bunker, leaving him- See HILL Page 7 done without. came along and started collecting self more work. He came through In the first four-man playoff in majors at a frightening rate. Els has with another clutch shot, then British Open history, and the first been runner-up to him twice in the faced perhaps the longest 5-foot one to go to sudden death, Els out- majors, six times overall. putt of his life. White Sox go down lasted Thomas Levet of France He won the British Open the It was shaky, but it was good with a signature bunker shot to save same way he won his two U.S. enough. par on the first sudden-death hole. Open titles — with grit and deter- Though no one saw Grand to Orioles then ‘’I didn’t come here with a lot of mination, unfazed even when it Slam history in the making Sunday, confidence,’’ Els said. ‘’I’m going to looked as though he had wasted his the gallery was hardly deprived of leave here as the Open champion. chances. drama. Muirfield was a mixture of It’s been a little journey for me this ‘’This was one of the hardest cheers and moans that resounded comeback to win week.’’ tournaments I’ve ever played,’’ Els across the links, and both belonged He had just enough strength left said. ‘’The emotions I went through to Els. BALTIMORE (AP) — The Singleton’s throw soared over the to throw his arms in the air and his today — I don’t think I’ve ever been Starting with No. 9, he birdied Chicago White Sox were well on glove of first baseman Jay Gibbons, hat into the fading sunlight of a through that.’’ three of four holes to build a three- their way to another narrow defeat who took it upon himself to cover Scottish sky after his 5-foot par It was the third major champi- stroke lead and suddenly seized when suddenly, for one of the few the bag. putt curled in the right side of the onship for the 32-year-old Els, his command of the tournament. If times this season, they received an “The ball was in the middle of the cup. first since the U.S. Open at only the ending had been so easy. assist from the other guys. infield. I could have walked “It was truly hard work, but Congressional five years ago. The roller-coaster began when The White Sox took advantage of home,’’ Johnson said. nobody said it was going to be None of three was easy, but this Els hit into a pot bunker on the three ninth-inning errors Sunday, Chicago improved to 2-46 when easy,’’ Els said. one tops the difficulty list. par-3 13th green that had a wall so including two by center fielder trailing after eight innings and 6-17 It proved to be far more difficult Ahead by as many as three shots steep he could barely see over the Chris Singleton, to score two in one-run games. for Woods, who was trying to win on the back nine, his lead was down top. He had to place his left foot on unearned runs and snap a four- “It’s nice to win that kind of the third leg of the Grand Slam but to one when Els took double bogey the sodded wall, and the ball was game losing streak with an 8-7 vic- game. We’ve been struggling the shot himself out of the tournament on the par-3 16th. nestled in a furrow where the sand tory over the Baltimore Orioles. last couple of games,’’ said “Seems as if we’ve given away Magglio Ordonez, who singled and with an 81 in the third round, his ‘’Walking off 16, I was like, ‘Is had been raked. Els dug in and breaks, so to speak, to the opposi- scored a run. worst score as a professional. this the way you want to be remem- blasted out to two feet for a remark- tion,’’ Chicago manager Jerry Bob Howry (1-2) got the win and He left town on a much better bered? By screwing up in an Open able save. Manuel said. “I can’t remember the Antonio Osuna worked the ninth note: seven birdies for a 65, match- championship?’ That wasn’t one of It was the kind of shot that wins last time something happened for for his sixth save, enabling Chicago ing the best score of a sunny, almost my finer moments,’’ he said. majors, only Els had much more us to determine the outcome of a to salvage a 4-8 record on a four- balmy, day in Scotland. Woods fin- Els had no room for error, and work left. game.’’ city road trip following the All-Star ished at even-par 284, tied for 29th. didn’t make any. He found another bunker off The White Sox got homers from break. Els was in despair after a double He finished birdie-par for a 1- the 14th tee and had to play out Ray Durham, Jose Valentin and “Every win is key for us,’’ bogey on the 16th hole, which put under 70 to join Levet, Stuart sideways, leading to bogey. But the Tony Graffanino, but the decisive Johnson said. “We have to put him one stroke behind with two Appleby and Steve Elkington at 6- real damage came on the par-3 runs came courtesy of Baltimore something together, and now is the holes to play. Somehow, he pulled under 278. 16th, where Els had a one-stroke miscues in the ninth. time.’’ himself back together. The largest British Open playoff lead and a 7-iron in his hands. Graffanino led off the inning with Gibbons hit two of Baltimore’s He finished birdie-par to get before Sunday involved three play- He pulled it long and left, and a single off Willis Roberts (5-3) and four home runs, but the Orioles into the playoff, and had enough ers in 1999 at Carnoustie and in all the way down a swale. Then, Els took second when Roberts threw failed for the fourth time since May time to eat a sandwich and consult 1989 at Royal Troon. The lowest hit his chip too hard. It went to the wide to second for an error on a 14 to reach .500. with his psychologist, Jos score over four holes is the winner. front of the green, paused, then bunt by Mark Johnson. “The holy grail is not being .500 Vanstiphout. Levet struck first, making a 50- continued onto the fairway. He Buddy Groom replaced Roberts in July,’’ Hargrove said. “It doesn’t ‘’He just basically agreed that I foot birdie putt on the second hole chipped back and missed an 8-foot and got Kenny Lofton to pop out on matter if we’re at .500 now; it’s had four more holes to play,’’ Els in the playoff (No. 16). It was about putt, taking double bogey. a bunt, but Durham followed with a how we finish the season that said. ‘’And those four holes were the the same distance as his eagle putt Suddenly one stroke behind, Els single to center field. Graffanino counts.’’ most important holes of my career. on the 71st hole that enabled him gathered himself quickly and scored on the play, and Johnson Hairston and Marty Cordova also I was going to give it 100 percent.’’ to shoot 66 and get into the playoff. smashed a drive down the 17th came home when Singleton first homered for the Orioles, who fell to Els made all pars in the four But the Frenchman started to fairway, allowing him to easily bobbled the ball, then threw wildly 36-4 when leading after eight holes of overtime to force sudden feel the pressure, and he was lucky reach the green in two and take two to second base in an effort to get innings. Baltimore was without death with Levet. to escape the final two playoff holes putts for birdie to make it a four. Durham. closer Jorge Julio, who worked two Singleton, obtained from the innings in Saturday’s 14-inning White Sox during the offseason, game. A poll is currently on www.nba.com/rockets asking was given two errors on the play. Both of Gibbons’ homers were He had only one the entire season solo shots. Scratched from “Which Rockets summer league invitee do you before Sunday. Saturday’s game because of a sore “I’m not going to make any right wrist, Gibbons has 18 home think has the best chance of making the regular excuses for Chris, but his left hand runs this season, including six in his was cut earlier in the game,’’ last 14 games. Orioles manager Mike Hargrove Gibbons’ second homer got season roster?” said. “What really hurt was not Baltimore to 6-5 in the sixth. The having anyone covering second on Orioles then scored two in the sev- The Daily Eastern News encourages you to go vote the play.’’ enth off Keith Foulke, on a solo Second baseman Jerry Hairston homer by Hairston and an RBI sin- former Eastern basketball player Kyle Hilll!! was supposed to man the base, but gle by Tony Batista.