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The Daily Egyptian, November 14, 1974 Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC November 1974 Daily Egyptian 1974 11-14-1974 The aiD ly Egyptian, November 14, 1974 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_November1974 Volume 56, Issue 58 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, November 14, 1974." (Nov 1974). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1974 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in November 1974 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Reporting ,rape traumatic for _victim Editors note: Following is It1e second of " I wasn't sure if I'd been raped or She recalled her lhoughts during her he broke the chain I would clobber a series. not, " she said. Jane said she did not struggle with the driver of the car and him." know what legally constitu1ed a rapc. th e tYt'o men in the back seat. Ironically. lwo days later, her dog By Jerie Jayne According to the legal statute. a rape chewed up the necklace. Daily Egyptian Staff Writer occurs when any male 1-1 years of age " After' they pulled into the parking lol " I remember clutching my purse aU Any woman who reports a rape can and older has sexual intercourse with a it was like a combination of a fight and the time because m y wallet was stolen plan..on spending a lot of time talking to fema le who isn 't his wife. by fo rce and the bizarre thi~t. went through my jusl a few days before." she said. police and doctors. said a female SIU against her will. In tercourse is defined head. One of the guys in the back was A few days later, Jane learned student who recently went through the as penetration of the female sex organs trying to pull my jackel and top off. I through the detective investigating her experience. by the male sex organs. By force and was fighli ng wIth him for the door while case, that a doctor's report verified that Jane. (not her real namel , WilS pulled against he r will includes. but iS h 't I was trying to keep the driver away in tercourse had taken place sometime into a car by three men about a month limited to, a female being unconsious or (rom me. I was weanng a sterling silver during the night. ago and sexually assaulted. She is one of mentally deranged and unable to give diamond necklace with sent imental She spoke sarcaslically sometimes seven rape victims on Carbondale police consent. Jane said she wasn't sure if va lue. 1 was so afraid he was going to get records this year. penetration had taken place a hold of my necklace. I was thinking if (Continued on Page 3) 'Daily 'Egyptian nu-sday, NO\6Tlber 14, 1974 - Vol. 56. No. sa Southern l1Jinois University Gus says enrollment drop is a penetrating problem, too. SIU records highest drop in enrollment By Bob Springer Daily Egyptian Starr Writer Enrollment figures for fall released Tuesday by the 1l1i nois Board of Higher Education <lBHE l show SIU-C wilh the largest drop of a ny s ta le public university. With 19 ~ 009 students enrolled on a head-count basis. SIU experienced a 4.2 ~rur~~ nt dip from last year 's 19,837 Three other Slale universities felt a decrease in e"hrollment: the University 'Of lllinois at Urbana. Chicago Stale Univers ity a nd Eastern Illinois Uni versity <which lost five students from last year's enrollment figure I . Enrollment in all public universities in Illinois for fall stands al 185.363 . Thal is an increase of 2.5 per cent over last year . The IBHE figures reveal thal lhe number of full lime students in Illinois public unive rsities is declining . The number of sludents living of«ampus is increasing at a faster rate than on­ campus dwellers. according to the 18- About 20 demonstrators protested Zionist refusal to recognize It1e Palestinian page repOrt. people as a nation at noon Wednesday, by marching from Morris Library to It1e . Whereas SIU was ranked third in the Pa lest in ia n protest Student Center and back to the library. Tom Busch (left! , assistant dean of state for total enrollment in t970. topped students, walked with them to prevent disturbances. (Staff photo by Chuck onl>- by U of I and Northern Illinois Fishman) Universi ty, it now stands as t.he--seventh largeSl school in Illinois. The re(!ofl noles that the shift from full -lime to part-t ime sta tu.s pallerns Tenative agreement reached; within the state account for the overall decline in Full-Time Equivalency WTE) enrollment. Of 593.631 students enrolled in hig her education in Illinois for fall of 1974 . 46.8 per- cent are registe red as part-time coal strike may end by Nov. 25 students. That is an increase of -1 per cent over la'll1'ear. WASHINGTON (AP I-President Ar­ could prove to be the heftiest major The coal industry's chief negoliator, SIU-C's on<ampus FTE enrollmenl nold Miller of the striking United Mine labor settlement this year. Guy Farmer, called the union figure of 16.852 is a 6.6 per cent drop Workers announced Wednesday that negotiafors "very halxl bargainers­ (rom last year. figures show. Tha l is the the union had reached tentali ole The conlract, if approved, would larges t on-campus FTE percentage provide wage increases of 9 per cent the and I think they've ba~ainedthem ­ agreement with coal operators on .a selves a very fine contra ~ ~ec rea se of anY41ublic university in "very good contract" which h. said first year and 3 per cent in each of the Illinois. Chicago State University. EIU next two years. could end the nationwide coal strike by He declined to discuss the~Qi4)f and SIU-Edwardsville also felt a decline Nov. 25. The miners would also receive, for in FTE enrollment. the contract. Th FrE count is one of the prime Emerging from a day -long the first time, cost~f-living increases factors the (BHE looks at in formulaling bargaining session, Miller said he pegged to increases in the govern­ Farmer told newsmen that during the the budget for an institution. thought he would have no trouble ment's consumer price index_ nine weeks 01 negotiations they had one While1he U of ( noticed a drop in total selling the proposed agreement to the The union chief immediately sum- meeting with President Ford arid had head-court enrollment of 407. the Ur­ 120,000 rank-and-file union members, , mooed his 38-member bargaining coun­ been on constant touch wiltlW .J . Usery bana school was able lo see an increase who must vote their approval before L~e cil from the coal fields to a meeting Jr., head of the Federal Mediation and in its FTE figure of 299. mines can be reopened. here Thursday to consider the tentative Conciliation Service. The report's data indicate that private ''The benefit package will aUow us to offer. universities and colleges in lllinois are go back and eradicate some of the gross The union said it woo a lar8e packace suffering the greatest enrollment drops. The ~ i1 muot rlfSt approve any of benefits, including fIVe day'. siet While toeal enrollment in private scbooIs ~:tit:d~=..existed for years," contract before it is submitted to the pay, a near doubliDg of jpdIIItry c0n­ iDcreaed by nearly 5,000 to a record rank-and.('1Ie for ratification-a process tributions to the miners' ~ fund, biCb of 141,112; some of the private 1be IoU! cost 01 the con~ was net Miller has said would take at least 10 si~;!~ ~:!o!1a. t . pIaD. lint ...... were hit with bill drops. diaclosed, but iDdicatioas ~ that it days. -> Ce'dar Lake erosion confronts c-it-y ByDavelbala city is working with the soil conservation Carbondale will receive $56,719 City planning has given recreational Daily Egyptian Staff Writer service to find a seeding mixture to through the Comprehensive Em· development at Cedar Lake priority retard erosion, he said. Carbondale may ployment and Tcaining Act of 1974 second to the implemenlion of $8 .1 Erosion problems at Cedar Lake also extend a service road to the barren (CETA I. Of that sum, $14,886.58 may be million funds made available through confront Carbondale, but city planners area and haul in new soil to cover the applied to Cedar bake, Boyd said. The the Community Development Act of will continue discussions on recreational waste, he added. city plans to hire a lake superiqtendent 1974, Rayfield said. development at tbe new reservoir, ac· To prevent erosion, the city may and two park patrolmen to watch and . A plan drawn up by geography, cording to Director of Public Works Bill redirect water by terracing and build up maintain the reservoir, he said .... geology aDd forestry students.at SIU -Boyd and Planning Director James ground cover through reseeding. Boyd The city may put sev~'ral refurbished proposes a three-phase, 10-year Rayfield. said. vehicles at tbe lake persoDnel's development of public nature trails, Cedar Lake remains an isolated When Carbondale built the lake as its disposal : a surplus jeep bought through picnic areas, beaches and boating Civil Defense and other surpfus vehicles facilities in the northern half of Cedar b~~1a~:~~~e r~~~~S t~~U~~;eers;o~~ .c::~ p'~~m:a~e wo~t~~~Uf~~~ ~ee l~d wi~~ from the public-works division, Bo~d Lake.
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