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Eastern Illinois University The Keep November 1995 11-2-1995 Daily Eastern News: November 02, 1995 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1995_nov Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: November 02, 1995" (1995). November. 2. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1995_nov/2 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1995 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in November by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SHOWERS SPORTS a high of 66º The Women INSIDE Daily reflect Eastern Soccer team Coming looks back THURSDAY Eastern Illinois University on first Charleston, Ill. 61920 November 2,1995 season to USA Vol. 81, No. 54 12 pages Filipinos chase the American STORY Dream in Booth Library. News 12 PAGE 7 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Sculptors Boycott getting cold shoulder busters? By AMY DAVIS Protesters, officials Staff writer debate effectiveness Buzzard renovations have caused By CHAD GALLAGHER problems for sculpture students who have Administration editor been relocated into a building with no heating facilities or ventilation systems. Protesters and workers in the Martin Luther King The sculpture classes have been Jr. University Union are clashing over the effect of a moved to the former Life Science boycott of the facility. Vivarium, now called Building XII, Organizers of a boycott against the Union say their across from Buzzard next to Doudna protest is going exactly as planned, but some workers Fine Arts Building. University officials in the Union say it’s business as usual. say this is the only place to relocate the “(Business) in the Union sculpture classes. has been going very slow so But the building has several problems far,” said Nikki Jenkins, ■ UB Chairman that need to be corrected, said Jeff president of the Black talks to Student Boshart, associate sculpture professor. Student Union and one of The lack of ventilation and heating are the coordinators of the Senat about boy- major problems, he said. boycott. cott against The “I don’t know many classrooms where “Members of the BSU News. the students sit comfortably in 50 degree and (the Black Greek page 3 temperatures,” Boshart said. “After two Council) are not using the and a half months, they’re checking the Union unless they ab- heating system. solutely have to,” Jenkins said. “We should be setting standards for The BSU and BGC on Friday called for a boycott safety instead of just getting by,” Boshart of the Union over concerns a new Union policy would said. “We’re not asking for more than we not allow dances and concerts in Grand Ballroom. had (in Buzzard).” The protest also started because of concerns over The If modifications were made, the Daily Eastern News’ minority coverage, the lack of building would be an adequate substitute minority recognition on campus and the ad- for Buzzard, Boshart said. ministration’s weak stance on minority concerns as He said the problem began five years items that have prompted the boycott. ago when renovation plans were in the The boycott calls on members of the black works, and sculpture and drawing studios community to stop using Union businesses and were eliminated from the move. CHET PIOTROWSKI/Staff photographer meeting rooms. “We were simply left off the plans,” Union directors Shirley Stewart and Cathy Boshart said. “I kept telling them it was Andrew Chobot, a junior art education major, takes brackets off his unnamed piece of going to be an issue.” art for his Sculpture I class Wednesday afternoon in the old Vivarium across from See BOYCOTT page 2 At the beginning of the semester, Buzzard Building. People who use the building say it’s unhealthy. classrooms in the Vivarium had no “(The Vivarium) is the best thing facility lies in Eastern’s “limited funds.” electricity or heat, and the building was available,” Weidner said, “It’ll be OK, “The university is just out of money,” New visitation “severely infested” with termites and but it’s not ideal.” he said. cockroaches, Boshart said. Many Weidner also said renovations to Carey Netherton, a senior studio art changes have been made by the Physical Building XII that “directly affect and philosophy major, said working with Plant workers to remove the bugs and academic programs” should be finished no ventilation system to filter the air is hours on hold upgrade the wiring. in a week and the rest should be “extremely unhealthy” for students. But Physical Plant Director Ted completed by spring 1996. “We had a facility that worked,” Weidner said staff members are doing the Weidner said the building, which was Netherton said of the Buzzard Building. until fall 1996 best they can finding places around built around 1950, is expensive to “(The Vivarium) has the potential to be a By THERESA GAVLIN campus to house the classes formerly maintain because it is small. good workspace. All we want is what we Staff writer held in Buzzard. Boshart said the problem with the had so we can work.” The director of housing says Lincoln Hall should become the first female residence hall to have 24- hour visitation, although the change may not occur Congressman won’t run for U.S. Senate until fall 1996. Director Bill Schnackel said the Residence Hall By CHRIS SEPER ■ It’s too early to tell who will win the Staff editor Poshard to speak on campus race and whether the anti-Democratic Association passed the resolution last week but the Friday. trend that changed the majority in proposal still has to be officially sent through RHA in Glenn Poshard is one name you won’t Page 5 Congress will remain until 1996, Poshard the fall of 1996 – the actual time when visitation hear in the race for the U.S. Senate. said. change requests are discussed and sent to the housing Congressman Poshard, D-Marion, said – that 10 years would be the maximum I “A lot of things can happen over the office. he will honor an early promise to his would serve if I was fortunate enough to period of a year,” Poshard said, adding Also, the housing office must then survey Lincoln residents and other residence hall occupants to see if constituents to only serve 10 years in serve that long,” Poshard said from his that the economy and the federal budget public office. Poshard is in his fourth term office in Washington, D.C. “I believe very battle will have a large effect on who gets the new proposal meets with their approval. in the House of Representative and, if strongly in a citizen legislature type of elected to a federal office. About 120 of the 180 Lincoln Hall residents signed elected again, will retire in 1998. government. I fully intend to stick with Poshard said voters in central and a petition requesting 24-hour visitation for the Politicians have been slowly entering that.” southern Illinois don’t necessarily vote residence hall. None of the four all-female residence halls on campus have 24-hour visitation. the race for Sen. Paul Simon’s seat. Simon Poshard also said he has no idea who along party lines. will retire at the end of his term to teach at will win in the race for Simon’s seat. “I think it comes down to the Schnackel said the proponents of 24-hour visitation made solid arguments for Lincoln to change its Southern Illinois University in Democrats Pat Quinn and Dick Durbin individual, not necessarily which party Carbondale. have both entered the race, along with Lt. See POSHARD page 2 See LINCOLN page 2 “I pledged when I came out here in ‘88 Gov. Bob Kustra, a Republican. 2 Thursday, November 2, 1995 The Daily Eastern News House bans form of abortion BELL’S FLOWER CORNER WASHINGTON (AP) – Abortion opponents 1973 Supreme Court decision protecting abortion claimed victory Wednesday as the House passed a bill rights that Congress has moved to prohibit a specific DOZEN to ban a specific kind of late-term abortion. abortion procedure. “This is the key pro-life vote of the 104th The bill faces a tougher road in the Senate, although RED ROSES Congress,’’ Rep. Bob Dornan, R-Calif., said following Democratic leader Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota $ the 288-139 vote to make it a felony for doctors to per- said he suspects there is “a significant degree of sup- 19.95 WRAPPED form “partial-birth’’ abortions. port’’ there for the legislation. $ Abortion rights supporters were equally concerned t At the White House, spokesman Mike McCurry said 24.95 VASED a ban on the procedure, thought to occur only several President Clinton was “concerned that any legislative 1335 Monroe 345-3919 hundred times a year, would have larger ramifications. language protect both the life and the health of the “We are really not talking here today about a proce- mother.’’ The procedure, as described by supporters of dure,’’ said John Bryant, D-Texas. “We are talking the ban, involves the doctor pulling the baby by the about Roe vs. Wade and about the right of a woman legs through the birth canal until only the head remains and her ability to have children in the future.’’ inside the womb, then sticking a scissors in the skull Tonight at: Passage of the legislation, sponsored by Rep. and sucking out the brains so the head can pass out of Charles Canady, R-Fla., marked the first time since that the body. Mother's. Bottles BOYCOTT from page one $ Bar Drinks Engelkes would not comment on future,” he said.