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THE VERGE + Keeping oH those winter pounds: page 7 THURSDAY E 111 1 DAl l Y N NOVEMBER 18 _._ASTERN EWS 2004 thedai~sternnews.com Eastern !Uinois UtJiversity, CharlmotJ BOARD OF TRUSTEES LOCAL CRIME Restraining order issued ri1 ~~~~;[";tdMsion.~~~~~~~~: nate analog broadcasting. also on agenda The currmt tower has a master con- "'The digital r.nmsmitta is a convat- aol that is conven.:d digitally to an cr ampli!ie.; • said Denis Roche, din:c- for accused "The BY j fHHHI PEIVAM analog convttta; then to an aruUog tor of distribution tcc.hnol.ogW:s for pvtrnrtent is transmi= and then to a brood= WEIU-1Y. "\ll, haven't been able to re.,irinc toWer on N'uuh Street. The new row.r make the >Witch from ...Jog to clij;ital stations to WEIU-TV may ooon have a would shorten the process by the digi- and fOr this ""'"'" ha"' been behind co.-1 to a toWer tal control where most stations peeping tom $530,596 transmi= that will master transmitting dec- the dght boll are rieital tonnat allow the stuioo 10 convert 10 d.i.fital aons to the N'mthStroetto-,.;thout al=dy transmitting ~tally.• and Ibis will transmission to meet Federal having to transmit through an analog The clday was a result ofMedi.com Must stay 100 feet allow us to Communication Com.m.ission guldo­ converter. Communications Inc. who did not sir~ultaneously lines, if appto'«l by the Board af In 1998 , the R:deral follow through ,.;th a proposal to from area of his arrest offer a whole Trustees Frida~ Communications Com.m.ission man- fUnd the project in 2002, Roche said. weaH• of oew "'The governmalt is requiring sta­ dated that aJl fUll-power television sta­ S«Yicts." tions to oon\'ert co a digital for~ and tions in the nation would be tcquirtd. SO: TOWER PN;f. 1) The Mattoon man who is charged with disorder­ ly conduct for aUegedlylooking into the windows of CITY COUNCIL six Eastern students had his bond altered Wednesday at the courthouse to JV:q_ui.re him not to have contact with the six women. Bryce Warner aho is to not to be within 100 ft. of the home he is accused of peering into by order of the Coles County Courthouse. "'It was a modi6cation of the bond prohibiting contact Charleston CiiJ "It was a at the victim's request," said Co111cil11ember Eric Neumann, assistant Marp Knoap, modification state's attorney. who has decided of the bond He explained the reason to eiveup hor this modification was not seat io !he next prohibiting already in the bond is because llleclioo, rlllaxes contact at it is only a Class A mhde­ i1 the sunroam mcanor. While fdonic:s always of hor home in the victim's go before a judge to determine Charleston request." the stipulations of bond, mis­ Wednesday demeanors do not go before afttmoan. "I the judge unless it is JV:q_uest­ hvecompleted ed, said Neumann, who is lliehl ,..... at prosecuting the case. lllundoltlis Warner was arrested on tenn aod llhi'* Halloween night for allegedly aiolille lor setting up surveillance cam­ SCII'IIeanelillse," eras in the windows of rwo sh oaidof her neighboring houses inhabited relirement."l by six fema le Eastern stu­ want free ti11e dents, who wish to remain lor111JMH." anonymous. Eastern students Dustin Cult and Dave Bonutti. said they found Warner at about 11:.30 p.m. that night when they stopped by one of the houses. Cult Knoop will not seek another term said he saw an individual looking in the window of one of the rooms. The rwo confronted him and followed him to a Stepping down end of this term and I th.ink it is time terms on city council Knoop is ready gas station on lincoln Avenue ...mere they called the Council for .someone ~" she said. "'' \VUlt to enjoy life. police, according to Cult. after 8 years froe time for myself.• "'fm going to miss her," said dry Following the arrest, the 'NOmen said they learned members Mayor Dan Cougill was the first to council member Lotdei Sims. "She from talking with the Police on the scene that mention a dry council scat to Knoop h3s been an excd.lcnt asset to the city." 'Wa.rner 'N3S attempting to put a camera in the win­ Dan Cougill, BY EIIIIH MmH and after much cncou.ragcm.ent she Sims will be running for another term dow and had surveillance equipment in his truck, Mayo' crrv ~UORrut 6nally decickd to run. and has already pidrcd up a pericion including a monitor. John Winnett, "'It is important that the coundl for mayor and com.m.issioner. larry Ifconvicted Warner faces a maximum sentencing councilman Marge Knoop bo:ome the 6rst reflects the community," Cougill said. R.ennds, city council member for of two years court supervision with conditional dis­ Lorelei Sims, woman in 12 years to serve on the "'Charleston isn't an all male commu­ eight years and owner af Rennds TV charge and probation, a maximum of 364 days in cotr~cii W'OI"I'I an Charleston ciry council in 1997 and niry.• & Appfunce said that he will he seek­ the counry jail or up to $2,500 in fin~ according to Marge Knoq>. this year sbe has decickd to five up her Prior to serving on dry council, ing a third term. Neumann. cotr~cii W'OI"I'I an seat. Knoop served the Charleston He said that he has already srarr.:d He said he could not give a guess of what the nor­ Larry Rennek, Knoop won't be seeking to JV:tain schools for 30 years as a physical to collect 90me of the 39 si.gnati..U'eS mal sentencing is for a case like this because they are councilman her position in the April 5 municipal education and ho me economics that are noeckd for the petition. raJV:. dection. teacher. Betwttn the time she spent Warner's hearing is set for 9 a.m. Dec. 15 in "'I have completed eight years at the teaching and her rwo four-year S KNOOP PID.U courtroom 1 of the Coles Counry Courthouse. FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY 69 60 62 57 47 55 53 43 33 29 Showers Showers Mostly <built Mos11y dou:ly P.>rtly dwdy THURSDA>; Nova!Bl:R 18, 2004 AROUND. FRESHMAN 15? WTF? ILLINOIS CAMPUSES Split-personality woman sentenced UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FREEHOlD, N.J. (AP) - N'u-a Headsets cause problems Nevins said only one of her many Drivers should put down their cdl phones and keep pcnonalit:ies robbed a bank, but their hands on the whcd. And a recent study shows they they'"" all going to joil Nevins, 55, should turn t:hcir hcadseu oft too. 'NOman maintains that an alternate, A study conducted by researchers at the University's childlike personality came over her llccknun Institute found that using lw>ds-1'= cdl the day she robbed the bank. phones slows down t>lkers' ability to l'C.lCt to clw>ges in "I am .so ashamed of our accions," their environment, which could impair their driving she told Superior Court Judge ability. Edw.ud M. Ncaf.ey on Tueoday. The findings arc at odds v.1th lcgisbtion in several "'he judge ordered Nevins to serve states, such as New York and New Jersq~ as well as 18 J""US in prison for kidnapping the 'll'asbingu>n, D.C., that prohibits the use of hand-held bank's head tdlcr aod fOrcing her to cdl phones vmilc driving but allows headset>. Similar drive from the scene. He also laws ha'"' been cli"""'od in the legislatures af all 50 imposed a concurrent 13-year pri50n states. term for the armed robbery of the The scudy w.u completed by a group of University bank in 2002. researchers and a professor from the Univcniry of Utah. Nevins must serve 15 years and The researchers tested the abilities of young and okl th= months before becoming eligi­ people to react to changes in picrures of downtown ble for parole. Chicago as the inuges flickered across large vUtual n:al­ A jUty convicted her in August fol­ iry ScrttnS. lowing a trial that indudcd the The team found that )OIUlg people (mean age 20.6) appcaranccof"Juruny," thec:hild per­ performocl v.oorse on all facets of the test when talking ""nality Nevins soid robbed the bank with people out of sighc of just more than $5,000. REA() MI)JI:/(fWWW.DAILYlUIHI.COM Nevins' atto rney, Paul Edinger, had argued she suffered &om dissociative NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY identity disorder, formerly called multiple personality di50rde~ and Early applications drop should be acquitted by rea50n of Early decision applications for next year's frcsb.mcn insanity. class are down 5.6 percent compan:d with the number She tesci&d that she hod c:onsid­ of applicants last yca.lf a Northv.estern admissions ofli­ en:d suidck the morning of March dal said.