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SUNNY SPORTS a high of 82º The Cougars INSIDE Daily swept Eastern Men’s Week of tennis team WEDNESDAY Eastern Illinois University defeats Charleston, Ill. 61920 warning October 11,1995 Chicago Vol. 81, No. 38 State Alcohol Awareness week 12 pages activities to begin Monday News STORY STORY 5 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” 12 Evaluations not likely to go public By SCOTT BOEHMER other evaluation issues within the Student government editor individual departments, they are kept private within the individual Faculty Senate members said at departments. their meeting Tuesday that it will “There’s such variance on how probably not be possible to we measure teacher performance release official faculty evaluations that (releasing it could be) because of the contractual issues dangerous,” said Faculty Senate involved. member Bill Kirk. “If anybody “My personal concern is that can present a measure on how to this falls quite close to being do that, I’d be in favor of that.” contractual,” said Faculty Senate Rick Tucker, chairman of the Chairman John Allison. “I can Student Senate’s Academic foresee someone introducing a Affairs committee along with lawsuit saying his or her personal committee member Kelly Brown, JOHN COX/Photo editor reputation was damaged (by attended the meeting to answer making evaluations public).” any questions the Faculty Senate Sittin’ on the dock of the bay Senate member Roger Beck members might have. Beth Guidice, a freshman undecided major, and Cortney Heintz, a freshman psychology major, relax said because the evaluations are “Since (students) do Tuesday afternoon under blue skies on a Lake Charleston dock. used for tenure, promotion and See PUBLIC page 2 Minority graduation rate doubled in last 15 years By TRACY RULE students graduate. Eastern’s Peer Helper program making minority students feel wanted Staff writer “It is nice to see (minority students) matches incoming minority freshman or and willing to stay. walk across the stage.” transfer students with an upper classman Hencken said the Minority Affairs Eastern currently has the second Jones said the university ad- minority student to help the students department does a “very, very good job” highest rate of graduating minority ministrators do their best to make the adjust to life at Eastern, Jones said. with helping minority students. students in Illinois with 44 percent of campus appealing to minority students. The Minority Admissions Program Eastern’s immediate goal in the next minority students reaching graduation, “A survey of minority students is taken considers enrollment of minority students five to six years is to reach the said Johnetta Jones, director of Minority every two years to deal with a situation who do not meet regular admissions University of Illinois in Champaign Student Affairs. before it explodes,” Jones said. “We are requirements, according to the 1994-95 minority graduating rate of 52 percent, Jones said 15 years ago only two out proactive to maintain a good campus University catalogue. Jones said it is a Jones said. of 10 minority students graduated, and climate.” very small program and not many However, Jones said a major obstacle now the rate has doubled to 44 percent. Several university programs are also students go through it. for minority students when applying for She added that years ago only 10 to 12 essential to maintaining a high Eastern also accommodated to college is the availability of student loans minority students would graduate each enrollment of minority students at minority students by adding four specifically for minority students. semester and now 45 to 50 minority Eastern. organizations to Greek Court, Jones said, See MINORITY page 2 A few good men to make march By CHRIS KOLASA Washington. Staff writer We want to let society Demetrius Lane, graduate know that we won’t adviser of Omega Psi Phi, said Seven Eastern students are stand and see young black that they hopefully will organize responding to the call for all “ a march on Eastern’s campus black male college students to men get lost in the streets.” after they get back from represent how they impact their – Mike Richardson, Washington D.C. community, by marching in president of Omega Psi Phi Eastern students Kendric Hall, Washington D.C. later this Kary Durham, Derrick Lane, month. that we won’t stand and see Lane, Juan Lyle, Jason Synder The Million Man March on young black men get lost in the and Richardson, will be going to Oct.16, which was inspired by streets,” said Mike Richardson, Washington as representatives of Louis Farrakhan, is a way to unite president of Omega Psi Phi. “We Omega Psi Phi. black males for one day in hopes have seen too many young black Omega Psi Phi members to change the image of black stressed their support of the men get lost in drugs and crime.” males in society. march rather than of Farrakhan. On the day of the march, black Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam “This march is a unification of leader, has found a way to get the males who are unable to black men to try to make black community to come participate are encouraged to use something happen and show how together and support the march the day for reflection. important black males are in the and understand the problems. “We don’t encourage the world,” Richardson added. According to Chicago Tribune students to miss their classes,” At the march, many business columnist Clarence Page, “You Richardson said. “But we ask the planning seminars will be only have to look at the students to honor the day by not available to students, ideas on predominance of black women in working.” how to establish the NAACP will churches, colleges and pro- Also there will be a forum at 7 be expressed at their respective fessional management and the p.m. Wednesday in Taylor Hall to universities and informative SARAH WONG/Staff photographer predominance of young black discuss what local activities will speeches will be delivered to Mike Richardson(left), a senior marketing major and member of men in jails, unemployment lines be done on the day of the march, show how students can make a Omega Psi Phi, and Demetrius Lane, a graduate adviser for and cemeteries to see the crisis.” and to see if anyone else is difference in the campus Omega Psi Phi, are two of seven Eastern students who will go to “We want to let society know interested in going to community. Washington, D.C. for the Million Man March. 2 Wednesday, October 11, 1995 The Daily Eastern News Study questions cholesterol drug’s effect on women CHICAGO (AP) – A new study questions to double the heart-death risk in elderly the new findings. Women die of heart disease – the nation’s the value of cholesterol-lowering treatment women, the researchers noted. “I think there’s some other evidence they No. 1 killer – in equal numbers as men, but for women who have high cholesterol but But they questioned the value of choles- didn’t take into account that incriminates they tend to develop the problem 10 to 15 are otherwise healthy. terol-lowering treatment for healthy women cholesterol in women,” said Dr. Basil years later. Women ages 35 to 44 are less Cholesterol-lowering drugs and diets do who have no other heart risks, such as high Rifkind, senior scientific adviser at the than one-fourth as likely to die of heart dis- not appear to reduce such women’s chances blood pressure or diabetes. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. ease as men in the same age group. of dying of heart disease, according to “Doctors see a lot of perfectly healthy Cholesterol-lowering drugs can be costly Walsh and her co-author, Dr. Deborah researchers who reviewed past studies on the women with high cholesterol, and our find- – as much as $1,000 per year – and can have Grady, a UCSF associate professor of epi- topic. ings suggest that bringing the levels down side effects ranging from constipation and demiology, biostatistics and medicine, still That doesn’t mean healthy women need really does not change their risk for heart heart-rhythm abnormalities. recommend treatment for high-cholesterol not worry about high cholesterol. disease,” said Dr. Judith M.E. Walsh, lead Their long-term consequences are women with other risk factors. High levels of total blood cholesterol are author of the study published in unknown, a concern in younger women who Walsh and Grady analyzed information associated with more than twice the risk of Wednesday’s issue of The Journal of the could end up being treated for decades, said from nine studies that involved men and death from heart disease in women under 65, American Medical Association. Walsh, an assistant professor of medicine at women. The studies included about 22,000 and low levels of “good” cholesterol – high- Cholesterol experts not involved with her the University of California at San healthy women and 6,500 women with heart density lipoprotein cholesterol – are linked study cautioned against making too much of Francisco. disease. PUBLIC from page one Clinton comments on O.J.