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Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC April 1981 Daily Egyptian 1981 4-10-1981 The aiD ly Egyptian, April 10, 1981 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_April1981 Volume 65, Issue 131 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, April 10, 1981." (Apr 1981). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1981 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in April 1981 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 'Daily 'Egyptian Southern Illinois Un iversity (;us says if lh~ jocb don't win. Friday. April 10. 198I-Vol. 65, No. 131 Swinburn~ can stick '~m _ilb disciplinary probatiOD. Athletics transferred to Swinburne's control By Randy Roguski looks forward to "tremendous Staff Wri~r challenges." "I think I'm realistic about The administration of the the challenges," Swinburne athletics program will be said. "We want students behind shifted next month from the us. We will gE't them behind us Office of t.:niversitv Relations by gE'tting them involved." to the OfficI.' of Student Affairs. President Albert Somit told the Swinburne said he isn't sure if Board of Trustees Thursday at th(' added responsibility of its meeting In Edwardsville. athletics will overburden him. Somit announced th(' change but Women·s Athletics Director after the board had voted to Charlotte West said the retain the temporary $10 possibility is a "valid concern ... athl('tics fel.'. The fee. approved in Dec('mber 1979. would have "Ifs a very big challenge." bet>n revoked July I if the board ~est said. "Once you've bet>n had not voted before then to intimately involved with retain it. athletics you know that it takes The fee extension means an extensive amount of tim('." students will pay $30 for the athletics program each In discussing retention of the semester for at least one more athletics fel.'. the board refused • year. Somil has promised to include in the proposal a students a chance to advise him Rruce Swinblll'lle mandate for a . student through a student referendum referendum in the fall. next fan on whether the current the reorgamzatlOn, Somit level of athJetic:s fee should be praised GeorgE' Mace, vice The amendment to the continued. president for University propoeal. suggested by Student Similar involvement of relations. for his "energetic Trustee Mark Michalic, was students in athletic:s decisions leadership" in athletics ad- defeated unanimously. Board prompted the switch in ad· ministration. members. most of whom said ministration of athletic:s, Somit Men's athletics has been they oppose the referendum, said. He said the move is administered by University said the decision to hold it rests justified in part by the fact that relations SiACe 1m. The office with Somit and not with the student ~,:!'.=:.uf. atJ.out 47 . took ov~r res~':i~~r the . board. prOlram is ';:::"fl! Ii - -s:::A sa~ .wt~ not reduce ~"n-Us-;'iYaiiEriiott ~.~ subslantiaJ measwe to elll"lt'h any of the eXisting respon· think the referendum is a student experiences:' Somit sibilities of student affairs mislake. From the standpoint said. ". sense on the part of unle!<s administration of of the board, to require it wauJd students that they would like to athletic:s becomes ..~rticuJarly be an even greater mistake." have their opinions heard." onerous" for the offICe.. Michalie had argued that a nae transfer from University Bruce Swinburne. v~ce board mandate would be a relations to student affairs is president for student affairs, "symbolic gesture" which tentatively targeted for ~m- said he is.''very excI~ed': about would persuade students that pletion May I. In announcmg the athletic:s reorgamzatlon and the boord listens to their views. in'Pocus-----, Education fund cuts lnoY lead to further tuition increases By MiH Antoll meeting Thursday, Shaw cut part of the proposed salary Slaff Writer warned that when the Senate increase-SHrs highest budget Appropriations Committee priority-would "be a difficult Chancellor Kenneth Shaw mel.'ts lat('r this month to begin one," Shaw said. said Thursday that a poor consideration of budget ''The two alternatives are so economic forecast for the state recommendations for next difficult that right now I just might force the Legislature to year. "there will be attempts to don·t want to deal with it," he cut back on recommended chip away at the governor's said. funding' levels for higher level." education. and that if state Shaw said he wasn't sure how Shaw, along with other funds are cut. he "wouldn't be much might be trimmed, but leaders from the state's public surprised" if tuition at 8JU added "I here's no precise and private colleges and would need to be increased figure that I'm worried about. universities, met last Friday in a~ain. it's just getting anything less Chicago and agreed to push for the governor's level of funding. The Board of Trustees in than S60 million." March increased tuition for the ".n view of increasing SIU system by 13 percent for a~:r:u: tilre ~:.. thew:a. enrollment demand and im next year in an effort to make "And part of my hourage each pending reduction in federal up for an expected $,';.3 million day is assigned to that." support." said a statement budget defici& for next year. released this week. "it then Shaw said an additional in becomes critically important Gov. James R. 11tompsan's crease in tuition, along with that the State General Revenue ret'ommendation of a $60 t'Uls in a proposed salary in Funds recommended by million increase in funding for .crease for faculty and 5laff are Thornpaoo be provided." . the state's colleges and the "only two alternatives" to universities-slightly more funding cuts by the I..eRislature. However, Thorn.... has said than half of what tbe Illinois Thompsan has recommended thai berause of ''uncertainties Board of Higher Education had an I percent salary increase in duri... the comuw months," he asked for in JanUU')'-ma~ the July with a 2 pettent calclHlp can't puutee rmal approval tuiticJn increase. aIon& With a plan to be implemented in of his fundin. recom number of budKe' cuts. January. mendaliou for bilber necessary. Shaw has Aid. The decision of whether to 10 educatiCID .. be hu done in the However. at tile board with _ addtional tuition hike or put. i . " . .. .. ......... ~ ....... , ... Colmnbia prepared for mght; News Roundup---- Marr U,dK-If'f1 for Rft.garr II.IWII astronauts relax before launch NEW HAVE~. Conn. lAP) - Edward :\1. Richardson was indicted Thursday by a fedt'ral grand jury on two counts of CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. "1 think we're going to make in varying degrees of hurry is threatening to kill or hurt Presidt'nt Reagan. (AP) -On the eve of its maiden it." Lift-off was set for 43 "abort." Richardson. 22. of Drexel Hill. Pa .. was arrested Tuesday in voyage, the test shuttle minutes past dawn, at 6:50 a.m. For the astronauts, one Manhattan and is being held in New York in lieui of $500.000 Columbia was poised for flight EST on Friday. rather primitive means of Thursday on moon-launch pad John Young and Robert launch pad escape remains: a bo~~ih counts of the indictment against Richard<;on involve 39A, an untried ship of the Crippen, who say they are '140 basket that slides down from statements he allegedly made in notes left in a :'liew Haven future ready to return percent trained" for their 2-day n".. r the cabin to the ground hotel or sent to ..... Ie student Jodie Foster. the tet'll·age ac· Americans to spaCE'. 6 12 hour flight, visited their into a bunker or a waiting ar tress. Two astronaut!> who will revolutionary spacecraft at mored personnel carrier. 1Ilin0i8 may IrMe edUf."fJtion flU.dll stake their lives Friday on its first light Thursday, were told it They also can use standard success went to sieep at mid was in good shape. and went orr ejection seats up tIT 100.000 feet. SPRINGFIELD (AP, - Illinois will lose at least $103 million afternoon Thursday after a for some final landing practice Mission planners say they in federal aid to p.lemf'ntary and high schools and nearly 14.004' final telephone farewell tl) their in airplanes. would eject in the event of "Ioss school jobs if Congre!lS approves President Reagan's proposed families. Relaxed and primed However, the space people of control or impending budget cuts, the state's school chief Thursday told the state to fly, they took a call from Vice have put as much thought into catastrophic failure," or loss of Board of Edl.:ation. President George Bush and told planning what to do if things go any two of the three main "The proposed cuts are going to hurt everywhere and him they are ready to go and wrong with Friday's launch as engines. Illinois is really one of the big losers in this process, .. said sta Ie "skies are clear." they have if things go right. School Superintendent Donald Gill. At the same time, the Page 34 of the space agency's (-'01' the first 4'2 minutes of countdown went into its press book is entitled, simply. flight. Young and Crippen have lJolllon 10 layoff 400 polino, jiN'merr climactic hours. "If Things Don't Go Right - the options of maki'lg a l'-turn "1 think we're go." said Contingencies. " and returning to the long.