SIUE Resident Population Soars

Student Profile! INDEX... WEATHER Christian Hainds profiles Marlin Thomas, a student editorial...........7 will many challenges, yet lifestyle...........11 has time to make a difference on our campus. sports............. 14 Frid^ . breezy a lp v classifieds......16 " \ ALTON, EAST ST. LOUIS & EDWARDSVILLE Weekend: 77/60° ♦ Thursday, October 2, 1997 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT EDWARDSVILLE Vol. 50 No. 21 Growing pains SIUE resident population soars ■ BY ZHANDA JOHNSON first one,” said Dr. Narbeth of housing. “Another residence residence hall was felt when it He said that the first phase NEWS REPORTER Emmanuel, vice chancellor for hall will add another 500 stu was announced that there was will be completed next sum student affairs. “The only dif dents to the campus.” limited availability of single mer. The second and third This year, SIUE’s freshman ference is the size of the multi Schultz said another resi bedrooms in Tower Lake. phases will be completed later class is the biggest in 19 years. purpose room.” dence hall will have a positive Deluxe single bedrooms were next year. While renovations In 1978, there were 2,322 on Narbeth said the multipur impact on campus life as well completely eliminated. Schultz are being made, some students campus; now, there are 2,722. pose room in Residence Hall II as in the community. There will said that more single bed living in Tower Lake will be The increase of freshmen will be a lot smaller than the be more students taking rooms and deluxe bedrooms shifted to one of the residence has prompted construction to one in Residence Hall I. advantage of the University will be available in fall 1999. halls. begin on a new Residence The idea for a second resi Center and community busi Along with the new resi SIUE has been considered Hall. Residence Hall II is dence hall was brought up in nesses, such as grocery stores, dence hall comes continua a commuter college since it expected to open fall 1998. It early 1996. The first residence department stores and the tions and renovations of Tower was first built. With more stu will be located just south of hall opened in fall 1994. Cotton Wood Movie Theatre. Lake apartments. dents now living on campus Residence Hall I. “The first residence hall had This year Residence Hall I “The renovations to Tower rather than off campus, some “It will look exactly like the a major impact on campus,” and Tower Lake apartments Lake will be in three phases,” said Michael Schultz, director are full. The need for another Emmanuel said. see GROWING, on page 5 Student arrested in Tower Lake rape ■ B Y D A N IE L L E B E LT O N two counts of criminal sexual been out with a group of After this the alleged attack year. The last one reported was NEWS EDITOR assault, which is a Class 1 friends Saturday night in took place. in 1995. felony. Edwardsville, possibly cele According to the Alton According to the SIUE A senior at SIUE was “She allowed him in and the brating a friend’s birthday. Telegraph, the woman was Student Conduct and Student arrested in his Alton home alleged attack occurred.” said Conroy said that it was not taken to a local hospital to be Grievances handbook, if Greg Conroy, SIUE known whether or not the vic Monday for the alleged rape of examined. Scheub is seen as a threat an 18-year-old female student spokesman. tim and Scheub had known Scheub was held in Madison toward other students by on campus. According to Conroy, the each other before then. Both County Jail on a $75,000 bond. SIUE officials, he could be dis assault took place at 4 a.m. had been drinking. Daniel J. Scheub, 23, who He posted 10 percent of that lives in the 1000 block of Sunday after the victim per Later they returned to the missed from the university, ($7,500) and was released. Washington Avenue in Alton mitted Scheub to come in and woman’s apartment in Tower pending the outcome of the This was the first alleged and is an art education major use her bathroom. Lake where she allowed investigation. rape reported at SIUE this here at SIUE was charged with Scheub and the victim had Scheub to use her bathroom. Health Services helps Decapitated bear causes stir in fight flu for SIUE, staff to Tower Lake for residence assistant receive free vaccine ■ BY LEAH roommates had HOLBROOK decided to leave the ■ B Y Z H A N D A JO H N SO N NEWS REPORTER bear on the balcony F lu s h o t s NEWS STRINGER until Tolbert returned For information about get SIUE police have to the apartment. ting a flu vaccination from been investigating a Tolbert’s first com Imagine waking up with a the University Health “college prank.” ment was, “This is cough, a fever, chills, a Center, call 659-2842. The Timothy Tolbert, going to wind up in headache, muscle aches and a resident assistant at the Alestle,” he said. sore throat. You probably cost for student vaccina Tower Lake Tolbert said it have influenza (the flu) which tions are $8.25. Apartments, returned was not clear who the may have been avoided by a can receive free flu vaccina home from a date on “prank” was meant vaccine. tions from health services. Sept. 11 at 11:45 p.m. for, but since he is an “The vaccine prevents ill “Last year we had 710 peo to find a bound and RA and has busted ness in about 70 percent of ple receive the vaccine,” decapitated teddy several drug parties healthy people,” said Claretha Bryant said. bear on his balcony. recently, he and his Bryant, director of SIUE University Police Bryant said that out of the “As I glanced out roommates felt it Health Services. This bear was found on RA Timothy 710 people, 150 were students. to my balcony, I saw a might be a threat to This is the fourth year that Tolber’s balcony Sept. 11 in Tower Lake. A majority of the people who white, rather large him. health services has offered the got the vaccine were SIUE fac teddy bear with its the missing head. He said his “ I didn’t know vaccination. Health services is ulty and staff because they head cut off,” Tolbert said. roommates had seen the bear what to think at first,” Tolbert a selected site of the Illinois received the vaccine for free. Tolbert said the arms and the head lying on the said. Department of Central were tied with a scarf above balcony at about 11 p.m. The Management Services. This see BEAR, on page 3 means that all state employees see FLU, on page 5 ♦ Page 2 The Alestle Thursday, October 2, 1997 ♦ Health and fitness for your life Edwardsville Health Center provides fitness for patients ■ BY BOB FEHRENGER years ago, we had 11 patients, here,” she said. “We’re like one ble. It gives me a reason to get individuals with emphysema, NEWS REPORTER one walking track and one big happy family. We cheer out of the house. It’s just good cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, bicycle station.” each other up and offer for me.” bronchitis, asthma, or restric A white-haired woman Today the program has encouragement.” A physician’s referral is tive lung disease.” walks briskly around a track in more than 100 participants a Chloe McIntyre has used required to participate in the Candidates for the cardiac the gym as a portly man rides a week. The facilities consist of a the Edwardsville center since program. Once a person is rehabilitation program include stationary bicycle. Next to the large walking track, nine tread it opened last year and thinks admitted into the program, a those who have recovered bike rider, a grandmother jogs mills, 15 stationary bicycles, the biggest benefit of the pro personalized exercise program from myocardial infarction, to an imaginary location on a weights and rowing machines. gram is the people reacting is prescribed based on the those who are post-cardiac treadmill. The staff includes nurses with each other at difficult results of a risk assessment test surgery or post-angioplastic Why are these people walk specially trained as exercise times after major surgery or and an exercise test. patients, those with stable angi ing, riding and half-jogging to specialists by the American heart attacks. Morning and afternoon na pectoris or those who have nowhere? To stay alive. They College of Sports Medicine. A “I had a heart attack last exercise sessions are held on suffered congestive heart fail are taking part in a cardiopul respiratory technician rounds April and I have severe asth Mondays, Wednesdays and ure. monary rehabilitation program out the medical team. ma, which keeps me from exer Fridays. As they exercise, par “Medicare and most major a St. Elizabeth Medical Center - “It's like a health club,” said cising outdoors,” she said. “My ticipants have their heart rates insurance cover at least 80 per in Granite City and at the rela Dave Sheppard, respiratory heart has been doing great and rhythms monitored, their cent of the program costs,” tively new Edwardsville technician. The main differ because of the program. I’m a blood pressure checked and Motil said. Health Center, a satellite of St. ence is that here we have med firm believer that one needs to their oxygen level measured. The cardiopulmonary pro Elizabeth’s, which celebrated ical personnel watching the keep moving and exercising.” “Most patients with pul gram is only one of the many its one-year anniversary this members as they exercise.

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