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Eastern Illinois University The Keep April 2002 4-26-2002 Daily Eastern News: April 26, 2002 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2002_apr Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: April 26, 2002" (2002). April. 18. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2002_apr/18 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2002 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in April by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Friday, April 26, 2002 The Daily Vol. 86 No. 148 thedailyeasternnews.com Eastern“Tell the truth and don’tNews be afraid.” Senate: students don’t want hike By Benjamin Tully When are we going to put our foot Student Government editor down“ and stop acting like sponges ...letting them wring us out? The Student Senate decided to go against Ronnie Deedrick, what might be best for the university to do Student Senate member what they thought the students wanted and said they would not support the tuition increase proposed by interim President Lou Hencken. “When I got this position, I knew that there would be a possibility that I would have to make a decision where the students believe dents. ” one thing, but what was right for the univer- “I’ve been campaigning saying I’m going sity might be another,” Daryl Jones, student to try to keep tuition low and I think it would vice president of public affairs, said Thursday. send the wrong message to students saying Jones is also a student member of the I’m voting on the increase,” Leonard said Board of Trustees, and will vote on the pro- Thursday. posed tuition increase Monday morning. Student senate members cited the efforts Jones said he’ll probably vote against the of Hencken and Jill Nilsen, vice president of tuition hike in favor of the Student Senate’s external affairs, who lobbied the capitol and decision Wednesday, but it will be a hard sought every option available to avoid a decision. tuition increase. The same night the Student Senate voted The overwhelming notion filling the to officially thank interim President Lou Arcola/Tuscola room of the Martin Luther Hencken for his efforts and understanding, King Jr. University Union was that Student the members voted to go against a motion Senate must remain the voice of the stu- calling for support of his tuition increase. dents, no matter how legitimate Hencken’s “It’s important that we maintain good request may be. relationships with Lou (Hencken) and the Ronnie Deedrick, internal affairs com- Board of Trustees, but I don’t think putting mittee chair and shuttle bus committee chair, Colin McAuliffe/Photo editor the burden on the shoulders of students is said the tuition hike may happen regardless, Spring break the right thing to do,” said Amy Leonard, but he is not comfortable letting the admin- student senate member. istration affect the integrity of the senate’s Senate members were torn between sup- decision’s. Interim President Lou Hencken, LInda Moore of Career Services and Mary Ann Hanner, porting Hencken, who they said has been “When are we going to put our foot down Dean of the College of Sciences, turn dirt over at the offical ground breaking for the Student Resources building, Thursday morning outside of Thomas Hall. The new build- trying to avoid the tuition hike, and main- and stop acting like sponges...letting them ing will be located in place of the parking lot between Thomas and Klehm Hall. taining their position as the voice of the stu- See SENATE Page 6 Summers schedule swells Feds visit High enrollment prompts more sections,seats Fest unites campus By Melissa Nielsen By Paul Franklin VP Nilsen Campus editor Online editor By Amber Williams & Jamie Fetty An increase in students attending summer school has The second annual Multicultural News editors prompted the addition of new sections and extra seats in many Unityfest’s “Fashion and Dance classes. Showout,” presented by the Black Jill Nilsen, vice president for exter- William Weber, acting director of summer school, said that Student Union, was a success, Monique nal relations, confirmed late Thursday about 100 more students than originally expected have enrolled Cook-Bey, assistant director of student that federal officers visited her at her in summer school. To accommodate the overflow, 10 new class life, said. office sometime that day. sections will be offered for the summer and extra seats will be “The show was great,” said Fatimah Nilsen would not comment on added to several existing classes. Muhammad, a senior speech communi- why the federal officers were present, The majority of added classes, which were approved on April cations major, who was there as a repre- or if the visit was related to the ongo- 22, include senior seminar sections and general education sec- sentative of the GAP. ing federal investigation involving tions. The classes have been very popular with summer students The program began with a presenta- Eastern, The Illinois Board of Higher and were accumulating long waiting lists, he said. tion of plaques for the EIU Parents Colin McAuliffe/Photo editor Education, House Speaker Michael The university will not release an extra summer registration club, the Kappa Delta sorority and Madigan, the International Union of Eastern students dance up a storm schedule to inform students about the change. Instead, admin- interim President Lou Hencken for during the second annual Fashion and Operating Engineers Local 399, the istrators are depending on advisers to inform students about the their outstanding support of the Black Dance show, Thursday evening in the Illinois Department of Labor and the extra sections and seats, departments to announce the changes in Student Union, Cook-Bey said. She Univeristy Grand Ballroom. Illinois Educational Labor Relations classes and post flyers and the students on waiting lists to fill the gave special thanks to Hencken, who Board. extra classes. was unable to attend, thanking him invited back to Eastern to emcee the Nilsen would not say if she had “It’s too soon to know (how students will respond to new specifically for his outstanding support. evening after being hired for a poetry been issued a subpoena by the federal classes), but many of these are to address students on waiting Soon after, Nastics and Binks, two reading a few months ago. officers. lists, so I’m sure they will be well-received,” he said. Chicago-based performers, emceed the Nastics and Binks have been per- University spokesperson Vicki The new classes will cost the university $50,000, which will rest of evening with their comedic forming together through Underbio Woodard said she was not aware of come from money freed up from other budgets. However, improv. Nastics said he has been per- Sound for over two years. the incident and did not have a Weber said he suspects most of the cost will be recovered from forming on stage since the age of 10. Some members of Kappa Delta then statement from the university the extra tuition. Now 21, he and 20-year-old Binks were See FEST Page 6 Thursday night. FRIDAY April 26, 2002 ON THE Verge OF THE WEEKEND CELEBRATION Music, art to invade campus The Boat Drunks on tap for Sunday See story on page 5b. JUST THINKING...... MUSIC REVIEWS SUMMER MOVIES CONCERT CALENDAR Are rock star deaths predictable? Weezer and Face to Face Find out what will be hot and See what bands will invade the what will be not. Midwest this summer. 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Editor in chief .........................Shauna Gustafson* 56˚ Managing editor ...........................Michelle Jones* News editor .......................................Jamie Fetty* rain, Associate news editor..................Amber Williams* Editorial page editor.............Jessica Danielewicz* storms Activities editor........................Caitlin Prendergast Administration editor............................Scott Miller Speaker tells Greeks to learn from mistakes Campus editor..............................Melissa Nielsen City editor ......................................Maura Possley By Mary Carnevale Barnes explained there are Student government editor.....................Ben Tully Features editor........................................Alta King Staff writer some ways to manage risks. These police Photo editor...................................Colin McAuliffe Everybody can use improve- include avoiding bad situations, Associate photo editor.......................Caitlin Bullis “ Sports editor ..............................Nate Bloomquist* Members of Delta Zeta joined ment on function and alco- assuming risks can occur, transfer- Associate sports editor....................Matt Meinheit guest speaker Rick Barnes ring liability and reducing the lia- Verge editor...........................................Ben Erwin hol and this can help.