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Story on Page 3 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 12 ‘Trash,flash and crash’ Campus reacts to NATO strikes By Chris Sievers Staff editor Serbian student Eastern students and faculty members have mixed reaction on United States’ and NATO’s involvement in Kosovo. disagrees with NATO forces are striking military tar- gets that will limit the amount of military NATO attacks power they have to harm ethnic Albanians. By Chris Sievers Assistant political science professor Staff editor David Carwell said the United States needs to do what the alliance needs to do, An Eastern student from Serbia however he does not believe it will solve says she does not agree with the anything. NATO air attacks in Kosovo. “Bombing (Kosovo) is not going to Maja Cojbasic, a sophomore (solve the problems there),” Carwell said. business major, said she is against Carwell also said he does not believe the military air strikes in Kosovo ground troops will be sent into Kosovo. because “Serbia is able to make Assistant Political Science Professor their own laws. Roger Murphy said it is necessary to send “It is wrong because the country forces into Kosovo. has their own laws,” Cojbasic said. “It is necessary to stop genocide,” he “(Serbia) doesn’t need (NATO) said. interfering; they are only making Murphy also said there does not seem matters worse,” she said. to be any clear strategy behind the attacks. Cojbasic said the air strikes set a “Ultimately (the attacks should send a bad example for the rest of the message to the Yugoslavian President world. Slobodan Milosevic) that he has to sign a “The air strikes are saying the peace treaty (with NATO),” he said. terrorism is good,” she said. Jason Waggoner, freshman history Cojbasic said she received word major, said he believes NATO is doing the Monday that her town, Cacak, was right thing. “They are killing many people, ethnic See SERBIAN Page 2 cleansing needs to stop,” he said. “(the alliance) is there to insure safety in the “Something needs to be done to stop region.” the killing of innocent people,” she said. Kendra Krupps, sophomore elemen- Amy Blough, a sophomore elementary Lacey Buidosik / Assoc. photo editor tary education major, said she believes Paul Klite, the director of the Rocky Mountain Media Watch, talks to students in the Library Lecture education major, said she does not support NATO troops are trying to stop the killings the NATO attacks. Hall of Booth Library Monday evening. Klite informed students about the toxicity of local television in Kosovo. news broadcast. See NATO Page 2 Speaker discusses the impact of TV news Klite said. Tuition refund case By Alice Hosty Staff editor Klite said 25 to 35 percent of crime news reported consists of murder, so view- The “trash, flash and crash” found in ers rarely see stories about environmental the recent study of local television news- issues or education. The “fluff index” Klite will not go further casts was discussed in the Booth Library said, contributes to the triviality of local Lecture Hall Monday evening. news, making the broadcasts toxic to the Paul Klite, director of the Rocky country’s culture and contributing to a dis- Student says she will take no more steps Mountain Media Watch, an independent torted perception of reality. By Meghan McMahon not review former Eastern President David organization consisting of about 200 peo- “We are conditioned to think it’s normal Administration editor Jorns’ decision not to grant Hixson’s ple across the country who measure the for a murder to happen in our living room request for a tuition refund. content of local television news broadcasts, every night,” Klite said. “People are afraid The Eastern student who filed a request Surles said in the letter it would be spoke to an audience about the implica- to go out at night because of what they see for a tuition refund which was denied by “improper” for her to reopen and review tions of the current trends of broadcast on local news. We have all probably seen Eastern administrators says she will not the case. journalism to report a limited spectrum of hundreds of thousands of acts of violence take any more steps within the university to “It is my understanding that my prede- news. on TV in our lifetimes. get a tuition refund from a nonwestern cessor, Dr. Jorns, properly reviewed the Klite said more than 80 million people “Drama, violence, sex, cute animals at music course. matter and rendering his final response on tune into their local news station every the zoo, the home team winning the game, “(I will do) nothing within the universi- February 26, 1999,” Surles said in the let- night for a total of 14 to 16 minutes of miracle cures, celebrity profiles, meatloaf ty,” said April Hixson, an Eastern graduate ter. “Thus, it would be improper for me to news. recipe contests are all sold to the viewer as student from Mahomet who filed a request reopen the review and reverse his deci- “Out of the 14 to 16 minutes, the dom- news,” Klite said. for a tuition refund after completing a non- sion.” inant topic is violent crime,” Klite said. “The average American watches 30 western music class taught by fine arts pro- In the letter, Surles said she will contin- “(The media) tends to hype up the story to hours of television per week,” Klite said. fessor Doug DiBianco, in an e-mail. “I’ve ue to follow the investigation in the College make it more dramatic and get your atten- “TV stations are addicted to TV them- discovered Old Main has a lot of brick of Arts and Humanities. tion.” selves. The media loses judgment and walls.” Hixson said she is not taking the request By arousing the audience’s interest in overdoses the whole country.” Hixson filed the request for a tuition any further because she has taken it as far such emotional topics, Klite said people Klite said couch potatoes and news refund after successfully completing as she can within the university. more likely to believe the story. junkies are products of the powerful DiBianco’s course MUS3562C because “It’s been explained to me that appeal- “You begin to see patterns in the news she said much of the material taught in ing to the president is as high as you can that go on throughout the entire country,” See TRASH Page 2 class did not relate to nonwestern music. go. I’m confirming that to make sure,” Eastern President Carol Surles March Hixson said. 16 said in a letter to Hixson that she would See TUITION Page 2 2 Tuesday, March 30, 1999 The Daily Eastern News The Daily with the attacks only if they target mil- itary targets. police Eastern NATO “Keep civilian targets out of it, from Page 1 (NATO should) only (strike) military targets, it weakens moral,” he said. News Hillary Collier said she does know “I’m against the attacks because blotter a lot about the Kosovo crisis because The Daily Eastern News is published daily, my sister’s husband will have to go Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- she does not like violence. according to a police report. ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly over there if the attacks don’t stop Eight sited at Ike’s “Violence never solves anything,” during the summer term except during school soon,” she said. ■ Eight people were cited 8:42 p.m. vacations or examinations, by she said. “I don’t watch it because I PRINTED WITH Byron Tracy, a student in the SOYINK the students of Eastern Illinois on Friday at Ike’s, 409 Lincoln Ave., Theft TM don’t think it’s right.” University. Subscription price: Board of Trustees degree program, Haley Pope, senior zoology major on various charges, according to a ■ Gregory J. Prokuski, 20, of 1214 $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all said he doesn’t not agree with year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of said supports the attacks because the police report. Brian C. Redican, 19, NATO’s decision to attack Kosovo. Madison Ave., was cited at 1:30 p.m. The Associated Press, which is entitled to Albanians are being treated poorly. of 202 11th St.; Bridget M. Fleming, on Saturday at 931 Second St., on exclusive use of all articles appearing “We’re getting into another coun- “I think we should (attack) 19, of 1511 Division St.; Catherine in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 try’s problems,” he said. “I don’t know charges of theft under $300, accord- represent the majority opinion of the because they are being treated horri- A.