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SUNNY a high Three of 76º The INSIDE Daily Eastern in a row Fall Volleyball team looks for third TUESDAY Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Ill. 61920 straight road reading October 1, 1996 Vol. 82, No. 32 win tonight The Dudley House features 12 pages autumn theme PAGE News 12 PAGE 5 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Honors students Contract question change nearly By MATT ADRIAN Staff writer I think there are complete Many students in the honors some issues they UPI to vote program say requiring honors haven’t“ questioned.” students to study abroad for at least one semester may hurt on proposed enrollment in the program. – Jackie McGrath, “I do not support required honor student faculty contract study abroad for honors By JESSICA BAKER students,” said Jackie McGrath, Administration editor a Student Senate member and honors student. “I think there said. If the proposal is approved Members of the University are some issues they haven’t it will go into effect in the fall Professionals of Illinois will questioned.” semester of 1998, he said. vote on the proposed faculty She said one of her major Students will be placed in contract this week, said Laurent concerns is with how honors countries where English is not Gosselin, the UPI president. students who work to pay for the first language. To prepare Gosselin said faculty mem- education will be compensated for the semester abroad, stu- bers, the annually contracted since they cannot get a job while dents will listen to lectures and faculty and academic support studying abroad. take notes on the country’s professionals, are the UPI Kristi Schulte, a sophomore native language. members. The UPI represents elementary education major, Herbert Lasky, director of the the faculty in contract said that having the study University Honors Program, negotiations. abroad program as an optional said during the Thursday CAA “The UPI members received program is good, but making it a meeting that the students will in the mail a summary of the requirement might keep pay the same amount for tuition faculty contract, a salary pack- perspective freshman from and room and board abroad as age and a ballot to vote on,” he attending Eastern. they would at Eastern. said. “They have a week to look “I don’t like it as a require- McGrath said that if she was at the contract, and then they ment,” said Rich Keaton, a required to study abroad she have to turn in their vote to Gary sophomore chemistry major. He would not be able to be involved Wallace (a UPI member and a said the study abroad program is with the Student Senate or other professor of the geology a good idea, but the program school activities. department) by this Friday.” should be voluntary. She said the study abroad Gosselin said this way The Council on Academic program is a good program, but members can study the summary Affairs Thursday approved a making it a requirement will of the contract and decide proposal that would require turn students away from the privately if they support the honors students to study abroad honors program. contract. at least one semester. “I think that it is potentially a A draft version of the contract “It’s an exciting opportunity good idea if the honor students is also available at Booth for (Eastern) honors students have a choice,” said Jeremy Library. that honor students from other Gibson, a junior social science “The contract is also on a web universities will not get,” said major. NAOKO KOJIMA/Staff photographer site page, but it is not oper- CAA Chair Douglas Bock. He said the program will ational right now,” Gosselin After the board approved the enrich the students who are Way up high said. proposal, Eastern President involved, but by making it a Rogan Quinn, a freshman physics major, shows off his skills while If the UPI members approve David Jorns has 10 working riding his unicycle in front of Booth Library Monday afternoon. the faculty contract it will be days to give approval, Bock See STUDENTS page 2 presented to the Board of Trustees executive board for acceptance, said Jill Nilsen, special assistant to Eastern Lecture to focus on economic status of Latinos President David Jorns. engage the community about At the BOT meeting on Sept. Professor to the issues confronting Latinos 23, BOT members approved a in the U.S.” I’m very excited about moving to the Midwest measure to allow its executive share research He will be speaking on the and learning about the experience of Latinos committee to decide whether to “Socioeconomic Status of in“ this part of the country.” approve the faculty contract. results at lecture Latino Workers in the Midwest” “Since the BOT isn’t sche- at 7 p.m. today in the 1895 – Roberto DeAnda, sociology professor at the duled to meet until November, By THERESA GAVLIN Room of the Martin Luther University of Illinois the BOT members empowered Activities editor King Jr. University Union. the executive committee to “I plan to discuss issues accept or deny the contract on Roberto DeAnda, a sociology related to joblessness and of I is because I wanted to play years prior to teaching at the their behalf,” Nilsen said. “The professor at the University of under-employment among a part in building the Latino University of Illinois. executive committee will vote Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Latino workers in the U.S.” studies program,” DeAnda said. DeAnda was born on the on the contract during a con- wants to generate interest in DeAnda said. DeAnda teaches courses on border of Mexico and raised in ference call. Midwestern college students. “I’m really excited about the latino experience in the the San Francisco Bay area. “The conference call will be “I’m very excited about going to Eastern and being part United States, on social DeAnda said he recently scheduled as soon as the faculty moving to the Midwest and of Latino Heritage Cel- stratification and on con- edited an anthology titled ratifies the contract,” she said. learning about the experience of ebration,” DeAnda said. temporary and minority groups. “Chicanas and Chicanos in “The conference call has to Latinos in this part of the The University of Illinois DeAnda also taught at Trinity Contemporary Society,” which be scheduled 48 hours in country,” DeAnda said. currently does not have a Latino University in San Antonio, was established this year and advance and if the faculty is “I’m very excited about celebration week. Texas for four years and at the written for the classroom voting on it by Friday, the going to Eastern to share my “The reason I came to the U University of Arizona for seven curriculum. earliest time the conference call results from my research and to See CONTRACT page 2 Islam lawyer calls for list of cocaine use ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Nation of lions in profits to a CIA-run guer- Islam lawyer is calling on black rilla army in Nicaragua. communities to make a list of The Justice Department and people who have been adversely members of Congress are investi- affected by crack cocaine. gating the claims. Lawyer Arif Muhammad said Muhammad said he and sever- he wants to identify plaintiffs for al attorneys were preparing the a class action lawsuit against the class action lawsuit. government following accusa- The three-day convention, tions that the CIA deliberately headed by former NAACP leader introduced the drug into black the Rev. Benjamin Chavis, was communities. billed as a push to get politicians “You can go to jail for conspir- to pay more attention to the con- acy. But this is not just a conspir- cerns of black Americans. acy theory – this is reality,” Attendance fell far short of Muhammad told delegates to the expectations, but about 3,000 National African-American people attended Saturday night’s Leadership Summit on Sunday. session. The San Jose Mercury News Several hundred delegates last month reported allegations capped their meeting by ratifying that the CIA sold tons of cocaine a 56-page national agenda to be to street gangs in south-central sent to the Democratic, Repub- Los Angeles and funneled mil- lican and Reform parties. Edgar put mostly men IBE MASAYUKI/Staff photographer on state boards, jobs Jason Bovyn, a junior speech communications major, picks up an empty blood unit Monday afternoon for SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Gov. Jim Edgar has appointed twice as many donating his blood for the Red Cross Blood Drive in the University Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. men as women to state boards and commissions and three times as many University Union. The blood drive will continue until Friday. men to boards that pay salaries, according to an analysis by Illinois Issues magazine. The appointments came in spite of a law Edgar signed in 1991 that sought to even out a gender gap in state appointments. Blood drive falls short of goal The magazine analyzed 2,000 appointments to 225 boards made by Edgar since taking office in 1991.