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Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Eastern Progress 1992-1993 Eastern Progress 11-5-1992 Eastern Progress - 05 Nov 1992 Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1992-93 Recommended Citation Eastern Kentucky University, "Eastern Progress - 05 Nov 1992" (1992). Eastern Progress 1992-1993. Paper 12. http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1992-93/12 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Eastern Progress at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastern Progress 1992-1993 by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Weekend Forecast: ACCENT Friday: Dry and cold, high in tha 40s. Family affair Of Mice and Men' Racing Colonels Saturday: Partly cloudy, Single mother gives birth, Sinise reaps winner Eastern sw#eeps OVC high in tha 40s. cross country titles Sunday: Showars, high faces parenting alone with Steinbeck classic in tha 40s. Page B-1 Page B-2 Page B-6 THE EASTERN PROGRESS Vol. 71 /No. 12 14 pages November 5,1992 Student publication of Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky. 40475 © The Eastern Progress, 1992 ■ Popular vote ■Clinton 43% Clinton wins nation The 1992 vote 43.124,690 ■Bush 38% Bush wins 37,595,235 county but Perot 14% 18,970,354 Clinton takes Electoral votes state, nation By Mike Royer Clinton 370 Graphics editor Bush 168 For only the third 1992 time in the last 72 years, Madison County has sided with the loser in a U.S. President presidential election. On Tuesday in- cumbent president and Republican Madison Co. EKUCampus State/district candidate George Bush carried Madi- son County by over 700 votes, but lost Bush (R) 41% Kentucky's state-wide popular ballot. 34% The official numbers gave Bush 8719 123 614,840 8.719 votes and 43.8 percent of Matu- rity 's votes to Clinton's 8,005 Clinton (D) 40% 45% and 40.4 percent. Independent candi- 8005 662,587 date Ross Perot garnered 3,038 votes and 15.2 percent. The other times Madison County Perot (I) 15% 17% 203,26114% voted for a losing candidate was in 3038 61 1952 when Adlai Stevenson beat Dwight Eisenhower in the county and U.S. Senate in 1960 when the County chose Rich- Ford (D) ard Nixon over John F. Kennedy. 60% The campus precinct located at the Baptist Student Union differed with Progress photo fry BOBK ]0 SHIELDS 10,976 226 834,678 the county and showed support for Maria Laws, a senior occupational therapy major from Knoxvllle, Williams (R) 38% 30% 36% See ELECTION, Page A4 casts her ballot Tuesday at the BSU. 6914 98 477,002 6th Congressional district Campus turn-out 'unreal' Baesler (D) 64%1 164% By Joe Castle News editor The 11.808 208 135,545 6 4 If was supposed to have been one of the biggest Ellinger (R) Campus resi- 1992 turn-outs the BSU has ever had. 9 9 35% 36% 39% dents turned out to 6,486 117 87,809 vote in numbers de- £jote —Mark McCoy scribed as "unreal" by county election 81st district State Representative officials Tuesday, keeping election yean ago, when 507 students voted at Campus precinct election officer officials on the job at the Baptist Stu- the BSU when George Bush defeated Mark McCoy said he had heard par- Moberly (D) 58%J I64%> dent Union precinct well beyond the 6 Michael Dukakis. ticipation Tuesday was among the best p.m closing time. Students were lined up outside the ever. 6,737 204 According to figures for Madison building for most of the day, waiting "It was supposed to have been one County, 366 people participated in the for the chance to cast their ballots for of the biggest turn-outs the Baptist IVletcalf (R) Student Union has ever had," McCoy 42% 36% Souroas: at),HKiiKriQxnty d«r*. electoral process on campus. three national races, as well as several 4,818 118 However, voter participation was state and local offices and three state substantially lower than it was four constitutional amendments. See VOTERS, Page M Progress graphic fry MIKE ROYER Impeachments Senators facing impeachment Vandals hit golf course at Arlington Demarcus Dawson Applied Arts and Technology Jill James At large for third time in less than a month still pending Celeste Vachon Natural/Mathematical Sciences LkJdel Vaughn Law Enforcement By Steve Wolf were run over by the stolen carts, $800. Reynolds said in addition, the Brian Wertzler Arts and Humanities Staff writer causing tire ruts and some loss of turf, six tires that were slashed on the heavy By Joe Castle but no permanent damage. equipment will likely cost about $300 News editor opportunity to appeal. resign from the senate, try to explain Halloween marked the third time However, the damage was exten- to $400 to repair. Senators who received letters are their absences or be impeached. in the past three weeks that vandals sive enough that the course was closed Reynolds said the worst damage Several student senators have been Demarcus Dawson, Jill James, Celeste "As soon as we are contacted by entered the Arlington Association's to play Saturday. was incurred on the third, fourth and notified by senate and student, court Vachon, Liddel Vaughn and Brian each person regarding what they want golf facility on West Main Street, The perpetrators also destroyed eighth greens. He said the damage officials that they are in danger of Wertzler, according to senate presi- to do, impeachment proceedings will destroying golf carts and water foun- two water fountains located on the could have even been worse. "The being impeached due to poor atten- dent Julie Neuroth. begin immediately," Galloway said. tains and damaging many of the course, apparently by running them damage would have been much worse dance at senate meetings. "They have a chance to speak be- Galloway said the senate and the greens. over with the golf carts. The fountains if the greens had been soft. But we've Student court chief justice Dennie fore the senate at the Nov. 10 meeting court went into the entire impeach- In the latest incident, seven golf will costs about $800 each to replace. had a dry month," Reynolds said. Galloway, who will be in chargeof the and try to explain their situation." ment processculminating in individual carts were damaged, some irrepara- Tuts on the range equipment and Empty beer cans were found actual impeachment proceedings, said Galloway said. "I'll be there, and that hearings for each senator. bly. The total costs of the damage will the heavy machinery used on the around some of the greens, along he signed five letters notifying the will be their best chance to contest the "We went at this with a schedule not be known until the damage esti- course were slashed, rendering those with tracks made by a motorcycle. senators who have at least two impeachment." of a couple of months," Galloway mate comes back from the manufac- machines temporarily out of commis- On the 12 greens that were dam- unexcused absences and mailed them Senator receiving letters can do said, "and it was done that way on turer of the carts, probably by tomor- sion. aged, flag sticks marking the hole out last week, giving the senators an one of three things. Galloway said: purpose." row, said Bob Reynolds, the golf University golf coach Lew placements were shattered, costing course superintendent Smither estimated the damage to the Hepatitis B often Twelve of the 18 putting surfaces range equipment between $700 to See ARLINGTON, Page A5 overlooked as STD Senate avoids change 0 J Flying high again... mother to child during birth. By Angie Hatton EKU flight team places in Activities editor Although there is no cure for this of academic calendar deadly disease, it is the only sexually- regional aviation competition Fourteen people died today and transmitted disease known to be pre- By Joe Castle entire school calendar up two days, in St. Louis. 300,000 people will be infected this ventable by a vaccine. News editor with classes starting Tuesday instead See Page B5. year by the same disease. 100,000 of Hepatitis B attacks the liver and of Thursday. those infected will be college-aged can be either mild or chronic. Faculty senate members debated This motion would also cause fi- This week's young adults. Symptoms include fever, muscle the merits of five motions which would nal exams to begin on Monday and class pattern: TRF This sexually transmitted disease aches, nausea, loss of appetite, ab- change the university's academic cal- end on Friday instead of being split is 100 times more contagious than dominal pain, jaundice and tiredness. Progress photo l>y DARREN BOSTON endar for over an hour Monday before over two weeks as they are now. Accent B1 AIDS and far more widespread. In In the extreme cases, liver cancer passing only two of the proposals. Motion 2, which was dependent Arts/ Entertainment B2&3 is developed and liver transplants or Dr. Ruth Westheimer speaks Rita Davis, acting chair of the on motion 1 passing, would have had fact, one in 20 people have been in- Activities B4&5 fected by it, according to information death eventually incurs. on prevention of Hepatitis B. department of business and chair of Monday night classes begin the night from the U.S. Center for Disease Fifty percent of those infected do Dr. Ruth Westheimer, world-fa- the senate's committee on the calen- before day classes would on Tuesday. Classifieds A4 Control. not show symptoms and may transmit mous safe sex orator, spoke about dar, presented the senate with the re- The second motion also specified People poll A3 The disease is called Hepatitis B the disease to others without realizing Hepatitis B at a conference for college vised motions, each designed to change that the instructors of Monday night Perspective A28i3 the calendar in a different way.