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PARTLY CLOUDY Seeking a high of 52º The payback INSIDE Daily Eastern Spikers play conference Service rival SEMO today TUESDAY Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Ill. 61920 rewarded November 4, 1997 Vol. 83, No. 52 105 faculty members to 12 pages receive service awards from PAGE Eastern News 12 PAGE 3 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Student groups ask for better communication Roundtable gets RSOs, You need to express concerns with your Student Student Senate talking Senate liaisons.” “ – Nick Natale, By AMY THON Student government editor Student Senate member Improving communication between student organizations and the Student program by the end of the semester. Senate was among several issues The roundtable was formed by the addressed Monday during a roundtable Student Senate public affairs committee discussion. with the intention of improving relations The lack of communication between and communications between the RSOs the senate and recognized student and Student Senate. organizations was brought to the attention The roundtable was sponsored by the of many students after the senate senate and held in the Arcola/Tuscola approved the tuition and fee increases. room of the Martin Luther King Jr. Many organizations said they were not University Union. contacted about the proposed hikes prior Students also discussed whether to the senate’s approval. executive members of Student Senate “You need to express concerns with should receive tuition waivers as your Student Senate liaisons,” senate compensation for their work. member Nick Natale told RSOs. RSO members suggested contacting Christian Schiavone, vice president of other universities to find out what the Association of Honor Students, asked compensation is given to senate how organizations without a Student members. Senate liaison could voice their opinions Roundtable participants also discussed about issues on campus. the possibility of compiling a booklet of ANNA BETZELBERGER/Staff photographer Senate member Jason Amato suggested RSOs on campus to be distributed along Tim Rademacher, a freshman psychology major, catches snowflakes outside of Lumpkin Hall e-mailing the adviser about the important with the Panther Pack. Monday afternoon. Snow flurries fell throughout the day. topics being addressed in senate. The Panther Pack is given to all This would allow organizations to incoming students during orientation. reply with their opinions and concerns. Eastern sees an early snow Amato said he hopes to implement the See STUDENT page 2 By LAUREN KRAFT and “mid-winter” also can be considered Staff editor seasons. He said Charleston is now experiencing early-winter, which begins in For the first time this semester students had October when temperatures are prone to fall to fight snow flurries Monday on their way to below 50 degrees. class. Price said temperatures reached a high of 36 “The snow was a bit early this year, with the degrees Monday, 11 degrees lower than the first snow usually falling around Thanks- norm of 47 degrees. giving,” said Dalias Price, local weather Monday’s snowfall did not bring any observer for Charleston. “But that’s Central accumulation because of the warm ground Illinois weather for you.” temperatures, he said. Price said through research he discovered six Price said snow is a possibility Thursday and weather seasons rather than four. In addition to Friday but because of warmer temperatures, the four basic seasons, Price said “early winter” rain is more likely. School board elections today By JAIME HODGE past and that they like what I’ve done,” Miller City editor said. Both Miller and Coffey have served on the Polls will open and votes will be tallied board for one four-year term and are looking today in order to fill three seats on the forward to carrying their positions for at least Charleston School District Board of another term. Education. “There’s several reasons (why I’m running From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. citizens can check again),” Coffey said. “I still have two kids in their ballot for one of three incumbents who school. I like to know what’s going on and be are running uncontested, aiming to fill all open part of the school picture and be part of what’s positions. Up for re-election are former board going on.” IKUYA KURATA/Associate photo editor members Ronald Miller, Thomas Coffey and “I’d like to keep on going with what we’ve Trumpets blaring Mitchell Shick. started,” Miller said. “We’ve made some “I hope that’s (the community’s) way of (From left) Heather Goldborough, a senior music education major, and Brian Shaw, a saying that they trust what I’ve done in the See ELECTIONS page 2 junior music education major play “Dance Movements” while practicing for a concert Monday night in the Fine Arts Building. 2 Tuesday, November 4, 1997 The Daily Eastern News Court upholds ban on race, gender preferences WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnic- low suit,” said Clint Bolick of the Institute longer.” But an angry Mark Rosenbaum of Court let stand California’s groundbreaking ity or national origin.” Lower courts had for Justice. “The court’s (action) is a further the American Civil Liberties Union of Proposition 209, a ban on race and gender said the anti-affirmative action measure vio- repudiation of the arguments made by the Southern California denounced the court’s preference in hiring and school admission. lated no one’s constitutional rights and was Clinton administration and its allies.” He action. Affirmative action foes predicted other a neutral way to promote equality. But its said an anti-affirmative action drive is under “For the first time in our nation’s history, states now will follow California’s lead. opponents contended the measure relegated way in Washington state. In Houston, a bal- state and local governments have been Acting without comment Monday, the racial minorities and women to the status of lot initiative to be voted on Tuesday would stripped of their authority to remedy race nation’s highest court rejected a challenge to second-class citizens in California. do away with affirmative action in the and gender discrimination,” he said. the California measure by a coalition of civil The Supreme Court’s action was not a awarding of city contracts. Enforcement of Proposition 209 leaves rights groups. decision and set no national precedent. It Another affirmative action foe, Michele California “for the time being, at least, as The measure, an amendment to the state merely left in place the lower court rulings. Justin of the Pacific Legal Foundation, the only state unwilling to stand up and take constitution, says the state and local govern- But the action could encourage voters in added: “This ushers in a new era in civil strong measures against gender and race dis- ments cannot “discriminate against or grant other states to adopt similar measures. rights. This ... affirms that equal means crimination within its borders,” Rosenbaum preferential treatment to any individual or “I hope and believe other states will fol- equal and that discrimination will prevail no said. New York deals with Bloods crisis Former IDOT worker NEW YORK (AP) – A woman its Crips, too – are actual gang members on drug and other is slashed across the neck on Park members worthy of all the atten- charges, and foiled a plot in which Avenue in what one attacker says tion. two Brooklyn rape suspects is an initiation rite for the Bloods “There’s nothing new about allegedly tried to silence their 14- wins $930,000 suit gang. gangs in New York City,” said year-old victim by paying a Blood URBANA, Ill. (AP) – A fed- slowed down work on the job, A girl is sexually assaulted in Jeffrey Fagan of Columbia $5,000 to kill her. eral jury on Monday awarded Leahy said. the bathroom of a New York City University’s Center for Violence Authorities have identified $930,000 to a former highway They referred to Hathaway in high school and says one of her Research and Prevention. “The about 1,000 Bloods in the city, worker who said she was sexual- derogatory terms, scratched her assailants bragged about being a hysteria over this is far more including 500 in the jail system. ly harassed by co-workers while glasses, glued the toilet seat in Blood. intense than the problem itself.” Yet the gang remains a riddle. working for the Illinois the women’s restroom, greased An HIV-infected man terrifies Still, authorities – eager to pre- Experts and police agree the Department of Transportation. the telephone before she used it New Yorkers by admitting he has serve the city’s record run of Bloods are much less organized The jury ruled IDOT must pay and placed pictures of nude had unprotected sex with dozens plummeting crime rates – have and fraternal than established New Cheryl Hathaway of Decatur women on their lockers, accord- of young women. He, too, claims gone on the offensive. York City gangs like the Latin damages of $130,000 for lost ing to the complaint. Bloods membership. In August, police arrested Kings, Netas and Zulu Nation. salary and lost pension and Because of the stress, her doc- Absent on New York police dozens of suspected Bloods in They also have no official affilia- $800,000 in additional damages, tor put her on medical leave.