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Eastern Illinois University The Keep September 2003 9-16-2003 Daily Eastern News: September 16, 2003 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_sep Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: September 16, 2003" (2003). September. 11. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_sep/11 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2003 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in September by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. N “Tell the truth September 16, 2003 TUESDAY and don’t be afraid.” VOLUME 87, NUMBER 17 THEDAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM Trustees decisions For more on what happened at the Board of Trustees meeting take a look at our in-depth coverage. Page 3 NEWS Union officials pleased over new contract NA new contract agreement between the administra- tion and faculty was unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees By Avian Carrasquillo MANAGING EDITOR streamline procedures and save a lot of time and energy,” Radavich The Board of Trustees unani- said. mously passed the contract agree- Among them was a new per- ment between the administration formance-based increase for and faculty union Monday after annually contracted faculty, he the two sides negotiated for more said. than six months. “These new provisions will ben- Charles Delman, president of efit the administration, the faculty the University Professionals of and the students,” Radavich said. Illinois, said he was happy the con- The contract renegotiations, tract was finalized. which began in April 2002, took “This is an agreement that both long to settle because of all the sides should be pleased with; it has additions. something for everyone,” he said. “We did feel like the administra- Delman said that despite the tion deliberately delayed the length of time it took to reach the agreement,” Radavich said. “We agreement, it was the best com- added some new things to the con- promise. tract, like intellectual property “There were many factors that rights, which are very complicat- needed to be worked out which ed. It takes more time than might complicated the agreement,” otherwise be the case.” Delman said. On March 18, a tentative agree- Former UPI president David ment was reached by the adminis- Radavich said it was an excellent tration and faculty that was later contract and will benefit the uni- approved by the Board of versity in many ways. He said that Trustees, which included a four- DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY COLIN MCAULIFFE new added sections include dis- year agreement on the discussion tance education and web-based of faculty raises and other Betsy Mitchell, vice chair of the Board of Trustees, talks with Nate Anderson, chair of the Board of Trustees, as Lou material. improvements. “There are a lot of new provi- Another agreement reached in Hencken talks during the Board of Trustees meeting Monday afternoon in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther sions in the contract which will the BOT meeting involved a tenta- King Jr. University Union. SEE AGREEMENT N Page 1 University Board uses budget well Parking By Dan Valenziano of how much money they are allocat- tickets ACTIVITIES EDITOR ing to us. That number is approved by student senate. Jennifer Kieffer, University Board “The UB chairs are then responsi- chair, said the UB’s budget for Fiscal ble for dividing up that figure to increase Year 2004 is $204,104, excluding the where we think the money is of best concert budget. use.” By Kevin Sampier Because the concert budget comes The total yearly budget for the UB STUDENT GOVERNMENT EDITOR from the $5 per full-time student, per is not fixed. For Fiscal Year 2001, the semester fee, it depends on the num- total budget was $190,000,$185,000 in More than $21,000 in unpaid ber of full-time students enrolled at 2002 and $189,876 in 2003. This year’s parking fines has been racked up the university. Kieffer said the con- budget of $204,104 is up about 7.5 per- so far this semester, with a cam- cert fee numbers are not yet avail- cent from 2003. pus total of 2,700 parking cita- able. “Hopefully (the additional funds) tions issued. “Nobody really has the concert will help out,” Atamian said. Art Mitchell, chief of the budget,” Kieffer said. “We don’t have Kieffer said when the budget is University Police Department, a breakdown of how many people pay larger than the previous year, such as said this is common for the the concert fee. At the end of the this year, the extra funds are spread beginning of the year because of semester we will get a breakdown of around to the different committees. an increase in cars and fresh- what we actually got.” “It’s based on need that we allocate men. “We’re still trying to get the num- more or less money,” she said. “We always write a whole lot of bers for enrollment,” said Joe Kieffer said the money given to tickets the first two or three Atamian, UB concerts coordinator. “It each committee depends on the num- weeks of school because of con- should be in pretty soon.” ber of events and the average cost of fusion,” Mitchell said. “The first Kieffer said the UB has to estimate those events. week of school there’s an over what it will bring in at the end of the For example, Kieffer said a come- abundance of cars here moving semester. dian usually costs $1,500-$2,000 to in.” The Apportionment Board funds book. That does not include lighting, Of the 2,700 tickets issued five fee-funded boards, one of which sound and other coast associated with from Aug. 25 to Sept. 14, only is the UB. hosting the comedian. 1,127 have been paid, leaving 769 “We propose our budget in Atamian said UB was fortunate outstanding tickets. Those February, and (the AB) makes revi- because O.A.R. (Of A Revolution), unpaid tickets make up $21,570 sions and usually cuts it,” Kieffer who will perform Nov. 2 in Lantz in fines, Mitchell said. Not all the said. Arena, included the cost of their light tickets issued will have to be “Then they give us a final number and sound crews in the contract. paid, Mitchell said. “Of those (2,700) 804 were dis- University Board missed or voided. Our policy is, budgets with new freshmen and new transfer students who have N never had an experience parking Genereal costs: $41,795 on campus, we forgive the first NMarketing Public Relations: $13,678 one,” he said. N Homecoming: In Fiscal Year 2002, Eastern $14,027.50 received $434,686 in revenue N Human Potential: $24,033.50 from fines and permits, said Jeff N Lectures: Cooley, vice president for busi- $22,702 ness affairs. N Mainstage: Cooley said that money goes $22,460 toward paying UPD officers’ DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY COLIN MCAULIFFE NMovies: salaries, repairing parking lots $15,880 and paying for lights in the lots. NSpecial Events: Of last year’s total fine and $22,292 permit revenue, Cooley said Craig Montoya of Everclear performs last year in Lantz Arena. N University Board’s budget for the 2004 fiscal year is $204,104, excluding Comedy: $292,000 was from parking fines. $19,862 Riley Fore, a senior physical the concert budget. education major, said during his SEE TICKETS N Page 1 Today Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Sunny Sunny Mostly sunny Showers Partly cloudy Partly cloudy Showers Tuesday, 82º 54º 84º 55º 83º 53º 65º 46º 69º 47º 72º 52º 77º 52º September 16, 2003 HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW WEIU to discuss funding at Senate By John Hohenadel they are receiving grant funding ADMINISTRATION REPORTER that allows them to fill these posi- tions. Two representatives from Last week, the Faculty Senate WEIU will discuss funding of the began discussion of parking situa- radio and television stations with tions on campus. This week, the Faculty Senate Tuesday. senate will go over the parking The representatives, Jill Nilsen, committee recommendations and vice president for external rela- give feedback, senate Chair David tions, and WEIU director Rick Carpenter said. Sailors will discuss the hiring of Blair Lord, vice president for three new administrators and the academic advising, explained the mission relative to education. issue dates back to the end of last The three new positions year. include: news director, director of “It was put on hold because of a FM and producer/director. lack of time,” Lord said. Nilsen said the news director The parking committee has position was not a permanent pieced together a report and now position, but it is now. has information to share with the The director of FM position has senate. been vacant for three years and Also on the agenda: because of the increase in stu- • The senate will go over the DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY DAN WILLIAMS dents interested in radio produc- Sept. 15 Board of Trustees’ report. tion, this position needed to be • Committee members on the Dig this filled, Nilsen said. senate will also give reports. Maintenance equipment operator Karala Eastin drags the moss from the campus pond with a backhoe Monday The position of producer/direc- Committees that will be reported morning near the Student Recreation Center in an attempt to clear the pond from algae. tor has also been vacant for sev- on include: the Executive eral years and has also been filled Committee, Nominations because of increased student Committee and the Elections interest, Nilsen said.