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Amazing Display Process Salary Data.” Which Included the Members in Its of Athleticism,” Brinker Said Eastern Illinois University The Keep January 2000 1-21-2000 Daily Eastern News: January 21, 2000 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_jan Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: January 21, 2000" (2000). January. 9. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_jan/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2000 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in January by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 20° The Daily Friday 6° Partly cloudy January 21, 2000 Inside Eastern Sports In the name Bad Eastern Illinois University of choice Charleston, Ill. 61920 breaks Four local bands to perform Vol. 85, No. 83 Senior Marc Polite reinjures 16 pages, 2 sections this weekend to support pro- knee, but expected back in choice activism. News two weeks. Story in section B “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 8A Contract African-American Heritage Month off BOT’s mazing agenda Acrobats Late paperwork makes UPI wait until special board meeting is called By Shauna Gustafson Administration editor The recently ratified contract that was agreed upon by the administration and the negotiating team for Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois will not be on the agenda for the Monday meeting of Eastern’s Board of Trustees because the language of the contract is still being finalized. The BOT will meet at 8:30 a.m. in the 1895 Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. UPI, which represents about 600 tenure, tenure track and academic support employees, ratified their new contract on Jan. 14. Shelly Flock, director of media relations, said university and UPI representatives might not finish finalizing the language of the contract before the BOT meeting. “This process is not expected to be completed in time for the contract to be provided to Board of Mandy Marshall / Photo editor Trustees members for Monday’s meeting,” Flock (above lower) Julius Marumbl, one of the younger African Acrobats, shows off his skills in doing the limbo. During the limbo sequence said. “To ensure that faculty are not inconve- Eastern students also got to participate. (above top)John Jacob concentrates on his form as he is in the air. nienced, we will call a special meeting of the BOT to approve the contract.” Flock said the additional meeting will be held About 400 watch the Mapapa African Acrobats in awe early in February so that faculty salary increases began preforming professionally them to Eastern. will be able to be added into the March 31 payroll. By Branden Delk Staff Writer seven years ago. One of the agencies the University “Even if the UPI contractual item had been In Kenya, Mapapa is the only thing Board has worked with in the past included on the board’s January agenda, the imple- people can do, said John Jacob, a contacted the UB, telling them the mentation of faculty salary increases could not have he Mapapa African Acrobats from Kenya wowed the audi- member of the Mapapa African acrobats would be in the area, said occurred prior to April 1 due to the payroll process,” Acrobats. Ceci Brinker, acting director of Flock said. ence of about 400 people with human pyramids, bal- Since their choices were limited, Student Life. UPI president Sue Kaufman said the setback Jacob and the other acrobats decided The agency offered a reasonable was not a total surprise. Tancing acts on chairs stacked on top to form a group and travel, Jacob said. price to book the usually expensive “While it is disappointing to learn that the board of bottles and limbo dancing among other acrobatic feats. Once they formed their group, the group, Brinker said. will not be able to vote on the contract Monday, we acrobats got their start performing at The group is very expensive to appreciate the administration’s desire to make sure The group performed to a combi- nation of ancient Chinese acrobatic hotels in Kenya. Later when they got book and high in demand, so the uni- that all the i’s are dotted and the t’s crossed before an agent, they began performing versity took advantage of the opportu- they take the contract to the board,” Kaufman said. techniques with an East African musi- cal tradition. across Europe. nity to have them perform, Brinker “That said, there must be some way for the admin- The group first performed in said. istration to provide a quicker system by which to “It was spectacular to see their incredible balance,” said Sarah America for the Universal Circus “They’ve have an amazing display process salary data.” which included the members in its of athleticism,” Brinker said. “What Kaufman also said she was dismayed by the Robinson, a junior elementary educa- tion major. HBO special in 1998 and 1999. they do is an amazing display of coor- length of time involved in applying the new con- After getting a new agent they dination and skill all placed into exit- tract. The acrobats have been performing Mapapa, a dance style developed in began to perform in half-time shows Kenya, since they were children. They at NBA games, which eventually led See ACROBATS Page 2A See CONTRACT Page 2A UPI Web site displayed higher pay increases than proposed By Shauna Gustafson Trustees. Members of UPI voted to ratify eral days before final votes were due. Administration editor The discrepancy appeared in the the new contract on Jan. 14. “I don’t believe (the problem) had I don’t believe it had any minima salary lanes and showed unit One unit B faculty member said any effect on the voting. I feel people “effect on the voting. A problem on the University B members, academic support UPI members were voting to ratify understood the tentative nature of Professionals of Illinois Web site led employees, as receiving a higher rate the contract based on minimas that what we had on the Web site,” David Radavich, some Unit B faculty members to of salary increase. were incorrect. Radavich said. “Once we noticed the UPI chief negotiator believe they would receive a higher The salary increases are part of a David Radavich, UPI chief nego- error, we corrected it.” pay increase than they will actually new faculty contract that was agreed tiator, said the error occurred over the Radavich said votes were not able be provided with if the new contract upon by administration and UPI semester break and the correct num- to be changed once they were made, ” is approved by Eastern’s Board of negotiating teams. bers were placed on the Web site sev- and there will not be a revote. 2A Friday, January 21, 2000 The Daily Eastern News ETheastern Daily police News Pleading their case blotter The Daily Eastern News is published daily, Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- Elian Gonzalez’s grandmothers heading to U.S. 18-year-old receives ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly during the summer term except during school WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York on Friday, apparently would be far friendlier than in vacations or examinations, by custody fight over Elian Gonzalez escorted by the church group. Miami, where Elian has been liv- multiple citations PRINTED WITH the students of Eastern Illinois SOYINK TM took a new turn Thursday as the According to congressional ing with relatives for almost two ■ University. Subscription price: Kristina E. Kristofer, 18, of $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all grandmothers of the 6-year-old sources, the women hope to months and where sentiment for Lawson Hall, was cited for dri- year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of obtained visas to travel to the return with the boy to Cuba. An his remaining in the United States ving the wrong way down a one The Associated Press, which is entitled to exclusive use of all articles appearing United States to make their case aide to Rep. Charles Rangel, D- is strong. way street, minor consumption of in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 that the boy should be returned to N.Y., said the congressman will Elian survived a shipwreck in alcohol, possession of drug para- represent the majority opinion of the his father in Cuba. meet with the women on the late November. The boat on phernalia, and possession of less editorial board; all other opinion pieces are signed. The Daily Eastern News editorial The U.S. diplomatic mission in arrival in New York on Friday or which he was heading for south than 2.5 grams of cannabis at 1 and business offices are located in Buzzard Cuba issued visas to the two elsewhere in the city later on. Florida capsized, killing his a.m. Thursday in the 600 block of Hall, Eastern Illinois University. women Thursday afternoon as a Rangel has been a strong pro- mother and nine other would-be Jackson Avenue. Periodical postage paid at Charleston, IL 61920. group from the National Council ponent of allowing the boy to refugees. ISSN 0894-1599. of Churches was flying to Havana return to Cuba and has offered to The United States refused to Printed by Eastern Illinois University, 3 cited for disturbing Charleston, IL 61920. from New York to meet with them accompany the boy back. return Elian immediately to Cuba, Postmaster: Send address changes to and with Cuban government offi- The congressional sources said aggravating the already hostile the peace The Daily Eastern News cials. New York was chosen as a desti- relationship between Washington 600 E.
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