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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 66˚ Partly The Daily Thursday 35˚ cloudy October 21, 1999 Inside Eastern Sports Working together www.eiu.edu/~den Overcoming STudent Senate members approved an Eastern Illinois University external relations committee, whose main Charleston, Ill. 61920 injuries goal will be to work with city officials on the Vol. 85, No. 43 Football team has battled 12 pages, 1 section Peer Cooperation Program. more than opponents this Story on Page 3 News season. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 12 Faculty again second lowest paid in state 1998 data: U of I Atglance at top, Chicago Average 1998 faculty salaries at public colleges statewide* State at bottom University of Illinois, Champaign Professors $83,600 By Geneva White Associate professors $58,400 Campus editor Instructors $39,300 Eastern continues to be the sec- Illinois State University, Normal ond-lowest paying institution in Professors $61,500 Illinois with $56.5 million out of Associate professors $48,400 Eastern’s $72 million budget for Instructors $30,400 the 1999-2000 slated for teacher Northern Illinois University,DeKalb salaries, said Mark Wilcockson, Professors $67,700 associate director for fiscal affairs Associate professors $50,100 of the Illinois Board of Higher Instructors $25,100 Education. Generally, about 78 percent of a Western Illinois University,Macomb university’s budget goes toward Professors $56,900 teacher salaries, Wilcockson said. Associate professors $47,100 According to a 1998 study by Instructors $28,100 IBHE, Eastern falls right ahead of Mandy Marshall / Photo editor Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Chicago State University in terms Professors $54,000 Edible artillery of salaries for professors and asso- Associate professors $46,000 ciate professors. Zack Hickman, a senior biology major, places the finishing touches on a food sculpture Wednesday afternoon in the Instructors $24,300 “The Board of Higher South Quad. Hickman’s sculpture was a tank with raw spaghetti noodles forming the cannon and Cocoa Blasts for head- Education has tried to put some Southern Illinois University,Carbondale lights. See complete story on page 5 money into Eastern over the last Professors $63,500 several years,” said Wilcockson. Associate professors $46,300 “Our budget requests for Eastern Instructors $23,300 have been above and average.” Professor going the distance The study shows the average *Data obtained from the Illinois Board of Higher Education salary for Eastern faculty in 1998 to Six months of training to be put to the test in marathon be $54,000 for professors, $46,000 for associate professors and ing for several years through the ation strategies runs helps Canivez to relieve By Melanie Schneider $24,300 for instructors while budget process to increase faculty to help improve cramping by remaining more Staff writer salaries at Chicago State are salaries,” said Jeff Cooley, acting their running. relaxed and focused. $51,000 for professors, $42,600 for vice president for business affairs. Gary Canivez, 38, an associate He said this run “It’s as much a mental commit- associates and $27,300 for instruc- “We recognize we do lag behind professor in the psychology depart- will give him a ment as it is a physical commitment tors. the rest of the state.” ment, will take a 26-mile tour of chance to prac- in long runs,” he said. “There are The study also shows University However, Northern was below Chicago this Sunday. His mode of tice the things days when you wake up and don’t of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to Eastern when it came to instruc- transportation is not a car or tour he’s been want to run 20 miles, but you have be the highest paying institution in tors’ salaries, which were at bus; it’s his own two feet. teaching. to do it. Goals are psychological in 1998 with $83,600 for professors, $25,100. Western Illinois Canivez has been training to run “It’s really nature.” $58,400 for associate professors University proved to be closest to in the Chicago Marathon for the helped while The Chicago marathon’s web Gary Canivez and $39,300 for instructors. Eastern with professors’ salaries at past six months. This being his first I’m running to site provided Canivez with a train- Salaries at Illinois State University, $56,900 and associate professors’ marathon, Canivez said, “it’s defi- maintain concentration on key ele- ing program geared toward gradu- in Normal, were at $61,500 for salaries at $47,100. Instructors’ nitely a challenge.” ments like running form, breathing ally increasing mileage. professors, $48,400 for associate salaries were $28,100. Salaries for Mental training components and keeping a constant pace,” Canivez said he runs short dis- professors and $30,400 for instruc- Southern Illinois University were play a big role in Canivez’s prepa- Canivez said. “Implementing tances of about three or four miles, tors. At Northern Illinois $63,500 for professors, $46,300 for ration for the race. For the past five imagery components really helps, a couple times during the week and University, in DeKalb, salaries for associates and $23,300 for instruc- years he has worked with various especially as the distances get longer distances every weekend. professors were at $67,700 and tors. sports teams on campus, helping longer.” $50,100 for associate professors. students use imagery and relax- Using these elements while he See DISTANCE Page 2 “I think Eastern has been work- See FACULTY Page 2 First meeting of bar extension task force today By Sara E. Figiel Luther King Jr University Union. “The key is that students show,” Brooks police officers form the University Police Staff writer “I’m hoping that we are going to be able to said. “We are very much encouraging students Department, the Charleston Police hear questions and concerns,” said Will to come.” Department, citizens, greek representatives The Task Force on Bar Extension Hours Brooks, senate member and member of the Brooks said the only people, other than and lawyers also are expected to attend, will have its first meeting today to hear from Task Force. “That way, we can work on solu- himself and Mayor Dan Cougill, named as although he does not know the names of these citizens and students regarding the issue of tions.” members of the Task Force were four senate representatives. Charleston bars staying open later by one hour Although Brooks said he is not expecting to members: Jeremy Ruppel, Matt Layette, Mike City Council members voted down the bar on Fridays and Saturdays. come up with solutions right away, he said he LeShoure and Brooks. extension hours resolution in September, but The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in the hopes the Task Force will be able to facilitate res- Brooks said four city representatives, one agreed to bring the issue up again in Charleston/Mattoon Room of the Martin olutions during the anticipated second meeting. Eastern administrator, liquor license-holders, November. 2 Thursday, October, 21, 1999 The Daily Eastern News ETheastern Daily Panel: Warn students of meningitis News CDC says vaccines should be readily available to college-aged The Daily Eastern News is published daily, Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- ATLANTA (AP) — A group of go further in its recommendations A CDC study of 83 reported dents get meningitis each year, ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly federal health officials is recom- because current meningitis vac- meningitis cases in college stu- and between five and 10 die. during the summer term except during school vacations or examinations, by mending that colleges make cines are no more than 90 percent dents from September 1998 Meningococcal meningitis is PRINTED WITH SOYINK the students of Eastern Illinois meningitis vaccines readily avail- effective and don’t work on all through May 1999 indicated a rate an infection of the membranes TM University. Subscription price: able and that they warn students strains, said Dr. Nancy Rosenstein of 1.4 cases per 100,000 fresh- around the brain and spinal cord $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of of the risks of the disease. of the CDC’s meningitis branch. men, and 3.8 cases per 100,000 that is fatal in about 10 percent of The Associated Press, which is entitled to But the Centers for Disease “College freshmen have freshmen living in dormitories. cases. It can be spread through exclusive use of all articles appearing Control and Prevention panel on proven statistically to be at a mod- The rate for all 18- to 22-year-olds contact such as kissing, sharing in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 represent the majority opinion of the Wednesday stopped short of rec- erately higher risk for meningo- was 1 case per 100,000. kitchen utensils and sneezing. editorial board; all other opinion pieces ommending that all college stu- coccal diseases and are a prime According to the American Symptoms include fever, are signed. The Daily Eastern News editorial and business offices are located in Buzzard dents be vaccinated. group for intervention,” College Health Association, headache, nausea and vomiting, Hall, Eastern Illinois University.