Eastern Illinois University The Keep March 2003 3-28-2003 Daily Eastern News: March 28, 2003 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_mar Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: March 28, 2003" (2003). March. 14. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_mar/14 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2003 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in March by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "Thll the troth March28,2003 + FRIDAY and don't be afraid. • VO LUME 87 . NUMBER 123 THE DA ILYEASTERN NEWS . COM THE DAILY Four for 400 Eastern baseball team has four chances this weekend to earn head coach Jim EASTERN NEWS <:rlh....,,t n his 400th career Student fees may be hiked • Fees may raise $70 next semester By Avian Carrasquillo STUDENT GOVERNMENT ED ITOR If approved students can expect to pay an extra $70.55 in fees per semester. The Student Senate Thition and Fee Review Committee met Thursday to make its final vote on student fees for next year. Following the committee's approval, the fee proposals must be approved by the Student Senate, vice president for student affairs, the President's Council and Eastern's Board of Trustees. The largest increase of the fees will come in the network fee, which will increase to $48 per semester to fund a 10-year network improvement project. The project, which could break ground as early as this summer would upgrade the campus infra­ structure for network upgrades, which will Tom Akers, head coach of Eastern's track and field team, watches high jumpers during practice Thursday afternoon. improve technology capabilities on campus. The committee decided to give the Lantz/0' Brien and Union operation fee $4.65 per semes­ ter. The graduate student fee was raised $1 per Devotion runs deep in Akers semester, raising the total fee to $2 a semester for graduate students. • Track coach has been a part of Eastern athletics for twentyyears and is still going The Health Service and Pharmacy fee will go up to $3.55 a semester. By John Hohenadel in college, • Akers said. "I was a Division Thition and Fee Review Committee member STAFF WR ITER II All American in the 400 hurdles. I AdaY)Jl the l 1FE Larry Ward said, "They should use the extra should have been better than I was money to keep the prescription costs down." No one word in the English language though. It's one of those 'If I would have - The computer technology fee will increase by can describe how much work track coach known then what I know now' type $1.60 per semester, which will go to maintain and lbm Akers does in a single day. things,· Akers said. improve technology in computer Jabs and class­ "I missed my youngest son's first few Akers became an assistant coach at rooms. birthdays because {the track team) was Eastern in 1983 and left in 1990. "I am around a sport that I Jove and it The textbook rental fee will increase by $3.80 on spring trips," Akers said. In 1995 he came back to Eastern and is so rewarding to see the kids have suc­ per semester. Akers graduated from the University became the interim head coach and since cess, • Akers said. "I really enjoy when The activity fee increase of $1.70 per ofNorthern Iowa in 1979, and it was there then Eastern has won 16 indoor/outdoor alumni come back and talk about their semester will be split three ways among student that he realized what he wanted to do in titles. experiences." publications at $.20, student legal services at $.32, life. Because of his experience as a runner, A typical Akers day begins in his office and Apportionment Board at $1.18. "I don't think I figured out that I want­ Akers said he can relate to what his ath­ in O'Brien The athletic fee increase will raise by $2.45 a ed to be a coach until my sophomore year letes are going through. SEE AKE RS +Page 09 Stadium. He semester, which would cover travel, operation and salary budgets. The student recreation fee will increase by $3.80 a semester, which the committee thought Network needs more bandwidth was appropriate to cover the cost of a minimum wage increase. (Editor's note: This is the last ofa three­ expenses, but will stabilize the current Grant-in-aid was not given a fee increase part about Eastern's computer network.) network. because it will correspond to the housing rate "Upgrading the 30 megabytes is out­ increase. By Tim Martin side of (the Network Infrastructure Brice Donnelly, tuition and fee review commit­ CAMPUS ED ITOR Upgrade) project," said 11m Lewis, net­ tee chair, was pleased with the committee's deci­ work engineer for Information sions. A proposed $100 student technology Technology Services. "I'm glad that we didn't j ust agree on a 4 per­ fee to upgrade the network infrastruc­ However, Brice Donnelly, chair of the cent increase across the board, but took the time ture may not provide a noticeable megabytes, but the new $6 million stu­ Thitlon and Fee Review Committee of the to evaluate each fee increase and its impact on increase in Internet speed unless more dent fee-funded project that Jeff Cooley, Student Senate, said he was under the the students, • Donnelly said. bandwidth is added. vice president for business affairs, has Impression bandwidth was worked into The network currently has 30 proposed does not cover bandwidth SEE NETWORK +Page 00 the fee's pro- Former Eastern student could go to Iraq By Jom Chambers mobilized to a base in Indiana. Force base, she is working with Coalition forces strike the capital and hope Iraqis rise up AIM'ISTRAID'I EDITOR In June, after 12 weeks of mobi­ military finance. against the government. lization in Mississippi, she will go She said she is in training now, Eight days after the launching of Lucinda Hamilton first dropped back to the base and her three processing military pay, civilian throughout Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom, out of Eastern's Board of Trustees sons. pay and travel vouchers, among American-led forces bombed President Bush met with British Degree Program. She knew there was a chance other activities. Iraqi targets and battled troops Prime Minister Tony Blair and Then, she withdrew from the she could leave Indiana because All deployed personnel have to across Saddam Hussein's slowly declined to set a timetable for the spring semester after she was of the Iraqi Conflict. flle a travel voucher every month. shrinking domain Thursday, bat­ war. It will last "however long it called to Kesler Air Force Base in "It was part of a surprise," "We've got mounds of paper terlng the regime's communica­ takes" to win, he said, thumping the Mississippi with the Army Hamilton said. "I kind of figured everywhere. You could not imag­ tions and command facilities in lectern for emphasis. Reserves. when there was a build-up begin­ ine," she said. Baghdad. Both men said the United Hamilton, 37, was attending ning (of troops). • While there is a small chance Nations could help rebuild postwar Donald H. Rumsfeld suggested Eastern part-time before being In Indiana and now at the Air Iraq. SEE STUD ENT +Page 09 that U.S. forces might Jay siege to REVIEW THIS ON THE VERGE OF THE WEE KEND Dreamcatcher THE DAILY Steven KJng's novel is brought to life EASTERN NEWS with a bigger name cast than you Friday, March 28, 2003 ___.._.._~ .may think, plus a bonus ten minute film based on The Matrix. Section B ** Page 78 Flav-R-Ice of japan .. J.davisuio the PC'w' e Professa NO 2 ogether they blend jazz an c=========~~!' =J:jinto Chicago's very own J. Davis Trio By Ben Turner to mainstream recognJtJon, the traced back to Blue Meanles. slon of the outfit. tures Ron of Japan on trumpet and VERGE EDITOR city's atmosphere has always been "I had been rhyming for a long Former Meanles manager Jeff hand chimes and the Professa on ripe with musical and lyrical inspi­ time and by sheer luck the Meanles Stepp also used to book shows at drums. Stuart will also perform Chicago's finest progressive ration. thing happened, • Stuart said. "I Friends. Stepp provided the con­ with finger cymbols, a glockensch­ j azzy hlp-hop ouflt, The J. Davis The band's frontman and vocal­ was basically a roadie rapper who tact between Stuart and former plel and has recently added the Trio, will make its return to ist, Stuart, has been creating performed some beats occasional­ Friends owner Shannon Sherwood congos to speclflc songs. "We like Charleston Saturday. The Green rhymes for some time. After ly." and The J . Davis Trio has been cap­ adding additional elements to our Jenkins will open the show at spending time with a Chicago hlp­ After returning to Chicago from tivating crowds at Friends ever performances but we're honest Friends & Co. for the group that is hop outfit known as Stoney Island, the month-long tour, Meanles since. lYPlcally performing once a with ourselves about what fits," actually a quartet. Stuart found himself on tour with drummer Tony Aimone (Aim One) semester, Stuart said he remem­ Stuart said. The J . Davis Trio is a melting pot Blue Meanles. quit the ska outfit and soon was bers the group's first performance The band sometimes describes of genres, much like the city they Somehow when lt comes to live crafting beats for Stuart.