Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Eastern Progress 1997-1998 Eastern Progress 10-23-1997 Eastern Progress - 23 Oct 1997 Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1997-98 Recommended Citation Eastern Kentucky University, "Eastern Progress - 23 Oct 1997" (1997). Eastern Progress 1997-1998. Paper 10. http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1997-98/10 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Eastern Progress at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastern Progress 1997-1998 by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ► Accent DOWN From the usual Bud to strange A BIG WIN home brews, the wide range of ► Sports beers offers something for HATCH every taste/Bl Eastern ► Presidential search BROCKTON: Wiring, parking problems INSIDE Committee ■ New open Parents say house progress ing smoothly, say residents, finalizes conditions RAs. PagsA6 first study risky for kids BY KRISTY GILBERT ■ One group of Next president asked to focus Assistant news editor students is on nontraditional students Birds chirping a happy song and squirrels coming together searching for the perfect home to house acorns for BY JULIE CLAY the winter are signs of fall on Eastern's campus. to look at stu- News editor They scurry under our feet and fry overhead, dents' rights. free from problems. PagaA4 Eastern's next president will need to be flexible to But some students aren't free from problems. meet the changing needs of its student population and These little creatures are snuggling into their hous- the state it serves, according to the presearch study es for winter. released by the presidential The Glovaks — David, Deborah, Michael and WHAT search committee last week. Stephen — live in 512 Brockton along with their ABOUT YOU Online The rapid growth of the furry friends and many number of nontraditional stu- The Progress nagging problems. dents will challenge the next ■ Have you offers fuH text of president to provide more flexi- The Glovaks have "We were the preeeercri ble programs for academics and lived in their Brockton lucky that found any prob- report at student life services, the study apartment for one and a lems living on half years and pay $305 a www.eku.edu/ said. Improving support ser- we were campus? Let us vices for nontraditionals should month for rent, Deborah progress/report/ said. know. report.htmi also be a priority, the study here. E-mail: states. One of their many Deborah The presearch study states problems has been a hole progress@acs. current extended campus programs will also need to be in their roof which allows Glovak, eku.edu expanded by Eastern's next leader to reach more non- squirrels and birds to live on noticing Mai: 117 traditional students. in their attic. the fire in Donovan Annex After many calls to An increasing commuting population "requires" her Brockton Phone: 622- Eastern to remedy the parking problem and create a physical plant since last 1572 student wellness and services center especially for spring, the hole in the house them, the study states. roof still hasn't been On campus, student life needs to be increased on the fixed weekends to dispel Eastern's reputation as a "suitcase David Hepburn, assistant director of physical school." plant said the housing maintenance annual budget The study, compiled from two days of campus and is $25,000 which covers the 340 Brockton rental city interviews by Academic Search Consultation units. Service, will help focus the search committee on Oct. 3, one of the Glovaks' worst fears occurred. Orange sparks were emitting from a kitchen wall See Sesrch/A8 switch. "I heard a popping noise, and orange sparks and black smoke were shooting out of the switch," Amy Keams/Progress Deborah said. "We were lucky that we were here." ► Campus computing Deborah Qlovak points out exposed wiring in her Brockton home. She said she fears her 4-year-old son Stephen might play with the live wires and get hurt. See Brockton/Page AS Updates bring ROACHES: Students live with them, physical plant using 24-hour spray service Eastern into Uninvited guests bug residents on campus TRAVBWARNER BY JULIE CLAY AND DANIELLE FOWLER thought. That really took care of it,' and RYANNWBNER '90s trends Senior then I saw the babies again." Schilling said. Sophomore Liberty. Ky. Freeloaders have moved into some Schilling is not the only Todd Hall resi- Florence. Ky. Broadcasting Eastern residence halls, paying no rent, dent to find new friends in the hall. Business BY GWENOA BONO mooching food and hanging out in the bath- News writer Floormate Karen Anderson said she has I keep a can rooms. killed about five roaches that were about "(A roach) In this age of ever-increasing technology, the type- of Raid The roaches like to watch us two inches long this semester and has walked by writer is facing extinction and college students no handy, but shower," said Amy Schilling, 19, a seen many more baby roaches in the and said, longer have a choice about whether they want to second-floor Todd Hall resident. shower. become computer users — they have to. they eat that Schilling says she sees roaches of They sprayed about a month ago," Hey, what's The trend of having more stuff for all shapes and sizes in her corner Anderson said. "It's not as bad as it was going on." computers and computer users lunch, (using hands to room, and has spent at least $10 on before they sprayed." Weiner said she saw a on campuses is a worldwide roach spray and hotels this semes- Each of Eastern's 15 dorms was trend and Eastern is no excep- show size of roach he has ter. sprayed before students moved in for the roach about an inch in Times and loca- tion. seen) She put in a call to physical plant, fall semester. length in her Dupree com- tions for open The computer network which sprayed her room three weeks ago Jon Maki, Eastern's resident entomolo- and seemed, at first, to conquer the prob- puter lab. computing, AS Eastern uses to open up student gist, said that roach eggs can hatch up to 30 access to the world of informa- lem. tion on the Internet is called the They went away for about a week, and I See Roache«/A7 VAX. In 1992, there were only 993 VAX accounts campus-wide. As of September, over 8,000 VAX accounts were active at Eastern, according to Margaret Lane, manag- CAMPUS TRASH CHUTES: Stopping spread of diseases er of academic computing. To get a VAX account up until this year, students had to fill out forms with personal information, sign acade- Company using special chemicals to wash chutes mic computing's code of ethics and then wait up to a week, depending upon how many requests academic BY KRISTY GILBERT ing some work with Eastern. computing had. Assistant news editor The cost of cleaning Eastern's chutes runs This semester, academic computing started using You may have noticed a man dressed in a from $60 to $100 a floor. Flenniken said. Also, precreated accounts. Student information is already white jumpsuit, a gas mask and a strong orange these treatments should be done twice a year, entered and student accounts are just waiting to be acti- he said. vated, not created. odor lingering on the floor of your dorm. No, you are not living the movie "Outbreak." Eastern's cleaning crew from Bio-Tech con- Bio-Tech Chute Services is cleaning the trash sists of two men who work together in operat- See Computing/A8 chutes in the dorms. ing the machinery. Bio-Tech Chute Services is a 3-year-old com- The building maintenance staff here is pany located in South Florida that cleans and incredible." Flenniken said. These people actu- ► Inside repairs trash chutes, said Charles Flenniken. ally wash these chutes down quite often." president and CEO of Bio-Tech. An alarming fact is. there are 36 possible air- borne diseases that are trapped in many trash Accent B1 n..-,;„,| Bio-Tech incorporates the "work in a van" rcenwioors chutes, said Coy Wells, Bio-Tech employee. Activities B5 concept. They use a power wash cleaning sys- ■ All students who expect tem which uses water pressure, heat and EPA- Typical airborne diseases that are some- Arts -B3 times found in trash chutes are E. coli, fecal coli to graduate in December registered chemicals in the process of cleaning Classifieds A4 or May need to complete and salmonella. and remediating the fire and biological hazards Bio-Tech also provides its customers with a Perspective A2.3 their applications for grad- associated with trash chute systems, its website video of their trash chutes before and after the uation by October 31. Police Beat A4 said. cleaning process. They can be picked up Profiles B4 Bio-Tech uses an orange-based chemical This covers Bio-Tech's liability and shows from each college's made from orange peels. Oranges contain a nat- Sports B6-8 the "before and after" of the cleaning process. office. ural acid which is an incredible degreaser and Flenniken said. What's On Tap B2 drain cleaner, Flenniken said. Legislation has already been passed in ■ Set your clocks back Knsty Gilbert/Progress James Street, director of physical plant, saw Florida requiring garbage chutes to be cleaned Class Pattern a video presentation of Bio-Tech's work at a con- one hour Sunday night, as Coy Walls a worker for Bio-Tech, prepares water and chemicals and sanitized.