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FLURRIES SPORTS a high of 34º The Playing at INSIDE Daily the Hall Shot the Eastern Panther basketball sqaud set to TUESDAY Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Ill. 61920 monkey November 28,1995 take on Vol. 81, No. 67 Loose monkey tranquilized, 12 pages Illinois caught by Coles County Sheriffs Department News PAGE 12 PAGE 3 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” High costs, low funding said. “I think if you have a Legislators and predetermined idea of what to do with it, you miss the point.” Several students and faculty administrators spoke on the increasing cost of higher education. discuss higher Morgan Olsen, vice president for Business Affairs, said Eastern education needs to get more money from the By SCOTT BOEHMER state to help resolve some of its Campus editor problems. “Relative to other public The rising cost of college universities (we are) an under- education and Eastern’s low funded institution, when you look amount of state allocated funding at funds allocated per full-time SARAH WONG/Staff photographer were among the topics discussed equivalent students,” Olsen said. Monday at a forum on higher “We have to compete nationally Several state legislators discuss library spending between 1990-95 with Morgan Olsen, vice president of the education featuring five state for faculty – if we have less to Business Affairs while President David Jorns gives information on university’s spending Monday afternoon legislators. compete with it’ll be harder for us in the 1895 Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. “Tuition and fees continue to to compete with the best faculty increase at a rapid rate, which for our students.” means we either have to dig into Weaver said he would like to our pockets or are parents do,” give more funds to Eastern, but it Student remains hospitalized said Student Vice President for has to be done in a way which is Public Affairs Jason Anselment. fair for all state schools. “We realize we’ll be expected to “I want to give more money to after contracting meningitis pay some of the costs, the Eastern, but I want to do it on a question is how much.” logical way based on Eastern’s By BRIAN LESTER serious con- Mckinley said. “She could Legislators attending the forum true needs and other schools’ true Staff writer dition, but recover in three days or it could included: Higher Education needs,” Weaver said. we don’t be two weeks. It’s always hard to Appropriations Committee Chair- “It’s been a practice in the Jenny Saunders, a senior know how tell in a situation like this.” man Mike Weaver, R-Ashmore; General Assembly to fund based psychology major at Eastern, long she will According to University Health Higher Education Committee upon the past years basis,” remains in serious condition at stay in this Service Medical Director Dr. Chairman David Wirsing, R- Weaver said. “It’s not been a BroMenn Regional Medical condition,” Richard Larson, no other cases of DeKalb; Doug Hoeft, R-Elgin; mechanism based on need as Center in Bloomington after she Mckinley meningitis have been reported and Steve Davis, D-Bethaldo and much as perceived fairness and was admitted last Saturday night said. he is not expecting any to come Harry “Babe” Woodyard, R- operation.” with meningococcal meningitis. Jenny Saunders Mckinley up. Chrisman. Davis, however, said Eastern’s Renee Mckinley, the nursing is also unsure “No other cases have been Weaver said he was “very situation is not unique and supervisor at BroMenn, said of how long she will be in the reported and hopefully there pleased” with the turnout and believes the lower funds from the Saunders is improving, but is hospital because the time it takes won’t be any more cases,” Larson quality of comments from the state is a national trend. unsure of how long she will to recover from meningitis varies said. “This was just another audience of about 30 faculty and Anslement and several others remain in the post intensive care from person to person. random case of meningitis that students. unit. “Her recovery will depend on “We’re just listening,” Hoeft See FUNDING page 2 “We are keeping her listed in how the disease progresses,” See STUDENT page 2 Salary hikes higher for administrators than faculty By JOHN FERAK $58,404. Jill Nilsen, internal auditor Jeff Senior news reporter INdepth Simpson said she has taken on Cooley, affirmative action additional duties regarding director Cynthia Nichols and the Most faculty members received Salaries for top Eastern administrators interest-based bargaining for other vice presidents to determine base salary increases of about 3.5 FY1995 FY1996 % Increase salary negotiations between the their raises, Nilsen said. percent for this school year, but ■ David Jorns . .$111,204 $120,000 7.9% administration and the University ■ Nilsen made $70,968 yearly ■ some Eastern administrators Morgan Olsen . .$90,000 $93,600 4.0% Professionals of Illinois, Eastern’s during the 1994-1995 school year. ■ Terry Weidner* . .$80,064 $92,412 15.0% received salary hikes higher than ■ Lou Hencken . .$84,204 $89,304 6.0% teachers union. For this school year, Nilsen’s the amount given to faculty, ■ Bob McBee . .$77,076 $80,148 3.98% Weidner, who evaluates both salary was increased 5 percent to payroll records at the state ■ Ted Weidner . .$74,520 $77,496 4.0% Evans and Simpson, said $74,520 yearly, state payroll comptroller’s office show. ■ Jill Nilsen . .$70,968 $74,520 5.0% Simpson’s salary increase per- records show. For this current fiscal year, all ■. Charles Evans . .$61,200 $63,624 4.0% centage was higher than most of ■ Lou Hencken, vice president ■ Shirley Stewart . .$58,320 $60,720 4.1% administrators were given a 2 ■ Jeanne Simpson . .$53,436 $58,404 9.2% her peers because she received an for student affairs, made $84,204 percent across-the-board increase, ■ Cynthia Nichols . .$52,500 $54,876 4.5% equity-marked raise. He said she in FY 1995, but got a 6 percent said Terry Weidner, acting ■ Jeff Cooley . .$49,330 $53,496 8.3% was underpaid compared to other salary hike to $89,304 for FY provost. Some administrators got *Terry Weidner’s salary percent increase may appear inflated. In June, he took members of the Academic Affairs 1996, payroll records indicate. additional salary hikes based on over as acting provost and received a 10.7% raise for that promotion. Weidner got another 4.3 Office and the English ■ Morgan Olsen, vice pres- percent as part of the regular administrative raises. Payroll records provided by the State Comptroller and their market value compared to Eastern’s Planning and Public Affairs Office. Department, where Simpson was ident for business affairs, was on peers at other schools, job equity Graphic Design by Lowell Munz a full professor before becoming a $90,000-a-year contract when or merit, he explained. an administrator. hired in February, but with a Weidner said most admin- ■ Charles Evans, assistant vice Office. Weidner said the vice pres- recent 4 percent raise, retroactive istrators received raises between 3 president for academic affairs, ■ Jeanne Simpson, assistant idents are responsible for eval- to July, his salary is now about and 5 percent. Here is a break- made $61,200 in fiscal year 1995 vice president for academic uating the performances of their $93,600. down of some of the salary raises and got a 4 percent raise in FY affairs, made $53,436 last fiscal specific office’s subordinates. At $93,600, Olsen draws a that Eastern administrators 1996, according to records from year, but got a 9.2 percent raise President David Jorns evaluates received: the Planning and Public Affairs for FY 1996. Simpson now makes special assistant to the president See SALARY page 2 2 Tuesday, November 28, 1995 The Daily Eastern News Clinton asks American TV viewers Fire sparks bushes to choose between ‘peace and war’ outside Carman Hall WASHINGTON (AP) – Seeking support for a an American general. By DAN FIELDS others alleged fireworks may have risky military mission, President Clinton presented his “America cannot and must not be the world’s Staff editor sparked the flames. case Monday night for sending 20,000 U.S. troops to policemen,’’ he said. ``We cannot stop all war for all “I heard people say that fire- enforce a fragile peace treaty in Bosnia. time but we can stop some wars. We cannot save all The second fire in just over a works may be the cause, but basi- “`In the choice between peace and war,’’ Clinton women and all children but we can save many of year struck Carman Hall late cally I have no clue what the cause declared, “America must choose peace.’’ Without them. We can’t do everything but we must do what Monday night, but instead of a was,” Luttmann said. American force, “the war will reignite. The slaughter we can do.’’ “My fellow Americans, in this new era, room being destroyed, only a col- Luttmann declined to say of innocents will begin again,’’ he said.