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PARTLY CLOUDY Half and a high of 68˚ The half INSIDE Daily Eastern Softball team takes one of Earth two against Butler THURSDAY Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Ill. 61920 Wednesday April 23, 1998 Week Vol. 83, No. 143 12 pages Speaker to discuss conservation of News PAGE Illinois rivers PAGE 6 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” 12 Zielinski takes 85 percent of vote Team of Halbert, Hansen win only contested vice presidential contests By AMY THON Staff editor Newly-elected senate members Steve Zielinski, a junior on campus: business major, was elected ✶ Amy Wessling, 263 votes student body president Wednes- ✶ Laura Wolff, 258 votes day after defeating Colin Brady, a ✶ Robert Kman, 256 votes senior political science major, by a ✶ Lindsay Longtin, 254 votes vote of 790-142. ✶ Stephen Whitlock, 238 votes Zielinski, the current student vice president for financial affairs, off campus: ✶ Jenell Dixon, 113 votes said he is excited to begin work as ✶ student body president. Brian Augustine, 112 votes ✶ Ryan Cohenour, 111 votes “I feel great. I’m very happy ✶ Kimberly Wise, 111 votes the students have this much confidence in me to put me in that at large: position,” Zielinski said. “I’m ✶ Joseph Brusky, 629 votes excited to be able to represent the ✶ Siraj Abdullah, 599 votes students in that capacity.” ✶ Lynette Hardiman, 581 votes Zielinski, who ran with the ✶ Erinn McFadden, 565 votes United Students Party, said his ✶ Justin Brinkmeyer, 511 votes first plan is to bring the Student ✶ Curt Richardson, 499 votes Senate to the students with suggestion boxes and moving All newly-appointed senate GWEN GRIFFEN/ senate meetings. members were on the United Staff photographer “We’re going to go out and Senate members wait to hear the results make senate more accountable to without a party. of the elections commission during the students,” Zielinksi said. “I’m very excited,” Halbert Student Senate meeting in the He said he plans to have a large said. “I put it in the hands of the Arcola/Tuscola Room of the Martin group of senate members attend students. I hope I can do my best Luther King Jr. University Union. the meetings of other to serve them. We put so much Wednesday night. organizations once a month. hard work (into the campaign).” Zielinski said his experience Halbert said she thinks the way Liz Halbert and Mike Hansen hug each helped him win the position over she communicates will be an other after election results are reported Brady. advantage in her position. at the Student Senate meeting Wednesday “I’ve served the students on “The way I communicate and night. Halbert was elected student vice senate and as vice president for the way my opponent president for public affairs and Hansen financial affairs,” Zielinski said. (communicates) is totally was elected student vice president for “I’ve had quite a bit of different,” Halbert said. financial affairs. experience.” Girten, who ran with the United Brady was unavailable for Students Party, said she will not comment. return as a member of Student Zielinski, along with the other Senate because her term is up. Senate tables tuition increase Student Government winners, “I just lost my senate seat,” were announced at the Student Girten said. “I lost my capacity to committee. By JOE SANNER Senate meeting. All executive serve in an organization that I Student government editor McFadden said the tuition ■ For the results of the shuttle positions’ terms begin July 1. dearly love.” increase was necessary because Liz Halbert, a sophomore Mike Hansen, a freshman The Student Senate Wednes- bus survey and voter turnout in of declining state support, the speech commun-ications major, marketing and computer business day tabled a proposed 2.5 percent the elections/ acquisition of technology, was elected student vice president major, defeated Matt Layette, a tuition increase and a per- recruiting and retaining a quality see STORIES page 3 for public affairs over Melissa junior political science major and semester-hour charge for students faculty, increasing costs of library Girten, a a junior political science member of the United Students who are taking more than 16 materials, increasing federal major, by a vote of 505-456. Party, for the position of student credit hours. “This keeps up with inflation regulations and growing deferred Halbert, who ran without a vice president for financial affairs The full-time tuition rate and ensures there won’t be a huge maintenance backlogs. party affiliation, said her method by a vote of 539-421. would be increased by $28, from tuition increase throughout the The senate also discussed the of campaigning helped her win the Hansen, who does not have a $1,094 per semester to $1,122 years,” said Erinn McFadden, possibility of changing the position and pointed out that many beginning this fall. chair of the tuition and review See SENATE page 2 students felt she could not win See ZIELINSKI page 2 Faculty member says botany not represented in merger decisions By TAMMIE SLOUP botany department, told the Coons said she did not agree to the senate that faculty members with the amount of core classes and AMY THON senate she did not support the the changes. from the botany and zoology that will be required for the new Staff editors merger, and thought the botany “While I was informed of the departments attended an off- major, said senate member Liz department was not represented changes, I did not agree to them,” campus retreat to vote for the Halbert. In a heated discussion, faculty when key decisions were being Coons said. proposed curriculum for the new The number of non-botany members from the botany and made regarding the merger. The zoology and botany Biological Sciences department. core classes will increase from 30 zoology departments Wednesday Coons was asked before a departments are being merged “There were 17 (faculty) from to 50 hours, causing the number expressed concern regarding the chair was chosen to sign an into the department of Biological the zoology department and 10 of botany classes to decrease by merger of the two departments agreement stating she agreed with Sciences, which will be (faculty) from the botany 33 percent, Coons said. and the proposed curriculum the changes. administered in the fall of 1999. department,” Coons said. “It (the “It will make botany closer to during the Student Senate “Coons knew that changes Kipp Kruse, chair of the curriculum) was based upon a a minor,” she said. meeting. were occurring,” said Dean of the zoology department and future two-thirds vote.” Wall pointed out some positive Janice Coons, chair of the College of Sciences Lida Wall. chair of the new department, told Botany majors are concerned See MERGER page 2 2 Thursday, April 23, 1998 The Daily Eastern News Clinton appeals for money to add 100 new sites HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. on Wednesday to release funds to forests a common ground, not a meet. “The money is there, the econo- (AP) - Serenely patting delicate add 100 new natural and historic political battle ground,” the presi- It was Clinton’s first visit to my is in good shape, the budget is phlox into the soil, President sites to the federal inventory of dent said. “We have to continue to this popular day-trip destination going to be balanced ... and I’d Clinton marked Earth Day with protected treasures. He also said honor this pact with the American for Washingtonians. He has com- like to see it get done.” an environmental appeal to Congress should approve his people.” piled a list of 100 other sites - In khaki slacks and blue work Republicans that lacked the parti- request for $1 billion over five Clinton and Vice President Al from a Yellowstone bison winter shirts, he and Gore joined volun- san bite of recent Washington years to restore national parks, Gore, the fiercer environmentalist range to Civil War battlefields - teers building a stone retaining rhetoric. which are used by increasing of the two, journeyed 30 minutes that he wants the government to wall and planting delicate, multi- From a sunny perch on the numbers of vacationing American by helicopter to the section of the acquire. colored phlox to stop hillside ero- protected Appalachian Trail, he families. Appalachian Trail where the “We need to get about the sion. prodded the GOP-led Congress “Let’s make our national Shenandoah and Potomac rivers work and do it now,” Clinton said. Eyeing the 160-pound slab of Teen mother sobs when entering guilty plea to murder WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A young answered the judge’s questions about her shaking. “At no time were there any intentions to woman charged along with her high school plea. Minutes before the hearing began, Grossberg’s lawyers would not say what hurt anyone or do anything,” he said. “She sweetheart with murdering their newborn she convulsed into sobs in the embrace of prompted her guilty plea, but Peterson had should have never gone to the motel. at a motel fell sobbing into her mother’s her mother, who stroked her hair. pleaded guilty to the same charge last They had no plan.