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Eastern Illinois University The Keep March 2006 3-27-2006 Daily Eastern News: March 27, 2006 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2006_mar Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: March 27, 2006" (2006). March. 13. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2006_mar/13 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2006 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]. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” SPORTS N Tennis season starts out with bad weather, multiple losses : page 12 MONDAY MARCH 27 2006 VOLUME 91, ISSUE 49 dennews.com 90th Anniversary Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Phi Kappa Theta gets charter Fraternity now recognized by Greek community BY NICOLE MILSTEAD spoke to the fraternity as well as all Wooters is an alumnus of Western STAFF REPORTER other fraternity and sorority presi- Illinois Phi Kappa Theta. dents who were present as guests. “I am absolutely ecstatic and really The Phi Kappa Theta fraternity The national members brought offi- proud of the guys for their hard was recognized Sunday by the Greek cial pieces such as the president’s pin work,” he said. community for receiving its charter. and a gavel. The ceremony also included sev- The charter was given to Phi “Our biggest benefit of receiving eral awards handed out to members, Kappa Theta by the National Phi the charter is to be recognized by said Steve Patterson, the fraternity Kappa Theta chapter to establish and Eastern Greek Life as an official fra- treasurer. Some of the awards were maintain a chapter at Eastern. ternity and not just a colony,” said inside jokes to recognize members, The Eastern fraternity was given a Paul Jonff, the Phi Kappa Theta Patterson said. The fraternity also national charter at the fraternity’s alumni corporative president. recognized Marty Shaughnessy with national convention on Aug. 5, Three colonies of nine received a lifetime achievement award. JOHN BAILEY/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS 2005. On Sunday, a ceremony was charters at the national conference Marty Shaughnessy was one of the National Secretary Nathan Rues introduces the Alpha Omega chapter of Phi Kappa held to officially deliver the charter to this year, said Greg Wooters, the dis- Theta at its formal installation ceremony, which was held Sunday afternoon in the the fraternity. The national members trict governor for Phi Kappa Theta. SEE CHARTER PAGE 9 University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. ‘Suspicious item’ leads to arrest of locals Two residents face charges involving meth BY KRISTEN LARSEN CITY EDITOR Two Charleston residents were arrested in connec- tion with the finding of a “suspicious item” in a house on West Locust Street Feb. 23. Rosemary Gruber, 505 Division, and Ronald W. Galbreath, 126 W. Locust St., are awaiting hearings for their arrests for alleged manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, after a routine house search of Galbreath’s house on Feb. 23. Because they were arrested for alleged manufacture and delivery of meth instead of just possession, Galbreath and Gruber could be considered to have been running a methamphetamine lab. Gruber’s hearing is set for April 13 and Galbreath is set for April 7. On Feb. 23, the Coles/Cumberland Probation Department called the East Central Illinois Task Force JOHN BAILEY/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS to assist them on a house search. Members of RSOs meet together for an appreciation social Friday evening at the 7th Street Underground. The event, which is the first of its House searches are done randomly when a person is kind at Eastern, took the longest to plan of all Unity Week events, according to committee co-chair, Keila Lacy. on probation, said Sgt. Mark Peyton of the East Central Illinois Task Force. The search also included an additional search war- rant for outbuildings on the property to search for methamphetamine-related items. Outbuildings include any unattached building on the property such S GET SERVED as a garage, shed or barn. RSO The East Central Illinois Task Force discovered an BY LAUREN MOORE Student Government Government) is a very serious item that appeared to be an explosive device, but STUDENT GOVERNMENT EDITOR organization.” after the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign coordinates event to show The night began with those Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit was called, Thirty recognized student attending introducing themselves it was declared that the item was not. organizations were shown grati- appreciation of organizations through the icebreaker. This Both Gruber and Galbreath were also arrested for tude by the Student Government involved moving through the alleged possession of a deadly substance, anhydrous, at the “Let Us Serve You” RSO Lacy, who is also a Unity Week presidents of the organizations.” crowd and stating participants’ and possession of a controlled substance, metham- Appreciation social Friday night. committee co-chair, said she, Lacy said she wanted to hold name, organizations, year, major phetamine. Keila Lacy, student vice presi- along with co-chair Austen the social to show the members and a fun fact. Approximately 50 percent of all methamphetamine dent for student affairs, said this Williams and other senate mem- of the Student Government what Lacy said this part was the labs seized by the East Central Illinois Task Force were was the first RSO social Eastern bers, has been working for four each organization does and vice most important to her, and the seized in Coles County in 2005. However, the num- has held, and she has always months on Unity Week events. versa. event was one of the most ber of methamphetamine labs was lower in 2005, with wanted one. “Out of all the events for Unity “I want them to know that we rewarding of the week. 76 labs seized, compared to 2004 with 105 labs seized. “It’s the best networking tool Week, the social took the are more than what you read in “I had tears in my eyes to see Along with Coles County, the East Central Illinois Eastern has as far as students,” longest,” Lacy said. “We took the the paper or hear from other peo- Drug Task Force serves the Douglas and Moultrie Lacy said. time to e-mail the advisers and ple,” Lacy said. “(The Student SEE SERVED PAGE 9 county areas. GET YOUR BLOG FIX @ DENNEWS.COM “The fast-paced tone played “Too often their while riding on the backs of accomplishments are the giant yellow-feathered overlooked.” travel bird would not die.” March is women’s history month. Just for clarification, what I mean by Most I know this probably comes as a shock to some of MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 CHRIS WALDEN Memorable is not to be confused with Best NORA MABERRY you. Just a few days ago someone told me they did- SOPHOMORE ENGLISH GRADUATE JOURNALISM MAJOR or Most Innovative. This list pits game STUDENT n’t know such a thing existed. themes against each other ... WTF? LAUGH IT UP COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY NEWS Marines try College board to recruit finds more SATs elder woman scored wrongly BY SAMANTHA PEEK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAILY TEXAN (U. TEXAS) SAUGUS, Calif. – Sonia Goldstein was flattered by AUSTIN, Texas – The College Board's scanning ven- the nice recruiting letter asking her to consider becoming dor has found 393 incorrectly graded tests from the Oct. one of "the few, the proud." But at age 78, she believes 2005 SAT, but none are University of Texas applicants, she's a little old to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps. said testing and University representatives Thursday. "I couldn't believe it," Goldstein told KCAL-TV on The scanning vendor, Pearson Educational Friday. "My girls were sitting here ... we were in hyster- Measurement, has found more than 4,000 tests with ics, we laughed so hard." similar problems since first announcing the problem The letter told her the corps could use her unique earlier this month. Because of the grading error, some language skills, but warned that life as a Marine would students received lower scores, said Jennifer Topiel, test her physical and mental abilities. spokeswoman for the College Board. "There I am with my walker. I can't maneuver from The University has received 31 of the approximately here to there without it," said Goldstein, who added 4,000 SAT scores, but only eight of them were attached that her only language is English. to completed applications, said Suzi Deem, an executive "I'll do whatever I could for this wonderful country we assistant in the admissions office. live in," she said. "But this is kind of stretching it a bit." The College Board notified universities of the most The Marines ordinarily recruit people 18 to 27, said recent error Wednesday and students Thursday, said Maj. Joseph Kloppel, a corps spokesman. He said the Kedra Ishop, associate director of admissions. As of letter must have been sent by mistake. Thursday afternoon, UT had not been notified of any "Seventy-eight is obviously too old," Kloppel added. more affected applicants. Pearson determined two primary technical problems Set mistaken for hostage situation that led to the incorrect scoring: Some answer sheets FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – A movie set at the expanded because of humidity, and others had incom- downtown post office turned all too real for a group of pletely or lightly filled answer ovals. high school filmmakers. Members of the high school The technical problems resulted in lower scores Spanish club were shooting a movie Thursday night because credit was not given to some correct answers.

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