Eastern Illinois University The Keep January 1999 1-26-1999 Daily Eastern News: January 26, 1999 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_jan Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: January 26, 1999" (1999). January. 11. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_jan/11 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 1999 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in January by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 37˚ Partly The Daily Tuesday 26˚ cloudy January 26, 1999 Inside Eastern Sports Spring www.den.eiu.edu Beat at Eastern Illinois University rush week Charleston, Ill. 61920 the buzzer Spring rush is a time good Vol. 84, No. 86 Three-point shot by Belmont 12 pages time to discover a greek at the buzzer sends women’s house to live in. News basketball team to defeat. Story on Page 3 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 12 Pothole repair delayed AIDS-related deaths in county remain constant ty needs to continue awareness. Number of deaths “The headline looks good and is accurate, but we shouldn’t let our guard down yet,” Davidson said. statewide dropped Davidson said the decrease occurred because of public awareness. 52 percent in 1997 “People know sooner that they are infected with HIV because they are get- By Kim Mulherin ting tested,” Davidson said. “The soon- Staff writer er people know they are infected, the better chance they will live longer.” While the number of AIDS-related Davidson said the decrease is also a deaths statewide dropped by 52 percent sign of improvements in the medical in 1997, the number of deaths in Coles field. County remained constant. “Doctors know more about Vehicles dodge potholes Only one person died of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS and know more about med- Monday afternoon in front of in 1996 and one death was reported in ications they can prescribe to contain Hardee’s Restaurant on 1997, said Eric Davidson, Eastern it,” he said. Lincoln Avenue. Students, Health Services assistant. According to the Illinois residents will have to wait AIDS-related deaths in Illinois have Department of Health, in 1997, HIV have to wait for repairs dropped by 52 percent in 1997 to the infection was the 17th leading cause of because they are maintained lowest level in a decade, the Illinois death in Illinois, compared with 11th in by the state and not the city. Department of Health recently report- 1996. It was the sixth leading cause of ed. death for persons 25 to 44 years of age Lacey Buidosik / Assoc. In 1997, there were 569 HIV/AIDS in 1997, down from the fourth leading photo editor deaths in 1996. According to the cause in 1996. HIV infection deaths in Illinois Department of Health, the num- the 25 to 44 group trailed accidents, ber of HIV/AIDS deaths was the low- cancer, heart disease, homicide and sui- est annual total since 500 were record- cide. Lincoln,Route 130 must be fixed by the state ed in 1988. About 22,000 people from Illinois “The decline signals that medical have been diagnosed with AIDS since advancements made in the past couple the disease was first identified in 1981 the winter makes By Christy Kilgore years are having a dramatic impact in and 64 percent of them have died. An City editor potholes a foregone helping those with HIV and AIDS live estimated 28,000 to 38,000 others may conclusion in this We’ve got crews run- longer, “ said Dr. John R. Lumpkin, be infected and living with HIV, the Charleston residents will have to wait for pot- area, Weidner said. “ state public health director in a press virus that causes AIDS, according to hole repairs on Lincoln Avenue and Illinois “Potholes are a ning around pretty release. “While it is indeed encourag- the press release. Route 130 because they are maintained by the fact of life in much every day this ing that the use of potent drug combi- “No one should mistake this posi- state, not the city of Charleston. Illinois,” he said. time of year filling in nations has revolutionized AIDS care tive news as an end of the HIV/AIDS Dean Barber,Charleston public works direc- Local weather and saved lives, the fight against AIDS epidemic that has taken the lives of tor, said the potholes around town and campus observer Dalias potholes. must be won by preventing HIV infec- nearly 14,000 Illinoisans,” Dr. Lump- are being repaired every day by city crews. Price said the “see- tion in the first place.” kin said. “The best way to curb this Barber said a weekly street report stated crews saw” effect of Dean Barber, The most AIDS-related deaths were disease is to prevent it from happening repaired potholes every day last week. Midwest winters, public works director in Cook County. In 1996, 937 died of in the first place. People must use their “We get a lot of comments about the pot- with freezing at HIV/AIDS and 459 died in 1997. knowledge of how this disease is holes,” Barber said. “We’ve got crews running night and thawing Davidson said he sees the decrease spread to protect themselves from around pretty much every day this time of year during the day, as a good thing but feels the communi- infection. filling in potholes.” causes potholes but Barber said only a few streets on Eastern’s poor road quality, salt and heavy vehicles ”also campus are not maintained by city crews. contribute to pothole development. Any repairs that fall under Eastern’s responsi- “Weather does have its part to play in deterio- bilities probably won’t be initiated until spring, ration of the pavement,” Price said. Zielinski to present said Ted Weidner, director of facilities planning Barber said water is the biggest culprit in and management. making potholes every winter. Weidner said to prevent vehicular damage “A lot of water gets down through the caused by potholes, students should walk around asphalt,” he said. “It’s more porous than you’d campus. think it would be.” university address “If you do drive, drive carefully,” he said. Weidner explained the process of pothole for- Weidner said the repairs the crews make at mation through freezing and melting water. By Chris Sievers senate members on issues they this time of year are “temporary at best.” “Water expands when it freezes and loosens Student government editor should be looking out for. Barber said during this time of year, potholes the pavement surface when it does,” Weidner “(Senate members) need to be are repaired with a “cold mix” opposed to the said. Student Body President Steve looking at the library,” Zielinski said. “hot mix” used during the summer months, since “Once loosened, the pavement surface cannot Zielinski Wednesday will deliver his “There’s going to be a lot of changes the cold temperatures make it difficult to work carry the traffic loads; it disintegrates, and pot- annual State of the University there.” with a melted asphalt material. holes are formed.” address to the Student Senate. He said senate members also need “During the winter the asphalt plants don’t Although annual costs for pothole repair were The address will be given at 7 to be aware of the progress with the make hot mix,” Barber said. not available, Barber said on an average day like p.m. in the Arcola/Tuscola Room of campus master plan. “When it gets warmer, then we will cut out Monday, the city will spend about $50 on mate- the Martin Luther King Jr. University Zielinski said he also will give an the hole in a square and make a patch which is rials, plus pay for workers and equipment. Union at the senate meeting. overview of the progress of the more permanent.” Weidner said the University does not keep Zielinksi said he will address the Student Senate. The freezing and thawing process of water in records on pothole repair costs. students on what they can expect to “(I try) to get senate on the right see in the semesters ahead. track for the semester,” Zielinski Zielinski also said he will address said. 2 Tuesday, January 26, 1999 The Daily Eastern News The Daily Eastern Senate locks doors, Sick of just taking photos of your drunk friends? 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