Eastern Illinois University The Keep August 1999 8-30-1999 Daily Eastern News: August 30, 1999 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_aug Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: August 30, 1999" (1999). August. 6. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_aug/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 1999 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in August by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 76˚ Partly The Daily Monday 56˚ cloudy August 30, 1999 Inside Eastern Sports www.den.eiu.edu A league of Major changes Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Ill. 61920 his own New ROTC director settles down in the Vol. 85, No. 7 Former Eastern football star, heartland after traveling the world in the 12 pages Army. Chirs Watson, has found a home Story on Page 3 News with the Denver Broncos. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 12 24-hour lab completion is delayed By Geneva White it’s actually ordered out of a differ- Campus editor ent department,” he said. “The state of Illinois is fairly regulated on its A wait on computers and reno- purchasing requirements.” vations still to be completed may Some workers said trying to get delay plans to open a 24-hour com- the lab ready by the mid-September puter lab in Gregg Triad. date is pushing things a little. Officials from Information “It could be pushing it to get it Technology Services said the lab done by then, I think,” said Sam would be open by mid-September. Howie, a renovation and alteration However, there still is some renova- electrician. “There’s just a lot of tion work to be done in the former stuff to do.” dining center and 50 computers John Henderson, director of ordered in July have not arrived, user services agrees it may be diffi- said Bill Witsman, director of infor- cult to have the computer lab open mation technology services. by mid-September. “We didn’t expect this much of “I was there today and it looks a delay,” Witsman said. “But the like they might be pushing it,” main thing is we get the wiring Henderson said. done and get the computers in.” Currently, renovation and alter- Witsman said orders for com- ation electricians are installing puter lab furniture were sent out in lighting and wiring in the Triad for mid-July, which was later than the computer lab. Howie said once planned. the lighting is installed, they will “We’ll put up temporary tables begin putting in computer cables. and that type of thing,” Witsman The west side of the Triad will said. “It won’t be the way we envi- house Booth Library’s media sioned it, but we’ll get that furniture department. Although part of the here eventually. media department already has Mandy Marshall / Photo Editor The delays partly stem from a been set up in the Triad, Booth large amount of red tape and autho- Library’s computers cannot be Hail Mary rizations that had to be taken care hooked up until the wiring is com- Jared Hughes, a sophomore environmental biology major, throws around the pigskin Sunday afternoon near of when the equipment and furni- plete. the Campus Pond. Hughes and his football companions thought it would be nice to play a game of tackle foot- ture was ordered, Witsman said. ball in the heat. “We prepare the equipment, but See DELAYED Page 2 Education majors get lessons in school violence Classes prepare students for the real-world Students concerned about By Geneva White deeper and far wider than the “Now I think we’re coming to Campus editor classroom itself.” the realization that we also now Having to prepare education need to deal with student to stu- school shootings, violence With incidents like the majors for violence they may face dent violence,” Hooser said. By Geneva White Kelly Johnson, a senior elemen- Columbine High School tragedy in the classroom can be a difficult “That’s something we’re all work- Campus editor tary education major, said she wor- becoming part of the landscape in task. ing on.” ries she will not recognize the American schools, education “It is disturbing,” said Carol Addressing the problem of The recent instances of school warning signs that a child is poten- majors may find school violence Helwig, chair of the early child- rage and violence in youth is shootings over the past year have tially violent. However, she said an important topic in their curricu- hood and middle education depart- something educators have been some education majors re-evaluat- she would never second guess her lum. ment. “We are teachers because trying to do for years. ing their career choices. choice to become a teacher. At Eastern, while school vio- we want to enhance society by “Discipline or lack of it has “I think it’s really scary,” said “I think we all want to be teach- lence has always been covered, it having better educated people. If been a recurring concern in Becky Brown, a junior elementary ers because we all want to help has been discussed more than ever we have to fear for our safety, I America,” Butt said. “Classroom education major who questioned kids,” Johnson said. “Those are the in the wake of the Columbine think that would be distressful.” violence and student against stu- her major after watching the kids that need help the most.” shooting and other massacres in Aspiring teachers have always dent and student against faculty Columbine High School massacre Sasha Thompson, a junior ele- schools across the country. been trained to watch for signs of and staff (violence) have been a unfold from her residence hall mentary education major, said she “There is more attention being their students being abused at long standing problem.” room. “You’re not even safe as a is concerned she could get blamed paid to this topic due to the recent home, said Christy Hooser, assis- Discussing school violence in teacher anymore. There’s a lot of if one of her students becomes vio- incidents,” said Mahmood Butt, tant professor in the department of education classes is necessary, extra things to worry about that you lent and hurts others. chair of the secondary education special education. Today; howev- Butt said. never had to worry about before.” “I think it’s kind of scary, department. “Yet, by talking about er, education majors are being “It’s absolutely vital that future Not all aspiring teachers are because what are you to do if it the problem alone we cannot solve trained to watch for other signs as ready to change their majors, it because the roots of violence go well. See CLASSES Page 2 though. See STUDENTS Page 2 2 Monday, August 30, 1999 The Daily Eastern News ETheastern Daily Alcohol related deaths jolt universities EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — After too Throughout the school year, other materials at Chapel Hill. News many drinks, a Cornell University student falls will focus on drinking’s possible consequences, A UNC study released in August found that down a gorge and dies. including drunken driving, missed classes and on the most popular nights to party — Thursday, The Daily Eastern News is published daily, At Michigan State University, a birthday cele- increased risk of sexual assault and other crimes. Friday and Saturday — about two-thirds of the Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly bration turns tragic after a student downs two Although statistics indicate that college drink- 1,790 students tested had no alcohol in their during the summer term except during school dozen shots of booze. ing is down from a decade ago, several recent blood. Only one in 10 tested had a blood-alcohol vacations or examinations, by PRINTED WITH A Penn State student is found clinging to life studies show that binge drinking — five or more content that was at or above .10 percent. SOYINK the students of Eastern Illinois TM University. Subscription price: on her 21st birthday, her blood-alcohol level drinks in one sitting for men, four for women — Those findings are touted in stickers and $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all nearly seven times Pennsylvania’s intoxication remains a serious problem. posters placed in students’ dorms; freshmen who year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of The Associated Press, which is entitled to limit. A 1998 Harvard University study found that display the posters in their room can get $50. exclusive use of all articles appearing Jolted by such recent alcohol-related 42.7 percent of students had been binge drinking Students returning to Dartmouth College will in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 tragedies, colleges and universities around the in the two weeks before they were surveyed, see ads describing a campus survey that showed represent the majority opinion of the editorial board; all other opinion pieces country are planning aggressive campaigns this down only slightly from 44.1 percent in a 1993 58 percent of students don’t think alcohol is are signed. The Daily Eastern News editorial fall to curb heavy drinking among students. Harvard study. important at a party. The University of Arizona is and business offices are located in Buzzard That means alcohol-free dorms and parties, The recent study’s author, Henry Wechsler of also spreading the word that most students have Hall, Eastern Illinois University. agreements with local bars, advertising blitzes, the Harvard School of Public Health, says binge “four or fewer drinks when they party.” Periodical postage paid at Charleston, IL 61920.