Eastern Illinois University The Keep April 1999 4-19-1999 Daily Eastern News: April 19, 1999 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_apr Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: April 19, 1999" (1999). April. 11. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_apr/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 April by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 54˚ Partly The Daily Monday 38˚ cloudy April 19, 1999 Inside Eastern Sports Heave www.den.eiu.edu Bronco Eastern Illinois University Ho! Charleston, Ill. 61920 bound Tug finals finished off Greek Week. Vol. 84, No. 139 Eastern defensive back Chris 12 pages Sigma Kappa sorority and Sigma Phi Watson gets drafted by Denver Epsilon fraternity were the overall victors. News as the 67th pick overall. Story on Page 5 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 12 Ike’s bar Music for the masses faces charges Five Eastern students involved in events leading to complaint By Christy Kilgore City editor Ike’s bar is facing a 10-count charge filed by the city, claiming the local bar’s employees allowed minors to enter the establishment and pur- chase alcohol there on March 26. Five Eastern students, all minors, were involved in the events surrounding the complaint. The charges include one count, each for all five of the students, for minor frequenting a licensed establishment and one count each for sales to a minor. License holders of Ike’s, 409 Lincoln Ave., are Deanna McIntyre / Photo Editor scheduled to admit or deny the charges at an initial Terry Dean, program director for the radio station, 92.1 “The Party,” is on air playing some of their popular music, which 76 percent of hearing at 10 a.m., Wednesday in the City Council Eastern students listen to. The station gained its listeners since switching from an oldies station. Chambers of City Hall before the city’s liquor commissioner, Mayor Dan Cougill. The minors are Catherine A. Baran, 19, 419 Taylor Ave.; Tara Frump, 20, 1013 Greek Court; About 76 percent of campus is listening to 92.1 The Party Angela T. Giorgi, 20, 1801 Ninth St.; Brian C. Redican, 19, 2002 11th St. and Sarah L. Seymour, By Nicole Meinheit has demographics to back it up, show- play list grew to 600 songs, but Dean 20, 715 Grant Ave. Features editor ing 76 percent of Eastern’s campus reg- continued to push for more songs. The If license holders deny the charges, an eviden- ularly listens to “The Party.” That’s not list currently includes about 800 songs. tiary hearing will be held before Cougill at a later The south wall of 92.1 “The Party’s” too bad for a radio station that spent one All of the songs are chosen by a date. If the license holders admit to the charges, broadcast booth at their office in week and two days playing only music analyst in New York based on they will be notified of penalties by the commis- Mattoon is covered with CDs. Some of “YMCA.” popularity. The analyst also picks “‘A’ sion later. the CDs offer free on-line hours and “The oldies station used to be on category songs,” like “Slide” by the Stages Restaurant and Lounge, 1421 Fourth others “look better on the wall than they 92.1 and while we were getting ‘The Goo Goo Dolls, “One More Time” by St., also is scheduled to face the liquor commis- sound,” said Terry Dean, program Party’ up we played ‘YMCA’ and we Britney Spears and “Every Morning” sion at an evidentiary hearing at 10 a.m. director for 92.1 “The Party.” had all these calls from people asking by Sugar Ray. Wednesday after Matthew Cobble denied allega- Improving the sound of the station, why we kept playing ‘YMCA,’” Dean “Two ‘A’ category songs’ play per tions, March 22, that Stage’s employees allowed and the appearance of the broadcast said. “Then when ‘The Party’ was up, hour and that’s why you hear those people to drink alcohol when the consumption booth wall, have been Dean’s primary we got calls from people saying ‘All we songs,” Dean said. was not secondary or incidental to the sale of food responsibilities since 92.1 “The Party” hear is the newfangled bumpin’ crap, Every Tuesday, Dean receives a new within the restaurant, sold alcohol to a minor and was turned on in September 1997. bring back the oldies.’” had allowed people to drink alcohol without being His hard work has paid off, and he Once “The Party” was tuned in, the See MUSIC Page 2 seated. Academic integrity focus of poster campaign Student Government is working to make the academic integrity policy ‘visible’ to students By Meghan McMahon complicated and no one bothers to the students he spoke to had ever read them somewhat, he said. Brinkmeyer said he did not want Administration editor read it,” Brinkmeyer said. the current poster. The posters will be placed in every to use student fees for the project. The academic integrity policy The committee is working on a classroom as well as some non-acade- “I didn’t want to use student funds A Student Senate committee is posters state; “The instructor who has campaign that would feature posters mic areas on campus, he said. for it because it really needs to be currently working on a project to witnessed academic dishonesty or with short, eye-catching phrases that Funding for the project has been something the university needs to be increase student awareness about who has other evidence that academic would inform students of the academ- made available through the office of involved in,” he said. Eastern’s academic integrity policy. dishonesty has occurred will confront ic integrity policy, Brinkmeyer said. the vice president for academic He said the increased awareness is The academic affairs committee the student with the allegation … If He said the idea of the poster cam- affairs, Brinkmeyer said. something the Illinois Legislature has of the senate is working on a poster the student admits the violation, the paign came from a similar campaign Teshome Abebe, vice president for stated as a goal. campaign that would make the acad- instructor will assess an appropriate at Babson College in Massachusetts. academic affairs, said his office will “From my point of view it needs to emic integrity policy more visible in academic penalty and will inform the “They have given us permission, be funding the project because he happen, but it is nice to see the state look- classrooms. Judicial Affairs Office using an in writing, to copy (the posters) exact- thinks the project is a good idea. ing favorably at it,” Brinkmeyer said. Justin Brinkmeyer, chair of the Academic Misconduct Incident ly if we want or modify them,” “We’d like to support them,” He said the committee has been dis- committee, said posters currently in Report form.” Brinkmeyer said. Abebe said. “We like to support our cussing whether to have the posters classrooms are too complicated. He said he took an informal survey The committee will probably use students when they come up with replace the current posters in the class- “The current poster is just too of about 70 students and only three of the ideas in the posters but modify good projects.” rooms, but this has not been decided yet. 2 Monday, April 19, 1999 The Daily Eastern News ETheastern Daily Online registration to save time News By Joe Sanner able, a process she said would take that accompanies the touch-tone access will work much like the Staff editor a great amount of time. registration system. touch-tone access system. The Daily Eastern News is published daily, “It’s a process that’s going to Hampton, who will be respon- “When you register, you add a Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly Eastern students may soon be involve the whole university,” she sible for the design and implemen- (personal identification number) during the summer term except during school able to cut the time it takes to reg- said. “One thing this will allow is tation of the on-line system, said it each semester,” she said. vacations or examinations, by PRINTED WITH ister for classes considerably by more people getting in to register will allow students to request Hampton said the on-line regis- SOYINK the students of Eastern Illinois TM University. Subscription price: registering online as soon as at one time.” more than one course at a time. tration system will not make the $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all 2001. She said the process of com- “Right now with the touch-tone current course publication hard year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of Three things will have to hap- pleting the course files conver- system, you have to do it one at a copies obsolete. The Associated Press, which is entitled to exclusive use of all articles appearing pen before the on-line system can sions could be completed by time,” she said. “Seeing every- “I don’t know that it will,” she in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 be made available for registration, August of 1999, but she was thing at one time, you’ll have said. “There’s still a lot of people represent the majority opinion of the editorial board; all other opinion pieces said Vicki Hampton, data process- unsure of how long it would take instant feedback on whether a who like the hard copy.