Riley Resigns from Vice Presidency

Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 2000 2-24-2000 Daily Eastern News: February 24, 2000 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 24, 2000" (2000). February. 17. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_feb/17 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2000 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thursday February 24, 2000 Inside Sports Time equals Must-win Eastern Illinois University money Charleston, Ill. 61920 situation Cashier's Office extends it's VoL85 , No. 106 Men's basketball team needs 12 pages hours to 4 p.m. Monday weekend wins to host a tour through Friday. ews nament game. Story on Page 6 "Tell the truth and don't be afraid." Story on Page 12 Riley resigns from vice presidency By AmyThon Leshoure said he expects to make and Christine Demma an appointment to fill the position at Staff writers next week's meeting. Eastan's stu dent vice president for public affairs Eastan's student vice president for also setv es on Eastem's Board of public affu.irs resigned fi·om the posi Tmstees, so that position also is vacat tion Wednesday cit- ed because of Riley's resignation. ing personal and More inside Leshoure said he has appointed him health reasons. self to teinporarily fill the BOT posi "I've been Student Senate tion, until the April elections. involved in student votes down a Leshoure sa ved on the BOT last govemment for resolution to. seinesta· when he sa v ed as student three years and def- lower long-dis- vice president for public affairs until . d tance phone uute1 '! :nJoye. rates. Dec. 7. He said it would not be to the best interest ofEastem's student gov working wtth this Page 3 student govanment ______;;_ emment to have three different stu and (Student Body President Mike) dents Seive on the BOT in one acade Leshoure," Melissa Riley said. mic year. Riley, a senior psychology major Riley will be in office until Friday, from Tuscola, was approved by senate and will continue to fulfill some ofher for the position Dec. 8 afta· Leshoure previous duties, such as ha· work on vacated the vice president position. the Illinois Board of Higher Leshoure replaced Keith Cosentino as Education Student Action student body president after Committee. Cosentino resigned from the presi The Student Senate gave Riley a dency. Leshoure appointed Riley to standing ovation for her work this Jeff Yeagle I Staff photographer the position Dec. 7. Seinestei'. Funky February forecast "She has represented Eastem Riley also said she is glad senate Kirsten Johnson, a freshman psychology major, and Felicia Martinez, a freshman secondary education major, read gave ha· the opportunity to work with books amidst one of Eastern's landscaping centerpieces in the North Quad Wednesday afternoon before the showers them this seinestei·. See RILEY Page 2 washed away the sunshine. See story on Page 5. Eating disorders not a battle one has to fight By Michelle Jones not have to do what they m·e doing. bulimia in the fall of 1996. She ''I used to make myself get sick boyfi'iend wanted her to go. Activities editor "I just wish would throw up for a week and then about five times a day," she said. "I "It was really hm·d to go for the they knew they More inside not do it again for awhile. Then she stmted getting really depressed. I first time," she said. Life with an eating disorda· is didn't have to do A lecture today would throw up after evety meal for felt isolated." She went a couple of times that not an easy one, and it is a path indi this and that the will focus on the a week and then refrained from The person she was in a relation spring, but when srumner catne, her viduals do not have to take, said a consequences that ideal body and throw ing up after meals for a ship with helped her realize she had counselor was no longer available. recovering bulimic. come from this in how women are month. The transition from a an eating disorder, but even though She tt'ied to go elsewhere, but it did One student, a 22-year-old mt any way - it's not perceived in healthy person to one with an eating she was awm·e of her situation, she not work. major, with an eating disorder worth it," she said. society. disorder was gradual, she said. still did nothing about it until the In August, the person she was in wants to reach out to others with "It's an addic- Page 5 By April of 1997, she can spring of 1998, when she thinks she a relationship with broke up with similar problems. She wants people tion. Once you remember vomiting more regulm·ly. was the most sick. her. She did not want to go to coun- to know they m·e not the only ones stati, you feel like you can't stop." By the srumner of 1997, she She went to counseling for the with an eating disordet~ and they do She began experimenting with realized she had an eating disorder. first time that spring because her See EATING Page 2 LANDesk aims to be a quick ftx for computer problems By Shauna Gustafson the senate how the program works and gave a remote contt·ol mechanism included in the er, and the customer is able to view evety Administration editor reasons why the university feels it needs to progratn. thing the technician is doing while fixing the implement the progratn. Phillips said the remote contt·ol option can problem. Ifthe customer decided they want to Many Faculty Senate members said they "We are convinced Intel LANDesk is the only be opa-ated with the pemlission of the eliminate the remote contt·ol at any time, they approve of the LANDesk program, which best solution for EIU," Phillips said. person to whom the computer belongs. m·e able to do so by simply double clicking on allows progratns on their computer to be Faculty Senate member Reid Benedict He said when a customer with a problem an icon option. monitored at a centt-al location, after heat'ing agreed the presentation of the progratn allevi calls an ITS technician with a problem, the If the customer clicks no or does not a presentation on the subject Tuesday. ated some fears. technician can ask ifthe y 1nay remote control respond to the dialogue box within 30 sec "I was really skeptical of having someone "I thought (Phillips) did an excellent j ob of the problem computer to help solve the prob onds, the request for remote contt·ol is denied. enter automatically into my computer," said desc1'ibing LANDesk," Benedict said. "It lem. If the customer says yes, a dialogue box ''You m·e in complete control of this at any Chm·les Eberly, senate member. "The effi helped squash some of the anxiety I had." will appem· on their screen. The customer time," Phillips said. "You can watch exactly ciency it offers ... is remarkable. My concems The LANDesk program enables a techni then has the option of saying yes or no to the what (the technicians are) doing." m·e adequately addressed, I don't have an cian at a centt·alized location on eatnpus to remote control option. Faculty Senate member Bailey Young said objection to the system." help faculty and staff members with comput If they click yes, the screen they are view the progratn seems to have enough protec- Ron Phillips, assistant director of e~· problems, without the technician having to ing will be sent to the technician. The techni Inf01mation Technology Se1vices, showed make a tt'ip to the problem computer, by using cian then has contt·ol of the problem comput- See LANDESK Page 2 2 Thursday, Febrruuy 24, 2000 The Dally Eastern News Faitern Santana wins top honors at Grammys LOS ANGELES (AP) - Carlos Santana, prevented a record-breaking perfmmance by R&B song. News who first gained fame a generation ago with a Santana. The song of the year trophy went to Sting sprang an upset in the male pop vocal searing guitar performance at Woodstock, Thomas and Itaal Shm. categmy with a victmy for "Brand New Day," The Daily Eastern News is published daily, Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill .• dur capped a triumphant comeback Wednesday with "I want to thank Santana for taking this song beating out younger, Latin-influenced singers ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly a record-tying eight Granuny Awards. to the moon," Shm said. Mru·c Anthony and Ricky Mrutin. Sting also won during tile summer term except during school The 52-year-old guitarist's multi-platinum Another nominee whose career began in the for pop album. vacations or examinations, by $0v;N;< tile students of Eastern tlinois "Supematural" won album of the year. His first 1960s, Cher, won her first Granuny for dance "I felt the talent I was up against was extraor - Universlty. SUbscription price: No. 1 single, "Smooth," capped a sweep of the recording. She enjoyed her biggest conunercial dinruy," said Sting, who also won for pop album. $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of major Granunys by winning song and record of success last year with the hit single "Believe." "I have 14 Grrunmys now and a vety lru-ge The Associated Press.

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