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Eastern Illinois University The Keep December 2000 12-8-2000 Daily Eastern News: December 08, 2000 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_dec Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: December 08, 2000" (2000). December. 6. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_dec/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2000 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in December by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Daily Friday Vol. 85 No. 74 December 8, 2000 Eastern News www.eiu.edu/~den “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” News Verge Sports Commencement ceremonies The Verge’s three movie A little bit about the story will Saturday will graduate more critics each kick their top ten go here. than 1,000 students. movies of the year. Story on page 8 Story on Page 3 Story on page 1b Parking ideas to go before top council Committee recommends keeping new parking lot for staff vehicles By Jeremy Pelzer ticket within 48 hours only pay half Student government editor of the $40 ticket. Under the new proposal, if students wait until the sixth day then they would be Students should be allowed five responsible for the entire cost of the days to pay half the cost of a park- ticket, the committee recommend- ing ticket, and be able to charge the ed. ticket to their university account, Committee member Cheryl the University Parking Committee Hawker disagreed, saying “if (stu- recommended Thursday. dents) shoot themselves in the foot, The committee also recom- they shoot themselves in the foot.” mended that 31 spaces in E lot and In addition, the committee rec- 43 spaces in W lot be turned into ommended allowing students the student permit parking, and that the option of billing parking tickets to new 150-space parking lot at their university account. Kate Mitchell / Assoc. photo editor Fourth and Garfield should be Coffey said that if the recom- labeled a staff-only parking lot. mendation was approved, students Digging down deep Both recommendations now go would pay their parking tickets in before the President’s Council, almost the same way they would Workers from Duce Construction pull piling for a steam tunnel Thursday morning at the construction site outside which could approve them before pay for library fines. Lumpkin Hall. Steam tunnels provide heat to the buildings at Eastern. The construction is supposed to be done the beginning of the spring semes- “You can pay in person, pay by before the start of spring semester. ter, said Tom Larson, committee phone with a credit card, or you can chair. send the bill to your parents, so they Linda Coffey, university bursar can yell at you,” said Coffey. and parent of three Eastern stu- In the future, Weyhaupt said, University’s ongoing search dents, told the committee that stu- the committee will also consider dents need more time in which to making sections of the parking lot pay their parking tickets. adjacent to the Tarble Arts Center “Two days is literally not student parking. for two VPs to heat up soon enough time,” Coffey said. Currently, students who pay the See PARKING Page 6 By Joseph Ryan cations so far and we are waiting to Administration editor start reviewing those.” said profes- The search committee for sor of English Bonnie D. Irwin, Cox defends Student Eastern President Carol Surles is “the vice president of busi- chair of the VPAA search commit- now actively seeking applicants to tee. fill two executive positions at ness affairs began its task In contrast, Ebrahim First contracts’purpose Eastern. last week.The screening Karbassioon, chair of the VPBA The position of vice president of search committee and professor of Professionals of Illinois. business affairs has been vacant for process should begin early economics, said: “The search com- By Jeremy Pelzer “They weren’t sure what the over a year. However, the position mittee for the vice president of Student government editor February 2001 and it is purpose of the contracts were,” has been temporarily filled for that business affairs began its task last expected to conclude by the Despite some concerns from Radavich said. time by Jeff Cooley, previous direc- week. The screening process faculty members on the Students Cox sent out a press release to tor of internal affairs and assistant end of the spring semester. should begin early February 2001 First Contracts that Student Body defend her idea. In the release, Cox vice president of business affairs. and it is expected to conclude by Ebrahim Karbassioon, President Katie Cox created, Cox said she is aware of the faculty’s Also, the position of provost and the end of the spring semester.” chair of vice president for said her idea was “not a pointless commitment to students. vice president of academic affairs However, this is not the first business affairs committee endeavor.” “I believe that (Students First) has been vacant since July 2000, time a search has been conducted in The Students will be a simple way to showcase and it has been temporarily filled by an attempt to fill the VPBA posi- First Contract is the fact that Eastern’s faculty put Lida Wall, who was previously dents.” tion. The first search began shortly an effort to get their students first – because they dean of the College of Sciences. Ultimately the decision of who after the last permanent VPBA, ” Eastern faculty already do,” Cox said. “This is sim- In order to permanently fill an will be hired is up to President Morgan Olsen, left in Aug. 1999 for to sign an ply a reaffirmation of that existing executive position, university Surles, according to the description a job at Southern Methodist agreement stat- commitment.” employees must abide by the in the policy. University in Dallas, Texas. ing that work- The press release clarified what Internal Governing Policy No. 12, Search committees of 14 mem- Gail Richard, acting chair of the ing with stu- Cox was trying to say, said Charles which requires that screening com- bers each have been created to Department of Communication dents is their Delman, mathematics professor. mittees are created in order to recruit candidates for the vacant Disorders and Sciences, was the main priority. “I think the faculty appreciate actively recruit candidates for the positions, however the committees chair of the first search committee. Katie Cox Many faculty the clarification,” Delman said. position. are presently both at different levels “The processes were completed members The Students First Contracts are According to the policy, “These of the process. and we made the recommendation believed the contacts were insulting a way to make Eastern stand out in screening committees shall have “More or less we are in a wait- of several candidates to President because they felt they already were Springfield when Eastern is trying appropriate university-wide repre- ing phase right now. We have sent Surles and she felt that they did not putting students first, said David to receive funding, Cox said. sentation including faculty, admin- out ads and created a Web site. We Radavich, English professor and See SEARCHES Page 6 istrators, civil service staff and stu- have received about a dozen appli- president of the University See COX Page 6 2A Friday, December 8, 2000 CampusThe Daily Eastern News ETheastern Daily News CAA delays vote adjusting three-day The Daily Eastern News is published daily, forecast Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- commencement requirements ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly during the summer term except during school Julie Dietz, a health studies pro- ment has also been met. vacations or examinations, by By Casey Cora Friday the students of Eastern Illinois Staff writer fessor, and Fern Kory, an English In addition, the CAA passed a University. Subscription price: professor, suggested that a student total of six proposals at the meet- $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of The Council on Academic should be able to walk through ing, including a Technology and Partly The Associated Press, which is entitled to Affairs decided Thursday to post- graduation in the spring if that stu- Society revised course proposal. 32° exclusive use of all articles appearing pone voting until Feb. 1 on recom- dent would have qualified to gradu- “We want to give students the cloudy in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 represent the majority opinion of the mendations to be made concerning ate in the summer ceremony, which opportunity to not just read about it, 18° editorial board; all other opinion pieces commencement ceremony partici- is no longer offered. but do about it,” said Dr. Larry are signed. The Daily Eastern News editorial and business offices are located in Buzzard pation requirements for students. The Council also postponed vot- Helsel, professor in the School of Hall, Eastern Illinois University. Eastern’s current graduation cer- ing, and will assign a subcommittee Technology. Saturday Periodical postage paid at Charleston, IL 61920. emony policy, Internal Governing to discuss the request to allow Third The new course proposal ISSN 0894-1599. Policy No. 50, only allows students World/ Non-Western courses to extends the credit hours earned for Mostly Printed by Eastern Illinois University, who have six required credit hours meet the General Education the class from two to three. 37° Charleston, IL 61920. remaining to walk through gradua- Cultural Diversity requirement. Also passed was a new course, cloudy Postmaster: Send address changes to tion.