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Eastern Illinois University The Keep June 1987 6-16-1987 Daily Eastern News: June 16, 1987 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1987_jun Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: June 16, 1987" (1987). June. 1. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1987_jun/1 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1987 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in June by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. · ·. T 11117,·.... ... tM7 . ..will be mostly suriny and hot. Highs The Dally in the mid-90s with light southeast I winds. Fair and · warm Tuesday night with lows in the low 70s. Mostly sunny astern News ' and continued hot Wednesday with .I highs in the mid-90s. Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Ill. 61920 Vol. 73, No. 157 20 I I I Two Sections, Pages . Eastern aud it report prompts c hanges By MH<E BURKE retained ownership and control of the Staffwriter $661,000 it had raised.. If the Several areas of conflict between university hires and pays the foun Eastern and the stat.e which turnedup dation to raise funds for the in a recent financial audit of the university, the proceedsshould belong university have been resolved, an to the university. If the foundation Eastern administrator said Friday. engages in fund-raising on own its · The stat.e office of the auditor behalf, the university's payment of general recently released a report of fund-raising costs is not justified." its financial audit of East.em for the Thornburgh said the conflict is fiscal year ending June 30, 1986. In "something present with all that report, the stat.e was critical of university foundations in the stat.e" several of the university's financial and involves an int.erpretation of dealings with the EIU Foundation. words. He said East.em will ask the Several of therecommendations the Legislative Audit Commission to stat.e put forth in the report have been "give direction" in future contract implement.ed for this fiscal year, said language. Daniel Thornburgh, director of The commission, which consists of university relations and the foun six senators and six representatives dation's executive officer. from the stat.e General Assembly, According to the report, a portion of oversees the proper expenditure of the funds the foundation gave the stat.e funds, said Austin. Officials university as a reimbursement for from each public stat.e university fund-raising costs was restrict.ed and must appear before the commission could only be used for specific pur during public hearings to answer poses. Restricted funds used in the questions regarding the audits. reinbursement totaled $27,7 43. Austin said a dat.e has not yet been The ·report stat.es: "Since the use of set for when East.em officials are to · these funds was restrict.ed to specific appear before the commission, but purposes, we do not believe this that it will probably be within two or money constitutes proper rein threemonths. ROBB MONTGOMERY I Photoe ditor bursement, We recommend that the The report also revealed that staters contract revised to require the East.em's Alumni Association used 's raise the flag early Mo_nday morning to begin a week at be foundation to use unrestricted funds money which the university given . in. which they will learn citizenship, parliamentary procedure and had · when repaying the university's fund it pay fora publication sentonly to thel nois �overnment functions. to � raisingcosts." , the association's dues-paying Thornburgh said fund-raising costs members. "The university should not would be repayed with unrestricted pay for a service which doesnot serve funds year. rep girls this all alumni, particularly when the learn lesson in The report was also critical of association receives and retains another aspect of East.em's fun memberdues," thereport states. draisingcontract with the foundation. Thornburgh this fmding, said too, 'tizenship at girl's state The contract does not specifically had corrected any run in a final general been and Alumni winners specify who owns the funds.raised by Association publication �e university election. the foundation aft.er the university now pays foris sentto all�umni . · Girl's Stat.e is on East.em's . When a girl is running for office, pays fund�raising costs, said Bob Austin said although his office for the second year she is also expect.ed to declare· a· this Austin, assistant auditor general for could only put forth recom more young party affiliation (Federalists and with than 500 thestat.e. · mendations, the fmdings are im from around the stat.e Nationalistsparties) and hold party Austin said the matt.er was "suf portant. abouttheir governinent. conventions to establish platform ficiently important that it should be "We work with the belief .that any · · Girl's Stat.e began Sunday ideasfor thegeneral elections. specified in the contract. We just like imding and recommendation we put week, ending continues all Proper election procedures are things in a neat and tightpackage." forth in the report are severe enough also followed and election judges The report states: "Although the . that they should be corrected," he y.the 47th time, various selected:The girls will also undergo university paid the foundation for 'said. Legion auxilary units vot.er registratic;>n in order to vot.e fund-raising services, the foundation throughout the stat.e spon- in real government election, Shafer 553 high school junior girls said. vel the East.em campus to When they are not participating to resumes ·publication · 'pate in a model lllinois in and learning about the govern News ent. ment process, the high school girls The summer edition o.f The Daily Although some positions remain to · · Girls Stat.e is a· week of will be learning by list.ening to Eastern News is resuming publication be filled, other editorial . staff citizenship training," some high stat.e government of for the eight-week summer session -members are: senior Melanie An 'onal Shafer, Illinois Girls ficials throughout the week. following a five-week layoff during derson, campus/acti\.jties; senior Lee JoAnn · publicrelations director. Governor James Thompson, int.ersession. Diekemper, sports; sophomore Robb American Legion auxilary Secretary of Stat.e Jim Edgar and TheNews is published twice weekly Montgomery, photo; and sophomore select girls from the on Tuesday and Thursday during the Rick Herriman, director. the Attorney General Neil Hartigan art of the girl's high school have been scheduled to speak lat.er summer and will continue to focus on addition, senior Shelly Moore will · half In "Shafer said. week. the campus and Charleston com-· be student business manager, Mike this are mostly . very bright The purpose of Illini Girl's Stat.e, munities. There will be no Verge St.eadman, advertising manager; ladies who have college Shafer said "is set up for the girls supplement for the summer,. but it Glenn Robinson, business manager; Shafer added. to get aquainted withthe American will continue when the News resumes John Ryan, editorial adviser; and tions," arriving at East.em, the Legion, patriotism, love for the publicationin August. David Reed, publications adviser. and ent.ertainment con than 500girls are placed into country, aild to learn the election Arts will "Once we are able to build a solid "cities" in which a local process." . tinue becovered in themain section 20 to staff, I am confident we can put out a ent is established. They Although Shafer said she did not of the News. good summer edition two times a run for office in city, want the Illini Girl's Stat.e to ap Senior John Stroud will serve as n and week," Stroud said. "But right now and stat.e primaries and the (See PREP,page 3) editor in chief of the summer edition we're pretty short-handed." of theNews. side . cial supplement be.neficial to Eastern's� guests first weekly Summer Conference Guide features handy information for visitors. 1987 Tuesda ne 16• I Associated Press State/Nation/World Reagan discusses Venice Kelley shortens planned speech WASIIlNGTON-Gen. P.X. Kelley was readyto take his summit in speech Monday WASIIlNGTON (AP)-In his speech, Reagan In addition, he aSked support for parting shots Monday as Marine Corps commandant by what suinmit leaders agreed to continue to work "an economic bill of rights." Sayinf puttingheat on Congress forbeing cheap withdefense and said called trade barriers and and made would be"outlying the specifics in on the news media forhaving a ''lynchmob mentality." against the next But instead, Kelley took pity on the troops wobbling in "significant progress " on the issue of . weeks." subsides. He said it was "a real step ask for your support themuggy heat at retirementceremonies for him and Gen. agricultural "I because I merely to to get the issue on the Americans are incresingly aware John A. Wickham, the Army chief of staff, and made a forward" that summit agenda. constitutionally guarenteed right $imple farewell. t.o vot.e, The president called for the elimination assemble, to engage in free speech, "My first concern is with a grQwing attitude in the has and of farm subsides by the year 2000, but the allies other forms of political freedom Congress which places morecredence in the views of staff have not endorse that deadline. "I will continue actually important economic counterparts; memberson mattersdealing withnational security than in· did the views of the service chiefs," Kelley said in the text of topress for this commitment," he said. said. a speech he did not read. attitude is driving a wedge Reagan also said that he detected among the Among these he said , "are the ri ht "This g not · other leaders in Venice "a sense of unease at heavily burdened by big goverment, between the - members of Congress and the nation's by America's commitment to a consistant, en cessive taxes, by skyrocketing principal militaryadvisers ." inflation Kelley and Wickham, both of whom step down at the forceable plan to reduce our (budget) deficits" high interestrates ." end of this month after 37 years in uniform, receives full which hit a record $220.7 billion last year.