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News 8A SECTION B “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Telefund Lack of help plaguing Food Service under Understaffed cafeterias a scrutiny problem By CHRIS HOLLY By STEPHANIE LUCAS Staff writer Staff writer The Telefund, an alumni-based Campus Dining Services is fundraising process, has been currently seeking students to fill under scrutiny by some Faculty about 100 job openings, said Jody Senate members who say it costs Horn, director of Residence Hall individual colleges too much Dining. money to run. About 500 to 700 students are “Small departments end up in now employed by Dining Services, the hole (because) their overhead Horn said. ends up being more than the Yet, some dining halls are in revenue they collect,” said senate need of more help than others. member Gail Richard. Carman Hall Food Service The Telefund generates funds by Supervisor Dara Miller said there volunteer faculty or employed are 40 openings at Carman. students calling alumni and Miller attributes the shortage of soliciting monies for their student employees to prosperous respective department, Richard times, where most students do not said. have to work because their parents Departments that have low support them, especially under- faculty volunteers and an abun- classmen, Miller said. MELANIE McCLAIN/Staff photographer dance of hired students have been Virginia Tlunkett, food service Stephaine Netzel, a junior journalism major, checks Eastern students’ food IDs last Tuesday evening at spending too much in labor costs supervisor at Stevenson Tower, Thomas Hall Dining Service. (for the Telefund), Richard said. said she has noticed that every four “The concern is that 40 percent or five years there is a shortage of Freshman history major Jane the department in which they want Other students decide not to or more of the profit is going to students working at food service. Colman, who works in Carman to work. work at all. pay the cost of running the However, Taylor Dining Service Food Service, said she likes her job The Student Employment Office Nathan Crowder, a senior program (in some areas),” Richard doesn’t have any openings except because it is easy and can fit her has a bulletin board with jobs environmental biology major, said said. “Fifteen percent is a more those left by people who are schedule. available posted on it. he doesn’t have a job because it acceptable cost, and 20 percent is quitting or reducing their Students can get many different Depending on the job, students interferes with his study time. pushing it, but we are seeing schedules, said Linda White, food types of jobs on campus, said Pam may be able to start work within a Instead he funds his education with percentages like 60 percent or service administrator at Taylor Hendry, student employment few days. student loans. more – the reason we do this is to Hall. counselor. About 2,300 students The option of working off Martin Lueken, a freshmen make money.” One of the main reasons have jobs on campus, she added. campus is attractive to students for athletic training major, said he Karla Evans, assistant director students work on campus is A student must be enrolled in at different reasons. Audra Shutter, a worked during the summer to save of development, said departments convenience. On-campus jobs are least six hours to get a student job, junior sociology major, said she money so he would not have to are not required to hire student close and they accommodate Hendry said. Students interested in prefers to work off campus because work at school and would have telephone solicitors but instead can students’ schedules. working on campus should contact she can make more money. more time to study. ask faculty members to work on the alumni solicitation. “The departments can hire trained telephone solicitors, or they Athletic department fee opposed by students can drum up workers from their own department.” Evans said. “We Computer technology, Health Service increases ‘necessary’ did see a 4 percent overall By MARGARET BIERITZ money, why can’t they hold a fund raiser, like going to get more up-to-date computer decrease in labor costs from 1994- Staff writer clubs and organizations do,” he said. equipment. 95.” Debra Polca, associate athletic director and “Many of the computers on campus are Trained telephone solicitors are Some Eastern students are opposed to the $5 senior women’s administrator, said the money archaic and not easy to use,” he said. “It’s time available for departments at $4.50 student fee increase for the athletic department, will assist the department as it expands the we eliminated the out-of-date and replace it an hour. yet they justify the increases toward computer women’s sports programs. with the best we can afford.” Evans said the College of technology and the University Health Service. “We recently hired three new assistants for Nielson said the computer equipment will Business decreased its labor costs “I don’t mind the increase in computer female sports, and this increase will help us also enhance many classroom environments. by 42 percent and the College of technology or Health Service,” said Brett look seriously at maintaining these positions,” “This will bring network or computer-based Science decreased by 13 percent. Cummins, junior education major, “but the Polca said. “The bulk of this increase will be instruction into the classroom,” Nielsen said. “I think it can be attributed to athletic fee increase is a joke. used to fund salaries.” “This type of programming is in great demand the use of some faculty and student “I didn’t like that they threatened to take Polca said the increase will bring much right now and will continue to be.” volunteers instead of paid away different athletic programs or teams if enthusiasm to the athletic department. Lynette Drake, coordinator of Alcohol, solicitors – the real cost comes in they didn’t get the money,” Cummins said. “It’s definitely a turning point,” she said. Drugs and AIDS information, said there are the paying of the callers,” said “Why didn’t any of the teams in jeopardy show “We need to keep turning in the right many reasons her department is in need of the David Ebdon, dean of the College up at the meeting to voice their concern?” direction.” increase. of Science. Cummins also said that with the increases in Harry Nielsen, director of academic “By the time the increase goes into effect it Last year, some colleges have tuition and housing, he isn’t surprised that computing, said the fee increase for computer will have been four years since we received an reported as much as 34 percent student fees also went up. technology will also be an improvement for his increase,” Drake said. spent on labor while others have The increases – $10 for updating computer department. Drake said the price of medication and reported as little as 3 percent, technology, $5 for health service and $5 for the “Our first priority is to eliminate the obsolete medical equipment has continued to rise, and Evans said. athletic departments – will go into effect for the equipment students currently use,” he said. dipping into the health service budget to pay “The one factor used to 1996-97 school year. In addition to replacing old equipment, all for the inflation has put a strain on the budget, determine expense is labor,” Evans “For the most part, I feel the increases are equipment will be put on a replacement which is currently operating at a deficit. said. necessary,” said D.J. Skogsberg, a junior schedule. “This way, we can stay current in the “Any money spent on anything other than “It varies on the way the funds education major. But Skogsberg also questions type of equipment made available to students,” absolute necessities will be done with the are collected, whether faculty are the need for an increase in athletic fees. Nielsen added. approval of our student advisory board,” Drake used or student solicitors are “If the athletic department needs more Skogsberg said he is pleased students are added. 2A Friday, September 29 , 1995 The Daily Eastern News Reynolds slapped Mother's. with 5-year sentence Lite Beer Presents: CHICAGO (AP) – U.S. Rep. REPORT EIU Appreciation Mel Reynolds, his promising political career ruined by his Weekend conviction for having sex with a teen-age campaign worker, was sentenced Thursday to five years Awesome Giveaways All Weekend in prison by a judge who told ASSOCIATED PRESS him bluntly, “You blew it. You resignation from Congress effec- Win a Trek Bicycle Saturday had a job for life. You could have tive Oct. 1. done all these things. Suria sentenced Reynolds to “What did you do? You blew the mandatory minimum four it,’’ Judge Fred G. Suria told the years in prison for criminal sexu- Bottles 43-year-old lawmaker.