Eastern Illinois University The Keep October 1989 10-13-1989 Daily Eastern News: October 13, 1989 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1989_oct Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: October 13, 1989" (1989). October. 10. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1989_oct/10 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1989 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in October by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. • • • • . Panthers come home t eet Akron Section • • B VERGE: A look at George Car: s funny world • • • Section C Eastern takes a trip 'AroundTONY the World' By CAMPBELL Activities editor • A map of the Homecoming parade route. Page 3C. With Homecoming weekend comes a world of events for students and alumni to S.ixth and Seventh streets. attend. • Seventh Street from Lincoln Avenue to The Homecoming weekend starts early Andrews Hall. Saturday morning with the dedication of • Hayes Street from Seventh to Ninth Linder House, Eastern's new alumni house. streets. The dedication ceremony will begin at 8:30 • Grant Avenue from Seventh to Ninth a.m. at 1544 Fourth St. streets. The parade, which draws a large crowd • Sixth and Seventh streets fromJac kson each year, will include floats from many of to Lincoln avenues will be closed to Eastern's organizations. The parade will parking from 3 a.m. to noon and to traffic begin at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of Seventh from 9 a.m. to noon. Street and Lincoln Avenue. The floats will Activities will continue later in the day be judged in several categories, with spirit at the pre-game pep rally where students points being handed out for participation will have a chance to get pepped up for and bonus points for the winners. the game while enjoying free food and Several streets along the Homecoming live entertainment. The pep rally will Parade route will be closed at different begin at noon and end at 2 p.m at times Saturday to parking and traffic. O'Brien Stadium. From 3 a.m. to noon, the following Students and alumni will then have an streets will be closed: opportunity to show their school spirit by . • Sixth and Seventh streets fromMo nroe cheering on the Panthers against the to Jackson avenues. University of Akron at the football game at • Monroe and Jackson avenues between 2p.m. Carlin tickets selling briskly as concert date approaches By TONY CAMPBELL For the UB to break even on the show, Activities editor 60 percent of the tickets (about 3,200) must sell. "The ticket sales have already started With Comedian George Carlin's to pick up," said Milberg. Ticket sales for Homecoming show less than 48 hours Eastern concerts have on most occasions away, ticket sales have soared to more than finished with strong ticket sales at the door. 2,450 tickets sold. "I know I said a couple of weeks ago "I'm very pleased with that number," that we would anticipate good ticket sales Activities Director David Milberg said. on Friday and Saturday," he said. The University Board is confident that the To aid the ticket sales, Milberg said the sales will reach the break even point. Union box office will have extended hours Milberg said the University Box Office has for the weekend. Friday, the box office will had several phone orders in the past few remain open until 8 p.m., and Saturday the day s, which has helped increase ticket box office will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 sales. p.m. Tickets will go on sale at the Lantz . With the ticket sales at about 2,450, the Box Office at4 p.m. UB has $29,900 in ticket revenue. The UB Milberg said he is confident that every­ ,.,. TERRI McMILLAN/Staff photographer will need about $40,000 to cover the. cost thing is in order and ready for Carlin to of the performance. Carlin will be paid arrive in Charleston. Peekaboo! $29,500 for doing the show, and about "Everything's done, we're just waiting Freshman Brian Riordan and sophomore Brittany Mikutis participate in the spirit games $10,000 will be spent on other production for Saturday," Milberg said. Much of the of Homecoming week Monday afternoon in front of Booth Library. costs. It Continued on page 2A CAA amends writing, language requirements· something the English department By PHILLIP LAIRD about the proposal under review hours of formal writing skills Staff writer by CAA to reduce mandatory instruction, with three hours in has been asking for since 1972 English composition hours from the English language core and the because we think we can teach The Council on Academic the present six to three. other hours assigned to a new the· students better with it," Affairs Thursday approved an Eastern has required six hours The CAA has no desire course yet to be named. Quivey said. amendment to the Study of of English composition for more to reduce the number of "The CAA has no des ire to He said student s would be Undergraduate Education report than 25 years, and English Depar­ reduce the number of hours more proficient in writing under proposal that will require students tment Chair James Quivey urged hours students receive students receive in developing this system because they would to take nine hours of language. faculty, staff and students to in developing writing their writing skills," Weidner said. have to retake the course until a The amendment to the SUE attend the meeting to support the CAA also discussed the passing grade was earned. report proposal would require all currently required six hours. skills. "A,B,C,N/C (no credit)" grading "How many times will students students to take three hours of The proposed hours for the system for the English language be allowed to take the course English composition, three hours English language core in the SUE Terry Weidner core. This grading system would before we draw the line?" asked of listening and speaking and report would have required six CAA chair require students to earna grade of CAA member Kathlene Shank. three hours of advanced writing hours of language skills, includ­ "C" or better to earncr edit for the She said she generally favored the development within the language ing three hours in reading and course. Failure to earn a "C" system but she was "not comfort­ core that "may include courses in writing and three hours in would mean the student would able with it without safeguards." literature or poetry." listening and speaking. CAA the proposal caused the conflict. receive "N/C" and would retake The council agreed to table the The meeting drew 38 facu.Jty Chair Terry We idner said a Weidner said the intent of the the course. discussion until more information and students who were concerned misunderstanding of the intent of SUE report was to retain six "This grading system is is developed. lA HS'JIECOMING Friday, October 13, 1989 The Dally Eastern News Edwards & Bullwinkel Assaults involve strangers Yet, 73 percent of the victims 1 of 4 coeds victimized by rape "don't identify themselves as being raped," Conforti added, UNIV. By CHARLA BRAUTIGAM Lawson Hall, researches rape .. Campus editor cases and raises awareness on because the offender is someone ................................. campus through programs held in they know. Believe it or not Eastern stu­ Despite the beliefs of many IT'S HOMECOMING, 1989! residence halls. Many times, these victims do dents, it's already time for Homecoming. Pretty soon, it will students, Eastem 's campus is not A nationwide study conducted not report the cases because they be time for fall break, then on to gathering candy for immune to as saults involving by Ms. Magazine and the feel their stories will not be Halloween, and then carving 'ol Tom turkey for strangers, said Bonn ie Buckley, National Institute for Mental believed by police, since the executive director of the Sexual Health shows one in four college offender is kn own, Buckley said. Thanksgiving. Then, of course, Santa Claus will be comin' to town. However, this portion of UNIV. is going to be about Assault Counseling and Info-rma­ women is a victim of sexual Last year, the task force coun· tion Service. Homecoming. 0Ne have plenty of time to discuss the other assault, said Barb Conforti, a select 12 victims, Buckley said­ The incident involving the two of which were assaulted by holidays later). Sexual Assault Counseling and assault of an Eastern woman Information Service director. strangers. "I think it's excellent," said Mike Lowry, Tuesday night near Lawson Hall The highest percentage of the However, since the cases were Homecoming chair, w en a UNIV. columni asked about his h st is exactly the type of incident that rape victims and offender s are not reported to University overall reaction to Homecoming. "We've been planning Police will make students pay attention between the age of 18 and and are kept confidential by Homecoming for months, and coming into this week, ·. 25, the 10 I to statistics, Buckley said. Conforti added. · task force, the cases were not felt confident." The woman was assaulted as "W hen you bring these two reported by the media. Lowry told UNIV. that he is pleased with the student she stepped out of her car parked groups (victims and offenders) "The university hasn't attempt· turnout , in terms of student participation at Homecoming. in a lot located west of Lawson together on campus, rapes occur," ed to cover up (assaults on cam· Hall offFourth Street, police said.