Eastern Illinois University The Keep September 1986 9-4-1986 Daily Eastern News: September 04, 1986 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1986_sep Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: September 04, 1986" (1986). September. 3. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1986_sep/3 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1986 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in September by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. IBHEtightens guidelines on state houses CHICAGO (AP)-The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved stricter controls Wednesday for the construction and leasing of homes for university presidents and chancellors. The move came just three months after Northern Illinois' president resigned in the midst of a con­ troversy over the estimated $100,000 renovation of his state-owned home. think the presidents' residences are important, "I but in terms of public perception, we've consistently shot ourselves in the foot," said Richard D. Wagner, executive director, before the 15-member board voted unanimously to approve the ne w guidelines. Rives: We "It seems like every time in the last 25 years are clean we've constructed a Eastern President residence . our image Stanley Rives said has been tarnished," Wednesday that the Wagner.said. Illinois Board of Higher spoken of ... In other action, the II Education's new con­ Bohem a freshman psychology major, · outside of Buzzard Building. board approved a sa trols on state-owned her creativeness by drawing a bicycle committee report on houses of university undergraduate education presidents will not affect that stressed greater Eastern. cooperation between ndidates grapple over debates don't really think it state high schools and "I (the board's actions) will universities to prepare have any affect on us," e, Salvi may salvage.Charleston duel students for tougher Rives said. "The report college entry standards. ind icated we were Approval of the clean." residence guidelines Rives said last summer ssional opponents Terry came after the board that the "problems" that Al Salvi have yet to approved some occured at Northern the circumstances behind , modifications on a vote Illinois University won't oln-Douglas style debates of 10-1. occur here because the by Salvi in mid-July. The panel dropped a Board of Governors, a Champaign attorney resolution that said no Eastern's governing on the Republican ticket, more university body, has a policy that d Bruce, D-Olney, to a residences-with the any renovations to r twelve debates in area possible exception of presidential homes ·luding Charleston. Salvi theastern Nor costing more than Bruce's seat in the U. S. g Illinois-were needed. $10,000 must be ap­ Representatives. Also deleted was a proved by the board. \'ite ou to agree in resolution that would The stricter IBHE to a series of twelve have required an annual ..... controls were passed throughout the 9th public report on costs I Al Salvi Terry Bruce Wed nesday in part 'Salvi wrote in a letter to related to the residences because of about led July 10. "It is our Larry Clinton, Bruce's press want to thank you for having your and planned ex ­ $100,000 worth of ility to present ourselves secretary, said this press release is office contact Al on Tuesday ..." penditures for the (See RIVES, page 9) oters of this large district false and has a letter from Salvi's This letter, Clinton said, proves coming year. possible." office fo prove it. that Bruce had been in contact as The IBHE report and recommendations covering groups have already Clinton said he began trying to with Salvi's office long before · us university residences was prompted by a state Senate privately to participate in contact Salvi as soon as he Salvi's August 20 memo. Appropriations subcomittee in May. debates," the letter received Salvi's letter on July 16. Salvi has proposed twelve sites The subcommittee called for an investigation of "I . am therefore giving He said he was not able to contact within the district for the debates: ·the estimated $100,000 in renovation costs at the pportunity to answer this Thomas Salvi, the candidate's Carmi, Champaign, Charleston, Northern Illinois residence of then-President Clyde 'Challenge publicly.'' brother and press secretary, until Danville, Effingham, Fairfield, Wingfield. gust 20, Salvi's office July 24. Flora, Lawrenceville, Mt. Car­ Wingfield resigned May 22 and John LaTourette, press release stating that Clinton said that Bruce then mel, Olney, Paris and Robinson. an NIU vice president, was appointed his successor. office had not contacted received a letter from Salvi's ''This is a large, diverse district The controversy over renovation costs drew at­ cerning the debates. office dated July 29 that began"-'! (See CANDIDATES, page 8) (See IBHE, page 9) count cards distribution date slated for next week and three residence hall seats are open. from Domino's Pfaza, 61 1 Seventh St., All students are eligible to use the discount cards, Allen said. She added Applications are due in the student and Hardee ' s, 315 Lincoln Ave., to a ' dent discount cards will be 10 percent discount on all parts ana that although there was no clause in a government office by Sept. 15 . in the residence halls labor from Goodyear Automotive signed contract, she believes faculty The senate also approved chairman Sept. 11, Student Senate Center, 422 Madison. and civil service workers are eligible to and committee members for six out of ' O'Mera said. Summer senate Speaker Suzanne use the cards, too. seven committees. previous years, the senate Allen said the senate received 10,000 Allen said the final decision on The auditing committee and professional service, United discoum car:ds. faculty members will be up to Student chairman spots still remain vacant. Association, in order to O'Mera said the senate plans to set Body President Mike Madigan. O'Mera said this is because several more sponsorship from the up a table in the Union to give off­ In addition, O'Mera announced at new senate metnbers failed to come n businesses. campus students a chance to receive the Wednesday's senate meeting that there into the office during the past week to last year's card had only six cards. No date for the distribution has are 10 s�ate seats open for the fall l:xpress t eir interests in the various - h this year's card will offer been set. semester. O'Mera earlier said there committees. discounts from 15 different Also, the cards will be distributed to were eight seats open. The spots will be filled within the all of the greek houses, O'Mera said. Four at-large seats, three off-campus next week, O'Mera said. unts range from free cokes 1� . - Thursday, September 4, t 986 lA1 �ssociated Press two State/Nation/World 11raniansMANAMA, Bahrain search (AP)-Iran stopped two formationSovieton the size of ships its crew. Soviet ships in the firstaction against Iraq's main Despite the Soviet role in supplying arms supplier since the Iranian navy began during the 6-year-old Iran-Iraq war, · Soviets knew of collision course searching freighters for military cargo early last sources said weapons or other militarys MOSCOW-the crews of both the crowded Soviet· year, shipping sources said Wednesday. were unlikely to be shipped on Soviet fr · passenger liner and the freighter that rammed and sank it on Iranian warships chased the Pyotr Yemtsov in through the Persian Gulf. a clear night in the Black Sea knew they were on a collision the southern Persian Gulf on Tuesday, then "We believe the Pyotr· Yemtsov was - l course, accounts of the disaster indicated people were forced it into the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas with construction materials, but the I plucked from the water after the ship, tom open by the to be.searched. · consider such commodities to be an asset freighter's bow, plunged to the Bottom in about 15 minutes, Shipping executives, who spoke on condition Iraqi military effort,'' said an executive b · too fastfor the deployment of lifeboats. of anonymity, said the second vessel was stopped Kuwait. Frogmen continued Wednesday to search the vessel lyirig briefly Wednesday and identified only as the He .noted several Kuwaiti vessels had on its starboard side in 155 feet of water. Radio Moscow Tutov. intercepted and their cargoes of steel r said more than 50 ships and a fleet of helicopters were The Pyotr Yemtsov, which belongs to other construction materials seized. searching the sea. U .S.S.R.-Black Sea Shipping of Odessa, was Scores of ships of many nationalities r The last of the survivors, including most of the crew·, were seized during a voyage from the Black Sea port known to have been searched since Iran pulled from the sea Monday night, and maritime officials of Nikolayev to Kuwait and was being unloaded intercepting commercial vessels early in 1895 appeared pessimistic about te chances of survival for the Wednesday at Bandar Abbas, according to the Capt. Mohammed Hussein Malekzadeg missing. reports. Iranian navy commander, was quoted lie , ear "There are no new figures (on survivors) to report," Igor In Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokesman week as saying his warships intercept 15 t M. Averin, spokesman forthe Merchant Marine Ministry, Gennadi I. Gerasimov confirmed that the commercial vessels a day to make sure th said Wednesday. 11,750-ton Pyotr Yemtsov was "detained" off not carry cargo that would benefit Iraq's the coast of the United Arab Emirates but did effort. Caesarean s�ctions ch llenged not mention the Tutov.