■ ► Drive for 300 Forget walking, students are rolling ■j-^ Thei ne easternEastern through campus on Archives Coach Roy KkJd sur- various veys the construction of Hanger Field in kinds of 1968. The stadium was wheels/Bl renamed after KKW in 1990. Progresswww.progress.eku.edu 2000 Richmond Ky publication of Eastern Kentucky U •. • "I just feel like everyone has something special they Admission should be doing. Everybody has their passion in life." application DM Coetotta, vice president of student affairs Evaluation fee passed by Senate | could hold $25 fee will help New Student Days n until March BY JENMFER ROGERS Assistant news editor The Student Senate passed a Senate may do own evaluation motion Tuesday allocating funds from a new admission application fee to Eastern's New Student Days. if Board rejects faculty input The $25 application fee was m* > *. * +jj implemented by the Board of - BY JENNIFER ROGERS Regents and will affect all applicants Assistant news editor >* beginning with the 2001 fall semes- Eastern's Board of Regents is looking at consul- ter. AD money from the fee wiD go tants to direct its upcoming presidential evaluation. to the program geared at new stu- According to Faculty Regent Merita Thompson dents, which began this fall. «^ The Board charged the Student and University President Robert Kustra. the Board • has not yet hired a consultant Senate with deciding how the funds Kustra said a meeting of the Board's Academic should be used. Affairs Committee on Sept. 12 served to review pro- The motion to give the money to posals from consultants contacted by Board the New Student Days was passed Chairman Jim Gilbert Robert Kustra, on Sept. 12. However, an amend- Gilbert did not return Progress phone calls. president, said ment proposing to split the money Committee members also would not comment on he welcomes between New Student Days and col- all faculty input lege organizations was tabled and the meeting. voted on Tuesday. Kustra said a timeline for the evaluation is cen- concerning his tered on a March 2001 date. He added that the evaluation. The Senate voted against the Board was not in any great rush to conduct the eval- amendment and the original pro- uation. posal stands. But neither are other university organizations. The amendment called for $20 of At the Faculty Senate's Executive Committee the fee to be given to New Student f afl ^m meeting Monday, Senate President John Taylor Days and $5 to be given to the echoed the Board's position. "We're not in any hurry on this," Taylor said. See FEE, A5 The Senate's Executive Committee is seeking to have extensive faculty input included in the Board's evaluation. Taylor said that he wanted the Senate and Board to be able to work together during the evaluation. cl Taylor added that the Senate could conduct their John Taylor, Progress own evaluation if the Board did not want to cooper- senate presi- ate. dent, said he "If that upsets the Board, I'm sorry," Taylor said. wanted the files appeal ill. "But that is going to happen if we can't cooperate." Board and - N a at • - • '--w\'.*~*i *si Taylor gave the Committee members copies of a Senate to work letter written by Gilbert concerning the evaluation. together. concerning See REGENTS, A4 Heather Nichols/Progress Da* CockrMIe, vice president of student affairs, receives a lick of love from Rebecca, one of her 15 dogs. Re- Buck Study becca, who is a male dog, was named so because Cockrille wanted him to get in touch with his feminine side. PROGRESS STAFF REPORT After several appeals denying the release of the Buck Study, The 2000 election Eastern Progress received notifica- tion from the Attorney General of the Kentucky that the Progress' appeal was being looked into. Who let all The notification from the attor- igniting many ney general's office stated, "an appeal has been filed with the Attorney General pursuant to KRS 61.880(2) regarding your agency's denial of an open records request" organizations The notification further stated that, da' dogs out? "pursuant to 40 KAR 1.-030 Section 2. the agency may respond to this appeal. The agency must send a Student registration stressed copy of its response and any accom- Dee Cockrille has dog, cat scratch fever panying materials to the complain- BY JAMIE VINSON ing party. The attorney general shall BY DENA TACKETT News editor not agree to withhold action on the Editor With elections just around the appeal beyond the time limit If a dog really is a person's best friend, comer, many of you are probably imposed by KRS 61.880(2)." wondering where to vote, how to The Buck Study, done by Buck then one Eastern administrator should be the most popular person in vote and where to register. Consultants out of St. Louis, was Several organizations are help- done to determine more competitive Richmond. Dee Cockrille, new vice pres- ident for student affairs, has been rescu- ing prepare and inform those who pay rates for classified employee plan to vote on presidential candi- staff. ing dogs and cats for the past 15 years. She and her husband share their new home out- dates and issues surrounding the "The election is important," The Progress first requested a side of town with 30 four-legged friends. upcoming election. Norris said. Norris added that copy of the Fkick Study April 27 after "I just feel like everyone has something The Women's Activist Group, a everyone's vote counts. President Robert Kustra announced special they should be doing," she said. student organization at Eastern, is Norris, along with several other to faculty, staff and students in open "Everybody has their passion in life.'' already working on forums and members of the Women's Activist budget forums that Buck Cockrille's passion is saving animals. The various other activities to get stu- Group including President Stacey Consultants had recommended rais- 15 dogs — 10 big ones and 5 smaller ones, all dents involved and informed. Tarvin, Vice President Jessica ing all staff employees' salaries and mutts — and 15 cats all came to her by chance. Ann Norris, secretary for the Eager, Treasurer Angie I.ee and that the study had shown that Susan, a big, brown dog who has her own group, said keeping people Monica Shotzbarger, have orga- Eastern paid its classified employ- chair in Cockrille's basement, used to belong informed is important nized several activities to get people ees too little. to Cockrille's neighbor in West Virginia. Norris said apathy on this cam- involved in the election process. Kacey Coleman, university coun- Cockrille said each night the neighbor beat pus is a problem and needs to sel, faxed a letter April 27. the same Susan with a shovel. change. See ELECTION, A5 day The Progress requested the Although Cockrille said she is a law-abid- study, saying that the university had ing citizen, she dognapped Susan, who had not received a final copy of the study $400 worth of internal injuries when Cockrille and the data reports were preliminary. took her to the vet. She is now 14-human- The Progress again requested a years-old. copy of the study at the beginning of Susan was No. 7. ► INSIDE ► WEATHER this semester and received another Cockrille only finished moving to denial Aug. 20 stating that the final Richmond from Huntington, WV this week. AD INDEX AS copy would be available in October. She came to Eastern from Marshall ACCENT El TOOAV fl Reasons for delay in the study University. She moved most of her furniture CLASSIFIEDS A3 Hi: 68 . .RJU'.J included that the study had errors last Friday, but brought all of her animals the COLONEL CORNER A2 Low: 52 \'V,'.V,7' in it, listed individual names Monday before. PERSPECTIVE AS.7 instead of categories for some of Taking 30 animals on a two-hour road trip POLICE BEAT AS FRI: IVtly Cloudy the data and misrepresented some can get pretty hairy, but Cockrille transported SPORTS Bfr-a SAT: Partly Cloudy employees' job descriptions and the animals in a Ryder truck in crates so they WHAT'S ON TAP? B2 SUN: Showers salaries. could be in the air conditioning. The Progress appealed the denial All of Cockrille's bigger dogs are named to the attorney general Sept. 11 after social activists. Susan is short for Susan ► REMINDER based on the fact the university B. Anthony, and there's also Malcolm X, quoted from the study in a public Sourjourner Truth, James Madison, Jamie Gaddis/Progress The PRAXIS tests, including the SLLA. will be given at 7:30 a.m. forum and based salary increases on Dae CockriHe stands in between Gillman, Susan, Willy Saturday in the Combs Building. the data. See DOGS, AS and Charlotte at her home in Richmond. K A2 The Eastern Progress, Thursday. September 21. 2000 Sincerely, Shane COLONELCORNER Marty had luxury Seek advice, laugh, cry and solve complicated puzzles — all while releasing stress. of Doc's DeLorean Collegiate Press Word Search Off The Mark I have a very difficult major that College students can't be expected demands a lot of my time. In bet to place every ounce of energy into it takes up so much of my time their subjects. There is a breaking that I hardly find room for romance or point. Too much work and not even a beer with the guys. If you know enough play can fry the brain. how I can squeeze some more time out College is a time' of growing.