Eastern Illinois University The Keep September 1997 9-16-1997 Daily Eastern News: September 16, 1997 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1997_sep Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: September 16, 1997" (1997). September. 9. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1997_sep/9 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1997 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]. PARTLY SUNNY Getting a high of 85º The INSIDE Daily offensive Eastern Junior Donnie Top of Davis captures OVC Offensive TUESDAY Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Ill. 61920 Player of the September 16, 1997 class Vol. 83, No. 17 Week honors The Illinois Teacher of the Year 12 pages will give her vision for the PAGE future to education students News 12 PAGE 3 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Eastern seeks $500,000 budget reinstatement recommendation of $64,746,900. Officials looking to Merrifield said a meeting tentatively is scheduled for Oct. 2 for she and Meyers regain money cut to meet with members of the appropriation staff and the governor’s from fiscal year1998 office to present the idea of introducing a supplemental appropriation bill. She said By DEANA POOLE the veto session will be held Oct. 28 to Administration editor Oct. 30 and Nov. 4 to Nov. 6. “Usually there is a supplemental Illinois Senator Judy Meyers and Chris appropriation bill during the veto session Merrifield, Eastern’s liaison to the capital, to provide more money for fiscal year will propose a supplemental appropriation 1998, it is not an appropriation for the bill next month in an attempt to reinstate next year,” she said. the more than $500,000 cut from “Our concern is that the amount (of Eastern’s fiscal year 1998 operating money cut) is higher than I would have budget. like to seen,” Merrifield said. In June, the General Assembly reduced She said 1.1 percent of Eastern’s the university’s fiscal year 1998 budget to budget was cut, which was the highest $64,215,300, which is a $531,600 proportional cut of all the Illinois reduction from the governor’s See BUDGET page 2 Pike chapter house goes alcohol free, apologizes advertisement with its apology and the Fraternity wants improved corrective actions they are taking. image after Homecoming Pi Kappa Alpha President Richard Carey said the decision to go alcohol-free By SCOTT BOEHMER was instituted a few weeks ago both as an Campus editor attempt to improve the fraternity’s image on campus and take on “a leadership Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity has created a role.” no-alcohol policy for its chapter house ANNA BETZELBERGER/Associate photo editor Last year, the fraternity was placed on and issued a formal apology for its actions probation because of their actions at the Stage tech last year. Homecoming parade. During the parade, Chris Gadomski, a senior theater arts major, puts up lights in the Studio for the Indigo In Friday’s edition of The Daily members of the fraternity got into trouble Eastern News, the fraternity placed an production of “A Raisin in the Sun.” See PIKE page 2 Graduate Studies dean position filled by temp confidence of department chairs, Communications as he was the head of the Council disorders department of Chairs,” Weidner said. Weidner said a task force will chair to step in till June be formed to determine whether By DEANA POOLE Augustine will fill the position Administration editor permanently or if a search is needed. Bob Augustine, chair for the “We are going to establish a department of communications task force as required by the disorders, has been appointed as Illinois Board of Higher acting dean of the Graduate Education to look at all of our Studies and International graduate programs and depending Programs to replace former Dean on the outcomes of the research Tom Gladsky, who resigned last by the task force, there is a month. potential for his appointment to Augustine will fill the dean be extended,” Weidner said. position until June 30, 1998, Augustine said the next year while continuing his duties as will be essential for emphasizing chair. the success of Eastern’s graduate Terry Weidner, vice president school program. for academic affairs, made the “I think it will be important for IKUYA KURATA/Staff photographer final decision in Augustine’s us to identify the outstanding Calling all cars contributions that the graduate appointment. Eastern Bowling Club member, Brian Vincent (left), a senior elementary education major, calls out to cars for program has contributed to this “He is a person that has a great voluntary washing to raise money for tournaments. Along with him are Angela Vogel, a junior consumer affairs campus,” he said. deal of administrative experience major; Becky Drew, a sophomore elementary education major; and Paul Cippens, a junior accounting major ... and I think he has the See GRADUATE page 2 Saturday afternoon on Lincoln Avenue. 2 Tuesday,September 16, 1997 The Daily Eastern News ‘Oprah’ show to run through 1999-2000 season Winfrey dispelled rumors that will be.” In June, when the show to the world every day is a gift.” It show’s distributor whose stock lost Movie role as a she might abandon her top rated went on summer break and she was this, she said, that encouraged 2 percent of its value earlier this show and told a live TV audience began filming a movie version of her to go beyond this 12th season. month on a rumor that Winfrey slave gives Oprah Monday that she will continue the novel “Beloved,” Winfrey said “I’ve thought long and hard would not return. hosting “The Oprah Winfrey she didn’t know if she would renew about the reality of doing 400 more “‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ has renewed incentive Show” through the 1999-2000 sea- her talk show contract with King shows,” she said. “I want to use set and maintained television’s CHICAGO (AP) – Oprah son. World Productions Inc. television not only to entertain, but highest standards of quality for Winfrey says portraying a slave in She sang from an old spiritual “But doing `Beloved’ was a life- to help people lead better lives. I more than a decade, and we’re a movie filmed this summer gave and said it could be her new theme changing experience for me,” she realize now, more than ever, that thrilled that Oprah has decided to her a fresh understanding of her song: “I believe I’ll run on to see said. “I realized more than ever that the show is the best way to accom- continue on,” King World life’s work and the incentive to do what the end will be. I believe I coming from a ... legacy where you plish these goals.” Her decision is a Chairman Roger King said in a another 400 talk television shows. will work on to see what the end have no voice, to be able to speak blessing for King World, the statement. $50 MILLION from page one 4th breakdown leaves universities. She said the majority Merrifield said if the bill is likely result in a bill being written. of the money was cut from the area accepted during the veto session, it “Normally there is a bill,” she of personal services, which will return to the legislative body it said. “Usually (a large cut) is just a includes faculty and staff salaries. originated in. After being accepted mistake made at the last minute. Mir in the dark again “To put that into perspective, for there, it will move to the other leg- It’s just impossible not to have MOSCOW (AP) – The fourth Most of Mir’s systems every one percent that is about islative body and then be sent to some error in there.” computer breakdown in two remained shut off in the wake of $400,000 in salaries,” she said. the governor for approval. She said Merrifield said the cut was made months left a darkened Mir drift- Sunday’s breakdown, to con- Merrifield said although a sup- she did not know whether the during the last few hours of ing through space Monday, less serve energy in case computer plemental appropriation bill does Senate or the House of Eastern’s budget review in June. than two weeks before a sched- problems appear. The orienta- not guarantee reinstatement of Representatives would write the Merrifield said she began plan- uled docking with a U.S. space tion systems and main oxygen money, she is confident Eastern bill. ning a supplemental appropriation shuttle. generators were down and tem- will be supported by senators in She said the meeting with the bill the day Eastern’s budget was The Russian-American crew perature controls and lights were their pursuit. appropriation committee will most cut. kept essential functions operat- switched off in all but two mod- ing and was in no danger, offi- ules. PIKE from page one cials said. But the shutdown pro- As well as making life diffi- vided new fodder for critics who cult on Mir, a computer failure for allegedly harassing partici- Hardin said. “The thing that hap- Carey said the dry house is fear the Russian station is unsafe would make docking with the pants. pened last year wasn’t aimed at geared more toward repairing its after 11 years in space. shuttle Atlantis or any other “This is just an apology to get LGBAU ... if you’re weren’t at image with other campus organi- After a day of in-orbit tinker- spaceship “absolutely impossi- on the right foot with all the orga- that particular party (members of zations than the community.