Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 1996 2-16-1996 Daily Eastern News: February 16, 1996 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1996_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 16, 1996" (1996). February. 10. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1996_feb/10 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1996 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SPORTS a high of22' The Royal INSIDE Daily Bull Cit fie FRIDAY Eastern llinois UnivetSity Chal1eston, 16. 61920 February 16, 1996 Vol81, No. 99 ~!11. 16 pages, 2 sections Eastern celebrates Brass Day today s SECTIONB ''Tell the tmth and don 't be afi·aid" The race begins First candidate would fight apathy, downsize government By REAGAHJ BRANHAM answer,.. Gutraj ~ Student gov-.mment editor ' . said. One solution The first student to announce. he said might bis candidacy for April's student increase student body presidential race, B ryan awareness and Gutraj, saitl he wants to deeJease interest is for student apathy and downsize the J•••...:~ the senat e to Student Government. take part in "I want to become student body Bryan Gutraj more student ac- president really for one reason tivities and su­ and that's to gi'" the power, in the pport the campus. sense of energy~ involved in the­ "The Srudent Senate is not a office... Gutraj said. ..I can devote programming board, but on the 110 percenl of my time to it." same token we do have to reach Gutraj said senate members out and ·touc.h everyone on have been asking themselves how campus.•• Gutraj said. to decrease apathy for many Gutraj ~ a junior accounting years, but few changes have been major fr om Grayslake, i s the made since he has been on the treasurer of Delta Tau Delta TETSUYA KIKUMASA/Associate photo edttor senate. fraternity, and a member of Alpha Will work for food "When I first got inten>iewed Phi Omega fraternity and the Jeff Stewart (kft), a senior accounting major, discusses a job opportunity with Karla Hohlt (right), the for senate a. couple of years back, College Republicans. He has that was one of the que.stions I sen,ed ODI the senate for two branch manager ofNorwest Financia~ Inc., at a job fair Thursday afternoon in ihe B:allroom in the Martin was asked and I still don' t have an Luther King Jr. University Union. Su GUTRAJ page 2A 'Wonderful' U of I chorus to perform at Eastern American Heritage Cele­ the University of made appearances across the nation. One Gospel, anthems bration. Illinois B l ack of its most honored e\Tents was a 'fhe concert will be Chorus is an out­ performance as the guest choir at highlight choir's held at 7:30p.m. in t he standing choir Ebe.nezer Baptist Church where Rev. Dvorak Concert Hall and an d it has kept Martin Luther King· Jr. was pastor. annual performance is bei ng sp onsored by the traditions of The Chorus was formed in 1968 and Eastern's music de-part­ black culture has won numerous awards. Many of the By JENNIFER VALENCIA ment. music for years. members have been asked to be back up Staff writer Admission will be $6 "'il'he mixture singers for professional gospel groups. for the general public, $4 for studen ts of t raditional music with rhythm and Dr. Ollie Watts Davis, the director of T he Univer sity of Illinoi s Black with a valid ID and $2 for children 12 blues is wonderful," Crews said. the University of Illinois Black Chorus, Chorus will sing spirituals, anthems and and under. Tonight's performance wi ll be th e is dedicated to the preservation, traditional contemporary gospel tonight Dan Crews, director of publicity for chorus"' fourth appearance at Castem. perfection and perpetuation of black at Eastern in conjunction with African the College of Arts and Humanities, •aid The 100- to 200-member chorus h as sacred musk . Crews said. Union officials create food RHA rejects proposal pantry for locked-out workers to grant votes to RAs By KATE VANA Dry goods will make up the Food is go ing lobe By JESSICA BAKER City editor majority of tbe donations, but eight Staff writer distributed depending freezers are available to store After four weeks of being locked on the size of the perishable items as well. Although 14 members \•oted in favor Thursday of a proposal to out by Trai!mobile Inc., workers The union workers have been ''family, no one is going to get allow resident assistants to vote in Residence Hall Association and their fumilies can now collect locked out smce Jan. 21. They are elections,. the. RHA feU short of needed votes to approve the food from a food pantry set up slig hted. There are 1,200 negotiating with Trailmobile for a locked out workers and !here proposal. Wednesday by union officials. 11ew economic -package and RHA membess voted 14-5 to approve the proposal, with five United Paper Workers lnter­ is enough for everyone.' overtime benefits. The workers abstentions Thursday night in the McKinney Hall lobby. But the uatioual Local 7571 has set up the - Kevin Grant, have not had a wage inc-rease in RHA constitution requires a three-fourths majority vote in favor pantry in the Grimes Mot ors union vice president four years. of a proposal in order for it to be approved. building, donated for the union's The union rejected a final offer Membe:rs who voted against the proposal said because of their use by buil ding owner Butch contract by Trailmobile and have job duties. reside-nt assistants don't have time to attend RHA Grimes. said. "There are 1,200 locked out asked Federal Mediator Tom Henry meetings and utilize their right to vote in the elections. The union !>ought 12,000 pounds wo.rkers and! there is enough for to continue negotiations. Membess "The people who voted on the proposal were resident haU of food from the Illinois Labor everyone. ..,. are asking Trailmobile to continue presidents and other members of RHA who met the voting Council, and membess are sorting The union is providing a variety talks after l earning information requirements of RHA," RHA President T.J. Frey said. "I feel the the food for distribution Tuesday. of canned goods, fruits and about possible lay- offs after a new results of the voting we-nt the way the majo-rity wanted it to go. "Food is going to be distributed \'egetables, noodles, potatoes and contract is ra:tified. and I go along with the majority." depending on the size of the f.unily, meals and ')ust about anything you The pantry collected about In other RHA business: 21,000 pounds of food during its no one is going to get slighted," can get at the grocay store," Gnmt See RHA page 2A Union Vice President Kevin Grant said. first day of operation. 2A Friday, February 16, 1996 The D.Uiy Eastern News Reports of racist links cause Buchanan staffer to resign WASHINGTON (AP) - Pat atllanitl Tut-net· is Bt,cbanan's ounpaign co-chairman, remembered as a noble Lany Piatt, stepped aside Thursday Buchanan labels Dole a and brave revolutionary after reports linked him to white N for black freedom. supremacists and right-wing militia Turner's August 1831 slave leaders, but Buchanan said be was rel>ellion in South Hampton certain the charges, which Pratt high tax fan , worker foe COWJ!y, Va. ended a siring of denied, are untrue. MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - In a bare-lmuclded debate warmup, revolts that stretched over 200 Critics immediately used Pat Buchanan labeled Bob Dole a fan of higher taxes aod foe of years. Buchanan's close ties to Pratt, American wolkers Thursday and said bhmtly to his GOP presidential Y,::';";;,_:1.<1l:oL.Iins!Ieams- Hewasbomin 1800. As a child, director of Gun Owners of Amer­ rival: "The time for your old politics is o'""·" Former TeJJDeSsee Gov. be dreamed be would be a •'prophet andihearda ica, to revive questions about the Lamar Alexmder also had Dole in his sights as eight GOP candida1es as the Lord had shown me things voice saying. 'Such is your luck, candidate's own \riews oo race and prepared for a natiooa!Jy televised debate that would propel them into that bad happened before my such you are called to see; and let it equality. the final New Hampsbise campaign weekeod birth." come rough or smooth, you must urr there's a group promoting "Senator Dole is our most respected legislalive "'giiWf but he is not Twner vie\1ied blacks as surely bear it, ' " Turner said of his white supremacy in America, my the kind o-f visionary I e.-.pect we need to beat President Clinton," prophets, agents and leaders of vision. country, I don't want anything to do Alexander said God's opposition to sla\""J'. His Turner's rebellion, wbere about with this,•• :Buchanan said, cam­ "ll's important, very important," Dole said of the 90-minute forum, beliefs can be compared to those of 60 whites and over I 00 black paigning in New Hampshire where suggesting that Tuesday's primary voie would winnow two or three Demnarl: Vesey, who was hanged rebels died, lasted nearly three he already faces ads aired by more candidates from the eight-man Republican field. with fh"' ofhis associates in 1822 days.