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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2 PARTLY SUNNY a high of47" The ovc INSIDE Dally Opener Panther Delayed Baseball team Eastern Illinois University begins first FRIDAY season in new March 14, 1997 Charleston, Ill. 61920 call Vol. 82, No. 114 conference 9111mplementation held off 12 pages Saturday until the end ofApril PAGE 12 PAGE S "Tell the truth and don't be afraid" Committee to research new degree Group formed to inspect proposal for a degree that doesn't have major By NATALIE GOTT Staff editor The Council on Academic Affairs Thursday composed an ad hoc committee that will make additions to a proposal. that allows students to get a degree without declaring a major. The committee will specify how many students will be able to participate in the nd Individualized Studies Program, said CAA ho member Bill Addison. The current proposal does not specify how he many students would participate in the program. Chet Piotrowski Jl'JPhPto editor "I don't see it very large.'' said K.aye Above: Pire ho$es lie unused at thf! Central Illinois PHhlic Servii:p Woodward, director of the Board of Governors do Co. underground storage facility located near Ashmore, after local Degree Program. "I want (the program) to start the fire protection volunteers put out a natural gas fire that blazed from slowly in measured steps." Id an alleged explosion. The CAA did not set a time table for the Left: An Ashmore Fire Protection volunteer pulls out flaming committee to report back to the CAA. ed materials from the burning CIPS building Thursday afternoon. he See COMMITTEE page 2 CIPS building explodes Campus to have A building at the Central Illinois Public Service Co. underground • storage facility exploded Thursday afternoon a few miles south of different hours Ashmore. Ashmore Fire Protection volunteers were called to the scene after a call came in at about 12:30 p.m., a volunteer firefighter said. over spring break CIPS officials were unavailable for comment Thursday. By MANDY MILCAREK The explosion tore sections of roof from the two-story building that Staff writer houses engines that help pump natural gas from underground caverns to nead>y commtlnities. No one was injured in. the explosion, but two workers were on the Special ho~rs w~l,l. ~ . instit~ted throu~hout the campus next week as a result of the Spring site at the time of the explosion. Break holiday. Booth Library will close at 4:45 p.m. today and will not be open on Saturday or Sunday. The library will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:45 Senate hoping to inform more students p.m. Monday through Friday. It will be closed again March 22 and will be open from 4 p.m. to Members say communications would improve representation 11 :45 p.m. March 23. Normal hours will resume March 24. Editor's note: This is the last in a series take some responsibility to contact senate The Student Recreation Center will close looking into the history, effectiveness and ' 'It boils down to basic members and voice concerns they have today at 4 p.m. It will not reopen Saturday, but future ofEastern 's Student Government. communication skills." about Eastern, Rundle said. will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday The issue of representation by the through Friday. It will bi' closed again March By MATT ADRIAN senate has been especially focused on by 22, but on March 23 it will be open from 4 p.m. Staff writer - Ruthie Rundle, student organizations. On Feb. 26, senate to 10 p.m. Normal hours will resume March 24. chair of the University members met with various organizations The Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Working to better inform students is a to discuss concerns about the 10-member will close "today at S p.m. and will remain goal many Student Senate member's say Relations Committee rule. The rule states that an organization closed Saturday. The building will be open would improve their representation of must have· 10 members to be officially recognized by the university. from 10 ~.m . to 2 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. to S Eastern's student body. of a recognized student organization, but "I think (the senate) should get At last Wednesday's senate meeting a ) p.m. Monday through Friday. The building will they need to do something outside of students more informed," said senate committee was formed to look into the g be closed again March 22 and open from 10 those organizations and talk to the member Paul Hevesy. Students should problem. Lutalo McGee, president of the n a.m. to 11 p.m. March 23. generill campus population. The union bookstore will close today at 5 not have to seek out information about Degreve suggested Student Black Greek C ouncil, said he was Student Government, he said. Student Goyemment hold forums in residence impressed with some senate members 0 p.m. and remain closed Saturday through March 23. Normal hours of all union businesses Government should go and inform the halls. She said the forums would be a supporting changing the 10-member rule. will resume March 24. students. good way to reach freshmen, and get The uni'(rersity relations committee is On Friday, dinner meals in dining services Hevesy suggested that senate members them interested in the senate. attempting to implement some measures will be consolidated to Gregg Triad. Dining take information to their classes to get "It boils down to basic communication to improve communications with student services will be closed over the break and will student's reactions to campus issues. skills," said Ruthie Rundle, chair of the organi z~ions and the general student resume its normal hours March 24. Focusing on informing students could University Relations Committee. · body, Rundle said. Plans for the The campus computer network will not be up lead to higher voter turnout and a qiore Senate members .need to· take a.ny organizations include an e-mail accQunt from 7 a.m. to· 3 p.m. Saturday as a result of a educated student body, he said. opportunity to discuss campus ·issues that would help Student GovemJJJCnt scheduled power outage in Student Services Senate member Catherine Degr~ve with students whenevct possible, she keep in touch with the organizations. 1be Building. said all senate members attend a meeting &aid ~ C.Oawvsely.. ~tf. Jiil&0 ~. SN SENATE~ 2 . 2 Friday, March 14, 1997 The Dally Eastern News RHA nominates members to honorary status Democrats return The Residence Hall Assoc­ role in the recycling program, " Shadow of Execs" program. iation Thursday nominated 11 campus cleanups and other pro­ Donoho said this program of its members to the National grams the RHA is involved in. allows students to follow RHA donations from two Residence Hall Honorary. The students nominated to executives and decide if they RHA President Matt Donoho the National Residence Hall would like to become an RHA said the National Residence Honorary were Tommi Jo executive. Hall Honorary is the RHA's way Devore, Ella Jones, Matt Donoho said the program Native American tribes of recognizing the top one per­ Luttmann, Erica Mason, Misti would start after spring break. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - cent of student leaders living in Novander, Micah Taylor and He said anyone interested in The Democratic National residence halls. Melissa Velon. getting involved with "Shadow Committee said it returned a These students play an active The RHA also discussed the of Execs" should contact him. $107 ,000 donation from two impoverished Indian tribes on Thursday, saying it could not Texaco executive receives indictment keep money from a group that WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - The former Texaco Lundwall had turned over secretly recorded tapes in thought government influence the contribution to help the executive who secretly taped himself and his col­ which he and other Texaco executives belittled blacks came only at a price. party expand its American leagues plotting to destroy evidence in a race-discrimi­ and plotted to destroy evidence sought by the plaintiffs The Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian voter registration but nation case was indicted Thursday after an apparent in the discrimination suit. The tapes led to a $176 mil­ tribes made the donation last gave it back because of the attempt to get him to testify against higher-ups failed. lion settlement of the lawsuit late last year. year in hopes of winning back tribes' position on why it made Richard Lundwall, 55, was charged with obstruction Lundwall was arrested in November on an obstruc­ 7 ,500 acres of land seized by the donation. of justice for allegedly trying to destroy documents. tion complaint. the federal government a cen­ The DNC also said it was tury ago. To make the contri­ unsure which tribal fund the bution, the tribes drained an donation came from. The frompageone emergency relief fund. SENATE Interior Department is investi­ The DNC said it mailed gating whether federal money plan also includes a connection issues," McGrath said. She said Union. "Words are one thing, back the donation on was used to make the political board that would increase com­ by staying abreast of student actions are another.