Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC February 1996 Daily Egyptian 1996 2-7-1996 The Daily Egyptian, February 07, 1996 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_February1996 Volume 81, Issue 88 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1996 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in February 1996 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Inside: Information Technology to. give student-~-~ganizations:~}~d ·computers~=::• __:,>a:se 3 •1.- 13····.~, .. , .. ·.":,-~·;.:\:';.,,,.,::;:1;;•'" .. a·· e 'a1 . .··-. i,Y.]·.·i_'.~t. _-_--_---.--.f-.tlj.-_::.-_:··. ...-~:----·-.··;_-~.-_:_~. _--.~.:-_·-i;·;·.:·-'_,._-.·~.;:·-_.r_i , 1996.. T· - .,, Southern Illinois Universityn at Carbondale ' ~ ~·;;;L~i;~tt~w~:i~~. - : Groups burying hatchet USG, RHA try to mend relationship in wake of dispute By Si;;ne K. Skinion Daily Egyptian Reporter Above: Andrew Cameron chases ducks across a frozen Cnmpr1s Lake Tuesday afternoon. Ct1111eron took a stroll across tlie lake with Iris fatllcr and Effons to improve the relationship brother. (Photo by B. A11to11io E.) Rigllt: Steve of the Residence Hall Association and the Undergraduate Student Albert, a senior in e11gi11eeri11g a11d geology from Government are beine made follow­ Soutlrem llli11ois, skates 011 Campus Lake Tliesday ing recent controve~y between the aftemoon. He /rad 110 classes, so lte decided to work two organizations. members of both out and freshe11 up lzis skating skills. (Pfioto by groups say. Shirley Gioia.) RHA. USli and Univer,itv Housing officials mer Tuesclay night io discu~~ how a recent USG reso­ lution, which called for the removal oi iwo Hou~ing officials and stated Police: Frozen lake 1ha1 RHA is not properly represent­ ing the students. can be overcome to bring the groups together anc! serve students' interest~. unsafe place to play Ed Jones. University Housing director, said for there 10 be im­ By Kendra Helmer provement in the RHA and U_SG Daily Egyptian Reporter relationship. there has to be some agreement on how things work. "Contmversy is what got us here." The frmen Campus Lake near Thomps.:in Point proved lo be Jones said. "We (Housing) want too tempting to resist for an SIUC stucknt and his two sons, who something ongoing 10 keep every­ played on the frozen body of water Monday. But campus police lxxly infonned. This should not be had a message for the student and others: Keep off the ice. a crisis group bur a constructive ·11Je boys were boret;I and wanted something to do," Rob working relationship." McKinnon said. Jones said the way to reach this McKinnon, 27, an aviation management student from Waukesha, relationship is by members of both Wis., and his two son~ walked onto the lake and were soon asked organizations utili1ing the biweekly 10 leave by an SIU police officer. meeting set up oy Housing ...,htre Campus police were alerted to the incident when the trio gen­ the twu organizations are suppose erated auention from concerned bystanders who thought it was a to meet and communicate. dangerous situation. police said. We (Housing) already have the McKinnon said he allowed his sons on the ice aft~r he judged \ chicle se1 up to where USG and the thickness. RHA can meet to diS(."l.tss any issues ··1 tested ii by looking :11 it." he said. 'Tve been around frozen dealing \-,ith Housing.'' Jone.~ said. lakes many times. and I knew what I was doing:· ··Toe concern is getting USG mem­ bers here. Senators Dave Yingren. see LAKE, page 7 ll1ompsnn Point. and Ja,;on Barrett see RHA, page 6 Students find independence off campus ~po~_ Second in a series SIUC men's track By Melissa Jakubowski DE Assistant Fe;:turcs Editor coach making most of his athletes' talents. Standing in a concrete square room with one window, two beds and a page 20 sink. Danielle West stares outside. wondering if she will ever get out of choice to continue living in University what she calls her small prison. Housing or move to one of eight Olher Index West, a freshman in physicm thera­ University-approved living areas off py from Calumet City, lives in a dorm campus, and juniors and seniors can Opinion . page 4 room at Thompson Point, a choose between dorms oroff<ampus Classifi<:?ds . page 13 University Housing area. houses and apanments. She said she is tired of coming Patrick Brumleve, supervisor of -. Comics . page 17 home to the same room every day and SIUC Off-Campus Housing. said.the Sports . page 20 needs a change. idea behind giving students a choice· ··1 have one room where I sleep, ea1 in living arrangements was more of a ·:. and do homeworlc," she said. "I kind service than a benefit ·• Weather of feel like I am in some type of "In 1971/a lofof juniors'and- · prison. I re:tlly need to decide where I seniors re11 they didn't need to nve in · Today: Warmer want lO live next year." the c1onns anymore,'' 11e ·srud.' "lliey . According to SIUC University wanted more of an ~tliv-.;,, Housing demographics records from ing situation that the donns not.i ~ High ... 50 di~ FalJ-llJIJ5, freshmen make up about. provide. So the University set up thel'f ~ , Low . .. .35 57 pen:ent of the SIUC students who live on campus. Sophomores have the 5 6 ~,~'.~- i·~:~"':~.~"'~;;;:~!;~~~!:!:,;,t,~'~~~-~~-. Daily Egyptian · Wednesay, Februa11; 7; 1996 World.,. SAMARITANS SEARCHING FOR STOLEN SCROLLS - NABLUS, West Bank-Two antique manusaipts stolen from lhe liny band or survivcn or the biblical Samaritans have reminded them or lhcir vulnerability. And a ransoin demand for millions of dollars has remind­ ed them or their 1>9wcrlcssncss. Mil's not a question or money. It's a question of stealing part of our spiritual _treasure," said Benyamin Tscdaka, a leader or the 583 Samaritans who remain or a nation that in the sixth ccnlUry excccdcd 1 million. The theft has added to a saga of Samaritan Prtifacts SIOlcu, sold, or lost over the ccnturics. The Samaritans ARNQLQ'5 MARKET· have managed to keep only a few ancient texts. The rest-sold or Qomd(h,,:t • . $195/j, sto~~ scattered in the netherworld or the illicit antiquities Ir.Ide. surt:~ in museums and private rollections from SL Petersburg, Russia field~Bolotra $1 '19/b to Washington. D.C. , Al12plc.Pepsi,Dr.Pepper,7-UpProdl!d! $329 Al 2 &fer Pepsi, Dr. !'epper, 7-Up Prmed5 $1 39 POPE BEGINS SEVEN-DAY lATIN AMERICAN TOUR­ Praie Farm,Cottage(l,eese 2Aoz $1 49 GUATEMALA CITY-Pope John Paul II began a seven-day Latin American tour Monday that is intended· to stem erosion in one or lhe • 11/2 MllH South of Campus on Kt. 51 Catholic Church's traditional strongholds and show support for strug­ OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK. 7A.M. ~ 10 P.M. gling new democracies beset by aimc, violence and poverty. The visit started here in Guatemala and will continue through Nicaragua, El Salvador and Venezuela wider extremely tight security. In Nicaragua, where 18 Catholic churches have been bombed in recent political tur­ : Tom's Place: moil, more than 6,000 police officers arc being deployed ft>r the pope's ···~~··········· nine-hour stop. :/lffdl,ut 1,n"•I: NEEDY N. KOREA ASKING WORLD. FOR FOOD - :euy one 10oz. 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IJ & Rail=d) 529-2534, ·• purpose: to polish lhe image of tt.e spoolc; considerably tarnished both in Russia and the United States. COMET MAY BE VISIBLE BY NAKED EYE IN MARCH - ITHACA. N.Y.-A newly dio;covcrcd comet could pass within 10 million START THE miles of Earth in late March and might be bright enough to sec wilh the naked eye, astronomers rcponcd l:N week.