Tuesday, September 17, 1996 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT EDWARDSVILLE Vol. 49 No.18 -------------- 0000*5 7006500Z029625516 ---------7 “ " UNIVERSITY ARCH INF S i n d M i o o , editorial____ 1 1 1 lifestyle ...........................o ■ | ^ I rS = = ^ | ^ / V l0 S t l 0 ~^— l— 1 ALT0N east ST. LOUIS & EDWARDSVILLE University gets tough on students Kristen Thompson Belck, referring to students who come forward now. the investigation for a year and “we now feel we have News Reporter Belck and SIUE President Ted Sanders said plea enough information to question students.” bargaining would be an option for students willing to Detective Scott Evers of the Edwardsville Police E.T. phoned home and he must have charged the call Department, is assisting campus police in their to SIUE because the university’s phone bill remains out investigation. “I’ve interviewed 30 to 40 people (since of this world — an estimated $1.1 million. interviewing has begun),” he said. From October 1993 until September 1995, Belck said the school is using two criteria in targeting approximately 1,500 students living on campus used a "Vie will not waiver students: those with some of the largest bills and those special sequence of numbers to charge their long from prosecution with the most evidence against them. distance telephone calls to the university. Sanders was not sure how the school would handle Chancellor Belck One call was to Brazil so a student could hear a cases against former foreign students. He said national soccer game being played on the radio. One extradition would not be possible for phone fraud. student had charges for nine cents and the largest Administrative sanctions would include withholding outstanding charge was an international bill of $45,000. students’ transcripts, probation or dismissal. Most Students were given from December until March 1 cooperate with the police. likely, this action would hinder graduation or job to confess their sins and avoid prosecution. Around According to Sam Smith, University News Services placement for these students, he said. 1,025 students admitted their wrongdoing during the director, charges below $300 are considered a Class A The two employees responsible for paying the amnesty period and paid a total of $416,000. misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a university telephone bills during that time period are no $ 1,000 fine. Meanwhile, 475 other students have not admitted longer working for SIUE. One resigned and the other their part in the phone scam and now face prosecution. “Police are keeping a pretty tight lid on the was fired. At a news meeting on Wednesday, SIUE Chancellor investigation,” he said. The university has not paid the $1.1 million Nancy Belck said that she would rather not see students Chief Charles McDonald, of the university police telephone debt entirely. According to Belck, payments receive criminal records, but she declared that amnesty department, said a charge over $300 is a simple felony are being made to the Illinois Department of Central was over. punishable with 5 years in prison and a $ 10,000 fine. Management Services as the money is paid to the school “I cannot guarantee the same set of conditions,” said McDonald said the department has been working on by the students involved. Greek Week '96: Celebrating the good life By Darryl Howlett News Editor For the first time in several years all the members of SIUE’s Greek organizations are working together on a single project— this year’s Greek Week, which began yesterday and ends on Saturday. “The purpose is to provide an opportunity for the Greeks to sponsor events for the campus and to promote their togetherness as a system,” Greek Life Coordinator Connan Campbell said. Greeks on campus will also be sponsoring an advisor’s roundtable,Thursday to address the current policies and procedures affecting their chapters. On Friday the area-band “Mr. Wizard” will perform in the Meridian Ballroom in the University Center. The them e for this year’s event is “G reek Week ‘96: Livin’ The Good Life.” The following are scheduled events for Greek Week: • Tuesday: Banner Exhibit Happy Trails Bob Fehr>nger/r/je Alestfe • Wednesday: Greek Letter Day and Cougar Pride at Women’s Soccer Game C.D. Peters Construction Co. laborer John O'Donnell checks the level of the land that will become • Thursday: Greek Week T-Shirt Day part of the Vadalabene Bike Trail. O'Donnell and other construction crew workers were leveling • Friday: Concert— “Mr. Wizard” the area across from the SIUE Sports Complex. • Saturday: Greek Awards Ceremony & Ball editorial lifestyle |A quick look inside:! sports w eather Julia Whitehurst Greg Lavrault and Craig Ross — Cross Country wins Tues: chance of showers discusses the reviews the newest PLUS Angela Jinks Cougar Twilight. 71/57° incompetency of the CDs from the bands discusses the AND Tennis and Wed: P-cloudy 73/57° SIUE police force. Sublime, Sandbox Coffeehouse Showcase. Volleyball go 1-2. Thurs: P-cloudy 77/58° Page 2 The Alesile Tuesday, September 17, 19 State and Local Police say deaths not related EAST ST. LOUIS — Police say the bodies of four blj MANILA — A Peace Corps females were found dumped at sites around the city. T1 volunteer was wounded in the leg Wednesday while investigating believe the crimes are not connected. illegal logging activities in a forest in Camarines Sur province, about “Sometimes we may get two or three kids or five or 190 miles east of Manila. Lori Whuez, 23, was with two forest rangers men murdered,” East ST. Louis Police Capt. J.W. Capt and three employees of the Department of Environment and Natural said. “It’s just unfortunate it’s four women.” Resources when shots were fired at the group. Police suspect illegal The victims’ ages ranged from 14 years to 42 years. Th loggers. Whuez’s hometown and other details were not available. bodies were found beginning August 9 and 25 and Septeml 7 and 13. The homicides bring this year’s murder total to 17 National____________________________ __________ the city. East St. Louis Detective Gerald Crenshaw said women £ becoming careless and are putting themselves in harm’s w Bonnie Raitt, other environmentalists, arrested Women shouldn’t accept rides from strangers or becoi friendly with strangers. CARLOTTA — Singer Bonnie Raitt was among scores of environmentalists who were arrested Sunday in a demonstration East St. Louis biker club member killed against logging in the world’s largest privately owned virgin grove of redwood trees. A member of a motorcycle club was found dead Sund; Nearly 4,000 protesters met on a quarter-mile stretch of road in Frank Earl Brown, 44, was shot twice in the head and stuff front of Pacific Lumber Co.’s Carlotta mill, about 280 miles north of into a 30-gallon plastic trash can. Police are investigating San Francisco. “We’ve tried everything. These are some of the most magnificent beings on Earth. There is nothing left for us to do but put possible connection to the Sin City Disciples motorcycle clu our bodies on the line,” Earth First leader Judy Bari, said. UNIVERSITY CENTER BOARD B irtfcd aiy , r ^¡Tuesday : s 4 “~ t a | Z September 17th Pcüiiv & Tiff! Coffeehouse: Saturday Showcasej^|| ^[Wednesday September 21st September 18th Day in Open « UCB Center Stage Forest Park 9:30 am - 5:00 pm presents Go to the Art Museum, have . M i © v H l r : lunch in Turtle Park and go to the University St. Louis Zoo for Free! Night Free transportation for the Dance first 30 people! Call the Kimmel Leadership Center 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 11:30 - 1:30 at 692-2686 to sign up and for more information! Goshen Lounge University Restaurant Goshen Lounge University Center University Center \ University Center FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE UCB OFFICE AT 692-3371 OR OUR EVENTS HOTLINE 692-3372 editorial Tuesday, September 17, 1996 The - Alesile Page 3 letter to the editor_______________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Tired of being punished by the university and ready to hit the road that more can be made available to the students ago. In my roommate’s case, the police had both the Since this is my last semester at SIUE, I thought who need to use them. After all, what is the use in address and the phone number of the perpetrator I might as well raise a few complaints that I’ve been having a lab if the majority of students can’t even and since she doesn’t live that far from thinking about recently. It probably won’t help use it? Edwardsville, could have easily taken her in for things, but it definitely can’t make things worse. Also, I’m curious as to why the police questioning and had this matter cleared up right First of all, I want to know the purpose of having department has hired all of these new officers. In a away. a computer lab in the Commons Building at Tower recent Alestle, it was reported that the reason Lastly, I would like to address the University’s Lake. Of course, the obvious purpose is to provide behind this was the new bike patrol. I certainly hope new phone system. I realize that the university has students with computers so they can work on that the bike patrol is able to reduce the amount of been strapped with a large debt over the phone papers and other projects. Unfortunately, as anyone crime on campus because the current force is scandal that occurred early last year, but it seems who has attempted to use this facility will testify, it obviously not doing much in the way of curbing and that the money could come from somewhere else.