Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 2000 2-8-2000 Daily Eastern News: February 08, 2000 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 08, 2000" (2000). February. 6. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_feb/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2000 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]. Tuesday February 8, 2000 Inside Sports Extreme Golden. Eastern Illinois University changes Charleston, Ill. 61920 WinS Students and faculty who use VoL85, No.95 12 pages Basketball teams seek wins the Doudna Fine Arts Center over Tennessee Tech tonight feel the effects of winter inside. ews at Lan!z gym. Story on Page 3 "Tell the truth and don't be afraid." Story on Page 12 Subway set to open doors Wednesday By Julie Bartlow when it opens tomotrow. and Branden Delk Many students have said they Staff writers are looking fOiw at·d to Subway's addition on campus because of the The new Subway restaurant in food options it provides. the Martin Luther King Jr. Maulik Patel, a senior zoology University Union will open major, said he thinks Subway will Wednesday for its first day ofbusi- offer more variety, especially for ness. students who don't have trans­ Subway was originally slated to portation to get to other restaurants open the last week in Januaiy, but in Charleston. the opening date was pushed back Janel Kupferschmid, a senior to Wednesday because of delays in business education major said the equipment needed for the Subway will be great for students restaurant. The delays included because of its accessibility. waiting for equipment including a "It will be a good access point bread oven, refrigerator and for students who at·e studying or in counter, said Bill Schnackel, direc­ between classes," Kupferschmid tor of housing and dining services, said. previously. Other students are happy about "We have our staff trained and the new food selection Subway everything has came in," will bring. Schnackel said. "The fi:anchisee "Subway has a lot less calories said evetything will be up and and is healthier than the food we ready to go on Wednesday." have known," said Meghan A grand opening will not be Novotny, a freshman eat·ly child­ held immediately and instead will hood education major. be in a couple of weeks so the new Natalie Esposito, a sophomore staff has a chance to become English major, said Subway will accustomed to the restaurant's cus­ offer an altemative to dining ser­ Mandy Marshall / Photo editor tomers and business, Schnackel VIces. Renovation carpenter John Morton fi lls holes in the counter with wood putty Monday afternoon at Subway in the Martin said. "The more food options, the Luther King Jr. University Union. The holes were being filled so a marble wallpaper could be smoothly hung. Subway is Schnackel also said Subway is scheduled to open Wednesday. expecting to see a lot of customers See SUBWAY Page 2 It's official: Liquid G exists in Charleston By Julius Sexton ,, ______ effect. Staff editor "Some guys will slip the mug There's no control over how into a (woman's) di1nk without The use of date-rape mugs in actually knowing how it will affect Marijuana use down; Charleston is becoming a concern it's made, unlike over-the­ her body. It can kill or even cause for local officials. counter pharmaceutical datnage to the respirat01y system GHB a current problem This weekend, a man was drugs. and stop her breathing," he said. anested for delivety of a controlled Att Mitchell, a university police By Nikki Huckstadt ill'inking alcohol." Art Mitchell, substance. Michael J. Wiley was officer, said there haven't been According to the Student University police officer Staff writer accused in November for allegedly many repotted cases of liquid G Disciplinaty Refenals sheet given selling more than 200 grams of usage on Eastem 's campus. While the number of students out each yeat· by the Judicial GHB, commonly known as "liquid "We've only had one repotted charged with offenses involving Affail's Office, 28 students have G" or the "date-rape mug." for distributing the date-rape mug. case ofthe usage of date-rape mugs marijuana has been declining for been caught this school year com­ Judge Paul Komada set Wiley's "Some (students) do it ''as a here on campus," he said. "There's the past few years, date-rape mitting an offense involving mari- bond at $100,000, but Wiley's recreations mug, but mixing it no control over how it's made, diugs such as GHB and Liquid G juaiia. lawyer, Ron Tulin, has requested a wrong can do serious hatm and unlike over-the-counter phatma­ are becoming more of a concem During the last school tem1, 58 reduction. even kill you," he said. ceutical mugs." on Eastem's campus, said students were caught with mat'ijua­ Date-rape mugs are sometimes Stenson said although the mug's Mitchell said it is a particularly Judicial Affairs Officer Keith na in university housing. Dating used for recreation, but in many use is often recreational, the poten­ dangerous mug because of the abil­ Kohanzo. back 10 years to the 1989-90 instances, the mug is slipped into tial to be used as a date rape diug is ity to make it anywhere, including "I atn more concemed with school year, 33 students were the m'inks of unsuspecting females, en01mous. bathtubs, tin cans, sinks and other Liquid G only because it is chatged with some offense involv­ and in some cases, males. The mug can be mixed with any common places. becoming too easy to make and is ing mat'ijuaiia. Ben Stenson, director of adult liquid, including soda and juice, "We haven't had a big problem readily available here in this com­ fu the 1990-91 school yeat~ the education and Sexual Assault and is hard to be detected because with (date-rape mugs) yet," he said. munity. Marijuana is the type of lowest number ofmarijuana infiac­ Counseling and Infonnation it is tasteless and odorless. He also stressed the importance mug students experiment with tions was recorded with only 21 Service worker, said students "The potency levels of the mug of students, especially women, to eithet· in high school or here in students caught Howevet~ during should be aware of the effects of are raised when it is mixed with watch their ill'inks and who makes college," Kohanzo said. "Liquid the next four school years the dmg date-rape mugs and take steps to alcohol," he said. it or gives it to them. G is becotning a mug that stu­ probletnincreased. fu 1992-1993, prevent its usage. Stenson also said the weight and Stenson said women should be dents experiment with as a substi­ Stenson also said he is glad genetic hist01y of the person is a tute for the high reached from See MARIJUANA Page 2 someone was caught and atTested factor in how date rape mugs take See LIQUID G Page 2 2 Tuesday, Febn1a1y 8, 2000 The Dally Eastern News pus but junk food," McNamara said. and great for business. Subway Subway will be located in the "Not much is open dwmg the P.Olice Faitern Martin Luther King Jr. University weekend, and it would be a nice from Page 1 Union in the same region as Chick­ addition to campus," Kupfet-schmid fil-A, which opened last semester. said. News better, because there aren't a lot of Both restaurants v.ill be open fi:om Mike Powell, a. sophomore math­ lilotter The Daily Eastern News is published daily, food choices (on campus)," Esposito 10:30 a.m. to 7:00p.m. Whether the ematics and computer science maj01~ Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill .• dur­ said. two restaw·ants v.ill be open on the said weekend hours are a good idea. ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly Amy McNamara, a senior psy­ weekends is still being debated, "Subway should definitely be DUI during the summer term except during school Cheston M. Hays, 29, of Paris, O vacations or examinations, by chology major, shares Esposito's Schna.ckel said. opened during the weekend, because I ~~"":a the students of Eastern llinois VIew. Some students said they think I'm het·e almost evety weekend," was chat·ged with driving under Universlty. SUbscription price: the influence at 1:22 a.m. $38 per semester, $1 6 for summer only, $68 all "There is nothing to eat on cam- weekend how·s v.ill be a good thing Powell said. year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of Wednesday at the comer of Lincoln Avenue and 18th The Associated Press. Which is entitled to aware to even said. ''Victims wake up and don't remember what hap­ excklsive use of al articles appearing ® Street. in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 Liquid G watch battenders at pened the night before." represent the majority opinioo of the bars who make the April Bruce, a sophomore accounting major, said a lot edttorial board; all other opinion pieces from Page 1 of victitus think it's just the alcohol because they're not are signed. The Daily Eastern News edttoriat drinks. Domestic Battery and business offices are located in Buzzard Steve Smith, a aware of the true effects. David L. Webb, 21, of the 1800 Hall.