Eastern Illinois University The Keep March 2002 3-22-2002 Daily Eastern News: March 22, 2002 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2002_mar Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: March 22, 2002" (2002). March. 12. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2002_mar/12 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2002 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in March by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Friday, March 22, 2002 Vol. 86 No. 123 ews thedailyeasternnews.com "Tell the truth and don't be afraid." Reduced funding forces sacrifices the past, because the compensation is what AB allocations will hurt retains students on the UB, Stephanie Skrzypek, UB chair, said Thursday. rec center, homecoming "(It's) at least a little something we could do," By Maura Possley she said. Campus editor In addition, a plarmed increase in the programming Despite efforts to come up with funds from AB gets mal at 7th St. Underground will outside sources, the University Board and budgets now not materialize. Instead Sports and Recreation will be unable to act on Boards submit of the two acoustic perfor­ some plans to expand their programs and facil­ final revisions. mances per month the UB ities for next year, because the Apportionment wanted to fund, there will Board could not give them the funds they want­ Page 3a only be one per semester. ed. Many more student acts will The UB asked for $203,813.20 from the be hired instead of professional acts and will be AB, which is funded through the student paid $25 per show, instead of the previous $50, Activity Fee, for next year's budget. But the AB Skrzypek said. allocated $189,876, almost $15,000 less than The UB's part in homecoming will also be requested. Sports and Recreation also received downsized next year as a result of its budget. $31 ,358 less than the projected budget of They will not longer co-sponsor the 2.5K race $179,000. and it will be left up to the recreation center to As a result of the lack of an increase they put on the event. desired, both the UB and the Student Other UB spending for homecoming Recreation Center will suffer; however, the AB including paint for the streets, crowns for the said because the organizations project a higher king and queen and decorations for coronation amount than expected they are prepared to be will be slimmed down; however, Skrzypek said, given a smaller amount than what is asked for, not cut completely. Jen Fanthorpe, student vice president for fman­ "(It) doesn't mean we can't have it, it just cial affairs, said Thursday. means we've got less to spend on it," she said. Since the budget proposals, the UB has been In the past, the UB has relied on co-spon­ reallocating their spending to decide what its soring events in order to make them possible. funds will be used for next year and what will be However, Skrzypek said there is only so cut. much funds through the co-sponsorship and for Among the cuts, the compensation that the alternative methods UB is trying to pair up with Colin McAuliffe/Associate photo editor 13 UB coordinators receive will be downsized local businesses for sponsorship packages. But Brigid Carlquist, a sociology major, puts mileage on a treadmill as she j ogs Thursday from $100 to $50 per month. The compensa­ night in the Student Recreation Center. tion will not be completely cut, as it has been in See CUTS Page 7a Conn suggests changes, Cavanaugh's current campus touts record at Martin gives candidate mixed review By Jamie Fetty and Scott Miller ers," he said. Administration reporters Teaching is the center of a uni­ versity, Conn said, and because of By Pat Guinane Adrien Lopez, president of the Campus was unhappy Phillip Conn, Eastern's second of that, he supports faculty compensa­ Associate news editor association similar to Eastern's w i h three finalists in the search for a new tion. Conn said he didn't have Student Senate, said Cavanaugh visit begins Cavan augh's president, fielded questions about much experience in collective bar­ Eastern's final presidential can­ did not initially seek the SGA's Cavanaugh handling of the collective bargaining, fund raising gaining, but has studied it. didate, John Cavanaugh, brings input before presenting next year's interviewing proposed Friday and and his experience in a faculty open In a later interview, Conn dis­ the support and praise of many of tuition and fee increases to the increases, mem­ Saturday session interview Thursday. cussed the strength of his work at his colleagues with him to campus. state's Board of Governors. The Page Sa bers of the uni- Conn, the Tennessee-Martin, despite contro­ Representatives SGA does not have a formal stake versity's faculty vice president versy with faculty and dealing with of the faculty in the approval process, unlike and administration contend the for special pro­ the death of his wife of 28 years. and adminis­ Eastern, where the senate and the provost assumed a key leadership grams at the "W hen you look at what we did tration at the Tuition and Fee Review role at a time when state budget University of in two years while I was chancellor University of Committee it oversees provide stu­ cuts forced UNC-Wilmington to Tennessee­ at Martin it was phenomenal," he N o r t h dents a forum to discuss such raise tuition and fees . Knoxville , said. "We revitalized a campus life Caro l ina ­ increases. "No one ever really wants to descri b ed there which had gone flat." Wilmington, "It's not that we were so do that," Patricia Leonard, UNC­ E astern's Martin was going through some L----- -__. describe their opposed to (the increases) we just W ilmington's vice chancellor for John Cavanaugh and Phillip Conn alumni as a changes at that time, which Conn provost wanted to have a voice in it," student affairs, said, admitting willing but unmined resource. said "takes much more work com­ vice chancellor for academic affairs as Lopez said Thursday. that may not be the perception "Eastern has a large group ofalum ­ municating than when things are cooperative and an accessible leader. The increases, originally pre­ among students. However, ni who I know are enthusiastic and are status quo. I have learned that get­ However, the president of the sented to the board in January, Cavanaugh has kept students relatively untapped," Conn said. ting into a mode of progress makes university's Student Government were not approved until earlier this informed of the process, "so that Another way to secure funding great communication systems Association said the provost has month Lopez said the approval they can understand it not like for Eastern is to make it stand out, highly important." not been as receptive to student process was postponed after the it," Leonard said Wednesday. Conn said. Conn aiso said it is difficult to input, especially with regard to the SGA led a campus protest to make "You have to have that elevated university budget and campus its concerns heard. positive visibility to attract follow- See CONN Page 7a diversity. While Lopez said the SGA See CAVANAUGH Page 7a FRIDAY March 22, 2002 OF THE WEEKEND The cast of Federation of United Wrestlers includes local Roc's bartender OJ Lukewarm 11 See page 4B AN INTERVIEW WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE DEATH APOCALYPSE NOW with David Singer Campus Bar Traditions of the great american arcade and Soul Survivors Reviews Page 2b Page 3b page 4b Page Sb 2a T~ Friday, March 22, 2002 ~========:--------....-N...... ......-.e \Jtlail~ternNew]\ s _____________ FiStern News The Daily Eastern News is published daily, Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill. cluing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly during the sunvner term except dur- today ing school vacations or ~ examinations, by the stu­ 38 ° ~ dents of Eastern Illinois University. Subscription price: $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of The Associated Press, which is entitled to exclusive use of all arti- ® des appearing in this paper. 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Heather Robinson faculty about colonialism and Africa Thursday afternoon in Coleman Room 3732. Admilistration editor ...........................Jamie Fetty Campus editor ...............................Ma ura Possley Cly editor ............................................ Brandi Volk Student government editor.. .J essica Danielewicz Features edl or. ............................ .Julie Ferguson pertain to various subjects such as the community are invited to International Theater Festival, a Photo edl or. .................................Mandy Marshall recreation, special education and attend the dinner from 6 to 8:30 press release said. Associate phOto edl or ................... Colil McAuliffe Senior photographer. ...................Sang. Young lee physical education, Barb Walker, p.m.