University Archives (02) B o x 1063 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Meet the Student Government candidates in Thursday’s Alestle. ALTON - EAST ST. LOUIS * EDWARDSVILLE Tuesday, M arch 29, 2005 WWW.THEALESTLE .COM Vol. 57, No.49 Stabbing may lead Service employees to rally C o r y F r e e m a n Madison County Federation of from the university. to disciplinary action N e w s S t r i n g e r Labor and also the SIUE Student The food services Government. workers held a strike vote “The purpose of our rally is March 14, which gave SEIU C o r y F r e e m a n students turned over to SIUE food services workers to show that we are serious in our power to hold a strike, if N e w s S t r i n g e r police. will rally from 2:30 p.m. to positions,” State Division necessary, if management “We viewed the videotapes, 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Stratton Quadrangle. They will voice their Director of Service Employees does not bargain in good Twelve Alton High School and we identified the students complaints about the International Union Dale Hillier faith. students could face disciplinary from the tapes we felt were administration and hand out said. “We want the labor relations “This is a rally that has other action for their involvement in involved in inappropriate informational fliers to anyone department to quit dragging their unions and the student body the stabbing of one of their conduct,” Baiter told the St. interested. feet.” joining forces to resolve the labor classmates after a basketball Louis Post-Dispatch. The food services workers The food services relations issues on the gam e. SIUE police went to vvorkers hope to receive Edwardsville campus,” Hillier Carbondale last week to meet have received support from Alton Superintendent James better pay and better treatment said. Baiter said the disciplinary action with school officials who will would be based on video footage help them find the man they of the fighting that some Alton see STABBING page 3 Campus airs dirty laundry University official in fatal accident •% ■ C o r y F r e e m a n the surgery. She was in critical N e w s S t r i n g e r condition from Tuesday, March 22, at a hospital in Pompano Beach until her death Enrollment Management Saturday. Assistant Vice Chancellor Boyd Also hurt were Linda and Bradshaw and his wife, Heather, David Schermer who were were involved in a car wreck traveling with the Bradshaws. while vacationing in Florida for The Schermers were in good spring break. condition. Heather Bradshaw died The Mustang flipped, but the Saturday morning. driver of the Mustang was not The couple was vacationing seriously hurt. with another Edwardsville couple David Schermer was driving in Pompano Beach, Fla., when the Ford Escape and made a U- their rented Ford Escape collided tum in front of the Mustang at with a Ford Mustang March 20. about 5 p.m. March 20 on South Boyd Bradshaw suffered A ndy R ath no w/A l e s t l e Federal Highway, Broward minor injuries while Heather Project Dirty Laundry “airs” out the issues on the Stratton Quadrangle. The project, C ounty S h e riff’s D ep artm en t Bradshaw suffered more serious created by student Sara Carpenter, began Monday and will continue through Friday. spokesman Hugh Graf said. injuries that required brain The Mustang may have Schalene Houston Throughout the week, a “This project is important surgery. Doctors induced a been speeding, but the police N e w s S t r i n g e r number of events will take because many of us at SIUE coma to allow Heather Bradshaw investigation is not complete, place. are extremely busy with to rest comfortably after Graf added. The campus should prepare The “What Can I Do?” panel work, school, families and to see dirty laundry aired in discussion will be at 12:30 p.m. other obligations. Many times public this week. Tuesday in the Illinois Room of we don’t have time to do Barack Obama to present Project Dirty Laundry the Morris University Center. extra research about issues going creator and coordinator Sara Also, at 5 p.m. in the Illinois on in our communities,” Carpenter said the program is Room, the workshop “34 Million Carpenter said. bill in the Goshen Lounge designed to bring to light issues Friends of the Women of the Issues to be discussed in society that need attention in W orld.” include global education, child A i i s t i j : S t a f f R e p o r t order to mend. The evening will continue abuse, self-esteem and sexual “Project Dirty Laundry is with a disc jockey spinning for orientation discrimination. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama airing the dirty laundry of society change from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. There are several will hold a news conference at and working together to clean it at the Stagger Inn in downtown organizations sponsoring this 1:25 p.m. Tuesday in the Goshen up,” Carpenter said. Edwardsville. This event will event, including United Campus Lounge of the Morris University A silent auction will take benefit the United Way and 34 Ministries. Carpenter, a UCM Center to discuss his first bill as a place throughout the week in the Million Friends, a grass-roots peer minister, said they are all United States Senator. middle of the Stratton movement to save women’s lives. thrilled about the program. The bill is called the Quadrangle. All proceeds of the Carpenter said this program “We have done a tremendous Higher Education Opportunity auction will go to the various is to raise awareness in two amount of work and are Pell Grant Expansion Act. issues being aired during the different ways. extremely excited about the Through the bill Obama hopes to project, according to a press “Our two-part focus is events going on throughout the see an increase in the amount of release. raising awareness of local and week,” Carpenter added. money available to college A lunch may also global issues and inspiring action Students can see the dirty students through the Pell be purchased Tuesday and toward solutions,” Carpenter laundry in the Quad until noon G rant. Wednesday. Tuesday’s proceeds said. Friday. Obama, a democrat, was will go to overseas hunger In addition. Carpenter said For more information, visit P h o t o C o u r t e s y o f sworn into office on Jan. 4, 2005. projects while Wednesday’s she believes this program is www.geocities.com/projectdirtyl OBAMAFORILLINOIS. COM He spent seven years in the donations will benefit local Barack Obama important for the SIUE aundry/main.html or e-mail Illinois state Senate. hunger projects. com m unity. Carpenter at [email protected]. WWW.THEALESTLE.COM TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2005 Zee Express, Inc. Wildey Theatre lights back up Zee Only Way to Travel C o r y F r e e m a n Institute of Theatre Technology responsible for two new helped with the demolition and projects to renovate the front pan 14 Pass. SUV Limos N e w s S t r in g e r cleanup of the interior of the of the building and develop a 26 & 36 Pass. Party Buses theater. banquet hall, both of which For the first time in 20 years, Any & All Occasions “They saved the city of would be separate from the the Wildey Theatre in downtown Edwardsville between $40,000 auditorium. Edwardsville will light up the (800) 958 - 5655 and $50.000,” Walker said. According to Walker, the streets. www.zexpressbuNandlimo.com Walker has been attempting city of Edwardsville had two The city of Edwardsville will to restore the Wildey Theatre for goals in mind when renovating hold a Wildey marquee lighting the past six years. He the theater. The first goal was to ceremony at 6:30 p.m. worked with the mayor of make it more presentable. The Tuesday. Edwardsville and former Sen. second goal was to make the The ceremony is due in large Evelyn Bowles to secure a state theater more marketable to part to Rich Walker, chair of the grant to allow the city to buy the potential developers. Wildey Development Committee building. “The renovation certainly and assistant to the vice “We’ve worked at putting a accomplished both of those $14 Mystic chancellor of administration at new roof on, and the exterior goals,” Walker said. “We’ll SIU E. work is just now finished,” demonstrate that (Tuesday) when “It’s going to be a significant Walker said. “The next step is we turn on the lights.” Tans Daily event in the life of this historic working with a developer to open Anyone interested in building,” Walker said. “The Located next to Denny’s in front of Wal-Mart the auditorium for movies and learning more about the Wildey www.hollywoodtanco.com 656-8266 Wildey Theatre will be a jewel in live performances.” Theatre can visit downtown Edwardsville.” The developer would also be www. wildey theatre .com. Twelve members of the U.S. Call 656-UTAN (8826) 6455 Center Grove Rd., Suite 101 Edwardsville, IL 62025 Work the polls for the elections Jessica Baladad and make sure things are done “We have 19 workers, but N ews Strin ger properly,” Election we need several more for 9 Z Z l& ? S Commissioner Charmaine Baines Monday and Tuesday,” Kimmel said.