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Page 3 Page12 ternational ousing plans Fla·gs lowered ut on hold in memory of ByEastern KIM MIKUS senior Senior reporter The Housing Office's plan to Ninth Street Hall into an Friends, family and the entire Eastern ernational hall by the fall of community remembered senior Michael David Nettleton's death as the flags in front 90 has apparently fallen ugh, although Housing offi­ of Old Main were halfmast on Monday. ls still anticipate the hall Eastern President Stan Rives said he uld be switched in time for the decided to lower the flags because of Nettleton's death, which ocurred Saturday of 1991. Lou Hencken, director of hous­ morning in Pana. ' said "all sorts of things came "In loving memory of our brother " to prevent the housing office Michael Nettleton" was painted in white m transforming the hall by the letters on a black sign in front of the Sigma 15 15 oming fall semester. Nu fraternity house, Ninth St. "When we sat down with the About eight or nine of Nettleton 's Sigma rnational students to plan this, Nu fraternity brothers attended the wake lot of questions came up," Monday evening at Gardener Funeral ncken said. Home in Nettleton 's hometown of Belleville, said Sigma Nu member Ken Hencken added some of these THOM RAKESTRAW/Associate photo editor stions involved cooking facili­ Rosemaria de Moraes teaches Brazilian dance steps to some members of the audience at a Martin. Nettleton had been a fraternity ' office space and keeping the Monday night pe1formance at the TarbleArts Center. member for more than three semesters. Martin said the fraternity members also I open 12 months. Instead of opening up the hall plan to attend funeral services, which will as an international hall with be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Belleville. r Nettleton, second in command for the se questions hanging over their Brazilian dance teaches ds, Hencken said the housing Panthers Ranger Company, was driving ce decided to wait one year to Saturday morning with ROTC Company are. out of the ordinary steps Commander Keven Wesolowski to look for potential sites for ROTC land navigation "If you 're going to do it, do it By SANDY SKADAUSKI exercises. t," Hencken said. Staff writer The housing office's decision While driving on a country road, a pick­ up truck struck the driver's side of tum Ninth Street Hall into an It wasn't just an ordinary dance lesson for Nettleton 's car at a.m. The impact rnational hall was due to the ordinary dance steps like the waltz or polka. 7:30 threw him from the car while Wesolowski, cern about the plight of inter- It was the national dance and music of the passenger, was thrown to the back seat. ·onal students. Brazil that Rosemaria de Moraes taught "The samba is part of our ,life ," said de · The students were taken to Pana By turning the hall into an Monday night at the Tarble Arts Center. "It Moraes. "It is on the street, in the ballrooms Community Hospital, where Nettleton's rnational hall, international was difficult to design a class because of the and even when we tum on the radio and listen condition stabilized and Wesolowski was ents would be able to stay in African-Brazilian influences, so I tried to when we are working at home." de Moraes released. hall during holiday breaks, design it so that it shows different dances," program presented different types of samba Doctors planned to transfer Nettleton to es when some of these stu­ said de Moraes. which included very basic and· simple steps. St. John's Hospital in Springfield, but he ts have no idea where they are Eastern's Afro-American Studies and Art "It is always one-two," she explained to her died en route at a.m. at St. Vincent's · g to go. Deparments, the Charleston Area Arts students. 11 :05 Hospital in Taylorville. Huri Calderon, president of the Council, and the Tarble Arts Center co-spon­ De Moraes presented a videotape of some Henry Mitchell, the driver of the pickup sociation of International sored the Afro-Brazilian Dance Forms. of the popular samba dances before teaching a truck, was taken to Pana Community dents, said it's too bad the hall De Moraes is the founder, choreographer, few simple steps some of them. One such ' Hospital and remains in stable condition. t be open as an international dancer, actress and artistic director of the dance included the Maxixe (pronounced ma­ Mitchell was issued a traffic citation for because "we come from other Samba Rio dance company which is based in shi-shi). De de Moraes explained that the cos­ failure to yield. ces and we don't have any New York. She presented a lesson in samba tumes were typical of a street person. "You Sigma Nu member Darryl Arfsten , a e to go when holidays come dance to a group in front of the audience. de know, the men are all dressed up in Panama good friend of Nettleton's , said before the . nd." Moraes's smile and energy made it easy to hats and white linen suits and they smooth talk services Monday, "Mike was a straightfor­ Calderon added when holidays learn the basic steps of the samba. "You trying women to get their way," she said. "The men ward person. come up, those such as spring to tell me you can't do this? I don't believe it!" do the footsteps and the women move their "He knew what he wanted in life. He ak, Thanksgiving and she said to her volunteers. hips in this one. Samba is done by everybody." ·stmas, most international stu- knew what he was doing," Arfsten added. ts have to either go to other ces, look for motels or find families. he idea of the plan centered Liquor Board will continue discussion nd housing one international By BOB McKEE Items proposed at last week's Eastern 's Police Chief Tom the bar-entrance age to 21 ent with one American stu- City editor meeting including changing the Larsen. Any of their suggestions because it would put "so many t, Hencken said, emphasizing bar-entrance age to 21 and impos­ then will be considered and action out onto the street," and if the city hall also is "planned for If all goes as planned, at the ing penalties more strict than the taken. can't enforce liquor laws now it is rican students." end of the Charleston Liquor ones in the original proposal were After these channels have been questionable if it could do that lderon said the idea is a good Advisory Board meeting Tuesday, part of a·five-page document of traveled, the Board will hold pub­ with stricter entrance ages to bars. , and will provide both the Board members will have com­ suggested changes given to the lic hearings to get reactions from Kennedy added if a person is rnational students and the pleted a preliminary proposal board by City Attorney Brian the public. educated on the topic of alcohol erican students with "good addressing the city's alcohol­ Bower, Rennels said. The changes But a preliminary proposal may and drinking "a person can drink rience." related issues. are among items suggested by cit­ be hard to complete , as a second responsibly if they are 19 or 21." It would be a good idea if they "Hopefully by the end of the izens as well as council members. agenda item will be the possibility Kennedy said she supports ed soon," Calderon said. meeting a preliminary proposal "We went through the proposals, that house parties could increase restrictions such as not selling e hall, which would be co-ed will be completed in total," said changed and objected (to) some," if the bar-entrance age is raised to kegs past 8 p.m., but added "a bar floor, was chosen because of Board member Larry Rennels. Rennels said. 21. is a more controlled atmosphere size, Hencken said. Hencken Rennels said the board will After a preliminary proposal is "That's one issue we will have than a private party." the hall has a capacity of 54 continue discussirig existing city completed, it will then be present­ to examine," Rennels said. "Its The question of why there is ed to Bower, to ensure it is legally one of many issues." only one student board member, · ents, which is just about how liquor ordinances at the meeting y students the housing office at 5:30 p.m. in the city municipal correct, and to both Charleston Student Body President Patty Brett Gerber, also was mentioned. building, Jackson Ave. Police Chief Herb Steidinger and Kennedy said she opposes raising • Continued 011 page 2 •Continued on page 2 520 2 Tuesday, February 20, 1990 The Dally Eastern Eastern represent at national tourney By CHARLA BRAUTIGAM judges is a practicing att Campus editor Leigh said, adding Eas students "performed very Even though Eastern did not and got some very good 10 place in the National Only team awards Intercollegiate Mock Trial presented along with 10 a Tournament over the weekend, for the best attorneys an the competitors' spirits are not awards for the best witn discouraged.