Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC December 1996 Daily Egyptian 1996 12-5-1996 The Daily Egyptian, December 05, 1996 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_December1996 Volume 82, Issue 70 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1996 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in December 1996 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Inside: Glyph tells of the positiy~ side ~s w¢11 as the odditie?-of e.lectrp_nic c~at roOms e Daily Egyptian Thr~sy Southern Illinois Unh·crsity at Carbondale . Vol. 82, No. 70, 20 pages Power grid bill falls two Votes short By Dylan Fenley tion of the Pim:knl!)'\'illC pri,011. llou~. Earlier this year. the lfou~ "\Ve de,pi:r:1tcly lll"\.-d to get tho,.,: the Recreation Center. the Blue D,1ily Ei-wpti,m Rcporlt•, Fi\'c ckctrical kcdi:r lini:s that 1:1hk<l the hill without :1 vote ft."\.-ders replaced. and rm ccnainly Barrncks and parts of University supply powi:r for more lh:111 two• hec:111,e it was cxpected·111 fail dis.1pp11in1ed that !he bill foiled to Park without power for 12 hours. third, or the huildings on campus u~.iin. p;L,s." he s.iid. "But we·n: going to Physical Plant employees made ,\ hill that would h:we prm·iJi:il are h:1dly in ni:cd of n:pl:11:emen1 A 1hn:e-fir1h, 111:1jori1y was !1aw 10 lake a lc•ok at our option~ temporary repairs to the feeder. fund, for 1bpi:r.11i:ly neede1I repair, hi."C:1u,e of :11!e and waler d:unal!e. ~>ttuire<l for the hill to p,i-, in the ,111d sec where we c:111 gn from restoring power in those area.~. but to SIUC's power grid fi:11 two w:e, Uni\·ersity oflici:11, ,ay :i m:1jnr lluu~. It ti:llju,1 two ,ores ,hon of hen:.- . TweL-dy said ii is only a mauer or ,hun of p:1"ing in the Illinois llousc foilun: of thi: f.-.:de!' could c..:cur :II th:11 nrnrk. with :1 · vntc on Tweedy said that emergency time hcforc another feeder shuts of Represclllati\·e, Wednesday. :mv time. le:1\'inl! them no choice Wednesd:iy or 61J-45. with one funds could he us.-d 111 make minor down. 1l1e hill would have authnri,cd hui HI dc1'C the l0,i111pu,. :ihsh:ntion. · n:p:1irstnthcl<."\.-<lcrs.butSIUCd11l.-s State Rep. Mike Bost. R­ the ,ate of hond, by the stale to Unh-cr,it\' official, ha\·c tried James Tw."\."lly. SIUC ,-kc ch:m­ nnt h:1ve the funds to deal with a Murphysbom. said ,·oting on the bill tinancc a \'aricty of pmj•-cts :1cm,, un,uc:l-cs,fuliy fur two years In get cclh•r for ;1dmini,tr.1ti1111. s.1id the major failure. w:L, mainly along pany line~. with lllinoi,. including rep:1irs 10 SIUC"s ,rate funding In n:plal-c the li:l-ders. dl!li:at of the hill is a dis.1ppointment One of the li\·e focders failed in . :1ging power grid and the cumpk- In 1995. the hill wa, dcli::1ted in the for the Uniwrsiry. Scptcmher. leaving Bmsh Towers. see VOTE, page 12 Information A CLASS ACT from waivers tobe opened By Jennifer Camden · D,1ily r1:w1i,m Rl·1x1rter lnformaliun on slate univcrsitv ,1udcn1s who n.-cchc !Uitiun w.iiwrs fmm ,talc lc!!islatnrs will he opi:n Ill the puhlic beginning next ·r:i11. an lllinoi" I louse mtc de1ennincd Tu1.-s<lay. Gov. Jim Edgar us.-d his amcndal1ll)' \'l'IO power 10 pul more 11.-cth in 1hc tuition wai\·cr hill !he ,1a1c lcg­ isl:11un: appm\·L-d in its spring ~s,ion. which al liN only ~>t1ui~,J di,c(c,-.urc uf each wui\'cr n.-cipicni"s n:une :md the name Ii\ the sponsoring lcgislalllr. In addition 111 1ha1 ·f:fonn.itinn. the new law will release the name of each ~-cipieni"s sc:hool and the :unnunt of each aw:1r<l. along with proof of each ~"Cipicnc"s re,id<!ncy in the spnn,oring lcgisla!Or"s di,,ric1. Gus Bode Edgar spokesman Enc Rohin,un s.1iJ lhc governor· s - amcnJmcnts make the pm• grJm. whidt costs 54..J mil­ lion annually, al-cnuntahlc In l:l\p:1ycrs. "It's puhlie money. Ml the public ha, the right to know where ii"s going," he said. Sue Davis. SIUC University News Scr\'icc PAl,l'.tAIIOS - fl••/J,1ifrf1;n>1i.111 din.-ctnr. said the Uni\'er.;ily i, not afl'cctcd by the stale i'l'la Ml"/011«• (hftJ, 11 ,oplrm,wn· iu Jirur11n•frc1111 C,,r/,i,111d11/i•, fvkl,~fy 1-1,-,;/.:t'//,, 11 j1111for /11 mu,;irn/ //,c,1/a Jn1111 Gus says: A tuilion C,1r/,011d11h•, mrd l.11ris,11 William,-, ,, ,011/wmorc• iu _f.r,;him, d,-,;igu from Q11i11r_11, 1•1•~fi•rm "En·ry/,,~(Jf _11011 ,;h•pl ll'i/1, legislature·, decision to n:lc:Lse the information. waiver would be i,; l,m• /,1111:'\1,1" iu /ht• K/l'i111111 T11c-,;d11_11. T/J1• J't"rfe1n!1,111cc• 1~1~/ /1,c'ir 1•,·~{t,mri11g c11//11ri•d,1,;,;. Tllt'lrln• i, "(l's not a University great, but I would rather have a Speech students learn culture through performance see WAIVERS, page 12 finals waiver. By Melissa Jakubowski new multi-c1:l1ur:il hr:mch of the con: more out of th~ cla" th:111 he cxpt.-cll-d. DE fc,1turc, Editor curric:ulum. "By pi:rlnn11ing. you can learn the lie --:1i<l the cl:1" differs from or.ii · pi:rspt.-cti\'C anti lhc point of \'iew of :1 Inside Index in1erprc1:11ion and pcrfor111:111c:c an, c:ullure on a p:1nicular ,uhjl-c1:: he s.1ill. s a mother prepa~-s In cnok cla"scs hi.-.-.11ise it i, de,il!n•-d to fu~-c "You c:111 hecnnh~ one with them. I Health Service Opinion ••• PI:• -I dinner for her ,on. he ,·a,ual­ students to le:irn ahout ~lilli:n:nt cul• kam1.-d u lot in the cla..._,_.. ly tells her he 11:L, ,\IDS. She offering AIDS Classified •• p,:. 13 A lures tli'mugh pi:rfonn:ml-c :uul p~'SCn• . 1llc sl..it Melone w-.i., part of wa, one lest lo students. hm,hes him off and tell, him she doc, l:llion. of sill th:11 were pi:rfom1cd hy the l;l Comics ••• PI:• 17 not have time 10 hear ahout it :11 !he "You can study a culture hy per• ,1udcn1,. 1l1c skits rnngcd fmm solo , page 3 Sports •••• pg. 20_ moment. funning ii," he s.1iJ. "It's I.ind of :111 prcscnlaticm, lo gmup pi:rfonnanl-cs. ,\, she wall., away. !he ,on wonders cmhodiment. You put ynursclfin their Eac:h skit wa, an c,iamplc of different out loud. "So.:icty n:j~"Ct, AIDS. tiicml, shell!,. You lc:1111 about it lirst h:md cla" :L,signmcnts. · Glyph Weather reject AIDS. hut mothers :in: supposed in,tc.uf ,if w;1tching or reading ahoul . M.:lolly I kskcth. :i junior in mu,kal tn he forcwr - aren"t they'!' i1." theater fmm Carhondale. said the read­ 1l1c .ihm-c s.·cne wa, taken fmm a Many ,1uJc111, agree that 1,mining ings :inti ~-scan.:h lhat had Ill he done · John Lennon's· :. Today: Rain/Snow high -.chnol play and wa, pi:rfonm.-d hy life, death in,ight intll :mother culture i, the main hcfore ll p~-scntation W-J.'i pi:rfom11.-J in High two stutlcnh to a p.11:l.cd Klcin:111 :mr:ictinn nr the cla". class emph:1Sizell !he _learning pnll'L."''· · remembered. 1l1ealn: .ii 8 p.111. Tuesday.· · By pllnrJying a hc1cm,cxual with ··You L-;m't pi:rfonu anything' with­ 42 The performers arc not 1hc:11er AIDS in the :1hnvc-men1ioncd skil.· out a greater understanding of what inside Low majors or cwn regular ,rage pi:rfonn­ Pc1cr Melone. a sophumnn: in lin:1nl-C yllu·n: pcrfonning;· she said. 31 ers. hut arc mcmher., of lhe n•:w fmm C:1rhondalc. ~,id he hl-c:unc !l.ym­ Even though his.scene had been ,Sport~ - Sp.-.-ch Crnnmunk:11iun, con:-curricu• p.uhctil: Ill a culture th.it he ha, con­ plannL'll fur lhl\.'1! Wl-ck., :inti already lum cla", Pcrfonuing Culture,. sl:1111 ly read about. hut never wa, pn.~ntl-d Ill his cl,L'-'· Mclllne s.iill Tomo·rrow: Sunny Nathan Stucl.y, an :1,.;.-.:i:11e pmfes• cxpi:ricnccd pi:rson:1lly. he wa, c,itremcly ncrvllUS about pi:r­ TCI drops' WGN snr in speech communicatinns :md Melone said he signed up fur the litrming in front of :m :iudicncc of High from lineup at 45 • in,1ructnr of one of the th~'C section,. cl:M hi."\.-;mse of the gcnernl L't1Ul';llion end of monlh. ,aid the cia" \\·a, dcn~lnpi:d for the rctjuire1~1cnt. hut he s.1iJ he got a 1111 see CLASS, page 9 Low page_20 33 ~NEWS Daily Egyptin11 Thursday, December 5, 1996 ~ti~~~gARi-1------- TODAY • Spanish Table, Dec.