Eastern Illinois University The Keep September 1999 9-29-1999 Daily Eastern News: September 29, 1999 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_sep Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: September 29, 1999" (1999). September. 19. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1999_sep/19 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 1999 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in September by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Daily Wednesday 61˚ Showers 56˚ September 29, 1999 Inside Eastern Sports Lessons out of www.eiu.edu/~den Off the Eastern Illinois University the classroom Charleston, Ill. 61920 bench Inaugural events continue with a Vol. 85, No. 28 Various reserve players have 12 pages panel discussion on teaching and come up big for many teams learning through research . News this year. Story on Page 3 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Story on Page 12 Senate will wait to start peer program Cooperation plan will be implemented only if bar extension hours approved By Chris Sievers council repre- Student government editor More inside sentatives, Kristina Kerby Student Body President Keith Student Senate and Lorri Cosentino said the implementation members will Thompson, to of a peer cooperation program will discuss peer serve as the liai- cooperation pro- not take place until the Charleston son between the gram at today’s City Council agrees to extend bar meeting. campus commu- hours. Page 5 nity and the City “We’re going to wait until the Council. But city agrees to extend the bar hours their report from (before we implement the pro- the Sept. 21 City Council meeting gram),” Cosentino said. never made it to the Student Cosentino also said the pro- Senate. gram is not the responsibility of the The peer cooperation program senate, but the campus community is designed to make Eastern stu- as a whole. dents more responsible for their “For this to be successful, (the actions and those of their friends. campus community) is going to At last week’s City Council have to cooperate with the city and meeting, Mayor Dan Cougill and other students,” he said. council members specifically Charleston City Council mem- asked Kerby and Thompson to bers said for the bar hours to be deliver the message of starting a extended, Student Senate members peer cooperation program to senate must implement the peer coopera- members before the council would Sara Figiel / Staff photographer tion program. approve the extension of the bar But the message was not deliv- hours. Oink! Oink! ered to the full senate. Kerby and Thompson were not Tony Torres, a junior psychology major, participates in a pie-eating contest Tuesday in the lobby of Stevenson Earlier this semester, the Hall. This was just one contest in Stevenson’s “Tower Week.” Student Senate appointed two city See PROGRAM Page 2 Astronomer discovers Flies plague success in stargazing Dining Center Alum helps discover rings around Uranus Pest control department called By Amy Thon they discovered the ring system to help fight insects in Taylor Assoc. news editor I got a degree in physics around Uranus. Millis and his fel- low astronomers were at an obser- By Kara Kitner “Senate in Chaos.” vatory in Australia studying the Staff writer These were the words former brightness of a star when they This has been a problem we Student Senate President Robert NowWhat? stumbled on the ring system. Panther Dining has joined “ Millis read in the Daily Eastern “The star started blinking off forces with Eastern’s pest control are addressing.We have to News in 1962 the morning after he A fellow student, Allen Keith, and on. It was totally unexpected. department this week to find a keep food safety in mind led his first meeting. who was an editor for the Daily ‘(I thought) what’s wrong here? food-safe method of combating the with any pest control sprays, “Recovering from that rocky Eastern News while Millis was in Nothing should be happening, but invasion of flies that has recently start was interesting, but we did,” office, said he remembers Millis as my signal is jumping all over the plagued Taylor Hall’s dining center. traps,etc. said Millis, now 58, living in a capable student body president. place,’” Millis said. Panther Dining notified the pest Susan White, Flagstaff, Ariz. “I was not a close friend of Originally, the group thought its control department when they first Assistant director of Taylor Dining Although Millis was a consid- Bob’s, however, I do remember equipment was failing when the noticed the flies, but the department Center ered a bright student by both his him as an intelligent and articulate star’s light couldn’t be seen consis- has yet to come up with a food-safe peers and professors, no one guy. He seemed to be quite at ease tently. What was actually happen- solution, said Susan White, assis- expected him to go on to become a in serving as student body presi- ing was the star was partially tant director of Taylor Dining pest control sprays, traps, etc. Right recognized astronomer and direc- dent– but at the same time, was obstructed by the rings no one Center. now they are trying to find some” tor of one of the only privately- quite effective,” Keith said. “This has been a problem we are type of spray, trap, etc. that is food- owned observatories in the coun- Millis and his partners caught addressing,” she said. “We have to try. the world’s attention in 1977 when See ASTRONOMER Page 2 keep food safety in mind with any See FLIES Page 2 2 Wednesday, September 29, 1999 The Daily Eastern News The Daily Program Eastern from page 1 News The Daily Eastern News is published daily, at the Sept. 22 senate meeting to deliv- Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., dur- er the message and Mike LeShoure, ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly during the summer term except during school student vice president for public vacations or examinations, by affairs, who appointed them as repre- PRINTED WITH SOYINK the students of Eastern Illinois TM sentatives, did not report the findings University. Subscription price: $38 per semester, $16 for summer only, $68 all of the two representatives. year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of Cosentino said it would be benefi- The Associated Press, which is entitled to cial to the senate if the City Council exclusive use of all articles appearing in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 student representatives attended senate represent the majority opinion of the meetings. editorial board; all other opinion pieces are signed. The Daily Eastern News editorial LeShoure said the reason the City and business offices are located in Buzzard Council’s request was not discussed Hall, Eastern Illinois University. was because of the length of the senate Periodical postage paid at Charleston, IL 61920. meeting and the fact the peer coopera- ISSN 0894-1599. tion program was not set up. LeShoure Printed by Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920. said the issues will be discussed today Postmaster: Send address changes to at the Student Senate meeting. The Daily Eastern News LeShoure said it was not the role of Buzzard Hall the City Council representatives to Sara Figiel / Staff Photographer Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL 61920. attend senate meetings, but they are to Jeri Tegtmeyer, a freshman zoology major, swats at the bothersome flies in Taylor Hall’s dining service report to him and he will relay the Tuesday afternoon. She must guard her food from the flies as she eats her lunch. information to senate members. “noticed the flies the past week,” but, although she Matt Layette, speaker of the senate, thought their presence was “pretty gross,” it has not Daily Eastern News staff said the student representatives should Flies kept her from dining at Taylor. Editor in chief .................................Deana Poole* attend some of the senate meetings. from page 1 Jenny Carrol, a freshman elementary education Managing editor..........................Nicole Meinheit* “The best solution is to have the two News editor ..................................Tammie Sloup* major, said she noticed the flies but she did not think it Associate news editor.........................Amy Thon* representatives to report the -safe.” was a serious problem. Editorial page editor ..............Meghan McMahon* Wednesday after the City Council The flies entered Taylor during last Wednesday’s “I have had complaints from the students and am Development director.......................Laura Irvine* meeting so everything is fresh in their Activities editor..........................Elizabeth O’Riley picnic when the staff kept the patio doors of the dining trying to address these as best as I can,” White noted. Administration editor...............Melanie Schneider minds on weeks when (the report) has center open to move the food and equipment outside, White said food preparation has remained the same Campus editor................................Geneva White something to do with Student White said. City editor ........................................Matt Neistein and Taylor Dining Center has continued food service Student government editor..............Chris Sievers Government,” he said. Kelly Lund, a freshman English major, said she as usual. Photo editor.................................Mandy Marshall Associate photo editor..................................open know went into astronomy.” the observatory, receiving little “I was tremendously severe. You Sports editor .....................................Chad Merda Across the nation, an average of money from the government, com- had to earn a good grade in my Associate sports editor .......................Kyle Bauer Astronomer Verge editor ......................................Dan Ochwat 1,000 doctorate degrees in physics pared to other observatories. class. My standards were high and I Associate Verge editor ..................Christy Kilgore from page 1 are earned and fewer than 100 are in “Days aren’t typical,” he said.