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PARTLY SUNNY a high of 93º The Back to INSIDE Daily basics Eastern Football team to work Show me on fundamentals after 41-0 loss to Eastern Illinois University TUESDAY Western Charleston, Ill. 61920 September 2, 1997 the money Vol. 83, No. 7 Eastern requests $125,000 16 pages from the IBHE for minority PAGE teacher program News 16 PAGE 5 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Stairway fire set in Copland Carman Grant money allows Eastern By BRITT CARSON News editor to hire police on foot, bicycle By ERIN WELTZER put more officers onto the streets. Fire engines and police cars and SCOTT BOEHMER Last year, three of the six new swarmed upon Carman Hall Staff writers officers began walking their beats. Friday as more than 30 students The six officers patrol from 9 evacuated the building. Campus police are hitting the p.m. to 3 a.m. in the Triad and “Someone intentionally set a sidewalks and bike paths, literally. Greek Court area. Larson said this fire in the stairwell in the south As part of the Cops Universal allows the officers to become more tower of Carman Hall,” arson grant program, the visible and promotes investigator Paul Cottingham University Police All along we better commun- said. Department received look for ways ication between Cottingham said a resident money to put three to keep the campus themselves, faculty, assistant discovered the fire and new officers on safer, and it’s hard to staff and students. pulled the fire alarm. He said bicycle and foot turn“ away when the Jeff Cariens, one someone set several newspapers patrols this year. A of three new police on fire in the stairwell, but there total of six officers government pays three- officers hired under were no major damages and no are part of this quarters of the costs.” the program, said the ANNA BETZELBERGER/Staff photographer injuries. program, which Tom Larson, work the officers do University police officer Jeff Cariens writes out a ticket on Monday for a “As far as the building was provides a grant for University Police chief will be basically the truck parked in a fire lane east of Thomas Hall. Cariens is one of the concerned there is no structural $25,000 per officer same as other new officers employed because of the Cops Universal grant program. damage,” Cottingham said. per year for three years, said officers. The new officers are officers here.” Larson said. Resident Assistant Rob Evans, University Police Chief Tom currently going through training, However, Larson said the Cariens also said the additional a senior history and sociology Larson. which takes about three months to officers hired under the grant are a manpower should allow more major, said Chris Murin, the The cost helps to cover complete. significant addition to the force. flexibility within the department. associate hall director, knocked expenses including equipment and “It’s exactly the same (role),” “All along we look for ways to “I think the department will be on his door after smelling smoke the officers’ salaries. The grant Cariens said. “We were all hired keep the campus safer and it’s hard able to do a few more things,” and the two went to investigate. began three years ago under the under the assumption we’re to turn away when the government Cariens said. “Extra officers never “After we opened the door to federal crime bill, which sought to interchangeable with all the other pays three-quarters of the costs,” hurt.” the stairway between the fourth and fifth floor we couldn’t see anything it was so smoky,” Evans said. “Then we went upstairs and pulled the fire alarm.” Student Senate to rekindle minority affairs Then resident assistants starting By MATT ADRIAN and tabled at the senate’s last meeting of the submitted the proposal because she thought knocking on doors to make sure Student government editor spring semester. The committee would meet minority students and their concerns were not students were evacuated. They with the offices of admissions, Minority and being addressed by student government. even ended up knocking on The debate over the addition of a Minority Gateway in order to help bolster minority “The senate should be interacting with shower doors according to one Affairs Committee to the Student Senate student enrollment and provide an avenue for Minority affairs and Gateway and right now dripping wet freshman. bylaws will be continued at the organization’s minority student concerns in the senate. we’re not,” Halbert said. “I heard the alarm while I was next meeting. The new committee was proposed by Halbert said the committee would provide See FIRE page 2 The proposed committee was introduced Senate Member Liz Halbert. Halbert said she See STUDENT page 2 Fraternity rush begins looking to get guys.” 11 Eastern houses Each of the different fraternity will have activities, houses will have different activities each night, including food, food to recruit men entertainment and sports. There is no set procedure for participants in By SCOTT BOEHMER the rushes, Amato said, adding, “it’s Campus editor go where you want and meet the guys.” Eastern’s fraternity houses will Rush events run through Friday. host potential members this week On Thursday, the individual houses during their semi-annual fall rush. will decide which men they want to The rush activities begin tonight join their organization, and formal at the fraternity houses. Times and smokers will be held Friday to activities vary among the 11 allow pledges to get more familiar fraternities who are participating, with their new fraternities. said Interfraternity Council Unlike Panhellenic Council’s President Jason Amato. sorority rush, any quotas for the Amato said fall rush is the number of pledges will be set by biggest of the year for the individual fraternities. Sororities fraternities, but said he does not typically get more women coming know how many students will turn through their houses than out for it. In the past, as few as 80 fraternities. students and as many as a couple There is no registration or fees IKUYA KURATA/Staff photographer hundred have rushed, he said. required for the rush. Only new Loungin’ “Fall rush is definitely the most members will pay fees and new Jason Carl (left-middle), a senior outdoor recreation major, and his 10 friends take a study break Saturday (popular),” Amato said. pledges will owe dues to the afternoon at the University Apartments pool. “Now is when the houses are fraternities. 2 Tuesday, September 2, 1997 The Daily Eastern News Princess Diana’s chauffeur Domino’s legally drunk before crash Pizza laws to 0.08 percent. Blood-alcohol ■ About 2,000 will be invited France’s law, toughened in to Princess Diana’s funeral 1995, is one of the strictest drunk- level was 3 times services on Saturday. en driving statutes in Europe. TTwowo forfor A spokeswoman for the Ritz legal limit: source STORY page 8 Hotel told the Associated Press PARIS (AP) – Princess Diana’s the driver was Henri Paul, 41, the TTuesdayuesday driver was legally drunk at the Prosecutors said today that the hotel’s No. 2 security man. Diana time of the accident that killed driver’s “blood analysis revealed and her millionaire boyfriend her, her boyfriend and their that the alcohol level was ille- Dodi Fayed had dined at the hotel Buy any Large at chauffeur, the Paris prosecutor’s gal.’’ They did not give the level, Saturday night before they and office said today. but a spokesman speaking on Paul died in the crash early Regular Price and In another development, a condition of anonymity later said Sunday, as their Mercedes-Benz source close to the investigation it was 1.75 grams per liter of sedan was pursued by paparazzi Get a Second said today the car’s speedometer blood – three times the legal limit photographers on motorcycles. was frozen at 196 kilometers – in France. Police so far have not been able Large Pizza FREE 121 miles an hour – after the Under French law, exceeding to talk to the bodyguard who sur- crash early Sunday in the Seine 0.5 grams – the level after about vived the crash. River tunnel. The speed limit in two glasses of wine – is consid- Trevor Rees-Jones suffered a the area is 30 mph. ered a misdemeanor, while 0.8 head contusion, a lung injury and Call Us! It was not clear whether the grams is considered a criminal facial injuries. reading on the speedometer was offense. His condition was described as 348-1626 an exact indication of the speed The 0.5-gram limit translates to grave but not life-threatening, and Second pizza must be of equal or lesser value. the car was going at the time of a blood alcohol content of about he remained in intensive care the impact. But witnesses told 0.065 percent. today. Offer will expire without notice. French newspapers the car was Most states in the United Paul, a former French Air going at a very high speed, and States consider a driver legally Force pilot, was not Fayed’s regu- another police source said the car drunk if the blood alcohol content lar driver, who had left earlier in was traveling well over 60 miles reaches 0.1 percent, although another vehicle as a decoy to CLASSES ALL DAY??? an hour and perhaps twice that.