View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Eastern Illinois University Eastern Illinois University The Keep September 1995 9-27-1995 Daily Eastern News: September 27, 1995 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1995_sep Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: September 27, 1995" (1995). September. 16. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1995_sep/16 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1995 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]. SUNNY SPORTS a high of 80º The Break on INSIDE Daily Eastern through Happy Panthers break WEDNESDAY Eastern Illinois University losing Charleston, Ill. 61920 September 27, 1995 streak new year Vol. 81, No. 28 Members of Jewish faith 12 pages STORY celebrate High Holy Days. News 12 STORY 5 “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Admission GOP asks students to foot the bill By BETSY COLE “The money has to come from policy Campus editor somewhere,” Flynn said, adding Proposed cuts in federal funding for student loans that Eastern might have to A Republican plan to cut decrease budgets for areas such Proposal Extra Cost altered federal funding for student loans as equipment, contractual ser- by $10.8 billion over the next vices or commodities to make up ■ Eliminate interest-free $700 - $2,000 per student, By CHAD GALLAGHER seven years passed Tuesday out for the extra costs. grace period depending on length of study and and CHRIS HOLLY of the U.S. Senate’s Labor and However, Flynn said the amount borrowed Staff writers Human Resources Committee. proposal stipulates that the extra The committee voted 8-7 in costs imposed on student loans ■ Raise PLUS loan interest rates $5,000 for families who borrow over The Faculty Senate Tuesday favor of the Republican proposal, can not be compensated by four year period passed a motion to send a new after rejecting an amendment increases in tuition or student academic admissions policy that proposed by Democrats that fees. ■ New student loan tax $21 per year for every student in will allow non-traditional students would reduce the cut from $10.8 Also under the budget-cut the country another avenue for acceptance to billion to $4.4 billion. proposal, a 20 percent cap would The cut to student loans is part be placed on direct lending that Eastern to the Enrollment Man- ■ Dismantle Direct Lending Loan costs and fees will escalate agement Committee. of a larger plan from the Re- would force about one-third of because of elimination of The Adult Student Admissions publicans to cut federal funding all universities currently in the competition in loan program for higher education by $36 Direct Loan Program to revert to Policy, approved at the Sept. 7 Source: Sen. Paul Simon’s office Council on Academic Affairs billion over the next seven years. the Federal Family Education meeting, will allow students who The proposal is now sent to Loan Program, otherwise known have never attended college but the Senate as a whole to be voted as a Stafford Loan, Flynn said. have been graduated from high on in the next few weeks, said When Eastern used the FFELP Program eliminates the wait for Flynn said. school more than five years ago to David Carle, spokesman for Sen. program last year, students had students to receive loan checks The GOP plan also requires be admitted to Eastern on a Paul Simon, D-Ill., — a strong to “wait and wait and wait” to and “students have gotten more that parents pay an increased conditional basis, even if the opponent of the cuts. get their loan checks, he said. money at a faster, more efficient interest rate for Parent Loans for student’s high school records do One of several provisions With the Direct Loan Program, manner than with the old system. Undergraduate Students, a loan not meet regular admission under the Republican plan would the money is dispersed elec- “(Direct lending) is better for which parents help pay for their standards. force colleges to pay a tax of .85 tronically. the institution and better for the children to attend college. “This is an opportunity for percent on all federal-funded Under the Direct Loan Pro- student,” Flynn added. In the Flynn said the interest rate cap students not motivated in high college loans. gram, which about 11,000 absence of direct lending, East- for PLUS loans would be raised school to shed the label because John Flynn, Eastern’s director Illinois students currently par- ern’s Financial Aid Office from 9 percent to 9.9 percent if five years in the working world of Financial Aid, said the tax on ticipate, the federal government distributes about 5,200 checks a the plan is passed. can be a tremendous motivation,” loans would be detrimental to the makes its loans directly to semester. Finally, the plan would senate Vice Chairman Gary Foster university. Flynn said that based students at 1,495 schools na- Direct lending also allows for eliminate the interest-free grace said. on figures from fiscal year 1994, tionwide. In the past, the loans loans to be processed elect- period for paying back federally Senate members were con- a tax on federal student loans had to be financed through banks ronically with institutions getting subsidized loans. Currently, cerned the senate was not properly would have cost Eastern over or private lenders. the money up front and passing it $108,000 a year. Flynn said the Direct Loan through the system immediately, See CUTS page 2 See ADMISSION page 2 Professor dispels myths about Frankenstein story By THERESA GAVLIN Staff writer Hundreds of people who have not read the Frankenstein fans gathered Tuesday night to hear one critic’s comments about Mary book think they know Shelley’s original “Frankenstein” novel. “what it’s about. They don’t Lawrence I. Lipking, professor of humanities and English at Northwestern have a clue.” University, spoke about the novel that was — Lawrence I. Kipling, written by 18-year-old Shelley, who wrote English professor the book that symbolizes one of her nightmares. at Northwestern University The Frankenstein story originated after Shelly experienced trauma from the death Lipking also said Frankenstein led a of stillborn children, Lipking said. violent life. “Hundreds of people who have not read Much of the violence in the book stems the book think they know what it’s about,” from Frankenstein’s loneliness, Lipking he said. “They don’t have a clue.” said. Frankenstein killed people his creator Lipking said the novel has been rewritten cared about for the sole purpose of causing so many times that the original plot has him pain. Lipking said the violent action been changed dramatically. came because his creator was responsible of Different versions have different twists to his loneliness. the plot and endings, he added. Lipking said Frankenstein is both the “The last time I checked, there were 25 hero and the villain in different parts of the (different) editions of Frankenstein in story. print,” Lipking said, adding no other “Most readers are pulled in two literary work has been more hotly debated. directions at once,” Lipking said. Lipking said when Shelly wrote the Shelley, the daughter of a famous poet, SHERYL SUE SIDWELL/Associate photo editor novel, some key points of the plot were did not have any other great works besides unrealistic. For example, Frankenstein Frankenstein, Lipking said. Stick it to ‘em obtained the power of communication and Lipking’s lecture was the Seventh Bob Fisher, site supervisor with Red Cross, draws blood from Michelle Turek, a senior the understanding of life in an unreasonable Annual Fall Lecture of the Phi Beta Kappa elementary education major, as part of the Eastern’s Blood Drive Tuesday afternoon in amount of time, Lipking said. Alumni Association of East Central Illinois. the Martin Luther King Jr. University Ballroom. See Page 3 for more on the Blood Drive. 2 Wednesday, September 27 , 1995 The Daily Eastern News Levi’s to shoppers: Testicle Wednesday’s New Releases *Grateful Dead- 100 Year Steal our pants smugglers Overkill NEW YORK (AP) – The ad campaign for Levi’s new line of khakis *Hole- Ask For It seems aimed at the crowbar-and-brick crowd. arrested Levi Strauss & Co. began putting actual pairs of the $50 pants in its LOS ANGELES (AP) – *Jesus and Mary Chain- Hate bus shelter ads in New York City and San Francisco this week, and it Four Chinese have been fully expects people will break through the plastic panels to steal charged with trying to smuggle Rock+Roll them. bear bile, deer testicles and In fact, the company is so sure people will stoop to vandalism to get other purported aphrodisiacs *Urge Overkill- Exit the Dragon at the pants that it designed the ads for pre- and post-theft presentation. into the United States from If the khakis are still there, the ad copy reads, “Nice Pants.” Once China. *Sonic Youth- Washing Machine the pants disappear, an outline of the khakis remains with the words, Zhongri Gao, 36, Yongzhe “Apparently they were very nice pants.” Jin, 34, Xianglu Jin, 35, and *Prince- Gold Experience Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was not amused at the thought of New Songyue Li, 35, were arrested Yorkers shopping with crowbars on city streets. He condemned the ads Sept. 6 at Los Angeles as “a terrible mistake ... exactly the wrong message to be teaching to Also TODAY International Airport.