Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 2000 2-4-2000 Daily Eastern News: February 04, 2000 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 04, 2000" (2000). February. 4. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_feb/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2000 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Friday February 4, 2000 Inside Sports Local Heart Eastern Illinois University celebrities Charleston, Ill. 61920 breaker VoL85 , No. 75 Associate professor forms a 16 pages 2 sections Austin Peay goes the length of successful local band with the floor to beat the Panthers Eastern students. ews on last-second shot. Story in section 8 "Tell the truth and don't be afraid." Story on Page SA Retention rate for freshmen remains high By Julie Bartlow Campus editor The retention rate of fu-st-time Minority freslunan entering Eastern last full and retuming for this semester has increased fi-om 92.74 percent last year enrollment to 92.95 percent, according to the 1Oth-day spring enmllment reports. Eastern also continues to have a up slightly high fi-eshmen-to-sophomore reten­ By Mark Davenport tion rate of81 percent compared to 50 Staff writer percent nationally, said Lou Hencken, vice-pt-esident for student affairs. The number of minority stu­ "We're vety pleased with (the dents enrolled this semester· is 854, numbet-s of) our on campus enmll­ an increase fi·om 7.5 percent, (809 ment," Hencken said. ''We'd like to students) last yeru· to 8.4 percent of stay near the numbet· of bel:\¥een 10 the total enrollment this spring, and 11,000 students. Our freshman­ according to the 1Oth-day spring to-sophomore retention rate is also enmllment t-epOits. something we are vety pmud of This The numbet· of intemational most recent retention data says a lot students also ina-eased fi-om 124 for Eastetn's commitment to student last spring to 146 this spring. success.'' In a possible break v.rith its past Last full, Eastern bmke its record policies, Eastern may no longet· set for the largest numbet· of graduating a numerical goal for the recruit­ students in the hist01y of the univet-si­ ment of minority students, said ty, Hencken said. Lou Hencken, vice president for "(Thet·e were 900) students that student affuirs. graduated last Decembet~" he said The Strategic Plan of f01mer "Tiris is the largest graduating class in Eastem President David Joms the hist01y of the univet-sity." called for 12 percent ofthe student This setnestet·'s total ofenmllment body to be minorities, but recruit­ includes 1,650 freshmen, 1,817 ing consistently lagged behind sophomores, 2,290 juniors, 3,141 official goals. seniors and 1,353 graduate students. Though Eastem President Of the total, 8,522 are full-time and Carol Surles shar-es het· predeces­ 1,729 part-time. sor's commitment to diversity, Enmllment this spring has dmpped Hencken said he found it unlikely to 10,251 students compared to Surles would continue to seek a 10,750 students last spring. About specific numbet· of minority stu­ 6,050 students are female and 4,201 dents. Officially, though, the poli­ are male. cy remains in place and Hencken Hencken said incoming applica­ said Eastetn was "still striving for tions for the 2000 full setnestet· have (the 12 percent) goal." shown fi-eshman enrollment will be Johnetta Jones, director of the Sara Figiel / Assoc. Photo editor steady, as it was this year. Minority Affait-s office, expressed ''We are whet-e we wet-e last yeat~ her "mixed emotions" towards which is a good sign,'' he said. "Ifwe Killing time with Stuart abandoning a numerical goal for Charleston residents Pam Hunt and her daughter, Rebecca Hunt, read a book outside of the Dvorak Concert Hall in take a look at past figw-es, the seniot-s minority recruitment. Fine Arts and Music building Thursday night. Pam and Rebecca are reading "Stuart Little" to pass the time as they are the largest class and this shows we wait for others to get out of their music lesson. Rebecca also takes music lessons at the concert hall; she is learning need to wotk extra hard to keep our how to play the violin. students and recruit fi-eshtnan." See MINORITY Page 2A Federal suit claims county officials violated maris civil rights By Matt Neistein The surgety lasted 2 112 horu-s and and Julius Sexton State's Attorney's office, three sheriff's deputies named in lawsuit Welsh was tdeased at 11 :30 a.m. Staff editors Welsh said he went immediately to by assistant state's attomey Bree Sheriff Ron Scott also declined to tion was scheduled for Oct. 25, 1999, the state's attomey's office and An Eastetn graduate and Mattoon Pavey. Welsh also alleges during his comment, as did the tht-ee deputies the same morning as a pre-operation explained the situation to Pavey. resident filed a federal lawsuit against 30-hom· stay in the Coles County named in the suit, on the advice of examination by Dr. James M. Welsh alleges Pavey agreed to the Coles County State's Attomey's Safety and Detention Centet· tht-ee lawyets. Kohlmann in Charleston. The reschedule a corut appointment and office and three Coles County deputies taunted him and t-efused to Welsh was involved in a car acci­ surgety was scheduled for 9 am., and remove the wanant for his arrest. Sheriff's deputies Jan. 14, alleging supply him v.rith medication f01· a dent on Aug. 25, 1999 and received a the corut appeatance was at 11 a.m. In a letter written to Welsh dated violations of his civil rights. heatt condition. traffic ticket f01· fuilure to reduce Welsh said he went to the 9 a.m. Dec. 21, 1999, Pavey wrote she Michael Welsh filed a suit in the State's attomey Steve Ferguson speed to avoid an accident. As a result surgety because he was told it would agreed to annul the wanant only "if fedet<ll. corut in Urbana alleging he declined to comment, saying only ofthe accident, Welsh required major take only an hom and he would have (Welsh) could pmvide me v.rith docu­ was an-ested Nov. 15, 1999, onawar­ that the matter was being handled by shoulder surgety. time to make it to the corut appeat·­ mentation vetlfying that you wet-e ... rant that was supposed to be annulled the office's insru·ance company. The corut date for the traffic cita- ance. See FEDERAL Page 2A 2A Friday, Febn1a1y 4, 2000 The Dally Eastern News Faitern Police nab more than half ton of cocaine P.Olice CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's new narcotics com­ Tuesday, said the chugs have a street value of more than mandet· statted off his first week with a bang when $94 million. The bricks of cocaine fonned a wall three News police seized more than half a ton of cocaine on the feet high and 15 feet long when displayed at a police lilotter The Daily Eastern News is published daily, city's N01thwest Side. news conference Thursday. Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill .• dur­ Acting on a tip, police seized 1,669 pmmds of After police were tipped off they quickly put the Disturbing peace ing fait and spring semesters and twice weekly cocaine and $1 1,900 in cash at a house Wednesday house under surveillance, Williams said, and saw three during the summer term except during school Bridget Winger, 22, of the 500 vacations or examinations, by night. men loading a white van with the chugs, believed to be O block ofMoiU"oe Avenue was I ~~"":a the students of Eastern tlinois Narcotics Collllllandet· Eugene Williams, appointed fi:om Mexico. Universlty. SUbscription price: cited for disturbing the peace at $38 per semester, $1 6 for summer only, $68 all 3:30a.m. on Wednesday at her year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of Aftet· telling the deputy that there turned off aftet· Welsh inadvettently The Associated Press. Which is entitled to place of residence. excklsive use of al articles appearing ® Federal was a mistake, Welsh alleges that called the jail office. in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 Cooper said he was taking the 47- "If I had even tried 911 , I could­ represent the majority opinioo of the from Pagel edttorial board; all other opinion pieces year-old Welsh to jail if he had to " n't have," he said. Property damage are signed. The Daily Eastern News edttorial unavoidably detained at the hospi­ 'ch·ag (him) kicking and screaming.' While changing into an inmate Daniel G. McKillip, 37, of and business offices are located in Buzzard tal." " jumpsuit, Welsh said he suffet·ed an Hall. Eastern lli nois Universtty. Lema, reported criminal dam­ Records show that Welsh faxed He was then atl·ested without the asthma attack. Periodical postage paid at ChMeston, IL 61920. age to propetty at 9:45 a.m. on ISSN 0894-1599. Pavey a document at 1:30 p.m. the opportunity to bring a foam device "I could just bat·ely breathe while Sunday at his business at 407 Printed by Eastern tllinois Universtty. same day. The document Welsh to keep his atm elevated, prescribed I was changing clothes," he said. Lincoln Ave. ChMeston, IL 61920.