Eastern Illinois University The Keep March 2000 3-24-2000 Daily Eastern News: March 24, 2000 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_mar Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: March 24, 2000" (2000). March. 13. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_mar/13 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2000 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in March by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 66° ~ Friday srI Showers d (L~ dd I March 24, 2000 .----.~;::::;:::::;:::::::;-;:1n= side Sports Steeling Erasing Eastern Illinois University the show Charleston, Ill. 61920 the past Steel Magnolias VoL84 , No. 122 The play 16 pages 2 sections Eastern's baseball team hosts makes its debut at Eastern. Murray State and hopes to ews improve on its 6-14 record. Story in Section 8 "Tell the truth and don't be afraid." Story on Page 8 A balancing act Amnesty ends for fake IDs By Amy Thon Ryan T. Madison, 18, of Cruman News editor Hall, were all ordered to apperu· in court for preliminaty hearings at Although students with fake 10 a.m. April17. IDs were given the oppotiunity Bumette is chru-ged with mak­ Thursday to tum them in without ing fake driver's licenses for him­ penalty, no IDs were tumed over to self and others. the State's Attomey's office. Diekemper and Madison are "The matter is closed," said accused of making fake IDs for John Longwell, assistant state's themselves. attomey. "Anybody who is caught Although the chru·ges against with one now is at theit· own risk." Bumette are unrelated to the Duane Deters, assistant state's charges against both Diekemper attomey, said Monday that the and Madison, who are room­ office would not press charges mates, all of the charges stem against anyone who tumed in a from routine traffic stops on fake ID Thursday provided they Eastem's campus. told the state's attomey's office The Secretruy of State Police where they got the ID. began an investigation on Bumette Possessing a fake ID is a class 4 after a university police officer felony, which nmmally canies a found another student in posses­ sentence of one to three yeru·s. sion of a fake ID. Students possessing a fake ID VVhen the student gave the can no longer tum in theit· ID to the police officer her real driver's state's attomey office, Longv.•ell license, the police officer noticed said. another ID under it and asked to "The amnesty was a one titne see it, said Sgt. Mike Hoffinan of deal," he said. the Secretaty of State Police in a Three Eastem freshman previous interview. charged with making fake IDs The picture on the two IDs was apperu·ed in cowi Monday. the same, but they had a different Shaun Patrick Bwnette, 18, of name and date of bitih. Cannan Hall and an industrial Longwell said another Eastem technology major, Jason H. student is accused of having a fake Diekemper, 19, of Cannan Hall driver's license, but that the inci­ and a pre-engineering major, and dent is unrelated. City manager: Sara Figiel / Assoc. Photo editor The New Shanghai Circus came into town Thursday in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Grand Ballroom. More than 800 Eastern students, faculty and Charleston residents attended the show. Students must Circus wows more than 800 By Branden Delk only 10 and ll-yeru-s old. Rathgeb's viev.r of the show. In addition to balancing, the "They were great. They defied out Census Activities editor fill members of the circus tv.rit·led and the laws of natw·e," he said. By Julius Sexton dents to fill them out." Over 800 Eastetn students and twisted. The 18 circus members ranged City editor Finley said the money the city One of the petfmmet-s twirled Charleston residents came out from 10 to 20 yeru-s of age and are receives is used for various projects Thw-sday night to see the perfor­ over 20 hula hoops at once. from Shanghai, China.. City and Census 2000 officials to itnprove Charleston. mance of the New Shanghai Another petfonner balanced his The show has toured to vruious stressed the itnpotiance of students "A lot of the money Chru·leston places around the world and comes Circus. head on a set of stait-s and then filling out census fmms in theit· col­ receives goes towru·ds the improve­ The cit·cus petfonned vruious hopped up the stait-s and several to the Untied States for tv.ro months lege community. ment of roads," said Jeff Finley, acrobatic and death defying acts objects on top of the stait-s. out of the year and then retwn to The disttibution of federal funds city inspector. like jumping, plate spinning, flip­ The younger membet-s of the Shanghai for training and school­ is decided by a city's population A staff member at the census ping through up to five hoops, body perfonnance also wowed the audi­ ing, said the cit·cus' production and how many people ru·e cwrently bUl'eau also said students at univer­ bending and stacking. ence. An 11 year-old membet· pet·­ stage manget· Chtis Dunloptire. residing in a town, said city manag­ sities need to fill them out in the At one point the petfmmet·s fmmed various body extensions In the spting of 1999, the group er Bill Riebe. tovm of the university because they were lying on tiny beds while bal­ while twirling up to four catpet-like made histmy by becoming the first "It is ctitical for students to fill will not be counted in theit· home ancing vases and tables on theit· Chinese acrobatic troupe evet· to objects. out census fmms," he said. "How tov.rns. legs. "They are vety talented and lim­ headline on Broadway, a press much money the city will receive "In (students) home towns, they The petfonners wowed the ber," said Kim Yrubor, a senior release stated. depends on how many people fill are considered visitors because audience when balancing soon Officials from the circus con­ music education major. them out." most of the titne they ru·e at school," twned into tossing and spinning the The petfmmance itnpressed tacted Eastetn to inquire about per­ Students should fill out the she said. objects. many audience members. fmmance dates and the Univet-sity fmms in Charleston because stu­ While most students ru·e aware "It's hard to believe," said Scott "I didn't think some of that was Borud wotked quickly to book a dents spend most of theit· titne here, of the itnpotiance of filling out the Davidson, a member of the humanly possible," Brent Rathgeb, perfmmance at Eastem before Riebe said. census fmms some students don't Univet·sity Boru·d. "You wouldn't a freshman music education major another univet-sity booked them, "There are over 10,000 students realize the itnpotiance. think ofpeople doing that especial­ said Elana Pettllli, a membet· ofthe said. at Eastem who use the roads and ly at this young of an age." University Boru·d Perfonning Chad Millet~ a sophomore, pre­ othet· city facilities," he said. "This The youngest petfonnet·s wet-e med chetnistty major, agreed with Comtnittee. is the reason it is ctitical for stu- See CENSUS Page 2 2 Friday, March 24, 2000 The Dally Eastern News Faitern Student holds class at gunpoint P.Olice LISBON, Ohio (AP) - A 12-year-old who told city, which is about 25 miles south ofYoungstown in News authorities he wanted to be with his mother in jail northeastem Ohio, near the West Virginia and briefly held his sixth-grade class at gunpoint Thmsday Pennsylvania state lines. lilotter The Daily Eastern News is published daily, before a teacher persuaded him to give up the weapon. The Vindicator ofYoungstown reported that the boy Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill .• dur­ ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly No one was hwt and no charges were inunediately was on crossing duty with another sixth-grader, Katie Criminal damage during lhe summer term except during school filed against the boy, who was taken into custody. Hartman, on Thursday moming. The girl said that at vacations or examinations, by The boy said "his biological mother was in jail and the end of their duty the boy told her: "Goodbye, to property $0v;N;< lhe students of Eastern llinois - Universlty. SUbscription price: he wanted to visit her, be with her," said Anthony Katie. I won't be back." $38 per semester, $1 6 for summer only, $68 all Krukowski, superintendent of Lisbon schools. She asked what he meant, but he didn't answer. • On March 15, a plexiglass year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of covering on a display case in The Associated Press, Which is entitled to Police Sgt. Fred Carlisle confumed the boy wanted Sixth-graders were sent home, but the other stu­ Lantz Gyrmtasium was repmt ­ excklsive use of al articles appearing ® to reunite with his mother. "Yes, that's what he told a dents were kept in class because the district didn't in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 teacher and one of the police officers," he said. want younger children going home without making ed broken between March 10 represent the majority opinioo of the edttorial board; all other opinion pieces The boy's father told police the weapon - a sme their parents knew, Kmkowski said.