Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 1986 2-14-1986 Daily Eastern News: February 14, 1986 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1986_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 14, 1986" (1986). February. 9. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1986_feb/9 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1986 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]. The Daily / •..w ill be cloudy with a 60 percent chance of snow, high in the ·20's. Northest winds are 1 O to 20 mph. Friday night, decreasmg cloudiness. stern with a low in the 20's. Saturday, partly ews sunny and warmer. CAA debates proposal on missing class By BILL DENNIS Staff writer Students who miss 25 percent of their class meetings by midterm could be involuntarily dropped from those courses if a policy proposed Thursday to the Council on Academic Affairs is passed. Sam Taber, dean of student academic services, proposed a change in Eastern's attendance policy which would give instructors the ability to drop a student from a course if that student has missed 25 percent of all classes held by midterm. Kandy Baumgardner, acting CAA chairman, said the policy could be voted on within the next two weeks. However, she predicted that, due to a full agenda, it might not be discussed until the Feb. 27 CAA meetirig. If passed, the new policy will go into effect in the fall -semester of 1986. There was no discussion on the proposed policy at.Thursda y's meeting. OnSenior thin Gary iceShafer takes advantage Taber declined to comment on his proposal until of the freezing weather to take a few the CAA has had a chance to officially release the practice shots while sophomore Tom minutes of Thursday's meeting. DeMarco falls to the ice to keep the "When the CAA releases the minutes, then we'll puck from entering his imaginary goal talk about it," Taber said. Thursday afternoon at the campus The policy proposed Thursday met immediate pond. Temperatures reached the low student opposition. 20s Thursday and are expected to be "Bull!" said Student Body President Floyd Akins sli htly warmer Friday with hi hs in the g g when informed of the proposed policy. "No, I don't low30s. agree with that at all. That just gives them (the in­ structors) a little too much power." "I would be very surprised if it passed," Akins said. Akins said he recently· heard from a student who said she had only missed two class days, while her instructor said she had missed seven. The instructor's course syllabus allowed for two unexcused absences, and as a result, the student received a failing grade. "Going to class is like a job," Akins said. "The student is paying (through tuition) for that instructor to teach, not to decide whether or not to kick that student out. "If a student can go to class once a week and still get an 'A' or a 'B'-if they can do that. ..hey, that's fi ne, but it's a reflection on that instructor," Akins • said. The proposal is similar to a policy submitted to the CAA in October of 1976. Although the CAA passed that proposal, it was vetoed by then acting President Martin Schafer. , That policy would also have given instructors the (See CAA, page 3A) water-rate letter evokes commissioners' reply s' feasible. Rives' letter cited problems Eastern would have in "The ball is in their court," Rives said. "I've made digesting a 78 percent rate hike while other city users on commissioners Thursday wrote and our position as clear as I can make it.'' would pay only 43 percent more. rn President Stanley Rives responding to An invitation for further discussion was issued in The letter argued that Eastern is cheaper to serve otesting a proposed 78 percent water rate his letter, Rives said, and "they have to take the and has contributed its own water tank which saves tern. initiative now.'' the city fire insurance money while boosting water 'd he received numerous phone calls from The rate hikes were formulated when the city was pressure. , public health and safety commissioner, told it had won a $6.2 million Build Illinois grant to In addition, the letter said Eastern-Charleston's from Charleston Mayor Murray Choate revamp and separate its sewer and drainage systems. largest water consumer using 28 percent of the rther compromise proposals to resolve But the grant stipulated that the city come up with supply-should r.bsorb only 28 percent of the new te issue. the remaining $4 million needed for the project. costs. said Thursday he had not yet had a The council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the The letter further said Speer Financial, Inc., of rn Scism's calls. water rate increases to generate the needed revenue to Chicago, failed to take these matters into con­ Rives refused to discuss Choate' s financethe $4 million bond issue. sideration when it formulated its rate hike advice for ntil the university and city could discuss Once the project is completed, the city's system the City council. te Wednesday said two proposals, in will meet Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Speer officials had argued and continue to say the two proposals already on file, were standards. (See RIVES, page 3A) wlorful, the strips that crazymake you laugh comics are made, see Verge AP�rcy five-part series Julian examines Eastern's partnership new link, starting Monday Friday, 2A February 14, 1986 J\ssociated Press men's homes State/Nation/World LawsuitNITRO, W. Va. (AP)-Six may retired cost workers The workers' lawyer, Stewart Cal who lost a chemical poisoning suit against· another motive. With suits by more Monsanto Corp. are finding out just how high other workers pending, the liens send a Students see teacher killed the stakes can be when you sue a corporate giant that ''if you sue Monsanto, it'll be the ST. LOUIS-A preschool teacher was stabbed to death in and lose. of you," he said. front of 15 children Thursday, and her estranged husband ''They've taken my health; they might as well Admittedly, O'Neill said, taking am was arrested moments later outside the school, police said. take my. house and my money too," says is "an emotional issue." However, he In his eyes, that is Authorities said Susan White, 40, who taught youngsters plaintiff Gene Thomas. are responsible to recover what we can is doing. ages 3- to 5-years-old in a Head-Start program at De Porres exactly what Monsanto stockholders." Monsanto's liens against the Catholic Elementary School, was stabbed twice in the chest. A judge approved O'Neill will not say how much Mons last month. Monsanto said that She died shortly after being taken to St. Louis Regional six men's homes in the u:;-month trial. Calwell said that n't try to take possession of the homes Medical Center. while it wo $3 million and that Monsanto, which br , it has an obligation to "I was in my office when I heard two s.creams and ran until the case is settled a host of lawyers, public relatio it spent defending upstairs," said Sister Debra Liesen, principal of the school recover some of the money stenographers and expert witnesses, that workers were poisoned topped that. in northwest St. Louis. "As I went up, a man ran into me itself against claims coming down the stairs. He yelled 'I have to get help for on the job. The six plaintiffs and more than 1 won a partial claim, the six Susan,' or something to that effect.'' While one plaintiff workers broke out in mysterious rashes who blamed highly toxic dioxin for their health cauldron containing dioxin exploded in 1 problems lost. The chemical was produced for "I was really concerned, but ,, U.S. notes Phili�pine atrocities years as a byproduct of the production of her- bringing in company doctors to assure WASHINGTON-The Reagan administration, in its bicides at the company's Nitro plant. was nothing to worry about," said Tho annual report on human rights in 164 countries, said U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver·ruled in He says his health problems incl Thursday it found evidence of "serious violations" in the December, after the jury's decision, that the vousness, headaches and swollen Philippines-both by government forces and by communist­ company was entitled to $300,000 as partial Monsanto contends that the sympt led guerrillas. reimbursement for its legal fees. simply signs of age. It said the violations included killings, torture and ab­ Monsanto spokesman Larry O'Neill said the In its December ruling, the Charles duction of innocent people. liens are "to ensure payment of a small portion , agreed with the plaintiffs that dioxin had The report also criticized, to varying degrees, the 1985 of our legal costs.'' their health problems . human right performance in more than a dozen countries, including Iran, Chile, South Africa, Nicaragua, Cambodia, Afghanistan and the Arab territory occupied by Israel. ACHICAmerica'sGO (AP)-Candy sweetis dandy-not just tooth ' any longer, ''growing he said, attributing for men to give their sweethearts on Valentine's growing share of the Valentine candy Day, but also for women claiming a corner of the their growing numbers in the ExtremistCHICAGO-Diminishing groups ranksmore have violent led ex tremist workforce.