Eastern Illinois University The Keep April 2000 4-19-2000 Daily Eastern News: April 19, 2000 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_apr Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: April 19, 2000" (2000). April. 35. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2000_apr/35 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2000 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in April by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Wednesday ShowerSO'~ d ~.__d_d__ Aprill9, 2000 Inside Sports Raising Fighting the the rates? lllini City council members discuss Eastern baseball team defeats raising water and sewer rates No. 25 University of Illinois, 1-0. in Charleston. Story on Page 12 Story on Page 3 "Tell the truth and don't be afraid." Versity. com site causes controversy Senate Chair Bonnie Irwin Fac ult y Sena t e pointed out that Versity.com is not that fi:esh of an idea. members debate "Many schools have note tak­ ing services where students can Site's impact pay for notes," Irwin said. Besides stating their policy on By Joshua Niziolkiewicz a syllabus, senate member Nancy Staffwr~er Marlow suggested that faculty "take away the market" by offer­ The Faculty Senate Tuesday ing similar services on their Web discussed the advantages and dis­ page. advantages ofVersity.com, a Web "Combat it by putting notes on site that pays students for their the Web yourself," Marlow said. notes and posts these notes on the "Not on Versity.com, but on your Web. own Web page." Most of the senate said they In other faculty news, Allison thought the issue was nothing to infonned the senate that he and be alanned about, and suggested English Professor John Kilgore that individual faculty state on the sent a petition to President Carol syllabus their feelings about hav­ Surles that deals with free speech ing notes for their class put on the and privacy. web. The petition included 211 stu­ "It's unenforceable," said sen­ dent signatures, 155 faculty signa­ ate member James Tidwell. "We tures and 38 staff signatures, may be making too much out of Allison said. Adrienne Weller/ Staff photographer this." "At first one would expect Tidwell suggested that con­ more from the staff because Edward Stewart, a sophomore business major, cast his vote in the lobby of Taylor Hall Tuesday afternoon. cemed faculty tape record their Mr.(Allen)B1yant is a staff mem­ class and copyright it. ber," Allison said. "Perhaps not all "Then it would be a copyright that many staff people signed violation," Tidwell said. because there is a chilling affect." 700 voters turn out for elections One of the problems with Bryant, a computer program­ enforcing a policy against mer in Information Technology By Christine Demma Doty, director of election conunis­ As Doty gathered all the ballots, Versity.com is the variety of facul­ services was suspended for 10 Staff writer swn. she noticed that voters only cast ty opinion conceming this issue. days after voicing his concems Last yea1~ 1,555 tumed out for their ballots for one candidate "There is a 1nixed feeling from over LANDesk. About 700 voters tumed out the elections over the two-day peri­ instead of everyone on the ballot eve1y faculty, college and depait­ According to Allison, Tuesday for Student Govenunent od. they were allowed. ment that indicates a discussion President Surles has received the elections to vote for who they "It was a ve1y productive day, Voters must have voted for that about this issue wouldn't be as petition and is making it a priority thought would be the best person and I hope we'll get a similar one person because they knew effective as we want it to be," said ISSUe. for the positions. tumout (for Wednesday)," said Joe what that one candidate stood for senate member Mauri Toosi. "We "These are principles that "The tumout today is tremen­ Geocaris, director of public affairs need more time to look at the shouldn't require a lot of ann dously above last year's," said Joy for the elections cormnission. See ELECTIONS Page 2 advantages and disadvantages." twisting to embrace," said Allison. Working with students part of alumna's career path Degree in recreation leads to career as Fox College dean of students, where the focus is on education By Meg han McMahon about eight years and has served as Fox College is a small college throughout her cru·eer, some of her Ed~or in chief the dean of students for about three I got a degree in recreation with a one-yeru· program that also success is the result of other people. years. offers the opp01tunity for students "I would attribute the majority For some people, the career path "In general, my responsibility is to receive an associate's degree, she of my success to the way my pru·­ they take is one they never expect­ NowWhat? ents raised me," she said. to ensure the quality of education *A weekly series spotlighting alums* said. The college has been opened ed, but one they would never want that the students come for," since 1932 and the students are She also said some of the teach­ to change. Kapelinski said. tration at the University of mainly traditional students. ers she had while at Eastem have Mruy Jo Kapeli.nski is one of Some of her job duties include Wisconsin-LaCrosse. She also has "We train executive assistants contributed to her success. those people. hiring new staff and working with worked at Ehnhurst College on the for the upper echelon of Chicago," "The things they taught me to do Kapelinski graduated from students. dean of students staff, the Batavia she said about Fox College. ru·e my organization skills and my Eastem in 1983 with a degree in "My job focus is on the stu­ Pru·k District and the Schaumburg Kapelinski said she is happy in attention to detail," Kapeli.nski said. recreation and now serves as the dents, but I probably actually work Pru·k District before going to work her position now and would like to While at Eastem, Kapelinski dean of students at Fox College in with students 25 percent of the at Fox College. see where her career brings her in prut icipated in intrrunural sp01ts Oak Lawn. time," she said. "I guess I'm OK Kapelinski said she never even the future. and the recreation club. "I never even considered (being with that because of what it has to thought about working as the dean "The school is growing and I'm "(The recreation club) set up the the dean of students), but life's be." of students, but enjoys the many waiting to see what opportunities opp01tunity to get together and get opportunities brought me here," Kapelinski said after leaving aspects of her job. that presents," she said. to know our classmates and use Kapelinski said. Eastem she went of the get a mas­ "It's eve1ything from listening While Kapelinski is pleased some of the things we were lerun­ She has been at Fox College for ter's degree in recreation adinini.s- to counseling," she said. with the progress she has made ing in class in practice," she said. 2 Wednesday, April 19, 2000 The Dally Eastern News Faitern Expert warns that Elian is suffering MIAMI (AP) - A pediatrician uncle Lazaro Gonzalez, said he if he is sent back to communist­ Court of Appeals in Atlanta. News who is advising the federal govern­ was patticulady disturbed by the controlled Cuba with his father. The Miami relatives m·e asking ment on the Elian Gonzalez case videotape the relatives made of the The Miatni relatives ha:ve cared for for the court to order an asylum The Daily Eastern News is published daily, Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill .• dur­ says the boy is being psychologi­ boy that was released last week, him since November, when he was heat-ing for the boy, while the gov­ ing fall and spring semesters and twice weekly cally abused by his Miami rela­ which Redlener likened to a found clinging to an inner tube off errunent wants the comt to lift a. during the summer term except during school tives and should be removed from hostage video. He also said the the Florida coast. His mother and temporary order that bat·s Elian's vacations or examinations, by $0v;N;< the students of Eastern llinois their home immediately. family was making unfounded 10 other people fleeing Cuba removal fi·om the United States - Universlty. SUbscription price: "Elian Gonzalez is now in a allegations against the boy's Cuban drowned when their boat sank. and to order Lazm·o Gonzalez to $38 per semester, $1 6 for summer only, $68 all year. The Daily Eastern News is a member of state of imminent danger to his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez. The Justice Depattment has release the boy. Such a ruling The Associated Press. Which is entitled to physical and emotional well-being The family reiterated its argu­ pushed for Elian's return to his could allow the govemment to take excklsive use of al articles appearing ® in a home that I consider to be psy­ ment that govenunent experts can't father, who has been in the immediate action. in this paper. The editorials on Page 4 represent the majority opinioo of the chologically abusive," Dr. !twin f01m any valid opinions since none Washington area since April 6 Late Monday, Miami Mayor edttorial board; all other opinion pieces Redlener wrote to Attorney of them have talked to Elian.