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Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Ill. 61920Vol. 81, No. 7112 pages

PARTLYCLOUDYa high of 47º

By SAM McKEEStaff editor

For the past 10 years,Danielle Riddle has lookedforward to a week of home-cooked meals, warm fellow-ship, deep discussions andhearty laughter to contrast thefrigid temperatures of lateDecember.

The guidance and coun-seling graduate student spendsthis time retracing her rootsand strengthening her re-lationships with friends andfamily through a growingcelebration called Kwanzaa.

“We all get together andtalk,” Riddle said. “It’s a big

family andfriend unitytime that isspent sharingour heritage.”

Kwanzaa isan African-American festival created byMaulana Karenga in 1966 as acelebration of African-American heritage and anescape from the overlycommercialized Christmasholiday, according toCompton’s Interactive Encyc-lopedia.

Participants celebrateKwanzaa from Dec. 26through Jan. 1. Each night, onegreen, black or red candle is lit

to representone of sevenprinciples:unity, self-d e t e r m i n -ation, col-l e c t i v e

work, cooperative economics,purpose, creativity and faith.Those values are discussedeach night as friends andfamilies gather to share ameal.

“You discuss what you’vedone to meet the goals, andyou get to see what otherpeople have been doing,” saidRiddle, who is a member ofDelta Sigma Theta sorority.

“It’s like a class,” she said.

“You find examples of whatyou could be doing better.”

The celebration helpsAfrican-Americans trace theirroots and rekindle close andloving family and communityties, she said. TraditionalAfrican games are played atthe gatherings, and likeChristmas, gifts are dist-ributed.

But instead of televisionsets and video games, giftsthat relate to African-Amer-ican history or culture areexchanged each evening.Common gifts are inspir-ational books, Kente clothsand other items that focus on

TETSUYA KIKUMASA/Assoc. photo editor

Down to earthNicole Ktistou (left), a freshman physical education major, and Sue Remedi, a freshman undecided major, take advantageof the warm temperatures and study for their tests in the South Quad Sunday afternoon.

By BETSY COLEAdministration editor

A member of Eastern’s Foundation Board of Directorsresigned Nov. 29 for personal reasons, and hisreplacement has been named.

Dennis Muchmore, a lobbyist consultant withMuchmore, Harrington Associates in Lansing, Mich.,resigned from the board Wednesday because of personalreasons, according to Bobbie Hilke, executive officer ofthe Foundation.

“He is a very busy guy and a very astute lobbyist in thestate of Michigan,” Hilke said.

Muchmore was in his second year of a three-year term.Jon Laible, who taught mathematics at Eastern for 17

years and served as dean of the College of Liberal Artsand Sciences for 14 years, replaced Muchmore on theboard.

“This will give me an opportunity to give something

Foundation Boardmember resigns

TETSUYA KIKUMASA/Assoc. photo editorGuidance and counseling graduate student Danielle Riddle sits inher University Court apartment among various Kwanzaa gifts.

MONDAY

Profile

A time for unity

andheritage

Amidst talk of Santa Claus,Christmas lists and shopping

sprees, an Eastern studentexplains her holidaytraditions that place

meaning over materialism

By REAGAN BRANHAMStudent government editor

The author of the Student Senateresolution which would place the StudentPublications fee under the authority of theApportionment Board said he wants to finda compromise with the organization toavoid a possible lawsuit against Eastern.

Bryan Gutraj, author of the resolution,said he wants to look into ways other thanthe resolution to solve any problems withthe current system. He said it could avoid apossible lawsuit Student Publications maybring against the university because of aquestion of the constitutionality.

“It sounds like a lawsuit is eminent if(Eastern President David Jorns) signs it,”Gutraj said. “There’s got to be somecommon ground.

“I still think our actions are con-stitutional, but I don’t want to spend acouple hundred thousand dollars to findthat out,” Gutraj said.

Gutraj said he does not agree with theplacement of Vice President for AcademicAffairs Terry Weidner on the StudentPublications Board. Instead he said LouHencken, the vice president for studentaffairs, should take his place because theboard is for student affairs, not academicpurposes.

“That insinuates to me that we givestudent fees to an academic part of theuniversity,” Gutraj said.

The other problem Gutraj said could bedealt with in other ways than the resolutionis to change the fee process of StudentPublications to give them a separate fee

Authorrevokesresolutionsupport

See KWANSAA page 2

See FOUNDATION page 2

See RESOLUTION page 2

2 Monday, December 4, 1995 The Daily Eastern News

Editor in chief ................................................Heidi Keibler*Managing editor..........................................Karen Wolden*News editor................................................Travis Spencer*Assoc. news editor...................................Chad Gallagher*Editorial page editor .....................................Brian Huchel*Administration editor .........................................Betsy ColeActivities editor ..................................................Katie VanaCampus editor ............................................Scott BoehmerCity editor.................................................Melanie McClainStudent government editor .....................Reagan BranhamFeatures editor ................................................Sam McKeePhoto editor ...............................................Chet PiotrowskiAssoc. photo editor................................Tetsuya KikumasaSports editor......................................................Dan FieldsAssoc. sports editor ......................................Matt EricksonVerge editor .....................................................Jeremy Kirk

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&then some◆ NEW UNION MEETING

The newly formed DisabledStudent Union is hosting its firstall-campus meeting tonight.

The union, founded by JennyNimtz, a sophomore health stud-ies major; Krista Erickson, ajunior sociology major; and LisaGarrison, a senior sociologymajor, was formed this semesterto address specifically the needsand concerns of disabled studentson Eastern’s campus.

“Everyone is welcome,”Erickson said. “You don’t have tobe disabled.”

At 8 p.m. tonight in the KansasRoom of the Martin Luther KingJr. University Union, the groupwill “spend time discussing thedirection of DSU,” Erickson said.“We will start moving as soon aswe get back from winter break.”

The organization was formedwith three goals, she said. Thefirst is to serve as a “networkforce” for disabled students oncampus. The second “is to edu-cate or raise awareness of issuesfor disabled students.” And thethird is to serve as an advocate fordisabled students’ needs if theyaren’t being met by the universityor community, Erickson said.

DSU officers will be namedand upcoming events will be dis-cussed at meetings followingsemester break, Erickson said. ◆ COME ONE AND ALL

The Newman Catholic Cen-ter’s Student Volunteer Centeris calling for people to jingle andmingle Wednesday with residentsof Charleston nursing and devel-opmentally disabled homes.

The group is sponsoring itsannual Christmas caroling out-ing that will visit Hilltop Con-valescent Center, CharlestonManor, Prairie View CareCenter and Heritage House.

This year is the first time thecenter is visiting Heritage House,a home for the developmentallydisabled, said Holly Walters, vol-unteer coordinator for the StudentVolunteer Center. But the carolersare traditionally well-received bythe local nursing homes and their

residents.“Each nursing home has its

own personality,” Walter said.“Some will just sit and listen.Some will sit in their seat and taptheir feet.”

“Every once in a while we’llget requests,” she said. So,knowledge of the standard holi-day songs are a must. “JingleBells,” “White Christmas,”“Santa Claus is Coming toTown” and “Silent Night” areamong the regulars.

To participate, meet at 6:30p.m. Wednesday at The NewmanCatholic Center, 909 LincolnAve.◆ 15th ANNIVERSARY

Eastern’s charter of Circle KInternational is celebrating its15th anniversary Tuesday with aparty at Mayor and Mrs. DanCougill’s house.

Circle K, a college serviceorganization sponsored by theCharleston Kiwanis, was made aformal chapter on Nov. 25, 1985.

“Our purpose is to provideneeded service for the campusand community and to raisemoney for (iodine deficiency dis-order and the Spastic ParalysisResearch Foundation),” saidLella Cox, a Circle K memberand secretary for theIllinois/Eastern Iowa district.

The group’s celebration Tues-day is a gift from the Cougills inreturn for Circle K’s volunteerwork during Lincoln/DouglasDays in September, Cox said.

The organization has beenthrough its “ups and downs,” buthas continued to remain 25 to 30members strong throughout thepast few years, she said.

“The club has grown, but we’dlike to see it larger,” Cox said.

Last year marked a high pointfor the group when it won firstplace in international achieve-ment at the Circle K conventionin Phoenix, Ariz.

Regular meetings will resumeafter semester break at 7 p.m.every Tuesday in the EffinghamRoom of the Martin Luther KingJr. University Union.

& then some is a weekly column coveringvarious campus and community events.

— Karen Wolden is the managing editor and a regular columnist for The Daily Eastern News.

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category instead of being lumped with the activityfee.

For the senate to change the fee, the students wouldhave to vote in a student-wide referendum.

Editor in chief of Minority Today, Robin Williams,said she does not see a problem with having studentsvote on student fees.

“The student’s should vote because it’s theirmoney,” Williams said. “It’s their paper, it’s theirschool, they should have the right to vote on it.”

Student Body President Michelle Gaddini said shemay support alternate actions that Gutraj is lookinginto.

“This should have happened in the first place,”Gaddini said. “The communication lines should havebeen opened before this whole resolution was takenup.”

Gaddini questioned the senate’s powers to replaceWeidner with Hencken on the Student PublicationsBoard, but thought it would be a positive adjustment.

The by-laws of the Student Publications Boardstates that “one university administrator (is) appointedby the university president.”

Editor in chief of The Daily Eastern News, HeidiKeibler, said she thinks the new ideas sound betterthan the resolution, but she wants to speak withStudent Publications Board members before she sup-ports them.

“These proposals sound more reasonable than theresolution, but I still think the best solution would beto leave things the way they are,” Keibler said. “Thissystem was set up with a lot of consideration and a lotof people’s input. To decide to change it on a whim isnot very sensible.”

RESOLUTION from page one

back to the school that has givenme so much,” Laible said. “I havea commitment to the university,and I’m interested in the welfare ofthe students and faculty.”

The job of the board is to workat soliciting scholarships, endow-ments and annual and long-termgift giving at Eastern.

“Their goal is to strengthen the

university through gift giving,”Hilke said. “These individuals giveof their own time, wealth and ener-gy to make the university a betterplace for students and faculty.”

FOUNDATION from page one

African-American heritage.“The focus isn’t on the gifts

necessarily,” Riddle said. “Thefocus is on celebrating beingAfrican-Americans.”

Illuminating the room, the can-dles appear in symbolic Africancolors.

“The red is for the blood thatwas shed during the struggle forjustice, the green represents hopefor the future, and the black is forour color,” she said.

The celebration of Kwansaa isincreasing as people begin tograsp its true meaning, she said.

“I think people are starting torealize what it is – a bonding cer-emony to get in touch with whoyou are.”

Kwansaa isn’t to be confused

with Christmas, she said.“It’s not done in spite of

Christmas; it’s a separate celebra-tion of being African-American,”she said.

But Riddle’s practice of cele-brating her heritage is strikinglysimilar to the celebration of hersavior’s birth. She rejects themodern commercialization of the

holiday.“Now we have this Santa Claus

person who gives kids gifts ifthey’re good,” Riddle said. “Theyshould be good all year. Theyshouldn’t be bribed to be good.”

“(My family) never did theSanta Claus thing,” she said.“That’s not what it’s about. Wegive gifts to each other andremind each other that it’s Jesus’birthday.”

So, Riddle exchanges material-ism for meaning when she cele-brates her holidays.

“They’re my most favoritetimes of the year,” Riddle said ina tone of anticipation. “In one, Icelebrate my favorite birthday,and in one, I celebrate who I am.

“They both make me strong.”

KWANSAA from page one

We give gifts toeach other and re-mind each other

that it’s Jesus’ birthday.”— Danielle Riddle,

graduate student in guidance

and counseling

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A full range of musical talent will be showcased tonight inEastern’s Jazz Combos concert.

Eastern’s Jazz Program will present a concert at 8:30 p.m. inthe Rathskeller in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

A wide variety of small group jazz will be performed by thefour jazz ensembles, according to a press release. The groupswill be directed by both faculty and student directors.

Silence, 7 Steps, Mark VI and Pharoahconnor will perform“Sweet Georgia Brown,” “There Is No Greater Love” and piecesby legendary jazz performers like Miles Davis and DukeEllington.

Jazz combo concerttonight in Rathskeller PEORIA, Ill. (AP) – The United

Auto Workers ended its record-longstrike against Caterpillar Inc. onSunday, although union membersvoted down the latest contractrather than accept an unpopularcompany offer.

The company’s offer “was turneddown by a large majority of mem-bers’’ UAW leaders said in a state-ment. They did not reveal votetotals.

The UAW’s central bargainingcommittee also voted to immediate-ly recess its 17-month strike.

UAW endsPeoria strike

3Monday, December4, 1995The Daily Eastern News

By SCOTT BOEHMERCampus editor

An Eastern graduate studentis in the process of forming anon-campus world wide web sitehighlighting various aspects ofSouth African economy andbusiness.

Ravi Pil lay, a graduateexchange student from Durbin,Natal in South Africa, said theweb page will be a resourcecenter to inform business peopleand others about differentaspects of South Africa and itseconomy.

“(I’m trying to) create somediscussion as to why SouthAfrica would be a good place toinvest in as far as a purely eco-nomic point of view,” Pillaysaid.

Pillay said he hopes the page

will help to clear about some ofthe misconceptions about SouthAfrica as a nation and encour-age businesses to invest inSouth Africa.

“There seems to be a lot ofinterest by Americans aboutwhat the educational system islike and what the level of tech-nology is,” Pillay said, addingSouth Africa is both a f irs tworld and third world country insome regards.

Pillay said one of the prob-lems in attracting investors toSouth Africa has been that peo-ple don’t understand its level oftechnology.

“I think for a lot of peoplewhen they think of South Africathey just think of Africa, butgeologically it’s split into differ-ent countries,” Pil lay said.“South Africa is definitely oneof the leading countries inAfrica.

“What I intend to do is have afairly neutral base of databasesabout business in South Africaand match that with business inthe states,” Pil lay said.“Essentially it must be accessi-ble information and try to createsome sort of discussion about

South Africa and about invest-ing in South Africa.”

Pillay said he hopes to havethe page up and running by nextsemester and is currently work-ing on creating the links for thepage, which is being developedwith Microsoft InternetAssistant.

Noel Brodsky, an associateprofessor of economics, who ishelping Pillay with the homepage, said he expects it will pri-marily consist of links to otherexisting web pages on SouthAfrica.

“It’s quite a time-consumingtask,” Pillay said. “Fortunatelythe raw data that is required I’mgoing to get from the office ofthe South African Trade andIndustry Department,”

Pillay said creating the webpage as a resource guide willprovide people with quick infor-mation about South Africa andis a good way to store raw infor-mation.

“Obviously if you want infor-mation about investing in SouthAfrica, there are various ways todo it,” Brodsky said. “This isprobably one of the easiest waysto do it.”

Eastern grad forming worldweb site about South AfricaProject will bea ‘resourcecenter’ for itseconomy

TETSUYA KIKUMASA/Assoc. photo editor

Aim highCody Baird, an eighth-grade Charleston Junior High School student,jumps with his skateboard on the stairs south of the Martin LutherKing Jr. University Union Sunday afternoon.

By MELANIE McCLAINCity editor

The Charleston community is still feelingrepercussions from an August church fire afterchurch officials announced they will be selling itsproperties, including a lot which a local pregnan-cy center is located.

After the fire, the Charleston CommunityChurch was forced to liquidate their assets in aneffort to seek funds for the construction of a newchurch.

The Crisis Pregnancy Center, 914 Monroe Ave.,is currently seeking funds for a new location sincetheir lot, located immediately east of the oldchurch, was located on the church’s property,according to Chris Bugle, director of the CrisisPregnancy Center.

Bugle said the center, which has more than 50volunteers, serves 350 to 400 people a year, ofwhich 80 percent of the clientele are Eastern stu-dents.

The center offers a wide range of servicesincluding free pregnancy tests, as well as informa-tion on pregnancy, abortion, adoption, foster care,physician referral, child birth and parenting class-es, post abortion support groups and various ser-vices to women who chose to carry their babyfull-term.

“Our services are free and there are no stringsattached,” Bugle said. “It is best for people to calland make an appointment and there is a night linewhere appointments can be made at night.”

The center is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. onMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

For the past 10 years, the center has rented their

building for $1 a year from the church. The centerwill now have to seek funds to either buy thebuilding or find a new one. But Bugle said there isno animosity between the two organizations.

“They’ve offered the building to us,” she said.“It’s been a mutual agreement between the two ofus. They’ve been very supportive.”

Ten years ago church officials made an agree-ment with the center that the center rent the homefor only a $1 a year if pregnancy center officialspromised to renovate the building.

“The original board members were members ofthe church and the building was sitting empty andtumble down,” Bugle said. “The original CPCmembers refurbished the home and put in wiringand furnaces.”

According to Bugle, the pregnancy center’sboard of directors will be working on a “capitalfunds plan” to find ways to raise money for thecenter.

The board of directors consists of eight mem-bers from the community who are in charge ofoverseeing fund raising and decision making,Bugle said.

“It would be nice to stay here, but were notmarried to it,” Bugle said. “We’re concerned witha warm, caring atmosphere for our clients and aplace that will protect their privacy.”

Officers of the pregnancy center will also betalking to individuals in the six counties theyserve to see if their communities would be willingto participate in the fund raising effort, Buglesaid.

The center serves Coles, Moultrie, Douglas,Edgar, Cumberland, Douglas and Clark counties.They also have a satellite office in Mattoon.

Local church assest liquidationendangers pregnancy center

By JENNY RUEHLEStaff writer

The Red Cross this week ismaking it easy to relax after giv-ing blood by encouraging donorsto show up in their pajamas tosave a life.

The “Pajama Party” Red Crossblood drive is being held thisweek from 6 p.m. to midnighttoday and from 1-7 p.m. Tuesdayin Lawson Hall’s basement.

The goal for this week’s blooddrive is 400 pints, according toRed Cross press release.

“I haven’t heard lately if theyare in dire need of blood,” saidGeoffrey Maier, president of theblood drive committee at Eastern.

Everyone who goes to donate isencouraged to wear pajamas andto bring a friend along whengoing to give blood. Donors willreceive hot chocolate, Domino’spizza and a personalizedChristmas ornament for a tree atthe donation site.

To be able to donate thisMonday and Tuesday, participants

must be at least 17 years old,weigh at least 110 pounds and bein good health. Maier said a lot ofpeople get deferred because oflow iron and it keeps them fromdonating again.

The blood drive committee alsotries to decorate as much as theycan with different themes in hopesof having more donations, Maiersaid.

“With this (blood drive), it’s thewinter time and since it’s a nightdrive, we usually get betterresults. This theme was tried lastyear and many people came andhad a good time,” Maier said.“The theme is like saying, `Comegive blood and go to bed.’”

Maier said he hopes the blooddrive will have good attendance.

“Usually when it is in the resi-dence halls, we get a better result,he said. “We are going to try outnew locations to see if thatincreases our results also.”

The blood drives are scheduledevery 56 days so the people whodonated in the last blood drive candonate again in the following one.

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One encounter with a homelessman revolutionized my view of theChristmas story.

The 2,000-year-old story of theshepherds and wise men coming tomarvel at a homeless child who wasprophesied to be a union of divinityand flesh seemed a little far-fetchedto me as a teenager.

As a freshman at community col-lege, I took a philosophy course thatdelved into religion. I knew therewas something more to life, but Ididn’t want to follow in my parents’ footsteps or create a crutchthat fit my needs and matched my personal philosophy.

One night, I knelt down in my room and said, “God, I don’tknow who you are, but I know that you’ve helped me out.Now, I just want you to guide me to the truth. I don’t care whatit is. I just want something that’s real and true.”

An odd message began running through my mind, almostlike a song you can’t get out of your head. The message said,“There’s someone you have to meet. Go outside and call outthe name ‘Simeon.’”

At this point, I thought I might have some kind of neurosis,or maybe I had eaten some bad chili for dinner. But I wasn’tready to give up, so I tried to clear my mind again. Still, themessage kept going through my head: “There’s someone youhave to meet. Go outside and call out the name ‘Simeon.’”

I thought I was crazy, but I went outside. I whispered thename once, then a little louder. Finally I yelled it, expecting aman to walk down the street and tell me everything I needed toknow about the universe. I stood there for a few minutes, thenfigured I was just nuts.

The next morning, I went to school and work, before head-ing to a homeless shelter I volunteered at once a week. There, Ipassed out clothing and talked with some guests, still thinking Iwas crazy about the whole “Simeon” thing.

In the corner of the room, I saw a homeless man reading abook. I walked over to him and said, “Hey, whatcha reading?”

He told me it was a narrative about the life of Jesus. Then hesaid, “I want to read you something . . .” and he paused as he

spun through the pages until hestopped on a page he had marked.“I want to read you a story about aman named Simeon.”

He began reading as I struggledto put words together. Finally, Istopped him and told him about thenight before.

The man was shocked. He said,“I just came up here a few monthsago from North Carolina. I don’thave any money; I don’t have anyplace to stay; but I found this really

special church, and I want you to come with me this Saturday.”That Saturday morning, I drove to the Shalem Seventh-day

Adventist Church in Waukegan. I didn’t find a huge toweringstructure of silver and gold and expensive brick. The churchlooked more like a house than a church.

I saw a line of black people entering the building. As Iwalked up the steps I felt incredibly nervous, but once I walkedthrough the door, I knew I was home.

After I told the congregation my unusual story, a large blackwoman gave me a bear hug and called me “Brother Samuel.”The name has stuck.

Over the past two years, I’ve seen homeless, disabled, anddrug addicted people come to the service and share their stories.I’ve seen people of all different colors and cultures walkthrough the doors and receive the same warm welcome.

The people didn’t come for a beautiful building becausethere was none to find. They came because between those fourwalls, there is heart and soul and faith – a strong faith that Godis right there with them working, smiling, crying, trying tobring a little more love into this world.

Just as the homeless child split time into A.D. and B.C., sothis homeless man’s arrival divided the history of my life. Sincethat evening, I’ve never been the same.

Somehow, the story of the homeless child seems easier tobelieve after my encounter with the homeless wise man.

–Sam McKee is features editor and a regular columnist forThe Daily Eastern News

The Daily Eastern News

OpinionpageEditorials are the opinion of the Editorial Board.

Columns are the opinion of the author.

PAGE 4Monday, December 4, 1995

Holiday seasongreat chance to givethe gift of life–blood

Christmas through the eyes of the homeless

SAM MCKEERegular columnist

“A homelessman revolution-ized my view ofthe Christmasstory.”

The American Red Cross is offering a perfectopportunity for the Eastern and Charleston com-munity to give the gift of life for the holidays.

“Pajama Party Blood Drive” will be heldfrom 6 p.m. to midnight today and from 1 p.m.to 7 p.m. Tuesday in Lawson Hall lobby.

The pajama party theme made its debut lastDecember when the Red Cross fell 104 pintsshort of its 400-pint goal due to record-highdeferral rates. If all who offered to donate at lastyear’s late-night drive could have donated, theRed Cross would have surpassed its goal by 48pints.

According to Dave Cline, donor services con-sultant for the Red Cross, blood donations typi-

cally decrease during theholiday season – a timewhen blood products arein high demand.

There is therefore no better time for the com-munity to donate.

And the common excuses shouldn’t cut it.■ For those who think finals are taking up

too much time to donate, the process only takesabout an hour. The later hours and on-campuslocation should also open up opportunities formany faculty and students.■ For those who are worried about the pain

of a pricking needle, 1,224 donors camethrough it unharmed in September’s drive,including Steve Highfill who donated for his20th time.

“For a lot of people, it’s just a psychologicalthing,” Highfill said at the weeklong drive.“They are scared of needles ...”■ For those who have burned a whole in their

pockets this semester, this is the one holidaypresent that is free – and one of the few that willsave a life.■ The few requirements to donate allow for a

large majority of Eastern students to donate, aswell. Donors must be at least 17 years old, 110pounds and in good health.

The Red Cross narrowly missed its 1,350-pint goal in September when it collected 1,224pints in the weeklong drive.

The goal for today and Tuesday’s drive is 400pints.

Especially during the season of giving, theRed Cross should not only reach its goal, butsurpass it.

Editorial

Dear editor:Much acclaim has been given and

should be given the the Eastern footballteam and the coaching staff. However,as a participant in the recent Relay forLife to benefit the fight against cancer, Iwant to thank Coach Bob Spoo and thegroup of football players who came andwalked with us. Their presence deserveshigh praise and was appreciated.

Rose Mary Shepherd

Dear editor:During the week of Nov. 6-11, mem-

bers of Eastern’s Circle K Club (a ser-vice organization that is sponsored bythe Kiwanis) organized a toy drive inCharleston. We distributed 800 bagsthroughout the town! On Nov. 11, wepicked up the bags that had toys inthem. We only collected 50 bags, but

we collected over 200 toys!We would like to thank all the resi-

dents who donated toys. We appreciateyour generosity! Thank you so much!Thank you for making this project asuccess for us! The toys were distribut-ed to the Charleston Community DayCar Center and to the Coles CountyAssociation for the Retarded. Thanksagain.

Leslie Heydorn

Dear editor:I would like to respond to Laurent

Gosselin’s explanation in the November28 edition of The Daily Eastern Newsof why administrative salaries are somuch higher than faculty salaries. “Onereason faculty members’ salaries aresubstantially lower than administratorsis because faculty members are paid on

nine-month contracts, while administra-tors work on 12-month contracts.” I feelthis undervalues the year-round com-mitment of academic faculty. Facultyare expected to teach, perform service,maintain professional standards andengage in creative/research activities.While the academic schedule doesallow for some flexibility in jugglingthese four obligations, keeping up withall four is most definitely a year-roundcommitment, as any faculty memberwill testify.

Anita Shelton

“Give all thou canst; high heavenrejects the lore of nicely calculatedless or more.

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your turn

Charleston residentsmade the Circle Ktoy drive a success

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Explanation of salaryincreases undervaluesfaculty commitment

By MELANIE McCLAINStaff editor

Almost everyone knowsEbeneezer Scrooge.

And each Christmas season, thesinister, stingy miser is visited bythree spirits on Christmas Eve, inCharles Dickens’ classic “AChristmas Carol” which tells theimportance of love, sharing andgiving.

Since 1976, the UniversityTheatre has presented a new twiston the famous Christmas tale,which is being presented Dec. 1through 9 in the Doudna Fine ArtsCenter.

This year’s presentation, directedby Jean Wolski, opens with a castsinging “God Bless Ye MerryGentlemen” on a set depicting thestreets of London in the 1800s. Inan effort to get the audience intothe Christmas spirit, the cast invitesthem to join in a chorus of Deck theHalls.

The story begins with Scrooge,played by Chris Pomeroy, snicker-ing and complaining aboutChristmas to his employee, BobCratchit, a poor, underpaid book-keeper, played by Clint Vrona.

As Scrooge and Cratchit areworking, Scrooge’s nephew, Fred,played by Matt Goines, enters thecounting house spreadingChristmas joy. Although Fredinvites his uncle to Christmas din-ner, Scrooge chooses to send his

nephew out the door, insistentlymuttering to him how much he dis-likes Christmas.

Pomeroy, who was garbed inrich-looking clothes and had patch-es of gray hair above each of hisears, made a believable Scroogethrough his sinister facial expres-sions and “bah-humbug” attitude.

One of the highlights of the playwas when Jacob Marley, played byCasey Burke, rises from hell, thefloor of the stage, with the appear-ance of smoldering coals, clouds ofsmoke, evil music and moving col-ored lights surrounding him.

Burke, who looked like death,dragged his chains across the floorand spoke in a Darth Vader-likevoice to a knock-kneed Scroogeabout the three spirits that would bepaying him a visit throughout theevening.

Although Marley’s voice wassomewhat distorted and hard tounderstand at times, the entire five-minute scene was quite frightening,leaving the audience intriguedevery second.

Scrooge is first visited by theGhost of Christmas Past, played byLisa French, who takes him on ajourney of his childhood, revisitinghis sister Fan, the happy days whenhe worked for Mr. Fezziwig, andthe time when he was in love withBelle, the woman he was to marry.

After returning to his home,Scrooge is visited by the Ghost ofChristmas Present, played by

Christopher Gray. This ghost wasdressed in a floor-length, emeraldgreen velour robe with white trim-ming. His eye-catching costumenot only intimidated Scrooge, butkept the audience’s attention aswell.

The Ghost of Christmas Presenttook Scrooge to the Cratchit house-

hold, where Scrooge got a view ofa poor, hungry Cratchit family andsaw that a crippled Tiny Tim, theyoungest Cratchit, might not havelong to live.

In the final scene of the play,Scrooge is visited by the fearedGhost of Christmas Future, playedby Brad Pugh. This ghost stood

nearly 7 feet tall, dressed in a blackgrim reaper-like robe.

The Ghost of Christmas Future,pointed with his bony skeletonhand to a headstone that read“Scrooge” in bright red lights.Scrooge falls to his knees, profess-ing he will keep Christmas in hisheart throughout the year.

By SCOTT BOEHMERStaff editor

Songs of Frosty the Snowman,Jack Frost and Santa Claus havemore than one thing in common:They have no soul.

The same thing could definitelynot be said for the Unity GospelFellowship Choir, which per-formed Saturday afternoon at theirannual Christmas concert.

This event was not the secularcelebration of Christmas shown inmost aspects of society, but rathera celebration of spirituality andbelief in God.

“We’ve come to praise Godtoday, plain and simple,” said choirmember James Robinson III at thebeginning of the concert.

The songs themselves alsoreflected this, with only one song,“O Come all Ye Faithful,” beingspecifically geared toward the holi-day.

Perhaps the single most impres-sive thing, which showed throughin virtually all aspects of the con-cert, was the obvious sense ofcommunity held by this religiousorganization.

The choir was made up of more

than 30 members, all Eastern stu-dents, and was accompanied by abase guitar, keyboard, piano anddrum set.

The concert nearly filled theUniversity Baptist Church of bothcollege students and communityresidents, including a fairly largesection of one member’s family.

The music obviously impressedmost of the audience, with severalaudience members standing up,clapping, waving hands and evenplaying their own tambourines.

However, more significant thanthe audience reactions was themusic which motivated the move-ment.

The highlight of the show was aduet and solo, featuring powerfulvoices and emotion-filled songs.

Choir members Jason Streeter’sand Veronica Wallace’s powerfulvoices punctuated the walls of thechurch, and brought a standingovation from portions of thecrowd.

Wallace and Streeter accompa-nied each other very well, withStreeter’s melodic voice perfectlyaccentuating Wallace’s piercinghigh notes.

Equally as impressive was choir

member Veronica Wallace’s soloversion of “How Excellent,” a spir-itual, emotional filled song.

Latrica Olds led the choir in hersolo of “Safe in His Arms,” anoth-er excellent example of one ofEastern’s relatively unknownsinging stars.

Olds’ extremely powerful voicereached and held several very highnotes, and her impressive work

was supported by the choir.Along with the individual

accomplishments, orchestration ofthe choir as a whole was perfectlyperformed.

Choir director Arvonda Douglasdid an outstanding job in coordi-nating all of the various choirmembers in the concert, with six ofeight songs being group efforts.

The choir members were also

enthusiastic during the perfor-mances, with the swaying of thesingers almost causing the church’sChristmas tree to swing back andforth, in constant danger of fallingover.

The choir members, along withthe audience, also chimed in dur-ing the songs with cries of “Amen”to encourage the singers and praiseGod.

5Monday, December 4, 1995The Daily Eastern News

Holiday ReviewsOne week before finals begin, students gathered

to entertain, praise and spread some holiday cheer

LANDON FULLER/Staff photographerJohnnie Walker directs the Unity Fellowship Gospel Choir in “Any Way You Bless Me,” Saturday after-noon in the University Baptist Church.

Unity FellowshipGospel Choir bringsaudience to its feet

‘A Christmas Carol’ enlightens crowd for 19th year

CHET PIOTROWSKI/Photo editorLady #1, played by Jennifer Corrington, asks Ebeneezer Scrooge, played by Chris Pomeroy, for money forthe needy during Saturday night’s performance of “A Christmas Carol.”

6 Monday, December 4, 1995 The Daily Eastern News

TETSUYA KIKUMASA/Assoc. photo editor

Rollin’Kevin Glover, a Charleston resident, rides his bicycle on the stairs north of the MartinLuther King Jr. University Union Sunday afternoon. Glover was taking advantage of thepleasant weather as temperatures reached the lower 50s.

By BETSY COLEAdministration editor

Ken Hadwiger, a speech communicationsprofessor, will visit the Faculty SenateTuesday to discuss whether the UnitedAirlines flight service from Chicago toCharleston should be utilized in the search forthe new executive director of developmentposition.

The senate will meet at 2 p.m. in the BOGRoom of Booth Library.

Faculty Senate Vice Chairman Gary Fostersaid Hadwiger will likely discuss the traveloptions regarding the screening of applicantsfor executive director of development, a posi-tion replacing most of the duties of the vicepresident for Institutional Advancement posi-tion.

Foster said a proposal was made to have thesearch committee go to Chicago to conductscreening interviews for the top 15 candidatesat O’Hare.

Hadwiger said although it would be lessexpensive to conduct interviews at O’Hare, it

would be more beneficial to the university tohost the process on campus.

“They’re overlooking a tremendous publicrelations opportunity by not bringing them tocampus,” Hadwiger said.

He said Eastern’s reputation can beenhanced by bringing candidates to campus,and if the university makes a good impression,word will get around across the nation.

Foster said if the search committee decidesto conduct interviews in Chicago, the commit-tee members would drive not fly.

“Ken will probably do a cost analysis ofwhich (interview location) will be cheaper,”Foster said. But Hadwiger is more concernedabout the image of the university, he added.

Great Lakes Airlines, a United Airline carri-er, currently provides travel service to andfrom Coles County Airport, 432 Airport Road,to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.

The airline schedules three flights dailybetween Charleston and Chicago and servesmostly businessmen, although there are specialrates for students, Hadwiger said.

Other items on Tuesday’s agenda include:• A discussion of the Student Senate resolu-

tion that would place student fee fundingunder the control of the Apportionment Board.Currently, Student Publications receives a flatfee of $3.65 a semester per student.

“Several senators see it as an issue theywant to address,” Foster said.

Senate to discuss searchfor director of development

By REAGAN BRANHAMStudent government editor

A new voting procedure isbeing researched in an effort toincrease voter turnout forfuture Student Governmentelections to make the StudentSenate a more representativebody.

Senate Speaker Kevin Piketsaid he is looking into a newsystem where students couldvote in classrooms.

He said he has heard therecent criticism of the senateand wants to make the senate amore representative body forthe entire student population.

About 700 students voted inthe November StudentGovernment election, less than7 percent of the entire studentbody.

Piket said he is unsure howto set up a system that wouldbe able to both reach the maxi-mum amount of students andguard against students votingmore than once.

“There are so many ques-tions with it now; I’ll need tolook into it,” Piket said.

Terry Weidner, vice presi-dent for academic affairs, saidno Eastern faculty memberscould be forced to take up theirindividual class time for a stu-dent election.

“I could not require facultyto do that kind of thing,”Weidner said.

However, he did agree thesenate should look further intothe idea and try to establishsome other kind of feasibleplan.

Piket said one idea he has toreach the most students wouldbe to use a schedule similar tothe finals schedule to decidewhat classes to have the votingoffered in.

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The Charleston Recreation Department is planningits annual holiday decorating contest, where Charlestonresidents can deck their homes with festive decorations.

The event is intended to generate money for theCharleston Food Pantry through contest entry fees, saidWynette Noel, a member of the recreation department.

“Hopefully, it will get more people to enter becausetheir fees are going to a worthy cause,” Noel said.

To enter the house decorating contest, entrants mustbe at least 18-years-old, a Charleston resident and alldecorations must be on the outside of the house or ableto be seen through a window.

The last day to submit entries is Dec. 18 becausejudging will begin the following day, Noel said.

Entrants will be separated into either the residentialor business category, depending on the building beingdecorated, Noel said.

Contest judges will drive to the entrants’ homes andreview the decorations, Noel said. Prizes will be award-ed for best theme and most creative house.

Entrants names will be published in the CharlestonTimes-Courier so people can go see what buildingshave been decorated, Noel said.

Those interested in signing up can call the CharlestonRecreation Center at 345-6897 or pick up an entry formon the second floor of the Municipal Building, 520Jackson St.

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New voting procedurecould increase turnout

7Monday, December 4, 1995The Daily Eastern News

MADRID, Spain (AP) –President Clinton authorized avanguard of 700 Americantroops to open a risky mission informer Yugoslavia and rejectedBosnian Serb demands Sundayfor rewriting the treaty U.S.forces will help enforce.

“When you make a peaceagreement, not everybody ishappy with it,” Clinton said,referring to Bosnian Serb mili-tary leader Ratko Mladic’s warn-ing that Serbs in Sarajevo willnever live under Muslim andCroat rule, as the agreement pre-scribes.

Despite the complaints ofMladic and others, Clinton said,“I don’t think the treaty is introuble and, no, I don’t think itshould be renegotiated.” It is tobe signed Dec. 14 in Paris.

Wrapping up a five-dayEuropean trip, Clintonannounced he had given the go-ahead for sending into Bosnia700 U.S. troops trained in logis-tics and communications.

Within a few days, theadvance troops will establish aU.S. headquarters in the north-

east town of Tuzla in preparationfor nearly 20,000 Americans setto follow in a matter of weeks.The Americans, part of a60,000-troop internationalpeacekeeping effort, will spendthe winter and the months afterthat trying to separate warringparties and disarming land mineshidden by snow-covered fields.

As he headed home fromEurope, weary from long daysand late nights, Clinton faceddeep skepticism from Americancitizens and the Congress aboutthe military mission.

Senate Majority Leader BobDole, R-Kan., said on CBS’“Face the Nation” Sunday thataround Wednesday this week the

Senate will take up a resolutionsupporting American forces inBosnia but also containing lan-guage on arming BosnianMuslims and providing aclearcut exit strategy.

“If Bill Clinton is going tohave the entry strategy, the restof us should have the exit strate-gy,” said Dole, who has agreedto put aside his opposition toU.S. participation in the peace-keeping mission so thatAmericans sent to Bosnia knowthey have the full support ofCongress.

“It will be in the great spirit offoreign policy that I thinkRepublicans and Democrats willnow be united to support theAmerican troops,” Rep. JohnKasich, R-Ohio, another oppo-nent of deployment, said onNBC’s “Meet the Press.”“I think the American people

should know that we have aunique responsibil i ty at thismoment in history,” Clintonsaid. America’s status as awealthy nation and the world’slast superpower “imposes on usgreat responsibilities,” he said.

First American troops authorized for Bosnia

LANSING, Mich. (AP) –New college graduates willfind it slightly easier to turntheir degrees into paychecksnext spring, especially if theyhave an internship on theirresume, according to a hiringsurvey released Monday.

The survey by MichiganState University projects a 4.7percent increase in the numberof new college graduates whocan expect to get jobs, the thirdstraight annual improvement.

“It remains a very competi-tive job market out there so thegraduates by no means willfind it easy hunting,” saidPatrick Scheetz, the surveyauthor. “It is a modestimprovement.” Scheetz, direc-tor of the CollegiateEmployment ResearchInstitute at the school, alsosaid the best job prospects arefor engineers, computer scien-tists, business majors, healthprofessionals and sciencemajors.

Starting salaries offered tonew college graduates willinch up only about half a per-cent compared to last year, hesaid.

Chemical engineers willdraw the biggest pay –$41,183 – while journalistswill be offered the lowest start-ing salaries – $20,154.

Scheetz said despite the pro-jected increase, hiring still willbe below the levels of 1988-89. Prospects are brightest inthe nation’s southeastern andnorth-central regions.

Internshipskey to jobsin 1996 jobmarket

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Yitzhak Rabin’sconfessed assassin suggested Sunday that one ofthe prime minister’s bodyguards helped him,saying that the truth about the slaying would“turn the country upside down.’’ Yigal Amir fedrumors of a wider conspiracy in the assassina-tion when he said that authorities killed a Rabinbodyguard who helped him by creating confu-sion during the Nov. 4 shooting at a Tel Avivpeace rally.

“Why don’t you publicize that they killed oneof Rabin’s bodyguards? The one who shouted`The bullets are dummies,’’’ Amir yelled toreporters as he was brought into a Tel Avivcourtroom to have his detention extended.

Amir, 25, has in the past insisted that he actedalone, and previous reports indicated Amir wasthe one who shouted the bullets were fake. No

evidence has surfaced so far to support his claimthat one of Rabin’s bodyguards was killed.

“I can say something that will destroy every-thing ...

Everything until now was a mask,’’ said Amir,wearing a white T-shirt with a gray sweaterdraped over his shoulders as he entered thecourt.

“I did not think they would start killing peo-ple,’’ he muttered.

“You are killing people,’’ retorted Judge DanArbel.

“If I tell the truth, it would turn the countryupside down,’’ Amir said, waving his hand dis-missively and sitting down.

A government spokesman called Amir’s com-ments “nonsense.’’ Police investigator AriehSilverman submitted to the court a document hesaid contained new material “that could changethe nature of the charges’’ and requested Amir’sdetention be extended eight days beyond themaximum 30 days without charge. The contentsof the document were not revealed.

The judge agreed to extend Amir’s detentionby four days. Amir is accused of murder,attempted murder, illegal weapons manufactureand possession, sabotaging the investigation, andconspiracy. He has said he shot Rabin to stop the

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Eastern head baseball coachJim Schmitz is expected toannounce today the signings ofhigh school standouts Kris Henryand Phil Jorstad.

Henry, from SpringfieldSoutheast, and Jorstad, fromMorris, have signed scholarshipsfor baseball to attend Eastern,Schmitz said in a press release.

Henry is a three-year lettermanat Southeast as an outfielder. Hehit .325 as a junior last springand stole 18 bases. He also dou-bled as a pitcher and set aSoutheast school record with 17strikeouts in a seven-inninggame.

Schmitz, who led the Panthersto a 28-19 record last season and

captured the Mid-ContinentConference West Division titlewith a 15-5 conference mark,said that Henry is a consummateball player.

“Kris is multi-talented,”Schmitz said. “He can run, throw,hit and hit with power.” But evenmore than that, Schmitz saidHenry’s versatility and combina-tion of skills made him “the com-plete package.”

But despite Henry’s prowess asa hurler, Schmitz said that he willnot likely be used on the mound.

“We’ve recruited him solely asan outfielder,” Schmitz said ofthe senior who also was anAmerican Legion All-Star lastsummer with a .359 batting aver-age and a team-high 28 steals.

Jorstad played on Morris HighSchool’s 1995 Class AA state

championship team and on its1993 state runner-up team. Theinfielder hit .402 with 10 homeruns, 44 runs batted in and a .940slugging percentage.

“Phil can flat out hit,” Schmitzsaid. “He’s definitely a playerwho we believe can produce as afreshman.”

But Jorstad’s experience on awinning team also impressedSchmitz.

“We like the fact that he comesfrom a winning program,”Schmitz said. “That’s veryimportant to us.”

Jorstad was selected to theLittle Seven Conference’s FirstTeam in 1994 and 1995, FirstTeam All-Area by the JolietHerald-News and First TeamDistrict 4 by the National HighSchool Coaches Association.

Schmitz ready to sign recruits

By JOSH HARBECKStaff writer

While Eastern has shown flashes of the potentialit has, the team still has not put together a completegame.

And as Indiana University comes into Lantz Gymtonight, the job doesn’t get any easier.

The Lady Panthers will look to get back on trackand break a two-game losing streak at 7:35 p.m.against the Hoosiers.

Eastern (1-2) hopes to string together two stronghalves of basketball against the Big Ten’s Hoosiers.

“There’s no doubt about it,” head coach JohnKlein said. “We have to play two consistent halvesnot only to beat Indiana, but throughout the sea-son.”

Twice the Lady Panthers have had poor firsthalves, only to make comebacks in the second half.Both times Eastern scored 24 points in the first peri-od and 39 points in the second.

In the season opener against Butler University,Eastern’s improved second half play boosted it to a63-59 victory. But Thursday night against IndianaState University, the comeback fell short as theLady Panthers fell 69-63.

But the difference in halves goes beyond scoring.

In both games, Eastern turned the ball over more,shot worse, and looked more out-of-sync in the firsthalf. The second half of both games showed a muchmore confident and relaxed team that got into theflow of the game.

“If you think about it, 11 of our 14 players arefreshmen or sophomores,” Klein said. “They willget better and better as the year goes on and so willthe older players.”

Indiana (1-1) comes in with a similar situation.Head coach Jim Izard said: “This is kind of arebuilding year for us. We’ve got seven freshmenand two red-shirt freshmen.”

With a victory over Valparaiso University and aloss to the University of Notre Dame, the Hoosiersare just looking for improvement.

“We’re just trying to make our team better,” Izardsaid. “We’re just an average team right now.”

Izard also said that he expects a good game fromthe Lady Panthers. “They’re well coached and do agood job with their players,” he said. “We’re look-ing for a tough game on the road.”

While they might be “average,” Klein knows thatIndiana still has its strong points.

“They have some real strength on the inside,” hesaid. “We need to force them into some lowpercentage shots and get those rebounds.”

Lady Panthers set for Indiana

EVANSTON (AP) – The squeaking of shoes andgrunts of coaches echo through Welsh-Ryan Arenaas the Northwestern men’s basketball team goesthrough a flurry of drills and sprints.

Sitting on the bench, wearing a windbreaker andjeans, freshman guard Nick Knapp stares at theplayers running through a half-court play. He runshis hand over his crew-cut blond hair, smiles andcomments to a teammate.

In his heart, he wants to be out on the court. Butthat’s where the problem lies.

Northwestern has declared the 18-year-old Knappmedically ineligible to play basketball because of acardiac arrest he suffered 14 months ago, so he issuing for the right to play.

He contends that four doctors have said he doesnot have a heart condition and have cleared him to

play basketball. He and his parents have offered towaive Northwestern’s liability for any injury hemight suffer.

In the meantime, the 6-foot-5 Knapp sits, dreamsof playing, and waits. He has trouble sleeping andeating, from worrying about how instead of beingon the court his future will soon be decided in court.

“It really tears me up inside to watch these guysat practice when I know I could be out there bang-ing with them,’’ Knapp said.

Several college coaches had come calling, butNick had his sights set on playing in the Big Tenand attending Northwestern, although the Wildcatshave lingered at the bottom of the conference fordecades.

The university had made an oral commitment tooffer him a scholarship.

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Jordan has made $170 millionsince 1990, the magazine said,and could become the first athleteever listed in the Forbes 400 ofwealthiest people.

Mike Tyson, out of prison andback in boxing, was second onthe list at $40 million – all from

winnings. He made $25 millionfrom his one fight and $15 mil-lion in signing bonuses.

Deion Sanders, the only two-sport athlete, was third at $22.5million. The outfielder and cor-nerback, who was 38th in 1994,made $16.5 million from salaryand $6 million in endorsements.

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By DONNA RUFStaff writer

After being idle for two weeks, the men’s andwomen’s swimming teams captured another, victory asthey defeated Northeastern Illinois University, 96-47 and100-75, respectively.

Coach Ray Padovan was pleased with his team’sefforts and the meet provided some of the swimmerswith an opportunity to swim unlikely events.

“Overall, it’s been a real good week, and some peoplehad some good swims in events they usually don’tswim,” Padovan said.

Curt Herrin was one of those swimmers who achievedsuccess in an unusual event for him – the 500-yardfreestyle. Herrin captured first place in the 500 in a timeof 5:06.94.

Rudy Stefanski had a successful swim in the 500 aswell, touching in 5:11.04. Stefanski also earned a firstplace in the 1000-yard freestyle in a time of 10:35.27.

Those times for Stefanski were his personal bests thisseason and Padovan believes “he has hit a new level ofswimming and is much better than he’s ever been.”

The Eastern men earned a victory in the sprint events,as well as the distance. In the 50-yard freestyle RyanPeterson touched first in a time of 23.13. The Panthersalso captured first in the 100-yard freestyle as well, withKyle Untersee touching in 52.15.

In the stroke events, the Eastern men again were vic-torious, with Matt Lotito winning the 200-yard back-stroke (2:12.17) and Doug Habben winning the 200-

yard butterfly (2:04.04). Adam Kuncl rounded out thefirst place finishers in the 200-yard breastroke (2:35.84).

Patrick Johnson, who swam the 200 backstroke exhi-bition, had a four second time drop in the event swim-ming in 2:04.67. Padovan was pleased with the big timedrop for Johnson, saying he had the best swim for theteam on the day.

The women were equally as successful as the men, asthey also earned a number of first place finishes onSaturday.

Senior Annell Metzger won the 1000-yard freestyle(11:44.15) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:40.39). Padovanbelieves these were good swims for her, as Metzger satmost of last season out due to health reasons.

In the 200-yard freestyle Tanya Rahn came away withthe victory, touching in 2:09.60.

Freshman Amber Scarcliff was touched out in the 50-yard freestyle by Northeastern’s Bradshaw, earning sec-ond with a time of 28.13.

Other first place finishes for the women were turnedin by Tracy Drucker in the 100-yard freestyle (58.99),Nicole Tennell in the 200-yard backstroke (2:24.63),Julie Graf in the 200-yard butterfly (2:41.04), and SarahMensone in the 200-yard breastroke (2:41.52).

Overall, Padovan was pleased with his team’s perfor-mances, and is looking forward to next Friday’s meetagainst the University of Evansville.

“Next Friday we are going to be away at Evansvilleand it’s going to be a hard meet for us, as they are goingto be coming off of a shave and taper meet, and aregoing to be feeling really good,” Padovan said.

Despite two-week layoff,swimmers capture meet

Although they have done exceptionally well againstsome of the nation’s elite, that doesn’t mean there ismore pressure put on them to perform.

“I don’t think there’s any more pressure put on us,”Pena said. “I can’t speak for the rest of the team, but Iexpect myself to win regardless of the competition.”

Even though the season is still relatively young, theteam has already seen a steady improvement.

“I haven’t put a point on where I want them to be,”McCausland said. “All I want to see is a steady progres-sion. Once I don’t see a steady progression, then we’re

not where we want to be.”McCausland said that as the season has progressed,

not only have his wrestlers developed physically andmentally, but they have also built character and becamemore unified as a team. And without that character, theymay have not been able to perform so well.

“Sometimes intimidation makes you lose confidenceand then make mistakes,” Fix said. “This weekend wedid well because we stayed in the matches.”

“I’m pleased with what I’m seeing in terms of resultsand where we’re placing,” McCausland said.

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because the Millikin players werenot that tall,” Slaughter said. “Allwe had to do was jump up and shootover them.”

But in the second half, thePanthers’ inside game slowed down,as Eastern was limited to only 20inside points during the second halfof play.

Not only was Eastern’s insidegame limited in the second half, butMillikin managed to keep thePanthers scoreless from the fieldduring the final five minutes of play.

Free throws made up for the lack

of inside scoring though, withEastern shooting 50 percent on 6-of-12 from the line to hold off a lateMillikin rally.

And according to Samuels, theteam’s inside play was a littlerelaxed in the second half.

“I thought the players were a littletoo comfortable in the second halfbecause the guys would just throwthe ball into the post area,” Samuelssaid. “We just didn’t get back intothe game offensively in the secondhalf.”

Turnovers were also a key in the

Panthers’ dominance of the insidegame, as Millikin turned the ballover 32 times during the game com-pared to Eastern’s 19 turnovers.According to Samuels though, thedefense wasn’t as good as it couldhave been despite winning thegame.

“The team had its hands up ondefense and created a lot ofturnovers in the game,” Samuelssaid. “Some of the turnovers wereunforced though and while we doemphasize our defense, it wasn’t asgood as it should be.”

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PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) – Thereis a woman in Detroit, a holder ofLions’ season tickets, who thinksScott Mitchell is a wimp. For somereason, this seems to be a popularpublic perception.

This woman readily admits sheuses three or four different names,calls the Detroit radio talk shows,and tries to get Mitchell fired. Shewants Erik Kramer back.

Well, she gets her wish Mondaynight. The problem is that Kramerwill be the starting quarterback forChicago (7-5) when the Lions (6-6) host the Bears.

Mitchell realizes that peopleremember how Kramer once ledthe Lions to the NFL playoffs.Dave Krieg did, too. It seems it’salways a backup quarterback whorescues the Lions.

“I know there’s interest becausehe was here and went there, andthen I came here,’’ Mitchell said.“I don’t play against Erik Kramer.Actually, though, I don’t think I’dmind seeing him out there at cor-nerback.’’

If he stays healthy, there is achance, however slight, thatMitchell may yet lead the Lions tothe playoffs this season.

Kramer ready for Detroit reunion

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Eastern withstands rally by Division III Millikin

By BRIAN LESTERStaff writer

Although Eastern failed to haveeffective outside shooting in theMillikin contest Saturday night, a stronginside game appeared to be the key inthe Panthers’ 72-65 victory over the BigBlue.

Eastern scored 48 of its 72 pointsfrom the inside, including 34 points offof layups. Sophomore guard Rick Kayeled the Panthers from down low with 14points and junior forward Michael

Slaughter chipped in 12 inside points.The Panthers got off to a strong start

from the inside early on, as eight ofEastern’s first 12 points were fromdown low, highlighted by senior guardJohnny Hernandez’s layup that putEastern on top for good at 12-11 with15:30 minutes to go in the first half.

From there, Eastern continued itsdominance of a smaller Millikin lineup,scoring 18 of its final 36 points from theinside to take a commanding 42-25 leadat halftime.

Head coach Rick Samuels said he

was pleased with Eastern’s dominanceof the inside during the first half of play.

“I thought it (inside game) was goodat times,” Samuels said. “I thoughtSlaughter was very effective on theinside. Overall I saw some very positivesigns from our inside game.”

Slaughter was also impressed withthe team’s play in the low post area andthought part of the dominance camefrom the fact that Eastern had a heightadvantage.

“It (scoring) was kind of easy

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By MATT ERICKSONAssociate sports editor

The final outcome of Saturday’s game betweenEastern and Millikin did not exactly tell the tale ofthe entire contest.

The Panthers won the ballgame 72-65, but theBig Blue outscored Eastern 23-12 in the final 10minutes to turn somewhat of a blowout into aclose end result.

Millikin used the strength of its 6-foot-5 center– a meager size for a middle man by today’s col-lege standards – Eric Smith to rally its comebackhopes.

Smith dominated the contest in the lane as hetallied 33 points on 12 of 18 shooting. The juniorfrom Findlay – where he led its 1992 team to thestate title – hit for 16 in the first half and 17 in thesecond, including nine in the final 6:39.

“I felt good tonight,” Smith said. “Guarding(Eastern center Eric Frankford) was a challenge,but I should be challenging myself. We were anx-ious and nervous since Eastern is a Division-Ischool, but we still lost. And that’s hard.”

But Eastern (2-1) managed to hold offMillikin’s late-game rally to seal a victory in theLantz Gym regular-season home opener. Despitethe victory, head coach Rick Samuels said histeam lost its intensity down the stretch in allowingMillikin to narrow the point margin.

“I think we forgot it’s a 40-minute game,” wereSamuels’ first comments after the win. “Wethought it was a 30-minute game. I guess weshould learn that with today’s college game, theclock stops a lot down the stretch with a teamsending you to the line and fouling you. Teamscan close a gap in a hurry.”

The coach, in his 16th season at the helm of thePanthers, said his team has “a long way to go” inits defensive play.

“We tend to get lazy off the ball,” Samuels said.“We need to have that killer instinct. Our defenseis not as solid as it needs to be. We need our inten-sity level raised.”

Junior Michael Slaughter, who with Rick Kaye

led the Panthers with 20 pointseach, agreed with Samuels’ com-ments on intensity.

“This wasn’t a good win,”Slaughter said. “We fizzled out atthe end. But against a Division-IIIteam it’s tough to keep the intensi-ty up. It came down to a nail-biterat the end and that’s kind of

embarrassing.”Frankford, who had a season

high eight points on 4 for 11 shooting, said thecontest gave Eastern an indication of what it needsto do to keep Wednesday’s game in Lantz againstConference USA’s DePaul Blue Demons from get-ting out of hand.

“It shows us how hard we need to play to win,”Frankford said. “Against I l l inois, ( in lastTuesday’s 32-point loss) we only played the firsthalf. Tonight we only played the first half. AgainstDePaul, we need to play the whole game.”

But even without the defensive “killer instinct”Samuels wants to see, the Eastern offensive attackwas keyed more to the inside – a trend Samuelswas hoping to get jump-started.

More than half of Eastern’s points came frominside 10 feet – many on layups resulting fromMillikin’s monstrous 32 turnovers. But the team’sfree throw shooting was suspect against the BigBlue and Samuels said that is a concern for hissquad.

“It is a concern now and it was at the beginningof the season,” Samuels said. “But I think half ofthe problem is we’re not getting out better freethrow shooters to the line. Frankford hasn’t beento the line yet this year, and if he gets to the linemore I think, he can be one of our better freethrow shooters.”

Eastern shot just 6-for-15 from the charity stripein the game’s final eight minutes. And for thegame, the Panthers shot only 10-for-23 (47 per-cent) at the line.

Point guard Johnny Hernandez chipped in with11 points, including a game-high six assists.Hernandez looked more comfortable running theoffense against Millikin than against Illinois, andseveral of his assists were to Kaye for easy layups.The senior from Rockford Boylan also had four ofEastern’s 17 steals.

Eastern’s next game will be on Dec. 6, when ithosts DePaul University in a non-conferencematchup at Lantz Gym. The tipoff is scheduled for7:35 p.m.

Panthers extinguishBig Blue comebackwith 72-65 victory

The Bud Light Daredevils brings its annualact to Lantz Gymnasim this evening at the LadyPanthers basketball contest against IndianaUniversity. The Daredevils are scheduled to per-form at halftime of the 7:35 p.m. contest.

The Daredevils, now in their 11th consecutiveyear coming to Eastern, are known for their eye-opening ways of jumping and flipping in the air,while still executing picture-perfect slam dunks.

–Staff report

Daredevils to perform tonight

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Inside game carries team to win

By CHAD MERDAStaff writer

So far this season themen’s wrestling team hasrefused to bow down totough competition. Over theweekend it faced three of thetop five teams in the nationand proved it can competewith the best.

Going into the meet,coach Ralph McCauslandhoped to have three or fourwrestlers place. The teamlived up to his expectations.

Leading theteam wasjunior JohnWells (134-pound weightclass), whofinished witha 6-2 recordand took fifthplace in his

weight class.“Wrestling eight matches

in one day takes a big toll onyour body,” Wells said.“Today, I’m sore from headto toe.”

Juniors Dave Pena (118)and Matt Hughes (158) bothhad 5-1 records and tookthird place in their weightclasses.

Tim Fix (167) made asomewhat triumphant returnafter being out a week with aknee injury. He also finishedwith a 5-1 record while tak-ing third place in his weightclass.

“My knee feels good, but Iknow it’s not 100 percent,”Fix said. “It felt a little bitloose and I did have some

pain.”“Any time you get three or

four wrestlers to place, thenyou’re generating success,”McCausland said. “The pasttournaments promoted suc-cess because of the caliber ofcompetition we faced.”

Not only did the teamhave four wrestlers place, butthe Panthers also had a hand-ful of wrestlers finish with 2-2 records, which should notbe considered any small feat.

Four grapplers place at weekend meet

RalphMcCausland

LANDON FULLER/Staff photographerEastern senior guard Johnny Hernandez drives to the basket in thePanthers’ 72-65 non-conference victory over Millikin Saturday night.

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