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Talking to the animals Eddie Murphy's new movie reviewed

The Daily

WEDNESDAY July 1 ,1998

Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Ill. 61920 Vol. 83, No. 158 8 pages

Volleyball preview

Team begins

10 rebuild after key

Senior graduared

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MATT ADRIAN/ staff photographer

(Top) Trees blocked the running path along the campus pond Tuesd<I)~ The tree were /mocked down by the severe weather Charleston experienced Monday night.

(Right) Grounds crews begin cleaning up the debris left after Monday night's sronn.

Funeral for student today, death still under investigation By MATT ADRIAN Editor-in-Chief

Funeral services will be held today for an Eastern student that died over the weekend.

Bradley Lee Wright, 22, of Decatur died at 12:37 P.M. Sunday at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Mr. Wright was a senior psychology major at Eastern and residence assistant . He was a RA at Cannan Hall for two years.

The funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at 11 A.M., and the burial will be at Graceland Cemetery.

The cause of Mr. Wright's death are still under investigation.

"At the present time we are still investigating," said Macon County Coroner Michael Day. The body was sent to Springfield for an autopsy and the coroner is still waiting for lab results, he said.

Day said that Mr. Wright had returned from a vacation in Florida with his family. During this period of time he was feeling faint, he said. On Sunday, Mr. Wright arose and complained of a severe headache and took some over the counter medication, be said.

Later, Mr. Wright was found in the living room and was unresponsive, Day said. Wright was taken to the ~ Decatur . M e m 0 r i a 1 Bradley Lee Wnghr

Hospital emergency room were he was pronounced dead after doctors tried to administer CPR.

Mr. Wright was born in Decatur on June 28, 1976. He graduated Stephen Decatur High School in 1994, and was a graduate of Richland Community College. Mr. Wright came to Eastern in 1996.

Mr Wright is survived by his parents, Miles D. and Rita Fryman Wright; sisters. Theressa Evans and her husband Rob of Decatur, and Glenda M. Wright of Decatur; nephew and god son Brian Evans of Decatur.

The family suggests that memorials be given to St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Lutheran School Association, Central Illinois Special Olympics or the American Hean Association.

BOT approves $1.8 million in capital reserve increases By MATI ADRIAN Editor-in-Chief

The Board of Trustees approved $1.8 million in capital

.. reserve increases. The increases will be used to

fund repair and replace equipment or facilities in a particular area.

The increases include: • A $400,000 increase in student programs and services. The increase would raise the level of funding to $1 ,400,000. • A $34 7 ,000 increase in the service department $349,000. The increase would raise the level of funding to $696,000. • A $20,000 for student/staff

programs and services. The increase would raise funding to $64,000. • Educational services would receive $20,000. The increase would raise funding $37 ,000. • Auxiliary enterprises would receive $50,000. The increase would raise funding $300,000. • Continuing education and

contract credit would receive an increase of $19 ,000. • The income fund would receive $1 million.

Shelly Flock said the funds for the reserve increase will come from charges from services provided by the various groups.

The BOT also approved $313,200 for computer software

and $959, 138 for upgrading the campus' computer network. According to a press release, the upgrade would allow for quicker communication between the various buildings on campus. The network will connect Blair, Buzzard, Coleman, KJehm and

See BOT page 2

American jet fires on Iraqi missile site to protect British WASHINGTON (AP)-An

American F-16 flfed Tuesday on an Iraqi missile s ite that had lbreatened British warplanes, a

1t to U.S.-Iraq relations after veral months of relative calm. "The message is very simple: r forces are going to protect mselves. This is an act of self-

efense," Defense Secretary illiam Cohen, describing the ent to reporters at a Pentagon ·ering. Cohen said he hoped the ·dent was an isolated one and

did not presage a renewal of tensions. But he warned: "If our aircraft, or those or our allies are threatened, it will be met with a very vigorous response."

In Baghdad, an Iraqi official called the incident "proof of the aggressiveness of Americans."

"This is an unjustified, aggressive act. No radar was opened," an official at the Ministry of Culture and Information said on customary condition of anonymity.

It was the first time U.S. jets fired on an Iraqi radar site since

November 1996. The aircraft were participating

in Operation Southern Watch, the mission established after the 1991 Persian Gulf War aimed at denying Iraq use of large portions of its air space.

The U.S. Air Force F-16CJ fighter was one of four protecting four British Tornadoes flying a monitoring mission over Iraq's southern no-fly zone. Two U.S. Navy EA-6B electronic warfare planes were also nearby, officials said.

An Iraqi radar located near the

southern city of Al-Basra illuminated the British jets, a move that is seen as an intention to fire, said Pentagon spokesman Col. Richard Bridges. One F-16 shot at the radar site with a HARM missile. No fire was returned and all the aircraft returned safely to their bases.

It was not clear whether the Iraqi missile site bad been bit, Cohen said. British officials said they believe it was desuoyed.

Cohen also said he would make no move now to bolster the 20,200 U.S. forces in the region.

The Iraqis have not made any other aggressive military moves that would call for such a change, he said.

Vice President Al Gore, speaking to reporters at the White House, said there should be no rush to assume the incident was a deliberate provocation.

"We do know from the history of patrolling the no-fly zones that there are a lot of incidents like this from time to time and there are other possible explanations," he said.

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Wednesday, July 1, 1998 3

Tripp testifies before grand jury in Lewinsky· investigation WASHINGTON (AP) - Linda

Tripp, the other woman on the Monica Lewinsky tapes, spent six hours today telling a grand jury what she knows about an alleged presidential affair and cover-up and trying to counter perceptions she manipulated the former White House intern.

"I find it very easy to truthful­ly answer the questions posed to me by the prosecutors and the grand jury," Mrs. Tripp's lawyer quoted her as saying as she left the grand jury room.

She was to return Thursday for additional testimony. said the lawyer, Anthony Zaccagnini. Mrs. Tripp's appearance at the U.S. District Courthouse marks a

critical juncture in the investiga­tion. as prosecutor Kenneth Starr tries to press beyond proving a sexual relationship between Ms. Lewinsky and President Clinton to possible obstruction of justice and witness tampering.

Mrs. Tripp wa.; accompanied by three lawyers and her son and daughter as she arrived at the courthouse. Asked if she was nervous, she replied only with a smile. Zaccagnini said, "Not at all .... She's doing good. She's real strong."

After answering questions for several hours, Mrs. Tripp had lunch privately in a courthouse room prior to going back for another round.

In a development in Litt!e

Rock, Ark .• that could have repercussions in the Lewinsky investigation, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber ordered most of the court filings in Paula Jones' sexual-harassment lawsuit against Clinton unsealed, lifting a gag order she bad imposed last fall.

The judge kept her order from taking effect for 10 days to give the case's principals time to appeal. Sb~ said a transcript of Clinton's sworn deposition would be among the documents made public.

Lawyers for Clinton bad argued that the gag order should stay in place permanently because the materials could be used improperly. It was the Paula

GM sets price tag for Michigan sfrikes: $1.18 billion and growing

DETROIT (AP)-Witb settle­ment talks showing no signs of progress, General Motors Corp. said Tuesday that the cost of two strikes at key parts plants totaled $1.18 billion in the sec­ond quarter.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, GM said its second-quarter earnings would be reduced by $1. 79 a share after taxes because of a strike-caused pro­ducti on loss of 227 ,000 cars and trucks.

This month's walkouts at two parts plants in Flint, Mich., have largely shut down GM's North American production. The wa1kouts .. by ·about 9,200 workers have idled more than 162,700 other GM hourly work­ers at 26 assembly plants and more than 100 parts plants in the United States. Mexico and

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Canada. Negotiations to end the

strikes continued Tuesday, but GM Vice President Donald C. Hackworth sounded pessimistic about prospects for settlement.

"The status is still the same," be said. "No progress bas been made toward resolving this cri­sis that -is crippling GM."

Norm McComb, first vice president of UAW Local 659 in Flint, said there "wasn't much movement" in talks at the Flint

Metal Center, a stamping plant. Meanwhile, UAW worker~ at

two GM brake plants in Ohio were taking a strike-authoriza­tion vote Tuesday.

UAW Vice President Richard Shoemaker said last week that if local negotiations fail, the union may call a strike there and at an Indianapolis stamping plant after the Flint strikes are settled.

Repeating an announcement by GM on Monday, Hackworth said hourly workers laid off because of the strikes will retain their medical insurance but not their dental coverage. But be added that the decision was not final.

"As long as the strike per­sists, this action will be reviewed weekly and could change at anytime," be warned.

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Jones cases that produced the disclosure of Mrs. Tripp's tap­ings -as well as the allegations that Ms. Lewinsky had engaged in a sexual affair with the presi­dent.

While Mrs. Tripp testified, one of Ms. Lewinsky's lawyers. Nathanial Speights, showed up at the same courthouse for an unre­lated case. He gave an optimistic assessment about bis client's chances for eventually reaching a deal with prosecutors to secure her cooperation.

"We're working away," Speights said when asked bow the negotiations were going. "Everything is OK." Lewinsky is visiting relatives in California this week.

When Mrs. Tripp arrived at the courthouse, a crowd of about 300 journalists struggled to get a view-or a question in-as she arrived at the federal building where dozens of grand jury wit­nesses have preceded her.

In an interview reported in today 's editions of The Washington Post, Tripp said she had been vilified unfairly.

"I am so anxious to go before the grand jury and tell the truth," she told the newspaper.

At the White House, presiden­tial aides were withholding any criticisih of Tripp .

"We'll let the American peo· pie draw their own conclusions about Linda Tripp," spokesman Jim Kennedy said.

Wild fire jumps fire line towards Cape Canaveral

MIMS, Fla. (AP) -Thousands of people were ordered out of their homes Tuesday after shift­ing winds pushed a wildfire toward neighborhoods just inland from Cape Canaveral.

The mandatory evacuation order-the first one issued by Brevard County since fires began burning across Florida on Memorial Day - came after the blaze jumped a fire line between the towns of Scottsmoor and Mims. About 900 homes and 3,000 people were affected by the order.

"It's just threatening too much," said Orlando Dominguez,

• a spokesman for the Brevard County Emergency Management agency. A shelter was opened at an elementary school.

The fire was about three-quar­ters of a mile from the nearest_ home when the winds pushed it

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ewer the line, Dominguez said. More than 50 firefighters battled the blaze, which so far has destroyed 10,000 acres in the county.

Farther north in Volusia County, residents of another l 00 homes were urged to evacuate Tuesday. On Monday evening, residents of about 200 homes bad been asked to leave, a voluntary evacuation request that remained in effect Tuesday.

In Flagler County north of Daytona Beach, an open pit that supplied helicopters with refills for airborne water drops was running out of water Tuesday until trucks brought in refills .

More than 1,500 fires have erupted across Aorida in the past month, destroying 79 homes and scorching about 390 square miles of forest. palmetto scrub and swamp land.

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KW has good intentions but not good enoug~ By NIKKI TOOTHMAN Verge Editor

The title of the I 994 Sugar albwn "File Under: Easy Listening" comes close to describing "KW'. the latest work of !>Oul singer Keith Washington.

Make that very easy. And slow. Slow to the point that it makes the album a bit difficult to sit lhrough. Now don't get me wrong. I am as much of a soul/R&B fan as I am a fan of any other type of music. I don't mind slow tunes, either. And, I'm not saying that choice tracks on the album aren't enjoyable.

It's just my opinion that a per­son can only listen to what can somewhat be described as the off­spring that would emerge should old school Barry White and a toned down Puff Daddy be combined for so long before the music gets monotonous.

Many of the songs found on "KW" do possess good intentions.

The lyrics of tracks like "I Can't Put You Down" and "Only You" obviously come from Washington's hean. Stemming from personal experiences, one song tells the tale of a relationship ending and the other conveys the po\\erful love felt for a certain significant person.

The majority of the songs co­wrinen by Washington display an equally as passionate, autobio­graphical side to the singer, whether it be relationship related or entirely sex based.

But geuing to the lyrical meat of the album is difficult to do while sifting through the repeti­tive, and slow, music the words are set to Eveo che remake of Marvin Gaye's 70's hit, "You Sure Do Love to Ball," becomes lost in the uniformity of the album.

But. despite "KW", Washington does have some noteworthy accomplishments under his belt

In 1991, Washington's first album, "Make Time for Love", was released, producing the Top 40

hit. "Kissing You." The single led the arti't to nominations for Grammy and Soul Tmin awards, as well as a gold status album.

"Kissing You" gained even more acclaim after Washington introduced the song to millions of watcher.> on the ABC-TV daytime drama, General Hospital. This led to the addition of Washington to the shows cast as heartthrob, Keith Jm;per.

On top of his time spent on General Hospital, Washington also made appearances in the 1993 film Poetic Justice and the Fox TV show, Martin.

In 1993, Washington released his second album, "You Make It Easy", which produced three hit singles and numerous tour dates both in the U.S. and overseas.

After the release of his second album, Washington opted to take some time off and open a soul food restaurant in Toronto, Canada.

Washington later returned to the music world for the produc-

ti on of his third album, "KW". All in all, the soul singer's heart

was in the right place when he re-

entered the studio. He just should have taken some more time away to make sure that his music was in the

Talking animals save Dr. Dolittle from predictabl~ plot By NIKKI TOOTHMAN Verge Editor

Talking animals have the power to evoke giggles from almost anybody. Give the ani­mals adult personalities sprin­kled with a bit of vulgarity and guffaws are sure to follow.

Such is the case in Eddie Mur phy's latest fi lm "Dr. Dolittle."

Murphy plays John Dolittle, a gif~eP. d~St?~, who ~ficiden~t~IIX redtscovers his repressed child­hood talent: talking with ani­mals. The rediscovery occurs after he hits a dog in the street while driving home after a lace night at work.

Enter here the voice of the dog. performed by Saturday Night Live's notoriously funny !'form Macdonald, and Dolittle's

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problems are well on their way. The next close encounter of the animal variety takes place between Dolittle and Rodney. the family pet guinea pig. The guinea pig. appropriately voiced by Chris Rock, causes nothing but headaches for the doctor and finally gets tied to the family vehicle for a trip to the country­side.

Subsequently, Dolittle adopts the dog he almost killed. inad­vertently convinces his family and co-workers that he is insane, and seriously doubts the stability of his own mental sta­tus.

He a lso becomes the doctor that creatures big and small tum to for medical attention. Aided by his newfound canine compan­ion, Lucky. Dolittle treats a cir­cus monkey with a drinking

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problem, an obsessive compul­sive puppy. three sheep that have been sorely taken advantage of, and a very sick and suicidal tiger. Not to mention numerous other animal ailments.

The treatment of these ani­mals that makes Dolittle feel that he is once again makmg a differ­ence in the lives of others. It is also what lands Dr. Dolittle in a mental hospital.

In an effort to get back to his family. Dolittle decides that his animal talking days are over once again. He gets released from the inst itution, but only with the help of the resident psy­chiatrist's cat.

Finally in the comfort of bis own home, Dolittle attempts to put his life back together. All goes well until the good doctor is called upon to fulfill a promise

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he had made to the suicidal tiger. mals that audiences are generally That makes for a very touching exposed to. end to the movie. E v e n On top of that, the voices of though the plot was lacking and the animals added a flavor that somewhat predictable, overall can only be called unique. "Dr. Dolittle" was a very enter- And the puppetry? taining movie. Immaculate. Once again, movie

Not only were there animals goers must give thanks to the and subtle dirty jokes, but, like late, great Jim Henson and the many other movies, "Dr. magic he left behind for the child Dolittle" came equipped with its in every body. There's just noth­own inspirational subplots. The ing like a talking tiger that actu­messages being co nveyed ally looks real. throughout were those of a When Twentieth Century Fox father""s' uncondidonal 1ove for " comoine<l ~die Murphy, the art

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Netanyahu rebukes Israeli president Fourth of July events begin on Thursday TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) _

Slriking back after being blamed for faltering Mideast peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netaoyahu accused the Israeli president Tuesday of siding with Arabs and Israel's opposition in a ploy to oust the government

President Ezer Weizman caused a major political incident Monday when he went on nation­al television to blame Netanyahu for the deadlock in peace negotia­tions with the Palestinians, saying it was time to call early elections.

Netanyahu turned on his accuser Tuesday, saying Weizman had breached the presidential role. ''The fact is that the presi­dent, to my sorrow. took a stand with the left to actually get rid of the current elected government," he told Israel TV.

Weizman 's comments had "strengthened and hardened the Arab position," he told Israel's Channel 2 TV.

The prime minister !>aid he had hoped that when Wei7.man was re-elected to a second term in March be would "behave like his predecessors," who kept to the largely ceremonial role of the office.

The president, elected by Israel's parliament, has no authority to detennine the date of the next elections. However, Weizman is Israel's most popular politician, and with his stinging criticism of Netanyahu he lent greater credibility to opposition claims that early elections are the only way to rescue the peace pro­cess with the Palestinians.

Cabinet ministers and legisla­tors close to Netanyahu launched a counterattack. saying Weizman overstepped his authority and called for his resignation.

A poll of 507 Israelis in Yediot indicated that 50 percent of Israelis favored early elections and 39 percent did not. The mar­gin of error was 4.5 percent.

In an interview with Yediot, Weizman on Monday questioned Netanyahu's qualifications to be prime minister. "Bibi lives in a state of euphoria, in his own world, cut off from reality. The nation does not know where the prime minister is leading them." he said, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname.

Netanyahu has dismissed early elections and said they would be held as scheduled in 2000. While the Palestinians accuse the Israeli leader of reneging on promises made in previous negotiations, Netanyahu said Tuesday the Palestinians, not his government, was to blame for the 15-month stalemate in peacemaking.

The United States is awaiting a long-overdue answer from Israel on a U.S. proposal for an Israeli troop withdrawal from an additional 13 percent of the West Bank. The Palestinians have already accepted the offer.

As part of the Fourth of July festivities there will be a commu­nity band performance in Kiwanis Park.

The band consisting of junior high, senior high and Eastern sru­dents will perform a set of patri­otic music. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Admission for the concert is free.

The concert lasts about an hour, Bill Hall, a coordinator with the event, said.

"It's a lot of fun for those who

have never been there," Hall said.

Last year the concert had between 500-600 onlookers. he added.

Other Fourth of July events include a BBQ at Morton Park on Friday. On Saturday starting at 9:00 a.m. will be games in Morton Park. At 1 :00 p.m., the parade will begin. The events will be capped off by fireworks starting at dusk near the campus pond

Feds ready for economic slow down of speculative bubbles in the stock market and in commercial real estate.

Serbs battle to retake coal mine

WASHINGTON (AP) - With the economy apparently head­ing for a slowdown, the Federal Reserve warned bankers Tuesday to "maintain their lending disci­pline" so they don't wind up with a mountain of delinquent business loans.

The directive came as economists expressed increas­ing concern about the buildup

"Banks should resist any ten­dency to assume in evaluating credits that the unusually favor­able economic environment of the last few years will continue indefinitely." wrote Richard Spillenkothen, director of the Fed's Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation.

The mine is strategically BELACEVAC, Yugoslavia important because it supplies

(AP) _ Serb security forces coal to the nearby Obilic power recaptured a coal mine that pro- plant, which provides electricity vides power to Kosovo in a for most of Kosovo as well as to withering offens ive against Macedonia and northern Greece rebels Tuesday that sent thou- during peak summer months. sands of villagers streaming into Kosovo is in southern Serbia, the wood., west of the capital. the dominant of two republics

The Serb-led Yugosla' army making up what remains of and Serb police took the Yugoslavia. The capital of Belace\ac open-pit mine near Kosovo is Pristina. the end of a second day of pul- With fighting spreading fast verizing attacks on an area that in Kosovo, human rights groups the ethnic Albanians' Kosovo Tuesday accused both sides in Liberation $Y''had fal{Jli l':ist I .the cSnflict of ab'ufos', tingling week. out the Serbs for alleged rapes

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this from time to time and there are other possible explanations," he said.

"But just so the message is clear, we are going to continue to patrol, and anytime there is any kind of threatening act we will tal>.e decisive action to respond immediately," Gore said.

Nizar Hamdoon, Iraq's ambac;­sador to the United Nations. said the incident would not affect UN­Iraqi relations, which are still on course.

"The U.N. bas nothing to do with this whole no-fly zone," Hamdoon said. "Iraq intends to keep up its cooperation with the

U.N. as long as the process of the lifting of the sanctions is mov­ing."

The incident occurred about 1 :30 a.m. EDT. daylight hours in Iraq. Cohen pointed out that the U.S. aircraft fired because it was armed with HARM air-to-ground missiles and had the role of pro­tecting the British aircraft during their patrol mission.

"We hope this will be seen as an isolated example and not be seen as any escalation" on the part of Iraq, the secretary added. President Clinton, traveling in Shanghai, China, was informed of the Iraqi incident after he

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Although eight hours had elapsed since the firing, Cohen said there didn't appear to be any need to disturb the president any earlier.

"If it had been more serious, then obviously this information would have been communicated right away; but a determination was made that it was isolated in nature, and it was left at that," Cohen said.

In November 1996, two U.S. F-16 pilots fired missiles at Iraqi radar sites near the 32nd parallel

in the southern no-fly zone. That incident occurred one month after Iraqi President Saddam Hussein moved his troops into northern Iraq and U.S. ships and airplanes fired scores of cruise missiles at Iraqi antimissile sites.

During the years that U.S., British and French warplanes have patrolled southem1flDl. Iraqi air defenses have periodically been aimed at them. But some­times the action is so brief there is no chance to return fire.

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Just last montb, Clinton qrdered the number of U.S. forces m the Gulf cut from about 37.000 to around 20,000. On June 4. the Air Force announced it was pulling its F-117 stealth fighter· bombers out of the Gulf area.

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New Clinton rumors should be taken with a grain of salt

Once again it would seem the nails are being closed on the Clinton legacy. In the upcoming issue of Newsweek, a friend of Lewinsky said the intern admitted to having a sexual relation­ship.

What lends the credence to Dale Young's claims is that its was given during grand jury testimony. If Young lied she could be put in jail for perjury. Which happens to be

Lewinsky's dilemma if

Edl.tor1·a1 she is found guilty. However, the

Clinton/Lewinsky scan­dal has been fueled by sources from Linda Tripp to the "source close to the White House." Each with their own bias and ax to grind against the Clinton's, Ken Starr, Lewinsky, etc. ,

So the public should take the new reports of Clinton's alleged affair with a grain of salt. Chances are Young has an ax to grind, or at least the Clinton P.R. team will provide one.

Which is an unfortunate byproduct of the divisions created by the investigations. Starr is on a subpoena rampage. James Carville is helping to perform the whitewash.

Both tactics leave the public without a place to turn for real answers, because both sides are constantly attacking with no end in sight.

Which leads to the decline of the office pf the President in the view of the public. A fur­ther decline that does little to bolster our low­ered view of politics.

The most important thing the publ ic should keep in mind is the basics.

The Starr investigation is about one thing the president using the office to make Lewinsky lie before a grand jury. Despite media reports, its not about sex. Although a raging libido may have caused the event to happen.

However to decide whether Lewinsky lied about an affair, Starr must provide the seedy details to support his investigation.

' ' today's quote The body politic, like the human

body, begins to die from its birth, and bears in itself the causes of its

destruction.

-Jean Jacques Rousseau

Lock out will give Bulls time to think Should the National

Basketball Association lock-out be resolved before the 1998-1999 season begins, the six time champion Chicago Bulls' man­agement wi l l have to make many decisions as to what direction they want to take the team in.

But just what direction will they choose to take if they were to loose Michael Jordan ro

KRIS JONES Regular columru\I

"But just what direction will they choose to take if

they were to loose Michael Jordan to

retirement and Scottie Pippen in a

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on the floor one way or another if this season goes on, and North Carolina point guard Shammond Williams. Of course, the Bulls would have to re­sign key players such as Steve Kerr, Luc Longley, and Scott Burrell. Toni Kukoc, Ron Harper. and Randy Brown are still under contract which is a plus for the Bulls. A Rodman trade would be unlikely

since no other team is likely to put up with his antics; therefore, the Bulls

retirement and Scottie Pippen in a rrade? Or will they find a way to bring the team back to Chicago for anoth­er championship run?

would have to shop around in the free agent market with the money they would be saving from not re-signing Rodman. Rumor has been circling around that big-bod· ied, former Illini forward Deon Thomas may return to the NBA after playing overseas as well as aged, but experienced veterans such as Dominique Wilkins and Byron Scott. These are definitely names that could help a team make the playoffs.

First, if Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and General Manager Jerry Krause are serious about keeping the team together as long as they can win championships then they must find a way to sign Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman so they can sign Michael Jordan.

It's no secret that Pippen is unhappy in Chicago feel­ing undervalued and underpayed. Perhaps, the Bulls should consider not re-signing a couple of players who have opted for free agency, p~rhaps players like Bill Wennington and Dickey Simpkins, who saw little play­ing time in the NBA Finals against Utah, so they can increase Pippen's salary and maybe the Bull's manage­ment should work on employ relations so these situa­tions don't crop up with future players.

Perhaps a Scottie Pippen and Jud Buechler trade would land the Bulls a starter, a quality bench player and a couple of future first-round draft picks. If so, the Bulls would need to look for a perimeter player, prefer­ribly a forward, who is not afraid to take the ball to the basket and then look to go big in the next year's draft.

Another problem they will have to contend with is the antics of "Rodzilla". Rodman's skills on court are nearly impeccable. The "Worm" dominated Karl Malone in the Finals and was effective in grabbing rebounds all season long; however, Rodman's behavior of skipping practices wilh the team to appear on WCW Monday Night Nitro or spend the night out on painting the town are unexcusable and are issues that need to be addressed.

Perhaps the Bulls could work out a deal which would send Pippen, Buechler and Joe Kleine to the Houston Rockets for Charles Barkley, Mario Elie, and a future draft pick. That would leave the Bulls with a lineup of Longley, Barkley, and Kukoc in the frontcou rt with Harper and Elie in the backcourt. The Bulls would then only have to worry about finding a power forward (Thomas'?) to fill in minutes for an aging Barkley and having a back-up center (Miami's Ike Austin or Charlotte's Matt Geiger, who are up for free agency?) to fill in for the foul prone Longley to play with a second unit that would include Burrell, Benjamin and Kerr.

Jordan's decision on whether or not he will retire should also weigh heavily on the minds of Reinsdorf and Krause; thus, they should do all they can to keep Michael content and focused on returning. If Jordan decides to come back for another year, it's only because Rodman and Pippen have returned too. Jordan has six NBA rings and has been deemed as the "Greatest Player in the history of the NBA", what would he have to lose if he walked away? He would only be remembered as the greatest player of all time.

Finally, there is a matter of the coach. Phil Jackson walked away leaving the spot vacant. George Karl, Tim Floyd, and Frank Hamblen are just a few of the names up for the job. Whoever takes over Jackson's shoes as the next head toach must be patient if the Bulls decide to rebuild and pass their knowledge of the game to the players. If the Bulls stay together, the new coach must learn how the team works and enforce a strong work ethic on the players.

So, the decision is in Reinsdorf and Krause's hands. On the other hand, the Bulls would miss Jordan's

lea<tership and his ability to drive to the basket, score and create plays for his team-mates.

Whether they choose to bring the team back for another run and then get some more quality P.layers out of the 1999 draft or rebilild with a stOCkJrctad' Of qtYaii'i)t ptiy~­ers that are circulating in the free agent market is a deci· sion the Bulls will soon have to make. Let's just hope that the lockout will buy some time for Reinsdorf and Krause to make decisions they feel will benefit Chicago's future.

Yet, if 1998 was definitely the Bull 's "Last Dance", all hope is not lost if they focus on the future.

The Bulls did get a couple of key quality players in the 1998 draft in Oregon State shooting guard Corey Benjamin, whom I'm sure will receive alot of minutes

Amendment violates right to privacy

The higher education bill that currently is floating around the U.S. legislature, House Resolution 6. contains. as always, a pretty contro­versial clause.

The clause, an amendment to the Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act, would force state uni­versities to divulge the criminal acts reported to the universities' judicial board.

Some believe this bill reinforces the already set law that once a per­son is 18 years of age, then their criminal records become public knowledge.. These advocates also state that universities try to hide their crimes by not contacting the police when these crimes, such as assaults and rapes. occur.

But this law also states that uni­versities must divulge all informa­tion and the university judicial sen­tence that is placed on a student. Currently, this information is not available to the public, and is held in the strictest of confidence by some universities. ·

And while the passing of this bill would allow students to know who is committing criminal or violent crimes, it doesn't allow for justice.

The amendment states the univer­sities must divulge ANY informa­tion about a criminal act committed

your turn by a student. This does not mean if the student is convicted of this crime - only if the student has been arrested for a crime and will be heard before the jurucial board.

This violates one of the founda­tions of judicial system in lhe United States - the fact that a person is innocent until proven guilty. And even that proof must be so convinc­ing that not even a hint of doubt can be in a juror's or judge's mind to mind that person guilty.

This amendment will allow peo­ple who have not been found guilty in a judicial setting to be judged by those outside of the situation.

Also, as stated right now on paper. according to Lhe amendment, universities also would have to reveal the names of the victims as well. One can see where this is a major problem, especially in cases of abuse or rape where the victim's emotions have to be taken into account as well.

Judgment would be passed on these victims as a result of this amendment.

NIU Judicial Director Larry Bolles summed up the dilemma over these two problems.

'"Everybody charged with some­thing may not be found guilty," he said. "Once you take away a young person's reputation, how do they get it back?"

There is no way to get it back, especially if the people who judge

are na\ve, college students who still see all issues in black and white.

This amendment should not be passed. While on the surface it seems to be protecting our right to information, when analyze, it is tak­ing away the principle right of all U.S. citizens and students - the right to privacy.

(from Northern Star, June, 23, 1998)

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ComEd, regulators say nuclear plant problems still not solved RO CKVILLE, Md. (AP)­

CommonweaJth Edison is still a Ion• way from being able to safely operate all of its nuclear pov. e r plants, company execu­tives and federal regulators said Tue day.

That means Illinois residents may not have seen this sum­mer's last threat to their elec­tricity supply.

· We cannot write guarantees tha1 there win be no more days like last Thursday," ComEd CEO John Rowe said after a meeting at Nuclear Regulatory Commission headquarters out­side Washington.

ComEd nearly imposed short­term blackouts last Thursday after a series of problems left it without enough power during temperatures in the high 90s. Instead. ComEd took the contro-

versial step of asking residential customers to briefly turn off air conditioners and other major appliances.

Part of the reason for ComEd's trouble was that one reactor at its Dresden plant had shut down automatically the weekend before because of a mechanical breakdown - known as a "scram."

In addition, the LaSalle plant is temporarily closed because of safety problems and the Zion plant is permanently shuttered.

ComEd's arrangements to buy electricity from other Midwestern utilities were ham­pered by a storm that snapped transmission lines.

Then over the weekend. the two reactors at ComEd's Quad Cities plant-which had been shut down for months before recently

restarting-also scrammed. NRC Chair Shirley Ann

Jackson said after Tuesday's meetings that ComEd's difficul­ties in meeting its customers' needs worry the commission, even though the regulators' function is to ensure safety.

"We are concerned about the reliability of nuclear facilities because typically if there's a problem with the reliability of key plant systems, that also affects or challenges safety sys­tems," Jackson said. "The things are linked."

Rowe said the three reactors that scrammed should be back to full power by midweek. And the company is exploring how to get through the rest of the summer without problems.

"We patched it through last Thursday," Rowe said. "We did

Police say bank robber takes cab to bank, then hitchhikes away

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) -Maybe this suspected bank rob­ber should have stolen a car first.

Police say Dennis R. Stebbins, 24, of Algonquin, took a cab lo the First Chicago Bank in Algonquin on Monday, asked the driver to wait, and then robbed the bank of$5,160. The teller had slipped a dye pack into the bag of cash. which exploded on Stebbins as he jumped in the waiting taXJ.

Cash in hand, Stebbins asked the taxi driver to take him to the Arlington Heights train station. Bul when police pulled over the tnxi, Stebbins ripped off his starned T-shirt, threw it in the taxi and fled.

He then hitched a ride with Shannon Campbell, who was pulling out of his driveway to go to the car wash. Campbell offered Stebbins something to drink, but became suspicious when he noticed the red dye on Stebbins' stomach.

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'' My wife is always telling me not to be so friendly and pick people up because something might happen. I guess I learned my lesson."

Campbell, 24, of Lake in the Hills, asked after the two had driven for 40 minutes. He said Stebbms answered yes, and asked for a ride to the Arlington Heights train station. Campbell made him get out of the car in Barrington and then he called the police.

Al the same time, police in Algonquin were searching for the suspected robber. According to the U.S. attorney's office, a man clad in a White Sox cap and mir­rored sunglasses carried a small brown bag into the bank. handed the teller a note demanding money, and indicated he had a gun, though no one ever saw it.

Stebbins was charged with one count of bank robbery Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Rockford.

- Shannon Campbell

A bond hearing is scheduled Monday.

Prosecutors say Stebbins admitted the First Chicago rob­bery and confessed to seven other bank robbenes this spring, includ­ing another at that bank and in Streamwood, Rolling Meadows, Mount Prospect, LaGrange. and Western Springs.

Stebbins has not been charged with those other robberies. The robber's mode of transport in the other bank heists is not known. Campbell doesn't anticipate pick­ing up any more hitchhikers.

"My wife is always telling me not to be so friendly and pick peo­ple up because something might happen," he said. "I guess I learned my lesson."

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The meeting between ComEd and the NRC had been sched­uled for months as part of the agency 's requirement that the utility show it can improve safe­ty at its poor-performing plants while maintaining safety at its others

ComEd has paid more than $6.8 million in fines for prob­lems at its nuclear plants.

While pointing out areas where nuclear plant operatioas have improved, ComEd execu­tives gave the commissioners a severe assessment of the compa­ny's remaining problems. Oliver Kingsley. ComEd's chief nucle­ar officer. said the plants' per­formance overall is "barely sat­isfactory."

Some positive signs include

continued good performance at the Byron and Braidwood plants, including a shorter-than­pl anned refueling outage and successful replacement of steam generators at Byron. The Dresden plant, despite several scrams, has been improving. ComEd also is on target to restart one of LaSalle's reactors later this summer. I

But the Quad Cities scrams. plus still-unresolved fire safety problems there, and significani remaining work at Dresden and ) LaSalle show much more progress is needed, the company ~ and NRC staff said.

"We arc beginning to show results. but we are only begin· ning," Rowe said.

Suspect dies after victim chases him for blocks

CHICAGO (AP) - A woman chased a thief who liaa stolen her purse and computer about five blocks before the man suffered an apparent heart attack and died, police said.

Allison Kase, a 30-year-old medical equipment saleswom­an. said she spotted the man breaking a window on her car near her South Side home Monday. He grabbed her purse and laptop computer, which were inside the vehicle. Kase chased him as he fled.

"He dropped my purse probably like half a block away," she said. "It was like 50 pounds. l have all my (samples) in it. The computer he dropped in the alley when I said, 'That's worthless to you, but that's my life m that."'

The man boarded a bus but he was ordered off when Kase told the driver about the theft.

"I fri sked him really quick-

ly when he got off the bus ... said Kase, who wanted to make sure he didn't have her cellular phone.

Then the chase resumed. Kase flagged down a police car and the officers cornered the man. They cuffed him and put him in the squad car. Kase said the man appeared to be sleeping when they pulled away. The officers took the man to a district police station, but he didn't stir. He was then taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy was sc)l.eduled.

Chicago police Sgt. Ron Bellavia said the man, identi­fied as Jerome Covington, 43, had 20 prior arrests, mostly for theft. He said Kase shouldn't have chased the man because he might have been armed, but Kase said she was determined to get her things back.

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Panther volleyball regroups after key players leave By CHAD VERBAIS Sports Editor

The 1998 Panther volleyball team is gearing up foranother exciting season. After losing four starters tograduation, head coach Berty Ralston bas put together a new winning group of freshmen.

'' We have played our way into (the OVC title match) and had opportuni­ties. I think now we can do something and I think we will surprise some people this year~

Champaign News Gazerte and Prep/Girls Sports last season.

The new members of the team will have to adjust early as the Panthers begin OVC conference play in just the second week " the season. This is a change from the old scheduling where the Panthers bad a few extra weeks to prepare for conference play.

• Betty Ralston Volleyball coach

Gone from the 21-14 overall team of last year is all-time assist leader Kara Harper, all-time kill leader LorriSommer, all-time block leader Monica Shrader and Lindsey Celba who's ranked among the career leaders in almost every category. This leaves a void to fill in the Panther program.

all record last year as they were eliminated in the sectional final. She was a 1997 Player of the Year for the Waterloo Clarion Journal and received Second team All­Metro honors from the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

All-Tournament team at the Nike Challenge, which selected six players from twenty-fourteams in six states. She also was selected First Team All-Area by the Chicago Sun Tunes and Second Team All­State bythe News Gazette.

"I think the expectations for us will be lowered." said coach Ralston. "I don't see us getting a real high preseason pick and I think that is fine. You like to get picked high in the preseason but I think last year the kids were bard on themselves when they lost a couple of the early matches."

Hopefully the third time is a charm few the Panthers as they have lost for two con­secutive years in the OVC title match.

To fill that gap will be Kim DeMage, Marcia Hahn, Amy Heimann and Leslie Przekwas. They represent some of the best recruits to come through the doors of the university.

DeMage is a 5'9" middle bitter from the small town of Red Bud, Illinois. She helped lead the_ Musketeers to a 31-7 over-

Hahn is a 6'0" powerhouse middle hitter from Sherman, Illinois. She is the all-time kill leader at Williamsville High and was selected All-State by Prep/Girls Sports last fall. Hahn was the team MVP, Best Defensive and Best Offensive player while playing for the Bullets.

Przekwas is a 5' ll" middle hitter from Lockport, Illinois. She was named to the

Heimann was the St. Louis Post Dispatch and Belleville News Democrat Player of the Year in 1997. She is a 5'9" outside hitter from Germantown, Illinois. Her high school. Breese Central, won the J 996 Class A state championship, where she was named to the IHSA State Finals All-Tournament Team. Heimann was named First Team All-State by the

"At least we know what it takes to get there," Ralston said. "We have played om way into it and had opportunities. I think now we can do something and I think we will surprise some people this year."

L_ockout might be key for Bulls draft Scottie Pippen was sitting at

home in Chicago, his moment in the free agent spotlight postponed indefinitely. Michael Olowokandi bid the Oippers gUOdbye add pre­p a red to go back 10 England. Keith Van Hom finished his last workout for a while at the New Jersey Nets' practice site.

All around the NBA, players and team officials took care of last-minute business Tuesday before a midnight lockout shut down the league. The NBA said it had no choice but to stop operat­ing until it could find a way to bring the growth of player salaries in line with revenues.

Pippen was one of 148 free agents who bad been looking for­ward to July l as the day they would be free to shop their ser­vices to the highest bidder. Now, like everyone else, they will have to wait until the lockout ends before they can start talking to teams.

"We could have started sizing up our options, but now we'll just have to wait," said Jimmy Sexton, Pippen's agent "It's really nothing more than a delay. Whether it's resolved Sept 1 or Dec. 1, we'll eventually go about our business the same way." At team offices, staffs were briefed on the rules of the lockout for example, no direct contact with players for the duration. Trainers and medical personnel conferred with players on moving treatment sessions away from team facilities. In the hours before the lockout began, the Houston Rocket.s brought in two of their rookies, Michael Dickerson and Cuttino Mobley, for a final workout. The coach and general manager of the Toronto Raptors flew to Atlanta to meet with Charles Oakley and fina.liz.e last week's trade with the New York Knicks.

In Orlando, the Magic decided to waive Mark Price, while the Boston Celtics picked up the

option on Bruce Bowen's contract and declined to do the same with Tyus &iney.

Karl Malone basked in the afterglow of his appearance on a wrestling Show. where he bodys-1 am med and clotheslined Hulk Hogan.

The Utah Jazz star will face Dennis Rodman in a pay-per­view match in mid-July.

"He looked like be was trying hard not to laugh," Jazz spokesman Kim Turner said, referring to Malone's perfor­mance.

Olowokandi, drafted by the Clippers as the overall No. I pick last week. watched the Argentina­England soccer game while preparing to fly home to England for about three weeks.

"I'll keep doing the things I need to do, working on my game and my conditioning," Olowokandi said. "As much as I need offseason work, this will only motivate me because it stacks the odds against me even more."

Olowokandi was one of the players who figured to be most adversely affected by the lockout, since it will prevent him from playing for the Clippers in a sum­mer league and honing his raw skills. Other rookies and free agents will also have to deal with a summer of uncertainty, some being forced to make a hasty deci­sion on their next career move.

Agent Steve Kauffman repre­sents three free agents - Stephen Howard (Sonics), Emanuel Davis (Rockets) and Darvin Ham (Wizards) - who may head to Europe on one-year contracts.

"They might have considered it as an option anyway, but throw in the uncertainty of the labor sit­uation and they might bite when they otherwise might not have," Kauffman said This will be the third lockout in league history. A lockout in the summer of 1995 lasted three months; in 1996 it lasted only a few hours.

Venus Williams is ready for the finals WIMBLEDON, England (AP)

- Like a schoolgirl cramming for a final - a Wimbledon final, she hopes - Venus Williams cribs notes to herself that she sneaks peeks at during matches.

They are daily affirmations and reminders that she pulls out of her bag on changeovers. Bend your knees. Get down low to the grass.

Prepare for the ball. ··1 think it makes me play bet­

ter," said Williams, who also jots down lines from songs to help her relax. It must be working because her learning curve on grass is soaring sharply in only her sec­ond trip to Wimbledon, landing her Tuesday in the quarterfinals for her biggest test yet against two-time finalist Jana Novotna.

Joining them in Wednesday's quarters are defending champion Martina Hingis vs. French cham­pion Arantxa Sanchez Vicario; No. 2 Lindsay Davenport against No. 16 Nathalie Tauziat; and No.

6 Monica Seles against Natasha Zvereva.

Williams showed her budding grass-court mastery in a 6-3, 6-1 rout of Virginia Ruano-Pascual, the Spanish woman who beat her little sister, Serena.

"I wanted to win every point, all the points that Serena couldn't win yesterday." Williams said. "I didn"t like it that she came back to 4-3. I thought that was really negligent on my part. So I had to get serious and make sure that she didn't get too many more games."

The 18-year-old sliced and slugged with equal control, punched solid volleys and flicked deft drop shots and lobs. She did everything a player should do on grass as she revealed an all-court game that could make her a seri­ous title threat either this week or in the not-too-distant future. A first-round loser in her debut last year, she's played better and more

confidently with every match past week.

The surest sign that Williams' ready to challenge for the championship came aft Tuesday's match, when she s · that no matter how well sh seemed to play, and no matter score, she still wasn't satisfi She crni~ize~ ll~qelf f moments of inconsistency. bu was pleased with the way sh attacked the net more frequently.

"I'm trying to get as serious as possible." Williams said. "I w to have every point. I think that should deserve every point. not the other person. If I want win something like this, I' going to have to work for it. It not just going to come. The pie that win the Slams are t people that work the hardest. ... all starts right now. There has be a point when you make your mind that you're going to something."

Argentina beats England in shoot-out SAINT-ETIENNE, France

(AP) - Argentina didn't need Diego Maradona or the "hand of God" this time. It did need a shootout to beat England and advance to the quarterfinals of the World Cop.

Unable to penetrate England's • defense, even when it had a man

advantage for nearly the entire second half and 30 minutes of overtime, Argentina survived when goalkeeper Carlos Roa stopped David Batty's penalty kick on the final attempt in the shootout Tuesday night.

Argentina won the shootout 4-3 as Roa also stopped Paul Ince. while Robert Ayala connected on bis team's fmal kick, setting the stage for Roa's heroics.

"It 's the most dramatic way to end a game." said Argentina's coach Daniel Passarella, who captained the team to its first World Cup triumph in 1978. "It's very hard to watch it from the sidelines."

It was another tough defeat for England. which played valiantly after David Beckham was ejected

one minute into the second half.This had to be more painful than the 1986 World Cup loss to Argentina when Maradona scored a goal with the help of a well-dis­guised fist, which he later called the "hand of God."

"We are almost distraught," said England coach Glenn Hoddle. "It's a bitter, bitter pill to take. Even with 10 men we set up so many set pieces we could have won it."

Argentina plays the Netherlands on Saturday in Marseille. But matching the excitement of its game against England will be difficult.

Gabriel Batistuta and Alan Shearer swapped penalties in the opening nine minutes, I 8-year­old striker Michael Owen fired England ahead 2-1 with one of the best goals of any World Cup and Javier Zanetti curled a left­rooted shot into the roof of the net for the equalizer off a crafty set play on a free kick.

And that was all in the fi.rst half.

Beckham aot a red card one

minute into the second half for intentionally kicking Dies Simeone, but England still fo ways lo attack. And it thought went ahead 3-2 with eight · utes remaining when S Campbell, a standout all game defense, beaded in a comer · But Alan Shearer was called fl pushing off and, even Campbell celebrated on the si line, Argentina began a counte tack.

But like so many other throughout the tense game, i went nowhere. Before a crow decidedly pro-Argentina in size officials and fans in England ha complained all tournament abo a lack of available tickets - t English fans were in full tbro for the entire game.

With a sea of blue-and-whi Argentina fans at one end of Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium pockets of mostly white-cla England rooters mixed among Argentine flags and banners at other - the game could have in Buenos Aires, not the wi couotty of France.