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December 3, 1999Partlycloudy
“Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.”
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Federal civilsuit resolvedout of court
By Amy Thon, Deana Poole and Laura Irvine
Staff editors
URBANA – The federal lawsuitfiled by two Eastern employeesclaiming a personal telephone con-versation was intercepted and dis-closed to administrators and a localunion representative has been set-tled out of court, attorneys saidThursday.
The court documents have beensealed and no details on the settle-ment will be released.
The civil suit was filed April 4,1996 by Billy (Mike) Waddell,chief operating engineer of thesteam plant; and Eldridge (Elroy)Bowlby, an administrative assistantin Facilities Planning andManagement.
The lawsuit names WayneBosler, a stationary fireman in thesteam plant; Ted Weidner, directorof Facilities Planning andManagement; Paul Michaud, for-mer director of human resourcesfor Eastern; and Rusty Thompson,business representative for theInternational Union of OperatingEngineers; and the union as defen-dants.
A jury of seven women and fourmen was selected Monday in U.S.District Court and opening argu-ments were heard. Glenn Stanko,attorney for Waddell and Bowlby,presented several witnessesTuesday and the case was settledout of court that afternoon.
In the settlement, the partiesinvolved signed a confidentialityagreement restricting them fromgiving out any further information
on the settlement, said DeborahBarnes, assistant attorney general.
“(Including a confidentialityagreement in the settlement) is verycommon,” she said.
Barnes said she could not com-ment on the nature of the agree-ment or how it was reachedbecause of the confidentialityagreement.
The agreement is contingent onthe approval of Eastern’s Board ofTrustees. Barnes said she expectsthe approval within a few weeks.
“We still have to get whoever isauthorized at Eastern to sign off,”she said.
Bosler testified a steam plantemployee gave him a tape of a phoneconversation between Bowlby andWaddell, a conversation the prosecu-tion argued was held over the tele-phone from Waddell’s home. Thetwo discussed a steam plant unionmeeting that was held during theevening of March 12, 1997 in theMartin Luther King Jr. UniversityUnion.
Weidner and other defendantstestified the quality of sound on thetape was “clear” as was the fact itwas a telephone conversation.
The content contained negativeviews of employees of the steamplant, including Weidner and Bosler.
Weidner testified the contentwas “normal work banter” andviews that were already known.
Bosler testified he brought the tapeto the attention of Thompson whorecommended he seek the advice ofthe director of human resources.
“I felt this information wouldclarify some problems going on atthe physical plant,” said Bosler,whose immediate supervisor at thetime was Waddell.
Bosler was called in to a June 5,1996 predisciplinary meeting,which included Weidner, Michaudand Thompson. He faced a 30-daysuspension for unsafe work prac-tices. Thompson testified Bosler
Gen ed decisions behind CAA resignationBy Melanie Schneider
Administration editor
Two of the three student members on theCouncil on Academic Affairs Thursday saidthey are resigning from their positions as aresult of a decision made regarding theGeneral Education program and for personalreasons.
Mark Davenport sent an e-mail to CAAmembers stating CAA did not attempt toinvolve students in campus decision-making,especially concerning the recent changes tothe integrated core.
Davenport wrote, “CAA provided the illu-sion of student representation … All three stu-dent representatives voted against the GeneralEducation proposal, and faculty members
arrogantly refused to even entertain our con-cerns.”
CAA Chair Bill Addison said he was veryupset by Davenport’s letter.
“He (Davenport) gives the implicationthat just because we didn’t agree with him,we didn’t listen. He said we arrogantlyrefused to entertain concerns, well, that’s nottrue,” Addison said. “He’s created an artifi-
cial rift between students and faculty that didnot exist during the semester.”
The decision Davenport said CAA did notlisten to the students about was the deletionof the well-being courses from the integratedcore requirements. All three student membersvoted to keep the three classes - Nutrition and
Booth’s tree splits into three
Mandy Marshall / Photo editorRyan Anselment, a senior marketing major, puts the finishing touches on one of the five real Christmas treesThursday afternoon in Old Main. Old Main is not the only building on campus with Christmas trees, there is a treelocated in McAfee, one in the IGA branch of booth library and one in the Gregg Triad.
By Geneva WhiteCampus editor
Renovations to BoothLibrary mean the com-mon holiday sight of anenormous real Christmas
tree in the library foyer will not beseen this year.
But the library has ensured the
tradition will not be forgotten by pur-chasing three smaller trees for thedifferent locations where resourcesare being housed. The trees are ondisplay at McAfee Gymnasium,Gregg Triad and the former IGA(Booth West.)
“We didn’t actually buy a huge one
Traditionallibrary tree
temporarilyreplaced
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Settlement detailssealed in caseinvolving twoEastern employees
CHICAGO (AP) - City aviationofficials said they will carefullyreview a federal report that outlinedtroubling security lapses at major U.S.airports and adopt any recommenda-tions for O’Hare International Airport.
The U.S. TransportationDepartment investigation found thatsecurity was so lax in some cases thatinvestigators were able to sneakthrough without tickets and settle intoseats aboard planes ready to take off,the department’s inspector general said.
The names of the major airportstested were not included in the reportreleased to the public, but TheWashington Post on Thursday quotedsources it did not name who identifiedthree of the airports as O’Hare, NewYork’s John F. Kennedy andWashington’s Reagan National. Thefive others were the main airports inAtlanta, Miami, Salt Lake City, SanFrancisco and Honolulu, the Post said.
Chicago Aviation Departmentofficials did not have the entirereport Thursday and did not knowabout specific problems at O’Hare,spokesman Dan Curtin said.
“We plan on getting the report
and studying it,” he said.Chicago aviation commissioner
Thomas R. Walker in a written state-ment said the city’s airports are fullycompliant with Federal AviationAdministration security regulations.
“Security is our top priority and wedo everything possible to ensure thesafety of the traveling public,” he said.
In a series of tests early this year,federal investigators slipped throughsecurity by “piggybacking” or fol-lowing employees through doors atvarious airports. They also walkedunchallenged through concoursedoors, gates, jetbridges and cargofacilities. Some drove throughunmanned vehicle gates or rodeunguarded elevators.
“In some instances, we were seat-ed and ready for departure at thetime we concluded our tests,” DOT’sinspector general’s office said in astatement Wednesday.The inspector general’s latest reporton airport security shows that thenation’s airports remain vulnerableto intruders wishing to slip throughsecurity amid increasing threats toU.S. air travel.
Friday, December 3, 19992A The Daily Eastern News
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like we have in the past,” saidBob Hillman, universityarchivist and reference librar-ian. “There’s no place to put(the tree) where everyonecould enjoy it so we decidedto do three trees instead ofone.”
The Christmas tree nor-mally displayed in the librarywas generally 18 and 20 ft. insize, Hillman said. The threeChristmas trees BoothLibrary purchased this yearare 9 and 7 ft. in size.
“It’s too bad we don’t havea place for (the largeChristmas tree) now, but it’stemporary,” Hillman said. “Intwo or three years, we’ll beback in our building andwe’ll have a tree again justlike before.”
Another way Booth libraryis compensating for theabsence of a big Christmastree is with a fourth artificialtree on display in the bleach-ers of McAffee Gymnasium.Hillman said he rigged thetree himself with wire and
Christmas lights. “That’s sort of a concept
we had to brighten up thefacility for the holidays,”Hillman said. “It took severalhours (to put the tree togeth-er). It was a little time con-suming.”
Although the absence ofBooth Library’s grandChristmas tree is only tempo-rary, Hillman said he under-stands some students, facultyand staff may be disappoint-ed.
“We will revive that tradi-tion as soon as we’re back inour building because it’s avery popular thing,” he said.“Everybody enjoys (theChristmas tree).”
Treefrom Page 1A
approached him in the parking lot about the tapeand asked if Thompson thought telling Weidnerabout the tape would affect his suspension.
“He clearly believed it was evidence, that itwould mitigate Bosler’s suspension,” Weidnertold the court.
Weidner later reduced his suspension from 30days to 10 days, but Weidner testified the reduc-tion had nothing to do with the tape.
From various testimony, it was revealedWeidner, Michaud, Thompson and Bosler all
heard the taped conversation. A search ofWaddell’s office was conducted by Eastern’stelecommunication office, an act Michaud testi-fied was ordered by Morgan Olsen, former vicepresident for business affairs. The search foundno evidence of Waddell’s office phone beingtapped.
Michaud testified when Waddell learned ofthe tape he was upset and said Bosler, who lives“in the backyard” of Waddell, has a “relative oruncle that dabbled in electronic equipment.”
All defendants testified that during the nearly15-minute taped conversation neither Waddellor Bowlby consented to the taping or indicatedknowledge that it was being taped.
Waddell and Bowlby originally sought
$10,000 per violation from each of the fivedefendants, as well as additional legal costs.
Weidner said in an e-mail he has no signifi-cant comment on the trial.
“I am glad it is over and look forward to con-tinuing our efforts to deliver utilities efficientlyand effectively to the campus,” he said.
Michaud, Bowlby, Waddell and Thompsoncould not be reached for comment Thursday.
Bosler said he is glad the trial is over.“It’s over and done and that’s the best part of
it,” he said.Shelly Flock, director of media relations, said
the university had no comment at this time con-cerning the agreement because the settlement isstill pending on the approval of the BOT.
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Well-being, Principles of HumanHealth and Fitness for life. A peti-tion also was signed by 146 stu-dents to keep the courses in theintegrated core.
CAA student member MelissaRiley also resigned from the coun-cil for personal reasons and becauseshe said she had served on theboard for long enough.
“I’m graduating in May and I’vebeen on the board for two years,”Riley said. “I felt it was time to letanother student get involved in thisacademic area.”
Addison said his first reactionwas to talk Riley out of resigningfrom her position.
“Melissa has been involved withthe council for a long time and ittakes a long time just to get a feel forhow the process works,” Addisonsaid. “She’s such a terrific member
of the council, and personally, as acouncil member and chair of CAA,I will be really sad to see her go.”
Davenport said he does not intendto drop the issue, but instead bring hisconcerns to the university community.
“I think if we are going to messaround with our core, I think it issomething we should debate thor-oughly and conduct in a sincereway so that the entire universitycommunity can be involved,”Davenport said. “What’s moreimportant to students than what welearn? Students had compelling rea-sons to be against this, and I felt noone listened.”
Addison said people need toagree to disagree at times.
“After making a legitimate argu-ment, sometimes you just need towalk away and say, ‘I see whatyou’re trying to say,’” Addison said.“That’s why we take votes. It does-n’t mean we’re not consideringtheir (students’) concerns.”
Addison previously said the stu-dent CAA members made a very
compelling case to keep the classesinside the core requirements.
“The council is not saying thoseare not good courses, but the well-being courses do not fit the newdescription of the modified seg-ment,” Addison said after the votewas taken two weeks ago.
Davenport was replacing CAAstudent member CortneyMcDermott for the semesterbecause McDermott had class con-flicts with the CAA meeting time.Addison said he expectedMcDermott to return to the councilnext semester.
McDermott was unavailable forcomment Thursday.
In other business, the councilunanimously approved four foreignlanguage changes and proposals.FLE 3050, Culture and Language inthe French-Speaking world; FLE3061, German Literature inTranslation and FLE 3000, Mediaand Global Communications, wereall approved, and FLF 3220, Frenchfor Business was changed from a
2000 level class to a 3000 level class.A General Education subcommit-
tee also was formed to deal with newproposals and transfer issues relatedto the program. Members of the sub-committee include CAA Vice ChairDoug Bock, who will chair the sub-committee and CAA members JustinBrinkmeyer, Jill Owen, AndrewMethven and Ron Wohlstein.
“All courses can be reexaminedin light of the recent changes to theGeneral Education program,”Addison said. “We are certainlyopen to new proposals.”
Resignationfrom Page 1A
After making a legitimateargument, sometimes youjust need to walk away andsay,‘I see what you’re tryingto say.’
Bill Addison,Council on Academic Affairs chair
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Officials to review federalreport for O’Hare security
In two or three years,we’ll be back in ourbuilding and we’ll havea tree again just likebefore.
Bob Hillman,university archivist and reference
librarian
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The Apportionment BoardThursday approved a motion tovote for a money transfer of nomore than $10,000 to extend thelife of the Panther Express.
At its next meeting, the AB willvote on giving an amount of moneyup to, but not exceeding, $10,000,toward the shuttle service.
Shuttle Bus Coordinator JeremyRuppell said Eastern’s shuttle bussystem is currently underfundedand needs appropriations of no lessthan $10,000 to completely fund itfor the 2000-01 school year. TheApportionment Board has $16,700
allocated toward a vacant position,and this money could be trans-ferred to the shuttle bus account inwhatever amount is needed. Thismoney, made up of student fees, isused for miscellaneous purposesconcerning many university mat-ters, of which no specifics wererevealed.
“We would never, ever need toask for donations from anybodyagain,” Ruppell said about the ben-efits of receiving the money.
The shuttle bus is currentlyfunded by donations from thePresident’s Office and the Office ofStudent Affairs in the amount of$10,000 apiece, but this money willnot be enough by the start school
next fall. Last year, the AB gave$7,000 toward the effort to give stu-dents a way to get to and fromMattoon, and Ruppell said somestudents need the service regardlessof how large a portion of the stu-dent population actually uses it.
Ruppell also said PantherExpress has been dramaticallyimproved and students’ use of theservice has risen from about 80 rid-ers a day last year to about 200 aday this year. The shuttle used torun the Mattoon route every Friday,Saturday and Sunday, but budgetcuts have forced the cancellation ofthe Friday route. But rider volumefor the rest of the weekend remainsgood, he said.
Apportionment Board to voteon shuttle bus money transfer
Mandy Marshall / Photo editor
Choose wiselyLaShon Cannon, a junior journalism major, drops her ballot for Student Senate elections into the ballot boxThursday afternoon in the walkway of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Senate Speaker Matt Layettesaid voter turnout for this election was much higher than the election held last fall. “This just shows that studentsare concerned with Student Government,” Layette said. Election outcomes will not be announced untilWednesday.
Student Publications Board selects new editor in chief for spring semester
The editor in chief of the Daily Eastern News for thespring semester 2000 was selected Thursday during theStudent Publications Board meeting.
Meghan McMahon, a senior journalism major fromLake Villa, will serve as editor in chief from January toMay.
McMahon, who is currently the editorial page edi-tor, has served in various capacities including adminis-tration editor, since spring of 1998.
The transfer student from both the University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh andCollege of Lake Countywill replace Deana Poole,a senior journalism majorfrom Bloomington,whose term ends at theend of this semester.
Poole served two semes-ters, beginning in January1998.
Meghan McMahon,new DEN editor in chief
Some answers for thenext millennium
Will the world explode in 51days? Of course not. Does this giveus room to breathe and is it all overafter the big party? No way. Sadly,there are other dangers lurking aheadwhich touch upon more fundamentalaspects of existence, apart from justfour numbers and Cold War computerprogramming. I’ve broken themdown into three major groups: reli-gious, natural and manmade.
Religious: This is always a diffi-cult subject for discussion, and apartfrom any obscurity or extremism, I’mnarrowing it down to: Regardlesswhat anyone says about religion ingeneral, this is a very active time forprophecies, so much so that there areall kinds of crazy speculations.Here’s what a few of the big onessay: Hinduism - Kaliyuga. Hindusbelieve there are four main epochs inthis world, the first being a time ofperfection gradually descending inmorals and overall goodness to thefourth and last, kaliyuga.
Then the world is destroyed andcreated all over again. According tothem, we have 25 years left — a realnail biter!
Ancient Mayans - Developed anextremely precise and accurate calen-dar despite primitive traditions/exis-tence. It was based on celestialobservation and they were so good,they could predict eclipses. Whendoes their calendar run out? 2012.
Christianity - Well, that’s obvious.Now, there are a few others, but Ithink that for our purposes, thisshould be enough. That ‘something’will happen is in the metaphysicalcards, it seems.
Natural: Of the three, perhaps themost terrifying and well known.Hollywood got a hold of this one andcapitalized on people’s fears ofcomets smashing the Earth, or mas-sive volcanoes and tsunamis andstuff.
So we got earthquakes, floods,draughts, Greenhouse effect, plague,
and anything else you can think of,all of which make the nightly news insome form or other. But have youheard about 5/5/2000? If not, it’s oneof the rare instances when all theplanets in our solar system will align. . . All of them in a straight line.Scientists speculate of disastrousgravitational effects and anything elseto mark this freaky occurrence.What’s strange about this is not thatit’ll happen, but that it’ll happensoon, with all the rest of this stuff.Room for coincidence? How aboutthe sun’s 23rd sun cycle (which I justread about in Detailsmagazine,though I’d heard about it before).Our sun operates on solar cycles(January will mark another one andthey happen very infrequently) whichcontrol sun spots in addition to elec-tromagnetic activity and some otherstuff I can’t remember. Who knowswhat this will do, but it kinda soundsimportant.
I think it naturally comes down to,we as humans are a part of the cos-mic soup and we’ll carry on, OR wewere never meant to live like this andNature will correct herself and main-tain some universal balance.
Manmade: Our inevitable fate todestroy ourselves, or the mark of anera of unprecedented progress? Thisone’s kind of fun because you canreally use your imagination, and therehave been plenty who have so.Without too much sci fi, we’ll limit itto a few examples:
Terrifying consequences on everyorder (social, political, ethical, etc.)due to the exponential growth oftechnology? I agree with you, thisone’s gonna be big, REAL big.cloned babies-seibab denolc.Nuclearblast. Improbable Y2K catastrophe.Effects of growing globalization.Terrorist plagues. Collapse ofAmerican/world economy.
This last one I think is some-
thing people should quietly keep theireye on. The Economy is the basis ofmodern society, Marx will tell youthat, and America shows you. WhatI’m trying to say is economics funda-mentally affects our existence, apartfrom complicated socioeconomicmodels, it’s what motivates people,and what they worry about probablythe most
If the economy fails, which ismore probable than most peopleknow or are willing to recognize, thisleaves the door open for any andeverything to happen.
Whew! I’m exhausted! I don’twant to terrify/alarm you or anyone.I wish all this didn’t exist, but it does.The world already has at least a gen-eral sense of uneasiness which every-one feels to some degree, though noone really talks about it much, and ifthey do, the conversation usuallyends with hopeless resignation, or asense of unspoken horror so real itcuts down to their soul. Who wantsthat?
I guess we do. I think this wholebusiness has already ingrained itselfon the public consciousness, from thecinema to coffee house conversations.We’re expecting it! YES “some-thing” will happen in 51 days; if Iwas a terrorist, I’d pick the most vul-nerable opportunity to strike. Maybewhen the ball drops in New YorkDick Clark’s face will melt off,revealing that he’s a robot all along,like The Simpsons’ parody a coupleweeks ago.
Obviously my crystal ball is a lit-tle murky to predict what type ofworld following generations will begetting into.
I don’t know what all this means,and far be it from me to offer sug-gestions to anyone else on how theyshould live or react to this informa-tion, but any way one chooses, thisis without a doubt THE most excit-ing (if not dreadful) time in our his-tory.
Paul B. Smithsenior English major
Today’s quote
Opinionpage
The Daily Eastern News
Friday, December 3, 1999
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A lthough members of Eastern’s facultyunion will be visiting residence halls togive students an opportunity to ask ques-tions about the ongoing contract negotia-
tions, members of the university’s negotiating teamhave said they will not take advantage of this oppor-tunity.
Talking to students during the negotiations isexactly what needs to happen. Somebody needs totake the initiative to allow students a chance to askquestions about what is going on — after all, thenegotiations have a profound affect on students.
Members of the administration’s negotiating teamare making a big mistake by not taking advantage of
this opportunity to telltheir side of the storyand allow the students toask they questions theyneed to get the informa-tion they want.
“If students have questions about the negotiations,I expect them (union members) to give their viewsof where they stand on the issues,” said BobWayland, chief negotiator for the university.
What Wayland and other members of the admin-istration seem to missing is that talking to students isnot only a good opportunity, but also a responsibilitythey do not seem to be taking seriously.
This university exists because of its students, andthe administration needs to realize it has a responsi-bility to the students. While most administrators donot have direct contact with students on a regularbasis, the students are the reason they are employed.
Members of the University Professionals ofIllinois have the right idea — they are taking theirjobs, and their responsibilities, seriously and tryingto keep the students up to date on contract negotia-tions.
The administration’s negotiating team should fol-low the lead of the union’s and make an attempt toreach out to student to make them feel they arebeing considered in the negotiating process.
Taking the opportunity to reach out and educatepeople will only help the most important people tothis university — the students — realize theirvalue.
A missedopportunity
S e n d l e t t e r s t o t h e e d i t o r v i a e - m a i l t o c u d m p 2 @ p e n . e i u . e d u
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Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll showa failure.
Knute Rockne,American football coach, 1888-1931
Informing studentsAlthough UPI members havechosen to talk to studentsabout contract negotiations, theadministration is not takingadvantage of the opportunity.
■ The editorial is the opinion of the editorial board of The DailyEastern News.
As a December gradu-ate, I am searchingfor a job. And Ipreferably would
like to stay in the rewardingfield of journalism. However,there is a problem.
Newspaper reporters mightas well be paid with coffeebeans, because the salaries areso low it’s depressing.
I have talked with a coupleof newspapers set in theChicago suburbs, as well as some in small towns through-out Illinois, and the yearly salary rate is in the low$20,000 mark for the suburbs, and the range for a smalltown is about $14,000 to $17,000.
As my Dad so casually yelled about my lucrativeoffers, “You can make more money working at Jewel.”
For folks who do not reside in Chicago or its suburbs,Jewel is a grocery store, and an excellent one at that. Itsdeli is incredible; you can make some of the tastiest sand-wiches you ever dreamed of — but, I don’t know if I wantto work there.
In response to my Dad’s supportive comment, Ichecked just how much Jewel employees make. Mysource was the fine Jewel located minutes from my houseon Palatine Road in Hoffman Estates.
A cashier, who does have to put up with a lot of crabbypeople griping about how slow the line is moving as wellas the high cancer risk laser used to check product prices,can make up to $14 an hour after putting some time inwith the company. That is roughly $27,000 a year. Afterputting in many carpal tunnel years as a checker, employ-ees can make near the $20 an hour rate — that is roughly$38,000 a year.
At Jewel, a deli slicer dude, who is in a meat marketunion — I swear to the man upstairs, the manager I talkedto said “meat market union” — can make up to $18 anhour. That is roughly $34,500 a year.
If I were to put in some time as a slicer at Jewelrather a reporter, I could make about $10,000 more than
I would as a journalist.Basically, you can get paidmore money getting someonetheir meat than you can givingthem their information.
And this is all based on theidea that a journalist wouldwork 40 hours a week — notlikely. On top of the crummysalary, reporters work oddhours and sometimes long daysdepending on the breakingnews.
The thing is, when my fellow students and I enteredthe study of journalism, teachers and professionalswarned us about the low pay, but we were having so muchfun it didn’t matter.
And the idea remains true. As long as I still enjoyinterviewing all kinds of people, some interesting andsome more boring than Al Gore reading an excerpt from“War and Peace,” the reporter salary won’t mean much.
As long as I still have the drive for writing a goodnews story or a column that holds a reader’s interest formore than two paragraphs (I hope you made it this far),the money isn’t important.
I want to get a job in the suburbs of Chicago or down-town Chicago, but the salaries just don’t seem feasible foran $800 a month apartment and car payments. But I wantto write, and I will make it happen, even if that means asecond job at Cinnabon in the local mall.
Hopefully, newspapers will improve the salaries for ajob that requires a college degree yet pays like one thatdoesn’t, but I’m not counting on it. I think most newspa-per owners are content with hiring people who write justbecause they want to.
I think us journalists need to set up a meat marketunion; if all else fails, at least we would have that.
Slicing deli meat or living a dream?“At Jewel, a delislicer dude ... canmake up to $18 anhour. That isroughly $34,500 ayear.”
Dan OchwatVerge editor
Your turnLetters to the editor
■ Dan Ochwat is a senior journalism major and a monthlycolumnist for The Daily Eastern News. His e-mail address [email protected]. Columns are the opinion of the author.
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Police say fight atfootball game wasgang-related
DECATUR (AP) - A person-al dispute led to a gang-relatedmelee at a high school footballgame and the subsequent contro-versial and well-publicizedexpulsions of six students, policetestified Thursday.
Doug Taylor, a police liaisonofficer assigned to EisenhowerHigh School, said during a pre-liminary hearing for four teenscharged as adults in the brawlthat it was rooted in an argumenttwo weeks earlier betweenGregory Howell and a juvenilestudent. He identified Howelland the other student as membersof opposing gangs.
On Sept. 17, Taylor said, bothyouths showed up at theEisenhower stadium with sup-porters.
“They had planned to fight
either there or later on that night,”he said.
Judge Jerry Patton heard tes-timony for about an hour beforeabruptly ending the hearing andscheduling it to continue onDec. 9.
Decatur man heldin sister’s death
DECATUR (AP) - An 18-year-old Decatur man allegedlyshot and killed his 13-year-oldsister because he thought she wasstealing his money and marijua-na, then tried to make the deathlook like suicide, police said.
Richard P. Hollgarth wasarrested late Tuesday on a pre-liminary charge of first-degreemurder. He remained jailedThursday in lieu of $1 millionbond, authorities said.
His sister, Tamara K.Hollgarth, died Nov. 9 at St.Mary’s Hospital from a gunshotwound to the head, MaconCounty Coroner Michael Daysaid. She was found in the livingroom of her brother’s apartment,where she had been staying, witha .44-caliber handgun in her lefthand, Police Lt. Todd Walkersaid.
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To Rachel Foster, beautypageants today represent morethan glamour, looks and populari-ty.
The 18-year-old freshman psy-chology and social science majorwith teacher certification was per-sonally invited along with 59other women to compete in theMiss Illinois USA pageant, whichwas held on Nov. 26-28 inSchaumburg. Foster, a nativeof Danville, said she had theopportunity to represent EasternIllinois University at its best whenshe competed in the pageant.
“Nowadays, looks are not whatthe pageants are about,” Fostersaid. “Sure a big part is how youlook, but most of it has to do withpersonality, values and morals.”
A newcomer to the MissIllinois USA pageant, Foster saidnot everyone gets the chance toparticipate.
“You have to be between 18and 25, you can’t be married orhave any children, you must
receive a personal invitation andyou also have to have past experi-ence in pageants,” she said.
Since the age of five, Fosterhas been involved in hundreds ofdifferent pageants. She has wonnumerous pageants such as Starsof Illinois and Little MissSweetheart, a press release stat-ed.
“My biggest honor was when Iwon Miss Junior Illinois (in1993),” she said.
Foster said she enjoyed herexperience competing in the MissIllinois USA pageant for the firsttime this year.
“I had such a blast and somuch fun doing it,” she said. “Itwas such a great learning experi-ence for me. I was invited to do it
again next year and I’m definitelygoing back.”
Although a talent competitionwas not involved in the MissIllinois USA pageant, Foster saidshe had to undergo a private inter-view with the judges.
“There was no talent competi-tion, but in the opening act, theytaught us a production number,”she said. “There were also sevenjudges which gave interviews toall of the contestants. They inter-view you and ask you questionslike, “What’s your major and whydid you specifically choose thatmajor?”
“They also asked many ques-tions about the things in which Iwas involved in at Eastern,”Foster said. “Right now, I’m inJunior Greek Council and theUniversity Board Special EventsCommittee.”
Foster also is a new initiate inthe Kappa Delta Sorority.
While Foster did not win theMiss Illinois USA pageant, shedid place first runner up in out-standing performers in the out-standing performers category.
Student sees realism in pageants
Rachel Foster
Miss Illinois competition not just about looks: 1999 contestant
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By Julius SextonStaff writer
Charleston will celebrate theholiday season this weekend with“Christmas in the Heart ofCharleston,” an annual event com-prised of various festivities demon-strating holiday spirit.
The event will be from 6 to 9p.m. Saturday on the Square.
Festivities include window dis-
plays, various activities, carolersand holiday performances.
The atmosphere is buzzing withholiday excitement as the festivalapproaches. Decorations includinglights and wreaths will be hung allover the Square.
Many of the businesses on theSquare will participate in the eventsaid Jane Ball-Saret, owner ofGrand Ball Costumes, who hasbeen preparing for the event since
the summer. “I’ve been receiving orders
since June to make different cos-tumes for (Christmas in the Heartof Charleston),” she said.
Some of the costumes Saret hasprepared for the event includeDisney characters and Christmascharacters such as Rudolph, Frostyand Santa’s elves.
For more information, contactthe Chamber of Commerce.
City to celebrate holidays
RHA tables donation to PEACETerri Manser
Staff writer
Residence Hall Associationmembers Thursday agreed todonate funds to Peer Educationand Community Enhancement(PEACE) for AIDS awareness.
The minimum donation for anorganization to be included on theback of a T-shirt, which will besold in January, is $10. RHATreasurer Gretchen Warner said$37 is the most RHA can donate.
The motion to donate $37 wastabled until Thursday’s meeting.
RHA President CathieAnderson told the members theywere going to have an end of thesemester banquet next week in theThomas Hall basement. Sheencouraged all members toattend, saying there would beawards, food and punch at thebanquet.
Terrell Thompson, communi-cations coordinator, said he waslooking for people to accompany
him to the IRA 2000 Conference,which will be held Feb. 18-20 atIllinois State University inNormal. He would like to have atleast one person from each resi-dence hall attend.
In other business, Thomas Hallallocated money for Toys for Totsand Taylor Hall representativessaid the stress management pro-gram they held went well.Carman Hall representatives saidthey had collected $20 to donateto the AIDS Awareness program.
Elizabeth O’RileyActivities editor
A unique combination of musicand dance will be presented Sundaywhen community members and uni-versity performers join together fora two-act production.
Local and university dancerswill join the Symphonic WindEnsemble for a special performanceat 3 p.m. in the Dvorak ConcertHall.
The performance will presentclassic performances and comicalproductions, a press release said.The Jacqueline Bennett DanceCenter, the EIU Dancers, a solo per-formance by Lynette Hardimon, theEIU Flag Corps and a ThereseKincaid production will all be pre-sented in this production, a pressrelease said.
The first act will feature danceproduction, featuring a hoe-downfrom the Rodea Suite andSymphonic Dances from “WestSide Story.”
Act two will focus on comedyand dance as other groups performpieces including “The MidnightFire Alarm and Celebrations,” apress release said.
The EIU Symphonic WindEnsemble is directed by JosephManfredo and will be performedfrom the Dvorak Orchestra Pit.
Jeanna McFarland and NancyNordtvedt, co-directors of the EIUDancers, have choreographed anddirected two of the performances, apress release said.
Tickets for the concert are $3 foradults, $2 for senior citizens andstudents and children four andunder are free.
City and campus to join for musicand dance concert
By Melanie SchneiderAdministration editor
Four purchase proposals willbe discussed Monday during aconference call between mem-bers of Eastern’s Board ofTrustees’ executive committee.
The meeting will be held at 10a.m. in the President’sConference Room in Old Main.
BOT Chair Carl Koerner andtrustees Nate Anderson, TomJohnson and Keith Branson willjoin Eastern’s administration forthe meeting.
Shelly Flock, director ofmedia relations, said EasternPresident Carol Surles and thevice presidents of the universityalso will be in attendance to dis-cuss the purchase items.
Flock also said the boardmeeting may include an execu-tive session if voted upon by theboard in accordance with theopen meetings act.
BOT to meetby telephone
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Swimmers face Saint Louis againPadovan’s squad faces the Billikens for the third time this season
By Kyle BauerSports editor
After giving his teams a week offfor Thanksgiving break, head coachRay Padovan is now preparing to facea familiar Saint Louis team.
The Panthers faced Saint Louis atthe EIU Invite and the Northern IowaInvite and Relays earlier this year.Eastern came out ahead of theBillikens in both of those meets andPadovan is looking for the sameresults this weekend.
“Saint Louis is a team we have runinto at our Invite and again atNorthern Iowa,” Padovan said. “Weknow what to expect.”
On the women’s side, Padovan isexpecting a relatively easy meet.
“We should be in good shape
from the standpoint that we havemore personnel and we are basicallybetter in most events,” he said.
As for the men, the meet shouldbe more competitive, but Padovan isstill expecting to come away with awin.
“The men should have more of acompetitive meet,” Padovan said.
“They have two or three qualitypeople, but we outscored them in allthe other types of meets so thisshouldn’t be much different. Theywill keep us honest and it should be arelatively close meet.”
The meet is also of significance tothe Panthers because it will be theirlast chance at competition before anextended break.
“This is our last competition priorto Christmas break,” Padovan said.
“This is a jumping off point. We lookat it as having two different seasons.There is the pre-Christmas and post-Christmas.
“This is the last of our first sea-son,” he said. “We don’t have anothermeet for four or five weeks. We havetraining and competition over break,but this is our last competition beforewe have a significant break from realcompetition.”
The 10 a.m. starting time of themeet will also help prepare Easternfor the bigger invitationals they willcompete at later in the year.
“We are just making sure every-body wakes up and is ready to go,”Padovan said. “We will be leaving atabout 6 a.m. I’m thinking about giv-ing everybody a buddy to make surethey get up and are ready to go.”
Grapplers gear upfor Northern Iowa
Dusty CooksonStaff writer
After nearly a two week break,Eastern’s wrestlers are looking topick up right were they left off in St.Louis.
When the Panthers travel toCedar Falls, Iowa this weekend,they’ll be looking for an even moreimpressive performance than theirlatest at the St. Louis Open.
Head coach Ralph McCauslandsays the Northern Iowa Open will beas tough as any for the Panthers thisyear.
“It’s another fantastic tourna-ment,” McCausland said.
McCausland says the level ofcompetition in the tournament willonce again be tremendous.
Eastern is set to tackle the likes ofBig Ten powerhouses Minnesota,Wisconsin, Iowa and MichiganState.
McCausland said that his crew isfacing the best competition that they
could possibly face right now, leav-ing one to wonder how much of helpthat will be come tournament time.
“We need the experience,”McCausland said. “We need towrestle strong and hard.”
Although McCausland said theteam had a nice break, he is con-cerned with how the team will reactto their layoff.
“As a coach, you’re always a lit-tle leery about their mental frame ofmind after a break,” McCauslandsaid.
McCausland will look for repeatperformances from Don Pool, MikeStanley, James Eichmiller and RossBracey, all of whom placed in thetop four of their respective weightclasses.
As for now, McCausland will notonly be looking for help from thosefour, but the rest of the supportingcast as well.
“We need to rise to the occasionand take control of match situa-tions,” McCausland said.
Epperly,Winkeler top candidates for volleyball job
Panthers prepare for nation’s best
By Troy HinkelStaff writer
Interviews started this week tofill the full-time position of headvolleyball coach which was vacatedby Betty Ralston in August.
Ralston stepped down as thehead coach, after 15 years, tobecome the officer of compliancefor Eastern.
The interviews consist of meet-ings every half hour for most of theday with the prospective coachesbeing asked questions by players,other current coaches and thescreening committee.
With Ralston’s leaving earlier inthe year, Andrew Epperly, who washired as an assistant coach, tookover the team under the title of inter-im head coach.
Epperly led the team to a 21-10
record and a second place finish inthe Ohio Valley Conference regularseason with a record of 15-3.
The Athletic Department is cur-rently undergoing interviews with twocandidates to fill the position full time.
Epperly and Parkland Collegehead coach Brenda Winkeler are thecoaches currently being interviewedfor the opening.
The position will encompasscoaching duties along with teachinga few classes.
Wednesday, Epperly was the firstinterviewed for the vacancy.
“I felt like it was a long day andI was mentally tired after it wasdone,” Epperly said following hisinterview day. “I will see what hap-pens.”
Winkeler, the second to inter-view, met with the committeeThursday.
She is currently the head volley-ball coach, instructor and academicadviser of Parkland College.
She has compiled a 402-124record at Parkland, were she wonthe volleyball Junior CollegeNational Championship this pastseason.
After her interview Winkelersaid, “I feel like I came down here tohave a good time and share mycoaching philosophy and I did that.”
After the interviews, theprospective coaches meet with theteam so that they can have and ideaof what their players will be like.
The decision of who will gethired could come out as early asnext week.
But the committee holds theright to open the interviewingprocess up to more applicants at alater date.
Eric Wolters /Staff photographerA member of the Panther wrestling team tries his hardest to avoid being pinnedearlier this week in practice.
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Kyle BauerSports editor
email: [email protected]
Three Rutgers basketball playersare suing coach Kevin Bannon afterhe made them run naked when theylost a free-throw contest.
The rules for the drill were simple– miss a free throw and take off apiece of clothing.
The players were forced to runwind sprints wearing nothing but asmile.
“Well, I thought it was funnywhen we were taking free throws ...but no one was laughing at the end,”one of the unlucky losers said.
Correction. One person waslaughing. While the players wererunning, Bannon assumed a positionon the sidelines where he proceededto smoke a cigar and “chuckle” at hisplayers.
The players are suing the school,charging civil rights violations. Theyclaim the coach rigged the contestagainst them.
The athletic department made anannouncement shortly after the inci-dent, stating the contest will never berepeated.
The coach was definitely on theright track. I’d be willing to betRutgers would be the best free throwshooting team in the nation if thecontest were allowed to continue.
Now, they are just left dangling inthe wind.
Finally a coach is taking responsi-bility for his own actions and impos-ing the same rules on himself that heforces his team to follow.
University of Massachusettsmen’s basketball coach Bruiser Flintgave himself a one-game suspensionfor using profanity on his post-gameradio show.
Flint arranged a meeting with theathletic department the following dayand it was agreed that he would sitout one game.
Now if only we could get BobbyKnight to adopt the same philosophy,we could be rid of him for a few sea-sons.
The Bears are systematicallygetting rid of their quarterbacks.After releasing Eric Kramer andthen watching Shane Matthewsget injured and Cade McNown berendered useless, Jim Miller hasbeen the latest to join the ranks.
Miller was suspended for therest of the regular season for vio-lating the league’s substanceabuse policy.
Miller claims anabolic steroidswere still in his system from tak-ing an over-the-counter supple-ment in September.
Anyway, the Bears find them-selves with only McNown to playthe part of savior for the final fourgames of the season.
Anybody know what SteveWalsh is doing now?
He must have four more goodgames left in him.
Strip basketball?
Speaking of which
A change of pace
Panthers raid MTSU for win
By Anthony BraviereStaff writer
Coming into Thursday night’s game againstMiddle Tennessee, Eastern’s men’s basketballteam was looking to improve on its 1-2 record.And that’s just what the Panthers did, winning
76-72.Eastern (2-2, 1-0)
were down nine going intothe locker room, but turnedit up a notch in the secondhalf outscoring the Blue
Raiders by 13 to win its conference opener.This was the Panthers first win on the road
this season, despite playing well on their twoprevious contest away from Lantz Gym. Thewin also put the Panther winning streak againstthe Blue Raiders at three, after sweeping theseason series last year.
Eastern had a very balanced offensiveattack. With five players scoring in double fig-ures. Kyle Hill once again led the Panthers inscoring with 17 points on the night. He also hadfour rebounds and three assists.
Forward Merve Joseph had his best game ofthe season so far as he scored 15 points to goalong with his nine rebounds, just missing adouble-double.
John Smith continued his hot start this sea-son with 11 points and five rebounds. WhileMatt Britton had 13 and Marc Polite finishedwith 12, as the Panthers had five players indouble figures for the second consecutivegame.
The Panthers weren’t the only players on thefloor who were filling up the basket. MiddleTennessee (2-1, 0-1) had three players of theirown score in double figures.
Center Lee Nosse, who had his 20 gameconsecutive block streak snapped Thursdaynight. He had 12 points on the night, but onlygrabbed three rebounds. Which is down fromhis season average of 4.5.
Cedrick Wallace, an All-OVC Newcomer ofthe Year selection last season, had 15 pointsand eight rebounds on the night and RonaldMcKnight came off the bench to tally 15 pointson six of nine shooting.
Eastern travels to Tennessee Tech to take onthe Golden Eagles (1-2) Saturday at 8:15 p.m.
Mandy Marshall /Photo editorSenior center John Smith grabs a board over two defenders in Eastern’s win over Illinois College Mondaynight. Five Panthers, including Smith, scored in double figures during a 76-72 win over MTSU Thursday.
Panthers lose control and gameBy Kristin Rojek
Staff writer
Coming off of their first win of the year athome last weekend against Chicago State, thewomen’s basketball team went on the road toface conference rival Middle Tennessee, andafter battling to cut 15 point halftime deficit,the Panthers fell 63-48.
Down by fifteen pointsat the end of the first half,the Panthers (1-3, 1-0)struggled to pull them-selves back into the game,and successfully put them-selves within six points of the Blue Raiders,but continued their downward slide, losing by15.
“We had an even second half and we wereable to cut their lead to six,” head coach LindaWunder said.
“But our problem was turnovers and theyjust built their lead back.”
After suffering 18 turnovers in the first halfalone, the Panthers couldn’t solve their prob-lems in the second half, giving the ball away16 more times.
“We didn’t take care of the ball and they putpressure on us,” Wunder said. “The game justgot out of control.”
Despite their first conference loss of theseason, there were many positives Eastern istaking out of this game.
Senior Angie Patzner scored a career-high17 points in Thursday night’s game and alongwith teammate Angie Russell, who finishedwith 14 points, were the only two Panthers toscore in double figures.
“We need to have good balance from every-body,” Wunder said.
“Playing on the road isn’t an easy thing, butwe competed (Thursday) and that’s the mainthing.”
Senior Leah Aldrich-Franklin, who lead theteam with 14 points against Chicago State,was only able to play four minutes in Thursdaynight’s game after struggling on the court withher knee in the first half.
Saturday the Panthers will go up againstNo. 1 ranked Tennessee Tech for their secondconference game of the season.
“We can play with teams in our league onthe road,” Wunder said. “And that’s a big con-fidence builder.”
Eric Wolters /Staff photographerSenior guard Angie Pantzner defends junior RenneeSchaul in practice earlier this week.
Balanced attack, secondhalf comeback keys inwin over Blue Raiders
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Everyone has been to bars and seen bands.There arethe bands who write 20 versions of the same song andthere are cover bands who play a lot of mediocre songs,and when they finally play a song you really like, they tearit to shreds.
It is a very rare occasion that weekenders shouldever make a real effort to see a band in a bar. Bands areusually just there, and everyone goes to the bar anyway.
Headlining at Top of the Roc two Fridays ago was agroup of musical weekend warriors, the band Krush.Thisis my evening with them.
I walked in and told the bouncers that I was on theguest list. “No you’re not,” they said. I told them I wasthe biggest Krush fan in the whole world and I was goingto write a review for The Verge.They thought I was real-
ly strange. I finally told them I needed to see Jeff Marklinand I batted my eyelashes a couple times. Finally, I gothooked up.
The band was sitting at the bar. At first I noticed thelead singer, with his jelled black hair and fully tattooedarms. He had some sweet tattoos. I chatted with theband a little and then I parked it on the couch. I staredat the large mouth bass sticker on the drum set.Drummers always put weird things on the bass drum.There must be a psychology to bass drum adornment.
The night started out quietly.There were a few peo-ple at the bar, trying to get their buzz started as soon aspossible, and all of three people playing pool.
Finally, they started the show with a SmashingPumpkins cover, playing on a milk crate-sized stage to abarren dance floor.
I was worried as they began to play the old Spacehoghit, “In the Meantime,” which contains some prettytough “ooh-ooh’s,” but Krush performed the song with-
out a hitch. It was even a little better than the original.Steve Willis: lead singer, sings like a seasoned per-
former, plays keyboard, drinks a beer, antagonizes thecrowd, has some beer, wishes happy birthday to a luckygirl, belts out another song. (Steve Willis: extremely highmetabolism.) Aside from the other talented musicians inthe band, he really is a show in himself.
In about twenty minutes, the dance floor got packed– very packed.The floor and most of the bar became agiant blob made of people moving their midsections inthe way that people do right before they really let goand dance. Ten seconds later, everyone let go and gotdown.
The show brought to mind a certain “Saturday NightLive” skit. In it, Jim Carrey introduces a new diet basedaround a certain drug that induces general spazzinessand extreme bursts of energy. Carrey “rides the snake.”Krush and their fans were definitely “riding the snake.”
The show continued on, never losing an ounce of
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Verge editorDAN OCHWAT
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SEAN STANGLANDcover design
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Quote mewhat was your favorite band in junior high?
“Tiffany, DebbieGibson, that typeof thing. ‘80schicks.”
– Sara Gillenwater,sophomore,
dietetics major
“The greatest f***ingband on earth,Metallica.F*** yeah!”
– Cal Callahan,sophomore,
English major
“Probably M.C.Hammer. I thinkthat’s the first CD Igot.”
– John Janega,junior,
computer management major
“Probably DefLeppard. We usedto play ‘Pour SomeSugar on Me’ onour soccer bus.”
– Peter Smith,Associate Resident
Director
For journalists, the end of the century is a hugedeal, and with the upcoming new year we look backat the decade and think of the amazing stories thatbroke.Yet for me, I am thinking of the great movies.
Sure, I could list the top movies of the century, butthat is too much research. I will list my Top 10 moviesof the decade.
There were many movies to choose from, and itshould be noted that I haven’t seen every movie of the1990s, even heralded ones like “The Piano,” whichcould have made the list.Also, if you can believe it, Ididn’t slave over this. I didn’t lose sleep or hit the bot-tle to ease nerves and mental trauma over whether“Babe” should be listed.
The idea of the 10 best movies of the ‘90s is sim-ply a list of great movies.And while most major filmcritics will probably kill themselves over this very ideathroughout December – just so readers like us canrelish in their expertise – we all know this is just forfun. So no angry mail about “Titanic” not being listed.
First, here are some movies that I thought wereexcellent films and worthy for consideration:“Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992),“Trainspotting” (1996),“The Usual Suspects” (1995), “Toy Story” (1996),“Scent of A Woman” (1992), “There’s SomethingAbout Mary” (1998),“L.A.Confidential” (1997),“JerryMaguire” (1998), “Secrets & Lies” (1996), “FourWeddings and A Funeral” (1994), “Quiz Show”(1994), “Braveheart” (1995) and “Being JohnMalkovich” (1999).
After stalling with the honorable mention,here arethe 10 best movies of the ‘90s, which I also think havehad a major influence on how movies are made today.
10. “GoodFellas” (1990). The movie poster isdonned on nearly every dorm room wall across thecountry. This movie has Martin Scorsese’s gangsterflair, cool oldie tunes and a voice from a gangster’s
wife, which most films overlook.9. “Remains of the Day” (1993). The best
Merchant-Ivory production and old British novel film,a genre that became so popular during the 1990s.
8. “Shakespeare In Love” (1998) is probably themost clever story written during the decade, and ithad superb acting and wonderful photography.
7. “Leaving Las Vegas” (1995). The only movie thathas depressed me,disgusted me and delighted me at thesame time.This movie pulled off a love story betweenan alcoholic-suicidal man and a depressed hooker forcryin’ out loud.
6. “Shawshank Redemption” (1994). A neat storywith plot twists. The American public loves plot twists– and this movie.
5.“Fargo” (1996). Some people hate this Minnesotaaccented movie, I found it to be hilarious. It is a moviethat emphasizes family values over greed by showing asarcastic rendition of a murder for money.
4.“Pulp Fiction” (1994). Quentin Tarrantino’s bloodand quirky dialogue filled comedy had everybody curs-ing and ordering a Royale with cheese from McDonald’s.
3. “Silence of the Lambs” (1991). A horror moviethat had a bad guy, which we rooted for. Genius.Thismovie introduced a slew of serial killer movies thathaven’t even come close to being as thrilling.
2.“Life Is Beautiful” (1998).This is a story of human-ity that made me feel overjoyed when I saw it. It is amaz-ing how the infectious Roberto Bernigni brings heartfeltjoy into the dreary setting of the Holocaust.
1. “Schindler’s List” (1993). Steven Spielberg had tobe number one with this moving movie detailing theHolocaust.
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Let’s get one thing clear right now:“Dr. Dre Chronic 2001”is not a classic like its predecessor,Dre’s 1992 “The Chronic.” Itis, however, a damn good album chock-full of neck-snappingbeats.
Dre’s rhymes have improved tenfold, due in large part toEminem, who makes two appearances on the album and prob-ably ghostwrote most of it.But Dre’s delivery is also a highlight,as he changes up for several songs.
His laid back drawl makes the observational “The Watcher”a good album opener, and he barely hides his disgust with themusic industry’s short attention span in “Forgot About Dre,” thenext single, which is done double-time with Em, who tells lis-teners to “study a tape of NWA.”
The beats are diverse, from the hypnotic guitar and xylo-phone of the futuristic smoke song, “Light Speed” (which intro-duces the world to chronic iced teas), to the ominous “MurderInk,” with its use of the Halloween movie theme and the digi-tized voices of Hittman and Ms. Roq. For those craving somegood ol’ G-Funk, “Let’s Get High” is a flashback to “TheChronic” and will be bumped at a house party near you.
All the usual gang’s here,with Kurupt,Nate Dogg and SnoopDogg all dropping in, including Dre and Snoop’s reunion “TheNext Episode.” Dre’s newest Aftermath Records signee,Hittman, makes an impressive debut, shining on “Light Speed”and his solo “Ackrite.”Aftermath/Interscope★★★1/2
– Matt Neistein
Counting Crows - “This Desert Life”
What word best describes The Counting Crows’ new album“This Desert Life”? How about brilliant? It’s the same band thatmade you wail on the catchy breakthrough chorus of “Mr.Jones” and let the soft thoughtful ballad “A Long December”seep into your mournful soul. And they make it obvious in theirnew album that someone really cares about what they release.
Adam Durtz, lead singer and mastermind behind TheCounting Crows, pulls songs from deep inside about hard hit-ting life experiences, friends and feelings about several girls.What a fresh aspect in a day when market giants such as LimpBizkit and Korn are speaking of nothing but anger, and if theymention anything about a girl, it seems far from respect.AdamDurtz treats all of what he sings about on this album with noth-ing but care.
“This Desert Life” is compiled of many songs that are lis-tenable when depressed or even just slightly down to bring youout of it. The single currently on the radio “Hanginaround”,starts the album off with a great feeling. But don’t be fooled, asit is the only track of it’s kind on the album.
The rest of the tracks are fairly mellow and thoughtful,mak-
ing you know that someone else out there has problems too,and they are still able to have a good outlook on things. DavidLowery, frontman of the rock band “Cracker” produced thisalbum, so if you are familiar with any of his work then I suggestyou pick it up.The album also has a touch of Dinosaur Jr.’s,soundsuggesting that Adam was perhaps listening to their work while“Hanginaround” and writing music.
Other highlights on the album include “All My Friends,” asong about Adam’s companions all getting married and movingon with their lives, and “St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream.”There is not a single weak track on this album, making “ThisDesert Life” a masterpiece.Geffen★★★ 1/2
– Matt Rennels
Metallica - “S&M”
When Metallica teamed up with conductor Michael Kamenand the San Francisco symphony orchestra for two show datesin Berkeley, California earlier this year, rules were broken and amagical classic was born.
The album, stylishly titled “S&M” for Symphony andMetallica, hit stores on November 23 and peaked the curiosityof countless scores of Metallica listeners. What will Metallicasound like with a 78 piece orchestra behind them?
“Conducting a conversation and creating a dialogue betweentwo worlds that share the language and celebrate the power ofmusic,” Michael Kamen described in the liner notes. “I live inboth worlds...now, so does Metallica.”
This album takes the unyielding, driving metal sound thatMetallica is best known for and compliments it with the sooth-ing melodies of a refined symphony adding an eerie sweetnessto their limitless musical personality.
The majority of this album consists of older Metallicafavorites, such as “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” “Master ofPuppets,” “One,” “Enter Sandman,” “Sad But True,” “Hero of theDay” and “Fuel,” entwined with symphonic parts. There are alsotwo new additions to the Metallica family titled “No LeafClover” and “– Human.”
These two songs were written with the symphony and pos-sess unique qualities which make them stand alone.The sym-phony’s presence is introduced at the beginning of these songsand gracefully accompanies Metallica’s trademark style which ismade blatantly evident throughout the entirety of both songs.
“S&M” is a daring endeavor of experimental creativenesssuccessfully pioneered by one of the world’s most powerfulrock bands, Metallica, with one of America’s most powerfulorchestras, the San Francisco symphony. It is a new and inspir-ing experience for musicians and fans alike.Elektra records★★★★
– Eric Wolters
Beck - “Midnite Vultures”
With “Midnite Vultures,” Beck Hansen finally makes good onall his genre-bending promise.The postmodern one makes likePrince tossed in the blender with a spoonful of “Sgt. Pepper”and a pinch of thin-white-duke-style David Bowie.The result-ing 11 tracks are full-on twitching, throbbing, gyrating faux R &B.
Pulling his best Mick Jagger impersonation,Beck squeals andyelps amid the cheese-ball horns on the single “Sexx Laws.”The one-time loser strikes his poses well–entirely convincingin the plastic roles of the burnt-out swingers delivering stand-outs like “Nicotine & Gravy” and “Broken Train.”
Essentially, Beck has thrown a mock party as the king wise-guy simultaneously celebrating and criticizing the cheap thrillsof sex, cash, and non-stop fun.The only complaint one mightlevel against this album is that Beck rarely seems sincere ineither his lust or his disgust, not to mention the ‘80s-esquegoofiness.
Still,“Midnight Vultures” is an interesting listen that suggests
Beck might just be on the way to making music that is morethan funky beats and clever non-sequitirs.Geffen Records★★★
– Daniel G. Fitzgerald
Korn - “Issues”
Jonathan Davis and pals return with their fourth album, andthis one is a loud, depressing, altogether evil-sounding winner.“Issues” tackles child abuse, alcoholism, and inner demons anddoes it without the hip-hop influence heard on the MTV-friendly album,“Follow the Leader.”
The first release,“Falling Away From Me,” is a pretty stan-dard Korn number, but will probably have you playing air guitarand pumping your fist regardless.The real discoveries here arethe anguished “Trash” and the huge-ass success-to-be, “MakeMe Bad,” which is even more catchy than “Freak On a Leash,”if you can believe that.
I expected nothing out of “Issues,” but it turns out to be oneof the year’s best records, a fittingly obnoxious and angry dia-tribe for our times.Epic/Immortal★ ★ ★ 1/2
– Sean Stangland
“End of Days” soundtrack
The “End of Days” soundtrack is an awful album that hap-pens to showcase one of the highly anticipated songs of thedecade. Guns N’ Roses’ “Oh My God” is neither as wonderfulas it could have been, nor as bad as one might think.
Basically, it’s the old Guns sound updated with a few trickssnatched from the Trent Reznor/Marilyn Manson song book.It’s big and loud and infinitely scarier than the supposedly“hard” strip mall aggro-metal crap that surrounds it.
“End of Days” confirms a few things–one Korn song soundslike every other Korn song, Limp Bizkit is five minutes awayfrom the discount bin, and Prodigy is not, and never was, thenext big thing.
Sucking this thing up further are Rob Zombie with a tossoff from his worthless remix disc “American Made Music toStrip By” and Creed behaving like the lukewarm grunge pre-tenders they really are.
Everlast, Eminem, and Powerman 5000 all turn in uninter-esting performances easily forgotten by the time the trackadvances. British newcomers Stroke and veteran noise-artistsSonic Youth seem strangely out of place on this little marketingtie-in; their work is too melodic to fit in.
In short, most of the stuff on “End of Days” suggests thatthe apocalypse is upon us. Maybe they should have called it“The End is Nigh.”
Geffen Records★ 1/2 Stars
– D.G.F.
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energy, never letting the crowd losetheir buzz. Their choice of coversongs to p lay was exce l lent thewhole n ight through, and i t wasobvious that the crowd approved.
When Krush played “Nookie ,”everyone smiled at each other asthey transformed into Fred Durstand sang along. Next to the dancef loor go ing nuts , Krush d id anexcel lent rendit ion of the song .Steve Willis has a talent for mimick-ing singers’ voices, while retaininghis individuality. The guy can jump,dance, sing, and play keyboard in avery small space without hurtinghimself.
The crowd decided to show theirappreciation by moshing and crowdsurfing. One lucky lady was privi-l eged enough to p l ay the tam-bourine while sailing over the heads
of her fellow partyers. Talk aboutgetting the spins.
I was very impressed by Krush.As I walked down the steps of Topof the Roc, I said to my friend Joe,“Wowee , that was super neat !”Okay, I don’t really remember whatI said, but I was impressed.
Krush is a great weekend bandthat made a l i t t l e bar in l i t t l eCharleston a really fun place on aFriday night. They have minimizedmy skepticism of cover bands. I givethem a gold star for effort – no,more like three gold stars for effortand a s i l ver one for r id ing thesnake.
Word on the street is that Krushwil l be performing in Charlestonaga in somet ime next semester.Keep your eyes open and make sureyou don’t miss them next time.
A member of Krush is flung hither and yon by members of the audience. Her tam-bourine almost didn’t make it out alive.
photo courtesy of Krush
For all of those looking to rock and roll all night,Saturday is the night.
The newly back together band Trickle Down will beperforming for the first time since their break up. Thegroup will be opening for Urb playing from 10 p.m. to10:45 p.m. at The Uptowner. The concert will also beUrb’s last for the semester.
Trickle Down, which got its name from a book byClive Barker, have performed at such places as Marty’sand Friends & Co. They had been together for two anda half years before deciding to break up due to innerband problems and other personal issues. It has beensix months since the group last played together.
Singer and rhythm guitarist for the band Chris Idle,said he feels that the band may be a little bit differentsince they broke up but things will most likely be thesame as they were before.
“We all still wanted to play together and neverdecided to stop,” Idle said. “We were just waiting forthe right time to get back together again.”
The four member band consists of Idle, who singsand plays the guitar and harmonica, bass player BrentByrd, lead guitarist Zac Itely, and drummer MattMullally. Idle said that among the many other bands
that influenced the rock and roll music style the bandhas are The Police and Blues Traveler.
The group will be playing songs they wrote at theconcert and will be selling a four-song CD of theirmusic as well.
Trickle Down and Urb used to practice at the sameplace and Idle did some sound work for Urb. The bandmembers became good friends and thought their musi-cal styles intermixed. Both thought it would be a greatidea for Trickle Down to open at the concert.
Idle said he hopes that both bands will see a goodturnout Saturday night.
“Everyone should come out; it will be worth theirtime,” Idle said.
Although the Saturday night performance will beUrb’s last, they have plans for during the winter break.
“We have two gigs in Chicago lined up,” lead gui-tarist Aaron Davidson said.
The group is also working on a full-length CD andhave their own web site, www.mp3.com/Urb, wherepeople can download one of their songs and get a listof the group’s concert dates. Urb has been practicingtwo to three nights a week lately in preparation ofSaturday’s concert and the many others they havescheduled.
Urb will also be opening for Bottle of Justus at 10p.m. at SOP’s in Peoria.
The members of the group are Davidson, lead singerand rhythm guitar player Josh Jones, bass guitar playerDon Stec and drummer Keith Schreiner. They will beperforming from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. and will be intro-ducing new songs they’ve written.
“I would say that 60 percent of our songs are origi-nal and 40 percent are cover songs,” said Davidson.“The audience should expect a lot of spontaneity andsome exciting original music.”
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Sometimes, a release date is the only thing on your mind. Ianxiously awaited the new release of the funk/hiphop/metal/experimental band Incubus. However, Incubus’ newrelease, “Make Yourself,” slapped the anxious overzealousnessdirectly out of my mouth.
What once had equal influences of Faith No More, Primusand Rage Against the Machine brilliance, Incubus has fallen into311 mediocrity.
Incubus has made a name for itself by experimenting withfunk, hip hop and metal. Rather than sounding like another“djunt djunt” band referring to the likes of Korn, CoalChamber and countless others in the genre, the Santa Monicafive-piece combines interesting melodies, impressive originalvocal lines and funky rhythms from traditional heavy guitarwork and hip hop vocals.
What set this band apart in a scene of conformity was thedisco-worshiping rhythms and amazing vocals on the band’s1996 EP, “Enjoy Incubus,” and the 1997 full-length album,“S.C.I.E.N.C.E.” However, “Make Yourself” lacks the funky basslines and disco guitar that made this band so phenomenal.
“Make Yourself” also lacks the originality and the intensity
this band once reveled in. It opens with a cheesey series ofguitar whine reminiscent of 311’s “Down.” While vocalistBrandon “the invisible floating torso man” Boyd still belts outamazing lyrics, his hip hop-meets-Arabic vocal stylings arenot enough to save this album.
The problem comes from a lack of the diversity so com-mon among their previous albums.The entire album is set atthe same tempo. Many of the songs blend together in amelee of mediocrity. Guitarist Michael Einzinger ignores hisusual jazz/ funk tendencies and follows a more standard,chord-based approach.Bassist Dirk Lance leaves his slap andtap mayhem - a lá Les Claypool of Primus - in oblivion and itis barely audible on most of the album.
While there are a few memorable moments on thealbum - most notably, the porn-influenced instrumental“Battlestar Scratchlachtica” and the satirically hopeless“Pardon Me” - Incubus’ new release is a severe disappoint-ment.What I anticipated to be another creative, high energyfunk experience turned out unoriginal, unemotional andunmoving.
Incubus“MakeYourself”
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‘Make Yourself’ mediocre with Incubus’ new albumby al dertz
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“We are porn music.”Matt Rennels, sophomore journalism
major and lead guitarist for The LastResorts, made this statement with a sternfinality. Luckily for your fearless inter-viewer and for you, the reading audience,he explained.
“We really don’t know what we play, sowhen people ask us, we’re just going tosay we play porn music from now on,” hesaid. Oh, now we get it.
The Last Resorts will grace theThomas Hall dining center tonight at 7:30p.m. as part of the Friday Night Live con-cert series. Any crazy concertgoers canget in to see them for the measly price ofone swipe of your Panther Card.
This is the first appearance at FridayNight Live (formerly Coffee Talk) for TheLast Resorts; Rennels said the band isaccustomed to playing house parties.
Like most of his bandmates, Rennelshails from our hallowed little heaven herein Charleston, a product of CharlestonHigh School. “We all met in high school,”Rennels said. “We didn’t really cometogether as a band until last year.”
The rest of the Resorts are RyanGroff, vocalist and rhythm guitarist; RyanNavel, also a vocalist and rhythm gui-
tarist; Shane Reichart (a.k.a Boner),bassist; and Arcola native Steve Vandeveer,drummer.
The band’s name is a product of amishap, as Rennels explained it. “We wereThe Lucky Seven, but with a new drum-mer (Vandeveer) we needed a new name.”
Their first choice was simply The LastResort, but the boys soon discovered thatthere had been a punk band in the ‘80swith that same name, and thus that final“S” was born. Rennels said they changedthe name “for fear of getting the piss beatout of us by ‘oi-oi’ music fans.”
Fans of plain ol’ rock n’ roll can rejoice;the Resorts cover The Beatles and TomPetty, among others.They also play a meanrendition of “Low Rider,” complete withtrumpet accompaniment.
The band also has original songs that allmembers collaborate on; all, that is,“exceptfor Shane’s mom,” Rennels said.
The band also has their very own officialdancer, Ben Eagleson, a native of Olney,Illinois. “He’s basically our official monkeybecause he jumps around and bumps intopeople,” Rennels said. “But he’s damn goodat it.”
Anyone up for some “berzerk fun” canalso see the band Monday night at Stix attheir very first paying bar gig, but young‘uns get a chance to see them for virtual-ly free tonight.
Despite their name, The Last Resorts arefirst in our hearts and playing Thomas Hall
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Eastern’s theater department beganits final production Thursday, entitled “ACountry Christmas Carol.”
Jean K. Wolski is directing the sea-son’s final production, a very humoroustake on the classic Dickens story.
“It is based on the Dickens tale, but isset in West Texas in the 1800s,” Wolskisaid. “It takes place in Sadie’s Soda PopSaloon.”
According to a press release, theaudience follows G.R. Scrooge through anight of crazy dreams, brought on bysome spicy chili he ate.The audience willalso stop by Sadie’s to hear the latestgossip about Scrooge’s old girlfriend,Belle, coming back to town. The Texan
town, the sheriff, Tiny Tim, and BossMarley struggle throughout to teachScrooge that greed is bad, love is good,and money is not what makes a personrich.
Nic Camfield stars as G.R. Scroogeand Carrie Schreiber as Sadie Sasparilla.There are many different majors partic-ipating in this play, and some childrenare also incorporated in the show.
“They are having a good time withit,” Wolski said. “Practices went verywell, and I think they are happy to see itopen.”
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______________________12/13Women Only-Rooms for RentJan-May Lease or longer. Oneblock from Union. Fully furnishedhouse. $275/mo for single,$230/mo for dble., Utilities incl.Pat Novak (630) 789-3772.
_______________________12/81 BR Studio available for Spring2000. All Utilities paid. $290 amonth. Call 345-2001.
_______________________12/6Ultra Nice 1, 2, 3, & 4 bdrm apts.and duplexes. Fully furnishedavail. for next year. Lincoln St. &9th St. Locations still available.Call 348-0157 for details andlocations.
______________________12/13Atrium Apartments need sub-lessor $280/month, cable, phone,electric, water, separate pool andhot tub indoor. For informationCall Tim 348-6410
______________________12/13Need a Roommate? Need a sub-lessor? Let the Daily EasternNews find it for you! Call 518-2812 today!
______________________12/13Apartments for rent for Summerand Fall of 2000. 1 Bedroom$350. 2 Bedroom $500. 3Bedroom $690. Water and Trash,furnished. Off street parking. 12mo. lease. NO PETS. 345-3554.
______________________12/13NEXT SCHOOL YEAR! 2 & 3bedroom apartments near cam-pus. 345-2416.
_______________________12/31 Bedroom apar tment-NewCarpet, New paint. $300. 348-1234.
_______________________12/3ORCHARD PARK APTS. Nextschool year, 3 or 4 people need-ed. 345-9258 after 4:30pm.
_______________________12/33-4 bedroom houses. 1-2 bed-room apartment for girls. 2000-2001 school year. Lease plusdeposit. 345-4602.
______________________12/13Room for Rent/Female preferred.$250/month, utilities included. 5month or possible longer lease.Call 345-7399.
______________________12/13Now leasing large 3 bedroom fur-nished apartments for 2000-2001school year. Call 345-3664.
______________________12/131 Br. Apt. for rent. Close to cam-pus. Heat, trash & water includ-ed. Avail. immediately.$390/month. 246-2121.
______________________12/136 bedroom house for rent, Aug2000, just south of square, noparties, $1050 per month Call345-2730.
_______________________12/3 One bedroom Apartment avail-able Spring Semester rent nego-tiable ASAP 348-6694.
_______________________12/3AVAIL. NOW-3 blocks from cam-pus very nice 2brm apt. least plusdeposit 345-6834.
_______________________12/7FOR RENT: 3 bedroom house,available for Fall 2000. $210 perperson (3 occupants). 12 monthlease. Located at 811 N. FourthSt. 217-897-6266.
_______________________12/3FOR RENT: Four bedroomhouse, available for Fall 2000,suitable for 4 occupants. 12month lease at $250 per person.Good location, 954 4th St. 217-897-6266.
_______________________12/3FOR RENT: Five bedroomhouse, available for Fall 2000.Downstairs, $325, suitable forone. Upstairs, $1000 per month,suitable for four. Good Location,946 4th St. 217-897-6266.
_______________________12/3FOR RENT: Apartments at 411Harrison, available Fall 2000, 12month lease. Two Studio apart-ments, $250 per month, large onebedroom, $325, large 2 bedroom,suitable for three occupants,$550. Heat, water, and trashpickup furnished.
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FOR RENT: Four bedroomhouse for group rental, availableFall 2000, $1125 per month.Suitable for 4-5 occupants. 12month lease. Located at 503Harrison. 217-897-6266.
_______________________12/3FOR RENT: 4 Bedroom Housefor 4 persons for 2000-2001school year. $200 each/month.10 month lease. Phone 345-2017 after 6.
_______________________12/6FOR RENT: 3 Bedroom Housefor 3 persons for 2000-2001school year. $200 each/month 10month lease. Phone 345-2017after 6.
_______________________12/61 Bedroom Apt. $350-$400 10mo. Lease. No Pets. 345-5048.
______________________12/132 or 3 students needed immedi-ately for large apar tment.Completely furnished, A/C, off-street parking, sun deck, trash &water included with rent. Toomuch too list. Call 348-0819leave message.
______________________12/13Newly remodeled one bedroomapartment available for SpringSemester. Rent includes trash,water, A/C, off street parking,hardwood floors...Call 348-0819leave message.
______________________12/13Fall 2000. 3 BR duplexes, 4BRhouse. 2 blocks from campus.Call 348-0394.
_______________________12/6FOR RENT: Clean apartmentsand houses for the next yearbeginning the first of June, 2000.1-4 bedroom properties begin-ning at $190.00 per person amonth. Some places are close,others are not, but they are cleanand reasonable. Phone 345-4494 or 232-0656.
_______________________12/63 to 4 bedroom town housewasher/dryer, 2 1/2 baths 345-4494, 233-0656, 345-4279.
_______________________12/6For lease fall 2000 school year, 1bedroom apts and two bedroomapts. Close to campus. 10 1/2month lease.
_______________________12/9Apt. for rent. Charleston Sq.$275 mo. includes Gas andwater. Dave 345-2171. 9-11am.
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Sublessor needed for Spring 00 &Summer 00. Furnished house.No Deposit Nec. Close to cam-pus. Cheap util. 348-6531.
______________________12/13Spring 2000 (summer optional) Mor F roomate needed ASAP forapt. 2 bed, furnished, your ownroom, very nice, very comfortableand quiet. Right next to campuson Grant. 348-6244. GusMcKegan
_______________________12/3Sublessor needed star tingJanuary 2000. Studio apartment,furnished, free parking and trash.Rent Negotiable. Call Josh @345-5622.
12/6Sublessor needed forSpring/Summer 2000. 1 bed-room of 2 bedroom furnishedapartment. Skylight, new kitchen.On Square above Marianne’s Deli- great location. $235 oboincludes utilities. 348-7881 or348-7733.
12/6One Sublessors needed ASAPfor the Spring Semester. TownHouse, own room, Dec Free,$220/mo 345-0853.
12/10Spring 2000 Male Sublessor.Have your own bedroom. Closeto campus/cheap. $220/month.345-0732.
12/8Female sublessor needed Spring2000. $210/month. Close tocampus. Call 348-0649 or 348-0157.
12/6One month free! $200 a monthrent. Call Ryan 348-5598.
12/3Sublessors needed for 2 bedroomapar tment. ASAP. $230 permo./per person. Call Kim 348-0204.
12/3One bedroom apt. Close to cam-pus. $300/month. Power & waterpaid. 345-1691.
12/13Sublessor needed for Sp/Su2000. Rent negoitable. CallMelissa or Chris. 348-7900.
12/13Sublessor needed to share 2bdrm. apt. for Spring Semester.$235/month(negot)., furnished,cable, water, gas, trash paid. CallJim @ 345-4789.
12/10Available Spring Semester 2000.Male sublessor needed for ultra
nice 2 bedroom aparmtent onLincoln St. Fully furnished. Call348-0157.
12/13One or two sublessors needed forSpring 2000. Washer/dryer anddishwasher. $184/mo. Furnishedand everything. Call 345-5188 or345-6781.
12/3A sublessor needed for very nice1 BR Furnished Apt. on 7th. Call348-8901.
12/7Sublessors needed for 2 bedroomfurnished apartment for Spring2000. Close to campus. Call
348-3317.
12/13Nice, Quiet, Furnished 2Bedroom Apartment, until August.$420 inlcudes trash and water.4th Street. 348-1397.
12/3Sublessor needed for Spr ing2000. 2 Bedroom funished apt.$175/month. Call 345-3565.
12/9SUBLESSOR NEEDED! Toshare 2 BDRM APT. Close tocampus, low utilities, free water,trash, own room, furnished. Call345-7043.
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_______________________12/9Female roomate duplex Apt. closeto campus own BR. Share utili-ties. No pets, Rent negotiable.345-5011 or 345-3148.
______________________12/13Male roommate needed. Spring2000 semester. Nice apt. all fur-nished. $300/month. Includesutilities. Call 348-8508.
_______________________12/3Roommate needed: Apartmentclose to square, off street parking.Trash included. Fully furnishedwith a washer and dryer. Quietarea. Call 345-5557
______________________12/13Female roomate needed forspring semester. Brand New andclose to campus. Call Amber at348-7537.
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_______________________12/7Winter Special 1994 Yamaha FZR600 16,000 miles $2,100.00 Firm,234-7879 Contact Brian.
_______________________12/3Just in time for Christmas: 1993Ford Explorer, Eddie Bauer trim,Excellent condition. $11,000. Call348-8781.
_______________________12/3TANNING BED- Pro tan Wolff sys-tem repossessed, take over pay-ments. 1-800-248-9832.
_______________________12/3Furniture for sale: couch, kitchentable, end table, stands, dresser,and misc. Please call 345-4327.
______________________12/1393 Nissan 200sx Turbo. 55,000miles. Good condition, well maintained. 5spd. cd, sunroof, superclean. Chick Magnet. Need cashfast. $1000 o.b.o. Call Mike at581-6814.
_______________________12/39ft. slate pool table $230 o.b.o.Call 348-9272
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FOR SALE: Pair of 15 inchPioneer 3 way home speakers.Graduating so must sell - $90.00for the pair. 581-6530 leave mes-sage.
_______________________12/6Cannondale for sale. Tuned up.$250o.b.o. Call Chris 345-0848.
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______________________12/13 GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPAVALIABLE. The HealthEducation Resource Center hasavailable a 19.5 hour a weekgraduate assistantship availablebeginning January 3, 2000through May 15, with the possiblil-ity of renewal. Position responsi-bilities include: Coordinating andimplementing health awarenesscampaigns and observances;Assisting in the implementation ofa Campus/Community AlcoholCoalition; Overseeing the imple-mentation of health needsassessment project; DevelopingHealth Services/Health EducationResource Center Lecture Series,and other duties as assigned.Individuals interested should senda cover letter, current resume, acopy of transcripts, and two lettersof reference NO LATER THANDECEMBER 10 to: Eric S.Davidson, EIU Health Services,600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL61920.
______________________12/10MOTHER’S: It’s time to plan andschedule your holiday functions!Mom’s provides shuttle bus, DJwith all new sound and lights andgreat specials. Contact Dave345-2171 9a.m.-11a.m. fordetails.
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LORD SCHOLARSHIP NOMINATIONSThe Alumni Office is currently requesting nominations for the2000 Livingston C. Lord Scholarship. Faculty members whodesire to nominate for this scholarship should submit the nomi-nation(s) through his/her respective department chairs.Nomination forms are available from the department chairs orfrom the Alumni Services Office. The deadline for receipt ofnominations is Monday, January 24, 2000, and must be receivedby 4p.m. in order to be considered by the selection committee.Sarah Drury—Assistant Director, Alumni ServicesSPRING SCHEDULE DISTRIBUTIONIf you register for Spring by 4:30p.m., Monday, December 6, pickup your official schedule by entering the east door of the UnionBallroom between 8:30a.m. and 2p.m. on Wednesday,December 8 or Thursday December 9.Brent A. Gage—Director, Registration & Orientation
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The toys are back in town, and they’re better than before
When I first heard that Disneyand Pixar would be unleashing“Toy Story 2” (rated G) onto themoviegoing public, I cringed. Didthe original film really need asequel? Could the new film possi-bly be anything but a shamelesscash cow?
Fortunately, my reservationswere unfounded; the computer-animated “Toy Story 2” is greatentertainment, a funny, inventivefilm that surpasses its predeces-sor in nearly every way.
Tom Hanks and Tim Allen areback as the voices of cowboyWoody and spaceman BuzzLightyear, respectively, and eachobviously had a lot of funrecording their dialogue; bothcharacterizations are energeticand distinctive. The other castmembers return as well: DonRickles as Mr. Potato Head, JimVarney as the Slinky dog, JohnRatzenberger as the piggy bankand so on.
The story this time takes a bitof a darker turn as it deals withwhat happens when kids out-grow toys and leave them behind,and also addresses adult collec-tors who buy toys just for theircollectible value, not for thetherapeutic value they may havefor children.
Through a series of mishaps,Woody ends up in his owner’syard sale, and soon evil toy mag-nate Al McWhiggin (voiced byNewman himself, Wayne Knight)has Woody in his clutches, hop-ing to sell him to a Japanese toymuseum for big bucks.
The film centers on Buzz’scampaign to find and rescueWoody, giving Tim Allen more ofthe spotlight and allowing for alot of sly jokes revolving aroundBuzz’s spaceman persona. Jabs at“Star Wars” abound, including afamiliar plot twist involving thetrue identity of Buzz’s archenemy, Emperor Zurg.
The film begins with a dyna-mite space battle sequence thatturns out to be the Buzz
Lightyear video game, and thisand other action sequencesthroughout the movie are excit-ing in ways that you do notexpect scenes in an animated filmto be.
Another of the film’s delightsis the voice of Joan Cusack. Oneof Hollywood’s most underratedactresses, Cusack gives life tocowgirl Jessie, a spunky toy whoalso harbors deep sorrow overthe loss of her owner, whom sheloved very much. She provides aninteresting foil for Tom Hanks,and the two have a good rapportdespite the fact that they aremerely lending their voices to acouple of animated characters.
The only drawback of “ToyStory 2” is the fact that it just hasto have a musical interlude in it; Imean, hey, don’t all Disneymovies need musical interludes?Sarah McLachlan sings a ratherbeautiful song by Randy Newmanabout Jessie’s longing for her owner,but it seems out of place andunnecessary, much like the musicalnumber in the middle of the first
film did.But this is a small flaw from
director John Lasseter and histeam of computer artists in amovie that is otherwise perfect.What other movie could makecrossing the street an adventureunto itself? What other moviecould show us a piggy bank drivinga car with Barbie in the passenger
seat?“Toy Story 2” is the kind of
sequel that not only makes theoriginal seem passe, but alsodemands that another sequel shallfollow it.
“Toy Story 2”Walt Disney Pictures
★★★ 1/2
Jessie chases W oody’s inner toy at 33 revolutions per minute.picture courtesy of www .disney .go.com
by sean stanglandStaff writer
‘Insider’ long on intrigue, but may be short on truth
“The Insider” is stirring up some contro-versy in the news world between CBS’ “60Minutes” and the man portrayed in themovie, journalist Mike Wallace.
After only two weeks at the box office,“The Insider” had gained a measly $14 mil-lion, making Wallace, on whom part of thestory is based, pleased with the patheticturn of events.
The story of the movie involves theoccurrences at CBS News involving atobacco story and Jeffrey Wigand (Russell
Crowe) who was a witness in the suits filedby a Mississippi tobacco company and the49 other states against the tobacco industrywhich was settled for $246 billion.
Wigand was the head of a research anddevelopment team as a corporate officerfor the Brown and Williamson TobaccoCompany. He, unfortunately, knew every-thing about the incidences in the tobaccoindustry as the “ultimate insider.”
Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) is trying toget the inside scoop on the tobacco case asan investigative reporter for “60 Minutes,”and taped the Wallace (ChristopherPlummer) interview with Wigand, causing
the importance of alegal defense teamfor Wigand. Beforethis crucial “60Minutes” interviewcould air, Wigandhad to fracture hisconfidentiality agree-ment with the com-pany and somehowkeep his loyalty tothe truth of modernjournalism.
Despite thetroubles betweenWigand and his fami-
ly, he decides to break away from a rationaldecision by facing a lawsuit, possible incar-ceration, and a divorce that could wreck hislife forever. He feels isolated because hewagered so much on the interview and thecourt testimony that he has no family, a jobteaching chemistry at a nearby high school,and no real life except avenging the truth ofhis identity.
Bergman tries to defeat the competitivemedia’s smear campaign against Wigand byforcing CBS to air the interview on “60Minutes” by continuing an exhausted searchfor the truth behind the case. At the end ofthe movie, the interview in its entirety isfinally aired despite CBS’ insistence on anedited version.
The movie was quite compelling, but Iwasn’t totally sure whether the film makerswere telling the truth. I heard about thesmearing allegations by Mike Wallaceagainst the makers of “The Insider” regard-ing how they portrayed him in the film.
The fact that the entire story was basedon the credibility of the news article byVanity Fair entitled, “The Man Who KnewToo Little,” scares me into believing thepredictability of Hollywood.
The problem with the concept of moviesis that sometimes people end up believingwhat is shown on the movie screen rather
than actual fact; such was the case with“The Blair Witch Project.”
The concept of the movie was outstand-ing, but the world does not know what thetruth is unless someone comes out and saysit through print journalism or televisionnews.
The recent story in November 30th’sissue of the Chicago Tribune clarifies thefact that it was truthfully ABC who discov-ered the truth about the boost of nicotinein cigarettes which makes the Americanpublic want to buy more.
If anyone is to believe what is going on inthe movie, certain circumstantial evidencemust be shown to help us identify with thatfact. The same thing goes on with onlinejournalism because the internet is actuallyshown at times to be a tool of dominationover newspapers, books, and other printmaterials.
“The Insider” is an interesting behind thescenes look at journalism, but it did notfocus on the simple fact that the truth issometimes essential to influencing moviego-ers.
“The Insider”Touchstone Pictures
★ ★ ★Even on the telephone talking to his mother, Al Pacino cannot stopyelling.
photo courtesy of www.moviefanonline.com
by stella linkStaff writer
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