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By Amber WilliamsA S S O C I A T E N E W S E D I T O R

Juggling being both a parentand a college student can be atedious task, but a new group oncampus is trying to make thelives of single parents a little eas-ier.

A support group for single par-ents who are also students isbeing reinitiated on campus, andwill hold its first meeting thisweek, said Joycelynn Phillips,academic adviser to minority stu-dent affairs, and adviser to thesupport group.

Senior family and consumer

science major MarshataCaradine initiated getting thesupport group started so singleparents like herself would havesomeone to share their issueswith.

“Parents can meet and greeteach other; support each other,”Caradine said.

The first meeting will takeplace at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at theAfrican-American Cultural cen-ter and will have guest speakerAngela Herrera, who will speakabout her experiences as a singleparent at Eastern and offer sur-vival tips, Phillips said.

Since all single parents havedifferent experiences and issues,“the floor is open” to any sort ofdiscussion the parents would liketo bring up, Caradine said.

As a single parent of a 6-year-old boy, Caradine said that she

would consider mentioning theneed for reliable day care, theneed for more shuttle bus stopsand the difficulty finding “me”time.

“It is draining,” Caradine saidof the need to be both a parentand a student.

Caradine said in many of herclasses she notices that most stu-dents just come to class and arein and out the door. She wouldlike to create an atmosphere inthe support group where peoplecan become friends and be ableto know people in their own col-lege.

“We are a unique group,”

Caradine said of single studentparents.

The format of the supportgroup will be tailored to what theparticipants want, Phillips said.

Parents are welcome to bringtheir children with them to themeetings, Caradine said.

A second meeting is plannedfor Thursday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 p.m.at the African-American CulturalCenter and will have guest speak-er Deborah Schultz, an EasternHealth Services nurse, to discusschildhood immunizations.

For more information, callPhillips or Cindy Martin at 581-6692 or Caradine at 581-2598.

“Tell the truthand don’t be afraid.”

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New group offers single parents a voice, support system

By Melissa NielsenC A M P U S E D I T O R

Despite several voting and regis-tration campaigns by campusgroups, fewer on-campus studentsshowed up to cast their ballot thisyear than the 1998 midterm elec-tions.

Steve Kline, deputy countyclerk, said in 1998, 274 on-campusstudents showed up to vote at cam-pus polls while 209 students camethis year. At the Martin LutherKing Jr. University Union, where743 people were registered to vote,141 voted and Carman Hall drew133 voters when 555 were regis-tered in 1998.

More students were also regis-tered to vote in 1998 in theprecincts that included the Unionand Carman Hall. Kline said thisyear, 1,088 people were registeredwhile 1,298 were registered lastyear.

Richard Wandling, chair of thepolitical science department, saidhe was “puzzled” by the low voterturnout on campus because of thestrong message asking students togo to the polls. He expected theturnout to be at least 5 to 10 per-cent higher throughout the countyand thought more students wouldcontribute to that increase.

“The ‘Get out the Vote’ effortwas stronger this year than in pre-vious years,” he said. “I wasimpressed by the efforts (of)Student Government and otherorganizations.”

Though Wandling was surprisedby the low turnout, he said severalreasons could have contributed tothe decrease.

Students may have been discour-aged in an election that didn’tappear close, he said. Winning can-didates for governor and attorneygeneral were well ahead at thestart of campaigns, which mayhave sent a message that votingwould not matter.

The campaigns may have alsolacked the issues or debates thatwould have drove students to thepolls.

“To me it’s obvious that some-thing didn’t grab them during this

election,” he said.Andy McNitt, a political science

professor, said he was not sur-prised by the declining studentturnout because it follows a nation-al trend of decreased voterturnout, especially among peopleages 18 to 20 years old.

“Off-year elections have been

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Voter turnout,registrationnumbers fall

By John ChambersS T U D E N T G O V E R N M E N T E D I T O R

Student Government reg-istered more than 700 intheir campus voter drive inOctober, but only 209 on-campus students showed upto the polls Nov. 5.

On-campus students voteat Carmen Hall and theMartin Luther King Jr.University Union.

Election results show1,088 total were registeredto vote at the two locations.The 1998 state electionsdrew almost 70 more on-campus voters out of over200 more registered voters.

Students sometimes donot vote because they do notfind the time or effort to beinformed about candidatesand their issues, StudentBody President AlisonMormino said.

“I think college studentsare just kind of in a vacu-um,” she said. “You don’t geta lot of outside informationunless you seek it out.”

She said students do notoften have a lot of time and

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Less than halfof registered students showedup at the polls

By Caitlin PrendergastA D M I N I S T R A T I O N E D I T O R

Before he was elected gover-nor, Democrat Rod Blagojevichpledged to support higher educa-tion funding, and he had the sup-port of many university facultyunions.

However, some on Eastern’scampus are not sure Blagojevichwill be able to come through withthat promise.

In January of 2001, before thepolitical primaries, the UniversityProfessionals of Illinois sent allthe candidates running for gover-nor a questionnaire on higher edu-cation issues, said Eastern’s UPIPresident David Radavich.

“I strongly believe that the statecan improve its share of spendingon higher education both for thestate university system and the

community college system,”Blagojevich said, in his response.“As governor, I would address andreverse the neglect that the statehas shown towards both its highereducation system in general andespecially toward the salaries andbenefits of its professors.”

The UPI agreed to supportBlagojevich, and Radavich said heseemed the most dedicated tohigher education issues.

Since his election, statewideUPI President Sue Kaufman hasbeen meeting with Blagojevich’stransition team to keep him post-ed on higher education issues,Radavich said.

However, he said, no one’s sureBlagojevich can spare this univer-sity from a mid-year recision.

Last November, Gov. GeorgeRyan called back $624,000 of state

funds given to Eastern to combatthe state deficit. Jeff Cooley, vicepresident of business affairs, saidat the last Council on UniversityPlanning and Budget meeting thathe believes there is a 95 percentchance the state will issue anothermid-year recision.

A recision is entirely possible,said Andrew McNitt, political sci-ence professor.

“(Blagojevich) doesn’t haveenough money right now,” McNittsaid. “He has an almost $3 billionhole in the state budget to close.”

Funding for higher educationwill be difficult to find, McNittsaid, and Blagojevich is going tohave to decrease, not increase,spending until the state’s economypicks up.

“Right now, he’s only going todistribute pain,” McNitt said.

Newly elected governorreceives mixed UPI support

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Random actsShonda Clancy, a senior biological sciences major, and Michelle Williams, a junior sociology major, perform arandom act of kindness by giving some cookies and punch to Judy Gorrell, executive secretary, and the rest ofthe university president’s office on Tuesday afternoon. The women are members of Sigma Gamma Rho, whichis celebrating its founder’s week by doing random acts of kindness.

◆ In the spotlight thisweek is a group for single parents. This article is part of

a series focused on events, peopleand organizations in our community

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By Josh RobersonS T A F F W R I T E R

Laurie Beasley will present anexhibit by explanation of papermache artwork at the HaitianCarnival Art exhibit at 7 p.m.Wednesday at the Tarble ArtsCenter.

Beasley has been involved inHaitian artwork for the past sevenyears and founded the Ridge Artgallery in Oak Park.

She helped coordinate theHaitian exhibit at Tarble and alsocontributed some of her artwork.

Beasley will guide peoplethrough a paper mache artworkexhibition that is worn and dis-played during the Haitian festivalCarnival a Jacmel, a pre-lentenobservance that is similar toMardi Gras in New Orleans.

“I appreciate the opportunity tocome down and help peopleunderstand the context of thepieces,” Beasley said.

Beasley also said she plans toexplain how Haitians use the festi-val as an escape valve from the

perils of poverty and oppressionin Haiti.

“This carnival gives them theopportunity to show their inner-most feelings about their strug-gling society,” she said. “This isone of the few times that they getto satirize the powers that be inHaiti.”

Kit Morice, Tarble’s curator ofeducation, who also helped coordi-nate the exhibit, said she is in lovewith the assortment of masks,photographs and sculptures doneby the artists.

Morice said her personalfavorites were George Marshalland Michel Sinvil and said the art-work will be part of a fifth-gradeenrichment program at JeffersonElementary School.

Michael Watts, director ofTarble, is impressed by the jobBeasley and Morice both did.

“They are authorities onHaitian art here and they’ll pro-vide the best understanding ofcarnival art,” Watts said.

The exhibit will run at Tarbleuntil Nov. 24.

By Mary CarnevaleS T A F F W R I T E R

Questions that sexual assaultand domestic violence victimshave can be answered at a paneldiscussion entitled “ViolenceAgainst Women and Other LegalIssues” at 7 p.m. Thursday in theColeman Auditorium.

The Office of Civil Rights andthe Office of Diversity is co-spon-soring the panel discussion.

Three different organizationswill send representatives to fieldany questions or concerns from theaudience.

There will be representativesfrom the Sexual AssaultCounseling and InformationServices, the Coalition AgainstDomestic Violence and the

Lincolnland Legal AssistanceFoundation.

Cynthia Nichols, moderator anddirector of the Civil Rights Office,feels the panel discussion is worthattending.

“I felt that it is important that weexamine the services that affectthe lives of women in ColesCounty,” she said.

Moderators will direct questionstoward panel members before thefloor opens up for audience mem-bers with questions.

Nichols said current trends,services for women who are vic-tims of sexual assault and servicesthat are available for women whosuffer from domestic violence top-ics will be addressed.

The panel will also discuss legalservices for low-income women.

By Eram CowlasS T A F F W R I T E R

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts sold out last Thursday,prompting organizers to order more pastries andincrease profit.

The university made a profit of $170, but CathyEngelkes, assistant director of the Martin LutherKing Jr. University Union, said she believes dough-nut sales were still successful.

She said the 100 dozen Krispy Kreme doughnutswere sold out by around 11 a.m.

Because demand seems high, the Panther Pantryplans on increasing the order to 120 dozen dough-nuts for this Thursday, with the hopes they will sellas well as they did last week.

Engelkes said she has been hearing positivefeedback from students about the doughnuts.

“They were really excited,” she said. “I wasexcited, too.”

Though Engelkes said some weeks might not beas busy as others, she expects sales to continue tobe successful for the rest of the semester.

“I think it’s going to go over great,” she said.Amanda Dusek, sophomore speech communica-

tion major, said she is excited about Krispy Kremecoming to campus.

“I was really disappointed when I went there,and they were sold out,” she said. “This week I’mgoing to go earlier.”

Krispy Kreme doughnuts will be available in thePanther Pantry in the Martin Luther King Jr.University Union at 7 a.m. every Thursday.

Prices are $6.50 per dozen, $3.50 per half dozen,and 60 cents for a single doughnut; prices includetax.

Doughnuts can be ordered in advance by 3 p.m.Monday for pick up on Thursday by calling 581-3616.

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English professor Michael Kuo and Natalie Esposito, a junior English major, show salsa moves Tuesday night inthe dance studio located in Lantz Arena. Kuo and Esposito teach two classes every Tuesday night: — a begin-ning class at 7 p.m. and an intermediate class at 8 p.m.

Paper mache artworkfocus of Tarble exhibit

Panel to examinesexual assault,domestic violence

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Faculty: Put more professorson major search committees

By Caitlin PrendergastA D M I N I S T R A T I O N E D I T O R

The Faculty Senate will ask theBoard of Trustees for more facul-ty representation on the nextpresidential search committee.

Senate members passed a reso-lution proposing at least three fac-ulty members chosen by theFaculty Senate be on the commit-tee and, following a previous stan-dard, the BOT name a facultymember as a chair or a co-chair tothe presidential search commit-tee.

The last three successful presi-dential search committees havebeen chaired by a faculty mem-ber, specifically the chair of theFaculty Senate, stated an amend-ment to the resolution by ReedBenedict, senate member and pro-fessor of sociology and anthropol-ogy.

Senate Chair Anne Zahlan will

send the resolution to BOT ChairNate Anderson and other trusteesin response to a discussion thesenate had with Anderson andtrustee Julie Nimmons on Oct. 21about last spring’s failed presi-dential search.

In last years’ presidentialsearch, trustees, faculty mem-bers, students, staff and a hiredconsulting firm made up the pres-idential search committee, whichreported to the BOT.

After hundreds of hours oflooking for a prospective candi-date, the committee was unsuc-cessful, and interim PresidentLou Hencken’s term was extend-ed another two years or until apresident can be found.

The existing presidentialsearch committee should remainon for the next search this spring,Benedict said, but adding morefaculty to the committee couldstrengthen and accelerate theprocess.

The senate also passed a resolu-tion calling upon Hencken andBlair Lord, vice president for aca-demic affairs, to help the enroll-ment management committee

study how the nature of the stu-dent body should be shaped and tomake recommendations forenrollment policies.

Steve Scher, enrollment man-agement committee member andprofessor of psychology, saidnothing is happening on the issueof enrollment right now, andchanges need to be made, espe-cially in the area of recruitment.

“Right now, the way we admitstudents is those who meet theminimum requirements and gettheir applications in earliest getin,” Scher said. “At some point, weclose applications, and those whodelay can’t get in.”

Scher said he would like to see auniversity-wide effort to thinkmore seriously and more purpose-fully about recruitment of stu-dents and the appropriate numberof students to enroll.

Lord said he and Henckenapprove of the resolution and willmeet with the enrollment manage-ment committee next week.

On Faculty Senate’s agendanext week, a discussion on alloca-tion and distribution of universityresources will be held.

By John ChambersS T U D E N T G O V E R N M E N T E D I T O R

Student Government is notonly recommending further stu-dent involvement in facultysearch procedures, but alsomore participation in gradeappeals.

After passing a resolution inStudent Senate recommendingmandated student involvementin search procedures, StudentGovernment brought the pro-posal to Faculty Senate lastweek.

Part of the proposal also sug-gested the further studentinvolvement in grade appeals.

Currently, grade conflicts

must be discussed by the stu-dent and his or her instructor.

If no agreement is reached,the conflict is reviewed bydepartment chair and the finalmethod for a solution is left tothe Department Grade AppealsCommittee, Student VicePresident for Academic AffairsRonnie Deedrick said.

Deedrick said in undergradu-ate cases he is notified and ingraduate cases a representativeof the Graduate StudentAdvisory Committee is notifiedto serve as ex-officio memberson the committee.

The proposal brought toFaculty Senate last week recom-mends other students be includ-ed as voting members, and aresolution will be submittedthrough Student Senate nextweek, he said.

The proposed Student Senate

resolution states, “the StudentVice President of AcademicAffairs or the Chairperson ofthe Graduate Student AdvisoryCommittee only serve on thesecommittees as an advisory coun-sel to the students appealinggrades.”

Deedrick said studentsinvolved in the conflict needmore student representationthan what is now provided.

“I don’t have a binding vote.There’s some times wherethings could be questionable,”he said. “Students should havesome semblance of a jury.”

However, Deedrick said his orGSAC’s representation is rarelyneeded.

“This is 5 percent of the timethe grade appeals committee iseven called,” he said. “Somedepartments have alreadyallowed students to serve as vot-

ing members.”He said students selected to

serve as voting members willlikely be selected from withinStudent Government and willnot be selected from the samedepartment as the one involvedin the appeal.

“Further be it resolved, thatthe Student Vice President ofAcademic Affairs or theChairperson of the GraduateStudent Advisory Committeeselects these students only if thestudents do not carry a conflictof interest,” said the resolution,which Deedrick coauthored.

The current university policystates grade appeals can only bemade on the basis of an error incalculation, grade calculationcalculated in opposition to pre-viously announced standards ora departure from course stan-dards.

Deedrick said Faculty Senatedid approve a change of the pol-icy’s wording to reflect his posi-tion as the Student VicePresident of Academic Affairs.The title is stated in the policyto outline the position as servingthe ex-officio role in gradeappeals.

He said he has future plans topresent the recommendationagain to Faculty Senate. TheFaculty Senate did not reachany decision last week.

Senate pushes for students on grade appeal boards

By John ChambersS T U D E N T G O V E R N M E N T E D I T O R

Student Government is planning two upcoming forums, which StudentSenate members are required to attend.

One event is a Project 21 forum to be held this Thursday in an effort toinform students about the program.

Project 21, a state program through the Illinois Liquor ControlCommission to curb underage drinking, has used bar raids in the past, butthis year is focusing on education, said Marty Ruhaak, student vice pres-ident of public affairs.

The forum, along with a Financial Aid forum to be announced at a laterdate, are two options to fulfill a senate requirement for senate membersto attend one forum every semester, said Donna Fernandez, chair of thesenate Student Relations Committee.

Fernandez’s position requires her to choose the forums to fit therequirement.

If senate members fail to complete the requirement, it is equivalent tomissing one senate meeting. If senate members miss three senate meet-ings they are not allowed to participate in senate, Fernandez said.

“Each senator is required to attend one (forum) and help organize inany way the student relations chairs sees fit,” she said.

She said the two forums were picked to fulfill requirements because oftheir topic and the needed information they can provide senate members.

“These are two pretty important issues,” she said. “A lot of (senatemembers) are confused on what (Project 21 is).”

Fernandez said the forums are a way for senate members to reach outto other students, even though many senate members attend the meetingsof the campus Registered Student Organizations.

The director of the program, Marie O’Brien, and others officiallyinvolved with Project 21 will be present to answer student concerns, anda question-and-answer session will follow, Ruhaak said.

The commission has worked with 73 Illinois colleges in the past, andwhile Project 21 does not target college towns, the focus is on catchingand stopping college underage drinking, he said.

“This is something that does target college students,” he said. “I wouldimagine most students don’t like this, especially underage students. Thisaffects your weekends, this affects your social life.”

The financial aid forum will cover how to access aid and answer stu-dent concerns.

The forum was scheduled for this week, but will be rescheduled toanother time.

Student Government also passed a bylaw last year making it a require-ment for student senate members to attend one diversity-themed eventevery semester.

The diversity requirement gives senate members the option of attend-ing meetings of organizations such as the Black Student Union or Pride,and carries with it the same consequence of not attending one forumevery semester.

◆ Student VPAA wantsthose who appeal to havepeer representation

◆ Senate passes resolu-tion asking for facultychair of next presidentialsearch committee

“Students should have

some semblance of a

jury.”

—Ronnie Deedrick

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Taking the kids to McDonald’smay be a bigger decision now thanever, particularly if Happy Mealsare involved.

Happy Meal toys for the latestpromotion are classified into rigidcategories based on the gender ofthe tiny children for whom they areintended. Therefore, it becomesincreasingly important to assignyour child a gender identity at anearly age to avoid an embarrassingHappy Meal incident.

I suffered such an incidentrecently at the local McDonald’s,which I visited for the express pur-pose of getting a Hello Kitty toy.Being a big fan of beef, I orderedthe double cheeseburger MightyKids meal, which comes with aHappy Meal toy. So, one could say Iwas mighty happy. Ha ha.

But my mighty happiness fadedwhen the cashier asked if I wanted“a girl toy or a boy toy.” I said Iwanted a Hello Kitty toy, secretlyelaborating that I would not allowMcDonald’s to decide my genderidentity.

Luckily, I’m 20 years old and ableto make up my own mind about mygender without having to analyzemy love for Hello Kitty sticker dis-pensers. Consumers at whomHappy Meal toys are aimed, how-ever, do not have that luxury.

In theory, the average 4- to 8-year-old is blissfully unaware ofgender and free to wander downthe path of Hello Kitty,Transformers, basket weaving,Irish step dance or whatever elsemay happen along.

But they aren’t. As soon asbabies are born in this country,they’re sorted according to genderroles that, at infancy, correspond tolittle besides genitalia. Newbornswail from hospital cribs markedwith pink or blue cards, and theprocess of imposing a gender roleon a child begins before they’veeven made it home.

We treat this mechanical gender-ing of children as if it were nature’scourse, but a gender identityimposed by a family or society is asfalse as any identity that a persondoes not develop for oneself.

Do little girls have a natural ten-dency toward Barbies and dressesand boys toward sports and shorthair? I would argue that they don’t.It’s impossible to form an objectiveanalysis of this behavior. The root ofbehavior within a culturally-definedgender role is in a gendered societyand how it alters our development.

Girls and boys are taughtthrough example and fictional pre-sentations of human activity whatis appropriate and consider theirgender identity something that nat-urally rises from their biologicalsex. If a child sees that adultwomen do some things and adultmen do others, their naivéte leadsthem to believe it is part of the

order of the world. But gender does not arise chemi-

cally from our chromosomes intothe order that we, and in turn ourchildren, see as normal. As childrenenter puberty, which they doamong groups of other childrenentering puberty, they experiencethings they cannot explain. Some ofthese things can include basic ritesof passage, but others happen indirect conflict with what societyhas told them will happen.

Children at this age my startrealizing they have homosexualinclinations. Girls may grow facialhair or develop a female figure lateor not at all. Others may simplyfeel like their outer sex is a misrep-resentation of their true gender.

Our culture has done nothing toallow a child in these situations tofeel comfortable talking to anyoneabout what he or she is goingthrough. Sadly, adults are often asrepulsed by these deviations as thechildren themselves, and unable toprovide any moral support.

To give children the freedom todevelop into who they may actuallybe, we must remove the pressuresof our gendered world. We can’t tiea bow in our daughter’s hair tomake us happy. We can’t toss ourson onto the football field when he’safraid. And we have to lead byexample, embracing the parts ofourselves that fall within our gen-der role and those that don’t.

And we can’t let a corporate mon-ster like McDonald’s or Disney forceour children to choose pink or bluebefore they’re old enough to care.

4 E D I T O R I A L / O P I N I O N P A G E ◆ T H E D A I LY E A S T E R N N E W S Wednesday, November 13, 2002

“Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.”

Jamie FettyNews editorand semi-monthlycolumnistfor The DailyEastern News

Fetty also is ajunior journalismmajor.

She can be reachedat 581-2812 orjefetty@eiu.edu

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In response to Ms. Possley’scolumn explaining why shechose not to vote in the mid-term general election last week:

Ms. Possley writes: “What itreally comes down to is that Idon’t believe any of them willget the job done.” Well, I’mguessing Dick Durbin, RodBlagojevich, Lisa Madigan,Jesse White, Dan Hynes, JudyBarr Topinka and numerousstate representatives and sen-ators are planning on doingsomething. Maybe they’ll getthe job done as you wouldwish, maybe they won’t.

Ms. Possley writes:“Thinking we’re ignorant andexpecting our age group tojust wise up may not be theanswer.” And what is “theanswer”? Between the news-papers, the ads, the debates,

the magazines, the campaignliterature, the candidate visits,and the Web sites – was therea lack of information? Are thecampaigns not aimed at yourinterests? The war on Iraq,school funding, financial aid,taxes, crime, abortion rights –obviously those are issues forsomeone else and not you. Ormaybe ... Oh, yes, I know – itwas the lack of quality candi-dates. Right. And people decid-ing not to vote at all will defi-nitely improve the system andthose who lead it. It’s all aboutthe money and special inter-ests, as you mention, but don’tbother to vote for candidateswho favor campaign financereform or ethics reforms. Itwon’t make a difference.

FYI: Not voting doesn’tsend the message that you’re

disgusted by the system orthe choices. Not voting justsends the message that youdon’t care. And when youdon’t care, it’s hard for thecandidates to care about you.

In the wake of Sept. 11, inthe wake of a national discus-sion on global security anddefense, in the wake of oursending troops into “undis-closed locations,” and in thewake of the deaths of so manyof our own ... it is incompre-hensible to me that any of uswould take our most basicrights for granted. I wonder if

each person who was so quickto display the flag was just asquick to exercise his or herright to vote? Sadly, when itcomes down to it, very little haschanged. We refer to Sept. 11as “the day that changed every-thing.” For many it did. Somemore than others, often at anunbearable cost. But for many,it changed nothing. And that ismore than sad. It is disgraceful.

Katie M. CoxEastern alumnaResearch Analyst, IllinoisHouse of Representatives

Not voting did not prove anythingY O U R T U R N : L E T T E R T O T H E E D I T O R

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Editorial board

Shauna Gustafson, Editor in chief

Michelle Jones, Managing editor

Jamie Fetty, News editor

Amber Williams, Associate news editor

Jessica Danielewicz, Editorial page editor

Nate Bloomquist, Sports editor

slgustafson@eiu.edu

Just more than one week ago, the citizens of the

United States elected new officials for the next

few years. You may or may not have voted to

elect the winners, but the fact remains they are

the ones who will represent us at the state and

federal level.

They are supposed to represent the people who

as a whole elected them. We are a part of that

group. The newly-elected officials, whether they

are completely new to office or are incumbents

returning to their job, are

supposed to represent us.

They are not mind read-

ers, however. They cannot

and do not automatically

know what we want and

need. It is our duty to voice

our opinions and concerns to

these people in government

positions.

As students we have obvi-

ous interests in education.

The state and federal budgets

are still suffering, and our

leaders have the task of

deciding who gets what fund-

ing. Let our officials know we want them to sup-

port higher education and Eastern.

College aged individuals have the stereotype of

not caring and not voting. Change that, and tell the

politicians what you want.

As students we may have that common inter-

est in education, but everyone probably has

other concerns and opinions. We cannot com-

plain about the way things are or what govern-

ment does if we do not give them our two cents

first.

The politicians elected do not take office until

January, but some are already in office, and in

any case, you can still let them know what’s on

your mind.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., can be reached by

phone at his Washington office at (202) 224-2152

or at his Chicago office at (312) 353-4952 or by e-

mail at dickdurbin.senate.gov.

Dale Righter, State Senator elect, is currently a

representative for the 106th district. He can be

reached in Mattoon by phone at 235-6033 or at

105 N. 10th St. His office number in Springfield is

782-6674. Righter’s e-mail address is

drighter@worthlink.net. Tim Johnson, incombent

U.S. representative, can be reached at

(217)353-7168. Newly-elected state representative

Chapin Rose can be e-mailed at chapin@chapin-

rose.com.

Don’t just sit back and let officials take action

without your opinion. Call, write or visit those who

represent you.

The editorial is the majority opinion of the Daily Eastern News editorial board.

At issueContacting ourelected officials.

Our stanceWhether youvoted or not,elected officials arethere for constituents.Contact themand let themknow what youthink.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: The Daily Eastern News accepts letters to the editoraddressing local, state, national and international issues. They should be less than 250words and include the authors’ name, telephone number and address. Students shouldindicate their year in school and major. Faculty, administration and staff should indicatetheir position and department. Letters whose authors cannot be verified will not beprinted. Depending on space constraints, we may edit letters, so keep it concise.Letters can be sent to The Daily Eastern News at 1811 Buzzard Hall, Charleston IL61920; faxed to 217-581-2923; or e-mailed to slgustafson@eiu.edu

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SPRINGFIELD (AP) — After a year of too little rain or too much rainat the wrong time, Illinois farmers have nearly finished bringing in anoften-disappointing harvest.

Drier weather over the past week let farmers get back into the fieldsand finish harvesting their corn and soybeans, the Illinois AgriculturalStatistics Service reported Tuesday.

Ninety-five percent of the corn harvest was in as of Nov. 10. Thatwas just one percentage point below the five-year average for thistime of year.

Soybeans were 97 percent finished — again, just one point below thefive-year average.

Rains in southern Illinois helped add moisture to soil that had beendried out by drought during the summer. The rain also should help win-ter wheat, although the crop has been slowed by colder-than-normalfall temperatures.

Farm watchers say the quality of this year’s crops varies widelyfrom place to place but yields generally have been low.

“It’s just kind of a disappointing, frustrating year for them with thedrought and the yield,” said Joe Brockett, manager of the FranklinCounty Farm Bureau in southern Illinois.

It was both a good year and a bad year for Sangamon County farm-ers, in central Illinois.

“It was all over the place,” said Farm Bureau manager Jim Birge.“Some people had probably the best crops they’ve ever had. Therewere areas not far away that just missed the showers that were strug-gling just to be average.”

Disappointing harvestnearly completed

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois resi-dents can now visit the Internet forinformation about the quality ofcare at most nursing homes, butpatient advocates said Tuesdaythat choosing a home shouldinvolve even more research.

The federal government hasreleased information on about17,000 nursing homes nationwide,including 854 in Illinois that arecertified by the federal Medicareand Medicaid programs.

The government’s NursingHome Quality Initiative gives citi-zens access to information aboutindividual nursing homes in eachstate, concentrating on the qualityof health care patients receive.

“We’re confident that this willgive seniors, people with disabili-ties and their family members avaluable tool with which to makedecisions about nursing homecare,” said Dorothy Collins, region-al administrator for the Centersfor Medicare & Medicaid Services,which administers the project.

Susan Sherock, an assistantdeputy public guardian in CookCounty who works with adultsneeding nursing home care, saidthe new information is not veryhelpful.

For example, she said it does notindicate whether a patient devel-oped a bed sore at a facility or else-where.

“What we’re looking for is anursing home that’s going to pro-vide the best quality of care. Thisdoesn’t provide the depth of infor-mation necessary to make aninformed decision,” she said.“They’re trying to make anattempt to provide more informa-tion for the consumers, but it fallsshort.”

The information is based on datanursing homes collect from resi-dents as part of their participationin the Medicare program. It liststhe percentage of residents withpain, bed sores, infection and delir-ium at nursing homes. It alsoincludes the percentage who havelost the ability to do daily tasks, are

physically restrained and who canwalk alone or with assistance.

But advocates for nursing homeresidents warn that familiessearching for a nursing home alsoshould visit facilities and talk toresidents.

“It shines a spotlight on the qual-ity of care, or lack thereof, in thenation’s nursing homes. That said, Idon’t think consumers shouldchoose a nursing home based onthis information alone,” said DonnaLenhoff, executive director of theNational Citizens’ Coalition forNursing Home Reform, based inWashington, D.C.

She said the information doesnot include nursing homes’

staffing ratios or the findings ofstate inspectors who visit nursinghomes.

A spokesman for the stateDepartment of Public Health,which regulates nursing homes inIllinois, said the new information isjust one tool for consumers.

“The more information that’savailable to people, the better offthey are in making a decision,” saidTom Schafer. “But there is no sub-stitute for visiting a home, talkingto residents, talking to the adminis-trator and staff about how theycare for people.”

The information can be accessedat www.medicare.gov or by calling1-800-MEDICARE.

BLOOMINGTON (AP) — Threepeople were injured in five shoot-ings Monday night that police saidcould signal a continuing surge ofgang violence in Bloomington.

The six-hour shooting spree wasunusual in this central Illinois com-munity, which traditionally has oneof the lowest crime rates amongdownstate metro areas.

“Last night’s series of shootingswas probably the worst, at least inmy memory, of non-lethal violencein my 26 years with the depart-ment,” said police spokesman TomSanders.

Two of the victims remainedhospitalized Tuesday. Lyle Knapp,26, was in critical condition at OSFSt. Joseph Medical Center. Hiswife, Janice Knapp, 25, was in goodcondition.

The shootings, which beganabout 5:45 p.m. and ended at mid-night, were related and “targeted

in each instance,” Sanders said.But even though the shootingswere not random, he said the com-munity should remain cautious.

“We’re not saying don’t worry,”he said. “This is something we’revery concerned about. I think anytime we have this level of violencein the community we should beconcerned.”

Police have no firm suspects,Sanders said, but think the shoot-ings are likely gang-related. “It’s adefinite possibility if not a proba-bility,” Sanders said.

Gang crime has escalated inBloomington in the past 18 months.In June, police said gun-relatedgang crime was at a seven-yearhigh and redirected resources tothe department’s gang unit.

Through September,Bloomington police had logged 36gang-motivated crimes, with 24involving firearms. That compares

to 30 gang-related crimes and 16weapons offenses in all of 2001,according to police records.

“The last year has been theworst for armed violence thatwe’ve ever had,” Sanders said.“This is a trend, not an anomaly.”

The first shooting was at 5:42p.m. Monday, when six shots werefired at a Bloomington home. Noone was injured, police said.

Less than an hour later, a manwas shot while sitting in a vehicle.The victim, who has not been iden-tified, was treated at a local hospi-tal and released.

The most serious shootingoccurred about 8:30 p.m., when theKnapps were shot at a home on thecity’s near-east side. Shots werefired at another residence at 9p.m., and at a mobile home aboutmidnight. No one was injured inthose incidents, police said.

Bloomington shooting spreehurts three, likely gang related

Internet data doesn’t tell enough about nursing homes

dropping throughout the county,” he said.In Coles County, the voter turnout reached 50 per-

cent, which is above average. The nationwide turnoutfor off-year elections is at 36 percent, he said.

McNitt said while the voter registration drives werea valiant effort, national trends that show voter apathyis hard to break or reverse.

“Even with voter registration drives it’s very hard toget people out to vote,” he said. “You have to havesomething that is so overwhelming... that everyonewould be affected.”

Young voters are increasingly disinterested in poli-tics and political issues, he said. They also are growingmore cynical about government and candidates’ per-formances. College campuses are more susceptible tovoter apathy because campuses are not consideredhome to most students, and many do not register or donot take an active role in the politics of their collegeresidence.

Precincts on campus can hold bad lists because stu-dents register and then move away. “I suspect (voterturnout) is a little bit higher than the total becausethere are a lot of bad names on the lists,” he said.

overlook activities outside of school.“With a voter drive, you’re going to expect a certain

amount of people that are registered not to vote,”Mormino said.

She said with only around 200 out of 1,100 students atEastern voting, student lobbying in Springfield with theStudent Action Team will have trouble pushing univer-sity issues.

“Either way (the voter turnout) is a small number,”said Marty Ruhaak, student vice president of publicaffairs. “That’s not going to strengthen our collectivevoice on anything. Two hundred on-campus votes is notgoing to sway anyone’s mind in Springfield.”

More than 300 voted at the Wesley Foundation andclose to 500 at Fire Station Two in Charleston, which aretwo precincts with a large number of off-campus stu-dents registered.

It is hard to determine off-campus student resultsand the November elections can have more of an effecton students than the presidential elections, he said.

“State policy can affect you some day, but nationalpolicy doesn’t always affect you,” he said.

Student Government plans to begin working on waysto increase voter turnout for the next election, saidGeorge Lesica, chair of the Student Senate ExternalRelations Committee.

The next time students are asked to go to the polls isin the spring, a city election that under 10 on-campusEastern students voted in the last time city officialswere running, Lesica said.

Student Government plans to hold a voter driveagain in March or April closer to the city council elec-tions, and students wanting to register before thespring can contact the Coles County Circuit Clerks’soffice, Ruhaak said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — TheBloomberg administration overesti-mated the city’s tax revenues forthis fiscal year by $226 million,according to an independent reportreleased Tuesday.

While Mayor MichaelBloomberg has said in recentweeks that his estimates are offdue to a slower than expectedrecovery in the local economy, hehas never said by how much.

A Bloomberg spokesmandeclined comment Tuesday on thereport by the Independent BudgetOffice, except to say the adminis-tration will release updated taxand budget figures for the cur-rent fiscal year later this week.

The city is facing a deficit ofabout $1 billion this fiscal year —fiscal 2003 — and as much as $6billion in fiscal 2004.

The Independent BudgetOffice, a nonpartisan group thatanalyzes the city’s fiscal situa-tion, said the city was not conser-vative enough while writing thebudget.

“It is now clear that lastspring’s forecast that the recov-ery of the local and nationaleconomies would be well underway by early winter was too opti-mistic,” the report said.

The local economy, accordingto the report, remains “essential-ly stagnant.”

The study found that while thecity should collect about $22.6billion in taxes this year, receiptsfrom personal income taxes andcorporate taxes were lagging farbehind estimates.

For instance, while theBloomberg administration hadprojected profits in the securi-ties industry to reach $12.8 bil-lion, they are now presumed tobe about $8.1 billion — downfrom $21 billion in 2000.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Thethreat of al-Qaida terrorism in theUnited States and abroad remainshigh, but specifics about imminentattacks are few, counterterrorismofficials said Tuesday.

A senior law enforcement offi-cial, speaking on condition ofanonymity, said the amount ofintelligence about potential attackson the United States and its allieshas increased in the past week or10 days, rising again to the levelbefore the Sept. 11 attacks.

Gordon Johndroe, the HomelandSecurity spokesman, said Tuesdaythat recent warnings about attacksagainst railways, oil and gas andother economic targets remain ineffect.

“There is intelligence, while it isgeneral, that has pointed to andraised concerns about our criticalinfrastructure,” he said.

It is not specific enough to raisethe nationwide alert level, whichremains at code yellow — the mid-dle of five threat levels — becauseof a lack of specific details onwhere and when an attack mayoccur, Johndroe said. Yellowmeans “significant risk of terroristattacks.”

Last month’s public warnings —issued Oct. 9 and Oct. 23 — came inpart from the release of tapedstatements from high-level al-Qaida leaders threatening newattacks. Counterterrorism officialsregard them as calls to action forfield operatives.

The latest tape, with a voiceclaiming to be Osama bin Laden,was aired Tuesday on al-Jazeera. Ifvalidated, the tape would beregarded as significant because itmade reference to recent events,the first hard evidence in a yearthat bin Laden was alive.

In addition, U.S. law enforce-ment officials said the talk thatintelligence is picking up sur-rounding next week’s NATO sum-mit in Prague is similar to whatthey heard before the July 2001 G-8 summit in Genoa, Italy.

As they did in Genoa, where thegathering of world leaders passedwithout terrorist incident, securityofficials are considering closingthe Prague city center to all butsummit personnel.

U.S. warplanes and up to 250troops have been authorized byCzech authorities to help protectthe Nov. 21-22 meeting along with12,000 Czech police officers.President Bush plans to attend.

Some recent warnings in Europestem from the same intelligencethat led to the U.S. warnings, Bushadministration officials said.

Security was increased at a num-ber of European ferry ports and atNATO headquarters in Brussels,Belgium. Counterterrorismauthorities also remained con-cerned about al-Qaida strikes inthe Middle East.

In the United States, one analyti-cal concern is that terrorists willstrike to mark the scheduledThursday U.S. execution of AimalKasi, a Pakistani man convicted ofkilling two CIA employees outsideagency headquarters in Virginia in1993.

In Pakistan, hundreds of univer-sity students protested in thestreets of Multan on Tuesday,chanting anti-American slogansand threatening U.S. citizens inPakistan.

“We will not guarantee the safe-ty of Americans if they kill AimalKasi,” a student leader, MujahidAhmad, told the crowd. “Americais the biggest terrorist.”

Further attacks likely,officials lacking details

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Kristi Meinhart, a sophomore finance major, makes copies for a customer Tuesday night at Copy Express onthe second floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

MOSSY GROVE, Tenn. (AP) — Thirty-six peoplewho had been missing after a deadly tornado torethrough the area turned up alive Tuesday, as sur-vivors of storms in 13 states struggled to put theirlives back together.

Around the Morgan County community, clothesfluttered from tree limbs, power lines dangledfrom poles, cars lay crumpled like discarded toys.

“Yesterday, we had a nice brick house and fourvehicles. Today, we don’t own a toothbrush,” saidSusan Henry of Mossy Grove, the devastated tinytown about 40 miles west of Knoxville.

Four people remained missing in the area, downfrom an initial high of 40, state emergency man-agement officials said Tuesday. Rescuers hadthought most of them were alive but out of touchwith family because the storm disabled phones andblocked roads. Seven people were killed in easternTennessee’s Morgan County, which includes MossyGrove.

In Tennessee’s Coffee County, an aunt of 10-year-old Hobart Martinez, who was killed when his homecollapsed, dug with her hands in the muddy heap ofher relatives’ belongings, looking for family photosand mementos — and found a box for the boy’s

favorite toy, PlayStation.“He was a sweet, lovable person,” Michelle

Blanco said.More than 70 tornadoes and thunderstorms dur-

ing the weekend and into Monday killed at least 35people in five states. Sixteen deaths were reportedin Tennessee, 12 in Alabama, five in Ohio and oneeach in Mississippi and Pennsylvania. More than200 people were injured.

Utility crews struggled to restore electricity andpower Tuesday and Morgan County schools wereclosed.

Elementary and junior high classes also werecanceled in Carbon Hill, Ala., where most ofAlabama’s deaths occurred, and Walker Countyschool Superintendent Alan Trotter saidTuesday he doubted the school could berepaired.

“It’s like a car in a head-on collision,” Trotter saidof the school building. “The tail lights might not bedamaged but the car is useless.”

Convoys of utility trucks rolled through thestreets of Carbon Hill, where disrupted utilitiesmeant residents had to spend the night without heatas temperatures fell into the 50s.

Storm victims begin recovery

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Apts. for Rent at 1812 9th St.Available 2003-2004. Furnished,close to campus, behind EIUPolice. 1,2,3,& 4 BR. Laundry onpremises, parking included, &trash paid. Locally owned, clean& nice. Call for appt. & info.348.0673_________________________00FALL 2003. 2-3 Bedroom fur-nished apartments. 1/2 blockfrom rec center. No pets or par-ties. 345-5048_________________________00FALL 2003. Furnished houses for4-7 girls. 10 month lease. No petsor parties. 1/2 block from rec cen-ter. 345-5048_________________________00FALL 2003. 1-2 bedroom fur-nished apartments. No pets orparties. Low utilities. 10 monthlease. 2 1/2 blocks from campus.345-5048_________________________003 BR Apt, New kitchen with dish-washer, microwave, cent air, laun-dry, very nice. No pets. 345.7286_________________________002 BR apt, furn/unfurn, nice, Greatlocation, all elec. A/C. No pets.345.7286_________________________00GET THE BEST BEFORE THEREST. 2, 3, AND 4 BEDROOMUNITS AVAILABLE. CLOSE TOEIU. IF YOU WANT A NICE, NEW,AND CLEAN APARTMENT FORNEXT SCHOOL YEAR CALL 348-1067_________________________00ALL GALS: Very clean, 2 BR fur-nished apt. Water, trash, laundryroom, all included for $260/mo.on the corner, 1111 2nd st. Rightnext to park. Day: 235-3373,Evening: 348-5427_________________________00NICE, NEWLY REMODELED 3BEDROOM APARTMENTS. RENTAS LOW AS $280/PERSON. FUR-NISHED. SUPER LOW UTILITIES.DSL/ETHERNET 03/04 SCHOOLYEAR. 345-5022_________________________002 BR UNF. APT. W/ STOVE,REFRIG, AC, LAUNDRY IN COM-PLEX. TRASH PD. 1305 18th ST.$395 MO. SINGLE/ $460 2ADULTS. PH 348-7746._________________________00For Rent 1,2, and 3 bedroomfurnished apartments on cam-pus. Signing incentives. Call348-1479_________________________00

BELL RED DOOR APTS. 1,2, & 3BEDROOM, OFF STREET PARK-ING. SPRING SEMESTER 2003LEASES AVAILABLE. OFFICE345-1266 OR 346-3161._________________________001,2,&3 BDRM. APTS. OLD-TOWNE MANAGEMENT. CLOSETO CAMPUS. 345-6533._________________________00SPRING SEMESTER 033. ONEMONTH FREE. NEW 3 BR UNF.APT W/ STOVE, REFRIG, DISH-WASHER, MICROWAVE, CATHE-DRAL CEILING, INDIV.SINK/VANITY IN EACH BED-ROOM, WATER/TRASH PD. ONEBLOCK FROM OLD MAIN. 348-7746_________________________00LINCOLNWOOD PINETREEAPARTMENTS Now showing 2 and3 bedroom apartments availableIMMEDIATELY, 2ND SEMESTER, orselect your apartment NOW for fall2003! LINCOLNWOOD PINETREEoffers lots of space, swimming pool,volleyball court, walk to campus.Located across from Carman Hall.345-6000_________________________00 Exceptionally economical! 1 BRapt. w/loft, Furnished for 1 or 2persons. $370 for 1, $425 for 2-1/2 of duplex, 1 BL N of O’BrienField, Call Jan 345.8350_________________________002003-2004 school year. Nice andclose to campus. Unfurnishedhouses. No pets. $285 per personper month. 12 month lease. 345-3148 or 512-9227._________________________00

4 BR, 2BA HOUSE FOR FALL‘03. W/D, low utilities, roomywith great backyard. Very nicehouse, close to EIU. Neverbeen used as rental before.345-9595_________________________00One bdrm. apts. for Aug ‘03-’04. PP & W PROPERTIES,INC. 2 EXCELLENT LOCA-TIONS. ONE BLOCK AND 11/2 BLOCKS NORTH OF OLDMAIN ON 6TH STREET. One orTwo person leases. Centralheat & AC, laundry facility.Trash service & off street park-ing included. Perfect for seri-ous students or couples. 348-8249_________________________00Fall 2003: 2 & 3 bedroom fur-nished apartments. Utilitiesincluded, close to campus, nopets. Call 345-6885_________________________002 nice houses, all appliances,W/D. Available Spring 2003 andFall 2003. Excellent locations.345-7530_________________________00Available Now! Nice large 1 bed-room apartment. New carpet.345-6967_________________________00House with 3 or more bedrooms.W/D, dishwasher, 6 month lease.Close to campus. 345-6967._________________________00Available in January: large 1bedroom apartment. 1/2 blockfrom campus. $345.00. 345-6967_________________________00

8 T H E D A I LY E A S T E R N N E W S Wednesday, November 13, 2002

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AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION Speaker Meeting tonight,7pm in 2080 Life Science Building. John Palezynski, SpaceLinkInternational & EIU alum, will be speaking on Business-to-BusinessMarketing. Next to last meeting of the semester! Everyone welcome!

SIGMA RHO EPSILON & SCEC: Joint meeting Thursday Nov 14 at6pm in Buzzard 1103. This mandatory meeting will feature a parentpanel. Officer elections will be held after the panel.

EPSILON SIGMA ALPHA: Business Meeting tonight at 5:30pm at 7thStreet Underground.

STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCI-ENCES: Meeting tonight at 7pm in Klehm Hall room 3135. ResumeWriting and Internship Discussion.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY: Student Bible Studyon Nov. 13 at 8 pm at the Immanuel Lutheran Campus Ministry Center.Come join us as we study God’s Word; this week,”You are what youeat.” Join us for study, refreshments, and fellowship.

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Forthe 11th straight year, the U.N.General Assembly on Tuesdayoverwhelmingly adopted a reso-lution urging the United States toend its four-decade trade embar-go against Cuba.

The resolution, which is notbinding, was approved by a voteof 173-3 with four abstentions —a larger majority than last yearwhen 167 nations voted to lift theembargo.

Only the United States, Israeland the Marshall Islands voted infavor of keeping the embargo, asthey did last year.

Ricardo Alarcon, president ofCuba’s National Assembly, in aspeech before the vote, accusedpowerful Americans of Cubandescent of acting against what hecalled the “true interests” of theUnited States by insisting on the

embargo.Cuba has been under a U.S.

trade embargo since Fidel Castrodefeated the CIA-backed assaultat the Bay of Pigs in 1961.Americans are barred from trav-eling to the Caribbean islandnation except with specialapproval.

Creating a small opening in thetrade embargo, Congress twoyears ago legalized sales of foodto the communist island for thefirst time since 1961. Cuba start-ed buying U.S. food this year andAlarcon said sales could reach$200 million.

Ambassador Sichan Siv, theU.S. representative to the U.N.Economic and Social Council,told the General Assembly thatPresident Bush has made clearhe would only work to ease theembargo if Cuba takes “con-

crete” steps toward political andeconomic reforms.

“Unfortunately, the Cuban gov-ernment shows no signs of aban-doning its policies that deny theCuban people their fundamentalrights,” Siv said.

The United States was “partic-ularly disappointed” by theCuban government’s decision toignore the Varela Project, whichcollected more than 11,000 signa-tures for a referendum thatwould ask voters if they favorgreater freedom of speech andprivate business ownership, Sivsaid.

In appealing for a “no” vote onthe resolution, Siv denied that theembargo was the cause of Cuba’seconomic problems, saying Cubaimports some one billion dollarsworth of goods every year frommany different countries.

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — In an audiotaped messageaired across the Arab world Tuesday, a voice purport-ed to be that of Osama bin Laden praised terroriststrikes in Bali and Moscow in a message that clearlywarned U.S. allies against following the United Statesin the war on terror.

In Washington, a U.S. official said the voice soundslike Osama bin Laden, as the Bush administrationtried to authenticate what would be the first hard evi-dence in a year that the al-Qaida leader was stillalive.

In a rambling statement, the speaker on the tapebroadcast on Al-Jazeera television refered to recentattacks, including the Oct. 12 Bali bombings “thatkilled the British and Australians,” the killing lastmonth of a Marine in Kuwait, the bombing of aFrench oil tanker last month off Yemen and“Moscow’s latest operation, “ — a hostage-taking byChechen rebels.

Speaking in a literary style of Arabic favored bybin Laden, he said the attacks were “undertaken bysons who are zealous in the defense of their religion,”and that they were “only a reaction in response towhat (President) Bush, the pharaoh of the age, isdoing by killing our sons in Iraq and what America’sally Israel is doing, bombarding houses with womenand old people and children inside with Americanplanes.”

“Our people in Palestine are being killed, are beingsubjected to the worst kind of suffering for almost acentury now,” the speaker said. “If we defend ourpeople in Palestine the world is disturbed and alliedagainst Muslims under the banner of combating ter-rorism.”

Al-Jazeera identified the speaker as Osama binLaden and said they received the tape on Tuesday.The audiotape was aired alongside an old photographof the al-Qaida leader but there was no new video ofhim.

The speaker then castigated U.S. allies that havejoined the war against terrorism, specifically Britain,France, Italy, Canada, Germany and Australia.

After listing those countries, he warned: “If youdon’t like looking at your dead...so remember ourdead, including the children in Iraq.”

“What business do your governments have to allythemselves with the gang of criminality in the WhiteHouse against Muslims? Don’t your governmentsknow that the White House gang is the biggest serialkillers in this age?”

In Washington, intelligence officials were evaluat-ing the tape.

“It does sound like bin Laden’s voice,” said a U.S.official, speaking on condition of anonymity. “ Wehave to complete the technical analysis,” the officialsaid.

IEA: Crude demanddrops, supplies growin Iraq and Norway

LONDON (AP) — Sluggishdemand from refiners and a surgein oil output from Iraq and Norwaysent crude prices sliding by morethan $3 a barrel last month, theInternational Energy Agencyreported Tuesday.

The peak winter heating seasonin the northern hemisphere shouldhelp rebalance supply and demandin the fourth quarter despite theslow pace of global economicrecovery, the energy watchdog saidin its monthly oil market report.

The IEA, based in Paris, is theenergy watchdog for theOrganization for EconomicCooperation and Development, agroup of rich, oil-importing nations.

Worldwide oil supplies rose by1.6 percent in October to 78.27 mil-lion barrels a day. OPEC’s contribu-tion to the increase “caught themarket off guard,” particularly thegrowth of 570,000 barrels a day inIraq’s output, the report said. Iraqiexports have risen sharply sinceSeptember when Baghdad stoppedimposing illegal surcharges onthem.

Norwegian rigs resumed activityafter interruptions for mainte-nance the previous month, adding390,000 barrels a day to global sup-plies.

At the same time, worldwidedemand was virtually unchangedfrom September. Demand for gaso-line showed steady growth, but thejet fuel market remaineddepressed. The IEA forecast a glob-al demand this year of 76.7 millionbarrels a day.

A perceived relaxation of ten-sions in the Gulf led to a sell-off ofoil futures contracts in October andcontributed to the downward driftin crude prices. North Sea Brentcrude futures fell last month by$3.33 a barrel, while U.S. light,sweet crude dropped by $3.25, thereport said.

However, prices for refinedproducts such as gasoline and heat-ing oil fell less sharply, suggestingthat a tighter market for crudecould lie ahead.

At the end of October, light sweetcrude sold at about $27 a barrel,with other grades at $25.40. Pricesslid further Tuesday, when lightsweet crude sold at $26 a barrel andNorth Sea Brent sold for $23.75.

The average U.S. retail price forgasoline during the two weeks end-ing Sunday was about $1.49 per gal-lon, all but unchanged from Oct. 23,according to the Lundberg Surveyof 8,000 stations nationwide.

For refiners, firm product pricesand cheaper crude means an oppor-tunity for bigger profits. They arelikely therefore to increase pur-chases of crude to boost their out-put of gasoline and heating oil, theIEA said.

The International EnergyAgency noted that inventories ofboth crude and refined productsare already below their seasonalaverage in key markets. Iraqremains a “wildcard,” but with thewinter heating season just ahead,the report suggested that crudeprices would stabilize and perhapseven rise by the end of the year.

“October’s developments arenow helping to rebalance both thecrude and product markets ...,” itsaid. “For now, the peak winterheating season should restore bal-ance to the market.”

Venezuela, among the top four oilsuppliers to the United States,announced Monday that it wouldincrease its oil production capacity.It hopes that an expected rise indemand and higher prices in 2003will help pull it out of recession.

The state-owned oil monopolyPetroleos de Venezuela SA isincreasing drilling by 35 percent in2003, company president AliRodriguez said.

Audiotape, allegedly bin Laden,praises Bali, Moscow attacks

U.N.: End U.S.-Cuba embargo

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The men’s soccer team’s seasoncame to an abrupt end in the firstround of the Missouri ValleyConference Tournament.

However, the Panthers feel thattheir season was still a successdespite their early departure fromthe postseason after failing to quali-fy for the MVC Tournament theyear before.

“The great thing, the excitingthing, is that they got there,”Eastern head coach Adam Howarthsaid. “Now we’ve got a taste formore.”

Eastern proved several people inthe MVC wrong this year finishingin seventh place following a 10thplace preseason coaches poll in the10-team conference.

The Panthers’ started their con-ference schedule with a pair of winsagainst Western Kentucky andVanderbilt, winning convincingly 5-1 and 4-1 respectively.

Then the No. 5 team in the nationand regular season conferencechampion Southern Methodist hand-ed the Panthers a 4-0 loss. But in thePanthers remaining four conferencegames only their regular-season lossto Creighton was decided by morethan one goal. Eastern fought to a 0-0 draw with the No. 10 team in thecountry, Bradley, and fell to Tulsa 2-1 and Drake 1-0.

Howarth said he was satisfiedwith the Panthers’ performancesagainst Bradley, Vanderbilt andWestern Kentucky.

Against Western Kentucky, thePanthers were able to create goalsout of fewer opportunities. ThePanthers took one fewer shot thanWestern Kentucky and found thenet with five of their 14 attempts toWestern Kentucky’s one goal in 15shots.

Junior forward Jason Thompsoncompleted a four-goal weekendagainst Vanderbilt Oct. 6. Two daysafter netting a pair against WesternKentucky, Thompson put two morein the net against Vanderbilt to leadthe Panthers in a 4-1 win.

Thompson finished the seasonwith 14 goals bringing his careertotal to 40 and placing him thirdamong Eastern players in careergoals. Thompson beat Tony Duranteby eight goals and all-time leadergoal scorer Damien Kelly by 13.

Despite making the tournament,the Panther conceivably could havefinished higher in the conferencestandings.

The Panthers arguably couldhave defeated Tulsa and Drake dur-ing the regular season, both teamsfinished ahead of the Panthers in thefinal standings, to improve theirconference record to 4-2-1.

“Obviously (our season) was bet-ter than last year,” Thompson said.“But things could have went a littlebetter then they did.”

A 4-2-1 record in the MVC wouldhave met one of the team’s presea-son goals.

“We wanted to try to have a win-ning records in both (conferenceand games against in-state teams)and make the tournament,”

Howarth said. “We were not faraway from realizing what we want-ed to do.”

The Panthers didn’t lose a singlegame against in-state schools. ThePanthers beat Northern Illinois toopen the season with a 3-1 win. Theypicked up their second win of theyear with a 1-0 shutout of WesternIllinois. On Sept. 29., the Panthersmade up for a 7-2 loss to theUniversity of Illinois-Chicago in2001 with an 8-0 victory.

“UIC was a great game for us,avenging a loss the year before,”Howarth said.

The Panthers look forward tonext year. They will return most ofthis year’s starters. Only four sen-iors, midfielder Aaron Aguirre anddefenders Bobby Ewan, Ryan Huntand Ben York started consistentlythis season.

The Panthers had three freshmenmake an immediate impact.Forward Jimmy Klatter made plen-ty of noise this season finishing sec-ond on the team in scoring with 20points. Goalie Ryan Eames startedin all 20 games and made 119 saves.Midfielder Dustin Weiher started in15 games and made a pair of assists.

“Jimmy had a good solid year,”Howarth said. “Seven goals and sixassists are nothing to sneeze at.

“Ryan established himself as asolid collegiate goalie and DustinWeiher came in and started a major-ity of the games.”

With all the players returningfrom this year’s team, Howarth likesthe team that he will put on the fieldnext year.

claim big chunks of real estate northand south to the tune of a 54-yardtouchdown run and another for 51yards.

“I just really feel focused now,”Taylor said. “But I’d gone throughevery injury you can think of —hand, foot, everything and all thepain from that is gone.”

He’s hoping his career won’t go

south after this season ends. Severalpro scouts have shown interest andTaylor said he’s working to make theNFL.

“It’ll take a lot of hard work to getthere and a lot of speed,” Taylorsaid. “But that’s what I’m working toget to and I’ll do whatever it takes.”

Taylor is already seeing the bene-fits of some extra work he put in

over the summer. Taylor began histraining at 6 a.m. each day withweight lifting. He then ran onEastern’s track and did more speedwork in Champaign. He slashed histime in the 40-yard dash down to 4.4seconds.

“I think I almost did too muchspeed work,” he said. “But I know ithas really paid off.”

Taylor’s straightforward attackworks in concert with the multi-faceted effort from junior tailbackAndre Raymond.

“It gives us the consistency andthe ability to run in there hard everytime,” Spoo said. “We’re really gladTaylor is completely healthy now.”

But Taylor defers much of thecredit he gets to the offensive line

and senior fullback Andre Jones.“Without the line and without ‘Dre

(Jones), Andre (Raymond) and Iwouldn’t be able to do much of any-thing,” Taylor said.

He doesn’t ask for much in theway of a gap up the middle.

“I just cut right through and runstraight up there as hard as I can. Idon’t need much at all,” he said.

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S T E P H E N H A A S / S T A F F P H O T O G R A P H E R

Junior midfielder Chad Dumonceaux will return to the Panthers lineup nextyear as they hope to improve on this season’s success. Dumonceaux wasone of seven juniors on the Panthers roster this season.

M E N ’ S S O C C E R

Postseason berth breeds optimism for future

Wednesday, November 13, 2002 T H E D A I LY E A S T E R N N E W S 11

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By Michael GilbertS T A F F W R I T E R

As the final gun went offSaturday afternoon in Indiana, 27young ladies placed their names inEastern sports history. An 81-0 vic-tory over the Ball State Cardinalscapped off a remarkable seasonthat saw Panthers rugby go a per-fect 11-0.

“This was the best team I haveever been involved with,” headcoach Frank Graziano said.

The 11-0 record was quite a turn-around from last year, when thePanthers went a disappointing 3-4.Not even Graziano could havedreamt up this magical season.

No coach thinks they’ll win all oftheir games, Graziano said.

But the Panthers did, andGraziano credits the amazing sea-son on an Oct. 5 meeting with theArkansas Razorbacks.

“The game against Arkansas wasa turning point for us,” Grazianosaid. “The team was very disap-pointed that week because the OhioState game was cancelled and wewere really looking forward toplaying them. We played greatagainst Arkansas, and then itseemed like we were on cruise con-trol the rest of the way.”

The Ohio State game was origi-nally scheduled for September 27,but poor field conditions inColumbus, Ohio, forced the game tobe cancelled.

“Not playing against Ohio Statewas a bad memory for us,”Graziano said.

However, the Panthers did notbring that bad memory toArkansas. Eastern shut out theRazorbacks 42-0 and improved to 5-0 on the year.

“After we beat Arkansas on theroad, I sat down with the coaches todiscuss the team,” Graziano said.

“The coaches talked about the pos-sibility of running the table but wedidn’t focus on it. We (the coachingstaff) watched game tape and triedto find ways to make everyone a lit-tle better in the last month.”

After the trip to Arkansas, thePanthers won their next six gamesby a combined score 491-0. Theyposted scores of 110 and 108 onKansas and Vanderbilt respective-ly.

“We’re that good,” Graziano said,referring to scoring in the tripledigits. “We are playing against clubteams but it (high scores) is a trib-ute to how fast we come out of thegate. When you score in the firstfew minutes it really stays in youropponents mind. Rugby is a funsport to play when you’re on thefront end, but not the back end.”

Despite the Panthers perfectrecord and eye-opening scores,their season ended on Saturday.Eastern’s rugby team is independ-ent so they belong to no conferenceand do not participate in any post-season tournaments. Graziano wasnot at all disappointed by the lackof a post-season.

“No, there is not a tournament,”Graziano said. “It’s difficult to endthe season but we’re not disap-pointed. The team has no regrets.”

There is a national rugby tourna-ment in the spring, but Eastern willnot compete in it. Graziano citesDecember graduates and the coldweather as reasons why his teamshuts down in November.

“It’s pretty tough to play rugbyin December and January to pre-pare for a spring tournament,”Graziano said. “Plus we lose girlsto graduation and for the remain-ing players, sometimes it’s best ifthey get away from the sport for afew months. This will give themtime to heal and prepare for nextyear.”

Smith will visit his heartsurgeon Nov. 21 and believeshe will get a clean bill ofhealth.

“It’s a slow recoveryprocess, but I feel very fortu-nate,” Smith said. “I think that10 or 15 years ago I wouldn’tbe alive. It’ll definitely changemy lifestyle a bit, though.”

Smith achieved record lev-els of fund raising since hewas promoted to AssistantAthletic Director forDevelopment in 1997. He waspromoted to his current posi-tion this year. He is in chargeof the Panther Club, Eastern’soff-campus booster organiza-tion and has coordinated thelast six spring fund-raisingdrives which have brought ina total of $2 million.

Smith was Panther headfootball coach Bob Spoo’s firsthire to his coaching staff. Hewas Eastern’s defensive coor-dinator for 11 years. Heplayed football at Universityof Wisconsin for four years.

“Kim Dameron (a formerEastern assistant coach withSmith and current Stephen F.Austin assistant) called me towish me well and said, ‘You’vejust seen too many bombsthrown over your defensivebacks’ heads and too manybad losses,’” Smith said.“Twenty years of college foot-ball — that’s my scar.”

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“It’s a slow recov-

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feel very fortu-

nate.”

—John Smith

R U G B Y

S T E P H E N H A A S / S T A F F P H O T O G R A P H E R

The Panthers finished their season with an 11-0 record and only allowedone team to score against them.

Panthers complete perfect season

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O V E R T I M E

Matt WilliamsS T A F F W R I T E R

Successcomes withmaturity

Maturity is a trait that moststudents learn to acquire asthey grow older and get fur-ther along in their collegecareers. For some, this maytake a little longer than oth-ers. For the men’s soccerteam, it needs to improvebefore they step on the fieldnext season.

The Panthers racked upthree red cards because theydisagreed with a call 12 min-utes into the second half oftheir 6-0 Missouri ValleyConference Tournament lossagainst Creighton.

The center referee RonCory called a foul in theBluejays end of the field thatjunior forward JasonThompson was not a fan of.Cory was, in turn, not a fan ofThompson’s reaction anddecided to hand him a redcard.

Freshman goalkeeper RyanEames was not pleased withhis teammates early depar-ture so he expressed his opin-ions to Cory earning him aspot right next to Thompsonon the bench.

Senior midfielder MikeMurphy felt that with all thecommotion on the field thatCory could use a drink ofwater. Murphy thought bythrowing his water bottle onthe field that maybe the callswould be reversed.

Boy was he ever wrong. Cory wasted no time in

showing him a little red too.All of this came with the

Bluejays leading by only twogoals. One quick goal and alittle momentum can turn atwo goal deficit into a tiedgame in practically no time atall.

Instead of attempting tomake a comeback for theteam’s first ever MVC tourna-ment victory, the Panthersallowed four more goals andhad their season come top-pling down.

In the heat of an importantgame emotions can run high,but players have to knowtheir limitations. Because I donot know what Thompson saidto Cory, I cannot judge hisactions as much as the others.

Thompson, being a captainof the team, is allowed insome extent to speak with thereferee about his or her calls.But being a team leader heshould have tried to hold histongue and just walk away.

Eames’ and Murphy’sactions are a little less forgiv-ing. Eames was on the oppo-site end of the field andMurphy wasn’t even in thegame. No matter how bad acall may be, you cannot let areferee determine the out-come of the game.

For a team that fought hardall season long to try to provethat it belongs with the pow-erhouses of the MVC, it is ashame for it’s season to endlike this. Success comes withskill, determination and matu-rity. The Panthers had thefirst two, but need a little bitof work on the third.

T O P C A T

Higher than High“I was honored to be compared to him.” J.R. Taylor

John Smith

Smith anxious to return after bypass surgeryBy Nate BloomquistS P O R T S E D I T O R

John Smith has never been one to sitaround.

But after he underwent triple bypassheart surgery two weeks ago, Eastern’sAssociate Athletic Director forDevelopment had no other choice.

“I’ve never been much of a TV watcheror a book reader,” Smith, 50, said. “But

when you have something like that itscares you enough to slow you down. I’manxious to get back to work though.”

He recovered rapidly from the Oct. 30procedure and might return to his LantzArena office as early as the end of thisweek. Smith watched the first half of thefootball team’s 55-43 win over Tennessee-Martin Saturday at O’Brien Stadiumagainst friends and coworkers wishes.

“We tried to get him not to come, but he

really wanted to do it and we couldn’t stophim,” Director of Athletics Rich McDuffiesaid. “We were concerned about germsand all the commotion there.”

But Smith insisted McDuffie has little toworry about.

“I’m trying not to overdo it,” Smith said.“I am feeling pretty good right now and Ithink I’m in good shape.”

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anther sports calendarT H U R S D A Y M & W Swimming at IUPUI 5 p.m.F R I D A Y Volleyball at SEMO 7 p.m.S A T U R D A Y Cross Country at NCAA Regional

Football vs. Florida Atlantic 1:30 p.m. O’BrienWrestling at CMU Open All Day

(Editor’s note: Top Cat is a weeklyseries taking an in-depth look atEastern’s top athlete from the pre-vious week. Winners can be select-ed only once each year. Selectionis made by the Daily EasternNews sports staff).

By Nate BloomquistS P O R T S E D I T O R

In a time where flashy MarshallFaulk-like moves get all the play onhighlight reels, North-South run-ning backs often go unnoticed.

But opponents and Panther headcoach Bob Spoo are quick to takenotice of senior tailback J.R.Taylor.

The 6-foot-1, 221-pound Decaturnative carried the ball 17 times for208 yards and four touchdowns lastweek against Tennessee-Martin —a season high — to earn co-OhioValley Conference Player of theWeek honors. Taylor is this week’sTop Cat.

When Spoo saw Taylor at Mt.Zion High School, he quicklynoticed the similarities betweenhim and another explosive North-South runner, Eastern’s No. 2 all-time rusher Willie High. High

played for the Panthers from 1992-95 and amassed 4,321 yards. Taylorhas amassed 3,135 yards in hiscareer and is 162 yards behind thePanthers’ No. 4 rusher, KevinStaple.

Taylor was told to play like Highand be as explosive runningstraight forward as possible. He’staken the advice.

“I was honored to be comparedto him,” Taylor said. “I’ve been try-ing to finish my runs as quick as Ican.”

In many regards to Spoo,Taylor’s level of play is higher thanHigh’s.

“The thing about J.R. that is dif-ferent is that he can catch in thebackfield,” Spoo said. “That wasone of Willie’s liabilities, so in thatway (Taylor) is much better.”

Catching has never been a prob-lem for Taylor. He played both bas-ketball and baseball before college.

For most of this year, being ableto finish a run without pain was hisbiggest battle. He said theTennessee-Martin game was thefirst he’s had all season withoutany discomfort. He was able to

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M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L

By Matthew StevensS T A F F W R I T E R

Head basketball coach Rick Samuels isn’tready to pencil in his lineup for Eastern’sseason opener on Nov. 18.

“We are nowhere near knowing what ourrotation is,” Samuels said.

The Panthers struggled to earn a 95-89victory in their exhibition contest against theNBC Thunder.

This exhibition team filled with formercollege players and retired ClevelandCavalier Craig Ehlo were blown out byEastern Washington and North IdahoCollege.

Eastern attempted to play fast-paced bas-ketball, but ended the night with only fourfast-break points and 19 turnovers.

“We are still working on team chemistry,”Samuels said.

However, the Panthers will be similar tomost Ohio Valley Conference foes this sea-son by implementing a three-guard lineup onseveral occasions.

“That kind of style provides difficultmatchups for certain teams,” Samuels said.

One of the bright spots for the Pantherswas the offensive emergence of JesseMackinson. Last season Mackinson aver-aged just below 10 points per game butEastern’s 6-foot-8-inch forward was eight of11 from the field scoring 15 points in 25 min-utes Monday night.

“One of our goals is to get Jesse more shotattempts this season because he needs toconsistently be in double figures everygame,” Samuels said.

OVC preseason Player of the Year HenryDomercant struggled in the first half, shoot-

ing four of 15 from the floor but Samuelssaw the problem and addressed it during amedia timeout.

“I said to (Henry) ‘you have to catch andshoot and everything else off the dribble willcome,” Samuels said.

Domercant ended the evening accum-lumating another double-double with 35points and 10 rebounds in 34 minutes ofaction.

Even with having an average frontcourtheight of 6-foot-6, the Panthers were able toout-rebound the NBC Thunder 52-44 —something they failed to do last season.

“We like to become known as a prominentrebounding team,” Samuels said.“Rebounding isn’t about height, it’s abouteffort and how badly you want that ball.”

Last season, the Panthers gave up an aver-age of 77 points per game but Samuels isconcerned about defensive intensity in thissquad.

“We need to dictate more with our defenserather than react,” Samuels said.

The post defense is a concern with theNBC Thunder scoring 36 of its 89 points inthe paint.

“We don’t teach (Jesse Mackinson) tofront players in the post,” Samuels said.“That’s a problem we will address immedi-ately.”

The Panthers will travel to the potato cap-ital of Boise, Idaho, for the season openeragainst Boise State in the Preseason NIT.

Samuels has begun preparation for thatmatchup but legitimately believes they canpick up a road victory.

“We believe they will try to push the ballup and down the court without the personnelcapable of doing so,” Samuels said.

S T E P H E N H A A S / S T A F F P H O T O G R A P H E R

Junior guard Jason Wright will compete for playingtime in the upcoming weeks before Eastern’s seasonopener Nov. 18. Head coach Rich Samuels is still tryingto define his teams rotation.

Learning lessons from exhibition game

◆ Senior running back J.R. Taylor is considered better than Eastern great Willie High by head coach Bob Spoo

M A T T W I L L S / S T A F F P H O T O G R A P H E R

Senior running back J.R. Taylor earns Top Cat honors this week after rush-ing for over 200 yards against Tennessee-Martin Saturday.

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