After our meal fit for a vagabond, we concentrated on fulfill- · ing the t~e purpose of any road trip- consumption of alcohol in a new envtronment. We departed McDonald's to patronize Cochrans (U of I's version of Mother's, but in reverse). Instead of being greeted by the whine of 300 tipsy girls, we were welcomed by the low drone of 300 thirsty men - a rare and lovely sight for a female . We managed to nab two pitchers during the last five minutes of a $2 pitcher special at Cochran's. Our finances were now down to $12 . It was obvious we would be broke by the end of the night. Music was piped throughout the bar and there were several people on the dance floor. Being reserved young ladies, we remained seated. Then we heard "Tattoed Love Boys" by The Pretenders- a tune we knew we would not be listening to if we were in a Charleston bar- and forgot about being reserved. After a couple of songs and about 10 beers, we left for Mabel's, the premier dance club in Champaign. The entire club was bopping to the rock-a-billy of the Elvis Brothers when we got there. We danced up a good sweat, but by the end of the night we This page: This view of the interior of a car after a road trip is not an uncommon sight on Eastern's campus, especially on a Sunday night. were forced to drink water because our funds totaled $0.00. The biggest problem though, and the nightmare of anyone on a road trip , was that we had no place to stay that night. A couple of solutions to our dilemma were suggested, but the one that sounded best was staying at a house filled with college men- Beta Theta Pi men. We had met some Beta's on one of their excursions to Charleston and they told us to stop by their fraternity house if we were ever in the neighborhood. That's what we did. It would be an understatement to say they looked surprised to see us again, but regardless, we were desperately in need of shelter. There were over 100 men in this house and we were the only two girls there (that we knew of). What a ratio! In the morning we thanked our hosts and went to catch our ride . It was not one of our best road trips, yet it certainly was not our worst. The trip didn't meet our highest expectations- but road trips usually never do. We didn't expect, an outrageously rip-roaring time because those times are usually unexpected. On the other hand, we did have fun . At least the trip gave us the chance to taste life in a new environment, which is the least that can be expected from a road trip. -Beth Kenny and Julie JacksonD Student Life I 65
Hip cotnmercialistn The Police, Bowie, Jackson and the big sound The big sound ruled, as did the light. The 1983 music year will probably be remembered as the year influences expanded and got loud. Not loud in the same sense as Led Zepplin and Slade, loud by turning up the volume, but loud in the sense of sound; a full layered loud. Album producers went ape layering the sound to everything. Punk, funk, soul, and heavy metal. Blasting out of the neighbor's 400 watt was a different heavy metal, harmonious metal in the form of Def Leppard's Pyromania. This year's AC/DC had quite an impressive string of hits, and as every other cash-wise band, had a video to go along with each tune . Robert "Mutt" Lange produced the guitar-layered platinum LP, which, like the better heavy metal played, boasted good mindless singalong choruses. Def Leppard-clones though, did nqt rule the airwaves. The airwaves were filled with variery. In 1982, the hipper, commercial moves were made by two sectors. Those who 66 I Student Life both drew from their huge backpack of influences and produced Sgt. Pepper-like full sounding productions, and those who incorporated synthesizers and harmonies together. In 1983, the same moves were made. Some were successful and others fell flat on their faces. One that was standing up, punching this year was David Bowie on Let's Dance. The Nile Rodgers produced, big bandcum-funk sound ruled the AM, FM and TV. The LP was a big step for Bowie. Although he !axed on penning songs, he was so articulate in his performance the lack of substance was not noticeable. But when substance was present, as in "Modern Love," the desperation and beaury in the song, not to mention the juxtapostioning of lyrics, melded into the best thing he has ever produced. Other commercial winners, in a sense, were The Police. They produced one of their best works Synchronicity . The hollow sound of their first three albums and the full, involved sound of Ghosts in the Machine were incorporated behind some of the most troubled, argry lyrics anybody has produced. But, this album's singles, "Every Breath You Take," "King of Pain" and "Wrapped Around Your Finger," and their constant airplay, may make 1983 the year that everyone got sick of The Police. Another victim of overplay was Michael Jackson. Without a doubt his finest work, the Quincy Jones-produced Thriller, with the number one singles ''Billy Jean'' and ''Beat it,'' was a fascinating work in pop, funk rock. It blended rock with funk and soul more sucessfully than any other artist in '83 . But hearing those songs every five minutes did not help fans, as radio programmers believed, enjoy Jackson's work. Bowie, Jackson and The Police all shared common characteristics in '83- the full sound. Horns and synthesizers lightly prancing in the background deliver this. These artists succeeded at this because they were subtle in their delivery. Others tried this full sound and failed miserably. Michael Sembello, and Frank Stallone both had odd hits with their songs from the movies "Flashdance," and "Staying Alive." Both sum up what was wrong with music in 1983 . They tried to incorporate many instruments into their songs, and make sure you heard those instruments. Both songs have solos for every member of their band, they hit you over the head instead of letting the listener become involved with the song. Lack of subtlety was the biggest problem for many groups in '83. The ruling class bands such as Journey and Styx realized that their the days of large concert draws and multi-platinum albums were limited, so they both did their best to expand. Journey incorporated more synthesizers and that Big Sound into Frontiers which worked fine, as their style of pop goes. The singles ''After the Fall'' and "Separate Ways" were prime examples of this. But their awful sentimental habits returned in "Faithfully." Styx tried to make a statement on Krfroy Was Here; their statement was silly- enough said. Journey seemed to hold on to and expand their audience,
fight with synths for airwaves Styx probably lost big time . The most popular two person synthesizer band from England this year was the Eurthymics. They summed up everything that is good and bad about the everpresent synth music. Their number one single ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" had very interesting music but cold emotionless lyrics that were designed to alienate. Their second, less popular single , "Love is a Stranger," was once again interesting music, but this time the lyrics are packed with fascinating images that would not work behind a five piece band. The images are just animate enough to work in the unearthly atmosphere that sythesizers produce. But guitar-bass-drum Ruling class bands, like Journey and Styx, realized that their the days of large concert draws and platinum albums were limited, so they did their best to expand. groups were also delivering emotion packed songs. As mentioned before , the big guitar sound was present. The beginning of 1983 will remembered for the mixture of simple piano and violent guitar playing on the single from U2's War, "New Year's Day." The fall will be remembered for the new group Big Country's credo single "In a Big Country," which featured a guitar that sounded like bag pipes. Probably the most interesting new band this year was the band with the lightest, but most passionate sound, the Violent Femmes. The name of the group alone draws deranged images, but their refreshing approach and philosophy of music is the even more interesting. A three man band , no synths, they utilized the odd sounds that can be drawn from acoustic guitars and a snare drums. And their lyrics were joyful tales of youth angst. The most interesting bands to watch this year were Prince and Men at Workbands who had just as much success in 1983 as they did in 1982 . For Prince, who racked up three singles from his 1999 LP, '83 was an even better year. Men At Work's first album stayed at number one for a record number of weeks for a debut in 1983, released their second effort Cargo. Their interesting, simple musical approach and their Beatlesque videos kept them in the public's eye and ear throughout the year. Videos were something that was common to all these bands. Having a video for a song, seemed to help many songs reach the masses. Some groups, such as Duran Duran, would never have never had a chance if it was not for MTV. In Charleston and other small towns, there were not many sources of new music except for MTV. What music tastes are is what they are . Nothing more . MTV is not molding those tastes, but it is giving people another reason to like music. But of course the music most people listen to is the stuff that doesn't go for the head, it's the music makes you want to move imediately. Groups such as the Bar Kays and Earth Wind and Fire make people forget their troubles, the electricity of this music makes people dance . The music tastes are not changing. Music is though , always. -Matthew Krasnowski and Ron HomeD Photos by Hart Gately MTV: visible music joanne Waldron spent at least 2·4 hours a day of her freshman year watching Music Television. If I was in my dorm room, I would turn MTV on. When I came to Eastern and saw we had cable TV, I watched MTV a couple of times and got into it. Chicago's channel five (WMAQ) has Friday Night Videos, which I guess is the same thing as MTV. I just like the idea of music being put to motion and acted out in different ways. Some of the symbolism and imagery, though, is hard to understand. In Chicago I only watch Friday Night Videos once in a while. I guess one of the reasons I watch MTV so much is because they play video music 24 hours. Friday Night Videos are only on after 10:30. If all I want to hear is music, then I turn on the radio. When MTV is on I always end up watching videos instead of doing whatever I'm supposed to be doing, like studying. The only time I watch regular television is late at night, if there's a movie on I want to see. MTV is so popular because the communications field, especially as far as videos, is opening up technologically. Instead of artists only offering albums and cassette tapes, they're putting their music on video tapes. I think they 're trying to appeal to all audiences. The music world is trying to capture the television world's eye by combining the two . Most of the songs MTV plays are current ones that everybody likes. I've never seen a video which has made me start liking a song, but they do play songs I like. Sometimes they just show the groups I don 't care for too much . I've never entered an MTV contest where they give away a trip to a concert or anything like that. A lot of the concerts are given by groups I wouldn't want to see. I'm not crazy about contests anyway . I'm sure there's some people who watch MTV just to enter the contests. If that's the case, they're missing out on the concept of MTV. It's music you can see. - Interview by Lisa Green • Opposite page: Mazuma Records in Charleston tried his best to keep Charleston hip to the sounds in '83, the item the store tried to sell most was the now-popular twelve-inch single. This page: Also popular this year were punk-pins. Student Life I 67
The underground Move over, let them eat jelly bellies "The disappointed man speaks. -I sought great human beings, I never found anything but the apes of their ideal. '' - Friedrich Nietzsche You have to take time to be alive. The human mind takes in a barrage of information and accepts or denies it every minute of the day. Perhaps this is the beginning of a New Age. The Beats surfaced during the late 40's and early 50's, then came the Angry Young Men, and finally, a generation of misguided but well intentioned youths during the swirling 60's. The 70's were non-existent. So here WE are. We may have even learned from our mistakes. Unlike the fool we do not stand waiting at the station of life . Society dictates that all humans are one, but we know there will always be those left behind. We would rather be on the train. On this planet, some are controlled and some decide for themselves. Some read, some watch television, but they never read between the lines or look behind the scenes. As a result, mediocrity reigns. However, alien orders are meaningless to us. We will not be spoon fed by bombastic autocrats. Life is not a comic book. So, as Hunter Thompson delicately put it, ''Move over and let the Big Dog eat!'' It is a feast to watch so-called intellectuals eating bucketsful of their own guano. Underground men? Ha! If they were buried up to their noses in potting soil, the underground experience would still elude them. Believe it or not, even a man in Charleston can smash the crystal palace and become what Dostoevsky might have termed today ... an undergrounder. The undergrounder must, of necessity, have a basic distrust and dislike for the trappings of typical college life. He is considered to be an outcast by the mass of men, but knows that he is simply cast from a different mold. Differentiation from the mass of students is not a flaw in character, it is rather the well from which he draws strength. The undergrounder is a thinking man who pursues knowledge wherever it reveals itself. Learning is not limited to the 68/Student Life classroom. He learns also from the multitude of absurd social situations that present themselves at Eastern. He is receptive to new ideas. This manifests itself most clearly in the literature he reads and the music he listens to. The mind of the undergrounder is on the leading edge of the knife , slashing its way through conformity and social convention. The undergrounder will risk that which is most precious to him, his mind, by ingesting large doses of extremely dangerous chemicals, as would Timothy Leary, in an attempt to attain new heights of consciousness. It is certain that this lifestyle is a potential hazard to the well being of a man, but he does not dwell on the danger. He simply searches for a meaning to his absurd existence. " The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Yea, verily, William Blake was on the train. Enjoyment, the staple of the undergrounder's diet, is not constituted as it is for an ordinary dolt. Whereas the ordinary man might go out for a fun-filled evening at Krackers, the undergrounder drinks himself into a state of deep inebriation with a few close friends and Photos by Michael Sitarz discusses issues vital to a man of his standing and understanding. The undergrounder perceives the ways of the common man, but the common man can only gape at that which he does not understand. He is therefore afraid of the underground man and shuns him. As Heraclitus once said "Dogs bark at those whom they do not recognize." The bad attitude of the common man does not affect the undergrounder because his powers of cognition are great enough to enable him to sift through the cloak of appearance. The common man proceeds from a false assumption- he assumes that he knows all. The undergrounder knows, as Socrates knew, that he knows nothing. Social organizations are abhorent to the undergrounder. He does not need the games of dullards to gain a sense of belonging. He belongs only to himself and those to whom he has given his friendship . He would rather associate with a few good people, since there are but a few good people in Charleston. -Joseph Butler, Graham Lewis and Jack PalmerO
Opposite page: At their lounge, anonymous members of an underground group at Eastern, The Zebra Club, contemplate dn'nks. This page: Club members enjoy an evening of alternative literature and music at the lounge. Student Life 169
. I Call of the wild Kim Hulskouer Party vagrants surface at 4 o'clock Every Friday we would here the call of the wild, "Are you going to the bars?" That was my favorite line of the week. Without a trip to a bar on the weekends I thought I was missing something. My friends and I drank on the weekends religiously. We could become alcoholics, but what the hell? The weekend death march would begin at 3 or 4 p.m. on Fridays. For 4 o'clock club, we'd go to Marty's, Ike 's or the Panther Lounge, the closest bars to campus. Since the location of the bars was concrete in our sense of direction , that made it easier to find our way home for dinner. At 4 o'clock clubs we concentrated on drinking , not being sociable, just drinking. After five dry days and boring classes we needed more than a semi-wet whistle. Often, the bars would be so crowded the beer wouldn't have quite the effect we'd hoped it would. We realized that we had to move slow and carefully at the club. If we turned around too fast there was a high probability we'd be forced to wear someone's beer. Or even worse, we may be forced to wear our own beer. After dinner and a short rest, we'd be ready to start the night still good and crocked. We then stumbled our way to the uptown bars. The walk, though , was usually interrupted by a pit stop in a bar close to campus. After we had digressed to Charleston's square, we'd begin our odyssey at Mother's, that sardine can of a bar. Tired of beer soaking our stomach's we'd start on some mixed drinks, to freshen the system. When our minds were pickled 70 I Student Life enough to think we were Casanovas, we'd begin staring at the women that would walk by. We stared so much we ran the risk of being arrested for lewd behavior. Wanting to avoid the stiff competition crowding in at Mom's, we usually moved on to Roc's. Here we'd ask women to share Screaming Orgasms (a rude name for a drink offered at Roc's) with us. That usually resulted in a slap in the face or a deadly glance that made our bones rattle. Our chances for a successful pick-up shot to hell, it was on to the real meat markets- parties. We would have hit, the Uptown-Cellar, Ted's or Sporty's, but our cash flow had suddenly been soaked up . Parties would provide a cheap change of pace. Usually the people having the parties invite their friends, and others who had heard of the party through friends of friends of friends would tag along uninvited. We usually fell in the latter category- the party vagrants. As party vagrants it was our duty to dance, talk, sing at the top of our lungs and basically cause a lot of trouble . Because nobody else usually does. The main goal of party vagrants is to get picked up. Some of us would but most of us wouldn't. Those who didn't went home and slept off the alcohol they had consumed. When we would wake up at 11 a.m., sometimes noon, we'd try not to think about the previous night or the upcoming evening. We didn't because it hurt to remember. But we would go back, 'cause the bars always called us back. And we always answered the call. -Lawrence SmithO
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Miles from fashion Students keep up with most new trends Let's face the facts, Charleston is not the fashion capital of the United States or even Illinois. In this town, I've seen many students come home emptyhanded from shopping trips claiming, "The clothes around here are so boring!" Though, going elsewhere for clothes was a good excuse to get out of town. At any rate, Eastern students managed to keep up with fashion trends just as well as the next guy (or gal) in 1983. How about all those ripped T-shirts? In May it seemed as if everyone was walking around campus with their T-shirts and sweatshirts in tact, but come summer everyone went scissors happy. There were cut-off necklines, waistlines, and sleeves everywhere. These frocks, when hung off one shoulder, gave a sort of calculated slob look. This trend can be attributed to the success of the movie ''Flashdance'', (where this look was heavily featured) and America's media-influenced fashion industry. The mini-skirt also returned this year in a great number of styles and colors. Brightly colored or polka-dotted a la Valley Joseph Anglum Opposite page: junior Shelly Schreiber looks at ease in her game of pool as well as in her mannner of dress. The masculine look has become quite popular with the ladies because it is comfortable and Girl styles were most prevalent. Gag me. The bi-level haircut (short in front long in back) came in vogue this year. People everywhere were sporting this coiffure. Incidentally, this hairstyle was a real shot in the arm for the ear ring industry. The exposed ear let the wearer show off funky earrings and look "punk" at the same time . Some other fashion mentionables were nylon warm-up pants, painters hats, hightops, bright colored moccasins, skinny ties, pedal pushers, black & white-checked anything and army clothing. When put in perspective, it's clear that these "trendy" clothes which are considered ''hot'' will look silly in a few years. Before long these things will be retired next to your bell bottom jeans and crocheted beer can hat (remember those gaudy things?) in the dark recesses of your closet. There 's one thing about fashions though, like many things in life, they're fun while they last. -Beth KennyD sharp. This page: Another comfortable fashion is the sweatshirts that are cut off around the neck, inspired by the movie Flashdance. Student Life/73
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Fridays: Female inhabited residence halls site of pre-partying preparations Taking one to two hours to get ready to go out is something most males can't comprehend, but that is the amount of time some Eastern women allow for pre-partying preparations. This practice can be observed in full force in the bathrooms of female inhabited residence halls, on a weekend night around 7 p.m. All of a sudden it will be hard to find an open shower or electrical outlet. Over the whir of blowdryers one can hear anxious voices asking, " Where are you going tonight?", "Who are you going out with? ", and the never ending question, "Know of any afterbars? '' Most females go through roughly the same routine ; shower, dry hair, put on makeup, and decide what to wear, but each girl has her own way of going about it. Senior Dee Haefele takes about two hours to get ready. ''I have a system,' ' Dee said. ''First I call my friends, and talk on the phone for a while to find out where we are going so I can get an idea what to wear. Then I take a half-hour shower. "I spend the next half-hour deciding what to wear and then another 15 minutes on my makeup," she added . Sophomore Jill Livingston catches up on her beauty rest before she starts getting ready. "I usually take a nap after dinner. When I wake up I take a shower, do my makeup, and pick out my clothes," she said. "By the time I'm done it's time to get going," she added. While junior Nancy Rodgers prepares herself, she puts "party music" on the stereo to put herself in the proper frame of mind. "I usually have a couple of rum and cokes while I'm getting Pre-partying ritual for opposite sex isn't as important as a good time Guys at Eastern go through almost the same ritual before going out every Friday. They don't seem too concerned with how they look; they simply want to get out and have a good time. Some guys run right from class to a 4 o'clock club and stay there until the bar closes. But most go to 4 o'clock club and then leave around 5 p .m. to get ready for the night. The routine most guys go through after 4 o'clock club is short and simple. They make no plans. They rest, eat and watch TV. About 6:30 they call their friends and decide what they're going to do that evening. Then they usually ask themselves, "What shall I wear?" Junior Scott Olson said his Friday preparation wasn't complex. "I catch a nap for an hour after dinner, then shower and put on some clean clothes.'' Junior Dave Fryer said he wasn't too concerned about his appearance. He was more interested in where he was going, how much money he had and who he was going with. "I find out who else is going out and dress to the quality of the bar. I always make sure that I cash a check earlier in the day." Freshman John Harrison seemed to have a routine established. " After I eat dinner, I take a shower and take a nap. Then, I put 92/Student Life Bcthwdcr ready to get the night started,'' she said. Freshman Cami Hunt is another advocate of pre-partying cocktails. I can usually get ready in about a half-hour or 45 minutes and I'm done around 8:30," she said, "But I don't go out until about 9:30 or 10:00; a bunch of us get together and have some gin and tonics to get us rowdy," she added. Beautifying yourself for a night out is tedious work, but you have to admit, sitting in front of your makeup mirror, trying to make yourself look your best, tends to make the night seem like it has potential, even if your plans are less than thrilling. -Beth KennyD Hanilitcly on a nicer shirt and a different cologne. Occasionally, I make plans to meet people at the bars." Freshman Joe Platz becker said he prepares for the evening the same way but adds more alcohol to his system. "I shave the two whiskers, take a shower and wear a nicer shirt. Then I have a small party in my room and then go barhopping.' ' The forms of male party preparation do not vary much. It is just another simplistic ritual of college life. -Lawrence SmithD
Heading home for a two day break from college living Friday, 3 p .m. and all systems are go. My car isn 't going to break down this time . But I've said those words many times during the school year. Just the mere thought of them was enough to make me pack up and leave . The ride home is for a home-cooked meal - the absolute best reason to leave this campus. Turkey in a can just isn't like the real bird cooking in the Radarrange. Real food was obviously my greatest incentive for going home . There was a multitude of other reasons for going home given by a multitude of people. Some drive home every night. They are needed at home . They have commitments to families and commitments to work. I know a girl who works every day in an Effingham restaurant. Some drive home to take care of an ailing parent. Some have little time for sleep . Some drive home every weekend to see a boyfriend or girlfriend. They drive as far as Wisconsin and as close as Mattoon, down interstate 57 and Illinois 133. No, people don't go home just because they are homesick. Rides home weren't always enjoyable . Most of the time I brought distractions along to keep my mind off of the ride. Having riders with me always seemed to make the drive faster, as long as they didn't pose a threat to my ability to keep the car on the road . Having more than three passengers, though , always diverted my attention away from the road. The cacophony of voices was a little too much to take for more than an hour. Still, conversation wasn't the only noise ; I liked bringing along with me . Music was a necessity. Neil Young, X and The Violent Femmes- great road companions- made the trips seem shorter. On several occasions, I've had to drive home by myself and a few lively tapes were all that kept my eyes open. It was also a good time to practice my singing. Driving home wasn't all fun and games, though . My car had its problems and they were always present in my mind. The engine had a tendency to tun a little hot. I had to keep a close watch on the temperature gauge while watching my speed and the road. Also, the front end of my car was slightly out of whack and the wheels didn't always want to stay on the road . Both hands had to be on the wheel when the car wanted to sway into a ditch. And there's that worry that goes through everyone's mind- a flat tire . I never experienced one but was always ready for ittwo spares. I guess I've always been lucky. My worst fears were always unfounded and I always made it home with my car and me in tact. What's for dinner? -Len KrasnowskiD Opposite page, top: After finishing her last class, a coed checks her appearance before going out Friday evening. For some, getting ready and going out on Fridays has become a weekly ritual. Bottom: Weller Hall resident jay Nick shaves in the communal bathroom as he and others get ready for the weekend. This page: Midway into the foil semester, some Carman Students load cars and get ready to head home for the weekend. Student Life / 93
Fast food: convenience over quality You've been studying several hours at the library or you're with a caravan of friends walking back from the bars when your stomach begins to growl and mouth begins to water. This year, McDonald's, Wendy's, Hardee's, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen, Short Stop, Pagliai's, Domino's and Wrangler would all enter your mind . These fast food restaurants, along with many others, were the dietary staple for many Eastern students. The prominence of fast food eateries in Charleston could be seen driving along Lincoln Avenue. The familiar signs were This page: The steady diet of many Eastern students- burger, fries and Coke- is seroed up to the hungry many at Wendy's, 300 W . Lincoln Ave. Opposite page, top: Fn'es, fresh out of the grease, are seroed up at Wrangler Roast Beef, 703 W. Lincoln Ave. Wrangler is a hot spot late at night for those with a nocturnal stomach. Bottom: Burgers are frying up at Wendy's for its ''kind of people. ' ' 94/ Student Life tempting to the college student who was often in a hurry and always on a low budget. Fast food has become a way of life for the American society. And from us those quick eating establishments have been cashing in. The restaurant industry anticipated food and drink sales to reach $14 7 billion nationwide and $3 7. 3 billion alone from the fast food industry. According to a 1979 Consumer Report, a Gallup poll indicated that 33 percent of American adults eat out every day and 28 percent of those adults eat at fast food establishments. Economic Research Service figures show that in 1963 fast food restaurants made up 22 percent of the total eating establishments and accounted for 15 percent of the sales. The percentage of fast food restaurants climbed to 29 percent in 1967, 38 percent in 1972, 42 percent in 1977 with 38 percent of sales and 45 percent in 1982. In 1971 there were 30,000 fast food restaurants across the United States. By 1979 there were an estimated 140,000 fast food establishments. Fast food eating increased in popularity because of the expanded menus which now include salad bars, potato bars, chili, tacos, pizza, gyros, roast beef, chicken, ham and fish. John Wade, sociology instructor, said Americans turn to fast food restaurants because of the convenience. ''The popularity of fast food restaurants is a reflection of our fast paced society," Wade said. "We value time more than economics," Wade added. "We tend to value convenience not quality.'' Ruth Dow, School of Home Economics assistant dean, said there is a ''socialbility factor' ' in eating at fast food restaurants. Dow added that Americans may be eating relatively inexpensive meals "on the run" and could be robbing themselves nutritionally. ''The key to eating at fast food restaurants is to be aware of the choices," Dow said. Dow pointed out that it is getting easier eat a well balanced meal at a fast food restaurant because of the ~alad and potato bars." Robert Valois, health education instructor, said fast food is very high in calories, but conceded that "fast food doesn't kill you .'' Valois believes the problem is people eat a lot of fast food, which means you have your amount of calories for the day before you have your daily recommended requirements. "Moderation is the key to eating fast food," he said. "It is tough to eat a little from each food group at fast food restaurants," Valois added. From this one could gather that they should eat one night at McDonald's, the next at Paliai's, etc .. .. The truth is the fast food industry has gotten big and varied enough that we could do this, in moderation of course. - Crystal SchrofD
Dave McKjnncy And the daily diet is ... burgers, fries & Coke There used to be this professional wrestler who was on a television station at home. Pepper Gomez, the guy with the cast iron stomach. He always let his imposing opponents jump on that gut of his, and it never phased him. I was never into idol worship, but looking back, I wonder what his secret was. At Eastern, my stomach has become a real wimp. It's making sounds; noises indicating that the grease my diet is soaked with isn't quite settling right; that it's had its fill of burgers and salty fries. Understand that the rumblings aren't rude or anything ; they're still quiet, but the noises may be a hint that fast food might be best when taken in moderation. Unfortunately, that's a far cry from my almost daily noon time binges at Hardees. It's one of those things, though, that I just can't help. Kind of like the noises from my paunch, I suppose. Where have you gone Pepper Gomez? I remember back when Pepper was upholding everything that was good in the ring, my ftfth grade science class conducted an experiment with white rats and fast food . Two of the rats ate normal food, stuff that was healthy, and the other ate what I eat every day: a cheeseburger, large fries, large Coke and a cookie. Well, the third rat swelled to the size of William Conrad (Cannon, remember?) and then died. Sure, the rat was fed the same thing three times a day. While I usually gobble that up now once a day, does it mean I could be on a careless path toward obesity and heart disease? I'm not one who usually trembles at warnings ftom the Food and Drug Administration based on force fed animals dying. I use saccharin aU the time. No problem. But just how harmful can a diet composed of fast food be? The only vegetables are the fries, and obviously the shoestring cuts are shriveled or starched with oil, depending on whether or not they're done all of the way. AJso, Pepsi Challenge or no Pepsi Challenge, I know that soda can't be as nutritional as milk. And what about the burgers they serve up? AJI the fuss about flame-broiling vs. charbroiling. I'm really not sold by a Gary Coleman double, saying that flame-broiling beats char-broiling hands down. Let's face it, these places are fighting for dollars just as fiertely as a chili and onion special can joust for position inside my stomach. I can say pretty much for sure that all of these corporate giants are through slapping hash at me. Like I said, fast food might be ok once in a while, but Pepper Gomez found our. The cast-iron stomach spiel just doesn't cut it anymore. I'm broke, I'm full, I'm tired of the same old thing, and I'm available for lunch. -David McKinney• Student Life/95
Where we could be at this time,,, War: An outdated practice of gaining control. Using open armed conflict in place of democratic means to determine power, rules and ownership. Many of the predictions made centered around equal rights. And many, including Wells, said equal rights would eventually become reality. However, there were others who considered the movement a silly whim that would be forgotten when the females invariably changed their minds. This would be the dictionary's definition if a 50 year-old prediction for life in the '80s had come true. Written for a 1929 issue of Popular Mechanics by H. G. Wells, the article gave answers to the questions of a curious public . They read about a world where socialism flourishes and there is actual equality of races and sexes, not merely lipservice. Free love has also progressed from a concept to a practice in this place. Some were skeptical but still read about these fantasy worlds. Nevertheless, society has remained fascinated not only with predictions for the distant future but with past predictions for the present . The predictions of Wells and other forecasters were overshadowed by the George Orwell novel, "1984". Recent interpretations of the novel gave the people evidence that some of the predictions have come true. Correct predictions include the invention of the picture watch , computers and practical applications for solar power. After World War II people viewed society optimistically and predicted that helicopters would replace automobiles, three dimensional movies would be projected onto the sky and energy sources would be so plentiful that it would be almost free. Much before that, some scientists said we would evolve into creatures looking like E.T. and that our minds would develop to the point that chess would be the number one spectator sport. Space travel was predicted correctly for the '60s and interstellar travel was expected by the end of the '80s. This prediction still has time to prove itself as new ones are constantly created for the future . Orwell did it his way, but the party took it all wrong Though the following does include many facts, a good percetJtage of this did not happen this year .. . honest. When the '80s matured to middle age, society was obsessed with past predictions and tried to place them in reality. Unfortunately, the root of the comparison was not a prediction but an ill-named novel. "1984" was a satirical and fictional book written as a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism. Author George Orwell was not worrying about scientific reality or any relevent forecasting when he wrote the book. Thirty-five years later the year 1984 arrived after a rwo month introduction of articles. The stories told about life in " 1984" and interest grew during the year. Magazines, newspapers and television all played up any similarities found and most ignored the differences or the book's original purpose. Members of society accepted the book's descriptions as tru ths. They knew they had an antagonist. And now, finally , the elite had broken their watchful silence to support the fight. The enemy was named - Government. It was large and the root of all their problems. 961 Student Life The two most common similarities society found between life and the book were the emergence of superpowers- further emphasized by their nuclear capabilities- and the growing amount of information becoming government knowledge. Society saw itself as a real life Winston. Both had realized what the government was doing. Just as Winston was worried by rhe changing or desrruction of literature, society worried about the government limitation of school literature. They also watched as the government stopped publication of thousands of pamphlets and weakened the Freedom of Imformation Act. Another thing that seemed horrible was the telescreen that constantly surveyed Winston . Not putting visible monitors up in homes seemed to make little difference. There were monitors in public places, as well as bugs and hidden cameras. There were also the police, FBI, CIA and the IRS who added one more form to fill out called W9. Winston was also concerned with the constant state of war. The government changed the enemy with no warning . People fought their enemies and then they defended them. Our society looked to the PLO. Even the biggest enemies like Russia were once allies. When there is fighting the government now hides what happens. When the U.S. attacked Grenada and Britain attacked the Falkland Islands the governments lied about the casualties and conquests, like the government did to Winston. The Canadian government helped inform the public in the fashion of the Brotherhood. The members of society continued to draw comparisons along these lines until the only people left unaffected were masses too preoccupied to care. The ruling elite delighted in this. They saw party members chasing the government in the wrong direction. The government itself was merely a creation of the elite used as bait. The supposed enemy diverted attention allowing the elite's grip to increase. Eventually, the movement neared its peak so the elite explained that the government wasn't their enemy. It was their ally . The real enemy was a far off country. But there was no need to explain this in the media- society knew. They had always known it. Now, they continue their revolution against the enemy with a faithful government serving them. -Hart Gately • Opposite page: The northeast entrance to the Buzzard Butfding is monitored by some year's greatest enigma.
Dates to remember: May 27 1995 : Students faculty and administration will try to look thoughtfully at the cornerstone laid 100 years earlier, marking Eastern's beginning. A tree will also be planted in honor of Bishop's Woods, the sight of the school, and stores will be littered with centenial notebooks and shot glasses. September 8, 1996: High School freshman will grimace each time someone points out their class is "nothing. " November 12, 1998: Prince will be pulled from our memories as radios insist on overplaying the oldie 1999. By january 3, 2001 people will tire of looking for huge black stones and eventually there will be a bar called the Black Monolith. Within 10 years: POLITICS: Puerto Rico will become a state. The United States will be scratching its head on where to put the star no. 51 and the flag companies will be very happy . SOCIAL: Frontal nudity makes it to daytime soap operas. Joan Collins looks good at 60 . TECHNOLOGY: Environmental groups will picket those who still use coal or gas instead of atomic energy which has become safer and cleaner. SCHOOL: At least 2 computer languages will be expected of new students. - Hart GatelyO Student Life /97
Getting around by leather or rubber Ah, the lovely sheltered college life. Eastern- a small Illinois college campus- was like my own little world. It was much easier to get around, to understand why things were where they were . Coming to this campus with a car made life all that much simpler. The square was in my back yard, even though I lived south of Carman Hall. Everything and everyplace was in my back pocket. I could walk to class or drive anyplace in Charleston in less than five minutes. Then I moved and decided to try walking everywhere. I gave my car a well-deserved rest. Walking opened up a new world within this tiny world called Charleston. I began to notice the charm of some of the old houses in this town . Stores and bars didn't seem that far on foot. People weren't just a blur on the sidewalk. There was no more "Did I just pass Jim?:' I could actually stop and talk to people on my way home. The changes in weather ended my leisurely walking around town. In cold weather you had to walk fast to generate heat, keep warm. Keeping warm became more important than going places and talking to people. The only talk I heard on the sidewalks was, "This weather sucks." or "It's cold, I gotta go." Still, everyone, me included, had to get to class. I soon became acclimated to the cold. Getting around town turned fun again. The season had changed and along with it, the imagery of the town changed. I wondered if other people walked around and saw this town as I did. You could walk everywhere in this town, see people walking everywhere. Everybody was doing it. Soon the warm weather returned and with it, hundreds of bicycles. They began their weave amongst the pedestrian traffic on campus and raced down the bicycle lanes on sixth street, racing the motor traffic. They moved with such abandon . An urge to move and move fast began to well up inside again. I needed to ride a bike, to go everywhere in a hurry. A friend of mine would let me borrow his bike. I traversed the city, riding up and back from the square to campus. I began riding on lawns and jumping curbs like a kid . This youthful urge died when my legs gave out. Photos by Kathy Kozurck 98 I Student Life I stopped looking for other ways to get around after the bike experiment. Bikes were for those with energy to burn . Cars were for those with little energy and cars need more room than Charleston has. I was somewhere in between those two. Just enough energy. I decided to stick to walking, like the majority of the students here . - Len Krasnowski 0
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Drugs: Turning illicit pleasures into hard business The following is an entry from a drug dealer at Eastern who agreed to be interviewed only zf his name was withheld. Drugs are plentiful enough around here. The big dealers know that this campus isn't that big and they need to keep a low profile. Yet a balance between getting caught and keeping the customers happy is achieved. Still, dealing is dangerous. It's a buyers market which doesn't help matters much. First I have to buy from the big guys. They usually make the rules. They set the price and the pickup time. I'm always prompt. Dealers like promptness. The big guys also play it safe. They don't like to get too friendly with their customers. If you are friends with a. big dealer they sometimes give special favors or go out of their way to get you something. It has to be a very secretive relationship though. You don't want any other dealers to get the same favors. I like having a very businesslike relationship with my supplier. That's really what dealing is - a business. But like any business it has occupational hazards. I've been through a lot for my customers. One time on the way home from a pickup a friend and I were pulled over by a county sheriff. I had a pound of pot in my coat and I though for sure we were busted. He didn't do anything to us though. I don't carry pounds around in my coat anymore. I'm much more careful now. I try to play it safe all the time, especially with my customer. Sometimes you'll sell to anybody, even people you've never seen before. That's not good in a town this size. I know enough trustworthy people here so I don't have much of a problem with new customers coming to me . It depends on what kind of drug you're selling. Some are harder to get rid of. It also depends on the cash flow situation. Prices vary greatly here and the supply, demand, quality and the type of drug effect sales to varying degrees. But sales are good and I can get just about anything I want from the major suppliers. Pot is always around and there's 100 I Students Life usually someone who will take a good amount off my hands; whether it be a neighbor or a friend. Nobody is really ever priced out of this market. If someone wants pot bad enough, they'll get it. The amount and price are usually haggled over but you know in the end they'll take it no matter how much it costs. The investment determines the seriousness of the haggling. "Dealing is a major investment and risk- and it's fun. It's almost a high itself taking such a risk. The greater the risk, the better the high. ' ' Say they're buying a quarter ounce of good sinsemilla-a high grade seedless pot-which costs from $35 to $40, I don't let the arguing go on too long. If they are defiant, I tell them if they don't buy it someone else will. It's a pressure tactic that usually leaves the customer with no choice because he can't get it anywhere else . He may not be happy but he'll be back when he wants more. My motto is we don 't need a satisfied customer. He knows I have the advantage and I like to make the most of that advantage. Don' t get me wrong, I'm not ruthless and hated by every pot-smoker on campus. People like to complain even when it's futile . I use this basic fault in our nature to keep what could be an unruly customer in line . College-aged people like to get high, alter their consciousness. A pot high is very much like a liquor high, except smoking a joint doesn't take as much time as drinking a six-pack. That's one of the reasons pot is so popular with students-it's quick and easy, no hangovers-but it doesn't last as long as liquor. The users don't run as much of a risk of getting caught as the dealers in Charleston. For one thing they can light up in the safety of their apartment or dorm room and no one would know they were getting high. When I started getting high the risk of getting caught was part of the fun of it. Now it's almost too easy. As for the dealer, he is playing with his life every time he brings five or six pounds into town. It's a major investment and risk-and it's fun. It's almost a high itself taking such a risk. The greater the risk, the better the high. And there are greater risks out there than selling pot. Speed is a big thing with college students, as is acid and - to a lesser extent- cocaine. Speed and cocaine are kind of like cure-ails except it costs 20 to 40 times as much for a decent cocaine high. Speed can cost anywhere from a quarter to a dollar for a hit, and keep you up all night, depending on whether it's real speed or a caffeine tablet. Cocaine - the rich man's high - costs $100 a gram and a gram could last a night if you want it to. It costs around $2,2 50 an ounce which prices most college students out of the market. Even a gram is too expensive for most college students. Price adds to the risk of dealing cocaine. Speed is safer and is easier to sell. I can sell up to 1000 tablets of lousy caffeine in a weekend and double my investment. On the top of my list for thrills and chills is LSD . Acid scares people. It's a hallucinogen and has mind bending effects that last longer than any other drug I know. It's classified, as is cocaine, as a narcotic and can bring a stiff jail sentence to the seller of it. But unlike cocaine its price makes it more available to the average student. It can cost from three to five dollars for a little tab of blotter paper. A lot of careful preparation goes into the acquisition, selling and doing of acid. It usually comes in blotter sheets of 100 and sometimes it comes in microdot form. It usually doesn't sell quite as fast as speed. Sometimes the effects are slightly uncontrollable and you have to make sure you don't have anything too important to do the five to twelve hours it lasts. The so-called "bad trips" don't happen so often but sometimes I'll have a customer come back and say ''Man, Ralph was bouncing off the dorm room walls last
night.'' I just tell them not to do as much next time and they'll be alright-if they decide there'll be a next time. Selling and doing drugs in a college town isn't like selling them back home . There's no parents to hide from, you have a lot of free time with nothing to do, you are surrounded by friends, some with nothing on their minds but finding the next high. The situation is ideal for a dealer. Drugs are just as popular now as they were when I was dealing in high school and I don't expect the dealers in this town to get run out on a rail too soon. If they did there would be someone there to take their place. Drugs are going to be a fixture in college towns for a long while. - Interview by Len Krasnowski and Hart Gately D This page: While sharing drugs and making lines of cocaine may be common among users, this rarely happens between buyers and sellers. Most times dealers like to keep the relationship businesslike so they are less likely to be traced through users. Student Life/ 101
Academics Entry 04: Academics is having to deal with teachers and the administration. I guess the big story was the search for a president after Dan Marvin resigned. Then Stan Rives was moved up from vice president for academic affairs to the post of acting president. It seemed like the search process went on forever. In a way it did. It lasted practically all fall semester. Finally, they ended up naming Rives as Marvin's permanent replacement. Then another void was formed where Rives' old post was in academic affairs. That's probably why it seemed like the search went on forever- because the shuffle at Eastern had resumed. It took so long for Rives to be inaugurated, too. It was supposed to be in January but they held it back; probably because they wanted nice weather when it took place. To most of us academics meant toiling to bring up or keep up our GP A. When the proposed plan to modernize grading to a plus/- minus system was introduced, voices were raised to stop that idea; and those voices eventually won. The only thing which evoked equal concern was the national issue dealing with the draft requirement. The federal requirement did seem unconstitutional. But hey, they are giving us the money aren't they? I'm just not sure if that gives them the right to pry into our patriotism. It's kind of touchy. And what about the our return to the coal conversion at Eastern . It's a nice idea to keep Illinois coal burning at Illinois institutions but now they aren't saying whose coal they will burn. I wonder if opposition will start again, like it did in '81. Much of the debate was carried on by teachers. Even though I only knew teachers through classes or occasional stories in the paper, I seemed to form opinions about them like everyone else. They were OK, fair, effective, biased or whatever. Weird, how the things some liked about a teacher others hated. A group of experts questioned how educators plan to handle students in the future during a summer forum. They decided the future is unwritten. Contents President Marvin Resig ns . . .. I 04 Search For New President ........ I 06 Rives Named New President. . 108 G rading Policy. . 11 0 Draft Requirement ... . ... . . ... Ill Board of Governors . . . . . . . . . . . . I I 2 Transfer Students ...... ...... . . 11 4 Ted Quinn ............... . .. 11 6 Foreign Students . . . .... I 17 Coal Conversion .. 11 8 Finals . . .. . .... . 120 Educa tion Seminar ........ .. ... 12 1
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School's out Marvin says farewell Denise Skowron On March 17, 1983 Daniel E. Marvin sent a letter to Eastern's faculty and staff stating that he was going to resign as Eastern's president af ter guiding the university for six years. This news came as a surprise to most of Eastern but Marvin had given this bombshell a couple of weeks thought before he dropped it. A search for a new president began almost immediately. Initial reactions on Marvin's resignation varied. Charleston of ficials thought he would be more beneficial to the community in his new position as prestdent and chief executive officer of the First National Bank of Mattoon and its holding company, First Mid-Illinois Bankshares, Inc. Eastern officials thought his loss would have a great effect on the university, he left Eastern off guard. His announcement came at a time when huge tuition hikes seemed evident. But Eastern's state turned out not being as bad as initially thought. He officially said goodbye to Eastern on june 30 to take his new job. Stanley Rives, vice president for academic affairs, then became Eastern's acting president. The search for a new president continued. Obviously, I loved Eastern, the people there- students and faculty alike- and the people in the community. Frankly, that is the thing I will miss the most in my new career. The opportunity to watch good things happen to young people is the thing that makes higher education unique. I don't think I'll be able to fill that void in my new job. The banking industry just doesn't lend itself to that sort of thing. It will be something that I'll probably miss for a long time. Obviously, the decision to break away from higher education was not made without an awful lot of struggle on my pan. It was far more difficult than the actual paning from Eastern . Leaving was anti-climactic once the decision was made . The decision was difficult to make because I've been associated with higher education, in one way or another, since I was 18. And in a sense, I didn't get out of college until I was 45 . However, I don't have any regrets about making the career change. I never have second thoughts about decisions. I work hard at doing things right the first time around . In terms of being a university president, there is a maximum period of time when a person can continue to make the maximum contribution. I don't claim that I reached the maximum contribution in my term at Eastern, I think I probably stopped shon of that. I think I saw Eastern through some of the worst periods, such as the budget problems last year, but at the moment the institution is in quite good condition. It's a marvelous place, and I believe it has a great future . I'd be less than honest if I didn't say I have a great interest in what happens to the university under the administration of the next president. In the position of universiry president, you have to love your job and work hard at it. You have to be willing to work all kinds of hours, different days of the week. You simply have to commit yourself 100 percent. And when you commit yourself 100 percent to anything, you take an interest in it which is hard to shake. So I have no question that there will be times when I wish they (Eastern's administration) would do things differently; but I can live with that. Although I'll miss Eastern considerably, my life is filled with all kinds of new challenges and, new problems. There will be plenty for me to deal with in my new career. I think the most exciting pan of the job for the moment is that I'm doing what I love-learning. Obviously, that is why I was in higher education. I am happiest when my learning curve is rapidly on the rise. I'm just thrilled by each day. Although I'm very satisfied with my new career in the banking profession and very happy about my new life, I won't forget my six years at Eastern. I wish the new president the very best. -Interview by Audrey B. DumentatO Fred Zwicky Opposite page: Former President Daniel E. Marvin ndes as Homecoming Parade Marshal with his family dun'ng the 1982 celebration commemorating Disney. This page, Top: Marvin displays a parking ticket he received with four hours left in his term, which ended June 30. University police foiled to recognize his car. Bottom: Marvin and his wtfe Maxine dine with Stanley Rives, second from the nght, who began to serve as acting president the next day, at Marvin's farewell picnic conducted in the picnic area near the campus pond june 30. Adademics/ 105
Brian Ormiston 106 I Academics The presidential search: filling Dan Marvin's shoes
Should he have blond hair and blue eyes or brown hair with a cleft chin and a permanent grin on his face? Should he be 6' 5" or 5'6"? Should he be married or single? Fortunately, these are probably some of the least important factors that were considered in the search for the man who was to fill the top administrative position, in other words, the candidate eligible to be Eastern's next president. The presidential search process began long ago on the bleak day of March 17, 1983, when former Eastern President Daniel E. Marvin announced his resignation. Marvin accepted a position as president and chief executive officer of the First National Bank of Mattoon and its holding company, First Mid-Illinois Baneshares, Inc. Although Marvin's resignation was not effective until June 30, the organization of presidential search committees began at the April 7 Board of Governors meeting. BOG Executive Director Donald Walters announced the formation of the board search committee, consisting of five BOG members and Walters serving as board committee adviser. The board committee established a list of presidential qualifications necessary for Eastern's next president, set up a tentative time table for the entire search process and began advertising for the not-so-common job opening. Walters came to Eastern's campus April 11 to meet with Facutly Senate and student government leaders to discuss the selection process of the campus advisory search committee , a group devised to assist the BOG in the presidential selection. "We (the board) will be working with this advisory committee towards a common goal, to find the best president possible for Eastern," Walters said. Through campus elections and official appointments, the campus committee was formed, consisting of 17 members. The committee included a representative from the Faculty Senate , six faculty members, one of Eastern's vice presidents, a dean, a professional non-union administrator, a department chairman, three students, two civil service workers and Eastern's Alumni Association president. Faculty Senate selected Jeffrey Lynch as campus committee chairman and the first meeting of the advisory group was May 6, where members discussed ground rules, reviewed the tentative time calendar and examined the presidential qualifications. The next move in the search process was made by the board committee, who reviewed presidential applications received before June 1, the cut off date. After examining resumes until June 9, the board committee narrowed the the candidates down in an executive session on June 11 . Lynch said the board committee sent the campus committee 28 candidate resumes fo r review, which was cut further to " 20 acceptable applications'' by the campus committee. The 20 applications were returned to the board committee , who cut the list down to 12 applicants who were eligible for personal interviews with the board committee. Jim Brand Opposite page, Left: Thomas Porter, one of the fi"nal three candidates in Eastern's presidential search, speaks with student government members. Right: Final candidate number two Donald Schwartz meets the local press. This page: Stanley Rives, former vice president for academic affairs speaks with local media. Meanwhile , at the June 20 BOG meeting, Stanley Rives, provost and vice president for academic affairs, was appointed acting president of Eastern, effective July 1. Personal interviews of the presidential hopefuls were conducted July 15-17 by the board committee at the O'Hare Hilton in Chicago. There the candidates were narrowed down from 12 to eight. On Aug . 29 , the first of the eight presidential hopefu ls arrived at Eastern's campus. Each candidate was arranged with a two-day interviewing schedule with faculty, staff and students. The last candidate interview was Sept. 27. The campus committee narrowed the candidate list from eight to five and sent resumes and recommendations of the presidential hopefuls to Springfield, to be placed in the hands of Walters. In a special telephone conference, Walters and the board committee decided on the three finalists for Eastern's next president. The Oct. 15 BOG meeting held at the O'Hare Hilton in Chicago signified a completed mission in the presidential process with the announcement of Eastern's new president Stanley Rives. Just think , through that whole process, which was described as being "long and exhausting," the BOG selected Rives, our own man from Eastern . A lot of money could have been saved by the board with just a single trip to Old Main . - Sheila Billerbeck D Academics/ 107
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New man at the top More than sitting behind a desk As Eastern's top administrator, President Stanley Rives said he believes life at the top requires more than sitting behind a desk, signing papers and looking official. Rives acquired the job as president Oct. 16, going down in Eastern's history as the university's sixth president, ending a seven-month-long presidential search to replace former Eastern President Daniel E. Marvin. His former responsibilities before becoming president included provost and vice president for academic affairs since January 1, 1981 and more recently being named acting president July 1, 1983 . An immediate priority the new president faced was seeking a replacement to fill his former post, vice president for academic affairs. The search for a new VPAA was underway shortly after Rives took office and Margaret Soderberg was named acting vice president. A list of Rives' long-range goals was established throughout the presidential campaign. The top priorities included the continuance of quality in academic programs, enrollment stability and finding more adequate funding for the university. Rives said he believes the president should make sure the university continues to offer the best possible academic programs. A successful institution is made of a good combination between faculty and students, he added. "I believe we have a good faculty that is fundamentally committed to providing the best possible education. ''The problem with quality programs we face is not one of change, but keeping the university in the positive direction it is go mg. However, when the enrollment exceeds 10,000 students, as it did in the fall of 1983, "the quality of education is diminishing.'' Rives said he would like Eastern 's enrollment to remain stable at 10,000 students "because the institution was funded for that amount. ''Unless we receive resources to accommodate adequately the number of students we have, the only responsible thing to do is cut back on enrollment," Rives said. He added that a balance between enrollment and the amount of funding the state provides needs to exist. To get Eastern's budget at an adequate level, Rives said legislators need to realize the university's underfunded situation . He pointed out that Eastern produces the most credit hours at the least cost of any public university. Rives said he believes more funding is needed to provide faculty and administrative positions, improve the student-faculty ratio and enhance the quality in academic programs. "I believe there are problems at this institution that couldn't be solved without the addition resources we deserve.'' Besides striving to achieve his institutional goals, Rives must also maintain a relationship outside his office . "The president is viewed as the institution" and must deal with the campus, community and public officials. ' 'A president who always sits behind the desk is not doing a good job." Rives said he believes in talking to people about the needs of the institution because "if the public is not supportive of the institution and higher education, we're not going to get support from the state to continue doing our job.'' He pointed out that a president's problems are "always changing.'' Rives said he enjoys constantly being faced with different challenges. "I don't have the same challenges one week as I do the next. Challenges make my job interesting.'' However, the life of the president is not always one of goalreaching and challenge-facing. Getting away from his official responsibilities, Rives enjoys canoeing and especially sailing on Lake Shelbyville, "because it is so relaxing." As a man dedicated to the institution he serves, Rives has set a list of goals that he is determined to reach in an effort to keep Eastern's "good, solid reputation for quality academic programs.'' -Sheila BillerbeckO Photos by Brian Ormiswn Opposite page: Former vice president for academic affairs Stanley Rives speaks at the Radio Television Center after becoming Eastern's top administrator. This page: Rives answers questions regarding his new position as president. Several representatives of area media attended the brief press conference. Academics I 109
Altered grading scale proposal fails Grade point averages are a always a concern of students. This year, some students felt their grade point averages were threatened by a new grading policy. Others believed it would give credit where credit was due . The policy would have modified Eastern's traditional grading scale, which allows only the straight letter grades of A, B, C, D and F, so that teachers could award a plus or minus to students when they felt it would be appropriate on the final semester grade reports. This, of course, would help or hurt students' GPAs. The change in grading was first brought up in the spring of 1982 and was discussed and debated for more than a year by university officials, the Student Senate, the Faculty Senate, teachers and students. Pat Wright, Council on Academic Affairs chairman and author of the proposal, said the proposed system would have allowed instructors to add distinction to the grades they issued. However, CAA member Pat McAlistar said if the proposed scale was passed, a great inequity would have risen if one instructor used the scale and another did not. A survey of 570 Eastern instructors showed that 49 .9 percent were in favor of the change . Eastern students also had mixed feelings about the proposed grading system. This page: Eastern President Stanley Rives meets with the Student Senate to discuss the proposed plus I minus grading p olicy in Oc110 I Academics Some students felt it would help their grade point average . Freshman Milan Kovacevich said he believed the plus/ minus system would be more precise than the traditional one . Junior Brett Bjork said the system should remain the same because the proposed system threatened student's grade point averages. Other students were worried that if the grading system was modified it would make Eastern's grades difficult to compare with other universities' systems. Students fears and hopes never materialized though because the proposed grading policy was never ratified. The CAA voted down the proposed scale expansion on Oct. 27 . The range of 12 grades in the plus/ minus scale was rejected because teachers could not be forced to use the scale. This would have resulted in a lack of uniformity. But a minority of CAA members still felt the proposed scale would add greater distinction and clarity to the traditional grading scale. If the grading policy had been modified to allow plus- minus grades on the final reports, some GPAs may have been hurt. However, the real amount of work other students did might have been more evident. This would not be seen this school year. - Amy Zurawski D tober. The proposal was debated for more than a year by faculty and students but voted down by the Counczf on Academic Affairs October 27.
Financial aid is not always the easiest thing to attain. In the summer of 1983, Uncle Sam made it harder. It was the first year that Uncle Sam required male students to show that they were registered for the draft before they could receive financial aid. A Supreme Court ruling this summer said that male students are required to show proof of registration to receive Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunies, National Direct Student Loans, Guaranteed Student/Plus Loans, Illinois State Scholarship Commission Grants or be a part of the College Work-Study program. Some students took it in stride. Others didn't agree or understand the ruling. Freshman Don Stuber, who applied for the Pell Grant, thought nothing of the ruling. "I think you ought to register anyway," he said. Sophomore Marty Ryan rationalized the Supreme Court ruling to his own situation. "The government is giving you money, and one day the government might need to use you ,'' Ryan said. For others, the ruling was not so easy to swallow. Junior Floyd Akins, who recieves Pell Grant, ISSC and a Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, had registered for the draft several years ago. He did not understand why the ruling was put into effect after draft registration had been going on for six years. ''What does registering for the draft have to do with getting aid anyway?" he asked. Akins found other flaws in the ruling. "An incoming student might be too young to register for the draft.'' Akins asked "Would that mean they couldn't get aid?" There were also questions about the ruling's constitutionality. Junior Joe Butler, who did not register for the draft because he is ''morally opposed to war,'' did apply for the Illinois Guaranteed Student Loan. He believes the ruling is unconstitutional and it will be overturned. He said the ruling is in violation of the 14th amendment or the "due process of the law'' amendment, which states that everyone is guaranteed a fair trial and are innocent before proven guilty. Butler said the ruling violates the amendment by prosecuting those opposed to the draft who apply for financial aid. ''The defense's case in the Supreme Court case was they were convicting someone for not registering before they go to trial.'' "I haven't been in a trial and now I'm being convicted just because I want money," Butler said. Some students will continue to worry, others will not think about it. But, we've barely begun to see the effect this ruling will have on our campus and other campuses across the country. -Len KrasnowskiD Academics I 111
Getting Eastern's money: Where does Eastern get all the bucks which keep this university in working condition? Almost any Eastern student would say, ''They keep making money off of us students by raising tuition every year." However, tuition only accounts for a part of the funds Eastern expends. For the most part, Eastern is a state-supported institution. In other words, Illinois taxpayers are giving students money for school so students can grow up and become the taxpayers of tomorrow. In fact, these taxpayers are quite generous. This year, they kindly contributed over $32 million to Eastern to supplement the $8.2 million college students coughed up in tuition and fees for good ole Eastern. However, the process of getting the money from the taxpayers is not all that simple. Governor "Big Jim" Thompson does not just hand Eastern administrators a check at the beginning of each school year. In order to receive funds from the state, the administrators have to play the "budget game." This is where things get complicated. As Vice President for Administration and Finance George Miller put it, ''Budget planning is more of an art than a science." Budget planning for Eastern starts at the department level. Based on certain planning perameters and on institutional missions and goals, each department submits budget requests in the form of new and expanded programs or recurring programs, to their respective deans and directors. Phoros by Madeleine Doubek 112 I Academics The deans and directors review the requests and add their own input before they pass the budget requests on to the appropriate one of three Eastern vice presidents. After vice presidential review and consideration, the requests are next forwarded to the Council on University Planning and Budgeting. Recommendations from the CUPB about the budget requests go directly to the big guy, Eastern's president (without passing go or collecting $200). The president must formulate a total budget, which he does with the assistance and advice of his vice presidents. The budget then gets taken away from the university and placed into the waiting hands of the Eastern's controlling board the Board of Governor's staff. The BOG staff conducts hearings for the budget and ultimately makes a recommendation to the full board. If the BOG passes the money plan, it travels on to the Illinois Board of Higher Education staff members, who also conduct hearings. Their advice and recommendations are sent to the IBHE who also take action on the budget proposal. (Take a little breather here, we are nearing the home stretch.) If the IBHE gives the budget plan the go-ahead, a bill is prepared to be submitted to the Illinois House of Representatives or Senate. Once in the Illinois General Assembly, the bill will first be referred to a committee. More hearings will be held before the
a BOG task final recommendations are forwarded to the appropriate legislative body. The bill is then voted on, but by this point it probably includes a number of amendments. If both bodies of the General Assembly pass it, the bill then makes a stop at the governor's desk. The governor can do three things with the bill: (1) sign it, creating a law, (2) veto .it, or (3) amend it by deleting items. If he amends it, it must go through the GA again to be reconsidered. If the money is appropriated (bill is passed) , the university must conduct an internal budget procedure in which specific line item amounts are allocated to each department. From this detailed line item budget, purchases, payroll, etc., are met. However, Eastern doesn' t do the distributing of funds itself. Miller said that Eastern "actually never sees the state funds." When Eastern's bills start to roll in, they are sent off to the state comptroller (with more paperwork), who does the actual check-writing. In other words, Eastern is still attached to the state's apron strings. Mama Illinois still has control over the coin purse , but as long as the budget game continues, things should run as smoothly as they have in the past. -Audrey B. DumentatD Left: Matt Glover, former Board of Governors' student representative for Eastern, and former Eastern President Dan Marvin consider what Eastern's budget may be in the fall at a BOG meeting conducted Apnf 8, 1983 in Spn'ngfield. Bottom BOG Executive Director Donald Walters discusses the possibtfity of a tuition increase with BOG Chairman Donald Bufalino. Academics/ 113
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Above: Former Eastern student Bob Atac, now a senior majoring in engineering at the University of Illinois, spends part of his winter break repairing of his computer. Opposite page: Atac shows his fiance Sue a picture of himself which appeared in the 1980Warbler. Student transfers to get U of I degree Bob Attac is a computer engineering major at the University of Illinois. He transferred from Eastern after completing the two year pre-engineering program in 1982. I decided, during my senior year in high school, to go to Eastern and then transfer to the University of Illinois. After I found out I couldn't go to the U of I with my grades, I talked to a dean there and he told me the place to go was Eastern. Because of the close ties between the universities, I could transfer all of my classes with no problem. There was communication between the two schools on the courses as well as the content. When I registered at the very beginning of my freshman year, they gave me a schedule. In effect, all the courses I took were preplanned except humanities. I liked the school, but I never thought about staying; I wanted to major in engineering. When it was time, I just filled out the registration forms for U of I and turned them in in February. I didn't find out until April that I was accepted. I guess I would have tried for the Illinois Institute of Technology or Southern, but I only applied for one school. That was pretty stupid, but I had this bullish idea that I was going to the U of I and that's all there was to it. When I started it was weird at first. Some of the coldness of the other students was strange. Not all the students were that way, but that was the overall feeling there. Also, it was hard to get used to the fact that most of the teachers didn't want to help you at all. Coming from a lax school, it's hard to get into the competition scene. The competition is almost ruthless where as at Eastern it's almost nonexistent. It comes in two forms: competition against other students and competition against the school. The school takes an active role in trying to make students drop out by creating drop-out courses like Rhetoric and Chern . 101. I'd guess a quarter of the students don't get good enough grades to make it into the Engineering school. For the most part, Eastern prepared me just as well without all that. The class sizes at Eastern also helped. At U of I beginning chemistry classes have an average of 1,000 people in them. Same with rhetoric, and physics classes averaged 500 students; so you could forget seeing your teachers. At Eastern my chemistry class had 100 people, maybe 20 in rhetoric and 30 in physics. I'm definitely glad I went to Eastern first. I had two years of fun while U of I undergrads had two years of hell. -Interview by Hart GatelyD Academics I 115
Cross country bike trip to Cape Cod worth six long weeks of traveling Ted Quinn, an English i~structor, traveled 1351 . 6 mtles by bicycle, to Cape Cod, Mass. this summer. His wtfe Christine, his daughter Deborah, 16, and sons, Walter, 17, Patn.ck, 8, and Rogan, 6, also traveled with him. It took us six weeks to travel to Cape Cod. We wanted a long trip with a beautiful destination . My sister lives in Cape Cod and we had talked for a couple of years about taking this trip. We were just waiting for the right summer. Our children would be graduating soon which would make the opportunity to travel together less likely. We started off easy on our mileage each day and gradually worked up to the point of our last two days traveling 150 miles. We averaged 40 or more miles a day . Our supplies were pulled in carts behind the bikes. We had three carts and in one cart we had the two youngest children and six sleeping bags. In the maio supply cart we had whatever food we needed. At the beginning of the trip we had several day's supply of food such as potatoes. As the trip went on, we bought our food everyday. The food budget ran around $15 everyday. We ate a lot of peanut butter and jelly and about nine loaves of bread a day. We also drank a soy protein supplement for extra energy. We also had whatever water we were using which usually averaged about eight gallons a day and some beer of course. Since we were on bikes and break-downs do occur, we were prepared with about 25 pounds of bike tools. We had the usual flat tires that occur on any bike trip of this type. We also caried Coleman fuel, a gasoline stove, and a couple of 116/ Academics Rich Viano This page: English instructor Ted Quinn, who along with his famtfy traveled to Cape Cod, Mass. on bicycle, prepares for a shorter tnp- home from classes. cameras. Each cart weighed from 100 to 200 pounds. Walter and I hauled the heaviest carts and Christine and Deborah traded off with the lightest. What made the trip so exciting was its unpredictability. We knew we would ride our bikes everyday so many miles, but we never knew where we would end up staying at the end of the night. We tried to avoid places where the 'normal' tourists were and never stayed in motels. Instead we would ask owners if we could stay on their land. A major experience in the day was finding a place to stay. Some of the places we staying at were farms, pasture land, cemetary, church, airport and abandoned houses. We stayed inside houses if the owners asked us in and the weather was bad. I had traveled many times through that area in a car and crossing a mountain on a bicycle was not like crossing it in a car for obvious reasons. The travel is much slower and is more beautiful sometimes. Crowded roads also seem exaggerated. In some ways our experience was almost schizophrenically divided between our interaction among people on the road, mainly motorists versus bikers, and interaction with people on overnight stops. The majority of the motorists rudely passed closely by the bicycles. They were impatient if they had to wait behind us if the roads were too narrow or it was not convenient to pass. I did not have a good impression of Americans as motorists. The driver turns into his own car - he is the car. Bikes sometimes represent an irritating form of travel that really does not go very well on a highway especially with a lot of cars. We tried to take the back road, but in parts of the country especially in Pennsylvania, we were on state roads. The country roads were usually dirt. People did turn us down occasionally when we needed a place to stay, but quite a few people didn't. I know we looked a little strange, unlike the people in the the immediate area. I am sure we looked like gypsies on bicycles, but we didn't look dangerous, partly because the children were with us. I don't think people who have never done bike riding, much walking or exercising would find this type of trip a very pleasant expenence . We did not find it trying except for those few days in Pennsylvania where we traveled 30 miles and walked 25 of them up hills. We came back in a rented car because we wanted to stay longer with my sister since we hadn't seen her in six years. It was a choice between staying with family or making a point of traveling both ways on the bike . Family ties were more important. I think it was by far my best summer ever and it was the best way to travel for me. I have no regrets about taking the trip; it was constantly enriching. -Interview by Beth Kenny and Julie JacksonD
lllinois farmland far from Hollywood 'Spontaneous' lifestyle in Charleston surprises student from Greece Thomas Georgiou may be a foreign student, but he is no stranger to the United States. He first came from Greece to the United States five years ago as a high school exchange student in the Youth for Understanding program. He attended Newton High School, a small school40 mtles south of Charleston, his senior year and received his diploma there. After his experiences during his stay in high school, Georgiou wanted to attend an Amencan university. He received a scholarship at Eastern and made his decision final. When I first came to America I had visions of Hollywood and the glittery life you see in movies and television. I arrived here in the eastern Illinois area and all I saw was farmland . This area is quite green and lush compared with Greece, which is usually very dry. Getting used to a rural environment was a difficult transition. People's lives are much more hectic in Greece than in America where I have found people tend to be more relaxed. I have even been to larger cities in America, including Chicago, but the atmosphere is still more relaxed than in Greece. In Greece everyone seems to be on a stricter schedule as to when they work, relax, sleep, etc. Here in America, people seem to be more spontaneous. If Americans want to go out on a Monday night they do. People in Greece go out just on the weekends. But once I stayed here for a while, I learned to love the easy relaxed lifestyle, especially the Illinois area with its agricultural base . I love farming and wish I had the opportunity to be a farmer. One thing that was hard to comprehend when I came here is how kids would go out and get plastered with alcohol. I think I have drank more since being in America than I ever did back in Greece. Alcohol is readily available in Greece since there is not a standard legal drinking age . That, I guess, makes the preoccupation with alcohol less. If I had stayed in Greece to get a college education, I probably would have had to attend a technical school because there are only about ten universities in Greece . The standards are very high to get accepted in these univerThis page: Junior Thomas Georgiou, a foreign student, has had his problems adjusting to the American way of life but he finds the advantages by far outweigh the disadvantages. Suzanne Cummings sities and none of them have an environmental biology major. That is one of the reasons I came to Eastern- to major in environmental biology. Many times, America's schools and educational systems are compared to Europe's with claims that European systems are superior. I have to disagree. In Greece and other European countries the mathematical education is superior, yet America's schools have a varied curriculum which makes a more well-rounded person. In Europe, I personally think the education benefits those who want to be a specialist. With America's education you can acquire a variety of knowledge. I think my education here in America has been very beneficial even though after I graduate this summer my diploma will not be recognized in Greece . Greece does not want to hire the influx of Americans with degrees or people with American degrees because of the high unemployment there. Someone who has been very beneficial in seeing that I get my education is my landlord, Harold Malehorn, an elementary education instructor (at Eastern). He has really helped out during my stay in Charleston. It is very hard to meet my tuition deadlines in the summer while I am back in Greece and Harold has covered for me until I could repay him. I have been at Eastern four years and since then my tuition has tripled because the value of the American dollar has increased on the common market. All in all, American's and Eastern's hospitality toward me has been very good. My only complaint would have to be with Eastern's International Students Services. I think this service could plan more activities for foreign students to orientate us with America and Eastern in the way of customs and language. I was lucky because I had already been to America and spoke English. I have friends who were not as familiar. In my case, I never thought there was always a person I could turn to when I needed help or advice except the secretaries. But the secretaries would try to be as helpful as possible. -Interview by Julie JacksonD Academics I 117
State, federal funding rekindle Ah yes, the coal conversion project. A few years ago Eastern's Physical Plant was preparing to switch from natural gas generated energy to coal generated energy. Surrounding the conversion project were questions. What type of coal was going to be burned. What filter system was going to be used. And, why was Eastern going to change back to coal, when ten years earlier Eastern changed to gas heating. Students and area residents organized a group called Camp Against Coal. The organization was concerned with the use the baghouse emission control system, which filters the waste produced. The groups complained that the baghouse system is only 90 percent effective and that there is no dumping facility located in Charleston to store the collection of fly ash from the sulfer dioxide . Administrators said the baghouse system was 98 to 99 percent effective. Camp Against Coal also hinted that there were political motives behind the coal conversion project. Gov. Jim Thompson wanted Illinois institutions burning state coal to keep coalminers at work, they said. But the administration said it had no idea where the coal was going to come from . The rhetoric got hot and heavy. Then the music stopped. The conversion project was postponed, along with several other university projects in February of 1982 because of a shortage in state funds. And with it, the debate stopped. But, in the summer of 1983, murmurs of a reconstituting the conversion project began. The trick was getting the funds. Eastern's Assistant Physical Plant Director Martin Ignazito said a representative from the governor's office announced in May that the U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Grant Program for Schools and Hospitals could offer funding for Eastern's coal conversion project. If the federal grant was approved, there was a good chance that the state would match the feds, but Ignazito said he was skeptical that the state would hold up its end. His skepticism was raised because Thompson was pushing to get his bugdet, the one with the temporaty income tax increase in it, passed. But it was passed and things looked good for the conversion project, but the other state's half had to be met. The fall came and the fiscal rhetoric got hot among local officials. "You've got a $10 million coal reconversion p~oject on your campus that no one wants," Rep. Harty "Babe" Woodyard, RChrisman, said. Both he and State Senator Max Coffey, R-Charleston were skeptical of the project, but they and the rest of the General Assembly passed a bill which gave Eastern more funding for the project. After the bill was passed, both Republicans were critical of the project. 118 I Academics Kelly Huff "I haven't talked to anyone who wants it," Woodyard told The Dazfy Eastern News about the project. Coffey told the News the reconversion's costs troubled him because in the late 1960s Eastern switched from coal to gas. "Now all of a sudden we'.re switching back to coal. I'd like some assurances that we're not going to switch again another ten years down the road, '' Coffey said . Woodyard also said he saw no signs that money was going to be saved by the conversion to coal, and said there is no assurance that Illinois coal is going to be burned. But, none-the-less, the pair voted for the conversion project and Thompson passed the bill which brought the project's total funding to $8.5 million. Ignazito said, "nothing is guaranteed," in response to the pair's comments. He added that the new conversion plan is a
coal conversion project's life way to make sure Eastern is capable of receiving the cheapest energy source at all times. "Those who can burn only one fuel are in trouble," he said. With the system, Eastern would be capable of burning both coal and natural gas, Ignazito said. If it was affordable, oil burning capabilities would be constructed also. He said if there was a coalminers strike or if natural gas became expensive, Eastern would be able to cover itself. Ignazito added that it would take about three years from the time a contract is awarded for the system to be installed . He believed the contract would not be awarded until February 1985. As for potential protests, Ignazito said groups concerned about the environment would have little to complain about. "The equipment we will have is state of the art," he said. He added that the baghouse emission control system would be used but also a double alkali flu gas desulfurization system would in use . "You can't do better than that with the technology available," Ignazito said. "Somebody may complain," he added, but he believes that there should not be too much to complain about as far as the coal conversion project is concerned . - Matthew Krasnowski 0 This page: The inner workings of the Physical Plant's natural gas generated heating unit awaits the day when it will return to being generated by coal. The Physical Plant's Assitant Director Martin Ignazito said that date wt!l be with the next four years because Eastern has received funds from the federal and state governments. Academics/ 119
The final tests The living nightmare of finals week For 17 weeks my instructors let me get away with murder. The frequent cuts, tardiness, late assignments and assignments never handed in. They did not mean a thing to them during the second week in May. It was finals week. The perfect opportunity for an instructor to seek revenge. They could dangle an "A" in front of my face and, within the span of two hours, snatch it away and leave my grade point average dashed on the rocks. I knew I could be a good little student for a week. I could stay in Saturday night, finish my poetry final and hand it in Monday- on time . But the poetry final was the least of my worries. Three finals in a row on Tuesday had me dead scared. I spent Sunday and Monday buried under a pile of books and notes. I had to be a master of self-control, block out all interference. Why does the finals schedule always work against me? I never did anything to Dan Marvin or Stan Rives. Monday morning. So far so good. My roommates let me finish my poetry final in peace. Monday night. I was ready for my newswriting final. My philosophy ethics final was the next mountain to climb. The apartment was too quiet ... something was wrong. I hadn't seen my roommates all day. This surely was the calm before the storm. Tuesday morning. A rude awakening. Mike, my roommate began to move out. Why, of all days, did it have to be Tuesday? Visitors began to file in. "Goodbye, we're going home ," they said. This page: junior Irene Mtflard studies for finals in the Booth Library on May5 . 120 I Academics " Everyone out!" I replied. "I have to study for my Chaucer final!'' Didn't anyone else have any finals? I wondered if I was the only person not invited to a town party. I probably wouldn't have accepted any invitations anyway. Final number one. I tried not to panic but my palms were sweating. Arrgh! Mter looking at the exam, I came to a conclusion. The questions were dumb! It wasn't a final , it was a rerun of an assignment given the week before finals. I had wasted my time studying! Final number two. I thought some last minute studying wouldn't hurt. But where was my ethics book? Mike didn't pack it up, or did he? Panic set in. What was Sartre's point? Don't forget my examination booklet. More palm sweating. Screw this exam, I give up . When it was time for final number three, I didn't care anymore . I wanted to get drunk and forget everything. I was through sweating. GP A meant nothing. My mind was blank. From a bar stool at Ike's I wondered if it was only a dream. No, it wasn't a dream. I had somehow managed to survive a nightmare. A living nightmare. - Len Krasnowski D
Sue Oiler Miller The future of education questioned but forum does not offer answers On the morning of July 28 a forum met to answer ' 'The National Call for Excellence in Education.'' The group gathered at the Union Ballroom to respond to President Ronald Reagan's remark that educators are committing "educational disarmament.'' Somehow, David Imig, executive director of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, and a panel of five experts, including Jon Laible, dean of Eastern's college of arts and science and Robert Barger of Eastern's department of secondary education and educational foundations, never quite clearly answered a question which was bandied about by educators. in 1983 : Why are educational institutions across the land failing to teach the basics? The forum did present many peripheral topics, such as the quality of education in Japan and the master teacher concept. Imig stressed throughout the discussion that the American society is facing major societal-economic and political megatrends. These megatrends are caused by a shift in demographics as our society moves from the frost belt to the sun belt, from the youth to gray culture and from an Anglo-Saxon to a pluralistic society, Imig said. These megatrends will have definite impact on higher education, he said. One of the areas which will be affected is enrollment. Rather than selective admissions, there will be an open admissions policy. Instead of heavy youth population on campus, the ages of students will increase in variance. Imig said that faculties will no longer be autonomous. Class sections will feature team instruction instead of single-instructor teaching. Departmental accountability will increase. Another shift will be from the exclusiveness of an area of study to integrated learning, Imig said. Emphasis also will be placed on knowledge, rather than teaching. Also, universities will no longer be the single dispenser of education. They will cooperate with business, government, and other agencies in providing educational programs, Imig said. True, these educational whizzes could not give the audience a simple prescription to the nation's educational ailments at the forum, but neither could the 27 studies on education that were released in 1983. Imig said that for education "1983 is the year of study." Twenty-seven studies have been made in response to ''A Nation at Risk," a report released in 1983 which pointed out the pitfalls in American education, he added. Imig concluded that the worth of any report lies only in the action it generates. He asked if all the studies were really "action for the 80s or just an issue for the summer of '83 ." As the forum closed, the lack of answers left the educators and future teachers wondering how they could help the situation. The future of education is in the planning stages. - Sue Oiler MillerD This page: Outside the Union Ballroom David /mig, executive director of the Amen·can Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, left, and jon Laible, dean of Eastern's college of arts and science discuss societal-economic and political megatrends. !mig said the megatrends wzll have an impact on higher education during the ''The National Call for Excellence in Education '' forum conducted on july 28. Academics I 121
Activities Entry 05: Activities have their purpose. I guess we'd be bored without them. No activity is really a waste of time; they all serve a purpose. It's just that certain events don't interest to everyone. r71r"~-"'r':'l...-.,..,.........::-r-_._"7""_-:.""':'""~"""Tll.-.=--":!'ll::::.-lrr--, M y folks came down for Parents Weekend so that was cool. But I don't have any little brothers or sisters, so all Little People's weekend meant was 12-year-olds invading Marty's and kids shows on the lobby TV. Some people just don't get into events, and others just ignore them or forget about them. The RHA is good for people who have a lot of spirit or live on a close floor, but like others, I don't get excited about winning a free pizza or a rootbeer keg. So why get involved? But, I can't see anyone who wouldn't want to attend Homecoming or Crazy Daze. Those are a lot of fun with enough activities to please everyone. However, Greek Week and Almost Anything Goes are limited to select groups of people. But the UB events are fun for everyone. Then of course there's the infamous Mr. EIU pageant. Not quite my thing, but like I said, to each his- or her- own. Writers work at one of the publications. Musicians play in the different bands. Poli-Sci majors work with the Student Government. Radio people work with WELH. And all kinds of people work for the UB. All these activities make this place what it is. It gives us a chance to prove ourselves when we're not pencil pushing. Like Athletes, they do their own thing. I just wish DPMA got the kind of recognition the football team does. Just once. It's the same for other groups I'm sure. The Newspaper won an award but that comes up in bar talk as often as a minor's age. But I'm just as bad. There were some decent plays, but who talks about the people who build sets or work backstage? Everybody can't get that excited about all the honors or awards that Frats and other organizations win on campus, we are more concerned about what happens to us. But it gets us going when we are recognized. That's why we do it. Contents Little People's Weekend . . .. 124 Almost Anything Goes ...... 126 TV-Radio Center .......... _ ... 128 Student Senate 130 Funday . . .. 132 WELH . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 G reek Week . . ...... . . . .... 134 Student Publications. . . . 136 Miss Black EIU ....... . . .. . ... 137 Homecoming .... .. . . .. . . . ... 138 Marching Band .... .. . . . .. . ... 140
Living it up Eight-year-old gets taste of college life during Little People's Weekend Classes are boring, weekends of indulgence are tiresome, all-nighters are exhausting but trying to keep pace with an eight-year-old has got to be the ultimate. Mike, my younger brother, arrived at 6 p.m. Friday, and after he won by a notable margin in a game of Donkey Kong, we began our Little People's Weekend sponsored by the Residence Hall Association last spring. The first event was a magic show at Phipps Lecture Hall. The next event was casino night in Thomas Hall Food Service. Each participant bought a given sum of play money and then gambled infinitely at card games and table top horse racing. An auction held at the end of festivities enabled gamblers to buy various items such as mugs and t-shirts with their play money. Although I lived in Carman Hall, Mike was compelled to purchase a Taylor Hall mug. Mter a taste of Las Vegas we returned home . Mike then decided he wanted to find out what college students really do. For the next two hours we watched MTV, dipped some Skoal and conversed in a manner mom wouldn't like . We went to bed at 1 a.m. and set the alarm for 7:30 Saturday morning, a time I seldom see. For some reason, Mike found it necessary to wake up before the alarm and watch cartoons, needless to say this was something that more than pleased me. Later that morning we were treated to doughnuts and milk provided by the RHA at Stevenson Hall. Mter eyeing posters at some shops in Charleston, we went to the South Quad where the RHA held a picnic. Mike was more interested in looking at girls, his age and mine, than his hot dog. We spent the afternoon swimming in Buzzard pool. Due to the overwhelming turn out, each swimmer was alotted very little room to function . Soon after we found ourselves at the Union bowling lanes. At the video games section I got This page: As a famtly plays in the Library Quad, students discover that Little People 's weekend gives them a chance to become a part of their fomtly again dun·ng the time away from home. With both the Little People's events sponsored by RHA and Celebration '83 sponsored by the Arts Committee the quad was full of activity throughout the weekend. Opposite page, Left: Saba Ali, 6, and Anju Bagaja, 10, take a closer look at a pet rabbit on the quad whtle taking a break from the other activities. Right: Spectators watch as a blacksmith demonstrates the often forgotten sktll of shaping iron into tools. 124/ Activities revenge on the previous night's Donkey Kong defeat. Too tired to attend the showing of Bambi, we staggered back to Carman. Mike then wanted to know what the typical college student did on Saturday nights. Thinking quickly, I called Domino's. At 10:30 p.m. it was on to bed. Once again I set the alarm for the frightening hour of 7:30a.m. Luckily, Mike didn 't beat the alarm Sunday morning. Mike was fascinated by breakfast at the food service because he could eat as many little boxes of cereal as he wanted. At 9 a.m. our parents came to take Mike back. Resembling a zombie, I bid Mike and my parents farewell. Mike asked if he could stay the rest of the week, I managed to dodge that question. As my family drove off, I could imagine the stories Mike had to tell. I didn't dwell on the subject for too long though, instead I turned my attention to thoughts of a much-needed nap. - Bill TuckerD Tom Rob<ns
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The thrill of crazinesss Battling M *A* S * H-style Many students who lived in residence halls battled it out in friendly competition during Eastern's Almost Anything Goes in the spring of 1983. Head-to-head confrontations took place near Eastern's Campus Pond during two days that were slightly marred by gusty winds and cool temperatures. Games such as "Hawkeye" were played to test the skills of Eastern students, but it was quite evident that these games were not as simple as they looked. In the game Hawkeye, students had to dress in an surgical mask and gown , run over an oil-slickened tarpaulin with a imitation martini in their hand and get to the other side where they would pass the outfit on to the next participant of their team. All the games used in the competition were fashioned after the hit television series " M *A* S *H" because the events took place around the same time the show was about to go off the air. One interesting event was the canoe race . Many different strategies were used to get an injured soldier 126/ Activities across the pond and back, but none was more impressive than the swift performance turned in by the Stevenson Tower team anchored by senior Jeff Gornik. Gurnik and mates used team speed and great maneuverability to zip across the pond in record time. Other teams didn't fare quite as well. Some teams didn't even manage to get across the pond without tipping over. They did, however, manage to give an impressive freestyle demonstration in their swim back to shore. After a grueling two days of competition, the team representing Lincoln and Douglas Halls was hailed as champion. The thrill of winning a gold medal at the Olympics it wasn't, but it was a chance to make new friends and have a good time. -Joseph Anglum D
Photos by Joseph Anglum Opposite page: Senior Chris Florek applies lipstick to graduate student Pam Gruszka at Almost Anything Goes in the spn.ng of 1983. This page: Junior Melinda Soderstron takes careful aim in the egg tossing contest as senior Carl Pugliese looks on during the Residence Hall Association sponsored event. Activities/ 127
The best teacher Gaining 'hands on' experience The Radio/ TV Center began operating in 1981 and although the station is open for participation to all students, there are only a handful who actually get involved in the. day-to-day productions. Dan Crews, a senior journalism/ speech communications major, is one of the few students who has been involved practically from the ground floor. I had always wanted to go into television , but I did not know how to go about it. I came to Eastern knowing it did not have a curriculum related to the area. I started out being a business administration major, until I became involved with WELH. Then I decided to switch to journalism and speech. I was at WELH when (Radio/TV Center Director) John Beabout asked me to help at the center. I said to myself, "Well, I have an interest in television. I'll give it a shot." So far, the center has opened so many doors for me in the way of learning editing, producing, directing , writing, et cetera. I think the big secret to learning, no matter what your major, is to get invoved. My typical Monday starts at 6 a.m. and hopefully I am at the center by 7 a.m. There I round up the crew to shoot "Coaches' Corner" (a sports show featuring an interview of an Eastern sports star or coach). It takes about two hours to put together a half hour show. I have a full day of classes until 3 p.m. and then I go back to the center at 4 p .m. to work air operations. That is when I make sure every thing is running properly. Photos by Stacey Flannigan 128 I Activities Then I send the signal we originate through the telephone lines to Liberty Cable Comp. and it, in turn, sends the signal through the cables, so people can pick it up. I really think Charleston has a very valuable medium here. We have only been on the air for two years and we have already developed into cablecasting for 12 hours a day . Other universities started to notice what the center is doing and how far it has went in two years and they say, "Wow!" Most other stations take six years to get where ours is today. The center is almost like a regular television station. We are in full operation 50 weeks a years. We shut down only two weeks for maintenance. With all new programs that start up, there are always PR problems, but the Radio/TV Center provides several programs and services to the public, if they would just take advantage of them The center airs Cable Data News, BizNet/The American Business Network, Chamber Music, Coaches Corner and Classic Films. In addition to those programs the center airs a program eyery third week called "In Focus." I produce this half hour show which has a similar format to ''PM Magazine .'' I feel I am probably one of the luckiest guys at Eastern or in the world for being at the right place at the right time . I have more opportunities now with my experience at the center than I ever would with just a degree in my hand. -Interview by Julie JacksonD
Opposite page, Left: Instructional Programmer jackie Kelly types information into the character generator at the Radio/ TV center. The character generator transmits morning headlinds for the Cable Data News Service. Right: The center's receiving station, which was acquired in the fall , receives signals from Sat • ~=- - ~ - - - ..:.~ - II Com Four, a satellite circling 23, 000 mtles above earth. The station is located on the south side of the Buzzard Building. This page: Equipment in the Center's distribution room, where audio and video for various programs can be monitered. Activities /129
Catch22 Apathy hurts senate operation Everyone is so quick to criticize our student government. But the average student probably knows very little about how student government works. Ideally, Eastern's student government should be the same as it is at most other colleges: a liason berween the students and the people that hold the cards- the administration. But it's all a Catch 22 . As a result of some observations and experiences, students think the student government doesn't do anything, and as a result of that, they don 't care . The administration has relegated a certain amount of authority and position to the student government. But that position does not threaten or influence, to any great extent, the day to day business of the university. So , the administration makes the decisions as they see fit. The administration also has to play games with the Board of Governors. Then the BOG has to play games with the state government. The student government is sufficiently cornered . As the framers wrote in their working document, the Eastern's Student Government Constitution, "We, the students of Eastern Illinois University, desiring to maintain academic freedom , academic responsibility, and student rights, .. . ordain ... this constitution.'' Through attending Council on Academic Affairs, Residence Hall Association and Charleston City Council meetings, as well as personal meetings with our administrators, our student government is attempting to work within the boundaries that have been set. They are not all sitting back basking in the romanticism of being in an elected position. The idea is to represent the needs of the students, but as we've seen, the opportunities for change are limited. So, it turns into a learning experience, concentrated in many aspects of government that, as citizens we 've learned to distrust. The young, dirty trickster involved in Watergate , who also was allegedly involved in the harassment of Democratic candidates jokingly said, in response to 130 I Activities his rwisted ethics and smear tactics, "If you think this was bad, you should have seen the cheating in college ." It has been alluded to many times over the years that cheating has existed in our own student elections. Election judges, who are usually connected with some candidate, student party, or student government in general , have allegedly grabbed a handful of ballots and punched through a stack for the candidate of their choice . But this comes with the territory. To become involved with student government, you have to win an election. They have to play the game by the rules already set down . They know who votes and they know who to court. People may talk idealism, but the game never changes. It's who you know and how many you know. Remember there are 7,000 students who don 't vote . So, usually there are only about 3,000 voters to play with. These voters are usually students connected with some organized group, whether it be social or residential. And the person who doesn't seek out the affiliation of these groups invariably loses. The important lesson here is, most prospective candidates join the group before finding out what their views are . Then there are student organized parties - such as the PROGRESS and GET SMART parties. In the spring 1983 elections, these blocks of candidates rolled in virtually uncontested; offering the individual candidate a snowball 's chance in hell. When a student representative is faced with all these blockades to serving the student's best needs, he or she leaves this school and student government politics with a lesson well learned. If they throw their hat into the general political arena, they will use the same methods that succeeded for them before. As George Orwell so eloquently implied in, "Animal Farm", the pigs become the farmers. -Jim Caldwell and Jack PalmerO
Photos by JoS<ph Anglum This page, Top: Acting Eastern President Stanley Rives discusses the possibzlities of plus/ minus grading system at the Sept. 14 Student Government meeting in the Union Gallery. Bottom: Student Senate Speaker Glenn Good, Student Body President john Cole and Student Senate Executive. Vice President Meg Hart listen to Rives' rhetoric. Activities I 131