Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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This Year : The Obelisk II reviews the events that affected SIU-C and Carbondale this year. Talk of cutbacks, callbacks, layoffs, a convention center and a building in Marion called Bracy were SIU-Cls top stories of 1982 and 1983. In February of 1983 Governor J ames Thompson, in his State of the State address, proposed $2 billion in tax increases for the upcoming year. SIU Chancellor Kenneth Shaw felt that Thompson was justified in his call for more taxes and said that improvement of the states economic condition would better the universities position in edu- cation, research and related fields. A month later, on March 2, Thomp- son threw Illinois universities a curve when he introduced an austerity budget to the General Assembly call- ing for $107 million reduction in higher educations 1984 budget. Shaw responded to the budget cuts, estimated between $13 million and $15 million by SIU-C fiscal planners, by saying that the university may have to lay off faculty and staff and impose across-the-board salary cuts or raise tuition by as much as $800 a year. On March 10, 1983 action that would have shortened the SIU-C employee work week from 40 hours to 37V2 hours was tabled by the Board of Trustees. First proposed in November of 1981, the move was tabled without further action. On the same day, SIU-C officials announced that tuition rates would go up approximately ten percent for the summer term. Although fall tuition hikes were undetermined, April bul- letins suggested that the administra- tion was looking at a possible 60 per- cent increase. Such a move would set full-time in-state rates at $1308 per semester. . Despite all the talk of budget reduc- tions the University planned to spend $175,000 during the next fiscal year for general improvement in and around the campus community. In mid-March the University asked. the Illinois Capital Development Board Year in Review to examine purchase options on three area buildings for potential book storage sites that might relieve over- crowding at Morris Library. One of three places under considera- tion for the $1.6 million CDB appro- priation was the Bracy building, a 60,000 square foot warehouse near Marion. Other possible storage sites were the Wal-Mart Discount Cities store on West Main in Carbondale and the Baptist Student Center near campus. As the year progressed Bracy be- came a heated student issue and what President Albert Somit called a ttmoral obligationt, for the school. The CDB tat press timel had made no decisions on the purchase. On April 21, 1983 the university appointed Committee on Academic Priorities recommended that eight de- gree programs in seven areas he cut and 24 degree programs in 17 other areas would be reduced. The committee recommended that two degree programs in both computer science and physics be the only four of nearly 200 University programs to be enhanced. Programs recommended for cuts included Religious studies, Latin American studies, Law En- forcement, Foreign Languages and Literature. 19

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Late Grace Kelly, 59, died September 14, 1983 due to injuries sustained during a car crash. She gave up her Holly- wood movie-queen throne to marry and spend the last 25 years of her life ruling the province of Monaco with Prince Rainer the III. Ingrid Bergman, 67, died August 29, 1982. In For Whom the Bell Tolls, Casablanca and Intermezzo Bergman was noted for her independence and will be long remembered for her acting. Paul Lynde, 55, died January 10, 1983, of a heart attack. He will be remembered for his endless one liners and moreover as one in the great ad libers of the day. He logged more than 200 hours annually on television shows. John Belushi, 33, died on March 5, 1982 of an apparent drug overdose. A native of Wheaton, Illinois, he launched a comedy career on the 2National Lampoon Hour7 and later as part of the celebrated Saturday Night Live troupe. Henry Fonda, 77, died August 12, 1982 of a heart attack. His final tri- umph came in his 80th film 0n Golden Pond, for which he won his only Oscar. Leroy Satchel Paige, 75, died June 8, 1982. After pitching 2,000 victories in the Old Negro League, tlSatchii signed on at age 42 as a rookie with the American League once the color line was broken. iiMaybe Iill pitch foreverf he once quipped. Dave Garroway, 69, died July 21, 1982. After a long stint with illness the broadcaster took his own life. He will be remembered for his causal manner which made early morning television a trend. In 1952 the Chicago native started NBC,s long running iiTodayli show. Bess Truman, 97, died October 18, 1982 after a bout with pneumonia. She married her childhood sweetheart and became the most influential ad- visor to the man who made her a two- term first lady. She was buried next to her husband Harry in their home- town of Independence, Missouri. Leonid I. Brezhnev Wide World Photos Greats Leonid Brezhnev, 75, died November 10, 1982 of undisclosed causes. Soviet president for 18 years, he rose up from the pits of Russian steel mines to win the respect and admiration of many world leaders. Marty Robbins, 57, died December 8, 1982, of a heart attack. The Arizona native was the first singer to win a Grammy for a country-and-western hit. He did so with the song uEl Pasd, in 1960. Murray Kaufman, 60, died February 21, 1983 of cancer. Referred to as the fifth Beatle, Murray ilthe K gained noteriety as a disc jockey in the early Sixties 0n WIN S in New York City. Arthur Godfrey, 79, died March 16, 1983 of cancer. He will be best re membered for his days of radio, his boyish features and his reputation as a crooner. Gloria Swanson, 84, died April 9, 1982 of heart disease in New York City. Best remembered as a quintes- sential symbol of movie glamour for seven decades she performed in such movies as Sadie Thompson t1928l and Sunset Boulevard 0950i. She got her start in Mack Sennett comedies, fol- lowed by a series of naughty sex farces. While Swansonls Hollywood career rollercoastered she ended her career in Airport t1975l, playing her- self: a role she never misplayed. J ack Webb, 62, in late December of 1982 of heart disease in West Holly- wood, California. As an actor he played the alter ego of steely, deadpan Sergeant Joe Friday CJust the facts maiam? on Dragnet. As a producer- director he worked on radio shows and films from 1949 until the mid- 1970s. Walter Reisch, 79, on April 3, 1982 of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles. The academy award-winning screen author who wrote and occasionally directed some 25 films in Austria and Germany before fleeing to the US. in the 30s to script hit movies for Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman and Vivien Leigh and to win a lone academy award for his 1935 disaster film Titanic. 18 Year in Review

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J ohn Guyon, vice president for aca- demic affairs and research, set aside a reserve of $350,000 from 13 different areas of university studies; ranging from $9000 for General Academic Pro- grams to $53,000 by the College of Liberal Arts. In early February the administra- tion moved to hold diplomas from seniors with outstanding billseand add a 1.5 percent monthly service charge on unpaid balances. Beginning with the SalukisT first home football game on September 18, 1982 spectators were discouraged from bringing alcoholic beverages into Mc- Andrew Stadium. Enforcement of a long standing ban on booze inside the stadium Twill be tightened, university officials said. The reason for the enforcement was 'listed as the 11potential for several in- cidents in the past? Despite efforts by SIU Police, brown bottles, pints, coolers, kegs and as- sorted variations of alcoholic contain- ers found their way into McAndrew. The season ended without incident. Despite unfavorable student reac- tion, SIU-C,S School of Agriculture sold all but six of its 29 horses in late October. The lot was sold for $8,598.15, for an average price of nearly $478. The sale was an attempt to off-set the $72,000 reduction of the School of Agriculturets budget. The program cost was estimated by the college to be as much as $40,000 per year. It began at 3:16 p.m. on May 29, 1982. It lasted only thirty minutes but southern Illinois worst tornado in re cent memory ripped through Marion, causing property damage estimated at $85 million, killing 10, injuring nearly 150 and leaving 450 persons homeless. Shawnee Village Apartments were the hardest hit; seven died there. One of those injured was Methodist minis- ter, Carl Hearns. He left Marion Me- , A .e . 91 WIIECAOHOLIC GES rrlarge Co 58. 01' 0001 tdlums morial Hospital six months after a water heater nearly crushed him to death in his home. Two of Marionts shopping centers were among those hardest hit by the May storm. Even though state and 1 federal agencies poured millions into renovation and reconstruction, busi- ness officials predicted that more than $3 million was lost in sales in the Town and Country Shopping Center and Westmore Plaza. ALLOWED Q? k115- Year in Review