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For more information, please contact [email protected]. ► Sports ► Arts Candice Finley, and the Lady Colonels .The Eastern lost to UT- Martin 102-85 in the first round of the OVC tournament WWW.prOgreSS.eku.edu £« Matmews Tim Reynolds Tuesday/B6 Progress4*^ www.progress.eku.edu thnll with acoustic show/B3 ■ Student publication nl astern Kentucky University since 192? ► Board of Regents Student wellness center made top priority BY ALVSSA BRAHIAGE President Robert Kustra said. This type of feature would not only Editor Tom Myers, vice president of stu- be used by the university and its stu- dent affairs, has traveled to Bowling COVINGTON. Ky. — A casual dents, but by the community as well, Green State University, Miami Myers said. retreat to Northern Kentucky netted University of Ohio, Middle Tennessee big gains for students this weekend. This will bring the university State University, Mississippi State together quickly, but it will also The Board of Regents met Friday University and Western Kentucky and Saturday to discuss how to involve the community," he said. University to compare their student He added that every school he vis- improve campus life by bringing the wellness centers. university together, both within itself ited showed "universal support for Myers said this new wellness cen- the project" and with the community. ter must have basketball courts that The regents decided to make a "They're saying. 'Why haven't you also contain volleyball courts, aero- done this a long time ago?"' Myers said. university wellness center its top pri- bics rooms with flexible floors, rac- ority when requesting money from Myers said Turkey Hughes baseball the state. quetball courts (if room permits), field has been suggested as a possible developmental equipment and free location, but in order for the building to The 150,000-square-foot building is weights, a swimming pool, indoor fit, he said both the baseball field and expected to cost $20 million, which track, office space, locker rooms, a the regents want the state to fund. Samuels Track would have to go. An artist's rendering of the new student services building, which wi be located where Ellendale and first aid station and day care facilities. The regents moved on to discuss "Instead of sending a list (of build- O'Donneil hals are now, is only preliminary Certain aspects are gong to be changed to create a warmer After seeing the centers at the other another building project — the stu- ing projects) for the legislature's con- schools, Myers said Eastern should dent services building. took. Doug WhitJock. vice president tor aorninistrative affairs, said the windows are going to be rounded, sideration, I think we should focus on also consider features like an indoor more column-like effects w* be added, and the side facing Lancaster Avenue win more like the one facing one thing and do it well," Eastern soccer field. See Wellness/A5 Todd Ha«. which Is pictured above He stressed this is not the final version of the buiMng. ► Faculty senate Food ser- Another vices grade responds debate is to charges Monday Representatives BY DENA TACKETT met with health News editor department Faculty senate will step back in the ring for round two of the BY JAQUIA SMITH grade debate at 3:30 p.m. Monday News writer on the second floor of Keen Johnson Building. Powell Cafeteria met with the The first round was Feb. 1 health department Tuesday in a when senators voted on only two conference about Powell Top of the five motions on grade infla- Floor's problems with bugs. tion, which include the plus/minus The conference was held to grading scale. The meeting ran give Powell Top Floor a chance to over an extra 30 minutes and the make testimonials on the charges remaining motions were tabled of failing to correct a violation until Monday's meeting. regarding cockroaches. James McCord, professor of Lamar Patterson, acting food government, will try to settle the services director, and Stephen debate once and for all with his Shattuck, manager of Powell Top motion to continue with the cur- Floor, met with health depart- rent scale and not implement the ment officials. plus/minus grading scale. Conference officer William "There was some confusion at Murphy entered a verbal request first, and possibly a misunder- that a follow-up inspection should standing or two, about the Photo illustration by Don Knight/Progress take place after March 15. plus/minus scale, and whether or After he receives the informa- not a professor could opt out of tion from the follow-up. Murphy it," McCord said. "In addition, said he will be making a recom- there were a number of faculty Students often unaware of hidden phone charges mendation to Jim Rousey, director who expressed serious concerns of the Madison County health about the plus/minus scale and I BY DENA TACKETT but he cancelled the calling card able from the big long-distance department, within five days of thought it was important for facul- News editor anyway. monopolies like AT&T, Sprint the completed investigation. ty to get the chance to look over it ■ his is the first Many students purchase call- and MCI, and began to be wide- Food services had the right to again." When Jerry Hannah received ing cards from one or more of ly used, the owners of pay be represented by legal counsel, insIn • series of stories Karen Janssen. chair of faculty his phone bill last month, he ■ the four telephone companies — phones found themselves no but Shattuck said he did not feel senate, said the plus/minus grad- knew something had to be ■ aboutebo managing your AT&T, MCI, Sprint and GTE. longer dumping buckets of quar- the situations warranted that ing scale was merely one recom- wrong. He had bought a calling ■ mmoroney while M school | AT&T offers five different ters out of pay phones," said Ron response. mendation from the «d hoc com- card because Of the advertise- calling card plans, each charg- Reeder, representative for Patterson and Shattuck both mittee on grade inflation. The rec- ments saying they were cheaper Hannah's calling card adver- ing different amounts. AT&T Americard, a prepaid long-dis- affirmed there had been a prob- ommendation was that the senate than regular long-distance ser- tised nine cents a minute, and charges from 20 to 40 cents a tance calling card company. lem with cockroaches, but they act on what was passed in 1993. vice, but the ads left out a few he said he even called the com- minute for each rail on the card. Reeder said if the FCC would were in the process of making The motion to implement the things — like the hidden pany to discuss any other An additional connection fee of have not acted when it did, peo- sure the bugs were being exter- plus/minus grading scale was charges. charges. Hannah's girlfriend 30 to 65 cents is charged each ple would be reading about pay minated. passed in 1993, but the adminis- Hannah, a 24-year-old unde- lives in Frankfort, so he wanted time the card is used. One plan phones in a history book. "We did have a problem, but tration never acted on it. The clared major from Paintsville, to find the best deal he could. also charges a $1 monthly fee. AT&T's One Rate plan also we do have it under control," motion was brought up again last found out what many Eastern When Hannah received his In addition to these, each card charges customers if less than Shattuck said. semester when a committee students have either already dis- phone bill last month, he discov- charges extra for calls made $3 is used in a month. The dif- Food services offered proof of began studying grade inflation. covered or are losing money by ered $60 of his $193 bin was for sur- from a pay phone. The Federal ference is only to that amount. contracting out the pest control The motion was then approved not knowing. Most long-distance charges he had not known abouL Communication Commission Many students sign up on procedures instead of the use of by President Robert Kustra in companies charge students a "I can't do anything about it," (FCC) mandates that a charge of AT&T's Student Advantage facilities services. It contracted December, when he decided to let surcharge every time the card is Hannah said. "I guess I'll just 30 cents be added to every call Plan, which offers the lowest with All-Rite pest control Feb. 9. faculty senate talk about the issue used, a surcharge if the card is pay it." made from a public phone. rate of all of AT&Ts products The first treatment that took used from a pay phone and Hannah said he didn't notice "The fact is that when the place was on Feb. 15. The cafete- more. ria was treated yesterday and is some have monthly rates. anything extra the first month.