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Eastern Illinois University The Keep January 2014 1-24-2014 Daily Eastern News: January 24, 2014 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2014_jan Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: January 24, 2014" (2014). January. 9. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2014_jan/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2014 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in January by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MOURNING IN MARTIN ALL THE RIGHT NOTES Eastern fails to outscore the Eastern’s percussion group follow Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks in their passions of music. Thursday’s game. Page 3 Page 8 WWW.DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM HE DT ailyEastErnnEws Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 “TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID” VOL. 98 | NO. 86 Inclement weather should not stop runners By Jarad Jarmon Associate News Editor | @JJarmonReporter Stripping their clothes off piece-by-piece, students will be running through the frigid temperatures expected for the Nearly Naked Mile at 10 a.m. Saturday starting in the Car- man Hall parking lot. Roughing it through 20 mile per hour winds and temperatures below freezing, 30 registered runners, with more expected to join by the time the race starts, will be stripping down to their “bathing suit area” and running a mile. There will be 3-4 stations along the trail where runners will take off specific items. For instance, at the first station, they will take off mittens, hats and scarfs they may have on. Carrie Klaphake, a student life graduate as- sistant working with Alumni Services who is sponsoring the event, said they have been DION MCNEAL | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS warning runners to wear layers when going on Quentin Jordan, a freshman biological sciences major and John Bailey, a freshman mathematics and computer science major manage to find the run. some time to have a cigerette break after studying in the 24-hour lounge. Even though these temperatures can be dangerous over long periods of time, Jake Em- mett, a kinesiology and sports studies profes- Residents cope with uneven temperatures sor, said it should not be too much of a wor- ry for those running because it is only a mile. When temperatures drop, the body con- By Jarad Jarmon ing their room’s temperature, Mark Hudson, Hudson said the system is always trying to stay solidates the blood from the arms and legs to Associate News Editor | @JJarmonReporter the director of Housing and Dining Servic- between 66 and 76 degrees. the body to focus on keeping the body organs es, said when they change the temperature in is becomes dicult when someone owns a warm. Emmett said this process happens over For some students in the residence halls, get- their room, they probably are aecting the entire space heater or opens a window. When students a long period of time though. It would take ting their perfect temperature is an ongoing bat- oor’s temperature. open their windows, the system is tricked into roughly 30 minutes before frostbite kicked tle leading them to wage war on their room’s e residence halls are run o of a zone heat- thinking it is much colder than it actually is. To in. There could be a possibility of frostbite “unforgiving” temperatures. ing system, which regulates itself based on the compensate, it then cranks up the heat, risking though, which causes numbness and blue col- Especially during these frosty, frigid and freez- temperature in the from the various thermostats a spike, aecting other students like Andrew Li- oration in the skin. ing months, students are ghting against their on each oor. Each thermostat handles a specif- lek, who lives in Ford Hall. He also said it will make the experience room’s temperature by buying space heaters, ic zone on the oor. “I know, in our room, it is either extremely hurt a lot less because the body will heat up which are prohibited in the halls, or opening Each building has a slightly dierent meth- hot or extremely cold,” Lilek, a senior communi- during the run because of the energy given the windows, for those who nd their rooms to od of using this system. For instance, Taylor cation studies major, said. “It can have its pick.” off. About 70 percent of energy exerted from warm. Hall has a more complex system with hot decks, the body is heat. While they may think the are just affect- while Weller Hall is more perimeter heated. TEMPERATURE, page 5 He said runners should worry more about icy patches instead of the temperature. Tyler Mink, kinesiology and sports studies graduate assistant, seconded this observation. District referendum to raise sales tax He said there is always a potential for frost- bite in cold climates, but it is very unlikely. By Michael Spencer e sales tax hike will not lower property taxes e potential impact of the tax on Eastern stu- Mink did recommend those with cardio City Editor | @tmskeeper because unlike in 2010, a “tax swap” is not being dents is not lost on the superintendent, who said vascular issues or asthma issues not to run proposed. erefore, property taxes will be unaf- the last time the school board proposed such a ref- though especially if the temperature gets into e Charleston School Board joined with Mat- fected if the referendum is passes. erendum in 2010. District ocials met with the the single-digits. toon to place a referendum on the ballot for the A facilities tax increase can only be applied to Student Senate to discuss the hike. “It is hard for them to breathe in that kind primary election, which would raise the county infrastructure issues and cannot be used to fund Littleford said students understood the impor- of air,” Mink said. “It is not going to be easy sales tax one percent. discretionary spending such as teacher or admin- tance of the tax then and did not object to the pro- on the pulmonary system.” The proposed tax hike, which will appear on istrator salaries. posal. Another such meeting is not scheduled yet, The pulmonary system includes the heart the ballot March 18, comes after three consecutive e district has a laundry list of issues with its but Littleford said it has not been ruled out. and lungs. Mink also said it would be best years of state funding cuts, prompting Charleston facilities, including taking steps to improve securi- e Eastern student population does play a role if those running don’t expose too much bare district Superintendent Jim Littleford to suggest it ty, addressing issues with roong and dealing with in sales tax collection though. According to data skin. is time for Coles County to take control of its ed- the modular unit at Jeerson Elementary School, from the Illinois Department of Revenue, two of Klaphake said they are preparing for these ucation spending. which is constantly being repaired, Littleford said. Charleston’s three lowest months of collecting sales temperatures. “What I have learned in the past four or five e newest building in the Charleston district tax for 2013 came during the summer months. “EMT’s will be available. The police de- years is that the state of Illinois is not a very good was built in 1968 while portions of Jeerson date When asked about the tax, Mayor Larry Ren- partment is going to be there,” she said. business partner,” Littleford said. back as far as 1927. Additionally, roads on dis- nels reminded voters the money from the refer- There will also be volunteers to help out all e sales tax increase would provide the school trict property are being continually patched and endum would not pass through the city and ulti- throughout the trail. district with an extra $2 million each year through will need to be replaced soon. Twice in the last mately, the decision will be made at the polls. She said the volunteers will not be forcing the Illinois County Facilities Tax. General state aid two years, ceilings have partially collapsed in dis- “It’s going to be something the voters have to the runners to get rid of their clothing. has been prorated each year since 2011 and now trict facilities. decide which way they want to go,” Rennels said. The run will start out in the Carman park- sits at 89 percent of its previous total. Littleford also said the general costs of running ing lot north on Ninth Street, into Jackson Charleston has a sales tax of 6.75 percent, the school system has increased too. Michael Spencer can be Avenue and then back down 12th street. which is lower than surrounding cities, Littleford “What it took to educate somebody in 1965 is reached at 581-2812 or said, such as Champaign-Urbana, Tuscola and De- dierent than what it takes to educate somebody at [email protected]. RUNNERS, page 5 catur. now,” Littleford said. 2 FRIDAY, JAN. 24 2014 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | NEWS Local weather TODAY SATURDAY Snow Showers Partly Cloudy High: 23° High: 30° Low: 20° Low: 5° For more weather visit castle.eiu.edu/weather. The Daily easTern news “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” The Daily Eastern News 1802 Buzzard Hall Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL 61920 217-581-2812 217-581-2923 (fax) News Sta Advertising Sta Editor in Chief Account Executive FILE PHOTO | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Dominic Renzetti Rachel Eversole-Jones [email protected] Evan Kanz, a sophmore political science major, votes in the bridge lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr.

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