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Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 2016 2-4-2016 Daily Eastern News: Feburary 04, 2016 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2016_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: Feburary 04, 2016" (2016). February. 4. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2016_feb/4 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 2016 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MASTER MULDOON Eastern’s Patrick Muldoon BRUSHING THE DUST OFF proves himself as a Eastern professor Debra Reid freshman basketball presented on the agricultural player. causes of the Dust Bowl during a panel Wednesday. PAGE 8 PAGE 3 HE T aily astErn Ews Thursday,D February 4, 2016 E“TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID” n VOL. 100 | NO. 93 CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF COVERAGE EST. 1915 WWW.DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM Employees, Pumping Iron students reflect on layoff notices By Cassie Buchman Associate News Editor | @cjbuchman The 200 layoffs of civil service employees announced by President David Glassman at a Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday have been on the minds of many at Eastern. Glassman said work is still being done to identify positions that will be laid off. Those who have been laid off will receive a letter and other information about the layoff, and will stop working at the end of the 30-day notice. Laura Smith, treasurer of the Civil Ser- vice Council, said she was overwhelmed when hearing the number of layoffs would be 200 since she originally thought the number would be 150. Although civil service workers now know how many layoffs will happen there is still uncertainty about other aspects. JOSH SAXTON | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS “It makes you feel numb, because you do Casey Acree, a graduate student, prepares to lift weights in the Student Rec Center on Wednesday. Acree was born with one hand, but it does not know who this all effects,” Smith said. not limit his productivity. He has played multiple sports growing up. “Most stuff I’ve been able to figure out” he said. Acree visits the Rec Center Smith said since civil service workers twice a day. numbers were already lowered, the addi- tional layoffs put everyone in a tense po- sition. To prepare for the layoffs, Taylor Din- Eastern student attends Iowa Caucus ing Center, where Smith works as a clerical worker, is looking at hours, menus, student By Luis Martinez Durbin said when he first arrived at the have went off with this one, but he didn’t,” hours, when their peak times are and other News Editor | @LPMartinez20 caucus, it was very different from what he Durbin said. “He ended up getting tied with factors that will help even more. initially imagined it to be. delegates. He’s tied with Rubio, so if the Though they run a tight ship, Smith The Iowa Caucus officially marks the be- “It’s very different from we think of as a polling numbers were correct he would have said, and they are cutting down on certain ginning of the 2016 presidential election, and primary here, because in Illinois you can’t been first.” things. Davenport, Iowa was the site where anyone have any politicking within 50-100 yards, Durbin said he found the whole trip to be “We haven’t bought office supplies since who has been following the election can hear but there you can have them all the way un- quite the learning experience, and now he way back when,” Smith said. representatives for the different candidates. til you get inside,” Durbin said. “You can can say that he has been to a caucus. Because there will be less staff, Smith said Jose Durbin, the president of the Politi- wear any candidate’s buttons you want, but “They had (representatives) standing. You there will be more crunching. cal Science Association, attended the caucus in Illinois you can’t do that. It would be had two minutes to give a (speech) about While people have worked to make up on Monday after being invited by one of his called electioneering.” that candidate and why (they) believe that for less staff from previous layoffs, this will friends who is a supporter of candidate Mar- Durbin said the caucuses in Iowa are candidate should win, so each person had only increase, Smith said, though they will co Rubio. run by the parties rather than by the state, the chance to do that. be able to handle it. “The reason I chose the caucus was be- whereas in Illinois, they are typically run by The caucus Durbin was at had a repre- “The job aspect is not the problem,” cause one of my friends called me Sunday the State Board of Elections. sentative from the Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Smith said. “The uncertainty is. They say night and asked if I wanted to go to Iowa “The caucus I was at, Rubio won with 49 Rand Paul races. 200 people on campus, well they have to on Monday for the caucus. It was just a ran- votes and Cruz came in second with 27 and “I didn’t expect that because in Illinois, factor in that those people have families.” dom trip,” Durbin said. “He was speaking Trump came in third with 18. So I was very you can’t tell who you’re going to vote for in Smith said the layoffs will also affect for Marco Rubio and I said ‘sure, I’ll go,’ so I surprised with the results. I didn’t think Ru- the polling place,” Durbin said. “People were those in the community because there will rode up there with him. We rode up to Dav- bio would come in third,” Durbin said. literally tearing pieces of paper off and writ- be less people out spending money in stores enport to go to the caucus, because for one He said he was hoping Rubio would win, ing down who they wanted on a blank piece around Charleston. I’ve never been to a caucus and the political but it is interesting to see the results of the of paper and turning it in.” Smith anticipates getting bumping rights, science major in me was like ‘yeah I’ll defi- polling numbers. meaning she would go back to being a su- nitely go.’” “If numbers were correct, Trump would CAUCUS, page 5 pervisor in the food court if she were to be laid off. While she has no problems going back, what bothers her is that the person whose Glassman confirms summer, fall position she would take would be gone. She said though she wants to keep a job. She does not want anyone else to lose semester classes amid budget crisis theirs, but if she has bumping rights and that is the way it falls, that is how it is go- Staff Report lieve will happen soon, public universities will out a budget. The state owes the university $40 ing to have to go. begin to receive their funding and institutions million as well as an additional $9 million MAP “We have so much (of a) family structure Eastern President David Glassman sent an of higher education will once again be able to Grant reimbursement. and so much concern and so much compas- email to all students to assure students and fam- provide the full breadth of services expected, and sion for our fellow employees,” Smith said. ilies of his expectation of an appropriation from EIU will be able to move forward on our path- The staff of the Daily Eastern News the state of Illinois. way to success,” he said. can be reached at 581-2812 LAYOFFS, page 5 “Once the state passes a budget, which I be- The state has entered it’s eighth month with- or [email protected]. 2 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | NEWS THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 2016 Local weather Stocking Shirts THURSDAY FRIDAY Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy High: 34° High: 39° Low: 25° Low: 27° For more weather visit dailyeasternnews.com The Daily Eastern News 1802 Buzzard Hall Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL 61920 217-581-2812 217-581-2923 (fax) News Staff Editor-in-Chief Administration Stephanie Markham JOSH SAXTON | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS [email protected] Editor Managing Editor Analicia Haynes Kala Edwards, a sophomore kinesiology and sport studies major, shelves shirts in the University Union Bookstore on Wednesday. Lauren McQueen Multicultural Editor News Editor T'Nerra Butler Luis Martinez Verge Editor DENnewsdesk@ Kalyn Hayslett gmail.com Verge Designer Travis White Poetry slam to showcase talents Associate News Editor By Jocelyn Jones every day,” Williams said. vah and T.R.U.T.H will grace the vah said. Cassie Buchman Faculty Advisers Opinions Editor Editorial Adviser Staff Reporter | @0ldyell0wbricks Williams said poetry has always stage. They are from the Cham- Williams saw Klevah perform Chris Picazo Lola Burnham been a part of the African and Afri- paign-Urbana and Chicago area and at the talent showcase last summer Photo Adviser DENopinions For the second time around the can-American culture and Black-On- together they are known as Mother founded by two Eastern alumni who @gmail.com Brian Poulter Online Editor Online Adviser Black-On-Black Rhyme poetry slam Black Rhyme is another way they are Nature. established the company HigherED Jason Howell Bryan Murley will provide the campus with verses trying to keep this part of the heritage Rovion Reed, the agent for Moth- Talent LLC. DENnews.com Publisher 7 p.m.

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