View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Eastern Illinois University Eastern Illinois University The Keep September 2016 9-19-2016 Daily Eastern News: September 19, 2016 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2016_sep Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: September 19, 2016" (2016). September. 11. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2016_sep/11 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 2016 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in September by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SHINING STARS CLASSIC CHAMPIONS Students compete The Eastern football team Saturday night at defeated Illinois State, 24-21, the College Star Saturday capturing the talent show. Mid-America Classic. PAGE 3 PAGE 8 HE T aily astErn Ews Monday,D September 19, 2016 E“TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID” n VOL. 101 | NO. 21 CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF COVERAGE EST. 1915 WWW.DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM BOT Just clowning around approves search firm By Analicia Haynes Managing Editor | @Haynes1943 An external search firm to recruit a new vice president for academic affairs was approved Friday at the Board of Trustees meeting. The board also gave its full support for the vitalization project and listened to faculty requests regarding the proj- ect. The board approved the purchase of an external search firm after Eastern’s current vice president for academic af- fairs Blair Lord announced he would be retiring during the summer of 2017. The purchase will not exceed $90,000 and the recommended vendor is the Witt/Kieffer search firm. Eastern President David Glassman said the board’s justification for the pur- chase is based on the need for national attention to reach the largest and “most robust” pool of national candidates. Kristopher Goetz, the board’s vice chair, said the university does not have the internal resources for a provost search, so there is a need for an exter- SAMANTHA RE | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS nal search firm. Rachel Snyder (middle), sophomore elementary education major, holds hands with the two Gamma Phi Circus clowns Saturday at the Special Olympics Jemmie Robertson, the Faculty Sen- Family Festival. ate chair, spoke on behalf of the senate and reported the concerns about the vi- talization project the senate discussed at Project nominations now accepted its past meeting. Robertson said though the sen- ate shares an interest in the success of By Cassie Buchman advocate for changes to be made to est staff senate meeting. representation on these workgroups the vitalization project and senses the News Editor | @cjbuchman enhance its marketability. “They are going to take it back and from staff members on campus. potential for great achievement, sen- The president and other adminis- make decisions,” Daugherty said. Paul McCann, vice president for ate members have concerns regarding Nominations to be in nine task trators will then review these recom- One of the problems Daugherty business affairs, was present at the workgroups one through seven. force workgroups for the vitalization mendations. sees with the project is the scheduling Staff Senate meeting and emphasized Robertson said it is not explicit- project are being accepted through Glassman requested nominations of the task force workgroups. a need for the workgroups to be repre- ly stated that the outcomes of one Wednesday. from shared governance organiza- With the layoffs that occurred re- sentative of all areas on campus. through seven be published immediate- Eastern President David Glass- tions such as the Council on Univer- cently, many staff members cannot af- “They don’t want all faculty on ly like work groups 8 and 9. man announced the vitalization proj- sity Planning and Budget, the Facul- ford to leave their work area during there or (administrative and profes- “We request they be shared in rea- ect during his State of the Universi- ty Senate, Staff Senate, Student Sen- the day because some areas are short sional employees); they want a cross- sonable manner with the campus com- ty Address. ate, Civil Service Council, Council of staffed. section of everybody,” Daugherty said. munity,” Robertson said. The workgroups will analyze pro- Chairs, Dean’s Council, and the vice “One of the girls on Staff Senate is Despite their busy schedules, Robertson also invited the board to grams and services on campus and presidents. doing four people’s jobs,” Daugherty Daugherty said there was interest in consider the ratio between the adminis- recommend how the administration People are also encouraged to said. “If the phone’s ringing all day, joining these groups, with many peo- tration and students. should allocate future resources to nominate themselves by emailing she’s working with students all day. ple asking questions, though no con- “One point that I would like to them. [email protected]. There’s no way she can get away.” crete decisions on nominations had bring up in the president’s address and Workgroup members can recom- Staff Senate President Joann Daugherty said this is the case for been made. again last week at (the Council on Uni- mend a program or service deletion, Daugherty said information on the vi- many departments, which could be a Nominations, page 5 versity Planning and Budget meeting), continue with increased resources, or talization project was given at the lat- problem when trying to get enough President Glassman mentioned that we need to adjust our faculty-to-student ratio perhaps and adjust our staff-to- Eastern ranks highest Illinois public school student ratio,” Robertson said. “How- ever, nowhere in either of those address- By Angelica Cataldo taken based off data from the 2015– student activities that are offered. Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. es do I recall being mentioned that we Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_News 16 school year. The U.S. News ranks Then the cost of tuition for both in- Charleston has also been named should take a look at our administra- schools, taking into account the uni- state and out-of-state students is rat- second in a list of the top 50 saf- tion-to-student ratio.” According to the U.S. News and versity’s objectives and regional loca- ed. est college towns, according to Robertson pointed out that admin- World Report’s annual college rank- tion. Schools are then ranked accord- The U.S. News also recognized Safewise.com. istrations have grown across the Unit- ing for 2016–17, Eastern was the ing to academic excellence such as the Eastern’s student clubs and organiza- This site takes into account the lo- ed States. highest-ranking Illinois public school four-year graduation rate, selectivity tions on campus, which total 200, as cation of the university and evaluates The board did not directly address and was rated sixth for the Midwest’s and the student-to-faculty ratio. well as the $11,580 in-state tuition the most recent FBI crime statistics Robertson’s concerns, but Joseph Di- public regional universities. Eastern has a 15:1 student-to-fac- fee and the $13,740 out-of-state tu- for that area. Charleston ranks No. 41 vely, the chair of the board, said at the Eastern is ranked No. 40 among ulty ratio with a 32 percent four-year ition fee as notable qualities for the in a list of the safest cities in Ameri- start of the meeting that the project is Midwestern regional institutions. graduation rate and a 58 percent over- institution. ca overall. important and has the board’s full sup- Eastern is also ranked as the top Illi- all graduation rate. Other states in the Midwest region port. nois public university for veterans at After academics have been tak- included in the ranking were Indiana, Angelica Cataldo can be reached at Analicia Haynes can be reached at No. 26. en into account, the school is then Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, 581-2812 or [email protected]. 581-2812 or [email protected]. The statistics for 2016–17 were ranked based on the programs and Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, 2 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | NEWS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 Local weather Panel to teach about 1st Amendment MONDAY TUESDAY By: Samuel Nusbaum The Society for Collegiate Journal- Wandling said national controver- sic freedoms and rights may not be ful- Administration Reporter | @DEN_News ists, the Pre-Law Society and the Politi- sies, such as San Francisco 49ers quar- ly appreciated,” Wandling said. “This is cal Science Association are in charge of terback Colin Kaepernick kneeling our one little opportunity to contrib- A panel of professors will discuss a planning this panel. during the national anthem, will also ute to some civil discourse and mean- wide variety of topics such as political Wandling said the groups have been be talked about. ingful discourse.” protests and what it means to exercise talking to each other and have come Wandling said while there are differ- Wandling said the students are the Sunny Sunny one’s freedom of religion for this year’s up with a list of topics to ask questions ent opinions on the action itself, this is real driving force of the panel, since High: 85° High: 86° Constitution Day. about. part of living in a democratic society. they are the ones coming up with the Low: 61° Low: 64° The panel is scheduled for 7 p.m. This year, the discussion will be fo- People will exercise their freedoms questions and who are interested in the Monday in the Lumpkin Auditorium. cused on the First Amendment. in ways others will not agree with, but topic.