Eastern Progress

SETBACKS Colonels lose first home game of season, fall to COLLECTORS Tennessee State in double overtime B6 Campus roomates collect law enforcement badges from across Kentucky and the country B1 THE EASTERN PROGRESS www.easternprogress.com © 2012 Richmond, KY Student publication of Eastern Kentucky University since 1922 12 pages, Thursday, February 2, 2012 Lack of on-campus apartments displaces international students By JACQUELINE HINKLE to American food.” [email protected] James Street, the acting executive vice president and administrator, said there are still options avail- Following the demolition of the Brockton apart- able on campus for students to live during the con- ments, many students have found themselves in struction of the new dorm that he said will provide need of new housing options either on or off cam- a desired residence for international students. He pus; international students are having a particular- also said the school hosted an apartment fair pri- ly diffi cult time. Additionally, Student Government or to the evacuation of Brockton for the residents. Association has passed a resolution in support of “Th e new dorm will be two to four bedroom an apartment listing on its website to help students. suite style,” Street said. “In the mean time there are “Th e main problem that international students still some units available in Brockton.” are having is fi nding housing with their own kitch- Kenna Middleton, director of housing, said all en, which is what Brockton provided,” said student of Brockton is not torn down. Th ere are 24 units senator Bong Han Lee, 19, environmental health remaining on the complex. TAYLOR PETTIT/PROGRESS science major from Seoul, South Korea. “Interna- “Th e family units will also remain,” Middleton International students who lived in Brockton Apartments must now find different tional students have the need to cook their own said. “It’s not all of Brockton being torn down.” housing. Student senator Bong Han Lee, 19, environmental health science major foods because they have a diff erent diet compared from Seoul, South Korea, said international students face different on-campus to other Americans and have a hard time adjusting › SEE BROCKTON, PAGE A3 housing obstacles than local students including the need for a kitchen. SGA OPENINGS 6,000 students lack EKU CRAFT CENTER representation within SAC By KYLE WOOSLEY [email protected] Eastern’s Student Activities Council (SAC) is currently looking to fi ll 10 open positions. Th e appointed students will act as standard voting members and assist in the planning of events across campus. Currently, SAC has 26 members, not including the leadership board, which makes it the largest branch of student government. It is responsible for planning, producing and staffi ng various activities, concerts and lec- tures on campus. “SAC is such a diverse group,” said Nich- olas Brock, vice president for student activities. “Its like every group [of students] is rep- resented.” For each 600 students on Eastern’s campus, there’s one representative. With SAC NEW FUNDING OF $2 MILLION › SEE SAC, PAGE A3 EXPECTED TO KICKSTART PROJECT FOR LARGER FACILITY Housing reps SARAH STEWART/PROGRESS needed for RLC At the Center for Renewable and Alternative Fuel Technologies [CRAFT], Luiz Reis, a research assistant from Brazil, extracts By KRISTIE HAMON moisture out of an algae sample at the Craft Center, located on Roy and Sue Kidd Way. [email protected] By STEPHANIE COLLINS recently signed a new contract for $2 mass, which can be converted into re- Th ere are currently 11 openings on the Resi- [email protected] million, an amount that will fund the re- sources used in biofuels, the alternative dence Life Council (RLC) that need to be fi lled. search for one year and begin its next to our current standard oil. Ashley Salyer, vice president for residence Th e future of Eastern’s Center for Re- project to build a larger facility: a pilot “50 percent of our [the U.S] fuel is life, said council members are needed to repre- newable and Alternative Fuel Technolo- plant in Winchester that will demon- imported, compared to 62 percent three sent their residence hall at the weekly council gies’ (CRAFT) mission to create a local strate Kentucky’s ability to produce oils years ago,” Pratt said. meetings. Salyer said two members are allowed biofuel economy is progressing steadily, sustainable for creating diesel and jet fu- He added that relying on foreign to be on the council from each residence hall. according to its director and students. els. countries for fuel creates a problem with She said usually a representative and a presi- Emerging with an initial funding of Pratt said CRAFT aims to take ad- national security, and because of that, dent from each hall council represent their hall $3.7 million, followed by $2.4 million in vantage of what the Bluegrass State’s at RLC meetings. › 2010, director Bruce Pratt said CRAFT mild climate has to off er in growing bio- SEE CRAFT, PAGE A3 › SEE RLC, PAGE A3 Survey determines student body is unsure what SGA is, does By KYLE WOOSLEY know who SGA was] was surprised, but not just for Richmond.” nized as a voting member of the Board of [email protected] surprised,” said Matthew White, executive Ashley Salyer, vice president for the resi- Regents in Kentucky statutes. Recently, leg- vice president of SGA. “If students aren’t dence life branch, said the hardest part of islation has been proposed to place the ex- Th e results for the Eastern Diagnostics involved on campus, they aren’t going to reaching out to students to getting all of the ecutive vice president of SGA on the Board survey came back with respondents asking know who we are.” information out. of Regents as well. one big question: Who is SGA? Rachel Mollozzi, student body presi- “We need to emphasize how fun it is “Th at’s what gives SGA part of its au- Th e survey was created to evaluate student, chooses to see the results as construc- along with the work,” Salyer said. “A lot of thority,” White said. dent satisfaction with tive criticism and is looking for more ways people say student government and think White said events coming up in Febru- parking, residence halls to get SGA’s name out there. it’s just about policies and administration, ary, such as the Rally for Higher Education and other issues across “Th e reason I wanted to do the East- but it’s not.” and a public safety forum, will allow SGA to Eastern’s main campus ern Diagnostics was to hear what students Mollozzi said SGA Night, the recent better communicate with the student body. and regional campuses. want,” Mollozzi said. “Unfortunately, my event held during the men’s basketball “Th ere’s a ton of explanations of why it It also evaluated students administration doesn’t have a lot of time game on Jan. 26, was an example of SGA could be, but there’s no one given answer,” overall satisfaction with left, but we’re going to get our name out making themselves more well known. White said. “We’re out there to help stu- Student Government As- there.” SGA Night allowed members of SGA to dents, and we want them to know who we sociation. Some members of SGA feel there is logi- go up to people in the crowd and explain to are.” Overall, 641 students Rachel Mollozzi cal explanation for why students responded who and what SGA represents. Salyer encourages all students to be- responded and the major- in this manner. “Our slogan is ‘We ake stuff happen,’ come more active within Eastern’s student ity rated SGA as a neutral. But several stu- “I think it has to do with the fact that our and that’s what we want students to know,” government. dents left comments wondering who SGA campus is a major commuter campus,” said Mollozzi said. “Rather than students saying “According to our constitution, every is and what they do. Tasha Stanfi eld, cultural arts chair of SAC. ‘who is SGA?’ we want them to ask how to student is a member of SGA,” Salyer said. “My initial reaction to hearing that the “Maybe do other things with them [region- get involved with student government.” “So I encourage them to use that active majority of our survey-takers [did not al campuses] as a whole university. It’s not Th e student body president is recog- voice.” A2 The Eastern Progress, Thursday, February 2, 2012 a sober person, but he continued to argue. POLICE Fritz was arrested and jailed in the Madi- CAMPUS need experience in judging, but Model is son County Detention Center for his own requesting students majoring in education safety. and or science-related fields. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Anne BEAT Jan. 28 Kipp at 622-3766 or via email at anne. BRIEFS [email protected]. Police were called to Clay Hall on the All information is taken from report of student Derek Ingram passed Eastern police reports. out on the second fl oor. Madison Coun- Phi Sigma Pi Rush Jan. 27 ty Emergency Services arrived shortly af- ter and used ammonia capsules to wake The co-ed honors fraternity of Phi Sigma Pi Police were dispatched to Alumni Col- Ingram. He refused treatment and trans- will be holding various rush events during iseum on the report of a theft. A female port to the hospital. Police could detect the Judges needed for Model Lab non-student, claimed a commemorative the week of Feb.

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