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Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 2006 2-14-2006 Daily Eastern News: February 14, 2006 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2006_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 14, 2006" (2006). February. 10. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2006_feb/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2006 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]. N “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” SPORTS Women’s basketball works on shooting: page 12 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14 2006 VOLUME 91, ISSUE 26 thedailyeasternnews.com 90th Anniversary Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Underground funding released Renovations not paid To keep his promise, Nadler said the money is highly effective collaborative initiative.” coming from an internal reallocation of funds that Installation will include two flat-screen TVs, with student fees were already in the Division of Student Affairs. domes that serve as sound localizers to keep noise BY LAUREN MOORE He said he only wants student money used when from the televisions to a minimum, gray carpet- STUDENT GOVERNMENT EDITOR it is necessary. ing, aluminum handrails, a computer area with “I did not want to see a situation in which stu- stainless steel tables, black walls and built-in light- Daniel Nadler, vice president for student affairs, dents had to reach, directly or indirectly, into their ing with wireless connections for laptop users and promised Student Body President Ryan Berger he pockets to make this project a reality,” Nadler — Berger's favorite — a place where art students would not rely on student fees for the renovation said. “The students made a strong case for this of 7th Street Underground. project, and it turned into a great example of SEE UNDERGROUND PAGE 7 CARRIE HOLLIS/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Misti Farler, a volunteer coordinator for Sexual Assault Counseling Information Services, reads "Because He Liked To Look At It" in the V-Day show, “The Vagina Monologues” in the Grand Ballroom Monday evening. V-day show draws in crowd of 400 Event proceeds CARRIE HOLLIS/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS aid victims Construction workers cut wood on top of the newly extended Doudna Fine Arts Center Monday afternoon. of sexual assault BY KRISTINA PETERS STAFF REPORTER WORK IN PROGRESS Red lights, black dresses, red boas and vagina chocolates set the atmosphere for Construction projects move near completion, Eastern president says “The Vagina Monologues” Monday night. “It’s a very meaningful event,” said BY KAYLA CROW help the department, which was housed in Blair Bonnie Buckley, executive director of Administration Editor Hall before the fire. Sexual Assault Counseling Information “The two classrooms on the first floor will have WHAT’S GOING ON: Services. Work on Eastern’s Blair Hall is nearing comple- room for 64 (students),” he said. “Prior to (the The Grand Ballroom was nearly filled tion, and university officials expect it to open in fire) they had room for 49.” Blair Hall with approximately 400 people to help in the first two weeks of April. Foster also said the improvements to the build- N Exterior work 70 percent complete, the effort to stop violence against women Eastern’s President Lou Hencken told the ing will help the department’s faculty members 2 classrooms will have an additional 15 and children. Board of Trustees Friday work is starting to wind teach their classes. seats “As a man, I cannot understand why down on the university’s third-oldest building, “Every classroom will have a multimedia sys- N Rooms will have multimedia systems anyone would do that (sexual abuse to and officials are looking forward to its re-opening. tem,” he said. “Some of the classrooms will have N Expected to open first or second week women),” said David Mendoza, a sopho- “Work on the third floor is done, and furniture whiteboards.” of April more philosophy major. is (being brought in) this week,” he said. “The sec- As of Friday, Hencken said exterior work on the Doudna Fine Arts Center The focus of the monologues stemmed ond floor (should) be done in the next two building was nearly 70 percent complete. N Will have 183,046 square feet of new from questions that Eve Ensler, creator of weeks.” Also at the meeting, Hencken updated the space, 86,334 square feet of renovated “The Vagina Monologues” asked women space Work is progressing, but Hencken said the board on the progress on the Doudna Fine Arts about how having a vagina affected their N opening of the building during the beginning of Center. Renovated 600-seat Dvorak Concert lives. Hall April is not what he wanted. He told the board that, once completed, the “(The stories) are empowering women N 290-seat proscenium theater with an “The opening is two to three weeks beyond building will have 183,046 square feet of new orchestra pit for musical theater to love themselves,” said Kristen Buerster, when we had hoped,” he said. space and another 86,334 square feet of renovat- an intern at SACIS. Once complete, Blair Hall will offer a new ed space. Lantz Fieldhouse teaching atmosphere for the departments that The new building will include the renovated N Expected to start end of April or the first SEE V-DAY PAGE 7 reside in the building that was damaged in a fire 600-seat Dvorak Concert Hall and a 290-seat week of May in April 2004. proscenium theater with an orchestra pit for N Expected to be completed by the fall The size of two of the classrooms will be musical theater. N Will include: a computer lab, 11 increased and the building will “provide state-of- John Oertling, chair of the theatre arts depart- offices, a conference room and a restroom the-art teaching and learning space,” Hencken ment, said the addition will help the department and will add 4,780 square feet with direct said. with its performances. Currently, the department access to the arena View our multimedia slideshow on Gary Foster, chair of the sociology department, ‘The Vagina Monologues’ online. said the increased size of the two classrooms will SEE PROGRESS PAGE 7 WWW.DENNEWS.COM “This means the offseason is “Will there be a time when our approaching, which just so music industry will just be filled happens to be my favorite with brothers, sisters, sons, time of the year.” daughters, mothers and fathers?” The NFL season has ended after one of the We’ve all heard the statement, it’s not what you GREG WALKER UESDAY EBRUARY RYAN TERRELL T , F 14, 2006 more bland Super Bowls in recent history. SENIOR know, it’s who you know. As sad as it is to say, this SENIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR JOURNALISM MAJOR is very much true, especially in the music industry. POUNCE ONLINE ONLINE SPORTS OPINIONS EDITOR EDITOR WTF? TABLE TENNIS Russia employs fake patrolmen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS officer who served as the model for the mock-up, said that the sight of his plastic double MOSCOW — This is one prompts some drivers to do Russian traffic cop who will more than slow down. never issue a ticket or take a "Some drivers stop and come bribe: he's made of plastic. up to him to show their docu- A life-size mock-up of a traf- ments, others sit in their cars fic police officer is prompting and wait for the inspector to more drivers to obey the speed approach them. They sit there limit on a highway in western for five minutes and they drive Russia, real-life officers say. away," he said. JOHN BAILEY/ THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS The fake human figure The fakes are being used on a Amanda Tolson, a sophomore English major, and partner Alexandra Dorobiala, a sophomore special education major, serve the comes complete with a nearly stretch of busy highway in the ball during a table tennis championship match Monday night in the Student Recreation Center lobby. two-dimensional patrol car, a Belgorod region near the speed gun and a black-and- Ukrainian border. Regional COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY NEWS white baton – held up to signal authorities plan to use more of travelers to be cautious. the mock-ups if the experiment But Alexei Zakharov, the proves successful. 5 DAY Students passing up aid WEATHER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS any aid so why go through it again?'" Hart said. Others mistak- TOP 5 ONLINE STORIES Even as the price of college rises, enly believe only merit-based aid is The study shows: TODAY 1. Charleston lacks job force diversity more low-income students who available and that without top 2. Panthers eliminated from postseason would likely get federal financial grades they are out of luck. N Community college stu- 3. Sigma Nu completes community service aid aren't even bothering to apply. The ACE study, released dents showed the biggest 47 4. All jazzed up A new report by the American Wednesday, finds the percentage improvement in aid appli- 35 5. On-campus residence fees increase Council on Education estimates of undergraduates completing cation rates, with 55 per- Sunny 1.5 million students who would FAFSA actually rose from 50 per- cent failing to apply for probably have been awarded Pell cent to 59 percent over the four- aid, compared to 67 per- Wednesday Grants in 2003-2004 did not year period it studied, and the total cent four years earlier. EVENING NEWS apply for them. That's up from number of applications increased However, the fraction of Listen to “Sports Issues” with ACE's estimate in a previous sur- by nearly 3 million, to 11.1 mil- 46 low-income students Ben, sports editor Marco vey of 850,000 who missed out on lion.

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