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Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 2005 2-24-2005 Daily Eastern News: February 24, 2005 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2005_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 24, 2005" (2005). February. 17. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2005_feb/17 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2005 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]. "Tell the truth and don't be afraid. " INSERT + Dressing Oscar - Verge: page 1 B THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24 2005 thedailyeasternnews.com Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Wait no longer: funding, at last Doudna Fine "It's always exciting when Arts Center there is a state-of-the-art facility in place to help targets late students ... " March to begin D ON SEVENER, BOARD SPOKESMAN construction The fi.mds will go toward classroom desks, chairs and theater equipment BY ) ENNIFER I'ERYAM for the center. ADMINISTRATION EDITOR The IBHE will testify the appro- priations for the equipment April The Doudna Fine Arts Center ren- 28, according to board spokesman ovations are scheduled to begin at the Don Sevener. end of March, but fi.mds for movable '1t's always exciting when there is a equipment for the building have not state-of-the-art facility in place to help yet been approved. students," Sevener said. "This is an Last week, Gov. Rod Blagojevich exciting endeavor." reappropriated the fi.mds fur the reno- Melanie Arnold, spokeswoman for STEPHEN H AAS/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS vation in his budget address, but funds the state's Capital Development I@!J(rom)s ~~ UOO 1 100¥®~ Boa:r~'• 0 ~ C®IDlle:Jil lp3iil 4; 2®\ iiD l.Wlz AlooJdb ~ lliliDll"SiiJJ for equipment were not included. Board, said the renovations are on ~ IIIltffilJ •aJlps HQ OiheJ IDJ d@cnde G ~@ li!arJmc <!JGl c pillS. Jill Nilsen, vice president for external schedule. The CDB is overseeing the relations, said that even though fund- Doudna project. ing fur equipment to use on Doudna "Everything is as it should be," was not included in Blagojevich's pro- Arnold said. "Whatever is not spent Narrowing down the field posed budget, it is not a concern in fiscal year '05 will be spent in fis- because the center will not be finished cal year '06." UB has to follow a long cation major and UB chair. "We try tlte best we can to during the year the budget covers. The agency recently awarded a con- reach out to as (many) sn.dents as possible." "The equipment will not be need- tract fur the construction work to low- concert process to find One of the first things looked at is the availability of ed until fi.mher down the road," bidder CORE Construction. The the venues on campus. The concert committee contacts Nilsen said. company's bid was $30,875,000. entertainers for Eastern the scheduling office to check on athletic schedules and Doudna has been vacant since the Arnold said that once on the site, the availability of Lantz Arena.. summer of 2002, when crews gutted crews will begin demolishing the glass BY APRIL MCLAREN 'The scheduling office is really awesome," said Kristen the building of asbestos to begin the wing of the existing Doudna building CAMPU S EDITOR Thorburn, senior English major and UB concert com- $53.8 million renovation and expan- and then tear down tlte old Clinical mittee chair. sion. Funding had been delayed since Services and Counseling buildings. Choosing an artist for a concert is a long, continual While the committee prefers to have performances in April 2004, when Blagojevich autltor- Jeff Cooley, vice president fur busi- process fi.1ll of a variety of steps and complications to Lantz Arena because of acoustic sounds and the newness ized the remaining $46 million for the ness affairs, is pleased with the resum- work around. of the venue, Thorburn said the committee and the board project's completion. ing renovations. While the University Board and the members of the still look at McAfee Gym availability. Eastern will be working with the "Everything will be torn up for UB concert committee consider all the steps, their ulti- Twista's concert, for example, was held in McAfee Illinois Board of Higher Education awhile, then we'll put it all back mate goal is to satisfy the students. last spring. (IBHE) to approve a request of $1.5 together," Cooley said, noting the "It's so difficult to find acts due to their availability and million to pay for the equipment construction is scheduled to take their cost," said Maria Santoyo, junior middle-level edu- SEE FIELD PAGE 9 inside the completed fine arts center. about 30 months. Building up from the ashes ~by's sciences major and one of five men who lived Former in the house prior to the fire. The new plan is to build three thre~bedroom house' to soon apartments, said Brian Sowinski, son-in-law oftlte property owner, Wes Ballsrud, and co-owner of become three Third Street Properties, LLC. 'The floor plan is finalized," he said. apartments Sowinski said his company is receiving building help from Unique Properties. BY BRIAN GARTLAN The new building will cost almost the same STAFF WRITER amOtmt of money as it would have cost to repair the damaged house, Atkins said. As ofTuesday, an empty lot takes the place The fire tlmt destroyed the house on Aug. 25 where members of Eastern's men's cross coun- was started by a candle left burning at the house, try and track teams once lived. according to the Charleston Fire Department, The "Arby's house," as the old house was who responded to the call. referred to because of its proxinllty to Arby's, was Despite the fire, Sowinski is very optimistic destroyed by a fire in August. Now all that is left at about the fun.re of the property. 1515 Third St. is the futmdation, a dumpster full He said he likes to think of the funrre apart- S TEPHEN H AAS/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS ofdebris and a mound ofgarbage. ments as "luxurious." "It's sad to see my house of two years torn I <!il l liiiq1ll8 H@mlel ~ dowm Uilx!l ilKoorl@ aJ U212 'il1lfudl S\1. w• •~., a . • m. 11 down," said Kevin Atkins, a senior biological SEE ASHES PAGE 9 1118W ns {]@ b OilJ7<ool ~lt@dlrooJm &Jpl wlhe:rul 1100 ''Aihy'• • @ @Gllle Ill®®.. FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY 38 40 44 48 42 30 25 31 38 28 Partly cloudy Partly sunny Sunny Partly cloudy Showers THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2005 CAMPUS BRIEFS BLIND WOMEN WALKING ONLINE POLL 12 to 1 p.m. Starboard in McAfee Gym Room 1205. Tlus workshop demonstrates the basic fean•res What is your and components of Starboard Technology and how it reaction to the can be used to enhance instruction. Topics to be cov- 75 cent tax ered include introducing participants to Starboard, its increase on features and the possibilities ofits use for instruction. It cigarettes? provides an overview of major software components and demonstrates how to access the program. A) Let's take all Participants will learn how to navigate and use a the money we can Starboard presentation, work with the monitor to from those filthy manipulate their presentations using the software and smokers! to make a presentation more interactive. Familiarity with Starboard required. As always, advanced registra- B) Smokers tion is required to attend all TECnet training events. To should be taxed register, go online to http://cats.eiu.edu/traininglregis- more, but 75 tration/workshops.asp. cents is too much. 3 to 6 p.m. Raume Blitz in Career Services, Room C) It shouldn't 1301. Get your resume critiqued before the Mid- have been America Educator's Job Fair. Must bring completed increased. The tax resume. is high enough. 6 p.m. "Outfoxed" movie screening in Phipps 1205. D) Another area The film addresses the problem of media being unbal- could have been anced and the impact this has on politics in America .. taxed instead of This event is sponsored by the College Democrats. Call picking on Eric Hake for more information at 581-6333. smokers. Isn't it bad enough CARRIE HOLLIS/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS smokers already Vicki DeGiulio, a senior elementary education major, pretends to be blind while Hilary Craig, also a senior elemen- have the AROUND ILLINOIS CAMPUSES ' tary education major, leads her around Buzzard Hall on Wednesday evening for a special education class. addiction? VOTE@ THEDAILY ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY WTF? PEOPLE EASTERN NEWS.COM Stereotype untrue Manure pile burns out Campbell's cocaine use While an assailant in a concealed ski mask jumping out from behind a bush is the stereotypical image ofsex - MILFORD, Neb. - It took nearly four months, NEW YORK - Naonli Campbell says she nearly COUNTING ual assaults on college campuses, in reality, an individ- but to the relief of neighbors nliles around, a burning self-destructed from her use of cocaine. ual who knows the victim is often behind these attacks. manure pile has been extinguished. Campbell tells Diane Sawyer on "Primetime Live" DOWN Contrary to belief, Gail Trimpe-Morrow, coordinator David Dickinson, owner and manager of Midwest (to air at 10 p.m. EST Thursday) that she's glad she for Sexual Assault Prevention and Survivor Services at Feeding Co., said Wednesday that several weeks of recovered, but acknowledges that it's still difficult.