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Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 2012 2-10-2012 Daily Eastern News: February 10, 2012 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2012_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 10, 2012" (2012). February. 12. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2012_feb/12 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2012 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." Blues musician to Panthers end losing perform 'with soul' streak Page 3 Page 8 ALUMNI BLOOMBERG INSTITUTE From star athlete to star pilot Eastern Eastern alun1leaves his n1ark on history to provide Bloomberg By Samantha McDaniel & Amy Wywialowski Activities Editor & Staff Reporter Test in fall From Eastern to the army to the By Samantha Bilharz history books, Charles B. Hall has Managing Editor become a notable figure in history. Know as the first African Amer Eastern was selected by the Bloomberg Insti ican pilot credited with shoot tute as one of the first universities in the coun ing down an enemy plane dur try to provide students with the opportunity ro ing World War ll, Hall was also a take the Bloomberg Test. star at Eastern for his two years in The Bloomberg Test (also known as the school. BAT) wiU be available ro Eastern students in Hall attended Eastern in 1938- fall2012. 1939 where he was known for It rests student's ability in financial copies playing football and being a pleas and a general aptitude of skills. The rest covers ant guy. 11 different subject matters such as: econom Doug Lawhead, a professor at ics, investment management, investment bank Eastern, has done extensive re ing and financial markers. among many other search on Hall's history while he subjects. was building a model of Hall's Jesus Diaz, the director of University Oper plane. ations in the Americas for rhe Bloomberg In "I always wondered, 'why did he stitute, describes the test as "essentially a finan come here (to Eastern)?"' Lawhead cial IQ rest." said. "Then I remember Harry The test is three-hours long, consists of 150 SockJer's first coaching job was in multiple choice questions and is open to stu Brazil, (Ind.), where Hall attended dents who are pursuing a career in finance. high school." SUBMITTED PHOTO "The rest was established because rhere was Sockler was the coach with the Capt. Charles B. Hall, left, is congratulated by Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower for his Distinguished Flying a dramatic need to help chem (employers) find most wins in Illinois High School Cross award for his accomplishments with the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-African American group students at universities across the globe who Association history, as well as an of fighter pilots during World War II. had an interest in career finance," Diaz said. Eastern alum. After students take the test their score goes Lawhead called Sockler, an old cion major and a zoology minor on Howard Skidmore, of Palos joined the service and I joined the into rhe employer database where employers friend to see ifSockJer was the rea an athletic scholarship. Verdes Peninsula, Calif., said he Navy services," Skidmore said. are actively querying the database ro see who son Hall came to Eastern. At the Along with football, Hall also met Hall in 1938 and attended the Another Eastern alum, Maxine they want to hire. Students who have a high time, Charles Lantz, who Lantz ran track and lettered in both university with him for two and a Frame, 307 Lincoln Highway Rd score on the test will go ro the top of employ Arena is named after, was the foot sports his sophomore year. half year before Hall left ro join the in Charleston, said she was good er's search lists. ball coach at Eastern. Due ro racial relations of the military. friends with Hall. "Students find out that there is a test that al "Harry told me '1 brought time, Hall was not allowed to live "He was one of five colored stu "He was a wonderful man, lows them to get in front of thousands of em (Hall) over and showed him to on campus so he lived with the lo dents on a campus of 1,070," Skid I liked him very much," Frame ployers and you can imagine they get really ex Lantz, they never used him as cal African American barber who more said. "He was a football and said. "I was nor in class with him, cited about that," Diaz said. much as I thought they should lived on First Street. track star. He was a nice feU ow and but we knew each other and we In order to provide the Bloomberg Test to have, "' Lawhead said. Hall also had a parr-rime job at I enjoyed talking with him." were really good friends." colleges, rhe Bloomberg Institute came up with Hall began his time at Eastern an eatery called "The Little Cam Skidmore said he did not see Frame said Hall was always a a compeUation of the top 300 universities that Illinois State Teachers College in pus'' which was located where Hall again after he left school. happy person. meet high academic standards, have strong the f.ill of 1938 as a physical educa- "Ike's" is currently located. "I did not see him afrer he PILOT, page 5 programs in business, economics and liberal arts. The Bloomberg Institute also incorporat ed universities into the list that employers were inquiring. CAMPUS "Eastern was one of the universities employ ers were asking about," Oiaz said. Other colleges in Illinois that also offer the 'Dedicated' employee dies in car crash Bloomberg Test are: the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, DePaul University, rhe Staff Report David Crockett, associate direc Oblong, TU, while the funeral service University of Chicago, Universiry of Illinois at tor of maintenance and operations will be at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Chicago, Loyola University, Northern Illinois An Eastern employee was killed for Facilities Planning and Man Pastor Joe Latson and Bro. Dee University and The Illinois Institute ofTech Tuesday after a two-car accident ar agement, said Boyd served as a sub Wolfe will be officiating. nology. Fox Ridge State Park. foreman in the Environmental Con Boyd was born in Lawrence, Ill. Diaz said the Bloomberg Test was formed in Gregory C. Boyd, 62, of Sroy, Ill., trols department of FPM for sever on May 25. 1949 ro father, Carl Ed Sept. 2010 and since then the Bloomberg In was traveling southbound on Dlinois al years. ward Boyd and mother, Shirley Ann srirure has had 27,000 srudents take the test at Route 130 when his pickup truck "He was very dedicated," Crock Boyd. 468 universities around the world. crossed che northbound lane hitting en said. "He was one of those guys He is survived by his wife Mary Diaz said once students rake the test they are another vd1icle. always at work whether he felt well Elizabeth "Berry" Mills, two sons connected to more then 13,000 employers. Boyd's pick-up truck burst into or not. He was dependable and well and daughters-in-law, Rob and Jenni The Bloomberg Test is free and scudents can flames and was fully engulfed by the liked by everyone." Boyd and John and Amanda Boyd; retake the test as many times as they want. time emergency officers arrived, ac Boyd has been working at Eastern two daughters and sons-in-law Kim "Employers from different walks of life and cording ro press release from the for 20 years. and Aaron Hooper and Cydni and different industries are reaching out to students Coles County Sheriffs Office. "Boyd was a family guy and loved Jay Lewis. Also he is survived by who may have never thought that type of com The other driver William R. race cars and working on cars. That seven grandchildren and a brother, pany would be interested in them, that's rhe re Rayne, 53, ofTolono, was rransport was one of his big hobbies," Crock Jeff Boyd. ally interesting dynamic we are seeing every ed to the Carle Foundation Hospital ett said. "It was a pretty big shock Memorials will be donated to the day," Diaz said. in Urbana, Ill. and it's been tough for everyone." Oblong Spores Booster Club or the Boyd was the environmental con The visitation will be from Booth Library at Eastern in enve Samantha Bilharz ca11 be reQched trol supervisor at Eastern for sever 1 1 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday lopes at the church during the visi to Pulliam Funeral Home at P.O Box at 581-2812 or slbilhaY?.@'eiu..edu. al years. at First Christian Church in tation and service or may be mailed ~ 21, Oblong, IU. 62449. THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012 2 DAILYEASTERNNEWS .COM NO. 190, VOLUME 96 COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS EIU weather Council analyzes early alert system TODAY SATURDAY By Piper Black if one of their students received an Staff Reporter alert. 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