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More Online Leave comments at the "Things change, but our Chanticleer web site. logo stays the same.** thechanticleeronline.com l~olurne57, Issue 16 The Student newspaper of Jacksonville State University.since 1934 ~anuary5,20091 SGA readies for Stadium project on schedule election seas -< ;3 5 By Zach Childree By Mj Ortiz national students, Murtaza Editor in Chief Staff Writer , Kanji from Tanzania, Ivayla, Gyurova from Bulgaria and The stadium expansion project AS one election season Caterha. LaZZaroni from is on schedule despite the weather, closes,, another one dawns, as Honduras. These Walter McKee of McKee and Asso- . the Student Government AS- joined the student council ciates, the architectural firm hired to sociation prepares for elec- with hopes.to give a voice to design the stadium expansion, told tions for executive officers minorities On campus. the Jacksonville State University and justices to start at the end They are the intema- Board of Trustees on Tuesday. of the month. tional students to be involved "~nytimeyou start a project in At midnight, on Febru- directly with the SGA. the winter, you face rain and cold ary 8, campaign posters will 5'1 wanted to join to be weather," McKee said. "Everything be placed all around campus aware of what is goilng on is going well, on-schedule." with the names of aspirants. with students in 8eneral at JSU, but it is also way.m-. &-tu McKee said the beginning of con- This will mark the begin- represent us struction was going well and the ning of voting season at JSU. contractors were preparing the site on campus," Lazzaroni said, for the erection of the new building. According to adding that she will definitely dent Jennifer Nix, in order to do it again. , The rock level the project is being qualify for a position as an ..We have really good dis- . built upon has, so far, been predict- SGA officer, aspirants must . able to the point where progress is 'cussions, it is great to be a have leadership skills and pm of making important de- moving smoothly. wishes to contribute to make McKee said the. building itself cisions th,at affect al~of JSU a great experience for all G~~~~~~said. will begin to take shape over the students. General requirements in- next few months. "The erecting will begin mid Feb- Students looking to build ' clude a cumulative GPA of . a real college experience by and candidates are also ruary," McKee said. " By next foot- 2.5 making a difference and leav- to have in ball season, you'll get a glimpse of what the completed.project will be." ing a footprint behind, a spot the Student Senate for at least McKee said the new seats would as an officer representing in one term of office, be in place and portions of the tower the JSU student senate seems Candidates applying for would be visible as well. like the right path. They are SGA Vice President of Stu- The project began in December, elected to. represent the stu- dent Activities must cpmplete a month behind when it was antici- dent body as an active voice a tern in the Student P ictivi- pated because of economic factors. passing and changing poli- ties Council. The housinglstadiurn project is on schedule, contractors are already drilling holes for cies that.affect all students at Justice apprlicants a1 re re- the support piers. Photo by Zach Childree It is expected to be completed for the , 20 10 fall semester. JSU. Such is the case for inter- See "SGA," page 2 Stimulus school monev could be hard tb cut later BYLIBBY QUAID and JUSTIN POPE Rep. George Miller, chairman of the AP Writers House education committee. State governments are making dra- WASHINGTON (AP) - If the matic cuts to education as revenue government spends billions on edu- from sales and property taxes plum- catron to help jump-start the stagger- met, said Miller, D-Calif. Class sizes ing economy, what happens when are set to rise and hundreds of thou- things Improve and schools have sands of teachers have gotten layoff crown used ta the largesse? notices, he said. .. _. I I_r ing goes up, to keep it that way. cia1 education money pn teacher %ly concern and, I guess it's been a pet.peeve, is thl Democrats say that is an argument &daries. But they have five years to lack of daily communication that comes out of the uni for another gay. spend, money from the two programs versity," said Etheredge, pointing to fellow board mern- "At the moment, my interest is . and a long track record of spend- . - - ber Randy Owen receiving the Ellis Island Medal of I , in rebuilding the economy," said Honor as something the university should have played Graham Lewis mdders a ~-&irt'b&ari~~the new JSU See "Stimulus," page 2 up in the press. .logo. Photo by Angie Ayers Finley IJSU Interracial relationships ~hlfwe'rehunting ghosts . A familiar refrain Trenice Chandler discusses the beauty of love, New columnist Sara Adams writes about Jered Staubs compares this JSU Basketball no matter what color. her experiefices with the paranormal season to last year. 1on campus 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 6 - - FmpusCrime 2 QUESTION of the WEEK What issue should President Obama focus onjirst? Next week's question: - What do you think of the new logo? War in Iraq 11% .Abortion 0% Economy 78% .The Envrronment 4% PI Gay Marriage 7% ttiechanticleeronline.com - IIV II~~L~CI~WII~LCUIO~. r~erexpeneni-- .. ----r--.--- -. seasun LO ldsr year. Page 3 Page 4 Page 6 QUESTION of the WEEK - '.~TEEt-itan~ '. .. plant origi61jy .gram Sb'uth and central America, but now pipes and spit land other types of smokeless tobacco all cause [email protected]. cultivated throughout the world, including southern Ontario. cancers, too. In the unitedstates alone, tobacco causes nearly 1 Regional Technology Fair, Leone Cole ',t Nicotine, a powerful central nervous system stimulant found in 5 deaths, killing about 443,000 Americans each year. Auditorium. +# naturally in the tobacco leaf, is classified as a drug. Nicotine Grant said she has the best advice for students and smpking. is one of the main ingredients in tobacco. In higher doses, "Don't start," Grant said. "And if you have started, quit now." 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 pm. nicotine is extremely poisonous. Tobacco leaves can be burned ' - Grant said the health department has resources available b , *There is a regristration fee for t&q&ect es*mouth. nicotlne deliveryThe membranes systems help smokers quft. "If YOU want to'stop smoking,-there is help gtiti$@#&$p&q4 out there and it's free," Grant said. "3 a participants from elementaryfhigh - transmitting nicotine into the blood and to the brain. -Mandy Pearson also contributed this report - school. -. ._ I, \ 4 b r; Monda February 2 SGA: G PA req: I Stimulus: from page 1 SCA Stu ent Senate Meeting, TMB 7 r quired to have a cumulative GPA of 2.3, ac- ing it slowly. that stretches far beyond the short teq - Auditorium. cording to the SGA.. There currently is more than $5 billion stimulus package. : 6:00 pm. - 7:00 p.m. Applications for Mr. and Ms. friendly as in unspent federal education money, ac- Sending the money through govent--*' , Traffic Court, OfFice of Student Life well as Mr. and Ms. Jax State are also avail: cording to tlie Education Depament; In ment programs such as Pell Grants a# Conference Room. able, and petitioners must have a cumulative other words, schools and states are still No Child Left Behind gets the money c$ '. GPA of 2.3 and must be active in at least two sitting on the money, McKeon said. faster, Hartle said, but it is also harder* :' . on-campus activities and also be full-time -Eventually, they do spend most of it, cut later than if the money went dire . raining: Adding Content and students. .although the department says just under to states through block grants. ?@1. ts, Room 174 Self Hall Applications. for Executive OfficersJhre $100 million is returned to the federal "Don't get me wrong. I think this% , due by February 5 at 430 p.m. treasury every year. a very good set of proposals for college - 12:30 p.m. Justice applications should be in by Feb- "Is there any way our education system students and families," he said. "We do *To register coritact the Office of Distance ruary 12, 2009 by 4:30 p.m. and all should will, be able to absorb the additional dol- know that college enrollments climb dur- Education by noon, January 30.* be brought to the Office of Student Life. lars?" McKeon said. ing recessions as people go to school to All applications can be found on PDF for- . The measure would also'double spend- comp1ete.a skill or get a degree, so we're Tuesday, February 3 mat on the newswire, or may be picked up ing on Pel1 Grants, which help low-in- likely to see a big increase in enroll- at the Office of Student Life at the Theron come ~tudentspay for college, raising the ment." SCA Blood Drive, TMB Auditorium. .Montgomery Building (TMB). maximum award by $500 to $5,350. Miller, the House-committeechairman, ', 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Jermifer Nix's days.as president of the With surging demand for college and- said lawmakeis talked several times with * Please bring a picture ID. Student Government Association are corn- relentless tuition inflation, congressional state governors who wanted the money SCA Organizational Council Meeting, ing to an end; she will not be running for budget hawks have struggl'ed to curtail block grants.