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Eastern Illinois University The Keep April 2003 4-4-2003 Daily Eastern News: April 04, 2003 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_apr Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: April 04, 2003" (2003). April. 4. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_apr/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2003 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in April by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "Thll the troth April 4, 2oo3 • F R1 DAy and don't be afraid. • VO LUME 87 . NUMBER 128 THE DA ILYEASTERN NEWS . COM On track THE DAILY More than 600 athletes will run, jump and throw to compete In the Big Blue Classic at O'Brien Field this year. EASTERN NEWS Page 12A SPORTS Chair change shocks many By John Chambers ADM INISTRATION EDITOR This was no April Fools' joke. James L. Kaplan acted as chair of the Illinois Board of Higher Education at the April 1 meeting, replacing Steven H. Lesnik. The board was surprised by Gov. Rod Blagojevlch's appointment. "We had some Inkling that the governor planned to name a new chairman, but did not know when It would happen," said Don Sevener, IBHE media director. "The timing took us a little by surprise." Interim President Lou Hencken said the unexpected change had a JOHN HOHENADEL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER "bombshell" effect at the board Pat Goodwin, Charleston Fire Chief, speaks to fellow fi refighters at Fire Station 1 in Charleston on Wednesday afternoon. meeting. Lesnik was appointed by former Gov. George Ryan and held the position this past year. Second-generation frreman' s passion bums "Gov. Blagojevlch obviously wanted to appoint his own person By John Hohenadel to the position," Sevener said. STAFF WR ITER Kaplan has served on the board Campus frre calls since 1999. He was reappointed by A carbon monoxide call, a small fire at Aday jp the l 1F E Gov. Ryan to a term set to expire In Carman Hall and minor tasks around the 2007. firehouse are just three things In a typical - keep department busy With Kaplan's experience In day of a Charleston firefighter. Pa -<(:oodwin, Charleston higher education, "It's not any par Charleston Fire Chief Pat Goodwin has By Tim Martin ticular surprise the governor been a firefighter since 1986, but before Fire Chie- -- CAMP US ED ITOR would reach out to him, • said lbm then he was no stranger to the life of a fire An occasional series focused on tile Uves of members Schaefer, spokesman for Gov. fighter. of the Eastern and Charleston communities Every time a fire alarm Is falsely pulled, the Blagojevlch. "My father was one of the founders of the Charleston Fire Department Is there. The new chairman was appoint Gays {Ill.) volunteer fire department, so I "I usually check to make sure the ladder Every time a smoke bomb Is thrown down a ed now as "the governor has been have always been around It," Goodwin said. can fully rotate around In a circle, • Green garbage chute, the Charleston Fire Department putting together his administrative "Kids always say that when they grow up said as he pulled one of three levers to con is there. team," Schaefer said. "I'm not sure they want to be firefighters - I said It and I trol the ladder. "I also make sure that It Is Although there has not been a significant fire I would read Into this." pursued it." able to fully extend." on campus for a handful of years, the fire Kaplan referred to Lesnik as "a Kids say they want to become firefighters, After the equipment Is checked and ready department must respond to each Incident with powerful voice for colleges and but they may not know what It takes. to go, the firefighters take some time to a sense of urgency. universities In Illinois," In an IBHE "You could train, plan and drill, but every clean the firehouse. "When we get tuned out to Eastern we treat It press release. call Is different," Goodwin said. "What hap "The hardest part about this job Isjust try like any other fire, • Fire Captain Dan Ensign "I want to assure everyone pens In the first five minutes usually depicts Ing to make everything run efficiently," said. "We pretty much know {that It's not a seri throughout our great higher educa what will happen throughout the call." Goodwin said. ous Incident), but we don't know until we check tion system that I will work tire Goodwin starts his day by checking all his After a short break for breakfast, It out." lessly to advance the cause of high supplies he may need to use on a call. Goodwin talked about certain calls that have The maj ority of fire alarms come from er education to ensure that we sus "Right now this j ob Is not stressful, but 10 stuck with him throughout the years. Carman Hall and Stevenson Tower East tain our status among the top seconds from now we could have someone's "One time we rescued a little girl and her because of an alarm malfunction. The number ranked states In the nation," life In our hands, and all of the sudden the sister out of a well and after that, every time of false calls the fire department responds to Kaplan said. stress level is a 10," Goodwin said while re she saw me, she would come up and say 'hi' ranges over time. On the board, Kaplan oversaw arranging gadgets on his truck. to me, • Goodwin said. "It depends. Sometimes we go two or three the development of the Committee Goodwin Is not alone at Charleston Fire "It's an Interesting and rewarding j ob," times a shift (to campus)," Ensign said. "A few on Access and Diversity. Station No. 1. On Wednesday, he was accom Calvert said. days ago we had to go to Klehm Hall and then to The IBHE discussed a report on panied by fellow firefighters Mike Green In a small town like Charleston, the num lbwer East; the next shift then went to Eastern faculty diversity Tuesday. The and James Calvert. ber of fires pales In comparison to a big city two more times. report was an outgrowth of the "We usually have five firefighters on duty like Chicago. "I can't remember the last time someone committee's study on student on our shift, but two of them are taking time "It's a rarity to have a fire as big as the one actually had to pull the hammer down (signify diversity In enrollment. off today," Calvert explained. on Fourth Street and Buchanan (Avenue) we Ing a real fire)," Ensign said. The report this week centered While Calvert prepared the ambulance for had about three years back," Goodwin said. on minority and female faculty and the day, Green was busy organizing the lad SEE BUSY +Page GA der truck. SEE FIR EMAN +Page 7A SEE CHANG E +Page 7A Water turned off in Klehm, Coleman, Lumpkin halls + Four-hour shut down In advance to tell students of the facilities planning and manage dents said the water outage did not M o n d a outage that lasted from 10 a.m. to 2 ment, said notice of the outage was affect them. Wednesdays needed to complete Human p.m. In Klehm, Coleman and posted In the University The water outage finalized a Fridays. Services mnnection Lumpkin halls. Newsletter on April 1, but that three-week project that began with But Irwin "I think It was a terrible idea to notices were sent out March 27. the closing of Seventh Street March wished the By Tim Martin do In the middle of the day," said Some teachers were able to plan 10. Construction workers from CAMPUS ED ITOR English professor Bonnie Irwin, around the water outage. Brinkoetter & Sons connected utili while sitting In her office In "They warned us two or three ty lines from the city of Charleston more The water supply In three aca Coleman. "There are hundreds of times via e-mail, • Stephen Larson, to the new Human Services build lent time. demic buildings was turned off for students and faculty members In a financing professor, said. "I filled Ing. Seventh Street was also re four hours Thursday so the con those three buildings - It's the up two canisters of water before I opened earlier this week. "Construction workers were out nection to the new Human Services busiest time of the day for classes. came to work and I ran to Booth Brooks said some food labs asso there at 7 a.m.," she said. "Usually Building could be finalized. It was a major Inconvenience." {Library) to use the bathroom." ciated with dietetics would have I don't complain, but this got me Faculty members were e-mailed Carol Strode, Interim director of The majority of Interviewed stu- been affected, but they only meet pretty ticked off." REVIEW THIS ON THE VERGE OF THE WEE KEND The White Stripes THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS The leaders of the mainstream garage sound remember how to rock Fnda~Apni4,2003 ~--- with 'Elephant.' Section B ***., Page 88 to country music with Robbie Fulks and The Siderunners rience two of the best alternative country acts By Ben Turner Fulks considers himself as a coun artist Fulks appeared on the change of corporate ownership Giants" and released it on his own VERGE EDITOR try music artist and said he consid Grammy nominated "A Whole in which affected the label's promo label, Boondoggle Records.