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" SPORTS + Baseball gets first win: page 12 MONDAY MARCH 1 2005 thedailyeasternnews.com Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Cold Faculty for prepare to mentor a cause Honors mentoring Polar Plunge takes program offers place state wide, guidance to students raises money for BY )ACLYN GoRSKI Special Olympics STAFF WRITER BY N ICOLE MILSTEAD Faculty members will get the STU DENT GOVERNMENT REPORTER opportunity to mentor students by participating in the Honors Faculty On Saturday, over 50 people Mentoring Partnership Program. plunged into lake Sara's 39 degree Presidential scholars are students water in Effingham to raise money for that are incoming freshmen. The the Special Olympics. minimum requirements for the pro- The annual Polar Plunge took place STEPHEN HAAS/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS gram are a 28 ACT score with a 3.75 in 14 locations across lllinois. The R. S~9 a ~ a,W -~ 11I18J1w91ltmllcfula R01iJ ~n~ @{} Cillalifulalkrolp wlho was cmal@d •• 1100 Lome high school grade point average or a Polar Plunge in Effingham is organ- Ramc.r fulr am Slji@<OOa1D)• • P<dla.? ~ all llAk<!l SaJi'lil iiD cllJallll ~ •~ • 110\il c kful ~ ~Thall c®Wb®y class ranking in the top 5 percent. A ized by the area director, Michael lil<!l 00 was llDJ ~aap99 SmpooJ said!, student could also have a 30 or high- Fulford. er ACT score with a top 10 percent To prepare for the plunge, Fulford Charleston, made an appearance as tion major and president of the The official temperature of the rank or a 3.5 GPA. lead over 100 people in the chicken the Lone Ranger. SCEC; and Kyle C. Pratt, a senior water was at 39 degrees, said Terry '1t has been a wonderful experi- dance. "This is a great cause," Steidl said. special education major and vice pres- Trueblood, the commander of the ence for both the faculty and the stu- Even though it was 35 degrees out- "This is my second year participating ident of SCEC. Effingham County Dive and Rescue dents," said Judy Sunderman, aca- side, many participants were wearing in the Polar Plunge and I have been "We are here to raise money for the Squad. Because of that they had demic adviser for the Honors as little as bikinis or swimming trunks. involved in Special Olympics for 10 Special Olympics," said Sarah divers in the water and ambulances College. '1 know the students have Others were more creative with years." Aldrich, a junior special education sranding by. really appreciated the time and their attire. There was a University of A group of over 20 Eastern stu- major. "It wasn't too bad while you No one was injured over the course attention from their mentors. I Illinois fan who came complete with dents participated on behalf of the are in there; but, it is really cold when of the day. think that all the faculty mentors lawn chair, Hawaiian shirt and sun- Student Council for Exceptional you get out." have enjoyed their association with screen. Others dressed as Catwoman Children. The group was lead by Each member of the group raised MORE PHOTOS AT the students." and Rory Steidl, a state trooper from Cheryl Palmer, a junior special educa- over $75 for the cause. WWW.THEO'.ILYEASTERNNf.WS.COM Bonnie Irwin, dean of the Honors College, is in charge of overseeing the mentorship program. "We admit 20 students a year," Irwin said. ''A faculty committee Eastern's buffest showcase their muscles reviews the applications of all those students who meet the minimum Nick Grabarek, heavyweight, as well the overall title of Mr. EIU. requirements and recommend to me Nick Grabarek, a physical education major those with the most potential for Rachel Hymes and winner of the light-heavyweight class, was academic success and leadership." declared the 2005 Mr. EIU. The student is then matched with named Mr. EIU, Out of the three women who competed, a faculry member who is then the Rachel Hymes, a graduate student in exercise student's mentor throughout their Ms. Fitness and physiology, was declared Ms. Fitness 2005. career at Eastern. Goss said the competition was open for any- The search for mentors is an on- one to compete, and the competitors had the going process, Irwin said. BY STACY SMITH oppornmity to meet every Thursday in the Notices are sent out periodically STAFF WRITER dance studio to practice poses. to inform faculty of the option to Tim Addante, a management major and win- serve as a faculty mentor. The Bright lights, loud music and a lot of muscles ner of the middleweight class, said the hardest Honors College matches faculry were on display during the Mr. EIU and Ms. thing during the competition was holding a pose members and students in the fall. Fitness competitions Saturday night in the without shaking. He said he was thankfi.tl for his The Honors College takes the University Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. personal trainer, Joel Rodarte, a management biographical information from the University Union. major, who kept him motivated. faculty members and the presidential After nine weeks ofdieting and intense work- The five judges were all blue-ribbon panel scholars in their applications and outs, three females and 10 males competed to members, Baker said. matches their interests, Sunderman earn the names Mr. EIU and Ms. Fitness, a "There are four Mr. EIUs and one women's said. medallion, a trophy and pride. world power lifter champion (on the panel)," he "We don't want to match mentors Abbey Goss, master of ceremonies and event said. and scholars too closely," Irwin said. coordinator, said she was very surprised that Chuck Bono, a sophomore exercise science A student would not be paired up more than 500 people attended the competi- major, won the tide for the heavyweight class. with a faculty member of the same tion. '1 was very proud of Chuck. He did a great department, she said. )OSH REELEY!THE O'.ILY EASTERN NEWS "The show was great," said Ken Baker, direc- job and hopefully will be back next year and The program gives the student l fulk Sii~k9 • atrofuxr plllpi®&iJ ~om llll8J1w9 p®aea tor ofcampus recreation. "The competitors took win," said Frank Bono, a sophomore industrial perspectives on another major at ~~ lma u- • all am 1117. EIU&Ill ~ • • • •• a lot of time preparing, and the audience was technology major and Chuck Bono's twin Eastern, said Bud Fischer, associate COllilp.mom Sa~~ iiD lfu!l Gram~ ·am fil un. very enthusiastic and supportive." brother. chair of the biological sciences lla:JI1m l!tnfu:oo> ~ Jr. IJmjjy@~ l nfum. Wok worn Ulx!l Wtnners were declared in each weight class for lli~a'JW@n&ilil<!il•• •mdl 1100 ®Nraffi cOllilpe\ilJ[om. the men: middleweight, light-heavyweight and SEE FITNESS PAGE 7 SEE M EN TO R PAGE 7 FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK TODAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 53 36 36 42 37 24 26 28 28 23 Showers/wind Sunny Snow shower Rain/snow Partly cloudy MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2005 COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY NEWS SLAMMIN' WTF? KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Child arrested Bush plan hurts farms after tantrum BY ALEX P EAK KANSAS STATE WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - Police arrested an 8-year-old boy who (U-WIRE) MANHAJTAN, Kan. - President Bush allegedly had a violent outburst in proposed a reduction in farm subsidies for the next year school, head-butting his teacher and that could significantly affect Kansas farmers. Bush's plan kicking an assistant principal, when he for the next fJSCa! year limits federal agriculrure payments. was told he couldn't go outside to play Brad wbben, K..State agriculrural economist, said an with other students. individual currently can receive as much as $360,000 per The 4-foot pupil was led away from year, but with Bush's new proposal, an individual would Rawls Byrd Elementary School in hand- be limited to a maximum of $250,000 per year. That cuffs Tuesday and charged with disor- amount also takes into account the benefits ofup to three derly conduct and assault and battery. entitlements. "It's not something that happens Decreasing grain and dairy payments is also in the pro- every day," Maj. Stan Stout said ofwhat posal. could be the department's youngest arrest ever. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII Stout said the chair-tossing, desk- turning outburst occurred afrer a Navy denies UARC teacher, and later the assistant principal, BY BART ABBOTT attempted to stop the boy from joining KA LEO 0 HAWAII his classmates. (U-WIRE) HONOWLU - The writer of the origi- nal proposal for a University Affiliated Research Center PEOPLE at the University of Hawaii said most universities approached by the Navy do not end up establishing Stewart says UARCs because they lack the expertise required to do so. The Navy has offered the UH a UARC proposal that she's changed could bring researchers about $50 million over the next five years in contracts. The UARC would be a contrac- NEW YORK (AP) - Martha tual agreement between the Navy and UH to establish a Stewart took up the cause of prisoners' cleared facility where federal and military research could rights during her five months in prison be conducted.