Eastern Illinois University The Keep January 2010 1-15-2010 Daily Eastern News: January 15, 2010 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2010_jan Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: January 15, 2010" (2010). January. 10. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2010_jan/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2010 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in January by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "Tell the truth a nd don't b e afraid." Verge editor encourages Women's hoops reader participation moves to second place Verge, section B Page 12 UNIVERSITY STATE Earthquake touches hon1e Sen.: Quinn lacked substance behind in payments to state­ his speech. said. "That's generally rwice the Sen. Righter funded organi7.acions. He called for an overhaul rhar rare of the rest of the budget. for professor, Universities and community he said would make rhe tax bur­ You have to slow the rare of that pessimistic about colleges comprise $850 million den fairer while also producing growth. We need to reign that future of university of that funding backlog, accord­ more money for the state, but did back in. You need to say now, alumna ing to the Illinois Federarion of nor specifically renew his call for 'We're not expanding that pro­ By Sarah Ruholl Teachers. a 50 percent increase ro income gram any more.'" Puricelli felt tremors Administration Editor "The news is not good for uni­ tax. Righter believes the moratori­ versit ies," Righter said. " If you Righter and many other stare um on spendmg increases should from Port-de-Paix home Gov. Pat Quinn's State of the count all of the bills that are due legislators are opposed to the pro­ be extended across the board. State address Wednesday ran long right now, it's in rhe neighbor­ posed increase without a major "Groups come to Springfield By Sam Sottosanto in words, but Sen. Dale Righter, hood of $1 0 billion." overhaul in governmental spend­ every year looking to get state Online Editor R-Mattoon, thinks it ran short The exact deficit amount is un­ ing. funding for their organization," on substance. known; it could fall anywhere be­ "(The governor and senate and Righter said. "It is nothing short The pounding ofVoodoo drums and sounds of "Don't expect to find any­ tween $5 billion and $10 billion, house leaders) are the only elect­ of irresponsible to say yes to that people wailing in the meets ofPort-de-Paix are a thing significant about the bud­ despite a constantly rising annual ed officials in Springfield willing when we're so far behind on our constant reminder of the loved ones still missing get, it's not there," Righter said. tax revenue. to support income tax increases payments. Stop increasing spend­ in Port-au-Prince. About 100 miles north ofwhere "To be fair, this is not his bud­ " In the last seven years, this as things are right now," Righter ing and work on paying your the eanhquake hit, the population of Porr-<ie-Paix get address, that is coming in stare's annual tax revenue has in­ said. "Consciruents aren't willing bills." waits in fear for news ofF.unily and friends. February, bur he should have creased by $7 billion, with a cu­ to pay more for something rhey When Beth Puricelli, a former Eastern profes­ devoted more than a handful of mulative increase of over $20 bil­ know is already broken." 7ht Associaud Prm contributtd to sor, fdt the earthquake tremors around 5 p.m. on minutes in an 80-minure speech lion," Righter said. "The problem Righter used Medicaid as an this rtport. Tuesday, it was something she and her husband to talking about the budget, be­ is rhe growth in spending has ex­ example of what is going wrong Stephen had never expected when they moved to cause it's what's on everyone's ceeded even rhat." with the state's budget. Sarah Ruholl can be reached Port-do-Paix to teach. mind." Quinn did nor address any spe­ "Medicaid has been growing at 581-7942 "We are blessed that Porr~o-Paix was not affect­ The srate is billions of dollars cific plans for fixing rhe budget in at a rate of 8 percent a year," he or ar seruhoii21Peiu.edu. ed in the same way as Port-au-Prince. We are sad­ dened for so many and this nation," Puricelli said. Puricelli, at 26, is an Eastern alumna and for­ BOARD OF TRUSTEES .,._ • L •• t. ~ • 0 ~- ~·· L 0 • "- ••~. mer Eastern F.unily consumer sciences professor, " Questio~s:answered.: (lur~g ~ :~-. ~~~!'{ who left the U.S. for Haiti back in August co teach < ._.,' ••• -.· • '··- •• -. •. .- -·"·~-- "t'·.-~ fi."St-graders free of charge. Proposed IIlodification Bur since most communication is limited in -Qpep fo~... ; 9~ ~·~l~.~~~~ ~·9!iS~:.~ --- --------------~--- - -------- Haiti, many of the citizens did nor know about the quake until Wednesday morning. Puricelli, how­ reinforces statute ever, has a computer and found out Tuesday eve­ ning. ry of university employees to partici­ Pon-de-Paix relies on Porr-au-!'rince because Vote scheduled pate in the political process provided it is the only city in the country that has an air­ that such participation, with limited port and they get all their food and diesel from for Jan. 22 exceptions, is not done while on dury Port-au-Prince. at the university,'' said Robert Mill­ HAITI, page 7 By Collin Whitchurch er, general counsel for the Board of Managing Editor T rustecs. The revision is part of a sec­ CAMPUS tion on academic freedom. The Beard ofTrustees will vote This section states: "institutions Eastern students on a proposed revision to its gov­ of higher education are conducted erning policies on Jan 22. for the common good and not to may be victims The revision, which is in accor­ further the interest of either the in­ dance with a previous statute on dividual faculty member or the in­ of identity theft the subject, would allow facul­ stitution as a whole." ty and staff to be allowed to com­ Miller said the revision was pro­ municate their thoughts about the posed by the Board ofTrustees Reg­ Many students report federal government, as long as it is ulations Committee and at the next clear they are not speaking on be­ meeting, scheduled for Jan. 22, a ma­ damage done to credit half of the university. jority of the board must vote in favor Additionally, staff and faculty of the revision for it to pass. By James Roedl members would be allowed to at­ The proposed revision is posted at Staff Reporter tend partisan political rallies, dis­ Booth Library until Jan. 22. play political buttons, stickers or Eastern is nor immune to identity theft. patches and display bumper stick­ Collin Whitchurch can be Jackie See, financial health coordinator for ers on their vehicles. the Health Education Resource Center, said she "''be proposed language reinforc­ has spoken to srudenrs with thousands of doUars es a recent statute regarding the abili- or [email protected]. of damage done to their credit caused by iden­ tity theft. While idenrity theft is a real problem for ev­ eryone, it is college students who can be easi­ "The proposed language reinforces er targets. a recent statute regarding the See anributed an easily accessed Social Secu­ rity number, not balancing a checkbook, not ability of university employees to keeping receipts and receiving excess credit card or loan offers in the mail, as reasons why coUege participate in the political process students are at greater risk for identity theft. provided that such partcipation, AMIR PREllBERG (THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS "They are inexperienced in handling their fi­ Sandy Bowman, interim assistant director of human resources, nances," See said in an e-mail. with limited exceptions, is not done answers questions dealing with the furlough policy during an open forum on Tuesday afternoon In the Physical Science Building. The Identity theft is serious business. while on duty at the university" Council on University P:anning and Budget will meet at 3 p.m. today "If a thief has a persons' name, address and Robert Miller, board of trustees. in the 1895 Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The Social Security number, rhey can do a lot of CUPB will discuss the comments garnered from online suggestions damage," See said. and the open forums on the proposed furlough policy. Cost contain­ IDENTITY, page 7 ment suggestions will also be discussed. r THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS SPORTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010 10 OENNEWS.COM NO. 78, VOLUME 94 TRACK & FIELD 1 California dreamin' for jumps coach By Bob Shaughnessy Staff Reporter "I was two This weekend, rhe Panthers will places away lose one of their beloved coaches as he heads to California to pursue his from going to goal of competing in the 2012 Sum­ mer Olympic Games. the Olympics, On Monday, assistant coach JaR­ ed Tobler will leave for "The Gold­ so that en State" where he will train to earn definitively a spot on the United States' Olym­ pic team. sparked In the summer of 2008, Tobler finished sixth ar rhe US Olympic something more Trials in rhe long jump. In the trials he was second in qualifying (8. I 6m there and now I - 26' 9 l/4~) and finished 6th over­ have time, and all (8.09m - 26' 6 1/2"), in the fi­ nals. the opportunity, Although Tobler finished sixrh in 2008, he said he rhinks this is rhe to get into the year.