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Page 1B VERGE APPORTIONMENT BOARD Have a Cuts made nice Day to budget Howie Day to headline proposals UB spring concerts +Board will recommend budgets for By Brittany Robson 2005 to president's council ACTIVITIES EDITOR Songwriter and performer Howie Day, 22, from By Brian O'Malley Bangor, Maine, will play April 4 at Lantz Arena as open STUDENT GOVERNMENT EDITOR for the University Board's spring concert series. UB is paying $28,500 for Day to perform at Eastern. The Apportionment Board Thursday approved a Day independently released his first album, "Australia" total combined budget of $477,000 for the five-fee in 2000. More than a year funded boards of AB for fiscal year 2005, which they later, over 100,000 copies will recommend to Shirley Stewart, vice president for have been sold. student affairs. In addition to that, he has Spring Concert Series The total proposed amount was more than $525,000, released "Madrigals EP" which is about $7,000 fewer than last year's proposal. and his latest, "Stop All The HOWIE DAY, AB, only having $477,000 available to allocate, had to World Now," which is now OPENING ACT UNKNOWN cut requested money from three of the groups. out following his signing to Sunday, April 4 The other groups funded by AB are the Dramatic Epic Records. Player's Club, University Board, the Student Day's band features Jay SOMETHING CORPORATE AND Recreation Center and the Student Government. Clifford from Jump Little YELLOWCARD WITH THE FORMAT The Apportionment Board requested and was Children, ex-Verve Pipe Sundy, April 25 approved more than $21,000. The Dramatic Player's bassist Simon Jones, Los Club requested and was approved more than $8,000. Angeles keyboard player WHERE TO GET TICKETS? Larry Ward, Student Senate vice president for finan­ Less Hall and London Howie Day tickets go on sale cial affairs and AB chair, said he thought it was a good drummer Laurie Jenkins. Wednesday. Something idea to give the player's club and "In a weird way I've come Corporate and Yellowcard themselves the exact requests. full circle," Day said. "After "It seems like a good idea to high school, I decided to tickets go on sale to students approve those two first," Ward skip college, but wound up Monday, March 22 and to the said. spending a lot of time tour­ public Monday, March 29 at the The University Board was ing college campuses. Four Martin Luther King Jr. University approved more than $210,000, years later, I'm releasing a Union Ticket Office which is about $40,000 less than the new record instead of get­ group's request. The approved ting my degree." HOW MUCH? amount is still about a $6,000 A press release said Both concerts are $8 for increase from the fiscal year 2004 Day's music explores students, $15 for the public budget. themes of love, regret and The Student Recreation Center 'We could have loss. He also incorporates a was approved an amount of more just kept the per­ 25-piece orchestra in four of his songs. than $200,000, when the group centages the "Going into the studio, I wanted to create a timeless asked for about $5,000 more. The same and ended record that will hold up 10 years down the road," Day said rec center also has an increase of the meeting in 30 in a press release. about $6,000. minutes, but The percentages each group instead we went SEE CONCERTS +Page 7A were given out of the allocations through budget available were almost identical to by budget and the fiscal year 2004 budget's per- ~~t~ed the kinks centages. "We could have just kept the per- Larry ward Howie Day will be performing April 4 for one of two Spring concerts. His latest album, "Stop All the World Now," was released centages the same and ended the in October of 2003 and he has most recently toured with Barenaked Ladies. meeting in 30 minutes, but instead Apportionment Board we went through budget by budget chair and worked the kinks out," Ward said. "I think we went about it the right way." Sha Woodyard, staff clerk for Union General Operations and AB member, said AB only has the Cancer claims life of former professor power to make recommendations. "It's not out job to decide what exactly gets cut," By Julie Bourque with so much energy." Woodyard said. CAMPUS REPORTER "Mary Ellen was such a warm and car­ Ward said some of the items taken out of Student ing person and totally dedicated to sup­ Government's budget to add to the needed cuts were Mrs. Mary Ellen Varble, a beloved pro­ porting the university, the (education) eliminating one registration to the Conference of fessor, coworker, friend, mother, grand­ department and all her students," Judy Student Government Associations, removing the total mother and wife, passed away in the Barford, early childhood, elementary and per diem cost and some of the student airfare money. early morning Wednesday. middle level education professor, said. Ward said he thinks the five groups expect certain Beginning her work at Eastern in 1988, "No matter what, she was always there costs to be eliminated, so he told AB to focus on costs Varble taught a variety of courses in the smiling and deeply caring." that only benefit a small number of students. elementary education field with empha­ Students remember Mrs. Varble for "I don't think anybody would be unhappy with that," sis on language arts and reading, super­ her genuine personality and her extreme Ward said. vised practicum students in the schools dedication. UB Chair Jenn Kieffer said she wished the approval and actively participated on a variety of Graduate student Shannon Costello, for UB was a little higher, but was still happy to receive committees for university, state and PHOTO SUBMITTED who had Varble for four classes, said an increase. national teacher organizations. Mrs. Mary Ellen Varble died from Mrs. Varble's hard work and dedication "We can work with any amount," Kieffer said. From 1995-1998, Varble also served as breast cancer Wednesday. Mrs. Varble made her one of the best professors "Obviously we would have liked to get a higher the chair of the department of student was an elementary education professor at Costello had ever had. amount, but we can work with it." teaching. Eastern from 1988 to 2004. "She really took a lot of time to get to Ken Baker, director of campus recreation, said the She has left a lasting impression know her students personally, and she decrease in the rec center's budget was expected behind on all of those who were graced ry efforts. She will truly be missed." always made sure we knew how impor­ because AB didn't have enough money to give each with her presence. For the past two years, Varble had been tant being a good teacher was and that we group every dollar they asked for. "She dedicated her professional life to battling breast cancer and it began to would become one," Costello said. "We can always work harder," Baker said. the preparation of exceptional teachers," spread within the past year. Barford said Mrs. Varble's teachings AB member Amy Leonard said the rec center should said Charles Rohn, dean of the College of But, through it all, many faculty mem­ could easily be reflected through her stu­ be the last budget to be decreased because the budget Education and Professional Studies. bers said Varble still exuded her positive dents' motivation and appreciation for is similar every year. "Eastern Illinois University and the and inspirational aura that lingered wher­ children's literature. "Every group usually is asking for stuff they didn't teaching profession have and will contin­ ever she went. Even when sick, faculty ask for last year," Leonard said. "The Rec Center real­ ue to benefit greatly due to her exempla- said she remained "positive and upbeat SEE VARBlE + Page 7A ly isn't asking for anything they didn't ask for before." Today Saturday Monday Tuesday Thursday Partly cloudk Mostly sunny I PAGE - _-_-E · .. .: ___.s •c"~ ~ . .~ - \~~ "J): ~~ "J): "J): 0 Friday, 71 ° 38° 460 400 48° 31° 460 28° 41° 29° 450 35° 55° 430 March 5, 2004 TWO HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HI GH LOW Newspaper editor gives ways to compete with TV and radio By Jessica Perillo are not going to learn the local news STAFF WR ITE R they are most interested in by watch­ ing television or listening to the Kathy Best grew up in a newspa­ radio. People care most about what per family. directly affects them and their fami­ The assistant managing editor of lies. Metro News at the St. Louis Post­ "Localize, localize, localize!" she Dispatch grew up in Sullivan where said.