Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 2005 2-3-2005 Daily Eastern News: February 03, 2005 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2005_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 03, 2005" (2005). February. 3. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2005_feb/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2005 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” INSERT N ‘Our past your future’ Verge: page 1B THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3 2005 VOLUME 89, ISSUE 92 thedailyeasternnews.com Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Plan B becoming more prevalent Eastern The morning Plan B is a take home package asseses students receive which contains after pill has four pills, Shrader said. Women are instructed to take two pills and wait been more 12 hours to take the next two. financial She said the pills are a dosage of popular at hormones that keep the fertilized egg from attaching itself to the wall aid money Eastern of the uterus. They do not prevent the egg from being fertilized, only The number of BY MEGAN JURINEK from being implanted. If the egg is CAMPUS REPORTER not implanted, it will not survive. students on There is a $20 charge for the pills The morning after pill, also and they need to be administered financial aid is known as Plan B, is on the rise at within 72 hours of exposure. KELLY CREMENT/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO ILLUSTRATION Eastern. Upset stomach can be a common on the rise “I think it’s a great idea,” said Lisa side effect but can be managed by Plan B, the morning after pill, has became more popular at Eastern. The Guiliani, a junior secondary educa- medications that treat nausea and pills are offered at Health Services for $20 and are to be taken within 72 BY JENNIFER PERYAM tion major. vomiting, Shrader said . hours of intercourse. ADMINISTRATION EDITOR Nita Shrader, the head registered Women can take the pill as many nurse at Health Services, said that times as needed. Some women who contraceptive, but also as a way to your Nuva Ring, your patch or There were 9,056 Eastern stu- word of mouth is getting out that are on a contraceptive and have sex prevent obtaining a sexually trans- whatever you are using is working dents who received some form of the pills are being offered. with a condom that breaks or falls mitted disease, Shrader said. very effectively for birth control.” financial aid in fiscal year 2004, an Within the last few years, she said off may think they need to come in “We don’t tell you to use con- As of now, there is no specific increase of 364 students from the the number of cases has increased. It and take the pills. doms in order to make your birth waiting period between how often previous fiscal year. has gone from only two to three cases Health Services recommends that control pill work. It’s to protect you Eastern a week to currently 12 to 15 cases. students use condoms not only as a from STDs,”she said. “Your pill, SEE PLAN B PAGE 9A President Lou Hencken announced at the Board of Trustees meeting Jan. 24 that Eastern received $62.7 JONE ZIEREN million in finan- cial aid in fiscal year 2004. Among Eastern students who bor- rowed money for their educations, the average debt was $14,700, Hencken said. While Hencken said he under- stands that it is a large amount of money, he put it into perspective by comparing it to the costs many stu- dents will pay for new cars, which will benefit students for a little while com- pared to college educations that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. “If you divide $14,700 by four More inside years, that N It’s Financial means the aver- Aid Awareness Month. Find the age student bor- perfect workshop. rowed $3,675 STEPHEN HAAS/THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Page 5A each year or $1,838 per Eastern employees survey the interior of the Dounda Fine Arts Center Nov. 10. The reconstruction was originally scheduled to be finished in fall of 2006, but semester,” said now the date is set to run through August 2007. Jone Zieren, Eastern’s director of financial aid. “Our financial aid funds have Fine arts departments hope for the best been level the past few years and are awarded on a first come, first serve BY KYLE MAYHUGH The project has seen numerous false starts, includ- Belleville, associate professor of art. basis,” she said. STAFF WRITER ing when Gov. Rod Blagojevich froze funding in the Belleville’s office is often filled with the melodies of She said the ability for students to fall of 2003 and when the project plans had to be songs from the music department directly below her, get financial aid depends on family Departments displaced by the delayed renovation approved by the Illinois Capital Development Board a reminder of the unusual arrangements. income, and opportunities to apply of Doudna Fine Arts Center are cautiously optimistic in the fall of 2004. The phrase “anticipate the extraordinary” on and obtain federal, state, institution- with construction scheduled to begin next month. Wolski said he has not been worn down by the the sign in front of the building has become the al and private sources of financial The reconstruction of Doudna was originally repeated delays. focus of jokes around campus because of the pro- assistance. Some of the ways stu- scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2006 but “I wouldn’t say that I’m tired of it,” Wolski ject’s many delays. dents can attain financial aid are now will run through August 2007. said. “(Lawson Hall is) a home away from home, “I’m hopeful. It sounds more optimistic than through loans, scholarships, grants, “I’m anxious to be there,” said David Wolski, pro- but it’s not home.” before, now that the money has been released,” tuition waivers and employment. fessor of theatre arts. The music, art and theatre departments have been Belleville said. “Students who take the initiative Wolski joked about conspiracy theories operating out of the second and third floors of Wolski said he is accustomed to working out of to exhaust all possible sources of explaining the delays. Lawson Hall since fall 2002 when the Doudna Lawson but still will be happy when the Doudna ren- financial aid may find it easier to “I sometimes think there might have been some Center was closed for renovations. ovation is underway. receive aid,” Zieren said. sort of power struggle in Springfield that we aren’t “We’ve settled into these offices, even though they “I’m looking forward to seeing the fences go up aware of,” Wolski said. were supposed to be temporary,” said Patricia and the construction begin,” Wolski said. SEE MONEY PAGE 9A FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY 41 45 49 47 46 28 33 33 40 39 Mostly sunny Sunny Partly cloudy Few showers Rain THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2005 CAMPUS BRIEFS PICK A BALL! WTF? 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The African-American Studies Imnates want will present a program on career opportunities in the United States Foreign Service in the Charleston- human rights Mattoon room in the Martin Luther King, Jr. University Union. The guest speaker will be Stephen G. MEXICO CITY — Deprived of Brundage, chair of the African Area Studies of the their flat-screen TVs, mobile Foreign Service Institute in Washington, D.C. phones, pizza deliveries and long visits from lovers, inmates at 1 p.m. Resume Blitz at Career Services, room 1301. Get Mexico's top security prison com- your resume critiqued in preparation for Spring Career plained on Monday they are being Network Day. You must bring completed resume with you. treated "like dogs." A government crackdown in pris- 3 p.m. Find information fast at Booth Library in ons, aimed especially at drug lords the Booth Library e-classroom. This is a free tutorial and other violent criminals, has the session providing tips on how to use library materials prisoners of La Palma jail close to to find information. Mexico City up in arms at the "sub- human" conditions they face. 3 p.m. Blues 101 lecture in the University Ballroom in the Martin Luther King, Jr. University Union. Need PEOPLE a quick break from the office? Do you really enjoy the Blues? Come to this interactive lecture with renowned Blues artist Fruteland Jackson. Bring your instruments Paris gets out if you have them. of charges 5 p.m. RHA meeting in the Andrews Hall base- LOS ANGELES (AP) — ment lobby. Prosecutors said Wednesday they will not file charges against Paris Hilton 6 p.m. Job Fair preparation workshop in Career stemming from a scrape at a news- Services, 1301. Get tips on how to be successful at the stand in which she allegedly pocketed Spring Career Network Day. a copy of her homemade sex video without paying. POLICE BLOTTER The county district attorney's office dropped the case for lack of evidence FEB. 2, 2005 after investigating the hotel heiress for suspicion of petty theft. On Friday, Kevin Winston, 20, Charleston, was “The evidence presented is not of arrested at the intersection of 12th Street and Greek such convincing force that a reason- Court Road at 12:09 a.m.