Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 2021 2-18-2021 Daily Eastern News: February 18, 2021 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2021_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 18, 2021" (2021). February. 11. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2021_feb/11 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 2021 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]. STUD ENT SENATE MEETS ON THE HORIZON Eastern's Student Senate met Wednesday The Eastern football team is preparing evening and swore in a new Senator. to begin its season on Sunday following PAGE 5 nearly 15 months without games. PAGE 8 AILY ASTERN EWS Thursday, February 18, 2021 "T ELL THE TRUTH AND DON'T BE AFRAID" VOL. 1OS I NO. 97 CAA n1eeting scheduled Playing pickleball for Thursday afternoon By Corryn Brock News Editor I@(orryn _ brock The Council on Academic Affuirs will vote one several program changes during its meeting Thurs­ day at 2 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually. The Nutrition and Dietetics Program is one that could potentially see changes. With program change, the CM is being asked to add Personal Nutrition, Honors (NTR 2190) as an option for Personal Nutrition, add Re­ search Methods (NTR 2600) and Motivation­ al Interviewing (PUBH 2500) as required cours­ es, remove Community Health Behavior Meth­ ods (PUBH 3700) as a required course and the revision of Nutrition Assessment and Counseling (NTR2750). The rationale for the changes is "The addition ofNTR 2600 will provide a foundation for NTR students to understand, review, and critique nu­ trition information from scientific literature and other resources. The addition of PUBH 2500 will provide the opportunity for NTR students to more extensively study the methods related to mo­ tivational interviewing. The essential health behav­ ior theories from PUBH 3700 will be covered in ZACH BERGER I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS the revised NTR 2750 course." Keaton Greene, a senior majoring in physical education, wins 15-2 In his first round of the Intramural pickleball tournament in the Student Recreation Center. CAA, page3 Naming Committee disc~sses survey Wednesday By Corryn Brock hear the discussion. Nt.-.vs Editor brodc ,@(onyn_ Ken Wetstein, ex officio convener of the commit­ ' tee, said for student forums the committee should The Naming Committee had a discussion on sur­ hold one for the general student body as wdl as sep­ vey and forum questions for the potential Douglas arate forums for the Black Student Union, the Stu­ Hall name change during its meeting Wednesday dent Senate, the Douglas Hall Council and/or the morning. Resident Hall Association. The committee discussed a rough draft introduc­ Committee member Mona Davenport encour­ tion for the survey and debat~ the language used aged including the National Pan-Hellenic Council, init National Panhellenic Conference and the lnterfra­ Currently the survey will include a brief expla­ ternity Council and combining the Black Student nation of the arguments for and against the name Union and the Student Senate for a meeting. change. She also mentioned including the NMCP chap­ The argument for retaining the name is described ter, Latin American Student Organization and Alpha as: "Built simultaneously in the late 50's, the two res­ Psi Lambda. idence halls that now bear the names of "Lincoln Holly said he thinks the forums for the groups Hall" and 'Douglas Hall' were given those names by could be held individually to encourage more en­ the University to recognize that Charleston, IL was . gagement among students in the forums. the site of one of the historic debates between Ste­ The idea ofgroups sending delegates to speak on phen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, rivals in the PHOTO FROM THE KEEP their behalf was also discussed. US Senate race in Illinois in 1858, a cenrury before. the western territories of the US while consistently Committee member Diane Burns further ex­ Those interested in speaking to a member of the As such, the Douglas name honors the history of the relying upon inflammatory and racist rhetoric to ex­ plained what the survey will look like for those who committee can reach out to Bon Holly (represent­ debate, not the man himself. It is important to re­ cite the support of pro-slavery voters. At the first Lin­ participate in giving their opinion to the committee. ing the Faculty Senate), Claudia Janssen-Danyi (rep­ tain the name of Douglas Hall to not lose sight of coln-Douglas debate, Douglas stated his position. She said the survey should take two minutes un­ resenting the Council onAcademicAffuirs), Angie the historical importance ofthe debates and the role that the 'Government... was made for white men, for less the respondent chooses to give longer than usu­ Campbell (committee chair and representative of the that Charleston played in one of the most important the benefit ofwhite men and their posterity forever, al answers. Staff Senate), Diane B~s (representing the Coun­ political debates of the 19th century. This history is and I am in favor of confining citizenship to white Giving a name to respond to the survey will not cil of Chairs), Noor-ul-Haash Khamisani (represent­ a point of pride for many members of the Charles­ men, men of European birth and descent, instead be required. ing the Student Senate), Carlos Amaya (presidential ton and Coles County communities. Removing the of conferring it upon negroes, Indians, and other in­ ·The committee is seeking opinions from students, appointee), Mona Davenport (presidential appoin­ name is a way of erasing important regional history." ferior races.' Douglas' legacy is antithetical to EIU's faculty, staff, former employees, alumni and the sur­ tee) or Ken Werstein, Vice President of University The argument for removing the name is described values. Continuing to commemorate his name does rounding community. Advancement and ex officio convener of the com­ as: "Eastern Illinois University proclaims itself as an further harm to current and future students, faculty, Committee member Don Holly said a faculty mittee. institution 'committed to diversity and inclusion.' and staff at the University." forum regarding the potential Douglas Hall name The next Naming Committee meeting will be Stephen Douglas, Illinois' US Senator from 1847 to Both will be changed based on conversations had change will be held March 24. held March 3. 1861, is unworthy of commemoration at the Uni­ during the meeting and will be rewritten to better The members of the committee who host fo­ versity because he built his political career upon a reflect what the committee intends for the message rums are asked to record meetings so other members Conyn Brock can be reached at581-2812 or at platform advocating for the extension of slavery into to be. of the committee who are unable to attend can still [email protected]. THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS I AP NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021 Local weather STATE AND NATION T HURSDAY FRIDAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS ~ i LJ Pritzker outlines Power outages Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy High: 19° High: 17° Low: 4° Low:4" $41.6 billion linger for millions budget with flat as another icy TH E DAILY ■ • d EAsrERN NEws state spending storm 1s expecte , "Tell rhe rrurh and don'r be afraid.• AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Utility struggling to find warmth inside their By Jerry Nowicki Senior budget officials, in a briefing be­ crews raced Wednesday to restore power homes. In the Houston area, one fami­ and Peter Hancock fore the address was streamed, noted the to nearly 3.4 million customers around ly succumbed to carbon monoxide from The Daily Eastern News 1802 Buzzard Hall Capitol News Illinois governor will still seek to decouple the the U.S. who were still without electric­ car exhaust in their garage. Another per­ Eastern Illinois University state tax code from changes allowed in the ity or heat in the aftermath of a dead­ ished as they used a fireplace to keep Charleston, IL 61920 SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Eco­ ly winter sto.rm, and another blast of ice warm. 217-581-2812 · outlined a $41.6 billion budget propos­ nomic Security, or CARES, Act. That and snow threatened to sow more cha- Record low temperatures were re­ 217-581-2923 (fax) al Wednesday that would hold most state change would keep revenues Rat from a OS. poned in city after city. Scientists say the agencies at Rat funding levels but which year ago by providing that the CARES The latest storm front was expect­ polar vortex, a weather panern that usu­ relies heavily on increased federal funds as Aa cuts passed last year would not auto­ ed to bring more hardship, especially ally keeps to the Arctic, is increasingly News Staff Advertising well as changes to the state's corporate tax matically reduce Illinois state tax burdens to states that are unaccustomed to such spilling into lower latitudes and staying Staff struaure that lawmakers have not yet ap­ for businesses. frigid weather - parts ofTexas, Arkan­ there longer, and global warming caused Editor-in-Chief proved. The measure failed in the lame duck sas and the Lower Mississippi Valley. by humans is partly responsible. AdamTumino Faculty Advisers [email protected] The budget proposal, which is only session as Republicans blasted it as a more "There's really no letup to some of Utilities from Minnesota to Tex­ Editorial Adviser Lola Burnham the governor's request for lawmakers in than $500 million rax increase on busi­ the misery people are feeling across that as and Mississippi have implemented the General Assembly, does not call for nesses, but Democrats at the time said areat said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster rolling blackouts to ease the burden on .., Photo Adviser News Editor income tax increases.