Eastern Illinois University The Keep July 2003 7-14-2003 Daily Eastern News: July 14, 2003 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_jul Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: July 14, 2003" (2003). July. 4. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_jul/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2003 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in July by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "Thll the troth July14.2003 • M 0 N DAY and don't be afraid. • VO LUME 87 . NUMBER 158 Panthers take top THE DA ILYEASTERN NEWS . COM THE DAILY spots at pageant Eastern students place first and third at Miss Illinois Pageant EASTERN NEWS Page2 NEWS Human Services Center to open doors to students By Joaquin Ochoa MANAG ING ED ITOR Additions to Construction of the new Human Services Student Services Center, located between Klehm and Thomas Health Services Halls is now complete. According to Office of Development the Location: First floor, east wing purpose of the building is to bring the three Staff: 30, including 5 physicians and 2 nurse student support services and one academic practicioners department under one roof. All three of the Space: 12,789 sq. ft. support services were located separately on Improvements: campus; the move is expected to enhance • more exam, observation and dressing the frequent interaction among the three rooms services. • private consultation and meeting areas Construction around the exterior of the • preventative medicine unit building, which consists visibly of ground­ • expanded women's health services suite work is still ongoing, but the interior has • laboratory already been getting ready for students with • pharmacy Health Services and the Counseling Center • x-ray suite both moving in this past weekend. Both will • patient education station be open in the new building for students on • technology updates Thesday, July 15. Career Services along with the Department of Communication Counseling Center Disorders and Sciences will be moving through the end of the month. Location: First floor, south wing Director of Career Services, Linda Moore Staff: 7, including 3 psychologists, 3 coun- sees the move on July 21, as an important selors and support staff one for the students. Space: 3,995 sq. ft. ~The building location is in the heart of Improvements: campus, we'll be in much better traffic CASEY CARROLL/PHOTO ED ITOR • private reception and waiting area flow," Moore said. The Human Services Center will open on Tuesday, July 15. • expanded student training rooms Sandy Cox, assistant director of the coun­ • resource room seling center, was excited about the move to "We're installing a scanning system to and audiology will be on the second floor. • large group counseling room improved facilities. scan files that will be transferred to optical The future of the Buzzard House and the • new video system ~ we have considerably more space, and disk, and get rid of the old files," Wall said. Health Service Building is certain, both will • closed circuit television system nicer facilities. We'll be easier to find, more The added space will allow for an obser­ be tom down to make room for the con­ • enhanced computer capabilities centrally located near the residence halls, vation room and one in which they will be struction of the Doudna Fine Arts Building. • comfortable, durable furnishings and we'll be connected to other service able to provide minor surgery for students. Although the Doudna Fine Arts building offices," Cox said. "We'll start seeing people here on construction proj ect is still on hold by the Career Services The added space will allow the counseling Thesday, of course it'll be a big mess, • Wall Governor's Office, it's construction was the center to have four extra offices and a stu­ said. reason that the new Student Services Location: First floor, south wing dent accessible research library room. The building will provide nearly 34,000 Building was built as quickly as it was. Staff: 7 ~ student 's are going to like it considerably square feet on two floors and incorporates "This building went up really fast, at this Space: 5,741 sq. ft. more, it Will feel a little more professional, • the building infrastructure necessary to time last year it didn't exist. One of the rea­ Improvements: Cox said. Cox added that the extra rooms support advanced equipment and technolo­ sons was so they could tear down the other • new presentation room with state-of-the-art will allow for three more interns that will gy within, according to the Office of building and work on the fine arts building. audio/visual equipment bring the total to four. Development. So, we have this building and there's no • technology upgrades including paperless Medical Director of Health Services, The first floor will house the three student urgency to get out of the old building," Wall imaging system and wireless technology Joseph Wall already sees the positive support services and the academic depart­ said. effects of the new building with the addition ment for the training of students for the of technology. professions of speech-language pathology Alumnus' wings cast large shadow over Florida • Graduate promoted to Thurman's guidance and teaching. Brigadier General of Balskus went on to work in Kankakee and 2,083 en/ isted Florida Danville for one year in pathology, while realizing he liked the structured environ­ Air National Guard ment that was offered by recruiters on cam­ By Angela Harris pus to enlist. Balskus spoke of ~ the mentali­ NEWS ED ITOR ty of anyone who has served in the military of a love of God and country." Chief of Staff Joseph Balskus, an Eastern Balskus spoke of his wife Lisa who is an alumnus, and Westville, Ill. native, was pro­ R.N. and his 20 year marriage in which he moted June 27 to Brigadier General of the said she and his family have been supportive 2,083 enlisted Florida Air National Guard of his career. He said although he wasn't women and men. Balskus recalled of his always home due to the traveling require­ dual studies in Speech Pathology and ments of his career, he felt poud when his Audiology at Eastern. ~The program helped son Brandon came to him and his wife dur­ prepare me, you couldn't fall below a B, it ing Brandon's sophomore year with the was an intense program," Balskus said. news of wanting to enlist. Balskus said he Balskus' dad died when he was nine years did not pressure his son in any way to enlist old. Joseph knew that the social security and taught his son that he must excel in his benefits left from his father would run out classes as well as his football and communi­ the day that Balskus turned 21 years of age, ty service to achieve his enlistment goal. which was the exact day Balskus graduated "Out of 11,000 applicants to the Air Force with his dual Masters degrees. Academy, 1,100 were chosen including He took 18-21 hours each semester deter­ Brandon," said Balskus. mined to finish before he turned 21. Balskus' military awards and decorations Pushed with a path that Dr. Wayne are the Meritorious Service Medal (three Thurman had shown him, Balskus set out to oak clusters). Air Force Commendation achieve the difficult task. Medal (one oak leaf cluster). Air Force ~ u was a disciplined, controlled academic Achievement Medal, Combat Readiness program that made us reach down inside Medal, Florida Distinguished Service Medal ourselves. We were given live issues as col­ Col. Joseph G. Balskus, center, is promoted to brigadier general on June 27, during a cere­ and the Florida Commendation Medal. mony lege kids, working with autistic children and Balskus, along with his wife and three chil­ at the Florida National Guard's Headquarters in St Augustine, Fla. Balskus, who serves as the Chief of Staff for the Florida Air National Guard, is a graduate of Eastern Illinois adults who had strokes," which prepared dren live in Jacksonville, Fla. University. Maj. Gen. Douglas Burnett, the Adjutant General of Florida (right) and Lisa Balskus Balskus and the other students under Dr. put his new rank on. Today Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday Mostly sunny Scattered storms Partly cloudy Scattered storms Scattered storms ll! •- PAGE . :g. 0 ~'I Monday, 87° 67° 86, 68° 87° 6l' 840 63° 86° 65° July 14, 2003 TWO HIGH LOW HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HIG H LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HI GH LOW Panthers grab top honors in pageant By Kimberlee Boise the street and shooting each other, • Fritz. eant. STAFF WRITER According to www.missll.org, the plat­ Miss Illinois will travel the state speak­ form under which Fritz was competing ing to young people about the issue of under was Books on Wings: Providing Youth Violence Prevention, the state plat­ 1\lvo Eastern students took first and Empowerment Through Literacy. form. third at the 2003 Miss Illinois Pageant on Alexandra Harold, a 2003 graduate of "I think that each individual woman June 27. Eastern, who was second-runnerup in the has the power to determine what her The winner of Miss Illinois 2003 was Miss Illinois Pageant has known Fritz as a impact will be during her year of service. Andrea Fritz, an English and French friend. Our current Miss Illinois Erika Harold major from Eastern. She won the Miss "I am confident she will blaze her own has shared her message of anti-bullying Chicago Pageant earlier in the year to trail this year and leave her mark on and abstinence from drugs, sex, and alco­ move on to her current title of Miss those she encounters, • Harold said .