Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC February 2008 Daily Egyptian 2008 2-11-2008 The Daily Egyptian, February 11, 2008 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_February2008 Volume 93, Issue 98 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 2008 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in February 2008 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. m COLUMN, PAGE 6: Gus Bode says the rest of co the bucket list is here. Brace yourselves. MOND AY siuDE . www VOL. 93, NO. 98, 16 PAGES S OUTHER N I LLINOIS U NIVERSITY FEBRUARY 11, 2008 CapitaDl plan stagnan Et after one year Outage not Local county gives State Rep. Mike Bost said the plan Carterville High School, which was ������������������������������ considered is not scheduled to progress as on the state’s list to receive state �������� the first sessions of February 2008 revenue by August 2007. But when ���������������������������������������������� up on proposed ������������������������������� begin Thursday. Blagojevich did not release funds emergency construction funds Projects such as K-12 school promised since 2001, the project ��������� construction, road and bridge became a part of the capital plan. ������������������������������������������ ���������������������������������������� improvement, repairs to existing Tuesday’s decision will make the University does Barton Lorimor ������������������������������������������� state facilities and new buildings county responsible for allocating ���������������������������������� DAILY EGYPTIAN for state universities all seek money construction costs by raising sales not employ ���������� in the plan. The projects for SIUC tax by 1 percent. ������������������������������������������� Patience is being tested in would require $65.6 million, but But one resident of the town ��������������������������������������� crisis procedures southern Illinois communities as a the entire SIU system is awaiting worries the increase could send the ��������������������������������������������� ������ plan to finance state construction $145 million for construction on wrong message to lawmakers. during power projects enters its second year of campuses in Edwardsville and “If we start to do this, the state ��������� waiting for approval. Springfield as well. will think we can do it ourselves,” ����������������������������������������� failure ��������������������������������������������� The grouping of bills, known SIU is not the only project in said Brent Brown, a 42-year-old ���������������������������������������������� Joe Crawford collectively as the Capital the area suffering from the cash- postal worker from Carterville. ���������������������������������������������� DAILY EGYPTIAN Construction Plan, would financially flow drought. Voters in Williamson Since being approved by the ����������������� support the construction of a County voted in favor of a sales Illinois Senate on Sept. 18, the plan �������� Transportation Education Building tax increase on Tuesday’s primary has only poked its head into the ����������������������������������������������� The university has no protocol and final renovations of Morris election ballot in response to not House of Representatives, and does ����������������������������������������������� for letting students know about �������������������������������������������� widespread power outages like the Library. Though the plan was first receiving state funds for its new not have a deadline to be on Gov. ������������������������������������������� introduced to members of the school building projects. ����������������������������� one that affected 25 buildings last See PLAN, Page 5 week, university officials said. Illinois Senate on Feb. 8, 2007, Such projects include a new ������������������������������ SIUC Public Safety Director Todd Sigler said the university did not treat last week’s power outage as an emergency, meaning students Students indulge in free fancy food were not notified of the outage by mass e-mail. The Department of Public Safety typically notifies students of emergencies, such as the chemical spill in Life Science II last month, by e-mail. “We did not consider a power outage to be a life-threatening emergency,” Sigler said. A short in one of the campus’ main feeders, which are basically large circuits, caused the outage. Carl Duncan, While there are some concerns a senior from associated with power outages, St. Louis such as the disruption or loss of studying mining research projects, Sigler said the engineering, waits occurrences are not dangerous on a couple for enough to warrant a mass e-mail. the Sweetheart’s The university attempts to keep the mass messages to a minimum Dinner Sunday to avoid desensitizing recipients, evening at he said. University Hall. “There has to be a point at Hors d’oeuvres which you draw the line,” he said. for the five course Sigler said some power outages meal included might constitute emergencies. If an sushi, pictured outage had occurred while tornado here, and kissing warnings were in effect Tuesday crab cakes. night, the incident might have trig- EDYTA BŁASZCZYK gered an e-mail, he said. DAILY EGYPTIAN University spokesman Rod Sievers said the outage also caused the university’s main server, which Christian Holt from the ceiling. Love songs played kitchen one day. Arielle Ratcliff, both freshmen is located in the basement of the DAILY EGYPTIAN in the background as about 30 Michelle Ostien, nutrition from Chicago studying pre-med, Wham Education Building, to students soaked in the atmosphere. counselor and graduate assistant said they were so excited about the lose power. While the server was Michael Jones and Chastity The couples were for residence dinner that they attended without down, the university’s e-mail sys- Spencer celebrated their first served sushi and crab hall dining, was dates. tem — through which the emer- Valentine’s Day as a couple over cakes for hors d’oeuvres, in charge of the “I thought it was going to be gency messages are sent — was not a free five-course meal Sunday gingered strawberry soup, t was just event. on Valentine’s Day,” Wilson said. accessible. evening. fruited mixed spring Istarted as a fun Ostien said she “When it wasn’t, and (my boyfriend) Sievers said the university is The two freshmen from Chicago greens and caramel flan and her assistants couldn’t make it, I brought my best working on plans to institute a studying radio television were with fresh fruit compote. ‘‘opportunity for spent about three friend.” system that would notify the uni- provided the meal by Residence For the main course, the students on weeks planning and Ratcliff said the dinner and versity community of emergencies Hall Dining. Spencer said she was guests were given a 14 hours decorating decorations were really nice and by text message. excited to take advantage of the pre- choice of ancho-breaded c ampus. the event. she was glad she could attend. “It’s long been felt that a wide holiday festivities. chicken breast, crusted — Michelle Ostien “It was just Ostien said she was thrilled with array of methods need to be put nutrition counselor and “I signed up for it because I have strip loin, snapper or graduate assistant for started as a fun the event’s outcome. in place because no one system is a sweetheart this year,” she said. roasted vegetable paella. residence hall dining opportunity for “This is just something that’s going to do the job all the time,” Guests walked into University Chef Bill Connors the students on really fun and free for the students,” he said. Hall to discover an explosion of prepared everything on the menu. campus,” she said. Ostien said. There are no outlined pro- love-related adornments. Seventeen Connors said he invented the But not all students came with cedures for outages, he said. tables were covered in pink and red, mango salsa that was put on the romance on their minds. Christian Holt can be reached at Chancellor Fernando Treviño while strings of plastic hearts hung snapper while experimenting in his Jaleesa Wilson and her friend, 536-3311 ext. 268 or [email protected]. See OUTAGE, Page 5 Student LIfe News Pulse Sports Moviegoers should not Student sleuths strive Recreation Center recovers Salukis can’t get off ground attend Roscoe Jenkin’s to solve mock murder from flood damage. against Jays, fall to 1-9 on the reunion. road. mystery. PAGE 5 PAGE 3 PAGE 7 PAGE 16 2 Monday, February 11, 2008 DAILY EGYPTIAN News CALENDAR NEWS BRIEFS University of Illinois. SIUC Professor Allison Weather officials say A university spokeswoman says Joseph to read her bundle up for below about a quarter of students and a fifth of the campus’ staff members have pro- award-winning poetry zero temperatures vided their e-mail addresses and phone • 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Student CHICAGO (AP) — Weather officials numbers to receive the warning mes- Center, Missouri Room are cautioning Illinois residents to bun- sages. dle up in the bone-chilling cold. The system launched in the fall and With temperatures hovering around alerts people to campus emergencies. Blood Drive American zero, officials say frost bite and hypo- Officials say they’re trying to encour- thermia are possibilities if precautions age more students to sign up for the Red Cross aren’t taken. service. • Thursday at the Newman Center The National Weather Service has Students and staff can choose to issued a wind