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THE EASTERNER Eastern Washington University December 1, 2010 Volume 62, Issue 10 Online Exclusives at easterneronline.com Westboro Baptist, a month later NEWS Obscure scholarships revealed, Page 3 Page 4 EAGLE LIFE Art exhibition moves in, Page 8 SPORTS The rules of fighting in hockey, Page 10 Falling snow brings heightened parking enforcement Two inches of snow activate Cheney’s plows, requiring doesn’t get plowed on the west side of they’re subject to tow and citation for “ ey give that extra hour for the vehicles to leave public roads from midnight to 6 a.m. town, if there was two inches of snow failure to follow the snow removal or- bartenders and people who were work- on the ground, you’re subject to cite dinance,” Campbell explained. ing down there to leave, and then the BY DOUG AULT the ground that has not been cleared and tow.” City code requires that all rental snowplows can come through,” Camp- senior reporter by midnight, after midnight, vehicles e strict nature of this policy units provide their tenants with o - bell said. need to be o the roadway for snow can go both ways. If the street a car street parking, so students renting Last year, Cheney saw a relatively e nes from improperly parking removal operations to commence.” is parked on has been plowed and no apartments or houses for the year dry winter, but the two years before this winter can bury students much Vehicle owners who fail to move tickets have been issued, vehicle own- should check with their landlord if brought record amounts of snowfall. deeper than the snowfall itself. their cars are subject to a $50 ne and ers can still be cited. parking is available only on the street. is resulted in numerous cars being “You’ll have to pay the ticket and a tow. is policy is unwavering, and “[If] the north side of town has While the cut o for vehicles park- towed and impounded because the city the tow and the storage fee, so it can can even result in ticketing cars parked already been cleared, the o cers are ing on the roadway is midnight, the was in a state of emergency. rack up pretty quickly,” said Cheney on streets that do not get plowed. going to go up and start writing snow ticketing and towing hours are gen- “We used a tractor. We dug cars Police Commander Rick Campbell “Let’s say all the snowplows are removal tickets there for the vehicles erally between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., so out. We hooked a tow truck up to about the consequences of parking working in the north side of town. that have been plowed around because there is a bit of extra time for the un- them and we pulled them because we on the street during snowfall. “ e e o cers can start writing tickets it’s obvious that the vehicle had not prepared. is courtesy is further ex- needed to keep the streets open for city ordinance requires that if there is beginning on the west end of town,” moved. It had been plowed around tended to main street businesses that two inches of accumulated snow on said Campbell. “So even if your street during the two inches of snow, and so are not subject to ticketing until 3 a.m. PARKING | PAGE 5 Forecasted budget cuts near in next CHAMPIONSHIP biennium Hiring freeze and limited operating costs to continue BY NICOLE ERICKSON news editor FEVERFootball Playoff Preview • Section B In addition to the continuous budget cuts Washington has faced over the last year, Gov. Gregoire has asked Eastern to prepare for another 10 percent reduction in the next bi- ennium beginning in June 2011. President Rodolfo Arévalo deliv- ered this harsh news at the Welcome Back Breakfast and explained that this cut would range from $8 to $10 • ..- ~- ii: ' . .- ·. million. ' “It seems that we may also have " ' ' to make up the $5.5 million of Fed- eral stimulus money that is in our .... current budget,” said Arévalo at the breakfast. “To date, we have not re- ceived a clear picture on how this is going to be addressed.” ese cuts mean that the hiring 11!1 I I freeze and limited operating costs I ~ will continue into the next bienni- um. Arévalo said that he was unsure if these cuts meant job losses, but ~ 9 · 1111.1 IP he assured listeners that was the last l l IA ea thing he wants. .. Dave Meany, university media l relations specialist, said that while ev- ...._. erything is always on the table when • it comes to looking to save money for ,~ - the university, “It’s premature to say that we are looking at cutting pro- I -, •ll!i grams.” In a speech delivered in Septem- ber, Arévalo said, “We will also look at reducing the number of degree programs,” although he conceded that the university will try everything possible to avoid cutting those pro- grams and positions. “ e budget cycle is just getting worse and worse, so we really don’t know what is going to happen,” Meany said. While Meany said that he was unsure exactly how cuts will a ect Eastern, he also said that Gregoire has mentioned that cuts for the state of Washington do not seem to be an e ective mode of money saving. Arévalo’s main plan for combat- ing recently announced budget cuts remains the same: develop a reserve to avoid speci c cuts. e biennium cuts will be e ec- tive June 2011. Remodel of PUB INDING A BRIGHT LIGHT continues to develop F : Nearly 20 students attended forum Working hard to stay safe in the dark with ‘positive attitudes’ toward project Police escorts can combat the uneasy feeling of walking alone at night BY MATT DAVIS AND DYLAN COIL BY MATT DAVIS sta writers campus, including her senior capstone class that sta writer ends at 9:40 p.m. “I feel the least safe when I am walking out Stacey Butler, executive vice president of the EWU Police o er a number of services to to my car,” said Barton. “I park in the farthest Associated Students of EWU (ASEWU), is stress- ensure the safety of students, including self- red zone parking lot and there is not much light- ing the importance of students voicing their opin- defense courses and police escorts for late night ing. Most of the lighting is in the yellow parking ions about the proposed plans to renovate the scholars traveling through campus and Cheney. zone and by the railroad tracks.” PUB. Self-defense courses are two hours long and Barton has never had a direct run-in with Following an Oct. 8 presentation in front of are commonly held in resident halls, but can be an assailant, but said that she takes precautions the Board of Trustees, the ASEWU PUB Remodel requested by any student as long as a minimum into account as she makes her way to her vehicle. Committee hosted two open forum meetings: one of ten people are willing to participate. “I always have my keys out so they are ready. Nov. 16 at the Riverpoint campus in Spokane and However, with daylight savings causing the My mace can has a safety and I always [ ip the the other Nov. 17 on the Cheney campus. sun to set earlier during the winter months, safety o ] when I am walking. I heard a hor- “In the process of doing things, we realized we some students fear that a lack of proper lighting ror story about someone hiding under cars and really haven’t included the Riverpoint campus, so on campus and in university parking lots creates grabbing them, so I always look in the distance we wanted to make sure that we went to see them situations for assault to occur. to make sure no one is [under the car],” she said. Tanya Barton, a senior at Eastern, said she REMODEL | PAGE 5 SAFETY | PAGE 3 Photo Illustration by Megan Hopp has numerous night courses on the Riverpoint James Eik EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 509.359.6737 NEWS [email protected] -------TH E_______ _ THE EASTERNER Eastern Washington University’s POLICE BEAT Student Newspaper Computer literacy • •&WMMM:• 1WM#·W• M WRITERS’ MEETINGS: e Easterner is open for any EWU student or faculty wishing to write stories bene ts students that could be published in the newspaper. Writers’ meetings are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. in Isle Hall, room 102. Instructors say CPLA courses lead to successful e newspaper is also open for anyone wishing to copy-edit. Editing nights are on futures; student attendance still below average Tuesdays. NEWS LINE: BY BRIAN BEAUDRY manding classes. is often results in If you have an idea for a story, or are sta writer minimal attendance. part of a campus club or organization that While Gray estimates attendance is holding an event, please call The East- erner tip line at (509) 359-6270.