MAKING A SPLASH
PANTHER HITS A HOMER
Large turnout for annual Polar Plunge
Sophomore Mady Poulter hits her first career home run in Eastern’s softball
in Effingham.
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Juan Sindac a public relations major and the winner of the bantam, Kevin Flasch a management major and the winner of the middle class and Ricky Pollack, and accounting major and the winner of the heavy weight champion pose for a picture in McAfee gym as part of Mr. Eiu on Saturday night.
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Ricky Pollock, an accounting major, celebrates winning the Iron Panther Classic in the McAfee gym on Saturday night. Pollock was one of nine other male contestants competing for the title.
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Elizabeth Flint, a kinesiology major, holds up the trophy she won as the winner of Ms. Fitness in the Iron Panther Classic. Flint was the only female contestant competing for the title Saturday.
CUPB analyzes economic impact study By Kalyn Hayslett Editor-in-Chief | @DEN_News A packet filled with statistical data addressing Eastern’s economic impact and a mobile platform proposal were presented during a meeting of the Council of University Planning and Budgeting Friday. Paul McCann, interim vice president for business affairs, said an outside consulting firm was responsible for organizing and collecting the data for the “Eastern Illinois
University Impact Study,” which took over a year to assemble. The final document will be completed and distributed by March 8 or March 9. The university used donated money to hire the consultants, so it did not cost anything but time, McCann said. The report consists of 18 pages with of data; however, during the meeting McCann highlighted the “Multiplier Effect.” “Somebody that works at the
university takes their earnings and they go out and spend it in the community. By spending it in the community, that creates jobs out there, so instead of having one job you have two jobs; then, that person spends additional (money) so you get a third job,” McCann said. The “Multiplier Effect” shows how much employees, staff and students from Eastern contribute financially to the surrounding area and the state as whole. McCann said Eastern’s budget is
somewhere between $214 million and $215 million. Whatever money Eastern receives is doubled when put back out in the local economy. “From the standpoint of the state, in 2015, they put about $40 million in to us they are getting somewhere around 10 times as much out of it to further our economy,” McCann said. The purpose of the study was to show that Eastern is a good investment for the state because it helps
the local and state economy significantly, McCann said. “It’s looking at some of that reinvestment into the state. There, they are looking at $72 million back in. So they invest $40 million and they get $72 million,” he said. “Almost any way you look at this, Eastern is good for the region, the state, for Charleston, so that’s the message we want to end up giving to our legislators and to Springfield.”
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