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Faculty Senate urges restaffing of committee By Brooke Schwartz Staff Writer | @DEN_News A resolution to urge Eastern President David Glassman to re-staff a naming committee to discuss changing Douglas Hall’s name was passed at the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday. The resolution passed 12 to one, plus one abstention. The name change that the Faculty Senate recommended to the potential committee is to change Lincoln and Douglas Hall to the “Lincoln/Douglas Debate Hall East” and the “Lincoln/Douglas Debate Hall West,” or just changing Douglas Hall to the “Lincoln/Douglas Debate Hall.” The one vote against the resolution came from philosophy professor Grant Sterling. “If our objection is that people will mistakenly believe that Douglas Hall was named to honor and commemorate Stephan A. Douglas, then presumJUSTIN BROWN | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS ably we also have to recognize that people might misUniversity Police Chief Kent Martin hopes to begin training for ALICE, an active shooter response program, on Eastern’s campus. The program, takenly think that Lincoln Hall is named to honor according to its website, is the No. 1 active shooter civilian response training for organizations. Martin said one does not have to look far to see and commemorate Abraham Lincoln, and so we the the benefits of the program. senate would be saying that Abraham Lincoln is not worthy of having a hall named after him,” Sterling said. Some other concerns from Sterling, Glassman and others was the need for a clear objective for changing the name and the way the senate was go“You get out of that building and you run then and there.” ing about doing it. straight home and you do it right now. Those Martin said educating the community on Despite these objections, the majority of the senwere the kinds of things I was telling my kids this program prevents members of the com- ate voted in favor of the resolution. before I even knew anything about ALICE.” munity from finding themselves in a real-life The goal, as stated by the resolution, is to change While Hoh said he is excited to be an AL- situation without a proper plan of what to do. the names of Douglas, and potentially Lincoln Halls ICE instructor, trying to make the program “We believe in (ALICE) so strongly,” Mar- to better reflect the debate they were named after and By Chrissy Miller available to the entire campus creates challeng- tin said. “We want to make it available out less the personal beliefs that the individuals themNews Editor | @DEN_News es. here, not because we think something is go- selves held. “We’re a large student body,” Hoh said. “I ing to happen on this campus, but just so peoGlassman joined the meeting for the first half and After becoming a certified ALICE trainer, can’t hold a cafeteria assembly at noon and talk ple have this information and that information offered his inputs on the name change. University Police Chief Kent Martin now plans ALICE. Things are too far apart.” goes with you no matter where you go.” Although he personally thought a plaque at both to expand the use of the program throughout When doing ALICE training, Hoh said he Martin said ALICE was applied successfully buildings that explained the importance of the Linthe campus community. aims for the presentation to be specific enough to save lives in the shooting at Mattoon High coln/Douglas debate would be enough, he agreed ALICE is a training program that helps edu- that the advice is solid and people know the School, where one student opened fire in the that talking about inclusion and diversity on campus cate civilians on what to do in case of an active terms, but broad enough to apply in varying cafeteria, shooting another student before be- is important. shooter. It is an acronym for Alert, Lockdown, situations. ing subdued by teacher Angela McQueen. Both Glassman and the senate mentioned the bigger issue surrounding the Douglas Hall debate — the issue of how to better include minorities on campus. Glassman was concerned that changing on halls name might not be enough to make students feel comfortable. “I worry about, that’s just our university in our city,” Glassman said. “We’ve got Douglas County of course, we’ve got Washington Avenues, we’ve got slaveholders and racists all across America and I want to use (Douglas Hall name) more as an educational Inform, Counter and Evacuate. “It’s not a fun thing to do,” Hoh said. “You “A staff member who had been through the tool and a dialogue tool, to get people talking.” University Police Officer Tony Hoh said his really kind of have to go back in that little dark program was able to disrupt that event and was The senate and Glassman also talked about re20 years of military experience before becoming part of your soul and touch yourself a little bit able to save lives in the process because she con- viewing Workgroups no. 8 and 9, which both a police officer provides him with a unique per- and think about, ‘If I was an active shooter and fronted the shooter,” Martin said. “Those are looked at academic visioning, from last year’s vitalspective on the importance of ALICE training. I was going to do this, what would I do?’” options that we present through the program.” ization project. “I’ve seen several instances in my life where To completely train people in ALICE, Hoh Martin said the principles of ALICE can be Glassman said the information dealt with in things have gone sideways unexpectedly,” Hoh said the program takes two and a half to three used in an academic setting, a medical setting Workgroups no. 8 and 9 would be better decided besaid. “Things could have gone a lot better had hours. and even in an office building. tween department chairs and faculty, not solely by people been trained or were prepared.” One way that has been suggested to shorten He said because people can apply this almost him. Hoh said his children mentioned the ALICE the time is to put the presentation online and anywhere they go, it is all the more important He said the information from the workgroups program to him after learning about it in their do the practical application in person. to get the word out about it, as it could possi- was all over the place, and sorting through it by himelementary school and high school. However, Hoh said not having himself and bly save lives. self would have not been effective. “The funny thing was, this was something Martin in person for questions about the pre“I am hoping to get this going fall semesAppointing faculty to the committee that will rethat as a military veteran before I knew any- sentation would be a trade-off if this was the ter, maybe in the spring semester, but definite- view Workgroups no. 8 and 9 have been pushed off thing about ALICE, this is what I was al- route chosen. ly this school year if it’s at all possible,” Mar- until the next meeting, when Faculty Senate memready telling my kids to do,” Hoh said. “He’s a wealth of knowledge on these kind of tin said. bers will have more information on their time com“Quite frankly, I don’t care if your teacher things,” Hoh said. “I’m newer as a police offimitments. Chrissy Miller can be reached at Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581-2812 says get underneath the desk and turn the cer, but I kind of lean on what I learned in the 581-2812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu. or at bsschwartz@eiu.edu. lights off. military. We can answer your questions right
UPD to expand use of ALICE Chief Kent Martin wants to bring active shooter training to Eastern
We want to make (ALICE) available out here, not because we think something is going to happen on this campus, but just so people have this information. UPD Chief Kent Martin