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Red-shirt defensive lineman Greg Mahan, center, leads the crowd in the Eastern fight song after their 49-28 victory over Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Thursday at O'Brien Field. This victory marks head coach Dino Babers' first win at Eastern.
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Perry announces university challenges By Rachel Rodgers News Editor
Standing before a swell of faculty and administrators, President Bill Perry addressed the two dark clouds hovering over Eastern, that being state support and enrollment. In addition to these challenges, the uncertain outcome of Illinois pension reform also garnered a spot in Perry’s speech during “The Coming Year Faculty Reception” Thursday in the Grand Ballroom at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Before describing the main issues Eastern faces this year, Perry quoted a former colleague who said, “Every silver lining has a cloud.” Several in attendance chuckled at the reversed phrase, eagerly waiting to hear what toils are in store for the campus community. State support for higher education was the first “cloud” Perry addressed. “State support has declined and will likely continue to decline through reduced appropriations, or
in the case of the state of Illinois, maintaining the assumption of normal costs in the pension system to universities,” he said. Fiscal Year 2013 state appropriations to Eastern total about $44 million, a decrease of 6.1 percent, Perry said, adding that the amount is about $3 million less than last year. “We are gradually being asked to provide outstanding education with less and less funds,” he said. Cheryl Noll, a professor and department chairperson of the School of Business, found a silver lining in Perry’s comment. “With limited resources, being asked to do more with less presents us with a unique opportunity to strive more for what we need to accomplish,” she said. As the state struggles to pass pension reform to offset a growing unfunded liability of $85 billion, Eastern could face an additional $20 million burden if required to assume normal costs.
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President Bill Perry addresses a crowd of Eastern faculty while discussing the future of the university. During his speech Perry discussed Eastern's recent successes as well as likely challenges it will be facing such as lack of state funds and low enrollment.
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Piping from the new Renewable Energy Center has to be replaced, and the construction will eventually close Roosevelt Drive. Chad Weber, a mechanical engineer for the Facilities, Planning and Management Office, said the piping is being replaced under the warranty given by the contractor that originally ran the piping of the steam tunnel between campus and the Renewable Energy Center. “This is due to a flood event that happened during construction, which resulted in some issues that needed to be corrected,” Weber said. The section of the steam pipe that will be focused on is the area between the Ninth Street Lot and Carman Hall. The construction is scheduled to start today. The construction has been separated into three different sections that will be worked on at different times, Weber said. Section A will focus on a section of Ninth Street Lot until Oct. 24. The lot will remain open with a small section blocked off for construction. Around Sept. 19, weather permitting, the construction will spread to Section B, which is a section of Roosevelt Drive, which will be closed to traffic for about a week and a half to two weeks. Weber said Greek Court will be accessible from the other side on 12th Street. Section C will focus on a section between Roosevelt Drive and Carman Hall along the pond between Ninth Street Hall and Carman Hall. Weber said he estimated the construction to end around Nov. 1. Construction will start at 8 a.m. and continue until 4:30 p.m. each day. Weber said the construction should not disrupt the campus community too much. “It’s just going to be another inconvenience to the campus community,” Weber said. He said while they are relaying the steam tunnel, they are finishing up things at the Renewable Energy Center. The work at the Renewable Energy Center consists of tuning up the machines and making sure everything is working properly, he added. He said the center should be up and running around mid-September, and construction with the old steam plant by the Student Services Building will be put on standby in case further problems arise. “We’ve basically just been cleaning up different items and tweaking, finishing our start-up period,” Weber said.
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Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
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Bicycle rental, maintenance classes to begin soon By Tim Deters Features Editor
A new program will soon allow students to rent bicycles for a full semester and learn more about proper bicycle use and maintenance. The bicycle rental program is operated by the Office of Energy and Sustainability and was developed between the office and the Student Senate beginning October 2011.
Ryan Siegel, campus energy and sustainability coordinator, said the program is aimed at providing students with an alternative means of transportation while also reducing vehicle traffic on campus. “It was an all-encompassing initiative to try and bring more bikes to campus and discourage the need for vehicles to commute between classes,” Siegel said. The program is also aimed at bolstering Eastern’s commitment to sustainable energy and to promote environmental-
ly friendly transportation, said alumnus Roberto Luna, a former Student Senate member who advocated for the program. “EIU always looks to go green,” he said. The Student Senate sent a survey to Eastern students during the Spring 2011 semester gauging students’ interest in a bicycle rental program. Of 104 students who responded, 81 percent of students said they do not have a bicycle on campus and more than 61
percent said they would utilize a bicycle rental program. The program costs $50, and students will be required to participate in a bicycle maintenance class before taking possession of their bicycles. One class will take place each semester and last one hour. The class for Fall 2012 will meet on Sept. 12, and two sessions are available at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The class will teach students about rid-
ing techniques and styles, defensive riding, and bicycle maintenance and repair. Students will be given a bicycle at the beginning of the class to work with physically. Students will then be allowed to ride from the class on those bicycles and use them for the entire semester, Siegel said. The program has 15 bicycles available for Fall 2012 and includes road bicycles, mountain bicycles and cruisers. BICYCLE, page 5