NASHVILLE OR BUST Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams will
CANDIDATE BREAKDOWN Take a look at the candidates for the upcoming primary elections, broken down by office.
be heading to Nashville, Tenn., after a weekend of surprise games. Page 8
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Board of Trustees hears faculty concerns Student fee money shifts for no increase By Bob Galuski Managing Editors | @BobGaluski The chairman of Faculty Senate called on the Board of Trustees to re-evaluate how the Council on University Planning and Budgets are making cuts, citing it as one reason that “morale among the faculty is at its lowest level.” “I very much wish my first address to you would
be more words of hope and encouragement,” said Grant Sterling, the chair of Faculty Senate. However, the words he did have were of problems and fears the faculty were facing the midst of budget and staff cuts. While some of the problems – pensions and state funding – were out of the board’s control, Sterling brought up a few issues faculty members were currently dealing with. Despite no final decisions having been made by any means, there is nothing in the process of the CUPB that suggests a bulk of those cuts will come from anywhere other than academic programs of
the university, he said. “I call upon the board and the administration to send an absolutely unambiguous signal to the CUPB that further diminishing of the academic quality of the institution is intolerable, that nonacademic programs must absorb the overwhelming brunt of these cuts,” he said. President Bill Perry, however, brought up that the fact that the process is a shared governance process, and to tell the CUPB which areas to cut would be “unfair” to the shared governance process. Sterling also brought up the current enrollment woes plaguing Eastern.
As enrollments “plummet,” this leads department members to be continually concerned with the size of their class. With lower class sizes, department members are worried about the future of their programs. Sterling then brought up the university’s response to lack of funding and lower enrollment – reduce the number of faculty. “We have fewer faculty on campus than we did in the year 2000, and drastically fewer faculty than we had in 2007 when the enrollment decline began,” he said. CONCERNS, page 5
New winner claims Mr. EIU competition title March
weather to be climatic, dangerous
By Bob Galuski Managing Editor | @BobGaluski Months of training, weight lifting, running and intensive dieting all accumulated into 16 competitors vying for Mr. EIU – with Alex Wood, a junior kinesiology and sports studies major, winning. The Mr. EIU, Ms. Fitness & Ms. Physique competition in McAfee Gymnasium Saturday hit a snag for one particular contender. Kody Waggoner, a middleweight contender, was falsely announced as the winner of his division. In reality, the only other contender for middleweight, Daniel Redmore, was the winner. The mix-up occurred because the numbers on the judge’s ballot were switched, something that head judge Chad Graham said had never happened before. After the mix-up was fixed and Redmore was declared the winner, the night went on smoothly. Wood, who competed in the light section, between the weight of 154 pounds and 169 pounds, said when his name was announced as the overall winner he “didn’t know what to think.” “I knew I had a decent shot,” he said. “But at the beginning of the night I thought, ‘No way.’” He describes his work out as being “hardcore” for the past three to four years, but kicked it up a notch just for the competition – a move that almost didn’t happen. “I actually didn’t decide to compete until January,” he said. Despite training for years and always wanting to compete, Wood said the fact that his friends were competing and because it was his junior year motivated him to compete. “This was the year to do it,” he said. “I had the mindset to compete for a few years, but I knew going in with my buddies competing it was going to be a blast.” Each section – Mr. EIU, Ms. Fitness and Ms. Physique – all had the same categories the contestants needed to compete in. Group symmetry had everyone out on stage as the judges looked at every side of them, judging each of their muscle groups. Competitors then took place in the personal routines division. Individually, they came on stage, and to music, flexed for the audience, letting them see the fruits of their hard work. Finally, mandatory poses gave the judges an opportunity to have the competitors stand in various positions – chest out, calves and oblique’s, among other aspects were judged. Gina Iaffaldano took first place for the Ms. Physique, while Brittany O’Dell received first place in the Ms. Fitness division. While most of the contenders had trainers and a support system, Ryan Yeager, a contender
Snowstorm Sunday ‘weak’ compared to what was predicted By Jarad Jarmon Associate News Editor | @ JJarmonReporter
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Alex Wood, the winner of the 2014 Mr. EIU, poses during the final round of the competition Saturday at in the McAffee Gym. Wood was one of four competitors in the lightweight class, which was composed of male bodybuilders weighing in between 154 and 169 lbs.
in the heavyweight glass, said he learned mostly everything on his own, and because of that has “grown a lot as an individual from competing.” “I never felt I really had anyone to truly guide me and help me through Mr. EIU,” he said. Yeager, who competed in last year’s lightheavy class at 189 pounds, said through competing, people learn about themselves both physically and mentally, and a way to build a
body-mind connection. “You learn when not to quit and how your mindset is is the deciding factor of your end result,” Yeager said. “I always felt disappointed in myself if I ever gave up on anything in my life. I improved a lot when I competed last year from when I competed my freshman year.” MR. EIU, page 5
Despite predictions throughout Friday to the contrary, the snowstorm striking Charleston Sunday was mild and not close to the 10 inches expected. Cameron Craig, Eastern’s climatologist and a geography professor, said people should be looking toward the future with the active climate expected. While the severe weather is expected normally around the middle to end of March, anything could happen, especially with the “freak weather” that hit Charleston Feb. 20. Craig said Charleston has been hit with severe weather in January before. He added the “freak weather” was only the beginning. “With what we saw already, we are just baking the cake, and it is rising,” Craig said. “We haven’t even gotten to putting it together for layers.” He added with Severe Weather Preparedness Week starting Sunday, people will hopefully be reminded and prepared of the things to do during an expectedly rough spring. More information on the severe weather and preparedness week can be found on the National Weather Service website. Craig said as long as the Jetstream stays active, there will likely be more frequent severe weather than normal. With cold going downward and warm air moving upward, there will be a “perfect recipe” for dangerous weather, especially with the ground warming up in future. “You have got to pay attention to the warnings,” Craig said. “Have a plan ready to go. Find out where to go (in case of a storm).” This weather is not expected to change much throughout this week though with temperatures staying below freezing until Thursday with an expected high of 37 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. WEATHER, page 5