STAT ATTACK
A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Check out this week in sports by the numbers, including stats from football, volleyball and rugby. Page 7
Eastern rugby coach Frank Graziano said Saturday’s 65-7 loss can be credited to the team’s inexperience. Page 8
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Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 Local | CAR ACCIDENT
VOL. 98 | ISSUE 13
“TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID”
Collision sparks fire on Lincoln
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The front end of a CCAR bus caught fire after being hit by an SUV Wednesday at the intersection of 12th Street and Lincoln Avenue. The bus was traveling down Lincoln Avenue at approximately 9 a.m. when it was struck by the SUV. Lt. Brad Oyer of the Charleston Police Department said it was a routine car accident. Members of the Charleston Police Department redirected traffic throughout Lincoln Avenue while members of the Charleston Fire Department helped clear away the two vehicles and clean up. Fire Chief Pat Goodwin said two people were transported to the hospital after the accident. Oyer said the front of the bus caught fire because of the oil from the two cars. “Overall, it looked a lot worse than it was,” he said. TOP RIGHT: Dillion Harley, a firefighter, sprays clean the scene of a car collision Tuesday at 12th Street and Lincoln Avenue. BOTTOM RIGHT: Captain Todd Foster packs the fire truck after responding to an accident Tuesday at the intersection of 12th Street and Lincoln Avenue.
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Residence halls’ washer prices increase Internet By Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor @DEN_News Residence hall prices for washing machines jumped 50 cents from $1.25 to $1.75 this year. Mark Hudson, the director of Housing and Dining, said this would be the first time laundry prices have changed in 20 years, and they have been undercharging. “If we raise the rates some, it will offset the expenses of having a washers and dryers program,” Hudson said. “Also, it will generate a little more revenue that might help us not increase the room and board rate.” The bond revenue committee, the ones responsible for price increase, raised prices to be able to have more money available for laundry services. Hudson said their recommendation is then sent to the vice president of student affairs and then to the president of the board of trustees. The committee member’s job entails recommending a budget for room and board rates for the following year. The committee consisted of three appointed members of the Residence Hall Association and student government. Patrick Morrow, one of the appointed members from the RHA, said they hoped this would increase the laundry budget, giving them the
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ability to add newer washers and dryers to the residence halls.
“The increase in price would actually get us closer to making that
change,” Morrow said. “That probably won’t happen for another few years or so, give or take.” Alyssa Molaro, a freshman elementary education major, said she will not even be in the residence halls in a couple of years, so she will not reap any benefits from the price increase. Hudson said compared to other Illinois state schools, Eastern was still cheaper, even with the price increase. Julianne Adebayo, a freshman kinesiology major, said she expects her clothes to actually be clean for $1.75. While Eastern’s washer prices are now higher than Illinois State University, drying is still free for residential students, as opposed to those who reside in Illinois State. Keeping dryers free is a principle reason to why Eastern is cheaper than other schools. Erin Bledsoe, a sophomore accounting major, said she is relatively okay with the pricing because of the free drying. “Nobody likes raised prices, but it is still free drying,” Bledsoe said. Morrow said they also made sure to look at laundromats within the Charleston area, including Panther Laundry, who priced their washers at $1.75 as well, but charged 25 cents per 8-minute dryer cycles. Denzel Watts, a sophomore business major, said while it is only 50 cents more, it will add up. WASHER, page 5
connection slows down Eastern By Bob Galuski News Editor @DEN_News A cooling system failure in one of Eastern’s network closets caused the Internet connection throughout campus to slow down and become spotty Tuesday morning. Brian Murphy, the director of Information Technology Services at Eastern, said the cooling failure was in a network closet in the Student Services building, which houses some of the routing and management equipment for the Internet connection to and from campus. “Facilities Planning and Management was already working on the cooling issues and are continuing to monitor that situation,” he said. “When temperature exceeds (certain) thresholds, the equipment reacts and some services stop functioning.” He added there was a few minutes between getting the cooling system fixed and Internet traffic normalizing. “Once the environmentals were restored, equipment was restarted,” he said. Murphy said after assessing the situation, more permanent actions were being taken for the future of the equipment. INTERNET, page 5