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DAILY EGYPTIAN MARCH 6, 2013
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LYNNETTE OOSTMEYER | DAILY EGYPTIAN
Preston Greff, of Marion, performs a trick off a half-pipe Monday at Cannon Park in Carterville. Greff and his friends agreed this is one of the area’s better skate parks. “We don’t have a lot of options when looking for a place to skate,” Greff said. “Maybe they’ll open up a park again in Carbondale some day.”
Trustees approve interim candidate KARSTEN BURGSTAHLER 'DLO\ (J\SWLDQ University trustees met for a brief special session Tuesday to approve several housekeeping issues, including the appointment of an interim general counsel. The SIU Board of Trustees unanimously approved Lucas Crater, who serves as associate general counsel for healthcare and compliance at the
university’s Springfield campus, as interim general counsel during Tuesday’s seven-minute session. The board also added a meeting date to its 2013 calendar since its regularly scheduled Feb. 28 meeting was canceled. University president Glenn Poshard said Crater worked in the general counsel office since May 2005, when he began as a law clerk while attending the university’s law school. Crater was hired as an
assistant general counsel in August 2006 after he graduated, and he was promoted to his Springfield position January 2008, Poshard said. “Luke’s broad familiarity with the university, including the medical school, make him the strongest candidate for interim general counsel,” he said. Poshard said Crater would split his time between Springfield and Carbondale. According to the board’s trustee-approved agenda,
Crater’s salary will be $145,000 per fiscal year, or $12,083.34 monthly. However, Poshard said it typically takes six months or less to find a permanent general counsel. Upon Crater’s board approval, Board Chair Pro Tempore Roger Herrin congratulated him. “Welcome aboard,” he said. “I’ve got a feeling you’ve got your hands full.” Herrin’s statement reflects the unrest the board has experienced since Feb.
25, when Gov. Pat Quinn appointed Lee Milner, of Springfield; Melvin Terrell, of Chicago; and Sandra Cook, of Collinsville; to take over for ousted members Ed Hightower, John Simmons and Mark Hinrichs. However, the three new members were SIUC graduates, which meant the board would have no SIUE representatives beyond David Hamilton, SIUE’s student trustee. Please see TRUSTEES | 3
6WXGHQWV VDFULÀFH VSULQJ EUHDN WR IRU VHUYLFH MATT DARAY 'DLO\ (J\SWLDQ While some students head to Cancun or Miami, one group will focus on helping others this spring break. Alternate Spring Break 2013 will take students to one of four locations, where they will volunteer their time through service learning. This year, participants will travel to
New Orleans to volunteer at food pantries and shelters; to Knoxville, Tenn., to assist veterans with disabilities; to Nashville, Tenn., to work at a zoo and learn about ecology; or to Memphis, Tenn., to work with organic gardens and provide food to those who live in poverty. The trip runs March 9-16 and provides students more than 1,200 possible service hours. Jason Gillman, student health services
assistant director and Alternate Spring Break staff adviser, said the program is a way students can enjoy their break while performing service events on a drug- and alcohol- free trip. While other departments such as Residential Life have offered the program in past years, this year’s Wellness Center-sponsored version will offer a specific theme to “think globally, act locally,” he said.
“This one is a specific model that’s designed to help students move across the continuum of citizenship and also is built around certain aspects of the trip like reflection and working together,” he said. Gillman said students who take the trips can benefit just as much as the people they help.
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