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State budget impasse affects local services By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @DEN_News A social service agency known to many on campus is facing hardships because of the current budget impasse in the Illinois government. The Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Service relies heavily on state funding and without knowing the budget, the agency is sorting out their next steps. This is the first time the agency has been faced with a threat of future closing. Erin Walters, the executive director of SACIS, said the non-profit rape crisis center offers free and confidential services to those impacted by sexual violence. She said SACIS runs off of federal funds supporting their services, including grants. Walters said the agency has used up all their reserved funds to carry them along and that the state is supposed to reimburse them for their expenses. Right now, the state has not given SACIS their reimbursement payments, so SACIS has been running their reserved funds and taken out a loan to keep their services going. Without the federal dollars the agency could close. “I’m happy to report that we did receive enough federal funds to allow us to continue for a longer period of time,” Walters said. “Right now, I do know that we are guaranteed services through the month of November and could potentially cover our expenses through December.” Walters said she does not see SACIS having any additional resources to support the services beyond December. She is working with the board of directors to determine if there are steps to take so they can make small changes to avoid closure. When SACIS began it had only volunteers. It was not until 1983 when SACIS started paid positions. Walters said she has tried to consider giving her staff furlough days, or reducing work hours, but she does not want to risk laying off her staff. “These are very incremental changes that would not have as negative an impact as if we were to have to close our doors,” Walters said. Joseph McLean, the office manager for the foreign languages department, worked closely with SACIS while being the office manag-
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Nick Fetrell and Dan Alix hold their fellow ROTC member, Craig Sharp as he struggles to complete a mile in heels during Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Sunday. ROTC was a sponsor of the event, which was hosted by Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Servies (SACIS) on April 27, 2014.
er for the Women’s Resource Center. “I can’t believe they would hold our state hostage and put things in jeopardy like higher education and advocacy for victims of sexual assault or domestic violence, or children,” McLean said. “I think they have no conscience when it comes to that sort of thing.” McLean said the people of Illinois elected Gov. Bruce Rauner, a billionaire, and he got a foot in the door because of how the previous governor ran things. He said the rich are still getting richer so now it seems the state’s workers are balancing everything on their backs. “If education doesn’t matter, I don’t know
what matters to them anymore,” McLean said. “He better get in and do what damage he can because he can’t turn his back on the union employees and state workers and think he’s going to get re-elected.” McLean said SACIS provides a resource the community needs. He said a victim’s first thoughts should not be where to go or how much to pay. Walters said it is sad because the budget deficit has existed for years and it has not magically appeared. She said she cannot venture a guess on what caused it, but she knows who did not cause it. “It was not the survivors in this state, it
CAA revises 2 courses Shots fired By Elias Albert Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Council on Academic Affairs made changes to curriculum in the sections of music and history during its meeting Thursday. In the music department, revisions were made to the course MUS 4980 Workshop in Music, which will now have online and hybrid options for students who wish to take it. Shellie Gregorich, a professor in the music department, gave the proposal in favor of the course adjustments. Gregorich said the music department was looking to change the way that the course was delivered and give students additional leeway in choosing the course. “This is really part of a larger revision of two of our Master of Arts concentrations,” Gregorich said. “We’re looking to increase our enrollment by just expanding our avail-
ability and flexibility.” Gregorich said the course will involve work over two different summers during sixweek sessions. She said it will start online then translate to classroom-based classes. History saw revisions by way of the course HIS 3950. This course will incorporate aspects of popular culture. Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowska, a professor in the history department, spoke on behalf of the course. Rymsza-Pawlowska said the class will be known as History of U.S. Popular Culture. She said the class was something that both students and staff in the department wanted to see. “I’ve taught this class before at my previous institution,” Rymsza-Pawlowska said. “It’s exactly what it sounds like and students seem to like it a lot.”
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reported on 10th Street Staff Report | @DEN_News At 8:32 p.m. Thursday, students and faculty received an off-campus crime advisory via email for a shooting reported near the intersection of 10th Street and Garfield Avenue. The Charleston Police Department responded to a report of shots being fired in the 1800 block of 10th Street. According to the advisory, a pedestrian wearing dark clothing allegedly fired shots at a beige colored vehicle. The Charleston Police can be reached at 3458422 and University Police can be reached at 581-3212.
was not individuals with disabilities, it wasn’t elderly services, it wasn’t children’s programs, nor domestic violence survivors,” Walters said. “It wasn’t all of these social services that caused it, yet it feels like they’re the ones who are suffering the most.” Abbey Haughee, a conditional relief agent, said she supervises sex offenders. Haughee has worked on SACIS’s board in the past and said she knew SACIS was in a difficult position, but she was not aware to what degree. She said a world without SACIS seems unfathomable.
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TRICK-OR-TREAT HOURS Charleston’s trick-or-treat hours will be Saturday 5:30-8 p.m. Tips of a safe night on Halloween: -Children should always be accompanied by an adult. -Parents should plan a route for their children ahead of time. -Make sure children stick to that route and stay in well-lit areas. -Children should wait to eat candy until adults have examined the goods. -Children should never enter the home of a stranger to receive candy. -Let children know to stick with their friends if going out without supervision.
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'Socktoberfest' to benefit homeless By T'Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @DEN_News Eastern has brought “Socktoberfest,” based on an idea that sprung up while watching “Kid President” on Facebook, to campus. The goal of this project is to collect as many socks as possible and give them to the homeless. Stacia Lynch, director of Marketing and Creative Services, came up with the idea to bring this form of charity to Eastern. “It kind of happened organically, so no one is particularly in charge of it because it just kind of happened,” Lynch said. “We’re all big fans of Kid President, so I just seen a video and sent a message to Rachel Fisher and Michael Gillespie and they were very supportive.” Lynch said “Kid President” is the site where it all started and got things going. She said he is a kid who works with his brother and does things surrounding community outreach and being good citizens. Lynch said from “Kid President,” she thought one thing people do not consider is one thing homeless people never get is socks because people see it was a small thing. “If you have clothes that you want to get rid of, you may give them to the Salvation Army or a shelter but people don’t do the same with socks,” Lynch said. The Student Community Service Office has been collecting socks around campus since the second week of October. Boxes have been placed in the residence halls, academic buildings and the Student Recreation Center to get as many socks as possible. So far there have been just under 1000 socks collected. “It’s such a small thing, but it makes a huge difference just in
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terms of keeping people warm and cared for and making them feel better about themselves because you look cleaner” Lynch said. “And it’s just a small, easy thing to do, because socks aren’t expensive.” Lynch said Eastern has great students who like to involve themselves in important matters of the world. She said a lot of times students do feel they cannot contribute because it can cost a lot of money. She said ”Socktoberfest” allow students to pick up a pair of socks for a couple of dollars and participate, which many have been doing. “We got 500 from the parade, Racheal Fisher’s office already had
200 and we have boxes in the residence halls, the union and in the rec center, and we don’t know what’s in those yet,” Lynch said. “We’re going to easily have over 1000.” This project will run until Nov. 9 because of the Nov. 7 football game, which the group is trying to get involved. Rachel Fisher, the director of Student Community Service, said one of the reasons she really liked this program was because it showed how simple it is to truly give support to another person. “ The socks are being donated to many local agencies, including one stop community Christmas
which provides for over 800 families in our area,” Fisher said. “The socks are staying in our community and will help our fellow citizens and neighbors!” The Student Community Service Office has worked with agencies like Public Action to Deliver Shelter in the past. “A new pair of soft socks is such a wonderful gift as the fall and winter season begins upon us,” Fisher said. “This is a wonderful simple way to help." T'Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutluer@eiu.edu.
Women Chemists Committee to host camp By Jada Huddlestun Staff Reporter | @DEN_News
Young girls interested in learning about chemistry through participating in Halloween activities can do dailyeasternnews so Saturday at the camp “Chemistry Colors Halloween: Potions, Mag@DEN_News ic and More.” The Women Chemists ComVisit our website: dailyeasternnews.com mittee is hosting this event for the About first time, and it will be held SaturThe Daily Eastern News is produced by the students of Eastern Illinois University. It is published daily Monday from 1-3 p.m. at the Charlesday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., during fall and ton Carnegie Public Library in Rospring semesters and twice weekly during the sumtary Room B. mer term except during university vacations or examinations. One copy per day is free to students and faculChemistry Colors Halloween will ty. Additional copies can be obtained for 50 cents each be open to girls in grades 5-7. in the Student Publications Office in Buzzard Hall.aaaa The WCC created this event to The Daily Eastern News
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The Student Community Service Office along with others around campus have been collecting socks since the middle of October and will continue to do so until Nov. 9. They are collecting socks on behalf of the homeless, with boxes in various locations about campus.
reach out to the local community, and to get girls interested and involved in science in a way that is fun and not intimidating, while having fun celebrating Halloween. Rebecca Peebles, a professor of chemistry, said, “We’re trying to get girls interested in science and show them that it is not some scary thing that is only for boys.” Peebles said the girls would be participating in several fun Halloween experiments. The girls participating will learn how to make glow sticks and will also figure out what chemical makes pumpkins orange. The girls will also be able to learn
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how to make a clock run by putting metal pieces into pumpkins and connecting the wires from the clocks into the pumpkin. “The priority is that the girls have fun,” Peebles said. “We want the girls to leave having had fun doing something that is related to chemistry, and seeing that there is fun stuff related to their lives that they can understand a little bit better.” Peebles said the girls participating in the camp will realize that science is not scary or difficult, and that it is not impossible. Students and staff members will be there to run and help with the event.
Members of the EIU American Chemical Society Student Affiliates, along with the WCC, will also be helping the girls with their experiments. Some student assistants will be dressing up. Girls attending can wear a Halloween costume if they choose to, but it is not required. Aprons and goggles will be provided to keep them protected while participating in the experiments. The event is free, but registration prior to the camp would be appreciated. Jada Huddlestun can be reached at 581-2812 or jrhuddlestun@eiu.edu.
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Louis Marinaro: Recent Sculpture & Drawings | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Featuring works by the artist. Tarble Arts Center Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist. | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Featuring works by the artist & his circle. Tarble Arts Center Midwest Trombone Euphonium Conference | 7:30 PM Doudna Concert Hall. Call 581-3010 for ticket information. Check out more upcoming events at www.eiu.edu/eiu360/
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Memoir writing group to present stories, poems Group to share stories of personal experiences By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News The Past Forward Memoir Writing Group will be giving a public reading at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library. The event is titled “Past Forward- the Audio Version” and will feature some of the members of the memoir writing group sharing stories and poems relating to personal life experiences, past memories and other relatable life experiences. The group was formed in 2008 after members attended a memoir writing class held by the Academy of Lifelong Learning. Janett Messenger, the coordinator of the daytime Past Forward writing group, said the daytime group meets at the end of each month. “We are a memoir writing group and we’ve been in existence since 2008. There were a few of us that attended one of the first class that was sponsored by the Academy of Life(long) Learning about memoir writing and there were about six of us enrolled in the class,” Messenger said. “When it was finished, we were all winded up and went home and wrote memoirs and we would see each other ever once in a while and ask how we were doing on our writing and none of us had really gotten started on anything.” The group has also released two books. The first titled “Occasional
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Writers” was released in 2011 and the group’s latest work, titled “The Memory Pool,” was released earlier this year. “They’re just a series of stories,” Messenger said. “There’s no particular theme to them. It’s a variety of short stories.” Messenger said the public reading is open to anyone who is interested in the reading. “Any age will enjoy it, from children, teens, young adults, seniors and adults,” Messenger said. “It’s just kind of a family orientated type of program, one that I think will appeal to every age group.” The group is made up approximately 25 to 30 members and features both daytime and nighttime writing groups. Daiva Markelis, an English professor at Eastern, leads the nighttime group. “I think everybody has a story to tell. They’ve experienced different things throughout their lifetime,” Messenger said. “It’s just a way of recording it, being able to past it along to others.” “Past Forward-the Audio Version” will take place at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library. Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.
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Cora Prothman, a sophomore art major, works on an intaglio print for her Printmaking I class Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Prothman plans on working as an animator as a career and hopes to be able to study at the California Institute of Technology in the future.
Zumbathon to benefit children By Lauren Barry Staff Reporter | @DEN_News In the spirit of the season, Chi Sigma Iota will be hosting the Shake Your Bones Halloween Zumbathon at Eastern’s Recreational Center Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern’s academic and professional honor society, Chi Sigma Iota invites individuals over the age of 15 to register for their Halloween-themed Zumba fundraiser. Samantha Bilharz, the CSI Social Chair, said there will be five certified Zumba instructors at the event to cater to all learning styles; therefore no prior Zumba skills are needed. Tickets are $15, which includes the three-hour class and an event T-shirt. Bilharz said she encourages participants to wear clothes and shoes that are com-
fortable to dance and move around in. This fundraiser’s proceeds from the class will benefit the Children’s Advocacy Center in Charleston, an organization that supports children who have been victims of abuse. Kaylee Ernst, CSI president, said CAC has received cuts in grants over the past few years. “So, as a graduate program that promotes positive mental health, we see that the CAC is very deserving of our fundraising efforts,” Ernst said. Ernst said that without CAC’s services, many local children and families would not be getting the attention they deserve and need. The CAC provides assistance to children from the following counties: Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and Shelby. Angela Yoder, adviser of CSI, said that
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by helping the CAC by raising funds, we can help the community at large with children that are in need of advocacy and help. At the event there will be an opportunity to give donated items to the CAC. Items specifically needed are gas cards, individually wrapped candy, AA and AAA batteries, stamps, and white copy paper. Rebecca Tadlock-Marlo, adviser for CSI, said, “As a professional honor society, we work to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership, advocacy and excellence in counseling through service.” Bilharz said that CSI puts on fundraisers every semester for various causes, but this is the first Zumbathon CSI has organized. Lauren Barry can be reached at 581-2812 or lbarry@eiu.edu.
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I ain’t afraid of no ghosts We’ve all had those moments when we thought we saw, heard or experienced something that wasn’t natural. Those moments where there is nothing that could explain what just happened. Since I was very young, there have been moments that I had to take a moment to comprehend what entered the area of my eyesight. Whether I thought there was something lurking in the shadows or sweeping past my peripheral, it does get confusing. There were also moments that I thought I heard a disembodied voice or knocking from random spots in my house when I was at home alone. Am I dealing with a haunting? Not to mention the fact that there are people out there, myself included, that experience déjà vu on a daily basis it seems. Do some of us have the ability to see the future? Also, you definitely can’t ignore the talking boards available at stores and paranormal investigation shows on TV. All of this has to be real, right? Well, no. Actually, chances are, none of it is. The reality is, there’s an explanation for almost everything. The way that light passes through a window or around objects can influence the way light appears. Trees swinging in the wind on a sunny day can easily create a moving shadow that peaks into your vision as you walk past it in your house, in addition to birds and other things flying in the sky. Voices may be voices, but no disembodied. The fact is that there are billions of people on Earth and each of them have just as much of a right to make noise as others. Also, with today’s technology, there are many logical sources that sound can come from. According to brainfacts.org, the feeling of déjà vu may be a result of delayed transferring of sight messages between the two halves of the brain. It’s complicated unless there’s complete detail, but one half essentially gets the message twice and as result the person feels that they’ve seen the event before. Talking boards, or Ouija boards as they’re commonly called, seem to work in their intention of communicating with spirits due to something called the ideomotor effect. This simply means that because of beliefs, like believing that the talking board can actually communicate with spirits, will cause the user to unconsciously move the planchette over the board. When it comes to paranormal shows, it’s all something that could be faked. While some things happen on the shows in traditionally haunted places, it really shouldn’t be considered all that convincing. The exaggerated evidence is only exemplified by the at times poor acting. By no means do I wish to stagger anyone’s beliefs. I do, however, wish to see more explanations be considered in scientific and logical sense rather than just jumping straight to a supernatural conclusion. Elias Albert is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or ewalbert@eiu.edu.
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Enjoy Halloween festivities safely, responsibly Are you still hung over from Homecoming? Yeah, we thought so. Oh, but do not think you are out of the woods yet. No, no, no. You have a big weekend ahead of you. It’s Halloween! Remember when you were 16 years old thinking how sad it was seeing all the young trick-or-treaters roaming the neighborhood, and how your days of actually celebrating Halloween are over? Well, you thought wrong! Welcome to adulthood. You have not had Halloween fun until you got to college. Seriously it’s the best. It’s all the relived childhood Halloween fun mixed with all the adult entertainment you know to love now. There really is not anything better other than maybe holidays that actually get you out of school. Douglas Coupland, a Canadian novelist and artist, once wrote, “If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every
day of the year, not just on Halloween.” It is safe to say that would make things a lot more fun for everyday life. Getting a failing grade on the midterm is a lot less serious when you are dressed up as your favorite super hero and your professor has a spot-on Katniss Everdeen costume. Would that not be awesome? Anyway, Halloween is awesome but please do not make this weekend your last. Make Halloween something you look forward to every year, not something you look past every year. Try to avoid suffocating yourself in a costume just because your irrational and sober self got too excited about the cool getup and forgot to take your evening’s recreational activities into consideration. Oh, here is another useful tip. Do your best to make your costume reusable! If your costume is really that cool or clever, it has a long
shelf life. Try not to force yourself to recreate the perfect combination of sexy and scary by shopping at Wal-Mart the night of Halloween. If it is an awesome costume, keep a place for it in your closet. It’s all about execution though, a clever idea only works if you commit to it. A million-dollar idea is only worth the money when it becomes more than that. Halloween is about fun, not money, so get that out of your mind. Enjoy your night, safely that is. Avoid puking into your mask. Oh, stay warm too! Halloween is not a warm weather thing, even though you all dress like it is. Nobody ever said “Wow! Cool costume, but that jacket totally ruins it.” Hopefully the scariest thing you will experience this Halloween is a long line at the bar. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Taking guns away from citizens unconstitutional My stance is no secret. If someone asks me I’m going to tell them; we all have a right to own guns. Taking them away is unconstitutional and I prefer not to die due to home invasion or any other situation that involves self defense. Yes, if you haven’t guessed it already, I am Republican. But my political views have very little to do with my pro-gun opinion. I think there should be classes you have to take to be able to own a gun or a gun license. Oh wait, there is, it’s called the Firearm Owners Identification Card, ladies and gentlemen and any sane, law-abiding citizen fills it out, if they want a gun. But going back to the whole invasion/selfdefense, let us talk about this for a second. Who actually planned on breaking into your house? Was it the subject with a brain and cognitive reasoning or the chunk of metal in the suspects hands with no brain and no cognitive reasoning who seems more likely to come up with the plan? I’m almost 99.99 percent sure that the gun did not whisper in that person’s ear and say “hey, lets go break into that families’ home and shoot up the place.” And if it did, that person needs help because they are crazy, my friends. If we start taking away gun rights, what other constitutional rights are Obama’s cronies going to try to take away? Will freedom of speech, anything and everything in the first amendment be the thing
Liz Dowell that will be outlawed next? (Someone getting offended because the press posted something they did not like may soon cause “speech regulations” because it’s the words fault why the person was hurt.) If this “regulation” and “gun-control” ever actually gets anywhere, we may end up in a communist type of culture and regulating everything that everyone does. Next thing we know, there will be laws regulating what we can watch or search online to regulation on who can have kids and how many. The whole “regulating who can have kids and how many” maybe a little far fetched, but I could see our speech rights being taken away next if we let them take our guns. I hunt deer, I’ve been doing it since I was about 12, and I need a gun to shoot my meat. I cannot use a bow. I’ve tried, just cannot. I can’t really sharpen a stick, hide in a tree
and jump down on it like Sylvester Stallone does in the “Rambo” movies. If we let the government take away our right to own guns, they take away my right to hunt, which takes away the thinning of deer population, which then causes more car and deer accidents and so insurance goes up and we all go broke. If you’re going to sue someone for threatening you with gun, sue that person for harassment, stealing, or breaking and entering, or worse, murder. I’m sure that gun was not melted down, molded to be a killer. You all want to give guns the ability to think, might as well give it the ability to have feelings. How do you think that gun feels for being used for bad things? I’m not saying that we shouldn’t have any gun laws. I’m just saying we shouldn’t outlaw guns. We need parents and instructors teaching the gun owners and younger generation gun safety laws. But then again, outlawing guns may work. I mean cannabis and other drugs are outlawed in many states and you never come across it ever on this campus. Just for the record, for the ones who believe that guns have brains, the previous sentence was sarcastic. Liz Dowell is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or ehdowell@eiu.edu.
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Helen Plevka, a senior English Language Arts major, practices “Weber’s Second Concerto” for the clarinet Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Plevka is preparing for a concerto competition Monday.
Library to host adult craft event By Lynnsey Veach Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Eastern and Charleston communities are invited to “Come, craft, and relax” at the Make and Take craft event at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library. The library will be hosting the event 6 p.m. Tuesday. According to the library’s website, “It’s Make and Take, Grown-up style! We will have supplies ready and you can craft at your own pace. Instructions will be with each craft.” The library has hosted the Make and Take craft sessions for over 15 years. They are usually for children, but have some additional activities offered for adults. Seasonal, holiday-themed and quick crafts offered during the night will include pumpkins, turkeys and
snowmen crafts. The crafts that will be made at the Make and Take event can be used as decorations at home for the holidays or can be given as small gifts. Decorations will include holiday banners for Thanksgiving and refrigerator magnets relating to fall and winter holidays. Joan Spencer, an adult services library associate at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library, said “I’ve been doing Make and Take with children for 15 years. I always do it one Saturday every month.” Spencer said she hopes to see a good turnout at the event, with even grandparents attending so that they can learn some crafts to teach their grandchildren at home. Copies of the instructions for all of the crafts of the night will be available for guests to take home
with them, so they can complete the craft projects anytime they want. “These kinds of crafts would be good to do while making dinner during the holiday season,” Spencer said. Spencer said she encourages Eastern faculty and students to attend the Make and Take craft event on Tuesday since they are the ideal age group for the session. In addition, Spencer said there will be a book sale held at the library from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 7. The proceeds from the book sale will go to support the programming of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library, including special events like Make and Take. Lynnsey Veach can be reached at 581-2812 or lmveach@eiu.edu.
Children who want to play with instruments and read stories can hear live music and read books at the special musical storytime at 10 a.m. Saturday at Booth Library in the reference reading room in the northwest corner of the library. Members of Eastern’s music department will play music, and the Ballenger Teachers Center staff will read. Ann Brownson, reference librarian and coordinator of Ballenger Teachers Center, said several musicians will provide musical entertainment with low brass instruments. “They will be here doing several numbers,” Brownson said. “And we will be reading three stories that are related to music and trombones and tubas.” T h e s e s t o r i e s a r e “ Tr o m bone Shorty” by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, “Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!: A Sonic Adventure” by Wynton Marsalis and Paul Rogers, and “The Owl and the Tuba” by James H. Lehman. An “instrument petting zoo” will be available for children to try out new instruments and practice instruments that will be presented by the Eastern Crossbones and Professor Erin Wehr from the University of Iowa. Brownson said she believes children will be coming in costumes since the storytime is on Halloween. “Usually we do a Halloweenthemed (storytime), but since we have an opportunity to work with the music department we chose to do that,” Brownson said. “We’ve done that before and it’s been a
great success.” Brownson said the past couple of years they have done it on Family Weekend, but this year it coincided with a conference the music department was taking part in. “We hope that a lot of people will come to it, it’s been advertised fairly widely,” Brownson said. “We have a storytime regularly.” Parents are invited and encouraged to come with their children, as well as college students to hear the storytime. If the children are with their parents and interested in music, this will be a great experience, Brownson said. Brownson said the amount of people who come to storytime varies. “Generally we have about eight to 20 children,” Brownson said. These children are from Charleston families and families containing university faculty and students. These storytimes typically happen during mid- to late-September through Thanksgiving, and then again in the spring from late January to spring break. Brownson said the storytimes were successful. “We’ve been doing them for a long time,” she said. “I think the children who come really enjoy it.” Brown said generally when they have storytimes, they have storytimes and crafts. Some storytimes have themes, such as when the Latin American Student Organization came to read to children from books with a color theme. “The children learned the names of the colors in Spanish,” Brownson said. “So that was fun.” Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
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“We would be pretty 1977,” Haughee said. “It’s ridiculous that we’re even having the conversation that they might close, it should be something that people should immediately be stepping up for, our state legislatures should be stepping up.” Haughee said that something has to give when it comes to the budget, she said it is pitiful the state has gone so long without a budget. Walters said she is happy SACIS is open now, but it hurts to see the budget impasse having such an effect on the most vulnerable residents in the state. “I am happy that our doors are still open,” Walters said. “But I know that can change and for some other service entities they have been closing doors and some programs have been pulled completely, so I feel very fortunate that we are still going.” T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.
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Women’s soccer beats SIUE in finale, finishes 4-13-2 By Elias Albert Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern women’s soccer team won their final game of the 2015 campaign by defeating Southern IllinoisEdwardsville 1-0 in the closing minutes of the game. Senior forward Hannah Miller scored the game-winning goal off a free kick in the 89th minute after the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville goalkeeper picked the ball up while she was outside of the box. With the victory, Eastern ends the season at 4-13-2 overall and 2-7-1 in OVC play. Coach Jason Cherry said he was happy to end the season on such a high note. “This is exactly what we set out to do today,” Cherry said. “We set a goal for ourselves and we went and took it.” Previous to the game-winning goal, the two teams were locked in a tightly-contested matchup that could have gone either way. Freshman goalkeeper Maddie Lyon recorded her fourth shutout of the season, and added nine saves to her season total. Cherry thought that his goalkeeper played well, and said she was the key to the game ending in victory. “She’s been great for us all year long,” Cherry said. “She managed to end the season exactly the way that she want-
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ed to.” Lyon ends her season with 17 starts and a save rate of 80 percent. She also led the conference with 129 total saves. Eastern was outshot 16-12 and outcornered 2-1. Cherry did not think that it mattered much though. “We just had a lot of energy out there
today,” Cherry said. “You could tell that we left it all out on the field.” Miller’s goal gives her five for her final season, which was second on the team behind senior forward Molly Hawkins’ seven goals. Miller and Hawkins led Eastern in shots against Southern Illinois-Ed-
wardsville, with three each. Junior forward Kathleen MacKinnon and freshman midfielder Kaci Schonert each added two shot attempts. Cherry said the win was a perfect way to see his seniors off. “They all had a great game on top of a great career,” Cherry said. “I hope they’re
all proud of themselves, because I definitely am.” The seniors, defender Briana Hickman, midfielders Karlee Deacon and Bianca Navejas, forward Molly Hawkins, forward Hannah Miller, goalkeeper Hannah Vieth and student assistant coach Cortney Jerzy, were enthusiastic about winning their last game at Eastern. “This is a perfect way to go,” Miller said. “We all played hard out there today, and I couldn’t be happier.” Cherry said that beating Southern Illinois-Edwardsville was a huge accomplishment for the team, and that he hopes to build off the victory heading into next season. “Beating SIUE makes it even more special,” Cherry said. “It took a lot of effort on our part, but we managed to do it. We beat a very good team.” Entering the game, Southern IllinoisEdwardsville was 5-10-3 and had a goalkeeper that was sixth best in the conference. Cherry said he was happy with the energy and emotion that his team showed for the seniors, and that he’d like this to translate into next season as well. “Everyone was into it,” Cherry said. “Despite the cold weather, we were physical and driven to win, which is exactly the way that we want to be.” Elias Albert can be reached at 581-2812 or ewalbert@eiu.edu.
Men’s soccer team to face difficult test against Denver By Mark Shanahan Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports Men’s soccer needs the offense to come alive this weekend against 11th ranked Denver, who has not lost a home game since 2013. Denver has yet to experience a loss, home or away, this year. They are currently 11-0-3 and sit atop the Summit League standings with a 3-0-1 record against conference opponents this year. Eastern coach Kiki Lara will be taking on Denver for the first time and knows it has been a tough place to play “I think Denver, at the moment, is
just a confident team,” he said. “They won the conference last year; they’re well-built and a little bit more experienced. It’s just a tough place to play.” Eastern enters this game at 3-11 and 1-3 in conference play. They have two more Summit League games remaining this year; both are must-wins against the two best teams in the conference, Denver and Omaha. Eastern dropped its last game against Green Bay 1-0 after only getting one day of rest for it. “We really had a short turn around from a game on Sunday and I thought we were a little banged up and fatigued around the 65th and 70th
minutes,” Lara said. “For us it’s just about good recovery and getting guys back to where they need to be and putting on another performance that’s at least consistent in terms of effort.” This is just the third time these two squads will be meeting each other, as they had a 1-1 tie last year on the Eastern practice field due to flooding on Lakeside Field. Denver won the matchup at home in 2013 2-0. Freshman Andre Shinyashiki leads the team in goals with five. He is also the team leader in shots with 30. The second-leading scorer on the team is red-shirt junior Karsten Hanlin with four goals. He has also re-
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corded two assists on the season. Redshirt juniors Chandler Crosswait and Alex Underwood each have four assists putting them among the league leaders. Lara needs a strong performance on both ends of the field in order to compete with Denver. “We need to be organized defensively to understand what they are trying to accomplish offensively for us to counter that,” he said. “We have to go in with the mindset that we can produce scoring chances and take the opportunities we get and score them.” Red-shirt senior goalkeeper Dan Jackson has played in all 14 games this year and leads the conference in
four different categories. He has eight shutouts, three conference wins, no losses and a 47 percent goal against average. He has only given up seven goals in more than 1,000 minutes played this year. Eastern sits three points back from the fourth-place team in the conference, so this game is must win if they hope to see themselves in the Summit League tournament at the end of the year. The game is set to start at 8 p.m. in Denver, Colo. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.
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Panthers face tall order taking on Humphries, Racers By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 The Eastern football team has continued its theme of being 1-0 every week this month, but they will need to continue that trend at Murray State on Saturday if they hope to list a perfect 5-0 in October and remaining in the Ohio Valley Conference title hunt. The 4-3 overall Panthers will face a Murray State team that is 2-5 overall and 1-3 in OVC action. Mu r r a y S t a t e’s p a s s i n g o f fense, led by red-shirt junior KD Humphries, has averaged 372.8 yards per game this season, which is first in the OVC. Humphries is also the best quarterback in the nation in terms of completions, averaging 34 completions per game. Eastern coach Kim Dameron said that defending Humphries and his talented group of backs and receivers will be a tall order. To counter their offense, Eastern will have to make sure it keeps its offense on the field. “We can’t go three-and-out and turn the ball over,” Dameron said. “We’ve got to move the ball every possession and get first downs.” To do that Eastern will have to rely on dual-threat quarterback Jalen Whitlow, who is among the conference’s best in passing yards per game. Another thing he has in common with Humphries is that they are both grew up together in Montgomery, Al. Whitlow said earlier this week the two played each other in Madden. “I’ve texted and called him recently, but we’ve played Madden (online) too,” Whitlow said. When asked what was the results of their virtual football meeting, Whitlow humbly said that he was victorious, a feat that’s been common for Whitlow for a long time. Both Dameron and Murray State coach Mitch Stewart said that the
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ability that both quarterbacks have at running the football puts pressure on defenses, especially if they get outside the pocket. Both coaches also agreed that it is important to stop the run game first, in order to force the offense to be one-dimensional all game. You can’t just spread your defense, you better stop the r un too,” Dameron said. “When he’s (Humphries) in command he looks like he’s in command of, not only his offense, but your defense.” Stewart believes that most teams play 10 players on offense, which
means you don’t have to account for the quarterback running the football. But with the way Whitlow and the Panthers run their offense, they’re using all 11 men. “Whitlow presents a ton of problems,” Stewart said. “To me you’ve got to kill the run game and make explosive plays on defense.” Whitlow is second on the team in rushing behind red-shirt junior running back Devin Church, who has run for over 500 yards and seven touchdowns this season. Whitlow has rushed for 262 yards and a touchdown behind a
Panthers offensive line that has not been credited with a sack in the last few weeks. “Keeping the sack number down is definitely something we pride ourselves on,” red-shirt junior right tackle Evan Kanz said. “We’ve definitely improved at opening holes for the running game, and our backs are making some really good cuts.” A 5-0 OVC record heading into the last month of the season would put Eastern in prime position for the title chase. Also with the two other unbeaten teams, Eastern Kentucky and Jack-
sonville State, playing each other this week, the Panthers will be one of two unbeaten teams in conference play. “The theme this week is to be 1-0 at the end of the week, and not look up at who it is, or wherever it is,” Dameron said. “Be the best us we can be.” Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday at Stewart Stadium in Murray, Ky. Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.
Eastern volleyball team back on road for weekend games Panthers prepare to face off with SEMO, Tennessee- Martin By Ali Kissane Staff reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team has won five matches in a row heading into its matches against Southeast Missouri and Tennessee-Martin this weekend. The Panthers will start the weekend off by taking on Southeast Missouri on Friday and finish it by taking on Tennessee-Martin on Saturday. SEMO has a 4-6 record in Ohio Valley Conference play. “Obviously they have a couple good players,” coach Sam Wolinski said. “No. 14 on their right side, No. 16 in the middle, so we’ve just got to be able to contain them better than we did the first time around.” The Panthers had five set matches with SEMO a couple weekends ago that ended in Eastern’s favor, but Wolinski said they will need to remain consistent. “Again, just being consistent in our play,” Wolinski said. “I think our side-out game will be really
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Senior libero Stephanie Wallace prepares to serve the ball against UT Martin on October 16, 2015 in Lantz Arena. The Panthers won 3-1.
huge and if we can stay in that 65 percent range, that’s going to help us defeat SEMO.” Tennessee-Martin is at the bot-
tom of the conference with a 3-7 record. Eastern defeated the Skyhawks two weeks ago in Lantz Arena. “Their outsides are kind of what
make them run,” Wolinski said. “They have a lefty that plays on the outside, which is unique, so we just need to defend that and take care
of business and I think we’ll be in good shape.” After playing at Lantz Arena for two consecutive weekends, the Panthers are back to traveling and playing in their opponents’ arenas. The Panthers will have an hourlong practice in SEMO’s arena Friday morning to get comfortable in the facility. “The biggest thing is you get done playing one match and then you have to hop on the bus and travel to your next site,” Wolinski said. “It’s a quick turn around.” Senior libero Stephanie Wallace recorded a season-high 30 digs last weekend in the match against Austin Peay, but everyone has been playing well, Wolinski said. “A lot of our players have been doing such a great job,” Wolinski said. “Stephanie Wallace has been doing a great job in the back row. 30 digs against Austin Peay last week. She’s just been solid. She’s been a rock back there.” The match against Southeast Missouri will start at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and the match against Tennessee-Martin is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday. Ali Kissane can be reached at 581-2812 or aakissane@eiu.edu.
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Naturally, the parents decide to call a priest in order to rid their home of Toby and any other entities that have decided to move in. The priest offers his help through “extermination,” not through “exorcism.” His work does little and the family is reasonably frightened. The rest of the plot is used to try and tie up ends and give answers to any questions, as it is the so-called last "Paranormal Activity." However, it was done so lazily and unconvincing, any moviegoer may justly think they are watching a comedy adaptation of "Paranormal Activity." I walked out of the movie asking myself, “Really? This is it? This is how they chose to end a movie series that brought in flocks of horror lovers?” Just like "Ghost Dimension's" predecessors, there are plenty of fast breaks from scene to scene and jump scares. Unlike the others, though, "Ghost Dimension" offers a 3D viewing. That may be the only thing that saved the movie because I jumped more than usual when things would pop onto the screen out of nowhere. As much as I do not want to see another "Paranormal Activity" installment come next Halloween, I am secretly wishing the masterminds behind the first "Paranormal Activity" come together and “re-do” this finale. They need to put to rest what they unearthed and do it in a way that will bring back genuinely original scary movies. I give "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension" two out of five stars. Rose Sacco can be reached at 581-2812 or rcsacco@eiu.edu.
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10.30.2015
"Rock Band 4" leaves out important features Review by Mace Mackiewicz Copy Editor | @DEN_Verge The time leading up to "Rock Band 4" was really exciting for m e . T h e " G u i t a r He r o " a n d " Ro c k Ba n d " f r a n c h i s e t o o k hours of my life in middle and high school so, a next generation version was exciting for me and my friends who played them all the time. The good news is the game is still "Rock Band," a rhythm game based mostly around playing plastic instruments to rock songs. The bad news is it’s definitely not complete in the state it was released in. I got the band-in-a-box bundle because all my previous instruments were on the Wii, which aren’t compatible with the PS4 and the PS3 instruments I own are glitchy or, in the case of the keyboard, no longer compatible with the game. The guitar and mic work are pretty standard and work normally. But I really wish there was a way that the guitar and drums could be wired. The blue tooth gets out of sync easily on the instruments and can disconnect from the console from too much interference. The game requires a lot of recalibration; I thought I had a faulty guitar, but as it turns out I just needed to recalibrate. And on bad days I have to recalibrate the game once every two or three songs or I start missing every note no matter how easy they should be to hit. The drum set needs a lot of
work, which is thankfully being offered through firmware updates, but the drum set should not have been released in the condition it was. Continuous rolls are constantly dropped; double hits on the bass pedal simply will not register. At first I thought it could just be because I personally still suck at the drums, but I brought it over to a friends house after updating the firm ware and let the better drummers try it out. They were extremely frustrated with how many notes the game was dropping at a time. It kind of sucks that Harmonix is asking people to drop $250 on this equipment, but is releasing it in a work-in-progress status. Assuming the firmware fixes all the problems and it’s not a hardware issue, the game could have definitely spent some more time in development. The songs that come on disk for "Rock Band 4" are the weakest collection of songs in the series to date. There are some fun and awesome songs like “Your Love” by the Outfield and “Friday, I’m in Love” by The Cure, but the vast majority of the soundtrack is lacking. To be fair to Harmonix, a lot of the best songs they could have chosen have been in previous games or are available for downloadable content, but I feel like they could have filled the void with a soundtrack of newer hits while combining leftover classics. The good news is most of the
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A list of Rock Band songs displayed on the wall at E3 2010. The upper part of the wall lists songs released by Harmonix, either on a game disc or as downloadable content. The bottom part shows Rock Band Network songs.
songs from the "Rock Band" DLC catalog are compatible with "Rock Band 4," so you can pick and choose what songs you want. As long as you owned the songs on the previous system, PS3 for PS4 and Xbox 360 for Xbox One, all of your previously owned DLC will be available to play in this game as well. Weekly song updates are also back, so if somehow you don’t find something you like in the thousands of available songs, you might be in luck in the coming
weeks and months with something you might like more. The game also has lots of room for improvement. Harmonix has stated "Rock Band 4" will be the platform for current gen consoles, and they will be adding more features down the road; if you’re into competitive "Rock Band" and online play, even if they’re not in right now, there’s a chance of a later inclusion. At the moment, the game is in a disappointing state, and it feels like they released it early to beat
"Guitar Hero Live" to the punch. However, the feeling of nostalgia for "Rock Band" is still there and the game still has the potential to reach its previous heights. I would personally give the game a six and a half out of 10, but this isn’t a bad game or a bad score; it’s just that this game needs a lot of improvement before it can receive a higher score. Mace Mackiewicz can be reached at 581-2812 or mmmackiewicz@eiu.edu.
RSO designs clothing pieces for fashion show By Lexi Stickel Staff reporter | @DEN_Verge
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MADA's executive board prepares for the trunk show held in the south quad in 2014.
GLAM will be putting on a fashion show in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Merchandising and Apparel Design Association is helping GLAM put on the fashion show. The MADA team has designed and created four or five pieces of apparel for the show. The MADA puts on its own fashion shows throughout the year. They also work with GLAM and Couture, which are modeling Registered Student Organizations on campus. Brandon Mata, a senior dual early childhood and special education major and president of the MADA, said the show has seven scenes, one for each continent. The MADA will be providing apparel for many different continents. Mata said the goal of the MADA is to take in family and consumer sciences students and help them enhance on apparel design and show them the business side of design. Brittany William, advisor of the MADA, said that the goal of the MADA is to help students who have an interest in fashion as an art or a business. “MADA talks about current
styles and trends as well as what is changing every year in the fashion world,” William said. Mata said that the whole process of creating and designing clothes is very time consuming. It starts off with turning ideas into what is going to be worn in a fashion show, Mata said. He said it starts off with looking at pictures, then sketching and designing. Patterning is also a big part of the process. Finally, taking measurements and fittings is one of the last steps. William said that the process of putting on a fashion show is very hectic. It starts early and ends late and there are so many last minute things that no one realizes, she said. “Eastern is not a very creative campus, MADA gets a group of people together that can be creative and can help each other with those feelings that no one else can understand,” William said. “I love feeding off of other people's energy and ideas, MADA helps me get a combination of experiences through creating clothes,” Mata said. Lexi Stickel can be reached at 581-2812 or aestickel@eiu.edu.
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10.30.2015
JAC to throw first Halloween, costume party By Kalyn Hayslett Verge Editor | @DEN_Verge Jackson Avenue Coffee will host its first Halloween party at 7 p.m. Saturday with a live perf o r m a n c e f r o m Mi k e Fe l t e n , Chicago singer-songwriter, as well as a costume contest. There is no admission fee and ever yone who attends has the chance of earning a discount, Dano Reible, owner of the JAC, said. “Everyone dressed in costume w i l l g e t 1 0 p e rc e n t o f f t h e i r drinks that night, and we never charge a cover fee,” Reible said. Not only will a costume serve as a coupon for any purchase, but it can count towards the costume contest and possibly be rewarded first, second or third place. The prizes include a package of several gift cards totaling over $100 from local businesses for the first place winner. The second place winner will receive a $50 JAC gift card and the third place winner will receive a $25 JAC gift card, Reible said. The owner recommends that the costumes should be creative, well executed and have corresponding acting. However, Mike Felten will decide the winners. Coming from a musical family, Felten considers the stage his second home. “Basically been performing all of my life and I can’t think of a time where I wasn’t performing,” Felten said. “While I’m performing it is the greatest feelings I’ve ever had so I just try to keep doing it.” Felten enjoys playing at the JAC and Saturday will be his fourth time performing. “I always love a theatre setting where people listen to you and interact with you,” Felten said, “The JAC is like a listening room which is really good which is why I keep coming back.” Felten is currently working on his fifth album. He will use the Halloween party to perform his new original music. This album is centered on pop and rock influences and includes drum and band collaborations.
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Musician Mike Felten plays his guitar and harmonica during one of his sets.
“A lot of new music from the album that I’ve been working on and seeing how the audience will react to it, but this is the first time we have drums on it,” Felten said. The previous albums’ major influences differ, and Felten is already considering if the next album will be focused on blues and acoustic sounds. Every time, Felten makes sure he performs his fan favorite song, “Where Did You Get That Dress,” which was inspired by a dream. “It’s a pop song and everyone seems like they really like it so I perform it at almost every show,” Felten said. Most of Felten’s music is inspired from history, stories and daily conversations; he then builds lyrics and instrumentations around these influences.
“His show is very enjoyable, with neat history that goes along with his songs,” Reible said “Just some good music for people to listen to and some good entertainment for us.” The combination of Felten’s musical performance with the Halloween-themed incentives the owner hopes will make for an enjoyable evening. “I already had Mike booked for the night and Halloween was on Saturday. I have some prizes just to add another dimension to the night and have some fun with it,” Reible said. If the Halloween party is a success than the JAC will add it to their annual events. Kalyn Hayslett can be reached at 581-2812 or kehayslett@eiu.edu.
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Mike Felten takes the stage playing folk music.
Respect when choosing costumes is necessary Column by Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @DEN_Verge As we come up on the verge of another weekend, we are also on the verge of one the most popular holidays of the year: Halloween. Halloween is a time of craziness, candy, costumes-- and at times controversy. While Halloween is a great way to step outside yourself and pretend to be someone (or something) you’re not, it is possible to take things too far. Like when people decide to use different ethnicities for costume ideas. For instance, when people use
blackface or wear what they think is Native American dress, or use stereotypes to act like the ethnicity they want to be. These are usually, at best, a poor representation of the race, and at worst downright insulting. While it may seem like no big deal to be a person wearing the costume, to the person whose race is essentially being made fun of, it is a mockery of who they are, or of who their family is. Another controversial “trend” that seems to have come about in the last few years has been using viral news stories to create Halloween costumes. For instance, some people de-
cided to dress up as Ray Rice, the football player who was arrested for punching his then-fiancée in the face. To complete their sick excuse for a “costume,” some people also included a woman either dressed up to look like the fiancée, with bruises on her face, or just carried around a doll to look like her. Other costumes included a woman who pretended to be a Boston Marathon bombing victim, complete with blood and wounds she had all over her body. The fact that others make fun of people’s pain is disgusting and inexcusable, especially in the name of a holiday that should be
fun and games. These costumes may seem like they’re all in good fun, and people argue that it really isn’t anyone’s place to tell anyone else what to wear or what to do. But insulting costumes aren’t the only option this year. There are a myriad of costumes that don’t poke fun at anyone or are poor caricatures of someone else’s culture that are still fun and in the Halloween spirit. You could be your favorite movie character, your favorite monster, literally anything you put your mind to. Yo u c a n h a v e f u n w i t h o u t throwing anyone else under the
bus or making fun of what they’ve been through. It’s Halloween, and your celebration shouldn’t come at the expense of someone else’s lifestyle, race or personal experience. Your costume for one day is not more important than someone else’s entire life experience. Halloween, and ever y holiday really, should be an occasion for everyone to celebrate scaring others and being scared by fun, spooky things. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.