DEFENSE RISING
IN-STATE FOES FACE OFF
The Eastern men’s soccer team hosts its final home game of the season against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lakeside Field.
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Student Advisory recruits members By Debby Hernandez Administration Editor | @DEN_News The College of Arts and Humanities is seeking members for the student advisory board where members represent their department by making decisions and being the voice of student concerns. Akeem Forbes, the student dean of college of arts and humanities, said being part of the advisory board is a way to bond students and administration in the decisionmaking process. Forbes, a sophomore English major, is currently representing his department through the student advisory board. He said board members serve as the liaison between students in their department and the administration by reporting student concerns to departmental leaders. Forbes said the board aims to help in the scholarship fair and perform one community service project before the end of this semester. He said the board hopes to create an efficient way for students to find scholarships. “The overall goal for this semester is to promote ourselves to the best of our abilities so students know we are here for (them),” Forbes said. “Specifically for my college, we are building the duties as we are building the student advisory board.” Forbes said some consistent changes that have been addressed in the board include the need for overall staff in departments, minority staff, and considerations for including woman’s studies as a potential major within the college of arts and humanities. He said the board is also looking to help with enrollment numbers by finding ways to market various departments. “Each department was saying it is lacking students within the major,” Forbes said. “An idea is to work with the office of admissions and send out letters to prospective students.” Bring issues from my department and other issues someone contacts me about into the meeting. The board currently has seven members and is currently in need of student delegates from the foreign language, communications, and philosophy departments. Forbes said this is his first semester as the student dean, whose position consists of a one-year term. He said while students who have previously taken the position have not been more involved, he is hoping to build something as the student dean. “As of right now, my position would be to oversee the student advisory board, collaborate with other student deans, as well as the (student) vice president for academic affairs as it relates to any events or things we want to put on for the campus,” Forbes said. STUDENT ADVISORY, page 5
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Ryan Woods, a senior political science major and the President of EIU College Democrats, talks with Stephanie Garcia, a senior politcal science major, about voting Monday in the library quad.
Polls open for midterm elections By Stephanie Markham News Editor | @stephm202 Voters can cast their ballots at their respective polling places Tuesday to elect various state and county officials, as well as give input on certain constitutional amendments and advisory questions. Locations for individuals to vote are listed on their registration cards depending on which precinct they live in. For most students, this is either the Newman Catholic Center at 500 Roosevelt Ave. or the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Polls will open at 6 a.m. at the Newman Center and 8:30 a.m. in the Union and will extend until 7 p.m. Those who have not registered can still do so Tuesday before they vote in the Bridge Lounge or at the Coles County Courthouse. To register the day of the election, voters must present both a state-issued photo ID and
proof of address, such as a bill or other piece of mail. They would then submit their vote after registering, either in the Bridge Lounge or in the Coles County Clerk’s Office, 651 Jackson Ave., Room 122. Grace period registration and voting in the Courthouse will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. During the last midterm election in 2010, more than 150 people voted in the Union. Cameron Craig, a geography professor and climatologist, said rain is in the forecast for Tuesday, and studies have shown bad weather usually yields a lower turnout. On the 2014 ballot are state officials including U.S. senator, governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, and representatives for the 15th congressional district and for the 110th representative district. On the ballot as well are county officials in-
cluding clerk, treasurer, sheriff, regional superintendent of schools and board member, as well as judge of the appellate court for the fourth district and judicial candidates seeking to remain in office. Additionally, two proposed amendments to the Illinois constitution and three statewide advisory questions are on the ballot. One proposed amendment would prohibit laws that disproportionately affect voters based on minority status, and the other would expand the rights of criminals. Advisory questions include whether minimum wage should be raised to $10 per hour for workers over 18, whether health insurance companies should have to provide birth control, and whether a 3 percent tax on income greater than $1 million should go to school districts. Stephanie Markham can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.
‘War on Poverty’ lecture enlightens students Professor sheds light on America’s social issues By Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge Several programs and initiatives were put in place in the 1960s to combat the War on Poverty, which will be the focus of a lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Room 4440 in Booth Library.
Michael Gillespie, a professor of sociology and anthropology, who will be facilitating the discussion, said the war on poverty in the ‘60s was the United States’ way of realizing there was a poverty issue among women and children. President Lyndon B. Johnson initiated the War on Poverty in 1964 during his State of the Union address, when he declared “unconditional war on poverty in America.” Gillespie said this was a package put in place by Johnson to combat the poverty issue to aide the future of the constitution, which created programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare is a program for elderly who are
65 and older with disabilities or those from all ages diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, which is permanent kidney failure that requires treatment by dialysis. The program has two plans: A and B. Plan A deals with hospital insurance that does not necessarily require a premium, while plan B is a medical insurance program requiring a monthly premium. Medicaid is a program that covers many different types of people including those with disabilities and with the Affordable Care Act, the program expanded on a national level.
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