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Lack of funding hinders planning By Cassie Buchman News Editor | @cjbuchman Although Eastern received a stopgap budget in July, the university will have problems planning for the future without full funding. After going without a budget for nearly a year, Illinois lawmakers passed a stopgap budget Gov. Bruce Rauner then signed, giving Eastern a stopgap appropriation of $12.6 million rather than its anticipated appropriation of around $38 million. Eastern President David Glassman said as long as the stopgap funds continue to come in at a predictable measure, the university can operate. The problem, he said, is that there cannot

be any long-term planning done without full funding, which is what the university ultimately needs. “It handicaps us (but) doesn’t jeopardize operations,” Glassman said. The question now for the university is how to plan while spending as conservatively and prudently as possible, especially as its cash reserves are “virtually gone.” Now, Glassman said, there is nothing to back the school up if it runs into a deficit. State Senator Pat McGuire, D-Joliet, recently told the Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees he has heard from his colleagues that Illinois might have to rely on stopgap budgets through fiscal year 2019, according to an article in The

Morris Herald-News. Glassman said though there are many legislators who believe in a grand compromise where a full budget is passed, there are others who think a compromise is too difficult to campaign with. Senator Dale Righter, R-Mattoon, said the way this year has gone, this is an unfortunate possibility. “I think Senator McGuire and I, we’re not the only ones who have that opinion,” Righter said. Democratic candidate for state representative Dennis Malak also said more stopgap funding in place of a full budget could be a reality for Illinois, but the upcoming elections can change this, as well as a shifting legislature. Stopgap, page 6

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Caroline Hochmuth (left), a freshman elementary education major, and Jennifer Olmedo (right), a freshman athletic training major, discuss low class numbers as they do each other's makeup. "When we took our class picture, we only made an E instead of EIU," Hochmuth said.

Eastern carries on despite empty floors By Meka Al Taqi-Brown Contributing Writer | @DEN_news

If my family comes we may go out to eat or go bowling. They are people I can go to no matter what. They won’t judge anything, no matter what I tell them. In a nutshell family means: support. Morgan Austin, freshman English major

Family is everything. They helped to raise me and to become the person I am today. My family is not coming down this weekend. I tend to go home at least once a month, so I don’t get home sick often. In a nutshell, family means: support, love. Kyle Crowley, senior kinesiology and sports studies major

My family provides a support system for me, getting through college. They are my safe place when I am trying to figure things out. As far as family weekend, this time gives families a time to see the lifestyle of a college student. My family gets to spend time with me since I am away from home and create memories. In a nutshell, family means: refuge, safety. La'Quantus Ruskin, senior communication studies major

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As Eastern’s enrollment goes down, the number of empty floors has gone up in the residence halls. Starting this academic school year, there are five floors closed in Taylor Hall, one floor closed in Thomas Hall, two floors closed in Andrews Hall and one floor closed in Lawson Hall. Pemberton Hall is the only residence hall in the North Quad that has only half a floor closed. Mark Hudson, the director of Housing and Dining, said the Housing and Dining Office was aware of lower admissions for this fall semester, and expected most of last year’s students to resume living on campus. “We knew we were going to have a lower incoming class this year and that was going to affect the number of people that were going to live on campus,” Hudson said. “A lot of the students that came back were returners.” Hudson said housing and dining keeps re-

cords on how many students come to Eastern over the years. Hudson goes into detail about what happens behind closed doors on the empty floors. “Once the school year started we (were) going back onto those floors and doing painting and repairs,” Hudson said. The vacant floors are also used as guest rooms for visitors that stay on campus for different events and are used for the summer conference program. Junior marketing major Rylee Garrett said the empty floors within the halls do not distract her while living in the residence hall. She said her floor in Taylor Hall is more peaceful than her former school. “I feel pretty comfortable with it. I just transferred from SIU and they had 17 floors, and it was very loud all night long,” Garrett said. “So having only four floors, I found it to be very quiet and relaxing, more like home.” Katrina Thompson, a freshman early childhood education major, lives in the South Tower of Thomas Hall and said she is used to all of the

floors and rooms being occupied. Thompson said she likes how the floors are filled, and she has not encountered any problems yet. “I really like it; it’s really nice. I don’t have any complaints about it. Everyone is super nice and I haven’t had any noise issues or anything.” Thompson said. Housing and Dining Services is still making efforts to provide a positive experience for students even though there are closed floors. Hudson said whether there are 20 residents on the floor or 50, the resident assistants will try to provide a college experience for all of their residents. “Our goal is to make sure residents have an equal experience no matter how many people are around them,” Hudson said. “We want to make sure that there (are) enough people on each floor.” Meka Al Taqi-Brown can be reached at 581-2812 or mrbrown7@eiu.edu.

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flute recital at Doudna By Angelica Cataldo Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_news Rebecca Johnson will be showcasing her 26 years of flute experience Sunday for the faculty flute recital. Johnson will perform prepared solo pieces she has put together in preparation for a series of concerts she planned to perform for other universities as part of a traveling show this fall. She made the final decisions of what will go in her performance collection over the past summer. “ The pieces are mostly modern flute pieces,” Johnson said. “I will introduce each piece from the stage to help attendees understand the music more effectively.” The pieces were written in the 20th century and are meant to be performed solely on flute. Johnson has taught at Eastern since 2007 and is currently on the National Flute Association as the secretary of the board. She was also a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar for 2002–03. During that time, she studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England and had the chance to learn under flutist Peter Lloyd. Johnson said that she has been playing the flute since 1990 and started out playing the piano. “My mother is an organist and piano teacher, and I started the piano as my first instrument when I was 4,” Johnson said. “I decided to study music in college and graduate school because I knew it’s what I needed to do.” The recital will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. Admission is free. Angelica Cataldo can be reached at 581-2812 or amcataldo@eiu.edu.

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Kerry said diplomacy at impasse as Syrian truce collapses   NEW YORK (AP) — The United States and Russia ended any pretenses Thursday of their cease-fire for Syria remaining in force after days of increased violence and the Syrian military’s announcement of a new offensive in Aleppo. Kerry’s statement, after three days of private and public diplomacy on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, provided an ominous endnote to a week diplomats had hoped would be a major capstone toward peace. Instead, Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who negotiated the truce two weeks ago, went their separate ways as violence in Syria flared up anew and the relationship between the two key foreign powers in the conflict appeared to reach a new low. No one spoke of being able to quickly resuscitate the cease-fire. While Kerry and Lavrov were set to hold more talks Friday, even confidence-building measures seem beyond their reach at this point. As the diplomats huddled in a New York hotel, Syria’s military com-

mand said it would restart operations in the northern city of Aleppo, scene of some of the bitterest fighting in recent months. According to one official present in the gathering, Kerry was informed of the news when his chief of staff showed him a headline on his BlackBerry. A furious Kerry then told the entire room, Lavrov included, that “even while we are meeting here, they are doing this,” said the official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity. Lavrov told Russian media that consultations would continue to “guarantee” the cease-fire. But even as Kerry vowed to press on with all efforts to find a peaceful solution to the war between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Russianbacked government and U.S.-backed rebels, he acknowledged the current strategy wasn’t working. He called for the immediate grounding of planes and helicopters that have launched airstrikes, including a Russian one earlier this week that the U.S. says hit an aid convoy,

killing 20 civilians. Russia has denied responsibility, while raising a range of ulterior scenarios for how the caravan might have been struck. “Absent a major gesture like this, we don’t believe there is a point to making more promises or issuing more plans or announcing something that can’t be reached,” Kerry said, describing a “moment of truth” for Syria, Russia and all those trying to halt the bloodshed. The meeting came after Assad told the AP in an interview in Damascus that the United States was to blame for the deal’s failure. He cited U.S. inability to control “terrorist” groups and a weekend attack that killed dozens of Syrian soldiers. The U.S. apologized for what it described as a mistake. Lavrov had sought a three-day pause in fighting to revive the ceasefire. But U.S. officials said there was no point returning to a situation in which rebels would be pressed to hold fire, while the Syrian and Russian military’s could violate the agreement.

Crutcher walking with his hands in the air toward his stopped SUV. No dashcam footage exists from Shelby’s car because she did not activate the emergency lights, which would have switched on the camera, when she came upon the abandoned vehicle in the roadway. Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan has said that Crutcher did not have a gun on his body or in his SUV.

competition, new regulation and government pressure that led to the collapse this month of one of the industry’s biggest players, ITT Technical Institute. The industry has been losing students for the past six years, but the crisis appears to be deepening with alarming speed. Enrollment at the University of Phoenix chain fell 22 percent this year, to 171,000 students, marking a 70 percent loss since 2010. DeVry University reported a 23 percent drop this year, to about 26,500. Meanwhile, community colleges are reaping the benefits. And traditional universities have lured students away with new online programs. ITT reacted by closing all 130 of its campuses in 35 states, leaving 35,000 students in the lurch and throwing 8,000 people out of work.

BRIEFS Despite video, Oklahoma police shooting is murky JILL BLEED Associated Press A white Oklahoma police officer was charged with manslaughter Thursday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man whose vehicle had broken down in the middle of the street. Prosecutors say Betty Shelby “reacted unreasonably” when she opened fire on Terence Crutcher. The shooting can be seen on two different videos provided by authorities — one from a police helicopter and the other a dashboard camera. They both show 40-year-old

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The race kicks off the annual Harvest Frolic weekend, celebrating 19th- century rural life with artisans, performers, and food. Special presentations will include oxen pulling, the Unreconstructed String Band, performances by Brian “Fox” Ellis, the Blue Monkey Side Show, and a puppet show.

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By Janet Pernell Multicultural Reporter | @DEN_News Latino Heritage Month has been an annual monthly celebration since 1994, and it goes from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Each year students, faculty and staff should expect educational components, extracurricular components and handson workshops. During the month, there are dance lessons; walking tacos, taco ingredients with Doritos in a bag; pupusas, a Salvadorian thick corn tortilla; and late-night dance parties. There are also collaborations with Thomas and Taylor dining halls to gather some traditional Latino dishes during lunch and dinner to celebrate the month. Academic adviser Juanita Cross said she likes how Latino Heritage Month is early in the year because it is a target for freshmen and new students. Cross said she likes the variety of events that the month holds and said people should step out of their comfort zone with this month. “We want to celebrate those students that we have on campus that have that ethnicity but we also want to make it open to everyone else,” Cross said. “I really think it’s important to increase the cultural awareness on campus, so you

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Recreation Center. Cross said this year’s Latino Heritage Month has been good because she has been hearing a lot of good things about it. She said this month has so much diversity to it, and it is more than one country. “I think what makes us unique is

that we try our best to represent as many parts of Latin America as we can,” Cross said. “Here in the United States, we’re used to and accustomed to Mexico and Mexican cuisines and things like that.” Cross said you do not have to have a Latino background to participate, and

everyone is welcome to do so. “I think it’s useful for everybody there because there’s so much that you can learn by going to these events,” Cross said. “I think there’s a lot of things you can learn about Latin America throughout the month.” She also said Latino Heritage Month is a way for students to celebrate and learn. “I would think it just an appreciation for the diversity of our campus and to just see them represented with this month,” Cross said. “I think even staff and faulty learning something new.” Cross said she likes the students’ feedback and energy during this time, and said she received more feedback this year. The goals for Latino Heritage Month are to increase the amount of people that come to events and people to make new friends, Cross said. Cross said she also wants students to feel welcome when coming to the events. “I really hope students feel comfortable enough to go to these events and come with an open mind and have a good time and maybe walk away with a new appreciation,” she said. Janet Pernell can be reached at 5812812 or jopernell@eiu.edu.

Presidential debate to be shown in Lumpkin By Kennedy Nolen Contributing Writer | @KennedyNolenEIU One of America’s most-viewed events, the presidential debate, will be streamed 8 p.m. Monday in Roberson Auditorium of Lumpkin Hall and is open to the public. Over 67 million viewers tuned in to watch this event in 2012. Communication studies professor Marita Gronnvoll said a lot of students do not pay close attention to politics, so this is a way for them to learn about policy issues. “This is an election like no other,” Gronnvoll said, describing it as “very historical” because the candidates are on opposite sides of the spectrum.

Peter Joslyn, a senior management information systems major, said he is looking forward to watching the debate. “It will be great to watch the debate, because the audience will get an unedited look at both candidates to see their true colors,” Joslyn said. At the non-partisan event, attendees will have the opportunity to sign a voter contract, meaning they promise to vote in the election. During the debate, the communication studies department and the Political Science Student Association will spread out a big poster that reads, “I vote because...” where they will encourage students to add their comments.

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debate, they will also have the opportunity to register to vote at the Debate Watch if they are not already registered. Gronnvoll said there was a great student turnout in 2012, and the department anticipates more community members to attend this year, because of the importance of the election. Those who attend the debate will feel informed, Gronnvoll said. “If they hadn’t been paying attention to the candidates at all, they’re going to get kind of condensed versions of policy speeches in the two minute responses the candidates will give,” she said. A Twitter hashtag will be in use so students can show support for

the debate with social media. The hashtag has yet to be announced. The election is important for citizens of Illinois, especially those at state universities, Gronnvoll said. Public funding was a problem this year for several sectors in the state because of the budget impasse. Gro n n vo l l s a i d s h e b e l i e ve s young people will really make a difference this year and during the next few election cycles. The department wants students and community members to come out, have a good time, get informed and remain civil. Some food and drinks will also be provided. Kennedy Nolen can be reached at 581-2812 or kdnolen@eiu.edu.

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The poster will then be hung up in the communication studies department until the elections. In 2012, the communications department hosted a similar event in Coleman Lecture Hall when President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney were debating. Most of the students supported Obama, Gronnvoll said. When she asked who won the debate, students went with Obama. Gronnvoll said students who were not interested in politics or not paying attention ended up wanting to vote after watching the debate, which “stoked” the communication studies department. Not only are students and community members able to watch the

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Nicole Kink

Dorms are convenient but cannot beat home After graduating high school, I was so excited to leave for college. I was ready to leave my hometown and start school nearly three hours south. When I finally got to my dorm I was overwhelmed with all the possibilities waiting for me. I was excited to live in a dorm hall entirely filled with strangers. I was intrigued with the countless options of clubs, activities and organizations. More importantly, I was looking forward to asserting my own independence. However, as October rolled around I found myself missing the small things I tend to have looked over while living at home with my parents. I began to miss the easy access to washers and dryers—crazy, right? Out of all things at home, I missed the convenience of having a washer and dryer in my own home. While living in the dorm, I often had to carry my laundry down numerous flights of stairs. If that was not annoying enough, it was always like a game of chance when trying to find the open machines. Then, I had to wait a few hours down in the basement of Carman Hall for all my laundry to finish drying. Although this may seem like an insignificant detail while living at home, I found myself extremely thankful when I got the chance to come home and do my laundry on school breaks. I also began to miss home-cooked meals. Although I had insisted on a seven-meal plan when I was a freshman, it had become increasingly hard to add variety to my meals outside of the dining hall. Honestly, there is only so much you can do with a microwave & a communal stove. Instant noodles and instant dinners are fine, but they were nothing I craved. It was only a matter of time before I started to miss my mom’s homemade specialties. I would have given anything to taste her pasta fagioli or enchiladas. Finally, I missed having a clean living environment. It is hard to fit two people into a tiny four-by-four dorm room. Between my stuff my roommate’s, the room always seemed too cramped. This was nothing like my room at home. I missed having an entire space for myself. The amount of storage for my clothes and space to walk around was not something I anticipated on missing, but certainly did. Being independent in college is a rewarding experience, but it will make you miss the finer things at home. Nicole Kink is a senior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or nekink@eiu.edu.

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Make the best of your limited time with family Well, students, after a few weeks of freedom, we finally find ourselves at Family Weekend. After having part of the semester since move-in day to find our independence away from the parents, siblings and others who we lived with for so long, they are here for one family-friendly event after another. The people who you spent every day with for so long are now descending onto your campus, onto the one place you thought you’d be free of them forever (since you probably forgot to take breaks into account when thinking about your newfound freedom once you moved out of the house.) For freshman, Family Weekend might be even more bittersweet—you have only had a few weeks away before realizing, yes, there are people back at home whom you are accountable to and who might actually care about them. Others may land on the opposite side of the Family Weekend spectrum, planning every as-

pect of the weekend down to a tee; what restaurants you will hit up once your family arrives, exactly what activities you are going to, etc. No matter what your feelings are about these three day that constitute Family Weekend—and yes, it is only three days—it is important to remember not to take them for granted. Just appreciate the time spent with loved ones. In the yesterday’s editorial, we wrote about how it is OK not to want to spend time with family if they are toxic. However, if you are lucky to have a family that wants to see you and who you want to see in return, you should be grateful to have the opportunity to take a few days to see them. Even if they do nag or annoy you, or worse, make you feel like the child you thought you left behind when you left for Eastern a few short years (or weeks) ago, enjoy these subtle grievances. They will not last forever. Who knows? You may find you enjoy or miss

them after not being in your life for a while. And if everything does not go according to plan even after weeks of deciding what will happen, if that event is canceled or your family does not come on time, go with the flow. Do not let some mild interruption or inconvenience ruin the few days you have with your family. It is spending time together that counts, so pay less attention to what you are doing and more to who you are with. Your attitude will make or break this weekend for everyone involved. It is more fun to make the best of a bad situation than it is to have everything go perfectly while being worried the whole time. It might even give everyone something to laugh at in a few years. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.

Sean Says: Take advantage of free pizza

So lemme tell you this. Everyone loves pizza. How could you not? It may just be the best food that has ever been invented. Over the summer I worked for the Joliet Slammers professional baseball team in the Frontier League. My main job was to write for their website and I worked through my boss Porscha, so I helped her out with other things when I could. There was one night the Slammers had a game, and by the seventh inning a huge storm rolled in and it rained more than I have ever seen so quickly. In no time, the field was unplayable. We got the tarp on before, so give us a “W” for that. But the first row around the stadium flooded above the seats. There was no way this game was going to continue. It was a good game, too. We had our ace going and it was tied late in the game. The Slammers were the second best team in the league behind these guys: the Southern Illinois Miners. After every game, the Slammers’ organization orders pizza to feed the teams after the game from one of our big sponsors: Chicago Dough Pizza Co. Now if you are not from around New Lenox, you probably have not heard of this place. But around my hometown, this pizza is top-notch. We have to order enough pizza to feed 85 people, so that comes out to be 12 pizzas.

Sean Hastings Since the storm was so bad, the Miners were just leaving and it was tough to get someone to Chicago Dough and get back with the pizzas. Essentially, there was no point to go get the pizza and bring it back to Silver Cross Field. There was too much going on at the stadium to have someone to go get it. I was working on a story for the website, our stadium manager was doing his thing, our groundskeeper needed to keep an eye on the field and Porscha was making phone calls. It took some time for the game to officially be called, but the big problem and big question was: what are we going to do with the pizzas? We could not make the restaurant mad at us for having them make 12 pizzas and not have us come pick them up. That was where I came

in. I live near the pizza place. I had to go out of my way from going home to go get them, but I did it for my Slammertime family. (That was an inside joke.) So I went to go pick up the pizzas, just making it in time for closing, and I had to bring them home and I had to figure out what to do with them. Porscha put me in charge of the pizza duty. I roll up, pick up 12 pizzas and just stack them in my car and go home to be greeted by my sisters Tara and Erin and brother Ryan and his girlfriend Madison, who ironically were just talking about how hungry they were. We were not going to finish all 12 pizzas, nor did we have any place to store them. So I had my siblings call their friends and I called mine to come pick them up and I sold six pizzas that night for $5 a piece. I made 30 bucks. We ate two of them, kept two and threw away two. My lesson for you is, if you have an opportunity to pick up 12 pizzas, do it. It is free and you can even make profit. Also, if your employer asks you to do something, do it. Sean Hastings is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.

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Carlos Maxwell, a sophomore music performance major, practices with the Panther Marching Band during a bass drum sectional in the library quad, outside of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

CAA discusses progress report on learning goals By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News The Council on Academic Affairs met and discussed a progress report packet on learning goals Thursday afternoon. Eastern is revising their University Undergraduate Learning Goals and is incorporating them into both general education and major courses. This academic year marks the third year of the four-year plan to revise learning goals and put them into different major and general education courses, with each year focusing on different things. Karla Sanders, the executive director of the center for academic sup-

port and assessment, said she met with Rebecca Throneburg, a communication disorders and sciences professor, and provost Blair Lord and talked about what could be doable this year considering people’s time commitments with teaching and projects. “What we were hoping to do was continue the project, but not the fullblown plan that we had envisioned before the giant budget impasse sort of derailed what we had been doing,” Sanders said. During the first year of this plan, the report said background research was conducted to see how educated people were about the four-year plan. The second year of the plan re-

volved around adjusting the general education courses to meet the new learning goals. They also formed two committees, the general education committee and the learning goals committee. The third year was last year and during the budget impasse. It was seen as unrealistic to get the two newly made committees to meet because they require 40 faculty members. Sanders gave three possible courses of action. The first one is to start working with two of departments on getting their courses aligned with the learning goals and have them serve as a model for other departments. The second possibility is to work

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with a small group of faculty members to present a plan to the CAA late this semester that aimed at working with departments in Spring 2017. The third option is to work with a small group of faculty on revising senior seminars and to possibly move towards a sophomore seminar. Economics professor Jim Bruehler said option two, with the aim to make a plan this semester and work with departments in Spring 2017, seems to be the only option. “We have to keep working on that plan to get it to a point to where it can be approved,” Bruehler said. Bruehler said they need to keep working on the plan until it can be workable.

This does not prevent everyone from doing other things and achieving other goals, but option two is the best course of action, Bruehler said. Part of the packet handed out included a chart about how to align each class with each learning goal. The chart was created earlier but as a result of the impasse, it had to be put on hold. “What we decided to do this year is to tweak this and take it around campus,” Throneburg said. Throneburg said the chart will be presented to all the departments before the CAA votes on it. Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812 or at scnusbaum@eiu.edu.

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“I believe Illinoisans are fed up sion. The General Assembly is not with how things are taking place, how legislators are currently run- scheduled to be back in session ning the state,” Malak said. “We until November. However, the first real opportudon’t need stopgap, we need stability if we want to provide a better nity for funding will be when the chance and footing for students to General Assembly comes back after the upcoming elections, Rightgo to college in this state.” The Daily Eastern News was un- er said. He added that it is not the time able to reach Republican representative Reggie Phillips for com- of year the assembly is usually in session. ment. “It’s a practical matter,” he said. Malak said Glassman is doing what he can to make the univer- “People are campaigning, they sity sustainable, even under a stop- don’t think of anything until then, not as far as a budget resolution. gap budget. He said Gov. Bruce Rauner is As someone who also works at Eastern, Malak said seeing the continually speaking to and meetschool without full funding is sad. ing with Republicans and Demo“I’ve had friends that have left,” crats, and Democrats and Repubhe said. “The university is different licans are talking to one another as to me. Everyone’s always walking well. “It goes on all the time,” Righton eggshells, very nervous.” Although there was enough to er said. Righter said Illinois needs basic bring back some of the employees laid off during the spring semester, reforms to help revitalize it before with a full appropriation Glass- full funding can be achieved, such man said he would like to bring as a balanced budget, which he said Gov. Bruce Rauner has never back more. “When the layoffs took place, seen sent to his desk. “You have to start with a bal(employees) weren’t laid off because we did not need them,” anced budget,” Righter said. Though Malak also said RaunGlassman said. “They were laid off because the state gave us $12 mil- er has not seen a balanced budget, he added that the governor has the lion instead of $40 million.” Malak said it breaks his heart to power to go through and line item see employees doing two or three certain parts of the budget to balpeople’s jobs because of a short ance it. “Could the legislator have staff, but everyone is doing the best they can to help each other worked harder to balance the budget?” Malak asked. “Yes, but as and Eastern, Malak said. Because of the budget impasse, I’ve told everybody, I’m sick of the there was also a hiring freeze and a blame game. We need to get down limit on travel. to actual results and fixes.” Righter said there is always dis- The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation cussion and negotiations going Cassie Buchman be York, N.Y. 10018 620 Eighth Avenue,can New on regarding funding, even if the reached at 581-2812 For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 General Assembly is not in sesor cjbuchman@eiu.edu. For Release Friday, September 23, 2016

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Panthers hosting 2 weekend matches By Phil Delma Women’s Soccer Reporter | @DEN_Sports In the early parts of the season, the Panthers have been plagued by goals in the last 10 minutes of the game — all goals that have contributed to their dismal start. Since losing at home to Indiana State and IUPUI to open its first two home games, the women’s soccer team went on a two-game winning streak at home against their most recent opponents, scoring four goals altogether against Northern Iowa and Marian University, in two shutout victories. The Panthers’ winning start comes at a perfect time, as they play two more home fixtures, including the Ohio Valley Conference opener against Southeast Missouri Friday. In recent history, Southeast Missouri won five of the last six fixtures against Eastern, with all victories resulting in shutouts. The first of those six matches was in 2010. However, the Redhawks won only two of seven matches against the Panthers when playing in Charleston. Southeast Missouri (6-2), in a four-day span, recorded its first loss (3-2) to Kentucky last Wednesday before being shut out the following Sunday in a 1-0 loss to Missouri State. Both losses from Southeast Missouri came from road trips. Eastern is the Redhawks’ third away trip before their final game in a four-game away run comes this Sunday against Southern Illinois Edwardsville. Both teams have reason to go into OVC with a lot of optimism for their respective seasons. The Panthers, while they enjoy a two-game winning streak, look to shake off the rust of their earlier play of non-conference games, and the likelihood of a third-straight victory to open up conference play would be an added incentive to the beginning of what could be a resurgent season. Aside from a tie and three shutout victories on

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Freshman defender Lindsey Carlson dribbles the ball during the Panthers’ game against Indiana State Sept. 4, 2016, at Lakeside Field. The Panthers lost, 2-0.

the road earlier in Southeast Missouri’s season, the Redhawks come off a run in which they lost their last two games on the road. However, Southeast Missouri had a stellar run in non-conference play, going six games unbeaten prior to their recent pair of losses, and they look to get back to winning ways with a result away from home. Eastern goes into the game with seven goals,

with all seven being scored by different players. The Panthers conceded four goals at home so far this season. Both teams are capable of breaking out on offense with a late goal, as well as putting a lot of emphasis on the defensive end of the pitch, which pays each dividends in holding the lead in tight periods of the game. Southeast Missouri boast a stout defense,

which conceded six goals in nine games so far this campaign. The Panthers kick off against Southeast Missouri at 3 p.m. Friday at Lakeside Field before playing another OVC matchup 1 p.m. Sunday at home against Tennessee-Martin (3-5). Phil Delma can be reached at 581-2812 or pdelma@eiu.edu.

Men’s soccer team to wrap up road trip By Mark Shanahan Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The men’s soccer team will officially begin conference play on Saturday when they travel to Tulsa, Okla., to play Oral Roberts. Eastern is in the midst of a threegame road stand and has dropped the first two against Western Michigan and Wright State. Oral Roberts, Eastern’s first Summit League opponent of the season, is 3-3-1 up to this point in the season. Oral Roberts started off the season with wins against Incarnate Word

and Michigan State, but then the team dropped three straight to fall under .500. The losses came on the road against Gonzaga and Washington, and then at home to Incarnate Word. Their last two games both needed overtime for the decision. They beat Houston Baptist at home and just recently ended in a draw at Missouri State last Saturday. The point leader for Oral Roberts is junior midfielder Santiago Riveros with nine points through seven games. He has two goals and five assists on the season. Red-shirt senior forward Matthew

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Rogers also has two goals so far; they are the team leaders in that category. Red-shirt freshman goalkeeper Parker Johnson has started every game so far and has recorded two shutouts. He has 23 saves while giving up 8 goals, giving him a .742 save percentage. Ryan Bush is the coach of Oral Roberts, and he took over for the team prior to the 2013 season. Like men’s coach Kiki Lara for Eastern, Bush also coaches the women’s soccer team for his respective program. Bush has an overall record of 1416-6 with the men’s team.

Eastern comes into the matchup with a record of 2-4-1. The Panthers hosted Oral Roberts last season and lost 2-1 on a goal in the second half of overtime. Junior goalkeeper Mike Novotny was asked to make seven saves in that game while letting up two goals. Eastern and Oral Roberts are now 5-5-1 all-time when facing each other. The Panthers have been spreading the wealth when it comes to scoring with eight different players having one goal. Freshman Yann Nsoga is the team leader in assists with two.

Novotny has been the starting goalkeeper for all seven games this season with a save percentage of .682. All four of Eastern’s losses have come by a goal this year, and the Panthers have been shut out twice. The Panthers are still looking for the first road win of the season with a record of 0-2-1 away from Lakeside Field. The match is set to begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at Oral Roberts. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.

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Panthers to take on Austin Peay Saturday By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports A season opening loss, a big FBS win and a win against a top 25 FCS opponent was something to talk about. The key word there is “was.” As far as the Eastern football team is concerned, the Panthers are back to 0-0 with OVC play starting. For the last three weeks, the Eastern football team has taken on nonconference opponents, and the Panthers faired pretty well, but Ohio Valley Conference play is a new season, red-shirt senior running back Devin Church said. “We’ve got to get back to getting on this win streak,” Church said. “Going 1-0 this first week is going to be a great start, and we just got to finish strong.” Church said going into last week’s game that one big run could help pick up the struggling running game, and that may have happened since he broke off a 30-yard touchdown run. “The run definitely felt good,” Church said. “I definitely feel like the running backs and the O-Line can get it going on the run game.” The Panthers will welcome in Austin Peay to open their conference schedule for Family Weekend. It may be easy to look over a team like Austin Peay based on Eastern’s success against the Governors in recent years, but that is something coach Kim Dameron is making sure the team does not do. For any team in the OVC, the conference championship is what the players go for, and a strong start is what the Panthers will need if they plan on getting the ring. “Now it’s time for the real season; now it’s time for the OVC,” Dameron said. “The preseason is over; we’re happy about how it turned out, but this is what it’s all about.” A big part of the Panthers’ success is the way their defense has held up against the tough competition, which is something Dameron preaches to his

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Red-shirt senior running back Devin Church rushes past Illinois State defenders Saturday at Hancock Stadium. Church picked up a touchdown rushing 76 yards on 15 attempts in the 24-21 victory over the Redbirds.

team. The Panthers gave up 443 yards to the Redbirds, but that number can be a bit deceiving because Illinois State’s quarterback broke off a 58-yard run for a touchdown, and the Redbirds put together a 67-yard drive with under two minutes remaining. Red-shirt junior linebacker Nick Horne said after the game the way they handled the end of the game needs to get better, but one thing they focus on is that they can bend, but not break. Senior linebacker Seth McDonald

thinks the same way. “They can get all the yards they want, but we just have to keep them out of the end zone,” McDonald said. Going into Illinois State, the Panthers were fresh off a win against FBS opponent Miami of Ohio and now they have back-to-back wins against good teams, so McDonald said it will be important not to get to focused on those wins. McDonald is a senior leader for the Panthers’ defense this year and the team in general. He said even though they are ranked No. 16 in the FCS,

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any team can win on any day. Even though McDonald said they will need to remain humble, he said he and the rest of the team is excited to get OVC play started. “We’ve been talking about an OVC championship since the summer,”

McDonald said. The Panthers and Governors will get underway Saturday at 1 p.m. at O’Brien Field. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.

Volleyball team continues OVC play at home By Maher Kawash Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports Ohio Valley Conference play did not begin the way many expected for the Eastern volleyball team, but there is still plenty of time to turn it around. The Panthers have an opportunity to gain some momentum as they return to Lantz Arena tonight for the first home conference match of the season. Eastern faces a conference-foe in the Belmont Bruins, and history is not on its side. A year ago, the Panthers fell to the Bruins in four sets, but they return this year looking much different. Eastern continues to move along in the season with no seniors and is still trying to grow as each game moves by. The Panthers got off to a rough start Wednesday night as they fell in straight sets to Southern Illinois Edwardsville. Eastern had a chance in the first set, as it once held a 7-0 lead, but the Panthers could not keep up the rest of the way. That has been the story for this young Panther team this season. The team has showed sparks of being great, then follows that with inexperience to cost them the match. That can be expected with a team that has no seniors to lead the way,

but the Panthers have been able to rely on sophomore Taylor Smith as just one of the many women to emerge this season. Smith is the Division I leader in triple-doubles, and she will try to lead Eastern to its first OVC win of the season. It will not be an easy task as the Bruins come into Friday’s match at 7-4 overall and 1-0 in the conference. With that being said, Belmont also has the all-time series advantage between the two teams. The Bruins have won all six matches in program history against the Panthers, and their first OVC win this season came against Tennessee State. Arianna Person has been the anchor for Belmont on the offensive end, posting 140 kills on the season and averaging 3.68 per set. It does not get much easier for the Panthers on the offensive end either as Elli Ivancich holds down the defensive end for the Bruins. Ivancich leads the team with 113 digs on the year while averaging 2.97 per set. The Panthers will counter those two leaders with some weapons of their own. Freshman Maggie Runge continues to lead Eastern in blocks with 66, and she leads the OVC in blocks-per-set with a 1.25 average. Sophomore Abby Knight is also

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Sophomore outside hitter Taylor Smith kills the ball during the Panthers’ match against Drake on Sept. 9, 2016, in Lantz Arena. Eastern lost, 3-1. The Panthers return home tonight to face Belmont.

having a strong second campaign as she has recorded 55 total blocks this season while averaging 1.00 per set. As a team, the Panthers have succeeded on the defensive end, ranking second in the conference with a 2.38 block-per-set average.

Eastern also ranks eighth in the OVC with its 14.25 digs-per-set. Following this match with the Bruins, the Panthers begin a three-game road trip. That trip will start with a midweek match against Indiana State, and fol-

low with a weekend set against Southeast Missouri State. The matchup against Belmont tips off Friday at 6 p.m. in Lantz Arena. Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.

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Family is everything. They helped to raise me and to become the person I am today. My family is not coming down this weekend. I tend to go home at least once a month, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get home sick often. In a nutshell, family means: support, love. Kyle Crowley, senior kinesiology and sports studies major

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By Carole Hodorowicz Verge Reporter | @DEN_Verge "Brainchild" plans to rock the minds of Charleston this Saturday during Family Weekend at Macs’ Uptowner. Guitarist Jake Shultz, other guitarist and vocalist Ray Ponce and drummer Pony Boy power the “funky jam band” "Brainchild" is returning for the third or fourth time Shultz said. The band has played in Charleston before, but this is their first time taking the stage during Family Weekend. The unique name for the band was born after Shultz had been looking through the dictionary for song names. He said he came across the word and when his bandmates were trying to decide a name, he suggested it. Shultz said it’s hard to pick a genre

for Brainchild to fall under. “It’s kind of hard with us, we don’t stick to one kind of sound,” Shultz said. The band enjoys drum and guitar solos and Shultz said he often harmonizes with Ponce, who he has known since he was five years old. Shultz played saxophone until he was a freshman in high school, where Ponce showed him his guitar. When Shultz learned to play guitar, he felt like he had learned the “art of music.” “Guitar is more of a feeling,” Shultz said. Music has always interest ed Shultz, who said he used to play Christmas songs by ear on his Grandma’s organ. Shultz said a life without music would be unimaginable. “Art in general is a reflection of life,” Shultz said. “Everything is art.”

Shultz said the band’s crowds are normally filled with music-lovers and people who enjoy live music. He said the best part of being on stage is performing for a crowd that is into the music and that “it just feels natural.” Shultz said his favorite places to perform are the Abbey Pub in Chicago and Charleston because of the energy from the crowds. Shultz’s dream for the band is to play overseas in Europe where there is more of a scene for “underground” music. “America tends to be more into pop,” Shultz said. “My ultimate goal is to not work a day job," Schultz said. "I don’t care about being rich and famous.” Carol Hodorowicz can be reached at 581-2812 or cdhodorowicz@eiu.edu.

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Musician to sing historic Civil Rights Movement songs By T’Nerra Butler Verge Editor | @DEN_Verge Chris Vallillo fell for music in the sixth grade, and as the years carried on, his fervent passion for the art formed into a profession, which he will share with Eastern. Vallillo is a folk musician who does a combination of old and new songs that he said has a style reminiscent of older music. Vallillo is a self-taught musician who picked up influences of others he worked with and admired. “I taught myself the same 10 chords everybody else knew, until I got into college where I met musicians who were significantly better than I was,” Vallillo said. “I like to tell everybody that I do everything wrong, but I’ve done it so long that it’s become my own unique style.” Vallillo is set to play the hymns and folk songs 2 p.m. Friday in the West Reading Room of Booth Library. The song list includes “Keep your Eyes on the Prize” and “We Shall Overcome.” The show will be focused on the songs of the Civil Rights Movement, but Vallillo does write his own music. “(The event) puts those songs in historical context,” Vallillo said. “It talks about the history of the song,

what they did in the Civil Rights Movement, and what an impact they had.” Vallillo will be playing on a variety of instruments and said he even brings those instruments on the road when he travels. Vallillo said he is looking forward to playing the songs “Birmingham Sunday” and “Keep your Eyes on the Prize.” He said “Birmingham Sunday” is a not played as often because it tells the story of the four girls who were killed in a church bombing in Birmingham, Ala. “People don’t always want to hear sad songs,” Vallillo said. “I think it’s a really important song, and it’s important to remember that incident.” In an email, Ellen Corrigan, project director of the exhibit and program series at Booth Library, said in planning for For All the World to See she hoped to integrate complementary themes with local exhibits or programming. “Audio culture in the Civil Rights Movement parallels the visual culture approach of the traveling exhibit, so I investigated how that concept could be worked into the exhibit and program series,” Corrigan said. When planning events to accompany the exhibits shown at Booth Library, Corrigan said the commit-

tee strived to provide a wide range of programs to appeal to as diverse an audience as possible. “Music is a form of entertainment, but it’s also a powerful tool,” Corrigan said. “Music has been used to influence, to persuade, to communicate and promote values and ideologies in any number of movements and campaigns.” Throughout the Civil Rights Movement, the expression of music played a key role in activism, Corrigan said. She said that the art served as a means of non-violent protest, which adapted from hymns, spirituals and freedom songs. Corrigan said she hoped that “Oh Freedom!” draws students, faculty, community members and visiting families who come in to the library looking to be entertained. She said while the audience listens to the music, they should recount the struggle, hear the words and hopefully will be moved to feel the same emotions experienced by participants in the Civil Rights Movement. It has been a few years since Vallillo has been at Eastern, and he said he is looking forward to coming back. T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.

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Families to frolic at Lincoln Log Cabin this weekend By Analicia Haynes Managing Editor | @Haynes1943 When looking for activities to do over the course of Family Weekend, students and their families can make their way to the Lincoln Log Cabin for this year’s Harvest Frolic. The Frolic will kick off with a 5K run or walk 9 a.m. Saturday followed by a list of activities including crafts, contests and demonstrations depicting the way of life during the nineteenth century. Claire Eagle, the Lincoln Log Cabin graduate assistant who

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helped coordinate the event, said this is a family event featuring many activities geared toward the younger family members. Among the activities for kids offered, there will be a pie-eating contest, craft-making of corn husk dolls, soap carving, and a dipper cup race. "Some people think that it’s just coming out and looking but there’s a lot more than that,” Eagle said. Eagle said the Frolic offers more than just walking around and looking at the different volunteers dressed up in traditional clothing

from that time, and instead families have the opportunity to interact with living history and get a sense of what it was like living during that time. “All of the artisans we have will be doing demonstrations,” Eagle said. “We have a blacksmith; we also have a broom maker (and) so many different kinds of stuff. We’ll have oxen out here so they’ll be able to see an oxen demonstration and basically what he’ll do is hitch them all up and you’ll be able to see them (the oxen) carry stuff and go across the field. Most of the time

if there’s kids around, he’ll kind of show the kids more in depth.” Eagle said it is very eye-opening to be able to see what it was like living during that certain time period. “I’m a history buff, and I have been involved with history for a long time, but I worked out here for the summer and really being out here, cooking in front of a fire, not having air conditioning it’s a lot different and you didn’t really expect it to be,” Eagle said. Eagle said the experience would definitely give those who attend a

“Run Where the Lincolns Walked” 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk 9:00 a.m. Saturday September 24, 2016

different perspective. “When people see this kind of stuff done, they have more of an interest and more of an appreciation for the time period,” Eagle said. The Frolic will run from Saturday into Sunday and also host a presentation from reenactors depicting Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Civil War photographer Alexander Gardener. Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site 402 South Lincoln Highway Road Lerna, IL 62440

Registration information at: www.lincolnlogcabin.org email: lsff@lincolnlogcabin.org The race kicks off the annual Harvest Frolic weekend, celebrating 19th- century rural life with artisans, performers, music, and food. Activities take place from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm September 24 and 25.

SEPT. 23, 2016

Rock 'N' Bowl When: Friday: 8 p.m.-10 p.m. Where: University Union Bowling Lanes Cost: $2 per game

EIU Collage Concert When: Friday 7:30 p.m. Where: Dvorak Concert Hall, Doudna Fine Arts Center

Billy's Backyard: The EIU Tailgate When: Saturday 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Where: O'Brien Stadium Tailgate Area Cost: Free

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EIU Panther Football

When: Saturday: 1 p.m., 3 p.m. Where: MLK Jr. Union Ballroom- West End Cost: Free

When: Saturday: 1 p.m. Where: O'Brien Stadium Cost: $20 adults, $18 faculty/staff, $7 high school, $5 youth

Family Fun at the Student Recreation Center When Saturday 1-4 p.m. Where: Student Recreation Center Cost: Free

Thank you! You made our day.

To the hundreds of EIU Friends-For-A-Day and event volunteers who Spent their day, Saturday, September 17, at The Greatest SOFF on Earth. From the participants of the 2016 Special Olympics Family Festival and its sponsor

SEPT. 23, 2016

Weekly Trend Section: Musicians take over fashion

By Thaija Evans Verge Designer | @DEN_Verge Musicians are taking on new roles as fashion icons by linking up with major brands to create innovative and daring new styles. Rihanna initiated the trend when she joined Puma as their new creative director in late 2014. “Creepers,” by Rihanna, became a must-have shoe that was far too difficult to get your hands on. The shoe sold out online within a mere few hours, causing fans to go into an uproar because the release dates and restocks are few and far between. “I wanted to take Puma to a new place with something unpredictable and unexpected,” Rihanna said in the mission statement on the Puma website. The shoe was originally designed by the Los Angeles based brand “Mr. Completely” for Adidas as a limited-edition product. Rihanna was spotted sporting the sneakers more than once before the craze for them transpired. Billy Walsh, a partner with “Mr. Completely” and stylist for music artist The Weeknd told Vanity Fair's Amirah Mercer in a May 2016 article that he believed in the shoe from day one. “We started sending her these pairs (Adidas creepers), and she started buying them from us,” Walsh said. “And then, they asked me if I could do a Puma.” Thus came the birth of the Rihanna Creeper that changed the demographic of fashion. The shoe’s chunky sole and atypical color ways made them vastly popular. Teenagers and their parents raved over the shoe in an attempt to get their hands on the new “it item.” “This is when the culture is com-

bining. Like the ASAP kids, all that stuff. All the fashion kids of hip-hop were basically mashing up with this old British punk thing,” Walsh said. Other brands like Hood by Air, a ghetto Goth themed label mentioned in last week’s trend section, were on the rise as hip-hop and British punk began to merge to dawn a

new era in the fashion industry. Pushing the limits even further, Rihanna linked up with Puma yet again for the release of her “Fenty’s” named after her brilliant last name. She added flair to the traditional open-toe athletic slides that popular active-wear brands like Nike and Adidas had already produced.

“Fenty’s” have fur covering the top of the foot allowing them to integrate perfectly with the fur wave of 2016 fashion. A restock of the $140 “Creepers” is underway in just a few weeks. Another musician that made his mark in the fashion industry is singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell

Williams. The self-proclaimed sportswear fanatic collaborated with Adidas for a series of sneakers including remakes of the Adidas original shell toe sneaker better known as the “Superstar” that were first manufactured in 1969. Pharrell sat down to speak with Alec Banks of highsnobiety.com about his work with Adidas. “We’ve had a really wonderful relationship. We push each other. We learn from each other. And we benefit from the service to push and advance the culture forward in whatever ways we can. We try to communicate that through our campaigns and the actual product and through the kind of messages that we put out. That’s our main focus,” Williams said. Williams said his collaboration with Adidas is a direct representation of diversity, equality and overall creativity. He said featuring models of color in his “Pink Beach” lookbook with Adidas was a top priority. “If you look at the logo I have with adidas, the logo is two yellow lines. It’s for equality and those yellow lines are like street lines because we have a long way to go. So for me, I just want to continue to do things like this because it’s what is right. And the crazy thing is, it’s probably one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen,” Williams said. Williams debuted a new Adidas NMD sneaker called “Human Race” on July 22 of this year. The yellow, black and white unisex shoe featured a new lace up pattern taking up only the top portion of the shoe leaving the majority of the sneaker free from restriction, allowing breathable space for the foot. A new wave of fashion has emerged with creative inspiration stemming from musical genres, artists’ personal styles and musically driven visions. Quotes courtesy of us.puma. com, vanityfair.com, and highsnobiety.com. Thaija Evans can be reached at 581-2812 or tvevans@eiu.edu.

Tarble Arts Center to get crafty for Family Weekend By Abbey Whittington Associate News Editor | @anwhittington96 Activities including drawing, making collages and 3D masks, art exhibit tours and a movie will all be included in the Tarble Art Center’s “Family Art Extravaganza,” from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Kit Morice, an exhibit curator for Tarble, said art education students will lead each of the art activities and will all tie in with one or more of the pieces in the galleries. “We want to make sure we have activities that are good for all ages so we’ll have torn paper collages as well as cut paper collages so younger kids that maybe don’t have the scissor skills can do the torn paper col-

lages,” Morice said. She said depending on the age group, the staff could gear the activities to fit their attendees’ needs on Saturday. Morice said the 3D mask activity is styled by inspirations of dragon-like pieces in Tarble’s permanent collection art gallery along with the main character in the movie showing. The movie chosen for the program will be “Home,” and the film will be shown in the art center’s atrium at 2 p.m. “Home” is a film about an alien race called Boov that takes over the Earth, replacing the human population except for one girl, Tip, who was hiding from the aliens.

Tip later meets a fugitive alien named Oh and sets off on a journey with him to find her mother. Morice said one of the reasons “Home” was chosen is because it was rated one of the 10 best family friendly movies in 2015. “I wanted to find a quality film, but the other thing about “Home” is its message about inclusiveness,” Morice said. “And it also really has a positive message that we thought would be a great companion to the exhibitions that we have.” As for the tours, Tarble’s staff members and volunteers will be able to answer attendees’ specific questions about the pieces in each gallery. Morice said there would not be a

set schedule for each activity included in the program except for the 2 p.m. showing of “Home.” “It’s going to be the kind of thing where people just come in and maybe they make (a mask or collage) very quickly, or maybe they’re more engaged with it and want to take their time,” Morice said. “If they want to sample a little bit of each (activity) they can.” Morice said the Tarble Arts Center had done Family Weekend programs before and each year they try to incorporate the theme of the activities with the galleries in the art center during that time. This year would be Tarble’s first time incorporating a movie into their Family Weekend programs.

“We have a host of a variety of activities for all ages so parents, grandparents and children from a young to college age should all find something they would be interested in and want to participate in,” Morice said. Morice said she wants families and future students to see what a great resource the Tarble Arts Center is to Eastern. The program is free for anyone to attend and there will be light refreshments including juice, fruits and popcorn. Abbey Whittington can be reached at 581-2812 or anwhittington@eiu.edu.

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Review: 'Finding Dory,' Family Weekend screening By Angelica Cataldo Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_Verge After 13 years, Pixar animation studios and Disney released the sequel to the 2003 universally acclaimed film “Finding Nemo,” titled “Finding Dory,” in June. Since 1995, Disney-Pixar has made family-friendly films that encompass a large range of ages among its audience. “Finding Dory” is no exception to this tradition and truly is a movie made for the whole family. The film takes place after the events of “Finding Nemo,” and focuses on the back-story of the fish, Dory. This Blue Tang with short-termmemory loss captured the hearts of many viewers back in 2003, and now has her own story to tell. Director Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane return to the idea of parental protection, but instead of Nemo’s over-bearing father who worries about his son’s “lucky-fin,” Dory’s parents are overprotective

about her learning disability. Voiced by TV personality Ellen DeGeneres, Dory is on a mission to locate her family; the only problem is, she can’t remember where she left them. Her journey starts with a rush of forgotten memories proving to Dory that she does, in fact, have a family. With only vague details to go on, and glimpses of childhood memories, Dory sets out on a journey of self-discovery to find the family she does not remember having. Returning characters Marlin and Nemo, voiced by Albert Brooks and Hayden Rolence, follow her. DeGeneres' performance was just as good as her first appearance in “Finding Nemo.” Dory was her usual, free-spirited and gleeful self. Her story was one of perseverance, with Dory learning to accept herself. Dory’s character is unique in that she does not see flaws where others do. Dory is quick to accept other character’s imperfections but has a hard time accepting her own.

Her memories lead her to an aquarium that rescues marine life, rehabilitates them and releases them back into the open waters. During her search, an in-captivity octopus named Hank, voiced by Ed O’Neill, helps her. Hank is, by far, one of the funniest characters Pixar has ever created. His dry sense of humor and matter-of-fact personality made for entertaining and comical dialogue between him and the other characters. Dory also encounters a nearsighted whale shark and a beluga whale who is unable to use his echolocation. Both attempt to help Dory find her family while also dealing with their own obstacles. The movie is full of humor that adults and children alike will appreciate, with reccurring comical motifs throughout. The film heavily relies on nonsensical actions of fish swimming through pipes and operating manmade machinery. This slap-stick-like comedy is def-

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One of the posters for Disney Pixar's "Finding Dory." The film premiered in Los Angeles on June 8, 2016 and nationwide on June 17, 2016.

initely aimed toward children, while adults in the audience can enjoy the subtle innuendos and heavy sarcasm. It is also captures the meaning of family, and self-acceptance theme similar to “Finding Nemo.” It is no wonder why the University Board chose to show this film during family weekend at Eastern. The DVD will release Nov. 15 of

this year. During Family Weekend, the University Board will be showing “Finding Dory” at 7 p.m. Friday in the South Quad and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Union. Angelica Cataldo can be reached at 581-2812 or amcataldo@eiu.edu.

Family Weekend can still be fun without family By Cassie Buchman News Editor | @cjbuchman The campus has been abuzz lately. Like the coming of any big weekend, organizations and individuals are getting ready for the fanfare of Family Weekend. The Verge is chock-full of activities and articles to serve as a guide for navigating this chaotic time. The University Board has some family-friendly events planned, and everyone I know is talking about the plans they’ve made with their mother, father, brother, sister, third-cousin-twice-removed, etc. However, many students aren’t making these same plans, or look-

ing forward to everything happening this weekend. There are many reasons some students don’t have family to visit them this weekend. Maybe you or your parents work and couldn’t get these few days off. It might be too far of a drive, or too out of the way. In some cases, a rift in the familial relationship might mean you’re without a family to be with this weekend. While this might feel lonely, this in no way means you’re alone. Think back to the last few years of being away at college. Whether it’s through being a part of a registered student organization, offcampus club or through random college experiences, it’s possible to

find a group of friends to spend the weekend with. Maybe these former strangers become people who feel like family, despite not being related. Or maybe they’ll just give you a chance to hang with their own family to feel included. Whatever is the case, take the weekend to appreciate the friendships and people who you’ve made your family at school.

Even if you’re completely alone because your friends ditched you because they're hanging with mom and dad this weekend, well, it is the weekend. Instead of moping in your dorm or apartment the whole time or doing the same things you would do on any other weekend, take advantage of all the activities offered. There’s volunteering with a fleece blanket service project, a football game, tailgating, a comedian and an illusionist. This also is not the only time, or even the last time this year, you will get to see your family. While Family Weekend is a fun, planned way to see loved ones, making it more convenient for

some, there’s only a couple more months before Winter Break, and a matter of weeks between now and Thanksgiving break. If one is really so inclined, they can even call their family just to say hi, and catch up. A phone call is quick, simple, and it is not that hard to find the time to call someone, unlike the few hours you would have to plan out from trying to find the amount of Family Weekend activities to go to. And when you do have that extra few weeks and see each other again, it will be that much nicer. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.

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I’m actually performing this weekend on 7th Street. I feel great because it shows my family’s support for me, and I know they want to see me do well. You want to know that people have your back, and you have something or someone to fall back on. In a nutshell, family means: unity Tyler Seawood, senior music major

Family is the people who you go to and if you need something, they’re always there. In the end, family is all you’ve got. My family is not coming down this weekend, but when they did come down we went out to eat and to a football game. In a nutshell, family is: loud, boisterous Ryan Alderman, senior pre-medicine major

I'm a very family oriented person because my family is my entire world. They are my best friends, they are my back up, they are my partners in crime and they mean everything to me. This weekend we’re going to go to the football game and then dinner. In a nutshell, my family is: goofy, open, loving Taylor Zaccarelli, freshman elementary education major

Tips on how to sip wine with family,friends Step Three: Taste Last is finally the tasting the wine. The object is to savor the wine and not gulps it down. Students should take their time by slowly sipping the wine. Taste is very subjective so what taste good to one student may taste bad to someone else however, the goal is to detect the favors. Some favors may linger while others may create an initial punch. Students will have the chance to taste wine with their family and friends during two wine tasting sessions for Family weekend. The sessions will take place from 1-2:15 p.m. and 3 to 4:15 pm on Saturday in the grand ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. During the wine tasting sessions students should not just pick up the glass and immediately drink it but, instead follow the following steps. Kalyn Hayslett can be reached at 5812812 or kehayslett@eiu.edu.

Step Two: Smell Next step is to smell the wine. The students should pick up the glass and slowly put the edge of the glass close to their nose and then sniff the alcohol. This will probably be the most awkward looking step but it is necessary. Students should smell three types of aromas: primary, secondary and tertiary. According to winefolly.co the primary aromas have a fruit base, secondary aromas come from fermentation practices, which smell similar to nuts and cheese while the tertiary aromas have a savory base which are similar to baking spices.

Step One: Look During the wine tasting sessions students should not just pick up the glass and immediately drink it. Instead follow the following steps. First students should visually analyze the wine by admiring the hues in the liquor ranging from the deep velvet burgundy color to the clean crisp olive green colors. It can help to look at the color by slowly moving the glass in a circular motion so the student can see the light reflect from the wine. This is quick and may seem unnecessary but it helps the student appreciate what they are about to taste.