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Mike Shelton, center, talks with visitors during a gathering to recognize the new furniture he donated in memory of his wife, Linda, in the Klehm Hall Cafe Wednesday afternoon.
Furniture donation at cafe continues alumnae’s legacy By Kalyn Hayslett Editor-in-Chief | @DEN_news Eight tables embossed with The Café logo, 32 padded chairs, two reupholstered love seats and an end table were donated to Klehm Hall in honor of alumna Linda Warmoth Shelton Wednesday afternoon. Husband and donor Mike Shelton said he started a memorial fund, so he could purchase furniture that would show her legacy and personality forever. “She was larger than life. She would walk into a room and take charge,” Mike Shelton said. “You didn’t get to know Linda; you experienced her.” Shelton said his wife was a woman who lived and breathed hospitality, a skill she developed at an early age by running the cash register for her father’s restaurant in Charleston. According to an obituary from Butler Funeral Homes, Linda Warmoth Shelton graduated from Eastern in 1972, where she served on the Hospitality Advisory Board. Later, she became the vice president of sales and marketing at the Crowne Plaza. “She never knew such a thing as a stranger,” Mike Shelton said. “Everybody knew Linda. That’s why she was so successful at the Crowne Plaza.” Several faculty members, deans and family friends attended the dedication ceremony where they reminisced about Linda Warmoth Shelton’s legacy while drinking beverages and using the new furniture. Jeanne Lord, associate dean of the College of Business and Applied Sciences, said the room is transformed by the new furniture. “Before it was square tables. It was just very plain, but now it’s so much more inviting. It has a café feel and is definitely something we can be proud of,” she said. Mike Shelton said both the table and chairs were built from solid oak and created by inmates correctional industries. Donation, page 5
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Seniors Sarah Anderson (left), and Emily Pattison (right), both family and consumer sciences majors prepare Lattes before the unveiling of newly donated furniture in the Klehm Hall cafe Wednesday afternoon. The furniture was donated by Mike Shelton in memory of his wife, Eastern alumnus, Linda Shelton.
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A table from the recently donated furniture from Mike Shelton in memory of his wife and Eastern alumnus Linda Shelton displays the logo of the cafe in Klehm Hall. A gallery of photos from the gathering can be found at dailyeasternnews.com.
The Student Senate is now having special elections and will start the year off with new members, a new Speaker of the Senate and a new secretary. Student Body President Catie Witt said new senate members are needed to make quorum. Currently, there are 11 Student Senate members not including the executive board. To make quorum there must be a minimum of 15 members. “Without quorum we can’t have a regular business meeting and vote on things, so that’s why we’re having a special election,” Witt said. “Once we get senators we can get a speaker and committee chairs and get rolling.” Witt said to become a Student Senate member, students will have to fill out an application and get fifty signatures before being considered for the position. To get applications students must go to the Student Activities Center in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. I think we’re all having trouble finding members and different leaders who want to be a part of something,” Witt said. “There are a lot of different factors.” Witt said it is her goal to get the general student body morale up through Student Senate this semester and show everyone what Eastern has to offer. “Only a speaker can appoint (members), so that’s why the executive board decided to go the route of special elections,” she said. Luke Young, student vice president of academic affairs, said while the new Student Senate members and the new Speaker have yet to be determined, Kim Kuspa, a communication studies major, has been appointed as the new secretary. Young said Kuspa may be helpful with information regarding the vitalization project Workgroups as she is a member of Workgroup no. 8, Academic Visioning I. Vitalization project Workgroups no. 1-7’s recommendations were released online Monday afternoon. Workgroups no. 8 and 9 will continue working throughout the semester. He said the role of Student Government throughout the process will be to stay informed, stay positive and help the project in any way that it can. “We’ve told everybody on Student Government (to) have an open mind about it, be supportive of it, don’t ‘diss’ it in any way because this is needed,” Young said. “It’s a big undertaking and we want to be supportive of it.” Student senate member Felicia Wagner said her main goals this semester are to increase student engagement and to become the Speaker of the Senate. “I think that communication is the biggest key,” Wagner said. “I really want to get more technology ready and improve social media.”
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Sparks fly at Trump news conference NEW YORK (AP) — A shouting match with a reporter. A long unexplained prop. An unexpected interlude from a lawyer. Donald Trump's raucous first news conference as president-elect bore little resemblance to the usually staid and choreographed sessions with the occupant of the Oval Office. It was a 58-minute display of how some of the old rules of journalism will be tested in the Trump era. More than 250 journalists packed Trump Tower for the celebrity businessman's first full-fledged news conference since July, which was billed
as a forum to discuss his separation from his business but quickly turned into a loud, wide-ranging free-forall about U.S. intelligence, Russian hacking and, eventually, some of Trump's policy plans after he takes office on Jan. 20. Only one seat was saved by a Republican National Committee aide, a front-row spot for a reporter from Breitbart, the conservative news outlet until recently run by Trump senior adviser Steve Bannon. Other reporters scrambled to save their seats. Reporters shouted and waved their arms at Trump to get his attention,
rather than the president calling on questioners from a list, as is often the practice. Trump stood at a podium next to a pile of manila folders on a table. But only well into the press conference did he later explain the papers were documentation of his new business arrangement, details of which were explained only when Trump abruptly ceded the stage to his lawyer. Trump staffers blocked reporters from examining the folders. The business announcement aside, Trump really came ready to do battle with press. Coming hours after
news reports revealed intelligence officials had presented Trump with unsubstantiated and salacious allegations regarding his relationship to Russia, Trump and his team opened the news conference by condemning news organizations that disclosed details, calling out CNN and BuzzFeed as "disgraceful." He later refused to let CNN reporter Jim Acosta ask a question, saying, "Your organization is terrible" and demanding that he be "quiet" and allow another reporter a turn.
Madigan re-elected as speaker, nears record SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Michael Madigan was re-elected Wednesday to a 17th term leading the Illinois House, putting him on track to soon become the nation's longest-serving statehouse speaker in more than a century, but he faces an ongoing budget crisis and a shrinking Democratic majority. A member of the Illinois House since 1971, Madigan has held the
top job for a total of 32 years. According to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Democrat Solomon Blatt of South Carolina served 33 years — from 1937 to 1946 and again from 1951 to 1973. Madigan, who was elected speaker in 1983 but lost his majority from 1995 to 1997 before retaking it, would eclipse Blatt's tenure early next year.
The Illinois Senate took its own historic step Wednesday borne of the budget stalemate. The Democratic-controlled body voted for the first time to impose 10-year term limits on its leaders as both chambers got down to business in the General Assembly's 100th session. The move came after the Senate reintroduced a package of legisla-
tion negotiated between Democratic Senate President John Cullerton and Republican Leader Christine Radogno designed to push longstalled budget talks forward. Cullerton and Radogno, who were unsuccessful in implementing the changes during the previous session, pledged to get Senate approval by the end of January.
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Forecasters said precipitation would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the back-to-back systems fueled by an "atmospheric river" weather phenomenon had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts of Northern California and Nevada. The massive rain and snowfall that prompted a rare blizzard warning in parts of the Sierra Nevada mountains is helping much of Northern California recover from a six-year drought. The series of storms has also added 39 billion gallons of water to Lake Tahoe since Jan. 1. The staggering snow totals in the Sierra Nevada —up to 11 feet the past week at some ski resorts around Lake Tahoe — was great for easing drought conditions but bad for area ski enthusiasts as road closures and avalanche threats kept most resorts closed for the third day in a row Wednesday.
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Pipeline protestors shift across nation BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The front lines of the battle against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline are shifting away from the dwindling encampment in North Dakota, with main opposing groups asking for activism to be spread around the U.S., a call heeded when a banner was unfurled during an NFL game on New Year's Day. The message also has evolved from a struggle against a single four-state pipeline to an effort to advance the rights of Native Americans, the leader of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe says. The protest actions that have popped up, other than the banner drop at a Minnesota Vikings game, include a demonstration at the Jan. 2 Rose Parade in California, bank protests from New York to California and protests of other pipelines in Texas, Florida and Louisiana.
The protest actions that have popped up, other than the banner drop at a Minnesota Vikings game, include a demonstration at the Jan. 2 Rose Parade in California, bank protests from New York to California and protests of other pipelines in Texas, Florida and Louisiana.
Taliban release video showing American captives KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have released a video showing an American and an Australian who were kidnapped in August, the first time they've been seen since their abduction. The two men, an American identified as Kevin King and an Australian identified as Timothy Weekes, were abducted outside the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, where they worked as teachers.
HOLLISTER, Calif. (AP) — Rescue workers used boats and firetrucks to evacuate dozens of Northern California residents from their flooded homes Wednesday as a drought-busting series of storms began to move out of the region after days of heavy rain and snow that toppled trees and created havoc as far north as Portland, Oregon. Reports of the flooding started about 2 a.m. Wednesday as water from a quickly rising creek in the small rural town of Hollister deluged homes on a two-lane stretch of road called Lovers Lane. Torrents of rain gushed down the street even after rescuers finished evacuating residents more than seven hours later. Some homes had mudlines about five feet high, marking how far the water rose. The water by that time was receding but still waist-deep in places.
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By Mallory Kutnick Campus reporter | @DEN_News Each semester brings a fresh start with new classes, blank notebooks, empty binders and for some, greater responsibilities. Such is the case for Alex Sandack, Tanmay Pant and Hannah Miller, who face their first semesters as presidents of their respective registered student organizations. Pant, a graduate student studying sustainable energy, presides over the Association of International Students. The Association of Information Technology elected senior management information systems major Sandack last semester. Miller, a graduate student majoring in family and consumer sciences, leads Big Brothers Big Sisters, a mentorship program for local children. Miller and Pant previously served as vice presidents for their respective RSOs, and Sandack was a recruitment chair and member educator for Sigma Alpha Epsilon. “I feel exhilarated by the opportunity provided to me,” Pant said. “I am confident I can lead AIS with responsibility.” Pant has been a member of her RSO for a year. Sandack has been in his for two and Miller has been a part of hers for four. “I thought it would be nice to end my last semester on campus by taking on the role of leading the organization,” said Miller, who has mentored a child (her “Little”) for two and a half years. “Seeing the impact I had on her life made me want to help those children that are still waiting (for) a Big… I grew passionate about mentoring these children and giving them fun events to attend.” Pant, from India, said it warms his heart to know the AIS is able to assist international students like himself. Sandack’s goal for his RSO is to prepare members of the AITP to become desirable candidates in their chosen fields. Miller hopes to recruit more male members to Big Brothers Big Sisters. “We have several boys that attend each event,
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Gary Trepanier, a senior family and consumer sciences major, speaks with a representative of Big Brothers Big Sisters during Pantherpalooza last spring semester. The recently established and current RSO’s have a chance to recruit new members Jan. 25.
and it would be nice for them to have M ore male mentors to connect with,” Miller said. Pant said he wants to increase AIS participation, get more domestic students involved and provide guidance for new international students. “I expect to create more recognition for AIS by hosting more events that cater to multiple cultures and have participation from more students,” he said. Sandack and Pant each ran for president against two opponents while Miller ran unopposed.
“The process was somewhat scary for me,” Sandack said. “I’ve held leadership positions before, but nothing like this. The summer prior (to) beginning my term, I was brainstorming ideas constantly. I’m still in the process of implementing some of them.” Sandack worked with his predecessor and advisers to earn the presidency, and Miller and Pant gained experience while serving as vice presidents for their RSOs. “During my stint as the VP for AIS, I ac-
Jazz ensemble introduces ‘Out of the Cool’ By Loren Dickson Contributing writer | @DEN_News Inspired by jazz musician Miles Davis, music professor Paul Johnston has arranged a concert using both classic jazz standards and new music for a concert titled Out of the Cool. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Like the “Birth of the Cool” sessions previously led by Davis, Out of the Cool will feature a ninepiece ensemble. Johnston said the program will include a greatly diverse and unique set of instruments. “I’ve always loved these recordings by Miles Davis
and I’ve listened to them for years, so this music that I have arranged is inspired by that project,” he said. Johnston said the group has had a great time putting the concert together. “As a writer it is really fun to hear your music come to life, so I feel privileged to be able to work with this talented group of faculty and students,” he said. Grayson Proffitt, a sophomore jazz studies major, has participated in several concerts at Eastern and has been playing bass for about eight years. “At this concert you will hear a unique jazz sound and perspective. We are playing some upbeat pieces and also some beautifully slow pieces,” Proffitt said. Willie Morris, a junior music and jazz studies major, will be playing the baritone saxophone during
“Out of the Cool.” Morris has been familiar with the saxophone for most of his life, but got seriously passionate at the age of 16. “(The concert is going to be a cool experience for everyone because it’s not a big band or combo, it’ somewhere in between,” he said. This ensemble will include music professors Paul Johnston, Andrew Cheetham, Sam Fagaly, Kevin Miescke, Jemmie Robertson and Jamie Ryan; along with students Grayson Proffitt, Willie Morris and Nickolas Arnold. There is no charge for admission. Loren Dickson can be reached at 581-2812 or ladickson@eiu.edu
quired the necessary skills…to lead and (organize) many events throughout the semester,” Pant said. “I have held other organizational (roles) during my undergrad and I think I have the skills required to be the president of AIS.” As of last semester, Eastern students ran over 160 RSOs, including 45 Greek societies, 14 athletic groups and a “Game of Thrones” club. Mallory Kutnick can be reached at 581-2812 or mbkutnick@eiu.edu.
Correction In Wednesday’s article titled “Faculty Senate raises concerns,” C.C. Wharram was erroneously attributed as saying “He said this is especially concerning because the deadline for terminating faculty and programs through a meeting with the deletion committee is January 20. However, revisions can be made without faculty termination until March 15.” The News regrets the error.
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The grass is not Greenery on the other side What do you think of when you think of the color green? Nature? Peace? Money? In December, the Pantone Color Institute, a color company that chooses a symbolic color each year, announced its 2017 Color of the Year. Greenery, an appropriately-titled bright yellowgreen, is meant to be representative of the relaxation and peace nature brings. As I look outside to the dead grass and the gray sky, I am not buying it. My cynicism extends beyond the colorless Midwestern winter. Pantone related Greenery to the harsh political climate of 2016. Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman said the color “provides us with the reassurance we yearn for amid a tumultuous social and political environment.” America is nine days away from inaugurating the president-elect Donald Trump, and I am anything but reassured. I thought I would let it grow on me (the color, not the future president). I wanted to wait until the new year, to see if a new number on a calendar would make me optimistic. Now, 12 days into 2017, I am still disappointed. A color is just a color, but the symbolism makes my eyes roll. “Put the bad year behind you, forget about all of the conflict. Look at this color, feel calm, oh, and care about nature!” This, of course, is highly ironic, considering the president-elect’s stance on climate change. Trump said “nobody really knows” if climate change exists, as reported in The Washington Post. He also wishes to appoint Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who has worked to counteract Obama’s climate care policies, to head the Environmental Protection Agency. I think the biggest disappointment is the transition from the 2016 colors to 2017. This is not the first time Pantone has given its color an underlying political message. I was thrilled about last year’s selection. Pantone chose two colors for 2016. A light blue, Serenity, and a light pink, Quartz. They blended the two colors to represent a change in society’s perceptions of gender and sex. The stereotypical colors for two genders became one. The strong social message and thought behind Serenity and Quartz was nonexistent for this year’s pick. I cannot help but find more irony in the phrase, “the grass is always greener on the other side.” Metaphorically speaking, we have made it to the other side. The country thought we would be better once the election year was behind us. You probably wanted the election year to end, regardless of political views. I know I found myself hoping the hostility would subside after Nov. 8, and even more so in 2017. Only it is not. Political conflict is still filling fake news sites and Facebook feeds. Late night shows are still using Trump for their skits and monologues. No matter the political viewpoint, the country will continue looking to the president and the White House under strict scrutiny. People think they would be happier under a different set of circumstances, but we have to work with what we have. And maybe that is what Pantone is trying to echo. As with any color, Greenery is a swatch created to be used with other swatches to form a color palette. Maybe we should copy Pantone’s idea and keep a hopeful outlook, but have other colors or mindsets for our year’s palette. Do not become politically idle in the new year. Be able to stay hopeful while remaining determined, aware and inquisitive. Megan Ivey is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 518-2812 or mkivey@eiu.edu.
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Human trafficking: know the resources January is the month for human trafficking awareness and Jan. 11 is National Human Trafficking Day. Raising awareness for human trafficking should not only be the responsibility of one non-profit organization or only acknowledged on one month throughout the year. Instead we as a student body and campus community should follow after the Sexual Assualt Counseling and Information Service organization. In our article “SACIS helps trafficking vicitms year-round,” reporter Kennedy Nolan notes that the organization opened in 1977 and that its goal is to provide continual assistance, housing and help for victims of sexual assault as well as educate others on how to prevent more people from being victimized. SACIS, based in Charleston, helps emphasis how prevalent this social injustice is in our own community. According to the aforementioned article, in Illinois alone 153 incidents were reported last year. Helping decrease the amount
of reports and incidents takes us educating our- trafficking is happen on our campus. The office selves on the necessary precautions and the steps number is (217) 581-5020 and email is civil@ eiu.edu. on reporting a situation. SACIS also has a toll free hotline that is dediThe article says a form of getting lured in trafficking is from persuasion by partners and peo- cated to helping those in a crisis. There are resources available that can help ple who seem trustworthy. If someone on campus notices this manipulative behavior or is per- people on our campus and in our communisonally going through a similar situation there ty. There are people who are trained and expeare ways to report the incident. One can call the rienced on how to help witnesses and victims. 24/7 hotline found on humantraffickinghotline. There should not be any excuses. Everyone one of us should take advantage of org. This hotline is safe and confidential and is a these resources because it could possibly save credible source for sharing. However, there are local organizations and of- one person’s life. Human trafficking is a prevailfices that are available. The Office of Civil Rights ing issue in our society with two major forms: and Diversity is found in Old Main in room labor trafficking and sex trafficking. Take time 1011 and is open to hear and deal with instanc- out to learn more about both forms and use the es of sexual assault. On their website there is a organizations when needed not just in January link that leads to a complaint form where any but throughout the year. student, staff or faculty member can describe the incident that they have witnessed. This is a The daily editorial is the majority opinion of confidential way to intervene when anyone has the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News. a suspicion or evidence that any form of human
Our generation is not the dumbest one One of my professors asked me to read a selection from Mark Bauerlein’s hit social commentary The Dumbest Generation as winter pre-reading for a class. I tried to swallow my pride while I read it, but it can be hard to remain neutral when you go into an experience already implicitly insulted. Dumbest Generation, you say? What a perfect way to get young people to read your book. Nevertheless, I tried my hardest to give Bauerlein the benefit of the doubt. Very quickly I had to drop the selection. I was only asked to read the introduction and the first chapter, and I could not even bring myself to do that. Normally I do not take notes while I read nonfiction unless I intend to use the information for research, but I filled an Evernote screen with ravings and rebuttals. I was downright incensed. For those who are not familiar with The Dumbest Generation, I shall swallow my pride for a moment to provide you a summary. The Dumbest Generation is a handwringing account of how the Information Age dulled the edges of what should have been the smartest, best equipped generation in history: namely, Millennials. The author bemoans how young people cannot recite basic factoids once considered the basis of a decent recall memory, how we refuse to attend to the fine arts even though performances and galleries are far more available today and how, by all measures, we waste our time with new media and pop culture consumption. I cannot refute the author’s introductory points, to be perfectly honest. In fact, I agree with him on the base facts: yes, we do not recall basic facts as easily as our parents, and no, we do not tend to go to operas and ballets. However, I take issue with the author’s insistence that the changing tide of culture and the changing bases of knowledge and value are indicative of a weaker generation.
Shelby Niehaus At the surface level it does seem that our refusal to attend to the traditional bastions of culture and intelligence is just stupidity, but when you begin to pick at the edges, the arguments unravel into something more ugly. For the sake of time I will only focus on one of Bauerlein’s complaints. The first I would like to address is his argument that young people do not appreciate the fine arts because we show up for plays, operas, concerts, galleries and recitals in fairly low numbers. My generation, granted, does not value operas like my parents’ generation did. But my generation is also an entirely different beast. My generation is more diverse than any other generation. People in my peer group come from cultures the world round, from little-appreciated cultures here at home and from cultures that might have been stigmatized before. Sure, we skipped out on the opera when it came to town, but was opera an important cultural and musical experience for all of us? Maybe my generation stayed away from the opera because their religion forbids instrumental music. Maybe we stayed away because we wanted to spend some time at the drag show instead, learning about the history of queer people who paved the way for us.
Maybe we preferred to go see Kendrick Lamar that night instead, and maybe we have a pretty solid argument for why his music is just as high of an art. In fact, maybe we stayed home because we were working on our own songs. Maybe, too, we avoided the gallery because we chose to create our own art. When you judge a generation by its adherence to the values of previous generations, you do not necessarily end up with a picture of a generation that values its traditions and is therefore intelligent or vice versa. Instead, you end up with a picture of how similar or different a generation is to the ones before it. Our generation, obviously, is wildly different from those before us. Of course our values are different. Furthermore, using traditional measures of culture and value betrays a bias towards the old guard of worth. Who is to say that opera is intrinsically more valuable than any other form of music? Is our valuation of opera entirely based upon its musical merit, or is it blended into a system of value that always prefers more European forms of expression or in more male forms of expression? My generation is not stupid for avoiding the Old Boys’ Club of artistic and intellectual merit. If I go see a ballet and my friend watches a step show on Youtube and her friend attends a drag ball, we have all learned and become better people for seeing something new, no matter what the experience was. Why should the most diverse generation in American history act like the old generations, anyway? If anything, we should be celebrating our newness. Shelby Niehaus is a senior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or scniehaus@eiu.edu.
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Shanel Boston, freshman elementary education major, walks past a video board in the south quad on Wednesday that displayed President Obama fighting back tears during his farewell speech Tuesday night . “I thought it was inspiring,” Boston said. “He turned ‘Yes, we can’ into ‘Yes, we did.’”
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The furniture took about six to eight weeks to build. The furniture was delivered and arranged over winter break. A canvas of a red café that hangs in the corner of The Café used to be a part of Linda Warmoth-Shelton’s office, Mike Shelton said. “I knew she bought it at an art fair but it was upstairs in my attic and I realized that this was the perfect place for it,” he said. The donation will help with family and consumer science department’s recruitment efforts and create a more comfortable space for meetings, Lord said. “If students are interested in FCS majors then we will show them this space because it’s really impressive for tours. It has high visibility a lot of people visit and see the space,” she said. The Café, room 1414, in Klehm hall is open Mondays through Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Hospitality majors are responsible for creating the menu, preparing the food and serving the customers. Working in the Café is an extension of the FCS 3784 course where the students apply what they learned with managing the kitchen and waiting on the customers, family and consumer sciences professor Rick Wilkinson
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Wagner said having the open seats filled through this special election process will help the Student Senate better represent the student body. “I really want to represent the student body
said. “It’s a commercial kitchen simulation course,” he said. “It’s an additional handson, real world experience. We have fairly large commercial equipment and it gives them practice with working with the equipment.” A student is placed in charge of the student workers every day, which students can gain practice in managing, supervising and problem solving, Wilkinson said. The Café offers both cold beverages and a range of hot beverages from tea to lattes. Each week the menu is updated and the meals generally include soups, salads and sandwiches. Kendall Harty, senior hospitality management major, said she is thankful for the course because it helps her feel prepared for the real world. “I think it’s established to get real world experience because it’s important that before you leave school to have the choice to work in the kitchen and the front of the house,” Harty said. “It gives you a glimpse of hospitality that you may not have known before.” Harty said seeing the new furniture made her excited to come to class and she hopes more people will feel welcomed. “I think it will draw more people in and hopefully (the Café) will get busy,” she said. Kalyn Hayslett can be reached at 581-2812 or kehayslett@eiu.edu.
and I feel like if there are open seats we may not be covering all the diversity on campus,” Wagner said “I think the special election makes it really fair and makes the Student Government better by having more people on committees.” Chrissy Miller can be reached at 581-2812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu.
The Council on Academic Affairs will vote on revising the dietetics option in family and consumer sciences and three family and consumer sciences courses at their meeting Thursday. The actions requested from the CAA are removing BUS 2101, Financial Accounting 1, as a required course and adding HST 3700, Community Health Behavior Methods and NUR 3203 as a required course. According to the rationale, with the deletion of BUS 2101 as a prerequisite for FCS 4940, there is less of a need for students to take the course and the addition of HST 3700 and NUR 3202 will better prepare students for the Dietetic Internship. The courses that the CAA is voting on revising are FCS 1120, Food Selection and Preparation, FCS 2100, Personal Nutrition and FCS 3120, Food Science. The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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Flint, US officials tell Flint residents water is improving FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Flint officials, along with Michigan and federal officials, say the most recent test results show the level of lead in the city's water is dropping. Officials also told a town hall meeting Wednesday that chlorine residuals have become "excellent" and that bacteria issues have become almost non-existent. However, despite the improved water quality, there was no call for an end to bottled water distribution or removal of faucet filters. Several people interrupted the meeting, saying they didn't believe the water safety claims. Dr. Nicole Lurie of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services noted the water crisis isn't over. She said residents are still advised to use a filter but people ought to see "there are signs of progress." The lack of water treatment to control corrosion caused lead to leach from pipes and old fixtures in some homes.
Compromising material appears frequently in Russian politics MOSCOW (AP) — Blurry video of highly placed men engaging in sexual acts, audio recordings of influential figures profanely insulting their nominal allies — in Russia these appear enough that a special word has evolved: "kompromat," or "compromising material." In the wake of unsubstantiated allegations that Russia has gathered kompromat against President-elect Donald Trump, Kremlin spokes-
man Dmitry Peskov brushed them off as an attempt to undermine potentially improved U.S.Russia ties once Trump takes office. "The Kremlin does not engage in collecting compromising information," he told reporters on Wednesday. But such material has shown up in Russia for decades. Recent examples of kompromat often support Kremlin interests or appear via media believed to have close ties to President Vladimir Putin's administration.
Texas carries out first US execution of 2017 HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas on Wednesday put to death an inmate convicted of killing two men over a phony drug deal, the first U.S. execution of 2017. Christopher Wilkins, 48, was declared dead at 6:29 p.m., 13 minutes after a lethal injection of pentobarbital. Before the drug was administered, he twice mouthed "I'm sorry," to two relatives of one of the murder victims as they watched through a window. He gave no final statement. Wilkins had explained to jurors at his capital murder trial in 2008 how and why he killed his friends in Fort Worth three years earlier, saying he didn't care if they sentenced him to death. Wilkins shot Willie Freeman, 40 and Mike Silva, 33, after Freeman and an unidentified drug supplier duped Wilkins into paying $20 for a piece of gravel he thought was crack cocaine, according to court records. Twenty convicted killers were executed in the U.S. last year, the lowest number since the early 1980s. That tally includes seven executions in Texas — the fewest in the state since 1996. Wilkins is among nine Texas inmates already scheduled to die in the early months of 2017.
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Doctor to lose medical marijuana clinics in Marion, Orland Park CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — A doctor involved in an ongoing battle with the state over his certification of patients in Illinois’ medical marijuana program is planning to close his clinics in Marion and Orland Park. Dr. Bodo Schneider announced Tuesday that he’ll close both locations of the Pied Pfeifer Compassionate Care Clinic
on Feb. 17, The Southern Illi- tain compliance with the state’s rules and regulations for the noisan reported. Schneider said in a statement participants of the program that that “the business model has were certified for the Illinois medical marijuana pilot pronot lived up to forecast.” Schneider announced that he gram. Schneider has been involved intends to return to emergency in an ongoing over his medicine and offered an apoloThe New York Times Syndication Salesbattle Corporation practice with the Illinois gy to his620 patients for any inconEighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 Department of Financial and Provenience theFor closure causes. Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 fessional Regulation, which isClinicsFor willRelease be held twice a Thursday, January 12, 2017 year at both locations to main- sues licenses to and oversees nu-
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Identity theft, theft reported in Andrews, Taylor halls • The unlawful use of an ID card was reported 4:14 a.m. Monday in E-Lot. The incident was referred to the Office of Student Standards. • A case of identity theft was reported at 4:47 p.m.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department will conclude in a report to be released Friday that the Chicago Police Department displayed a pattern and practice of violating residents’ constitutional rights over years, a law enforcement official said Wednesday. The official, who is familiar with the findings, spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly. He declined to offer details. Based on other such investigative reports on other big cities, Chicago’s could run well over 100 pages. The Police Department has been dogged by a reputation for brutality, particularly in minority communities, so a finding of at least some violations isn’t a big surprise. Chicago has one of the nation’s largest police departments with
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Early commitment paying off for Walden By Maria Baldwin Feature writer|@DEN_Sports While most recruits are still trying to perfect their athletic skills and talents when they are sophomores in high school, Eastern freshman Jordan Walden had committed to Eastern. For Walden, the timing was perfect. He was able to get the stress out of committing out of the way, and focus on perfecting his pitches. “The timing just seemed right,” Walden said. “I weighed all of my options and after my visit to EIU it just seemed like the right fit. I had a lot of other schools offering me during my sophomore year and even after I committed to Eastern, other schools were contacting me.” What he did not see coming; however, was a ligament tear in his arm, causing him weeks of hard physical therapy. “It was a lot of hard work in physical therapy, and I couldn’t throw for my whole spring season, but when I came back I had actually gained velocity and was throwing a lot harder than I was before the injury,” Walden said. The improvements in his pitches postinjury helped him to continue to work on his technique, and even helped him lead his high school baseball team Reed Custer to a state championship his senior year. Growing up, Walden’s dad coached him and it made a big impact on his career as a baseball player.
“My dad got me started when I was young, he always played and it got me playing to,” Walden said. “He was my coach all the way through high school. I learned a lot from him and he basically taught me everything I know about the game.” Having a parent for a coach can be tough on some athletes, but Walden believes that it helped him to be a better athlete and pitcher in the long run. “There was times when it was tough, it always seemed that he was a lot harder on me,” Walden said. “But now I know that it helped me so much that he was there and could critique me.” Becoming a pitcher just made sense to Walden who said he was always a lot bigger than everyone else and was always able to throw harder than most people. While Walden said that his biggest strength is his competitiveness on the mound, there are still more technical aspects of his game that he would like to improve on. “I would like to work on commanding the strike zone better, and I would like to try to limit my walks the best I can by working with Coach Anderson and having him continue to tweak my mechanics,” Walden said. In the offseason, Coach Anderson did not have Walden throwing a lot of pitches, however, but had him working to maintain his strength in the weight room. “I did a lot of weightlifting and conditioning, just to keep up the strength in
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Kinesiology and sports studies major, Jordan Walden, a freshman from Braidwood, commited to coach Jason Anderson and Eastern as a sophomore in high school.
my arm.” Walden. “They have us in the weight room pretty often. Basically, to keep healthy, you have to make sure you stay flexible, and they do a good job at keep us that way.” Sophomore Dane Toppel has noticed Walden’s motivation to be a better player, and says that it is helping the team already. “He’s a big physical kid and he brings the type of confidence that makes the rest of the team relax and play their game.”
Toppel said. “He’s always in game mode, and focused on winning everything. It’s contagious to have that attitude on the team.” Because Walden is a freshman, he does not know what his role will be on the team yet, but he knows that he wants to make an immediate impact on the team. “I want to help build this program up more.” Walden said. “I don’t know my role yet, but I know that whatever I end
up doing, I’m just going to contribute in any way. I’m hoping to get some mound time, but I just want to make the most of it whenever I get the opportunity and do my best to help out in any way.” Eastern baseball will continue practicing until Feb.17, when they open up at South Alabama. Maria Baldwin can be reached at mjbaldwin@eiu.edu or 581-2812.
Defense and turnovers lead to loss for women JJ Bullock Women’s basketball reporter Too little defense and too many turnovers sank the Eastern women’s basketball team Wednesday afternoon in a 92-74 blowout loss to Murray State on the road. The Panthers let four doubledigit scoring performances go to waste, because of the lack of execution on defense. Freshman Allison Van Dyke, junior Grace Lennox, senior Erica Brown and freshman Jennifer Nehls all scored 10-plus points, but
their efforts on the offensive end were cancelled out by the numerous turnovers and defensive woes. Murray State outscored Eastern by a margin of 15 points in the points off turnovers category. The Panthers coughed up the ball 20 times on offense, which led to 29 Murray State points. “ Wi t h o u t t h e m ( t u r n ove r s ) , I don’t think they are scoring as m u c h ,” E a s t e r n c o a c h D e b b i e Black said. On the defensive end, Eastern surrendered its second highest point total of the season and al-
lowed Murry State to shoot 47.8 p e rc e n t f ro m t h e f l o o r, a n d a bloated 57.14 percent in the second half. The poor defense was a change from Eastern’s previous games. “The last three games we played I thought our defense was decent,” Black said. “Also (today) we gave up some easy baskets, and you can’ t give up that many points off turnovers.” Leading the charge for the Murray State offense was the tandem of Ke’Shunan James and LeAsia Wright who tallied 24 and 23
points respectively. Wright was 9-18 shooting including 4-9 from three-point shooting. “ ( Wr i g h t ) w a s n a i l i n g h e r t h re e’s t o n i g h t . Sh e w a s 4 - 9 ,” Black said. “I think they (James and Wright) are two ver y good players in our league. They won it last year and that’s a team that is very experienced and very veteran.” A s t h e t a l l e s t p l a ye r o n t h e court, the 6 foot, 1 inch James made her presence known, getting to the free throw line a game-
high eight times, while leading her team to a total of 40 points in the paint. “(James) is big and strong. She can get to the hole and it kind of takes a team effort to stop a kid like that,” Black said. “We tried to throw a couple of things at them, and every time we doubled up, James would find somebody to hit a three and it happened to be Wright on the end of a lot of those passes.” JJ Bullock can be reached at 581-2812 or jpbullock@eiu.edu.
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Poor shooting sinks women’s basketball By Mark Shanahan Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Cleveland State may have came into Lantz Arena Wednesday afternoon able to get almost whatever they wanted in the paint against the Eastern women’s basketball team, but poor shooting is what really downed the Panthers. This was the worst shooting percentage for the Panthers this season. The Vikings scored 38 points in the paint, which led them to a 66-56 win, but Eastern shot just 28.8 percent from the field and gave up 18 points off turnovers. Eastern coach Debbie Black said the 18 points off turnovers was too many and that they were not capitalizing off their own defensive play early on. “They had 18 points off of our turnovers and I think that was too many,” Black said. “I think they weren’t really scoring to begin with and we weren’t capitalizing. We started the game really well and we’ve done this a couple of times to start the game, but we’re not scoring off our good defense.” The Panthers fell behind early in the first quarter with a shooting percentage of 25 percent while Cleveland State was shooting 62.5 percent from the field. Black said the team was well prepared for what the Vikings were going to show them. “I don’t think they jammed it down our throat as much as they just kind of walked in our lane and scored on us,” Black said. “I think our coaches did a great job with the scouting. I think we were prepared for everything we thought we were going to see.” Leading the Panthers was junior guard Grace Lennox with
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Sophomore Carmen Tellez dribbles the ball out on the top of the key Wednesday against Cleveland State. Tellez scored 12 points on a 4-for-9 effort from beyond the arc in the Panthers' 66-56 loss.
15 points along with four assists and five steals. Senior forward Erica Brown finished with a doubledouble with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Brown also had three blocks. Sophomore guard Carmen Tellez was another Panthers to finish with double-digit points end-
ing with 12 points. The freshmen struggled altogether for the first time this season. Allison Van Dyke was 1-11 from the field with four points, and Zharia Lenoir was 1-6 with three points. Black said it has to do with scouting and teams are now anticipating their next move.
“It’s sort of easy to be a freshman, it’s easy to be a rookie, but it’s once they start to get to know yo u , a n d t h e y t a k e a w a y yo u r strengths, they are now scouting us,” Black said. Eastern is now 4-6 on the season, while Cleveland State improves to 4-4. The Panthers’ los-
ing streak is now up to four and the schedule does not get much easier for them. Eastern will start a three-game road trip beginning with Western this Saturday. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.
Play in paint crucial in Wednesday’s loss to Cleveland State By JJ Bullock Women’s Basketball Reporter | @DEN_Sports When it came to playing in the paint, Cleveland State had its way with Eastern in a 66-56 loss for the Panthers Wednesday night at Lantz Arena. Eastern was outscored 38-14 inside and out-rebounded 45-34 in a game where it seemed like they could not get anything going down low. Cleveland State, led by Ashanti Abshaw’s 18 points and eight rebounds, but on the other hand, had little trouble the whole game running through Eastern’s defense. “We were in a zone, so there is no way you should be able to score 38 points in our paint,” Eastern head coach Debbie Black said. “But we just opened the zone and let them score. Our game plan was certainly for them to maybe take more outside shots but they broke our zone.” Eastern guard Carmen Tellez agreed, saying the Eastern defense was not tight enough in the paint. “I feel like we were so open instead of being all in the paint and don’t (let) them go to the basket,” Tellez said. Seeing the problem, Black tried to change defensive schemes, but even that did not slow the Vikings offensive attack. “I went to man (defense) for
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Senior Erica Brown and freshman teammate Allison Van Dyke apply a full court press on Cleveland State's Nicolete Newman Wednesday at Lantz Arena.
like a minute and it was worse,” she said. “So I went back into the paint. But, you know, it’s a little bit of discipline on our part. We have to be more disciplined and
understand who we’re playing and know your personnel. But a couple of those kids just like walked in the lane and scored on us; there wasn’t post-up moves, they were
pretty much just off the dribble, against the zone which is kind of weird.” Despite forward Erica Brown having a double-double with 12
points and 10 rebounds while playing all 40 minutes of the game, Eastern mustered all of just 14 points in the paint, which is too low for Black’s taste. “Absolutely, especially against an undersized team,” Black said.” We didn’t make great reads tonight, we are trying to get it over and in, we are forcing the ball. I don’t think they did anything that we haven’t expected. We just had a hard time identifying what was open tonight. I think that’s very low for us, we’ve been in the 20s and 30s for sure, against bigger teams than this.” Much of the credit to the struggles could be placed on the fact Eastern is without typical starting forward Jalisha Smith, who is out because of injury. However, Black feels this is still no excuse for the team. “Of course I think Jalisha Smith not playing will hurt us, but you know what, somebody is fortunate, somebody else has the opportunity. I told these kids all along your time will come, and somebody has to step up and replace her minutes and her scoring and her energy.” JJ Bullock can be reached at 581-2812 or jpbullock@eiu.edu.