2023.09.13

Doudna Fine Arts Center’s 15th Anniversary Gala

By Alexis Moore-Jones Feature Reporter |@DEN_News

The bright blue lights shining down on the back wall of the stage surrounding the words “15-year celebration” in white letters caught the attention of everyone once they walked into the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

The soft music filled the air and the dim lights that lined aisles set and hung above the crowd the mood as guests began to make their way to their seats.

Once the lights faded to black, the spotlights turned on and the audience’s chatter became a whisper it was time to witness an experience like no other.

After a brief introduction, the performance began.

As a celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Doudna Fine Art Center the Boston Circus Guild, BCG presented “A Cirque Night Out” on Saturday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

“Join us for A Cirque Night Out as for one night the Dvorak Concert Hall transforms into Club Doudna, a place where a simple night of revelry can take unexpected twists, and astonishing turns and even bring you to exciting new heights,“ read the performance description.

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BOT approves FY24 budget

By Rob Le Cates Editor-in-Chief | @robert_lecates

The Board of Trustees approved fiscal year ’24 budget and a view of the projected ‘25 budget during their meeting Friday afternoon. Eastern’s projected FY24 state appropriation is $46,540,300, a 7% increase from the previous year, with a total of $167,848,900. The estimated change for FY25 is around an 8% increase.

The Board approved all purchases for conference dues and associated fees for the arbiter system, an annual supply of fuel and gasoline and fixing the storm draining issues at the Student Recreation Center.

The arbiter system is a system in place to pay officials and the purchase is required as part of the Ohio Valley Membership.

Costs for this expense will be pulled from appropriated funds and includes $70,000 in conference dues and $255,500 in arbiter fees, with a total of $325,500.

In April 2021, the Board approved an annual $300,000 refilling contract from July 2021 through June 2026, but due to potential unexpected weather conditions and utility company South Central FS Inc. in Effingham request to alter fuel source, approval is required to increase the net amount to $350,000 per year.

Monies for the purchase are being pulled from appropriated, local and revenue bond funds.

The final expenditure proposal is an estimated budget amounting to $1.7 million dollars for the recreation center storm drains.

The amount recommended for completion of the project totals to around $250,000 or more.

The budget is high compared to the requested amount because the university has to send out bids in accordance with state law to determine the lowest, fair bid for the project.

Funds will be sourced from the campus

projects reserve.

Four contracts and annual salaries will be voted upon by the Board for three head coaches and one director. In every contract, new diversity and anti-hazing language was added.

The Director of Track and Field James Gildon’s $85,000 contract will end on May 31, 2026, Head Volleyball Coach Sara Thomas’s contract of around $66,000 will end around Dec. 31, 2025, and Head Women’s Soc -

cer Coach Dirk Bennett’s contract of around $50,000 will end Dec. 31, 2025.

The Board will also vote on extending Head Women’s Basketball Coach Matt Bollant’s existing contract by two years, ending April of 2027, with an annual salary of around $122,500.

Rob Le Cates can be reached at 5812812 or at deneic@gmail.com.

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Nidhi Patel to be inducted as student body president

By Rob Le Cates Editor-in-Chief | @robert_lecates

The Senate validated the projected executive positions Friday, no changes were made.

The new Student Body President Nidhi Patel, a senior finance major, won uncontested with 325 votes, Executive Vice President August Biernbaum, a senior political science major, won uncontested at 325 votes, Brianna Hull-Dennis, a senior political science major, won against Nicholas Macaluso, a senior management major, 251-92 for the vice president of student affairs, and Vice President of Academic Affairs Carlos Rodriguez, a sophomore English major won uncontested with 321 votes.

Patel’s main three goals for her term are to build upon preexisting mental health resources on campus, continue to further diversity and promote technology uniformity. In addition to these goals, she wants to make efforts to encourage more students to come to Eastern.

“It’s such a great school and I think people don’t know about it, so I hope to get connected with more networks and high schools all over the country to be able to recruit more students,” Patel said. “I’m just excited to start pursuing my role.”

Similarly to Patel, Biernbaum can not sit still. He plans to revive several programs through Student Government like the Student Action Team, Senate-on-the-Go, have the Senate go on a tour of the state capitol building, be involved with the Charleston community and eventually host a workshop for surrounding schools’ Student Government Association.

“We’re gonna hit the ground running this year,” Biernbaum said.

The new executive board and six senators will be sworn in during Wednesday’s Student Government meeting.

Retention has been a problem for the past two years according to former student body president Lucy Ade, since she was speaker of the senate in fall of 2021.

Current speaker of the Senate, Karolina Guzek, a junior political science major, spent the last five months planning and preparing

BY ROB LE CATES | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS

Speaker of the Senate Karolina Guzek, a junior political science major, adjourns the first meeting in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union at the Arcola/Tuscola Room Wednesday night. Guzek said she is happy to see the recruitment efforts paid off seeing around 14 senators at the meeting, and having five more ready for interviews

for the start of semester to start recruiting potential senators. Ade stepped in to help advise her along the way.

“It’s Karolina, I want to push it way more to Karolina,” Ade said. “I love to advise but this was really Karolina’s success. She handled all of Student Government Week and I helped [plan] Pantherpalooza and then came in to help out some.”

Ade said the problem was never recruitment, it was retention, but seeing the new phase of the Senate is exciting for her.

“It was really sad to see what [the Senate] looked like as it was slowly shrinking,” Ade said. “I’m excited for the Student Senate.”

That lack of interest appears to have faded out because the Senate inducted 11 new senators last Wednesday during the unofficial

elections results.

Last semester, the Senate only met quorum three times. It hit its first official meeting in early April then sustained quorum up until the end of the year for two more meetings.

During the official meetings the Senate approved a bylaw changing the quorum and the amount of students one senator represents.

Originally, 300 fully enrolled students counted for one seat, but after the change each seat represented 800 students with the minimum amount to meet quorum being 11 instead of 15.

When the Senate does not meet quorum, it is unable to conduct official business like the approval of any new student organizations, pushing through legislature, the allocation of funds or the appointment of mem-

bers to committees.

Guzek said although things look hopeful, she plans to keep the quorum low to ensure the group will continue to meet quorum.

“As of right now, I’m going to keep [the quorum] at 11 as a safeguard for future speakers in case they encounter the same problem,” Guzek said.

The Speaker wants to keep the senator cap at 20 and will be requiring all senators to pass some kind of legislation.

“The Senate is definitely reenergized,” Guzek said. “I’m glad to see all of our hard work paid off.”

Rob Le Cates can be reached at 5812812 or deneic@gmail.com.

EDITORIAL

New mental health program provides hope

September is Suicide Prevention Month. During the month of September, it is common for people, organizations, or other entities to raise awareness and decrease the stigma surrounding suicide or mental health.

Here at Eastern, there are usually events and an increased awareness of resources on campus like the Health Education Resource Center (HERC) that features and promotes the Counseling Clinic.

A common problem that has prevented or deterred students from seeking out help from the Counseling Center has been the wait list or lack of trained professionals who can do therapy sessions.

The HERC has addressed this problem and has introduced a tiered system of supports that could potentially reach more students and features more self-help skills and strategies.

The new system is labeled as a “Stepped Care Model.”

The level of self-advocacy skills reflects the

effort and time from the trained staff at the clinic. The higher the student skills, the lower effort from the staff. The lower the student skills, the higher effort from the staff.

The model focuses on getting students who may not need many one-on-one services for self-help, then the students who need higher support get the services they need for oneon-one interaction with a trained professional. This initiative is to decrease wait lists and times that has plagued the clinic in the past. The presence of COVID-19 on campus did not help these waits either.

According to the Counseling Clinic Website, the first appointment is usually within two weeks of starting the process and the actual appointment takes five minutes. This appointment is a screening process to access the needs of the student.

There are some different paths described on the website that explain what could happen after your initial appointment.

Some of the examples are:

• Referred to class(es) at the Heath Education Resource Center (HERC)

• Referred to a group counseling/support group

• Referred to individual counseling

• Referred to psychiatric nurse for medication

• Referred to Primary Care Physician or Psychiatrist for Medication

• Referred to Hospital for Psychiatric Evaluation

From this list, there are obviously two extremes. One could be a class or a psychiatric evaluation. Not everyone needs an evaluation, but maybe they could benefit from a class on self-help.

This is the system that they are implementing to hopefully place students in an environment where they can best succeed in their least restricted environment, but still get the help they need.

At The News , we hope to see positive results of this program and see students get the

help they need in less time compared to past years.

The college work-load is no joke. We encourage everyone to seek the help they need, to decrease the stigma around mental health, and increase the conversations about mental health with those you care about.

Editors’ Note: Here are resources that we encourage you to use or share.

• EIU Counseling Clinic

• Human Services Bldg. 1st Floor

• 217-581-3413 Monday-Friday

• 1-866-567-2400 After Hours Emergency Number

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (Formally National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800273-TALK)) 988, 24 hours a day, English and Spanish, accommodations those who are deaf or hard of hearing

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Beyonce’s birthday bash was nothing short of flawless!

By Jade Maxwell Columnist

Welcome back to another week of the Catch-Up, the column where I catch you up on all the goods of the week’s biggest pop culture moments!

Today, we are talking about the event of the summer, Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour! Back in May, Beyonce kicked off her ninth-yes I said, ninth-tour and ever since, it is all people can talk about!

However, we are only talking about one concert in particular; Bey’s birthday bash at her concert in Los Angeles!

The 42-year-old icon celebrated her birthday on September 4th, with almost every celebrity known to man (e.g., Zendaya, Adele, Viola Davis, the Kardashian family, Meghan Markle-and that is not even the full list)!

But the most important appearance at the concert was the legendary Diana Ross, who surprised Beyonce by singing happy birthday to her during the show!

Bey was highly emotional during her birthday speech, as she said she is “thankful for music, for the ability to heal myself through music which then heals all of you. I am thankful for every tear, for every year.”

The Queen Bey has been a lot more vulnerable with her last three albums, “Beyonce,” “Lemonade,” and “Renaissance”; something her beloved Beyhive was excited for.

And can you blame them?

Beyonce has always been a very private person, always keeping her personal business just that- personal.

Her vulnerability has been shown through her music; from her reactions to her husband, Jay-Z’s, infidelity to her feelings of reestablishing her confidence-Bey has told her listeners a lot.

So for Beyonce to say she is thankful for the ability to heal herself and her faithful fans through her music, it is a special thing in my eyes. Beyonce’s career and music have transcended and upgraded lots of people’s confidence and resilience through the years.

The “Crazy In Love” singer has been in the music industry since the late 90’s and has been a trailblazer for R&B and Pop music throughout her entire career.

The best part of the iconic night was the fact that Bey specifically requested that all attendees of the show wear silver; the Beyhive, of course, came through for Queen Bey.

Everyone was styled in their best silver-shimmery outfits! It was a night to be remembered, and happy birthday Queen Bey!

I have gushed over Beyonce a lot, I know. But Renaissance is truly one of the best albums I have ever heard.

It has been in rotation for me since its release. It is much different from what is atypical for Bey, which honestly is the beauty of it. An album I would highly recommend, if you have not heard it yet!

Jade Maxwell can be reached at jamaxwell@eiu.edu or 217-581-2812.

Dear Aunt T: We do not know either

By Tera Johnson-Swartz Columnist

I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure you get asked this question a lot: what do you want to be when you grow up/ graduate?

How does it make you feel when you are asked it? Confident because you have got a plan and you know exactly the steps to achieve it? Insecure because you’ve got an idea but you’re not certain how or what’s going to happen next? Or debilitated because you seriously have no idea whatsoever and are just trying to get through the day at the moment?

Relax…Any of these responses is okay, normal even.

Most elders (usually anyone over 30) that ask this question are either projectingweighing out their own life choices and are

not

100% certain so far they have made the right calls.

Or we are trying to connect with you in some way (truth: we do not know what we are doing about 80% of the time either, but boy have we fooled you!).

May of us have changed careers a time or two (or ten) and remember the excitement leading up to each pivot.

A few of us have selected careers or majors out of obligation - our parents paid for our education and we felt tethered to their encouraging us to make a specific decision.

And maybe only a couple of us had a solid plan since high school, followed through with it, and are actually living our dream career, income, house, etc.

The point is, almost no one has it all figured out and knows what they want to do in their teens or 20s.

More often than not, we are still trying to figure it out ourselves - but are genuinely curious if generations have changed much since “our day.”

I tell my students regularly I have no idea what I want to do/be when I grow up (and I am 42). And I am telling them the absolute truth when I say it.

Over the years, I have been an executive assistant, managed an entire department,

taught group fitness classes and childbirth and lactation education courses, worked as doula, and practiced massage, but I cannot say any of them were what I wanted to be my evermore.

Instead, I have made a deal with myself: I will do what needs to be done in order to be independent and/or contribute to my family’s bottom line, but I will explore as many fields and passions my heart desires in the process.

Surprisingly, it has worked out - albeit I have gone in and out of self-criticism because of the false narrative I was raised to believe: pick a career and ride it out till you can afford to retire.

But guess what else I have discovered? Few retirees are really happy doing nothing.

Almost all of them wind up doing some type of meaningful service/volunteer work or go back to work in a completely different field or explore a passion they’ve always secretly harbored. My philosophy? Why wait?

Life is short, Grasshoppers. There is nothing wrong with taste testing several flavors of anything before settling for the best one.

What is important is that you are doing what works best for YOU. You are living YOUR life; nothing more, nothing less.

Now, I get it, life is a bit more complex with inflation and the cost of college. It is justified

to feel a sense of fear about picking the “right” path because you may not be able to afford to change course.

However, you can always “test” a field for a bit and change course later - taking risks is scary, but taking calculated risks, can be much less so.

What if you are a police officer in your 20s and then decide in your 30s, organic farming is where you need to be?

Do it (close friend of mine did, loved both careers, and wouldn’t have done anything different)!

Just weigh your options, do your research, and make a decision you can live with.

Oh, and next time one of those older peeps asks ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?’

I double dog dare you to flip the script and ask them the same question.

I can just about guarantee you will get a smile, a wealth of wisdom and knowledge you never saw coming - not to mention a glimpse at a younger, more relatable version of them.

Or, if you really want to throw any of us off guard, go ahead and be the first to ask us the question.

A Cirque Night Out, a night under the bright lights

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Although the Boston Circus Guild is an organization of over 50 members, five performers came out to Charleston and took over the stage.

Aerial performer Ellen Waylon, contortionist and hair-hanging performer Jenna Ciotta, chair balancing artist Morgan Oldham, Cyr Wheel, and aerial pole artist Alex Oliva, and juggling and duo hand-balancing performer Roger May.

Artist Alex Jackson was missing from attendance was Boston-based circus.

The night began with a dance done by all the performers to the instrumental version of the song Feeling Good by Michael Bublé. The dance highlighted their flexibility and strength with splits, spins and unique dance moves done with little to no effort.

The show then held individual performances that incorporated acrobatics, contact juggling, aerial acts, a Cyr wheel and specialty skills using a suspended pole.

The performance had the audience on the edge of their seats. Whether it was the chair balancing act by Oldham where she placed three chairs on top of each other and did a toe touch while in a handstand, or moments from the aerial performance when Waylonis wrapped herself in the purple nylon fabric high in the air to then drop herself dramatically from the sky and land floating feet away from the stage floor.

The strength and dedication to the craft was a feeling that could be felt by all. When Oliva took the stage, he had the crowd’s undivided attention.

His first performance included a Cyr Wheel, which is a large steel of aluminum ring that is about four to six inches taller than the performer using it.

The way Oliva spun around with the ring, it seemed as though he and the wheel were connected as one, cascading across the floor in unison as one entity.

The pair were so in sync that at one point Oliva let go of the ring and began to dance on by himself while letting the ring spin freely on its own. Just as it was about to hit the floor, he grabbed it and hopped back inside as if he had never left.

A very shocking performance came from Ciotta as her aerial performance was done with nothing more than her hair. Instead of flying around on a rope or spinning hands free on a suspended pole, Ciotta attached a clip to her hair, which was in a high ponytail, and began to ascend and descend while spinning and soaring through the air.

With the assistance of Oliva, who would pull the string attached to Ciotta’s hair, she began to twirl and spin like a ballet dancer in a music box.

Starting with a low roll close to the ground to her spinning in mid-air holding both legs and moving with the freedom of the wind. As her set ended, she spun vigorously in a corkscrew until he gently hit the ground.

Oldham and Waylonis performed a duo aerial ensemble with an extraordinarily long purple nylon or polyester fabric.

They each performed one by one with the purple fabric showing off their moves such as completing a spit in mid-air or hanging up-

side down by only their feet.

The part of the ensemble that took everyone by surprise was Waylon flipping upside down and taking Oldham by the hand. They were then lifted in the air and spun around by two other members

“A Cirque Night Out” was a night to remember and a treat to all in attendance.

The energy expressed in the room by the BCG performers was felt everywhere by the whole crowd

“The whole performance was beautiful and fun, and it was more the energy of the performers that really caught the vibe for me. It wasn’t any one thing, it was just the energy, everything overall,” said William Techau, an audience member.

Community member Kathy Davis expressed her gratitude towards Eastern for hosting these shows.

“We’re so fortunate to have the kind of programming that Eastern brings here and that we wish more people would take advantage of it,” Davis said.

Eastern’s alumni board of directors’ member, community member, and musician Laura Seberson shared her thoughts on what she hopes would come from the event

“I would like to see more people here,” Seberson said. “Come out to the Doudna and look at our shows that we’re gonna have this fall and spring, tickets are cheap, its good entertainment, and your friends are here, you’d be surprised.”

Alexis Moore-Jones can be reached at 581-2812 or at admoorejones@eiu. edu.

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TOP: Circus and movement artist Alex Oliva performs with the Cyr wheel as a apart of the Cirque Night Out show.

BOTTOM: Morgan Oldham hand balances

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‘Swanson Season,’ XC team says

By Zaria Flippin Sports Editor | @DEN_News

Starting the 2023 cross country season, fifth-year senior Adam Swanson finished first overall at the Walt Crawford Open on Friday, Sept. 1 at the Tom Woodall Panther Trail.

Swanson finished with a 25:01.8 time and left a 6.1 second gap between him and Indiana State’s Ethan Breen.

“I took it out pretty fast, and I wanted to see who would go with me,” Swanson said. “Nobody really went with me, so I was in ‘no man’s land,’ which is cool because it was me against myself.”

“[Adam] sets the tone,” sophomore Mason Stoeger said. “He went out hard at Walt Crawford, and we followed behind him… College cross hurts; every race, you have to go out hard, and if you got someone that knows that and is willing to do it, the rest of the team will be willing to do it.”

During his first two years in high school, cross country wasn’t the sport Swanson wanted to focus on. Besides being a sprinter at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, Illinois, Swanson played football as a cornerback.

“I didn’t do cross country until my junior year in high school,” Swanson said.

Swanson’s track coach, Matthew D’Angelo, made him run a mile as a punishment when he was late for practices.

“He saw how good my mile was, and he told me to join cross country,” Swanson said.

Swanson joined cross country and stopped playing football, so he could improve his times for longer distance runs.

“I had more of a passion for running than football,” Swanson said. “I was really good at football. I think I could’ve played in college, but I think I had more potential in running.”

Eastern’s Head Coach Erin Howarth recruited Swanson for the track team as a distance runner and for the cross-country team.

“I think [Adam] sets the tone for all of the workouts and for racing,” sophomore Michael Atkins said. “If everyone sees that one of our guys is going out hard, running by himself in the front and really taking that risk and pushing himself to his limits, I think it inspires everyone to work harder.”

On the course, Swanson takes on a captain role as he is a leader for the team.

“His actions speak louder than his words,” Atkins said. “He’s not a guy to provide useful

information before a race, but you’ll watch him train, and you’ll watch him race, and that’s where you learn.”

Swanson has also made an impact on the freshmen class within the past couple of months.

“If you wanna look at a guy who’s able to capitalize the most of every time he steps out on the course, he’s that guy,” freshman Joseph Stoddard said. “He’s been crushing. He’s a good role model.”

When asked if he would change anything, Swanson said he doesn’t have any regrets about his decisions, but he wished that he got an earlier start with cross country.

“I don’t regret anything at all, but I do wish that I started cross country a little sooner,” Swanson said. “A part of me thinks that this was a blessing in disguise because I did play football and I swam…A part of me thinks that I wouldn’t have loved [cross country] as much or maybe I wouldn’t have improved as much.”

Outside of cross country, Swanson jokes around with his teammates.

“We don’t need running to be friends,” Stoeger said. “Adam comes to about every hangout that we have, and then he’ll host a

Athletes of the Issue

The female Panther of the Week is going to fifth year forward Zenaya Barnes from the women’s soccer team. Barnes scored the Panthers’ only goal against Chicago State on Sunday afternoon. Barnes kicked the ball diagonally into the goal with her right foot to give the Panthers an early 1-0 lead. Eastern lost against Chicago State 2-1 at Lakeside Field.

barbecue, and he’s just a fun guy outside of running.”

The men’s cross country team says this season is “Swanson Season” because of how well Swanson has been doing throughout his time at Eastern.

“It’s definitely something that started in our group chat on Snapchat, and I didn’t even know what it was,” Swanson said. “I think it’s like, I’m the main weapon it sounds like, and it’s my season.”

“Adam Swanson is a man unlike any other guy that I’ve ever competed with,” Stoddard said. “He has an aura of professionalism and competitiveness that is unequal against any other cross-country runner.”

“Everyone is supporting me and hyping me up,” Swanson said. “It’s all in or nothing. It is a team thing, and the goal is to win the championship as a team and have a great season, but I think the highlight is that I’m the captain of the team and the head person. It’s all in or nothing for me because it’s my last year, so it’s ‘Swanson Season’ baby.”

Zaria Flippin can be reached at 5812812 or zhflippin@eiu.edu.

The male Panther of the Week is going to junior wide receiver DeAirious Smith from the football team. Smith recorded a touchdown for the Panthers against the Bowling Green Falcons on Saturday afternoon at the Doyt L. Perry Stadium. Smith caught a 31 yard pass from redshirt junior quarterback Pierce Holley. This is Smith’s fifth touchdown throughout his time with the Panthers.

Adam Swanson, a cross country fifth year student stretches and jogs before running a mile at Eastern Illinois Campus Pond Saturday afternoon.

ZENAYA BARNES

Panthers record second loss of season against Knights SPORTS

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Jared Cornejo, a junior biological science major, dribbles the ball towards Bellarmine goal, Sunday afternoon. The Panthers lost 2-0.

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Jake McConnery, a freshman business major, tries to head the ball up field

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Jeffery Rinker II, a freshman, dribbles the ball away from Bellarmine player