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Fraternity helps Hurricane Harvey victims By Jakira Smith Contributing Writer | @DEN_News After hearing about the hurricane that took place in Houston, the men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity wanted to do more for their fellow Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha is hosting a toiletry drive for the victims of Hurricane Harvey from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union by the Food Court. Carl Winton, president of Alpha Phi Alpha, said hosting a toiletry drive for the victims of Hurricane Harvey basically goes by what the fraternity stands for, which is manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mankind. The fraternity is looking for items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and deodorant. Alpha Phi Alpha is looking for as many donations as they can get to help the victims of the storm. “The more the better,” Kaleb Williams said, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha. One of the main reasons the fraternity wanted to help is because some members personally know people who were affected by the storm. “There are a lot of people that I’m close with that were affected by this, as I’m sure other people (are),” said Jerome Hampton, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha. “If it happened in Chicago, I’m hoping people would want to get together and help Chicago, so why not do it for our fellow Americans in Houston?” Williams said after seeing the hurricane all over social media, they felt compelled to help. “We just sat there and thought, ‘How can we do service to our fellows?’” Hampton said. The fraternity plans to host the drive every Wednesday throughout the month of September.
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A Texas National Guardsman carries a resident from her flooded home following Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Aug. 27, 2017. Army National Guard photo by Lt. Zachary West.
There will be boxes in some of the residence halls in case people cannot make it to the Union. Resident assistants will also do rounds in different halls to collect items. Other organizations on campus have been contributing to the cause as well. Kendall Williams, vice president of Alpha Phi Alpha said faculty members, TRiO, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, the track and field team and others have also donated. “We plan to reach out to teachers and oth-
er people who work at different places on the campus to get them to donate too,” Winton said. There is no official count to how many items Alpha Phi Alpha has received so far, but the fraternity said they received a lot of donations. “We just want to keep getting as much as we can and help as many people as we can,” Winton said. He said the fraternity will continue to take donations throughout the month and if it is
successful, it will continue in October. Winton also wants to have a drive to help those in areas around Hurricane Irma in Florida. “At the end of the day that’s what it’s about: helping people out,” Kaleb Williams said. “You can’t get anywhere without somebody helping you.” Jakira Smith can be reached at 581-2812 or jdsmith12@eiu.edu.
Students audition to be MTVU jockeys By Kennedy Nolen Multicultural Reporter | @KennedyNolenEIU
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Brent Mann, a videographer for MTVU, tapes Jessica Stewart, a freshman music education major, as she auditions to be a video jockey for MTVU. Students will have another chance to audition from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 3 in Taylor Hall. MTVU will announce the newest video jockey by Oct. 31.
Scouts from MTVU were on campus from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with lights and a camera as they looked for the action. Over 30 students came to the dining center in Taylor Hall with the hopes of becoming the college music network’s next video jockey when they auditioned Tuesday. According to MTVU’s site, “(the station) covers aspects of college life with a range of shows profiling college students, activism and emerging new music.” It is another channel from MTV but only shown on university campuses. The video jockey’s task will be to introduce songs and to represent their university on the network. Tiffany Heyton from MTVU said the network has people who scout college students all around the country. “We are looking for a personality that shines,” said Heyton. Jessica Stewart, freshman music education major, said she saw the auditions to become a video jockey were
happening and decided to participate. “I am easy-going, and it would be fun to introduce songs,” she said. Heyton said the team of recruiters from MTVU chooses different universities in several regions of each state to hold yearly auditions. Stewart said she loves music and thinks it would be a great opportunity. After auditioning, Stewart said she thinks she did a pretty good job. Students from around the country who audition in September might have a clip of their audition featured on MTVU until the next round of auditions in October, Heyton said. Students who missed the opportunity to audition will also have another chance from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 3 in Taylor Hall. Heyton said the process of filling out paperwork and saying lines on camera takes about 10 minutes to complete. MTVU will announce the newest video jockey by Oct. 31, and the winner will work with the network on up to three paid projects. Kennedy Nolen can be reached at 581-2812 or kdnolen@eiu.edu.
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Florida still without power after Irma TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In a state built on air conditioning, millions of Florida residents now want to know one thing: When will the power be back on? Hurricane Irma's march across Florida and into the Southeast triggered one of the bigger blackouts in U.S. history, plunging as many as 13 million people into the dark as the storm dragged down power lines and blew out transformers. It also shattered the climate-controlled bubbles that enable people to live here despite the state's heat, humidity and insects. Those who evacuated ahead of the hurricane are returning to homes without electricity and facing the prospect of days or even weeks with little to ease the late-summer stickiness. "Power, power, power," Gov. Rick Scott said. "The biggest thing we've got to do for people is get their power back." The Irma blackout is still much
smaller than a 2003 outage that put 50 million people in the dark. More than 50,000 utility workers — some from as far away as Canada and California — are responding to the crisis, according to the association that represents the nation's investor-owned utilities. The state's largest utility, Florida Power & Light, said Irma caused the most widespread damage in company history, affecting all 35 counties in its territory, which is most of the state's Atlantic coast and the Gulf Coast south of Tampa. On Tuesday, the company announced that it expected to have the lights back on by the end of the weekend for the east coast. Customers living in the hard-hit neighborhoods in southwest Florida, where damage was much more extensive, were expected to get power restored within 10 days. While acknowledging the public's frustration, utility officials said they are getting power back on faster than
they did after Hurricane Wilma hit the state 12 years ago. The company said it had already restored service to nearly 1.8 million customers. There's no immediate cool-off in sight. The forecast for the next week in Naples and Miami, for instance, calls for highs in the upper 80s (lower 30s Celsius) and lows barely falling below 80 degrees (27 degrees Celsius). Humidity will hover between 70 and almost 80 percent. Dan Eckler sat next to his luggage Tuesday at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, waiting for a ride after scoring a seat on one of the few arriving flights after the airport reopened. "I'm soaking up a few last minutes of AC before I return to my house with no electricity," said Eckler, 46, who lives in Fort Lauderdale and went 16 days without power during Hurricane Wilma. In Miami, firefighters evacuated a
building in the suburb of Coral Gables that had been without power since Sunday, concluding that it was not safe for elderly tenants. The most delicate evacuee was a 97-year-old woman who had to be brought down 12 flights of stairs. Madeleine Alvarez tried unsuccessfully to get an ambulance to transport her Cuban-born mother who suffers from congestive heart failure. Irma's arrival came in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which created widespread outages in Texas. Some three weeks after Harvey, at least 10,700 customers in that state remained without power. Many of those were homes and businesses that will have to undergo repairs before they are ready to receive electricity again. In Houston, about 4,000 customers were without power as many homes remained flooded due to water releases from two reservoirs that were filled by Harvey's torrential rainfall.
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over two men and a boy repaving the main Saadallah al-Jabiri Square — once a front line in one of the deadliest episodes of the Syrian civil war. The recapture of eastern Aleppo in December 2016 was a landmark victory for Assad's forces in the conflict, now in its seventh year, but it left the area in ruins. Eight months later, neighborhood after neighborhood in the formerly rebel-held sector still look like ghost towns. Only rarely is a family seen sitting on white plastic chairs outside the rubble. Life is slowly returning to the desolate streets where shop signs are covered with dust, where men hawk cigarettes on a street corner and teenagers sell bananas off a picnic table. Rami Abdurrahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says thousands of people have returned to their homes in Aleppo — once Syria's largest city — from camps for the displaced. Russian troops mediating between the Syrian government and various opposition factions have helped. The task force's chief in the province, Maj. Gen. Igor Yemelyanov, said it has helped 3,500 people return to nearby villages. Although Syrian government-controlled neighborhoods did not see the
destruction and loss of life on a scale comparable to what eastern Aleppo endured, the seemingly quiet neighborhoods in the west also bear the scars of conflict. The third floor of a school in southwestern Aleppo still has no glass after its window was blown out when a missile landed in a classroom in November 2016. Two students were killed in the classroom, and four died in a playground under the windows, principal Nakhlya Deri told reporters Tuesday during a visit arranged by the Russian Defense Ministry. The Syrian troops, with strong support from Iranian-backed ground forces, have in recent weeks pushed the IS militants out of central Homs province, near the border with Lebanon, and are now fighting them in the oil-rich Deir el-Zour province in the east. Deir el-Zour is the last major IS holdout in Syria. Assad's forces, backed by Russians air power, broke a nearly 3-year-old siege on the provincial capital where troops had been encircled by the militants. Russian warplanes have changed the tide of the war, giving Syrian troops and allied forces an advantage over opposition fighters and militants from the Islamic State group.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's top education adviser is leaving her post this week. Rauner's office announced Monday that Secretary of Education Beth Purvis' last day is Friday. She began working in Rauner's administration in 2015 and will join a national nonprofit group. The move comes after Rauner recently signed a law overhauling the formula Illinois uses to dole out money to public schools. The bipartisan compromise emerged from legislative leaders' meetings. In a statement, Purvis says that working for Rauner's administration was a privilege.
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URBANA, Ill. (AP) — University of Illinois officials say they can't provide legal help to students affected by changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program but that they'll try to connect them with lawyers. On Sept. 5, President Donald Trump's administration began dismantling DACA, the government program protecting young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. New applications will be halted for the program, which has provided nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work legally in the U.S. Two lawyers who are alumni of the university will be available to meet one-on-one with students concerned about the administration's plans to repeal the program in March, The NewsGazette reported. University officials said the lawyers will connect students with direct legal help if needed.
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Study abroad to change students’ worlds By Brooke Schwartz Contributing Writer | @brookesch_wartz Students can catch a glimpse into other cultures at the Study Abroad fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the University Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. University. The fair is designed to give students information on the different programs and places Eastern features in its study abroad opportunities. The fair will include tables from many of the third party organizations Eastern uses to send students to as many places as possible. Lizzie Bridges, a senior who works as the peer adviser in the Office of Study Abroad, hopes that the fair will be able to reassure anyone who has any doubts about studying abroad. “Hopefully we’ll just be able to get a lot of interest in studying abroad, and maybe students that weren’t sure before are now a lot more excited for it and feel better having some more information and getting to see all the cool things they could do,” Bridges said. Bridges studied abroad during the spring of 2016 in South Korea. “It wasn’t my original plan at all,” Bridges said. “I originally wanted to go to England, but ending up in Korea was the best change of plans that I could have made.” She said studying abroad gave her a global perspective that has proved invaluable in her life since. There are a variety of programs that run at different times, ranging from summer programs to semester-long programs. “There should be options that fit into everyone’s schedule,” Kurt Olausen, director of Study Abroad said. Last year, 152 students participated in a study abroad program. This was an increase from the year before, despite the drop in enrollment. The benefits of studying abroad are invaluable to students of any major or background, Bridges
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Members of the ‘Slytherpuff’ team try to steal the quaffle from Alisha Stevens on Sept. 19, 2010 at Eastern’s first muggle quidditch match of the season.
Quidditch sign-ups continue Staff Report | @DEN_News Quidditch tournament sign-ups are ongoing this week. The tournament is set for 4 p.m. on Friday in the Library Quad. Quidditch is a fictional sport played in the “Harry Potter” book series. Chelsea Duncan, a kinesiology and sports studies professor and the one organizing the tournament, said there are currently only eight people signed up so far. “So far our numbers are kind of low,” Duncan said. However, she said there is still time to register by going to the Booth Library website and clicking on the events and exhibits page. Duncan said although a typical Quidditch team has seven members, if the number of people signed up does not increase, they may have to combine “Houses” to play the tournament. There are four Houses that participants can play on as teams: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin and Ravenclaw. Duncan said she is available to answer any questions about the tournament through her email at ckduncan@eiu.edu. Students can also register through email if it makes them feel more comfortable, she added. “The link on the library site will ask all the required information for signing up,” Duncan said. “If (students prefer) to sign up by emailing me, they will need to include of the house that they want to play for as well as the position they would like to play on the team.” Duncan said the original fee of $7.50, which would have been used to buy team T-shirts, has been dropped, so anyone can register for free. Buying a T-shirt is still an option for students who want one. To place a T-shirt order students can email Duncan or place an order when they sign up to participate online.
said. Bridges has experienced both being an exchange student and helping others become exchange students. She said it is important to open students’ eyes to cultures other than the ones they have previously been exposed to. “I think one really important thing students get out of studying abroad is being able to get a more global perspective,” Bridges said. Bridges said studying abroad provides students with the ability to adapt to many different situations, which could help students with their future
interactions and jobs. The different programs all have a different cost. Some are the same as what a student pays for tuition at Eastern, while others can be cheaper. Olausen and Bridges both said they hope that the fair will calm any fears or nervousness students may have about studying abroad. “Don’t let fear be the thing that holds you back,” Bridges said, “Because the experience is worth it.” Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581-2812 or bsschwartz@eiu.edu
Booth to celebrate 20 years of magic Staff Report | @DEN_News Along with Quidditch during Family Weekend, the Booth Library will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the first Harry Potter Book with an exhibit. The program series, “Twenty Years of Harry Potter: Celebrating a Phenomenon,” will be on display at the library from Sept. 14 through Dec. 31, 2017. According to a press release, author J.K. Rowling published “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” known in the U.S. as “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” in Britain on June 26, 1997. The seven books in the Harry Potter series have been made into eight films, grossing over $2 billion. More than 450 million copies of the book have been sold, and they have been translated into more than 60 languages. The Booth Library’s exhibit will look at the popularity and influence of Harry Potter in today’s society.
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It kicks off with a keynote, “The Boy Who Lived: Harry Potter and the Culture of Death” by keynote speaker and English professor Suzie Park in the West Reading Room. During Family Weekend, there will be a Quidditch Tournament, based off of the fictional sport played in the series. Other presentations include “Dark Arts and Other Wicked Ideas: Harry Pwotter, Banned Books and Intellectual Freedom,” a Harry Potter menu at The Klehm Café, “Muggles, Magic and Abuse” and others. The Booth Library and Tarble Arts Center, along with both the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Eastern’s Harry Potter Club, are also set to host a Harry Potter Night. The night will feature trivia, costumes, music, activities and food. CREATIVE COMMONS | GWYDION M. WILLIAMS
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June 26 marked 20 years since J.K. Rowling published “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” the first in her seven book series.
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Letter from the editor: We want a variety of opinions As editor, there is nothing I value more than feedback from others. Hearing this only helps us grow, and we all welcome the chance to get better at The Daily Eastern News. One issue I want to address is one of bias. I have sometimes heard complaints about this paper taking a certain viewpoint or another. We always try to be as unbiased as possible in our news articles. However, in opinions and editorials, we have the ability to put our views out there and communicate them to our readers. This means we can take certain positions in our editorials, and have people write for us who will take a more liberal or conservative view on certain issues. Of course, if a group of people with a certain viewpoint are writing more columns than another, they are the ones who will be more represented. I personally do not want this to happen as editor of this paper, so I would like to invite those with a variety of opinions and viewpoints to write for us. It is not only politically slanted pieces we are looking for, however. This past week, we had a piece by one of our columnists about having to see her family deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, while she was at Eastern, miles away. These types of stories are incredibly valuable. They put a human face on a major event happening states away, and help people connect to each other. If you have a unique experience that you want to write about, we also want to hear that. We want as many people to have their views and voices represented in the paper as possible. So this is a call to you, our readers, to try something new and become writers. Whether it is a letter to the editor or a guest column, we want you to make your voice heard throughout this opinions page. This means no matter what major, year in school, etc, you can write for us. If you need help, we will guide you through how to write for us. But do not let a lack of experience stop you from writing.
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Take a chance, study abroad when you can For many students, going to other countries and traveling to different places is something they dream of their entire lives. They put up posters of cities from faraway places around their rooms, or post pictures of places they would like to go up on social media. According to an article in The Daily Eastern News, last year, 152 students participated in a study abroad program. Apparently, this was an increase from the year before, despite the drop in enrollment. This shows that study abroad is a growing program, with a lot of people showing interest in it. This is why we at The Daily Eastern News encourage those who want to and those who can to study abroad. At the Study Abroad fair, many of the organizations and countries represented by that office will be available for students to learn more about where they can go. For those worried about studying
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will probably feel better knowing more information, so you know you made the right decision. And when you do study abroad, keep an open mind. One student quoted in today’s article about the study abroad fair originally wanted to go to England, but ended up going to South Korea. However, she later said ending up in Korea was the “best change of plans (she) could have made.” Even if everything during your study abroad journey is not perfect, it can still be an incredible experience if you allow yourself to enjoy it. Do not let little setbacks or troubles keep you down when abroad. Before you know it, your time in a new country will end and you will be back at home. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Don’t let movies predict your life When I was in high school I prayed, wished and tried my hardest to be like the high school kids in “Dazed and Confused.” For those who are not familiar with the cult classic, the movie takes place in 1976 and follows high school seniors-to-be and freshmen-to-be as they try to find something to do (not to mention survive) on the last day of school. The movie is filled with great music, the feels of being young and hanging out with friends and to make a very long summary short, just watch it because you will absolutely love it. I wanted my life to be like the lives in that movie, I wanted to still listen to the same music and drive the same cars because I did not want to face the responsibilities and struggles that walked hand-in-hand with my own life. Longing to be like the people in the movie was my way of crying out for something more or something I thought would be better than the life I had. However, I faced reality, stopped believing movies depict real life to the full extent and learned to love the life I was blessed with. Yet, that did not stop me from assuming that college was like a mix between “Animal Farm” and “Revenge of the Nerds.” I mean why should it? I was in high school and to this day I still have no idea what I was thinking back then. Now, I never wanted that movie lifestyle for myself but I figured that was what the environment around me would be like. To a certain extent, I did look forward to that. I wanted to avoid thinking of the
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abroad fitting into their schedule, there are programs that run at different times, such as summer programs and semester-long programs. “There should be options that fit into everyone’s schedule,” Kurt Olausen, director of Study Abroad said, according to Wednesday’s article. If you are worried about paying about it, every program has a different cost. While some programs’ tuitions cost the same as Eastern’s, others can even potentially be cheaper. In some cases, financial aid and scholarships are offered for students to study abroad, though you will never find out if you qualify for these if you do not ask. There is no harm in just going to the fair and asking questions about whatever aspects of studying abroad you are curious about. Even if you do not end up going, you
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Analicia Haynes hardships that came with going to college so, much like high school, I replaced reality with a movie and liked it that way. Though those movies had some truth when it came to depicting the stereotypes that are plastered across college campuses, such as the drunkard who feels the need to wear a toga or the classic black-rimmed glasses “nerd” who wishes he was one of the many drunkards, but they also left out the most important thing to remember about college. They forgot to mention those struggles and hardships that are the reality of college life and that I desperately tried to avoid. For the most part college is nothing like those movies that glorify stereotypes. It is far from always being an easygoing, party and booze-filled lifestyle. Rather it is more so a blend of crying in the middle of the night because of elaborate classes, struggling to stay afloat financially while still managing to have a social life and
hanging out or going out. College and “adulting” in general is hard. I wish I could blame those movies for lying to me about the college experience but there is no need to blame them. Though college is difficult it can be fun like in those movies. Granted that is easier said than done but it is possible to make college worthwhile by making sure we take care of our priorities, responsibilities, but most importantly ourselves. It is so easy to lose ourselves in our burdens and struggles because regardless of what we say it is still hard to see past tomorrow. But if we deposit as much love and attention into ourselves as we do with others we care about, then college is a little more tolerable. When you feel like the world is falling apart around you, take a break and just breathe. Go for a walk, a car ride, a bike ride or the gym. You could even write your feelings in a journal, treat yourself to a cup of coffee or tea or go to the forest and just scream. Whatever you need to do to find peace and happiness again then do it. Do not fear the obstacles that will eventually try to knock us over. Just be fearless and see how far you go. Maybe I should start taking my own advice. Analicia Haynes is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.
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Kathryn Harris of Springfield will portray Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Todd Lincoln’s dressmaker and confidante, in a performance planned by the Academy of Lifelong Learning.
Actress to portray historical figure Staff Report | @DEN_News Elizabeth Keckley, a woman born into slaver y in 1818 who ended up becoming a seamstress, civil activist and author, will be portrayed in a performance hosted by the Mattoon Arts Council. Keckley will be portrayed by Kathryn Harris of Springfield, Ill. According to a press release, the performance is planned by the Academy of Lifelong Learning and made possible by a grant from the Coles County Arts Council. Harris’ per formance will be in the Mattoon Train Station on 1718 Broadway. It is free and open to the public. In the press release, it says the Academy of Lifelong Learning of Eastern gives community members opportunities for non-credit learning, volunteering and oncampus audit class options. For more information about the Academy, those interested can go to www.eiu.edu/adulted/all.php, or contact by phone 217-5815114. The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or denenwsdesk@gmail. com.
PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower saw service cutbacks, angry carnival workers snarled traffic around the Arc de Triomphe and police used water cannon and tear gas as unions held protests in Paris and elsewhere Tuesday against planned changes to French labor laws. The day of protests was the first collective outcry against President Emmanuel Macron’s bid to power the economy and boost jobs by tackling France’s rigid labor rules to make it easier to hire and fire workers. The hard-line CGT union called for strikes and organized some 180 marches against the changes, unveiled last month by Macron’s government. “No reform which has destroyed the labor law ... has reversed the unemployment trend,” Martinez said at the Place de la Bastille, the starting point of the Paris march. Such reforms don’t lead to “a job with which one can build his life on.” The union said 60,000 people participated in the Paris protest. Police said 24,000 people marched and that some 300 black-clad and hooded youths who joined late in the
day pelted security forces with objects, briefly halting the event. Officers responded with tear gas and water cannon. A police statement said four people were detained and one person with a minor injury was taken to a hospital. Macron was elected in May amid enthusiasm over his promises of revving up France’s economy. He now is foundering in public opinion polls amid anger over the labor decrees and other domestic troubles. Protesters said the reforms will give employers new powers to dismiss them, bypass trade unions and reduce their ability to defend their rights. The Eiffel Tower was affected by scattered strikes, with late afternoon viewing limited to the first floor. Visitors had to access the viewing area through a stairway since elevators weren’t running. Horn-tooting fair workers held a separate protest movement Tuesday against legal changes they say favor big corporations and could wipe out their centuries-old family-based livelihoods. Dozens of big rigs drove at a snail’s
pace around the Arc de Triomphe, causing rush-hour traffic snarls as protesters danced and waved flags on a flat-bed truck with a severed plastic head from a fair ride. The workers said they timed their protest to coincide with Tuesday’s broader labor demonstrations, since both movements were about workers fearing their jobs are threatened. Meanwhile, thousands of union activists marched Tuesday morning in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, in Le Havre on the English Channel and other cities. Extra police officers were deployed to the afternoon march in Paris. While union marches are usually peaceful, troublemakers on the margins often clash with police. A broad movement against similar labor reforms last year saw several weeks of scattered violence. Macron’s labor decrees are the first step in what he hopes will be deep economic changes. The decrees are to be finalized this month and ratified by year’s end. Critics accuse the government of being undemocratic for using a special method to push the measures
through parliament. Companies argue that existing rules prevent them from hiring and contribute to France’s high unemployment rate, currently around 10 percent. The protests come amid anger at a comment last week by Macron suggesting that opponents of labor reform are “lazy.” Government spokesman Christophe Castaner said on RTL radio Tuesday that the president didn’t mean workers themselves but politicians who failed to update French labor rules for a globalized age. Some unions refused to join the protests, preferring to negotiate with the government over upcoming changes to unemployment and retirement rules instead of taking their grievances to the street. Macron himself chose Tuesday to go to the French Caribbean to bring aid and meet with victims of Hurricane Irma. A second protest organized by CGT union has been called for Sept. 21 and far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon plans a day of action Sept. 23.
42 year murder investigation ends BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — It was an innocent time in a safe place, where parents didn’t think twice about letting their kids walk to the local shopping mall. All that changed the day the Lyon sisters disappeared. A sense of security was shattered in the spring of 1975, when two young sisters from the Maryland suburbs of Washington went to the mall to have pizza with friends, but never made it home. On Tuesday, one of the region’s most painful and enduring mysteries came to an end when a 60-yearold convicted sex offender pleaded guilty to felony murder in the deaths of 10-year-old Katherine and 12-yearold Sheila Lyon. The case haunted the region for decades. “Parents were afraid to let their children go outside. Walks to the mall and other unsupervised activities also
came to an end, said Teresa Brookland, a former schoolmate of Katherine Lyon. The crime went unsolved for decades, and the girls’ bodies were never found. Finally, in 2013, cold case detectives in Montgomery County, Maryland, honed in on Lloyd Lee Welch Jr., who fit the description of a man a friend of the girls told police she saw staring at the sisters the day they disappeared. Welch was sentenced to 48 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree felony murder. He admitted participating in the abduction of the girls, but continues to insist he did not participate in any sexual assault of the girls or in their killings, said his attorney, Tony Anderson. The 48-year sentence is part of a plea agreement that also calls for him to receive a 12-year concurrent prison
term for two unrelated sexual assaults in northern Virginia. The Lyon sisters disappeared on March 25, 1975, after walking from their home in Kensington, Maryland, to the shopping center. Welch was charged in the girls’ killings in 2015 after members of his extended family said they saw him carrying two large duffel bags on property the family owned on Taylor’s Mountain in Bedford County, Virginia. During Welch’s plea hearing in Bedford Circuit Court Tuesday, Commonwealth’s Attorney Wes Nance said witnesses told authorities Welch put a green duffel bag in a large fire burning on the mountain. Nance said other witnesses recalled that the fire burned for days and had “the stench of death.” Welch, now 60, did not speak during the hearing, except when asked to enter his plea. He did not address
the Lyon family when asked by Judge James Updike Jr. if he had anything he wanted to say. Nance said Welch repeatedly changed his account of who else was involved in the crime during 13 interviews with police, beginning in 2013. The girls’ parents, John and Mary Lyon, and her two brothers, thanked Montgomery County police for sticking with the investigation. Welch is now serving a prison sentence in Delaware for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. Once he completes that sentence in 2026, he will begin serving his sentence in Virginia. Nance said because the crime was committed in 1975, before truth-insentencing laws were passed, Welch could become eligible for parole when he reaches his early- or mid-80s. But he called the chances of Welch actually getting paroled “very slim or none.”
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Volleyball team prepares for midweek matchup By Maher Kawash Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team is already turning heads this season with its improvements from a year ago, and now tries to continue that in a midweek affair. The Panthers have started their season with only tournament games and now they take it to the road to face Valparaiso to push their record back to .500. Eastern comes in at 4-5 after a particularly rough outing last weekend, finishing 1-3 in the EIU Panther Classic. Valparaiso has had an identical start to its season as well though, as the Crusaders bring a 4-5 record of their own into the match. For what it is worth, Eastern has the upper hand in the history of matches between these two teams as the Panthers have won 13 of 17 against Valparaiso. It has been quite a while since the two have even met, with the last match coming as an Eastern victory in September of 1997. The Crusaders bring some similar skill-sets to the match as well as they rely on Katherine Carlson for their offensive success. Carlson leads the team with 86 kills and an average of 2.69 killsper-set, but she is also versatile as she has a team high in digs with 206 this season. Her digs-per-set average of 6.44 matches her teammate Sydney Bronner’s average, but Bronner brings a special presence with a team-high of 40 blocks this season. Good news for the Panthers is they have plenty to counter that with, and Taylor Smith continues her second consecutive season of just dominating the NCAA in tripledoubles. Smith picked up her NCAA lead-
Women’s golf team wraps up play By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports
into the game, but I think sticking to our game plan will be key.” Getting focused for these midweek games may be a struggle for players but Jager said when the Panthers have high and consistent energy throughout the match then they always do better. Jager and the Panthers will get their shot to follow through with that as first serve against the Crusaders is Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The Eastern women’s golf team played the final 18 holes today of the Northern Kentucky University Fall Classic, and it finished with them in 13th out of 14 teams. The Panthers started the day in 12th place. The schools in the Classic played the first 36 holes Monday. The Panthers put together a team score of +154 par. Eastern finished in front of Chicago State which finished +216 par. UNC Asheville finished +62 par to win the NKU Fall Classic. Eastern finished day on with shooting +97 par through the first 36 holes. Junior transfer Daphne Chang was the top finisher for the Panthers finishing tied for 37th shooting +28 par. The top golfer of the day was unable to shoot under par as Ellie Cronin of Dayton took home first place honors as the individual medalist shooting +9 par. Chang was the top golfer for the Panthers following the first day as well. Senior Anne Bahr finished tied for 53rd shooting +36 par. Eastern brought six golfers to the NKU Classic. The teams had to deal with a 45-minute delay as the remains of Hurricane Irma slowed down play. There was heavy rain later in the afternoon contributing to the delayed play. Eastern has to wait until Oct. 2 to hit the course again for competition play. Ohio Valley Conference foe Austin Peay hosts the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate Oct. 2 and Oct. 3.
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Sophomore Maggie Runge goes up for the kill in the Panthers’ 3-0 sweep over Alabama A&M. Eastern is on the road at Valparaiso Wednesday for a non-conference matchup.
ing third triple-double against Chicago State with 12 kills, 26 assists, 16 digs, and to top it off was just two blocks away from scoring a quadruple-double. That goes along with the fact that she averaged nearly seven assists per set. While Smith’s versatility continues to get it done, Maggie Runge continues to block the opponent every game. Runge notched a season high 12 kills and showed her defensive presence with a season high of nine
blocks against Chicago State. Her presence on the block is a vital reason why the Panthers are top among the Ohio Valley Conference in blocks this season. When it comes to preparing for these midweek matches, sophomore transfer Breanna Jager said it offers a different challenge. “Our mindset is to just stay mentally tough, and a midweek game can be kind of tough because you’re coming straight from a class to the bus and right onto the court,” Jager said. “Obviously you have less time to dial
Eastern men’s soccer team travels to Marshall By JJ Bullock Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s soccer team is looking to shut out its fifth consecutive opponent on defense when they travel to face Marshall today in Huntington, West Virginia. Eastern shut out Saint Francis University on Sunday to give them their fourth straight of the year and confidence is high on defense heading into the game against Marshall. “We have a nice streak of shutouts going so far and we look to keep that going,” Eastern goalkeeper Mike Novotny said. “Players are getting more and more confident with their one-vs-one defending and that definitely makes my job easier.” Offensively, Marshall ranks No. 4 in Conference USA in goals scored with eight and third in their conference in shots taken this season with 62. Five of Marshall’s eight goals have been scored by freshman Lewis Knight. Knight leads the
conference in goals scored, and is tied for sixth nationally. He is also second in the conference with 14 shots taken. “Marshall is going to be a tough test for us,” Novotny said. “They are a quality team that knows how to put the ball in the back of the net. It’s going to be a battle tomorrow. Last season Marshall and Eastern met for the first time in program history. Marshall won 1-0 at Lakeside Field. “Marshall is a bit more experienced getting some big wins this year,” Novotny said. “We have to come out strong and can’t take them lightly especially on their home turf.” Marshall is 3-2-1 heading into the game against Eastern. Marshall has only one win against a team with a winning record this season and has lost two games to opponents with winning records. Marshall tied with Coastal Carolina (2-3-0) 1-1 to open their season. Then the Thundering Herd lost at home against Evansville (4-1-0) 1-0. They also beat
UNC-Asheville (0-5-0) at home 3-0. Marshall then won consecutive games against Duquense (1-30) and Robert Morris (0-6). Marshall lost their last game against Charlotte (2-1). Eastern is currently undefeated on the season as they sport a record of 2-0-4. Eastern has suffered their first major injury of the season, as they will be without forward Alex Castaneda who broke his foot early in the game Sunday against Saint Francis. Eastern is about to begin a stretch where they will play three games in seven days. Two of the games, including the Marshall game, will be on the road. The other road game is against Evansville this Sunday. The final of the three games will be a home matchup for Eastern against Wright State next Tuesday. Before these three games, Eastern had just one game in the last five days. JJ Bullock can be reached at 581-2812 or jpbullock@eiu.edu.
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Shady Omar, middle, and Zach Medawattage, right, attempt to knock the ball down on Sunday afternoon at Lakeside Field. The Panthers win 1-0 to improve to 2-0-4 on the season.