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Possible shots fired on Fourth By Analicia Haynes Managing Editor | @DEN_News Several students repor ted what they thought were shots fired early Thursday morning outside of the Melrose Apartments on 4th Street. The Charleston Police Department is still investigating the report, coordinating with their night staff to get more information. Derek Flaugher, a senior sociology major and his girlfriend Kaitlyn Crossen, an Eastern alumna, said they heard three pops right outside their window. “It was unreal,” Flaugher said, regarding the sound of the shots. “I was passed out, heard three or more shots and I was like that was not (normal). Then I woke (Crossen) up and was like ‘did you just hear that?’ and she was like ‘it was just tapping noises’ and I was like no, those weren’t tapping noises.” Flaugher said the shots sounded as if somebody was unloading their clip. Crossen lives in the apartments, on the first level. Flaugher said they heard the shots right outside the window. “It happens all the time,” Crossen said. “Some of us would like to go to bed without the fear of being shot through our window. Can we make that happen please?” Flaugher and Crossen did not call the police. Instead their neighbors who live one floor above them called. The neighbors who called the police declined to comment. Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.
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Chinese officials, Eastern talk relations By Jordan Boyer Photo Editor | @DEN_News More collaboration with representatives from Shanghai, China could be coming for Eastern in the future. Guoping Wang, chair of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and economist Xiangcai Zhong talked about future relations between the university and the Chinese legislative delegation with Eastern faculty members. History professor Jinhee Lee said the Asian studies minor, which focuses on Chinese literature, culture, art and history, is starting to attract more students. In the future, she said she hopes study abroad programs will help bring Chinese students to Eastern. “If they want to learn American history, politics and culture, we would love to swap them,” Lee said. Christiane Eydt-Beebe, chair of the foreign languages department, said the Chinese language has been introduced to the foreign language curriculum. Some students involved with the Chinese program attended the public forum and helped translate what the professors were saying to the Chinese representatives. Business professor John Willems expressed an interest in expanding the School of Business to China. “We are particularly open to faculty business exchanges,” Willems said. Technology professor John Cabage said a “dual degree agreement” in architectural artistry might benefit both Eastern and Chinese students. He said this agreement would allow courses to be taught in China by Eastern students, via online or in person. “This collaboration builds strong relationships with the other side of the world,” Cabage said. Cabage has taught in China before and said
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Guoping Wang (left), the chair of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Economist Xiangcai Zhong (right) speak at a public forum at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Thursday morning. The CPPCC came to Eastern to start building a relationship with the university and start many new programs.
there are similarities between China and the United States. These include similar social norms and ways of educating students. Wang himself was not aware of the Chinese influence on Eastern. “I was very surprised that there is an ongoing discussion on China here in the middle of nowhere,” Wang joked. He described how China was a “great stage” in aspects like education, economics, trade and communication.
Wang said he was convinced to start a relationship with Eastern after talking to Rep. Reggie Phillips (R-Charleston). He saw all the opportunities collaborating with Eastern could bring for Chinese and American students and wanted to act on it. “Seeing is believing. We saw teachers and students. I would love to build a long-term relationship,” Wang said. Jordan Boyer can be reached at 581-2812 or jtboyer@eiu.edu.
Art students try drawing cadavers during class
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Students practice drawing cadavers in art professor Jenny Chi’s Life Drawing class. The idea for using the cadavers came from Maggie Thomas, a graduate student studying biological sciences who always has been modeling for Chi’s class for three years. One student said it was interesting to see how the body works. This is the first time the two departments have collaborated.
By: AJ Fournier Campus Reporter | @DEN_News Students in the art department had the opportunity to view and learn about different muscles from the inside of cadavers because of collaboration with biological sciences. Art professor Jenny Chi said her Advanced Level Life Drawing class had been learning and drawing from real-life models and learning about how the body was made. One of Chi’s models, Maggie Thomas, a graduate student studying biological sciences, has been modeling for her for three years. After hearing of the biological sciences department getting two new cadavers, Thomas came up with the idea for the Life Drawing class to see them. Chi said for the assignment, her students would have to view the cadavers and draw a section of the body. “I would love for my students to be able to do it all the time but it is not easy to access cadavers,” she said. Chi took some students last week to view the cadavers and to hear Thomas talk about them, but she did not know the response was going to be so positive. “We decided to do it again tonight, and this time students would go in with their sketchbooks and do an assignment,” Chi said. Chi said this is the first time art students have gotten to draw cadavers and she hopes this assignment
can become part of the requirements for the class. Thomas had been working with the cadavers over the summer. After talking to Chi on how her class would have to identify different muscles on a person from a display, Thomas thought it would be a good idea to show them the bodies. Thomas said she loves that students are interested and not grossed out by seeing the cadavers. “I love when people have the opportunity to learn, and even though I don’t want to become a teacher, it is something I am always going to want to promote,” Thomas said. “This is one thing I have always been very passionate about, how things work and how humans work.” Gary Bulla, chair of the biological sciences department, said this is the first time the two have collaborated. The cadavers can be challenging to get because the state provides a scarce amount of them, but the department were able to purchase two cadavers over the summer, Bulla said. Joshua Corry, a senior 2D studio art major, said it is interesting to learn how the body works. “It is nice to see something that is underneath the skin and how it works. It is also nice to see what in underneath of what you are really drawing,” Corry said. AJ Fourier can be reached at 581-2812 or ajfournier@eiu.edu.
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Kim Jong Un insults Trump after he threatens North Korea NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans' nuclear weapons advances. Its leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare statement, branding Trump as "deranged" and warning he will "pay dearly" for his threat to "totally destroy" the North if it attacks. The exchange of super-heated rhetoric and unusually personal abuse between the adversaries will escalate tensions that have been mounting as North Korea has marched closer to achieving a nuclear-tipped missile that could strike America. The crisis has dominated the Trump's debut at this week's annual U.N. General Assembly meeting. Kim's statement, carried by North Korea's official news agency in a dispatch from Pyongyang early Friday, responded to Trump's combative speech days earlier where he not only issued the warning of potential obliteration for the isolated nation, but also mocked the North's young autocrat as a "Rocket Man" on a "suicide mis-
sion." Kim offered choice insults of his own. He said Trump was "unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country." He described the president as "a rogue and a gangster fond of playing with fire." He characterized Trump's speech to the world body on Tuesday as "mentally deranged behavior." "I will make the man holding the prerogative of the supreme command in the U.S. pay dearly for his speech calling for totally destroying the DPRK," said the statement carried by Korean Central News Agency. DPRK is the abbreviation of the communist country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. There was no immediate response from the White House. On Thursday in New York, Trump announced the latest steps to punish foreign companies that deal with the North. It was the latest salvo in a U.S.led campaign to isolate and impoverish Kim's government until it halts the missile and nuclear tests. He an-
nounced the measures as he met leaders from South Korea and Japan, the nations most immediately imperiled by North Korea's threats of a military strike. "North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world and it is unacceptable that others financially support this criminal, rogue regime," Trump said as he joined Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in for lunch. "Tolerance for this disgraceful practice must end now." His executive order expanded the Treasury Department's ability to target anyone conducting significant trade in goods, services or technology with North Korea, and to ban them from interacting with the U.S. financial system. "Foreign financial institutions must choose between doing business with the United States or facilitating trade with North Korea or its designated supporters," the order says. It also issues a 180-day ban on vessels and aircraft that have visited North Korea from visiting the United States.
Man accused of disrupting flight found competent for trial HONOLULU (AP) — A Turkish man accused of inflight behavior that prompted bomb-threat procedures and U.S. military fighter jets to escort the American Airlines plane to Hawaii is mentally competent to stand trial and must be detained without bail to protect the community, a federal judge in Honolulu ruled Thursday. Anil Uskanli's attorney, Richard Sing, had requested the mental competency and detention hearing to be closed to the public to protect Uskanli's private mental health information. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth Mansfield initially granted the request. The Associated Press, the Honolulu StarAdvertiser and other media objected to
closing the hearing. "The case against Mr. Uskanli is of significant public interest because it concerns the prosecution of a man whose alleged actions threatened the lives of people aboard an airliner, an incident that made news around the world," said a letter from the AP, urging the judge not to limit the public's right to court access without following proper procedures. Uskanli, 25, tried to get to the front of the plane during the flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu on May 19, according to court documents. Flight and crewmembers feared his laptop contained explosives, said a criminal complaint charging him with interfering with a flight crew.
A flight attendant blocked his path to first class with a drink cart, and he was duct-taped to his seat until the plane landed. The disturbance prompted the Hawaii National Guard to scramble two fighter jets to escort the plane to Honolulu. Uskanli raised other red flags while still at Los Angeles International Airport before the flight took off: He had purchased a ticket at an airline counter in the middle of the night with no luggage and had been arrested after opening a door to a restricted area. A federal judge in Hawaii ordered a mental competency evaluation after his defense attorney requested it.
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In a photo in Monday’s issue of The Daily Eastern News, Deborah Reifsteck was misidentified in the Family Weekend photo gallery. The News regrets the error. The Fall Book Sale by the Booth Library is a one-day sale only. The sale was only held this past Wednesday. The News regrets the error. The Klehm Café’s hours were misidentified in Sept. 19’s picture. It is open for lunch Tuesdays and Thursdays. The News regrets the error.
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Illinois health care exchange rates could rise SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A report from an Illinois agency says residents who buy insurance on the state's health care exchange could see rate increases for the lowest-priced plans by 2018. The state Insurance Department submitted rates to the federal government Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reported. The department's analysis shows the average increases for different levels of plans across the state, breaks down some of the likely increases by county and shows which insurers will offer plans where. It comes after proposed rate increases from insurers were released last month. The rates would jump by 16 to 37 percent, increasing the average cost of the lowest-priced silver plans by 35 percent statewide. The lowest-priced bronze-level plans would increase by 20 percent and that the lowest-priced gold plans would increase by 16 percent. The department generally can't reject or change proposed rates, but it does have the power to try to negotiate them. Residents have acquired health insurance through employers or government programs in recent years. But over 350,000 Illinois residents enrolled in the exchange plans in 2017. Rates will be finalized in October. Consumers will start choosing plans when open enrollment begins Nov. 1.
Chicago woman found dead in gym bathroom BURR RIDGE, Ill. (AP) — The son of a woman found dead in a suburban Chicago health club two days after she entered the facility wants more information about her death. Burr Ridge police say 78-year-old Patricia Austin of Chicago was pronounced dead after being found July 14 in a bathroom stall at Life Time Fitness. Police say her membership card information shows she entered the club July 12. The Cook County medical examiner ruled that she died of natural causes. Austin's son, Terrance Austin, on Wednesday filed a court petition asking for video, maintenance records and other information from Life Time Fitness. Minnesota-based Life Time Fitness spokesman Jason Thunstrom said the club has several thousand members and cleaning staff don't disturb occupied bathroom stalls. He said the company is "terribly saddened" by Austin's death.
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Korean students Hamburger Helper share experiences while in America By Kennedy Nolen Multicultural Reporter | @ KennedyNolenEIU Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a series about international students at Eastern. One South Korean student’s love for baseball made coming to the United States for a degree an easy choice, since the sport is America’s pastime. Senior history major Seonghwan Kim is from the fifth largest metropolis in South Korea, called Daejeon. With a population of 1.5 million, the move from central Korea to a smaller city like Charleston in the Midwest was new, he said. Kim said he has always been interested in Korean baseball and loves to watch different teams play American baseball games. He has been to the newlynamed Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago to see a White Sox versus Cubs game and also to Wrigley Field to see the two teams play each other. Every professional sports team in the U.S. is good, except s o c c e r, K i m joked. Kim has been in the U.S. since Januar y this year and will return to Korea this December. “From baseball, I star ted to become interested in American people and culture. I think the American university system is developed well,” Kim said. At Eastern, Kim is a member of the Korean Student Association, where he met several other Korean students. S u n g Kw a n Pa r k , a j u n i o r political science major from Seoul and the president of the KSA, said there are 22 Korean students at Eastern along with five Korean professors. The KSA gives Korean students the opportunity to meet with one
another, hang out and share their culture with American students, Park said. He said KSA members socialize with Americans to spread their culture, share their language and cook Korean food. This is Park’s fourth semester at Eastern. During his freshman year in the U.S., he stayed with a host family. Something that surprised him about being in Charleston was that everyone had cars. Since he lives in a large city, he said no university students in Seoul have their own cars. Professors in the U.S. are nice, helpful and easy to talk to, Park said. Kim said at first the classes in America were difficult, because in Korea, students only have to complete one exam and have two large assignments. He s a i d h e w a s n o t u s e d t o having multiple assignments worth different amounts. Pa r k s a i d h e c h o s e t o c o m e to the U.S. because the political system is more similar to Korea’s than England’s, and he wanted to -Seonghwan Kim, l e a r n m o r e senior history major a b o u t t h e historical background of American political parties. “A l o t o f p r o f e s s o r s a r o u n d the world come to study at major universities. I admire John F. Kennedy. He was a good president, and Abraham Lincoln,” Park said. During one break from school, Park and couple of his Korean friends went to Las Vegas. It was the first time he gambled. “I spent $60 on a buffet, but it was pretty damn good,” Park said. One thing Park wishes Korea would get is a chain of Jimmy John’s shops. “I really want Jimmy John’s in Korea,” he said.
“From baseball, I started to become interested in American people and culture.”
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Austin Kilgore, a senior applied engineering and technology major, talks to Jim Bosonetta, a senior chemistry major and the president of Phi Kappa Theta. The fraternity was raising money by selling hamburgers and hot dogs in the Library Quad Thursday. The fundraiser is to buy supplies for a volleyball game Phi Kappa Theta will be hosting with Iota Phi Theta to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.
CAA approves changes to 2 minors By Brooke Schwartz Staff Writer | @brookesch_wartz The Council on Academic Affairs updated prerequisites and courses for the communication studies minor and the Africana studies minor on Thursday. The proposals brought before the CAA are faculty-driven, with the first proposal of the meeting being presented by Matthew Gill, a communication studies professor and coordinator of the public relations program. “ Ou r m a j o r has evolved over the last few years, and so we took a few steps back and looked at what we were currently offering as a minor at the time, wondering if we could provide students with something a little bit better,” Gill said. Communication studies majors and minors used to be required to take four core classes, which Gill said was a nice foundation for the major, but not so much for the minor. The faculty in the communication studies department decided it would be more beneficial for those minoring in communication studies to switch out three of those four classes—Argumentation and Critical Thinking, Communi-
cation Research Methods and Applied Communication—for classes that introduce minors to the three major content areas within communication studies: interpersonal communication, organizational communication and mass communication. Gill said this would also work well because the newly added classes would be prerequisites to future upper-level courses, if the students decide to continue with their education in communication studies.
the next proposal to the CAA. Ochwa-Echel proposed that, since the Africana studies major was removed last semester, some of the classes that were associated with the major now be included for minors. This means AFT100G, Introduction to Africana Studies or AFR 2000G, African-American Social Movements, would both be required. AFR 2500, Introduction to Research Methods in Africana Studies, would be replaced with AFR 200G, African-American Social Movements. AFR 4300, Capstone Seminar, would be replaced with AFR 2200, Pan Africanism. The elective HIS 3750, Afri-Matthew Gill, communication studies professor can-American History, would now be under “Students would get a much more well- the concentration in History and Culture. rounded introduction to the area, and All voters also unanimously voted in fathen they can choose to really sort of spe- vor of this proposal. cialize in the thing that they find the most Afterward, the CAA talked about how interesting or the most valuable,” Gill said. to handle classes in the catalog that are “Sort of like our major students do, but not currently being taught. They also disobviously on a much smaller level.” cussed changing the titles of some online Gill also proposed going from 24 re- classes in the business department that quired credits to 21 to make it a more ac- have a face-to-face equivalent but also cost cessible minor. more than their on-campus counterparts. The proposal passed unanimously. James Ochwa-Echel, the coordinator of Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581the Africana studies program, introduced 2812 or bsschwartz@eiu.edu.
“Our major has evolved over the last few years, and so we took a step back and looked at what we were currently offering as a minor at the time, wondering if we could provide students with something a little better.”
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Change is hard...
Students need to start growing up Em Morgan For most students, including myself, coming to college is a huge step in our lives. High school is long gone for us and college can get very overwhelming and scary. For others, it may seem like a breeze. But who is to say what the normal response to change is? You either start to crumble from day one or you thrive, right? Wrong.I believe there is a degree of inbetween that a majority of college-age people are stuck in. This particular degree is what I like to think of as the portion of people who are not quite sure who they are, or who they want to be. They are confined to this “high school” mindset, not fully aware of all their responsibilities. But most kids our age are good at faking-it-til-they-are-making-it. A generation of pretenders, if you will. We will do anything to make it appear that we have our lives together, when in reality, we are still caught up in childish, dramatic behaviors. An A+ example of this concept is the way we were raised on social media. Everyone puts up a false front on media pages, creating the illusion that our lives are all rainbows and butterflies. It is like a competition to see who’s life looks the most interesting. We have grown up with the idea that it is OK to unconsciously mislead our peers through social media. So much so, that it has started to affect us in our everyday lives. We are now under the impression that making assumptions about people is normal, so we hide who we really are in order to make “friends”, and we are pushing aside adult responsibilities because we are too caught up in the excitement of our adolescence. Your parents are not here. No one is going to tell you what your morals are. We all pretend (there’s that word again) like we are each in control of deciding on who we want to be and how people perceive us. Well, look around. Look at all these “in-betweeners” who are influencing you to put up this facade, pressuring you to be someone you are not. From this point forward, I am going to be honest with myself, and I think everyone should do the same. I am overwhelmed and I am still getting the hang of all these new responsibilities. But why should I act like these obligations do not apply to me and give in to immature ways of life? We need to realize that we really are not in total control. We should recognize the fact that these outside pressures are actually making an impact. I am not saying we should not have fun and we should jump right into fullblown adulthood. All I am saying is that we need to let go of all of these teenage-like conducts. So, out with all of the rumors, mind games and hurt. Let us stop lying to each other. Let us start being our true selves. Let us respect each other. High school drama is not relevant anymore. Now is the time to start growing up. Now is not the time to pretend. Emily Morgan can be reached at 581-2812 or efmorgan@eiu.edu.
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Safety should be a priority With the recent school shooting at Mattoon High School, the importance of having safety procedures in place is something that has been brought to the forefront for public consideration. Kent Martin, chief of the University Police Department, said in Sept. 19’s meeting of the Faculty Senate that a program educating the community about the principles of A.L.I.C.E., which covers what to do during an active shooting, should be implemented in some form across campus. The acronym stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. He said the lockdown drills many students are accustomed to originated when LA gangs would drive by and shoot into the windows of schools. “All of us probably remember having the lockdown drills. When something happens lock the door, turn off the lights, be quiet. That was a good practice when the threat was outside the building,” Martin said. “The threat has since moved inside the building and now basically you’re making yourself a sitting duck.” He mentioned the program would take about two and a half hours to complete.
While some may be hesitant to sacrifice that amount of time even if they are free, it is vital faculty and students alike take the time to make sure they are informed of this safety issue. Although education in this matter cannot prevent every tragedy from taking place, it can prepare the public in case such a tragedy does take place, to minimize damages. In fact, people being informed on what to do could even save lives. Mattoon is an integral part of our community. Our student body president, Luke Young, and Derek Pierce, our student body executive vice president, both attended Mattoon High School. They are just a few of the many students and faculty members who are experiencing this tragedy with a personal perspective. Many others not directly affected feel the sting a school shooter so close to our campus brings. As a community, we should show our support in any way we can. It is in situations like these where we can let fear overcome us or show perseverance and try to find what can be learned from this act of violence. Violence of this nature seems senseless, and it is appalling people can be driven to stoop so low
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The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Sean says: It really is a small world Clichés get tossed around all the time— ones like “It’s a small world,” or “It came full circle,” etc. And recently, those two sayings could not be more true. Let us rewind three years back to when I was a freshman. I am a senior now. I pretty much hung with same crew then as I do now. And the bonehead shenanigans were already in full go. I will not take the time to tell all of the shenanigans we pulled, because I do not have enough time or energy to talk about that. One specific instance just came back into light after happening three years ago. My friend Dwight was a Lawson Hall tour guide his freshman year, and by nature, my friend Gary and I, who I have talked about plenty of times, took advantage of that. It is kind of a weird story. So Gary and I were both in the bathroom when we heard Dwight giving a father and son a tour of the building. A high school senior was scouting out the places to live for his freshman year, only months away. A n y w a y, w e h e a r d D w i g h t w a l k i n g around the floor and lucky for us, and unfortunately for Dwight, his room was right across from the bathrooms. Gary and I quickly thought of a way to
Sean Hastings mess with Dwight while he was supposed to be the responsible college kid showing a future Panther what it is like to live in the dorms. We star t screaming, way too loudly, “Dwight, it’s happening again. Help, help, Dwight, please come, it’s happening again.” An obviously confused father and son, probably terrified as to what was happening to the tour guide’s floor mates, curiously asked, “Should you go check on them?” Dwight knew what was going on and immediately responded with “No, they are fine.” He was feeling a little embarrassed as this Eastern visit for this senior took a wild and uncomfortable turn. Dwight never came to help. Because there was obviously nothing
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as to try and terminate others’ lives. With the shooter in custody, it may appear like the issue is resolved, right? However, the educational setting is just a microcosm of society. With political turmoil all around us and people’s trust for one another wearing thin, it can be hard to see anything but chaos. Violence cannot be stopped by stooping to the level of the person responsible for it. However, it may be prevented by people being willing to learn about different views without overreacting with judgement and rage. We cannot stop others from getting impassioned to the point of violence, but we can show support for reason. We can give you, our readers, both sides of the story and let you make informed decisions. To all those affected by the Mattoon High School shooting, we would like to wish you a safe recovery and hope for the safety of all schools to be secure in the future.
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wrong with Gary and I, and nothing was “happening again.” For whatever reason, that was the funniest thing we could come up with on the spot. True comedians. There is no way of knowing every single person on campus, or remembering everyone you meet at the start of your college career, or in this case, your tour guide when you were a senior in high school. Except—it is a small world after all. Just the other day Dwight was talking with co-workers, when a friend of one came and sat with them in the Union. “Hey I know you,” he said. The student, now a few years into his college career, had reunited with his tour guide who gave him the strangest tour possible. And, of course, he has not forgotten that day when two unknown kids screamed in the bathroom for help and that “something was happening again.” He said he and his dad still have a good laugh over that to this day. The kid is a Panther now, just like the rest of us. However, he decided not to live in Lawson his freshman. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
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Alex Hill, a graduate student studying business, talks with Stacey Knight-Davis, head of Library Technology Services, about the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Hill is the vice president of a registered student organization named Spiritual Pluralism. The group handed out free pastries in front of the Doudna Fine Arts Center Thursday afternoon.They celebrate religious holidays by giving out traditional food of various religions and providing a little bit of information to the public about those religions.
ASA to host talent show Saturday By: Travis Moody Contributing Writer | @DEN_News This Saturday marks the annual Eastern's Got Talent show hosted by the African Student Association. 'EIU’s Got Talent' will begin at 6 p.m. in
the McAfee small gym. Student performers will be facing off against each other to prove that they have the most talent at Eastern. A cash prize will be rewarded to the student deemed the winner of the contest. For $3 at the door, students can attend to watch their peers perform on the stage. Ad-
ditionally, for $5, students can purchase a wristband. This will get them into the main event and the afterparty at the end of the competition. Travis Moody can be reached at 581-2812 or tlmoody@eiu.edu.
Illinois court upholds murder conviction SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The use of hearsay testimony to convict former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson in the death of his third wife was proper, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding the conviction. The high court, in a unanimous decision , found that hearsay testimony from Peterson's dead third wife and missing fourth wife did not violate his constitutional right to confront his accusers because of evidence that Peterson killed them to prevent their testimony. The 63-year-old former police sergeant from the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook is serving a 38-year sentence in the 2004 death of ex-wife Kathleen Savio. He'll follow that with 40 more years after a conviction last year on allegations that he plotted to kill the prosecutor who put him behind bars.
Savio's body was found in a dry bathtub in 2004, weeks before a scheduled hearing to determine monetary and child custody issues related to her divorce from Peterson. Her death was initially ruled accidental, but the case was reopened after the 2007 disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson. Savio's body was exhumed, an autopsy was conducted and her death was ruled a homicide. Stacy Peterson is presumed dead, though her body has never been found. Drew Peterson remains a suspect in her disappearance, but he has never been charged. Prosecutors had no physical evidence tying Peterson to Savio's death and no witnesses placing him at the scene, so they relied on hearsay — statements Savio made to family members and in a written statement to police before she died and that Sta-
cy Peterson made to her pastor and a divorce lawyer before she vanished. Hearsay is any information reported by a witness that is not based on the witness' direct knowledge. The Illinois court's ruling, written by Justice Mary Jane Theis, found proper use of hearsay — typically forbidden in criminal proceedings because it can't be challenged — under a legal doctrine of "forfeiture by wrongdoing." "We cannot say that the trial court's finding that the state proved that defendant murdered Kathleen to prevent her from testifying was 'unreasonable, arbitrary, or not based on the evidence presented,'" Theis wrote. Illinois adopted a hearsay law in 2008 tailored to Drew Peterson's case, dubbed "Drew's Law," which assisted in making some of the evidence admissible.
The final reading of a revision to the Board of Trustees’ regulation on audience presentations will take place at its next meeting Friday. The revision plans to revise the current procedure an audience member follows when wanting to speak at a meeting. According to a copy of the proposal, there is a strikethrough in the original procedure that a person follows when wanting to speak to the board. The proposal plans to add that an individual must “contact the Board secretary prior to the beginning of the Board meeting and provide their name and the subject of their comments,” after striking through “on other than current agenda items.” The proposal also eliminates everything else after the added statement, which includes section a through section b, which states, “Persons desiring to address the Board on current agenda items shall submit: (1) their name; (2) phone number and email address; (3) mailing address; (4) name of group represented; and (5) the topic to be addressed to the Board chairperson prior to the time allotted for public comment.” Also on the agenda is a statement on Board Responsibilities for Intercollegiate Athletics. The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
Woman injured by broken bank door awarded $4.5 million WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A DuPage County jury has awarded $4.5 million to an Aurora woman injured when a metal door closer at a suburban Chicago bank detached and struck her in the head. Amy Skinger entered a Wells Fargo branch office in Aurora in 2012 when the door closer detached and knocked her to her knees. Attorney Bradley Cosgrove said in a statement the verdict provides the funds for the lifelong treatment of debilitating injuries Skinger suffered. The jury on Wednesday found Wells Fargo 80 percent at fault and property owner Cannella NY Square LLC 20 percent at fault. An attorney representing the property owner had no comment on the verdict. Wells Fargo spokesman Steve Carlson said the company is disappointed with the jury's finding and is reviewing legal options.
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Women’s soccer team with tough stretch By Dillan Schorfheide Women’s Soccer Reporter | @DEN_Sports Eastern’s women’s soccer team lost its first conference match of the season to Southern Illinois Edwardsville 3-0, one of two losses in the team’s scoreless weekend. With conference matches on Friday and Sunday, the team is trying to find momentum it recently lost. Redshirt senior midfielder/forward Emma Scaro said finding their momentum again is the biggest thing the Panthers need to do for the rest of the season. “Every season has ups and downs, and this week we have been focusing on getting the ball speed back up along with confidence,” Scaro said. Before the winless weekend, the Panthers were on a three-match win streak, scoring 10 goals in that span, that number matching the team’s goal total from last season. But the Panthers came to an abrupt halt in their momentum with a 1-0 loss to Marian Friday on a penalty kick. “I think the focus going into Friday’s game was more about how to perform our best Sunday (against Southern Illinois Edwardsville) and we may have overlooked Marian,” Scaro said. Scaro said that Marian had a lot of numbers to recover on defense, limiting the Panthers’ forward, free movement, something the team had grown used to in previous matches. Against Southern Illinois Ed-
wardsville, Scaro said the team had some offensive chances, but, she said, one of the team’s key defensive players, senior Carrie Caplin, got injured and the team had trouble finding connections getting forward. Because there are two conference matches this weekend, Scaro said there is extra motivation to do well. “We have an opportunity this weekend to gain six points and make a statement in conference,” she said. A statement in the OVC conference would help the team greatly, as the Panthers are one of the three bottom teams in the conference. The first chance for Eastern to make that statement is Friday against Belmont in Tennessee. Belmont is 1-1 in OVC play, earning them a top-five spot in the conference, tied with two other teams. Overall, the Bruins are 5-3-1, a similar record to the 5-4-1 Panthers. Belmont started its conference season unlike Eastern did, with a 3-2 victory over OVC opponent Austin Peay 3-2 Sunday. Both the Bruins and Panthers lost to Valparaiso, the only common opponent between the two teams, but Belmont lost 1-0 to Valpo and Eastern lost 3-2 in overtime. Eastern’s opponent Sunday is the same Austin Peay team Belmont defeated. Austin Peay is 0-1-1 in confer-
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Senior Madi Fisher dribbles past a Fort Wayne player in the Panthers’ 3-2 double overtime win Sept. 8 at Lakeside Field. Eastern continues OVC play this weekend.
ence play, tying Eastern Kentucky before the loss to Belmont. The Panthers historically have had the upper hand against Austin Peay, with an 8-5-2 all-time series lead and a 1-0 victory last year at home.
“Although our non-conference matches have gone very well, for many seasons we’ve been underestimated, and we’re still gonna use that as motivation to make a name for our program in the OVC,” Scaro said.
Eastern’s match Friday starts at 4 p.m., and the match Sunday against Austin Peay starts at 1 p.m. Dillan Schorfheide can be reached at 581-2812 or dtschorfheide@eiu.edu.
Men’s soccer team hosts Omaha Saturday Vince Lovergine Men’s Soccer Reporter| @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s soccer team is back at Lakeside Field Saturday to take on Omaha. This will wrap up Eastern’s mini two-game home-stand, before hitting the road again for a threegame road trip. The last time these two teams met was last year in the Summit League Tournament, where Omaha got the 3-1 win. Omaha has a 7-1 record on the campaign, while it had a six-game
win streak snapped by Northern Illinois in a 1-0 shutout. The Mavericks have not lost a game at home or on the road this year, while their only loss in a neutral match. Omaha has given up only five goals this season, which is one less than Eastern has scored all year. The Mavericks have a positive goal differential, scoring 15 goals through eight matches, while only letting up five. T h e Pa n t h e r s r i d e a t h r e e game losing streak coming into this weekend’s matchup, and in
those three games, Eastern has not scored. Omaha has scored four of their 15 goals in road matches this season, while they have scored 11 goals in home matches this season. Senior goalkeeper Mike Novotny said it will be huge for his team to get a win. “We are playing arguably the best team in the conference, and to get a result against them will be huge going forward for us,” he said. “We need to start off conference the right way.” After letting up two goals in the
loss to Wright State, Novotny still ranks No. 1 in the NCAA in saves with 56, and he also ranks first in minutes played with 890. As a team coming into the weekend, Eastern ranks 11th in the NCAA in save percentage at .862, where Michigan State ranks No. 1. With having the most shots in the game against Wright State, Novotny said it takes the pressure off him. “Puts a little pressure off me and the defense when we are controlling the ball in their half and creating chances,” Novtony said.
Elvir Ibisevic leads the Mavericks in all the major offensive categories, as he leads his team in goals with six, assists with 13 and shots at 21, while 11 of those shots have been on goal. Ibisevic is ranked third in the NCAA with three, and he ranks fifth in the NCAA with his six goals. Eastern and Omaha will be in action Saturday at 11 a.m. at Lakeside Field. Vince Lovergine can be reached at 581-2812 or vplovergine@eiu.edu.
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Panthers looking for more offense By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports The Eastern football team is last in total offense in the Ohio Valley Conference heading into its first OVC game of the season against Southeast Missouri. The Panthers host the Redhawks at 6 p.m. Saturday on O’Brien Field. While the offense has not been able to get clicking through the f i r s t t h re e g a m e s , h a v i n g j u s t 582 yards, redshirt junior Aaron Gooch said the team is confident that they can turn it around this week. It is hard to point the finger at one thing going wrong for the Panthers, but they are close to figuring it out. “We ironed out a few loose ends (this week in practice,)” Gooch said. “I feel like we have a good game plan going into this week.” The last three weeks were nonconference games and had no effect on the Panthers’ OVC record, but moving forward every game is more and more important. “This week is going to show us a lot,” Gooch said. “We have to get back on track on offense, and we feel pretty confident about that.” Overall the Panthers have struggled to protect the quarterback, catch the ball, and essentially
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Redshirt senior quarterback Mitch Kimble throws a pass in the Panthers’ 22-20 win over Indiana State in the season opener. The Panthers host Souteast Missouri for their first OVC game of the season.
move up field where the defense does not have its backs against the wall.
Two plays last week that would have been over 50-yard gains were called back due to penalties. The
offense through three weeks has shown signs of life at times, but Gooch said they have not been
able to be on the same page. “Sometimes the offense is going and we get some bust from the receiver—or vice versa, sometimes the receiver is open and offensive line busts,” Gooch said. “Our main thing is we’ve got to be on one accord. Everybody’s got to be doing their job and to their best ability.” To build on top of the struggling offense, Eastern has given up a score first and has had to play from behind. The Panthers did not score first in their first three games against Indiana State, where they won, No r t h e r n , a n d t h e n l a s t we e k against Illinois State. “We have to get our confidence early,” Gooch said. “Execution is the main thing. When we’re moving the ball, we get more confident as an offense, and we get in a rhythm.” Like Gooch said, this week will show the Panthers a lot. Getting into a hole in the first week will force them to play catch up the rest of the season. This week is a fresh start for the Panthers as they and the Redhawks are both 0-0, and it is a chance to get back on track and iron out what they have to. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Message from EIU Athletics
As a partner in the Coles County Community, Eastern Athletics would like to show its support for the events that unfolded earlier this week at Mattoon High School. As a show of that support, Eastern is donating tickets for this Saturday’s Panthers football game to members of the Mattoon Community. Starting on Friday afternoon, tickets for Saturday’s game against Southeast Missouri will be available free of charge for Mattoon residents to pick up at these area businesses: First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust, Consolidated Communications, Buffalo Wild Wings, Slumberland, Inyart Tire & Auto, BP, Porter Auto Body and Pilson Auto. Tickets will be available while supplies last.
Volleyball begins OVC play Friday on road By Tom O’Connor and Kaitlin Cordes Volleyball Reporters|@DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team will open up conference play Friday and Saturday with a pair of road matches against Murray State and Austin Peay. The team is currently 6-6, but coach Sam Wolinski said this weekend will wipe the slate clean. “We’re 6-6 right now, but the way we look at it is, now, we’re 0-0,” Wolinski said. “It’s a brand new season for all of us in the OVC.” Wolinski said her team will face two tough opponents as they are two of the better teams in the conference. Murray State was the Ohio Valley Conference champion last season, defeating Southern Illinois-Edwardsville for the title. The Panthers, brimming with confidence after sweeping the Indiana State Tournament, defeated both Cal State Fullerton and Indiana State Sept. 16. Wolinski said the Indiana State match was intense, calling it a “grit and grind” matchup. Wolinski said her team should expect similar matches in conference play. “Conference is a grind, and I say that because—you have to be ready ev-
ery night to play whether you’re home or away because there aren’t any ‘give me’s,” Wolinski said. Wolinski said last weekend’s wins were largely due to consistent serves. She added that the wins were team efforts and that even cheers from the bench was a motivating factor for the Panthers. Wolinski said she hopes her squad will bring that same energy into conference play, too. “(Tuesday) in practice, I thought we had a great energy, and that’s everybody. That’s what’s going to help us be successful in OVC play,” Wolinski said. Rachel Giustino and Courtney Radle, the nucleus of the Murray State roster, lead the OVC in kills and assists, respectively. The Racers hope to improve their record to 9-4 on the season, as they anticipate their upcoming match with the Panthers. The Racers won two of their last three matches in the Alabama Crimson-White Tournament. Their only loss in the tournament was to host Alabama (21-25, 15-25, 25-22, 15-25). Austin Peay has, at this juncture of the season, out-paced opponents at both kills and assists. On average, the Governors exceed their competition, with nearly two more kills and assists
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Junior Abby Knight spikes the ball against Belmont defenders in September 2016 at Lantz Arena. The Panthers fell 1-3 in four sets.
per game. Governors’ middle, Ashley Slay, was a candidate for the OVC offensive player of the week. Slay’s 203 kills leads the team for the 2017 season. Wolinski said the veteran leadership on her team will help the squad face
their first OVC competition. “The older ones can really help the newbies because they’ve been through it,” Wolinski said. “There’s a little bit of a different mindset. The focus level definitely increases.” Friday’s match at Murray State be-
gins at 7 p.m. The Panthers will travel to Austin Peay for a 2 p.m. match at the Winfield Dunn Center. Tom O’Connor and Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or densportsdesk@gmail.com.