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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 V O LU M E 9 7 | N o. 1 6
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CHARLESTON, ILL. D A I LY E A S T E R N N E W S . C O M T WIT TER.COM/DEN_NE WS
Today is still important, remember it
Team prepares for conference schedule
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Greeks rep their letters
REO Speedwagon tickets on sale By Samantha McDaniel Daily Editor
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Members of Gamma Chi reveal their sorority affiliation during Sorority Bid Day Monday on the Library Quad while new pledge classes and current sorority members cheer them on. Gamma Chi is an organization composed of members from various sororities who come together in order to inform and asset girls through the rush process. The Gamma Chi have to keep their affiliation hidden from the new Greek recruits in order to avoid a bias during recruitment.
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Career Services offers Mock Interview Day Eastern students should take advantage of practice interview By Robyn Dexter In-depth Editor
As a part of Career Week, Career Services is offering a chance for students to experience the interviewing process in a stressfree environment. The Mock Interview Day, which will last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Career Services Office at the Human Services Building Tuesday, will give students the opportunity to practice their interviewing skills. Debbie Endsley, the recruitment coordinator at Career Services, said the Mock Interview Day is something Career Services does every semester. “We ask recruiters to come in and do the mock interviews with the students,” she said. “They can get that more realistic feel of what it’s like to sit across from a hiring manager.” She said the recruiters will ask the students a variety of questions that they would be asked in a real job-interviewing situation. “The recruiters will give them valuable feedback and advice about their responses and things they could maybe word a little differently, as well as what the recruiters are really looking for when they ask a ques-
“We ask recruiters to come in and do the mock interviews with the students. They can get that more realistic feel of what it’s like to sit across from a hiring manager.” Debbie Endsley, recruitment coordinator at Career Services
tion,” she said. Endsley said the recruiters could also give feedback on body language and other aspects of the interviewing process. “It’s a great way for students to get practice and gain confidence with the interview process instead of just starting off out of the blue,” she said. “It’s good for students to be able to ease their way into it.” After the recruiters give feedback to the students they are interviewing, the students will have the opportunity to ask the recruiter questions they may not have answered. She said the office sends out emails asking for recruiter volunteers, and this year
got a variety to come participate. These include: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Northwestern Mutual, RR Donnelley, Total Quality Logistics and Westville Community Unit School District. “They will see any majors, not just majors specific to their employer,” she said. “They can help anybody.” Endsley said the sessions usually fill up quickly, and reservations are required. The recruiters will work with the students for a 45-minute session. In addition to the Mock Interview Day, the remainder of the week will feature other events to help students further their careers. “Everything this week is leading up to our career fair next week on Sept. 19,” Endsley said. Two résumé blitz sessions will be available to help students with their résumé formats on Thursday and Monday, both from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. “We’ll make sure they’re all ready to go for the job fair,” Endsley said. In addition to the résumé blitz sessions, there will be job fair prep sessions from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 18. The Job Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 19 in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.
REO Speedwagon will be entertaining the attendants of the 2012 Family Weekend on Sept. 29. The Family Weekend Concert will take place at 8 p.m. on Sept. 29 in Lantz Arena. Ceci Brinker, the director of the Student Life Office, said the tickets went on sale to the public on Monday, but the parents have had the opportunity to pre-order tickets for about a month. “We try to give parents a little time to request their tickets,” Brinker said. Brinker said now that parents have had a little more than a month to request tickets, she thought it would be a good time to let the public purchase them. Brinker said there are 3,500 tickets overall for the concert. She said about half of those have been sold. “We are very optimistic that this show will be sold out,” Brinker said. Tickets are available for $27 over the phone or in person at the Ticket Office in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The ticket office will accept cash, checks, Visa or MasterCard. B r i n k e r s a i d R E O Sp e e d w a g o n w a s picked for the concert after random surveys of parents, students and faculty. Brinker said when they narrowed the list of potential performers to five, they looked at the availability and cost. Brinker said REO Speedwagon is from Central Illinois, and she thinks it was a great idea to have them perform this year. “Family Weekend is just such a special weekend on our campus,” Brinker said. “This is the time where Eastern’s family and students’ families come together.” This is the second time REO Speedwagon has performed at Eastern. The first performance was in 2007. Brinker said because they have had them here before, they know what their different technology needs are and will be able to accommodate them better. REO Speedwagon is a rock band made up of five members. Kevin Cronin, lead vocals, guitarist and keyboardist, has been the face of REO Speedwagon for about 40 years. The other members of the band include guitarist Dave Amato, bass guitarist Bruce Hall, keyboardist Neal Doughty, and drummer Bryan Hitt. Brinker said she is excited to see how parents react to the concert. “It’s an opportunity for families, who are familiar with the music, to take a trip down memory lane,” Brinker said. “During our Family Weekend concerts, parents get up and dance.” Brinker said they like to find groups that are liked by all the different generations. “ Their music never gets old,” Brink er said. “There is a new generation of students, college-aged students. Their music has come full circle with who listens to it.” Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.