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VOL. 98 | ISSUE 50
“TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID”
BSU provides role models for children By Laura Hamlyn Staff Reporter|@DEN_News
Photos by K atie Smith | The Daily Eastern Ne ws
Above: Junior art major, Hannah Wilson, chases participants of the Zombie 5K as they run through the finish line Saturday at the Panther Trail. Those who did not get “infected” during the run received survivor pins. Top Left: Wilson hunts down two runners. Those who were “infected” during the run recieved buttons upon their completion. Top Middle: Participants of the Zombie Run take their first strides. Volunteers dressed as zombies were stationed throughout the trail and instructed to “infect” the runners by capturing a pink flag fastened to the runners’ waists. Top Right: Marty Yurcheshen, 56-year-old Palentine resident, listens as instructions are given to volunteers before hiding amongst the trees.
‘Undead’ unleashed for zombie run By Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor | @ JJarmonReporter Students and community residents ran for their lives as well as to support awareness for Multiple Sclerosis at the 5K Zombie Run Saturday on the Panther Trail. For the run, participants strived to keep their three flags through the onslaught of volunteer zom-
bies strewn across the Panther Trail while running the three miles. The participants had to keep all three flags by the end of the finish line in order to ensure they would don the “I survived the Zombie 5K” pin. If they failed and lost all of their flags, they would be given the “I got zombified on the Zombie 5K” pin. These zombies showed no weak-
ness when hunting their victims, with many hiding in trees then jumping out when the victims pass like Charlie Davis, an 18-year-old Palatine resident. Davis said he let a couple people pass then rushed for a few children who were running behind. Dylan Doughty, a senior business management major, who ran the 5K, said there was one zombie who jumped out of a tree and
sprinted a roughly 100 meters to try and get Doughty’s flag. These zombies also used tactics such as baiting to ensnare their victims. Daniel Hughes, a freshman economics major, and Austin Sproles, a kinesiology and sports studies major, made sure to focus the attention toward Hughes while Sproles hid behind a tree.
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‘Warbler’ brings home multiple awards By Robert Downen Administration Editor| @DEN_NEWS Staff from the student-run yearbook The Warbler Yearbook was presented multiple awards and honors at a college media workshop last week, including “Best in Show” for 240-page publications.
The awards, offered by the College Media Association, were presented to the Eastern students at the annual National Media Convention in New Orleans. The publication also received first-place praise for its 2012-13 cover, third place for its student life spread and honorable mention for designer pages. Brandyce Gordon, a journal-
ism student and managing editor at The Warbler last year, said while the staff was confident when they arrived in New Orleans, they were surprised to win and place in such a variety of categories. “We haven’t won awards in a pretty long time,” she said. “But I knew we had done a pretty good job when they were using
our publication as examples in different workshops throughout the week. I started to realize we might really have a shot.” G o rd o n s a i d T h e Wa r b l e r has also applied for a Pacemaker award, the highest honor offered by the Associated Collegiate Press.
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At 5-foot-9-inches, it is not difficult to spot Cameron Douglas among kindergarten students, but at Mark Twain Elementary School’s annual Fall Frolic celebrations Friday, Douglas could not have looked more at home. Douglas, a senior clinical laboratory science major and president of the Black Student Union, attended the frolic in his capacity as a mentor with BSU’s “Bridging the Gap” program along with five other Eastern students. “Bridging the Gap” was established in spring 2012 after Terry Diss, the Mark Twain Elementary principal, approached Douglas about creating a program to introduce greater diversity into the school. At the time Douglas was the BSU service affairs chairman. Diss said he felt diversity was something not typical of east central Illinois, but Charleston was an exception because of the presence of Eastern. “We’re fortunate here because of the university,” Diss said. “I think exposing children to positive role models from different races, different cultures and different places only helps them develop that understanding now and as they grow up.” Diss said students look at people differently than adults do. “When students see someone walk in, they don’t see white, black, orange, purple; they see people and I think that’s very important that that’s just how we look at people here,” Diss added. Douglas described the aim of “Bridging the Gap” as trying to “defeat the stereotype of minorities in young children before it has time to grow and become an issue in ones life.” This aim is achieved through a student committing to visiting Mark Twain Elementary for a minimum of one hour every two weeks to assist in areas such as reading, lunch, workshops and events. “We have watched the number of college students involved with the program grow exponentially from the mere ten that started,” Douglas said. The program was expanded at the beginning of fall 2013 to include students from Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, with Douglas hoping to include several more organizations by next year. “Having thirty-plus college students helping out with this gives room for EIU students to go bi-weekly, yet we still fulfill our obligations of having one of EIU’s very own in their building every day,” he said. Douglas said while students choose to become involved in “Bridging the Gap” for a variety of reasons, they gain feelings of happiness, importance and excitement about giving back to the community through doing so. “I’m a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity incorporated and we stand for manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mankind, so this is definitely one of our manly deeds and love for all mankind,” he said. “We have a genuine ethic of wanting to do this.”
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