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Students make dream catchers Perry addresses Feathers, yellow string and colored beads wove through students’ paper webs in the 7th Street Underground for The University Board’s Teach Me Tuesday. Each student at the event received a raffle ticket to be entered in a drawing for a professionally made dream catcher. Khalif Harris, a business administration major, led the activity and helped pass out supplies. Harris said arts and crafts are a way to relieve stress as an alternative to sporting events or going to the library. “Dream catchers are a window to your dreams. They are supposed to keep unwanted spirits away,” Harris said. Harris said people traditionally hang dream catchers outside of their homes as a source of protection. Harris also said the turnout at this session of Teach me Tuesday was pretty good in comparison to others. About 35 students came to make dream catchers. Most students chose feathers, beads and colored pencils to decorate their dream catchers based on their favorites or the color web they were given. Angela Davis, a sociology major, said the craft of making a dream catcher was not something she was used to. She was unaware of how to even start the craft. She chose the colors based off her favorites and went with the flow. After confusion soared through the room about how to start the craft, Darius Francis, a communication studies major and co-leader of the event, encouraged the participants to weave through the web as they saw fit. There were endless options to the patterns that could be made. No dream catcher would look alike. The opening in the middle of the web is where the bad dreams would be caught and spread through the strings, Francis said. Alexandria Hunter, a biological sciences major, said she did not believe in the power of dream catchers, but
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President Bill Perry submitted his response to the Faculty Senate’s resolutions pertaining to Eastern’s Chickfil-A franchise in the form of an email dated Nov. 9. He also addressed his plans for the steering committee for program analysis during the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday. In response to the resolution concerning student workers, which stated that students should be able to opt out of being assigned to work at the restaurant, Perry wrote that the current application process accomplishes this, and dining services would reassign workers who are unhappy with their assignment. Perry also responded to the resolution requesting the creation of a hate and bias-motivated crime policy. He wrote, “I am charging the existing campus violence prevention committee to conduct an analysis of current institutional policies and the existing campus violence prevention plan. The committee will recommend changes necessary for coverage of the issues raised in the resolution.” KRISTEN LE WIS | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Angela Davis, a freshman sociology major, made a dream catcher at the Make Me a Dream Catcher event hosted by the University Board Tuesday. Students made dream catchers using a variety of tools, including beads and feathers.
attended the event to accompany a stressed friend. Art majors Lindsey Phillips and Kirbi Eckerty attended the meditation and spirituality event the previous night and thought making a dream catcher was a good follow-up activity.
Phillips and Eckerty said they had never made dream catchers before and agreed that their purpose was the catch the bad dreams and let the good dreams in. Joanna Leighton can be reached at 581-2812 or jlleighton@eiu.edu.
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High-risk course report helps identify difficulties By Robyn Dexter In-depth Editor
In accordance with Eastern’s partnership with Noel-Levitz, the Committee on Retention Efforts has reported a list of courses that are deemed “high-risk.” Karla Sanders, the co-chairwoman of CORE and executive director for the Center for Academic Support and Assessment, said Eastern uses the definition of a high-risk course that is used nationally for Supplemental Instruction. “A high-risk course is any course in which 30 percent or more students earn a D, F, or withdraw from the course,” she said. “We have reported for departments so that they can determine courses where students could
benefit from tutoring or other academic resources.” According to CORE’s October 2012 newsletter, in Spring 2012, a total of 81 courses matched the highrisk course criteria. The newsletter detailed the number of courses by level, and the committee found that 18 of the classes were general education classes and 21 of the 81 had fewer than 10 students enrolled. Sanders said figuring out the numbers behind the high-risk courses will help professors figure out resources to help their students pass the classes. “Students should expect to work hard academically, but we want to make students aware of the resources to help them succeed,” she said. Students struggling in courses
should talk to their professors if they feel lost in a course, Sanders said. Jennifer Stringfellow, an assistant special education professor and a member of the committee, said the CORE committee is always looking to balance rigor with retention and recruitment. “We want to get students and we want them to stay, but we also want our coursework to stay at a rigorous level,” she said. “What we’ve deemed high-risk courses are the courses where there’s a high percentage of Ds and Fs and those tend to be courses that freshmen and sophomore are taking.” Stringfellow said reporting the courses has to do with the rigor and reputation of Eastern. ACADEMICS, page 5
The final resolution sent to Perry requested a change in Eastern’s contract with Chick-fil-A from an automatic renewal to one in which Eastern can either renegotiate the contract every year or have an open-bid process with multiple vendors. Perry went on to say that Eastern will not be changing Chick-fil-A’s contract, but will have a new evaluation process. “We will enhance our existing customer feedback mechanism for food court restaurants to assess quality, price and service, so that those results can be used in our analysis of contractual relationships in the food court,” Perry said, in the email. He also addressed the steering committee. Perry created the steering committee for program analysis in October to analyze the effectiveness of university programs in order to plan for the budget for the fiscal year 2014. “Their job is to develop a template, not to give budget advice,” Perry said. “Their job is to put together a tool for us to use to work on the budget in the future.” FACULTY SENATE, page 5
STUDENT SENATE
Last senate meeting to be reflective Kate Quill Staff Reporter
The Student Senate will have its final meeting of the semester at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Student Senate Speaker Mitch Gurick, a sophomore business major, said he was pleased with everything the senate was able to accomplish this semester. “We did good work and produced good results,” Gurick said. “It has been a really successful semester.” The accomplishments of each committee will be evaluated at this week’s meeting. Senate members will also discuss the Student Action Team’s Fall Training Day. Jarrod Scherle, the student executive vice president, has a bill on the table regarding travel expenses for the Student Action Team. This group includes Scherle and 10 senate members. “I wanted to bring young (senate members) to teach them how to do this,” Scherle said. The group will travel to Springfield to get a behind the scenes tour about navigating through the capital. Students will also get a chance to see offices.
This tour is scheduled to take place on Nov. 28. Students will leave early in the morning and get back to campus that afternoon. Justine Ryan, the external relations co-chairwoman and senior communication studies major, said she is also planning on sending care packages to soldiers and veterans. These packages will include a letter from a student and an application to Eastern. This would encourage soldiers to continue their education at Eastern and could possibly help Eastern’s enrollment rate. Sara Boro, the secretary for the Fair Trade for Global Justice Committee and second-year graduate student, will also attend this week’s senate meeting. Student Senate will also host Senate Outreach on the Road from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Online elections for Student Senate took place on Monday and Tuesday. “The unofficial results will be announced at the meeting this week,” Gurick said. Official results from re-elections for next semester will be announced on Nov. 28. Kate Quill can be reached at 581-2812 or kmquill@eiu.edu.
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An excavator of the ancient city of Troy joined two Eastern faculty members Tuesday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center to discuss areas of the world and their importance to popular mythologies. Elizabeth Riorden, a professor of architecture at the University of Cincinnati, said she has been helping to excavate and study the remains of the city of Troy since 1988. Riorden delved into the city’s history following its demise, and said modern Greek civilization rose from the ashes of the fallen city. She said there have been many attempts at rebuilding the ancient city — from Troy I to Troy VI. “Will the real Troy please stand up?” she asked jokingly during the presentation. During her 22 years of excavating Troy, Riorden said one of the biggest things she learned came from the expansion of the lower section of Troy. The audience members in the symposium were also the first to hear details of artifacts Riorden recently discovered. She said she had not published her findings yet. Riorden also showed the audiences three-dimensional reconstructions of sections of Troy. The audience could see what Troy looks like currently as well as before its fall. Along with Troy, the other two areas discussed during the “Places of Myth and Memory” symposium were Egypt and Canterbury. Wafeek Wahby, a professor in the School of Technology, spoke about Egypt, a place he said was the birthplace of mythology. Wahby, who is originally from Egypt, said myth began there. “Myths are manmade answers to unanswerable questions,” Wahby said. Wahby also said mythology is important to people because it gives them a sense of memory, as the
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Wafeek Wahby, a professor in the school of technology, raises his hand after asking the audience who all had been to Egypt during the Myth and Memories Symposium in the Lecture Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center Tuesday. When no other hands went up, Wahby joked that he could make up whatever he wanted.
myths are passed down generation to generation. “A loss of memory is a loss of identity,” he said. Wahby pointed to Giza as being a part of Egypt most important to mythology, because of the Great Pyramid of Giza. “Giza is a place charged with a blend of myth, mystery and fact,” Wahby said. However, it is not just Giza that combines myth and fact, as Riorden was quick to point out. She discussed the history of Troy and its famous destruction and how it became interwoven into mythology. “Zeus made a deal with (his wife) Hera,” she said. “To preserve harmony, he let Troy become under siege.” David Raybin, an English professor, said Riorden was able to reflect the history of Troy.
“It’s layered with detail that mirrors Troy’s history,” he said. Raybin was the final speaker at the symposium, focusing on Canterbury, England. He began by giving a reading of the opening lines of “The Canterbury Tales” in the original Old English language. He said most readers welcome a theme of completion, and one of the tragedies of “The Canterbury Tales” is that the characters do not make it to Canterbury. “We want the pilgrims to finish their journey,” he said. Raybin said Canterbury has become a “place of healing.” He referenced stories of people who have traveled to Canterbury and had become cured of ailments such as blindness and a wounded leg. Raybin also said one of the rea-
sons “The Canterbury Tales” has survived for so long is because of the Catholic Church. “In myth, a journey to Canterbury was part of a divine plan,” he said. All three speakers discussed how the areas have become a popular spot for tourists to travel to. “Literary pilgrims travel to (Canterbury) Cathedral, as well as Chaucer’s tomb in Westminster,” Raybin said. The three speakers ended the symposium with questions from the audience. Raybin ended the symposium after he said, “Health, peace and comfort are at the heart of myths.” Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or rggaluski@eiu.edu.
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Students and teachers will present the research they have been working on relating to the many applications of geographic informational systems during an informational fair Wednesday.
The fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Michael Cornebise, the chairman of the geology/geography department, said some cemeteries create electronic maps of their burial plots and keep au-
tomatic records similar to the information available through Google Maps. A geographic informational system integrates hardware, software and data to organize geographic information, but it can be used by a variety of sciences and enterprises, Cornebise said.
He said the fair is also in recognition of National Geography Awareness Week and Geographic Informational Systems Day, which were initiated by National Geographic in 1999 to promote knowledge of geography and applications of technology in society.
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Sandy’s aftermath still ongoing concern for faculty members By Sara Hall Online Editor
Hurricane Sandy may have swept through the East Coast almost two and a half weeks ago, but picking up the pieces from the destruction is far from over, even for some Eastern faculty. When history professor Charles Foy had a routine flight scheduled back to his home in Brooklyn on Nov. 1, he was greeted with a sombrous event: the funeral of a girl he coached in soccer. The girl had died during the destruction from Hurricane Sandy as four trees with trunks 40 inches wide collapsed on her as she was walking her dog just a few blocks down from his own home. “It wasn’t until The (New York) Times wrote an article about her and there was a picture (that I knew), and I said ‘Oh my god, it’s Jessie,’” he said. “I literally had no idea.” Another history professor, Brian Mann, is trying to help his retired parents, whose entire first floor of their home in Oceanside was flooded out by eight-foot waves, forcing them to live out of the second floor of their home — and is becoming increasingly frustrated by the day, as not one person from the government has been out to help their neighborhood. “I call FEMA for my parents...at least two times a day, and I have yet to reach a human being,” he said. “It’s been horrible, totally stressful.” Unprecedented destruction Most of the structural damage occurred in lower Manhattan, Staten Island and The Rockaway Peninsula, Foy said. These areas where the hurricane hit hardest, Mann said. The scene is almost something out of post-apocalyptic movie. Mann said his parents have told him there is still garbage piled up everywhere that’s starting to smell. People are waiting in line for gas anywhere from four to six hours, sometimes even being turned away after they run out. Every neighborhood in the New York area was affected differently, Foy said, with characterizing damage based on each micro environment. In Ditmus Park, Foy’s neighborhood of Brooklyn, no power outages or water damages occurred, and the largest extent of damage came from large trees being knocked down. Foy was greeted from his visit home with minimal property damage — just a broken fence and scattered disarray — but just a few blocks down from him, trees were falling into houses, completely destroying them. Everything on the first floor of Mann’s parents’ home was swept away, leaving them with no power, refrigerated food, transportation or heat — and with no signs of governmental help at all. Mann’s parents have been confined the second floor, wearing layers on layers of thick clothing, not leaving bed,
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pared. “As much as you think something bad is going to happen, you never expect to be quite as bad as this,” he said. Cameron Craig, a geographer and climatologist at Eastern, said another occurrence like Hurricane Sandy in this area is not unlikely if the right weather conditions align. “It’s a rare situation, but it’s not totally impossible,” he said. “There needs to be a different mindset in the way we plan for disasters, and people need to become more aware.” Moving forward, Mann said he hopes Hurricane Sandy is yet another reminder that prior disaster planning is not an option, but a necessity. “I think the whole system is not working. I don’t think this country is prepared for this,” he said. “You would think they would have woken up (from Katrina).” As Foy heads back to Brooklyn this Thursday for Thanksgiving break, he expects to see the bits and pieces add up to a total picture of destruction that will take time to rebuild. “You keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best, but the realistic part of it is that people were hurt and damaged, there’s no doubt about it,” he said. Despite all his frustrations that some things are gone forever, Mann is grateful the most important thing survived: the people. “The most important thing is they’re still here,” he said. “The car can be replaced, the washer and dryer can be replaced, but people can’t replaced.”
A fair will showcase a wide variety of health topics that can help students, faculty and staff maintain a quality lifestyle. The EIU Annual Health Fair, sponsored by the Health Services and Health Education Resource Center, will have games, exhibitors, goodie bags and door prizes. The health fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Recreation Center. Rob McKinney, the peer education and leadership coordinator for HERC, said 70 exhibitors from Charleston and Mattoon will be at “2012: A Health Odyssey.” Each exhibitor will have their own table to talk about their own issue, McKinney said. Exhibitors at the health fair will include organizations such as Complete Nutrition, My Charleston Dentist, the American Cancer Society as well as different student organizations. McKinney said a wide variety of topics will be presented at the fair along with where to find health resources at Eastern and in the Charleston-Mattoon area. Exhibitors plan to discuss topics such as overeating, exercise, sexual health, adequate sleep, smoking, nutrition and alcohol consumption. McKinney said the health fair is a completely student-run event. “Students came up with planning and creating the event,” McKinney said. “It was wonderful.” However, McKinney said students organized the health fair but it is for everyone to come check out. “It’s geared towards anybody on campus,” McKinney said. “We’re hoping 1,500 students and faculty come through the event this year.” McKinney said he hopes faculty and staff will come to the fair as well, even just to receive general information. Besides handing out information, exhibitors at the fair will also be giving out free samples. McKinney said the first 300 people to come to the health fair will receive a gift bag with snacks, water, pamphlets, pens, a T-shirt, coupons and gift cards. Gift cards from local businesses such as Lola’s Naturals, Buffalo Wild Wings, Park Hills Spa and Wellness Center and others will be given out as door prizes. McKinney said he hopes a lot of people come to the health fair because exhibitors will discuss almost every health topic. “No matter what health interests you have, you can find something for you at the health fair,” McKinney said.
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trying to stay warm in the nights where temperatures drop to freezing levels. “To them, it’s like they’re living in a third world country,” he said. Mann’s parents are not out of the norm. A friend of his had to spend $20,000 to get the waterlogged carpets in his home removed to make sure nothing infectious like mold developed. “Just $20,000 — that was his whole life savings, and that’s just the carpet,” he said. “Now he’s waiting on his insurance company to give him the money back, and he doesn’t even know if he’s going to get it at all.” Still, both professors agree the hardest hit areas was the Rockaway Peninsula, the five-block finger-like area of New York sticking out in the water. “You’ve got a real pocket of poverty there, and those people have no power or the resources to say, ‘Oh I’m going to go to a hotel for a night,’” he said. Mann, who grew up in Far Rockaway, agrees that’s where the biggest problems are. “Oceanside was neglected, but these people are really being neglected, and these people are living paycheck to paycheck,” he said. Emotional impact One of the hardest parts about Hurricane Sandy for these professors is the extent to which they’re involved — yet still physically removed from the situation. Foy said having to observe the extent of damage from a distance is a source of distress. “You live here in the Midwest, but your life to some degree is still
out there,” he said. “It’s one of these things you can’t do much about it and unfortunately, here, I’m removed.” Mann said he feels even more helpless because he has no communication with his parents besides a few minutes here and there through spotty cell phone service. Through these conversations, he’s learned the memories his parents have built up in the home they’ve lived in for the past 20 years are gone with no way of ever being replaced. “They’re devastated,” he said. “They were going through the garbage, finding pictures of me as a baby, pictures of their wedding that are waterlogged or have mold on them,” he said. What’s even more concerning for Foy is not getting a response at all. He said after the storm hit, he sent out three emails to a friend from Staten Island he’s known for 30 years, normally known for his quick replies, and has yet to hear a response. “Life could be frenetic right now, or something could be wrong,” he said. Foy said this situation is comparable to September 11 in that some of the effects will not be felt for a while; he expects he will find out information as it it dribbles out to his various circles of friends over time. “I didn’t know how people were affected only until much later who got injured, hurt, killed,” he said. “This is the same kind of thing.” Slow recovery and future disaster prevention Foy said because New York’s experience is episodic at best, even as sporadic as by the decade, it caught many of its residents off guard and unpre-
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New energy Express thanks in person this holiday program will save citizens money Tim Deters
Charleston residents voted yes for the municipal electrical aggregation program on Election Day and joined other municipalities across the state taking part in the program. The program is projected to save Charleston residents 20-28 percent on their electrical bill, said Scott Smith, the city manager in a previous article. Municipal electrical aggregation is “a program where a county or city can negotiate the purchase of their electric supply to its residents and small businesses, according to Section 1-92 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.” The act states only counties and cites that are Ameren Illinois and ComEd service areas can pursue an electrical aggregation program. It is a residential-driven program, but small businesses can take part in the program too. More than 1.3 million users have switched to a retail electrical supplier, according to Plug In Illinois.org. We at The Daily Eastern News are glad Charleston will now be added to the user list. The city of Charleston partnered with many municipalities to come together to purchase the electricity. Scott Smith also said in a previous article that the idea behind partnering with other municipalities is that more municipalities together will have more buying power. The Daily Eastern News congratulates Scott Smith and other Charleston officials on working a project that will save their residents money. The program will not start immediately, but will start once the city goes to bid for the electrical supplier in December. The city first must go to bid and select their supplier. Then by February residents should start to see a decrease in their electrical bill. Students, who are already Ameren customers will automatically be opted into the program and will get to see the benefits of the city’s hard work right away. If students do not wish to be part of the program, they will receive an opt-out waiver in the mail. Though, students, who already signed with an alternative electrical supplier, will not automatically be part of the program. Those students will have to conduct research to see if it would be cheaper to break with their alternative electrical supplier and join with the city’s electrical aggregation program. We at The News encourage students to take an active role in being knowledgeable about the municipal electrical aggregation program and decide if they wish to be part of it. As adults, we have to start taking the initiative in seeing what will save us money and what is in our best interest. Students should call and get estimates from the different electrical suppliers to see what would be in their best interest. We encourage students to take part in this program, but we also encourage students to make sure the program will save them money before jumping in.
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As the next few days pass by, whether they be quick and care-free or grueling and homework-filled, we can all look forward to the upcoming break from classes and work. However, next week is more than just a time to put our textbooks aside and let our minds drift away momentarily from the responsibilities awaiting us back on campus or in the office. Next week is a time to celebrate the love and precious moments we have with the ones we care about most. As well, it is a time to take a step back and recognize all that we are fortunate to have in our lives. Unfortunately, I know that many of us will simply take the time to veg out, play video games, watch movies and eat as much as possible, revelling in the time we have away from classes and the opportunity we have to procrastinate just that much more. Some students, I am sure, will take steps to recognize the importance of the holiday and the many aspects of their lives they are thankful for, but many others will not. As I have scrolled through my newsfeed on Facebook, I have seen promising signs
that my friends and fellow students realize the importance of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Many of their statuses sing the praises of veterans, their parents and other special people in their lives. However, are my friends and fellow students taking the time to actually thank those people they praise in their statuses? I highly doubt so, and I think this is quite unfortunate. Simply writing on your Facebook timeline or tweeting out a sentimental message might do well to express your thanks with friends and followers, but will the World War II veteran in the nursing home see the message? Will your mother, who does not have a Facebook or a Twitter profile, see
the message? Will your professor, who has not friended or followed you, see the message? No. So, instead of using this upcoming break as a chance to veg out, chow down and put your work off, take the time to truly express your thanks. Make the drive to the nursing home and thank your local veterans. Set the time aside to speak with your mother face-toface and thank her for all she has done in your life. Visit your professors in their office and sit down, get to know them better and let them know how much you appreciate the invaluable knowledge they have provided you. Each effort you make to truly express your thanks will make your Thanksgiving break more than just time away from campus. It will be a meaningful and purposefilled experience that will leave both you and the special people in your lives feeling better about yourselves. Tim Deters is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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Aspire for more than just a good job Whether it’s owning their dream house, raising a happy family, or climbing Mount Everest, everyone has their aspirations. There are so many things to do in just too little time, and we must decide what we find to be crucial in leading a fulfilling life. Besides having the general goals of carrying a steady job, financial stability, and raising a family, it’s important for us to have other things to strive for, as life is more than money and possessions. For me, life is about experiences and what I can take away from them. There is hardly anything more suiting than a journey when it comes to a learning experience, and there is one particular journey that I plan to embark on in the near future. What I see as possibly the most fulfilling, liberating, and enlightening experience of my life is to take three to six months out of my life and hike the Appalachian Trail. For those of you who don’t know, the Appalachian Trail is footpath that runs from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine—an approximate 2,184 miles. It draws millions of hikers annually, with some hiking small portions of it and others attempting to hike the trail in its entirety.
Alex Hill I have no experience with long hikes or camping, but that just makes me want to do it even more. Ever since I first read about the Appalachian Trail, it has had a place in my dreams and has remained a minor obsession of mine. I see it as an adventure, an opportunity to get in touch with nature, reality, myself and to meet some amazing folks. It brings people from all walks of life. It would be rewarding for me to talk with these people and hear why they decided to hike the trail. They could be trying to find themselves, their soul mate, lose weight, have fun, or any combination of these. I myself have this idea that if I successfully hike the trail, I will be able to overcome any challenge that I face in life. If I encounter anything that seems impos-
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sible, I will always have that experience to compare it to. It’s not unlikely that I won’t be successful. According to Appalachian Mountain Club at outdoors.org, hiking the trail is typically a multi-month journey and only 20 percent of hikers complete it. Many of these are likely more experienced than myself. However, it is always something I can try multiple times and, even if I fail, it will at the least allow me to know my limits. So far, I haven’t met anyone who also plans to hike the trail and very few seem to know what it is, but I would recommend that anyone look into it, for you may find it as evocative as I do. But the main point of this is that, no matter what future lies ahead of you, make it your future. Make time for the things that will truly make you a happier person and, instead of having a list of things to do before you die, have a list of things to do before you settle down and live. Alex Hill is a freshman English major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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In the last installation the Health Education Resource Center of the Six Pack Series, a representative from Eastern’s will educate students on the issues surrounding alcohol poisoning. The “Alcohol Poisoning” presentation will be given by Maggie Luneburg, the HERC’s Substance Abuse Coordinator. “We’re going to discuss how alcohol affects your body, why students don’t intervene when they should and what they can do when someone is in a situation involving alcohol poisoning,” Luneburg said. The presentation will also detail harm reduction strategies when consuming alcohol. Luneburg said although the presentation is not based on AlcoholEdu, the program all incoming students are required to complete, it will cover some of the same information. “This presentation is really geared to if you’re in a situation and you’re with someone who is experiencing alcohol poisoning, it’ll show you what to do to help instead of letting some-
one go home by themselves,” Luneburg said. The presentation will be given from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Room 1255 of Coleman Hall. “Alcohol Poisoning” is the sixth and last part of the Six Pack Series put on by the HERC. Other sessions have included “Surviving Social Media,” “Myth Busting Alcohol,” “Your Choices, Your Future” and “Sex and Booze.” “There has been a variation in attendance,” Luneburg said. “The largest session had around 100 students and the smallest was probably around 15.” Luneburg said she thinks the presentations have been a success this semester. “Students should come to this last presentation because we’ll talk about how alcohol really affects your body and this one really gives students direct ways that they can help themselves as well as help others,” she said. “It’s going to be very informative.” “Alcohol Poisoning” can also help clear up alcohol myths and misunderstandings, Luneburg said.
ACADEMICS, from page 1 “We want students to know that Eastern is a viable option as a place for students to go for higher education,” she said. Meeting with an instructor oneon-one is the first thing Stringfellow recommends for students struggling in these “high-risk” courses. “We want students to keep their lines of communications open,” she said. “That’s the starting place.” Faculty are also notified through the early alert system in Student Advising. “We strongly encourage students to go seek out the help that is on the university campus,” she said. “It’s about not being content to be inconspicuous.” Stringfellow said she thinks the whole process is part of the integrative learning that is pushed at Eastern.
“Faculty and staff are really striving to get to know their students as people,” she said. “This is part of that, because we’re trying to help those students who are struggling and may not feel very connected.” The Noel-Levitz report lets the university know where the courses stand and what paths Eastern can take to help students, Stringfellow said. “We want to identify early on those students who are struggling and the courses they’re struggling in,” she said. “We’re not trying to weed people out, but we need to maintain certain standards in the coursework we provide.” Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.
As students prepare for Thanksgiving Break, the University Board will offer a Rush Hour program allowing students to get free henna tattoos Wednesday. The program will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Henna, which is a paste made from leaves, is used by many Middle Eastern and African cultures to decorate themselves for religious ceremonies, including weddings. Henna is a temporary tattoo. Danny Turano, a senior sociology major and chair of the UB, said the Rush Hour program series was created a few years ago as a way to give students something to do between classes. “It is for students with a little break between classes and who go through the Union anyway,” Turano said. “It is mainly things that students can take with them, whether it be a caricature, a painting or a henna tattoo.” Turano said the UB chose henna tattoos because it was offered by the company the UB has used for previous events and they thought it would be something students would enjoy. The company brings the artists and the supplies needed for the program. “There is really no meaning behind this particular program,” Turano said. “We just thought it would be fun for students to get one between classes.” Turano said the Rush Hour programs typically get 100 to 200 participants during the four-hour span. He said the turnout differs based on interest in the program, but
that it is typically good because of the extended time and that many students already pass through the Union during the day. This is not the first time the UB has done a program concerning henna, but Turano said in the past it fell under the jurisdiction of the UB cultural arts coordinator, while this semester the event was the project of the special events coordinator. “Last year it was done by cultural arts because they also had a speaker,” Turano said. “This year it is just the tattoos.” The UB special events coordinator, cultural arts coordinator and mainstage coordinator positions remain vacant. Turano said the reasons for vacancies vary, but that it is not a reflection of the UB. “It is time-consuming and some-
times people do not know how to manage their time,” Turano said. “People were falling behind on schoolwork and we don’t want that.” He said he believes the UB members need to focus on being students first and UB members second. Because of the vacancies, Turano and UB vice chairman David Simms, have had to pick up the responsibilities usually delegated to those positions. “It hard work but in the end we’re here to make great programs for students,” Turano said. “David and I wouldn’t be in these positions if we couldn’t handle them, we have a very united board and our graduate assistants help as well.” Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812 or alwywialowski@eiu.edu.
FACULTY SENATE, from page 1 Perry said the criteria for determining how to budget programs in the future includes their internal and external demands, resources used, future opportunities generated and their relevance to the university mission statement. Faculty Senate member Jeffrey Ashley, a political science professor, asked how the programs would be judged fairly if sports programs generated more revenue than certain academic programs. Perry said the committee would use a combination of numerical and narrative data to judge the programs fairly.
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Oindrila Paul, a graduate student studying biological science, draws henna art on the arm of Joy Ignalaga, a junior graphic design student, on Saturday Nov. 13, 2010, at the International Student Festival held at the Lifespan Center located just off of Loxa Road, near Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Service.
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“This template is not an algorithm, but its something we’ll use with good judgment,” he said. Perry said the committee would also consider issues with pension reform, declining state funding and tuition affordability. He said the committee would integrate the “six planks” of the strategic plan, including academic excellence, global competition and changing demographics, emerging technologies, campus and community life, and financial sustainability. William Weber, the vice president for business affairs, said the
committee would have open meetings and post its drafted proposal on the school website. “My pledge is that we’ll have an open, transparent collaborative process which might be used for strategic planning,” Weber said. The committee began data collection in October and plans to continue consulting with campus governance groups through March, draft a report by April, and submit their report to Perry in May. Stephanie Markham can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.
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Easter n’s women’s basketball team managed just nine points in the first half of its season-opening game against Indiana State. The Panthers were held to 4-of-25 shooting from the field in the first half and made just one of their nine first-half free-throw attempts. The Panthers lost to Indiana State, 69-39.
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Easter n’s defense allowed just 31 r ushing yards in the second half against Southeast Missouri. The Redhawks’ rushing attack gashed the Panthers’ defense for 164 rushing yards in the first half , but a strong defensive performance in the second half negated the Redhawks’ running game.
Red-shirt junior wide receiver Erik Lora became the Ohio Valley Conf erence record holder for receiving yards in a single season. Lora now has an FCS-best 1,479 receiving yards, and needs just 233 yards to set the FCS record for receiving yards in a single season.
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Morris Woods, a junior guard, shoots a three-pointer Tuesday in Lantz Arena. The Panthers lost 56-44 against Wright State.
The Eastern men’s basketball team dropped its home-opener to non-conference foe Wright State 56-44 Tuesday at Lantz Arena, although the scoreboard doesn’t appropriately reflect that the game was never in question. The Raiders took a 32-17 lead into halftime, and never relinquished that lead. The Panthers resolved play in the second half still was not enough, as Eastern out-scored Wright State 27-24. “Let’s be honest, the game was never in doubt,” Spoonhour said. “The game got out of hand and we put ourselves there. We put ourselves behind with some mental mistakes and some physical mistakes. The games don’t last long, so you can’t make that many mistakes, even at home.” The loss puts Eastern at 0-2 on the year, while Wright State improves to 2-0 this season. Wright State’s lead reached as high as 21 points, as it saw three players score in double-digits. “In the first half we were just letting them catch it on the wing and get it to their offense,” freshman guard Alex Austin said. Austin said the Panthers made adjustments to take away the wings on defense in the second half, but it wasn’t enough, as they fell short. Austin also said that the Raider defense pressured the Panthers, and as a young team, the Panthers are still trying to adjust to pressure. Eastern was out-rebounded by Wright State 37-24 for the game. The Panthers managed to register only one offensive rebound the entire second half. Spoonhour said that is unacceptable, as they need offensive boards to win in future games. He said that the Panthers need a mentality to go for the ball and make a play when rebounding. “We get into deals where we wait for somebody else to go get it,” Spoonhour said. “The mentality
needs to be you can’t wait on anybody else. You have to make plays. You have to go get it. I think we stand, look and hope sometimes.” Spoonhour said that he is looking for the offense to flow more through sophomore forward Josh Piper. “We have to figure out how to get Josh (Piper) more looks,” Spoonhour said. “He can shoot it and we have to get him looks.” Spoonhour also said, that on top of feeding the ball to piper, the offense must run through senior guard Austin Akers, as fatigue and mentality wore him down as the game went on. “We have to get the ball out of (Austin) Akers’ hands,” the first year head coach said. “He played 37 minutes, and that’s too long to guard the fastest guy on the floor and handle the ball, and then continue to create shots.” Austin picked up where he left off, coming off his Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week performance. The guard scored a team-high 11 points, while shooting 4-of-6 from the field. Austin also tied senior guard Malcolm Herron with five rebounds. Junior Sherman Blanford followed on offense with 10 points, also on 4-of-6 shooting. He added three rebounds and three assists to his stat sheet. The Raiders out-shot the Panthers 42 percent to 37 percent for the game. The Panthers will look to build off their second half performance and defensive effort as they hit the road for three games in as many days. Eastern will compete in the Eastern Michigan Tournament where they will battle host Eastern Michigan, Texas-Pan American and IPFW Nov. 16-18 in Ypsilanti, Mich. Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajacatezone@eiu.edu.
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Players adjusting to Buchanan’s style By Alex McNamee Staff Reporter
The Eastern women’s basketball team had a day off on Tuesday following its one-point loss a g a i n s t Br a d l e y o n Mo n d a y night. Eastern head coach Lee Buchanan said the team would use the day off to rest. “We’ll rest some bodies, rest some minds,” Buchanan said. “We still have to fix some defensive issues – we’re giving up too many points.” Buchanan said the Panthers set out to hold Bradley to less than 60 points Monday, but the Braves ended up winning the game 6665. H a d t h e Pa n t h e r s a c c o m plished the goal, they would’ve beaten Bradley, Buchanan said. Even in the loss, the Panthers played better than they did Fri-
day in the season opener against Indiana State in Terre Haute, Ind. The Panthers were held to 39 points and lost by 30 points. “We did improve,” senior forward Mariah King said. “We just need to put two halves together and get a win.” Sallee isn’t here anymore Following Monday’s loss, Buchanan silenced those who may have expected a smooth transition from former head coach Brady Sallee to his staff. Although he was the associate head coach for Sallee and has been on the staff for the entire careers of everyone on the current roster, Buchanan said he’s not the same coach as his predecessor. “I coach different than my predecessor,” Buchanan said. “(The players) are still trying to learn my coaching style.”
The players are also trying to get used to playing together again, having not played competitive basketball as a team before Friday since March. Add to that, injuries. Players like senior forward Sydney Mitchell are still trying to recover from lingering injuries. Mitchell, a perennial starter, hasn’t started either of the team’s first two games. Mitchell played eight minutes Monday and could be seen on an exercise bike next to the bench between playing stints. Late runs clinch Braves’ win In a game in which the Panthers’ largest lead was six points and Bradley’s seven, a late run to end the first half and another to end the game catapulted the Braves to a victory. After a slow start, the Panthers
led the Braves 32-26 with 4:19 to go in the first half. Bradley ended the half on an 11-0 run to take a lead into the locker room, 37-32. Then, leading 61-56 with 5:18 to go in the game, the Panthers were in good position to come out with a win. But Bradley finished the game on a 10-4 run, clinching the win on Jenny Smith’s two free throws with one second left in the game. Smith scored six of Bradley’s points during the 10-4 run, including four from the free throw line. She finished with just eight points the entire game. The Panthers have a week off before their home game on Monday against San Jose State. They’ll play three games over the Thanksgiving Break – two on the road. Alex McNamee can be reached at 581-2812 or admcnamee@eiu.edu.
Aldo Soto
Swimmers splash into New Era, too Eastern swimming entered a new era after the departure of previous head coach Matt Bos in 2011 when a new young face was given the keys to the car. Former Eastern swimmer Elliott McGill, 25, at the time became the youngest coach in the NCAA and took over after an impressive year by the men’s team. Whether you are an athlete or a coach, you will experience many ups, but certainly many downs during your first year. The year before McGill took over, the men’s team went 7-2 and finished with two secondplace finishes in the Western Kentucky Invitational and Tunica Invitational. McGill’s first year as coach saw the team lose six of its eight meets. During this season, the men also finished fifth out of eight teams in the House of Champions meet, and in the Summit League Championships the team finished second to last. But as a young coach he had a different perspective on the losing record. “Of course we would rather win, but what we focus on is improving our times and getting better after every meet,” McGill said. “We cannot focus on the other team, sometimes we are going to run into faster swimmers and there is nothing we can do about that.” Everyone wants to win all the time, but obviously that’s not possible. What the second-year coach emphasizes to his swimmers is to personal responsibility. There is no greater indicator of this mentality than of his younger brother, senior captain Colin McGill. “I know if I go into the pool and have a bad practice I need to be better, [Coach] doesn’t need to tell me, because I already know,” the senior said. But is it true? Has the team’s times gotten better? As a matter of fact they have. Senior Joe Ciliak was part of the third-place finish of the men’s 200-Medly Relay at the Summit meet, which set a new school-record time of 1:32.27. Ciliak also set a new personal best in the 200-Breast at the Summit meet. He also swam the 10th fastest time for the Panthers in the 50-Free that same year. Senior Michael Bower also improved during McGill’s first year as coach. Bower saw fulltime action this season, and by the end of the year, he recorded three of his top times in the Summit League meet. On the women’s side, Kelli DiCanio, who was a junior at the time received All-Summit League honors and was a part of new school record in the 200-Medly Relay. Another swimmer who improved was Mary Lacine. She bested her previous school-record in the 400-IM at the Summit League meet. Although the win loss record was poor during his first year, McGill has seen many swimmers improve which is most important for him and the team. Both squads have seen limited success in terms of tallies under the “W” column, but with a talented freshman class being led by Kaylee Morris and senior Hailey Foss, the future is bright for Eastern swimming. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.