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Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013
VOL. 98 | ISSUE 75
“TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID”
Speaker elected on experience By Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor | @DEN_News
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Rachael Blosser, a senior health studies major, sings her rendition of Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” during Eastern’s Red Show Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Talent raises money for AIDS awareness By David Mitchell Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union was a glow with red lights shining from the ceiling, along with red rope lights covering the edges of the T-Stage, for the Red Show models to walk on to help raise HIV/AIDS awareness Wednesday. The EIU Red Show raised more than $300 Wednesday, as students ripped the runway in efforts to spread HIV/AIDS awareness and
prevent the spread of the disease Wednesday at the 6th Annual Red Show. One hundred percent of the profits from the Red Show went to Greater Community AIDS Project located in Champaign. Omar Solomon, an admission counselor, hosted the event, opening with a powerful statement. “HIV is not a race issue or an ethnicity issue. It’s not a gender issue or an orientation issue. HIV is a humanitarian issue, it affects us all not just one community,” Solomon said. “The event is called the
Red Show because red is the color of emergency and HIV is a global emergency.” The Red Show can be looked at as a variety show where students come together and creatively express their view on HIV and AIDS through their different talents. There were a total of 10 talents performed throughout the event, which consisted of dancing, spoken word, poetry, guitar playing, singing and stepping. The first act was a dance routine performed by Rhythm and X-tacy to a dance mix consisting of
a combination of slow jams and throwback songs from the ‘90s. The group performed in black leggings, black dress shirt with a red bowtie. Keaira Williams, a junior sociology major and the president of Rhythm and X-tacy, said they chose their outfits because it was a causual setting and they did not want to do too much. “We felt the bowties were the spin because it was different and added creativity,” Williams said.
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A new Student Senate speaker was named in the reelection for the position at their meeting Wednesday. Brandon Goodman, a senior management major, won the reelection against Hannah Edwards, a sophomore business major, and Chris Pickard, a freshman political science major, despite the criticisms towards his experience. In a long-winded discussion on experience, many of the senate members went back and forth to how much merit there is too experience. Reggie Thedford, a junior political science major, said it should not have any effect on the senate member’s vote. Yazmin Rodriguez, a sophomore sociology major, disagreed and said Edwards has seen multiple different senates and what worked and what did not. By the end, the discussion over experience dominated the discussion over who to chose with a roughly 30 minute conversation on the subject. After an oversight from the Student Senate members, Edwards was originally elected at their last meeting against the bylaws. Chris Pickard, a freshman political science major and a candidate for the position, found this out reading through the student government bylaws and noticing a candidate can only be elected with a 51 percent majority of the vote. Edwards won by majority vote in the previous election against Pickard and Goodman. Cecilia Brinker, the director of Student Life, said it was a mistake on both the advisers, including her, and the executive board. She added she expects this will not be a problem. She said the executive board plans to set up a review of the bylaws related to the election before each election, not only for the Student Senate speaker.
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Local radio station to end sixty-year operation By Michael Spencer City Editor | @tmskeeper The only commercial radio station local to Charleston will be closed as early as midnight on Jan. 1, 2014 after nearly 60 years of operation. Citing a lack of financial viability, Randy Miller, the owner of The Miller Media Group, said that he decided to close the book on the WRJM radio station, home to Newstalk 1270 AM and 96.1 FM. The group took over operations in 2011. “After two years, I decided that the station was not financially viable to continue to operate,” said Miller. “It was just a business decision.” The six hours of agriculture news that was simulcast on WRJM’s AM and FM frequencies will be shifted to the media group’s sister station run out of Clinton, Ill. WRJM also broadcast syndicated news reports from CBS Radio News.
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The radio station WRJM Newstalk announced its termination to take place early this January. The station’s last broadcast date is dependent upon the success of Eastern’s football team during playoffs, so the station can continue to cover the team.
The station was not re-sold, but instead will be liquidated and sold off as farmland. Miller declined to offer comment as to why the station was not sold. The Miller Media Group’s Kaskaskia Broadcasting obtained the 1270 AM station in fall of 2011 before beginning
its broadcast at the start of February 1, 2012. WRJM’s repeater frequency 96.1 FM will be passed to Bud Walters, the owner of the Cromwell Group of radio stations based out of Mattoon. The official closing date for the station is subject to change as the owners
have opted to finish their coverage of the Eastern football team’s 2013-2014 FCS playoff run that could finish as late as Jan. 4. The Miller Media Group will continue to operate stations out of Taylorville, Pana, Shelbyville and Clinton, shifting
WRJM’s broadcast material to those sister stations. The station has a lengthy history in the Charleston-Mattoon area. Founded in 1954 by local resident Jack Owen after he suffered an injury while working for a railroad company, WRJM worked continuously to serve the area for 60 years. Miller declined to comment on the history of the business. Eastern and Charleston High School sports found a home on WRJM after Eastern’s WEIU was forced to stop covering the Trojans after the NCAA released a regulation preventing collegiate radio stations from broadcasting prep sports. Area residents took to social media to express remorse and reflect on their own connection with the last local radio station. Michael Spencer can be reached at 581-2812 or at tmspencer2@eiu.edu.