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Nature center to bring fall fun By Megan Ivey Verge Editor | @DEN_Verge Families can celebrate the first week of October and the turn of fall season with the Douglas Nature Center’s annual Fall Family Fest Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. The event is free to the public. Jennifer Tariq,the education director of the Douglas Hart Nature Center, said the event is in an open house format.

“Most of our activities will run the entire time,” she said. There are scheduled events within the festival, however. Tariq said a big hit from the event is the costume contest. The contest will start at 2:30 p.m. Winners will be selected from the following categories: funniest, most original, nature, best couple/group, best male/female character and best character/makeup. Costumes can be either homemade or store bought. Tariq said although the couple category is typically

brothers and sisters, it is not always the case. “We had a cowgirl and cowboy last year who did not know each other but we put them together,” she said. “They matched perfectly but were complete strangers.” At 3:30 p.m. there will be an event called the “Haystack Hustle.” Much like the play on words from the saying “a needle in a haystack,” children will be divided into age groups and search a pile of hay NATURE, page 1 for prizes.

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who he was, the phone calls and texts stopped. Washington would hardly see them at first, but as they became more comfortable around him, he started to make male friends again. “At the end of the day I’m still me,” Washington said. Aside from being gay, Washington is AfricanAmerican and Portuguese, and with that comes other challenges. He said being himself was never an issue around black women, but the men were always weary in his presence. Washington said many guys would stare at him uncomfortably and assume because he is gay he would possibly make a pass at them. “Just because I like boys, doesn’t mean I like you,” Washington said. Homosexuality has always been present within the black community, but it is a topic that is often swept under the rug and seldom discussed. “(There’s) so much we don’t talk about and it’s destroying our community,” said Yolanda Williams, a Gateway advisor.

By Samantha Middendorf Entertainment Editor | @Samantha_EE The voting for the 2014 Homecoming court will begin 12:01 a.m. Monday and end at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. Each year, Homecoming Week begins when Eastern chooses a king and queen at coronation to represent the school throughout the year. Lori Knoechel, the University Board’s homecoming coordinator, said candidates are chosen by their organizations, including registered student organizations, fraternity and sorority programs, and residence halls. The candidates must go through interviews and an additional voting from the student body done to officially be in the running for king or queen and prince or princess. “These students are the representatives of Eastern Illinois University, and show our school in the brightest light,” Knoechel said. All students, elected by their organizations, must meet a 2.5 GPA requirement, be truthful on their applications and complete an interview with a staff member on campus. The interviews will take place Saturday and Sunday. “These interviews are worth 30 percent of their overall judging,” Knoechel said. “The rest of the candidates percentages are provided by the student voting.” Knoechel also said she encourages every student to vote for who should win the crowns of king, queen, prince and princess. “You should vote because you attend this amazing school, and you want to see it best represented,” she said. “Mostly, you should vote because you are an EIU Panther, and no matter what, Panthers stick together.” Candidates from fraternity programs include Eric Hearling, a Sigma Nu member, Nathan Gayheart, a Phi Kappa Theta member, Mark Galvan, a Sigma Nu member, Mitch Gurick, a Sigma Alpha Epsilon member, Kyle Samas, a Delta Tau Delta member, Alejandro Flores, a Delta Tau Delta member, and Mackenzie Miller, a Sigma Alpha Epsilon member. Some candidates from sorority programs include Erin Kahr, an Alpha Sigma Alpha member, Katie Murphy, a Kappa Delta member, and Abby Howard, an Alpha Sigma Alpha member.

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Jalen Washington, a sophomore accounting major, said he was most concerned with coming out to his family, but found his father to be more accepting than he anticipated.

LGBTQA racial minorities share struggles By Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge Editor’s note: In observance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and Ally History Month, this is the first of two articles profiling people on Eastern’s campus who identify as one of those letters. Looking back, he said he had moments when he hated who he was and would cry wishing it were not true. Jalen Washington, a sophomore accounting major, is openly gay and always knew. “I was born this way, (but) I would fight it off,” Washington said. Washington said he dated women as a “cover,” but when he was in high school he met fellow gay people on a retreat with students in his class, which was an eye-opener. He said he started making friends, dated one and then came out to himself. “This is me,” Washington said. However, he said his biggest concern was his family’s reaction. Washington said his family found out when he was in his room and his father walked

in. He said there was an awkward atmosphere and he had a feeling that was the day they would find out. “Are you attracted to guys?” Washington’s father had asked, and he said he was stunned speechless at the brazen question. “I started crying, and I said yeah,” Washington said. Washington told his father that he was bisexual instead of gay because of the connotation of it being easier. To Washington’s surprise, his father was accepting of him and even made a joke about the situation. He said his brother was the first to know of his orientation, which garnered a couple days of silent treatment, but his brother eventually came around and their relationship became closer. Washington said his mother came home crying and was more upset that he never told her first; however, his grandmother has an issue with his sexuality. “If you can’t accept me you don’t deserve my time,” Washington said. Prior to coming out, Washington had more male friends, but once he declared to everyone

Taylor Hall takes top spot in ROCFest for first time By Luis Martinez Staff Reporter |@DEN_News Those in attendance waited in anticipation as Kadie Peterson, the Resident Hall Association vice president, was about to reveal the overall winner of ROCFest on Thursday. “And finally the winner of ROCFest, Taylor Hall,” Peterson said. Taylor has never won ROCFest, and this year Taylor had placed at least in the top three in almost all the events. Anthony Klaus, a freshman engineering major and Taylor Hall’s RHA representative, reflected on the accomplishment.

“The domination was real, but competition was good,” Klaus said. “There were times where we couldn’t make deadlines, and we had our troubles, but we made it through.” He said Taylor Hall had many participants for ROCFest. “We had a lot of participation during the events; some people participated more than most, but in the end we came out on top,” Klaus said. Peterson also announced that Andrews Hall took second place and Pemberton Hall took third place. Person announced the winners of each of the individual events that occurred during ROCFest.

For the boat relay race, Peterson re vealed the winners of both the judging portion and the actual race. For the judging portion of the event the first-place winners were Andrews Hall participants with Thomas in second place, and Taylor in third. The top three halls for the racing portion were Douglas, Ford and Weller. The winners of the ROCFest windowjudging contest were also revealed. The winners of the contest with interactive windows were Pemberton Hall participants. Taylor Hall came in second and Andrews Hall came in third. The zombie tag event had two sets of

winners, which include longest survivor and the most infected. The top three halls with the most infected were Ford, Taylor, and Pemberton halls in that order. The top halls with the longest survivors of the event were Thomas Hall in first place, Stevenson in second and Taylor in third. The final event was the campus-wide scavenger hunt. First place winner was Taylor Hall. Weller hall came in second, and Andrews Hall came in third place. RHA also announced which halls found the most panther babies.

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Michael Pond-Jones, a guest conductor and graduate student, leads the EIU Concert Band Thursday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Forum to focus on student habits Students talk of balancing social lives and school By Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge Members of the Alpha Phi Alp h a Fr a t e r n i t y a n d De l t a Si g ma Theta Sorority will host a for um talking to students about their partying and study habits at 7 p.m. Monday in the Coleman Hall Auditorium. Cameron Douglas, the pres ident of Alpha Phi Alpha, said he understands students will go out to parties on occasion, but this forum is to help them with tips on how to balance that with coursework effectively. Officially called, “Turn down, for What?” students will be able

“It is possible to go out and have an excellent GPA” -Jalyssa Woodall, events chair for Delta Sigma Theta to learn from a panel of student leaders how to effectively manage their time with studying and nightlife; however, drinking will not be a subject that will be looked at. Ja l y s s a Wo o d a l l , t h e e v e n t s planning chair for Delta Sigma Theta, said they did not want to seem as if they were promoting drinking. “It is possible to go out and have an excellent GPA,” Woodall said. She said the panel would ask the students if they par ty and then flip the script by asking them about their study habits. With midterms around the corner, both Douglas and Woodall

said they knew this would be a great opportunity to inform stud e n t s o n h ow p a r t y i n g e f f e c t s their health, image, time, future and overall education. Resources such as the Writing Center and Student Success Center where student can go for assistance will be talked about. “We want to show both sides of partying and education,” Woodall said. “As much effort as you put into your partying, we want you to put that into your school work.”

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The Council on Academic Affairs examined program reviews for accounting and finance degrees on Thursday. Assistant chair of accounting Denise Smith said the accounting program underwent changes since the last review in 2006. Changes include the inclusion of an accounting minor within the program, which is open only for business majors. Beginning on July 1, 2013, Illinois has included knowledge in business communications and ethics as requirements for those who plan to take the Certified Public Accountant exam. Smith said in order to satisfy the new requirements, two courses were included into the program including business ethics and accounting communications in Spring 2013. She said demand for accounting professionals is expected to continue to grow. “Our high performing students get jobs,” Smith said. The program review states that demand for accounting professionals is expected to grow 13 percent from 2012 to 2022. According to Eastern’s Career Services, more than 90 percent of accounting majors have secured jobs upon graduation. Enrollment changes have also occurred within the accounting program. Smith said enrollment has declined to 14.6 percent between 2006 and 2012 while Eastern decline is at 15.3 percent. “It mirrors the slope of the decline of Eastern’s enrollment but not quite as much,” Smith said. Faculty changes have also occurred since the last review. “Since 2006 we have had seven retirees or departures and five new hires,” she said. Assistant chair of finance Richard Whitaker said the finance program has also included a minor since the last program review. In addition, the finance program is also expected to grow. The review also states demand for finance professionals is expected to grow by 9 percent from 2012 to 2022. Career Services reported that 84 percent of finance graduates are employed upon graduation. The department has also undergone enrollment changes since the last program review. “From 2008 to 2011 we averaged about 205 finance majors,” Whitaker said. “In 2013 enrollment in finance majors had declined to 136.” He said reasons for the decline included adverse publicity in the field of finance during the 2008 to 2009 financial crisis. The finance program also updated their Securities Analysis Center with current technology. Debby Hernandez can be reached at 581-2812 or dhernandez5@eiu.edu

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Mylan Engel, a philosophy professor from Northern Illinois University, spoke to the EIU Philosphy Club in the Lecture Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Thursday. Engel’s talk, “Fishy Reasoning and the Ethics of Eating,” centered around the effects of raising animals for human consumption.

NIU professor advocates for veganism By Stephanie Markham News Editor | @stephm202 What Mylan Engel remembers most about his grandfather’s hog farm is when he was about 8 years old and he first saw piglets being castrated. “It was horrifying,” Engel said. “My cousins were castrating those pigs like they were peeling carrots.” Engel, a philosophy professor at Northern Illinois University, presented his reasons for following a vegan diet based on ethical principles and health reasons Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Lecture Hall. Engel explained his advocacy for veganism by outlining HASK practices, or practices that knowingly harm, inflict suffering on or kill conscious sentient animals “for no good reason.” He said in situations where no other resources are available, killing animals for food is acceptable, but in most situations, plant-based diets are viable options. However, Engel did not always follow

these guidelines; he himself was a hunter until the age of 20. While in graduate school in 1984, Engel participated in competitive long distance running with a friend who was vegetarian. He said he became convinced he could meet all his nutritional needs with a vegetarian diet when he realized his friend was the fittest person he had ever met. “This guy could run circles around me, so I switched to a vegetarian diet,” Engel said. Engel did not become vegan until 1996 when he attended the World Congress for Animals in Washington, D.C. and met animal rights leaders. “Listening to them talk and seeing how healthy and vibrant all these vegans were around me, I realized that the only way I could be consistent with my own values was to give it all up,” Engel said. Engel defended his premises by citing data that suggested humans’ nutritional needs could be met with a plantbased diet.

According to his presentation, the American Dietetic Association and the Dieticians of Canada share the position that vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate and can prevent and treat certain diseases, and well-planned vegan and vegetarian diets are appropriate for all ages. One audience member asked about individual sustainable farming, citing that there were simple, efficient ways to kill animals that are quick and relatively painless. Engel responded that killing animals when other options are available is still wrong because it is depriving the animal of half or more of its life. “If in the middle of the night tonight when you’re sound asleep, I slit your throat and kill you painlessly, would I have harmed you?” Engel asked. Engel also pointed out that vegan diets offer plenty of variety, contrary to what some might think. “But this privilege of having a wide variety of choices, it’s ethically constrained,” Engel said. “The privilege stops

once there’s a victim.” Another audience member asked why eating eggs or milk was ethically wrong if those products were not sentient beings. Engel said 900 million male chicks are grinded alive each year because they are considered byproducts of egg production, and similarly, bull calves are sold for veal and calves in general are taken from their mothers, causing them to grieve. “We’re led to believe by the dairy council that milk, it’s a natural, it does a body good,” Engel said. “But human beings are the only mammalian species that drinks milk past the age of weaning.” Another point of his lecture was that eating fish is unethical as well because studies indicate their intelligence and ability to feel pain, whether they are crushed by the weight of other fish in giant nets, suffocated on the surface, destroyed by the rapid changes in pressure, or kept in bad conditions on fish farms. “Fish typically experience extremely painful deaths at our hands,” he said. “Treating fish in these ways harms them,

causes them to suffer and kills them.” Still, some audience members were not convinced. Gage Dailey, a freshman communication studies major, said he thought working toward better conditions for farm animals would be a better solution than going vegan. “The moral issue seems to be what happens before it dies,” Dailey said. “I don’t see how being a vegan stops them from suffering. I think being a vegan is just kind of ignoring the issue of the fact that the animals are suffering.” Grant Sterling, a philosophy professor, said animal ethics are extremely popular and controversial questions among philosophers. “I think it’s a serious challenge for people who continue to eat meat, and specifically for those who eat fish, for them to say, ‘OK, well how do you justify it in the face of these arguments?’” Sterling said. Stephanie Markham can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.

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Results of ISIS recruiting are very frightening Power is given to those with impressive recruiting abilities. Any group whether it is Student Senate, the Peace Corps, or even a terrorist cell, would be nowhere without an aggressive recruiting campaign. With a successful campaign, organization sizes could multiply quickly. With the right propaganda, terrible people can gain a prominent foothold in society. This is, by far, one of the most worrisome aspects about the future of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, more commonly known as ISIS, because their tactics are working out extremely well. Their recruiting campaign is terrifying because of how much traction it seems to have. Recently, one reported ISIS recruiter, had a Q&A on Ask.fm, a site predominantly visited by teenagers, talking about how normal and potential fun ISIS is a group. His profile tagline stated, “I’m just like you.” ISIS has been synonymous with trying to infect the youth through popular social media like Twitter and Instagram. One tweet sent out by a ISIS recruiter said, “put the chicken wings down n come to Jihad Bro.” They have even Instagramed pictures of ISIS soldiers photoshopped to make it seem like a video game like Call of Duty. While these posts have been taken down not long after they were originally posted, I feel the impact is still being made. These tactics are clearly working, and their recruiting success should be focused on as much as trying to take down the organization. Teenagers are extremely impressionable, and I have no faith that they would not just join because it looked cool. I feel like if someone like Kim Kardashian became the face of ISIS, thousands of idiotic teenagers would follow ISIS and her. The only way I could see us combatting this would be by continually and consistently reporting on the atrocities they commit. As much as I hate seeing extensive coverage on things that do not deserve it like the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, this goes beyond just providing news. It is showing ISIS for who they really are, monsters. Recruiting is a fine art awful people like ISIS seem to have a grasp on. Counter terrorism groups need to make sure to focus on preventing their propaganda from being spread. Terrorism groups should not be considered a cool new fad, which unfortunately seems to be the case. Jarad Jarmon is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-7912 or denopinions@gmail.com

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We need to be more self-aware about parking 12,000—that’s the amount of parking tickets written by the University Police Department last year alone. $480 thousand—that’s roughly the amount of money Eastern made last year of purely off parking tickets. That’s a half-million dollars out-of-pocket for students that is, frankly, relatively unavoidable, and, unfortunately, that trend doesn’t seem to have slowed down this year. In an article published in The Daily Eastern News yesterday, University Police Department Lt. John Hatfill said he’s already written 425 tickets this semester alone, a number he said he’s reached by ticketing roughly 25 vehicles on campus every two hours. That is ridiculous. And while some people may read those numbers and immediately jump to blaming the police department—crying that the sheer substance of that number means the UPD is being too aggressive in their ticket-writing—it is their job, that simple. And while it’s by all means good for the university’s finances to rake in almost a half-million dollars a year in ticketing fines, it also reflects very poorly on Eastern students as a whole.

It’s easy for such fines to pile up—it’s easy to take a $40 fine here, a $20 one there, and brush them off as minor occurrences. But at the end of the day, it’s still money coming out-ofpocket for students, and it’s almost completely unavoidable. Of course, for some students, those fines might not matter— that is, until their parents receive their bill at semester’s end. And considering that those same parents are already shelling out thousands of dollars to educate their children, that’s pretty shameful. With that in mind, Eastern students should make it a priority to not only educate themselves with where exactly they are legally allowed to park, as well as make a concerted effort to avoid taking fines, as easy as it may seem at the time. Doing so would not only alleviate financial burdens for Eastern students, but might also free up Eastern’s police department, enabling them to focus on more important issues. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.

Don’t let crime keep you up at night Sitting near a police scanner can be frightening. Working in a newsroom for an unnecessary number of hours per day, my colleagues and I are normally the first to hear of crimes that occur in the community. Lately, it seems like every day there’s something else. Somebody got robbed. Beaten up. Sexually assaulted. Mowed down and left for dead in the middle of the street. The list goes on. Though, crimes occur everywhere. Charleston is nothing special. However, with all the incidents and emergency alerts occurring lately, I can’t help but begin to shift my perception of how safe I actually am at any given moment—especially when I realize that I routinely cross the same street where a hitand-run happened, and that I live in the same general area that a break-in occurred. I live in an apartment by myself. Before I moved in this year, my mom wouldn’t stop asking me if I was afraid to live alone. I kept telling her I wasn’t. I was too busy fantasizing of all the luxuries that would come with having an entire studio apartment to myself (talking to myself out loud, naked lounging at leisure, etc.) to worry about safety. And honestly, I’m still not scared to be living by myself. Maybe I’m just one of those people with the “It will never happen

Stephanie Markham to me” mentality, in which case, I should be terrified, because I’ve lived enough clichés to know those are the ones who always get it. More so, though, I’m just someone who doesn’t believe in freaking out until it’s absolutely necessary. But that doesn’t mean walking or riding my bike home at night isn’t, at the least, a bit eerie. Certain moments when I’m on my way home after hours, I will look around and think, “Hey, isn’t that where the guy with the gun was on the loose the other day?” or “I wonder which of those buildings was the one that almost got robbed?” I start to imagine where the perpetrators might have hid, or if I will run into anyone who matches the police descriptions. But I know I’m probably just psyching myself out. It’s the moments of extreme quiet, when absolutely nothing is going on and no one is walking past, when I start to

imagine crazy clown killers and axe murderers jumping at me out of nowhere. One of these days, I should put the music from “Halloween” on my iPod and wait for it to come up on shuffle and scare the crap out of myself. On second thought, I’ll probably get jumped if I walk around with my iPod at night. Charleston is a nice, small town with comparatively less crime than other neighborhoods, especially to me, coming from Chicago, but it’s still no “Little House on the Prairie.” That doesn’t mean that Eastern is ruined for me, though, and no, mom, I’m still not scared. Don’t let a little crime scare you away from enjoying your environment here, because the attitudes of everyone will contribute to the collective psyche of the community. Take measures to be safe, by all means, and get to know your friendly neighborhood University Police Department, especially when they are giving you tickets; just don’t let a few bad incidents lead you to believe you are staring in your own horror movie, as entertaining as it may be. Stephanie Markham is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.

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Library to display student research on 1960s media By Stephanie White Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Students taking a journalism history class will present research about media coverage in the ‘60s as part of the Revolutionary Decade: Reflections on the 1960s exhibit in Booth Library. David Bell, one of the organizers, said the students are going to compare and contrast how the stories they researched would have been reported if the events happened today. Senior journalism majors Gina Volk and Katelyn Ifft said the topics they will be talking about were hard to find articles and reports about. Volk’s topic is about the protest that happened during the Miss America pageants. They were not just bra burners like people thought, Volk said. “Everyone went to the boardwalk to protest the pageant and they had a giant freedom trash can and they threw in bras and stuff that represented the actual pageant,” Volk said. They were burning these items as a message to people saying that they are not just a piece of meat and that they have

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rights, which was the start of women’s rights in the ‘60s, Volk said. Ifft’s topic is about four black students in a school who sat at a lunch counter and refused to move when they were asked to do so. They said many people in their class decided to do the moon landing and Woodstock, but the ‘60s were more than that. “We tend to look back on [the ‘60s] with rose colored glasses and we put this filter on it,” Ifft said. “I definitely think that the topics would have gotten more coverage today.” Volk said with the technology of today, like computers and cell phones, there are a lot more places and people who would cover the stories. The three students, Gina Volk, Katelyn Ifft and Danielle Swindle, will be presenting their findings to the student research panel at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Witters Conference Room 4440 at Booth Library. Stephanie White can be reached at 581-2812 or sewhite2@eiu.edu

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Candidates from other RSOs include Stephen Simpson, a student government member, Jacy Samet, an Epsilon Sigma Alpha member, Sarah Gibbens, an Epsilon Sigma Alpha member, Alexis Lambert, a Black Student Union member, Tyler Elliott, a com munication studies major, Phil Krueger, a biology major, Bridget Lee Pazely, a marketing major, Farrah Dean, a BSU member, Brandal Miles, a BSU member, and Brittany Fischer, a Delta

Sigma Theta member. These do not include all of the candidates. The full list will be available Monday at 12:01 a.m. and can be viewed online on the voting website. The coronation will take place a t 7 p. m . Oc t . 2 0 , a t Mc A f e e Gym. Samantha Middendorf can be reached at 581-2812 or semiddendorf@eiu.edu.

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The hall that found the most panther babies was Stevenson. The winning halls of each of these events received a wooden blue paddle, each painted with the pictures that represented the different events of ROCFest. Taylor Hall received the ROC Fest trophy, a blue painted wooden guitar with all of the previous ROC Fest winners written along the neck. Last year’s ROC Fest winner was

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Lawson Hall, whose members passed the guitar over to Taylor Hall members. “It wasn’t really hard to determine this year’s winner,” Peterson said. “We want every hall to win.” RHA also discussed Camp New Hope, an organization that helps those with developmental disabilities. R H A t re a s u re r Ky l e A n d e r son shared some of RHA’s plan for

Williams is a triple minority, as she is an African-American female lesbian. When she was growing up she had no idea that she was gay; she said growing up in a black community did not offer a chance to discuss the topic. “We didn’t talk about gay issues or gay people,” Williams said. She said the first gay people she witnessed were two white gay males walking down the street together in downtown Chicago. Williams said she officially came out to herself when she was 27 and then told her mother through text. She said both her mother and grandmother took it well, which worked for her.

Williams, who came out to many students, faculty and staff members last year during a town hall meeting, said it was unintentional. “I didn’t schedule that, but at the time it needed to be said,” Williams said. Homosexuality within racial-minority communities is a hushed topic with roots within religion because African-Americans are traditionally a highly religious community, Williams said. Williams said some black families now internalize the subject and question their own parenting skills as to how or why their child turned out gay. However, with the internalizing and

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ignoring comes denial. She said it’s always the uncle’s best friend or the aunt’s roommate; they are rarely referred to as the boyfriend or girlfriend. Williams said the issues of denial, religion and family acceptance are all many of the stigmas and challenges of gay racial minorities. She said some must tread carefully walking on the balance and weighing the option of coming out or not. “How do you grow up knowing it’s OK if nobody talks about it?” Williams said. Roberto Hodge can be reached at 581-2812 or rlhodge@eiu.edu.

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Cross country faces nationally ranked teams in Louisville By Aldo Soto Sports Editor | @AldoSoto21 The Eastern women’s and men’s cross country teams are back in action Friday at the Louisville Classic after being off for a little more than three weeks. The men’s race will start first at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Ky. The women’s race begins at 9:15 a.m. Both the Eastern men and women will be competing against nationally ranked opponents. The Eastern women go up against 15 teams that ranked in the top-15 in

their region in a field of 35 schools. The Panthers will race against three top-30 teams ranked in the countr y in No. 16 Wisconsin, No. 23 West Virginia and No. 28 Virginia Tech. The men’s field includes 12 teams that are currently ranked in the top-15 in their respective region. The field includes two nationally ranked teams in No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 23 Eastern Kentucky. A pair of sophomores in Paxson Menard and Riley McInerney has led the Eastern men’s team this season. Menard has posted two

top-10 finishes at the EIU Wa l t C r a w f o r d a n d t h e Bradley Intercollegiate. His best 8K time this season is 25:06.2 at the Bradley meet on Sept. 12. McInerney was seventh in the Panthers last meet at Bradley after an 11thplace finish at the EIU Walt Crawford. Four runners that include three underclassmen lead the women’s team for Eastern. Freshman Maria Baldwin was the top finisher in the first two events for the Panthers, finishing second and third overall at the Eastern meet and the Bradley meet,

respectively. Junior Victoria Quarton has a pair of top-five finishes, while sophomore Emily Brelsfoard has been fourth and sixth in the opening two meets. Fellow sophomore Julie Jones has been the Panthers’ fourth best runner in the first two meets, placing in the top-10 in both events. Both cross country teams will race at the Bradley Classic on Oct. 17 in Peoria, following Friday’s meet. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.

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Rugby team faces unfamiliar opponent By Bob Reynolds Staff Reporter | @BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern rugby team takes on Life University at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Marietta, Ga. L a s t t i m e o u t , t h e Pa n t h e r s picked up their first win of the season over the Tennessee Volunteers 31-17. The Panthers had five different players pick up trys in that game, including three in the first half all by newcomers. In the second half of the Panthers’ win, Kaitlyn Hammock and Carissa Burge picked up trys to seal the victory. Hannah Vieth converted 3-of-5 two-point kick conversions for her best kicking percentage in a game this season. On the season, Vieth is 3-of-8 on kick conversions and made her only attempt at a penalty kick. Graziano said he expects Life to be at the same level as the Wisconsin All-Stars, the team who the Panthers lost to 64-6 in the first game of the season. “From a talent and understanding of the game, they are definitely going to be at that level,” he said. “I do not know that much about them. They are a lot further along than we have anticipated. Some of their scores have been pretty impressive where they have been up into the 70’s. They have obviously figured it out already and we need to play our best game of the year.” O f t h e Pa n t h e r s f i r s t t h r e e games, each game they have scored more points than the previous game. The first game they scored five, then 24, then 31 and Graziano said the team has made some nice progress over that time span.

Sh e h a d a g re a t p r a c t i c e o n Tuesday, where nobody wanted to tackle her.” Graziano said one of his keys to victory on Saturday is to play his fringe defense a lot better than they did against Tennessee. “Because Life is scoring so many points, that means they are playing a wide-open athletic running style,” he said. “We are definitely going to have to tackle better in the open field than we did against Tennessee and we have to capitalize on the mistakes that are made.” The confidence is riding high with the Panthers heading into the game, due to the fact that they got their first win against Tennessee. “You’ve got to believe what you are doing out their works,” he said. “The only way to prove it to yourself is by getting a win. We can certainly look at our flaws on the video, but we did some good things we have to continue to build upon. We will be able to tell in the first 15 or 20 minutes where that will be.”

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Sophomore center Kaitlyn Hammock grabs an opponent during a game on Saturday against Tennessee at Lakeside Field. The Panthers beat the Volunteers 31-17 to improve to 1-2 on the season.

“We are making nice progress from an individual standpoint,” he said. “We just have not put the entire team package together yet. We are optimistic that is going to show up on Saturday.”

One of those newcomers that scored in the Tennessee game was Deairelle Ivy, who scored her first try of the season. In the game against Tennessee, Graziano said that was the first

time he gave Ivy the ball to create some offense, and it paid off. “We have plans to give her the ball a lot more,” he said. “ We think she is incredibly difficult to tackle.

Injury notes From a health standpoint, all the Panthers are going to play in the game, besides Katlyn Gibson, who was injured on a non-contact play when she dove across the goal-line and scored the Panthers first try last Saturday and was carted off the field with a knee injury. Graziano said Gibson’s MRI will be on Monday to determine what the injury is, but he feels optimistic it is nothing serious due to what he and the athletic trainers saw on the film. Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.

Men’s soccer prepares for conference home opener By Mark Shanahan Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s soccer team hosts defending Summit League champion Denver at 3 p.m. Saturday at Lakeside Field, marking the Panthers’ conference home opener. Denver is coached by Bobby Muuss, who is in his eighth season with the program. The Pioneers are 6-3 after winning their Summit League-opener 4-0 over Oral Roberts Saturday at home, which was their 12th straight home victory. Muuss led Denver to a 13-win season last year breaking the Division I school record for the most wins in a season. Denver was undefeated in conference play, winning six of their 13 games against Summit League teams. Denver also broke Division I records in shutouts, (11) consecutive shutouts, (five) consecutive scoreless minutes, (584) consecutive wins (eight) and consecutive unbeaten matches (15). Muuss was named Coach of the year. Denver beat Eastern 2-0 last

“The biggest key to beating Denver is matching their intensity and taking the game to them.” -Eastern head coach Mark Hansen year, winning the first meeting between both teams. Despite its 6-3 record this season, Denver is 0-2 on the road, w i t h l o s s e s a g a i n s t Sa n Di e g o State and Utah Valley. Eastern head coach Mark Hansen said the Panthers are looking forward to finally playing a home game after four straight road games. “ The biggest key to beating Denver is matching their intensity and taking the game to them,” he said. “There is a reason they are the top team in conference and they have a target on their back but we’ve been on the road for the last three weeks, four games in a row, so we’re excited to get home and to try and get started on a winning streak here starting with Denver on Saturday.” Senior goalkeeper for Denver, Oliver Brown, had an off-season surgery on his shoulder but has shown no effects of it in the five games he has played this year with

the record of 4-1 and two shutouts. He w a s n a m e d t h e Su m m i t League Goalkeeper of the Year last season and made the All-Summit League first team. Red-shirt senior Chris Boswell transferred to Eastern from Denver after his freshman year there in 2010. He has played in all eight games this year for the Panthers. Boswell was familiar with the University of Denver coming out of high school since he lived there for two years, when he was in fifth and sixth grade. “I had heard of the University of Denver and they were definitely one of my top choices coming out of high school,” Boswell said. “I went on an official visit there and loved it and the assistant coach came to one of my games and liked what he saw so I decided to go there.” The decision to transfer to Eastern came from the amount of

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playing time he was getting with the Pioneers. “I loved Denver when I was there, it was beautiful, the campus was great and I loved all my friends there, but the soccer didn’t work out in terms of playing,” he said. “I decided to leave because I wanted to play.” Although Boswell has been away from Denver since 2010, he still carries some close ties from his previous school. “I still have some really good friends that I still talk to today, Cole Chapleski, he’s working for them as the director of operations for the team now because he graduated last year,” he said. “He’s one of my best friend’s to this day.” In 2 0 1 1 a n d 2 0 1 2 , B o s w e l l was awarded the Summit League Fall Academic Honor Roll and in 2012-13 year he won the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence. “You just have to be on top of things pretty much, just putting

in effort and really what it is for me is that I am enjoying what I’m doing academically,” he said. “I was an electronic media major, I graduated last May and I just really enjoy all the video productions I was doing so it wasn’t hard to give my full effort in class and go to class because I just enjoyed it.” Boswell is currently a graduate student at Eastern. “Right now I’m in graduate school for computer technology, so my plan is to work for a video production company,” he said. “Something like Go Pro or Nike and make commercials and things like that.” Coming to Eastern brought Boswell back the excitement of soccer after minimal playing time at Denver. “Coming to EIU, I got my enjoyment factor back,” Boswell said. “I just started enjoying soccer and enjoying playing and this game coming up Saturday against my former team is going to be really exciting. Win or lose its just going to be great to be on the field against them.” Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.

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Women’s soccer team hopes for repeat By Dominic Renzetti Assistant Sports Editor | @domrenzetti The Eastern women’s soccer team is coming off a 0-2 start in the Ohio Valley Conference, but is hoping to get the ball rolling again on Friday against an opponent it upset last year. The Panthers take on Belmont at 3 p.m. Friday at Lakeside Field in a rematch of what was Eastern’s first OVC win of the season in 2013. Eastern beat Belmont 1-0 in overtime on Sept. 27, 2013, off a corner kick from Molly Hawkins. Eastern scored just twice in nine matches before Belmont last season. Senior defender Allie Lakie remembers what it was like to get the team’s first win of the season. “I remember we had a really hard time scoring last season and when we got that goal and the feeling we felt on the bench or on the field when the win came,” she said. “Hopefully we can remember that game from last year and try and pull the win this year.” Belmont enters the weekend after drawing in its first two OVC matches last week against Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky. “They’re really dynamic,” Eastern head coach Jason Cherry said. “They play inside-out and then try to come in at you. They have some good, dynamic forwards that are good one-v-one, so we’re going to have to be aware of that.” Despite the loss, Belmont out-shot Eastern 24-7 in last season’s matchup. Then-goalkeeper Cortney Jerzy made 14 saves that day, keeping the Bruins out of the net and giving the Panthers the win. The Panthers will be without Jerzy, who has been out all season, and red-shirt sophomore Kylie Morgan this week, as Morgan continues to recover from an injured shoulder. Junior Emily Hinton will again be in goal after giving up four goals against Southeast Missouri and three against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. “If we work together I think we can be successful, but we’ll just have to watch their forwards and not give them time on the ball,” Cherry said. Standout freshman forward Belicia Mendiola leads Belmont with five goals this season. Sophomore Meg Howard and senior Taylor Smith have both started every match for the Bruins this season and each has one goal. The Panthers are home again on Sunday, taking on Austin Peay at 1 p.m. at Lakeside Field.

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Sophomore forward Gabby Charles maneuvers around an opponent in a match against Southeast Missouri on Friday at Lakeside Field. The Panthers lost to SEMO 4-0.

The Governors, who beat the Panthers last season 3-0, are a different looking team this season, having lost their two Colombian national players, Tatiana and Natalia Ariza. The Ariza’s signed with the Houston Aces of the Women’s Premier Soccer League in March. Despite losing two powers, Cherry said Austin Peay is still a good team.

Another international player, Gina Fabbro, of British Columbia, currently leads the team with three goals. Cherry said Austin Peay plays like a lot of other teams in the OVC – in a 4-3-3, wide, and tries to stretch out its opponents. “I think they’ll do that and try to isolate and try to win the one-v-one matchup,” he said. “I

think for us to be successful, we have to do a better job with the one-v-one matchups with both teams. If we can do that, I think we’ll have a good weekend.” Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.

Panther volleyball welcomes Bruins Saturday By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 The Eastern volleyball team will host its second of four straight Ohio Valley Conference home matches, starting at 2 p.m. Saturday in Lantz Arena against Belmont. The Bruins come in with a record of 6-10 and 2-1 in OVC play, while the Panthers are now 7-9 and 1-2 in OVC play, following their win over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Wednesday. T h e f o u r - s e t w i n ov e r t h e C o u g a r s snapped a three-match losing streak for the Panthers, but now Eastern coach Kate Price is focused on a young, talented Belmont team. “Belmont’s a good team, they’re young, going to get after it and have had a couple of good wins,” Price said. “It’s a matter of us making sure that we’re addressing certain areas of our game and making sure we’re working hard just like every other match we play.” Despite their below .500 record, the Bruins have won big matches this year, including a five-set victory over Atlantic Coast Conference member Virginia Tech. The Bruins come in with a two-match winning streak, following OVC victories over Morehead State and Tennessee State. The Bruins lost their conference opener at home against Eastern Kentucky.

"Our home crowd shows great energy and great atmosphere." Kate Price, head coach The Tennessee State victory was their first road-win of the season for the Bruins as well. Belmont has three attackers that have scored more than 100 points this year, including Jocelyn Youngdahl, Ariana Person and Scarlet Gable. The freshman Person leads that trio with 157 kills. The Panthers’ front line also has a trio that has scored more than 100 points, including Chelsea Lee, Abby Saalfrank and Allie Hueston. Saalfrank leads that trio with 200 kills, followed by Lee with 191. Eastern is currently second in kills and kills per game, with 857 overall and 13.39 per set. They Panthers will be put to the test on Saturday, facing Belmont, which ranks second in opponents hitting percentage, and blocks. Eastern currently leads the OVC in assists, with 797. Setter Marah Bradbury has accounted for

624 of those assist for the Panthers. L e e p a c e d t h e Pa n t h e r s i n k i l l s o n Wednesday, with 13, in a match that saw the Panthers take the first two sets, lose the third and win the deciding fourth set to win the match. Price said after the win that her team seemed timid heading into the third set, which is something that can’t happen during a home match. “We need to show more confidence, especially on our home court and not be timid,” Price said. The Panthers have not lost a home match in two years. “Our home crowd shows great energy and great atmosphere,” said Eastern middle hitter Josie Winner. “It was an amazing home opener Wednesday and I hope that continues.” Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.

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Another Dead Cover Band to bring back the Grateful Dead By Kara Baker Staff Reporter| @DEN_Verge Grateful Dead fans should rejoice this Saturday when Another Dead Cover Band performs at Macs’ Uptowner, 623 Monroe Ave. The show starts at 9 p.m. and the cover is $3. Steven Kaufman, vocalist and keyboardist for the band, said he delights in spreading the music of the Grateful Dead. “The Grateful Dead had a huge cultural impact on America,” Kaufman said. “Their music has touched so many lives.” The Grateful Dead began releasing albums in 1967 and, through heavy touring and popular performances, soon developed a large following. The band is associated closely with the emergence of the hippie culture, although their music included many styles, spanning genres. They disbanded when front man Jerry Garcia died in 1995. Kaufman said Grateful Dead songs are fun to play because they span so many genres and generations. “The Grateful Dead was the first jam band,” he said. “They have songs that vary from old blues and bluegrass standards, to the rock of the 1950s and 1960s and on into phychedelia.” Another Dead Cover Band does not perform any originals. Instead, they give the audience a jam-packed

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Grateful Dead show. “We have a lot of love for the music that they brought to America and the world, and we just want to keep it alive,” Kaufman said. Audience members can expect Another Dead Cover Band to cover a wide variety of Grateful Dead songs, touching on Deadhead favorites. Yet, Another Dead Cover Band fans will notice that the band has

developed a new sound. Saturday’s performance is the first time Another Dead Cover Band will be performing at Macs’ Uptowner with their new guitarist, Blake Bledsoe, who joined the band in July. Kaufman said Bledsoe is bluesier than their old guitarist. “He has changed the direction of the band a lot,” said Kaufman. “We’ve gotten more into the roots

of the original Grateful Dead.” Hailing from Carbondale, Another Dead Cover Band has been entertaining Midwest Deadheads since 2010. Along with Kaufman and Bledsoe, the band consists of vocalist and bassist Nathan Blew and drummer Stephen Byrd. Another Dead Cover Band is not currently on tour. Kaufman said they are playing at Macs’ Uptowner

simply to “put on a great show, mingle and have fun.” Kaufman said he enjoys performing at Macs’ Uptowner. “It is a great place that is keeping live music alive, “ he said. “It’s always full of great people and good times.” Kara Baker can be reached at 581-2812 or at kabaker@eiu.edu.

that help carry out the event,” she said. Inside, families can taste the variety of a fall staple food item: apples. There will be candy apples to decorate, as well as apple cider. Tariq said they will also provide a campfire for roasting marshmallows. “It’s supposed to be a little chilly that day,” she said. “People can use the fire to roast marshmallows or to just warm up.” The Fall Family Fest has been going on for over 15 years, and normally sees 300 to 400 people each year. Tariq said the Fall Family Fest is one to show thanks toward the community. “It's our giveback to the community for them to come out and enjoy themselves,” she said. “We want to thank them for supporting us.” Megan Ivey can be reached at 581-2812 or at mkivey@eiu.edu.

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Foundation raises money with variety show, auction By Megan Ivey Verge Editor|@DEN_Verge Charleston Excellence in Education foundation members, teachers, alumni and community members come together to raise money for and recognize the successes of the Charleston Unit District One with the variety show “The Homecoming Happening.” “The Homecoming Happening” will take place 8 p.m. Saturday in the Dvorak Concer t Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $50 and are on sale at the school district office, located at 410 West Polk St. The event will comprise of a silent auction at 7 p.m., a variety of entertainment at 8 p.m. and a closing activity at 9:15 p.m. The EEF supports school district by creating an endowment fund for teachers and the school district. Mo n e y r a i s e d g o e s t o w a rd projects such as technology advancements in the classroom, new curriculum and musical instruments. Tina Winings, the program director and retired teacher, said the money raised brings many opportunities to the children. “I am a former teacher,” she said. “I can attest to the fact that it really helps tremendously when you can get extra help to buy materials for the classroom that the district could not afford. Those enrichment items help further education so much.” Jeanne Dau, the president of EEF, said there is something for

everyone when it comes to the silent auction. “We have little things and big things” she said. “So everyone can come and find something.” Dau said there are some noteworthy items, such as a signed football from former NFL player Tim Baker and an original “Edgar for State Representative” sign. Jim Edgar, a former governor of Illinois, is also a Charleston alum who will be attending the event. “He (Edgar) is going to be there, and I bet he would sign that, making its worth something interesting,” Dau said. Other entry items include a birthday party with reptiles from the Eastern Biological Sciences department and music entertainment acts. The entertainment comes full circle when the Charleston High S c h o o l a c a p e l l a g ro u p Ma x i mum Forte performs. “Last year we bought a sound system for our acapella group,” Winings said. “Its a great group of kids. We thought it would be a great way to start to the event b e c a u s e t h e d i r e c t o r Ju l i a n e Sharp won a grant for the foundation and was able to get a new sound system for their traveling shows.” In addition to Maximum Forte, there will be a musical medley from alumni and a parody from Charleston Unit District One teachers. “The paradoy is called ‘Twas the Week of CHS Homecoming,’” Winings said. “It will feature little tidbits from the lively careers of our nominees.” Edgar as well as over a dozen

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"The Homecoming Happening" will take place 8 p.m. Saturday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of Doudna Fine Arts Center. The event will comprise of a silent auction, a variety of entertainment and a closing activity.

other notable alums and leaders will be recognized for their successes by being named The Happening Homecoming nominees. “ We h a ve a l o t o f s u c c e s s ful alums, in all different categories. People are in politics, spor ts, and local businesses,” Winngs said. As part of the close to the e ve n i n g , a t t e n d e e s c a n s p e a k t h e i r vo i c e by p o s t i n g s t i c k y notes on a provided wall. “This gives people a chance to write what they love about the

Charleston schools,” Winnings said. “They can also offer suggestions. We want some community feedback.” Winnings said they are still determining the continuation of this event. “We have not decided if this event will be an annual or biannual event,” she said. “But as we were going through potential nominees we thought there are so many others we could be honoring as well. Sadly, you can only honor so many people at

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one time.” Dau said she hopes the event will bring community members together. “This is the first time we are doing this show, and we wanted to create something different,” she said. “A lot of people have wonderful memories here and we wanted to honor the successful alums we have.”

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10.3.2014

Gaelic Storm brings wave of Celtic tradition By Margorie Clemente Staff Reporter|@DEN_Verge With 10 albums and almost 3,000 live shows, Gaelic Storm, a talented, multicultural group of individuals have indeed come rolling in like a storm of modern musical twists within classic Celtic music. Their most recent album, “The Boathouse,” was released in 2013. The album artwork speaks for itself. It depicts a grainy, brown and white view of a small body of water that overlooks a rather desert-like stretch of land—the essence of rural life and distant travels. While the band sticks to very Irish roots, their style is innovative and fresh. The talents of each band member are highlighted in nearly every song on this album. Band members, Pete Purvis and Kiana Webber, do not render the overbearing, whinnying cries of the bagpipes or the sentimental drones of the violin. Webber is a fiery fiddler and can get anyone’s foot unconsciously tapping along. Purvis on the bagpipes makes even a nonIrish’s blood bubble with excitement. Ryan Lacey on the drums truly brings forth very back country, Irish roots in songs like “My Son John”; the percussive sounds portray a very green, more rustic tone. Other pieces like “Whiskey Johnny” are a celebration of the loosening of one’s inhibitions—it’s comical and joyous and, let’s face it, an honest-to-goodness pub tune. The fast slurs in the single bow stroke of Webber’s violin in harmony with Purvis’ bagpipes really get a rise out of fans. Steve Twigger’s driving guitar thrums with vivacity,

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accompanying the vocalist, Patrick Murphy. Their polished and hearty vocals reveal a sense of unity and togetherness—like listening to a roaring sea of Gaelic Storm fans chanting out the lyrics. Both “Essequibo River” and “Cape Cod Girls” are not as rugged or fast-paced as other pieces on the album, but they are true songs of those who venture—they are songs of the summer, grassskirts, hammocks, and cool drinks in hand. The band cleverly illustrates their vivid reimagining of shanties and classic sailor songs with im-

agery in old lyrics that share with us a coy and playful description of foreign, historic lands inhabited by enticing women. Gaelic Storm’s adoption of classic Irish lullabies and pub songs is executed craftily and with grace. More solemn songs like “Watery Grave” and “Liverpool Judies” ring with a pastoral nature followed by the mysticism of whispering wind instruments and the lengthy violin solo to accompany the typical, sprightly cadence of Irish folk/dance music. The Intro of “Down to Old

Maui” starts off with a warm, waning guitar—one you typically hear after the waves beneath a surfer have settled and the sun beings to set, or maybe the soundtrack to an evening on a cruise. The tom-toms hold a main beat and provide an almost tropical mood. Finally, things are spiced up with a little bit of Irish flavor as soon as the bagpipes come chiming in once more for a brilliant solo. Gaelic Storm has an innate gift of lively story-telling, even in instrumental breaks. The album is both a wistful and blissful meditation of sa-

voring life. And the perfect setting that Gaelic Storm has chosen for this kind of meditation was a boathouse. They tell stories of togetherness, longing, and Australia-bound travelers looking for exotic girls and spicy, wild-night pub stories to sing. These musical, Irish ventures are the heart of the album. Gaelic Storm and Celtic music fans will not be disappointed as they embark on this enchanting journey with their favorite band. By Margorie Clemente, a senior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812

'Chef': One of the most surprising comedies Bobby Galuski Editor-in-Chief The film “Chef ” sizzles from start to finish as it takes us on a road trip across America in the most unlikely of vehicles — a food truck. Carl Casper (Jon Favreau; “Iron Man”), a professional — albeit unhappy — chef works at one of the most upscale restaurants in Los Angeles. That is, until a food critic (Oliver Platt; “Frost/Nixon”) bashes his food, sending Casper into a very public tirade that costs

him his job. Forced to confront his own insecurities and failures in his personal life, Casper begins a nation-wide exploration in a food truck with his son Percy (Emjay Anthony) and friend Martin (John Leguizamo; “Carlito’s Way”). Every bit of this comedy blends together in order to bring the audience one of the best cooked films of the year. With writer-director-and-producer Favreau at the helm, he proves he can make the transition from big budget blockbusters like “Iron Man” to “Chef ” with relative ease. Before he became known as the director of the film that shot off the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “Iron Man,” Favreau had written some smaller-budget comedies, including “Swingers” starring himself

and Vince Vaughn. “Chef ” definitely aligns itself more with “Swingers” than “Iron Man,” both in the budget and the more intimate character development the audience gets. Watching Casper go from an angry, demoralized chef to a happy food truck worker, it resonates with the theme of not knowing what you really want out of the world. And while the script and direction are solid, it is really the casting that takes the cake. Bottom line is Favreau has surrounded himself with Hollywood’s best and up-andcoming. Leguizamo gives a great performance as Casper’s loyal best friend who accompanies him on this voyage of self-exploration. Hitting every cue and ev-

ery joke — in particular when he first arrives in Miami and helps Favreau speak the local language, the chemistry between the two elevates the film to five-star quality. As for his ex-wife Inez (Sofia Vergara; TV’s “Modern Family”), she doesn’t make as many appearances on screen as she should. Taking it down a few notches from her normally laugh out loud obnoxious tone on “Modern Family,” Vergara gives a more personal performance as Casper’s ex-wife who still loves him. Likewise, Dustin Hoffman (“Meet the Parents”) takes a step back from the more comedic side to play the only thing close to an antagonist in the film — Casper’s former boss. Instead, he plays more of

the straight man to Casper’s outrageous behaviors, giving the audience just enough of a twist to make it feel fresh. Favreau also picked up a few friends from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With brief appearances by Scarlett Johansson (“Captain America: The Winter Solider”) as the hostess of the L.A. restaurant and a unexpected— and very bizarre—cameo by another Marvel alum, Favreau shows he knows how to pick his friends. Insanely original and funny, this tasty movie — which hits DVD stands Tuesday — will have you coming back for seconds each and every time you watch it. Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or at rggaluski@eiu.edu.