RIGHTER APPEARS
SOCCER COLUMN
The Student Senate announced a future visit from Senator Dale Righter during its meeting Wednesday night.
The Eastern women’s soccer team may have lost six straight matches, however that does not mean they are “bad.”
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Students stand outside of Old Main at the 5th annual S.L.U.T. Walk Wednesday afternoon. Siobhan Doherty, President of EIU Pride, said the most empowering thing about this march is seeing the look on people’s faces as they drive by and forcing people to acknowledge a problem they do not see often.
‘No means no’
S.L.U.T. Walk promotes stand against rape culture By Travis Moody Contributing Writer | @DEN_News Dozens of Eastern students gathered at the south entrance of Coleman Hall to participate in Eastern’s annual S.L.U.T. Walk Wednesday evening. The S.L.U.T. Walk, which stands for Satirically Lessening Unfair Theories, began when a Toronto police officer told women that they should “avoid dressing like sluts” in order to prevent sexual violence. EIU FEM president Alana Reinhardt said organizing the S.L.U.T. Walk this year was not too much of a challenge, because everyone involved really helped by spreading word of the walk. “It’s our fifth year doing it, so we sort of know what works as far as where our route is around campus and what’s most effective,” Reinhardt said. “It’s great to have a gathering community, and everyone’s super supportive.”
Reinhardt said even people who are not members of EIU FEM recognize the movement and name of the walk. She attributed this to social media influences such as Amber Rose, who initially began the S.L.U.T. Walk after the incident in Toronto. After the participants arrived, Reinhardt gave a speech about the history of the S.L.U.T. Walk and what the main idea of the walk is. “Today, we call for an end to rape culture on our campus and beyond,” Reinhardt said. “We demand that victim blaming be abolished and that victims get the justice and respect that they deserve.” Reinhardt said the reasons for the walk should be easy to understand, but continue to be a problem in society. “We march because consent isn’t sexy,” Reinhardt said. “Consent is required.” Reinhardt said for her, the walk meant solidarity and empowerment, and continues to be a great opportunity to speak up for those who often go unheard. S.L.U.T. Walk, page 5
Nominations being taken for feedback committee By Cassie Buchman Editor in Chief | @cjbuchman Nominations to serve on a committee to review and give feedback on vitalization Workgroup no. 8 and 9’s recommendations will be taken by the Faculty Senate until Monday Oct. 16. The Faculty Senate has sent out a call to faculty asking for them to nominate people and selfnominate to serve on the committee. Nominations can be sent to Jon Oliver, chair of the sen-
ate’s nomination committee and a kinesiology and sports studies professor, at jaoliver@eiu.edu. “We’ll see how many volunteers we have, try to pick a good representation of faculty,” said Faculty Senate Chair Jemmie Robertson. On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the Faculty Senate will pick from the pool of nominees to appoint people to the feedback committee. Provost Jay Gatrell submitted a written report to the Faculty Senate at its last meeting, asking that a “feedback committee” be made to determine the “merits, priorities and overall feasibility”
of individual recommendations of Workgroups no. 8 and 9 made during last year’s vitalization project. During the Faculty Senate meeting, Eastern President David Glassman mentioned that the information dealt with in Workgroups No. 8 and 9 would be better decided between department chairs and faculty. “(The recommendations are) very broadbased, and when I take a look at that, I go, well somehow, we’ve got to try and find a device in which we find out which really will fit us,” he
said. Workgroup no. 8 looked at developing programs that could increase Eastern’s enrollment and Workgroup no. 9 analyzed the organization of the university’s academic colleges, schools and departments. It also looked at different learning platforms and tuition models that could be used. “Some of the ideas are really big and I think it’s important to have an opportunity to reflect on what the implications are and sort of figure out what we can work on now, what is two Committee, page 5