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International student dies Sunday Staff Report Svenja Braatz, 25, a school psychology graduate student, died Sunday in Indiana while visiting a loved one.

Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, sent out an email Monday offering condolences and support to those who knew Braatz.

“Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of Eastern Illinois University student Svenja Braatz,” Nadler said.

Braatz earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universitat Münster in Germany in 2014.

While at Eastern, Braatz was a part of the Christian Campus House.

At this time, the Counseling Center in the division of student affairs is offering individual and group support services.

Anyone from the Eastern community needing additional support should contact the Counseling Center at 581-3413.

Braatz’s memorial will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in Room 2120 of the Physical Science Building.

This was Braatz’s first semester at Eastern as an international student from Erkrath, Germany.

The cause of death has not been released at this time.

Crime advisory reports assault

A campus-wide email received around 2 a.m.

Tuesday reported a sexual assault reported to have occurred around 7:45 p.m. Monday in the W parking lot.

The W parking lot is west of Taylor and Lawson halls across Fourth Street.

The suspects have been described as two African-American males.

Anyone with information can contact the University Police Department at 217-581-3212.

The incident is under investigation.

Tickets on sale for Alumni Awards Dinner

Students interested in attending the 2015 Alumni Awards Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 26, can purchase tickets now.

Tickets are $30 per person and are available by contacting the EIU Alumni Association at 217-581-6616 and also online at eiu.edu/alumni by Oct. 22.

The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a social hour, followed by the dinner at 7 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Honorees include: Larry Ankenbrand of Charleston; Robert Collier of Tucson, Ariz.; Aaron Grobengieser of Hendersonville, Tenn.; Habeeb Habeeb of Champaign; Kent Johnson of Chicago; Alvin Maurice of Lansdale, Pa.; Ross McCullough of Alpharetta, Ga.; Judge Robert Schatz of San Antonio, Texas and Kenneth Spells of Godfrey.

The dinner will be sponsored by the EIU Alumni Association and is hosted annually along with Eastern’s Homecoming celebration.

Free flu shots to be given Free flu shots will be given Wednesday in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Shots are free to Eastern students, faculty, staff and retirees. Students must present Panther Cards.

Faculty, staff and retirees must bring Panther Cards, and proof of insurance or Medicare.

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Dylan Murphy, Charleston resident, works on measuring the blank memorial blocks in the court yard. “I like my job. I work for Adams Memorials,” Murphy said. Murphy said that Adams Memorials does a lot of work on our campus, especially in the courtyard.

Student Senate to amend attendance Senate members to call for amendment Wednesday

By Analicia Haynes Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Student Senate will make changes to its bylaws at its meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Arcola-Tuscola room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Maralea Negron, the Student Senate Speaker, will call for an amendment to the bylaws for student senator attendance at Student Senate meetings.

The current attendance policy documented in the Student Senate bylaws states student senators are allowed three excused absences and two unexcused absences.

Upon the second unexcused absence, that student senator is removed from office.

Negron will propose a change that calls for three unexcused absences rather than two in order to accommodate for the expected changes in the bylaws for committee meetings that are still in the works.

Excused absences will remain at three; however, there will be an appeal process where a student senator may present their three unexcused absences to Negron and

she will determine if they are valid excuses and then approve them to be appealed.

“I’ll be able to deem if they are valid excuses. Some examples include a severe injury, sickness, or death in the family,” Negron said.

The second bylaw change will hold committees more responsible for their attendance at their events and committee meetings and is still in the process of being written.

Committee chairs will also discuss their goals for the coming weeks at Wednesday’s meeting.

After the midterms week project, Jose Durbin, the student chair for academic affairs, will discuss plans for the stress relief week set to take place during finals week.

The committee’s midterm project, a project that motivated students to do well on midterms, was a huge success, Durbin said.

380 Blow Pops and Air Heads were handed out Monday morning to motivate students to “blow midterms away” and “to not be an air head.”

Durbin and members of the committee are focusing their attention to the finals week project in order to ensure a better quality event.

Possible ideas include the “Don’t Go Loco, Drink Hot Coco” initiative set to give out hot cocoa to students as well as handing out

study packs to help students manage stress.

Durbin also plans to incorporate a scream event as a possible event for stress relief week.

At this event students will have the opportunity to scream at the top of their lungs outside of their residence halls, apartments, Greek courts, or university apartments in order to relieve stress before finals.

Jasmine Thomas, the committee chair for student affairs, will also be presenting a PowerPoint for their Adopt a Team Member initiative.

The initiative will give Registered Student Organizations the opportunity to adopt an athlete on a fall team and cheer for that person on game day.

The student affairs committee will meet with the Blue Crew Monday in the Martinsville Room of the Union to discuss adopting a team member.

Senate members will also participate in the second senator sidelines, a developmental activity created by Brinton Vincent, the Student Senate graduate adviser, which works on team building.

This week’s sideline will go over how to make a senate bill, Vincent said.

Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.

Furniture to be repaired after hall fire

By Mackenzie Freund City Editor | @mgfreund_news The furniture pieces that were damaged during the fire in Stevenson Hall on Aug. 27 are in the process of being repaired.

The fire, caused by a student burning in-

cense, began in one of the closets of suite 5G on the fifth floor, damaging a chest of drawers and a corner of the closet before setting off the sprinkler system, dousing the fire.

Mark Hudson, the director of housing and dining, said the drawers are in the process of being refinished.

“The room is not quite ready to be moved into yet, but it’s getting closer,” Hudson said.

“That group of students that were living there are now living in another suite in the building.”

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The major will be housed in the communication studies department.

Marita Gronnvoll said there was a program in the journalism department, but it would not be around anymore.

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Famous Titanic shipwreck surfaces new information

By Missa Borah Staff Reporter | @DEN_News If the lookouts of the RMS Titanic had been able to find their binoculars, they would have seen the iceberg sooner, and the sinking of the ship might have been prevented, retired English professor Roger Whitlock said.

This, along with several other facts were part of Whitlock’s mission to separate truth from lies during his one-hour presentation about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, Tuesday.

Whitlock said he has been teaching for 30 years and has had an interest in historical events that are portrayed differently than the truth.

“Mainly I like to correct things just from new knowledge that develops and then piece it together to find out what the whole truth is,” Whitlock said.

Whitlock began his presentation by showing pictures of artifacts that had been uncovered and explaining the importance of understanding what really happened on that day.

This can be a difficult task, he says, given the 23 movies that have

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been made about this historical event.

“It’s not the worst shipwreck in history but certainly the most famous,” Whitlock said.

Whitlock highlighted two major factors that contributed to the ship sinking: poor design and lack of training for the crew.

Because of the massive size of the ship, the momentum made it impossible to turn in time to avoid the iceberg, Whitlock said.

The steel was also very brittle, making it easy for the iceberg to create several small punctures and cause water to come flooding into the stern of the ship.

Apart from mechanical issues, Whitlock explained, many of the crew members and officers simply did not understand the workings of a ship that size.

Whitlock said this became apparent once the emergency situation unfolded, and they had trouble moving the passengers through the hallways and into the lifeboats.

Whitlock says there were 16 lifeboats on the ship and not one of them was filled to its full capacity.

“Some of the lifeboats were low-

ered only half full, because the crew had never seen davits like that and had never lowered lifeboats that large,” Whitlock said.

Even though there were hundreds of desperate passengers lining the deck, waiting to get on a lifeboat, the crew did not trust the davits to hold.

“If they’d all been fully loaded, probably about another 300 people might have been saved,” Whitlock said.

Although many people have been blamed throughout history for this event, Whitlock says that much of this has been nothing more than “finger pointing” and “looking for a scapegoat.”

Whitlock said it is important for him to teach people about the facts of the Titanic.

“It’s one of those historical things that we never had the right answers to, and those are the things that I like to look at—the things that are not taught in books,” Whitlock said.

Missa Borah can be reached at 581-2812 or at mdborah@eiu.edu.

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Guest speaker to talk Latin American politics

By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @DEN_News

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Michael Dowdy, a professor of English, is presenting a lecture to students about Latin American Literature. Dowdy is a poet as well as a guest speaker from Hunter College in New York. He has written two books and they focus on minority.

A talk will focus on how the Latin American community deals with controversial topics in politics through literature.

Michael Dowdy, a professor of English at Hunter College, has been at Hunter for nine years and dedicates his time to writing about Latin American literature.

Dowdy received an invitation to Eastern from English professor Ruben Quesada and said he is honored to talk about Latin American literature at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Lecture Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Dowdy said part of his lecture will discuss political issues, which include presidential candidates making racial comments about Latin Americans.

“My talk will explore how Latino writers anticipate and resist this sort of rhetoric, but it will also emphasize how this rhetoric has been hard-boiled into the U.S.’s DNA for the better part of two centuries,” Dowdy said.

The lecture will explore U.S. Latin American literature. Dowdy said he wants to introduce writers to what they probably would not have learned about otherwise.

“I am 100 percent committed to writing with critical and historical rigor about Latino literature and culture, poetry in particular,” Dowdy said. “I consider it an honor and a responsibility.”

Dowdy said this talk will help students learn the ways in which literature engages with politics and the ways literature helps to imagine the world differently.

He said he wants to open minds, curiosity and students’ wits to stir up good questions.

Dowdy presents at conferences and colleges throughout the year, and most of his presentations are 15 to 20 minutes as opposed to his 45-minute talk this week.

Dowdy has written two books, “Broken Souths: Latina/o Poetic Responses to Neoliberalism and Globalization” and ”American Political Poetry in the 21st Century.”

His recent book is a study of Latino poetry since the late 1960s,

when the Chicano movement and the Puerto Rican movement started a foundation for the work of Latino poets.

“The book is notable, I hope, for putting Latino poets from different national backgrounds into conversation with each other,” Dowdy said.

C.C. Wharram, the director of the Center for Humanities, said the Center for Humanities and Latin American studies have been working together over the past few years, and this event is a product of them collaborating.

Wharram said this talk is a great opportunity to do something of interest for a variety of people on campus.

“At a time right now where you have a lot of politicians such as Donald Trump that are insulting Hispanic Americans,” Wharram said. “I guess Mr. Dowdy is seeing this as the long summer of Trump and what Latin Americans have had to deal with in the past.”

T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.

Organizations to raise money for cancer research Students to play basketball, double Dutch for awareness

By Torri Griffith Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Students who want to play basketball and double Dutch to raise money for breast cancer research can participate in “Ballin’ for Boobies” hosted by Eastern’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Association of Colored Women’s Club.

This is the third annual “Ballin’ for Boobies” event, and it will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the McAfee

Gym. Khirsten Miller, a member of the NACWC, said they are a group of women on campus catering to the African-American culture.

Miller said this event is important to them because they want people to be aware of breast cancer, while still having fun and participating in the event.

Moniesha Curry, the president of Eastern’s NAACP, said “Ballin’ for Boobies” is a breast cancer awareness event where students gather together and participate in a dunk contest, a three-point contest or a basketball game.

Since the event is being hosted by two different organizations, Eastern’s NAACP and the NACWC will be hosting different activities during the event.

Some of the other activities that will be included in this event are a double Dutch contest and a candy sale.

T h e m e m b e r s o f E a s t e r n’s NAACP will be hosting the threepoint shoot-out and the dunk contest, Curry said.

The ladies of the NACWC will be hosting the double Dutch contest.

“We are catering to the men and the women here on campus, most men like basketball and most women like jumping rope,” Miller said.

Curr y said Eastern’s NAACP partnered with the NACWC, because it is an all-women’s organization and breast cancer often affects women.

“Women are the root of most, if not all, households, so if you lose

“Women are the root of most, if not all, households, so if you lose the woman, you have lost a strong foundation.”

- Moniesha Curry, president of Eastern’s NAACP the woman, you have lost a strong foundation. It is also important, because we are able to give back to the community, and it also brings unity to the student body,” Curry said.

The double Dutch contest is free, and it also gives many of the women something to do if they are not able

to play basketball.

“We are all about women empowerment and the general support of women; therefore, NAACP felt as though NACWC would be a good partner to collaborate with for this type of event,” Miller said.

Curry said there will be no specific information being passed out or spoken about breast cancer, but this event is more about having fun and supporting the cause.

“This event is to have fun while supporting a cause that affects nearly thousands of women,” Curry stated.

All proceeds of this event will go to Sarah Bush Lincoln Research Center. Admission is $2.

Torri Griffith can be reached at 581-2812 or tlgriffith@eiu.edu.

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Time wasted fighting online With campaigning and debates for the presidential primaries in full swing, people are getting ready to have debates of their own.

In many cases, people have already been having debates on the issues nearest and dearest to their hearts long before politics was thrown in the limelight.

Facebook debates, that is.

It seems like my Facebook friends have taken a break from sending me random requests to play Candy Crush to yell at each other over social media about an enormous array of topics, such as abortion, gay rights, religion, Cubs vs. Cards, etc.

These debates never seem to go anywhere and just end up with each party getting upset with each other.

Considering that most people become passionate about certain issues because of their own life experiences, their general worldview, how they have been raised, and a myriad of other factors that have taken a lifetime to develop, it is not shocking that a snarky Facebook comment will not make them change their minds.

In fact, it usually just makes them add another snarkier comment, and the political discourse, as well as the original message, ends up getting lost in the mayhem.

Instead, the whole fight just becomes a game to see who can look like the better person and use the most caps lock.

This is a game everyone loses, as every keyboard has a caps lock button, and being a good person is not about your beliefs.

It’s about your actions.

Going out and volunteering for a cause you believe in or donating money to a charity that helps your issue is a lot harder than sitting on your butt and sharing a dozen thinkpieces online.

It will probably also get you a lot less “likes.”

But it is worth it, as it will give you a chance to actually make a difference in people’s lives.

Look. I am a journalist. I am all about free speech. I fully support the right of people to go blather on and on and on Facebook to their heart’s desire.

I just happen to think that their time could be spent in better ways.

All kinds of people on all sides of all issues are guilty of this.

The person you disagree with is probably someone’s family member, a contributing member of society with his or her own rich life experiences, thoughts, and beliefs.

We are all more than whom we vote for, or what we vote on.

Cassie Buchman is a sophomore journalism major.

She can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.

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Religious extremists should just be ignored College life can be so chaotic that not many things happen with absolute predictability, but there are at least two things Eastern folks can invariably count on—the seasons will change, and someone will be there to call them a “whore” on their way to the University Food Court.

Whether the leaves have just begun to fall or the flowers are peeking up in bloom, the infamous “Brother Jed” Smock from Campus Ministries stops by scenic Charleston every semester to condemn the heathens at Eastern.

His racist, homophobic and otherwise hateful preaching is older than most of the current student population. In fact, a 1978 Warbler Yearbook floating around the newsroom contains a photo of Smock in his younger days warning students of their impending damnation.

While Smock’s ominous presence is nothing new, the Fall 2015 semester has been chockfull of Smock. Smock and friends have visited so much recently it is hard to keep track.

Perhaps the population of sluts and lesbians at Eastern has skyrocketed this year, in which case we at The Daily Eastern News applaud the admissions staff. Regardless of the reason, Campus Ministries seems to particularly enjoy the Eastern environment.

Many believe the administration and University Police Department should step in and ban people like Smock and recent comrade “Brother Mikhail” Savenko because they harass students with hate speech. This is not the answer, however.

Asking the university to censor Smock’s

speech would only give administrators leeway to censor other types of speech on campus.

If the administration is asked to silence Smock, then what is to stop them from stopping production of The News because they disagree with its content?

What is to stop them from shutting down a group of student protestors who have a legitimate grievance against the university? What about breaking up a faculty union demonstration? Or erasing a chalked message on the Doudna steps?

Because Eastern is a public university, its employees are an extension of the state government. Members of government cannot censor speech because they disagree with its content.

Freedom of speech is not only a guaranteed right under the First Amendment; it is essential to the function of a democracy.

In an article in Tuesday’s edition of The News, local church leaders shared their strategies in dealing with extremists who misrepresent their religion.

Paige Roberts, the director of the Wesley Foundation, set up “Grace Space” signs to silently protest their presence, one of which read, “Don’t engage with them, just pray for them and keep walking.”

The News encourages the Eastern community to follow the lead of the Wesley Foundation and other silent objectors. Praying is a nice gesture, but at minimum those who disagree with Smock’s message can simply ignore it.

One reason Campus Ministries may feel so cozy at Eastern is because of the intimate set-

up; it is easy to stand in a central location like the Library Quad where nearly everyone passes through during the day.

Even if ignoring them does not completely shut them up, it at least gives us some power as a university to take the high ground and deny them the satisfaction of ruffling our feathers.

Students should undoubtedly learn how to debate and hear others’ points of view in college, but doing so with Smock and friends is useless.

There are countless intellectual minds at Eastern that would entertain a more meaningful discussion than someone who spouts misguided insults for shock value rather than using any type of logic.

The policy of The News has been to run a story about Smock the first time he visits during a semester, because most new students are unfamiliar with him.

We stopped putting him on the front page, though, because we refuse to let him hijack our paper every year with the same stunts.

People like Roberts who are doing something different warrant our front-page coverage. When Smock and friends return, our coverage may include a stand-alone photo on the inside pages, if anything at all.

Their presence causes conflict and therefore warrants some coverage, but at this point unless something out-of-the-ordinary happens, Smock and friends are old news.

The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.

Voter ignorance dangerous for everyone As the race for the GOP nomination continues, the race remains to be close. One thing that seems odd about the polls though is that Donald Trump is still leading the ballot and is ahead of second place nominee Ben Carson.

The fact that Trump is still leading the Republican ballot and has a slight chance of becoming the president can be only be the cause of one thing.

Ignorance.

An article in CBS News said Trump is being viewed as the “most electable” candidate for the general election with 35 percent.

He is also seen as a favorable candidate among Republican primary voters. Trump is just a pop culture icon with outlandish views that are hard to take seriously.

There is no way Trump can win the general election in November 2016, let alone the GOP nomination, but it is still difficult to comprehend how he has remained in the lead for this long.

The same article from CBS explained the confidence levels Republican primary voters have in the candidates for certain issues, and voters were found to be “very confident” in Trump with certain issues.

When it came to economic decisions, voters voted 50 percent for “very confident” and 33 percent for “somewhat confident.” Voters were also 44 percent “very confident” and 30 percent “somewhat confident” when it came to issues on

Chris Picazo illegal immigration.

Trump recently released his tax plan, and he described it as “simple” and “easy.” He wants to make drastic cuts in taxes, including eliminating income taxes from single individuals who make less than $25,000 annually and couples who make less than $50,000.

An article from NPR stated that Trump’s tax cuts would eliminate 75 million households from taxes. And according to Trump’s plan, those individuals would instead receive a letter saying, “I win.”

The plan will also cut the deductions to wealthier households and cut corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 15 percent. It just seems that Trump’s plan is being used to benefit himself and his businesses. His plan will add an extreme amount of debt to the already overwhelming

amount of U.S. debt When it comes to immigration, Trump has been very outspoken about the issue.

Trump has said that he will forcibly remove and arrest all men, women and children who are undocumented immigrants.

He said he plans to remove an amount that is equal to the population of Ohio, which was 11.59 million in 2014, between 18 months and two years, if he were to win.

He also plans to force Mexico to build a wall on the border shared with the U.S., and if Mexico refuses, the Trump administration would more charge fees to individuals coming to the U.S. with visas.

His immigration policy is so difficult to comprehend because you cannot tell if what is being said is joke or just someone who is incredibly stupid. It makes you think how he has gotten this much support for ideals that are just so ludicrous.

So when it comes to Trump, people should be thinking there is no way this man can be president. And they are right. He will not win, but the fact that he leads is just ignorance on the part of voters.

Pay attention when it comes to politics and presidential elections because we are allowed to choose people that will be representing us.

Chris Picazo is senior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@eiu.edu.

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14, 2015

5 Published authors to read works at Bob’s Bookstore

Outside of the Box

By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News

Bob’s Bookstore will host a fiction book reading with two authors reading excerpts from their novels at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

The authors speaking at the reading are Mary Maddox, author of “Daemon Seer,” and Letitia L. Moffitt, author of “Trance.”

Joe Judd, the owner of Bob’s Bookstore, said he was excited to have published authors come into the store and read some of their work.

“We had a class come in last semester, who was a fiction class and they read some stuff,” Judd said.

Judd said this was the first time the bookstore had managed to bring in two published authors to discuss some of their work.

“They approached me,” Judd

said. “Mary’s a customer, and she came in and she was asking about it and I’m always encouraging people to come.”

Judd said he thinks the reading would be an interesting thing for students and Charleston residents to come and enjoy.

“I think that it would be a fun thing to go to,” Judd said. “I think for everybody who (studies) English and studies poetry, I think this is a fine example of what people who are professional writers do.”

Judd said for writers and published authors, it is normal for them to go to bookstores and give book readings.

“I’m hoping for a big, healthy turnout from people,” Judd said.

“It’s one of the reasons we stay open later, to have these types of things go on.”

The upcoming fiction book read-

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ing is the first reading Bob’s Bookstore is having this semester.

The poetr y reading will feature three authors, coming into the bookstore and reading off some of their own work.

Maddox and Moffitt will also be available for questions following their reading at the bookstore Wednesday night. “ The authors are introduced and they’ll tell a little bit out what they are going to read and it’s usually from a novel of theirs, sometimes it’s something they are working on,” Judd said. “People get to hear it, and people get to ask the authors question about their technique, what it is like to be an author.”

Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.

Art exhibition opens at Tarble

By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News

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The Tarble Arts Center has the recent works of Louis Marinaro, a sculpting teacher at the University of Michigan at Ann Harbor, on display.

The Marinaro exhibition, “Recent Sculpture and Drawings,” opened Thursday, before this year’s Family Weekend festivities.

The artist also appeared and gave a lecture about his work at Tarble.

Michael Schuetz, the assistant director for the Tarble Arts Center, said Marinaro works primarily as a sculptor and an educator.

Schuetz said the attendance for the lecture was really good and many people turned out for it.

“It was great. We had 81 people attend the lecture, so that was a good turnout for us,” Schuetz said. “People asked questions afterwards and it was a good mix of students and faculty. I think we had about four or

five faculty members here.”

Some of Marinaro’s works feature drawings by the artist and a few sculptures as well.

“Sometimes, they’re prefatory drawings for the sculptures, sometimes they are standalone drawings,” Schuetz said. “All the drawings in the show are considered standalone drawings, so none of the drawings (in the exhibit) are really studies for any of the sculptures.”

Like other modern artists featured at Tarble, Marinaro was nominated to come here by members of Eastern’s faculty.

“Louis was here as a selection of the ‘Excellence in Fine Arts’ program, which runs through the dean’s office of the Arts and Humanities,” Schuetz said. “Louis was here as a visiting artist. He did a lecture and he did some (graduate critiques).”

The Marinaro exhibition is currently in the eGallery of the Tarble Arts Center, replacing the previ-

ous exhibition, Shona Macdonald’s “Ground Covering.”

The exhibition features different drawings and sculptures of the artist, including some drawings of the human body and some drawing of trees and nature.

“He’s done a number of small bronze (sculptures) and he also has done a number of large scale, outdoor commissioned works,” Schuetz said. “(He) mostly works with bronze.”

Other than the Marinaro exhibition, Tarble has two more exhibitions coming before the semester is finished.

These future exhibitions include the faculty exhibition and another artist exhibition.

The Marinaro exhibition will be in the eGallery in the Tarble Arts Center until Dec. 6.

Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.

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Hudson said the students are excited to move back into their room when the repairs are done.

The top shelf in the closet was replaced and rep a i n t e d a n d t h e d r a we r s that were in the closet have been removed for the repairs.

Hudson said the Office of Student Standards would assess the student at fault and any additional charges associated with the work would be placed. “ Yo u c a n’t r e a l l y t a l k about the details of a student standards (hearing),” Hudson said. “When those things happen, the person who caused that to happen would be assessed for the charges associated with the work.”

Hudson said some of the charges include the overtime for building ser vice

worker’s that came in to clean up and the electricians that came to work on the fire alarm system to get it reset.

Hudson said if there was m o re s i g n i f i c a n t d a m a g e caused by the fire that expulsion could have been a punishment for the student that caused it.

Eastern works with the fire depar tment so when fires do occur there are no additional fee’s that need to be paid.

“If a student was maliciously tampering with the system and set it off there can be charges for that,” Hudson said. “That would be passed along to the person who was involved in that.”

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Eastern tied with Tennessee State for 3rd in OVC

By Sean Hastings Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team has a lot of versatility, which makes them successful.

The Panthers got back on track Saturday by defeating Austin Peay.

Eastern had lost two games in a row prior to that.

Eastern has a 4-2 record, which leaves them tied for third in the Ohio Valley Conference standings.

Tennessee State is also 4-2 and is third place with Eastern.

Tennessee State is currently on a four-game win streak after losing their first two matches to Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky.

Tennessee State got their first win against Belmont which is 5-1 right now and in second place.

Belmont started OVC play strong by grabbing two wins in two days against Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State.

Since the loss to Tennessee State, Belmont has defeated Eastern, Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State.

Murray state remains undefeated in OVC play The Bruins are set up for a matchup on Friday when they take on undefeated Murray State.

The Racers are 6-0 in OVC play and sit atop the conference standings.

Murray State has not only dominated in OVC play but are 16-1 overall on the season.

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as champions of the OVC at the beginning of the season.

Multiple teams in OVC have identical records There are three teams with 3-3 records.

If teams have identical records at

the end of the season, it will come down to who won when the two teams played each other.

Southeast Missouri is one of the three teams with the 3-3 record.

Southeast Missouri has had some luck as of late as they are riding a two-game win streak into their match on Friday

with Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

Tennessee-Martin is also 3-3, along with Morehead State.

If the season were to end today, the Morehead State Eagles would hold the tie-breaker between Tennessee-Martin and Southeast Missouri, as the Eagles defeated both schools.

Bottom teams struggle in beginning of OVC play While some schools have had some success and some have had a lot of success, some teams have really struggled to get into the win column.

Jacksonville State is currently 2-4.

Unlike most schools, the Gamecocks are still playing non-conference games.

The Gamecocks won four matches in a row, but only two of them count toward their conference record.

That four-game win streak was shut down very quickly by Tennessee State and Belmont, as both prevailed over Jacksonville State, 3-0.

Tennessee Tech and Eastern Kentucky are also 2-4 in OVC play.

Tennessee Tech had a .500 record at 2-2 before the weekend, but two losses dropped them to their current 2-4 record.

Eastern Kentucky started the season strong at 2-1, but the Colonels have lost three in a row since then.

Austin Peay had a rough start to the season starting 0-4, but have recently found the win column by defeating SIUE to get their record to 1-5.

SIUE is also 1-5 through the first six games of OVC play and puts them in dead last in the conference.

Their one win came in the first match of the season against Jacksonville State.

Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.

Men’s, women’s swim teams ready for new season

By Sean Hastings Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports A new season brings new faces to a team, but some faces from last year’s team are missing.

The men’s and women’s swim teams lost some key swimmers from last year: Amy Smith, who transferred, and Katie VanHootegem and Nikki Peck, who graduated.

Nevertheless, coach Jacqueline Michalski said there are others ready to fill their spots.

Michalski brought in four freshmen on the women’s side: Martee Grainger, Caro Lamarque, Lauren Oostman and Emily Stroud.

Catie Danforth is returning this year after spending a semester last year studying abroad and will be one of the swimmers relied on to fill the spots of VanHootegem, Smith and Peck.

“Martee (Grainger) and Lau-

ren (Oostman) are both backstrokers, and hope to help to have a little more depth in our backstroke,” Michalski said.

Smith was the team’s top backstroker last year.

There are eight new freshmen on the men’s side: Leo Garofalo, Nick Harkins, Alex Laleian, Logan Long, Jason Manning, Tyler Parrish, Jennings Soccorso, and Gerald Stingle.

Despite being just freshmen, Michalski said that she likes what she has seen from them so far in practice and will be a big part to the team this year.

“The new freshmen have brought a lot of energy and competitive nature into the program,” Michalski said. “So that’s kind of helped everybody.”

Michalski said that some of the freshmen are already swimming at the levels of some of the seniors and have the same drive as all of the old-

er swimmers.

The team has been practicing since Sept. 1.

On Saturday, they did a blue versus white meet.

The times posted during this practice meet were better than last year’s.

Last year, Michalski said she had to spend a while getting the team in shape, but the team did a lot this offseason and are already in shape.

“The attitudes, I think, not only from the coaches but the swimmers, has changed and been a lot better,” Michalski said.

Eastern is going to open their season this weekend at the Illinois invitational and will be swimming against Western Illinois.

One big meet that fans can look forward to is against Valparaiso Nov. 7 at the Padovan Pool.

Both the men and the women split the two meets with Valparaiso last year.

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Jackson Avenue Coffee (J.A.C.) is a location to go blowoff steam, study for hours on end and socialize as the creamy fragrance of lattes, cappuccinos and hot chocolates stream though the air.

J.A.C., located at 708 Jackson Ave., may sound like an unusual place for a concert setting, but Dan Reible believes it is the perfect location for live music that has not been offered to Charleston in some time.

“In the Charleston area there is no place to relax and listen to music except for a bar,” Reible said. “I’d like a place where people can come relax, have a cup of coffee, sandwich, bagel and take it easy and listen to some good acoustic music.”

Reible and his wife Vicki are currently shuffling through papers in order to become the rightful owners of J.A.C.

Reible moved to Mattoon in 1984 after serving in the Navy and soon became a truck driver, traveling the nation with his wife.

Reible has played for various bands in the past and mentioned to his friend, Ryan Dawson and the current owner of J.A.C., he was looking for a place to host weekly concerts on Saturday evenings.

Dawson then asked Reible if he ever pictured himself owning a café. Reible expressed an interest, and soon, Dawson offered to sell the business.

Dawson said the Reibles’ have been his customers since J.A.C. opened nearly eight years ago.

“I planned on going back to school this summer to complete a degree in teacher’s certification,” Dawson said. “We were ready to move on to new things. I figured it is best not to run anything into the ground, so I offered to sell the place.”

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Reible said he is open to any Tickets are $5 at the door and said can hebehas known Reynolds style of music and musicians who purchased starting at 5 p.m.

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In addition to the open mic said his grandma is fighting cancer.

The intimate setting offers a night artists, Reible searches “It’s a constant struggle dealing with place for begging and practiced the Web and various local it,” Swalls said. “A lot musicians of time the chemo alike. music hot spots in order to find won’t be as effective, andReible they wants will try a to show people performers. new method and stuff. in And so just knowCharleston music they may “I’m hoping to get a lot of have me heard before. music in here that people haven’t ing the constant strugglenot makes want to to for host various experienced before,” Reible said. do something like this andHe raiseplans money artiststhe from various “People may have heard blues, an individual who is having same, whogenres each weekend. but it probably isn’t the old delta is dealing with the same kind of suffering.”

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“Reverend” Robert Reynolds plays his guitar; He will play acoustic at 8 p.m. on Saturday at Jackson Avenue Coffee.to show their of (bass guitarist and vocalist) volunteered to play tonight at the Rock it for Relay event to help raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

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This year’s captains for the women are seniors Kelsey Ferguson, Danforth and Beth Houghton.

The men’s captains are juniors Brogan O’Doherty and Shane Witzki.

Michalski said that the new captains are stepping up and doing well in the new role.

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She said that the women have always had a strong history of being leaders in the pool and in the classroom.

The women’s team posted the top GPA in the nation for Division I women’s swim teams in the spring semester and tied for the top GPA in the fall.

“That’s something the captains have really focused in on,” Michalski said.

For the men, it is no different.

Both swimmers are already doing a good job as leaders.

“Shane (Witzki) is a great leader,” Michalski said. “He’s a great person to talk to. The men really look up to him and respect him.”

The Panthers hope to improve on last year’s records as the men went 1-8 and the women went 3-7.

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By Brad york Many of the bands Verge playing are new to has been putting outand their music Editor town, not own just the ones for near Lincoln Eastern’s campus. Richardson said performeight months. The group has played all over (Avenue.).” ing at the concert would be an opportunity andtheinfeatured Centralia, Spring is a season that Charleston, brings a re- in Havana Many of acts will be the tonight trees be- willCharleston such as Mugto expose students to a freshing differentsmell kindinto of the lo- air asbut be one ofbased theirgroups first times gin to bud and the winter playing chills become wump Specific, Andy Van Slyke and Staff cal music. on campus. dormant. It is a time for new life to see Blues Band while others such as DJ Illith, Good Morning Midnight is an indie Givens, a junior elementary education the wonders of Charleston. With new life Poundcake and Ryan Arnold stem from and alternative rock band.

Beginning near- New major, said all the bandsthroughout are hardthe working comes new ambitions. ambitions locations state. ly a year ago and stationed in music, Marshall, and werethat booked because mean new and for Charleston “I figurethey this came was a recomgreat networking means new events. the group is fresh to the Charleston music mended by otheropportunity artists. for a lot of bands,” ChaplinsA fresh take onUnthe Charleston said. “WeCancer are pulling bands from the scene, but has played in the 7th Street Thefestival CollegeskiAgainst hasinraised scene is exactly what Scott Chaplinski has Kankakee area, and some musicians from derground before for a canned food drive. more than $5,000 through their fall breast been planning for nearly a year with the Champaign area. It’s bands that I like, Cured by Fire is aevent Charleston metal cancer T-shirt and salesI know and that other Square Fest. otherfundraispeople (like).” band. Megan Givens, the“I concert coordi-in February ers. They to said raisemost $8,000, started thinking that ithave pledged Chaplinski of them are was about timeto to Meget it going withacross every- campus younger bands that have only nator said the group sounds similar and different groups havebeen plaything going on with Woodfor a yearfor or the two American and that many times tallica or Godsmack and does a good jobCelebration, pledged to raiseing $70,000 chuck Music Festival, there’s finals, there’s a band that has been playing for four to of getting a crowd going.

Their influencCancer Society. five years need a guarantee that they are Easter. I realized it was crunch time to get es come from those bands and Chaplinski others like Last year, the concert it going,” said. getting paid. drew a small Guns N’ Roses, Motley Square Crue Fest and will Black is hoping fordone more pub- like this begin atcrowd, 2 p.m.but Sat-Givens“Having never anything urday through 1 a.m. Sunday.

The event before I didn’t want to make promises to a Sabbath. lic support. will takeHigh place School on Charleston’s “What square atever bunch people that Jenna Jackley is a Mattoon little ofamount canI can’t put fulfill.” to- Chapthe bars Mother’s, Friends & Co., Mac’s linski said. student who plays the guitar and sings. wards the American Cancer Society will Uptowner and Top of the Roc. The event In fact, much of the money for pro“She is just memorizing to watch,” help in Givens said. was saved up by Chapwill cost $12 andMeallow patrons 21some and way,” ducing the event gan Givens said. “She isover in admittance high school, intosoany of the bars and linski himself. He hopes that the $12 covis enough to give some of the traveling she is still very young,performances. but the caliber of Colleen Kitkaercan be reached at 581-7942 Chaplinski said getting or thecrkitka@eiu.edu. bars inbands money to cover their gas costs and voice she has is just amazing.” volved was the first part of organizing the event, and after he explained the potential benefits they jumped on board.

“I kind of just threw it out there,” Chaplinski said. “They’ve given me good ideas, and they appreciate the ideas that I have. They’ve been very helpful with everything I’ve been doing.”

Chaplinski has been wanting to get the bars involved with a festival event for more than year and said he feels that now was the best time to bring it all together.

“We are hoping it brings a lot of business to the square,” Chaplinski said. “We hope it is going to be a nicer day. It’s a good window of a month and a half of good weather to show all these people,

without being too high to deter college students and community members from coming out.

One local musician, Mitch Davis, a senior management information systems major, saod he plans on showing the crowd some new tunes to commemorate the new event.

“I mainly like to get people dancing, but I also play some more chill stuff,” Davis said. “I don’t want people to get burnt out, so I’ll make new songs before the shows. New shows get me motivated to make new songs. (Square Fest) is going to be so new. There’s going to be so many different people playing at so many different bars. I don’t really know what to

BRAD yORk | ON tHE VERGE

Mitch Davis, a senior management information systems major, rehearses new songs and freshens up on older material Wednesday evening in his home as he prepares for today’s Square Fest event.

expect. That’s why I am expecting to play in front of a totally new crowd, so I really got to try to pump people up.”

With a wide variety of performances including blues, rock, jam band, electronic and rap everyone is beginning to develop expectations for the new event and Chaplinski is no different.

“I want to be able to be out on the square, outside the bars and see people

having a good time,” Chaplinski said. “I want to hear, sort of over-hear, what they did like and what they didn’t like. I just think there will be a lot of good vibes coming. Perfect conditions for me, is hearing that people had a great time.”

Brad York can be reached at 581-7942 or bayork@eiu.edu.

Look for it every Friday in the DEN!

Student shots are provided by Health Service and will be given in the University Ballroom. Please bring your Panther Card.

Faculty, staff and retiree shots are provided by the Coles County Health Department and will be given in the Bridge Lounge.

Please bring your Panther Card and valid insurance or Medicare card.

@DEN_Sports tweet of the day: The #EIU men’s and women’s swim teams will begin their seasons at the University of Illinois Friday.

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T H E DA I LY E ASTE R N NEWS

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Red-shirt junior running back Devin Church is brought down during the Panthers’ 33-28 Family Weekend win on Saturday at O’Brien Field. Church ran for 75 yards completing one touchdown during the game.

FCS ROUNDUP

Coastal Carolina bests Presbyterian, remains unbeaten

By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 Coastal Carolina found an unorthodox way to keep their undefeated record on Saturday. The Chanticleers defeated Presbyterian, 24-17. Notably, it was not a kick or punt return that helped move the Chanticleers to 5-0 this season.

Red-shirt junior field goal kicker Ryan Granger was lined up for a field goal in the second quarter. Presbyterian defense wasn’t expecting what happened next.

At the snap, Granger took off behind his holder, Tyler Keane, who pitched the ball to Granger. In four yards, Granger reached the inside of the pylon for Coastal Carolina’s only touchdown of the day. He was responsible for all 12 of the Chanticleer’s

points in the first half, and they headed into the half with a 14-3 lead.

Two of the points were the result of a safety, when Presbyterian missed the snap on their punt attempt.

Granger made three field goals from 38, 47 and 22 yards each.

One of his teammates crept closer to a Football Championship Subdivision record in their Big South Conference opener.

Junior running back De’Angelo Henderson rushed for a total of 124 yards on 25 carries. He scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter, making Saturday his 20th consecutive game with a touchdown, tying the NCAA record.

The current record-holder, Monmouth’s David Sinisi, scored his 20th consecutive touchdown in 2007. Henderson will get a chance to break Sini-

si’s record in two weeks, as the two teams will meet in a Big South conference game.

The Chanticleers were ranked No. 2 in this week’s STATS Poll, behind Jacksonville State, who was off this past weekend.

Christion solid in debut If you want to have a solid debut, beating a ranked opponent might help your cause, as it did for South Dakota State freshman quarterback Taryn Christion.

Christion got the nod for his first start on Saturday, in place of injured quarterback Zach Lujan. The Jackrabbits, ranked No. 8 in the FCS, were facing another ranked opponent, No. 19 ranked Indiana State.

Christion completed 15-of-24 passes for 221 yards, and a 34-yard

touchdown to sophomore wide receiver Jake Wieneke. Christion also ran for 99 yards on 16 carries, and scored on a 10-yard touchdown run for the first score of the game.

The Jackrabbits defeated the Sycamores 24-17, setting their record at 4-1 this season and 1-1 in Missouri Valley Conference play.

Lamar’s Harrington POTW It did not take Lamar’s junior running back Kade Harrington long to become national player of the week again. Harrington earned the honors again, after rushing for 347 yards and two touchdowns in a 44-28 win over Abilene Christian.

Harrington earned player of the week following a Sept. 21 victory over Sam Houston State.

On Saturday, he set both the La-

mar and the Southland conference records with those rushing yards. His 365 total yards also broke another school record. He is now tied for the school’s record for all-time scoring with 198 points.

Bernier named conference specialist of the week Eastern freshman punter Mike Bernier was named the Ohio Valley Conference specialist of the week. He averaged 40.6 yards per punt, and downed a 54-yard punt inside the Southeast Missouri five-yard line on Saturday.

Eastern defeated Southeast Missouri, 33-28, to move to 2-0 in OVC play.

Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.

PANTHER NOTEBOOK

Men’s soccer team sits at bottom of league standings

By Mark Shanahan Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports

After 10 games, including two conference games, the Eastern men’s soccer team finds themselves at the bottom of the Summit League standings.

Eastern’s two conference losses came against Oral Roberts and Fort Wayne. They are currently in a sixgame losing streak dating back to Sept. 6.

The University of Denver is the top team in conference at this point in the season, still without a loss in regulation.

Denver, Oral Roberts, Omaha and Fort Wayne round out the top four of the Summit League. Eastern has already faced both Oral Roberts and Fort Wayne and fell short in both.

Eastern head coach Kiki Lara understands the importance of the rest of the games.

“We want to approach all games like they are a must-win,” he said.

“That is the challenge of Division I men’s soccer. There are no easy wins.

There are no easy games. Every game is incredibly difficult to separate ourselves from the opponent, so every approach and mindset is to learn how to treat every game as if its a mustwin. Our time is limited, so things have to be more urgent but not rushed.”

Eastern still has to take on Summit

League opponents Western Illinois, Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Denver and Omaha.

Although they have zero points in conference, three points separate them from fourth-place Fort Wayne and Western Illinois.

Five of Eastern’s eight losses have been by two goals or less.

“Sometimes results are deceiving, and those student-athletes that have improved immensely and grown in maturity have not been given the tangible measurement of wins,” Lara said. “However, we know that many of us have grown as people, players and students. In the end, that is one of our major goals this year.”

Lara has the team working on taking the steps to get the results they want.

“At the same time, there are some things that have been consistent this year with our group that continue to hinder us from making the important stride of gaining wins in that side of the column,” he said. “So we continue to chip away.”

The top four teams in the league compete in a tournament at the end of the year to determine the winner of the conference.

Summit League Players of the Week Western Illinois forward Drew Whalen was named Summit League

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Senior Kyle Callender goes in for the slide tackle against an opponent during a match against Western Illinois on Oct. 18, 2014, at the Eastern practice field.

Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and teammate goalkeeper Bruce Corrie earned the league’s Defensive Player of the Week, along with Denver goalkeeper Dan Jackson.

In Whalen’s case, it is the junior’s first time winning this award, and he earned it by scoring two goals in the final five-and-a-half minutes to lift Western over Omaha, 2-1.

Those were his fifth and sixth goals, working into his league-leading 14

points.

Corrie was also a first-time recipient of the weekly award. The freshman recorded his first career shutout in the 1-0 win over Bradley where he had eight saves.

He had six saves in the win over Omaha, giving him 14 saves and a .933 save percentage for the week. His .809 save percentage on the season ranks second in the league.

Denver’s senior goalkeeper, Jack-

son, is collecting his second weekly award of the season after he earned his sixth shutout of the season in a 1-0 victory at Oral Roberts Saturday.

Denver also defeated Gonzaga, a non-conference opponent, to extend the nation’s longest home unbeaten streak to 25.

Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.