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Deans Ornes, Hild to retire By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @Den_News W. Harold Ornes, the dean of the college of sciences, will be retiring at the end of the month. His retirement will take place Oct. 31. Blair Lord, the vice president of academic affairs, was notified of Ornes’ retirement when Ornes sent him a letter. Before Lord got the letter, he had no idea Ornes was retiring. “Eastern’s College of Sciences needs some leadership, so I am going to have to make very rapid accommodations and identifications to ensure this,” Lord said. “I can assure you I am working on it at the moment.” Lord said he cannot do a national search with such a limited time span, so it will have to be an interim leadership. “I am working diligently on that right now, and I hope to have something I can announce before the 31st,” Lord said. While his retirement notice came shorter than most, Ornes is not the only dean retiring. Glenn Hild, interim dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, is also retiring at the end of May. “He has said he cannot be talked out of retirement,” Lord said. Lord had put together a search committee last year for a new dean, but President David Glassman has asked him to hold off on the process because of budget issues. “Eastern will have to resolve that matter between now and the month of May,” Lord said. Although the process for looking for a new dean of the College of Arts and Humanities is on hold, Lord said if they go forward with a national search he has the structure in place. “Everything’s ready to run (the search),” Lord said. “If we don’t do that we would do another internal interim search.” The president has not yet told Lord which path he wants to take. Ornes has no comment on his retirement other than to say it was a personal and professional decision. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
Fire alarm notifications operational Staff Report | @DEN_News Eastern’s fire alarm automatic reporting system for alerting the Charleston Fire Department is back to normal. Cathy Johnson, the administrative clerk in Facilities Planning and Management, said students would no longer need to dial 911 to report a fire in an Eastern building, according to an email. The fire alarm system will now automatically notify 911. It was announced a few weeks ago that the automatic reporting system was disabled due to a reported malfunction in the system.
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Brody Wilt, a junior sociology major, grabbed the S.L.U.T. Walk sign and led the walk around campus Tuesday. "Too often people choose to blame the victims and not the person doing the crime," Wilt said.
S.L.U.T. Walk brings awareness By Torri Griffith Staff Reporter | @Den_News Students strutted around campus clad in pieces ranging from racy pajamas to underwear and fishnet stockings with shorts, during this year’s annual S.L.U.T. Walk. Students carried signs reading “It’s not consent if you make me afraid to say no,” and “Blame rapist for rape” as they marched down Fourth Street to bring awareness to rape culture. Dana Gilbertsen, the president of EIU FEM, gave her definition of rape culture as a society where victims are being blamed. It is the in-
equality of people, of women, and victims. Emily Stockdale, the vice president of EIU FEM, provided a small speech with background information of the S.L.U.T. Walk. “In Toronto in 2011, a police officer told a group of students if women didn’t want to be raped, they need to not dress like sluts,” Stockdale said. “This blatant, inexcusable active victim blaming is what inspired the first S.L.U.T. Walk, which is now an event that is held worldwide.” Jo Stauder, a junior sociology major, said the walk was a place for victims to speak and be heard in front of people who are listening. Stauder held a sign saying, “64 percent of
trans people are victims of sexual assault.” Alex Woolley, a freshman studio art major, said the S.L.U.T. Walk brings awareness to something that society does not like to talk about. “As a queer man, a lot of times people say I dress too feminine,” Woolley said “Many people call me gay due to the way I express myself.” Annie Pettit, a sophomore English major, said that she was wearing a skirt before she came to the S.L.U.T. Walk, but she did not feel comfortable enough to be revealing during the walk in fear of what others might say about her appearance. S.L.U.T., page 5
Senate encourages voting Students
By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman
The Faculty Senate voted to extend voting for the fall special elections and confidence/no confidence vote in Blair Lord, the vice president of academic affairs, and encouraged the faculty to vote. The voting, which was originally Nov. 2 through 6, will now continue to Nov. 9. An extension was suggested by physics professor James Conwell. Conwell said he thought the voting was going to be for the full week as opposed to the original five days. Three more days were added to the voting period so it would be available for the full week. The vote of confidence/no confidence comes from a petition the senate received asking to have the vote. Grant Sterling, a philosophy professor, said he thought it would be unfortunate to put Lord through the trauma of a confidence/no confidence vote and the faculty through a potentially divisive and controversial event without a clear outcome. “I think we, as a senate, should formally encourage all faculty members to cast an informed
vote,” Sterling said. Sterling said he did not think the senate should endorse faculty vote either way, just that they cast a vote so he encouraged the senate to send out emails Monday through Friday of the voting period telling people to vote and to do all they could individually to encourage voting. “The percentage of the faculty who votes represents the degree in which you can be confident in what the vote says,” Sterling said. “Thirty percent is better than 20, 40 is better than 30, and 80 is better than 70.” Sterling said he would like to see 60 or 70 percent of the faculty vote. A faculty forum on shared governance was discussed during the meeting. While the referendum on the vote of confidence or no confidence may come up during the forum, what has been done in the past in regards to shared governance as well as what should be done in the future, will be the main topic of discussion. The forum will be Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 1 p.m. in the Effingham Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. SENATE, page 6
lobby for education By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman The Student Action Team went to Springfield Tuesday to talk to senators about higher education funding. About 250 students from all of the different Illinois state public universities were there as well. Shirmeen Ahmad, the student body president, said they came up with different slogans, such as “Cuts mean us,” that they chanted outside the Capitol building before lobbying the General Assembly. Ahmad was able to meet Illinois State Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, who Ahmad said was supportive. LOBBY, page 6