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Kaisei Kuroki, a fresman men’s tennis player, has lived in five different countries and now lives in Charleston.
The Eastern men’s and women’s swim teams host Western and Butler on Saturday and hope to continue their winning streak.
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Grace O’Brien, a sophomore graphic design major, attends the You Have the Floor event in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday evening. She says she just got off work so she decided to stop by the event to participate.
Students take chance to showcase creativity By Valentina Vargas Contributing Writer | @DEN_News You Have the Floor, drew a small crowd of students from almost every major to showcase their own work and experience the presentations of other students. The performances ranged from a student explaining the process of papermaking to other students showing their artwork designs and describing the techniques they used. You Have the Floor collaborated with Blue Room Magazine in an attempt to get more students involved and more submitted work. Natalie Standley, the creative director of Blue Room Magazine, said they wanted to collaborate for the event so they can get the word out about the magazine. Standley also said the event is for any person to “have the floor” in order to
present their creativity and demonstrate it to other students and professors. “Hope to get the word out because (the magazine) is a cool concept and gives students on campus a way to express themselves,” Standley said. As students arrived they started gathering around on one side of Gallery Room 1910 of the Dounda Fine Arts Center. Some of the students that attended did not have a fine arts background, but still came to show support. There was no order of the performances, so anyone at the event was welcome to show something if they wanted after one was finished. Jackie Baum, a senior graphic design major, performed a short film presentation, which she Floor, page 5
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Natalie Standley, a senior graphic design and communication studies major, gives a presentation on the history of feminism Wednesday evening during the You Have the Floor event in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
HOPE to host candlelight vigil Thursday for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Harry Potter party to be held in Tarble atrium
By Mallory Kutnick Contributing Writer | @DEN_News
By Kennedy Nolen Multicultural Reporter | @KennedyNolenEIU
In any given year, Housing, Outreach, Prevention and Education of East Central Illinois will support up to 700 domestic violence recipients spanning seven counties. Not all reach out, however, and not all live through such ordeals. In observation of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, HOPE will hold a candlelight vigil Thursday at 6 p.m. at Morton Park. Angie Hunt, the Charleston-based program’s housing director, said music will precede the vigil proper, which is set to begin at 7 p.m. and normally lasts up to an hour. “We are honoring all victims who have been lost to domestic violence and all those who have survived,” Hunt said. “Our goal is to honor and remember those who have been taken from us by abusers and to let anyone experiencing abuse know that we are here for them.”
The United States Department of Justice defines domestic violence as “a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner.” They list such violence as any combination of physical, sexual, psychological, emotional and/or economic abuse. As far as HOPE is concerned, domestic violence need not occur between lovers, as was the case for one Reagan Williams of Tilton, killed at the age of two in 2006 by her mother’s then-boyfriend. Some cases of domestic violence involve blemishing the victim’s self-worth, controlling their personal finances, damaging their relationships with others, intimidating them or isolating them from the outside world, including family and friends. In addition to its namesake housing, outreach, prevention and education, HOPE also provides counseling, safety planning, legal support, children’s advocacy, intervention, transportation, a walk-in program and referrals to other organizations within
the communities they serve (Coles, Clark, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and Shelby counties). Their shelter in Charleston houses up to 24 people and features bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room and various amenities such as toys, books and a TV. Here, their clients can go about their everyday lives while receiving safety support and the peace of mind provided by state-of-the-art security. The shelter is open to abused or homeless women and children, and they are welcome to stay for around a month. Clients are then welcome to spend up to two years in HOPE’s Transitional Housing Program, in which they work to improve budgeting and job skills and save enough money to relocate to permanent housing by the end of their stay. HOPE also runs a toll-free 24-hour crisis hotline at 888-345-3990. Mallory Kutnick can be reached at 581-2812 or mbkutnick@eiu.edu.
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The Tarble Arts Center will remain open for an after-hours Harry Potter themed party 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday in the Tarble atrium. Rehema Barber, the director of the Tarble, said students who attend can see the gallery, do an art project, have some food and listen to music. The Tarble staff wants to engage the student body with the idea that the Tarble is not just oriented toward academics, but is also available for fun activities, Barber said. Barber said the staff started these after-hours events last year, and the staff came up with themes for each after-hours party. “The first time we did it was October around this time last year,” Barber said. This year, Barber said the Tarble staff thought it would be appropriate to do a Harry Potter themed party to tie in with the theme at Booth Library. Potter, page 5