THE SWARM
DEVILISH DISCUSSION
The Eastern football team prepares for Saturday’s matchup against Murray State.
A philosophy department panel will discuss the existence of the devil during a presentation Wednesday.
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Greeks to host breast cancer walk By Torri Griffith Staff Reporter | @DEN_News In efforts to bring awareness to breast cancer, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. will be holding their first interactive walk. T h i s w a l k w i l l t a k e p l a c e a t 3 p. m . Wednesday meeting at Ninth Street Hall. It will continue on to Andrews Hall then end at Old Main. Melanie Dyer, the president of Zeta Phi Beta, said this walk is a way for students to hear personal stories from others to become aware of the disease. Phillip Love, the president of Alpha Phi Alpha, said many people have important stories that need to be told in regards to breast cancer. Michael McGee, chairman of membership intake, said this is the first time the two organizations have worked together to have an interactive walk. “With every event we do we look to evolve to add more involvement,” McGee said. McGee said his fraternity helps the progress of African-Americans. He said this event can help with the progress of not only African-American women, but women of all races. “Our organization takes pride in helping with major causes such as this,” McGee said. At each station members of the organizations will be telling personal stories about breast cancer. “This is more than just a breast cancer walk, these are real people telling real stories,” Love said. The members of the organizations will tell how breast cancer has affected their lives. Some of them have had family members who were diagnosed with breast cancer and they will tell their survival stories. Information about how to get tested will also be given out during the walk. “I wanted this walk to have some kind of meaning behind it further than just breast cancer,” Love said. Dyer and Love both agreed on it being very easy to get members of their organizations to come out and share their personal stories. They said while dealing with sickness in family members, it could sometimes be difficult to come out to people and tell how it affected them or their family members. “Sometimes hearing personal stories can give others strength and motivation,” Dyer said. “Asking the members of my organization who have been affected was very easy. They were all on board.” The targeted audience for this event is not just women, they want anyone who has been affected by breast cancer or has seen anyone affected by breast cancer to come out and support the walk. Love said many events on campus have dealt with breast cancer, but he wanted this walk to be a way to have a real conversation. He said this walk is a way to show the reality of the disease. “I believe women are aware of breast cancer. Getting them to go out and get tested is where the problem comes in,” Love said.
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PHOTOS BY CHYNNA MILLER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
(Top): Kelasia Karmikal, of Champaign, Ill., performs a routine in a self-made gown at the Diva Drag Show: Greek Gods and Goodesses on Monday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. (Left): Amaya St. James, of Chicago, Ill., prepares for a costume change at the Diva Drag Show. (Right): Justin Zane, of Champaign, Ill., grabs money from audience members for his performance during the show.
Diva Drag Show engages audience By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @DEN_News Posed in a white and jeweled flowing gown, Kelasia Karmikal, lip synced music while swaying down the T-shaped runway in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Karmikal walked enticingly down stage after revealing the last trick up her long sleeve, another outfit. She relieved herself of the elegant gown and pre-
sented the second outfit, underneath her first one. As the show went on, all of the queens wowed the crowd with their changing outfits and fierce stares. This year’s Diva Drag Show included several performances from different queens across central Illinois. These queens have been performing at Eastern for more than 10 years. Clad in a pink and black rhinestone dress, Ceduxion Carrington, the animated emcee for the night, kicked one heel in the air as she went into
a cart wheel and ending in a split, received a loud cheer from the audience. “Not too bad for a 38-year-old,” Carrington said. The silhouette of Calexus Carrington-Steele appeared as she walked down the runway preparing to twirl her purple shimmering dress for the crowd.
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Faculty Forum scheduled for Wednesday By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman A faculty forum on shared governance will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Effingham Hall in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The forum will cover shared governance from the past and future.
Todd Bruns, dean of library services and chair of faculty forum committee, brought the idea up for a forum at previous Faculty Senate meetings. The forum was originally the idea of one of Bruns’s colleagues on Faculty Senate who proposed the upcoming confidence/no confidence regarding Provost Blair Lord, vice president of
academic affairs. After the senate discussed the forum, they decided to have a forum that focused more on shared governance in general, since some of the discussion regarding the vote was about shared governance.
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