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Hong Kong gubernatorial candidate to speak at Eastern By Jarad Jarmon Associate News Editor | @JJarmonReporter
Abby Howard, an Alpha Sigma Alpha representative; Alexis Lambert, a Black Student Union representative; Morgan Molitor, a Sigma Kappa representative; Katie Murphy, a Kappa Delta representative; Bridget Rosendahl, an Alpha Phi representative; Jacy Samet, an Epsilon Sigma Alpha representative; Erin Waller, a Delta Zeta representative and Rebecca Williamson, a Ford Hall representative are also candidates for Homecoming Queen. Lori Knoechel, Univeristy Board’s Homecoming coordinator, said UB values the student’s voting thus far. “We appreciate everyone’s patience with the situation, and we hope that everyone votes, even those that already have,” she said.
A recent independent candidate for chief executive of Hong Kong will be coming to Eastern to speak on the crisis affecting Hong Kong currently from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Charleston/Mattoon Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Wing-yin Yu, a professor of science turned politician will be speaking about the occupation in the People’s Republic of China, where thousands of demonstrators, some students, are demanding more freedom and democracy. They are demanding to be given the right to elect a leader of their choosing for the chief executive in the 2017 election. Hong Kong police are using force to break up these political protests. If these protests are successful, it will be the first time citizens would be directly voting for the chief executive, instead of a committee of 1,200 people. Ping Chen, the public policy institute director, said these protest are getting heated, and has similar ties to the Tiananmen Square incident, where tanks were used to qualm protests. Yu has received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Oregon. In addition, Yu has also served as a science adviser to a number of world organizations, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It was in this capacity, that he was able to help shape some countries’ national policy on science. His platform for his campaign during the Hong Kong governorship in 2012 was “how to develop Hong Kong through science.” Chen said students, including the 20 Chinese international students, should be interested in the turmoil taking place in Hong Kong, because like Wall Street, Hong Kong plays an important role in the world economy.
Samantha Middendorf can be reached at 581-2812 or semiddendorf@eiu.edu
Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.
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Javier Green, a senior English major, Shamerea Richards, a senior communications major, Phillip Love, a junior Political Science major and Brandon Byers, the president of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity discuss partying and study habits during Monday night’s forum.
Homecoming candidates announced By Samantha Middendorf Entertainment Editor | @Samantha_EE The online voting for the 2014 Homecoming coronation has been extended because of unforeseen complications with the voting system. Voting for the coronation will now take place through 3 p.m. Wednesday. The voting was temporarily closed at 10:40 p.m. Monday, following complications. All votes placed before 10:45 a.m. Monday are now invalid. Each link sent to students for voting is eligible for one vote. Only Eastern students can vote. Candidates for Homecoming King include Joe Blanchette, a Sigma Phi Epsilon representative; Jake Brillhart, a Sigma Chi represen-
tative; Mitch Gurick, a Sigma Alpha Epsilon representative; T.J. Hahn, a Sigma Pi representative; Lance Harris, a Lambda Chi Alpha representative; Eric Herling, a Sigma Nu representative; Michael Kahovec, a Pi Kappa Alpha representative; Nathan Grayheart, a Phi Kappa Theta representative; Brandal Miles, a Black Student Union representative; Kyle Samas, a Delta Tau Delta representative and Stephen Simpson, a Student Government representative. Candidates for Homecoming Queen include Brianna DeMarco, a Sigma Sigma Sigma representative; Maggie Doyle, a Delta Delta Delta representative; Katie Edelmann, a Alpha Sigma Tau representative, Logan Ferguson, an Alpha Gamma Delta representative; and Brittany Fischer, a Delta Sigma Theta representative. Amie Hansen, a Blue Crew representative;
Faculty Senate to review enrollment initiatives By Debby Hernandez Administration Editor | @DEN_News The Faculty Senate will review the causes and solutions related to enrollment, along with the faculty hiring process at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Conference Room 4440 of Booth Library. The senate will review Eastern administrators’ overview of some causes for the 23 percent enrollment decrease. According to the administrative root cause analysis, one of the contributing factors of low enrollment includes a decrease in students attending colleges and universities in Illinois.
The analysis also states enrollment in Illinois community colleges has decreased by 9 percent, while many Illinois students who do go to college decide to attend out-of-state universities. The growth of competition with the 300 higher education institutions in Illinois also contributes to the low enrollment, according to the analysis. Eastern has also been affected by the decrease of students entering the teaching program, which previously has been about 40 percent of Eastern’s undergraduate enrollment. According to the analysis, factors contributing to this include concerns of finding employment in this
field, state certification requirements, and teacher salaries. Solutions organized by Eastern administrators to increase enrollment numbers will also be reviewed. One of the suggested solutions is to expand Eastern’s market by targeting specific groups such as students in and outside of Illinois, and establish partnerships with school districts. Another solution is to increase efforts to live up to Eastern’s core values, which include having excellence in education and personal relationships. In regards to low enrollment in the teaching program, administrators have suggested to ex-
pand the market by attracting not only students to the program but also current Illinois teachers seeking additional certifications, and by developing a multi-year marketing plan to promote teacher education. Senate members will also address concerns about the process of hiring unit A and unit B faculty and the allocation of positions within each unit. Department chairs are asking for specifications and possible revision on the matter. Debby Hernandez can be reached at 581-2812 or dhernandez5@eiu.edu.