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Students clean up city streets for service to others By Analicia Haynes Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Registered student organizations and Eastern students will have the opportunity to “Adopt a Block” for the 2015-16 academic school year. “Adopt a Block” is a way for students to take ownership over a selected area and clean and maintain that area twice a month. Rachel Fisher, the director of student community services, said adopt a block is a chance for RSOs and other students to come together as one collective body to give back to the community and make Charleston a beautiful place. “It’s a great way for students and student organizations to give back to the community in a way that allows volunteers to pick up trash and get to know neighbors,” Fisher said. Ariannah Lambert, the chair of the student university enhancement committee, and Fisher worked together to build a partnership between student government and student community services to kick off “Adopt a Block.” “I was excited,” Lambert said. “I wanted to do community service and I was so nervous at first, but Rachel was awesome.” Fisher said “Adopt a Block” has been going on for a couple of years in different pilot situations that were meant to work out the kinks and figure out what works best. “Adopt a Block” will consist of two block sets containing a total of seven different areas. The first block set consists of an area that ranges from Division Street to Fourth Street and from Lincoln Avenue to Grant Avenue and the second block set covers Ninth Street to 12th Street and from Lincoln Avenue to Cleveland Avenue. Trash bags and gloves will be provided to the students and there are designated areas for students to leave the trash and the city will pick it up. “I’m looking forward to students being aware of the messes in the community and see people willing to help clean these messes,” Lambert said. “Adopt a Block” will also incorporate recycling methods by including separate trash bags for recyclable goods and trash, Lambert said. Fisher said adopt a block is a model of a “communiversity,” which is a collaboration between the students, the community, the institution and the city. “It’s people willing to make a difference working on our city that we didn’t have last year,” Lambert said. Currently, there are five RSOs that signed up for adopt a block, which is a total of about 25 to 30 people; however, that number is expected to change, said Fisher. “We can certainly take more people because we need key players to come join us,” Fisher said. “It doesn’t have to be a large organization, anyone can come and be a part of the project.”
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Arius O’Neal, a junior family and consumer sciences major, and Jerome Hampton, a sophomore business management major, pass out little cards advertising the Black Student Union on Monday outside of Coleman Hall. BSU meets Mondays at 6 p.m. in the Charleston/Mattoon Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Local vandalism causes financial burden By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman Although Alexys Opel, a senior sociology major, was angry when she got a tire on her car slashed Halloween night, she said there was one positive thing that came from it. “I know how to change a tire now,” Opel said. Opel and her roommate, Callie Beck, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, worked on putting a new tire on Opel’s car Monday afternoon. Opel said the only reason she knew how to change a tire was because a cop saw her looking at her tire and her landlord told her places to go. “I’d probably feel more accomplished if I could actually use my car,” Opel said. Early Sunday at around 2:30 a.m. vehicles on Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, 10th and 11th streets had their tires cut according to the recent Charleston Police Department police report. Beck said her father showed her how to change a tire and even called him to ask for help. Lt. Brad Oyer of the Charleston Police Department said he estimated the cars affected was somewhere in the area of 38. Oyer said these incidents sometimes occurs during nights like Halloween. “We’re going to do our best to find out who it is,” Oyer said. “We’re going to treat this like any other investigation.” Oyer said the police department would talk to people about what happened as well as talking to crime scene technicians. Opel first found out her car’s tires were slashed Sunday morning before she had to go to work at Jerry’s Pizza. “Let’s just say I was pissed,” Opel said. Opel uses her car to get to work and her in-
“I can’t see why someone would go through the trouble, but I’m not suprised either.” - Brian Anzures, Sophomore psychology major and victim of tire slashing ternship. “It’s walking distance, but I don’t have time, I’m taking 18 credits,” Opel said. “I don’t have a car, now I have work too.” Opel paid $130 for one tire. “My parents are helping me, but money’s tight, it’s not exactly something I look forward to (paying for),” Opel said. “Anything car related is so expensive.” Brian Anzures, a sophomore psychology major, had two tires on the driver’s side of his car slashed and all five of his roommate’s car tires were slashed as well. Anzures’ insurance won’t cover the cost. “It’s only basic insurance that covers liabilities,” Anzures said. “It covers the other person if you get in an accident.” Anzures had already bought new tires to go to work at Wal-Mart’s Automotive Center, which cost $114. “I have money, but I had been trying to save it,” Anzures said. “It’s an inconvenience to spend money on what I didn’t want to
spend it on at the moment.” At first, Anzures said he was mad about what happened, but later cooled down. “After, I realized being mad wasn’t going to fix the tires or catch who did it,” Anzures said. Anzures was working on Sunday and he did not have a way to go to work after his car tire was slashed, so he asked his friend’s girlfriend for a ride. “ I c a n’t s e e w h y s o m e o n e w o u l d g o through the trouble, but I’m not surprised either,” Anzures said. Despite what happened, Anzures said he does not feel unsafe. However, Anzure said he knows people who carry knives around for protection around town to feel safe, though not in school. Working in the automobile center at WalMart, Anzures said they had worked on about 34 cars, and of that amount, 32 had tires that were slashed and the average price paid was $200. “It was not too busy, but a little busier Sunday,” Anzures said. Anzures said he had worked on some of his roommates and friends cars. If anyone has any information, they are asked to contact the Charleston Police Department at 217-345-8422, or message them through Facebook. They can also call Coles County Crime Stoppers at 866-345-8488, where all information is anonymous. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.