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The Eastern women’s basketball team fell to Loyola-Chicago, 86-75, in overtime Tuesday in Lantz Arena. PAGE 8
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The Charleston City Council voted on three resolutions and heard a presentation about the Charleston High School speech and drama team. PAGE 2
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Senate passes no-confidence, evaluation resolutions By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman The Faculty Senate passed two resolutions, the no-confidence vote results and the evaluation of administrative staff, at their meeting Tuesday. The no-confidence results came after a weeklong vote in their confidence of the performance of Blair Lord, vice president for academic affairs. Out of the 349 people who participated in the vote, 67.6 percent voted no confidence, and 261 eligible voters did not participate.
Although the meeting was originally going to be partially closed, the senate chose to keep the whole session open after consulting with the University Counsel. The resolution states the senate heard the votes and will continue to serve the faculty by “maintaining open communication with President (David) Glassman about this matter, inviting faculty feedback and responses regarding this matter and representing faculty concerns to the president, Board of Trustees, and other entities on campus as the matter is addressed.”
Jeannie Ludlow, the coordinator of women’s studies, said she proposed the resolution to reassure fellow faculty that the senate would not just put out the results of the referendum and be silent. “We will continue to represent the faculty on this matter,” Ludlow said. Teshome Abebe, an economics professor, said he did not think the resolution was necessary because the senate already works with administrators. “I think the way we are going to show that the message was received is what we do from this point on and not just passing this kind of resolution,”
Abebe said. Jason Waller, a philosophy professor, said he understood the job of the senate to make recommendations to the administration. “I think we would be remiss if we didn’t pass a resolution making specific recommendations to the president on the basis of this vote,” Waller said. “This isn’t a topic I want to have a conversation about. But that’s what (the faculty) wants us to do. They’ve spoken very clearly.”
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(Left): Tiyaji Williams, a junior communication studies major, and Angela Davis, a senior sociology major, practice a few of the self-defense moves taught by Candice Solomon- Strutz, the assisitant director of IT planning at the University of Illinois, on Tuesday during the Know Yourself Cyber Safety and Self-Defense forum in the auditorium of Lumpkin Hall. (Right): Solomon- Strutz uses Allante Nelson, a senior organizational and professional development major, to help demonstrate self-defense moves.
Forum teaches social media usage, self-defense By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @DEN_News Students were found stretching and kneeing in Lumpkin Hall during a self-defense forum presented by the men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. The “Know Yourself Cyber Safety and SelfDefense,” forum was led by Candice SolomonStrutz, the assistant director of IT planning at the University of Illinois. Solomon-Strutz is the lead Taekwondo instructor at the University of Illinois and started teaching self-defense 15 years ago. SolomonStrutz said one of her friends was attacked and the incident led her to teach self-defense classes.
“I said this is something that could happen to me so I joined to make sure I was able to defend myself,” Solomon-Strutz said. Solomon-Strutz said many people can access a college campus, so it is essential for students to know what to do in a threatening situation. She said students are more vulnerable on campus than any other public place. Solomon-Strutz started the forum with a presentation about the negative and positive effects of social networking. “A lot of times when people are in danger they are opening up the threat because they share too much information online,” Solomon-Strutz said. “It’s not as random as you would think on a college campus.”
A video was shown during the forum, which demonstrated a girl who put her address on Facebook and the aftermath of her openness. By the end of the video the girl was harassed through several phone calls then attacked by her harasser. Solomon-Strutz listed the good and bad of social media with the bad being hate crimes, cyber bullying and procrastination. Solomon-Strutz said things are never completely deleted off the Internet. Jarrett Moore, the president of Omega Psi Phi, said he was able to take a couple of pointers away from the forum. He said the event was a good opportunity for the future professionals of Eastern’s campus. “Social media is probably more than half the
students use everyday and if you’re not aware of its power, you can be taken advantage of,” Moore said. “You can put things out there that you only mean in that moment and it can still be looked at.” Moore said the event was food for thought and it probably helped audience members to analyze how they use their social networks. He said hopefully the students would use their future outlets wisely. Solomon-Strutz said lately, social networks have been used as a venting place and Moore said he often sees people putting their business out in the media.
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UB to fill comedy coordinator position vacancy By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor | @LPMartinez20 The University Board comedy committee no longer has a coordinator and is currently looking to fill the vacancy. Lucas McGeath, the former University Board comedy coordinator, said he resigned as the coordinator because of personal reasons. “I just had too much on my plate and had
to put schoolwork first,” McGeath said. “I resigned a couple weeks ago.” While the coordinator position is now vacant, McGeath said everything that was scheduled by the comedy committee would still be going ahead as planned. “The comedy for this semester will go on as scheduled,” McGeath said. ”I think (the University Board) are advertising with posters that they are hiring for several positions.”
The UB started filling vacant positions earlier in the semester, including naming McGeath as the comedy coordinator at the beginning of the semester. “They are some of the greatest people I’ve had the pleasure of working with, and I wish I had the time in my schedule to stay on with UB,” McGeath said. This semester, Eastern students were able to see Giulia Rozzi, who performed in Septem-
ber, although the Bryon Bowers performance, which was originally scheduled for Oct. 15, was canceled. McGeath said the final scheduled comedy performance of the semester would be Adam Grabowski, who is scheduled to perform at Eastern on Dec. 3. Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.