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EIU FEM will be passing out free condoms Tuesday outside of Coleman Hall.
The Eastern baseball team will take on Illinois in Mattoon Tuesday.
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Teach-in to educate people on state economy By Cassie Buchman Associate News Editor | @cjbuchman People who want to know more about Illinois’ financial situation and what they can do about it can go to a teach-in from 10:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Math professor Charles Delman said people really need to be educated about what is really going on. Delman said the purpose of the teach-in is not to tell people what is right and wrong but to share information and ideas. “You’re welcome to question it; you should question it, it’s a discussion,” Delman said. “But we need to talk to each other to come to a solution.” This includes the budget impasse and budget deficit Illinois currently has. “(These problems) didn’t happen overnight. It wasn’t inevitable,” Delman said. “It could have been prevented; policies could have been different.” History professor Debra Reid said the teachin is a way to gather in an informal setting with experts to teach those who want to learn more about different perspectives. She said though people can teach themselves about these things, they often just end up looking at things that reaffirm their positions. “Maybe people who are of a different political persuasion will learn information (at the TeachIn) and think ‘Hey, this is a problem, we need funding,’” Reid said. “We can pressure with real information and real facts to help people’s opinions change.” Reid said it would be nice to lessen the divide between political parties because then they would communicate in ways to solve problems. “This is a huge problem,” Reid said. “It’s not just that we don’t have money.” Delman said the reason behind the teach-in was to educate people on what has led to these financial problems and to reach some conclusions on what to do to make Illinois better. “Illinois is in a really deep hole, and it’s going to be really hard to get out of this, and this hole was created over many years,” Delman said. “I’m not saying there are easy solutions, but the simplistic explanations are simply not true.” The teach-in will start at 10 a.m. with journalism professor Bryan Murley presenting a session on “Social Media: Basics and Beyond.” Murley will teach those at the session how to use Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter for community organizing. “Those are modern methods of quick communication that help to mobilize people to give them ideas or spread ideas, so we want to use those effectively,” Delman said. Reid said if people are more familiar with the technology, people will be more likely to use it. Delman said this workshop will be hands on and teach people who to use their knowledge to create change but the teach-in itself will be to help people learn more. TEACH-IN, page 6
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A group of students play frisbee in the Library Quad Monday. Students have been enjoying the warm weather by playing frisbee, relaxing in hammocks and having water balloon fights.
Senate to hear admissions report, nominations for executive board By Shirmeen Ahmad Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Faculty Senate will hear a report from the Admissions Office to get an update on the number of potential students enrolling in the fall semester at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Room 4440 of Booth Library. They will also have nominations for executive positions. Jeffrey Stowell, the vice-chair of the Faculty Senate, said the senate gets an update from admissions once or twice a year. “We had admissions come to an earlier meeting but we didn’t feel like we gave them an adequate time,” Stowell said. “We’re particularly interested in the success of our recruiting efforts for fall enrollment given the current climate of higher education in Illinois.”
"We’re particularly interested in the success of our recruiting efforts for fall enrollment given the current climate of higher education in Illinois.”
Jeffrey Stowell, Faculty Senate vice-chair
Kara Hadley-Shakya, the interim director of admissions, said the office has seen some difficulty as a result of the current budget impasse, but they are staying positive and continuing their efforts by looking at where they are at and in what ways they can improve. Hadley-Shakya said they are a little closer to knowing how Eastern is doing in terms of its enrollment numbers for the fall, but calculations and plans are already in place for the following spring semester.
The Admissions Office is currently increasing their communication plan and focusing on juniors and seniors, giving them additional marketing materials as well as getting more people to come for overnight stays on campus, HadleyShakya said. Hadley-Shakya said there are also plans to have two new college search kickoff events in Naperville and Orland Park.
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City Council to vote on annual budget By Lynnsey Veach Staff Reporter | @DEN_News There will be a public hearing on Charleston’s proposed annual budget at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, before the routine City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. Charleston Mayor Brandon Combs said the proposed budget was created by the city manager and comptroller. He said there are no notable changes in this annual budget, which will start May 1, 2016 and end April 30, 2017. The council will vote to increase the charges for ambulance services from the Charleston Fire Department. This would increase charges for residents living in city limits, non-residents and residents who live outside of city limits. The base rate for full-time Eastern students and residents within city limits would be
$424.91 for Basic Life Support, $803.93 for Advanced Life Support, and $803.93 for Advanced Life Support II. For non-residents, the charge would be $607.02 for Basic Life Support, $955.33 for Advanced Life Support and $1,148.47 for Advance Life Support II. The council will vote on the purchase of a cot power-load system for fire department personnel that will be purchased for $22,767 or less. According to the agenda, if approved, the council will waive bidding purchases to provide the most compatible system for reducing potential injuries. The council will be authorizing a street closure on the Courthouse Square for the Farmer’s Market starting June 1 and continuing every Wednesday after until October 26 if approved. The Charleston Tourism Advisory Board has
recommended that the council cover expenses relating to 2015 brochure printing costs by the Lincoln Log Cabin. If approved, the council will give $1,000 to Lincoln Log Cabin for said expenses. The council will pay $2,000 to cover expenses for the Charleston Chill’s Invitational and Summer Slam, if this is approved Tuesday. If approved Tuesday, the council will also pay $2,238 for Eastern’s kinesiology department’s expenses relating to the Illinois High School Association Girl’s State Badminton Championship. The council will also vote on the approval of tourism funds for the Charleston Transitional Facility, CIL-Con, a paranormal, horror, anime and gaming convention, and the Coles County Memorial Airport.
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