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BUILDING BONDS The Eastern men’s soccer team lost 1-0 to No. Denver Saturday.

The Eastern football team fell to Southest Missouri, 21-14, Saturday.

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Names for workgroups announced Editor’s Note: At his State of the University Address, President David Glassman announced the creation of a vitalization project meant to guide planning and budgeting decisions and make changes to programs and services on campus. This is a list of the members who will be on the workgroups and task force part of the vitalization project, as found on the vitalization project’s webpage.

Members of the workgroups and task force involved in the vitalization project have been announced on the project’s webpage.

Staff Report | @DEN_News The committee chair who will oversee the entire task force is interim dean of the graduate school Ryan Hendrickson.

Robert Miller, Eastern’s general counsel, is the chair of the President’s Liasion Subcommittee, with members Mary Konkle, chemistry professor; Kathlene Shank, chair of the special education department; and Emily Stuby, interim assistant director of planning and institutional research.

In workgroup one, which deals with student services, is chair Rick Roberts, chair of the department of counseling and student development; Peter Andrew, mathematics and computer science professor; Eric Davidson, interim director of health service; Heidi Hawkins, assistant university budget officer; English professor Angela Vietto; student Hugo Escobar and student Kallee PeeblesTomes.

Workgroup two, university technology, consists of chair Ryan Gibson, webmaster and director of the web and mobile application division on campus; Josh Awalt, interim assistant director of information security; biological sciences professor Billy Hung; and Ben Merry, LAN Administrator of Health Service.

Workgroup three, tasked with enrollment management, will include chair Jody Stone, senior associate director of Housing and Dining; Todd Bruns, institutional repository librarian; music professor Paul Johnston; Josh Norman, director of enrollment management data analysis and reporting; and student Greta Dieter.

Workgroup four, for Intercollegiate Athletics, includes chair Tami Babbs, assistant comptroller; Kevin Linker, program director for recreational sports; Steve Rich, assistant vice president for advancement; chemistry professor Dan Sheeran; and student Kelsie Abolt.

The members of the facilities workgroup, workgroup five, are chair and physics professor Steven Daniels; Matt Brown, associate director of student housing; accountant Lauren Clapp; and superintendent of grounds Scott Hall.

Workgroup six, tasked with marketing and university branding, includes chair and marketing professor, Richard Flight; Jeremy Alexander, interim associate director of Housing and Dining, assistant director of marketing and creative services Christy Kilgore, communication studies professor Chigozerim Utah and student Jack Cruikshank.

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James Calderon plays a pop song on his violin during “Global Cultural Night” Saturday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Students expose peers to cultural diversity, promote international unity Global Culture Night builds connections through diversity

By Dillan Schorfheide Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Grand Ballroom turned into a scene of games, cultural singing, dancing and international unity Saturday night.

The Association of International Students, with the help of Chi Alpha Campus Ministries, held this semester’s Global Culture Night in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Along with the dances and games, a skit was performed to show how Africa has become more modernized, and many traditional garments from different countries were on display in a fashion show.

The first game played was bingo, but not the traditional bingo game. The sheet given to everyone had requirements on it, and participants had to find somebody who met each requirement. For example, one square on the sheet said attendees had to find someone who has visited a country in Europe.

"It feels great (to speak) because I was an international student. It feels great to speak to everyone and inspire them to follow their dreams."

Adekunle Adeyemo, Eastern Alumnus

Attendees had 15 minutes to complete the sheet, and three random winners were drawn after time ran out. The lucky winners were Mahip Rathore, a graduate student, Arun Kumar Nagula, a graduate assistant in the Office of International Students and Scholars and Charleston resident Margie Gibbens.

Gibbens brought her grandchildren to Global Cultural Night and said her family loves cultural events.

“We love to expose (the grandchildren) to as many cultures as possible,” Gibbens said.

Cultural performances were also on display Saturday.

For the dancing portion, one group of students performed multiple dances, one student performed a tap dance routine and another performed an Indian dance routine.

Alumnus James Calderon, who graduated last year with a Master’s in music, performed his version of two pop songs on the violin.

Carol Mbouombouo, one of the students who performed in the dances, said she was happy to perform and see the different cultures represented.

“It is nice to see the different flags and cultures,” Mbouombouo said. “Even though we are from different parts of the world, it is nice to be able to come together.”

Three students were given monetary prizes for writing an essay about an experience they had with culture shock.

The first-place prize of $100 went to Ryan Henderson, a senior accounting major from New Zealand.

A second-place prize of $75 went to Moses Allor Awinsong, and in third place and getting $50 was Pabitra Aryal.

Alumnus Adekunle Adeyemo spoke to the attendees about following their dreams.

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Alert EIU, shots fired Sunday morning Staff Report | @DEN_News Shots were reportedly fired 2 a.m. Sunday morning around 11th Street and Hayes Avenue.

According to an Alert EIU message, the suspects were described as two males, one of whom had dreadlocks. Both suspects were wearing white clothing. They then fled east on foot.

Any more information on this incident should be directed to the Charleston Police at

345-8422 or the University Police Department at 581-3212.

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By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News Homecoming is two weeks away, and with it participants in this year’s Homecoming Parade will soon be marching through the streets of Charleston.

Applications to be in the parade from the community are due Friday.

Student applications are due Tuesday, Oct. 11.

The theme for this year’s Homecoming is “No place like EIU,” which is a play on words from the phrase, “There’s no place like home,” from the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” Homecoming festivities include the Homecoming Parade and the football game against Murray State University.

Titus Young, the graduate assis-

tant helping with the Homecoming Parade, said he and his team meet weekly to go over logistics and applications, set up staging areas, and work with other departments, like the police and university communications to make sure everyone is on the same page.

“Every aspect of the parade, we are involved in,” Young said, “We meet weekly to make sure that the parade participants get their questions get answered.”

Young said a couple of student organizations have signed up to be part of the parade.

The parade sees over 100 entries between university groups and community participants.

Young said he and his group are looking to add a couple more groups to join in the parade, like motorcy-

cle clubs and The Shriners, who are a Freemason splinter group who ride little scooters and wear fez hats.

Young said the community has more participants in the parade than the university does, and he wants to see that change.

There will be a parade subcommittee meeting 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Charleston/Mattoon room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

The parade route is the same as it was in the past. It will go from 7th Street, to around the downtown square, to 6th Street, then Polk Avenue, down Division Street before ending on Grant Street.

One of the student entries that will be participating in the parade is the service sorority Epsilon Sigma Alpha.

Epsilon Sigma Alpha will have a spirit banner for the parade that the women will walk with, but they will not be making a float since they do not have the time to make one, Emma Barth, one of Epsilon Sigma Alpha’s homecoming chairs, said.

Barth said the application process was initially confusing, but once the Homecoming packet was released, things went smoother.

Barth has walked along the parade in the past and said she enjoyed it.

“It was a lot of fun seeing all the different people and the impact that Eastern has on the Charleston community,” Barth said.

body cameras could serve to deter negative behavior by the public and police officers.

ty are passed on to relatives. But the rules are murkier — and currently far more restrictive — when it comes to pictures on Facebook, emails to friends or relatives and even financial records stored in online cloud accounts.

Without an estate plan, families must try to crack their loved one’s passwords or take the costly step of litigating the matter to access photos and emails — and some have, with little success.

The laws governing inheritance have not caught up with technological advances, but states have begun trying to bridge that gap. This year, Illinois was one of 19 states that passed similar laws to clarify what internet companies can release after someone dies and when information should remain inaccessible.

With the new laws, unless a person expresses otherwise, companies will release basic information from a user, such as the person’s email contact list, to help find friends or gather an inventory of a person’s assets. But to get the actual contents of the emails — even the subject lines — or photos and documents stored in a cloud service, people must proactively specify who they want to have their digital belongings.

Facebook allows users to choose a “legacy contact” to access their account, and Gmail has an “account trustee” option. In instances where people use those options, the companies’ agreements with them will supersede the state laws.

Even with the new laws, planning is necessary at a time when many still don’t think about the contents of their internet accounts as property.

Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812 or scnusbaum@eiu.edu.

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Trump losses may mean he paid no taxes for years WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s business losses in 1995 were so large that they could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income taxes for as many as 18 years, according to records obtained by The New York Times.

In a story published online late Saturday, the Times said it anonymously received the first pages of Trump’s 1995 state income tax filings in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The filings show a net loss of over $900 million in federal taxable income for the year.

In its story, the Times said the three pages of documents were mailed last month to a Times reporter who had written about Trump’s finances.

A postmark indicated they had been sent from New York City, and the return address claimed the envelope had been sent from Trump Tower, the newspaper said.

Former Trump accountant Jack Mitnick, whose name appears as Trump’s tax preparer of the filings, confirmed their authenticity, the newspaper reported.

Trump's campaign accused the newspaper of working to benefit the Republican nominee’s presidential rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton. It said that Trump still paid “hundreds of millions” of dollars in other kinds of taxes over the years.

“I know our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only one who can fix them,” Trump tweeted on

Sunday.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Trump “had some failures and then he built an empire” and called the businessman “a genius at how to take advantage of legal remedies that can help your company survive and grow.”

Clinton’s primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, said that assuming Trump’s tax strategy was legal, “what it tells you is you have a corrupt tax system which says to ordinary people, you’re supposed to pay your taxes.

But if you’re a billionaire, there are all kinds of loopholes that you can utilize that enable you ... not to pay anything in taxes.”

All Springfield field officers to get body cameras this year SPRINGFIELD (AP) — The Springfield Police Department expects to equip all of its 160 field officers with body cameras by year’s end.

Deputy Chief Dyle Stokes tells The State Journal-Register that 40 body cameras are already in use and another 15 to 20 will be issued to officers in the coming weeks.

Stokes says officers have not reported any issues with the cameras and the devices have already been used to investigate citizen complaints that turned out to be unfounded. He says the department is hiring a clerk to handle open records requests from the public to release video of incidents.

The president of the NAACP’s Springfield branch, Teresa Haley, says

Hemp farm to be built in New York EATON, N.Y. (AP) — ­ New York’s first legal hemp farm in decades has taken root under a pilot program that’s part of a national resurgence of a plant that’s prized for making food, clothing and shelter but long banned along with its smokable cousin.

Hemp has been used for millennia as a source of oil, protein and fiber used in clothing, rope and paper.

Modern uses include cosmetics, nutritional supplements, biofuels, building materials and pharmaceuticals.

The trade group Vote Hemp estimates the value of hemp products in the U.S. at $600 million.

The U.S. has been the only industrialized nation where hemp farming was illegal.

The 2014 U.S. Farm Bill, which defined hemp as distinct from marijuana, cleared the way for states to regulate it for research and pilot programs. Since then, 29 states have passed hemp legislation and nine have established pilot programs licensing production, according to Vote Hemp.

Who inherits a selfie? Illinois seeks to fill privacy law gaps SPRINGFIELD (AP) — When a loved one dies, laws cover how their houses, cars, and other proper-

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Autism Conference held at Eastern

By Cheyenne Fitzgerald Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Carol Kranowitz, who wrote a book about Sensory Processing Disorder, came to Eastern to talk about how to understand children with the disorder at the annual Autism Conference Friday.

Gail Richard, interim director of Eastern’s Autism Center, along with students involved in the Autism Transitional Education Program, put together this conference every year.

Students, parents, teachers and advocates for Autism awareness come from all over to enhance their knowledge on SPD. Pam Briscoe, Shelly Seaman and Martha Kirts are all speech pathologists who work together at South Eastern Special Education in Sainte Marie.

Briscoe and Kirts have made the hour-long trip to the conference since it began, bringing along Seaman for her first year.

“My dad was a special education teacher, and so he kind of showed me that this side, a different way of teaching, is to be a speech therapist,” Seaman said.

Briscoe said that her 4-year-old daughter is currently going through a situation similar to one Kranowitz discussed when putting on newly brought clothes.

“I think it has more to do with not wanting to wear what I pick out, but there is the sensory piece of not wanting to wear something that doesn’t fit just right,” Briscoe said of her daughter.

Seaman and Kirts both agreed that being in their field of study, they are able to raise their children with a bias that may give them an upper hand.

“I use a lot of motor stuff; I know if they’re sitting down a lot, I need to incorporate a lot of sensory symptoms into their daily lives,” Seaman said.

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Carol Kranowitz, author of the book, “The Out-of-Sync Child: Understanding How Sensory Processing Disorder Affects Learning, Communication and Behavior,” and Judy Barnes, a speech language consultant from Champaign demonstrate “The Bus Driver” at The Autism Conference on Friday afternoon in The Eastern Illinois University Grand Ballroom. “The Bus Driver” is a resistance exercise one performs with their autistic child.

Having this experience helps the speech pathologists have skills that others may not when dealing with children.

“People say all the time the way I play with kids is different than how they would play with kids, but to me it’s just natural,” Kirts said.

Volunteers from Eastern’s Autism Center were also at the event.

Courtney Tate, a graduate student studying communication disorders

and sciences, was one of these volunteers for the event and said she works closely with Richard.

Tate explained that all the proceeds from the conference are given back to the Autism Center, including the fees to come to the conference and the sales from the shirts.

“We pay to have our guest speaker come in and attract the occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, physical therapists, all of

those who come here for their continuing education requirements, and then all extra proceeds go to the Autism Center,” Tate said.

Tate has clients who have SPD and was able to relate to much of what Kranowitz was explaining during her presentations.

Tate said she hopes to be involved in this event come next year, as she is interested in the education it brings to those who want to help others as

much as she does.

“I love working with children; I love working with people,” Tate said.

“I actually started off as a biology major but was missing the people aspect I wanted.”

Cheyenne Fitzgerald can be reached at 581-2812 or cmfitzgerald@eiu.edu.

Tarble Trips prepares to travel to southern Illinois

By Angelica Cataldo Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_news The Tarble Arts Center invited members and nonmembers to participate in this semester’s Tarble Trip for a

tasting tour in southern Illinois.

The excursion group will leave 7:30 a.m. on Saturday from Tarble. It will return by 9:30 p.m. the same day.

From Tarble, the group will travel to the Cedarhurst Center for the

Arts in Mount Vernon and be able to take guided tours of quilt exhibits on display or see the Goldman-Kuenz Sculpture Park. After the tours, everyone will be able to freely explore the museum.

From Mount Vernon, the group will travel south into wine country to Makanda. There, participants can sample wine at Blue Sky Vineyards and attend Colorfest. Colorfest is an annual festival celebrating harvest sea-

son featuring local music, artists and food.

Angelica Cataldo can be reached at 581-2812 or amcataldo@eiu.edu.

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Exclusivity is the Kryptonite of feminism

When we look at the history of any movement, we are bound to stumble upon some embarrassments. It is only natural that starting out, an otherwise worthy cause might stumble and discriminate, or turn down help from people who can actually benefit them.

When we talk about feminism, the embarrassments are mostly race-related — early suffragettes would not allow black women to walk in protests with them, and they are still credited with most of the effort to get women the vote, as if women of color were nowhere near the frontlines of the fight. Did you see Ida B. Wells in that movie Suffragette? There is a reason for that, and it is called systemic racism.

Today, the biggest blemishes on the face of feminism are sex-work-exclusive radical feminists and transgender-exclusive radical feminists, or SWERFs and TERFs, if you like puns and need a laugh. Also in the rank of Terrible Excuses for Feminists are white feminists (who practice a feminism focused heavily or only on the suffering of white women), homophobic feminists and ableist feminists. These are people focused solely on themselves, who do not admit that there are issues that might not pertain to them that feminism absolutely should get involved with.

While we are fighting things like the tampon tax, rape culture and patriarchy, there are other matters that also need our attention. We have trans sisters and brothers who need protection, as well as women of color who have their rights stolen at every turn and non-binary and trans individuals who we should look after. We should be working to make sure that LGBTQ+ individuals are not afraid of living their lives.

It does not make sense to know what oppression feels like and not assist someone in the same situation. A very small amount of feminists care only about feminism, and very few of us suffer from just sexism, the queer community, the disabled community and people of color have their oppressions compounded — so it only makes sense that feminism should be intersectional. It is so crucial to include anyone who may be oppressed, because it defies what we stand for if we refuse to.

Intersectionality is the overlapping of identities, wherein factors like race, orientation, gender and the like come together and affect a person’s experience.

For example, a person can be non-binary, Latinx and gay all at once. Leaving room for these inclusions in feminism allows for everyone to be welcomed into it.

The more accepting we are of intersectionality, the less intimidating and heartless we look. There are too many examples of popular feminists who are straight white girls, able-bodied and ideally attractive gracing the front pages of magazines with vague stances on equality. It is bland and redundant and a huge misinterpretation of the movement.

What would happen if we fought for the non-binary individuals just as often as we fought for the right to affordable contraceptives? What if we challenged the limited wheelchair accesses on most buildings the same way that we challenge gender stereotypes? What if we protected people of color the same way we protect women who have been abused?

The result is a wider base for feminism: a more inclusive pack of people who do not feel alienated in the movement because they might be a feminist-with-other-identifiers. Think of how progressive feminism could be if we were all adequately represented by the movement.

Gretchen Neal is a senior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or gdneal@eiu.edu.

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Eastern cannot survive on undersized budget A recent statement in an article published in The Daily Eastern News stated that Eastern President David Glassman said the university will have problems planning for the future without full funding.

Though the university can still operate if stopgap funds continue to come in at a predictable measure, long-term decisions and planning cannot happen.

We at The Daily Eastern News think this is an unfortunate reality of being a university in a budgetdeadlocked state.

Yes, the stopgap appropriation of $12.6 million given during the summer is better than nothing, but universities should not be content getting so much less than they need to survive.

Even worse is that in the same article, it was reported that some in Springfield think Illinois might have to rely on these stopgap budgets for years.

Is this the way it is going to be in Illinois? Do we as citizens just need to get used to the idea that we will never have a full budget? Are we going to just get used to the fact that our politicians will hold

their breath and stomp their feet, refusing to compromise to get their way, leaving our state in the crossroads?

Sadly, this does not seem completely outside of the realm of possibilities for a state that has gone nearly a year without fully funding higher education and social services.

While lawmakers may have patted themselves on the back after this stopgap funding is passed, there is not enough substantial change that can be made in the wake of this funding.

Eastern and other universities need and deserve more than the uncertainty of stopgap funding that may or may not come — and that, even if it does come, is barely enough funding to cover them for a few months.

The General Assembly is not scheduled to reconvene until November, and it seems this will be the next time the possibility of funding is even raised.

It is unacceptable that some think it is acceptable that Eastern has been given so little. It is even more

unacceptable that politicians who are supposed to be working in our best interests are more worried about getting re-elected than helping their constituents.

We get it. It looks good to be the senator or representative who did not back down. It can be hard to compromise with someone you villianized.

But think of the people being hurt in the process.

In order to continue fulfilling its mission of educating students, Eastern needs the stability of a full budget. With full funding, Eastern could plan for the future, conduct the initiatives it needs to to boost enrollment and educate current students and bring back more of the crucial employees it lost in the spring.

With the stopgaps, the university can function day by day. With full funding, it could put plans in motion to improve and grow for years.

The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.

Kaepernick’s critics are modern-day Pharisees Just over a month ago, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began protesting racial injustice by refusing to stand during the national anthem. Ever since then, he has been overwhelmed with criticism and controversy.

Critics say that he is unpatriotically disrespecting the most important symbol of our nation and that he is abusing the freedom of speech that men and women in the military fought and died to protect.

In his first media session, Kaepernick responded that he deeply loves America and that he has nothing but respect for our armed forces. But he does not feel that our nation is living up to its own values, especially when irresponsible police officers are not prosecuted for using deadly force against unarmed African-Americans. Kaepernick says he will kneel instead of stand during the national anthem until we substantively address those issues.

After he gave this statement, his critics replied, “Oh, OK. Sorry, we didn’t know you were actually doing this out of respect for America. Carry on.”

Right?

Not quite. While many of his critics agree we must address racial injustice, they argue that Kaepernick should find some other way of protest that does not involve disrespecting the flag.

Why is this? Why should these critics be disproportionately vocal about the minor problem of disrespect to the flag when discussing the major problem of racial injustice?

We can actually find an illuminating parallel to this behavior in the New Testament’s depiction of the Pharisees, members of an ancient sect of Juda-

Leon Mire ism who tried to observe strictly all of the rituals found in the laws of Moses.

The author of the Gospel of Matthew is especially critical of the Pharisees, regarding them as legalistic hypocrites who follow the letter of the law rather than its spirit. Naturally, Jesus frequently comes into conflict with the Pharisees, as in Matthew 12:1-2.

His disciples, hungry and penniless, pick food from the fields to eat on the Sabbath day, when Jewish law forbids any kind of work. The Pharisees say that picking food counts as “work” and throw a fit over this slight wrongdoing, ignoring the fact that the Scriptures tell farmers to leave food out in their fields for this very reason.

Jesus later uses a vivid metaphor to criticize the Pharisees on this point: “You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel” (Matthew 23:24, New International Version). That is, they preoccupy themselves so much with minor violations that they ignore major principles, like generosity toward the poor.

Just as the Pharisees were more concerned with

Sabbath rituals than generosity, Kaepernick’s critics seem more concerned with national anthem rituals than racial injustice. It is very troubling that so much rage and disgust has been directed to his method of protest instead of what he is actually protesting.

Jesus has harsh words for those who prioritize matters of ritual over matters of justice. In Matthew 23:27, he compares the Pharisees to “whitewashed tombs” — beautiful and clean on the outside, rotten on the inside.

Lest my analogy be misunderstood, I wish to make a few things clear. First, I recognize that many biblical historians believe Matthew’s depiction of the Pharisees is oversimplified and disparaging. Second, I am not comparing Kaepernick to Jesus, only his critics to Pharisees. Finally, I am not claiming that his critics do not care at all about racial injustice.

Nevertheless, such individuals should take a hard look in the mirror and answer for themselves whether or not they really are behaving like the Pharisees in the Bible. What leads them to post more angry messages on their social media accounts, and what makes them feel sicker to their stomach?

Is it the unjustified and unpunished killings of innocents by the very individuals entrusted to our protection? Or is it the ritual posture of a football player most people had never heard of before last month?

Leon Mire is a senior philosophy and English major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or lkmire@eiu.edu.

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The chair of work group seven, academic programs, is Cindy Rich, project director for teaching with primary sources; the members are medical insurance manager Angie Campbell; psychology professor Assege HaileMarian; music professor Danelle Larson; director of development Mike Murray; accountant Joyce Schumacher; business professor Scott Stevens; and director of student standards Heather Webb.

The eighth group, Academic Visioning Workgroup I, will consist of chair and psychology professor Jeff Stowell, interim dean of the graduate school Ryan Hendrickson, Renee Kidd-Marshall, director of the nursing program, technology professor Peter Ping Lui; Kelly Miller, interim director of admissions; biological sciences professor Britto Nathan; special education professor Amy Rosenstein; chair of the history department Nora Pat Small; student Samantha Boomgarden; and student Kimberly Kuspa.

The ninth group, Academic Visioning Workgroup II, has as its chair political science professor Melinda Mueller, and its members are education professor Jay Bickford; Austin Cheney, chair of the school of technology; Richard England, dean of the honors college; sociology professor Michael Gillespie; Amanda Harvey, interim associate director for health service; English professor Suzie Park; health studies professor Sheila Simons; and students Kersten Kidd and Neil Rhoades.

Blair Lord, provost and vice president for academic affairs; Lynette Drake, interim associate vice president for student affairs; and Paul McCann, interim vice president for business affairs, are involved with the task force as well.

The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.

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The band AM Radio performs “Just Breathe” by Pearl Jam at “A Night of Hope,” held at Jackson Avenue Coffee Shop on Friday night.

The JAC offers a night of hope

By Olivia Swenson-Hultz Assistant Photo Editor | @DEN_News People were brought together with music and art to celebrate a good cause at “Night of HOPE” Friday evening at Jackson Avenue Coffee.

The night was filled with musical performances and artwork donated by various artists.

Throughout September, people could stop by the JAC and donate artwork and items, such as gift baskets, to be sold at a silent auction to benefit Housing, Outreach, Prevention and Education.

HOPE is a nonprofit organization that provides shelter, education, legal assistance and more to victims of domestic violence.

There was an array of art pieces available,

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ternational student,” Adeyemo said. “It feels great to speak to everyone and inspire them to follow their dreams.”

Two of the most emotional parts of the night came when everyone stood up and held hands to Michael Jackson’s “We Are the World,” as well as when attendees stood by their country’s flag to show their pride.

Charleston residents Jim and Rayma Laughlin said they were excited for the night and thought

from ceramics to beeswax baskets to a diverse selection of paintings.

All proceeds from these purchases will go towards providing food, housing and support for people being affected by domestic abuse.

A wide range of music was performed throughout the night.

Musician Reverend Robert started the night off with some blues and jazz, followed by AM Radio, who played some soft alternative rock covers. Afterwards, Tequila Mockingbyrd took the stage, playing some rock ‘n’ roll. Motherlode, a three-part acoustic band, provided the crowd with some folksy, bluegrass jams to finish up the music for the night.

Twenty percent of the JAC’s regular sales for the day were also donated to HOPE. Jo Stauder, a senior sociology major who

donated artwork, said the turnout was pretty steady throughout the night.

Althea Pendergast, the executive director of HOPE who also sings and plays the stand-up bass with Motherlode, said the goal for the night is to bring as many people in as possible with their music.

“We’ve played together since the beginning of ‘Night Of HOPE,’” Pendergast said.

Danielle Braiding, a patron of the JAC, said the fundraiser could help a lot of people.

She said many people there were “personally affected by these issues, and can seek relief in ‘Night of HOPE.’”

it was a good way to bring cultures together.

Marschelle McCoy, an office manager in the Life Science building, said she really enjoys the Global Culture Night.

“I love it. I’ve been coming here for seven years,” McCoy said.

Mark Bettinger, president of Chi Alpha, said the night displayed not only people’s cultural diversity but also the unity within that diversity.

“It’s great to have all the students come together, to celebrate their cultures, where they came from, through dance, songs, music and even some food,” Bettinger said.

AIS president Beluchukwu Ebede said he thought the night met the expectations he had “100 percent.”

“I would say we had quite a very good turnout,” Ebede said. “Everyone is happy, everybody’s really, really excited. Because from all indication, most people are giving the feedback that this is better than the previous Culture Night that we had. So I think everybody was happy.”

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By Kaitlin Cordes Cross Country Reporter | @DEN_Sports Senior Riley McInerney had his best performance of the season, and junior Maria Baldwin topped the Eastern women’s rankings Friday at the Notre Dame Invitational.

McInerney placed fifth in the Gold Division of the race with a time of 24 minutes, 40.8 seconds in the men’s 5-mile trek.

Seniors Paxson Menard and Tyler Yunk made up the rest of Eastern’s top three finishers. Menard placed 16th with a time of 25:06.4, and Yunk came in 20th with a time of 25:11.5.

Rounding out Eastern’s scoring finishers were junior Chris Orlow and senior Greg Rogers. Orlow ran the course in 25:36.7, finishing 44th.

Rogers placed 68th with a time of 25:53.0.

The men finished fifth out of 24 teams. The overall winner in the men’s race was Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis senior Robert Murphy with a time of 24:19.4.

Utah Valley won the meet with 114 points, followed by Duquesne’s 120 points, IUPUI (141 points), Youngstown State (142) and EIU with 153 points.

Ohio Valley Conference competitor Belmont finished 13th overall with 356 points.

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of 17:40.1. Following Baldwin were seniors Ivy Handley, Ruth Garippo and Rachel Garippo and freshman Sadie Elliott.

Handley and Ruth Garippo finished in the top 40 with Handley coming in 30th and Ruth Garippo placing 38th.

Rachel Garippo barely missed a top-50 placing with her 18:07.8 51st-place finish.

Elliott was last of the five scored runners for Eastern, coming in 110th with a time of 18:41.0.

This was the first time in Eastern history the three women finished the same race under 18 minutes. Handley ran in 17:50.1, and Ruth Garippo finished with a time of 17:56.1.

The women also posted the fourth, seventh and ninth fastest times in school history.

University of Texas at El Paso’s Lilian Koech finished first, running the course in 17:15.6, and Bradley University won the meet with 130 points.

Murray State finished one slot below Eastern, scoring 264 points.

Belmont was awarded 375 points, putting them in 16th place.

Next up for Eastern is the Bradley “Pink” Classic in Peoria on Oct. 14 on the Newman Golf Course at 4:15 p.m.

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Looking to surprise and make some noise as well is Indian Hills Community College.

The Warriors placed 1st of 17 schools in the Mt. Mercy invite and 2nd in the Fall Eagle Open.

Rounding out the competition is the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Creighton, University of North Dakota and North Dakota State.

If anything will even out the competition level in the tournament, it will be the course.

Harvester Golf Club is a par-72 course which plays 7,365 yards.

“Yeah it’s a very challenging course,” Gowin said. “We are ready for the challenge, and we also know that everyone has to go out there and play the same course just like us.”

In the individual category of the tournament, Eastern will hope to see another big day from Alvaro Hernandez.

The sophomore has been the Panthers’ number one golfer this season.

He led the team overall in both of the tournaments this season.

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The Eastern men’s golf team will be one of nine teams competing in the Drake University Zach Johnson invitational Monday and Tuesday at The Harvester Golf Club in Rhodes, Iowa.

The tournament will be a 54-hole event, with 36 holes being played on Monday and the final 18 on Tuesday.

Eastern finished 14th out of 15 teams in their last tournament and will find itself up against stiff competition again.

However, confidence for the Panthers is high.

“Our team expectations are high going into this tournament,” senior Alex Gowin said. “The course is very nice and sets up well for our team.

We are excited to put three good team rounds together and see where that puts us on the leaderboard.”

One of the teams that could make things difficult for Eastern is Bradley University.

Bradley has finished in the top three in all its tournaments this year, including a first-place finish in the Crusader Collegiate tournament.

Defending tournament champions Northern Iowa will also be playing, and the team looks just as fierce this year.

The Panthers have finished in the top four in every event

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016

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By Mark Shanahan Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s soccer team’s losing streak extends to five games as a good defensive effort ended in a 1-0 loss to No. 8 Denver.

The match was played at the west practice fields because of a wet Lakeside Field from the rain earlier in the weekend.

Denver remains undefeated with a record of 9-0-2, while Eastern falls to 2-7-1 and 0-2 in conference play.

Redshirt freshman Ryan Schaefer scored the lone goal in the game for Denver in the 25th minute.

Schaefer was in the right place at the right time when a shot off of the crossbar rebounded right to him, and he shot it past junior goalkeeper Mike Novotny for the score.

Junior Alex Underwood and redshirt junior Blake Elder assisted Schaefer on the goal.

Eastern men’s coach Kiki Lara said the goal was unfortunate for the Panthers.

“The goal came off of a mistake that we’ve been kind of working on, just an unfortunate thing, but something we can continue to work on and get sorted out,” he said.

Eastern was not able to record a shot on goal in the defensive battle, but freshman Alex Castaneda was close to giving them the lead in the third minute as his shot went across the front of the net but eventually rolled out of bounds.

Denver led Eastern 11-1 in shots in Saturday’s game guided by sophomore Andre Shinyashiki who had two shots on goal.

Redshirt senior Chandler Crosswait also had a shot on goal for Denver that Novotny made the save on.

Castaneda had the lone shot for the Panthers. Novotny made three saves

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Sophomore forward Trevor Kerns battles two Denver opponents for possession of the ball during the Panthers’ 1-0 loss to Denver Saturday. The Panthers fell to 2-7-1 on the season.

in the game and now has 22 on the season.

Lara’s immediate reaction from the game was that his team was much improved.

“The main focus is that this team is much improved and they’re one

of the best teams in the country and I thought we played very well for a large part of the game and we’re still susceptible to some errors that just take experience and just a little bit of know how,” he said.

This is the third time this sea-

son Eastern has lost by the score 1-0.

Six of the seven Panthers’ losses have come by just one goal.

Denver is now the leader in the Summit League, but Western Illinois and Omaha are each 1-0 in conference play.

Eastern will be on the road for the next four games starting with Missouri State Wednesday.

Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.

Volleyball team up, down in weekend matches

By Maher Kawash Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team had to go through some of the bad before the good in two matches this past weekend.

The Panthers were on the road for matches against Southeast Missouri State and Tennessee-Martin and came away with their first Ohio Valley Conference win of the season.

That win came Saturday against Tennessee-Martin in four sets, and it pushed Eastern’s record to 4-15 overall and 1-3 in conference play.

The Panthers started out slow against the Skyhawks with a 25-23

loss in the opening set of the match.

But after falling just short there, Eastern recouped and ran away with the next three sets to earn the win.

The turning point of the match came in the second though as the momentum seemed to shift there.

The Panthers had an early lead thanks to a 6-0 run, but TennesseeMartin answered back to later tie the game at 24.

But a Skyhawks’ error followed by a kill from junior Allie Hueston is all Eastern would need to take the set 2624 and earn its first OVC win of the season.

Sophomore Taylor Smith turned in a productive performance once again

for the Panthers as she posted another triple-double.

Smith’s 11 kills, 11 digs and 31 assists were good for her Division-I leading seventh triple-double of the season and matches her total from all of last season.

Freshman Lindsey Powers and redshirt junior Josie Winner combined for 29 digs to lead the Panthers.

While there was plenty of success to be found Saturday, it was a completely different story Friday night.

The Panthers were swept in three sets to a Redhawk team that had lost 15 consecutive games.

Although the end result was not close, each set was a lot more compet-

itive than that.

The Panthers held a 10-4 advantage in the first set but were stunted by a 5-0 run from Southeast Missouri.

Both teams exchanged leads a few times until the set was in advantage of Eastern at 20-19.

But the Redhawks answered by scoring six of the final seven points in the match to earn a 25-21 win in the opening set.

It was more of the same in the following sets as Eastern dropped the second 25-21 and fell in the third set, 25-22.

It was the Panthers’ 15th loss of the season, and it also gave Southeast Missouri its first OVC win.

Eastern ended the weekend with a win but concluded its three-game road trip with a 1-2 record.

Up next for the Panthers is a fourmatch home stand.

Eastern returns to action this weekend with more conference play and tips off against Austin Peay Friday night.

Following that match, the Panthers welcome Murray State into Lantz Arena for their second match of the weekend.

Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.

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Big plays by SEMO down Panthers Eastern loses 21-14

By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports

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A bad snap soars past quarterback Austin Green Saturday at Houck Stadium in the Panthers' 21-14 loss to SEMO.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. — On two separate plays, Eastern’s defense bit on a play fake by Southeast Missouri, and it resulted in two wide-open receivers for touchdowns.

The big plays were the difference as Eastern left Houck Stadium with a 21-14 loss.

If there is such thing as a perfect pass, SEMO’s quarterback Jesse Hosket threw it to Adrian Davis for a 62-yard strike to give the Redhawks an early 14-0 in the first quarter.

Davis found his way past the Eastern defense and was open down field for Hosket to float the ball into his arms.

On an almost identical play in the third quarter, the Eastern defense bit again and left Marquette Murdock open across the middle of the field for another long 45-yard touchdown for Southeast Missouri.

Those are just two plays out of the 61 the Redhawks ran, but the long plays hurt the Panthers in the end.

“Too many mistakes. Two big plays is too much,” redshirt senior safety Pono Choy said. “(Defense) is something we pride ourselves on. That’s two mistakes that shouldn’t have happened.

Choy tied the game for the Panthers in the third quarter by picking up a fumble and taking it into the end zone.

Hosket’s pass went backward resulting in it being a live ball and Choy able to pick it up and score.

What could have been a momentum changer for the Panthers, turned into Eastern kicking the ball off to SEMO, and seven plays later the Redhawks were back in the lead.

With 11:13 left in the third quarter, Murdock caught the 45yard pass for a touchdown, for what would be the game winner.

Last week, the Eastern defense also struggled, but the Eastern offense bailed them out putting up 56 points to go along with 641 yards of total offense.

That was not the case against Southeast Missouri.

Coach Kim Dameron said the Redhawks played “their hind end off ” on defense and he takes his hat off to how SEMO was able to stop Eastern.

The Panthers could not put together drives that put themselves in position to score.

Eastern’s only offensive touchdown run was an 18-yard run by redshirt junior running back Christopher Anderson.

Anderson ran over a SEMO defender at the line and used a burst of speed to go by everyone else.

Eastern had two other situations where they were in scoring position but both times came away with no points.

These happened on back-to-back possessions.

The best chance for the Panthers to score came with 8:20 left in the second quarter at SEMO’s 10-yard line.

Eastern was facing a 3rd and 2 situation when redshirt junior quarterback Austin Green and Anderson were not on the same page with a toss play.

SEMO recovered at the 10-yard line. Eastern got the ball back after a fake punt by the Redhawks failed. But again, Eastern was not able to convert.

This drive ended with a missed 46-yard field goal by junior kicker Nick Bruno.

It would have been the longest of his Eastern career, but he sent it wide right.

As time was expiring in the half, Eastern had the ball at the SEMO 33-yard line with near 20 seconds left and opted to run the clock out rather than get another play in.

“We were moving the ball but the time was getting really short,” Dameron said. “We went out and threw a pass and the ball was batted down and almost intercepted. I was not going to turn the ball over again right before half and give them a chance to get the ball down the field. So basically I said pull the plug.”

Eastern threatened to score at the end of the game, but went for it on 4th and 16, but turned it over on downs.

Eastern faced a 3rd and 16 situation at the SEMO 31-yard line with just under 6 minutes left and Green’s pass was batted down — something Dameron was not planning on happening.

He said at that point, with 5:40 left, they had nothing to lose in going for it.

Eastern is 1-1 in OVC play now and will host Tennessee State Saturday at O’Brien Field. Tennessee State is 4-0 overall.

Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.

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Panthers need to maintain focus for 4 quarters

By Justin Brown Sports Designer | @jbrown_31 CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. — A heartbreaking loss for No. 13 ranked Eastern followed a familiar trend that has been plaguing the Panthers since the start of the season.

Maintaining focus has hurt the Panthers in some form each week, since week one, when the Panthers struck first against Western before allowing 24 unanswered points.

In a week three game against Illinois State, the Panthers allowed Illinois State to creep back into a 24-7 game before narrowly escaping defeat in the 24-21 win.

The Panther defense has also allowed opposing teams to jump out to early leads, forcing the offense to fight an uphill battle.

In most cases, the offense has proven to be up to the challenge.

Falling behind early to Miami of Ohio 10-0 in a game where the Panthers never led until the final drive of the game, capping a 51-yard drive off with a touchdown to take a 21-17 lead and win.

Up 21-7 last week against Austin Peay, the defense allowed the visiting Governors to tie the game at 21 before the Austin Green led offense ran away with a 56-35 win.

Every Austin Peay touchdown, except one, was scored on a drive immediately following an Eastern touchdown.

The defense has also allowed big plays to hurt the team efforts.

Saturday against Southeast Missouri was no different.

The Panther defense was caught sleeping for two SEMO touchdown passes (45 and 62 yards) that ended up being too much to overcome.

SEMO’s game-winning touchdown followed an Eastern defensive touchdown that tied the game at 14 and had the potential to be a key turning point, redshirt senior safety Pono Choy said.

Eastern’s offense uncharacteristically struggled in Saturday’s defeat.

Despite out-rushing SEMO in total yards, coach Kim Dameron expected more out of his offense.

The loss at SEMO will may knock the Panthers back in the FCS rankings, and Dameron said the team will have to take a look at itself as a whole before pointing fingers.

Dameron said the loss was a team loss, and the team had no one area to point the finger.

“Before you start looking at anybody else, make sure you look at yourself first,” Dameron said. “Make sure you can correct the errors that you made before you ever even think about correcting somebody else.”

Justin Brown can be reached at 581-2812 or jlbrown17@eiu.edu.

JUSTIN BROWN | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS

Redshirt junior running back Korliss Marshall runs into a wall of SEMO defenders Saturday at Houck Stadium. Marshall carried the ball 8 times for 15 yards in the Panthers 21-14 loss.