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The Embarras Valley Film Festival will feature films that expand on the Booth Library’s “Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights,” Wednesday through Friday in the Coleman Hall Auditorium.

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Freshman Lindsey Powers is embracing her role as a young leader on the Eastern Volleyball team.

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City Council Celebremos el día de los muertos approves hearing officer agreement

By Angelica Cataldo Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_News Matthew Lee has been officially authorized as Charleston’s new hearing officer for the Administrative Code Hearing Department.

On Tuesday, the Charleston City Council approved the motion to authorize a contractual agreement made in June with Lee. The first code violation hearing is scheduled for Jan. 24, 2017.

City Manager Scott Smith said the council staff and legal department, including Lee, have been going through training to prepare for the new agreement.

“What we’d like to see with local and minor ordinances is compliance,” Smith said. “We think this will certainly help citations and local issues be dealt with in a speedier time frame.”

According to city records, the agreement states Lee will provide professional legal services for the city and serve as the hearing officer and adjudicator for the administrative hearings regarding local ordinance violations.

Hearings will then be set for the first and third Tuesday of every month, dealing with local ordinance violations such as housing, building and zoning codes, parking, vehicle registration and health safety violations.

Citizens who were cited with a violation will be mailed a notification with the date and time of their hearing and will have the opportunity to provide any evidence they have for their case.

This excludes any federal and state offenses such as state traffic law violations with a penalty for incarceration.

The city agreed to pay Lee $185 per hour with compensation for an hour of travel of up to 200 miles.

City Attorney Rachael Cunningham said fees paid as part of the hearing will also go toward Lee’s salary.

Smith said hearing officers are typically retired judges or active attorneys.

Lee has been a criminal defense attorney in Bloomington since 2003, which made the city council consider him because he had his experience in the field.

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(Top) Esther Simon, a sophomore early childhood education major, fixes Vanessa Olivares’, a freshman nursing major, hair after Simon braided it during LASO’s El Día de los Muertos festivities Tuesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King University Union.

Hunger action month to raise awareness

By Kalyn Hayslett Editor-in-Chief | @DEN_news Throughout the month of November, the Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteerism will educate, raise funds and assist citizens who suffer from food insecurity during its fifth annual Hunger Action Month.

have the means to consistently purchase a sustainable amount of food.

“If you are poor in our country, you have no power,” Michael Gillespie said. “You need someone to help advocate for you, and there is not a lot of people who are willing to do that.”

Students can become advocates

"About 42.2 percent of all individuals in Coles County are food insecure and 46.9 percent of families."

Michael Gillespie, sociology professor

Food insecurity is when an individual or family is one step away from not being able to identify how they will find their next meal.

Sociology professor Michael Gillespie said food insecurity is directly linked with the amount of money a person earns and is a problem that affects several Coles County citizens and families.

“About 42.2 percent of all individuals in Coles County are food insecure and 46.9 percent of families.

That’s almost half in Coles County (that) are food insecure, while 23.9 percent of families with children under the age of 18 years old live in poverty,” Michael Gillespie said.

Having an unstable or low income is a contributor to food insecurity because individuals and families do not

for those who suffer from food insecurity by educating themselves about the causes of it, breaking any negative stigmas associated with people needing assistance and being aware of the epidemic.

Hunger can be easily hidden, causing people to be unaware of the silent suffering of other citizens, Michael Gillespie said, which puts an even higher responsibility on us as human beings to genuinely extend a helping hand to those in need.

Throughout November, Fridays will be dedicated to sharing facts and statistics about food insecurity, poverty and hunger.

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(Left) Holly Toledo, a member of the Zoo Crew, paints the face of Marco Cerrato, a sophomore chemistry major, during the celebration.

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Sexual assault reported Monday Staff Report | @DEN_News The Charleston Police Department responded to a sexual assault report 10:15 p.m. Monday on the 1400 block of Seventh Street.

According to an Alert EIU

email, the suspect was described as a 6-foot tall male, with an athletic build, blue eyes, shaggy blond hair and a tattoo on his back.

Any information about the inc i d e n t c a n b e d i re c t e d t o t h e Charleston Police Department at

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Tribune columnist, alumna to visit Eastern Staff Report | @DEN_News Heidi Keibler Stevens, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune and an Eastern alumna, will give a lecture 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Roberson Auditorium of Lumpkin Hall.

There will also be a meet-andgreet reception for the public scheduled from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in 2031 Lumpkin.

According to a press release,

“Stevens’ column, called ‘Balancing Act’ focuses on work-life balance, relationships and parenting from a feminist perspective.”

After Stevens wrote a column praising Eastern, English professor Robert Martinez became interested in bringing her to campus.

In her column, Stevens said Eastern was “exactly what she needed” as a student in the ’90s.

Stevens is a former editor-in-

chief of The Daily Eastern News and has been with the Tribune since 1998.

During her time at Eastern, Stevens will also speak to classes and faculty.

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

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consequences if rival wins DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump could draw the United States into nuclear war, Hillary Clinton warns. Clinton would plunge the country into a constitutional crisis, he says.

As the caustic presidential race lurches toward the finish line, each candidate is aggressively casting the other as a catastrophic choice for the White House. Making an affirmative case about their own qualifications and vision has become a secondary priority.

The sexual assault accusations that have trailed Trump in the race’s closing weeks and a new FBI review into Clinton’s email habits seem likely to only reinforce the public’s negative perceptions, leaving the candidates to essentially argue to voters that they’re the best of two unappealing options.

Indeed, Clinton’s speeches in this final full week of campaigning have

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But Trump, too, has stepped up his broadsides after the last weeks of October handed him a pair of potentially potent political gifts: the projected “Obamacare” premium rate hike and FBI Director James Comey’s letter revealing that agents are reviewing emails that may be connected to Clinton’s private server.

His campaign sees the latter in particular as an opportunity to reinforce questions about Clinton’s trustworthiness and remind voters that sending Clinton to the White House could lead to the return of the scandals that trailed Bill Clinton’s presidency in the 1990s.

“She would be under protracted criminal investigation and probably a criminal trial, I would say,” Trump said during a rally in Michigan on Monday. “So we’d have a criminal trial of a sitting president.”

Illinois comptroller race in spotlight with budget fight CHICAGO (AP) — The race for comptroller, usually a low-profile contest coinciding with Illinois’ gubernatorial campaigns, is in the spotlight during a presidential year with a big money special election offering Democrats an unusual chance to oust Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s handpicked candidate.

The office that controls Illinois’ checkbook is open mid-term because incumbent Leslie Munger’s appointment is expiring. Rauner named her after Republican Judy Baar Topinka died after her 2014 re-election and Democrats in charge pushed a law requiring a 2016 special election.

Munger is vying to keep the job against Democrat Susana Mendoza, Chicago’s city clerk aligned with the influential speaker of the Illinois House.

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overwhelmingly focused on Trump.

On Monday, she warned against giving Trump the authority to order a nuclear attack, bringing along a former nuclear launch officer to bolster her point.

“Imagine his advisers afraid to tell him what he doesn’t want to hear, racing against his legendarily short attention span to lay out life-anddeath choices too complex to be reduced to a single tweet,” Clinton said Monday in Ohio. “Then imagine him plunging us into a war because somebody got under his very thin skin.”

On Tuesday, Clinton focused on Trump’s demeaning and predatory comments about women, calling him a “bully.” Trump has not been shy about going negative on Clinton. He routinely calls her “Crooked Hillary” and “the most corrupt person ever to run for the White House.”

The comptroller post has been obscure, with perpetual talk of merging it with the treasurer’s office, which oversees investments. But it’s recently played a more prominent role with Il-

linois’ unprecedented budget gridlock.

The office balances laws, court orders and lawmaker-authorized spending to prioritize who gets paid, from state workers to utility companies to social service providers. The office can also be used as a bully pulpit to urge change, something that could impact the administration in power.

THE CANDIDATES Like several legislative races, the comptroller election has become a proxy war in the battle between Rauner and House Speaker Michael Madigan, who serves as the Democratic Party’s leader.

Mendoza and Munger have cast themselves as independent from their party leaders, but they’ve also benefited from their backing.

Munger supports Rauner’s agenda and took millions in donations from the former venture capitalist and his allies. But she also delayed paychecks for elected officials during the impasse, and defied his request to not pay public-employee unions the “fair share” dues her office deducts from

state worker paychecks.

Mendoza, a former legislator, says she’s also created waves within her party. She once challenged a Madiganbacked candidate and publicly disagreed with Mayor Rahm Emanuel as clerk when he pitched raising the price of parking permits. But she voted with House Democrats on spending plans and has publicly praised the speaker.

THE CAMPAIGN The two faced off in one televised debate where both interrupted each other often as they defended their records.

Munger claimed her opponent voted “in lockstep” with Madigan and her campaign donations come from special interests. She defended her own campaign fund as support from people who want to improve Illinois.

“The governor has not bought me,” she said on Chicago’s WTTW. But Mendoza said the contributions make Munger a “wholly-owned subsidiary” of Rauner. She defended her budget votes as preserving funding for people in need.

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U of I to push for full state funding URBANA (AP) — The University of Illinois is planning to try again for full state funding in fiscal 2018, which it hasn’t seen since 2015.

The university is also focusing on its efforts for a multiyear budget arrangement with Illinois, The NewsGazette reported. It plans to announce proposed legislation next week that would provide five years of guaranteed funding in exchange of hitting certain educational benchmarks, including limiting tuition increases to the rate of inflation and providing adequate financial aid.

If Clinton wins, some in GOP say no to 9 on Court WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers suggest they would be fine with just eight Supreme Court Justices for four more years rather than have Hillary Clinton fill the vacancy.

“If Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can do to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court,” North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr said in an audio recording of his meeting with GOP volunteers on Saturday. CNN obtained a copy of the audio.

GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Ted Cruz of Texas have also suggested blocking any Clinton nominees.

Candidate accused of posing as judge disbarred CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Monday barred a Chicago-area judicial candidate accused of posing as a judge during traffic court from taking the bench if she wins and revoked her law license.

Rhonda Crawford, 45, was a shoo-in to win in November until news that she briefly played a judge drew ridicule and condemnation among those who practice law in Cook County. Her only opponent, Judge Maryam Ahmad, is a write-in candidate.

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Some Black light BINGO uneasy over shots fired

By Adrian Bolaji Contributing Writer | @DEN_News

With shots being fired in the area just a few days ago, some students are concerned but still hopeful for Charleston’s safety.

According to a press release from the Charleston Police Department, at 1:51 a.m. Friday police received reports of shots being fired. They were not able to determine the location of the initial incident because numerous calls came in.

A second shot was later fired that night approximately 30 minutes later at 1520 Edgar Drive.

Alex Zamora, a senior communication studies major, said he feels safe in Charleston at times, but when shots are being fired along with fights, he cannot help but feel unsafe.

Zamora said the emails about police investigating gunshots have felt frequent to him. He said this is concerning because he has not heard of the police finding the suspects shooting off their gun.

Taylor Hatfield, a junior communication studies major, said she thinks Charleston officials do the best they can do to keep students and the community safe, but hearing gunshots or finding out that someone was jumped makes her feel nervous when being somewhere alone.

“You can’t really anticipate those kinds of things, but I do like being informed about what is happening around campus, so I would just want to make sure that students are being made aware of all situations so we can try to avoid them,” Hatfield said.

Hatfield is from a small town outside of Champaign and lives in an area where crime is usually uncommon. She said she is not used to living so close to where crimes are actually occurring.

Chris Wickell, a senior computer science major, said he feels safe in Charleston but believes that feeling is different for other people.

“I always have this opinion that people won’t hurt me as long as I can reason with them. Obviously this isn’t always true, but it’s how I feel,” Wickell said.

Wickell said there is not much else Charleston officials can do when it comes to increasing safety.

Adrian Bolaji can be reached at 581-2812 or aabolaji@eiu.edu.

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Joy Tichenor, a Charleston resident, listens for the next bingo call during CASA’s glow-in-the-dark BINGO night Tuesday at the Charleston Moose Lodge. Tichenor said she has been to other BINGO games hosted by the organization, but this was the first she has attended with a theme.

Faculty Senate seeks transparency

By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News The Faculty Senate raised concerns about workgroup transparency and discussed the search for a new provost during their meeting Tuesday.

The workgroups the senate talks about are part of the vitalization project, which was introduced by Eastern President David Glassman.

This project involves workgroups who look at different areas of the university to see what could be improved, what needs more resources, what could be outsourced and what could be eliminated. During meetings, the groups have been compiling and discussions recommendations for their areas, which they gave to Glassman, the vice presidents and unit leaders Tuesday.

English professor C.C. Wharram spoke about

the profit/loss sheets, which are sheets that look at the finances of the various departments on campus. They show each department’s revenues and expenses.

Wharram said the workgroups’ minutes were not necessarily clear as to what was going on in the meetings.

It was decided by the senate that senate chair Jemmie Robertson would ask for the reports the workgroups sent in to Glassman.

“Hopefully the president will promote a share of governance with Faculty Senate so we can evaluate the decision-making process,” Robertson said.

Other topics discussed during the meeting included the search for a new provost to replace current provost Blair Lord, who is retiring and filling in vacancies in the Council on Academ-

ic Affairs.

A narrowed-down list of potential candidates for the position will be interviewed between January and February.

In February an even narrower list will be interviewed and a candidate will be chosen in March.

The CAA is still in need of replacements for its members. Members are looking for a secondary replacement for someone who cannot be in the council.

The CAA is also looking for people to stand in for the CAA chair Marita Gronnvoll as she goes on sabbatical and history Debra Reid because she is leaving the university after this semester.

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

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Don’t Turn the “Missouri” Into the “Misery”

Sierra Falk

Childhood innocence is painful, bittersweet to part with As I slowly approach the end to my college days in December, I keep thinking more deeply about my years growing up. I listen to stories of children talking about their trick-or-treating experience and I think of the different moments as a child that I took for granted. As an adult, I realize that I would love to relive the simplicity of a kid’s life. Although I am fully embracing adulthood, I find that there is so much from my childhood that I wish I did not have to give up.

I remember the days where my only forms of transportation were my light-up rainbow Skechers and my bicycle. I used to race around my neighborhood for hours, pedaling uphill until my thighs burned just so I could coast downhill, gaining speed and letting go of the handlebars with my arms stretched wide like I was flying. I can recall going up the street and ringing the doorbell of my friend’s house with a timid, “Can they come play?” My friends and I would dive into my swimming pool and take turns timing each other holding our breaths underwater before bursting through the surface, gasping for air. I would tuck the strap of my goggles under my hair so that when I went underwater, my hair flowed majestically like a mermaid.

Now, I go to bed at 10:00p.m. I do not take all of my Barbies into the bathtub with me. Instead, I take a shower as briskly as I can because my feet ache from the long day. I do not listen to a bedtime story while I cuddle my favorite stuffed animal or stare at the stars and clouds illuminated from my nightlight. Instead, I lay in bed and toss and turn, thinking about the term paper I just submitted or the one that I will have to turn in the next day. I do not wake up to a kiss on my forehead from my mother. Instead, I snooze the three different alarm clocks that tell me my four hours of sleep was enough. I do not pick out all of the marshmallows in a bowl of Lucky Charms anymore. Instead, I hastily make a cup of coffee for the road and, if the stress of the day has not yet upset my stomach, a Hot Pocket.

What gets me through the day is where I am headed: not just physically but also figuratively. All of the things that made me love my childhood are what made me realize I wanted to be a teacher. Every day I head to school and realize that, although these students do not currently realize it, they will soon be leaving behind their childhoods also. I truly believe this loss is the hidden reason behind all of the angst and awkward tropes that become latched onto adolescents as they turn into teenagers. I know that giving up the freedoms that came along with childhood is not easy. I know that I still lament my childhood days as a twenty-one-year old adult upcoming college graduation. For now, I just hope that I can spend my days after college trying to make this loss of childhood just a little bit easier.

Sierra Falk is a senior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or stfalk@eiu.edu.

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All students should exercise rights to vote With election season upon us, students should utilize their right to vote no matter what party they are in favor of, so long as they are contributing to the political process.

Many older citizens are critical of this generation for being lazy and The Daily Eastern News believes students should prove to previous generations that we do not just post our beliefs onto social media and that we care who is going to represent our state and country.

It is also important that students vote because funding higher education has been on many politicians’ radars for this election, within the state as well as nationally.

This election is extremely controversial

with such polar opposite candidates Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, and many students might feel pressured to vote for one of the two, but it is OK to vote for a third-party candidate if someone feels they are more fit to run for office.

Even though many believe the third party vote is a waste, many hate both Trump and Clinton, so if enough people vote for a third party then there could be a chance for them to win.

This generation has proven to be more actively involved in the election because of how different the Republican and Democratic candidates are and how they seem to create a large divide in parties.

The News believes students play a huge role in the election process and if they are educated they should take the time to make their voices heard.

Even if people do not like either candidate it is important to vote rather than brushing off something as important as this controversial election.

Students who registered early in Coles County can go to the courthouse in the Charleston square or go to the Bridge Lounge in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union to vote before Nov. 8.

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‘Nay’ votes on facility tax will destroy schools You may have noticed there is an election coming up. Like many of you, I am tired of the commercials. Like many of you, I am tired of the online posts, and like many of you, I am tired of the lies. It is almost all-consuming, and that is annoying, is it not?

Unfortunately, it seems these annoyances reach further than the presidential race, and that is why I am writing this article based on a discussion with Matt Titus, who is aiding the Vote Yes for Coles County 1% Tax Campaign. This was a thorough investigation into biased views and issues.

Recently, a local ballot question regarding a 1% sales tax, called the County Schools Facility Tax, caught my attention. I was also interested in the obvious conflicting information between the Vote Yes and Vote No crowds. Again, like many of you, I have done my homework, and the facts were clear once I took the time to read them.

This tax has nothing to do with property taxes save that it will lower them, or keep them low, in the case of our friends to the east. It has nothing to do with PTELL at all, and it has nothing to do with the school board’s ability to bond.

PTELL is the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, which restricts how much school boards can increase property taxes to cover defaulted debt.

Once I discovered the truth, it was obvious the No crowd was spreading misinformation. I wanted to know why. What would be the opposition’s

Juan Nevarez purpose in voting no, especially when their platform was the erroneous property tax trap? After reading, it was clear to me that the only “trap” would be voting no, so property taxes stayed high. I wondered — what was their motive?

As I dug into the opposition group, called (ironically) Citizens for Progress, I quickly learned that most of its members are not even citizens in our county. Weird, right? Why do they care so much? I kept digging to identify who was part of their campaign, who was funding it, and how they were using their money. It was then that I stumbled across Copperhead Consulting, a group the Citizens for Progress PAC paid a sum of over $6,000. Well, that caught my attention. Who were these consultants? Why would they want to keep our property taxes high? Why would they lie about this ballot initiative?

Now I felt like one of John Grisham’s leading characters, so I kept digging. This is where it got

interesting. It turns out, Copperhead Consulting is a group founded and run by a man named Paul Dorr. He is from Iowa. Yep. You read that right. Iowa.

Dorr has no business in Coles County. It turns out he has no business in the other 30 or so counties across the Midwest that he has run this campaign for. In fact, a little research on Mr. Dorr revealed his (self-proclaimed) only goal is to destroy public schools. You should listen to him tell you himself. Check it out on YouTube: Copperhead Consulting and Paul Dorr.

But be prepared for some appalling statements.

Listen, the nice thing about our country is we can all have our own opinions. But we should form those on the truth, and this con man is spreading misinformation to further his twisted ideas in our hometowns. Do not let his radical agenda impact your understanding of the truth.

The enemy here is not the school boards or the schools or the teachers. The enemy is a man from another state, trying to impact our community and tax rates through lies, fear and misinformation. Either way, in two weeks, this will all be behind us, and I will be relieved. But I will certainly be more relieved if the election results in lower property taxes and better schools. That’s why I am voting yes.

Juan Nevarez is a senior psychology major.

He can be reached at 581-2812 or jnnevarez@eiu.edu.

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Study abroad office ensures student safety

By Kennedy Nolen Staff Reporter | @KennedyNolenEIU

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Shankar Gurung, a graduate student in the school of biological sciences, plays table tennis with his research partner Tuesday in the Student Recreation Center. Gurung said he sometimes does this to take a break from studying.

Film festival features struggle for civil rights

By Lydia Shaw Contributing Writer | @DEN_News This year’s Embarras Valley Film Festival will expand on Booth Library’s “Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights” exhibit Wednesday through Friday in the Coleman Hall Auditorium.

This year’s theme will be “For All the World to See 2: Film Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights.”

The festival will include a showing of the 2015 film “Chiraq,” which is about gang violence in Chicago. The film will be shown 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The student film contest screenings and awards will be on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. and on Friday at 4 p.m.

A new film based on the rise and fall of Cairo, Ill., “Between Two Rivers,” will also be shown. The documentary gives an in-depth look at Cairo, which is divided by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Audience members are introduced to citizens of the town who believe that they have been forgotten about.

The film is directed, shot and edited by artists Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan, both based in the United Kingdom.

Political science professor Kevin Anderson said looking at films and presentations about what is really going on in the community can

hopefully help people come up with some solutions.

English professor Robin Murray said the student film contest focuses on students in high school this year. Over 1,500 films have been entered in the contest, with a variety of genres to choose from.

The film festival has been hosted in Charleston since 2004, with a team of three people picking the theme each year.

At the festival, the finalists will be chosen and given an award.

In the past, Eastern students have won awards but this year no one submitted an entry.

This festival will honor one person who has yet to be announced for their relevance and dedication to Embarras Valley.

In past festivals, Gregg Toland, a man who was born in Charleston, was honored. Toland was a cinematographer who directed films such as “Wuthering Heights,” “Citizen Kane” and “The Grapes of Wrath.”

Murray said with this event being so popular each year from the community and students, the city of Charleston can expect for it to continue for years to come.

Lydia Shaw can be reached at 581-2812 or lmshaw2@eiu.edu.

When unexpected or traumatic events happen in other countries, the Office of Study Abroad at Eastern has one main priority for students who are overseas: their safety.

Disasters like the terrorist attacks in Paris last November and an earthquake that shook up central Italy on Sunday, Oct. 30 are examples of these unpredictable events.

Kurt Olausen, the director of study abroad, said Eastern students studying in Italy were all out of the country because of fall break and were not affected by the earthquake.

In regards to the attacks last year in Paris, no one studying in Europe was in France at the time.

The Office of Study Abroad emailed students studying in Europe immediately after the terrorist attacks in Paris. Olausen said since the countries are so close and traveling is fairly cheap, the office wanted to be sure no one was there for the weekend.

Randall Beebe, an English professor and director of graduate studies, was in London with a group of Eastern students when Aldgate, Russell Square and Edgware Road tube stations and a bus in Tavistock Square were bombed in 2005.

After the bombings happened, the whole city of London had no cell service, so he had to call people back at Eastern using a pay phone.

Beebe later learned that two students were actually in the Russell Square station when some of the survivors and victims were coming out and said they were traumatized.

The group did not have any plans made out ahead of time about what to do in case of such an event, he said.

“It’s very different now. The Office of Study Abroad helps faculty leaders plan for various emergencies before the trip,” Beebe said. “Emergency events may not happen in any scripted way; however, helping students think ahead of time about a range of things to do may help in those first critical minutes.”

Olausen said if students are potentially in a dangerous situation the Office of Study Abroad reaches out to them to make sure they are safe.

“If an event happens, the national insurance plan covers you in case you need to go home,” he said.

The national insurance company emails the office daily with risk advisements about natural disasters and even transit strikes.

The Office of Study Abroad works with the

insurance company and their services to get students home as quickly as possible or evacuated from a dangerous situation.

Olausen said he wants to ensure students that there is no way he or the Office of Study Abroad would knowingly send a student to a dangerous place or country.

At the last place Olausen worked, the University of Cincinnati, a student was studying abroad with a program provider in Egypt during the Arab Spring, a series of democratic uprisings all over Arab territories.

He said the program worked to get the group of students there out of the country, which took about four days.

“We are ready for these things. We know what to do when it happens. I hope we never have to use the insurance, but we have it just in case,” Olausen said.

After the Study Abroad Fair in late September, some students had interest in going to France, but their parents were skeptical because of the multiple attacks in Paris and Nice, Olausen said.

He said the Office of Study Abroad wants students to make their own decision on what they are willing to risk.

Olausen said unstable countries like Syria and others in the Middle East do not have a high demand for study abroad options.

He said the United Arab Emirates and Jordan have great programs for students who would like to go to that part of the world; however, no students are in that area.

To stay safe while abroad, Olausen said students should pay attention to their surroundings and follow the news.

The Office of Study Abroad encourages students to register with the “Smart Travelers Program,” which is organized by the U.S Department of State.

Members will get texts and emails from the U.S embassy in the country they are staying in.

Olausen said not to let traumatic events deter students from seeing the world and not to let the possibility of these disasters scare them.

“The only way we can get past this violence is people getting to know each other,” he said.

He said terrorism could happen in any city around the world.

“If you hole up at home and don’t do anything, the terrorists win,” Olausen said. “They scared you into not living your life.”

Kennedy Nolen can be reached at 581-2812 or kdnolen@eiu.edu.

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By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News The Student Senate will hear about grade appeal pamphlets and scholarship presentations at their meeting Wednesday.

Luke Young, student vice president for student affairs, said he gave the grade appeal pamphlets he created to Shelley James, the interim director of Ninth Street Hall, to look over.

Young said the finalized pamphlets will be put in the folders freshmen receive as they move in so they have the information with them as soon as they are on campus. The pamphlets describe what a grade appeal is and when they should and should not be used.

He said he is presenting scholarship information to students as well.

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

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If the agreement is successful, Charleston may consider hiring more than one hearing officer for local ordinance violations, Smith said.

In addition, the city council also approved the authorization of acquisition of permanent easement at 810 W. Polk Ave. in the Westchester Subdivision to mitigate drainage problems.

The easement will allow for the owner of the property to be exempted from paying any fees for the maintenance of the drainage system.

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

Coleman Hall and popcorn will be sold for $1 from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 next to the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Each fundraising activity is targeted to raise $100 each for The Wesley Foundation’s Food Pantry, The Charleston Food Pantry and Standing Stone Food Pantry.

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the Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteerism, said for every dollar that is donated the food pantry, workers can buy up to $10 worth of food because of the relationships they have developed with food retailers.

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Men’s soccer team drops road match, 3-1

By Mark Shanahan Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s soccer team was defeated 3-1 in its final non-conference matchup of the season against the Cincinnati Bearcats Tuesday evening.

In a game that did not mean much regarding postseason implications, the Panthers’ record falls to 5-10-1 on the season, but they remain 2-3 in Summit League play. Cincinnati improves to 9-6-1.

The scoring started in the 11th minute for Cincinnati with a penalty kick goal from Adam Wilson, his fifth goal of the season.

He is now tied with teammate Ryan Melink for the most goals on the team.

Cincinnati’s JJ Iroh drew the penalty in the box to give Wilson the opportunity for the penalty kick.

The Bearcats struck again in the 34th minute with Daniel Oginni putting his fourth goal of the season into the back of the net.

Patrick Nielsen sent Oginni a long lead ball, which he tracked down and beat Eastern goalkeeper Mike Novotny one on one. This was assist number two on the season for Nielsen.

Mohamed Elmardi had two shots on goal in the first half in the 32nd and 38th minutes, but he was unable to beat Novotny.

Cincinnati took a 2-0 lead into halftime. The Bearcats held a 7-3 advantage in shots at the half and had five shots on goal, while Eastern had zero.

Senior Tim Pieper, freshman Yann Nsoga and redshirt senior Gabriel Puga had the Panther shots in the first half.

Cincinnati started off the second half strong with two shots on goal from Jonny Williams that were both saved by Novotny.

Eastern earned its first shot on goal in the game in the 60th minute with a shot from freshman Jonathan Huerta, but it was saved by Cincinnati goalkeeper Pedro Diaz.

The third goal for the Bearcats came in the 67th minute from Williams — his first of the season.

The assist on Williams’ goal came from David Sanz, who just missed a goal of his own a minute before, after his shot bounced off the near post following Williams’ cross. Williams finished with a team-high in shots and shots on goal with five shots and three on goal.

The Eastern goal came in the 74th minute from Huerta for his first career as a Panther.

The goal came on a free kick over the wall of Cincinnati defenders from 20-yards out.

The two shots on goal were a career high for Huerta, who has seen time in

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Freshman midfielder Jonathan Huerta sends the ball upfield during the Panthers' 2-0 win against Western Saturday at Lakeside Field. Huerta scored the Panthers’ lone goal Tuesday in their 3-1 loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats.

all 16 games including 10 starts.

Eastern registered five shots and one on goal in the second half giving them eight shots in the game.

Huerta, sophomore Trevor Kerns, senior Davis Wegmann and sophomore Tyler Massa were the other Pan-

thers to record shots in the game.

The Bearcats had six shots in the second half with three of them on goal.

Novotny finished with five saves in the match, and Diaz finished with one.

Eastern will travel to IUPUI for its last game of the season with serious postseason implications on the line in The Summit League.

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

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Panthers’ football season still very much alive

By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Time is running slim, but do not count out the Eastern football team of making its way to its second-straight FCS playoff appearance.

The Panthers may have back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference losses, but they are still ranked in the top 25 in the nation in the FCS Coaches Poll. With the talent the team has showcased this season, a playoff appearance is possible, and a playoff run can be too if they do what they have done in their big wins this season.

When trying to see if the Panthers should or should not make the playoffs, the games where they showed they are a top team in the FCS should be looked at before the bad losses.

When Eastern beat the Illinois State Redbirds, it sent them on such a fast downward spiral where Illinois State is no longer in the top 25 in the FCS. The Redbirds were No. 5 when the Panthers went into Hancock Stadium and beat them, 24-21.

And when the Panthers are on, they are on.

When redshirt senior running back Devin Church is feeling good, he runs all over opposing defens-

Sean Hastings es. He is also used as one of Eastern’s top receivers.

Church has had three 100-plus rushing yard games this season, including a season-high of 155-yards against Murray State. His receiving also showcases some staggering numbers. He leads the Panthers in receiving yards with 345, and his six touchdowns are also good enough to lead the team.

Needless to say, when Church gets going, it will be hard to beat the Panthers. It is also hard to beat them when redshirt junior quarterback Mitch Kimble has Church to throw to when he wants, and he has four to five more targets he

can hit as well.

That is another story this season: the quarterback situation with Kimble. He has been dominant in games this season, and when he is in, it has sometimes been smooth sailing for the Eastern offense.

He dealt with an injury early in the season that was sustained near the end of the third quarter against the Redbirds, and redshirt junior Austin Green took over the reins of the offense.

Kimble has a 58.9 completion percentage and has thrown 13 touchdowns in his first season of action as a Panther. He has two games this season with over 300 passing yards and also threw for 200 yards against Murray State before having to leave with yet another injury.

Also, when Green is in, Eastern has had some success, but at times, Eastern’s offense struggles to get going. Green has at times shown he has what it takes to be a starting quarterback, and when he was the starter for two games this season, coach Kim Dameron was confident in Green to get the job done.

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When Kimble is on, he not only can find Church or any of his other targets when he is looking for them, but if he cannot find one of his receivers, he has had no issues taking off and running the ball himself.

Kimble has two rushing touchdowns to go with 139 rushing yards this season.

Looking at Eastern defensively, if a couple things are fixed there, it can be hard to move the ball on the defense led by senior linebacker Seth McDonald.

It has happened more than once where Eastern has given up a big play for a score, but it is something that McDonald and the rest of the defense have said that they can clean up.

McDonald leads the team with 86 tackles this season, and redshirt senior defensive lineman Jarvis Williams leads the team with 5.5 sacks.

Tennessee-Martin will be a tough task Saturday for Eastern, but if the Panthers get by the Skyhawks, a win at Eastern Kentucky is very possible, which will make a postseason berth possible as well.

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

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Freshman libero defying odds

By Maher Kawash Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports It can be agreed upon that balancing life out as a freshman in college is not only intimidating, but also utterly stressful.

Between the pressure of doing well in classes, keeping up with your social life and maintaining good mental and physical health, it is a lot to handle for someone making the jump from high school.

But that is taken to another level as a student-athlete, and for freshman Lindsey Powers, that role has been elevated even more in her first year as a member of th e Eastern volleyball team.

Powers may be just a freshman, but when she is on the volleyball court, all of that seems to go away, and her numbers this season prove that.

The first-year defensive specialist has embraced her role as one of the younger leaders of her group, and she has taken it to the court to improve in what has been a rebuilding season for the young Panthers.

From the first day she arrived at Eastern, Powers was faced with a task that not many freshmen earn the opportunity to take on.

Eastern coach Sam Wolinski told Powers she would be the Panthers’ new libero; arguably one of the most important positions for a volleyball team.

That would be a special opportunity for an athlete at any year, but Powers embraced the role early on and has found success along the way.

While she has been able to fill the position for Eastern, it was still a surprise to begin with for her to be in that spot.

“I was completely shocked; as a freshman you don’t really expect to get a lot of playing time,” Powers said. “I was really gracious to have that opportunity being so young and filling such a big role.”

There have been a few matches where others have stepped in at the position, such as junior Hayley Richardson, but Powers has filled the role for a majority of the season.

Her first collegiate match was an example of the skills on hand as Powers posted 17 digs against Stephen F. Austin State University.

That was no fluke though, and there have been similar numbers produced from her all season long.

Powers has notched double-digit digs in 18 of her 27 matches this season, as well as a total of 326 on the year.

That is no easy feat in volleyball, but better yet, Powers leads her team in digs with 41 more than junior Maria Brown who is second with 285.

Powers has embraced the role as a defensive specialist for her team, but according to her, that is not done alone.

“I think all of the freshmen knew since we are a young team that we were going to play a big role,” Powers said. “We want to do that for our team and for the older girls because they want to do that for us.”

All of the freshmen on the team have provided a certain role so far this season, but the upperclassmen have also been an important part of their development, according to Powers.

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Freshman defensive specialist/libero Lindsey Powers leads the Panthers with 326 digs, averaging 3.33 per set. The first-year Panther has embraced her role as one of the younger leaders on the Eastern volleyball team.

“Just as a freshman, all of the older girls have just taken us right under their wing,” Powers said. “As soon as we got here, there was no differentiation just because we were freshmen, and age really hasn’t played a role this year.”

All of the older girls have provided a boost in Powers’ performance, but one has inspired her the most in this first year.

Powers said redshirt freshman Gina Furlin has been a great mentor to look up to and ironically enough, Furlin is also in her first season.

After sitting out her freshman year because of an injury, Furlin has returned as a leader and mentor for Powers and others.

“She’s brought a lot of positivity and togetherness to the team and is an overall great leader that I look up to,” Powers said. “She just comes into practice every day working hard, and I admire her hard work and dedication to the program.”

That goes to show the youth and chemistry of the Panthers this season, as Furlin is enduring many of the same highs and lows as Powers in their first season playing.

While she credits her teammates for success, one thing that has been individually built is her defensive capability.

Powers’ defensive success began at a young age as she earned her high school team’s defensive award during her junior and senior seasons.

“Defense is a big thing for me, and it’s my favorite part of volleyball,” Powers said. “Defense has really helped the team out a lot, and I think everyone is improving their game with it.”

Although that defensive success has been in the making since she first began playing the sport, Powers also puts in time after hours to better herself.

Powers said she works with Wolinski before and after practice in numerous drills just to continue

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“It’s everything from taking time with me before and after practice, to texting me to show me what ways I can improve my game and become a better player,” Powers said.

As Powers credits Wolinski’s help to some of her success this season, her head coach knows how important the first-year Panther is to her team.

“She was willing to put in time and energy to get after it and make it hers, while helping solidify our passing and defense in the back row,” Wolinski said.

Powers said she and Wolinski spend time outside of practice to work on serve and receive drills, as well as just tossing balls so she can dive for them.

That extra practice has evolved her game defensively while continuing to emphasize the importance of improving with game speed.

“She had a solid skill set coming in, but it was important for us to get her comfortable with the speed of the college game and giving her the reps needed to improve,” Wolinski said.

With all the success in sports also comes struggle along the way, and for Powers that has been the importance of collegiate game speed.

“The change of game from high school to college is big considering I went to a smaller school,” Powers said. “It was a big wake-up call, but I

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Freshman libero Lindsey Powers serves the ball during the Panthers’ 3-2 loss to Eastern Kentucky Friday, Oct. 14, in Lantz Arena.

love playing at this competitive level.”

The play at this competitive level has been something to enjoy for Powers, but unfortunately there has not been the number of wins some expected coming in.

Despite the fact that this has been a rebuilding season for Eastern, Powers is still confident in the future of the program, as well as the current team chemistry.

“Our team chemistry has helped a lot, but I think it’s just important for us new girls to get used to the speed of the program and learning from

mistakes,” Powers said. “Overall, just hard work and consistency is going to get us there.”

With a bright future in mind, Powers said the focus for now is to try to win the team’s final four matches of the season.

Regardless of the outcome, Powers has edged herself in as a key piece to the Panther puzzle for the coming years, and her performance this season has been a solid example of that.

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