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The Eastern women’s soccer team lost their 6th game Sunday against Morehead State. They are now last place in the OVC.
The Eastern football team won 1916 Saturday during double overtime against Tennessee State. They improved 2-0 in conference.
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Katie Hecksel (left), the president of the SACIS board, walks with her partner Alicia Neil (right) and their two daughters Caroline (2) and Molly (4) during the Take Back the Day, 5K walk/run. Caroline sits on Neil’s shoulder after refusing to sit in the stroller.
Participants help SACIS raise awareness at 5K By Analicia Haynes Managing Editor | @Haynes1943 For Megan Haley, Courtney Dundee and Sydney Menigoz, three graduate students in the clinical counseling program, it takes a village to put an end to sexual violence. But for the sexual assault counseling and information service it takes a 5K. Eastern students and Charleston residents bundled up and headed for Sister City Park on Saturday as they braced colder temps for SACIS’s Take Back the Day 5K Walk/Run. “Events like this just bring people together like 5k’s is one of those things where it is quick and easy to get involved and brings that awareness and togetherness,” Haley said, her breath revealing itself in the brisk morning air. Haley, Dundee and Menigoz resembled superheroes by wearing matching SACIS 5K T-shirts topped off with blue and white glitter covered tutus. Dundee said they support Take Back the Day because they are future counselors and prevention and advocacy against sexual assault is important to them. Menigoz said the 5K is important to the community because she said the prevalence rates regard-
ing sexual assault are a lot higher than what people understand about domestic violence. “So having an organization like SACIS especially in a small town is awesome,” she said. “I’m from New York and we don’t have one in my home town.” However, although the three graduate students agree the 5K is a significant way to raise awareness and advocate against sexual violence, they also said the community still faces its own problems when it comes to the subject. “There’s a lot of blame that comes into effect when it comes to the lack of knowledge of (sexual violence),” Haley said. “There’s a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding if there’s not that awareness and that knowledge piece present.” Dundee said as a community it is important to talk about the subject regardless of how uncomfortable the topic may be because it “needs to be talked about.” “I know sometimes ignorance can be bliss but sometimes it’s not,” Menigoz said. “A lot of times (sexual assault) gets swept under the rug and nobody feels better about it.” Katie Hecksel, the president of the SACIS board, brought her family to the walk and said it is a good cause to support and for the sake of survivors it is
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Sydney Menigoz, a graduate student in clinical counseling, laughs with her friends on Saturday during the SACIS Take Back the Day 5K run/walk.
helpful to show public support. “I think a lot of survivors feel alone because there are a lot of reasons people feel like they can’t speak out and knowing that there are people who support them is helpful,” Hecksel said as she helped her partner Alicia Neil wrangle their 2-year-old daughter Caroline.
Businesses show up for Fall Festival By Cassie Buchman Editor in Chief | @cjbuchman All along 18th Street, customers perused items as local businesses and shops showed their wares at the annual Fall Festival. Sharon Hunter, owner of the 18th St. Garden Shop, smiled as she served customers and watched children play with the sand she had set up for them. Saturday’s festival was “super busy” for her, with about a couple hundred people coming into the store. Hunter said mums and pumpkins had been particularly popular at the festival, with the coming of the autumn season. “It’s been fun,” Hunter said. She added she was excited to see people support and shop at local businesses. The same customers come back every year, giving
Hunter the chance to build relationships with them. “They become friends, too,” she said. Kurt Finney, of Finney’s Personalized Logs in Martinsville, set up his stand on 18th Street with the name plates, bears, owls, snowmen, bunny rabbits and scarecrows he and his son create in his garage. Though they arrived to the Fall Festival with all the scarecrows they had, only one was left at the end of the day. “I’ve had a really good turnout today,” Finney said. Finney started his wood carving business six years ago, after his son bought a house and decided he wanted a log with his name on it to decorate. “We started making them, everybody wanted one, so we decided to start charging and it just went from there,” Finney said. He said since then, the business has “grown out of control.”
“It’s pretty nice; it means people like what you’re doing, they like your work,” Finney said. Finney came to the Fall Festival with his daughter, wife, grandsons and granddaughters. Working with his son is Finney’s favorite part of working at Finney’s Personalized Logs. “Not too many people get to do that,” he said. “We’re just like best buddies.” Charleston resident Deb Longcor had a jewelry and flea-market booth next to her husband’s Kettle corn stand. The toys for the flea market, Longcor gets from rummage sales, or her grandchildren’s old toys, cleaning them up before she sells them. The jewelry Longcor makes herself, something she has been doing since she was 14.
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Dundee said the way to prevent sexual violence and assault is not to be scared to talk about it or the other stigmas associated with it. Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.
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Donations accepted all week for hurricane victims in Dominica Staff Report | @DEN_News A drive to support relief efforts that will help those in Dominica affected by Hurricane Maria will take place this week. Donations can be brought to the College of Education and Professional Studies Dean’s office from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday this week. Those interested in helping can bring non-perishable food items, baby food/products, insect repellent, face masks, hygiene/comfort kits, batteries/flashlights, medical supplies and disinfectant to donate. The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennnewsdesk@gmail.com.