TENNIS TROUBLE
SELF-SUCCESSOR
The women’s tennis team was swept in all three games the team played over the weekend, continuing its losing streak. PAGE 8
Senior Haleigh Knapp broke her own record in the high jump for the second time this season at the Illinois Classic, with a new record of 6-feet-.50. PAGE 7
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Diversity workshop to discuss safe spaces Presentation is part of this year’s EIUnity Diversity Conference By Brooke Schwartz Administration Reporter | @brookesch_wartz Two graduate students in history, Monica Burney and Myrtle Castro, will be hosting a workshop during Friday’s EIUnity Diversity C o n f e r e n c e c a l l e d “ W h a t I W i s h My Professor Knew.” This workshop is structured to be a safe space for students to discuss incidents they
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Super bowl party set to raise money for local Charleston food pantry
“Let’s just break this ignorance and educate for future enrichment .” -Myrtle Castro, one of two graduate students hosting the “What I Wish My Professor Knew ” workshop
may have faced throughout their academic careers involving professors and teachers, such as teachers saying something insensitive, Castro said. English professor Jeannie Ludlow, the
coordinator of the women’s, gender and sexuality studies program, said this workshop is important because it will allow students to find others who have had similar experiences to their own. “I think a lot of times we sit in a class and something happens and we think ‘huh,’ and then we think we’re the only person who thinks that,” Ludlow said. “But if you get in a room and everybody starts talking and everybody had the same ‘huh’ moment, then it becomes a thing and you can talk about it.” Castro said in her undergraduate studies at Elmhurst College, she experienced the ‘huh’ moments that Ludlow mentioned. “It’s important to give students a safe space to talk about these issues, because I
feel like, not that I’ve really experienced this at Eastern, but definitely in undergrad there were moments where something a professor said, either they consciously did it or unconsciously did it, would throw me offguard,” Castro said. “(And) as an undergrad, you are hesitant to tell somebody.” Burney and Castro decided to set up the workshop as an open discussion, with students sitting around in a circle and sharing their experiences. Castro double-majored in history and intercultural studies while at Elmhurst College. She said this interest in diversity grew out of her own experiences.
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Let’s bounce
Staff Report | @DEN_News A Super Bowl party with the intent of raising money for a local food pantry is set for 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Roc’s Blackfront Restaurant and Lounge. Because Roc’s kitchen is closed on Sundays, the fundraiser will be downstairs. All musicians “tips” will be given to the Charleston Food Pantry at 990 West State Street. No food will be served, but a full bar service is available. Public domain music will be played, including dear old Illinois tunes, Irish music (if musicians are available) and old ballads. The NFL Super Bowl kick off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. The News desk can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
Career Services offers students chance to network with alumni Staff Report | @DEN_News Students can learn about potential job opportunities and meet new people at Speed Networking, hosted by Career Services. Speed Networking is set for 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the 7th Street Underground of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Participants will talk with alumni to introduce themselves and learn career-related information during brief, round robin sessions. Each session will give the student a limited amount of time with each new person. After the networking portion of the event, there will be other chances to mingle. Business casual attire is encouraged. Space is limited. Those interested in speed networking can register to reserve a spot at http://www.eiu.edu/careers/speednetwork. php. The News desk can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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Tom Lasky, a freshman marketing major, plays table tennis with Michael Roggenkamp, a senior sociology major, Monday night in the Student Recreation Center. Roggenkamp said they had a table tennis tournament later that night, and they were trying to win it.
Annual Diversity Conference set for Friday By Brooke Schwartz Administration Reporter | @brookesch_wartz This year’s EIUnity Diversity Conference will tackle topics such as race, sexuality and bystander awareness from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. Workshops in the conference will take place at various places in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. All Eastern faculty, staff and students, as well as community members, are able to participate in the conference. EIUnity will include safe zone training sessions. One workshop includes an introduction of Making Excellence Inclusive’s new Passport
"One of the things I love about it a lot, as a professor, is that I get to sit in the room and be a learner alongside my students and my colleagues." Jeannie Ludlow, English professor to Diversity initiative. This new addition would be a way to offer an official recognition of diversity, as seen through a student’s coursework, essays and attended conferences and workshops. The principal of Charleston Middle School will be presenting a workshop on how a stu-
dent’s socio-economic status affects their ability and desire to learn. Other workshops include topics on race, immigration, the language of inclusion and the integration of individuals with disabilities.
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