THE REAL WINNERS
RAINY TUESDAY
Eastern’s volleyball team won 3-2 over Chicago State on Tuesday.
Tuesday was one of the wettest days this semester. Students shared their methods for getting by in rainy weather.
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The Lincoln Trio receives applause after their performance Tuesday night in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The group received a standing ovation for their performance.
Lincoln Trio performs at Doudna Fine Arts Center By Mercury Bowen Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_News Music wafted over a silent crowd as The Lincoln Trio performed Tuesday night at the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The group opened the performance with an original work called “Silver Dagger” composed specifically for the show by Stacy Garrop. Among the other pieces performed was “Four Seasons” by Astor
Piazzolla, as well as works by Joaquín Turina. Samuel Augustin, a junior music performance major, said “Four Seasons” was his favorite part of the show. “It was fantastic,” Augustin said. “It was amazing.” This was also not the first time Augustin had seen the group perform. “Back in 2013 I was at a big performance at Ravinia,” Augustin said. “I was in a group called Chicago Churches Choir, and we performed with them.”
Marta Aznavoorian, pianist for the trio, said her favorite part of the show was performing the Turina pieces. “It felt good to come back to that piece,” Aznavoorian said. “We haven’t played it in a long time, and it felt like coming back to an old friend.” Ending the concert was the trio’s performance of “En Conversaciones,” composed specifically for The Lincoln Trio by Juan Antonio Cuéllar. LINCOLN TRIO, page 5
CAA to discuss transfer credit hour requirements By Brooke Schwartz News Editor | @DEN_News The Council on Academic Affairs will be meeting Thursday at 2 p.m. in room 4440 of Booth Library. The CAA has two action items, including a new minor and the reduction of certain credit requirements for transfer students, and three discussion items, one of which is the Passport to Diversity initiative discussed last year. A proposal was made to the council to discuss the possibility of removing the 42-senior-institution-hour requirements for transfer students. The proposal, submitted by Mark Kattenbraker, the interim associate vice president for academic affairs, stated, “EIU
has a standard residency requirement of 42 hours with exceptions for Organizational Development, RN to BSN in Nursing, the General Studies programs and for cooperative degrees. Yet, EIU has an additional degree requirement of 42 senior institution hours (hours earned at a four-year institution).” The proposal stated that those 42 hours matches the residency requirements for all but the programs with exceptions. “I believe EIU should eliminate the senior institution requirement and rely on our residency and upper division hour requirements to assure that our students have a true baccalaureate experience,” the proposal said. A new minor in computer sciences will also be brought before the council, which, according the proposal, is meant to “provide the deepest study and broadest overview computer
science topics that limited course work allows.” The Passport to Diversity initiative, which was brought to campus last year through Making Excellence Inclusive, is a way to offer an official recognition of diversity, as seen through a student’s coursework, essays and attended conferences and workshops. The council will be looking over proposed Passport to Diversity courses for the 2018-2019 school year. Also on the agenda, the council will discuss updates to the Faculty Senate shared governance resolution as well as the general education committee. Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581-2812 or at bsschwartz@eiu.edu.
RSOs host events, fundraisers for Latino Heritage Month By Coraima Vazquez Contributing Writer | @DEN_News Several registered student organizations and academic departments are bringing National Latino Heritage Month to campus by hosting various events and fundraisers until Oct. 9. The Latin American Student Organization, Esperanza, Alpha Psi Lambda (Latino co-ed fraternity), Latin American Studies, Newman Catholic Center, Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honors Society) and other departments are all sponsoring the events and fundraisers on campus. This year’s theme is “Sueño Sigue,” which translates to “the dream lives on.”
"Latino Heritage Month means inclusivity, it means celebration, it means diversity and recognition." -Lina Lopez, treasurer of Esperanza Lina Lopez, a junior business major and treasurer of Esperanza, said this month means the Latino community is active and celebrating the culture. She said it is important to stay active and involved on campus so that students feel included and celebrated. “It shows that EIU cares about our culture,” Lopez said.
Lopez said Hispanics account for a small percentage of students on campus, and to her organization (Esperanza) this means that keeping traditions alive during the month (by hosting events) is a way to grow as a community.
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