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The Eastern women’s soccer team has its first conference match of the season Sunday against Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
The Eastern football team will face off against Illinois State University on Saturday during Family Weekend.
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Glassman gives updates on athletics, budget By Samuel Nusbaum Contributing Writer | @DEN_News An update on athletics, including a timeframe for when a decision will be made on deciding how many sports team Eastern should support, and an update on the budget were provided at Eastern President David Glassman’s State of the University speech. Because of the end of the three-year budget impasse, highly conservative department budgets are now being loosened, and limited professional travel is also being brought back. P-card use has also been reactivated for fiscal managers, effective immediately. The new budget will allow for the hiring of new faculty in both Unit A, or tenure-track positions and Unit B, or non-tenure track, positions, designations and other operational staff positions for the university’s operation. Glassman urged those in the audience not to go about their work as nothing had happened for the last three years, though. “Spending must follow the very conservative parameters outlined by the administration for purchases to be limited to high operational needs with the approval from the deans and vice presidents,” Glassman said. Glassman also talked about issues with the Pastern’s sports teams. He said while the athletic department has several major sources of funding, some have dropped in recent years. The budget for sports teams has dropped in addition to a decrease of funds for scholarships, which many student athletes came to Eastern with. Possible remedies would mean disbanding some of Eastern’s sports teams. Glassman said less than half of Eastern’s student-athletes are on scholarships and students who are partially covered by scholarships or not on scholarship at all must pay Eastern tuition and fees like any other student on campus. The funds for scholarships are tied to university enrollment, so with the decrease of enrollment numbers, the amount of allocated funds for the scholarships also goes down, putting students at risk for losing award money.
Getting rid of these teams and a reduction in scholarship money could lead to student-athletes transferring out of Eastern in favor of another university, Glassman said. “Eliminating one or more of these teams will have a negative impact on our general fund, which is central to university operations, faculty and staff salaries, faculty development and instructional equipment and supplies,” Glassman said. The sports that would produce the greatest savings if they were eliminated are men’s and women’s basketball, football and volleyball, as these are the teams with the greatest percentage of students receiving scholarships. However, the Board of Trustees has indicated a desire to retain these four sports teams and they are not being considered for elimination, Glassman said. The Board of Trustees has requested recommendations on how to tackle the issue by the end of the semester. In his speech, Glassman gave an update on the vitalization project, undertaken last year to analyze programs around campus. One of the many areas the vitalization project focused on was academics. Glassman said one aspect studied was the possibility of departments becoming more efficient in their work with more strategic scheduling of classes, revising or developing classes that he said could lead to increased enrollment or moving graduate programs online. Glassman said he asked members of the Council of Chairs to review the recommendations made by workgroups no. 8 and 9, which looked at program development and the organizational structure of the academic colleges. “With the large number of recommendations, and noting their diversity, we will need to create a process early this semester for faculty and administration to vet the recommendations collaboratively and to determine appropriate plans of action,” Glassman said. Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812 or at scnusbaum@eiu.edu.
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Eastern President David Glassman gives his annual State of the University Address Thursday in the Dvorak Concert Hall.
RSOs, departments get ready for Latin Heritage Month By Kennedy Nolen Multicultural Reporter | @KennedyNolenEIU Multiple registered student organizations and departments around campus are coming together to celebrate Latin Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Jessica Rodriguez, public relations person for Latin American Student Organization, said this month is for Latinos to share their culture, including herself. “It’s not just (about) a particular country,” Rodriguez said, “We can share our customs, food and our culture.” Food and drinks will be served at noon in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Friday as the “Taste of Latin Culture” reception kicks off the celebratory month. Rodriguez said Saturday is an important day for Latino people, especially Mexicans, because it is the date Mexico gained its independence. In honor of this and in partnership with Latin Heritage Month, bilingual mass will be at 8 a.m. at the Catholic Newman Center Saturday. A panel and presentation called “From the Eyes of Latinos: Students’ Experiences from Studying Abroad,” will be at 4:30 p.m. in the Tuscola/Arcola room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union on Monday. Students who have studied abroad in countries in Latin America will share their experiences, studies
and differences and similarities in cultures, Rodriguez said. LASO will be selling elote, corn, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside of Coleman Hall Tuesday. Rodriguez said elote is corn in a cup with butter, mayonnaise, cheese and chili powder.
Stephanie Beltran, vice president of LASO, said the documentary includes the stories of immigrants living in the United States. Miranda Ramirez, vice president of Esperanza, said the organization will sell paletas, Mexican ice cream pops, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m, in Coleman Hall,
"It’s not just (about) a particular country. We can share our customs, food and our culture." Jessica Rodriguez, public relations person for LASO The organization is planning to sell elote for $2 per cup, Beltran said. Later that day, Esperanza, an empowerment RSO, is hosting a workshop to educate attendees on the history of corn tortillas and the cultural significance from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the cultural center, said Lina Lopez, treasurer and junior finance major. The Students for Justice and Peace will present a documentary called “Hear My Story,” at 7 p.m. in Lumpkin Hall Auditorium Monday Sept. 25. Latin Heritage game night will take place at 7 p.m. in Coleman Hall room 1165 Sept. 26 and will be hosted by the Latino co-ed fraternity Alpha Psi Lambda.
Wednesday Sept. 27 and the money they raise will go toward their RSO. LASO will also be reading with and to children at 10 a.m. in the Ballenger education room inside Booth Library Saturday Sept. 30. This is called “Latino Heritage Story Time.” Beltran said LASO wants to have a theme for the reading day, but they are not sure what it will be yet. Amigos and Friends, a group who helps Spanish speakers with English, is hosting a trivia night at 7 p.m. in 7th Street Underground on Monday Oct. 2. Vita’s Mexican Food Truck will be from 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m between Coleman Hall and Taylor Hall Tuesday Oct. 3.
A documentary called “Stolen Education” will be presented by Jay Bickford, education professor, at 2 p.m. in Buzzard Hall room 1501 on Thursday Oct. 5. Beltran said she is looking forward to the event “Vamos a Bailar” from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom in the Union on Saturday Oct. 7. An instructor will teach Bachata and the salsa, some of the most well known dances from the culture, Beltran said, and the instructor may teach more. Two different presentations will take place Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 to wrap up Latin Heritage Month on campus. “Clinica de Migrants: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” is Oct. 12, and “Making Excellence Inclusive Inaugural Conference” is Oct. 13. Rodriguez said students should come and hang out with members of the different organizations hosting the events and to get informed about different cultures. Beltran said she encourages students to come to any of the events to learn how different the cultures are, but also how similar they are. “At the end, we aren’t that different,” Rodrigues said. Kennedy Nolen can be reached at 581-2812 or kdnolen@eiu.edu.