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NOVEMBER 8, 2011 V O LU M E 9 6 | N o. 1 4 9
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CHARLESTON, ILL. D A I LY E A S T E R N N E W S . C O M T WIT TER.COM/DENNE WS
Students learn healthy eating habits
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QUEENS of the CATWALK Divas strut for cause By Nike Ogunbodede Students lost their inhibitions as feathers went flying, glitter shimmered and bodies gyrated when eight divas in drag strutted the catwalk of the Grand Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Hoards of Eastern students packed the ballroom on Monday to watch the Diva Drag Show: Angels & Divas, a Bad Girls Club inspired event. DIVAS, page 5
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Chanel Carrington, who has performed drag shows for 21 years, performs as R&B artist Beyonce Monday at the Diva Drag Show: Angels and Divas in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
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Faculty to discuss economic woes Panel discusses government’s influence on the economy By Kathryn Richter Staff Reporter
Faculty panelists will discuss the government’s role in the current global economic crisis today. The discussion, “Government and the Economy: Does Government Have a Role?” is co-sponsored by the University Professionals of Illinois and the Faculty Senate. The group will lead an intellectual discussion. The discussion is about the current economic crisis and whether the government has played a role in the current global situation or not. The panelists include philosophy professor Jason Waller; Jeanne Dau, director of the business solutions center; economic professor Teshome Abebe; history professor Ed Wehrle; political science professor Kevin Anderson; and Michael Gillespie, an associate professor of sociology. Abebe said the Faculty Senate and the University Professionals of Illinois approached faculty members from different colleges on campus to hold an intellectual fo-
rum because of the current debate about the global economy. “I hope we broaden their view of what is going on in the economy,” Dau said. “With your awareness maybe you can help be an agent of change.” Abebe said students have shown an increase in discussion about economic issues, as well as more anxiety and awareness about the economic situation. “All these shocks affect us here in the United States if not directly, indirectly,” Abebe said. “For example, some of the retirement and pension funds to which faculty members contribute hold positions in some of these global assets.” Dau said she had a different perspective to offer on the panel because of her diverse work history and her opinions where based on actual practice versus theory. “I felt that because I had a job in the past where I did work with the government economic development programs, I have a unique viewpoint,” Dau said. Dau said she felt that the government and capitalism should be kept separate and more incentives should be given to smaller businesses. Dau said she was familiar with the obstacles that small business face, having started four businesses in three different states in three years. WOES, page 5
RENE WABLE ENERGY
Students learn about energy By Rachel Rodgers Administration Editor
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Christopher Frederick, a graduate assistant in the school of technology, gives an overview of biomass gasification with Wei Wang, a graduate assistant in the school of technology, before students from introduction to speech communication honors give their speeches on clean energy Monday during an Integrative Learning and Renewable Energy research sharing event in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
It is not the strongest or even the smartest that may survive, but it is the most able to change. These words were said by Fiona Finnigan, a sophomore art major on Monday. Finnigan was one of five students who presented topics on renewable energy ranging from the war against carbon, the basics of biogas, corn as biomass and the green movement in architecture and schools. Two graduate assistants from the School of Technology also presented their work with renewable energy. “I think it is important for us all to be able to be willing to change and not stay the same, and I think it is much more important to think of renewable energy as moving forward,” Finnigan said. Kyle Burton, a freshman communication studies major, presented a speech on the war against carbon dioxide. “Every year humans produce staggering amounts of CO2, and now it threatens to cause a mass extinction of thousands of species on the world,” Burton said. “This is truly a war that humans have brought upon themselves and the first thing that needs to be done before engaging in war is to know thy enemy.” He said he was inspired to sculpt a speech around the theme of war because he has been a part of the Air National Guard for two years. “We have a long and expensive war ahead of us and it is not going to be easy, but with the opening of the Renewable Energy Center and rising support across the world, I have no doubt that one day the human race will claim a victory,” Burton said. ENERGY, page 5