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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/DEN_NE WS
Q&A with freshman libero Stephanie Wallace
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Campus sees fewer 9/11 events than past By Amy Wywialowski Assistant Daily Editor
Last year, Eastern and the Charleston community memorialized the infamous attacks on our country on Sept. 11, 2001, by sponsoring more than seven events honoring the 10th anniversary of the tragedy, but this year they had only one. The Student Community Service Office sponsored a “drop in” volunteer opportunity of making get well cards for soldiers at a veteran’s hospital, a project that began at the beginning of the school year. Students also had the opportunity to help pack “welcome boxes” for the center’s “Meet and Greet” aspect of its Good Neighbor Project. The Meet and Greet is where
students and community members visit Charleston’s neighborhoods and inform them about the campus community. It began Tuesday and runs through Thursday. Rachel Fisher, the director of student community service, said the office has been doing the Good Neighbor Project for four years, but this is the first time it has begun on Sept. 11. The project is one of five communitybased projects the office is working on this week. “I think it is a nice transition, changing the focus from one day of memorial to a week of community service,” Fisher said. “In the wake of a tragedy is a community that helps one another recover and stay strong.” Despite publicizing the opportunity, Matt Kmety, a graduate student who works with the com-
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munity service office, said only two people had stopped by to help with the projects halfway through the event. “We know it being a school day that people are busy, but some people promised to stop by after class,” Kmety said. “We wanted to do something today, even though we have events spread throughout the week. We don’t want to downplay the anniversary, we want to remember it.” Stephen Knotts, the coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services, said the reason his office did not host any events was because they “simply could not pull it together in time.” Instead, Knotts said they are planning a week of events in November for Veterans Day. 9/11, page 5
Students share opinions about 9/11 remembrance By Amy Wywialowski Assistant Daily Editor
On Sept. 11, 2012, the campus was not brimming with American flags and there weren’t any ceremonies of remembrance like last year, which marked a decade since the terrorist attacks. Justin Allen, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, said the lack activity on campus made it difficult for him to even realize what day it was. “I did not even realize it was Sept. 11 until I saw the date on my phone,” Allen said. “Last year, there were the flags everywhere and this year there was nothing. I feel like it shouldn’t
matter how many years it has been, there should have been something.” Dan Harrison, a junior acJUSTIN ALLEN counting major, agreed with Allen’s sentiments and said along with the lack of event on campus, few students he talked to throughout the day realized the date or even mentioned remembrance of the attacks. “I feel like no one really recognized it, it is kind of ridicu-
lous, no one really talked about it and they should have,” Harrison said. Liz Sloan, a senior communication studies major, said while she did not see acknowledgement of the day on campus, she did see a lot on social media sites, including Facebook. “I there were a lot of Facebook statuses about it,” she said. “It is kind of a shame; special time should have been taken out. There should be some type of awareness every year on campus and it should just be more extravagant on the ‘big’ years.” Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812 or alwywialowski@eiu.edu.
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Session to wake up students By Ryan Dolph Staff Reporter
A free informational session about student sleeping habits will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday in 7th Street Underground. Not many people would argue the importance of sleep when it comes to factors like mood, body regulation, immune functioning and a myriad of other vital body and life functions. The “Sleep: Prioritizing the Daily Routine” session is designed to show students how to optimize their lifestyles in a way that allows for the most quality sleep possible. Rob McKinney, the communi-
ty organizing and leadership coordinator for the Health Education Resource Center, will give the presentation. This summer, McKinney attended sleep courses through the American College Health Association and learned personally from Eric Davidson. Davidson, who received his doctorate degree in Health Education from Southern Illinois, wrote his dissertation, “Predictors of Sleep Quantity and Quality in College Students,” in May 2012. McKinney explained how, though most students do not realize it, sleep differs from night to night.
“A lot of students don’t understand the difference between quantity of sleep quality,” McKinney said. “There are certain aspects of a college life that make quality sleep very difficult like roommates, loud music and partying.” On top of this, McKinney said students also tend to push sleep to the back of their priority list when it comes time for a big test or if they are unprepared for class the next day. Some of the things the informational session will inform students about include how sleep improves cognitive abilities during the day and will help with recall during tests. SLEEP, page 5
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Ethan Kinsella, junior English major, and Quinn Hussey, a junior kinesiology major, jammed on their guitars and sang patriotic songs in the stairwell of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Tuesday. The duo sang songs to honor the 11th anniversary of 9/11. "It's a nice way to show respect for today," Hussey said.
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BSW enjoys cleaning face of Eastern: Old Main By Tim Deters Features Editor
As the hustle and bustle of Old Main begins to subside each evening, one building service worker’s job is just beginning. Pulling out a large ring of keys, some color coded, others not, building service worker Zoraida Irizarry pressed open the heavy oak door into the dark registrar’s office. Irizarry is one of 10 building service workers who clean the many building of campus from 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. and has worked as a building service worker for nearly 23 years. She said she enjoys the job of building service worker better than teaching because the duties of a building service worker do not follow a person home. As well, Irizarry likes being able to be the woman who maintains the symbol of Old Main. “We take pride in this campus,” she said. “We want it to look good because Old Main is the face of the campus.” Moving from the office of the vice pres-
ident for business affairs, Irizarry slipped into the office of President Bill Perry, noting the smell of coffee as she entered. “Each department has its own distinct odor,” she said. “Some of it is pleasant, some of it is weird.” As she ran her foot across Perry’s blue carpet, she noted how she takes special care with his office each night. “Whether he needs it or not, I fluff his carpet every night,” she said. Irizarry kept up her pace, dusting Perry’s window ledges and around the student’s artwork he displays in his office. While leaving Perry’s office, Irizarry’s face brightened as she said the favorite part of her job is meeting new students, parents, staff, faculty and community members in the halls and rooms she cleans. Tim Deters can be reached at 581-2812 or tadeters@eiu.edu. For an in-depth version of this story, visit: dailyeasternnews.com