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By Samantha McDaniel Daily Editor
REO Speedwagon will be entertaining the attendants of the 2012 Family Weekend on Sept. 29.
The Family Weekend Concert will take place at 8 p.m. on Sept. 29 in Lantz Arena.
Ceci Brinker, the director of the Student Life Office, said the tickets went on sale to the public on Monday, but the parents have had the opportunity to pre-order tickets for about a month.
“We try to give parents a little time to re-quest their tickets,” Brinker said.
Brinker said now that parents have had a little more than a month to request tickets, she thought it would be a good time to let the public purchase them.
Brinker said there are 3,500 tickets over-all for the concert. She said about half of those have been sold.
“We are very optimistic that this show will be sold out,” Brinker said.
Tickets are available for $27 over the phone or in person at the Ticket Office in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The ticket office will accept cash, checks, Visa or MasterCard.
Br inke r s a id REO Speedwagon was picked for the concert after random surveys of parents, students and faculty.
Brinker said when they narrowed the list of potential performers to five, they looked at the availability and cost.
Brinker said REO Speedwagon is from Central Ill inois, and she thinks it was a great idea to have them perform this year.
“Family Weekend is just such a special weekend on our campus,” Brinker said. “This is the time where Eastern’s family and students’ families come together.”
This is the second time REO Speedwag-on has performed at Eastern. The first per-formance was in 2007.
Brinker said because they have had them here before, they know what their different technology needs are and will be able to ac-commodate them better.
REO Speedwagon is a rock band made up of five members. Kevin Cronin, lead vocals, guitarist and keyboardist, has been the face of REO Speedwagon for about 40 years.
The other members of the band include guitarist Dave Amato, bass guitarist Bruce Hall, keyboardist Neal Doughty, and drum-mer Bryan Hitt.
Brinker said she is excited to see how par-ents react to the concert.
“It’s an opportunity for families, who are familiar with the music, to take a trip down memory lane,” Brinker said. “During our Family Weekend concerts, parents get up and dance.”
Brinker said they like to find groups that are liked by all the different generations.
“Their music never gets old,” Brink-er said. “There is a new generation of stu-dents, college-aged students. Their music has come full circle with who listens to it.”
Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
REO Speedwagon tickets on sale
FAMILY WEEKENDGreeks rep their letters
By Robyn Dexter In-depth Editor
As a part of Career Week, Career Servic-es is offering a chance for students to expe-rience the interviewing process in a stress-free environment.
The Mock Interview Day, which will last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Career Servic-es Office at the Human Services Building Tuesday, will give students the opportunity to practice their interviewing skills.
Debbie Endsley, the recruitment coordi-nator at Career Services, said the Mock In-terview Day is something Career Services does every semester.
“We ask recruiters to come in and do the mock interviews with the students,” she said. “They can get that more realistic feel of what it’s like to sit across from a hiring manager.”
She said the recruiters will ask the stu-dents a variety of questions that they would be asked in a real job-interviewing situa-tion.
“The recruiters will give them valuable feedback and advice about their respons-es and things they could maybe word a lit-tle differently, as well as what the recruiters are really looking for when they ask a ques-
tion,” she said.Endsley said the recruiters could also give
feedback on body language and other as-pects of the interviewing process.
“It’s a great way for students to get prac-tice and gain confidence with the interview process instead of just starting off out of the blue,” she said. “It’s good for students to be able to ease their way into it.”
After the recruiters give feedback to the students they are interviewing, the students will have the opportunity to ask the recruit-er questions they may not have answered.
She said the office sends out emails ask-ing for recruiter volunteers, and this year
got a variety to come participate. These include: Enterprise Rent-A-Car,
Northwestern Mutual, RR Donnelley, Total Quality Logistics and Westville Community Unit School District.
“They will see any majors, not just ma-jors specific to their employer,” she said. “They can help anybody.”
Endsley said the sessions usually fill up quickly, and reservations are required. The recruiters will work with the students for a 45-minute session.
In addition to the Mock Interview Day, the remainder of the week will feature other events to help students further their careers.
“Everything this week is leading up to our career fair next week on Sept. 19,” End-sley said.
Two résumé blitz sessions will be avail-able to help students with their résumé for-mats on Thursday and Monday, both from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
“We’ll make sure they’re all ready to go for the job fair,” Endsley said.
In addition to the résumé blitz sessions, there will be job fair prep sessions from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 18.
The Job Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 19 in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812
Career Services offers Mock Interview Day
MIR ANDA PLOSS | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSMembers of Gamma Chi reveal their sorority affiliation during Sorority Bid Day Monday on the Library Quad while new pledge classes and current sorority members cheer them on. Gamma Chi is an organization composed of members from various sororities who come together in order to inform and asset girls through the rush process. The Gamma Chi have to keep their affiliation hidden from the new Greek recruits in order to avoid a bias during recruitment.
Eastern students should take advantage of practice interview
“We ask recruiters to come in and do the mock interviews with the students. They can get that more realistic feel of what it’s like to sit across from a hiring manager.” Debbie Endsley, recruitment coordinator at Career Services
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In Monday's article "'Irish party band' Gaelic Storm to come to campus" of The Daily Eastern News, the name of the band's most recent ablum was incorrectly names. It should of read, "Most recently, they released their ninth studio ablum was incorrectly named. It should have read,"Most recently, they released their ninth studio album 'Chicken Boxer' on July 31 of this year."
In Monday's article "Kiwanis Park to host local artists for concerts" of The Daily Eastern News, the band Motherlode was spelled incor-rectly.
The News regrets these errors.
By Samantha McDaniel Daily Editor
September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, and the Charleston Carnegie Public Library is giving students and community members the opportunity to sign up for library cards and buy books.
The library also offers cards to Eastern students.
Beth Lugar, the youth program co-ordinator for the library, said students can use them as a resource for books or movies that Booth Library do not have.
For All AgesThe library has study rooms avail-
able for use of students and those who want to read in a quiet atmosphere.
At 8 p.m. on Sept. 18, Carnegie will be having an Astronomy Night in the parking lot of the library for all ages.
There will be telescopes focused on different aspects in the sky.
Lugar said they will be talking about the different findings in the sky, but will do it in a question-an-
swer format.Children under the age of 13 have
to be accompanied by a parent.Once a month, the library offers
a “Movie Monday.” At 1 p.m. on Monday, the library will be showing “Snow White and the Huntsman.”
Book SalesCarnegie library is having a book
sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Lugar said some of the things that will be on sale are books, audio, cas-settes, DVDs and VHS tapes.
“We got some battered and well-loved books, but we’ve also got some that are in gift giving condition,” Lugar said.
She said the items rarely cost more than $5.
Lugar said they may be having a bag sale on Sunday, but it has not been set.
She said if they have the sale, par-ticipates can buy a bag for around $5 and fill it with books to take home.
“We do thin out the collection,” Lugar said. “If books have not been
checked out in the last five years, they go into the sale.”
She said they also accept donations for their collection, and books that are not used for the collection are put into the sale.
The money from the book sale goes into a fund to buy new books.
“You get them out of your house, you get to see what other people have donated and you also get to contrib-ute to the purchase of new items,” Lugar said.
For ChildrenThe library also offers student pro-
grams for children. Eastern students with children can
also bring their children to the library to play in the Kid Zone or to partici-pate in the library’s programs.
The Kid Zone has toys and blocks that they can play with while the par-ents study or check out other books.
The library is bringing back pre-school story time for children ages 3 to 5.
Lugar said the program is sup-posed to help instill a love of learning for children.
“Obviously, if you are in college, education is important to you, so just foster that on to the next generation,” Lugar said.
They also offer Art Hour for chil-dren from age 8 to high school.
Art Hour will have two sessions available from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays beginning Sep. 11 and ending Nov. 13.
The program does not cost a fee, but participates need to be registered.
There is also a Make and Take event on Friday. Children can come and make crafts to take home.
Lugar said each month they have a different theme, and this month is au-tumn themed.
Children less than 8 have to be ac-companied by a parent.
“For those families who don’t want to deal with the mess in their own homes, they can come and leave snippy papers and gluey table tops, and we’ll take care of it,” Lugar said.
Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
Carnegie library offers events for communityCHARLESTON
By Amanda Wilkinson Staff Reporter
Once a week for seven weeks, a group of dog owners plan to meet based on what kind of dog they have to teach them commands.
These meetings are the “Bully Ba-sic Obedience” class taught by local dog trainer Betty Hargis.
The class will teach bully-breed dogs basic skills like recall, sit, come, walk nicely and greet.
The class starts on Sept. 20 and runs until Nov. 8. It will meet at 7:15 p.m. Thursdays at the dog train-ing facility, 918 17th St.
Other classes being offered include agility classes, general basic obedi-ence, swimming, canine good citizen and puppy socialization.
Ellen Johnson, a certified dog trainer in Charleston, said basic train-ing for every dog is a must. Since 1995, Johnson has had three dogs from her classes hit and killed by cars.
“If (a dog) doesn’t have good recall, then it can be life ending for your dog,” Johnson said.
However, this basic training class is exclusive to bully breeds like the American pit bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, boxer, bulldog and pit bull.
Betty Hargis said she wanted to bring like-minded dog owners together because it makes them feel more comfortable.
“Putting everyone together of like breeds, they tend to mesh better,” Hargis said. “Many times, other owners are not al-ways kind (to bully breed dogs).”
Tiffany McSparran, a junior biological sciences major, said she hears of people being mauled by dogs, mainly bully breeds, all the time on the news.
McSparran said she would consider getting a bully-breed puppy but not an older one from a shelter.
“It’s how you raise it,” Mc-Sparran said.
Hargis, who owns a bully-breed dog, said the breed gets a bad reputation for not being good dogs.
“(This breed of dogs) adore their owners and are very soft with them,” Hargis said.
Jazmin Smiley, a sophomore jour-nalism major, said she thinks good training and love is key to a well-be-haved dog.
“If they are brought up correctly, then they are good dogs like any oth-er breed,” Smiley said.
Having a class that teaches dogs the basics will help change the pub-lic’s mind about the bully breed, Har-gis said.
She said that in general, it is the public that needs more training than the dogs.
Part of the reason they get a bad reputation is genetics—the bully breeds can be more aggressive, but most of it is environmental, Hargis said.
“It’s the people that create the monster, not the dogs,” Hargis said. “The dogs don’t have a choice.”
For more information on dog classes, contact Ellen Johnson at 217-345-3576 or Betty Hargis at 217-549-4084.
Amanda Wilkinson can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
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AMANDA WILKINSON | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS(Left to Right) Lindsay Wilson, a counselor at EIU's Counseling Center, and Kailyn Wilson walk Sadie and Sam on Lincoln Avenue Monday.
Hear how Easternstudents are still affected by 9/11. Check out our video at the dailyeasternnews.com.
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EDUC ATION
By Tim Deters Features Editor
As she dashed from one group-fitness class to the next, group-fitness instruc-tor Mollie Brown hardly broke a sweat.
“When I stop, a little sweat gets bro-ken,” joked Brown, a junior recreation administration major.
Brown is one of 12 group-fitness in-structors who teach group classes in the Student Recreation Center. For Fall 2012, she teaches cardio strength, ab-dominals, arms, cycling and total-body classes.
Brown began teaching group-fitness classes her freshman year, though she was a bit hesitant.
“I almost didn’t do it, and the I was like, ‘Why not?’” she said.
Not even short of breath, she darted across the basketball courts from teach-ing her half-hour arms class to her half-hour cardio class.
Grabbing a blue workout mat and weights, Brown took her place in front of seven women as they faced a full-wall mirror.
As fast-paced dance versions of pop songs played over the stereo, she jumped right into teaching the class, looking into the faces of her students through the mirror.
The students fall quickly into step to keep up with her pace, throwing their
arms up in-sync to loosen up.Soon, the floor was trembling as the
students stomped their feet in unison, jumping to quicken their heart rates.
“I love getting the heart rate up and then slowing it down,” Brown said.
Brown also likes to incorporate new moves her students suggest through comment forms they can fill out through the REC.
“I’ll just throw (them) in somewhere in the middle,” she said.
As students grabbed their weights, following Brown’s lead, they lunged their legs forward at themselves in the mirror.
Slightly red in the face, Brown tran-sitioned quickly into her favorite move: mountain climbers.
Placing her hands shoulder-width apart, feet planted straight behind her, she led the class as she kicked her legs towards her chest as if hastily ascending a mountain peak.
To wind down the class, Brown led all seven women as they placed their backs against a wall, their legs at 90-de-gree angles.
After several seconds in the position, the women’s faces began to tense and their legs shook.
“Stick with me,” Mollie said. “Five more seconds; stick with me,” she said.
After the countdown, the women slowly picked up their workout mats
and weights and put them back on their respective racks.
Merissa Anderson, a sophomore bi-ology major, participated in the class and said the workout wore her out.
She said she had not been able to participate in group-fitness classes since the beginning of the semester and just began participating again.
“I stopped coming because of class,” Anderson said. “I needed to start com-ing back to the REC. I made the sacri-fice,” she said.
Taking a quick rest after her cardio class, Brown said she loves fitness and teaching her fellow students how to workout and live healthy.
“Fitness is a big part of my life,” she said. “I love it, every part of it.”
As well, she said she also loves the chance to meet new people, make friends and to show them the benefits of working out.
“They are challenging, but they are a good challenge, and you feel so reward-ed after,” she said.
A slight sheen emerging on her fore-head, Brown sprinted to the cycling class she taught immediately after her cardio class.
Tim Deters can be reached at 581-2812
Fitness emphasized in REC class
By Meghan Kegeris Staff Reporter
World travels and academic oppor-tunities will be addressed at the annual Fall Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday.
Students interested in studying abroad will have the opportunity to talk with former students and facility leaders to learn about the different programs available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the University Ballroom of the Martin Lu-ther King Jr. University Union.
Kelly Holland, the study abroad co-ordinator, said the fair is a great oppor-tunity for students, faculty and every-one interested in studying abroad to come see how the program works and what is available.
“It’s a fact-finding mission,” Holland said.
Holland said this is a good opportu-nity because all the information about studying abroad is being brought to the students in one location.
Among those attending the fair will be faculty study abroad leaders who will be on hand to discuss the trips taken during winter, spring and sum-mer breaks. Representatives from sev-en overseas universities, such as Flor-ence University of the Arts, will also at-tend the fair.
Returning students who have studied abroad in the past will be at the various tables to talk to students about the trips they went on and their experiences.
Paige Cascio, a junior communica-tion studies major, spent a semester in Florence last year.
She said she is excited to talk to stu-dents about how important it is to see
the world. “The most exciting thing is how
much I got to travel,” Cascio said “It’s a once in a life time experience.”
Holland said they are offering the opportunity to start the passport appli-cation on site, which is new this year.
Representatives from the Chicago Passport Agency will be at the fair and have applications available for students to start the process of getting a pass-port. Representatives from Panrimo, a study abroad organization, will also be there to take free passport photos. Holland, along with other mem-bers of the study abroad office, will be on hand to distribute applica-tions for students to get started on applying to study abroad as well as information about scholarships. Students will also have the chance to learn how they can use their financial aid to help with the cost.
The Study Abroad Society, a society within the Study Abroad Office, will be at the fair to talk to students about getting involved with the program and have information about events that happen throughout the school year.
Students who fill out a survey will be entered into a raffle for prizes from lo-cal businesses.
Holland said students should attend because it is a good way to start their “academic pursuit outside of Eastern.”
“It’s one-stop shopping,” Holland said.
Meghan Kegeris can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
Study abroad optionshighlighted, detailed
HEALTHHitting all the right notes
STUDENT LIFE
JACOB SALMICH | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSMerritt Whitley, a senior journalism major, performs her song "Lie to Me" at an audition for the University Boards Singer/Songwriter competition. Whitley auditioned on Monday at 7th Street Underground with around nine other contestants.
R ACHEL RODGERS | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSJames Calderon, a junior music composition major, plays his 2004 German violin Monday while sitting on a stone table outside of Taylor Hall. He uses two violins, this one he named "Posh." "It's short for piece of shit. The more fine details, the better the sound, and fine details are definitely lacking in Posh," Calderon said.
By Rachel Rodgers News Editor
In place of car stereos blaring par-ty music and the roar of inebriated bar-goers, those walking around cam-pus during the weekend are likely to hear waves of violin tunes carried on the wind.
That is if James Calderon decides to make an impromptu performance.
Calderon, a junior music compo-sition major, began playing the vi-olin more than a decade ago in the third grade to help fill the ranks of his school’s orchestra.
It was not until his junior year in high school that he discovered he wanted to take his passion further and pursue a career in music.
That year, a child with cancer in the Champaign community, where Calderon is from, died, and he said he felt moved as a musician to com-
pose an elegy in his honor. He said the child’s mother approached him af-terward, thanked him and asked if he was going to major in music.
“I had never really thought about it before,” he said. “It really is a different kind of experience for something you developed into creation to be put on stage. It’s absolutely euphoric.”
Adding to the thousands of hours practicing his craft, Calderon can usually be found performing at Open Mic Night at the Jackson Avenue Coffee on Thursdays along with out-side of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union on Fridays.
“I think it is a great way to end the week,” Calderon said. “I love playing music when I don’t have to, where I can just fiddle around.”
When he does not feel like com-mitting himself to a spot, he walks around campus, accompanied by a guitar player or other instrument en-
thusiasts, and spreads acoustic rock songs throughout the university.
“It comes as a total surprise to peo-ple expecting Mozart and other clas-sical music,” he said. “I like to make the violin rock a bit and show people that violins can still be cool.”
When he performs around cam-pus, he said he likes to improvise and work with others to find that “perfect progression.”
He said he sees music as an organ-ism that people have the ability to un-leash, and countless hours of practice do not go without reward.
“It’s that feeling when I nail a tricky passage where I can just close my eyes and get enveloped in it and forget everything around me,” he said.
Rachel Rodgers can be reached at 581-2812
Harmony key to performance
The days of flipping through magazines is slowly dwindling. No need to rip a page out for a cute haircut or a recipe that looks good. Now the modern day “magazine” is Pinterest.
As a new member of the Pinterest nation, I can say that I have spent hours on the website that has countless pictures of anything you can imagine. There is always something new on the newsfeed.
When sifting through any of the 33 catego-ries, if a picture catches your eye, you can just repin it to one of your own boards.
A lot of people think I am speaking a for-eign language when I try to explain Pinterest to them, but it is actually quite simple. You can find a recipe of a delicious-looking pasta dish, you click the repin button and it’s with you for eternity.
Almost every girl on Pinterest seems to plan a nonexistent wedding (I’m guilty), or fashion a new look for herself.
Ladies, it is hard to go past a picture of that
gorgeous wedding dress and not repin in. Let’s just hope that Pinterest is still around when our generation goes to walk down the aisle because we need all those cute picture ideas!
Men seem to be a little less interested in the world of Pinterest. But when we make them that new dinner recipe, find an awesome idea for their birthday or send them a hilarious cat picture, they will be thankful for Pinterest without even knowing it.
There is also a counter website called Pin-strosity. This website is a blog where peo-
ple tried to do activities, crafts or recipes that they found on Pinterest, and did not go as planned. It’s a very funny website where you can laugh and find out what activities not to do.
Physically magazines are still desired by a lot of people. The monthly Cosmo and People magazine is a must still because there is infor-mation there you cannot get from Pinterest.
But at the same time, there are things you cannot get from magazines.
There is so much more to explore and find in the Pinterest world that you cannot find in a magazine all about celebrities or sex. Pinter-est is a good way to express yourself and also helps people explore and use talents they nev-er even knew they had.
Jackie Capps is a junior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or
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Today is still important, remember it
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Editor to be published in The Daily Eastern News. The DEN’s policy is to run all letters that are not libelous or potentially harmful.
They must be less than 250 words.
Letters to the editor can be brought in with identification to The DEN at 1811 Buzzard Hall.
Letters may also be submitted electronically from the author’s EIU e-mail address to [email protected].
So I almost got a Nazi symbol tattooed on my wrist a week ago.
I wanted a simple lightning bolt tattoo and had finally, after four years of thinking about it, pinpointed the specific shape of one: A zig-zag line, no width or shading involved.
Fast-forward to me in the tattoo shop and having the artist scribble slightly different shapes and sizes on my wrist with a pen for about 10 minutes.
When we finally got the perfect one, he looked at my huge grin, then back down to my wrist, and said, “You know that’s the Nazi SS symbol, right?”
I think I blubbered an “Uhh” and maybe a “What?!” in response. Other artists came over to poke a little fun and warn me against get-ting it. My friends who tagged along for mor-al support hopped on their phones to Google it and, yup, it’s certainly a look-alike of the Nazi symbol.
Oops.I’ve been collecting clip art and oth-
er lightning bolt tattoos for years, check-ing them out every few weeks and weed-ing out ones that I definitely don’t like. So I went through my handy dandy album on my phone to find another bolt and we did some improvising.
I ended up with one that reminds me more of Harry Potter, the inspiration for the tattoo in
the first place.Yeah, yeah, I should have gotten it on my
forehead, not my wrist. Hardy-har-har, I haven’t heard that one a million times already.
But this little lightning bolt is more than just an obsession with a neat-o book series. If it weren’t for my dear friend Harry, I wouldn’t like words. At all.
Until I cracked open “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” I loathed reading. I would get nervous-sick every time I had a book re-port due in elementary school because I re-fused to read. I failed all the accelerated read-er programs. Reading just wasn’t my thing — I was too cool.
In fact, when my third grade class read the first Potter book during snack time, all my classmates passed around a yellow marker, drawing lightning bolts on each others’ fore-heads. I focused on my animal crackers and made fun of them. And look at me now.
But a few years later, once I popped, I just couldn’t stop. I read the first four books over and over again until the next one came out. Then repeated the process for the rest of the books, and then again for the movies.
Essentially, Harry’s the reason why I’m doing what I’m doing. Literally. Right now. I’m writ-ing because Harry—or rather, J.K. Rowling—opened my eyes and heart to words.
Take that, family members and adults who told me to never get a stupid Harry Potter tat-too, thinking it was just a fad that would mean nothing in two years.
I mean, if you want to get metaphorical, the lightning bolt surges my words from the blood pumped from my heart through to my fingers to the keyboard. Bam. That’s right, I’m an Eng-lish major. Or something.
Or, hey, lightning bolts are just cool, am I right, or am I right?
So here’s my advice to you: if you’re plan-ning on getting inked, have it mean something. Think about it for more than the 10 minutes it takes for you to walk to the tattoo shop.
And maybe make sure what you want doesn’t stand for something else.
Ashley Holstrom is a senior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or
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COLUMN
A year ago the staff at The Daily East-ern News gathered together to discuss our experiences on Sept. 11, 2001.
It was the 10th anniversary and the events of that highly traumatic day seemed to weigh heavily on everyone’s minds.
This year the tone seems a bit different. While things are still solemn, the memo-ry seems to be further back. We know this is not the case for everyone. For those who lost a loved one that day, or for others who were directly affected by the attack, Sept. 11 is likely just as difficult.
But in general, our community seems less focused on the events of that day 11 years ago. In some ways, this is expected. For whatever reason, we put more empha-sis on the tenth anniversary of something than the 11th.
That doesn’t mean we should begin to forget, of course.
The terrorist attacks that day have shaped a vast part of our lives. From that day we saw new laws, policies and world-views. Suddenly, everyone was far more concerned with our national securi-ty and traveling on a plane became vast-ly more complicated. Our country’s politi-cal and cultural landscape has forever been changed.
That day spiraled out and formed a new era in American history. As students, our entire adult lives have likely been affected in some way by that day. It’s shaped who we are and our coming future. Many of us gained new anxieties or concerns for our safety we never had before. We watched the TV and looked to our parents trying to understand what was happening to our lives.
For many of us, this was an event that caused us to lose an innocent view of the world.
We’re not asking people to vastly change the way they act today. In fact act-ing as you normally would is a great way to honor the freedoms we still have. But it’s important to acknowledge how our lives were affected, to try and see how the events of a single day can change so much.
Because forgetting all of that would be a mistake. Though we doubt the events of that day will be fading from anyone’s memories anytime soon, we think it’s important to continue reflecting on those events even as time moves on.
Though there may not be as many memorials today or events in that day’s memory, it can still hold a place in our thoughts. It can still be a part of our lives.
We should remember that just because we may have not lost a loved on that day, many people did. We should remember that just because that day may have not motivated us to join the military, it did for a lot people. We should remember that just because that day won’t always be in our thoughts, it still carries weight on our lives.
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By Daniel Nerone Staff Reporter
The history of women’s art in Il-linois, focusing on the period from 1840-1940, was presented at a talk sponsored by the Tarble Arts Cen-ter on Monday.
Caroline Simpson, an assistant art history professor, presented the lecture based on “A Skirting Con-vention Exhibition” at Tarble.
Simpson has been studying the topic of women’s art in Illinois since she was in graduate school at the Indiana University.
Most of the presentation fo-cused on the hardships that wom-en faced.
Simpson said women were not often seen as serious artists during that time, while men were seen as the real artists.
Her first slide read: “It is impos-sible to know exactly how many women living in Illinois between 1840 and 1940 dreamed of becom-ing artists.”
The exhibition collected many different eclectic pieces of artwork from the women of that time peri-od and was organized in alphabet-ical order.
Many of the pieces were self-portraits while other works focused on social issues such as race.
The gallery talk was made up of a power point slide on the discus-sion of the techniques that were
common during that time. Simp-son also presented the biography and hardships of several women artists throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
Simpson said the presentation was also focused on the inspira-tion and the influences that led the women to create their specific pieces of art.
Historical events, such as the Civil War and World War I, served as inspiration for the artists, she said.
Teala Irons, a senior art major, said she “thoroughly enjoyed” the presentation and the way Simpson approached the lecture.
Irons said she had Simpson as an instructor before and had always
enjoyed her lectures. Irons said she enjoyed encoun-
tering paintings and artists that she had never experienced in any of her classes.
After the presentation, partici-pants were encouraged to look at the exhibit and ask questions.
Channy Lyons, the curator of the exhibit, and the Lakeview Mu-
seum of Arts and Sciences worked together to create this exhibition.
The artwork was donated by the Chicago History Museum, the Illi-nois State Museum and the Lakev-iew Museum.
Simpson said if people want to know more about the exhibit and its subject they can visit the Illinois Women Artists Project at http://iwa.bradley.edu.
The exhibition will take place at the Tarble until Sunday.
Daniel Nerone can be reached at 581-2812
Tarble shows history of women’s art
Z ACHARY WHITE | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSCaroline Simpson speaks to students in the Tarble Art Center Monday about the art of American women through-out history. Simpson said by 1930 33 percent of artists in the U.S. were women.
“It is impossible to know exactly how many women living in Illinois between 1840 and 1940 dreamed of becoming artists.” Caroline Simpson, assistant art professor
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Staff Report
The Staff Senate’s first meeting of the semester will focus on a va-riety of continuing issues as well as new ones when they meet for the Wednesday at 1:15 p.m.
At present, Angie Campbell, the vice president for the Staff Senate is scheduled to lead the meeting since president Antoine Thomas cannot attend.
Thomas could not be reached for comment.
Campbell said she is not quite sure how much of agenda the sen-ate will discuss as Thomas is the person who set it and she is un-sure of exactly how he wanted to discuss each topic.
Things on the tentative agen-da include the status of the Boyd Memorial, area representation and the upcoming benefits fair.
Campbell said the memorial is in honor of Gregory Boyd, a for-mer environmental control su-pervisor who passed away Feb.7,
2012.“He was a member of the Staff
Senate for seven years and was on the Shared Governance commit-tee for the university,” she said. “We want to do a tree in his hon-or but are looking at our options and costs.”
The meet ing begins a t 1 :15 p.m. in the Martinsville Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. Uni-versity Union.
Staff Senate has first meetingAt 12:20 p.m. on Friday, a rob-
bery was reported near University Court. This incident is under in-vestigation.
At 8 p.m. on Fr iday, an a t -tempted robbery and aggravated battery was reported near Cole-man Hall to have occurred at 3:45 p.m. This incident is under inves-tigation.
A t 2 : 3 8 a . m . o n Sa t u rd a y, Kimani Byars, 19, was arrested at
Ninth Street and Edgar Drive on a charge of DUI-Drugs. He was re-leased at 4:58 a.m. after posting 10 percent of a $1,000 bond.
At 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, Kas-ey Wilson, 22, was arrested at Fourth Street and Lincoln Ave-nue on charges of Driving While License Suspended and DUI-Al-cohol. She was released at 3:05 a.m. after posting 10 percent of a $3,000 bond.
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At the podium during the in-troductory press conference, Dino Babers’ first day on the job, Eastern’s new head football coach promised changes in the team’s culture and at-titude.
Since then, there has been a lot of talk about these changes.
Would they happen?I’ve believed in Babers since he
got the job last winter, but I didn’t know how drastic a change the team would go through–until after the Panthers’ week one win against Southern Illinois-Carbondale.
Sure, the team gained 522 to-tal yards and scored 49 points–two things I can’t remember happen-ing in the last three years–but more than their statistics, I was surprised to see how the team acted, and what Babers and his players said.
In the weight room for the post-game press conference, Babers took a couple minutes to look at the final statistics on paper before opening up to questions.
“Psh, nine punts,” Babers said un-der his breath, shaking his head.
Of all the stats he could’ve read out loud, Babers chose punts.
Eastern ran 92 plays, picked up 22 first downs, but punted nine times.
Babers wanted 31 first downs and zero punts.
This quick, seemingly meaningless line caught my attention more than anything else because some part of him expected more–or rather, few-er punts.
The same tone carried into the players’ interviews, with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and wide receiv-er Erik Lora.
They scored a lot of points, but not enough.
B o t h G a r o p p o l o a n d L o r a thought they’d score more.
The final stamp of the team’s cul-ture and attitude change came while I was walking home after the inter-views.
As I walked down the path by the soccer field, linebacker Antonio Tay-lor and a teammate pulled their car over. Taylor rolled down the window and started shouting at me – know-ing exactly who I was.
“It’s a new era, baby! No more bad articles about us in the paper,” Tay-lor shouted as he laughed.
I had to give it up for what I’d just seen on the field –a shellacking of an otherwise good Carbondale football team.
“I didn’t expect that, man,” I said as I went up the window and shook his hand. “So are you guys going to promise to do that every game know?”
It’s one thing for a coach to make promises, but it’s quite another when his players start to make them, too.
“You know it, baby! All day! All day,” Taylor answered.
That’s all that needed to be said. When players start to believe the
promises a coach has been making, the culture and attitude of the team is changing.
Taylor definitely had his swagger that night.
Alex McNamee can be reached at 581-2812
Babers’ promises look kept, upheld;players have swag
CROSS COUNTRY
By Holden Fuehne Staff Reporter
Despite turbulent weather and a 30-mintue delay, Eastern’s men’s and women’s cross country teams posted good performances in their season opening race at the Walt Crawford Open.
The men’s team finished third, fin-ishing behind Indian University-Pur-due University-Indianapolis and eventual champion, Southern Illinois-Carbondale.
Red-shirt junior Pablo Ramirez made his Eastern debut, leading the Panthers with a time of 25:49.36 en route to a sev-enth place finish.
Team captain junior Danny Delaney also put up a good show, finishing the race with a time of 26:03.64, which was good for an 11th place finish.
All-OVC selection sophomore Bryce Basting ran a time of 26:06.85 to finish 12th.
Junior Matt Black also performed well in his first race of the season, posting a time of 26:21.73, good for a 17th place finish.
Senior Doug Mateas finished just be-hind Black, recording a time of 26:58.37.
As a team, Eastern scored 66 points, just four points away from second-place IUPUI.
Eastern’s women’s team also posted a good performance in its first race of the season. Senior All-OVC runners Oliv-ia Klaus and Britney Whitehead finished fourth and fifth
place, respectively. Klaus had a time of 18:16.61, while Whitehead finished the race with a time of 18:22.61.
Senior Stephanie Peisker also finished eighth place with a time of 18:29.30.
Fellow senior Erika Ramos posted a time of 18:56.00, which was good for a 14th place finish.
Senior Elizabeth Dole also ran well, re-cording a 16th place finish with a time of 18:58.00. Freshmen Victoria Quarton and Amy Yeoman rounded out the top performers for Eastern, recording a 19th and 21st place finish, respectively.
Quarton finished with a time of 19:05.39 while Yeoman finished with a time of 19:09.69.
As a team, the women lost by just six points to champion Southern Illinois-Carbondale.
Eastern will compete at the Illinois In-tercollegiate on Sept. 14 in Bloomington.
Holden Fuehne can be reached at 581-2812
Panthers perform in season opening run
Tennessee-Martin leads the way, taking 119 shots over seven match-es played. The Skyhawks average 17 shots per match.
However, Eastern is among the top of the conference in saves, with red-shirt junior Jessica Taldone in goal.
The Panthers are ranked sec-ond behind Tennessee Tech with 46 saves this season. Tennessee Tech has a total of 50 saves over eight matches.
The number one goal scorer in the OVC is Tennessee Tech’s Ellie Iaciofano.
The f reshman forward f rom Loveland, Ohio, has five goals in eight matches for the Golden Ea-gles.
Around the OVCBelmont was blanked 3-0 by
Middle Tennessee on Sunday, bring-ing the newest OVC team to an
overall record of 4-3.Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
saw its first draw of the season come against Missouri State on Sunday.
The Cougars and the Bear s played the full double overtime pe-riod with neither team able to score, ending in a 0-0 tie.
Despite taking 24 shots, Murray State fell 4-2 against in-state oppo-nent Northern Kentucky on Sun-day.
The Racers fell behind 2-0, but were able to tie the match, but lost after a goal from Northern Ken-tucky, followed by a Murray State own-goal in the 74th minute.
Eastern Kentucky took down the College of Charleston (South Car-olina) by a score of 3-1 in the final match of the College of Charleston Cup.
Tennessee Tech lost to Western Carolina by a score of 1-0 on Sun-day.
The match was tied at 0-0 until Western Carolina was able to score off a corner kick in the 77th min-ute.
Morehead State was shutout 2-0 by Xavier on Sunday. Morehead State is still searching for its first win of the season, currently at 0-6-1.
Jacksonvi l l e Sta te added i t s OVC-best sixth win of the season with a 2-0 win over South Carolina State in the Gamecock/Adidas Soc-cer Classic on Sunday.
Tennessee-Martin cruised to a 5-1 victor over Lipscomb on Sun-day, with four of its goals coming in the second half.
The Skyhawks are now 2-4-1 on the season.
Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812
Z ACHARY WHITE | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSSophomore Laura Magnuson runs along the Panther Trail Saturday during the Walt Crawford Open. Magnuson finished 38th with a time of 19:47.50.
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CONFERENCE, from page 8COLUMN
LOSS, from page 8
They recorded seven touchdowns and a field goal when they were in-side the 20-yard line.
In the 20 minutes, the Panther offense was on the field they totaled 344 yards of offense.
Ju n i o r q u a r t e r b a c k J i m m y Garoppolo threw for 225 yards and a touchdown.
His touchdown pass was high-lighted by a diving catch by red-shirt senior Chris Wright.
His highlight touchdown grab resulted in him earning the No. 3 spot on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays on Saturday.
Although the Panthers did have success in the offensive game, they struggled on third down, converting just two of their 15 attempts.
“When you’re only complet-ing half the passes you’re throwing, then you will have to throw quite a bit,” head coach Dino Babers said. “That’s going to cause you to have three-and-outs and to not have the tempo we need to be successful.”
For the game, the Broncos out-gained the Panthers 631 to 344 in total offense. The wide margin in total yardage was purely a result of time of possession.
The Panther defense held the
Bronco offense in-check for the first 15 minutes of play, but when fa-tigue set in, Western Michigan be-gan to pull away.
Sports Network Top 25 PollAlthough the Panthers suffered a
loss to BCS-member Western Mich-igan, they are still gaining recogni-tion throughout the FCS.
The Panthers rank No. 47 in the nation as they are receiving recog-nition in the “other teams receiving votes” category.
Reigning national champion North Dakota State took over the top spot in the top 25 poll follow-ing their win over Colorado State.
Sam Houston, Montana State, James Madison and Youngstown round out the top five.
Eastern’s next opponent, Illinois State, is ranked No. 15 in the na-tion after improving to 2-0 with a win against Eastern Michigan.
The Panthers and the Red Birds will play each other on Saturday in Bloomington, Ill., in the 101st Mid-America Classic. Kick off is sched-uled for 1 p.m.
Around the OVCAustin Peay joined Eastern as the
only other Ohio Valley Conference team to play a BCS-member school on Saturday.
The Governors lost to No. 16 Virginia Tech 42-7.
The Hokies were led by Logan Thomas’ 212 passing yards and two touchdowns.
The Morehead State Eagles faced off against a ranked FCS opponent and OVC-member school.
The Eagles lost to Eastern Ken-tucky 24-17.
Eastern Kentucky totaled 282 rushing yards with Walter Payton Award candidate Matt Denham rushing for a team-best 166 yards.
The Colonels limited Morehead State to just nine rushing yards in the win.
No. 24 ranked Jacksonville State was also in action on Saturday, de-feating Chattanooga 27-24. Jack-sonville State place kicker Griffin Thomas delivered the decisive blow, nailing a 37-yard field goal as time expired. It was his first game-win-ning kick of his career.
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@DEN_Sports tweet of the day: The #EIU football team ranks 47th overall in the FCS: They are receiving votes for the Sports Network Top 25 Poll.
CONFERENCE, page 7
WOMEN’S SOCCER
LOSS, page 7
By Jordan Pottorff Sports Editor
The gap between time of pos-session and total number of plays helped propel the Broncos to victo-ry on Saturday.
By the NumbersThe Broncos held the ball for
nearly 40 minutes, which resulted in Western Michigan running 24 more plays than Eastern.
This al lowed the Broncos to eclipse the 600-yard mark for total yards as they ran nearly 100 plays.
Western Michigan’s high-pow-ered offense did the majority of its damage in the first half as red-shit senior quarterback Alex Carder threw for 299 yards and five touch-downs in the opening 30 minutes of play.
For the game, the Broncos threw for 402 yards and gained 229 yards on the ground.
The Broncos also put constant pressure on the Panthers in the red zone, converting on eight of their 11 trips.
Costly possession contributes to loss
By Dominic Renzetti Staff Reporter
The Eastern women’s soccer team was shutout for the third time this sea-son on Sunday, falling to Northern Il-linois at Lakeside Field by a score of 1-0.
With the loss, the Panthers drop to 2-5, recording their second win of the season the previous Friday against Evansville.
The Panthers have just two more non-conference matches before open-ing up Ohio Valley Conference play.
With OVC play on the horizon, Eastern head coach Summer Pera-la said after Sunday’s game, there are a few things she would like to see the Panthers improve on.
“We definitely want to build on just combination in the attack, and create more opportunities on goal,” she said. “We don’t do really well with our shots on goal, so we’re hoping to change that in conference.”
The Panthers have scored on just seven of their 59 shot attempts this season, with senior Kristin Germann leading the way with 14 shots and six shots on goal. Germann also leads the team in goals with three, all of which came in the team’s first win of the sea-son against Cleveland State.
As compared to the rest of the OVC, the Panthers are taking much fewer shots, ranked seventh out of 11 teams in shots taken.
Team prepares for conference schedule
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By Anthony Catezone Assistant Sports Editor
Upsetting Wake Forest and going toe-to-toe with then No. 23 ranked Michigan isn’t enough for Eastern’s volleyball team, with the entire team believing in its potential, the Pan-thers are determined to improve.
Freshman libero Stephanie Wal-lace may be new to the team, but her play doesn’t show it. Wallace and her teammates see their potential, now it is just time to show it.
“We just have so much potential, even Emily Franklin, a senior on the team, said this is one of the best squads we’ve had in a long time and now it’s our time to show it,” Wal-lace said.
The Panthers sit at 3-6 on the sea-son, with three non-conference tour-naments in the books.
Most recently, they saw a 1-2 per-formance in the Ambassador Ho-tel Marquette Golden Eagle Classic, Sept. 7-8, where an upset win over Wake Forest was overshadowed by two defeats that came in straight sets to Marquette and Michigan, now ranked No. 22.
Despite being able to compete with two highly regarded teams, the Panthers still are not happy with the losses. Wallace said the tournament resembled their season so far.
“This season kind of goes along with what we saw the Marquette tournament,” Wallace said. “We
started off really well in games, and then in the middle we had a little lull and tried to pick it up in the end.”
The Panthers will attempt to start off strong and keep it that way as they head to University Park, Penn., where Penn State will play host to the Penn State Classic, Sept. 14-15.
Head coach Kate Price, a Penn State alum, won a championship with it in 2007.
The Nittany Lions fell from the No. 2 ranking in the nation, to the No. 4 ranking after suffering their first loss of the season to Oregon State, last weekend.
The Panthers will also compete against Duquesne University and the University of Portland.
Around the OVCIn the West division, Eastern is
currently in fourth, Southeast Mis-souri, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and Austin Peay rank ahead of them.
Southeast Missouri has the best overall record among Ohio Valley Conference teams at 6-4, with re-cent wins over Evansville, South Florida and East Carolina.
Highlighted recent losses for the Redhawks come at the hands of Western Michigan, Wisconsin-Mil-waukee and St. Louis.
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville comes in at 4-5 after splitting two matches with Western Illinois, and other wins coming over Indiana
State and Loyola. However, big losses against Ak-
ron and Youngstown State followed, leaving them a game below .500.
Austin Peay has played the most games thus far and has a record of 5-9, but comes on a hot streak win-ning three of their last four matches.
The Governors had three straight set victories over East Tennessee, La-mar University and Alabama State in the Hampton Inn ‘Bama Bash. Their lone loss in the tournament came to host Alabama.
In the East division, only one team sits above .500 as well with Jacksonville State currently sitting at 6-5.
But in their last seven matches they have posted a 2-5 record.
The most notable losses in that span are to Auburn, South Dakota and Central Arkansas.
Their two wins come as straight set victories over Jackson State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
A game back, sits the defending OVC champions Morehead State. Since the Eagles started off the sea-son 0-5, they are surging, winning five of their last six games. Missouri, Valparasio and Savannah State were the opponents during their current three-game win streak.
Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected]
Coach says volleyball team potential not yet reached
DOMINIC BAIMA | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSJunior defenseman/midfielder Caitlin Green and freshman defenseman Lindsey Marino challenge a Northern Illinois player for the ball Sunday at Lake-side Field. The Panthers have an away game verses Butler University Friday Aug. 14.
DOMINIC BAIMA | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSSophomore Joe Campagna sacks a Southern Illinois-Carbondale Saluki during the home opener Aug. 30 at O’Brien Stadium. The Panthers lost Saturday’s game against Western Michigan 52-21 in Kalamazoo, Mich.
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