October 3, 2012Volume 37 Issue 5

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Hoogland Center for the Arts

presents: ‘Twelve Angry Men’

Leaving thelegacy where it belongs, in the

past

EditorialBy Kati Masemanand CheVaughn Starling

Editor-in-Chief and News Reporter

Sports

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We want to make sure students see the reason why

UIS is wonderful campus. This is everyone coming together and making the campus awesome, said Matthew Dobill SAC Tradi-tions Coordinator of Homecom-ing 2012.

Homecoming week has al-ready kicked off with a Pep Ral-ly Monday and Spirit Games and a Powder Puff game on Tuesday. There are more events to come to celebrate Homecoming at UIS.

The other person behind the events for Homecoming is Bran-don Valerio, another Traditions Coordinators for SAC. The two are in charge of picking events, planning them and getting them going.

“I like homecoming because it brings pride in the school. Peo-ple actually support UIS. School spirit,” said Valerio.

What’s new for this year? The parade is larger than ever according to Dobill, and they “remix spirit wear, and make the events even better,” he said.

Another new addition for Homecoming 2012 is the com-munity. “I am really excited because this is the first year we have more community involve-ment. They love us as much as we love us,“ Dobill said.

The most difficult part of planning Homecoming, accord-ing to Valerio is, “combining the new with the old, but having to keep the foundation.”

Queertober is also kicking off this October. The events of Queertober are meant to educate about LGBTQ issues and pro-mote social opportunities. There are several events planned for the month. For a full list, see the ad on the back page of this issue.

“It’s important that educa-tional events cross lines, make connections and work with dif-ferent groups,” said Kerry Poyn-ter, Director of LGBTQ Re-source Office.

“I like the variety that it (Queertober) offers. Coming out as a tradition gives allies a chance to think about why they are allies,” said Alex Williams,

UIS senior in Sociology/Anthro-pology.

“I think Queertober is awe-some…it opens up the environ-ment for LGBQT people,” said Williams. “It is giving people a voice to the community, strength.“

“The Drag show is the idea of practicing gender in ways that are not so binary, not male and female. It is not always definable or clear cut. It is impersonating someone of a different gender. In some small way it educates people that it is more of a rain-bow than binary figure,” he said.

A major event for Queertober is the Closet Door on the Quad. This event is expected to have 100-200 people attending and/ or participating. “I enjoy hav-ing students engaging. But for a student it can be incredibly powerful. To have friends or see people step through the door and even taking the step itself,” Poynter said.

“I think that celebrating Queertober, makes it easier for there to be more allies and con-tributes to a more inclusive en-vironment,” said Katie McEvoy, UIS senior English and Sociol-ogy/Anthropology major.

October preview,Homecoming and Queertober

Top: The audience at the Homecoming Pep Rally show support for fellow students.Middle: Legacy Dance team shows off their skills during their Pep Rally performance.Bottom: The women’s basketball team has fun while on the floor at the Pep Rally. Many athletic teams gave performances.

Photos by Alex Johnson

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Health Servicescontinued on Page 5

N EWS

By Ashley Henry

News Reporter

Working for change, political activist Tom Hayden addressed the UIS community and public alike

Tom Hayden is co-founder of Students for A Demo-

cratic Society, and was one of the “Chicago Eight” charged with conspiring to provoke a riot during the 1968 Democratic Na-tional Convention. During this time he wrote a proposal titled “The Port Huron Statement – An Agenda for a Generation.” He later went on to serve on the California legislature for 18 years, as well as the State Senate. Today, Hayden spends his time promoting causes, much like he did nearly 50 years ago.

During his lecture, Hayden spoke about change, the Occupy Movement, as well as the upcom-ing election, but also had a lesson for his audience about activism.

Hayden draws from philoso-pher John Dewey’s theory that people only learn by doing. “I

like to believe that there is a pat-tern to events,” said Hayden. “You listen to [people] and dis-cern a pattern of what they want to do and you focus on people that are apparently apathetic…. It’s like a ripple in the water. You change the equation by suddenly getting 50 or 150 people start-ing to do things who were never recognized [before], and didn’t know they had it in their power.”

As to the recent Occupy Movements, Hayden is optimis-tic about change, and speaks from experience acknowledging that it comes on its own terms.

“The message I would like to pass along to anyone who needs to hear it, is that change comes. It comes inch by inch, it comes no matter how impatient, how radical you are, how urgent you are. It comes very slowly and as you gain ground, there is always a threat that you will lose that

ground,” said Hayden. When it comes to change, one

of the simple things that anyone can do is act on their right to vote – especially with the upcoming election. For many years Hayden fought for civil rights reforms, including the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He explained that many

people do not think that they are qualified to vote, so instead of voting for what they think is expected of them, he encour-ages people to vote for what they know.

During the lecture, Hayden put several political movements into a historical perspective and related them to several different power structures. He later ex-plained that the reasoning behind this is that everything is based on memory, emphasizing that every-thing we know now is because someone remembered what hap-pened and passed it down to the next generation.

Hayden concluded his lecture by recalling his experience writ-ing “The Port Huron Statement”. He reemphasized that learning by doing is the key to change, and that change needs to be achieved through direct action. He said, “I think Occupy Wall Street

was a beginning…Now there is the election. When the election is over, I think that energy will spring up again – looking for di-rection… I hope it’s successful, Wall Street must fall.”

Although he is not the radi-cal college activist he once was, Hayden continues to be a force for change through his organiza-tion The Peace and Justice Re-source Center.

Hayden was brought to UIS through political science gradu-ate student Andrew Spiro. Spiro is a current labor activist him-self, and serves on the Executive Board of Springfield and Central Illinois Trades and Labor Coun-cil. This student activist is also involved in collective bargaining issues and is a part of the Labor 2012 movement.

Tom Hayden

UIS is currently facing several health con-

cerns. First, needles from medi-cation are being improperly dis-posed of, and second, with flu season starting, and Pertussis outbreaks on the rise, vaccines are being highly encouraged by Campus Health Services.

Students who need to adminis-ter medications through needles is not a new or uncommon scenario. However, needles from these med-ications have recently been found thrown in the trash, endangering the health of building staff at UIS. Accidental needle sticks can transit various diseases, in the worst cases, for example, Hepatitis B and C and even HIV, according to Jill Stoops, Nurse Practitioner at UIS Health Services.

Both Housing and Health Ser-vices wanted to make it know to students that biohazard needle re-ceptacles are located in both dorms and various places throughout hous-ing. Also, Stoops stated that needles can be brought to Health Services for

proper disposal. “We don’t ask ques-tions, we just get it where it needs to

go,” she said.

Stoops mentioned that if someone has a specific need, they can talk with Health Services about getting a personal disposal box. They want to keep their building ser-vices workers safe.

With flu season approaching and in-creasing outbreaks of Pertussis, Health Services is hosting several Flu Clinics to offer vaccinations to the UIS community.

Flu shots are a common staple to the fall season for many people, but Pertussis vaccines are less common. Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise and does not only occur in children.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Whooping cough — known medically as pertussis — is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. Although it initially resembles an ordinary cold, whooping cough may eventually turn more serious, particularly in infants. The best way to prevent it is through vaccinations. The childhood vac-cine is called DTaP. The whooping cough booster vaccine for adolescents and adults is called Tdap.”

According to Stoops, the State does not require a Tdap shot, the immunization for Pertussis, Tetanus, and Diphtheria, but col-lege requirements recommend the shot due to the close proximity that college students are often in. She also stated that there have been 1600 cases of Pertussis in Sangamon County already.

While children contract the most severe cases of whooping cough, adults cannot only get the disease, sometimes in bad cases, but can spread it to children. To prevent the spread, Stoops said they try to do something call herd immunity. This is where a whole community gets vaccinated to avoid the spread to children.

Stoops stated that Pertussis is often called whooping cough due to the “whoop-ing” sound children make as they try to take in air while coughing. Adults don’t whoop, and therefore don’t always know when they have Pertussis.

Both Flu shots and Tdap vaccines are available at the Flu Clinics that Health Ser-vices offer. The next clinics will be held Oct. 9 and 17. Both will be held in PAC C/D from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Stoops said these clinics are to make the vaccines “more accessible” to students and staff. Flu shots are $12 for students and $17 for all staff and significant others not covered by Illinois State health insur-ance or benefits. Tdap shots are $40 for students and $50 for employees.

Stoops wanted to let people considering the Tdap shot to know that you can get the vaccine as soon as 24 hours after having a plain Tetanus shot and it won’t cause any harm to your immune system.

Facts about Pertussis,

according to the CDC:

• Pertussis is a fairly com-mon disease in the U.S. and goes through peaks every 3-5 years.

• As of September 48 states and Washington D.C. reported increased outbreaks of Pertussis.

• Nearly 29,000 cases of Pertussis have been reported as of Sep-tember as compared to 27,550 cases total in 2010.

• Washington, Min-nesota and Wis-consin have seen the number of cases go up by nearly four thousand in each state compared to last year.

Health Services, hoping to ensure safety and prevent outbreaks of illness

By Kati Maseman

Editor-in-Chief

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Campus Senate approves Spanish minor, discusses redesigned English M.A.By Daymon Kiliman

Assistant Editor for News

The Campus Senate ap-proved a resolution cre-

ating a Spanish language minor after a lengthy discussion in which Senators balanced funding and resource issues with student needs and desires.

John Martin, Associate Pro-fessor of Chemistry, said a sub-committee is being formed by the General Education Council to study the state of foreign lan-guage studies at UIS. In the past, UIS had required honors students to take a foreign language. En-rollment numbers have declined dramatically since that require-ment was abolished.

Jim Ermatinger, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sci-ences (CLAS), said there were more than 200 students enrolled in foreign languages in 2007, compared to only 63 today. “We do believe that this minor will hopefully reverse the decline,” he said. “If it reverses the decline and if we see enrollments come back up to where they were years ago, we will then put resources into the program.”

Foreign languages are in a tough spot at UIS. CLAS is un-able to allocate more resources while enrollment is so low, but enrollment may stay low until more students commit to taking

foreign languages, which might require additional resources. Ryan Williams, Associate Pro-fessor of Criminal Justice, said, “I haven’t heard anybody say that this [the Spanish minor] should not happen,” but he was concerned with whether UIS can offer a program that is economi-cal for students and that main-tains academic excellence.

A new Spanish minor does not guarantee more students in the program, but Lynn Pardie, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, was undeterred. She suggested that UIS should try this approach before giving up on foreign languages alto-gether or putting in place new re-quirements, a move she believes would hurt overall enrollment. “All of us do a disservice to our students, no matter the major, if we’re not informing them that they’re going to have a difficult time down the road in the chang-ing world economy, and espe-cially in the United States, if they don’t have a [foreign] language,”

she said.The Student Government As-

sociation voted unanimously in favor of the resolution. John Tienken, Student Representa-tive to the Board of Trustees and SGA Executive Board Member, emphasized that postponing im-plementation would only result in more students missing oppor-tunities. “I think there are tons of

students who wish they had the opportunity to take more lan-guages,” he said. “It’s quite clear that if you can’t get a piece of pa-per – something that validates to the rest of the world your knowl-edge – you’re not going to take that program.”

Although the resolution passed the Campus Senate, the vote was not unanimous, with some Senators still expressing reservations regarding its imple-mentation. William Kline, As-sociate Professor of Liberal and Integrative Studies, said in sup-port of the resolution, “We can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

UIS will begin offering a redesigned Master’s degree in English by 2014. New enroll-ments were suspended as the result of declining applications and graduation rates. The De-partment itself recognized that the program needed to evolve to meet the needs of students.

Donna Bussell, Associate Pro-fessor of English, said, “There has been a shift in our discipline that is really akin to almost the shift that came with the printing press in the 16th Century. The digital world has changed the textual world so completely and has so infused what we do and how our students read and how all of us engage with text that we really had to completely rethink the curriculum to pull the old and new together.”

Ranjan Karri, Associate Pro-fessor of Management, MBA Program Director, and member of the Graduate Council, cau-tioned that new resources may be required to retrain existing faculty, to hire new faculty, and to effectively market the rede-signed program. He stated that this is essential to making it a “destination program,” one that attracts new students because of its quality. “That, in my view, is what UIS entirely should be,” he said. “It should be a destination school, not just a school you hap-pen to be closest to.”

“All of us do a disservice to our students, no matter the major, if we’re not informing them that they’re going to have a difficult time down the road in the changing world economy, and especially in the United States, if they don’t

have a [foreign] language.” -Lynn Pardie, Vice Chancellor for Academic

Affairs and Provost

Police BeatUniversity of Illinois Springfield Police Department reported

the following calls for the period of Sept. 24 to Oct. 1.Underage Drinking Party9/30/12 at 3:09 a.m. in Trillium CourtOfficers were called to an underage drinking party at the above

location. The underage subjects were cited. A report was completed.Accident- Property Damage9/29/12 at 5:11 p.m. in Founders Residence HallOfficers were called to an accident with property damage at the

above location. A citation was issued and a report was completed.Patrol Investigation9/29/12 at 3:47 p.m. in A LotWhile on patrol, officers found a bicycle belonging to an office on

campus. The bicycle was returned.Emergency Call Investigation9/29/12 at 1:19 a.m. in Larkspur CourtOfficers were called to the above location for an emergency call

investigation. The area was checked. A car seen leaving the area was also stopped and checked.

Complaint9/28/12 at 7:14 p.m. in B LotOfficers were called to the above location for a vehicle driving

over the curb and onto the grass. A verbal warning was issued.Theft from Vehicle9/28/12 at 6:58 p.m. in E LotA subject came to the police department to file a theft report on a

hang tag that was stolen from their vehicle. A report was written.

Patrol Investigation9/26/12 at 10:48 p.m. at the Cox HouseWhile on patrol, an officer noticed a truck parked in front of the

above location after business hours with no lights on in the building. The vehicle was checked and found to belong to an employee.

Theft9/26/12 at 1:57 a.m. in A LotOfficers were called to the above location regarding two subjects

seen running away with a stop sign. Two arrests were made. A report was completed.

Suspicious Person9/25/12 at 6:53 p.m. on Eliza Farnham and Vachel Lindsay Drive.Officers were called to check on a suspicious person. Suspicious

person was checked and departed from campus.Burglary9/25/12 at 12:41 p.m. in Founders Residence HallOfficers responded to a burglary at the above location. A report

was completed.Mental Subject9/24/12 at 10:24 p.m. in Pennyroyal CourtSangamon County dispatch advised they received a call about a

subject who had mental problems. Officers were dispatched to scene. Paramedics handled the call.

Accident-Property Damage9/24/12 at 5:49 p.m. at Police StationAn automobile accident involving property damage occurred on

9/22/12 during a show. The accident was called in on 9/24/12. Of-ficers were called and a report was written.

To view the complete Police Beat, visit www.uisjournal.com.

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OPINION

Letter to the Editor

Nutritional educationEvidence suggests that

an increasing amount of college students in some states are turning to food stamps to supplement their diets. Rising tuition and expenses combined with a poor job market force larger numbers of students to seek welfare as a means to get by.

According to the Virginia Department of Social Services, money spent on college students from the food stamp program in the month of January rose from $447,000 in 2007 to $2.9 mil-lion in 2012. A large number of other states have been dealing with this increased burden of college student welfare, includ-ing Michigan, which tightened restrictions on food stamps to cut 30,000 students out of their program.

So what does this mean for us at UIS? Should we be con-cerned about fellow students that have barely enough money to feed themselves? It is difficult to say, as the statistics and infor-mation really isn’t available at this time. Yet, if that is the case, it certainly would be under-standable. I personally work 25 hours a week while taking three classes and I still needed to take out some student loan money to cover some expenses.

I can see the attraction to an extra $200 a month you could put toward food, but thankfully I haven’t quite gotten to the point

where I need to rely on welfare. Nevertheless a fair number of our students are parents, single or married, work several jobs, and are taking classes here in the hope of landing a better career in the future. Even with all there effort it could prove difficult to go to college while continuing to support a family. This is what SNAP, or the Supplemental Nu-tritional Assistance Program as food stamps are now called, was created for, to provide that little bit of help to those who would otherwise face starvation.

Yet even when students get out of college, the economic climate forces many to turn to social welfare programs like SNAP. Even people with gradu-ate degrees are having an in-creasingly tough time, as the number of Ph.D. recipients on food stamps tripled between 2008 and 2011 according to US Census data.

As always in America, those who devote themselves to edu-cation suffer many of these hardships. Many teachers of college courses suffer from the same problems faced by their incredibly under paid contem-

poraries in public high schools and the like. Poverty wages and budget cuts have forced large numbers of staff members at the nations smaller institutions, such as adjunct faculty and part time lecturers, to go on welfare.

I have often felt that much of the welfare system is an abomi-nation, not because of how it is used, but that it is needed at all. If people can’t afford to live in a society, even when working several jobs, there is something wrong with that society. Social welfare programs are meant as a treatment, not a cure, for the societal ills of poverty.

It’s meant to keep people from being crushed under the financial burdens incurred from living in America today. Many people seek to confront the welfare issue head on by cutting funding to the projects and letting the poor fend for themselves. They cite the re-sources spent on welfare when the government itself is facing difficult times. Others seek to increase funding to these pro-grams, pointing out that they barely cover the most basic of human needs and merely allow for survival, rather than im-provement. It is difficult to say who is right in this case, but one thing is certain. Without some serious changes in the nature of American society, many of us face bleak futures of grinding poverty, educated or not.

For those living in congressional district 18*, you will be choos-ing between Dr. David Gill and Rodney Davis as your U.S.

House Representative. Rodney Davis recently posted the following message on his Face-

book and Twitter account – “The Social Security Act was signed into law 77 years ago today. I support ensuring Social Security continues to provide support for our seniors today, and for generations of se-niors to come.”

I responded, “Mr. Davis, the US government has borrowed $2.7 trillion dollars from Social Security trust making it the largest holder of US debt at nearly 20% of the total US debt. That’s more than twice the $1.2 trillion we owe China. What is your plan to repay Social Security for the $2.7 trillion dollar IOU Congress left in the fund?”

Mr. Davis deleted my comment, so I reposted my query. He again deleted my question and blocked me from making additional com-ments.

Since he censored my voice on social media, I, once again, ask here -- Mr. Davis, how will you repay the $2.7 trillion dollars Con-gress borrowed from Social Security?

Dr. Gill commented on his own Facebook page, “we have to stop Congress from using it (Social Security) as a slush fund to pay for pet projects.” And he met with me in person to discuss his more complete views on protecting Social Security.

Patrick FruinBusiness owner/ operatorDistrict 18 Voter

*District 18 includes parts of Springfield and outlying areas such as Chatham, Riverton, Jacksonville, Lincoln, Macomb and parts of the Bloomington area. To find your district, visit: http://www.gov-track.us/congress/members/IL

Editorial: Leaving the legacy where it belongs, in the pastUIS is still a relatively new

university. With a rich liberal arts history, put in place by Sangamon State University, UIS was built on a legacy. Along with the physical buildings from SSU (Legacy Campus, Brookens Library, Public Affairs Center, and Health and Sciences Build-ing), UIS retains the Prairie Star mascot.

A Prairie Star, which some may not know, is a flower. When the university was founded, this nickname fit the organization and location it was representing. However, in the past 20 years UIS has developed into a much larger, more diverse university. As the school continues to grow and excel, it needs to brand an image it can be proud of. The

image of a Prairie Star no longer fits.

The brand and image of lead-ership, diversity and strength that UIS is seeking to promote needs a better mascot and nickname to accompany it into the future. This mascot name must help push UIS in to a new era and give it the credibility it needs to further promote athletics and the school in general. A name over-haul may not be necessary, as the Stars (without Prairie) is a name athletics has been leaning toward in past years any way.

According to The Journal’s online poll, thus far, the UIS community would prefer a total name change to just using Stars. Fifty-nine percent want to see a totally new name, while 28 per-

cent would be happy with Stars and 13 percent think the name should remain as is.

While Stars would be an eas-ier transition, it is probably not the best choice of mascot name for a university that is looking to inspire pride and competitive-ness. The choice of name can be decided later, but a choice for change needs to be decided now.

If preserving the legacy of SSU is an issue holding back this name change, there are better options to highlight. The build-ings that are still in use serve as a reminder of the history that UIS was built upon, examples of this history can be found at www.uis.edu/archives. Throughout cam-pus, in PAC, Brookens and hous-ing, students can see photos of

the old campus as it developed, blue prints, original housing charts, and other depictions of UIS’ past displayed proudly on the walls.

Campus Housing continued the trend of flower names, which are also preserving the past, but would not be required to change for the future. The legacy and history of the university is also preserved with-in all of the alum-ni, who can and do share stories, photos and memories from their time at SSU and UIS.

The Journal has done its part to preserve pieces of SSU with archives and articles about the history of the university. The

Sangamon Star was a former name of this student newspaper, but the The Journal parted ways with that title long ago and it is time for the whole university to move forward with a name and a mascot they can be proud of.

For the sake of the students, the athletes and the university. It is time for a change.

If you have suggestions for a new mascot name, comments on our current mascot, or any gen-eral comments, please email The Journal at journal@uis.edu. You can also take the poll or comment on this article in our online edi-tion at uisjournal.com.

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According to the vaccine information statement for the Tdap shot, the most common side effects are pain, redness/ swelling at injection site, mild fever, headache, tiredness and/ or nausea. Most of these side effects are more common in adolescents than adults.

Stoops also stated that as with all vaccines, there is nev-er 100 percent protection from the illness. It does lessen the severity if the disease is still contracted.

Right now, according to Stoops, staff at UIS are get-ting 75 percent of the vaccines. “There were only five students at the flu clinic,” she said. They are even considering starting a competition between students and staff to see if they can get more students to come in for vaccinations.

Her tip to students for pre-vention of Pertussis and to keep it from spreading: if you have a cough for more than two weeks, get a culture done to check what you have. Also, “don’t go to class if you are sick,” she emphasized. “Don’t spread illness.”

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12 Angry Mencontinued on Page 9

A RTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

3 West brings a unique music experience to UIS

Working hard to ac-complish a dream

isn’t easy for the country pop duo 3 WEST. “We play every day, literally, and when we’re not playing we have to learn new material,” singer Nissa explained.

The cycle of playing 280 shows each year led the pair playing at the UIS SAC Cof-feehouse Event on Saturday evening. 3 WEST performed rousing renditions of some of today’s hottest pop songs, including Rihanna’s, “What’s my name?” and Alex Clare’s “Too close”.

3 WEST formed three years ago, when the two weren’t satisfied with their original band situations. The New Jer-sey duo formed and decided to become more serious with their music careers.

Students hummed, rapped, and tapped along to Guitar-ist Matt and Singer Nissa’s acoustic, easy-going style.

The group left an impres-sion on freshman business major Edgar Rivera. “They’re really good. The girl sings well, and the guy with guitar is great,” he said.

Rivera was surprised at the small turnout, but graduate student Ryan Nelson didn’t let that affect his opinion of the band.

“I’m working on my mas-ter’s thesis, and this gives me a nice break; I mostly came out of curiosity. So far they sound good,” Nelson said.

Intimate shows are the preferred venue for the pair, but finding that niche came through a bit of trial and er-ror.

“I actually prefer to play intimate shows,” Nissa said. “I talk to people that play in larger venues, and they feel more comfortable playing in front of a large audience. I like to see people and see their reaction.”

Matt explains that when the band first started, people expected to see a larger up-beat band, and it used to af-fect him. “After doing it so many times, you get used to it, we’re having fun,” Matt laughed.

Being positive is key for the duo while trying to make it through the music industry. “You here of artists that go on

By Ray CarterFeatures Reporter

Hoogland Center for the Arts presents: ‘Twelve Angry Men’

Written in the 1950s, Reginald Rose’s play

is about 12 jurors that must de-cide the fate of a 19 year old who is convicted of stabbing and kill-ing his father with a switchblade. The vote among the jurors must be unanimous and if they vote guilty, the convicted will be sen-tenced to death.

The play starts with an omni-scient voice explaining the situa-tion; the voice says their decision to find the defendant guilty must be “beyond a reasonable doubt.” The first vote is almost unani-mous with Juror Number 8 being the only one to vote “not guilty.”

Discussions, arguments, and tantrums ensue as Juror 8 de-fends his position. He does not

say the defendant is innocent, but he has doubt and explains his case while meeting angry oppo-sition from the other jurors.

Twelve men with different personalities, occupations, and backgrounds are kept in a small room with no air conditioning. While these men are supposed to judge on the evidence alone, the play gradually reveals that personal views are getting in the way of their judgments.

The play is presented in an arena theatre with the stage in the center; the audience can view the play from different angles. This allows actors to move freely on stage, facing different directions and giving the set a natural feel.

The cast gave a convincing performance. The twelve jurors are listed in the order of their numbers: Al Scheider, Mike

Coulter, Rich McCoy, John Paris, Joe-Michael Jackson, Matthew Ratz, Matthew Schwartz, Mat-thew T. Dearing, Don Schneider, Harvey Mack, Barry Weiss, and Mark Wolfe. Linda Schneider played the bailiff.

Matthew T. Dearing, playing protagonist Juror #8, gave a great performance His character was calm, reasonable, and sympathet-ic. His reactions to the outbursts of others were his strongest mo-ments in the play, standing up for “the boy” who could not defend himself in that room.

Dearing is earning his gemol-ogy degree with the Association of Great Britain. He has per-formed before at Hoogland in Tuesdays with Morrie and The

By Lori Beckham

Assistant Editor for Features

Photo by Donna LousberryBarry Weiss and Harvey Mack make tough decisions as jurors in Twelve Angry Men.

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By Kati Maseman

Editor-in-Chief

T.A. Noonan, essayist and poet, shared her work and writing tips with UIS

Author T.A. Noonan read excerpts and poems

from her two hybrid genre col-lections The Bone Folders and Petticoat Government while at UIS. Her work has appeared in many well known literary maga-zines such as Verse Daily, Specs, Harpur Palate, and RHINO. UIS Creative Writing and Publishing Series brought Noonan to UIS.

Noonan’s recent collections contain a theme that blends witchcraft with body image per-taining to women’s self-esteem. Her essay “The Trouble with Correspondents” from Petticoat Government is about Noonan’s experience joining the covenant of witches while overcoming obesity.

“There’s a lot of nice ways to call someone fat besides…voluptuous…plus size…full fig-ured. Yet the scientists class me as ‘morbidly obese.’ Society tells us that fat people are usu-ally poor, stupid, flawed...but it wasn’t always like that, they claim. There was a time when [curvy women] were desirable…Thinness is the measure of health, wealth, and success. Fat people are too fleshy for life, too fleshy to live.” -segment Noon-

an shared from “The Trouble with Correspondents.”

Megan Cass, Assistant Pro-fessor in English with a concen-tration in Creative Writing, is a close friend of Noonan and in-troduced her at the reading. Cass and Noonan met while they were earning their Ph.D.’s in 2006.

“T.A. Noonan is one of my oldest and best friends,” Cass said. “She inspires me all the time in her writing and in her teaching.”

Cass said she likes Noonan‘s writing because of “her very unconventional take on female bodies and sexuality. She’s one of the few poets out there that’s writing directly about female de-sire, particularly body image and obesity in relationship to poetry, popular culture, witchcraft, and language.”

Erich O’Connor, junior and English major, said he enjoyed the excerpt from “The Trouble with Correspondents.”

“I really didn’t expect it to get into mysticism,” he said. “I think obesity is an issue that people are dealing with on a na-tional level, and she took it from her own personal perspective. It can be damning to be boxed into a corner like that and be catego-rized and labeled.”

“The Trouble with Corre-

spondents” was named a Notable Essay in the 2011 edition of Best American Essays.

Noonan admitted that it is easier for her to write poems in-stead of creative nonfiction.

“I find nonfiction to be so much harder because I have to be a lot more honest about myself. I can kind of lie, cheat, get away with things in my poems that I

By Lori Beckham

Assistant Editor for Features

Singing and comedycombined for a great film

If you are looking to get “pitched slapped” with

comedy and a capella, then Pitch Perfect is the movie to see. While the film revolves around college a capella groups competing for a championship, it is also a story of friendships and comedy.

This movie is packed with tal-ent, both familiar and new. The main character, Beca, played by Anna Kendrick (Twilight, Up in the Air), is a loner with a great ear and a talent for remixing songs. When forced to choose a group for social interaction by her father she finds herself look-ing for friends. Chloe, played by Brittnay Snow (John Tucker Must Die, Hairspray), is co-leader of the Barton Bellas, the all-girl singing group on campus and she literally corners Beca until she agrees to sing and au-

dition for the Bellas. Beca audi-tions and makes it into the Bel-las. In this group, Beca finds herself joined with other misfits with a passion for singing.

Leader of the Bellas, Aubrey, played by Anna Camp (The Help), is controlling and perfec-tion driven. She pushes the Bel-las toward the championship in spite of their complaints about her methods and song choices. She causes the tension in the film for the most part and is the char-acter most in need of a change. For comedic relief, Pitch Perfect offers the character of Fat Amy, played by Rebel Wilson (Brides-maids, What to Expect When You’re Expecting). While Amy’s story is not the main point of the film, it would be severely lack-ing without her.

The male leads for the film are Adam DeVine (Workahol-ics), who plays the leader of the Barton Treblemakers, the all-male a capella group, and Skylar

Astin (Hamlet 2, Taking Wood-stock), who works with Beca at the college radio station and be-comes the real vocal talent of his group.

Just a teaser, the riff-off is one of the best scenes of the film. A bit of this scene can be viewed in the films trailer, but the whole thing is a fun experience with great songs.

This film was a success in both the musical and comedy genres. The variety of songs in the film was impressive and the talent was unexpected and excit-ing to listen to. With the excep-tion of DeVine, whose singing was mediocre at best, the rest of the cast performed well in their musical roles.

Pitch Perfect had the audi-ence laughing nearly the whole movie. While the plot is some-

Extra Help from T.A. Noonan:Common Mistakes Made By Young Poets

• A weak title.• Line breaks that create emphasis on

word(s) without a reason.• Cliché language.• Generalization *What makes a poem

universal is its specificities.

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FOODMaking strides toward diversity with international foodsBy Natalie NobleGeneral Reporter

Lincoln Residence Hall’s new Grab N Go is mak-

ing UIS’ diversity motto more relevant. Open Sunday-Thursday from 4-10 p.m., it has Indian, East Asian, American and Mexi-can foods and drinks. Serving everything from fruit to Chi-nese noodles, LRH Grab N Go is receiving visitors from many cultures. In addition to varied cultures visiting the food vendor, vegan and vegetarians come to buy natural foods.

UIS Food Service is helping taking its students in a direction of healthiness with a drink called wheat grass. The wheat plants near the fruits are blended and put into a shot glass to drink. Wheat grass shots have energy supplements, Vitamin D, pro-teins, and living enzymes that help the brain stay focused and alert throughout the day.

This super food has the nutri-ents of 3 ounces of leafy vegeta-bles. Although it’s different from typical beverages offered at UIS, it can be just the breakthrough students need to get acclimated

with different cultures. Even the employees love the different cul-tures and experiences at Grab N Go.

“This is my second day work-ing here. I was surprised they had so many different foods. I was born here in America, but I’m In-dian. It makes me want to learn more about my own culture.” Harish Krishna-Kumar, UIS se-nior, said.

Not only are the student work-ers excited, but so are the Food Service administrators.

“Students of different ethnic background have asked for these products we sell,” Randy Wil-liams, Food Service Adminis-trator, said. “It’s a more diverse, natural, and nutritional food spot. We change the food and scenery seasonally. Different vendors are here once a week to bring in our foods. We felt it was better in Lincoln because people are walking to class and can easily grab something and keep going.”

American students visit the Grab N Go and buy the different foods more than the international students. Most students want to try out new things and integrate different cultures into their food

choices.“The food is interesting be-

cause it’s something I never had and it opens my mind to different cultural foods,” Jamie Anderson, UIS freshman, said as she ate her Chinese pineapple cake.

Even though there are other places to eat on campus, some

students feel this new place is a hit. “I think this is awesome be-cause it’s more of a variety. You don’t have to eat just at the PAC or the Grille,” said Ari Guzman, a UIS soccer player.

Diversity is something UIS thrives on and strives to help the whole campus understand. With

the new housing and campus or-ganizations centered toward in-ternational students, UIS is mak-ing it easier for the international students to feel right at home and LRH’s Grab N Go is another step toward diversity at UIS.

Some of the international and healthy snackes offered by LRH Grab-N-Go.

Thanks for Reading!

What’s Happening This WeekendThursday, September 27:

• Help celebrate Homecoming Week by going to Blue City Camp out on the Quad at 9:30. There will be a live performance by This Drummer, That DJ.

Friday, September 28:

• Take your homecoming spirit to the streets of UIS at 4:15 p.m. for the Homecoming Parade.• Following the parade, go to the Quad for the Homecoming BBQ.• Head over to Kiwanis Stadium to support the UIS soccer teams against St. Joseph’s Col-

lege. The women’s game begins at 5 p.m. and the men’s game begins at 7:30.• Looking for a fright? Then head over to the Boo Crew Haunted House on 6500 Jet Road in

Rochester. The haunted house is open all weekend at 6:30 p.m.• It is the last weekend for Twelve Angry Men at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. The per-

formance begins at 8 p.m. Can’t decide if you want to go? Check out the review on page 6.• Interested in cricket? Then hop over to the SLB gym at 9 p.m. for the Indian Student Orga-

nization’s Cricket Bash.

Saturday, September 29:

• Catch a showing of Twelve Angry Men at the Hoogland Center for the Arts at 8 p.m.• Listen to the music by William Fitzsimmons in Sangamon Auditorium at 8 p.m.• Get your groove on at the Homecoming Dance in the SLB Gym at 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, September 30:

• Head over to Brookens Auditorium at 7 p.m. for a viewing and discussion of the film The Yellow Wallpaper.

• It’s your last chance to view Twelve Angry Men. Go to the Hoogland Center for the Arts for the 2 p.m. matinee.

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Mouse Trap. Matthew Schwartz plays

Juror #7, a young, brash man who is anxious to see a baseball game. His character believes he will attend the game on time. As hours of debate pass, he grows annoyed and disappointed. He is the most amusing character of the cast, making jokes and taking shots at the other jurors whenev-er he gets the chance.

Schwartz is a producer at Tri-Cara Productions. He has also di-rected TriCara’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Caberat.

There were no weak char-acters in the performance or as written. Each character goes through a character arc, chang-ing by the time they have reached their unanimous deci-

sion. The hypocrisy of characters is played for laughs, but there are also near-physical yelling match-es and breakdowns that bring the audience back to solid ground.

The 1957 film is a classic, but seeing the performance in person with the characters a few feet away makes for an entertaining and intense experience.

Diana Douglas, an attorney, attended Saturday’s show. She said her favorite scene was dur-ing the revelation that one of the jurors is a racist and the other ju-rors turn their back to him as he goes on a tirade. She said: “I just thought they did a really good job presenting the play and get-ting the meaning across.”

Curtis and Ann Meinhardt also attended Saturday’s show. C. Meinhardt was familiar with the play before going in. “I thought the show was truly out-standing,“ he said. “I was very

impressed with it.”C. Meinhardt added his favor-

ite part of the play was, “When the loudmouth who tried to boss everyone around (Juror #2) comes in terms to his own short-comings as a man.”

C. Meinhardt’s wife had never seen the play before Sat-urday. “I didn’t know anything about it. I just enjoyed watching all the personalities of the char-acters as a reflection on society. You see people like that. You see people that are passionate. You see people who are hard-nosed,” she said.

Twelve Angry Men will play again this weekend on Oct. 5 & 6 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. For upcoming events in Hoogland Center for the Arts, visit their site at www.hcfta.org.

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vocal rest, well that’s defiant-ly not us. We sing every day, except maybe for Christmas,” Nissa said.

The band has had success with an appearance on The Rachel Ray Show. The group was invited to talk about dif-ferent eating and traveling habits of rock bands.

“You really have to eat healthy as a band. It’s differ-ent than driving by yourself and wanting to stop at Mc-Donalds,” Matt said.

“We do covers, but we love all kinds of music. A lot of our original stuff is coun-try pop, that’s our favorite,” Nissa said.

Matt says that performing pop covers can have its is-sues.

“Some of these songs are dance songs, and it’s just two of us on stage. It’s hard; there are a lot of new songs that we just can’t perform,” Matt said.

3 WEST is also recording original material in Nashville, where they expect to have an E.P. debut next year.

Even though songs are cov-ers of current hits, the pair says their songs touch people in various ways, which is their biggest accomplishment; the band sees this when they perform at children hospitals.

“You don’t realize that your music affects people emotionally. We play just to have fun. When you’re in that setting, the music takes on a whole new meaning,” Matt said.

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can’t get away with in nonfic-tion.”

Noonan expressed passion for poems with “rules.” She said: “I am obsessed with poetic form…Give me a random rule; I’ll totally write a poem around it.” Her example she read on Wednesday included a poem that could not have the letters “K” and “O” in it.

Noonan said poetry, “is at the core of what I am interested in,” which is why she also lead a workshop on student poems a few hours before the reading.

Joey Cruse, a graduate stu-dent with a major in English, had his poems critiqued by Noonan.

He said the workshop, “was very constructive. It’s always useful to have someone come from another place and critique what you don’t get to hear from

your peers or teachers.” Cruse said Noonan’s criticism has “[pushed] me into a better direc-tion with my poetry than before.”

Cass explained that Noon-an’s reading and workshop are a part of the Creative Writing and Publishing Series offered by the English Department. She said, “We’ll be bringing in fic-tion writers, poets, editors, and publishers from all around the country to give readings like this and also give small workshops.”

The next reading/workshop is on Thursday, October 11, 7-8 p.m. in PAC, featuring fiction writer/poet Daniel Crocker. For more information, visit the UIS English Department on Face-book.

T. A. Noonan is an editor for Sundress Publications. More information about her and her collections can be found at sun-dresspublications.com.

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times serious, there is comedy sprinkled throughout the entire film. Some of the lines are very obvious, while others are liter-ally whispered and audiences have to keep an ear out to be able to enjoy the quips. The ex-tra attention is well worth it for the laughs.

In addition to the main cast, Elizabeth Banks (Hunger Games, What to Expect When You’re Expecting), playing the a capella competition announcer, offers comedic relief even with her minimal role to the film.

Pitch Perfect made over $5 million in its opening weekend. With a 73 percent fresh score from rottentomatoes.com critics and 89 percent from audiences, Pitch Perfect is definitely worth the view.

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SPORTS

Sports ScoresFriday, Sept. 28Women’s Tennis at Millikin: W 9-0Volleyball at William Jewell: L 0-3Women’s Soccer at William Jewell: L 0-3Men’s Soccer at William Jewell: L 0-3

Saturday, Sept. 29Men’s Tennis vs. Lindenwood: L 3-6Women’s Tennis vs. Lindenwood: L 0-9Volleyball vs. Rockhurst: L 0-3

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It’s that time of the year again for America’s favor-

ite past time to draw to a close. The Major League Baseball playoffs are just around the cor-ner and every major league base-ball team is trying to clinch a spot in the playoffs. Some teams are trying to hold on to their di-vision titles, and some, like the Saint Louis Cardinals, are trying to claim yet another World Series title.

The World Series started in 1903 as an annual champion-ship game between the American League and the National League. The winner of the World Series is determined by a best-of-seven playoff and the winner is award-ed the Commissioners trophy. The playoffs consist of eight teams, four from each league. The four teams for each league are the three division winners and a wild card.

However, this year the MLB has decided to expand upon the playoffs and give each league two wild cards. The wild cards will be given to the top two teams in each league who are not already division winners.

With the two new wild cards being thrown into the mix, there are those who like the new idea. “It is crazy and it’s good for baseball,’’ Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez said in an online news article.

“It throws a twist into things having two wild cards this year. I liked the idea because I felt it gave another team that had a good season a chance to get to the postseason,’’ Orioles out-fielder Chris Davis said in a Ya-hoo! sports news article. “Now that we’re in the top seed,’’ he continued, “I think it’s a terrible idea.’’

So the playoffs will start off with the two wildcards playing each other for the fourth seed in each league. The winner between the two will then play the first seed. Whoever wins the game between the second and third seeds will face the winner of the first and fourth seed games for the league championship. The league champions then face each other for the World Series Title.

As of right now the teams that have clinched a playoff spot from the American League accord-ing to the MLB website are: the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Yankees, and the Texas Rang-ers. The teams from the National League are: the Washington Na-tionals, the Atlanta Braves, the Cincinnati Reds, and the San Francisco Giants. The Nationals, the Reds and the Giants have all clenched their respective divi-sions. The best chance the Car-dinals have at getting to another world series is to get one of the two wild card spots for the Na-tional League.

The Cardinals have been to the World Series eighteen times and have won eleven of those times. The Cardinals have the second most World Series ap-pearances behind the Yankees who have forty with twenty-sev-en of those being wins. The Oak-land A’s trail the Cardinals with nine wins out of fourteen appear-ances. The Boston Red Sox’s are the next spot in the record books, with seven wins out of eleven appearances. The Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers are tied at six wins and eighteen appear-ances.

With the season winding down, there are only a handful of games left before the final teams take their spots for the playoffs. Then the tough competition be-gins.

MLB playoffs, right around the corner

Friday night was the annual white out game for the

UIS volleyball team who took on the Cardinals of William Jewell College, in a Great Lakes Valley Conference match.

The Prairie Stars were 3-8 overall going into the match and 1-4 in conference play. Af-ter a low streak for the team the girls were looking to turn things around. Head Coach No-elle Rooke’s message for the team was, “Never give up, hold yourself and your teammates accountable, have pride in the name on the back of your jersey, and always hold your head high.”

The first game of the eve-ning was a good game, with the final score of 25-13 for William Jewell. The Stars had started off strong with a 0-3 run, but the rest of the game the Cardinals would step up to win.

The second game was much closer than the first game. For most of the second game, neither team could get more than four points ahead of the other until Jewell came back to take a 13-8 advantage. The Stars would fight back and bring back to within four points but were unable to win the second game. The final score for the second game was 25-19. William Jewell now had a 2-0 lead going into the ten-min-

ute break.After the break, Jewell would

get the first points of the game to give them an early lead. After the Stars were able to score some points the Cardinals went on a 12-4 streak to win the third game 25-8. The Cardinals won the match three games to zero over the Stars.

After the match Rooke com-mented, “we unfortunately beat ourselves by making way too

many hitting errors.” When asked about where she thought the team was going Rooke stated, “I will continue to teach my play-ers, push them to be the very best they can be, and help them reach their full potential”.

The volleyball is back in ac-tion on Wednesday at 7 p.m.. in The Recreation and Athletic cen-ter as they take on Eureka Col-lege.

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Volleyball players wear smiles and show good sportmanship as they tell the other team “good game” after their loss.

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Homecoming Parade - QSA FloatFriday, October 5, 2012, 4:15 PM

Evening of Dialogue with Activist Mandy CarterWednesday, October 10, 2012, 9-10:30 PM, LRH Great Room. Social, racial & lesbigaytrans organizing.

Closet Door on the Quad - National Coming Out Day Thursday, October 11, 2012, 4-6PM, Colonnade Fountain, Come walk through the door! Feat. Mandy Carter, musician

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QSA Drag Show Feat. Shangela (RuPaul’s Drag Race)Friday, October 19, 2012. 9:30PM, Student Life Building (SLB) Multipurpose Room, Part of Late Night.

Red, Red, Red (2011) - with Director David Oscar Harvey Monday, October 22, 2012, 6PM, Brookens Auditorium, part of the Political Art & Public Sphere series.

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