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OLIVIA SWENSON-HULTZ | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSMadison Ragsdale, a kinesiology freshman cuts into a pumpkin as Inali Wahane, a sustainable energy graduate student stabilizes it as part of a pump-kin carving activity for Astronomy Club’s Halloween party in the Physical Science building on Thursday night.

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Workgroup No.1, focusing on stu-dent services, talked about potential recommendations, including the reor-ganization of different student servic-es areas, at their meeting Wednesday.

Workgroup chair Rick Roberts, department chair of counseling and student development, said the work-group are making their recommen-dations on what the administration should explore based on the four ar-eas they were asked to cover.

“Everything could be somewhat controversial, hopefully it’s helpful,” Roberts said.

Workgroup No.1 acknowledged that all student services are working within their means with a reduced staff.

One of the stronger recommenda-tions the workgroup has is reorganiz-ing the student services into five ar-eas: student wellness, student safety, student support, student housing and

student engagement.Roberts said the group would sug-

gest the five areas report to the direc-tor of that area, who would then re-port to the vice president of student affairs.

What the group is recommending is that the university try to coalesce these areas to make them more coher-ent to students, Roberts said.

Roberts said they do not know if new people would have to be hired until all the personnel were looked at.

“It’s something the vice presidents have to look at more,” Roberts said.

The group said this would help with efficiency.

“Right now there’s feedback from all over place; we need to figure out a way to centralize it,” Roberts said.

Also suggested for reorganization was moving new student programs to the admissions office and the explo-ration of reclassifying Academic Sup-port Personnel positions to Adminis-trative and Professional status.

Heidi Hawkins, assistant university

budget officer, said if this happened, the university would have to look at Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois’ contract to make sure they abide by the rules.

Roberts said this was just a recom-mendation the group was exploring.

“We would want the vice presi-dents to explore the use of academ-ic support personnel in areas where it is possible to be reclassified,” Rob-erts said.

He said they would look at exact-ly what each one of the positions was doing to see if some of the duties were more suited for one classification or the other.

Areas the group thought could be explored more for outsourcing in-clude dining and panther catering, though they said there are pros and cons to each of these options.

“We’re looking into costs, possi-bilities that these are the things that could be outsourced,” Hawkins said. “We’re not recommending to out-source areas; it could be explored.”

Peter Andrews, a mathematics and computer science professor, said he has a general bias against outsourc-ing, as the university would lose some control, though they would save money.

Eric Davidson, interim director of

Health Service, said student insurance could be a good thing to outsource, as the school already does not have a lot of control over it.

“Some years we’re making money, some years we’re hundreds, thousands in the hole,” he said.

He said right now, the key thing is that the university is self-insured, and if they were to outsource insurance, they could look at what other institu-tions are offering.

“If we were to outsource, most in-dividuals who would be the outsourc-ers would be in it to make a profit,” Davidson said.

Roberts said the reason the group is not recommending anything else be outsourced is that every student ser-vice plays a vital role in retention and recruitment.

For areas that need increased re-sources, the group discussed suggest-ing in their recommendations that the administration invest more in ca-reer counseling, career coaches, filling positions in the University Police De-partment, a web marketing system to connect all the student services, and enhance literacy education for stu-dents with financial aid.

Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.

Student services workgrouptalks potential recommendations

"Everything could be somewhat controversial, hopefully it’s helpful." Rick Roberts, workgroup chair

By Kalyn HayslettEditor-in-Chief | @DEN_News

Workgroup No. 3, charged with ana-lyzing Eastern’s enrollment management, ranked their suggestions separately and compiled them into one prioritized list during its meeting Thursday.

Members use the four categories — targeted investments; improvement plan-ning; decreasing cost and increasing effi-ciencies; and outsourcing or consolida-tion — to guide their recommendations along with using interviews and academic research articles.

The group focused on improving East-ern’s brand and making admissions and recruitment efforts more personal.

Josh Norman, director of enrollment management data analysis and reporting, said focusing on the public’s perception of Eastern is important when trying to re-brand the university.

Workgroup chair Jody Stone, senior as-sociate director of housing, said using the positive attributes like safety should be a part of the rebranding strategy.

“I feel like our safer community could overshadow the feeling that is there is not much to do,” Stone said. “I know that perception is out there, and I do not be-lieve that it is true.”

Stone suggested rebranding the Gate-way program because it is a beneficial pro-gram; however the name does not match its objectives.

Stone said it would not be the work-group’s place to change the name, but they will reach out to the department to help them.

“The word ‘gateway’ is like a way in, but (what) we do with that program is equip students so they can thrive here,” Norman said.

He said making sure the program has the brand of a name that reflects that mis-sion is important.

Besides rebranding, the workgroup also talked about marketing strategies.

One of the trending marketing schemes is retargeting, Stone said.

Retargeting is tracking what prospec-tive students are interested in. When the student goes to other websites, then the Eastern website will pop up on their screen.

There are already places on campus that become recruitment teams by adjust-ing some of the current student employ-ment.

“Looking at current students calling prospective students. Looking at my de-partment, we have desk assistants, (but) half the time they are not very busy,” Stone said.

He said the desk assistants still need to be present, so having them call five peo-ple every day could help create a recruit-ment team.

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The Council on Academic Affairs talked about downsizing their group and voted to change the name of the health studies department to health promotion at its meeting Tuesday.

The CAA and other committees have been working with the same number of positions but have few-er faculty to fill them. This means ev-eryone has to work harder to get the same amount of work done.

The group decided that a smaller CAA will make things easier for them as a whole. It will mean the number of members needed to make a quo-rum will be smaller, and fewer mem-bers will sit in on committees, which ask for CAA representation.

CAA Chair Marita Gronnvoll will need to be replaced on the council next semester as she will be on sab-batical.

Another replacement is needed for history professor Debra Reid.

Gronnvoll said a replacement was found for another member of the CAA who has not been able to serve all semester, but the new member now needs a replacement because of a conflict they have between their class and the CAA’s schedule.

“It is frustrating and it is a conse-quence of the reduction of faculty,” Gronnvoll said.

Gronnvoll said her concern if the CAA shrinks is that the workload will get harder for the remaining members because there is more work to spread out between fewer people.

However, she sees upsides to down-sizing as well. Gronnvoll said there will be less hassle with the remaining members, and the members will not be as busy because they will have less meetings to be a part of.

CAA discussed changing its bylaws to add two more student positions on the board.

There will be a potential for three total positions, and one student posi-tion is already filled. The health stud-ies department asked to change its name and major to health promotion to modernize the program. They cited the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health, who all now refer to health studies as health promotion. The vote passed unani-mously.

The CAA also voted to make en-semble hours count for credit in the music department and to give a pair of economics classes an online option.

As the music department current-ly stands, only six ensemble hours are counted toward a music major’s de-gree, even if a student has more.

The music department wants all ensemble credit hours a student earns to count towards a student’s degree. This vote also passed unanimously.

The CAA also voted to have two classes, CMN 4751: Managerial Eco-nomics and CMN 4802: Intermedi-ate Microeconomic Theory be allowed to have online options.

Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812

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By Lydia ShawContributing Writer | @DEN_News

Community children will be able to find a variety of Halloween festivities around Eastern’s campus Monday.

The first “Greek and Treats” festival will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday in Greek Court.

The Panhellenic chapters, half of the National Pan-Hellenic Council and half of the Interfraternity Council are hosting the festival.

They will provide a variety of games consisting of Bozo buckets, a lollipop ring toss and crazy hair. Coordinator

Greek Court to host Halloween festivities

Maddie Smart, associate resident di-rector for Greek Court, said she hopes there is a big turnout this year.

“This event has happened in the past, but this is the first time the Greeks will include a carnival based theme,” she said. “If this event is suc-cessful, we will definitely like to see it in the future.”

The residence halls are celebrating Halloween as well, with arts and crafts from 5 to 8:30 p.m. in the lobby of Stevenson Hall.

From 6 to 8 p.m. in Thomas Hall, there will be competitive pumpkin painting, and from 5 to 8 p.m. in An-drews Hall, there will be games of Bozo buckets and “make your own” Blow Pop ghosts in the lobby.

Admission is free to all of the

events. Donations for the Paradise Equestrian Therapy Center will be ac-cepted at Stevenson Hall.

Lydia Shaw can be reached at 581-2812 or lmshaw2@eiu.edu.

Students to host ‘Panthers on the Run’

PLAINVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A top Connecticut labor union lead-er has resigned after a union-backed political group ran a campaign ad linking the survivor of a deadly home invasion to Republican presi-dential nominee Donald Trump.

The SEIU Connecticut State Council announced Thursday that Paul Filson has stepped down as ex-ecutive director.

The union says the online ad ex-

Union head resigns over ad against attack victim and Trump

hibited poor judgment and should not have run. It apologized to the target of the ad, Dr. William Petit (PEHT'-it), a Republican running for the state legislature from Plain-ville. Petit's wife and two daughters were killed in the 2007 attack.

The ad s ay s , "Stop Dona ld Trump and Republican William Pe-tit's attacks on women and fami-lies."

State Rep. Betty Boukus (BOH'-kis), Petit's Democratic opponent, has said she was horrified by the ad, and Filson has publicly expressed remorse.

Suspect arrested in destruction of Trump's Hollywood star

By Marisa FogliaPop Culture Reporter | @DEN_News

Blasts of color will follow runners along the Thomas Woodall Panther Trail as “Panthers on the Run” takes place Sunday.

The color run, set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., is raising funds for Care Com-passion Acceptance Respect Industries.

Tickets to participate in the fund-raiser cost $10, and half of the pro-ceeds will go to the organization.

CCAR Industries, based in Charles-ton, helps members of the community who have disabilities and other func-tional limitations throughout their life. Some of CCAR’s services in-clude early intervention, developmen-tal training, vocational services, client and family support, and a 24-hour res-idential program.

To learn more about CCAR, people can visit their website at http://cca-rindustries.org/ or call their offices at 217-348-0127.

Marisa Foglia can be reached at 581-2812 or mjfoglia@eiu.edu.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los An-geles police arrested a man suspect-ed of using a sledgehammer to de-stroy Republican presidential can-didate Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, officials said Thursday.

Jamie Otis was taken into custo-dy early Thursday on suspicion of felony vandalism, Officer Andrew Chambers said. It wasn't immediate-ly known if he has an attorney.

He was released on $20,000 bail Thursday afternoon.

The Hollywood Chamber of Com-merce, which bestows the stars and maintains the popular tourist attrac-tion, said it would take several days to repair Trump's spot.

Otis told the Times he spent weeks planning his "nonviolent action," even going as far as spending a cou-ple of nights in Hollywood to scope out the area to pick a time when he could do it "safely, carefully and suc-cessfully."

He said he would "gladly" pay for the repairs.

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By Maria DeVitoContributing Writer | @DEN_News

Though some students are tired, stressed out and more l ikely to give up on exercise because of the colder weather, many say it is ex-actly what they need to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Several studies show that ex-ercising regularly helps improve physical health, mental health and helps enhance cognitive function of the brain over time, according to the Anxiety and Depression As-sociation of America.

For some students, exercise has become a way to help reduce stress levels. Many students see exercise as an outlet to relax after their top priorities such as school, work, honor societies or Greek life.

Jessica Wireman, a junior ge-ology major and softball player, said with it being past the point of

midterm exams, she uses her extra time away from school to partici-

pate in physical activity. “With all the assignments and

exams that my professors have giv-en me, I see working out as good way for me to manage my stress,” she said.

There are many places where students can participate in phys-ical activity on campus, whether it is through intramurals, being a collegiate athlete or working out in the Student Recreation Center.

Andrea Roberts , a kinesiolo-gy and sports studies major, said she definitely notices that when she has not been able to work out for long periods of time, she gets more stressed out.

“I can’t fal l asleep as quickly or sleep as well, and this usually makes me anxious because I know that I need sleep to be productive each day,” Roberts said.

According to the ADAA, ex-ercise produces endorphins, or chemicals in the brain that act as natural painkillers and also im-

proves the ability to sleep.Martee Grainger, a sophomore

swimmer, said she uses the sport as a way to cope with the stress that school can bring.

According to the Center for Ad-vancing Health, not only does ex-ercise help people cope with stress, it gives them the opportunity to build up their self-esteem and cre-ate relationships with others who participate on a team together in the same activity.

“Being a part of a team and working with them every day has given our team the opportunity to motivate each other to work to-wards a common goal,” Grainger said. “Building these relationships with each other has allowed us to push each other harder in each workout.”

Maria DeVito can be reached at 5812812 or mtdevito@eiu.edu.

Physical exercise can lead to reduced stress

By Chrissy MillerStaff Reporter | @DEN_News

A haunted ship awaits all souls who are brave enough to attend Pember-ton Hall’s annual haunted house, set from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Lauren Adams, a senior elementa-ry education major, has been involved in the haunted house since her fresh-man year and is excited to continue the tradition.

“It was a lot of fun the first time I experienced it,” Adams said. “It was a lot shorter the first time and so some-thing that they did last year that we’re

keeping this year is that we’re expand-ing it.”

As for the theme and what will be going on, all Adams said is that there will be pirates.

The haunted experience starts with a trip down the elevator into the base-ment with a tour guide. From there, the guide leads the group through the house and gives the backstory of the scary scenes the group sees.

“It’s always a fun experience and people are always scared, but it’s something fun for everybody to do and it’s for a great cause,” Adams said.

Last year the haunted house raised

almost $200 for  Housing, Outreach, Prevention and Education, an organi-zation that helps victims of domestic abuse. The tour guides and the people doing the scaring are all volunteers, and all the money raised through ticket sales will go towards HOPE. This year tickets will be $2.

Abigail Chacon, a sophomore his-tory major, was a tour guide at last year’s haunted house. The most en-thusiastic and silliest people who came were the ones that were scared the most, Chacon said.

“The people who were really into it had fun,” Chacon said. “They were laughing, they were screaming and

pulling their friends back, like ‘I’m not going, I’m not going.’”

Last year Pemberton Hall even had a chainsaw, Chacon said. When the person came in with the saw, all it took was the loud whirring noise and people were booking it out of the haunted house.

“It was a fun experience, everyone was laughing,” Chacon said. “It just made Halloween more fun.”

Rachel Smith, a sophomore psy-chology major, said last year’s theme was a haunted hospital.

“Last year, in one of the rooms in the basement, someone was eat-ing somebody’s guts,” Smith said.

“And then another scary part was on the window, somebody banged on it. That was really creepy. People were freaked out.”

Smith had so much fun she is signed up to be a volunteer tour guide again. This year Smith said the tour guides will try to incorporate more storytelling into their act.

To know whether or not the chain-saw is coming back, people will have to come and see, Smith said.

“Be ready to get scared,” she said.

Chrissy Miller can be reached at 581- 2812 or clmiller@eiu.edu.

Pemberton hall to host haunted ship attraction

OLIVIA SWENSON-HULTZ | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSPatrick Muhne, a junior Exercize Sciences major goes for a run on a tread-mill in the Student Recreation Center on Thursday night.

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Sierra Falk

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With the upcoming election, more and more newspaper editorial staffs around the country are getting together and deciding who they will endorse for different local and federal positions. Like every-thing else in this election, the endorsements have been considered unconventional as well.

According to Business Insider, “Democratic can-didate Hillary Clinton has garnered the support of a long list of editorial boards,” while Republican nom-inee Donald Trump has received four so far, and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson has six.

Several newspapers who historically back Repub-lican candidates have endorsed Clinton. The Cincin-nati Enquirer, which has endorsed Republican can-didates for president for about a century, supports Clinton and The Arizona Republic supports a Dem-ocratic presidential candidate for the first time ever.

Of course, when talking about politics in a race as tense as this one, newspapers have been getting some criticism online for even choosing to endorse a candidate. Many in the comments section ques-tion why newspapers endorse candidates when they are supposed to be unbiased. However, at The Daily

Eastern News, we believe it is important for newspa-per editorial staffs to be able to suggest and give an informed opinion on whom to vote for.

After all, it is their journalists who have been closely following the election for months now, and compiling all of this reporting gathered into a rea-sonably thought out, well-informed editorial can help with the crucial decision of who to put in of-fice.

Though many realize the journalistic value of ob-jectivity in news articles, the opinions page and edi-torials are not opinion-free zones. Many people look to newspaper editorials to be the conscience of their readers, to guide them when thinking about the big issues of the day. This election is not and should not be different.

Whether it is a local election or a national one, we hope people are able to gain the context they need from these endorsements and keep an open mind when reading about a stance they may or may not agree with. In such a tumultuous election season it is especially important to be able to rely on news sources for these clear, reasonable discourse and rec-

ommendations, even when they do not align with our own.  

The leaders we elect this year could potentially control the fate of the country for years to come. At The News, we encourage those to do what they can to participate politically, and we also strive to do that with reporting on the candidates in our articles and making endorsements based on our own research and whatever insight we can offer.

After all, part of living in America is being given these rights to free speech and a free press, who are able to give their informed opinions.

This is why when The News begins endorsing our own candidates, we want our readers to know we are not doing it lightly. If we pick someone, it is be-cause they are truly the most qualified person for the job, and the person most likely to look out for the public’s interest. We do not want to sway you one way or the other; rather, we just want to start a con-versation.

Halloween has always been one of my fa-vorite holidays. I obsess over looking through magazines and online articles to awe over the different spooky decorations. When I was a kid, I can recall my favorite memories of trick-or-treating with my parents. Although I am certainly too old to trick-or-treat, and I am sure that finding a 21-year-old adult begging for candy on one’s doorstep would be rather alarming, there are still many factors of Hal-loween that I love dearly. Some years I feel as though I did not allow myself to fully enjoy Halloween in its entirety if I miss any of the following activities.

Although I am sure that any grocery store sells pumpkins for a bargain price, no dis-count beats the feeling of visiting a pump-kin patch. Pumpkin patches have so much to offer from hot cider and caramel apples to mazes and hayrides. Pumpkin patches overall heighten the full experience of picking a per-fect pumpkin. I worked at a pumpkin patch when I was a teenager, and there is something special about visiting the field in which the pumpkins grow and plucking it from the vine yourself. Pumpkin patches are a great way to put one into the “fall mood” while also find-ing a great potential Halloween jack-o-lantern.

To indulge in the spooky spirit of Hal-loween, another attraction to check out is a haunted house. There are tons of haunt-ed houses in the central Illinois area that are guaranteed to spook you. I love haunted hous-es; however, I spend a majority of my time spent in them with my eyes closed, clinging to the person in front of me. If haunted hous-es are too much physical effort or maybe not worth paying to get spooked, I always favor the alternative of staying home and having a scary movie marathon. Revisiting some old slasher movies and working your way into hor-ror films today is a fun way to celebrate Hal-loween without even having to leave the com-fort of your couch.

If you have not found a perfect costume yet, try visiting a Halloween store. I personally love seeing the different editions of costumes that are a hot commodity each year. In addi-tion to trying on costumes, Halloween stores have tons of scary decorations that are interac-tive with your store experience. My sister and I love playing with the different screaming an-imatronic characters and watching fellow cus-tomers become terrified. Make sure to stop by one of these stores sometime this weekend as I am sure there will also be big closeout sales.

This is my checklist of things to complete before Halloween comes around the corner. Even simple activities such as ordering some-thing pumpkin spice flavored, splurging on Halloween candy or attending a Halloween party can really set the mood. Make sure you celebrate Halloween to the fullest this year.

Sierra Falk is a senior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or

stfalk@eiu.edu.

Take time to enjoy Halloween activities

So lemme tell you this. Simply put, White Sox fans need to shut up and just watch the World Se-ries.

No matter what sport you are watching, there are few fans worse than Chicago White Sox fans. No matter how badly they are doing or how great the Cubs are doing, they will talk smack.

That is especially now, since the Cubs are going for their first title in 108 years. Any Cubs fan will admit that the Cubs were horrible for most of the years we have been alive, but it has not stopped us from believing.

And a fair argument for any Sox fan was, “We have ’05.” Now though, it is kind of funny to see how terrible the Chicago White Sox are, and it is even funnier to see Sox fans talking smack about the Cubs. I think it is jealousy and maybe a bit of frus-tration to see where that organization is headed.

And as bad as the Cubs have been over the years, since ’05, the Cubs have made their way to the post-season more than the Sox’ one playoff appearance.

The Sox were also forgotten on ESPN for cham-pionships in Chicago since the ‘80s. That World Se-ries is almost irrelevant now.

To start the year, Sox fans and the Sox dealt with the Adam LaRoche saga. For those of you who do not know what that is: former White Sox Adam La-Roche wanted to have his kid at the clubhouse al-most every day, and when he was told he could not do that, he retired. Yep, that actually happened.

Then you had Chris Sale cut up the team’s jerseys before his start on the mound because he did not want to wear them. He was pulled from that start and suspended, South Side stuff.

All that is beside the point. The Cubs the past two years have been one of the best teams in base-ball, and doing it with a majority of their starters under the age of 24. Anthony Rizzo is the oldest in-fielder on the team, minus catcher David Ross, at the age of 27.

It is almost hard to not be amazed at what the Cubs have been able to do and how they turned their entire organization around so fast.

Rizzo dealt with a 101-loss season in 2012, and just four years later, he and the rest of these stars (yes, I will call them stars) are playing for a World Series.

All over Twitter, there are just Sox fans every-where ripping the Cubs, and for what reason? Some of them must still be so sad or angry, or I do not even know what they were feeling about having to root for the black and white, to go to Twitter and talk smack after the Cubs won the NLCS.

There is no problem with trash talk, but when

your favorite team sucked as a bad as the White Sox did, and you have a fellow Chicago team playing for the title, it might be time to shut up and just watch. We did not say anything in ’05.

You do not have to root for the Cubs to win, but to keep talking trash is childish, and a bit idiotic. Typical for Sox fans.

Do not get me wrong. I and the rest of Chica-go Cubs fans know how it feels to watch your team take the field and almost know they will lose. But that is a difference between Cubs and Sox fans.

When the Cubs were pushing 85-90 plus loss seasons, Wrigley Field was still packed and fans were still cheering as if that game was sending them to the Fall Classic.

Sox fans on the other hand, will not watch, at-tend or care about what is going on on the South Side. “Fans.”

So as this series shifts back to Wrigley and the Cubs are three wins away from winning the World Series, Sox fans just need to deal with the fact they will be seeing more of this for years to come.

Nothing will be happening on the South Side anytime soon. Too many distractions over there and the team sure does not have good support from its “fans.”

So as the Cubs take the field today, Saturday and Sunday, sit back and watch the men take the field, and when April comes, you can get back to watch-ing your boys if you really want to.

Sean Hastings is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or

smhastings@eiu.edu.

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5FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2016 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | NEWS

By Kennedy Nolen Staff Reporter | @KennedyNolenEIU

A safe alternative to trick-or-treat-ing this Halloween will be available for children ages 1 to 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Martin Luther King Jr. Union University Ballroom.

The fifth annual “Kids Fun Fest” will include a bounce house, games, prizes, a costume contest and of course, candy.

Camille Williams, adviser of the Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority, said some parents do not allow trick-or-treating for a variety of reasons. Members of this sorority took the ini-tiative to find a safe and fun alterna-tive to give kids the opportunity to dress up and have candy. This is a free event open to all children in search of something to do on Halloween.

“The kids can still get the Hallow-een-feel,” Williams said. “They will just be safe not going door-to-door.”

Tashi Kuti, a member of Elogeme, said this year children can come en-

joy the activities and remain safe from clowns reported in some areas.

Something new for this year’s festi-val is the bounce house, Williams said.

The group has had a costume con-test where parents can cheer their chil-dren on and it is a lot of fun, Kuti said.

In the past, anywhere from 40 to 60 kids have attended the fun fest.

Williams said they have a great time throughout the night. The par-ents also stay while the children go to different tables with a variety of games and entertainment.

“The little kids get to see a big cam-pus with their little, cute eyes,” Kuti said. “It is a new environment for them. Their parents don’t have to have a leash on them in the building.”

Money earned through the so-rority’s previous fundraisers goes to-ward hosting other celebrations like the Kid’s Fun Fest. Williams said the events and fundraisers they host fo-cus on “social aspects, spiritual levels, community service and education.”

The group meets monthly at a man-datory meeting and encourages unity and love across campus, Kuti said.

She said the Elogeme demonstrates respect and spreads “Christ-like char-acteristics.”

The sorority has eight current mem-bers on campus. Williams joined near-ly four years ago because she wanted a group of sisters who had a Chris-tian background and friends she knew would pray for her.

She said she wanted them to hold her accountable for being on track in life.

Kuti joined nearly three years ago because it was the easiest way for her to find a group of women heading in the same direction with the same mentality she has.

If students are interested in join-ing, Kuti said the process for induct-ing new members is coming up in No-vember. A date has not yet been set.

Kennedy Nolen can be reached at 581-2812 or kdnolen@eiu.edu.

Sorority to host fifth annual ‘Kids Fun Fest’

Workgroup No. 4 discusses upcoming recommendations

FILE PHOTO | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSDressed in the Man in the Yellow Hat and Curious George costumes Charleston community children participate in the costume contest during the Annual Kids Fun Fest in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union ballroom.

By Cassie BuchmanNews Editor | @cjbuchman

Workgroup No. 4, focusing on in-tercollegiate athletics, talked about the upcoming recommendations that need to be submitted and resource concerns they heard at their meeting Thursday.

The deadline for the group’s prelim-inary recommendations are due Tues-day. The group is working on writ-ing recommendations and prioritizing what they think needs to be done.

Though the group has not compared their drafts yet, they said one common thread for the groups was a need for re-sources.

Kevin Linker, director of intramu-ral sports, said when he and chemistry professor Dan Sheeran met with Cindy Miller, director of athletic and academ-ic services, they learned that schools

such as Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville have less student-athletes, but have more staff members in their athletic academic centers.

“They don’t even have football,” Linker said.

Linker said Miller has been by her-self in the academic center, though she was able to hire a graduate student as an assistant director, which has been a big help.

“It’s clear that office could use some additional resources,” Sheeran said.

However, he said he was not sure if that fell under the guise of identify-ing efficiencies, which the group was charged with.

When Workgroup chair Tami Babbs, assistant comptroller, spoke to head athletic trainer Jim Nave, he said they currently have a staff of five people with three graduate assistants, when in

the past he has had a staff of six. “Right now, three of his five are

covering multiple sports,” Babbs said. “One more staff member might help a little bit.”

At past meetings, it was pointed out that there is no secretary or business manager in the athletic office either.

Sheeran said there are things offic-es could do differently, as many have a grueling schedule of meetings.

“We all agreed two or three meetings ago that so many cuts are not sustain-able in the long term,” Babbs said.

However, Babbs said she does not know if it is necessarily the group’s charge to say where resources could or should come from.

She said the group always has to keep the university’s resources and budget in mind when prioritizing the things they think need to be done.

“We think it’s worthwhile,” she said. “We don’t have access to resources, (but) we can say we think something’s important, and it should be looked at (to see) if it needs more resources,” Babbs said.

Linker said something he has seen when talking to people about their ath-letic needs is that they want support for recruitment in athletics.

“We gotta get them to Eastern,” he said.

For the students who are already at Eastern, the group talked about allocat-ing resources to student athlete’s trans-portation.

Kelsie Abolt, a family and consum-er sciences major, said a lot of students brought that up when she was meeting with them.

Babbs said when giving their recom-mendations, administrators were prob-

ably going to get back to the group with their suggestions.

“If facilities is a big topic campus-wide, the Field House may show up on our (recommendations) it may show up on facilities,” she said.

Linker said when they turn the pre-liminary recommendations in, the president could say they should look at an area further.

“We’re still trying to gather informa-tion,” Sheeran said.

Babbs said Rob Miller, general counsel for Eastern, will decide if what they did is enough.

Steve Rich, assistant vice president for advancement, said though there is always more research that could be done, there is a time constraint.

Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.

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By Maher KawashVolleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports

With back-to-back losses looming the minds of East-ern volleyball, the team now hits the road in an attempt to keep up in the Ohio Val-ley Conference.

The Panther s a re con-tinuing their search for an-other postseason tourna-ment berth, but must crack the top eight of the confer-ence to do so.

Wi th tha t be ing s a id , Eastern is just two games back of that e ighth spot heading into the weekend.

An opportunity has pre-sented itself as well, as the team Eastern faces Satur-day afternoon is the eighth place Tennessee State Ti-gers.

With a chance to jump in the standings, the Panthers prepare for the only match of the weekend and do so with the season beginning to wind down.

The match against Ten-

nessee State is one of East-ern’s five final matches in the regular season.

With just five games re-maining, the Panthers are l a s t i n th e OVC wi th a 5-21 record overall and 2-9 against conference oppo-nents.

Luckily for Eastern, the Tigers have not found much more success at 4-7 in the OVC and 13-14 overall.

Although Tennessee State may not have many more wins in the conference, the Tigers are still coming off a five-set upset win over Bel-mont.

W h i l e t r y i n g t o c o n -tain Tennessee State’s win-ning momentum, the Pan-thers will also have to con-tain Chloe Watson on the Tigers’ offensive end.

Watson leads Tennessee Tech’s attack with 314 kills this season while averaging 3.14 per-set.

On the other hand, Cher-lie Adorno-DeJesus will be t r y ing to do the same to

Eastern’s offense for the Ti-gers.

Adorno-Dejesus has led Tennessee State with 421 digs this season.

Desp i t e the a t t a ck on both sides of the ball from the Tige r s , Ea s t e rn s t i l l presents some tough match-ups when it comes to con-ference play.

Redshirt freshman Gina Fur l in ha s cont inued to surge in her f i r s t s ea son back from injury, and her setting ability against con-f e r e n c e o p p o n e n t s h a s shown that.

Furlin ranks 10th in the OVC with an average of 6.21 assists-per-set.

Junior Allie Hueston has a l so had to bounce back f rom in jur y th i s s ea son , and has done so by ranking fourth in the conference in blocks-per-set with an aver-age of 1.15.

Sophomore Taylor Smith was sidelined with an inju-ry of her own over a week ago, but it was not enough

to knock her off the Divi-sion I leaderboard in triple-doubles as she leads the na-tion with seven.

The Ea s t e rn f re shman also continue to emerge as Lindsey Powers ranks 10th in OVC matches with 3.29 digs-per-set.

Freshman Maggie Run-ge adds to the Panthers de-fensive presence by leading the conference with a 1.28 blocks-per-set average.

Fo l l ow i n g t h i s m a t c h aga in s t Tennes s ee Sta t e , Eastern returns home for its final two matches of the regular season on Nov. 4 and 5.

Saturday’s match against the Tigers gets underway in Nashville, Tenn. at 2 p.m.

Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@

eiu.edu.

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FILE PHOTO | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Freshman middle hitter Allie Hueston and freshman outside hitter Maria Brown attempt a block during a match against Southeast Missouri on Friday in Lantz Arena.

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The members recognized that the Admissions Office could use more help with recruitment by in-volving current students and fac-ulty.

Norman said creating an East-ern advocate, or a student or facul-ty member who would be a point

of reference for prospective stu-dents, would make the students feel instantly connected.

“We brought that recruitment to that micro-level,” Norman said.

He said giving students per-sonal attention and creating a rela-tionship could help them reap re-

wards until they graduate. One admissions representative

each is currently responsible for keeping in contact with over 100 prospective students.

The group recommends cut-ting the number of students they are responsible for.

The group wants to implement a structure that ensures news in-quires get a call within seven days.

Greta Dieter, a senior polit-ical science major, said she en-joyed doing a recruiting-centered service project during a National Residence Hall Honorary meet-

ing that was sponsored by the Of-fice of Civil Engagement and Vol-unteerism.

The project included writing postcards to prospective students explaining why the current stu-dent decided to attend Eastern.

These are the recruiting efforts

that the workgroup would want to encourage.

Kalyn Hayslett can be reached at 581-2812 or kehayslett@

eiu.edu.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2016 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | SPORTS 7Men’s soccer team hosts WIU for final home gameBy Mark Shanahan Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports

The Eastern men’s soccer team faces off with in-state rival the Western Illinois Leathernecks Saturday afternoon as the Panthers try to keep their postseason chances alive.

Eastern comes into the match at 4-9-1 and 1-3 in Summit League play. They are on a two-game winning streak after a big 1-0 victory over Fort Wayne last Sunday. The Panthers secured their first conference win behind junior goal-keeper Mike Novotny, who made six saves. He was awarded the Summit League Co-Defensive Player of the Week.

Novotny is third in the Summit League for total saves (42) and is fourth for minutes played (1155:00), save percentage (.724) and goals against average (1.25). He also has three shut-outs so far this season.

Western comes into the match with a 6-8-1 record overall and a 2-2 record in conference play. They are currently on a three-game losing streak after losses to Denver, Omaha and Wis-consin. The Leathernecks have struggled on the road this season with a 1-6-1 record.

Western, IUPUI, Fort Wayne and Eastern all play each other to determine who will get the last two spots in the conference tournament. Eastern currently has three points in the confer-ence while Western has six.

Western won big in the meeting against the Panthers last year with a 6-0 victory. Jacob Be-

van and Fernando Pacheco each scored in the game last year, and they are the current point leaders for the Leathernecks.

Bevan leads the team in goals, shots on goal and points with eight goals, 16 shots on goal and 18 points. Two of the goals Bevan scored were game-winning goals. Pacheco is second on the team in points with 12 and has 11 shots in goal. He has four goals and assists this season. Daniel Collins is the team leader in assists with five; he has two goals to give him nine points on the year.

This is the 54th meeting all-time between the two teams. Eastern holds the all-time series lead 32-16-5.

Tim Hansen has been at goalkeeper for all six of the Western wins. He has a record of 6-6 with 39 saves. He has a save percentage of .722 and has four shutouts this season.

The point leaders for Eastern are senior Davis Wegmann and freshman Alex Castaneda with four points each. They both have two goals and zero assists. Castaneda leads the team in shots on goal with nine. The assist leaders on the team are sophomore Julian Montoya and freshman Yann Nsoga with two each. Montoya has a goal on the season.

The match is set to take place 1 p.m. Saturday at Lakeside Field.

Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu

LAUREN MCQUEEN | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSFreshman defender Anton Olsson attempts to ground a high ball sent down the field from Fort Wayne goalkeeper Jorge Trujillo during the Panthers’ 1-0 win Sunday at the west practice field. Olsson had one shot in the match.

By Tyler McCluskey Swim Reporter | @DEN_Sports

The Eastern men and women’s swim teams will host their season opener on Saturday against Valparaiso.

The Panther women’s swim team is coming off of a split, winning against Butler and losing against IUPUI. The men had a strong showing in their loss to IUPUI with a winner in junior Matt Jacobs taking the 200-yard breaststroke.

Jacobs had a time of 2 minutes, 09.06 sec-onds. Following behind Jacobs in second and third place were teammates junior Brandon Robbins and freshman Colin Frazee with times of 2:10.77 and 2:25.46.

The Panthers took the top two finishes in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Junior Patrick Wood, sophomore Logan Long, sophomore Tyler Par-rish and junior Shamus Shields ended up in first and then teammates junior Ben Pitlock, sopho-more Gerald Stingle, sophomore Jason Manning and sophomore Alex Laleian finished in second with a time of 1:31.98 and 1:34.46 respectively.

Robbins took second in the 200-yard free-style finishing at 27.66. Sophomore Nick Har-kins ended up in fourth with a time of 1:49.11. Stingle finished behind Harkins with a time of 1:53.39.

Senior Brogan O’Doherty took second place honors in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:02.14. Pitlock ended up in fifth with a 2:13.20 outing.

For the women, sophomore Lauren Oostman finished second in the 200-backstroke with a time of 2:06.57.

Junior Danielle DiMatteo ended up with a second-place finish in the 100-freestyle with a time of 54.33. DiMatteo also finished third in the 50-free with a time of 25.40.

DiMatteo and Oostman paired up with fresh-man Rachel Manderscheid and sophomore Mar-tee Grainger to take third place in the 400-med-

ley relay with a time of 4:03.33. The team of ju-nior Niki Beringer, senior Paige Eavenson, fresh-man Julia Martin and freshman Sara Dains end-ed up in sixth with a time of 4:15.10 in the same event.

The men’s team split the season last year with Valparaiso, while the women swept the Crusad-ers. Both teams hold the all-time series against Valparaiso; the women are 20-4, while the men are 22-2.

The Crusaders are coming off of a seventh place finish for both the men and women’s teams in the Indiana Intercollegiates at Purdue.

Emily Trimpe, Amanda Jenny, Erica Mar-tins and Paige Wright finished fourth in the 200-freestyle relay with a time of 1:42.63 for the women’s team.

Peyton Stambeck, Mac Sogandares, Colten Lawson and Harrison Jenny came away with a third place finish in the 200-free relay with a fin-ish of 1:28.67 for the men. Stambeck also re-ceived an eighth-place finish in the 100-butter-fly with a time of 54.04.

The Panthers take on the Crusaders at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Padovan Pool.

Tyler McCluskey can be reached at 581-2812 or trmccluskey@eiu.edu

Swim teams host home opener this weekend

FILE PHOTO | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Senior Fallyn Schwake swims in the 1000 yard freestyle event Saturday, January 16, 2016, at Padovan Pool. Schwake placed third in the event, and the women’s swim team defeated Butler and Western Illinois in the meet.

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Kaitlin CordesCross Country Reporter | @DEN_Sports

The cross-country team will com-pete in the Ohio Valley Conference championship Saturday in Nashville, Tenn., and plan to give the competi-tion everything it has

Coach Erin Howarth said that Eastern’s selected runners for the con-ference championship are mostly se-niors, so this meet will be all or noth-ing.

“The team strategy is pretty sim-ple, have fun, lay it all on the line and compete to the very end,” Howarth said. “We want to leave the course on Saturday and know that we gave ev-erything we had to bring home the championship. If we can say that, then we have nothing to regret.”

The championship race will in-clude 16 individuals from all 12 OVC teams, as each team is allowed to have eight men and eight women compete. Howarth said that despite this race being a conference meet, it is one of the smallest competitions the team will have participated in so far.

Howarth said Eastern Kentucky University will be a team to be mind-ful of in the race.

Eastern Kentucky has consistent-ly been ranked highly in its egion; the women currently sit at fourth in the southeast region, and the men are ranked fifth.

In this season alone, the Eastern Kentucky men have been ranked as high as ninth in the country, How-arth said.

The Colonels were last year’s cham-pionship winners in both the men and women’s races. The win gave Eastern Kentucky its 10th straight conference championship win and their 24th win overall for the men

and the fourth straight and 29th all-time win for the women.

Eastern Kentucky was voted to fin-ish at the top of the conference by the OVC coaches in the preseason this year in both the men and women’s di-visions.

Facing Eastern Kentucky is not lay-ing heavily on senior Rachel Garippo’s mind, however.

Garippo said her focus for the meet will be on closing the gap between herself and three of the team’s top runners.

“I really want to close that gap from me to Ivy Handley, Maria Bald-win and Ruth Garippo,” Garippo said. “They race so well as a pack, and they need me up there, so my plan is to get up with them and stay with them.”

Garippo added she would like to be named an All-Conference ath-lete by placing within the top 14 in-dividual runners, a goal she said can be achieved by giving this race her all.

The Panthers’ race day will begin with an early-morning “shake out” run to loosen up their muscles. They will then head to the course at Bel-mont and take a break before race time.

Howarth said that along with all of the training the team has endured this season, Eastern will place well if the Panthers perform at their highest abil-ities.

“Winning isn’t always about per-forming better than others, but per-forming to our highest abilities. If EIU performs to our highest abilities, we will win,” Howarth said.

The women’s five-kilometer race will begin at 9 a.m., and the men’s eight-kilometer competition is slated for 10 a.m.

Belmont will host the meet, a first for the school since joining the OVC in the 2012-2013 school year.

Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or krcordes@eiu.edu.

Cross country aims to have ‘no regrets’ in OVC championship

By Sean HastingsSports Editor| @DEN_Sports

Jacksonville State likes to, will and is good at running the ball, especially with its quarterback Eli Jenkins lead-ing the way.

Coach Kim Dameron called Jen-kins the best quarterback in the coun-try. He is second in rushing yards in the Ohio Valley Conference, just be-hind Eastern’s redshirt running back Devin Church.

But Jenkins has proved he can be a huge force in the game, and Eastern needs to find a way to be able to con-tain Jenkins and the run game, Dam-eron said.

“Eli Jenkins has proven over and over and over again that he does what it takes to win football games,” Dam-eron said. “He’s explosive in the run game, but he can throw it and he takes care of the football. The chal-lenge is daunting with their offense.”

Even though Jacksonville State may have a threatening run game, where it can use Jenkins at anytime, and still utilize running backs to get yards and wins, Eastern cannot change up the way they approach it, senior lineback-er Seth McDonald said.

And for Eastern to have a chance

on defense, the offense cannot turn the ball over and put the Panthers in bad situations, and Church said they are up to the task.

“We’re all confident; everybody’s pretty (pumped) up to go down to Al-abama to beat the No. 2 team in the country,” Church said. “Overall, ev-erybody is excited to get this win.”

The Gamecocks are 6-1 overall and have a perfect 3-0 record in OVC play following a 24-7 win over Eastern Kentucky.

After Eastern’s loss pushed it back to No. 22 in the FCS, the Pan-thers are barely hanging on to a top 25 spot, and a win would really help Eastern get into the playoffs.

Church said he knows he needs to keep doing what he has been, and keep putting up points on the score-board to match and out-do what the Gamecocks do.

But the key thing for Jacksonville State is since its run game is so potent, they can throw the ball at any time as well, so McDonald said the Panthers will have to stay sound.

“Me, as a linebacker, I play run first every play, so we’re just going to at-tack the run,” McDonald said. “We have a good thing going into this week, a good system and we just have

to stick to the plan and we’ll be all right.”

There are players on the Panthers defense that look for run first like Mc-Donald, and some that look for pass first and if they do what they are sup-posed to do pre-snap, and make the adjustments when necessary, the Pan-thers will be able to stop this Game-cock rushing attack that has ran all over teams this season.

“If we can stop the run and make them pass it, we should be pretty good,” McDonald said.

Eastern adjusts things week to week for each team, but for the most part, will treat Jacksonville no differently.

The Panthers will have to get all of this done on the road at Jackson-ville State’s stadium in front of a large crowd. It is Jacksonville State’s Home-coming Game and Family Weekend game.

A win will certainly help the Pan-thers in the FCS standings, and with two more OVC contests after this week, it is crunch time for the Eastern football team.

Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.

Panthers travel to take on No. 2 Jacksonville State

By Alex HartmanCross Country Reporter | @DEN_Sports

It has been a long road for se-nior Tyler Yunk, and it is near-ing its end here at Eastern. He will have a couple of more opportuni-ties to show his abilities as a run-ner, starting with the Ohio Valley Conference championships on Sat-urday in Nashville, Tenn. Then the NCAA Midwest Regional at Iowa could be his final collegiate cross-country race.

Even though he started his col-legiate career at the University of Kansas, he will end it as a member of the Eastern cross-country team. Yunk is a true veteran of the sport and knows what a well put togeth-er team looks like.

“I have been running since I was

six years old and a thing that is al-ways a large factor is how well your team works together,” Yunk said. “We have a very close-knit team that will put everything on the line for each other.”

Yunk knows that Eastern has a close cross-country program that supports one another and is built to make each other better. He has improved over his years as a college runner as well as during his time here.

He improved his times from the 2015 season in many of the rac-es. For example, at the Walt Craw-ford Open he went from a ninth-place finish to the third-place spot. As well as having great improve-ment in the Notre Dame invita-tional, where a time decrease of 16 seconds got him a 20th-place finish

in 2016, compared to the 33rd po-sition from 2015.

Yunk has been consistent over the years in his preparation for race day, and he does not try too much to get into a strict routine that might trip him up.

“I do not try to sike myself out before races so I try to stay loose and not focus on it too much,” Yunk said. “However, I do make it a point to listen to ‘Defying Gravi-ty’ from the musical ‘Wicked’.”

Yunk will strive to end his run-ning career at Eastern on a posi-tive note, such as getting an All-OVC honor, which he just missed in 2015 and compete in the Mid-west Regionals on Nov. 11.

Alex Hartman can be reached at 581-2812 or aihartman@eiu.edu.

Last chance to shine for senior Tyler Yunk

BRYAN BUND | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSRedshirt sophomore quarterback Bud Martin runs the ball during the Pan-thers’ 40-38 Homecoming loss Saturday to Murray State at O’Brien Field.

Both teams placed 2nd in conference last year

JUSTIN BROWN | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Senior Tyler Yunk will run in the Ohio Valley Conference Championships on Oct. 29 in hopes that it will not be his last cross-country race.

OCT. 28, 2016

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By intertwining soulful songs and powerful interludes, Solange Knowles uses her latest album “A Seat at the Table,” as a symbol of empowerment for African-Ameri-cans.

Knowles used her songwriting skills to develop lyrics that displayed African-American’s pride for their heritage as well as highlighting in-equalities African-Americans still face in our society.

In the song “Mad,” Solange's vo-cals combined with Lil Wayne’s rap, showcases how some African-Amer-ican’s are prone to develop rage after experiencing years of mistreatment, discrimination and inequality.

“You got the right to be mad, but when you carry it alone you find it only getting in the way, they say you gotta let it go,” Solange sings.

With systematic oppression and covert racism still apparent for mi-norities, Solange uses the song “Mad” to explain that it is impor-tant to exercise forgiveness.

The smooth vocals gliding on the repetitive drum beat embodied what strong rhythm and blues mu-sic should sound like.

Solange used the song “Mad” to pay homage to her father’s person-al experience with racism by includ-ing a short part of her dad’s speech in “Interlude: Dad was Mad.”

“And seeing all of those parents,

and also KKK members having signs and throwing cans at us, spitting at us,” Knowles said. “We lived in the threat of death every day. That was my childhood. I was angry for years.”

The idea of including such a last-ing memory of her father’s child-hood shows how much vulnerabili-ty Solange used when arranging the album.

In her songs “Scales,” “Weary” and “F.U.B.U.” provide encourage-ment for African-American males by speaking to their inner king.

“The streets say you’re a king, the world says you’re a failure,” Solange sings in the song “Scales.”

This song expresses empathy for African-American males who are constantly being deemed in society as thugs, hoodlums and convicts.

Instead of feeling sorry for them-selves, Solange's lyrics inspire the men to change their perspective and see their own worth.

"Interlude: For Us By Us" allows Master P, successful label owner and rapper, to explain an instance where he had the chance to become a mil-lionaire sooner at the expense of los-ing his name and worth.

“And they offered me a million-dollar deal and had the check ready. Said I wouldn’t be able to use my name…If this white man offer me a million dollars I gotta be worth 40, or 50...or 10 or something,” Master P said.

This interlude describes how Afri-can-Americans could easily settle for something less than they deserve just by simply not valuing their art, tal-ents and skills.

However, Solange did not neglect women with her album and de-scribed the sense of pride associated with a women’s hair.

An African-American wom-en’s hair is an extension of herself

and should not be considered a toy to play with or to arbitrarily touch without asking.

In the song “Don’t Touch My Hair” Solange said, “Don’t touch my pride. They say the glory’s all mine.”

These lyrics combined with the smooth notes from the saxophone and the pulsating beat of the trum-pet music pairs well.

For someone to touch an African-American community but another member from another race is con-sidered disrespectful and I applaud Solange for explaining why this is offensive in such a sophisticated and eloquent track.

Solange used an interlude from her mother Tina Lawson to show she was taught to embrace her heri-tage and fall in love with her culture.

“It’s such beauty in Black people, and it really saddens me when we're not allowed to express that pride in being Black, and that if you do, then it’s considered anti-white. No! You just pro-Black, and that’s okay,” Lawson said.

The album as a whole hints to the neo-soul ‘90s music scene, with smooth jazz undertones and pop in-fluences.

I honestly did not know what to expect from the album, but I was pleasantly surprised with her musi-cality and word play.

I appreciated how she wrote songs that address the racial tensions that are currently happening and used her music to strengthen African-Americans.

It is amazing to see Solange step out from her sister’s shadow. I rec-ommend anyone listen to the al-bum regardless of race, sex, gender or class.

Kalyn Hayslett can be reached at 581-2812

or kehayslett@eiu.edu.

Review: 'A Seat at the Table'Solange album empowers African-Americans

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Weekly Trend Section: Halloween costumes

By T’Nerra ButlerVerge Editor | @DEN_Verge

The dim lights of 7th Street Underground highlight the silhou-ettes of women who will be auc-tioned off for a date 7:06 p.m. Fri-day.

The men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity have been planning this date auction for the past week.

The auction will feature women from their upcoming Miss Black and Gold pageant and a few wom-en from Couture Models.

The date auction is a part of the fraternity’s Greek week, which has different social and service oppor-tunities.

Clarence Richard, vice president of the chapter, said so far the week has been a success.

Pleasant Singleton, secretary of the chapter, said the organization wanted to do something different for Alpha week, and if it goes well, he said it will possibly be an event in the future.

Singleton said the location of the event helps to create a more sensual vibe where rose petals will be on the table and lights will be dimly lit.

Women will be auctioned off in three or four rounds.

A picture of the woman, her age, hobbies and likes will be on display behind her as she is on the stage.

The biggest challenge was try-ing to find a host, Richard said, but choosing the date and the ac-tual planning was simple.

The week dedicated to events shows the campus the organization is versatile, Singleton said.

“It gives people a chance to come out more than once, just to have fun," Singleton said. “We do more than just throw parties; we have service events and socials.”

Richard said lately the campus has seemed empty and people have been more reserved.

“It’s just a change in generation and a lot of people don’t show an interest,” Richard said. “(Students) come to school, go to class and just go to parties on the weekend.”

Richard said forum participa-tion has seemed to go down signif-icantly, and hopefully the auction will push for students to try some-thing different.

Singleton, along with the pres-ident of Couture Models, Andri-anna Fullerton, will host the date auction.

The theme of their week is “Al-pha Horror Story.”

Another event Friday is the “A-Fly-A Clothing Drive,” which is from noon to 2 p.m. Friday in Coleman Hall and in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union

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By Thaija EvansVerge Designer | @DEN_Verge

As Hal loween rol l s around each year, people frantically pre-pare themselves for the festivities by costume shopping and making party plans.

But too often do people over-look the possibility that their cos-tumes could be insulting and wear them anyway.

Halloween costumes depicting cultures, especially those who have a history of being oppressed, are socially offensive.

Native American costumes have been popular over the years. Peo-ple clothe themselves from head to toe in the traditional wear of Na-tive American tribes, including the extravagant head dresses, moccasin boots and painted faces. On top of the inappropriate costumes, peo-ple mislabel the Native American tribal wear as “Indian.”

Native Americans originally re-sided on American soil before it was claimed by Christopher Co-lumbus. Upon his arrival, Native Americans were unjustly kicked off their land and murdered.

Asian inspired costumes are also common on Halloween. Women typically wrap themselves in kimo-nos, pull their hair up into a bun and stick toothpicks in it. To add injury to insult, some people go as far as faking accents and making fun of the languages.

Dur ing Wor ld War I I , the American government placed Jap-

anese-Americans in internment camps under president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration.

Possibly one of the most social-ly and racially offensive Halloween costumes is blackface.

Blackface originated during the Jim Crow era to depict the stereo-typical African-American.

Caucasian people painted their faces with black paint, drew on big, red lips and dressed in rags to entertain crowds. They used bro-ken jargon to make themselves sound uneducated.

Photos o f co l l ege s tudents dressed in blackface accompanied by racist captions have gone viral over the past few months.

Halloween is not an open in-vitation to appropriate other cul-tures.

Costumes stemming from sen-sitive social issues and sex are dis-

tasteful and should not make for Halloween costumes.

Costumes referencing the Ho-locaust are insensitive considering the fact that Nazi Germany com-mitted genocide against the entire Jewish population.

Suicide is a leading cause of deaths in America. Wal-Mart sells “suicide” costume makeup. The costume features a bloody arm sleeve with cuts on the wrist. The products display a picture that show someone holding a razor blade up to the bloodied wrist.

Suicide is not a joke and should not be taken as such.

Although 9/11 was 15 years ago, it is still a profound topic in America’s history. Dressing up in a traditional hijab to allude to the idea of being Muslim or Arab and calling it a terrorist costume is in no way socially acceptable.

Just as creating a burning Twin Towers costume is unpatriotic and disrespectful.

Costumes featuring victims are deplorable in all cases, whether it be a school shooting like Colum-bine or a bombing like the Boston Marathon.

Sexually alluding costumes are blatantly offensive, especially if children are present.

Dressing up as a vagina, penis, or a bloody menstrual pad is quite disgusting.

Halloween is supposed to be about having fun and not making fun of others.

Focus on scary movies, haunted houses and candy, and reconsider wearing costumes that could bring insult to others.

Thaija Evans can be reached

at 581-2812 or tvevans@eiu.edu.

BY THERESA THOMPSONA hoosier cabinet filled with Halloween themed objects. Pumpkins are the traditional symbol of Halloween.

By Michael BalsamoThe Associated Press

This year’s nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, work-ing clowns, who say their book-ings at parties and other events have dropped sharply, even after many of the social media-fueled scary clown sightings have turned out to be hoaxes.

Some fear going out with their greasepaint makeup and red noses will make them a target of police or even marauding mobs who take to the streets on so-called clown hunts.

“It’s definitely a scary feeling leav-ing your house, and you fear you are going to get jumped because you’re dressed as a clown,” says Cyrus Za-vieh, a New York City hospital ad-ministrator who also performs pro-fessionally as Cido the Clown.

“You’re there to make them hap-py, to make them have fun, and now they are saying, ‘Aaaagghh!’” Zavieh says. “All of a sudden these stories are putting fear into kids. ... Before,

they’d just look the other way, but now it’s like, ‘You’re a scary clown and I hate you.’”

The World Clown Association — comprised of more than 2,000 members in 30 countries — has been flooded with calls from scared performers. It’s been sending out safety tips, suggesting clowns con-sider changing into their costumes when they arrive at a party or go with a handler.

Association president Randy Christensen says clowns are also in-creasingly getting requests for “mod-ified performances” in which they entertain without makeup and tra-ditional clown attire.

This week, retail giant Target took the step of pulling scary clown masks from its shelves. And Mc-Donald’s says its signature clown character, Ronald McDonald, will be keeping a lower profile.

The fallout follows a phenome-non in the U.S. involving dozens of stories, many fabricated, about clowns stalking or attacking people.

In multiple states, people have

called police to report being men-aced by people in clown costumes. In Kentucky, a man dressed as a clown was arrested after lurking in the woods. Children in Ohio and Texas have been charged with mak-ing clown-related threats to school classmates. A New York City teen told police a clown threatened him with a knife in the subway.

“They aren’t clowns. They are clown impersonators,” said Wen-dy Pincus, who has performed in New York City for the last 20 years. “We’re here to make people happy. We don’t threaten people. We bring joy.”

Pincus, whose clown alter ego is “Crazy Daisy,” says she’s seen a 30 to 40 percent decrease in just the past few weeks.

Clown sightings, hoaxes and pranks — especially around Hal-loween — aren’t new. In fact, they’ve become a recurring staple of crime blotters since serial killer and work-ing clown John Wayne Gacy was convicted in 1980 of killing 33 peo-ple.

In 2012, James Holmes dyed his hair red as Batman’s Joker when he opened fire at a Colorado movie the-ater, killing 12 people.

Those high-profile cases notwith-standing, experts say it’s relatively common for people to feel creeped out by clowns.

“It primarily has to do with the exaggerated makeup and features. We recognize it, but there is some-thing abnormal,” says Dr. Kristie Golden, associate director of op-erations for psychiatry and neuro-sciences at Stony Brook University Hospital. “We can be drawn in by that or we can be repelled.”

World Clown Association’s Chris-tensen says this year’s clown scares seem to be reaching new heights, and he suggests working clowns re-pel them the same way they always have, by spreading a message of hap-piness and boundless.

“Go out and clown and show people what this is,” he says. “Show them what good entertainment is — show them what a caring clown does.”

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By Chrissy MillerStaff Reporter | @DEN_Verge

Halloween is a unique experi-ence for everyone, and there are many ways people are celebrating the holiday this year.

Richard England, dean of the Honors College, said he thinks it is a fun holiday because people get to see the children all dressed up and it is a time the commu-nity comes together. He said he recommends col lege s tudents volunteer during this holiday to do things such as an on-campus trick-or-treat for neighborhood children.

“The challenge is how to have fun on the holiday while doing it in a responsible way that is not spoiling the fun, particularly on Halloween for children,” England said.

Two years ago, the b igges t number of kids visited his house during trick-or-treating, England said. Weather also tends to affect the festivities.

“At 'Tea with the Dean' this week , we migh t c a r ve s ome pumpkins because I’m not very good at it,” England said. "I as-sume there are kids who like to carve pumpkins.”

England said there have been many things that have changed over the years in the way he cele-brates Halloween.

“Well the costumes never fit anymore,” England said.

Cadence Weber, a freshman el-ementary education major, said

she has an intramural volleyball game on Halloween. She said she also has a class that day and that it is important to remember ac-

ademics in the midst of the fes-tivities. Weber has not ruled out dressing up as a possibility.

“ In h igh s choo l , eve r yone

wants to dress up," Weber said. “I feel like it’s a bigger deal in high school than it is in college. In college you’re focused more on school. I’m sure people are still going to go out partying. And I mean, yes we all love candy, but it’s not as big as the hype as when you were a kid.”

Weber said the excitement of dressing up in costumes as a child is different now that she is in col-lege. Haunted houses were also a possibility, she said.

 “It’d be fun, but I get scared really easily, so we’ll see what happens,” Weber said.

For some people l ike Vijay Gogineni and Anusha Mandadi, two graduate computer technolo-gy students, this will be the first Halloween they have celebrated since coming to study at Eastern from India.

“I like Game of Thrones very much,” Gogineni said. “So I’m thinking about dressing up as one of the characters, like John Snow.”

Mandadi said she likes the idea of the spookier approach and plans to dress accordingly.

“By seeing the pictures I ’ve seen here, I’ve just decided to dress myself l ike a vampire or something like that, scary,” Man-dadi said.

Because they both work in the food court on Halloween, Man-dadi and Gogineni said they plan to dress up at their jobs and have a party to celebrate with their col-leagues afterwards.

Gogineni said along with this holiday being a new experience, he finds the idea of dressing up to be the most interesting.

“This year I will just see how people celebrate and next year I will try to plan better,” Manda-di said. “Decorating ourselves like being scary, sounds fun.”

Christopher Kwiatkowski, a junior education major, said he plans to spend his Halloween with his family and friends. Kwi-atkowski has had the opposite ex-perience than Weber with Hal-loween.

“In high school, I didn’t really get involved very much; a lot of the time we were still in sports,” Kwiatkowski said. “But now in college it’s just fun to get out and do fun costumes.”

This year, Kwiatkowski said he plans on dressing up as Kevin Love. Kwiatkowski’s twin brother Jack Kwiatkowski, a junior kine-siology and sports studies major, plans to help host a get together.

“Halloween back when I was younger was more about the cos-tume, and now it’s more about the party, I feel like in college,” Jack said. “I’ll probably pick up something for a costume from Wal-Mart, probably a mask.”

Jack Kwiatkowski said when it comes down to it, the social as-pect is definitely the most impor-tant part of Halloween for college students.

Chrissy Miller can be reached

at 581-2812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu.

BY CHRISSY MILLER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSAnusha Mandadi, a computer technology graduate student, expresses her excitement at dressing up in a scary costume for her first Halloween.

BY CHRISSY MILLER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSCadence Weber, freshman elementary education major, thinks of the Hal-loween volleyball game she will play.

Meaning of Halloween changes for college students

Halloween nation news and briefsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The crimes of H.H. Holmes are the stuff of horror movies: A handsome young doctor lures young women to his hotel with promises of work or love, but the hotel is a warren of death, filled with gas chambers, trap doors and chutes that led to subter-ranean dissection table and crema-torium. All this is set against the dramatic backdrop of the "White City" constructed for the 1895 Chicago World's Fair.

In all, Holmes — born Herman Webster Mudgett — is believed to have murdered as many as 200 people from 1886 until his capture in 1894. The exact number is un-known. And while he is best known for his so-called "Murder Castle" in Chicago, Holmes left his mark on Indianapolis.

When authorities got wise to Holmes, he fled, staying briefly in Irvington, then a quiet suburb of Indianapolis that then was home to Butler University. The neighbor-hood has played host to several gris-ly events and takes a certain pride in its spooky history.

Hotel Holmes is a new haunt-ed house, organized by the Bin-

dy Agency and brought to life by Imagination Emporium, Universi-ty of Indianapolis' experience de-sign student agency. It imagines if Holmes also created a killer hotel in Irvington.

"There are a lot of unknowns about what he was exactly doing in (the house he rented in Irvington), because we don't really know. What if he had been constructing anoth-er secondary location?" said Piper Voge, co-owner of the Bindy Agen-cy.

The haunted house is present-ed as part of the Historic Irvington Halloween Festival, the largest Hal-loween fest in the U.S. "We wanted to do something that felt true to the feel of Irvington," Voge said. "Ir-vington is very proud of their his-tory and lore, and we wanted to do something that fit into that."

The walk-through style haunt will be held at Playground Pro-ductions, a recording and rehearsal space in Irvington. But visitors will feel like they're stepping into the lobby of a period hotel — and into the deadly rooms within.

Visitors will find themselves in a hall of doors that open to no-

where, just like the dead-end cor-ridors where Holmes would brick up his still-living victims. They will wander through a laboratory, where the physician and pharmacist con-ducted experiments, and peek into a study filled with mementos of his victims.

Voge describes the house as "more 'American Horror Story" and less "Texas Chainsaw Massa-cre.'" Expect much more psycho-logical horror, and fewer people jumping out and yelling, "boo!"

The house acknowledges the real-life horrors committed by Holmes in Irvington. In a now-demolished house in the 5800 block of Julian Avenue, Holmes murdered How-ard, the young son of his accom-plice. The child's body was burned in the stove and his remains were buried in the yard.

You won't see a depiction of that murder in the house, but Howard will be remembered in a way we won't spoil. "We do deal with the fact that there's this child crime and this sense of fear, but we steer away from doing anything tasteless or of-fensive visually," said Raphael Hen-drix, co-owner of the Bindy Agency.

H.H. Holmes horrors come to life in new haunted house

Novelty contact lenses worry regulators at Halloween

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illi-nois state regulators are warning trick-or-treaters about the dangers of col-ored contact lenses during the Hallow-een season.

Bryan Schneider is secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. He says the novelty lenses that routinely flood malls and beauty supply stores are of-ten made overseas in facilities that are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. They contain tinting materials that can damage eyes — including blindness.

Schneider says the risk is minimized when lenses are fitted by one of the 2,300 optometrists licensed by the ID-FPR.

Dr. Christine Allison is president of the Illinois Optometric Association. She says the risk of infection is the big-gest worry. Some bacteria can cause permanent scarring within 20 hours if untreated.Thousands expected for annual Halloween parade in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — Tens of thousands people are expected to take part in a second annual Hal-loween parade and festival in Chi-cago over the weekend.

The Chicago Cultural Mile As-

sociation says the main Saturday parade was slated to include 5,000 people in 80 parade units.

The parade was set to head north along Columbus Drive. The festival earlier in the day was show-casing more than 170 local artisans.

Organizers say more than 200,000 people took part in the in-augural event last year.

Others involved in the event in-clude the Field Museum of Natural History and the Adler Planetarium.

Sycamore girl collects Halloween costumes for charity

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — There's bound to be a few more witches and princesses, lions, superheroes and more knocking on doors looking for treats this Halloween, after a Syca-more student has made sure that kid-dos have costumes.

Susana Martin continued a tradi-tion this year that she started about three years ago. The 12-year-old Syc-amore Middle School seventh-grad-er collected scores of Halloween cos-tumes that she has donated to area nonprofit organizations.

Over the three years she has had her costume club, Martin and her mother, Jeanette, report giving away about 800 character ensembles. This year, about 160 were given away, they said. Distribution was divided among Salem Lutheran Church's food pan-try in Sycamore and Safe Passage do-mestic violence shelter and Barb Food Mart - both in DeKalb.