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By Kara Harris Staff Reporter
A forum addressing the Mayan cal-endar’s prediction of the world’s end in 2012 will take place Thursday.
The Latin American Student Orga-nization will host the forum, “Is it the End?” at 6 p.m. in Phipps Auditorium of the Physical Science Building as part of Latino Heritage Month.
The date of the forum was original-ly Oct. 4.
Dana Barnard, the assistant director of the Student Life Office and LASO adviser, said they decided to change the
date because many students returned home for Fall Break.
The Mayan calendar was discovered in the ruins of La Corona, Guatemala. It is believed to predict the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012.
“A lot of people know about the calendar,” Barnard said. “We want to look at the history of the Mayan calen-dar, how it was put together and why it reads differently from our daily cal-endar.”
José Deustua, a professor of history, will speak during the forum.
“The Mayans were one of the larg-est civilizations in Latin America,”
Deustua said. “It was also a very orig-inal civilization that discovered many things.”
The forum will consist of some lec-ture along with a presentation. Deustua said he wants students to do research, ask questions and interact during the talk.
He said he hopes students will leave the forum with a better understanding and appreciation for the Mayan cul-ture.
Deustua said the Mayans recorded cosmic changes throughout the year and calculated their calendar by observ-ing the sun and the moon.
“They had an understanding of space and mathematics,” he said. “Some Mayan temples were observa-tories.”
Anastasia Lindsey, president of LASO and a sophomore management information systems major, confessed that she did not believe that the world would end this year.
She said she thought the Mayans perhaps did not know how to continue with the calendar instead of predicting the end of the world.
Lindsey said the forum’s purpose is to discuss the historical aspect of the Mayan calendar and not to persuade.
The organization might also provide a Mayan snack, Lindsey said, so guests can get a taste of Mayan culture.
She said it was an element that she thought people would be interested in along with the content of the forum.
Barnard said LASO members chose the topic because of their interest in in-digenous cultures with Latino heritage.
“We want our membership to un-derstand their history and roots a little bit better,” she said.
Kara Harris can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
Lecture to explore the possibility of world’s end
By Tim Deters Features Editor
Students had the opportunity to donate their T-shirts from other universities to support Eastern pride Wednesday in return for a coupon, despite confusion from the Homecoming website.
In past years, students were encouraged to bring T-shirts from other universities and do-nate them to charity, and they would receive a free Eastern T-shirt in return.
However, this year students received a 25-per-cent discount on any Eastern clothing item that had blue on it in the Martin Luther King Jr. Uni-versity Union Bookstore.
Judi Konrad, assistant manager of the Book-store, said the change from a free shirt to a dis-counted shirt was a result of budget decreases for Homecoming Week.
She also said she was not informed of the change until Tuesday.
Anika Guinto, a junior business major, works at the Bookstore and said she had plenty of stu-dents bring T-shirts in to swap.
She said she received shirts from many Illinois colleges, including Lake Land College in Mattoon and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
However, Guinto said many students were
confused and frustrated when they came to the Union Bookstore and expected to receive a free T-shirt.
Until Wednesday, the Homecoming website on Eastern’s webpage said students could receive a “complimentary” T-shirt if they donated a shirt from another university. A discount was not men-tioned.
The website was updated Wednesday with in-formation about how students could receive a 25-percent discount with their donation.
Guinto said she had several students who de-cided to keep their shirts because of the confusion.
“After they hear that is only 25 percent off, some of them haven’t given their shirts and just kind of left,” she said.
As students shuffled through the many racks of Eastern clothing, past the sweaters, T-shirts and shorts, they held the items against themselves to see how they fit.
Corey Stewart, a junior biology major, sift-ed through the rows of basketball shorts and oth-er athletic wear, choosing a Panther T-shirt and sweatband to use his discount on.
At the counter, Stewart handed over his bright orange University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign T-shirt.
“It’s just one of those shirts I got given to me
one time, and I just never really wear it,” he said. Stewart said the T-shirt was his only Illini shirt,
but he had no trouble giving it up for charity.“I was like, ‘I might as well just give it away,’”
he said.Tyler Mink, a senior kinesiology and sports
studies major, sifted through the neatly folded rows of Panther T-shirts, flicking through the tags to find one his size.
As he was shopping, Mink held his green Notre Dame shirt, emblazoned with the word “Irish” and featuring a large four-leaf clover.
Mink said he has multiple Notre Dame shirts and had no reservation giving one up.
“I had a couple, and this is the one I didn’t want to wear anymore,” Mink said.
Norte Dame is not Mink’s favorite college team.
“I’m actually a huge Wisconsin Badgers fan, but I wasn’t giving up any of those shirts,” he said.
As Mink brought a Panther T-shirt up to the checkout counter, the clerk threw the Notre Dame T-shirt into a cardboard box filled with the colors of numerous T-shirts from other universi-ties.
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T-shirt swap brings confusion
HOMECOMING
TIM DETERS | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSTyler Mink, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, sifts through a pile of Panther T-shirts Wednesday in the Union Bookstore. Mink donated a Notre Dame T-shirt to receive a 25 percent discount as part of the “Bleed Blue” T-shirt Swap.
By Samantha McDaniel Daily Editor
Local haunted house Ashmore Estates, full of scares and nightmares, is up and running for the month of October.
Ashmore Estates was a poor farm and a mental institution located in Ashmore before being turned into a haunted house attraction by Scott Kelley, the current owner.
Kelley said this is the seventh year they have done the haunted house at Ashmore Estates.
Kelley said Ashmore Estates Asylum is the larg-est haunted house located in Central Illinois with about 12,000 square feet and around 40 rooms.
“We call ourselves the premiere haunted house of Central Illinois,” Kelley said.
He said there is a long history behind the build-ing.
“A little over six years ago, everyone believed that the place was an asylum,” Kelley said. “The build-ing has never been an asylum.”
He said the area has been a mental institution, a poor farm and a house for developmentally im-paired people.
“An asylum is the kind of place that a Hanni-bal Lecter would be in,” Kelley said. “You wouldn’t want people in an asylum to get out, and we don’t have a place for the criminally insane here.”
Kelley said they decided to stick with the myth in their haunted house.
“We like to highlight what people are already scared of,” Kelley said.
He said he has been in the haunting industry for 41 years, just one less than the industry has been around.
The industry was started with the Knott’s Berry Farm haunted house in 1970, but has grown to in-clude more 3,000 haunted attractions in the Unit-ed States, Kelley said.
Kelley said every year around January he and his wife, Tanya Kelley, try to come up with a new con-ceptual idea for the design. He said his haunted house is more actor/ human intensive.
“Some haunted houses think that animatronics and animated things are scary, and I don’t believe that,” Kelley said. He said people are better for scar-ing people.
“You never know what someone is going to do,” Kelley said. “If a haunted house tries to use animated props, I have a real hard time getting scared by it.”
He said it is the unpredictability that makes peo-ple more scared.
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• At 11:02 p.m. on Monday, a cannabis complaint was reported at Taylor Hall. This incident was referred to the Office of Student Standards.
• At 2:08 p.m. on Tuesday, a theft was re-ported at Carman Hall. This incident is under investigation.
• At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Possession of sto-len property was reported at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. This incident was re-ferred to the State’s Attorney.
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Keeping Eastern tidy
DOMINIC BAIMA | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSScott Hall, a grounds worker, trims the dappled willows and rose bushes along the sidewalk beside the parking lot. The bushes are generally trimmed once or twice a year depending on how well the plants grow during the season.
By Kate Quill Staff Reporter
A senior English major ad-d re s s ed the Student Sena t e Wednesday to advocate for the removal of Chick-fil-A.
The Student Senate also heard a presentation about implement-ing a tobacco-free campus and tabled a proposal for food funds regarding the Illinois Board of Higher Education-Student Advi-sory Committee.
Nico Canaday, a senior Eng-lish major, said he hoped that the Student Senate would con-sider eliminating this restaurant from campus because of its harsh discrimination toward the LGBT community.
Canaday said he understood that everyone has a right to his or her own opinion, but he does not appreciate that Eastern sup-
ports a business that does not support diversity.
“Chick-fil-A discriminating against the LGBT community goes against our university mis-sion statement in regards to sup-porting diversity and inclusion,” he said.
After asking Canaday multi-ple questions on his opinion, the discussion ended when Student Senate Speaker Mitch Gurick said they ran out of time.
Repre s en t a t i ve s f rom the Health Education Resource Cen-ter attended the meeting to pro-pose Eastern become a tobacco-free institution.
Eric Davidson, the associ-ate director of health services, brought attention to the issue of tobacco use and the effects it can have on students.
“72 percent of students sup-port having a smoke-free cam-
pus,” Davidson said, citing a 2007 survey.
Jarrod Scherle, the student ex-ecutive vice president, also spoke briefly about the food funding proposal for the meeting with the IBHE-SAC.
The meeting is being pushed back to either Nov. 17 or Dec. 1, Scherle said.
The total cost for food for this meeting comes to $304.
This money will go to provid-ing breakfast and a small lunch for the 25 committee members during the meeting.
Although the date has not been officially set, Student Sen-ate members said they knew that the meeting will begin at 8 a.m.
Student Senate members also brought up the idea of send-ing two members to the Amer-ican Student Government As-sociation. ASGA is a relatively
new organization that supports collegiate student government’s across the country.
This meeting will take place at the University of Illinois at Chi-cago on Oct 20.
Nick Allen, the external rela-tions committee chairman, ex-plained that the trip would cost $309 per person in addition to travel expenses. Because of the cost of this trip, the Student Senate members will have to de-cide on two members to repre-sent Eastern at this meeting.
“It is a great way to network, go to workshops and see many presenters,” Allen said.
Kate Quill can be reached at 581-2812
Senate discusses tobacco-free campus, hears Chick-fil-A removal proposal
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By Amanda Wilkinson Staff Reporter
The University Board Homecom-ing Committee will give out food as a form of appreciation to Eastern’s faculty and staff Thursday for the “Blue-B-Que” picnic.
The picnic will take place in the North Gym at the McAfee Gymna-sium from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
At the picnic, the Homecom-ing Committee plans to feed an es-timated 300 to 500 people in four hours.
Ba rbecue pu l l ed pork , tu r -key dogs, veggie wraps, chips and drinks, catered by Downtown Din-er in Mattoon, will be served.
The “Blue-B-Que” will also fea-ture games, trivia and giveaways.
Ceci Brinker, the director of Stu-dent Life Office and a Homecom-ing Adviser, said it was a collaborat-ed effort to organize the picnic.
While the Homecoming Com-mittee is putting on the luncheon, Faculty Senate, Staff Senate and other departments played a part keeping the activity going for a sec-ond year.
“The key to (Blue-B-Que) was so many offices and departments spon-sored and donated to the event,” Brinker said.
All the offices and departments that contributed wanted to pay trib-ute to the staff and faculty because
they play an important role in East-ern’s success, Brinker said.
“The faculty and staff do so much behind the scenes, and they want to show appreciation,” Brink-er said.
Because of the increased contri-butions from the departments and the governing bodies, the luncheon will be able to give out more priz-es and giveaways than last year, she said. Faculty and staff will also have the opportunity to take photos with Billy the Panther at the lun-cheon.
T-shirts and other items from the Union Bookstore will be given out as prizes.
The reason they have a facul-
ty/staff appreciation picnic during Homecoming Week is to increase school pride among that group, Brinker said
She added that the Homecoming Committee wanted to have some-thing specific for the staff and fac-ulty besides all the events for alum-ni and current students.
“When people think of home-coming, they think of alum and
students,” Brinker said. “We want-ed to make sure homecoming was for everybody.”
Winners of the “Deck the Halls” contest will also be announced at the “Blue-B-Que” luncheon.
“It will be a festive event to show school pride,” she said.
Amanda Wilkinson can be reached 581-2812 or [email protected]
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Resources available for domestic violence victims
Faculty, staff to gather for Homecoming picnic
PHOTO ILLUSTR ATION BY JACOB SALMICH | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSAccording to the FBI, a women that leaves a violent relationship is seven times more likely to be killed by her partner.
“The faculty and staff do so much behind the scenes, and they want to show appreciation.” Ceci Brinker, director of Student Life Office
By Robyn Dexter In-depth Editor
Every October, Eastern recog-nizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month to take into consideration the issues concerning domestic vio-lence that trouble people every day.
Jeannie Ludlow, the Coordina-tor of Women’s Studies, said domes-tic violence is a largely under report-ed crime.
“The FBI estimates that relation-ship violence happens in about one-third of homes where couples live together,” she said. “When we’re in college, oftentimes we don’t know where to go to get help or what is available to us.”
Ludlow said many people de-scribe feeling “stuck” in a relation-ship, but there are avenues to take even when a victim cannot leave a relationship.
“The very most important thing a woman can do is stay as safe as pos-sible,” she said. “Sometimes that means staying in a relationship, but a lot of people don’t understand that.”
The most common situation of domestic violence includes a hetero-sexual couple where the female is the victim, Ludlow said.
“The FBI says that a woman that leaves a violent relationship is seven times more likely to be killed by her partner than if she stays in the rela-tionship,” she said.
That does not take into account children that may be involved in the relationship or possible other family members, she said.
“It’s really important to know that the answer is never a simple ‘get up and go,’” she said.
Victims should never take on the blame because the blame is on the perpetrator, Ludlow said.
“It’s easier said than done,” she
said. “When a person is ready to try and seek help and official kinds of support, there are all kinds of ave-nues for that.”
Ludlow deta i l ed p laces l ike HOPE, which stands for Housing, Outreach, Prevention and Educa-tion, that offer help to victims of do-mestic violence.
Angie Hunt, the housing program director at HOPE, said the facility can help victims in Coles County as well as the six surrounding counties.
“We provide a 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter, transitional hous-ing, a children’s program, legal ad-vocacy, community education and a volunteer program,” she said. “We’re a comprehensive agency, so we have all the services that we can.”
Hunt said she wants college stu-dents to know that HOPE is there for students and is completely free and confidential.
“Young people should know that this does happen quite often,” she said. “I think people are shocked by this because they don’t always know what the exact definition of domes-tic violence is.”
Hunt said people tend to think of cuts, bruises, black eyes and even rape and murder as domestic vio-lence, but it includes so much more.
“The most common form of do-mestic violence is emotional abuse,” she said. “We all grow up with the ‘sticks and stones’ mentality, but that’s completely not true because words can hurt just as bad or worse.”
Hunt said domestic violence could include emotional, verbal, physical, sexual, financial and social abuse.
“We have to create a coordinated community response to make it safe for victims to leave abusive relation-ships,” she said. “An average of three to four women per day are murdered in what is known as a domestic ho-
micide, which is very scary.”If there is sexual violence involved
in a case, Ludlow suggested victims seek out SACIS, which is Eastern’s Sexual Assault Counseling and In-formation Service.
Erin Walters, the director of SA-CIS, works closely with HOPE on many domestic violence-related is-sues.
“This month is about realizing and awareness of victims that live within our area,” she said. “People assume this is something that hap-pens behind closed doors in families with children in isolated areas, but it occurs in new relationships too, and even in middle schools.”
If a situation falls under the ru-bric of criminality, Ludlow said go-ing to the police can be a good re-source, as well as seeking out the help of family and friends.
For those staying in a violent re-lationship out of what they consid-er to be safety, Ludlow recommends a safety plan.
“A safety plan involves packing a suitcase with some clothes and a lit-tle bit of money to have in case they need to suddenly leave in the mid-dle of the night,” she said. “Being as safe as possible in the home is so important.”
Though domestic violence is large-ly stereotyped as a man beating up a woman, all types of it occur every day, Ludlow said.
“We see violence on the part of both partners, and that goes for same sex and heterosexual relationships,” she said. “It can happen in relationships that are very new and relationships that have been going on for many years.”
Ludlow said it takes a victim an aver-age of seven times of being abused to fi-nally leave.
“It takes a lot of patience and love to support somebody who is going through that,” she said.
Prevention can be difficult and can often be different from situation to sit-uation.
“The person who should prevent re-lationship violence is the person who hit someone else,” she said. “We need to work together as a society to create an
atmosphere where gender roles are less strict and this kind of violence doesn’t occur.”
Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812
As I sat down to eat at what I thought to be an ordinary restaurant, I heard a scoff and a woman speak with a tone of disgust. She said, “I’m never eating here again. I don’t know why I even came, this place gives the wrong impression of women.”
I never thought of Hooters in the way that the woman next to me did. I have never felt as if I cannot eat there because they objectify women or make women have low self-esteem.
Perhaps I was not brought up to think in that way, but I have never been unable to eat at a res-taurant similar to a Hooters restaurant because of the way waitresses are dressed.
Women, and some men, chose not to dine at Hooters because of the way they portray women. The way their employees dress is controversial because it may give girls the wrong idea about how they should look.
If women are comfortable enough, and confi-dent enough, to put on these uniforms and deal with the cheesy pick up lines and lonely men, then more power to them.
It is not to say that a woman who does not want to work at these restaurants does not have confidence in her mind or body.
Every woman should have confidence in her-
self and working or not working at one of these restaurants should not be a deciding factor of confidence.
People do eat there to look at the women who work there. It is plain and simple. It may cause controversy, but it is true. The waitresses are made to wear outfits that show off their bodies in a way that can make every girl hate herself.
I am not a male, but it is pretty clear that there is a reason why when you walk in there are a lot more males than there are females. But the same reason males go to these restaurants can be the same reason that females do not. Many girls won’t step foot into a restaurant like these be-cause they think that they exploit and objecti-fy women.
Some people don’t think twice about eating at
these kinds of restaurants. The way the women are dressed is not an issue, it is just another place for good food.
There is not a specific reason as to why people do dine in these restaurants, other than Hoot-ers is a good, fun place to eat. You can have a fun time there and look at all the pictures on the wall of the celebrities that have dined there. I eat at Hooters because I love fried pickles, but also because I always know that I will enjoy my meal, and have a fun time. Having my waitress in bright orange short shorts does not affect my meal at all.
I can’t say that everyone loves dining at these places, and I can’t say that everyone is OK with them either. What I can say is that they aren’t al-ways what you think, and there is more to the restaurant than meets the eye. But if you don’t want to go there because you think they exploit women, maybe you should just go and try it for what it is, which is a restaurant.
Try the food and have a good time. Who knows, maybe it will turn out to be your new fa-vorite place to dine out.
Jackie Capps is a junior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or
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Some of us are bad at making decisions, espe-cially at restaurants. There are five different meals that sound really good on the menu and we can’t decide.
We think if we pick the wrong meal we’ll re-gret it – and after we pick what we want to eat, there’s no sending it back without good reason.
“This isn’t what I wanted, after all,” is not a good reason.
A good friend of mine once ordered some-thing she didn’t want from Wendy’s. She said when it came to her turn to order, she got scared and ordered the first thing her eyes saw on the menu.
There are some restaurants, though, that our brains register automatic decisions. We go to Chili’s thinking, “I’m going to branch out,” but we don’t. We always get chicken crispers with double the fries.
But those restaurants are few and far between. I realized this weekend, for the second time in my life, that I prefer restaurants that practically make your meal decision for you.
I went to the Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steak-house in Indianapolis this weekend. There you are given three standard appetizers at your ta-ble – caramelized bananas, mashed potatoes and some kind of fries. Those three appetizers are re-filled when you’re finished.
As for the meal, they bring your options to you. You have a coaster that’s red on one side and green on the other – red for stop, green for go. Waiters walk around with all kinds of meat and if they see your green coaster on your table, they’ll come offer you some. All you have to say is “yes” or “no” – typically, it’s always “yes.”
There’s also a big salad bar to help yourself whenever you feel like.
No decisions like a normal restaurant. All the food comes to you without you asking. Even better: if you don’t like one of the meats you tried, you don’t have to eat it or get it next time around because there’s always more food com-ing.
I went to the Samba Brazilian Steakhouse & Lounge in Universal City in Los Angeles last spring. Samba was my first experience like this.
Everything was similar, although Samba had a bigger salad bar and Brazilian dancers that would dance throughout the restaurant every so often.
If you haven’t been to a Brazilian steakhouse in your life, you need to add it to the bucket list.
It’s expensive, yes, but it’s a relaxing experi-ence you have to have at a restaurant. Plus, your eyes are always bigger than your stomach at the steakhouse.
Alex McNamee is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or
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We at The Daily Eastern News commend events on campus being brought together by the different academic colleges of Eastern.
The current exhibit at Booth Library is a good example of different areas on cam-pus coming together in order to educate students. The exhibit, which is running until November 17, offers students sever-al new ways to look at Ancient Greek cul-ture.
This exhibit is only one of the ways Eastern has been trying to broaden stu-dents’ horizons on campus.
Exhibits like these show students differ-ent aspects of a certain topic. Those who are majoring in something such as busi-ness or art can see Ancient Greece from the point of view of an English or history major, while being drawn in by their own interests.
Likewise, the upcoming event “Celebra-tion of Publications, Creative Works and Grants” will also feature different areas from every section on Eastern’s campus.
With events like these, it is a great opportunity for students to learn about different aspects of a certain subject, from differing areas on campus. We think it’s a terrific way to encourage students to learn on a more broad-based system.
Students who take the time to learn about topics outside of their major or ini-tial subject often benefit by gaining new ideas or techniques that can be applied back their chosen field. It can often be beneficial to gain a new perspective on old ideas.
There are multiple many ways of learn-ing and sometimes sticking to one’s pre-ferred subject or major means neglecting these other ways to learn. This is why our degrees have general education require-ments. Exhibits such as these can serve a similar purpose. Though they hook in audience members with one particular view of a subject, they help students gain exposure to additional aspects of life.
The focus most students have on a par-ticular subject is an excellent way for them to become an expert in their chosen field. But it is also beneficial to become a well-rounded person with even basic knowledge and skills in additional areas.
Life is not divided by department or academic college. In even an aver-age day we might be required to draw on skills from any number of fields. It helps to remember knowledge exists out-side of one’s expertise and events such as the Ancient Greek symposium can remind people of this.
Learning does not have to take place just in the classroom, and Eastern seems to ful-ly believe in that as well. The exhibits, events, and other things planned are examples enough of Eastern’s belief to always be teaching.
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The director of education at the Cognitive Neurology and Al-zheimer’s Disease Center at North-western University will be at East-ern on Thursday to of give a presen-tation to members of the communi-ty about her work with early diag-nosed dementia patients.
The lecture will take place at 7:15 p.m. in Room 1165 of Blair Hall.
Darby Morhardt, who is also a research associate professor at Northwestern’s University Feinberg School of Medicine, will focus spe-
cifically on what she has learned from “The Buddy Program,” which she co-founded 14 years ago.
The program pairs up first-year medical students with patients who have recently been diagnosed with dementia, Alzheimer’s or a similar disease.
“The idea came about when one of the Northwestern neurologists was diagnosed with the early stag-es of Alzheimer’s,” Morhardt said. “We talked about while he could no longer operate, he could mentor a new medical student.”
She said after talking with her colleagues, the program was born.
“We ran with it and learned the
importance of treating the patient as a mentor, and we now have 10 to 12 patient/student pairs each year,” Morhardt said. “Both participants gain friendship, and the students see how the patients are living and coping with the disease.”
Morhardt works with the medi-cal students and keeps track of what they are learning throughout the process and how the program af-fects them.
“I study how the relationship be-tween the pair changes as the stu-dents gain knowledge,” she said. “I also follow up with the students and where in the medical field the land, and where they do their resi-
dency program.”Jacquelyn Frank, the coordina-
tor for the graduate program in ger-ontology and a family and consum-er sciences professor, said she chose Morhardt to speak after hearing about her work with “The Buddy Program.”
“The program has gained nation-al attention, and she also has years of expertise in both working with people with dementia and conduct-ing research with them,” Frank said. “Also, this particular program illus-trates the importance of intergener-ational collaboration to better the lives of everyone involved.”
While the presentation is open
to the public, Frank said it will be geared toward graduate students.
“Our research series aims to have scholars address their current re-search topics and projects in ways that are understandable by the aver-age person,” Frank said. “The Bud-dy Program is such a unique pro-gram that it may very well inspire attendees to think outside the box when it comes to integrative learn-ing experiences for students and the university.”
Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812 or alwywialowski.edu.
Gerontology lecture puts patients in mentor seat
Z ACHARY WHITE | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSAshmore Estates built in 1916 and was originally an almshouse till 1956. During its time as an almshouse as many as 200 people died on the estate. Then from 1956 to 1976 it was a mental institution. The estate was privately purchased in 1976 and remained open till 1987. Now it is used as haunted house.
Haunted House, from page 1He said it is the unpredictability
that makes people more scared.“If I see (a prop), I know it is go-
ing jump out to scare me, but peo-ple, you don’t have any idea where they are,” Kelley said. “The best thing to do is not to let your victims know that you are there until you jump out at them.”
Kelly said they are often asked how long it takes to go through the house, but there is not a specif-ic time.
“Standard answer one is ‘how fast can you run?’ or ‘you were expecting to get out?’” he said.
He added that they ask people not to touch the actors, and they will not touch visitors—also no flash photography or light sources.
“You can’t pull your cell phone out and use it as a light source,” Kelley said. “We’ll actually take it from you, and you’ll have to do something really ridiculous to get it back.”
He said one example of this is having a visitor sing “I’m a little tea-pot” while they video tape them and put it on their website.
He added that there is no fire sources or alcohol allowed on the premise. Kelley said all the actors are volunteers.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $13 for children.
Ashmore Estates is open from 7 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Satur-days throughout the month of Oc-tober.
The house will also be open Oct. 25 and Oct. 31 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Kelley said he loves the haunted industry because he loves the peo-ple.
“People like to go to creepy things,” Kelley said.
Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812
By Amy Wywialowski Assistant Daily Editor
A communication studies alum-nus will return to his “home” de-partment on Friday to talk to cur-rent faculty and students about how he uses what he learned at Eastern in his current career.
The presentation begins at 9 a.m. in the Coleman Hall Auditorium.
Chris Caldwell, who graduated from Eastern in ’87 with a degree in communication studies current-ly works as the government affairs manager for DuPont, a production company that makes items in a va-riety of industries including chemi-cals, construction, energy, electron-ics, food and mining.
Me l an i e Mi l l s , a p ro f e s so r of communication studies, had
Caldwell as a student in multiple classes and said he was extremely in-volved on campus.
“He was involved in student gov-ernment, WEIU TV and radio, and was in a fraternity,” Mills said. “ He was very involved on campus so it is not a big surprise that he is still very connected to Eastern.”
Caldwell is a member of Eastern’s Alumni Association Board of Direc-
tors but lives and works in Virginia According to his biography, he
has supported approximately $800 million in new company invest-ments and hundreds of new manu-facturing jobs in the region – as well as lobbying for new legislation for Brownfield cleanup in Virginia.
M i l l s , w h o s t a r t e d t e a c h -ing at Eastern in 1985, said af-ter Caldwell’s graduation, the two
lost touch but recently reconnect-ed when he added her on Facebook.
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What do stands crowded with roaring fans, athletes leaving every-thing they have on the court and a couple bruises here and there all have in common?
They all can be seen at Eastern’s home volleyball matches in Lantz Arena.
As the volleyball beat writer, I have a courtside view off all the action. However, it is part of my job to re-frain from cheering or express my opinion whatsoever, whether it’s for the Panthers or not.
Which is what this column serves purpose of. Volleyball matches are one of the most intense collegiate sporting events I have ever experi-
enced. That is saying a lot.You are probably thinking ‘come
on, volleyball games? Really?’ I don’t blame you. I didn’t believe it either, until seeing it first hand. Which is why you must too.
Though these matches don’t drawn in the several thousand that are seen at football games, you would assume it did just by pure crowd noise.
Whether it is fellow athletes sport-ing painted chests and stomachs in support of their school’s volleyball program, friends and family of the athletes rooting for the ones they came to see or aspiring, young volley-ball players watching in amazement. Every type of fan imaginable can be seen at these games, one cheering just as loud as the next.
One of the most unique things about the sport is regardless of the outcome, an entertaining, compet-itive battle is almost always guaran-teed. Even a game ending in straight sets can be equal to a game ending in five sets, in terms of competitiveness.
Also, the record a team possesses
is irrelevant at times, as competitive-ness, once again overtakes.
Last Friday, the Panthers, then 3-14, took on the top team in Ohio Valley Conference at home in More-head State, then 12-6. With thoughts of an upset in their mind, the Pan-thers took the Eagles all five sets, even after dropping the first two sets.
Eastern fought back to win the fol-lowing two sets behind an energet-ic crowd that refused to give up, just like their Panthers. With the game tied 2-2, the Panthers fell short of the upset and lost the fifth set 15-12.
Nevertheless, the match was one of the most entertaining ones I have seen and it was followed up by a
match equally as entertaining as the Panthers downed Eastern Kentucky the next day to end their 10-game losing streak and sending the players into an excitement one couldn’t help but enjoy.
Eastern is one the teams that will be on the road over homecoming weekend, but come Oct. 19 and Oct. 20, they will play host to OVC rivals Murray State and Austin Peay, two matches I greatly encourage people to go to. That is, only if you find high competition entertaining.
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GOLF, from page 8
Kelli Witt from IUPUI, Cathy Doyle from Evansville and Kelly Voigt from Valparaiso finished with an overall score of 159.
Banovic finished tied for 40th place with Christina Beyerl from Indiana State and Dana Hayden from Evansville with an overall score of 163. Wolf finished tied for 48th place with Erika Pfaender from Valparaiso.
The Panthers were the only school from the Ohio Valley Con-ference in the tournament.
The Panthers have a break in ac-tion before they finish the fall sea-son. Eastern finishes the fall season on Oct. 21 at NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio for the Dayton Fall Invitational.
Cody Delmendo can be reached at 581-2812
CROSS COUNTRY
By Holden Fuehne Staff Reporter
Eastern's cross-country team heads into the Bradley Classic with a solid chance to win after two weeks off.
The Bradley Classic provides some tough competition for East-ern. Regionally ranked Southern Il-linois-Carbondale, Illinois, Illinois State, and Bradley will appear in the meet. Purdue, Marquette and IU-PUI also have strong teams.
The Panthers will look to im-prove their one to five split, some-thing that has hurt them the whole year.
Erin Howarth, the cross-country head coach, said teamwork has been improved upon during practice.
“Both teams have focused tre-mendously on teamwork these past two weeks in practice, throwing our watches to the side and focusing more on packing it up and staying together,” Howarth said.
The men’s team looks ready to compete for the top after a strong performance at the Louisville Clas-sic, as they placed 22nd in the gold division.
Junior Danny Delaney said the men’s team will look to close the gap between their one and five run-ners as well.
“If we get five guys who have a solid effort on the same day and roll together, there is no telling what we could do,” Delaney said.
Sophomore Bryce Basting led the team once again last week with a time of 24:54.07, good for a 66th place finish in a loaded field. Junior Pablo Ramirez finished just behind Basting, recording a 77th place fin-ish with a time of 25:02.91.
Delaney should be one of the top runners again after placing 125th with a time of 25:29.75. Red-shirt junior Matt Black posted a time of 25:50.46 for a 155th place finish.
Red-shirt junior Mike Hesslau and sophomore Max Gassmann round out the men’s team. Hess-lau finished 232nd with a time of 27:03.70 while Gassman placed 241st with a time of 27:25.56.
The women’s team also record-ed a top-five finish at the Louisville Classic, finishing 5th in the blue di-vision. Seniors Britney Whitehead and Olivia Klaus lead the senior-laden Panther women. Whitehead posted a season-best run last week with a time of 18:03.84, which is the ninth best time in Eastern his-tory. Klaus finished 21st in the meet with a time of 18:23.70.
Seniors Erika Ramos, Stephanie Peisker, and Elizabeth Dole are also key members of the women’s team. Ramos posted a top-fifty finish at the Louisville Classic, with a time of 18:47.87, good for a 46th place finish. Peisker finished with at time of 18:54.15 for a 56th place fin-ish, and Dole finished 108th with a time of 19:20.32.
The Panthers will return to ac-tion at the Bradley Classic, begin-ning at Friday at 5 p.m. in Peoria.
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DOMINIC BAIMA | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSFreshman Katelyn Duckett runs during the Walt Crawford open on Sep-tember 9th on the Panther Trail. The Panther’s next meet is the Bradley classic in Peoria on Friday.
Panthers set for in-state meet Runners work on team building as preparation
RUGBY, from page 8
Another player the Panthers will look to move the rock out to is freshman wing Jasmine Gardner. She scored her first career try against Lindenwood af-ter Madison Kissner helped her get into open space.
“It (is) nice to get her into open space,” Graziano said. “She isn’t very big, but she runs very well.”
The matchup will take place in Bowl-ing Green, Ky. on Western Kentucky’s home turf.
This begins a stretch in which Eastern is on the road for the rest of the season.
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By Aldo Soto Staff Reporter
Warren Race once walked un-der the blistering Texas sun, the hu-midity making it difficult to breathe while the temperature continued to rise well past 100 degrees.
Sweat raced down the back of the future Eastern student and aspiring tennis player as he walked around the downtown Dallas area.
Race, now a senior at Eastern and captain of the men’s tennis team, said he still misses his home state of Texas, but said as the years have passed he has gotten used to living away from his family.
The Dallas native is an account-ing major at Eastern and also serves as a business student ambassador.
As an ambassador to the business program, Race participates in many events to go on top of his already loaded schedule as a student-athlete.
The vital thing to staying on top of everything, according to Race, is time management.
Race has tennis practice six days a week, each session lasting at least two hours, plus additional time in the weight room.
“Being in a sport and having classes at the same time is difficult,” he said. “The key is time manage-ment because things can easily get overwhelming.”
Race is also the tennis team’s rep-resentative to the EIU Student Ath-lete Advisory Committee.
Race said his life can be hectic at times.
“Being a student-athlete is pret-ty much like having a job while do-ing school work,” Race said. “With practice almost everyday, deal-ing with school and classes, get-ting homework done along with still having a social life gets hard at times.”
Although the world seems to cave in on him at times, Race said he still enjoys being a part of the tennis team as he is looked upon to pro-vide leadership in his senior season.
He said he has gone through many ups and downs throughout his collegiate career, but it is hard to believe that his highest achieve-ments as a tennis player almost did not happen.
As a senior in Garland High School, Race suffered a stress frac-ture in his lower back.
“With the fracture in my lower back, I honestly questioned wheth-er or not I would even be capable of playing in college,” Race said. “This was a crucial point in my life be-cause I had been working to be the very best I could be in tennis for several years.”
Luckily for Race, he was able to recover and was well on his way to pursuing his goals as a college ten-nis player.
Being on a college tennis team is still a surprise to Race today.
He said that as a child he played almost every sport, and it was not until the age of 14 that he picked up tennis.
The Brookhaven Tennis Academy in Dallas sits close to Race when he first began to pick up a tennis rack-et.
Before Race met David An-der son , the t enni s pro a t the Brookhaven Tennis Academy, he began playing at his local country club.
As the days passed, Race said he started to increase the amount of times he played and that is when he arrived at the academy.
Race said that the couple of years he spent playing at Brookhaven were life changing, not only as a tennis player but as a person as well.
“[Anderson] helped me with many life lessons and brought inter-esting views into tennis that made me smarter and a calmer player,” Race said.
Race said one of his greatest achievements as a tennis player at
Eastern was the hard work he put into his game after his freshman year.
“After I went 1-15 during my freshman year in doubles I knew I had to work harder in the off-sea-son,” he said.
A voice that he listened to was his father’s, who Race credits as being the top influence in his sports ca-reer.
“He has always been there for me, and he has helped me through my whole career and pushed me to be better,” Race said.
Race sa id he was ex t remely pleased with his winning records in doubles play during his sophomore and junior years and is currently undefeated in doubles competition this fall.
Race said he plans on working in the private accounting sector after he graduates from Eastern.
As his college career nears an end, Race has now picked up a new sport: golf.
“I really enjoy playing [golf ] and I plan on playing even more along with tennis after I graduate,” Race said.
When Race returns to his home, he always goes back to where it all started, the Brookhaven Tennis Academy.
He practices with high school students who one day hope to achieve what Race has in college and in life.
Race said he hopes to teach those high school players the same things he teaches his current teammates.
Playing in his final year at East-ern, Race said he looks forward to being a leader.
“I am really happy with the fact that I am captain of the men’s team this year, because I feel like as a se-nior people really look up to me and I have a lot to teach the young-er players,” Race said.
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Race grows as tennis captain, teaches others
MIR ANDA PLOSS | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSSenior Warren Race prepares to return the ball during a doubles match against Missouri-St. Louis Oct. 3 at Darling Courts.
RUGBY GOLF
By Cody Delmendo Staff Reporter
Eastern’s women’s gol f team wrapped up the Butler Fall Invi-tational at the Eagle Creek Golf Course in Indianapolis with a fifth place finish out of 11 teams in its third tournament of the fall season.
Eastern finished with an over-all score of 629. This is the first top five finish this year for the Panthers.
Bowling Green finished at the top of the board as a team, shooting a 600 overall.
Bowling Green had three players who finished tied for fourth place overall individually.
Bailey Arnold, Patricia Holt, and Shelby Wilson all finished with a score of 151 for the tournament.
Danielle Lemek from Bradley, was the top finisher, recording first place overall individually. Lemek fired off a 72 in both the 1st and 2nd rounds and finished with an overall score of 144.
The Panthers had two players fin-ish in the top 20.
Senior Emily Calhoon was the leader for the Panthers individually.
Calhoon scored a 154 which was good enough to tie her for 10th place overall with Lily Bartell from Bowling Green, and Jordan Woods from IUPUI. This was the second consecutive top 10 finish for Cal-hoon. The Effingham native also won the Ohio Valley Conference Adidas Female Golfer of the Week after her performance at Butler.
Other notable Eastern players in-clude junior Emily Fitzgerald, se-nior Lauren Williams, junior Ely-se Banovic and sophomore Tiffany Wolf. Fitzgerald finished by tying for 17th place with McCall Christo-pher from Indiana State and had an overall score of 157.
Williams finished tied for 26th place with Thea Hedemann from Bradley.
Panthers snag fifth place at Butler Invite
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By Nicholas Ruffolo Staff Reporter
Before this year, the Panthers had not been under .500 since late in the 2001 season.
Eastern will look to improve to 2-2 with a win over Western Kentucky on Saturday.
Eastern head coach Frank Graziano is expecting some positive change as well.
“I think looking at the film will help us a lot,” Graziano said. “I’m expecting us to be much improved against West-ern Kentucky.”
The Panther rugby squad started the season 0-2, but they are coming off a 43-10 win over Lindenwood last Thurs-day. In the game, sophomore center Nia Williams led the team with three trys and Kim Youhas added four two-point conversions to total 23 points between them.
In Stefanie Mahan’s first game back she only recorded three tackles, but You-has helped to pick up the slack. Eastern will have both against Western Kentucky after they assisted the Panthers in hold-ing Lindenwood scoreless in the second half.
“Kim Youhas probably had the best game she has ever played,” Graziano said. “Stefanie Mahan had a few tackles as well.”
The match is expected to continue the rugby tens format, a format that the Pan-thers have already started 1-0 in on the year. Also in the contest, Nia Williams will look to continue her dominance on offense as she leads the team in trys with six. Her point total also boasts top hon-
ors, with her 30 points having a 20-point cushion over Madison Kissner for the team lead. Coach Graziano believes that she can add a spark by taking over the game when necessary.
“Sometimes that might have to hap-pen,” Graziano said. “Hopefully we don’t start like we did (against Western Ken-tucky) again though.”
Eastern prepares for Bowling Green
DANNY DAMIANI | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSMadison Kissner, a sophomore center, tackles Lindenwood's Kelly Ber-nards during Eastern's 43-10 victory at Lakeside Field Thursday.
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Dallas native exceeds expectations
