AVID BOOK FANS
SOCCER TRIUMPH
Literary Divas, a book club for women who are not part of Eastern’s student community, meet every other week for discussions on a new book. PAGE 3
Eastern’s women’s soccer team won its first victory at Chicago State. The team currently has a record of 1-2-2. PAGE 8
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City Council Passing the ball to vote on raffle license at meeting By Corryn Brock Staff Reporter | @corryn_brock The Charleston City Council will vote on raffle license for the Five Mile House Foundation to raise funds for the Barn and Blacksmith Shop Project, as well as on other items, during a city council meeting Sept. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at 520 Jackson Ave. According to the application for the raffle license, the funds raised during the raffle will go towards the blacksmith shop, the carpenter and a community gathering space. According to the Five Mile House website, the building will be constructed by the dismantling of the Commodore Perry Davis Barn and then reconstructed to appear as “a smaller but similar configuration at the Five Mile House.” The raffle will include items as well as a 50/50 drawing, according to the website. A 50/50 raffle drawing is when half of the funds raised by the purchasing of raffle tickets is given to the person whose name is drawn during the determination of the winner. If approved, one resolution to be voted on will enter the City of Charleston into an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation to assist in the funding of a resurfacing project on Lincoln Avenue beginning west of Douglas Drive and ending east of Madison Avenue. IDOT will be the primary source of funding, however the city will be expected to pay an estimated cost of $153,900 to come from the MFT fund in the 2020 fiscal year. Mayor Brandon Combs will also ratify a proclamation declaring Sept 17. through Sept. 23 Constitution Week.
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Taste of College of Health, Human Services to be held Tuesday Staff Report | @DEN_News A taste of the College of Health & Human Services will be held Tuesday, Sept 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Library Quad. The event will include music, food, informational tables and giveaways. Jeanne Lord, the interim dean of the College of Health and Human Services, said in an earlier interview on Aug 20 that this event is part of her goal to create a more seen college. “We want to create on campus visibility and identity,” Lord said. The idea for the event comes from similar events Lord has seen around other places. “You’ve heard of a ‘taste of Chicago’, or ‘taste of Champaign/Urbana’, so we’re going to do something (like that),” Lord said. “So … students walking by (the event) get a sense of ‘oh, a college of health and human services, this is kind of neat. Who are you and what do you do?’” The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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Eastern Illinois QB Johnathan Brantley (11) gets a pass off before Arkansas DL Jonathan Marshall (42) reaches the junior Saturday. The Eastern Illinois Panthers lost the game, 55-20, to the Razorbacks. For the full story about Saturday’s game, see Page 8.
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Kinesiology and Sports Studies, Recreation departments combine By Mercury Bowen Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_News The Recreation department joined the Kinesiology and Sports Studies department to form the Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation department at the beginning of the 2018 fall semester. Tony Oliver, the Chair of the Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation department, said the union with the Recreation department created a mutually beneficial collaboration between the two. “The decision was made to merge together two strong departments to really make us both stronger,” Oliver said. “We both have a strong history on campus and at this time of transition and change some of our colleagues in decision-making positions made a decision to help us both be stronger.” Andrew Kerins, the graduate coordinator for
the department, said the transition felt like a natural one. “We have different backgrounds but I think generally we’re all working on the same page with the same interests,” Kerins said. “I think it’s been a good fit for the department to have people from those different backgrounds working together.” Kerins said one nice thing about the transition process was that is was not rushed. “As a faculty member we like to see things move through a slow, methodical process,” Kerins said. The recreation administration department is a nationally accredited program through the National Recreation Park Association. “We are accredited, some are not,” Oliver said. “That only strengthens, both substantively and marketing and perceptually to have a nationally accredited program be brought in house.”
According to Kerins, the accreditation process is an elaborate one. “It’s a pretty extensive review process when you look at required coursework and the standards that the NRPA sets out there for you and then how our coursework and assignments match up with that,” Kerins said. The original undergraduate Kinesiology and Sports Studies majors included an exercise science program, a teacher education program, a sport management program and an athletic training program, while the graduate programs included sports administration and exercise science concentrations. “Recreation becomes another strong pillar within that department,” Kerins said. “It doesn’t necessarily mean the curriculum’s going to change.”
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Man charged with DUI-Alcohol; cannibis, theft reported at Taylor, Thomas •
On Thursday at 6:02 p.m., Gerald Reeks, 53, of 14600 Turner Ave., Midlothan, IL was arrested at 280 Grant Avenue. He was charged with DUI-Alcohol and released to the custody of CCSO at 7:03 p.m., pending $3,000 bond.
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On Thursday at 8:42 p.m., a cannabis complaint was reported at Taylor Hall. This incident is under investigation.
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On Friday at 2:10 a.m., a theft was reported at Thomas Hall. This incident is under investigation.
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On Friday at 10 a.m., a theft was reported to have occurred on Aug. 27 at Taylor Hall. This incident is under investigation. The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.