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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 2018 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in October by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SPOOKY ANTICS TOURNAMENT BOUND The Eastern women’s soccer team will The Pemberton Hall Council will host go to the OVC Tournament Sunday, its annual Haunted House on Friday which is the first time since 2013. The and Saturday in the Pemberton Hall team is the three seed and will host basement. Belmont or Southeast Missouri. PAGE 3 PAGE 8 HE T Friday, October 26, 2018aily astern ews D E“TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID” N VOL. 103 | NO. 48 CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF COVERAGE EST. 1915 WWW.DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM UPD, U.S. Bank work to combat online scams

By Analicia Haynes it seems like at the end of last se- Editor-in-Chief | @Haynes1943 mester and into this semester we started seeing an uptick in on- The number of employment line and fraud related scams in- scams and online scams has in- volving students, and so we got creased this semester and the together with the bank to try U.S. Bank branch on campus and come up with the solution is teaming up with Eastern and to address those issues,” Wil- the University Police Depart- liams said. ment to inform students about He said scam and fraud relat- these scams and crack down on ed and online related crimes are them. hard to investigate and harder Lt. James Williams from to prosecute and that is why the UPD said the bank and univer- UPD is working with the bank sity started to notice an increase to try and educate students on in these online scams, which what the scams are and how to typically come in the form of an prevent them from happening email that offers students a job, in the first place. over the course of last semester. “The simplest solution (to But he said this semester avoiding the scam),” he said. “If there has been an “uptick” in the it’s too good to be true, it is.” number of these emails sent to U.S. Bank Branch Manag- panthermail accounts and the er Elizabeth Medina echoed CHECK PHOTO BY TOMWSULCER [CC0] FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONS | ILLUSTRATION BY ANALICIA HAYNES number of students who have the same sentence when show- The illustration is a copy of a check with redacted information and is used to show what people should look for on a fake check fallen victim to the scams. ing examples of the several fake and what fake checks have on them. U.S. Bank branch manager Elizabeth Medina said the most common thing to look for is “We started seeing (the checks she received from people whether or not you recognize the name of the employer and if there are any spelling errors or errors in the amounts posted scams) last semester (and) we this semester. (sometimes there will be two different amounts listed on the same check). Medina also said the checks, which are given to differ- would get them periodically SCAMS, page 5 ent people, have the same signature or every check is in numerical order. throughout the school year, but CAA has tied vote over agricultural program option

By Brooke Schwartz lege, I’m fine with advising them to News Editor | @brookesschwart1 take a major in OPD when they get here, … but to call this a (new op- The Council on Academic Affairs tion) that has agriculture in the ti- did not pass through a proposal for tle without us offering something the organizational development, ag- that has 3000/4000 agriculture class- ricultural and rural enterprise op- es, (that concerns me),” Throneburg tion through the organizational de- said. velopment program at its meeting Throneburg said she does not like Oct. 25. the idea of students graduating with Bruce Barnard, the program co- this degree option and only having ordinator for the organizational de- 1000/2000 course expertise in agri- velopment program, presented the culture. proposal, which was different than With these concerns, the coun- other major options on campus be- cil voted with four no votes, four yes cause it required interested students votes and one abstention. to have an associates degree in agri- The proposal, since it was not culture, something Eastern does not pushed through, will go back to provide, before being accepted into the departmental planning stages to the option. try and address the concerns of the Barnard said this program was council members before CAA will re- developed in association with Lake view the proposal again. Land College to come up with East- The council did approve a new ern classes that could benefit stu- course through the organizational dents who already have an agricul- development program; OPD 2200. ture background. This is the lower level version of “Essentially, (students) come with the current course 3200, the only oc- an agricultural focus, because their cupational experience course before associates degree was built on agri- the approval of the new one Oct. 25. culture, so what we would be adding These courses allow students who would be the organizational compe- complete occupational portfolio to tency that might be associated with receive credit in OPD 3200, the cur- running a larger operation, or work- rent system, or now OPD 2200, if ing in an agro-business environment the student writes to the learning ob- as opposed to directly on a farm,” jectives of a lower level class they will Barnard said. now receive lower division credits. Rebecca Throneburg, council Revisions to the HTM 3500: member and a communication disor- Hospitality and Tourism Profes- ders and sciences professor, said she sionalism, in an effort to break away was not comfortable having the word from the old School of Family and ‘agriculture’ be in the option name if Consumer Sciences, were also passed Eastern was not adding to the agri- by the council Thursday. BROOKE SCHWARTZ | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS culture part of students’ degrees. Bruce Barnard is the program coordinator for the organizational development program. Barnard presented a new “If students have got 1000/2000 Brooke Schwartz can be reached at major option and a new course proposal to the Council on Academic Affairs; the major option was not passed but level (agriculture classes) that they 581-2812 or at [email protected]. the new course was. are bringing from community col- 2 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | AP NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 Local weather State and Nation FRIDAY SATURDAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Trump sends troops Pipe bomb scare raises new to border, an issue

Rain Partly Cloudy that fires up base High: 49° High: 57° questions about mail safety Low: 39° Low: 42° WASHINGTON (AP) — The NEW YORK (AP) — The wave of division said hundreds of thousands of security experts said. The parcels also con- Trump administration is planning pipe bombs addressed to prominent postal employees were searching the sys- tained a number of misspellings. to dispatch at least 800 active duty Democrats has raised fresh questions tem for any additional bombs. The Postal Inspection Service, which troops to the southern border at the about the ability of the U.S. Postal Ser- While two packages addressed to for- investigates mail-related crimes, said in an direction of a president who has The Daily vice and private delivery companies to mer Vice President Joe Biden were inter- email that in screening the mail, the agen- sought to transform fears about immi- intercept explosives and other dangerous cepted at postal facilities in Delaware on cy relies on a "targeted strategy of special- gration into electoral gains in the mid- Eastern News items. Thursday, a pipe bomb addressed to for- ized technology, screening protocols and terms as a caravan of thousands of mi- “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Biohazard detection, X-rays and other mer Attorney General Eric Holder made employee training," as well as "state-of- grants makes its way through Mexico. technologies have had some notable suc- it so far into the mail stream that it was re- the-art equipment to include portable X- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is ex- The Daily Eastern News cesses in recent years, but officials warn turned to its purported sender: the Sun- ray machines." pected to sign an order sending the 1802 Buzzard Hall that the sheer volume of mail makes it im- rise, Florida office of Rep. Debbie Wasser- The agency pointed to its Dangerous troops to the border, bolstering Na- Eastern Illinois University possible to catch everything. man Schultz, whose name was on the re- Mail Investigations division, a program tional Guard forces already there, Charleston, IL 61920 217-581-2812 "The public should not have the im- turn address. created following the 2001 anthrax-by- an official said Thursday. The action 217-581-2923 (fax) pression that all of our mail is screened Another crude bomb addressed to for- mail attacks that killed five people and comes as President Donald Trump like going through security at the airport," mer CIA Director John Brennan at CNN infected several others. The program was has spent recent days calling attention News Staff Advertising said David Chipman, a retired agent with went through the U.S. mail before a cou- part of a costly security overhaul in which to the caravan of Central Americans Staff the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms rier took it to the Time Warner Building, the Postal Service added a Biohazard De- slowly making their way by foot into Editor-in-Chief and Explosives. "That's not the case, and where the cable network has its New York tection System at its mail-processing cen- southern Mexico, but still more than Analicia Haynes Faculty Advisers [email protected] Editorial Adviser we know that from a string of cases." offices, according to a law enforcement ters. 1,000 miles from U.S. soil. Lola Burnham None of the devices so far in this official who was not authorized to discuss The Postal Service does not have the re- The additional troops would pro- Managing Editor Photo Adviser week's scare have detonated. Investigators the investigation and spoke on condition sources to X-ray every parcel and typically vide logistical and other support to Kristen Ed Brian Poulter were still trying to piece together where of anonymity. reserves that technology for packages post- the Border Patrol, said the U.S. offi- DENmanaging@ Website Adviser gmail.com Brian Poulter the packages came from and how they Those deliveries occurred even though al inspectors deem suspicious. cial, who spoke on condition of an- Publisher reached their respective destinations. the packages had certain suspicious fea- The high cost of screening every parcel onymity to discuss a plan that had News Editor Lola Burnham In the meantime, Phillip Bartlett of the tures, including excessive postage, home- also limits the security measures taken by not been finalized and formally an- Brooke Schwartz Business Manager dennewsdesk@gmail. Betsy Jewell U.S. Postal Inspection Service's New York made labels and high-profile addressees, private couriers. nounced. com Press Supervisor Tom Roberts Records: Suspect in Opinions Editor Andrew Paisley Night Staff Utah university killing DENopinions@gmail. for this issue Mexican towns rally for migrants com Night Chief was sex offender Photo Editor Analicia Haynes MAPASTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — treatment and donations as best they of the migrants have tried to be re- Jordan Boyer As long lines of migrants shuffled past can. spectful visitors. DENphotodesk@ Copy Editors his cheese shop Thursday on the far- When an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 Jose Reyneri Castellanos, from El SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Uni- gmail.com Danielle Dellorto distant journey north, Cesar Cabuqui migrants walked into Mapastepec Progreso, Honduras, hung back be- versity of Utah student and track athlete Assistant Photo Sports Designer was ready, handing out scores of on Wednesday, the municipality of hind the rest of the caravan with who was shot and killed on campus by a Editor Dillan Schorfheide homemade bean and cheese sand- 45,000 residents was ready. They had his wife and two young sons to help former boyfriend had filed a police com- Thalia Rouley DENphotodesk@ wiches and bags of water. been following the caravan's progress sweep and tidy up — just as they've plaint against him after she learned he was gmail.com He was far from the only one for days. done at each stop, figuring it will help a sex offender and broke off the relation- moved to help the masses of women, The city government erected tents ensure a continued warm reception as ship, authorities said Tuesday. Sports Editor JJ Bullock men and children as they made their around the main square offering ev- they head north. Investigators had been working to way on foot between the far southern erything from medical attention to "I think it is important to leave the build a case after receiving the report from Assistant Sports Mexican towns of Mapastepec and Pi- donated clothing and baby formula. community and the city clean," Cas- 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey, a senior Editor jijiapan — a 30-mile trek. Local churches offered free showers tellanos said. from Pullman, Washington, universi- Dillan Schorfheide "They are human beings," Cabuqui and set up food distribution points. As the migrants departed before ty police chief Dale Brophy said. He de- Check out our social media: said. "You have to do something to Some 110 migrants slept overnight dawn Thursday, the garbage left be- clined to disclose further details on the re- help them." at the Casa de Cultura, where a wom- hind was neatly gathered around full port. McCluskey was found shot in a car The Daily Eastern News Southern Mexico's Chiapas state is an named Concepcion Ponce Agui- bins or littered the ground in places Monday night near on-campus student home to some of the country's most lar works, and 620 more used its re- where no receptacles were available. housing. Her attacker, 37-year-old Mel- impoverished communities. Yet towns strooms. As the sky brightened, a brigade of vin Rowland, killed himself overnight at dailyeasternnews suddenly faced with an influx of thou- "It is satisfying to have helped volunteers together with city work- a church when police tracked him down sands of people bedding down in them," Aguilar said. 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Attention postmaster: Send address changes to: Jill Felber, expert soloist, musician and teacher in flute, accompanied by daring and musical The Daily Eastern News 1802 Buzzard Hall Eastern Illinois University pianist Diane Frazer, privilege EIU with a guest appearance for a dynamic night of rich music. Charleston, IL 61920 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | NEWS 3 Annual Pemberton Hall Haunted House set for weekend

By Hannah Shillo Ryan said Pemberton’s event proceeds are usual- Staff Reporter | @DEN_News ly donated to HOPE, and “they’ve always been very grateful.” The Pemberton Hall Council will host She said the event is family-friendly, but the story- their annual haunted house from 8 p.m. line will definitely be spooky. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Pem- “We are just students, so it’s not like a real pro- berton Hall. fessional haunted house,” she said. “It is very fami- Admission is $2 per person and all ly-friendly, and everyone is welcome all over campus proceeds from the event will be donated and all over Charleston.” to HOPE of East Central Illinois. Reinhardt said the hall council is predicting a big- Imani Ryan, president of the Pember- ger turnout than usual because volunteer engagement ton Hall council and junior family and has gone up. consumer sciences major, said the council She said typically if there is more volunteer engage- chose the theme “Middleton Manor” to ment, then people will hopefully invite their friends. make it sound like a family name. “The flyers were really spooky, too, so I hope that “It’s going to be like a scary family,” draws more people in,” Reinhardt said. she said. “Each character is going to have She said some might even choose to go through their own personality and back story, and more than once to pick up on more things that were the haunted house will be set up almost not caught the first time around. FILE PHOTO | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS like a house.” Tara Bryan, one of the several actors who helped run the Pemberton Haunted House last year, screams “There will be a lot of little details and there’s a Alana Reinhardt, vice-president of the and pounds on a glass window on Oct. 28, 2017 as part of her scene. story behind it that is more than just jump scares, Pemberton Hall Council and junior pub- screams and scary music,” she said. “You’ll get a per- lic relations major, said there are a solid sonalized experience as you go through.” number of volunteers this year, both from Pemberton who have their own agenda and piece of the story.” see the Pemberton basement in a different way,” she Ryan said this event is something the Pember- Hall and other residences on campus. Reinhardt said the experience will be worthwhile said, “but also give back to an organization that does ton Hall Council takes pride in and is always excit- “Volunteers can choose their own character and re- because in addition to experiencing the haunted so much for this community. Even if it doesn’t direct- ed about. ally get into the creativity of creating a back story for house, the money earned from admission will be do- ly affect you, (HOPE) does so much, so to be able to themselves,” she said. “That makes it fun, not only for nated to HOPE. give back to them in a way that also celebrates the rea- Hannah Shillo can be reached at the people walking through but also the people in it “Have a really good time, celebrate Halloween and son for the season is great.” 581-2812 or [email protected]. Culture of Coffee offers history behind popular beverage By Logan Raschke possible. cause when I was a kid, there was one learning more about the social gathering Metzke said she believes attending Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Marita Metzke, director of the Acad- kind of coffee — just coffee,” she said. aspect of coffee. the Culture of Coffee will be a good emy of Lifelong Learning, said Robert Metzke said there was a terrible freeze “(Coffee) is a social convention,” she learning experience for people because The Culture of Coffee will educate Wilkinson will give a history lesson on in Brazil back in the 70s that almost said. “It has replaced alcohol in some the lessons it provides are important for attendees about the history of coffee and coffee and tea to help attendees under- took the coffee market down, so compa- cases. It helps create a social environ- them to understand the United States tea and how they have become powerful stand how they became cultural phe- nies began marketing coffee to younger ment that doesn’t require going to a bar culture as a whole. objects in American culture at the Café nomenon in the United States. people to generate more sales. or drinking alcohol, which isn’t always “Learning about things like (the cul- in Klehm Hall on Friday. Metzke said she is looking forward This new marketing method may appropriate or welcome.” ture of coffee) teach valuable lessons According to Eastern’s website, the to learning about how the marketing have been the first incident where cof- Metzke said coffee has also become about who we are and what we’re be- event begins at 10 a.m., but seating methods for coffee have shifted over the fee started its shift from a commonplace an ordinary item found in work envi- coming as a society,” she said. is limited to 20 people, so it is impor- years. commodity to a cultural icon for the ronments, and with the exception of its tant to register over the phone with the “I’m especially interested in the United States, she said. obvious energizing qualities, the reason Logan Raschke can be reached at School of Extended Learning as soon as branding and marketing of coffee be- Metzke also said she is interested in for this is not completely clear. 581-2812 or at [email protected].

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Twitter @DEN_news E I U . E D U / S U C C E S S / T U T O R I N G . P H P TheD ai ly Eastern News WWW.DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM 4 OPINIONS Friday, 10.26.18 STAFF EDITORIAL Sinking in seats Verify all information before you attack on social media The recent pipe bomb attacks on public figures has started an online frenzy between the left and the right side of politics. According to The Guardian, the pipe bombs have been sent to high profile democrats Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and George Soros. Also a package was sent to actor Robert De Niro. Since most of the victims in the crime have been high ranking democrats, people have felt the need to say who they believe sent the pipe bombs without LOGAN RASCHKE | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS actually knowing who did it. Currently, there are no suspects in the case, but the New York Times reported that federal authorities believe the bombs originally came from South- ern Florida. There are limits on our compassion People are so upset over the current political situ- ation in the country that they turn anything into a On October 4th of this year, according to Dan- him. political argument and attack people over situations iel Figueroa IV of The Tampa Bay Times, 22-year- I do not know what lead him on this path, and I that as of yet have no results. old Robert Grassano-Mazeika began chatting with a never want to find out. I believe in reconciliation and People tend to forget that politicians were target- 13-year-old on a chat forum. forgiveness, but there are some things that cannot be ed and it could have turned out way worse than it Pretending to be a 17-year-old, Grassano ex- forgotten or forgiven. I pride Eastern and the com- already has. changed graphic pictures, described how he wanted munity fostered in Charleston. These victims fortunately made it out of this sit- to have sex with her, and agreed to meet her at a pool After all, on this campus there are advocates and uation unharmed, and no one cares, they just skew to fulfill his sexual fantasies. allies for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, this attack to their politics. By some stroke of luck and good fortune, an un- racism, prejudice and sexism. There is a food bank to We at The Daily Eastern News feel that you dercover detective was posing as the 13-year-old on- support those who struggle with food insecurity. Pro- should have all of the information verified before line and Grassano was arrested. fessors and graduate assistants will stop at nothing to you start attacking people verbally. He and 12 other men are now facing a total of 58 support and encourage their students. But when it comes to violence and threats, you charges, 57 of which are felonies, according to the ar- ABIGAIL CARLIN Grassano is not a reflection of Eastern or the stu- must put politics aside when public figures and their ticle (“Polk child sex sting arrests include two men dent body. Perhaps that is why he left. families are in danger. who worked at Disney World, one HIV positive I ran into him a few times over the years and it was A part of me feels guilty. I cannot describe it, exact- Federal authorities are putting all of their time man”). His arrest was part of a sting operation called always unpleasant. I cannot say exactly when, but at ly, but one cannot hear a story like this and not feel a and effort into finding the terrorists behind this -at Operation Cyber Guardian, which targeted men in some point he disappeared, and I was glad. Out of pit in their stomach. tack and will try to bring them to justice. Polk County, Florida who were trying to have sex sight and out of mind, Grassano faded into an un- What Grassano did is inexcusable and disgusting, These pipe bomb attacks reassure the American with 13- and 14-year-old children. savory memory that passes my mind from time to but I wish his family and friends comfort in this time. population of the danger that lurks around every Grassano used to go to Eastern. He was in a fra- time. If you or anyone you know feel like you might be corner, and we as a country need to be together and ternity here and he went by “Billy Bob.” He was in That was, until, someone sent me the article. targeted by an online predator, please contact your lo- not separated during these times of terror. the marching band and was friends with my fresh- It is strange to know that there are people out there cal police department. So before you go to social media to attack people man roommate, countless people on my floor and we in the world who want to do harm onto others. Gras- There are some very dangerous people out there, over politics, get the whole story first. knew each other (not well, by any means, but I knew sano, as I knew him, was not someone I necessari- even people who walk amongst us in the world, and him). ly trusted, but I could never have imagined that he all we can do is try and keep each other safe. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of However, after my first semester on campus I would become a predator of 13-year-olds. the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News. made it known that I did not want him around me, Who could have ever predicted that? For heaven’s Abigail Carlin can be reached at nor did I want to be anywhere where he might be. sake, he was a music education major when I knew 581-2812 or [email protected]. I disagree, Trump does exhibit facist behavior

One of the benefits of a diverse newsroom is, you But what is nationalism? It’s just taking pride in For those following along at home, president for guessed it, diversity of opinion. At the DEN we have one’s country, right? Well, if you were born under life is a fancy way of saying dictator. But one exam- progressives, conservatives and a whole bunch of cen- a rock, and only had access to Webster’s dictionary, ple of totalitarianism isn’t enough. Yale author Jason trists who are desperately trying to hide their non-af- then yes, nationalism would mean patriotism in the Stanley lays it out plainly. Namely, that Trump’s wor- filiation. same way “bitch” means female dog. You would have ship of a mythic past, sowing of racial and national I respect those who articulate their beliefs in good to be incredibly naive or ignorant not to understand discord, and his attack on the media, all represent au- faith, even if I hold the opinion that not all beliefs are the greater connotations. thoritarian and fascist tendencies. His endorsement of equal, or even valid. This allows for discussion, which Nationalism is a populist movement that prizes populist leaders and dangerous sectors of finance cap- is always better than apathy or blind compliance. Re- homogeneous culture and purpose. Nationalists are ital are also damming. cently, a DEN columnist wrote a piece denying that COLIN ROBERTS protectionists, and prize their nation above all oth- Glorying America’s past is harmless, unless you’re Trump was a fascist. It was well-written, and came more than they already do. His supporters have made ers. This might appeal to certain readers, but as any- Native American, African American, Chinese Amer- from a place of good faith. the choice to accept the evil for the possible victories. one who’s ever felt different can attest, state-spon- ican, Irish American, Italian American, Hispanic It also confused me. But maybe you’re of the opinion that Trump isn’t a sored conformity policies are terrifying. And when American or from anywhere in the Middle East. For Of course Trump is a fascist. I was surprised we fascist. Maybe you’d consider that unacceptable, even “Our Way” becomes “Our Way at the Expense of those people, America’s past isn’t as comfortable. And were having this conversation in late 2018. It’s like for him. I’m surprised, but I’ll humor the idea. Your Way,” well, that’s how we get kiddie detainment sowing political and racial discord is the path to liter- discussing Bill Cosby’s character; we should all be on Let’s tackle the most topical component of this ar- camps on the Texas border, the erasure of Trans peo- ally every authoritarian power-grab of the 20th cen- the same page by now. Or at least, I thought we were. gument. (Seinfeld voice) wHaT’s tHe dEaL wItH ple and forced-education policies for Native Ameri- tury. More importantly, I assumed that Trump’s supporters NATIONALISM? Or, if you didn’t know, what does can populations. But maybe you don’t care about se- Now, again, my whole argument is that yes, accepted his fascism as an unfortunate, but necessary it mean that Trump recently admitted to being a na- mantics because you don’t understand the power of Trump is a fascist, but more importantly, you sup- component of his platform. tionalist? words. That’s fine. Let’s look at some other cases of porters know that, and I assumed accepted it along This is going to be the crux of my argument: Way, way back in the day, about two years ago, it Trump’s fascist ideology manifesting. with all the other traits. He’s a Mobutu, but he’s Trump supporters, you’ve already accepted he’s an was widely agreed that nationalism was bad. Even its Back in March, China removed the term-limits of YOUR Mobutu. So don’t reject the label. Will Amer- abrasive populist, nativist and finance capitalist, but milder cousin patriotism was under scrutiny for the President Xi Jinping, effectively allowing him to re- ica go authoritarian? Hopefully not, but our country’s fascism is where you draw the line? What? post 9-11 jingoism war-mongering that led to our main president for life. Oh, China, you so wacky! pilot sure does love the ideology. Maybe don’t buy a He’s the leader of the “Screw You!” party, and his Middle East Forever Wars. Recently, nationalism has Anyway, let’s look at what Trump said when he was ticket. With any luck, the next champion of econom- values are a package deal. You shouldn’t accept part been associated with white supremacy and the far told the news: ic anxiety will be a little less … well, fascist. but deny the whole. At this point, we all have a good right. But go a little further back, and you’ll find that “I think it’s great, maybe we’ll want to give it a shot Colin Roberts can be reached at idea of who he is. The resistance can’t revile him any nationalism caused two World Wars. someday,” 581-2812 or [email protected]. Editorial Board Editor- in-Chief Managing Editor News Editor Opinions Editor Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Photo Editor Assistant Photo Editor Analicia Haynes Kristen Ed Brooke Schwartz Andrew Paisley JJ Bullock Dillan Schorfheide Jordan Boyer Thalia Rouley FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | NEWS 5 Professor helps to promote healthy environment

By Madelyn Loellke harmless, approachable, easy to identify Staff Reporter | @DEN_News and provide a great connection to the rest of the environment. Biology professor Paul Switzer is “If you want the pretty adult butter- bringing a new eco-awareness movement flies, you need to provide the right plants to campus that will help the environ- for them and for their caterpillars, avoid ment as well as the butterfly population. using pesticides, and so on,” he said. The movement is called the “Urban “We aren’t just creating butterfly gar- Butterfly Initiative” and Switzer said he dens, we’re changing our cities into but- learned about it after taking a trip to In- terfly cities by integrating butterfly hab- dia last year and said the initiative is a itat throughout cities. Hopefully, get- community service project that is help- ting people to notice and care about but- ing make urban green spaces more “eco- terflies will help them care about nature logically-functional.” more broadly … everybody loves butter- In other words, it focuses on creating flies.” habitats that serve a function for nature, Switzer said he believes Urban Butter- rather than simply being green. fly was designed to be a simple but easy He said instead of planting non-na- way for people of all availabilities to be- tive turf grass everywhere, which requires come involved and create an opportuni- a lot of maintenance and serves very little ty for studies. purpose for the environment, it is possi- Even on Eastern’s campus, particular- SUBMITTED PHOTO | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS ble to create beautiful, native landscapes ly the garden in the Library Quad and at A monarch butterfly is perched on top of a flower outside of Buzzard Hall. Biology professor Paul Switzer is that help the environment. Lake Charleston, there have already been working with students and the community to help promote a healthy environment and help butterflies as well. He said after seeing its effectiveness 36 different types of butterflies spotted in its pilot projects over in the state of — a success that has Switzer and all of Andhra Pradesh, he could not help but the participants quite excited over their to let (the Urban Butterfly Initiative) be work with. It’s been fun to experience ev- hope to continue developing their cur- think about bringing the idea back across rapid growth, he said. a part of that project and bring the idea eryone’s willingness to take a chance and rent projects and also planning new ar- the world to Eastern, and as a professor “I expected it to grow, but it’s grown into the city itself,” he said. try something different in our commu- eas. Those areas include looking into cre- he wanted to get his students involved. much faster than I had thought it would Switzer also said the communal team- nity,” he said. ating some habitat on campus and look- “I love bugs, I love plants, I love teach- right off the bat. But that speed is ener- work was paramount to the success and For the rest of 2018, those involved ing for more opportunities to involve ing and I love science. The Urban Butter- gizing and I love keeping the momen- thanked all the partners including EIU in the initiative will be planting seeds students. fly Initiative seemed like a great way to tum,” he said. Earth Wise, the City of Charleston, Fox in many of the sites, so those seeds can “Ultimately, I hope people start plac- combine all of those into something that Some of that growth was also because Ridge Foundation and the staff at Fox sprout next spring and start becoming a ing an extremely high value on a healthy could benefit the community and na- of good timing. Ridge State Park and the Charleston Li- new habitat. environment,” Switzer said. ture,” Switzer said. “The city of Charleston has been do- brary. They will also be focused on remov- He said the initiative focuses on but- ing great things out at Lake Charleston “All these people and groups have ing invasive species in the woodland at Madelyn Loellke can be reached at terflies too because they are beautiful, the past few years, and they were willing been really supportive and fantastic to the library and in 2019, Switzer said they 581-2812 or [email protected].

» SCAMS ployer” and then they are told to keep the Medina said when a student walks up bounces, it’s hard to help yourself,” Medi- to understand the severity of fraudulent rest of the money. to the counter with a big check and is is- na said. “You’re on the hook for all those checks, which is why she reached out to CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Medina said those who respond to the sued from a company they do not recog- purchases.” UPD. email give out their information such as nize, the bank tellers will ask them where At that point, after the check bounc- Medina said the goal is to host semi- Medina said from Oct. 1 through Oct. their address and receive a check a few they got the check from, and she said 90 es, the student becomes responsible for nars or lectures to help inform students 16 the bank received nine fraudulent days later. The fake checks have the same percent of the students will tell her while the money that was on the check (i.e. not just of these potential frauds but of checks from those who bank with U.S. security features, the same watermarks, the others are a little hesitant. $1,000) and they have to pay that money everything they need to know when it Bank and those who do not. are printed with familiar banks such as Unfortunately, those who do tell her back to the bank. comes to their finances. She said ulti- The checks are a result of a more pop- PNC, Chase or even U.S. Bank on them, share the same story: they received the Medina said what often happens is mately what students need to do is ask ular scam, which Medina and Williams but Medina said the prints that banks use check from a person claiming to have that the student ends up with a negative for help. She recommended flagging the said is an employment scam. and therefore the scammers use can be worked at Eastern and need an assistant balance and they are reported for fraud, email and verifying it with the student Someone (they do not know a source purchased at any office supply store. to handle their personal finances. something she said follows students their employment office. because it is hard to trace) sends students Although the checks look real, Medina Medina said they try to determine whole lives. “I’m always willing to help,” she said, an email with a job offer and tells them pointed out several red flags that are com- whether the check is fake and therefore “It’s tough,” Medina said, warning of asking students to come to her or the that they will send them a check for typi- monly found on these fake checks that try to help the students before they get the harm a bounced check worth that U.S. Bank tellers with a suspicious check. cally more than $1,000. include anything form clear typos like into trouble, but when it does get depos- much money can do to a person’s finan- The one thing she wants students to The student is then instructed to de- spelling or having two different amounts ited, that is where the problem becomes cial status. remember: “Nobody is giving you free posit the check, spend a certain amount written on the check to something a lit- hard to get out of. She said it affects financial aid, cred- money.” of money on gift cards for instance (and it tle harder to catch like having two strang- “Once you deposit the check and do it scores or whether or not someone can is usually hundreds of dollars worth of gift ers bring in two separate checks but those what they’re asking you do, once you take out a loan. Analicia Haynes can be reached at cards), send those gift cards to the “em- checks are in numerical order. spend the money from that check and it Ultimately, she said she wants students 581-2812 or [email protected].

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So it’s not something that they’re just going to get The Eastern football team and its Sat- well over night.” urday opponent Eastern Kentucky are Dameron continued and said, “To me trending in very different directions this against us what I think they’ll try to do is season. take the air out of the ball, run the foot- Where Eastern is a pass-first team that ball, keep the ball, keep the clock rolling, has struggled to run the ball this season, make sure that we’re not on the field and the Colonels deploy a four-running back, then play great defense.” power-run offense that completes just 48 The passing game has been an issue for percent of its passes. Eastern Kentucky this season. The Col- Eastern is a team that rarely turns the onels average just 113 passing yards per ball over on offense: Starting quarterback game and have just five passing touch- Johnathan Brantley has yet to throw an downs this season. interception this season, and Eastern Ken- The Colonels have tried three differ- tucky prides itself on a secondary that ent quarterbacks this season in an effort to loves to force turnovers. remedy the anemic numbers of the pass- Eastern is coming off a 24-21 over- ing game, but none of them have shelled time win over Tennessee-Martin, one that out great results. Dakota Allen has started boosted morale for the upcoming week six games, but is completing just 50 per- in a big way, and Eastern Kentucky is still cent of his passes, and has just one touch- reeling from a 34-6 drubbing at the hands down and one interception this season. of Murray State, after which the program Austin Scott has been even worse, fired its offensive coordinator. completing 44 percent of his passes, When Eastern is up, Eastern Kentucky throwing three touchdowns and six in- is down. Where the Panthers throw the terceptions. Alphonso Howard was also ball, the Colonels run. One team wears a dud at quarterback, completing just 31 blue, the other sports red. percent of his passes. BRYAN BUND | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS What these two teams do share is an Eastern quarterback Johnathan Brantley breaks a tackle on his way to scrambling for a 16-yard touchdown on “They’re a run-first offense and they identical two conference wins this season, Oct. 20 at O’Brien Field. His touchdown tied the Panthers’ game against Tennessee-Martin at 14, the Panthers have a really good group of running backs and the need to extend that number to would go on to win 24-21 in overtime. and they’ve shown that they can be explo- three after Saturday. sive at times and they just haven’t had the Eastern Kentucky’s offense was able to best game on Saturday. tucky is that its offensive backfield can do 4th and 2nd in the OVC in rushing consistency at the quarterback position or muster just six points against a Murray "I don’t know how the change in of- a lot of damage if they are not contained, yards, respectively. whatever to be able to sustain that,” Dam- State defense which has had a knack for fensive coordinators or who is calling the and Eastern’s defense is giving up 228 “Scott has been the one over the eron said. giving up lots of points this season, and plays or whatever will affect them offen- rushing yards per game, the second-most past couple of weeks that has been re- Eastern and Eastern Kentucky play at with that the Colonels let go of their of- sively, that’s something we’re going to have in the Ohio Valley Conference. ally good,” Dameron said. “But they’re 12 p.m. Saturday in Richmond, Ky. fensive coordinator. to see as we go into the game," Damer- Eastern Kentucky will utilize, for the good in the offensive line and they com- But, Eastern head coach Kim Damer- on said. most part, the duo of running backs L.J. mit to the run, that’s what they do, and JJ Bullock can be reached at on is expecting to see Eastern Kentucky’s What is known about Eastern Ken- Scott and Daryl McCleskey, who rank they don’t try to be a big passing team and 581-2812 or [email protected]. Men's soccer hosts final home match against Fort Wayne

By Dillan Schorfheide ern’s goal. In all of last season, Eastern scored 10 The first of the Panthers’ final two While Fort Wayne is at the bottom of Assistant Sports Editor | @Eiu_journalist Kris Luke supplied Eastern’s lone goals. With Luke’s goal, his second this conference matchups is against Fort the conference in goals allowed, it is only goal of the match, which came in the season, the Panthers eclipsed last season’s Wayne Saturday, which is Eastern’s last one goal behind conference-leading Den- Just days after its best offensive perfor- 56th minute. Alex Castaneda took a free total with its 11th goal scored. home match of the year. ver (34) in goals scored on the season. mance of the season, Eastern’s men’s soc- kick for Eastern, which Luke headed in. Luke’s goal also ties him for the sec- Fort Wayne is Eastern’s most imme- The Mastodons also average 12.1 cer team had one of its lowest shooting Luke’s goal tied the match for Eastern, af- ond-leading scorer on the team with diate threat in the conference standings, shots per game, and they average 2.06 performances of the season. ter Milwaukee scored early in the 18th Shady Omar, while Christian Sosnowski as the Mastodons (three points) are two goals scored per game. Against Oral Roberts on Saturday, the minute. leads Eastern with three goals. points behind Eastern and currently oc- Eastern’s match is scheduled to start at Panthers fired off 19 total shots, with 14 Milwaukee ended up taking the victo- Now at 3-8-4, Eastern’s remaining two cupy the final postseason spot. 2 p.m. Saturday at Lakeside Field. of them being shot on target. ry five and a half minutes into overtime matches are conference battles against The Mastodons have given up the Fast forward to Tuesday, Eastern only off a header goal. Fort Wayne and Omaha, and to secure most goals in the conference, and they Dillan Schorfheide can be reached at had three shots in the match, but two of But the significance of Luke’s goal goes a spot in the conference tournament, the give up an average of 15 shots per match, 581-2812 or [email protected]. them were shots on goal, including East- beyond tying the match temporarily. Panthers will need to score goals. and 1.75 goals per game.

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The Eastern women’s soccer team will take the field on Sunday in OVC Tournament play for the first time since 2013. The Panthers are the three seed, and they will be hosting either six seeded Belmont or seventh seeded Southeast Missouri, who play on Friday. Both Belmont and Southeast Missouri already played at Lake- side Field this season, and each earned a win. Belmont beat the Panthers 3-1 on Sept. 28 and Southeast Mis- souri won 1-0 in overtime on Oct. 11. Eastern head coach Jake Plant said that the team is confident in their ability to compete with either team. “We would argue that we played very well in those games and still lost,” Plant said. “The girls want to make sure they play well and win.” He also said that the team will look to learn from the past matchups, no matter which team advances. “We’ll look into what they did well against us and see if we can counteract that,” Plant said. The match against Belmont was closer than the score indicates. Two of Belmont’s goals came on good individual plays. Their first goal came directly from a corner kick by junior Ka- meron Ziesig. Their third came off of a well- struck free kick from just outside the box by sophomore Paige ADAM TUMINO | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Hewitt. Sarah DeWolf chases down a Southeast Missouri ball-handler in the Panthers’ 1-0 overtime loss to the Redhawks on Oct. 11. Eastern is 6-7-5 this season Against Southeast Missouri, and hosts a tournament game on Sunday. Eastern outshot the Redhawks 13- 5. But Southeast Missouri goal- feel confident against the top two year, as they went 9-0-1 in confer- can compete with and play every- it. Qualifying is nice, but we want keeper Bailey Redden made five seeds, Tennessee-Martin and Mur- ence play. body.” to win it.” saves in regulation. She led the ray State. “(Tennessee-Martin) went un- After finishing in either 10th The match on Sunday will be- OVC with a save percentage of Eastern lost to the second seed defeated, but the only team to or 11th place each of the last four gin at 1 p.m. at Lakeside Field. .829 this year. Murray State 2-1 on Sept. 21. take points away from them and seasons, Plant said the program is The Redhawks’ leading scorer They played top seeded Tennes- the only team to shut them out excited to be back in the tourna- Adam Tumino can be reached at Esmie Gonzales scored the game- see-Martin to a scoreless draw on was us,” Plant said. “The girls ment, and hope to make a run. 581-2812 or [email protected]. winning goal in overtime. Sept. 30. take tremendous confidence from “The girls really earned their If Eastern wins their match on It was the only OVC match that, and they know we can do spot,” he said. “I’m proud of Sunday and advances, they also Tennessee-Martin did not win this that against anybody. We know we them, but this team wants to win Opportunity ahead this weekend for volleyball combined for 60 digs that match, Tom O’Connor perked up a defense that has per- Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports "If people are overestimating everyone in our conference you are mitted the second-highest op- going to get beat. Every one of our opponnents does a really good ponent hitting percentage in the For coach Julie Allen and the conference. Eastern volleyball team, the tim- job fighting and pushing through, and I think that’s how we ... are This quartet of Belmont de- ing could not be drawn up any fenders? better. able to sneak some matches." Seniors Haley Sullivan and Well, at least in some respects. Julie Allen, head coach Maggie Mullins, in conjunction Belmont, the second-worst with freshmen Taylor Floyd and team in the Ohio Valley Confer- Peyton Kelley, shouldered much ence, will be next up on Eastern’s to sneak some matches.” ly well-conditioned team. Not and five days earlier. of the responsibility for three itinerary, which, unfortunately for Although the Panthers are sit- only does our strength coach work The issues, Allen said, stem straight Bruins’ wins to seal the the Panthers, does not get any less ting right in front of Tennessee them out so that they are lifting from the team’s youth, as well as match. complicated in November. Tech, who are just one game be- well, but their conditioning level some unbridled anxiety. It was only after a five-point But, all the same, the Panthers hind them in the standings, East- is done well.” “With each game we get a lit- loss in set two that Belmont began admittedly embrace a consistent ern is in search of some personal This protracted effort for a tle bit better; we are not getting to reshuffle its approach. mindset, regardless of wheth- space. playoff spot, to put it lightly, has blown out,” Allen said. “We com- Like few other moments this er they are sharing the court with The Panthers have been strad- not wounded their self-assurances peted through it. We have just got season, the Bruins were able to first place Austin Peay, or, on the dling the fringes of postseason el- of extending the season well into to keep practicing and believing diagnose the issues that plagued opposite end of the continuum, igibility for quite some time, re- November. that what we have done in the past them most, as the Bruins ban- Eastern Kentucky. maining a half-game back of Jack- It is considered a rather tenable needs to stick through, as opposed daged up the defensive deficien- “If people are overestimating sonville State. and pragmatic target for Allen, de- to any kind of change.” cies in the first and second sets, everyone in our conference you Putting forth a constant, ani- spite a 3-2 loss to Southern Illi- The Panthers aspire to repro- namely their inability to temper are going to get beat,” said East- mated effort on a nightly basis, nois Edwardsville. duce their triumphs from last the Tigers’ scoring runs. ern head coach Julie Allen. “Every without getting fatigued, can be a Similar to the Panthers’ losses weekend, when they host Belmont one of our opponents does a real- trial for Eastern, especially in the to South Dakota State and South- at home on Saturday. Tom O’Connor can be reached at ly good job fighting and pushing midst of a playoff push. east Missouri, Eastern stammered In the fifth set of a 3-2 victo- 581-2812 or [email protected]. through, and I think that’s how “This conference is tough,” in the deciding fifth set to SIUE, ry on Tennessee State, a group of we, as well as other ones, are able Allen said. “But we have a real- the same team it swept a month four Belmont players, all of whom