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Eastern Illinois University The Keep April 2010 4-23-2010 Daily Eastern News: April 23, 2010 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2010_apr Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: April 23, 2010" (2010). April. 17. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2010_apr/17 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2010 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in April by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Friday THE DAILY APRIL 23, 2010 VOLUME 94 | No. 142 EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CHARLESTON, ILL. Ea s t E r n n E w s DENNEWS.COM Take a tour through Softball blows four-run Eastern’s tunnel system lead against Sycamores Page 5 Page 12 SERVICE CAMPUS Memorial held for former students Service Day tries to breaks Service honors three students stereotypes who were killed in March accident Volunteers needed By Siedah Parham to help serve the Staff Reporter community A memorial service took place By Kate Kelleher Thursday for three former interna- Staff Reporter tional students at the Commemo- rative Courtyard between McAfee More than 300 volunteers are hoping for the Gymnasium and the Gregg Triad. rain to stay away for the eighth annual Panther The service was a dedication Service Day Saturday. Students, staff and alum- to the lives of Anusha Anumolu, ni will lend a helping hand to Charleston and Anitha Lakshimi Veerapaneni and Mattoon communities in more than 20 volun- Priya Darshini Muppavarapu, who teer opportunities. lost their lives March 21, 2009 in a Alison Mormino, student body president at two-car collision near St. Louis. All the time, created Panther Service Day in 2002. three were graduate students pur- Mormino, who has since returned to Eastern as suing a master’s degree in technol- a development director, wanted to improve the ogy and were international students relationship between Eastern students and mem- from India. bers of the community through acts of service. Friends, co-workers and faculty When Panther Service Day began eight years members gathered around as candles ago, it mainly involved volunteer acts of picking were lit in honor of the students, KIM VINCENT | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS up trash or painting houses. and a tribute was given from close Family and Friends pay their respects to the three Eastern Illinois University Students, Anusha Anumolu, Rachel Fisher, from the offices of Student friend and a fellow graduate interna- Anita Lakshmi Veerapaneni and Priya Darshini Muppavarpu, who were tragically killed in a car acccident in Community Service, serves as the director of tional student, Anupama Makine- March. Panther Service Day. ni. Makineni also read a letter sent “Over eight years (the service day) continues from India, written by Priya Darshi- the tree. jor, said she felt the ceremony was a a close friend to the three women, to morph and adapt to the needs of the commu- ni’s father. Even students who never had the great way to celebrate the lives of the was also was pleased with the service. nity,” Fisher said. After a moment of silence, friends opportunity to meet the three wom- three women. She said she had not She reminisced on times she went to Student government has made efforts to make placed yellow and white flower pet- en paid homage and showed support met them but she has overheard staff the gym with Veerapaneni and of the service day more appealing to students. This als in a basket and then made their for their friends. in the Office of International Stu- Muppavarupu making her pies. year, students are able to choose from several way to a grassy area between Lantz “I never met any of them, but I dents and Scholars mentioning how “They were always full of ener- volunteer opportunities, including elderly care Arena and Stevenson Hall to view was told about the incident through outgoing and joyful they were. gy and joyful,” Mungala said. “I SERVICE, page 7 the yellow magnolia tree that was a co-worker that had the chance to “The memorial service was real- had great experiences with each of planted in memory of the former work with them in dining services,” ly great,” Chandra said. “People al- them.” students. said Alejandra Saldivar, a sophomore ways talked about the hospitality EVENT A marbleized brick and a sketched foreign language major. that they shared.” Siedah Parham can be picture of the three women with Keerthi Chandra, an international Swetha Munagala, a graduate stu- reached at 581-7942 4K run to raise their names engraved lies in front of graduate student and chemistry ma- dent and technology major, who was or [email protected]. awareness on STUDENT GOVERNMENT Students lobby in Springfield self-defense Money raised is donated By Sarah Ruholl toward scholarship Administration Editor in McNamara’s name Thirteen students from the Stu- dent Action Team traveled to By Steven Puschmann Springfield Thursday for College Staff Reporter Student Lobby Day at the Capitol building. The 4K Run for Shannon McNamara will be The group, led by Eric Wilber, held to raise awareness on self defense. student executive vice president, This is the seventh year of the Run for Shan- spoke to legislators about stopping non McNamara, who was murdered in the sum- cuts to higher education, funding mer of 2001 while attending Eastern. the MAP Grant and releasing the The Kinesiology Sports Honors Club, who nearly $25 million the universi- wished to raise money in Shannon’s name, start- ty is owed in general revenue pay- ed the run in 2002. The money that is donated ments. for the run goes toward a scholarship in Shan- Students also spoke with Rep. non’s name. The minimum required to donate Chapin Rose and Sen. Dale Right- and register for the run is $12, but people can er, who stressed that the decisions donate more. being made about Illinois’s future Megan Patterson, a senior kinesiology major, will come in affect when this gen- is the head of Alpha Phi sorority, which Shan- eration of college students are ful- non belonged to. ly-grown. “All the girls who are a part of the Alpha Phi “Nobody has more at stake in sorority will be participating and donating $12 what’s going on in this building to- each,” Patterson said. “This is for a great cause day than you do,” Righter said. and registration is still open and people can even register on the day of the event.” Sarah Ruholl can be reached SARAH RUHOLL | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS McNamara’s death has played a significant at 581-7942 Members of the Student Action Team met with Rep. Chapin Rose and Sen. Dale Righter in the Capitol role in security and precautions around Eastern. or [email protected] Building in Springfield on Thursday morning. RUN, page 7 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010 2 DENNEWS.COM NO . 142, VOLUME 94 WEATHER TODAY 04.23.10 Friday ENTERTAINMENT HIGH Scattered showers and 'South Park' producers say thunderstorms for the majority of the day today, 68° with temperatures in the network cut fear speech upper 60s. The showers and LOW thunderstorms should By The Associated Press depicting him in a bear costume. continue for the majority of The group said it wasn't threatening the weekend, mostly likely NEW YORK- Producers of"South Parker and Stone, but it included a grue­ 55° coming to an end by Park" said Thursday that Comedy Central some picrure ofTheo Van Gogh, a Dutch Monday. Temperatures next removed a speech about intimidation and filmmaker killed by a Muslim extrem­ week start off cool but warm fear from their shCJ~oV after a radical Muslim ist in 2004, and said the producers could up toward next weekend. group warned that they could be killed for meet the same fate. The website posted insulting the Prophet Muhammad. the addresses of Comedy Central's New It came during about seconds York office and the California production WEATHER TOMORROW 35 of dialogue between the cartoon char­ studio where "South Park" is made. Saturday acters of Kyle, Jesus Christ and Santa Despite that, Parker and Stone in­ Showers & T-Stonns Claus that was bleeped out. cluded the Muhammad character in High: 74° '1twasn't some meta-joke on our fX'II4" this week's episode. Muhammad ap­ Low:58° producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone said peared with his body obscured by a Comedy Central declined to comment. black box, since Muslims consider a Sunday Earlier this week, the radical group physical representation of their prophet Showers & T-Stonns Revolution Muslim said on its website to be blasphemous. When the bear cos­ High:65° Low:sso that "South Park" had insulted their tume was removed, it was revealed to prophet during last week's episode by be Santa Claus. For more weather information: www.eiu.edu/'weather BLOTTER CAMPUS BRIEFS A black Chevrolet was reported dam­ Tuesday while parked at an unknown aged Sunday while parked near Pem­ location, the UPD said. Pantherstock to berton Hall, the University Police De­ parrment said. A possible theft was reported Tues­ showcase local day in Coleman Hall. The incident is 0 0 A cannabis complaint was reported under investigation, the UPD said. musicians Sunday at University Court. The inci­ Pantherstock, a concert showcase part of Cele­ dent was referred to the Office of Stu­ A cannabis complaint was reported bration, will begin at 11:30 a.m. today in the Li­ dent Standards, the UPD said.

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