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Eastern Illinois University The Keep September 2012 9-11-2012 Daily Eastern News: September 11, 2012 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2012_sep Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: September 11, 2012" (2012). September. 6. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2012_sep/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2012 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in September by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” Tuesday THEDAILY SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 VOLUME 97 | No. 16 EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CHARLESTON, ILL. DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM EastErn nEws TWITTER.COM/DEN_NEWS Today is still important, Team prepares for conference remember it schedule Page 4 Page 8 Greeks rep their letters FAMILY WEEKEND REO Speedwagon tickets on sale By Samantha McDaniel Daily Editor REO Speedwagon will be entertaining the attendants of the 2012 Family Weekend on Sept. 29. The Family Weekend Concert will take place at 8 p.m. on Sept. 29 in Lantz Arena. Ceci Brinker, the director of the Student Life Office, said the tickets went on sale to the public on Monday, but the parents have had the opportunity to pre-order tickets for about a month. “We try to give parents a little time to re- quest their tickets,” Brinker said. Brinker said now that parents have had a little more than a month to request tickets, she thought it would be a good time to let the public purchase them. Brinker said there are 3,500 tickets over- all for the concert. She said about half of those have been sold. “We are very optimistic that this show will be sold out,” Brinker said. Tickets are available for $27 over the phone or in person at the Ticket Office in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The ticket office will accept cash, checks, Visa or MasterCard. Brinker said REO Speedwagon was MIRANDA PLOSS | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS picked for the concert after random surveys Members of Gamma Chi reveal their sorority affiliation during Sorority Bid Day Monday on the Library Quad while new pledge classes and of parents, students and faculty. current sorority members cheer them on. Gamma Chi is an organization composed of members from various sororities who come together in Brinker said when they narrowed the list order to inform and asset girls through the rush process. The Gamma Chi have to keep their affiliation hidden from the new Greek recruits in of potential performers to five, they looked order to avoid a bias during recruitment. at the availability and cost. Brinker said REO Speedwagon is from CAMPUS Central Illinois, and she thinks it was a great idea to have them perform this year. “Family Weekend is just such a special weekend on our campus,” Brinker said. Career Services offers Mock Interview Day “This is the time where Eastern’s family and students’ families come together.” got a variety to come participate. This is the second time REO Speedwag- Eastern students These include: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, on has performed at Eastern. The first per- “We ask recruiters should take advantage Northwestern Mutual, RR Donnelley, Total formance was in 2007. to come in and do Quality Logistics and Westville Community Brinker said because they have had them of practice interview Unit School District. here before, they know what their different the mock interviews “They will see any majors, not just ma- technology needs are and will be able to ac- By Robyn Dexter jors specific to their employer,” she said. commodate them better. In-depth Editor with the students. “They can help anybody.” REO Speedwagon is a rock band made Endsley said the sessions usually fill up up of five members. Kevin Cronin, lead As a part of Career Week, Career Servic- They can get that quickly, and reservations are required. The vocals, guitarist and keyboardist, has been es is offering a chance for students to expe- more realistic feel recruiters will work with the students for a the face of REO Speedwagon for about 40 rience the interviewing process in a stress- 45-minute session. years. free environment. of what it’s like to In addition to the Mock Interview Day, The other members of the band include The Mock Interview Day, which will last the remainder of the week will feature other guitarist Dave Amato, bass guitarist Bruce from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Career Servic- sit across from a events to help students further their careers. Hall, keyboardist Neal Doughty, and drum- es Office at the Human Services Building “Everything this week is leading up to mer Bryan Hitt. Tuesday, will give students the opportunity hiring manager.” our career fair next week on Sept. 19,” End- Brinker said she is excited to see how par- to practice their interviewing skills. Debbie Endsley, recruitment sley said. ents react to the concert. Debbie Endsley, the recruitment coordi- coordinator at Career Services Two résumé blitz sessions will be avail- “It’s an opportunity for families, who are nator at Career Services, said the Mock In- able to help students with their résumé for- familiar with the music, to take a trip down terview Day is something Career Services mats on Thursday and Monday, both from memory lane,” Brinker said. “During our does every semester. tion,” she said. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Family Weekend concerts, parents get up “We ask recruiters to come in and do the Endsley said the recruiters could also give “We’ll make sure they’re all ready to go and dance.” mock interviews with the students,” she feedback on body language and other as- for the job fair,” Endsley said. Brinker said they like to find groups that said. “They can get that more realistic feel pects of the interviewing process. In addition to the résumé blitz sessions, are liked by all the different generations. of what it’s like to sit across from a hiring “It’s a great way for students to get prac- there will be job fair prep sessions from 4 “Their music never gets old,” Brink- manager.” tice and gain confidence with the interview p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and from 5 er said. “There is a new generation of stu- She said the recruiters will ask the stu- process instead of just starting off out of p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 18. dents, college-aged students. Their music dents a variety of questions that they would the blue,” she said. “It’s good for students The Job Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 has come full circle with who listens to it.” be asked in a real job-interviewing situa- to be able to ease their way into it.” p.m. on Sept. 19 in the Grand Ballroom tion. After the recruiters give feedback to the of the Martin Luther King Jr. University “The recruiters will give them valuable students they are interviewing, the students Union. Samantha McDaniel can feedback and advice about their respons- will have the opportunity to ask the recruit- be reached at 581-2812 es and things they could maybe word a lit- er questions they may not have answered. Robyn Dexter can or [email protected]. tle differently, as well as what the recruiters She said the office sends out emails ask- be reached at 581-2812 are really looking for when they ask a ques- ing for recruiter volunteers, and this year or [email protected]. THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 2 DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM N o. 16, VOLUME 97 LOCAL EIU weather TODAY WEDNESDAY Dogs to receive obedience training By Amanda Wilkinson Betty Hargis said she wanted Staff Reporter to bring like-minded dog owners together because it makes them Once a week for seven weeks, a feel more comfortable. group of dog owners plan to meet “Putting everyone together of based on what kind of dog they have like breeds, they tend to mesh Sunny Mostly Sunny High: 84° to teach them commands. better,” Hargis said. “Many High: 87° These meetings are the “Bully Ba- times, other owners are not al- Low: 58° Low: 60° sic Obedience” class taught by local ways kind (to bully breed dogs).” For more weather visit castle.eiu.edu/weather. dog trainer Betty Hargis. Tiffany McSparran, a junior The class will teach bully-breed biological sciences major, said ONLINE dogs basic skills like recall, sit, come, she hears of people being mauled walk nicely and greet. by dogs, mainly bully breeds, all Hear how Eastern The class starts on Sept. 20 and the time on the news. students are still runs until Nov. 8. It will meet at McSparran said she would affected by 9/11. 7:15 p.m. Thursdays at the dog train- consider getting a bully-breed Check out our video at ing facility, 918 17th St. puppy but not an older one the dailyeasternnews. Other classes being offered include from a shelter. agility classes, general basic obedi- “It’s how you raise it,” Mc- com. AMANDA WILKINSON | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS ence, swimming, canine good citizen Sparran said. (Left to Right) Lindsay Wilson, a counselor at EIU's Counseling Center, and and puppy socialization. Hargis, who owns a bully- Kailyn Wilson walk Sadie and Sam on Lincoln Avenue Monday. Ellen Johnson, a certified dog breed dog, said the breed gets a CORRECTION trainer in Charleston, said basic train- bad reputation for not being good Having a class that teaches dogs “It’s the people that create the ing for every dog is a must.