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JANUARY 28, 2011 DENNEWS.COM EastErn nEws TWITTER.COM/DENNEWS SECTION ENTERTAINMENT ARTS AND WEEKLY NEWS’ EASTERN THE DAILY Verge covers unique Swansey strikes again, VNOT YOUR ORDINARY RSO STUDENTS FIND NICHE IN GROUPS and exciting RSOs succeeds Section B Page 8 STUDENT GOVERNMENT CITY Senators to attend conference Former RSO STORIESpage 3B Boyd also expressed a lot of en- is very high. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE HARRY POTTER RSO, THE EIU VIDEOGAMERS, HELLO DALI AND DRAMTYK XPRESSIONS Students thusiasm concerning the confer- “I know that I will come back Charleston share ideas on ence’s necessity. “I know that from this conference refreshed and “I think that attending this con- I will come reenergized to work harder on be- government ference is very necessary because we half of Eastern Illinois University,” resident cannot improve our student gov- back from this Samples said. By Jacob Swanson ernment unless we have a steady Each of the delegates already Staff Reporter amount of new, fresh ideas,” Boyd conference sees themselves able to improve our said. campus. honored Student government will be COSGA is hosted by Texas refreshed and “When I first joined student sending a group of senators to A&M University. The first COS- government, I wanted to make a Conference on Student Govern- GA took place in 1981 and has reenergized.” positive change, no matter how big Music lover’s event will ment Association in late February. grown larger every year. Zach Samples, or small that change is,” Luna said, COSGA is a conference that Last year’s delegates include sen- student senator stressing that the reason for his in- help fund music education brings together student govern- ator Tommy Nierman, Vice Presi- volvement with student govern- By Elizabeth Edwards ments from all across the nation dent for Academic Aairs Jennifer ment was for the students. City Editor in order to converge and share Prillaman, and former Speaker Ja- break from student government, Boyd hopes to get the senators ideas. son Sandidge. has seen success with some pro- more actively involved with the A former Charleston resident and music is year, the delegates are sena- Other delegates who have gone grams. students, especially with trying to lover, David Frank Tanner, will be honored at tors Alex Boyd, Roberto Luna, and before them include senators Tyson “I took an idea and made Pizza find out exactly what they need “Celebrating the Goodness of David F. Tan- Zach Samples along with their ad- Holder, Isaac Sandidge, and cur- with the Prez. We did it twice last more eectively. ner” on Jan. 29. viser Ceci Brinker. rent Speaker Jarrod Scherle. semester, and the next one is next “I hope that we can keep an Tanner studied music and owned hundreds More than $4,000 from the ap- “It was an amazing experience,” Monday,” Prillaman said. open line of communication be- of cassettes, though he never learned how to portionment board has been ap- Nierman said. “It was really inspi- Panther Nation was another idea tween the students so that we know play a musical instrument. proved from student government rational. It helped me as a senator.” that was adopted from COSGA as what they want, and then can vote “Music was food for Frank’s soul and he in order to be used on this trip. Nierman said the delegates did well. for their best interest,” Boyd said. loved any kind of music,” said Ron Gholson, a Anything unused will be going bring a lot of ideas back from the “It is these ideas that come from e delegates will be leaving for friend of Tanner. right back within that budget. conference; some which have been COSGA, and are presented by our the conference Feb. 26 and will re- Gholson described music as Tanner’s passion “I am hoping to be able to come actualized this academic year. delegates that helps grow Eastern turn March 4. and said he felt the best way to honor him was back to Eastern with a full set of “e Senators-in-Training came Illinois University, and its student through music. ideas,” Samples said, condent that directly from COSGA,” Nierman Government at the same time,” Jacob Swanson After Tanner’s death in January of 2009, he will improve both Student Gov- said. Luna said. can be reached at 581-2812 Gholson created an endowment fund in his ernment and Eastern as a whole. Prillaman, who also enjoyed the e overall degree of optimism or [email protected]. friend’s honor. “His wish to make music be- ALUMNI came my dream “Music after his death,” Eastern alum pens new TV show Gholson said. was food e event will include musi- for Frank’s written include “Percy Jackson cal acts by Hel- soul and Resume includes & the Olympians: The Lightning en Krehbiel- film, TV work Thief,” “Cheaper by the Dozen,” Reed and Suel- he loved and “Scooby-Doo.” lyn Garner, who from ‘The Cape’ Titley said the writing involved will play a piano any kind in TV is really fast-paced com- duet with only to ‘Scooby Doo’ pared to writing in the feature one piano. of music.” film world. e Neo Jeans Ron Gholson, By Rachel Rodgers “With movies you could be and The Men of friend Campus Editor writing for six months and have Phi Mu Alpha to wait five years for the film Sinfonia will also Eastern alumnus Craig Titley is whereas you could write an epi- perform at the event. currently writing for the NBC- sode in one to two weeks and not Gholson hopes that members of the com- TV program “The Cape” that de- have to wait long for it to come munity and Eastern students will attend the buted on Jan. 9. to fruition,” Titley said. event. Titley said his favorite part of When Titley attended Eastern, “I think students should go to the event to being a writer is being able to get from 1985 to 1989, he majored support jazz studies,” Gholson said. up every day and make a living in English and business. All proceeds from the event will go to the by day dreaming and imagining “As a writer, Eastern gave me David Frank/Ronald Eugene Gholson endow- crazy things to apply to his work. a great foundation and it served ment fund, which supports the Eastern jazz “Imagination is the fun part me very well to mix art and com- studies program. and reality is the not so fun part,” merce by focusing on half imagi- Funds obtained from the event could be Titley said. “With the business nation and half business aspects,” used for the purchase of musical instruments, side of things you get to see be- Titley said. “Few people in my equipment, performance clothing, recording of hind the curtain with the deal profession have both.” music, and student scholarships. making, the compromises, and After graduating from Eastern, is is the second year for the “Celebrating the budgets.” Titley attended the Peter Stark the Goodness of David F. Tanner” event and Titley is also a consulting pro- Motion Picture Producing Pro- Gholson plans to make this an annual event. ducer for “The Cape.” gram, a two-year graduate pro- Last year the event happened at the Wor- The premise of “The Cape” fo- gram at the University of South- rington Inn, which Gholson said many people cuses on main character Vince Far- ern California. attended. aday, played by actor David Lyons, “When I wrote my first script “I hope the attendance will be even better as a police ocer who is framed for it caught the attention of a lot of this year,” Gholson said. murder and transforms into the su- people including Chris Colum- Admission is $15 for the general public and per hero known as e Cape. bus and then I started writing $10 for students. Titley said he became in- movies and it just created a chain e event will start at 6 p.m. in the Grand volved with “The Cape” because reaction,” Titley said. Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. Uni- it seemed like a new and innova- In 1994, Titley was award- versity Union. tive idea for a TV show. ed the EIU Alumni Association’s “(‘e Cape’) is not your normal Outstanding Young Alumnus Elizabeth Edwards can be reached doctors and cops show,” Titley said. Award. at 581-2812 or [email protected]. Other productions Titley has THE CAPE, page 5 PHOTO COURTESY OF IMDB.COM FRIDAY THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011 2 DENNEWS.COM N o. 14, VOLUME 96 EIU weather TODAY SATURDAY what's on tap FRIDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy High: 34° High: 36° 11 a.m. Blood Drive All Day - Booth Exhibit 4 p.m. Cover letter clinic Low: 25° Low: 20° The American Red Cross is The "Benjamin Franklin and Make a cover letter on the spot hosting at Blood Drive until 3 Slavery" and "Ghana: A Recent at Career Services.