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Eastern Illinois University The Keep April 2013 4-5-2013 Daily Eastern News: April 05, 2013 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2013_apr Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: April 05, 2013" (2013). April. 5. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2013_apr/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2013 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]. The Daily Eastern News' weekly arts and entertainment section MUSIC EXHIBIT TO END SHUTOUT CELEBRATION The America’s Music Exhibit will end at 7 p.m. Satur- Eastern’s softball team beat Southern Illinois Univer- APRIL 5, 2013 On the ♪ ♪ day with a free concert in the Dvorak Concert Hall at sity-Carbondale 8-0 on Thursday. 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Jord porte -long thers, Flat - er traditionsome of to it ha merica Verge Re ers among exhib oth he semest es have includ The music that are thoughtyl pe ofl, jazz and the historyican music and will c genres of ally important ingos A s weekendance with perfor an- cultur s and Amer nd d ing different uemusic st an end thi ’s Mu- Mu- The ed Broadway, bl lectic mix of musicert a for “America ecT to Broadway,” s mances. story of Our Popular The closing conc Bluegras A Film Hi rday at 7 p.m. in the sic: e Satu sic from take Blues plac to will HE DT ailyEastErn nEws Friday, April 5, 2013 VOL. 97 | ISSUE 132 Reaching for the stars ADMINISTRATION Enrollment planning delayed By Stephanie Markham Administration Editor With the last two Noel-Levitz con- sultations having been canceled, East- ern’s strategic enrollment planning ef- forts may take longer than expected. Noel-Levitz, the enrollment manage- ment consulting service, hosted an open forum in January where the consultants shared information about the process and gathered ideas from about 100 fac- ulty and staff members. Colleen Murphy, the marketing and recruitment consultant, was scheduled to come to campus to write a final plan in February and was rescheduled for March 25-26. Marcus SMITH | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Marry Herrington-Perry, the assis- Marissa Horton, a dancer with DanceWorks Chicago, teaches dance moves Thursday evening in the Theatre of Doudna Fine Arts tant vice president for academic affairs, Center. DanceWorks will be preforming Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Theatre of Doudna Fine Arts Center. said the first visit was canceled because of a medical emergency, and the second CAMPUS | Creative activity was canceled because of the weather. Herrington-Perry said the strategic enrollment planning committee now has a list of initiatives to present to the Next stop: Capitol Hill consultant. During these visits, Murphy would have written an action plan with the Students to present Alzheimer’s research to Congress committee outlining the steps to imple- ment those initiatives. By Stephanie Markham professors Michael Menze and Brit- ducing enough energy. causes brain damage. One initiative is to “increase our Administration Editor to Nathan. By surgically removing the ova- Menze said the collaboration was market share of in-state and out-of-state They joined efforts with Mary ries of mice, injecting estrogen essential for the research process. students.” hrough a collaboration of Konkle, a chemistry professor, and weeks later and isolating brain tis- “Mary Konkle could look at the Eastern’s contract with Noel-Levitz more than two years of re- chemistry student Logan Erbach- sue, the team was able to show that molecular level of how proteins are extends to June 30, 2013. search, two recent gradu- er to study the development of and estrogen helps mitochondria pro- impacted and how that leads to Al- Herrington-Perry said the original atesT are going to present their find- potential cures for the disease. duce more energy in order to make zheimer’s disease, but in order to get deadline to complete the strategic plan- ings on Alzheimer’s disease to con- The group looked at how partic- nerve cells healthier, Fernandez said. samples and to test the hypothesis, ning was July, but with the consulta- gress. ular chemicals could increase the Erbacher said they extracted we needed to have a biological mod- tions missed, it might take longer. William Fernandez began his energy produced in brain cells by brain tissue from the mouse models el,” he said. She said the next consultation is honors thesis research as a junior in mitochondria, which dysfunctions and probed for proteins that were scheduled for May 6 and 7, and the the summer of 2011 with biology in Alzheimer’s patients by not pro- affected by oxidative stress, which RESEARCH, page 5 consultants would likely stay with East- ern until October. CAMPUS | SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DIVERSITY She said the strategic enrollment planning effort since Murphy set up pa- rameters in July has mostly been collect- ‘Wall of Oppression’ to be torn down ing and analyzing data. She said the next steps after the plan Staff Report She said the wall is one way to find is drafted would be to calculate the re- out what different groups find hurtful. turn on investment for each initiative to Throughout the week, students “We write hateful words on (the be implemented and conduct an analy- painted and built the annual Wall of bricks), and at the end of the week, we sis on how many students could be en- Oppression, and they will be tearing it tear it down,” Sibert said. “We take the rolled and retained. down at noon on Friday in the Library strings and pull it down, and it symbol- “It’s a little bit different than regular Quad. izes that we can overcome the negativity strategic planning in that you don’t end Sabrina Sibert, a freshman recreation and become a more diverse and unified up with numerical goals until the end administration major, said the wall rep- community.” of the process,” she said. resents all the words that oppress or hurt Some of the words represented on the Herrington-Perry said she is certain students or groups of people. wall are ‘ugly,’ ‘stupid’ and ‘retarded.’ the enrollment will increase in the fall. This is the last activity for the Resi- “They are just hateful words like that She said Eastern is at 92 percent of dence Hall Association’s Social Justice towards any community,” Sibert said. its goal for freshmen applications, repre- and Diversity Week, themed “You, Me She said the words cover all different senting about 4,338 admitted students. and Diversity.” groups and characteristics like race, gen- She said the goal for the yield rate of Sibert said the week is all about learn- der, intelligence, ability and disability students is about 30 percent, and it is ing about different communities and and sexual orientation. currently about 28 percent. people. The tearing down of the wall is inspi- DOMINIC Baima | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS She said most of the enrollment ef- “Normally, when you think of diver- rational to see, Sibert said. The wall constructed of bricks that students painted throughout the week fort is now being focused on yield ac- sity, you think of race, gender, abilities “The symbolic part of it is the coolest stands in the Library Quad on Thursday. The wall is part of the Social Justice tivities like the new “Experience EIU” and disabilities, but you don’t necessarily because seeing it actually come together and Diversity Awareness week and will be torn down on Friday at noon. program for merit scholarship recipients think about the effects of it,” Sibert said. is very empowering,” Sibert said. to become acquainted with campus. “We took a twist to show what happens Sibert said the RHA will also have She said as the wall comes down, the down, and all the communities become to people who are different in today’s so- student speakers at the tearing down of communities can come together. one at that point in time, even if it is Stephanie Markham can be reached ciety.” the wall. “It’s like all the negativity is coming just for a moment,” Sibert said. at 581-2812 or [email protected]. 2 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013 Local weather CHARLESTON | CIVIL WAR Horsing around TODAY SATURDAY Re-enactor to portray slave, Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny High: 59° High: 68° Low: 42° Low: 51° Union soldier For more weather visit castle.eiu.edu/weather. 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