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Faculty Sen. -Spike Ball on the quad talks degree changes, COE-goals By Corryn Brock News Editor I @corryn_brock

The Faculty Senate discussed a propos al regarding upper division and residency re quirements during its meeting Tuesday after noon. ----•• Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Josh Norman and Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate Jeffery Stowell intro duced the proposal and led a discussion on it. The proposal recommends reducing res idency hour requirements to align Eastern with its peers and make the university more competitive with other universities in the re gion for transfer students. The requirement to graduate with a degree that says Eastern Illinois Unive.isity is 42 credits from the university. However, 8 of the 12 public universities in Illinois have fewer hours required. Currently, three hours of the residency re quirement can be waived and six hours of the upper division requirement can be waived. Stowell and Norman recommend decreas ing that number to 30 hours, which is paral ZACH BERGER I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS lel to other universities in Illinois. The pair Patrick Mallaney (left), a freshman physics and astronomy major, Mason Bonds (left center), a freshman engineering technology believes this will increase Eastern's market major, Michael Barth (right center), a sophomore finance major, and Jack Drueke (right), a sophomore construction manage ability. ment major, enjoy the nice weather by playing spikeball in the south quad. "Any way that we can align ourselves with our peers to take some of the burden off of the perspective students is going to make us more competitive," Norman said. Norman said Eastern's transfer enrollments are small. He said this is due to many trans Hello Dali gives stud-ellts the fers being sensitive to proximity meaning I that they are more likely to transfer to a uni versity near them. He said the area Eastern is located in can chance to try improv comedy affect the number of students interested in transferring to the university. By Kyara Morales-Rodriguez He added that that is not the only thing Campus Reporter I@DEN_News that may draw potential students to Eastern. "If they're your traditional vertical trans March 4 at 8:30 pm, Hello Dali, presented fer, they're coming because they're cost sen "Top o' the Dali to Ya," an improv comedy sitive." show to the Eastern community. Both Norman and Stowell agreed that With limited seating in order to follow so the proposal comes down to two important cial distancing guidelines, the show was held things, being efficient and offering the best in the Doudna Lecture Hall. The improv experience they can to prospective students. comedy group also provided an online for "Let's serve our students better, let's create mat for viewing the show: a livestream of the some efficiency and let's become more com performance via Facebook Live on their EIU petitive in the marketplace," Norman said. Hello Dali Facebook page. "Especially when we look at those residen The comedy show featured performances cy hours." by Eastern students using nicknames such as "Especially with the other universities, we "Da Beez," "Lightnin' Bolton," and "Shim are way out of market." my-Shimmy." The Senate also discussed that with the The Hello Dali performers did multiple current requirement students who transfer separate show segments, or games, putting in are not able to graduate in two semesters the performers in different plots and making which is often what they intend to do. them play interesting characters. The proposal would need to go before the One game, for example, had two charac Council on Academic to be officially consid ters complete the mundane task of doing the ered. The purpose of presenting the proposal laundry for who the characters called The was to be informative and get perspective on Commissioner. Another game had two char how others viewed the proposal. acters play out a scene doing whatever ran College of Education Dean Laretta Hen dom stage directions were yelled at them by derson also spoke to the Senate as a guest to their fell~w improvisers. KYARA MORALES-RODRIGUEZ I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS discuss her college. Members of Eastern's registered student organization Hello Dali play "Let's Make a Date" in HEL~O DALI, page _s • which they improvise a dating game show skit. SENATE, page 5 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS I AP NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1Or 2021 ~~~~~A~~H~!~~! IST A TE AND NATION THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (SJ Joe Biden has Major trouble. . Jill Biden has been preoccupied with run around on the South Lawn, she said. Family dogs Major and Champ have getting the German shepherds settled in Their favorite spot is "wherever we been banished from the White House at the White House, which can be a dif .are. Even if my door's closed, they're sit rules in for a doggie time out in Delaware after ficult place even for a human to get used ting right outside the door like, 'Let me Major caused a "minor injury" to a Se-. to. The president said a few weeks ago in, let me in,"' Jill Biden said. cret Service agent. that even he is still getting used to the CNN reported late Monday, cit THE DAILY f f White House press secretary Jen Psa trappings of his office. ing unidentified sources, that the dogs EASTERN NEws avor o . ki explained the canine caper Tuesday "I've been obsessed with getting our were sent to Delaware after Major was by saying the dogs "are still getting accli dogs settled because we have (an) old involved in a "biting incident" with an "Tell the truth and don't be afraid." mated and accustomed to their new sur dog and we have a very young dog," unidentified White House security team roundings and new people." the first lady told talk-show host Kelly member. Madigan "On Monday, the first family's young Clarkson in a recent interview. Kitty Block, president and CEO The Daily Eastern News 1802 Buzzard Hall er dog Major was surprised by an unfa "They have to take the elevator. of the Humane Society of the Unit II CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Eastern Illinois University ■ miliar person and reacted in a way that They're not used to that. They have to ed States, said serious dog bites are rare Charleston, ll 61920 Court of Appeals ruled Monday in a resulted in a minor injury to the indi go out on the South Lawn with lots of and that owners can reduce the likeli 217-581-2812 ,ase involving former Illinois House vidual, which was handled by the White people watching them," she said. "So, hood of a bite or other accident by get 217-581-2923 (fax) speaker Michael Madigan that it House medical unit, with no furthi:r you know, that's what I've been obsessed ting to know the canines and the signals doesn't have the authority to penalize treatment needed," Psaki said. with, just getting everybody settled and they send when they're scared or feeling a politician for unethical actions vot She would not confirm that a Se calm." stressed. News Staff Advertising ers tolerate. cret Service agent was injured in Mon Major, who is about 3 years old, burst Like humans, some dogs adapt to Staff Jason Gonzales contended in a law day's incident, but an administration of onto the national scene late last year af new environments quickly while others Editor-in-Chief suit that Madigan planted.sham candi ficial later said an agent was Major's vic . ter Biden slipped during doggie playtime may need weeks or a few months, Block AdamTumino Faculty Advisers [email protected] dates on the ballot to ensure he would tim. The agent was not seriously injured, at home near Wilmington and broke a said. . Editorial Adviser Lola Burnham defeat Gonzales' challenge in the 2016 said the official, who was not authorized bone in his right foot. "Introducing dogs slowly to new Democratic primary. to comment publicly and spoke to The The Bidens adopted Major in 20 I 8 rooms, environments and people can Photo Adviser News Editor The Chicago Tribune reports Madi Associated Press on the condition ofan from the Delaware Humane Associa help make the adjustment period Brian Poulter Corryn Brock gan received 65% of the vote in the pri onymity. tion. smoother," she said in an email, adding dennewsdesk@ Website Adviser mary, and Gonzales received 27%. Two Psaki said plans already had been They got Champ, who at age 13 is that each dog is different. gmail.com Brian Poulter other candidates, whose nominating made to send the dogs to Delaware for less spry and likely calmer, from a breed Meanwhile, Jill Biden previous petitions were taken to Springfield by care while Biden's wife, Jill, left town on Publisher er. He joined the family after Joe Biden ly promised to broaden the family's pet Lola Burnham a Madigan ally, received 6% and 2%. Monday to spend Tuesday and Wednes was elected via: president in 2008. pool by eventually introducing a cat to Associate News Editor In a written opinion for the three day touring U.S. military installations in Jill Biden brought the dogs to the the mix, too. Business Manager Elizabeth Taylor judge panel, Judge Frank Easterbrook Washington state and California. The White House shortly after the inaugura Psaki had no update to offer Tuesday Betsy Jewell dennewsdesk@gmail. said Gonzales suspected trickery by dogs will return to the White House tion in January. on the cat's arrival but predicted the an com Press Supervisor Madigan from the start and made it soon, Psaki said. White House furniture is off lim nouncement ofWhite House feline "will Tom Roberts known, and the electorate voted for "With the first lady traveling for three its, she said, but Major has showed his break the internet." Madigan anyhow. days, Champ and Major went to Del disobedient side. "I caught him on the The White House hasn't had a fe Photo Editor Night Slaff th15 Karina Delgado for iss_ue "The effort was hardly necessary, . aware to stay with family friends," Mi couch the other day, but he quickly line resident since President George W. DEN hotodesk -•' .,, ..,, Adam Tumino since if every non-Madigan vote had . chael LaRosa, spokesperson for Jill jumped down," the first lady told Clark- Bush's cat India. P . @ Alyssa Manno gma,t.com Corryn Brock gone to Gonzales, (Madigan) still would have won in a landslide," East Night Chief erbrook noted. "Nonetheless, Gonzales AdamTumino Assistant Photo contends, the appearance of two candi House moves on pro~union bill Editor Copy Editor dates who served only as distractors vi Zach Berger Alyssa Marino OENphotodesk@ olated the Equal Protection Clau~e in WASHINGTON (AP) - The "Heaven forbid we tilt the balance union organizers at a 6,000-worker Am gmall.com the Fourteenth Amendment." Democratic-led House was poised Tues that has been going in the wrong direc awn facility near Birmingham, Alabama, Sports Designer AdamTumlno Easterbrook wrote the case law Gon day to pass legislation that would invig tion for 50 years," Ryan, D-Ohio, said, his tacit endorsement in an unprecedent zales relied on depended on voters be orate workers' unions, following decades his voice rising. "We talk about pensions, ed sign of suppon. He also endorsed the ing "hoodwinked," but Gonzales him of court defeats and legislative setbacks you complain. We talk about the mini Democratic bill. self highlighted the allegations ofsham that have kneecapped the labor move mum wage increase, you complain. We Democrats are looking to fortify candidates in speeches and campaign ment's once-formidable ability to orga talk about giving them the right to orga bonds with rank-and-flle union mem ads. nize. niz.e, you complain. But ifwe were pass bers, a key constituency that has been Get social Ylith The Daily Eastern News "Voters rather than judges must de But the measure, which union leaders ing a tax rut here, you'd be all getting in critical for getting out the vote. Some E The Daily Eastern News cide when one side has gone over and labor allies have presented as a cure line to vote 'yes."' drifted toward the GOP under Presi board," the judge wrote. "The Consti for decades of working class wage-stag The Democratic push comes in the dent Donald Trump, despite the Re llj dailyeastern~e~s . tution does not authorize the judiciary nation, faces an all-but-certain Republi midst of a massive organizing drive in publican Party's long antipathy toward to upset that outcome or to penalize a can blockade in a narrowly divided Sen the historically labor resistant South, unions - attracted to Trump's "Ameri Q@DEN_New's politician for employing a shady strate ate and is unlikely to become law. which offers a crucial test for a labor ca First" agenda and his hostile stance to gy that voters tolerate." In an angry floor speech, Rep. lim movement that is showing new signs of ward global trade. Visit our website: dailyeasternnews.com Plaintiff's attorney Tony Peraica said Ryan excoriated most Republicans for life after decades ofatrophy. While Republicans have welcomed he's disappointed in the appellate rul About opposing the measure, pointedly asking President Joe Biden previously blue-collar workers drawn to the par TM Daily Eastern News is produced by the students of ing because putting up the alleged fake when Congress would pass something to pledged to be "the most pro-union pres ty by conservative cultural issues, many Eastern Illinois University. It is published daily Mon candidates tainted the ballot. Peraica "help the damn workers." ident you've ever seen." He recently gave draw the line at measures that would ex- day through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., during fall and spring semesters and online during the s.umm,r term said he is inclined to appeal the deci e,cce-pt duting university vacations or examinations. sion but will review wb,ether to seek a One copy per day is free to students and faculty.Addi rehearing. tH>nat copies can be obtained for SO cents each in the Student Publications Office in Buzzard Hall. The appellate court decision is sim Hawaiian.town north of Honolulu ilar to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Advertising Matthew Kennelly. He dismissed Gon To place an advertisement or classified ad In The Doily Eastern News, aill the ads office at 581·2812 zales' lawsuit, though he said it was un evacuated due to flood concerns or fax 581-2923. 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', 4 ,,••-,•~J,I.t, 1-f t ' •• , , ff •• f , • . 11 1 . i, • • • .. • t f t I t t f t t I f I I t I I • I t \II 1 I I ti .• f f • •, t I-',~~•, I, - • t..f,f-f, t & I ti t - • - -·•. - •...., ... - .., • • • • f I_.' ♦ t It I I If f If I It • ...... , .. ~,,, ,~ • • • • t I t ~ , t • • • t ,- , • •••. '•• f,,, 1,, '~, •• I •,, ~t ',, ' • t WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS I NEWS 3 Isru~!:!:~RE~D NATION Restaurants to receive a House-set to vote lifeline from upcoming on virus relief WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress dynamics: their unfettered control of the is poised co approve a landmark $1.9 tril White House and Congress, polls show pandemic relief package lion COVID-19 relief bill, placing Pres ing robust support for Biden's approach, ident Joe Biden on the cusp ofan early and a moment when most voters care lit NEW YORK (AP) - Restaurants "It's going to keep doors open. The Small Business Administration has ap triumph that advances Democratic pri tle that the national debt is soaring to devastated by the coronavirus outbreak smallest and hardest hit are going to get proved about $680 billion in loans so far orities and showcases the unity his party ward a stratospheric $22 trillion. Nei are getting a lifeline from the pandemic the help they've needed the most," said during this round, and a total of$1.2 tril will need to forge furure victories. ther party seems much troubled by surg relief package that's awaiting final approv Scan Kmnedy, an executive vice president lion since April. The House was expected to give fi ing red ink, either, except when the other al in the House. at the group. Bur small business advocates arc con nal congressional approval Wednesday to is using it to finance its priorities, be they The bill pas'iCd by the Senate on Sarur Restaurants were decimated by the cerned because the bill did not extend the package, which aims to fulfill Dem Democratic spending or GOP tax cuts. day a dds money to the Paychcclc Protec pandemic that led to government-ordered the program, which is scheduled to end ocrats' campaign promises to beat the A dominant feature of the bill is ini tion Program and provides indirect hdp shutdowns and that is still keeping many March 31. Congress can still extend the pandemic and revive the enfeebled econ tiatives making it one of the biggm fud to small businesses in general through diners away. As of Dec. 1, over 110,000 PPP - it previously passed extensions omy. House and Senate Republicans cral thrusts in years co assist lower- and stimulus payments and unemployment U.S. restaurants were closed either tem after two earlier rounds of funding end have unanimously opposed the package middle-income families. Included an- ex benefits. But restaurants got the big porarily or permanendy, according to the ed - but Karen Kerrigan, president of as bloated, crammed with liberal policies panded tax credits over the next year for gest share of direct hdp: $28.6 billion in National Restaurant Association. That's the Small Business & Entrepreneurship and heedless of signs the dual crises arc children, child care and family leave plus grants for restaurants whose revenue fell 17% ofthe number ofrestaurants in busi Council, called the bill "a missed oppor casing. spending for renters, feeding programs in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. ness before the pandemic. In January, in tunity" for improvements to small busi "It's a remarkable, historic, transfor and people's utility bills. The bill calls for grants equal to the dustrywide revenue was down more than ness pandemic relief mativc piece of legislation which goes The measure provides up to $1,400 amount ofrestaurants' revenue losses, up 16% from a year earlier, the group said. Kerrigan was also concerned because a very long way to crushing the virus direct payments to most Americans, ex to a maximum of $10 million per com Small business advocates were pleased lawmakers didn't increase a $150,000 lim and solving our economic crisis," House tended emergency unemployment ben pany and $5 million per location. Fligible with the overall bill, and said the $1,400 it on SBA eronomic inJury disaster loans Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said efits and hundreds of billions for COV companies cannot own more than 20 lo stimulus payments to individuals and that many companies sought during the Tuesday. ID-19 vaccines and treatments, schools, cations, and they can't be publicly traded. families as well as continued unemploy virus outbceak. For Biden and Democrats,' the bill state and local governments and ailing The bill sets aside $5 billion for the small ment benefits will give consumers more The bill also includes $100 million is essentially a canvas on which they've industries from airlines to concert halls. est restaurants, those whose annual reve money they can spend at small businesses. for SBA-sponsored Small Business De painted their core beliefs - that gov There is aid for farmers of color and pen nue is $500,000 or less. ''.Anytime you're putting money in the velopment Centers and other organiza ernment programs can be a benefit, not sion ~stems, and subsidies for consum lndUSf!Y groups welcomed the grants. hands of consumers, regardless of how it tions that offer &ee advice and education a bane, to millions of people and that ers buying health insurance and states The National Restaurant Association, an gets there, it helps small businesses," said co small businesses. It also contains $ I0 spending huge sums on such efforts can expanding Medicaid coverage for lower industry organization, noted that the Sen Keith Hall, president of the National As billion for the State Small Business Cred be a cure, not a curse. The measure so earners. ate added $3.6 billion to the $25 billion sociation for the Self-Employed, noting it Initiative, a program aimed at hdping closely tracks Democrats' priorities that Its very expansiveness is a chief GOP allocated in the original House bill. While that Main Street businesses like hair sa states support lending to small compa scvcral rank it with the top achievements talking point. the $28.6 billion in the bill was only lons will likely benefit. nies. of their careers, and despite their slender "It's not fucused on COVID relic£ It's about a tenth of the amount of money Congress added more than $7 billion Kerrigan was optimistic that the bill congressional majorities there was never focused on pushing more of the far-left the industry has lost during the pandem to the $800 billion allotted to the latest would have a positive effect on the econo real suspense over its fate. agenda," said No. 2 House GOP leader ic, the restaurant group sees it as a win. round ofthe PPP that began Jan. I 1. The my and in tum, small businesses. They were also empowered by three Steve Scalise of Louisiana. . . , ...- Little Caesars· TODAY'S CAMPUS CLUE· LOWEST . . . . -. . -. -. . . . . -. . . -. . ------...... --. . . . . 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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law Tuesday a bill that will ban abortions in the state in almost all circumstances. The bill only allows abortions if they arc needed to save the life of the person giving birth. They would not be permitted in any other situation, not even if the pregnancy was caused by rape or incest. Supporters of the bill also hope it will even tually lead to the Supreme Court revisiting Roe v. Wade. We at The Daily Eastern News believe that '5 SECONOS 10 SEtONt>S this new law represents the opposite of progress. Those who are pregnant should have access to abortions, not matter the reason. The passage of this law signifies that politicians consider their IY ZACH IERGER own values more important than the health and wellbeing of their constituents. Passing the law during Women's Histo ry Month may not be intentional gesture, but it certainly sends a message that the right for women to have control over their bodies is not New Kings of Leon album a hit considered important by the legislature in Ar kansas. Kings of Leon released their eighth al instruments cast on a beige cover with sim- Other stares have proposed similar bills so far bum, "When You Sec Yourself," on March - pie block lettering. this year, representing an upsetting trend in pol S. It had been over four years since their The YouTubc videos and lnstagram posts itics that seeks to erase abortion rights every last record and this new release was well for some of the snippets, some of which arc where. worth the wait. likely borrowed from music videos or al The American Civil Liberties Union of Ar The singles for "When You Sec Yourself" bum art, are also interesting. The video for kansas has vowed to fight the law in court if were probably the best picks to represent "Golden Restless Age" features a simple de necessary. It is a law that should be challenged, the record before it had come out. "The sign with lyrics upside down and sideways and hopefully more states do not successfully Bandit" sees Kings of Leon trying post and a blurred, paint-smeared image of what pass similar bills. punk on for size and massively succeeding. appears to be Caleb Followill, the lead sing This song will fit in pi:rfectly with concert er. standards like "Use Somebody" and "Sex Quote of the Day: Ryan Meyer As Kings of Leon begin to do the rounds on Fire." The other two singles, " 100,000 on television talk shows, the remote aspect People" and "Echoing" show thc·band us this is my candidate for the best song on of the pandemic provides the band with nA woman with a voice is, by ing synths in prominent areas of the song, the album. I first heard a snippet of it on freedom in their live performances. Rather and then touching on past songs like "Su the band's Instagram, and the short key than being live in the studio, they record definition, a strong woman." persoaker," respectively. board part I heard was enough of a hook for their performances in ways that seem to But then there arc the album tracks that me. It's brief and doesn't stick around for match the aesthetic they're going for, with may never sec arenas or radio play, which the verse, bur it's such a good melody that grainy footage and moody colors. Melinda Gates is unfortunate because they contain some I will always stick around until the chorus "When You See Yourself" shows Kings of beautiful moments. "A Wave" begins with to hear it again. Luckily, the verse has some Leon as good as they've ever been and fea almost two minutes of pia~o and interest - great staccato guitar action to hold a listen tures multiple songs that I believe belong e maJority opinion o ing guitar before settling into a familiar er over. on any future Greatest Hits album. he Daily Eastern News. pace that doesn't quite reach rollicking but "When You Sec Yourself" features some doesn't need to, because it quickly returns of Kings of Leon's most visually appeal Ryan Meyer is a sophomore journalism major. to an acoustic guitar and piano bridge. ing artwork, too. The album cover features He can be reached at 581-2812 orat remeyer@ Letters to the Editor "Golden Restless Age" follows after, and shadows of each band member playing their eiu.edu.

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Helena Eawards Furthermore, the resolution, sity." sign due to there not being a cur pendent crn Student Senate's ap Student Government Reporter I@DEN_News "Providing nutritious food to the It is authored and submitted by rent one for the Student Govern proval and just has to be presented students of Eastern Illinois Uni Justin Richards, the EIU Inter ment this semester. to them in order for the proposal Senate resolution 20-21-01 of versity is beneficial to student's im-Speaker of the Senate and EIU Mark Hudson, Executive Direc to move forward to Eastern's Pres support for the Big Blue Food academic performance, men Student Vice-President of Student tor of University Housing & Din idential Cabinet, and lastly to the Pantry at EIU is to be present tal health, nutritional health, and Affairs, as well as Skylar Coffey ing Servi_ces, will return to answer Board of Trustees. ed and voted upon by the student would help relieve stress on stu who is EIU Student Vice-President further questions that Student Executive and committee re senate in Wednesday's meeting. dents. Therefore, be it resolved, of Academic Affairs, and Payton Senate may have on the proposed ports will continue as usual for Stated in the resolution is, "The the Eastern Illinois University Stu Ade as an EIU Student Senator. Housing and Dining fee increases, this Wednesday's meeting. need to provide easily accessible dent Government Association ex It will then be signed by Justin followed by a final discussion from The next Student Senate meet resources of food to fight against tends its fullest support towards Richards as Speaker of the Sen the Student Senate on their sup ing will be held Mar. 1 7. food insecurities on Eastern Illi the creation and implementation ate, Noor-ul Haash Khamisani as port of this. nois University's campus is of ut of the Big Blue Food Pantry on the Srudent Body President, howev Discussion and approval of the Helena Edwards can be reached at most importance." campus of Eastern Illinois Univer- er no secretary of the senate will proposed increase is not fully de- 581-2812 or at [email protected].

» SENATE » HELLO DALI During "Freeze," two improvisers performers had to perform a scene as great, especially considering all the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 would play out a scene while the oth if they were in a musical, because she challenges that come with performing ers stood quietly in the back. When likes watching them burst mto song improv. one of the improvisers in the back mid-performance. "I know it's rough getting a really, Henderson is new to her position During these games, the improvis clapped, the two in the front would The audience also had a couple· of really good show, and from what I saw, after joining the university mid ers took suggestions from the audience have to freeze mid-scene. members of Hello Dali who were not . it was really amazing," she said. "It's re pandemic on July 1 . or drew from some particular source of The improviser who clapped would performing that day. ally dependent on the audience inter She talked with the Senate re inspiration to get started. then walk up to the frozen performers Because of social distancing regula action, and from what I saw, the au garding plans she had within her The improvisers asked the audience and tap one of them on the shoulder, tions, there is a limit on the number dience was participating a lot, which college. questions like "what substance are they sending them to the back of the stage of performers that can be on stage at helps a great deal." The most discussed item was covered in?" or "what's the worst place and taking their spot in the scene. Ev a time. To follow the guidelines, Hello Abby Moore, sophomore commu Henderson's goal to address the lack to find yourself at 3 am in the morn ery time someone new jumped into Dali decided to split the improv group · nications disorders and sciences stu of interest in teaching and accessi ing?" the scene, the two performers would into two separate groups with different dent, is .also a Hello Dali improviser bility to students who are interest The audience members seemed to have to create a brand new plot based performance and rehearsal days. who decided to attend the show. She ed in the field, specifically students enjoy themselves at the improv show, on the position they were in. Some of the improvisers were not thought "the show went really well". of color. with many of the improv group's Paige Thing, freshman political sci performing that day but did have re and thought "everyone was pretty fun "We understand the shortage of jokes receiving lots of laughs from the ence student, attended the improv hearsal around the time of the show. ny." teachers in Illinois, in the nation crowd. show with Ostick. Like Ostick, she When rehearsal ended, they decided to "[1his show] was probably our best and particularly a shortage of teach Kaitlyn Ostick, freshman public too came to the show to support her pop into the lecture hall to watch the one this semester," Moore said. ers of color," Hendersons said. "We health student, was one of Hello Dali's friends who are part of the improv last half of their friends' performance. Hello Dali holds shows every Thurs understand the impact teachers of audience members. Ostick has attend group. One such audience member was day at 8:30 p.m., with the next one be color can have on all children." ed a couple of Hello Dali's comedy "I thought [the show) was really Bridget Spillman, a senior history edu . ing on Thursday, March 11. The shows The next Faculty Senate meeting shows prior to this one and has been funny. I think it was one of the fun cation student, attended the show. are typically held in the Doudna Lec- is March 23. doing so in support of her friends. niest ones that they've had this year," "It's fun being in it, but I also ture Hall. ' ' "I thought it went good," she said. Thing said. love watching it and supporting my Corryn Brock can be reached at 581- "My favorite part was when they She said she liked the musical por friends," Spillman said.. Kyara Morales-Rodriguez can be reached 2812 or at [email protected]. played 'Freeze."' tion of the improv show, where the Spillman thought the show went [email protected]. '

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