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Second City Cracks up Crowd Eastern Illinois University The Keep October 2008 10-27-2008 Daily Eastern News: October 27, 2008 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2008_oct Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: October 27, 2008" (2008). October. 17. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2008_oct/17 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 2008 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in October by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOL. 97 I ISSUE 44 CITY I COURTS Doctor says Bonnstetter likely was sleepwalking Her tests showed associate athletic director has signs of sleep disorders; state will call rebuttal witness today By STEPHEN DI BENEDETTO News Editor Or. Rosalind Cartwrighr believes Mark Bonnstetter was sleepwalking when he entered a neighbor's home during the early morn}ng of Nov. 25, 2006. "My opinion is yes, he was," Carrwrighc told che jury on whether Bonnscetter was sleep­ walking. Cartwright and Dr. Donald Greeley testi­ fied Friday. Bonnstetter, the associate athletic direccor of operations and head athletic trainer ar Easccrn, was charged with criminal trespass ro a residence. a class 4 felony; residential bur­ glary. .i class l felony; and arrempred criminal sexual .ibusc, a class A misdemeanor. Canwrighc, who recently retired from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, said Bonnsrerrer could nor have chougbt abour the ll0881t!WR08UWSK1 I THE 01\JLY EASTERN NEWS repercussions of his actions while in the neigh­ Second City members Mark Raterman and May Sohn perform a skit about awkward first-date situations in the Mainstage Theatre bor's home and could not have had a men­ o the Doudna fine Arts Center on Saturday evening. tal thought process or morivarion to plan his ~ actions while in the neighbor's home. Cartwright, however, examined Bonnsrcrcer after a June 2007 medical referral. She said she Second City cracks up crowd formed her opinion based off diagnostic tesrs of Bonnscetter and interviews from Bonnstec­ ter and his wife, Lori Bonnscerrer, abouc the alleged incident. in the Doudna Theatre. Cartwrighc used a polysomnogram cest co Sketch comedy group gets MORE INSIDE audience involved in show Taking his tic off. Ocrding insisted for moniror Bonnsterccr's sleeping habits at her the crowd to takt their tics off also, to rdax For more coverage of the rededication lab. and enjoy the show. of Doudna, see pages 3 and 6. ' She said on the nighc of rhe resting, President Bill Perry also welcomed the Bonnsterrer woke up too many rimes during By BRITTNI GARCIA crowd and shartd a story from when he sleeping and did nor reach stage four of sleep­ Campus Editor first saw Second City in Champaign. He because I am from Chicago and I know a ing. Stage four of sleeping is a deeper sleep. insisted the crowd was in store fur many lot about them," l'owers said. "Ir's a very aroused, poor nighc ofsleep," -she As the lights dimmed and the crowd laughs. Second City •~ a comedy and improv said. quickly sac comfortably in rhdr chairs, Lizzy Powers, a senior theacrc major, group from Chicago and has been making Cartwright added Bonnstetter kept waking John Oertling. chair of the theatre arts had anricipated Second City's perform.tnce people laugh since 1959. up and falling back to sleep. departmenc. welcomed the audienc.c to for a while. She said Bonnstcner's sleep is unstable, Se'°nd City's "1he Pratfall of Civilization" "I've looked forwa rd to this all week » SEE COMEDY, PAGE 5 especially when he gets to a deep sleep. "He is nor a deep sleeper," Carrwright said. She said the lack of deep sleep is a character­ istic of a sleep disorder, but added that is nor a definitive factor. During a different rest, Cartwright said Mavis Staples delivers soulful show Bonnsretter had abnormal delta waves during the four stages of sleep. Delea waves are slow By JESSICA LEGGIN really like chis m.lll's message, and if he c.rn brain waves thac lead co a deep sleep. Activities Editor preach it, then we can sing.'" The test used on Bonnscerter allows for com­ Staple~ said from then on, the Sraple parisons of delta waves between rhe patient, Mavis Staples said it all starred on a Sun­ Singers began to write freedom songs for healthy sleepers and frequent sleepwalkers. day morning in Monrgomery, Ala., when che civi' rights movement. Cartwrighc said healthy sleepers have high her father, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, called For the Doudna Fine Ans Center reded­ delta waves in the beginning of sleeping and her and her siblings into his room. ication c.clebration, Staples gave a concert che waves gradually decrease toward the end of Pops Staples wanted to know if his chil­ Friday night in the Dvorak Concert Hall. the night. dren wanced to go and hear Marcin Luther Staples. a legendary soul and gospel sing­ Frequent sleepwalkers have low delta waves King Jr. preach at one of his sermons. er, began her career singing with her family, ac the beginning of the night, but the waves "We was like, 'Yeah,"' Staples said. the Staple Singers. in 1950 with her three become more normal coward the end of the Staples said the family all went to the siblings led by Pops. night, she said. Cartwright added that because service and enjoyed every minute of King's During che concert Staples explained the frequent sleepwalkers have low delta waves sermon. history of a song called "Why Am I Treat­ during the early cycles of sleep, they are more "After the service Pops shook Dr. King's ed so Bad?" that helped the Scaple Singers susceptible co arousals. hand and talked to him for a while," Sta· become rhe voices of the civil righrs move­ Bonnscetter's results showed his delta waves pies said. ment. were lower than che average of frequent sleep­ Sraples said they wenr back up ro che Pops wrote the song back in 1962, and walkers, Cartwright said. She added deep sleep PHOTO COURTESY OF MAVIS STAPLES room after the service where their father sat it became one of King's favorite songs. is important to a healthy sleep. Soul singer Mavis Staples performed at chem down again and spoke co chem. the Dvorak Concert Hall Friday night. "He was like, 'Listen y'all,'• she said. '"I » SEE STAPLES, PAGE S » SEE TRIAL, PAGE 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ""O .. -4 '<,.,a. °'0 i-c o- ~c ""00 0 :ern ~ .. ~ ....... 5 00 c: ~ '< -;:;-c02 --.::c .....,. rn 0 :a iht:DAIIYEASTERNNEW'S EDITORINCHIEF ;'iWW.DENNEWS ('OM Kristina Peters CAMPUS ~3 i,10NDAV I 10 27.08 · DENe1C.:t9m.;il.com CAMPUS I REDEDICATION CAMPUS BRIEFS Crime Stoppers needs public's help Bringing it all together The Coles County Crime Stop­ pers needs help in solving a Charleston residential burglary. Doudna architect On Oct. 12, the Charleston Police describes inspiration Department responded to a report of a residential burglary at for arts center 1027 Seventh St., Apartment 1. A Dell laptop computer, a 47- By BARBARA HARRINGTON inch Vizio flat screen television, a Staff Reporter Pioneer CD turntable, a Pioneer DJM music mixer and 15-inch JBL Jeffrey Lynch said when archi- speakers were reported stolen 1cct Antoine Predock interviewed from the apartment between for the Doudna Fine Arrs Center Oct. 9 and Oct. 12. Anyone with project, he "literally blew (rhe com­ information on the crime should minee's) socks off." call (866) 345-8488. Coles County Lynch, associate dean of the Crime Stoppers will pay up to College of Am and Humanities, $1,000 for information leading to said about 60 architects bid for rhe the arrest and/or conviction of building; five of rbose architects criminals in Coles County. were brought ro campus for inter­ views. Women's self-defense Prcdock was one of them. class offered "The selection process was essen­ "Fight Like a Girl; a rape-escape tially over after thar interview," and self-defense class that is Lynch said. "He was a man who based on the inherent strengths got exactly what we were after, he of women, will be offered for free brought an enthusiasm and creative at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Wesley energy that I'd like to think was Foundation, 2202 Fourth Street. conragious. And Anroine has deliv­ Pre-registration is not requited ered rhe kind of building that we CODY RICH I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS for the class. Those attending really were hoping for." Antoine Predock, architect of the Doudna Fine Arts Center, gives a lecture on architecture in his recently fin­ should wear comfortable shoes The internationally renowned ished building on Saturday. Doudna opened its doors to Eastern students this semester. and clothing. For more informa­ architect presented a lecture ac 2 tion, call 348-8191. p.m. Saturday about his inspiration arcs. Ir's kind of a homecoming co was finished, she's excited for the there's always something new co see and concept for the recendy com­ me... opportunicies Doudna will present and explore." Annuitant scholarship ple1ed Doudna Fine Arrs Cenrer. Eascern's hisrory, along wich 10 future Eastern students. Lynch said the Doudna Fine application available "This is a bit autobiographical," che agricultural and industrial cul­ After hearing Predock speak on Am Center isn't just a building, Applications are now being bur a kind of experiential archiccc­ Predock said. lhe culminarion of ture in Easr Central Illinois, helped Saturday. Jahrling said Doudna accepted for the Eastern Illinois chis building for me represents 50 shape Predock's vision for Doudna.
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