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COURSE CHANGES NEW EXPERIENCES A NEW START The CAA hears votes on changes to the Learn about how South Korean students are Eastern’s volleyball team will open confer- Africana Studies, comunication studies adapting to an American lifestyle ence play Friday and Saturday with a pair of minors road matches PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 8 HE T aily “TELL astTHE TRUTH AND DON’TE BErn AFRAID” Ews Friday,D September 22, 2017 E n VOL. 102 | NO. 25 CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF COVERAGE EST. 1915 WWW.DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM Possible Chinese officials, Eastern talk relations By Jordan Boyer shots fired Photo Editor | @DEN_News More collaboration with representatives from on Fourth Shanghai, China could be coming for Eastern in the future. By Analicia Haynes Guoping Wang, chair of the Chinese Peo- Managing Editor | @DEN_News ple’s Political Consultative Conference, and economist Xiangcai Zhong talked about future Several students reported what they relations between the university and the Chi- thought were shots fired early Thursday nese legislative delegation with Eastern facul- morning outside of the Melrose Apartments ty members. on 4th Street. History professor Jinhee Lee said the Asian The Charleston Police Department is still studies minor, which focuses on Chinese liter- investigating the report, coordinating with ature, culture, art and history, is starting to at- their night staff to get more information. tract more students. Derek Flaugher, a senior sociology ma- In the future, she said she hopes study jor and his girlfriend Kaitlyn Crossen, an abroad programs will help bring Chinese stu- Eastern alumna, said they heard three pops dents to Eastern. right outside their window. “If they want to learn American history, “It was unreal,” Flaugher said, regard- politics and culture, we would love to swap ing the sound of the shots. “I was passed them,” Lee said. out, heard three or more shots and I was Christiane Eydt-Beebe, chair of the foreign like that was not (normal). Then I woke languages department, said the Chinese lan- (Crossen) up and was like ‘did you just hear guage has been introduced to the foreign lan- that?’ and she was like ‘it was just tapping guage curriculum. noises’ and I was like no, those weren’t tap- Some students involved with the Chinese ping noises.” program attended the public forum and helped Flaugher said the shots sounded as if translate what the professors were saying to the somebody was unloading their clip. Chinese representatives. JORDAN BOYER | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Crossen lives in the apartments, on the Business professor John Willems expressed an Guoping Wang (left), the chair of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and first level. Flaugher said they heard the interest in expanding the School of Business to Economist Xiangcai Zhong (right) speak at a public forum at the Martin Luther King Jr. Univer- shots right outside the window. China. sity Union Thursday morning. The CPPCC came to Eastern to start building a relationship with “It happens all the time,” Crossen said. “We are particularly open to faculty business the university and start many new programs. “Some of us would like to go to bed with- exchanges,” Willems said. there are similarities between China and the Wang said he was convinced to start a rela- out the fear of being shot through our win- Technology professor John Cabage said a United States. tionship with Eastern after talking to Rep. Reg- dow. Can we make that happen please?” “dual degree agreement” in architectural artist- These include similar social norms and ways gie Phillips (R-Charleston). Flaugher and Crossen did not call the po- ry might benefit both Eastern and Chinese stu- of educating students. He saw all the opportunities collaborating lice. dents. Wang himself was not aware of the Chinese with Eastern could bring for Chinese and Amer- Instead their neighbors who live one He said this agreement would allow courses influence on Eastern. ican students and wanted to act on it. floor above them called. to be taught in China by Eastern students, via “I was very surprised that there is an ongoing “Seeing is believing. We saw teachers and stu- The neighbors who called the police de- online or in person. discussion on China here in the middle of no- dents. I would love to build a long-term rela- clined to comment. “This collaboration builds strong relation- where,” Wang joked. tionship,” Wang said. ships with the other side of the world,” Caba- He described how China was a “great stage” Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or ge said. in aspects like education, economics, trade and Jordan Boyer can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected]. Cabage has taught in China before and said communication. [email protected]. Art students try drawing cadavers during class By: AJ Fournier can become part of the requirements for the class. Campus Reporter | @DEN_News Thomas had been working with the cadavers over Students in the art department had the opportuni- the summer. ty to view and learn about different muscles from the After talking to Chi on how her class would have inside of cadavers because of collaboration with bio- to identify different muscles on a person from a dis- logical sciences. play, Thomas thought it would be a good idea to Art professor Jenny Chi said her Advanced Lev- show them the bodies. el Life Drawing class had been learning and draw- Thomas said she loves that students are interested ing from real-life models and learning about how the and not grossed out by seeing the cadavers. body was made. “I love when people have the opportunity to learn, One of Chi’s models, Maggie Thomas, a graduate and even though I don’t want to become a teacher, it student studying biological sciences, has been model- is something I am always going to want to promote,” ing for her for three years. Thomas said. “This is one thing I have always been After hearing of the biological sciences department very passionate about, how things work and how hu- getting two new cadavers, Thomas came up with the mans work.” idea for the Life Drawing class to see them. Gary Bulla, chair of the biological sciences depart- Chi said for the assignment, her students would ment, said this is the first time the two have collab- have to view the cadavers and draw a section of the orated. body. The cadavers can be challenging to get because the “I would love for my students to be able to do it all state provides a scarce amount of them, but the de- the time but it is not easy to access cadavers,” she said. partment were able to purchase two cadavers over the Chi took some students last week to view the ca- summer, Bulla said. davers and to hear Thomas talk about them, but she Joshua Corry, a senior 2D studio art major, said it did not know the response was going to be so pos- is interesting to learn how the body works. AJ FOURNIER | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS itive. “It is nice to see something that is underneath the Students practice drawing cadavers in art professor Jenny Chi’s Life Drawing class. The idea “We decided to do it again tonight, and this time skin and how it works. It is also nice to see what in for using the cadavers came from Maggie Thomas, a graduate student studying biological students would go in with their sketchbooks and do underneath of what you are really drawing,” Corry sciences who always has been modeling for Chi’s class for three years. One student said it was an assignment,” Chi said. said. interesting to see how the body works. This is the first time the two departments have col- Chi said this is the first time art students have got- AJ Fourier can be reached at 581-2812 or laborated. ten to draw cadavers and she hopes this assignment [email protected]. 2 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | AP BRIEFS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 Local weather FRIDAY SATURDAY STATE AND NATION THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Illinois health Kim Jong Un insults Trump care exchange Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny High: 92° High: 90° after he threatens North Korea rates could rise Low: 66° Low: 64° SPRINGFIELD, Ill. 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