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PAGE 8 =~ E-4 AILY ASTERN EWS Thursday, January 21, 2021 "TELL THE .RUTH AND DON'T BE FRAID" VOL. 105 I NO. 80 Students Inauguration Day display share their thoughts on inaugliration By Julie Zaborowski Staff Reporter I @DEN_news Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday. This year's historical inauguration has sparked much debate and left many with questions as to what will come next. With the new vice president, Kamala Har­ ris, being the fiTSt woman and person of Black and South Asian descent to hold the of­ fice, the country continuing its combat with COVID-19 and citizens protesting for causes on both the left and right side of politics, stu­ dents have mixed opinions on the swearing in of the 46th president of the United States. Silvey Gardner, a freshman elementary ed­ ucation major, said she voted for former Pres­ ident Donald Trump in the 2020 presiden­ tial election. Gardner said she was not happy about the transition· of power. "I feel like the world is pretty close to end­ ing," Garner said. "The government system CORRYN BROCK I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS is so corrupt. Biden and Harris are ·going to Bridgette Price stands on Lincoln Avenue on Wednesday afternoon in protest of Joe Biden's inauguration as president. "We believe ruin this country." that, there's a a big part of us, that believed that Trump was going to enact martial law and stop the steal," Price said. She also said She added that she believes her generation that she had "taken a lot of abuse" standing on Lincoln throughout her time protesting. Reporters witnessed some people offering has been convinced Trump is not a good per­ support, as well as Individuals driving by shouting insults from their vehicles. son. INAUGURATION, page 5 CAA to hold 1st meeting of semester Thursday By Kyara Morales-Rodriguez rural proficiency and interpretive skills. ~Reporterl@DEN_news The proposal states that "students completing de­ partmental honors in Spanish need regularly offered At its upcoming meeting on Thursday at 2 p.m., courses. Also, students completing University Honors F.astern's Council ofAcademic Affairs will be discus.s­ and who major or minor in ing various proposals via D2L C:Ollaborate. Spanish deserve to have honors course options in At this meeting, the council will be voting on a . Spanish. There are currently no upper-division Span­ proposal to change the General Studies (BGS) pro­ ish honors courses. Students have historically fulfilled gram name to Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS). honors requirements by completing honors-level This name change is being requested for many rea­ projects in regular courses." sons, including to provide a more nuanced name for The council will also be meeting to vote on revi­ the program and to prevent further confusion around sions being proposed for two existing courses in the General Education and General Studies. This re­ Communications Disorders and Sciences (CDS) quest is also being made so F.astern can follow suit program. FILE PHOTO I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS with other universities around the country that have One of the courses being revised is the Honors Claudia Janssen Danyi (left) listens while Marita Gronvoll speaks during a CAA meeting in changed their General Studies program names to In­ Research Methods in Communications Disorders November 2019. terdisciplinary Studies. The council will also meet to and Sciences class. The proposal requests the class be vote on two proposals for new courses to the World changed to a 3000 level course "to accommodate the updated "to reflect adjustments to the lab portion of ofAcademic Affairs will review all online or hybrid Languages and Cultures program. increasing number of highly qualified CDS students the course. No changes have been made to the leaure course actions submitted to the Council ofAcadem­ One of the courses is an honors class called Span­ with AP Credit, Dual Credit, and/or transfer credit part of the course. Lab content and assignments have ic Affairs in Fall 2020 to determine ifimplementation ish Through Latin American Narrative and Film. hours that allow them to complete the CDS degree been adjusted to align with best practices in the pro­ in a future term would be appropriate. This course is designed to help develop students' writ­ requirements in 3 years." fession and for departmental honors students." The proposal explains that: ing proficiency in the Spanish language by studying The proposal explains that although these students The council will also vote on revisions proposed "The proposal is limited as requests that are neces­ literary works and writing about them. are well qualified to begin the CDS Departmental for the Communications Disorders and Sciences sary to suppon explicit degree requirements in 100% The rationale for the proposal is that through Honors Program in the fall semester of their second Honors Program as a whole. The proposal requests online programs, off site cohorts, or the BGS pro­ this course, "students will expand their vocabulary, year at F.astern, they may not yet have the 60 hours revising the wording to the CDS Honors Program to gram would be exempted. However, all other requests strengthen their command of grammar, and gain required to take a senior level course. Rather than "clarify the current/longstanding admission process to transition a traditional face-to-face course to online confidence to express themselves in writing." continuing to ask for exceptions, the department re­ and to reflect changes in course number and title to or hybrid requests would be pootponed until January The other course being proposed for the World quests a change in the course number to allow these two of the three required CDS Honors courses." 1, 2022 with an approved implementation date after Languages and Cultures program is an honors class students to enroll prior to completing 60 hours. The council will also vote on the proposal to con­ July 1, 2022." called Hispanic Cinema. This course will be designed Another course being revised is the Honors Senior sider a limited moratorium on proposed course­ to introduce students to the cinematic work of Latin Seminar in Communication Disorders and Sciences based modality changes for the 2021 calendar year. By Kyora Mora/es-Rodriguez can bereached at587- American film artists and to help them develop cul- class. The proposal states that the course should be The proposal also informs the council that the Office 287 2 or knmora/[email protected]. THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS I APNEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021 1 ~?~~L~e~~~~r \ ~!AS~!~~D NATION 0 , ~ Biden takes the helm, appeals ~~;,:::Sunny Partly~~; Cloudy:~:: for unity to take on crises WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe evocative of a war zone and devoid person of South Asian descent elected matters that don't require congres­ Biden was sworn in as the 46th presi­ of crowds because of the coronavirus to the vice presidency and the high­ sional approval - a mix of substan­ dent of the United States on Wednes­ pandemic. est-ranking woman ever to serve in tive and symbolic steps to unwind the THE DAILY day, declaring that "democracy has Instead, Biden gazed out on a cold the U.S. government. Trump years. On Day One, he signed prevailed" and summoning American Washington morning dotted with Biden never mentioned his pre­ a series of executive actions, including EASTERN NEWS resilience and unity to confront the snow flurries to see over 200,000 decessor, who defied tradition and to re-enter the Paris Climate Accords "Tell the ll"uth and don't be afrnid." deeply divided nation's historic con­ American flags planted on the Na­ left town ahead of the ceremony, but and to mandate mask wearing on fed­ fluence of crises. tional Mall to symbolize those who his speech was an implicit rebuke of eral property. Denouncing a national "unciv­ could nor attend in person. Donald Trump. The new president "There's no rime to start like to­ The Daily Eastern News il war," Biden took the oath at a "The will of the people has been denounced "lies told for power and 1802 Buzzard Hall day," Biden said as he signed the ac­ Eastern Illinois University U.S. Capitol that had been battered heard, and the will of the people has for profit" and was blunt about the tions in the Oval Office. Then he Charleston, IL 61920 by an insurrectionist siege just two been heeded. We've learned again challenges ahead. swore in a group of aides - virtual­ 217-581-2812 weeks earlier. Then, taking his place that democracy is precious and de­ Central among them: the surg­ ly - telling chem, "You're my possi­ 217-581-2923 (fax) in the White H ouse Oval Office, he mocracy is fragile. At this hour, my ing virus that has claimed more than bilities." plunged into a stack of executive ac­ friends, democracy has prevail ed," 400,000 lives in the United States, The absence of Biden's predecessor tions chat began to undo the heart of Biden declared in his speech.