Eastern Illinois University The Keep April 2019 4-24-2019 Daily Eastern News: April 24, 2019 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2019_apr Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: April 24, 2019" (2019). April. 18. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2019_apr/18 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 2019 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]. AFTER HOURS PITCHING ON POINT The Tarble Arts Center is hosting a The Eastern softball team defeated "Tarble After Hours" party Wednesday IUPUI 7-1 Tuesday at Williams Field. night as a way to help students relax Eastern is now 11-12 in non­ before finals. conference play. PAGE 3 PAGE 8 AILY ASTERN EWS "TELL THE TRUTH AND DON'T BE AFRAID" Students talk Edingburg's death still sexism in the unsolved after 2 years video gaming StaffReport I @DEN_News and CPD says information from the community and public will play a crucial role in the depart­ Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of ment solving the case and finding the suspect(s). community an Eastern students who was fatally shot during CPD is still investigating the murder and say a house party on 7th Street. they hope to bring Edingburg's shooter to jus­ ByTom O'Connoc Byron Edingbufg was shot in the back yard of tice. Staff Reporter@DEN_ I News 1061 7th Street while trying to break up a fight, Those with information regarding the shoot­ according to a press release from the Charleston ing are encouraged to contact CPD at 217-348- Nicole Guadiano is invisible whenshe plays vid­ Police Department. 5221, via the Charleston Illinois Police Depart­ eogames online. Opponents will never know she that In a statement given to CPD from Eding­ ment Facebook page or by sending in tips to· SUBMITTED PHOTO rourindy reaches the peakof the Mario Kart leader­ burg's family, they described him as a "great de­ Cqles Counry Crime Stoppers. April 22 marked the two year anniversary of board, never hearher animated voice bleedthrough bater, big brother to a host of cousins, always the shooting death of Eastern student Byron herheadset, neverknow that she is a woman. supportive and kind hearted. The News Staffcan be reached at Edingburg. I.1. Guadiano has crafted an ambiguous username, Edingburg's shooter has yet to be identified 581-2812 or at [email protected]. 1 Biowhat, so no competitor, not a single one, willever knowthat she is one of the 45 percent of gamerswho arefunale. She stopped using her Xbox headset, knowing that, by doing so, competitors wouldnot know her 'Hey, can you take a picture?' gender. Since middle school, when she ultimatdy decided to go invisible, Guidiano hasnot beenGJ.!led a "&ick­ . in' girl" because, wdl, she took away their means of berating her. When a group of boys from Guadiano's middle school became angry when she did not follow their directions on Call of Duty, a combat game, one of them uttered words that have become cemented in her mind ever since. "Cut it out, she'sjust a girl," one of the mends in­ terjected. "She doesn'tknow anything." She has diagnosed this malice as a byproduct of social confinements, with societydemanding men to concealtheir emotions and maintain roles of author­ ity, embraced as characteristics that they should em­ body. Sociery and gaming, Guadiano posits, are in­ terchangeable. "How can you be a provider or a bread winrier when a girl is bearingyou at this, thisand this,"Gua­ diano said. "But your baseline of success should not be based on your perception of women and their comparisonto you." When Guadiano articulates her fixation on video games with other women, it is derided, by some, as oddand socially unacceptable. The reactions among men tend to bemore mixed. Some say they find it "cool" that she has a pen­ chant for gameslike Mario Kart or Zelda, but others infer that, as a woman, she must not be very skilled at the craft. "Whenever I am playing online, depending on who I am playing with, I kind of feel like I have to prove myself because I'm a girl;' Guadiano said. Analyz.ingthe manner in which sexismmanifests, Guadiano maintainsthat the overarching themes of . sexism, be it sexual harassment or condescending statements, are more problematic in society than in gaming itself If women were to, say, speak up about a supervi­ sor'sinapprop riate remarks, there could, in fact, bere­ percussions to taking action, sometimes losing their jobs for simply informing a Human Resources de­ partment on the matter. Gamers, behind the guise of anonymity, have full licenseto saywhat theywant, imbuing a spate of de­ rt>gat:otyremarks. There are no consequences to what might besaid. But, neverthdess, Guadianoviews the online gam­ ing communityas afoun dation&om which hate ma­ turesand prospers. ·"Insociety, I thinksexism can beworse in terms of how it is expres.5edbecause a lot of hostilityand inter­ actionstowards females often happen in their career field,where you can'tsay anything about it," Guadi­ ano said. JJ BULLOCK I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Grant Emme and Ryan Knernschield, teammates on Eastern's baseball team asked for their photo to be taken during a pitching change Tuesday · · • • • • • GAMING, page 5 at Cpaches Stadium. Eastern beat Robert Morris 11-2. , , • • , • • • • .• . � . ' . , . ,/ . ' \ •"' \ l l I 4 ' • <o I f ' t ' , f � I t I• '·' ' , • ' 4. 2 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS I AP NEWS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 :?o�:�A���!�:� \ STH��t�n�P!!� Na ti on As Sri Lanka Florida Senate passes bill expanding mourns, Islamic armed teachers program Tuesday state claims Partly Cloudy Showers (AP) far, districts High: 76° High: 72° TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Flori­ one Republican in favor and all Demo­ So 25 have approved par­ Eastern bombings da is on the vergeof expandinga law that cratsopposed. ticipatingin the guardianprogram. Low: 55° Low: 58° allows some teachers to carryguns in the Thebill would makeall teachers eligi­ The bill was based on recommenda­ .'\ classroom after the Senate passed awide­ ble forthe program ifthey volunteer, un­ tions froma eommission formed after the COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - rangingschool safety bill Tuesday. dergopsychological evaluation, are ttained shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas As the death toll from the Easter The bill seekschanges to a law enacted . by a sheriffsoffice and the school districts High School.Both sidessaid theysupport bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 32 1 THE .DAILY last yearafter a gunman killed 17 people approve. It passed on a 22-17 vote with the other parts of thebill, including pro­ on Tuesday, the Islamic State group in a rampage at a Parkland high school. all Democrats against and all but one visions dealingwith mental health assess­ claimed responsibility and released EASTERN NEWS While Democrats and Republicans Republican in favor.Democrats argued ments and reportingviolent incidentsand images that purported to show the "Tell the truthan_d don't be afraid.n agreedon nearlyall other provisionsin the there's a greater chance of a student be­ potential threats at schools.A companion attackers, while the country's prime bill, the one sticking point wasa_propooed ing accidentallyshot thanbeing killed in a bill is awaitinga Housevote. minister warned that several sus­ The Daily Eastern News expansion of a "guardianprogram" that massshooting. Republicans said a teacher Authorities say former student Niko­ pects armed with explosiVes are still 1802 BuzzardHall allows guns in schools. Right now, only might beable to stop a shooterbefore po­ las Cruzcarried out the Parkland attack. at large. Eastern Illinois University teacherswho have a roleoutside thecJas&. lice canarrive at a school. Cruz, now 20, faces the death penalty if Another top government offi­ Charleston, IL 61920 room, such as an athletic coach, can par­ Republicansrepeatedly emph asizedthe convicted. cial said the suicide bombings at 217-581-2812 voluntarynature of theprogram. the churches, hotels and other sites 217-581-2923 (fax) ticipate. The votewas 22-17, with all but were carried out by Islamic funda­ News Staff Advertising $768M Wisconsin Looming wave of sex abuse cases poses mentalists in apparent retaliation Staff forthe New Zealand mosque mas­ Editor-in-chief Powerball winner threat to Boy Scouts its 109-year history sacres last month that a white su­ Analicia Haynes FacultyAdvisers [email protected] premacist has beeni charged with Editorial Adviser said he 'pretty Lola Burnham NEW YORK (AP)- The lawyers' million youths. carrying out.· Managing Editor Photo Adviser ads on the internet aggressively seeking A bankruptcyby the Boy Scouts could The Islamic State group, which Kristen Ed Brian Poulter much felt lucky' DEN managing@ clients to filesexual abuse lawsuits give a be unprecedented in its complexity, po­ . has lost all the territory it once held Website Adviser gmail.com Brian Poulter taste of what lies ahead this year forthe tentially involving plaintiffs in virtually in Iraq and Syria, has made a series Publisher MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Boy Scouts of America: potentially the every state, accordingto severallawyers. of unsupported claims of respon­ News Editor Lola Burnham Logan Raschke 24-year-old Wisconsin man stepped most fatefulchapter in its 109-year his­ It would be national in scope, unlikethe sibility and Prime Minister Rani! Business Manager dennewsdesk@ Betsy Jewell forward. Tuesday to claim a $768 mil­ tory. various Cath_olic Church bankruptcycas­ Wickremesinghe said that investi­ gmail.com Press Supervisor lion Powerball prize, the nation's third­ Sexualabuse settlements have already es in the U.S., which have unfolded dio­ gators were still determining the ex­ Tom Roberts Associate News largest lottery jackpot, saying he "pretty strained the Boy Scouts' finances to the ceseby diocese.