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PAGE 7 PAGE 8 HE T aily “TELL astTHE TRUTH AND DON’TE BErn AFRAID” Ews Monday,D November 13, 2017 E n VOL. 102 | NO. 60 CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF COVERAGE EST. 1915 WWW.DAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM Legion of Valor Cross awarded to Eastern cadet By Analicia Haynes accomplished such as graduating Managing Editor | @Haynes1943 from air assault school in Fort Ben- ning, Ga. and finishing in the top It all started with a desire to help 15 percent of his class at Advanced people. Training in Fort Knox, Ky. “And he’s That is what Joseph Winkler, an that kind of an individual,” Glass- Eastern Reserve Officers’ Training man said. Corps cadet said Friday morning However, though the award is one after receiving The Legion of Valor of the highest honors a cadet can Bronze Cross for Achievement dur- achieve and was only given to 80 ca- ing the Veteran’s Day Ceremony in dets in the nation, Winkler main- Old Main. tained his humble demeanor. Winkler led the ceremony, intro- “I almost don’t feel deserving and ducing each speaker and guiding au- I normally don’t because I don’t feel dience members through each pre- like I’ve put forth as much sacrifice sentation, but had no idea he was as (veterans) have,” he said referring going to receive the award. to the room filled with several veter- “I actually almost passed out,” ans, including student veterans, who he said after hearing Eastern Presi- clapped as he shook his head and dent David Glassman announce his made his way to the podium, gra- name, asking him to come up to the ciously accepting the award. podium and accept his award. Winkler said he has been in the Winkler is a senior sociology ma- service for about seven years and is jor and currently serves as the cadet just starting off his military career. battalion commander for the ROTC Therefore, he said it was also Panther Battalion. humbling to be able to speak for the Glassman said in his speech Win- veterans and on the behalf of the kler will receive commission as a fallen. transportation officer in the Nation- “This award, I didn’t expect at all. al Guard after graduating Eastern in They weren’t lying when they said I TOLUWALASE SOLOMON | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Johnathan Jones (left), junior geography major, Tim Steiner (middle), senior kinesiology and sports studies major May and will pursue his master’s de- had no idea,” he said. and Joseph Winkler (right), senior sociology major, shake hands with third graders from Carl Sandburg Elementary gree in clinical psychology and coun- After joining in high school, School after the Veteran’s Day Ceremony in Old Main on Friday. The three are members of the Reserve Officers’ seling. Winkler said he always wanted to Training Corps at Eastern. Winkler received The Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement during the ceremony, “He looks very humble right be in the military but not because of which is a prestigious award that was only given to 80 cadets nationwide. now,” Glassman said after reading family ties or tradition. off the lists of achievements Winkler Award, page 5 Review committee hears of enrollment trends, proposals By Brooke Schwartz Administration Reporter | @brookesch_wartz Management professor Michael Dobbs presented research on enrollment trends in higher education, showing that while East- ern’s enrollment went down, other universi- ties’ in Illinois went up, at Friday’s meeting of the Workgroup Review Committee. The committee also looked at propos- als for new programs such as ones in social work and agriculture. Dobbs showed the committee different graphs he had worked on with colleagues about the state of Illinois higher education after the recent budget impasse. One graph showed fall enrollment trends from 2006-2016. Though Eastern’s had fallen by 40 per- cent, other universities’ enrollment has stayed the same and some have increased. “Unfortunately, there have been times BROOKE SCHWARTZ | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS when I’ve heard, in various meetings and Stephen Lucas (left), the interim associate dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies, Institutional Repository Librarian Todd press releases and things, that people have Bruns (middle), and Rebecca Throneburg (right), communication and disorders and sciences professor, listen to Michael Dobbs’ presentation on said ‘well, the whole state is down. All in- enrollment in Illinois’ higher education. The presentation showed that, on average, from 2006-2016 enrollment in Illinois universities was down stitutions’ enrollments are down,’” Dobbs six percent, while Eastern’s enrollment was down 40 percent alone at the same time. said. “I just want this committee to know that that’s not the case. Half the universi- ties over the same period had increased en- prove. said. “That’s the only way we can adjust the tistically not as likely to go to college at the rollment.” “I think it’s important for (the Work- changes that we need to make.” same rate as this generation, which will lead He said it is important for people to group Committee) to know, also we as an Dobbs also looked at the generational to a massive drop in enrollment in the fu- know these enrollment trends so Eastern institution need to acknowledge this, and trends involved with going to a university. ture. can learn from the past and continue to im- acknowledge our own culpability,” Dobbs He found that future generations are sta- Committee, page 5 2 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | AP BRIEFS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2017 Local weather MONDAY TUESDAY STATE AND NATION THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Town holds 1st service since church attack Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Tex- organizers realized hundreds planned church where 26 empty chairs have olence: He was given a bad conduct ° High: 44 High: 49° as (AP) — Hundreds of mourners to attend, the service was moved to a been placed. Authorities put the of- discharge from the Air Force after Low: 33° Low: 43° crowded into the tiny town of Suther- massive white tent erected in a base- ficial death toll at 26 because one of pleading guilty to assaulting his first land Springs for the first Sunday ser- ball field. the 25 people killed was pregnant. wife and stepson. vice since a gunman stormed the First So many people turned up that the Church officials have said the build- For Sunday's service, people from Baptist Church a week earlier, killing tent's side flaps had to be opened for ing will likely be demolished at some other churches dropped off hand- more than two dozen people in the an overflow crowd so that those who point. made prayer cloths and tiny wood- worst mass shooting in Texas history. couldn't get a seat could see and hear It will be the first time the public en crosses, among other gifts. Men- The Daily In a service that was emotional what was going on inside. Mark Col- is allowed back to the church itself, tal health organizations provided tis- and painful but also uplifting, Pas- lins, a previous pastor at First Baptist, which is expected to be demolished so sues and brought therapy dogs to the easTern news tor Frank Pomeroy shared his person- said it was the largest gathering in the a new structure can be built. Pome- service. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” al heartache and a message that the church's 100-year history. roy has said it would be too painful to Republican Sen. John Cornyn community bound together by faith The front three rows were reserved continue using First Baptist Church spoke at the service, saying lives were The Daily Eastern News can move past the evil that attacked for survivors of the attack and the as a place of worship. stolen as darkness overtook one man's 1802 Buzzard Hall the church seven days earlier. families of those killed. Many arrived The gunman, Devin Patrick Kel- heart. Eastern Illinois University "Rather than choose darkness early, as a steady rain fell on the tarp ley, went aisle to aisle looking for vic- "The pain of losing 26 members is Charleston, IL 61920 as that young man did that day, we roof, offering hugs to each other and tims and shot crying babies at point- overwhelming," Cronyn said. "Many 217-581-2812 217-581-2923 (fax) choose life," said Pomeroy, whose prayers. blank range, according to witness ac- lives have been changed forever. ... I 14-year-old daughter, Annabelle, was Congregants wept during the ser- counts. The dead ranged in age from can't imagine what you've been grap- among those killed in the Nov. 5 ram- vice and a moving version of "Amaz- 18 months to 77 years old. About 20 pling with ever since." News Staff page. His voice cracked as he spoke ing Grace," led by three singers and a people were wounded in the shoot- On Saturday, about 100 people Editor-in-Chief about losing his child.