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March 11, 2025
Full text linkVol. 53, No. 12
Actions included unanimous passing of resolution on Yahacov Cov Dennis, the first reading of a proposed By-Laws addition regarding petitions for Faculty Senate Exec to conduct third party No Confidence votes, and VPSA Anne Flaherty, Associate Director of Counseling Jessica Coburn, and Executive Director of Health and Counseling Services Eric Davidson presented on student mental health supports
A Beautiful Mind Meets Harsh Reality: Practical Tips for Negotiators When Bargaining Strays from Ideal Conditions
Full text linkBilateral bargaining theory developed by mathematician and Nobel Laureate John Nash predicts that when both parties have full information, a deal is quickly reached without a strike. Such a situation represents ideal conditions, which the real world does not match. However, Nash Bargaining presents a useful baseline for bargaining teams. We discuss deviations from ideal conditions that bargaining teams are likely to face and tactics for overcoming them with the goal of reaching an agreement while avoiding a strike. This paper’s focus draws from our experience negotiating a contract for non-tenure track faculty across the three University of Michigan campuses, but is applicable to other bargaining situations as well
March 26, 2025 (Vol. 109, No. 23)
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2025 - Joe Gisondi
No full textJoe Gisondi, a professor of Journalism at EIU, has turned the student-run newspaper, the Daily Eastern News, into one of the premier college news organizations in the country, has authored two books, regularly runs sports journalism workshops across the country, and has been named one of the most influential advisers of the last 100 years by the Associated Collegiate Press.
Gisondi’s primary responsibilities at EIU revolve around supervision of student journalists who run the DEN and teaching journalism classes, with a particular, although not exclusive, focus on sports reporting.
After 20 years as a working journalist, and a master’s degree from the University of Central Florida, Professor Gisondi joined the EIU faculty in 2002. He has had a profound impact on EIU students and on the EIU and Coles County community. Along the way, he found time to earn a Master’s of Fine Arts degree in creative nonfiction from Spalding University.
As student media director, the student newspaper has been named the Best College Media Group for the past two years by the College Media Association among the 50-plus national honors, has won 82 awards in the Illinois College Press Association journalism competition over the past three years, including for best news website and best print edition, and has earned four nominations and one win for an Associated Collegiate Press\u27s Pacemaker Award. Previous to EIU, his student newspapers at Valencia College in Orlando won three ACP Pacemaker Awards among four nominations and the newspaper was twice named Florida student-newspaper of the year. In part for these accomplishments, in 2022 Professor Gisondi was named to the inaugural class of the Associated Collegiate Press\u27s “Pioneers,” presented to distinguished journalism educators and advocates who have provided exceptional leadership for collegiate media programs and made remarkable contributions to collegiate journalism.
In addition to his work with students, Professor Gisondi has continued an active writing career. He has published a textbook, The Field Guide To Covering Sports, on sports reporting that is used across the country, and perhaps, most notably, a book reporting on people around the country who are actively searching for the cryptid Bigfoot. He also founded the website ColesCountySports.com, contributing prolifically to stories on the site covering the range of sports in Charleston, Mattoon, and the rest of the county.
Professor Gisondi is a more than fitting recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/distinguished_faculty_award/1012/thumbnail.jp
I Can’t, I’m On-Call: The Psychological Effects of On-Call Duty on Graduate Assistants in Residence Life
Full text linkGraduate Assistants (GAs) face various demands such as conducting research, completing coursework, holding assistantships, and other personal responsibilities. GAs working in housing and residence life (HRL) departments face unique challenges, especially those who serve as crisis responders for students who live on-campus. This study examines the mental health challenges faced by graduate assistants in housing and residence life who live on-campus and serve in on-call roles at higher education institutions. It explores the effects of vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout, offering key findings, trends, and recommendations while sharing personal stories of GAs balancing on-call duties with graduate studies
History’s unsung hero: Examining Oscar Dunn and African American history through a graphical novel
Full text linkSocial studies curriculum is at the center of heated debates in U. S. politics. Conservative politicians seek to limit what student are taught about the experiences of people of color who have been oppressed or subjected to racist policies and treatment throughout American history. Whitewashing history denies students the chance to examine history in its fullness as they are unable to analyze the voices and experiences of all people whose stories have contributed to the American story. In this article, the author explores how graphic novels may be used to teach African American history. Specifically, the author discusses how activities that utilize Monumental: Oscar Dunn and His Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana (Mitchell et al., 2021) help students to examine and contextualize concepts such as democracy, freedom, and what it meant to different groups of people. Activities such as the ones discussed in the article support discipline literacy and foster empathy and students’ ability to understand how topics connected to race and social injustice continue to impact the present
For Her Horror: Sociopsychological Gratifications Obtained by Fem Fans of the Slasher
Full text linkThose who side with the unjustified killer in slasher films are doing so to fulfill sociopsychological needs that are not being met in social reality. There were three main findings found in this study. First, participants sided with the unjustified killer in slasher films to gratify needs that were not being fulfilled in their careers such as the need to perform without having to consult mentors, not unlike how the unjustified killer murders victims without discussing with others. Second, participants sided with the unjustified killer in slasher films to gratify needs in their romantic relationships such as the need to feel love and affection through random acts of kindness, similar to how the unjustified killer picks their victims at random. Third, participants sided with the unjustified killer in slasher films to gratify sexual needs such as the need to express their sexuality in a safe space, similarly to the unjustified killer who has the freedom to experiment with kills and act on victims without consequences. This study supports the tenets of uses and gratifications theory which has pointed to audiences’ active choice to engage with media as a way to satisfy sociopsychological needs (Katz et al., 1974). 15 one-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted via Zoom calls with women between the ages of 18-45 who resided in the United States and identified as fans of slasher films and sided with the unjustified killer. This thesis was conducted to help fans articulate their interests in a maligned genre and add to our understanding of horror fandom and why it exists
Panther Tracks: Digitally Archive Your EIU Memories
No full textThis is a poster graphic launching Panther Tracks, a campus-wide initiative for RSOs, Greeks, Living and Learning Communities, etc., to digitally document and archive the lives and experiences of EIU students.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/student_selfies_research/1002/thumbnail.jp
January 22, 2025 (Vol. 109, No. 15)
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February 25, 2025
Full text linkVol. 53, No. 11
Guest speakers: Interdisciplinary Studies instructors Kim Redfern, Jan Murphy Morris, and Jackie Janesk