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Glassman to give State of the University address By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman President David Glassman will give his State of the University address to the students, faculty and staff of Eastern and community members at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. In the speech, he will focus on three topics, which are an update on the budget, the strength of the university and the vision for Eastern’s future. Glassman will address the measures the university has taken so far to balance the budget and the implications of uncertainty in the state’s appropriation, the need for the university to come together in optimism and positivism for its future. The need for marketing and branding the university and implementing an integrative and strategic recruitment plan to increase Eastern’s student enrollment will also be a topic. “I will also be presenting a framework for a pathway of EIU success,” Glassman said. Glassman said he hoped the remarks will provide an understanding of where the university is relative to balancing the budget for the current year, how strong the university is from viewing the accomplishments from the past year and the knowledge that a collaborative plan will be developed for moving the university forward in its educational mission and with financial sustainability. This is the first time Glassman has given such a speech. “As dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Southern Indiana, I would annually give a State of the College address,” he said. “But this will be my first State of the University address.” “I have been working on the remarks for several weeks,” he said. “First by outlining the areas and topics I wanted to include in the address; researching the facts and data to be presented, writing each section individually and
Yearbook photos to begin Staff Report | @DEN_News Starting Monday, registered student organizations will be able to take organization photos for the Warbler yearbook. Dominic Baima, the editor for the Warbler, said these photos would take place at 5-8 p.m. in the Greenup Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. “All RSO(s) are welcome; they’re free,” Baima said. “No reservations are required, they just have to show up.” Also starting this week will be senior portraits; senior portraits will start Monday through Oct. 9th in Buzzard Hall. “You can schedule them, if you’re graduating in December, spring, or summer,” Baima said. “You can get it for free, or you can pay for poses. There is a basic option you can do for free.” Students looking to sign up for senior photos can go to laurenstudios.com to schedule their appointment using the school code, Panther. “It’s a chance for (students) to be a part of EIU’s documented history,” Baima said. Senior portraits will be in the journalism conference room in Buzzard Hall.
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David Glassman was approved as Eastern's next president succeeding Bill Perry on March 2 during the Board of Trustees meeting in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Glassman will be holding his State of the University address Monday at 3:30 p.m. in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
going through numerous drafts.” These drafts were used to edit and reduce the length of the speech to fit a time of approximately 45 minutes. Glassman said he invites all members of the university to attend the speech, according to a press release written in the university newslet-
ter. “I invite all to attend and ask supervisors to allow staff members interested in attending to be able to leave their work areas for the presentation,” he said. “I look forward to seeing you there.” The Office of Marketing and Creative Ser-
vices is planning to publish the delivered speech at the conclusion of Glassman’s address. Those interested can find the speech on the media relations website. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
Administrator optimistic for Eastern By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman Although the state budget for Illinois has not been passed yet, the university is still operating without one. Paul McCann, the vice president of business affairs, said right now the lacking state budget does not affect the university as a whole. “Eventually, when we use all of the tuition money at that point then it will have some effect because then I need those dollars to pay people to run the university,” he said. McCann said although they have tuition money now, it will run out at some point this year. “Tuition money is about as broad a use as any dollars that we get,” McCann said. At the Council on University Planning and Budgeting meeting, he told the members of the CUPB that they were looking at a March-April timeline when they will start running low on money. “During the budget cuts, we’ve been looking at various other ways we might be able to save money,” McCann said. “The bottom line is the state budget will be adopted at some point. There will be money coming forward to the university.” McCann said he does not know what the numbers will be; he said the university would still continue to run the way they have in previous years.
“The bottom line is the state budget will be adopted at some point. There will be money coming forward to the university.” - Paul McCann, vice president of business affairs “We will do whatever we have to do to maintain the university and to produce students and to provide their education as we’ve done in the past,” McCann said. Eastern usually gets around $40 million from the state. McCann said there are four or five sources of funds. About $100 million comes from tuition and from the appropriation from the state. “There are local fees, the fees you pay in your tuition bill that makes up another part of the money we have, and then you have the housing and the auxiliary facilities areas that make up the rest of our total,” McCann said. So far the university has cut operating expenses over the last few years, but when that was no longer an option, they started cutting per-
sonnel. McCann said he was not aware of the budget being this late before. “A few years ago, maybe 10 years ago, it did come in September, maybe October in that timeframe, but I’m not even sure we’re going to have a budget at that point this year,” he said. They usually expect the budget to be done May 31, of the last fiscal year, becoming effective in July, meaning the budget for this fiscal year was expected May 31, 2015. McCann said he thought the reason for the budget being late this year is because of the disagreements at state levels. “The Democrats and the Republicans and the governor and the speaker of the house don’t agree on how to fund the operations of the state,” McCann said. The governor proposed a 31.5 percent decrease in his original budget address as opposed to a 6.5 percent decrease proposed by the legislatures. McCann does not know where the budget is going to be, but he does not think it will be 31.5 percent. “I don’t know where it’s going to be. I don’t think it’s going to be at 31.5, don’t think it’s going to be at zero. It’s going to be somewhere in between there,” McCann said. “Our job is then to figure out how to use that money once the legislature decides.”
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By Lynnsey Veach Staff Reporter | @LynnseyV96 Charleston residents and Eastern students lined the front window of Jackson Avenue Coffee looking at different auction items while others in the back room listened to music in support of the prevention and awareness of domestic violence. The Housing Outreach Prevention and Education organization held their 15th annual Night of HOPE at the JAC on Saturday. Dan Reible, owner of the JAC and a HOPE board member, said “(HOPE) is a wonderful organization that gives help to people who really need it,” Reible said. Fundraising during the event included a raffle with over $1,000 worth of prizes and a silent auction including artwork from various donors. The coffee shop also donated 20 percent of the day’s sales to the cause. Gaye Harrison has volunteered for HOPE for over 10 years and has also performed with her band Motherlode in front of a full audience. Harrison said she hopes to not only entertain but to bring attention to the needs HOPE has in order to spread awareness about domestic violence. The evening consisted of food and live music by Lodestar, Bosco Sticks, Big Blue Mountain, Motherlode and Tequila Mockingbyrd. Attendees Peter and Holly Andrews come to the event each year not just for the silent auction or raffle but also to support HOPE and its cause. Peter Andrews said it is not easy for people to see the need for donations for HOPE. “Not a lot of state and government funding is given to help,” Peter Andrews
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said. “The music and performances just make (the night) even better.” Angie Hunt, the housing program director of HOPE, said the organization has always needed more volunteers to help with events, including Bowls of HOPE in the spring and also a summer rummage sale. Hunt said there are additional ways to get involved with HOPE and the cause of domestic violence on campus, including the Women’s Empowerment League and a class students can take in the women’s studies program called
women, gender and violence. “We want Eastern students to get involved with HOPE because domestic violence does affect them,” Hunt said. “Dating violence is a very real concern on college campuses.” Donations from the Night of HOPE traditionally go to education, prevention and awareness for domestic violence, but because of recent budget cuts, the donations from the event may go toward the necessities the shelter and organization need, Hunt said. “Anyone can write a check, but this
is a pleasant way (of helping),” Peter Andrews said. All donations from the night will be given to HOPE of East Central Illinois, to help their mission “to empower persons to live independent, non-violent lives,” according to their website. Donations will be used to help provide the basic household necessities for shelters, as well as to well as promote awareness and education about domestic violence. Lynnsey Veach can be reached at 581-2812 or at lmveach@eiu.edu.
ROC Fest to bring back '90s nostalgia By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News
The Residence Hall Association will be hosting their annual Residents on Campus festival starting Monday. ROC Fest is a weeklong competiGet social with The Daily Eastern News tion between all the residence halls on campus. The Daily Eastern News The event begins Monday and will continue through Thursday. dailyeasternnews It was created as a friendly competition among Eastern residents and as a @DEN_News way to promote more interaction with Visit our website: dailyeasternnews.com them. Each year, ROC Fest incorporates About a different theme to their events durThe Daily Eastern News is produced by the students of Eastern Illinois University. It is published daily Moning the weeklong competition; this day through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., during fall and year’s theme is a throwback to the ‘90s, spring semesters and twice weekly during the sumwhich is when many of the current atmer term except during university vacations or examinations. One copy per day is free to students and facultending students where children. ty. Additional copies can be obtained for 50 cents each Destiny Collins, the RHA represenin the Student Publications Office in Buzzard Hall.aaaa tative for Pemberton Hall, said RHA Advertising To place an advertisement or classified ad in The Daily Eastern News, call the ads office at 5812812 or fax 581-2923. Visit our online advertisements at dailyeasternnews.com/classifieds.
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The band Motherlode plays during Night of HOPE at Jackson Avenue Coffee. Night of HOPE raises money for the Housing Outreach Prevention and Education of East Central Illinois.
hopes to have a good turnout for this year’s ROC Fest. “ROC Fest is an opportunity for residents on campus to come out and participate in the events planned in hopes of meeting new people and creating a stronger community here on campus,” Collins said. “The bigger the turn out, the better this goal can be accomplished, and this is what RHA hopes for.” ROC Fest is also a way to promote hall spirit between the different residence halls; each day will have a different event for students to participate in for their residence halls. The competition starts off with “BOO-YAH Bingo,” at 7 p.m. Monday in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The second event is “Radical Roller Skating,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Sil-
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ver Star Skate Center in Mattoon. There will be bus transportation provided to the skate center at 6:45 p.m. behind Stevenson Hall. To participate in the events, students must live in the residence halls. Since this is a competition among the residence halls, there will be a prize awarded to the winning residence hall. Throughout the week, there will be a search for the panther babies, or small paper cutouts of panthers hidden around campus. This event will take place through the duration of ROC Fest in the evenings and will have students searching all over Eastern to find panther babies for points. Each panther baby found will be one point. This year, the panthers in the shape of “Rugrats” characters will be worth five points. The third event is “Funky Fresh
Game Night” at 4 p.m. Wednesday in 7th Street Underground. The final event is the boat relay race at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Campus Pond. At the end of ROC Fest, the winners will receive the ROC Fest trophy for the remainder of the upcoming year and will have bragging rights among the residence halls. “Since last year’s theme was ‘Thriller’ and this year’s theme is the ‘90s, I think this year’s ROC Fest will offer a wider range of ideas and themes for participants to do, which will attract a broader range of people,” Collins said. ROC Fest was created and designed to promote a friendly competition on campus among the residence halls. Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.
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Panther Battalion learns skills for future By Mackenzie Freund City Editor | @mgfreund_news MARSEILLES, Ill — Dust flew into the cool damp morning air while cadets from the Panther Battalion built up confidence and faced their fears during the Saturday morning run of the Confidence Course at the Army National Guard Camp. The Confidence Course was one of the different training exercises the cadets went through during their weekend training. The two platoons were split into four squads and sent to try out the obstacles during a dry run after the MS4 level cadets showed them how each obstacle is used. Each cadet went through and tried different techniques that they would later use in the competition to see who could get through the course quicker. Blake Miller, the cadet captain participating in the confidence course competition, said the fastest platoon would get a ribbon for their flag. All of the squads began the course at the same time at different obstacles and would complete the course after they completed each of the 12 obstacles. If someone could not complete an obstacle there was a specific amount of time that would be added to their time.
At the end of the competition, the second platoon had the quickest collective time for finishing the course, winning the ribbon for their flag. After the competition was complete and the cadets ate their Meal Ready-to-Eat, or MRE, they split off by squads and went through two more training exercises. Firearms Training Simulator, or FATS, was an area where cadets would go and practice shooting virtual targets. Master Sergeant Jack Robison led the cadets in the FATS training by first teaching them things to keep in mind while handling a firearm. Robison told the cadets they need to make sure their weapon is cleared before use, so they would not accidentally kill someone. “Every single weapon you will ever hold in your entire life is loaded until you clear it,” Robison said. Robison told the cadets to never point a gun at someone unless they had an intention of killing them. During this time, cadets were in another building learning about a program called Virtual Battle Space, or VBS, where they would play on a simulation that allowed them to go on a virtual mission. During the first trip to VBS, cadets had a chance to learn how the program worked so they could complete their mission when they returned for
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Kyler Davis, a junior English major, crawls under barbed wire on the Confidence Course on Saturday at the Marseilles Training Center in Marseilles, Ill.
their second training time. Before the battalion left Sunday morning, they went through a Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer, HEAT, where they learned how to exit a Humvee after it rolls over. During the first training session
Friday morning, the cadets learned what their pace was, how to read a map accurately, use a compass, and how to plot points using coordinates. Cadets went through land navigation where they would plot coordinates they were given and go find the
points in the woods that were part of the training camp. They repeated this process for a second round of land navigation. Mackenzie Freund can be reached at 581-2812 or at mgfreund@eiu.edu.
Women’s club to host ‘90s-themed karaoke night By Emily Brodt Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The National Association of Colored Women’s Club will be having a ‘90s-themed karaoke night at 6 p.m. Tuesday in 7th Street Underground. Angela Davis, the vice president of the organization, said the purpose of the event is for new students to get to know them. Amanda Williams, the public relations chair and historian of the NACWC, said the karaoke night gives students a fun break from school and gives them an opportunity to be themselves.
“All EIU students (are invited) to come out and just participate and sing with the songs we grew up with,” Williams said. Maya Pitts, the president of the organization, said the planning for karaoke night took the organization on a trip down memory lane. “The Women Improving Lives chapter karaoke event is to bring together and unite the campus with music from our era with fun,” Pitts said. Davis said when planning the event, it took them a while to come up with ideas, because they all had different approaches to the night; she
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said they all wanted to find unique ways for students to get to know them. Williams said the organization initially pitched ideas in various ways to create an event to appeal to a wide range of people on campus. Davis said that the event is to help freshmen get out of their comfort zone and she hopes people will come and be themselves, but it is open to everyone. Davis said the purpose of the organization is to “improve the lives of minorities” whether it is men, women, or children. Williams said one misconception
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is that the organization is only for African-American women, but they try to include everyone when they can. “We believe in uplifting women (of ) any skin color,” Williams said. She said it is their job to motivate and uplift the women here on campus. “This organization means more than just a sisterhood to me, because it is a constant reminder as well as an educational source to my history that isn’t taught in American history books,” Pitts said. Davis said it was the friendships she witnessed between the women
on campus that drew her to the organization and the NACWC events. The event is free and open to all students on campus, and there will be a raffle prize giveaway. Raffle prizes will include a $25 MAC Cosmetics gift card and students getting their makeup done for free. Prizes will also be awarded for the best dressed at the event for men and women. Raffle tickets will be $2 each or five tickets for $3. Emily Brodt can be reached at 581-2812 or eebrodt@eiu.edu.
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Pay attention to the primary elections It seems like every day right now, there is news about the upcoming 2016 presidential election. People are posting their opinions about who they think is the best candidate possible to represent either the Republican ballot or Democratic ballot. Many people are only concerned with the general election in November 2016 though, but to get there, the primary elections need to occur first. An editorial from The Daily Eastern News appeared in the Friday, Sept. 18 edition titled “Do not wait to cram for the election.” That is absolutely true. There is so much going on with debates, rallies and other events with the candidates that people need to start paying attention now rather than later. People have the power to choose the candidate that best represents their ideologies and morals, but the candidate that best represents them may not appear on the ballot. This is where is the primary elections come into play. A primary election is the election that occurs before the general election, and it narrows down the amount of candidates for each political party. The primary elections in Illinois will be occurring on March 15, 2016. This may seem like it is still very far away, but it is less than six months away. The editorial said to start paying attention to what is going now to be informed by the time general election comes around. But people should also be paying attention by the time the primary elections come around. Someone should not wait until the political parties have chosen the person that will represent the party on the ballot to choose who they will be supporting in the election.. To vote in the Illinois primary elections, people must register to vote and have lived in the county they currently live in at least 30 days prior to the election. Every student on campus fits that description, so there is no reason to not take part in this election if you are paying attention to the candidates now. Registration closes 27 days prior to the election, so the only thing someone has to do is register anytime from now until four weeks before. The general election in November is not the only election to wait and vote in. Voting is already a right that young adults do not take advantage of, but it should be something everyone wants to do. Start paying attention now, and be ready for the upcoming Illinois primary elections. You will be even more prepared for the general election by the time November 2016 comes around. Take part in something and find a candidate that best represents your ideals and morals and show support for the candidate. Chris Picazo is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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Take the time to explore Charleston area When you first come to Eastern as a student, you might not think much of it. You might think it is just another small town in central Illinois, but there is so much more to Charleston than you think. The city has so much to offer to not only the residents but also students. Take the time and explore what the city you to go school in has to offer. Since enrollment is lower at Eastern, businesses are not getting the business they have gotten in the past. And there is more to Charleston than the bars and food joints that line Lincoln Avenue one block east and west of campus where every college student seems to go. Charleston goes far beyond Lincoln Avenue, and there are many places to eat and drink and visit on Square. There are places to go on 18th Street. There are places in the town that are not far
off campus available to anyone willing to go looking. Support the local businesses around the city of Charleston. Instead of going to Champaign-Urbana to go to a bar, stay in town and enjoy the things available in the area. When you have a hankering to patronize a business in Mattoon, see if that hankering could be filled by a place of business here in Charleston. Go to events in Charleston too – the 18th Street Farmers Market, live music at one of the bars or at Kiwanis Park – there are events happening in this city. Events occurring around Charleston are not meant just meant for people who already live here. They are meant for students as well. Everyone here is part of the Charleston community.
If you are a freshman, you are likely to spend the next four years here. Take advantage of your time here by visiting the establishments in Charleston. If you are transfer student, you will still be spending a couple of years at the university, and you should take advantage of your short time here. Charleston is a home away from home for students and you are considered a resident of the city. Build relationships with the people here. They will remember you. The university is not its own separate entity from the city of Charleston. We are all part of the community here. Become and play a bigger part of this “communiversity.” The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Protecting wildlife should be a global issue When I first saw the intricate carvings of people, animals and flowers into yellowishwhite elephant teeth in an art museum, I felt intimidated and had to take a step back. While some ivory carvings are done in small sections, this particular ancient Asian artwork used the entire tusks, which—for a lack of better words—were huge. Being around something as large as a horse is scary for many people. I imagined the immense animals that once held these pieces of art in their mouths as if they were still attached to them, and I could not help but feel overwhelmed. This is the problem with ivory. It is beautiful. It is awe-inspiring. It kills elephants. It makes money. China President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama signed an agreement Friday to work on implementing “nearly complete bans” on the ivory trade to combat the global challenge of wildlife trafficking. According to a White House fact sheet, the bans will include restricting the import of ivory as hunting trophies and taking steps to end the domestic commercial trade of ivory. It can be easy to ignore big diplomatic moves like this heard on the news, especially because the animals affected by this legislation are not in the U.S. or China, but Africa. The ivory trade is a multifaceted issue, and there is no telling how swift of effective the
Stephanie Markham “nearly complete bans” will be. However, it is worth our interest as citizens because these laws have the potential to impact the fate of an entire ecosystem providing for a species that the earth may never see again, a species revered by many cultures around the world. According to WildAid.org, Friday’s announcement marks the first public commitment by Jinping to end ivory sales in China, the world’s largest market. The website also states that this move puts pressure on Hong Kong, a global hub for ivory, to ban its legal trade, which has provided cover in recent years for the smuggling of ivory from poached African elephants. According to the World Wildlife Fund’s website, there are now about 500,000 African elephants, whereas the number could have been as high as 5 million in the early 20th century.
It also states tens of thousands are poached each year despite an international trade ban implemented in 1989. Less than 20 percent of their habitat is formally protected. Optimism may be a stretch seeing as existing bans are already ignored, but that does not mean this announcement is not noteworthy. The fact that individuals with as much power as the presidents of China and the U.S. are making efforts to protect animals is positive, despite the challenges that lay ahead in actually implementing the laws. Some thought the backlash toward the man who illegally hunted Cecil the Lion was overdramatic. For the sake of humanity, it is a good thing that people show some shock and outrage over the killing of an animal. The following words from civil rights activist Cesar Chavez illustrate this connection: “Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.” Those who agree should make an effort to pay attention to the steps made by our world leaders, find opportunities to voice their opinions or even get involved with groups who support the cause of protecting wildlife. Stephanie Markham is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or deneic@gmail.com.
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Andrew Tresslar, a student at Charleston High School, gets blue powder thrown on him and other participants at Habitat for Humanity’s Habitat Hustle 5k Color Run on Sunday. All proceeds from the race will go toward building a house in Coles County.
Community jogs for a cause By Alex Seidler Staff Reporter | @den_news Runners crossed the finish line after racing 3.1 miles ‘taking back the day’ in order to raise awareness for sexual assault Saturday. More than 35 people took part in the 5k including Eastern students, professors, community members and the Coles County Sheriff. The Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Services hosted the run. Marko Mohlenhoff, the president of the board of directors for SACIS, said he felt it was important to him as a man to support a cause like this. “I feel it’s important to take interest in increasing awareness of sexual assault and its impact on the community,” Mohlenhoff said. John Dhermy, a community member, said he believes with events like these it helps to bring people to where they can
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be a part of society again. “I think we need programs like these, for not just women, but men and children too,” Dhermy said. While most people came out to support the cause, some also said it was healthy exercise. The 5k winners were divided into age groups of: 20-25, 26-35, 36-45 and 4655. Joycelynn Phillips, a former adviser for Eastern’s Gateway program, said she got to support a cause she believed in and took care of her health. Caroline Gabiga, a senior sociology major and intern at SACIS, said she liked running for a cause she supports. “It’s amazing to see how strong people are after they go through something like that,” Gabiga said. “I’m a strong person, but I consider these people even stronger than me.” Gabiga won third place in the 20-25 age group and seventh overall for the 5k
this year. Brittany Toolis, a graduate student in communication studies, said the staff was supportive, and she believes the cause was very important. “Being a female and seeing how rape culture is framed on TV and in the media, I believe it is important to see the real side of it and to have resources available for people who need it,” Toolis said. Toolis said she hopes more people will come out next year because it is a good chance to raise awareness and have fun. Erin Walters, the executive director of SACIS, said the event had a good turnout and a diverse crowd of participants from community members and students. “I think we had a beautiful route and the weather couldn’t have been better for the 5k,” Walters said.
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Sunday marked the first day of National Hazing Prevention Week on campus and events are scheduled throughout the week to show support for the cause. The Greek councils including the Panhellenic Council, the National PanHellenic Council, Interfraternity Council and Lambda Alpha Delta organization with the help of graduate assistants in fraternity and sorority programs are putting events for the week together. Colton Janes, the graduate assistant for fraternity and sorority programs, said National Hazing Prevention Week is a national program that universities and organizations use to create ways to remind individuals that hazing is illegal. “(It is) also finding healthy programming both passive and active to get students invested and involved in what’s important for the community as a whole at universities,” Janes said. HazingPrevention.Org established the National Hazing Prevention Week and the week is designated for the final week of September. Dean Harwood, the director of fraternity and sorority programs, said the week is still fairly new to Eastern’s campus, but he has seen the impact of the program since it began. “NHPW is still a young concept at EIU,” Harwood said. “We have seen growth each year and we will continue to grow the program over time. Anything we can do to create awareness of hazing issues is a positive.” Scheduled events for the week are to begin Monday with the Panhellenic Council encouraging students on campus to wear any clothing with red to show support for hazing prevention. The Lambda Alpha Delta organization will be showing a hazing documentary followed by a discussion at 6 p.m. in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Monday. The National Pan-Hellenic Council will host a question and answer session
on Twitter at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Students can participate in the online session by tweeting questions to @EiuNphc and using the hashtags NPHW15 or NPHC. The Interfraternity Council will help conclude the week at 4 p.m Thursday with the Greek Unity Barbecue in Greek Court. During the barbecue, members from different fraternity and sorority chapters will come together to create a banner with the theme of “These Hands Don’t Haze.”
“I expect that the program will continue to grow as it becomes an annual tradition on campus.” - Dean Harwood, director of fraternity and sorority programs Janes said students would use paint to create handprints on the banner to show the different representation of different chapters existing within the Interfraternity Council. “We can always use more participation from individuals and members,” Harwood said. “I expect that the program will continue to grow as it becomes an annual tradition on campus.” Janes said that the topic of hazing prevention is becoming a larger topic nationally, and he said that it is not a topic that should be designated for the final week of September. “It’s definitely growing as a hot-button topic because if you check the social media or news articles, if something hits the news, it’s going to hit hard,” Janes said. “Hazing prevention is not just a week, it’s 52 weeks. That’s what’s important. It needs to be an ongoing conversation that exists.” Chris Picazo can be reached at 581-2812 or cepicazo@eiu.edu.
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Eastern drops 1st 2 conference games of season By Elias Albert Staff Reporter | @Den_Sports Eastern dropped to 2-8-1 on the season, and 0-2 in its conference, following losses to Tennessee-Martin and Southeast Missouri over the weekend. The Panthers lost by scores of 3-1 and 5-0, respectively, in their opening Ohio Valley Conference matchups. In the game against TennesseeMartin, Eastern surrendered a goal from inside the box during the 19th minute. After, Eastern was clean defensively until the 55th minute as they allowed two more goals in a five-minute span. Eastern struggled to answer and could only manage one goal. Eastern coach Jason Cherr y stressed the importance of his team containing the Tennessee-Martin forwards, one of which still managed to get on the board twice. In their game against Southeast Missouri, Eastern allowed two goals within the first six minutes and three additional scores as the game went on. In the two games, Eastern was out-shot 47-14, including just four against Southeast Missouri. Defender Carrie Caplin was the lone Panther to get on the scoreboard. Her goal was her first of the season and came in the second half against Tennessee-Martin. Caplin’s goal was a positive, being that she is now the fourth different player to score for Eastern and is now
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up to three points on the year. Despite a difficult weekend, Maddie Lyon recorded 14 saves and saved 64 percent of the shots she faced on goal. She has now made 73 saves with a save rate of 76 percent during her nine caps on the season. Her numbers have her ranked first in the OVC in saves and saves per game. The difficulty Eastern experienced attempting to score and defend may
have been a result of the strengths of the competition. Particularly, Southeast Missouri is allowing an average of just one goal per game and has almost doubled their opponents in total goals this season. They have also been able to pick apart their opponents by out-shooting them, 71-41. Eastern forward Molly Hawkins was held scoreless during the two games.
She is still tied for 18th in Division I and first within the OVC, having scored seven goals on the year. Forward Hannah Miller was also held in check, but her three goals have her sitting at a tie for 10th within the conference. With the two road losses, Eastern remains winless away from Lakeside Field at 0-6-1. They have been outscored 16-3 on the road so far this season, compared to being outscored just 11-9 at home.
Their two conference defeats put Eastern at 10th in OVC standings. They are currently ranked fourth in the conference with 12 goals to this point. Eastern’s next games, both within the OVC, will be at Belmont on Friday and on Sunday they will host Jacksonville State. Elias Albert can be reached at 581-2812 or at ewalbert@eiu.edu.
Men’s golf team prepares for Derek Dolenc invite Women’s golf team members Wong and Bahr tied for 33rd place By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor|@BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern men’s golf team is set to play in the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Derek Dolenc invitational on Monday and Tuesday. The 54-hole tournament will start at 8 a.m. and all teams will play 36 holes Monday and finish the tournament with 18 holes on Tuesday starting at 8 a.m.
The tournament at the Par 71, 7,091-yard Gateway National Golf Links in Madison will feature six Ohio Valley Conference teams such as Austin Peay, Belmont, Murray State, Tennessee Tech, TennesseeMartin and host Southern IllinoisEdwardsville. Other teams that will be in the tournament are Bradley University, Chicago State, Missouri State, Omaha University, Oakland, South Dakota, Western Illinois and Mott Community College. Last time out, the Panthers placed eighth in the Murray State invitational last week. The Panthers opened in fourth place after shooting a 296 as a team, but the team struggled the final two
rounds and ended up in last. Senior Austin Sproles started the tournament shoot a 2-under, 69 at the par 71, Miller Memorial Golf Course in Murray, Ky. Sproles finished the tournament with a 18-over, 231 after shooting a 79 and 81 in the final two rounds of the tournament. Freshman Alvaro Hernandez is the most consistent golfer on the team this season and has had four rounds out of six in the 70s. Hernandez fired two rounds of 74 last weekend and a round of 77. This will be the second straight tournament where the Panthers and Murray State have gone up against each other. Last weekend, Murray State won
the team title as the host of their invitational. Brock Simmons won the individual title and finished 3-under. Simmons shot a three-round total of 210. Simmons fired off a 70, 71 and 69 in the three rounds. His teammate Preston French fired a low-round of 66 for the tournament. French finished the tournament at an even-par, 213. The Racers had all five golfers shoot in the 70s. Matt Sakutney shot a round in the 60s as well with a 69.
off this week after finishing in 10th place last week at the Loyola-Chicago Fall Invite at the Flossmoor Country Club in Flossmoor. Junior Chloe Wong and sophomore Anne Bahr tied for 33rd for the Panthers after shooting a three-round total of 250. Bahr shot rounds of 82, 85 and 83, and Wong started the tournament with an 81 then fired rounds of 87 and 82. The Eastern women will be back in action over the weekend at the Butler fall invitational for their third tournament of the season.
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“The game doesn’t change for me,” Lara said. “There are always a few things that you tweak and adjust, but most of the change in momentum were just different patterns of execution.” Goalkeeper Mike Novotny played all 110 minutes for Eastern and made seven saves, with a clean first half. Oral Robert’s first goal came at the 67th minute mark, by way of a penalty kick, and their winning goal came just short of one minute into the second overtime. They’re now 3-3-1 on the year. Lara saw the game as a learning experience for his team and plans on having them ready for their next game. “The group is still young,” Lara said. “We need to begin preparing better and sacrificing more to come out here and be competitive.” Eastern’s next game will be on Tuesday, as they host Northern Illinois.
By Blake Nash Staff Reporter|@Banash5 With a 28-point lead early in the 4th quarter, it looked like No. 1 ranked Jacksonville State was on its way to another Ohio Valley Conference victory. However Tennessee-Martin was not going to go away quietly on their home field, scoring 21 unanswered points in the quarter. The Skyhawks could not tie the game, and wound up losing 48-41 for their second loss of the season. Jacksonville State red-shirt junior quarterback Eli Jenkins finished the day completing 16-of-25 passes for 254 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for a touchdown, becoming the first quarterback since Ryan Perrilloux to score four touch-
downs in one game. He was just 34 passing yards shy of his career-high. His counterpart senior quarterback Jarod Neal was a big part of the Skyhawk’s comeback. Three of his four touchdown passes came in the fourth quarter, including a 63-yard strike to senior wide receiver William Tanner. He also had touchdowns of 12, 16 and 39 yards. He completed 34-of-49 passes for 433 yards and also threw an interception. His performance impressed Jacksonville State coach John Grass, who won his second consecutive game against an OVC opponent. “Their quarterback is really good,” Grass told reporters after the game. “With a lot of defensive linemen out, we just couldn’t get enough pressure and they had a good plan to get the ball out of his hand quick. We busted a few coverages, which isn’t typical of us, and couldn’t get off the field on third downs.”
The Skyhawks were 5-of-13 on third down conversions, while the Gamecocks were 11-of-17. The Gamecocks also had more yards of total offense, outgaining the Skyhawks, 555-497. Senior running back Troymaine Pope rushed for 159 yards on 16 carries, and also scored two touchdowns to lead the Jacksonville State rushing attack. His 46-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter. Jacksonville State moves to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in OVC play, while the Skyhawks are 1-2 and 0-1 in conference play.
SEMO comes up “short” to Shorter The Southeast Missouri defense gave up 300 rushing yards to Division II member Shorter University, and lost by a score of 26-21. But Shorter’s defense also played a big part in the win. On the final drive, Southeast Mis-
souri drove all the way down to the Shorter 28-yard line. Following a false start penalty, the Redhawks rushed for four yards, threw an incomplete pass and gave up a quarterback sack, bring up fourth and 13. Freshman quarterback Dante Vandeven would throw an incomplete pass the next play to end all hopes for a Southeast Missouri victory. Shorter was running a triple option offense for the entire game. Junior running back B.J. McCoy rushed for 159 yards on 23 carries, and also scored two touchdowns for the Hawks. Sophomore quarterback Aaron Bryant rushed for 41 yards, and also threw for 109 yards and a touchdown. Southeast Missouri is now 1-3 this season, playing all non-conference games. Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu
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Wallace breaks digs record as Panthers start 2-0 By Sean Hastings Assistant Sports Editor|@DEN_Sports Senior libero Stephanie Wallace came into Saturday’s match with Jacksonville State only needing four digs to break the all-time record for digs in Eastern history. Wallace came into the match with 1,663 career digs seeking to break the record of 1,666 digs held by Erica Gerth (2001-2004). Wallace finished with 14 digs in the match which led both sides to bring her career total to 1,677 with 14 guaranteed games left in her career plus the games they play in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Although she loved breaking the record, she mostly cares that her digs are contributing to getting the Panthers wins. “It’s really exciting, it’s an honor and a great accomplishment that I’ll take for the rest of my life,” Wallace said. “It’s cool that I get to break it but it’s even better that we’re winning in conference.” She added that having her family there and being able to do it with her teammates made it that much more special. Another accomplishment was reached this weekend as Abby Saalfrank became a part of the 1,000-kill club. She was honored before Friday’s match against Tennessee Tech. The Panthers were back at home for the first time since Sept. 1 when they lost to Indiana State. Heading into the weekend, the Panthers were riding a seven-game losing streak and were looking to get back on track especially with conference play starting where all the games count. Eastern won every set of the weekend defeating Tennessee Tech, 3-0, on Friday and Jacksonville State, 3-0, on Saturday. Eastern coach Sam Wolinski knew how important it was to have a quick and good start to conference play. “We needed to win in three sets; that was our goal,” Wolinski said. “For us after playing so many fiveset and four-set matches over the last couple weekends, it feels good to win in three straight.” Wolinski attributed the team’s success against Tennessee Tech to the ‘really good week of practice.’
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Senior libero Stephanie Wallace leads the Panthers in celebration after they scored late in the third set during their clean sweep of Tennessee Tech Friday at Lantz Arena. Eastern won in straight sets (25-14, 26-24, 25-15) over the Golden Eagles to finish the first half of its weekend.
All throughout the match, the Panthers dominated Tennessee Tech and kept them off-balance, which Wolinski said was huge in getting the win. The closest set the Golden Eagles played with Eastern was the second as they only lost by two points, 26-24. Eastern won the first set 25-14 and the third set 25-15. Senior Kayla Nesbitt led the way for the Panthers in kills earning 11 in the three sets. Sophomore Allie Hueston was right behind her with 10. Senior Marah Bradbury and freshman Taylor Smith dished out 36 of the total 40 assists in the match. Wallace said that having so much success against Tennessee Tech gave them extra motivation going into the next match against Jacksonville State.
EASTERN’S TOP 5 ALL-TIME C AREER DIGS LEADERS 1) 1,677- STEPHANIE WALL ACE (2012-2015) 2) 1,666- ERIC A GERTH (2001-2004) 3) 1,595- KIM BL ACKWELL (1997-2000) 4) 1,484- MELEAH CUTLER (1996-1999) 5) 1,383- HEATHER REDENBO (2002-2005)
Although Jacksonville State hung around a little more than the Golden Eagles, Eastern still won each set by at least six points, (25-15, 25-19, 25-19). Hueston led the Panthers in kills in this match earning 14, which was double the amount any Gamecock got. Once again, Bradbury and Smith
earned almost all of the assists. Bradbury had 25, and Smith had 23. Smith said she loves being able to contribute so much just as a freshman. “It feels really good to contribute to the team,” Smith said. “I just have to keep working hard and showing them what I have and that I should be out
there on the court.” The Panthers are now 2-0 and will look to make it 3-0 when they take on Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Wednesday. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Eastern falls to Oral Roberts, 2-1, in double overtime By Elias Albert Staff reporter|@Den_Sports Eastern fell just short to Oral Roberts, 2-1, in double overtime on Saturday. The loss dropped Eastern to 2-5 on the season and now 0-1 in Summit League play. Head coach Kiki Lara thought his team did enough to come away with a victory, despite coming up short. He also feels that the opponents were better at finishing. “Oral Roberts capitalized on their opportunities,” Lara said. “We didn’t.” Eastern scored in the first half and took a shutout lead to halftime. The second half seemed to continue to go in their favor early on as an Oral Roberts player left the game by way of a red card for using inappropriate language. However, the booking in the 59th minute may have sparked life into Oral Roberts as they tied the game shortly after. As the second half wrapped up and overtime commenced, Eastern failed
to create chances to retake the lead. Forward Tyler Oliver was the lone Panther to get on the scoreboard with his goal in the 26th minute. He now has three goals on the season, which leads the team. “Tyler’s an effective and dangerous player,” Lara said. “He, and all of our guys, need to know that we can be effective and get in position to score. That’s something we’ve demonstrated from the beginning.” Oliver was happy to get on the board but feels he could have done more to help his team succeed. “I’ve had a fortunate time playing lately,” Oliver said. “But I also missed a few chances and could have done better defensively.” Despite taking a 1-0 lead into the break, and even being catered a red card on their opponents for inappropriate language, Eastern could not hold onto or extend their lead. Eastern seemed to shift momentum and energy throughout the game, even though it was not in Lara’s scheme or strategy.
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Junior midfielder and forward, Davis Wegmann brings the ball upfield on Saturday at Lakeside Field against Oral Roberts. The Panthers lost 2-1.