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Offices ‘pump up’ blue pride By Al Warpinski Staff Reporter
Blue banners, streamers and blue Panther paw prints have become ammunition for departments across campus, as each office vies to bring in the second Deck the Halls Trophy. Deck the Halls is a week-long event during Homecoming Week for different offices all across campus to puts up as much blue as possible in an effort to “Pump up the Blue” and raise school spirit. And all of the offices were doing just that. In the University Housing and Dining Services office, streamers hung from the ceiling like stalactites in a cave and dozens of Eastern Panthers adorned the walls. Even the employees wore blue in an effort to blend in with walls. The office’s setup took more than a week as they decided to put up decorations gradually. The Office of Student Life went with a more subtle approach. Instead of “bluing” out the entire office, they neatly placed more than 100 blue Panther paw prints around the room. They ranged from 6 inches to 3 feet in diameter. The windows were treated with blue curtains and the office was touched off with blue Christmas lights. Despite the amount of decorations in the Office of Student Life, the set-up time did not take too long, according to office manager Marcia Shambaugh. “It only took us about a day to get most of it up,” Schambaugh said. “We reused the blue paws from last year, so it was just a matter taping them up.” Jamie Herget, a senior biology major, is a student worker for University Housing and Dining Services and said she aided the “blueformation.” “We helped design it, and mainly the students put it up, but everyone here helped out,” Herget said. Although Deck the Halls is a fun and friendly Homecoming competition, one could tell the amount of pride everyone took in not just the office, but the entire school, various office workers said. “We decorate this office; we do it for the students,” Shambaugh said. “We want the students to be like 'Hey, this place looks like fun.'” Herget said many alumni and students from both Eastern and other universities come to share the Homecoming experience and share in the unifying experience. “(Many) people come to visit during Homecoming week, alumni and families, and students from other schools come, too,” Herget said. “Homecoming is about bringing everyone together.” Al Warpinski can be reached at 581-2812 or apwarpinski@eiu.edu.
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John Miller, a senior sociology major, poses with Tyler McGill, an Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 medley relay from the 2012 London Olympics, Tuesday in the Buzzard Hall auditorium. The gold medal is made of silver and is encased in 6 millimeters of gold. McGill spoke with Eastern athletes about achieving their goals, before the meet-and-greet. Full story, page 8
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Enrollment concerns continue By Stephanie Markham Staff Reporter
The Faculty Senate reviewed Eastern’s concerns with declining student enrollment Tuesday. Blair Lord, the provost and vice president for academic affairs, said Eastern is currently down 69 freshmen and 121 transfer students, a 6.8-percent decrease from last year. Though declining enrollment is a nationwide trend, Lord said Illinois has specific problems, like increased cost of living, declining state funding, rising tuition costs and decreased money for needbased aid that contribute even further to the problem. He said Eastern is “leading the pack in decline” compared to other Illinois public institutions. Lord also said Eastern has been taking measures to fix this problem, like seeking advice from the NoelLevitz consulting firm and organizing an “enrollment works” group to implement the advice. Since seeking the advice, Lord said Eastern has made an effort to reorganize the infrastructure in the admissions office, employing more “middle management” to help families figure out financial aid. Along with talking about why Eastern has low enrollment this year, other members of the administration also spoke about what they are doing to aid in the turn-
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Patrick Early, assistant vice president for communications, shows members of the faculty senate a newsletter that is directly aimed toward the students of Charleston and Mattoon high schools. Early emphasized the importance of such marketing plans to raise Eastern’s enrollment.
around process. Mary Herrington-Perry, the assistant vice president for academic affairs, said she has been working on the new “strategic enrollment plan.” She told the members of the Faculty Senate data has been collected to determine how to distribute financial aid wisely, and a strategic enrollment website for students is currently being composed.
Patrick Early, the assistant vice president for communications, marketing and brand strategies, spoke about the importance of advertising. “We need to make sure we have enthusiastic faculty to close the deal with prospective students,” he said. He said the new MyEIU, a web portal used to connect prospective new students to campus, has significantly increased the number of
students interested in Eastern, and tracking codes on the website will be part of a marketing analysis. Along with technology and research, the office of admissions has also changed its strategy to recruit new students. Brenda Major, the director from the office of admissions, talked about her direct involvement in recruiting high school students. ENROLLMENT, page 5
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CeCe Smith and Wei Wang dance in the Dance Studio of the Student Recreation Center as part of Latino Heritage Month's final dance session, teaching the Bachata.
Latino Heritage Month ends with Bachata Ke’Ana Troutman Staff Reporter
About 10 to 12 students filed into the dance studio of the Student Recreation Center Tuesday to dance the final dance of Latino Heritage Month—the bachata. Prior to the lesson, none of the ballroom dancers knew the style of dance they were learning that day, though they were eager and excited to learn. Prior to beginning instruction of how to do the dance, club secretary Wei Weng, technology major and graduate student, gave the mem-
bers a the group a little bit of history on the dance. “The bachata is a style of dance that originates from the Dominican Republic,” Weng said. “It is a dance that is known nationally, however, different cultures have different styles of it.” As she walked the students through the dance, she also talked about why each movement was important and what it meant. “The movement of the hips is very important; it is the soul of the dance,” Weng said. The basics of the dance are a
three-step with a Cuban hip motion, followed by a tap and hip movement, Weng said. Most of the movement of the dance is in the lower body up to the hips, the upper body does not move as much, Weng said. Peter Liu, a technology professor in the Lumpkin School of Business and the faculty adviser for the club, said bachata is a fusion of African drumbeats, Caribbean music and American jazz. Lui said The Ballroom Dance Society was created for students that were looking for a place to
practice ballroom dance and does not compete. He said many of the members see it as a social event. “It encourages students to be creative, because it is not competitive it doesn’t restrict them like a classical class would,” Liu said. “Competitive dancing has more choreography and has more structure as opposed to social where it is more about the connection between people.” Ke’Ana Troutman can be reached at 581-2812 or katroutman@eiu.edu.
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Students to swap rival school T-shirts Staff Report
Students will have the opportunity Wednesday to ditch rival university T-shirts in favor of Eastern T-shirts. The Union Bookstore will host the “Bleed Blue” T-shirt Swap noon
to 7 p.m. in the bookstore. Students are encouraged to bring their T-shirts with other university names, logos or mascots to the bookstore to trade in for a 25-percent-off coupon for any blue Eastern shirt, said Judi Konrad, the
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to receive 35-percent off any Eastern shirt, she said. Konrad said the T-shirts need to be in good condition to swap for a discount. All shirts will be donated to charity.
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Sam Saunders, a junior kinesiology and sports studies major, works as a student employee at Textbook Rental Service. Textbook Rental sold used textbooks as part of its bi-annual sidewalk sale Monday and Tuesday.
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Eastern’s Textbook Rental Service has seen a dramatic decrease in sales of used textbooks at sidewalk sales over the years. Susan Allen, who is in charge of textbook assignments at Textbook Rental, said the bi-annual sale has been going on for years. “It’s been going on since before I got here,” she said. “I started here in 1985 and it had already been going on.” Bryan Walden, who is in charge of discarded textbooks at Textbook Rental, said this year’s sale was slower than in past years. “I don’t know if it’s due to the location out here (at Textbook Rental),” he said. “It seems now that the wholesalers take more textbooks back than they used to before.” Walden said he realizes students are not exposed to the sale as visibly as students who used the textbook rental service when it was next to Pemberton Hall. “Everybody likes to have a copy of the book they had in class,” he said. Walden said Textbook Rental used to have a box sale where students could get an entire box of books for a certain amount of money. “It was kind of a disaster to be honest,” he said. “People would come in and buy boxes and just put them on eBay, or so I suspect.” He said he hopes students do continue to buy the books and help keep the sale alive. “We don’t want to send these books to the recyclers, especially if students
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can use them,” he said. Walden said systems nationwide are trying to get the type of program Eastern has. “Everybody in the whole country is trying to start rental systems, and to have rental system, they have to have books,” he said. When the sale first began, there was a day that totaled $2,000 in profits, according to an Oct. 5, 2004, article in The Daily Eastern News. However, over the years Textbook Rental has been on campus, sales have continued to decrease. Christina Coffey, who is in charge of customer service, said sales have decreased by about $50 each year. In 2010, sales totaled $200, and in 2011, sales were only $150. This year, Coffey said Textbook Rental has only made about $50 during the sale. Walden said it would be too difficult to have the sale on one of the quads because of all the projects that are constantly going on at Textbook Rental, as well as transportation. “Along with doing (this sale), we’re currently resetting all of our shelves,” he said. “We’re actually busier when we’re not handing out books.” He said the textbook sale is something that is done as a side project. “It’s just a little something we do for the students,” he said. “It’s not a big money-raiser.”
Scavenger hunt sends students searching Ke’Ana Troutman Staff Reporter
Billy’s Clues Photo Scavenger Hunt will take place on Wednesday where participants will be asked to find and photograph different items on campus. Teams will meet at 5 p.m. in the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, and will need to return there at 7 p.m. to have their photos judged. Only teams consisting of three students, faculty and staff members can compete. Teams can earn one, three or five points on each photo based on the level of difficulty. Each team can only turn in 20 photos to receive points. The first team back will receive a bonus of 10 points and the team with the most photos will get 10 bonus points as well. However, for every minute that a team is late, a one-point deduction penalty will be taken off the team’s total score. Teams will be able to choose their own adventure for this photo scavenger hunt, and will receive points based on how hard the challenge was to find or photograph. To participate in the scavenger hunt, teams must fill out an application form Robyn Dexter can that can be found on Eastern’s Homebe reached at 581-2812 coming website. or redexter@eiu.edu. Homecoming chairwoman Katana Wilder, a senior communication studies major, said the event gives students a chance to get involved in Homecoming in a unique way. “Homecoming can sometimes be Jenna Mitchell, the student vice presi- centered around organizations and dent for student affairs, said the bill would Greeks, so Homecoming events like be discussed at this week’s meeting. these give people a chance to get in“I think it is a great idea to pass volved in Homecoming,” Wilder said. this legislation because it would be a The decisions of the judges will be figreat opportunity for the Eastern Illi- nal, and the top three teams will be renois campus,” Mitchell said. warded. The Student Senate will vote on The first place team will receive $75 two resolutions concerning the possi- gift cards for each member, the second ble meeting, one to host it and anoth- place team will receive $50 gift cards er to fund it. and the third place team will receive The Student Senate meeting takes $25 gift cards. place at 7 p.m. in the Arcola-Tuscola Teams can be disqualified for any Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. illegal activity and for sabotaging othUniversity Union. er teams. Monday Tuesday Oct. 8
Student Government aims to host IBHE-SAC meeting Kate Quill Staff Reporter
The Student Senate will discuss hosting the Illinois Board of Higher Education-Student Advisory Committee in November at its weekly meeting on Wednesday. The Student Advisory Committee is composed of students from multiple four-year institutions and community colleges from all over the state, and advises the Illinois Board of Higher Education, which oversees all of the statefunded universities. The Student Advisory Committee also offers a place for members of student government from different universities to interact.
The meeting is planned to take place on Nov. 10 at Eastern, if the Student Senate passes a resolution allowing such. At the senate’s last meeting, members tabled the proposal after Jarrod Scherle, the student executive vice president, presented it. “This is a great opportunity for us to show IBHE-SAC how we run student government at EIU,” Scherle said while presenting the resolution on Oct. 3. Nick Allen, a Student Senate member, attended past meetings of the committee. “IBHE-SAC meetings usually take place at northern colleges so only the executive vice president is able to attend them,” Scherle said at the Student Senate meeting. “If the committee agrees to
come here, more senate members are invited to participate in discussions and meetings.” The funds to bring the committee to Eastern would come from the student government budget. Student Body President Kaci Abolt said she does not anticipate any financial problems with this trip. “It’s a great way to put Eastern Illinois on the map, and we are excited to possibly have them here,” Abolt said, Once the committee would arrive at Eastern, there would be a day dedicated to meetings between each of the groups. These meetings would address issues brought up at each school, lobbying efforts and any other concerns from the colleges.
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The controversy swarming around Chickfil-A involves more than just the purchase of one chicken sandwich or lemonade. The Daily Eastern News also believes that this turmoil surpasses the few words spoken by Dan Cathy, the president of Chick-fil-A. The issue here is that part of our community is feeling hurt and discriminated against. Unfortunately, this issue has also shown the current atmosphere on Eastern’s campus—a predominantly apathetic one. The recent debates among faculty, staff, administration and students unveiled the crimes against members of the LGBT community. Nico Canaday was one of the first to bring the hostile actions taking place against the LGBT students on campus, during a Faculty Senate meeting. Canaday alleged that homosexual students had threats and insults written on Chick-fil-A wrappers left on their cars while EIU Pride members had chicken sandwiches thrown at them. Sadly enough, most of these actions were left unreported. Whether those acts were perpetrated as tasteless jokes or with malice, now that the Eastern community is partially aware we have a duty to stop it to the best of our ability. We believe that students feeling threatened or uncomfortable is an issue greater than a contractual agreement between the university and Chick-fil-A. It is important to realize that removing Chick-fil-A from campus will not eliminate the bigotry those considered unacceptably different—only further education and discussion can do that—but it will be the first step. We recommend this discussion continue in a meaningful, respectful way amongst those in the Eastern community by calling for at least students to discuss in a public forum and possible vote on future decisions concerning Chick-fil-A online. We hope this would lead to further discussion in our governing bodies like Student Senate, Staff Senate, Faculty Senate and Board of Trustees. We are a community of diverse people that Eastern’s mission statement has sworn to protect. Eastern’s mission statement reads as follows: “The university community is committed to diversity and inclusion and fosters opportunities for student-faculty scholarship and applied learning experiences within a student-centered campus culture.” President Bill Perry recently reaffirmed this mission statement in an email. But, we feel that the last line of our mission statement has been ignored: “throughout their education, students refine their abilities to reason and to communicate clearly so as to become responsible citizens and leaders.” This ending clause is a promise that should be held to as high as a standard as the sentence preceding it. The promise to make us better than when we first set foot on this campus—better learners, better employees and better human beings. Currently this is not happening. By ignoring this issue, we as a community are not acting as the leaders we are supposed to be striving to be. If that is the mission of the university, then we of the Eastern community have been failed.
a pretty much full-time job with The Daily Eastern News and somehow manage to squeeze in a social life. I’ve figured out that finding an outlet is the key to balancing a busy life. People have all sorts of outlets for when they’re stressed, angry or sad. They may talk to friends or family or go work out. I, however, spend my Thursday nights raging to ridiculously loud, live music. That’s my outlet, but every person is different. Being stressed about school, especially right now around midterms, can lead to a buildup of tension, which could be released in an unhealthy manner. I probably have a breakdown or two a semester, but I think I’m a relatively calm and collected person, considering how much I balance in my life. I know from experience how important it is to take time for yourself and do something that really makes you feel stress-free. During the week, you can catch me scampering around campus in between classes, reporter’s
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of college is finding your personal outlet Chick-fil-A issue Part I lead a crazy life. When the week is finally over, I can finally cut It’s not an exaggeration. loose a little. about student I have to map out my entire life in my planner On Thursday nights after classes and my work to even function. at the paper is finished for the day, I can be found 15 credit hours (including Communicaat DubClub at Friends & Company, bopping my equality, safety tionI take Law, journalism’s famed hardest class), hold head and pumping my fist to electronic music
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Robyn Dexter notebook in hand. I’m probably off to an interview, hopefully dressed in a relatively professional manner. I spend countless hours a week in front of a computer, editing stories and writing my own until my eyes swim. Through all of this, you’ll notice my headphones, which are constantly practically glued to my ears. My music obsession gets me through my insanely busy life. It helps me remember to breathe when everything around me piles up to a level of stress I feel like I’m not capable of handling. It’s all I can do not to constantly dance to the electronic/dubstep/house music that is usually coursing through my eardrums throughout the day. Music brightens my mood in a way almost nothing else can.
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Eastern has welcomed my Faculty senate lack of family to the community interest disappointing Dear EIU Community, I just wanted to express my appreciation for the lovely living quarters you have so graciously supplied my relatives and me. The abundant trees and shrubs and walkways provide us many opportunities to hunt and catch small animals and birds for food. The very friendly students even feed us occasionally and are not afraid of us. Many of them take our pictures and share our beautiful likeness with their friends and families. Since it is extremely welcoming and safe here, I am considering telling more of my relatives about your wonderful generosity and protected quarters. Perhaps we will soon be able to have reunions on a regular basis and group photographs can be arranged. Looking forward to a long and continued neighbor relationship, Campus Fox
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Robyn Dexter is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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into the early morning hours. There’s nothing better than winding down after a crazy week, and that’s my favorite way to do it. So as the stress of midterms pile up and you feel like you’re about ready to rip all your hair out in angst, think about what your outlet is. You will need one, whether it’s something you consciously do or not. Take some time to listen to music or go run a mile. Watch a little bit of your favorite movie or call up a friend you haven’t talked to in a long time. Though helpful, don’t get too caught up in whatever activity you’re doing. Remember to get back to the task at hand and to manage your time wisely. Afterwards, I’ll guarantee you’ll have a brighter outlook on life and help you realize that whatever situation you’re in, there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel.
I was ashamed of our faculty senate when I read that five of the 14 senators present for a vote on the most contentious issue relating to Chik-fil-A abstained from voting. It is difficult to believe that more than a third of the senators present do not have an opinion on the issue. In talking this over with a small, non-random sampling of faculty members, I am not alone. Why would faculty senate members shy away from voting on this? Is it because they are on faculty senate to check off a service box for future promotions? Is it because they want to be visible to the administration to further their possible future administrative careers? It makes me wonder. So the charge cannot be made that I urge others to do what I would not, suffice it to say that Chik-fil-A will not receive my business in the future. I hope Eastern decides not to renew the Chik-fil-A contract; if their business substantially decreases the administration’s decision not to renew would be easier. Surely Dan Cathy has the free speech right to promote and support the causes that he does. He also must suffer the business consequences of those decisions. The two cannot and should not be decoupled. Jonathan Blitz, chemistry professor
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Alumnus visits campus to display, talk about art By Shirmeen Ahmad Staff Reporter
The Tarble Arts Center will showcase the works of an alumnus, who is a painter and art professor at Southeast Missouri State University Thursday. Alumnus Justin Miller will present how he became an artist and talk about his art that is currently on display in the Tarble. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Tarble. Miller graduated from Eastern in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in art education and in 2003 with a master’s degree. This is the first time Miller has returned to Eastern to show his artwork since his graduation. Chris Kahler, an art professor and the graduate coordinator for the art master’s program, is one of Miller’s former professors. Kahler said he is looking forward to seeing Miller and believes current students can learn a lot from him. “It is a great feeling having Justin back at EIU,” Kahler said. “Not only has he become an accomplished artist, but he also is enjoying a good career as a professor teaching painting and drawing.” Kahler said Miller is an example of the outstanding students who are in the art department, and it will be wonderful for other students to learn from him. He said students will be able to see the precision in Miller’s paintings,
and Miller’s subjects come from influences such as science fiction, comics and cartoons. “Justin has amazing patience when it comes to precision painting,” Kahler said. “Not only are his works imaginative and jarring, but he has two distinctive bodies of work that offer a lot to the viewer.” Miller will talk about his techniques and how he uses them to create his art. Michael Watts, the director of the Tarble, said students will have the opportunity to learn from Miller, especially with his specific college experiences and how they affected his career. This lecture is a part of the “New and Emerging Artists Series,” which Watts said is geared to introduce the Eastern and local community to new and lesser-known artists. ‘“The New and Emerging Artists Series’ is a program of the College of Arts & Humanities intended to present artwork and performances by upand-coming artists,” he said. The program is financed by a special fund and administered by Bonnie Irwin, the dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. Miller’s work will be on display in the Brainard Gallery of the Tarble until Nov. 4. Shirmeen Ahmad can be reached at 581-2812 or sahmad@eiu.edu.
ENROLLMENT, from page 1 She said she has been concentrating on local high schools, transfer students and Latino students, and asked the members of the Faculty Senate for their help. She encouraged them to talk about Eastern traditions in their classrooms and asked for the faculty to gather a list of students who would be interested in participating in a student-shadowing program. Jerry Donna, the director from the office of financial aid, discussed the importance of financial incentives for students to attend Eastern such as scholarships. Donna said there will be $2.4 million available for commitment to excellence scholarships and $2.5 million for Panther Promise scholarships in the 2013-2014 academic year.
Scholarship coordinator Christine Edwards also designed a new scholarship website, Donna said. The website features a merit-based aid calculator where students provide their ACT score and high school GPA. Along with the discussion on enrollment, the group also approved a motion to appoint communication studies professor Marita Gronnvoll as a replacement for journalism professor Janice Collins on the Council for Academic Affairs in the spring. The next Faculty Senate meeting is Oct. 16 in Room 4400 of Booth Library.
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During “The Sky is the Limit” seminar, students will be taught effective goal-setting techniques over the course of an hour Wednesday. The Student Success Center is hosting the free class, which will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in the ArcolaTuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The objective of the class is to establish goal-setting techniques for students. Merry Lucas, a graduate assistant from the Student Success Center, said students should come prepared to learn new information they will use in college. Lucas will also be teaching the class.
“Students will learn effective goal setting techniques and be able to come up with both short-term and long-term goals of their own,” Lucas said. “They will be able to refine some of the goals they have now and set better goals.” This informational session will not only teach about educational goals, but also goals that can be implemented into a student’s personal life as well. “We will teach students how to make goals more specific to their lives and how to reflect on the ones they already have,” Lucas said. Beyond this one workshop, Lucas said students can also learn other valuable skills at the other 30-minute
workshops run by the center. The 30-Minute Workshop series is a group of half-hour long academic advising seminars that take place in the Union. The workshops are intended for students interested in learning about a variety of topics they may need improvement with, including tips for a student’s first year at Eastern and how to improve grades, according to the center’s webpage. “The remaining 30 Minute Workshops this semester covers different topics such as how to boost your GPA, taking effective and organized notes, better grades in less time and test taking during finals,” Lucas said.
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Team improves record By Dominic Renzetti Staff Reporter
The Eastern women’s soccer team is coming off a weekend split in which it lost to Tennessee-Martin on Friday, but won against Southeast Missouri in overtime on Sunday. The Panthers improve to 4-10 overall and 2-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The win over Southeast Missouri was team’s third overtime win of the season. The Panthers scored a total of four goals this weekend, giving them 14 goals on the season. The team’s 14 goals is tied for fifth in the OVC. Tennessee-Martin leads the conference with 27 goals this season. The Skyhawks scored five goals against the Panthers in their matchup last Friday, which is the most a team has scored against the Panthers since the team’s season opener against Iowa, who beat them 5-0. Tennessee-Martin also leads the conference in goals per game, averaging 1.93, while the Panthers are tied for seventh with one goal per game. The Panthers have been shutout in seven games this season. The Panthers next matches will be against Austin Peay and Murray State, both at Lakeside Field. Austin Peay is 6-7-0 overall and 2-2-0 in the OVC, while Murray State is 3-8-0 overall and 1-3-0 in the OVC. Around the OVC Junior forward Nikki Donnelly of Eastern Kentucky was named OVC Offensive Player of the Week following a game-winning goal against Jacksonville State, and a game-winning assist to freshman Mikala Ferguson against Tennessee Tech. The Colonels are unbeaten in the OVC. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville’s Kourtney Price was named OVC Defensive Player of the Week after playing 180 minutes in the Cougar’s two shutout wins this weekend. She also scored the game-winning goal with
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Ashley Streid, a red-shirt senior forward, pushes a Southeast Missouri defender off the ball during the game on Sunday at Lakeside Field. Streid scored the game winning goal in the second period of overtime to put the Panthers record at 4-10 for the season.
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Kristin Germann, a senior forward, heads the ball during the game against Southeast Missouri Sunday. Germann has 19 career goals for the Panthers.
less than three minutes remaining against Tennessee-Martin. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville also took home another award, with freshman Jennifer Pelley being named OVC Goalkeeper of the Week. She had two shutouts in the Cougar’s two weekend games, mak-
ing a combined five saves in each. She has six shutouts on the season, which leads the OVC and is sixth most in school history. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.
HOMECOMING, from page 8 The student tailgate will provide students with a place to hang out three hours prior to kickoff. The student tailgate is BYOB and will feature a live DJ, volleyball and bean bags. “The price is as good as it gets and it’s BYOB,” Orlando said. “There are no limitations on alcohol, and there isn’t a heavy police presence that will make people feel like
they are being monitored. We are doing everything we can to provide our students with a great game day atmosphere.” Orlando also stressed the changes that have been made from the first student tailgate to where they are now, and is encouraging students to come out and give the student tailgate a chance. “If you went for the first game, it’s
a night and day difference to where it is at now,” Orlando said. “People were playing football, the DJ was great and we just had a great game day atmosphere. This Saturday at 10:30 is as good of a time as any to come give the student tailgate a shot.” Jordan Pottorff can be reached at 581-2812 or jbpottorff@eiu.edu.
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“She is absolutely fantastic,” Perala said. “The past three years she has been a forward, but because of personnel issues we asked her to play defense. She grabbed a hold of it with both hands and has been our little soldier.” The drop in production can be attributed to her moving to a different position. Streid, who is normally a forward, was playing as a defender for the majority of the season until Eastern head coach Summer Perala called her number. “This was the first time I got to play forward again,” Streid said. “I’m really glad I got the goal.” Another play worth noting was her assist on the second goal of the game in Sunday’s win. She sent in a cross that sophomore midfielder Brooke Sill put a head on and converted the score.
St re i d’s m u l t i - p o i n t p e r f o r mance was the first for an Eastern player since Kristin Germann’s hat-trick against Cleveland State back in August. The assist was her second on the season and the goal was her first in 2012. “Personally I think I’ve done OK,” Streid said. “I’m definitely looking forward to winning, and playing well the rest of the season.” Ashley Streid and the rest of the women’s soccer team will look to continue their momentum against Austin Peay on Friday and Murray State on Sunday. Both games begin at 1 p.m and both will be played at Lakeside Field. Nicholas Ruffolo can be reached at 581-2812 or nfruffolo@eiu.edu.
OLYMPIAN, from page 8 “All of these swimmers have dreams they want to achieve this year in the water, so hopefully by talking to them shined a light on where they want to go and give a little bit of direction and motivation to achieve.” As for Tyler’s dreams, he wants to spend the remainder of his career as a USA national team member, playing a major role in the growth of swimming as a sport across the United States. When it comes to competing, he is ready for any challenge he faces, and will continue to improve.
“(I plan on) embracing the role that I will be coming into,” Tyler said. “I’m not exactly sure what that is yet, but there are challengers behind me that want to take my spot, and I want to hold on to it. My main goal is to continue to get better, continue that process of improvement, then go to Rio and be as successful, if not more so than what was I in London.”
Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.
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It’s Homecoming week at Eastern, and a number of events have been held and are scheduled to take place around campus to build school spirit leading up to the football game between Eastern and Jacksonville State at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at O’Brien Field. With “Pump Up the Blue” signs popping up around campus, and Homecoming week being kicked off with “Royal Blue” on Monday and Family Fun Night on Tuesday, Eastern’s campus is beginning to show its school spirit as students are gearing up for the Homecoming festivities, Tony Orlando, director of Athletic Marketing and Promotions said. “Homecoming week is supposed to be about Eastern pride,” he said. “We are really just trying to get school spirit at an all-time high for Homecoming.” To further engage students in Homecoming festivities, the University Board will be hosting “Bleed Blue,” which is a T-shirt swap that will begin at noon Wednesday in the South Quad. It will also be hosting “Billy’s Clues,” which is a photograph scavenger hunt that will take place campus-wide beginning at 5 p.m. Students wanting to participate in “Billy’s Clues” are to meet at 5 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Along with the T-shirt swap and scavenger hunt, the UB will also be hosting the Blue-B-Que faculty and staff picnic at McAfee Gym on Thursday at 11:30 a.m., and will round out the day with Panther Pile-Up, which will take place at noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Panther Pile-Up is a chance to give back to the community, as students will receive clues that will lead them from donation spot to donation spot. Teams will meet under the bridge at the Union at their designated start time. Then, on Friday, the UB will host several events that will build hype for the football game on Saturday. They will be hosting the Homecoming pep rally, Yell Like Hell, and Who Wants to be a Mascot? beginning at 7 p.m. at McAfee Gym. Yell Like Hell is a campus-wide pep rally promoting school spirit in preparation for the football game, which will include a variety of dance routines and contests. Who Wants to be a Mascot? is a contest that will have students dressing up as an Eastern mascot that best represents the Homecoming theme. Students wishing to participate in Who Wants to be a Mascot? must have their costumes approved by the Homecoming Committee prior to the contest. O n g a m e d a y, a v a r i e t y o f events will take place, including the 12th Annual Homecoming 2.5K Race at 9 a.m., the 2012 Homecoming Parade at 9:30 a.m., Billy’s Backyard Tailgate at 10:30 a.m. and the student tailgate at 10:30 a.m. HOMECOMING, page 7
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Olympic gold medalist Tyler McGill stands with his brother Elliot McGill, the head swim coach for both the men’s and women’s swim teams at Eastern, Tuesday at the Padovan Pool.
Gold medal winner inspires athletes By Anthony Catezone Assistant Sports Editor
Tyler McGill represented the United States in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, on his way to his first gold medal. Tyler was a member of the first place 4x100 Medley Relay team, as he swam in the preliminary round for Team USA. Tyler, who was on Eastern’s campus Tuesday, is the brother of current Eastern head swiming coach Elliot McGill, and the brother of senior swimmer Colin McGill. He said the gold medal he received meant so much more to him than a first place finish at the Olympics. “Receiving the medal is special because it’s something I get to bring home that shows everything that I have done and given to reach that goal,” the Auburn graduate said. “Having the medal and taking it home, represents so much more than just a single victory in the Olympics. It represents that entire process and basically the commitment to wanting to be an Olympian and wanting to be a gold medalist.” Elliot said he is proud to see his brother achieve the goals Tyler set
out to do by representing the United States in the 2012 London Olympics. “I was so happy to see his dreams come true and reach his goals,” Elliot said. “I had a sense of pride of knowing my little brother committed himself and worked hard to achieve his goals by winning the gold. A lot of my reflection during the Olympics was that Tyler did that and how lucky we are as a family to see him succeed.” Tyler placed second in the 100-meter butterfly at the Olympic Trials, qualifying him for the 2012 games, with a time of 51.32 seconds, beating out Ryan Lochte and falling to only Michael Phelps by .18 of a second. However, a seventh place finish in the 100-meter fly in London had Tyler disappointed, but he said he isn’t defined as an Olympian by that event. “Anytime you can go to the Olympics and represent the U.S., it means you have done something amazing to begin with, so I try to take pride in that,” Tyler said. “But hopefully I’ll be able to go (to the 2016 Olympics) and improve on that seventh place finish.” Tyler, 25, is the middle child among his brothers, with Elliot being the oldest, and Colin the youngest. They all hail from Champaign,
graduating from Champaign Central, where the youngest sibling, Sarah, currently attends high school. Tyler, who is soon to be inducted into the Champaign Central Hall of Fame, said that despite experiencing “tough love” with his siblings growing up, he credits their support as a big part of his individual success. Tyler said the message he wanted to send to Eastern’s swim team is that the stresses of being a collegiate athlete can become overwhelming, but uses his own experiences to give the team insight as how to manage it successfully. He s a i d t h e k e y t h a t c o m e s down to being able to balance personal expectations in competition and performing well in school. Tyler also wanted to bring to the swimmers’ attention that they a re e a c h c a p a b l e o f a c h i e v i n g greatness in what ever they pursue. “Every day they have an opportunity to prepare themselves to do something great, whatever that is,” Tyler said. “It doesn’t have to necessarily be in the water, it could be in the classroom or a job they have, but every single day they have that chance to be great at what they do and to move
Olympic gold medal won by Tyler McGill in the 2012 Olympic Games.
forward proactively towards achieving their goals. If they do that, it is almost impossible to fail.” With swimmers of all ages on the roster, Tyler said he hopes each swimmer takes away something from his visit at Eastern, whether it is getting their career started off on the right foot, molding themselves as an individual, or leaving an imprint on Eastern to be remembered by. OLYMPIAN, page 7
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with Ashley Streid, women’s soccer, red-shirt senior forward
Streid continues to make impact By Nicholas Ruffolo Staff Reporter
Red-shirt senior forward Ashley Streid is no stranger to being a difference maker, so it is no surprise she tallied the game-winning goal against Southeastern Missouri on Sunday at
Lakeside Field. The golden goal was on her fourth shot of the game and came near the end of the second overtime. She posted a team-high in goals in her red-shirt freshman season, the first Panther to do so since 2004. Over the course of her four years as a starter,
she has accumulated six game-winning goals, including the score on Sunday. “I feel like I just get lucky sometimes,” Streid said. “I work really hard, and if you work really hard in the game you get rewarded sometimes.”
Sunday’s boot helped Eastern split its weekend games and improve to 4-10 on the season. Streid’s play this year has also caught the eye of head coach Summer Perala, who said she believes she has come a long way this season. IMPACT, page 7