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Lucy Hill, a music performance major, pours herself a sample of zingiber ginger coconut rooibos tea at Tea Around the World, a University Board event that featured drinks from around the world, on Tuesday afternoon. Hill said she enjoys attending events like Tea Around the World, as she attended the Hug a Cactus event on the 5th. She plans on attending more events in the future.
Students share coming out stories make sure. You’d never explicitly said.’” Woolley then decided to explicitly tell their mother, who took it well. “At first, she asked if I was serious, LGBTQA+ students at Eastern are and when I told her I was, she was just like, celebrating National Coming Out Day as a ‘Okay,’” Woolley said. “We talked about it day to take pride in who they are. later and laughed it off.” Every year, Oct. 11 is recognized as NaJovan Williams, a freshman music perfortional Coming Out Day. mance major, said his coming out story was This date was chosen because it marks a very big moment. the anniversary of the 1987 National March “I was a dancer and choreographer for on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. this company at my school,” Williams said. Siobhan Doherty, a sophomore sociolo“We were doing this piece about who we gy major and president of EIU Pride, said are, and I wanted the dancers to use props. coming out is an I ended up using whiteongoing event. boards.” “A l o t o f p e o - "A lot of people think of coming out as one big event but you have Williams himple think of (com- to do it every time you meet someone. It’s a lifelong process." self was a performer, and ing out) as one big he wrote “I’m gay” on his Siobhan Doherty, president of EIU Pride event, but you have whiteboard. On opening to do it every time night, his parents were in you meet someone,” Doherty said. “It’s a Alex Woolley, a junior 2-D studio the audience. lifelong process.” art major, said their coming out story hap“They had no idea, but I felt like it was a “Sophomore year of high school I told pened in a lot of stages of claiming different good way to tell them,” Williams said. my mom I was bisexual,” Doherty said. identities. Woolley said National Coming Out Day “For me, that was like a stepping stone into “In middle school, I came out to my is not just for individuals who have come testing the waters of how my mom would close friends and told them I was gay,” out. take that as something her daughter was.” Woolley said. It is an opportunity to reflect on how Doherty said that by doing so, she does In high school, Wooley transitioned into fortunate some of us are to feel safe, while not want to invalidate bisexuality, and fully a new stage, and they decided they just others may not have that ability. recognizes it as its own sexuality. wanted to identify as queer, not necessari“People who haven’t come out yet are “At first, she told me things like, ‘No, ly homosexual. just as much queer or just as much trans you’re not. This is a phase,’ and things like “I decided to come out to my family as every other member of the community,” that,” Doherty said. then,” Woolley said. “I was having dinner Woolley said. Doherty went to Catholic school until with my sister, and it was brought up. She Travis Moody can be reached at 518-2816 or at eighth grade, where being gay was shown as asked me, ‘So, you’re not straight?’ When I tlmoody@eiu.edu. a “that’s not us” situation. told her, she responded, ‘I just wanted to
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“I finally told my mom in the worst way possible,” Doherty said. “I ended up texting her from upstairs while she was downstairs. I could hear her footsteps coming up the stairs, and she still kind of had that same attitude.” Doherty said both of her parents are very accepting now, and even came to the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity at Eastern this year. “I think it’s just because they never imagined it being an issue so close to them,” Doherty said. “Once it was, it took them a minute to adjust.”
Making campus a more accepting place will be discussed during the Making Excellence Inclusive diversity conference at 7:45 a.m. Friday in the Martin Luther King Jr. Union. There will be a keynote speech by Beth Hatt, a Fulbright Fellow and associate professor at Illinois State University, titled “Cultural Wellness As Smartness,” role-playing games and discussions about racism and first-generation college students. The program’s goal with the conference is to help those in power better interact with and teach “underrepresented groups” on campus that may need special resources or help. Catherine Polydore, a professor in counseling and student development, said Friday is not aimed at students. However, they can get involved with Making Excellence Inclusive and the other programs it hosts, Polydore said. “The purpose of (the conference) is to educate individuals who are in a position of power, so to speak, and who interact with students,” Polydore said. Jeannie Ludlow, the vice chair of Making Excellence Inclusive, said she hopes this conference opens a discussion between important people on campus about diversity and why it is important. “What we really wanted to do was bring as many people as possible from campus together to have conversations about how diversity is a part of our campus,” Ludlow said. Making Excellence Inclusive started at Eastern in 2012 as an initiative of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and has since hosted many events and presentations in an effort to help Eastern’s diversity, Ludlow said. Ludlow has been a part of Making Excellence Inclusive since its inception. “When I got here in 2008, there didn’t seem to be as much of that kind of work happening at Eastern as there was at my previous institution, and so I was very excited when people started doing the work, and I wanted to be a part of it,” Ludlow said. Both Ludlow and Polydore said one of the overarching goals of Making Excellence Inclusive is to help those for whom success, especially in the classroom, can be hard to come by, because of what that student’s reality might look like. Polydore said racism and discrimination, on and off campus, can make achieving excellence much harder for underrepresented students. “(Making Excellence Inclusive) is something people get involved with because they care very deeply,” Ludlow said.. Polydore said Masking Excellence Inclusive hopes to provide tools to faculty, staff and students to better and more inclusively live and interact with an increasingly diverse world and to help students know they can overcome the obstacles of an unequal world. “We are providing them with, we like to think of it as, the hope or inspiration to be anything they want to be,” Polydore said. “Because we have done it, they can do it too.” The next meeting is at 11 a.m. on Oct. 17 in the Dean’s Conference Room in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Interested faculty, staff and graduate assistants have until noon on Thursday to register for the conference, on the website. Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581-2812 or at bsschwartz@eiu.edu.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is chasing a moving target as it tries to dig out of the nation's worst budget crisis, and a review obtained by The Associated Press shows $7.5 billion worth of unpaid bills — as much as half the total — hadn't been sent to the official who writes the checks by the end of June. Although many of those IOUs have since been paid, a similar amount in unprocessed bills has replaced them in the last three months, Comptroller Susana Mendoza's office said Monday. That's in addition to $9 billion worth of checks that are at the office but being delayed because the state lacks the money to pay them. The mound of past-due bills tripled over the two years Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the General Assembly were locked in a budget stalemate, which ended in July when lawmakers hiked income taxes over Rauner's vetoes. In some cases, agencies were waiting to send their receipts to Mendoza because lawmakers haven't approved the spending. For example, the Department of Corrections had $471
million in unpaid bills on hand as of June 30 largely for that reason. "Ascertaining the precise nature of the state's past-due obligations and liabilities is an essential component of responsible cash and debt management," the Democratic comptroller wrote in a letter to Republican Rep. David McSweeney, a budget hawk from Barrington Hills who requested the review. Mendoza and McSweeney plan to use the findings to urge lawmakers to override Rauner's veto of legislation that would require monthly reporting of bills not yet submitted for processing. The measure, authored by Mendoza's office, would include a breakdown of how old each bill is and which ones have received legislative approval to be paid. "The governor supports more transparency on the state of our finances," Rauner spokesman Hud Englehart said in an email to AP. "He vetoed this bill because the State does not have adequate technology in place to cost effectively provide this information monthly." The age of bills is important be-
cause many that are 90 days or older face a 1 percent-per-month latepayment fee; about $5.5 billion of the current $15.9 billion backlog is subject to the penalty. Mendoza estimates the state will ultimately pay $900 million in late-payment fees on the existing pile of debt. The Department of Central Management Services, which handles personnel, procurement and employee health care, has most of the June 30 bundle, with $5.8 billion. That's mostly doctor's bills owed to employee medical providers under the state group health insurance plan. McSweeney's call for the overview coincided with the current Oct. 1 deadline for publicizing the amount of bills held at agencies at a fiscal year's end. McSweeney said with Illinois swimming in debt, including a $130 billion shortfall in what's needed to pay employee pensions and other long-term borrowing, check-writers need more exact information. "With a $16 billion backlog of unpaid bills, and $200 billion in total liabilities when you add in the pension debt, I don't trust this governor, I
Wildfires devastate California SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — In neighborhood after neighborhood, all that remains are the smoldering ashes and eye-stinging smoke from a day of utter devastation. Newly homeless residents of California wine country took stock of their shattered lives Tuesday, a day after wildfires killed at least 15 people and destroyed more than 2,000 homes and businesses. Hundreds more firefighters joined the battle against the blazes, which were still completely uncontained. Authorities also began to identify the dead, including a 100-year-old man and his 98-year-old wife who died in their burning home. A thick, smoky haze cloaked much of Napa and Sonoma counties, where neighborhoods hit by the fires were completely leveled. In the Santa Rosa suburb known as Coffey Park, house after house was gone with only brick chimneys still standing. The flames burned so hot that windows and tire
rims melted off cars, leaving many parked vehicles sitting on their steel axles. The only recognizable remnants at many homes were charred washing machines and dryers. Officials hoped cooler weather and lighter winds would help crews get a handle on 17 separate fires, which are among the deadliest in California history. "The weather has been working in our favor, but it doesn't mean it will stay that way," said Brad Alexander, a spokesman of the governor's Office of Emergency Services. The extra firefighters came from throughout California and Nevada. Extra law enforcement officers will help with evacuations and guard against looting, Alexander said. At least 100 people have been injured and 100 were missing in Sonoma County alone, authorities said. The fires that started Sunday night moved so quickly that thousands of people were forced to flee with only
a few minutes of warning, and some did not get out in time. Among the victims were Charles and Sara Rippey, who were married for 75 years and lived at the Silverado Resort in Napa. "The only thing worse would have been if one survived without the other," their granddaughter, Ruby Gibney told Oakland television station KTVU. In Washington, President Donald Trump said he spoke with Gov. Jerry Brown to "let him know that the federal government will stand with the people of California. And we will be there for you in this time of terrible tragedy and need." The flames forced authorities to focus primarily on getting people out safely, even if it meant abandoning structures to the fire. October has generally been the most destructive time of year for California wildfires. But it was unusual for many fires to take off at the same time.
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don't trust this administration," McSweeney said. "We need monthly reporting." Typically, when a governor and Legislature agree on a budget, the legislation authorizing it includes appropriations bills. If money is spent that isn't approved, lawmakers must do it after the fact in a supplemental appropriation. Rauner has complained that the budget legislative Democrats approved in July is $1.7 billion short of being balanced. Democrats have countered that the governor spent money last year that wasn't approved. Neither side has elaborated. Democrats have signaled they plan to attack Rauner's budget management during his 2018 re-election campaign Mendoza, who beat Rauner's handpicked candidate in a special election for comptroller last fall, has wrangled with the governor over issues related to the deficit and the backlog, including one spat over which fund to use to pay particular bills. The Legislature returns for its fall session Oct. 24.
Ill. opioid crisis to be researched by U. of Chicago, SIU SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Two medical universities are teaming up to study how the opioid epidemic is affecting southern Illinois. Southern Illinois School of Medicine and the University of Chicago have received a $1.1 million federal grant to study the impact of the drugs in Illinois' 16 southernmost counties. Researchers say people who use opioids such as prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl are more vulnerable to other diseases such as HIV and hepatitis. The team hopes their research will make it easier for people struggling with addiction to get help. Wiley D. Jenkins is an associate professor at the SIU School of Medicine. Jenkins says the grant provides an opportunity to find strategies most appropriate for the community.
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By AJ Fournier Campus Reporter | @DEN_News India’s greatest mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and his work will be the topic of discussion at the third annual Perry Lectures. The lectures are being hosted by the department of mathematics and computer science and are split between two days. They will both be at 4 p.m. on Oct. 26 and 27 in Room 2231 of Old Main. Mathematics professor Bogdan Petrenko said the goal of the lectures is to teach about the different advances in math. Bruce Berndt will give the lectures. It will be his first time speaking at Eastern. The first lecture will be an overview of the notebooks and Ramanujan’s life. The second lecture will give an more in-depth look at Ramanujan’s work and discoveries. “The goal is to educate people who are not experts in the field of the topics being discussed,” Petrenko said. Berndt has devoted 20 years to editing the notebooks to show proof of Ramanujan’s claims, for which proof has not been shown in literature. The lectures began under former Eastern President William Perry, when Petrenko approached Perry with the idea of bringing in prominent mathematicians to speak about advances in mathematics and different subjects within the field. Petrenko said for the last three years, different subjects have been talked about, with different speakers for each years’ lecture, and the turnout has always been good. “Last year the room was packed, turnout was excellent and I feel students learned a lot,” he said. Petrenko said he believes students will learn that they can achieve success in any subject no matter the barriers through the lectures. AJ Fournier can be reached at 581-2812 or at ajfournier@eiu.edu.
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Students wait in line to ask questions via Skype to Maxim Pozdorovkin, the director of the film “Clinica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” in Lumpkin Hall Auditorium Tuesday afternoon. ”This honestly gave me a better perspective for life,” Jereme Ware, a freshman journalism major, said.
Session to teach students to be activists By Kennedy Nolen Multicultural Reporter | @KennedyNolenEIU Students can learn how to become an activist for the LGBTQA+ community or any cause at 7 p.m. in the Martinsville Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Being an activist is more than making signs or going to demonstrations, said Karissa Light, an intern with the Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity. She said the session will encourage students to write letters or make phone calls to politicians and volunteer at agencies, where their will to make a difference can be seen at a higher level. Light will discuss the history of activism as well as bring ideas from the past and mix them with today’s thoughts. “I think we are in a time right now where activism is becoming more prominent on college
campuses,” Light said. “It is probably a good thing for students to know how to be an activist on campus, but also (know) the safety reasons.” Light said the session will also be including safety precautions when it comes to being an activist. Jessica Ward, the coordinator for the Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity, said people can be activists for several causes, especially today, no matter what side of the political spectrum they are on. Ward hosted a similar activism session for faculty and staff at the EIUnity Diversity Conference last semester, which discussed theoretical frameworks. Activism 101 will be strictly designed for students and will not delve into the theories, she said. Ward said the staff of the Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity wants to meet the needs of
students. “We want to make sure we are providing as much as we can,” Ward said. “That’s why we have extended our SafeZone offerings.” Light said Activism 101 will be interactive, and she thinks students will really enjoy their time if they choose to come. As part of LGBTQA+ History Month, the Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity will be hosting Activism 101 along with a slew of other activities. Some of these include lunch in the center on Monday, pride flag bracelet making on Tuesday, a screening of the film “Moonlight” Thursday Oct. 18, the Student Drag Show Thursday Oct. 26 and the Diva Drag Show Monday Oct. 30 to wrap up the month. Kennedy Nolen can be reached at 581-2812 or kdnolen@eiu.edu.
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Be careful when driving To the teacher who passed the moronic, inconsiderate, arrogant and easily distracted student in Driver’s Education, I hate you. You are partially responsible for putting another imbecile behind the wheel and giving them the power to take someone’s life at will. You suck, whoever you are. Of course, I am being far too harsh and simple-minded, because how can it possibly be the instructor’s fault? No. The only people to blame when it comes to inept and dangerous driving are the drivers themselves. Naturally, we are all going to put on a show for the instructors because we want our license, our second form of identification and our source to infinite freedom. But we abuse that freedom and have the audacity to blame someone else for our own mistakes. We are a disgusting species. What I fail to understand time and time again is how people can be so irresponsible when it comes to driving, myself included. Why do we take for granted the power we have when we operate such heavy machinery that half of us do not know how to fix? When you put that thought into perspective, the thoughts that follow afterward are terrifying—even more terrifying than the graphic commercials that show the consequences of a distracted driver because the thoughts never end. It is not like we were not taught about the rules of the road and the consequences that unravel based on the decisions we make while driving. So then why is it that the first thought to travel across the foreground of our minds is “Man, I hope I don’t get pulled over for speeding,” instead of “Man, I’m speeding, let me slow down so I don’t kill someone today?” It is almost as if we are raised to believe that we no longer have to be responsible for our actions and to not care about the stranger next to us. For example, when I was driving to work on Tuesday, a car did not wait long enough at the stop sign and almost T-boned me as I turned (since I had the right of way.) Luckily, we both stopped and as most of us have done, I said a few choice words and blamed the other person and I am sure they did the same. Now, though we avoided a collision, who really was to blame? The person who did not wait long enough to see if there were any more cars coming, or me for not slowing down to make sure someone did not blow the stop sign? If I had been going any faster, I know I would not have been able to stop in time to avoid being hit, and that rattles me. But what shocks me the most is my reaction. I should be thankful that we both stopped and thought about being a safer driver, but instead I got angry at the other driver and I got angry that I was late for work. Driving is a two-way street (no pun intended,) which is why we all need to be observant and courteous to the individual in the car next to us. Put the cell phone away, slow it down and pay attention while driving because it should not have to take a near-death experience to make me or anyone else feel the need to drive safer. Analicia Haynes is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.
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Coming out is different for everyone Wednesday marks National Coming Out Day, when people are generally encouraged to let others they care about know that they are a part of the LGBTQA+ community. While it is important to be honest with ourselves, coming out is a personal decision that is different for everyone. Not everyone will come out at the same time, or in the same way. While some may be comfortable coming out on social media, others will only tell a few close family or friends. And even if someone does come out to everyone they know, they may not always feel comfortable having their sexuality be a topic of discussion very often. There is no “right way” to come out. It all depends on the person. The reaction people get will not always be the same for everyone, either. Some parents may accept their children right away, while others, like the ones described in the article, may take some time to adjust to the news.
Some people’s friends might be more accepting than others as well. Be respectful of your friends and family in the LGBTQA+ community. Make sure they are OK with it, and that you are not putting them in danger, before you tell someone else what their sexuality or gender identity is. And if you yourself are debating whether to come out, make sure it is your decision and you are not making it based on what other people think is best. Only you know when the right time to come out is, and ultimately you are the one who knows themselves the best in general. As one student in Wednesday’s article said, people who have not come out are j u s t a s m u c h a p a r t o f t h e LG BTQA + community as anyone else. You do not have to ‘prove’ your identity to anyone to make it valid. And as stated in the article, coming out is not a one-time occurrence. It will be a question dealt with for many
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Do not forget where you came from Never forget where you came from, be proud of who you are As college students, we are always bombarded with homework, tests, extracurricular activities, bills and more. It seems like we are always struggling to meet deadlines. It is easy to get involved in everything else that we have going on in our lives, and we often forget the reason why we are going to school. We d o e v e r y t h i n g s o o u r p a r ents know they did a good job raising us. At least, I do. And in the end, I just want to hear them tell me that they are proud of how much I have grown up. I have never been a straight-A student. I was never on the honor roll. I never got trophies for my accomplishments. All I ever got were ribbons and “thanks for trying” certificates. But now, I understand how important it is to get an education. My parents did not have the opportunity to seek higher education. My father never made it past the tenth grade, my mother never made it past eleventh grade and my sister never made it past her first year of college. Because of this, my family saw the importance of me going to college. Today, I am blessed and privileged to be enrolled in a university to work toward completing my bachelor’s degree.
Jaynell Perera I am a millennial, a Hispanic female, born and raised in Miami, Fla. Growing up, I was never wealthy, but both of my parents managed to get stable jobs that kept food on the table. Our income allowed us to learn how to save and not overspend, placing us in the lower middle class. I am the proud product of two immigrants from Cuba. Every holiday we have “congri, yuca con mojo y puerco en la caja China” which is rice, black beans, cassava and pork. My parents mispronounce simple words because Spanish is their first language. I always laugh when they say “Guol-mar” instead of “Wal-Mart.” All my life I have lived surrounded by people who look like me, talk like me and live like me. I grew up going to church every Sunday morning.
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as they navigate relationships with new people. It would be great if, since this is 2017, people left bigoted and outdated ideas in the past, and knew that discriminator y actions based on people’s sexual orientation or gender identity are not OK. However, the unfortunate truth is not everyone is. That is why those who do consider themselves allies of the LGBTQA+ community need to do the best they can to educate themselves to fight against discrimination against the community. T h e D a i l y E a s t e r n Ne w s e n c o u r a g e s everyone who can to take part in activist training such as the one mentioned in Wednesday’s article, Activism 101. Taking the first step to advocate for a cause one is passionate about can be hard, and knowing there are people who can teach you how can help.
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I was baptized, received my first communion and participated in confirmation. My family is very tight-knit and Catholic. I was taught basic table etiquette. This meant I had to wait until everyone sat down at the table and their plates were placed in front of them before I was able to eat. My mother has always told me, “ Tu no eres mejor que nadie, pero nadie es mejor que tu,” which translates to, “You are not better than anyone, but no one is better than you.” I was taught not to judge people. People all around the world are raised in different ways and they embrace their culture, just like I embrace my own. I have always found joy in learning about other people’s ways of living and understanding why people think and act the way they do. The point I am trying to make is that you should never forget where you come from. Your roots are engraved into who you are as an individual. You are a combination of both your parents. I cannot speak for everyone, but I always do what I can to please my parents and make a good impression. Their sacrifices will never go unnoticed. Jaynell Perera is a junior journalism major and can be reached at 581-2812 or jperera@eiu.edu.
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George Chavez (left,) an undecided freshman, Julisa Bautista (center,) a sophomore civil engineering and philosophy major and Jessica Rodriguez (right,) a senior marketing major, sit at the computers in the Booth Library Tuesday night. “I’m helping Jessica with math and George is helping me with research for a speech project,” Bautista said. “It’s in the middle of campus and easier to meet here than trying to all meet up at one place or another, and they have all the resources we need.”
Staff Report | @DEN_News The Council on Academic Affairs will vote on a change to the name of the women’s studies program and minor and a revision to the psychology minor at its next meeting Thursday. Women’s studies voted to rename the program to women’s gender and sexuality studies in the fall of 2015. According to the rationale, the change will bring Eastern’s program “up-to-date relative to contemporary scholarship on gender” and will make the program more competitive with other programs in the country that are also making the same change. The change to the psychology minor would add Neuropsychology to the list of courses that fulfill the Group B re-
quirement for the psychology minor and add Human Memory to the list of courses that fulfill the Group C requirement to the minor. The rationale to the change said this will give students additional opportunities to meet the requirements for the minor. Four new courses are also set to be voted on. These new classes are one in Queer Theories, Supply Chain and Logistics Management, Spanish for the Health Professions and Introduction to Studies of Sexuality and Gender Diversity. The CAA will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday in room 4440 in the Booth Library. The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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Coach Kim Dameron leads the Eastern football team out of the tunnel prior to its game against Tennessee Tech Saturday. The Panthers came away with a 24-23 win.
Panthers turning corner at right times By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports It has not been perfect, or how the Eastern football team expected it, but the Panthers are finding answers and finding them at the right time— even if it is in an unorthodox way. Last year’s demise started when the Panthers lost quarterback Mitch Kimble to a list of injuries and failed to find consistency playing with Austin Green at quarterback. Fast-forward to 2017 and déjà vu. Eastern lost Kimble once again to a shoulder and back injury in the third game of the season and had to call upon back up quarterback Scotty Gilkey Jr., a redshirt freshman who had not played a down of col-
lege football as a starter. Gilkey Jr. saw some playing time in a blowout loss to Northern Illinois. The result? Back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference wins, including one in double overtime. Coming into the 2017 season, finding consistency and success behind Kimble was the plan. He was near the top in all major quarterback statistics in 2016, even though he missed four games. Eastern won its opener against Indiana State, but had two letdowns against Northern Illinois and Illinois State. After non-conference play, Eastern turned a corner and this time with Gilkey Jr. leading the offense. That corner was turned at the right time before OVC play.
Two wins in two OVC games, Eastern finding answers to its offensive woes and Gilkey Jr. showing more signs of being a well-groomed Division I starting quarterback, the corner seems to being completely turned. Saturday against Tennessee Tech, Eastern once again needed to find an answer and fast. The problem this time: Tennessee Tech knowing what Eastern was going to do on offense. Gilkey Jr. rushed the ball, which proved to be so efficient in the first two OVC games against Southeast Missouri and Tennessee State. With the combination of a struggling offense, trailing 14-3 and a “banged up” Gilkey Jr., the Panthers needed to find another answer.
“We probably played as poor of a half of football offensively and defensively in the first half,” coach Kim Dameron said. “I told our kids at halftime we’re darn lucky that we’re only down 14-3.” Dameron said he felt like if they ever got it together, they’d come back and win the game. Cue Bud Martin. “We decided to go with Bud and put him out there and let him throw the ball because (Tennessee Tech) was not making any bones about the fact that they were going to stop the runs. We unleashed (Dennis Turner) and (Alexander Hollins) and he was able to take advantage of them,” Dameron said. Martin came into the second half of Saturday’s contest with Tennessee Tech and threw three touchdowns
to junior receiver Alexander Hollins to come back and win 24-23. Martin and Hollins both said after the game that he loves to throw the deep ball, saying that it is a joke around the team, and Martin did just that in the second half. Martin was the team’s thirdstring quarterback on the Panthers’ roster at the start of the season, but he led them to a key conference win to get the Panthers to 3-0. From having to turn to Gilkey Jr., the backup quarterback, then Martin, the third string and winning nail-biter games, Eastern is still 3-0 and the top team in the conference— whether these answers have been orthodox or not. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Eastern falls to Bradley 1-0 on road By JJ Bullock Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports When Eastern’s Tyler Enright had a shot blocked by Bradley goalkeeper Brandon Barnes in the second overtime of the Panthers’ 1-0 loss Tuesday night in Peoria, it secured a seventh-straight game where Eastern failed to score a goal and led to the Panthers’ sixth loss of the season. Bradley was given the win in the 105th minute of the game when Brad Pollifrone fired a shot by Eastern goalkeeper Mike Novotny, giving his team a 1-0 win in the sudden death period. Pellifrone had a shot just a minute earlier blocked by Novotny. The goal was his first of the season. After losing a game with five minutes to play in a sudden-death overtime, Lara kept things positive with his team. “(I told them) keep grinding because we are doing many things well and improving in a small way each time we go out,” Lara said. Although it was Bradley that found the back of the net first, it
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Eastern’s Frederico Verlichi chases a ball in a game against Saint Francis at Lakeside field on Sep. 10. The game was a 1-0 win for Eastern and also the last game they have won.
was Eastern that finished with the upper hand statistically as it outshot the Braves 10-6 total, 5-3 on goal. Redshirt senior Fabio Callado led Eastern in shots. Callado had three shots in the game, two on goal. Two of Callado’s shots came within a minute of each other in the second half, however, both were blocked by Bradley goalkeeper Brandon Barnes. Barnes finished the game for Bradley with five saves, moving his season total to 71 and putting him in a tie with Novotny for most in the country. Offensively, it was the seventh game in a row Eastern has been shutout and the ninth time total this season. However, the 10 shots t h e Pa n t h e r s h a d i n t h e g a m e is one below their season high, which is an encouraging sign to Lara. “Better offensive performance in terms of creating chances and. Much closer to scoring today and breaking a cycle,” Lara said. “That is absolutely a great sign and we did a lot of things well today to
get a good result. Just fell a bit short. But plenty of good to prep for a strong conference opponent Saturday.” The defense for the Panthers held up their end of the bargain, as they typically do, turning in another strong performance, holding Bradley to just six shots, three on goal. “As always, another great defensive shift from all players,” Lara said. “ We were committed and disciplined as always.” The loss dropped Eastern’s record on the season to 2-6-5, while also holding its goal total at four, which is second to last in the country. The win moves Bradley to 8-4-1 on the season. Eastern will return home for its next game Saturday against Summit League opponent Oral Roberts. JJ Bullock can be reached at 5812812 or jpbullock@eiu.edu.