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Victim of home invasion speaks out, offers advice By Stephanie Markham Editor-in-Chief | @stephm202 Forced to sit with his head down in his bathtub, Ian Thompson was instructed by the armed, masked intruders in his apartment to count to 100. “I was worried they were going shoot me the moment I said 100,” Thompson said, referring to the robbery and home invasion he was victim of last Friday. Thompson, a junior family and consumer sciences major who recently transferred to Eastern, resides at 1429 Seventh St., but said he is soon moving into a new building—one that is equipped with security cameras. Thompson said he was alone in his apartment
“When this whole thing started, I thought this was like a nightmare; it wasn’t real.” - Ian Thompson, junior family and consumer sciences major with the door unlocked when the intruders entered wearing masks and hoodies, pointed a gun to his face and placed a bag over his head. It was 10 a.m. “I was able to stay calm for the majority of
it,” he said. “When this whole thing started, I thought this was like a nightmare; it wasn’t real.” Thompson had just returned from dropping his roommate off at the Mattoon train station. He sat down for about 10 minutes before the ordeal began. The two intruders initially lead Thompson into his bedroom where he pleaded with them not to take his laptop, which contained personal information and classwork, he said. Then they knocked him down by striking the back of his head and pulled the gun on him yet again as he stood up, Thompson said. “He yanks the laptop off the table and he hands it to me; then he shoves me into the closet,” Thompson said. “After a few minutes of rummaging through my stuff and taking things, he
has me move into the bathroom.” Thompson was not shot when he reached 100. Rather, the intruders were gone from his home—as were his van, wallet, cellphone, TV, media player and headphones, he said. Thompson immediately ran to a neighbor who consoled him and phoned the police. “When it was over, I didn’t know what was going on,” he said. “I was discombobulated, and I was confused and I was upset; obviously my sense of security was just shattered.” Despite the intruders’ masks, Thompson had descriptions to offer the police; he said he had just invited them over to his apartment the night before.
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CAA to add items to agenda By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman The Council on Academic Affairs will add a new course and course revision to next week’s agenda at their meeting Thursday. The revised course is MUS 4980 A, B, D: Workshop in Music I, II, III and the new course is HIS 3950 History of U.S. Popular Culture. MUS 4980 is being revised to add an online component. Marita Gronnvoll, chair of the CAA, said they were going to become a hybrid course, with some online and some face-to-face parts. One of the executive actions for tomorrow is to add a cultural diversity designation to PHI 2590G Introduction to Ethics Honors and RLS 1290G Introduction to Religious Studies Honors. “They have always included cultural diversity in the course, but now they just want to be recognized,” Gronnvoll said. The cultural diversity component will be added in the course catalogue. There will be no changes in their own classes. “They do stuff in religious beliefs, cultural beliefs, values,” Gronnvoll said. “Racism, sexism stuff like that.” These courses will be voted on next week. The other executive action is to remove the writing intensive designation from MAR 4100. MAR 4100 is a special topics course. A memorandum from Dean Mayhar Izadi said special topics courses offer a variety and diverse coverage of topics, some of which do not lend themselves to a ‘writing intensive’ designation. Writing intensive classes focus 30 to 35 percent of the class on writing, and students need to be able to revise at least one paper. “That’s pretty easy,” Gronnvoll said. “They’re just trying to make the course more honest, that this is the way the course is taught, it isn’t writing intensive, it doesn’t make sense for it to be labeled writing intensive.” Gronnvoll said it would sometimes be writing intensive, and other times it would not be, so they decided to get rid of the term altogether. James Ochwa-Echel, associate professor and director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Global Diversity and Coordinator of the Africana Studies Program, will be coming to the CAA meeting to give the program review for the Bachelor of Arts in Africana studies.
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Three Dog Night lead singer dies By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News
Cory Wells, one the three lead singers for the band Three Dog Night, passed away Tuesday. Wells developed severe back pain in September, so much so that the band canceled some of their tour dates, including a scheduled performance at Eastern for Family Week-
end. Ceci Brinker, the director of student life, said she was saddened to hear the news of Wells passing. “Your heart goes out to the lead singer’s family and friends, and members of the band,” Brinker said. “It’s sad to hear, but it sounded like there was some ongoing health issues with (Wells) and it sounds like the best thing they could have done was take the time
Student Senate approves bylaw change, RSO By Analicia Haynes Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Student Senate voted on a bylaw change to the attendance policy and re-approved Colleges Against Cancer as a Registered Student Organization Wednesday evening. Before the discussion for the bylaw change began, Maralea Negron, the Student Senate Speaker, clarified the original attendance bylaw. Negron said according to the bylaw prior to the vote, after an accumulation of two absences the senator in question would be removed from office. “(The attendance bylaw) sounds harsh,” Negron said. “That’s why I want this change to be
approved.” Negron said that it is not fair to the senators if they are kicked off of senate after two absences especially if the senator has a valid excuse. Negron also said the repeal process is necessary because there is no reason why having a valid excuse such as an illness or family emergency should get you kicked off of the senate. The change calls for up to three excused absences and the opportunity for senators to repeal an absence, only if that senator has a valid excuse. “If it’s something like ‘oh I have a project’ and every excuse after that is ‘oh I have a project, oh I have a project’ then your repeal will be denied,” Negron said. SENATE, page 6
off.” According to the band’s website, Wells passed away in Durkirk, N.Y., and is survived by his wife of 50 years, Mary, his daughters, Coryann Wells and Dawn Marie Cussins, and his five grandchildren. Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.
EDGAR SERIES MEET AND GREET
David Yepsen, the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale, will be present for an informal meeting with interested faculty and students at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Edgar Room of the Booth Library.
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Yepsen will discuss the presidential election campaigns and the upcoming Iowa Caucuses at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Buzzard Hall Auditorium.
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The last 100 years of Eastern and Charleston’s history will be on display for the community to watch during the Homecoming parade Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. Any groups that will be walking with or without a float are able to start lining up at 6:30 a.m. Nathan Wehr, the interim assistant director of student affairs, said they wanted to get groups to do a float that was centered around a time period or year that is very important to them. “If they are a fraternity or sorority maybe it’s the year they were founded,” Wehr said. “We wanted to get the students thinking about the year they chose and why it matters to them.” The parade is set up that the beginning of the parade will have the group that chose the earliest year and will progress to the present day, or most recent year, at the end. “We’re going to have those strategically placed throughout the parade so people can see the progression of years and how that plays into Eastern’s history,” Wehr said. “100 years of Homecoming is a big ordeal for a university to go through.” Roughly 36 Eastern groups have signed up and around 80 community groups have signed up to walk in the parade. Canaan Daniels, a graduate student in student affairs and graduate advisor over the parade, said any community groups are able to submit an application to walk. “Community groups are anyone from Charleston,” Daniels said. “We’ve had people from Ashmore, Cumberland, all the different sur-
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rounding communities that have interest as well.” Daniels said that roughly threefourths of the groups that walk are from the community members and the other fourth of groups are from Eastern. The groups that submit an application are able to choose if they want to do a flatbed float, a decorated car, or a walking unit for the parade. Wehr said the flatbed floats were the most popular option chosen, followed by decorated cars and a handful of walking units. “This year we really encouraged organizations on campus to do a flatbed float,” Wehr said. “We know that those kind of floats have decreased over the years, so with the
100th Homecoming we wanted to up the flatbed floats and get more groups involved.” Daniels said on an average year, the lineup would be chosen strategically based on how many groups chose which option for the floats as well as how many community and Eastern groups apply to be in the parade. “We make sure the EIU groups and the community are mixed up as well so we don’t just have 10 in a row of community and then 10 of EIU and not see any EIU entries at the end,” Daniels said. Wehr said the people planning the parade need about two the three weeks before the parade to get the groups in the order they should be in
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Pride to educate through trans documentary By Emily Brodt Staff reporter | @DEN_News
Eastern students are looking to learn more about the history of transGet social with The Daily Eastern News gender people at EIU Pride’s film screening of the documentary “Pay it The Daily Eastern News no Mind.” The screening is meant to bring dailyeasternnews more awareness of transgender people of color. The event is open to all @DEN_News students and is free to enter 7 p.m. Visit our website: dailyeasternnews.com Thursday at Phipps Auditorium in the Physical Science Building. About Jo Stauder, Eastern’s Pride presThe Daily Eastern News is produced by the students of Eastern Illinois University. It is published daily Monident, said Pride picked the film beday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill., during fall and cause of its focus on a transgender spring semesters and twice weekly during the sumwoman of color. The film focuses on mer term except during university vacations or examinations. One copy per day is free to students and faculMarsha P. Johnson, a transgender ty. Additional copies can be obtained for 50 cents each woman of color. in the Student Publications Office in Buzzard Hall.aaaa “(Johnson is) who I believe is credAdvertising 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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Members of Eastern's Residence Hall Association march in the Homecoming Parade on Oct. 25, 2014.
when it is time to line up and march. The groups that are part of the parade will be judged based on two different criteria: participation and competition Groups will get 30 points if they have a flatbed float, 20 points for a decorated car, and 10 points if they are a walking unit. For the competition points, there are different points totals given based on the kind of float unit they have. All of the points for Homecoming week can be found on the Homecoming website. The community is able to be judged as well, but many of the groups will choose not to be judged. Daniels said trophies will be available for and community group that participates in the judging and places. Wehr said he believes the Homecoming parade has been part of Homecoming through all of the 100 years. “We talked to the archivists in the library and we looked at pictures and we have noticed that the parade has always been part of the community,” Wehr said. Daniels said he believes that the parade route has changed over the years it has been around. “It has changed to make it simpler,” Daniels said. “I would probably say it has changed a lot in the 100 years it has been around.” Daniels said the Homecoming parade planning for next year will begin once this year’s parade is over. “We will be working on tweaking everything, and getting ready to get the application sent out by next summer,” Daniels said.
ited with throwing the first brick at the Stonewall riots” Stauder said. “People don’t know about her even though she is a prominent figure in LGBT history.” At Pride’s last film screening, the film showed Stonewall riots and it did not cover anything about the transgender women of color in the movement, Stauder said. Pride picked “Pay it No Mind” in order to bring more awareness about transgender men and women during LGBT History Month. The biggest priority of LGBT history month is education. Stauder said Pride wanted to bring more awareness and education to the rest of the LGBT acronym, not just the “LG” part of it. “We have to educate people on
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the issues of people of color,” Stauder said. Stauder said though EIU Pride is predominately white and members still wish for more people of color. Stauder said this is a topic most people are unfamiliar with and they hope people will come and view the film and leave with a newfound curiosity about the issues surrounding trans women. Lauren Eberle, Pride social cochair, said she hopes people who want to know more will come with an open mind and a outlook to understand there is always more to learn. “Even if you’re an expert, [I think] you’ll learn something,” said Eberle. Eberle said LGBT History Month is important because a lot of their history often gets left out.
“It’s important for people to know our history,” said Eberle. She also said being gay is being treated like a fad which only came up recently. Eberle said this assumption is not true and it has always been around. Stauder said October is a month where people get to focus on their history and by showing this film they hope people will be able to relate more to the LGBT community Eberle said this month gives them a voice and lets people know that they will not be silent. “Just because we are a smaller group doesn’t mean we are not important,” said Eberle. Emily Brodt can be reached at 581-2812 or eebrodt@eiu.edu.
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Amie Hansen, creator and president of the EIU Blue Crew, claps along with other students and staff during Yell Like Hell on Oct. 24, 2014 in the McAfee Gym.
Fuqua said. “Normally it’s just the judges that are watching the show, this year we kind of want to get students involved.” Wehr said this year, there will be at least 16 groups performing their routines during the pep rally. “Each year, they put on different cheer and dance routines,”
Wehr said. “We have almost 16plus groups that will be performing their own kind of cheerdance routine to ‘90s earlier 2000s songs.” Wehr said the Pink Panthers and the Eastern Marching Band will also be performing during the pep rally.
“Having the students involved, I think, is a big key factor compared to the years before because students, the audience at least, is not really involved, it’s mostly been the judges who decided,” Fuqua said. “I just like that fact that we can have (the students) have an option in ‘judging’ com-
pared to years before.” Fuqua said she thinks students definitely like the theme for the event, which has helped out compare to previous years. Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.
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Yell Like Hell is a traditional pep rally held every year in conjunction with Homecoming, and like the other events of the week, it will incorporate a decade subtheme, being the 1990s and early 2000s. The pep rally will be from 7-9 p.m. on Friday in McAfee Gym. The event is designed to spread campus-wide school spirit as students and Charleston residents prepare for Eastern’s homecoming game against Tennessee Tech. The rally will feature all sorts of dance routines, contests, and plenty of student participation. Tavia Fuqua, the co-coordinator of the Homecoming committee, said she wants to have more student participation for this year’s pep rally. “Yell Like Hell is a big party, it’s a huge, big ordeal,” Fuqua said. “All the student body gets together and I like it. It’s a competition, but it creates unity, and it’s something different.” Fuqua said the rally is not only a celebration for the students, but for the university and the members of the Charleston community. “It’s a big celebration for our university, for our school to show our (school) spirit even within our own organizations,” Fuqua said. Nathan Wehr, the interim assistant director of student life, said he agrees with Fuqua about Yell like Hell. “It’s a big celebration for students to come together and rally before the big homecoming game the next morning,” Wehr said. Fuqua said for this year’s rally, things are going to be a bit different. “ We’re g o i n g t o t r y t o h a ve m o r e s t u d e n t p a r t i c i p a t i o n ,”
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Dear Editors, Last week, readers of The Daily Eastern News heard our campus’s Council on Academic Affairs chair (“CAA to vote PR major,” Oct. 14, 2015) insinuate that journalism – and thus, our Journalism Department here at EIU – is about a print paper product. Marita Gronnvoll, a Communication Studies professor who does an excellent job as chair of the CAA committee, told a DEN reporter: “They [Journalism] can focus now on print media, which is sort of their thing anyway.” As chair for the College of Arts and Humanities curriculum committee, I have had the pleasure of working with Ms. Gronnvoll so I’m certain she did not intend any disrespect. But, like many other Americans, she apparently does not realize that journalism goes way beyond a print product. Journalism has never been more vibrant, exciting or comprehensive as it is today when news professionals deliver essential information each day via digital, TV broadcast, print, radio, mobile devices and social media. That’s why our Journalism Department teaches students to report, write, and produce news across all mediums. In fact, Eastern’s J-Dept., one of only 119 nationally accredited mass communications programs, was among the first in the nation to require multimedia news courses more than a decade ago. In addition, our students also take courses in broadcast news, photojournalism, print/web design and advanced reporting in which they learn to report and produce news digitally, visually, interactively and to promote it using numerous social media approaches. As a result, the student-run newspaper’s online edition has won the Associated Collegiate Press’s Pacemaker, college journalism’s equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize; the TV station has earned multiple Emmys; and the yearbook has earned several national awards, to name a few honors. Sure, print circulation has declined, but more than 40 million Americans still read a newspaper every single day while online readership continues to soar: More than 90 percent of Americans regularly read news online, in social media and on mobile devices – roughly 180 million viewers each month. Plus, more than 23 million watch local TV news broadcasts each day, along with about 3.5 million viewers for national cable networks. Clearly, journalism is far more than soy-based ink words on a thin piece of newsprint. Journalism extends to every facet of news information and to every single technology and medium. Joe Gisondi Professor of Journalism
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Clothes should not define a woman People of all genders should be able to wear whatever they want and not worry about any type of backlash, assault or judgmental stares; however, that is sadly not always the case for women. If a woman wears something revealing or has more than one sexual partner, society often views her as a “slut.” When a woman takes control of her sexuality like men are encouraged to do, she is considered a “whore.” In the grand scheme of things, why does society not consider men “whores” as well? If a man sleeping around is considered acceptable, it should be so for women as well. To add insult to injury, these “sluts” and “whores” are then blamed when they are sexually assaulted. According to our warped, sexist legal system, some courts have tried to say the women were at fault in rape cases for tempting men with their revealing clothing. These types of perpetuations of women began with men. Historically speaking, a man would only
marry a woman if she were pure and virtuous. Women owning their sexuality—whether through what they wear or whom they have sex with—was unheard of, and they are still vilified for it to this day. Men began these disgusting stigmas and attitudes toward women, and some continue to perpetuate them well into the 21st century. In fact, the entire idea of a S.L.U.T. Walk began when a male officer told Canadian students they would not be raped if they dressed less provocatively—this was in 2011. Tuesday’s S.L.U.T. Walk hosted by FEM at Eastern conveyed the same message as the walks do nationally, and the campus should take note. No one asks to be sexually assaulted. A woman should be able to walk around naked without worrying about being attacked. The point is, rape is about power, not sex. Sexy outfits are not the problem; rapists are. The other issue with this situation is it has not gotten much better. Although there have been men coming forward helping to stand for women who wish to live and dress freely, not
all do because of peer pressure. Also, there are some women who continue to perpetuate the stereotype of calling other women “sluts” based on what they wear or who they sleep with. How would someone know another person’s sexual lifestyle because of what they are wearing? More importantly, why are they even asking? When searching for the term online, the search engine automatically lists a slut as “a woman who has many casual partners,” or “a woman with low standards of cleanliness.” Men created these terminologies as a way to keep women who are sexually empowered down and ashamed of their sexuality. What’s even worse, women are blamed in situations that are not their fault because of sexist stereotypes and institutions. Remember the point of the S.L.U.T. Walk, and continue to question the views held by yourself and others. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Show support for others, gender equality Feminism. Potentially the second most “inappropriate” F-word in the English language, depending on whom you ask. And guess what? If you support gender equality, you are a feminist too! Some people are afraid to admit they are a feminist and cringe when they hear the sound of the word. A negative tone is usually associated with feminism or anyone who classifies themselves as one. I am calling for a change to step out of our comfort zones and become educated on what it means to be a feminist. This next part may take you by surprise, so hold on to your seats. Feminism, by definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary has two definitions. No. 1, “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes,” and No. 2, “an organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.” Feminism is not meant to be perceived as “sexist,” it’s for everyone, men, women, cisgender, and transgender to identify with. Several waves of feminism have been implemented over the years to modify some older beliefs. Today’s feminists care about everyone having equal rights and equal protection under the law. However, with every group or orga-
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Lauren Barry nization, there are some members with extreme beliefs that give the entire group a bad name. Society refers to “feminazis” as the radical feminists who may go overboard with their belief that females are superior over males. Most people who identify as feminists do not acknowledge this belief. Most feminists are women who shave regularly, wear makeup, bras and don’t turn into a monster if you ask them about gender equality (even though that would be kind of cool to see). In my opinion, men are not the ones stopping the women’s rights movement. Women are. There is a group called “Women Against Feminists.”
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Excuse me? Members, men and women, in the WAF believe feminists are blocking women from reaching their full potential and teaching them that if they fail then men are to blame. Women who bash other women, particularly women who publicly declare themselves as feminists and put them down, are the ones preventing us from being seen as equals. Shredding another woman’s accomplishments makes absolutely no sense and won’t get you any closer to reaching your own goals. We, as a community, need to support each other and push one another toward success. One victory for a feminist is a victory for humankind. So in the words of the great Ms. Norbury from “Mean Girls,” “You have got to quit calling each other sluts and whores, it just makes it okay for guys to call you sluts and whores.” Get educated before making any preconceived ideas or picking a side. We can’t expect equality until we treat each other as equals. Lauren Barry is sophomore journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or lbarry@eiu.edu.
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Sammy Kriener, a junior art major, said she is in a ceramics class and because of a conflicting schedule she often does her sculpting outside of class. Her latest sculpture consists of an elephant-themed jar and she said her first jar was a owl. “My inspiration is to have a bunch of animals,” Kriener said. Kriener was completing her sculpture Wednesday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
HOPE to light up Morton Park By Mackenzie Freund City Editor | @mgfreund_news Candles will light up Morton Park Thursday night while the Housing Outreach Prevention and Education of East Central Illinois puts on its annual candlelight vigil. The vigil honors those who have lost their lives to domestic violence, and to show support for anyone who is suffering from effects of abuse whether they are currently dealing with them or they are from the past. Angie Hunt, the housing program director for HOPE, said the vigil began about 10 years ago. “ The vigil began in response to a local domestic homicide and to reach out to the community,” Hunt said. Hunt said the vigil generally has a good number of attendee, but they would like to see more members of the community and the campus attend the vigil and show support.
“We sure hope many, many people come to this important event,” Hunt said. The vigil is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday with the band Motherlode playing music for half an hour, and the vigil is scheduled to begin around 7 p.m. Hunt said there will be a couple of speakers who will give a short speech about National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is October, and about HOPE. “(After the speeches) we will turn it over to anyone who has been impacted by domestic violence, or those who simply care about victims, to speak, read poetry, etc.,” Hunt said. Their Clothesline Project will be on display during the vigil as well. The Clothesline Project was created to give those women affected by domestic violence a chance to be creative and get their message out by decorating T-shirts. “It’s a very powerful display because all of our shirts have been
designed by victims and their children,” Hunt said. The website for the Clothesline Project says there is an estimated 500 projects nationally and internationally with between 50,000 to 60,000 shirts designed by survivors and their families. “By hanging the shirt on the line, survivors, friends and family can literally turn their back on some of that pain of their experience and walk away,” The Clothesline Project’s website says. “Finally it allows those who are still suffering in silence to understand that they are not alone.” Along with the vigil, HOPE is encouraging people to participate in their “Purple Thursday” event Thursday. According to their Facebook page, HOPE wants people to wear or display purple to raise awareness of domestic violence along with coming out to the vigil. Mackenzie Freund can be reached at 581-2812 or at mgfreund@eiu.edu.
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Jackson Avenue Coffee (J.A.C.) is a location to go blowoff steam, study for hours on end and socialize as the creamy fragrance of lattes, cappuccinos and hot chocolates stream though the air. J.A.C., located at 708 Jackson Ave., may sound like an unusual place for a concert setting, but Dan Reible believes it is the perfect location for live music that has not been offered to Charleston in some time. “In the Charleston area there is no place to relax and listen to music except for a bar,” Reible said. “I’d like a place where people can come relax, have a cup of coffee, sandwich, bagel and take it easy and listen to some good acoustic music.” Reible and his wife Vicki are currently shuffling through papers in order to become the rightful owners of J.A.C.
Reible moved to Mattoon in 1984 after serving in the Navy and soon became a truck driver, traveling the nation with his wife. Reible has played for various bands in the past and mentioned to his friend, Ryan Dawson and the current owner of J.A.C., he was looking for a place to host weekly concerts on Saturday evenings. Dawson then asked Reible if he ever pictured himself owning a café. Reible expressed an interest, and soon, Dawson offered to sell the business. Dawson said the Reibles’ have been his customers since J.A.C. opened nearly eight years ago. “I planned on going back to school this summer to complete a degree in teacher’s certification,” Dawson said. “We were ready to move on to new things. I figured it is best not to run anything into the ground, so I offered to sell the place.” Dawson has high hopes for
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In efforts to bring awareness to police brutality against women, Eastern’s chapter of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club will be holding an event called “Hear My Cry.” “Hear My Cry” is an event divided into two different sections. The event will open up with an art gallery showing and will be followed by performances including a guest speaker held in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Ballroom Thursday. The gallery show will open at 5:30 p.m. and the actual show will begin at 6:15 p.m. The organization uplifts and empowers women and minorities, which inspired the ladies to create this event. Angela Davis, the first vice president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club, said, “This event is dedicated to the AfricanAmerican women who have been killed due to police brutality.” Davis said this event is a way for her organization, as well as all members on campus to pay respect to the women who are now deceased. The gallery section of the event will include photos of the women who were victims of police brutality such as Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd and Aiyana Jones. Under their pictures will be a short biography on how the woman was killed and how their deaths were handled by the justice system. The guest speaker will be Yolanda Williams, a Gateway academic advisor. “Yolanda is important to this event because she is very big on fighting for women,” Davis said. “She is very influential when it comes to the women here on campus.” Khirsten Miller, a junior psychology major, is a member The National Association of Colored Women’s Club and said the police brutality is not only physical abuse. She said po-
lice brutality could also be emotional or psychological. “Police brutality against women is pushed under the rug because of the way that we know the media to stereotype men,” Davis said. Davis and Miller said police often use brutality on men as opposed to women because they find AfricanAmerican men intimidating. Miller said many of the women who are killed due to police brutality suffer from illnesses. She said officers are not trained well enough to deal with them properly. Miller said if officers were trained enough to deal with different types of people, there might be a significant drop in deaths due to police brutality. “In NACWC, we want to support our women, protect our women and empower our women,” Miller said. Performances include praise dances, poetry and songs performed by students on campus. This event is targeted to the women on campus, but Davis said the event is open to all races, all genders, as well as faculty on campus. Davis said the inspiration from this event came from the fact that police brutality against women is often hidden. “Many people depend too much on technology and social media,” Davis said. “ Many of us do not go out and educate ourselves on our rights.” Miller said many officers tend to take advantage of the situation by holding authority over them. She said policemen tend to assert themselves because they feel they are the dominant gender. Davis said she wants people attending the event to come with an open mind. She said those who attend the event should be willing to unite with the women as well as the others in the room. “We cannot progress if we are unaware, uneducated and closed minded,” Davis said.
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the future of J.A.C. and feels as None of the performances to all different styles. It doesn’t the daily eastern news’ weekly arts and entertainment magazine The 7th Street Underground will turn as though hosting live musicians will come with a cover cost, matter if I personally like it or into night a concert venue at 5:30 as the every Saturday is only the tonight but instead a hat will be passed not. It’s whatever I think our Against Canceraround group hosts its for sec- donations, beginning Colleges of the growth J.A.C. around customers will like.” will see. ond Rock it for Relay concert. which go entirely to the artist. Reible said his customers are The first The Saturday night willRobert is a musician an eclectic group, and notices benefit concert featureReynolds the three performer local will be “Reverend” who plays Midnight, blues music from the that he has a lot of high schoolers bands Good Morning Robert Reynolds Saturday from 8 ‘20s, ‘30s and ’40s, and is glad come there every evening. He said Cured by Fire and Madison’s Avenue, and to 10 p.m. at J.A.C. Reible is opening his doors to parents know it is a safe place. one solo musician, Jennalocal Jackley. musicians. Reible said he is open to any Tickets are $5 at the door and said can hebehas known Reynolds style of music and musicians who purchased starting at 5 p.m. Reible for a while because they are interested in performing the have been playing music together Saturday night events should All proceeds go to the Colleges Against w w w . d e n n e w s . c o m / v e r g e through the years. come out to J.A.C. Open Mic Cancer’s Relay for Life team, and will ul“It is good to play one close to Night every Thursday. timately be given to the American Cancer home. This is more intimate than These open mic sessions are Society. the festivals and blues bars I’ve used as auditions of sorts for the Kyle Swalls, guitaristbeen and vocalist for Reynolds playing at lately,” diverse music Reible hopes to Good Morning Midnight, hasplay witnessed said. “I electric when I’m incorporate with the Saturday with myhand. band, but this show will night performances. the devastation of cancer first Swalls be allagainst acoustic.” In addition to the open mic said his grandma is fighting cancer. The intimate setting offers a night artists, Reible searches “It’s a constant struggle dealing with place for begging and practiced the Web and various local it,” Swalls said. “A lot musicians of time the chemo alike. music hot spots in order to find won’t be as effective, andReible they wants will try a to show people performers. new method and stuff. in And so just knowCharleston music they may “I’m hoping to get a lot of have me heard before. music in here that people haven’t ing the constant strugglenot makes want to to for host various experienced before,” Reible said. do something like this andHe raiseplans money artiststhe from various “People may have heard blues, an individual who is having same, whogenres each weekend. but it probably isn’t the old delta is dealing with the same kind of suffering.” “I’ve got things booked all the blues that (Reverend Robert) will This band along with by the Fireend is of June,” wayCured through be playing.” playing at Friends & Co. latersaid. in “It’s the mostly eve- people I Reible pHOtO COURtESy Of GOOD MORNING MIDNIGHt heardtwo in gigs the area Brad York can be reached at ning. were willing have to book in and a lot pHOTO COURTESY OfThey REVROBERT.COM Midnight members Elgin Combs (guitarist), Michael “Woody” Woodring (drummer), Kyle Swalls (vocalist and guitarist) and Chad Barton local musicians. We are Good open Morning 581-7942 or at band bayork@eiu.edu. one night support. “Reverend” Robert Reynolds plays his guitar; He will play acoustic at 8 p.m. on Saturday at Jackson Avenue Coffee.to show their of (bass guitarist and vocalist) volunteered to play tonight at the Rock it for Relay event to help raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.
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close to us have had it and, luckily, they Madison’s Avenue is another young alhave recovered from it.” ternative rock band from Charleston that ‘Hey there are all these other great bars in By Brad york Many of the bands Verge playing are new to has been putting outand their music Editor town, not own just the ones for near Lincoln Eastern’s campus. Richardson said performeight months. The group has played all over (Avenue.).” ing at the concert would be an opportunity andtheinfeatured Centralia, Spring is a season that Charleston, brings a re- in Havana Many of acts will be the tonight trees be- willCharleston such as Mugto expose students to a freshing differentsmell kindinto of the lo- air asbut be one ofbased theirgroups first times gin to bud and the winter playing chills become wump Specific, Andy Van Slyke and Staff cal music. on campus. dormant. It is a time for new life to see Blues Band while others such as DJ Illith, Good Morning Midnight is an indie Givens, a junior elementary education the wonders of Charleston. With new life Poundcake and Ryan Arnold stem from and alternative rock band. Beginning near- New major, said all the bandsthroughout are hardthe working comes new ambitions. ambitions locations state. ly a year ago and stationed in music, Marshall, and werethat booked because mean new and for Charleston “I figurethey this came was a recomgreat networking means new events. the group is fresh to the Charleston music mended by otheropportunity artists. for a lot of bands,” ChaplinsA fresh take onUnthe Charleston said. “WeCancer are pulling bands from the scene, but has played in the 7th Street Thefestival CollegeskiAgainst hasinraised scene is exactly what Scott Chaplinski has Kankakee area, and some musicians from derground before for a canned food drive. more than $5,000 through their fall breast been planning for nearly a year with the Champaign area. It’s bands that I like, Cured by Fire is aevent Charleston metal cancer T-shirt and salesI know and that other Square Fest. otherfundraispeople (like).” band. Megan Givens, the“I concert coordi-in February ers. They to said raisemost $8,000, started thinking that ithave pledged Chaplinski of them are was about timeto to Meget it going withacross every- campus younger bands that have only nator said the group sounds similar and different groups havebeen plaything going on with Woodfor a yearfor or the two American and that many times tallica or Godsmack and does a good jobCelebration, pledged to raiseing $70,000 chuck Music Festival, there’s finals, there’s a band that has been playing for four to of getting a crowd going. Their influencCancer Society. five years need a guarantee that they are Easter. I realized it was crunch time to get es come from those bands and Chaplinski others like Last year, the concert it going,” said. getting paid. drew a small Guns N’ Roses, Motley Square Crue Fest and will Black is hoping fordone more pub- like this begin atcrowd, 2 p.m.but Sat-Givens“Having never anything urday through 1 a.m. Sunday. The event before I didn’t want to make promises to a Sabbath. lic support. will takeHigh place School on Charleston’s “What square atever bunch people that Jenna Jackley is a Mattoon little ofamount canI can’t put fulfill.” to- Chapthe bars Mother’s, Friends & Co., Mac’s linski said. student who plays the guitar and sings. wards the American Cancer Society will Uptowner and Top of the Roc. The event In fact, much of the money for pro“She is just memorizing to watch,” help in Givens said. was saved up by Chapwill cost $12 andMeallow patrons 21some and way,” ducing the event gan Givens said. “She isover in admittance high school, intosoany of the bars and linski himself. He hopes that the $12 covis enough to give some of the traveling she is still very young,performances. but the caliber of Colleen Kitkaercan be reached at 581-7942 Chaplinski said getting or thecrkitka@eiu.edu. bars inbands money to cover their gas costs and voice she has is just amazing.” volved was the first part of organizing the event, and after he explained the potential benefits they jumped on board. “I kind of just threw it out there,” Chaplinski said. “They’ve given me good ideas, and they appreciate the ideas that I have. They’ve been very helpful with everything I’ve been doing.” Chaplinski has been wanting to get the bars involved with a festival event for more than year and said he feels that now was the best time to bring it all together. “We are hoping it brings a lot of business to the square,” Chaplinski said. “We hope it is going to be a nicer day. It’s a good window of a month and a half of good weather to show all these people,
without being too high to deter college students and community members from coming out. One local musician, Mitch Davis, a senior management information systems major, saod he plans on showing the crowd some new tunes to commemorate the new event. “I mainly like to get people dancing, but I also play some more chill stuff,” Davis said. “I don’t want people to get burnt out, so I’ll make new songs before the shows. New shows get me motivated to make new songs. (Square Fest) is going to be so new. There’s going to be so many different people playing at so many different bars. I don’t really know what to
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expect. That’s why I am expecting to play in front of a totally new crowd, so I really got to try to pump people up.” With a wide variety of performances including blues, rock, jam band, electronic and rap everyone is beginning to develop expectations for the new event and Chaplinski is no different. “I want to be able to be out on the square, outside the bars and see people
having a good time,” Chaplinski said. “I want to hear, sort of over-hear, what they did like and what they didn’t like. I just think there will be a lot of good vibes coming. Perfect conditions for me, is hearing that people had a great time.” Brad York can be reached at 581-7942 or bayork@eiu.edu.
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After meeting a couple of new people the previous night, Thompson said he invited them over to talk, watch movies and socialize. He believes these are the people who invaded his home, as he identified their pictures with the police. According to a press release issued Friday by the Charleston Police Department, Monique C. Williams, 18, of Charleston, and Royce D. Hughes, 23, of Chicago, are wanted on the charge of home invasion in connection with the incident. Both have bonds set at $250,000. The suspects fled the scene in Thompson’s 2005 Dodge Cara-
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The “ Tees for Blue” Tshirt Swap event has been cancelled. Nathan Wehr, the interim assistant director of student life, said the event is no longer happening because they were unable to provide students with quality T-shirts. “We didn’t want to have a n e v e n t t h a t w a s n’t g o ing to be a quality event, that wasn’t going to be able to be provided well to the students,” Wehr said. “Because of that, and some offices having limited resources weren’t able to donate the amount they have done in previous years.” Wehr said if they were going to do the T-shirt swap event, they wanted to be able to do it right. “We decided to focus our efforts into the bonfire and to the yell like hell and for the parade,” Wehr said. “We decided to focus our efforts on different events.” The other homecoming event planned for Thursday is the bonfire at the Campus Pond pavilion from 6:30-9 p.m.
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would be a great way to keep senators on senate. “(Senators) are doing so many great things and it would be unfortunate if we have to let someone go,” Ahmad said. The Student Senate voted unanimously in favor of the bylaw change. The Student Senate also re-approved Colleges Against Cancer as an RSO. After five years, an RSO is required to update their organizations constitution and go through the approval process said Sage. Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.
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Negron also wanted to clari- cussed the change during a period fy that the old bylaw did not have of discussion. Eliza Coleman, student sena repercussion if a senator did not give prior notice if he or she will ator, agreed with the change and said, “If there was ever a question not be attending a meeting. The new bylaw change calls that we were divided on this helps for a repercussion that will be a show that the executive board are half absence if the senator misses understanding.” Bandon Berglund, student sena meeting without proper 24-hour ator, said that raising the amount notice Negron said. The change aims to hold sena- of unexcused absences might give tors accountable at meetings and senators an encouragement to miss a meeting. events, Negron said. Negron said the reason for the Courtney Sage, the student vice president for academic affairs, increase is because senators will The YorkisTimes Syndication Sales said theNew new bylaw for the senalso be given a halfCorporation unexcused abYork, N.Y. ators. 620 Eighth Avenue, New sence if they miss10018 a committee For Information Call:meeting 1-800-972-3550 “It’s to benefit you and future or event. Thursday, October 2015student senators,”For SageRelease said. Shirmeen 22, Ahmad, Before voting, senators dis- body president, said the change
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“Of course you won’t make friends if you don’t talk to strangers, but I’m saying you have to be very careful because you never know someone’s motives when you first meet them,” he said. “I didn’t.” Thompson said people have told him he did the right thing by not trying to fight back against an armed intruder, but he tries not to ponder the situation too much. “I’m mainly happy for two things,” he said. “I’m alive and I’m OK, and my laptop wasn’t stolen.”
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van, according to the press release. Brittany L. Bush, 22, of Charleston, was arrested on the charge of obstructing justice in connection with the incident. Thompson said he wants people to learn from his experience. For instance, doors should always be locked even while at home. “You need to know someone very well before you invite them to your home,” he said. “I’m not saying you need to be paranoid, but you just have to know someone.” However, he said being cautious should not equal being completely closed off to making friends.
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7 Schladt growing, improving freshman year
THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 2015
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By Sean Hastings Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports For most freshmen starting their collegiate athletic career, that year is usually spent learning and improving for their next three years. Freshman defensive specialist Nicole Schladt has not played in a lot of matches this year, but she said she has improved as the year has gone by. “My biggest improvement would be my court awareness,” Schladt said. “I’d definitely like to work more on serve-receive.” Schladt has seen action in 16 matches and 46 sets so far this season recording 73 digs and seven assists. Schladt’s season high in digs came against Cleveland State on Sept. 11. in the Panthers’ losing effort in five sets 3-2. Athletes who play at the collegiate level often times set goals for themselves and for Schladt, her goal is simple; she just wants to be the best that she can be. This has been a learning year for Schladt as she has been looking up to the seniors on the team to guide her through her first year at Eastern. “I look up to the seniors a lot,” Schladt said. “I think trust is a big thing on and off the court. I just know that when I’m playing with them that I can trust them to be there and have my back when I need them.” All of the learning and growth that Schladt has made this year has helped her have a strong year so far. “I’ve really enjoyed freshman year so far,” Schladt said. “I love my team and I love every chance that I get to play on the court.” Even though Schladt has seen limited playing time, she adds depth to the Panther’s roster that
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Freshman defensive specialist Nicole Schladt has 73 digs in 46 sets played this season. Schladt recorded a season high 12 digs against Cleveland State Sept. 11.
helps them throughout matches according to coach Sam Wolinski. “She has become consistent in her serve-receive and digging game,” Wolinski said. “She has become a lot more comfortable out on the court.” Wolinski said her and assistant coach Peter Green have full confidence in what she adds to the back row and that it is great to be three deep in the defensive specialist and libero position.
Senior Stephanie Wallace is the team’s libero and freshman Anne Hughes is another defensive specialist for the Panthers. Besides playing defense for the Panthers, Schladt said that she also focuses to be good on serve-receive, be loud and encourage her teammates while they are out there. Schladt said that she has learned how to play with a team better this year. “I need to know their struggles
and I learned discipline and how it affects everyone on the court, including myself, and that attitude is a big part of volleyball,” She said. Schladt considers herself to be a very intense player when she is on the court, so staying relaxed is something she said she needs to focus on. “I get very intense on the court and it shows that I play a lot better when I’m relaxed,” Schladt said. Schladt and the rest of the Pan-
thers will continue their Ohio Valley Conference schedule this weekend when they host Austin Peay on Friday and undefeated Murray State on Saturday. T h e Pa n t h e r s d e f e a t e d Au s tin Peay two weeks ago, but fell to Murray State 3-0 and the Panthers will be looking to get some revenge. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu
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Eastern volleyball team moves to 2nd place in OVC By Sean Hastings Assistant Sports Editor |@DEN_Sports After losing back-to-back games, the Eastern volleyball team has won three straight to jump to 6-2 in Ohio Valley Conference play, placing them in second place with Belmont. Eastern had perfect weekend last weekend defeating Tennessee-Martin and Southeast Missouri. Up next for the Panthers will be Austin Peay on Friday, and Murray State on Saturday. The Panthers got by Austin Peay who has struggled all season long to get wins sitting in last place at 1-7,
But Murray State has dominated all season long and is at the top of the conference at 8-0. Murray State has only lost one match all season and are 18-1 overall. Belmont is in second place with the Panthers right now but hold the tiebreaker because Belmont defeated Eastern Oct. 3 in Nashville, Tenn. The Bruins will host TennesseeMartin and SEMO this weekend. The Skyhawks and Redhawks are both 3-5 and are in seventh place in the OVC. Tennessee State sits behind Eastern and Belmont in third place with a 5-3 record. Tennessee State will play SEMO on Friday, and Tennessee-
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Martin on Saturday. Morehead State has a .500 record at 4-4 and is in eighth place in the OVC. Morehead State will host Jacksonville State and Tennessee Tech this weekend. Both schools have struggled so far this year and have losing records. The Golden Eagles are 3-5 and Jacksonville State is 2-6. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville has also struggled this year and also have a losing record. There are 3-5 just like Tennessee Tech, Tennessee-Martin, and SEMO. The teams in the OVC have played half the season and have eight match-
es remaining before the conference tournament, which is held in the top team’s home arena. Senior libero for the Panthers Stephanie Wallace said that the Panthers have to keep playing like how they did this past weekend to continue to have success the rest of the season. Wallace is leading the Panthers in digs with 390 this season. Freshman Taylor Smith has the second most with 198. Sophomore Allie Hueston is leading the Panthers in kills with 203 and Chelsea Lee is right behind her with 202. Eastern has six players with over
100 kills. The Panthers set the goal to not only host the OVC tournament, but win it as well. These final eight games will determine if they can or not. In the remaining eight games the Panthers will play four teams who currently have losing record, and two with .500 records. They will play just two who hold winning records as of right now. The main focus for the Panthers as it has been all season is to just get one percent better every hit. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu
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MacKinnon brings love for soccer to Eastern By Elias Albert Staff Reporter |@DEN_Sports Distance from home means nothing for Eastern women’s soccer junior forward Kathleen MacKinnon. She travels all throughout the Midwest with her teammates and coaches during the season, but the trip she took from home is a much longer one. MacKinnon was recruited by coach Jason Cherry out of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, over 1,300 miles away from Charleston. She is one of two players on the team who are from Canada, the other being midfielder Karlee Deacon out of Kitchener, Ontario. MacKinnon began playing soccer when she was 4 years old. She has been a forward for the majority of her soccer career and has seen time at both striker and winger. “Soccer is popular where I’m from,” MacKinnon said. “My parents got both my sister and I into it and it has stuck ever since.” During her time at Dartmouth High School, where MacKinnon also ran track, she played for the Ottawa Fury and Dartmouth United soccer clubs. She also saw action for Nova Scotia under age 14 and under age 16 teams. Whenever she gets the chance to head back home, she said her favorite thing to do is walk along the Atlantic Ocean front with her dog. Despite a strong soccer environment and culture back home, Eastern was an easy choice for MacKinnon. “I loved Eastern from the beginning,” MacKinnon said. “It’s a beautiful campus and it won me over right away. I know it’s a bit of a trip from where I’m from, but it’s worth it to me.” She said the competition in the U.S. is a bit more challenging, which is the reason why she left Canada to come to America. MacKinnon said Eastern has been a great experience off the field as well. She majors in health professions with a minor in business administration. “So far, I love my major,” MacKinnon said. “The support system for student-athletes is tremendous and there is such a feeling of community here at
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Junior forward Kathleen MacKinnon is from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. She has one goal and two assists this season.
Eastern.” Mackinnon said she also finds time to enjoy some of the other things that Charleston has to offer, including Fox Ridge State Park. When it comes to being on the field and involved with the team, Mackinnon said she would not want to change anything that is around her. “From the start, I learned that this was the place for me,” Mackinnon said. “Karlee showed me around and introduced me to the team before I even committed here and I could tell that I’d be comfortable with everyone on the team.” She has been with the Eastern program since 2013 and has found a way to have an impact over time. Mackinnon has recorded four career assists and scored her first collegiate goal earlier this season.
Her goal came in a loss to Bowling Green State. She led the team in shot attempts with three and even added to her assist total in the game against BGSU. Cherry said that he is thankful to have MacKinnon on the team. “She’s a great player,” Cherry said. “She works very hard. She’s a pure athlete, technically sound and, most of all, very competitive.” Cherry said he does not see any reason why MacKinnon cannot end up on the box score of any given game. For MacKinnon, there is still more work to be done and more goals to be scored this season. She said that she would like to help her team pick up more victories this season, especially in the remaining home games. She also said she would like score at least one more goal before the season ends.
“She’s more than capable of making things happen,” Cherry said. “I can guarantee that she’s any opponent’s scouting report.” MacKinnon said that the motivation to push her in the right direction comes from a few different people. “My father plays a huge role in motivating me,” MacKinnon said. “He’s been a part of my athletic career since the time I began playing.” MacKinnon also said her motivation comes from her coaches and teammates. Cherry said he has seen MacKinnon’s motivation and drive for himself. “She always wants to improve,” Cherry said. “Whether it’s something physical or tactical, she’s working to get better.” MacKinnon said her relationship with the team goes beyond just practic-
es and play. “I love everyone on the team,” MacKinnon said. “I honestly can’t pick out a favorite because everyone is. We’re just a big family and it’s been that way since I first got here.” MacKinnon said she wants to see her team succeed while she is here, just as the whole roster does. “We have an opportunity to play at this level,” MacKinnon said. “I just want to be able to say that we did the best that we could and hopefully that’s where we’d like to end up.” MacKinnon and the rest of the women’s soccer team will have a chance to move closer to their goals Friday, as they visit Austin Peay and Sunday, when they travel to Murray State. Elias Albert can be reached at 581-2812 or at ewalbert@eiu.edu
Men’s soccer team loses 8th straight game Wednesday By Mark Shanahan Staff Reporter |@DEN_Sports After having the lead for most of the game, the Eastern men’s soccer team was unable to come away with the win in overtime against Northern Kentucky. Eastern fell to 2-10 after the 2-1 loss and the losing streak has extended to eight games now dating back to their victory against Robert Morris on Sept. 6. For Northern Kentucky, they improve to 7-4-3 and have now taken seven matches to overtime this season. Eastern head coach Kiki Lara thought his team played very well defensively for a 95-minute game aside from a few errors. “I think they stayed compact,” he said. “They moved quicker from left to right and I thought they made things difficult for the other guys to get through us and forced them to put the ball in the air.” The freshmen were the story of today’s game for Eastern as six newcomers got the starting nod. Tyler Massa opened the scoring with his first career goal in the 13th minute. His goal was assisted by fellow freshman Trevor Kerns who crossed it on the ground from the left side to the center of the box setting up Massa for the finish.
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Freshman forward Tyler Massa scores the first goal in the game as the Panthers fall to Northern Kentucky on Wednesday at Lakeside Field.
Northern Kentucky was able to knot things up in the 74th minute of the game with a goal from senior Yaw Addai who fired an unassisted shot from the top of the box that beat the goalkeeper to the right. After 15 minutes of scoreless play, they went into overtime where Northern
Kentucky wasted no time by sealing the victory in a matter of 30 seconds. Sophomore Jacob Cunningham played the ball down the left side past the defender and shot it past the keeper for the win. Sophomore Kobie Qualah was credited with the assist.
Lara said he is focusing on getting the team well conditioned to stay competitive in long matches. “I’ve got to take away from this game that at the beginning of the season to now we’re still working to getting 90 minutes fit and I want the guys to know that really that’s going to be our
main focus,” he said. “Making sure the team comes in prepared and ready and fit so we’re able to get into these overtime games and actually be the dominant physically.” Red-shirt junior Ben Feltes was in net for Eastern and had three saves in the game and gave up both goals. Northern Kentucky got off 13 shots total in the game but only three of them were on target. This was just the second game Feltes has appeared in this year. Lara has not decided who the goalkeeper will be going forward as he said that Feltes and sophomore Mike Novotny have both been playing well. Senior A.J. Fleak was in net for Northern Kentucky and made just one save while giving up the one goal. Eastern was only able to muster two shots the whole game, one in each half. With a 0-4 record at home now, Eastern will only get two more chances to get a win on home turf. The next home game is this Saturday against Summit League opponent Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis. The final home game is against another conference opponent, Omaha for the final game of the season in November. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu