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Students walk through a basement of haunts Saturday at the Pemberton Hall Haunted House.

Seniors on the Eastern volleyball team played their last game during Senior Night over the weekend.

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Possible college reorganization discussed at meeting

By Brooke Schwartz Administration Reporter | @brookesch_wartz Reorganizing the colleges and changing to a four-day academic week were possibilities discussed at a meeting of the Review Committee for Workgroups no. 8 and 9’s proposals.

The reorganization of colleges struck a chord with committee members, while the possible schedule changes divided them.

Both proposals were discussed with reference to the committee’s three criteria: merits, priorities, and feasibility.

Reorganizing the colleges seemed to fill these criteria as a high priority and was seen as not only feasible, but necessary.

Currently, Eastern has four academic colleges, which Michael Dobbs, a management professor, said leads to inefficiency and the inability to change anything quickly.

“We haven’t been able to develop things, and we haven’t been very nimble,” Dobbs said.

“We’ve got these big four ships going down the lane and if we need to make a change, it’s really, really difficult to know what to change and how to do it.”

Denise Smith, interim chair of the College of Business and Applied Sciences, said she agreed with Dobbs, especially coming from her college.

She said the combination of the School of Business with Applied Sciences causes a lot of confusion and extra work.

“It is very difficult to promote our identity as a School of Business when the title is College of Business and Applied Sciences, so there’s not any distinctiveness to that, but also from a management of resource and the management of programs, it’s challenging,” Smith said.

Dobbs said the bigger the colleges are, the harder it is for them to be transparent and to be held accountable for any wrongdoings.

“Right now, you’ve got a big college with 12 different departments. If you’re not doing so well, it’s kind of easier to hide,” Dobbs said. “If you got four departments, or six departments, in each college, that dean is going to be on you if you’re not doing good stuff.”

Although Workgroup no. 8 proposed only five colleges, some members, such as Dobbs, said they wanted to discuss increasing that number from five to eight to spread programs out more efficiently.

The new colleges would include departments that are similar to each other and would allow the deans to be more focused on their specific fields.

Workgroup no. 8 also mentioned an addition of a University College, which would house all undergraduate success programs, such as the Writing Center, in one building as opposed to all over campus. This University Col-

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English Department Chair Dana Ringuette, Institutional Repository Librarian Todd Bruns and Rebecca Throneburg, communication and disorders and sciences professor, listen to discussions about the potential schedule change. Bruns said he was interested in the potential four day week, with oppositions coming from Douglas Klarup, interim dean and professor of analytical chemistry.

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Douglas Klarup, interim dean of the college of sciences, and Bradley Tolppanen, interim dean of library services, listen to the other members discussing the details of a college reorganization. The proposal to reorganize Eastern’s four colleges was popular among committee members, with many citing the inefficiency of big colleges.

lege would not house any major or minor programs.

Many members did not like the idea of pro-

posing the creation of this college, but they did discuss the idea of grouping the similar programs under one roof to better help under-

graduates navigate the campus and their future.

Another topic that was heavily discussed was Workgroup no. 9’s proposal to limit school weeks to four days, with Friday being an “EIU day,” or a day to hold meetings, which would reduce each semester by a total of two weeks.

The committee was divided on this topic, with some believing it could increase enrollment and others worried about how feasible this idea would be in reality.

Douglas Klarup, interim dean of the College of Sciences, said he was concerned about fitting labs into only four days.

Institutional Repository Librarian Todd Bruns said he was for this schedule change, saying the potential selling point of “always having a three day weekend” would be good for enrollment.

Student Body President Luke Young was concerned about students having only four required days on campus, saying it would hurt campus involvement.

“You’re talking about the experience, when you take Friday out of the equation you’re basically setting up that this university’s only really a place you want to be in four days out of the week, so it’s going to be even harder than it already is to get students involved with things,” he said.

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Queens, divas to take over Grand Ballroom Monday night

By Kennedy Nolen Multicultural Reporter | @KennedyNolenEIU Student drag queens Mother Natwhore, Plain Jane Lady Berglain and Billy Rose will open for visiting queens who will take the stage for the 14th time at the Diva Drag Show.

Mother Natwhore, Plain Jane Lady Berglain and Billy Rose performed and won the top three positions at the Student Drag Show Thursday Oct. 26 to get to be the Diva Drag Show’s opening performers.

Professional queens who will be visiting Eastern include the host Ceduxion Carrington from Decatur, Ex Oh Carrington from Bloomington, Apollo Summers from Indianapolis, Corrina Carrington from

Decatur, Auntie Heroine from Indianapolis and Eastern’s own Lady Save the Bees.

Apollo Summers will make her debut performance at Eastern on Monday.

Plain Jane Lady Berglain, student performer and junior psychology major, said the queens will keep tips they get at the show, and were paid to perform from EIU Pride’s budget.

Getting the queens to come visit Eastern only took a message for Plain Jane Lady Berglain.

“I Facebook messaged them. (The queens) all have their own Facebooks for their queen personas, so I contacted those,” they said. “Those are their business (pages) too.”

The show Monday is supposed to last until 10

p.m., but will probably last longer than that, Plain Jane Lady Berglain said.

“Once the show starts, it just goes,” they said.

Last spring, student queens were able to express themselves in drag garb for the first time on Eastern’s campus.

Plain Jane Lady Berglain said while the student show is a more intimate and personal investment for EIU Pride members, the Diva show gives audience members a chance to see the progression of the performances, from student queens to professional queens.

“Our performers this year are going to be amazing for Diva (Drag Show),” Plain Jane Lady Berglain said.

Mother Natwhore, a student queen and junior

pre-med major, said the show is a really fun time, and it pushes attendees past their comfort zone, which is needed from time to time.

“It opens a new perspective in the community,” Mother Natwhore said.

Mother Natwhore said the host usually goes over drag etiquette in the beginning of the show, so firsttime attendees should definitely pay attention so they know what to expect.

“I am most excited to see the queens that are going to be coming around (from far away), and getting to meet them since I will be performing with them,” Mother Natwhore said.

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Southern delays decision on Africana Studies CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — The chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale says he will delay for a year a decision on eliminating the Africana Studies major.

The (Carbondale) Southern Illinois reports that Carlo Montemagno informed Africana Studies faculty in an email late last week.

A Financial Sustainability Plan presented to the SIU Board of Trustees in July recommended eliminating the B.A. in Africana Studies.

Montemagno’s email said the program “does not reach enough students” but “has the potential to become essential.” He says a year’s delay in a decision should give faculty time to develop a broader program.

The program began in 1968. It focuses on the history and culture of people of African descent.

Africana Studies professor Joseph Brown says the program does not have enough university support to recruit students.

Quinn announces run for Attorney General on Friday CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is joining a crowded field attempting to become the state’s next attorney general.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports Quinn announced Friday his intention to run, saying he wants to be “the lawyer for the people.”

Quinn, who was governor from 2009 to 2015, says he intends to present his case to be Democratic nominee next week to the party’s Cook County organization.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced last month she wouldn’t seek re-election.

The other Democratic candidates are suburban Chicago mayor Nancy Rotering, state Rep. Scott Drury, state Sen. Kwame Raoul, former State Board of Education Chairman Jesse Ruiz, Sharon Fairley, former head of Chicago’s police oversight agency, and former assistant U.S. attorney Renato Mariotti.

Attorney and former Miss America Erika Harold is seeking the Republican nomination.

DeVos might only partially forgive federal school loans

By MARIA DANILOVA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, according to department officials, abandoning the Obama administration’s policy of erasing that debt.

Under President Barack Obama, tens of thousands of students deceived by now-defunct for-profit schools had over $550 million in such loans canceled.

But President Donald Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, is working on a plan that could grant such students just partial relief, according to department officials. The department may look at the average earnings of students in similar programs and schools to determine how much debt to wipe away.

If DeVos goes ahead, the change could leave many students scrambling after expecting full loan forgiveness, based on the previous administration’s track record. It was not immediately clear how many students might be affected.

A department spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.

But the Trump team has given hints of a new approach.

In August, the department extend-

ed its contract with a staffing agency to speed up the processing of a backlog of loan forgiveness claims. In the procurement notice, the department said that “policy changes may necessitate certain claims already processed be revisited to assess other attributes.” The department would not further clarify the meaning of that notice.

DeVos’ review prompted an outcry from student loan advocates, who said the idea of giving defrauded students only partial loan relief was unjustified and unfair because many of their classmates had already gotten full loan cancellation. Critics say the Trump administration, which has ties to the for-profit sector, is looking out for industry interests.

Earlier this year, Trump paid $25 million to settle charges his Trump University misled students.

“Anything other than full cancellation is not a valid outcome,” said Eileen Connor, a litigator at Harvard University’s Project on Predatory Student Lending, which has represented hundreds of defrauded students of the now-shuttered Corinthian Colleges. “The nature of the wrong that was done to them, the harm is even bigger than the loans that they have.”

“Even more importantly, it is completely unfair that a happenstance of

timing is going to mean that one student who’s been defrauded is going to have full cancellation and the next is not,” Connor said.

A federal regulation known as borrower defense allows students at forprofit colleges and other vocational programs to have their loans forgiven if it is determined that the students were defrauded by the schools. That rule dates to the early 1990s. But it was little used until the demise of Corinthian and ITT for-profit chains in recent years caused tens of thousands of students to request that the government cancel their loans.

In the last few months of the Obama administration, the Education Department updated the rule to add protections for students, shift more financial responsibility onto the schools and prevent schools from having students sign away their right to sue a school.

That change was set to take effect in July, but DeVos has frozen it and is working on a new version. She argued that the Obama regulation was too broad and could cancel the loans of some students without a sound basis.

DeVos has come under criticism for delaying consideration of over 65,000 applications for loan forgiveness under the borrower defense rule. The agency hasn’t approved a single claim since DeVos took office in February.

Trump criticizes Russia inquiry

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed renewed frustration Sunday over the investigations into alleged ties between his campaign associates and Russian government officials, saying on Twitter that the “facts are pouring out” about links to Russia by his former presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton.

“DO SOMETHING!” Trump urged in one of five morning tweets.

Trump’s tweets followed a CNN report late Friday that a federal grand jury in Washington has approved the first charges in a criminal investigation into Russia ties led by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Ty Cobb, a member of Trump’s legal team, said the president was not referring to CNN’s reporting.

Trump and the White House insist there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and Russia. Both have pointed a finger at Clinton and have suggested that the real story of collusion with Russia is the sale of uranium to Moscow when Clinton was secretary of state.

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia interfered with the election to benefit Trump, a finding that Trump has not fully accepted. Mueller and Congress are looking into allegations of ties between Trump associates and Russia.

In the tweets, Trump referenced the fact that Clinton’s presiden-

tial campaign helped fund political research into Trump that ultimately produced a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia. He also pointed to the uranium sale, the tens of thousands of emails from Clinton’s time at the State Department that she later deleted from a private email server, and the decision by then-FBI Director Jim Comey to not bring criminal charges against Clinton for possible mishandling of classified information.

“Instead they look at phony Trump/Russia ‘collusion,’ which doesn’t exist,” Trump says across several tweets. “There is so much GUILT by Democrats/Clinton, and now the facts are pouring out."

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Students line up to brave Pemberton Haunted House

By Analicia Haynes Managing Editor | @Haynes1943 Screams and shouts echoed through the halls of Pemberton as groups made their way down the elevator and into the darkness of the basement for the annual haunted house.

Alicia Blair, a junior marketing major, dressed up as Raven from Teen Titans and braved the Haunted House with her friends and twin sister Alison Blair, a junior accounting major.

Since it was her first time attending the haunted house, she said she was curious as to how everything looked.

“I want to see what they can offer,” Alicia Blair said, before making her way down the corridor to the elevator that took groups down to the dark and eerie basement.

Her twin sister, on the other hand, was not as confident.

“I don’t handle it well,” Alison Blair said.

The elevator was dimly lit and hummed as it slowly scaled down to the first floor.

Huddled together but smiling, the group talked about who would jump or get scared first.

Mikayla Sanford, one of the tour guides, said it was fun being able to put on a haunted house at the hall.

“They switch it up every time. Even I get scared sometimes, so it’s really good,” she said, chuckling and standing before the doors of the elevator creaked open and signaled the group to step out.

Volunteer actors for the Haunted House stationed themselves throughout the basement, jumping out at the group at every corner.

They screamed and shouted at the group, anything from “help me, help me,” to “you’ll float too.”

“It took us a few hours every day (for about a week) to set up,” Sanford said, leading the huddled group through the small twists and turns of the basement. “I like all of it.”

She said her favorite part was a scene in a

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Tara Bryan, one of the several actors who helped run the Pemberton Hall Haunted House, screams and pounds on a glass window on Saturday as part of her scene.

room behind a glass window. Static illuminated from the television screen as an actor pounded on the glass with fake blood smeared across her face, pleading for help and to be let out.

“It tells a story so I kind of like this one,” she said.

The theme for this year’s haunted house was “Carn-evil.” Sanford said when members of Pemberton Hall were designing the props and scenes, they wanted to be as creative as possible.

“They didn’t want to do a straightforward carnival, so they kind of did more like an American Horror story (vibe,)” Sanford said.

Toward the end of the haunted house journey, the group walked down a narrow hallway with doors along the sides that rattled with loud bangs, making the entire group, including Sanford, jump.

“We might as well let this group go,” said one of the two actors who followed and screeched at the group during the entire experience. “If you don’t want to play then get out.”

A bowl of candy greeted the group after their experience.

“It was good, it didn’t really scare me as much but it’s really hard to scare me,but it was put to-

gether really well,” Alicia Blair said.

However, the rest of the friend group said they were scared, including Alison Blair.

“I knew they were coming and then once I went around the corner (and they jumped out) I was like ‘Oh my God,’” she said.

Participants paid $2 to enter the haunted house.The funds went to support Housing, Outreach, Prevention and Education.

Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.

Fright Night plays symphonies for packed audience

By Travis Moody Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Eastern Symphony Orchestra performed spooky symphonies for a full house during Fright Night in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Eastern’s music department presented Fright Night, a symphonic concert featuring the Jefferson Elementary School Chorus, Sunday night in the Dvorak Concert Hall in Doudna.

Dan Crews, Doudna’s director of programming and publicity, said the venue sits 568 people, and they had every ticket sold by the beginning of the concert.

Clinton Johnson, the graduate conductor for Eastern Symphony Orchestra, wore a whoopee cushion costume as he conducted, and most other performers wore their costumes as well.

Members and alumni of the Symphonic Honors Initiative Program also played with the East-

ern Symphony Orchestra.

Richard Rossi, the director of orchestral and choral activities, said SHIP used to stand for Strings Honors Initiative Program, but they realized they needed more than just string instruments in the symphony two years into the program.

“There aren’t a lot of string programs around this area, so we thought this would be a good way to get children in the community involved,” Rossi said.

Halfway through the concert, Terry Coulton was surprised with a plaque commemorating the 15th anniversary of SHIP. “(Coulton) is the one who really spear-headed the program,” Rossi said. “I have to give more credit to her for all of this. She’s the SHIP mama.”

Children dressed up as Harley Quinn, witches and a box of Nerds candy for the costume contest

part of the night.

Costumed children in the chorus and audience members alike walked around the concert hall to present themselves to the judges.

Ethan Hayward, a graduate student studying piano performance, said he became a judge for the costume contest because his choir director, Rossi, asked for volunteers to take part in the concert.

“I thought it would be a fun time,” Hayward said. “It was a great experience.”

Multiple children were chosen as winners, and each received a bag of candy for their prize.

The Jefferson Elementary School Chorus sang “Carol Ann’s theme” from Poltergeist and “Double Trouble” from Harry Potter.

The chorus also sang during one of the orchestral pieces, “Danse Macabre, Opus 40” meaning “Dance with Death.”

During the piece, the children sang the letters

of “Halloween” as volunteer music majors held up signs corresponding to the letter the children were singing.

Rossi said it was great to see so many children becoming involved with music.

“Many of them wouldn’t have the opportunity to hear this music without coming here,” Rossi said. “It does my heart good to see hundreds, literally hundreds, of them show up to enjoy the performance.”

Crews said it was exciting to see so many younger children participating in the chorus and the arts despite recent budget cuts.

“Sometimes the programs that get cut are the arts programs,” Crews said. “It’s funny because the arts play a role in everyone’s life whether they’re an artist or not.”

Travis Moody can be reached at 581-2812 or at tlmoody@eiu.edu.

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There are errors in ‘The Bro Code’ Sleeping in a bed is something we can easily take for granted.

After all, many of us sleep in beds every night without giving it a second thought.

So, when I saw a young man I was traveling with decide to sleep on the floor rather than sleep in the same bed as another young man I thought it a little silly.

In a hotel room, it is not unusual to have to share a bed with another person to make the cost of the room more affordable.

I asked them why sharing the bed was so taboo and their only answer was it that it is something guys just do not do.

It would have made sense to sleep in a bed, but expectations about how men are supposed to act trumped being practical.

There should not have to be places where this is the case.

Men should be able to cry, sleep in beds

Chrissy Miller with other men if necessary or even just watch a more emotional movie without the fear of being perceived as different for it.

We should not let this “bro code” stand in the way of people feeling comfortable and doing things that make them happy.

It is not cool to display masculinity just

for the sake of being masculine.

Sometimes, actions that are typically assumed to be masculine are beneficial, like standing up for yourself or not being afraid to fight for what you believe in, but as positive as these traits can be they can also be damaging.

Having confidence can quickly shift into arrogance and stubbornness.

Traits that are typically thought of as feminine have their downsides, but also can be just as helpful as masculine ones.

The key is using all the traits on the spectrum from ideas of what we think of as masculine or feminine at the appropriate times and not taking them to their extremes.

Chrissy Miller is a junior elementary education major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu.

Make lofty goals all year long for success Striving to achieve goals that are challenging is important at the peak end of the semester.

There are about two types of students at this point of the semester.

First, there is the student who probably still looks nice every day for class, is putting the pedal to the metal, working hard, is organized and knows they will get good grades.

Then, there are the students like some of us who are rolling out of bed and can be caught saying “crap” about 500 times a day because we forgot about an assignment we need to do, while working on three other assignments due conveniently all on the same day.

Sometimes when I have assignments due all on the same date, I wonder if my professors secretly conspire together to purposely make specific school weeks suck.

Although I know that does not actually happen (hopefully,) I have noticed within all the chaos it is important to start making goals for the spring semester around this time of year.

It is easy to get caught up and busy preparing for exams or making it day-by-day, so students forget about what they want to achieve.

We need to face the facts- New Year’s resolutions do not work and nobody actually sticks to their resolutions long term, so why wait until next semester to make changes, decisions and goals?

Many students make goals that are easily attainable and they know they can achieve. This is hardly conducive to reaping the rewards of success.

Liz Stephens They are too scared to fail.

If students only strive for mediocre goals, they will easily settle to be mediocre in their careers, relationships and as an individual.

In a column I wrote at the beginning of the semester I talked about saying “no” to doing excess things that consume my time and are not beneficial, or that do not make me happy.

Next semester I have to do exactly the opposite and take an overload of classes, work as much as possible to pay bills and try to get involved with student media a lot more.

Achieving good grades, financial stability and getting involved more in student media will not be achieved with a weak mindset.

Next semester it will be time for me to put in all effort, including effort I will not even know I have to give at the time.

I think of my goals like I think of a really hard workout.

Half of the battle in achieving something hard or worthwhile is winning the mental battle and the other half is executing it. Students who convince themselves they are not able to achieve hard goals will most likely not achieve it.

If I tell myself mid-workout that I cannot make it through 15 more burpees, I will not.

If I take another approach and acknowledge the fact that I think I am dying during the burpees and tell myself I can make it, I am able to finish my goal.

Taking this approach and applying it to my classes has been the most beneficial thing I have ever done for my academics and jobs.

Success is not achieved easily, and most successful people do not wait around until one month out of the year to decide to achieve something.

Making goals and achieving them should be something students actively do to challenge themselves year round. Goals should not be something always easily attainable, but some goals do need to be easily achieved to maintain balance.

The harder the goal to achieve, the more students are able to push themselves to discover how much they are capable of, which makes them stronger individuals in the long run.

Liz Stephens is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or ejstephens2@ eiu.edu.

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This weekend, members of our staff and the staff of The Warbler yearbook were fortunate enough to go down to Dallas, Texas for a convention hosted by the College Media Association.

Here, we were able to learn a bit more about how to improve our newspaper, and learn about the work being done at student newspapers across the country.

Being able to look at these different colleges and universities to see what they are doing was an eye-opening experience. We got new ideas, new ways of thinking about the paper and more importantly, a new energy from our time there.

While the other student newspapers may technically be our competition for awards, they are also filled with talented staffs of students who are working toward the same goals as The Daily Eastern News.

It is always good to take a step back and evaluate what you are doing and whether or not it is working.

All of us who went down there found something to think about and implement in the future. For instance, one aspect of our meetings were not working, so our Editor in Chief decided to change the way that meeting was run to make sure it was applicable for everyone.

In every session we tried to figure out the best ways to serve both our staff and our readers. During the convention, we really took a good look at ourselves as editors, reporters and people to see what we needed to improve.

We saw how to more effectively use social media, as well as how to write and edit better. Most importantly, our senior staff learned how to train others to do those things as well.

Perhaps the most important thing we saw at this convention was how much journalism is changing, especially with how much of it is now being done online and in social media. Many sessions at the convention dealt with how to navigate this new journalistic landscape. Some taught about how to improve the newspaper online, while others showed new gadgets and ways to bring content off the page and into the hands of readers.

As ‘scary’ as change can sometimes be, we see the new strides in journalism as opportunities to make sure our content really resonates with readers.

As we go on in this and future semesters, The Daily Eastern News hopes to have serious discussions about how to utilize social media, and how to make the paper more digital in a digital world.

However, we will not let this compromise our print presence. Finding this balance is crucial to us as student journalists, and in journalism in general. We want to make sure we keep the energy and passion we brought back from this convention. We also want to make sure we keep improving beyond this week.

This means as we go forward, let us know how you think we can make both our online and print products better. Because we are always having discussions at The Daily Eastern News on how best to serve our readers, our readers need to be part of the conversation. We are only an email or phone call away if you have any suggestions, questions, or comments.

The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.

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Both discussions were tabled for the next meeting, as to give the members some time to discuss the suggestions with fellow faculty and staff members and to receive feedback on the two proposals.

The committee agreeed that moving forward with such big ideas would be impossible without consulting those who would be affected.

Future open meetings will be held at 3 p.m. in 2121 Lumpkin hall every Friday.

Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581-2812 or bsschwartz@eiu.edu.

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Management professor Michael Dobbs was one of the main defenders of reorganizing the colleges. He said that students would benefit from splitting up colleges, as it would help provide them with a more focused education.

The Review Committee for Workgroups no. 8 and 9’s proposals is looking at information based off last year’s vitalization project.

Workgroup no. 8 from the vitalization project looked at creating programs that could increase Eastern’s enrollment and academic standings.

Workgroup no. 9 looked at the efficiency of the university’s four academic colleges, schools and departments.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Plain Jane Lady Berglain said EIU Pride can only pay the queens so much out of the organization’s budget, so tipping them is very important.

The Diva Drag Show is the biggest event EIU Pride has this semester, in addition to a few fundraisers in November, Plain Jane Lady Berglain said.

“Get ready to have a good time,” they said.

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Swim teams pick up wins Saturday

By Adam Shay Swim Reporter| @DEN_Sports The Eastern men and women’s swim team both defeated Western on Saturday while the women’s team lost to Butler The men’s team beat Western 141-121 and won two relay events: the 200-medley (1:31.01) and the 400-freestyle (3:12.28). Despite having a weekend of rest last week, the men swimmers knew this meet was going to be a challenge.

“We knew it was going to be a close meet so we focused on finishes in practice,” freshman Scott House said. “It turned out for almost every close race, we came out ahead.”

House earned first place twice on Saturday as he won the 200-free (1:45.63) and the 100-free (47.98).

Going into the meet, House said he was most confident going into the 100-free. House was the anchor, or last swimmer, in the first place 400-freestyle event.

“We work well as a group,” House said. “I’ve never been part of a program with this kind of comradery and it has really helped me as a freshman and the other freshman guys feel the same. It’s just a good job by the upperclassmen that keep us going.”

House was not the only men’s swimmer who walked away with a first place finish. Freshman Ivan Escott finished first in two events: the 200-butterfly

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Senior Patrick Wood swims the men’s 200-yard butterfly Saturday at the Padovan Pool. Wood finished with a time of 57.86. Eastern’s men’s team beat Western.

(2:01.34) and 100-butterfly (53.03).

Seniors Matt Jacobs and Steve Fishman also had first place victories.

Aside from the men’s team, the women’s team split the two matches, defeating Western 133-129 and losing to Butler 180.5-81.5. Their win against Western was a close meet and has now won three straight against Western, but this is their second loss in a row to Butler.

“I wouldn’t say we’re satisfied with a loss, but I’m proud of how hard we fought after a couple weeks of really tough practices,” senior Emily Stroud said. “We had to stay mentally tough and just keep trying to get our hands on the wall first in order to beat Western.”

The women Panthers had five-first place swimmers against Western. Junior Lauren Oostman was the only woman Panther to win two individual meets: the 100-back (59.55) and 200-back (2:11.52),

and also helping win the 400-free relay (3:42.17).

The other women swimmers who finished first were freshman Sarah Lohman and sophomores Kailey Adcock, Julia Martin, and Karleen Gernady. Gernady was the only individual event swimmer to defeat both teams in the 200-fly (2:15.56).

Aside from Gernady, the two other women Panthers who found success against Butler were senior Danielle DiMatteo and Lohman. DiMatteo’s first place time was 1:01.09 and Lohman’s finished second with a 1:01.48.

The Panthers will have 20 days of practice and rest until they travel to Indianapolis on Nov. 17 to compete at House of Champions. The men and the women both finished in 11th out of 12 teams in last year’s House of Champions meet.

The Panthers have been swimming at the “House of Champions” meet since the 2011-2012 season and this is the first time the men have been undefeated going into it. It is also the first time the men have been undefeated through their first three meets.

The women also won three in a row, aside from losing against Butler. The women’s 3-1 start to this season is also their best in recent years.

House of Champions stretches across three days at IUPUI. Adam Shay can be reached at 581-2812 or acshay@eiu.edu.

Eastern successful in OVC championship

By Alex Hartman Cross Country Reporter | @DEN_Sports With temperatures at a brisk 36 degrees Saturday, the Eastern men and women’s cross country team’s competed in the OVC championship hosted at Eastern.

The championship meet was highly contested and featured high finishes by many Eastern runners competing on their home turf.

The meet marked the end of the regular season for the team and was held to see if any of the runners get to compete in the Midwest regional meet on Nov. 10.

The meet had great intensity with the temperature conditions having little effect on the runner’s performances.

Eastern started out strong on the men’s side with a sizable pack of runners near the front for the first half of the race and stayed near the top for the rest of the meet.

The final results of the meet saw Eastern finish in a close fourth place and an improved third place finish for the women.

The Eastern Kentucky men’s team wont the conference meet followed by Morehead State, Belmont and then Eastern.

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The Eastern Kentucky women’s team also wont the women’s 5K. The second-place team was Belmont followed by Eastern in third.

Eastern athletes had their own individual success in bunches over the weekend, highlighted with freshman Dustin Hatfield earning second team All-OVC honors and OVC male freshman of the year.

“It was really cool being the first EIU runner to win the award. And the meet was a good learning experience that had some great competition, which was a lot of fun,” Hatfield said.

The other awards for Eastern featured top men’s finisher in 5th place, senior Chris Orlow, getting first

team All-OVC honors. For the women’s team, senior runner Maria Baldwin earned second team All-OVC honors with her 9th place finish.

Other runners who placed were sophomore Marcus Skinner and redshirt senior Michael Mest who finished 29th and 32nd respectively.

For the women’s team, junior Ali Gutt placed 19th with a time of 18:06.2, and freshman Kate Bushue placed 23rd with a time of 18:12.4.

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Eastern drop weekend matches at home

By Tom O’Connor & Kaitlin Cordes Volleyball Reporters| @DEN_Sports A spotlight shined on Allie Hueston, Maria Brown, Haley Richardson and Josie Winner Saturday, as fans and fellow teammates glowed with elation.

The four Eastern volleyball seniors played their last match in Lantz Arena, but the Panthers lost 3-1, (25-23, 20-25, 18-25, 23-25) against Murray State on Senior Day. Coach Sam Wolinski, who undertook the position in 2014, witnessed their germinating development throughout her tenure. Chemistry and connections on the court, translated to relationships off it.

“Obviously there’s always going to be the volleyball stuff, but it’s probably the stuff off the court and their relationships with the players that you know we’ll truly miss,” Wolinski said.

The first set, which featured seven ties and three lead changes, wavered until Hueston delivered the fateful kill to close it out.

For the match as a whole, Murray State’s 77 points compared to the Panthers’ 70, exemplified the back-and-forth nature of the match.

While the Racers broke down in the first set, Murray State rallied back, winning the next three.

Although the Eastern volleyball team lost, the team orchestrated a well-tuned attack, augmenting its rhythm offensively. Hueston and Brown amassed 19 and 15 kills respectively.

“I think the response by our team, after our performance against Austin Peay, we came out strong and that I was really happy with,” Wolinski said. “I thought Annie Hughes did a great job digging the ball. Maria had a great game attacking as well. We played better in our systems, just unfortunately not well enough to pull off the victory.”

Eastern came up short Friday as well.

Hueston and Brown dominated the Panthers’ front row Friday despite losing to Austin Peay in three sets (19-25, 23-25, 25-14).

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Maria Brown goes up for a kill against Murray State Saturday afternoon at Lantz Arena. Brown finished with 10 kill in the Panthers 3-1 loss that day.

Brown was one of three seniors that were honored before the match on senoir day.

Brown had a team-high 10 kills on the night and eight digs, second to sophomore libero Anne Hughes’ 14 digs.

Hueston notched nine kills and had three block assists. Hueston said her kill game is more about placement than showmanship.

“That’s definitely my type of game. I like to see the court versus just trying to smash it. It might not look the coolest, but that’s okay,” Hueston said.

Hueston had some big kills at key moments in the game. In set one, the Panthers were down by one, and junior set-

ter Taylor Smith gave Hueston a high set.

Hueston hit the ball hard, and the ball rolled over the top of the net and landed on the ground for a kill to tie the score at 10-10.

The Panthers led just five times throughout the three sets. Austin Peay earned 41 kills to Eastern’s 35, and the Governors out-blocked the Panthers by two with six blocks on the night.

Austin Peay did not let much drop, and it showed with its 54 digs. Digs were spread evenly through Austin Peay’s back row as Ginny Gerig and Christina White

each had 10 and Allie O’Reilly managed a team-high 16.

Hueston said the most challenging part of playing Austin Peay was the depth of the team’s playing ability.

“They’re pretty deep, I would say.

They have some pretty big hitters, and they bring a lot of energy to the court,” Hueston said. “I think they’re just a solid team and they know they’re good, and they play that way.”

The Panthers and Governors each slammed 14 team kills down in the first set, but Austin Peay led in kills in the last

two sets.

Austin Peay continues to lead the conference with an 11-1 record, and Eastern drops down to sixth place.

The two losses this weekend set the Panthers’ record at 6-6 in conference play, with the OVC tournament looming in the coming weeks.

Tom O’Connor and Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or densportsdesk@ gmail.com

Panthers’ playoff hopes dwindle after loss

By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports Coach Kim Dameron said last week that if the Panthers won their remaining three games, they would make the playoffs.

Following a 27-10 loss to TennesseeMartin Saturday, the Eastern football team’s playoff hopes are dwindling.

Eight wins would more than likely get the Panthers into the playoffs, but now the most they can get is seven, which makes a playoff berth unlikely.

Turnovers hurt the Panthers more than anything as they turned the ball over five times Saturday.

Eastern forced Tennessee-Martin to turn the ball over on the first play of the game. Eastern could only muster a field goal on that drive and Tennessee-Martin scored 17 unanswered points.

Freshman kicker Matt Severino connected on 32-yard field goal.

One Eastern turnover went for a touchdown in Tennessee-Martin’s favor.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Scotty Gilkey Jr. fumbled as he was sacked and Anthony Brown picked it up and went 17 yards for the score.

The Panthers turned the ball over three times in the first half.

Neither team’s run game was existent Saturday, as both Eastern and the Skyhawks had less than 100 total yards.

Eastern rushed for 75 yards and Tennesee-Martin ran for 80 yards.

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Eastern quarterback Bud Martin throws a pass in a game against Jacksonville State on Oct. 21 at O’Brien Field.

Martin threw three interceptions in the Panthers most recent loss to Tennessee- Martin on Saturday.

This was the second week in a row that Eastern could not get a run game going. Last week it rushed for 28 yards against Jacksonville State.

Without the flurry of turnovers, Eastern, statwise, looked like it could have been the winning team Saturday.

Eastern passed for 200 yards with a combination of Gilkey and redshirt junior Bud Martin and Tennessee-Marting passed for 112. Three interceptions from Martin and one from Gilkey made the biggest impact though.

While Eastern threw for more yards,

Tennesseee-Martin made the most of its completions. The Skyhawks scored both of their offensive touchdowns via the pass.

Quarterback Troy Cook hit Donnell Williams with a 1-yard score after a Panther turnover, then hit Jaylon Moore

with a 28-yard pass to extend the lead to 24-10.

The Skyhawks got six points from their kicker Mitch Mersman, who hit a 35-yard field goal and a 23-yard field goal.

Junior wide receiver Alexander Hollins had eight receptions for 114 yards, which was his third 100-yard receiving game this season.

Martin and Hollins haved developed a strong connection over the past couple games with Martin as the team’s starting quarterback.

The Panthers won their first four OVC games, with all four coming down to the last play. Whether it was luck, or Eastern just being able to outlast its opponent, both of those were lost in the last two OVC games for Eastern.

Last week, Eastern played a strong first half against Jacksonville State, which has now won 29 OVC games in a row, and then this past Saturday, nothing went right for Eastern.

The Panthers have two games left in the regular season. Eastern hosts Eastern Kentucky Saturday, a bye the following week, and finish the season off with a tough Austin Peay team.

Eastern missed the playoffs last year and it could be seeing much of the same this year.

Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.