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Political science professor Kevin Anderson and Charleston City Council member Dennis Malak answer a question during “One Year After the Election: The Trump Timeline,” a panel discussion about the president’s policies and actions while in office. Topics included the media, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, healthcare and education.
Students raise questions about Trump’s 1st year By Samuel Nusbaum Contributing Writer | @DEN_News Whether it was for extra credit or for curiosity, students packed the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union to hear a discussion about President Donald Trump’s first year in office. Dennis Malak, a member of the Charleston city council, and Kevin Anderson, a political science professor, led the discussion. From his use of social media to his attacks on the media and North Korea, students expressed their questions on notecards that became topics for the panelists to analyze. Student Body President Luke Young was the moderator for the panel discussion and began it by directing the talks to Trump’s use of Twitter. Anderson started with a response about the generational divide in reaction to Trump’s twitter habits. Anderson said older generations expect the president to step in front of a podium and make announcements like past presidents have. He said younger people see the tweets and assume the details will come out later. Anderson said any announcements on Twitter have been taken less seriously by all generations because of the limited amount of content that can be relayed because of the character limit Twitter imposes.
Even with these limits, the tweets put the American people in the mind of the president, Anderson said. “I know what the president is thinking about,” Anderson said. “The president is thinking about tax cuts, the president is thinking about terrorism.” Malak said the media gets frustrated with it because when they report on tweets there is nothing to elaborate on, except to say they happened and move on from there. Regarding President Trump’s attack on the media, Malak said it is important for the individual to check their news sources to make sure there is not misinformation being spread, especially on social media. Malak said when determining news credibility people should ask, “Can they quote sources? Is it confirmed not just by the one outlet you like to look at, but by other outlets across the spectrum?” Anderson said attacking the media and discrediting them is nothing new as far as politicians go. Besides President Trump, former President Bill Clinton aired his frustration with the media in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Anderson said just because a person does not like what the media may be saying, does not mean it is false. Panel, page 5
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Anh Bui, a junior physics major, reads a sign about one of President Donald Trump’s policies before a panel discussion called “One Year After the Election: The Trump Timeline,” sponsored by the University Board. He said coming from Vietnam, he wanted to hear about what the new president has done so far. “I heard lots of bad news around past few weeks, few months, lots of things (have) happened, like protests,” he said. “In my country, there is not much protesting, but I think it’s good for people to have their voice.”
Hunger Action Month offers chances to volunteer, raise funds, educate By AJ Fournier Campus Reporter | @DEN_News Food pantry fundraising, Coin Wars and feeding senior citizens are all part of the daily volunteer opportunities during November. Graduate Assitant DaNaya Burnett said Eastern’s efforts are part of a nationwide volunteer effort in November to fight hunger during Hunger Action month. “We have various activities, there is at least one thing to do everyday of the month of November,” Burnett said. Burnett said last year Eastern donated over $900 to food pantries during the month, and one of the goals is to beat last year’s fundrais-
ing goal. Burnett said the opportunities vary from helping at food pantries to fact Fridays, where on social media there would be facts about hunger in the Charleston area and in the world. Crystal Brown, assistant director for civic engagement and volunteerism, said when students work in the food pantries and do direct service; they can get first-hand experience working with families in poverty. Brown said there will even be opportunities during thanksgiving break; there will be a mobile food pantry happening at one of the local food pantries, and transportation will be offered. “Monday through Friday we got something different going on everyday, whether it is the direct service off-campus, fundraisers on-campus
or just education facts like Fact Friday,” Brown said. Brown said Eastern would be working with three local food pantries: The Charleston Food Pantry, Standing Stone and the Newman Center. Burnett said there would also be two food fundraisers at local food establishments; one at Brickhouse on Thursday, Nov. 2, and one at Monical’s Pizza on Tuesday, Nov. 14. “Monical’s will donate 20% and Brickhouse will donate 10% of your bill,” Burnett said Burnett said there would be Stuff the Steps where people on campus can bring canned goods and stuff it on the Doudna steps so it can be donated. Hunger, page 5
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Frankenstein baby born at Florida hospital on Halloween WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — A Florida couple got an extra treat on Halloween — a baby Frankenstein. Make that Oskar Gary Frankenstein, who made his entrance into the world four days late and after 14 hours of labor on Tuesday at Winter Park Memorial Hospital. Parents Kyle and Jessica Frankenstein tell news outlets that Baby Frankenstein weighed in at 6 pounds (3 kilograms), 9 ounces (255 grams) and is 20 inches (50 centimeters) long. The baby's grandmother Jennifer Frankenstein tells WKMG the family is "super excited." She said Oskar is her first grandchild and the Frankenstein family's first baby born on Halloween, although she does have a 13-year-old daughter who shares the same birthday as "Frankenstein" author Mary Shelley Winter Park is near Orlando in central Florida.
Woman admits posing as lawyer, bilking NY prison inmates ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a 48-year-old woman has admitted to passing herself off as a lawyer while bilking hundreds of New York prison inmates out of more than $20,000. The state Attorney General's Office says Antonia Barrone pleaded guilty to a scheme to defraud and will serve 16 months to 3 years in state prison. She has also been ordered to pay nearly $270,000 in restitution and fines. Officials say Barrone created a fake persona as a parole attorney named Mario Vredenburg and swindled $23,000 from 400 state inmates and their families through a business called the NYS Prisoner Assistance Center, which purported to specialize in parole cases. Authorities say Barrone tricked customers into believing the office was staffed with attorneys. Last year, Barrone crashed her car at 90 mph while trying to elude police on an Albany highway.
Route 66 Brewery sued ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico brewery that uses the Route 66 in its name faces a lawsuit from a European company that says it owns the beer sales and marketing trademark for the famed American highway. Henry Lackey, the owner of the Route 66 Junkyard Brewery in the town of Grants, New Mexico, said this week that he is fighting the federal lawsuit filed earlier this year by Lodestar Anstalt. That company is incorporated in the tiny European nation of Liechtenstein, with headquarters on the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. Lackey's brewery is on Route 66 and he said in an interview with The Associated Press he does not believe a European company should have a say in how the historic U.S. highway's name is used. According to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, Lodestar owns the U.S. trademark for Route 66 beers in the country and the trademark for the highway's logo-type "shield" that go on labels for beer. Lodestar's attorney, Warren Bleeker, said the company filed the proper trademark requirements with U.S.
officials, must enforce its rights and wants Lackey to change the bar's name. Lackey said he was in discussions with Bleeker after receiving a cease and desist letter but cut off talks after the company sued him. "You're not going to punch me in the mouth and expect me to back down," said Lackey. "Once you punch me in the mouth the fight's on." In his response to the lawsuit, Lackey said Lodestar "should not be allowed to use an iconic name, 'Route 66' as a trademark because it contributed nothing to what makes 'Route 66' great to all Americans." Lackey said his brewery doesn't make a beer named after Route 66 but has the name on its brewery. Its beers are named after car parts. Other New Mexico brewers have named beers named after Route 66, and those brewers have not faced legal action, Lackey said. "It's just friendly competition and all in good fun," said Lackey, who grew up around the famed highway. Bleeker said Lodestar's Route 66 beer is brewed in Wisconsin. It's an IPA lager blend and sold in parts of
the U.S, he said. The beer's website shows the Route 66 beer available in Spain, France, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Croatia. In addition, the beer has appeared at various brewery events around the U.S. Lodestar's lawsuit also asks for damages and the profits from the Route 66 Junkyard Brewery. A trial has been scheduled for next year. Decommissioned as a U.S. highway in 1985, Route 66 went through eight states, connecting tourists with friendly diners in welcoming small towns. It was once an economic driver for small towns from Illinois to California. Nat King Cole famously sang "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" in a 1946 hit that has been remade by countless other groups. But the use of Route 66 dropped significantly after highways were built as part of the interstate system, forcing businesses to close and leaving others in disrepair. Towns such as Grants are trying to remodel old restaurants and motels linked to Route 66 to revitalize local economies.
Police: Suspect pointed gun at Steinle SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Guns don't go off without someone pulling the trigger, a retired police investigator testified Monday at the San Francisco murder trial of a Mexican national at the heart of a nationwide debate over immigration policy. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is charged with shooting to death Kate Steinle as she walked on a San Francisco pier with her father on July 1, 2015. Zarate had been deported five times was wanted for a sixth deportation before the shooting. The San Francisco sheriff's department released him from jail despite a federal immigration request to detain him. San Francisco is a so-called sanctuary city that bars city officials from cooperating with federal immigration deportation efforts. President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding from cities with similar policies. Garcia Zarate claims the shooting was accidental. He said a gun he found wrapped in a sheet on the pier accidentally fired when he picked it
up. His lawyer, Matt Gonzalez, told jurors last week that Garcia Zarate didn't know he picked up a gun until it fired. Retired San Francisco police inspector John Evans conceded during cross examination that he doesn't know whether Garcia Zarate fired the gun accidentally. But he did argue that accidental discharges result from a shooter mishandling a gun and pulling the trigger. The semi-automatic handgun used to kill Steinle was stolen from a federal Bureau of Land Management ranger a week before the shooting. San Francisco Police Department officers carry similar weapons, and Gonzalez has argued that the gun is designed to fire with the slightest pressure. The department's officers reported 29 accidental weapon discharges 29 times between 2005 and 2011, he said. Evans said guns "do not fire by themselves" and even accidental discharges require a trigger to be squeezed. Evans said he believed Garcia Zarate pointed the gun at Steinle
and pulled the trigger. Earlier, Evans testified that the bullet that killed Steinle ricocheted off the pier's concrete walkway. Gonzalez said the ricochet supports the accidental shooting argument. Gonzalez called that aspect of Evans' analysis "highly speculative." The two wrangled over whether the shot had traveled straight, which would support the prosecution's contention that Garcia Zarate aimed the gun before firing. The shooting sparked a political furor during last year's presidential race, with then-candidate Trump citing the killing as a reason to toughen U.S. immigration policies. Garcia Zarate had been released from the San Francisco jail about three months before the shooting, despite a request by federal immigration authorities to detain him for further deportation proceedings. Garcia Zarate was arrested shortly after Steinle died in the arms of her father, who has attended nearly every day of the trial with his wife and son.
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Higher education specialization, pension make future uncertain By Brooke Schwartz Administration Reporter | @brookesch_wartz
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Richard Wandling, chair of the political science department, talked about Eastern’s future with hope. “We’ve had some bumps and bruises over the past two years, … but I’m optimistic,” Wandling said.
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Madeleine Doubek, director of policy and civic engagement for the Better Government Association, was one of the two panelists at Wednesday’s discussion. She said that people need to listen, pay attention, and play an active role in their government.
Illinois’ lack of funding, specifically for higher education and pensions, was dissected in Wednesday’s “Higher Education, Pensions and Politics” panel. One audience member said in the past, higher education was seen as a social good, while now the perception has changed to define it as a personal good, which might be why funding has been lowered in the past couple of years. With higher education being seen as a public good, it leads the state and federal governments to underfund programs, which raises tuition and makes a college degree harder to achieve. The possibility of consolidating universities to avoid redundancy or to increase specialization was also discussed. With campuses being limited to specific majors, diversity in interests would begin to disappear at universities. Richard Wandling, chair for the political science department and one of the two panelists, said this specialization would make it harder for students to change their major and limit exploration. Although the panel agreed that things are not very hopeful right now, Wandling said Eastern should stay positive about it’s future. “I’m optimistic,” Wandling said. “If we have some stability in our budget, we will find our way. There’s always a need for institutions like EIU, because we serve many first generation students, we provide a lot more access to faculty, to retention, to student welfare and so I think if anything needs to happen is that faculty, students, staff, community members can be vigilant and taking that message to legislators.” Madeleine Doubek, director of policy and civic engagement for the Better Government Association and another panelist, said she thought local government was apathetic to-
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wards the effects of the past two years on higher education. “I don’t think that (Governor Bruce Rauner) lost a lot of sleep over what happened during the two year impasse,” Doubek said. The panel also discussed the growing concerns with underfunded pensions and the improbability of improvement in the near future. According to USA Today’s article Illinois pension problem: Illinois’ pension plan is between $130-250 billion dollars under funded. This level of under-funding could cause problems for future generations, as there might not be any money left for pensions by the time Eastern students, and younger generations, need to use it. One reason improvement is difficult is Illinois citizens believe they are being taxed enough, Doubek said. “Take what just happened with the sales tax revolution and repeal in Cook County and I certainly think there’s a sentiment out there that we’re taxed enough in Illinois,” she said. “I think it would be very difficult to increase a tax to contribute more towards pensions.” Doubek said Illinois’ problems with funding pensions and higher education is part of a bigger problem nationwide. “In my view, Illinois is a microcosm of what is happening at the federal level,” she said. “In other words, nothing is happening at the federal level and I don’t see that changing.” The main way to stand up for pensions, higher education or other matters that are important to you is to pay attention and speak up, Doubek said. “We need to be very vigilant and pay attention to what’s happening … all the time,” she said. Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581-2812 or bsschwartz@eiu.edu.
Gothtober lectures makes a comeback with flash talks By Travis Moody Staff Reporter | @DEN_News After a three-year hiatus, Gothtober lectures have returned, as the idea of walking uteruses quickly shifted into a discussion about President Donald Trump’s hands. Sigma Tau Delta and English Club organized the lecture, where five English professors gave five-minute flash talks about The Handmaid’s Tale as an excited audience laughed and listened intently. English professor C.C. Wharram started off the night by reading his comedic opening and introducing the faculty who were giving the presentations. Topics ranged from “Scrabble” to the television show Mad Men as each presenter connected their own area of research to Margaret Atwood’s
novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Presenters were informed they would be competing against each other. The winner was chosen before the night began, written on a piece of paper and placed inside an Easter egg. At the end of the night, the Easter egg was opened, and the piece of paper inside declared everyone a winner. The paper read “The winner is. . . EIU. Why? Because STDs (Sigma Tau Deltas) make EIU a better place.” Karly Johnson, public relations chair for English Club, said she enjoyed having class with every professor that presented, but English Professor Marjorie Worthington’s presentation was her favorite because she was the most topical, discussing the loss of women’s reproductive rights in the novel and the reflection of that in the real world. “Talking about the recent election and bring-
ing the ideas of a novel written in the eighties back to today’s society and current issues we’re dealing with is really interesting,” Johnson said. Senior English major Kailey Carey said she heard about the event through her professors and friends involved with English Club. “I was expecting a lot of talk about The Handmaid’s Tale in relation to now,” Carey said. “There’s a lot of feminist ideology behind the book.” Carey said she thought the most interesting speaker of the night was Worthington because of her unique approach to her topic. “The way she brought Donald Trump into her lecture was pretty funny,” Carey said. “It made sense in terms of Atwood’s book.” Carey said many of the flash talks were pertinent to modern culture as well as pop culture. Carey said the importance of literature in so-
ciety allows for us to reflect on ourselves and our society as a whole. “I don’t see our society going to exactly where Atwood took her world, but there are some similarities starting to form,” Carey said. “One of the biggest issues in the book is the reproductive rights of women being taken away, and we’re starting to see the start of that.” Carey said the night was informative and presented relevant information and maybe even gave someone a new book to add to their reading list. “For English majors, or anyone really, these are really cool opportunities to get to talk to people after the lecture or whatever it may be and get to relate to them and find something in common,” Carey said. Travis Moody can be reached at 518-2812 or at tlmoody@eiu.edu.
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America’s future should not live in fear At some point many of us have experienced the awful feelings that accompany true fear. These types of feelings result in our stomachs dropping and quenching for some sort of relief. Although the feeling is the same, the sources that create this feeling differ from person to person. Even though the feeling is by no means pleasant, at least we can find something we can all bond over. Unfortunately, at this very moment, many of our peers live in fear day in and day out because the man who allegedly leads this country wants them gone. It is disgusting, to say the least. Students who are trying to save this world’s future are not even sure they have a future to work towards. It is ridiculous the same people who are often called “the future of America” have to be afraid of not being allowed to pursue bright futures because of the actions of President Donald Trump. The staff at The Daily Eastern News is sick and tired of being afraid. It is like the entire political realm has evolved into
nothing more than a sick game where everyone is out for themselves. The spirit of camaraderie and everything moral has collapsed over the last decade. It is absolutely exhausting to have to wake up everyday and learn about some new antic our so-called “commander-in-chief” pulled. Whether it is the constant twitter tantrums, combative press conferences or his inability to take charge of his staff, leading to constant turnovers, the barrage of bad news seems to almost be constant. As journalists, we understand the fact that news might not always be good, and it might not always be what we want to hear. However, we acknowledge when there is nothing good to hear, especially from the White House on a daily basis, that people may become fatigued and even resent messengers who are just there to report the news. As many of us want to become journalists, we in the newsroom have seen our future profession trashed.
It is exhausting having to defend journalism and our future careers. During such a tumultuous year, it is also exhausting to see our peers dealing with this. In an article from the Sept. 11 issue of The Daily Eastern News, Yesenia Muruato, a junior criminology and sociology major, gave a speech during a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals rally, and through tears, she spoke about her experience. She said she was one of 800,000 students who were affected by Trump’s order to end DACA. It is not fair that someone like Muruato now fears for her place in the country she calls home. We often write about needing accountability from our local officials, but this goes for national ones as well. For the sake of the students, your neighbors, coworkers, family and friends, make sure someone like this is not elected again. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Never too early to attend job fairs Recently, I have been drowning. As an English education major and the vice president of two clubs, I am absolutely bombarded with emails. Since I get so many emails, things tend to slip through the cracks. All of a sudden, I receive a “final warning” email regarding the Fall Education Job Fair, and I realize I do not have a resume, clothes to wear, or any idea of how to interview for a real job. Not to mention I am a junior and while I thought I had time, apparently not. The email I received stressed that those looking to graduate in the fall of 2018 or the spring of 2019 should attend this job fair. At that moment, I began to research how to write a teaching resume, what to wear to interviews, how to talk, what to say, and which schools to talk to. It was overwhelming to say the least. I could not even predict what I will be eating for dinner, let alone have any clue where I might want to live during the 2019-2020 school year. So much was happening and I was feeling the pressure. I did not know what to do and I did not feel ready. The list goes on. I went to the job fair with a lump in my throat and a belly filled with butterflies. I did not know whether to cry or throw up. Then, I
Abigail Carlin saw the first school on my list. Without thinking, I walked towards the two recruitment representatives and started talking. Suddenly, I felt oddly comfortable. I was smiling while they were laughing. We then started discussing the items on my resume and they seemed impressed. They asked me when I was graduating, and I informed them that it was still going to be another three semesters. They genuinely seemed disappointed. Their disappointment fueled my fire and I kept talking to more representatives. Pretty soon, I ran out of copies of my resumes and I had a stack of folders filled with
brochures and business cards. My heart was full and my ego was obnoxiously inflated. Now, having been to a job fair, I understand the hype. Maybe I am not quite ready to be on the job market, but putting my name out there is still immensely useful. Additionally, I had a chance to free myself from the anxieties of the “first interview”, so next time, I will be even more confident and prepared. I cannot urge the readers enough to attend job fairs. Get out there and see what your potential future employers are looking for. If I had done this as a freshman or a sophomore, I would have gone about my 4-year plan a little differently. It never hurts to talk to someone about the future. These semi-mock interviews reignited my passion for teaching. For so long I had been busy keeping my head above the tumultuous waters of emails, projects, readings, and work, that I forgot why I went to college in the first place. I came here to become the greatest high school English teacher Illinois has ever seen, and with this job fair under my belt, I am one step closer to making that dream a reality. Abigail Carlin is a junior English education major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or alcarlin@eiu.edu.
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Understand why you are here first “Why am I here?” That is a question that many of you may be asking yourself as you go through your daily routine. What prompted you to come to college in the first place? Usually, when we graduate from high school, our next step will be college, but when we get here many of us are not sure of what career path we will take or even what we want to do for the rest of our lives. I think that it happens to us all from time to time, starting from when we are very little kids. First we want to be a doctor, lawyer, policeman, cowboy, nurse, EMT, medical assistant, veterinarian, the list goes on and on. In order for us to make a good decision about what we want to be when we finally grow up, we have to ask ourselves “why are we here?” The sooner we start thinking about the “why” the sooner we will figure out the “what.” Instead of just earning that degree, we want to be sure that we can get a good job once we graduate. College is expensive, and we have to start paying that money back in six short months after we graduate. Not understanding the “what” can make life complicated and difficult. Think about how much money you want to earn, what kind of position or job that you would find most interesting as well as one that you would really enjoy, then start setting your goals towards getting the “what.” Once you decide what you would like to do start researching that job and find out what it will take to get you there, plan ahead so that you will ready when you graduate to go after what you want. Knowing which path that you are going to go down makes life so much easier, and now that you understand the “why” you will soon find your way to the “what.” Cindy Huff is a graduate student in the aging studies program. She can be reached at 581-2812 or clhuff2@ eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Young segwayed the conversation into North Korea and the harsh words being exchanged with the U.S. Anderson said the United States and North Korea never signed a peace treaty, only a cease-fire. “We sort of did that cool thing where we reached the stalemate and the U.S. declared ‘we won’ and just went home,” Anderson said. “It didn’t really resolve the situation.” Malak said it is almost impossible to de-escalate the tension because North Koreans are told to hate America, but he did offer a possible starting point. “If you want to stop it you have to get China involved. (Get) China and Russia (involved) because North Korea supplies a lot of their coal, so it is a major economic issue for those two countries,” Malak said.
Malak said he liked the topics that were covered as they were things on everyone’s mind. He said talking about social media and how the reactions to it change by demographics was a challenge. Austin Mejdrich, a graduate student in political science, was glad North Korea came up in the panel, but said he was hoping to hear more about the economic side of things since the election. “Events like these are good because everyone has an idea about these topics,” Mejdrich said. Anderson said the discussion was important because it allowed students to become more involved in the issues of the day. “If you did not know anything about these issues, we gave a good overview,” he said. Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812 or at scnusbaum@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “All the proceeds for the month will go to local food pantries in the area,” Burnett said. Burnett said Coin Wars would take place every day of the month, jars have been delivered to different departments on campus so the departments can compete to fill the jars will change. “The departments are going to try to fill up their jars with coins, every week we will check in and see how much they have raised, and the winning department will get a pizza party,” Burnett said. Burnett said despite people’s busy schedules there will be opportunities all month, if a student can’t make it to one event. “If you can’t do any event one day, there will be another one the next day.
So there are many opportunities to help and be involved in hunger action month,” Burnett said. Brown said students could get educated through social media, by giving back and volunteering for bake sales and working at food pantries. “Every dollar we donate to the lo-
world, as well as getting involved. “If students want to come out and serve with us at those sights off-campus we would love to have their support,” Brown said. Brown said the point of Hunger Action Month is to educate on poverty and food insecurities.
“...there are many opportunities to help and be involved in hunger action month.” -DaNaya Burnett, Graduate Assistant cal food pantries they can turn around and buy $10 worth of food for families in need, and it goes farther than us just giving them canned items,” Brown said. Brown said despite this month offering different opportunities for service hours the point of hunger action month is to educate and get students to learn more about hunger in the
“We want to provide students with an opportunity to be educated about hunger issues, poverty and food insecurities in a variety of different ways, whether it be helping at food pantries or working with seniors who can’t get out and get a meal” Brown said. AJ Fournier can be reached at 581-2812 or ajfournier@eiu.edu.
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Students learn to ‘survive’ through bingo By Travis Moody Staff Reporter | @DEN_News A variety of “College Survival Kits” will be given to winners of bingo games during Survival Bingo. Survival Bingo, a game night sponsored by the Academic Initiatives and Retention Committee with University Housing and Dining Services, will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Pemberton Great Room. The main focus of the committee is to help students succeed personally and academically. Kelsey Cripe, the AIR Committee co-chair, said the committee was looking for a way to incorporate academics into something interactive and entertaining. Throughout the night, tips for students to succeed academically will be given out. “Survival bingo is a great way to get people involved with an academic and interactive activity because bingo is an easy game that draws people to play,” Cripe said. “Then, supplying academic tips throughout the game will add in that academic side.” Additionally, prize baskets will be awarded, such as a laundry supply basket, holiday gift-wrapping basket, festive beverage basket, self-care basket, and cleaning supplies basket. Cripe said the AIR Committee tries doing many different activities like Survival Bingo throughout the academic year. “There’s no set number for activates we can do. We just focus on what the committee wants to focus on and what ideas we have at the time,” Cripe said. In addition to bingo and prizes, hot chocolate and hot apple cider will also be provided to everyone.
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Win secures Panthers playoff berth By JJ Bullock Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports While the upcoming match on Saturday against Fort Wayne is setting up to be Eastern’s biggest game of the season, the ramifications of the contest could not be drawn up any simpler for head coach Kiki Lara and his team; win and secure a spot in the Summit League conference tournament, lose or tie and things get a little dicey. The following scenarios can play out for Eastern in their final game regarding the final postseason spot. • Panthers win against Fort Wayne- clinch playoff berth automatically. • Panthers tie and Oral Roberts wins against Omaha- Oral Roberts gets the final spot. • Panthers lose and Oral Roberts winsOral Roberts gets the final spot. • Panthers lose to Fort Wayne and Oral Roberts ties with Omaha- Eastern, Oral Roberts and Fort Wayne fall into a
three-way tie for the final spot that is decided based on the three-team’s goal differential. Eastern for the most part controls its own fate, all they have to do is win. Lara said that fact has the team feeling good about the weekend.
PUI and Bowling Green. They have ability that we respect very much.” Fort Wayne is second to last in the conference, ahead of only Eastern, with 17 goals this season. However, the Mastodon’s attacking offense has led them to Summit League high 204 shots this season.
“Our locker room fights to earn what they deserve.”
-Kiki Lara, head coach “That is ideal to play our own table,” Lara said. “Being in control is a rewarding feeling and something we can take pride in.” The Panthers really could not have asked for a better Summit League opponent, Fort Wayne is the last place team in the conference and is without a win in the Summit League. However, Fort Wayne has been hot of late and Lara “absolutely” sees them as being better than a last place team. “(Fort Wayne) Just came off two wins at IU-
“A lot of fight we should see from them. Very tough place to play and very good attacking players as well,” Lara said of Fort Wayne. Redshirt senior Oscar Uyamadu is the player that has done the most damage in the attack this season for Fort Wayne, he leads the team with four goals and 43 shots this season. Uyamadu along with junior Romain Lopez figure to draw the most attention from the Eastern defense. Lopez closely tails Uyamadu with three goals of his own and 28 shots. Lopez
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should be watched particularly close late in the second half, as he has two game winning goals on his resume this year. The Panthers may not be coming off their best game of the season in their 3-1 loss to Valparaiso Monday night, but the loss has been quickly erased from the team’s memory bank as they are faced with their most crucial game of the season. “You will see quality and fight from our guys as well. Our locker room fights to earn what they deserve,” Lara said. “We have gained in many ways and these conference games mean so much to our guys. They are ready to invest in the moment.” The game against Fort Wayne will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday. Before the game begins the Panthers should have a better understanding of what they need to do, as the ever-important Oral Roberts- Omaha match begins at 2 p.m. and should be over before the Panthers begin. JJ Bullock can be reached at 581-2812 or jpbullock@eiu.edu.
Men’s tennis team hits the road, heads to ISU By Parker Valentine Tennis reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s tennis team completes its fall invitational season this weekend at the Illinois State fall invite. This is the third event of the Panthers fall season and will be the last until mid-January. Eastern will be one of four teams in attendance. The other teams attending are Marquette, Butler and the Redbirds. The last time the Panthers played Marquette in spring competition was in 2015, they have not played Butler in recent spring seasons. Illinois State is the only team at the invite the Panthers played last spring.
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They had one of their most competitive spring match against the Redbirds. Sophomore Freddie O’Brien earned a singles and a doubles win against ISU. He defeated graduate Urh Krajnc Domiter in three sets after dropping the first (3-6, 6-3, 10-5). He and partner, sophomore Gage Kingsmith defeated Domiter and senior Andreas Boers 6-2. The Reiman brothers were the other duo to find success against the Redbirds. Seniors Grant and Trent Reiman defeated former Redbird sophomores Matias Chomali and Peter Foersom. This event will feature a different Redbird roster though. Neither Foersom or Chomali remain with ISU, and only one athlete the Panthers earned a win
against in spring remains on the roster. Coach Sam Kercheval said the goal for the Panthers’ last invite is to see improvement from his roster. “The expectations are the same they were at (Valparaiso), expect to do better,” Kercheval said. “The expectation is to show up, compete and win the way we expected to last time.” The Valparaiso invite was the Panthers most recent invitational. Reiman, Kingsmith, and sophomore Braden Davis all recorded wins in Valparaiso, but Kercheval said the Panthers could have had a better showing if the team maintained focus. Kercheval stressed that seeing higher energy and focus more consistently will be the key to success this weekend.
“We need to even things out consistently, but we’re certainly seeing better product on the court. We just need to see that better product more often,” Kercheval said. Play at ISU starts at 10 a.m. Friday and goes through Saturday. Play starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday also. After the ISU invitational, the Panthers will have a couple months off to prepare for spring play. When spring play begins, the Panthers will be in Bloomington, Ind. taking on the Hoosiers of the University of Indiana. That match is set for 5 p.m. on Jan. 15. Parker Valentine can be reached at 581-2812 or pivalentine@eiu.edu.
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Smith earns triple-double in loss By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports Junior Taylor Smith recorded her seventh triple double of the season to add to her NCAA lead, but it was not enough to propel the Panthers past the second-best team in the OVC, Southern Illinois–Edwardsville. Southern Illinois–Edwardsville came away with a 3-0 win over the Panthers. Smith had 10 kills, 11 assists and 11 digs. If there is a silver lining for the Panthers, they showed they could hang with the top teams in the conference. Eastern lost 25-22, 27-25 and 25-14. Eastern was right on the brink of winning the first and second set, but two three-point rallies by Southern Illinois–Edwardsville had Eastern down 2-0 going into the break. Eastern and Southern Illinois– Edwardsville were knotted up at 22 in the first set, but the Cougars rallied for three points in a row including two kills and service ace. While the first two sets was the Cougars attacking Eastern for the win, two errors by the Panthers was the downfall in the second set. The Panthers needed one point to close out the second set 26-24, but freshman Laurel Bailey had a service error to tie it and an attack error gave the Cougars a 26-25 lead. They closed it out with a kill from Taylor Jones. Eastern had a 6.2 kill percentage and the Cougars had a 19.3 kill percentage. Eastern has a 19.9 rate on the season. Coach Sam Wolinski said the low percentage was due to a lack of execution by the Panthers. “The first two sets were battles,” Wolinski said. “We had the lead in the second set and need to execute in the red zone (once we hit 20 points).” The Panthers, for their last six matches of the season, play three of the top four teams in the OVC. And with Eastern trying to get itself back to the OVC tournament, as tough as the matches might be, need more wins. The Panthers are hanging on to the seventh spot in the standings with Tennessee–Martin right behind them in eighth. Eastern has played
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Eastern freshman Laurel Bailey returns a ball over the net against Jacksonville State on Oct. 21 at Lantz Arena. Eastern won the match 3-2. The Panthers have a 6-6 conference record this season.
one more match than the Skyhawks. The Panthers play at Tennessee Tech Nov. 10. The way the conference stands right now, it is a four-team race to land the final two spots for the tournament. It is a race between East-
ern, Tennessee–Martin, Southeast Missouri and Jacksonville State, which is in sixth place with a 6-6 record. Eastern has just three matches remaining to get itself in the OVC Tournament.
The Panthers were there in 2015, but were knocked out in the first round by Tennessee Tech. And with the toughest portion of its schedule coming up, Wolinski is confident in her team’s ability. “This team knows they can beat
anyone in this league,” Wolinski said. “We just need to get back to consistency on our side.” Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
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Panthers trickle down OVC standings By Maher Kawash Football Reporter | @DEN_Sports A few weeks ago, teams across the Ohio Valley Conference were looking up at the Eastern football team. Now, not so much. The Panthers strung off four straight wins by three points or less to claim first in the OVC, but then preseason-favorite Jacksonville State came along to derail that ship quickly. Since that loss to the Gamecocks, things have not gotten easier for Eastern as their offensive struggles produced just 10 points on the road in a 17-point loss to Tennessee-Martin. With two straight losses in the books, the Panthers have a tough but not impossible task ahead of them as they try to clinch a post-
season berth. “When we make mistakes with the football, it gets exasperated quickly because we’re not Maher Kawash the most explosive offense right now,” Eastern coach Kim Dameron said. “If we win the turnover battle we win the game” They start that journey with their final home game of the season against Eastern Kentucky Saturday, followed by the regular season finale at Austin Peay Nov. 18. W h e n i t c o m e s t o t h e OVC standings, those two opponents
are right there with the Panthers and Jacksonville State at the top. Eastern Kentucky comes to Charleston with a 3-3 record in the conference as well as two more losses outside the OVC. The Colonels come in on an opposite streak of the Panthers, as they have won their last two games and have done so by double-digits in each one. While both teams may have a harder chance at making the playoffs, due to other national contenders, Saturday’s game will still have some implications on the conference. Eastern follows this game with a bye before seeing Austin Peay in the final week, as Eastern Kentucky plays the Governors next week. Austin Peay awaits the winner with its 4-1 record in the OVC,
but will have to get past Tennessee Tech first this weekend. That may not be too difficult of a task though as Tennessee Tech is tied for last in the conference with a 1-4 record, with their only win coming against the other last place team, Tennessee State. The Golden Eagles 30-26 win last weekend pushes them to 1-7 on the year, but that does not mean they have gone down easily. Te n n e s s e e Te c h h a s p l a y e d some of the best teams in the OVC pretty well as Eastern barely escaped them earlier this season with a one-point win. Eastern Kentucky also had its struggles against the Golden Eagles, surviving with a three-point victory. The rest of the OVC has been somewhat average as no other teams have a record at .500 or
above. Tennessee-Martin, fresh off its win against the Panthers, boasts a 2-3 record and is tied with Southeast Missouri. Murray State, Tennessee State, and Tennessee Tech all follow in at the bottom of the conference with just three wins combined. Just a few weeks remain in the regular season and unless someone can end Jacksonville State’s 28 game winning streak against OVC opponents, then it may be a similar ending for all teams involved. But that will not change the atmosphere surrounding the Panthers to close the season. “The attitude of our football team is excellent and it has been all year,” Dameron said. Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.