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By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman The Faculty Senate will invoke the Open Meetings Act to close part of the meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Booth Library. The first hour of the meeting will be open like any other Faculty Senate meeting, and the second hour will be a closed executive session with only the senate members. Jemmie Robertson, the faculty senate chair, said this means no observers and no administration. “We’re going to discuss some private matters,” Robertson said. “We’re conducting this according to the Faculty Senate constitution and the relevant Illinois state law.” The executive committee agreed to have a closed meeting, Robertson said. Robertson said the purpose of the closed meeting would be to discuss the faculty’s vote of no confidence in Blair Lord, the vice president for academic affairs. Meetings are required to be open to the public unless they discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, according to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. This includes hearing about a complaint against an employee of the public body. “We may discuss it to a certain extend in the open session, but there’s some matters relating to it that we need to discuss privately,” Robertson said. The executive committee of faculty senate and faculty senator Grant Sterling, a philosophy professor, met with President David Glassman Monday morning about the vote. They will also discuss some of the details of this meeting in either the open or closed portion of the senate meeting. Robertson said at some point the executive committee will talk about their meeting with Glassman. “He definitely received the message and is taking it under advisement,” Robertson said. During the open part of the meeting, the senate will vote on a resolution from economics professor Teshome Abebe about the evaluation methods used for administrative staff. The resolution comes as a result of some people feeling the methods currently used are not as transparent and effective as they want them to be. Robertson said some people could feel this way because this creates a system where administrators evaluate each other. “I’ll give you a good recommendation if you scratch my back,” Robertson said. “And I’m not trying to imply that there’s been any malfeasance, but there’s a perception for the potential for that.” Robertson said this resolution is suggesting the administration revise their evaluation practices. Robertson said they will also vote to adopt or revise the language in the resolution. “We will discuss that in senate in the open session, but some other legal issues came up that we thought it was best to do behind closed doors in the second session,” Robertson said. The Faculty Senate will also finalize their decision on who should receive the Luis Clay Mendez Distinguished Service Award. “It’s a teaching award the Faculty Senate gives annually,” Robertson said. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
For years, the Hunger Banquet has tried to serve as an awareness event on the topic of starvation, and this year those who usually participate in it tell why they did not plan for the affair. The Haiti Connection usually has the banquet the third week of November, but instead they cancelled it and planned a trivia night. Ivy Handley, a junior special education major, is a member of the Haiti Connection and said one reason students did not do the banquet was because students would only show up for the extra credit. Handley said a student would walk in, get their extra credit and five minutes later they would leave. “I don’t know if they would have come if they just knew about it,” Handley said. “I don’t know how much people really got out of it.” Handley said the banquet had many advantages; she said it helped people to realize some do not know what their next meal is. She said often Americans forget how fortunate they are and something like the Hunger Banquet helps them to be humble. “Even if you pray for these people it helps to recognize that there are people who have it worse than you,” Handley said. “We are walking in solidarity with our citizens in Haiti.” Roxanne Sorci, the president of the Haiti Connection, said the organization wanted to take a break on the Hunger Banquet to focus on raising money for projects they do in Haiti. During the trivia night, they raised over $2,000. Although Socri said the main focus is not gaining money at the Hunger Banquet, she said last year’s banquet raised $70 compared to this year’s money at the trivia night. “We wanted more of a fundraiser because with the Hunger Banquet we don’t raise a lot of funds our goal is to raise awareness,” Sorci said. One of the projects they do is taking a family out of poverty and helping them build a home. Sorci said even though the community did not see a Hunger Banquet this year, they can expect one next year. She said hunger is a situation people cannot take lightly and the organization would not either. “The Hunger Banquet draws attention to something that doesn’t really get a lot of atten-
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Emma James, a sophomore psychology major, and Stacy McQueen, parent of Lauren McQueen, serve apples, oranges, and bananas at the "Hunger is Not a Game" banquet on Nov. 12, 2014 at the Newman Catholic Center.
tion,” Sorci said. “I feel that not a lot of students know that people around the world actually go to sleep hungry.” Roy Lanham, the advisor for the Haiti connection, said back in 1990 the students from the Haiti Connection brainstormed a way to gain awareness about hunger related issues and poverty. He said the first the banquet was in the basement of Andrews Hall. The event was moved from place to place and one year the banquet was cancelled because of limited space, Lanham said. The concept of the Hunger Banquet is to show community members, students and faculty and staff how it would be to live an impoverished lifestyle. He said people simulating the second world would have limited food and those in the third
world countries would have rice and water. At first this event was held as a fundraiser, Lanham said, but as time went on it was implemented just to bring awareness. “Things were going good for a while,” Lanham said. “But when you’re maintaining things they begin to get stale and that’s exactly what happened.” After the years went by the students sought out for a change and came up with the idea of a market place. Students would get a storyline and many of the scenarios include participants getting a small amount of money and figuring out how to make it stretch. T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.
Community bands together to raise money for children’s Christmas gifts By Mackenzie Freund City Editor | @mgfreund_news The eighth annual Band Together for Kids will be at 5 p.m. on Wednesday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars at 1821 20th St. Citizens Against Child Abuse, Housing Outreach Prevention and Education of East Central Illinois, sponsors the event. Band Together is a fundraiser that helps raise money to give Christmas gifts to children in need. Althea Pendergast, a member of the board of directors for Citizens Against Child Abuse and Band Together chair, said there are different situations families and children end up, which requires them to need assistance.
“It came to our attention that there were a lot of kids who did not get anything because they did not qualify for alternative programs or missed the deadlines,” Pendergast said. Pendergast said there are families that do the best they can who can not always provide Christmas gifts for their children who also do not qualify for certain programs. The aid in Christmas gifts goes to teenagers who may be homeless, along with children who have gone into emergency housing, Pendergast said. There are also situations where the family lost their home to a fire, families who have lost jobs, or other situations they do not expect themselves to be in. “There are a lot of families out there who are
doing the best they can who do not qualify for programs,” Pendergast said. Pendergast said there is no specific monetary goal for the event. “We try to raise enough to get gifts for at least 30 kids,” Pendergast said. The people who receive the Christmas gift aid are kept confidential, so only the people involved in giving the presents are those who are the members of Citizens Against Child Abuse. Pendergast said the VFW has been nice, helpful and supportive of what the fundraiser does. The Band Together event will include a dinner, silent auction, live music and a 50/50 raffle.
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Geography Awareness week starts with soil By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman National Geography Awareness week started off with a lecture called “Soil Erosion Risks and the changing Cropping Choices in Shoal River Watershed, Illinois,” Monday night in the Physical Sciences building. Francis Odemerho, from the department of geography at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, presented his findings on soil erosion. Odemerho is a geographer who is originally from Nigeria. He is a physical geographer as well as a fluvial geomorphologist, meaning that he works with water and how the land has evolved on the earth. Odemerho said when he talks about the topic of soil erosion, he uses a lot of maps; he said maps help people figure out locations, which are important in geography. “Location is very important, you use the map to show where physical and human elements are located,” Odemerho said. He said when talking about erosion, people had to understand location. Odemerho used various maps to explain and show how soil erosion has changed from 2000 to 2014. Soil till and sheet erosion in the United States has declined by about 44 percent, Odemerho said. He said the rate of erosion in the country as a whole is declining and has been since 1995. “In 1990, for example, erosion used to be very, very high,” Odemerho said. Odemerho said the decline of erosion could be attributed to an increase
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in Illinois using no-till farming techniques. “No-till” farming techniques increase the amount of water that goes into the soil and increases organic matter and nutrients in the soil. Odemerho said it was important to look at these changes that are happening. “You can see a great change in the cropping system,” Odemerho said. The three crop rotation of corn, soybeans and wheat that have also helped to prevent erosion. Belayet Khan, a geography professor, said Eastern observes National Geography Awareness Week every year.
“The purpose of the week is to make our citizens, our people, our students and the members of the community more aware of geography and places and international connections,” Khan said. Khan said this awareness is essential to the internationally connected civilization we live in. National Geography Awareness Week was started by President Ronald Reagan. “We have been very fortunate to have departmental chairs from the past and now for this program,” Khan said. “We do get some grants from the College of Sciences and university.” There is also an honors organization called Gamma Theta Upsilon that helps
with National Geography Awareness Week as well. The next event for National Geography Awareness is another lecture by Thomas Pingel, from the geography department at Northern Illinois University. Pingel will be presenting “Bonemapping: A LIDAR Processing and Visualization Approach and Its Applications” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in room 3040 of the Physical Sciences building. The lecture is open to students, staff, faculty, and community members. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
Guest artists to host free performance By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor | @LPMartinez20 Eastern’s music department will bring in two professional musicians to give a special performance in the Doudna Fine Art Center’s Recital Hall. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and is titled “Exploring The Importance Of CrossCultural Dialogue in Niel Van Der Watt’s Bushmen Myth Song Cycle.” The two performers are baritone Christian Bester and pianist Paul Sanchez. The performance was scheduled as part of the music department’s Guest Artist Series. Bester made his professional music debut in 2005 for Pro Musica Theater in South Africa as Schauard in “La Bo-
hème,” an Italian opera, which originally performed in 1896. After his debut role as Schauard, Bester was also casted as Zaremba in “Polen Blut” for the Americke Jaro Festival, the title role in both “Don Giovanni” and “Gianni Schicchi,” and various other roles. Bester’s most recent work includes a concert tour through South Africa, performing at events such as the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, Unisia Foundation Concert Series, Hermanus FynArts Festival, Stellenbosch University Concert Series and the University of North West Concert Series. He also recently collaborated with a number of different symphonies and orchestras, including the Lone Star Wind Orchestra and the Meadows Symphony Orchestra.
Bester’s solo performances include the Van Cliburn concert series and the Texas Christian University’s Festival of American Song. He was also a member of the Emerging Artists for Dallas Opera, the Des Moines Metro Opera’s Young Artist Program and the Ash Lawn Opera’s Young Artist Program. Bester also received his doctorate in musical arts and artist certificate from the University of North Texas, his master’s degree in music and voice from Southern Methodist University and his bachelor’s in music and vocal performance from Tshwane University of Technology. Bester is also currently serving as visiting assistant professor of voice at Baylor University. Sanchez, who is accompanying Bester
at his upcoming performance at Eastern, has performed in concerts in both North America and Europe, appeared on CBS and released five CDs. Sanchez’s most recent solo recording was released in 2012 and some of his music will be featured in two album releases in both 2015 and 2016. Sanchez previously served as a faculty member at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music from 2012 to 2014 and also currently serves as a piano lecturer at Baylor University. All information is from the Doudna Fine Arts Center’s website event page. The concert is free and open to the public.
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Miss Black Illinois visits Eastern, uplifts women Miss Black EIU becomes ambassador, role model for scholarship By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @DEN_News As an alumna of Eastern and the reigning Miss Black Illinois 2015, Destiny Lee said she has always tried to do things with style and confidence. Graduating in 2013 receiving her Bachelor’s in Health studies, Lee said she started pageantry while attending Eastern. She competed in both Miss Black and Gold in 2008 and Miss Black EIU in 2011. In Miss Black EIU, Lee was third runner up and a winner in the Miss Ebony and Miss Creative Expression categories. In Oct. of 2014, Lee was crowned Miss Black Illinois 2015 and now is an ambassador of the Miss Black Illinois Scholarship. Lee stopped by at Eastern for a visit, which included a workshop where she taught a crowd of women on the campus what it is like to be in a pageant. Lee said the workshop’s activities ranged from teaching the women how to publicly speak to how to walk on stage. Lee sad about 27 ladies attended the workshop including Miss Black EIU and Miss Black and Gold pageant contestants. She said they also got interview and impromptu practice. “We talked about building confidence, leadership abilities and we also stressed the importance of knowing the pageant system,” Lee said. Lee said it was her mission to give back in a different way instead of making an appearance or doing a speech. “I wanted to bring it to EIU’s campus so I can inspire other young ladies to be more knowledgeable in pageantry,” Lee said. “I wanted to focus on building women up.” Lee said a couple phone calls helped to get a platform to speak to the women of Eastern. She said because of the status at the
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Destiny Lee, the reigning Miss Black Illinois, graduated from Eastern in 2013 and returned on Saturday to conduct a workshop for the women of campus. The workshop was directed toward the contestants of Miss Black EIU and Miss Black and Gold, but Lee said all were welcomed. Lee said she strives to do more than the average speech from time to time and decided to do a workshop to uplift Eastern’s women.
“Communication is key and people have to be able to articulate their ideas and their point of view effectively and pageantry is great way to build on those skills.” Destiny Lee, Miss Black Illinois 2015 university when it comes to the African-American community, she wanted to shine a positive light on students. She said she wanted to provide an uplifting atmosphere. “It was encouraging young women to have confidence within themselves as well as being able to display their leadership abilities especially on EIU’s campus and through the arts of pageantry,” Lee said. When it comes to public speaking, Lee said pageantry has heightened her
skills to talk in front of a crowd. Lee said this is a vital skill to master and can be perfected while in college. “Communication is key and people have to be able to articulate their ideas and their point of view effectively and pageantry is great way to build on those skills,” Lee said. Angela Davis, a senior sociology major, went to the workshop and said she sees Lee as a role model. “When she came down here to shed light on what she learned, she was trying to instill in us what was in-
stalled in her,” Davis said. “She told us the qualities that you need to have as an African-American woman in order to be looked at as a strong figure.” Going to an event with a goal of uplifting her spirit is what Davis said she found. Davis said the workshop touched on self-worth, which she said was an important part of being a woman. “You have to have self-love and confidence,” Davis said. “I feel like those are two things that a lot of women may struggle with and those
are two things that I took away and I need that.” Davis said Lee brought motivation to the campus. She said Lee is able to stand as a role model and not many young women have somebody they can look up to. “We needed that workshop just to see that you can do anything you put your mind to,” Davis said. “Sometimes we get sidetracked with so much going on socially and academically, so everyone needs that push to keep going.” T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.
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Everyone can agree they have heard a song that has touched them, saved them or made them feel a little less alone at times. It’s an incredible opportunity that many artists use to touch the hearts of their fans and attempt to make a difference in this world. Unlike many women around my age I am not a big Justin Bieber fan. Recently Bieber released his new album, “Purpose,” that is completely unlike his previous works. Bieber, with the help of Skrillex, Halsey, Ed Sheeran and many other A-list producers and writers, brings to life many of the judgments and obstacles he faces. Upon listening to my Pandora, the song “Purpose” came into the mix, and as I listened to it I felt provoked to listen to the rest of the songs on the album. Though many of his songs in this specific album were a good listen I found his song “Life is Worth Living” to be the most important of them all. Though Bieber’s perspective for the song was coming from his faith, I think everyone can interpret the song for himself or herself in a way that they can relate. The chorus says “Life is worth living, so live another day/ The meaning of forgiveness/ People make mistakes, doesn’t mean you have to give in.” Those lyrics alone can hit home for just about anyone, especially in the college community when we are all trying to balance so many aspects of life while facing all the obstacles in our way. Not only do the lyrics of the song seem to be impactful but also I got a little curious and went to YouTube to find the music video. Emma Porter and Patrick Cook, both accomplished dancers, dance a remarkable duet depicting the struggle before redemption. Porter begins the dance after you see a seemingly self inflicted gun shot wound to her shoulder that stays visible throughout the dance before she is suddenly healed at the end of the song. I don’t think you have to be interested in dance or even know how to dance for that matter to be touched by this piece. Though not everyone has struggles to that extremity, I strongly believe anyone can find a way to relate to such a personal song. Just like Bieber isn’t my personal favorite I’m sure he’s not some of yours, however, if you get the chance I’d recommend listening to some of his new songs, the lyrics might just hit home for you. Cheyenne Fitzgerald is a senior journalism and psychology major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or cmfitzgerald@eiu.edu.
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BOT pushes for budget resolution, funding It seems as if the topic of the Illinois state budget is discussed every other week, but that is because the subject carries great importance. In Monday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News, the article tilted “BOT resolution urges governor to resolve budget” said the Board of Trustees passed a resolution at their latest meeting. The resolution was to urge Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Illinois legislature to pass a budget and give funding to Eastern. It has now been four and half months since the start of the fiscal year, and Illinois is still without a budget. It affects many individuals in the state, and it affects our university as well. The board said they got together so their voices could be heard because there was previously not enough being heard in Springfield.
The budget impasse has affected how we are currently operating. The university relies on appropriations from the state and with no budget, Eastern is not receiving anything. Glassman has previously stated that Eastern will be using reserved funds to stay. Those funds will not last forever, so Illinois Rauner and the state legislature needs to come to come to an agreement to end this impasse. It is great that the board has come together to make sure the governor and legislature pass a budget soon. It may not come, but at least a voice is being heard about this impasse is negatively affecting our university. Some students may be unaware about the budget impasse, but it should be known that it not
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Ignorance is not the media’s fault, it’s our own In a time when atrocities against humanity plague not only the country we call home but the world we share with our brothers and sisters, uniting against a common evil seems to be the least desirable solution. Instead, most of the individuals’ that make up society are determined to scream independence and tear themselves away from a united effort. On top of that, they are smitten with the idea that their own ignorance is not their fault but rather the media’s. We have become so determined to pass the blame on to the media for our own incompetence when it comes to seeking valid and reliable information; we neglect to open our palettes to reputable news sources. Honestly, I find this phenomenon more along the lines of the evolution of laziness. It seems like we constantly rely on everyone else to spoon feed us information and hold our hands through life as we make every single decision. It has become a dominating disease, which has intensified in the last ten years and seems to grow stronger with every share and tweet about some meaningless fad that truly distracts the youth from real world issues. And I mean the issues that result in a child not living up to their full potential because some worthless scum halted their life a few years early. Those are real world issues but I digress. We’ve become content in our own little worlds that we’ve cultivated based on false news outlets and as a result, this generation has evolved into a submissive weakling that rolls over to the first person who is deemed as powerful and intimidating. Americans, particularly college students (considering they are the ones who crowd social media like a cockroach infestation and never leave) are the first to point a grimy broke finger at media outlets and blame them for not covering true, pressing, and valuable news.
Analicia Haynes However, the problem doesn’t lie in this alleged account of the media not covering important news rather, the problem lies in the individual’s inability to seek out the news that has already been covered simply because they limit themselves to one dominant, overseeing “news” source. And I do mean Facebook or twitter or, dare I say, Instagram because apparently selfies are news worthy. Yes, it’s the media’s job and responsibility to cover pressing news as it happens and as best they can in order to inform the general population. But it’s not their responsibility to drag the audience to the trough of unfiltered, pure news and make them drink from it. Each news outlet covers as much as they can the best they can and with the resources they have. If one source doesn’t have the information then another will. Indeed, most of the media paid attention to the horrors that brought France to its knees and our hearts weep for those who lost their lives but as far as I’m concerned the media has without a doubt covered other events that shook the world. I read a CNN article dated Thursday Nov. 12 that covered the atrocity in Beruit, Lebanon that stole 43 innocent lives from this world. I listened to countless NPR podcasts that detailed the racial tensions in Missouri that weren’t censored or hindered by the lack of
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only affects Eastern, it affects the funding students receive to attend the university. Students rely on the budget to receive MAP Grant funding. The Board are not the people who can make sure their voice is heard on the issue of budget impasse. Students can take action as well by writing letters, calling their representatives or maybe even visiting Springfield. Students across the state have visited Springfield to make sure their voice is heard on the issue. The issue cannot be ignored, and we need to make sure our voice is heard to end the budget impasse.
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common sense of fellow peers. These are just a few examples that people claim are not covered by the media. What humors me the most, however, is that the media even covers this idiotic belief that so many people share regarding the lack of coverage the media has. So don’t tell me that the media covers only certain things. A word of advice for my fellow peers that I’ve heard long ago, do something! I’ve said this time and time again and I feel I’m turning blue in the face. We are our own reporters, our own gatekeepers of news. We find the stories, we filter in what’s important and filter out what isn’t relevant, and ultimately we determine what’s newsworthy and what’s not. Therefore, we should do as much research for our information as the reporters do for their stories. If you rely on Facebook for news you might as well bolt your doors shut and learn how to pee in a bottle because all you’re doing to yourself is sheltering your life. For Pete’s sake do not adopt the endless garbage that is bred by Facebook and Twitter as your only source of information. These “outlets” do not cover everything. It’s based on a system of likes and more likes. In other words, the more popular a post is the more likely it will show up in your newsfeed and odds are they are not reputable news outlets. Try this for a change (if it isn’t so damaging to your sheltered way of life). Read USA Today or The Chicago Tribune. If you’re feeling really brave read what The BBC has to offer or NPR. You could even follow or like reliable sources of information if you tried. The news is out there, waiting to be read, all you have to do is avoid the nonsense on Facebook and look it up. Then maybe you’ll stop complaining and won’t sound so illiterate. Analicia Haynes is a freshman journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu. Online Editor Jason Howell
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Jazz Lab Band concert to showcase blues, swing By Qian Cheng Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The EIU Jazz Lab Band will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. This event will be free and open to the public. Paul Johnston, the director of the EIU Jazz Lab Band, said this concert is different from previous concerts. Johnston also said he would describe the upcoming jazz concert as swinging rhythm, improvisation and blues-influenced. The EIU Jazz Lab Band is scheduled to perform a wide variety of pieces, including both contemporary and classic jazz pieces. “ We h ave ne w musi c comes this concert. We also have ‘Four Voices,’(a) vocal jazz group as our guests,” Johnston said. “They are going to perform a few selections by themselves, and they’re also going to play four selections with the band. We’re looking for that collaboration.” “Four Voices” is a vocal jazz group led by Eastern music professor emeritus Allan Horney. The group will perform several selections with the Jazz Lab Band, including arrangements of “Straighten Up and Fly Right,” “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home,” “Girl Talk,” “Satin Doll” and “Route 66.” They are also performing “If I Only Had a Brain” from “The Wiz-
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ard of Oz,” which is better known to the public. Johnston said the preparation for the concert has been going strong since the beginning of the fall semester. “We’ve been rehearsing twice a week since the beginning of school,” Johnston said. “We’ve had a couple of performances at the meantime, concerts here on campus and Cumberland High School last week. So we’re really looking forward to sharing our music with other folks in our community.” Johnston said he was very pleased to work with all of the students who are involved in the performance. “There are 19 students involved the performance. We have 18 undergraduate students and one graduate student,” Johnston said. “It’s been a real pleasure to work with this particular group of students. The group is a nice mix of veterans with new and energetic people. So it’s been really an enjoyable semester working with them.” Johnston said he would offer students advice about jazz based on a famous quote by Art Blakey. “Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life,” Johnston said. “I hope the folks come and enjoy the concert and the music is meaningful to them.” Qian Cheng can be reached at 581-2812 or qcheng@eiu.edu.
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Members of the Eastern Illinois University Jazz Lab Band performing on Nov. 20, 2014 in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
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The raffle is a part of the evening where those in attendance will buy a $5 ticket, and at the end of the night, the money won will be split between the raffle winner and Band Together.
Three bands will also be performing live music at different times during the event; Big Blue Mountain will play at 5 p.m., Breakaway will be playing at 6 p.m., and Tequila Mock-
inbyrd will be playing at 7 p.m., according HOPE’s Facebook page. Pendergast said one of the differences about this year’s event, is one of the performing acts is a high school band, and
she thinks it is cool that the high school students are supporting the event. Tickets for the dinner are $5 for children three to 10 years of age, and $10 for adults.
Children 2 years old and younger are free. Mackenzie Freund can be reached at 581-2812 or mgfreund@eiu.edu.
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By Elias Albert Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern women’s basketball will return back home for a game against Loyola-Chicago Tuesday after losing on Sunday to Memphis. Eastern is off to a 1-1 start to the season during opening weekend. Coach Debbie Black said she was satisfied with the start that the team is off to. “ I ’m m o re t h a n h a p p y w i t h where we’re at right now,” Black said. “I’d take this all the time.” Through their first two games, Eastern has averaged 63 points per game and has hit 37 percent of its shot attempts. Sophomore guard Grace Lennox is second on the team in points per game with an average of 11. She has also averaged 5 assists and 5.5 rebounds. Lennox said she was happy with the way she has started the season, especially in the opening game. “I felt pretty good that I had a strong start to the season,” Lennox said. “I was working hard all offseason and doing everything I could to get my body right. It was a confidence booster to put my hard work to action.” Junior forward Erica Brown has led the team in scoring with 16 points per game. She has also recorded 6.5 assists per game and has made four total blocks, both of which lead the team. Players like sophomore guard Mariah Madison, senior guard Al-
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production early on with 7, 7, 5.5 and 5.5, respectively. As a team, Eastern is sharing
ball over at a rate of 18.5 giveaways per game. They will face a Loyola-Chicago defense that allowed 84 points and a 37.5 percent field-goal rate in their only game against Georgia Tech. On the defensive side for Eastern, they have allowed an average of 75.5 points per game and a 43.3 shot conversion percentage. Eastern has also averaged seven steals and forced their opponents to commit 17.5 turnovers per game. Lennox leads the team in steals with four. The Panthers are also averaging 38.5 rebounds per game, which is close to the 40 that their opponents are averaging so far. They will be facing a LoyolaChicago offense that scored 77 points in their only game and shot 40.7 percent from the floor. Loyola-Chicago is led by junior guard Taylor Johnson who posted 18 points off a 7-15 shooting performance against Georgia Tech. She also made seven rebounds in her 32 minutes of action. Black said she would like to see her team get back on track and pick up another solid home win. “We’ve faced some adversity already this year,” Black said. “We just need to go out and play well again. We’ve done well this season, so far.” Tip-off is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start in Lantz Arena.
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Baseball team adds new recruits for 2017 season By Maher Kawash Staff Reporter|@DEN_Sports
The Eastern Illinois baseball team added some young talent this past week as five recruits signed their National Letters of Intent to join the program for the 2017 season. The Panthers will receive the talents of right handed pitchers Dylan Baird and Jordan Walden, outfielders Jack Holden and Jason Hall-Manley, as well as the addition of catcher Ryan Knernschield. “We look for guys who handle themselves in the class room, and we
look for athletes, so these guys fit in with that,” Eastern coach Jason Anderson said. “We had a luxury this year because we already have a lot of the pieces that we need to win games, so we went after specific needs with this class.” The Panthers are coming off a season where they did not meet expectations with a 13-36 record, so the program is in the process of rebuilding with recruiting classes in the next few seasons. The team will have a new coach to lead them throughout the process as Anderson was given the job after serv-
ing as an assistant the past three seasons. This year’s recruiting class will be the first under Anderson, and it will come with plenty of high expectations as he attempts to turn the program into a winning one. “Each coach has their own standards of what exactly you look for in a player, and these guys all bring that winning mentality I look for despite their talent on the field,” Anderson said. Each player in the recruiting class will bring something different to the team according to Anderson, but Holden will be expected to produce immediately.
“All the recruits will bring something special to the team, but Holden will be expected to come in and make an impact right away since he has two years of college experience under his belt,” Anderson said. Holden is the one recruit among the class that has collegiate experience, as he is transferring from Lincoln Trail Community College. The team filled their needs at the pitching position by adding Baird and Walden who have the size of some major leaguers as Walden is coming as a 6’6 200 pound pitcher. Hall-Manley and Holden will pro-
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Ball State drops Panthers to 0-2 start By Blake Nash Assistant Sports Editor | @Banash5 The Eastern men’s basketball team ended a two-game road trip in Indiana with a 73-56 loss to Ball State. The Panthers went into halftime trailing 36-32, and began to lose control in the second half when the Cardinals grabbed a 43-33 lead. Ball State extended that lead to 12 later on, following a put-back layup by Bo Calhoun. The Cardinals had three players reach double figure scoring, while the Panthers had two because of freshman guard AJ Riley and senior forward Trae Anderson. Riley led the Panthers with 21 points, while Anderson had 20. Riley also led the team with seven rebounds, along with fellow freshman forward Patrick Muldoon and freshman forward Lucas Jones. Ball State’s leading scorer was Bo Calhoun, who came off the bench and finished with 15 points. The Cardinals bench outscored Eastern’s 36-8 for the entire game. Sophomore Sean Sellers scored 13 points and sophomore Francis Kiapway finished with 12, to round out the Cardinals top scorers. The Panthers have one of the newest rosters in the NCAA, with nine newcomers, Eastern coach Jay Spoonhour said that the players that are returning need to start playing better, especially with rebounding the ball. “Trae had 20 points, but our problem right now is rebounding the ball, and he got two,” Spoonhour said. “That’s the hard part about being a good player, is that you’ve got to do everything.” On the other side of the court, the Cardinals two leading scorers Calhoun and Sellers had 12 and 10 rebounds each, giving them both a double-double in their first win of the season. Eastern out-rebounded the Cardinals on the offensive glass 19-18. The Panthers were able to grab the lead with a 6-0 run halfway through the first half. Freshman forward Pat-
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rick Muldoon hit a 15-foot jumper, while Anderson and sophomore point guard Cornell Johnston both hit a pair of free throws during the run. Despite the 0-2 start to the season, Spoonhour said that the Panthers are still a confident group. “The spirit they got is really good,” Spoonhour said. “They just need to perform better that’s all.” As for the Panthers new faces, Spoonhour said that even though they are struggling in areas they do very
well, they are doing good in other areas. For instance freshman shooting guard Casey Teson has been effective following his defensive assignments. “Casey can shoot the ball, and he’s having a hard time finding his way right now,” Spoonhour said. “He’s doing his best defense on the guards, which is helping him find his way onto the court.” Teson had no points, but had four rebounds and two assists. The Panthers did find more ways to
make it to the free throw line on Monday. Eastern was 19-of-27 from the line, with Anderson shooting 8-of-11 from the line. Eastern shot only two free throws last Friday at Indiana, and made two of them. Eastern shot 32.7 percent from the field, and hit 5-of-18 of its shots from three-point range. The Panthers will be back in action Saturday at 6 p.m. for their home opener against Western Illinois. Western defeated No. 17 Wisconsin last
weekend. The Leathernecks are 2-0 after victories over the Badgers and Hannibal-LeGrange. “They were really, really efficient at Wisconsin,” Spoonhour said. “I guarantee that every team that plays us is going to say ‘we can rebound on these guys.’ That’s exactly what Western Illinois will do.” Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu
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Volleyball OVC tournament starts Thursday By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The regular season is over and now the top eight teams in the Ohio Valley Conference are headed to Murray, Ky for the conference tournament. Murray State won the conference with the best record and will be hosting the tournament for the second year in a row as the No. 1 seed. The Racers finished with a 15-1 OVC record with their one loss coming from Eastern. Eastern defeated them in a five-set thriller Oct. 24 in Lantz Arena. Murray State will be taking on the No. 8 seed Southeast Missouri in the first round of the tournament. Belmont grabbed the No. 2 seed with an 11-5 record in the OVC. Eastern also had an 11-5 record in OVC play but Belmont held the tiebreaker between the two schools because they defeated Eastern earlier in the season. The Bruins are riding a threegame losing streak heading into the tournament including losses to Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. Belmont will be taking on Morehead State in the first round of
the tournament. The Bruins beat Morehead State in both matchups this year 3-2 and 3-0. Coach Sam Wolinski was able to get Eastern back to the OVC tournament in her first year the Panthers’ head coach. Eastern got the No. 3 seed by posting an 11-5 win. The Panthers were the only team to get by the No.1 seeded Racers for arguably their biggest win of the season. Murray State straight set Eastern early in the season. The Panthers ended their season on the losing side of things dropping a match to Tennessee State 3-1 suffering their only home OVC loss of the season on Saturday. But Eastern did get a big three set comeback against the Cougars of SIUE the Wednesday before. Eastern will be taking on Tennessee Tech in the first round. The Panthers straight set the Tigers to start the season. Tennessee State’s 10-6 OVC record was good enough to get the No. 4 seed for the tournament. Tennessee State straight set No. 2 Belmont a couple days before they got past Eastern. The Tigers started the season rough with back-to-back losses to Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky but would go on to win five
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11-5 straight and only lose four more times after that. Eastern Kentucky owns the fifth seed for the tournament with a 9-7 OVC record and will be taking on Tennessee State in the first round. The Colonels beat the Tigers in both matchups this season with 3-2 and 3-1. Eastern Kentucky ended its regular season by getting straight set by Austin Peay who finished with the worst record in the OVC at 4-12. Morehead State is sitting in the No. 6 spot heading into the tournament and is facing Belmont in the first round. Morehead State finished the season with a 7-9 record in OVC play. They may have a losing record
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but they did play some of the top teams pretty tough besides Murray State. The Eagles lost in five sets 3-2 to Belmont in their second match of the year, but was also straight set by the Bruins later in the year. Morehead State defeated Eastern 3-2 back on Nov. 7. The Eagles are riding a twogame losing streak going into the tournament. Tennessee Tech finished the year with a 7-9 record making them the No. 7 seed going into the tournament. The Golden Eagles won their last three matches of the regular season including a 3-2 win against Belmont Nov. 7. Southeast Missouri earned
7-9 themselves the No. 8 seed with a 6-10 record just beating out SIUE who will not be in the tournament. Southeast Missouri did not end its regular season very well losing four straight matches, two of which were by straight sets and a 3-2 loss to Austin Peay. For SIUE, Jacksonville State, Tennessee-Martin and Austin Peay their seasons are over. The tournament starts Thursday, it is win or go home. To win the championship, which will be Saturday night, a team must win three matches. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhasting@eiu.edu