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EIU-UPI, Glassman approve proposal By Cassie Buchman Associate News Editor | @cjbuchman Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois voted to accept a pay deferral plan that President Glassman approved later that day. This plan was put in place to raise over $2 million that Glassman said was needed to make payroll. Bargaining members will now defer a percentage of their salary on a graduated system. Those making $50,000 or less will defer 2.5 percent of their annual base contract salary and those with a salary of $51,000 to $75,000 would defer 5 percent. Faculty members would get paid back from this deferral if Eastern gets any state funding, including Monetary Award Program reimbursements, an FY17 appropriation and any funds from the FY16 budget. If bargaining unit members make $75,000 to $100,000 they will defer 6 and a half percent of their annual salary and those who make more than $100,000 will defer 7 and a half percent. Sixty percent of eligible members voted on this proposal, with 234 members voting for it and 65 voting against it. After the members voted, Glassman said the administration has accepted and appreciates the UPI membership’s approval to assist the university. “The salary deferral became necessary because of the budgetary impasse in Springfield that has left our state’s public universities without funding going into the 10th month of the fiscal year,” Glassman said. Billy Hung, media coordinator for the University Professionals of Illinois, said this plan, through making provisions for an FY17 proposal and having a tiered deferral system, protects those who are vulnerable, such as those with lower incomes, but it is still painful, especially for Annually Contracted Faculty who may not be hired back next fall. “If you ask them to defer a payment, and then not have a job, that’s rough,” Hung said. Lucinda Berry, an English professor, echoed these sentiments in a UPI press release, saying that though this proposal provided a more equitable solution than what the administration originally proposed, it left those on annual contracts vulnerable. “We are giving this loan to our employer with no certainty about being able to pay our own bills. It’s frustrating,” Berry said. Hung said they would get paid back after the school received an FY17 appropriation, which could happen at any point during the year, even as late as November and December. Hung said there could be a strain on those with families as well. Jon Blitz, president of the UPI, said he expected the UPI to vote to pass the proposal. He said they were able to raise slightly more than $2 million as they structured the proposal so the four income brackets gave different amounts.
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Junior political science major Lewis Hamer participates in inflatable jousting during the laser tag tournament on Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Hamer, in his first time jousting in over a decade, "imagined Donald Trump on the other platform."
Student Senate hears resignation, discusses RSOs, upcoming events Business affairs committee chair resigns from Senate By Torri Griffith Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Student Senate discussed various topics including the resignation of a senate member, the addition of new registered student organizations and upcoming events Wednesday night at their Student Senate meeting. Jack Cruikshank, the former business affairs committee chair, announced his resignation Wednesday evening in an email. “I believe it is my only option to resign from the Senate, effective immediately,” Cruikshank said. In his email, Cruikshank explained to the members of student government why he is unhappy with the Senate and the reason he has decided to leave. “Since I started as a senator this semester, I have been fed up with the office hours requirement,” Cruikshank said. “To the extent of my not doing them because of my belief that other tasks, such as homework, were more deserving of my time than sitting in the Student Activities Center doing nothing for two hours per week.” Ceci Brinker, the adviser for student government and JaLisa Smith, the internal affairs committee chair, talked to the senators about their roles in the Senate. Brinker said she was disturbed by the con-
text of the email. “There really isn’t an excuse for not being productive with your office hours,” Brinker said. Brinker said she believes it is sad when people leave an organization and they blame the organization for them not having an impact. “You guys are doing a good job,” Smith said. “Do not let his email get you all down.” Along with the resignation, the additions of two organizations were discussed. Students who are from India proposed to add a cricket team as an RSO. Cricket is a sport that is similar to baseball and it has two teams of 11 players. It was proposed that this new sports club be adopted because the international students from India want to be able to participate in different types of sports. There are 150 Indian students who are in favor of having the cricket club, and 60 American students who are interested as well. Ivan Soria, the vice president for Alpha Psi Lambda, talked about getting his organization to be an RSO as well. Soria attended the meeting and said he hopes the Senate will approve the fraternity. Alpha Psi Lambda is the first and largest Latino fraternity. They are the first fraternity on campus to target Latinos, but anyone can join, Soria said. Soria said there are currently 12 members of the organization, which exceeds the 10-member requirement when starting a chapter of Alpha Psi Lambda.
The Cricket Club and Alpha Psi Lambda could not be approved as RSOs because the Senate did not meet quorum. Executive members and committee chairs also gave their reports during the meeting. Shirmeen Ahmad, the student body president, gave her executive report. Ahmad said the Senate hopes to have at least 1,000 student vote in the current student government elections. Links for students to vote have been sent to each student’s Panthermail. Ahmad said next week unofficial results will be sent out, and April 6th will be the release date for the official results. Ahmad also announced a Take Back The Night event, which will be on April 13th and is a walk to bring awareness to sexual assaults that occur on college campuses. Take Back The Night will be partnering with the It’s On Us Campaign this year. After the walk there will be a Survivor’s Slam, which is a spoken word event for sexual assault survivors to tell their stories. Courtney Sage, the student vice president of student affairs, gave her executive announcements as well. Sage said the current budget for student government is $5,842.52 and reminded senators about Panther Service Day. Service Day will be April 23 from 10:45 a.m. until 3 p.m. There will be various sites for students and organization to volunteer at. Torri Griffith can be reached at 581-2812 or tlgriffith@eiu.edu.
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An annual toiletry drive by the women of Zeta Phi Beta started on Wednesday, but items will continue to be collected until the end of the week. The drive was Wednesday at 12 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, but members of the sorority said they wanted to extend it so that more people could participate. They said many people do not think to bring toiletry items to the food court. A box will be placed in the Zeta Phi Beta house located in Greek Court and items can be dropped off there. People looking to participate can bring anything from deodorant, lotion, soap, toothpaste or toothbrushes. Melanie Dyer, the president of the Zetas, said each spring toiletry drive items go to the Zeta Helping Other People Excel charity, or “ZHOPE,” and the March of Dimes. Breanna Young, the public relations chair for the Zetas, said the March of Dimes is for premature babies, infants and young mothers who need help with their children. On Tuesday, the organization hosted “Bail for BabieZ,” in the Library Quad where they collected donations for premature babies. Young said community service projects like these radiate the sense of community on Eastern’s campus. Dyer said many women in general need hygiene products and some just do not have the money for it. “Everyone could use lotion or de-
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Members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Jessica Stallworth, Melanie Dyer, Breanna Young work at their annual toiletry drive Wednesday. This drive will go on until the end of the week. Those looking to donate can drop off items in the Zeta house located in Greek Court.
“This teaches the campus to reach out and do something special for others. It begins with us.” -Melanie Dyer, the president of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority odorant, especially for those who can’t afford it,” Dyer said. “Everybody can’t afford name brand items.” Zetas from different chapters in other schools participate in this drive, Dyer said. “ This teaches the campus to reach out and do something special for others,” Dyer said. “It begins with us.” This is the second drive that the organization has had during the
year. Dyer said these drives promote a social awareness on campus and it shows how giving students can be, even when some might not have much to give. “When you start doing more community service on campus it begins to get contagious and other people want to do it as well,” Dyer said. Jessica Stallworth, the vice president of the Zetas, said they are an organization that likes to give back.
She said they try to stress the need to give back to the communities that give to them. It did not take long to plan the drive, because they have done drives in the past, Dyer said. “We joined this organization for a reason and we have to act out our principles,” Dyer said. T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-28121 or tabutler@eiu.edu.
Improv group Hello Dali to perform By Abbey Whittington Entertainment Editor | DEN_News Eastern’s improvisation group Hello Dali will be performing at 9 p.m. Thursday in the Coleman Auditorium. Liam Taylor, a junior communication studies major, said the comedy group has been around Eastern for a long time and started performing in the second week of school during the fall semester. They will be having their ninth performance on Thursday. Hello Dali performs at the same time and place every other Thursday night. “The best part about Hello Dali
is that every show is an entirely new experience,” Taylor said. “That’s what’s awesome about improv, it is never the same show twice.” Hello Dali plays games with the audience throughout the show and makes jokes based on their participation. Taylor said the most important part of Hello Dali is the audience’s participation, and the group does not have a single game that does not require this participation. The improv group will ask the audience for topics and perform based on what the audience’s feedback is. Taylor said he joined Hello Dali his freshman year and this will be
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his fifth semester as a member of the improv group. There are nine members in Hello Dali, all with their own nicknames, including Suzanne Foehr as “Pink Lemonade,” Austin Scavone as “Shaft,” Imani McDaniel as “Yoga Pants,” Taylor as “Moldy Clown,” Ricco Torres as “Mouse God,” Charlee Claudill as “Sí,” Irving Coleman as “El Chupacabra,” Gavin Peterson as “Skittles” and Devon Harman as “Default.” Everyone from the improv group received their nickname from previous members during their auditions into Hello Dali. After auditions, the old members give new members their nicknames
based off of what they thought was funniest in their performance. “I think we have a great time together on stage and we bond over that,” Taylor said. “It is hard to perform well if you do not like the person you are working with.” Taylor said he thinks the group works well together on and off stage. “Improv is so much fun and there are so many awesome things about it,” Taylor said. “But hearing people laughing at your jokes–that’s a really good feeling.” Abbey Whittington can be reached at 581-2812 or anwhittington@eiu.edu.
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By Analicia Haynes Administration Editor | @Haynes1943 The Rhythm & X-Tacy dance team and the Latin American Student Organization will be selling “elote,” or cups stuffed with corn, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in front of Coleman Hall. Rhythm & X-Tacy is sponsoring the event. Lorie Saint Cyr, the team’s president, said it was their idea to sell Mexican corn. “We wanted to do a fundraiser that no one did before,” Saint Cyr said. “We wanted to actually bring something on campus that people would purchase.” Saint Cyr said they would like to raise more than $200, which will give the team a chance to have the funds for costumes and shows. “It’s an excellent way to raise funds because most people love Mexican corn and would purchase it,” Saint Cyr said. “It’s also a way that we can get out there and promote our organization.” Saint Cyr said the team would also like to meet new people, get diverse individuals to try out and get other organizations to collaborate with the team for future events. Gladys Valentin, the president of LASO, said her organization is co-sponsoring the corn sale. Saint Cyr said they partnered with LASO because they wanted to be diverse
and meet new people from different organizations. Valentin said both organizations will work together and LASO will use the funds from the corn in a cup fundraiser and the walking taco fundraiser for their annual Fiesta Latina on April 16. Fiesta Latina is an annual affair presented by LASO and helps spread awareness about Latino culture in the Eastern and Charleston communities. “Not many people are familiar with Latino snacks,” Valentin said. “This is a way to catch people’s eyes and raise funds like we did with the walking taco event.” Valentin said the walking taco fundraiser, already in its second run this school year, was a great success and hopes the same will happen for the corn in a cup fundraiser. The corn will be prepared in a traditional Latino style with corn kernels mixed with mayonnaise, cheese and spicy chili powder. Valentin said she prefers to eat corn on the cob with all the fixings, including lime. “It’s a little messier but that’s what makes it fun,” Valentin said. Saint Cyr said she is excited about the fundraiser because her dance team has not done one since last year. “We have a new team with new members so it will give them a chance to get to know Eastern’s campus and network with others,” Saint Cyr said. “I hope a
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De’ja Dade, a sophomore theatre arts major, teaches a new dance to the Rhythm and X-tacy dance team in preparation for their performance on Feb. 9, 2015. Rhythm and X-tacy are working along with LASO to raise funds by selling corn in a cup Thursday.
lot of people will come out and support our event and have a nice time with my dance team on a marvelous Thursday.” Ivan Soria, a LASO member, said the fundraiser is a good idea because it
Award-winning sex educator teaches students with food By Abbey Whittington Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News
sexuality issues in his works, including an award-winning article in the “Journals of American College Health,” a male sexualJay Friedman, a full-time traveling and ity peer education program at Cornell tiaward-winning sex educator, writer and tled, “How to Be a Better Lover” and with speaker will be visiting Eastern for his his writing as an advice columnist for a lecture “Sexy Feast: What Our Favorite health and wellness website. Friedman was certified to be a profesFoods Can Teach Us About Sex” at 7 p.m. Monday in the Grand Ballroom of the sional sex educator by the American AssoMartin Luther King Jr. University Union. ciation of Sex Educators, Counselors and Emily Brodt, ideas and issues coordi- Therapists. In addition to being an educator, nator for the University Board, said Friedman will be using different foods to edu- Friedman has been a restaurant reviewer and food writer. He has written for publicate attendees about sex. “He will be talking about food in rela- cations such as “Seattle Weekly,” “Serious tion to sex using apples, hot dogs, yogurt Eats,” “Eats,” “USA Today” and is the coeditor and author of “Fearless Critic Seatand bagels,” Brodt said. Friedman did his undergraduate work tle Restaurant Guide.” “Friedman has a really interesting and at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and received his master’s degree from the Uni- dynamic topic that you do not really hear about often,” Brodt said. “The title is eyeversity of Vermont in Burlington. He has spoken many times on various catching and he’s going to bring good in-
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formation since people do not generally hear about sex and food together.” Brodt said during Friedman’s lecture attendees will be able to decorate cookies and while he is speaking, members of the UB will be handing out tickets to attendees to be put into a raffle. Two tickets will be picked from the raffle and those winners will get a $25 gift card to either Buffalo Wild Wings or Papa Johns. “I think students will find this really interesting to hear about since we do not always hear about sex from this spectrum and people do not always talk about it in an educational way,” Brodt said. “I think the lecture will be a great way to learn about sex with food.” Abbey Whittington can be reached at 581-2812 or anwhittington@eiu.edu.
not only raises money that will benefit both organizations, it also raises cultural awareness. Students, faculty, staff or residents can purchase corn in a cup for $2 and other
refreshments for $1. Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.
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Feminine pads stained with pieces of paper containing statements that speak out against sexual assault were placed on objects and buildings all over campus Wednesday morning. Statements included “let’s talk about sexual assault,” “my clothes are not my consent,” and “if only we were as disgusted by rape as we are by periods.”
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New tobacco law is going up in smoke Floating around in the thin smoke-ridden air of Illinois is a new law that is being pushed to raise the age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. When I first turned 18, I thought of how sweet it was to buy cigarettes and lottery tickets. I only smoked one cigarette before that age and that was when I was 16, just trying to be cool and experiment with it. But when I turned 18, it was the joy and thrill of seeing if I was going to get carded, which I did and it was an experience. Now since I’m older, that thrill has gone away. Most adults that smoke began before the age of 19. Cigarettes are an amazing stress reliever. I’m not saying that cigarettes are good for you, no, not at all. They’re terrible, but the thing is that you’re taking away a right and privilege for young people that want to experience tobacco. If you change the age to 21, why doesn’t the state then lower the drinking age to 18? It seems to me that the freedom of choice has become the freedom of not having a choice. Illinois seems to be discriminating against smokers. The state already made it illegal to smoke in a public place, and that sucks. All state wide campuses cannot be smoked on either, which also sucks. How do you expect kids not to get ahold of cigarettes? It’s so easy to get ahold of anything anymore just like a how someone under 21 can get some alcohol. So if the mandatory purchasing age of 21 doesn’t stop people from getting alcohol, how can it stop them from getting cigarettes? It won’t. Chicago, along with other cities such as New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston, have banned smokeless tobacco from sporting events including baseball stadiums. As a fan of baseball, I know a lot of athletes use chewing tobacco. Since we were kids, we were basically taught to use chew or cigarettes in the form of Big League Chew and candy cigarettes, and those are both delicious. It is what ballplayers do and most of them have been doing it for years. Cigarettes are expensive and have seen a steady increase in price over the years. If the age is raised to 21, all the tobacco shops will lose some business from it. OK, I understand you’re trying to help prevent future health problems from the youth, but c’mon now, we all know that cigarettes are bad just like any other tobacco products. It all comes down to an individual’s choice, and why take that choice away from the people? Tyler McCluskey is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or trmccluskey@eiu.edu.
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Pay attention to the political process Whether or not you voted in the March 15 primaries, there is still plenty of political movement to pay attention to on local, state and national levels. This year, as the primary elections took place during Eastern’s spring break, many students and others who were registered here ended up voting early. In Coles County, 12,866 ballots were cast out of 28,751 total voters, a turnout of 44.7 percent. Of the ballots cast, 10,612 were cast on Election Day, and the rest were done via early voting, vote by mail and grace period voting. Those who voted early had to make sure they had their research done and preferred candidates selected all before March 15, but nonetheless they participated in the democratic process and their choices were counted. But even those who may have missed their chances to participate in the primaries should keep some things in mind moving ahead into the rest of the year.
For Eastern’s legislative district, both incumbent Republican representatives earned their party’s nomination, Rep. Reggie Phillips and Sen. Dale Righter. Anyone who picked up a Democratic ballot would not have been able to select a candidate for those positions, as no Democratic challengers were running in this election. Regardless of whether you voted for or against them, or not at all, the fact remains that Phillips and Righter are the ones in office for the time being, and they are the ones who are tasked with representing our interests. Everyone in the community can take some time to pay attention to their promises and goals, how they vote in Springfield, and whether or not they are helping things to progress during the unfortunate budget stalemate our state has been plagued with for the past 10 months. It does not have to be near the time of an election to contact local representatives and let them know what you think about
their decisions as well as what you believe they should be fighting for in the General Assembly. For United States Senator, Democratic nominee Tammy Duckworth is set to run against Republican nominee and incumbent Mark Kirk in the general elections in November. For United States Representative, incumbent John Shimkus beat fellow Republican challenger Kyle McCarter in the primaries, with no Democrats running for the spot in the primaries. As for the presidential election, Hillary Clinton emerged victorious in Illinois’ Democratic primary, while Donald Trump took the Republican primary. However, paying attention to the other states’ primaries and reading up on all candidates’ statements and actions leading up to November will be crucial in being an informed voter once the time comes. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
There are many benefits to not smoking Earlier this year, Eastern was made a smoke-free campus. While this is a blessing, it is also a curse because the sidewalks are public to the city, and you will find smokers smoking on the curbs of Fourth Street, where many students walk their daily commute to and from class. With the numbers of tobacco-use plummeting, there is still knowledge to be known about the effects smoking has on your body. Smoking still remains the No. 1 cause of preventable death in America, killing 480,000 citizens per year, and 41,000 deaths are caused by second-hand smoke. While there are a lot more reasons besides these on why you shouldn’t smoke, I researched the top reasons I believe are the absolute worst. Nobody enjoys the smell of burning tar. If you smoke, everything from your hair, clothes, house and car will smell like your bad habit. It’s unenjoyable for everyone, and I can’t stand being in an environment where my eyes are watering, and I’m choking on the very air I breathe. Knowing that secondhand smoke is affecting my lungs just as much as the person next to me smoking definitely aids in my disgust for the smell. Smokers also experience a dulling of their senses with taste and smell being affected more than others. Smokers can’t fully experience the
Maria Baldwin intense taste of delicious food that they once had before they started smoking, but this is mostly due to the effect smoking has on one’s nasal senses. Breathing in the toxic fumes is detrimental to the senses. Leathery skin and deep wrinkles can often help you tell a smoker apart from a non-smoker because smoking is a significant cause for premature aging. Smoking deprives skin of oxygen, causing constriction of blood vessels. Resulting from this, blood takes longer to reach the organs, and, you guessed it, your skin as well. One can also notice a smoker by the tar stains on their hands, and nothing you can do can wash it off, just as one can never wash the smell off of them. People who smoke are also more susceptible to infections.
According to Webmd.com, viral and bacterial diseases such as common flus and colds are found more often in smokers. Tiny hairs called cilia line our brachial tubes in an effort to prevent and catch diseases. The cilia push out the diseases, up our brachial or tracheal tubes and we cough them out, or swallow them and destroy them with our stomach acids. Cigarette smoke paralyzes the cilia, therefore destroying one of our body’s main protective mechanism. Within a month of quitting smoking, cilia are restored and back to normal, functioning properly. The cost of smoking is oftentimes a reason that most smokers quit. The price of tobacco averages to $5 a pack, and in some states, the average even goes as far up as $10 a pack. That is so much money to waste on a product that is slowly killing you! Those who smoke a pack a day are spending close to $3,000 to $5,000 a year. There’s no better time to start the process of quitting smoking than now. Your senses, body, and entire health overall, and not to mention the money in your pocket, will benefit from it in the long run. Maria Baldwin is a sophomore mass communications and public relations major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or mjbaldwin@eiu.edu.
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GLAM to take audience on trip down memory lane By Datasia Lenton Staff Reporter | @DEN_News A show created by Glamorize Ladies and Men Modeling plans to take their audience on a trip down memory lane with a combination of past shows. GLAM will be hosting their annual spring fashion show, “Replay.” The event will be at 7 p.m. Friday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union and admission will be free. GLAM’s mission statement states that the organization strives to create a positive atmosphere for students on Eastern’s campus to meet other individuals with similar interests in fashion. The organization also prides itself on accepting models on a more diverse scale. Janai Cooks, president of GLAM, said “Replay” would be a recap of the most iconic scenes from the past five years that the organization has been producing shows. “In my mind, I want each audience member to have a remote and they click play from the beginning, from 2012 all the way to 2016,” Cooks said. “They’ll get that energy level, that GLAM craze when we take the runway.” Cooks said planning for the show has been taking place since the fall semester. Since the organization produces both a fall and spring show, she said it was very important that they were planned at the same time. Cooks said they did not start getting models and having tryouts until the end of the fall semester. “It basically took us two months,” Cooks said. The diverse caliber of GLAM is one that sets the organization apart from others, Cooks said.
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GLAM models pose before their dress rehearsal Wednesday in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Rather than looks, the organization focuses more on the empowerment and self-confidence of its members through modeling. Cooks wants the show to showcase GLAM’s overall creativity and provide a true eye-opener for the crowd. “I want people to see that fashion and theatrics can collide in such a dynamic way that you are left speechless,” Cooks said. With Cooks being a senior at Eastern, she said she hopes her models will carry on the spirit of GLAM even after she leaves. “They’re the next generation of
GLAM. I’m putting in all that I can before I leave,” Cooks said. “I don’t want the spirit of GLAM to die.” Emily Henderson, a model in GLAM, joined the organization in order to be a part of something that was like a family. “It’s like a team, no one ever gets left behind when it comes to modeling with GLAM,” Henderson said. Erika Kosick, another mod el in GLAM, said she thinks “Replay” would show the uniqueness and creativity of the organization as a whole and there is also power in working as a team.
“You can put on something really amazing if you just work together,” Kosick said. “Replay” will be different from a typical fashion show. For this show, the entire floor, including the audience’s area, will be used as the runway and 15 models will be in the show. GLAM wants the audience to interact with the models and really connect with the production that is being put on. “You’re watching the model with clothes come down the runway,” Cooks said. “The clothes aren’t wearing them; they are wearing the
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“We messed with the percentages until we met and exceeded ($2 millions),” Blitz said. Blitz met with Glassman Wednesday to discuss the proposal and said Glassman brought up some concerns he had. Glassman said while he did have some concerns with the timing and conditions of repayment in the proposal, these concerns do not outweigh the benefits. “The proposal accomplished what the UPI intended by assisting the university in aiding our cash flow while protecting the contracted compensation level of its members,” Glassman said. Glassman said the deferred salary of the faculty will assist the university in stretching their cash flow through the summer as they wait for
state funding and fall tuition revenue. Hung said the payroll office was told about the proposal, so they knew about the income brackets and they have a “heads up about it.” Though the proposal was voted on after spring break, Hung said they have not been told that they cannot take the deferral out of the three or four paychecks planned. Hung said they also have not been told that this proposal misses the March paycheck. Blitz said the UPI did this voluntarily, and voted to help the students and institution. “We’re pretty pleased,” Blitz said. “Now we can move on to the next crisis.” Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
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Summers named OVC Female Athlete of the Week By Kaitlin Cordes Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports Sophomore tennis player Grace Summers was recently named the Ohio Valley Conference Female Athlete of the Week. Summers earned the honor after going undefeated in both singles and doubles in Eastern’s conference openers last weekend. The sophomore was the only Panther to record wins in every match she competed in against both Southeast Missouri and Tennessee-Martin. In Saturday’s match against Southeast Missouri, Summers dropped only one set to Mila Majtan. Summers eventually took the singles match, winning 6-1, 6-0. In her singles match against Tennessee-Martin’s Burcu Tari, Summers rolled past her opponent with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. Summers and her partner, senior Hannah Kimbrough, also had a perfect record over the weekend. The Panther pair defeated their Southeast Missouri counterparts Mariya Kostuik and Anais Emelie 7-5, and the duo followed up with a 6-3 win over Tennessee-Martin’s Sarah Candeloro and Jermima Potter. Summers currently sits at 10-1 in singles. Her only loss of the year came early on in the season when the team traveled to Champaign to face the University of Illinois Fighting Illini. Summers pushed her opponent, Jerikka Boone, to a tie-breaker set at the No. 3 spot. Boone ultimately earned the match victory 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 1-0 (10-7). The 10-1 record held by Summers is the only singles record on the team to have wins in the double digits. The weekend wins also put Summers at 2-0 in conference play. Summers and Kimbrough are 8-3 in doubles. Senior Ali Foster and junior Kelly Iden are also 8-3 to add to the team’s overall record. Summers said this was the first time that she has received the OVC honor and that it felt great to be rewarded in this way. She said that she lends her season play and successes to numerous practices, the help and advice of Coach Wang and her teammates.
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Sophomore Grace Summers returns the ball on her backhand in practice Wednesday at the Darling Courts. Summers earned Ohio Valley Conference Female Athlete of the Week.
“I would say it’s all of the practice we put in,” Summers said. “Coach (Wang) has also helped me become more strategic and has got me thinking more about my shots. The team is also supportive.” Summers said that Wang has brought ideas and new information to the team and that every coach has something new to offer the team.
While this is the first athlete of the week honor for Summers, it is not the first time she has been recognized for her skill set. During the 2014-2015 season, Summers earned a slot on the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll and a Medal of Honor. She went 12-7 in singles and an 8-8 doubles record with her partner Sephora Boulbahaiem.
Summers was 7-3 in OVC play. Other nominees for the player of the week award were Claudia Yanes Garcia of Austin Peay, Margaux Lacroix of Eastern Kentucky, and Asel Jumamukhambetova of Tennessee-Martin. Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or krcordes@eiu.edu.
Women’s golf team opens season against Carbondale By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Eastern women’s golf team will get its 2016 spring season underway this weekend at the Southern Illinois invitational. The invitational will be held at Hickory Ridge Golf Club in Carbondale. Eastern will only play four matches in the spring as they played five in the fall semester. Eastern finished the fall season finishing in last place in three out of its five matches. The Panthers will head to the Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne April 3-4. Eastern will be golfing at the Pine Valley Country Club in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Panthers’ season will last until the end of
April with the OVC Championship at Hampton Cove in Huntsville, Ala. Before the Panthers head to the OVC Championship, the Panthers will play in the Indiana State invite at the Terre Haute Country Club in Terre Haute, Ind. Sophomore Anne Bahr was the Panthers’ top golfer in the fall, averaging a score of 83.1. Her score was +12 over par. Bahr had a low round of 78 in the fall, three strokes better than anyone else on the roster. Her low score of 78 came at the Dayton Fall invitational Oct. 19-20 of 2015. Junior Alexandra Pickens had an average score of 84.5 in the fall and she recorded a low score of 81. Junior Chloe Wong also had a low round of
81 in the fall with an average of 85.3. Pickens and Wong respectively had +13 and +14 to par scores in the fall. Both Pickens and Wong posted low scores of 81 at the Loyola-Chicago Fall Tourney Sept. 21 of 2015. Sophomore Hannah Magda recorded an average score of 88.7 with a low round of 83 in the fall. She ended up with a +17 to par. Sophomore Madison Burget finished the fall season with an average of 89.3 and a low score of 83. Her low score came at the Murray State Fall invite Sept. 14, 2015, in the first round of the invite. Eastern has a young team with no seniors, although four out of the seven women on the roster are juniors.
As a team, the Panthers’ team low score came at the Loyola-Chicago Fall Tourney, with a score of 331 in the first round of the tournament. Last year in the OVC tournament, the Panthers finished in eighth place out of 10 teams in the first round, eighth place out of 10 in the second round, and ninth place in the final round. The story was much of the same all of last year with back of the pack finishes and the Panthers will have a chance to improve on that this year in the spring. It all gets started this weekend at the Hickory Ridge Golf Club. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
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Doubleheader ends in 1 win, 1 loss for Eastern By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Twenty-four hours after allowing three runs in the top of the seventh inning leading to a loss to Butler, sophomore pitcher Michelle Rogers came out and shut down the DePaul Blue Demons. Rogers went all seven innings allowing eight hits and just one run. The one run came in the seventh inning when the Panthers already led 3-0. The final score of the game turned out to be 3-1. “Every step of the way I think it’s getting better and better,” coach Angie Nicholson said. “That’s great to see especially at this point in the season.” Rogers improves her record to 2-3 with the win. Rogers struck out three batters and was able to keep the ball down as she got nine groundball outs. She walked just one batter in the game. Nicholson added that the past two pitching performances for Rogers were big for her confidence. DePaul was threatening in the top of the fifth, loading the bases with two outs, but Rogers shut them down as she did the previous four innings. The Blue Demons also showed life in the seventh inning, scoring a run and leaving two runners on base to end the game. “It helps for our team to know that she is getting better,” Nicholson said. “It’s going to make them play better behind her and have more confidence in her and trust in her.” DePaul outhit the Panthers eight to five in the game. The teams remained scoreless through the first two innings of the game, but an error by the right fielder allowed freshmen leftfielder Kayla Bear and third baseman Mady Poul-
ter to score on the play. Senior first baseman Kylie Bennett got the RBIs. Senior April Markowski led the way for the Panthers at the plate going 2-3. Bear, centerfielder Haylee Beck and Poulter each added one hit for the Panthers. Beck’s hit came in the bottom of the fourth inning, singling to left fielder driving in catcher Ashlynne Paul. Paul reached base on a walk earlier in the inning. The second game of the day did not go the Panthers’ way, as they fell to DePaul 5-3. Sophomore pitcher Jessica Wireman was on the mound for the Panthers and took the loss. The loss drops her record to 7-13 on the season. Wireman pitched all seven innings and allowed five earned runs. Wireman has been known as a strikeout pitcher this season, recording 89 strikeouts in 93 innings pitched coming into the game. She had four strikeouts in the contest Wednesday. Wireman allowed five runs on five hits. Markowski, freshman designated hitter Maria DeVito, and Poulter were the run producers in the game for Eastern. DePaul got the scoring started right away, jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Eastern tied the game up in the bottom of the second inning. DeVito hit a line shot to left center for a double driving in Markowski on the play. The tie game would not last for too long, as the Blue Demons scored three runs in the top of the third inning. DePaul got the bases loaded early in the inning and Wireman got Naomi Tellez to ground out to the
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Sophomore pitcher Michelle Rogers fires a pitch in the fifth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against DePaul Wednesday at WIlliams Field. Rogers got the win in the game.
shortstop Katie Watson, but Haydn Christensen scored on the play. DePaul followed that up with a single by Nicole Pihl driving in Micah Fitzgerald. The fourth run came from Morgan Maize stealing home. Eastern did have five hits just like DePaul, but the Blue Demons were
able to get their runners in. Eastern finished their mid-week games with a 1-2 record. Butler and DePaul are not Ohio Valley Conference teams so the losses and wins do not go towards the Panthers’ OVC record. The Panthers will get back to OVC play this weekend when they
travel to Jacksonville State to take on the Gamecocks. Eastern’s overall record sits at 9-17 after splitting the double header with the Blue Demons. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Panthers to take on OVC opponent in 3-game series By Maher Kawash Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern baseball team is fresh off its largest victory of the season, and now prepares for its second conference matchup of the season. The Panthers wrap up their fourgame home stand with a three-game series against conference-foe Jacksonville State. Series action gets underway tomorrow with game one at 3 p.m., and will follow through Saturday afternoon. The Panthers have yet to top a team in the Ohio Valley Conference, as they were swept by Austin Peay in a three-game series earlier this season. Eastern has struggled against some solid competition to begin the season, but the team saw its offense come to life last game. The Panthers saw their record improve to 3-17 this season with a 14-0 victory against Robert Morris-Peoria. With the victory in the books, the team has a tall task ahead of them as the Gamecocks come to town. Jacksonville State has been dominant so far this season with a 13-6 record overall, and 6-0 in OVC play. The Gamecocks have knocked off Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and Austin Peay in their first two conference series matchups. Jacksonville State’s biggest win of the season was a 25-12 rout of Austin Peay to com-
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Freshman Dane Toppel bunts during the Panthers’ game against Robert Morris Tuesday at Coaches Stadium. The Panthers won 14-0, and Toppel has 13 runs and 16 hits on the season for the Panthers.
plete the sweep. In their quest to hand the Gamecocks their first loss of the season, the Panthers will have to find consistency. With just three wins this season, Eastern has struggled to put together any win streaks as the team is 0-3 following wins this season. The Panthers will have home-field advantage though, and that is something they went without for the first 19 games of the season. Eastern may have caught Jacksonville State at a vulnerable time while the Gamecocks are coming off a
10-7 loss to Samford. With momentum on the Panthers’ side and a loss fresh on Jacksonville State’s minds, this may be the time for Eastern’s first OVC win of the season. Pitching will be crucial as always for Eastern, and the team is sending out three upperclassmen to take on this series. Junior Michael McCormick will open the series on the mound for the Panthers as he continues to search for his first win this season. McCormick is 0-2 in six game appearances so far while holding a 7.11
ERA in those games. Following McCormick will be senior Matt Wivinis in game two of the series. Wivinis is 0-4 to start the season, and holds a 4.32 ERA in five appearances. While Wivinis has yet to earn a win, his last time out on the mound was one of the best performances of his career. Wivinis allowed one unearned run in 9.1 innings pitched in an extra-inning loss to Memphis. Finally in game three of the series, Eastern will send senior Brendon Al-
len to the mound. Allen is 0-3 this season with an 8.84 ERA in six appearances. While the pitchers battle on the mound, the Panthers’ offense will try to back them up with some runs. Eastern’s offense has sparked lately and has been led by some younger players on the team. Sophomore Cale Hennemann has proved to be one of the best hitters on the team this season with his consistency at the plate. Hennemann has started every game this season, and holds a .325 batting average to follow that. He also leads the team in RBIs with 13 so far this year. Joseph Duncan has also been a key hitter for the Panthers, as he holds a .286 batting average. The man in charge of this Panthers squad is head coach Jason Anderson in his first year. While Anderson continues to gain experience in his first season, he will go up against a Gamecocks’ coach who is well-known. Jacksonville State coach Jim Case is in his 15th season with the Gamecocks, and has a 421-351 record through the years. The Panthers will attempt to add to his losses with the three-game series beginning Thursday afternoon. Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.