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Students throw colored powder into the air during Holi in the library quad Saturday. Holi is an Indian holiday that celebrates the beginning of spring.
Festival of colors returns to Eastern By Janet Pernell Staff Reporter | @DEN_News People raised their hands to throw different colors of powder in the air and on one another as Holi took place to celebrate the Indian tradition Saturday in the Library Quad. Despite it being 35 degrees, approximately 50 international and American students participated in Holi. This was the fifth Holi that was celebrated at Eastern. The event started around 11:40 a.m. and ended around 12:20 p.m. because of a shortage of colored powder, even though the set time was 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Before they were allowed to jump in the ring of flags set up for Holi, students were outside the library waiting to throw the powdered paint. A few students were already drenched in colors. When the Holi celebration began, people were in the ring tossing the colored powder and water on one another while screaming “Happy Holi.” Rajesh Venkata Goriparthi, president of the Indian Student Association, said Holi is a celebration back in India and he used the day at Eastern to hang out with his friends.
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Nazmi Turker, a graduate student in the school of clinical psychology, throws colored powder during Holi.
Though originally suspended on March 15 because of a lack of staff, the Testing Center will now be available through finals week with the help of a temporary extra help clerk. Before this, the services were still offered, but students who needed accommodations had to go through faculty to get them. Wendy Long, director of the Office of Testing and Evaluation, said they were able to generate money from testing fees to hire the temporary employee and they received President David Glassman’s permission to do so. Glassman said he approved this temporary hire because the Testing Center has provided and continues to provide an extremely valuable service for our students and faculty. “I am pleased we have been able to keep the center operating during this difficult time,” Glassman said. He said until a state budget is received, the university is doing their best to maintain important campus operations such as the Testing Center. “As we continue to assess critical short term and long term needs across campus, we will continue to use different types of staffing arrangements as we have always done,” Glassman said. “This includes working with the civil service system and various unions as we work together to provide our students with the excellent academic experience they expect and deserve.” Michelle Falada, a senior family and consumer sciences major, said she was angry when she heard the Testing Center was suspended, so she set up a petition online to bring the center back and met with Glassman. A week later, she received an email, saying the services are being set up for the rest of the semester. “I cried and sent (the email) to my friends,” Falada said. As a student with ADHD and generalized anxiety, she said she needs the Testing Center and that it has been a helpful resource to her during her time at Eastern.
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Tugs champions, overall Greek Week winners announced By Stephanie Markham Editor-in-Chief | @stephm202 An intensive week of Tugs culminated Friday and Saturday when three teams walked away with the coveted first place titles in this year’s “The Endless Summer” Greek Week. Teams that took first include Sigma Nu in the Big Men’s division, Lambda Chi Alpha in the Little Men’s division, and Alpha Sigma Alpha in the Women’s division. Second and third place winners were concluded after the consolidation rounds on Saturday. Second-place teams include Lambda Chi Alpha for Big Men, Sigma Alpha Epsilon for Lit-
tle Men, and Sigma Sigma Sigma for Women, while the third-place teams include Sigma Pi for both Big and Little Men and Alpha Phi for Women. After Tugs came to an end, the overall Greek Week winners were determined. In order from first to third, the sorority winners were Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta and Delta Zeta. From first to third, fraternity winners were Sigma Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The championship Big Men’s Tug featured Sigma Nu pulling Lambda Chi Alpha Tuggers to the ground with the snap; after finding their footing, the men of Lambda Chi Alpha kept up the fight until hitting the water at 1 min-
ute, 33 seconds. Mark Galvan, a Tugger on the Sigma Nu Big Men’s team, said his team “destroyed the snap” and made history for their fraternity, as they have never won in the Big Men’s division before. “We did everything to get here,” he said. “We trained; we worked hard, and it feels amazing.” After winning the semi-final Tugs against Sigma Pi on Friday, Galvan said his teammates almost lost hope before defeating their opponents at 3 minutes, 4 seconds. “The thing about it is it’s as much mental as it is physical,” Galvan said. “Because you can see the other team, and they’re just as charged
up as you are; it’s all about who wants it more.” Galvan said his teammates planned to celebrate their first-place victory by having a “huge party,” as they had been laying off drinking and practicing six days a week to prepare for the tournament. “The guys who get on your team for the ropes, they become like your second fraternity kind of, like you guys have a bond that no one else in the fraternity has together,” Galvan said. The Little Men’s championship Tug ended with Lambda Chi Alpha pulling Sigma Alpha Epsilon into the pond at 1 minute, 49 seconds. This Tug was anyone’s game, as neither team started off with a clear lead. TUGS, page 5
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By Mackenzie Freund Online Producer | @mgfreund_news The sounds of motors pushing air through makeshift hovercrafts filled McAfee Gym Saturday afternoon during the second Hover Cup competition. While there were four entries in the competition last year, there was only one person who entered this year. Dan Curtis, a senior geology major, said he was part of the competition last year and wanted to be part of it again. “It seemed like fun to build stuff, especially something like (a hovercraft),” Curtis said. “I was trying to build a better one for this year, but there was no competition.” Curtis said he is part of the Physics Club and is friends with the coordinator, Stevie Momaly, a graduate student studying sustainable energy. Momaly said she the Hover Cup is a great way to get people to do something with their hands. Momaly said it is a fairly simple project for people to do. “I had a broken table and cut a circle out of a shower curtain and stapled and duck taped it to the top,” Momaly said. “I also have a nut, bolt, and a washer on the bottom and a CD.” Momaly had holes cut into the bottom of the shower curtain for the air to come out. She said if the air is coming out evenly it creates an air pocket. Curtis said the design he did this year was similar to his design last year, except the board he used this year was thicker. “All you really need is a round board, at least for this style, there are different designs, a plastic cur-
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Sarah Banister, a senior chemistry major, glides across McAfee Gym on a hovercraft Saturday afternoon.
“It seemed like fun to build stuff, especially something like (a hovercraft). I was trying to build a better one for this year, but there was no competition.” -Dan Curtis, senior family and consumer sciences major tain underneath that is secured to the board, and a piece in the center of the board with hole cut around it for the air to go through,” Curtis said. The holes that are cut in the bottom of the board help push the air through the air pocket and lift the
board off the ground. Curtis said building his board took a couple of hours on occasion over about two weeks, while Momaly did a couple of different versions. “It’s a fairly easy project and its just kind of fun, even if you’re not into it,” Momaly said.
The audience members came down onto the floor to get a closer look at the hovercrafts. She also said she wants non-physics majors to participate and she also wants the high schoolers in the area to come and participate. “Its something I believe everybody can do,” Momaly said. Momaly said there would have been prizes for the winners, but because the competition did not officially happen, she said the prizes would be split between the volunteers that helped her and Curtis. Mackenzie Freund can be reached at 581-2812 or mgfreund@eiu.edu.
Spring Music Concert to feature 3 ensembles By Abbey Whittington Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News The 2016 Spring Music Concert will include the talents of three instrumental ensembles during their performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The concert will include performances from Eastern’s Symphonic Band, the EIU Jazz Lab Band and the EIU Concert band, and it will be comprised of talents from both Eastern and the Charleston community. The three ensembles are all scheduled to perform in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The Eastern Symphonic Band and
the EIU Jazz Lab Band are both conducted by music instructor James Hile and the EIU Jazz Lab Band is under the direction of jazz professor Paul Johnston. “The Jazz Lab Band was added to the schedule with the concert bands since the Celebration Festival of the Arts was canceled this year,” according to the press release. "The Jazz Lab Band usually opens the Celebration Festival as its last playing opportunity for the season. Since Celebration was canceled this year due to budget cuts, the Jazz Lab Band was combined with the two concert bands.” The Eastern Symphonic Band is
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made up of 50 to 60 woodwind, brass and percussion players who are mostly non-music majors, a few community members and some music education majors who play secondary instruments. The EIU Concert Band consists of 60 to 70 musicians and is a non-auditioned ensemble with about half music majors and half non-music majors who perform traditional standard and contemporary band repertoire. The Concert Band was also designed to create quality musical experience for both music majors and nonmusic majors. The EIU Jazz Lab Band gives an opportunity for more students to gain ex-
perience with the big band repertoire, and according to the music group’s web page, rehearsals emphasize the fundamentals of stylistic interpretation, articulation and improvisation. Each of the three ensembles will perform five to six pieces during the performance on Tuesday. Tickets for the spring concert performance will be $5 for both students and for the general public and can be purchased online at Doudna’s website or at the box office. Abbey Whittington can be reached at 581-2812 or anwhittington@eiu.edu.
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ASA presents modern African-themed fashion show By Camelia Nicholson Staff Reporter |@DEN_News The African Student Association took over an evening on Saturday by taking students of Eastern back to Africa with a theatrical African fashion theme. Julianne Adegoriolu, the president of the ASA, presented a fashion show modeling African garments with a modernized vibe. Along with the show came a mock story from the movie “Coming to America.” The mock story follows a princess who was deemed by her parents to meet her suitor, but none of them were good enough. The models all represented being a part of the royal family through the different textiles they wore. They displayed styles of African fashion that were traditional, casual and royal. The men modeled garments that showed masculinity through the fabric color symbolism. These garments usually consisted of shiny material and vibrant hues of blue, purple, gold and white. The male models styled in quarter length sleeved, loose-fitting tops and wide legged pants. The outfits presented for the men matched in fabric, design and color, showing the cultures outlook on style. The female models gave the audience seductive and honorable values through their styles. The women’s wardrobe varied in color from bright and loud to dark and mysterious. Female models had a natural look to match their royal African vibe. Like the men, the women modeled matching attire, which coordinated as the complement of the men’s clothing line. The women’s clothing line was able to switch up with mixed and matched pieces of the nights apparel. The fashion designs were a compilation of work done by three different designers: Kaffy Couture, who spe-
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Members of the African Student Association dance at the ASA fashion show Friday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
cializes in making African garmented accessories; Sandii Coleman, who designs knitted African cultured tops; and Brandon Mata with his team Mada Fashion who made the evening’s casual African print tops. African students also were willing to lend original African garments to the show as well. Event coordinator Jalen Washington said this was one of many fashion shows that he has planned but it was the first he had done based on Af-
rican culture. “It was a beneficial learning experience, I don’t know how I would have pulled it all together if it wasn’t for my organization Couture Models’ help,” Washington said. “I liked the story line the most because I wanted it to be something that can share interest to everyone.” Supporting parents said good job to the creators of the show and to the hosts for keeping the crowd entertained.
Hosts Asia Hall, a junior communications major, and graduate student Adekunle Adeyemo gave a new meaning to an intermission by getting a high amount of crowd participation. During the switching of scenes in the show, the hosts had their own model walking moment, showing off their evening pieces as well. They grabbed audience members to strut their stuff on the stage and represent their nationalities. The evening ended with a dance
from dance team Rhythm and X-tacy, along with a final walk of all of the models. Couture gave a small speech on the inspiration behind all of her accessories shown and expressed how great this opportunity was. “I am happy I was able to share my designs this evening and give you all a new outlook on African garment,” Couture said. Camelia Nicholson can be reached at 581-2812 or cdnicholson@eiu.edu.
Academy to host vegetarian recipe swap, food tasting By Abbey Whittington Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News The Academy of Lifelong Learning will be hosting “New Vegetarian Foods-Tasting and Recipe Swap,” from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at the First Baptist Church. The purpose of the Academy’s recipe swap is for participants to learn more about being a vegetarian and how to get enough protein. Marita Metzke, project coordinator of the Academy of Lifelong Learning, said participants do not have to be vegetarian or vegan to at-
tend or enjoy the meatless recipes. “The vegetarian recipes are good alternatives to meals with meat in them,” Metzke said. The dishes that will be prepared on Thursday afternoon will be easy to make and high in protein, Metzke said, and participants will be walked through how they can make the recipes. Metzke said the academy is always interested in health and well being, so the recipe swap will promote healthy choices in eating and selecting food. “(The vegetarian recipes) are
non-animal, so it is good for the environment and hearts and brains,” Metzke said. Audrey Edwards, who was previously an Eastern secondary education and foundations professor, offered the course to the Academy and will be giving the presentation on vegetarian recipes on Thursday. Metzke said the participants will not be cooking but the dishes would be prepared in the kitchen of the First Baptist Church in advance by Edwards, who will explain the reasoning behind being a vegetarian.
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Metzke said participants are also welcome to bring their own vegetarian recipes in addition to Edwards’ recipes to share and swap with other participants. To attend the presentation on vegetarian recipes members can call the Academy of Lifelong Learning at 581-5114 or email them at academy@eiu.edu. The attendance fee for members is $9, and for nonmembers the fee is $13. Abbey Whittington can be reached at 581-2812 or anwhittington@eiu.edu.
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Metzke said the Academy was able to have the presentation at the church because an advisory council member of the Academy is also a member of the First Baptist Church. Participants will be able to try the recipes Edwards has prepared and if they enjoy them, the recipes can be taken home with the attendees. “(Edwards) will discuss some of the reasons people choose to be vegetarian and the benefits of being one,” Metzke said. “She will also be providing information about getting enough protein.”
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Illinois is not properly represented Dear editor, With our billions in debt, Illinois is in trouble. Previous years have had troubles. This year the troubles have reached a heavier drama. Such troubles bring some to blame the governor and others the speaker of the house. It is seldom if ever we look at the problem as a constitutional, an accountability problem. The governor is accountable to all the voters of Illinois because his actions have statewide consequences. All of Illinois’ voters should be able to hold him accountable, as we do. We have noticed that the house speaker and the senate president also have powers with statewide consequences. However, their accountability to Illinois voters is not statewide, only to a single district. This is a failure, a constitutional failure of accountability. What is needed is a constitutional provision to make their positions accountable to all the voters of Illinois, not just the voters in their districts. How would the needed amendment read? Every two years the voters of Illinois should grant or withhold permission for the incumbents’ eligibility to retain the offices of speaker and senate president. Failure to receive voter permission should require them to resign from their district offices and to lose eligibility as lobbyists. After four years as speaker and senate president, a three-fifths majority should be required for retaining office. Because these arrangements are lacking, Illinois voters are under-represented at the ballot box. Illinois does not have a representative republic. It is a victim of machine politics, a dictatorship masquerading as a representative republic. Leonidas H. Miller, Mattoon resident
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Programs see budget impasse effects Many areas around campus have started trying to exist without a budget, and the Women’s Resource Center is no different. In the center, the trend of people having to do more work than they were already doing continues. In The Daily Eastern News, it was written that, “Leslie Ashley, the new office manager of the Women’s Resource Center, juggles both the center and the philosophy department,” after the former office manager for the center was laid off. Now, not only does Ashley have two jobs to do now, but she also has to navigate two different sets of responsibilities. As Ashley points out in the same article, not many people have “taken the opportunity to stop and look at is that each all of us are unique in our positions.” Just because someone may have been the office manager in one area does not mean that they know the intricate responsibilities of the same position in another area. Each department has their own little quirks and things that make them run that
no other area has, and now many people, as Ashley does, have to learn all of these things. The Women’s Resource Center also suffered an unfortunate loss when their former office manager Joe McLean was bumped to the foreign languages department, then laid off. As McLean puts it, being laid off, bumping and other effects of this budget crisis are unbelievable. The fact that 177 people this semester, including McLean, were laid off is deeply saddening and distressing for everybody at Eastern, especially when thinking about the reasons for these layoffs, and that once again they are due to nobody’s incompetence but the state. The same people that should be protecting the people they serve are hurting them in deeper ways than anyone could have imagined. This can be seen in the fact that the cuts are affecting the Women’s Resource Center and the women’s studies program at East-
ern, one that challenges student’s perceptions and gives them “a lot of insight on how women are perceived today.” This insight is important for every student to have, and the Women’s Resource Center is a great way for students to get this knowledge. While it is unfair that the Women’s Resource Center is affected by the budget crisis, it is important to not lose hope and continue fighting for the resources and services provided by Eastern. Although it is exhausting, as Jeannie Ludlow, coordinator of women’s studies, said, it is also important to not let what is happening “beat us into disempowerment.” It is vital that the students and faculty of Eastern continue fighting for the funding the university needs to operate as they have been. All of these cuts and problems highlight that. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Senior year may be more fearful than you think The term “senioritis” has been somewhat overused in recent years, and as a result, it now carries a more ambiguous interpretation. This diagnosis is typically given to students when, in their final stretch of schooling before graduation, they struggle to maintain the same motivation that’s gotten them through to senior year in the first place. They find themselves in the paradox of an endless cycle of procrastination coupled with the relentless determination to finally be done with school. But even freshmen have been known to claim “senioritis” with barely a semester of school under their belts. What the word has now come to describe is more of a general slump that students fall into when faced with the demanding nature of academics. Their desire to earn a degree and be successful is in direct contrast with their desire to sustain balance and sanity in their lives, but somehow or another, they must continue. They have either put in too much time already or have too much to lose by giving up. The resulting state is a sort of limbo that students exist in as they begin to feel they are dragging themselves through the motions just to reach the end of the race. As a senior in college, I’ve felt senioritis at
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them badly enough. Having been in school for so long, though, we have fallen into the safety net of always having more classes to sign up for, more grades to improve on, more time to navigate our newfound freedom before we have to join the “real world” of careers and adult responsibilities. Suddenly, as graduation looms closer, many seniors are at a loss for words when someone asks them how they feel about starting this new chapter of their lives. On the one hand, we are happy to be done with the long, tumultuous journey we set out on as naïve young freshmen, but for most graduating seniors, the vast uncertainty that lies ahead is enough to overshadow that sentiment. Even those who are lucky enough to have secured a job before graduation are most likely apprehensive, because no matter what their lives will have to change in some way once they have finally received their diplomas. Whether this strange feeling has a name or not, it is all too real for seniors such as myself. Add senioritis into the mix, and you’ve got one hell of a ride to the finish line. Stephanie Markham is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.
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“We had a bunch of new guys too, so it’s nice to see new guys go to the championship as a freshman,” Smith said. This more challenging victory came after Lambda Chi Alpha defeated Sigma Phi Epsilon in 15 seconds in the Little Men’s semi-finals on Friday, the fastest win out of both days. “The 15-second Tug wasn’t really a lot, so it was nice to have a good Tug under our belts,” Smith said. Michael Florczyk, a Tugger on the Lambda Chi Alpha Little Men’s team, said after the semi-finals on Friday that the 15-second win was not something to get their hopes up too much about, as the other team only had eight Tuggers to Lambda Chi Alpha’s 10. The Women’s championship Tug saw Sigma Sigma Sigma Tuggers begin to sway toward the crowd of people cheering them on until Alpha Sigma Alpha finally pulled them into the water at 1 minute, 51 seconds. This win followed Alpha Sigma Alpha beating Alpha Phi in 2 minutes, 42 seconds in the semi-finals and being the only team on Friday to claim a victory from the west side of the pond. Grace Narcisi, an Alpha Sigma Alpha Tugger, said after Alpha Sigma Alpha’s win on Friday that her teammates were nervous at first because their side had not seen a win all day. “We lost the snap, so basically they had more rope on their side to begin with because they were running faster than us, and then we took a couple steps forward because we were discouraged,” Narcisi said. “We started going back and we fell,
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The women of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority tug Saturday afternoon. They won first place in the Tugs competition after beating Sigma Sigma
but we stuck them out so we didn’t move any more.” Narcisi said it happens every year that one side of the pond will have an advantage depending on the conditions on the day of the competition. “ This is where all the sports teams’ fields drain off, so it’s always muddy,” she said. “I think it was basically that (Thursday) night it was cold so it all froze over. But the moisture was still on top and then the sun finally came out for the first couple Tugs, and that’s when it started to get really bad.” On Saturday, the wins were more spread out between the two sides. Both first place Men’s teams hailed from the west side of the pond, while Alpha Sigma Alpha was on the east side closest to campus. For the Big Men’s consolidation
round, Sigma Pi defeated Sigma Phi Epsilon with a time of 1 minute, 36 seconds. The Little Men’s consolidation round was also supposed to pit Sigma Pi against Sigma Phi Epsilon. Jessica Nolan, a member of the Greek Week steering committee, said Sigma Phi Epsilon forfeited the competition faced with injuries and being short Tuggers, so this round was canceled. Consolidation Tugs ended with Alpha Phi defeating Alpha Sigma Tau in the Women’s division with a time of 45 seconds. In the consolidation rounds, Sigma Pi and Alpha Phi both claimed their wins from the east side. Stephanie Markham can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.
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Falada had people contact her saying that they wanted to keep the service going for themselves or their children. She went to Springfield where she spoke on the importance of the Testing Center in her life. Though the Testing Center is reinstated until the end of the semester, Falada said there is still work that needs to be done. “In order to find the money to keep the center open, we need to make it clear- this is why we need this,” Falada said. The Testing Center will only be able to accommodate a limited number of students during finals week because there is only one person working there. While Glassman said he expects the university will receive a state budget soon so the Testing Center can operate normally in the fall, Long said a lot depends on the budget situation. Long is not able to help in the Testing Center as she will be doing exam scanning and faculty evaluations during finals week. Because of the budget impasse, the Office of Testing and Evaluation is getting used to having fewer staff as well. Although there were originally six people working in the Office of Testing and Evaluation, because of the last round and this round of layoffs and position eliminations, there are currently only two full time people working in the office, including Long, who is getting ready to retire. After she leaves in May, Carrie Gossett, an Operations Support Specialist, will be the only one left in the office.
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“In order to find the money to keep the center open, we need to make it clear— this is why we need this.” -Michelle Falada, senior family and consumer sciences major Long is trying to get everything done before she retires, and said this can get overwhelming. She said the budget impasse has forced her to retire earlier than she thought she originally would, as she does not want her monthly pension to be reduced, especially now that she has had to take furlough days. “I’m not willing to take the risk,” Long said. Gossett said to prepare for when she leaves, Long has been showing her different things she will need to do. Gossett said if there is something she is not able to figure out on her own, there are people across campus she can also ask for help. “Basically we have to push through and get things done,” Gossett said. Gossett said though it could be stressful, this was no different than the stress felt all over campus as other take on new positions and are bumped somewhere else. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
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“People come out, greet each other and put colors on,” Venkata Goriparthi said. Lavanya Methuku, a graduate student majoring in technology, said she recommends those who did not come to Holi should try it next year. “It’s very cool. In India we play a lot with colors,” Methuku said. “Everyone can have fun with colors and it’s a good time to be here.” Cassy Hodge, a senior communications studies major, said
she was excited to celebrate Holi. “I’ve done it for the last two years and I’ve enjoyed it immensely,” Hodge said. Students had been asking Goriparthi about when Holi would be because of the many American students enjoying the event in the past. “People look at us and they try to understand our culture and celebrate the culture,” Goriparthi said. “They try to be a part of it, which makes us feel
very proud of it.” Martina Karmakar, a graduate student majoring in business administration, said Holi is always fun because it is bringing in the spring season. This is an experience of life,” Karmakar said. “In India you have everything to play with.” Madeline Reiher, a freshman environmental and physical geography major, said she would like to do more research on Holi because she is not too sure on what every part of Holi means.
Heather Moore, a senior communication studies major, said Holi is an amazing experience for everyone gathering on the quad on a Saturday morning goofing off. “I’ve been advertising with everyone I knew because I didn’t get to go last year and I saw how much fun everyone had,” Moore said. Janet Pernell can be reached at 581-2812 or jopernell@eiu.edu.
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7 Men’s soccer midfielder up for scholarship MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2016
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By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Senior Nick Smith of the men’s soccer team is one of three male finalists for the NCAA’s Walter Byers Scholarship. It will be awarded to one recently graduated NCAA male and female student-athlete. The Walter Byers Scholarship is a scholarship program that recognizes the top male and female scholar-athlete in NCAA sports. It is considered the highest NCAA academic award. “They’re looking for someone who embodies their goal of the mind and body of achieving academic excellence while being a student-athlete,” Smith said. “They’re looking for someone who will be a leader in their graduate field of study and someone who’s done well not only academically but has done a lot athletically.” Smith will have an interview Monday and will find out if he will be awarded the scholarship just two days later. He has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA majoring in biology/ pre-med with a minor in neuroscience. The scholarship is worth $24,000 and would go towards Smith’s medical school and help him out for the first two years, he said. Tuition for medical school is usually around $40,000 to $60,000. Every school typically nominates an athlete they feel is deserving of the award, but Smith did not know how many student-athletes were named at the beginning. “I didn’t know about the scholarship until this fall when Cindy Mille and Jim Davis let me know about it because they said they we’re going to nominate me for it,” Smith said. “So then I went through the application process and then I found out in March (that I was a finalist).” Smith has already been accepted to seven medical schools, but he does not know which he will attend. He is also just the second finalist from Eastern joining former baseball player Brian Morrell who was a finalist in 2010.
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Senior midfielder Nick Smith had one shot during the Panthers’ 4-2 loss to Omaha on Nov. 7 at Lakeside Field.
“It would be a great way to represent Eastern,” Smith said. “It would mean a lot to me to represent Eastern because they have provided so much for me and helped me to get where I am and helped me get to where I’m going so it would mean everything to me to represent Eastern in that way.’’ Although Smith had to dedicate a lot of time to being a member of the soccer team, he said that is what helped him succeed so well in the classroom. “I think being a student athlete has been a key to success for me,” Smith said. “Athletics has really provided
balance and structure to my life.” During his career at Eastern, Smith netted two goals and recorded three assists. He was also named to the Summit League Distinguished Scholar list three times. Although Smith has not chosen where he will attend medical school, he has narrowed it down to Chicago and Pittsburgh. “I’m narrowing down between the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Illinois at Chicago as well as Rush Medical College,” Smith said. “ Smith is from Bolingbrook, a native of the Chicago area.
He said staying closer to home is a factor that will play into his decision, but there are many more that will factor into his decision. “I think I have to look for what program is going to be the best for me in terms of where I see myself as a physician later on,” Smith said. “So deciding based on which program has the better specialty or training for a specific specialty that I want to go into.” Kiki Lara was in his first year as the Eastern men’s soccer team’s head coach, but had high praise for his senior.
“Nick is very deserving of being named a finalist for this prestigious NCAA Scholarship award,” he said. “Nick was a role model for other student-athletes to follow with his hard work both in the classroom and on the soccer field. He is someone who has truly represented Panther athletics.” Smith will head to Indianapolis Monday for his interview with a chance to beat out the other two male finalists. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.
Tennis team sees successful senior day against JSU By Kaitlin Cordes Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports The women’s tennis team dominated its senior day match against Jacksonville State, winning 6-1 over the Gamecocks. The victory pushes the Panthers to 6-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference and makes the team 12-6 overall. Poor weather conditions forced the match to be moved from the Darling Courts to Champaign to be played on indoor courts. The Gamecocks now sit at 4-3 in the conference and are 6-14 on the year. Seniors Ali Foster and Hannah Kimbrough closed their home play with a combined three match wins. Foster faced Claudia Marsala in the No. 2 match and had a difficult run against her Gamecock opponent. Marsala sealed the victory with two 6-1 set wins over Foster. In doubles, Foster bounced back when she and junior Kelly Iden took the win in their unfinished match against Marsala and Diana Mirceta. Kimbrough won in both her singles and doubles matches. The No. 5 singles matchup was a breeze for Kimbrough as she easily slipped past Sadey St. Amant 6-2, 6-4. Kimbrough and sophomore Grace Summers gave a stellar performance in their contest with the Gamecocks’ Olivia Nguyen and Genevie Ulandy. The duo beat their opponents 6-3 at the No. 1 spot.
Foster is now 11-6 in singles for the spring season, and she is 12-3 with Iden in doubles. Kimbrough has won nine of her 16 singles matchups this season. She and Summers are 12-4 in doubles play. The rest of the Panther squad earned wins across the board in their respective matches. In singles, Eastern swept five of the six competitions. Iden toppled Nguyen in her No. 1 match 6-3, 6-1, improving her singles record to 8-7. Summers added a win to her 16-1 record with her 6-0, 6-2 victory over Ulandy. Freshman Srishti Slaria is now 9-4 after a 6-0, 6-2 win against Mirceta. Freshman Abby Carpenter competed in her seventh match of the season and defeated Courtney Conley in a three-set 2-6, 6-2, 10-4 win. Carpenter is now 6-1. The doubles side of the contest was in the Panthers favor from the get go as the team seized two wins to start off with. The third defaulted to unfinished. Slaria and junior Kamile Stadalninkaite swept St. Amant and Conley 6-0 in their No. 3 matchup. The Panthers will close out regular season play April 15 when they travel to Kentucky to take on conference opponent Eastern Kentucky before competing in their last match at Morehead State April 16. Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or krcordes@eiu.edu.
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Senior Hannah Kimbrough, along with sophomore Grace Summers, defeat Belmont in their doubles match on April 1 at the Darling Courts.
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Panthers sweep OVC’s top team Eastern Kentucky By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Twelve innings. That’s what it took for the Eastern softball team and Eastern Kentucky to find a winner. The Panthers came out on top by a score of 1-0. It was a pitcher’s duel throughout the game as Eastern sophomore Jessica Wireman and Eastern Kentucky’s Hayley Flynn combined for 45 strikeouts. Wireman had 22 strikeouts in her 12 innings of work. Her previous career game high was 11 last year against Tennessee Tech. Wireman dominated the entire game and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels could only muster five hits in the game. She struck out everyone in the Colonels line up besides Rachel Minogue. But she did go 0-3 in the game. What was supposed to be the best part of Eastern Kentucky’s lineup, piled up the most strikeouts in the game. The team’s 1-2-3 hitters combined for 10 strikeouts. “I felt really good with Jess (Wireman),” Eastern coach Angie Nicholson said. “She was really spinning the ball well.” Heading into the game, Eastern Kentucky had not lost in Ohio Valley Conference play, holding a perfect 10-0 record.
Offensively, it was a struggle for Eastern as they struck out 24 times as a team. The Panthers had six hits. Eastern won the game in the bottom of the 12th inning on a suicide squeeze. Senior outfielder April Markowski led the inning off with a single and was eventually moved to third off a single by freshman designated hitter Jennifer Ames and a sacrifice bunt by freshman second baseman Mady Poulter. Junior catcher Ashlynne Paul laid down a perfect bunt to bring home Markowski to end the game. Paul was also a big threat behind the plate as she threw out three runners trying to steal in the game, keeping those runners from potentially scoring. Nicholson called the game stressful. “The positive was we had many more opportunities than they did,” Nicholson said. “It was just a matter of time for us before it was going to happen.” Game two was nothing like game one as the Panthers put up seven runs in the game. This game was also finished in the usual seven innings. Eastern Kentucky got on the board in the second inning but Eastern tied it back up off an error by Krislyn Campos. Eastern broke the game open in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings scoring two runs in each. Panthers used
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Designated hitter Jennifer Ames bats during game one of a doubleheader against Eastern Kentucky Saturday at Williams Field. The Panthers won 1-0 in 12 innings.
the long ball to get extend their lead in the game. Ames crushed one in the first game that went foul, but in game two she straightened it out a sent it way over the left center field fence for
a two-run home run. Senior first baseman followed that up in the fifth inning with a two run home run of her own. Bennett’s home run was a no-doubter over the center-
field fence. Senior third baseman Haylee Beck doubled to center field in the sixth driving in freshman outfielder Kayla Bear all the way from first base. Later in the inning, Markowski singled to center and after a few throwing miscues, senior shortstop Katie Watson came around to score. With the pair of wins, Eastern got its OVC record back to .500 at 6-6. “I think what fires you up the most is they were sitting undefeated in the conference and we just knocked them off,” Nicholson said about beating the Colonels in game one. The Panthers were supposed to take on Morehead State in a double header on Sunday, but the rain forced the games to be canceled. The Panthers had a 6-2 lead heading into the top of the fifth where Eastern could have shut down Morehead State and ended the game because five innings is considered a complete game The Eagles scored eight runs in the inning to take a 10-6 lead, but the umpires finally called the game, erasing everything that had happened. The game ended up not counting and there has not been an announcement whether it will be made up or not. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Eastern baseball team reaches 4 in losing streak By Maher Kawash Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports It’s a tie game in the top of the ninth with two outs, two strikes and the bases loaded. The Panther fans are cheering and waiting anxiously, and the Eastern dugout is silent in anticipation as junior Jake Haberer gears up for another pitch on the mound. Haberer gets the sign from his catcher, rears back for one final strike, but the batter had some plans of his own. The Tennessee Tech left fielder Tyler Brazelton turned on the pitch, and sent it straight over the fence for a goahead grand slam. Not only did that pitch define the game for the Panthers, but it was another late-inning loss that represents how this season has gone. That devastating moment for the Panthers happened in the series finale against Tennessee Tech over the weekend. That at-bat led the Golden Eagles to complete the three-game sweep over Eastern, and also handed the Panthers their 26th loss of the season. “We lose hard, and it’s because we beat ourselves,” Eastern coach Jason Anderson said. Eastern dropped to 5-26 overall with the sweep and 1-11 in Ohio Valley Conference play. The Panthers had plenty of opportunities throughout the series, but their own mistakes came back to bite them. Game one offered some hope early in terms of offense as the Panthers scored runs in the second and third innings to tie the game at 2-2. One of those runs was provided by senior Frankie Perrone sending a pitch over the left field fence for his first home run of the season. But Eastern’s offense just about went cold after that as they went on to score just one more run in the game. Not only did the Panthers’ offense
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Sophomore catcher Hunter Morris attempts to tag Tennessee Tech’s Kevin Strohschein out at first base during game 1 of a three-game series at Coaches Stadium. The Panthers lost Friday’s game, 3-8.
struggle, but the defense proved to be costly in game one. Eastern had four errors on the day, and that led to junior Michael McCormick yielding seven runs in 5.2 innings pitched. While McCormick allowed seven runs, only two were earned as the Panthers fell to the Golden Eagles 8-3 to open the series. “It’s really hard to pitch for us right now, because we don’t make a lot of plays and we don’t score a lot of runs,” Anderson said. The Panthers came into games two and three much more efficiently and prepared to get a win. There was a change in scheduling as the two teams played in a double header on Saturday because of possible inclement weather forecasted for Sunday. With a lot of baseball in store for Saturday, the Panthers and Golden
Eagles went head-to-head in back to back games. Game one of the double header and game two of the series seemed like the one where Eastern would come out victorious. The Panthers got started early as Joe Duncan came around to score on a passed ball that gave the team a 1-0 lead. The Golden Eagles were quick to respond as a double from Brazelton scored a run, and tied the game at 1-1. After going back and forth in a low scoring game, the Panthers held a 3-2 lead going into the eighth inning. And that is where it all fall apart once again for Eastern. Sophomore Andy Fisher was sent to the mound in relief for the senior Matt Wivinis, and surrendered three runs in the inning. Tennessee Tech took a 5-3 lead
with that three run inning, and held that score to end the game with another win over the Panthers. Fisher was dealt the loss, and Wivinis earned a no-decision after allowing three runs on eight strikeouts, two walks, and six hits in seven innings pitched. That late game falter caused the Panthers to drop game two of the series and game one of the doubleheader. Eastern was forced to have a short memory as game two of the double header and game three of the series was set to begin 20 minutes after. With the biggest moment of the game and series being the game-winning grand slam, another story was Eastern’s comeback attempt. Senior Brendon Allen was on the mound for Eastern, and ran into trouble after allowing three runs in the fifth.
After falling behind 4-1 in the first six innings, the Panthers put together a rally in the seventh inning. Eastern scored three runs in the inning to tie the game after back-toback singles from Perrone and Mitch Gasbarro. Senior Jason Scholl followed with a walk to load the bases, and the Panthers earned a run with a walk from Matt Dunavant. Freshman Dane Toppel was next to bat for Eastern, and caused a late-inning controversy. On the first pitch of the at-bat it appeared that Toppel was hit by the pitch, and brought in another run for the Panthers. But after a controversial call from the umpire it was decided that he was not hit by the pitch. After returning for the rest of the at-bat Toppel answered with a two RBI base knock to tie the game for Eastern. Toppel had a special day at the plate as he had two RBIs, and went 4-for-8 combined in the doubleheader. But as earlier said, the Panthers’ hopes were diminished with the 9th inning grand slam. Eastern managed to plate two more runs in the bottom half, but the comeback fell short as the Panthers lost 8-6 in the series finale. It is a tough series loss for the Panthers to swallow as they are still without a series win since April 26, 2015. “We’re going back to fundamentals,” Anderson said. “Offensively we aren’t real strong so we have to do some things more fundamental.” Eastern has another quick turnaround now as the team travels to Carbondale to take on Southern Illinois in a single-game matchup. First pitch of that game is at 5 p.m. Tuesday, and following that game is a three game series against Southeast Missouri State on the road. Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu