BLACK LUNCH TABLE “The Black Lunch Table,” a collaboration of artists came to Eastern Tuesday to disucss the Black Lives Matter Movement.
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‘FundEIU’ fights back against rep.’s remarks By Analicia Haynes Managing Editor | @Haynes1943 Members from the Fund EIU campaign and Dennis Malak, the Democratic candidate for representative, spoke out Tuesday against remarks made by Republican Representative Reggie Phillips Monday at his office hours. Phillips said the Eastern enrollment statistics did not look good and negative publicity, caused by newspapers and Fund EIU, created the situation by painting the university in a negative light. “We cried wolf so loud that the total focus was on us,” Phillips said in regards to the FundEIU rallies. However, Kate Klipp, who helped give way to the movement but has since passed down the reins to students and faculty, said FundEIU was intended to deliver a positive message. “The only doomsaying or the only insinuation that Eastern would close probably came from (Eastern President) David Glassman during an appropriations meeting,” Klipp said. Klipp was referring to an appropriations meeting the presidents of all nine Illinois public universities attended early last year. “I remember watching the hearing (of the appropriations meeting) and President Glassman did mention that he wasn’t sure that Eastern would make it through (this past) spring semester without funding,” Malak said. Klipp said she feels like Glassman has been backpedaling ever since that meeting. “I find (this) unfortunate because I really feel like we were looking for a champion,” Klipp said. “Instead we have beauty pageant parents who rub Vaseline on our teeth and want us to smile even more.” Malak agreed that the rally was a positive one with good intentions.
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Members of Eastern's delegation hold up signs at the Lincoln Memorial Statue Wednesday Feb. 18, 2016 in Springfield.
“FundEIU was the hypnotist that really started putting pressure on Springfield,” Malak said. “It sparked a lot of rallies throughout the state, and EIU was the leader in fighting for the funding of higher education.” Klipp said FundEIU was born when nothing was being done in the state during the budget stalemate that first began starving state universities last year. “It was born as a very positive cam-
paign to show the state that Eastern Illinois University is worth the investment,” Klipp said. “It just seems that the lack of higher education funding was a statement of no support from the state for the students, and we didn’t find that acceptable.” Yet Phillips argued that FundEIU should have included other Illinois public universities in their rallies such as Western and Chicago State. Klipp said soon after the initial
FundEIU rally took place, multiple public state universities including Western and Chicago State contacted FundEIU to help them get the same message out to Springfield. Klipp said it was an incredibly collaborative effort that was aimed at rallying support to fund each university. “We also worked with (Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois) at the state level to help get the message out,” Klipp said, referring
to the rally the EIU-UPI participated in at Chicago last April. Jack Cruikshank, a political science graduate student with FundEIU, argued that it is a perception issue and one of the problems is that FundEIU was one of the only groups in Illinois at the time who was making noise about the impasse. “Of course we worked with other universities,” Cruikshank said. FundEIU, page 5
Faculty Senate addresses Vitalization Project concerns By: Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News At its meeting Tuesday, the Faculty Senate discussed concerns about the Vitalization Project Eastern President David Glassman introduced during his State of the University Address. The project is designed to guide the budget and planning decisions when it comes to allotting resources to different programs and services. Different workgroups will recommend increasing resources for a program or service, changes to increase the program’s student enrollment and marketability, a plan for programs to improve their efficiency and programs that can be deleted. Workgroups one through six will analyze the efficiencies, viability and sustainability of existing services and programs. Workgroup seven will assess Eastern’s academic undergraduate and graduate programs.
Eight is in charge of program development and nine is in charge of Eastern’s organization of colleges, departments and classes. These workgroups will analyze student services, technology, enrollment management, intercollegiate athletics, facilities, marketing, university branding and academic programs. Jemmie Robertson, the faculty senate chair, said the nominations for the workgroups, whether they are selfnominations or nominations of colleagues, will go directly to the president. Robertson said the Council on University Planning and Budgeting will be serving as overseers of the work groups. “What Glassman wants to work on most is the faculty-to-student ratio and the staff-to-student ratio of the university,” Robertson said. Robertson also said that Glassman wants to achieve this by gaining more money with greater enrollment num-
bers. Senate member Amy Rosenstein said that by January, the committees need to make a decision on what they recommend for the programs and services. She said it reminds her of schools being treated according to their assessments, where a good school is left alone and a bad one has specialists come in and is monitored then to see if it will stay open or not. Senate member Billy Hung said he felt similarly when he read the terms of the project. “My sense is workgroups one to seven are supposed to focus more on the dollar sign, including the cost benefits of academic programing, then eight and nine are supposed to come up with a more broad-based academic vision of the school,” Hung said. “It is not clear to me how the two sides are melting together. To me it seems like President Glassman is look-
ing for two streams of input; one on the business side and one on the teaching side.” Senate member Teshome Abebe said when making decisions, the focus should be on whether or not the actions they take follow the constitution of the senate, and senate members should make sure they have the opportunity to say something when the recommendations come in. Abebe said the faculty senate should be involved in the reviews because they may have to say something at the end of the Vitalization Project’s process. “We may decide to have our own plan to present to suggest to the president,” Abebe said. “I don’t think we can, given the time and shortness people have talked about…These things can go in many different directions, and someone is going to get gored.” Besides this concern, Abebe said the institution is trying to do the best
they can for everyone and he supports their efforts. Abebe said it is important to have a transparent and mature process. Senate member Grant Sterling said he has been an advocate for these steps to happen for years. “I am optimistic in the sense that this had to be done,” Sterling said. During the meeting he told the senate he had been through something like this twice before with the university years ago. He said a plan had been drawn but nothing happened after all the work. Sterling said he thinks Glassman has the will to make the tough decisions this time. The senate decided to table the discussion until their next meeting to think about their next move. Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812 or scnusbaum@eiu.edu.
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moved, like the dorm, but that’s not always the case.” Bays warns students about the different types of contracts students may come across when signing leases for an apartment and stresses the importance of paying attention to detail. Students who are looking for other resources can visit the Office of Community Service’s webpage (ONLINE LINK:http://castle.eiu.edu/good_ neighbors/moving_deciding). On this link students can also find checklists that detail what tenants should look for and ask about when apartment hunting, as well as other advice about city laws pertaining to off-campus circumstances. Angelica Cataldo can be reached at 581-2812 or amcataldo@eiu.edu.
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Even if they are living off-campus, students still have options when looking for resources at Eastern. Eastern’s Office of Student Programs and Student Legal Services offers resources for these students intended to keep them connected to campus activities and services. At the beginning of the fall semester, Student Community Services, the Charleston Police and Fire Departments, along with other officials from Charleston, went around town passing out community welcome pamphlets to residents in various neighborhoods. The pamphlets included information about property maintenance oc-
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Rauner gives $100K to Ind. GOP candidate INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has tossed in $100,000 of his own money to boost the campaign of Indiana’s Republican gubernatorial candidate even as the two states compete to lure jobs. The money he gave to Indiana Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb’s campaign last week is a small fraction of the $16 million that the wealthy former venture capitalist is investing to
help GOP candidates cut into large Democratic majorities in the Illinois Legislature this fall. But Rauner said last year he wanted to “rip the economic guts out of Indiana,” and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has frequently touted the state’s work to lure businesses from Illinois. Pence, who is now Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, just last week released a statement calling a com-
pany’s decision to move operations from Illinois and hire 200 workers in southern Indiana as an example of why Indiana is “the best state in the Midwest for business.” Holcomb campaign spokesman Pete Seat said Tuesday that Holcomb and Rauner have known each other for several years and the campaign welcomes the support of “anyone and everyone who believes in responsible Republican leader-
ship.” The Pence administration says more than 50 Illinois-based companies have moved operations to Indiana in the past decade. Gregg campaign spokesman Jeff Harris pointed to Indiana’s stagnant average wages and Holcomb’s support for the state’s religious objections law, which prompted an uproar last year over whether it would sanction discrimination against gay people.
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— and sometimes, their crops — so when corn and soybeans aren’t profitable, other aspects of the farm may be. Direct government payments to farmers are expected to increase nearly 25 percent to $13.5 billion this year, the USDA estimated, though that also includes money for disaster relief. Debt and losses are an acceptable part of the cycle for farmers who crave the intangibles: the unpredictability of farming and the renewed hope that comes with every spring planting. All it takes is a drought, flood or other natural disaster in another part of the world to disrupt a crop and prices could jump, creating profit potential.
a new police oversight system faced scrutiny at an initial public hearing Tuesday over whether it would have adequate funding and could operate independently of City Hall influence. Trying to rebuild trust in his leadership and the department after the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, Emanuel unveiled plans last month to change how Chicago reviews police shootings, wrongdoing allegations, systemic practices and citizen complaints, a move that comes amid an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice probe of police. The proposal calls for replacing the maligned Independent Police Review Authority with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which would have broader powers to investigate officer misconduct allegations, including claims of coercion and illegal searches. The plan would also create a deputy inspector general position to audit department practices.
At Tuesday’s hearing, Chicago legal department head Stephen Patton called the proposal an approach that “balances and reflects the interests” of all stakeholders. A vote is expected Sept. 29. However, several aldermen raised concerns about its power and sustainability because the proposal doesn’t establish a fixed funding level for the office, making it vulnerable to budget cuts. They also questioned why there wasn’t a provision for the office to hire attorneys other than City Law Department lawyers who defend Emanuel’s administration and police sued for misconduct. The death of McDonald, a black teen shot 16 times by a white officer in 2014, sparked protests citywide amid national outcry about police shootings. The officer was charged with murder about a year later, after a judge ordered the public release of squad-car video that contradicted officers’ accounts.
MAXWELL, Iowa (AP) — Pale green and 8 feet tall, tightly packed corn stalks reach to the horizon throughout the Midwest in what is likely to be the biggest harvest the U.S. has ever seen. Aside from a sense of pride in breaking the previous record by nearly a billion bushels, farmers won’t benefit. They’ll lose money on virtually every cob. It’ll be the third consecutive year in which most corn farmers will spend more than they’ll earn. The growing has been too good and the resulting glut of corn depressed prices to a decade-low. It’s a similar story for soybeans, the second most common Midwest crop. To protect themselves, many farmers have diversified their operations
Chicago police oversight plan faces doubts CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to create
“Run Where the Lincolns Walked” 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk
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Unique and accurately measured course. Awards given in each age division. $15 pre-registration fee, includes t-shirt. All proceeds support Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation to support programming and preservation at: Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site 402 South Lincoln Highway Road Lerna, IL 62440 registration information at: www.lincolnlogcabin.org email: lsff@lincolnlogcabin.org
The race kicks off the annual Harvest Frolic weekend, celebrating 19th- century rural life with artisans, performers, and food. Special presentations will include oxen pulling, the Unreconstructed String Band, performances by Brian “Fox” Ellis, the Blue Monkey Side Show, and a puppet show.
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Eastern Talks Back at the Tarble By Zaria Greene Contributing Writer l @DEN_News
A collaboration of artists called “The Black Lunch Table” came to Eastern Tuesday to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement with students and others on campus. This discussion took place on the new sculpture in front of the Tarble Arts Center. The Black Lunch Table is a collection of artists that started traveling to different cities such as New York, Chicago and Houston after the deaths of Eric Garner and Mike Brown, two unarmed black men who were shot by police officers. The organization is called “The Black Lunch Table” because of the significance of conversations at lunch tables and porches in the black community. Heather Hart, an artist from Brooklyn, was asked to build the new wooden porch sculpture at the Tarble. She then decided to have a discussion with another artist, Jina Valentine. Hart and Valentine have been doing these “Talkbacks” for eleven years now. Hart said she wants to encourage a thoughtful space for discussion about people’s dispositions. Even through the evening’s topic of discussion, which was The Black Lives Matter movement, this was meant for a diverse audience of all races, ages and occupations. Hart and Valentine had people register before the event and fill out a form with their information on it such as their race and occupation. They then used the forms to place them at different discussion tables to make them more diverse. Once the discussion started, an envelope was placed on the table with different dis-
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Co-founders of “Black Lunch Table” Jina Valentine and Heather Hart decide where to seat guests Thursday at the Tarble Arts Tables. “Our goal is to encourage a space of discussion across demographics,” Hart said.
cussion-starting prompts. Some topics included historical legacies, the war on drugs, gentrification and the cutting of arts and music programs in schools. For the next hour there were many ideas, perspectives and even laughter shared among the different tables. Joe Nivens, a graduate student
studying 3-D studio art, said he received a lot of encouragement from his art teachers to check out the different events Tarble offers. He supports the Black Lives Matters movement but said he still wanted to familiarize himself with different aspects of it. One topic that stood out to him was the talk his table
had about art programs being cut at schools, because he has come close to experiencing that at Eastern because of budget cuts. Courtny Chattman, also a graduate student, said a topic that really stood out to her at her table was gentrification, or displacement of minority communities. What impacted her
was the raw and intimate perspective on things she got from other people on topics like race. Chattman said she will process this new information long after the event ends and that this is a discussion to happen more often. Zaria Greene can be reached at 5812812 or zmgreene@eiu.edu.
New senate members to learn Robert’s Rules of Order By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News Veteran student senate members will walk new senate members through the student senate meeting Wednesday and show them how meetings will go. During its last meeting, the senate swore in six new senate members. Five more still need to be sworn in.
Last week, Student Body President Catie Witt talked about “It’s On Us,” a national sexual assault awareness campaign and how she wants to work on it with the Health Education Resource Center and the Sexual Assault Prevention team. Witt wants to create a picture campaign to show the different faces of sexual assault. She wants to drive home the point that sexual assault affects everyone and everyone
can potentially be a victim. Maralea Negron, executive vice president of the student senate, discussed the formation of a Student Action Committee to lobby Springfield and inform the student body on the budget impasse. She also wants this year’s student voter drive to get more students informed about the upcoming presidential election. Luke Young, student vice pres-
ident for academic affairs, talked about the Faculty Senate meeting he went to and told the Student Senate about Prowlin’ with the Prez. Prowlin’ with the Prez includes activities where students can compete for prizes in minute-long games. The person with the most tickets from the games will win a medal at the end of the festivities, which Eastern President David Glassman will personally hand out.
The senate also talked about events like Meet the Greeks, clothes for Homecoming and a lack of school spirit on campus. The senate talked about how from their perspective, students are not wearing Eastern clothes around campus, although apparel from other universities can be seen all over campus. Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812 or scnusbaum@eiu.edu.
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The Worst Keeper
Kalyn Hayslett
Twins are individuals Even in my mother’s womb I was not alone. My twin sister has been by my side before I could even utter my first word. Being a monozygotic twin is an unexplainable miracle in which one egg spontaneous splits and creates two identical zygotes. However, people confuse the term identical with the notion of being a clone. Regardless of the social setting or circumstance I get asked crazy questions about my sister and me. For years I have been asked: when your sister is hurt can you feel her pain? How does it feel knowing someone has your same face? Can you read your sister’s mind? Are you sisters or are you twins? And which one are you?Initially I laugh because I do not want to believe that people are seriously asking me these questions, but unfortunately these questions have negatively shaped my identity. Being constantly lumped together with my sister and being treated as half of a person slowly diminished my self-image. I did not believe I could exist without my sister or have a different personality than her. As fascinating as it may look, I promise twins are humans. I want to take this time to dispel the misconceptions that are associated with my identity. My sister and I have different feelings, thoughts, perceptions and aspirations. We cannot help but have similar reactions, attitudes and experiences because for we have been together for several years. However, it is unfair to assume that we are mirrored images that are unable to stand alone or have unique characteristics. Twins are simply two similar individuals. Kalyn Hayslett is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or kehayslett@eiu.edu.
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Seek out accuracy during this election cycle You have probably heard about the importance of being informed when voting in the upcoming elections. We at The Daily Eastern News have written about it, and being informed is a value most likely touted by professors, teachers, involved students and others. The Teach-In held on Monday only reinforced this, as, according to a News article on Monday, it “addressed current political issues, discussed the history of both major political parties and focused on major issues during the election.” While all of these are important to talk about when being informed, there is one part of this Teach-In many people don’t bother with when learning about elections. That part would be discussing the history of both major political parties. In our sometimes hyper-partisan world, it can be hard for some to examine the
two major political parties in an objective light. The Teach-In, however, was beneficial as it went through the history and aspects of both the Democratic and Republican Party to help people make an important decision. As history professor Debra Reid said, there is much misinformation about what the parties really stand for. Instead of going based off these assumptions, people need really examine the facts and ask themselves why they believe what they do. If they chose their political parties merely because of what their families, friends, or others around them believe, it could be time for a change. By going to events like the Teach-In that present a factual discussion, people can learn more about different perspectives and parties to find the right one for themselves. Though opinionated debates are powerful and needed, an objective, fact-based teach-
ing session can make sure people know the truth and why they are fighting what they are fighting for. In Monday’s article, Reid said she hopes people can decide matters in this election based on facts as opposed to emotions and rumors, something The News agrees with. While it can seem that this election cycle is crazier than most, in any election emotions can run high and people can hold steadfastly to misinformed beliefs. Hopefully, people will be able to keep and open mind to seek out and go to discussions like the Teach-In, where issues are discussed and beliefs can be challenged. To do so will help people find which party aligns with their views and most importantly, which candidate is the best choice for them. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Clinton is clearly the most qualified choice of candidate Donald Trump is not worth a single vote. His racist, bigoted, xenophobic commentary should be enough to take away the immense support he has received from the “silent majority,” a term coined by Richard Nixon as a commentary on Americans that are ordinary middle-class and not actively protesting against the government. It is my belief that not all conservatives are the same across the United States, just as not all Democrats are the same as well. There is a clear separation in policy and beliefs across all government officials. We should just be honest and admit that Donald Trump is not the image the conservatives should want; this is much more fit for the Alternative Right. The Republican Party is being ripped apart by an orange baby that believes all Mexicans are rapists and wants to ban all Muslims from this country since the newly developed Right fears for their lives. Clinton at least acknowledges climate change,
Juan Nevarez but has no actual policy on how she will change that. It is a much better feeling, though, to at least know she understands science. Knowing that the United States is the most powerful and fully-developed country in the world makes Trump the single most immediate threat to human existence, and not
just for his mention of using nukes to get rid of the problems the United States has. Everyone hates lists, but let us start off by mentioning the facts of Clinton and her successes over the years. From the archives of Blue Nation Review, an article published on Apr. 13, 2015 and the Hillary Clinton campaign website developed in 2016: She is pro-LGBT rights, she understands economic inequality, she supports gun control, she knows that the criminal justice system is not working, she supports American Workers just as ex-president Bill Clinton did, she is pro- choice, she wants to work on addiction and substance abuse to end the epidemic once and for all. build and develop a 21st century Department of Veteran Affairs to give veterans the health care they have earned and strengthen the Reserves as well as the National Guard. Let us not forget Wall Street, continually mentioned by most Democrats, which
is clearly in need of regulation with policies such as imposing a risk fee on the largest financial institutions, closing the loopholes that allow banks to take risky investments using middle class taxes, holding bankers accountable when they destroy our economy, fixing shadow banking including hedge funds and external financial companies, creating a tax on trading that occurs at high rates and holding corporations accountable for their actions when they break the law. All this is just a basic insight into some of her policies and stances, all of which surpass Trump’s unclear policies alone. Clinton is a substantially better fit for the leader of the free world than “Agent Orange.” Juan Nevarez is a senior psychology major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or jnnevarez@eiu.edu.
Letter to the Editor
FundEIU movement a remarkable, praisworthy boon for us
To the organizers, participants, and supporters of FundEIU, Fundfest, and UPI:
I was at the rally on campus. I held a sign and chanted the “E-I-E-I-EIU” with 2,000 other people. I cheered, I huddled up from the cold, I clapped, I signed letters and I was inspired. I can sincerely say that what I felt that day, and at the marches and in Springfield, was love for our university. And what is that love? To me, love is putting your time, energy and body out in front and saying, “if
you’re going to mess with my people, you will have to get through me, first.” It takes boldness, resolve and passion to do what you did, and continue to do. Of course, we need to be positive, but were we not already? Was that not the point of all the video testimonials from people around the world, and the messages of support? Would we be going toe-to-toe with our naysaying legislators if we were not positive about Eastern? When business owners put signs in their windows, were they not illustrating a pro-Eastern community?
Wasn’t that the whole message—that we love this university enough to say it out loud? What you did was spark a movement that was modeled on campuses across the state. What you did was fight for us—all of us—when vote after vote came and went; when those who were elected to represent us, did not. What you did was show the state that Eastern Illinois University is engaged, active and passionate about their students, their staff and their future. What you did was bring the university and the community together in a way that
no one has been able to, before. I commend you. I commend The Daily Eastern News for their solid research and reporting. I do not speak for everyone at that rally, but I would bet that most everyone there felt the same thing. I am proud to be a part of this movement, and what you have done is nothing short of remarkable. -Dennis Malak, Democratic candidate for state representative, 110th district
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Paige Voigt, a junior pre-nursing major, gets a tattoo she had done two years ago touched up by Trison Moss, an Eastern graduate from the class of 2012, at Poor Boys Tuesday. This wrist tattoo was the word “strength” in German. Voigt said she initially got this tattoo partly because of her Germanic roots and partly as a tribute to her friend who died. Moss also did a tattoo on Voigt’s collarbone and touched up one on her back in the same sitting.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Just because we were better at getting our message out doesn’t mean we should be punished for that.” Cruikshank said the group was talking about why Eastern needed to be funded rather than claiming the school would be closed. He added that Phillips mischaracterized the emotion around FundEIU. “If the world was ideal we would
have had every state institution do the same thing on the same day, but that’s not the real world that we live in, so we took it into our own hands and got 3,000 people in a week’s notice,” Cruikshank said regarding the first FundEIU rally. Cruikshank, Malak and Klipp said the rally was a community effort to tell Springfield that Eastern and higher education needed a budget. “To retroactively blame a group of people fighting for their jobs doesn’t seem right to me, especially since Rep. Phillips was the one
tasked with maintaining the levels of funding to Eastern necessary to keep those jobs,” Cruikshank said. “It’s illogical to me that he would blame FundEIU in this moment.” As of right now, FundEIU has no plans for rallies or demonstrations in the future. Michael Kuo, an English professor with FundEIU, said the group is surprised and saddened by Rep. Phillip’s remarks. “His theory appears to be that drawing attention to Eastern last year resulted in parents deciding not to send their children here,”
Kuo said in an open letter. “Rep. Phillips has not offered any evidence to support this theory. That’s because there is no such evidence.” Kuo said the rallies, marches, letter-writing campaigns and other activities FundEIU sponsored last year increased enrollment. He said many students told the group how much these activities helped them feel as though they were part of a vitalized, energetic campus community. Malak said FundEIU was the motivation students needed to go to Springfield and why he took sev-
eral students to the state capitol to rally support for higher education. Kuo pointed out that Rep. Phillips voted against funding for state universities several times last year. “Not funding EIU undoubtedly affected our enrollment numbers. Rep. Phillips should be blaming himself, not his constituents,” Kuo said. Phillips could not be reached for comment. Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.
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7 Eastern men’s basketball schedule released
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | SPORTS
By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_sports It will have been just under eight months since Murray State ended the Panthers’ season in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament in the first round when they take the court to start their 2016 season. The Eastern men’s basketball team will open against Eureka College Nov. 6 on their home floor in Lantz Arena. Then the Panthers will have a tough test against St. Francis, a school they played last year and only won by three points against. Eastern finished its 2015-16 season with an overall record of 13-17 and a 9-7 record in OVC play. Things were looking up for the Panthers heading into the OVC tournament having to take on Murray State in the first round, but Murray State was too much for the Panthers and ended their season. The Panthers’ first crack at the Racers will come in 2017. Eastern will host the Racers Jan. 12 in Lantz Arena and hit the road Feb. 18 to take on the Racers on their home floor. The Panthers will play 15 home games this season, including a four-game home stand over the course of 10 days where they will host Western, Troy, South Alabama and Bradley. Eastern will end its season on a three-game road trip before heading to the OVC tournament on March 1, if they qualify. Austin Peay barely snuck into the tournament as the No. 8 seed. The Governors went on to win the OVC title, which gave them an automatic bid into the
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Junior Cornell Johnston moves the ball up court during the Panthers’ loss to Austin Peay on Jan. 24, 2015, in Lantz Arena. Austin Peay won, 5652.
NCAA Tournament, getting to play in “March Madness.” Austin Peay drew the No. 16 seed, faced the Kansas Jayhawks in the first round and were
blown out. Eastern’s first OVC game will come on New Year’s Eve when the Panthers host Jacksonville State.
Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
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Experienced players may help men’s basketball team By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports There will be just two freshmen on this year’s roster for the Eastern men’s basketball team, and there will be a few key members from last year returning to the court. Cornell Johnston is back for his junior season and, as the team’s point guard, will be one of the leaders for this Panther offense, just as he was in 2015. Johnston played the most minutes last year at 1,131, which is 238 more minutes than sophomore guard Casey Teson, who had the second most played. Johnston was by far the team leader in assists with 171. He was the only member of the team
Sean Hastings to reach triple digits. He scored the third most
points on the team at 331. Johnston, as just a sophomore, was a huge threat for Eastern, and if he can do it again this year, and with Teson having one year under his belt, Eastern basketball can make some noise. As a freshman, Teson was the team’s most successful 3-point shooter. He shot 38.8 percent beyond the arc, hitting 64-of-165 attempts. Teson saw starting minutes as a freshman, and now with a year under his belt, he has the potential to be even better in his second year. Eastern added five new players in the off-season, bringing in junior transfer guard Montell Goodwin from Mineral Area College, junior transfer wing Ray Crossland from John A. Col-
lege, guard Logan Koch, the team’s only freshman, red-shirt junior transfer guard DeVantae’ Price from Kankakee Community College and junior transfer forward Muusa Dama. One thing the Panthers will not be lacking in 2016 is height. The team has eight players over 6 feet 5 inches, including two standing at 6 feet 9 inches. The start of the season is still a while away, and the team has time to fix things they see worth fixing, but based off of last year’s players returning, 2016 can be a good year for the Panthers, and maybe they can get past that first round in the tournament. Sean Hastings can be reached at
@DEN_Sports tweet of the day: The #EIU men’s soccer team will take on St. Ambrose at Lakeside Field today at 4 p.m.
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Eastern men’s soccer team back in action By JJ Bullock Men’s Soccer Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s soccer team (1-2-1) is set to take on St. Ambrose University (1-3-1) of the Chicagoland Conference in a matchup of two teams that have never met before on Wednesday at Lakeside Field. St. Ambrose, despite its record, is a team that has had no shortage of success on the offensive side of the ball. The Fighting Bees have scored ten goals this season, including five in a shutout win over Viterbo University, and it is their offensive prowess that has the attention of Eastern men’s soccer coach Kiki Lara. “I know they’ve scored multiple goals in every game, and they have a very good attacking presence and they’ll have some threatening players,” Lara said. “So I think for us it’s just about figuring them out quickly; we have never played them before, and finishing the (scouting) videos today and just making sure we’re prepared with personnel and making sure we hit our defensive identity.” The offensive-minded St. Ambrose, which will welcome the return of 2015 leading scorer Michael Ohioze (12 goals, 28 points), s h o u l d c re a t e a n e n t e r t a i n i n g matchup against the Eastern defense, which has surrendered just four goals this season. “We feel like we’re a team that can control the tempo of the game tomorrow,” Lara said. “We’re going to feel like we can have the possession; we can have the moments of build-up play from our backline into the attacking third. I think (today) it’s going to be about finishing our chances that we get, because we’re going to get them.” Lara added that the defense is going to have to have a strong outing against the Fighting Bees. “I think defensively, we have to be strong and sound because if we don’t get with our chances, if we’re not critical, then the longer the game goes, it could get dangerous,” he said. “They’re a team that could score goals. So we just got to make sure that when we get our chances, we take them.” It is said in sports that confidence
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Sophomore forward Trevor Kerns had one shot on goal during the Panthers’ 1-0 loss to Marshall University on Sept. 4 at Lakeside Field. After being off for 10 days, the Panthers will take on St. Ambrose at home Wednesday.
is key, and the Eastern men’s soccer team has no shortage of that heading into this matchup. “The guys feel good. I feel like the guys have a lot of belief in what they’re doing and what their daily habits are. “It’s just a matter of time for them to start to really click and get used to things. We still have a very dominant freshman and sophomore group of guys that are starting and playing and participating. “So (it’s) a young team, and it’s going to take some time for them to mesh and get together. But I think they have a lot of belief in what they’re doing,” Lara said. The Panthers will have had plenty of time to prepare for St. Am-
(It’s) a young team, and it’s going to take some time for them to mesh and get together. But I think they have a lot of belief in what they’re doing. Kiki Lara, men’s soccer coach brose, as it has been 10 days since Eastern last played a game. Lara has been sure to make the time off beneficial, using the 10 days to make sure his team is top notch physically. “First recovery, then building the fitness. We came in at a fairly good fitness level; we take pride in being more physically fit than our opponent, and for us that’s been the case for a majority of our matches and so we take pride in that.
“We wanted to get to the point where that becomes exceptional; there isn’t another period of time where we can. Now, the games are going to come closer and closer between each other, so it’s more about recovery at that point. “So we did use the time to push our physical fitness to a higher level and really hit those defensive principles,” Lara said. Eastern will also enter the matchup with relatively good health after
the long break in games. “We’re getting more healthy than not. We’ve maintained that the last couple of weeks,” Lara said. “There are a couple of guys that are picking up some knocks recently that have had some minutes, but they should be OK by conference time. There’s nothing that’s been devastating or critical.” JJ Bullock can be reached at 581-2812 or jpbullock@eiu.edu.
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Newcomers stepping up for men’s soccer team By Mark Shanahan Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Newcomers and underclassmen have been key to the men’s soccer team this season, and that trend needs to continue moving forward if the Panthers want to compete in The Summit League. With three games remaining until conference play and a record of 1-2-1, the men will need to start scoring more goals to avoid these one-point losses. That is a clearly obvious statement given the objective of the sport, but I have seen many one-point decisions or draws that the Panthers should have won from Lara’s team this year and last year. The good news for the Panthers is that Lara’s recruits and transfers are starting to make a difference. Junior Tyler Enright, a transfer from South-
Mark Shanahan western Illinois College, helped the men to their first victory of the season against Green Bay two weeks ago. He was assisted by freshman Yann Nsoga who sent a nice cross for Enright to get a header past the goalkeeper.
And then there was freshman Alex Castaneda who scored his first goal in the final seconds of that game with an assist from fellow freshman Jonathan Huerta via the long clearance. Scoring that first collegiate goal should give them more confidence when they have the ball in opponent territory. Freshmen Alessandro Corti, Marcus Menniti and Anton Olsson along with Nsoga and Castaneda have all played in the first four games. Lara is putting the young guys out there, and it will most likely pay off for the team in the long run. The Panthers lead their opponents in shots on goal percentage with .458 compared to their opponents’ .324. The percentage is high because of the four players with a 1.000 shots on goal percentage. Castaneda is 2-for-2 with shots on goal, while Enright, junior Justin Oliver and soph-
omore Trevor Kerns are each 1-for-1. Senior Davis Wegmann is the team leader in shots on goal with three. While the new guys are starting to come along, we cannot forget about veteran goalkeeper Mike Novotny, who is leading all Summit League goalkeepers in minutes with 390. The junior has earned almost every starting nod since he first stepped on campus and is now fourth all-time in the Eastern record books for career minutes played with 3,105. The win against Green Bay marked his first shutout of the season. With the team coming off a 10-day break, the Panthers can be expected to have fresh legs and dominate St. Ambrose at home before going on the road for three games. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.