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By Analicia Haynes Managing Editor | @Haynes1943 Workgroup no. 1, focused on student services, agreed on recommendations for its report after asking for a weeklong extension. Rick Roberts, the workgroup chair, said Angela Vietto, an English professor and workgroup member, will type up the recommendations they decided on. Eric Davidson, the interim director of health services and workgroup member, was not in attendance but will write up his methodologies used for creating the survey that members used to help support their recommendations, Roberts said. The survey, which was sent out several weeks ago, asked for student input regarding what they thought about student services, what should be changed or what was good about them. There were two parts to the survey that garnered two sections of data that Roberts said support what the group is doing. The first section focused on the “qualitative” data about student services and the other focused on the “quantitative” data. Roberts read a quote written by a student from one of the surveys and that quote summed up what members concluded in its recommendations. The quote asked the workgroup to keep and maintain student services such as textbook rental, career and academic counseling and counseling. Roberts said the group could maybe use some of the things mentioned in the survey for their report because students used words like restructure, more specifically for the safety of students, which they are supporting as part of the “serve UPD charge” given to the group. Roberts also said one student thought career services needs help badly. “Overall, all of student services needs to be, what (the students) call very defined, easily accessible (and) in an easy to read map of where to go,” Roberts said. “I think that’s exactly at the heart of our message is that student services needs to be reorganized, if possible centralized.” Members agreed with what was said in the sur veys, and Heidi Hawkins, the assistant University Budget Officer and workgroup member, said she noticed the positive feedback within the comments. Survey, page 5
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Bryce Teyshlar, a sophomore at Mattoon High School listens as Averi Ridgeway performs a song for him with her ukulele outside of The Jackson Avenue Coffee Shop on Thursday night during their Open Mic night where local musicians can perform.
Representative candidates talk issues By Cassie Buchman News Editor | @cjbuchman With the elections coming up and a state set in a gridlock, both candidates running for representative of the 110th district talked about their plans to rectify the state’s instability and lessen its effect on their district. Incumbent Rep. Reggie Phillips (R-Charleston) is up against Dennis Malak (D), who is currently the technical director for the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Both the candidates said the problems the state has are reflected in the
district. For Malak, the biggest issue facing the district is the lack of a full budget. “We’re still operating on stopgaps, it’s not a way to fund the state,” he said. Malak said it is hard seeing Eastern struggle month to month when the university has not received their full
stopgap budget and other universities received theirs. Malak said as representative, he would be fighting and calling the Comptroller’s office daily to make sure all funds appropriated to Eastern are released. To get a full, balanced budget, he said he would start working with other legislators on a budget that will emphasize the five key points a state is responsible for health, safety, education, social services and infrastructure. “What we need to do as a state is understand we need to prioritize
these five basic facets where the government has a contract with its citizens,” Malak said. Phillips said he is working on bills that would fund higher education, including one that would fund Eastern with an appropriation that would be 10 percent less than the one the university got in 2015. He said he asked for this amount as former Eastern President Bill Perry said this would be what the school could cut from its budget and still survive on in front of the higher education appropriations committee. Representatives, page 5
Workgroup talks project completion, staff By Cassie Buchman News Editor | @cjbuchman Workgroup no.5, charged with looking at facilities, talked about the project completions that need to be made and how to present their recommendations at their meeting Thursday. Workgroup chair Steven Daniels, department chair of the physics department, said at this point the group is considering a number of different recommendations in their draft materials. He said because those are not finalized materials, they are not at
the stage of going public with drafts right now and are considering the best way to report them. However, Daniels said the need for project completion is one thing the Workgroup can all agree on. “If you’ve walked across campus you’ve seen things I’m sure,” Daniels said. “We’re trying to get things repaired (because) we want the campus to be a showcase for students to come and have wonderful student experiences.” Matt Brown, associate director of facilities of housing and dining, said the idea of project completion and an investment in staff are supported
by the data. Daniels said the group has talked to a lot of people and there are a number of different ways and things they are considering. “We’re trying to consider all the facilities on campus: academic, health, facilities planning and management,” Daniels said. “We’re trying to consider everything around campus and come up with ideas that will help take the university forward.” Though Daniels said some things are more important than others, and that project completion is a top issue, Brown said it was a “chicken or
egg” scenario. Brown said while he agreed that the project completions have to be done, there are other aspects that need to be looked at and other things needed before they can be done. “Here’s the umbrella, you have to do this, this or this and here’s how to get it done,” he said. Brown said to work on project completions, there needs to be an increase of resources and the group needs to study the history and present conditions before giving recommendations on how to move forward. Facilities, page 5
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By Marisa Foglia Pop Culture Reporter | @DEN_News Students experienced a wide range of emotion from anxiety to excitement while watching The Chicago Cubs win its first World Series in 108 years. This win was an important matter to many students because of its family connection. Emmy Greifenkamp, a sophomore elementary education major, said that seeing the Cubs win is especially meaningful to her since her father and grandfather are not alive to witness the event. Sam Fishel, a junior English education major, said his family is full of Cubs fans including his grandfather. “For us to win, it’s an important part for our family,” Fishel said. “We talked to my grandpa last night, and he was absolutely ecstatic.” Zack Triebe, a senior biological sciences major, said his father grew up in Chicago and he is happy he got to see
the Cubs win during his lifetime. Students said they were fearful and battled feelings of uncertainty for the Cubs throughout the series. Kathleen Arias, a senior elementary education major, said when the Cubs were down three to one, she was not sure if they would be able to win, but she still remained hopeful. Fishel said he had a feeling once the Cubs tied the series up they would win. “They had this drive, and turned it around,” Fishel said. “They were not scoring runs early on in the series, and once they got their offense up, they got their confidence back up, and it seemed like they were going to win.” The last game of the series held a lot of the students in anticipation, with the last inning tied between the Cubs and Indians and a delay in the game due to weather concerns. Arias said she and her friend were going crazy waiting for the game to get back on. “We tried to wait it out, but it was a really nerve-wrecking time,” Arias
said. Greifenkamp said the rain delay was horrible. “It is such a Cubs move,” Greifenkamp said. Fishel said each member, even if they did not play in every game, made significant contributions throughout the series and in the final game. Students noticed the strong defense the players did throughout the season. “The Cubs’ defense was some of the best I have seen in a decade; they made a really good team effort,” Triebe said. As soon as the Cubs won, students started making plans to celebrate. Arias said she posted a Facebook status to celebrate the Cubs win with all her friends and family. “I’m going to be back home with my family at the end of next week so we are definitely going to celebrate while we are all together,” Fishel said. The Cubs’ win left students hopeful for next year. “I think the Cubs are going to come back strong next year; they have
been doing great things in the past couple of years, and they can only go up,” Greifenkamp said. Fishel said the Cubs would do well next year since a lot of the players were young, and this was their first major league experience. “I think if the Cubs can keep their core team together, they can keep this going,” Fishel said. Triebe said the only problem he foresees with the Cubs is the possibility of the players trading teams for a better salary. “We might lose a little bit and need time to rebuild, but I still think they will be strong for a while,” Triebe said. Triebe said he would definitely never forget this game. “I watched every game of the series, and I will be able to say that I watched the Cubs finally win, and witness (the) curse being broken,” he said.
Clinton still leads early voting
The results of those votes won't be known until polls close next week. But early voting data — party affiliation, race and other details — are being carefully examined for clues about the ballots that have been cast so far.
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Clinton, Trump spending election night in same city NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump could hardly be farther apart politically. But they'll spend the decisive night of their polarizing presidential campaign barely a New York minute away from one another. For the first time in recent memory, both major-party candidates are holding election night parties in midtown Manhattan. Trump, the Republican New York native who embodies what people variously love, hate and love to hate about the nation's biggest city, is headed to a power hotel that boasts of having hosted every president for more than half a century. Clinton, the Democratic transplant who won over New Yorkers to start her political rise as their senator, will be at a sprawling convention center with a perhaps symbolic glass ceiling. Smack in between is Times Square, where election-watching crowds have gathered for decades. If the faceoff between the wouldbe first woman president and the billionaire businessman seeking the presidency as his first political job is an only-in-America story, its denouement stands to be an only-in-New York election night.
On Thursday, workers were building a stage shaped like the United States, complete with outlying pillars for Alaska and Hawaii, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, the block-sized venue where Clinton announced last week she'll gather with supporters. Trump's campaign revealed late Tuesday that it had chosen the New York Hilton Midtown, a few blocks from his Trump Tower home, for an invitation-only gathering.
Clergy members join pipeline protesters CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of clergy of various faiths joined protests Thursday against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, singing hymns, marching and ceremonially burning a copy of a 600-year-old document. The interfaith event was organized to draw attention to the concerns of the Standing Rock Sioux and push elected officials to call for a halt to construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline that’s to carry North Dakota oil through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois. The tribe believes the pipeline that will skirt its reservation threatens its drinking water and cultural sites.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton may not be accumulating the type of early-vote advantage her campaign wanted, but she continues to maintain an apparent edge over Donald Trump, with more than one-quarter of all expected ballots cast in the 2016 election. The Democrat’s campaign once hoped to bank substantial votes from Democrats in North Carolina and Florida before Election Day. Both are must-win states for Trump. But data about the early vote suggest she’s not doing as well as President Barack Obama in 2012. Ballot requests from likely supporters have been weak in parts of the Midwest, and African-American turnout has fallen, too. Still, the tens of millions of early votes cast also point to strength from Democratic-leaning Latino voters, potentially giving Clinton a significant advantage in Nevada and Colorado. Early voting — by mail and at polling stations — is underway in 37 states. At least 35.1 million votes have been cast, representing more than 25 percent of the total votes expected nationwide if turnout is similar to 2012. In all, more than 46 million people — or as much as 40 percent of the electorate — are expected to vote before Tuesday, according to AP data.
Syrian rebels attack Aleppo BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels launched a fresh wave of attacks on government-controlled western Aleppo on Thursday, killing 12 civilians and wounding 200 according to state media, one day before a 10hour “humanitarian pause” unilaterally declared by Moscow was set to take effect. Social media accounts linked to the rebels carried photos and footage purporting to show the factions targeting government positions with artillery, tank and rocket fire. Rebels detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in a suicide operation targeting the government-held New Aleppo district, according to the al-Qaidalinked Fatah al-Sham Front, which circulated footage of the blast on its social media accounts. The Nour el-Din el-Zinki movement said rebels detonated two other vehicle bombs, as well, including one on the military's academy in the west.
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By Mercury Bowen Contributing Writer | @DEN_news Many local musicians including Reverend Robert, JB Faires, Jay Ferguson, and The Moondogs will perform in “Rock Out Against Rape” 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mother’s Bar. Rock Out Against Rape is an annual concert sponsored by the Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Service to work toward ending sexual violence. The evening will include music, a 50/50 raffle drawing and a silent auction. Attendees do not need to be present to win the 50/50 raffle. The winning raffle ticket will be posted on all of SACIS’ social media. Concert attendees must be 21 or older. This is the third ROAR event that SACIS has held. According to Erin Walters, the executive director of SACIS, the event was very well received in November of last year so she has chosen to do it annually at that time. “It just seems like the timing is right for this event,” Walters said. The idea for ROAR started with the musical group the Moondogs. According to Walters, the Moon-
dogs are strong supporters of SACIS and after donating much time and talent to events, Walters came up with the idea of a concert-style event. “If there’s one thing I love, I love their music,” Walters said. Walters said that ROAR is an opportunity for SACIS to feature the talents of people who support them while also being able to raise support for SACIS. “Really it’s just a good opportunity to get out with friends and enjoy some good music all in support of a good cause,” Walters said. This silent auction this year is the biggest SACIS has had so far. All of the items in the silent auction are donated by local businesses and artists. Walters said that there will be one featured piece donated by Lorelei Sims, a wellknown local blacksmith. Items are available for bidding now on the SACIS website and the auction closes at 10 p.m. on November 4. Jana Roberts, administrative assistant and volunteer coordinator and advocate of SACIS, said her job consists mostly of coordinating the volunteers that help with the event, helping set up for
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The Moondogs, one of the founders of the “Rock Out Against Rape” concert, performs at Mother’s Bar November 2015.
the silent auction and getting the word out to the volunteers in the community through email and Facebook. Roberts said that she helps with the event by coordinating office interns in the setup of the silent
auction as well as hanging fliers around town. “I think it’s just really nice to see ever yone in the communi ty come out to support this cause and support the survivors of sexual violence,” Roberts said. “The
bands are always also awesome so I enjoy that part as well.” Mercury Bowen can be reached at 581-2812or mjbowen@eiu.edu.
CAA approves new courses, transfer credit flexibility By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News The Council on Academic Affairs voted on course revisions and heard the sociology department program review. The CAA voted on three course revisions, with the first one being world archeology. This revision called for a name and course description change to reflect the content covered in the class. The course will cover much of humanities pre-history, and before it served as a survey course that looked at major civilizations like
the Sumerians and Aztecs. The vote for the changes of the course passed unanimously. The next revision came from the Office of the Registrar and registrar Amy Lynch wants the CAA to consider revising the undergraduate catalog to allow for more flexibility in accepting out of state credit. “It means that someone can apply to have out of state credits apply,” CAA chair Marita Gronnvoll said. This is because of the abrupt closure of ITT Technical Institute, the petition from the Registrar’s
office said. This will be on a person by person basis and depends on which credits will transfer. The vote to allow this passed unanimously. The last item to be acted on was a proposed online independent study course from the nursing department called independent study in nursing. The course is described as a student choosing a topic they want to study with the help of a faculty member. An outline of the proposed work the student wants to do will have to be approved by the
faculty and chair of the nursing department. They want this course because it will help the students participate in research and study in nursing practice. The vote for the independent study passed unanimously. The CAA heard a program review about sociology given by the department’s chair Darren Hendrickson. The report showed the enrollment numbers of the department compared to other universities and Eastern is consistently near the top of the chart when it comes to
enrollment numbers in sociology. The department has seen eight faculty members leave since 2008, but has also hired six new faculty. The department is in good standing with the university. The CAA has added a new item to its agenda for its next meeting. It is a new course from the psychology department called cross cultural psychology. Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812 or at scnusbaum@eiu.edu.
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Sean Says: Do not cook popcorn in the middle of the night So lemme tell you this. There is a good time to cook popcorn and a terrible time to cook popcorn. 4:45 a.m. is a terrible time to cook popcorn. And my suitemate, Kyle, and the rest of Stevenson’s residents learned that the hard way. I was in the midst of one of the best nights of sleep I have had in a while, because I had been sick for so long. I was finally getting back to a normal sleep schedule, and Kyle’s hunger at the weirdest time ruined it. Kyle apparently woke up in the middle of the night with a large appetite for popcorn. There were a couple problems with that. The first one being that the bag was put in the microwave upside down. The second was that he fell asleep. I do not know when he tried cooking the popcorn, but at 4:45 a.m. I was waking up to a screaming fire alarm and had to walk outside with my fellow Stevo residents. People were not happy. Like, at all. When I walked out into the hallway, smoke was everywhere in our suite and I only knew one possible explanation… Kyle. I was not as mad as most people were because he is one of my best friends. It was an accident and he had already had a rough week prior. I felt his pain. But as we stand outside in the Lantz/Stevenson parking lot, I ask Kyle what he cooked and with a terrified look he responds, “It was the popcorn.” Like I said before, there are good and bad times to cook popcorn, so immediately I was in shock that, one, he was awake at that time. And two, why was he so hungry? I knew it was not going to be easy to try and avoid people knowing that our suite was the one to set off the alarms while everyone is sleeping (except for one of my other friends in the building who was supposedly doing homework at that time. The grind never stops for some people). When I walked out of our room, I could just see the look on my RA’s face and it was a look I had never seen before on anyone’s face. But she was fine later after we talked. We also had to tell the police what happened and give our names. We are not in trouble and the police officer made Kyle, Dan and me all feel better about it. “It’s not like you woke up in the middle of the night and said ‘I have the perfect plan,” he said. And the next day, some people knew and people were not happy. But it is not like anyone was mad enough to the point where it ruined their entire day. People got over it. Dan and I saw one person in the elevator the day after the little incident and we asked him to key us to our floor, and he knew that our floor was the one that caused the fire alarm. He asked “Haven’t you guys done enough?” At this point it is kind of funny to look back on it, mostly because it was Kyle who did it. So if you want popcorn make sure you put it in the microwave the right way, and just do not do it that early in the morning. You do not need popcorn then. Sean Hastings is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
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Cubs win represents tenacity we should model Ladies and gentlemen, we have all managed to participate in a once in a lifetime opportunity by being a part of history in the making. After just 108 long years of ridicule, mockery and being the butt end of every White Sox fan’s joke since 1908, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series and the staff at The Daily Eastern News believes they deserved it. What a beautiful treat to see a team who has worked their tail ends off finally be rewarded for their time and skill dedicated. The Cubs worked hard, played fair and participated in arguably one of the greatest seasons of baseball history. We understand that it is not easy being historically known as the laughing stock of Chicago (by non-fans), but of course no one is laughing now and the Cubs graciously and humbly earned their title as World Series Champions. However, let us remember that the Cubs’ victo-
ry represents more than just bringing home a trophy for Chicago to cherish for all time. It represents more than bragging rights, pride and relief. We believe the win represents the greatest amount of patience and perseverance as well as the epitome of teamwork. We cannot think of a better comparison to help explain life in college than the Chicago Cubs win. See, we are all faced with some sort of criticism or at times scrutiny regarding how we perform a certain task whether that task be pitching a baseball, kicking a ball or writing an essay. However, instead of caving into the scrutiny that does indeed hurt more than we say it does, we keep our heads up high, shake off the painful words and move on. Or we use the constructive criticism we receive to our advantage and work to become better at whatever it is we are doing. That is the whole point behind training and
practicing what we learn. Everything we do in college is a learning experience and we take the time to acquire helpful tips in class and then afterwards we deploy those tips in order to gain experience points. It is all about becoming better at what you do and being patient along the way because not everything happens in a day. But by never giving up, hard work will pay off. Everyone can take notes from a team who were considered the underdogs. It takes time and practice before you can truly succeed at anything. So the next time you feel like you cannot accomplish a homework assignment, an essay, a solo, a game or test, just remember the Cubs and how they won the World Series even with years of scrunitiy, doubt and criticsm. If they can perserve you can too. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Playing college basketball a dream come true Basketball all started when I was in 4th grade, but my dream of playing college basketball did not come to my mind until 7th grade. Growing up with two older brothers, one playing college basketball at Northern Kentucky University and the other winning a state championship in high school, basketball has always been in the family. Because my brothers are my role models, I wanted to be just like them. Because they had such a huge impact and influence on my life, they were the reasons as to why I made it to Eastern Illinois University. But it has been a long road up until this point. My freshman year of high school, I was the starting point guard on varsity on the basketball team, and I was the starting catcher on the varsity softball team. Because I played travel softball and AAU basketball at the same time, I was getting recruited in both sports. I was torn with what I wanted to do. With Division I offers in both basketball and softball, it all came down to what I wanted to do and where I wanted to go the next four years of my life. Along the way of my high school career, I had
Georgia Danos some injuries that became road blocks. My junior year of high school, I tore my ACL in my right knee the first eight minutes of a basketball game. I was devastated. With college coaches in the stands, I thought I would never be good enough to play Division I anymore because I got hurt. Not only that, I was not sure if the schools interested in me for softball would still be interested. I went through mental and physical battles, but one thing I can say is that I never gave up. Through the pain, tears and struggles, my goals were still in action. During this time of my life,
I knew I had to make a decision: college basketball or college softball. The choice seems simple looking back, but during that time, it was one of the biggest decisions of my life. The road to recovery took about five months and in those five months, I made my decision. With the support of my parents and brothers, I knew I wanted to play Division I basketball. I trained harder for basketball, I had more passion for the game, I was excited to play and I was just like my brothers. Because I am very close with my brothers, we would all work out together. But since my brother Dean and I are less than one year apart and he too wanted to play college basketball, we trained together at least twice a day. I can truly say that with my parents loving support, my brothers’ faith in me and by the grace of God, I made my dream to play Division I basketball a reality. Georgia Danos is a senior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or gvdanos@eiu.edu.
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That tells me we are actually good services for the most part,” Hawkins said. “Whatever I read through here it is very similar to what we have come up with.” The first question of the survey under the quantitative section, Roberts said, was how important the services are to recruitment. “And the things that we seem to think are important we’ve said hey we need to maintain these services, the students tend to agree with us,” Roberts said. The survey differed in responses regarding the importance of certain services and Peter Andrew used dining as an example, which was rated lower than most services. Andrew said if people like off-campus students do not use the dining services then they do not think they are important. All in all this effect is a result from covering a broader range of people. However, Roberts said the idea of UPD and career services, which were ranked higher, supports what the
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group supports and affirms the message that there are services that need to be kept for recruitment purposes. The second question under the section asked students what they thought needed investments, such as the Student Recreational Center, which was high on the list. The third question focused on what students think they are investing in and what they would like to invest in. Roberts said the things they were hearing matches with what students actually said on the survey. Hawkins said the student responses backed up the research the group already conducted. Roberts asked if the document could be written by Monday or Tuesday. Vietto said she and Davidson should have recommendations written up by Friday or Saturday once she contacts Davidson to get his response.
ness in Illinois?’” When writing a check for workers compensation for his 500 employees at Unique Homes, Phillips said he is paying more than he would have to elsewhere. “When I write that multi million dollar check for worker’s compensation costs, it’s just outrageous,” Phillips said. Malak said the state needs to broaden its revenue stream. With an economic downturn, he said, people do not buy as many goods. “If people lose their jobs, that’s a major cost to the revenue stream,” Malak said. “That’s one of the reasons we’re struggling as a state is because we have a narrow revenue stream.” The way it is now, Malak said, the state does not have a tax structure that matches its economy. “My plan has always been to have additional taxes on services,” he said. “We need to broaden tax structure to
meet that before we ask those who are already paying to keep state afloat.” In his constituency, Phillips said though the 110th district does not want new taxes, he would be happy to look at a service tax as long as they are not picking winners and losers. Malak would want to close corporate loopholes. “We want to make sure everyone’s doing their fair share, but we don’t want to stifle small business growth either,” Malak said. Malak anticipates that his challenge will be making sure people in Springfield look past their interests and agendas to do what is good for the state. “That’s what we don’t have in this state-balance,” Malak said. “And I’m not talking a balanced budget I’m talking a balance in the implementation of policies and bills.”
Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.
With three community colleges and one university in his district, Phillips said his 2017 goal is to fully fund the universities with this 10 percent cut. “Funding has been shrinking to universities in the last ten years, however we’ve been increasing the amount we’ve been spending on pensions,” Phillips said. “When you add them together, we’re spending more on the full time equivalent and less on the classroom.” When it comes to business and the economy, Phillips said multiple structural reforms are needed to get competitive, especially when it comes to worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance and pensions. He said problems with these are to blame for businesses leaving the state at what he calls “an alarming rate.” “Unemployment insurance is astronomical in the state of Illinois,” he said. “Businesses, when they see that, they say, ‘Why do I want to do busi-
that none of them are really “hardcore cheap.” Scott Hall, superintendent of grounds, said the projects had many variables such as their expense. One example he brought up was the scaffolding outside McAfee Gym, where he does not know the cost now,
though knows it will be an expense. Daniels said with the staffing discussions the group is having, though the projects may not be completed in the month or even year, they can all be completed in a reasonable amount of time with the staffing recommendations the group is making.
The group discussed softening the recommendations to make it so it was about what the group was proposing to be done as opposed to them mandating what should be done. Daniels said it is true the group does not know all the details of the projects, and that there may be many
more issues that come up, though the group talked about some of them such as the various funding sources.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 He said though the Workgroups have worked hard in the amount of time they have, they also recognize that they do not have exhaustive knowledge of all the issues that go on in the facilities. Daniels said some of the things suggested were bigger projects, and
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5K walk/run to raise money for cancer research By Chrissy Miller Campus Reporter | @DEN_News Dustin McMillan, a sophomore pre-engineering major, said he was inspired by the events organizations put on during October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and decided he had to help support the cause. The Newman Center is holding their first annual “Walk for the Cure” 9 a.m. Saturday at the Thomas Woodall Panther Trail. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Pavilion. “I like running and other people like running.” McMillan said. “Be-
side a 5K, a little jog around the Panther Trail wouldn’t be too much.” Another major inspiration for McMillan was his participation in the Illinois 5K all throughout high school. McMillan said the walk will be a bit shorter than the race and will be a little under 2 miles. The race has been a month in the making with preparation including making posters, making registration papers, finding a place and general organization of the race. Although donating $5 is recommended to participate, it is not required, McMillan said.
“People can show up to walk if they don’t have $5, it’s just a suggested donation of 5,” McMillan said. “I would be happy to get a $100 to donate; if not, just any amount to donate to Sarah Lincoln Bush Cancer Center would be perfect.” Campus Minister Doris Nordin said McMillan’s drive to make this race a reality inspired her. Along with advising McMillan on how to put the race together, Nordin said she plans to participate in the walk. “I want to be part of it,” Nordin said. “I have participated. We at the Newman Center have put other run-
walks together, but in this case, we have never done something for Cancer research. So, I think its’s very kind on his part to think about it.” Nordin said she is happy to offer support for MacMillan as he worked on this project. “When we walk it’s as if in some way we are showing solidarity with the people we are helping. They are in a journey of illness or in a journey of poverty or a journey of violence,” Nordin said. “When you walk, it shows that we are not just standing by, but we are walking with them. It’s like we are walking their walk.”
Nordin says she hopes a lot of people will come to help raise money for a great cause and show people struggling with this illness and their families that they are not alone in the struggle against this vicious disease. “Many of us have some family member who is ill of cancer so it’ll be great to show some solidarity, compassion, and support,” Nordin said. Chrissy Miller can be reached at 5812812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu.
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Volleyball team prepares for final home matches standings, but that will not stop Jemima Idemudia from causing fits for the Panthers’ defense. Idemudia is the anchor for TennesSome people say to save the best see-Martin’s offensive attack with 262 things in life for last; the Eastern vol- kills this season as well as averaging leyball team has an opportunity to use 2.76 per set. On the other side of the ball Colthat motto in its final push for the leen Larson will try to contain the postseason. The Panthers return home for the Panther attack as she has led the Skyweekend and are set to host their final hawks with 346 digs this season. The Panthers’ second matchup of two matches in Lantz this season with the weekend offers another oppora lot of on the line. Some might think a five-win team tunity to jump in the standings as a probably will not crack the postseason struggling Southeast Missouri State conference tournament, but Eastern comes to town. The Redhawks are tied with Tenhas a chance to discredit that claim. If there was any time for the Pan- nessee-Martin at 3-9 in conference, but actually have one less win overall thers to do so, it is now. The two matches on slate for the on the season than Eastern. If the Panthers are going to take weekend offer a favorable matchup, and that begins Friday night against advantage of that they will have to control Krissa Gearring, who leads Tennessee-Martin. Eastern heads into the weekend Southeast Missouri with 434 kills this with a 5-22 record overall and 2-10 in season. Jade Mortimer leads the way on deOhio Valley Conference play, as well as the addition of an 0-10 record at fense for the Redhawks as she holds 455 digs on the year as well as averaghome. But the opportunity of this week- ing 4.50 per set. The Panthers will counter that with end presents itself as Tennessee-Martin comes in with similar results on its freshman Lindsey Powers, as she leads the defense in digs. resume. BRYAN BUND | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Freshman Maggie Runge has also Freshman outside hitter Katie Sommer goes up for the block during the Panthers' 3-2 loss to Eastern Kentucky on The Skyhawks are just one game up on the Panthers in the conference been a pivotal part of the defense, Friday, Oct. 14, n Lantz Arena. she ranks second in the OVC inSales Corporation standings and have an overall record TheasNew York Times Syndication blocks-per-set with a 1.24 average. and she is also tied for the nation’s top in that national category, Eastern fac- earn a postseason berth. of 7-20. 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 Sophomore Taylor Smith mark at seven. es this crucial stretch to try and crack Followed by this weekend, the PanTennessee-Martin may come in sitFor Information Call:continues 1-800-972-3550 PanthersFriday, in triple-doubles, ting with Eastern at the bottom of the to lead For the Release November 4,While 2016Smith tries to take her lead the top eight spots in the OVC to thers hit the road for their final two
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Eastern men’s basketball team Swimming opens season at home Sunday teams take Panthers taking on Eureka College in 1st exhibition game By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Just a year ago, a young and inexperienced Eastern men’s basketball was taking the floor, but this year the Panthers have nothing but experience starting when the Panthers take the floor Sunday against Eureka in Lantz Arena. There were only four teams in the country that were playing a younger team than the Panthers and what happened to the Panthers early in the season was understandable, coach Jay Spoonhour said. But as the season went along, Eastern started to put the pieces together and even relied on younger players to help carry the team to a conference tournament berth. The Panthers still only have two seniors on the team this season, but four out of last year’s five starters are returning. Eastern only has one freshman on the team this year and brought in four juniors this season. “I think with those guys coming back and having an understanding of what it takes to win and also knowing what makes you lose, I think that’s part of the reason we started winning,” Spoonhour said. “We stopped doing things that made us lose. Earlier in the season we were doing things that you just can’t do.” This year with the four new j u n i o r s i n f o r w a rd Mu u s a Dama, guard DeVantae’ Price, wing Ray Crossland and guard Montell Goodwin and freshman guard Logan Koch, Spoonhour said the new guys are starting to pick up things quickly. In past seasons, especially last
year, junior point guard Cornell Johnston played heavy minutes and almost every minute of every game. Spoonhour tried to get Johnston rest when he could, but that rest was sometimes under a minute. “If we can get him down to w h e re h e i s o n l y p l a y i n g 3 0 minutes a game, that will be a heck of a deal,” Spoonhour said. “He was tired a lot last year while he was playing.” “ Hi s m i s t a k e s c a m e w h e n he was tired,” Spoonhour said. “ When he would take a bad shot or turn the ball over, it was almost always because he was tired, and he didn’t turn it over much.” Spoonhour said even though Johnston will be challenged for playing time, he is a guy the Panthers need on the floor. Last year, the Panthers ran a lot of the offense through Trae Anderson, who the Panthers lost to graduation, and Anderson would drive the ball down to the basket for a score. But this year is going to be a different style offense for the Panthers. It will be faster compared to last year. Spoonhour said the Panthers will pressure more and guard more to use their speed to their advantage. Anderson was also a teamleader for Eastern, and this year the Panthers will get some leadership from Dama, who only started playing basketball his junior year of high school. “He’s played less basketball than anyone (on the team), but his spirit is so good and his energy is so good that people gravitate toward because he is fun,” Spoonhour said. “He dunks it; he blocks shots.” When the Panthers take the floor Sunday at 6 p.m. against Eureka, not everything will be perfect and it actually will not be about winning or losing for Eastern; it will be about seeing if the players can handle their
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Sophomore forward Patrick Muldoon attempts to shoot a basket before being fouled during the Panthers’ 66-61 loss to Tennessee State Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, at Lantz Arena. The Panthers open their season with an exhibition game 6 p.m. Sunday at Lantz Arena against Eureka College.
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After a great performance from the men’s and women’s swimming teams last Saturday, the Panthers had a week to themselves to recover and get back in training mode for their next opponent. Coach Jacqueline Michalski said the teams have increased their volume by increasing their yards. “We made sure that we are kind of increasing our cardio base so that we have enough endurance to race,” Michalski said. “Next week, we’ll probably do a little bit more intensity work rather than endurance work.” The teams right now are more focused on endurance since there is no meet this week. When there is a meet, the teams then move their focus towards the intensity side of things. Practices build up to the end of the season, which leads to the conference championship. Junior Patrick Wood said the team is training hard this week with the time off and allows them to fix whatever weak points they saw from the first meet. “The time off allows us to fix any stroke technique, tweak any race strategies,” Wood said. “Building up the habits of the corrections made, having a better race plan, and some more endurance and speed from the hard week of training will allow us to progress forward at the next meet.” Michalski emphasized the importance of in-season best times and actual best times. She used junior Brandon Robbins as an example. “The faster you go in-season, usually correlates to having a faster time at the end of season,” Michalski said. “The amount of work Brandon is doing right now, coming to extra practices, extra gym sessions and going above and beyond and swimming even faster, our goal is that it correlates to a faster time in the end.” Michalski said she wants to see the in-season times drop while the teams still work at a high level that leads up to the Summit League Conference championships. The swim teams will be back in action on 6 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Padovan Pool facing Evansville. Tyler McCluskey can be reached at 581-2812 or trmccluskey@eiu.edu.
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‘Playoffs’ start Saturday for Panthers By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The FCS Playoffs may be a few weeks away, but for the Eastern football team the playoffs started after the Panthers lost to Southeast Missouri five weeks ago. Redshirt senior safety Pono Choy said as long as the Panthers can stay sound on defense and play the way they know how to, Eastern can shut down the Tennessee-Martin offense. Saturday’s game will be the final home game for the Panthers in 2016. Eastern is 2-2 at a home with wins coming against Tennessee State and Austin Peay. The Panthers’ losses came against Western and Murray State. Eastern is still ranked in the top 25 in the FCS and could still make the playoffs, but before Eastern wins two in a row, they have to beat 4-1 Tennessee-Martin. Even though Eastern still has its game against Eastern Kentucky regardless of how Saturday’s game turns out, it still plays a larger factor. “We’re already in the ‘playoffs,’” Choy said. “It’s win or go home.” Choy has been a big threat on the Eastern defense that has been a shutdown defense at times, but Choy knows what needs to be done this week to pick up a much-needed win. Coach Kim Dameron’s main statement throughout the year has been execution. Even coming off games the Panthers win, he and the rest of the team look for better execution in every aspect. “We got to execute our defense,” Choy said. “Stop the big plays. I think that’s the biggest thing that we’re having trouble with over the last four to five games.” Last week, Eastern had to go up against Jacksonville State and its strong running attack, and this week the Panthers will go up against a Tennessee-Martin offense that
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Redshirt senior running back Devin Church runs a play during the Panthers' 35-34 win against Tennessee State Saturday, Oct. 8, at O'Brien Field. The Panthers will take on Tennessee-Martin at 1 p.m. Saturday.
likes to come out in different formations. Another key to this game is the Panthers trying to force a turnover. The Panthers have not forced a turnover in back-to-back games. Offensively for the Panthers, they struggled last week against Jacksonville State, but on the positive side, the offense has not struggled like that much at all this season. Redshir t junior quar terback
Mitch Kimble has been injured in back-to-back games against Murray State and Jacksonville State, but he is expected to make the start this weekend. And Dameron expects the Tennessee-Martin defense to ‘get after’ the Panthers’ offense. “They’re a little bit unconventional so that’s a bit of a challenge,” he said. “We just know that they’re going to come in here and they’re
going to play extremely hard; they’re going to be smart, they’re going to be very well coached and that’s the thing we have to do.” “We have to get back to that mindset we were earlier in the season that we’re the ones doing the smart things and we’re the ones that are most physical.” And the Panthers are not the only ones battling for a playoff spot.
Tennessee-Martin is also looking to get in and is in must-win situations in these last couple games. Both teams are playing for their playoff lives, but for Dameron and the team, it is nothing different. The Panthers take on TennesseeMartin 1 p.m. Saturday at O’Brien Field. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Men’s soccer team to battle for tournament berth By Mark Shanahan Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s soccer team will be fighting for a Summit League tournament berth in its matchup against the IUPUI Jaguars on Saturday evening. The stakes are very high for the Panthers, who control their own destiny at this point, as a win or tie could very well put them in the postseason for the first time since 2008. They travel to Indianapolis to take on the Jaguars, who are 1-15-1 overall and 0-5 in conference play. Eastern is 5-10-1 coming into the match and 2-3 in Summit League. Coming off of a 3-1 loss to Cincinnati, the Panthers were riding a three-game winning streak before they made up the postponed match on Tuesday. Freshman Jonathan Huerta recorded his first career goal on Tuesday to prevent the shutouts. Freshman Alex Castaneda leads the team with his three goals this season. Junior defender Zac Medawattage said the team knows what it has to do when it comes to preparation. “We are just trying to stay focused and take it one day at a time,” he said. “We know what we have to do, and we’ll be ready.” Junior goalkeeper Mike Novotny comes into the match ranked second in the Summit League with 53 saves and a 3.53 saves per game average.
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Sophomore midfielder Kris Luke gets past a Fort Wayne opponent during the Panthers' 1-0 win Sunday, Oct. 23, at the west practice field.
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centage. Medawattage said they have a different but good feeling about this match as it approaches. “It has a different feel because we know so much is on the line,” he said. “But I would say it’s a good feeling we have going into it.” Under first-year head coach Brian Barnett, the Jaguars have struggle this season but have shown some fight with forcing double overtime in two of their last three games. They lost to Summit League opponent Fort Wayne 3-2 in extra time and tied Northern Kentucky before being blown out 5-0 to Valparaiso their last time out. The leading scorer for IUPUI’s offense is Uriel Macias, who has three goals on the season giving him six points. Pape Ndiaye is the team leader in shots on goal with 16 and has two goals for four points on the year. Joshua Ayala, Pedro Valladao and Ben Thornton are all tied for the most assists on the team with two. Josh Gray is the starting goalkeeper for the Jaguars and 72 saves on the season. He has a save percentage of .643 and a goals against average of 2.64. He is responsible for the team’s lone win this year that came by a shutout. The match is at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Indianapolis. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.