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Bailey Kingston, a senior sociology major, shoots at her friends on the opposing team during a game of laser tag during the “Glow Haunted Laser Tag” event in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. “I’m pretty sweaty and I need my inhaler,” Kingston said after finishing the game.
An art history professor at Eastern died 9:20 a.m. Tuesday morning at BarnesJewish Hospital in St. Louis. Dr. Mary Caroline Simpson The professor, Mary Caroline Simpson, 56, came to Eastern in the fall 2007, university spokesperson Vicki Woodard said. According to the university’s website, along with teaching, Simpson was also the graduate coordinator of the Masters Studio Program. There is a tentative memorial service being planned on campus for later in the week. The story will be updated as more information becomes available
Athletic Workgroup talks data By Cassie Buchman News Editor |@cjbuchman Workgroup no. 4, focusing on intercollegiate athletics, spoke with Jim Davis, the faculty athletics representative for Eastern, about data they could use when researching athletics for the vitalization project. Davis brought up exit interview data conducted with graduating athletes. Exit interviews are conducted through an online survey with all the seniors in three parts, fall summer and spring, and then randomly select half
of these athletes to have a face-to-face interview. During the interview there are three faculty members, one student and someone from the athletic administration present. For the last couple years, Davis said, the comments have not been as positive as they once were. “I would say the last couple of years have been different from my previous experience,” Davis said. However, if the group were to go through the books from past years and interviews, they would find negative comments as well.
Davis called this all “a sign of the times.” “Reduced resources, reduced coaching staffs, reduced training staffs,” Davis said. Year after year, Davis said, facilities have always been an issue that comes up in exit interviews. “If it’s weight room, locker room, whatever, and it’s fairly consistent,” Davis said. “That’s obviously a concern, from my view it’s a safety issue.” He said athletes experiences may have not been what they expected from a Division I institution. Steve Rich, assistant vice president
for advances, said the university needs the resources for facilities and to support student athletes. Chemistry professor Dan Sheeran asked if athletics was staying in budget. Davis said the board reviewed a budget, but most people on the board do not have the expertise to look at or analyze the budget. They do get a report three times a year on progress on the budget. “We try to improve that over time,” Davis said. “We don’t approve the budget, we don’t do anything like that.”
Davis said when it comes to the budget, for athletics, money comes in at different times. “You never know if it’s in the red, there’s money coming you just don’t see that until the end,” Davis said. He said he shows the budget information to faculty senate, and anyone else who wants to see it. Davis said there are underlying issues to cutting sports because of Title 9 regulations. “If we do that, you have to make sure everything is in place, Title 0 compliant,” Davis said. “And you’re losing students at a time we’re already down. That’s a tough decision.” Athletic, page 5
Workgroup looks at recommendations By Cassie Buchman News Editor |@cjbuchman Workgroup no.7 handed in note cards stating their recommendations for the future of academic programs on campus at their meeting Tuesday. On each note card, the members took every program and assigned it a one, recommending it continue with increased resources; a two, recommending the program needs to enhance its marketability; a three to recommend plans to improve its efficiency or a four signifies that a program should be deleted or outsourced. Workgroup chair Cindy Rich, program director of secondary education and foundations, said the group would not be going over the recom-
mendations at meetings; instead, everyone will be split into pairs to compile and put all of the note cards together. These results will go into the preliminary report, which will be sent to the administration. “Hopefully, department chairs get (the report) and they will respond so anything that we’re missing they can tell us ‘Hey, we’re doing this to address our enrollment decline or we’re creating this online program to increase enrollment,’” Rich said. “So when they give us those responses that’s what’s going to go into our final report.” In the report, the group plans to put their majority and minority opinions on what their recommendations are.
Rich said the workgroups have a good mix of faculty and staff who know about academic programs, though she does not know what the recommendations necessarily are. “We know which programs students are looking at. The top majors with higher enrollment are indicative of strong programs, but the liberal arts and gen ed (classes) are very, very important so nobody’s discounting them,” Rich said. Rich said when looking at top majors besides the general studies program, there was kinesiology and sports studies, psychology, communication studies, biological studies, family and consumer sciences, elementary education, management, marketing, sociology and the nursing program. “We’re seeing students that have
a focus in a specific content area but a robust general education program is important to all of us,” Rich said. “Everybody here wants that. Nobody wants that to go away. But you see who is going to EIU and why.” She said some departments have a small number of majors, but can be used for general education student hours. “Because so many people want those classes, there’s no way to get rid of those classes,” she said. Though recommendations for academic programs themselves were not explicitly addressed, business professor Scott Stevens said the comprehensive nature of a liberal arts education made eliminating programs difficult, so he looked at it from a structural standpoint.
“I’m not real happy about it, but one of my recommendations is to eliminate my job,” Stevens said. “If you’re going to be fair, you’re going to be fair.” Stevens, a Unit B faculty member, said he did a labor analysis based on the data he was given, and now believe there are too many part-time, adjuncts Unit B non-tenured faculty on this campus. “They could be eliminated,” Stevens said. “The numbers show that based on the analysis based on student credit hours per faculty member.” Rich said students are needed to fill classes to let faculty do what they need to do. Workgroup No.7, page 5
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Students look forward to World Series By Marisa Foglia Pop Culture Reporter | @DEN_News
The 2016 Major League Baseball World Series started Tuesday and students are ready to watch, what they say is, a historical game between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. Both teams have gone the longest without winning a World Series in Major League Baseball history. This game will change everything for one of the two teams, especially as they both have an alleged curse on them. The Chicago Cubs have reportedly been cursed since 1945, when they kicked Billy Sianis, the owner of Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago and his goat Murphy out of Wrigley Field. “Them Cubs, they ain’t gonna win no more,” Sianis said, according to CBS Sports. The Indian's curse, beginning in 1948, comes from their symbol, Chief Wahoo, which is the cartooned depiction of a real Native American chief that left many people outraged at what they called blatant racism. Ac-
cording to Cleveland Scene, the curse is more of a superstition that acts like karma, preventing the Indians from winning. Mary Blair, a senior applied engineering and technology major said she does not believe in the Cub's curse. Instead, Blair said the Cub's management has never pushed them to do well before since their fans will remain loyal to the team no matter what. Brandon Winner, a senior public relations major, said he does not believe in the curses, but if the Cubs still do not win this year, he might start believing in them. “I don’t think one man can be responsible for a whole curse,” Winner said. Winner said he thinks the Cleveland pitching staff is so good they are going to be able to shut the Cubs down a few times, but the Cubs have such a good lineup that it is going to take up at least six or seven of the games. Frank Monier, a junior theatre arts major, predicts there will be a good, solid five games and the Cubs will win
the sixth game. Blair said the Cubs will be able to finish the series early, considering how well they played in the playoffs. Some necessities students want when watching the games are a group of friends, family and good food. Amanda Aguilar, a junior communication disorders and sciences major, said she plans on watching the games from home. “If the Cubs are getting close to winning, I might go back to Chicago and sit outside Wrigley Field,” Aguilar said. Winner said he is going to go out with his friends and watch a few innings at their apartment before trying to watch the games over at Marty’s afterwards. As for who people are rooting for, students are divided. “Definitely not the Cubs,” Winner said. “I’m a Cardinals fan, so I refuse to root for the Cubs.” However, Winner still admitted it could be nice to see the Cubs to win, since it has been so long and “they deserve a bone once in a while.” If the Indians win, Winner will celebrate by
trash-talking his friends who rooted for the Cubs. Aguilar said she will be very happy if the Cubs win this year. “When I found out they were going to the World Series, I actually cried,” she said. Monier said he hopes the Cubs will win this year. “I am actually a White Sox fan, but I have enough respect for the Cubs that I prefer them,” he said. Winner said winning the World Series would do wonders for the Cubs and that ratings for baseball in general would go up just from these two teams alone. “Winning could change the next fifty years of that team’s future,” he said. Amanda said the Cubs winning will give Chicago its sense of pride back. “Every time a team wins something, The Blackhawks, The White Sox, the city goes into a frenzy and with the Cubs, everybody is going to go crazy,” Aguilar said.
The school has said that Karnezis died during a Sigma Chi fraternity social event in the rural community of Dennison, Illinois. The television station reports that Indiana State has confirmed that all operations of the Sigma Chi Fraternity have been suspended as protocol while officials investigate the incident.
al officers on duty Nov. 8. School officials already are on edge because of the shootings and threats that have become all too common. They point to the recent firebombing of a Republican Party office in one North Carolina county and the shooting-up of another with a BB gun as the type of trouble they fear on Election Day. Some of those anxieties have been stoked by Donald Trump's repeated claims that the election is rigged and his appeal to his supporters to stand guard against fraud at the polls. Some are worried about clashes between the self-appointed observers and voters. Schools are popular polling places because they have plenty of parking and are usually centrally located. It's difficult to say how many school-based polling places have been moved this year, given how decentralized the voting process is across the country. But state and local officials say voting has been removed or classes have been canceled on Election Day at schools in Illinois, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and elsewhere.
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Man with sons in arms dies in leap from bridge; boys survive WANAQUE, N.J. (AP) — A man died after jumping off a highway bridge with his two toddler sons in his arms, yet the boys survived the 100foot plunge into a wooded area and are expected to make a full recovery. John Spincken was holding the boys, ages 1 and 3, when he leaped from the Wanaque Bridge on Interstate 287 on Monday night, state police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene; the boys were found nearby, near the Wanaque River, police said. "When the officers found the children conscious and alert it was nothing short of a miracle, that's for sure," Pequannock Township police Capt. Christopher DePuyt said on Tuesday. The incident began Monday night with a call from a friend of Spincken's wife, who said Spincken had taken the toddlers and threatened to harm them. DePuyt says Spincken was tracked through his cellphone and po-
lice found his unoccupied car on the bridge. Spincken apparently climbed on top of his car and then scaled a 12-foot-high fence meant to prevent people from jumping off the bridge, DePuyt said. Police believe tree branches helped cushion the boys' fall. The boys, whose injuries weren't disclosed, were hospitalized in fair condition on Tuesday.
College student accidently drowns DENNISON, Ill. (AP) — An 18-year-old Indiana State University freshman drowned after apparently falling from a boat into a small pond during a fraternity event in Illinois. WTHI-TV reports Tuesday that autopsy results on Yiorgo Karnezis of Munster, Indiana, are consistent with an accidental drowning. Toxicology results will take another two to six weeks. The Clark County, Illinois, sheriff's department responded early Sunday and said the victim was pronounced dead at a hospital after he was pulled from a pond.
Some US schools fear election day FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Rigged elections. Vigilante observers. Angry voters. The claims, threats and passions surrounding the presidential race have led communities around the U.S. to move polling places out of schools or cancel classes on Election Day. The fear is that the ugly rhetoric of the campaign could escalate into confrontations and even violence in school hallways, endangering students. "If anybody can sit there and say they don't think this is a contentious election, then they aren't paying much attention," said Ed Tolan, police chief in this seaside community, which decided to call off classes on Election Day and put addition-
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Coleman becomes Halloween Hall By Angelica Cataldo Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_News The English Club haunted the third floor of Coleman Hall Tuesday night in anticipation for Halloween. About 100 people showed up to Coleman Hall for movies, Monster Mad Libs, Halloween bingo, Halloween crafts, trick-ortreat snacks and tarot card readings. The movies shown were Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” and Tim Burton’s “Nightmare Before Christmas.” The bingo game had a spooky theme revolving around horror literature. There was also a room with bowls filled with various candies that were free for attendees. A long line formed against the wall outside a classroom where Angela Vietto, English professor and English Club adviser, was reading tarot cards. Some people even came in dressed in costumes. Christy Vasilopoulos, a junior English major, was dressed in a Batman onesie and floated from room to room, helping with various activities. “It went really well,” Vasilopoulos, a member of the English Club, said. “At the beginning of the year we talked about how it would be fun to do a haunted house or something like that, and then we finally just said ‘let’s make it happen.’” “We hit a strike of luck this semester,” English Club President Brandon Berglund said. “So many new members joined and things just fell into place.” Berglund said the English Club has been in and out of an active registered student organization status, but this semester many
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Morgan Brown, a freshman English education major, and Cara Soucie, a freshman family and consumer sciences major, color Halloween themed coloring pages during the “Haunted Coleman” event Tuesday in Coleman Hall.
new freshmen and transfer students have joined to kept the club officially active. English Club Secretary Autumn Frykholm said one of the newer members was the person who suggested the Halloweenthemed hallway.
“We had an amazing turnout,” Frykholm said. “We had way more people come than we thought we were going to have.” The English Club has a few more events planned for the rest of the semester. One is a poetry slam contest on Tuesday, Nov. 1 in
the Lumpkin Hall Auditorium. Angelica Cataldo can be reached at 581-2812 or amcataldo@eiu.edu.
Student Senate applications to be available next week By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News Applications to be on the Student Senate will be available starting Wednesday, Oct.26. and will be due on Wednesday Nov. 16. The Student Senate will discuss these applications and the “It’s On Us” Campaign at its meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Arcola/Tuscola room.
The senate did not meet last week out of respect for Tyler Behnke, who died Monday, Oct. 10. His memorial ser vice was scheduled at the same time as the meeting. Student Body President Catie Witt said an election for a new Speaker of the Senate will be held during the last meeting of the semester. Witt also said set up for the “It’s On Us” Campaign is going well, with speaker Jackie Mortillaro lined up to share her experi-
ences. Witt said the time and place Mortillaro will speak is going to be announced at a later date. Witt said she and her “It’s On Us” Campaign committee are aiming for Mortillaro to either come in March before spring break or April for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. She said the next committee meeting for the “It’s On Us” Campaign is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 in the Student Activ-
ities Center in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The committee is planning a month full of activities for April and a dodgeball tournament before the semester ends. Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 5812812 or at scnusbaum@eiu.edu.
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Third parties are still part of competition
During this presidential election, it can be easy to forget that there are other parties running aside from the GOP and Democratic party. Those other parties are the Green party and Libertarian party. Jill Stein and Gary Johnson are the respective candidates for those parties, and they have not stayed silent during this election. Now, I am not saying these candidates are by any means a better choice than that of the Democratic or GOP nominees. However, an informed voter is a happy voter in my book. Stein and Johnson did not have enough support to be able to participate in the presidential debates, but that has not stopped them from being vocal about their stances and their presence. Jill Stein was the Green Party’s nominee for the 2012 election and is also a physician. Her VP nominee is Ajamu Baraka, who is a human rights activist. Stein is quite the tweeter, and has actively shared her thoughts on the Democratic and GOP nominees, Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. She is for the $15-per-hour federal minimum wage and the act of making public school accessible and “free.”Stein is also against fracking and offshore oil drilling. She wants to lead a global treaty to “halt” climate change, hence her nomination for the Green Party. She is also for the federal legalization of marijuana and is a supporter of the LGBTQ community. According to her campaign website, Stein wants to “cut military spending by 50 percent and (more than) 700 foreign military bases that are turning our republic into a bankrupt empire.” She is also for creating a “welcoming path to citizenship for immigrants.” Many of her policies heavily align with that of the Democratic party, and she has a plan for universal federal health care. Gary Johnson has more conservative leaning views, but avoids aligning himself with the values of the GOP. Aside from not knowing what or where Aleppo is, he has also been making the news for his vocalization of his opinions. He was elected as the Republican Governor for New Mexico, and has experience holding a public office. His VP nominee is William Weld who is a former governor of Massachusetts. Johnson’s immigration policy is not completely defined. However, according to his candidate website, he wants to create an “efficient system of providing work visas, conducting background checks, and incentivizing non-citizens to pay their taxes, obtain proof of employment, and otherwise assimilate with (America’s) diverse society.” Johnson heavily supports U.S. veterans and law enforcement. He wants to the criminal justice system, cut down on incarcerations, and “end the war on drugs.” Johnson is pro-choice and supports marriage equality, as well as the freedom of religion. He also states that he wants to uphold the rights and liberties written in the U.S. Constitution. He wants to eliminate the implementation of Common Core and get rid of the federal Department of Education. Both candidates are very firm in wanting to end government surveillance and keep the internet a free and easily accessible mechanism for American citizens. Both candidates are also vocal about their dislike for both Clinton’s and Trump’s policies and campaigns so far. I am not saying either candidate ranks high on my list, but it is good to know all your options before making an important decision come Election Day. Angelica Cataldo is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or amcataldo@eiu.edu.
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RSO fundraisers are a great awareness tool This week, EIU FEM fundraised with chocolates shaped like vaginas. The vagina pop fundraiser is an annual event, and it never fails to make a few people uncomfortable. Folks are understandably nervous to see tiny versions of genitals passed out on sticks for the hilarious culinary pleasure of any passing college student who has a few bucks to spare. However, the fundraiser capitalizes on this discomfort because FEM wants to make a salient point about the persistence and depth of sexism in our culture. Many people in Western culture are perfectly comfortable with phallic images. We use them in academia, drawing analyses of male-symbolic and male-centric artwork with ease, reading sexuality and virility into the romantic works of male authors and even taking the recreation of penises in artwork in stride. In our day-to-day
lives, we alternate between ignoring casual graffiti of penises to giggling about their usage in comedy settings. We buy stock in dick-shaped drinking straws and we gleefully listen to jokes about penises. We do not extend the same grace to vaginas. We would rather pretend they did not exist, actually. FEM is doing important work. They are serving up delicious chocolate vaginas with a wrapping of anti-sexism and normalization of yonic imagery. Fundraisers are, after all, an important part of the social justice and awareness work that many of Eastern’s RSOs do. Living in such a small area, often student activists cannot do as much outreach work as they would like to do, but we are in a great environment to foundationally change hearts and minds of the open-
minded moderates who live, work and study in the Charleston area. These fundraisers like FEM’s vagina pop sale might seem like tongue-in-cheek joke events, but they are really reflective of both a commitment to social change and a token Midwestern lightheartedness—the perfect combination to win support in a lasting way. The News congratulates EIU FEM on a continually successful vagina pop sale and on an innovative way of recasting vaginas as equally funny and equally deserving of public attention as penises. We would also like to encourage students who have not already purchased a chocolate vagina to buy one. They are as tasty as they are savvy. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Democrat voters need to keep fighting
The Donald Trump campaign is starting to understand that they are losing the grip on the election, and this might allow for an Electoral landslide to occur on this election. An article published on October 23rd, 2016 by the BBC printed a statement from the Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway claiming that “we are behind. We’re not giving up. We know we can win this.” The past Friday as well Trump gave a statement regarding the possibility of losing the election. The new polls, which are being continually updated, all are pointing on Clinton taking the election. She is still ahead on major battleground election states. Polling in heavy conservative states like Utah and Arizona are even pointing at the possibility of Democratic leanings, which have not occurred for several decades. Polls have been wrong before, but the leaning of a variety of polls, even on strong conservative websites, are starting to display the change in the tide of this election. “The demographics in the state are continuing to change,” stated an Arizona State University political science professor Richard Herrera in a piece for the BBC. This could be the final downfall of the grip of the Republican party showing the change in thinking, awakening and progressivism. Chances are, though, that the Republican party will live on. The next steps are to make sure everyone makes
Juan Nevarez it to the polls. Every single United States Citizen has the right to vote, and the right should be used to be a great outstanding citizen regardless of political affiliation. According to the BBC, the two candidates will continue to use their mobilization to effectively attempt to target undecided voters, as well as huge appearances in the battleground states like Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania. According to an article published on October 25th, 2016 by Huffington Post states that President Barack Obama is on the campaign trail in order to lock in his current Democratic regime. Obama was in Cleveland the past week, and states that “all that progress goes out the window if we don’t make the right choice, right now.” This warning should be reminded to left-leaning registered voters, and must
be expressed that Obama’s legacy needs to continue if we are to continue the left’s platform of a progressive agenda. This is a variety of issues ranging from: workplace standards, environmental regulation, Affordable Care Act, Immigration reform, sensible gun control, foreign policy and criminal justice reform. Americans are also showing strong feelings of election anxiety and stress. Americans are tired of this election and tired because of both candidates from both sides of the political spectrum. Thankfully the election will soon be over and whatever outcome comes this way we must be ready to make sure the parties hold up to the standards expected from the American people. Voters need to get out and vote on Tuesday November 8th, or participate in early voting which is occurring in Charleston as well as few days here on campus. The new president will receive his or her inauguration on January 20th, 2017. It cannot be stressed enough how important it is for everyone to voice their opinions in the election. Yes, the electoral decides based of the popular vote, but everyone should participate. Juan Nevarez is a senior political science major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or jnnevarez@eiu.edu.
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For other data, the group is also asking feedback from coaches, community members, student athletes, and others as well as looking at the expenses of different athletic aspects. Workgroup chair Tami Babbs, assistant comptroller, said they were trying to keep an eye on what athletics is spending. Babbs said she has not seen anyone’s recommendations as of yet, though she thinks that facilities are probably coming up as an issue during many Workgroup meetings. She said at this point, she does not know if this in an area the group will touch on in their report, but there is Workgroup no. 5 which deals specifically with facilities. The Workgroup is expected to have a rough draft of what they think on Friday and a finalized version on Monday. Their preliminary report is due Tuesday, and will be forwarded to the president, the vice presidents and unit leaders for further review. Final recommendations are due Thursday, Dec.15. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu. MOLLY DOTSON | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
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“A thousand students changes everything,” Rich said. She said Stevens’ recommendations will probably be put in their comments. “It is a problem, and I know faculty are stepping up, people are
teaching other classes, combining some faculty (who teach) upperlevel classes are now teaching lower classes,” Rich said. Mike Murray, director of development at the Neal Welcome Center, said the group is meeting be-
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cause the university has issues that relate to enrollment and finances, which are tied together. “We’re at a place and time right now where nothing is sacred,” Murray said. “Not that there aren’t people who they think are sacred,
got to get out of boundaries here.” Rich said all the data has been reviewed; now, it is just a matter of submitting the recommendations. “I don’t know what recommendations could look like,” she said.
“It’s all based on how people look at the information.” Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
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Cross-Country expects strong finish A successful season has Eastern runners aiming high in OVC Championships By Kaitlin Cordes Cross Country Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern cross-country team should find itself placing high in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship rankings in both the men’s and women’s divisions. One team Eastern needs to watch out for, however, is Eastern Kentucky. The Eastern Kentucky men’s team has won two of their five meets so far this season, while the women have won two of their four meets on the year. The men have placed within the top10 in two meets in which the team was not the top finisher. The women appeared in the top-10 spot in one other meet. Sophomore Charlotte Imer is leading
the EKU women’s team and was recently named an OVC Co-Runner of the Week following a personal-best performance at the Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind., on Oct. 15. Imer ran the sixkilometer course in 20 minutes, 32.9 seconds. Graduate student Amos Kosgey also received an OVC Runner of the Week honor earlier this month after finishing 10th out of 201 competitors at the Joe Pine Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 23:57.1 on the eight-kilometer trail. Kosgey has received four OVC Runner of the Year honors in his time at EKU as well. Based on Eastern’s performances so far this year, the Panthers should be able to topple the Colonels, who were voted in the preseason to finish first in the conference. Eastern, the expected second-place conference finisher, should fare well on the men’s side. Senior Paxson Menard has run the
Kaitlin Cordes team’s fastest time this season with a ninth place time of 24:38.7 at the Bradley “Pink” Classic on Oct. 14. Menard has been Eastern’s top finisher for two of the team’s five meets. Senior Riley McInerney ran times very close to Menard’s with McInerney, clocking his fastest time this season at Notre Dame with a fifth place result of 24:40.8. Junior Maria Baldwin has consistently been a top scored runner for Eastern this
season, as well. Baldwin won the team’s first meet of the season with a time of 17:48.92 on the 5K course. She also recorded a school recordbreaking time at Notre Dame by placing 18th with a time of 17:40.1. Seniors Ivy Handley, Ruth Garippo, Rachel Garippo and Julie James as well as freshmen Sadie Elliot have been amongst Eastern’s scored runners in all meets except the Illini Open in which they did not participate. Handley and the Garippo’s each earned their personal best times at the Notre Dame Invitational this season as well, each running under 19 minutes. The predicted conference finishes may prove to be inaccurate come Saturday when the OVC teams square off in Nashville, Tenn. Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or krcordes@eiu.edu.
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Volleyball team seeking revenge against SIUE By Mark Shanahan Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team will face off against Southern IllinoisEdwardsville Cougars in a mid-week Ohio Valley Conference match on Wednesday night. Eastern split its road matches this past weekend against Jacksonville State and Tennessee Tech. The Panthers defeated Jacksonville State in five sets, despite dropping two straight sets after winning the first two. The Panthers went into five sets
with Tennessee Tech also after trading off the first four sets. Ultimately, Tennessee Tech took the last set to win the matchup 3-2. Eastern will try to get revenge on SIUE who swept them 3-0 earlier in the season. SIUE is currently second in the OVC with a record of 8-2 against conference opponents. The Cougars overall record is 15-6 and they have yet to lose on the road this season with a record of 7-0. The Cougars have lost just two of their last 10 matches and are currently on a fourmatch win streak. Eastern finds it-
self at the bottom of the OVC with a record of 5-20 overall and 2-8 in conference play. The Panthers have not won at Lantz Arena yet this year with a 0-9 record at home. The SIUE offense is led by junior Taylor Joens who has 230 kills this season with an average of 2.77 killsper-set. Joens is third in the OVC with a .301 hitting percentage. The Cougars defense is led by junior Carley Ramich who is the team’s block leader with 93 blocks this season and 1.18 blocks-per-set. She is third best in the OVC in blocksper-set. Redshirt freshman Saman-
tha Knight is the team’s assist leader with 4.30 assists-per-set. Eastern has the second-best total in blocks-per-set in OVC play with 2.48. They rank the sixth best in hitting percentage with a percentage of .185, ninth lowest in hitting percentage at 1.99 and they are they eighth best in digs-per-set with 15.00. Sophomore Taylor Smith still leads the nation in triple-doubles with seven on the season. Freshman Maggie Runge is the top individual blocker in the conference with 1.29 blocks-per-set. Redshirt fresh-
man Gina Furlin has been leading the Panther attack with her 6.44 assists-per-set, which ranks her ninth best in the conference. Junior Allie Hueston is third best in the conference with 1.20 blocks-per-set. The Panthers will have just five more chances after Wednesday night’s matchup to get back into the postseason tournament conversation. Two of those five matches will be at home. The match against SIUE is set to begin at 6 p.m. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.
Women’s golf team concludes their fall schedule By Vince Lovergine Women’s golf reporter|@densports The Eastern women’s golf team wrapped up the last 18 holes of their final invitational of the fall schedule on Tuesday. The Panthers continued their strong play as a team in day two, and as a result, Eastern posted its best overall mark in the standings of the fall season.
Junior Anne Bahr tied for 17th out the 58 qualifying players on day two, shooting an 81 in round two to bring her combined total to 159. Bahr said she liked her team’s effort today and it resulted in another strong performance. “I think we were all a little more comfortable with the course and how it was playing,” she said. “Which helped to lower the team score.”
Senior Chloe Wong was right behind Bahr finishing in a tie at 22nd after shooting an eight over par for a total of 161. Senior Madison Burgett finished in a four-way tie placing 41st for Eastern shooting a 12-over 84. Her round two score of 84 brought her overall score to 169. Senior Alexandra Pickens placed in a three-way tie for 47th after a 12-over 84. She dropped her round
two score by six points giving her a total score of 174. So p h o m o re K a t l y n H a s p re y placed 58th in the invitational firing a 94 in round two. Her total score was 187 concluding the day for Eastern. The host team Evansville took home first place with a score of 617, edging out Butler University who finished with a score of 620. In third place was Indiana State Uni-
versity for a total of 622. Following them was Northern Kentucky (625), Valparaiso (636), Chicago State (642) and Lipscomb University (649). In the bottom two spots of the standings, Eastern finished eighth (663), followed by Tennessee State (699). Vince Lovergine can be reached at 581-2812 or vplovergine@eiu.edu.
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Hueston finding success after injury By Maher Kawash Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports Injuries are always one of the toughest and most difficult things to endure in sports, but that has not stopped junior Allie Hueston from succeeding with the Eastern volleyball team. In fact, it has just been another step in what has been an accolade-filled career through her first two and a half years as a Panther. Hueston tore her labrum in the spring season, leading to her being sidelined for the first 14 games of this season. Hueston returned to the court with her team last month. “I definitely think the shoulder injury was a setback, but I think it helped me realize what I needed to do to get better,” Hueston said. The injury rehab process is never easy, and for Hueston there was a tall hill to climb to recover in the past year. “Volleyball is her passion and she was determined to get back out on the court,” Eastern coach Sam Wolinski said. “Her injury was not going to be a detriment to what she loves doing and that is volleyball.” Hueston said it took a lot of rehab then and now to recover, but even the rehab and recover cannot prevent the occasional soreness that still comes around. While the soreness comes and goes, it has not impacted her game since returning. “I just have to warm up a lot longer than what I usually would,” Hueston said. “I always feel it, but I never think it really affects me; it’s just I have two years left so why not get through it.” Since rejoining the squad, Hueston has not only gotten better but she has become one of the leaders on a young Eastern team. “Allie is the model of consistency when she is out on the court, and has such an even keel demeanor,” Wolinski said. As the Panthers carry on this season with no seniors, that demeanor is needed from Hueston as one of Eastern’s leaders. Hueston said she is not your typical veteran. “I don’t mind the role, but I’m not much a vocal leader because I like to just lead by example,” Hueston said. “It’s easy on the court because I don’t have to say much.” Her attack may be quiet, but it has not only benefited the Panthers leadership; it has also led to positive numbers on the court. Hueston’s most recent success came after she combined 25 kills in two matches against Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State last weekend. That has been the story for Hueston in her short time back with the team. She has notched 10 or more kills four times this season, and has had at least five in every match but one. The immediate success does not come as a surprise considering the success Hueston had before her injury. In her freshman year, Hueston earned honors as a member of the OVC AllNewcomer Team while competing in all 31 matches that season. More of the same continued in her sophomore campaign as she ranked third in program history with a .346 hitting percentage before injuring her shoulder. Her stellar numbers that season were good enough for Hueston to be named to the All-OVC team. Now a year removed, she is headed back in that direction. In just 11 games since her return to the court, she has also posted 110 total points this season with an additional 53 blocks. The recent success continued with a season high 17.5 points against Jackson-
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Junior middle hitter Allie Hueston has 81 kills on the season despite playing in only 44 sets. Hueston was sidelined early in the season with a shoulder injury.
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Junior Allie Hueston attempts a kill Friday Oct. 7 against Austin Peay at Lanz Arena. Hueston led the Panthers in blocks with six in the 3-0 loss.
ville State for her fourth time in doubledigit scoring this year. While Hueston said she is more of a quiet leader, her performance and coach say otherwise. “She became way more active giving feedback and cheering on her teammates,” Wolinski said. “From a playing standpoint, she has improved her blocking skills and is learning to make herself a more effective point scorer out of the middle.” But the difference this time around is the team Hueston returns to the court with.
“Last year we had really good leaders, and we hope to be that for the younger girls,” Hueston said. “It’s just kind of taking what they taught us on and off court such as being there for the young girls whether its volleyball, school, or college in general.” The first two seasons were not only filled with success for her, but her team
as well. Hueston was a part of an Eastern squad that made its way to the conference tournament last year, but this season has been more of a rebuild. “We’ve been getting better, and it can really only go up from here,” she said. “I think we’ve realized a lot of things along the way, and it was just a big adjustment
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in the beginning.” The Panthers may have had some struggles, but Hueston is still positive in her team and personal play. “Everybody gets down and it’s not fun to lose, but losing makes you want to win more than you ever have,” Hueston said. “I definitely think there is motivation there for everybody.” The regular season is in its final stretch before the postseason tournament, but Hueston has one goal and that is improvement. “I just want to keep making my game strong, and helping the younger girls with their volleyball IQ and mental part of the game,” Hueston said. Hueston’s contributions to the team have not gone unnoticed, and Wolinski realized that when the junior was sidelined. “When she had to miss part of the season that was very difficult for her, but she learned how to help her teammates,” Wolinski said. With over a year left to still help her teammates as well as her own play, Hueston has already posted consistent numbers in her career. Through a little over two and a half seasons, the junior has a .295 career hitting percentage and 647 kills overall. Before missing part of this season to injury, Hueston had at least 260 kills in her first two seasons as well as 81 in 11 matches this season. Hueston has six matches left on the 2016 campaign and as far as health goes, her performance has masked any injury on and off the court for the Eastern volleyball team. Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.