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Protesters from all over the state rally for full funding for higher education in Illinois at the State Capitol in Springfield on Wednesday.
Higher ed supporters rally for funds By Analicia Haynes Online Editor | @DEN_news Supporters for higher education across the state made the journey to Springfield Wednesday, despite a blizzard, to rally for higher education and Monetary Award Program Grant funding. Led by the The Illinois Coalition to Invest in Higher Education, the rally served as part of a sustained effort to let the governor and legislators know that supporters for higher education are not going away, David Tretter, the president of the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities, said. The coalition is an umbrella group for colleges, universities and their supporters. Tretter, who introduced many of the speakers, called the budget situation shameful. “We’re doing real damage to the state, taking away opportunities for Illinois residents to be able to go to college,” he said. “And we’re picking on the poorest students of all who receive the MAP grant, so we know that if those students don’t get their MAP grants they essentially don’t go to college.”
Signs with statements such as “Higher Education is the Future,” and “Fund Education for Fund’s Sake” hovered over the crowd, held up by students who chanted and cheered along with the many speakers. These students included William Riley, a junior aviation administration and public policy major from Lewis University, who said if he does not get his MAP grant funding for this year, it would be a struggle to return to his university. “If you don’t invest in your education in your state, then your state is doomed to fail,” Riley said. “Education, that’s your pathway through life. If you don’t have a quality education how are you going to be prepared for the jobs of the future.” Riley drove down to Springfield with other peers from his university and said he is not just rallying for MAP grants, rather, for an entire budget and said he wants to let his legislator know that. “My question to the legislators is this: What’s the game plan?” Tretter said. “We talk about wanting to build the economy, bring in businesses, and if you devastate the higher education system, you can almost guarantee that’s never going to happen.”
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Chris Welch, The Illinois State Representative from the 7th district and a member of the appropriations for higher education committee emphasizes the need to invest in higher education.
Tretter said the budget impasse affects many different people in every district and feels it is the job of the coalition to make the case and represent all those who could not make the trip. “800,000 students across the state trying to find their way to get their education, and isn’t it a little ironic that most of these legislators have not only
one college degree, but some of them have master’s degrees?” Tretter said. “We want to give these Illinois residents the same opportunity that most of these legislators had. Someone helped them go to college…and we’re taking all those opportunities away from the people they’re supposed to represent.”
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EIU Fem host, “Dark Girls” to talk colorism By Molly Smith Contributing Writer | @DEN_News A documentary on the attitudes and biases dark-skinned women face, “Dark Girls,” will be shown as a part of African-American Heritage Month. “Dark Girls” is set to start 7 p.m. Thursday in the Phipps Lecture Hall of the Physical Science Building and
will be followed by a discussion panel. Maya Lee, president of EIU Fem, said the group’s main goal is to empower women and focus on intersectionality. She said EIU Fem chose to show “Dark Girls” because it brings to light issues that African-American women face. The film focuses on struggles such as self-esteem issues that women of
color have, and will also touch on the multi-billion dollar business of skin bleaching creams, which darker-skinned women of color sometimes feel the need to use to keep up with beauty standards. Lee said she thinks the film teaches viewers about the dialogue on colorism, or discrimination against those with darker skin. “It is an overlooked issue in the
black community, so we want to start a conversation on this so hopefully we can open people’s minds,” she said. “…The point of the movie is saying that the treatment that dark women face is unfair because people are beautiful no matter their shade of skin.” Molly Smith can be reached at 5812812 or mesmith7@eiu.edu
By Leon Mire Associate News Editor | @DEN_News Students and faculty who wish to learn more about common legal issues can now book presentations for their class or organization with a new program offered by Student Legal Services. The form to schedule a presentation can be accessed on the Student Legal Services website by clicking on “Request a Speaker.” Presentations should be requested at least two weeks in advance. Kirsten Bays, interim director of Student Legal Services, said she was willing to speak on a variety of legal topics guided by students’ needs. Bays said she would be especially interested in speaking to students at residence halls and fraternities and sororities. She will also speak in classes if the instructor wants to discuss a specific legal topic or Illinois law more in-depth as well as talk to university professionals to help them guide students through issues they commonly face. Although Bays is the only staff attorney on campus, she said she has professional connections with other local attorneys who have expressed interest in giving presentations if the topic is outside her expertise. One of the topics she has already prepared a presentation for is “How to Expunge Your Criminal Record.” In the case of some violations like underage drinking, underage use of a fake ID or public indecency, if a student is not convicted of a crime, they can later have their records cleared of the violations. “Many times students like to get those off their records before they apply for jobs or grad school,” she said. “And there are very specific rules you have to follow to do that and very specific paperwork you have to use.” One common misconception students have about their criminal record, Bays said, is that violations for underage drinking are automatically cleared off their record after judicial supervision because they did not plead guilty. The truth is students must request for their criminal record to be expunged, often a couple of years after the fact, and violations with a guilty plea cannot be expunged. Bays said she thinks many students would like to learn more about expungement. Some students come into her office who think their lives are ruined by a mistake made in their youth, she said. Legal, page 5
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Student to discuss Netherlands trip By Kennedy Nolen Multicultural Reporter | @KennedyNolenEIU Charity Huwe, a graduate student studying elementary education, will share her “eye-opening” experience student teaching in the Netherlands Thursday. The presentation is set for 5:30 p.m. in Room 2441 of Buzzard Hall. During the discussion, Huwe will compare and contrast life in the Netherlands to life in the United States from her perspective, she said. She will also discuss the school system, her teaching approach and other countries she traveled to. Huwe taught English and art to pre-
about American politics. She said the majority of people she met hated then President-elect Donald Trump and were interested in talking about the political aspects of America. “They wanted to know who I was voting for,” Huwe said. Huwe said this surprised her, because in American public schools, political opinions are not shared as freely. When Trump won, Huwe said people kept apologizing to her and told her she could live with them in the Netherlands. Kennedy Nolen can be reached at 581-2812 or kdnolen@eiu.edu.
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Senate gives lukewarm reply to budget plan SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois senators' attempt to break a budget stalemate Wednesday did not bode well for ending the nation's longest state-budget drought since World War II, but Republicans and Democrats say they will continue negotiating nevertheless. Losing patience with skittish Republicans, Senate President John Cullerton ordered up votes on pieces of legislation that make up the so-called "grand bargain" he negotiated with Minority Leader Christine Radogno. Of four called, three noncontentious measures won overwhelming approval. But support came solely from majority Democrats on legislation that's supposed to win bipartisan support. Cullerton, a Chicago Democrat, noted the Senate had twice reneged on promised January votes to strike a bold stance that there's a way out of the two-year log-
jam between Democratic legislative leaders and GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner. He said it was time for action. Republican Radogno, of Lemont, accused Cullerton of a "breach of our agreement," arguing the whole package was supposed to be ready before counting any votes. "When are we going to do this if we don't do it today?" Cullerton asked. "Let's vote." Sen. Terry Link, a Crystal Lake Democrat, acknowledged talks will continue. And despite tense debate, Cullerton conferenced privately with Radogno on the floor after the Senate adjourned. It's unlikely there will be additional floor action Thursday when the Senate returns. It's the last work day scheduled before Rauner delivers his plan Wednesday for the budget year that begins July 1.
It will be the first-term governor's third budget plan without any becoming law. The state has been without an annual spending plan since July 2015. Rauner has insisted on structural changes to improve the business climate, reduce union power and curtail politicians' influence. Democrats — notably House Speaker Michael Madigan of Chicago — have resisted, saying the state needs to increase taxes and cut spending first to drive down a multibillion-dollar deficit. The Senate package includes an income-tax increase and proposals to meet Rauner's agenda such as cost-saving changes to the workers' compensation program and a freeze on local property taxes. But Senate Republicans have balked at putting "yes" votes on a tax increase, particularly because other plans,
such as the one on workers' compensation, are not yet to their liking. "There are parts of this package that are not yet settled," Radogno said. "By cutting loose parts of that package, we're basically taking the other issues off the table and saying there's no longer any way to approve those." Senators approved portions of the plan on which there's widespread agreement: eased methods for eliminating superfluous local governments, streamlined state purchasing and more flexibility for cities to use sales tax revenue to pay off specific construction projects. The lone measure that failed was a comprehensive pension-program overhaul Cullerton has pushed for years. He introduced it Wednesday as being Rauner-endorsed.
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Panel weighs in on President Trump’s proposals By Liz Stephens City Reporter | @DEN_News A panel of speakers discussed proposals made by President Donald Trump, such as the potential building of a wall between the Mexico-United States border, on Wednesday night. The panel consisted of journalism professor Bryan Murley, economics professor Teshome Abebe, political science professor Kevin Anderson and Jack Cruikshank, a graduate student studying political science. Abebe said the border tax to build the wall will only stop goods and services such as imports from coming into America. Murley said the wall is a solution to a problem that does not exist. “It is estimated to take 15 years to build the wall,” he said. “What happens if Trump fails in four?” Abebe said the United States has the right to regulate who comes in and out of the United States, but building a wall is illegal. “The president does not have the legal authority to build a wall,” Anderson said. Also talked about in the panel was Trump removing two regulations for every one he puts into effect during his presidency. “It sounds great on the cam-
paign trail,” Cruikshank said. Abebe said it is beneficial to assume the regulations to be removed were not needed in the first place. He said regulations are usually requested and that is why the government has them. “I want to know if the Trump administration will be announcing what regulations will be cut,” Cruikshank said. Anderson said when crisis hits people usually run to the government to solve the issue in something he calls the “The Ratchet Effect.” The panel acknowledged that agencies such as Homeland Security, which was implemented after 9/11, continue to exist after the nation’s recovery. Another topic discussed was Trump using his power with executive orders and the war he has waged against the media. “The role of the other two branches of the government is getting lost,” Cruikshank said. “… It’s a power grab by demeaning the other branches of government. We need to be cautious of that.” Anderson said historically, executive orders were not used very often, and former President Barack Obama actually had the lowest amount of executive orders made in 120 years.
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Members of the Professional Perspectives on the Presidential Executive Orders panel discussed a variety of topics ranging from executive orders to building of a wall between the United States and Mexico. The Political Science Association hosted the event in Lumpkin Auditorium to help educate Eastern students and the Charleston community on the recent political talking points.
Executive orders are used when the president cannot get Congress to do things he wants, Anderson said. Murley said the mainstream media has been remarkably restrained when reporting on the executive orders. “The entire administration has waged a war against balanced reporting,” Murley said. Cruikshank said Trump praises those who portray him in a man-
ner he wants to be portrayed in, but threatens to ruin the careers of those who do not. “I think we need to acknowledge Trump’s ego issue,” Cruikshank said. During the Q&A portion of the night, an audience member asked Murley if he thought the news being reported is fair and balanced. Murley responded saying that he would caution the audience as news consumers because report-
ers will repeat anything that politicians say. “We should report the context of political statements that were made,” he said. He recommended the audience to check multiple news sources for the same information because facts can be presented in different ways. Liz Stephens can be reached at 581-2812 or ejstephens2@eiu.edu.
Student funds to be controlled by students alone By Mallory Kutnick Campus Reporter | @DEN_News The Student Senate passed a movement Wednesday requesting that faculty lose their voting power about the allocation of student funds on the apportionment board. With the approval of Lynette
Drake, interim vice president for student affairs, the three faculty members on the apportionment board will lose their ability to decide where student funds will go. This will leave the eight students on the board in charge of the allocations. Derek Pierce, student vice pres-
ident for student affairs, said the funds will go to the Student Recreation Center, the University Board and the Student Government. St u d e n t f u n d i n g , a f t e r a l l , should be controlled by the students, he said. “The whole job of the Student Government is representing the
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student body,” Pierce said. The faculty would still be on the apportionment board and be able to voice their own opinions. Also at the meeting, the Student Senate swore in new members and oriented them with their regulations. They also played a team-build-
ing game in which pairs had to work together, back-to-back, to pull Post-Its from other pairs’ backs. Mallory Kutnick can be reached at 217-581-2812 or mbkutnick@eiu.edu.
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In the good old days, when someone worked for a company for 20 to 30 years they usually received a retirement party and a gold watch inscribed with their name and the name of the company. They also received a good pension plan to live out their retirement dreams on. They had enough money put aside by having planned well financially for the future, and they really did enjoy the golden years by vacationing or doing those things that they had always dreamt about doing once they retired. At present, things have changed; the good old days are gone and, sadly, retirement will never be the same. Companies no longer give out gold watches. You may get a retirement party if you are lucky enough to work there for 20 or 30 years, but today the average length of a good job is 5 to 10 years, and the price of gold is somewhere around $1600.00 per ounce so try not to expect anything gold if you retire. Companies can no longer afford these luxuries. Also, pension plans are becoming a thing of the past, something that you once read about but rarely ever get. The best time to think about retirement is when you are young; a wise person will talk to a financial planner while they are young so that when and if they retire they can at least have money to enjoy the golden years that they have left. Additionally, do not count on Social Security to live on; this program was created when the life expectancy of an average retiree was 65 years old. That does not apply today. Today people are living well into their 80’s, many people have to work part-time just to survive. They cannot retire because they did not plan when they were young; they only thought about the here and now and did not worry about the future. Having to live entirely on Social Security benefits is pretty scary if you really think about it—having a low income for the rest of your life is not comfortable to think about, much less to experience. The time to think about retirement is when you are young. That may sound silly I know, but it is the truth. If you make wise investments while you are young, you can really make your golden years golden. Cindy Huff is an aging studies graduate student. She can be reached at 581-2812 or clhuff2@eiu.edu.
Letters to the Editor Have an opinion about today’s coverage? Already feeling the pressure from the new administration? Send your letters to the editor (250 words or fewer) to Shelby Niehaus at opinions.den@gmail.com. Please allow several days for your piece to see print.
Often times, the first few jobs people hold down before they graduate college are lackluster, to say the least. Yes, the hours may be terrible, the tasks may be dismal and the pay may be considered unfair, but those things are all part of the first job(s) experience. Whether it is the job itself or the pay that is deemed unsatisfactory, it is important to understand that a job is job and it is worth doing your best, no matter what. The same can be said about the jobs students take on campus. Those jobs may not seem important initially, but every job Eastern offers its students is part of a larger system that helps keep the campus up and running. Believe it or not, even a job that seems small and insignificant has a large role in retrospect. There are numerous parts of the school that depend on student employees and value the work they put in. If the students and staff working in the din-
ing halls and the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union were to stop putting any effort into their work, the community on campus would notice immediately. No student employee’s job is too small, and each one plays an important role in the day-to-day life on campus. Whether your job is in a kitchen, at a desk, on a computer or over the phone, the campus community depends on you to get the job done. Work study programs are no different. Many of those jobs allow students to practice what they are learning in a real-world platform, and apply to both their work and their courses. This is an even bigger reason to do your best while working an on-campus job. Bad behavior, poor performance and laziness reflect not only on your character and work ethic, but also on the department or program you are employed to.
It is understandable that on-campus jobs are not everyone’s cup of tea; however, it is still not an excuse to only put in half of the effort. The work ethic you prepare before entering the professional field is important to future endeavors. These first few jobs set up the attitude and ambition you will have going forward in life, and it is important to not waste the opportunity to take advantage of that. It is also important to take those jobs seriously and do them to the best of your abilities, even if they are part of the many stepping stones students take to land their career goals. Although the effort and time put into a campus job may seem “wasted,” keep in mind that no matter what job title it is, it is important and could also serve as a crucial reference in the future. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Silencing media comes with consequences
Picture yourself waking up on a late summer’s morning. You drag yourself out of bed to get ready for the day that awaits you. Breakfast has come and gone, and you have had your pot of coffee. Just another day. Only there is no paper wrapped in plastic tossed haphazardly in your bushes by a paperboy in a rush. Your television airs nothing but early-morning cartoons and reruns of Green Acres and I Love Lucy. All is well in the world…right? Hundreds of miles outside of your innocent bubble, thousands lay mangled and broken in pools of dusty blood, many concealed by great billowing clouds of smoke. The year is 2001, and there is no such thing as news. By the time word of the bloodbath reaches you, it, too, is mangled. Like a game of Telephone, what your neighbor tells you he heard at the watercooler is not what his coworker’s best friend’s daughter’s teacher’s stepson’s piano instructor’s former roommate’s second cousin twice removed saw on vacation. It horrifies me to no end to think that more people appear to have cared more about the color of a dress and the design of a cup than they do about staying informed. Meanwhile, President Trump is advised by a woman who might as well argue that the sun orbits the Earth, the moon is made of cheese and the sky is purple. His first Monday in the Oval Office, Trump signed an executive order demanding the US Department of Agriculture keep its mouth firmly shut. Nothing was to be made public.
Mallory Kutnick The order was repealed the following day, but the Environmental Protection Agency, the Departments of Transportation and Health and Human Services and, to a certain extent, the National Park Service, remained silenced. Just as silent as the nation in the face of this authoritarian presidency. Allow me to put this into perspective. Imagine living in Flint, Mich., and having never heard about its ongoing water crisis. You drink toxic water on a regular basis without even realizing it. This is what may be in store for us without the scientists of the EPA. I cannot stress this enough; we need to be made aware of the hazards the world around us may have on our health. To add insult to injury is the fact—primary, not alternative—that the work of the EPA may potentially be subject to review by unqualified individuals hand-picked by our new Commander-in-Chief. Luckily there is a faint glimmer of hope as those who seek to spread the truth stand up to those who seek spread lies (I apologize— “alternative facts”).
In the wake of Trump’s attempt to gag them, the NPS refused to go down without a fight. It created an alternate Twitter account (@AltUSNatParkService) and responded to the executive order by posting facts about climate change, of which Trump is an avid denier. The leader of the “free world” is also in avid denial of Standing Rock protests fighting for the Native American lands impacted by the Dakota Access Pipeline, claiming he was unaware of the controversy behind it because he had received nary a single phone call on the subject. This raises several questions, not least of which is how he can be so out of touch that he can tweet infantile arguments all day, pointing fingers at anyone who dare call him out or question him, without once encountering an article or even a single post about the protests. It is also worth noting that he has been at constant war with the press—the same press that provided extensive coverage of both himself and the Dakota Access Pipeline. Surely he saw just one article on the protests while scanning headlines for any mention of his name. However it is that he managed to remain ignorant, the fact remains that he is out of touch with the world around him and, in a frightening twist, has power over it. He might as well be Queen of England but only speak French. While residing in China. Mallory Kutnick is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or mbkutnick@eiu.edu.
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We are here: a message from your local library
In this time of fake news, political protest and state budget woes, it is a useful time to remind all citizens in our region that libraries are here for you. Libraries are your resource for information that is unbiased, fair and available to all. Libraries connect you not only to the resources within their walls, but to books, magazines, newspapers both in print and online as well as music, movies and much more. We invite you to participate in library programs
and events throughout the coming year and hope you will join us in spreading this message. If you use and value your public or school or university library, tell them what you need and how much you appreciate them being here. You will be welcomed. If you have not been to a library in a while and want to know more about what you can find there, visit one. In the seven-county area including and
surrounding Mattoon and Charleston, there are two academic libraries and at least 28 public libraries. Find the one in your district (contact the Booth Library reference desk at 581-6072 for help) and stop in for a visit. You may be surprised about what you will find. -Allen Lanham, Dean of Library Services
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By Kalyn Hayslett Editor-in-Chief | @DEN_news The performer for the annual Spring Concert will be revealed at the men’s basketball game against Tennessee-Martin during halftime 7 p.m. Thursday night. Students will see the unveiling of the artist’s banner while listening to the artist’s music in Lantz Arena. The University Board is responsible for organizing the Spring Concert and will continue last year’s collaboration with Eastern Athletics to announce the artist. Titus Young, graduate assistant for student services, said the reveal would be a great way to support athletics and boost school spirit. “We can sit there and announce it in the Bridge Lounge but that’s not the best space to kind of do something big,” Young said. Both the Pink Panthers, cheerleaders and UB staff will help distribute 100 free T-shirts to the crowd. The T-
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formation, into consideration trying to select our artist,” Young said. Young said because of low enrollment the Family Weekend concert was cut, but this was to ensure that the Spring Concert would have the same quality as previous years. “Last year, it really helped out because it was doom and gloom on campus with the state not supporting us and a lot of uncertainty with our budget,” Young said. “When we did that concert it showed that EIU still has life in it.” Students can start purchasing tickets starting Friday at the Ticket Office in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union and online. Community members can purchase tickets starting March 1. Student tickets are $20 and general body tickets are $25. The spring concert will take place April 1.
shirts will have “Big Reveal” on the front along with the artist’s name. “We want to build campus-wide excitement for the concert,” Young said. Students have a chance to guess the artist participating in the Spring Concert Trivia Contest by using the clues found on the University Board’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. The students who guess correctly will be placed in a drawing to win the Spring Concert Prize Package of two concert tickets, two backstage passes and two Tshirts, Young said. The concert committee started collecting data in the fall semester to gauge what type of artist students would be interested in seeing. The UB’s concert chair, chair-elect and concert committee members analyzed the survey results and used the results to communicate with a middle agent to get in contact with the artist. “When we put the survey out, we use that raw data to show it to our agent, say ‘this is what the students want,’ and we go from there. What’s the
pricing of these artists, what’s their availability, are they going to be close to us?” Young said. “A lot of different variables go into it.” The two popular genres this year are between pop and hip-hop/ rap, which
is different from previous years where country was the top genre. “Those were the top two, and it was pretty close this year of people saying that’s the genres they listen to the most, so we took that, especially the genre in-
pass in the Senate. “The Grand Bargain” is a package of 12 interdependent bills negotiated by Democratic Senate President John Cullerton and Republican Leader Christine Radogno. State Sen. Pat McGuire, D-Joliet said under the budget part of the package, there is a supplemental appropriation for the current fiscal year, getting $6 billion out the door with $1.1 billion for higher education. “Right now there’s no funding for MAP grants for this fiscal year and (the package) would fund MAP grants for last semester and the current semester,” McGuire said.
Eastern would get $11 million that would pay for MAP grants. “That means the state can begin to invest in you and higher education in the state of Illinois,” he said speaking to a crowd that filled the first floor of the Rotunda. The Rotunda roared with cheers from the crowd, chanting, “Pass the Grand Bargain,” at the top of their lungs. McGuire told the crowd that to pass the grand bargain, they would need the support of Gov. Bruce Rauner and Illinois Senate. According to the Associated Press ,the Senate approved three of the four measures majority Democrats called Wednes-
day but they were approved with no Republican support. Another part to the package, a major overhaul to the state’s pension system, failed as well. Each bill needed to be voted on by the Senate for the whole package to pass. Several speakers took the stand and shared their hopes and support for higher education before sending the audience to search for their legislator. Mike DeBow, a freshman public policy major from Lewis University, said investing in higher education is important because it is time to get jobs back in Illinois as many students decide to leave the state for school. DeBow, who is a freshman senator in
his student government, said funding the MAP grants is how the state can get students back in Illinois. “Protest, rally about everything you want and that’s how you get things done because public opinion can sway legislators,” DeBow said. “Money isn’t everything.”
actually way more serious than students realize. In Illinois, using a fake ID can affect a student’s driving privileges, even if they were not in a car. There are also consequences for people who loan out their IDs – up to a $750 fine. Among the other presentations she
offers are for helping students understand their lease agreements with their landlord and preparing for law school and a career in law. The Student Legal Services office is located in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. “Stand in front of the food court
and look up, and you will see us up there,” Bays said. Bays is available Tuesdays and Wednesdays by appointment. Most Wednesdays, she offers an open legal clinic from noon to 2 p.m. with no appointment required. Bays said she wants to make more
connections with student organizations on campus. “Anybody who has an interest, I’m absolutely happy to get the information to them that would help them,” she said.
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Last year Panic at the Disco performed at the spring concert. This year’s concert is soon to be revealed and will take place at Lantz Arena.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 The crowd greeted the representatives and leaders in higher education such as Western Illinois University President Jack Thomas, who spoke on behalf of higher education. Thomas said higher education is “a driver of personal and economic prosperity” and asked the crowd to demand the funding they deserved. After the speakers finished, the crowd dispersed throughout the Capitol Building in search of their legislators to encourage them to support a bill for higher education and a budget. However, a bill package called “The Grand Bargain” that was intended to put an end to the budget stalemate failed to
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Olivia Swenson-Hultz contributed to this article. Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “They think it’s going to haunt them forever,” Bays said. “And it could, if they have not done the right steps.” Bays has also created a presentation on fake IDs. Although underage use of a fake ID can sometimes be expunged, Bays said using a fake ID is
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Women’s tennis to face familiar foes Parker Valentine Women’s Tennis Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Panthers are coming into this weekend having earned consecutive sweeps in their previous two events. They defeated both Bradley and IUPUI by scores of 7-0. The Panthers will be in Macomb this Saturday to face Western Illinois, then travel to Champaign to take on the Illini. These are familiar opponents for the Panthers as they competed against both teams in the 2016 spring season. The results of their matches last season were completely different though, as the Illini in their season opener 7-0 defeated them. Junior Grace Summers faced the only defeat of her sophomore spring season against the Illini. Summers finished with a record of 20-1, winning 20 straight on the season. “We played Illinois last year and they did not graduate (their) starters so we have a good idea of what to expect this weekend,” coach Emily Wang said. Two meets later against Western, they earned a victory by the same margin, as they swept the Leathernecks 7-0. The Panthers had five athletes compete in that event that are still competing at Eastern. Sophomores Abby Carpenter and Shristi Slaria both earned wins for the Panthers in their first collegiate season. The win for Carpenter was the
first spring win and match of her collegiate career. Summers and senior Kelly Iden also found success at that event as they both notched wins in doubles. The Panthers understand though, that a new season brings new challenges to every event. “We are looking forward to another great weekend of tennis. We will focus in practice, have high energy and continue to improve,” Iden said. “Our winning streak to-date, strong doubles success, as well as individual success in all positions gives us the added motivation for upcoming matches.” With the top four spots of the lineup seemingly solidified for the season, expect to see familiar faces coming out of the top four. Iden is at No. 1, Summer at No. 2, with freshman Stella Cliffe and Slaria holding down No. 3 and No. 4 respectively. Wang has changed up her last two singles positions over the first few matches. As the season progresses expect to see more changes at those spots. “We are going to prepare as we do every week but the biggest factor for us is focusing on our game and our strategies and controlling what is controllable,” Wang said. FILE PHOTO | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Grace Summers returns the ball in a match against Belmont April 1 on the Darling Courts. The Panthers defeated the Bruins 7-0. Eastern will take on instate rival Western this weekend.
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Panthers prep for must-win game Thursday By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s basketball team was picked to finish second in the Ohio Valley Conference West Division prior to the start of the season. That did not happen and now the Panthers’ are just trying to keep their season alive. A second place finish in the division results in a tournament berth, but two games behind the fourth spot, Eastern’s tournament hopes are dwindling. Eastern is chasing Tennessee State and Austin Peay for the No. 8 seed for the tournament. The Panthers hold the tiebreaker over Tennessee State
if the two teams were to tie. Eastern beat the Tigers Feb. 2. Austin Peay, however, beat the Panthers earlier this season, and the two teams will square off Feb. 16 on Austin Peay’s home floor. But before Eastern worries about any of that, it still has to take on Tennesee-Martin Thursday night in Lantz Arena which is essentially a must win game for the Panthers. If they lose, it’s not completely over with, but a lot will have to go Eastern’s way. And it will be a difficult task for the Panthers. Tennessee-Martin is ranked first place in the OVC West with a 7-4 record. Eastern comes in at 3-8 following a disappointing loss to Tennessee Tech
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Saturday. But the last time the two teams went at it, Eastern played a tight game with the Skyhawks, forcing Tennessee-Martin to get its win in double overtime. Eastern was strong all game until the second overtime period where things fell apart for the Panthers. Jacolby Mobley led the Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks the whole way. The guard played 50 minutes and scored 28 points, grabbed five rebounds and had two assists. The Panthers almost matched the Skyhawks in rebounding the last time out (45-43). But Eastern will be mostly focused on limiting the 3-point shots Tennessee-Martin puts up.
“We have a game plan of cutting their shooter to having less than 10 points,” junior Muusa Dama said. “We don’t want them shooting any 3’s. And their big men are really big rebounders and physical so it’s our job to limit them. If we do that I think we’ve got them.” A lot needed to be cleaned up after the last game against Tennessee Tech. The defense was not there, the rebounding was not there and the scoring could not get into a flow. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. in Lantz Arena. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
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Wong reminisces on hole-in-one Adam Shay Feature Writer | Daily Eastern News Some golfers are lucky enough to experience a hole-in-one in their lifetime. For senior women’s golfer Chloe Wong, she experienced her third hole in one last year in a fall qualifier. In October of 2015, Wong teed off with her 5-iron on the par-3 17th hole and sank her tee shot for an ace at Meadowview Golf Course in Mattoon. This was Wong’s first hole-inone as an Eastern Panther. When a golfer hits a hole-in-one, it would be expected for them to watch the ball until it lands. In this instance, Wong said her senior teammate Erika Von Itter was the one who saw the ball roll in. “I hit the shot and I was about to turn away,” Wong said. “When Erika just started jumping around and screaming and saying that it went in the hole and I didn’t believe her at first.” Elated from witnessing her third hole-in-one in her life, Von Itter was excited to watch her teammate accomplish such a feat. “She had no idea the ball went in and I just started screaming. I ran up to her and picked her up for a big hug,” Von Itter said. “I was so excited for her. This was the third hole-in-one I had witnessed. I’m glad I was able to be there to witness it with her.” This is not the first time Wong has missed her own hole-in-one. In her life, she has hit three and has turned prematurely for all of them. Even though she hit the hole-inone over a year ago, she remembers some specific moments as she stepped to the tee. Wong said the qualifier began around 3 p.m. and when she stood at the 17th hole, the time was around 5:30 p.m. and she was incredibly tired. “I remember it was getting late,” Wong said. “Erika and I didn’t get out and play our qualifier probably until 3 p.m. so it was probably pushing 5:30 p.m. or 6 when we got to that hole. It was starting to get dark and I was getting pretty tired over the
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Two falls ago, senior Chloe Wong teed off on a par 3 and scored her first hole-in-one as an Eastern Panther. Out of all her accomplishments, Wong said her hole-in-one tops them all.
ball.” As if hitting a hole-in-one was not hard enough with physical fatigue and darkness setting in, there was another impeding factor: wind. “The wind was blowing against us so I wasn’t sure if it was going to be short or not,” Wong said. Exhausted and wind going against her, Wong approached the tee and was ready to tee off and head home. Wong said her mentality was just to hit the ball and when she did, Wong knew it was a good shot. “I stepped up to it and just said, ‘you know what, you’re almost done’ just hit a good shot and then once I hit it, I knew it was good,” Wong said.
“It was solid off the club face and it was going towards the hole.” Wong said prior to the qualifier, she was struggling with her shot with the 5-iron. After the hole-in-one, Wong regained her confidence. “I was struggling with the timing of my swing leading up to the qualifier,” Wong said, “but after hitting the shot it really did boost my confidence. All I needed was that one shot to remind me of what it feels like to hit it straight off the club face.” With all of those conditions, Von Itter said she did not expect a hole-inone from Wong’s tee shot. Regardless, once Von Itter saw the ball headed towards the green, she continued to
watch in case something came of it. “It wasn’t the most pure shot I’ve seen Chloe hit,” Von Itter said. “but I kept my eye on it because I saw it heading for the green.” Since it was only Wong and Von Itter at the hole, nobody else on the team was paying attention to her shot. Von Itter said the way that the team was able to realize Wong’s accomplishment was due to her screams. “I think everyone on the course pretty much knew what had happened from all the commotion I was making. Since this was a qualifier, her holein-one came prior to her getting into the Evansville tournament. At the end of the tournament, Wong tied
for 22nd, scoring a 161 over a 36 hole weekend. Aside from hitting the hole-inone, Wong has had other personal accomplishments. Wong hit her lowest score, a 76, at conference her sophomore year and then again during a round junior year. Regardless of her personal low round scores, Wong said this is definitely one that she will remember. “My biggest accomplishment was probably getting a hole-in-one,” Wong said. Adam Shay can be reached at 581-2812 or acshay@eiu.edu.
Panthers unable to handle late run, fall 74-72 JJ Bullock Women’s Basketball Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern women’s basketball team watched its Ohio Valley Conference tournament bid chances and fourth quarter lead fade away as Tennessee-Martin’s Janekia Mason made a layup with 1 second left in the fourth quarter to give her team a 74-72 win over Eastern Wednesday night. Mason’s game-winning layup capped off a late 13-3 Skyhawk run, in a game that had the makings of being a must win for both teams who came into the game with identical 4-7 conference records. Eastern entered the fourth quarter with a 56-50 lead and would eventually hold a 66-58 advantage over Tennessee- Martin with 6:13 to play. Then, the Skyhawks flipped the script on the Panthers. With 4:51 left, Tennessee- Martin began their game-deciding 13-3 final run. T h e Sk y h a w k s o f f i c i a l l y re took the lead at 70-69 with 2:11 to play. The score would remain
there until Eastern’s Zharia Lenoir (18 points) made a three-pointer giving the Panthers the lead again with 1:10 left. A f t e r t h e Sk y h a w k s Ke n d a l l Spray tied the game at 72 with 35 seconds to play, Eastern regained possession and out the ball in the hands of guard Grace Lennox who missed a go-ahead jumper with eight seconds remaining in the game. After grabbing the rebound, Tennessee Martin called a fulltimeout with three seconds to go and drew up the play that led to Mason’s game-winning layup. Lennox watched what was arguably her best performance of the year, a 25 point 10 rebound double-double, go for naught, while freshmen Allison Van Dyke added 10 points and eight rebounds of her own in the loss. Tennessee Martin was led by four players with double digits in the scoring column, Ashton Feldhaus led with 21 points, Myah Taylor had 17, Spray had 11 and Mason finished with 12. The two teams beat each other
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Freshman forward Jennifer Nehls drives around Tennessee Tech’s Asia Harper Saturday at Lantz Arena. The Panthers defeated the visiting Golden Eagles 54-46 in the OVC conference matchup.
up with runs all game long. Eastern sprung out of the gate, jumping out to an early first quarter lead of 23-12 after shooting 1019 in the quarter compared to just 5-15 from the Skyhawks. Tennessee Martin responded
when the quarter changed, opening the second quarter on a 19-4 run, eventually leading to them taking a 35-33 lead into the half. Not to be outdone, the Panthers came out of halftime and shot their way to a 17-9 lead before the
fateful fourth quarter. Unfortunately for the Panthers, the game is not played on the stat sheet. Eastern outshot the Skyhawks 54 percent to 43 percent, outrebounded them 39-29 and held a lead for 30 minutes and 55 seconds. Eastern did however shoot themselves in the foot, coughing up the ball 19 times leading to 17 Skyhawk points. For the Panthers, the loss drops them to 4-8 in conference (816 overall), poking a large hole in their conference tournament hopes. Tennessee Martin moves itself back into the tournament picture with a 5-7 conference record. The Panthers will have a chance to get back into the win column on Saturday when they host Southeast Missouri in Lantz Arena. The tournament chances are not gone for Eastern, it just makes Saturday’s game a little more important. JJ Bullock can be reached at 581-2812 or jpbullock@eiu.edu.