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During the Greek Week’s Unity Relay Race, three teams earned first place. The teams competed in a wheel barrel race, the human knot and minefield exercise.
The Eastern’s softball team will play Morehead State University Saturday and Eastern Kentucky University Sunday.
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Students were given tips on how to express their individuality while being a successful business professional at “GQ Fashion Fundamentals” Thursday night. Couture Models hosted the workshop where students learned the proper grooming techniques and clothing to compete in the professional world. Speakers talked about the “Do’s and Don’ts” of tailoring a suit and the proper hemline for women who choose to wear skirts and dresses. Students also learned how to tie a tie from stylist Christopher Williams. Williams said it is important for students to maintain a professional look while also being comfortable. For men, he said, custom tailoring for dress pants can eliminate the need for uncomfortable or flashy belts. Williams said wearing a highheeled shoe less than 3 inches for women can make wearing heels more comfortable. “Empowerment is something within,” he said. Williams said what one wears should not only reflect their brand; it should empower and give them confidence. Andrianna Fullerton, president of Couture Models, said fashion can be the most subtle form of expression. “What you wear says a lot about you as an individual,” Fullerton said. Among the things discussed was the importance of establishing a personal brand and making a good first impression. Speaker Jacob Clayton said how one dresses makes a lasting impression to an employer or interviewer so it is an important component to the interviewing process. Branding is not just a strategy that businesses and companies use,
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Jacob Clayton, a recent graduate of Northern Illinois University discusses the decrease in professionalism demonstrated through dressing, due to lack of exposure, and instructs viewers on how to brand themselves. “People see you as a brand of shoes, but some shoes may be more marketable than others” says Clayon. He made his appearance as part of Couture Models on Thursday night, and travels across the country giving his “Dress for Success,” presentations.
he said, as implementing a branding strategy in day-to-day life can prepare one for the business world. Clayton said someone’s personal brand makes them unique, as they are telling the truth and owning their own story. “It is your reputation,” Clayton said. Clayton said commanding a room with confidence can help people stand out while also making them appear trustworthy and responsible. Clayton implements his own personal “3 Cs” model in his day-to-day
life. The Cs stand for clarity, consistency and code-switching. “Clarity, knowing who you are, who you aren’t, and how others perceive you can give you a upper hand in the professional world,” Clayton said. “Being sure of yourself, your skills and confidence in the way you are dressed can mean the difference in landing your dream job and falling flat.” Clayton said learning to dress professionally is an important yet forgotten key factor in learning how to take on interviews.
“That’s why we do this; because professionalism isn’t something they necessarily teach you in school and achieving knowledge is one of the greatest responsibilities,” he said. “Having the skills and training is one part of an interview. How you look essentially “sells” the image and makes employers take you seriously as a business professional.” Destiny Stephenson can be reached at 581-2812 or dastephenson@eiu.edu
Evaluations of provost candidates are open Staff Report The search for a new provost ended Wednesday and now the campus is being asked to give their feedback. In an email to the News, Eastern President David Glassman said it would be a couple of weeks or so before any announcements regarding the new provost. Evaluations for each of the provost candidates can be found on the provost search webpage on Eastern’s website. Don Holly, chair of the provost search committee, said in an email sent out to the campus that evaluations of the candidates are due by 3 p.m. Friday. Each candidate’s CVs will be available on the provost search site. Whoever is the new candidate will replace current Provost Blair Lord, who is retiring this summer. In an open session with faculty and students, the first candidate, Timothy Crowley, assistant provost for academic programs and student success at Fort
Hays State University in Kansas, highlighted his participation in a training program called the “Becoming a Provost Academy,” a program hosted by the Association of State Colleges and Universities that helps prepare people for handling provost duties. He said he looks at what is happening at Eastern as the “trough of an institutional life cycle.” “We’ve hit the low point and now is an opportunity to join an organization that is going to be on its way back up,” Crowley said in an open session with faculty and staff. Crowley said he has helped in growth processes like this at Fort Hays State University by helping to implement a program that allowed students to take remedial courses at the same time as credit-bearing courses. Innovation and hustle need to be part of the strategic plan to succeed, he said. The Second candidate Jeffrey Bakken, associate provost for research and dean of
the graduate school at Bradley University showed his desire for transparency in administration and collaboration during the student and faculty forums. As a past department chair of Illinois State University, Bakken said he helped improve his department through yearly assessments and asking a few questions. “How are students doing? Do they know what they should know? What’s missing from their knowledge base and skills base?” Bakken said. He was questioned on his connection to Glassman, as they both previously worked at Bradley University, but Bakken said he would set this aside to focus on his professional role as provost in this community. “My role is to advocate for students, to advocate for faculty, to advocate for resources,” Bakken said. “I’m not opposed to him disagreeing with me, then I just need to work harder to make him come to a consensus.” Bakken said if he were selected as pro-
vost, he would make marketing a priority and try to bring in diverse students and faculty experts. Third candidate Jay Gatrell, vice provost at Bellarmine University, suggested a digital humanities or digital arts program at his open session. He also suggested making students and faculty talents more visible in the community by hosting an off-campus art show. “Effective mission statements, as they are lived and experienced, they evolve, they change and are by definition entrepreneurial,” Gatrell said. Another way he pinpointed to make the transition to university life easier for students was creating a centralized place for student services. The final provost candidate, Sibdas Ghosh, dean of the School of Arts and Science at Iona College in New York, talked about how bringing different students’ cultures to Eastern would help make for a more welcoming community. Provost, page 5
The Council on Academic Affairs voted to approve several changes in Eastern’s admissions requirements at its meeting Wednesday afternoon. The proposal will make the requirements for general admissions a minimum of an 18 ACT score with a 2.5 GPA. Previously, students needed an unweighted GPA of 3.00 and a minimum ACT score of 18, a 2.50 GPA and a minimum ACT score of 19 or a 2.25 GPA and 22 on the ACT to get in. Admissions Director Kelly Miller said these changes to admissions were being proposed in response to high school guidance counselors, parents, students and community college advisers’ complaints about the old admission standards being confusing and antiquated. She said one source of confusion was the three-tiered system for freshmen and transfer students. “Some of our criteria was really out of date, like we were still including class rank and many high schools in the state of Illinois don’t even do class rank anymore,” Miller said. Josh Norman, associate vice president for enrollment management, said he does not think a one-point difference in the ACT is going to make a difference. He said data shows GPA is a better indicator of academic success than the ACT, which is another reason this change is being proposed. “I’m bringing the data to the table, I want to do what’s best for this university,” Norman said. “I wouldn’t be pushing this change if I didn’t think it was what was best for our student body.” While other aspects of enrollment will be changing, Miller said the Gateway program’s description and information would remain the same. “As far as, and this was feedback we received from this group last week, the changes to the Gateway language, we decided to handle that separately,” Miller said. “So, at another time that can be brought forth.” Norman said while the extra assistance provided to students by the Gateway program may make them more successful, it also makes these students enroll in other schools. “What we’re hearing is it’s a deterrent to be in the Gateway program because of the fact that they can’t take part in things like Greek life,” Norman said. “They are excited about the support services but not excited about some of those limitations.” Norman said in response to this, the proposal will allow for some students not able to get into the university regularly to be allowed into standard admissions. This may help open the university up to a new population, he said. CAA, page 5
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Several activities are planned for the Booth Library’s National Library Week starting Monday. The week kicks off with the seventh annual Edible Book Festival, with public voting from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday in the West Reading Room. Winners will be announced shortly after the viewing and voting, according to a press release. Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library will celebrate National Library Week April 9-15 by sponsoring several activities. The theme is “Libraries Transform.” The annual book sale is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday outside of the south entrance of Booth in the Alumni Quad. Books in all subject areas and “hun-
dreds of paperback fiction titles,” will be available, the press release said. The items being sold were donated by the campus and community members. Proceeds will be used to “enhance library programs and services,” according to the press release. Winners of the 2017 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity will be announced during a reception at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in room 4440 of the library. All week, students can participate in a library scavenger hunt. To participate, they can pick up an entry form at any public service desk and return it when finished. Winners of an Amazon gift card will be drawn Monday through Friday of next week. The News staff can be reached at 5812812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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Erin Sutherland along side Alex Curtis vote for their favorite edible book during Booth Library's Edible Book Festival last year. Public voting begins at 4 p.m. Monday for the Edible Book Festival.
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Illinois house approves stopgap budget SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House voted Thursday to tap $817 million in accumulated but unallocated revenue to temporarily relieve struggling universities and human services. The 64-45 vote largely represented a largely partisan roll-call, with minority Republicans saying that another tempo-
rary spending plan amid the nation's longest state budget stalemate since World War II would actually hurt long-term efforts. The vote ended a two-hour debate over just a small amount of funding in a plan the Senate can't even consider until after the General Assembly returns from a two-
week spring break. Even then its chances don't look good because Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he opposes it. Rep. Greg Harris of Chicago, the Democrat's point on budget matters, proposed taking money generated by income tax returns that's funneled into special accounts for education and human servic-
es. It can't be spent without legislative authorization. In all, $559 million would go to the state's cash-starved universities, one of the hardest hit areas of state finance in the two years since Rauner and Democratic leaders of the General Assembly began a stalemate over an annual spending plan.
U.S. hits Syria with 60 Tomahawk missiles BEIRUT (AP) — The United States fired cruise missiles into central Syria early Friday morning, striking an Assad government-controlled air base where U.S. officials say the Syrian military launched a deadly chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians earlier this week. Syrian state TV called
the attack an "aggression" that lead to "losses." About 60 U.S. Tomahawk missiles hit the Shayrat air base, southeast of Homs, a small installation with two runways, where aircraft often take off to bomb targets in northern and central Syria. The U.S. missiles hit at 3:45
a.m. Friday morning and targeted the base's airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas, U.S. officials said. They were fired from two warships in the Mediterranean Sea, in retaliation for Tuesday's deadly chemical attack that officials said used chlorine
mixed with a nerve agent, possibly sarin. A military official quoted on Syrian TV said an air base in central Syria was hit early Friday, causing material damage. Another statement, also attributed to an unnamed official, referred to "losses." The officials did not elaborate.
Senate sends Gorsuch to final confirmation WASHINGTON (AP) — In a confrontation that could reshape the Supreme Court for generations, Republicans tore up the Senate's voting rules Thursday to allow Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch to ascend to the
high court over furious Democratic objections. Democrats denounced the GOP's use of what both sides dubbed the "nuclear option" to put Gorsuch on the court, calling it an epic power grab
that would further corrode politics in Congress, the courts and the nation. Many Republicans bemoaned reaching that point, too, but they blamed Democrats for pushing them to it. A final confirmation vote on Gor-
such is expected Friday, and he should be sworn in soon to hear the final cases of the term. He was nominated by President Donald Trump shortly after the January inauguration.
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Greek Week relay ends in three-way tie By Mallory Kutnick Campus Reporter | @DEN_News Two teams of three Greek chapters took to the muddy Library Quad and tied for first place in the five-part Greek Week Unity Relay Races. Sigma Alpha Epsilon member Sam Morgan, a freshman special education major, said nobody knew exactly what races they would compete in. “We kind of just show up and do what we’re told,” Morgan said. With their teammates shouting encouragement on the sidelines, Sigma Alpha Epsilon worked alongside Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority to twist their way out of a “human knot” of tangled arms and win the second event. Sigma Sigma Sigma member Ciara Lohman, a junior family and consumer sciences major, expressed her surprise when she and her teammates finished the human knot and were greeted with an uproar of cheering. “I don’t know how we just did that,” Lohman said. Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Sigma Sigma tied with Delta Zeta, Kappa Delta, Alpha Gamma Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha. Delta Zeta’s Emily Schlitter, a junior kinesiology and sports studies major, competed in the three-legged race with Kappa Delta’s Hannah Horan, a sophomore accounting major. Despite being one of three pairs whose legs became detached, Schlitter and Horan won the race. “It was fun, but the rope kept breaking,” Horan said. “It went by really fast.” Delta Zeta and Kappa Delta also won the hula hoop race. They stood in a circle, locking arms and moving a hula hoop all the way around themselves. For the third event, Alpha Sigma Alpha’s Brianna Walker, a freshman English education major, guided a blindfolded Derek Pierce of Sigma Chi through a “minefield” of scat-
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Members from several sororities and fraternities team up and compete in a wheel burrow relay Thursday during the Greek Week Unity Relay Races, one of the many competitions happening during Greek Week 2017.
tered plastic cones. “I was just hoping I didn’t kick any cones,” Pierce, a junior finance and accounting major, said. In the fifth and final event, two pairs per team took the field. Like a standard relay, one duo took over for the other halfway through the race. One person in each pair held
their partner’s feet in the air as the other moved them with just their hands. Pi Kappa Alpha’s Luke Newtoff, a sophomore kinesiology and sports studies major, crossed the finish line first as Sigma Chi’s Anthony Beavers, a junior marketing major, held his feet.
“I was trying my best to cover as much land as possible,” Newtoff said. “I was pumped.” Ben Grapperhaus, a junior secondary education major, said the Greek Week Unity Relay Races replaced the Stroll-Off dance competition. “We believed that relay races
would build better Greek unity,” Grapperhaus said. Overall awards for the fraternities and sororities will be presented 12:30 p.m. Sunday, closing off Greek Week until next year. Mallory Kutnick can be reached at 581-2812 or mbkutnick@eiu.edu.
Lincoln Log Cabin to host ‘Easter Egg Hunt and Roll’ By Liz Stephens City Reporter | @ejstephens_jou Children can celebrate Easter and learn about history at an Easter Egg Hunt and Roll Saturday. The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, at 402 S. Lincoln Hwy Road in Lerna, will host the hunt, which is scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m.
The Easter egg hunt will start at 1:30 p.m. for 10-year-olds and under. Participants need to bring their own baskets. The egg-rolling races will begin at 2:30 p.m. with different categories for different age groups. According to a calendar of events on Charleston’s website, egg rolls are
races where children roll hardboiled eggs dyed in a rainbow of colors. The first reported egg roll took place during former president Andrew Johnson’s term in office, according to the Lincoln Log Cabin’s website. By the 1870s, these egg rolls were a popular spring tradition for the children in the Capitol city.
The Lincoln Log Cabin Historic Site is known for preserving a 19th century home which belonged to Abraham Lincoln’s father and stepmother, Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln. According to the site’s webpage, interpreters will be on the farm with games from that time period. Crafts and a story will be avail-
able for children in the Visitor Center. For more information, the Lincoln Log Cabin Historic Site can be contacted at 217-345-1845 or HPA. LincolnLog@Illinois.gov. Liz Stephens can be contacted at 5812812 or ejstephens2@eiu.edu.
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Unshaven body hair does not mean manly For the longest time, I was doing shower yoga. I was doing downward dog to remove my leg fur and wasting time and water in the process for a day’s worth of silky smooth legs. The hair would grow in like the prickles of a cactus, scratching my skin when I would cross my legs. During the cold winter months, I would grow it out and enjoy the warm fuzzy feeling of free and efficient leg warmers. In the summer, I would find myself disappointed in the conformity of shaving to avoid being criticized for something as natural as body hair. Recently, I have let my razors collect dust on the shelf as we transition from season to season. Frankly, I think I have enjoyed being “manly” over suffering from razor burn and cacti limbs. I used to be terrified to go out in anything that showed my legs if I had a single strand of hair astray, but now I find my asking myself why I should shave my legs. Most of the time, no one is paying attention to my legs and I do not want them to, but there are others that seem to think I do not bathe because I let a little hair grow out. My family also says me not shaving my legs is “manly” when really they should be thanking me for saving them money on costly water bills if I were to continue doing shower yoga. For some reason when a woman decides to grow out her body hair, that hair makes her gross, because apparently our socially constructed gender determines what the word “clean” means. If it were not for my staff photo that accompanies this column, some of you might be picturing me with the stereotypical look of a cave woman foaming at the mouth (an appearance people assume all feminists have). Maybe you still do think I look like a cave woman, and that is totally fine. Cave women were probably awesome, so thanks. Anyways, the point is, I do not leave my razors hanging because I think it is a fun accessory to match my political beliefs; it is a choice for personal comfort. This also means I would never shame someone for wanting to shave, even if I do not want to. Although women have been shaving for a long time because of the sexualization of young girls or women, many have been accustomed to the routine of shaving and are more comfortable doing so. And to that, I say do your thing. Abbey Whittington is a sophomore journalism major and can be reached at 581-2812 or anwhittington@eiu.edu.
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Trade labor must be supported universally The U.S. has a problem. Our skilled, dedicated force of trade workers is growing older by the year. This aging workforce ensures that we often have a highly experienced plumber or mechanic or carpenter to call upon when we need one, but without young people to replace them, our skilled workforce will soon vanish. The editorial staff of The News spent a good deal of time talking about trade labor while planning this article. A good portion of us worked in trades before finally convening in the newsroom. Sitting around our boardroom table we found an ex-trucker, a former factory worker, a laid-off band instrument tech and a one-time garbage industry worker. Our vocations were very different, involving everything from the lives of others and dangerous heavy equipment to desk work and miniscule mechanics, but we all found something in our former trades that we were proud of.
Similarly, we all agreed—even the band instrument tech—that our jobs were necessary in some fashion. We felt comforted that those dedicated, experienced people who trained us were still back at our old workshops and factories performing those necessary jobs. As college students, we anticipate jobs that are more socially palatable. Though past truckers and workers and mechanics sat at the table, future journalists and photographers and teachers stood up from it. When we tell our future acquaintances our jobs, we know our choices will be respected as skilled positions that we chose for ourselves. We will not be asked if we inherited the family vocation or if we just wound up in our jobs. We will not be considered unintelligent and crude. If we had stuck with our trades, however, we might. This disdain for trade workers is a deeply troubling American trend. While most people recognize that trade labor is valuable and essential in any soci-
ety, not everyone respects the people who perform the trades as much as the trades themselves. The editorial staff of The News supports trade labor and trade education at all levels. We think that trades should be elevated to more respected statuses and that we should, as a society, celebrate the people who perform these invaluable jobs. Intelligence and skill come in all forms. A formal education in a university is not the only measure of intelligence; a lifetime of self-education through work and practice must also be a respected form of skill and competence. Finally, we encourage students to support trade labor-friendly initiatives in their areas. Show your support for trade education programs whenever possible and help cultivate a society in which trade is a valuable, praiseworthy route for future youth. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Weekend trips home not always a bad thing Take a walk around campus on any given weekend and it is easy to tell that many students do not stick around for the off days. For whatever reason, many Eastern students appear to go home for the weekend. I am one of them that leaves campus on the regular. For me, it is not that I am homesick or have no friends; I make the 2-plus-hours’ drive to be able to spend time with my wife and kids. I hear stories of students mocking other students who choose to go home as being weak or afraid to have fun. For many students, if you ask them, going home is also an easy financial decision. Whether they are going home to work, do laundry or eat mom’s spaghetti, the choice to go home has huge financial rewards. While I would love to be able to simply swipe my Panther card to eat a real meal or start a washing machine, that is not my situation and I have to do what is best for me. The same goes for all of us. Our situations are all very different and no matter the reason, you should be comfortable doing what is best for you. No one should be stuck alone in their dorm room with nothing to do because they are afraid to look childish by going home each weekend. I have come to realize many Eastern students are not that far from home and there should be nothing or no one holding them back from returning home, except maybe a snowstorm. But winter is over and so is being able to make that
Justin Brown excuse. And do not tell me you are staying here for a sporting or other organized event, because I have been to those on the weekend and the only people I see there are players’ families (who make a long drive), friends and other athletes. Please do not let the fear of attending an event by yourself keep you from attending some of these events. For close to 10 years I was an overthe-road truck driver and everything from eating dinner to attending Cubs baseball games I did by myself. If involvement would maybe make staying on campus for the weekend more enjoyable or worthy of the extra money it would cost to not go home, I encourage you to give it a try. Find something in the community that would allow you to get out and make new friends or find a new group to be a part of. What I am not implying is that there is noth-
ing to do around Charleston on the weekend, I have created many of photo budgets (for The Daily Eastern News) this semester and found many things very exciting that I sometimes wish I could participate in happening in and in the surrounding area. Some of those events I find are even previewed in the pages of The News. And the whole bunch of events is listed on Facebook and very easy to find on the calendar located there. I also have a little secret I will share: Booth Library has free movie rental for students. I hope this does not sound like I hate the surrounding area; what I want to get across is that we all are responsible for living our own life and no one’s criticism or opinion on how you live your life should affect the decisions you make. It is also important to understand the circumstances before casting judgement on each other. Lastly, if you are looking for something to do this weekend, baseball and tennis are home and there is a whole list of Greek Week and Asian Heritage Month events. And if that does not do it for you, Doudna probably has something for you to enjoy. Take it from the guy who has been there and done that. Whatever you are doing or wish to do is exactly what you should be doing. Justin Brown is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or jlbrown@eiu.edu.
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By Tori Harrison Contributing Writer | @DEN_News Like many others, international students have jobs while studying at Eastern. Unlike students from the United States, however, international students have a list of things that must be done before they can work for the university. To date, there are 430 international students who come from 42 different countries. Assistant Payroll Manager Merry Toberman said one out of every
three international students have jobs while enrolled at Eastern. While most of the international students work in the Housing and Dining areas, Toberman said they are able to work all over campus as long as the area’s budget allows for it. To be employed by Eastern, international students have to get an offer letter from the place they are seeking employment and an employment verification form that authenticates their identity with the hiring supervisor. Next, the student must visit the Office of International Students and
Lars Ott, a senior math and computer science major from Germany, went through these same steps when finding employment on campus. Ott has worked as a math tutor for student athletes on campus since his sophomore year, working with students mostly on algebra and statistics. He said finding a job on campus was fairly easy for him, and he enjoys tutoring the student athletes a lot. “It is a laid-back job and I really love helping people succeed in their academics,” Ott said. “The only struggle I sometimes have is finding
the right English word that I need to help better explain a hard concept to someone I am tutoring.” Ott and other international students also have to be careful not to go over a 19.5-hour work week. While class is in session, students who do not live in the U.S. can only work part-time on campus. “The process for an international student to work here is pretty easy, but there are some steps you have to take,” Ott said. Tori Harrison can be reached at 5812812 or tlmaster@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “These students are choosing our competitors. Ninety-one percent of them are going to other four-year institutions,” Norman said. “Those are the students we could include while being more competitive and simplifying our criteria.” He said this would help students to not only come to the university, but also receive better support services than they would at other universities. “I’m telling you the 15 students that went to Illinois State, they are not getting the faculty to student ratio that they’re getting here. They’re not getting the personal attention,” Norman said. “The very basic service we offer here is going to gear those 15 students who are more likely to come here because the lack of stipulations, they are more likely to succeed here than at Illinois State.” Jackie Collins, academic advis-
Scholars in Blair Hall, where they get an OISS letterhead, a Social Security application and a list of instructions. Then, the student has to go to the Social Security Office with their application, visa or passport, I-94 form and I-20 form. The office will give the student a receipt, and they will bring it back to the OISS and be able to work after that. Before starting their new job, the student must meet with accountant Jo Gentry in Room 1137 of Old Main and give her a yearly W-4 form and other tax documents.
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er for the Gateway Program, said while she understands the university is trying to attract more students, she is concerned about the retention rate. “We need to be careful not to become Indiana State, where their retention rate is terrible,” Collins said. “So I think we need to be thinking in terms of not only the people we get here, but do we have the resources to keep them here?” Collins said many of the services students would need are not fully staffed, including the Counseling Center, Career Services, academic advising and other support services. “If you are lowering your admissions standards, you don’t have the resources to support those students,” Collins said. Chrissy Miller can be reached at 5812812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu.
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that we have a lower class size or that we have this lab, that lab,” Ghosh said. “But it’s what types of programs you do have.” The News staff can be reached at 5812812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com
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Tyler Seawood, a senior jazz studies major, from Chicago, IL practices in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Tyler is an aspiring jazz artist that often practices 4 to 5 days a week. Seawood often composes new music and has an album out on iTunes and Spotify entitled, “New Beginnings”.
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Review by Kalyn Hayslett Editor-in-Chief | @DEN_news Three African-American males immersed in drug dealing, violence and dishonesty is not a ground breaking movie plot, but director Jamal Hill intertwines these thought-provoking dilemmas in his film “Deuces.” “Deuces” premiered on Netflix April Fools Day and features an all-star cast, including Lance Gross as Jason Foster, Megan Good as his sister Janet Foster, La La Anthony as a police detective and Syia as Diggs. The character Deuces, played by Larenz Tate, was the main leader of three drug dealers: Paper played by Rick Gonzales, Face played by Rotimi and Diggs. The film is told from Deuces’ perspective as he narrates the scenes and reflects on his actions. He helps foreshadow consequences and gives the audience a peek into his thoughts. Even with popularity, money and friends, Deuces was not satisfied with his life. Hill uses the film “Deuces” to make the audience question the American Dream. Being able to establish wealth and security from humble begin-
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scene sequence did not line up to his predictions. The chemistry between the actors is what carried the film. Janet and Deuces’ relationship developed on the scene with believable dates, arguments and conversations. The interaction between them was genuine and made the viewers instantly become invested and ultimately root for them to stay together. However, the star of the film was Gross, who had the task of playing two contrasting roles, playing both an undercover cop and a drug dealer. Gross’ fighting scenes were authentic. Audience members could almost feel the punches and hear the shattering gun shots. The movie was also emotionally open, with sincere tears and heartwarming speeches. Gross as Jason had a believable “bromance” with Deuces and a relatable bond with Janet Foster. I would give this film a 4 out of 5 stars. The acting made up for the off-putting ending. I would recommend students watch the film with a group of friends, as it will serve as a good discussion starter.
nings should equate to a happy life, but that was not the case in the movie. What Deuces desired was peace and companionship, things that cannot be bought. Audience members have to determine who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist. Are the drug dealers justified in their actions because they are just trying to make a living for themselves, or are the police officers’ untraditional means to enforce the law justified? The ending of the film was the biggest disappointment because one of the main characters, Reese, made a rash decision and the audience has to guess the repercussions of his actions. Overall, the ending was unThe New Times Sales Corporation realistic andYork fell short of Syndication the 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. can 10018 climax of the film. For the enKalyn Hayslett be reached Foraudience Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 tire film, the follows at 591-2812 or kehayslett@ For Release Friday, April 7, 2017 Deuces’ narrative, and the last eiu.edu.
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The film “Deuces,” became available on Netflix starting April 1. It features famous actors including Megan Good, Lance Gross and Larenz Tate.
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Panther tennis to have senior day By Parker Valentine Women’s Tennis Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Panthers finish their home schedule with senior day at the Darling courts Saturday. The Panthers play Murray State Friday. They finish the weekend with senior day Saturday, against Austin Peay. “It is an indescribable feeling representing EIU at EIU. Friends, families, faculty and the Charleston community come out to our matches, making the experience more fun and lively,” senior Kelly Iden said. This senior class, consisting of Iden, Maria Moshteva and Kamile Stadalninkaite, has been through thick and thin together. All three of these seniors have been apart of the team since their freshman year. They have spent all
four years growing together. “A lot of people transfer, but us three have stuck together from freshman year. I’m happy to have those two (Iden and Moshteva) with me,” Stadalninkaite said. The feeling is mutual throughout the team from freshman to seniors. “The seniors are always there for you. On the cour t, off the court, whether it’s personal or school, they’ve always been there for us,” freshman Shelby Anderson said. Anderson won her last doubles match, where she was paired with Stadalninkaite. Play begins at 1 p.m. Friday against Murray State. The Pant h e r s h a ve s p l i t t h e i r l a s t t w o meets with the Racers. B o t h m e e t s h a ve b e e n ve r y competitive, the final score of
both of their last matchups was 3-4, with both teams earning one victory. “It will be fun playing Murray State, they are one of our bigger rivals,” Moshteva said. The significance of these last home matches was not lost on her either. “I will miss my fellow seniors, you don’t realize how much it means to you and the university until you get to the end. You realize playing is not something you have to do; it is something you want to do. I got to compete every day with my team,” Moshteva said. Senior day will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Panthers have won four straight games against the Governors and are looking for a fifth in a row. “Win or lose the emotions will
be positive, but going out with a win would be a great memory, especially on senior day,” Stadalninkaite said. The impact these seniors have had on their team was not over looked by coach Emily Wang either. “On some teams you will see that seniors are just on their way out, I think it’s been special that they’ve taken the freshman in and shown them the way of the team,” Wang said. “They have paved the way for the next four years by being excellent leaders on and off the court.” T h e Pa n t h e r s h a ve a ve r a g e d over a 3.5 GPA for both of the last two years. These seniors appreciate their coach just as much as she appreciates them. “I’d like to thank coach for be-
ing so good at what she does. It can be hard to transition to a new coach but I feel like she’s been our coach for four years,” Stadalninkaite said. It is clear as well, how much not only their teammates and coach mean to them, but how much the Charleston and Eastern community means as well. “I will remember the friendships I created here. It will be bitter-sweet leaving, as I will miss my teammates and friends. However, I am looking forward to my future opportunities and will always stay connected to EIU,” Iden said. Stadalninkaite said she is going to come back as much as she can and that it is going to be hard to separate from Eastern. Parker Valentine can be reached at 581-2812 or pivalentine@eiu.
Eastern gears up for Southeast Missouri By Tyler McCluskey Assistant Sports Editor | @McCluskeySports The Eastern baseball team will return home for a series against Ohio Valley Conference opponent Southeast Missouri this weekend. The Panthers (5-23) only have two wins in OVC, which puts them in the second to last spot, while the Redhawks are tied for fourth with a 6-6 conference record with a 15-12 overall record. Eastern fell 12-1 against Saint Louis Tuesday but still showed
promise with its bats. Sophomore Jimmy Govern showed up going 3-4, driving in the lone run for the Panthers. Govern leads the team with a .345 batting average and is the only one hitting above the .300 mark and has been tearing it up in his last eight games. In that span he has gone 18-32 and has an on-base percentage of .588. Junior Andrew Curran was the only other Panther to have more than one hit against the Billikens going 2-3.
Junior Matt Albert has gotten on base in 15 straight games. Albert ranks third in OVC in homerun with 10 and is seventh in slugging percentage and RBIs with .678 and 34 respectively. Friday’s probable starter is redshirt junior Jake Haberer. Haberer is 0-1 on the season and has an ERA of 4.43 and has 26 strikeouts. For Saturday, the Panthers will bring senior Michael McCormick to the mound. McCormick has yet to get a win this season as his 0-4 record in seven games boasts a 6.31
ERA. For the Redhawks, the game one starter is OVC pitcher of the week Clay Chandler. This is his fourth time receiving this award. Chandler pitched seven scoreless innings against Austin Peay and only gave up two hits. For the week, Chandler struck out eight hitters and only had one walk in 8 2/3 innings and got a save out of the bullpen against Missouri. Not only has the pitching been good for the Redhawks, but on the hitting side as well. Southeast Mis-
souri have four players with an onbase streak of double-digits. Clayton Evans has reached base safely in a career high 22 games. Right behind him is Chris Osborne with 21, followed by Connor Basler and Dan Holst with 18 and 15 respectively. The Redhawks own the all-time series against the Panthers 37-32. Fridays game starts at 3 p.m. Saturday and1 p.m. Sunday. Tyler McCluskey can be reached at 581-2812 or at trmccluskey@eiu. edu.
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Panthers wrap up Ohio Valley road trip By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports Last year when Eastern played Eastern Kentucky in the regular season, the two starting pitchers combined for 25 strikeouts and the Panthers won on a walk-off bunt. Eastern and the Colonels had one of the wildest game with a story that could not even be written. It was the ultimate pitcher’s dual between then sophomore Jessica Wireman and Hayley Flynn. Eastern came away with a 1-0 win…on a walk-off suicide squeeze in the 12th inning by Ashlynne Paul. Wireman struck out 22 batters in 12 innings pitched, and Flynn sent down 23 Panthers. Alex Sallberg pitched one inning for the Colonels and yielded the winning run. She also had a strikeout. The Panthers strung together six hits in the game, but never found a way to score a run. A shutout this weekend? Possible. A combined 26 strikeouts in a game? Probably can rule that one out. And that can stand true as in the next game that weekend the Panthers won 7-3 and the two teams combined for a whopping six strikeouts. Well, this year the Panthers will not have to worry about Flynn. The Ohio native senior graduated in the spring. Eastern Kentucky was not let off the hook so easy, however. Wireman is back this year and is pitching just as good,if not better. Her ERA speaks for that. Through this part of the OVC portion of the schedule last season her ERA was above for. She is sit-
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Junior Taylor Monahan drops down a bunt in the Panthers’ loss to Belmont March 24 at Williams Field. The Panthers will play Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky this weekend.
ting at 2.61 and with a hot offense to back her up. The Panthers’ time at home was short-lived, and they came away with three wins. They were instantly tested with a six-game OVC road trip, with the seventh game being nonconference. But the Panthers started off the road trip 2-0 with wins against
Southeast Missouri and will be tested with Morehead State Saturday for two games and Eastern Kentucky Sunday for two more. Morehead State is 3-3 and Eastern Kentucky is 3-2. The Panthers played the Golden Eagles and Colonels in the OVC tournament. Eastern cruised past Morehead State in the first round
7-0 despite not playing each other in the regular season. Both games were rained out. Eastern lost to Eastern Kentucky in their second game 6-4. A clean 4-0 sweep over the weekend will have the Panthers at 9-1 and in very good position in the OVC standings and even two losses will have the Panthers at 7-3, which would be a good record to come out
of the road trip with. The Panthers’ chance to continue their five-game win streak will begin at 11 a.m. Friday with the second game following at 1 p.m. Sunday’s games are set for 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Track, field heads to ISU invite Tennis hosts last By Kaitlin Cordes Track and Field Reporter | @DEN_Sports
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The track and field team returns to action Saturday at the Illinois State Redbird Invite. The men’s and women’s hammer throw is Friday, but the remaining events will begin at 11 a.m. the following day. The Panthers will face off against Western Illinois, Northern Illinois, Bradley, Loyola-Chicago, Dayton and Illinois. Each school, including Eastern and Illinois State, are Division I schools. Sophomore Kaitlyn Ebert said the competition will not be a huge challenge because she will face her own challenges personally. “I would love to break an EIU top-10 record and just be able to be consistent. I want to be able to have a consistent performance, and I’d like to be able to improve by 10 feet,” Ebert said. She said she wants to push herself mentally for this meet because she tends to stress herself over competitions. For this next meet and even for the season, Ebert said she would like to become a ranked conference athlete in the javelin throw and said she feels she can now achieve this because she is more flexible and mature in some aspects of her technique than she was last year. At the 2016 Redbird Invitational, Ebert placed eighth in the javelin throw, missing the top five by a little over nine feet. The men won last year’s meet, and the women took second behind Illinois State. The Panthers finished the 2016 meet with eight first-place finishes. Junior Haleigh Knapp had Eastern’s best performance as she set a school record in the high jump after clearing 5’10.5” for a firstplace win.
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Redshirt junior Chaela Kruger competes in the long jump at the Friday Night Special in Lantz Fieldhouse Feb. 17.
Senior Riley Kittridge won the discus throw with a mark of 148’6.5”. Junior Chrisford Stevens won the triple jump with a distance of 47’11”, and senior Kendall Williams took first in the long jump. Graduate student Dhiaa Dean won the 400-meter dash in 55.24 seconds. Alumni Janie Howse and Eric Gordon carried the remaining first-place finishes for the
Panthers. Friday’s hammer throw events will begin at 3 p.m., and the rest of the meet will start the following morning with the men’s and women’s discus throw. Running events will begin at noon on Saturday. Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or krcordes@eiu.edu.
The Eastern men’s tennis team will have its last chance for an OVC win this season on Saturday, against the OVC opponent who is the most similar to Eastern. Currently, the Panthers have an 0-5 record in OVC play. The Panthers sit in last place in the OVC, with Austin Peay right in front of them. Eastern has faired well against its OVC opponents, but at times the competition has been too much. The Panthers were shut out 7-0 by the top three teams in the OVC, Tennessee Tech, Belmont and Eastern Kentucky, who are first, second and third place respectively. Jacksonville State and Tennessee State did not hold the Panthers scoreless in games where Eastern played well, but they did not get over the last hurdle to win. This has been the problem the Panthers have had in their OVC contests. Multiple times, Eastern players have gotten within one point of winning a set or match, but they are not able to get over the last hurdle to get the victory. Coach Samuel Kercheval said after the two losses last weekend that the next step for the team is to start winning when they put themselves in the position to win. Eastern will get the chance Saturday to avoid going winless in the OVC this season. The Austin Peay Governors are 4-11 on the year and 1-3 in the OVC.
While Eastern is on a two-game losing streak, Austin Peay is on a three-game losing streak. Austin Peay’s lone OVC win this season is a 6-1 victory over Tennessee State, the team that defeated Eastern 5-2 Saturday. The matchup between the two schools dates back to the late ’90s, with Austin Peay holding a 15-10 series record over Eastern. Despite the Panthers’ record in the OVC, the team has started playing better late in the season, which is when the OVC play has occurred. Despite the three 0-7 losses to OVC opponents, the players played well in those matches. Friday against Belmont and Tennessee State, the Panthers played in close matches and came away with some victories. Freshman Marko Stefan Janjusic improved his singles record to 9-12, the best on the team, after his win against his TSU opponent. Junior Grant Reiman was on a 10-match losing skid in singles, but broke out of the slump after defeating TSU’s Tom Parant in straight sets. Reiman and his duals match partner, freshman Gage Kingsmith, have won three duals matches in a row after going 2-0 over the weekend against Belmont and TSU. Eastern’s last chance for an OVC win in the regular season is Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Darling Courts on Eastern’s campus. Dillan Schorfheide can be reached at 581-2812 or at dtschorfheide@eiu.