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Gatrell announced as Eastern’s new provost By Chrissy Miller Administration Reporter | @DEN_News Ja y G a t r e l l , c u r r e n t l y v i c e provost for faculty affairs and research at Bellarmine University, will be taking over the provost position at Eastern upon current Provost Blair Lord’s retirement. According to a press release, Gatrell’s appointment goes into effect July 1. Gatrell, who is also a geography and environmental studies professor at Bellarmine, said he is excited to join the campus community. “ I l o o k f o r w a rd t o w o r k i n g with the current students, faculty and the leadership to tell the
community, parents, k-12 teachers and future students all about the outstanding story that is Eastern Illinois University,” Gatrell said. “I’m ‘bullish’ on the future as I earnestly believe students seek out, enroll and graduate from institutions like Eastern that are committed to their life-long success.” Gatrell said since he is a faculty member himself, he understands the struggles faculty members face. “ It ’s e s s e n t i a l t o l i s t e n t o our colleagues,” Gatrell said. “I recognize that the capacity exists to promote effective collaboration a n d e n l i v e n t h e u n i v e r s i t y ’s mission through shared
governance.” Gatrell said he will advance Eastern’s mission by learning more about the university’s vitalization project efforts. He said he hopes to work with the campus to find new pathways for student success. “This summer I anticipate beginning discussions with the deans and faculty leaders on designing an inclusive process for developing and implementing a strategic academic plan,” Gatrell said. Gatrell said this plan will build off the positive qualities present in Eastern’s current programs.
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Jay Gatrell, shown here during interviews for provost, has been chosen as Eastern’s new provost. He is currently the vice provost for faculty affairs and research at Bellarmine University
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Students on the Doudna steps share their feelings and how they knew Byron Edingburg, who was killed over the weekend after a shooting . The group also shared a moment of silence for Edingburg.
Students, professors reflect on memories of late senior By Kalyn Hayslett & Cassie Buchman Editor-in-Chief & News Editor | @DEN_News A vivid memory James Bateman, a senior communication studies major, has of senior Byron Edingburg is seeing him dance across the quad. Seeing his joy made Bateman start dancing, too. This and other aspects of Edingburg’s fun personality are what Bateman said he will miss about his friend. Edingburg, set to graduate Ma y 6 , w a s p r o n o u n c e d d e a d early Saturday morning at
Carle Hospital in Urbana, after a shooting during a party on Seventh Street. One thing Jaccari Brown, a graduate student in communication studies, always a d m i re d a b o u t Ed i n g b u r g w a s how funny he was. “He could say something serious that could mean a lot of things and he always did it in a way that was so hear tfelt and relaxed,” said Brown, whose friendship with Edingburg started two years ago. Bateman said Edingburg was always the life of the party. “No matter what situation he
was in, he would always have fun. No matter how big the party was or how small the party was, you always knew Byron was there,” Bateman said. Bateman said Edingburg had the ability to make everyone comfortable around him. “No matter who you were or what situation you (had) in life, if you were friends with Byron you were his people,” Bateman said. “We had white, we had Hispanic, we h a d A s i a n , we h a d Ko re a n friends and we would all party at the same time. There would bea some language barriers, but outside of that, we would just
all hang out together (and) there would be no issues.” Edingburg’s love for different c u l t u re s w a s e v i d e n t w h e n h e studied abroad in South Korea, where he was exposed to another language and immersed himself in another culture. Brown said Edingburg was planning to join the Peace Corps after graduation and then go to a countr y in Africa to earn his master’s degree. While Edingburg enjoyed meeting people, Brown said, he was still very focused on his studies.
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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), one of the Democratic candidates for governor, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Effingham Room of the Mar tin Luther King Jr. University Union. Biss formerly announced he would be running for governor in March. According to his website, he currently represents the 9th district in the Illinois State Senate. Previously, he ser ved a term in the House, representing the 17th district. According to an event page on Facebook, Biss will present his vision for the State of Illinois at the Meet and Greet. The Meet and Greet is being hosted by the EIU College Democrats. The News desk can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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Lawmakers return from break facing state budget issues SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers are returning to the Capitol this week to resume work on trying to end a budget stalemate that has eluded them for almost two years. The State Journal-Register reports that just before lawmakers’ two-week spring break, the House approved another stopgap spending bill that would give more than $800 million to human-services programs and higher education. But an overall Illinois budget remains a work in progress. Issues include school funding reform, pension changes, a higher minimum wage and other matters that were part of the Senate’s “grand bargain.” Efforts to pass the
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CHICAGO (AP) — The physician w h o w a s d r a g g e d o f f a Un i t e d Airlines flight in Chicago this month was verbally and physically abusive, and flailing his arms before he lost his balance and struck his mouth on an armrest, according to the aviation officer who pulled the man out of his seat. The Chicago Department of Aviation on Monday released the officer's report of the incident, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by The Associated Press. T h e re p o r t re ve a l s f o r t h e f i r s t time the officer's version of what happened aboard the plane at O'Hare International Airport on April 9. The report also includes the name of the officer, James Long, who authorities initially declined to identify. In the report, Long said he
boarded the United Express flight after being called in response to a disturbance involving two people regarding a refusal to leave the aircraft. United has said four passengers had been ordered off the airplane to make room for four e m p l oy e e s t o f l y t o L o u i s v i l l e , Kentucky. L o n g s a i d h e a p p ro a c h e d Dr. David Dao to ask the 69-year-old physician to get off the plane. Long said Dao refused and "folded his arms tightly." Long said he reached out to "hold" Dao and was able to pull him away from his window seat on the aircraft and move toward the aisle. "But suddenly the subject started flailing and fighting," Long wrote. Dao then knocked Long's hand off his arm, causing the struggling Dao to fall and strike his mouth on an
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Some stressing, others calm for finals week By Mallory Kutnick Campus Reporter | @DEN_News Even though the school year is drawing to a close, it is not yet time for celebration as the anxiety of finals week catches up to students. Some sit huddled in the Booth Library, surrounded by mounds of books and papers. Others bunker down in their homes or lounges across campus. Still others took advantage of Monday’s warm, dry weather and worked outdoors, sitting on the Doudna Steps or laying out on the quads. For some students, the end of the semester means cramming sessions and late-night rushes to complete projects and other assignments. Kara Feeney, a senior communication studies major, said she has a lot of projects due this week and is working on putting the finishing touches on each. Her strategy for handling stress is to being productive and keeping track of what work has yet to be done. “Try to plan out your week so that you don’t leave too many assignments to the last minute and you can keep on top of them,” Feeney said. She said she de-stresses by spending her lunch breaks jogging on treadmills at the Student Recreation Center. “I was probably more stressed out about my (general education) finals,” Feeney said, adding that she does not care about math or science. “Once I got done with the classes I didn’t like, I
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Alexandria Kauble, a junior sociology major reads a book in the Booth Library. Finals is just a week away and students are buckling down to finish papers, projects and study for tests.
would say I got less stressed.” Feeney is not alone in working out. Clifton Moore, a senior marketing major, also exercises to relieve stress. Moore works part-time, though, so he does not always have the opportunity to go to the gym when anxiety hits. “(I) sit back, take a couple deep b re a t h s , t r y t o b a l a n c e e ve r y -
thing,” he said. Moore said he has str uggled with “senioritis,” or a lack of motivation generally associated with upcoming graduation. “I procrastinate a lot,” he said. “I realize that the earlier I prepare, the less stressed I’ll be towards the end, which hasn’t always been the
case this semester.” A key stressor for Moore during finals week will be finding time to spend with his friends before he graduates and leaves Eastern for a job he has lined up. Moore and Leo Altamirano, a graduate student studying biological sciences, agree that group projects are less stressful.
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“It takes the pressure off a little bit,” Moore said. Selena Castillo, a senior management major and a friend of Moore’s, said she has gotten a handle on her stress since arriving at Eastern as a freshman. “This time a couple years ago, I was ready to pull my hair out,” Castillo said. “What’s the use of stressing if you know you have to do (your work) anyway?” Despite upcoming exams, Lindsay Spitz, a senior biological sciences major, remains calm. “I’m not stressed at all,” Spitz said. Spitz, who transferred to Eastern in the summer of 2016, said she took four classes this semester. Two of them were half-semester courses ending at midterm time, Spitz said. With two finals left, Spitz said she feels more at ease. She has completed every project, eliminating her greatest source of stress – multiple assignments due at once. Mikayla Willoughby, a junior communication disorders and sciences major, said she is taking five classes and tends to get sick around finals week. Regardless, she said she has a lighter load this year, owing to presentations instead of exams in two classes. “I don’t mind tests, either…as long as you’re smart about your time,” Willoughby said. “We’ve had the whole semester.” Mallory Kutnick can be reached at 5812812 or mbkutnick@eiu.edu.
Fracking talk to stress environmental, legal concerns By Leon Mire Associate News Editor | @DEN_News The legal and environmental issues facing fracking will be discussed from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library. Vito Mastrangelo, a retired Illinois public attorney, will present “The New Fracking: Extreme Extraction Dangers,” sponsored by the Coles County Green Party. Although “fracking” – short for hydraulic fracturing – has been in use for over 50 years, recent techniques have made it more efficient
but also more problematic, Mastrangelo said. Traditional vertical fracking involves putting a well under high pressure to retrieve oil or natural gas underground. But most people who express concerns about fracking are discussing the new technique, which is high-volume horizontal fracking, Mastrangelo said. “(The) oil industry developed a way to turn the drill bit horizontally, so that it could go underground horizontally, rather than just vertically,” Mastrangelo said. “And this allowed them to access oil and gas that was
either inaccessible or not efficient to access prior to that.” The wells often extend a mile or two underground, so they require vast quantities of water to re-pressurize, he said – sometimes as much as a million gallons per well, which can be especially taxing during droughts. Mastrangelo said another concern is the technique relies on cancer-causing chemicals, such as explosives, machine lubricants and proppants, which keep hydraulic fractures open. “We know that well casings leak over time, almost all of them do eventually...and of course there’s al-
ways going to be accidents above ground where chemicals are spilled,” Mastrangelo said. Horizontal fracking can also have secondary environmental effects, he said, because of the increased pipelines, land use and truck traffic required. Aside from environmental concerns, Mastrangelo said he will also focus in his talk on a legal issue many people are unaware of – subsurface trespassing, when a horizontal well is extended under someone’s ground without the consent or knowledge of the landowner. Coles County Green Party mem-
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ber Keith Wilson said Coles County citizens need to be informed about fracking, because it will probably become more prominent in Illinois after energy prices rebound. Wilson is especially concerned about President Donald Trump’s rollback of data gathering on leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas associated with fracking. “The citizens need to be prepared to insist that the fracking industry do extraction in an ecologically friendly manner,” he said. Leon Mire can be reached at 5812812 or lkmire@eiu.edu.
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Closeness with classmates a great comfort at the end of college career
The nice thing about coming to a smaller school like Eastern is the fact that you are not going to class with hundreds of people. In my experience, class sizes are small so, for the most part, you will always know at least one person in each of your classes and you also tend to get fairly close to those people. This closeness comes from the shared s t r u g g l e t h a t c o m e s f ro m t h e c o p i o u s amounts of work we have to get accomplished in so little time. Coming to class every day, you find comfort in opening up to your peers and figuring out how to get through it all. In a way, only English majors understand the struggle of being an English major, and that goes for any other major as well. This is why at the end of each semester, the English majors get together and have one last shindig to destress and have a good time. At this shindig, we get a chance to say our goodbyes and well wishes, and those of us who are of age may throw in a glass of wine or two. Even though the semester is not technically over, the weekend this get together happens tends to be a week or two before finals because although we still have time left in the semester, we still managed to get to the end. So even though the school work is piling up and most of us are going slightly insane, we English majors got together for a night of fun and games this weekend. We played pool, drank a little and maybe even complained about the amount of homework we had to finish by the end of the weekend. Could we have been doing our homework? Yes. Did we? Beforehand, maybe, but probably not. But at the end of the day, getting together and seeing each other outside of the classroom was totally worth the slight hold up in homework doing and I would not trade that time for anything. The memories we made were fun and for a few hours, we were not some zombies only surviving by drinking caffeine; we were lively and celebrating the fact that we made it. We got through it and this was our prize, time to laugh it all off and take a much-needed break from the part of life that we call reality. We realized the impact that each person there had on us, and how these are the times we will be able to talk and laugh about years from now. We realized how important it is to have a support system that is there for you when you are a hot mess, and reminding you that you are not alone. Thanks to all of my friends who made my college experience as awesome as it was. I will miss you all. And to those graduating or going on to student teaching, congratulations! We made it! Alex Bonnot is a senior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or agbonnot@eiu.edu.
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Science March paves the way for literacy This Saturday, scientists and non-scientists from around Mattoon and Charleston participated in Science Fest, coinciding with Earth Day and the nationwide March for Science. Unlike many of the marches, Science Fest focused more on education and community involvement than on political pressure. While there is no denying the need for science to receive necessary funding and for politicians to become more scientifically literate, in a way events like Science Fest strike at the root of the problem. We cannot convince people to fund science unless they first care about science. And the best way to get people to care about science is through education and interactive events like Science Fest. Unfortunately, science is often seen as the activity of narrow-minded elites whose interests are disconnected from those of ordinary Americans. That is why community engagement at the local level is so important. People need to see that scientists are their friends and neighbors, to see that scientists are ordinary people. When we can relate to scientists on a personal level, we can see why they are upset about the state of science education or
funding in America today. Their problems become our problems. Science is often seen as dull and uninteresting, but one reason for that perception is that the topics are still taught largely out of textbooks rather than through hands-on activities. Of course, book learning will always be essential to education, but young people should see that science is not about memorizing formulas out of a textbook but about observing and interacting with the world around you. Several TV shows have made inroads on making science education fun, from “Bill Nye the Science Guy” to “Mythbusters” to “Sid the Science Kid.” But these can never take the place of hands-on demonstrations like those available at Science Fest. Science education must be made a priority because it plays too important a role in our everyday lives. We cannot afford to be ignorant about basic scientific principles, especially when our safety and prosperity are so intimately tied to them. Although science has made spectacular accomplishments, like sending a man to the moon, it can also be found in the mundane. A quick look around any room of your house
reveals thousands of hours of scientific labor. The lights only work because scientists dedicated their lives to understanding how electricity works and how to harness it reliably. Clean water comes out of the faucet because scientists dedicated their lives to understanding human waste and how to remove it from drinking water. Even something as seemingly simple as a plastic comb would not exist were it not for the contributions of scientists to manufacturing procedures and material properties. Despite the prevalence of science, we live in a world in which most people take it for granted and are largely uninformed about it. But science can do more than inform. It can also inspire. When we recognize science as a flawed but noble quest to understand the mysteries of the universe and to make the world a better place, we will see how crucial it is to make sure everyone becomes scientifically literate and nourishes their natural curiosity. That is why science education, even when completely separated from political concerns, may ultimately be one of the most effective tools for political change. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Audio makes a great alternative to reality When I was a child, my family’s beloved 1988 Land Cruiser only got AM radio. It was in that car that I learned simple pleasures; I remember driving in the country with my father, struggling to crank down the manual window with my puny 8-year-old arms, then enjoying the sun and wind and the strange, engaging stories we heard on the crackly AM band. I remember my favorite fixture of the tinny AM offerings was Paul Harvey’s The Rest of the Story, which I listened to religiously even on short rides. I could not say anymore what any of the stories were about, only that I loved listening, and that I felt as if my childhood was enriched by the extra learning experiences. These radio stories fostered in me a love of small stories and low-stakes adventures. Though I grew away from nonfiction as a teen, Paul Harvey’s show had influenced me for a lifetime, and when I hit adulthood I was ready to embrace the wonders of the nonfiction story once more. A year or two ago I started listening to a podcast called 99 Percent Invisible, hosted by Roman Mars, a design historian with a silky-smooth voice. Though its production is slicker, sporting electronic background music and cut-and-paste audio from staff members, guests and historic figures, it ultimately brought me back to my AM-radio childhood listening to Paul Harvey. With Roman Mars’ interest in obscure design and the tiniest slices of history, it makes perfect sense. To me, 99 Percent Invisible is a spiritual successor.
Shelby Niehaus After devouring hours of Mars’ glorious vocal talents, I longed for another listening experience to fall in love with. Luckily, my at-the-time audio obsession pointed me straight to other programs, which them pointed me to others beyond that. First I tried Song Exploder, musician Hrishikesh Hirway’s program on song creation and production process. There I heard demo tracks from Phantogram singles and isolated vocals from the Dropkick Murphys, neither of which I would have heard on my own. From there I moved on to Love + Radio, which as a fascinating excursion into romantic oddities that somehow failed to hold my attention for long. I turned to radio for that easy fascination I remember from my childhood, not the challenging introspection I found later in life. Maybe that has ruined me for some very interesting audio productions, but it has also defined my interests and led me to great content. After sampling The Allusionist (a show about language), This American Life (NPR’s famous anecdote-based production), Mortified (a hilarious show involving adults read-
ing their old diaries for a live audience) and Sawbones (a medical history show), I found a new squeeze with a recommendation from a friend. Lately I have been steadily working through The Adventure Zone, a show centered around three brothers and a father playing Dungeons and Dragons together. It satisfies my need for childlike engagement and a deep nostalgia for my own time in a Pathfinder campaign. Lately I find myself more and more at home in the world of audio as the outside world grows more complicated and frustrating. The school year is coming to a close and many project deadlines loom on the horizon. Watching videos feels like a waste of time, and reading for pleasure feels too much like the stress of reading for class. My escape, therefore, is into audio. When the day gets rough, I turn on a favorite episode of 99 Percent Invisible— maybe the one about the phone booth in the Mojave Desert—or Song Exploder, if I feel like revisiting MGMT’s breakout single “Time to Pretend.” If I start to feel sluggish I tune in to The Adventure Zone so I can imagine myself settling down to escape into fantasy worlds. It might not be the best use of my time, but I love returning to that feeling of being an 8-year-old girl listening to fantastic stories in the summer heat. Shelby Niehaus is a senior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or scniehaus@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Edingburg was even scheduled to give a presentation in economics professor Ahmed Abou-Zaid’s Theory and Research class Tuesday. Abou-Zaid said Edingburg’s presentation on the population of tuna fish and why it was declining significantly was something he was excited about. Unlike some students, who seem disinterested in presenting their papers, Abou-Zaid said Edingburg was “fired up” when giving his presentation. This passion did not go unnoticed, Abou-Zaid said. Edingburg ended up impressing the economics faculty as well as the dean and associate dean of the College of Sciences. “The day of the presentation he was taking a selfie with the poster, he was smiling, he was open to life,” Abou-Zaid said. Tuesday will be the first day AbouZaid will teach the seven-member class since Edingburg’s death. “You can see how much people liked him…If I say I am shocked it is not enough,” Abou-Zaid said. “It’s a great loss.”
If you were upset about something he would listen to you, make a joke, you would laugh and you would get over it. That’s the Byron I remember and that’s what I want people to remember. Peter Andrews, a mathematics and computer science professor, had Edingburg in his linear algebra class three years ago. “I remember him very clearly,” Andrews said. “I can’t say that about all my students.” Andrews remembers Edingburg as a pleasant, hard-working student who came regularly to office hours when the subject did not come easy to him. “I loved to see him come in, he was a pleasure,” Andrews said. “He was easy to get along with, he participated in class, was a hard-worker. He took it seriously.” Brown said Edingburg had many redeeming qualities. “He was a scholar, he was an activist, but he was a friend before all of that,” Brown said. “He definitely was the kind of person who enjoyed every bit of life
-James Bateman, senior communication studies major to the fullest extent and it’s sad to see African-American students who are from Chicago are here to get our education someone like that get taken away.” Brown said he was hurt when he first and progress with the community read comments on Facebook blaming second.” Bateman said he remembers his friend for the shooting and AfricanEdingburg being a peacekeeper. Americans in general for the crime. “If you were upset about something “They’re glorifying his death just to perpetuate a racist stigma. I hate that so he would listen to you, make a joke, you much. It’s so disgusting,” Brown said. would laugh and you would get over “It’s so dehumanizing to try to make it. That’s the Byron I remember and my friend, who is so smart and has done that’s what I want people to remember,” so many good things, a poster child to Bateman said. Bateman and Brown were both first fit this narrative of yours that all black notified about the shooting via Snapchat people are bad.” Brown said it is unfair to group all and both experienced instant denial African-Americans in the same category when hearing about it. of gangsters, hoodlums, murderers and Brown said he could not stop checking drug dealers. his phone because he was expecting to get “They really need to stop letting the a call from Edingburg asking him to pick action of the bad few try to represent him up from the party. all of us,” Brown said. “A lot of the After getting several phone calls and
looking at different Snapchat stories, Bateman said he could not even leave his bed. Detective Joel Shute, from the Charleston Police Department, said the police are focusing on collecting the information on the crime in whatever form that might be. “We’re talking to people, we’re developing names,” he said. The CPD has received some videos of the scene shot on mobile devices and witness accounts as well. “Our primary strategy is to take nothing for granted,” Shute said. The most definitive information about the suspect Shute said he could give out is that they have not been captured. Shute said it is not very often an incident like this will occur and that there has not been a homicide of this nature, especially in a college setting, in a long time. The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 based on openness, transparency and collaboration.” Glassman said Gatrell will start out learning about the practices, policies and culture of the academic affairs division at Eastern as well as reviewing Eastern’s budgetary system. When the fall semester comes, Glassman said Gatrell will focus on hearing from faculty and meeting with academic departments.
“I also hope that Dr. Gatrell will become a partner with me in continuing the implementation of EIU’s vitalization project and advancing our strategies for increasing student enrollment,” Glassman said. Faculty Senate chair Jemmie Robertson, also a member of the Provost and vice president for academic affairs search committee, said he is confident
the faculty will work well with Gatrell to improve Eastern’s programs. “His interaction with students really stood out as well. When he met with our committee he engaged the student members in a way the other candidates did not,” Robertson said. “He did not come in just as candidate to answer questions. He created a dialogue.” Robertson said Gatrell seems to be a
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to fourth grade, there was usually only one other minority in the room with her,” Candice said. Though Paisley Adams, a senior Candice said to help with Spanish major, is confident in her this, she put Paisley in different skin now, even competing in the programs. Miss Black EIU pageant, she had Some of these programs included trouble finding her identity as a Sunday school at their church and black woman growing up. Vacation Bible School. Paisley said she felt alone at C a n d i c e s a i d b e i n g a ro u n d times, though she knew what she family also helped Paisley, but she was feeling was not OK. continued to struggle, even in high Paisley moved to Bloomington, school. Ill. from Chicago when she turned Paisley said the girls who won one. In fifth grade, her family prom queen back then were always moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn. white — black girls never received When she was in eighth grade, they the title. moved back to Bloomington. Though Paisley said she was Both cities are predominantly n e v e r d i r e c t l y d i s c r i m i n a t e d white, something that contributed against in high school, she faced to Paisley’s problems finding her microaggressions that lowered her identity. self-esteem. “Growing up, I had all white “I remember a lot of people friends, which was fine, not a were like, ‘Oh, you speak so well,’ problem. But I definitely didn’t which is almost implying that know who I was exactly,” Paisley black people, in general, can’t speak said. intelligently,” Paisley said. “Or Paisley’s mother Candice Adams people were like ‘Wow, you sound saw that her daughter had issues so smart’ or ‘You sound so white.’ knowing who she was at a young Well, what does that mean?” SUBMIT TED | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS age. Pa i s l e y’s h a i r w a s t h e Paisley Adams, a senior Spanish major overcame her struggles with microaggressions to discover a newfound “When she began public school, subject of other microaggressions. Black women can change their confidence in herself. that’s when she realized life would Paisley said she used to not know be different,” Candice said. hairstyles in different ways, Paisley into college. had a hand in helping her find who “Eastern is actually where I found she is. She said the Black Student who she was because she let society Candice said Paisley only had the said, citing braids and afros as two my true identity, which is really sad Union and competing in Miss Black tell her how she should feel and people in the white community she different styles. who she should be. She remembers people coming up that I had to wait 18 years to finally EIU helped her as well. grew up in to compare herself to. But now, Paisley said, she thinks Paisley won the pre-pageant Being black in a white culture to her and asking her if they could appreciate who I was,” she said. Candice said she has seen a i n t e r v i e w a n d e v e n i n g g o w n that she is a queen. gave Paisley problems, Candice said. touch her hair, almost implying that The New Times Syndication Saleschange Corporation black York women are different or exotic. in her daughter. impromptu categories at the Paisley would live with a black Eighth Avenue, New York, Going through this made PaisleyN.Y. 10018 Paisley is more confident, she pageant this year. Dillan Schorfheide can be reached at family and go to a black church, 620 Forlighter Information 1-800-972-3550 581-2812 or dtschorfheide@eiu.edu As a result of her time in college, skin and Call: straighter hair. said, and prouder of her skin and but then she would have to go to want 2017 Paisley said she now sees herself as SFor h e Release d i d n o t Tuesday, f u l l y s t aApril r t t o25, hair. school, where this was not the case. Paisley’s black friends at Eastern beautiful, educated and valuable. “I would say, from kindergarten appreciate who she was until she got
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Women 4th, men 6th at Illinois Twilight By Kaitlin Cordes Track and Field Reporter | @DEN_Sports
The track and field team earned some of its lowest team rankings of the outdoor season this past weekend at the Illinois Twilight meet. The women placed fourth while the men found themselves in sixth place. Senior Julie James and the women’s 4x100-meter relay team were the only Panthers to post a win. James won the 800-meter dash with a time of 2 minutes, 11.91 seconds, and the relay team clocked in at 46.60 seconds to snatch 10 points. Senior Kristen Paris and junior Kendall Williams were the only Panthers to earn second place in their respective events. Paris came in behind James in the 800-meter run with at time of 2:12.64. Williams was second in the long jump with a mark of 23’1.75”. Junior Chrisford Stevens obtained multiple top-five finishes at the meet. Stevens was third in the triple jump after posting a measurement of 48’2.25” and was fourth in the long jump with a distance of 22’05.75”.
Junior Haleigh Knapp recorded a third-place performance in the high jump after clearing 5’4.5”. Sophomore Ashton Wilson also had a successful day in the event as he placed fourth with a mark of 6’2.75”. Sophomore Kaitlyn Ebert was third in the javelin throw with a mark of 116 feet. Junior Lexie Yealey posted the final topfive placing in women’s field events with a fourth place discus throw of 146’10”. Sophomore Adam Kessler and senior Riley Kittridge both placed in the top five in the shot put. Kessler placed fourth with a throw of 55’2”, and Kittridge was fifth with a mark of 54’11.5”. Senior John Piper was fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.16 seconds, a time just 0.16 seconds slower than third-place Bobbly Kaluza of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. Junior Darneisha Spann also placed fourth in her hurdle event. She finished the 100-meter hurdle race in 14.14 seconds. Senior Tori Master was fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.75. Redshirt sophomore Michael Brown finished fourth in the 800-meter run with
a time of 1:53.62. Senior Jamal Robinson came in fourth place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.75 seconds. Junior Nyjah Lane also placed fourth in the 100-meter dash as she finished the race in 12.14 seconds. Junior Maria Baldwin rounded out the team’s fourth-place finishes. She ran the 5,000-meter run in 17:25.11. Junior Davion McManis was fifth in the long jump at 22’5.25”. The University of Illinois won the meet on both the men’s and women’s sides. The Illini men and women combined for 19 first-place wins, more than any other school competing at the meet. The top five women’s teams were Illinois in first followed by Dayton, Illinois State, Eastern and Ball State. The top five teams for the men were Illinois, Illinois State, Illinois-Chicago, Edwardsville and DePaul. The Panthers will head to the Drake Relays for a three-day stint in Iowa starting Thursday, April 27. Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or krcordes@eiu.edu.
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Senior Kristen Paris takes her run in the Women’s 800. Paris would go on to win the race running a time of 2:11. “I wasn’t expecting the race to go the way it did, but I had to focus on my own race and not worry about the things happeneing around me,” Paris said about the race.
Men’s golf team struggles in opening day By Mark Shanahan Men’s Golf Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s golf team struggled as a whole in day one of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament on Monday. Sophomore Alvaro Hernandez continued to consistently be the team leader after shooting a 73 in round one, which was one over par. The next best Eastern golfer was sophomore Charlie Adare who shot a 79, which is seven over par. Freshman Romeo Perez, junior Alex Gowin and freshman Grant Miller claimed three of the four worst round totals on Monday. Perez is currently in 52nd after shooting an 83 in the first round. Gowin is in 54th followed by Miller in 55th. Gowin is 15 over par, while Miller is 20 over par. Eastern is in
Alvaro Hernandez 11th place out of 11 teams with a total score of 322. As a team, they are 34 over par with two rounds remaining in the tournament.
Southern Illinois Edwardsville leads the team standings after the first day with a total round score of 282, which is six under. Jacksonville State is four under as a team in second place followed by Eastern Kentucky in third. Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech and Morehead State are in fourth, fifth and sixth place. Tennessee-Martin, Murray State, Belmont, Tennessee St and Eastern round out the rest of the team standings. Charles Seals and Bobby Hayes are tied atop the individual standings with first-round totals of 67. Seals is from Tennessee Tech and Hayes is from Jacksonville State and they are both five under. In third is Southern Illinois Edwardsville’s Luke Long who shot a 69. There is a three-way tie for fourth place between Eastern Kentucky’s Noah Combs, Austin Peay’s
Charlie Adare Hunter Tidwell and Southern Illinois Edwardsville’s Brady Dixon who all shot a 70. Last year’s individual champion
Hunter Richardson from TennesseeMartin is in a five-way tie for seventh place with a round score of 71, which is one under par. Tennessee State’s Jermey Fultz, Morehead State’s Cooper Colins, Southern Illinois Edwardsville’s Conor Doe and Eastern Kentucky’s Will Sallee are among those tied for seventh. Jacksonville State is the only team to have all five of its golfers in the top 20 after the first day of competition. Southern Illinois Edwardsville claims the top spot after day one because it has three of its golfers in the top 10. Eastern will have a chance to improve its record over the next two days as there are still 36 holes left to play in the tournament. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.
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Panthers to take on Indiana State By Tyler McCluskey Assistant Sports Editor | @McCluskeySports The Eastern baseball team is on a six-game winning streak after completing a series sweep against Ohio Valley Conference opponent Eastern Kentucky. The Panthers (13-27) will stay at home and face Indiana State Tuesday. The Sycamores (18-19) are having a rough patch, losing four straight which includes getting swept by Dallas Baptist. Eastern has two players over the .300 mark in batting average. Sophomore Jimmy Govern is hitting .369 and junior Joe Duncan who sits at .301. As a whole, the batting average for the team is .255. Duncan has the most hits on the team with 53 and is third in home runs with eight. Duncan went 10-17 over the weekend with nine RBIs. For Indiana State, Tony Rosselli leads the team in virtually every category in hitting. He has a .364 batting average and five triples which is second in the Missouri Valley Conference. He also leads the team in slugging percentage with .628. Dane Tofteland broke the ISU single-game record Last Tuesday against Northern Illinois driving in 11 RBIs. He had three home runs including two grand slams to defeat the Huskies 17-8. It is the highest RBI performance in the NCAA so far this season and also tied a MVC record that dates back to 1992. As for pitching, the Sycamores can close out games if they lead after the eighth inning. They are 17-0 when leading after eight innings and outscoring opponents 27-12 in the ninth inning. Tyler Ward has a 3-2 record in eight
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Junior Joe Duncan grounds out to third base in the seventh inning of the Panthers’ second game against Eastern Kentucky Saturday at Coaches Stadium. The Panthers won game two of the three-game series 16-5.
starts and boasts a 3.04 ERA. Ward only has nine walks compared to his 34 strikeouts which ranks him 39th in the nation. The team has struck out 315 batters this year. Along with Ward, Jeremy McKinney has added 54 strikeouts in 42 innings which is
11.57 per nine innings which ranks him 34th in the nation. The two teams met earlier this season with ISU coming out on top, 2-1 due to a game-winning sacrifice fly from Clay Dungan. In that game, redshirt senior Brendon Allen went seven innings and gave
up one run on five hits and had eight strikeouts. The lone run from the Panthers came off a double by junior Matt Albert which scored Duncan in the top of the ninth. With that win, the Sycamores h a ve w o n e i g h t o f t h e l a s t 1 0 against the Panthers. The series
dates all the way back to 1905, where the Sycamores hold the alltime record of 112-86. The game is at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Coaches Stadium. Tyler McCluskey can be reached at 581-2812 or at trmccluskey@eiu.edu.
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Baseball team faces crucial stretch By Maher Kawash Baseball Reporter | @DEN_Sports
The Eastern baseball team is on its longest winning streak of the season and is playing well-rounded baseball. But is this success here to stay? The Panthers sure have a chance to prove that it is this week on their home field. With six straight wins already under their belt and such a dominant batting lineup hitting its groove, Eastern is in a stretch where if this continues they could actually make it to the tournament. Junior college transfer Dougie Parks said him and the rest of the team really is confident in continuing this success and for good reason. Parks is just one of many new additions to this lineup and it seems like everyone is just hitting the cover off the ball. Parks has 10 home runs this season as him and the other transfers have combined for 31 of the team’s 54 home runs. The Panthers are nearly doubling their home run total from last season, but another surprise has been the recent success of the pitching staff. Eastern coach Jason Anderson has always said that the talent is there for his time and pitching staff specifically, but it is just about building that confidence. Well, that confidence seems to be in
full-swing right now as the team is nearing its win total from last season already, but most importantly inching closer to the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. The confidence clearly comes when the team is swinging as hot as it has, but seeing a veteran like Brendon Allen have such a dominant outing on the mound has rubbed off on the rest of the staff. And because of his recent 12 strikeout performance, Allen was named CoOVC Pitcher of the Week. Andrew Curran got in on some honors of his own after being crowned as the OVC Baseball Player of the Week. Curran is another fine example of not just transfers making a difference, but improvement as a whole. Curran is coming off his hottest week of the season as he hit .529 with four home runs and eight RBIs. But the sense of improvement comes after the junior college transfer had somewhat of a rough start to this season. Despite his stellar week, Curran is still batting just .220 on the season, but it could also be argued that his consistent .307 on base percentage matters more. But again, it all comes down to seeing if Curran and the rest of the team can keep this up. The Panthers have two final home games that must be taken advantage of as they return to the road this weekend for another OVC series.
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Junior third baseman Dougie Parks throws out the runner April 8 against Southeast Missouri at Coaches Stadium.
Eastern is in the midst of a tight conference race as their second to last place spot in the standings does not tell the entire story. The Panthers are tied with two other teams for eighth in the conference but are just two games back of the fifth spot.
Some may have doubted the fact that a growing team like this could actually impact the OVC, but staying the course has done the team well. Eastern has seen all the adversity it has needed to as the team has gone through losing streaks of five or more
games ahead of this current winning stretch. The Panthers have 15 games left to try to clinch a spot in the postseason. Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.