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The Eastern volleyball team finished its season with a loss to Murray State in the OVC tournament.
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‘University College’ rejected, Health College explored Review Committee looked at structure of university on Friday By Brooke Schwartz Administration Reporter | @brookesch_wartz The Workgroup Review Committee focused on Workgroup no. 9’s proposal to create a “University College” and add a College of Health at its meeting Friday. Right now, Eastern has four academic colleges: the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Education and Professional Studies, the College of Sciences and the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences. A University College would house all undergraduate student success programs in one building. According to Workgroup no. 9’s proposal, these success programs include the Center for Academic Support and Assessment, Gateway, TRiO, the Student Success Center, the Office of Study Abroad, Disability Services, General Education coordinating or other offices related to undergraduate student advisement and academic support services. Committee members agreed it would be nice to have all these programs in one place, as it could help students find these services. However, they said making this an extra college would not be a good idea because having an official college would mean having to hire an extra dean. Committee members said this would not be feasible financially. The addition of a College of Health was attractive to many committee members, with a plan to move enough programs around so few new faculty positions would be created and no extra dean position would have to be added. The plan would include moving the school of family and consumer sciences to this new college, and moving the school of technology to the College of Sciences, which would allow what was originally the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences to become a focused, more independent business school. Although some members argued that the addition of this college would help draw students in, others, such as Douglas Klarup, interim dean of the College of Sciences, thought an additional college would mean little to nothing to prospective students. “You go to admissions now, see a drop down, it does not divvy the majors up into colleges. The colleges don’t come up,” Klarup said. “(Potential students) pick a major, and then they get directed to the department. So what the role of a college in recruitment for students is a little vague.” Stephen Lucas, interim associate dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies,
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Stephen Lucas, interim associate dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies, and Douglas Klarup, interim dean of the College of Sciences, provided a dean’s view on the restructuring of colleges. They both agreed that starting a new college was not possible, but rearranging what Eastern already has could be done.
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Billy Hung, biological sciences professor and chair of the Workgroup Review Committee, talks with committee members at a meeting last Friday. The committee is starting to finish up discussions over Workgroup No. 8’s and 9’s proposals. Members plan to start writing their final recommendations in the next couple of weeks.
said the committee needs to be very clear about its reasoning behind any structural changes. “Those (new college proposals) need to be coherent (and) not just for the sake of change,” Lucas said. “It’s not easy, because you’re talking about people and change.” Billy Hung, chair of the Workgroup Review Committee and biological sciences professor, said some of the changes the committee is looking at making through restructuring colleges might be possible through changing the geographic locations of programs. “I think some of the interactions that we are looking for come easier from physical proximity and then some of the interactions we are looking for come easier from administrative proximity,” Hung said. “(It is) a factor to keep in mind when we’re looking at breaking down departments and recombining them.” The committee also explored the idea of creating a school of fine arts within the College of Arts and Humanities. The goal of this school would be to better use the Doudna Fine Arts Center and the Tarble Arts Center in daily classes and programs. The committee’s next meeting will be Dec. 1. At this meeting, the committee will be reviewing a written draft of its final proposal, which will be due in its entirety in January. Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581-2812 or bsschwartz@eiu.edu.
3 candidates to be interviewed for new director position Staff Report | @DEN_News Three candidates will interview for the director of New Student and Family Programs position this week and next week. During their time on campus, candidates will have multiple interviews, including open ones and some with the student affairs director, interim vice president for student affairs Lynette Drake and the position’s search committee. Tanya Willard, the first candidate, will have a campus open interview session from 10:40 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. Monday in the Arcola/Tuscola room of
the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Willard is currently a doctoral associate in the department of educational leadership at Miami University. According to her résumé, part of her responsibilities are to support professors teaching Educational Leadership 204, a class required for all teacher education majors, by providing “additional teaching resources and suggestions for improvement.” Willard received her bachelor’s from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, her master’s from Georgia State and her doctorate’s from Miami University.
Justin Tierney, currently an admissions counselor at Eastern, is set to have his open on-campus interview from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Thursday, also in the Arcola/Tuscola room. Tierney is in charge of recruiting prospective students from the central Illinois area and has served on several committees in admissions, one of which reviewed Eastern’s admissions standards. He got his associate’s at Lincoln College, his bachelor’s from Elmhurst College and a master’s degree from Illinois State University. The third candidate, Lisa Shelton, is currently the director of New Student Admissions at Lake
Land College, where she oversees the “development and implementation of all activities relative to the recruitment and admission of traditional, adult or non-traditional and international students,” according to her résumé. Shelton is an Eastern alumna, graduating with her bachelor’s in speech communication with a minor in English. Shelton got her master’s from Gonzaga University in Washington. Shelton’s on-campus interview will be from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Monday, Dec. 4 in the Arcola/Tuscola room. Interviews, page 5
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has so infuriated some far-right members of his Republican party with his actions on abortion, immigration and other issues that he's now facing a primary challenge as he seeks a second term. GOP state Rep. Jeanne Ives, a staunch social and fiscal conservative from suburban Chicago, is raising money and circulating petitions to get on the March ballot. She says Rauner pledged during the 2014 campaign to stand up for taxpayers and not press a social agenda but instead "ended up putting in the social and economic agenda of the Chicago Democrat bosses." Ives and others from the party's right flank say Rauner's greatest offenses were his signing of measures that provide state health insurance and Medicaid coverage for abortions and that limit local cooperation with federal immigration authorities. He also supported billions in subsidies
for power giant Exelon Corp. Rauner said in the spring that he would veto the abortion bill, but he signed it months later, saying he believes all women should have the same health care options. "He lied to us," said Ives, a West Point graduate and veteran elected to the Legislature in 2012. "None of us trust him anymore." Rauner enters the race with huge advantages in name recognition and fundraising. The former businessman has been making campaign stops throughout Illinois, pledging to keep up his fight against the Democrats who control the Legislature. He has also continued to blast the state's most powerful Democrat, House Speaker Michael Madigan, over an income tax hike passed as part of a deal that ended a more than two-year state budget impasse. A Rauner campaign spokesman didn't directly respond to questions
about Ives' candidacy or her criticisms. With the candidate filing period opening Monday, Ives said she'll have the signatures she needs to make the March 20 ballot. It remains to be seen how much her candidacy might hurt Rauner — or whether it might even help him in the long run. Ives is getting support from an anti-abortion activist base that "is basically done with Rauner," said Republican businessman Vince Kolber, who knocked on doors for Rauner in 2014 but is now volunteering for Ives' campaign. Assuming Rauner makes it to the general election, some of those voters — an important part of the GOP base — could opt to stay home on Election Day rather than vote to give him a second term. Kolber, who has a home in Florida, said if Rauner wins the primary, he'll consider registering to vote
in Florida in November rather than support Rauner again. Ives said she's "a party person" and will vote for the GOP nominee. But "My husband won't. And neither will many of my friends." Ives' candidacy could reinforce the image Rauner stressed during his successful 2014 campaign of being a moderate and an outsider, Gaines said. Democrats already have been fighting it out for their party's nomination. More than a half dozen Democrats have said they're running, including state Sen. Daniel Biss, businessman Chris Kennedy and billionaire J.B. Pritzker. The candidate filing period ends Dec. 4. Candidates for statewide office must submit at least 5,000 valid signatures; people seeking to challenge the validity of a candidate's petitions have until Dec. 11 to file an objection that would be considered before the ballot is finalized.
Egypt reeling after attack in a Sinai mosque kills 305
that they methodically checked their victims for any sign of life after the initial round of blazing gunfire. Those still moving or breathing received a bullet to the head or the chest, the witnesses said. When the ambulances arrived they shot at them, repelling them as they got back into their vehicles and fled. Egypt's chief prosecutor, Nabil Sadeq, said the attackers, some masked, numbered between 25 and 30. Those with bare faces sported heavy beards and long hair, his statement added. Clad in military-style camouflage pants and black T-shirts, one of them carried a black banner with the declaration of the Muslim faith — there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet. Despite the banner, IS still has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
the twenty-first set of petitions Rauner has taken up since becoming governor in 2015. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board says the five cases involve charges filed from 1986 to 2001 and involve convictions on theft, burglary and drugs charges. Rauner announced last year that he'd eliminated a backlog of thousands of clemency requests he inherited from previous governors.
After a disappointing debut last weekend, the much-maligned DC Comics superhero team-up film "Justice League" slid to second with $40.7 million. In the five-day holiday frame, it earned about $60 million. "Justice League" is faring better overseas, where it has made more than $300 million. The two top spots told a familiar tale: Quality is trumping mediocrity at the box office, where Rotten Tomato ratings bear considerable weight and where word-of-mouth spreads lightning quick. "Coco" is Pixar's sixth release to land an A-plus CinemaScore from audiences. The film's Rotten Tomatoes rating, 96 percent fresh, is more than double that of "Justice League" (41 percent). After some early blunders (Disney tried to trademark "Dia de Los Muertos," sparking a backlash), the studio strove to capture Mexican culture authentically in "Coco," enlisting cultural consultants for their feedback. The film, directed by Lee Unkrich and co-directed by Adrian Molina, is one of the largest U.S. productions ever to feature a largely all-Latino cast. "Telling great stories that represent the audience is a part of what makes a film successful, especially when you get it right," said Hollis.
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt was reeling Sunday from the horrific militant attack on a mosque in northern Sinai that killed 305 people two days earlier — the deadliest assault by Islamic extremists in its modern history and a grim milestone in a long-running fight against the insurgency led by an Islamic State affiliate. Survivors and Egypt's top prosecutor have given accounts of the massacre that unfolded as more than two dozen assailants, carrying a black IS banner, unleashed gunfire and explosions during Friday prayers at the AlRawdah Mosque in a sleepy village by the same name near the small town of Bir al-Abd. The attackers arrived in five SUVs, took positions across from the mosque's door and windows, and just as the imam was about to deliver his sermon from the pulpit, they opened fire and tossed grenades at the estimated 500 people inside. When the violence finally stopped, 305 people, including 27 children, had been killed and 128 wounded. So composed were the militants
Illinois governor grants 5 petitions for clemency CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has granted five petitions for clemency and denied 97 others. The Republican's office announced the action Wednesday, saying it's the
'Coco' knocks out 'Justice League' at the box office NEW YORK (AP) — Pixar's "Coco" sang its way to the fourth best Thanksgiving weekend ever with an estimated $71.2 million over the fiveday weekend, a total that easily toppled Warner Bros.' "Justice League." "Coco" rode strong reviews and an A-plus CinemaScore from audiences to the top spot at the domestic box office. According to studio estimates Sunday, it grossed $49 million from Friday to Sunday. Centered on the Mexican holiday Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), "Coco" has already set box office records in Mexico, where it has made $53.4 million in
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Board of Trustees approves health administration major The program is currently an option in health studies By Cassie Buchman Editor in Chief | @cjbuchman The Board of Trustees approved a new major in health administration and renewed several contracts at its meeting Friday. Health administration is already an option in the health studies program. Julie Dietz, chair of the health studies department, presented the proposal for the bachelor’s degree. She said they are not requesting a change in courses being taught or how they are arranged. Instead, the department wants to “pull (health administration) out of obscurity” by bringing attention to it, Dietz said. Dietz said before the impact of declining enrollment really hit the university, the program was ranging between 80-100 students. “That was with it being buried in the program,” she said. “We could have significant enrollment growth simply by increasing its visibility.” Students with the option already see themselves as health administration majors, Dietz said. “Now, they will have the de-
gree and documentation that says ‘Yes, it’s health administration,’” she said. “Health administration is a growing field. Being able to say ‘I made that commitment to my field from the first moment as an undergraduate’ is a very powerful statement of intent for them in pursuing their future career.” The program already has several links with the School of Business. Dietz said they are working on establishing even closer connections with graduate programs and working on other “creative options.” The contract for Operating Engineers Local 399 was renewed without any changes, except for an increase of 1 percent across the board for year one and year two. The cost of those increases equals $5,000 each year for both years. “Whatever their new rate is in the next year, the 1 percent is calculated on that rate,” Rob Miller, general counsel for the university, said. Contracts for the Painters District Council #58 and Electricians IBEW Local 623 both also got their contracts renewed, without any changes, Miller said. Both are governed by the prevailing rate, meaning their wage is set by the department of labor by each county. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
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Scott Kroner, a senior business major, fills a plate with food during the Thanksgiving potluck last Thursday at the Charleston Elks Lodge 623. “The meaning of Thanksgiving is to eat until you cannot eat anymore, then take a nap. If you’re not doing that, you’re doing it wrong,” Kroner said.
Elks host Thanksgiving potluck By Qian Cheng Contributing Writer | @DEN_News A Thanksgiving potluck held by the Charleston Elks Lodge 623 this past Thursday raised money for charity while also giving members the chance to connect with old and new friends. More than 25 people brought homemade dishes to share with the 60 people who came to enjoy the meal. Turkey, ham, pumpkin pie and all kinds of traditional Thanksgiving cuisine filled a 20-foot-long table. “The turkey is definitely number one, ham and meat are always what people prefer,” John Hargis, club manager of the Charleston Elks Lodge 623, said. “Corn and potatoes with a special recipe, desserts like pumpkin pie, those foods associated with Thanksgiving— we had a whole a lot of those here.” Charleston resident Kimber Lee started preparing food for the potluck
at 7 a.m. “I like to cook; that makes me feel relaxed,” Lee said. This is the first time the Elks have had a Thanksgiving potluck that was open to members’ friends and family members. The previous event was only for members. “The meaning of Thanksgiving is to eat as much as you can and take a nap,” Scott Kroner, a senior business major and Elks member, said. “If you’re not doing it, you’re doing it wrong.” Sheryl Williams-Hargis was able to meet a friend she has not seen for a long time at the potluck. “He made my Thanksgiving the minute he walked in the door,” she said. “I am so thankful to see his face.” During the potluck, the Elks raised money for a 50-50 drawing, the winner of which was announced on Saturday. Proceeds from the drawing go to
the Elks’ charitable organizations, Krista Pierson, the president of Charleston Elks Lodge 623, said. “It’s our first year doing it and we have come up with close to $2,000 to split in half,” Pierson said. “That’s $1,000 that goes to the charitable organization and another $1,000 that can make someone’s own Christmas come true.” Other ways the Elks raise money are with drawings, raffles and even a “curse jar,” where if someone swears they owe the club a dollar. Money from these will go to the Children’s Care Corporation, which provides medical and financial assistance to children who need it. “We are a great community here in Charleston,” Pierson said. “Be part of someone else’s life, but not just your own.” Qian Cheng can be reached at 581-2812 or qcheng@eiu.edu.
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Make the best out of these last 3 weeks After a week-long break, students trickle back onto campus, moving back into the dorms slowly beginning to focus on the weeks ahead. Two weeks and finals are all that separate us from more family time and another break from academic work. However, in our rush to get to the end, it is still important to take a breath and focus on what we need to do to complete the semester successfully. While there are only a few weeks to go, we should still remember that some of the greatest accomplishments we will make in this semester may still be ahead of us. To continue to achieve great things, working hard is mandatory. Even if the outcome is not exactly what you want or plan for, putting forth an effort is better than doing nothing to move forward. Effort does not always mean success, but it contributes to making success possible. Whether it be doing laundry or becoming more actively involved in bringing positive change to campus, it will require work. Though it is possible to be optimistic about what can be achieved, we must also set realistic expectations to get the best results. Different departments around campus will not be fully staffed overnight, nor will one test give a student an A in a class if they have been failing all semester. Taking little steps toward the future is usually the most effective way to get there. Taking the rest of the semester day by day and doing as much as you can each day can allow for increased productivity. It can also ensure that when a stumble or a mistake occurs, as they often do, it is not catastrophic. If
you can only get one paper done in a day or one bill passed in a meeting instead of the two you wanted, you have still accomplished something. Even though it may not be the most satisfying or exciting thing, this is the way people grow. It is also the way to better our campus. So with your festive cup of hot cider, hot chocolate, coffee or tea in hand, sit down at your desk for a moment today. It might seem a little odd to ask right after Thanksgiving, but think of all the things you have to be thankful for. Now, shift your focus to the spirit of the winter holidays, think of all you are excited for and remember what makes those things possible: hard work, support from loved ones and a positive attitude. We all have what it takes to get through this semester one way or another, but our choices will play a big role in the experiences we have in these last few weeks. We can complain and drag our way into the holidays, making a miserable time for ourselves and those around us, or we can appreciate where we are at. We can make memories with our new friends and co-workers and tell those still at home the memories we have made when we return to them. Make the right choice and do not waste these three weeks of your life. Take the opportunities offered here and make each day count because the present can be just as could as any holiday festivities awaiting us in the future. E.V. DAVIS | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
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Millennial generation forgets meaning of ‘love’ No one can deny that the term “love” has completely changed definitions and meanings during the millennial generation. Over a family dinner Sunday night, my sisters and I got into a discussion about how millennials are almost scared of love and having feelings. I asked my stepdad Phil what he thinks the term love embodies so I could get an older perspective about love. He referred to the Bible verse that says love is always patient, kind and faithful. “It’s always patient, that is for sure,” he said. I told him about how most college students download and uninstall the Tinder app every other month, cheat on their significant others frequently as if it is normal and do not want to “catch feelings,” and all he had to say was “wow.” My stepdad said his definition of love and relationships is completely opposite of what millennials think is OK. Millennials think it is deemed “uncool” to be faithful to their partner. “You can’t forget the good things about each other that made you fall in love in the first place,” my
Liz Stephens mom said. My sister Alexa said people give up too easily. She said from she has observed, the average marriage only lasts around three months long. Statistically, 40 percent of marriages end in divorce, according to refinery29.com. “I believe that kids your age are almost scared of relationships. You won’t commit, but you don’t want
them with some one else. I call it the ‘you want your cake and to eat it too, epidemic,’ my sister Sara said. Our society almost normalizes bad behavior in relationships and does not praise those who have successful, healthy relationships. A lot of college students act married to their significant others when dating, which causes the relationship to fail or fizzle out quickly after actually getting married. They basically play house and do things married people do, without the ring or marriage license. Sara said expectations are mostly what make relationships fail. “People are too scared to sit down and discuss expectations — nobody wants to talk that out,” she said. “People expect someone to know what your needs are and when they don’t meet them they hold them accountable and hold them at fault. Without communicating the needs, there is never an opportunity for someone to fulfill the needs or expectations.” I decided to lighten the discussion over dinner about relationships and get an innocent and untaint-
ed view of what love is from my niece and nephew. My niece Amara has an extensive collection of love notes plastered in her bedroom about a boy she goes to school with named “Trevore.” Amara said a sweet and caring boy would make a perfect boyfriend when she gets older, that he would treat her “good” and have respect for her. My nephew Tajj had to whisper in my ear his answer about what came to mind when I mentioned the word “love.” He said his girlfriend Caroline is a good girlfriend because she gives him hugs, and they do not get in trouble for it, even though Amara thinks they should. I think millennials have not gotten to witness real relationships like their grandparents had because most come from broken homes, and they did not have a healthy example of what love and relationships are. I hope that what the generations after me think of love evolves into something healthier than what it is currently. Liz Stephens is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or ejstephens2@eiu.
College can be a ‘new home’ for growth, finding oneself While filling out various forms, I often come across a section that has recently gained the ability to induce a swirl of anxiety in my stomach — the home address line. When I come across this, my first instinct is to write the address of the house where I had lived for most of my life. The house that is tucked away in the country and where we said good-bye to my childhood dogs, where my brothers learned to walk and where I got dressed for junior prom and graduation. It was the house which taught me the definition of having a home and not just a living space. As I write down the first letters of this address, I remember that home is now vacant, that the bedroom where I hid after my grandpa died is barren and empty, and the walls my brothers relished drawing on are painted over and bare. After I moved to college, my family moved into a house, which I had never seen before, and my ideas
Brooke Schwartz about “home” completely disintegrated. This new house contains doors that do not fit into their frame, a shower that too-closely resembles one that is found in a dorm and no empty room for me to work myself into this new chapter of my fam-
ilies’ lives. I find myself torn. I want to be excited for my family, but at the same time I am acutely aware of all that I have lost. No longer am I to be an active part of the family and this new house. This house had never known me and so it cannot miss me when I am not here. Being gone is suddenly the norm in this new house. I am not here enough to leave my mark on it. It signaled the end of being included and involved in family dinners and events, it seemed as though I am doomed to be a visitor in what once was my closest friend group. Now, something as simple as making breakfast becomes an hour-long task as I hunt down a pan and a skillet and whatever ingredients I need, and I have to break and ask my 4-year-old brother to help me find a Tupperware dish. After considering which address to put on what-
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ever form I am filling out, I decide to write down the address of my college dorm, a place that has truly become my home while the definition of what that means shifts and shatters around me. College has become a safe haven for me. It may not be where I grew up, but it is where I am growing into myself, and it has become more of a home for me than this new house ever could be.This move has shown me that home is a living word, the definition of which changes as people and circumstances change. I have learned to look around and find the aspects that I loved of my first home in those people around me, and to find support not in a wood floor but in the people who have found it in themselves to house a little bit of me in them until I find a home again. Brooke Schwartz is a freshman journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or bsschwartz@eiu.edu.
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Local business owner Gena Mirick sets up her art studio for a class at Monroe Art Studio Sunday afternoon, located in the Charleston Square. Mirick is having a class Thursday where people can paint wooden Christmas trees. It costs $28 for art supplies.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The former director of New Student and Family Programs, Kimberlie Moock, left Eastern in July to pursue a doctorate degree at the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities, where she is studying higher education and integrative leadership. Moock held the position for 16 years. According to a previous article in The Daily Eastern News, about 100 undergraduate students participate in the Of-
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fice of New Student and Family Programs in some capacity every year, including graduate assistants, with a core staff of 25 students who help during the year. The director “provides universitywide leadership in the development and implementation of programs and services for new students and their families,” according to the Office of New Student and Family Programs’ website. The office serves around 2,000 students, as well as new and continuing family members, with the director serv-
ing “as a communication link between other campus services and programs for new students.” Those who attended the open interviews can go to https://www.eiu.edu/nsfpdirector/ to access a link for an evaluation form. The evaluation form link will become available on the day of the interview and remain active until noon Tuesday, Dec. 5. The News staff can be reached at 5812812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
A report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers recently found that career placement rates for students who graduated from Eastern in the 2015-2016 school year exceeded the national average by 10.3 percent. For medium-sized universities, these outcomes exceeded the national average by 7.1 percent and large-sized universities by 13.3 percent. The National Association of Colleges and Employers gets information from colleges about whether or not students find jobs after they graduated. Some of the schools that report to the National Association of Colleges and Employers are the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, the University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. Not all of the universities in Illinois report their information to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Bobbi Kingery, director of Career Services, helps with collecting career data from Eastern and reporting it to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Career Services starts to collect information in August by calling the previous graduating class to see if they have jobs or not. One staff member at Eastern’s Career Services will spend almost
six hours per day trying to find this information, Kingery said. Student workers also help with calling graduates. One major that does well in the job market is education, as there is currently a teacher shortage in Illinois, leading to high employment rates and higher salaries, Kingery said. “ It i s a s u p p l y a n d d e m a n d thing, so if there are less of them to go around, employers have to pay more to get them,” Kingery said. At last fall’s education job fair, 59 school districts came looking to hire Eastern students. These districts came from states such as Illinois, Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, Tennessee and Texas. Kinger y said one student received a job offer at the fair. Career Services researches and keeps track of hiring trends in different majors to find employers to invite to the job fairs. They look usually in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. To get the career statistics, universities look at past students by going back in their student records, finding the information and calling them or emailing them. They also try looking on LinkedIn. “You have to go ahead and give (employers) a reason to invest in our students,” Kingery said. “It’s a lot of research but that’s kind of fun because you learn things.” Melissa Jabek can be reached at 581-2812 or majabek@eiu.edu.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2017
By Kaitlin Cordes Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team finished its season just before Thanksgiving break with a loss to No. 3 Murray State in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. The No. 7 Panthers pushed the Racers to four sets at 25-21, 24-26, 19-25 and 17-25 in the semifinals round of the conference tournament after outing No. 2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in the first round. Eastern put up a fight in the first set starting with an early 6-0 run following a Murray State error. The Racers were the first to score in the set, however, but the Panthers would soon quell Murray State’s lead, breaking a 4-4 tie. The second set looked promising for Eastern as it once again began with a run, but Murray State answered with a run of its own. Murray State did not back down for the remainder of the match, snatching the remaining sets. Eastern finished its season 15-15 overall and 9-9 in the conference. Despite dropping the semifinals match, the Panthers had a much better season than the last. Last year, Eastern finished 5-26 overall and 2-14 in the OVC. Junior setter Taylor Smith said the team’s redirected mindset made the difference this season. “I think one of the main contributors was the mindset we had going into the season and throughout the season. Although we had a good intentions last season, I personally think we nev-
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Freshman Laurel Bailey goes up for the kill in the Panthers’ 3-2 win over Jacksonville State Oct. 21 in Lantz Arena. Eastern was knocked out of the OVC Tournament in the second round by Murray State.
er fully believed in ourselves and the capability we had to succeed on the court,” Smith said. Eastern had some big wins throughout the season, too. At one point in the season, Eastern
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Kentucky was at the top of the OVC and the Panhers defeated the Colonels 3-1. The Panthers notched six sweeps this season with three of them coming over OVC oppo-
nents Southeast Missouri, Tennessee Tech and Belmont. Eastern had just two sweeps last season over non-conference opponents Troy and Jackson State. Smith said her team wanted to give itself a new reputation this year after some of last year’s shortcomings. “We got stuck in a rut last year and never seemed to be able to work our way out of it. So, this year, we came back wanting to make a name for the EIU volleyball program and show that we are just as good, if not better, than some of the top teams in the OVC,” Smith said. The Panthers showed they were a solid team this season led by veteran players Smith and seniors Allie Hueston and Maria Brown. Smith said one of her goals this season was to lead the nation in triple doubles, and she did so by earning 10 of them this season. Smith said that losing the seniors for next season will have a big impact on the squad. “Not only were they great volleyball players, but they were also great leaders, role models and friends. They all came in this year with high expectations and standards for us as a team to be successful this year,” Smith said. The team will lose four seniors including Hueston, Brown, Josie Winner and Hayley Richardson. Smith and junior middle Abby Knight will be the only seniors returning for the 2018 season. Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or krcordes@eiu.edu.
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Ohio Valley Conference overlooked in FCS playoffs By Maher Kawash Football Reporter | @DEN_Sports It is playoff time in college football, and the Ohio Valley Conference will have just one football team representing it in the FCS playoffs this season. To not much surprise, Jacksonville State was crowned OVC champs after notching its fourth consecutive season with an undefeated record in conference play. That marks 32 straight wins against OVC opponents and the Gamecocks are not even done yet. Jacksonville State gears up for its first playoff game of the season as the Gamecocks get to host their matchup in the second round against Kennesaw State Saturday. While not many people doubted that JSU would come out on top of the OVC, more than a few doubted the Austin Peay Gover-
nors coming into the season. But, the Governors managed to prove everyone wrong, yet still came up short. Austin Peay raveled off an impressive 8-4 season, and those eight wins should have been enough to notch a berth in the FCS postseason. The FCS Playoff Committee did not think so though. Despite its 7-1 record in the OVC, in which that one loss came to undefeated Jacksonville State, the Governors did not make the playoffs. The committee credited it to a weak strength of schedule against FCS opponents. But in reality, Austin Peay may be one of the most tested teams in the country as all of its non-conference games came against FBS teams with matchups against Cincinnati, Miami of Ohio, and Central Florida. And that is what kept the Governors in the
pool of first four teams out of the postseason bracket, as the committee was searching for more tests against FCS teams, which Austin Peay lacked. As the regular season has come to a close, the OVC is once again left with just one representative, but other than Austin Peay, there is not much argument elsewhere. Eastern was arguably the next best team in the conference, but had just a 6-5 record overall as well as a 5-3 record in OVC play. It is safe to say it is a season that ends short of expectations for the Panthers though. Unlike Austin Peay, Eastern did have its fair share of tests, facing FCS foe Illinois State as well as instate rival Northern Illinois, both of those games ended in losses. Eastern’s highlight of the season may have been the first half against Jacksonville State, as an upset was looming, but a second half disappointment was a fine example of what
the entire season turned into for the Panthers. Eastern was also plagued by offensive woes as there did not seem to be a healthy quarterback under center all season long, and the offense took major hits because of it, with plenty of struggles to maintain any consistency. The Panthers’ defense had some bright spots throughout the campaign but was often left on the field for too long due to the lack of ability to score from the offense. The rest of the OVC was average at best with Tennessee-Martin being the only other team with a .500 record as five other teams finished with losing records in conference play. All of the OVC despite Jacksonville State will go back to the drawing board as the journey to next season begins. Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.
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Men's basketball wraps up tough month at Marquette By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s basketball head coach, Jay Spoonhour, said following the Panthers’ loss in their second exhibition game to Southern Indiana how tough their schedule was for November. The Panthers went up against two Big Ten schools, San Diego State, which made the NCAA Tournament in 2015 and now take on Marquette, which made the NCAA Tournament last season. Eastern takes on Marquette Monday night on the road. Marquette played as the No. 10 seed in the East bracket and lost 93-73 to No. 7 South Carolina. South Carolina made it to the Final Four before being knocked out by No. 1 Gonzaga. Through the Panthers’ first five games, they struggled to find consistent scoring and consistency on defense, but exploded for 96 points in and allowed just 44 to Fontbonne Friday in Lantz Arena. Eastern had seven players in double figures in the win and also shot 61.3 percent from the field, which is the first time it has done that since 2014. Jajuan Starks has quickly found a role on the team offensively. He leads the Panthers in scoring with 74 points, which is 24 more points than Terrell Lewis. Starks also leads the Panthers in rebounds. Starks is not much of a three-point shooter, scoring 56 of his points near the basket. He spent the last two seasons as at Wabash Valley College, but has quickly found a role on the Panthers as well as being a starter. “Jajuan has had a very good start to the season,” Spoonhour said. “I think he’s playing under control and using his strengths well.” Even though Starks is starting to put up strong numbers, Eastern just scored 96 points, played well against tough teams, it does not give much of a look as to what the Panthers are all about. There have been a few ups and downs in just the first five games of the season. “It’s difficult to assess where we are, be-
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Senior guard Terrell Lewis looks to move past an Illinois defender in Eastern’s 80-67 win Nov. 3 in Lantz Arena. The Panthers wrap up their tough November schedule Monday at Marquette.
cause of the games we’ve played,” Spoonhour said. “Our opponents have been quite a bit different than what we’ll see in our league.” Spoonhour is right. Two of Eastern’s games came against Big Ten opponents (exhibition against Illinois and season opener against Nebraska) and a Mountain West team (San Diego State)— two conferences above the
Ohio Valley Conference. For what it is worth though, Eastern has had times where it has played well against those teams. “I have been pleased with our approach and concentration this week,” Spoonhour said. Marquette is the final game in November for Eastern. The Golden Eagles are 3-2 following wins over VCU and LSU
in their Maui Jim Maui Invitational last week. Spoonhour said the games they played in the invitational were awfully impressive. “Marquette is playing as well as anyone in the country,” he said. The Golden Eagles have had two 94-point games this season and average 81 points per game, but their games are
close. They allow 78.4 points per game on average. Senior Andrew Rowsey is the leading scorer for Marquette as he averages 24.8 points per game, with 124 on the year. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. at Marquette. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Women's basketball loses both weekend games By JJ Bullock Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Eastern’s women’s basketball coach Matt Bollant said Saint Joseph’s would probably be the best team the Panthers would face all season. And while that prediction would hold true, as the Hawks beat the Panthers in the first game of the Saint Joseph’s, it was Delaware in the Panthers’ second game that left Eastern puzzled and disappointed. Nothing fell on offense for Eastern in the team’s game against Delaware. The team shot 18.8 percent in the game on 12-of-64 shooting in a game that left Bollant wondering what went wrong in the 66-37 loss. “For whatever reason today, we just could not get a shot to fall and we just lost our confidence early in the game,” Bollant said. “We just couldn’t make, we missed wide-open three’s, we missed layups and for whatever reason we just never got our confidence going.” To highlight just how bizarre the Eastern offense performed against Delaware, the team missed 14 shots in he first half from within five feet of the basket Bollant said. Delaware was not doing anything in particular on defense that Bollant could see that led to Eastern playing so poorly on offense, plain and simple the Panthers were just missing shots. The starting five for Eastern made just eight shots as a group. Senior
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Senior guard Grace Lennox eyes up her defender before driving to the basket in the Panthers’ 77-70 win over Indiana State Nov. 3. Eastern lost 66-37 to Delaware Sunday.
Grace Lennox was 4-of-17, Jennifer Nehls was 3-of-11, Grace McRae was 1-of-5, Danielle Berry was 0-of-3 and guard Carmen Tellez was 0-of-8. Coaches never want to compare losses to losses, but in the case of the Thanksgiving Tournament for Eastern, the Panthers definitely executed better against Saint Joseph’s than they did
against Delaware, despite losing. Eastern trailed all game against St. Joseph’s, tying the game only once at 9-9 in the first quarter, on their way to losing 80-62 in the first game of the tournament in Philadelphia. Eastern has struggled all season long limiting opponents scoring in the paint and Saturday’s game against St.
Joseph’s was no different. The Hawks went inside early and often and scored 50 points in the paint large in part because of the play of their two forwards Sarah Veilleux and Chelsea Woods. Veilleux led the team with 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting and Woods tallied a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
“Woods physically is just so big and physical and we struggle with that type of player that just physically can go score in the block and hold us off,” Bollant said. “We’re struggling right now defensively with the big physical post players.” Woods was the big difference maker in the rebound battle, St. Joseph’s came down with 42 total rebounds to Eastern’s 25. With their bigs playing so well, there was really no reason for St. Joseph’s to shoot the three-ball and they took just six three-point shots in the entire game, their season low. The Hawks finished 32-of-60 from the field as a team. Sophomore Jennifer Nehls was the best answer Eastern had for St. Joseph’s forwards, the Panther forward led the team with 13 points on 6-of-15 shooting and six rebounds. “When we got going in the second half she made some shots and she made our opening basket of the game and played with a lot of confidence,” Bollant said of Nehls. The win kept St. Jospeh’s at a perfect 4-0 on the season, they would go on to win the next game of the tournament against Saint Peter’s 87-58. Overall in the tournament Eastern was outscored 146-99 and saw their season record fall to 1-4. JJ Bullock can be reached at 581-281 or jpbullock@eiu.edu.