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Special Olympics Spring Games canceled Athletes’ names will be drawn anonymously to decide winners By Gina Furlin Contributing Writer | @DEN_News The Area 9 Special Olympics Spring Games, originally set to be at O’Brien Field, were canceled Friday because of bad weather conditions. The event will not be rescheduled, Elizabeth McPherson, a special education major who helped with the Special Olympics, said. Instead, the games committee will draw names anonymously to decide the winners for each
sporting event. The athletes who get drawn will attend the state games, scheduled for June. McPherson said athletes were emotional when they found out that the games were canceled. “A lot of athletes were crying and were very disappointed. On top of the emotion from the games being canceled, it was also pouring rain and storming so the athletes were not in the best of moods,” McPherson said. “It was very unfortunate because EIU and Area 9 Special Olympics puts a lot of time and effort into these games to make them the best as possible, so for it to be canceled was a bummer.” Although the actual games did not happen, organizers were able to get through the parade at 9 a . m . b e f o re t h e t h u n d e r s t o r m
started. “The parade is one of the most memorable for the athletes. They t r u l y b e l i e ve t h e y a re w a l k i n g through the tunnel at Worldwide O l y m p i c G a m e s ,” Mc P h e r s o n said. “They wave and they walk proudly and it always a genuine sight to see.” Although McPherson said she enjoyed being in charge of the parade, her favorite part of the whole day was seeing the community come together for the Special Olympics. Though the actual games were canceled, she said it was awesome how there were over 300 Eastern students volunteering there, knowing that they will get nothing in return. Gina Furlin can be reached at 581-2812 or grfurlin@eiu.edu.
Special Olympics Illinois Spring Games Schedule Area 13 – May 7 at Lake Zurich High School in Lake Zurich Area 14 – May 5 at Mt. Vernon Township High School in Mt. Vernon Area 15 – May 5 at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale Area 16 – May 6 at Hall High School in Spring Valley Area 17 – May 7 at Glenwood High School in Chatham
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The Board of Trustees gather before Friday’s meeting in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. At the meeting, the board voted to cut Africana Studies and adult and community education, keep career and technical education and took no action on philosophy.
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By Cassie Buchman News Editor | @cjbuchman The board of trustees voted to eliminate the Africana studies major to retain career and technical education and said they would continue to monitor the philosophy major at its meeting Friday. Students currently majoring in Africana studies will be able to continue in the program until they graduate. The minor and general education courses will still be available. A l s o vo t e d t o b e e l i m i n a t e d was the bachelor’s in adult and community education, though that had already been put on hiatus by the Department of Secondary Education.
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History professor Sace Elder holds up a sign protesting the elimination of the Africana Studies program at the Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
English professors are using their ongoing book projects to address subjects as diverse as ecology and reproductive justice. Robin Murray, coordinator of the film studies minor, is currently working on a book project called “Ecocinema in the City,” with Routledge Press. Murray said at times, humor in comics and films about eco-disasters gets the message across better because it highlights important issues without being too serious. Mu r r a y m e n t i o n e d a c o uple films that can educate people more on eco-disasters. In “How to Boil a Frog,” there are five easy steps to take action to change our world and bring awareness to these issues, Murray said. It can also be depicted through exaggeration, she said, as in the film “Spiders,” where toxic waste in New York City causes spiders to increase dramatically in size and take over the city. English professor Melissa Ames is currently working on a project involving gender portrayals in the media and television. She looks at feminist media study and post-9/11 television, especially how trauma has been represented in television and how it reflects cultural anxieties. “It looks at how reality TV rose at that time as escapism,” Ames said. “It also looks at how we suddenly had to laugh through our news because it was too scary.”
Her study focuses on events from the last two decades, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, anxieties about gender issues and how people view TV differently. Ames said the best part of working on a project is training people to pay attention and think critically about all the text they consume every day. “We do it mindlessly. We don’t always pay attention to the rap lyrics or the reality TV shows we’re watching,” Ames said. Ames said she hopes her students can see how identity is accounted for and how pop cul ture affects it when looking at her work. English professor Tim Engles has been working on several writing projects, including a book study on “white male nostalgia” in novels by six American and Canadian authors. Engles said he struggles with procrastination and getting his initial ideas down into a coherent form. “It’s satisfying to be past the hard work of the earlier writing stages,” Engles said. “And to see that I have something solid that looks like it will eventually make a solid contribution to the field that it will join.” Engles said good writing is hard work, and going through drafts of a project takes time. He said even experienced writers often deal with terrible writing at first, but in the end, solid writing can feel very rewarding.
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Lawmakers seal deal on $1 Trillion plan government-wide funding bill WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans and Democrats forged a hard-won agreement Sunday night on a huge $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund the day-to-day operations of virtually every federal agency through September, denying President Donald Trump funding for a border wall and rejecting his cuts to popular domestic programs. Aides to lawmakers involved in the talks announced the agreement after weeks of negotiations. It's expected to be made public Sunday night. The catchall spending bill would be the first major piece of bipartisan legislation to advance during Trump's short tenure in the ¬¬White House. While losing on the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump won a $15 billion down payment on his request to strengthen the military. GOP leaders demurred from trying to use the must-do spending bill to "defund" Planned Parenthood. The White House also backed away from language to take away grants from "sanctuary cities" that do not share information about people's immigration status with federal authorities. The measure funds the remainder of the 2017 budget year, rejecting cuts to popular domestic programs targeted by Trump, such as medical research and infrastructure grants. Successful votes later this week would also clear away any remaining threat of a government shutdown — at least until the Oct. 1 start of the 2018 budget year. Trump has submitted a partial 2018 budget promising a 10 percent increase for the Pentagon, financed by cuts to foreign aid and other nondefense programs that negotiators on the pending measure protected. "This agreement is a good agreement for the American people, and takes the threat of a government shutdown off
the table," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a key force in the talks. "The bill ensures taxpayer dollars aren't used to fund an ineffective border wall, excludes poison pill riders, and increases investments in programs that the middle class relies on, like medical research, education and infrastructure." Trump said at nearly every campaign stop last year that Mexico would pay for the 2,000-mile border wall, a claim Mexican leaders have repeatedly rejected. The administration sought some $1.4 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars for the wall and related costs in the spending bill, but Trump later relented and said the issue could wait until September. Trump, however, obtained $1.5 billion for border security measures such as more than 5,000 additional detention beds, an upgrade in border infrastructure and technologies such as surveillance. The measure is assured of winning bipartisan support in votes this week; the House and Senate have until midnight Friday to pass the measure to avert a government shutdown. It's unclear how much support the measure will receive from GOP conservatives and how warmly it will be received by the White House. Republicans are also eager to move on to other issues such as overhauling the tax code and reviving their moribund effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's health care law. While the measure would peacefully end a battle over the current budget year, the upcoming cycle is sure to be even more difficult. Republicans have yet to reveal their budget plans, and battles between Trump and Congress over annual agency budgets could grind this summer's round of spending bills to a halt. Among the final issues resolved was a Democratic request to help the cash-
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strapped government of Puerto Rico with its Medicaid burden, a top priority of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California. Pelosi and other Democrats came up short of the $500 million or so they had sought but won $295 million for the island, more than Republicans had initially offered. Democrats were successful in repelling many conservative policy "riders," though House Republicans succeeded in funding another round of private school vouchers for students in Washington, D.C.'s troubled school system. Democrats praised a $2 billion funding increase for the National Institutes of Health — a rejection of the steep cuts proposed by Trump — as well as additional funding to combat opioid abuse, fund Pell Grants for summer school, and additional transit funding. Senate forces, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and several Appalachia region Democrats, won a provision to extend health care for 22,000 retired Appalachian coal miners and their families. Democratic votes will be needed to pass the measure even though Republicans control both the White House and Congress. The minority party has been actively involved in the talks, which appear headed to produce a lowest common denominator measure that won't look too much different than the deal that could have been struck on Obama's watch last year. For instance, the measure contains a $2 billion disaster aid, $407 million to combat western wildfires, and additional grants for transit projects, along with $100 million in emergency funding to fight the nation's opioid crisis. The measure also taps $68 million to reimburse New York City and other local governments for costs involved in protecting Trump Tower and other properties, a priority of lawmakers such as Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y.
WIU to implode former dorm MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Western Illinois University plans July 1 to implode a 20-story-high building that was once a women's residence hall. Higgins Hall opened in 1967 and hasn't been used since May 2013. The McDonough County Voice reports that the Macomb university has partnered with a contractor and a wrecking company. They plan to implode the building at about 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 1. Joe Roselieb is director of residential facilities at the university. He says demolishing the building is part of a campus master plan. He says the former dorm has $48 million in deferred maintenance needs. He says Western had higher enrollment when Higgins Hall was built and the school doesn't need as much housing as it once did. The school is taking safety measures and plans a safe-viewing area for residents.
Lawmakers call for monitoring of quarries SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Lawm a k e r s a n d e n v i ro n m e n t a l i s t s from parts of Illinois that rely on groundwater want tougher monitoring of porous rock quarries that are being "reclaimed" by filling them with construction waste, saying they want to regulate them to make sure drinking water doesn't become contaminated with toxins. On the other side are road builders, engineers and others in the construction business, who argue that Illinois has sufficient quarry regulations and additional testing would be too expensive.
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Students receive credit from ‘the happiest place on Earth’ The Disney College Program offers students the opportunity to gain academic credit By Tori Harrison Contributing Writer | @DEN_News Walt Disney World is the place where people often say their dreams come true. At least, that was the case for Liz Gomez, a junior family and consumer sciences major. Gomez has gone back to Disney for the second time to work this semester while getting credits that will transfer to Eastern. She went through a four-step process when securing an internship with the company and is now working at Epcot Center in outdoor vending. “I’m living my dream,” Gomez said.
Gomez has gone to Disney World her whole life. Her dream was to one day work for the company. When she heard about the Disney College Program in high school, she knew she wanted to be a part of it and had to get her foot in the door with the Fortune 500 Company. “I love representing EIU here at Disney,” Gomez said. “Making Disney magic every day for families is one of the greatest feelings in the world and I am so thankful for the opportunity.” According to its website, the Disney College Program is a semesterlong paid internship at Walt Disney World or Disneyland where students work at the theme parks and resorts, participate in college-level coursework and live in company-sponsored housing. Mikki Sherwood, an FCS professor and internship coordinator, said she is passionate about this program and has been working with students on and off for the past 20 years to help
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Disney College program Application Requirements 1. Students must be currently enrolled and taking classes at an accredited program or institution and have completed at least one semester OR have graduated within the past six months. 2. Students who have not yet graduated from high school but have dual enrollment with a college are not eligible to apply. 3. Those who have taken college courses, but are currently taking “time off” from school are not eligible to apply. 4. College freshmen may apply during their first semester of school to participate during their second semester. The Disney College Program cannot serve as your first semester of school. 5. Graduate students may apply. However, it is important to note that this program and its educational components are designed for undergraduates. 6. Students must meet any school requirements for participation 7. Students also must meet any additional criteria their school requires for participation in our program. This may include GPA, grade level and number of credit hours earned. Schools will be contacted to verify eligibility on disneyeducationconnection.com. 8. Students must be at least 18 years of age by the time the program begins 9. Students must possess unrestricted work authorization
them get an internship with Disney. Sherwood was the first professor to start helping students get academic credit for their internship with Disney. Although the number of students able to attend varies by semester, 328 students have participated in the Disney College Program from Eastern since 2001. “I love Disney,” Sherwood said. “A lot of people do… There won’t be an employer that looks at your resume and won’t go ‘ooh, Disney’ and that’s what sets this internship apart.” Sherwood said students should think about doing this internship because of the overall experience they receive. “ The training is exemplar y,” Sherwood said. “You receive social support, academic support, there’s transportation and you can craft your schedule to keep up with your classes too.” Tori Harrison can be reached at 581-2812 or tlmaster@eiu.edu.
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tions. The Public Relations Student Society of America’s goal is to provide students with networking, professional development and resume-building skills. Haley Vance, a senior public relations major and the president of PRSSA, said the organization markets itself as a way to help students prepare for post-graduate life. An executive board of 12 mem-
This year, the Agency, a registered student organization formerly housed within the journalism department, moved to public relations. This organization is now joining forces with the Public Relations Student Society of America; however, they each have different func-
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Sean Says: Find a ‘Unit,’ make the most out of college days Well, here we are. Last day of classes and finals are next week. It is at this point in the year where everyone wonders “where did the time go?” That is the million-dollar question that no one can answer. I took the last few weeks off from dishing out great advice on Sean Says, but now I am back for one more time this year for just a helpful reminder. I am going to be a senior next year and it feels just like yesterday I was moving into Lawson Hall terrified of what was ahead of me. The biggest thing I learned is to meet as many people as you can, but more importantly find “your boys,” or “your girls.” In my case I met The Unit. Yes, that is what my friends and I call ourselves for no particular reason. That is what our group chat is called. Now, I have got one more year left at Eastern, but one Unit member, Dan Howard, is graduating. If it has not hit you yet, the friends you meet in college surpass the relationships from high school. How many people that you were friends with in high school do you still see and talk to now? Some of the people you meet in college are probably your best friends and for whatever reason, the people you have only known for four years are the toughest to leave. We love being at school. Going on breaks is great, but by the end we are ready to get back and see our friends here. Maybe a night at Marty’s helps that out. I lived with Dan for two years after meeting him and Dwight Faber my freshman year. My roommates rushed a frat, so I kind of just hung around them. My freshman year, Dan and I played well over 250 games of NHL ‘14 and NHL ‘15 on Xbox. It was madness. We would drop anything to play a quick game of NHL. We cycled through sevengame series playing with every team in the NHL. Two a.m.? Find us playing NHL with the TV volume on 100. Sorry to the girls that lived below us, even though you prompted that decision. The whistles were ear-piercing in the game. We got a couple noise complaints, but oh well. We are still here. It was ridiculous how much NHL was played that year. What am I saying? We still do that. And we have probably played as much, if not more, this year. Somehow we still manage to be great students and work. This year we took NHL to a whole new level. My account was accidentally banned from Xbox because of some friendly trash talk; people are soft. Nothing wrong with a little trash talk. Dan helped me re-buy NHL, because the game was taken away from me, getting me back online, trash-talk free this time around. Enough of the NHL talk. Back to the lesson. You have to be able to find your thing that you like to do and the group of people you want to surround yourself. Everyone here has their group and everyone knows each other. It does not get much better than that. This will sound cheesy, but college is what you make of it. Do not let freshman year slide by for too long before you realize how fast it’s going. It took me time, but now I am on the right track. So Dano, enjoy life after graduation. We have a game when you get back. I.B.Y.D… Sean Hastings is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
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School year ends, though news continues Today is the last print publication of the 2016-2017 school year. The editorial staff is not only proud of another year of coverage but is also excited for a new staff. In the words of our Advisor this year was, “chock full of news.” Most of the news was unprecedented, unexpected and even unbelievable. However, it was a great training ground for us to learn and sharpen our journalism skills, from preparing for the 45th presidential election and local elections along with the reactionary rallies that came after—#NotMyPresident and the Women’s March— to covering the new Eastern President David Glassman to his first orders of business in the vitalization project. Documenting the nine Workgroups’ step-bystep progress was tough, but it helped the staff learned the crucial role the news plays when keeping governing bodies accountable, as well as keeping the campus aware and informed. We covered the search for a new provost, a new student body president and a new vice president for enrollment management. We witnessed the exit and replacement of the women’s basket-
ball coach. The staff could not predict who would fill these positions or what the results of the vitalization project would be, but these newsworthy events helped us remain unbiased and consistent. We also covered traditional events that are now a part of Eastern’s culture, like Prowl, Greek Week, Panther Service Day, D.I.V.A Drag Show, Miss Black EIU and Family Weekend, just to name a few. We tried to use different angles even when covering these familiar stories, whether it was through incorporating our social media platforms or through multimedia packages. The year was far from easy or mundane. It stretched our abilities, skills and talents, forcing the staff to rise to the occasion much stronger than we started. There were mistakes, errors and accidents on our end, which unfortunately are bound to happen. We as a staff are thankful for these times because it made us focus on our weak areas so we can become better journalists. The staff would be remiss if we did not take the time to thank the faithful readers for picking the paper, reading the stories online and fol-
lowing us on social media. The readers is partly why we keep going as journalists and why most of the staff have decided to pursue this career field. Knowing that someone’s perspective, understanding and environment can change because of the reporting is a responsibility we do not take lightly and it is what we keep in mind with every article. Several of the editorial board members will be graduating and leaving, which is always incredibly hard to say goodbye. However, the news will bring in two new Editor-in-Chiefs, excited to train and lead new staff members. Starting this summer, readers will be able to read a minimum of two news items Sunday through Thursday. Just because the printed edition is not available over the summer does not mean the readers will not be left out in the cold. The staff knows that news is constantly happening, regardless of if students are going back home or staying on campus. Whether it is The Daily Eastern News or not we encourage students and faculty to consult a trusted news source over the summer. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Learning to love self can be a long, slow process
As part of a final project for my educational psychology class, my group presented a fake infomercial we made. It detailed Kohlberg’s theory of moral development and featured black-andwhite, sad opening scenes and a knockoff version of Billy Mays. I had a bit part. Since I wrote most of the script, I wrote myself into minor roles as a silent student and a scientist explaining two of Kohlberg’s developmental stages. My voiced screentime amounted to some 20 seconds out of the six-minute video. Even so, when my voice filled the classroom, I folded my hands over my mouth. It was embarrassing to hear my own voice recorded. When I was a child, I loved my voice. My family always told me I sang well; I sang at church and at the local bluegrass opry. I did everything from gospel to classic country to 80’s pop, learned exclusively to drown out my mother’s tone-deaf voice on long car rides. As I grew up, my voice deepened. I carved a niche for myself as a young female countralto, taking on male singing roles for my all-girl junior high choir. I was praised for singing mature, soft, deep pieces at contests. But in high school, I stopped singing. I never had time to take choir as a class, and I nev-
Shelby Niehaus er found time to keep singing as I grew. By the time I graduated, my singing voice was no longer special. Around this time I started hating my voice. I noticed how other women sounded smooth and inviting; by contrast I always thought my voice sounded nasal and grating. I avoided recordings of my voice like the plague. For a little while I even tried to talk less, and anyone who knows me knows what a feat that would be. My late adolescence, at the same time, became a spiraling period of unhealthy self-critique. At every turn I tore myself apart. When I made progress, I managed to minimize it. When I made mistakes, I magnified them. This all came to a peak this semester. I spent half my time in a haze. There were days when I
lost the will to move. I was constantly disgusted with myself. There was nothing I liked about who I was. But some sad stories have silver linings. I dedicated myself to finding something I liked about myself. I wrote in a journal in the mornings, went to the Counseling Center to see a professional and started eating better food. I began to forgive myself for little transgressions. I started celebrating small victories. After weeks of self-care, I again started seeing shades of the generous person I thought once I was. I started laughing more freely. When I walked back from classes, I stopped midway to my residence hall to watch birds and squirrels, not because I lost the will to move. Recently, a friend of mine told me that my voice is not all that bad. She said it sounds comforting and calm. Though I cannot hear it, I tried to take her word for it. Someday, I will hear my own voice and genuinely love it. In the meantime, I want to try to love myself more as this chapter of my life closes. The summer is nearing, and I want it to be a happy one. 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 The philosophy major was originally scheduled on the board report to be considered for elimination, but following an agreement made between the philosophy department and university administration, this recommendation was withdrawn. This agreement includes the program getting 20 majors by 2020 and reducing faculty from seven members to four through attrition by 2019. The board did not take action on philosophy at Friday’s meeting. Philosophy was the only program whose elimination would lead to faculty layoffs. Seven programs were originally recommended for elimination by vitalization project Workgroup No. 7, which looked at academic programs. This was later dropped to four programs being formally considered by university officials. Before the board voted on its action items, public comment was taken from the audience. Julie Chadd, a career and technical education professor, spoke on behalf of the career and technical education program, saying it is “in-demand” as far as the workforce is concerned. “It’s just a matter of trying to find the best way to market that program to high school, community college students,” she said. Her concern, Chadd said, is that by eliminating career and technical education, the board would also be losing free marketing, with having high school teachers who graduated from the program talking to their students about Eastern on a daily basis. The board ended up voting 5-3 in favor of keeping the career and technical education major. During public comments, biological sciences professor Billy Hung said though he is a scientist he firmly believes in the value of the liberal arts and how they fulfill a person’s character and passion for learning. “In your deliberation and consideration of a difficult matter, I urge you to keep in mind the value of individual programs,” he said. “They may not bring majors. They may not bring many students. But the value that they bring to the campus that is the liberal arts college curriculum can not be overstated.” English professor Jeannie Ludlow, coordinator of the women’s studies program, asked the board to consider the idea that efficiency is not always effective. “The push has been to cut and to be more efficient and to tighten up, and to be honest we all walk around feeling like we’re wearing really tight corsets all the time,” she said. Ludlow said though students may not major in Africana studies, when they see the program online, they will see that a student of color will be valued in class. “If we can’t build a space with Africana studies on campus to help those students feel more comfortable, we are sure not going to be able to build it if we take it off the table,” she said. “Subtracting the equation sends a very clear message, and that message is not come here and you will succeed.” During the meeting, Provost Blair Lord presented the reasons for the administration’s elimination recommendation for Africana studies. This included its low enrollments of majors, though it had “substantial enrollment in general education coursework,” Lord said. According to the board report, there were seven students enrolled in the Africana Studies major in fall 2016. The minor and general education courses for Af-
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English professor Jeannie Ludlow, coordinator of the women’s studies program, holds up a sign protesting the elimination of the Africana Studies program.
ricana studies will continue on as a part of the curriculum. According to a board report attached to the meeting’s agenda, the Africana studies program has associated with the Latin American, Asian and women’s studies minors to consider how to consolidate current offerings, focusing on develop a broader program in an area such as multicultural studies. “Programs evolve to meet the needs of the current student body, and this change could achieve this,” it said in the board report. “At this time, however, continuation of the existing Africana Studies programs is not warranted.” The board of trustees voted 6-2 to eliminate the Africana studies major. Jan Spivey Gilchrist was one of the trustees who voted no to eliminating the program. “When a young person is begging to learn something, even if it’s a small amount, it needs more publicity,” she said. “It doesn’t need to be eliminated.” She said she would never vote down the major, even though classes would still be offered. “(African-Americans) actually built this country with everybody else,” she said. “Everybody matters. This is a country of immigrants, so everybody matters equally. This class—I couldn’t vote against it.” Eastern President David Glassman said because there are few students taking Africana studies as a major, it was felt that the major “was not essential for the university.” It was not particularly an issue of finances, he added. The Illinois Board of Higher Education reviews all low-enrolled courses or programs at universities, with the expectation that programs should have at least
forty majors, seven of which should graduate each year, Glassman said. “This is the goal, so if we have programs that have 10 or 12 students and one or two graduate per year, we’re not following the guidelines from the Illinois Board of Higher Education,” Glassman said. The elimination of the major, Glassman said, would give faculty time to refocus on the broader major they are working on. Several faculty members showed up to the board meeting with signs protesting the elimination of the Africana studies program. History professor Sace Elder said they decided to do this because decisions were being made in the interest of efficiency, with the result of treating education as if it is a commodity. “Africana studies is needed on campus,” she said. “It’s not just about what majors are here; it’s what we offer our students, and our students of color do not see themselves reflected in their curriculum or in their faculty.” Elder said taking away Africana studies would mean taking away one of the programs that represents students of color. Ludlow also had a sign that said “Keep cutting around the edges; soon, you’ll cut out the heart,” a quote she attributed to State Rep. Katie Stewart, (DEdwardsville). “All of this cutting—we’re cutting these things to make ourselves more efficient,” Ludlow said. “Well, if you keep cutting into the body, eventually you’re going to hit the heart, and when you hit the heart, the body dies.” Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
This issue is that nostalgic versions of history gloss over grotesque realities in both the past and the present, Engles said. He said this bolsters ongoing white-male collective dominance. When it comes to students’ own projects, Engles said it is important to get started early. “ Ma i n t a i n f a i t h i n yo u r a b i l i t i e s — feeling like you don’t know what you’re doing at first is okay,” Engles said. Je a n n i e L u d l o w, E n g l i s h p r o f e s s o r and coordinator of the women’s studies program, is currently working on a book project on reproductive justice with abortion. Ludlow said reproductive justice is a newer approach to thinking about abortion, birth control and parenting by looking at it through a human rights perspective. “The old-fashioned pro-choice line was, ‘We always have to fight for abortion,’” Ludlow said. “Reproductive justice says, ‘Well, yeah, but there’s a whole lot of other stuff we have to fight for too.’” Some of this includes letting people have the kind of birth they want when having a baby, being treated well at clinics and being respected as a mother. Ludlow said women of color brought up the broader issue of reproductive justice issues in the ’90s and early 2000s, when they realized they were being ignored. The book project looks at fiction like novels, short-stories and poems written in that time frame by women of color that deal with reproductive justice issues, Ludlow said. “Just like anything else, we make a mistake when we think we can understand somebody and evaluate something about them just based on one bit of information about them,” Ludlow said. Ludlow said she wants people to understand all kinds of people have abortions, and there is not just one story. “The stories I hear are of hardship, and resilience, and defiance, and joy, and anger, and it’s because life is so complicated and amazing,” Ludlow said. “So that’s what I want people to get from my work.” Stephanie Dominguez can be reached at 5812812 or sdominguez@eiu.edu.
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Eastern baseball team holding leads By Tyler McCluskey Assistant Sports Editor | @McCluskeySports The Panther baseball team held out for two of the three games this weekend against Morehead State. The Panthers (16-29, 9-12) either held leads or let leads slip away from under them. In game one, the Panthers rallied back late in the eighth to cut to one. Then came back to power through with an 8 run top of the ninth inning. In game two, the Panthers were up six, but Morehead State tied it up in the sixth through eight innings. But once again, the Panthers’ bats came alive and struck gold by getting three more runs in the top of the ninth. The Eagles (28-16, 13-7) almost made a comeback effort and almost tied it at nine, but only could get two runs for the Panthers to close out game two. Even in game three, the Panthers continued to go back and forth throughout the game. A five-run eighth inning sparked another comeback. The Panthers also scored four to take a one-run lead in the ninth but Morehead scored in the bottom of the ninth to tie it. The game did not last long as the Eagles won the game in the bottom of the tenth. Although the Panthers took two games during this series against an Ohio Valley
Conference opponent, earlier this season, the Panthers lost two of a three-game series against OVC opponent Murray State. The series with the Racers saw much of the same that was seen against Morehead State. In the series opener, the Panthers started out with a seven-run lead throughout the first five innings then Murray State had a five run sixth and ninth inning to get the 10-8 win over the Panthers. Coach Jason Anderson said on the series, the team did not quit in those games. “To be ahead seven runs, we give away that game (game one). In game two, we’re down big and we have a lead late pretty much give that one away too,” Anderson said. “Down four or five runs in the third game and to stick with it and win it, it’s impressive that these guys don’t give in.” Anderson said that he was excited to see where the team would go from that series. Eastern would win the next two games against non-conference opponents Robert Morris-Chicago and Southern IllinoisCarbondale 12-4 and 10-7 respectively. After the series against MSU, the Panthers hit a bit of a bump going 4-6 in the next 10 games. The Panthers are 8-2 in their last 10 and are gearing up for the rest of the season. The Panthers have a three more series’
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Junior Joseph Duncan is congratulated by teammates after hitting a home run Friday, March 24 at Coaches Stadium. Duncan finished the recent weekend series at Morehead State goin 5-13 with 3 RBIs and 5 runs scored. against OVC opponents and an added game Tyler McCluskey can be reached at against Chicago State. If the Panthers hold 581-2812 or at trmccluskey@eiu.edu. up, they can make the playoffs.
Medley team breaks Eastern record By Mark Shanahan Track and Field Reporter| @DEN_Sports The Eastern men and women’s track and field teams were in action this weekend at the Drake Relays three-day meet. Eastern had six individuals and two relay teams competing and the women’s distance medley relay set the school record with a time of 11 minutes and 34 seconds. The team included redshirt senior Kristen Paris, senior Anita Saffa, senior Julie James and senior Ivy Handley, which shattered the previous record by 16 seconds. The women placed fifth in the race and have now earned the school record for the relay in both indoors and outdoors this season.
The men’s medley relay finished seventh with a time of three minutes and 23.23 seconds. The team consisted of senior Jamal Robinson, junior Lars Ott, sophomore Michael Miller and redshirt sophomore Michael Brown. For the individuals, seniors Rachel Garippo and Ruth Garippo competed for the women in the women’s steeplechase. Rachel Garippo placed eighth in the race with a time of 10 minutes and 44.26 seconds. Ruth Garippo finished in 18th place with a time of 11 minutes and 12.72 seconds. Senior Bryn Buckwalter competed in the throws and placed 10th in the shot put. The men had three individuals competing in the long jump and they all finished
close together. Senior Kendall Williams had the best jump among Eastern competitors and finished in 11th. Junior Chrisford Stevens finished in 13th and junior Davion McManis was right behind him in 14th place. On Friday, Paris had the best performance of the day for Eastern with a fourthplace finish in the women’s 800-meter. Paris had a time of two minutes and 9.36 seconds. Stevens had a 10th place finish in the long jump for the men. Redshirt senior Angelica Anyaogu was 14th in the women’s long jump. She was also a part of the women’s 4x100-meter relay that finished in 12th place. The relay team consisted of Anyaogu, Saffa, junior
Darneisha Spann and junior Nyjah Lane. They had a time of 47.18 seconds. Spann competed in the women’s 100-meter and placed 14th in the prelims. In the men’s field events, sophomore Adam Kessler was 14th in the shot put, senior Riley Kittridge placed 19th in the shot put. Sophomore Clayton Turner competed in the javelin and finished 14th. Eastern will return to action on Friday at the Indiana Billy Hayes Invitational. Following that they will be competing for the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships on May 11-13. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.
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Baseball team wins over Morehead State By Maher Kawash Baseball Reporter | @DEN_Sports There is no way to describe what the Eastern baseball team is doing in its most recent stretch of games. This team is arguably the hottest team in the Ohio Valley Conference. Panthers were sent back to reality in Sunday’s slugfest series finale against Morehead State. While a 16-15 heartbreaking extrainning loss brings Eastern down a bit, it does not overshadow the fact that this team was close to rallying for yet another conference series sweep. Sunday was just as much of a rollercoaster as the entire season has been for the Panthers as they were once down by five runs in the finale. But, neither a rain delay nor the offensive showcase from Morehead State was enough to stop Eastern from at least making this one interesting. Jimmy Govern continues to be the latest “Jimmy G” to act heroic for an Eastern sports team, and he did so once again as he tucked a go-ahead home run ball over the left field fence in the top of the ninth inning. But a home run in the bottom half would tie things up for Morehead State, followed by a walk-off double to center in the 10th to hand Eastern its lone loss of the weekend. “Although the result wasn’t what we wanted, the way we fought back today tells us we’re never out of a game,” Govern said. “I don’t know how we do it sometimes, but we always find a way to battle back, which is huge going into these big games late in the year.” The loss caps a series in which Eastern seemingly dominated all weekend long as they scored a combined 23 runs in the first two games that resulted in wins.
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Junior Logan Beaman lays down a bunt in the Panthers loss to Saint Louis on Wednesday. The Panthers won two of three this weekend against Morehead State.
It is a sight fans and supporters of this program have not seen in quite some time as the Panthers continue to push toward an Ohio Valley Conference tournament berth. If the season ended today, the Panthers would clinch a spot into that postseason tournament as the eighth and final seed. With that being said, Eastern is just two games back of fourth place in the OVC standings with their 9-11 record. “There is really only one way to de-
scribe it; the boys are buzzing right now,” Eastern coach Jason Anderson said. “These guys have found the confidence to win ball games, and it should be an exciting few weeks as we try to work our way into the tournament.” If the Panthers plan on making the tournament, they will have to continue to rely on the outpour of offense from the likes of Govern and the rest of the lineup. That home run ball also continues to be the anchor of Eastern’s of-
fensive success as Govern saw his sixth and seventh knocked out in the weekend series. Joe Duncan also continues to lead the Panthers atop the batting order, and his ninth home run of the season may not have been enough for a win Sunday, but it is enough for a career high. “If we keep progressing as a team like we have been and know we can, I wouldn’t want to mess with us come tournament time,” Govern said. “It’s gonna be a fun ride, and we’re excit-
ed to see where this season takes us.” Eastern has ten games left in the regular season and all but one are conference matchups. Luckily for the Panthers, six of those 10 will be played at home, where the team has already racked up ten wins this season. Eastern now returns home for a weekend series against Tennessee-Martin, beginning at 3 p.m. Friday. Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.
Panthers have 3 more games canceled By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports “April showers bring May flowers” could not be more true for the Eastern softball team. The Panthers have 10 out of their last 11 games rained out with seven out of their last eight games being OVC games. And with the non-stop rain that occurred over the weekend, three out of the Panthers four scheduled games were canceled. The Panthers and Murray State were able to sneak in one game on Friday, but Eastern probably wished that one was rained out as well. Murray State’s pitcher Mason Robinson threw a perfect game against the Panthers. The game only lasted six innings because the Racers were up 8-0, enough for a run rule. It was her second perfect game of the week. Nothing went the Panthers’ way that game. Aside from only having two hard hit balls that required the Racers shortstop and second basemen to make good plays, defensively Eastern was not on its game as well. For starters, Jessica Twaddle’s home run in the first inning came with two outs and bounced off junior Taylor Monahan’s out stretched glove and went over the fence. Seven out of the Racers’ eight runs came with two outs. Murray State hit three home runs in the game, accounting for six runs. Eastern’s starting pitcher junior Jessica Wireman allowed all eight runs, but only two were earned as the Panthers’
defense committed four errors. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was officially rained out around 8 p.m., but the game was supposed to start around 3 p.m. Eastern is desperate to play some games. The games against Murray State were supposed to take place on Saturday, but to avoid that rainstorm they were moved to Friday to try and at least get one game in. Rain flooded centerfield in the middle of the two games as well as other spots throughout the outfield, to go along with the flooded warning tracks. With the amount of rain that came in this weekend, any game would have been lucky to get in. With storms always in the forecast, every game was either pushed up or pushed back to get around it. Mother nature was not on Eastern’s side. Sunday’s scheduled games against Austin Peay were set for noon, pushed back to 2 p.m., then finally rained out at 1:30 p.m. The rain never quit Sunday morning. On the bright side, the Panthers’ chance at an OVC tournament berth is not hurt by the canceled games. Eastern is set to play Southern Illinois at home next weekend, finally getting out of this drenched month of April. Every team in the OVC has played more games than the Panthers. Eastern is 9-4, but most teams will have played at least 16 games by the end of the weekend. More than three teams have played 18 games. Eastern was on fire to start the sea-
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Junior Jessica Wireman fires a pitch in the Panthers’ loss to Murray State. Murray State’s Mason Robinson threw a perfect game Friday at Williams Field.
son, winning nine of its first 10 games. It was a quick regular season for the Panthers having this stretch of games canceled, and the regular season ends
next weekend. Eastern is supposed to play Illinois Tuesday on the road. *Some OVC teams were in rain delays/ not finished at time of publication.
Numbers will reflect that* Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or at smhastings@eiu.edu.