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Students crowd around the DJ stage and dance to various pieces of music during Quakin’ in the Quad in the South Quad on Aug. 23, 2014.

First-weekend activities usher new students into Eastern life

By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News The new school year is starting off with the traditional first-weekend activities, including a new student mixer, Up All Nite and Quakin’ in the Quad as part of Panther Fest 2015.

Nathan Wehr, the interim assistant director of student life, said the Student Life Office works together with the University Board to coordinate Panther Fest and decide the theme for move-in weekend.

“The special events coordinator and their committee meet and discuss different events, programs and themes throughout the spring se-

mester,” Wehr said. “Once details are finalized and confirmed, the University Board announces the first weekend theme.”

Each of the activities during move-in weekend will have a sub-theme relating to the overarching theme.

The first event of the weekend will be the new student mixer, which will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday on the South Quad.

The new student mixer allows first-time students to get together as a type of welcome to Eastern. They can participate in giveaways, meet fellow new students and watch a movie on the South Quad.

The second event is Up All Nite, which will take place from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday in the Mar-

tin Luther King Jr. University Union. The subtheme is “Under the Big Blue Top.” The students can participate in games and giveaways and receive a free T-shirt.

The night will also include cosmic bowling, creation stations, a cash cube, and airbrush and caricature artists.

“Under the Big Blue Top” will feature performances by Crescent Circus, New Orleans magicians and circus performers.

Quakin’ in the Quad is an annual welcomeback event, which will be from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday in the Ninth Street parking lot with the sub-theme “Panther Thrills.”

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Student leaders advise newbies to get involved early, join groups

By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @DEN_News Junior chemistry major Rachael Johnson was not always as involved at Eastern before serving as president of the Residence Hall Association.

She described her freshman-year self as the kid who sat in her room and did homework.

“I regret it,” Johnson said. “I wish I had been more involved freshman year.”

This is one of the reasons her advice to new students coming to Eastern is to get involved in different extracurricular activities.

“It opens up so many opportunities,” Johnson said. “You don’t know what’s out there until you go grab it.”

Johnson said the RHA assists and supports students who live on campus. As president, she

leads the weekly meetings.

Throughout the year, RHA plans events such as ROC fest, which is a campus-wide competition between the residence halls. ROC fest includes games such as boat races and scavenger hunts for “panther babies,” which are made out of paper.

Any freshman or transfer student who wants to join RHA can do so by getting elected to be an RHA representative by their residence halls.

Students can get voting rights in the meetings by becoming RHA representatives, but they do not have to be representatives to go to the meetings.

“Anyone is welcome to be at the meetings,” Johnson said.

Tylen Elliott, a junior communication studies major, also advises new students to become active in Eastern’s community.

Elliott, who is the chair of University Board and president of Black Student Union, said part of becoming involved is meeting new people.

“There is so much to do,” Elliott said. “I’ve really grown a lot, stepped out of my comfort zone.”

As a part of the UB, Elliott and various coordinators plan and organize many events around campus, such as concerts, Homecoming, and beginning-of-the-year activities such as Quakin’ in the Quad and Up All Nite.

“We have open positions,” Elliott said. “All you have to do is apply online.”

Once UB receives the application, applicants participate in a phone interview. After the phone interview is an interview in front of the board members.

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Students avoid fines with parking pass

By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @Den_News Incoming students and visitors to campus are the most common parking violators at Eastern, said Lt. John Hatfill of the University Police Department.

The average amount of tickets issued is 13,000 per year, with the most being in the fall and spring semesters.

Hatfill said the most common ticket written is to someone who does not have a parking permit, or someone parked in an unassigned space.

“Students can never park in staff only parking lots. They are indicated with a red sign and display ‘staff only’,” Hatfill said.

He said regulations help keep the parking flow equally distributed around campus.

Anyone ticketed can choose to pay their fine online through PAWS or by going to the University Police Department office.

Freshmen get the most tickets according to Hatfill.

“Upperclass students, age 21 or older, or 60 or more semester hours, can park in the green and blue signed area,” Hatfill said. “Underclass students who are under 21 and have less than 60 semester hours must park in the Underclass designated areas only designated by a white sign.”

Underclassmen permits are $100 each semester and $200 per year.

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Philip Blank, a junior kinesiology and sports studies major, fills out a form to purchase his parking permit Wednesday in the Eastern Illinois University Police Department.

by logging into PAWS and selecting student or staff. Permits can be paid for by credit or debit. Students are also allowed to have permits billed to their account.

According to the parking permit website, to receive a permit, students must have ID, which includes Panther Cards, a driver’s license and vehicle registration.

Hatfill said fines can vary from $2.50 to $250, but the average amount for a ticket amount is $20.

The campus police do warn drivers for parking violations, and the warning is free.

“Students may park in the meters or any student designated parking lot the first week of school without a permit,” Hatfill said.

Hatfill said most students park in the wrong area for a number of reasons.

“Some just don’t know where to park when visiting. Others don’t care where they park and others are just

confused for a while until they get familiar with the parking lots,” Hatfill said.

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Hatfill said it does help to read the signs regarding where to park and keep a map of where to park near-by.

T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.

Movie streaming implements mobile app

By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News Last year, Eastern presented an online movie-streaming program for on-campus students called Residence Life Cinema.

Now, a year later, the program has been updated to provide students with hundreds of films, both on their laptops and their mobile devices.

Mark Hudson, the director of University Housing and Dining, said originally, the online streaming started off with 16 movies, adding 16 more movie choices each month until the end of the semester.

“Just last fall, 12,299 movies were watched in the fall semester,” Hudson said. “Now, we are going to start off with 100 movies on the site, and then we’re going to add 16

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new ones every month, so by the end of the semester, you’re going to have 200 movies to choose from.”

The movies Eastern students will be able to view are available at least six months before anywhere else, including Redbox and Family Video.

“Typically what happens is, as they come out of the movie theaters before the rental places get them, we get them,” Hudson said.

Hudson also said one other update students will like is the system upgrading to allow them to watch these movies on their mobile devices.

The company providing the movie service created an app called the Swank media player, which allows students to access the online movies. “ T h e s y s t e m’s b e e n u p g r a d -

ed. That’s going to allow students to watch it on handheld devices, so people can watch from their iPhone, their iPad, things like that,” Hudson said.

Android devices will also have access to the app.

Although students will now be able to access the films on mobile devices, students must be in their on-campus residence for the streaming to work.

Examples of these environments include Greek Court, each residence hall, University Court and University Apartments.

“It’s a service you can only get to if you live on campus, so if you’re in the Union, you won’t be able to access this because you are not on the residence hall network,” Hudson said.

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original movie channel to online streaming was proposed by Swank, the company providing the service to Eastern.

“We had a movie program on campus for many years; it used to be referred to as the movie channel,” Hudson said. “We had one channel on the cable TV network, but it was a static schedule.”

In order for students to watch these movies on this channel, they had to tune in to the program at a specific time.

“If you wanted to watch a movie, you’d have to say ‘OK, at 11 o’clock I have to be in my room to watch this movie,’” Hudson said.

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Resident assistants share hopes for upcoming year

By Mackenzie Freund City Editor | @mgfreund_news Michaela Crabtree, a junior kinesiology and sports studies major, considers herself and her fellow resident assistants “a ball full of enthusiasm ready to burst” while waiting for the students to move in.

“We are more of a resource for our residents, so any questions they have we should be able to provide them a place to go or a person to talk to for whatever question they have,” Crabtree said.

Crabtree has been an RA for at least two years in Andrews Hall.

Crabtree said some of the responsibilities of an RA include being a community builder and a mandated reporter, and making sure the residents are safe.

Mark Hudson, the director of housing and dining, said the RAs have the most contact with the residents, and are there to help residents build community and connections.

“My expectation of them is that

they are present, they are connected, and that they care,” Hudson said.

“The only way to know how residents are doing is to know them.”

Missy Stone, a sophomore communication studies major, said one way that RAs build good communities for their residents is by getting to know them and their interests.

“I’m really excited to meet my residents,” Stone said. “I’m excited to get to know them and get to know what kind of community they want to build.”

Lauren Adams, a junior elementary education major, said she looks forward to meeting her residents and watching them progress.

Crabtree said she is excited to meet the new residents when they move in.

“We are just ready for everyone to be here.”

Mackenzie Freund can be reached at 581-2812 or mgfreund@eiu.edu.

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Astoria Griggs-Burns, a sophomore sociology major and desk assistant, and Bailey Martin-Giacalone, a sophomore biological sciences major and a resident assistant, sort mail and go through procedures for Move-In Day, Wednesday in Andrews Hall.

Locals reveal hangout spots, Chuck entertainment

By Mackenzie Freund City Editor | @mgfreund_news The Charleston Square has different places for students to hang out during the school year, such as bookstores, bars and restaurants.

Bob’s Books is a bookstore located on the Square. It is an open place for students to hang out and do homework.

Joe Judd, the owner of Bob’s

Books, said he has many different events planned during the week for students.

“Mondays we have chess night, and Fridays we have open mic night,” Judd said. “People do rants and comedy and good music.”

Judd said the store has free wireless Internet and coffee available for the students who come to the bookstore to do homework. There is space upstairs for customers to get work done

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The JAC is also located on the Square and is another place for students to get work done.

Customers can order coffee from the front and then go into the back room and play the instruments the

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Panther Card key to using services, buying food

By Kalyn Hayslett Verge Editor| @den_verge The magnetic strip on the back of the Panther Card is used for meal swipes, Dining Dollars, checking-out library books and unlocking certain building doors, but it also has many other uses.

The front of the card serves as identification.

The owner’s name, picture and E number verifies that the owner belongs to Eastern and promotes safety on campus.

The Panther Card is used to attend sporting events, purchase tickets for live performances in Doudna Fine Arts Center and attending Registered Student Organization’s parties in the Union.

Susan Woodyard, a clerk in the Panther Card office said the Panther Card is basically a student’s life on campus.

The chip on the front of the card is how Panther cash or “chip money” is accessed.

Panther cash is mainly used in the laundry facilities and in some vending machines across campus.

“The Panther Card holds up to $100, but we suggest only having up

to $20 on the card because just like a credit card once you lose the card you lose the money as well,” Woodyard said.

To put money on the smart chip, about 15 cash-to-chip machines are on campus that accept $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills.

However, when a card is lost the student will have to visit the Housing and Dining center to put the meal swipes back on the replaced card.

Students also have the opportunity of receiving discounts from local restaurants and businesses by showing their Panther Card.

The bank students can use their card with is now U.S. Bank.

Dining Dollars The campus has three dining halls, each offering different types of food from Thomas Hall’s Italian, Taylor Hall’s chicken and Stevenson Hall’s deli sandwiches.

A food court located in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union includes even more options to buy with Dining Dollars.

Meal swipes are used to eat the foods in the dining halls, which are based off of the current meal plan each student has signed up for, which

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ranges from seven, 10, 12 and 15 a week.

The card can be swiped in the halls once every two hours and resets at midnight every Sunday.

The Dining dollars can be used in different locations on campus, including the University Food Court in the Union, the Panther Pantry and the Java Bean and Bakery.

Mackenzie Freund contributed to this article.

Kalyn Hayslett can be reached at 581- 2812 or at kehayslett@eiu.edu

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Fast facts for new students • The Panther Shuttle regularly stops around campus and in Charleston. Bus fare is paid for in student fees.

• Bicycles should be registered through the University Police Department for free.

• Textbook Rental provides bags for students picking up books. Students will need to provide their Panther cards or ID number.

• Dining Dollars and meal swipes are not interchangeable. Check out our article on page 4 to learn how they differ.

• Weekly residence hall dining center menus are available on Panther Dining’s website.

• Residence halls offer rental items such as games, sports equipment and cleaning supplies, which may be checked out at the front desk.

The only requirements are a designated GPA and the completion of two office hours by board members every week.

“We’re kind of like a family, so the more diversity we have the better,” Elliott said.

Shirmeen Ahmad, student body president, said her involvement started in high school when she was a part of student government.

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• Campus Life’s website features a list of registered student organizations.

• Career Services offers mock interviews, resume reviews, and events like Career Boot Camp and periodic career fairs. These free resources are available to all Eastern students and alumni.

• Immunization forms are already overdue.

Health Service will charge non-compliant students a $35 fee starting on Aug. 30.

• The Health Education Resource Center operates a pharmacy by filling prescriptions and offers a selection of over-the-counter drugs at lower prices than many drugstores.

• New students and transfers must complete the first section of AlcoholEDU and another health education program, Haven, by the first day of classes, which is Aug. 24.

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The Pink Panthers perform a dance routine during last year’s First Night in the South Quad on Aug. 24, 2014.

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• Parking passes may be purchased at the University Police Department or online in a student’s Paws account. For a full academic year, upperclassmen passes cost $100 and underclassmen passes cost $200.

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the backbone of the university. When students have problems and issues and different things happen, we work on coming up with different solutions and initiatives.”

Ahmad said she and the rest of student government want students to get everything they need when they are here.

To join student government, students fill out an application and take it to a Student Senate member before the interview process.

“Student government is a great way to know your school,” Ahmad said.

Some advice Ahmad has for new students is to make the most of their time here.

“Get involved in anything you can.

It leads you to finding things you want to do,” she said. “Learn from every single thing that you are doing.”

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Students, faculty and staff can play games, receive T-shirts and enjoy food.

Other activities students can participate in include five carnival rides, airbrush and caricature artists, and bingo.

The last activity of move-in weekend is the First Night pep rally at 6 p.m. Sunday in the South Quad.

“First Night has become one of Eastern Illinois University’s major traditions of the year,” Wehr said. “At the event we introduce our athletes, student leaders and school spirit opportunities to the student body.”

Wehr said First Night will include several dance performances, Eastern’s

Panther Marching Band and a live DJ. Last year’s theme was related to “The Hunger Games.”

“The events change from year-toyear because the University Board and the special events coordinator want to keep the weekend thematic and inviting to new and returning students,” Wehr said. “The University Board strives to keep up with the trends within campus activities and likes to provide new events and programs to the EIU student body.”

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Eastern provides more than 200 groups

By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @den_news Eastern offers more than 200 registered student organizations on campus, which fall under the categories of religious, service, academic, Greek, social, academic, multicultural and athletic.

DeVonte’ Dixon, the former president of Couture Models, said the RSO is a newly established modeling team, the members of which try to break the social and diversity norms in today’s society.

“Couture Models is a modeling based organization that derives from many various elements of modeling, acting, photography and dance,” Dixon said. “We don’t worry about yesterday’s imperfections, but instead today’s perfections.”

Couture Models is one of two modeling organizations on campus.

The other is Glamorize Ladies and

Men Modeling, or GLAM. Another RSO on campus is called Blue Crew, which is Eastern’s only student-run spirit section.

Amie Hansen, the president of Blue Crew, said the organization is built to have a student cheering section at the majority of Eastern’s home sporting events.

“We want to invoke a sense of pride in our school and teams,” Hansen said. “We want to show our passion for our school, and we want to honor the many great traditions we have all come to know and love.”

Hansen said as Blue Crew members, students are invited to participate in school-sponsored events, informational meetings and family dinners.

Eastern also offers athletic RSOs like EIU Badminton.

Darin Wargo, EIU Badminton’s president, said badminton is a perma-

nent community for students.

“We don’t care what ethnicity, religion, or skill level background. As long as you are respectful and want to play, we welcome anyone,” Wargo said. “To join, just come on Tuesday or Thursday in athletic shoes and clothing. We don’t have dues or anything like that.”

The African Student Association is one of the many multicultural RSOs on campus, and the current president is Julianne Adegoriolu.

Adegoriolu said students could anticipate a variety of people from different parts of the world at the organization.

“We are an open organization for new cultures. Most members can expect to join at the first Pantherpalooza event and maybe the freshman mixer,” Adegoriolu said.

EIU Dancers, another RSO, offers a chance for students to perform dur-

ing homecoming.

Olivia Link, the president, said the dancers offer a fun and supportive atmosphere.

“It’s a group of people who want to improve each other just as much as themselves. It’s the true definition of a team,” Link said.

Some other RSOs offered on campus are: EIU Water Polo Club, EIU History Club, Black Student Union, Harry Potter Club, Pride, EIU Longboarding Club, Japanese Animation Society, Asian American Association, EIU Wrestling Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and many more.

If a student is interested in learning about or joining a club, many clubs can be found on Eastern’s website by searching “RSOs.”

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By Sydney Edwards Copy Editor |@den_news Students who may have difficulties transitioning into the college lifestyle can find assistance from services provided on campus.

One of the places students can visit on campus is the Student Success Center that is located in Ninth Street Hall.

Brian Gorman, the assistant director of the Student Success Center, said it is the “go-to-place” for students to get connected to other places such as the disability center.

“We are all things regarding academic skills,” Gorman said. “We offer

30-minute workshops, in the fall semester, for quick and easy tips.”

The workshops include a variety of topics such as organization, study and note taking skills. They also offer one on one time for students to meet with staff members and get the academic attention they need.

Another resource center on campus located in Ninth Street Hall is the TRiO Student Support Services.

TRiO is a place for students to go for their academic needs, financial counseling and a place for someone to read over a resume or to help with an interview.

Lynn Griesemer, an office support specialist for TRiO said it fosters an

institutional climate supportive of the success of low-income and first-generation college students and students with disabilities.

Students who come to TRiO can have access to some of the group’s technology and are offered assistance with internships as well.

“We have a private computer lab with limited free printing. Students can use our copier, scanners and fax machine. We also have academic and housing scholarships available,” Griesemer said.

TRiO also has support services for freshmen.

Griesemer said freshmen often have difficulty acquiring the study skills

they need to be successful at a university.

They even offer assistance in improving study skills and time management skills.

They are there to make sure their semester and school year goes by the smoothest it can, Griesemer said. “(TRiO can help students with) finding out the goals that the students have for themselves and helping them to reach their full potential,” Griesemer said.

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Intramural sports bring Eastern together

By Sean Hastings Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Student Recreation Center at Eastern offers more than just a place to work out and play basketball.

Eastern offers 21 different intramural sports, which include seven team sports offered for the fall, five singles/doubles sports and nine special events in which any student can compete.

The team sports are soccer, dodgeball, basketball, flag football, bowling, volleyball and wiffle ball.

Singles sports include tennis and table tennis and doubles sports include pickleball, badminton and racquetball.

Eastern also offers eight special events for the fall, which include birdieball, golf pitching, punt, pass and kick, 3-point shootout, and 1-on-1 basketball.

All sports have men and women’s teams except basketball, which needs an equal number of men and women on the team.

“Usually the traditional sports are pretty large,” Kevin Linker, assistant director of intramural sports, said. “We have basketball, flag football, and volleyball is pretty large.”

Linker said the number of women teams signed up for intramurals usually outnumber the men.

Each student who wishes to participate in intramural sports will have to create an account with “IMleagues.” It can be found by searching “IMleagues” on Eastern’s home website.

The registration for each sport varies and those dates can be found on the “IMleagues” page.

There is an app to check on and keep up with the teams a student is on.

The app is called “REC*IT.” The app will give you notifications of any news, tell the student their stats, list the teams they are on, allow them to chat with teammates and more.

Most students come to college to get an education and gain experience in their major, so they can land a job when they leave.

“College life doesn’t need to be all about textbooks,” Linker said. “That’s why we’re here, to get an education and build a career. But we need an outlet, something to exercise, to be in shape, to have fun. Intramurals are for everybody,” he said.

Faculty can also participate.

“Hopefully someone’s not thinking, ‘I’m not going to succeed,’” Linker said. “We just say ‘hey try it out and have some fun.’”

There is the “A” level for the more competitive groups and the “B” level for the teams who are a little less competitive but still look to have fun.

With intramurals, students can play for more than just themselves and their teams.

They can also represent a hall or a fraternity or sorority.

“The Greeks are competitive,” Linker said.

“Some (Greeks) live for intramural sports.”

Sometimes teams will bring fans and that can amp up the excitement for a big game between two undefeated teams, for example.

“This is good for the students. It builds responsibility.”

-Kevin Linker, assistant director of intramural sports The one thing that may drive away students from participating is wondering if the students will have the time for the sport they are competing in.

Games are one hour long.

For some sports like wiffleball and kickball, the games are 45 minutes long.

Dodgeball is typically only 30 minutes long.

The games usually start around 4 p.m. and can go as late as midnight.

“This is good for the students,” Linker said.

“They get to plan and organize their schedule and they have to be responsible for finding that time to play. It builds responsibility.”

All of the specific rules can be found on the “IMleagues” page.

Aother incentive to join a team is that the team who wins the championship gets a shirt and a trophy.

Soccer entries start on Wednesday, Sept. 2, and sign ups for tennis singles begin on Sept. 4.

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Football season begins with high expectations

By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 The kickoff of the fall semester coincides with the kickoff of another Panther football season.

Despite a record of 5-7 last year, Eastern opens the season with a lot of expectations, as most preseason polls have the Panthers ranked heading into the season.

The Football Championship Subdivision Coaches poll has the Panthers ranked 25th, which is the thirdstraight year the team has been ranked in the preseason.

Eastern returns 16 starters from last year’s squad, including a quartet of seniors in quarterback Jalen Whitlow, running back Shepard Little and preseason All-Americans linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill and defensive tackle Dino Fanti.

The Panthers were picked to finish second in the Ohio Valley Conference, which released its rankings at the OVC Media Day in Nashville earlier this month.

However, head coach Kim Dameron said the Panthers still need to play their best in each of those conference match ups.

“Every Saturday you better show up and have your A-game ready to go because anybody can jump up and beat anybody in this conference,” Dameron said. “We feel like we can compete with any team on our schedule, but there’s not a team on our schedule that can’t beat us if we don’t show up.”

Eastern’s schedule this year features non-conference games with Western Illinois, Big-Ten foe Northwestern and the first home game of the year against last year’s national runner-up, Illinois State.

The Redbirds were ranked second in the preseason coaches poll and are the only ranked nonconference opponent the Panthers will face this season.

The Panthers will face OVC-favorites Jacksonville State and Eastern Kentucky late in the season at home.

Dameron is hoping that those two games will matter at the end of the year.

“This year, as far as our travel schedule is concerned, it’s quite a bit

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Senior quarterback Jalen Whitlow runs the ball down the field during the Panthers' Homecoming game against Tennessee State on Oct. 25, 2014, at O'Brien Field. The Panthers beat the Tigers, 28-3.

better, easier. And the fact that we have Jacksonville State and Eastern Kentucky late in the year coming to Charleston, we feel good about that,” Dameron said. “Hopefully we’re in the position at the end of the year, to where that really matters.”

Whitlow and Grugier-Hill also said it is important that Eastern gets off to a good start, especially after the Panthers got off to a 1-5 start last season.

Eastern won its next four games after that start to get themselves back into the OVC-championship race.

“We’re looking to go into the sea-

son with a fast start, better than last year, maintain that through the whole year and try to get more wins,” Whitlow said.

Whitlow appeared in 11 games last year, including 10 starts, after winning the job before OVC play began.

He rushed for 792 yards and passed for 2,075 yards last year, while breaking the school’s single game and single season rushing yards by a quarterback.

He set the school record for consecutive passes without an interception with 163.

His teammate, Grugier-Hill, was

twice named a preseason FCS AllAmerican during the offseason.

“Our biggest challenge is bouncing back from last year. It’s always hard to have a hard year, but at the same time it drives you,” Grugier-Hill said. “I really feel like it’s going to help us and gives us an advantage.”

Last year he earned all-OVC honors after leading the Panthers with 97 tackles, which ranked No. 10 in the conference.

He had a season-high 19 tackles in a win at Tennessee Tech last season.

“Our defense is going to be solid.

All our defensive guys are close, our whole team is close, but defense especially,” Grugier-Hill said. “We’ve got guys who’ve been together since freshman year. It’s going to be real exciting.”

The Panthers will open the season in a Thursday-night showdown with in-state foe Western Illinois at 6 p.m. on Sept. 3 at O’Brien Field.

Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.

Women’s soccer team to open season Friday at IUPUI

By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Coming into the preseason, Eastern senior midfielder Molly Hawkins said her team came in more ready than she has seen it in the past three years.

Hawkins said this has led to setting the bar high for the past two weeks.

“If everyone keeps this intensity and drive that we’ve had through preseason, I think we’re going to be surprising a lot of our opponents,” Hawkins said.

The Panthers open the season Friday with 11 freshmen on the roster, which includes three freshmen at goalkeeper, who stood their ground in the Panthers’ 2-1 loss in an exhibition game Sunday at Evansville.

Freshmen Maddie Lyon and Erin Morgan shut down the Aces in the first 60 minutes of action.

Liz Carmody allowed two goals and made one save in her first collegiate game.

With Hawkins being a senior and how young the Panther team is, she thinks her role on the team has a big

impact.

“Myself, as well as the other seniors on the team, have just been trying to set good examples and show the underclassmen how important it is to work hard very at practice,” she said. “As a senior, it’s really important to show support for my teammates, whether it’s on the field playing with them or on the bench cheering them on.”

Hawkins added the coaches have been trying to stress to the underclassmen everyone on the team is the same.

The Panthers will be facing a “wellcoached” team in IUPUI, which is coached by Chris Johnson, according to Eastern’s third-year coach Jason Cherry.

Johnson is in his 11th season at IUPUI and was named Summit League Coach of the Year three times in his tenure.

Last season, the Panthers lost to the Jaguars, 3-2, in Charleston.

Now-senior Chris Reed and former Panther Meagan Radloff scored the Panther goals on penalty kicks.

Cherry said IUPUI has speed up

top and his team will have to be conscience of protecting the space behind them.

Cherry expects the season-opener to be a really good game, and he said he likes his teams’ chances.

Eastern will have its home opener Sunday at Lakeside Field against Northern Kentucky, who shut out the Panthers last season, 4-0, in Highland Heights, Ky. Cherry said Northern Kentucky is a very good team.

“They are very athletic and very physical,” he said. “We are going to have to be on top of our game defensively and play really organized and disciplined.”

The Panthers went 0-7-1 before winning their first game against Chicago State last season.

This season, in order to get off on the right foot, teamwork and attitude is needed, according to Hawkins.

“We’ve had a great preseason and the team chemistry is better than ever,” she said. “Everyone is on the same page, and we’ve been training really hard for the upcoming weekend of games. If we just stay focused and

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Senior midfielder Molly Hawkins attempts to dispossess an opponent during a match on Oct. 17, 2014, at the Eastern practice field.

keep a positive attitude at all times, I truly believe we can start this season off with some wins and continue that throughout the rest of the season.”

The Panthers will get underway at 6 p.m. Friday in Indianapolis against

IUPUI and Sunday at 1 p.m. at Lakeside Field against Northern Kentucky.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.