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RSOs fair showcases to students By Ana Nededog Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Eastern will be hosting Pantherpalooza, an annual fair for registered student organizations from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the South Quad. The event is an Eastern tradition showcasing more than 200 student-run organizations that range from Greek, social, multicultural, academic and athletic. This event gives participants the chance to showcase their organization to the student community and gain new members. Courtney Sage, the student vice president for student affairs, said student government has been putting this event on for years. “The purpose of Pantherpalooza is to provide students with the opportunity to see the different RSOs EIU has to offer,” Sage said. Sage said more than 90 organizations usually sign up for the event and each group would have their own designated table in the South Quad. Monica Burney, the vice president of the Asian-American Association, said she was astounded by the number of RSOs Eastern has. “It’s amazing the amount of organizations that a small school like Eastern offers,” Burney said. “It’s rare to see campus that alive.” Sage said the event is a great tool for student RSO recruitment and students are not always going to go out and look for different organizations. “The college life can be very intimidating. By hosting this event, we are able to help freshmen and all students see the organizations they can be involved in,” Sage said. With this event, students can easily get information and join clubs or groups they are interested in, as each organization is given a table for the fair. The event is held once each semester, and the second will be held in the spring semester. “I just want to remind students to get involved,” Sage said. “EIU offers so many different types of organizations that everyone can find something that interests them.” Ana Nededog can be reached at 581-2812 or ajnededog@eiu.edu.
Crossword puzzles return to The News Roberto Hodge News Editor | @DEN_News Beginning Wednesday on Page 6, The Daily Eastern News will have a daily crossword by the New York Times. Stephanie Markham, editor-in-chief, is hopeful for the outcome of this addition to the publication. “In an academic setting, people really appreciate crossword puzzles and in the past our readers have enjoyed them,” Markham said. Answers to the crossword will be published in the following editions.
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Vernon Woodley, a professor in the sociology department, inquires about what the university is doing to improve enrollment of students at the Faculty Forum on Tuesday in the Lecture Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
Faculty forum discusses budget By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor|@DEN_News The Faculty Senate discussed questions about the budget and Memorandum of Agreement Tuesday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Lecture Hall. Jemmie Robertson, the Faculty Senate chair, relayed details from an hour-long meeting he had with Eastern President David Glassman. “One thing that has come to my attention and a frequently voiced thought is that we feel our voice as faculty, even though there have been warning signs about the budget, we have been vocal about finding things out and have been ignored,” Robertson said. He said he asked Glassman about having an open dialogue and Glassman was very open to that idea. Robertson also talked to Glassman about a p p r ov i n g a m e n d m e n t s t h a t w e re n o t passed by former Eastern President Bill Perry. “My opinion was that it might be sort of a low tide in terms of faculty morale,” Robertson said. “And (Glassman) definitely wants to work to improve that and strengthen the university and move forward.” Jonathan Blitz, the University Professionals of Illinois president, recounted events that have happened in regards to the memorandum and layoffs for the first part of the meeting. The memorandum extended the contracts of some annually contracted faculty members while deferring the 1.5 percent raise for a year as well. “The annually contracted faculty had a week, five working days, to decide if they
wanted to take the offer,” Blitz said. “22 of them did take that offer.” Blitz said that for everybody who did not renew their contract, that money was put into a pool to offer these faculty contracts for employment in the springtime. “ T h e y w i l l h a ve e m p l oy m e n t i n t h e spring, but no where near full time,” Blitz said. Blitz also said they were going to have imminent discussions about early retirement. Four Administrative and Professional Service employees received layoff notices on Thursday and Friday.
“We’re mad as hell, and we’re not going to take it anymore.” -James Conwell, physics professor “The question is, what happens from here?” Blitz said. “I think for UPI, for faculty, we’re O.K. for the time being. But the other shoe has to drop, if we have a big budget decrease.” The layoffs that occurred during the summer are based off what Blitz called an “optimistic” estimate of a 6.5 percent decrease in the budget. “I’m not sure that optimistic scenario is going to hold true,” Blitz said. “I’m not sure what’s going to happen. Nobody does.” One issue brought up was the enrollment, and how to increase it. James Conwell, a physics professor, said the incompetence of certain individuals in
charge of this need to be addressed. “We’re mad as hell, and we’re not going to take it anymore,” Conwell said. Gar y Aylesworth, philosophy professor, was applauded when he spoke about the faculty not just being another group of stakeholders. “We as faculty have been marginalized,” Aylesworth said. “We have a role, we have an authority, and we have a certain amount of power.” “If we’re ever going to have that power, we’re going to have to take it,” Aylesworth said. Grant Sterling, a professor of philosophy, talked about the university’s current budget issue. “The university has been losing money from a rate of roughly $6 million dollars a year for the last three years,” Sterling said. Sterling said the Council on University Planning and Budgeting was charged with program analysis, and the charge was to identify cuts that would rectify budgeting problems, but it failed in that mission. “The administration’s response to this was to ignore the vast majority of the document and pick out things that were consistent with what they were already doing and go with that.” Sterling said last spring the state took back a substantial amount of funds they had previously allocated to Eastern. “Of course, as Jon has already pointed out, the state has not finalized the budget from this current year,” Sterling said. “There is no chance we can expect a flat budgetary allotment from the state.” Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
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As a way to help freshmen with their first semester of college, sophomores around campus gave advice on how to navigate the year. Kayla DeGolyer, a sophomore corporate communication studies major, said if freshmen are busy enough they will not have time to think about negativity. “Try, and make friends if you don’t like someone; it’s OK you don’t have to hang out with that person, just keep trying new groups,” DeGolyer said. She said freshmen deserve to know what it feels like to be away from home and to never be afraid of trying new things. “Be outgoing even if you’re shy, start talking to one person at a time in class." DeGolyer said. “Ask someone for a pencil and from there you can make a lifelong friend.” Hannah Baysingar, freshman a science education major, said classes are her biggest fear because she knows this year is going to be stressful when it comes to her workload. “High school was social and I had my friends, but now that I’m here in college it creates a stressful atmosphere,” Baysingar said. Baysingar said she is two hours a w a y f ro m h o m e , b u t E a s t e r n makes her feel comfortable because of the scenery and small-campus feel. Cindy Boyer, the director of the student success center, said the biggest challenge freshmen face is be-
ing able to manage their time. “During K - 12 their lives were very structured and now they have 15 hours a week that they’re in class, and if you don’t have a job that’s a lot of time,” Boyer said. She said freshmen need to get connected with organizations on campus to make friends with similar interests and to prevent homesickness. Boyer said in college, students will find a passion for the rest of their lives and a reason to contrib-
ute to society. “Eastern is very strong and very rich in the number of support services we offer to students,” Boyer said. Unekwah Evans, a freshman nursing major, said she wants to help other freshmen get involved on campus. She said sticking together is essential at a time of loneliness. “It’s a lot of us that don’t want to be here and we have a lot of homesick freshmen so I want to let them
know stuff that’s going on and invite them out,” Evans said. Rachel Gower, a freshman prenursing major said she coasted her way through high school, so this is the time for her to buckle down. “I really want to find a way to be at peace with myself here,” Gower said, “And I feel like living on my own here is going to teach me who I am and what I have.”’ T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.
Visitors enjoy Macdonald exhibit at Tarble By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor| @DEN_News The Tarble Arts Center will host the Shona Macdonald art exhibit titled “Ground Covering” as a part of its New and Emerging Artist series. The exhibition showcases some of Macdonald’s surrealist paintings and drawings, featuring some combinations of both landscape and skyscape imagery. Stefanie McCoy, a volunteer at Tarble, said she visited the exhibit earlier and said the artwork was interesting to look at. “My first initial thought was that I thought it was very interesting,” McCoy said. “But I really like her pencil drawings, I taught those were fabulous, very detailed.” McCoy said she liked how Macdonald was able to combine both landscape and skyscape into both the paintings and the drawings. In the exhibit includes a variety of both canvas paintings, and sketches done by the artist featur-
ing nature aspects in each. “My favorite painting is called ‘Sky on Ground number six’, and I like it because of the colors and it seemed more realistic,” McCoy said. “My favorite drawings were called ‘Ground Covering’, it was the grind of 12 different drawings and just beautifully done.” Sally Bock, the office administrator for Tarble, said she was impressed with the exhibition itself. “I especially like her drawings,” Bock said. ”The paintings are very nice, but I think her drawings are exceptional. If you look at the detail within her drawings, I think that’s where her real art lies in my opinion and I’m not an artist.” The drawings in the exhibition covered the same idea as the rest of the artwork; however, the materials used for them are quite different. Macdonald uses silverpoint, an artistic medium using a silver rod inside a wooden pencil, meaning the artist is drawing using actual silver. The paper used for the drawing
was specifically meant for the use of silverpoint, and over time, the drawing begin to tarnish and it was evident in some of the drawings currently in the Tarble exhibition. “I do like the colors in the paintings, they’re ver y muted, ver y calming and soothing,” Bock said. “I do like that of the paintings.” Bock also said she thinks what Macdonald was trying to express through her art is getting people’s attention about nature itself through her artwork. “I think that she’s just trying to really get people to pay attention to what is going on with the Earth and the different types of places we have,” Bock said. Curt Starkey also visited the Macdonald exhibition and said he felt the same as McCoy, liking the drawings more than the paintings. “I like the paintings, they’re interesting but I like the drawings a little bit better,” Starkey said. “I like things that are a bit more detailed, it’s a preference.” Starkey also said he felt each of
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the works displayed the reflections of nature itself. “To me, I think it had a reminiscent quality of Escher,” Starkey said. “What you see is not just what's apparently there, it’s not the surface of water; it’s something else.” Starkey said his favorite artwork from the exhibition were the drawings. “The nice part about art is that ever ybody can have their own opinion and see different things in paintings and drawings,” Bock said. “That’s one of the fascinating things about art and photos and paintings and drawings is that each person kind of has their own interpretation, that’s the wonderful things about it.” The Macdonald exhibition will continue being showcased in Tarble until Oct. 4. Luis Martinez can be reached at or 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.
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New Greek organization brings dance to campus By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @DEN_news A newly formed Greek organization, Delta Phi Delta dance fraternity, has danced its way on to campus for people who have a passion and love for the art form. Kendall Jackson, the secretary of the organization, said DPHI was founded Jan. 18, 2000 and has about 27 chapters nationally. Though the organization is classified as a fraternity, the organization is coed and allows individuals from all backgrounds to join. “We are the Alpha Beta colony here and we started our journey in January and we had our probate on May 3,” said Jackson. A probate is a coming out show for a new member of a Greek organization. Whitney Turner, the president of the organization, said DPHI would set themselves apart from other dance groups with service. “We’re not just focused on having dance shows and competitions,” said Turner. “We’re going to give back to the community and that’s what sets us
aside because our principle is to uplift through dance.” Turner said her ideas go beyond an occasional dance show and she plans to have panels as well as open discussions. “We’re going to have a unity show, so basically we’re going to have different organizations come together and make one big show,” said Turner. Shaniyah Mayes, the vice president, said DPHI is a community of dancers not just the physically, but mentally. “It gives us a meaning to life,” Mayes said. “This is my air, my passion because I have been dancing all of my life.” Nadia Dawson, the organization’s treasurer, said she wants the organization to leave its mark. “I want to be able to say that I came here and did something great,” Dawson said. “I want to touch and mend the hearts of others and make our names strong on campus because we are about unity and productivity.” Dawson also said she wants to lay a good foundation for their chapter to secure the future of other members. Mayes said this organization has a certain uniqueness, which sets itself
apart from other dancers. “You hear about dance teams, dance schools (and) dance groups, but you don’t hear about a dance fraternity,” Mayes said. “I’m building a culture here and that was all the inspiration I needed.” Mayes also said people have the mindset of either being a particular type of Greek or nothing at all; she said strolling is not just for Greeks, dance is the umbrella for every controlled movement. “When you go to ballet class you don’t get taught ballet, its tap, modern and contemporary and as a dancer I learned to stroll as well,” Mayes said. “You still choreograph it, you time it and you still count it.” Dawson said their organization would forever move as a unit. “We do stuff that makes that sure we are on top of things,” Dawson said. “If someone’s grades are down we all are going to sit down and go to study tables because if you’re grades are down mine are down, you reflect off of me.” T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.
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Members of the Delta Phi Delta dance colony perform for their probate on Aug. 3 at Lumpkin Hall. Delta Phi Delta is a new unofficial fraternity who focus on dance and service.
Faculty Senate discusses athletics, future meetings By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor| @DEN_News Faculty Senate discussed the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, future fall meeting dates, and the procedure for replacing senate members who have resigned at their meeting Tuesday in Booth Library. Jemmie Robertson, faculty senate chair, said Congressman Bobby Rush, an Illinois Democrat, sponsored Bill 257, which was sent to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. “It is bipartisan sponsored to form a presidential commission to study the practices of intercollegiate athletics,” Robertson said. “They are asking if the faculty of Eastern is willing to support that.” At the meeting, Robertson said he wants ideas on how to approach the commission proposed by Congress as well as a bigger dialogue. Some concerns about the com-
mission were brought up during the meeting. “The bill identifies issues for institutions, athletes and everyone in the middle,” Amy Rosenstein, an associate professor of special education, said. “I’m always curious about commissions themselves, where they will come from, who will be a part of those commissions.” She said it opened potential bias in the commission, but it was the only concern and she would support a bill like this. Grant Sterling, an associate professor of philosophy, said he thought the institutions themselves did a horrible job of monitoring these things and the only organization that oversees them is the NCAA. “The NCAA, quite frankly, doesn’t have a mandate to preserve the academic integrity of institutions,” he said. “They periodically pay lip service to the idea that student athletes need to have an education but
they’re not set up to do that, it’s not their main concern.” Sterling said there would have to be a commission that’s set up independently of the NCAA and athletic directors. Robertson said he appreciated the different viewpoints on some items, and wanted to move to a consensus of where they would want to go. This included the idea of drafting a resolution in support of the commission or responding to the person who contacted them. Stefan Eckert, an assistant professor of music, said he would be in favor of signing off on the resolution, but questioned its relation to other items, saying he did not think it should be the only thing they were voting on. Robertson said he was going to add the COIA discussion to the communications for next time and it was shelved for the next meeting. Another item discussed was the
possibility of new members in faculty senate since the resignation of Senator Dau. There is currently one opening, and possibly two since a new member may not be able to serve their term. Jeannie Ludlow, associate professor of English, said the way the bylaws explained it, a list of alternates should be made ranked by the number of votes they got instead of the according to the semester they were up for election to determine who would fill the positions. Sterling said the senate would appoint someone to fill the vacancy. “What we’re supposed to do is appoint somebody to take over before the fall election,” he said. Faculty Senate also addressed an email from Marita Gronnvoll concerning the need for a CAA replacement. “We need to appoint one senator, maybe two, and maybe appoint someone for CAA,” Roberson said.
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Ludlow said she put together a list of alternatives from faculty senate that could take the position. One person was on the faculty senate before. New business talked about before the meeting was adjourned was future meeting dates and future guests. Future meeting dates up for approval were Sept. 1, 15, and 29, Oct. 6 and 20, Nov. 3 and 17 and Dec. 1. The Sept. 29 meeting is still tentative because of Tuesday’s meeting. Provost Blair Lord and University Professionals of Illinois president Jon Blitz are set to attend the Sept. 1 meeting. President Glassman will be a guest at the Sept. 15 meeting. The next faculty senate meeting will be 2 p.m Sept. 1 at the Booth Library. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu
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Tinder and the college experience Swipe right, swipe left. Match, message and meet. Tinder is the new way to find hookups, friends and maybe even relationships. Tinder was launched in 2012 and was founded by a group of five friends. Since the launch, Tinder has won a few awards, added a messaging system and is now reported to have over a billion swipes a day. Tinder seems to be having a pretty successful time over the past three years. Are the users having a successful time meeting people too? Some may say yes. For others, not so much. Tinder has a few problems that need to be fixed before it can be a happy place for all users. However, not all the fixing needs to come from the Tinder app itself. The users need to fix their attitude. A good percentage of Tinder users are college students, and college students are looking for a quick hook-up while on campus. Not saying that every user is looking for a hook-up, but many are. When those users swipe right on someone and then realize that they are going to get friend-zoned or not get some booty tonight, they get angry. Should they really act this way? Is insulting someone or calling them out on being a respectable person really correct? When did our generation become so desperate to get some booty that they get angry and insulting when they do not get what they want? When it comes down to it, hook-ups are not everything in life. College is about meeting friends, having new experiences that help you grow as a person and getting an education. If hooking up is all a person is looking for in college, they need to rethink things a bit. Through it all, there are a few good users on Tinder though. Some people on Tinder are amazing people that you could make a good friend, or even start a relationship with. Tinder is also a way for people to bond through sharing their experiences while on the app with others who may use it also. Tinder has both a bad and a good name from the Tinder community. When it comes down to it, it is the ideal place to meet people. Some may be rude, some may be kind, but they are all a part of the Tinder community. Sydney Edwards is a freshman marketing major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or skedwards2@eiu.edu.
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Layoffs should have been announced Layoffs are happening across the university, and people have the right to feel angry about that. Professors and office secretaries generally are not to blame for enrollment being down so significantly that Eastern cannot pay its bills. These people are actually the ones doing the most significant recruiting a majority of the time by promoting their departments to prospective students. According to a story in Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News, one particular area on campus that has been affected by layoffs is the women’s resource center. Because of the recent elimination of 118 civil service and administrative and professional employees, a total of 67 people were laid off. Joe McLean, the office secretary of the women’s resource center, had his position eliminated and will use bumping rights to move to a new position while the center itself will have to change locations. These decisions have to be based on where money can be saved without necessarily taking into account how individual people fared at their jobs or the meaningful connections they
made while they were there. It is understandable that declining state appropriations play a huge role in Eastern’s current budget crisis, and as much as students and administrators lobby Springfield, they still do not have much control over that. However, neither low enrollment nor shrinking state funding should come across as anything new. As such, President David Glassman’s announcement this summer that layoffs would be implemented to prevent a deficit should not have been much of a surprise. Former President Bill Perry said in his last legislative testimony that an estimated 250 people would have to be laid off to offset a potential funding decrease of $13.85 million. Just because people could have seen this coming, though, does not mean they should not have been afforded a fair warning. For instance, the 26 annually contracted faculty who were let go over the summer all assumed they would be working at Eastern months ago when they received their contracts. A heads-up could have considerably helped those faculty members find other employment
by the fall, and Glassman and the administration had to have known they would need to make such significant cuts. While no one can change the past, it should still be noted that this messy situation has been years in the making, and Glassman himself should not be to blame for trying to fix it. New budgets are created every year, and more cuts spread out over time might have alleviated some of the burden the university is facing now, even though people will (justifiably) get upset whenever that happens. But again, the past is the past, and looking forward the Eastern community should hold the new president as well as the Board of Trustees accountable for their decisions. If the board members pass all items at their meeting without much debate, this should be a sign to start asking questions. Asking tough questions of Eastern’s leaders now is the only way to avoid setting the university up for the same or worse situation down the line. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
The relationship of a lessor and a lessee Lessors, Lessees: build relationships, not contracts. The beginning of the semester brings many new relationships at a university. Students are reconnecting with friends, discovering new passions within their academics, and finding new places to call home. For those who choose to live off campus, the place they call home is found through rental properties. A new relationship that one normally does not think about but has a high importance is one between a student and his/her lessor. Some first interactions leave lasting impressions and turn into unfavorable exchanges. From experience, relationships with lessors have a common way of heading south. I know that I am not the only one who has felt hostility toward a lessor. Everyone has his or her stories, some probably worse than feeling robbed of their security deposit or having a lessor who is less-thanavailable. The relationship is an odd one, where both parties assume the worst of each other. Once a lessor experiences a bad seed, they are on the side of caution, for any future renter could become the same nightmare. Once a renter has a horrid and unresponsive lessor they become skeptic, and demand more from their next. If people viewed their contract as a relation-
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Megan Ivey ship and not only a business agreement, I think the entire arrangement would be more satisfying. A 10-month commitment seems long term to a student. The majority of romantic relationships last less time. I’ve seen someone bounce through three relationships and change majors twice within one year. Students do not have set expectations for the future. That doesn’t make them any less responsible for taking on an apartment, but it does shed some light to the fact that leasing is a new form of commitment to students. Signing a lease is often the first legal-binding document that a student encounters, and mistakes will be made while adjusting to the new process.
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This is where the lessors should show patience. Lessors of college students should realize the learning experience rather than take advantage. I consider myself an expert mover. There might not be set criteria to qualify one as such, but from actively researching Charleston’s rental properties and moving four times within my three academic years, moving and renting is just a part of my annual routine. Even so, I have learned (and quite honestly, I am still learning) from the mistakes that have been made. Sometimes, the mistakes are from my end, and sometimes the lessor could have easily fixed the problem. While lessors should be patient, the student should also show the same amount of respect to the property. Being attentive and vocal about problems allows the lessor to adequately fix them. In reality, both parties have to deal with the good and bad of each other. So even though those rental properties have probably had more tenants than one would ever like to imagine, students continue to wear in the used furniture and ignore that unidentifiable stain in the carpet for one sole reason: a space to call their own (at least for 10 months). Megan Ivey is junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or mkivey@eiu.edu.
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Charleston Theatre celebrates 25 seasons By Mackenzie Freund City Editor | @mgfreund_news For 25 years members of the Charleston Alley Theatre, at 718 Monroe St., has been building their stages along with their name. Over the last 25 years, participants have put on plays from Shakespeare to plays written by Charleston residents. Each season happens during a calendar year. The first show happens around February or March, and the rest follow until the last show in December. Duke Bagger, the president of the theater, said the plays lined up for this season were plays that were favorites of the remaining board members. Bagger and his wife, Linda, chose “The Lion in Winter” as the first show of this season because it was their favorite show they performed together. “Because that was our favorite show, we opened the 25th season with that show,” Bagger said. Bagger said that “Dracula” was picked because it was the favorite of Tony Cox, the treasurer for the theater. The theater has opened some of their shows in Mattoon before they are shown in the theatre space for the upcoming season. Bagger said the set pieces are built by members and volunteers of the theatre, so they need to be easy to take down and put together for the traveling shows. Many of the set pieces have been used and reused throughout the years the theatre has been open and operating. “That window piece has been around since our first season,” Bagger said. “It will end up being used two or three times a year. We just paint it a
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Henry II, played by Duke Bagger, and Eleanor of Aquitaine, played by Linda Bagger, share a kiss as a way of settling their differences in the play “The Lion in Winter” at the Charleston Alley Theatre on March 27.
different color.” The theater has had plays with a very detailed set. The set for “Metamorphosis” involves a full pool as its set, and “Steel Magnolias” had a fully functional beauty parlor. Bagger reflected on the sets they
have built at the theater over the years, and said “damn we’re good.” Bagger said his favorite memories of the theater were of the shows he has performed in with his wife, Linda. Bagger said that during a play he shared a kiss with his wife, and some of her customers went to her after the
play was over and said “does your husband know about this?” Duke and Linda Bagger, and Larry Stephens are the last of the eight founding members still involved in the theater. The Charleston Alley Theatre was founded in 1991 by Tanya Wood.
Bagger said when the theater was bought, the members transformed the original Firestone Tire shop into the theatre today. Mackenzie Freund can be reached at 581-2812 or mgfreund@eiu.edu.
Volunteer to recount Guatemala trip at public library By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor| @DEN_News Academy of Lifelong Learning is hosting The Journey to Guatemala on Wednesday. The event is headed by Karen Reed, a member of a group of volunteers known as Masons on a Mission. The group visited the Mayan people of Guatemala to build cook stoves for some of the families living in some of the rural villages. “The Academy of Lifelong Learning are a group of people who are 50 or older, so they are very interested in the things people do for community,” Reed said. “This is sort of a project that concerns the global community, so I thought they would be interested in it.”
Reed also said one thing she took from her experience during her trip to Guatemala was seeing how their visit was going to change the lives of the people living in the villages. “I went with a group of volunteers to build cook stoves for some of the local Mayan people,” Reed said. “Just seeing the improvement it was going to make in their lives was a huge takeaway for me.” Reed said she hopes anyone who comes to the event will leave with an understanding of how sending people to do these types of projects can help people who need it. “I hope that they will understand better that sending people to do hands on project is a good way to help people,” Reed said. “It helps more than any other resource that
“Just seeing the improvement it was going to make in their lives was a huge takeaway for me.” -Karen Reed, Masons on a Mission volunteer you send, so supporting groups that actually go and make concrete difference is just so valuable and I hope that they take that away.” Mirita Metzke, the program coordinator at the Academy of Lifelong
Learning, said Reed came to the academy and offered to do the presentation for free. “(Reed) actually chose us, she offered to do this presentation,” Metzke said. “Karen Reed took this trip with Masons on a Mission as a volunteer to help build cook stoves for the native people so they could cook in their homes. She is a ceramic artist, so she used her skills as a ceramist to help build these stoves.” Metzke also said the presentation will include photos and artifacts from the Guatemalan trip. “(Reed) describes it as a photographic journal of the building project, some of the region around Lake Atitlan, and some of the residents they worked with,” Metzke said. “She’s going to talk about the project
and the work of the team, and she’s going to talk about some of the challenges for families living in the rural villages and the challenges for travelling in third world countries for us in the United States.” Metzke said she believes students should attend because it would provide a rich and authentic look into another culture. Metzke said the academy also offers other educational events throughout the year. The event will be held at Charleston Carnegie Public Library in the Rotary room and is free to the public. Luiz Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.
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Wallace, Bradbury ready for final season By Sean Hastings Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports Seniors Stephanie Wallace and Marah Bradbury are heading into their final season as captains of the Eastern volleyball team. Wallace is the team’s libero. Wallace set a record with 583 digs in the 2014 season. She heads into the 2015 season seventh overall in Eastern history with 1,391 total digs. Bradbury is one of the setters on the team. She had a single-season best 1,378 assists in 2014, which ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference. Eastern volleyball coach Sam Wolinski praises their work ethic and said it shows on the court. She also said Bradbury is the “QB” of the front row, and Wallace is the “QB” of the back row. “They’re two very strong players,” Wolinski said. “Wally (Wallace) will finish up as the all-time career digs leader here at EIU and that’s pretty awesome. I think she’s one of the best in the OVC.” She has the same praise for Bradbury who is also making a name for herself in the Eastern record books. “Marah’s going to finish in the top three probably for all-time career for sets here at EIU,” Wolinski said. She added that both are very consignment workers, and they come in every day and give it their all. “They are leading by example and
we are fortunate to have two leaders like that,” Wolinski said. Out of the five seniors on the team, Wallace and Bradbury are the most vocal. Being seniors and captains, Wallace and Bradbury both have been helping the freshmen grow and be ready for their first season. “We’re doing a whole new offense as well as defense this year,” Bradbury said. “So we’ve been talking them through what we’ve learned this last spring and continuing to talk them through things and let them know when they’re doing things right and help them whenever they’re not doing it correctly.” Even though the pair is helping the younger players, Bradbury said they are holding Wallace and her to the same standard. One thing that is the same for everyone on the team is they are all playing for a new coach in Sam Wolinski. Wallace and Bradbury spent their last three years playing under Kate Price, but Wallace said the transition has not been difficult. “I think it’s been fairly easy,” Wallace said. “Sam (Wolinski) came in during the spring so we got to learn the new offensive and defensive systems right away and that’s really helped us transition, which is going to help as we go into the season.” Bradbury added they have a good relationship with Wolinski and other
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Senior libero Stephanie Wallace sends the ball up during a game on Oct. 4, 2014. Co-captains Wallace and setter Marah Bradbury are finishing up their Eastern volleyball careers this season.
first-year coach Peter Green. “They’re very open to making sure we know what’s going on all the time,” Bradbury said. “Whether it’s asking questions or going through different scenarios, they’re very open and helpful in that way.” Both girls look to leave a mark here
at Eastern in their final year. “I just want people to know how hard we’ve worked all four years,” Bradbury said. “Hard work is easy to talk about, it’s hard to do.” She said they always want to be the hardest workers and that they are competing within themselves to be
the best they can be. Wallace and Bradbury’s first game of their anticipated final season begins Friday when the Panthers take on Illinois-Chicago in Fort Wayne, Ind. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Football team finishes camp, prepares for 1st game By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 The Eastern football team wrapped up its fall camp with a scrimmage on Saturday afternoon and ended the day by speaking with local media as part of media day. Head Coach Kim Dameron said he was pleased with the camp’s results, as the Panthers prepare for their first game of the season on Thursday, Sept. 3, at Western Illinois. “We made some decisions which we had to make, so I feel good about where we are as a football team,” Dameron said. “We need to get some guys healthy because we banged against each other for the last two weeks, but I feel good about where we are as we get set to prepare for the Western Illinois game.”
Senior linebacker Kamu GrugierHill said facing senior quarterback Jalen Whitlow in practice can really help the defense compete against a dual-threat quarterback. “It’s great, especially because our league has a lot of running quarterbacks,” Grugier-Hill said. “I would say Jalen’s probably the best running quarterback in the league. Practicing against him every day is going to get our defense ready, especially with the scrambles and the naked bootlegs.” Whitlow had 140 carries for 792 yards last season in his first year as starting quarterback. He returns in his senior year as 1-of-32 players who have been named as preseason favorites for the College Football Awards Performance Football Championship Subdivision National Performer of the Year Award.
“I feel like we can take this school to where it’s never been before.” -Jalen Whitlow, senior quarterback Whitlow said he is looking to go into this season as not only a quarterback, but a leader as well. “If we win, all these preseason accolades will take care of themselves,” Whitlow said. “I feel like we can take this school to where it’s never been before.” Whitlow said he is looking for
more consistency from the offense as the season progresses, especially at the line. “We need to make sure we’ve got the right calls. We check a lot of things at the line, which takes time,” Dameron said. “We need to be physical up front and protect the passer.” The Panthers’ offense scored a pair of touchdowns with backup quarterbacks Jared Pilson and Austin Green in the scrimmage. Pilson, a redshirt freshman, scored on a threeyard scramble, while Green, a redshirt sophomore, connected with redshirt sophomore wide receiver Addison Bounds on a long pass play. Eastern enters the season ranked in many of the Football Championship Subdivision preseason rankings, but Grugier-Hill said those preseason honors do not necessarily mean any-
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thing at this point in the season. “Well the thing is, the preseason is just numbers,” Grugier-Hill said. “We look at it, but obviously we want to be No. 1, and we’re not going to accept anything under that. We look at that and push every day to get better.” Eastern has also been focusing on the mental aspects of the game, as well as the physical ones throughout the preseason. That includes Whitlow, who has been trying to learn from last season’s games. “The mental aspects are important because you can never stop learning,” Whitlow said. “I’ve been watching tons of film in the offseason, rewatched every game, to see what I can do.” Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.
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Hutson brings knowledge to offensive line By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 Eastern’s offensive line coach Mark Hutson is no stranger to the game of college football. The veteran coach has been a part of football for more than 25 years and has taken on numerous positions throughout that time span. Hutson has served as an offensive line coach, offensive coordinator, tight ends coach and even took the Panthers to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs in 2006. Hutson was the interim head coach following the absence of coach Bob Spoo. Hutson returned to Eastern this spring after being let go as the tight ends coach of the National Football League’s Oakland Raiders. Hutson was the Raiders’ tight ends coach from 2012-2014. “It was a great time when I was here,” Hutson said. “I’ve known Coach Dameron since the mid-‘90s, maybe before that, since we’re from the same area in Arkansas.” Eastern coach Kim Dameron graduated from Rogers High School in Arkansas, while Hutson lived in Fort Smith, which is an hour down the road from Rogers. Hutson would later attend the University of Oklahoma, where he was a two-time All-American lineman. The two would reunite years later as coaches at Murray State. “He’s got a high football IQ, and his knowledge and experience, I think, is second to none,” Dameron said. “He’s coached at all levels and could coach any team in the country at any level.” Other than his experience in Oakland, Hutson also has had more experience working with professional-caliber athletes. In 2007, Hutson was the offensive line coach for Tulane University when Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte broke the school’s rushing record. Forte had 2,127 yards and 23
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Mark Hutson directs players during football practice Tuesday. Hutson is the new offensive line coach for the Panthers. He has coached at Eastern before, most recently during the 2006 season. In addition, he has spent the last three years as tight ends coach for the Oakland Raiders.
touchdowns before being drafted in the second round by the Bears in the 2008 NFL Draft. Hutson said coaching Forte was a fine experience. “Matt is such a fine young man and a double major at Tulane,” Hutson said. “He knew the protections and the major run schemes and was just a physical player and a real smart player. It was just a pleasure coaching Matt.” One of Hutson’s current offensive lineman said being coached by Hutson has also been a good experience. “He makes us look at the game a different way,” red-shirt junior right
tackle Evan Kanz said. “He’s got so much knowledge of the game, so he’s been there and done that. Whatever he says we know it’s the right thing to do.” Hutson says he prefers using multiple blocking schemes so the defense cannot settle in what the offense is running. His knowledge of these different schemes has also come from different positions on coaching staffs. “I’ve used that experience to my advantage,” Hutson said. “I know the schemes now and the concepts that we have, so I try to tailor that to the protections and just use those past ex-
periences to a benefit.” Hutson was part of Coach Dennis Allen’s staff at Oakland last year, but Allen was fired on Sept. 29 after a 0-4 start. The Raiders promoted offensive line coach Tony Sparano as the interim head coach. When a new staff was being brought in during the offseason, Hutson decided to return to his old stomping grounds of Eastern, where his friend Dameron became the head coach in 2014. Dameron had also unluckily been a part of that scenario and welcomed Hutson back to Charleston.
“I’ve been part of that before and that’s not anything that’s fun,” Dameron said. “But the fact that he was available worked out really good for us.” Kanz, a returning starter, said he is excited about having a former NFL coach mentoring him this season. “We know he knows what he’s talking about because of his knowledge and information to us,” Kanz said. “He’s going to help us prepare for games this season.” Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.
Freshmen expected to contribute early in season By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor | @BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern women’s soccer team comes into the season with 11 freshman players on their roster, who are all expected to contribute at one point during the season. One freshman is out for the entire season due to injury. Eastern coach Jason Cherry said it is going to be a process, but his team is going to have to rely on those freshmen. “It’s a big group,” he said. “I expect everyone, when it’s their time, to come and play their best.” Cherry signed 11 players before the season started and one of those was Kate Olson, who is a defender on the team. Olson, who comes to Eastern from University High School in Normal, said she expected a much different game of soccer coming to Eastern. “I knew that coming into a DI level that the game itself was going to be at a much faster pace then what I’m used to,” she said. “I came in knowing that I needed to get up to speed, and I expected the girls not to have any mercy while pressuring me when I have the ball.” Eastern senior Molly Hawkins
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Freshman defender Kayla Stolfa moves the ball up the pitch during the Panthers' 6-0 loss to Northern Kentucky on Sunday at Lakeside Field.
said the Panthers having 11 freshmen could be beneficial to a team. “It benefits the team because the
large number of them forms a strong base for the team for the next four years,” she said. “It all starts now.
They’re a solid group and as they continue to grow, they’ll only get better.” Three freshmen are starting to con-
tribute in a big way in the net for the Panthers. Eastern has three freshman goalkeepers in Liz Carmody, Erin Morgan and Maddie Lyon. Lyon has been named the starter in the first two Panther games this season and has 22 saves combined in two games. She saved nine shots in the first game against IUPUI. In the game Sunday against Northern Kentucky, Lyon had 13 saves on 19 Norse shots. Hawkins has been impressed with each and every one of the three freshman goalies. “I know it can be intimidating to be a freshman and have to give directions to upperclassmen when they’re on the field,” she said. “But, that’s part of a goalie’s job, and they’ve done well with that. All of the freshmen came in as hard workers and it hasn’t died down. They continue to work hard and keep the competition aspect of practice alive. They aren’t afraid of going into tackles with seniors and that’s a good thing.” The Panthers will head to Macomb on Friday to take on Western Illinois. Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.