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Students pleased with quick mumps response Eastern has two confirmed cases of the virus By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor| @DEN_News Students received an email alert Monday from Eastern’s Health Services, stating they diagnosed a number of students with mumps between Sept. 8th and Sept. 11th. Eastern has reported at least two confirmed cases of mumps on campus and were in the process of investigating further possible cases; however, they did not specify how many cases they were looking into. Mumps is an illness that is spread only through direct contact through infected fluids such as saliva or by using contaminated objects such as spoons, forks and cups. Ryan Brown, a senior accounting major, said he did not know much about the mumps virus, but was glad Eastern managed to warn him about the possible contagion. “I’m glad they let us know instead of just keeping it behind the scenes,” Brown said. “I’m glad they let us know so that we know what to look out for.” Brown also said other students who are not infected now know what to look out for, and any students who may have some symptoms know to isolate themselves to prevent further infection. “As far as the mumps being here, it’s said it’s happened before,” Brown said. “It’s not real scary, and I’m not really scared, I’m just glad that they let us know.”
“I’m glad they let us know so that we know what to look out for.” -Ryan Brown, senior accounting major Patrick Muhne, a sophomore kinesiology major, said he thinks the mumps on campus is a big deal. “As a spreadable disease, I think it’s a big deal with the campus, where everyone’s really close,” Muhne said. Muhne also said since there are a lot of people living pretty close together in the residence halls and the apartments around campus, it can easily be spread. He also said he thought Eastern did the right thing when they sent out the email to all students. “I mean, I think that’s all they only can do,” Muhne said. “I think that was a good job on letting people be aware after the fact.”
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Enrollment numbers for American Indian/ Alaskan Native, African-American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students have declined, while enrollment for Asian American, Latin American, and those students listing two or more races has increased.
Minority student enrollment differs By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @Den_News Racial minorities make up 26 percent of campus, a 1-percent increase from the previous semester, but the university shows evidence of a disparity and decline with individual classifications. Minority students include American Indians/ Alaskan Natives, Latin Americans, AfricanAmericans, Native Americans, Asian Americans and biracial students. Mona Davenport, the director of minority affairs, said the strategy of recruitment was
the same, but students were probably exposed to newer programs before applying. She said some of the programs the university has in place helped increase the amount of minority students. The number of American Indian or Alaskan Native last fall was 21, and now it is at 20. The number of Asian American students is now 92, an increase of 12 from the previous semester. Last fall, 1,500 African-Americans attended Eastern and that number declined by nearly 60. Latin American student enrollment went up by 27 students to 471 and nearly 200 students
identify as two or more ethnicities on campus. However, international students have seen growth with an increase of 7 percent this fall semester. Kevin Vicker, the director of the office of international students and scholars, said tuition is one of the reasons Eastern is seeing an increase of international students. This fall, 291 students on campus are international, up 39 percent from fall 2013. Only 141 international students attended the university 10 years ago.
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Faculty Senate discusses budget concerns By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman President David Glassman and John Henderson, the assistant vice president for academic affairs for technology, addressed the Faculty Senate and answered questions at their meeting Tuesday. Glassman said there were a lot of questions about the budget. “We don’t know what the budget situation is for Eastern at this time,” Glassman said. He said the budget they forecasted for this year and are operating on is a budget that has had a reduction over last year’s spending of about 6.5 percent, which the legislature has passed but the governor has not signed into law. Glassman also talked about layoffs and bumping rights. He said it is not the employee who is being told they should exit the university but the position itself that is being eliminated. “It is that position that is taken away,” Glassman said. “That individual, based on their seniority can then bump somebody in another area in a position that was considered vital and
was saved. Then that person would move and could bump somebody with less seniority.” Each individual has 30 days to decide whether to bump somebody or not. “The difficulty and the dollar element to it is if we’re eliminating a position, we know that person has, let’s say a $40,000 salary,” Glassman said. “That person bumps somebody else, they’ve now moved from one place to another, they retain the $40,000 salary that they have, but they’ve now bumped somebody who had $36,000, who then bumps somebody else who’s lower who’s at $30,000.” Glassman said by doing this the university is saving $30,000. “This is what we’re going through right now,” Glassman said. “And we won’t know until the bumping finishes.” There are other areas of revenue the university is recouping because of a stronger than predicted incoming freshman class. The incoming freshman class has increased by 47 students from the previous year. “We’ve cut back on the fleet of university vehicles, so we’ve had some savings there,” Glass-
man said. “We’re varying all the different strategies that we have in order to maximize our ability to defeat this deficit so we can position ourselves where we can balance our budget, live within our budget and our means and take all our focus and our energies and look to our future and to growth and turnaround spirits.” Jason Waller, a senator and a professor in the philosophy department, asked about communication. “When there is a dearth of information coming from your office, the faculty and staff are not sitting around waiting to see what happens,” Waller said. “We’re guessing, and guessing turns into rumors, and rumors spread very quickly and are almost always worse than reality.” Waller said they started off communicating well in July, but then the communication started drifting with long periods of silence. Waller asked if it was possible to give out more information to contain the rumors. “I believe in communication and know it’s really important,” he said. “I do want to be keeping everyone informed quickly.” SENATE, page 6
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Glassman leads impromptu Q&A session By Mackenzie Freund City Editor | @mgfreund_news Eastern President David Glassman led an impromptu question and answer session during the Premiering the Prez event Tuesday in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Student Government hosted the event. Stephen Simpson, the student vice president of academic affairs, said the prowl events are being continued from last year. He said the main point of the event was to introduce the students to Glassman and vice versa. Simpson said the Q&A session was not an original part of the plan, but it was a good addition to the event. Megan Lindsay, a junior elementary education major, said she enjoyed the Q&A session because she got to know more about Glassman. “I liked the prowl events with President Perry and I liked mingling with him, but we never got a formal Q&A session with him,” Lindsay said. “I liked being able to ask questions and get to know (Glassman).” Megan Christensen, a senior English major, said she enjoyed the Q&A session because it was less intimidating. “I think it’s less intimidating if we are all sitting in a group asking questions rather than if its one-on-one,” Christensen said. Lindsay and Christensen said they are looking forward to the future
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Marissa Presnell, a senior communication disorders and sciences major, and Eliza Coleman, a junior political science major, pose with Eastern President David Glassman during the Premiering the Prez prowl event Tuesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
prowl events. The prowl events are monthly events that allow students to interact with Glassman and get to know him, which he enjoys. “You are my guides to Eastern and making it the best it can be,” Glassman said. Students were able to take a photo with Glassman or Billy the Panther while they enjoyed the ice cream supplied by student government. Glassman said he would like to see all of the student senate members attend the prowl events, but he would
like to see more of the student body involved. “I want the senators to be only a quarter of the group and I want to keep it growing so the senators are 20 percent or 10 percent,” Glassman said. One student asked about Glassman’s background in education. Glassman said he has previously worked at Virginia Tech, Texas State University, Southern Indiana and was previously the provost and vice president of academic affairs at Bradley University.
He said his specific area is in physical, or forensic, anthropology, which is the study of bones of people from today and in the past. Glassman said he did most of his research in Belize in South America and worked on over 350 cases with the police and the FBI. He said he was featured on a couple of episodes of “Skeleton Stories,” “Forensic Files,” and “America’s Most Wanted.” Mackenzie Freund can be reached at 581-2812 or at mgfreund@eiu.edu
Student government to elect new members By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor|@cjbuchman The student government will appoint committee members and committee chairs and vote on approving new Registered Student Organizations in their meeting at 7 p.m Wednesday in the Arcola-Tuscola room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Maralea Negron, the student speaker of the senate, said the senators would say what committees they would like to be a member of and they try to work around that. Negron said some of the things they think about when choosing chairs are who has sat on the senate longer, who has more experience, what leaders stand out and what qualities they have. Some questions they ask at interviews include: What interested them in serving as committee chair, their
plans for the committee, how they will motivate committee members and the most important aspect of being a leader. “We try to work around what they like to be active in,” Negron said. She said the main focus of the meeting would be putting people in the committees. “I have my opinions and then I’m going to present who I think would best fit, and we’re going to discuss it,” Negron said. The committee chair is the one who oversees the committee they are a part of. The leaders of these committees can change from semester to semester. “Committee chairs will change just because we go through the application process,” Negron said. There are eight committees. These are academic affairs, student affairs, business affairs, internal affairs, diversity affairs, external relations, university enhancement, and alumni re-
lations. Each committee has a role in student government. For instance, the external relations committee enhances the relationship between the university and Charleston. University enhancement finds ways to make Eastern more environmentally friendly, such as double-sided printing. “Each committee will take on individual projects throughout the semester,” Negron said. “Last semester, diversity affairs sent out a survey asking students how they felt diversity was being implemented in the classroom.” Senators work on these projects during their office hours. Negron gave the example of a committee working on a project to clean up Charleston and trying to get each RSO to adopt a street in Charleston to keep clean. “They would come in here and work on contacting RSOs that are in-
terested, and stuff like that,” Negron said. “That would fall under their hours they would have to do.” Instead of having senators do hours this week, they filled out surveys on how on how they think orientation went and a sheet of possible ideas they had for the committees. “All of the ideas student government works on comes from the senators and the students,” Negron said. The other new business is the student senate will vote on are new RSOs. Three or four senators, who missed the last meeting, are expected to be sworn in at this meeting. A student representative for the college of science grade appeal committee would be approved as well and the student who fills this position will sit on the committee for their college. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
CORREC TION In Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News, the article “Enrollment varies across state,” the pull-quote was incorrectly attributed and should say Blair Lord, the vice president of academic affairs. The News regrets the error.
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City council annexes properties By Mackenzie Freund City Editor| @mgfreund_news The Charleston City Council voted to annex two properties into the Charleston city limits at their meeting Tuesday. The properties being annexed are the Coles County Council on Aging’s LifeSpan Center and the Coles County Dial-A-Ride vehicle storage garage. Steve Pamperin, the Charleston city planner, said the city entered an annexation agreement in 2003, stating the properties could use the city’s water and sewer services. “We’re executing what the city council put in place 13 years ago tonight,” Pamperin said. Dee Braden, the executive director of the Coles County Council on Aging, said the council has been around since 1974 initially serving adults 60 years and older. Braden said the council has broadened the services over the last 15 years to include people from all age groups. Braden said the council has been waiting for the properties to become contiguous with the city limits since
2003. “We are now eligible to be annexed into the city,” Braden said. “Our board has voted to (annex), the Coles County board has already voted to (annex) so this is the final piece.” Pamperin said the annexation of these properties means they will be included into the city limits, given fire and police protection and the city rates for water and sewage. The city council also voted to approve two resolutions for the improvement of the traffic signals at the intersection of Loxa road and state Route 16. The first resolution was approved to use $10,000 of the motor fuel tax funds to pay the city’s share of the construction of traffic signals and highway lighting. The second resolution approved said the Illinois Department of Transportation would design and construct the traffic signals and lighting, according to the submitted resolution. The city council voted to approve the application for a raffle license for a fundraiser put on by the Children’s Advocacy Center of East Central Illi-
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nois, on Sept. 26 at the Coles County Fairgrounds. The Children’s Advocacy Center of East Central Illinois’ goal is to raise funds to help provide services to children who are victims of physical and/ or sexual abuse, according to the raffle license application. A resolution for students at the Lakeview College of Nursing to participate in a ride along with the Charleston Fire Department was also approved by city council. The city council approved the amendment Offenses by General Public in regards to the Facilitation of Public Consumption. Other items on the agenda were the proclamation of Fire Prevention week, the approval of the consent agenda including a raffle license for the Court Appointed Special Advocates fundraising event on Sept. 12. The mayor also announced the trick-or-treating hours for Oct. 31 will be 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mackenzie Freund can be reached at 581-2812 or at mgfreund@eiu.edu.
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GLAM models to stylize attire for Career Services event T’Nerra Butler Multicultural editor The Career Services will be hosting Dress for Success at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Haley Berlett, a communications disorders and sciences major, said the event is a way to help prepare students for the job fair on Sept. 30. She said
the career center encourages students to come with business attire and a sense of professionalism. “There will be HR (human resources) representatives from different companies attending this event to discuss tips and answer questions about professional etiquette,” Berlett said. The career center asked members of Glamorize Ladies and Men Modeling to present business attire to the students.
Janai Cooks, the president of GLAM, said a representative from Career Services contacted the organization to model the clothes for them. “For students, this event allows them to eliminate the concept of thinking yoga pants are dress pants and that your maxi skirt counts as a legitimate skirt,” Cooks said. Cooks said one thing students should practice is pacing themselves when they are about to speak in
public. “This isn’t a race to get in and get out. By pacing yourself you’ll establish a relationship with the company and be remembered as a person who can stay calm in nerve-wrecking situations,” Cooks said. She said this event is giving students a chance to put their fashion skills to the test and see if they know what being business savvy is. Sha’Kya’ Jarrett, the vice president
of GLAM, said every student needs to know a successful interview starts with a person’s composure. She said stressing too much could exert the situation. “You can never go wrong with a black blazer whether it is business or casual it adds a little bit of spice to an outfit that looks like you belong in a cubicle,” Cooks said. T’Nerra Butler can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.
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Learn more about those around you How much do you really know about the people you attend school with? I mean, I know there is the general knowledge about what we know and do not know, but how do you know that something is true about someone? Let us take President Glassman for example. We all know he is our president, and if you really wanted to know you could look up what he majored in when he was in college and where he worked. But did you know he has been in a couple of different TV shows? I feel like most people know that the employees are there, but do they really know that faculty and staff members have other parts of their history too? This is not just for the faculty, but it is also for the people that we live with in the residence halls and the people we go to classes with. I bet you did not know that the person you sit next to in your biology class is the president of an RSO they started, or that guy down the hall is on the hockey club team. I feel like if we interacted more, and took the time to really get to know someone, we would end up benefitting in the end. How else would you know that the president of your hall council has a family member who has toured with The Rolling Stones? While most of these situations may be hypothetical (except for the details about President Glassman), you never know what someone’s history might be unless you ask them. And I think that is the best form of interaction there can be. Mackenzie Freund is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or mgfreund@eiu.edu.
Letter to the Editor
I am still EIU I found out last week that I am one of the many who have lost their jobs at Eastern Illinois University. But still, “I am EIU,” too. I am EIU because I earned my degree from here as a traditional student. I got a job, studied abroad for my master’s. I am EIU because I then came back as an employee. I have worked my way up from the bottom for years. I came back as a student again for a second master’s degree which I’ve earned while working and raising my family. I am EIU because I won both a Superior Performance Award for employees and a Distinguished Graduate Student Award in the spring. I am EIU because I will graduate with my second master’s degree in the coming spring - still straight A’s at this point. And finally, I am EIU because I have been chosen to be let go by no fault of my own - and got this news in the middle of my maternity leave. The twist in the plot doesn’t cause the story to rewrite itself. I am still EIU, too. For whatever it’s worth. Kelly Simmonds is a graduate student in the School of Technology.
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Enrollment lows continue across the state According to Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News, Eastern has the lowest student enrollment among the schools mentioned, including University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Western Illinois University, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. With the drastic new layoffs you can tell that the school is suffering to recover from such a loss. Such losses are due to the declining trend Eastern has had in recent years. Eastern went from having 12,000 students enrolled to having, as recent as this semester, 8,520 students. This is lower than the 8, 913 students that were enrolled last fall. Eastern is not the only school suffering though. Across the board of state schools, all have had a decrease in enrollment except the UIUC and ISU. Some of things that those schools offer are a higher population of international students and
marketing toward transfers. Even though the international student enrollment is up by 7 percent, marketing to more students could help increase enrollment. 291 out of the 8,520 students on campus are international. This is up from 273 last fall. If we can keep increasing the population of international students, we could keep increasing the population of students enrolled. Advertising for transfer students might also lend a hand in increasing enrollment. According to the same article in The News, transfer students make up one-third of the student body population. If transfer students are taking up a large portion of the school’s population, it would be ridiculous not to strive to bring more. The article quotes Blair Lord, vice president for academic affairs to Eastern, “Eastern attracts over 50 percent of our undergraduate students north of Interstate 80. Well, what’s between those students and Eastern? University of Illinois Champaign- Urbana and Illinois State.”
Though UIUC and ISU are great schools to attend, Eastern provides a much more intimate environment for students academically and is a great home for transfers. Unlike schools like UIUC, Eastern offers smaller lecture halls and more intimate relationships with teachers. Classroom environments at larger schools may have a teaching assistant teaching as opposed to a professor, making it difficult to interact with a professor. With that being said, Eastern should be advertising more or have student representatives that can go out to schools and bring in these students. Enrollment may be down, but if we can draw in students with our smaller classroom environment, we may be able to increase student population. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Sorority hate stems from sexism, stereotypes I am probably the poster child for someone who would presumably hate on women in sororities. Let us just say if I got caught in a group of them walking down the street, I would not blend in. I am mostly pessimistic and anti-social; I abhor all feminine things, and I went through a sort of “goth phase” as a teenager that I never fully recovered from. However, although I am notably different from most of them, I am more critical of people who routinely judge sorority women than I am of the women themselves. Monday was “Bid Day” for sororities at Eastern, meaning the troops could be seen in full uniform marching down from Greek Court and seeking new recruits. As they stormed past, I heard jokes and stereotypes about sororities being thrown around. I will admit I was guilty of laughing at a few. But if we look beneath the surface at why we are really laughing, this humor and resentment toward sororities is rooted in misogyny. Think about movies, especially ones based on high school. The “popular” girls are typically portrayed as antagonists, and they are almost
Stephanie Markham always part of a group of other “popular” girls. The archetype is some combination of overly feminine, rich and pretty. We see sororities as the culmination of this type of person, and the girls we hated in high school become the women we judge in college. Females with social power are a threat to the patriarchy, so we laugh at them and demonize them to ease our discomfort. It is the same logic behind why we label women who like popular drinks, bands, clothes, etc. as “basic.” Liking popular things is likely to afford you some social leverage, but we do not want women to have that because women cannot have power. People see a group of women wear-
ing nearly identical clothing adorned with Greek letters, and they groan about how a bunch of clones must have just escaped from the laboratory. But no one gets mad when sports fans wear matching jerseys, even though it serves the same purpose—create unity, let others know you belong and make them want to be part of the group. Women in general face a lot of judgment for how they express their sexuality, but women in sororities are raked over the coals for this more than most. I would bet my degree that I could look in any corner of any college campus in the country and find somebody who likes to drink, party and have copious amounts of sex — Greek or otherwise. Women — yes, even women in sororities — have the right to do as they please with their bodies regardless of any expectations unfairly brought upon them. I will be honest. I sometimes roll my eyes when I see the standard group sorority pose pop up in my Facebook feed. What is important is being able to question why you think the way you do and challenge commonly accepted ideas. Stephanie Markham is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.
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Tyler Vollmer, a graduate assistant (left) and Adam Sandoval, a senior education major (right) fix plates during the LASO kickoff reception on Tuesday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
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Jacob Henderson II, a sophomore management information systems major, said he would have liked to see Eastern do more to notify students. “(They) should have sent mail to people’s houses, held meetings, tell the teachers to talk to the students about what’s happening,” Henderson said. Henderson also said he hopes the mumps stay isolated and do not spread to the point where it is not
containable. Brian Anzures, a sophomore psychology major, said he is not really worried about the mumps cases. “(I’m) not really worried about it since I am vaccinated,” Anzures said. “I do wonder though how it started and the chain it went on to get to the students that got infected.” Like Brown and Muhne, Anzures said he believes Eastern responded well to the situation.
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“I think they did their best on letting students know about the case. I saw it on my email and also heard it from a couple of people, one of them being my professor,” Anzures said. “I think they did as much as I would like them to have done.” Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.
The Academy of Lifelong Learning will be having a class discussing the benefits of having native plants here in Charleston at 1 p.m. Thursday at the University of Illinois Extension office in Charleston. Marita Metzke, the program coordinator for the Academy of Lifelong Learning, said the event, “Using Native Plants in Your Landscape,” would look at some of the native plants found in the state and the benefits of having these plants around. “The purpose of this event is to educate people on the value of using native plants,” Metzke said. “(These are) plants that grow naturally in this area, that haven’t been moved from Florida or Wisconsin or California.” Some of the native plants to be discussed at the event include coneflowers, butterfly weed and lilies. Other than a discussion on these native plants, the program will also mention the roles of pollinators, or insects used to help pollinate plant life. “If you’re interested in the environment, if you want to promote a healthy environment, you want to plant flowers that are native that will attract insects (like) bees and butterflies,” Metzke said. “This promotes a healthy environment for them.” Metzke also said this program is closer to being considered a botany class, which is different from the academy’s previous events. “This is obviously related to nature and botany and promoting a healthy environment, a healthy yard, provid-
ing food sources for the pollinators,” Metzke said. “Plus the native plants, they return year after year, the native perennials are healthier, they reproduce, they grow bigger. If it’s a native plant, this is the environment they do the best in.” This is not the first time the academy has created a nature program similar to this one. The University of Illinois Extension services are providing the information about native plants for this program. “Working with the extension service, they have provided a number of education services for the academy relating to agriculture, food systems, gardening and the environment,” Metzke said. Unlike other events the academy has had in recent weeks, this event has costs, which will be used for material for the program. “Academy members are charged $5, so there’ll be some material provided, handouts and that sort of thing,” Metzke said. “The academy may get part of that fee.” Non-academy members will have to pay $12 for the program. Metzke also said registration for the event is required, so anyone who wants to get information about the program should call ahead first. The program was originally scheduled to be at the 4-H Center at the Coles County Fairgrounds; however, last minute changes mean a change of venue for the program. Luis Martinez can be reached at581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.
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MacKinnon nominated for OVC offensive award By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor | @BobReynoldsDEN Eastern women’s soccer junior Kathleen MacKinnon was nominated for Ohio Valley Conference women’s soccer Offensive Player of the Week. MacKinnon scored one goal and had one assist in the Panthers’ 3-2 loss Friday against Bowling Green State University. Mackinnon’s goal was her first one of the season. Austin Peay freshman McKenzie Dixon won Offensive Player of the Week after scoring a hat trick in Austin Peay’s 7-1 win over Western Illinois. Dixon had four shots in the game, all of which were on goal. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville junior Jorie Clawson won Defensive Player of the Week after playing every minute over the weekend for the Cougars. She earned the game-winning assist against Western Illinois on a free kick from 35 yards out. She also helped the Edwardsville defense earn its fourth shutout of the season. Murray State sophomore goalkeeper Shelby Haworth was named Goalkeeper of the Week after recording her first shutout against Louisiana Tech over the weekend. In the next game, Haworth recorded another shutout against Middle Tennessee State.
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Junior Kathleen MacKinnon, nominated for OVC Offensive Player of the Week, scored her first season goal during the Panthers' 3-2 loss on Friday.
She saved five shots in each match. It was the third time in her career that she has had back-to-back shutouts. She is now up to nine in her career. Eastern Kentucky continued to struggle after dropping its seventh-
straight game over the weekend. The Colonels lost to Xavier, 4-0. Murray State picked up a pair of shutout wins last weekend. The Racers defeated Louisiana Tech 1-0 in overtime. They also defeated Middle Ten-
nessee, 2-0. Junior Taylor Richerson scored the game-winning goal in the 93rd minute against Louisiana Tech. Morehead State had an undefeated weekend as they beat Francis Marion, 5-3, and the Golden Eagles played to a 2-2 draw with
Charleston Southern in the Nike Challenge. The Golden Eagles had four players score in the win over Francis Marion. Freshman Abby Timm scored two goals in the match. Senior defender Kelsey Gomez scored her first goal of the season in the match as well. Belmont played to a 0-0 draw at Evansville this weekend. Also, the Bruins fell 8-0 to Tennessee. Junior goalkeeper Stephanie Bukovec earned her second shutout of the season, making five saves in the draw against Evansville. Bukovec was also nominated for Goalkeeper of the Week. As a team, Austin Peay currently leads the conference, averaging two goals per game. The Governors have 12 goals in six games played. Eastern has seven goals in seven games played, while Belmont has three goals in six games played. The Panthers do lead the conference in saves per game. As a team, Eastern has 51 saves in the seven games they have played. Eastern will head to Kansas City, Mo., Friday to take on the University of Kansas City. The Panthers will be at home at 2 p.m. Sunday when they take on Chicago State. Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.
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Eastern men’s soccer team fourth in Summit League By Mark Shanahan Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports Through five non-conference games, the Eastern men’s soccer team sits at fourth in the Summit League with its 2-3 record. Omaha leads the conference this far into the season with its five wins and one loss. Denver has yet to lose in regulation and owns a 4-0-1 record, putting them at second in the standings. Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis and Western Illinois still have yet to win a game, but each have a tie. With Omaha and Denver’s re-
spective records brings the first t i m e i n Su m m i t l e a g u e h i s t o r y that two men’s soccer teams are ranked nationally in the same week. De n ve r i s r a n k e d a t No. 2 0 while Omaha is right behind them at No. 22. This is the first time in Omaha’s program history that they have been ranked nationally while Denver is entering the rankings again for the first time since 2014. The Summit League players of the week were junior Chandler Crosswait of Denver and senior Jesus Perez of Omaha. Cro s s w a i t w a s t h e o f f e n s i ve player of the week, while Per-
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ez had the best defensive performances. This was the first time for both players that they have been awarded this honor. Crosswait totaled three points on the week and played a role in both of Denver’s goals in their game against St. Johns that they won, 2-1, on Saturday. He currently leads Denver in goals and is second in the Summit League with seven points. Perez helped a strong Omaha defense lead the team to its best start in school history. This past week, he helped limit Marquette to nine shots with only three of them being on goal.
He also assisted two of Omaha’s three goals in the 3-2 win against DePaul. Leading the Summit League in goals, shots and points up to this point in the season is Mark Moulton who is also from Omaha. He h a s f o u r g o a l s a n d n i n e points while totaling 20 shots. The leader in assists is Reagan Dunk from Denver with four. For goalies, sophomore goaltender Mike Novotny of Eastern tied for first in saves with 26 already this year. Joseph Ghitis of Omaha is on top of all the other goaltending stats, having the best totals in save percentage, goals against average
and goals against. Conference play will begin Sept. 26 as Denver will play Western Illinois, Oral Roberts visits Eastern and Omaha will take on IUPUI. Last season Denver, Omaha, Western Illinois and Oral Roberts all finished with identical conference records at the end of the season. Eastern will only have one more non-conference game at Kentucky before conference play opens up at home against Oral Roberts. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.
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Eastern volleyball team nears conference play By Sean Hastings Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team is set to open conference play Sept. 25 when they host Tennessee Tech. As of now, there has not been an Ohio Valley Conference play matchup, but all teams have been playing in small tournaments. The Panthers currently sit at 5-5, which has them in second place in the OVC overall record rankings. Murray State sits atop the list with a 7-1 record. Eastern will take on Murray State Oct. 9 in Murray, Ky. Murray State’s only loss comes from Washington University who beat them in straight sets, 3-0. The Racers have only lost two other sets, which were to Eastern Michigan. Murray State has straight sets against ever y school they have played. The Racers and the Panthers are the only schools in the OVC who do not have losing records. Austin Peay and Jacksonville State both have 4-7 records and the teams below them have even fewer wins. Belmont currently sits at 3-6 along with Southeast Missouri. Belmont lost their first four matches of the season before finally getting a win against University of Texas at El Paso, 3-1. Eastern will take on Belmont Oct. 3 in Nashville, Tenn. and will have a home and home with Southeast Missouri. The Panthers will host Southeast Missouri Oct. 17 and travel to Cape Girardeau Oct. 30. Also really struggling in the early parts on the non-conference season are Tennessee Tech and Eastern Kentucky.
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Senior outside hitter Kayla Nesbitt leaps for the ball during the Panthers' home-opening loss to Indiana State on Sept. 1 at Lantz Arena.
Tennessee Tech has a 1-9 record and Eastern Kentucky is 1-10. It took Tennessee Tech seven matches to come away with a win as they lost to Evansville, Wright State, Niagara University, University of Tennessee, University of North Florida, and University of North Carolina-Greensboro to
start the year. After winning their first match of the year, Tennessee Tech has not won a single set going 0-3, 0-3, 0-3 in their next three matches. Eastern Kentucky almost had the same problem except it took them eight matches to win. They also have not won a set
since their win, losing 3-0 three times in a row. It is tough to judge how good a team actually is because they are sometimes playing teams that play for bigger schools. Eastern will be taking on No. 20 Ohio State this weekend. Eastern coach Sam Wolinski
said in the past that playing the tough teams will only make them better and get them even more prepared for when conference play starts. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Women’s tennis team collects wins at invitational By Sean Hastings Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports
The Eastern women’s tennis team began its season under a new coach Friday at the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville invitational. The Panthers swept Evansville in singles on Friday. Each member of the team earned at least one win in singles play. Sophomore Grace Summers and freshman Srishti Slaria both ended the weekend with 2-1 records playing at the No. 3 and No. 5 spots, respectively. Eastern brought in a new coach during the offseason in Emily Wang. Wang said she was happy with how everything went in her first match as the coach for the Panthers. “I felt really encouraged and positive,” Wang said. “The team is dedicated to getting better and working hard, and that is all I can ask for. We had a lot of fun and got closer and I think that we have a lot to look forward to this year.” Junior Kelly Iden was able to come out with a win in her first match of the year defeating Marina Moreno of Evansville, 6-4, 6-4. Iden finished 1-2 for the tournament. Junior Maria Moshteva got a win in her only match of the tournament in singles as she defeated
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Senior Ali Foster returns the ball during tennis practice on Sept. 30, 2014, at the Darling Courts.
Sierra Halverson of tournament host SIUE, 5-7, 6-4, 10-4. Everyone had strong starts to the year, according to Wang. “Ever yone has a lot of great qualities that compliment each other,” Wang said. “I was proud of Grace (Summers) for winning her second singles match in a third set
10-point tie breaker after losing her first singles match in a third set 10-point tie breaker.” She said she was also happy with how Slaria was able to “shake of first college match nerves” and play well throughout the tournament. The Panthers went 3-5 in dou-
bles play combined. The duo of senior Ali Foster and Iden defeated Marina Darzyan and Doreen Crasta of Evansville, 6-2, after losing to Lexi Aranda and Mia Frogner of SIUE, 6-3, and Eleonore Tchakarova and Verginie Trchakarova of Saint Louis University, 6-1.
Also nabbing a win for Eastern was the duo of senior Hannah Kimbrough and Summers as they defeated Kennedy Craig and Andjela Brguljan of Evansville, 6-2, as well. Kimbrough and Summers got back on track after losing their first two doubles matches. Although the Panthers did not get as many wins as they would have liked, Wang said the score does not quite show how close the matches actually were. “We were right there with Saint Louis and SIUE in singles,” Wang said. “As a whole, we fought hard and enjoyed playing and competing in our first tournament of the season.” She added that the team has a lot of potential and is looking forward to stepping their game up for the tournament Eastern will host in two weeks. Saint Louis will be at the tournament on Sept. 26 and she knows the ladies will want to beat them this time around. The tournament the Panthers will be hosting Sept. 26 will be the next time Eastern plays a match. The Panthers will host Saint Louis along with Murray State at the Darling Courts. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.