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LONG LIVE HAWKINS FBS BOUND Mary Hawkins’ great grandnepew, Gilbert Hawkins, visited Eastern’s campus to share the story of his grand aunt.

The Eastern football team plays its second FBS opponent in Ohio at 1 p.m. Saturday in Athens, Ohio.

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(Left): Senator Dick Durbin, D-IL, participates in a panel discussion that includes Eastern president Bill Perry and Carol Waldmann, Director of Financial Aid at Eastern, on Thursday in the Tuscola-Arcola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. (Top right) Eastern president Bill Perry talks about how the university has been student-friendly by not raising tuition and other costs to students. (Bottom right) Business professor James Sysko speaks during the Q&A portion of a panel discussion. Sysko’s concerns included students and their families being uninformed about the risks

Dick Durbin addresses lowering loans

By Debby Hernandez Administration Editor | @DEN_News U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke Thursday about student loans and how a new proposed bill could help minimize debt.

Durbin said 1.7 million people in Illinois have a collective total of $47 billion in student loan debt.

“Student debt in America today is greater in total than credit card debt,” Durbin said.

According to Durbin’s press release, many borrowers with outstanding student loans have interest rates of nearly 7 percent or higher for undergraduate loans.

Durbin said 86 percent of student loans get their loans from the federal government, while about 14 percent use private loans services.

Carol Waldmann, the associate director of financial aid, said Eastern has good standing in terms of student loans.

“Our average student loan debt for un-

dergraduates is $20,000,” Waldmann said.

She said private loans are only offered to students as a last resort.

Waldmann said interest rates for federal and private loans vary.

“On subsidized and unsubsidized, interest rates right now are 4.66 percent and they go up every year” she said. “Private loans vary based on a student’s credit and are anywhere from 5 to 10 percent.”

President Bill Perry said Eastern has taken initiatives to help reduce costs for stu-

dents.

“This year we did not raise tuition fees,” Perry said. “The other thing is that our financial aid office works really hard with students on individual bases.”

Three guest Eastern students shared their experience with student loans.

Graduate student Liz Edwards said her situation with student loans has been manageable.

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Mary Hawkins remembered

Lil Bibby to perform

By Bob Galuski Editor-in-Chief | @BobGaluski

By Kevin Hall Staff Reporter | @DEN_News

When Gilbert Hawkins first began delving into his family’s history, he had no idea it would be life changing.

“I was talking to my friend a few months ago, and he said, ‘You’ve changed,’” Gilbert Hawkins said. “I didn’t think I had.”

No w, a l m o s t 1 0 0 y e a r s a f t e r M a r y Hawkins died, her great grandnephew Gilbert and his wife Annette are walking the same halls that Mar y Hawkins loved so much and left such an impression on.

For the first time, Gilbert and Annette Hawkins entered America, coming from New Zealand, and traveled into Charleston

to find out more about Mary Hawkins — the “second matron” and supervisor from 1910-1917 in Pemberton Hall.

Arriving Thursday, the Hawkins couple witnessed the history of Gilbert Hawkins’ great grandaunt by being inside Pemberton Hall and hearing stories from former residents of Pemberton Hall.

As for being in a different country, Gilbert and Annette Hawkins said they feel right at home.

“It’s a really beautiful place. It feels like family,” Annette Hawkins said. “It feels at home.”

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Rapping, singing, and an assortment of other talents will be on display at Eastern’s first EIU’s Wildin’ Out featuring up and coming Chicago rap artist Lil Bibby. The show will be taking place at 8 p.m. Saturday in the University Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Tickets are on sale for $15 and are available to be purchased from any member of the Untold Truth executive board or Antwione Smith, Twon’s Kitchen founder, the other host of the event.

The two organizations decided to collaborate on this event in order to create some-

thing that could possibly impact the entire campus. EIU Wildin’ Out is a show with performances, including students across Eastern’s campus performing different forms of artistic expression, such as comedy, as well as two dance performances by Eastern’s dance teams Rhythm & X-tacy and Idioctic Jive. The dance teams will be competing for a $100 cash prize.

Performances by the students will only be a portion of the entire show. After they finish, Lil Bibby will take the stage. Performing the last 30 minutes of the show, Lil Bibby will be the grand finale of the night.

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By Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor | @BertoHodge Having little money to spend on living amenities is not uncommon to the average student, but some students have been working to alleviate their burdens by sacrificing things in their life.

Before blacking out during a drive, Austin Haddock, a senior psychology major, would spend $40 a night over a five-day period on alcohol.

He said at one point, he spent on average around $150 on alcohol alone.

Haddock has quit drinking ever since that night and become more involved with religion.

“It kind of scared me. I became a Christian after that,” Haddock said.

Haddock said there were many issues going on in his life during that time and his black out made him realize there was a limit and point not to cross.

Since that incident, he quit drinking and now hangs out with friends who do not drink.

“It’s too expensive (and) I got burnt out on the whole party scene,” Haddock said.

Now most of his money is spent on food, rent, utilities and dining out, which is about $500 a month with rent and utilities being a little more than half of that.

Haddock said his scholarship handles most of the cost, covering 80 percent of his expenses for tuition and housing, but like many students he also takes out loans to cover the rest.

Since he does not have a job this semester, he generally saves most of his money with the help of his mother.

“I typically try not to spend it all,” Haddock said. “I feel like I do a decent job on my own.”

Morgan Thompson, a freshman communication disorders and sci-

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On average, college students spend around $400 every month, with the biggest expense being food. ence major, said her biggest expense is food at $80.

Thompson said she spends on average $100 a month, and when it comes to food, she buys peanut butter, fruits and water.

In order to afford her expenses, Thompson said she worked a job in her hometown saving money, but her parents also send her money every two months.

Thompson said when she did have her job she would save every paycheck, placing it in her account.

With expenses for students fluctuating between food, alcohol and day-to-day living, one professor was able to give students an advice to budgeting their finances, which can help them in the long run.

Patrick Lach, an associate professor of finance, said the best way students should approach saving is to keep a written record of how

much they spend.

Lach was not surprised with the knowledge of hearing how students on average spend more on food.

“It’s one of the things that adds up quick,” Lach said.

Students on average eat around 60 meals a month if breakfast is skipped, if students would save $2 per-meal, they could quickly accumulate $120 in savings, Lach said.

Lach said spending and saving is a lot like weight gain and loss; he said students can either make more money and spend less, or earn less and spend more.

Lach said the important tip to keep in mind is to save money.

The most common mistake students make along with poor spending habits is a lack of career planning.

Though some students may not realize it, poor grades and GPA

can also lead to not getting the job they want straight out of college.

Just graduating may not necessarily be enough because some careers require seeing a GPA on the resume, Lach said.

Lach said saving can be as simple as putting a little bit away over a long period of time, which is highly beneficial.

He added if students have $1,440 in savings at 8 percent interest, in 10 years that could easily amount to $20,860. “ That’s a down payment on a house—that’s a lot of things,” Lach said.

Roberto Hodge can be reached at 581-2812 or rlhodge@eiu.edu.

CAA reviews business programs changes

By Debby Hernandez Administration Editor |@ DEN_News The Council on Academic Affairs reviewed changes made in the administration and management business programs offered at Eastern on Thursday.

Larry White, assistant chair of Management Information Systems, said technological changes have become necessary in the MIS program due to advances.

“Businesses today are dealing with ‘bring your own device’ rather than having the employer give equipment,” White said.

He said Eastern has also experienced a technological change.

“We have had about two generations of technology change in both hardware and software,” White said. “ We are operating Office 2013 now and Windows 2007.”

Globalization acceleration has also occurred in the business field, White said.

“More businesses are outsourc-

ing; supply change is becoming more global, and to keep that all connected, they rely on information technology,” White said. “We have moved to instant communication.”

Enrollment in the MIS business program reached its lowest enrollment last fall with 90 students.

However, enrollment in this program had been steadily increasing from 2006 to 2011.

“In the last couple years it has been rising while university enr o l l m e n t h a s b e e n d r o p p i n g ,” White said.

The demand for informational system professionals has been rising.

According to a survey conducted by Eastern’s Career Services, 86 percent of MIS graduates found employment within six months of graduation during the 2011-2012 academic year.

White said the curriculum has been revised twice since the last review.

He said in 2008 the program

was changed from Computer Informational Systems to Management Information Systems.

Further changes were made to the program in 2012. “ The curriculum was revised again in 2012 to formally eliminate the concentrations so students didn’t have to choose one or the other,” White said. “We gave flexibility to students to look at all sides.”

White said retirees have also affected the program.

“During this period, we have lost three full time Unit A faculty members,” White said.

Future plans for the program include continuing to make technological advances, he said.

John Willems, the school of business interim chair, said the bachelor’s degree in business administration has undergone two changes since the last program review.

He said one of the changes the program is currently undergoing is the rotation of courses.

For the first two years, students take courses at Parkland College where they receive their associate’s degree, and then they get their bachelor’s degree at Eastern.

Willems also said changes have been made in the Parkland College office.

“The office in Parkland College is now fully staffed and at a visible location across from the police station,” he said.

Enrollment in the bachelor’s in business administration program is low because part of it is only available at Parkland, Willems said.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the business and financial operations group, which is one of the concentrations most business students go into, is expected to grow by 13 percent from 2012 to 2020.

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By Mace Mackiewicz Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Gaelic Storm will be performing at the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 as part of Doudna’s “Best Of ” series.

Gaelic Storm, an Irish music band, will be coming to Eastern for a second time after a poll took place to see what performers students and community members wanted to return to campus.

According to the Eastern website, Gaelic Storm blends indiefolk and world grooves with Celtic tradition.

They will be singing songs of plight and plunder, whiskeydrenched pirates, flying cannon balls and the ladies of ill repute.

Dan Crews, director of patron services at Doudna, said tickets for the event are selling regularly. “ We have about 50 percent of the seats sold for the concert, which is exciting,” he said.

Crews said they preformed in the “Titanic.”

“If you have seen the movie Ti-

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Gaelic Storm performed in the Dvorak Concert Hall on Sept. 16, 2012. The Irish music band mixes indie and world music.

tanic with Leonardo DiCaprio, they were the band performing in the steerage compartment when Jack asks Rose, “Do you wanna go to a real party?’,” he said.

Ryan Lacey, the percussion-

ist for Gaelic Storm, said he is excited to be coming back to Eastern to perform especially because of the smaller venues offered by Doudna, compared to the festivals they normally go to.

“It’s the same vibe as if we were playing at a music festival, it’s a little quieter but we get to show off our musicianship,” he said.

“It’s also way more intimate when we play at venues like this, we get

to share our stories and interact with everyone in the audience.”

While touring, the band also dropped an album.

“We have a new album out that released in July called the “Full Irish”; it’s a best of with three new songs,” Lacey said. “The album actually hit No. 1 on the world music chart, which is the fifth time we’ve hit that in our career.”

Lacey said from his past experience passing through Charleston, their past show at Eastern went over well.

“Our last show here was great, the town was receptive. We had a great time after the show too,” Lacey said. “ The energy of the show was enormous as well, we really fed off of Eastern’s energy a lot.”

Ticket prices for the show vary.

Student tickets cost $7; seniors and employees, $12; and general admission, $15.

Mace Mackiewicz can be reached at 581-2812 or mmmackiewicz@eiu.edu.

Students search for panthers in RHA scavenger hunt

By Luis Martinez Staff Reporter| @DEN_News

ing, many residents began searching Monday night.

During the hunt, residence had to follow clues posted by the Residence Hall Association in order to locate the babies, which were paper cutouts of panthers.

So m e o f t h e c l u e s i n c l u d e d “ This hall was named after the woman who wrote EIU’s Alma Mater” and “Need a parking permit? You can buy one here.”

One of the clues included for participants to take a picture by the University Police Department; however, after participants were told that they could not take pictures of the building, RHA members changed the clue from taking a picture of the police station to

Students roamed all over campus in search of the panther babies during the scavenger hunt on Thursday.

Students had to search high and low in order to gain the most points for their residence hall.

The panther babies could have been located anywhere on campus, from Old Main all the way down to Andrews and Lawson halls.

At 9 a.m., residents grabbed their phones and flashlights and set out on the hunt to locate the panther babies.

While the scavenger hunt officially began early Thursday morn-

taking a picture of a parking permit.

As the residents were able to decipher these clues, they were able to find the panther babies.

Each panther baby was worth one point with the exception of the golden panther baby worth 50 points.

When residents are able to locate the panther babies, they take the code that is located on the inside and upload their photo to get the points.

Tyler Gordon a sophomore special education major, said finding the babies was a challenge.

“I thought it was a lot of fun, even though my group wasn’t able to find any of the panther babies,”

he said. “ They were really well hidden but it was still a lot of fun to go out and look for them.”

Cameron Greenbaum, a freshmen kinesiology and sports studies major, reflected on his experience participating in the hunt.

“I didn’t find one panther baby; they were really well hidden,” he said. “I looked over by the library, the bushes, by the clock towers and by heath services.”

Each residence hall had one person in charge of a flash drive.

The points that the residents gathered from the hunt went into the flash drive.

At 9 p.m., all the halls met at the clock tower to turn in their flash drive.

RHA vice president Kadie Peterson reflected on the success of the hunt.

“So far this week has gone really well; we’ve had a lot of attendance for the events,” Peterson said. “It’s been a team effort with my entire (executive) board and I’m proud of all of them.”

ROC Fest will conclude with a closing picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridady on South Quad.

The results from ROC Fest will be announced in the RHA meeting next week.

Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Focus should be on people, not reforms

Dear editor; The final verdict on global warming has not been rendered, and neither has it been rendered on the statutory minimum wage.

With a higher statutory minimum wage, people receiving it should not be surprised to see their cost of living rise.

How will that help people as they wait in line for slower service.

Higher wages, when linked to higher productivity, can avoid causing increases in the cost of living.

The ages-long argument over wages is for now the wrong topic of discussion.

What for now is needed is policy reforms with greater opportunity for people as the goal.

Such opportunity for people can only be achieved by tax and regulation reforms, even replacement of the “ affordable health care act.”

The needed reforms could rescue the 40-hour, full-time job from its path to extinction as we “slouch toward Gomorrah.”

What is needed is greater opportunity for gainful employment.

The legalism of the wrong regulations and taxes only erect barriers to opportunity for a “free” people.

Truly yours, Leonidas H. Miller Mattoon, Ill.

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Upcoming concert sends confusing message We’d like to preface this editorial with the following: no member of our staff is opposed to Lil Bibby’s music. In fact, many of us are actually quite big fans of him.

However, we nonetheless feel that Eastern, as a university, should have no part in sponsoring his upcoming performance on campus.

That is not an indictment of Bibby’s music, nor is it a judgment of who he is as a person. It is not a smearing of the people involved with the event. It is, however, a question of oversight within our own administration.

While we understand that Bibby’s music is meant to present gritty, uncomfortable stories through in-your-face, abrasive hip-hop, many others—many people, judging the event from an outsider’s perspective only—simply are incapable of drawing a line between art that speaks about violence and crime, and simply violence and crime.

And so, less than a year after Eastern’s administration was dealing with the ramifications of the Barn Party shooting, here we are, not only promoting the event as being in conjunction with the university, but allowing posters featuring phrases like “put ‘em in coffins” to adorn billboards all around campus.

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The following took place over email between Managing Editor Anthony Catezone and Opinions Editor Robert Downen. All feedback is appreciated.

(Robert): Hey, Anthony. I don’t know if you’ve been hearing all this commotion and controversy across campus over the bowls at Eastern’s dining halls, but I know you’re pretty passionate about your cereals, so I figured I’d ask: what’s the deal?!

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Simply put, this sends a very poor message to the outside community, and even worse, sends an extremely mixed and confusing message to Eastern’s student body.

To host this event off campus would be a completely different story.

But allowing such an event to occur on university property, with university blessing, and through help of university promotion, we feel is questionable.

Again—and this bears repeating—this is by no means an indictment of Lil Bibby, either as a person or as a performer. And while it is unfortunate, sometimes decisions necessitate looking through a number of lenses. And, again, unfortunately, to the outside viewer—those unfamiliar with Bibby’s work or the entire message of the performance—the university’s hosting of the event simply looks like an endorsement of violence and crime.

It’s unfortunate that some people are incapable of differentiating the two. But the university needs to keep even those people in mind when they consider how internal decisions might affect outside perceptions of Eastern.

(Anthony): Right? These new bowls are so small I might as well be eating the cereal out of my own hand. I went to Thomas’ dining hall last Tuesday and rediscovered my love for Lucky Charms. I embarrassingly admit that I had gone several years without tasting that marshmallowy-goodness.

Once I did taste it, I was taken back to my childhood. But that vision was immediately interrupted when I ran out of cereal in a matter of seconds. Terrible.

(Robert): It’s with a heavy heart that I recant a similar experience at Stevenson last week: Broccoli Cheddar has always held a special place in my heart. It was there for me in the trying years of adolescence. It was a place of comfort in my first days away from home, with no one to talk to, no one who’d listen.

I met the first girl I’d fall in love with over a bowl of Broc Ched. For me, it’s been like a close family friend, there at a moments notice in times of despair, offering a shoulder to cry on or whatever those kind of people do.

So imagine my heartbreak when I dove into that to-go bowl from Stevenson, only to finish in a mere 30 seconds. Think the tragedy and defeat in Per-

cy Bysshe Shelley’s “Ozymandias,” but with even less cheddar cheese.

The real question, though: why? WHY?!

Who really needs forks? I know the brave-hearted Mel Gibson of the 13th century would support this decision. Those were good days, barbarian days.

(Anthony): I believe it was it was author Eric Carle who theorized, in his most famous work to date, “The Hungry Caterpillar,” about the importance of food. By not having sufficient food within the bowls, Stevenson Dining leaves us with a terrible ache in our bellies.

Budget cuts is the answer to your question, but budget cuts are not a viable excuse for us to suffer with this ache in our bellies.

How much are these smaller bowls actually saving the university? The people must know.

(R): What are these “forks” everyone keeps referring to? I always just put the plate right into my mouth and shovel the food in with the back of my hand. Pasta nights are the worst.

But really, is a normal-sized bowl too much to ask?

I understand we’re trying to cut costs on everything at this school, which is fine. Milton Friedman himself said that, in dire economic times, there exist only two certainties: there will be drastic cuts to the national soup budget, and Michael Bay will, somehow, still be allowed to make movies. These are dark times, indeed.

But how far must we go? How far down this path of treachery must we follow blindly the leaders of now? I call upon all Eastern students, standing hand-in-hand with my Lucky Charms-less brethren, asking— nay, pleading—you to rise up to tyranny alongside us.

Let us fight the good fight! Let us see a new dawn! A better dawn, one of prosperity and kindness! Of morality and rectitude! Of marshmallows and cheddar!

(R): And a follow up: what happened to my beloved Bronco BLT?!?!

But that’s a question for another time. I digress.

Really, though, there’s something to be said of a society that places more importance on saving ~$.05 than they do on feeding their students. If this is Eastern’s plan to trim the $7 million off the budget for next year, we might be in trouble.

I believe it was Mel Gibson who once famously said, on the fields of Shiloh, “they can take our lives, but they can never take our appropriately-sized dining hall soup bowls!”

I could be wrong though.

(A): Though I don’t always agree with Mel Gibson’s religious views, I do fully support that statement.

Since these minuscule bowls are creating mammoth gaps between childhood friends — Lucky Charms and I, Broc Ched and you—I propose that Eastern eliminates forks to ultimately save money and bring back our beloved appropriately sized dining hall bowls.

(A): Let us all stand together, and sing, in a chorus of justice and harmony: “THESE BOWLS ARE TOO DAMN SMALL.” (R): Amen!

Amen! Amen!

Robert Downen and Anthony Catezone are both senior journalism majors and soup/cereal enthusiasts. They can be reached at 581-7912 or denopinions@gmail.com

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Lil Bibby, recently releasing his mix tape titled “Free Crack 2”, was one of the top choices for the two organizations when deliberating on the event.

“The event is a variety show, a n d w h a t i t d o e s i s a l l ow u p coming artists the chance to network, seeing as though he’s a pretty mainstream artist now after his new mix-tape.” Smith said.

Even though they have been planning the show since the summer, the Untold Truth and Twon’s Kitchen both made the decision to host tryouts Thursday.

Farrah Dean, the Untold Truth special events coordinator, said they wanted the tryouts close to the show in order to insure the opportunity for all students to get a chance to showcase their talents.

Also, along with performances by Lil Bibby and Eastern students, the show will be co-hosted with rapper and comedian, Vomar and Chris Carter.

“The Untold Truth just wants to inspire other RSOs in taking chances in having larger events for the campus such as this.” Seve Day, Untold Truth president said.

Janae Houser, the Untold Truth secretary, said they are attempting to build upon the image of the black community.

“Through hosting a successful event, it can possibly make better for the future,” Houser said.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Gilbert and Annette have traveled the globe in search of the last branches of Gilbert Hawkins’ family tree. It was in England that they found the headstone of Mary Hawkins, which mentions Charleston.

“We found out she was actually buried in Charleston,” Gilbert Hawkins said.

After that, it took one phone call to “get the ball rolling,” he said. And before they knew it, they were finding out all about Mary Hawkins and the impact she had on campus.

Mark Hudson, the director of Housing and Dining, said Mary Hawkins’s effect on campus was so far reaching that, when she died, school closed down for half a day for a memorial service.

“This history has opened my eyes to her impact and effect on students,” Annette Hawkins said. “I’m really amazed by the lasting impression.”

In the meantime, the Hawkins couple are staying in a room across the hall from where Mary Hawkins slept during her time at Eastern.

Mere steps away from where his ancestor slept, Gilbert Hawkins said he couldn’t imagine a better way to relive the history and memories.

“When you use Google, you get a picture of the place, but not the feel,” Gilbert Hawkins said.

And to be immersed in this kind of history is a unique and special experience for Gilbert Hawkins.

“This is all because of being onsite.

I’ve changed,” Gilbert Hawkins said.

“And it’s only by going through this experience.

History comes full circle As part of the trip, Gilbert and An-

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Gilbert Hawkins, the great grandnephew of Mary Hawkins, the second “matron” of Pemberton Hall explains a tree sculpture he has presented to the university Thursday in Pemberton Hall.

nette Hawkins bestowed a gift to the campus: a sculpture that is only one of three.

One of the pieces resides with Gilbert and Annette Hawkins; the other, with Gilbert’s relative. And the final piece will be displayed at Eastern.

Made from a kauri tree, native to New Zealand, the piece is made from a specific tree that is between 45,000 and 55,000 years old.

The piece is a large circle that wraps into a smaller circle with a space in the middle.

Gilbert Hawkins said it is a living piece, which means it is meant to be touched.

“You have good days and you have

bad days. When you’re having either of those days it is time to touch the sculpture,” he said.

Gilbert Hawkins commissioned the piece to a sculptor and informed him of Mary Hawkins’ history.

Hudson said Jeff Boshart, a former Eastern art professor, came to see how to mount the piece, since he is an expert in wood pieces.

His answer: Boshart would create a frame from the pieces of the burr oak tree that, until the previous summer, had been outside Old Main for decades. After a storm made the tree a safety hazard, the tree was cut down.

Hudson said President Bill Perry accepted the gift on behalf of Eastern ear-

lier Thursday.

And it will be a lasting memory once Gilbert and Annette Hawkins take off next Saturday, back to New Zealand to add more info to their family history box.

But for now, Gilbert Hawkins will continue to have a life-changing experience while following his great grandaunt’s footsteps.

“I’m seeing things I never even thought I’d hope to see,” Gilbert Hawkins said.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act would allow students to pay off their outstanding loans at a lower interest rate.

Graduate student Jarrod Scherle also shared his experience.

“I currently have about $10,000 in debt, but my monthly payment is very manageable,” Scherle said. “I have friends who have moved back with their parents, some longtime boyfriends or girlfriends they may or may not have put off popping the question because the situation was not manageable.”

Meanwhile, Shelaina Reids, a senior family and consumer sciences major, said she worries about her student loans on both federal direct sub-

sidized and unsubsidized loans.

“My biggest concern is paying them back and balancing my livelihood,” Reids said. “Right now I am about $40,000 in debt; upon graduating it should be about $50,000.”

James Sysko, a business professor, shared his concerns about the lack of information that students and their families have prior to taking a loan.

He said the solution would be to consult students and their families on their obligations to pay back loans and how long it would take them to repay.

“Many people today just want fast money,” Sysko said. “We need to have intelligent students and parents and a system that encourages that fact of sensitivity.”

Durbin said the situation places students in a tough decision-making process.

“It’s a circumstance there where many young people really count on others to give them advice as to what is a sensible decision to make,” he said. “Then they have to make an almost impossible calculation, ‘Is this debt worth that diploma?’”

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Durbin said the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, which he is one of the sponsors of, would be a solution to help students pay their debts.

The act would allow students to pay off their outstanding loans at a lower interest rate.

According to Durbin’s press release, the bill would save the average borrower $2,000.

In addition, the new legislation would allow borrowers with Federal Family Education loans or Direct Loans taken out prior to July 1, 2013

to refinance their loans at 3.8 percent.

The legislation would be paid for with the Buffett Rule, which would limit tax breaks for the wealthy, according to the press release.

Durbin said the proposed bill did not have enough votes to be passed. “ We f e l l t w o v o t e s s h o r t ,” Durbin said. “This is not over yet. We believe we have to get in and make this happen so students can have a lower interest rate.”

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Hockey plays Iowa in weekend series

By Dominic Renzetti Assistant Sports Editor | @domrenzetti The Eastern hockey club continues its season on the road this weekend, traveling to take on the University of Iowa.

The Panthers and Hawkeyes will play two games, with the first at 6 p.m. Friday and the second at 4:45 p.m. Sunday. Both games are at the Coral Ridge Ice Arena in Coralville, Iowa.

The Panthers are coming off two losses against the

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University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign last weekend by scores of 9-1 and 11-4.

The Panthers, 0-4, are still searching for their first win of the season.

Sophomore Andy Insalaco, who has scored in both of the club’s two series so far this season, understands the difficulty that being a young team brings.

“We played some decent teams so far,” he said. “It’s hard being an up and comi n g t e a m . We’re p l a y i n g competitive schools with a

lot of talent and full rosters. Early on, we ran into some injuries and our roster is starting to slim down.”

Iowa is 1-2 coming into this weekend’s series. The Hawkeyes topped Bradley 6-5 in the opener on Sept.

6, but lost their last two to Waldorf by scores of 4-3 and 2-1.

Junior goalie Zach Peifer knows that it might take time for the Eastern roster to settle in. “ We’r e a r e a l l y y o u n g team, so once we find some

chemistry and start working as a team, all of the other pieces will fall into place,” he said.

Despite the club’s shortcomings early on, Insalaco, now in his second season with the Panthers, said they won’t go down easily.

“One thing about Panther hockey is we won’t ever give up,” he said. “It’s in our DNA.” Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Eastern enters weekend games while tr ying to stay healthy, moving around players on the diamond.

Eastern was able to get four wins last weekend, s w e e p i n g Ol n e y C e n t r a l College and Parkland College in both double headers and look to do this same this weekend. Coach Angie Nicholson wants to make sure they continue to make the right plays and be in the right places doing the right

things, also wants them to stay aggressive.

“We’re a little banged up so we’re just trying to stay healthy, so we’re not going to go too hard, but continue to focus on what we have been focusing on,” she said.

The Panthers are going into the weekend with three pitchers available to pitch.

The team will be without starting shortstop Bail e y O ’ D e l l o n Sa t u rd a y, who will be in class. With O’Dell not in the lineup, Nicholson will have to move around some of the players to play different positions.

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Rugby readies for home opener

By Bob Reynolds Staff Reporter | @BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern rugby team takes on the Tennessee Volunteers Saturday at Lakeside Field for what will be its first home game of the season.

Last time out, the Panthers had a tale of two halves against Lindenwood on Sept. 16. At the half, the Panthers were leading 8-7, but Eastern coach Frank Graziano said his team just looked like they fell asleep in the second half.

Lindenwood scored 17 unanswered points to claim a 24-13 victory.

As for Saturday’s game, the Panthers will take on a team they lost to 33-17 in Knoxville, Tenn., last season.

Graziano said the Volunteers bring a physical style of rugby to the table, but expects his team to handle better this year than they did last year.

“It is still going to be about us though,” he said. “We are still a team that is growing and certainly improving every day. We are expecting to be better on Saturday.

The key is can we make the key plays at the key moments and actually win the game.”

The Panthers had extra time to practice leading up to this game because of their canceled game against Southern Illinois-Carbondale.

Gr a z i a n o s a i d h i s t e a m h a s practiced extremely well this week and he has tweaked some things during that time.

“We have given our better runners an opportunity to handle to ball a little more,” he said. “It still

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Rugby players wrestle one another to the ground to gain possession of the ball during a game against the Wisconsin All-Stars on Sept. 9 , 2013 at Lakeside Field.

has to be executed on game day.”

From the start of the season Graziano has preached defense, which he says is improving pretty well. In their last game the Panthers held Lindenwood to zero points in the first 15 minutes,

which he said was the game plan.

Graziano said one of his keys to victory on Saturday is to play more of an aggressive style of defense.

“We’re getting better at that,” he said. “ The girls are getting

much more confident of doing that, which will potentially create turnovers and at least control the field position a little bit. I think at the level we play, our field position is kind of important.”

The Panthers are heading into

the game with no major injuries.

The Panthers and Volunteers will kick off at 3 p.m. Saturday at Lakeside Field.

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By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @banash5

nament.”

Friday’s opponent, Tennessee Tech, comes into the match with a 4-11 record, but despite that record, Price is not overlooking the Golden Eagles.

“If you aren’t focused on every team in this sport, then they’ll put you in your place,” Price said. “Every night is a big match, and you

successful,” Price said.

Freshman Allie Hueston has been one of those players tasked The long wait is finally over for with limiting Merget for Eastern. the Eastern volleyball team.

“They want me to focus on a The Panthers’ Ohio Valley Concertain ball that she’s going to hit,” ference play begins this weekend, Hueston said. “So we’ve been pracwhen the Panthers travel to Tenticing blocking those shots, mostnessee Tech and Jacksonville State ly this week.” on Friday and Saturday, respectiveThe match against the Gamely. cocks begins at 2 The Panthers start p.m. Saturday in PANTHERS VOLLEYBALL their conference seaJacksonville, Ala. son, with a 6-7 reEastern outside What: Match vs.

What: Match vs. Jackcord, following tourhitter Chelsea Tennessee Tech sonvile State n a m e n t s a t Pe n n Lee said the PanWhere: Cookville, Where: Jacksonville, State and South Dathers are looking kota State. forward to playTenn.

Ala. They combined ing against one of When: Friday When: Saturday for a record of 2-5 in their biggest rithose tournaments, vals.

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2 p.m. but Eastern coach “Jacksonville Kate Price said her St a t e i s u s u a l l y team is in good posione of our big tion to make a good run this sea- have to take it that way.” gest rivals, but if we practice like son.

Tennessee Tech’s right-side at- we did this week, I believe we can “We ironed out some kinks we tacker Cody Dodd has impressed handle them pretty well,” she said. had during the previous weekend, the Panther coaching staff during Practices this week have also and that was our goal,” Price said. this week’s film session, and Price been more team-oriented, Hueston “We’ve moved forward as a team said it would be up to the outside and Bradbury said. instead of as individuals, which is a blockers to limit her production.

“We’re focusing more on what huge positive and what we’ve been Jacksonville State, which the we need to do as a team, rathlooking forward to all week.”

Panthers play Saturday, is current- er than individual stuff,” Hueston A few Panthers said practice ly 6-8 thus far, and is led by center said. “It hasn’t got much harder, sessions have been more up-tem- Nicole Merget. just more focused.” po this week, most notably setter She had a combined 31 kills in Eastern starts OVC play at 7 Marah Bradbury. the Gamecock’s last tournament at p.m. Friday in Cookeville, Tenn., “Our energy is high going into Auburn. against the Golden Eagles. conference,” she said. “We’re very “Merget’s been taking some big excited about playing teams that swings this year, and we need to Blake Nash can be reached count towards the conference tour- slow her down if we’re going to be at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.

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Eastern takes new identity into Athens

By Aldo Soto Sports Editor | @AldoSoto21 The Eastern football team has established an identity and it begins with its starting quarterback Jalen Whitlow.

Heading into their game against Ohio at 1 p.m. Saturday in Athens, Ohio, Panthers’ head coach Kim Dameron is no longer keeping his starter a secret. “ We’re going with Jalen and we’re going to stay with the way we were a week ago,” Dameron said.

“We’re really starting to gain somewhat of an identity and I want it to be an identity that we can run from the tail back spot, quarterback spot, throw and have a balanced, well-rounded offense.”

The Panthers tied a program record rushing for 413 yards against Austin Peay.

Eastern did it without a running back surpassing the 100-yard mark, as Whitlow led the team with 137 yards on the ground, breaking a record of his own.

Red-shirt junior Shepard Little missed his first game with an ankle injury and his status for Saturday’s game is still unknown.

“Well, we really don’t know yet,” Dameron said.

During Tuesday’s practice, Dameron said he expected Little to be more active, but he was not.

E a s t e r n o f f e n s i v e c o o rd i n a tor Greg Stevens said it would be a game-time decision for Little to play or not following Thursday’s practice.

Without Little, the Panthers still showed versatility against Austin Peay, as four other running backs had carries.

Dameron wants Eastern’s offense to establish the run early and having backs that can fill in as Little still recovers from his injury is a nice commodity to have for the first-year coach.

“You have to have depth and it’s

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Junior quarterback Jalen Whitlow runs with the ball down field against Austin Peay on Sept. 20 at O’Brien Field.

Whitlow set an Eastern record, with 137 rushing yards by a quarterback, as the Panthers won 63-7.

important that we not only have ence this season, coming into three terback it might cause them to depth, but we’re building more games, including the entire second not have as much quarterback-run depth in our running back posi- half against Idaho, which Ohio play, but who knows,” he said. “It tion,” Dameron just gives them said. one less option.”

EASTERN ILLINOIS Eastern is pitThat does not VS. ted against Ohio mean Sprague is OHIO for the first time not a viable opin school history. tion. He finished SATURDAY | 1 P.M. The Bobcats, 8-of-13 for 165 PEDEN STADIUM under head coach yards and rushed ATHENS, OHIO Frank Solich, for 30 yards and 1-3 (1-0) OVC 2-2 (1-0) MAC have had their scoring a r ush own dual-quari n g t o u c h d ow n terback system this season, but af- beat 36-24, Dameron said the only against the Vandals. Dameron said ter Derrius Vick injured his right disadvantage the Bobcats have is both quarterbacks have been runknee against Idaho, Ohio named not running the ball more out of ning the same offense when they JD Sprague as the starter. the quarterback position. are in the game, so having Vick Because Sprague has experi “With just having the one quar- out does not change the game plan

Panthers open Summit Lague play

By Mark Shanahan Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s soccer team begins Summit League play tomorrow against the Omaha Mavericks after going 2-5 in non-conference play.

Omaha went 6-9-1 last year, going 3-3 in conference, finishing third.

This will be the third meeting between Omaha and Eastern. Omaha leads the all-time series 2-0 and defeated Eastern 3-0 last year on the road.

Omaha is currently 3-3-1 this year and is coming off a loss against Cal State Fullerton.

The loss against Cal State Fullerton was Omaha’s first loss of September.

Fullerton outshot Omaha 20-4, causing red-shirt freshman goalkeeper Joseph Ghitis to make a career high 6 saves.

Red-shirt junior Josh Christensen also had time at goalkeeper this year.

Ghitis and Christensen have a combined 1.34 goals against average. Christensen and three others have won Summit League Player of the Week honors this year for Omaha.

Vance Rockwood is Omaha’s leading scorer on the year with eight points

and four goals matching his goal total from last year. The senior from Jamaica was awarded Summit League Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9 and was named to the All-Summit League second team in 2012.

Eastern head coach Mark Hansen is familiar with Omaha.

“They are going to be aggressive, they are attack oriented, and they like to play,” he said. “It’ll be a tough matchup for us but I think if we prepare properly we’ll be in the game at the end of the day.”

Hansen is looking at his upperclassmen to make an impact for the first conference game of the year.

“We definitely need the upperclassJASON HOWELL | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS man to step up this weekend,” he said. Red-shirt freshman Sean Kirwan sprints ahead of two opponents during a “We’ll be looking to our senior lead- match against Culver-Stockton on Sept. 8 at Lakeside Field. ership and the juniors to really make a statement in that game and show us and on the day can beat you,” he said. battle. Not any one name on the roster what we need to do going forward.”

Denver is the preseason favorite to right now in regards to starter or not.”

Hansen said Denver, Omaha and win the Summit League this year after Eastern seeks its first road win since Western Illinois are the top teams to going 6-0 in conference and winning 2012 when it plays Omaha at 7 p.m. beat in conference but acknowledges a the conference tournament last year. on the road Saturday. tough Summit League field.

Hansen has not determined who will “Not to take anything away from the be in goal or any starter for that matter.

Mark Shanahan can be other teams because they are all very “Every week, every position is open,” reached at 581-2812 good sides that haven’t gotten results he said. “We really allow the guys to or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.

against Sprague.

Solich also changed his starting running back this week, as freshman A.J. Ouellette will make his first start of his career.

“He’s a complete back,” Solich said. “He’s a good receiver, a very good receiver actually out of the backfield, with his size and strength he has the ability to protect the passer when called upon.”

Ou e l l e t t e l e a d s t h e B o b c a t s with 202 rushing yards, averaging 5.3 yards per attempt and has two rushing touchdowns, while recording five receptions for 47 yards.

Against Idaho, Ouellette rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns.

Another Bobcat who had a breakout game against Idaho was linebacker Quentin Poling.

The red-shirt freshman led Ohio with 14 tackles and intercepted three passes, returning them for a combined 77 yards to set up scoring opportunities for the Bobcats’ offense. “ T h a t’s o n e h e c k o f a d a y,” Dameron said. “I don’t care who you are playing. That’s a heck of game there and obviously he’s a good player.”

Both teams enter Saturday’s matchup looking to win consecutive games for the first time this season. At 1-3, Eastern makes its second trip to an FBS school this season.

The Panthers lost their season opener 42-20 to Minnesota.

Dameron said his team has head into Peden Stadium with one goal in mind.

“One thing is, we have to understand that we’re going over there to win a football game,” he said.

“We’re not going over there to play.

We’re not going over there to pick up a check. We’re going over there to win.”

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Softball to finish fall season

By Sean Hastings Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern softball team will finish off its fall season this weekend with a pair of double headers on Saturday and Sunday at Williams Field.

The Panthers will host Illinois Central College, Wabash College and Lake Land College this weekend.

The first game is scheduled for noon on Saturday against Illinois Central College with game two scheduled for 4 p.m. against Wabash College. Illinois Central College will take on Wabash College in between games.

The Panthers will then take on Lake Land College in a double header on Sunday. The first pitch for game one is scheduled for 11 a.m. with the second following at 1 p.m.

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