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Students played a game of EIU Go, where they tried to find Pokemon on campus, for the second day of ROC Fest
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Mattoon alumni reflect on shooting Current Eastern students concerned for family, school last Wednesday By Brooke Schwartz Staff Writer | @brookesch_wartz A phone call, a text and some rumors of shots fired at Mattoon High School interrupted Eastern students and community members’ days last Wednesday. Student Body President Luke Young and freshman biological sciences major Carson Gordon, both alumni of Mattoon High School, could not believe it when they heard about the incident, where one student was shot by another in the cafeteria last week. The student was transported to a local hospital and was later reported to be in stable condition. Young was in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Food Court when he heard what had happened on the radio. His first thought was for the safety of his sister, who is a senior at Mattoon High School this year. “I was really scared, because I knew my
sister was at lunch at that time,” Young said. “So I was texting her, calling her, and she eventually said that she was fine, and she was actually at home; she’d gone off campus for lunch that day. So very, very blessed there,” he said. Gordon was on her way to her job at the Admissions Office when she got a call from her mother.
ing to sort through the rumors to find any grain of truth that might reassure her or her family just a little bit, she said. For Gordon, this was different than just hearing about a shooting, because she could picture exactly where it happened. “It was where I took my graduation photos, it was where I got asked to Homecoming, stuff like that,” Gordan said. “It just really changes how you experience it. It makes it so much more real and so much
toon and everyone affected by the shooting. As the shock value starts to wear off, Young hopes that some sense of normalcy can return to his hometown so people can start to heal. One way the students are trying to heal is through the “Believe It Or Not, I Care,” mentoring program, Gordan said. The program gives each senior a freshman buddy with whom they eat lunch with once a week. Gordon said BIONIC members were waiting at the doors of Mattoon High School on Monday to escort students Carson Gordon, MHS alumnainside the building to try and calm the nerves of the student body. Both Gordon and Young said that to more powerful.” continue to heal and learn from this inciBoth Gordon and Young praised Mat- dent, it must be remembered. toon and surrounding communities for “I think it’s important that we don’t just their overwhelming support and concern. forget about what happened, because it’s “I think when something like that hap- easy to just push it aside and pretend like pens, when you have a community that this horrible thing didn’t occur,” Gordon comes together, rallies together and isn’t said. full of hate and spite, but rather just comes “But the truth is that it did, and we can together, I think that’s the best outcome choose to let it overpower us, or we can you could hope for when you have a situa- make something great out of our school.” tion like this,” Young said. Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581Gordon said a lot of local high schools 2812 or bsschwartz@eiu.edu. have been wearing either a green shirt or a green ribbon to show their support for Mat-
"It was where I took my graduation photos, it was where I got asked to Homecoming...it makes it so much more real,” “I knew that she knew that I was working, so I figured it was important.All we really knew at the time was that there had been a shooting, and we didn’t know if anyone died or how many people were affected by it,” Gordon said. “So it was just kind of like this is what’s happening, and we just had to wait for more information.” Gordon said that night at work was rough because she was not able to check her phone, and there still was not a lot of concrete information released. It was hard being out of the loop and try-
Jaenike Grant funds community creativity By Chrissy Miller News Editor | @DEN_News
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Theatre arts professor Jean Wolski helps her students rehearse at the theatre wing in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Tuesday afternoon. The students were rehearsing a play to perform for children visiting Eastern’s campus. These tours are funded with a Ruth and Vaughn Jaenike Access to the Arts Fund grant.
The Ruth and Vaughn Jaenike Access to the Arts Fund allows students, community members and faculty to receive up to 50 percent of the funds needed to make their ideas for artistic activities and performances come to life. Dan Crews, director of programming for the Doudna Fine Arts Center, said the grant has been in place for nearly 20 years and has helped multiple people share art in the form of musical performances, theatre and workshops each year. “We give grants from a couple hundred dollars to $1,000, in that range,” Crews said. “It’s been very popular.” The grant is named after Vaughn, a previous dean of the College of Fine Arts, and his wife Ruth. “The grant itself was a mechanism for people, not just the university, but people from the community and the surrounding area, from a lot of different communities to tap into funds that would help them present arts programming in their community,” Crews said. The grant is offered once in the fall and once in the spring. For the fall semester, applications will be accepted until Oct. 13. About six to eight projects receive funding through this grant each year, Crews said. “It bridges the gap between the local communities and Charleston,” Crews said. “It makes people more aware are things that are taking place here on campus.” The grant is awarded after the applications are reviewed by a committee composed of the music, theatre and art chairs as well as the director of the Tarble Arts Center and himself, Crews said. “We look at the ones that have the most merit, the ones that would be the most suc-
cessful and the best written grants,” Crews said. “If it sounds like they have a surefire plan of how they’re going to pull off their event we’ll like to help them.” Performance studies professor Jean Wolski is able to do a Children’s Theatre tour with the grant. During the tour, her class performs for the elementary schools each year. She said schools apply for the grant to help pay the cost of bringing the tour show to their students. “We also have had schools apply for the grant in order to bring their students to EIU to see productions here,” Wolski said. Wolski said the goal of the tour is to bring the arts to underserved communities. Earl Halbe, a Charleston resident who used the grant the past two summers to do theatre performances in the park, said without the grant, the performances he and his wife put on would not be possible. “(The park) was sort of underutilized and we just thought the community might appreciate something going on down there at the band shell down there in Columbus Park,” Halbe said. The grant brings arts to the community in a big way, Halbe added. An example of this is this past summer, when nearly 500 people total attended the Shakespeare in the Park performance he put together. Halbe said the access to the arts this grant provides is, “not only for people in the community to come and see a show, but for people to actually perform, it scratches that itch.” Completed application forms may be submitted to Dan Crews, Doudna Fine Arts Center, EIU, 600 Lincoln Ave., Charleston, IL 61920 or by email to decrews@eiu.edu. Chrissy Miller can be reached at 581- 2812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — "Obamacare" lives on. Senate Republicans, short of votes, abandoned their latest and possibly final attempt to kill the health care law Tuesday, just ahead of a critical end-ofthe-week deadline. The repeal-and-replace bill's authors promised to try again at a later date, while President Donald Trump railed against "certain so-called Republicans" who opposed the GOP effort. But for now, Trump and fellow Republicans who vowed for seven years to abolish President Barack Obama's law will leave it standing and turn their attention to overhauling the nation's tax code instead. The GOP's predicament was summed up bluntly by Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a lead author of the legislation: "Through events that are under our control and not under our control, we don't have the votes." "Am I disappointed? Absolutely," he said after a GOP lunch attended by Vice President Mike Pence. Standing alongside Cassidy, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said: "We haven't given up on changing the American health care system. We
are not going to be able to do that this week, but it still lies ahead of us." "We do think it's time to turn to our twin priority, reforming the tax code," McConnell said. There was much talk of returning to the repeal effort later, but not all Republican senators were putting on that brave face. Sen John Kennedy of Louisiana described the bill as "dead as a doornail." The bill Cassidy co-authored with Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina would have unraveled the central elements of Obama's law, including the requirement for Americans to carry health insurance or pay fines, and offered block grants to states to design their own systems with less federal control. Republicans are also strongly in agreement on a need for action on overhauling the loophole-ridden U.S. tax code, and hope that if they also succeed in getting Americans a tax cut, their failure on health care will be forgiven. Yet they began the health care effort with unanimity, too, up until the devilish details began to emerge and divide them as they pursued a partisan effort
against united Democratic opposition. Much the same could happen on taxes, where Republicans are at the beginning of the process, with plans to unveil a blueprint on Wednesday. On health care, the urgency confronting the GOP this week lay in special budget rules that protected the legislation from a Democratic filibuster, allowing the Republicans to pass it with just 50 votes, plus a tie-breaker from Pence, instead of the 60 often required. Those special rules expire Sept. 30. Even with that advantage McConnell had little room for error given his slim 52-48 vote majority in the 100-member Senate. And as in July, when Arizona Sen. John McCain cast a dramatic late-night thumbs down to kill the previous repeal bill, McConnell was unable to corral the 50 votes "Ayes." The legislation would have cut $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade, prompting angry protesters in wheelchairs to descend on the one hearing held on the bill, on Monday, chanting "No cuts to Medicaid! Save our liberty!" Dozens were pulled out and arrested as cameras captured the
VA: Healthcare funds running out WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after a veterans' health initiative received $2.1 billion in emergency funding, the Trump administration says the private-sector Veterans Choice health care program may need additional money as early as December to avoid a disruption of care for hundreds of thousands of veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs said in a statement Tuesday that it hoped to move quickly on a proposed long-term legislative fix that would give veterans even wider access to private doctors. The proposal, under review by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would seek money to keep Choice running for much of next year as VA implements wider changes. On Capitol Hill, the House Veterans Affairs Committee was already anticipating that the emergency funding approved in August may not last the full six months, accord-
ing to spokespeople for both Republican and Democratic members on the panel. They cited the VA's past problems in estimating Choice program cost. That committee and the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee said they were closely monitoring the situation. "It's disheartening," said Carlos Fuentes, legislative director of Veterans of Foreign Wars, citing his group's continuing conversations with VA about Choice funding. "Imagine if a veteran has to cease chemotherapy treatment during Christmas." Garry Augustine, executive director of Disabled American Veterans' Washington headquarters, said recent discussions with VA also gave him little confidence. "It's always a concern," Augustine said. "Legislative action needs to be done sooner rather than later." In its statement to The Associated Press, VA said it could not say for
certain when Choice funds would be depleted, but acknowledged that it could be as early as December or as late as March. Earlier this year, the VA began limiting referrals to outside doctors as money began to run low and veterans reported delays in care. The VA proposal for a long-term fix is expected to be released in the coming weeks. In a sign of a political divide, the left-leaning VoteVets ran a $400,000 ad campaign earlier this month in 13 states that warned viewers, "Don't let Trump privatize my VA." The American Federation of Government Employees has been staging rallies to bring attention to VA job vacancies left unfilled. The VA said it remains committed to filling VA positions even as it finalizes plans to revamp Choice. VA said it had about 34,000 vacancies, which they attributed in part to a shortage of health professionals.
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striking scene. Graham insisted that despite Tuesday's failure, Republicans would return to the health issue after disposing of taxes. But even under the optimistic assumption that Republicans will agree pass tax legislation in the coming months, Graham's timeline would put the next health care debate into the 2018 congressional campaign season, and that would be unlikely to improve the bill's chances. It's unclear how the collapse of the GOP's latest repeal effort will affect Americans' 2018 sign-up season for subsidized private health policies under the Affordable Care Act. Wednesday is the deadline for insurers to finalize 2018 contracts. Uncertainty over whether the Trump administration will continue to pay monthly subsidies for assistance with copays and deductibles has been blamed for driving up next year's premiums. Although earlier this month senators launched a bipartisan effort to try to stabilize premiums for next year, that was put on hold as Republicans pursued repeal. It's unclear if it can be revived, particularly since feelings are raw on both sides.
Illinois governor speaks out against recent protests CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he "strongly disagrees" with NFL players protesting during the national anthem. The Republican, a former businessman, is part owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers. During Sunday's game in Chicago, all but one of the Steelers stayed in the locker room during the anthem in protest of President Donald Trump's criticism of NFL players. Rauner says in a Monday statement that the protesters are "disrespecting" the country's foundations and veterans. He says he "cannot and will not condone such behavior." He adds that players have the freedom of expression and can "choose to be disrespectful." About 200 players nationwide kneeled or sat during the anthem Sunday.
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Students hunt for Pokemon during 2nd day of ROC Fest
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Students warm up for the “EIU Go” event in the Great Room of Pemberton Hall. The gestures they are making are related to the four houses from the Harry Potter book and movie series.
By AJ Fournier Campus Reporter | DEN_News With Pokemon hidden around campus, students celebrated another day of Residents on Campus Fest with a game of “EIU Go.” While waiting for the game to start, students played Follow the Leader and talked about their favorite board games, dining centers and events coming up during ROC Fest. Allorah Miles-L’Hote, the vice president of administration and finance, said ROC Fest has been going on for years. This year’s theme is Panther Family Game Night. “EIU Go” is similar to Pokemon Go, MilesL’Hote said. Students had 45 minutes to go out and compete to find different Pokemon around campus. “The hall that finds the most wins,” Miles-L’Hote said. Miles-L’Hote said the executive board of RHA was responsible for hiding the Pokemon around campus so that none of the halls would know where any of them were hidden. “EIU Go” was not the only event for Tuesday night. After the scavenger hunt, trivia questions on Eastern’s history were asked, followed by Bingo. A variety of different prizes were given away dur-
ing Bingo, such as a Keurig and a Nintendo 2DS. Ashley Wheaton, the vice president of community engagement for RHA and head of ROC Fest, said “EIU Go” is new this year. The idea for the event came from both this year’s game night theme and Pokemon Go’s popularity last year. “With the whole game theme and mobile games and Pokemon Go being so popular last summer, I wanted to kind of keep that alive,” Wheaton said. Wheaton said for the game, each team picked a certain Pokemon that determined what kind of Pokemon they would search for on campus. Throughout the game, there were different levels of Pokemon that were worth different point values. Wheaton said the Pokemon were hidden in and around all the different residents halls, except for Lincoln and Douglas. ROC Fest is a great way for students in other halls to come together, feel connected and meet other people on campus, Wheaton said. “It is a great way for others to come together, especially with this event you will be going around and see other halls if you have not already,” Wheaton said. AJ Fournier can be reached at 581-2812 or ajfournier@eiu.edu.
Collapsed Mexico school raises questions about quake codes MEXICO CITY (AP) — On paper at least, the Mexico City school appeared to be structurally sound and built to withstand a major earthquake. But it collapsed, killing 26 people, most of them children. And now authorities are looking into whether an apartment reportedly built on top of the two-story school was to blame. Claudia Sheinbaum, the borough president of the southern Mexico City district where the school went down in the 7.1 magnitude quake, told a news conference Tuesday that the school appeared to have its paperwork in order, at least according to documents filed by architects and engineers who supposedly inspected the structure. She said an investigation was being launched to look for any abnormalities not
revealed in those documents. Authorities said that the owner of the privately owned Enrique Rebsamen school built an apartment for herself on top of the collapsed wing, which local media said included a Jacuzzi, and were looking into whether the extra weight may have played a role in the collapse. Sheinbaum said she didn’t know if that was true, but said the owner, Mónica García Villegas, had a permit dating back to 1983 to build a school and apartments on the lot, though it was unclear whether she had permission to add a third story to the section of the school that collapsed. The school was just one of dozens of buildings that collapsed in the Sept. 19 quake that
killed at least 333 people, 194 of them in Mexico City. Questions have been raised about whether new building standards put in place after a 1985 quake that killed 9,500 people had been adequately followed. Although construction began on the school in 1983 — two years before the new codes went into effect — it was expanded over the next 34 years with no evidence of noncompliance, Sheinbaum said. She said the only immediately evident paper work problems during that time were two cases of unregistered expansion work, and Garcia Villegas paid a fine for not registering the work and was allowed to proceed. But, although an architect signed a document certifying the school was structurally
sound, experts questioned the method used to evaluate it, which Sheinbaum said involved piling sandbags on its upper floors to simulate 85 percent of the structure’s maximum design-carrying weight, and then measuring the resulting floor sag. The quake, whose epicenter was only about 100 miles from the capital, hit the city’s south side where the school is located with a force much stronger than the original school structure was built to withstand in the early 1980s, Garcia Alvarez said. Still, experts stressed that reforms to building codes following the 1985 earthquake had lowered the number of casualties. But, they said, more needed to be done to ensure compliance.
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Panther Baby Panic
Kennedy Nolen
It is possible to move on from your ex I think by the time everyone is in their early to mid-twenties, they have been in at least one serious relationship. I have a whopping total of one ex-boyfriend who showed me great times, along with the bad … That is why he is my ex, obviously. Although we were absolutely nothing alike and things did not end well, he showed me what I want in a future relationship. I want to thank him for showing me how I ought to be treated in the future: much better. No longer am I a doormat to be walked all over. I am my own person. I want to thank him for being my first boyfriend, but definitely not my last. We had amazing times like a trip to Venice and a showing of the Phantom of the Opera at the West End in London. Even simple times, like just lying in bed watching movies, were equally amazing. The good came with the bad. Four thousand miles separated us, and it was hard to make time for each other. I want to thank my ex for choosing alcohol and partying instead of talking with me. I honestly am so much happier now, not needing to worry about when I need to Skype with him or what he is doing throughout the day. I want to thank my ex for now dating the girl he told me not to worry about. Those two are honestly way better together than he and I ever were. Thank you to my ex for making me upset so many times and treating me like trash. After we broke up, I knew how better off I was. I am the one with the goals, ambition and willpower to become something greater as I work two jobs and go to school full time. I am the happiest I have been in my life in quite some time, thanks to the fact my ex is now my ex. This whole column may sound petty, but I know I am not the only girl or guy who has endured this. If you are going through a breakup, just know you will come out of it stronger and happier than you will ever imagine. I promise. Good things are coming your way. You will find someone perfect for you eventually. I have not found my other half, and I am perfectly fine with that. I am way happier single than I was in a relationship. All thanks to my ex. Kennedy Nolen is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or kdnolen@eiu.edu.
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Roc Fest helps create community Being part of a community is crucial to anyone’s college experience. It is when you are at college that you begin to find yourself through certain people, meaning the people you meet at Eastern might be the people who end up knowing you best. It is important to anyone’s college experience to seek out people and opportunities to make connections with those around them. This is why going to the events that are part of Residents on Campus Fest would benefit many students. While it could be easy to roll your eyes at yet another event to do with your residence hall, these are a good way to meet people and have fun while doing it. Unlike the first week or so of school, there is less nervousness and beginning-of-school jitters. We have begun to settle into our routines, and by now many of us have already-established friend groups we eat lunch with in the dining halls, or go to Booth Library with to study. However, there is nothing wrong with finding a few new friends or expanding one’s
social group, especially with the people in your hall, which ROC Fest gives students the opportunity to do in a fun environment. While it has been said that “good fences make good neighbors,” this should not be the case in a university setting. Getting to know the quiet girl who lives down the hall by working together in a ROC Fest activity might give you a chance to get to know her better. Who knows? She might even be your best friend if you give her a chance. Though it may not feel like it, you only live with your fellow residents or your roommate for a short time. Enjoy it while it lasts, and you might get some lifelong friendships out of it. While the week is posed as a competition to see who is the “best hall,” it is also a way for those in both the same and different halls to get out of their rooms and get to know each other. As the head of ROC Fest said in Tuesday’s article about Tournament Night, staying in
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Good writing means expressing yourself Often, I hear people say they cannot write because they have nothing to say or they are not a “good writer.” In an English class a few weeks ago, a professor mentioned that to linguists, every time a person speaks, they are speaking in a dialect of the language they are using. This means any time people speak or write they are using their own voices as a way to communicate their stories. There are extra, picky grammar rules that have to be applied to formal writing. However, that is not all that writing is. Writing can be posting on Facebook about an amazing weekend experience, or composing a creative short story. Whether it is apparent or not, every time people write, they share a piece of who they are and what they stand for. It can even be as simple as the words we choose to use without any conscious thought or the things we repetitively focus on when a writing opportunity presents itself. The fact is, anyone with a basic understanding of language can write. It does not have to be fancy, and you don’t have to use big words readers may not understand. It just takes the bravery of sharing a piece of yourself with the world around you. After all, every person has a unique story to tell based on life experiences and the way those life experiences are interpreted. Even if the experiences from person to person differ only slightly, it can make a significant difference in a person’s writing style. I have known friends throughout my life who were plagued with the belief they could not write or that nothing they wrote
Chrissy Miller was ever good enough. Although their grades on papers did not always reflect it, these friends were some of the most creative people with beautiful writing voices. One friend who believed she could not write actually ended up writing a silly short story about apples with toes in fourth grade. It was not a complex or serious piece of literature, but throughout the years it made many people laugh so hard they cried, including a high school English teacher. In my book, that is good writing. Good writing gives information and tells a story. Making it something pompous and sacrificing the story element for “perfect” grammar can suck the life out of a story. That is not to say grammar is not important. It helps effectively communicate the story to readers. However, it should not be shoved down people’s throats so hard they begin to despise writing.
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one’s room all day is not nearly as fun as going out and meeting people. Not only does this let you meet other people, but going out also gets you more connected to the school. You will get to see everything the campus has to offer and feel more connected to the place itself as well. And if you go to these activities, do not just be one of those people who stands by the wall the entire time. Participating in whatever is offered will ensure you have more fun than if you stand by and let your friends do everything. ROC Fest is also raising money for hurricane relief, a commendable cause. If you have some change to spare, go to a residence hall and help the cause out. Any amount helps. If everyone donates just a little money, it will add up.
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As a future elementary education teacher, I know I will have to show my students proper form for writing and teach them about grammar. I will not let this get in the way of showing them the thrill of being able to express themselves through their writing voices. Grammar and form are tools that allow the writing process to flow smoothly. We need to see past them once in a while and recognize the voice and story are of equal or greater importance. The five-paragraph essay setup is just a framework. It is the content that really needs to be allowed to shine through. Writing is not for some boring or elitist group. It is for everyone. When we use writing to share our stories, we are giving a new perspective for whoever reads it to consider. Sharing ideas and perspectives through writing can be powerful. Your story may not reach as large of an audience as the Declaration of Independence. But, it could touch people in a way other stories have never been able to. Writing shows people we are not alone. We are a society composed of writers. If you do not share your voice, no one else can do it for you. Chrissy Miller is a sophomore elementary education major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu.
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Concert canceled after artist dies
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Staff Report | @DEN_News The Cedd the Light concert, originally scheduled for Oct. 5, has been canceled because of the singer-songwriter’s death, according to a press release. “All of us at the Doudna were shocked when we received this sad news,” said Dan Crews, programming director of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. “Our most heartfelt sympathy goes out to Cedd’s family at this time. He was a true talent and he will be greatly missed by fans.” C e d d t h e L i g h t h a d w o rk e d with WEIU-TV during the production of music competition “Song Stage,” which was taped last year in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. He e n d e d u p b e c o m i n g t h e overall winner of the program. C e d d t h e L i g h t , w h o s e re a l name was Ceddrick Newsome, is believed to have taken his own life on Sept. 22. After spending 12 years in prison for murder, Cedd the Light discovered both clemency and redemption through his musical gifts, according to a press release. He learned to play guitar and sing while in prison. The press release stated that he saw his future of making music a chance to lay his past to rest. The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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Students celebrate after getting a question right at the trivia event in the Pemberton Great Room Tuesday night. Trivia was a part of ROC Fest, a series of events coordinated by the Residence Hall Association.
Homecoming nominations being accepted Staff Report | @DEN_News Nominations for Homecoming Faculty King and Queen and applications for Little Prince and Little Princess are now being accepted. Submissions for both must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6,
to be considered. Winners of Homecoming Faculty King and Queen have to be able to attend Coronation, set for 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16. The children and grandchildren of students, faculty and staff between the
ages of 4 and 8 are eligible to apply for Little Prince and Little Princess. This year’s Homecoming theme is “Let the Good Times Roar.” The “Together We Roar” Yell Like Hell Pep Rally is set for 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20 in McAfee Gym.
The parade will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, followed by the game at 2 p.m. in O’Brien Field. The News staff can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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Volleyball to host Edwardsville By Kaitlin Cordes Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team will get a taste of home Ohio Valley Conference action Wednesday when it hosts Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. The Panthers got off to a rocky start in conference play, as they dropped matches against Murray State and Austin Peay last weekend. SIUE mirrored Eastern’s conference kickoff, losing to Murray State (26-24, 20-25, 26-24, 18-25, 15-13) and Austin Peay (25-19, 24-26, 25-21, 17-25, 19-17). Last weekend’s game play was neckand-neck for both Eastern and SIUE. Junior setter Taylor Smith said keeping errors at a minimum was key to the close sets. “I believe that all four sets were close because everyone really stepped up and dug balls, hit and set smart, and our serve receive did good as well. Overall, we had a pretty solid game with minimal errors,” Smith said. The Cougars tallied stats similar to those of Eastern in each team’s matches against Murray State. The Panthers totaled 51 team kills while the Cougars posted 65. Edwardsville’s Ashley Witt notched a team high 17 kills, out hitting Eastern freshman outside hitter Laurel Bailey by four kills. Witt will be a player to watch for. The outside hitter averages three kills per conference set for a hitting percentage of .205. Witt has also totaled 23 blocks so far this season and is a dominant force at the net for SIUE. Eastern senior outside hitter Maria Brown currently has a season high kill total of 147 and averages nearly three kills per set as well. Brown edges Witt on season-high blocks at 27. SIUE libero Katie Shashack is the center of a solid back row for the Cougars. Shashack earned a career-high 32 digs against Murray State. Shashack averages four digs per set and has re-
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Eastern’s Abby Knight and Laurel Bailey jump up over the net to block a shot by an opponent from Alabama A&M on Sept. 8 at Lantz Arena. Eastern won the match three sets to 0.
corded 56 assists on the season. Eastern sophomore libero Anne Hughes returns this year as the anchor for the Panther’s back row. Hughes averages nearly five digs per set with a total of 257 on the season. Hughes has also earned 49 assists so far. Smith said the teams’ similar styles of play will force the Panthers to pay
attention to details. “I think the biggest thing is that we stick to our game plan and pay attention to the small details,” Smith said. “If we make sure we are doing the little things correctly … there’s a good chance we will come away with a victory.” The Cougars won the teams’ last meeting in October 2016 in three
sets (15-25, 13-25, 12-25). Smith and Brown once again led the Eastern offense, with Smith recording seven kills and Brown notching six kills and two blocks. Kills and blocks made a huge difference in last season’s match. SIUE totaled 47 kills to Eastern’s 24. The Cougars’ 10 blocks edged the Panthers by three.
Wednesday’s match will start at 6 p.m. in Lantz Arena. This match kicks off a four-match home stand for the Panthers as they will take on conference opponents Tennessee State, Southeast Missouri and TennesseeMartin in the coming weeks. Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or krcordes@eiu.edu.
Freshmen making mark on tennis teams By Parker Valentine Tennis Reporter | @DEN_Sports As the fall season progresses, the Eastern men and women’s tennis teams are seeing a youth movement on the court. The Panthers have four freshmen who recorded wins in the first tournament of their college careers. Karla Contreras and Logan Charbonneau both earned wins in their very first match as a Panther. Charbonneau defeated Marquette’s Andre Romanello in straight sets (6-2, 6-4), at the River Forest fall invitational two weekends ago. “I broke him down well on his backend side. His demeanor wasn’t shaping up, so when I saw him down in the dumps, I took it took him even more,” Charbonneau said. Charbonneau says his forehand worked well for him the entire match. It was his go-to swing. Contreras not only won her first match, she won the championship for her entire bracket at the SIUE fall invitational. The invite was her first as a Panther. In her first match, Contreras defeated Maria Bessmertnaya of Western Illinois (6-1, 6-2). The freshman then defeated Ariana Rodriguez of St. Louis University in the second round (6-1, 6-4) to advance to her championship. Contreras’ championship victory came with a little less ease. The freshman was taken to three sets by SIUE’s Lara Tupper.
After losing the first set, Contreras won the second, before grinding out an intense third set victory (3-6, 6-2, 12-10). “It was a good start. I really like the competition. I wanted to fight. I wanted to play well. I worked with not only what I like, I worked with their weaknesses,” Contreras said. Kaisei Kuroki bounced back from an opening round loss in his first match with Eastern. He earned a win in the very next match he played, defeating UIC’s Niko Wasilevicz in a four-point tie break (5-7, 6-2 [4]). “He had a big serve, but I was able to put everything on the court. It affected him because his serve was his strength. He was tall; he could not move very fast. My speed got to him,” Kuroki said. Charbonneau describes Kuroki as a “speed demon”. Coach Sam Kercheval has taken notice of his passionate freshmen. “They both show great passion for the game,” Kercheval said. “With both of them, we saw right away they have strong character and have a lot to contribute to the development of our program.” Rachel Papavasilopoulus also found success in her first fall invite with the Panthers. The freshman earned a doubles win at SIUE with partner Stella Cliffe. The duo defeated SIUE’s Tupper and Morgan Steffes 6-2, finishing third in their doubles bracket.
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Freshman Karla Contreras backhands the ball to sophomore Stella Cliffe in practice Thursday at the Darling Courts. Contreras is one of four freshmen on the women’s tennis team.
Papavasilopoulos’ success continued at the Panthers’ very next invite. The freshman earned two singles wins at Bradley over the weekend, before she withdrew from her flight championship due to injury. Freshman Claire Martin earned multiple victories in Peoria as well.
Martin, along with doubles partner junior Shristi Slaria, defeated Illinois State duo Laura Fitzgerald and Valerija Gercar 6-3. After dispatching the Redbird duo, Martin and Slaria went on to defeat Depaul duo Alina Kuzmenkova and Milica Tesic 6-3, advancing to their flight cham-
pionship. The Panther men and women will be back in action this weekend for the Eastern alumni matches at the Darling tennis courts. Parker Valentine can be reached at 581-2812 or pivalentine@eiu.edu.