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Audience learns from ancient Egyptians “A Futuristic Look Through Ancient Lenses" Series By Samantha McDaniel Activities Editor
Audience members learned the importance of leaving a mark on the world and how ancient Egyptians left theirs, on Monday. The Lumpkin School of Business and Applied Sciences, the School of Technology and Booth Library had the program “Make No Mistake: Documenting Life Since the Ancient Egyptians” as a part of the “A Futuristic Look Through Ancient Lenses: A Symposium on Ancient Egypt” series. Allen Lanham, the dean of library services, said documenting life is important in order to preserve history. Lanham said most people think of the pyramids and other large monuments when they think of Egypt, but they do not think about the effects they have had on the documentation of life. Lanham said ancient Egyptians were some of the first peo-
ple to document what happened in everyday life. The Egyptians had scribes who documented things that took place in ancient Egypt. Some of the first mediums used to document life were the rock and chisel, Lanham said. Other ways were sculptures, artwork and buildings. “With just a turn of the chisel, they could have changed what we know about history,” Lanham said. Lanham said knowledge is power and there are people who hide that knowledge from others. When information is hidden, the knowledge that is presented is only part of what happened. “It is impossible to record everything, but something needs to live on,” Lanham said. Lanham said there were times when knowledge was locked up in libraries or left to be covered in sand. “We owe much of what we know to the people who were there and the ones who have resurrected it,” Lanham said. “It takes a lot more effort to uncover it than to leave it uncovered.”
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Allen Lanham, dean of library services, presents “Make No Mistake: Documenting Life Since the Ancient Egyptians” Thursday in the conference room of Booth Library. The event was one of various lectures planned for A Futuristic Look Through Ancient Lenses: A Symposium on Ancient Egypt, taking place through Nov. 2.
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Villa Nova Bar & Grill closes Students learn to cope By Sara Hall City Editor
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Avery Drake, co-manager of Villa Nova Bar and Grill in Charleston, sips a drink while interacting with a customer Feb 22. Villa Nova closed in September after opening in February of this year.
After only seven months of business, Villa Nova Bar & Grill in Charleston is no longer in operation. Kevin Parrott, manager of Mattoon’s Villa Nova Bar & Grill and the former Charleston location, said the restaurant decided to close in Charleston because of a disproportionate larger ratio of business at the Mattoon locations. “There’s more of a venue in Mattoon,” he said. “We probably have 10 times the people over here. (Charleston’s location) became a headache to us.” Parrott said the owners of Villa Nova Bar & Grill thought they would expand the chain to Charleston because Eastern students would be receptive to an additional bar. “ We t h o u g h t i t m i g h t b e a good chance to make a little money and try out a college town,” he said. Howe ve r, Pa r ro t t s a i d t h e competition with other bars proved to take a toll on the new business. “Everybody tries to compete against each other and we weren’t out there to compete,” he said. CLOSES, page 5
with midterm stress Students talk about different types of exams, study methods By Lauren LaPlante Staff Reporter
After a weekend of visits from family members, some Eastern students find themselves more stressed than usual with midterms coming up. Austin Kemmerer, a senior finance major, said the scheduling of Family Weekend right before the week of midterms made them seem a lot further away. “I feel like midterms really snuck up on me this year,” Kemmerer said. “With my family here all weekend, it was hard to make time to study.” Kelsey Parks, a junior English major, said she likes that her teachers are stressing the application of the material rather than the memorization. “Most literature exams are essay, so I've learned to focus more on concepts and big ideas rather than small details,” Parks said. “It's usually more about understanding the big picture than being able to remember the facts.” Ben Pertl, a sophomore history ma-
jor, does not have any midterms this semester, but said his studying methods reaped positive results for him. “In the past I've kind of read through my notes over and over — it made me take better notes because of that,” Pertl said. Amanda Feder, a junior communication studies major, said her midterms vary from class to class. “For some of the classes, it’s overall concepts we have discussed, for others, we are watching movies and applying concepts to the film,” Feder said. The way someone should study really depends on the person, the major and the instructor, Parks said. Gary Bulla, a biological sciences professor, said he recommends his students study the material three times — once before each lecture, once during the lecture and as needed after the lecture. Bulla teaches general biology, embryology and molecular biology classes. Erin Stinson, a graduate student, said other factors played into the delay of her studying for midterms. “I will try to study a little bit each day for my exam, but most of my studying will likely be the night before, since I have some other things going on too,” Stinson said. MIDTERMS, page 5
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Professor analyzes landscapes of ancient Egyptian culture “A Futuristic Look Through Ancient Lenses" Series By Andrew Crivilare Staff Reporter
Ancient Egypt’s evolution through rivers, deserts and a long-since disappeared lake were topics of discussion Monday. John Paul Stimac, dean of the Honors College, presented “Physical Landscapes of Ancient Egypt” as part of “A Futuristic Look Through Ancient Lenses: A Symposium on Ancient Egypt” sponsored by the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences School of Technology and Booth Library. Stimac said as little as 10,000 years ago, southern Egypt was dominated by consistent rainfall and a lake formed when the Nile River began
backing up. “It was one of the biggest lakes in the world as well as Egypt,” Stimac said. The semi-nomadic North African population left their settlements and began migrating toward the lake, Stimac said. “People started to follow the water,” he said. “Water is life.” Stimac said settling in southern Egypt changed the way humans found sustenance and conducted society. “Rain allowed for agriculture and domestic animals,” Stimac said. “It was one of the first agriculture societies to develop.” Early aspects of what would become the Egyptian religion were also born around Egypt’s lake, including the animal-like features for gods and stone shrines, Stimac said. Stimac said one such shrine, called
the Nabta Playa, used astronomy to predict the flooding of the Nile and would even dictate the planting season for farmers. Wafeek Samuel Wahby, a professor of technology, said that southern Egypt did not remain agriculturally viable for all its history. “This region was once 95 percent agriculture, five percent desert,” Wahby said. “Now it is 95 percent desert and five percent agriculture.” Stimac said the Egyptians suffered from the rapid climate change from a wet climate to dry climate. “That transition may have occurred in as little as 200 years,” he said. “Their success was tied to availability of water.” Stimac said the Egyptians even implemented the environment into their art. The desert winds created yardangs, rocks that are made round and smooth by the sand and wind.
The Egyptians eventually decorated the yardangs and made them into the Sphinx. “The yardang lent itself to ornamentation,” he said. “They added a face, a nose and a head dress.” Ten thousand years later, Egyptians and their neighbors continue to manipulate the environment to best suit their needs, Stimac said. “Modern man is trying to effect his environment by changing the natural environment,” Stimac said. Stimac said the climate, culture and geography affect each other. “Climate, culture and geography are all tied together,” Stimac said. “You can’t study one without studying the others.” Andrew Crivilare can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcrivilare@eiu.edu.
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Membership increases after survey Academy of Lifetime Learning welcomes new members By Amy Wywialowski Staff Reporter
In March of 2010, the School of Continuing Education surveyed 525 people over the age of 50 from all over Coles County to acquire feedback to the Academy of Lifetime Learning program. T h e Ac a d e m y o f L i f e t i m e Learning is a paid membership program that sponsors Lifetime Learning classes, lectures and workshops generated toward
people 50 years and older in the Coles County area. Janna Overstreet, the project coordinator of the School of Continuing Education, said the goal of the survey was to find out what types of services people want from the Academy of Lifetime Learning. Since the survey went out, the academy has seen an increase in membership from about 200 members to 1,000 members, she said. Overstreet said the increase also occurred from many businesses giving out a free yearlong membership as part of their retirement gifts to their employees. “We asked them (in the survey) how they get their news, their interests and what they
w a n t e d f r o m t h e p r o g r a m ,” Overstreet said. According to the survey ranking results, most adults over the age of 50 get their news from the newspaper, followed by radio, TV and then the Internet. “We kind of suspected these results, but they still surprised us,” Overstreet said. The highest ranked interests in the survey are: arts, computers and technology, history, nature and gardening, and multicultural interests. Overstreet said she did not expect to receive such a high number of responses from the survey. The survey was online and they partnered with different organizations to send an email to
their employees over the age of 50 encouraging them to click on a link that would take them to the survey, Overstreet said. She said the organizations included: Eastern, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System, the Charleston and Mattoon Community Unit School Districts, and RR Donnelley & Sons, which is the integrated communications provider in Mattoon. Overstreet said she has recently presented her findings to many local groups like the Illinois Council on Continuing Education and the Board of Trustees. Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812 or alwywialowski@eiu.edu.
State Woman gives birth after running Chicago marathon By The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Amber Miller felt contractions just minutes after crossing the finish line at the Chicago Marathon. A few hours later, the suburban Chicago woman — who slogged her way through 26.2 miles while nearly 39 weeks pregnant — delivered a healthy baby girl.
"For me, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. I was running up until that point anyway," Miller told The Associated Press in an interview from the hospital where she was recovering Monday. "I am crazy about running." Sunday's marathon was the eighth for the 27-year-old, who has been running for more than a dozen years. She found out she was pregnant with
her second child days after signing up for the Chicago race and decided to play it by ear on whether or not she would run. When the baby hadn't been born by Sunday, she got clearance from her doctor to run half. She completed it with a with a half-run half-walk approach, drinking lots of fluids and eating a lot along the way. She fin-
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ished in 6:25:50, much slower than her usual marathon time, but still content. "Lots of people were cheering me on: 'Go pregnant lady!'" she said. "I was expecting some negative comments. I don't remember anything." It was not Miller's first marathon while pregnant.
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thinks that Perry is excited for the chance to meet with students. “He is just a very outgoing, kind individual and a leader on campus,” Gonzales said. She said that Perry is genuinely willing to listen to students and their thoughts about campus and how to improve life at Eastern. “‘Pizza with the Pres’ is something right up (President Perry’s) alley,” Hotwagner said. Gonzales said the plans for “Pizza with the Pres” has been in the works since he became the student vice president for academic affairs. “Pizza with the Pres” will take place today from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Great Room in Pemberton Hall.
Student leaders from Registered Student Organizations throughout campus are scheduled to come together at the first Student Organization Cabinet meeting today. Kaci Abolt, the student vice president for student affairs and a junior communication studies major, organized the Student Organization Cabinet, and said bringing students together from all kinds of different RSOs would be a powerful resource for the organizations to grow and develop. “During these meetings, people will be able to share different ideas and practices with one another, which will add to their networking skills,” Abolt said. “The different things they learn will be easy to translate into methods that could be helpful to their organization, and then they will be able to take that back to their organization and implement it.” Abolt said they will discuss what topics RSO members think are important to them at the meeting and, based off of those topics, it will determine the content of future meetings throughout the semester. Examples of certain topics could be recruiting, fundraising, philanthropy projects and leadership experience, she said. “One of the main goals of the Student Organization Cabinet is to identify the areas that impact the organizations the most and to then try to help improve resources that these organizations have,” Abolt said. Any member of any RSO can come to the meetings, and students who are not in an RSO, who are thinking of possibly creating a new RSO, are also welcome to the meetings, she said. “Everyone there will be a leader in some kind of a way, and as leaders we should all help each other,” Abolt said. Abolt said the idea for the Student Organization Cabinet was developed after the fall Pantherpalooza when she was trying to think of a way to bring all of the student leaders together to gather input and determine what improvements should be made for the next Pantherpalooza. “The idea expanded from there,” Abolt said. “Then we found out that there was a Student Organization Cabinet at Eastern, but it had fizzled out after a couple of years, and we figured it just needed to be revamped and recovered.” The Student Organization Cabinet is scheduled to meet at 8:30 p.m. today in the Charleston-Mattoon Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
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D a v i d H e r n a n d e z & St r e e t Sounds will be performing music, which is a blend of folk, jazz and Afro-Latin elements, while Hernandez recites poetry. The group will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the Black Box Theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Hernandez was born in Puerto Rico and moved to the United States in 1955 at the age of 9. He began to write poetry at the age of 11, when his teacher introduced him to the art form. “My teacher Ms. Greenspan was teaching us poetry and she said that poets had a creative license and could create their own language,” Hernandez said. Since then, he continued to write poetry and in 1971 published his first book of poems entitled Despertando/Waking Up. Hernandez became the first Latino poet to be published in the city of Chicago. Hernandez’s poems are influenced by his personal life experiences. “I grew up on the north-side of Chicago in the Old Town area when it was very poor and I wrote about what I saw and felt,” Hernandez said. “Racism, police brutality, cucarachas, rats and the best music around the neighborhood.” It was also in 1971 when he
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David Hernandez & Street Sounds, a musical poetry group, will perform Pedestrian Poetry Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
teamed up with family friend, Dean Karabatsos and created “Street Sounds.” D a v i d H e r n a n d e z & St r e e t Sounds are celebrating 40 years performing together. “Our performance is music, lyrics, poems, songs using Afro Latin Jazz, folk, blues and classical elements most of it being original pieces,” Hernandez said. “Also I use a lot of humor in my poetry to
make social statements more palatable to the public.” Hernandez has a big influence in Chicago’s Art and Latino Communities, as well as being a founding member of the Latino Arts movement. Juanita Cross, committee chairw o m a n , s a i d L a t i n o He r i t a g e Month has been planning events for this month since January. “One of our goals is to increase
cultural awareness on our campus as well as community,” Cross said. “By bringing this performance to campus we are hoping people will walk away not only wanting to learn more about Latin American heritage, but others as well.” Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.doudnatix.com. Paige Cascio can be reached at 581-2812 or pacascio@eiu.
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‘Pizza with the Pres’ scheduled in Pemberton By Kathryn Richter Staff Reporter
President Bill Perry is scheduled to converse with students while eating pizza today in Pemberton Hall at the “Pizza with the Pres” event. “Pizza with the Pres” was originally scheduled for Sept. 29, but it was moved because of scheduling conflicts. Aseret Gonzales, the student vice president for academic affairs, said the event had its fair share of obstacles to overcome, including finding and finalizing a location for “Pizza with the Pres.” Gonzales said she chose Pemberton because it worked best with their scheduling. She also said the student government could promote the “Senate on the Road” on Wednesday
by having the “Pizza with the Pres” event in Pemberton. She said the academic affairs committee in the student government is hosting the event in order for students to meet Perry in a more informal setting. She said the event will allow more students to approach Perry. “I think that it gives the opportunity to students on campus to eat with President Perry if they don’t know who he is and have an informal conversation with him,” Gonzales said. Justin Emerson, a Student Senate member and a junior history major, said he feels the more laid-back atmosphere of the “Pizza with the Pres” event will allow students to not feel as intimidated to approach Perry.
Student Body President Ed Hotwagner, a senior mathematics major, said he plans on attending the event today and likes the opportunity to meet with other students and talk to Perry. Hotwagner said he is interested in the student feedback for the projects the student government is working on. Gonzales said she got the idea from Jennifer Prillaman, former student vice president for academic affairs, and she wanted to continue the tradition. Gonzales said another obstacle they faced was she was not sure of the possible turnout that “Pizza with the Pres” would have, considering last year’s event only had about 30to-40 students. She said, despite the turnout, she
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Coming out is a huge deal. Every gay person who has come out of the closet can tell you his or her entire coming out experience in great detail. For generations, most gay Americans spent their whole lives in the closet and straight Americans encouraged their silence. Then a campaign began in the gay community to encourage closeted gays to reveal this aspect of their lives unapologetically. The idea was that the straight community would come to accept homosexuality if they knew that some of their best friends, brothers, sisters and coworkers were gay. That campaign has been remarkably successful. Gay rights have become the human rights struggle of the past quarter century largely because the gay community forced society to confront its homophobia. Today is National Coming Out Day, a civil awareness day to recognize and discuss LGBT issues. The first National Coming Out Day was observed on Oct. 11, 1988, to commemorate the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which half a million people participated in one year earlier, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Since then, the gay rights movement has made significant, substantial gains. None have come easy, and the struggle continues. But real progress is being made. Six states and the District of Columbia have passed laws offering same-sex marriage and 11 states have created legal civil unions for same-sex couples, including Illinois. Last month saw the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, a misguided law banning gays from serving openly in the military. That means active duty service members can take part in National Coming Out Day for the first time in its history. None of this progress happened by chance. It took the bravery of LGBT Americans and their straight allies to demand equal rights. But it is also the result of growing cultural acceptance of LGBT Americans, an acceptance based in the Millennial Generation. More than six in 10 Millennials (age 18-29) favor allowing same-sex marriage and 69 percent favor allowing gay couples to adopt children, but only about one in three seniors favor same-sex marriage and 36 percent favor gay adoption, according to an Aug. 29 poll by the Public Religion Research Institute. We think that support has a lot to do with the fact that Millennials grew up in a more out America. We grew up knowing gay adults and had gay friends in high school. We had gay protagonists on TV and gay musicians on our iPods. Of course, so did the oldest generation, they just weren’t forced to accept it. LGBT Americans still face discrimination, both personal and legal. Their struggle belongs to all of us and affects us all. Whether you are gay or a straight ally, show your support for your fellow LGBT students today and every day.
and didn’t have an answer for them. I remembered analyzing a lot of literature, and vaguely remember triangles in math and dates from history. As a senior, I totally understand my professors’ point. I even feel bad for them now. The problem everyone misses is that there’s a gap in high school teaching and college teaching. High school is supposed to prepare you for college; it doesn’t. It prepares you for getting into college and for little else. My high school teachers used to warn us whenever we felt they were being unfairly strict that college professors wouldn’t compromise with us and that we had no idea what we were in for. I don’t know why they were trying to scare us, but that wasn’t true. I’m a transfer student, and neither of the schools I’ve been to have lived up to the terrifying hype. They also told us that high school was preparation for the type of study we’d experience in college. That’s definitely not true. High school was all about learning for the myriad of tests the government requires. It was about passing the SAT and ACT and getting a high enough GPA to apply to the particular college you wanted. Basically, high school was just about getting through. It was a way station between grade school and college. It wasn’t about learning and knowl-
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High school is not preparing us for college Support LGBT When I first got to college, I heard the same high school English class, and no type of thing over and over again from professors in all writing outside of a grocery list requires community on of my general education classes. someone to line up random sentences in “How do you not know this? What were order. they teaching you in high school?” But in college, the emphasis is on learnComing Out Day As a freshman, I would sort of shrug ing and thinking. I’ve had dozens of teach-
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Sarah Bigler edge, it was about memorization of facts. I look back and wonder the same thing my professors do, because it seems nothing I learned back then has an impact on my day-to-day life now. The public school system is failing us. They teach without explaining why something is important. They don’t instill a sense that education is an important factor in our lives. They teach us names and dates and numbers without showing us how they will affect our decisions and ability to get good jobs in the future. Take writing for an example. The way grammar is taught is tedious and mindnumbing, especially when there are just random sentences lined up on a page and covered in red markings. Every high school student complains about having to take grammar and learn all of the awful exceptions to every grammar and spelling rule in the English language. But every job that requires a college degree in America will expect a good level of writing competence. Even mathematicians and scientists have to be able to write cover letters for their resumes, research grant proposals and reports for their bosses. No one bothered to explain that in my
ers emphasize critical thinking in their classes, and advisers, counselors, professors and parents suddenly want students to think for themselves. It’s a huge change from high school, where students are expected to follow rules and lessons blindly. Sometimes the instinct to just get by has been so embedded in students that they don’t even make a serious effort in their chosen majors. These are the classes that students are supposed to feel passionately about and that they assumedly want to use for the rest of their lives. To use my grammar example again, I’ve even seen evidence of students majoring in English and journalism who do not take grammar seriously. I’m wondering why they chose those majors if they don’t care about making their writing more clear and professional. High school should be a time to prepare for college and for the real world. The teenage years are the beginning of finding out who each person is and what he or she wants to do with his or her life. High schools should be promoting individuality and should be working off a more college-like atmosphere, instead of just herding teenagers through. Sarah Bigler is a senior political science major. She can be reached at 581-7942 or DENopinions@gmail.com.
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Student Senate pushing billboards without our consent I totally agree with the staff editorial from Oct. 10, titled, “Student Senate uses bad poll to justify position.” As the author points out, the Student Senate did very little research into the true feelings of the student body in regards to the acquisition of the electronic billboards. I am offended and shocked that the Senate members would pass such a resolution - a resolution that DIRECTLY affects everyone on campus - out of sheer laziness and without at least arranging an open forum for more students to discuss the is-
sue. Unlike the 30 Senate members and the majority of the 121 students who responded to the Facebook poll, I believe that installing the electronic billboards would compromise the integrity of our school. Also, I don’t think the administration has really provided enough information about the boards to warrant the installation. Who’s going to end up footing the bill for keeping the boards lit up 24/7 after the initial lump some of cash that EIU is
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getting for whoring itself out to the corporate machine dries up? And doesn’t EIU like to paint itself as a “green” university? I wonder how much energy lighting those boards is going to use in the long run. When would they be installed? And where? What’s going on? Eastern: why aren’t you listening to your students? Don’t you care about what we REALLY think? -Nico Canaday Senior English Major
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Parrott added that finding employees for Charleston’s Villa Nova was more challenging than the Mattoon location. He said many of their Charleston customers urged the owners to try to overcome the initial trial stages of a new business, but the bar and grill still decided to discontinue. “Some were upset,” Parrott said. “They would say, ‘Man, just stick it out a couple more weeks,’ but we were just getting tired.” Parrott said the customers at the Mattoon location are more diverse in age, which also lends to a larger profit for the bar and grill. “They’re not just students,” he said. “Students have tendency to want something for a dollar.” Parrott said he believes those students that do venture to the Mattoon location are drawn in by the appeal of being away from Charleston. “They like to get a bus and come over here,” he said. Parrott said the restaurant is in the process of moving the equipment from the former Charleston location to Mattoon’s location. He added that some of the employees will continue working on a part-time basis. Parrott said he is glad to continue running the Mattoon Villa Nova Bar & Grill and will continue to stay open under the same operation and hours.
Kelly Ann Hennessy, a sophomore communication studies major, Kara Weiss, a sophomore kinesiology and sports studies major, and Emily Schekel, a sophomore special education major, converse Monday afternoon on the North Quad. High temperatures brought many students out to enjoy the weather.
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Art Hour returns to library Children explore art at Charleston Carnegie Library By Maggie Hockenberry Staff Reporter
Beginning Oct. 11, the children of Charleston will have the opportunity to be a part of Art Ho u r, a p ro g r a m d e s i g n e d f o r children to explore art and the different medias, at Charleston Carnegie Public Library. Beth Lugar, program coordinator of Art Hour, said during this program, now its second semester of operation, students will be able to construct and display their own projects. Sh e s a i d s h e h o p e s c h i l d re n will want to attend the program b e c a u s e m a n y c h i l d re n i n t h e community are not exposed to art in school anymore. Each program will begin with a book or story related to the project, Lugar said. The project and goal of the day will then be introduced and presented to the class. Students will then be able to begin their work. Students will learn about art, but also will gain confidence, Lugar said. After the children finish their projects they will stand in front of the class and display their artwork. Sh e s a i d t h i s s h ow - a n d - t e l l type setting will allow students to show off their work and receive critiques from the class. Both students and Lugar will give the students suggestions and compliments towards their work. “ While we are critiquing, it becomes more of a group project, not just an individual thing,” she said. “All the students work
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to discuss the likes and dislikes of the project being displayed.” Lugar said she has purchased large display boards for the children’s artwork that she will showcase at the library. Tow a rd t h e e n d o f t h e p ro gram, students will hopefully have enough work to have a display exhibit, she said. “I want students to be proud of their work and realize they are doing a great job,” Lugar said. Lugar said after the budget cuts at Carl Sandberg Elementary School and Charleston High School suffered last year, the Library wants to still be able to give children the opportunity to show their artistic side. “I know how disappointed the children are due to the loss of art and I don’t want to take that away from them,” she said. Lugar, who said she always has enjoyed art and even majored in it, said she wants to use her talents to help children. She said the program will expose children to various forms of media, such as tessellations, cubism, a mummy case, a drawing of a tennis shoe and the construction of clay monsters. Lugar said she has spent time choosing projects that she feels all children will enjoy and learn from. “We are rebuilding the library staff slowly and we want to have events that benefit the children of the community,” Lugar said. Lugar said she will also have the help of a retired elementary school teacher, Chris Wesch, for Art Hour. “Her enthusiasm and experience makes her a great help to the program,” she said. Lugar said students will bond throughout this experience be-
Art Hour • Starts on Oct. 11 • Program is designed for children to explore art and different medias • Continues from 4 to 5 p.m. until Dec. 5 at Charleston Carnegie Public Library • Students will be able to display their own projects • Each program will begin with a story related project and have a project of the day
cause they will be among their peers. T h e y o u n g e r c h i l d re n l e a r n from the older children making it like a mentor program, she said. Home schooled students also enjoy the program because they interact with other children and receive credits, Lugar said. Lugar said she encourages the students of Eastern to also come explore the library and the things it has to offer. “ I w a n t t o g i ve b a c k t o t h e c o m m u n i t y, b e c a u s e a r t w a s a huge influence on my life,” she said. Although most of the supplies for Art Hour are already available, Lugar said donations are very much appreciated. The community can donate items for the Ar t Hour to use during their programs. C h i l d re n a g e s 8 a n d u p a re welcome to enroll in this program at no cost. Art Hour will continue from 4 to 5 p. m. until Dec. 5 at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library. Maggie Hockenberry can be reached at 581-2812 or mahockenberry@eiu.edu.
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EGYPT, from page 1 Lanham said over the time since ancient Egypt, archeologists have found different artifacts. Tablets, artworks and sculptures have been found that document the life of the past. Lanham said these artifacts look like decorations, but they really tell the story of the past. “The amazing thing is that these people have found ways of documenting their lives and what was interesting to them,” Lanham said. Some of the more modern examples of documentation include papers, books, dances and artworks. Lanham said the journal written by Anne Frank was an example of documentation. “We have described for us an epic event in the world just by a child who wrote something down
each day,” Lanham said. Lanham said he hoped the audience members learned that documenting their life is important and hoped they start telling their complete story for those who come after them. Lanham said ever yone is responsible for documenting what happens in the world. This is important because it leaves a mark on the world; it helps people remember what happened in other times. “You know the seconds go in life and they are gone, but if you have some reminders, some souvenirs, it’s easier for those who come behind us to understand what we were like,” Lanham said. Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
MIDTERMS, from page 1 Majors such as art usually call for different preparation. Jessica Parmenter, a senior art major, said art midterms are focused on the five senses as well as projects. “In the past, I would stay at the studio until 2 a.m. with my classmates and order pizza while we worked on our projects,” Parmenter said. “Because they are large projects, I usually end up working on it until very late the day before it’s due, but I had also been working on it tirelessly the weeks prior.” Melanie Mills, a communications studies professor, said she usually tries to have a review session for students, which serves as an opportunity to ask for clarification or additional explanation of class concepts. Everything depends on the students wanting and seeking out
help, Mills said. Peggy Manley, a Booth Library administrative assistant, said she has seen a consistent spike in numbers of students at the library when midterms or finals are coming up. Manley said in August 2010, the library counted 26,826 stud e n t s a n d b y S e p t e m b e r, t h e count had grown to 66,699. Before either midterms or finals, the library sees a more than 10,000 student increase, usually in September and April, Manley said. “The best way to prepare for tests is to read the book when it is assigned, be there for class discussions and ask a lot of questions,” Mills said. Lauren LaPlante can be reached at 581-2812 or lblaplante@eiu.edu.
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Eastern swimming is under the guidance of a new head coach because former skipper Matt Bos left to take a similar job at Summit League rival Indiana University/Purdue University- Indianapolis. When Bos left this past May, it was bad enough that he had given up coaching his alma mater after just three years at the helm, but to defect to the team’s conference rival? Bos was the first coach to take the head spot after Ray Padovan, who coached at Eastern for decades, even coaching Bos himself when Bos swam at Eastern. Maybe it was a matter of money; maybe it was something else – I don’t know. All I can say is that if it were me coaching for my alma mater, having taken over for the guy who coached me during my career, there would have to be some serious kind of change going on to get me to leave. Bos’s wife, Amanda, also left her position as assistant athletic director for development over the summer, so maybe it was a family thing; maybe they both decided they wanted to leave Eastern. Again, nobody except Matt and Amanda know that for sure. During his three years as head coach at Eastern, Bos helped Panther swimmers set 37 school records and earn 33 all-conference honors, according to eiupanthers.com. Last season, The Panther women beat
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Brad Kupiec IUPUI by a half point in the Summit League Championships, and the men beat the Jaguars by 240 points. With this in mind, it can’t be that Bos left Eastern to coach a better team, in fact quite the contrary. Maybe it was because of location. Maybe the Bos family just wanted a new home with their 2-year-old daughter, which brings it back to the money. Maybe IUPUI made Bos an offer he couldn’t refuse, maybe it was simply an offer Eastern could not or would not match. Whatever the reason behind it, Matt Bos is no longer the head swim coach at Eastern, that distinction now belongs to Elliot McGill, who was a graduate assistant coach under Bos last year. All this should make for an interesting match-up in two weeks’ time when the Panthers travel to Indianapolis to take on Bos and the Jaguars in their first league action of the season. Brad Kupiec can be reached at 581-7944 or bmkupiec@eiu.edu.
COMEBACK, from page 8 Heal led the team with 15 points, Hahne was second with 10 points and Doyle was third with eight total points. Around the NCAA In other rugby action, the West Chester Golden Rams beat the Delaware Blue Hens by a score of 80-0. The Bowdoin Polar Bears improved on their perfect record and now sit at 7-0 on the season. The Polar Bears survived a scare 22-19 scare from Tufts University. The Norwich Cadets ran their winning streak to five and now sit at 9-1 on the season after beating the Coast Guard
53-0. The Quinnipiac Bobcats were also in action over the weekend but fell victim to defeat. Vassar University beat the Bobcats 38-5. The Panthers will be in action again this weekend when they will travel to Hamden, Conn., to take on the Quinnipiac Bobcats in the second of three match-ups this season. The Panthers beat the Bobcats in their first meeting, 24-0. Jordan Pottorff can be reached at 581-7942 or jbpottorff@eiu.edu.
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After being on the road for Family Weekend, the Eastern volleyball team currently holds a 4-15 overall record and a 2-7 record in the Ohio Valley Conference. Sophomore Reynae Hutchinson and junior Emily Franklin led the team in kills and digs. Hutchinson led all players in kills with 13 and had eight digs in Friday’s loss to Tennessee-Martin while Franklin had five kills and five digs. This duo has been racking up statistics for weeks now, with each holding numbers in the hundreds for digs and kills. Franklin has 194 kills and 141 digs while Hutchinson has 172 kills and 138 digs. Around the OVC Eastern Kentucky swept Tennessee Tech 3-0 on Saturday. Eastern Kentucky have now won five of their past six matches, including Friday’s shutout of Jacksonville State. Eastern Kentucky (11-9, 6-3 OVC) won by scores of 25-18, 2519 and 25-22. Sophomore Ashley Edmond, freshman Hannah Burkle, and freshman Abbey Cvelbar led the beating with a combination of statistics. Edmond led the Eastern Kentucky onslaught with 11 kills while Burkle had nine kills and three blocks. Cvelbar totaled 27 assists, seven kills and two blocks.
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis’s senior goalkeeper Tyler Keever earned this week’s defensive player of the week award. Keever was awarded his second victory of the season in a 1-0 win over the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He made five saves, while extending his streak to 225 minutes without allowing a goal. Around the Summit League Oral Roberts was able to beat non-conference opponent Valparaiso 3-2. The Golden Eagles fell be-
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Jackson Avenue Coffee (J.A.C.) is a location to go blowoff steam, study for hours on end and socialize as the creamy fragrance of lattes, cappuccinos and hot chocolates stream though the air. J.A.C., located at 708 Jackson Ave., may sound like an unusual place for a concert setting, but Dan Reible believes it is the perfect location for live music that has not been offered to Charleston in some time. “In the Charleston area there is no place to relax and listen to music except for a bar,” Reible said. “I’d like a place where people can come relax, have a cup of coffee, sandwich, bagel and take it easy and listen to some good acoustic music.” Reible and his wife Vicki are currently shuffling through papers in order to become the rightful owners of J.A.C.
Reible moved to Mattoon in 1984 after serving in the Navy and soon became a truck driver, traveling the nation with his wife. Reible has played for various bands in the past and mentioned to his friend, Ryan Dawson and the current owner of J.A.C., he was looking for a place to host weekly concerts on Saturday evenings. Dawson then asked Reible if he ever pictured himself owning a café. Reible expressed an interest, and soon, Dawson offered to sell the business. Dawson said the Reibles’ have been his customers since J.A.C. opened nearly eight years ago. “I planned on going back to school this summer to complete a degree in teacher’s certification,” Dawson said. “We were ready to move on to new things. I figured it is best not to run anything into the ground, so I offered to sell the place.” Dawson has high hopes for
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the future of J.A.C. and feels as as though hosting live musicians every Saturday night is only the beginning of the growth J.A.C. will see. The first Saturday night performer will be “Reverend” Robert Reynolds Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m. at J.A.C.
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“Reverend” Robert Reynolds plays his guitar; He will play acoustic at 8 p.m. on Saturday at Jackson Avenue Coffee.
None of the performances will come with a cover cost, but instead a hat will be passed around around for donations, which go entirely to the artist. Robert Reynolds is a musician who plays blues music from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ’40s, and is glad Reible is opening his doors to local musicians. Reynolds said he has known Reible for a while because they have been playing music together through the years. “It is good to play one close to home. This is more intimate than the festivals and blues bars I’ve been playing at lately,” Reynolds said. “I play electric when I’m with my band, but this show will be all acoustic.” The intimate setting offers a place for begging and practiced musicians alike. Reible wants to show people in Charleston music they may not have heard before. He plans to host various artists from various genres each weekend. “I’ve got things booked all the way through the end of June,” Reible said. “It’s mostly people I have heard in the area and a lot of local musicians. We are open
to all different styles. It doesn’t matter if I personally like it or not. It’s whatever I think our customers will like.” Reible said his customers are an eclectic group, and notices that he has a lot of high schoolers come there every evening. He said parents know it is a safe place. Reible said he is open to any style of music and musicians who are interested in performing the Saturday night events should come out to J.A.C. Open Mic Night every Thursday. These open mic sessions are used as auditions of sorts for the diverse music Reible hopes to incorporate with the Saturday night performances. In addition to the open mic night artists, Reible searches the Web and various local music hot spots in order to find performers. “I’m hoping to get a lot of music in here that people haven’t experienced before,” Reible said. “People may have heard blues, but it probably isn’t the old delta blues that (Reverend Robert) will be playing.” Brad York can be reached at 581-7942 or at bayork@eiu.edu.
The 7th Street Underground will turn into a concert venue tonight at 5:30 as the Colleges Against Cancer group hosts its second Rock it for Relay concert. The benefit concert will feature the three local bands Good Morning Midnight, Cured by Fire and Madison’s Avenue, and one solo musician, Jenna Jackley. Tickets are $5 at the door and can be purchased starting at 5 p.m. All proceeds go to the Colleges Against Cancer’s Relay for Life team, and will ultimately be given to the American Cancer Society. Kyle Swalls, guitarist and vocalist for Good Morning Midnight, has witnessed the devastation of cancer first hand. Swalls said his grandma is fighting against cancer. “It’s a constant struggle dealing with it,” Swalls said. “A lot of time the chemo won’t be as effective, and they will try a new method and stuff. And so just knowing the constant struggle makes me want to do something like this and raise money for an individual who is having the same, who is dealing with the same kind of suffering.” This band along with Cured by Fire is playing at Friends & Co. later in the evening. They were willing to book two gigs in one night to show their support. “We feel that playing this gig will allow people to see that rock and roll and the whole style of it isn’t just about being on your own and not really caring about anyone else,” Logan Richardson, Madison’s Av-
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Good Morning Midnight band members Elgin Combs (guitarist), Michael “Woody” Woodring (drummer), Kyle Swalls (vocalist and guitarist) and Chad Barton (bass guitarist and vocalist) volunteered to play tonight at the Rock it for Relay event to help raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.
enue lead singer, said. “We really do care about the issue of breast cancer and cancer in general,” Richardson continued. “Because some people
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Jenna Jackley is a Mattoon High School student and will be playing at the 7th Street Underground tonight at 5:30 p.m.
close to us have had it and, luckily, they have recovered from it.” Many of the bands playing are new to Eastern’s campus. Richardson said performing at the concert would be an opportunity to expose students to a different kind of local music. Good Morning Midnight is an indie and alternative rock band. Beginning nearly a year ago and stationed in Marshall, the group is fresh to the Charleston music scene, but has played in the 7th Street Underground before for a canned food drive. Cured by Fire is a Charleston metal band. Megan Givens, the concert coordinator said the group sounds similar to Metallica or Godsmack and does a good job of getting a crowd going. Their influences come from those bands and others like Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crue and Black Sabbath. Jenna Jackley is a Mattoon High School student who plays the guitar and sings. “She is just memorizing to watch,” Megan Givens said. “She is in high school, so she is still very young, but the caliber of voice she has is just amazing.”
Madison’s Avenue is another young alternative rock band from Charleston that has been putting out their own music for eight months. The group has played all over Charleston, in Havana and in Centralia, but tonight will be one of their first times playing on campus. Givens, a junior elementary education major, said all the bands are hard working and were booked because they came recommended by other artists. The Colleges Against Cancer has raised more than $5,000 through their fall breast cancer T-shirt sales and other fundraisers. They have pledged to raise $8,000, and across campus different groups have pledged to raise $70,000 for the American Cancer Society. Last year, the concert drew a small crowd, but Givens is hoping for more public support. “What ever little amount can put towards the American Cancer Society will help in some way,” Givens said. Colleen Kitka can be reached at 581-7942 or crkitka@eiu.edu.
Spring is a season that brings a refreshing smell into the air as the trees begin to bud and the winter chills become dormant. It is a time for new life to see the wonders of Charleston. With new life comes new ambitions. New ambitions mean new music, and for Charleston that means new events. A fresh take on the Charleston festival scene is exactly what Scott Chaplinski has been planning for nearly a year with the event Square Fest. “I started thinking in February that it was about time to get it going with everything going on with Celebration, Woodchuck Music Festival, there’s finals, there’s Easter. I realized it was crunch time to get it going,” Chaplinski said. Square Fest will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday through 1 a.m. Sunday. The event will take place on Charleston’s square at the bars Mother’s, Friends & Co., Mac’s Uptowner and Top of the Roc. The event will cost $12 and allow patrons 21 and over admittance into any of the bars and performances. Chaplinski said getting the bars involved was the first part of organizing the event, and after he explained the potential benefits they jumped on board. “I kind of just threw it out there,” Chaplinski said. “They’ve given me good ideas, and they appreciate the ideas that I have. They’ve been very helpful with everything I’ve been doing.” Chaplinski has been wanting to get the bars involved with a festival event for more than year and said he feels that now was the best time to bring it all together. “We are hoping it brings a lot of business to the square,” Chaplinski said. “We hope it is going to be a nicer day. It’s a good window of a month and a half of good weather to show all these people,
‘Hey there are all these other great bars in town, and not just the ones near Lincoln (Avenue.).” Many of the featured acts will be Charleston based groups such as Mugwump Specific, Andy Van Slyke and Staff Blues Band while others such as DJ Illith, Poundcake and Ryan Arnold stem from locations throughout the state. “I figure this was a great networking opportunity for a lot of bands,” Chaplinski said. “We are pulling in bands from the Kankakee area, and some musicians from Champaign area. It’s bands that I like, and I know that other people (like).” Chaplinski said most of them are younger bands that have only been playing for a year or two and that many times a band that has been playing for four to five years need a guarantee that they are getting paid. “Having never done anything like this before I didn’t want to make promises to a bunch of people that I can’t fulfill.” Chaplinski said. In fact, much of the money for producing the event was saved up by Chaplinski himself. He hopes that the $12 cover is enough to give some of the traveling bands money to cover their gas costs and without being too high to deter college students and community members from coming out. One local musician, Mitch Davis, a senior management information systems major, saod he plans on showing the crowd some new tunes to commemorate the new event. “I mainly like to get people dancing, but I also play some more chill stuff,” Davis said. “I don’t want people to get burnt out, so I’ll make new songs before the shows. New shows get me motivated to make new songs. (Square Fest) is going to be so new. There’s going to be so many different people playing at so many different bars. I don’t really know what to
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Mitch Davis, a senior management information systems major, rehearses new songs and freshens up on older material Wednesday evening in his home as he prepares for today’s Square Fest event.
expect. That’s why I am expecting to play in front of a totally new crowd, so I really got to try to pump people up.” With a wide variety of performances including blues, rock, jam band, electronic and rap everyone is beginning to develop expectations for the new event and Chaplinski is no different. “I want to be able to be out on the square, outside the bars and see people
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Junior middle hitter Alison Berens stretches to bump the ball Oct. 1 during a match against Morehead State in the fieldhouse of Lantz Arena.
Eastern Kentucky broke a 6-6 tie in the first set and led an 8-0 run to take control and cruise to victory. The second set went back and forth as Eastern Kentucky committed an error to allow Tennessee Tech to make it a two-point game, 2018. Howe ve r, E a s t e r n Ke n t u c k y buckled down and took the next five out of the final six points to take the set and a 2-0 lead in the match. Much like the second, Eastern Kentucky thought they could coast into an easy victory, but a kill by Edmond in the third set stretched the Eastern Kentucky led to six, 1913, but Tennessee Tech cut the deficit to within one, 23-22. Back-to-back errors would then cost Tennessee Tech the match and inevitably give Eastern Kentucky the set. Austin Peay State swept Mur-
ray State (25-15, 25-21, 43-41) in three-sets. Austin Peay and Murray State combined for a third set that will go down as the longest in OVC history and second longest in NCAA history. The 43-41 final score was the highest point total for a set since Ma n h a t t a n d e f e a t e d R i d e r b y a margin of 45-43 during the 2009 season which stands as the NCAA Division I record. Austin Peay’s 43 points in the set are the second-most by a team during the current 25-point scoring system. The third set featured 27 ties and 10 led changes and were led by junior Nikki Doyle, who had six of her team-best 15 kills in the third set alone. Lenny Arquilla can be reached at 581-7944 or lrarquilla@eiu.edu.
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having a good time,” Chaplinski said. “I want to hear, sort of over-hear, what they did like and what they didn’t like. I just think there will be a lot of good vibes coming. Perfect conditions for me, is hearing that people had a great time.” Brad York can be reached at 581-7942 or bayork@eiu.edu.
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hind 2-0 in the second half; however, their offense was able to get on track in the second half scoring three goals in route to their fourth win of the season. Jarrett Hamilton led the team with two goals. Oral Roberts record now stands at 4-7 overall and Valparaiso fell to 5-5-2. IUPUI beat UMKC 1-0 in a close conference match. The game was scoreless until the 83rd minute when Galen Cassady connected on the game-winning goal. The win improves IUPUI to 3-7 overall and 1-0-1 in the Summit
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Freshman center Madison Kissner attempts to tackle a University of Minnesota player Sept. 10 during a game on Lakeside Field.
Rugby makes comeback Still undefeated through six games By Jordan Pottorff Staff Reporter
Eastern improved its record to 6-0 for the third time in four years. Eastern and Wisconsin-Milwaukee met on the field over the weekend in the battle of the Panthers.
The two teams, both named the Panthers, was a close one after 40 minutes of play, as Eastern held a 10-7 lead. Eastern played a very sloppy and lackadaisical first half that had head coach Frank Graziano questioning his team’s passion and commitment. He said he Panthers repeatedly made uncharacteristic mistakes that halted their offensive attack time and time again. “We didn’t do anything right in the first half,” Graziano said.
“ We didn’t pass well and we didn’t tackle well; it was very frustrating.” The second half was a different story for Eastern, as it began to pull away from Wisconsin-Milwaukee. T h e Pa n t h e r s f o u n d t h e i r groove in the second half and their offensive attack rattled off 36 consecutive points after giving up the lead early in the second half. The scoring duo of junior Kayla Heal and sophomore Cara
Hahne were at it again as they combined for five tries in the 4615 win. Heal led the Panthers with three try’s and Hahne was second with two. The Panthers were spreading the wealth on Saturday as five different players recorded assists. Senior Narissa Ramirez, freshman Ellen Wilson, junior Lauren Doyle, junior Stefanie Mahan and senior Tina Crema each dished out an assist in the win. COMEBACK, page 7
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Eastern’s men’s soccer team moved to an even .500 with a 2-1 win over Summit League rival Oral Roberts. The Panthers are now 5-5-1 overall and 1-1-1 in conference matches. The five wins are now more than the Panthers won all of last season. Last year, Eastern finished with a 4-12-1 record and only scored nine goals. Eastern has connected on 14 goals already this season. In Summit League matches only, the Panthers rank second in shots with 37, trailing only Oral Roberts (43). Eastern and Oral Roberts are the only teams that have played three conference matches this season. Mills and Keever named Summit League Players of the week Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne’s freshman forward Jason Mills won the
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Sophomore goalkeeper Tyler Kelley prepares to throw the ball back into play during Eastern’s 2-1 victory over Oral Roberts Friday at Lakeside Field.
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against Western Illinois. The three points in one match marked a career-high for the freshman.
Mills has two goals and five assists so far this season.
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Swimmers sink against Butler team By Brad Kupiec Staff Reporter
Eastern’s women’s swimming team lost its first match of the season Friday as it fell to Butler by a final score of 110-93. The meet was the Panthers’ first under new head coach Elliot McGill, who was hired after former coach Matt Bos resigned. Bos took a similar spot at Summit League rival Indiana University/Purdue UniversityIndianapolis. McGill spent last year as a Panther graduate assistant coach, with duties including developing a weight training program and dryland exercise regimens. McGill swam at Eastern before graduating in 2009 with his bachelor’s degree. “Our women came out tonight and fought hard,” McGill said. “Unfortunately, Butler touched the wall before we did in a few close races, which proved to be the deciding factor.” McGill said swimmers who stood out included juniors Hailey Foss in the 200- and 500-Freestyles and Kelli Dicanio in the 200 IM. Also making waves was sophomore Rebecca Ruffin, who set a personal-best in the 100 Fly. McGill said the meet will provide a good benchmark for where the team is at in its training. “For where we are at in our training I think we are prepared to take some giant steps forward over the next two weeks,” McGill said. “(Friday night) we set a solid foundation and are now prepared to take the next steps forward in our training.” Friday night in Padovan Pool in Lantz Arena, the men’s swim team also saw its first action in an inter-squad exhibition meet, with the Gray squad beating the Blue team 81-77. “We showed some good signs in various races, but displayed some weaknesses in others,” McGill said. “We also had a couple of mental errors and race strategies that need to get ironed out before our first real meet.” The Panthers will have their next action in two weeks as the men and women will travel to Indianapolis to take on Bos and the IUPUI Jaguars on Oct. 21. Brad Kupiec can be reached at 581-7944 or bmkupiec@eiu.edu.