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Charleston Fire Department loads an unidentified male victim into an Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter headed for Carle Foundation Hospital, a level-one trauma center in Urbana, on Sunday at Sister City Park. The victim was involved in an accident, believed to be a dirt bike accident, south of Charleston, said Assistant Fire Chief Steve Bennett.
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Board of Trustees approves union contracts, upgrades By Robyn Dexter In-depth Editor
The Board of Trustees approved a four-year faculty contract that includes a 1.5-percent pay increase and changes to summer pay and the faculty rotation schedule for the summer at its meeting Friday. Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois Local 4100 ratified the tentative agreement on Sept. 17, which will affect more than 650 employees in the bargaining union. Roger Kratochvil, the chairman of the board, said the agreement is effective Sept. 1, 2012, through August 31, 2016. For summer courses, all faculty will be paid a rate of 78 percent of the member’s monthly salary for the first three years, and the pay will increase to 80 percent in the fourth year of the contract. The board also approved the upgrade and purchase of new wireless networking equipment as well as the purchase of new books and online resources for Booth Library. William Weber, the vice president for business affairs, addressed the board on the need for new wireless networking equipment. He said Eastern had a major networking upgrade in 2004 to the infrastructure, and the equipment from then is beginning to deteriorate. “We have in place a four-phase plan for replacing and upgrading our various network switches,” he said. “This purchase would be for phase one of the upgrade process.” The process will cost $305,0169.50 and will be put in place over the next few years. The board also addressed the addition of new resources to Booth Library. This is a purchase made annually and includes addition of books, journals, databases, abstracts, indexes, yearbooks and newspapers, and is not limited to just print, but to electronic media as well. Weber said Eastern has been doing business with EBSCO Information Services for many
years and that EBSCO’s online research databases are some of the primary content providers in Illinois. “Through this purchase, our faculty, staff and students get access to a wide variety of journals and other publications,” he said. The amount, which is not to exceed $725,000, comes from appropriated funds. Allen Lanham, the dean of library services, said the library has been moving toward electronic resources because patrons can access them all over the world. This sparked discussion with the board about the benefits and downfalls of electronic resources over print resources. “The decision for the library here at Eastern to move to electronic access is for the convenience of faculty and staff as well as for the actual library, because we don’t have to have print journals on the shelf,” he said. President Bill Perry said the most important thing about library resources is access. “Electronic resources at our library or at any library in the consortium save us money and time that we can invest in our students,” he said. Perry said another benefit of electronic resources is space. “If you can buy things electronically, you don’t have to have that shelf space,” Perry said. “We will always want certain resources like historic books to be in print, but if you’re able to get more resources electronically, you don’t have to worry about expanding the library someday.” Labor agreements for the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 399 and the Teamsters Local were also approved. The board delayed the approval of a boardpolicy amendment proposal involving public comments until its next meeting, to take place at 1 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.
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A status hearing in the child pornography case against Eric L. Knuth, a former Information Technology Services employee, is set for 9 a.m. Monday. This will be the fourth status hearing since the case went to court in November 2010. Knuth is charged with displaying an image of child pornography on a laptop in December 2008. The record states that Knuth “displayed on an Apple MacBook Air an image of two girls (Knuth) knew or reasonably should have known to be under the age of 18…depicting the unclothed genitals and partially developed breasts of the girls.” According to a heavily redacted report by the Governor’s Office of Executive Inspector General, Knuth used his university laptop to download pornographic images, including some that were animated. Knuth was arrested Nov. 16, 2010, after the OEIG investigated and found 1,665 sexually explicit files on his university laptop. More than 300 of them were animated images of children engaging in sexual activity, according to the report. Two hearings occurred this summer, including a pre-trial hearing Aug. 6 and another hearing July 16.
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Students clean up lake By Al Warpinski Staff Reporter
Mattresses, old tires, rusty metal bed frames and dozens of beer cans were just some of the trash picked up at Lake Charleston on Saturday. The event, titled “Clean up Lake Charleston,” was sponsored by the Geoscience Club and the Earth Science co-ed Fraternity, Sigma Gamma Epsilon. More than 25 students helped pick up trash all around the lake, and by the end, students filled more than 30 bags with garbage. Kara Baker, a senior earth science major, said she felt she needed to do something about it. “I came to Lake Charleston with my friends three times this past summer, and every time we came, the water level kept going down, and more and more garbage kept appearing,” she said Baker told Diane Burns, the adviser of the Geoscience Club and a professor of geology and geography, about the alarming amount of garbage around the lake. Burns told her to run with it. “Kara got the ball rolling and just went with it,” Burns said. Burns said the club used to clean the lake every year, but a few years ago the event fizzled out and has not been done since. Baker organized a “Clean up Lake Charleston” Facebook group, coordinated four clubs from the geology/geography department, contacted the Charleston Parks and Recreation Department to reserve a time and booked a band to play during the clean-up. Despite the amount of volunteers, the clean-up still took more than three hours. John Zearing, the president of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, said he was shocked at the amount of garbage. “You know there is gonna be a lot of trash to clean up when the 'Do not litter' sign is surrounded by beer cans and Taco Bell wrappers,” Zearing said. Zearing said he did not realize how much garbage was around the lake.
“I think it would be awesome if we could clean the lake once a semester, but it would be even more awesome if we didn’t have to clean up the lake at all.” Kara Baker, senior earth science major
“It sucks that people treat Lake Charleston like this,” he said. Kaitlyn James, a sophomore geology major, agreed. She said she wanted to do something about the trash and help out. “We're geology majors,” James said. “I feel we're partly responsible to make sure the earth is clean.” After three hours of picking up trash, 32 large trash bags were filled. Bigger items like mattresses and rusty metal pieces were collected, piled up and placed near the trash heap. Baker led the way in separating plastic, glass and aluminum to be recycled. She said cleaning up the lake is just a small step to a cleaner environment, and it gets the word out to Eastern students, who might have never visited the lake, to come check it out. “It's actually a really pretty lake, and not many students know that,” she said. “I think it would be awesome if we could clean the lake once a semester, but it would be even more awesome if we didn't have to clean up the lake at all.” Al Warpinski can be reached at 581-2812 or apwarpinski@eiu.edu.
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Student Body President Kaci Abolt, a senior communication studies major, gets dunked in the Breast Cancer Awareness Dunk Tank Friday in the South Quad. Students and staff could pay $1 for three throws. The event was sponosred by the National Residence Hall Honary and the proceeds went to the Mill's Foundation of Champaign.
An international broadcaster and producer, who is an Eastern alumna, said that as an undergraduate, students should get as much experience as possible in the career field they want to pursue. The Office of International Students and Scholars honored Sarah Zaman as an EIU Global Ambassador on Friday. Zaman currently works for Voice of America, a U.S. federal broadcast agency for foreign countries, as a news anchor and producer. Students were able to have a question and answer session with her, and she brought light to many issues students face when searching for a career and talked about the pay off of hard work. “One thing I want you to take away is to not get intimidated,” Zaman said. “You will go through classes and struggle to get where you want to be, but you will see a pay off, only if you put forth the effort,” Zaman said. Zaman, who graduated from Eastern in 2005, is originally from Pakistan and has been in the United States since 2002. While attending Eastern, Zaman majored in communication studies. Originally, she said she wanted to go to business school, but
discovered she had a passion for television. Zaman said she was an extremely dedicated student. “ I f I d i d n’t g e t a n A , I couldn’t sleep at night,” Zaman said. Zaman worked her way through school and also worked for WEIU-TV. Zaman said her favorite part about her major was applying what she learned in the classroom to her job at WEIU. She said she believes that ever yone should have a unique skill set or niche to set them apar t in a competitive work force. “Being bilingual has definitely assisted in my success,” Zaman said. Gary Butterworth, Zaman’s husband, spoke about how being well rounded is also essential. Zaman said she understood how it felt to be an undergraduate student and how intimidating it was to see them successful in the future. Marissa Ross, a senior communication studies major, said she felt Zaman’s presentation was inspiring and motivating. “She was raw and completely forthright,” Ross said. “I will not be intimated or afraid of what I want to pursue in life.” Jazmin Smiley can be reached at 581-2812 or at jnsmiley@eiu.edu.
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Students can 'Discover Bangladesh' By Bob Galuski Staff Reporter
Starting this week, a series of presentations will introduce the campus to the cultures and history of Asia. The Asian American Association will be hosting the “Discover Bangladesh” presentation at 8 p.m. Monday as part of a series to inform students of different Asian countries, not just China and Japan. The presentation will be in the Casey Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Ann Ignalaga, president of the Asian American Association and a senior finance major, said this is the
first presentation of the year put on by the organization. Ignalaga said she wants to break a few of the stereotypes people may have about Asia, including the assumption Asia is only limited to certain countries, like Japan or China. “Really, Asia includes more than just China and Japan; it’s all of Asia, including Bangladesh,” she said. Ayeshah Hussain, the vice president of the Asian American Association, will be running the presentation based off of her own experiences. Ignalaga said Hussain’s presentation will encompass many aspects of Bangladesh—everything from the culture and traditions to the geography.
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Ignalaga said she is excited to see the presentation because Hussain is from Bangladesh, and it will give the presentation a personal touch with personal views. “I’ve heard her stories before, and they’re really good,” Ignalaga said. “It’ll be exciting to hear stories from someone who actually experienced Bangladesh’s culture and traditions.” Ignalaga said hearing about the culture and traditions of Bangladesh from the point of view of someone who has been there before will be a better experience than just reading about it. The presentation will occur after the Asian American Association’s general meeting on Monday.
Ignalaga said there will be a different presentation every two weeks for whoever is interested. She added that the next presentation will be on Korea or the Philippines. Ignalaga said the Asian American Association changed their time for presentations because attendance served as a problem in the past. “Each of our presentations has its ups and downs (for attendance), especially when we would have them in the early afternoon,” Ignalaga said. “With our evening time, we think more people will be able to attend.” Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or rggaluski@eiu.edu.
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Students work in classes as nude models By Seth Schroeder Opinions Editor
Steven Kutz does not talk to his mom about his part-time job; he said it makes her uncomfortable. Kutz is a nude model for Eastern’s life-drawing classes, which can mean posing naked in front of dozens of students several times a week. It is a parttime job that counts as work-study. Art professor Jenny Chi said nude models are used for the classes to give students a full sense of depth and anatomy. Kutz, a senior political science major, said he first heard about the job from a friend in ROTC who had done it before him. He said he originally took the job to have another story to tell people. “I guess I’m a little bit nuts,” Kutz said. “I had always Hollywooded it up in my mind like it’s a piece of legend.” He said being drawn so often has been a rewarding and humbling experience. Kutz said watching students develop their abilities is fascinating and has given him a new appreciation for the arts. In high school, Kutz said he did not respect the arts and focused mainly on working out and playing sports. Now he said he thinks what drawing students do is much harder than playing football. “I would never make fun of an artist for being an artist,” he said. He said he realized that everyone draws him differently. Kutz has been drawn as various Catholic saints and as the Greek god Zeus. He said he also has to see his flaws drawn as well. “People don’t draw you skinnier just because you gained weight,” Kutz said. He said after working as a model, he cares less about what other people think of him. “You realize you’re never going to be perfect,” Kutz said. While Kutz said the naked person in the room is the first thing people notice in the class, students are almost always more concentrated on their drawings than the nudity involved. Evelyn Lozano, a graduate art student, said after her first day in a figure
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Steven Kutz, a senior political science major, models for a Life Drawing class Wednesday in the drawing studio of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Models hold a pose for 20 minutes before taking a five-minute break. They are nude to give students a sense of depth and a full idea of human anatomy.
drawing class the 7-year-old in her head shut up and she was able to look at the model in a purely medical way. “This is not like looking at nudie pictures online,” Lozano said. Kutz agreed with Lozano. “This isn’t porn at all; this is art,” he said. During class, models pose for 20 minutes and then get a five-minute break. Students are not allowed to talk to or touch the model while the model is posing. Kutz said holding a pose is actual-
ly the most difficult part of the job. He said it is almost impossible not to move, and his arms and legs might fall asleep. Though he said he was initially nervous when he started the job his freshman year, after he worked with Chi he knew he would never be placed in a compromising situation. Chi said the life-drawing classes have a professional environment. She said she was personally hired to keep the tradition of figure drawing alive at Eastern, and she takes the job personally. Erica Young, a junior art major, said
life-drawing classes are where she has learned the most in a short amount of time. Nick Gunty, a graduate art student, said working on a figure drawing offers an opportunity to be more self-critical. He said it is easier to refine his drawing skills because it is easier to tell when a drawing of the human form is flawed. Gunty said this is challenging, but helps improve his accuracy. He said constantly dealing with the nudity in life-drawing classes makes it like white noise, and it blends in with
the rest of his day. He said it is a good metaphor for how nudity is seen in American culture. “It’s shocking, but it’s not necessarily taboo,” Gunty said. Kutz agreed with Gunty and said people get naked every day even if people usually are not looking at them. “It’s just a body,” Kutz said. “It’s just skin.” Seth Schroeder can be reached at 581-2812 or scschroeder2@eiu.edu.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters sets roots on campus By Ashley Holstrom Managing Editor
For senior sociology major Annie Hedger, being a part of Big Brothers Big Sisters is just part of her busy routine. She’s a college student, has a parttime job, interns at the Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters in Charleston and has mentored a little sister for about a year and a half. She is also president of the Big Brothers Big Sisters registered student organization, which just got the stamp of approval last spring, and she has big things planned. “We started it last year officially, but since it was our first year, we didn’t know what we wanted to do, so we didn’t get much accomplished,” Hedger said. This semester, they are getting it together. She said they want to focus on fundraising and service projects. Four meetings are scheduled for the semester because each one should be straightforward and organized, Hedger said. “We know exactly what we’re doing, what we’re going to do, the dates, times, everything,” Hedger said. “We don’t want to take a certain day out of
everyone’s week. Everyone has busy schedules already.” The first general information meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. ANNIE HEDGER Monday in the Paris Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Molly Romine, the vice president of the Big Brothers Big Sisters RSO, made clear that the organization is not just for mentors — it’s for anyone who wants to help the organization as a whole. “People feel like if they come to (the meeting) they have to become a big brother or big sister, but that’s not the point of the RSO,” Romine said. “Just do the events, you don’t have to become one.” Toq Lawrence, executive director of the Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters, said she is excited about the organization getting involved on campus. “It’s something we’ve been work-
ing on for two to three years, and we’re ver y excited to finally become a student organization last semester,” Lawrence said.
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Big programs, big goals The national organization has two programs: the community-based and the school-based. The community-based program, which Hedger is a part of, is one where a mentor is matched with a child who could benefit from having a mentor. Not all children involved in the program have less-than-satisfactory home lives, though, Hedger said. “Some kids have wonderful families, but there are just other circumstances that would make it beneficial for them to have a mentor,” Hedger said. Mentors spend 10 to 15 hours a month with their child, hanging out and talking about life.
Lawrence said mentors involved in the community-based program usually take their children out and about in the community, doing activities they both enjoy. “We don’t encourage spending lots of money because lots of things that cost money don’t involve a lot of conversation and getting to know each other,” Lawrence said. Romine said she and her little sister play sports, go the YMCA and get ice cream a lot. She said she was even brave enough to let her little sister give her a makeover once. “I had a 7-year-old do my makeup and my nails,” Romine laughed. “They were rainbow-colored. My face was a mess — I looked like a train wreck.” As for the school-based program, mentors go to their child’s school once a week to spend time with them during their lunch hour to play games and have fun. The nitty-gritty To be a big brother or big sister, mentors go through a few interviews and a screening process. They are asked for preferences, like interests, age group, ethnicity and religion, which are then matched with the child’s preferences. The organization tries to pair mentors
with children who have similar interests so they can do activities they both enjoy. “We want the volunteer to enjoy it as well,” Lawrence said. “If it’s a chore or not enjoyable, they won’t do it.” Cordy Love, the adviser for the Big Brothers Big Sisters RSO, said children need good role models, and he thinks Eastern students are great for the job. The Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters encompasses an eight-county area, and Lawrence said more than 100 children are still the waiting list for a mentor. “There are still so many kids who need matches, especially boys,” Hedger said. “Well over half still need a big brother, and they’ve been on the waiting list for more than a year.” Lawrence said children who participate in Big Brothers Big Sisters see many positive results, including a decrease in drug use and violence, having higher self-esteem, better grades, and better relationships with parents. “At the end of the day, it’s just Eastern’s way to give back to the community,” Love said. Ashley Holstrom can be reached at 581-2812 or alholstrom@eiu.edu.
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In the Sept. 18 edition of The Daily Eastern News, we reported on the growing options gluten-intolerant students have in making dietary decisions on campus. This is a great way to support part of Eastern’s community that often goes unnoticed. We applaud those involved and offer recognition to those responsible. Through the efforts of Housing and Dining Services officials, gluten-intolerant students can now find nutritional food options that fit their needs in the dining halls. All a student must do is call Housing and Dining to request where their food is served. Students are even given the opportunity to request their favorite foods, such as nachos and dessert items, to be gluten-free. Such effort deserves praise not only from gluten-intolerant students, but also praise from all students on campus. While the number of gluten-intolerant students on campus is low, Housing and Dining Services has taken the time and devoted the resources to give all students the same opportunity when it comes to finding a hardy meal. Housing and Dining Services officials even go out of their way to provide individual students with gluten-free food items as discretely as is comfortable for the student. Not only do these efforts provide glutenintolerant students with more options, the efforts also provide them with fair options. Gluten-intolerant students pay the same amount for their meal plans as all other students, yet their options are greatly limited. For campus officials to try to bridge this disparity is a worthy goal. Students involved in helping broaden the food options of fellow gluten-intolerant students also deserve praise. The Gluten Freedom Club was established Fall 2012 and has begun working with Housing and Dining to ensure gluten-intolerant students are provided with a diverse and satisfying meal. As well, the club has begun speaking with local restaurants to encourage glutenfree items be incorporated into menus. It can be hard for students to decide where to eat at in a smaller town such as Charleston with limited selections, but it can be even harder for students who have gluten-intolerance. By taking the step to promote more gluten-free items not only on campus but in the broader community, the Gluten Freedom Club has spread their purpose to the all of Charleston and its residents who might also suffer from the condition. Most importantly, the Gluten Freedom Club provides a supportive and educational environment to gluten-intolerant students who might feel excluded or have a lack of knowledge about their conditions. Not to mention club members can also swap ideas about how to prepare their own fulfilling gluten-free meals. We’re glad to see even a small part of our community receive this much support. This is the type of thing that makes our university strong. Making this sort of thing a habit is not just good for gluten-intolerant students, but for all students.
cara or blush—partly because I do not want to spend $50 on black pigments and wax to spread on and around my eyes—but mainly because I do not want to hide my natural beauty. Many of my sisters obsess over each detail and angle of their face—regretting the red pimple on their chin—convinced that every male counterpart will call them out on their believed imperfection. Beauty—as I have stressed over and over again—is in the eyes of the beholder. Makeup corporations such as Maybelline or Almay make a lot of money off of nitpicking women’s imperfections. Celebrities whose faces are Photoshopped—with all the blemishes and supposed imperfections—appear in flashy commercials promoting and brainwashing us into buying the newest mascara or lipstick. We compare ourselves to the hottest celeb-
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Campus efforts Be proud of your freckles, supposed imperfections I do not wear makeup. considered beautiful and a normal part of Most ladies get up in the morning and their society. help students spend hours on their face, perfecting the eyeNow, makeup and foot binding may not liner or applying the perfect shade of red lipbe in the same ballpark, but it shows that beauty norms are not always right and logieat easier, better stick.My mornings do not consist of black mascal.
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Elizabeth Edwards rities like Beyoncé or Drew Barrymore, even though their faces are manipulated in makeup commercials and posters. Part of the reason I neglect to decorate my face every day is I do not need to cover my face with the unknown chemicals in makeup. I am convinced that every time in high school I would apply foundation, the next day I would get a present of a pulsing red pimple on my face. Makeup is a social norm in our society that really makes no sense, especially when you compare it to other beauty norms in the past. For example, in ancient China women would bind their feet in order to prevent further growth. This painful social habit was
It is time to accept our imperfections, even though loving our natural beauty is not an easy journey. My freckles have always been something I disliked about myself when I was younger. In high school, I would apply large cakes of foundation, hoping they would just disappear. I have grown to accept the small dots that are sprinkled across my face because they set me apart and make me unique. I hope other ladies will grow to accept their supposed imperfections and start loving themselves. Ladies, rock your freckles and go barefaced. Accept your natural beauty. Elizabeth Edwards is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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Patience, commitment needed to make love work
In my previous column, I discussed the effects of long-distance friendships and communication. There is, however, another kind of long-distance relationship that is common among college students: the romantic long-distance relationship. The long-distance relationship with someone you perhaps love seems to always be dreaded by students. I’m in a long-distance relationship myself and they can work. Sometimes they may even be for the better. Romantic relationships take patience and commitment in order to be successful. In longdistance relationships I think that those two qualities are tested to the extreme. Patience is important to remember when you’re in a long-distance relationship. Not seeing your significant other every day, or even every other day, is hard to get used to. This is especially the case if you started dating while in your hometown. Coming to college with a boyfriend or girlfriend at home means you have to understand that you may not see that person for weeks at a time and you may not hear their
Jackie Capps voice every day. Patience is a virtue…right? My patience has been tested, but I have also found comfort in not seeing my boyfriend every day. I have learned to be more self-disciplined. If he were to come to Eastern, I feel like I’d put a lot of things on the back burner because I would want to spend as much time with him as possible. Yes, it is hard to go weeks without seeing him, and I bug him often about it, but when I look at how much I get done, sometimes I think it is a good thing that I don’t see him everyday. Commitment is another important quality to keep in mind when beginning a long-dis-
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tance relationship. If you are not 100 percent committed, then you should not even consider being in one. Going out and meeting people is a great part of the college experience. I’m not saying you should stay at home twiddling your thumbs, but I do think it is important to be aware of situations where alcohol can cloud your judgment. Cheating is rarely taken lightly. Commitment does not mean you can’t go out and have fun, it just means that you cannot be as careless as others may be. Don’t avoid these types of relationships just because you’re scared of them. I say go for it. Distance can make a relationship stronger. Of course relationships can work if they’re not long-distance. Any relationship can work if there is patience and commitment. But if your relationship already has these qualities, then adding distance can actually make your heart grow fonder. Jackie Capps is a junior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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Two plays honor playwright Theatre department weekend is success By Stephanie Markham Staff Reporter
The force of a mother’s love and the conflicts between women were the themes of two plays performed during the weekend. The Depar tment of Theatre Arts composed renditions of two o f Swe d i s h p l a y w r i g h t Au g u s t Strindberg’s plays in commemoration of the 100-year anniversary of his death. Students enacted “Mother Love” and “The Stronger” this past weekend in the Black Box Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. These plays are considered environmental theater because the audience is brought into the scene. The suppor ting staff set the stage to resemble a resort in St. Bart’s island for “Mother Love” and a bistro in Havana, Cuba, for “The Stronger.”
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They placed tables on the stage surrounding the actresses, which front-audience members could sit at, and sold pastries and coffee outside. The “Strindberg Café” presentation began with “Mother Love,” a 15-minute act featuring a girl’s struggle to distance herself from an overbearing mother. The girl discovered that her mother has lied to and manipulated her, and she had to deal with her complicated feelings. Michelle Williams, a sophomore theatre arts major, played the mother in the play. “I’m hoping that they perceived the mother as selfish and mean, even though she cared,” Williams said. Christopher Mitchell, the director of “Stindberg Café,” said a common theme for many of Stindberg’s works was complex relationships between women. “His ideas about gender relation are controversial even today,” Mitchell said. Mitchell also said Strindberg
could pack a lot of intensity into a small amount of time. “In a very short time, there is very intense character development and relationships,” Mitchell said. He said even though “ The Stronger” only had one character who spoke, there was drastic character development. Mrs. X was played by Grace Munoz, a sophomore theatre arts and psychology major, during the 30-minute act. Munoz’s character joined Miss Y, played by Graciela Gurnea, a freshman theater arts major, at a bistro table and ordered hot chocolate. She then deduced after rambling on about her marriage that Miss Y has had an affair with her husband, and everything her husband has influenced her to love, even hot chocolate, was a result of the tastes of Ms. Y. The conflict brewed as Mrs. X became increasingly enraged and Munoz said she had to intensify her anger.
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“Once we had an outline of what we wanted to do, it was all a matter of facial expression. It took a lot of research ahead of time before putting emotions into actions.” Graciela Gurnea, freshman theatre arts, psychology major
“I thought about how moms scold children,” Munoz said. Me a n w h i l e , G u r n e a h a d t o bring life to her character without words. “Once we had an outline of what we wanted to do, it was all a matter of facial expression,” she said. “It took a lot of research ahead of time before putting emotions into actions.” The audience was meant to decipher which woman was stronger. Landry Umbu, a junior biology major, was one of the audience members who had to decide who
was stronger. “I thought the quiet one was stronger, even though she was just sitting there listening,” Umbu said. “(Mrs. X) even said she was inspired by her.” The group will perform once more at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the University of Illinois at UrbanaC h a m p a i g n A r m o r y Fre e T h eatre.
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The San Francisco 49ers have been viewed as the class of the National Football League in the early goings of the season. That is, until Sunday afternoon when they fell flat on their face in a losing effort to the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 24-13. The upset by the Vikings begs the question, who is the elite team in the NFL? With only three undefeated teams remaining, in the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons and Houston Texans, that question should be easy to answer, but it isn’t. Houston comes as the most complete team of the three. The Texans have three all-pro caliber players on offense in quarterback Matt Schaub, running back Arian Foster and wide receiver Andre Johnson, those three alone are enough to win the AFC South. However, their defense may be just as dominant. The Texans ranked first in overall defense last season, and that has carried over into this year allowing a mere 8.5 points per game and 196 yards per game. With this their 10th year in the league, the Texans are seen as one the teams to beat in the NFL, and after years of losing seasons, this could finally be their year to take home the Lombardi Trophy. But isn’t that odd to say? The Houston Texans may be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy come season’s end, but something tells me it isn’t their time just yet. Nobody would have guessed that the Cardinals would be sitting at 3-0, especially after the preseason woes they saw at the quarterback position. Despite those offensive woes carrying over into the regular season, their hard-nosed defense is what has propelled them to this point. Whether or not they can keep this formula
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Panthers shutout for No class team fourth straight game seen in NFL The Eastern women's soccer team opened its Ohio Valley Conference schedule with a loss, falling 1-0 to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Sunday in Edwardsville. The Cougars found the back of the net early, with junior forward Erin DiGiovanni scoring just 1:51 into the match off a corner kick from freshman midfielder Cassidy Sherman. The goal was DiGiovanni's first goal of the season. The 1-0 loss marks the fourth straight match in which the Panthers have been shut-out. The team's last goal came on Sept. 7 in the 2-1 win at Evansville. The Panthers outshot Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 7-5 in the first half, but were then outshot 13-4 in the second half. Sophomore Allie Lakie led the Panthers in shots with three, one of which was on goal. Senior Kristin Germann had two shots on goal, but it wasn't enough, as the Panthers fall to 2-8 this season. Red-shirt junior Jessica Taldone was again in goal for the Panthers. Taldone made six saves in the contest. The Panthers are now 0-4-1 alltime against the Cougars, having never beaten their in-state rivals. Eastern head coach Summer Perala said the match between the two teams is always important because of the rivalry. “SIUE, in my opinion, will always be a main rival simply because we are in the same state and go after the same top players,” she said. The Panthers will continue conference play at 7 p.m. Friday against Jacksonville State in Jacksonville, Ala. Around the OVC Eastern Kentucky junior forward Nikki Donnelly scored twice in the final minutes of the Colonel's conference opener against Morehead State, giving them a 2-1 win in Richmond, Ky. After being down two goals, Donnelly scored with two minutes left in regulation, sending the match into overtime. Then, six minutes into overtime, Donnelly scored off an assist from
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Freshman forward/midfielder Briana Hickman moves the ball down Lakeside Field Sept. 9. The Panthers lost the game with a score of 0-1, one of the first of four losses for the Panthers.
freshman midfielder Mikala Ferguson. The goal was Donnelly's fifth of the season, making her the all-time leading scorer in Eastern Kentucky history with 13 career goals. Jacksonville State improved to 8-21 with a 2-1 win over Tennessee Tech in Sunday's conference opener in Cookeville, Tenn. Sophomore midfielder Jackie Rush scored both goals for the Gamecocks. Tennessee Tech drops to 2-6-1 with
the loss. Murray State won its first OVC match-up against Austin Peay on Sunday in Clarksville, Tenn., by a score of 1-0. Senior defender Veronika Pribyslavska scored the match's only goal on an unassisted goal in the 69th minute. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.
FOOTBALL, from page 8 “I am so proud of (Lora),” Babers said. “The guy never gives up and never surrenders. He’s everything you would want in a football player. If you get 95 players like that, you are going to win a lot of ball games and a lot of championships.” The 21 receptions set a program record and broke a 43-year old OVC record for catches in a game. His 269 receiving yards also set a program record for the most receiving yards in a game. “Honestly, I never thought I would set a record,” Lora said. “I set pretty high standards for myself, but never would I have thought I would break school and conference records. I have to give all the praise to the o-line, Jimmy (Garoppolo) and all the receivers.” Although Lora received the major-
ity of the praise for his record-breaking performance, red-shirt senior running back Jake Walker made a crucial play that kept the Panthers drive going in overtime. On 4th and 1, the Panthers elected to hand the ball to Walker in the hope of getting the first down. Walker was met behind the line of scrimmage by the Racer defense, but fully extended his body and the ball to give the Panthers the first down that set up the game-winning play. “That fourth down effort, are you kidding me,” Babers said. “You talk about Erik Lora’s performance, but if Walker doesn’t get that fourth down, we aren’t having this conversation. What an effort, unbelievable effort on fourth down to get us six more inches. Wow.”
Along with converting a crucial fourth down conversion, Walker rushed for 102 yards and became the 25th running back in Eastern history to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark for his career. Junior quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo also put up career-highs in the win, throwing for 393 yards and five touchdowns. He completed 39 of his 60 pass attempts. With the win, the Panthers move to 2-2 overall and 1-0 in conference play. They will be back in action when they host Austin Peay at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at O’Brien Field for Family Weekend. Jordan Pottorff can be reached at 581-2812 or jbpottorff@eiu.edu.
Anthony Catezone throughout an entire season is highly unlikely, simply because the NFL is a passing league and that is here to stay. While Atlanta boasts a high-powered offense, there are still question marks on defense for the Falcons, despite a 27-3 win over the San Diego Chargers Sunday afternoon. The Falcons rank in the middle of the league on defense, ranking 18th in points per game surrendering 22.5 and also 18th in yards per game giving up 364.5. If Matt Ryan keeps up his tremendous quarterback play for the Falcons, they should be poised for a high playoff seed, but until Ryan and the Falcons win a playoff game, they will only be seen as regular season performers. Every other team in the NFL has at least one loss, and with that loss each team has been exploited to a major weakness. So there is no class team in the NFL so far this year. Chances are, we’re not going to see a team dominate a regular season as much as the Green Bay Packers did in 2011. All that is left to do now is sit back and watch if a team will emerge and separate itself from the rest of the league, but as for right now, just enjoy the competitiveness. Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.
SOCCER, from page 8 But the score at the 69-minute mark wasn’t enough to spark a complete comeback for the Panthers. It has been commonplace for Eastern to have to come from behind in games this season. “We have played well in spurts and did so again Saturday, but we weren’t good enough over the 90 minutes to win the game,” Howarth said. Howarth said falling into holes in games this season has been the team’s biggest problem. “We have to get back to work, concentrate on not giving up restart goals and make sure we finish our chances,” Howarth said. The Panthers didn’t have enough chances Saturday, compared to IUPUI. The Jaguars had seven more shots on goal than the Panthers, 9-2.
Hyland had 10 total shots, including five of IUPUI’s nine on goal. In the games Eastern has lost this year, they’ve only scored the first goal one time – against Dayton; however, after scoring the opening goal, the Panthers gave up four straight and lost, 4-1. The Panthers also dug themselves into a big hole against Canisius, giving up three goals before they scored one. The Panthers, who are 2-7 this season, have shutout the opponents in each of their wins – against Loyola and Lipscomb. Eastern will have a week to try to fill the holes in practice. It’s next game is at 1 p.m. Sunday against Missouri-Kansas City. Alex McNamee can be reached at 581-2812 or admcnamee@eiu.edu.
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Soccer team drops league, season opener Panthers fall 2-1 to IUPUI over weekend By Alex McNamee Staff Reporter
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Jake Walker, a red-shirt senior wide reciever, tries to break a tackle from Darius Buck, a senior defensive back, during Saturday's game against Murry State. The Panthers won the game in overtime on a two-point conversion putting them up 50-49.
Panthers go for 2, get win By Jordan Pottorff Sports Editor
Coming off a double overtime loss to in-state rival Illinois State, Eastern found itself in another overtime battle against Ohio Valley Conference foe Murray State. This time, the Panthers got the 50-49 win on a twopoint conversion call by first-year head coach Dino Babers.
“(The two-point conversion call) wasn’t something that was automatic,” Babers said. “I think conference games are different than non-conference games, and when you are at home it’s different than being away. I’d rather try to win it with our offense than with our defense, and I thought it was the right thing to do.” The two-point conversion was a
reverse play that had red-shirt junior wide receiver Erik Lora finding red-shirt senior Von Wise in the corner of the end zone for the game winning play. “I was in the tight end spot, and I ran a simple corner route and the defender outside of me bit on the play, and just that split second he came in gave me enough time to get inside of him,” Wise
said. “Erik (Lora) made a good throw. It may have not been a pretty throw, but it got there and we made the play.” Along with throwing the gamewinning pass, Lora shattered multiple school records and OVC records in the receiving game, totaling 269 yards and three touchdowns on 21 receptions. FOOTBALL, page 7
The Eastern men’s soccer team lost its Summit League season opener Saturday, being forced to try to come from two goals behind and coming up short. Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis’ Kyle Hyland, the league’s top offensive player, scored both of IUPUI’s goals in the game – the first coming on a penalty kick at the 43-minute mark. IUPUI was given a penalty kick opportunity after the referees ruled that Eastern freshman defender Conor Bartuch intentionally batted the ball down with his hand in the goal box. Eastern head coach Adam Howarth said the call could’ve gone either way. “It was ball-to-hand, not hand-to-ball,” Howarth said. “Tough on our luck this year.” Hyland, the league leader in goals and points, scored and came out six minutes into the second half and scored again to give IUPUI an insurmountable two-goal lead. “Hyland works very hard on and off the ball, which makes him very good,” Howarth said. Eastern wouldn’t be shutout, though. Redshirt freshman forward Garet Christianson scored his first goal of the season after leading the Panthers in shots all season. Sophomore forward Will Butler connected with Christianson on a cross into the goal box, which Christianson headed in. SOCCER, page 7
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Panthers lose home-, OVC-opening matches Team drops 0-2 in conference play By Ashley Holstrom Managing Editor
Wi t h s t o r m s a p p r o a c h i n g Charleston Friday night, delaying the Charleston vs. Mattoon high school football game at O’Brien Field, fans flocked to Lantz Arena to escape the rain — especially those of the Mattoon Green Wave. Roaring fans clad in green and gold cheered on Mattoon native Reynae Hutchinson — complete with chants of “Let’s go Hutch” — for her volleyball team’s conferenceopening match against Southeast Missouri. The junior outside hitter said it felt good to have such a crowd for the team’s home-opener. “It was good to see that big of a crowd out here — not just for me, but for the whole team,” Hutchinson said. “When we came out that first set we were ready to go because we had such a big crowd.” Hutchinson had five kills and 11 digs in the match. “We were all really excited to be at home on our home court,” Hutchinson said. “Anyone gets excited for their home opener, so we were that much more excited to be playing at home.” Unfortunately, a huge crowd did not equal a win for the Panthers,
who lost in four sets to the Redhawks. The Panthers came out with energy and were ready to go in the first set, winning 25-19, but lost their momentum as the match went on, seeing the Redhawks take over for the rest of the match (2516, 25-21, 25-21). “I didn’t think we would make as many errors as we did,” head coach Kate Price said. “I think I would expect us to defend our house a little bit more. But SEMO is a good team and they’ve beaten good teams and I think they’ll continue to (beat good teams).” The Panthers more than doubled the Redhawks errors, making 26 to their 12. “We’ve got a lot of things to work on,” Hutchinson said. “Each individually and as a team. We experienced it through preseason that we start out strong and kind of just coast the rest. That was a perfect example tonight.” The same outcome happened in Saturday’s match against TennesseeMartin. The Panthers came out ready to go and looked more organized in the first set, and won it 25-20, but fell to the Skyhawks for the next three sets (25-22, 25-20, 25-21). Fre s h m a n Ab by Sa a l f r a n k notched her third and fourth triple-doubles over the weekend, as she had 16 kills, 25 assists and 16 digs against Southeast Missouri. In the latter match, she posted 16
“SEMO is a good team and they’ve beaten good teams and I think they’ll continue to (beat good teams).” Head coach Kate Price
kills, 16 assists and 10 digs, leading her squad in kills in both matches. Red-shirt sophomore outside hitter Kelsey Brooke led the team in digs with 23 against Southeast Missouri and 22 against TennesseeMartin. “We just have to keep pushing,” Hutchinson said. “That’s one of the biggest things.” With the losses, the Panthers drop to 0-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference and 3-11 overall. They will be back in action at 7 p.m. on Sept. 25 against Southern IllinoisEdwardsville on the road. Ashley Holstrom can be reached at 581-2812 or alholstrom@eiu.edu.
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Colleen Yarber, a Southeast Missouri outside hitter, spikes the ball over Alison Berens, a senior middle hitter, and Kayla Nesbitt, a freshman outside hitter, during the volleyball game against Southeast Missouri Friday. The Panthers lost the match against the Redhawks 3-1, putting the Redhawks ahead of the Panthers in overall wins against eachother 27-14.