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An Eastern student laughs at the Zumba session that took place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28 at the campus recreational center.
Zumbathon to benefit ALS By Robyn Dexter Campus Editor
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While raising money for Lou Gehrig’s Disease research, students can move their hips to the popular Latininspired dance phenomenon—Zumba. The Student Dietetic Association is having a Zumbathon on Saturday, March 31 to benefit research on the disease, also known as ALS. Students will be able to dance for the cause from 1-4 p.m. in Court 6 at the Recreation Center. Emily Dupuis, the vice president of the association, said Zumba is a fun way to work out. “Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance workout that uses fun music and rhythms from around the world to create an exciting routine,” she said. Dupuis said Zumba’s motto is “Ditch the workout, join the party!” “The workout is so fun, and it honestly doesn’t even feel like you’re exercising,” Dupuis said. More than 150 people have already registered for the Zumbathon, and Dupuis said she is so excited. “It’s going to be a blast, especially since the response has been so great,” she said. Seventy-five percent of the ticket proceeds go to Muscular Dystrophy Association’s program called Augie’s Quest, which aims to find a cure for ALS. “(ALS) is a devastating disease that
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When: Saturday at 1 to 4 p.m. Cost: $2 Presale, $4 at the door affects the brain and the person’s ability to move,” she said. The association chose ALS as its cause because it is a disease that does not get as much attention, unlike causes like breast cancer, which are widely recognized. Dupuis said she wanted to bring Zumbathon to Eastern after browsing the Zumba Fitness website. “Zumba Fitness picks a featured charity that it wants to raise money for and you can sign up online,” she said. She said Zumba Fitness will provide all the information needed to bring a Zumbathon to schools, so she talked to directors at the REC and they were eager to bring a Zumbathon to Eastern. The afternoon will also feature a silent auction where participants can bid on items such as Zumba-themed flip flops, water bottles and T-shirts. ZUMBATHON, page 5
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Investigative reporter addresses concerns about global economic crisis Neuwirth to host tell-all about journeys By Rachel Rodgers Administration Editor
Reporter Robert Neuwirth began his presentation Wednesday with one number that echoes throughout the globe: $2,138. He said this number represents about 10 percent of the cost to attend Eastern and about one-fourteen thousandth of what Angelina Jolie earned last year. However, this number also
reveals the level of economic destitution in the world. “$2,138 symbolizes global economic inequality as it is the median wealth of the world,” Neuwirth said. Neuwirth spent two years traveling to four continents to live in shantytowns in “squatter” cities like: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Nairobi, Kenya; Mumbai, India; and Istanbul, Turkey. “The world is made of about 1 billion squatters, which is 1-in-6 people across the globe,” Neuwirth said. “By 2050, this will increase to one in three people.” About 1 million people live in Kibera, Kenya, and about 600,000 of those people are squatters, he said.
Neuwirth said he discovered that squatters in heavily populated areas began to find ways to build their own communities. “With the amount of squatters, 70 million homes would need to be built to accommodate them, which is 130 needing to be built every minute in cities,” Neuwirth said. “They cannot rely on developers or government to build at that pace or price so they found their own way.” He also displayed some photos from his travels, including one that showed a wooden telephone pole hugged by several straps holding at least 100 electricity wires. CRISIS, page 5
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C AMPUS BRIEFS The Latin American Student Organization will be having food from different Latin American countries during “¡Fiesta Latina!” at 6 p.m. Friday at Wesley United Methodist Church. Anastasia Lindsey, public relations for the Latin American Student Organization, said the event will feature music, dance and cuisine from different Latin countries. Lindsey said students will find it unique because the event will allow students to try different foods from different countries. Tickets are $10 for Eastern students and faculty, $12 for community members, $6 for children ages 4 to 10, and free for children 3 and under. Lindsey said with it being diversity week, it is important for students to learn from other cultures. “It is diversity week, and it is a good way to celebrate,” Lindsey said.
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Children and adult Easter egg hunts will take place Saturday in Morton Park. Diane Ratliff, the tourism and special events supervisor for the Charleston Parks and Recreation Department, said children ages 1 to 10 can participate in the children’s egg hunt with adult supervision. She said the times for the children’s egg hunt are staggered every 10 minutes, from 9:10-9:50 a.m., to allow each age group time to hunt. Ratliff said the children’s egg hunt will take place in the East Pavilion of Morton Park in the outfield of the baseball diamond, where the eggs are in plain site. “It’s more of an egg scramble where everyone runs and picks up what they can,” Ratliff said. Ratliff said the children’s eggs are filled with candy, and one large egg will be hidden for the children to find. The child who finds the large egg will be able to pick an Easter basket at the end of hunt, Ratliff said. The Easter Egg Hunt: Adult Night Light will take place at 8 p.m. on Saturday in the West Pavil-
ion of Morton Park. The adults’ egg hunt is open to people ages 11 and up. Participants between the ages of 11-16 must have an adult present. Adults need to bring their own flashlight and something to carry their eggs in, Ratliff said. Prizes in the adults’ eggs include a gift certificate for a free taco from Taco Bell, a free oil change, gift certificates to restaurants and other businesses in Charleston, car washes and other fast food items. Ratliff said the children’s egg hunt is free, but the adults only hunt is $6 per participant. Ratliff said between 100 and 200 children usually attend the children’s egg hunt, and around 40 adults attend the Night Light egg hunt. Participants are able to register on-site, Ratliff said. Ratliff said the adults’ egg hunt is fun to watch because the adults are so competitive. “It’s just fun to watch everybody go out and try to find as many eggs
as they can. The adults are very competitive; they don’t want anyone to find more eggs than them, “Ratliff said. “The funniest thing is to watch them in the beginning because they stand like the start of a race, ready to take off when I call ‘go.’”
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Pemberton Hall to host casino night Prizes include Kindle Fire, TV, and gift cards By Robyn Dexter Campus Editor
A casino night featuring five different casino-type games, prizes and live music will provide students with a fun and formal Friday night. The casino night, which will be sponsored by Andrews, Thomas and Pemberton Hall Councils, will take place from 8-11 p.m. on Friday in the Pemberton Grand Hall. Amanda Mead, the president of the Andrews Hall Council,
said they chose Pemberton Hall because the older style of the building sets the mood. “We’re going to have five different games going on,” she said. “There will be Texas hold ‘em poker, Blackjack, a craps table, roulette and Apples to Apples.” Brittany Pond, the president of Pemberton’s Hall Council, said Apples to Apples participants will bet on who they think will win. Mead said there will be several prizes available for participants to win, including a Kindle Fire, a TV, a $50 Best Buy gift card and a gift card to the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Bookstore. Other prizes include smaller gift cards and T-shirts.
“If we get the number of prizes we’re hoping for, we’ll be able to give out prizes every hour,” Pond said. Mead said there will also be a live jazz ensemble playing during the event. She said the casino night will be the last big program hall council does, and they figured the prizes for the evening into their budget for the end of the year. “We’re expecting about 100 people to show up,” she said. Mead said participants must come with a resident of Andrews, Pemberton or Thomas Hall, and formal attire is encouraged. “We’re going for an upscale feel to the event,” Pond said.
The hall councils will provide refreshments. “Pemberton is super excited to have this event,” Pond said. “It’s a new avenue for us to work with Thomas and Andrews Hall.” Pond said she is excited for the chance to build a community with the other two residence halls. Admission is $1 or a canned food item, which will be donated to the Charleston Area Churches Food Pantry, and attendees will be given chips at the door for playing the gambling games. Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.
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Senate hears Strategic Plan at forum By Amy Wywialowski Staff Reporter
At the Student Senate’s open forum meeting, the vice president of business affairs explained the purpose of planning each of the six goals of University Strategic Plan and how to accomplish each goal. William Weber, the vice president of business affairs and the strategic planning steering committee chair, said the six goals of the plan are academic excellence, marketing and communication, campus and community life, financial sustainability, emerging technology and global competition and changing demographics. “The process is a reaffirmation of who we are, a reflections of our accomplishments and recognition of Eastern’s future,” Weber said. “This is our response to that.” One of the sub-goals within the campus and community goal is to create a symbolic landmark to generate tradition and school pride, according to the plan. “One of the questions that came up in our discussions was ‘Where is the panther on campus?’” Weber said. “It’s at Marty’s; we’d like to change that.” Student Senate members asked questions to Weber about the plan concerning technology increases and education on the use of the new technology. Along with Weber’s report, Student Senate members also passed three proposals concerning the funding of Panther Service Day, which is April 21. They also tabled the multiple bylaw changes, again, after making a variety of amendments. Some of the amendments included removing the proposed language concerning the colleges of the Stu-
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President Bill Perry talks with freshman journalism major Darius Francis before the beginning of the Student Senate Open Forum meeting Wednesday in the University Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The senate discussed the University Strategic Plan, preparations for Panther Service Day, and announced the results of the student government election.
dent Senate members, as well as the possible new requirement that they sit by committee. The budgets of the Student Recreation Center, the Student Government, the University Board and Apportionment Board were all read but were also tabled and will be voted on at the next meeting. Members of the University Board attended the meeting to answer questions concerning their budget, which would be lower than last year. Student Body President Ed Ho-
twagner announced the unofficial election results for Student Government executives and senators. The contested election for student vice president for student affairs was won by Jenna Mitchell with 275 votes. Kaci Abolt was elected student body president, Jarrod Scherle was elected for a second term as executive vice president, and Kaylia Eskew was elected vice president for academic affairs. Prior to the meeting that began at 7 p.m., the Student Senate
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Ensemble to give rare percussion performance By Jordan Thiede Staff Reporter
The 14 students of the percussion ensemble will perform on campus for the first time this semester on Tuesday. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Jamie Ryan, a professor of percussion, said the group will be performing a wide variety of pieces at the concert, giving the students a chance to showcase their talents. One piece, which will be performed by junior music major Jamie Mauck, was written in memory of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Andy Baldwin, a junior music major, along with three others, will be performing a piece titled “Uneven Souls,” which was composed by popular percussionist Nebojsa Zivkovic. Other cultures will also be represented during the concert. “As always, given my interest and passion for the subject, we’re playing music from Cuba,” Ryan said. The students have worked hard
for the performance, Ryan said “What I’m really proud of is that the students have scheduled rehearsals for themselves,” Ryan said. “They’ve taken initiatives to rehearse and make sure they’re not getting behind. I’m very proud that they make arrangements of their own accord to make their performances better.” The event will be one of the few opportunities students have to see the ensemble perform. Ryan said the group usually only plays one concert per semester on campus. In the past the ensemble has played some concerts outside of Eastern. However, Tuesday’s performance and another show including the EIU Choral Ensembles later in the month are still the best chance students will have to attend a performance, Ryan said. The group has also gone on tour before, but Ryan said this can often be difficult to accomplish. “We are going to try, but it can sometimes be hard due to conflicting schedules,” Ryan said. Ryan said he has been happy with the turnout for previous concerts and is expecting another good one
sponsored a meet and greet session, which was attended by roughly 20 people. President Bill Perry and Daniel Nadler, vice president for student affairs, were also present at the meeting. Many of the political science professors offered extra credit to their students who chose to attend the meeting. Darius Francis, a freshman communication studies major, spoke with Perry prior to meeting and sat with him at the meeting.
“I came for class, as well to see how these meetings work,” Francis said. “President Perry explained how its works and how all the different committees come together and make it happen.” The Student Senate meets every Wednesday in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812 or alwywialowski@eiu.edu.
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this time. He said he believes this is a good chance for students to show support for another part of Eastern life. Just like attending a sporting event or an art exhibit, Ryan said it encourages the students performing to do their best and shows them that they are appreciated. Ryan said percussion is something that can appeal to everybody, even though it may not exactly be mainstream. “Everybody is going to like something, but everybody isn’t going to like everything thing in the concert,” Ryan said. Admission to the event is $5. Jordan Thiede can be reached at 581-2812 or jethiede@eiu.edu.
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Sophomore undecided major Ethan Kinsella plays “The House of the Rising Sun” popularized by The Animals Wednesday on the Doudna Steps.
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Florida law liscence to chase, kill Readers may have noticed that people in this part of the state are generally not fond of Illinois’ strictest-in-the-country gun laws. We’ve often argued against liberalizing gun control laws, especially on college campuses, not because we wish to disarm every gun-owning resident in Illinois; we fully understand their desire to protect themselves and their family within their own home, and recognize their right to do so. But there are clear distinctions between reasonable gun laws and gun laws that that seek to establish a new Wild West. That is to say, there are gun laws which can arguably promote selfdefense, and those that grant a license to kill. To get a pretty good idea of what the new Wild West looks like, we have to venture southeast, to Florida. Readers are probably familiar with the Feb. 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin. The 17-year-old was walking through a gated community in Sanford, Fla., to the house of a family friend when George Zimmerman, in what he considered his Neighborhood Watch duty, followed Martin for some time. Zimmerman called the police to report that a suspicious-looking black teenager in a hoodie was in the neighborhood and was told not to follow Martin. Despite these warnings, Zimmerman continued to follow the unarmed teen leading to a confrontation, the details of which are still murky, wherein Zimmerman shot and killed Martin. Zimmerman has not been arrested for killing Martin. Zimmerman’s actions are being defended by law enforcement as legal under Florida’s “stand your ground” law. Unlike laws protecting shootings in self-defense, the stand your ground law permits those who feel threatened in a public space the right to shoot the perceived threat. Whereas a person who shoots a home invader can claim self-defense, a Floridian who shoots a disagreable individual they bump into on the sidewalk can claim his legal right to stand his ground. In the case of Zimmerman, it appears one can even follow someone he perceives as a threat based on appearance, stalk and confront the unarmed person, shoot the person, and be well within one’s legal rights. This is outrageous. It is not self-defense. Stand your ground laws expressly protect gun fights in the streets and give legal permission to shoot first and ask questions later. But the law has also created an implicit protection for claiming the ground, and the life, of someone who has walked away. Zimmerman was hardly the first Floridian to chase after his victim and claim he was standing his ground. Last week, a Miami court threw out manslaughter charges for a man who chased down a suspected burglar for more than a block and stabbed him to death, according to an article in the Vancouver Sun. Cases dismissed as non-police justifiable homicides have risen five fold since the law was enacted, and quite often include the killing of an unarmed man. When we argue for gun control, it’s laws like these we want to prevent. Gun-rights advocates often claim that gun control laws put guns in the hands of criminals and strip law-abiding citizens of the right to protect themselves. In Florida, we see the tragic irony in that line of thinking.
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According to Facebook, I don’t have a real name William Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare was wrong. My shortened full name is Oluwanikemi Victoria Adeyibi Ogunbodede, but I’ve chosen to go by Nike (goddess of victory and snazzy shoes) Ogunbodede all my life. Despite my teachers (actual and substitute) never failing to stumble over my name after a stream of the easy-peasy names like Davis, Gonzalez, Hernandez, Johnson, Lee, Miller and Nelson, I’ve loved my name. I knew what those names meant and what they meant to my family. The deafening silence before the teachers’ looking around; I could see it in their eyes—they were trying to see who looked like they would have a crazy name. I would sigh as my classmates eyes would fall on me, smiling—they had grown to love this game. My name is Nigerian, as are my brother’s, sister’s, and my mother’s and father’s (who immigrated from Nigerian in their 20s) and their parents before them. Throughout my childhood, there weren’t any trips to the store where I would randomly buy a name keychain—my name was never on any keychain. My name was not the norm, at least not in
Oluwanikemi Victoria Adeyibi Ogunbodede this country. This fact was never clearer than on a day I dubbed Dark Sunday. It was a late night that maybe...definitely ended with me spooning my “Winnie the Pooh” body pillow, having an identity crisis. It’s safe to say that if you look me up on Facebook, you won’t see Nike Ogunbodede anymore. I don’t know who to blame really… so I’ll blame Mark Zuckerburg and his lame rules. I want this to be a cautionary tale for those of you who could unknowingly fall victim to the little-known rule of Facebook: you can only change your name up to five times until you are stuck. This whole debacle started when I saw everyone listing their middle names and thought, ‘Hmmm…I like my middle name.’
Unfortunately, Facebook decided that my name did not meet the standards of its “automated approval system.” Rejection was bitter (I felt like Jenna from The Bachelor) and I was being force-fed. I never realized how much I identified with my name until “the man” took it away from me. My name is who I am and through the years, I clung to that name for solace and direction. But I think the era of weird names is upon us and has transcended through pop culture to politics, resulting in a president named Barack, candidates named Mitt and Newt, and celebrity babies Apple, Pilot Inspektor, Jermajesty, Audio Science and Blue Ivy. Weird- unidentifiable- unisex-named people: our time is here. So rise up, and write our names on buttons and keychains. Take your place in society, shove aside those Nicoles, Emilys, Annas, Johns or whatever. I will continue to fight the good fight. I have sent messages to Mark, left phone messages and made a complaint. We’ll see how Facebook responds. But, right now: it’s complicated. Nike Ogunbodede is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-7942 or DENopinions@gmail.com.
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Sports rivalries should foster respect from fans Baseball season is coming, and chapters will be written in some of baseball’s most heated rivalries. Whether it is the Crosstown Classic between the Cubs and White Sox, the Subway Series between the Yankees and Mets, or Red Sox and Yankees, rivalries in baseball will never die and the hounding, bloodthirsty fans will not go away. What irks me is that some fans act like being a fan of a certain team is his or her entire life, but I can understand why they are this way. It is because the fans are passionate for their team and want them to win against the rival. I just think fans should respect other fans, even of rival teams, because being a fan could result in death, especially when it came to a certain San Francisco Giants fan. An NBC story by Miguel Almaguer told a frightening tale of a father of two who was nearly beaten to death, all because he was a fan in the rival team’s stadium. Brian Stow, a 42-year-old father who is also a Giants fan, was beaten to death for wearing his Giants jersey at LA’s Dodger Stadium. Stow ended up in a coma, and police are still looking for leads.
Jose Gonzalez I have been to baseball games before and, luckily, I have never had to endure an ordeal like Stow did, but to me, it shows the lack of respect that fans can have for one another. As I said before, baseball fans can be some of the best and worst fans out there, depending on how you look at it. For me, one of baseball’s most famous rivalries between the Red Sox and Yankees writes a new chapter in my sports life, as I choose to follow Boston over New York. Now, I’m going to get a lot of flak for being a bandwagon fan of Boston, since I don’t actually live there or know anything about the team. I truly think I can follow Boston this season, and in future seasons, no matter how they do. I also expect nothing but bad blood from Yankees fans. And Yankees fans and Red Sox fans
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expect nothing but bad blood, as do other rival fans. According to a column on Bleacher Report, stars like Mike Stanton, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, and Babe Ruth have signed with and played for both Boston and New York, so I would think these players and current players feared for their existence when playing at rival stadiums. To me, this season will bring along the same amount of animosity between fans, even those outside of the Boston and New York areas who support other teams in Chicago, Los Angeles, or wherever. This season, I hope, does not bring along the situation that happened to Stow, or even something worse. I mean, where is the respect for being a fan today? Sports fans today should just sit down and enjoy the game, still root for his or her team, but keep the respect of the tradition of being a fan, instead of acting like ferocious dogs on raw meat. Jose Gonzalez is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-7942 or DENopinions@gmail.com.
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“You could say ‘My God, they are stealing electricity; they’re thieves,’ but to me this is a poetic image because no one should be without electricity in the 21st century,” he said. “Stealing electricity allows them to get water. There are no water pipes going to the community, so they use pumps and transport water through tubes leading to their roofs.” Of all of the working people, 80 percent are classified as System D, which refers to those who conduct business on their own without regulation from the government, he said. Jim Bruehler, an associate economics professor, said he thinks he has more of an appreciation for the extent of the underground economy. “Usually we see facts and figures, and that is nothing new, but the photographs and knowledge from someone
who has been there makes it more tangible,” Bruehler said. Neuwirth’s freelance articles have been featured in publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes and Fortune. He has written books on the global economic crisis, including “Stealth of Nations: the Global Rise of the Informal Economy” and “Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World.” His presentation titled “The Occupy Movement and the Global Economic Crisis” is the third installment of the Interdisciplinary Center for Global Diversity speaker series cosponsored by the Department of Economics and the African Studies Program. Rachel Rodgers can be reached at 581-2812 or rjrodgers@eiu.edu.
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Two Eastern students fight one another for a soccer ball in the South Quad on Wednesday, March 28. The students were accompanied by a large group of friends who also participated in the game and took advantage of the day's warm weather.
The highest bidders on the items will win, and Dupuis said donations will also be accepted. “People can come for however long they want, whether it’s 20 minutes or three hours,” she said. She said she hopes the Zumbathon will be a fun and energetic way to benefit a worthwhile cause.
GREENBACK, from page 1 He will talk about the subject of his latest book, “Greenback Planet: How the Dollar Conquered the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It.” Brands’ lecture, titled “The Past, Present and Future of the Dollar,” will concentrate on the period after the Civil War when, as Brand writes, the power of the dollar first began to emerge. Ed Wehrle, a history professor, coordinated with President Bill Perry to bring Brands to Eastern. Both Perry and Brands taught at Texas A&M and became good friends. Perry approached Brands and invited him speak at Eastern. “(Brands) is looking at the emergence of the U.S. dollar as the most important currency in the world,” Wehrle said. Brands will also discuss the role the dollar played in the early 20th centur y after World War I and World War II, as well as the effects on the dollar of the U.S. dropping
the gold standard in 1971. This period of American history was crucial to the fate of the dollar, Wehrle said. As the world recovered from the devastation of two brutal wars, the strength of the dollar became crucial to the U.S. and would have a large role in shaping the world going forward, he said. Brands will also address how the recent collapse of global markets has lessened the strength of the dollar and look toward the future strength and role of the dollar in the global economy. With the rise of China as a powerful economic force and growing globalization, the future of the dollar is uncertain, Wehrle said. “We wonder how long the dollar will be the dominant form of currency,” he said. Brands said it is important that students take notice of this uncertainty and learn more about the economic climate of their nation.
“Without question, the dollar and the place of the dollar in global market remains very relevant to discussions today.”
“We are moving in hopes that one day those with ALS will also be able to move,” Dupuis said. Tickets and bracelets can be purchased for $2 in advance or $4 on the day of the event. Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.
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Wehrle agreed and said students should gain a better understanding of the history of the dollar and think about what the future may hold as the U.S. emerges from a recession. “Without question, the dollar and the place of the dollar in global market remains very relevant to discussions today,” Werhle said. “The Past, Present and Future of the Dollar” is the eighth annual Barry D. Riccio Lecture to be presented by the history department. Brands will take questions during his lecture, which will be followed
by a reception. Barry D. Riccio was a history professor at Eastern who died of cancer in 2001. Riccio’s family established the Barry D. Riccio History Fund after his death and began funding the lecture series in conjunction with Eastern’s history department in 2003. Tim Deters can be reached at 581-2812 or tadeters@eiu.edu
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Pitching leads Eastern to split with Butler Sophomore pitching duo is dynamite in Butler split Staff Report
The Panther softball team split a pair of games Tuesday at Williams Field. In the first game, they defeated Butler 2-1 in an extra-inning thriller. In the second game, Butler responded with a 1-0 victory. The Panther’s strength on the field continued to be their outstanding pitching. The sophomore pitching staff combo consisting of Stephanie Maday and Hanna Mennenga went a combined 16 innings without allowing an earned run. Maday went nine innings while only allowing three hits and striking out a career-high 15 Butler hitters. She lowered her overall ERA to 2.09 while improving her record to 9-6 for the year. Mennenga was also very effective on the mound. She threw seven innings while only allowing four hits and striking out six Butler hitters. She also showed off her impeccable control by walking no one. She
also lowered her ERA, which now sits at 3.18 for the season. Unfor tunately for the team, Eastern continued to struggle at the plate. For the day, the team combined for a total of 10 hits in 54 at bats. Junior Ally Seplak led Eastern for the day with two hits in six at bats. Sophomore CarlyWillert was the only other player with at least two hits. The Panthers also struggled to see the ball at the plate, striking out 27 times in 54 plate appearances, or half the time they came up to bat. Freshman Hannah Cole was the only Panther with any RBIs. Her pinch-hit game-winning single drove in two to lead Eastern to victory in game one of the doubleheader. The Panthers next game will be the series finale against in-state and OVC-foe SIU-Edwardsville at 4 p.m., in Edwardsville on Thursday. Eastern and SIU-E split the first two games of the series on March 21 at Williams Field, losing the first game 0-4, but winning the second game 4-1. It is likely that Eastern will start Maday on the mound. In her last start against SIU-E, Maday went nine innings while only allowing five hits and striking out 6 hitters.
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After the smoke started to clear on the #FIREMIKEMILLER era of Eastern basketball, it was time to look ahead to the future. Whoever the new coach was going to be was surely going to have his work cut out for him, but he wasn't completely stranded. Sure, losing Jeremy Granger, LC Doss and Zavier Sanders all to graduation was going to be tough, but there still were some quality players on the roster. James Hollowell, Taylor Jones and Austin Akers had all shown that they had potential, but no player on the Eastern team had more potential than Alfonzo McKinnie. McKinnie truly was a diamond in the rough on a team that struggled to stay alive in a conference that's probably never been tougher than it is right now. I was really excited to see what McKinnie could do under a new coach and teamed up with former UConn player Darius Smith, who will join the team this season. As a writer, I was excited for the McKinnie-Smith show to bring some excitement to a team that, quite frankly, hasn't been that exciting. As a fan of basketball, I was just really excited to see two great athletes do great things on the floor. On Tuesday's public interview with potential Miller replacement
Dominic Renzetti Jay Spoonhour, he talked about wanting to build a team that people wanted to go see, about filling the seats. McKinnie is the type of player that people want to see. If you went to an Eastern game at Lantz, you were almost guaranteed to see a thunderous McKinnie dunk. There's no question the kid could dunk. I remember thinking about next season. Smith, McKinnie and Hollowell all potentially starting. People would have wanted to see that. I know I did. But, we’ve all heard the story by now. McKinnie isn’t coming back. He’s headed up north to wear green and gold at Wisconsin-Green Bay. He’s going to join an old Eastern assistant and an old high school teammate. Say it aint so, Al. McKinnie had the potential to be a star. He’s definitely on his way, and I don’t doubt that he won’t find success at WisconsinGreen Bay. I just really wish he would have stayed and been a star here. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-7942 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.
FISH, from page 8 “I thought he was another good candidate, another good guy,” he said. “Everybody that comes in, I think if they don’t leave with us liking them and enjoying them being here, I think they wouldn’t be a good fit, but I think the last two guys have been great.” The next finalist, Kareem Richardson, is slated to appear at 4 p.m.
Friday in the Lantz Club Room. Jordan Pottorff, Anthony Catezone and Erik Jensen contributed to this article. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-7942 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.
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She allowed four runs, though only two of them were earned, all coming in the ninth inning. SIU-E will most likely pitch Amanda Lambrecht, who was very effective in her last start against Eastern. She went nine innings while allowing no runs to score in the victory. E a s t e r n’s re c o rd i s n ow 1 3 13 overall with a 3-4 mark in the Ohio Valley Conference, which puts them in seventh place in the conference standings. TennesseMartin and Jacksonville State have proved to be the top teams in OVC play so far. Tennessee-Martin has an overall record of 19-11, but a great 9-2 conference record. Jacksonville State has also been great in conference play, and is tied with Tennessee-Martin with a 9-2 conference record.
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Sophomore infielder Ashleigh Westover walks back to the dugout after being tagged out at home during the first game of a doubleheader against SIU-Edwardsville Wednesday, March 21, at Williams Field. Eastern lost the first game 0-4 and won the second game 4-1.
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Fish hopes to build up-tempo program Oregon assistant appears on campus By Dominic Renzetti Sports Editor
Oregon assistant coach Brian Fish appeared on campus Tuesday, stating his case to be the next Eastern head men’s basketball coach. Fish wants to come to Eastern and build a program, bringing an up-tempo style of play to the Panthers. “I want to play up-tempo style basketball. I want to press and I want to shoot a lot of threes,” he said. Fish said the game of basketball as a whole has become
a much more up-tempo paced style. “The game of basketball, whether you like it or not, has became a pick and roll game,” he said. “We’ve gotta play that way to attract recruits and fans. You see that and it gets people excited.” Fish said he hopes to build a program where he doesn’t have to be here in ten years, leaving a well-developed team for a future coach. “I’m not going to be here 10 years from now,” he said. “I want Barbara (Burke) to promote someone on my staff if I move to bigger schools.” Fish said now is the time for fans and the community to get excited about Eastern athletics. “It’s time to get excited about EIU basketball and EIU sports
in general,” he said. Fish just finished his second season as assistant coach at Oregon, having previously coached at Creighton, San Diego, TCU, Kansas State and Marshall. With those coaching ties in the Midwest, the East, West and southern parts of the country, Fish has recruiting connections all over the nation. Fish also said he wants to recruit Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville and Indianapolis. Fish said he did have an interest in recruiting junior college players, but he wanted to focus on four-year players. “If you recruit the right programs it can help you, but at the end of the day our program has to have a core of four-year guys,” Fish said. Fish wants to build Eastern
the same way the program was built at Creighton, with an emphasis on schoolwork. “We built up Creighton with good quality kids and taught them schoolwork is as important as athletics,” he said. Fish also stressed the importance of establishing a bond with the community. “Basketball means a lot to the people in this area, and I think we have to exploit that,” he said. Fish, who grew up in Seymour, Ind., said he knows what it’s like to be from a smaller town like Charleston, and understood the importance of connecting with the community. Red-shirt junior James Hollowell was again impressed with the candidate.
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Oregon assistant coach Brian Fish speaks Tuesday at his open-forum interview for the men's basketball head coaching position in the Lantz Club Room. Fish would like to create a program that has a core of four-year players.
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BOT will not rescind Payton’s degree By Dominic Renzetti Sports Editor
“When he (Koser) gets on the mound, everyone is just like ‘We are ready to close them out,’” Schmitz said. “We need a closer to end the game, and now we have that kind of confidence in him at the end of the game.” The hard-throwing right-hander also recorded a strikeout and did not issue a walk in 2.1 innings of work. “It felt great to get the win,” Koser said. “It’s no pressure, it’s just another day in the game. I went with the fastball all the way, pounding it away and keeping it low. You gotta do your job and throw strikes to get the win.” With the win, the Panthers improve to 9-13 on the year and will continue Ohio Valley Conference play when they host Southeast Missouri this weekend at Coaches Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m., on Friday.
Eastern alum Sean Payton will still be receiving his honorary degree, despite having been suspended by the NFL for the 2012 season, according to Board of Trustees chairperson Dr. Robert Webb. Payton was one of four selected and approved by the Board of Trustees to receive an honorary doctorate earlier this month. Shortly after, Payton was suspended for the 2012 season by the NFL for his involvement in the New Orleans Saints’ player-bounty scandal, in which players were paid upwards of $1,500 for knocking key opposing players out of the game with vicious hits. “The Board of Trustees does not have any information other than what has been made public,” Webb said. Webb did also say he and other members of the board were aware of staff editorials published in The News, urging the board to reconsider its decision to award Payton the degree. Payton was set to receive his honorary degree sometime in 2013, depending on when he and the university could coordinate schedules, Webb said. Webb said the Board of Trustees has not spoken any further about rescinding Payton’s honorary degree. “We haven’t had any further discussions,” he said. Webb said there has been no recommendation made to the board by the committee who nominated Payton to reconsider the award. Webb also said the board has not made any decisions on Payton’s honorary degree since the issue surrounding Payton has not been fully resolved. Payton has until April 1 to appeal his oneyear suspension to the NFL. Payton has yet to appeal. “I'm appreciative of the opportunity to appeal,” Payton told ESPN. “I don't know if there would be a benefit.” Payton has no plans to appeal, Webb said the board has no plans to discuss the matter any further. “The board doesn’t plan to have any immediate discussion about it,” he said. “It isn’t on any agenda to discuss it at any meeting,” he said.
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Saint Louis University's senior pitcher Jim Foster throws to freshman infielder Mike Vigliarolo (left) as T.J. McManus, a red-shirt senior infielder, dives back to first base during Eastern's home opener Tuesday at Coaches Stadium. Eastern defeated SLU 13-6.
Panthers power past Billikens Team pounds four homeruns in upset win By Jordan Pottorff Assistant Sports Editor
Eastern’s baseball team busted out of a season-long scoring drought on Tuesday en route to knocking off No. 30 Saint Louis in the home opener. The Panthers used a 13-run effort to notch their second win over a nationally ranked opponent this season. The Panthers entered the game with a team batting average of .228, but used a balanced offensive attack that had seven Panthers recording hits in the upset win. Eastern had also been facing a season-long power shortage that had it belting just three homeruns through the first 21 games of the season, but benefited from a bit of home cooking as it tallied four homeruns in the winning effort. Freshman Jacob Re-
ese and junior Nick Priessman belted their first homeruns of their collegiate careers, and junior Ryan Dineen and redshirt senior Ben Thoma also recorded their first homeruns of the 2012 season. “We needed a game that would give our guys a lot of confidence, and I don’t think you can get a better win at home to give our guys confidence on the mound and at the plate,” Eastern head coach Jim Schmitz said. The Panthers offensive attack was paced by Priessman and Dineen as they each recorded two hit days that were highlighted by their first homeruns of the season. Freshman Brant Valach and Jacob Reese also had big days, going two-for-four at the plate with two RBI. For the game, the Panthers outhit the Billikens 12-8 and also benefited from four Billiken errors to cap off the upset bid. Eastern also got a solid performance from its pitching staff as five players contributed to pick up the win. Freshman right-hander Andrew
Grahn struggled with his command, but was able to limit the Billikens high-powered offensive attack to three runs in three innings of work. In relief, the Panther bullpen was stellar, limiting the Billikens offense to just three runs on four hits in the final six innings of play. Eastern head coach Jim Schmitz first turned to senior reliever Darin Worman to keep Saint Louis off the base paths. Worman gave up two runs (one earned), on two hits and one walk in two innings of work. Worman also punched out three Billiken hitters while toeing the rubber. Schmitz then turned to freshman right-hander Matt Borens and senior Adam Clark to guide the Panthers through the middle-innings of play before turning to junior Keith Koser to close out the game. Koser answered the call, recording his best outing of the season en route to knocking off the No. 30 team in the nation. Koser faced seven Billiken batters, not issuing a hit and keeping all seven batters off the base paths.
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Event: Airband Where: Lantz Arena When: 7 p.m. Cost: $10 presale, $15 at the door
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Event: Greek Sing Where: Lantz Arena When: 1 p.m. Cost: $10 presale, $15 at the door
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The “Greekstock 2012” theme for this year’s Greek Week was a representation of unity and the tagline “Come together, Greekstock 2012” pays homage to The Beatles. Rob Curtis, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major and a member of the Greek Week Steering Committee, said the Greekstock theme helps promote unity. “We thought it was a good idea overall and we just made it happen,” Curtis said. Aaron Wiessing, a senior management information systems major and a member of the Greek Week steering committee, said the idea came through a brainstorming session between himself, Curtis, and fellow Greek Week steering committee member Meghan Barrett. Wiessing said Barrett found the idea when researching what other schools were doing for Greek Week themes. “It’s actually a pretty popular theme that all campuses are doing,” Wiessing said. “It worked well with the theme of unity.” Wiessing said some Greek mem-
well with the theme of unity.”
- Aaron Wiessing, senior management information systems major and a member of the Greek Week steering committee bers involved in competitions will try and work the theme into competitions such as Airband and Greek Sing. Wiessing said the theme considered before “Greekstock” was an army-related theme. Wiessing said the committee was playing with a tagline saying “the few, the proud, the Greek,” and had designed camouflage themed items. “This is definitely a better one we chose,” Wiessing said. Curtis and Wiessing both said the big theme the committee is trying to bring to the event is “unity.” “The big thing is unity, we can’t stress that enough,” Wiessing said. “We all work together to make this happen.” Wiessing said other values the
Greek community tries to show during Greek Week include sportsmanship and community service. Wiessing said a sportsmanship award is given to a sorority and a fraternity at the end of Greek Week. Participants also spend the day at Jefferson Elementary School as part of a service day where they engage in different fun activities with the students. “I think it’s really important because it gives everyone a chance to come together,” Curtis said. “We do get involved and we do work hard and some of the events we do are really amazing.” Kathryn Richter can be reached at 581-2812 or kjrichter@eiu.edu.
G reek W eek What does it mean to ‘Go Greek’? By Elizabeth Edwards News Editor
Before Greek Week kicks off on Friday, Eastern sorority and fraternity presidents reflect on what being Greek really means for their Eastern career, lives and future. For Anthany Wingo, president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity said, brotherhood has been an important aspect of his experience. “I have experienced true brotherly love, and gained a family outside of my own blood relatives,” he said, in an email. He also said he has gained experiences in every aspect from running a business to finance to promotion to internal development. Wingo said he originally joined his fraternity after transferring his sophomore year because he did not know many people on campus. “I wanted to get to know people and contribute to something bigger than myself,” Wingo said. After gaining social confidence and comfort from participating in philanthropies and social functions from his fraternity, Wingo said he has grown in maturity. “I have gained values to not just turn me from a boy to a man but from a man to a gentleman,” Wingo said. Greek life is so important because it gives people a change to get a grasp on how the real world works and takes them out of the social bubble norms that they develop from narrow experiences growing up in their home town, Wingo said. “They gain experience in how a business really runs, and they are working towards something bigger then just themselves,” Wingo said.
Rebecca Johnson, president of Alpha Sigma Tau sorority, decided to join Greek life after transferring here in the spring semester of her freshman year when she did not really know anyone at Eastern. “I met one of the girls in Alpha Sigma Tau and she introduced me to all of her friends,” Johnson said. “I felt really comfortable with all the girls in the house and could see myself being close with them so I decided to join.” Johnson said the Airband competition during Greek Week influenced her decision to join because she had danced since she was little. Johnson said being a part of AST has given her several leadership positions and taught her about responsibility and time management. “As president, I have learned how important good leadership is as well as how to handle conflicts that arise periodically,” Johnson said. Not only has AST offered Johnson valuable leadership skills, she said she has met so many people and have made some of her best friends from the sorority. Johnson said that Greek life is not for everyone, but it is a great way to showcase student’s talents through events like Greek Week and a great place to meet people across campus that you would never had the chance to meet. “I will remember so much from my time at college being in a sorority,” she said. “I wouldn’t be able to narrow it down to one moment.” Lauren Brzezinski, president of Delta Delta Delta sorority, said she originally decided to join Greek life to make new friends and try to get out of her comfort zone, but she soon found that being a part of a sorority was so much more than friends.
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- Anthany Wingo, president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity “Being an only child, I didn’t have any people or friends that I would consider family,” Brzezinski said. “After Bid Day I gained 90 sisters and we have a bond that is unlike anything I ever knew.” Her most memorable moment as a Tri-Delta was when she found out who her ‘Big Sister’ was. “She has always been there for me no matter what, and I’m grateful to have her, my little and my grand-little in my life,” she said. For students who are not Greek, Brzezinski said she would ask them why they are not Greek. She would also ask them what their fears or hesitations about Greek life are. “Greek life isn’t parties; it’s something more,” she said. “It’s sisters and brothers. It’s working together as a community for different charities. It’s a family you could never have anywhere else.”
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The Daily Eastern News asked five members of Greek Life what Greek Week means to them “Greek Week is the opportunity that we all get to come together and compete in a healthy fashion.” - Rae Barbre, Kappa Delta
“Greek Week is the camaraderie between different sororities and fraternities. It gets us all together for a week in a competitive way and it’s fun.” - Ali Borgstrom, Kappa Delta “I think it is a time for the whole Greek community to get involved, compete and although it might be competitive at times, it is a way to get everybody together.” - Blake Andrews, Lambda Chi Alpha “(It’s very) busy, a lot of brotherly bonding, school spirit, and a lot of work, dedication.” - Orlando Vazquez, Sigma Phi Epsilon “It is a great way to showcase all of the talents that the Greek community has and a way for the Greek Community to get involved with the rest of the school.” - Danielle Sanders, Delta Delta Delta
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More than just tug-of-war Months of preparation, training come down to one competition By Robyn Dexter Campus Editor
What started off as a simple game of tug-of-war turned into months of hard work and dedication that will all come down to just two minutes. Jennifer McCann, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, said she decided to try Tugs after being initiated into Alpha Sigma Tau. “I got into Tugs because as a newly initiated member of AST, I didn’t really know many of the older members, and I was always involved in sports in high school so I figured Tugs would be a win-win for me,” she said. McCann is now a coach for AST, and said they have been training since the beginning of February for the April event. “Right now we are in the toughest part of our season,” she said. “A few days before, we will cut down on the intensity so we are fresh for our first tug.” Harsha said her responsibilities as coach are to motivate the girls, set practice times and find male coaches from fraternities, all while balancing schoolwork. “Tugs is like any other Greek Week activity, and time management is a big issue,” she said. Alex Harsha, who is in charge of Tugs for Greek Week, said her job is to set up every part of the tug process. She said she works with a steering committee of nine undergraduates, a graduate assistant, several chairpersons and members of facilities such as the Health Education Resource Center and Health Services. “I set up three weigh-ins that all tug participants must attend, I put in a work order for the tug lanes, work with the HERC to hold an ed-
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LeeAnn Holland (left), a senior communication studies major, records the Sigma Nu tugs competition against Lambda Chi Alpha as Rachel Raper, a senior English major and Greek Week Overall, watches at the second day of tugs Wednesday April 6, 2011, at Campus Pond. Holland said, "I was their sweetheart last year so it was exciting for me to have them win."
ucational for tuggers, hold a meeting for all tug captains/coaches to reveal the years bracket, and make the rosters and forms that each chapter/tug participant must sign,” Harsha said. “There are other little things, but these are the big steps in preparing for Tugs.” Ed Hotwagner, a senior mathematics major, said he has been involved with Tugs since his freshman year at Eastern.
“I tugged for my fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, for four years,” he said. “This year I’m not participating, but I’m coaching one of the sororities.” He said he works along with the other coaches to run practices and instruct the girls who are tugging. Along with helping coach practices since February, Hotwagner will be in the tugging lane with the girls on the day they tug.
Training in February begins with endurance conditioning such as running and intensifies as Greek Week gets closer, Hotwagner said. “When I tugged, I loved it,” he said. “In my first year, we won the championship and it was the first year my fraternity had ever won Tugs.” Hotwagner said he loved it so much he continued to participate each year up until this year, when
he had other time commitments and decided to coach instead of be in Tugs. “It’s like any physical competition,” he said. “It’s basic tug-of-war, but it’s much more than that.” Tugs will take place at 4 p.m. April 9 at the Campus Pond. Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.
AIR BAND
Greeks ready to bust a move By Felicia Darnell Staff Reporter
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The men of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity are launched into the air during their performance in the Greek Week Airband competition Saturday, April 2, 2011, in Lantz Arena. Their routine was based off one-hit wonders.
The traditional Airband dance-off between members of 23 different sororities and fraternities will take place Saturday. Members of Eastern’s Greek community will check the dancing skills of other Greek organizations at the Airband competition at 7 p.m. in Lantz Arena. The 23 organizations competing are getting ready by practicing their routines. Each dance segment can be a maximum of five minutes long. The routines will be judged on nine different categories, including showmanship and choreography. Travis Elko, the chairman for the Airband committee and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, said each year the competition bar gets raised among the performers. “The dancing gets more and more advanced every year,” Elko said. Alex Sandack, a freshman communication studies major and a member
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, said he and his brothers have been preparing for a while. “We’ve really put it into first gear,” Sandack said. “We’ve been working our butts off.” Sandack said he has confidence in his brothers. “We have a lot of cool moves,” Sandack said. “They’re ready.” Jack Swan, a sophomore special education major and a member of Chi Phi, said there are other students are in other fraternities and sororities who are not participating. Swan said he is anticipating a good show. “Some Greeks actually put on a good show,” Swan said. “I enjoy watching.” This event, which is the kick-off to Greek Week, includes dancing, specialized lighting and costume changes. Haley Ashby, a sophomore art education major and a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, said she is enthusiastic about being a member of the crowd. “I am looking forward to seeing amazing performances,” Ashby said.
“(I want to see) the dances that (the members of ) Greek life have come up with.” Elko said he hopes Airband will give the fraternities and sororities a chance to make the competition friendly. “(I want to see) all the chapters coming out and giving it their all,” Elko said. “(It will be a success) just if everybody comes together.” Elko said some teams have proven they are serious competition throughout the years. “Over the years there are certain fraternities and sororities that stand out,” Elko said. Elko said Greek Week is all about togetherness, and Airband, of which points go toward the overall Greek Week score, is no exception. “All I want is for (all the fraternities and sororities) to try and show that they care about Greek Week,” Elko said. Felicia Darnell can be reached at 581-2812 or fldarnell@eiu.edu.
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In two days, when sororities and fraternities officially start the competitions of Greek Week, they will enter into a battle a lot like those that took place during the week of Homecoming. But Molly Zagorski, a member of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority, said people should not confuse the two weeks because they represent different things. Comparable events like Airband versus Yell Like Hell and Homecoming Coronations versus Greek Week Court are where the similarities end, she said. Zagorski, a senior special education major, said she thinks Greek Week is about the bonds within each house. “Each house takes part in different events, so it brings each house together—even though we are competing against each other,” Zagorski said. Zagorski also said her sorority trains harder for Greek Week— starting to practice for events like Tugs, Greek Sing and Airband a month or two prior to the week. “We take Greek Week, I think, a lot more seriously than Homecoming because there are so many more events that we take part in,” she said. “There’s a lot of preparation that goes into it.” Kassidy Seyller, a junior marketing major, said she thinks there is a greater prestige to a position on Homecoming Court. Seyller, a member of Alpha Phi, is currently on the 2012 Greek Week Court and has been nominated for Homecoming Princess before.
“There is such a bigger spectrum of people that vote for (homecoming),” Seyller said. “The Greek community is very close, so it’s kind of like your own friends are voting for you; but homecoming, it’s kind of cool because a lot of people you don’t even know could vote for you.” Jarrod Scherle, 2009 Homecoming King and Sigma Alpha Epsilon member, said there is a difference between winning Greek Week King and Queen versus Homecoming Court. Scherle, who is also the stu d e n t e xe c u t i ve v i c e p re s i d e n t , said winning a place on Homecoming Court, while an honor, is generally based on involvement on campus and all-around school spirit. Scherle said obtaining a position during those two weeks involves having different kinds of connections on campus. “Homecoming Week includes p e o p l e t h a t a r e n o t G r e e k ,” S c h e r l e s a i d . “ I f y o u’v e g o t a lot of connections in the Greek world, then obviously you’ve got a good shot for Greek Week King or Queen.” Aaron Wiessing said being voted Greek King or Queen is a direct representation of how the o t h e r Gre e k o r g a n i z a t i o n s s e e them. Wiessing is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and won 2009 Ho m e c o m i n g Pr i n c e a n d t h i s year’s Homecoming King—one of the only students to win both titles. “It’s a completely different honor,” Wiessing said. “If you win Greek King or Queen, it’s more of a respect among your peers as
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Top: Rob Curtis, of Lambda Chi Alpha, and Ansu Durgut, of Delta Zeta, are crowned king and queen during the Greek Week Coronation ceremony in between Airband performances Saturday, April 2, 2011, in Lantz Arena. Below: Aaron Wiessing, a senior management information systems major, stands with Timery Jackson, a senior education major, after they were chosen as 2011 EIU homecoming king and queen Oct. 17, 2011, during Coronation in McAfee Gym.
Greeks.” Only members of the Greek community are allowed to vote for Greek Week King and Queen. Despite having its members crowned Homecoming King for the last fours years, SAE has not been able to snag a Greek Week crown— a task it has left up to Craig Wolf this year. Wolf, a senior management information systems major, said there is pressure for him to win his chapter its first Greek Week crown. “I want to be able to live up to it,” Wolf said. “We have a tradition, and I want to add to it.” Wiessing said he thinks SAE has not been able to garner a title because of its relatively new status on campus as well as smaller size. Eastern’s SAE chapter was given official chapter status on May 16, 2009, though it came to campus on March 31, 2007, according to its website. “You look at groups like Lambda Chi or Sigma Pi, who have like
“We take Greek Week, I think, a lot more seriously than Homecoming because there are so many more events that we take part in.” - Molly Zagorski, senior special education major and member of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority 90 guys and you compare to somebody like us, who this time last year only had 45 guys, and that’s twice as many votes guaranteed,” Wiessing said. “It’s hard to compete with.” Wolf agreed. “I think that now that we are an established fraternity here that people are starting to recognize us,” Wolf said. “Our biggest issue was establishing our name.” Wiessing said he does think fraternities like SAE were able to increase their numbers. “The smaller groups are growing in their appeal to Greek Life, so I think it’s going to go better this
year,” Wiessing said. Homecoming Week is where the Greeks show their pride in Eastern, not their pride in their own organization like they do during Greek Week. “But in Greek Week, you get to put together Greek Sing and Airband,” Scherle said. “It’s really just showing what your house is capable of—both are actually opportunities to show what your house is capable of—Homecoming is clearly more school spirit-based.” Nike Ogunbodede can be reached at 581-2812 or ovogunbodede@eiu.edu.
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Members of Greek Life gear up for volunteer day Students, children ready for day of games, crafts By Avery Drake Staff Reporter
The Eastern Greek community is gearing up for its annual Greek Week and will take part in a service day at a local elementary school. As a part of this year’s Greek Week, sororities and fraternities will send members to Jefferson Elementary School to take part in “Jefferson Fun Day.” Dean Harwood, director of fraternity and sorority programs, said the Greek community has had a service day at Jefferson Elementary School for years. “(Fun Day has) always been an important part of Greek Week here at Eastern,” Harwood said. “Service and philanthropy is a core value in our fraternity and sorority program.” According to the Greek Week website, each sorority and fraternity sends nine people throughout the day to Jefferson to play with the children in fourth through sixth grades. The day consists of a variety of relay races, games and a craft section. The students will also make crafts to send to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Danny Naatz, a senior communication studies major, said he has always enjoyed the service day during Greek Week. Naatz, a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, said the day is full of activities for all of the children. “The kids compete in a bunch of different events and it’s nice because every kid is involved.” Naatz said. “From children with learning disabilities to kids who are physically disabled, everyone gets to do something.” Kellie Rice, a freshman family and consumer sciences major, said she is looking forward to her first Greek Week and service day. “We will get to interact with all of the kids and it makes our day just being there and being able to help out the Charleston community,” said Rice, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Jefferson Fun Day will take place from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on April 12 in the gymnasium of Jefferson. “I like to see the impact the Greek community has on the local community,” Naatz said. Naatz said this time of year is always busy for students, but said it is easy to find time to for service, especially if it is playing kick ball or making cards with children. Avery Drake can be reached at 581-2812 or akmacpheedrake@eiu.edu.
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s Greek Week approaches, members of the Greek community are putting the finishing touches on months of hard work and preparation while juggling the pressures of school and their personal lives. Delta Cruising Sydney Wooten, a sophomore special education major and music chair for Delta Delta Delta sorority, spent many months and hours planning and preparing for Greek Sing, an event in which sororities and fraternities sing a selection of songs. “I got this position in November of last year,” Wooten said. “I’ve had this certain theme planned out since June of last year.” Delta Delta Delta’s theme is “Delta Cruising” and Wooten picked songs that have something to do with sailing. While managing Greek Sing, Wooten said she learned how to deal with the demands of her classes and a leadership position. “Sleep has helped me with the stress,” Wooten said. “I’ve (also) got my schedule down. I am done with class at five, work on school work, rehearse with the girls and devote the remainder of my time to school.” Every moment of Wooten’s free time has been spent preparing for Greek Sing. “Most of my winter break and spring break were consumed with Greek Sing, especially because we’ve won the competition three years in a row,” Wooten said. Preparing for Greek Sing is like putting any actual choir together, she said. With the help of the house’s pianist, Caleb McGregor, Wooten found music that “tailored” to the Tri-Deltas and looked for uniforms all the girls could wear. Wooten said her position in the sorority has made her realize just how much she loves her house. “I have no idea what I would
BY JAIME LOPEZ | STAFF REPORTER do if didn’t have this house,” Wooten said. “It is my everything.” Her sorority has held her together during her time at Eastern, she said. It helped her maintain her grades. The girls are “their own support system,” Wooten said. “We all have that core value that we’re always going to help each other no matter what,” Wooten said. On top of school and Greek Week, the Greeks give back to several charitable organizations. “We care about school and helping everybody out,” Wooten said. In July 2010, Tri-Delta announced it would raise $15 million in five years, according to tridelta.org. The sorority, spread out across the nation, raised more than $5.7 million this year. Air Band is for everyone Like Sydney Wooten, Shawn Clary, a senior family and consumer sciences major and captain of Airband for Tri- Delta, devoted many hours of planning for the sorority’s performance during Greek Week. “Over the course of three months, I put in at least four hours a day to prepare for the event,” Clary said. Balancing so many extracurricular activites has left Clary with little or no free time, she said. “The last three weeks I’ve gone to class and then worked on preparations,” Clary said. Clary said “sometimes it seems impossible” to handle the pressures of school and Greek life, but with organization she has managed to stay on top of everything. “I have a color-coded planner and a schedule on my phone to remind me where I’m supposed to be and what I’m doing,” Clary said. Since its first participation in air band,Tri-Delta has never won or placed in the competition. Every year the winners fluctuate, but this year the Tri-Deltas want to change that and place in the competition, Clary said. “Every fraternity and sorority has its own strengths,” Clary said. “Greek Sing has been one of our
“I have not even begun to apply for jobs right now because of Greek Week and school. It seems like I’m living in some parallel universe.” - Shawn Clary, a senior family and consumer sciences major strong suits.” Clary is going through her senior year, and like many seniors she is trying her best to find a job. “I have not even begun to apply for jobs right now because of Greek Week and school,” Clary said. “It seems like I’m living in some parallel universe.” When she first took up the position, Clary tried to take care of the preparations for Airband by herself. “You can’t do it alone,” Clary said. “If you try to do it alone, you will fail. It’s not about you; it’s about the sorority. I just represent my chapter.” Clary said she took up the leadership position to represent her sorority, not to be referred to as a captain. “Some of the younger girls may find it difficult to understand where I’m coming from, but when they get older they will understand why this is so important to me,” Clary said. Greek Week celebrates the Greek community and everyone is welcome to come and watch the competitions. “I understand why some students might think the sororities and fraternities are inclusive,” Clary said. “They see us with our letters and it looks like we’re a part of some club.” Regarding misperceptions, Clary said when someone joins a fraternity and sorority, they too look for friends. “I struggled to make friends my freshman year,” Clary said. “I wanted to find people who were similar, and I found that in TriDelta.” Her sorority is filled with a diverse group of girls, but she connected with everyone on some level, Clary said. “I encourage everybody to try out. If it’s not for you, it’s not for
everybody,” Clary said. “We try to push unity on campus, but there are problems involving inclusion within the Greek community,” Clary said. Clary said she hopes students outside of the Greek community come watch the Greek Week events and join in the celebration. Tugs—bigger than one Chris Sudhoff, a junior communication studies major and member of Sigma Nu, said he changed his diet and went through rigorous workouts to prepare himself for Tugs, a tugof-war competition at Campus Pond. Sudhoff worked out Monday through Thursday and Sunday for at least on hour and shed 15 pounds for Tugs. “It’s a very tight commitment; you have to get things done,” Sudhoff said. In order to finish his homework, Sudhoff said he stays up until morning. “I had to stay up and do homework. A professor won’t take any excuses,” Sudhoff said. Sudhoff said he “jump-started” his training and the process can be “draining,” but his fraternity has pushed him to keep moving forward. “This competition—Tugs—is much bigger than one person,” Sudhoff said. To relieve himself of the stress, Sudhoff said he vents with his brothers. Last year, Sigma Nu took second place in the Tugs competition. “This year we are hoping to take the win,” Sudhoff said. Jaime Lopez can be reached at 581-2812 or jlopez2@eiu.edu.
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Greek Week: a celebration of the traditions, hard work and philanthropy that organizations of the Greek System participate in throughout the year. But how did it start? While many Greek organizations got their starts in the late 1800s, the Greek system came to Eastern in the mid1940s and 1950s. The first official Greek Week was in February of 1954, but many of the events predate the inception of Greek Week. Three sororities and five fraternities participated in the second-ever Greek Week, according to the Feb. 16, 1955, Eastern State News article. Dean Harwood, the director of Fraternity and Sorority Programs, said prior to fraternities and sororities coming to campus, there were often contests similar to Greek Week, but between the student year levels instead. This is the case with Tugs. “Tugs predate the Greek system on campus,” he said. “It was often a competition between the classes and has been on campus for a long time.” Greek Sing was established in 1951 and joined the official Greek Week events in 1954. Throughout the years, Greek Sing has occurred during different parts of the celebration. In its origin, this event was often the opening event, in the 1980s it was used as a closing event. This year, the event will take place toward the beginning of the Greek Week at 1 p.m. on April 1. Besides the changing of the scheduling and types of competitions as a part of Greek Week, the participants have also changed. In 1991, Greek Week participants were all members of historically white organizations. Ceci Brinker, the director of the Student Life Office, has been a member of the Eastern community for more than
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20 years and influential making this demographic change occur. “It is a way to strengthen and unify the (National Pan-Hellenic Council) groups because they are so often pitted against one another,” Brinker said in an April 9, 1991, article in The Daily Eastern News. A few other things that have changed are both the timing of the event in its entirety as well as the press coverage. When Greek Week started in 1954, it was scheduled in February. This changed in the early 1960s, when the first event scheduled in April was in 1961. “On a campus with a football team and where football is so big, it wouldn’t have made sense to do it in the fall,” Harwood said. The Daily Eastern News and its earlier incarnations have always written about the events, but the first special “Greek Week” edition was in 1985.
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Creating harmony Sororities, fraternities to participate in 61st annual Greek Sing By Felicia Darnell Staff Reporter
Musical ability, selection and presentation will be judged at the 61st annual Greek Sing at 1 p.m. April 1 in Lantz Arena. About 20 to 23 fraternities and sororities will be participating in the Greek Week tradition. Teams typically choose a theme and pick songs that represent the ideas of the theme. Travis Elko, the chairman for Greek Sing, said in past years sororities chose songs that let them flex their musical talents, while some fraternities sing songs known for popularity to please the crowd. But when a scoring category in scoring is crowd appeal and participation, it can be expected that the participants will attempt to put on a show one way or another. Some fraternities and sororities, however, will showcase genuine vocal talent rather than funny themes. Alex Sandack, a freshman communication studies major and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, said he and his brothers are ready to use their pipes. “We’re kind of a singing frat,” Sandack said. “Just about our entire community (is participating).” Haley Ashby, a sophomore art education major and a member in Alpha Sigma Alpha, said the competition, although serious, is definitely friendly and has brought her team together. “We’re anticipating to be better than last year,” Ashby said. “(The new girls) are really holding us up.” Ashby said she thinks it will be fun to see all the different perfor-
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Sigma Pi does a Will Ferrell tribute for their performance during the Greek Sing Competition April 3, 2011, in Lantz Arena.
mances. Jack Swan, a sophomore special education major and a member of Chi Phi, said that even though his fraternity is not participating, he is excited for the event.
“It usually is pretty fun,” Swan said. “I’m hoping to see something funny.” Elko said the participants usually have a good time whether they walk away with a title or not.
“All of them come and have fun,” Elko said. “It’s another great way to come together.” Sandack said he understands why unity is a consistent theme within Greek Sing.
“I just get to hang out with the guys,” Sandack said. “We have to harmonize.” Felicia Darnell can be reached at 581-2812 or fldarnell@eiu.edu.
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Committee aims to break even with costs Proceeds from Greeksing, Airband big source of funds By Rachel Rodgers Administration Editor
The total cost of Greek Week is about $10,000 to $15,000, and admission charges and dues offset the cost, the Greek Week Steering Committee treasurer said. Aaron Wiessing, the Greek Week Steering Committee treasurer and a senior management information systems major, said about $5,000 of the Greek Week expenses will go toward paying for a speaker to come to campus. Lori Hart, a speaker for the CAMPUSPEAK organization, will deliver a presentation titled “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Opposite Sex” at 7 p.m. on April 9 at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Lecture Hall. Wiessing said this is the first year
an educational aspect is scheduled for Greek Week. “We always have a community service and philanthropy aspect along with social and competitive events, but we have never had an educational event planned,” he said. Each chapter member is required to pay a $6 Greek Week due, which helps pay for the events, Wiessing said. Last year, the due was $4 per member. Rob Curtis, one of two Greek Week Steering Committee overalls and a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, said the bulk of the budget will fund Airband and Greek Sing costs. The major cost of Airband and Greek Sing consists of paying for the lighting and sound materials for the events along with the setup, Curtis said. They hired Z’s Music and Sound System Services for the lighting and sound materials. “The money we raise from Airband and Greek Sing is fed back into the rest of Greek Week, which helps us break even with the budget,” Curtis said.
Between the two events, they expect to raise about $10,000 through admission fees, he said. Curtis said presale tickets are priced at $10 per person and the ticket charge is $15 for people who purchase them at the events. The Greek Week budget also covers costs from the Jefferson Fun Day events. Jefferson Fun Day costs include paying for dunk tank rentals along with inflatable jump castles. “Other supplies such as for the arts and crafts projects also add up pretty fast,” Curtis said. Another main cost occurs with Tshirt orders. “We try to make sure the chapters don’t have to spend too much money so we try to make T-shirts inexpensive,” he said. “We organize all of these events and it is nice that we are able to support ourselves.” Rachel Rodgers can be reached at 581-2812 or rjrodgers@eiu.edu.
B re a k i n g d ow n t h e nu m b e r s
$10 PER PERSON $10K TO PRESALE TICKET PRICE FOR AIRBAND & GREEK SING
$6
HOW MUCH EACH GREEK CHAPTER MEMBER HAS TO PAY
$15K
Total cost of Greek Week
$5,000 $2 $10K THE COST OF SPEAKER LORI HART, FROM CAMPUSPEAK Expected revenue from Greek Sing & Airband admission fees
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The increase from what Greek chapter members had to pay last year