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Spring Concert ticket sales expected to pick up

By Stephanie White Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News Currently, ticket sales for the University Board’s Spring Concert are at an estimated 800 sold out of a possible 3,000 available.

Ceci Brinker, the director of student life, said the ticket sales have been at a slow but steady pace over the course of the three-week period since they have been available for purchase.

“Although we had higher expectations, the tickets sales were good the first few days in

March for EIU students once the concert was announced,” she said. “However, due to losing a week for spring break, sales begin to taper and are just starting to pick up again as it gets closer to the actual concert event.”

Brinker said although concert tickets have been on sale to Eastern students and the general public for more than three weeks, that time span is still considered early by most students’ standards because they do not usually plan that far in advance.

“EIU is Mac Miller’s only performance date

in Illinois, and there is still a lot of buzz around campus about this hip-hop artist coming to EIU,” she said. “Hence, we are very optimistic with about two weeks until the concert that we will see a surge in online concert ticket sales.”

Brinker said the two weeks before the major concert event is when the UB will begin to see a rise of online ticket sales.

“That is around the time when UB Concerts usually makes a push with the concert marketing to include radio ad spots, print ads in local and college newspapers, which is in addition to

the social media that has saturated the local and campus markets the past month,” she said.

Tickets are available on Eastern’s website through the university union ticket link. The tickets cost $21 for Eastern students and $24 for the public.

The concert will start at 8 p.m. April 25 in Lantz Arena.

Stephanie White can be reached at 581-2812 or sewhite2@eiu.edu.

Tax fraud hinders faculty, residents

By Megan Ivey Associate News Editor | @megankayivey While many Charleston residents are finalizing their tax returns for Wednesday’s deadline, approximately 40 Eastern employees and 35 Charleston residents are required to refile because of tax fraud.

Lt. Brad Oyer of the Charleston Police Department said the number of reports is unusual for the area.

“It is quite a number of cases,” Oyer said.

“There is no doubt in my mind that the spike is brought on by tax time.”

Paul McCann, the interim vice president for business affairs, said Eastern has roughly the same number of cases, if not more, although the number of cases is not finalized.

“We have seen at least that many cases, because not all Eastern employees live in Charleston,” McCann said.

Tax fraud is described as another person stealing one’s identity and using their social security number to file a tax return, according to the Internal Revenue Service’s website.

McCann said a person who commits tax fraud needs two main pieces of information.

“They have to have access to a social security number and a name,” he said.

Melinda Mueller, a political science professor, said her tax forms were rejected after filing electronically on April 7.

“Within half an hour of filing, we were sent an email that the IRS rejected it,” she said.

“Someone had already filed under my name.”

Mueller said the fraud brought on additional phone calls and paperwork.

“We panicked,” she said. “It took an entire afternoon of phone calls to get everything situated.”

Oyer said someone who has experienced identity fraud should report the file to a local police department, file with the Attorney General and then file with the IRS. “The process does not start until they kick it off with us with a police report,” he said.

Instead of submitting electronically, Mueller was required to file through the mail and write an affidavit, which is an official document validating her identity.

Oyer said tax fraud can delay a person’s tax return for an extended length of time.

“In reality, it can take a while, a few months,” he said. “If you have a sizable return, that makes a difference.”

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Mackenzie Murphy, a freshman communication disorders and sciences major, swipes students into the Student Recreation Center Tuesday.

Campus Recreation details, explains cuts

By Luis Martinez Administration Editor | @DEN_News Campus Recreation recently made some changes to its budget next year after its original budget proposal was denied.

The original budget asked for $211,000 for campus recreation; however, after some deliberation by the Apportionment Board, the amount of funds allocated to Campus Recreation is $185,485.

Sarah Daugherty, the assistant director of facilities, said the decisions made to the revised budget came after evaluating the needs of the

department.

“We evaluated the needs of the department, facility and programs to determine where to make cuts,” Daugherty said. “The Apportionment Board budget allocation is the entire payroll budget for all student employees with Campus Recreation. As such, there was little choice in what was cut.”

The cuts to next year’s recreation budget means the Rec will be cutting back hours.

“The cut in hours is only 12 hours per week and occurs at times that are least used by our student population,” Daugherty said. “While we know that there will be people unhappy with the

changes, we are still serving the largest population we can by cutting the hours that we have.”

The money for the budget comes from student fees, and since there are recent enrollment troubles, there is less money made available to distribute among the board budgets.

In terms of how long the new hours would remain in effect, it is currently unknown.

“I wish I could predict how long this will last, but because this allocation is dependent on enrollment and student fees, I have no way to accurately answer that question,” Daugherty said.

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Hiring process slows Tarble director pick

By Stephanie White Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News The announcement of the new director of the Tarble Arts Center took longer than expected because of the process of signing and returning the contract to the university.

Rehema Barber, who is currently the coordinator for Figure One, the off campus exhibition space for the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, was announced Monday afternoon to have accepted the position as the director of Tarble. She will start her position June 15.

Glenn Hild, the interim dean of the College

of Arts and Humanities, said waiting for Barber to sign and return the contract to Blair Lord, the provost and vice president for academic affairs, was the reason the new director was not announced earlier.

“Processes take longer then sometimes people imagine,” he said. “But I think she is an excellent choice for director.”

Hild said for this position and for most higher-up positions on campus, candidates must go through a screening committee unless it is a late hire.

“She was chosen because she was the strongest candidate; she comes with a good, strong back-

ground,” Hild said. “She has done professional development activities appropriate to the field.”

Hild said Barber has been involved for the last couple of years for Figure One, so she has curated a lot of exhibitions, organized exhibitions in that space and has worked extensively with students.

He said he believes those experiences, along with her curatorial skills and the fact that she had a rather successful program at her university’s off-campus center, are what made her a strong candidate for the director position.

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Participants will skip, run and walk as volunteers cheer them on at the Girls on the Run 5K at 9 a.m. Saturday starting at O’Brien Field.

The race is non-competitive; times will not be recorded, and results will not be posted.

Girls on the Run is a non-profit after school program for girls in third through eighth grades.

Beth Gillespie, the council director of Girls on the Run East Central Illinois, said it is an organization that works to empower girls.

The girls meet two times a week to practice running.

“They learn how to stand up to bullies, how to deal with the media and body image,” Gillespie said.

The program focuses on the girls’ self-esteem, confidence and physical and emotional health.

"It only takes one person to say, ‘I know you can do it, I believe in you,’ to make them feel like they are important, like they're worthwhile. " - Beth Gillespie, council director for Girls on the Run East Central Illinois “I want them to know they can reach their goals,” Gillespie said.

“I want them to think, ‘If I can do this, I can do anything.’”

Another program exists for boys called Stride, who will also be present at the 5k. Stride is also a 10-

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Girls On The Run participants run past the first check point where EIU Pride members cheered them on and led them down Grant Avenue on April 12, 2014.

week program that focuses on character development and self-esteem among boys. “ We make the topics geared more toward boys,” Gillespie said.

Gillespie said a girl has told her Girls on the Run has taught her to be the boss of her own brain.

“It helps girls learn about themselves, that they are in charge of their own thoughts,” Gillespie said.

Girls on the Run has two seasons a year, in the spring and fall.

This spring, the organization has 220 girls already registered and 112 volunteer coaches.

“We expect with the girls, boys, coaches and volunteers for there to be 800 participants,” Gillespie said.

Many of the volunteers cheering girls toward the finish line are Eastern students from a variety of organizations.

“We’re really grateful for all of EIU’s help in making this a great experience,” Gillespie said.

These organizations include Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Gamma Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Delta Zeta, National Residence Hall Honorary, the Sports Management Club, EIU Pride, and Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

“Some might support with their student group, and because they can see what they're doing is making a difference,” Gillespie said.

Other volunteers that will be cheering on the participants will be the campus police, the city of Charleston and the Charleston Police Department.

Gillespie said even though they might not think their making a difference, what they do is important, especially since 600 volunteers will be there getting up early to cheer the girls on.

“It only takes one person to say, ‘I know you can do it, I believe in you,’ to make them feel like they are important, like they're worth-

Pride collects clothes for drive

By Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge Pride will be accepting donations for transgender women of color throughout Pride Week with donation boxes in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Benjamin Wilburn, a graduate assistant for the Gateway program, said the clothing drive focuses solely on transgender women for a few reasons.

He said trans women, especially trans women of color, face violence and discrimination at high rates.

“It seems almost daily there is a news story about a transgender woman facing adversity,” Wilburn said.

Wilburn said this drive takes time to collect resources that might be hard for these women to access.

He said this is also the first time Pride is having a donation like this.

“My hope is that next year we will be able to benefit both trans men and women,” Wilburn said.

The resources for trans women in rural areas can be difficult to come by. As people are reaching the “coming out” process and affirming their identity, these are materials they could be seeking out.

The drive also gives individuals a safe place to pick up clothing, makeup, perfume and other cosmetics, Wilburn said.

“I had a friend tell me once that she never felt safe buying clothing or cosmetics — and that was all I really needed to hear to see that there is a need in the trans community for this type of action,” Wilburn said. “There needs to be a safe spot for people to connect with re-

sources; that is what we are seeking to do here.”

Wilburn said the great aspect about a clothing drive is that it is all about perception. he said they don not always—if at all–– have a specific gender.

The donations first go to the LGBTQ Resource Center; they will then be sent to community members. Some will go to Champaign and others will be sent to the Chicago area.

“My hope is that each year we will be able to grow in size and help more people. This is truly just about helping the community,” Wilburn said.

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

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while,” she said. “It shows there are people who support their progress, and know what their doing is important.”

The race will not be the only thing happening on Saturday. A family celebration with a hair station, face painting and bounce house will also happen during the race.

“It is something for the entire family to come and participate in,” Gillespie said. “It gives older and younger siblings something to do while their brother or sister is getting back to the finish line.”

The non-competitive race is open to everyone, not just participants of Girls on the Run and Stride.

Registration is still open and people can register by visiting the Mattoon Area Family YMCA or registering online.

Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.

CORREC TION In Monday’s Greek Week section of The Daily Eastern News, in the list identifying participating fraternities on page 2B, Sigma Nu should have been included, and the first fraternity mentioned should have read Phi Kappa Theta. Sigma Nu also should have been listed on page 1B. The News regrets the errors.

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By Luis Martinez Administration Editor| @DEN_News The Student Senate will announce the unofficial results of this week’s student government elections on Wednesday.

The elections were for the positions of student body president, executive vice president, vice president for student affairs, vice president for academic affairs, and senators.

Reginald Thedford, the current student body president, said the announcement would occur in the beginning of the senate meeting.

“The unofficial results will be announced by an associate justice from the Student Supreme Court,” Thedford said.

Two resolutions are also on the senate’s agenda.

One deals with by-law changes, written by Shirmeen Ahmad, the current vice president for academic affairs, and the second would be about paying for the sexual assault awareness speaker coming in on Thursday.

The speaker is coming to Eastern as a part of the on-going “It’s On Us” campaign at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

“The speaker is Molly McLay, the assistant director of the women’s resource center at the University of Illinois,” Thedford said. “The bill would talk about how we are going to pay her for her services.”

Thedford said McLay would talk about preventing campus sexual assault and avoiding situations leading to sexual assault.

He also said there might be two more resolutions to be discussed during the senate meeting. The resolutions would discuss finals week and the events student government has planned for students.

“These events would serve has de-stressors for students during finals week,” Thedford said.

The events on the resolutions include a trivia night on April 27, Zumba on April 28, Picnic with the Prez on April 29, Movie Night on April 30, and Java Social on May 1.

The Student Senate will be meeting at 7 p.m. in the Arcola-Tuscola Room in the Union.

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

Professors ranging in career fields from history to biology debated and discussed their attempt at “Making sense of the socalled Islamic State” Tuesday evening.

Brian Mann, a history professor, said Americans have a lot of confusion between Al Qaeda, ISIS and the Islamic State.

Mann said just because ISIS calls itself the Islamic State and they use the same scriptures does not mean the group is mutually exclusive with Islam.

He said ISIS is a relatively small group of 1.6 billion people, and each are from different nations, speak different languages and are generally diverse.

“Isis is just a small group that gets a lot of play,” Mann said.

Mann said one of the differences between the Al Qaeda and ISIS is that Al Qaeda wanted to overthrow all regimes Bin Laden viewed as un-Islamic under the control of Western powers.

“If you can inspire people to revolt and eventually through waging wars you overthrow these leaders, eventually you’ll get to a caliphate,” Mann said A caliphate is when the religion and political structure of the state are the same, for example, if the Pope was the political leader and religious leader of Europe.

Mann said it is having no separation of church and state, as opposed to the United States.

He said Al Qaeda had issues with the regimes the U.S. supported, so the group wanted to do as many attacks as possible to put pressure on the U.S. to withdraw from the Islamic world.

By doing this, Al Qaeda wanted to overthrow governments and unite into a caliphate.

Mann said the idea with ISIS is immediacy — have a caliphate now, commit as much violence as possible to draw more individuals in, and then start recruiting people once it is established.

“They’re not seeking to attack on American soil; I’m sure they would love it, but it’s not what they’re looking for now,” Mann said.

Hasan Mavi, a kinesiology and sports studies professor, said ISIS has nothing to do with Islam.

Mavi, who is Muslim, would consider those in ISIS to be “modern pirates.”

Mavi said the reason the U.S. or any other developed country does not have terrorist groups like ISIS is because of the economic and social stability.

He said the justice and government sys-

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History professor Brian Mann (Left) listens to fellow panelist Newton Key, also a history professor, as he discusses the importance of geography in relation to ISIS Tuesday in the Booth Library conference room.

“They’re not seeking to attack on American soil; I’m sure they would love it, but it’s not what they’re looking for now.”

-Brian Mann, history professor tem works and young people have hope in terms of education and job future.

“Their generation, they’ve never seen a peaceful day in their lives,” Mavi said.

Mavi said when it comes to ISIS, those

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who benefit from it are those who want to destroy the image of Islam, the oil markets, those in “war business” and privileged people. However, those who suffer are the poor, historical artifacts and most of the world, he said.

Mavi said every $1 billion spent on defense creates 8,555 jobs and adds $565 million to the economy.

“They live ‘out there’ in terms of their ideology,” Mavi said.

However, ISIS still has had many young people attempting to join their cause, which was a hard question for the panelists to answer.

Newton Key, a history professor, said those who want to join ISIS see it as a revolution, and they want to join something that is a complete change. Key said it is not one group involved with ISIS; it is multiple, and the Islamic State is getting support from a lot of different groups.

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Graduation: the commencement of life As May 9 slowly approaches, with each day that passes I can’t help but feel a slight twist in my gut every day.

The day that many consider to be a day manifested from hard work, dedication and ambition—I can’t help but look at as a day of change, transition and a hint of pessimism.

I mean, I can’t say that I’m not totally excited to be graduating, but I can definitely say that certain perspectives cause me to be a tad bit apprehensive about this momentous occasion.

Never in my life has “so what’s next?” been such an offensive question.

I don’t think I become offended because I am feeling attacked but merely because no matter how many times I’ve heard the question in the last several months, I’ve yet to come up with a concrete answer. Sure, I have an idea as to what I want to do after I graduate, but who’s to say the universe will reciprocate that energy?

For the last 18 years of my life, school has provided me with a foundation in which not only I could lay my educational foundation, but it has also provided me with the social skills essential to life.

Outside of family of course, school was my first encounter with social interaction, and I feel it has been essential to my growth and development.

From primary school until now, I have managed to keep the exact same perception of school.

To me it has always been an institution to educate and progress society, but it is up to the society as a whole how they decide to incorporate education and school systems.

With my undergraduate schooling coming to an end, I can’t help but wonder if I’ve taken as much as possible away from school at this point.

Come May 9, I won’t just be walking across a stage to signify the completion of my undergraduate year, but it will be me graduating into my own life.

No longer will school serve as the purpose of my productivity, and I don’t know whether to be relieved or concerned about this fact.

Granted, I could always go ahead and enroll right back in school and go to graduate school, but for some reason that idea makes me feel as though I lose.

After participating in three graduations in my life thus far, I can’t help but feel as though this is the one. The one that will define me for years to come and I can’t help but question how I even got here.

Five years ago I would have never saw myself anticipating this day so anxiously. But now, add a few more credit hours and a tad bit grayer hair on my head, and I’m cap and gown ready.

I guess more than anything, I am a bit starstruck by the future transitions that will soon take place in life, but more than anything I am ready to elevate myself as well as those around me.

Kevin Hall is a senior journalism major and he can be reached at denopinions@gmail.com.

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City Council miscommunicates union proposal The Charleston City Council passed a resolution April 7 that incorporated some proposals by Gov. Bruce Rauner regarding the creation of “empowerment zones.”

The Illinois Prevailing Wage Act stipulates that workers who are paid with public money must be paid no less than the general prevailing hourly rate in the area.

This resolution means the city would not have to follow state law.

Charleston is not the only local government to pass such a resolution—the website Capitol Fax reports that the village of Oswego and the city of Clinton among others have enacted similar resolutions.

All of these cities have passed resolutions, despite Illinois law stating the actions suggestions in the resolution can only be implemented by the state.

The manner in which this resolution was

discussed and came to pass should be scrutinized.

The Journal Gazette & Times-Courier reported that the language of the resolution was discussed via email among Mayor Larry Rennels and the other council members.

The resolution was part of the consent agenda, with members of the public not being able to voice their opinion. The resolution was also not placed on file for public inspection.

The language of the resolution also does not spell out why exactly the city needs this to be enacted. What are written are words from the governor’s office.

In Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Eastern News, Rennels said that the resolution was passed to show support for Rauner’s prevailing wage proposal—nothing was mentioned about actually enacting it.

Should the city decide to enforce the resolu-

tion, they would be going up against state law.

According to Progress Illinois, Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued a legal opinion where she states that governments that do or do not have home rule status do not, “have the authority to opt out of compliance of the (Prevailing Wage Act) when seeking bids and awarding contracts for the construction or demolition of public works.”

It is important for governmental bodies to not violate the Illinois Open Meetings Act and to hold discussion on important matters with the public.

Even though this resolution is essentially “non-binding” (cannot be enacted because of state law), it should have been discussed with the citizens.

The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.

Marvel’s new show starts off on a good note Growing up in a time where classic comic book characters are getting movies and television shows, it’s the best time to be a comic book fan.

I mean, who doesn’t want to see heroes like the Avengers, Batman and Superman get their time in the limelight. However, what has really been getting people’s attention is the number of television shows centered on comic book heroes.

No, I don’t mean ‘Teen Titans Go!” I mean shows like “Arrow,” “Gotham,” and “The Flash.”

These are the shows that really reel people in.

There is only one slight issue here: Where are the Marvel shows?

Each one of the shows I previously mentioned all belong to DC comics—one of the top two reigning comic book kings. Sure there’s Marvel’s Agents of “S.H.I.E.L.D” and “Agent Carter,” but I couldn’t get myself into those shows.

I grew up loving Marvel—from Spiderman all the way to the Avengers, and I do have some DC favorites like Batman and The Flash. But are there any Marvel shows that I could get hooked on while I wait for the next Marvel film?

Then came the announcement that Marvel was planning on creating four new shows, focusing on other heroes in the Marvel Universe.

Luis Martinez The first of these new shows is “Daredevil,” and I have to say, it is quickly becoming one of my new favorite shows.

It is gritty, dark and the characters are just plain awesome. The season focuses on Matt Murdoch, a blind lawyer who moonlights as the mask-wearing vigilante as he fights to free Hell’s Kitchen from the likes of Wilson Fisk—also known as The Kingpin.

The show combines Daredevil’s original story with the protagonist’s path to becoming Daredevil. The season is 13 episodes, and I still haven’t finished all of them yet, but so far, the show is intense.

Now, the show is only available on Netflix, and while I don’t particularly like this, there are a lot of

positives that could come out of it.

One: all the episodes from the season were made available the day the show was released.

Two: Marvel is planning to release three other shows focusing on three other Marvel superheroes, before releasing a mini-series focusing on the Marvel team, the Defenders.

All of these shows take place within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which also included Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers, and Spiderman, which means the characters on the show may have bigger parts to play in future Marvel films.

The best part about the Netflix series is how many Easter eggs (hidden clues, secrets) the writers put in the show. For those of you who still haven’t seen “Daredevil,” I don’t plan on spoiling the show for you, so don’t worry.

Now, if and when you have the time, I would definitely recommend watching it. The next show to come out on Netflix is Marvel’s “A.K.A Jessica Jones,” which is set to come out sometime this year.

Luis Martinez is a junior journalism major and he can be reached at denopinions@gmail.com.

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Mueller said she did not know of any way she could have prevented her information from being stolen.

“I don’t know what I could’ve done to prevent this,” she said. “It’s different from credit card information. We give our social security numbers to just a very small number of institutions, like our employer, and then you hope that the information is secure.”

President Bill Perry issued a statement Friday that the university has no reason to believe there was an information breach.

“We have found no indication there was a release of information,” McCann said. “We continue to diligently search, and from our source of information, we are unable to find any consistencies.”

Oyer said safeguarding information is the best way to avoid identity fraud, as well as being perceptive and aware of whom the information is given to.

“Charleston has seen scams where people call and pretend to be from the IRS,” he said. “You need to know who you’re talking to on the phone.”

Oyer said although a number of cases have occurred in Charleston, he believes cases can be found throughout the country.

“We live in the Charleston community, so this the community we see,” he said. “This is much larger than our community, and it is going on in other communities.”

Mueller successfully sent a tax return Monday.

She has been given an additional PIN from the IRS, which will be used as extra security for future returns.

“If this is all that comes of it, this huge nuisance, I will survive, and hopefully it won’t be anything more,” she said.

Participants can play a round of bingo and help raise money for those affected by domestic violence at Housing, Outreach, Prevention and Education of East Central Illinois’s Basket Binga 6 p.m. Thursday at Charleston VFW, 1821 20th St. The event is called a “binga” instead of “bingo” because the use of the word bingo could be considered gambling instead of fundraising.

Door prizes will also be offered. Camille Gordon, who organized the event, said these prizes include a purple Coach purse that will be raffled off.

“The prizes could be anything from a free meal at a local restaurant to a Longaberger basket,” Gordon said.

This is the fifth binga HOPE has put together.

“We have had really good turnout,” Gor-

don said.

She said 100 to 120 people have attended previous bingas.

In previous years, HOPE has raised anywhere from $3,000 to $4,000.

“It varies from year to year,” Gordon said.

“I hope this year it will be a bigger turnout.

We’ve had anywhere from pre-teens to any ages on up.”

All money raised from the binga benefits the HOPE by going to their children’s program.

The children’s program helps support children who have witnessed or been around domestic violence, or been victims of it themselves.

Gordon said the money helps those in charge of the program buy school supplies and take the children on various trips.

“We go in the summer, do activities,” Gordon said. “The money would help with transportations costs; we can take the children to places they may normally not be able

to go to because of transportation issues.”

Although the binga officially starts at 6 p.m., an early bird binga will take place at 5:45 p.m. The cost to play is $10 for 10 games.

Prizes can also be won at a silent auction.

People from the community have donated door prizes and other prizes. Donations will still be accepted until 5:30 p.m. or later on the day of the event.

“WEIU TV station donated a kids basket,” Gordon said. “It just ranges.”

Food will also be sold at the binga event.

“We will have sloppy joes and tacos in a bag,” Gordon said.

Anyone who wants to donate can contact Gordon or HOPE to arrange to have his or her donations picked up or find out where to donate.

Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.

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hours in the middle of the year.”

Daugher ty also said this would be a one-time assistance because of cuts made to the current Campus Recreation budget after the allocated funds were in place and the hours were set.

Lord said it took a long time to get the signed contract back to Eastern because Barber is currently off campus, and he could not announce her as new director without having the contract.

He said Barber has a different personality than Michael Watts, the previous director, so he believes the way she will handle Tarble will be different.

“As a part of the interview cycles, I had to have a private meeting with her. The interview was only a half an hour on campus,” he said. “She was very energetic, very outgoing. Other than the interview I have not had any interactions with her.”

Hild said for the first year as the Tarble director, Barber will not be choosing the exhibits for the museum because they have already been chosen.

“For the first year she will not have much of anything because the exhibition schedule is pretty much established already,” Hild said. “Tarble schedules out at least a year in advice; in some cases for certain show they are scheduled several years in advice.”

Barber’s first decision for the museum will not come until the 2016-2017 academic year, Hild said. She will then be responsible for coordinating the exhibition schedule for that year.

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

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In the original budget proposal, Campus Recreation was asking for $7,000 for maintenance fees, $150,000 for the student payroll, and $54,000 for the graduate assistants.

After the board required cuts in Campus Recreation, their new budget would be cutting the $7,000 allocated to maintenance and $18,515 from the student payroll, with $131, 485 left for student payroll.

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The only item remaining the same on both the original and revised budgets was how much would be given to the graduate assistants.

“We did not cut the graduate assistant budget when we reallocated funds to incorporate the cuts made to our request,” Daugherty said. “ This year, Dr. Nadler has been generous enough to pay for one of our graduate assistants in order to avoid having to change our faculty operating

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Panthers look to continue win streak

By Sean Hastings Staff reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern softball team heads into a mid-week matchup against Butler on a two-game win streak.

The Panthers are coming off two wins against conference opponent UTMartin from the help of freshman Jessica Wireman, who tossed a no-hitter and allowed only two runs in the next game.

Wireman has a record of 7-10 on the year, and she has an ERA of 4.07 and 69 strikeouts.

Freshman Michelle Rogers has the top ERA on the team at 3.97. She has a record of 6-10.

UT-Martin came out on top in the first game, 8-4, but the Panthers came back and won the next two games, 3-0 and 4-2.

The Panthers are coming in with a 14-21 season record and a 9-8 conference record.

Butler comes in with a 16-22 season record, and the team is 4-8 in its conference, but just like any team, the Panthers cannot look past them.

“Butler is a team that can sneak up on you fast,” Nicholson said. “They do not give up, and they keep coming.”

Butler’s offense is led by Alex Kotter. She is batting .407 on the year with four home runs and 25 runs batted in.

Kristin Gutierrez is the Bulldog’s top pitcher with 114 innings pitched and a 3.25 ERA. She also has 61 strikeouts compared to only 27 walks on the year.

Hannah Cole led the Panthers’ offense last weekend. Cole went 8-for-11 in the three games against UT Martin.

Cole also has the highest batting average on the team at .361.

Fellow senior Bailey O’Dell is right behind her with a .354 average and also leads the team with nine home runs and 31 RBI’s.

Nicholson wants the team to con-

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Kylie Bennett, a junior, makes a swing at the ball during the softball game against Jacksonville State Sunday at Williams Field.

tinue hitting well and get the timely hits like they did last weekend at UT Martin.

“I would like to get the entire lineup hitting the ball and hitting the ball hard and being a tough out at all times,” Nicholson said.

With Butler not being in the Panthers’ conference it can have a few positives that can come out of it.

The game will not affect the Pan-

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thers’ overall conference record, and it can also give them chances to look at a few different aspects of the game.

“Playing a non-conference game gives you an opportunity to do some things you would not normally take

Spring football fever heats up at Eastern

By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 Though they may not be playing any games right now, the Eastern football players have been busy the last few weeks, beginning spring practices on March 25.

The Panthers finished the season with a 5-7 record last season, and will begin the 2015 regular season at Western Illinois on September 3.

The Panthers’ offense returns two allOhio Valley Conference selections, including red-shirt senior running back Shepard Little and red-shirt senior center Nick Borre. Little earned first team all-OVC honors after compiling 1,551 yards last season and 15 touchdowns.

Little led the Panthers’ rushing attack with 797 yards last season, despite being hampered with injuries. Little will be joined in the Eastern backfield season by a pair of Division I transfers. Redshirt sophomore Devin Church, a transfer from Illinois, joins Little in the backfield, after playing in 11 games for the Fighting Illini last season.

Church started one of those games, a 28-24 victory over Minnesota.

Also transferring in from Division-I play is sophomore Korliss Marshall, who arrives after a stint with Arkansas. Marshall also spent time as a kick returner for the Razorbacks, and scored on a 97-yard kick return against Northern Illinois last season. He ran for 119 yards on 25 carries for the Razorbacks, as well.

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One of the Panthers’ biggest losses came on the offensive line. Eastern lost two seniors to graduation, including two-time All-American Collin Seibert.

The aforementioned Borre will also miss spring practice, but should be available for the regular season. A total of three offensive linemen will be returning for the Panthers, including red-shirt sophomore Jimmy Lowery, red-shirt sophomore Evan Kanz and freshman Louis Vailopa.

Eastern will hold its annual Spring Game on April 25.

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role for the defense last week with a stop on fourth down near the red zone, during a scripted scrimmage last week.

Seniors Kamu Grugier-Hill and Jourdan Wickliffe also return for the Panthers this year. Grugier-Hill, a linebacker, led the Panthers with 97 tackles and three interceptions in 2014. Wickliffe, on the other hand, led the Eastern secondary with 62 total tackles, as well as four interceptions for 49 yards.

The special teams unit also has players returning, most notably kicker Nick Bruno. Bruno earned All-American honors last year as a freshman, and ranked 10th in the nation in field goal percentage.

Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.

Blackburn said his team is excited to be competing in the tournament again this year.

“It is a great experience for us to play in Nashville,” he said. “We plan on making the most out of it. We feel like we can play with anyone in the draw and be very successful if we bring our best to the matches.”

Eastern failed to earn both doubles points in the matches Friday and Saturday.

“We think doubles will be a very important part of match on Friday, along with trying to maximize our strengths and be aware what our opponents bring to the table,” Blackburn said.

In the matches Friday and Saturday, Eastern senior Sephora Boulbahaiem and freshman Grace Summers were able to win both of their singles matches.

Blackburn said he was impressed with the way those two played.

“I think we played well in a lot of our matches,” he said. “Grace and Sephora played very good singles all weekend and really led the team, which was awesome to see.”

Eastern will play Edwardsville at 10 a.m. Friday in Nashville, Tenn. The Cougars are the No. 4 seed in the tournament.

Murray State, who is the No. 1 seed in the tournament, and Eastern Kentucky, who is the No. 2 seed, both have 9-1 records in the conference this season.

Eastern lost to Edwardsville earlier in the season, 7-0, in Edwardsville.

Senior quarterback Jalen Whitlow passes the ball during the Eastern men’s football team’s game vs. Tennessee Tech Oct. 25, 2014.

secutive passes without an interception.

He ran for 900 yards and 12 touchdowns on 140 carries and completed 185 passes for 2,075 yards, while playing all but one game last season.

Another experienced area of the Panthers will be their defense. The Panthers are playing in its second year under defensive coordinator Kane Wommack and head coach Kim Dameron. Redshirt junior defensive linemen Dino Fanti and Fedney Delphonse both return for Eastern.

Fanti led all defensive linemen with 64 tackles last year, while Delphonse followed with 54. Delphonse played a big

a risk on,” Nicholson said. “You challenge yourself and your players and see who is capable of what.”

The Panthers will be looking to continue their two-game win streak on Wednesday. The first pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 For freshman golfer Annie Getzin, golf has become a competition rather than a hobby, as she envisions herself playing in the Ladies Professional Golf Association, or playing the sport for the rest of her life.

The game has been a part of her life since the seventh grade, and she hopes that it stays that way in the future.

“It’s something I want to be around, because you meet some really, really great people,” Getzin said. “We had 36 volunteers these past two days at Indiana State, and they would spot each hole. Each one was so very sweet and helping us find our balls and wishing us luck.”

“That’s the kind of environment I want to be around and I find that most in golf,” she said.

Getzin led the Panthers after the first day of the Indiana State Spring Invitational Sunday with a score of 8-over 80, but she finished the final day with a 26-over 168 in wet, rainy conditions at Terre Haute, Ind. She finished third for the Panthers behind sophomore Alexandra Pickens and fellow freshman Anne Bahr.

Despite that finish, Getzin remains one of the Panthers’ top golfers this season. She has finished first for the Panthers in two of the last four tournaments, including finishing first in four of the team’s nine tournaments this year. That also includes two top 10 finishes in individual play.

This first year’s success was a surprise to the freshman, who is from Jasper, Ind. “In the fall it was really a hit and go,” Getzin said. “Chloe (Wong) was in the 70s and (Tiffany Wolf ) would put up good scores and everything. I didn’t expect it, because I’ve got a lot of good golfers among me.”

Along with her success on the course, Getzin has also developed a routine,

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Annie Getzin has enjoyed golf since she was in the seventh grade. Getzin has finished in first place in four of the Panthers’ nine tournaments this year.

where she imagines the shot before she takes it. As she prepares for each shot, she looks at the ball and then the hole, which enables her to see the shot in her head. From that point on she decides her move by asking herself a pair of questions.

“I ask myself if I trust the line, trust my shot, and I tell myself yes or no,” Getzin said. “If I don’t, I’ll back away, but if I do trust my shot, I will feel it.

I’ll be like, ‘what does it feel like,’ and

as I’m trying to remember what it feels like, I’ll just start doing it.”

That has not been the only routine that Getzin has used this year. Problems with its winter facility kept the Panthers from using it for practice, so Getzin had to develop her own practice techniques to prepare for the spring season.

“I had a chipping mat in my room, and I was hitting Styrofoam balls into my door and I would putt to a tee,” Getzin said. “I try to make it work

the best I can. It’s definitely not what I imagined.”

Getzin and the Panthers are heading into their final tournament of the season, the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Its level of consistency has Getzin feeling good about the Panthers’ chances in the tournament.

“This season we’ve been really good as a team,” Getzin said. “Last week at Southern Illinois-Carbondale we shot a 322 and Sunday at Indiana State we

shot a 328. So it’s just getting into that consistency zone before OVC, which is good.”

Consistency has been a big part of Getzin’s high school and collegiate career, as she has fulfilled her dream of playing collegiate golf at the NCAA Division I level.

Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.

Bats come alive in Eastern’s 15-3 victory Panthers ‘excited’ heading into match

By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor | @BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern baseball team belted out 15 hits in its 15-3 victory over Benedictine University-Springfield Tuesday at Coaches Stadium.

The Panthers top of the order, freshman Joe Duncan, sophomore Marshawn Taylor and senior Caleb Howell, went a combined 6-for-10 and had five runs batted in on the day.

Howell tied the Eastern career hits record with 260 career hits set by Ryan Campbell from 2004-2007. Howell went 2-for-3 on the day with three runs batted in.

Red-shirt junior Demetre Taylor hit a grand slam to right field, which scored third baseman Brant Valach, Howell and Marshawn Taylor to make it 14-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Demetre Taylor finished the game 2-for-3 with four RBIs and one run scored.

Valach said it was nice to see the offensive power from the Panthers Tuesday.

“A lot of guys were hitting really well,” he said. “A lot of balls hit hard.

That is good to see going into this Belmont weekend. We need that.”

Freshman Bobby Wenthe also added to the power supply for the Panthers as he hit a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning to right field.

Wenthe added an RBI single to right field in the bottom of the fifth to give Eastern an 8-3 lead. He finished the game 3-for-4 with two RBIs and

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Freshman Andy Fisher pitches during the Eastern men’s baseball game Saturday.

two runs scored.

Eastern senior Dane Sauer added to his hit total on the day going 2-for-4 with two RBIs. His sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth inning gave the Panthers a 5-3 lead.

Also, Sauer grounded out to shortstop in the bottom of the sixth, which scored Eastern red-shirt freshman Jack Martin, to give the Panthers a 15-3 lead.

The Panthers got stellar pitching from senior Andrew Grahn, sophomore Chase Thurston and junior Matt Doherty in Tuesday’s game.

Grahn, who got his first win of the

season, threw five innings, allowed three runs and struck out three batters.

Eastern coach Jimmy Schmitz was happy with the way Grahn pitched.

“I thought Grahn did what we thought he could do,” he said. “He is going to give our guys a chance.”

Thurston shut the door in the sixth and seventh innings and only allowed one hit. Doherty finished out the game with only allowing one hit as well.

Sophomore Cody Bolen took the loss for Benedictine by going two innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on five hits. He is now 2-5 on the season.

Bulldog senior Anthony Jerrall pitched one inning for Benedictine allowing five earned runs and three hits.

Valach said the win Tuesday is big for the confidence level of the team.

“Coming off a slower weekend as far as runs scoring, this was good to get back on track,” he said. “We needed this. It was really good to see.”

The Panthers are now 4-26 on the season and will host Illinois College at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Coaches Stadium.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2182 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.

The Eastern women’s tennis team has a couple of days to prepare for its upcoming Ohio Valley Conference tournament matchup with Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Friday.

The Panthers are coming off two losses against Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State in their final two games of the regular season, which dropped the Panthers to a No. 5 seed in the conference tournament.

Blackburn said his team cannot be worried about where they are seeded.

“We really can’t be concerned about the past and how the tournament is seeded,” he said. “We are in. We have as much of an opportunity to win as anyone. We just need to focus on playing at the highest level possible.”

This is the fifth-straight year the Panthers have reached the conference tournament dating back to the 2010 season.

Eastern lost to Morehead State last year in the first round of the conference tournament, 4-1.

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