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CRT takes 6 in for questioning, find items of interest By Katie Smith Editor-in-Chief | @DEN_News Six individuals suspected of possessing weapons and narcotics were taken in for questioning with one official arrest made at about 5:30 a.m. at 400 W. Pierce Ave. Officials refused to identify the individuals taken into custody. The Crisis Response Team arrived at the home early Tuesday morning to make contact with highpriority individuals, Steve Kelly the director of court services, said. A drug task force notified the CRT that the individuals may have been in possession of weapons and narcotics. When CRT members knocked on the door and heard several voices, but no one in the residence answered, the local police and sheriff’s departments were called for assistance. Two individuals exited the home after CRT members requested over a loud speaker that anyone in the residence come out. Four additional individuals were escorted out of the house when the CRT decided it was necessary for public safety that officials enter. The scene was cleared and each of the individuals was apprehended by about noon. The individuals are currently being interviewed and units are still processing the crime scene. Kelly said when the CRT made entry into the residence they discovered “items of interest,” although he would not specify what materials were identified at the scene.
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Members of the multi-agency Crisis Response Team make entry into 400 W. Pierce Ave Monday. Two individuals exited the residence at the team's request. Others had to be removed. One arrest was made.
“We have discovered items in the house I don’t want to comment on, but led us to believe that some of our information is correct,” Kelly said. Ameren Illinois was on-scene, but Kelly refused to comment on whether the power at the residence was shut off. “I will say that at times, it is a safety measure when entry is being made there might be possible methamphetamine labs, because of the vola-
tile chemicals — so there is a possibility that happened, yes,” Kelly said. The incident began as a regular Pre-Trial release program checkup, which was put in place to help inmates receive treatment, drug testing, jail release, and ultimately integrate them back into the community. “We don’t get them out of jail and turn them lose,” Kelly said. “We do everything to help them,
but obviously this neighborhood needed protected, and that’s what we do.” Kelly said no further information is available at the moment, and the investigation will be ongoing. Katie Smith can be reached at 581-2812 or kesmith2@eiu.edu
Officials, community members fill Senate votes City Hall over controversial resolution to oppose athletic fee increase
By Cassie Buchman City Editor|@DEN_News State representatives and community members brought spirited debate to the City Council meeting Tuesday regarding a resolution passed two weeks ago incorporating language from Gov. Bruce Rauner’s plans for “empowerment zones.” Four council members and Mayor Larry Rennels unanimously approved this resolution in the consent agenda in one motion on April 7. One councilman, Matthew Hutti, was absent from the meeting. The room was filled with people Tuesday, with some standing in the hallway and others downstairs viewing a live feed. Some community members carried signs with phrases like “Right to work equals reduce their wages,” “Right to work for less” and “War on workers.” John Kraft, a graduate student of political science and a member of the Edgar County Watchdogs, said he supported the resolution; however, he thought the way the council passed it was problematic. “I previously asked the council and the mayor to place it in a new agenda and vote on it again after complying with the Illinois Open Meetings Act,” Kraft said. Fern Kory, an English professor at Eastern, spoke against the resolution. “I ask that we deal with facts and not the opinions that are behind a political and ideological stance,” she said. “I ask we do not pass down politics word for word. We are all in this together.” Travis Swope, a pipefitter at Eastern, was also against the resolution. “At the outset all these initiatives are designed to lower the cost of the employees’ labor solely to siphon those for the profit of big business at the expense of small business,” Swope said. Swope’s comments focused on the language in the resolution that had to with the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act.
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John Moore, a business representative for International Union of Operating Engineers 841, addresses the city council regarding his dismay with the passing of the city's "Right to Work" resolution as a standing room-only crowd watches Tuesday in City Hall.
He said the resolution would shut out local businesses from winning contracts, adding that workers would be forced to compete with labor costs. Some commenters explained the negative economic and social impacts of right-to-work zones, and one used quotes from the city council’s mission statement in opposition to the resolution and how it was passed. Others present at the meeting took issue with some representatives who came to speak about the resolution not being from Coles County. Rep. Reggie Phillips from the 110th District containing Eastern highlighted the fact that he did represent the area and fought for the university. “As your state representative, I have committed 110 percent to Eastern Illinois University.
I will fight for your pensions 100 percent,” he said. “I want to open the door for sound solutions. What I have been trying to do is bring back jobs to this district.” Philips said he would be willing to sit down with a woman who spoke earlier on worker’s compensation. “Guess what folks, I pay those worker’s compensation premiums,” Phillips said. “I don’t care if I’m a Democrat or a Republican; I’m a citizen of Charleston and EIU.” After the meeting, Phillips and the other representatives stayed to continue the discussion with community members. After public commentary was closed, Rennels thanked people for coming to the meeting. RESOLUTION, page 6
The Faculty Senate voted 7-to-1 to oppose the proposed athletic fee increase during its Tuesday meeting. Five members abstained from voting. The proposed increase would raise the cost of student fees by $6.30 per credit hour, with athletics receiving $5.36 more per credit hour. Senate member Jeff Ashley, who motioned for the opposition, said he disagreed with the proposal from Dan Nadler, the vice president for student affairs, because of the way it has been presented. “I don’t think anyone is opposed the athletics; they’re opposed to the way it’s being run by Dan Nadler,” Ashley said. Ashley said after speaking with Student Senate about Nadler’s presentation of the proposed fee increase, he did not feel students were given complete information. “(Nadler) said that our athletic fee is $8.64 a credit hour, which pales in comparison to all of the peer institutions that are either $20 or $21,” Ashley said. “What he didn’t reveal was a separate line for grants-in aid for athletic housing; that’s $11.95 per credit hour and other institutions don’t split it off.” Ashley also said when adding the two numbers together, it is $20.59 per credit hour, which is in line with other institutions. “He’s going around telling the Student Senate, us, everybody else with his little dog and pony show that the athletic fee is $8.64, which is correct,” Ashley said. “But it also has $11.95 that is spilt off.” SENATE, page 6
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Play to display economic struggles By Meka Al Taqi-Brown Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Black Box Theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center is opening its doors Thursday for a play titled “Good Person of Setzuan.” The play by Bertolt Brecht and translated by Tony Kushner is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets for general admission are $12, Eastern employees and senior citizens are $10, and students are $5. The play is about how people struggle and deal with different economic factors to get through everyday life. Zackary Ross, an instructor in the theater department and director of the play said the play is set in a universal time and is contemporary to today’s life issues. “Its kind of on every ones mind on how those kinds of economic pressures affect us as people and drive us to extremes,” he said. “Whether that’s crime or depression, or whatever it is, that financial pressure really exerts a great deal of stress on individuals.” Along with the characters in the play, there will be puppets in the production. Some of the characters will have puppets and will be interacting with the audience. Songs will also be incorporated into the show. Frank Monier, a freshman theater arts major, plays two of the characters named Wang who is the water seller, his primary role, and the waiter as a side role. Wang is the best friend of the main character.
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Frank Monier, a freshmen theater arts major, portrays a water seller in the play rehearsal of Good Person of Setzuan in the Dounda Fine Arts Center Tuesday in the Black Box Theater. "Good Person of Setzuan" begins Thursday April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Black Box.
Monier said the puppets play a specific role, and will be attached to the performers. “The gods are puppets, so we have to work with them,” he said. “We strap them to ourselves and then we help them move their arms and heads.” Students have been practicing for about a month on the production. “We started working on the play right before spring break, and it’s come
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Bookstore celebrates opening with readings By Stephanie White Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News Bob’s Bookstore, a new shop in downtown Charleston, will celebrate its opening with a reading of poetry and essays from Lania Knight and Bob Zordani at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Knight, a creative writing professor at Eastern, said she will be reading an essay and the beginning of a novel she is currently working on. “The essay is called ‘I’m Touching You Now’ and the novel I am currently working on is called ‘Remnant,’” she said.
The essay was recently published, and she said she has read it at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. “This is my way of celebrating the opening of this bookshop in town, and I am glad to be a part of it,” she said. “The essay was well liked at the school’s reading so I thought others outside the university would like it as well.” This reading will be the beginning of a series at the shop called “Readings at Bob’s Series.” Joe Judd, the owner of the bookstore, said he put on this series in his first shop in Chicago.
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“The series was a great hit in the first shop, so many people got involved with the readings and more than just poetry was read,” he said. “Even though I sold the shop and no longer own it, the current owners still keep the series going to this day.” Judd said the new series will consist of featured poets that are students, Eastern professors and community members. “This series is not only something for the students to enjoy and listen to others’ poetry, but is practice for them as well,” he said. “No matter
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High school has mock car accident Student By Cassie Buchman City Editor | @DEN_News Students at Charleston High School got a glimpse of how intense a car accident can be Tuesday when the Charleston Fire and Police departments presented a mock accident and warned them about drunken driving. The accident simulation was to prepare the students for their upcoming prom and to encourage them to make good choices at the dance. Captain Jim Calvert of the Charleston Fire Department said he has seen various injuries as a result of car accidents, at least some of which were because the drivers were intoxicated or texting. “This weekend, think before you drink, before you drink and get behind the wheel, before texting,” Calvert said. After Calvert spoke, the accident began with the sound of a crash. A blue tarp was uncovered, revealing two badly damaged cars, one with the window broken and a girl in a prom dress lying down between the cars. A boy in a suit then walked out of the car stumbling and looking upset with blood on his face. “I was on my phone; I didn’t see you,” he said, talking to the other boy whose car he hit. Fire and police sirens could be heard as they arrived to the accident. When the police came on the scene, they talked to the boys, with one sheriff testing the boy to see if he was driving drunk. The girl in the prom dress was covered with a white blanket. Another boy who was in the car was taken out on a stretcher by firefighters, with the other car being taken apart completely to get to the girl inside. The top of the car was completely removed. A helicopter then landed onto the field to take the injured persons to get more help. A white hearse then pulled up and was opened so a white body bag could be put into it. The voice-over then relayed the effects of the accident, which claimed one girl’s life in the simulation. Tracy Willard from the Illinois State Police then spoke.
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Students and parents get ready to reveal the scene of a mock drunk driving accident staged by Charleston High School. CHS staged a mock drunk driving accident before their prom to show students the dangers of drinking and driving.
“I’ve been working this job for 15 years. That’s the same number of dead bodies I’ve seen in crashes,” Willard said. “I know this is fake, but I still got upset. I’ve been there. I’m absolutely devastated being in a crash like this.” Willard then took four students as volunteers to make her next point, having them sit in chairs to portray a car. She spoke on the importance of wearing seatbelts and explained how dangerous it was not to wear one. Calvert said he wanted to see the students make good choices during prom weekend. “Don’t let any of us see you this weekend,” Calvert said. Principal Trevor Doughty said the school does
this mock car accident every other year, and they appreciate the fire department and police department for working with the high school. Bailey Price, a student at the high school, said she did not plan on drinking, but the simulation still gave her something to think about. The simulation was even more poignant for her because she recognized the people in the simulation. “It’s our classmates,” she said. Colin McInnerney and Mitch Huddleston were two students who acted in the simulation. “It was an eye-opening expierience,” Huddleston said. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
The Student Senate will vote on whether or not to support an increase in Eastern’s student fees for the 2015 to 2016 school year Wednesday. The total increase in student fees would amount to $6.30 more per credit hour if approved by the Board of Trustees. The possible fees that would increase include the student publications fee, general student activity fee, athletic fee, student legal assistance fee, academic technology fee and concert fee, while the campus improvement fee would decrease by $2. The majority of the student fee increase will come from a $5.36 raise in the athletic fee. Student Body President Reggie Thedford said the athletics department is currently $1 million in debt and requested the extra money to pay for transportation to out-of-city games. Thedford said he feels the entire student body will not be in favor of the increase in the athletic fee. However, he said he believes a lot of students support the athletic teams. Thedford said while there is no direct benefits for non-student athletes, they do not have to pay for admission into games that are on campus. The new student government executive board will also be elected at Wednesday’s meeting. For the in-depth version of this article go to:
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Margorie Clemente
Soundtrack of my life evolves I find the soundtrack to my life back in 2008 completely fascinating compared to what I believe the soundtrack to my life is right now. I was a victim to Screamo—shrieked along with The Calvary Kids when feeling especially unruly. I was a fool for Ke$ha’s Bratty Pop genre back in high school—the kind of tunes we all engaged in our first inappropriate activities to. In middle school, Rihanna’s “Umbrella” was my best friend and I’s unofficial anthem that revolved around our budding friendship. I remember her scrawling down the lyrics onto the back of my notebook sealed with a heart and smiley face. We had the privilege of experiencing Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent’s “Ayo Technology” and Soulja Boy’s “Crank Dat”—they were the first few vestiges of turning up music. Now most of the songs we thought made us seem cool like Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’ Dirty” are considered retro classics that everyone throws their heads back and smiles to if you ever hear a pair of speakers thudding around campus blaring the song that belonged to the playlist of a preadolescent or teenage life. Songs from the 90’s have been carefully preserved and are particularly venerated during a very specific time in the midst of college nightlife. These artists usually roll in, in two’s or three’s—also known as our nostalgic fix for the night. You’ve got your vintage rap—the unforgettable gangsters slurring and swinging to “Gin and Juice.” Additionally, of course, at least one of the three most iconic band boy groups of the 90’s have to be thrown into that playlist. For about two songs, we sway to the angelic, smoldering voices of the prettiest boys straight from the 90’s: 98 Degrees, Backstreet Boys, and ‘N Sync. To finish the nostalgic period of the night strongly and with a bang, the DJ might toss in a pinch of the fathers of Grunge rock themselves: the incomparable Nirvana. And so the swarm of young, wild and drunken bodies will cry out in an angry chorus, arms high in the air—only their forefingers and pinkies protruding, aggressively poking the sky to, “With the lights out, it’s less dangerous! Here we are now! Entertain us! I feel stupid and contagious!” I have mixed feelings about enduring and growing with music since the golden Boy band era all the way to One Direction, Fetty Wap and Tove Lo. Sometimes I feel about as blessed as Drake and his fast-spitting friends, and other days I wish some of these artists never existed—even the ones I might have jammed to once upon a few years back. I can’t help but wonder if I would or could hang out with the old me who had a different perception about her life’s soundtrack, or if the old me would be able to tolerate my tastes now. Marge Clemente is a senior English major and she can be reached at denopinions@gmail.com.
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Students should support local businesses There’s more to Charleston than the spots you can find on campus. While Eastern is set up in a way where one can find whatever they need on campus or right across the street, other options are available to those who know where to find it — or who don’t mind doing a little exploring. On campus you can find Java Beanery and Bakery on the first floor of the Union, but you can find the JAC — Jackson Avenue Coffee, home of coffee, craft soda, and food — on the Square. Bars like Marty’s, the Panther Paw, and Stu’s are conveniently located near campus, but there are also options on the Square such as The Uptowner and the nearby Friends & Co., among others. The Square offers many small, local businesses that might not receive much foot traffic from
college students — especially if those students are not from Charleston already. Bookstores, a music shop, restaurants, and law offices sit alongside The Uptowner and the JAC. You can also find a martial arts studio and hookah bar on the square. Charleston offers choices on where to buy groceries. Walmart is ubiquitous in most communities, so students tend to automatically shop there. But there are other places to buy food. The Charleston farmer’s market will start in June and run until October on the Square. Another way to get a taste of what the city has to offer is during Celebration, taking place April 24-26. Held conveniently on campus, food, live events, and art from around the county will be on display.
Students shouldn’t worry about traveling to places within the city. Students can take advantage of the Panther Shuttle, which runs not only between various campus buildings but also Walmart and County Market. Students can also use Dial-A-Ride to move around Charleston. As residents of not just Eastern but of Charleston, we would be remiss to miss out on the events, establishments and opportunities that the city has to offer. Various businesses close or reduce hours during the summer months because Eastern has an impact on the financial well being on them. We ought to support these small, local businesses as much as we can when we’re at school. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Look into the past, appreciate your graveyards If I could work for my dream company, it would be Ben and Jerry’s. While they are highly recommended as the go-to breakup food, they are underrated in their insightfulness. I visit the ice cream company’s site more than most. In reality, the idea to look on the website in the first place might be visiting more than most. No, I am not checking in to see what the next flavor of ice-cream I’ll sob into. On the website, one can find current flavors, employee profiles (did you know there is the very-real job title of “Flavor Guru” where people create flavors and become professional taste-testers?) and one of the most creative ways to say goodbye. I check the site periodically for its section titled the “Flavor Graveyard.” The Flavor Graveyard is where the company pays tribute to its discontinued flavors. With a photo of a tombstone it states the flavor, years in distribution, and a short and often humorous eulogy. While I am still bitter that my favorite flavor, Brownie Batter (2003-2011), has made it to the Graveyard, I think the concept is ingenious. For years, a figurative graveyard has
Megan Ivey intrigued me. I look at my life and think of all the aspects that could be incorporated into my graveyard. Like the ice cream company, I could give odes to the objects of my past. My life has been full of past (and questionable) fashion choices, cars, homes, friendships, relationships, music tastes and beliefs, and I am only 20 years in. The point of the graveyard is not to become a hoarder, and collect all past objects. Say goodbye to a favorite outgrown t-shirt, a love letter that no longer holds meaning or a broken-down car. Use the “graveyard” metaphorically, as a way to store
all of the memories and experiences previously created. Everyone has graveyards, and not all are meant to be skeletons in the closet, secrets you wish to never come out. Some aspects of life simply pass, or are outgrown. These are the graveyards that should be celebrated. Think back to two, five, ten years ago. Were you living in the same location, with the same people, holding the same beliefs and perspective of life? Experiences are what make a person sensible. Reflecting and learning from the experiences are what makes a person wise. A ‘’graveyard” is a way to visualize memories and past experiences. They are not tombstones, but rather milestones that should be remembered, good or bad. Take time to look back on them, and see how it got you to where you are today. This holds true even for the “graveyard of past relationships,” for it might bring you to something as delicious as Ben and Jerry’s. Megan Ivey is a sophomore journalism major and she can be reached at denopinions@gmail.com.
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He also said he thought it was odd that Eastern would be that far off when compared to other institutions. “My problem isn’t with athletic funding; it’s with athletic mismanagement and the fact that while the rest of the campus, with declining revenue, has to cut on the spending side, athletics seems to not want to do the same thing,” Ashley said. “So, increasing the student fee allows them to not address their spending; it just covers for the fact that they plan on spending the exact same amount.” Ashley also said a bigger issue with the fees is Nadler is trying to sell the increase with only partial information. “ ( Na d l e r ) i s m a k i n g i t seem like our athletic fee is a lot lower,” Ashley said. “The reality is it isn’t, so it comes down to transparency and the process.” The members also held a vote to decide who will step
in as the chairman, vicechairman, and recorder for next year’s Faculty Senate. Je m m i e Ro b e r t s o n w a s nominated to be the next Faculty Senate chairman; Jeff Stowell was nominated for vice chairman, and the recorder positions would be spilt between Jeannie Ludlow and Jon Oliver. The reason for the spilt is Oliver would be on a sabbatical for the fall semester, and Ludlow would be on sabbatical for the spring semester. The senate members also put off a request from the C o a l i t i o n On In t e rc o l l e giate Athletics, because of having no formal motion on the item. COIA is made of different Faculty Senate and other administration facilities to investigate the actions of intercollegiate athletics in different institutions nationwide.
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Wong swings into Top 20 at tournament Sophomore golfer finishes 2nd round with a 4-over 76 By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 Eastern sophomore Chloe Wong made a big jump Tuesday in the second round of the Ohio Valley Conference women’s golf championship. Wong not only passed fellow sophomore Alexandra Pickens for the team lead, but also cracked the top 20 in individual play. Wong finished the day with a 4-over 76 in the second round of the tournament. She began the tournament tied for 28th place on Monday, while hitting eight-over-par, but she moved up in the rankings after another day of play. Pickens, who ended first-round action tied for 17th place, ended Tuesday’s action tied for 36th. She shot a 12-over 84 in round two of the tournament. Eastern still sits in eighth place in the tournament after hitting 28-over-par on Tuesday. The Panthers have hit for 67-over-par for the entire tournament. The second round of the tournament ended very similarly for team-leading Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks continued their success, as the team ended Tuesday’s portion of the tournament with a four-stroke lead over Eastern Kentucky. As a team, the Gamecocks scored 13-over-par and were led by juniors Melanie Bajo Geijo and Erin Gunnels. Geijo hit six-over-par, including four birdies, as she increased her two-day total to seven-overpar. She has totaled 73 strokes over the last two days of the tournament. Gunnels finished her previous day with a total of 76 strokes, and she finished Tuesday’s play with another 76. She also hit four-over-par for the second straight day. Both she and Geijo finished the day hitting four-over-par on their last three holes. Gamecock freshman Natalia Azcue also joined that duo in the individual top 10 rankings, as she hit two-over-par a day after going six-over-par for the Gamecocks. She finished the day shooting a 2-over 74. Tennessee Tech sophomore Whitney Robertson continues to lead individual play, hitting four-over-par in the tournament. However, she has some company at the top of the leaderboard. Morehead State sophomore Anna Magnusson has tied Robertson for the lead with 145 strokes. Robertson hit two-under-par in the first round and ended the second round with a three-overpar performance. Magnusson also hit two-over-par Monday but hit one-under-par Tuesday. She had 74 strokes on Monday and 71 strokes in Tuesday’s second round. Both their teams are still in the driver’s seat for the OVC championship. Robertson’s Golden Eagles are currently in third place after hitting for 16-over-par in the second round and are now 32-over-par for the tournament. Magnusson’s Eagles are tied for fourth place with in-state rival Murray State at 618 strokes apiece. The Racers’ Minta Yin is in third place with 148 strokes, while hitting four-over-par at the tournament. The sophomore has hit for two-over-par in both days’ action. Wednesday marks the last day of the OVC women’s championship. It will begin at 8 a.m. in Owens Crossroads, Ala. Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.
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Freshman catcher Hunter Morris, prepares to bat during the Eastern’s men baseball game on April 12.
Panthers drop in-state battle By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor | @BobReynoldsDEN Eastern starting pitcher Andrew Grahn had not allowed a hit through four innings against No. 8 Illinois. Grahn’s no-hitter was broken up in the bottom of the fifth on a single by Illini senior outfielder Casey Fletcher. Illini senior outfielder David Kieran hit a home run to right field in the next at-bat to give the Fighting Illini a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth. Eastern got their solo run in the top of the first inning on an RBI-groundout by senior Caleb Howell, which scored freshman Joe Duncan. Grahn was taken out after five innings and finished with allowing two runs on two hits. The Illini would break the game wide open in the bottom of the sixth inning off Eastern pitcher Garrison Stenger. Stenger only got one out before he was taken out of the game. He allowed four runs on two hits. After allowing bases loaded, Fletcher singled through the right side, which scored redshirt sophomore Adam Walton and junior Ryan Nagle for the first two runs of the inning. Stenger walked sophomore Ryne Roper to force in the third run of the bottom of the
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10-1 sixth inning to give Illini a 6-1 lead. Red-shirt senior Christian Slazinik was put into the game for Stenger and walked the second man he faced in red-shirt senior Kelly Norris-Jones. Walton flied out to left field to end the inning for the Illini, in which they scored four runs. The Illini would tack on four more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to give them a 10-1 lead. Norris-Jones started off the inning with a triple to right center field, which scored Kerian and senior Will Krug to make it an 8-1 lead for the Illini. Walton singled to center for the Illini’s ninth run of the game, which scored NorrisJones. Sophomore Matthew James singled home red-shirt sophomore Zack Kolakowski for the final Illini run of the game.
Illini red-shirt senior pitcher Rob McDonnell got the win on the mound. He pitched six innings, allowed just one run on four hits and he struck out three Panther batters. Fletcher finished 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs for Illinois. Eastern red-shirt junior Demetre Taylor was the lone Panther to get two hits on the day as he went 2-for-4. Grahn took the loss for Eastern and is now 1-2 on the season. Illinois is now 33-6-1 on the season, while Eastern drops to 7-28. The Panthers will be off until Friday when they host Eastern Kentucky for a 3-game series at Coaches Stadium. Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.
Eastern announces Hall of Fame class By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor | @BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern athletic department an nounced it will add five new members to its Hall of Fame, which will headline former Eastern football coach Bob Spoo. Spoo was on the Eastern sideline for 25 seasons from 1986-2011. He finished his coaching career with 144 wins. Spoo ranks fourth all-time among conference head coaches with 68 conference wins. He was named the conference coach of the year four times, grabbing the title three times in the OVC. Following Spoo’s retirement, he was inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 2012. Eastern former athletes Lorri Sommer, John Larson, Jason Bialka and Kandace Arnold are the other four members of the Class of 2015 that will be inducted. Larson, who played on the Eastern baseball
team from 1997-2000, was named Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year in 1999 as he led the Panthers to their first Division I regional appearance. Larson recorded 10 wins for the Panthers that season and 21 wins overall in his career. Sommer played for the Panther volleyball team from 1994-1997. She earned first-team All-Conference honors in two different leagues. She earned first-team All-Mid Continent Conference honors in 1995 and then first team All-OVC honors in 1997. She ranks in the top five for career sets played with 487. Also, she had 3,499 total attack attempts in her career, along with 317 assisted blocks and 1,670.5 points. Bialka played on the track and cross country teams from 1998-2001 in his time at Eastern. He was a first team All-OVC finisher all four seasons winning the overall individual title three-straight seasons.
He led Eastern to back-to-back OVC cross country championships in 2000 and 2001 while the Panthers were runners-up in 2001. He also qualified twice for the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. Arnold was also a track star at Eastern from 2007-2010. She was named OVC Female Athlete of the Year in 2010 after becoming the first Eastern NCAA Division I female athlete to advance to the NCAA National Championships in the throws category. She placed 16th in the nation in the shot put. She was named the OVC Indoor and Outdoor Athlete of the Championships in 2010 winning four individual titles. These inductees will be inducted in a ceremony that will take place during the Eastern football game against Illinois State September 19. Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.
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By Sean Hastings Staff reporter | @DEN_Sports Eastern softball coach Angie Nicholson reached 400 career-coaching wins on Saturday with a 12-0 win against conference rival Tennessee State. The Panthers scored their 12 runs in just five innings as they run-ruled the Tigers. Nicholson was sitting at 399 career wins as a college head coach going into the April 15 matchup against Butler, where she started her Division I coaching career, but the Panthers lost that game by a score of 8-5. “That would have been kind of ironic,” Nicholson said. “They gave me my first start at Division I. But I’m glad it happened here.” Butler was the first D-I school she got an opportunity to coach at, but her coaching career began at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. Nicholson also spent seven years coaching at Cleveland State prior to coming to Eastern. In her time at Cleveland State, she posted a 211-152 record. Nicholson has a 54-39 record in her two years as the Panthers’ head coach and a career record of 401-303-1 in 15 years of coaching. She got her 401st win in game two of a doubleheader against Tennessee State. The Panthers record on the 2015 season is 16-22, and their record in the Ohio Valley Conference is 11-8. Senior shortstop Bailey O’Dell has been playing under Nicholson for two years now so being able to help get Nicholson her 400th win was special, she said. “It’s awesome to be a part of any kind of achievement,” O’Dell said. “But it’s a great feeling to be a part of your coach’s achievements and successes that they can remember forever. It’s all about leaving your mark and in a way, we helped her do that.” Junior outfielder April Markowski has said she has never been a part of something like this, so it was really special for her, too. “I think it was pretty awesome,”
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Eastern softball coach Angie Nicholson earned her 400th career coaching win in the Panthers’ first game of a doubleheader Saturday against Tennessee State. Nicholson is in her second year at Eastern, but she has coached for 15 years.
“It’s all about leaving your mark and in a way, we helped her do that.” - Bailey O’Dell, senior shortstop
Markowski said. “I’ve never been a part of that so I think that made us feel good as a team to help her get that win.” Nicholson said she is the type of coach who does not pay attention to the amount of career wins she has and she just focuses on coaching the games at hand and getting those wins. “I am not one of those people who keep track of things like that,” Nicholson said. She said her husband is her No. 1 supporter and has kept track of her
wins. He let her know a few weeks ago she was getting close to the 400-win milestone. Even though Nicholson knew going into the games against Tennessee Tech one more win would put her at 400 wins, she only cared about getting wins to help the Panthers with seeding for the conference tournament. “We needed to get wins to put ourselves in a better position to make it to the tournament,” Nicholson said. “That was my only concern and thought.” Nicholson was so focused on just getting those wins to put them in the better position for the conference tournament, she still did not realize she had reached 400 until the team photographer told her to get the ball for the picture. Once it finally dawned on her she had reached the 400-win milestone, she said it was a great feeling to get that done, but she is also glad that she got it out of the way.
“It’s a cool milestone but that’s definitely never been my focus,” Nicholson said. Her main goal as a head coach has always been to impact her players’ lives. She said she wants to do something for each of the players that will benefit their lives in some way. Out of her 400 career wins, her most memorable game at Eastern was last year when the Panthers beat East Carolina in 12 innings. “We fought so hard,” Nicholson said. “I just saw a different fight in those kids last year. That one stands out in my mind being here at Eastern.” Nicholson and the rest of the Panthers will look to keep getting those key wins this weekend in three games against Southeast Missouri in another conference matchup. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
Track, field teams head to Indiana State 9 athletes will compete at Drake Relays this weekend By Mark Shanahan Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports After they were originally supposed to be hosting the EIU Tweener on Tuesday, Eastern will be sending some of its athletes to the Indiana State Midweek Open Wednesday to compete. With the Drake Relays on the horizon, Eastern did not want to spend too much effort hosting the Tweener this year. Indiana State, whom Eastern works closely with, decided they wanted to host it this year. The teams competing on Wednesday are guaranteed to be Eastern and Indiana State, but the meet is open to all NCAA Division I, II and III teams along with NAIA and NJCAA teams as well. It will be less than a week since the opening of the new Gibson Track and
Field at Indiana State University. Eastern will have about 20 men and 15 women at the meet. Eastern coach Tom Akers said this meet is for the people who are not going to the Drake Relays this weekend. “Nobody that’s racing at Drake will be competing tomorrow,” he said. “This is more for the people who won’t be competing at Drake.” Seven men and two women are competing at Drake in individual events this weekend and will not be heading to Indiana State. Also, Eastern will be sending men’s relay teams for the 4x200, 4x400 and the 1600 sprint relay team to Drake. The women will have a 4x100 relay team along with a 4x800 relay team at Drake. The men and women’s 4x100 relay teams set a pair of school records last week at the Illini Twilight. The men’s team included freshman Zach Booth, sophomore Jamal Robinson, red-shirt junior Norvel Mohammed and junior Christian IlungaMatthiesen. The women’s team featured junior Angelica Anyaogu, freshman Darneisha Spann, junior Briana Walker and freshman Nyjah Lane. For those who are not traveling to
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Freshman high jumper Haleigh Knapp attempts a high jump during the EIU Big Blue Classic Meet April 4.
Indiana State, assistants will be holding regular practices. Akers will be traveling with the team. “The people who are not Drake competitors and those not competing over there will be here for a regular practice while the rest of the team is competing,” he said. The people heading to the Indiana State Midweek Open are a variety of upperclassmen and underclassmen. “We’ve got upperclassmen there
that just missed the cut on getting into Drake,” he said. “We’ve got freshmen that just need another competition and some kids that have been coming back from injury that need another competition.” The meet is set to kick off at 3 p.m. with field events and the running events will start on the track at 4 p.m. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.
The Eastern men’s golf team finished in last place out of eight teams in the Cobra PUMA invitational hosted by Xavier University at the Par-71 Maketewah Country Club outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, over the past three days. The Panthers finished with a team total of a plus-80 932. Eastern carded rounds of 304, 308 and 320, Sunday through Tuesday. Eastern senior Oscar Borda tied for 31st place in the tournament shooting 18-over-par. Borda shot a 7-over 78 Sunday, a 1-over 72 Monday and a 10-over 81 Tuesday. The 72 was tied for the lowest round Borda has shot this season. Previously, Borda shot a 72 at the Austin Peay Intercollegiate back on October 20. Borda finished the regular season averaging a 76.55, which is four-overpar. Sophomore Marcus Dahlin finished three places behind Borda shooting 19-over-par for the tournament. Dahlin shot a 5-over 76 the first day of the tournament and finished the next two days with an 8-over 79 and a 6-over 77 for a 232 total for the tournament. Senior James Jansen carded the second-lowest round of the tournament for the Panthers with a 2-over 73 in day one Sunday. He finished his next two rounds with an 8-over 80 and an 11-over 82. Jansen finished in 41st place overall, which was one of his better finishes all season. Sophomore Daniel Hughes carded two-straight rounds of 6-over 77 in the first two days of the tournament. He fell eight strokes in the final day of the tournament and finished with a total of 239. Never trailing the entire tournament, Eastern Kentucky University finished in first place with a team score of 868. The Colonels shot a team score of 285 in the first two days of the tournament and finished the tournament with a 298. Senior Taylor Riggs paced the Colonels with a 2-under 69 in day one of the tournament. He finished it off with a 2-over 73 and a 1-over 72 to give him a third place finish with a score of 1-over 214. Western Kentucky finished in second place, six strokes behind Eastern Kentucky, with a team total of 874. Hilltopper senior Nate Johnson tied for first place individually with a total of 210. He shot a 5-under 66 in day one of the tournament, then a 5-over 76 Monday and a 3-under 68 Tuesday. Rounding out the top three teams was host Xavier, who finished 10 strokes behind Western Kentucky. Xavier senior Korey Ward tied for first place as well with a score of 210. He shot even-par 71 in day one, 2-under 69 day two and 1-under 70 day three. Eastern will be back in action starting this weekend at the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.