January 20, 2015

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City Council to discuss bar policies

By Cassie Buchman City Editor|@DEN_News The Charleston City Council will review changes in bar regulations including time of closing and checking ID cards on Tuesday.

Granting new development standards on Medical Cannabis Cultivation centers and dispensaries and a proposal for a future cancer center building at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center is also on the agenda.

The medical cannabis ordinance examines which zoning districts cannabis dispensaries will be allowed, and security measures needed to take.

Everyone who sells and serves alcohol might be required to have stricter methods for checking ID cards. This includes requiring special training for those who check IDs. Currently, one person on duty is required to have Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers Education and Training experience. The new regulations would require everyone to have training.

The new training will teach bartenders how to identify fraudulent IDs and people who have had too much to drink.

Hours of operation in bars will also potentially change.

Currently, bars are allowed to stay open until 1 a.m., but a new ordinance will allow them to stay open for an hour later for a trial run.

The trial run means bars will stay open until 2 a.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights until August of this year. The trial run will essentially make the decision on whether or not the bars will be able to stay open later permanently.

Mayor Rennels said the current time of closing leads to crowded parking lots.

“At 1 a.m. when the bars close, everyone leaves at the same time.” Mayor Rennels said.

He said the congestion in the parking lots makes it harder for people to leave in a safe manner.

Those in favor of later bar hours say it will be an incentive for people to stay in Charleston, as opposed to going to other places.

Raffle licenses for various events will also be examined.

The council will also recognize February as Black History month, and review changes in building regulations in Charleston.

The City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall.

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

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Reginald Thedford and Phillip Love, memebers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity INC. lead the march for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Candle Light Vigil Monday. The men of Alpha Phi Alpha lead the march from Thomas Hall to the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Vigil brings forth unity, community Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge Nearly 70 individuals walked closely together clutching Styrofoam cups with candles lit on the inside. Small hushed voices sang hymns of “We Shall Overcome” and “Let it Shine” for the Martin Luther King Jr. Vigil and March Monday evening.

Hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the event brought together men and women of all ages and races. Members from other Greek organizations were also present

such as Phi Kappa Theta fraternity, Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, Zeta Phi Beta sorority and many more.

King was also a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Members from the different organizations all agreed the commemoration showed unity amongst not only humans of different cultural backgrounds, but also the Greek organizations.

The event also incorporated a praise dance from eight of the Apostolic Christians in Today’s Society Anointed Worshipers. All eight

of the women danced and twirled around the stage with emotion.

Marlon Williams, reverend and police officer, gave the keynote address speaking on stereotypes, including his thoughts on the Michael Brown case.

“I was torn as a black man, I was torn as an officer,” Williams said.

Williams said he believes society is disconnected from God because of racism.

“Has Dr. King’s dream really been fulfilled?” Williams questioned.

Toward the end of the night there were two awards given out to those who have made impacts as students and faculty members.

Jalyssa Woodall, a graphic design major, was awarded the Annie C. Singleton award. Nichalas Sanders, an admissions counselor was awarded the Alpha “Image” award.

Phillip Love, the Alpha Phi Alpha president, said the event had a great turnout.

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CUPB discusses ideas for revenue

By Luis Martinez Administration Editor|@DEN_News T h e C o u n c i l o n Un i v e r s i t y Planning and Budgeting examined ideas from the education advisory board to earn revenue for Eastern during its meeting Friday.

Council members looked at a list of more than 200 different revenue-generating ideas, provided by the board’s report.

The report is a collection of ideas from different universities.

The goal of the report is to help universities develop plans to address their individual problems.

Pa u l Mc C a n n , t h e u n i ve r s ity treasurer, said he believes one of the problems when it comes to using revenue-generating ideas is that there are too many of them.

“I think that a lot of the problem is there are so many ideas i n t h e r e p o r t ,” Mc C a n n s a i d .

“ There’s so many of them, we don’t know what to look at.”

Since there were so many different ideas to look at, the council decided to create eight subcommittees to look equally at all of them.

“I knew we weren’t going to get a whole lot,” Emmerich said.

“We already knew that there were things on that report being done.”

The council members discussed some of the ideas that Eastern had already implemented in the past, such as cost containment.

David Emmerich, the chair of the council, said members have been revie wing these ideas for many years.

“We decided it would be important to bring it up as a topic today to make sure that one, was it truly business that was done or do we need to bring it and look at some more information,” Emm-

erich said.

Some of the ideas have already been put in place, including career fairs and student orientation, which have been done nationally by other universities.

“We wanted to bring that up just to get the idea if it is something we want to do a refresher, review, especially with budgets the way they are,” Emmerich said.

Emmerich said the question now is what is being done to implement the ideas. “ E a c h d i f f e re n t s u b c o m m i ttee will go through now and say all right well there’s this list from this specific topic, so as a subcommittee, maybe there’s one or two things out of this that may work at Eastern,” he said.

Emmerich also commented on a report from May 2013 comparing administrative-faculty rations in different universities.

He said one of the hardest things about understandi n g t h a t re p o r t w a s t h a t e a c h u n i ve r s i t y d e f i n e s a d m i n i s t r a tive positions differently, so they a re c o m p a r i n g d i f f e re n t d a t a .

He said he believes the CUPB and other governing bodies at Eastern should begin by defining what an administrative position is.

Emmerich also brought up the cash-in cash-out scholarship initiative. He said no movement has been done on this.

The Athletic Department’s budget was also mentioned briefly.

Emmerich said issues came up and was discussed at the Faculty Senate meeting earlier that week.

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

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Students roll into semester at Up All Nite

By Marcus Curtis Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The University Ballroom was a dim-lit room accented with flashing colorful disco lights and classic 70s tunes to add to the top off the University Board’s “rollbounce” theme, during Up All Nite on Friday.

The Martin Luther King Jr. University Ballroom slowly filled up with students who waited in line to rent out skates provided by neon entertainment.

A few students lost their balance and hit the mat placed over the tile floor in the University Ballroom, but it did not discourage the participants from getting back up and trying it again.

The 70s style music playing in the background eventually changed to modern songs which more students were familiar with.

Songs from rappers and singers such as Chief Keef, Chris Brown, Usher, and Katy Perry sent skaters into frenzy.

Students lined up behind each other and held onto each other’s shoulders as they skated and sang along to some of their favorite songs the DJ played.

Skating not only deemed as a chance for students to show off their skating skills, but also to learn how to skate.

Corinthian Bethel, a senior family consumer sciences major, showed off his skating skills rolling backwards around the University Ballroom in his personal pair of black roller skates.

Bethel said part of his reasoning for attending UB’s “rollbounce” themed Up All Nite, was to show off his skills and teach others how to skate.

He was one of many students who helped other students maintain their balance; he even managed to show them a couple of techniques.

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Eastern students have a main interest in participating in the PLAY program and in local conservative efforts.

Volunteering in the PLAY program is offered Monday through Friday, where students get involved with and help local youth.

With PLAY, students are able to commit every week to the same program and youth.

The PLAY programs has various volunteer options including reading rocks, young athletes, salvation army, Ashmore after school, Oakland after school, and STEP Up dancers.

Fisher said taking part in the PL AY program is a good experience for the youth and Eastern student volunteers.

“We are here to enhance (and) not just maintain our communities,” Fisher said.

Last fall, students worked on a

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ery weekend back at home in Chicago,” Bethel said. “I thought this was a good opportunity to come out and help others skate.”

The fear of falling influenced a few students to watch the festivities or participate in the other activities UB had to offer including Bowling and Bingo.

Students who were not interested in skating could migrate down the hall to the Grand Ballroom where Bingo took place.

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Corinthian Bethel, a senior family and consumer sciences major, roller skates for the “Rollbouce” event during Up All Nite Friday in the University Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

ballroom was filled with tables and chairs where participants seated to compete to win electronics in bingo.

On the other side of the University Ballroom there were activities where people could make a customize license plate with pictures and letters of their choice.

In addition, there was a section where someone could get a custom airbrush towel and a personal caricature.

Ronnica Anderson, a family consumer sciences graduate student, said she enjoyed “Up All Nite” because it gives students a variety of things to participate in besides other social events such as parties.

“It takes away from the parties that most students would rather go to, it’s like a family thing and you can bring your kids or your friends,” Anderson said.

Darius Francis, a senior communication studies major and UB chair, said there was an estimate of 200-300 people in attendance.

Francis said he expected students to come out and have a good time and to walk away with something fun and positive to start off the semester.

As long as students experienced that, “Up All Nite” was successful to him.

program called “One Stop Community Christmas,” where student volunteers create fleece blankets to be distributed to local youth from seven counties in December.

The goal of distributing 1,000 blankets was reached.

“So many great individuals and groups come together to make these blankets,” Fisher said. “That is just one example of the amazing enthusiasm we saw this fall. Participation was great.”

Another event is the MLK Service Day held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Fisher said it is a national day of service recognized by Congress 25 years ago.

Student Community Ser vice has been participating in the MLK Service Day since it first began five years ago.

All sites and locations that were participating were filled with volunteers, with about 250 volunteers for the day.

Fisher said faculty involvement has helped student community

service.

“It was great to see how many faculty are working with our office to create service learning, where volunteering and service becomes part of the classroom learning,” Fisher said.

Spring holds many other volunteer opportunities for students, including a new after school site in Oakland.

Student Community Ser vice members are looking to increase and expand their local conservation efforts.

PLAY is currently looking for volunteers. These volunteers should be willing to make a semester-long commitment to the program.

The annual Panther Service Day will be on April 25 .

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By Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge

Fighting back the tears as she spoke, Shadaje Johnson said she almost did not enter the 2015 Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant because she was afraid of what people might say.

Johnson, a family and consumer sciences major, soon overcame that fear, shedding her insecurities along with a black robe to reveal a rhinestone dress as she began pounding on her drums to Rae Sremmurd’s “No Type.”

Members of the crowd jumped out of their seats and waved their hands as they sang along.

With her brave conviction and style, Johnson won the 2015 crown of Miss Black and Gold and earned a $500 scholarship.

Hosted by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the 21st Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant consisted of three mini fashion segments, a talent competition and an evening wear section with an impromptu question.

The pageant aims to promote women’s poise, confidence, communication and more.

“Thank God for believing in me; I’m so grateful and humbled,” Johnson said after being crowned.

Johnson said she plans to use her win to inspire others to fulfill their dreams.

Earlier, Johnson wore a cream-colored dress that stopped at her thighs with matching tan heels for the “After 5” segment of the night; she also wore a one-piece swim suit with a shawl-like robe for the swimsuit portion.

Many of the women danced lightly while modeling their designated outfits for each section.

Two other contestants won the titles of Miss Black and Miss Gold later that evening.

Miss Gold winner Ma’Chana Ambrose, a senior kinesiology major, performed a basketball skit during her talent portion and spoke about how she was seen as a tomboy as a child.

Her expression soon changed when she admitted she was molested at age 5 and did not realize what happened until she turned 12.

Ambrose said she turned to basketball to hide her pain and even felt suicidal for a time.

“For 10 years, the only thing that understood what I was going through was me and my basketball,” Ambrose said.

For the business-wear portion of the night, Ambrose wore tan pants with a white blouse sporting a green purse.

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Shadaje Johnson, a senior family and consumer sciences major, cries while performing her talent portion entitled “Pretty Young Thing” during the Miss Black and Gold Pageant Saturday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr., University Union.

Maya Pitts, a senior psychology major who won the Miss Black title, wore a rhinestone gold leotard for her talent skit and spoke about overcoming doubt from others.

Earlier in the pageant, Pitts wore a black and white business suit with a black pencil skit, blazer and a white blouse. She also donned a white dress with long sleeves and rhinestone cuffs with gold heels.

Pitts often volunteers in the community at food pantries and shelters.

She is also the president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club.

Many of the girls seemed to have put their entire being in the talent portion of the pageant, with one doing a praise dance while a slideshow of her family played behind.

Other contestants included Vonna Hayes, Aaliyah Gibbs, Kathryn McIntosh, Najah Lane, Javiera Green, Kim Vincent and Unique Henley.

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Kathryn McIntosh, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, performs a praise dance to “Take Me to the King”

by Tamela Mann during the Talent Competition portion for the Miss Black and Gold Pageant in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr., University Union. The dance was dedicated to McIntosh’s recently deceased mother.

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Letter to the editor Allan H. Keith The Daily Eastern News was founded as the Normal School News in 1915.

Therefore, the 100th anniversary of the paper will be observed later this year.

I am a former staff member and was summer editor in chief of the News in 1962 and later taught a few journalism classes at EIU and at Lake Land College in the 1970s.

I want to take this opportunity to mention several quite significant episodes in the history of the News that are often ignored or overlooked.

Different controversies surrounding the News made statewide headlines in 1959 and in 1964 and in 1967.

Editors in chief were fired, in both 1959 and in 1964.

Tension between the News and the EIU administration led to the paper’s editor being fired in 1959 and publication of the paper was suspended for several months.

Springing up to fill the void was an underground or alternative paper called the “Cacti”.

In 1964 the editor was fired after he attempted to print an article alleging irregularities in building construction at EIU. The governor of Illinois later appointed a three-person panel to investigate the allegations.

They later concluded that there had been numerous problems in the building program, but they could find no evidence of fraud or other criminal activity.

In 1963 the paper made statewide news when it conducted a survey showing that a sizable percentage of off-campus landlords stated openly that they would not rent rooms to African-Americans.

This led to the EIU administration announcing that it would crack down on such bias in off-campus housing.

I could go on, but let us just say that there are a number of other episodes that could be mentioned in the lively, colorful and controversial history of the News.

I might make reference to one other matter. Before the late 1960s and the 1970s, editors in chief usually had pretty much total control over the paper’s editorial policy and content.

After the late 60s authority tended to be more decentralized, including an editorial board to make decisions on the content of editorials.

Allan H. Keith can be reached at the following address: Box 882 Mattoon, IL 61938 a​​ llank@webtv.net 217-235-0995.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Global plaza allows EIU community to connect It has been proposed for about a decade that a merited plaza dedicated to international alumni be implemented on Eastern’s campus.

To further broaden our academic sphere, the international population residing at our university should be fully recognized through a sophisticated and lasting approach.

It has been said that the proposed plaza would strengthen the unity between all students and the university’s commitment to international students.

In representing a diverse section of demographics through the proposed plaza, we would not only strengthen the unity between our domestic and international students, but we would also would defy the oppression of certain groups of individuals.

Bringing awareness to the certain groups who have been victims of neglect by the news and public would also introduce domestic students to unrecognized and vast job opportunities.

Students must feel encouraged to keep

an open mind to the variety of jobs that could unexpectedly present themselves.

Robert Augustine, the dean of the graduate school of Eastern, said that the domestic students could also very well benefit from others from different nationalities and countries.

It is important for domestic students to interact with those who have been exposed to distinct values. The ways in which we conduct business could be significantly altered by other belief systems.

Our population has such easy access to international insight and through open communication, we can share each other’s organizational and management methods.

Available on Google books, you can take a more in-depth look at an informative chart provided by Cheryl Hamilton in the Communicating for Results: A Guide for Business and the Professions book.

Through quantitative and qualitative research, Hamilton clearly demonstrates a variety of beliefs here by listing them in a very likely order.

In the three columns, she lists the alternating cultural values of Americans, Japanese and Arabs from 1-10. For example, the very first cultural value listed, across the board looks as follows: Americans essentially value freedom; the Japanese value belonging and Arabs value family security.

Here at Eastern, our domestic population has such easy access to interrelate with the international community without having to travel abroad.

Eastern has been granted the wonderful privilege to create more globally connected businesses and friendships through the expansion of our campus.

Eastern intends to apply a highly structured and much-needed symbol of recognition for the international population.

We strongly believe in the constructive nature that the global plaza hopes to bring forth onto campus.

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

Leave your miserable Mondays in the past Mondays, Mondays, Mondays.

I mean, even when you have a holiday it completely goes over your head. You feel as though you have enough time to lounge about watching Netflix and putting off every seemingly insignificant assignment, but before you know it, that Tuesday comes around rearing its ugly head just around the corner.

Nevertheless, I enjoy Tuesdays better. The spelling of the word alone looks friendly and inviting.

Don’t ask me why.

Perhaps it’s a subconscious tendency—when I think about a Tuesday, I believe it is a second shot for us all to compensate for the lack of productivity or screw-ups that happened the first day of the week.

The first real school day of the week is your first shot when all else crumbles to bitty to pieces. Tuesday is another wondrous opportunity to redeem your sleep-deprived, aching self.

Honestly, what is it about Mondays (or that dreaded second day of the week after a holiday) that transforms us into these mindless marching monsters, swarming about campus?

Marge Clemente It is as though every single thing that could possibly go wrong actually does end up turning into an irreversible fiasco.

You get the disgruntled body shifting, the notso-subtle eye rolling and unexpected stacks of assignments. Professors are at their worst (or maybe at their best in their twisted sense of awareness).

We are graciously greeted with the no-nonsense, let’s-get-down-to-business professors.

If you just so happen to not have that textbook sitting in your backpack with you or that assigned reading completed, do yourself a favor and quietly excuse yourself from class. You will be lost and

deliberately left behind.

Do not retreat to the dark spaces of your home to sleep the evening away and marinade in your shame—wisely use your time to catch up, and do not waste your time or the professor’s or your classmates’. Be fair.

Another terrifying aspect to face on Mondays: a case of The Grumps.

Most of you would not believe how many times in just one miserable Monday I have had to reluctantly bite my tongue to refrain from telling someone to tone down his or her irritability level.

Listen, on about a scale from 1-10 you are at a 10, and I am going to need the ‘tude to be reduced to about a 4.

I refuse to get into any serious trouble, so I studiously keep quiet and endure the annoyed glances.

Hopefully, everyone else can erase their jarred memories from their maddening Monday and start anew on a fresh Tuesday.

Marge Clemente is a senior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com

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Antonique Burnett, a freshman music major, uses a practice room to rehearse some violin music for the upcoming semester on Sunday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Directors seeking ‘charismatic’ actors for future plays

By Darronté Matthews Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Directors of this semester’s upcoming plays said they are looking for students who bring charisma and excitement.

Two of this year’s spring productions have been announced as Agatha Christie’s 1952 murder mystery “The Mousetrap” and Bertolt Brecht’s 1943 drama “The Good Person of Setzuan.”

Theater professor Zackary Ross will be directing “The Good Person of Setzuan,” and visiting TV and theater actress Marnie Andrews will be directing “The Mousetrap.”

Both directors said they have certain

expectations of the students who audition.

“I want to work with people who are there to have fun and enjoy themselves and who are hopefully versatile enough to take on the challenges that the play demands,” Ross said.

Andrews said she agreed with Ross’ feelings on preferring charisma over credits.

“I love the circle of creativity,” she said. “We actually might pick people with no acting experience.”

Both said it does not matter whether or not students have been involved in many pro- ductions or if this is their first one.

Ross and Andrews said they are not giving preference to students who have many acting credits to their names because “this is not Broadway.”

“I would much rather work with someone who is excited to be there and excited to be a part of the process than with someone who has their craft down pat and is just there to get the job done,” Ross said.

J. Kevin Doolen, the chair of the theatre department, along with a committee of faculty members and students, choses the plays for this semester, Andrews said.

She said Doolen contacted her a year in advanced to direct “The Mousetrap.”

Ross said even though they are not

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part of the selection committee, they like the plays selected because they show diversity within the community. “‘The Good Person of Setzuan’ is something different that doesn’t get produced a lot,” Ross said. “It does have that moral and universal message that speaks to everyone.”

Andrews said she could not wait to direct something so exciting as something by Agatha Christie. She said she appreciates that Doolen and the committee chose to select a play that echoes for different communities.

“There have not been a lot of playwrights who are writing about issues that are important to people who are not

white,” Andrews said.

She said she likes that each year the committee is planning to select plays they believe will make the audience laugh, think or “make them feel like they are a part of this world.”

Auditions for “The Mousetrap” and “The Good Person of Setzuan” will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in The Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Second auditions will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the same location with callbacks following from 7 to 10 p.m.

Darronté Matthews can be reached at 581-2812 or dqmatthews@eiu.edu.

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Ke’Ana Lampkins(Left), Tania Stanford(Middle), and Elizabeth Bailey(Right) perform a praise dance during the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Candle Light Vigil Monday at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union in the Grand Ballroom.

VIGIL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 To Love, this day meant freedom and equality because King stood for many things. Therefore, having a day to honor King holds a special meaning for him.

Allen Potter, the president of Phi Kappa Theta fraternity, said this was the first time he and his organization came to the event.

Potter said King was an important individual to everyone, since he was a key individual in human rights activism.

Potter said his organization also participated in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service earlier, which nearly their entire chapter was present for.

Potter expressed interest in coming out to support members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council for their future events, as well as participating in the next Martin Luther King Jr. Vigil.

He said he would like to attend events because it showed Greek Unity and it is a great way

for students to get involved with the campus and community.

“It’s definitely something I want to continue,” Potter said.

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

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Panthers victorious over Morehead State Track takes third at Illini Classic

By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @DEN_sports

The Eastern men’s basketball team won its ninth straight game Saturday, 65-62, over Morehead State in Morehead, Ky. The Panthers, who were led by freshman guard Cornell Johnston’s 22 points, improved to 12-6 overall and a perfect 6-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference. Eastern also set the school’s Division 1 record for consecutive wins.

“My team’s always telling me to stay confident and keep attacking,” Johnston said. “That’s what I did, because we needed it.”

Johnston’s 22 points are a seasonhigh for the freshman, who was also a perfect 4-for-4 from three-point range.

Eastern coach Jay Spoonhour said Johnston’s ability to win overshadows his size.

“Size has never been a big deal for me,” Spoonhour said. “Cornell just flat out wins, and he’s been doing that for a long time. He also helps make everyone better people around him.”

Johnston also had three assists for the Panthers trailing only fellow guard in senior Dylan Chatman.

Chatman finished with four assists to go along with nine points, all of which came on threes.

Johnston said he isn’t one to pay attention to stats.

“I just go out there and play and do whatever I can to help our team get the ‘W’,” Johnston said.

After being down 25-19 at halftime, the Eagles started the second half on a 19-5 run and led for the majority of the second half until the five minute mark.

A free throw from junior forward Trae Anderson and a defensive stop on the other end, and a dunk from junior guard LeTrell Viser gave the Panthers their first lead of the half.

The Eagles would tie the game shortly after, but would never regain the lead, as the Panthers kept their perfect OVC record intact.

As a team, the Panthers forced 12

By Mark Shanahan Staff Reporter | @DEN_sports

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Junior Chris Olivier faces off against Northern Illinois’ Jordan Threloff during the Panthers’ 59-55 win against the Huskies on Dec. 13 at Lantz Arena. Olivier scored six points during the Panthers 65-62 win over Morehead State on Saturday in Morehead, Ky.

Eagles’ turnovers and were able to convert that into seven points.

“We take a lot of pride in our defense,” Anderson said. “We try to stay focused and locked in on what we do on defense and try to outperform the other team,” Senior Guard Reggie Smith was the only other player to reach double digit points for the Panthers, finishing with 11 points and six rebounds. Seven of those points came in the second half, in which he

grabbed three rebounds.

The Eagles were led by center Billy Reader and guard Brent Arrington, who finished with 16 points each. Karam Mashour and Corban Collins followed with 12 points each.

Mashour also led Morehead State with eight rebounds.

As a team the Panthers shot 52.4 percent from the floor, despite shooting 39.1 percent in the first half.

They were able to improve in the second half, hitting 68.4 percent of their shots.

The win sets up a conference clash with West divisional foe Murray State, who is also a perfect 5-0 in OVC play and the game will be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network at 8 p.m. Thursday in Lantz Arena.

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

Swimming concludes meets at Western Swim coach takes pride in team’s improved endurance

By Sean Hastings Staff Reporter | @DEN_sports The men and women’s swim teams finished a pair of doubled u a l s a t We s t e r n Il l i n o i s w i t h South Dakota this past weekend.

The women went 2-2 over the weekend and the men dropped both of its meets.

T h e w o m e n t o o k d ow n t h e Leathernecks in both meets but would drop both to South Dakota On Saturday, the women beat We s t e r n Il l i n o i s by a s c o re o f 130-123 and fell 196-76 to South Dakota.

Overall coach Jacqueline Mic h a l s k i w a s p l e a s e d w i t h h ow things went.

“There was a lot of things we had to overcome, and they did

definitely on Saturday,” Michalski said.

She noticed both teams energy and pep in their strokes was much better and said it shows her teams are able to fight through the twoplus day meets.

Michalski was most impressed with how the teams were able to turn things around and have a much better Saturday meet.

“The first day it was rough adjusting to the new pool and it was a hard week of training,” Michalski said. “On Saturday we really came back, we had the most energy on deck, better strokes, better turns, and just a much better team than Friday.”

Mi c h a l s k i s a i d t h e Pa n t h e r s could have done a little bit bett e r w i t h ove r c o m i n g s o m e o f the hurdles on Friday, and maybe have a little more support for each other.

She would add as a whole, her team did well.

A swimmer that stood out for the Panthers was junior Jake Roberts who won the men’s 1,000-

yard freestyle with a time of 10:12.54 defeating the second place Leatherneck finisher by six seconds.

“He really stepped it up, he w o n t h e 1 , 0 0 0 ( f re e s t y l e ) a n d put up some really good fights and races in his events,” Michalski said.

She would say it was one of the best races turned in from the Panthers over the weekend.

Michalski said another one of the best races came from sophomore Fallyn Schwake’s 1,650-yard freestyle.

Schwake took third in the race, but Michalski was ver y pleased with how she improved from the House of Champions meet in November.

Another swimmer that stood out was freshman Amy Smith, who was the only Panther to be the first to touch the wall in a race on Friday.

She won the women’s 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.77 out-swimming the second place swimmer of South Dakota by four

seconds.

Mi c h a l s k i w a s i m p re s s e d by sophomore Brogan O’Doher ty who had a close second-place finish in the men’s 100-yard backstroke with a time of 54.50, just one second behind the first place Western Illinois finisher.

Michalski was pleased with how things went overall for the weekend, but knows that the teams need to improve before the conference meets that will take place February 18 th through the 21 st.

The one thing she thinks the team can improve on is the on deck presence. “ We cant get anywhere if we don’t come together,” Michalski said she tells the team all the time.

The next time the Panthers will be in the pool will be Saturday where they will take on Valparaiso in Valparaiso, Ind. at 1 p.m.

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

The Eastern men and women’s track and field teams each took third place this past weekend at the Illini Classic.

The men totaled 78 team points, which topped Loyola, Bradley, Saint Louis, Western Illinois and Butler.

Illinois won the team title with 266 points and Southeast Missouri was runner up with 124 points.

The women’s team scored 85 points, which trailed Illinois -- who won the meet -- and Northern Illinois who was runner up. Illinois had 145 points. Eastern outscored Southeast Missouri, Ball State, Loyola, Western Illinois, Bradley, Butler and Saint Louis.

Eastern Coach Tom Akers said there were some good individual performances but they were not really deep in those areas. He also said they had a solid performance but not spectacular.

Junior runner Calvin Edwards had a first place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.32 seconds.

He led all Eastern runners and is now ranked in the top 15 of the country.

Several team members established new personal records this past weekend. The list includes Zane Chapman in the weight throw, Kendall Williams in the long jump, Jordan Wallace and Maria Baldwin in the 3000-meter run, Bryn Buckwalter in shot put and Jackie Jones in the high jump.

Seniors Jordan Wallace and Aviance King each had runner up finishes. Wallace came in second in the 3000-meter run with a time of 10:07.08 seconds, which puts her at the seventh fastest mark in school history. King finished second in the high jump with his jump of two meters.

Akers was impressed with many athletes from last weekend including Danny Trevor. Trevor has been banged up for the last two months with hamstring and foot injuries. Akers said that he was not feeling any ill affects from those injured areas after he ran on Saturday.

Freshman Nyjah Lane finished fourth in both the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes. Sophomore Kristen Paris finished third in the 800-meter run. Juniors Dhiaa Dean and Amy Yeoman followed in fourth and fifth place.

Akers said Angelica Anyaogu, who ran the 60-meter dash, had a very good meet.

He also pointed out she had a good week and had a good series of jumps in the long jump.

The women had fourth place finishes in the 4x400-meter relay while the men finished third. Junior Eric Gordon finished in fourth place with his pole vault of 4.70 meters.

Both teams are back in action this Saturday for the EIU John Craft Invite at 9 a.m. in the Lantz Fieldhouse.

Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.