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Chrissy Miller Administration reporter | @DEN_Newsdesk The Council of Academic Affairs held an unofficial brainstorming session before their official meeting time to help them prepare for the upcoming weeks of vitalization issues and class proposals. Kinesiology and sports studies professor Stacey Ruholl said the proceeding would most likely require the General Education Committee. Ruholl said the Learning Goals Committee will also be a group CAA members should be a part of. “Including this week, we have six weeks and so I was thinking this week we’d save for brainstorming and finding out what sort of data sets we’d need to collect in order to make good decisions,” Ruholl said. “Next week maybe consider inviting representatives from two of the programs that are being considered for elimination to present their rational as to why this shouldn’t happen.” Family and consumer sciences professor Richard Wilkinson said it might be helpful to send some questions out to the departments to help guide them in what the CAA is looking for. R ACHEL STANE VICH | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Clayton Lindley, a sophomore communication studies major from Mount Pulaski, plays his guitar while sitting outside of Lawson Hall. “It’s a stress reliever after a long week of classes and homework,” Clayton said.
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Workgroup No. 8 discusses programs at town hall By Cassie Buchman News Editor | @cjbuchman Ideas for programs that could potentially grow enrollment were discussed at Workgroup no. 8’s town hall meeting Thursday. The Workgroup is charged with making recommendations for new or modified programs, degree completion programs, signature programs and microdegrees. It is one of two Workgroups in the vitalization project that continued
their work into the second semester of the academic year. Those at the town hall meeting formed into groups to discuss their ideas for the four charges and wrote their suggestions for each on a large sheet of paper. After they were done, they put the paper on the stage and put post-it notes next to ideas they liked. Workgroup No. 8 chair Jeff Stowell, a psychology professor, asked the participants at the town hall meeting to think about what new or what
combination of existing programs might attract students. Gary Bulla, the department chair of the biological sciences department, said his group looked at programs that could have a large target population and a job outcome at the end. “It’s nice to have areas where both are considered,” he said. “(We want to) put money to things that will benefit the students.” One program that his group talked about is an Allied Health program. Bulla said it would be a new program,
but right now the university teaches these topics across a lot of different departments individually, and offering it in a more cohesive way could be helpful. One topic Bulla said was a little difficult to talk about were microdegrees, as universities are not used to doing those, as opposed to community colleges. “Students want little things that can help them get a lot of different credentials,” he said. Austin Cheney, chair of the tech-
nology department, said the two biggest aspects for him when looking at new programs is if there is a job market and student demand. He suggested a program in sustainability and environmental management, an idea he said he has had for a long time. English professor Suzie Park, another participant in the town hall meeting, looked at how much energy a program would have.
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Panelists suggest tax increase for higher ed funding By Kalyn Hayslett Editor-in-Chief| @DEN_news Panelists during the “Higher Education: Collateral Damage in the Budget Battle” presentation explained the impact of the budget impasse on higher education and the need for raising both income and sale taxes to ensure funding. Richard Wandling, chair of the political science department, said Illinois needs to seek out ways to broaden its sales tax as well as transition into a progressive income tax structure. Currently Illinois sales tax applies to
general merchandise and products, but this does not include common services like hair styling or lawn care. Ralph Martire, executive director for the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, said out of 45 states, Illinois has the most narrow-based tax and excludes services that make up approximately 72 percent of our economy. “If we do that, we will not necessarily become ‘Taxachusetts’; matter of fact, our neighbors already tax services more than we do,” Martire said. Revenue from increasing sales tax can provide Illinois about $1.5 billion, which will grow with the economy,
but this alone will not provide enough funding for higher education. Income tax has to be restructured as well, Martire said. However, the Illinois constitution prevents the graduated income tax structure that allows the amount of taxes taken from a person’s check to match the amount of the check. Currently, Illinois has a flat-rate income tax system that mandates every resident pay the same tax amount. English professor Fern Kory said raising taxes will have substantial benefits for the quality of our education, which should not be a cause of fear or resis-
tance. “If we are going to change the conversation in this area, we need to talk with our neighbors and engage with people in a way that it makes sense to them,” Kory said. “The other side has done a great job in making people scared to death of taxes and really truly believing that cutting is the only solution.” John Miller, president of the University Professionals of Illinois local 4100, said residents should not just focus on state legislatures but talk with local officials and neighbors where their influence can make a quicker and larger im-
pact. “What we need to do is educate our neighbors, not just ourselves; we are talking to the choir often times. We also have to start standing up and doing some serious actions that will lead towards a massive amount of public pressure to end this,” Miller said. “This ends only when the public says enough.” The need for revenue is the result of the Illinois legislatures in 2015 not passing a comprehensive budget for higher education funding and providing a stop-gap budget that only provides partial funding.
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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The chaos at the University of California, Berkeley, was shocking: Protesters set fires, smashed windows, hurled explosives at police and ultimately achieved their goal of canceling an appearance by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. The scene gained worldwide attention not just because of the mayhem but because of where it took place. UC Berkeley is the birthplace of the free-speech movement and has been known for more than a half-century as a bastion of tolerance. As the university cleaned up Thursday, it struggled with questions about
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ed around the building with riot police standing guard inside. But Mogulof said what transpired Wednesday night was unprecedented. The protests started peacefully around 4 p.m. As night fell, the crowd swelled to more than 1,500, police estimated, and "more than 100 armed individuals clad in ninja-like uniforms who utilized paramilitary tactics" infiltrated the crowd and began hurling commercial grade fireworks, Molotov cocktails, rocks and other objects at police, Mogulof said. Many students shook their heads at the violence and what it means at a place like Berkeley.
Police end inmate uprising SMYRNA, Del. (AP) — Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of footlockers, authorities stormed Delaware's largest prison early Thursday and ended a nearly 24-hour hostage standoff involving inmates armed with sharpened objects. One hostage — a guard — was found dead. A second hostage, a female counselor, was safely rescued minutes after the tactical teams forced their way into the all-male, 2,500-prisoner James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. Some inmates had shielded her from harm, officials said. Gov. John Carney called the uprising a "torturous" ordeal. In a statement,
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why the violence spun out of control and what has happened to the open-minded Berkeley of the 1960s. Berkeley was the last stop on Yiannopoulus' college tour, which had sparked protests and sporadic violence around the country. He is a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump and a self-proclaimed internet troll whose comments have been criticized as racist, misogynist and anti-Muslim. Dozens of police were called to Berkeley from nine UC campuses. The student union where the talk was scheduled was locked down hours before the event. Layers of metal barricades were erect-
he said authorities will hold accountable those responsible and "make whatever changes are necessary to ensure nothing like it ever happens again." Authorities did not immediately explain how 47-year-old Sgt. Steven Floyd died, but the head of the guards union said the 16-year veteran of the prison was forced into a closet and killed by his captors at some point. During the takeover, Floyd yelled to other guards who were coming to help him that the inmates had set a trap, saving some of his fellow officers' lives, said Geoffrey Klopp, union president. The uprising began Wednesday when inmates with homemade weap-
ons overpowered staff members, seized Building C and took three guards and a counselor hostage. During negotiations conducted for a while via an officer's walkie-talkie, the inmates released two hostages and got authorities to turn the water back on, saying they needed it for drinking and washing. Instead, they filled up metal footlockers and built barricades. Officers finally went in with heavy equipment around 5 a.m. and found Floyd unresponsive, authorities said. He was pronounced dead about a halfhour later.
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By Kennedy Nolen and Mallory Kutnick | Multicultural Reporter and Campus Reporter | @KennedyNolenEIU and @DEN_News Following President Donald Trump’s executive order Friday Jan. 27, the co-adviser of the Muslim Student Association at Eastern said his religion represents peace, not hatred. Dr. Ahmed Abou-Zaid, co-adviser of the Muslim Student Association, said he thinks Trump’s executive order on Friday Jan. 27 halting immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries was not fair. The executive order banned travel from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Libya, prompting protests nationwide. Masses of people took to the streets of college campuses and the halls of airports across the country. Lawyers offered free consultation to those detained at airports. Abou-Zaid is originally from Egypt and has been living in the United
States for 14 years. While Egypt is not one of the seven countries restricted, he expressed concern that eventually it would be added. Abou-Zaid said out of the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, only a few have acted in the wrong way. Trump seems to blame the whole faith. “Do not blame the people of faith,” Abou-Zaid said. “The point of the religion is not to win wars. The point of the religion is to spread the beliefs, to spread peace.” Abou-Zaid said Muslims greet one another with “salam,” the Arabic word for peace. “In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate,” Abou-Zaid says every day before he eats, before he goes to work, before he goes to bed at night. He said he recites the beginning of the Treaty of Umar, a 1,400-year-old document penned upon the conquering of Jerusalem. The Treaty of Umar lays out the rights and privileges of both the Mus-
lims and the conquered people of Jerusalem. “Their churches will not be inhabited by Muslims and will not be destroyed,” the letter reads. “Neither they, nor the land on which they stand, nor their cross, nor their property will be damaged. They will not be forcibly converted.” Unlike the treaty, Abou-Zaid said he considers Trump’s order one of hate. “He’s splitting the families,” he said. “What kind of message are you sending to the Muslims overseas? What kind of message are you sending to ISIS? It’s a hatred message.” Abou-Zaid said he was lucky to live in two open-minded college towns, including Carbondale, and was treated fairly, just as he and his family had been throughout the entire 14 years he had spent in America. “The American people still surprise me with their good attitude and behavior,” Abou-Zaid said, reflecting on Christian neighbors who celebrated
their differences. For 14 years, he enjoyed all rights afforded to Americanborn citizens, with the exception of the right to vote. Abou-Zaid applied for a visa upon arrival and became an official American citizen last year. “You have to accept democracy – pros and cons – but democracy does not mean that the person in office does whatever he wants,” Abou-Zaid said. “You have to stand up against what you feel is against the United States Constitution, the United States values.” Abdul Wail, a senior political science major, is from Saudi Arabia, which is a predominantly Islamic nation. He said although people from his nation are not banned from the United States, he thinks all Muslims will get grouped together and shown in a negative light. Wail said the executive order will likely lead to problems and acts of violence towards Muslims. Blair Lord , provost and vice pres-
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ident for academic affairs said at the Faculty Senate Meeting Tuesday that one student was from the area affected by the executive order. “I am saddened by this turn of events that threatens the rights of many, including some individuals in the EIU community,” Eastern President David Glassman wrote in a mass email sent to all students Monday. Glassman wrote that the Office of International Students and Scholars had reached out to all 436 international students, which he said was a record number for Eastern. “Please know that this action in no way reflects the views and values of Eastern Illinois University, and that we are greatly disheartened by this change in federal policy,” Glassman wrote. Kennedy Nolen can be reached at 581-2812 or kdnolen@eiu.edu. Mallory Kutnick can be reached at 581-2812 or mbkutnick@eiu.edu.
Learning goal committee revises course descriptions By Chrissy Miller Administration Reporter | @DEN_Newsdesk The Learning Goal Committee worked on putting final touches on their revised version of the general education courses in the catalog Thursday. This included adapting courses labeled as writing intensive to make them more flexible. English professor Tim Taylor said he proposed to change the document to be more specific about informal and writing-to-learn activities. He also removed the revision requirement for writing-intensive courses.
“Ideally, you use peer review, you comment, and they could revise,” Taylor said. “You could use all three.” Karla Sanders, executive director of the Center for Academic Support and Assessment, said she is pleased with the change. “I think this brings our writing-intensive courses into the 21st century,” Sanders said. “That definition was first in the catalog in 2000. We hadn’t changed it since then, so this allows us to be more current.” The group also cut phrases out of the document that were no lon-
ger applicable and made sure to highlight important parts of the document. Sanders said that when they revised the learning goals three years ago, they left some unnecessary sentences in the document. Some of the verbs did not correctly convey what they wanted the document to say, health studies professor Misty Rhoads said. One suggestion was to change the wording that senior seminars should “teach” all five learning goals to “address” or a different verb. “Honestly, I think that under guiding principles number one, it
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might be nice to highlight ‘for the entire educational experience,’” Rhoads said. “It’s a key part of it because that is what you’re selling.” Sanders said another thing that might enhance the document is to include the phrase “explicit instruction.” “It’s our very popular, probably overused phrase, but you can’t say it too often,” Sanders said. “If we had a budget I’d have t-shirts.” “We don’t have a lot else to do with this document until it is time for CAA to vote on it,” Sanders said. “Now what we need to do is circulate it and get wider com-
ment.” Sanders said she would avoid making wholesale changes to the document until everyone has seen the same thing. The document would start in the Dean’s Council and be spread to all the various committees from there. This committee has been set on this task since around 2011, Sanders said, so the committee looks forward to going into the process of getting their document approved. Chrissy Miller can be reached at 5812812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu.
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Sean Says: Be careful riding BMX bicycles So lemmie tell you this. Every kid likes to ride his bike. Even as you get older, that is basically a staple in your life that never goes away. There is just something about riding a bike that everyone loves…until you fall off. It started off as a beautiful summer day and my friend Nick invited me to come over and play basketball and swim. It was a perfect summer day for anyone. I was in eighth grade at the time. My bike was unridable at the time because the tire was popped so I just took my brother’s bike. Another thing about bikes was that is where you knew where your friends were at when you were younger. Now, it is the same thing with cars, but I miss those days when it was just 15 bikes outside the unlucky mother’s house for the day. It was time for Nick’s family to eat dinner so that was my cue to leave. I was not invited to eat over unfortunately. I say unfortunately because the rest of my family was at my brother’s baseball team’s party 25 minutes away. No riding a bike there. I did not care too much; I would just go home and cook a pizza. I was in no hurry to get home so I was just slowly cruising on my brother’s BMX bike with the pegs on the front tire. He did not do any BMX tricks, but those pegs were on there nonetheless. My dumb self, just chilling on this ride home on the beautiful summer day, stretched my legs out and rested them on those front pegs. I do not know what I was thinking, but I lost control of the bike almost instantly and was flipped over the handlebars. I imagine it looked like something out of a movie. Except this was real life. I wish it was a movie. Anyways, I faceplanted on the street and get some serious road rash on my face. Just perfect. But hey, maybe some of the girls would feel bad for me, I thought. My face was cut up pretty bad. My forehead was all scraped up and the top of the bridge of my nose by my eye was cut open and dripping blood to the ground. I ended up getting stitches for that one. Also had a serious cut on my chin. When I went to school I looked pretty scary. I had BandAids on my forehead and chin and stitches on my nose. Now that I have covered my injuries, we should get back to the accident. Luckily, a woman saw my unfortunate flip over the handlebars and faceplant to the ground. She came out with a towel to clean up my face and call my mom, because remember she was 25 minutes away, rather than the 5 minute drive down the block if she was home. Long story short, the woman sat with me until mom came to take me to the hospital to get all stitched up. My lesson for you is to just ride a bike correctly and you will not end up preparing for the hospital on a beautiful summer day, standing in a driveway with a woman you do not know, while bleeding from your face as you wait for your mom. Sean Hastings is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
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Build confidence in yourself at Eastern When it comes to building confidence, nothing can be more helpful than being able to bet on yourself. Regardless of your skill set or goals in life: the best way to continue to grow is believing in yourself and going after it. Many of us at The Daily Eastern News are journalism majors, and if we had never believed in ourselves it is almost certain we would not be where we are today. We had the confidence in ourselves to reach out and land a job for not only now, but also for our future. We are fortunate to gain experience in our field while still chasing a degree thanks to all that the Eastern journalism department has to offer. It is not only the journalism department here at Eastern that provides an ability for our growth through experience. Eastern is packed with possibilities to help all students develop into strong profes-
sionals that job seekers will quickly spot when they are sorting through stacks of resumes. So whatever it is you are after, take a chance on yourself now or watch those with the confidence distance themselves. There is no excuse to sit back and doubt yourself. Very little is holding you back from reaching your goals and becoming the you that you want people to see. Show your supporters you have in you what they see in you. To succeed you have to be able to take chances without the fear of failure holding you back. Surround yourself with people that believe in your potential and allow their encouragement to be the extra push you need to take chances. Many chances you take will in fact not turn out the way you hoped, but you can use those unsatisfactory results to be the driving force to push harder next time.
Make today the day you start the rest of your life. Every successful person you look up to or strive to be like has had to take a chance on themselves at some point in life. At this point in your life you have every ability to be whoever you want to be, go as far as you possibly can and have fun doing it. All it takes is confidence in your ability and a desire to achieve to ensure the next chapter in your life is the one you envisioned. Have you ever heard the saying “reach for the stars?” Start reaching and know that you are in control of how far your reach extends. Challenge yourself every day to take a chance, to conquer a fear or lay another brink on your road to success. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Comics, readers deserve good art, good artists More work goes into the editorial page than you might think, reader. Especially when it comes to the comics. Let me offer you a view. Dan enters the newsroom and immediately sets up his work station. There is a bench at the back of the room where we keep comic cells, and he likes to set his laptop and pen tablet there. Then he walks to the copy desk and looks over what articles are printing for that night. As his editor, I sometimes help him select a topic from the major local articles and the select Associated Press pieces. If we cannot find anything he wants to draw about, he sometimes looks over news sites to find a topic, or we select an evergreen topic, which is a topic that is never out of season. After all the deliberation, he finally sits down to draw. Sometimes watching him draw can be deeply satisfying because he works quickly. Other times, it takes him ages to get one particular part right. He draws and redraws a single line until it looks perfect and effortless. The end result is a crisp digital comic of professional quality. And Dan’s comics are not the only quality comics we print; Courtney Shephard’s comics, while drawn in a different medium and style, are also deeply satisfying. We are very lucky to have such talented cartoonists. Being around such talented artists can be a blessing, but sometimes it feels like a curse. When I see comics and graphic novels in my course syllabi, I always get excited. Who would turn down the opportunity to read comics for class? The interaction between visuals and narrative are deeply interesting, and I think that comics offer so much more than
Shelby Niehaus traditional media. So when I finally get my hands on that comic we intend to read for class or on that new novel everyone has been talking about and the art is terrible, I feel deeply insulted, especially when those comics are critically or academically acclaimed, which they frequently are. After talking with my cartoonist friends about the existence of great narratives with awful art, we found that the worst offenders were often graphic memoirs—essentially, traditional memoirs written as comics instead of prose. Most memoirs are examined for their prose and their author’s experiences, so when a memoir becomes a graphic memoir, the art sometimes goes by the wayside. Even more frustratingly, many literary types who examine comics are unfamiliar with art (or are at least less comfortable with art than they are with language). Sometimes we feel like we cannot speak about the art because we might not know enough about it. Truth be told, there is no way to be wrong about
a subjective media like art, and anyone who reads a comic can comfortably have an opinion about the art. If you read comics and you find the art style unfavorable, do not feel afraid to bring that up, even if the comic is critically acclaimed, viewed in an academic setting or if you do not fully understand why the art seems weak. But what solution do we have? There are ways that writers can get their work into comic format without falling into the awful art trap. Another friend of mine, a brilliant writer, recently sent me files of her comic project. Some of the files contained face studies of the main characters, drawn in a satisfying Redwall-esque style, while others contained thumbnails of pages that had only suggestions of figures and word bubbles. These files looked like they came from two different artists. And they did! The thumbnails and layouts came from my friend, who has claimed to be an artist, and the other comes from a friend of hers whom she asked to draw the comic. It is a workaround that has existed for years in the indie comic world, the superhero comic industry and amongst fan artists, but it has yet to catch on with memoir writers: one writer, one artist. This, I think, is the best possible way to hit all the good points in writing and in art. If more writers sought out talented comic artists for their stories (and there are many), I think we would not be quite so overwhelmed by poorly-drawn comics. Shelby Niehaus is a senior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or scniehaus@eiu.edu.
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“You really have to wonder why state officials would turn their backs on something so crucial to their economic competitiveness as higher education,” Martire said. Every year the Illinois Board of Higher Education has the responsibility to both the Governor and general assembly to give a suggested appropriation for investing in all areas of higher education, Martire said. “From 2008 to 2017, not once has the state provided the exact amount of funding suggested by the IBHE,” Martire said. According to a chart that was shown during the presentation, Illinois has become an outlier due to the lack of funding and consistent cuts. The year-toyear cuts starting fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2016 totals 1.3 billion or 67.8 percent. “That is an outrageous year-to-year cut which can’t have any impact other than harming the capacity of higher educational institutions across our state,” Martire said. “I’m talking everything from community colleges to the university system to not only educate students, who want to better their lives but to frankly just keep the lights on.” When looking at wider time range the percentage of cuts to higher education is even larger. “From 2000 to 2017 Illinois has opted to cut funding almost 80 percent,” Martire said. “We have become one the worst states in America for investing in our future.” The combination of low enrollment, low state appropriations and the elimination of both educational personal and academic programs have affected the quality of the education, Miller said. “There really is no reason to believe the state of Illinois is going to do anything to enhance its investment in higher education in the next few years unless we change tax policy to raise more revenue,” Martire said. Kalyn Hayslett can be reached at 5812812 or kehayslett@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “How much interest do we already have here from students, from faculty?” she asked. Park brought up the idea of a medical humanities minor, which she said would not have a start-up cost. Catherine Polydore, a professor of counseling and student development,
said the name of programs is important from a marketing standpoint, as students want to what they are doing when they leave Eastern. Students also want programs that are interdisciplinary, Polydore said. “It seems that the millennial generations are more global-thinking,” she said. “(Students) want to do multiple things, (they) want to be flexible.” Park said she wanted the group to
envision programs and pathways that allow students to be nimble and adapt to new situations from field to field. Stowell said at the town hall, he heard ideas that the group had not considered before but also saw commonalities between what people suggested. “It’s fun to listen to other people’s ideas who are passionate,” he said. “They could lead that program; be a champion for it.”
One common theme Stowell saw people talking about was enhancing the visibility of programs that could or would be signature programs. “We can do better about marketing those programs and recruiting students,” he said. Moving forward, Stowell said the committee would grab ideas from each table and prioritize them. “We may request further informa-
tion at committee meetings,” he said. An online survey was sent to every faculty, staff and student. The Workgroup’s final recommendations are due March 15. “By then we will have discussed which of these ideas will be a priority,” Stowell said. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
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7 High spirits despite rough start for men’s tennis
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By Dillan Schorfheide Men’s Tennis Reporter | @DEN_News The Eastern men’s tennis team has started the spring season with an 0-4 record after facing tough opponents, but the team still has high spirits and high drive. Eastern has only won three team points so far in their four matches, while giving up 25 to its four opponents. This week in practice, the team worked a lot on ownership and accountability. “They were challenged to take charge of their training a bit more and work on leading each other,” coach Samuel Kercheval said. The ROTC came and did some work with the team while they were practicing Monday, mostly on leadership, teamwork and communication. Kercheval said the help from ROTC was valuable and fun. “It was a bit eye opening for us to realize how poorly we commu-
nicate in some situations and how well in others,” Kercheval said. “It gave everyone the responsibility to step in to a leadership role at one point and it was harder for some than others but an experience everyone needs.” The team also focused on sticking to patterns more and having better discipline with decisions, especially in doubles. Kercheval said these are nothing new but were at the forefront of the team’s training during the week. Despite the 0-4 record, Kercheval believes his team is handling the tough start pretty well. Kercheval said his players know they have played tough opponents, but they also know they have had some missed opportunities. “We have talked about the process of getting better, how long it takes to get to where we want to be, how much work and time it takes,” Kercheval said. He added that he told the team they have to have pa-
tience as well. Eastern has two matches this weekend: Friday they host the University of St. Francis in Champaign, Ill., and Saturday they travel to Normal, Ill. to face Illinois State University. St. Francis has a six-man roster with five players returning from last year; Friday will be their first match of the spring season. St. Francis also just named their new head coach for the team early Thursday morning. Illinois State has a seven-man roster with five players returning from last year. Illinois State has a 2-3 record to start its spring season. “We have entered every match with a belief that we can win it and that can never change,” Kercheval said. “The energy and way we competed has been improving, as well, and needs to continue.” Dillan Schorfheide can be reached at 581-2812 or dtschorfheide@eiu.edu.
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Track set to compete at Notre Dame Meyo Invite By Alex Hartman Track and Field Reporter | @DEN_Sports Once again Eastern’s indoor track and field teams will go on the road to the state of Indiana. This time they will be traveling all the way to South Bend, home of Notre Dame and its Meyo Invite this weekend. The two-day meet will be held in the Loftus Sports Center at Notre Dame with field events starting at 2:30 p.m. Friday and running events start at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday.
Now nearing the end of the season for Eastern indoor track and field continuing its recent high level of performance is critical. Some of the teams that Eastern faced off against last year and will be included this year are Indiana, Mississippi, Michigan State, Western Kentucky, Purdue, Minnesota, Toledo, DePaul, Illinois and Central Michigan, to list just some of the large pool of competition. The Panthers have had some success this season, but this will be their first major meet of the season.
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The training has been tough for Eastern in the last few weeks, and having this meet at this point in the season is a good place to see where they are at. Eastern track and field will look to build upon their successes from last week’s Indiana Relays, where there were nine top 10 members in their events on day one and then on day two there were even more Eastern athletes that won in its events and earned personal bests. In total there were five members on the track team that set new per-
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sonal bests and slid into the Eastern track and field record books. Those included were junior hurdler Stephanie Dominguez, now sixth all-time in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:37.40. Then senior distance runner Ruth Garippo increased her spot to third all-time on the 3000-meter run list with a time of 9:56.98. Senior distance runner Julie James set a new best and Eastern’s fifth all-time time in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:12.30. Also, junior sprinter Darneisha Spann set
the sixth best time in Eastern’s history in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.6. Finally, senior Riley McInerney continued his dominance in the mile as he set a new personal best and fifth in Eastern’s history with a time of 4:05.81. The next meet for the team will be Friday Feb. 10 at Grand Valley State’s “Big Meet” in Michigan. Alex Hartman can be reached at 581-2812 or aihartman@eiu.edu.
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By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports Eastern’s 7-0 run in overtime is what it needed to complete its comeback 77-67 win over Tennessee State Thursday night on the road. Senior Demetrius McReynolds is the senior on the team and he stepped up like the leader he is relied on to be. “Meech (McReynolds) second half was just outstanding,” coach Jay Spoonhour said. “They did a good job covering him early on, but he just stayed with it. Of all the big shots, his put back in overtime was probably the biggest.” He was huge for them last game against Southern Illinois Edwardsville and was the same Thursday. McReynolds’ tip in with 3:48 left in overtime sparked the Panthers’ 7-0 run to send them to their second win in a row. To follow up his tip in, McReynolds drilled a 3-pointer and hit two more free throws later in the overtime period. He f i n i s h e d w i t h 2 2 p o i n t s and shot over 50 percent overall and was 4-7 from beyond the arc. Spoonhour has talked about the importance of McReynolds being the versatile player with the way he can drive to the basket and be a natural shooter. This was one of Eastern’s biggest games of the season thus far after Austin Peay won Wednesday. The Governors are one game ahead of the Panthers in the West division. A loss Thursday for the Panthers would put them two games behind and facing an even higher hill to climb. “The fellas just kept competing, and that’s not as easy as it sounds when you’re not playing well, especially on the road,” Spoonhour
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Senior Demetrius McReynolds drives into the paint during last Saturday’s game at Lantz Arena. McReynolds scored 16 points in 20 minutes for the win.
said. Where it is at right now, the Panthers remain in fifth place in the Ohio Valley Conference West behind the Governors and the Panthers are getting back to their play like they had in the non-conference games. Eastern is shooting the ball better from beyond the arc, 10-22 Thursday, scored 26 points in the
paint and brought down 32 rebounds. The Panthers trailed by as much as 14 with 14:54 in the game, and did not have a lead in the game until the 9:16 mark in the second half. Junior Montell Goodwin drilled a 3-pointer to give the Panthers a 51-50 lead. The two teams went back and forth for the remainder of the sec-
ond half. Tennessee State got a layup to take a 61-59 lead, but McReynolds got those points right back with 47 seconds left in the game. E a s t e r n h a s t h re e b i g h o m e games coming up. They will host Tennessee Tech Saturday, Tennessee-Martin Feb. 9 and Southeast Missouri next Saturday Feb. 11. Eastern proved over the last two
games they have the talent to win games in conference, there was not much of that early in the year. But with Austin Peay so close ahead of them and the team Eastern will face after finish up the home stand, the need for wins is at an all-time high. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu
Women’s basketball returns home to face Tenn. Tech By Mark Shanahan Women’s Basketball Reporter | @DEN_Sports
The Eastern women’s basketball team will be trying to end the two game losing streak it is on when it hosts Tennessee Tech this Saturday at Lantz Arena. This is an important stretch for the Panthers, who have six games remaining and are currently second to last in the Ohio Valley Conference. Although they sit near the bottom of the conference, Eastern is only a game behind the No. 8 Tennessee State. The Panthers did not help themselves on Wednesday night when they fell 69-58 to Tennessee State, giving them the tiebreaker. Eastern is currently 7-15 overall and 3-7 in the OVC. Sophomore Carmen Tellez was red hot from the 3-point line for the Panthers on Wednesday night. Tellez was 6-for-10 from beyond the arc and finished with a team high 18 points along with four steals. It took awhile for her to get going, but junior Grace Lennox finished with 17 points and six assists against Tennessee State. The streak of double-doubles ended for senior Erica Brown, as she finished with eight points and six rebounds. Lennox is the Panthers leading scorer with 15.9 points per game, followed by Brown (11.5)
and freshman Allison Van Dyke (10.2). Brown has been a major contributor to the team’s rebounding, which has been lacking recently. She leads the team with 8.2 rebounds per game. Eastern has been effective in its shot taking and is second in the conference in field goal percentage. Tennessee Tech comes into this game on a two game winning streak with wins over Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee-Martin at home. The Golden Eagles are 9-14 overall and 6-4 in the OVC. They are in third place in the OVC right now behind Belmont and Morehead State. Tennessee Tech survived a close one with a 53-51 victor y over Eastern Kentucky and then handled business against TennesseeMartin with an 81-71 win. In the win over Tennessee-Martin, the Golden Eagles had four of their five starters reach double-digits. Treyvonna Brooks led the team with 22 points and added three rebounds and three assists. Yaktavia Hickson (19), Akia Harris (13) and Hannah Goolsby (13) were the others to reach double figures. Goolsby had nine rebounds and Harris and Hickson each had six assists. Tennessee Tech brought just three players off the bench in the game. Hickson and Brooks each average double figures with Hickson
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Sophomore Danielle Berry dribbles the basketball at the top of the key Saturday in the Panthers 69-59 loss to Austin Peay at Lantz Arena.
averaging 17 points per game and Brooks averaging 10.9. Brooks is the team’s leading rebounder with 6.4 rebounds a game. Tennessee Tech averages 62.8 points a game, while Eastern averages 66.5. The two teams met just once
last season and Tennessee Tech came out victorious at home with an 81-74 win. Tennessee Tech leads the all-time series against Eastern 25-15. They will only meet once again this year and it is this Saturday at 1 p.m. to start off
the doubleheader of basketball at Lantz Arena. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.