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Eastern rugby coach Frank Graziano said Saturday’s 65-7 loss can be credited to the team’s inexperience. Page 8

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The front end of a CCAR bus caught fire after being hit by an SUV Wednesday at the intersection of 12th Street and Lincoln Avenue. The bus was traveling down Lincoln Avenue at approximately 9 a.m. when it was struck by the SUV. Lt. Brad Oyer of the Charleston Police Department said it was a routine car accident. Members of the Charleston Police Department redirected traffic throughout Lincoln Avenue while members of the Charleston Fire Department helped clear away the two vehicles and clean up. Fire Chief Pat Goodwin said two people were transported to the hospital after the accident. Oyer said the front of the bus caught fire because of the oil from the two cars. “Overall, it looked a lot worse than it was,” he said. TOP RIGHT: Dillion Harley, a firefighter, sprays clean the scene of a car collision Tuesday at 12th Street and Lincoln Avenue. BOTTOM RIGHT: Captain Todd Foster packs the fire truck after responding to an accident Tuesday at the intersection of 12th Street and Lincoln Avenue.

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Residence halls’ washer prices increase Internet By Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor @DEN_News Residence hall prices for washing machines jumped 50 cents from $1.25 to $1.75 this year. Mark Hudson, the director of Housing and Dining, said this would be the first time laundry prices have changed in 20 years, and they have been undercharging. “If we raise the rates some, it will offset the expenses of having a washers and dryers program,” Hudson said. “Also, it will generate a little more revenue that might help us not increase the room and board rate.” The bond revenue committee, the ones responsible for price increase, raised prices to be able to have more money available for laundry services. Hudson said their recommendation is then sent to the vice president of student affairs and then to the president of the board of trustees. The committee member’s job entails recommending a budget for room and board rates for the following year. The committee consisted of three appointed members of the Residence Hall Association and student government. Patrick Morrow, one of the appointed members from the RHA, said they hoped this would increase the laundry budget, giving them the

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ability to add newer washers and dryers to the residence halls.

“The increase in price would actually get us closer to making that

change,” Morrow said. “That probably won’t happen for another few years or so, give or take.” Alyssa Molaro, a freshman elementary education major, said she will not even be in the residence halls in a couple of years, so she will not reap any benefits from the price increase. Hudson said compared to other Illinois state schools, Eastern was still cheaper, even with the price increase. Julianne Adebayo, a freshman kinesiology major, said she expects her clothes to actually be clean for $1.75. While Eastern’s washer prices are now higher than Illinois State University, drying is still free for residential students, as opposed to those who reside in Illinois State. Keeping dryers free is a principle reason to why Eastern is cheaper than other schools. Erin Bledsoe, a sophomore accounting major, said she is relatively okay with the pricing because of the free drying. “Nobody likes raised prices, but it is still free drying,” Bledsoe said. Morrow said they also made sure to look at laundromats within the Charleston area, including Panther Laundry, who priced their washers at $1.75 as well, but charged 25 cents per 8-minute dryer cycles. Denzel Watts, a sophomore business major, said while it is only 50 cents more, it will add up. WASHER, page 5

connection slows down Eastern By Bob Galuski News Editor @DEN_News A cooling system failure in one of Eastern’s network closets caused the Internet connection throughout campus to slow down and become spotty Tuesday morning. Brian Murphy, the director of Information Technology Services at Eastern, said the cooling failure was in a network closet in the Student Services building, which houses some of the routing and management equipment for the Internet connection to and from campus. “Facilities Planning and Management was already working on the cooling issues and are continuing to monitor that situation,” he said. “When temperature exceeds (certain) thresholds, the equipment reacts and some services stop functioning.” He added there was a few minutes between getting the cooling system fixed and Internet traffic normalizing. “Once the environmentals were restored, equipment was restarted,” he said. Murphy said after assessing the situation, more permanent actions were being taken for the future of the equipment. INTERNET, page 5

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Council approves loan, launches app By Samantha McDaniel Associate News Editor @SamMcDaniel20 The Charleston City Council members approved a loan agreement with Prairie State Bank Tuesday for the purchase of a Ford F150 pickup truck. The council received six proposals from area banks for the loan interest rate. The loan is in the amount of $21,254 for the truck. Mayor Larry Rennels said Prairie State Bank gave a loan interest rate of 1.69 percent. “We checked with several institutions, and the best deal was from Prairie State Bank and Trust,” Rennels said. The city will also launch its ap-

plication that will allow Charleston residents to submit problems in the city. Scott Smith, the Charleston city manager, said the program is expected to launch Wednesday. “ We have been testing it for about a month, month and a half, and it will go live (Wednesday),” Smith said. The program will be available through the city website or SeeClickFix.org. Smith said it is an application that can be used on a smart phone, iPad, computer and any other device with Internet capabilities. “It’ll allow the residents to go in and log or file an issue or concern from graffiti on a particular street sign to a pothole, to a variety of requests,” Smith said. “We have sever-

al different categories on there.” The program will document complaints and allow the residents to see what has been done with the issue. Smith said the city has been working with the application for six or seven months. In other business, the council discussed three street closures for upcoming parades. The parades include the Charleston High School parade on Oct. 11, the Eastern Homecoming parade on Oct. 19 and the annual Jefferson Elementary School Halloween parade. Rennels said the streets that will be closed have been the along the same routes for several years. The mayor also proclaimed that Sept. 19, 2013 to be “Drive 4 Pledges Day.”

Rennels said the day is supposed to encourage people to pledge to not text while they drive. “So far, 1.8 million people have done that and, nationwide, they are encouraging people to do that,” Rennels said. People can pledge through ItCanWait.com, Facebook, Text-to-Pledge and Tweet-to-Pledge. The council members also approved a raffle license for the Charleston Riot 150th anniversary. The license is for an event on Sept. 28 at the Charleston Moose Lodge to raise funds for the commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Charleston Riot. Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.

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Carla Williams, co-owner of Preferred Entertainment, mans an oxygen bar in the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union on Tuesday. Each container held purified oxygen with a different aromatherapy scent for students to try. Williams, along with her husband, Buddy, have been providing entertainment to colleges since 1990.

Rendell Flood, a junior kinesiology and sports studies major, along with Griffin Groves, a senior clinical laboratory science major, breathe in scented oxygen at the oxygen bar set up in the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union on Tuesday.

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By Debby Hernandez Staff Reporter @DEN_News Residence Hall Association members will meet to plan for its first upcoming event of the semester, ROC Fest. The meeting will be at 5 p.m. Thursday in Stevenson Hall and will be hosted by Lincoln Hall. RHA vice president Patrick Morrow said members might overview the need for a new treasurer, who will be responsible for keeping the budget of RHA, attending meetings with the RHA advisor and serving at least a single one-year term. Morrow said, RHA will later have nominations and elections. In their first meeting, RHA will discuss and begin preparations for this year’s ROC Fest. ROC Fest is a one-week event that

will take place the week of Sept. 16 to 20. It consists of a series of competitions between on-campus residents in Greek Court and the residence halls. “ROC Fest is a resident on-campus festival,” Morrow said. “It helps students get involved on campus.” On the starting Monday of ROC Fest week, there will be a Window Painting Contest in which each residence hall will paint its theme, followed by a Pond Boat Race at 5 p.m., in which residence hall members will race with boats built out of cardboard and duct tape. The ROC Fest game of BINGO will be from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday in Lawson Hall, and an obstacle course will start at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, in the South Quad. A 12-hour scavenger hunt will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m, Thursday of ROC Fest Week all around cam-

pus in which residents will compete to find specific places and people all around campus. RHA will also have a meeting at 5 p.m that Thursday in Lawson Hall, in which members will bring a community service item. ROC Fest will end that week with a closing picnic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the South Quad. “We hope our meeting will run smoothly,” Morrow said. “We also hope to get Greek Court more involved with RHA in different events we have, such as ROC Fest.” Members act as the liaison between administration and the residents of the Halls and Courts at Eastern by making recommendations upon the University Housing policies. RHA members consist of five executive board positions and three representatives for each Hall and Court. Each representative must serve in

one of the four committees, including Programming, Social Justice and Diversity, Community Service, and Community Development. Morrow said the role of the committees is to act as resource to help plan specific events such as “The Building and Tearing down of Wall” event during Diversity Week, which is under the Social Justice and Diversity committee. Residence Hall Association members are the voice for on-campus residents at Eastern. RHA has a community service aspect. “It is a good way for students to give back to the community,” Morrow said. “It is a good experience, and you get to meet new people.” Debby Hernandez can be reached at 581-2812 or dhernandez5@eiu.edu.

• At 7:38 a.m. Friday, a criminal damage to government property was reported at the H.F. Thut Greenhouse. This incident is under investigation. • At 11:57 a.m. Friday, a private property accident was reported near University Apartments. No citations were issued. • At 3:57 a.m. Monday, a domestic battery was reported at Stevenson Hall. The incident was referred to the Office of Student Standards and the State’s Attorney. For a photo gallery of this weekend’s alumni tennis meet, go to: dailyeasternnews.com

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LAST WEEK’S QUESTION Do you think the president should be able to bypass Congress to attack Syria? Why or why not ?

HERE’S WHAT YOU SAID While it is glaringly obvious that what Syrian officials are doing is inhumane, the last thing the U.S. needs to do is rush into a war after the embarrassing Iraq campaign. While Syria is suspected of using chemical weapons against their citizens, there is no proof they have WMD’s. However, their allies (Israel and Iran) are know to be possessing nuclear weapons. While some may find this offensive, truth is the U.S. has no right to condemn nations for killing civilians. Not only has the U.S. murdered innocents in Iraq, Afghanistan and even Vietnam, but our friends China have killed their citizens, too.

STAFF EDITORIAL

Students to change to avoid large penalties Beginning the first of the year, students might find the bottoms ing to an article in a 2012 Princeton Review. This means the uniof their sneakers and the sidewalks to be cleaner; however, if they versity has already taken the necessary steps to eliminate cigarette do not abide by the new Illinois smoking bill, some students may waste by placing ashtrays near each designated smoking area. Still, discover their pockets emptied. a fine of no more than $1,500 for a first offense seems steep. The When Gov. Pat Quinn passed a bill making littering of cigarette fact is that the same repercussions apply to the littering of plasbutts punishable by a substantial fine and tic and other debris products commonly no more than three years in prison, resused by all people, rather than cigarettes, idents were nervous about what seemed which are used only by smokers. Our POSITION • Situation: Smokers can be fined and to them harsh repercussions for a minor If water-drinkers and paper-shredjailed for littering. offense. ders alike have trained themselves to recy• Stance: The fine is large, but the sacrifice The issue is less about being singled cle and dispose of their garbage properly, is small. out for littering cigarette butts, however, learning to take advantage of the already and more central to the bill’s new incluaccessible ashtrays is a small sacrifice for sion on the list of waste products punishthose who fear the hefty penalty. able to the same extent. The good news for non-smokers is this bill may help reinforce There is no denying that the littering of any substance has a another law, which requires any person to be a minimum of 15 negative effect on the ecosystem. feet away from a public building while smoking, since cigarettes are In a study performed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control now legally required to be disposed of properly. and Prevention (CDC), littering of cigarette butts has been shown If when next semester arrives and students find themselves shellto be destructive for plant and wildlife by leading to contamination ing out money to steep smoking fines, their battle should be to of soil and water. This contamination has the potential to harm combat the penalization of Illinois’ littering citations rather than and downgrade the quality surrounding ecosystems. choosing which specificities of a law they feel they are required to All the fuss over this recent bill sounds a lot like misdirected abide by. anxieties about no longer being able to get away with something The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of that has become part of so many of our regular routines. The Daily Eastern News. Luckily, Eastern’s campus is already one of the most environmentally-friendly campuses in the United States, accord-

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The crucifixion of stupid, dumb Let’s start off with a pop quiz. First question: “Recent polls have shown one-fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?” Second question: “How many of you, upon hearing the above question, immediately thought of a cute, young blonde girl from South Carolina, draped in a swanky blue dress, blabbering incoherently about how ‘such as’ some ‘U.S. Americans’ don’t have maps and ‘such as’?” Don’t be shy. Raise those hands with pride. I am. Those words, uttered by Caitlin Upton at the 2007 Miss South Carolina pageant, will likely die with time. That is to say they won’t live eternally in the epochs of history, penciled aside the passions of Martin Luther King Jr. or the eloquence of Abraham Lincoln—at least we hope. Nonetheless, the fact that so many, in Upton’s words, “U.S. Americans” can easily cite that quote is somewhat concerning. In recent years, the American obsession with the stupid and obscene seems all but commonplace, and last week, as I sifted through Twitter and Facebook feeds dominated by Miley Cyrus, “twerking” and foam-finger sexscapades, I started to ask Online Editor Sean Copeland

Robert Downen myself, “Why?” Of course, the Facebook feed of a 20-something college student is hardly sufficient enough a sample size to justify some wildly empirical judgment of American society— after all, there are many of the civilized among us. More so, I’m saying that our obsession with such meltdowns might be indicative of how group psychology perpetuates bullying and hatred. We love to crucify the dumb; to hoist abnormality onto a pedestal, only to rip it from limb to limb; to laugh vehemently in its face, protected by the anonymity of keyboards and computer screens. But for every public meltdown—for every Miss South Carolina, Miley Cyrus or Amanda Bynes—we unwittingly divulge the same personal insecurities that so often perpetuate bullying or groupthink. Public shaming is cathartic for us. We get to point and laugh, to exclaim proud-

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ly to our peers that, “Wow, at least I’m not THAT dumb/odd/different/etc.” To those discarding what I’m saying, I present part two of this quiz: “Does laughing at perceived stupidity do anything to alleviate our own insecurities?” Fourth (and most important) question: “Does our obsession with the public fall-from-grace do anything to enhance societal interests? Or does it simply codify both stupidity and meanness into the public DNA?” The answer to that question, unfortunately, requires some deeper soul-searching. We dehumanize people, not because it’s fun or justified, but because in a world so plagued by injustice, cruelty and terror, it’s easier than confronting real issues. So next time some pseudo-celebrity leaks a sex tape or dances a-fool while millions die from poverty, oppression and slavery, let’s ask ourselves the final question to this quiz: “Ten years from now, when young pop stars and prima donnas have faded into insignificance, would we rather laugh at their failures, or smile at our successes?”

Robert Downen is a senior journalism and political science major. He can be reached at 581-7942 or at DENopinions@gmail.com.

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Faculty Senate questions new learning goals By Robert Downen Administration Editor @DEN_News Members of Faculty Senate debated at length proposed changes to Eastern’s current student learning goals at their meeting on Tuesday. The new goals, which focus heavily on critical thinking and quantitative reasoning, were the result of a twoyear-long review of the university’s current general education standards by the Committee on General Education and University Learning Goals. However, while members of Faculty Senate acknowledged a legitimate need to reassess the university’s learning goals, the group also noted multiple obstacles in implementing all-new general education standards. Grant Sterling, a professor of philosophy and chair of the Faculty Senate, said universal applicability across departments could be a legitimate problem with the goals. According to him, by strictly adher-

ing to the proposed goals, general education professors would be forced to fail students from introductory classes who do not meet each individual criterion. Sterling said this might be problematic for freshman students who have graduated from high schools that did not equip them with such basic skills, and while the goals are good in theory, they might simply cause students to

-Blair Lord, provost & vice president for academic affairs avoid classes with professors who have tough reputations, or more realistically, he said, professors who would actually adhere to the new standards. Senate members also questioned some of the research methods used by the committee when adopting new goals for the university. Stephen Lucas, who co-chairs the

dry services. Currently, Housing and Dining members and the bond revenue committee members are examining the usefulness and efficiency of using self-operations instead of outsourcing their laundry service. Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 “Long-term plans have much of this equipment being relocated to the main Data Center in (the Student Services building), where environmental controls are more robust,” he said. “This should be accomplished in total by year-end.” The spotty Internet connection throughout the morning did not escape the notice of several students and faculty members. Murphy said the User Service help desk received phone calls from faculty members and students. Mercedes Carrasquillo, a sophomore health studies major, said she had noticed the Internet being slow earlier from her room in Ford Hall.

administrators as a hindrance to longterm implementation. However, Lucas also stressed the indepth research conducted by the committee, including intense comparisons with syllabi and commonalities with plans from multiple other universities. Blair Lord, the provost and vice president for academic affairs, echoed Lucas’s

During the CGEULG’s review of university syllabi, Lucas said they found certain syllabi that did not list even one curriculum goal for the course, a problem he said was counterintuitive to developing well-rounded students. Jeannie Ludlow, a professor of women’s studies and senate member, said the new general education standards might

also serve as disincentives to the university’s junior faculty members, who she said often teach introductory courses and would thus be held to more stringent student evaluations. However, Rebecca Throneburg, who co-chaired the committee with Lucas, refuted Ludlow’s claims. Throneburg emphasized the new standards, should they be adopted by the senate, would be mixed with department goals as well, and would therefore be applicable without negating one another. Both Lucas and Throneburg said implementation of the new goals would build on commonalities from successful university syllabi. However, they also noted their committee’s work was far from complete, and stressed support and input from faculty and students as the most critical aspect for improving educational standards. Robert Downen can be reached at 581-2812 or jrdownen@eiu.edu.

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sentiment. “There is a pretty significant body of information that says Eastern students have not done as well collectively as we would hope, “ Lord said. “But we need to keep faith with our students and do what we need to do to improve.” Lucas also said the university needed to develop a “common vocabulary” of stated goals.

“There is a pretty significant body of information that says Eastern students have not done as well collectively as we would hope. But we need to keep faith with our students and do what we need to do to improve.”

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“I wash my clothes twice a week, so that is like $3.50 a week,” Watts said. Hudson said they are probably not planning to raise the price anymore , even with other laundry services costing more. “We want to hold it for a few years, just to see how it works,” Hudson said. He said a future price all depends on where they want to take Eastern’s laun-

CGEULG, said grants from the Illinois Board of Higher Education helped facilitate some of the committee’s findings, but also noted that small sample groups of students were not ideal for commissioning the study. He also admitted there was a lack of data from universities who have attempted similar educational reforms, citing common changes in faculty and

“It was cutting in and out,” she said. Although the Internet was acting slower Tuesday, some students said they were unable to notice a difference. Jake Lupa, a freshman marketing major, said he had not had any problems with the Internet all day and thought it had been working fine. Eric Ellsworth, a senior music major, also said he was unfazed by the slow Internet caused by the cooling system failure. “It’s slow every day,” he said. “Why should today be any different?” Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or rggaluski@eiu.edu.

Speaker to expand on novel Lecture will touch on this year’s EIUReads! selection By Marcus Curtis Entertainment Editor @DEN_News A visiting professor will be exploring the meaning of beauty through Islamic gardens during a lecture dedicated to building on ideas brought up during this year’s EIUReads! selection for incoming students. The lecture, “Islamic Gardens: The Meaning of Beauty,” will take place at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the lecture hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. D. Fairchild Ruggles, a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois, will be discussing concepts and ideas from EIUReads! 2013 selection, “The Submission” by Amy Waldman. Dr. Ruggles is an award-winning author for two books: “Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Pal-

aces of Islamic Spain” and “Islamic Gardens and Landscapes. Both are books about gardens. Janet Marquardt, an art professor, said despite the fact that this lecture’s focus audience is freshmen who read Waldman’s “The Submission,” all students on campus can learn something from the ideas that brought up in the lecture. Getting Riggles to speak at the lecture was not a complicated task, Marquardt said. “I know her, and she is always willing to come speak here, as I go up there when they ask me,” she said. Riggles said when Waldman was writing her own novel, she consulted her book. “The Submission” is a partial fiction-based story on Sept. 11. The book is about a competition for architects to create a memorial at the former World Trade Center in New York City. The winner of the competition in the book was an Islamic garden designed by a Muslim architect.

Marquardt said she hopes students take away from the lecture a new appreciation for the complex political, religious and environmental motivations, as well as the meanings underlying the design of many Islamic gardens throughout the world. Members of the Department of Arts and Humanities have not limited themselves to the Islamic gardens lecture though. In October, they will be hosting an event in which Rolena Adomo from Yale will discuss Day and Latin America. Marquardt said the audience can look forward to also learning about something new about a topic they may not already know about. “(Riggles is) a very entertaining and enthusiastic speaker who speaks with great insight and authority,” Marquardt said. “Everyone will learn something fascinating about these gardens.” Marcus Curtis can be reached at 581-2812 or mlcurtis@eiu.edu.

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STAT ATTACK $325,000

Stat Attack is a weekly feature that highlights the key statistics of sporting events. This week, we feature football, volleyball and rugby.

The Eastern football team was paid $325,000 by San Diego State University for playing in Saturday’s game at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. Eastern was one of seven FCS schools to receive money from FBS schools. Others included Eastern Washington ($450,000 from Oregon State), McNeese State ($400,000 from South Florida), North Dakota State ($350,000 from Kansas State) and Northern Iowa ($350,000 from Iowa State).

Soccer | Summit

League begins play By Michael Spencer Staff Reporter @tmskeeper

Chelsea Lee led the Eastern volleyball team in its weekend tournament with 60 kills. Lee had a hit percentage of .290. She averaged 3.53 kills per set in the Toledo Blue/Gold Invitational. The Panthers went 1-3, beating Marist in three sets and losing to Loyola, West Virginia and Toledo. The Panthers have not begun a season below .500 since 2007.

Panthers must wait another week for first game

The Eastern football team’s defense forced five turnovers in its 40-19 win over San Diego State University. The Panthers intercepted four passes from Aztec quarterback Adam Dingwell, including defensive back Alex McNulty’s two. The Panthers also recovered one of the four fumbles they forced. The defense also recorded four sacks against Dingwell.

The Daily Eastern News | SPORTS

58 The Eastern rugby team lost by 58 points in its season opener against Quinnipiac 65-7 Saturday. That is the worst defeat in program history. Prior to that game, Eastern’s worst loss was 32-0 last season to Wisconsin AllStars. Other than those two games, the Panthers did not suffer a loss by more than 15 points since 2008. Its compiled record from 2008-2012 was 46-3. Reporting by Anthony C atezone; photos by Dominic Baima and file photos; Design by sara Hall | The Daily eastern Ne ws

While rain in Chicago forced the Eastern men’s soccer team to wait another week before starting the season, the rest of the Summit League got underway. Western Illinois beat Jacksonville 1-0 with freshman forward Diego Lopez scoring the game winner. It was the Warsaw, Ind., native’s second goal in as many games. Lopez’s quick start for Western comes as they look to improve on their third place finish in the league last season. Fort Wayne fell to Dayton 4-2 after giving up three unanswered goals in the last half hour. Eastern lost to Dayton 2-1 in the preseason. Nebraska Omaha conceded a goal 12 minutes into extra time to allow Missouri State to snag a 1-0 overtime win. The loss gave Nebraska Omaha its second straight defeat after falling to Grand Canyon in the season opener. Denver responded to its 2-0 loss to Charlotte in the season opener, defeating California State-Bakersfield on Sunday. The Summit League preseason favorite scored all four goals from plays connected directly or indirectly to Pioneer seniors. “We got four goals from four seniors tonight,” head coach Bobby Muuss said in a post-match press conference. “We challenged them after the loss on Friday. We need our seniors to step up.” Denver was ranked first in the league coming into the 2013 season. Eastern was forced to watch from the sidelines as their league opponents began their push for the Summit League title. Eastern was scheduled to play its first match Friday, something coach Adam Howarth was eager to do. “We want to play,” Howarth said. “I wish we could have played the game. It’s just unfortunate.” The Panthers were scheduled to go on the road and face the University of Illinois-Chicago. Instead, the team was forced to wait while conference opponents start their season. “We’ll catch up here; we’ll get back on track,” Howarth said. For Howarth, this week means one more stretch of practices to keep the team focused. “We’ve been playing a lot, actually,” Howarth said, going on to describe the scrimmages the team uses to simulate a game-like atmosphere. The coach also said he was thankful the team had three preseason matches, making it less pertinent that the team start its regular season immediately. “If we hadn’t played any preseason, I would probably be a little more worried,” Howarth said. The regular season will now begin Friday as the team travels to Dayton to take on Lipscomb in the annual tournament hosted by the Flyers. The second leg of the tournament will be against Northern Kentucky on Sept. 8. Michael Spencer can be reached at 581-2812 or at tmspencer2@eiu.edu.

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rugby| recap

Panthers prepare for season By Cody Delmendo Staff Reporter @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s golf team returns to action Sunday at the SIU Edwardsville Fall Invitational. With head coach Mike Moncel returning for his ninth season, the team will understand his expectations he has for them, he said. With Tommy Ponce and Kevin Flack both having graduated, the Panthers will be a young team with no seniors. Sophomore Austin Sproles is one of the returners who got experience under his belt last season, but he will work to improve his numbers this season. Sproles said this year is a lot different from last year since he looked up to the older teammates since he was a freshman. Now, he said he feels he has to be more of a leader, even though he is still an underclassman. Sproles stroke average from his freshman year was 84.5. With that said, Sproles said the fall is going to be used to get good experience. “We have a lot of young guys, but we definitely have a lot of potential,” Sproles said. Of the players returning, James Jansen has the best stroke average from last season of 78.9. Freshman and family-related players Ryan and Daniel Hughes, from Cedarburg, Wis., are the newest members on the golf team this year. Also, transfer students Chad Hatch, from Carl Sandburg College, and Brady Welsh from Parkland College are among the new players as well. This fall season, Eastern has five tournaments on its schedule. The first tournament is at Sunset Hills Country Club in Edwardsville for the SIU Edwardsville Fall Invitational. The second tournament is at Harborside Golf Course in East Chicago for the Chicago State Fall Invitational. Last season, the Panthers finished in sixth place out of 11 teams at that golf course and was their best finish position-wise Eastern had all season. The third tournament is at Ruffled Feathers Golf Course in Lemont for the DePaul Fall Invitational. Last season, the Panthers finished in 13th place out of 15 teams at this golf course, and it was one of the worst performances the team had all season. The fourth tournament of the fall season is at Highland Country Club in Indianapolis, Ind., for the Butler Fall Invitational. Finally, to finish out the fall season, Eastern will travel to The Links at Novadell in Hopkinsville, Tenn., for the Austin Peay Fall Invitational. Tee-off for the first tournament is Sunday, with a forecast of 68 degrees and partly cloudy skies. Cody Delmendo can be reached at 581-2812 or cddelmendo@eiu.edu

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Emalie Thorton, a red-shirt freshman flanker, is tackled by four Quinnipiac players in Eastern’s 65-7 loss at Lakeside Field Saturday. The Panthers are 0-1 and will return to action on Saturday at Lakeside Field against the Wisconsin All-Stars.

Inexperience leads team’s weekend loss By Bob Reynolds Staff Reporter @DEN_Sports Coach Frank Graziano said the Eastern rugby team’s 65-7 loss to Quinnipiac Saturday at Lakeside Field, the worst loss in program history, can mostly be credited to the team’s inexperience. Eleven of the 15 players on the Panthers’ roster were playing in their first rugby match ever, and the Quinnipiac Bobcats took advantage of that. “(Quinnipiac) knew we were going to make new player mistakes, and that our positioning defensively was not going to be where it needs to be,” Graziano said. “They have some players that are fairly experienced and are going to run into those places.” Graziano said the challenge this year is going to be the volume of inexperience he has — this year is un-

like any other. With only the four returning players from last season, the Panthers are going to lean on the returners to help the newcomers out. “Sometimes the returners are going to have to focus on their own job,” Graziano said. “What happens in this situation, if they start to worry about what their freshman teammate next to them is doing, they are probably not doing their job.” Graziano said the few veterans on the team cannot lose track of the additional responsibilities of aiding the new players in the transition to playing rugby. Graziano knows that the newcomers on this team, especially the girls that have never played the game before, will have to work through the moments in every game. “Even though we have gone through three weeks of practice, we certainly aren’t able to duplicate any type of game situation,” Graziano

said. “If you break the game down, you can find moments to build on.” The Panthers were 25 yards away from scoring early in the game , and then turned the ball over, which put them from offense to defense, and Graziano said that was too much. Graziano was impressed with redshirt freshman Emalie Thornton, who played the entire game against the Bobcats. “If she opens up her brain and allows me to start throwing rugby stuff in her head, and she starts to be able to get a feel for that, the young lady is limitless,” Graziano said. In the first two minutes of the game, Thornton made an athletic play, in which Quinnipiac kicked the ball, made an over-the-shoulder catch and immediately turned around and started bolting up the field. “What I realized is that she demonstrated some stuff in athletic abilities and just the willingness to com-

pete is everything that I had hoped for,” Graziano said. Unfortunately, the Panthers committed a penalty while the ball was in the air, but Graziano was impressed with the way she did all that in one motion, as Thornton was one of the positives Graziano was able to take away from the program’s worst loss. “She is not the fastest on our team, but she has a great work ethic,” Graziano said. “She made some nice tackles, she picked up a couple loose balls and she really played hard the entire game.” Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu. For a photo gallery of this weekend’s rugby match, go to: dailyeasternnews.com

football| conference roundup

Eastern makes OVC history following win By Aldo Soto Assistant Sports Editor @AldoSoto21 @DEN_Sports The Ohio Valley Conference kicked off its football season Thursday night and posted a 5-4 record through Sunday, led by Eastern’s 40-19 win against San Diego State. Eastern’s margin of victory was the second-highest against an FBS team in conference history. Eastern Kentucky’s 45-21 win against Louisville in 1985 remains the OVC’s largest win when playing an FBS program. Around the OVC Eastern Kentucky defeated Robert Morris on Thursday 38-6. In their first Thursday-night season opener since 2000, the Colonels scored on four of their first five drives and took a 28-6 lead to halftime. Tennessee-Martin matched up

against No. 24 ranked Chattanooga and defeated its in-state foe 31-21. DJ McNeil and Trent Garland rushed for 134 and 116 yards, respectively, leading the Skyhawks to 289 yards on the ground. The rushing total was the highest against a Division I team since Oct. 9, 2010, when the Skyhawks ran for 300 yards against the Panthers. Tennessee Tech had the conference’s largest margin of victory this past week, beating Cumberland 637, scoring touchdowns on nine of its first 10 possessions. Jacksonville State scored all of its points in the third quarter and fended off Alabama State 24-22, winning coach Bill Clark’s debut on Saturday. Murray State and Austin Peay suffered a pair of 40-plus point losses to Southeastern Conference’s Missouri and Tennessee, respectively. The Racers were outscored 45-0 after they entered the second quarter, leading 14-13 over Missouri.

Austin Peay lost 45-0 against Tennessee on the road. The shutout-loss marked the Governors’ third consecutive season-opening loss. Tennessee began the game scoring six touchdowns on its first six possessions, taking a 42-0 lead into halftime. Butch Jones made his coaching debut with Tennessee and recorded the program’s 800th all-time win. Tennessee improved to 7-0 against OVC teams. Ohio transfer Kyle Snyder started his first career game at quarterback for Southeast Missouri and led the Redhawks on a 10-play 75-yard drive that ended with a six-yard rushing touchdown from Lennies McFerren. McFerren’s second career touchdown narrowed the score to 14-7, but Southeast Missouri could not gain much yardage through the air, gaining less than 100 yards passing (88). The Redhawks did run for 206 yards,

which was the eighth time the team surpassed 200 rushing yards in its last nine games. Tennessee State held BethuneCookman to 260 yards on offense, but was only able to manage 248 yards on its own on Sunday, losing 12-9 to the Wildcats. The Tigers were able to drive deep into Wildcat territory three times, but had to settle for three field goals in the red zone. The Wildcats’ Jordan Murphy caught the game-winning touchdown pass from Jackie Wilson that capped a 12-play, 71-yard drive. Jamin Godfrey missed a 49-yard field goal attempt as the game clock expired that would have tied the game. Godfrey kicked the ball wide right, resulting in a Wildcat victory. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.