SURVIVING BOSTON
Nancy Elwess, a ’76 Eastern alumna, was running the Boston Marathon Monday when explosions shook her foundation. Elwess told The Daily Eastern News her story.
BETTIN’ ON BOULBAHAIEM Sephora Boulbahaiem injured her left knee in a skiing accident the winter before beginning her tennis career at Eastern.
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Officials respond to sexual assault issues By Nike Ogunbodede Staff Reporter
‘We are still here’
Original chalkers say the university’s lack of action prompted them to write Doudna steps’ message
By Nike Ogunbodede | Staff Reporter Editor’s Note: The names of the individuals in this article have been changed to protect their privacy.
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fter several months of watching their friend struggle with the university to get justice against her alleged attacker, three friends — two of whom are also survivors of sexual assault — took to the Doudna steps on Jan. 19 to share her story. Their original message: “My rapist still goes here…will someone please listen to me?” only took about an hour to write. In the following days, the message would be erased, but each said the collective relief they felt has lasted longer than the actual message. ‘No one has helped me’ Lucy, the female student to whom the original message referred, said she was not surprised that the university erased her message. For the junior biological sciences major, the university’s erasing of her story is the perfect depiction of the struggle she has had to endure since coming forward. “I’ve told several different offices on campus, and no one has helped me,” Lucy said. Lucy said she has had multi-
ple conversations with the Office of Civil Rights and the University Police Department trying to get her alleged attacker expelled from Eastern or fired from his on-campus job. During one of her meetings with an employee in the Office of Civil Rights, Lucy asked what evidence would have been considered sufficient. She received a response she said shocked her. “(The employee) couldn’t give me an answer,” Lucy said. “They don’t know. How can you convict someone when you don’t know what is beyond reasonable doubt?” Eastern needs to clearly define what process a sexual assault survivor needs to go through during the reporting process, she said. “I don’t want to have to worry about if I am going to see him. The anxiety of just leaving that room is almost agoraphobic,”
Lucy said. Her fear of her alleged attacker, a student who is still employed by the university, is one reason she chose to remain predominantly anonymous and not chalk the message earlier. “It’s so hard to say ‘No, this happened, and I need to tell my story,’” Lucy said. “I know what happened to me, and I know that I didn’t want that.” Because she remained silent for three months after her attack, Lucy said her emotions are just now catching up with her. “Honestly, I became numb. Until (Jan. 24), I couldn’t even cry. I would have days where I would feel like s---,” she said. “And that’s why this statement needed to be made because no one should feel this way ever again.”
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The university takes cases of sexual assault seriously, but its handlings of sexual assault cases could be improved upon, President Bill Perry said. Perry said he will adopt the suggestions given to him by the Women’s Empowerment League in January into account before moving forward with a more concrete plan. “I think that out of all this dialogue will come progress,” he said. He does want Eastern students to feel comfortable on campus, Perry said. “I think Eastern has a relatively safe campus,” Perry said. “That is something that is important. Something that we work on to have it be a safe campus.” Perry said reporting crimes to the proper authority is key. “If you believe you have been sexually assaulted, then you need to go to the University Police Department,” Perry said. But if the accuser decides to only go through university offices like the Office of Civil Rights and Diversity and the Office of Student Standards, then it is labeled sexual harassment case, a civil charge. Jeannie Ludlow, the coordinator of the women’s studies and a survivor of sexual assault, said the current report-
ing process is one that students do not trust. “We must make reporting easier by: allowing confidential reporting to a trained victims’ advocate, like the folks from SACIS; streamlining our process and making it very transparent; and making sure we follow Title IX guidelines for keeping victims updated on the status of their cases,” Ludlow said. “Until we can do these things, we will not improve our report rates.” Ludlow said a number of things would need to be changed if ending rape culture is going to be effective. “We do not have a zero-tolerance policy for sexual offenses on our campus, and I am not at all confident that we could get one here,” Ludlow said in an email. Ludlow said Eastern also needs to alert students to sexual assaults as they happen like universities such as University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign do. “Recently, there was an attempted sexual assault in a residence hall up at UIUC, and an emergency text message went out about it, with a full and accurate description of the attacker — not a generic ‘tall, black man,’” Ludlow said. “My students tell me they have never seen an emergency text for sexual assault on our campus.”
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Assault survivors to rally in support By Stephanie Markham Administration Editor In an attempt to reclaim the peace of the night, members of the Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Service will lead a march through campus by candlelight for the 22nd annual Take Back the Night. The rally will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Campus Pond Pavilion with a musical performance by Ethan Stephenson. Michael Gillespie, a sociology professor, will be talking about ways for men to prevent sexual violence at 6:45 p.m., and the march will begin at 7 p.m. Gillespie said he would be portraying the message that domestic violence and sexual assault are not just women’s issues. “As men, as human beings, as people who have relationships with women, whether they’re our mothers or our sisters or our siblings or our significant others or whomever, we effect and are effected by these types
of issues,” he said. He said men are often hesitant to speak or act against sexual violence because they are afraid of being considered less manly. “I think that a lot of it has to do with the culture of being macho, the culture of being in power and being in control,” he said. Erin Walters, the director of SACIS, said the route would lead the march up Fourth Street, through the quads and back to the pavilion. Once the march ends back at the pavilion, Walters said people would have the opportunity to share their experiences as survivors or on behalf of survivors of sexual violence during the “fireside speak-out.” “The overall purpose of the walk is to say we all wish to live in a community on a campus free from violence,” she said. Gillespie said it is important to hear from survivors and to put a face to the stories of sexual violence.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013 c ampus | celebration
Festival to honor arts, creativity
Celebr ation: A Festival of the Arts E vent C alendar
April 19
What: Exhibition: The Paintings of Liu Jungang cians and food as the 2013 festival comBy Bob Galuski Where: Doudna Fine Arts memorate the arts. Entertainment Editor An outdoor stage will be home base Center Room 1920 As part of this year’s “Celebration: A to various music performances through- When: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Festival of the Arts,” the two art shows throughout the weekend will be dedicated to Doug Lawhead. Lawhead, a computer and LAN specialist in the College of Arts and Humanities, who also taught photojournalism classes in the journalism department, died in 2012 after an apparent heart attack. The festival will be Friday through Sunday on Seventh Street between the Doudna Fine Arts Center and Buzzard with different artists and musicians coming out to commemorate the arts. Dan Crews, the director of patron services, said Lawhead had been a supporter of the festival for many years, and in the last few years Lawhead had been participating with his own art. “He’d been a photographer for years, and he just really started taking his artwork and doing some creative things with it,” Crews said. Crews added Lawhead still had some art pieces remaining, and his family will be participating in the art shows. One of the awards for the art show is a 2-D award, which was been renamed the Doug Lawhead Award. The art shows will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Crews said the art shows are one of the bigger attractions during the festival. “People come for different reasons, but one of the main ones people come for is the art show on Saturday and Sunday because it’s one of the best line ups of artists you’ll find,” he said. Crews added that the artists sell their own work — and it is all made personally. “All of the artists who participate create what they’re selling in their booths. They’re not buying something and reselling them,” he said. “They are the person who makes them. That’s kind of always exciting.” Surrounding the art shows for the weekend will be a mix of artists, musi-
out the weekend. Crews said music will be playing continuously during the festival. Crews said the goal for the festival is to have 45 to 50 vendors. He said recruiting vendors involved sending out press releases and applications for each specific vendor’s work. The applications were sent out as early as late January, he added. Crews said the artists who participated previously get sent an application and get first rights of refusal. “The nice thing is that we’ve increased our art vendors — we’re almost sold out completely,” Crews said. “We have about 10 more artists than last year.” Crews estimated 6,000 to 8,000 people attend the festival each year. “That’s from the time we start on Friday morning at about 11:30 a.m. to about 6 p.m. Sunday,” he said. Crews also said people could find various forms of entertainment in the festival, from art shows to crafts to even the food. “A lot of people come for the music, so there’s a lot of different reasons,” Crews said. “And then there’s people like me who are in the mood for a chili dog and will come out for the festival food.” He said this is the second year the festival has been on Seventh Street, after spending many years in the Library Quad. “It was getting more difficult to get into the Library Quad,” Crews said. “Plus if the weather went bad and it rained, the Library Quad wouldn’t drain as quickly as other places.” The festival will be going on despite potential weather conditions. “If it’s a downpour we’ll usually have to cancel, but if it’s mild weather, we’ll still go,” Crews said. “People will still come out for that kind of thing.” Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or rggaluski@eiu.edu.
C ampus | Holi
Color to brighten quad, students By Geoffrey ZuHone Staff Reporter If you’re walking through the Library Quad between 2 and 4 p.m. on Friday, be prepared. Holi is happening. But what does that mean? Holi (pronounced “Holy”) is a Hindu festival celebrating spring and the changing of the seasons. It’s traditionally celebrated with bonfires on the eve of Holi, followed by a color fight on the day of the festival. “First, we’ll have a water fight so the color sticks,” said Sara Boro, a graduate assistant in the Office of Study Abroad. “Then, people will start throwing powdered color at each other.” Nate Furstenau, a graduate assistant in the Office of Study Abroad, said the powdered color is called Gulal, and with nearly 70 pounds of it, there should be enough for everyone. “Even though Holi was March 27 this year, we’re celebrating it during Celebration in conjunction with Asian Heritage Month,” Boro said. “Also, it’s warmer in April.” Boro has celebrated Holi with her friends the past two years, and she really wanted to bring it to campus, especially after studying abroad in India last
summer. “I thought it would be fun to do a large-scale event,” she said. “It’s a fun way to introduce people to culture and a fun way to introduce study abroad.” Along with Boro’s recent trip to India, approximately one-third of the international students are from India, a contributing factor in support of Eastern’s Holi event. This isn’t going to be a one-time thing, said Kelly Holland, Study Abroad coordinator. “We’re looking to make this an annual event,” she said. “It’s about celebrating spring, but also friendship and new beginnings.” Furstenau said while the powder being used is Food and Drug Assocation approved, there will be emergency eyewash at the event in case anyone has unforeseen allergic reactions. Students are advised to wear white clothing, Holland said. The dye is supposed to wash out with stain remover, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Holi will last for two hours, with a color toss scheduled at about 3 p.m. Geoffrey Zuhone can be reached at 581-2812 or gwzuhone@eiu.edu.
What: Kurt Swan, pianist Where: Tarble Arts Center When: 1 to 2 p.m. What: Sawyer Brothers Band Where: Outdoor Stage When: 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
What: Sand Sculpture Co. Where: Outdoor Stage When: noon to 5 p.m.
What: Dan Hoffmann, pianist Where: Tarble Arts Center When: 3 to 4 p.m.
What: Nathan Bassett, spray paint artist Where: South Seventh Steet When: noon to 5 p.m.
What: Botany Club Plant Sale Where: Thut Greenhouse When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
What: Holi Where: Library Quad When: 2 to 4 p.m. What: Mondegreen Where: Outdoor Stage When: 2 to 3 p.m. What: Lux PerSono Where: Outdoor Stage When: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. What: Graham Slam! Where: Tarble Atrium When: 4 p.m. What: Roots Rock Society Where: Outdoor Stage When: 5 to 6:30 p.m.
April 20 What: Celebration Art Fair Where: South Seventh Street When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. What: Sand Sculpture Co. Where: South Seventh Street When: noon to 5 p.m.
What: 'Anything Can Be" poetry performance Where: Doudna Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre When: 3:30 p.m. What: The MoonDogs Where: Outdoor Stage When: 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. What: Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago Where: Doudna Fine Arts Center Theatre When: 5 p.m. What: The Art of Jazz Guitar Where: Doudna Fine Art Center Black Box Theatre When: 5 p.m. What: Poetry Slam! Where: Doudna Fine Arts Center Lecture Hall When: 5 to 6 p.m. What: Super Bad featuring Bobby Reynolds Where: Outdoor Stage When: 6 to 7 p.m.
April 21
What: The Little Dancers Where: Doudna Fine Arts Center Recital Hall When: 10 to 11 a.m.
What: Sand Sculpture Co. Where: South Seventh Street When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
What: The Bluegrass Biscuits Where: Outdoor Stage When: 10 to 11 a.m.
What: High Cotton Where: Outdoor Stage When: 11 a.m. to noon
What: Exhibition: The Paintings of Liu Jungand Where: Doudna Fine Arts Center Room 1920 When: 5 to 6:30 p.m.
What: Salaam Middle Eastern Music Ensemble Where: Outdoor Stage When: 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
What: Nathan Bassett, spray paint artist Where: South Seventh Street When: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. What: Botany Club Plant Sale Where: Thut Greenhouse When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. What: EIU Jazz Ensemble Where: Outdoor Stage When: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. What: International Fair Where: South Seventh Street When: noon to 4 p.m. What: "Anything Can Be" poetry performance Where: Doudna Fine Art Center Black Box Theatre When: 12:30 p.m. What: Mandara Caravan Where: Outdoor Stage When: 1 to 2 p.m.
What: Dragon Flies Where: Doudna Fine Arts Center Recital Hall When: 1 to 2 p.m. What: Chinese painting Where: Tarble Arts Center When: 1:15 p.m. What: Lemon Brothers Band Where: Outdoor Stage When: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. What: Earth Day films Where: Doudna Fine Arts Center Lecture Hall When: 2 p.m. What: Tequila Mockingbyrd Where: Outdoor Stage When: 3 to 4 p.m. What: Eastern Symphony Orchestra: "Carmina Burana" Where: Doudna Fine Arts Center Dvorak Concert Hall When: 4 p.m.
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Eastern alumna survives explosions, determined to race at Boston again By Samantha McDaniel Student Governance Editor At the end of her 27th Boston Marathon, Nancy Elwess was trapped in the street between two fences after the first bomb went off. Her only option was to continue to the finish line to escape the chaos. Elwess, a ’76 alumna and a biology professor at State University of New York at Plattsburgh, said that starting the day, the only thoughts she had were how perfect the weather was for the race, not expecting the cool 50-degree weather to be mixed with smoke and shattered glass. About 30 yards from the finish line, Elwess said she was happy to have completed the race for the 27th time, making her among less than 10 women to have completed it that many times. “I was looking forward to meeting up with a friend and kind of celebrating, and then, all of a sudden, there is this big explosion,” Elwess said. “The noise is what I heard first, and I guess the shock wave from it moved me sideways.” Ringing filled her ears as glass cut at the left side of her body, but it was not until Tuesday that she discovered a shard of glass was lodged in her Boston Marathon baseball cap, centimeters from her temple. Originally, Elwess said she did not think a bomb had gone off, and it was not until the second explosion that she thought it could be an act of terrorism. Because Elwess participated in the race so many times, she said she thought a gas line in one of the restaurants at the side of the route had exploded. “When I righted myself—I wasn’t knocked down to my feet, just sideways—I got back on course, and the second blast went off, which was behind me,” Elwess said. “I continued to the finish line and crossed it just because that was the only exit I had.” It only took moments for the joyful atmosphere to turn to grave alarm as the marathon medical technicians rushed to help the injured. When the first bomb went off, Elwess said everyone around her was
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Whitney Kleniert, UMass Boston student who had watched the marathon from near the finish yesterday, wipes away a tear after placing flowers at a barricade at the intersection of Boylston Street and Arlington Street on April 16 in Boston. The city is in mourning for three killed and at least 144 wounded in a “cowardly” April 15 bombing at the Boston Marathon.
stunned, and it was not until the second explosion that people started screaming. The last quarter of a mile, the streets were lined with fences to keep the crowds off the streets and out of the way of the runners. “So, all I saw when I looked over to the left was mangled fence and all that, and I had a fence on the right of me, so I went to the finish line, which was an open way to get out,” she said. Leaving the area to make room for the medical technicians, Elwess went to a park nearby to meet a friend who came to support her at the marathon. She saw her friend standing among the one million spectators at mile 25 and high-fived her before finishing the race. After the explosions, she sought her friend out. “I tried to call her and I couldn’t get
through,” Elwess said. “Right away, they cut the cell service because they were afraid that was how the bombs were being set off.” After meeting at a nearby park as they planned before the race, Elwess said her first priority was to get word to her mother that she was all right, but was unable to make the call. When Elwess’ friend received a text message from one of her friends, she asked that she get in contact with Elwess’ mother to let her know she was not one of the 175 injured or the three dead. Elwess said the next thing she wanted was to get out of the area, but stayed at the park for a while because the subway system was shut down. Later, after a mile walk, Elwess and her friend found an operating subway station that would take them from the
sites of the explosions to their hotel 15 miles away. This was one of the first years Elwess has stayed somewhere other than in the heart of Boston. “For once we stayed about 15 miles south of Boston, and by that point I was relieved and felt very secure,” Elwess said. Elwess said she hopes this does not cause an end to the 117-year tradition. She said people cannot live in fear by canceling the marathon in the future and if they have it, she will run. “I’d like to see it continued on, not for the sake of the marathon, but for the sake of the city and the tradition and to pull the people together again,” Elwess said. Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
An Eastern student started a website to raise money for the victims and families of the Boston marathon explosions on Monday. Patrick Revallo, a senior accounting major, started a website to raise money to send to hospitalized victims and their families to assist them with medical expenses. He said he felt personally affected by the bombing because he has family in that area. “I was born in Connecticut and I visited Boston pretty frequently— usually once a year,” Revallo said. “I’m also a runner.” Revallo posted a link to donate on the website. There is no minimum or maximum amount that has to be donated, he said. The money will be donated through PayPal and will be distributed evenly to the people who were hospitalized because of the explosions. The website also includes blog posts with the updated news on the bombing. Revallo said those who cannot donate money, but would like to donate other things, like cards, can send them to his address available on the website. All the non-monetary donations will be sent to the American Red Cross or hospitals to be given out to the families. He said the website is also meant to increase awareness about the explosions. “I was so surprised to find out that this wasn’t the talk of campus the next day,” Revallo said. The website is available at www. bostonheartsandsoles.org.
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BOT to vote on library funding, student fees By Chacour Koop Special Projects Reporter The Board of Trustees will vote to approve three expenditures for library resources funding totaling $1.35 million and three student fee increases at its meeting Friday. The board will also vote to approve an $825,000 one-year telephone service contract with Consolidated Communications Inc. of Mattoon — a $25,000 increase from last year because of inflation. Eastern is also required to pay about $1.7 million to the state of Illinois for employee health insurance, and the board will vote to approve this expenditure. Student fee increases The campus improvement fee and Lantz and O’Brien operations and bond revenue fee, which are both in their third and final year, will increase
$2.50 and $.50, respectively. The grant-in-aid fee will go up about $3 per semester. This means a student enrolled in 15 credit hours will pay about $48 more in fees each semester next year. Paul McCann, the university treasurer, said the grant-in-aid fee increases at the same rate as room and board rates, which is about 2 percent. President Bill Perry said that although the student fee increases were pre-approved, he wants to bring them up at the meeting to remind everyone. $1.35 million for library resources Of the three separate expenditures for library resources in fiscal year 2014, the $725,000 to EBSCO Industries Inc. of Cary, is the largest. Eastern paid the same amount to EBSCO last year. Allen Lanham, dean of library ser-
vices, said EBSCO supplies the Booth Library with mostly periodicals in both print and electronic formats. For electronic and print books, the board will vote to approve $325,000 for Yankee Book Peddler of Contoocook, N.H. Both EBSCO and Yankee Book Peddler have contracts with the state of Illinois for library resources. “There’s nothing unusual about these purchases for us at all. These are routine purchases that academic libraries would do,” Lanham said. The last expenditure for library resources is $300,000 is for membership in the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois — a state inter-library organization that negotiates and purchases databases for the 80 academic libraries in Illinois. Eastern has more than 45 databases through the consortium. Lanham said the consortium meets with database vendors and pays for
the databases, which eliminates the need for Eastern to hire an employee to meet with companies like LexisNexis or JSTOR. Lanham said membership in the consortium saves Eastern money. “It’s like a menu for academic libraries,” Lanham said. “We continually ask faculty if these are the resources they need most.” Paying in for employee health insurance The board will also vote to approve about $1.7 million in funding to the state of Illinois for employee health insurance. In December 2001, Gov. George Ryan requested universities contribute $45 million to cover a shortfall in the state’s group insurance program, and the amount has remained the same ever since, McCann said. Eastern has also paid in about $1.7 million every year.
Before that time, universities did not pay into the state’s group insurance program. “It’s not something I can adjust. It’s not something I can change,” McCann said. The contribution will be paid in four equal installments. Other items The board will also vote to grant tenure to three administrative employees. Richard England, dean of the honors college; Stephen King, the chairman of communications studies; and Kevin Doolen, the chairman of theatre arts will all be considered for approval. The trustees will also vote to elect the vice chairperson and member pro tem of the executive committee of the board. Chacour Koop can be reached at 581-2812 or cmkoop@eiu.edu.
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Take Back the Night more important now than ever Thursday night, Eastern students and campus at 7 p.m., focuses on Our POSITION community members will gather for an According to an article in The Daily East• Situation: Take Back the Night starts today annual event that may hold a different ern News on Sept. 25, 2012, Take Back the at 6 p.m. meaning this year: Take Back the Night. Night was changed this year from being held • Stance: The event is more important now Given the discussion this semester about in October to April to coincide with Sexual more than ever with recent issues of assault. sexual assault on campus, now more than Assault Awareness Month. ever, this march against violence is needed, Take Back the Night was originally creatand Eastern needs to show its support. ed nationally in the 1970s and was then adopted to Eastern 22 years Every two minutes, someone in the United States is sexually ago. assaulted, and every one in six women and every one in 33 men will Events like this may be pushed to the backburner of your mind be sexually assaulted in their lifetime, according to the Rape, Abuse because they can be uncomfortable and heartbreaking; tonight, and Incest National Network. however, will be a time of empowerment, and Take Back the Night This means you or someone you know may very well experience needs, and more importantly, deserves, respect and support. this unacceptable act. This event is an opportunity to show support for anyone in your Recently on campus, we have heard from survivors of sexual assault life who has experienced any kind of violence. through various outlets, like the town hall meeting on March 29. The march is not going to in itself end violence, but it will make Sexual assault is a very real problem on this campus. Despite what- people think about it, which is the first step in the right direction. ever your opinion, either positive or negative, may be on how EastIf sexual assault and domestic violence continue to be talked about, ern handles cases of sexual assault or how they have responded to crit- people will not let the issue be filed away for later and will instead icisms, events like Take Back the Night are an opportunity to put focus on helping create immediate change. everything aside and be there for one another. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The march, which has had its location changed to begin at 6 p.m. The Daily Eastern News. at 7th Street Underground and will commence the march around
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When I step on stage I don’t know what I’m going to say. I’m supposed to be making a joke about toasters, I think. My mouth is open; words are coming out. Is what I just said funny? People are laughing. OK I should probably get off the stage now. Editor in Chief Managing Editor My friends and I go through this once about Tim Deters Rachel Rodgers every two weeks. Donning our signature black and yellow Associate News Editor News Editor bowling shirts, we perform as Hello Dali, the Seth Schroeder Robyn Dexter premiere improv comedy group on campus. The improv part means that we don’t prepare Online Editor Opinions Editor much ahead of time. Sara Hall What the audience sees is us spinning out Dominic Renzetti jokes on the spot, inspired by the topics they choose. CONTINUE THE DEBATE The shows normally only last about an hour, but our next one at 9 p.m. Friday in Stevenson ONLINE Hall is probably going to be twice that long. Maybe that doesn’t sound too long, but trust • Extended letters me, it can be exhausting. But our cast likes a • Forums for all content challenge. It helps that this is incredibly fun. We call our www.dailyeasternnews.com performances games for a reason. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.”
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Seth Schroeder Once you start to trust your improv group and let go of your inhibitions, it’s like make believe from preschool, just with raunchier source material. When I first started, though, this wasn’t the case. I was excited to be a part of a group I had come to admire, but my fellow cast members were still a mystery to me, and I am far from a natural performer. As I stepped on stage for the first time, the familiar black web of fear and anxiety wrapped itself around my brain. I was too scared to speak or act. But I went through exposure therapy, deter-
mined not to let this opportunity fade away. Forcing myself to keep performing, my phobia disappeared without me realizing it. Improv, as it turns out, is a skill just like anything else. I needed to take it seriously (as my friend and former cast member Seth “Guy” Origitano would say, comedy is a serious business). My efforts were rewarded, not just for shows, but in everything I do. Learning to improvise is incredibly useful. In life we will face the unexpected. We can’t prepare for it, but we can say yes to it. Accept that complications will arise, deal with them as they do and turn them into opportunities if you can. Surround yourself with cast members you can trust. Give them a hand when they are drowning in a problem and they will help you out in return. Like improv, life is a team sport. No one can do this by themselves. Seth Schroeder is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com
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the centre with four water-filtering systems because they do not have running water, she said. Fisher said they picked these organizations because of the work they do. “We have received amazing feedback from many EIU volunteers about the great work happening at Teen Reach,” Fisher said. “Additionally, we found a local contact for the Uganda orphanage which means we get to work directly with this agency.” Miles for Miracles will be a kick-off to the 11th Panther Service Day, an annual event that promotes service learning and giving back to the community through smaller, cause specific projects, Fisher said. Garstkiewicz said she thinks Miles for Miracles is a good event. “I challenge all of campus to be one of the 333, because if not you, then who?” Garstkiewicz said. Fisher said the race is just one of the ways they are giving back. “This is an exciting new era to international service,” Fisher said. “As always, we welcome additional ideas and feedback. Together, we are the difference.”
In memory of Graham R. Lewis, nine students will be competing against one another with poetry in hopes of winning awards for school costs. The readings for the “Graham Slam” are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. Friday at the Tarble Arts Center and should not take longer than a few hours. Dan Tessitore, an English professor, said the requirements for the poetry slam are relatively loose. The main rule is the applicant must be a student the following fall semester, so the award money can be applied to school cost, he said. Tessitore also said Lewis was a writer, working in the fields of poetry and fiction. Recipients had to write a poem or short work of fiction inspired by or based upon Lewis’s writing. The work is then reviewed by a selection committee in advance and will read and perform the work at the slam on Friday. Tessitore said Lewis was an Eastern alumnus and an English instructor before his death. “Graham (Lewis) was admired and respected as a student and co-worker by the faculty in the department,” Tessitore said. Joe Butler, one of Lewis’s friends and classmate brought the idea for the award to the English department for the first time. The Graham R. Lewis award is planned to continue on after its initial year. A bulk of the money for the award was donated from Butler and the rest of the money came from contributions. Recipients who applied for the award had to be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student, accepted to Eastern and in good academic standing. Sixteen students applied for the award and from the sixteen, the applicants were then narrowed down to nine finalists. “All of us were pleased and impressed with the quality of work that was received,” Tessitore said. The first place winner of the slam will be awarded $3,360, the second place winner will receive $1,680, the third place winner will receive $840, the fourth place winner will be awarded $420, the fifth place winner will be awarded $210, sixth place winner will win $105, seventh place winner will be awarded $52.50, eight place winner will be awarded $26.25 and the ninth place winner will be awarded $13.13. Each of the monetary prizes awarded will go to the recipients’ funding for school the following year. The readings will be followed by the awards ceremony and a reception. “The event should be a great time and I encourage anyone and everyone to attend,” Tessitore said.
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Scott Boeckh, a junior kinesiology and sports studies major, looks on as Luke Fisher, a freshman special education major, tries to knock the frisbee in the garbage can Wednesday behind the Lakeside Rugby Field. Both men were playing a game called Can Jam that is similar to Bags where the goal is to hit or land the frisbee in a garbage can.
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5K race to raise funds, kick off 11th annual Panther Service Day By Angela Bicos Staff Reporter A 5K race will help raise money for local and international youth foundations on April 19. Miles for Miracles will take place at 5 p.m. at Blair Hall. Participants will meet outside of Blair Hall and the run will take place on campus. Check-in will start at 4 p.m. Participants can pre-register by filling out a registration form in the Student Activity Center located on the second floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Participants can also pay the day of the event. The run is $12 for adults and $5 for participants less than 18. Rachel Fisher, the director of Student Community Service, said in an email that they have had around 150 participants in the past. “This year we know we can double it,” Fisher said. Caitlin Garstkiewicz, an intern at the Office of Student Community Service, said the Miles for Miracles committee has a goal of getting 333 people to participate in the race. “If 333 people participate in the event, we will reach our goal of raising $4,000,” Garst-
Race details •Starts 5 p.m. •Blair Hall • Friday, April 19 •Pre-registration in Student Activity Center of MLK Jr. Union • Ticket cost: $12 adults, $5 for participants less than 18 kiewicz said. Garstkiewicz said money that is raised will help local and international youth. Half of the money will be donated to a local organization called Teen Reach, to help them to maintain their facility and continue to offer aid to local teens. The other half of the money will be donated internationally to the Adonai Child Development Centre in Uganda, Africa. The Adonai Centre is an orphanage that houses and provides all necessities for children who have been affected by HIV/AIDS, Garstkiewicz said. Money donated to Adonai would provide
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Weekend to bring communities together in service By Jillian Stock Staff Reporter For 10 years, Eastern students have worked with employees, alumni and community members to benefit the Charleston community. That tradition will continue Friday. The 11th annual Panther Service Day will take place Friday and Saturday. The event was established in 2003 to improve the relationship between Eastern and the Charleston community through volunteering and service. Panther Service Day is co-sponsored by the student government and Eastern’s Student Community Service Office. The day will kick off at 11 a.m. with a welcome
ceremony and a cookout outside Blair Hall hosted by the EIU Alumni Association. The service projects will begin at noon and go until 4 p.m. with transportation provided. Crystal Brown, assistant director for Student Community Service, said she hopes the service day will bring Eastern and the Charleston community together. “We hope that this event will allow the EIU community and our local community to work together while helping our local non-profits achieve their missions,” Brown said. Eastern students, staff, alumni and community members will participate in the two-day event working side-by-side. Brown said the service events include painting,
cleaning, event setup, conservations efforts, nursing home visits and more. For those who are participating for the first time, Brown said she hopes they continue being involved with service throughout the year. Jenna Mitchell, the student vice president for student affairs, said the event she is most excited for is the renovation of Teen Reach. “Volunteers will be painting and remodeling the location on 18th Street that serves as an afterschool program for elementary and middle school youth in Charleston,” Mitchell said. The Miles for Miracles 5K is a service day event that will take place at 5 p.m. Friday. Mitchell said it is $12 to register. Registration for the run is in the Student Activ-
ity Center and all participants will receive a button and T-shirt. Half of the money raised will go to Teen Reach and the other half going to an orphanage in Africa. Mitchell said people are still able to sign up for events on the Student Community Service website. “I hope that the student body and all volunteers are able to give back to the community in various ways because they provide so much to us throughout the school year,” Mitchell said. “It will be exciting to see just how affective student community service can be.” Jillian Stock can be reached at 581-2812 or jestock3@eiu.edu.
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Jan. 24 was the date of the first rally. But Lucy said reporting her attack has been almost as bad as remaining silent because of the university’s slow, unsupportive actions. The proverbial nail in the coffin, Lucy said, was when she discovered her chalked message had been scrubbed away. “I don’t understand how you can wash that away,” Lucy said. “Washing it away is not going to make it go away.” On bad days, Lucy said she takes comfort in the support she has received from her two friends Lauren, a freshman sociology major, and Emma, a junior kinesiology and sports studies major, both of whom are sexual assault survivors. Neither woman chose to report their attackers. “The fact that I chose to tell and I’m being silenced and shut up encouraged them to take that step (on my behalf ),” Lucy said. “To have that support is amazing.” Lauren and Emma When asked, both of them will admit they are living vicariously through Lucy. Lauren and Emma both experienced sexual assault within the last two years, which they said made them want to support Lucy in her decision to report. That is also what made them get Emma’s sidewalk chalk and write on the Doudna steps — with Lucy’s permission — while their friend was away for the weekend. The initial belief was that Eastern would work as an advocate for Lucy, Lauren said.
“We just decided to stop being polite and that is what is getting our point across.” -Lauren But after months of frustration, Lauren said they felt Lucy’s silence and reliance on the university had to end. “We were being so polite,” Lauren said. “We just decided to stop being polite, and that’s what is getting our point across.” Once they got done chalking, Lauren said she, Emma and another friend were frozen. “We were like, ‘Yes, it’s up,’” Lauren said.
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The point of the message was to stir conversations among students, faculty and staff on what Lauren and Emma said they believed to be mishandling of Eastern sexual assault cases. “It seems that every place we’ve gone has a section of information, but not the whole story,” Lauren said. “It’s like she is going to them for help, and (Eastern) is saying ‘Help yourself.’” And the fight to stay mentally and emotionally sane while juggling schoolwork is exhausting. “We went from feeling the happiest in the world to the most pissed off and everything in between,” Lauren said. “No one wants to live this day every day. There are days that you just need to take a break.” ‘Shedding light’ Toeing the line between skepticism and exasperation, Lucy, Emma and Lauren said they still have some faith in the system. But with each day it wanes, they said. Lucy said she wants all of the departments she approached to work together to make the reporting process and the events following easier for the reporter.
“Those girls that don't feel safe enough to report it are still here.” -Lucy “(Eastern needs to) work with the UPD and not be afraid to report these statistics because it doesn’t make you a bad school, how you’ve handled it has made you a bad school,” Lucy said. Lucy said she also thinks it is unrealistic that there were only three criminal sexual assaults reported to Eastern last year. According to Eastern’s crime statistics from 2011, the reported assaults were in October, November and December. Emma said Eastern needs to not only teach its values, but abide by them as well. Lauren agreed. “You are a trashy school,” Lauren said. “You are not shedding light on something that is actually happening. You should not be afraid to say the word rape. Make it less scary for girls to come and say it when it does happen.” From the beginning until now,
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Eastern reported that six sexual assaults took place during the last three consecutive years of 2009 to 2011, according to its filed Clery report. The Clery Act is a law that requires universities that receive federal monies to publically publish and make available the number of criminal offenses reported on campus. It also mandates that universities have to alert its students to crimes occurring on campus in a timely manner, issue an annual report and yearly crime statistics. In the latest crime statistics report in 2011, Eastern had several reports of criminal sexual assault that took place in October, November and December. Eastern also reported zero incidents of criminal sexual abuse and seven reports of aggravated battery. According to the New York University Student Health Center’s National Statistics about Sexual Violence on College Campuses, 1 in 5 United States college women are
Lucy said Eastern has done nothing to help itself or the survivors of sexual assault. “Those girls that don’t feel safe enough to report it are still here,” Lucy said. “We are still here.” By erasing the message, the administrators showed that they care more about the university’s image than the reality of sexual assault on campus, Lauren said. “They go against everything Eastern has said,” Lauren said. “When you come as a freshman, they swear to you that everything is taken care of. And they tell you that ‘Because we are such a smaller campus, we will take care of you and you’ll know your teachers.’ There are still teachers that don’t know my name. I still have classes that have 135 to 200 kids in them. Then this happens, and they are not doing anything.” As a transfer, Lucy came to Eastern from a much bigger school because she said she wanted to feel connected to her campus. Now she questions her choice. “I contemplated not coming back, and my parents were like, ‘If you need to take a semester off, we support you entirely,’ but what is that going to do?” Lucy said. “I’m only in 12 credit hours right now, and it’s so hard. I don’t want to make excuses for myself because I know I can handle much more, but it literally affects every aspect of your life.” The big picture Frustration. That is the emotion Lucy said she has felt the last few months. One silver lining was seeing the Eastern community take a stand on an important cause, but Lucy said it is not enough. The administration’s reaction to the community outcry has been subpar at best, Lucy said. Everything has been reactive to this particular situation because of the publicity it has received, but there needs to be extensive reform on this campus that deals with the overall issue of sexual assault, she said. Especially with the larger emphasis being put on the Sexual Assault Task Force, she said. “You’re not Power Rangers,” Lucy said. “You’re not going to fix it, but you can do everything in your power to make it easier.” Goals that Lucy said she finds commendable, but too much of a knee-jerk reaction.
She said the goals are a short-term solution to a long-term problem. “It’s just a cop-out method to make it seem like (the administration is) doing something,” Lucy said. “You’re not going to (stop sexual assault). Accept that and work on how you are going to handle it after the fact.” The educational programs that were proposed are a good idea, but not a big enough step in the right direction, Lucy said. “It can help, but it goes back to the reporting process and how it’s handled is what needs to be fixed, and that is what is not being addressed,” she said. Fixing a problem is easier than pretending there is not one, Lucy said. “They are still acting as though ‘Well, it’s a problem everywhere.’ We are not discussing everywhere,” Lucy said. “Someone else had said to me ‘I’d rather Eastern have the highest rate of reporting and take care of its victims — not sweep it under the rug and pretend it doesn’t happen because that is not a safe campus.’” Lucy said she was glad the sexual assault forum was well-attended. “There were at least two or three survivors that stood up and said ‘You did nothing for me,’ and that was awesome that their voices were able to be heard,” Lucy said. Lucy said the reform should also include sensitivity training. “If you never see a sexual assault victim, awesome, but you need to be ready when you do because it was evident that no one had training to deal with me,” Lucy said. Lucy also said Eastern should use its Alert EIU to alert students to reports of sexual assault like the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Illini-Alert, which alerted students to an attempted sexual assault on April 7 via text message as well as its Illini-Alert Twitter and Facebook pages. “A robbery happens or a shooting happens and people talk about it openly. Sexual assault is hidden and it is just as big of a crime,” she said. “Go ahead and make it public. Warn people.” ‘The Ugly Truth’ In detailing each of their stories, Lucy, Lauren and Emma said it is important for students — females and males — to educate themselves on the realities of sexual assault. In all of their experiences with
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raped during their college years. Perry acknowledged that all college campuses have an issue with underreporting for crime statistics, but said he is not aware of to what extent this occurs at Eastern. “Research shows that there is underreporting, (but) the degree of underreporting without getting into local environments is just not known,” Perry said. But Perry said he said he is not certain that national statistics for sexual assault rates among women can be applied to Eastern. “Extrapolating national statistics to a local environment is something that you can’t always do with reliability,” Perry said. During the March 28 town hall meeting addressing sexual assault, Cara Pschirrer, a counselor for the counseling center, said she has met with sexual assault survivors on campus. “We at the Counseling Center work with sexual assault victims on a regular basis,” Pschirrer said. Sandy Cox, the director of the
counseling center, said the counselors do not report numbers of sexual assaults because they are exempt from the Clery Act. “Every counselor provides the resources for reporting sexual assaults and provides support to the student
“Research shows that there is underreporting, (but) the degree of underreporting...is just not known.” -President Bill Perry for whatever decision they make regarding reporting,” Cox said in an email. Cox said the only time a counselor would disclose information discussed in a private session would be if the student was an “imminent danger to themselves, imminent danger to someone else or abuse of
a minor.” “Thus, sexual assault reporting to a counselor is completely confidential,” she said. Perry also said students should feel comfortable talking to him and members of the administration about their concerns. “I would encourage any student who believes they don’t feel safe (or) feel unsafe for any reason to contact the University Police Department and let them know why,” Perry said. Eastern cannot do anything to make itself feel safer, Ludlow said. “All the blue lights in the world will not help a victim who has been (taken to) a room alone at a party or who is in her residence hall room with someone she knows,” Ludlow said. “Sexual assault happens because the assaulter chooses to assault someone; we cannot change that by focusing on feeling safe.” Nike Ogunbodede can be reached at 581-2812 or ovogunbodede@eiu.edu.
sexual assault, they said their attackers were either significant others or people they thought were friends. “More often than not, it’s someone you know, someone you trust. A friend, a boyfriend,” Lucy said. According to the National Statistics about Sexual Violence on College Campuses, 80 to 90 percent of sexual assaults are perpetrated by someone the survivor knows. The notation that sexual assaulters are people that have had no prior contact with their victim is an illconceived one, Emma said. “It’s the ugly truth,” Emma said. Stranger-perpetrated rape is easier to categorize because the alternative makes it harder to function in regular society, Lucy said. “People don’t want to admit that, and it’s almost worse because (he) violated my trust as well as my body,” Lucy said.
“Eventually, you will be OK.” -Emma But Emma said it is important for the person who was attacked to take the time to come to terms with the attack, but also be wary of detrimental self-isolation. “Eventually, you will be OK. You’ll be able to walk in front of that person,” Emma said. “It’s a lifelong process, but telling other people makes it better.” Students who are dealing with the after-effects of sexual assault need to learn their own coping mechanisms, Lauren said.
“Your life is not defined by what happened to you.” -Lauren It is equally vital that those close to the sur vivor be understanding and aware of possible triggers, Emma said. All three students said the survivor needs to seek mental and medical assistance. Lauren said healing takes time, but it will happen. “Your life is not defined by what happened to you,” Lauren said. Nike Ogunbodede can be reached at 581-2812 or ovogunbodede@eiu.edu.
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RHA to elect new president By Samantha McDaniel Student Governance Editor Residence Hall Association members will be voting Thursday on a new RHA president for next year after the association’s president-elect resigned. The RHA will meet at 5 p.m. in Stevenson Hall. RHA President Eddie Hillman, a junior biology major, was elected for his second year as president, but he resigned because he received a different opportunity from the university. Hillman said they are following the same procedures they did when they originally had elections. “We didn’t require them to have a bid and we took nomination up until (Tuesday), but it is pretty much the same deal,” Hillman said. All the candidates will give a speech and have a 5-minute questionand-answer session before the other members discuss and vote on the po-
sitions. Hillman said he will have to work with the winner to get him or her caught up with the other incoming executive board members. “I’ll have to (transition him or her) within the next week,” Hillman said. The RHA members will also be voting on the revised RHA constitution, Hillman said. The constitution committee spent the semester reviewing the constitution to fix outdated information and procedures. “We had to put in the election policies—what we were practicing—into the constitution,” Hillman said. The committee also updated information regarding funding for the conferences RHA members attend throughout the year, he said. “It no longer comes out of the RHA budget, but it comes out of another budget,” Hillman said. RHA also changed its committee
structure this semester, which was also updated in the constitution. The committee structure changes increase the accountability of the individual committees and the members, he said. “Those were the three big things, but there were a couple of smaller things here and there,” Hillman said. He said they will also talk about how their year has gone. “We’ve had a couple hiccups here and there, but what group doesn’t,” Hillman said. He said the group has met most of the goals they set at the beginning of the semester. “We met a majority of our goals, but obviously there are some we didn’t meet,” Hillman said. “You can’t do everything in just a year.” Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
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CAA to vote on course changes By Stephanie Markham Administration Editor The Council on Academic Affairs will vote Thursday on pending changes to the sports management concentration in kinesiology and sports studies. The department brought a series of courses to the council in March, but two of them, “Sport Management Principles” and “Marketing in Sport,” have yet to be voted on. Clinton Warren, the kinesiology and sports studies graduate coordinator, said he decided to look over those course proposals again before sharing them with the council. “We went back and looked at ensuring the focus of those courses was specific to our sport management discipline and not too broad in context,” he said.
He said the courses should focus specifically on things like sport marketing, consumer behavior and analyzing sport brands. The council will also vote on revisions to two education courses, “Critical Focus on Education,” and “Education in a Diverse Society.” Both courses were revised in January to adhere to changes to the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards. The new revisions would allow for students to take the courses through a combination of on-campus lectures and online instruction. The department also proposed honors versions of both courses. The council will also be reviewing four requests for executive action. One request is from Patricia Poulter, the associate dean of the College
of Arts and Humanities, to reduce the number of credit hours journalism majors have to take outside of the journalism department. The proposal states that the department’s accrediting agency, the Accrediting Council for Journalism and Mass Communication, reduced the number of hours students must take outside of journalism from 80 to 72. Additionally, the council will be hearing program review presentations for the philosophy, applied engineering and technology, and organizational and professional development degrees. The council will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday in Room 4440 of Booth Library.
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Cara Pittman and Karas Albrecht look over their chant sheets while waiting at the Campus Pond Pavilion before the start of Take Back the Night on Oct. 4 2007. This year’s Take Back the Night will take place Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Campus Pond Pavilion.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “I hope it also provides perspective to hear from someone like myself who identifies as an activist for women’s rights, for women’s equality and social justice causes, to say it’s not OK to think that way; it’s not OK to talk that way; it’s not OK to engage in such actions,” he said. Gillespie said people who deny sexual assault is an issue or deny that it occurs are just as infuriating as the perpetrators themselves. “Not speaking out against it, not calling truth to power, not helping to deliver the message that that’s
not OK, whether it’s happening or not, is not being very respectful of what’s happening to those women,” he said. Walters said participation in the rally is usually dependent on the weather, but as many as 500 people have shown up to march in past years. “We’re really hoping that people come out, rain or shine, to support our mission to put an end to sexual violence,” she said. Stephanie Markham can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.
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Sig Ep wins bags IM's By Brittanie Brooks Staff Reporter It went down on Court Five as the Bags Intramurals concluded Monday night with two Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity brothers Tylor Carson, a senior kinesology and sports studies major, and Kyle Benton, a junior communication studies major, coming out on top. It was a tournament filled with anxiety and anticipation as four teams dwindled down to claim the title of the Eastern Illinois Intramural Bags Champions. Carson and Benton have known each other for three years and compete actively in almost all the intramurals games including football and basketball. Mild frustration was seen as the score increased and the two teams battling in the last round for the ultimate t-shirt. At times, when Carson was adding the score up, it was apparent the he was getting excited and passionate about the game. The duo went on to win 21-10 in
the final of its three games. Typical structured games of Bags are played best 2-of-3. Each team consists of two people. The teams stand on opposite boards and are assigned a certain color of bags to toss to the board. Benton and Carson won 11-0 in the first game and fell 21-16 in the second game. The duo played two of their fellow fraternity brothers, but it did not take away from the sweetness of victory. “It felt good, feels great to be back on the podium,” Benton said. After winning the intramural bags game in 2011, Carson and Benton lost to their fraternity brothers in last year’s championship, placing second. But playing against their brothers did not hinder their performance this year. Brittanie Brooks can be reached at 581-2812 or bnbrooks@eiu.edu. For the in-depth version of this article go to:
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“Unfortunately, there is still a segment of the public population that does not know what athletic trainers do,” Haselhort said. “They view us as glorified ‘water boys’ because they have not been exposed to the wide array of skills we possess.” The sports medicine team gets the final say when deciding whether or not a player is ready to return to game form. Athletic trainers work with team physicians to deem whether a player is medically safe enough and ready to get back into action. Haselhort said they also work closely with the coaches on how to work the player back into a game. "Once medical clearance has been given, the coach and myself work together to determine how much and what parts of a practice or a game the athlete will participate in,” Haselhort said. At times there are disagreements between athletic trainers and coaches on what the best care is for an injury and in rare cases an argument takes place. “There is pressure on (the coach-
es) end to put a competitive and winning team on the field,” Haselhort said. “There is pressure on our end to get athletes back on the field as quickly as we can in a safe manner.” McKean said trainers need to stick up for the health and the well-being of student-athletes, and that coaches are not usually frustrated with the trainer or the athlete, but with the situation. “ The (coaches) want to win games and have athletes play many minutes,” McKean said “If an athlete is physically incapable to do this or it may harm him or her, the athletic trainer has to step in to let the coach know.” Players and athletic trainers develop a relationship with each other. They attend all practices, events and games. Haselhort said the relationships between athletes and trainers are unique, because they are around the athletes every day at practices, games and also they travel with them. He also points out that they are
able to build a relationship and get to know the athletes very well. “It’s important for us to have this relationship so that we know when to push them, when to back off, and what will motivate them so that we can help them return to play as soon as possible,” Haselhort said. But McKean said athletes are encouraged to talk to the trainers about other issues besides sports injuries. She also said a perk of being an athletic trainer is forming relationships with student-athletes that trust the athletic trainers even when they are not injured. “We point them in the right direction of resources that would be helpful to them,” McKean said. “ W h i l e w o rk i n g w i t h a t h l e t e s through an entire sports season, they develop a trusting relationship with us and sometimes do stop in just to say ‘hi’ even when they aren’t practicing.” Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.
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Boulbahaiem overcomes knee injury By Al Warpinski Staff Reporter People would not notice she was not from the United States. With her hair pulled back into a tight bun and a shy smile on her face, she came down the steps with quick deliberate purpose. Her dark brown eyes staring and surveying where she was heading next. She plopped down on the fading purple couch that one would only find in the bottom floor of an Eastern dormitory. She crossed her legs in a way that one could see how worn out the soles of her shoes were. Not just in one spot on the sole of the shoe, but the entire bottom. And they were worn. The kind of worn out that only several hours of practicing tennis could do to a shoe. Of cutting side to side, accelerating back and forth and sudden stops. Sephora Boulbahaiem must have worn out a lot of tennis shoes. The 21-year-old Belgium native has been playing tennis since she was a little girl. “I started to get serious when I got older and wanted to go somewhere with it,” Boulbahaiem said. Lucky for Eastern, Boulbahaiem was told to play a sport by her father. “My dad basically told me I had to play a sport so I got to choose,” she said. “I chose tennis.” Boulbahaiem played multiple sports when she was younger. She swam, did gymnastics, ran track and danced. She also boxes, something
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Sophomore Sephora Boulbahaiem returns the ball with a forehand swing against Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday at CHS courts. Boulbahaiem won her singles match 6-2, 6-4.
she still works on here at Eastern and helps her with tennis. “It helps with my footwork,” she said. But boxing also makes her a little tougher. And if there was a time she needed to be tough, it was her freshman year. Boulbahaiem struggled her freshman year, but it was not because of her ability. “I had surgery on my knee Septem-
ber of my freshman year,” she said. She hurt her knee in a skiing accident when she was vacationing in France with her family that previous January. She said the pain never really went away and she eventually got surgery in September. The recovery from the surgery lasted five months, but the junior said she played through pain all of last season.
“I have never had an injury like that before,” she said. “(It affected) everything, I could not do anything to stay fit.” Despite the injury, she finished last season 5-8 overall and 2-6 in Ohio Valley Conference play. She also finished 3-8 in doubles play. She said her knee is better now, but she still occasionally feels some pain. “I can still feel (the pain). It never
really goes away,” she said. Something must have been different this season. Boulbahaiem heads into the OVC tournament Friday with the second best singles record at 12-5 and 7-3 in OVC play behind teammate Merritt Whitley. The knee is not the only thing that is different from last year for Boulbahaiem. She said the team just got better from last year. But Boulbahaiem thinks she still has some work to do to become a better tennis player herself. She said when she played tennis overseas; doubles was not that common and that is something she is getting used to. “I can do whatever I want,” she said laughing. “I mean it's only me on the court, I can control everything, that's why I like singles better.” She said she still likes doubles and she is a good friend with her partner Hannah Kimbrough. “The (women) who stayed improved a lot and we are mentally more prepared for (games),” she said. The women's mentality has shown throughout the season. The women finished fourth in the OVC also with a 12-5 record and 7-3 in conference play. The Panthers will have a postseason with Austin Peay Friday. The Panthers will get their second chance in the playoffs against Austin Peay for the second year straight year. Lucky for Eastern, Boulbahaiem and her worn out tennis shoes will be on the court too. Al Warpinski can be reached at 581-2812 or apwarpinski@eiu.edu.
Women’s basketball | Resignation
Softball | Weekend Matchup
Why, Lee? Why?
Panthers face two doubleheaders
Let the criticism begin. Not a single person could have predicted that Lee Buchanan, the man formerly known as the Eastern women’s basketball coach, would be resigning after just one season. Five years as an assistant, yes, but just one season as head coach. This was a season in which the Panthers earned a share of the regular-season Ohio Valley Conference championship. This was a season in which the Panthers recorded their first postseason win in program history over the University of Missouri in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. This was a season in which Buchanan won the OVC Coach of the Year. But now that season is gone, because on Monday, Buchanan announced that he was resigning. And he left the athletic department scrambling to find a replacement. Leaving a program is one thing. That is understandable. But leaving after one season, when Eastern is losing one of the most winningest senior classes in program history, is another thing. The future of the Eastern women’s basketball team is by no means a sinking ship, but with Buchanan unexpectedly jumping ship, the program is slowly cruising toward the closest iceberg. There is a core in place for Eastern with forward Sabina Oroszova and guards Jordyne Crunk and Katlyn Payne all returning next season, but with three head coaches in three years, that core could possibly break apart.
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Anthony Catezone Especially after freshman guard Danielle Woolfolk tweeted that she may also leave for greener pastures. Bu t d i d Bu c h a n a n l e a ve f o r greener pastures? It would even be understandable if Buchanan had followed suit of his predecessor Brady Sallee and left for a better job opportunity; a guaranteed job. But he didn’t even do that. Buchanan said he does not have any job offers at this time, but there are opportunities he feels he has to pursue, including coaching and administrative work. Buchanan said the success he and the Panthers achieved this season “opened some eyes of people.” But there is a difference between opening people’s eyes, and opening people’s checkbooks. Maybe there is something Buchanan is not telling us. For all I know, there better be, because otherwise there is no explanation for Buchanan to leave Eastern’s women’s basketball team hung out to dry. Or leave himself hung out to dry, for that matter. Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.
The Eastern softball team will take the field this weekend against Jacksonville State and Tennessee Tech at Williams Field, playing doubleheaders against each team, respectively. Eastern is currently undefeated at home, but the Gamecocks and Golden Eagles will provide a tough test over the weekend. The Panthers enter the weekend series’ on top of the Ohio Valley Conference west division, while Jacksonville State and Tennessee Tech are tied for second place in the OVC east. Panther catcher Hannah Cole said scoring early in each game will be important for the team to have success this weekend. “We have talked a lot about jumping on the other team in the first inning, as it really helps build momentum for us the rest of the game,” Cole said. Cole has the best batting average on the team at .419 and said her main goal in the batters box this weekend is to stay relaxed, disciplined and to let the game come to her. “It’s more important to get the job at hand done rather than try to do too much and be a hero,” Cole said. Cole and the rest of the Panther’s offense are scheduled to face pitchers Tiffany Harbin for the Gamecocks and Taylo Ketchum for the Golden Eagles, each pitcher leading their respective teams in games started and innings pitched. The Panther’s pitching duo of Hanna Mennenga and Stephanie Maday will be given the job to slow down the Jacksonville State and Tennessee Tech offenses as each team has scored 140 runs or more on the season.
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Junior pitcher Stephanie Maday pitches against a player of Belmont University on April 6 at Williams Field. The softball team is 28-11 overall.
Mennenga is coming off of her third consecutive OVC Pitcher of the Week honor, and Maday sports a 1.69 ERA in 20 appearances this spring. Cole said to go along with scoring first the Panthers must also stay focused down the stretch if they want to stay in first place. “We are playing very well as a whole and our goal is to stay focused on our team only so we can continue being the
ones being chased,” she said. Saturday’s doubleheader will be against the Gamecocks with the first game starting at noon and the second at 2 p.m. Sunday’s doubleheader will be against Tennessee Tech starting at noon with the second game beginning at 2 p.m. Jack Sheehan can be reached at 581-2812 or jpsheehan2@eiu.edu.
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Athletic trainers ease healing By Bob Reynolds Staff Reporter
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Nick Kaltenbronn, a junior athletic training major, wraps up a tennis players ankle after a sprain during a match against Eastern-Kentucky at CHS Courts.
At h l e t i c t r a i n e r s l i k e A a ro n Haselhorst, the head athletic trainer at Eastern, do all the behind the scenes work it takes to put the athletes on the field. While in-season, Haselhorst puts in 10-12 hour days and 70-plus hours a week. The average day while in-season, athletic trainers start their morning with rehabilitation and treatment for injured athletes. They also re-evaluate any new injuries from the day before practices and determine player’s statuses for lifting and practicing. “How early pre practice preparation begins varies on the size of the team and the number of injuries,” Haselhorst said. “They all follow the same routine of field preparation, treatments and taping.” Once practice starts, trainers will perform rehabs that are specific for each sport they may have with athletes that are unable to practice and handle any injuries that may occur during practice. Haselhorst, who works with the men’s basketball team, said it is a challenge to get a balance with family and work, because of the amount of hours he is putting in every day. “While in season our downtime is very limited,” Haselhorst said. “Even on the teams off day we will still be in the athletic training room performing treatments and rehabs.” For three days a week, assistant athletic trainer Heidi McKean gets at school at 5:30 a.m. to cover morning practices, conditioning and weights that take place in Lantz Arena. McKean works with the women’s basketball team, women’s rugby team, and also men’s and women’s swim teams.
She works 40-50 hours a week out of season and 50-60 hours a week in-season. She also works weekends covering practices and doing treatments. “The hardest part about being an athletic trainer is keeping everyone healthy,” she said. “The demand placed on a Division I athlete are great and this usually causes many injuries to occur in different sports.” One challenge athletic trainers face every day of their lives dealing with all types of injuries as minor as an ankle sprain, to as major as postsurgical Anterior Cruciate Ligament repair. They are constantly trying to get athletes back to action as fast and safely as they can. Not every injury follows a clearcut path and not every athlete’s body heals at the same rate, so athletic trainers have to look at each injury individually and develop a plan based on that specific person. A trainer-coach relationship is important for both parties involved because they have conversations everyday about their player’s injuries. Baseball coach Jim Schmitz said he wants to make athletic trainers feel like they get appreciated for the job they do on and off the field. “It is a selfless job,” Schmitz said. “I think the relationship is open, we take them out to eat and we make them feel like family.” For Haselhort, he has had the opportunity to work with great number of coaches and athletes that have went out of their way to show their gratitude and appreciation for what he does. Haselhort thinks people are beginning to realize how important a good sports medicine team can be to a team’s success.
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Baseball| Notebook
Tennessee Tech continues its winning ways By Aldo Soto Assistant Sports Editor The Eastern baseball team’s sixgame win streak was stopped in emphatically last Friday against Tennessee Tech. The Golden Eagles scored six runs in the third inning, which was all they needed as Eastern scored five in the entire game, but the scoring did not stop. Coach Jim Schmitz said the day before the series began that it would be a fun weekend for both teams, but the only team left smiling after Sunday was Tennessee Tech, which followed its 20-5 Friday night win with two more wins and a series sweep. The Golden Eagles pitching was not the best — allowing 28 hits and 18 walks in the three games — but the Eastern bats did not capitalize. The Panthers left 33 runners stranded on base in the series, which included 10 in the series finale, which Eastern lost 6-5. The 31 runs allowed against Tennessee Tech were the most in a threegame series this season since Eastern
surrendered 32 runs at Auburn in early March. Schmitz and the rest of the Panthers were unfortunate to see Brandon Thomasson in person last weekend. The junior earned his second Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week award after a four-game stretch when he hit .444 (8-for-18) a week ago. The Tennessee Tech first baseman/ designated hitter had seven of those eight hits against Eastern. Thomasson tormented the Panther pitching staff, batting .500 (7-14) with two home runs, five runs scored, eight RBIs and two doubles. Thomasson is tied with Belmont’s Judah Akers with a conference best 10 home runs. Thomasson ranks first in the OVC in slugging percentage at .668 and is second behind his teammate Zach Stephens in RBIs with 42. Stephens has 45 RBis. After Tennessee Tech’s sweep of Eastern, the Golden Eagles traveled to Vanderbilt on Tuesday and defeated the No. 2 ranked team in the nation 10-9. The Commodores entered the game
against Tennessee Tech with a 14game winning streak. The home loss was only the third for Vanderbilt and fifth all season. Caleb Howell was nominated for player of the week honor. In four starts for Eastern Howell batted .438 (7for-16) with two RBIs and three runs scored. Howell leads the Panthers in hitting with a .327 batting average. Ben Gullo of Eastern Kentucky won the OVC Pitcher of the Week honor. The Lake Zurich native recorded his second win of the year in his fourth start, pitching eight innings in his team’s 7-3 win over TennesseeMartin last Saturday. Gullo struck out 13 batters, the most by any pitcher in the conference this season. Gullo has a 3.27 ERA, which ranks him seventh in the OVC. Eastern’s Garrison Stenger was nominated for the honor. The left-handed pitcher made two appearances out of the Panther bullpen and threw four innings and allowed only one hit with no runs, no walks and recorded four strikeouts. Stenger has the lowest ERA out of all the Eastern relievers at 1.35 in 15
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Junior pitcher Joe Greenfield gets ready to throw the ball to first base after a bunted ball was sent his way during a game against Murray State.
appearances and has a perfect 3-0 record.
Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.