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Students march through the heavy rains near Booth Library Thurday during Take Back the Night. More than 50 students, faculty and community members attended the activities.
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Eastern marches to raise awareness of sexual assault for 22nd year By Bob Galuski Entertainment Editor Against the blowing wind, the pattering rain and the rolling thunder, students, faculty and community members marched through campus to raise awareness about sexual assault. “Take Back the Night” entered its 22nd year on Eastern’s campus Thursday with music, marching, sexual assault survivors and friends of survivors coming out to share their stories. Looping through campus, a long line of awareness raisers fought against the rain pouring down to send their message to the rest of Eastern. Chants of “Charleston unite, take back the night” and “Two-four-sixeight, no more date rape” were called out as those participating made their way out of 7th Street Underground in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union and headed towards the Library Quad. The movement was originally supposed to take place at the Campus Pond Pavilion, but had to be moved to 7th Street Underground because of the rain. Erin Walters, the executive director of SACIS, said the idea behind “Take Back
the Night” is one that does not alter. “Our message never changes: our message is that we should be able to walk alone at night without the fear of being sexually assaulted,” she said. “People should be able to walk the streets without the threat of any violence.” Walters said she wanted “Take Back the Night” to encourage others to realize how bad of a crime any violence is. “We want to really promote the idea that sexual violence, domestic violence, any violence against anyone is a hideous act and is not something to be tolerated,” Walters said. Chloe Lampo, a junior business management major, said she came out to support the workers of organizations who help sexual assault survivors and the survivors themselves. “I feel like not enough people support this cause, and there are a few advocates who work really hard and I feel like they don’t get the recognition from the rest of campus they deserve,” she said. After the march through campus, participants were invited back to 7th Street Underground to listen, share stories and take part in a dialogue about sexual assault. Walters said if the movement had
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Brittany Staten, a sociology major, found it in herself to smile as she told her story as to how sexual assault affected her life during the 22nd annual Take Back the Night event in the 7th Street Underground at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
taken place at Campus Pond Pavilion, there would have been a fireside vigil as people shared stories. However, because of the rain, the vigil was substituted for a dimming of the lights in 7th Street Underground. Sarah Thoren, a student at Lake Land College, has been attending Eastern’s “Take Back the Night” for its entire run – 22 years. Thoren said she was a baby – only a month old – when she first was brought to “Take Back the Night.” “It used to be like a tradition to come here,” she said. “But I was lucky enough to grow up in an environment that taught me at an early age my body is my own. I am valuable and strong. Because I’m a woman, I’m powerful.” Thoren said coming to “Take Back the Night” is no longer a tradition, but something she has grown to care about. “I am a supporter of sexual assault survivors,” she said. “I am a survivor.” Thoren said one of the reasons she
has continued to attend Eastern’s “Take Back the Night” is because she wants to help spread the message that sexual violence should not be accepted. Thoren said anybody who is sexually assaulted should speak out, and that “Take Back the Night” was about helping them do so. “Tonight is the night we are breaking the silence,” Thoren said. Walters said “Take Back the Night” is originally in October, however it was changed to April to coincide with Sexual Assault Awareness Month. After hearing all of the stories, Thoren said “Take Back the Night” is a good way for survivors to know they are not alone. “If they feel alone, all they need to do is come here, look around, and know they are not alone,” Thoren said. “There are people who will help them.” Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or rggaluski@eiu.edu.
The end of a school year also marks the start of a new one – and the signing of leases. The decreased enrollment at Eastern is affecting many off-campus student housing. Eastern’s enrollment has decreased by 761 students since fall 2011. Joyce Williams, owner of Williams Rentals, said her rentals are not currently at full capacity. She said in past years, her rentals used to be signed for the following school year by spring break. “It doesn’t work that way anymore,” Williams said. Melissa Phillips, property manager of Melrose on Fourth and Brooklyn Heights Apartments, said they are fully occupied for this year but not quite full for the next school year. “It usually gets pretty close by the end of the school year,” she said. “The past couple of years have been pretty challenging as far as leasing and that goes hand and hand with the enrollment decline.” Phillips said she thinks the reason why they have not felt too much pressure from the enrollment is because many of their tenants have stayed with them throughout their college careers. They may be feeling the pressure now that those students are graduating, she said. “I’ve had a lot of people live with us most of their years in school, and they are graduating so I feel like the enrollment decline is just now starting to affect us this year and next year,” Phillips said. She added that they retained a lot of students for several years new residents have decreased. “It’s going to start affecting everybody this year especially,” Phillips said. Jim Wood, owner of Wood Rentals, said this school year, he had only one building that was partially occupied. “I did get all the rest of them filled, but it was a battle,” he said. Wood said he manages his own units and other rental property owners’ units. He said in the past, students had to fight to get apartments and rental homes. “It used to be that it was absolutely an outright stampede to be first in line because there weren’t enough places,” Wood said. LEASES, page 5
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Musicians to showcase poem series By Natalie Passarelli Staff Reporter Carmina Burana, a musical piece originally performed by Carl Orff, will be performed in the Dvorak Concert Hall at the Doudna Fine Arts Center at 4 p.m. Sunday. Dan Crews, the director of patron services, said groups participating include the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, EIU Choral Ensembles, and also other local groups. Dwight Vaught, the assistant dean for the College of Arts and Humanities, said the groups have been practicing for this performance all year, and it is split into two main parts. “The first part is a crescendo and
then the Carmina Burana,” Vaught said. The entire concert will consist of choral and orchestral performances in 25 songs. “There will be about 200 voices along with piano players and solos by EIU faculty,” Vaught said. The first half is “Concerto for Flute and Orchestra,” originally performed by Carl Reinecke, and then following a 15-minute intermission is the grand performance of Carmina Burana, originally performed by Carl Orff. According to the program for the performance, Carmina Burana was originally a series of poems from the 12th and 13th centuries written in mostly Latin.
The poems are mostly earthly subjects such as drinking, gambling and lovemaking. The vibe for the performance is supposed to be simplistic, focusing on humanly things, and was originally meant for a large orchestra. The first part of Carmina Burana is “Primo Vere,” which means “in the spring time” and will mellow into part two, “In Taberna” which means “in the tavern.” The third part is “Cour D’Amours,” which means “the court of love.” Parts one and three are the loudest and most powerful while part two is calmer with the theme of love, according to the program. Vaught said the Carmina Burana
is also a fundraising event, with all proceeds going to the Eastern Symphony Orchestra and Choral Ensemble’s funds. The event is also sponsored by the Charleston Area Charitable Foundation and was funded by multiple contributors from businesses and donors. Tickets are $20 a person. The performers include the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, University Mixed Chorus, Concert Choir, Oratorio Society, Charleston High School and Middle School Chorus, and the Lake Land College Community Choir. Natalie Passarelli can be reached at 581-2812 or napassarelli@eiu.edu.
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Krishna Thomas, the assistant director of the Faculty Development Office, instructs Dominador Martin during the Filipino Folk Dance class Thursday in the dance studio of the Student Recreation Center. The class was part of Asian Heritage Month.
Charleston High School | empowerment program
Community to run for cause By Josh Jones Staff Reporter Girls on the Run of East Central Illinois will be hosting two events on Saturday with the annual 5K followed by their first 24-hour Run-AThon. The 5K will start at 9 a.m. on Charleston High School’s Trojan Hill followed by the Run-A-Thon at the Mattoon Area Family YMCA. The Run-A-Thon will start at 2 p.m. Saturday and end 2 p.m. Sunday. These two events are being hosted on the same day to help welcome the founder of Girls on the Run, Molly Barker, who will then speak to the girls at a luncheon after the 5K is completed. Girls on the Run is an after-school education and empowerment program for girls from third to eighth grades in school. The girls meet twice a week with their coaches over a 10-week season.
While learning these lessons over the season, the girls are also training for the 5K. They cover topics including health and fitness, how woman are portrayed in the media and how to have a positive body image. Ashli Crowe, the events and marketing coordinator, said Girls on the Run was started in 1996 when teacher Molly Barker noticed that girls in her class were moving to the back of the room because they did not have a positive body image. After noticing this, Barker realized that the tools that she had as a runner could be applied to help girls be more confidant and assertive, she said. The East Central Illinois chapter of the program was founded in May 2011, and this year marks the group’s fourth season hosting the program. Beth Gillespie, council director, said she was hopeful people would come out to both events.
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lowed the kinesiology and sports studies department and Kinesiology Honors Club to put together the Shannon McNamara Outstanding Physical Education Student Scholarship, Singer said. Mark Kattenbraker, the adviser By Clarissa Wilson of the club, said the race was estabStaff Reporter lished specifically to generate funds An Eastern student who was to support the scholarship and to murdered will be commemorated remember Shannon McNamara for through a 10th annual run/walk at who she was. A wide variety of community the Campus Pond Pavilion Panther members and students come annuTrail. The check-in for individuals ally for the race to donate and honstarts at 1 p.m. Sunday. Registration or McNamara. “ We g e n e r a l l y r a i s e a b o u t cost $15. $2,000,” Kattenbaker said. The race will start at 2 p.m. The non-reT- s h i r t s a n d newable scholarraffles will be givship is geared toen at the beginward students inning of the race volved with the and prizes will be organization and announced for e m p h a s i ze d f o r first, second and applicants to repthird-place win-Bridget Singer, KSS major r e s e n t s c h o l a r ners at the end. l y, o u t s t a n d i n g Ac c o rd i n g t o performance and the Feb. 27, 2003 edition of The Daily Eastern News in character. The scholarship amount varies the article “Mertz gets death penalty,” on June 12, 2001, Eastern stu- depending on amount of donations dent Shannon McNamara was sexu- received. Local businesses in Charleston ally assaulted and murdered inside have been very generous in donaher off-campus apartment. Identified through DNA evi- tions, offering $25 to $50 in checks dence from when McNamara fought or cash directly to the scholarship back, Anthony Mertz was convicted fund. Located throughout the Recreof first-degree murder. Mertz was sentenced to the death ation Center, lollipops were for sale for a $1 each as well, for extra donapenalty. McNamara was a member of Al- tions toward the scholarship. Ken Baker, the director of Campha Phi sorority, a Student Recreation Center student worker and pus Recreation, said he recalls the a member of the Kinesiology and day McNamara did not show up for work at the Rec Center. Sports Studies Honors Club. Shannon was supposed to come Bridget Singer, the president of the Kinesiology Sports Studies in for a 9 a.m. shift but never did. Baker said he called that morning Honors Club, said she wants everyone to know about her and the race to see if she was safe and found out she was dead. to honor her. “I’ll never forget,” Baker said. “It was such a tragic and horrible thing that happened,” Singer said. She said because of the campus being so small, her death will forevClarissa Wilson can er be remembered. be reached at 581-2812 The affect she had on Eastern alor cjwilson2@eiu.edu.
“This season we have 84 girls who need scholarship support to make their Girls on the Run experience possible,” she said. As for the running portion of girls on the run, Crowe explained how setting a goal can really make a difference for success. “By teaching them that they can run a 5K, we are essentially giving them the outlet to realize that if they can set this goal and accomplish it then they can do that with any area of life,” Crowe said. People have been asked to commit one hour on a treadmill within a 24hour period and are asked to fundraise $125. “It was over $7,000 in scholarship support for this spring alone, and so this Run-A-Thon is our way to have people help us raise money for our scholarship fund,” Gillespie said. Josh Jones can be reached at 581-2812 or jljones8@eiu.edu.
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campus briefs New dean hired for continuing education Regis Gilman, who is currently the interim dean of educational outreach at Western Carolina University in North Carolina, will become dean of the School of Continuing Education July 1. Since his retirement last spring, William Hine has been serving as the interim dean while the search for a new dean was being conducted. Hine worked at Eastern since 1986 and served as the dean since the school opened. Blair Lord, the provost and vice president for academic affairs, formed a search committee of eight members in Nov. 2012. Comments, Corrections OR events To report any errors, local events or general suggestions for future editions please contact our Editorin-Chief, Rachel Rodgers, via: Phone | 581-2812, Email | DENeic@gmail.com Office visit | 1811 Buzzard Hall.
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WEDNESDAY’S QUESTION Should Eastern have renewed its contract with Chick-fil-A?
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Service Day illustrates purpose of community
Friday and Saturday will mark the 11th of the shared community we all live in. UnforOur POSITION year the Charleston and Eastern communitunately, this sense of community is not always • Situation: Service Day is this Friday and Satties have participated in the annual Panther recognized in student’s everyday lives; howevurday. Service Day. er, the bonds formed by such a diverse group of • Stance: Service is an essential part of comCo-sponsored by student government people still thrive. munity. and Eastern’s Community Service Office, As demonstrated in Monday’s bombings at the two-day event is an opportunity for stuthe Boston Marathon, when hundreds of rundents, employees, alumni and community ners and spectators were stricken by the force of members to work together to make a difference. two bomb blasts near the finish line, this sense of community is a powParticipants will be renovating the Charleston center for Teen Reach, erful, if unrecognized, force. an after-school program for Charleston students, and raising money for After the dust had settled, people from all walks of life braved the an African orphanage by running in a 5K. potential for other blasts and ran to help the injured. Not only do these service opportunities provide a chance for students Men and women who had never met and who may never meet again to have a positive effect on the lives of others, both locally and interput their own lives on the line to help their fellow community memnationally, it also provides a chance for students to interact with other bers. members of the Eastern, Charleston and surrounding communities. And though the comparison between renovating and after-school Often students can become so wrapped up in the cyclical grind of center and the courageous, selfless actions of Boston’s survivors, might classes, work, partying and repeating that they might seldom see or seem like a stretch, the end message is still the same: Take the opportuspeak with people outside their social circles. nities you have in your life to recognize and strengthen the community By stepping outside that circle, by participating in an event that you live in and do not take for granted the extent to which that sense of brings students in touch with various types of individuals, it provides a community affects your life. broader and stronger sense of the community they live in. No longer are the residents of Charleston just “locals” that students see occasionally The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of when they venture off campus. No longer are professors just the man or The Daily Eastern News. woman who stands in front of class. These individuals are all members
Boston bombing hits home hard
For a split second on Monday, I thought Bain was still alive and the Dark Knight was going to swoop in and save New York’s arch rival, Boston. As I do my best to lighten up a terrible situation, this event kicked me in the gut. Editor in Chief Managing Editor Running isn’t violent like football. Unless Tim Deters Rachel Rodgers you hit a unnoticed pot hole, the only way you will really hurt yourself is running too Associate News Editor News Editor much, or not stretching well enough. Seth Schroeder Robyn Dexter I have been a runner my entire life. I have never enjoyed lifting heavy weights repetitiveOnline Editor Opinions Editor ly when I could just be faster instead. Sara Hall For runners out there, you can relate to Dominic Renzetti what I am saying. You feel a sense of independence when you are running. Once you comCONTINUE THE DEBATE plete your long run of the day, accomplishment begins to stem through your veins. ONLINE It’s that same feeling weightlifters feel after benching your max ten times, but ours derives • Extended letters from running 10 miles. • Forums for all content This past January, I wanted to do something with my distance running, and I’ll be www.dailyeasternnews.com running a half-marathon in Chicago. “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.”
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Kyle Daubs Once the word broke out about the injury and death total, there were about 10 different people who texted me saying I should not run the marathon. I’ll be going to Chicago, but it will be with a heavier heart. Sandy Hook families were once again traumatized by events of cruelty. Mile 26 was dedicated to the 26 victims from the Newtown shooting. Newtown had runners in the race, but no one was hurt. Thank goodness because that town can only take so much in a year’s span of time mentally. Just like Ne wtown, Boston will pull through this mess.
If you follow sports as much as I do, Boston is a proud sports town. More importantly, they are a proud community. America will find answers. I am not worried that the pieces of trash behind this will escape. Appreciate what you have, may it be family, friends, possessions, or whatever. For me, I didn’t think a terrorist attack would happen during a marathon. Who would? Maybe, a September series game between the Yankees and the Red Sox, or the Super Bowl, but a marathon? No way. If anything, this past year should be an indication that the unthinkable can happen in America. It has happened in small towns, and it has now happened in a large market town like Boston. Give thanks, because right now, you are truly the lucky ones. Kyle Daubs is a junior math and special education major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com
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He said because they are less students and more units that have been built, the market has changed. “This year is the toughest year I’ve seen, and I’ve been in the business since 1979 as a real estate agent,” Wood said. “Next year will be tougher yet, I think.” Greg Petersen, the owner of Petersen Properties, said it has become fairly competitive with the other landlords in the area. However, not all rental properties are seeing the affects of low enrollment. Rebecca Devore, the property manager of Lincolnshire Apartments, said because of the location, student enrollment has no affect on the apartment occupancy of the
Lincolnshire Apartments. The apartments at 1840 Douglas St. are catered for families, not students, she said. Logan Graves, the assistant property manager at Campus Pointe Apartments, said despite the decreased enrollment, occupancy has been better this year than it has since 2008. Tim Parker, the owner of Luxury Homes and PP&W Properties, said they are also doing well with student occupancy. A new apartment building is being built at 1919 Ninth St. by Luxury Homes. Once the apartment is completed, PP&W Properties will rent the units out.
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Parker said they wanted to build new apartments at the location because the previous house was in poor condition.
“This year is the toughest year I’ve seen, and I’ve been in the business since 1979 as a real estate agent.” -Jim Wood, Wood Rentals While low enrollment has not affected them much, Parker said he
thinks their location close to campus will help them keep occupancy up. “We’re filling up at the normal rate like we historically have over the last seven to eight years,” he said. Parker said he also thinks the new building will help Eastern’s image and help attract students. “We think the new structure will enhance EIU’s immediate surroundings,” he said. Parker said he hopes low enrollment is a temporary situation. “We’re betting on Eastern being successful in their future enrollment numbers,” he said. Phillips said their goal is to always be at 100-percent occupancy,
but getting there has been a struggle. “I know we’re all hoping for the best, but I think a lot of people are going to have some major vacancies,” she said. If the right property was available, Wood said he would think about expanding. “I’d still buy because I think Charleston’s a good town and in the long run, we’ll get through this cycle,” he said. “Eastern will recover and the economy will recover. Things will go back to more of a state of normal, and we’ll be OK.” Amanda Wilkinson can be reached at 581-2812 or akwilkinson@eiu.edu.
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Women’s golf team prepares for OVC championship By Cody Delmendo Staff Reporter The Eastern women’s golf team has prepared for its last tournament of the spring at Greystone Golf Course in Nashville, Tenn., for the Ohio Valley Conference championship. Last season the women’s team finished in last place out of seven teams. The Panthers are looking to improve on that mark, returning four of their five starters from last year. With the fall and spring seasons combined the women’s team has not finished worse than ninth in any tournament. The teams’ best performance this spring season was at the Butler Bulldog Florida Invitational where they finished third out of five teams. For seniors Lauren Williams and Emily Calhoon, the tournament in Tennessee is their last collegiate golf tournament in an Eastern uniform. The duo said it plans on leading the team to a better performance than last season. “I’ll have a lot of mixed emotions,” Williams said. “Golf has been such a big part of my time here at Eastern. I’m going to miss this team so much.” Calhoon also reflected on her final tournament. “It’s bittersweet,” Calhoon said.
“I’m ready to move on and graduate, but I don’t know if I’m all that ready to be done golfing yet.” Williams said her biggest achievement as a Panther is always improving her scoring average each year. Williams finished her freshman season with a season stroke average of 86. Her sophomore season she finished the season with a stroke average of 83.3. In her junior season she finished the year with an 82.2 stroke average and in her senior season she has posted an 80.2 stroke average. Williams looks to end her college career with another top-10 finish and hopefully a conference championship. Calhoon has also achieved some of her goals throughout her career. “Winning the OVC golfer of the week in the fall season was the best achievement I’ve had here,” Calhoon said. Williams said there are some pretty good teams in their conference, but if the team puts it together for three days they can keep up with the competition. “The toughest team will be Morehead St.,” Williams said. Play is set to take place on April 20. Cody Delmendo can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.
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Starter pitcher to begin series By Aldo Soto Assistant Sports Editor
Demetre Taylor, a red-shirt freshman, tosses a ball April 10 at Coaches Stadium. The start of the series against Southeast Missouri begins at 3 p.m. Friday in Coaches Stadium.
Freshman Jake Johansmeier will make his first start against an Ohio Valley Conference team in the series-opener Friday against Southeast Missouri. Johansmeier has pitched in 13 games this season with three of those appearances being starts. The Eastern baseball team had its mid-week game against Saint Louis canceled Tuesday night because of rain. The Panthers are 3-11 in the OVC, (12-21 overall) which has them in 10th place in the conference only ahead of Tennessee-Martin (3-15). Southeast Missouri is 11-7 in OVCplay and 19-19 overall. The Redhawks have been successful in conference play recently, winning seven of their last nine OVC games. Johansmeier is replacing Andrew Grahn in the Eastern starting rotation. Grahn last pitched in the Panther’s 20-5 loss to Tennessee Tech last Friday. Grahn only lasted 2.1 innings and allowed six runs on seven hits. He also walked three batters. With the loss, Grahn dropped to 0-3 on the year and his ERA ballooned up to 6.47. Coach Jim Schmitz said he made the change because Johansmeier gives the team the best chance of winning. “Grahn has pitched all right for us until this point of the season, but he has not been going far in games and that has been putting a lot of stress on the rest of the team,” Schmitz said. In Johansmeier’s three starts the right-hander has pitched 7.2 innings, allowed four earned runs and seven hits. He has an overall ERA of 3.86 in 21 innings. He is one of only three Eastern pitchers with an ERA below four. “Johansmeier pitched well against Illinois State, SIU and Illinois,” Schmitz said. “We’re at the point of the season when we have to make moves that give us the most amount of confidence.”
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Junior Joe Greenfield is one those three Panthers with a sub-four ERA, (3.36) which is 10th in the OVC. Greenfield will make the start on Saturday, trying to improve his 1-4 record. Greenfield leads Eastern in innings pitched and by a large margin, tossing 61.2 innings, which is the second most in the OVC, in 11 appearances and nine starts. Matt Borens is second on the team in innings pitched at 50.1. In Greenfield’s last start the Panthers lost 5-2, but Greenfield pitched eight innings against Tennessee Tech. Schmitz said the team had a couple of good days of practice on Wednesday and Thursday, when the team worked on bunting and its approach against left-handed pitchers because of the two left-handers the Panthers will face over the weekend. “We used these days as a reminder to the team,” Schmitz said. “We hung in there against a lefty at Illinois and we know Friday if their pitcher goes away and we try to pull, game over.” Schmitz said Eastern has to try not to do too much and go with the pitches thrown to them. The Panthers had a successful season against the Redhawks last year, winning three of the four games played. The last win came in the semifinals of the OVC tournament, which Eastern won 7-6. Derek Gibson and Matt Tellor lead the Redhawk offense. Gibson is hitting .362 — the sixth best batting average in the OVC. Tellor leads Southeast Missouri in home runs with seven and RBIs with 33. Four batters hitting over .300 lead Eastern. Caleb Howell paces the team with a .327 average followed by Treysen Vavra, (.316) Cameron Berra (.312) and Nick Priessman (.305). The start of the series is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. in Coaches Stadium on Friday. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.
Panthers to receive new recruit Tennis heads to Ky. despite Buchanan’s resignation for OVC tournament By Dominic Renzetti Opinions Editor Despite not having a head coach, the Eastern women’s basketball team does have a new player. Aaliyah Gaines from Fort Wayne, Ind.’s Canterbur y High School signed her national letter of intent to play for the Panthers on Wednesday. Gaines said she was informed of Eastern head coach Lee Buchanan’s decision to resign on Monday, the same day a press release was issued by the athletic department. She said Buchanan called her and told her. “I was a little upset,” Gaines said. “I was looking forward to him coaching me this upcoming season, but I wish nothing but the best for him and his family.” Buchanan resigned on Monday after just one season as the Panthers’ head coach, saying in a press release he wanted to pursue other professional opportunities and spend more time with his family. Gaines helped Canterbury to
its fifth state championship in six years. She recorded three games of 20 points last season, averaging 11.7 points per game. She also averaged 4.1 rebounds per game, and 2.6 assists. “Aaliyah was an integral part of two state championship teams at Canterbury,” Canterbury head coach Wayne Kreiger said in a press release on the school’s website. “She provided quickness at both ends of the court and brought an overall skill set to our team.” Gaines, a 5-foot-9 guard, said she picked Eastern because it was close to home and because of the success of the women’s basketball program. “I picked EIU because it was close to home, and they have a good women’s basketball program that I think I can help be more successful,” she said. “I felt as if the coaching staff not only cared about my basketball career, but my academics also.” Gaines also said she loved the support the Eastern women’s basketball had from both the school
and the student body. Gaines said she was recruited by assistant coach Jessica Bogia, who joined Buchanan’s staff in June 2012 after previously working as an assistant coach at Buffalo. On the court, Gaines said she could play on both sides of the ball. “As a player, I can bring energy on both sides of the court, competitiveness and leadership,” she said. “I can play the one through the three, and bring good defensive pressure, and also finish on the other end.” Despite Eastern not having a head coach, Gaines said she is still committed. “I’m still committed to EIU because I feel as if this is where I want to be,” she said. “I loved the school, campus and what the women’s basketball program had to offer.” A national search is underway for Buchanan’s replacement. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.
By Al Warpinski Staff Reporter The Eastern women’s tennis team will head into its final weekend of the season led by two All-Ohio Valley Conference players Janelle Prisner and Merritt Whitley. For the second straight year, Prisner and Whitley will represent Eastern for the first and second team All-OVC honors, respectively. Prisner finished the regular season with an 8-7 overall record and 4-5 in OVC play. Whitley finished with a team best 12-4 overall record and an 8-2 OVC mark. Both women also owned a team best doubles record with an 8-4 record and 4-2 in OVC doubles play. Prisner and Whitley and the rest of the Panthers will take on Austin Peay in a postseason rematch from last season in which Eastern lost 4-2. The women dropped the doubles point and found themselves in an early hole down 1-0. But the Panthers came back and won the fifth and sixth singles matches to go up 2-1. Sephora Boulbahaiem and Kristen Laird took those vic-
tories, respectively. Boulbahaiem won in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. Laird did the same and defeated her opponent 6-3, 6-2. However, despite those two wins the women fell one by one until Austin Peay went up 4-2 and claimed the win. The women continued last years regular season’s success this season by starting out the season 10-3. One of those wins came against the Governors back in March where the women won 4-2 in Terre Haute, Ind. Janelle Prisner, Merritt Whitley, Ali Foster and Kristen Laird all picked up singles wins to secure the 4-2 win. Boulbahaiem dropped a tight three set affair that could have gone either way. Jennifer Kim was the other Panther to lose her match. She lost in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. The OVC tournament will start at 10 a.m. Friday in Paducah, Ky. If the Panthers win, they will most likely take on No. 1 seed Eastern Kentucky whom they lost to last weekend in a disappointing 7-0 sweep at home. Al Warpinski can be reached at 581-2812 or apwarpinski@eiu.edu.
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Sandman comes to Eastern By Jaime Lopez Verge Editor
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ed Siebert grew up on the West Coast and was surrounded by oceans and beaches for most of his youth. Siebert had the opportunity to build sandcastles all his life, but he never dared to build one. Siebert carried the desire to build a sandcastle until he was 25 and finally decided to make one. “It was one of those things I always wanted to do when I was kid, but I never really got around to doing it,” Siebert said. He took his ambitions even further and constructed more than simple castles. Siebert has built towers and cities out of sand, and his work has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records seven times, breaking his record for the tallest sand structure 4 times, and once for the longest sculpture in the world. Siebert will share his artwork with the public from noon to 5 p.m. every day of Celebration at south Seventh Street. He said working with sand as building material lets him mount large-scale productions. “I get to work on big-scale projects. I can work on something big using sand and get it done faster,” Siebert said. He said the rain can damage his work, making it hard to build structures when the texture of the sand changes. He even asked if the weather is going to comply with him when he visits for Celebration. “I’ll be building sand structures by myself, and I’m hoping the weather will be good, because I’m too old to deal with that,” Siebert said. On some of his larger projects, Siebert has worked with teams, something he said he enjoys a lot. “It’s fun to collaborate with other artists on these kind of proj-
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Ted Siebert's talents have taken him all across the globe. He said the only continent he has not visited is South America.
ects,” Siebert said. His job has allowed him to travel to different countries, sometimes with teams of people, other times by himself. “I’ve been to every continent except for South America,”Siebert said. He recently got back from the Middle East, where he recreated famous skyscrapers from the surrounding areas. He said it was easier to work in the Middle East because there are fewer restrictions when it comes to building structures out of sand. When he was there, Siebert took eight people with him to work on a sand-city that required a lot of collaboration. His next job will take him as far as South Korea, and in the fall he plans on returning to the Middle East to build the biggest sand sculpture in the world. Siebert said he said when projects are on a large scale, he has to become an architect and draw out what he wants the structure to look like.
The work he has made consists of animals, people and buildings. When he travels back to the Middle East to construct the biggest sculpture in the world, Siebert said he will require 10,000 tons of sand, which he explained is the equivalent of 500 truck loads. He is planning on transforming all of that sand into one giant maze with different walkways and entrances, and he wants to take it a step further by adding lights and smoke machines to give his sculpture the color and feel of a Middle Eastern city at night. “Sometimes I can wing it, but if the sculpture is for myself, I can usually wing it,” Siebert said. Siebert said he will create Eastern’s mascot’s head and the front part of Old Main during Celebration. He said both of the structures he plans on building for Celebration are not too difficult for him to make; however, the weather may prevent him from completing it as fast as he would like. Siebert said that he savors the lim-
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The weather can affect the success of each of Siebert's projects. He said rain can make it impossible to work with sand.
ited time he gets with his projects because the weather will eventually have its way with them. “It’s only there for a shor t amount of time. It’s something that’s temporary,” Siebert said.
“It’s a fun thing to do.” Jaime Lopez can be reached at 581-2812 or jlopez2@eiu.edu.
Poets from literary publication to read works for Celebration By Jaime Lopez Verge Editor Last year, The Vehicle, a student-run publication that publishes the works of writers at Eastern, and most recently writers across the country, was handed down to Nikki Reichert, Hannah Green and Shelby Koehne. It was their turn to run the
publication. However, Koehne, a senior English major who also acts as the associate ediitor, said they were ill equipped and had no clue how to run a publication. The Vehicle will host a poetry slam for Celebration on Saturday. They also had no adviser to give them direction for almost a year. The staff of the book resorted to becoming an online publica-
tion, as they lacked the means to produce a physical copy. The submissions process was also changed. Now people can submit from anywhere in the country. “ We pretty much made the book online-only because we had no clue how to turn it into an actual book,” Koehne said. Their transition from traditional print to online-only al-
lowed the editors to track down how many readers were visiting their website. This past December was The Vehicle’s best month in terms of hits. It received 5,549 page views. The website received 415 hits on their single busiest day on January 12th. Hannah Green, the managing editor of the magazine, and an English graduate student,
gave their original website a facelift. For National Poetry Month, Green filmed students reading the famous works of celebrated authors and posted them on the website, and she redesigned it to make it look like a notebook. An average of 200 readers visited the website per day in the following months. POETS, page 3
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Tiny ballerinas ascend stage of Doudna Stephanie White Verge Reporter The Littlest Dancers will be dancing their way into Doudna Saturday, April 20. They are young ballerinas, also known as “baby ballerinas”, who are going to showcase what they have learned over the past year. The Littlest Dancers is a program that is a part of the Dancelife Center and consists of dancers from the age group of 3 to 5. “They will be demonstrating creative movement concepts,” Trish Garvey, the creative movement teacher, said. The dancers will be performing a dance that they have been putting together over the past few months, Garvey said. “It is an opportunity for them to show off what they have learned and to have an audience to perform in front of,” Garvey said. The audience will consist of the dancers' family members, friends and whoever else is interested in seeing them perform. Garvey took over this program in 2010 along with her husband. “This is such a young age group, and their bodies are not developmentally able yet to handle choreography,” Garvey said.
Garvey said this the show is an opportunity to spark the kids’ interest in dance; they’ll be able to enjoy moving their bodies and, hopefully, gain an appreciation for the craft. “A number of the students, who are in dance class right now, came from the Creative Movement program,” Garvey said. Garvey said that she has children of her own, so for her it is a chance to give them an opportunity to move their bodies. “My biggest goal for this program is not to just create people who dance but people who appreciate the arts in general,” Garvey said. She said it is important to expose children to art at a young age. In the three years Garvey and her husband have taken on this program, there have been a few students that have graduated from the Creative Movement classes into the more advanced classes in the Dancelife Center. “I hope that it showcases what the dancers have been learning and I hope that I see a supportive audience,” Garvey said. This performance will be the end of the school year for this age group. There will be summer classes beginning June 3 for the
first six weeks. The showcase is a free show to all. As a part of the demonstration, the dancers will be doing a dance calledc “In the Salton’s Garden” that is connected to the older dancers performance in May Garvey said. The older dancers will be doing the production “Aladdin” in May 10-11. The scene that the younger dancers will be doing is based on the story of Jasmine in the garden, and she is upset because she cannot go past the palace walls, Garvey said. “Some of the classes will be demonstrating a few moves and dances that they have been doing in class,” Garvey said. The Littest Dancers have practiced for month, and while they still have long time to hone their skills, Garvey said they are becoming better dancers with every show. The Littest Dancers will be dancing in their little tutus in front of their parents and every other member of the audience on Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Doudna Fine Arts Recital Hall. Stephanie White can be reached at 581-2812 or at sewhite2@eiu.edu.
‘Gangster Sqaud’ promises a lot, lacks depth “Gangster Squad” is a movie that promises all of the trappings of a great crime film, but it relishes in its wobbly plot line and fails to deliver a good story. However, all of the action packed into the film makes it great. Maybe I’m to blame. I walked into the film expecting something as good as “LA Confidential.” The movie is set in 1949, and Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), who has recently turned into a mobster after spending years as a boxer, has expanded his Jewish mob in Los Angeles, where his goal is to monopolize drugs and gambling. There are beautiful cars and buildings from yesterday that occupy the movie’s set and take you back to that time, and that’s what I enjoyed about this film. The sets provide a visual feast for the eyes, but the punch lines bring the movie down. There are some spectacular recreations on Hollywood landmarks like Slapsy Maxie’s nightclub.
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Joining him on the screen is Ryan Gosling, who plays Sgt. Jerry Wooters. Wooters is hesitant to join his legion of gangsters until he lays his eyes on Emma stone’s character, Grace. Stone’s chemistry with Gosling on this movie is so weird that you forget they once worked together on “Crazy Stupid Love.” Throw Robert Patrick’s character Max Kennard, a police officer, into the mix and this story becomes a catand-mouse chase. That’s where all of the action begins to kick in.
And Penn, in the right moments, erupts like a monster filled with rage. While I normally hate characters who are reckless, I enjoy Penn’s performance. He doesn’t care about who he has to take down; he simply does it without actually questioning the consequences of his actions. The cast has a ball with its flashy mob fights. And there are some close-up shots of Christmas ornaments falling to the ground as a fight ensues. But these gun matches only take away from Will Beall’s screenplay, which is saturated by bad lines and incoherent scenes. This isn’t a movie that delivers as much substance as I would have liked, but I did enjoy the car chases and turmoil between Max and Micky. The cinematography saves this sinking ship, barely.
4.19.2013 Letter from the editor: Take time to enjoy Celebration Hey there, Vergies! It’s that time of year again, Celebration. It’s one of our last weekends here at Eastern, and what a better way to cap off a school year full of stress, papers and endless exams. Yes, the weather probably isn’t as great as you’d expect by now — it wouldn’t be Celebration without rain — but that doesn’t mean that you can’t go out and watch Eastern students, your classmates, perform at a concert, or eat the amazing food provided by vendors who have traveled from afar to provide you with count-
less options. Go out and take a break from studying or partying to experience all of the events that students and faculty members worked so hard to put on. If you haven’t gone to a big Eastern function yet, this is your last chance. So take advantage of this weekend.
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Must-do list of Celebration: Don't miss any of these highlight events this weekend
Carnival food
To cure your munchies, head over to the food booths, from funnel cakes to lemon shake ups, there's snacks for everyone. Friday 11:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
The Sand Sculpture Company The company builds wonders from sand. Friday noon - 5 p.m. Saturday noon - 5 p.m. Sunday noon - 5p.m.
The Littlest Dancers
These tiny dancers have worked for weeks to prepare for a unique ballet Saturday 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Poetry Slam Presented by The Vehicle
Join writers as they share their work. Saturday 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Holi
A festival of colors will give participants the chance to experience the vibrant sounds and colors of India. Friday 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
The Lemon Brothers Band
These young rockstars will rock your wold. Sunday 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Eastern Symphony Orchestra: Carmina Burana
Different choirs from around Charleston and the Eastern Symphony Orchestra will come together for one grand closing concert. Sunday 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Carnival foods longtime staple of Celebration festival Jordan Thiede Verge Reporter Taken for granted among all the fuss during Eastern’s annual festival of the arts Celebration is all of the work that goes into keeping visitors well fed. Celebration has been a staple on campus to help close out the school year for more than 25 years. As much a tradition as all of the art and music is the eclectic mix of food to sample. Dan Crews, director of patron services at the Doudna Fine Arts Center, said these food offerings have been a part of the festival since it began, but it used to have different people behind it all. Students were once the driving force behind all of the food vendors, Crews said. The proceeds were then turned into scholarships for fellow students. Other organizations, such as local churches, were a part of the festival until matters involving the health department came into the picture. “Due to the changing environment of Illinois laws, there became a really tight structure regarding r ules for community health,” Crews said. Even if the various student vendors were serving perfectly safe food, they usually were not able to meet the requirements that the Coles County Health Department put forth, such as having to prepare food in a proper kitchen, Crews said. Instead, most vendors these days make a living out of traveling from location to location, often being at a different event each weekend throughout the spring and summer. Crews said that for Celebration weekend, most of the vendors will be coming from various locations throughout the state and the Midwest. There is always a variety of foods to choose from to appeal to people of all different palates,
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Cotton candy hangs from the roof of a Big Al's Lemon Shake-Up stand in the Library Quad during Celebration 2012.
Crews said. “We don’t want to have 14 vendors that are all selling the same things,” Crews said. “I try not to have too many copies so people do have diversity. I’m always looking for unique vendors.” He said that the usual carnival type foods such as corndogs and elephant ears tend to be the most popular, but foreign cuisines are often a part of the festival, including Italian and Mexican. Vendors are usually successful with this venture, as is to be expected with a festival that draws around 8,000 people each year. Crews said 90 percent of vendors usually come back to the festival each year. “If they weren’t making the money, they wouldn’t come back year after year,” he said. P.J. Rodgers, who helped coor-
dinate the event, said there is another factor than can go into determining how successful the weekend is. “It all depends on the weather,” Rodgers said. “If you get nice weather, you get good business.” Rodgers noted that some people may even look forward to the food as much as the entertainment and art during the festival. “People come back year to year to get (the food) again,” he said. Al Krietemeir, who helps coordinate the event, also sells shakeups throughout the weekend. Krietemeir said he has been involved with the festival for about the last 10 years, and agreed that the weather dictates how successful the weekend will be for everyone involved. He said the Celebration festival, and all of the food and events
that go along with it, is a good opportunity to begin the spring and summer seasons, and socialize with the community. “It’s good to get out from the winter weather and support Eastern,” Krietemeir said. Connie Adams, who runs Heavenly Delight Cakes, is returning to the Celebration festival for the third time. Adams said she thinks it is important to get out and go to this festival. “We need to support to small businesses,” she said. The food booths will be open today from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jordan Thiede can be reached at 581-2812 or jethiede@eiu.edu.
Poets, from page 1 Green said the hits provide insight about their demographic. “It’s interesting to see where and who submissions come from as it gives us a good indication of what audience we’re reaching at the moment,” Green said. Koehne said the number of students outside of the English department who have contributed to the book with their works has surprised her. “I’m so impressed to see how many actual EIU students are submitting to The Vehicle because there’s students outside of the English department, students I’ve never even heard of, who have the same writing abilities I had to learn in four years of school here,” Koehne said. For a while, the editorial staff ran the magazine without the help of an adviser who had knowledge about publishing. Lania Knight, an English professor, stepped in and helped them produce physical copies of the book, which Koehne said gave them some direction, though the young staff has retained creative control over the magazine. “She tells us that it is what we make of it,” Koehne said. Apart from its core staff, which makes all executive decisions for the book, Koehne said there is a staff of readers that looks through submissions and decides why a piece should or should not run in the magazine, or on its website. “They vote on it and provide comments for us. We have a bigger staff than we actually think,” Koehne said. Green was a reader last year, and she said that her job required her to read through various pieces and decide whether they were worthy of publishing. The book has been finished, with all of the best submissions the readers chose. Though the book is completed, Koehne said there is no way of telling how many of the website’s followers will go out and grab the physical copies. Koehne said that is where poetry slams come in, to spread the word about the book. “We’ve gotten a lot of publicity through shows like the poetry slam,” Koehne said. “This year, we decided to host it on the weekend of Celebration.” Koehne said they will distribute the books there while poets read their works. Poets will share their literary works at The Vehicle’s poetry slam on Saturday at 5 p.m. in Doudna’s fine arts theatre. Jaime Lopez can be reached at 581-2812 or jlopez2@eiu.edu.
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Bassett said he loves cartoon characters and comic book figures and finds ways to put them in his work.
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Most of his photos depict planets hovering over mountain ranges, but he has strayed from that trend.
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Nathan Bassett never originally planned to work with spray paint. He said he sort of stumbled into it. This painting is of Emerald Çity from "The Wizard of Oz."
Artist finds his voice in unlikely place By Jaime Lopez Verge Editor Nathan Bassett goes by the name Nathan Spray, a name he chose for himself after he discovered the possibilities spray paint offers. Bassett will be at Eastern all Celebration weekend. Bassett said he decided to make a career as a spray- paint artist after years of dabbling with other art materials. He said he went from being a traditional painter to someone who spray paints regularly. The public took notice of his artwork. Soon Bassett said he was making appearances on television and in newspapers and magazines. “It all happened really fast, and I
found that I could really work with spray paint,” Bassett said. He explained that he works much faster with this building material. “The outcome of my projects is always really fascinating because people don’t expect it to be done so quickly,” Bassett said. And Bassett’s artwork comes out rich in detail when he finishes it, even though he only spends a few minutes on his artwork. Some of the works depict planets hovering over mountains in the night, with hues of blue and black giving dimension to each of the objects in the painting. But a lot of the detail he puts into his paintings is accidental, Bassett said.
The outcome of my projects is always really fascinating because people don't expect it to be done so quickly. Nathan bassett, spray paint artist
“I just start painting, and the details slowly begin to pop up on the cardboard,” Bassett said. “Most of the time the details that show up on the finished product are accidental, and all of that texture is the byproduct.” Bassett said the people who view his artwork are usually captivated by his fast-paced, yet relaxed work ethic.
Spray painting fits his personality well, Bassett said. “I don’t like the idea of working on a painting for hours at a time, so spray painting is definitely for me,” Bassett said. Spray paint makes it easier for him to manipulate his artwork. “It’s easy to combine colors to get some really cool effects out of the things you put on the canvas,”
Bassett said. Most of the work he has made contains planets and stars and mountains, something he said is very prevalent among spray paint artists who work on poster boards like him. Though he said it is custom for spray paint artists to incorporate planets and stars in their line of work, Bassett tries finding ways to rejuvenate the subjects by adding elements and new colors that shed a new light on the artwork. Some of his moons contain the pattern of the American flag, but he said he has no clue why he chose those colors. Jaime Lopez can be reached at 581-2812 or jlopez2@eiu.edu.