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George Smock (Brother Jed) preaches repentance to students Monday at the Commemorative Courtyard. With him were his wife, friend and a guestpreacher he recruited while speaking at a university in Portland, Ore.
Preacher, family visit Eastern once more By Katie Smith Photo Editor @DEN_News George Edward Smock said he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ in 1972, and from there he has been visiting college campuses preaching repentance to students. Monday he returned to Eastern’s campus. Smock, known by the moniker Brother Jed, last appeared at Eastern in April. He and three other witnesses arrived at about 10:30 a.m. Monday and stayed until 4 p.m. to have an open dialogue with students on the campus’ Commemorative Courtyard in front of Ford Hall. Accompanying Smock were Sister Pat, 24-year-old Mikhail Savenko and Smock’s wife, “Sister” Cindy Smock. The four originally intended to speak in front of the Doudna Fine Arts Center; however, they were asked to relocate after a professor complained that their activity was disrupting classes. “If you’re going to influence them, you need to get out where they are,” Smock said. As students walked by Smock and his witnesses told some of the women they would go to Hell if they did not act more proper, and they should have more self-control when it came to
things like sex. Taylor Bainter, a senior art major, said she disagreed not only with the Smock’s message, but also with their right to be on campus. Bainter composed a petition to prevent Smock and his followers to preach on campus. “It’s not the actual message, but how it’s being said,” Bainter said. “It’s on our campus, and they’re guests. We
benefitting anyone, is not helpful to our society and is probably not true,” Mire said. Although students were quick to call Smock uncompassionate, he said he has only love for the audiences he preaches to. “I think students accuse us of being unloving. But they have a misunderstanding of love, essentially acquainting it with some emotional feeling,”
"If your speech isn’t disturbing the people, we don’t need a first amendment," George Smock (Brother Jed) want to take back our campus.” Smock, however, was not surprised by the effort to ban him from campus and said it is a typical reaction from students. “After they’ve made their jokes about the crazy preachers, it’ll probably provoke a lot of serious dialogue about religious issues,” he added. Leon Mire, a senior philosophy major, and member of the EIU Society for Free Thought said he agreed Smock’s message was delivered in too harsh a manner. “The idea of how the eternal torture for anyone who doesn’t believe in this particular message is a toxic idea that we need to wake up and realize is not
Smock said, “where as love is a choice, it’s an act of the will.” Danah Hemes, an associate campus minister at the Christian Campus House, said she was upset and emotional at the sight of Smock and his approach to preaching the Word of God. “It really frustrates me,“ she said. “I think it is going to further remove people from being open to a loving God who really cares about people on this campus and wouldn’t call them names.” Sarah Cochran, a freshman premedicine major, said a different approach to the student body might encourage members to be more openminded. “I recommend that they don’t do it
in the public where everyone can hear it,” she said. “I feel like they should have it in a private setting so that people who want to come and hear it can.” Cochran’s reaction is one the Smock’s have been faced with before. Cindy Smock attributes their controversial methods to the Bible. “The men of God went out to where the people were to try to reach the type of person who’s not interested in this type of lecture, and not interested in a bible study right now,” she said. “We’re trying to get the rebellious ones, the hard-hearted, the party animals, to get their attention and wake them up.” Smock said he agrees with Cindy Smock’s belief that the controversial tactics of religious preaching come from good intentions to persuade their audience to repent for their sins and live a life for God, regardless of their sometimes offensive claims. “If your speech isn’t disturbing the people we don’t need a first amendment,” Smock said. Katie Smith can be reached at 581-2812 or kesmith2@eiu.edu. For the in-depth version of this article go to:
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Kyle Swan, the previous Residence Hall Association treasurer, resigned from his executive position at the end of the spring semester. Swan left the position and transferred to University of Miami to pursue studio music engineer and criminology majors. “I couldn’t do both majors at Eastern,” Swan said. “Miami is a little more renowned.” He said he would be more able to network with those in his profession. Swan was the RHA treasurer for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013. Swan said he originally would have run for RHA president last semester but he did not want to commit to a serious position knowing he applied for the University of Miami. Mark Hudson, an RHA adviser and the director of housing and dining, said he as well as many other people in RHA knew Swan was trying to go to Miami. “He got to transfer to a school that he has always wanted to attend and got accepted and so he went,” Hudson said. Swan said it was nice to work with other students at EIU who were like minded about the organization. The job as treasurer entailed keeping track of the RHA checkbook and having it organized. When RHA members needed to spend money on programs and other necessities, the treasurer would give them a request form so they would be able to spend the money. Members of RHA would then give the receipts to the treasurer in order for him or her to balance the checkbook. Swan said the upcoming treasurer should always keep the books up to date. “Don’t wait until you have a lot of stuff to do because you can get backed up,” he said. “It can become very confusing where you’ll start losing receipts.” He recommended they make sure the books are good three to five times a week. While RHA officially has no one currently positioned as treasurer, the RHA budget is being handled. Resident Director Laura Imbirowicz said Jody Stone, the associate director of housing and dining resident life, and herself are taking care of the budget while the position is open. The elections for the treasurer position will be convened at the first RHA meeting of the fall semester at 5 p.m. on Sept. 5 at Lincoln Hall. Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.
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The New and Emerging Artist series will start off with a blast from the past with the first installment of the semester focusing on an R&B and 1950s and 1960sstyle band. Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center during their four-year-long tour. Dan Crews, the director of patron services at Doudna, said students would be able to relate to Velle because of her age and her style of music. “Ruby is a young singer, only a year or two older than the average EIU student, with a great voice,” he said. “She is a big star showing a lot of success. I think young people will appreciate her voice with the retro sound of soul, blues and rock.” He also compared Velle’s voice to Amy Winehouse. Crews said he thought the group would be more successful in the future and said it was a good chance for students to see the band before then. “This is a great opportunity to
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see a high-quality performance group,” he said. “In fact, I believe in four or five years they are going to be a very successful R&B group.” Velle’s band was formed in 2005 in Atlanta, Ga. and they have been spreading their retro, soulful sound across the country, Crews said. Crews said Velle and her band were chosen to start off the new-
est installment because of their reputation, Velle’s voice and the b a n d’s s u c c e s s re c o rd a t o t h e r venues. The prices include General Admission at $15, Senior Citizens at $12, and Eastern Students at $7. Crews said students can pay with their Panthercard. The New and Emerging Artist series centers on getting performers that have shown great success, and
Crews said the series is focusing on professional touring groups. Crews said getting artists to perform at Doudna was like working a puzzle with factors like limited space. Planning for the series goes back at least one year. Kadie Peterson can be reached at 581-2812 or kepeterson2@eiu.edu.
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Theater to host auditions for musical comedy By Kathryn Richter Staff Reporter @DEN_News The Charleston Alley Theater will host auditions for the upcoming musical-comedy “Bat Boy: The Musical.” The auditions will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at the Charleston Alley Theater at 718 Monroe Ave. to cast the 25 roles available. “Bat Boy: The Musical” is the story of Edgar, a boy found residing in a cave on the outskirts of the fictional town of Hope Falls, W.Va. Edgar is taken to the home of the local veterinarian, Dr. Parker, where his wife and teenage daughter attempt to teach Edgar how to integrate within the small town, much to
the dismay of the townspeople. Duke Bagger, the president and executive producer at the theater said all members of the community are welcome. “We really enjoy having as much community involvement as possible,” Bagger said. Bagger said any person, regardless of experience, is invited to be involved in some way for “Bat Boy: The Musical,” whether it is performing as an actor or working behind the scenes on the various aspects that make up the production. “Most people would be surprised at how well they act if they give themselves a chance and are willing to take some direction,” Bagger said. He also said he has had experienc-
es working with the “extremely talented” Eastern students and community members during past productions. “We will be looking forward to seeing all those people come through the door,” Bagger said. “We are equal opportunity.” While, the auditions will take place Thursday and Friday at the theater, an additional work call will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday in the theater for those interested in working behind the scenes, Bagger said. During the auditions, Bagger said actors should come prepared with 16 bars of music they will perform with an accompanist and will read selected portions of the script. Bagger said the director usually
looks not at how well the actor performs the selections, but rather the possible potential the actor holds to fulfill the character. “Sometimes you will look at someone who reads dreadfully,” Bagger said, citing is own experience as a director. However, Bagger said the potential is there and eventually the actor finds the character and blossoms. The play will be directed by Marie Jozwiak with musical direction by Elizabeth Halbe and is scheduled to premiere the second and third weekend in October. Kathryn Richter can be reached at 581-2812 or kjrichter@eiu.edu.
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Council to explore electricity providers By Samantha McDaniel Associate News Editor @SamMcDaniel20 The Charleston City Council will be discussing the authorization to award a contract with an electricity provider for the city at their meeting on Tuesday. The city council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Charleston City Hall. Mayor Larry Rennels said the city council members have decided to take bidders from electricity providers to get the best rate for the city residents. Rennels said the current provider has a contract until June of 2014, but the city council members feared the rate would be raised because of the decrease in electricity use over the summer.
“One of the things we were hearing when we talked to the consultants is that this summer was cooler, people didn’t use as much electricity for air conditioner as they did in the past,” Rennels said. “The power companies had tooled up to produce more and as a result their rates were a little lower than everybody had anticipated.” Rennels said by next June, the company may raise their rates so they are going to go through the process to decide a new provider. “Obviously if the bids come in and we can’t do any better then we’ll reject them all,” Rennels said. “If the bids come in and we can do the same or better ourselves then we’ll do it.” The resolution will give Charleston City Manager Scott Smith the authorization to accept the best bid when he receives it.
Rennels said when the bids come in they have to be accepted in a set number of hours and there would be no time for the council to meet to approve a bid. They will give Smith guidelines to operate within when approving the bids. The council will also vote on a resolution to renew their contract with Good Energy Consulting Services, the company that assists in the bidding process and contracting process with electricity providers. The council will also discuss an ordinance for the purchase of a property located at 2156 Douglas Drive. If approved, the city council will pay $27,500 for the property. Rennels said the city has been interested in purchasing the property for a number of years to improve the
visibility at a dangerous intersection at West Coolidge Avenue. “It’s a blind intersection. It’s a real sharp turn and coming into it from Douglas you are coming down a hill,” Rennels said. “We have wished for a long time that we had that property so we could clean it up.” Brush on the property is obstructing the view at the intersection and until the city purchases the property the city cannot do anything to improve it. “It’s a little chunk of property, where if we owned it, it would square out the city limits,” Rennels said. “It’s kind of a notch out of the city limits.” Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
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Building Bridges Student body president strives to close student, faculty gap By: Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor @JaradJarmonReporter
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Kaylia Eskew, Student Body President has been working hard since she was elected last spring to bring her goal of bringing staff and students together as a whole.
Along with the rest of student government, senior journalism major Kaylia Eskew has been preparing for the year with admirable goals for the student body. Eskew was elected last year as student body president and has been working in the position since the end of the last semester. Eskew said her main goal for the school year is to bridge the gap between students and faculty. She wants to create more dialogue so the campus can come together as a whole. One program she plans on implementing is one that will get graduates to mentor undergraduates. She also hopes to assemble more town meetings throughout the year. Previous town meetings have been where the students and staff have discussed issues like sexual assault on campus. Eskew said she felt very prepared for the job when going into it. “The out-going president Kaci Abolt and I had talked a lot about the responsibility, the time commit-
ment and what it really meant to be student body president,” Eskew said. The student body president said
“It was so great to have that event to help all the new students and returning students kick off the school year with some EIU spirit, ” -Kaylia Eskew, student president the biggest and most exciting program she has handled so far has been “Make it a Blue Night.” She handled coordinating First Night as well as co-hosting the celebration. “It was so great to have that event to help all the new students and returning students kick off the school year with some EIU spirit,” Eskew said. Since that night, Eskew has been setting up meetings with various groups and organizations around the campus. She is also preparing to interview
applicants who applied for student senate during summer. She has been involved in student government since her freshman year. The student body president originally got involved in through working on student government beat at The Daily Eastern News. “I went to my first couple meetings and got really interested in it,” Eskew said. “I guess I jumped ship.” After two years of being a staff reporter and working on student senate, Eskew was then elected to vice president of academic affairs. While she hasn’t been on The Daily Eastern News staff since sophomore year, Eskew has also been working on The Warbler, Eastern’s yearbook publication, when not working for student government. On top of that, she also is a member of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority. Eskew said that her role involves being a voice for the students and groups on campus and hopes to have a stronger Eastern connection. Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.
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Faculty Senate to begin new semester Staff Report The Faculty Senate will conduct its first meeting of the semester Tuesday to hear a presentation by President Bill Perry and to address the new method for off-campus library resource access. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. in Room 4440 in Booth Library. The authentication method for off-campus access to online library resources will also be addressed. According to a report submit-
ted to the Faculty Senate by Stacey Knight-Davis, the head of Library Technology Services, those who wish to access electronic library resources no longer need to use their 14-digit library number. Instead, a person can gain access using one’s Eastern NetID and password. The change was made on June 10. “This was a very complex project involving many different people from many different offices on campus,” Knight-Davis said in the report.
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She added that Information Technology Services, the Center for Academic Technology Support, Library Technology Services and the Booth Library administration all contributed to the new system. According to the Faculty Senate Constitution, the Faculty Senate operates as the representative voice of the faculty community and makes recommendations to the Eastern administration about issues encompassing not only faculty but also the campus community.
The governing body consists of 15 elected members of the faculty community with three non-voting student members, which are appointed by the Student Senate. Among the agenda items for the meeting, the Faculty Senate members will discuss appointments to the Booth Library Advisory Board, one member from each of the academic colleges. They will also address appointing a member to serve as the Faculty Senate representative on the University Naming Committee.
During old business, the Faculty Senate will entertain reports from its eight committees along with a report from Blair Lord, the provost and vice president for academic affairs. Under new business, the members will address placing the Council on Academic Affairs Learning Goals on the agenda of a future meeting. The next Faculty Senate meeting will be at 2 p.m. on Sept. 3 in Room 4440 in Booth Library.
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Fall: Summer is over. Time to get back to business. Go to class, do homework and study.
Fall Semester: School is back in session, and we are back on campus with friends and having a good time.
New cell phone law: Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill stating as of Jan.1, motorists will have to have a hands-free device to operate cell phones while driving or pull over.
Brother Jed: Brother Jed and Sister Cindy from The Campus Ministry USA exercised their right to free speech on campus. Alex Villa | The Daily Eastern Ne ws
Brother Jed: Even though Brother Jed and Sister Cindy expressed their First Amendment right, they offended students.
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It costs money to skip class “Syllabus week” is here, and some peolecture because you realize you are supposed Our POSITION ple believe there is no reason to go to class. to be in the room across the hall. • Situation: Classes are why you are here. They Wrong, syllabus week does not exist. Professors often take attendance on the are important. Syllabus week is just a term used for the first day to start learning the names and fac• Stance: Go to class. If you don’t go to class first week of school when professors are es of their students, which could be a clue you are just wasting money. introducing their classes to the new stuthat you are in the wrong class. dents. Many students assume that professors do Yes, professors typically give out a sylnot give out homework on the first day, but labus on the first day of class, and sometimes that is all they talk this is often wrong. It is rare, in fact, because many like to go into about, but that does not mean that is the extent of the lesson. lecture the next class period and expect the students to be able to Information given on the syllabus is not all that is said in class. discuss the material provided the first day. Professors often explain their syllabus and provide more detail than Students come to Eastern to learn and that is difficult to do from what can be put in the sometimes four-page packet of paper—like a residence hall, apartment or house. So go to class. if you need to bring your textbook every day or if the deadline for Students pay thousands of dollars for professors to teach them, your 10-page paper hasn’t been set. and it costs you for every class. The syllabus contains a lot of information that you need for According to a poster produced by University Housing and Dinthe class like a schedule, a professor’s contact information or office ing Services, missing one Monday/Wednesday/Friday class costs hours. All of these things are important tools throughout the class. $23.22. The rate increases to $29.02 for every Tuesday/Thursday The first days of class also give you a chance to meet the othclass, so why would you skip class? er new people in your class, which can come in handy if you miss a You pay less to see a movie, and you wouldn’t miss that if you had class and need notes or if you need a study buddy. to pay for it, so why are you going to pay for a class and not go? If you miss the first day and the professor does a lot of lecturing, there are not many chances to talk to your classmates. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The first day of class is also the day you learn where your class is. The Daily Eastern News. Professors often assume that someone is in the wrong place, and you don’t want to be the person who has to leave in the middle of the
Former Rec Center director will be missed Welcome back everyone. I hope you all had a fun and safe summer. Now that you all are back, you can start cluttering the Student Recreation Center again. Trust me, I have enjoyed this last week of quiet, but while everyone was gone, your Rec Center had some news. The now former director, Ken Baker, retired in June, and to all of us employees, he was known as Mr. B. It is safe to say that Mr. B will be remembered as one of the best supervisors we will ever have. As long as you showed up to work and did your job, you were considered a friend. He never yelled or embarrassed you in front of your co-workers. He corrected you in a respected fashion behind closed doors. What was said was said, you moved on, and everything was back to normal. Mr. B was your boss, but that didn’t mean he was too good to get down on his knees and help clean the treadmills with you. If
Kyle Daubs you were lucky enough like I was, then he’d take you out to lunch while you were in the midst of one of your long shifts. That’s what made Mr. B special. He wanted to get to know all of his workers. He respected you as long as you respected him and the workplace environment. I received my job at the Rec Center after I met Mr. B at my awards ceremony here in Charleston. I had been awarded the first ever Merv Baker remembrance scholarship. The scholarship was named after Mr. B’s father.
He came up to me after the ceremony and asked if I wanted a job at the Rec Center because if I earned that award, then I should be a hard worker. I hope he still thinks that today. The Mr. B method was always that hard work pays off. Mr. B took care of many that have passed through the rec center, including myself. He was our supervisor, but we will always remember him as a friend rather than our boss. Now, Mr. B is probably playing golf, hanging with his grandchildren, or doing something outside. Who knows? The rec center will miss his presence, but we will still be in good hands. My main question to our new supervisors is: Seriously, who’s going to buy the bread sticks now? Kyle Daubs is a senior math and special education major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com
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STAT ATTACK
Stat Attack is a weekly feature that highlights the key statistics of sporting events. This week, we featured football, women’s soccer, volleyball and rugby.
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Eastern’s football team racked up an average of 516 yards of total offense per game last season, second best in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Panthers’ passing offense led by quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo averaged 358 yards per game, also second in the OVC. His main target, wide receiver Erik Lora, hauled in an FCS record 136 receptions along with 1,664 yards and 12 touchdowns.
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Senior Reynae Hutchinson has tallied 26 career doubledoubles in her first three seasons at Eastern. She led the volleyball team. The team captain finished 10th in the Ohio Valley Conference with 3.11 kills per set in conference play. Hutchinson’s 291 digs were second last year. She has earned OVC honors this season after being named to the All-OVC Team in 2012.
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The women’s soccer team was outscored 21-13 last season, resulting in an eight goal differential in 10 Ohio Valley Conference games. The Panthers are losing their two of their top three goal scorers in those games. Kritin Germann and Brooke Sill accumulated for seven of those 13 goals. Sophomore Hannah Miller is the leading returning scorer in conference play with two goals.
The 2012 rugby team finished the season on a six-game winning streak, ending the year at 8-2. The last time the Panthers lost two games in a season was in 2007, when Eastern finished 8-2. From 2008-2011 the team had a combined record of 40-1, losing only to Grand Valley State (175) in 2010.
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Panthers to face off with Butler Team looks to find rhythm in third match By Michael Spencer Staff Reporter @tmskeeper The Eastern men’s soccer team will face off with Butler at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Indianapolis. It will be the third match of the Panther’s exhibition season as players work to reach match fitness and new tactics begin to surface. Just two games into the preseason, it is already apparent that Eastern’s offensive posture is more attack-oriented. Howarth said the team is playing with only one holding midfielder in sophomore Tony Meza, allowing senior center-half Jake Plant to push up into space in the attacking third. But it is the spot next to Plant that is up for grabs. “I think we have five or six really good central midfield players; some are younger than others.” Howarth said. “We’ll keep rotating people around. That’s what these games are for.” But they are also about preparing physically for the regular season. “We just want to keep on making sure our fitness is good and that’s the focus,” Howarth said of the team’s four match preseason. “The results aren’t really the concern right now.” Be that as it may, it is difficult to not look at the implications of Tuesday’s match. In last year’s preseason, Oakland, the 2012 Summit League regular season champion, played Butler to a 2-2 draw in Indianapolis. Moreover, the team Oakland played last year is similar to the squad Eastern will come up against Tuesday. Butler, who was 5-8-5 in the Atlantic 10 last year, is returning 11 players that started in 10 matches or more last season. Among those individuals is sophomore forward Jeff Adkins who led the team in scoring as a freshman, netting five goals and claiming as many assists as he found his way on to the All-Conference Rookie team. Holding down the Bulldog backline is junior defender Brandon Fricke. According to the information released by Butler, Fricke played his club ball for Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City’s youth program and was even included in a development camp for the United States’ Men’s National Team. Eastern will see a Butler side that is in its third different conference in as many years. The Bulldogs have moved from the Horizon League in 2011 to the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2012. This season, head coach Paul Snape’s side is on the cusp of another year in a new league, but this time the Bulldogs will play in the Big East. That puts teams like NCAA College Cup contenders Creighton and Georgetown on their schedule for conference play, to say nothing of defending national champion Indiana, who are scheduled to play Butler in a non-conference match Sept. 25. Following Tuesday’s match, Eastern will return to Charleston to play Dayton at 5 p.m. Saturday on Lakeside Field. The team will then have six days off before beginning their regular season campaign on the road at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Michael Spencer can be reached at 581-2812 or tmspencer@eiu.edu.
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Football | Scrimmage
Panthers go to battle for positions The senior quarterback said earlier in the summer that lowering his interception total was one of his major goals for this year. Garoppolo finished the 2012 season tied with Tennessee-Martin quarterback Derek Carr for the By Aldo Soto most touchdown passes with 31, Assistant Sports Editor but Garoppolo also led the confer@DEN_Sports ence in interceptions with 15. @AldoSoto21 Babers said the key for GaroppoT h e E a s t e r n f o o t b a l l t e a m’s lo to lower the interceptions falls on scrimmage on Saturday featured the quarterback’s knowledge of the several touchdowns, but the first offense. “The main thing to lower intercame on an interception return from safety Jourdan Wickliffe on ceptions for Jimmy is just his familiarity with the offense,” Babers said. the first Panther drive. Coach Dino Babers, who led “I think that number is going to Eastern to the second-best scoring come way, way down.” The second-year head coach also offense in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2012, is quick to remind said interceptions are not always the people of his defensive background. quarterback’s fault. “Sometimes receivers run the “Now, three of my four years in college were spent on the defensive wrong routes,” he said. “Sometimes side of the ball,” Babers said. “It’s an offensive lineman might let a guy press the pocka misnomer. I et too much love defense. I and the ball love pick sixes.” "It’s a misnomer. I love gets tipped.” Babers Wickliffe’s watched Wick- defense. I love pick sixes." first intercepliffe intercept Dino Babers, Football Coach tion was influtwo additional enced by just passes, including another interception return for that: a tipped ball at the line. Timotheus Granger, a junior dea touchdown. Panther starting quarterback, fensive lineman, tipped GaroppoJimmy Garoppolo, threw that first lo’s pass attempt that landed in the interception on the team’s opening waiting hands of Wickliffe, who ran the ball back 24 yards for the score. drive.
Interceptions, defense highlights scrimmage
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Tray Carr, a sophomore defensive back, punches his hand after Murry State lost a fumble during a game at O’Brien Stadium. The Panthers will play their first game August 31 at San Diego State.
Artavious Dowdell led the Panthers with 7.5 sacks last season, but now that Dowdell is gone after his senior season, Granger will step in as one of three new defensive lineman. Babers said he expects Granger to be a difference maker this season. “I think (Granger) is definitely one of our guys who is going to be playing this year and we’re expecting big things out of him. No doubt.” Babers said.
Granger played in all 12 games his sophomore season as a back-up defensive lineman after being a reserve defensive lineman and special teams player during his freshman year. The rest of the Saturday scrimmage featured second and third team players, which are battling for back-up positions. “I thought some guys pulled a little bit ahead,” Babers said. “Most of the live scrimmage was 2’s versus 3’s
so, we were giving those guys one more hurrah to say, ‘hey, I am the guy you are looking for. Play me, see me, it’s me.’ And we’ll see after going back and looking at tape.” Babers has less than two weeks to determine who those back-ups will be prior to Eastern’s season-opener at San Diego State on Aug. 31. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.
Baseball | Pitchers
Panthers shine during summer action Pitching gains experience in summer league play By Aldo Soto Assistant Sports Editor @DEN_Sports @AldoSoto21 Eastern pitchers Matt Borens, Christian Slazinik, Ben Kennedy, Joe Greenfield and Jake Johansmeier played in summer leagues after the conclusion of the 2013 season. Slazinik, now a senior, started for the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plains League on June 22, his first game action in more than four months. Slazinik appeared in 12 games over the summer, starting seven games and ended with a 0-4 record. The lefthanded pitcher finished with a 6.56 ERA, allowing 40 hits and 21 walks in 35 and two-thirds innings. Although the St. Louis native allowed opponents to hit .276, Eastern pitching coach Jason Anderson said it was good to see Slazinik pick up the ball and pitch during the summer. “All you wanted to see from (Slazinik) was to get him healthy and back on the mound, and he did that” Anderson said. “I was very pleased that he got out there and was able to get some innings in.” Slazinik was slated to be the Panthers’ No. 1 starting pitcher in 2013 after Troy Barton’s season-ending injury occurred a week before the team’s first game. Slazinik threw one pitch on Feb. 17,
against Jackson State and then left the game with a knee injury. That was his only appearance all season. Anderson said he is hopeful that Slazinik will be ready for his senior season, starting with preparation in the fall. “He’ll be ready to go for the fall and hopefully we won’t have any setbacks like we had last year with him.” Anderson said. Slazinik had a familiar face along his side throughout the summer as fellow Panther pitcher Borens also pitched for the Wilson Tobs. Borens pitched in six games, starting them all and finished with a 2-2 record. He pitched 36 innings in his six starts, allowing 16 runs on 27 hits. He had a 24-to-14 strikeout to walk ratio, holding batters to a .213 average. The Northwoods League had two Eastern pitchers on the Lakeshore Chinocks’ roster. Joe Greenfield, who was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in June, led the Chinocks with 61 strikeouts in 70.1 innings. Greenfield, who will return to Eastern for his senior season, posted a 4-3 record with a 2.56 ERA in 12 starts. Anderson said the goals vary for every pitcher during the summer. For pitchers like Greenfield and Borens, who were first and second in innings pitched (93.1, 88) for Eastern last season, respectively, Anderson said remaining healthy is imperative. “Some guys like Matt Borens, who threw a lot last year for the first time, you just worry about him not getting hurt,” he said. “With Greenfield
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Brant Valach, a junior infielder, slides into home while Southern Illinois University Saluki Brad Drust, a red-shirt senior pitcher, looks towards his teammates for the ball.
it’s the same type of situation and you want him to develop an off-speed pitch.” Johansmeier pitched for two leagues during the summer. The right-hander began in the Midwest Collegiate League, playing for the Dupage Hounds. He started two games, pitched 11.2 innings, winning one game. Then a spot became open in the Northwoods League. Johansmeier, who was named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference Newcom-
er Team, started five games for Lakeshore and finished at 2-1. He allowed 24 hits in 29.1 innings and ended his stint in the Northwoods League with a 2.14 ERA. Johansmeier said playing during the summer is extremely advantageous to preparing for the upcoming college season. “Playing in the summer is 100 percent important because you have the chance to relax and slow down,” Johansmeier said. “You can focus on what you need to do to make yourself
a better player.” Kennedy pitched out of the Panther bullpen in 2013 and he was able to pitch in the Ripken League with the Alexandria Aces. Kennedy appeared in 14 games, pitching 16 innings and finished with a 2-0 record. He allowed five runs, giving up 15 hits and walking 13 leading to a 2.19 ERA. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.