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Los Potrillos has license suspended By Robyn Dexter In-depth Editor
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A stack of grilled cheese sandwiches lie on a table in Carman Dining Hall.
Student downs 9 sandwiches, wins contest By Stacy Malliaras Staff Reporter
Surrounded by four other contestants at a long table with friends lurking close by, Gavin Grant won the seventh annual Grilled Cheese Eating Competition Wednesday, almost breaking the contest’s record. Grant, a freshman undecided major, finished nine sandwiches, just two and a half sandwiches short of breaking the Carman Dining Hall’s record. Grant said the reason he entered the contest was because his friends had pressured him into doing it. “I started to feel like the contest wasn’t such a good idea after my seventh sandwich,” Grant said. “It felt awesome and very accomplished to win, but I will definitely not be doing it next year because it was way too much grilled cheese.” Matt Strzelczyk, a sophomore pre-business major said it was his first eating contest he ever participated in. “I had a pretty hardcore training session. I started with a good night sleep and then I had a good lift,” Strzelczyk said. “On my way to the competition I had a good pump, in
the car and I was ready to go.” Strzelczyk said his method was double fisting the sandwiches. “I made sure to use ketchup too, because I like that and so it went down smoothly,” he said. Kelsey Green, a junior family and consumer sciences major, came to the Carman Dining Center to eat dinner but began watching the contest. “I thought Matt Barbian was going to win because he had his game face on,” Green said. “I wouldn’t participate in this contest because I don’t like to eat that much, and I would probably get sick.” Matt Montag, a junior English major and dining center worker, said this was his first time working the shift of the competition. “We prepare for this like we would any other normal day for meals,” Montag said. One tray of grilled cheese contains about 64 sandwiches, he said. Montag said they make all the sandwiches for the contest fresh. Contestants were given a plate of five sandwiches, and if they ate all of them, they would be served another stack of five.
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Matt Strzelczyk, a junior marketing major, scarfs down two grilled chesse sandwiches Wednesday night in Carman Dining Hall for a grilled chesse eating competition.
“We start off with 96 sandwiches freshly made, and depending on how many people compete, we make an additional 24,” Montag said. Kristin Cann, the unit director in the Panther Catering Department, said they were expected to have eight contestants, but there were only five who competed. “The prize for the winner is
an assortment of food goodies,” Cann said. “This year, it was cheese-inspired.” Grant said he received Pringles, Sun Chips, Macaroni—all cheese related—along with more cheese assortments. Stacy Malliaras can be reached at 581-2812 or amalliaras@eiu.edu.
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Eastern political groups debate issues By Stephanie Markham Staff Reporter
Members of the EIU College Democrats and the EIU College Republicans vied to get their views across on current political issues Wednesday. Students gathered in Lumpkin Hall as the two organizations had an hour-and-a-half debate. The first topics up for debate were the economy and taxes. Ethan Ingram, a senior anthropology major and member of the EIU College Democrats, said Obama’s auto-industry bailout has been successful. “You look at states like Ohio that were particularly hard hit by the recession, and they have a lower unemployment rate than the national average,” he said. “Part of that is because of the success of the auto bailout.”
Nicholas Tieman, a junior accounting major and the president of the EIU College Republicans, said the rate of economic recovery is not going at the rate it should. “The current U.S. deficit stands at a little over $16 trillion,” he said. He also said Obama planned to lower the unemployment rate to 5.4 percent in 2009, but it has risen to 7.8 percent. The next debate topic was healthcare and Medicare. Student Democrats expressed that Obama’s healthcare laws have been successful. Republican students expressed their thoughts first. Voudrie said he, along with U.S. Gov. Mitt Romney, felt abortion should be allowed only in certain cases. Sieben said the decision of al-
lowing same-sex marriage should be decided by the states, not the federal government. He also said he is supportive of the Second Amendment allowing gun ownership. Gallagher said although he also supports the Second Amendment, he believes the type of weapons citizens are allowed to own should be regulated. He said the problem with immigration needs to be addressed with reform and enforcement of minimum-wage laws instead. He also said culture adapts over time, and he is certain same-sex marriage will be legalized in the future. “Marriage is so old—the only things older are war and beer,” he said. The groups then accepted follow-up questions from the audi-
ence. One question asked was about how to control pregnancy rates among adolescents. The student Democrats said they believe proper sex education and available resources would answer the problem. Sieben said he agreed sex education is important, but he did not think contraceptives should be made available in schools. Both groups closed by expressing that students should continue research on the topics discussed and vote in the upcoming election. Stephanie Markham can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu. An extended version of this story can be found at
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Los Potrillos, located at 1305 Lincoln Ave., recently had its liquor license suspended for one day because minors were served. Local restaurants are subject to random checks by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Charleston City Attorney Brian Bower said the search was conducted by the state of Illinois and found the restaurant in violation. “The Illinois Liquor Control Commission suspended (Los Potrillos) for one day and fined them $750,” he said. “They did a compliance operation that the city of Charleston was not a part of and they had an underage person sold alcohol.” Bower said the hearing took place in Springfield. According to the commission’s website, the search was conducted on Aug. 29, but Los Potrillos’ license was not suspended until Oct. 15. He said 19 other licensees in Coles County were checked for underage alcohol sales including Casey’s General Store in Mattoon, which was also found to have sold alcohol to a minor. Brad Oyer of the Charleston Police Department said although CPD was not responsible for the searches, they still played a role. “We assisted the state when (the commission) did the compliance check,” he said. Susan Hofer, spokeswoman for the commission, said Los Potrillos’ license was suspended because of multiple violations. According to the ILCC website, the same incident occurred in January 2010 at Los Potrillos and was the reason for both the fine and the license suspension instead of just the fine. “This can be imposed by either the state or the city level,” Hofer said. “The licensee is subject to random checks, and we do them all around the state.” Hofer said the licensee is entitled to a hearing before the ILCC to explain how the incident came to happen or to deny the incident. “The first violation is usually a fine, second violation could be a larger fine or, depending on how serious the crime is, a temporary suspension could be put in place,” she said. Hofer said the sentence Los Potrillos was issued was fairly typical. “We don’t like to close businesses down,” she said. “However, it has been known to happen where a licensee will blatantly violate the law, and we have no choice but to close them down.” The process for checking if a business will sell alcohol to minors includes volunteers by high school and college students. “They will go into an establishment with their own identification and order a beer at the bar or try to buy a six-pack at the convenience store,” she said. The underage person will give their identification when asked, or, if the business does not ask for an ID, a violation has also occurred. “Certainly, it’s a violation if (the salesperson) looks at the ID and the kid is 19 and they sell it anyway,” she said. “If they refuse the sale, then they have not violated the law.” Hofer said the commission also received complaints, and they will proceed to carry out the process from there with investigating the licensed retailer. RESTAURANT, page 5
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Forgery, disurbances reported in Charleston • At 2:31 p.m. Monday, a forgery report was taken to Old Main. This incident is under investigation. •At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, a domestic disturbance was reported to have occurred at multiple off-campus locations. This incident was forwarded to the Office of Student Standards and the Charleston Police Department.
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Meghan Kegeris, a junior communication studies major, Leeann Kirchner, a senior English major, and Amina Aker, a sophomore theatre major, practice for the "Symposium on Ancient Greece - Theatrical Performance" Tuesday in the Black Box of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The performance will be at 3 p.m. Thursday on the Atrium in Booth Library.
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Thursday will be the first time five student actresses performing a collection of plays called “Daughters of Dionysus” will see their stage as it is the first day of their performance. The performance is a part of the symposium on Ancient Greece. The performance begins at 7 p.m. in the Booth Library Atrium, which is why the girls have not been able to rehearse there. Instead, they have been rehearsing in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Meghan Kegeris, a junior communication studies major, said she is nervous about the performance but is also excited, as she has been working on her parts since August when members of the theater department auditioned for all of the roles for the semester. “When the casts were posted, there was a sheet of paper with five girls’ names on it,” Kegeris said. “It didn’t have a title but said that it would be Greek theater.” The collection is composed of scenes from three Greek plays “Medea,” “Antigone” and “The Trojan Women” with narration between the scenes so the audience
understands the context and significance of the scenes chosen. At the time Kegeris was cast, the performance did not have script. The cast, which consists of students Amina Baker, Shelbie Kearfott, Kegeris, Stormie Kelley and Leanne Kirchner along with help from director Jean Wolski, compiled the script. Kegeris said she has never been in a play that did not have a script and enjoys picking and choosing what fits. She has continued to adjust her script even as recently as the past week before the show. “It’s very freeing to have this kind of control of what I perform,” Kegeris said. “I got to take a whole different approach.” Although there are two male roles in the collection, the actresses who portray them wear masks. Wolski said they did not cast any males as a way to keep the amount of roles for each gender in the department even. Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812 or alwywialowski@eiu.edu. An extended version of this story is at dailyeasternnews.com
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Lectures to discuss athletes, technology By Shirmeen Ahmad Staff Reporter
Ancient Greek ideas about athletes and their influence of technology in modern society will be addressed on Thursday. The presentations will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in room 2120 of the Physical Sciences Building. Gary Aylesworth, a philosophy professor, will present “Ancient
Greece and the Concept of Techne.” Craig Eckert, a sociology professor, and Angela Glaros, an assistant professor of anthropology, will present “Body and Sport in Greek Antiquity.” Eckert said the lecture “Body and Sport in Greek Antiquity” is about looking at parallels between Greek conceptions of athletes and what they represented versus more contemporary views. Eckert said he believes the stu-
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dents will develop a general interest in the lecture and an interest in seeing the ideal versus reality. Eckert said he believes these Greek Symposium lectures are insightful because students can see how the past has influence in “their profound world.” Aylesworth said his lecture “Ancient Greece and the Concept of Techne” will be about the Greek concept of techne—translated to
craftsmanship, craft, or art— which is where the modern concept of technology is derived from. Shirmeen Ahmad can be reached at 581-2812 or sahmad@eiu.edu. An extended version of this story is at dailyeasternnews.com
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Salisa Khalighi, a sophomore at Lake Land College, hula hoops with fire Wednesday in the Library Quad. Khalighi have been fire hooping for about two months.
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Professors discuss Asian issues By Samantha McDaniel Daily Editor
Four Eastern professors used their heritage or experiences to exchange different views on socioeconomic issues in Asia, with a focus on East Asia, China, India and the Middle East on Wednesday. Marko Grunhagen, a business professor, spoke about issues affecting China in his presentation titled “Socioeconomic Challenges in China (incl. Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan).” China is the second largest economy in the world, and Grunhagen said its gross domestic product has grown significantly in past years. He said despite China having a big economy, they have tensions and policies that have caused some problems. “There are big discrepancies between
rich and poor, east and west, rural and urban,” he said. Grunhagen said the population causes problems within the workforce. Jinhee Lee, a history professor, presented “Sources of Tension in East Asia: History, Territory, and the Legacies of the Cold War.” Lee said East Asia is a crowded place with high populations of people. Lee said East Asia is made up of many countries including China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea, among other areas that are being disputed for power. Lee said there are tensions within different countries and between countries over economic issues, territory and names. One example Lee gave of a dispute over control was with the islands between China, Taiwan and Japan.
Lee said some tensions in East Asia are related to the population and resources. Mukti Upadhyay, an economic professor, presented “Prospects and Challenges in India’s Economic Growth” Upadhyay said India has more than 350 languages among the populations and also has a wide number of political parties. Ahmed Abou-Zaid, an economics professor, presented “Economic Prospects in the Middle East in Light of Recent Events.” Abou-Zaid said it is difficult to discuss economics in the Middle East because the 27 different countries have many different economic statuses. He said some countries are rich in oil and natural gas and thrive from the increase in oil prices, while others are starving.
He said there has been a history of corrupt governments in the Middle East. Abou-Zaid said some economic growth has been seen with these different corruptions. Heather Jia, a business professor, said she was happy with the diverse panelists who brought different opinions and gave different views to the students. Heewon Shin, a senior communication studies major, said even though she is Asian, she learned a lot from the panel. “It's good for American students to know about Asian countries and what issues are going on there,” Shin said. Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu. An extended version of this story can be found at
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Dog club discusses park for Charleston A group of dog lovers met Wednesday to hash out a possible place for their pooches to play. The Charleston Area Dog Club had a meeting discussing a dog park in Charleston and Mattoon’s future. Betty Hargis, a dog trainer for the club, said a dog park is important, not just for the dog and the dog owner, but also for the community itself. Ellen Johnson, also a dog trainer for the club, said the benefits of having a dog park are greater than the disadvantages. Dogs can get adequate exercise and socialize with other animals and in turn, dogs are less destructive when they are
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at home and are better behaved, Johnson said. Larry Sullivan, of Mattoon, said he drove to Champaign once a week for three years to take his two dogs, Buddy and Lady, to the dog park. Sullivan said his family and his dogs benefitted from the dog park in Champaign. The club and Brian Jones, the director of the Charleston Parks and Recreation Department, looked at Urbana and Champaign’s dog parks for guidance. Johnson said she talked with Judy Miller, the environmental program manager in Urbana, about their dog park, and Miller explained that a dog park must have at least five acres of useable space. Miller told Johnson in the nine
years Urbana’s dog park has been open, few problems have occurred. Johnson said she expects a Charleston dog park to have 100 to 150 dogs in and out of the park every day, so she thinks the number should be equal or less to Urbana’s numbers. The club is planning to have a 6-foot-tall chain-link fence surrounding the dog park so the dogs could be off-leash. However, Johnson said the biggest problems they have right now are trying to find a location and fundraising the money. Like Urbana, the club members and the Charleston Parks and Recreation Department believe the cost of a dog park in Charleston would cost
about $80,000 to 100,000. Johnson said taxes will not go up to pay for the dog park — the fundraising and membership fees should pay for the dog park. Johnson said there are dog parks out there, and that proves the community managed to do it. “It doesn’t mean it can’t be done,” Johnson said. “It was done in all those other communities.” Amanda Wilkinson can be reached at 581-2812 or akwilkinson@eiu.edu. An extended version of this story can be found at
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While many students will walk across the stage at Lantz Area in the spring and be done with college classes, others will still have many hours of studying ahead of them. Some students will decide to enter into graduate school programs across the country instead of entering into the stressful job market. The Daily Eastern News applauds those willingly to hit the books for another couple of years as long as they have done their homework. We understand that the job market is daunting with a 7.8 percent unemployment rate in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Graduate school may seem like a lucrative option, especially if students are afraid to enter the real world. Students willing to take the extra time and money will benefit in the long run. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employees with master’s degrees earned 20 percent more than those with only a bachelor’s degree in 2011. We believe graduate school is a great opportunity to receive additional information in a field a student loves. But students need to research their program and financial decisions before going ahead with more school. Graduate school is not cheap, especially with the average student graduating from four-year institutions owing about $25,250, according to the Institute for College Access & Success’ Project on Student Debt. Students should seek other options to pay for graduate school so not all the money is coming out of their own pockets. Sometimes students forget that we have to repay all the money that we borrowed. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2010, 22 million students working toward their master’s degree or higher degree will have to go on food stamps at one point during their studies. Students should look into scholarships and other programs to see if graduate school is a viable option for them, and they need to make sure they are not living from paycheck to paycheck. Universities like Eastern offer students graduate assistantships that will help them pay for graduate school and not place a large weight on their pocketbooks. The purpose of graduate assistantships is to provide well qualified students with the opportunity to go to graduate schools, according to Eastern’s website. They provide graduate education through research and in the classroom learning. Though if students are not willing to take opportunities like graduate assistantships and scholarships, the editorial board thinks students should reconsider placing a larger financial burden on themselves.
ther myself or through family members or friends, but in my lifetime, it’s more of an unfortunate reality than not. According to breastcancer.org, one in eight women in her lifetime will experience invasive breast cancer, so it’s not unlikely it could affect my mom, my aunts or even my sister and me. Breast cancer doesn’t play favorites, and with those kind of stats, early detection and prevention is essential. Not only is it important to get tested, but we need to also work toward creating more awareness — positive awareness that can hopefully one day be about a cure. This is why I think the T-shirt campaigns advocating plans to “save the hooters” or “save the boobies” are not only largely offensive, but counterproductive.
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breast cancer about survival, not sex Students should Fighting It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness does need the procedure to survive, is “savMonth, and I’m against “saving the tatas.” ing second base” really the biggest priority? not use graduate Yes, I actually have a heart, and I defi(Also, this doesn’t even touch on the nitely wouldn’t wish that type of suffering fact of how men are not immune to breast school to avoid on anyone. I am just looking for a less sexcancer and are still often excluded in the ist approach to breast cancer. mainstream campaign for awareness — I’ve luckily never had to deal with the that’s a whole other issue in itself ) job market direct effects of breast cancer through eiI’m not suggesting any person — male
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While the people wearing one of these shirts more than likely did it with good intentions, they are still perpetuating the idea that a woman is nothing without her breasts. The shirts just completely miss the point: we’re trying to save women, not their perceived sexually attractive features. It only further promotes the idea that women are only as good as their bodies are. What about the women who had mastectomies in order to beat their cancer? Are they less worthy of survival just because their breasts didn’t? Sure, if a woman beats her cancer without needing a mastectomy like so many women do, that’s wonderful. But if she
or female — would intentionally engage in this thought process, but it is the subconscious undertone these type of shirts suggest. But a caring man (or woman) would never think twice if his or her partner, family member or friend had to lose breasts. Overall, this sexist campaign needs to stop. Instead, let’s create one of positive awareness for the whole body to be saved, focusing on the strength of the body to overcome cancer. Let’s not focus on saving breasts, but the body as a whole. Let’s not fight for sexualization, but survival. Sara Hall is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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‘Magic Mike’ shows double standard for strippers For those of you who do not know about the recent events in movie sales, “Magic Mike” came out on DVD Tuesday. This movie made the news, showing women lined up to see the movie back in June, and women have been waiting patiently for its release on DVD for four months now. It’s initial release sparked many conversations. The idea of crazed women and male strippers was contradictory to the typical “stripper” movie. There is a complete double standard not only in the portrayal of male and female strippers, but also with the men and women who go to strip clubs. Whenever a woman is portrayed in a movie as a stripper, it seems that it is a tale of hardship and a life of guilt. In “Striptease” with Demi Moore, the plot is not anything like that of “Magic Mike.” Hollywood seems to give the stereotypical role to male and female strippers. Male strippers are fun and love their jobs, whereas female strippers seem to be showcased as left with no other option than to be a stripper. Female strippers are often shown doing a dance on a pole to a slow song in a dark room. In “Magic Mike,” Hollywood uses props and different scenarios for each male
Jackie Capps dancer, which makes the atmosphere upbeat and exciting for the audience. When men say they are going to a strip club, there is an automatic assumption that the strippers will be willing to do more than dance. When female strippers are stereotyped, it usually means they are given names that mean to say that they are “easy.” Women often seem to have a problem with men going to strip clubs because they think that it is degrading toward their gender, or they think that it’s “gross” to go watch women dance naked. Men who go to strip clubs for whatever reason are always seen as having an ulterior motive. When women go watch men dance, it is never portrayed as “gross” or it usually is not thought that the men are sleeping with their cli-
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ental. They go to watch men dance and it’s not a big deal. A girl turning 21 or a bachelorette out for her last night as a single woman is usually the reason as to why girls go to male strip clubs. I am certain that there are women out there who have the same motives as men do at strip clubs, but we just never hear about those or see those kinds of women in the movies. “Magic Mike” has portrayed the life of a male stripper, and showed the female audience go crazy for the leading man. What that movie also did was open the door to other stereotypes that are addressed in other movies, but that are also addressed in life. The idea of strippers and strip clubs will probably never change, but, just like any other stereotype, it can be acknowledged. If a movie would have come out about an upbeat female stripper who loves her job, there would be many people upset by it. So according to Hollywood, it is okay for boys to grow up and be strippers, but for women, it is preferred that they stay in the audience and throw dollar bills into g-strings. Jackie Capps is a junior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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CAA to vote on changes to DAC Staff Report
The Council on Academic Affairs will vote Thursday on a resolution suggesting changes to the Department Application of Criteria. Vice chairman Stephen Lucas, a professor of secondary education and foundations, proposed the resolution two weeks ago. Lucas’s resolution states that it encourages faculty, department chairpersons and committees to revise their DAC to recognize activities that “facilitate departmental efforts to study, revise and implement programmatic changes in support of student literacy, oral com-
munication, critical thinking and global citizenship.” The four areas identified in the resolution indicate the university learning goals that were evaluated by the Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning. The goals were evaluated based on standardized tests, electronic writing portfolios and faculty reports. Chairman Larry White said the resolution responds to CASL’s report, which indicated unsatisfactory trends in general-education goals, by outlining suggestions for the departments to consider. He said the DAC is a contract
prepared by each department stating how it will apply criteria for promotion, retention and tenure for faculty. He said this proposal would provide incentive and guidance for faculty to focus on the issues presented by CASL by recognizing them for success in their evaluations. “We can do better as a whole,” White said. “When we look at the entire student body, and when we look at seniors to see what we’ve added, we’re not so satisfied. We don’t want to be below expectation.” The council will meet at 2 p.m. in Room 4440 at Booth Library.
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The dean of the Graduate School proposed a resolution to the Student Senate members Wednesday regarding having a more diverse group of commencement speakers. Robert Augustine, the dean of the Graduate School, explained that the people who speak at commencement have always been the student body president and a faculty member. Because there are two fall commencements and four in the spring, Augustine said he was hoping to choose different speakers to hear from. “Having students be elected to speak at commencement would give more students a chance to represent the student body,” Augustine said. Students who would like to speak would need to go through an essaysubmission process. This would include them presenting their speech and being judged by faculty members. From there, four students would move on to an oral competition, and the final two would be selected. These two essays would be published on Eastern’s website. The speaker with the highest points among the judging panel would speak at graduation, and the student with the second best score would be an alternate. Student Senate members are still discussing who is willing to write a resolution for this proposal. The members passed two other resolutions at their meeting Wednesday. They passed their resolution to support the new study abroad course that, when coupled with a study abroad experience, would
serve in place of a senior seminar course. Wendy Williamson, the director of study abroad, presented her proposal to the Student Senate at its meeting last week. Jarrod Scherle, the student executive vice president, supported this resolution. “I would have loved to have this course when I studied abroad,” Scherle said. Scherle also addressed the Student Senate members about his idea to address the Alumni Association to change the music that played in the Alumni Association Clock Tower near Booth Library. “The clock tower is programmed to play more than 200 songs but usually only plays the alma mater,” Scherle said. Songs would include Christmas songs around Winter Break, the commencement walk during graduation day, the Eastern fight song on game days and “God Bless America” during the Fourth of July. The Student Senate members agreed to recommend this idea to the Alumni Association soon. Student Senate members also attended the Teen REACH program Tuesday. Justine Ryan, a Student Senate member and a junior communication studies major, most of the children who went to this program live in poverty so she had a great time teaching the children how to make smoothies, nachos and puppy chow. “This event changed my perspective for who needs help in this community,” Ryan said. Kate Quill can be reached at 581-2812 or kmquill@eiu.edu.
RESTAURANT, from page 1 The ILCC will check licensees around the state more frequently around “party” times of the year including homecoming and Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. “We tend to focus our energy on col-
lege towns around certain times of the year,” Hofer said. “We look at any of the times underage people may feel the need to participate in underage drinking.” Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.
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I’m not panicking, why are you? Just as the Eastern volleyball team reeled off its longest winning streak of the season, winning three games in a row, it failed to extend the streak to four wins as the Panthers fell to St. Louis Tuesday night in four sets (19-25, 25-22, 14-25, 22-25). Today, several people in my classes asked me, ‘Why can’t they keep things going? They’re a good team but it isn’t showing on the court, why?’ My answer was simple: don’t panic. If there were a time for the Panthers to panic this season, it is long gone. I am referring to the 10-game skid the Panthers suffered earlier this season. The losing streak was Eastern’s longest since the 2008 season. Eastern didn’t panic earlier in the year, and it most certainly won’t now. Before Tuesday night’s loss, the Panthers were 4-1 since snapping their losing streak. All four wins came against Ohio Valley Conference foes as the Panthers improved their conference record from a mere 0-5 to 4-6, remaining in contention for the OVC tournament. It’s obvious that the Panthers have found their identity, but for a moment Tuesday night, they shortly lost it and were unable to come back in the match against the Billikens. “Tonight was just an off night in general,” junior outside hitter Reynae Hutchinson said about the loss. “Coach (Price) pretty much addressed it in the locker room, our passing broke down and when that happens, it’s what really makes us struggle the most. When our pass-
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Anthony Catezone ing breaks down, our net play really has to pick it up, and we weren’t able to do that tonight, either.” The Panthers sit tied for third in the west division of the OVC, and tied for seventh overall. With seven games remaining, six come as OVC contests, leaving the Panthers with hopes of finishing at least four games above .500 in conference play. If the Panthers did so, it would mark the first time they finished above .500 in five years. Eastern will return to action as it hits the road for two OVC matches this weekend against TennesseeMartin at 7 p.m. Friday, and Southeast Missouri at 2 p.m. Saturday. So as I said, don’t panic, Eastern volleyball fans. All is well. Both matches can be major statement games for the Panthers, as they fell to both squads in the OVC and home openers. The games remaining on the schedule won’t come easy for Eastern, but it has shown recent success and if the Panthers are able to replicate that success in future games, they will be poised for a run in the OVC tournament for the first time in years. Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.
PRESEASON OVC R ANKINGS
Racers picked to repeat Staff Report
Defending champion Murray State was picked to win the west division of the Ohio Valley Conference, while newcomer Belmont is the favorite coming out of the east, as the men’s basketball head coaches and sports information directors voted at OVC media day. The Racers led the West Division voting, picking up 22 of the possible 24 first-place votes, where schools are unable to vote for themselves, tallying 132 total points. Southeast Missouri nabbed second place, receiving the other two first place votes and 108 points. Eastern was picked to finish fifth in the west with 49 total points. The Panthers trailed Austin Peay (92)
and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (73). Tennessee-Martin (38) was the only team projected to finish below Eastern. Belmont picked up 21 of 24 firstplace votes, receiving 131 total points, as it was projected as the frontrunner in the east division. Tennessee State was tabbed second and received the remaining three firstplace votes and 109 total points. Tennessee Tech (87), Morehead State (77) and Eastern Kentucky (56) rounded out the remaining teams in the east. Because of an NCAA Academic Progress Rating penalty, Jacksonville State is ineligible for postseason play this year and was also ineligible for preseason voting.
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Chelsea Craydon, of Lindenwood, is lifted up by her team members during a lineout during the rugby game against Lindenwood on Oct. 4 at Lakeside Field. The Panthers will play Lindenwood again Thursday at Lindenwood.
Panthers travel to Lindenwood Nicholas Ruffolo Staff Reporter
In the midst of a three-game winning streak, the Panthers will take on the Lindenwood Lions Thursday in a rescheduled match from Sept. 13. This match also comes after a recordbreaking performance against Kansas State last Saturday. During the first meeting between these teams this season, Eastern defeated Lindenwood 43-10. Although they received the victory, Eastern head coach Frank Graziano said he believes they can do better. “We missed a bunch of tackles and it caught us off guard,” Graziano said. “We addressed those issues, though; we do a lot better when we tackle well.” The match will be played in sevens for-
mat, but not quite the same rules. The rugby teams will still use the rules for rugby fifteens, with the exception of the number of players and the game format. “It is kind of like our hybrid version of sevens,” Graziano said. “It will be played in a series of three games like sevens, but it will be with fifteens rules and seven players.” Eastern will keep the rules unchanged to avoid more problems that arose earlier in the season after starting 0-2 in the sevens format. The one rule that the teams will enforce is the drop-kick rule. In rugby fifteens, a player kicks the ball while it is set on the ground. Rugby sevens, however, all players must drop the ball to the ground before a player can strike it. This format change will bring sophomore scrum-half Carissa Burge
back into kicking duties. “We have had a lot of injuries,” Burge said. “So it worked out that both teams wanted to play sevens.” Among those injuries is sophomore fly-half Nia Williams, who has been sidelined by an undisclosed illness. She missed last week’s game against Kansas State after being hospitalized earlier in the week. Williams will most likely be out for this match against Lindenwood. Graziano has decided to add another game to the rugby schedule. The Panthers will take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Nov. 11 and will be away from home for the sixth time this season. Nicholas Ruffolo can be reached at 581-2812 or nfruffolo@eiu.edu.
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Madison Kissner, a sophomore center, has scored 85 points during this season. The Panthers travel to Lindenwood to take on the Lions at 3 p.m. Thursday.
After starting the season with only two trys, sophomore center Madison Kissner has exploded for 15 trys in the last two games. Ten of those trys came against Kansas State last weekend when Eastern defeated the Wildcats 121-0. “Saturday I just seemed to find the holes that coach had been trying to get me to go through all year,” Kissner said. “Carissa (Burge) helped a lot by drawing defenders and putting me through the holes in the defense for easy trys.” Burge also had her hand in the win with four trys, while at the same time opening up holes for Kissner to run through. Burge helped Kissner by dishing out a program-record eight assists. Kissner had her fair share of records, setting three new marks in the midst of her breakout performance. The 10 trys from the last game bested the previous record of eight trys that was first set by Crystal Jones in 2006. The double-digit trys put her at 17 for the year, 13 more than she had all of last season. “It’s an honor to be ranked with the best alumni and former teammates,” Kissner said. “I couldn’t have had such a good game without my teammates, though. They set me up for big runs.” Twelve of her runs went for 20 yards or more, which surpassed the old mark of seven that Olympic-hopeful Lauren Doyle set in the game against Western Kentucky on Oct. 13. Kissner’s 50-point effort cemented herself in Eastern rugby history as well, but Kissner said she believes that the team has improved, not just one player. With the team facing off against Lindenwood Thursday, the team will look to continue its success. “Last weekend, I believe, was a total confidence-booster for our team that we can execute what coach has asked of us,” Kissner said. “We have finally all found our spot and our roles on the team, and my confidence as a scorer for this team has gone up.” Nicholas Ruffolo can be reached at 581-2812 or nfruffolo@eiu.edu.
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A caution post marks a part of the new track with with water stains. O’Brien Field has undergone numerous renovations over the last several months, and a finish date is yet to be set.
Field construction behind schedule By Jordan Pottorff Sports Editor
The $3.1 million renovation of O’Brien Field has yet to be completed as a combination of factors has slowed the completion of the track for several months. Stephen Shrake, associate director for design and campus projects, said the process has been slowed by inclement weather, bad soil beneath the surface of the track and water surfacing from beneath the track. The bad soil beneath the surface of the track caused extreme rutting by the construction equipment as the construction crew was forced to use lime stabilization to harden the surface of the soil. “Lime stabilization is a process that mixes lime with the soil, causing the soil to become much firmer and resists rutting,” Shrake said. “That took 30 or 40 days to resolve.” The renovation process came to another halt when the first layer of polyurethane was found to cause water beading on the surface of the rubber in certain locations. “The water beading is an unusual event that the contractor had not experienced before, so they took some core samples to have tested in a laboratory setting,” Shrake said. “We are meeting with them next week to hear and review the results. Until then, we are in a holding pattern.” Along with the bad soil and beading, Charleston received a large amount of rain, resulting in
another delay to the construction process. “We received between five and six inches of rain over a several day period just prior to the start of the polyurethane installation,” Shrake said. “The weather entered a period where we were having a rain event every few days so the contractor pulled off the track.” Although the renovations at O’Brien Field have experienced several delays, Shrake said the construction crew is aware of the scheduling requirements this spring and will have the track completed by the start of the outdoor track season. “Until I meet with the contractor next week, I can’t say (a date when the track will be completed),” Shrake said. “Obviously, we have some committed dates next spring for EIU and OVC track events along with the Special Olympics and IHSA track events in May.” Once the track is laid, it has a warranty period of five years and will complete the 3.1 million dollar renovation process of O’Brien Field. The renovation process included replacement of the football turf, modifications to the visitor bleachers, relocating the jumping events to the area between the track and the visitor bleachers, and rebuilding the throwing area to comply with the NCAA requirements. Jordan Pottorff can be reached at 581-2812 or jbpottorff@eiu.edu.
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Panthers eager for second road meet of season Confidence rises for men, women By Aldo Soto Staff Reporter
The Eastern men’s and women’s swim teams are excited for their second road meet of the early season as they will travel north to the windy city and compete against IllinoisChicago on Saturday. The men are coming off a loss at IUPUI, but the confidence level remains high and the women look to add a second victory to their year after a win against Butler this past Friday.
The head coach of both teams, Elliott McGill, said the swimmers are looking forward to this meet. “ Training in the same facilities for so long makes the road trip something to look forward to,” McGill said. “They get excited and the anticipation builds up as we get closer to the time of the meet.” Eastern’s opposition will be a test to the young group of swimmers. Both the men and the women have focused on relays during practice this week, McGill said, trying to tighten up all the small intricacies, such as the starts and turns during the races.
The Flames men’s and women’s teams also started off the year on the road, coming out of Fairborn, Ohio, with a win over Wright State, earning wins with final matching scores of 176-122. “We primarily worry about us and how we can improve after ever y meet,” McGill said. “ We rarely ever think about the other team.” The Flames sport a group of freshmen, which were inte gral parts to the team’s victory in Ohio. Of the 10 first place finishes for Illinois-Chicago, five of them came from freshmen. The women’s team recorded the
best times in all but three of the 16 events they competed in. McGill said his expectations for his freshmen have only been raised after the first meet. “After the first meet I told them (freshmen) they are no longer freshmen, they are now one day closer to being a sophomore, and that is what I am considering them as,” McGill said. “I look forward to seeing them step up.” One aspect that remains strong for the Eastern swim teams is the leadership shown by the seniors on both teams. The coach said the seniors have been phenomenal creating a good culture with the younger swimmers
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What: Swim meet Where: Flames Natatorium, Chicago When: 1 p.m. Saturday and have developed a different kind of excitement that is unique to this year’s team. The meet is set to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Flames Natatorium in Chicago. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.