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Above: Junior art major, Hannah Wilson, chases participants of the Zombie 5K as they run through the finish line Saturday at the Panther Trail. Those who did not get “infected” during the run received survivor pins. Top Left: Wilson hunts down two runners. Those who were “infected” during the run recieved buttons upon their completion. Top Middle: Participants of the Zombie Run take their first strides. Volunteers dressed as zombies were stationed throughout the trail and instructed to “infect” the runners by capturing a pink flag fastened to the runners’ waists. Top Right: Marty Yurcheshen, 56-year-old Palentine resident, listens as instructions are given to volunteers before hiding amongst the trees.
‘Undead’ unleashed for zombie run By Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor | @ JJarmonReporter Students and community residents ran for their lives as well as to support awareness for Multiple Sclerosis at the 5K Zombie Run Saturday on the Panther Trail. For the run, participants strived to keep their three flags through the onslaught of volunteer zom-
bies strewn across the Panther Trail while running the three miles. The participants had to keep all three flags by the end of the finish line in order to ensure they would don the “I survived the Zombie 5K” pin. If they failed and lost all of their flags, they would be given the “I got zombified on the Zombie 5K” pin. These zombies showed no weak-
ness when hunting their victims, with many hiding in trees then jumping out when the victims pass like Charlie Davis, an 18-year-old Palatine resident. Davis said he let a couple people pass then rushed for a few children who were running behind. Dylan Doughty, a senior business management major, who ran the 5K, said there was one zombie who jumped out of a tree and
sprinted a roughly 100 meters to try and get Doughty’s flag. These zombies also used tactics such as baiting to ensnare their victims. Daniel Hughes, a freshman economics major, and Austin Sproles, a kinesiology and sports studies major, made sure to focus the attention toward Hughes while Sproles hid behind a tree.
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‘Warbler’ brings home multiple awards By Robert Downen Administration Editor| @DEN_NEWS Staff from the student-run yearbook The Warbler Yearbook was presented multiple awards and honors at a college media workshop last week, including “Best in Show” for 240-page publications.
The awards, offered by the College Media Association, were presented to the Eastern students at the annual National Media Convention in New Orleans. The publication also received first-place praise for its 2012-13 cover, third place for its student life spread and honorable mention for designer pages. Brandyce Gordon, a journal-
ism student and managing editor at The Warbler last year, said while the staff was confident when they arrived in New Orleans, they were surprised to win and place in such a variety of categories. “We haven’t won awards in a pretty long time,” she said. “But I knew we had done a pretty good job when they were using
our publication as examples in different workshops throughout the week. I started to realize we might really have a shot.” G o rd o n s a i d T h e Wa r b l e r has also applied for a Pacemaker award, the highest honor offered by the Associated Collegiate Press.
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At 5-foot-9-inches, it is not difficult to spot Cameron Douglas among kindergarten students, but at Mark Twain Elementary School’s annual Fall Frolic celebrations Friday, Douglas could not have looked more at home. Douglas, a senior clinical laboratory science major and president of the Black Student Union, attended the frolic in his capacity as a mentor with BSU’s “Bridging the Gap” program along with five other Eastern students. “Bridging the Gap” was established in spring 2012 after Terry Diss, the Mark Twain Elementary principal, approached Douglas about creating a program to introduce greater diversity into the school. At the time Douglas was the BSU service affairs chairman. Diss said he felt diversity was something not typical of east central Illinois, but Charleston was an exception because of the presence of Eastern. “We’re fortunate here because of the university,” Diss said. “I think exposing children to positive role models from different races, different cultures and different places only helps them develop that understanding now and as they grow up.” Diss said students look at people differently than adults do. “When students see someone walk in, they don’t see white, black, orange, purple; they see people and I think that’s very important that that’s just how we look at people here,” Diss added. Douglas described the aim of “Bridging the Gap” as trying to “defeat the stereotype of minorities in young children before it has time to grow and become an issue in ones life.” This aim is achieved through a student committing to visiting Mark Twain Elementary for a minimum of one hour every two weeks to assist in areas such as reading, lunch, workshops and events. “We have watched the number of college students involved with the program grow exponentially from the mere ten that started,” Douglas said. The program was expanded at the beginning of fall 2013 to include students from Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, with Douglas hoping to include several more organizations by next year. “Having thirty-plus college students helping out with this gives room for EIU students to go bi-weekly, yet we still fulfill our obligations of having one of EIU’s very own in their building every day,” he said. Douglas said while students choose to become involved in “Bridging the Gap” for a variety of reasons, they gain feelings of happiness, importance and excitement about giving back to the community through doing so. “I’m a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity incorporated and we stand for manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mankind, so this is definitely one of our manly deeds and love for all mankind,” he said. “We have a genuine ethic of wanting to do this.”
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The University Police Department plans to have the Panther Patrol up and running in November. The Panther Patrol will be comprised of student employees whose job will be to check the buildings and parking lots on campus. They will also be available to walk students who do not feel safe to their car or residence hall. To have a patrolman walk you home, a student will need call a dispatcher, which will be created for the Panther Patrol, who would then direct the patrolman to their location. They will only be allowed to escort those walking on campus. University Chief of Police Adam Due said they would not go to places outside of the campus. “If someone said, ‘I am coming from uptown,’ we are not going up there to meet them,” he said. “But we would meet them at the edge of campus and then escort them to their destination. Starting out, Due expects to have four to eight people out on patrol per night working from 10 p.m. until 2 p.m. Due said when the Panther Patrol program is initiated, it will be more of a test run. “We are not sure how it is going to work out. We want to start a bit smaller and slower to start out,” Due said. He said he expects to see campus employees to use this service when walking to their cars. UPD is working with Jody Stone and Abby Ford to get this off the ground. Due said the plan is to make
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Donald Moore, sophomore kinesiology and sports studies major and member of the Eastern men's basketball team, performs a between-theleg dunk during the dunk contest Friday in McAfee Gymnasium. "Ballin' for Boobies" was a charity game hosted by the NAACP. All the funds will be donated to the Sarah Bush Breast Cancer Center.
The University Board Mainstage Committee has teamed up with poet, Jasmine Mans, to present another poetry slam session. The poetry slam will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Martin Luther King Jr. Union. In 2012, she was named one of Glamor Magazine’s Top 10 college women for her powerful messages through her poetry performances. David Groves, a senior business management major, and the main stage coordinator for the UB, said he discovered Mans on YouTube and has been a fan of her since high school. “It’s a real honor to have her come to Eastern,” Groves said. Mans attacks issues in today’s world and she does not hold back, he added. Groves said people who listen to Mans’ poems will gain a different view on issues in today’s world, and it will have an effect on them, individually. “She reaches out to people in a different way,” He said. Mans has several poems that have gotten a lot of attention in the media and from the Internet. These poems include “Dear ExLover,” where Mans reminisces about moments from her past relationship, as well as a message to her future daughter. In “Dear First Lady,” she celebrates the leap of having an African-American couple in the White
House. In this poem, she discusses her four-year-old cousin looking up to First Lady Michelle Obama. Her other poems include, “You Gone Get This Work” and “I Know You Didn’t Mean to Kill Him.” She has been featured on HBO’s “Brave New Voices,” BET, and billboard.com. Mans is popularly known for her poem, “The Mis-education of a Barbie Doll.” Mans poem received more than 400,000 views on YouTube. “The Mis-education of a Barbie Doll” targets and criticizes muscian Nicki Minaj’s, “Barbie doll" image and the objectification of womanhood. Groves said audience members would experience something they would not at any other poetry slam performance. “You can take away something unlike any other,” he said. Groves said his main goal is for the students to view poetry in a different light. Mans can be found on YouTube under the username, “The Strivers Row.” Members from Delta Sigma Theta sorority, NAACP, Eastern’s “Brave New Voices” winner Tiarra “Mello” Webb and others will also be performing and the poetry performance Wednesday. Stacey Catterson can be reached at 581-2812 or secatterson@eiu.edu.
Panther Patrol just another part of the night assistant program. The panther patrol will be the mobile unit of this program. “While they will be assigned to the residence hall lobby, these students (Panther Patrollers) will be checking the exterior of the building and the parking lots.” While the night assistant supervisors already check the exterior of the residence halls, the Panther Patrol will be expanding to all of the buildings on campus including the academic buildings. Due said the patrollers would likely be equipped with flashlights and rain gear. They are only expected to observe and report if there is a problem. They will have the same rights and privileges of any other citizens. “They will be extra eyes for the police,” Due said. He also said previous volunteer groups started by fraternities and the ROTC did not work out because of some of the volunteers would not show up to the locations or volunteers would just stop doing it. With this new program, Due said it would ensure those who need assistance would not feel uncomfortable with the patrollers. Due added he hopes with the UPD and Housing and Dining running the program, it will be more organized and more professional. Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.
Hit and run, theft, DUI reported • A hit and run near McAfee was reported at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. This incident is under investigation. • A criminal damage to property was reported to have occured on Oct. 5 near McAfee. This incident is under investigation. • A cannabis complaint was reported at W-Lot at 11 p.m. Wednesday. This incident was referred to the Office of Student Standards.
• A theft was reported from near Lawson Hall at 11:50 a.m. Thursday. This incident is under investigation. • Rebecca Cundiff, 20, of 250 S. East Street, Dalton City, Ill., was arrested at E-Lot. She was charged with DUI-Alcohol, with a blood alcohol content of more than .08. She was released at 2:27 a.m. after posting 10 percent of $3,000 bond.
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Symposium to continue exploring technology use By Samantha McDaniel Associate News Editor | @SamMcDaniel20 A symposium with a number of remaining sessions will explore technology, its history and its use in modern society. The Revolutions in Science and Technology Paradigms has a series of upcoming session, running until Nov. 7, that will showcase effects of technology, people who had a major influence on technological development and current implementations of new technology. Wafeek Wahby, a professor in the School of Technology and one of the
symposium coordinators, said technology has such an impact on peoples’ lives and it is important to understand the extent of its impact. “Classes are different. The part of having teachers stand in front of student is changed by the Internet,” Wahby said. “You name it, any communication is different.” Wahby said one of the goals of the symposium is to bring the campus and Charleston community together to discuss the effects of technology. The events will take place over the next two week and the schedule of events is available on the Eastern website.
Booklets about the symposium are also available. The next session is at 10 a.m. Monday in Room 4440 of Booth Library. The session, titled “A Concrete Advantage: Production of Portland Cement” will discuss how new cement changed landscaping. The following session at 11 a.m. Monday in Room 2153 of the Physical Sciences Building will feature information about Sir Isaac Newton, an influence on science. Other studies will talk about female inventors, technology and health and the Internet. The closing session will take place
7th Street to have haunted fun, games By Joryn-Alyssa Zeek-Lee Staff Reporter|@DEN_News Celebrating Halloween by turning the 7th Street Underground into a family-themed haunting, members of University Board will be offering trivia, games and prizes of up to $250. Haunted 7th Street will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the basement of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Nate Bolden, the student activity special events coordinator, said it is not a haunted house. “It’s just a fun Halloween event for everyone,” he said. All ages from children to adults are welcome, and the event is free, Bolden added. Bolden said costumes are welcome and there will be a Halloween costume contest where contestants will compete for prizes. Guests can enjoy refreshments and candy provided by UB members. Bolden said the idea was to help bring back the Halloween spirit for students. “As we get older Halloween becomes a type of taboo and we’re just trying to bring the Halloween excitement back,” Bolden said. He added it was not going to be anything too rowdy.
“It’s just good wholesome Halloween fun,” said Bolden, “Just bring a good time.” Andrew Manley, a senior psychology major, agreed and said he thought it was a good alternative to going out on Halloween night. “I think it’s a good way to get students together on Halloween instead of going out and getting into trouble,” he said. Haunted 7th Street is sponsored by the University Board and organized by the special events committee. The special events committee is responsible for coordinating a number of university events, including Welcome Back Weekend, Family Weekend and various minor events throughout the year. Bolden said he is currently looking for new members to join his special events team. “Students will be able to voice their concerns about university events and be included in the planning of events,” said Bolden. Students who are interested in joining may stop by the Student Activity Center in the Union. Joryn-Alyssa Zeek-Lee can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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at 10 a.m. Nov. 13 in the CharlestonMattoon Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The session “An Inspiring Look at New Fundamental of Technologies and How to Use Them in Your Future Career,” will focus on how the world uses technology and how it will continue to change to fit the needs of the global community. The idea behind this symposium came from the idea that communication has changed because of technology. This year’s symposium was supposed to be on ancient Rome, following the ancient Egypt and ancient
Greece symposiums the last two years, but a technology-themed symposium was decided on instead. Wahby said student should come to the symposium because they will be the ones affecting future technology. “Look at these guys who did Facebook, Myspace and other social sites, mostly they were young,” Wahby said. “It is interesting to see how young people spark ideas that really influence the world.” Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
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Don’t support one, support many Cancer is a word that makes everyone’s stomach ache and heart al Cancer Prevention Month and June has a National Cancer Survidrop. This is especially so if it has affected you. vors Day. The list goes on and on. September and November have Every month has at least one type of cancer that is “made aware” the longest list of different cancers that are “made aware” in the during the month’s duration, but there is one type of cancer that months. overshadows all others and that is not right. The majority of people who already know of the other types of Breast Cancer Awareness Month is October. Walking around awareness months are those who have been affected by them,or campus you will see shirts that say “Save the Tata’s” and “I Love know someone who are or were affected by them. Boobies” bracelets, as well as other forms Branch out and do some research, yes of the same saying. Even though breast breast cancer is something that is important Our POSITION cancer affects both males and females, the to be made known and yes it does do hor• Situation: There are many types of cancer afawareness generally is geared toward womrible things, but it is not the only one. It is fecting the world, but some overshadow the othen. one of many and they all need to be treaters. Most people probably don’t know that ed the same. • Stance: Educate yourself on the types of canOctober is not just Breast Cancer AwarePeople aren’t just affected by just one cers, and don’t just support one. Support many. ness Month, it is also Liver Cancer Awaretype of cancer; they’re affected by multiple. ness Month. It is sad to see that although The point is that people shouldn’t conliver cancer is diagnosed in people and centrate on one type of cancer just because kills people, it is not made as aware as breast cancer. it gets more news. People should be aware of other months as well. September is Get out there. Do research. Start awareness on another type of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This general saying covers cancer. Don’t let just one type outshine the rest. many types of cancer that children are diagnosed with and some die The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of from on a daily basis. The Daily Eastern News. January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, February is Nation-
Conference inspired, gave us creative ideas We just returned from a whirlwind of workshops, critiques, roundtables, brainstorms and keynote speakers in New Orleans, and our staff could not be happier to be back. As fun as our southbound, multi-day road trip was, we departed on our quest to further educate and reinvigorate ourselves to better serve you. Now that the 10 of us who went to the National College Media Convention are back, we can get back to doing that. But this won’t simply be the same work we’ve been doing. Though we are proud of the newspaper we’ve been creating five days a week this semester, we have new ideas and plans on how we can be better. We’ve spent time learning from other publications on the cutting edge of college media. Though not everything they’ve done will be right for our paper or the Eastern community, we are willing to try these new ideas until we find what works best for us. In the near future we plan on taking a look at our website, multimedia content and sports coverage with a new perspective.
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your life at Eastern. While we go through this time of transition, we’d like your feedback now more than ever. If there are issues you think are important that are going uncovered, or if there is something you would like to see more of, let us know. You can email us, send letters to the editor or stop by 1811 Buzzard Hall to talk to us in person. We love feedback, and if you want to help us transition through contributions of your own, we’d love to have you. Anyone can work for us, and we always have positions open for writers, photographers, artists, designers, programmers and videographers. We are going to evolve. It’s not going to be instantaneous, and it won’t always be easy. But we will be new and we will adapt to this constantly changing world of media. We hope you look forward to it. Seth Schroeder is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or DENeic@gmail.com.
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Latarius Ferguson, a senior marketing major, became involved with the “Bridging the Gap” this year through his associations with BSU and Alpha Phi Alpha. “With my schedule being so tough on campus, it’s hard for me to get time to get away from a lot of the business aspect there one campus,” Ferguson said. “When I do get time in my schedule it’s great to come here for an hour or so just to be able to interact with the children and just to get to know them.” Ferguson was inspired to participate in the mentorship program after having been involved in a similar program during his childhood. “It was probably one of the best things to ever happen to me,” he said. “I got to meet a lot of people that I still know to this day.” Parents, such as Lisa Bennett of Charleston, said volunteering at Fall Frolic were positive about the idea of having students from Eastern in the
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around them. “I just think it helps bridge the gap between school and the community, school and Eastern,” he said. Sitting in the gymnasium helping a little girl decorate paper pumpkins, Ferguson’s rapport with her was obvious, but he was humble about the fact he was giving up his own time to build such relationships. “To see them happy is more than enough for me,” he said. Douglas too was modest about his efforts in helping to establish “Bridging the Gap.” “The most rewarding part of dong this is honestly seeing the effect you have first hand,” he said. “When you’re out somewhere and a kid comes up to speak to you and you can meet the parent, that’s worth a thousand words right there.”
Though results will not be released until next year, she said praise for The Warbler at last week’s convention made her much more confident in the publication’s chances to win the coveted award. Alex McNamee, a 2013 Eastern graduate, was also credited for his work in The Warbler. McNamee’s feature on Eastern wide receiver Erik Lora took first place distinctions for its design He was quick to credit two other Warbler staff—Danny Damiani and Zachary White, both who are 2013 Eastern graduates—with the photo idea, and said he was extremely pleased the publication received national recognition. Robert Downen can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
While it was fairly successful, Sproles and Hughes did not expect two participants to come prepared with silly string. As Sproles was about to attack, one of the participants brought out silly string catching them off guard. “I thought it was pepper spray at first,” Sproles said. The volunteer zombies were not the only threat though. Participants who preregistered were able to choose to be a running zombie, which are zombies who get a delayed start behind the uninfected zombies behind them. One runner zombie, Hannah Wilson, a junior art major, caused many scares along the trail as she sprinted through. Wilson said she cheated and skipped portions of the path. “I didn’t follow the rules. I am dead and I don’t need to,” Wilson said. Doughty said he stayed next one of the quarantine zone water stations because she was following his group of friends. “I stood in the safe zone for five minutes just because she was with our group,” Doughty said. “I let the rest of my group go ahead. I let her chase after them.” Doughty said it was a lot more challenging than he thought it would be to run through the trail. “It was really tiring. You have to change from sprinting to jogging so much,” Doughty said. He said while he participated in the run because it was an interesting idea, another reason he participated was in support of his mother, who has MS. Elyse Banovic, the head coordinator of the run, said they were hoping to raise $1,000 and ended up raising $2,000 toward the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Greater Illinois Chapter. This money will be used to fund more research for the cure for MS. Banovic, a senior management major, said she hopes the Society of Human Resource Management, who sponsored the run, will continue to do this next year. Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.
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Freshman Jon Delzell does the butterfly stroke against Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Friday at Padovan Pool. The Panthers lost to both Illinois-Chicago and IUPUI.
Panthers come up empty-handed after weekend By Dan Hildebrandt Staff Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s and women’s swimming teams ended their weekend without a win as the men fell to IUPUI on Friday 72-36, while the women lost 80-30. On Saturday the Panthers swam in a double-dual meet with the University of Illinois-Chicago and IUPUI. The men dropped both meets, losing 138-65 to the Flames and 151-53 to IUPUI. The Panther women also came up empty-handed losing 139-65 to the
Flames and 144-60 to the Jaguars. The meet on Friday consisted of 14 events with the Panthers winning one. Eastern senior Colin McGill won the 50-yard backstroke for the Panthers. On Saturday, Eastern had a tough time coming up with a win in any events. After 22 events, neither the men nor the women had any firstplace finishes. Eastern coach Elliot McGill said he expected a fast meet. He was very pleased with the teams’ heart and effort throughout the meets. “This was the fastest meet ever
at Ray Padovan Pool,” McGill said. “The fight us and UIC and IUPUI showed in every event was awesome. Even though we came up short on the points, we showed a heck of a lot of heart.” McGill said he does not want to look at the outcomes of these meets as losses. He said the teams put together some good performances and the teams this year would be beating the Eastern teams of the past. “I don’t look at it as we are building off of losses,” he said. “We are building off of some really solid performances for us right now. Both
teams right now would just decimate our teams from last year. We are going to challenge the kids to build off of that, not off of a loss.” The teams will be preparing hard during the next two weeks for the meet against Evansville, McGill said. “Our skills are sharp, our stroke lengths are solid, and the effort is there,” McGill said. “From here we’ve got two weeks of some hard and fast training and two weeks of prep work going into our mid-season invite. Nothing gets you faster in swimming other than swimming fast in practice. That’s what the next
two weeks will be about.” Currently on the season, the men stand at 0-4 with losses against Saint Louis, Illinois-Chicago and two against IUPUI. The women stand at 1-4, losing to the same teams as the men and winning one against Butler. With no meet next week, the Panthers will get back to action on Nov. 9 with a home meet against Evansville. Dan Hildebrandt can be reached at 581-2812 or djhildebrandt@eiu.edu.
Denver outshoots Eastern in 2-0 win By Michael Spencer Staff Reporter | @tmskeeper Eastern red-shirt sophomore striker Garet Christianson was shown a red card in the 53rd minute of the Panther’s Summit League matchup with Denver. Three minutes later, the Pioneer’s red-shirt junior midfielder Reid Hukari slotted a shot into the bottom corner to score Denver’s first goal in the team’s 2-0 defeat of the Eastern men’s soccer team. Denver (9-3-3) remained undefeated through all four of its conference
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games while Eastern (1-11-2) slips to 1-3-1 in the Summit League with only one league match remaining before the postseason tournament. Despite remaining scoreless throughout the first 45 minutes, Denver controlled the match in Eastern’s defensive third. The Pioneers outshot the Panthers 20-2, the Eastern’s most lop-sided performance of the season. Eastern head coach Adam Howarth stuck with a quicker lineup for Saturday’s game. It was a similar starting eleven that Eastern used to capture its only victory so far this sea-
son against Oral Roberts in week 4 of conference play. However, the extra speed up the wings could not make up for the strength of Denver’s midfield led by senior Zach Bolden, the team’s topscorer, who provided Hukari with service on his goal. The assist was Bolden’s his sixth of the season. Denver was quick out of the blocks in the first half, peppering the goal with a flurry of shots through the first 15 minutes of the match before Eastern managed a single attempt towards goal. The trend would stay the same un-
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 The Redhawks added their second goal just three minutes later when Stephanie Palmer, assisted by Jennifer Antonacci, put one in on a corner kick. Kasey Crowden scored two goals near the end of the first half to seal the win for the Redhawks, scoring an unassisted goal in the 38th minute, then adding another in the 400th, assisted by Amy Ward. Jerzy was again in goal for the Panthers, making seven saves in the loss.
til the end of the half. Eastern was outshot 10-1 in the first period and little more than five minutes into the second half the match began to become stretched and disjointed. After a series of fouls from Eastern, Christianson was sent off for a foul in the 53rd minute and a foul in retaliation just a couple minutes later saw two Denver players receive cautionary yellow cards from the center official. Just three minutes later, Hukari scored to put Denver ahead by a goal in the 56th minute. Denver proceeded to knock shots
towards goal for the next 20 minutes before the Pioneers managed to break down the Eastern back line on another goal from close range. Freshman forward Eric Kronenberg finished off the Panthers in the 76th minute to cap the match at 2-0. Eastern will be back in action as they travel to Wisconsin for a midweek nonconference match up with the No. 38 ranked Badgers. Michael Spencer can be reached at 581-2812 or tmspencer2@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Southeast Missouri’s Ashton Aubuchon made two saves in the win. The Panthers had just four shots in the match. With the two losses, Eastern remains with 18 points in the OVC standings with one match remaining on the schedule. The Panthers take on Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Sunday at 2 p.m. Edwardsville beat Tennessee-Martin 1-0 on Sunday, but the Skyhawks remain in first place in the OVC with
21 points. Southeast Missouri has 20 points, putting the Redhawks in second place. Eastern and Morehead State are tied with 18 points each following Morehead State’s 1-0 loss to Belmont on Sunday. The Panthers beat Morehead State 1-0 on a late Meagan Radloff goal on Oct. 4. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.
In the second quarter, Little ran in for a 21-yard touchdown, putting Eastern ahead 14-3, making that his fourth touchdown run in the last two games, after scoring three against Southeast Missouri. Little carried the ball 22 times for 138 yards, 12 more than five Tigers combined. Although Tennessee State quarterback completed 24 passes, the same as Garoppolo, Butler’s longest completion was 27 yards. Butler threw the
ball 45 times, averaging 4.7 yards per attempt. Tennessee State entered the game against Eastern as one of the best defense’s in the country, but on Saturday the Panther defense outshined the Tigers, and leaped over them for first place in the OVC. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.
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Shepard Little, a red-shirt sophomore running back, speeds past TSU linebacker Greg Barksdale and safety Daniel Fitzpatrick for a touchdown during the second quarter Saturday at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn.
Panthers move to first in OVC after win By Aldo Soto Assistant Sports Editor | @AldoSoto21 Freshman quarterback Ronald Butler took the snap from his center, surveyed the Eastern (7-1, 4-0) secondary and completed a pass to junior receiver Weldon Garlington in the flat for Tennessee State (7-2, 4-1). Garlington then ran to his right, up the field and lunged toward the orange pylon for an 11-yard touchdown. The extra-point attempt was good, but the Tigers were still down 28-10 with 12:04 left in the fourth quarter. The Eastern defense allowed only a 43-yard field goal by Jamin Godfrey in the first quarter until Butler’s touchdown pass to Garlington. On Tuesday, Eastern coach Dino Babers said the game would come down to what the Panthers’ defense
would do against the Tigers’ offense and not what Tennessee State’s defense would do against the Eastern offense. On Saturday afternoon in Nashville, Tenn., the Panthers allowed 16 points, while Jimmy Garoppolo led the Eastern offense to 34. The Tigers entered LP Field with the second best scoring defense, allowing 13.5 points per game through their first eight games and allowed 264 total yards per game, which was also second in the FCS. But it was the Eastern defense that was able to stop the Tigers’ offense, which threw 212 yards on 45 attempts and ran the ball 32 times, averaging less than four yards per carry (3.9). Tennessee State was allowing 154.1 passing yards in its first eight games, No. 1 in the Ohio Valley Conference and No. 8 in the FCS.
After completing a 54-yard Hail Mary to Jeff LePak, who was tackled a yard short of the goal line, Garoppolo had eclipsed the 200-yard passing mark in the first half for the eighth straight game. Garoppolo finished the first half with 272 passing yards, a week after Tennessee State allowed 242 passing yards in the whole game against Tennessee-Martin. Garoppolo would eventually accumulate 410 passing yards, throwing more than 100 yards to Keiondre Gober, Jeff LePak and Erik Lora each. The senior quarterback threw four touchdowns, two apiece to Gober and LePak, and became the OVC’s single season passing touchdown alltime leader with 35, passing Tony Romo’s record of 34. As the Panthers continued to score in the first half, building a 21-3 half-
time lead, their defense was making Tennessee State punter Leon Holderhead a frequent contributor for the Tigers. After Godfrey made his 43-yard field goal with 8:09 left in the first quarter, Tennessee State’s offense walked off the field to the sideline, being forced to punt seven times in the next 10 possessions. The only times Holderhead did not punt was when Godfrey missed a 41-yard field goal in the second quarter and when the Tigers fumbled the ball over to Eastern. The Panthers took advantage of the underwhelming Tiger offense in the second half, turning to running back Shepard Little to take as much time off the clock as possible. For the second consecutive week, Little rushed for more than 100 yards. PANTHERS, page 7
Losses drop Eastern in conference ranks By Dominic Renzetti Managing Editor | @domrenzetti For the first time since September, the Eastern women’s soccer team dropped both of its weekend matches, putting the team at 6-12 overall and 6-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Panthers lost 2-0 Friday to Tennessee-Martin and 4-0 Sunday to Southeast Missouri. Both matches were on the road. Eastern and Tennessee-Martin entered Friday’s match with 18 points apiece, tied for first place in the OVC. Tennessee-Martin’s Alyssa Curtis opened the scoring early with a goal in the seventh minute to make the score 1-0. The goal was Curtis’ fourth goal of the season. Eastern had just two shots in the first 45 minutes of play. The Skyhawks scored their second goal early in the first half, when
Dominika Conc, who had played in a Women’s World Cup qualifying match earlier this season for Slovenia, put one past Eastern goalkeeper Cortney Jerzy in the 46th minute. The Skyhawks held on to the 2-0 lead for the rest of the match, making it their seventh straight win of the season. Jerzy had 10 saves in the match, taking the loss. Tennessee-Martin’s Mariah Klenke made four saves. The Panthers had four shots on goal in the match. On Sunday, the Redhawks’ offense exploded for four goals in the first half, making it the most goals given up by Eastern since the team’s opening season loss against Oakland when it gave up five. The first goal came in the 22nd minute by Southeast Missouri’s Breana Beine. Natasha Minor was credited with the assist
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Junior forward Madison Carter fights with midfield defender Abbey Clausen in a game on Oct. 18 at Lakeside Field. The Panthers beat the Gamecocks 2-1.
The Eastern volleyball team moved into first place in the west division of the Ohio Valley Conference, sweeping its weekend matches against Murray State and Austin Peay. Eastern took the top spot in the west from Austin Peay with a four-set win (25-20, 25-27, 25-22, 25-19) Saturday night. Eastern improved to 13-10 overall and 7-3 in conference. Austin Peay feel to 9-17 overall and 6-4 in the OVC. Outside hitter Reynae Hutchinson, coming off an OVC Offensive Player of the Week, had a match-high 19 kills for the Panthers. Her 15 digs were also her 37th career double-double performance. Hutchinson was one of three Panthers to have double-digit kills in the win. Middle hitters Stephanie Arnold and Amy Martin added 11 kills each with .233 and .360 attack, respectively. “I think our defense and passing has allowed our middles to be a big part of our offense,” Eastern coach Kate Price said in a press release. “Stephanie and Amy have been very offensive. They are doing a great job of finding ways to score and throwing themselves into the offense.” Arnold and Martin added eight and six kills, respectively. Sophomore setter Marah Bradbury had her fifth consecutive double-double performance, her match-high of 54 assists along with her 12 digs is her 17th double-double of her Panther career. “Marah had a really nice game today and did a great job of seeing the block,” Price said. The Panthers topped the Lady Govs in kills (61-to-49), attack (.197-to.117), assists (60-to-44), blocks (13.5to-11.0), and points (78.5-to-64.0). Eastern began the weekend with a win over Murray State in straight sets (25-21, 25-22, 25-15) on Friday. It was the first of two consecutive matches that three Panthers registered double-digit kills. Arnold recorded a game-high 17 kills in the win behind a career-high .810 attack on 21 attempts with zero errors. That is the third best hit percentage in Eastern history. Arnold was also one kill shy of tying her career high. Martin nabbed 12 kills with a .360 attack. Outside hitter Chelsea Lee finished with 11 kills and a .391 hit percentage, as the Panthers out-hit the Lady Govs .346-to-.171. Sophomore outside hitter Kayla Nesbitt finished one kill away from double figures in the first start of her career. Eastern won the battle in kills 58to-34. Bradbury, who assisted on 47 of those kills, also added a game-high 20 digs. The Panthers had 54 assists to the Racers’ 30. “It’s always great to be in the position we are in, but the season isn’t over yet and we need to finish out the season,” Price said. “We have done a great job of getting better each match and I hope we continue to grow as a team to maintain that success.” The Panthers, who have six conference games remaining, are looking to finish with a conference record above .500 for the first time since 2005. Eastern is 7-3 in the OVC this season. Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.