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Vault locks down diplomas in office 540 diplomas left in office By Tim Deters Features Editor
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Kate Henry, a graduate assistant for the music department, plays flute during the Eastern Symphony Orchestra practice in the Large Rehearsal Hall at the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Wednesday.
Student gets best of both worlds By Amanda Wilkinson Staff Reporter
Kate Henry can be heard but not seen around the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Henry, a graduate assistant for the music department, dresses in all black to blend in backstage but can stand out in a crowd during music performances. Henry said for her work, she works for both Doudna and the music department to organize and coordinate performances. “The biggest thing that I do is liaison work between Doudna and the music department—bring them together and organizing, those types of things,” Henry said. Henry said her main job is making sure everything gets done and runs smoothly before and during the performances. This can mean doing everything from helping with the music crew
backstage to cleaning gum off the stage floor with a key. Henry said shoes usually slow her down when working. “I usually have to walk around barefoot to go as fast as possible to get things done, but I like running around barefoot.” Henry said. On top of being in charge of scheduling performances and getting the backstage crew ready, Henry also plays the flute. “Sometimes I’ll be working at an event and performing at an event,” Henry said. “It’s busy, and it’s a lot of fun.” Henry said the balance between working 20 or more hours a week and performing is organization. “It takes a lot of organization—getting everything ready beforehand so that I can go into my performance zone then walk out on stage,” Henry said.
In the depths of Old Main, past the frosted glass of the registrar’s office door, sits a vault holding the result of students’ hard work. Entering the registrar’s office, one of the first thing students will see is a heavy metal vault located in a narrow hall within the office. The vault secures the diplomas of hundreds of Eastern graduates. Behind the rough, beige metal of the vault’s door and a baseball-sized spinner are about 540 diplomas of graduates, Registrar Sue Harvey said in an email. Harvey explained that the diplomas have ended up in the vault for a number of reasons, but most are being held for non-payment of tuition. “The majority of diplomas that are being held are a result of various holds on a graduate’s record,” she said. A smaller number of diplomas that are not being held for payment reasons are being stored in the vault
because they were returned after being mailed to graduates. “Other diplomas have been returned to our office because the address, which the graduate provided us, is no longer valid,” Harvey said. On the shelves of the vault, among stacks of obsolete Eastern course catalogs and stores of office supplies, sits the thick files of diplomas. Sitting within a dimly lit hallway between the rooms of the registrar’s office, the vault is passed by numerous employees daily yet remains locked tight. The vault is a dark and long-term home for most of the diplomas, Harvey said. The registrar’s office does not dispose of any of the diplomas and holds on to them indefinitely in hopes past graduates will take action to retrieve the result of their hard work, she said. The only way students can have their diplomas released from the vault is to pay their tuition in full or call the registrar’s office to update their address and request it be resent. Harvey said most students are successful in retrieving their diplomas. DEGREES, page 5
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Henry takes out music stands to set up the Receital Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday. Scenes, page 5
Starting today, The Daily Eastern News has changed from being a member of The Associated Press to a subscriber to McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. “We, like newspapers across the country, have been feeling financial pressures,” Managing Editor Ashley Holstrom said. “Breaking with the AP was a difficult decision, but we could not afford to continue our membership.” In another cost-saving move, the News will today begin running the
Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle rather than The New York Times puzzle. Like The New York Times, the LA Times puzzle increases in difficulty as the week progresses. MCT, as McClatchy-Tribune is known, also provides national and state wire content, giving the News access to coverage of issues that affect Eastern’s campus. “We’re striving to provide the best coverage we can,” Editorin-Chief Elizabeth Edwards said. “With the wire service, we hope to be a source of more than just campus news to our readers.”
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Hunger Challenge to bring awareness to community By Robyn Dexter In-depth Editor
A community-wide movement to spread awareness about hunger will begin Thursday and continue throughout the month. Rachel Fisher, director of student community service, said the EIU Hunger Challenge program provides education opportunities to help students understand what poverty really means. Fisher said many students know of poverty, but do not fully understand it. “Poverty can directly impact not only ourselves but also our friends in our community,” Fisher said.
The first EIU Hunger Challenge activity is “Fight Hunger at Sonic,” which takes place at the Mattoon Sonic from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. When participating in “Fight Hunger at Sonic,” students can order food at Sonic that will be delivered by volunteers. All tips made to the workers will be donated to the local food pantry. Other events coming up include the “Paper Plate Advocacy” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 5 in the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. “All you have to do is take two minutes to write a note on a plate, and
every plate counts for $1 donation,” Fisher said. “We can get $500 just by sharing what’s on our minds.” Fisher said the food collection goal for the month has been increased from 3,000 to 5,000 canned-food goods. Michael Gillespie, an assistant sociology professor who is working with Fisher to ensure the success of the Hunger Challenge, said the challenge takes place during November because society tends to view November as a month of feasting. “It’s important to remember that while we have this abundance around us, there’s a lot of people who don’t have that,” he said.
Gillespie will be leading a discussion and film viewing on the film “Food Stamped” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6. “It’ll be a documentary about one person and her partner’s journey in living on a food stamp budget,” he said. “It’ll be sort of a kickoff for the rest of the month.” He said students should be interested in this topic because it is an issue that affects them. “There is a large population of students and community members that do not know where their next meal is coming from,” he said. Fisher said the EIU Hunger Challenge can make a big difference in the
Charleston community. “The Hunger Challenge has really allowed us to start evaluating what our goals are,” Fisher said. “We need to know what we can do to help our neighbors.” One of the goals Fisher said she has for the community is to not accept the conditions of hunger and poverty. “Everything is open for change, and we have to challenge ourselves to change it,” she said. “Our goal as volunteers is to challenge unacceptable limitations.” Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.
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Jandi Warren, a sophomore sociology major, screams after being scared by members of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority during their haunted house Wednesday in Greek Court. The haunted house featured a mental asylum presented by the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Deltaville Horror presented by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, a room based on the film Saw presented by the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and a doll house presented by Zeta Phi Beta.
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Professor honored, fundraiser planned By Kate Quill Staff Reporter
The Student Senate will be honoring an assistant financing professor for volunteering his time to speak to students about managing money. Patrick Lach, an assistant fin a n c e p r o f e s s o r, p r e s e n t e d “Don’t go broke in College: Lock Down your $$$ with Dr. Lach,” which took place on Oct. 23 in Lumpkin Hall. James Johnston, a senior history major and business affairs committee chairman, said he was thrilled with the turn out of 52 students who attended this presentation. The Student Senate passed a resolution honoring Lock at its last meeting. “Professors do not have to do events like these, and most
wouldn’t,” Johnston said. “We would love to honor Dr. Lach for his commitment to education.” Student Senate members also heard from two members who participated in the American Student Government Association Conference on Oct. 20. Elise Klaus, a freshman history major, and Shawn Allen, a sophomore political science major, attended the conference. “We were very excited about what we learned and who we met at this conference,” Klaus said. About 230 students from 31 schools were invited to this conference, which focused on how students could improve their student government programs. Katelin Caddell, the vice president and fundraising chairwoman for Habitat For Humanity, spoke to Student Senate mem-
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bers about the Polar Plunge fundraiser. The fundraiser will take place at 10 a.m. on Nov. 10 at the Campus Pond. Students can register at the Newman Catholic Center or Student Activity Center in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The Polar Plunge is taking place on the same date as “Blue Unite” and “Stuff the Bus” for t h e E I U Hu n g e r C h a l l e n g e month. The first event for Hunger Challenge starts Thursday at the
Sonic in Mattoon, which Student Senate members will volunteer at from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Student Senate members will be wearing shirts that say “Are you the 185 percent?” which refers to the percent of the population living in poverty and struggling with hunger. Student Senate meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the ArcolaTuscola room of the Union. Kate Quill can be reached at 581-2812 or kmquill@eiu.edu.
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The winter is not a dormant time for the Douglas-Hart Nature Center but a time where the workers get rid of invasive plants and expand plant variety in the habitat. Marissa Grant, the land stewardship director, said the majority of the winter months are spent in the greenhouse preparing new plants to be planted in the spring. “We do a lot of seed work, so we’ll collect and sort seeds and then plant them in January or February,” Grant said. Grant said they have permission to collect seeds from other prairies in the area that have native plants. “We collect seed from different areas, different prairies so we can increase or introduce different genotypes into our prairie or different diversity,” Grant said. “We don’t have nearly the diversity that we want so we like to collect from areas that do have the diversity we are striving for.” Jennifer Tariq, the education director for Douglas-Hart, said they have to have a number of diverse plants before they can collect seed from their prairie. “We don’t have nearly enough to do that yet,” Tariq said. Grant said they are hoping to one day have more than 300 species of plants in the center. “One day, we will have enough to do that—we’ll say ‘we have too much seed; it’s just going to waste’—but that’s not in the immediate future,” Tariq said. The center was started in the ‘90s and has grown to include about 50 species of plants. Tariq said there are some land-
owners who collect seed for the center or allow them to go collect seed. One place they get seed from is a prairie demonstration garden on campus near University Apartments. This garden is run by Janice Coons and Nancy Coutant, both biological sciences professors. They also buy seeds from nurseries in Illinois. “We do a lot of native prairie plants to increase the diversity in our prairie,” Grant said. “In recent years, we’ve started doing woodland species, so herbaceous shrubs and trees,” she said. Grant said they allow any seeds from the native plants in the center to reseed themselves. Grant also explained they usually start planting the different species outside in the center around Earth Day, unless it starts getting warm too early. Douglas-Hart Nature Center is a 70-acre center that focuses on plants that were once native to the Central Illinois area before it was cleared for farming or houses. This is why the staff wants to clear out invasive plants. Winter it the time when they can clear out invasive plants, plants that are not native to the area, like Honeysuckle. “One of the worst invasives that we have out here is Honeysuckle, and that can be combated any time of the year,” Grant said. “There is a small window in the dead of winter when its goes dormant, but other than that we can still work on clearing that.” Tariq said it is easy to pick out from the other plants during the winter.
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Scott Harris, of Terre Haute, Ind., and Kallie Adkins, of Mattoon, Ill., prepare to take engagement photos at the Douglas-Hart Nature Center Monday. Adkins is an alumna of Eastern.
“Honeysuckle is one of the rare plants that is green during the winter, so it’s really easy to target,” Tariq said. The Honeysuckles were originally planted by the center to help with soil erosion. “They were wrong—silly people,” Grant said. Grant said they are getting rid of it not because it is harder to grow plants with it around. “It out competes our native species for light, soil resources, for moisture,” Grant said. Tariq said this is one of the tasks the volunteers can do when they
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come to help. “Even amateurs can find it,” Tariq said. Grant said the staff and volunteers also clear invasive trees and other species of plants that are intruding on the prairie and woodlands featured in the nature center. Grant said they are a long way from reaching the diversity they want. They said they intend on using the winter months as a planning period. They also plan different programs during the winter. “We take advantage of what is outdoors right now so we do a
pinecone wreath class, and that is just one example,” Tariq said. They also have a winter festival in December and offer programs for children during the winter break. The trails are open from dawn to dusk, and the inside exhibits are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. “Some people think we close down during the winter, but nope, we are still here,” Tariq said. Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Career Services to help Court to oversee in job search for grads campus disputes By Robyn Dexter In-depth Editor
Despite the myths about the current tough job market, Eastern’s Career Services can provide workshops and field trips to enhance students’ personal experiences before they enter the job market. Linda Moore, the director of Career Services, said around 5,500 students participate in workshops through Career Services each year. “Our focus is on what is in the student’s best interest,” she said. “We’re really looking at helping the individual.” Moore said her goal is to help students move from younger, relatively inexperienced undergraduates to a viable career. “We have thousands of people that come through the office, but we can’t handle every topic with every person one-on-one so workshops are a better way to provide that service,” she said. “We can cover all the basics and then fit people in on a more personal basis to do fine-tuning.” Moore said the program takes groups of students to job sites such as Northern Trust and Burson-Marstellar to network with people who are already employed in a certain job field. “It gives students an opportunity to use what they’ve learned in the classroom and use it in a professional set-
ting,” she said. “It also gives them the opportunity to see what it’s really like in the profession they’re seeking.” Moore said trips to job sites can provide a more personal setting than if an employee came and talked to a classroom of students. “There are jobs out there, but some are more plentiful than others,” Moore said. “We have the data on what’s really moving out there are far as jobs.” She said looking at data by field and geographic location can help students who come to Career Services make an informed decision in how they prepare themselves for life after Eastern. “Even in fields that are very limited, one can still do what they really love if they’re willing to do the sacrifices and take the appropriate steps,” she said. Moore said students might often think their major does not have many available jobs after they graduate because of information they read on the Internet, which she said can often be misleading. “We can help students separate out fluff from hardcore facts,” she said. When a students makes an appointment with Career Services, they can get assistance in a variety of fields including career counseling, assessment, résumé help and internship opportunities. “For example, someone looking for an internship but has never done a real interview may need more resources
and assistance than someone who has already been through that process,” she said. Moore said sometimes people are afraid to look for jobs because they have heard there are not any. Bobbi Kingery, a career counselor at Career Services, said although the job market might not be ideal right now, jobs are still out there. “One of the biggest challenges that I see is that students are limited geographically either by the fact that they can’t relocate for a job or the fact that they don’t wish to,” Kingery said. “Jobs are available, but they might not be where the student wants them to be.” Kingery said she thinks many students are waiting for the perfect job straight out of college, but hardly anyone starts off with a dream job. “Students need to gain experience and work their way to where they wish to be,” she said. Moore said some of the biggest events of the year for Career Services include the job fairs. “Students need to understand that job fairs have positions that are either hard to fill or there are many spots open,” Moore said. “We have many recruitments through alumni and job listings as well.” Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.
By Amy Wywialowski Assistant Daily Editor
For the first time since Spring 2011, Eastern now has as a Student Supreme Court, which oversees disputes not handled by the Office of Student Standards or the police. The Student Supreme Court consists of six student justices and one student chief justice. Student Body President Kaci Abolt, a senior communication studies major, appoints the Student Supreme Court justices, a job not always accomplished by her predecessors. Although Eastern had a Student Supreme Court ranging from Spring 2007 to Spring 2011, the governmental body had not existed in more than six years prior to that. The court usually handles disputes concerning student organizations or grade appeals, Abolt said. “One of my goals in this position was to get back to basics and appoint people to all the positions I need to,” Abolt said. “One of the big requirements of my job is to appoint the Student Supreme Court, but since they only convene when necessary and it’s difficult to get applicants, some people don’t always think of it as a priority.” Abolt said in appointing students to the court she also tried to think of other responsibilities they could do.
She said she thought to place the often-overlooked election commission, which oversees the elections of both the Student Senate members and student government executives, to the court. All of the student justices on the court are also members of the commission. Abolt said in the spring semester she hopes to possibly combine the two entities. “If we combined the two, it would bring more accountability to the Student Body President to appoint a court because if they don’t, they don’t have an election commission,” Abolt said. Before this year, it was not possible for student justices to also serve on the election commission because of rules stated in the organizations Election Reform Act. This changed on Oct. 10 when Abolt proposed changes to the rules allowing student justices to serve, and the Student Senate approved it. Abolt said she chose her student justices based on their strengths, keeping in mind that she wanted to create a diverse court. “Right now, they are working on election stuff so by next semester and the executive elections, it will be a piece of cake.” Abolt said. Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812 or alwywialowski@eiu.edu.
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Los Potrillos Late-graduating seniors: have a pat on the back punishment should be Ashley Holstrom harsher The Daily Eastern News reported last week on Los Potrillos’ liquor license suspension of a single day and a $750 fine. The suspension was instated because the Illinois Liquor Control Commission caught the restaurant selling alcoholic beverages to minors. This was Los Potrillos’ second incident since 2010. We at The News commend the ILCC for the random checks and the Charleston Police Department in assisting the process. Though the search was not Eastern-affiliated, we know that keeping local businesses in check when it comes to liquor sales can help decrease arrests and crime in Charleston. Though there were consequences of Los Potrillos’ sale to a minor, we do not believe the punishment was harsh enough. Since this was the second offense, we believe the suspension should have been longer or the fine more sizable. To a restaurant in a college town, it is unlikely that a fee of $750 and one day of not being able to sell alcohol will have any dramatic impact or affect future liquor regulations. Local businesses, including Casey’s General Store in Mattoon, which was also found to be in violation, should exercise more caution in who they sell to. This not only applies to business owners and liquor licensees, but to students as well. We’re not here to preach about underage drinking, but underage students, and those who sell to them, should be able to accept the consequences of their actions. In this sort of reoccurring situation, we as a college town and university need to be careful. The more relaxed businesses are with their carding practices, the more underage drinkers there will be, along with more violations, arrests, and crimes. We can’t encourage such light sentencing for businesses found in violation, especially businesses that have been in trouble on more than one occasion. We know the problem of underage drinking will likely always be present in any college town, but businesses being lax with their carding standards doesn’t help the case. Though shutting down businesses is an extreme measure and one that shouldn’t just be sentenced to any business found in violation, a greater fine or more lengthy license suspension may help the license holder realize the severity of the situation. After all, an underage drinking ticket in scaled comparison is much more severe than what is being dealt to local violating vendors. While we love our margaritas as much as the next of-age person, we encourage our local restaurants and bars to abide by the rules and crack down on underage drinkers.
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With registration for the spring semester under way, one thing is weighing heavy on every senior’s mind: graduation. “Will I get the classes I want? Will I graduate on time? Oh god, what if I don’t graduate on time?” Or, if you’re me, it’s more along the lines of “So, like, what classes do I have left? And when are they offered? And... Who of my friends aren’t graduating in the spring?” Somewhere along the line, I messed up. I can’t exactly pinpoint it, but I’m pretty sure the universe just wants me to hang out here for an extra semester. It’s totally cool, because I’ve never loved anything as much as I love this place, but it’s still a little disheartening. I got that meany of an email from EIU4 a few weeks ago, kindly letting me know that I’m no longer eligible for the four-year graduation guarantee. As if I had no idea. I wanted to graduate in a solid four years, despite my dad’s jokes that most of his buddies who went here were on the six-year plan.
But who cares? I’m still going to get a degree. It doesn’t matter when it happens, so long as it does. At the beginning of the semester, I found out a bunch of my friends were in the same boat as me. We had quite the “We’re All in This Together,” a la “High School Musical,” moment. It didn’t bug me that I wasn’t graduating on time, because I wasn’t alone. But now as they’re registering, they’re finding out that they’re actually right on schedule. Instead of their magical May graduation, I’m going to have a dreary December one. I’ll be
freezing outside a gloomy Old Main for the “I did it!” photo — maybe with Prez Perry rocking a parka — after graduation. If I have a graduation party, it most certainly won’t be a kegger in my backyard. But hey, stuff happens. I could choose to be bummed out about it, or just embrace the idea of five more months of this crazy place we like to call Chuck Vegas. So for those of you who are a little behind schedule, let’s try to be optimistic. Getting a college degree is a pretty big deal. By being here longer, we’re getting an even more well-rounded education, right? We have more time to grow, and more time to hide from the horrifying job market. So we’re kind of the winners. Let’s remember that as we freeze our butts off in front of Old Main in December of 2013. That is, if the world doesn’t end by then. Ashley Holstrom is a senior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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Swag: old word with new annoying meaning No, you do not have swag. I’m kind of surprised that Microsoft Word didn’t put the obnoxious red lines under that word. It should have. Instead, the Microsoft Word dictionary finds “swag” synonymous with words such as “loot,” “booty” and “spoils,” which is never the case when people use it today. “Swag” has its roots in the word “swagger,” which is a manner in which people carry themselves. People with swagger are expected to have confidence and some sort of respect. Back in spring, I wrote a column about YOLO (you only live once) and how people use it for the complete wrong reasons. Well, I’m back again to complain about people’s misuse of swag and the existence of the word in the first place. According to an 1892 article in Science, a weekly arts and sciences publication, “swagger” was already on the decline more than 100 years ago. Despite this predicted decline, swag found resurgence in Soulja Boy and Jay-Z songs in the early 2000s. It can also be found in one of Justin
Robyn Dexter Bieber’s latest hits, “Boyfriend.” Let’s get something clear right now: saying you have swag automatically means you don’t. Since swag is derived from swagger, which is all about respect and mannerisms, telling someone you have swag instantly cancels it out. Swag should be something that is earned, and something that should be said of other people who have appropriately earned it. Very few people do. J-Biebs, you do not have swag, though thousands of teenage girls would probably pummel me for saying so. As I said back in April in my column about YOLO, the idea behind the word isn’t bad at all.
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It has positive connotations that should encourage people to conduct themselves in respectful ways. However, pop culture has once again twisted its meaning, shortened it and given it a disgusting makeover. Swag has been used to pump up egos and make people sound cocky. It sounds immature, not to mention its ridiculous overuse. It does not encourage people to respect each other and promote ethical, positive ways of life. Instead it has been grossly overused, much like YOLO, and has been stuck randomly on the end of comments and sentences for emphasis but just ends up sounding idiotic. I can’t even begin to count the number of swag-related T-shirts and other merchandise I’ve seen over the past year or so, and it only further proves my point. Here’s to hoping for swag’s demise and the return of real, legitimate, old-fashioned swagger. Robyn Dexter is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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Staff sparks excitement for children One of Eastern’s librarians devotes her time to design and implement beneficial programs for students at Booth Library. Ann Brownson, the coordinator of the Ballinger’s Teacher Center at Booth, helps set up many activities such as musical performances, arts and crafts, story times and a dance class with members of a dance studio. These programs run for six weeks during each semester. Brownson said there are many ways she spreads the word about her program including from a Facebook page called, “What’s A Mother To Do in Coles County.” Brownson said she likes having these programs because it gives her an opportunity to work with children. “I enjoy working with kids of all ages and being able to introduce them to all the books we have available,” Brownson said. Brownson said there are many faculty members that help with organizing these activities including librarian Jeanne Goble and Jemmie Robertson, a music professor, who set up the “Animal Circus” event for Family Weekend. Robertson had the idea to include music along with stories to help enter-
DEGREES, from page 1 The oldest diplomas in the vault date back to 1991, she said, a testament to the dedication of Eastern students who are proud of their accomplishments. While Harvey is glad the registrar’s office is able to hold the graduate’s diplomas in a safe location, she said she would much rather be able to return the diplomas to graduates and empty the vault. “I would much prefer to mail the graduate her or his diploma than hold it in our vault,” she said. Tim Deters can be reached at 581-2812 or tadeters@eiu.edu.
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tain the children and introduce them to instruments. The average turn out for these activities include around 10 to 15 children ranging from ages 3 to 7, but many will have older attendees as well. “Children activities started in Booth Library 10 years ago when the staff realized that they had the space and little people furniture to use,” Brownson said. Brownson has been a member of the Eastern staff since January 1998 and said she is still excited to keep working with children and students of all ages. She also works with high school students on field trips and with teaching programs at Eastern. The joy of seeing students return to read their favorite childhood stories and discover new favorites is what drives Brownson, she said. Goble agreed. They both said they have a passion for teaching and helping out students. Goble said after the children enjoy the programs, some return the excitement to the staff members. “I’ve gotten Christmas cards, thank you cards and even small crafts from the children that have attended,” Goble said.
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Eliot Heiker, 5, of Charleston, Ill., listen to his father during “Trick or Treat” in Lantz Arena Wednesday. Eastern’s athletic teams passed out candy to the local children during the event hosted by the student community services office.
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SCENES, from page 1 Du r i n g p e r f o r m a n c e w e e k s , Henry said she arrives at Doudna early and stays late for dress and final rehearsals. “I’m usually the first one to get here and usually the last one to leave,” Henry said. Henr y said she got into music when she started playing flute about 13 years ago in junior high school, and she never thought of doing anything else. Her end goal is to be a dean at a school of music. She said she thinks being a performer will help her with her goal of being in arts administration. However, she said she is not
ready to leave school just yet. She plans to get two master’s and one doctorate degree. “When you get to play and study the things that you love and have grown to love, it becomes fun,” Henry said. No m a t t e r w h a t t h e f u t u r e holds, Henry said she is happy to be in the now. “I think that’s the point, being able to love what you do,” Henry said. “And I do.” Amanda Wilkinson can be reached at 581-2812 or akwilkinson@eiu.edu.
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Spoonhour uses defense as key to success Panthers ready for opening season By Anthony Catezone Assistant Sports Editor
They say defense wins championships. It has for new Eastern men’s head basketball coach Jay Spoonhour. The junior college national championship coach is ready to take the helm and lead the 2012-13 Eastern men’s basketball team. With the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship under his belt, Spoonhour is using defense as the base for this new era of Eastern basketball. “We’re basing everything we are doing on the defensive end of the floor,” Spoonhour said. “I’m trying to get them to understand to handle the ball, get the ball reversed, try and get the best shot we can. And then, get back and make (the other team) play against our defense,” he said. The style of play stills rings all the way back from his introductory press conference in April, as Spoonhour said he wanted a tough, fast, smart team that excels on defense. Now that he is the man that will try to lead Eastern basketball back from a 12-17 record last season and an offseason filled with turmoil, Spoonhour is focusing on his players all bringing the same mentality, regardless of wins. “I just want a team that has the same mentality from top to bottom,” Spoonhour said. Spoonhour explained further he wanted to work on strengthening the offense. “That is, that we’re trying to get the best shot we can and we’re going to play unselfishly. Then we’re going
to get back and try to make it as difficult on the other team’s offense as we can. No matter what we do we are not going to beat ourselves. How every many wins that gets us,” he said It seems that mentality surrounds the team, as transfer junior guard Reggie Smith said that defensive is the key to winning games, and the offense will flourish, only if the defense does. “We know we’re a smaller team so our defense has to be our greatest aspect,” Smith said. “We have to capitalize on any defensive opportunity we have, so getting back on defense and guarding our man the best we can. Let our defense be our offense,” he said. Smith who transferred from UNLV for personal reasons, is awaiting approval from the NCAA to bypass transfer rules and play this season. “I’m pretty positive they are going to let me play this year because everything is true and everything is valid, so there shouldn’t be anything to hold me back from playing this year,” the former Marquette Golden Eagle said. The stress of defense continues to resonate through the locker room. “We just need to defend, and if we do that we can go far,” freshman guard Cameron Harvey said. “We have the talent, but we really just need to lock in as a team..” Harvey hails from Chicago as a graduate of Wheaton Academy. He was the 11th ranked recruit in Illinois according to ESPN.com. Harvey, who received an 86 scout rating out of 100 by ESPN.com, is a Mike Miller recruit Spoonhour was able to retain. Sophomore Josh Piper, who stands six-feet, eight-inches tall, is the leading returning scorer and rebounder from last season. Piper averaged 4.3 points per game and 2.1 rebounds per game.
BASKETBALL, from page 8 If she fouls fewer times and is able to stay in games longer, she will have to be more consistent. She averaged 27 minutes per game last year, third among starters, but Buchanan expects to see her playing around 30 minutes. Senior forward Sydney Mitchell, one of the returning starters, said having so many players returning adds some pressure to the team. “You always want to end on a good note and go out with a bang,” Mitchell said. The Panthers have this season to try to go as far as they can with this senior class, which includes Mitchell, King, Ta’Kenya Nixon and Kelsey Wyss – most of whom have been three-year starters, at least. “Considering a week after (Sunday’s exhibition game) we start playing games that really count, it’s important to get a flow going and get to know each other a little bit more,” Nixon said. “People think this is a machine and we just do this every year, but when we put the balls away they don’t run our system again until October,” Buchanan said. The Panthers have only had about 20 practices, Buchanan said, and like most teams, they’re trying to find rhythm heading into the season. Mitchell said Sunday’s exhibition game against Illinois-Springfield will help the team see where it’s at with its rhythm. The season will officially begin Nov. 9 on the road against Indiana State in Terre Haute, Ind. Alex McNamee can be reached at 581-2812
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In e x p e r i e n c e h i g h l i g h t s t h e group, as only one player from the 2010-11 season remains, in red-shirt senior guard Taylor Jones. To make up for that lack of experience, Spoonhour said a hunger to play will drive the Panthers towards success. “We will bring energy,” Spoonhour said. “Everybody on our team is excited. Some of them are excited because this is their first crack at playing division-one; others are excited because they didn’t get to play much last year,” he said For the group of inexperienced players, Spoonhour is focusing on the fact that not every play needs to be spectacular. “I want them to understand that if I have a play in front me that the ball has a 30 percent chance of getting stolen, they need to eliminate that,” Spoonhour said. “Just don’t take those chances,” he said. “We still have guys that are probably trying to make too many plays that aren’t there,” he added. Spoonhour said it is all a matter of time to work out those kinks before the Panthers begin their season at home in an exhibition game at 7 p.m. Monday Nov. 5 in Lantz Arena against Trinity International. He said that each player will get a chance to prove themselves on the floor against Trinity International, being an inexperienced group. But, by the fourth or fifth game, that excuse needs to go out of the window, as players are then established and can no longer consider themselves inexperienced.The Panthers will start off the regular-season at Bradley in Peoria, before returning to Lantz Arena to host Wright State on Nov. 13. Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.
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Jonathan Miller, junior guard, dunks during the Blue Madness Dunk Contest on Oct. 27, 2011 in Lantz arena during the basketball pre-season pep rally. The men's basketball team will have a exhibition match against Trinity International University at 7 p.m. Monday Nov. 5.
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Players, coaches and fans alike were all in a craze at Blue Madness, where dunks, three-point shots, and even Optimus Prime were all seen. It was the second annual event in Lantz Arena that featured highlight and introduction videos of both the men’s and women’s basketball team and speeches by both coaches. Four Panther men competed in a dunk contest, with junior forward R.J. McGhee taking the crown with an assist off the side of the backboard for a reverse slam. Also, four Panther women took part in a three-point shootout where senior guard Kelsey Wyss was the top scorer. After both competitions, the men’s and women’s basketball teams signed autographs for fans at a meet and greet session. Fans were also able to participate in a shootout of their own, which had them spinning in circles on a bat on the floor then continuing to shoot from the free throw line for
45 seconds. Even several women’s players got in on the fun. Both coaches challenged the fans as they said support of Eastern’s student body was key this season. Men’s head coach Jay Spoonhour and women’s head coach Lee Buchanan both said they had high hopes for this season. Spoonhour even declared that the teams projected ranking of fifth place out six Ohio Valley Conference teams in their division was irrelevant, as he told fans to look at the football team’s projection before the year began. An Optimus Prime costume took home a $200 Walmart gift card for best costume award, while a man dressed as Pippi Longstocking nabbed the second place spot and received a $75 Walmart gift card. Fan applause decided the winners of the five total contestants. Gumby, a banana in heels and a dead bride were the three other winning costumes. Athletes of other Eastern sports appeared at tables in the hallways of Lantz Arena. The athletes passed out candy and took pictures with fans. The first 500 fans received a free Blue Madness T-shirt. The T-shirts were gone in an estimated 30 minutes after the doors opened at 7 p.m.
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Senior forward Kristin Germann awaits a throw-in during the women’s soccer game versus Belmont University Oct. 26. The Panthers won 2-1 with Germann scoring both goals.
Germann finishes season on high note By Dominic Renzetti Assistant Online Editor
Last Friday, senior forward Kristin Germann did what she did best: scored when it mattered most. The Carbondale native scored two goals in the Panthers’ season finale at Lakeside Field against Belmont. The match was Eastern’s first match against Belmont as an Ohio Valley Conference opponent, but it would be Germann’s final match as a Panther. In a season that has been nothing short of nailbiters, with six matches heading into overtime and fifteen matches all decided by one goal or ending in a tie, Germann has often come through when the Panthers needed her the most. Germann’s game-winner on Friday was her second of the season, giving her seven for her East-
ern career. Germann called the ending to the game “perfect.” “It was perfect,” she said. “It was a messy field, but it ended like we wanted to.” Though the match may have ended in favor of the Panthers, the season ended with the Panthers on the outside looking in to the Ohio Valley Conference tournament, missing the post-season for the first time in Germann’s career as a Panther. Germann has also boasted herself as one of the OVC's best, ranking in the top ten in goals, shots per game, points, points per game and goals per game. Germann also leads her own team in almost every statistical category, including goals, shots, points, shots on goal, game winning goals, and is also a perfect 2-for-2 on penalty kick attempts. Germann is leading the team in points, which
makes it her third straight season finishing as the team leader in scoring, a feat that has not been replicated since Beth Liesen led the team for four straight seasons from 2000 to 2003. No player has led the team in points for consecutive seasons since Liesen. Germann will finsh her career as a top ten alltime leader in goals, goals-per-game, game-winners, shots on goal, shots on goal per game, penalty kicks made, penalty kick attempts and minutes played. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.
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It may have lost a successful head coach to a bigger school, but the Eastern women’s basketball team promoted last year’s associate head coach and added a new wrinkle to its motion offense. Lee Buchanan will be the one leading the Panthers’ program this season, after spending six years under former head coach Brady Sallee at Eastern. Sallee accepted a job at Ball State this summer. Buchanan, being one of Sallee’s coaching pupils, said he’ll run the same four-out, one-in motion offense this season. But Buchanan is trying to add a new dimension to it by moving senior forward Mariah King from the center position to power forward to make up for the athleticism the team lost at the position with the graduation of Chantelle Pressley. “It’s exciting,” King said. “It gives me an advantage because I’m faster than a lot of (centers).” Buchanan said putting King at the “four spot” should create matchup problems, as she’ll be one of the four playing from the outside in. If King can be in a position where an opponent’s center may have to guard her, that’s the Panthers’ best matchup, Buchanan said. “(Mariah) getting comfortable facing the basket on the perimeter and then going back to putting her back to the basket will help her game,” Buchanan said. King will be in a combination mix with sophomore forward Sabina Oroszova and junior forward Taryn Olson – both Oroszova and Olson can play the center position; in fact, Buchanan said Olson is a true center. Ideally, this shift to power forward will help King have her best season, Buchanan said. King’s predecessors at the center position, Maggie Kloak and Rachel Galligan, had their best seasons during their senior campaign. Kloak averaged a career-high 12.3 points per game in her senior season and Galligan scored a career-high 582 points in her last year, although she averaged more than 17.6 points per game in a prior season. “Mariah, mentally, is ready to have her breakout season,” Buchanan said. “She approached the year knowing this is it and she wants to have a good going out party. She challenged herself.” King said she has put herself in a spot to have her best season after a summer of staying in shape and working on her shot – especially from beyond the arc. King will have to stay out of foul trouble, though, Buchanan said. She led the team with 91 personal fouls and three foul-outs last year. The key is to keep her in games. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 7
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McGill races through injuries, adversity By Aldo Soto Staff Reporter
Colin McGill sat in a training room, looked at his hand squeezing a ball and felt he would never be the swimmer he once was. He did this tedious exercise with the same ball for what seemed to him, to be forever. The promising recruit from Champaign could only sit and think of the excitement he felt his freshman year when he helped his team set new school records in the 200-Medly and 200-Free as part of the relay teams. Last October, McGill prepared hard for Eastern’s meet against IUPUI. This was no ordinary competition for McGill. McGill was excited to swim against the man who recruited him to Eastern, Matt Bos. “I could not wait for this meet,” McGill said. “I had huge expectations especially since my ex-coach
was coaching his new team.” But what started as excitement before his race in the 100-Free, soon turned into agony. “It was after the first turn, and when I came off the wall, I caught the wave on my left arm,” McGill said. “I heard it pop and I knew right then and there that it was my shoulder.” He and his brothers, Elliot and Tyler, all began to swim at a young age in a country club in Champaign. The trio of brothers have all raced competitively throughout their lives, and after a stellar freshman year, McGill said he was hoping to ascend on the Eastern swim squad. But it was during his sophomore campaign that he first injured his rotator cuff, a vital structure to the function of your shoulders. Despite the injury, McGill battled through the pain and was able to improve on some times. “Even though the injury hindered me as a
swimmer I felt I had taken the next step because I got through it and I was still able to compete,” he said. After his sophomore season was over, he opted for more rehab instead of having surgery on his shoulder. Heading into his junior year, McGill had big plans to step up as an upperclassman and be a leader on the team. One thing he did not see coming was who his new coach would be. Elliot McGill served as an assistant to the team prior to being named the head coach, and the two brothers already established somewhat of a different relationship. Although trying to balance his relationship with his brother being coach can be difficult, McGill faced a much bigger battle during the winter of his junior year, injuring his shoulder yet again. A couple weeks later, the dejected swimmer had
surgery to help repair his shoulder. “After the surgery, I felt horrible,” he said. “Aside from the pain, I had to sleep in a chair for a while, and I didn’t know if I could ever swim again.” As McGill began his rehab, sitting in the athletic training room, holding the ball, squeezing it over and over again, he still thought the worse. “I started off rehab at the lowest point possible,” McGill said. “The simple task of having to squeeze a ball just to start to get my strength back just made me feel like there was no end to the process.” Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.
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