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Residence hall decrease affects funding, services Housing staff works to provide same living experience By Chacour Koop Special Projects Reporter The number of students living in Eastern’s residence halls has decreased 23 percent over the past five years — forcing university housing and dining director to provide the same services with less funding. Director Mark Hudson is now working for ways to lessen the effects felt by students. As Eastern’s enrollment has decreased over the past few years, so
has the income for the Housing and Dining Services. The income – student room and board bills – dropped from about $31.2 million in 2010 to about $29.7 million in 2012. Hudson said fulfilling the needs and requests of students is ongoing challenge. “They pay a lot of money to stay here, though it’s cheaper than most in-state universities,” Hudson said. Based on results from student evaluations and surveys, Housing and Dining has been continuing to provide students with quality living arrangements. Last year, 94 percent of students reported an “overall enjoyment” of on-campus living. O c c u p a n c y l e v e l s i n Gr e e k
Court, University Court and University Apartments have remained steady over the past five years. Housing and Dining has also completed multiple large-scale renovations in Lincoln and Douglas halls along with Stevenson Tower from 2008 to 2010. A $1.5 million renovation was completed in McKinney Hall this past summer. There are two funds that allow Housing and Dining to keep funding more expensive projects: the project directors account and a bond entity between Housing and Dining Services, the Student Recreation Center and the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
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The Faculty Senate passed a resolution to support banning tobacco use on campus during its meeting Tuesday. Members passed the resolution with seven supporting votes, one vote against and two abstentions. Gary Bulla, a biology professor and Faculty Senate member of the Tobacco Coalition, said the proposal would benefit the entire university. “Our contention is that, for the benefit and the health of the university as a whole, we think that it’s to our advantage to make the university tobacco-free,” he said. Bulla said nicotine gums, nicotine patches and artificial cigarettes can help curb current smokers’ addictions, and coaches are available through the Health Education and Resource Center to assist students in reversing their habits. “Our surveys confirm that 8 percent of students start smoking once they get here, and 16 percent increase their habits,” he said. “Anything we do to promote smoking by allowing it in various areas we think is a detriment to their long-term health.” Bulla also said 830 universities in the United States have become smoke-free or tobacco-free as of December. Jeffrey Ashley, a political science professor and Faculty Senate member, said smoking on campus is an issue for building service workers who have to spend time picking up cigarette butts. “I’m not one to tell somebody how to behave or what they can and can’t become addicted to, but when it comes to institutional cost in terms of maintenance to pick up after this, it becomes more of a problem,” Ashley said. Ashley also asked if banning tobacco would be comparable to banning trans-fats. Bulla said that, unlike eating, tobacco use is not necessary. “Trans fats don’t even come into
the same ballpark as the negative effects of smoking,” he said. “Trans fats have an effect to be sure, but the effect is much milder than anything you would compare to smoking.” Kiran Padmaraju, an education professor and Faculty Senate member, asked how the rule would be enforced. “We’re looking for a policy of a soft-nudge approach,” Bulla said. “We implement the policy, we publicize it very well, post some signage and let everyone know that this is a tobacco-free campus. Then, if we see people abusing it, we simply have people from the HERC hand out pamphlets to remind them.” Bulla said other universities that use the “soft-nudge approach” have been widely successful in enforcement. “If they abuse too much, then we cross that road when we come to it, but there’s no reason to anger people by trying to shove them off campus,” Bulla said. He said members of the coalition has presented the proposal to the Civil Service Council, Student Senate and Staff Senate, but they are awaiting responses before bringing the proposal to the Council on University Planning and Budget. The CUPB would then take the proposal to President Bill Perry for approval. The Faculty Senate also debated on how to respond to questions from Chicago State University’s Faculty Senate. Faculty Senate members of Chicago State University sent an email asking for input regarding the investigation of President Wayne Watson’s recent hiring process. According to an investigative report conducted by the shared governance committee of Chicago State University’s Faculty Senate, Watson neglected to follow the university’s procedure when he hired three new faculty members in the criminal justice department.
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Age of wonder comes to end with visiting scholar By Bob Galuski Entertainment Editor In a world that relies heavily on technology, a cultural anthropologist turns his attention to what society loses in the process — a diminishing era he calls “the age of wonder.” Michael Wesch is coming to Eastern to present his case for why society as a whole should not depend so much on technology and social media.
His presentation, “The End of Wonder in the Age of Whatever,” will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m Thursday in the theater of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Wesch said one of the best ways to describe society now comes from a story about Seymour Papert, a man who wanted to know how giraffes sleep. Pa p e r t , We s c h s a i d , l o o k e d through his books to find the answer but became more interested in how
he found the answer. “(Papert) imagined a machine that would allow even small children to use speech, touch or gestures to quickly navigate through a knowledge space much broader than the contents of any printed encyclopedia,” he said. Wesch said society has become a “knowledge machine." “We now live in the age of the knowledge machine, but it enters our classrooms as a distraction device,” he
"The key is that the knowledge machine runs on Michael Wesch, cultural anthropologist wonder." said. “The key is that the knowledge machine runs on wonder.” Wesch said advancing social media and technology have diluted the classroom and while they are useful tools, they need “wonder to run.” “We have to retool our class-
rooms to inspire our students to wonder, to ask questions they have never asked before, to challenge their taken-for-granted assumptions, and to never stop asking,” Wesch said.
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Resident creates fund to benefit children, babies By Amanda Wilkinson City Editor Besides taking care of her English Bulldogs, a local kennel owner spends her time hosting fundraisers and donating money to babies, kids and new moms. Kelly Rardin, owner of Kelrc Kennels, started the “For the love Adlai J.” fund in 2009 after the death of her grandson Adlai J. Schrock in 2008. She said she started the fund to donate money to organizations that focus on the health and welfare of families and their young children. According to the Discovery Health website, the average term for normal pregnancy is 40 weeks. Rardin said Schrock was born at 22 weeks, four and a half months too early for a normal pregnancy. She said a lot of errors happened during the labor that caused Schrock’s death. She said she made a promise to devout her life to making sure mistakes that took her grandson did not happen again. The fund’s first donations were to “Now Lay Me Down to Sleep” and “Empty Arms” groups, which both concentrate on helping families who have lost a baby or child, Rardin said. The fund also raised about $400 to give to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and $1,800 for the
March of Dimes. Rardin said she has raised almost $3,000 through her efforts with the fund. To raise money to donate, Rardin hosts bazaars, or church benefit sale. Each bazaar is a three-day event that includes vendors and a raffle. She said the money from a bazaar in November 2012, it has enabled the fund to do a lot more. “Since then, we have done so much more than what we’ve done in the past,” Rardin said. “This time, we’ve given baby blankets to One Stop Shop.” Rardin said the fund has also provided gas money to a local mother whose premature baby remains in the hospital. She said she plans on hosting two more bazaars for 2013 than she did for 2012 — a spring bazaar, a bazaar during Eastern’s Family Weekend and a Christmas-themed bazaar in November. Rardin said during the spring bazaar, she hopes to have an Adlai’s Kid Corner as a place for kids to go and have fun. The spring bazaar will take place March 15, 16 and 17 at the Coles County Fairgrounds in the merchant building. She said 100 percent of the money raised for the raffle will be donated to the fund, along with money the vendors pay for space. Rardin said she struggles with the
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Charleston resident Kelly Rardin stands with one of the only pictures of her deceased grandchild Adlai who passed away because of premature delivery complications. After his death, Rardin began "For the Love of Adlai J Fund" which is a fund that supports the health of pregnant women and their children.
guilt of her grandson’s death every day. “I promised Adlai to not let his death be in vain,” Rardin said. But overall, she said her main goal is to take the pain she felt af-
ter the death and turn it into something positive in Adlai J. Schrock’s name.
Amanda Wilkinson can be reached at 581-2812 or akwilkinson@eiu.edu.
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Police use social media to identify suspects By Amanda Wilkinson City Editor
A social networking website has helped aid local police in identifying crime suspects and has also helped citizens feel connected to their community. The Charleston Police Department created a Facebook page in 2009. They started using the page to post press releases to get tips on cas-
es last year. Lt. Brad Oyer of CPD said the police department wanted a way to get messages out to the public. He said they had tried a system to send alerts to people via text message and email, but only a small number of people had signed up. Oyer said the department already had a Facebook page, and once they started posting more, more people started following them. He said he posts about 80 percent
of what is on their Facebook, while Deputy Chief David Chambers and the detectives post the other 20 percent. Oyer said the social media website is a good venue to communicate what is going on in the community because more people rely on websites like Facebook to communicate. “More and more people in this day in age use social media over some older, traditional means of media,” Oyer said.
The press releases posted are the same press releases given out to TV stations and newspapers when an event occurs. Amanda Wilkinson can be reached at 581-2812 or akwilkinson@eiu.edu. For the in-depth version of this article go to:
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New internship RSO educates students By Samantha McDaniel Student Governance Editor A new registered student organization seeks to give a student perspective on finding internships and to emphasize the importance of them in the current society. The Student Internship Ambassadors is a group of about 20 students who work with the Career Services Office to give workshops and panels about internships, externships and shadowing programs. Katie Vigil, the internship/externship coordinator, created the organization in October 2012 because she said she wanted students to help each other find programs. “My vision for the group was that they can be a voice for the students,” Vigil said. “A lot of the time when the information comes from our office, it’s a different perspective.” Loren Jacobs, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, said the group seeks to connect with new students to increase the awareness. “Our main goal is to help educate students on the professional benefits of internships and externships and helping them prepare themselves to find and land internships,” said Jacobs, the coaching and programming chairperson of the organization. Vigil said the information the group gives is the same information that Career Services give to students, but she thinks it is better received coming from other students. Brandon Goodman, the group’s
president and a junior business management major, said the main objective of the group is to bring internship awareness to students at Eastern and want to connect them with local businesses. Vigil said the group is still forming and is focusing on awareness while Vigil helps form more of the connections with internships. “Another reason why I created this group is that it provides students with a way to get experience with their major and prepares them before they go out and have a formal internship,” Vigil said. Internships are important for students to have before they get a job, she said. “It’s almost required anymore for a student to have either an internship or some form of experiential learning,” Vigil said. Yazmin Rodriguez, a freshman sociology major and member of the group, said having an internship helps students learn about the field they are going into and helps them see if they want to continue within their field. “They make sure that it is a job they want, and they know their strengths and weakness for the future,” Rodriguez said. Vigil said a majority of the ambassadors have not had a formal internship, and it is not a requirement to join the group. Goodman said he did not join because he had an internship but because he wanted to learn how to get one. “I knew this was going to be heavily tied to (getting an internship), so it only
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Katie Vigil, adviser for the Student Internship Ambassadors registered student organization, explains the purpose of the group Tuesday in the Career Services Office of the Human Services Building.
made sense,” Goodman said. Goodman said he wants to increase student connections with business so students can network with them for more opportunities. Jacobs said this semester the group
wants to do more workshops and internships panels to increase networking for the students. “It’s a great way to become involved and meet new people and is a résumébuilder, but more importantly you kind
Peer Educators train for daily conflicts On Eastern’s campus, students can help train other students to become instructors who can aid in everyday situations and conflicts. Rob McKinney, the community organizing and leadership coordinator, said the program helps students understand which situations require necessary help. “If you see two guys having an argument, you can assess the situation and ask if the situation needs you to intervene,” McKinney said. “If the situation does require that, you’ll have the skills to do so.” Amanda Woolard, the assistant director for health education and promotion, said she would like more people to take part in the bystander train-
ing, which helps in controversial situations. “I want Eastern to be a bystander university,” she said. The Peer-to-Peer program, which refers to students helping teach other students, also does more than just training. “We have events at Pantherpalooza, help run Relay for Life and take part in the EIU counter,” McKinney said. The EIU counter is an event where Peer Educators set up a display at the Student Recreation Center in order to promote a healthier lifestyle, McKinney said. The Peer-to-Peer program had a display set up at Pantherpalooza in 2012 about the health advantages of a good night’s sleep. McKinney said he was part of the graduate program with Health Ser-
vices when he joined in May and became involved with the organization through his program. The Peer Educators meet twice a week in the spring. McKinney said the subcommittees involved in the planning of activities like Relay for Life will be able to devote more attention to its execution. “The committees should take the weeks we have off to meet with each other individually to continue planning,” he said. During the regular meetings, the organization goes over upcoming events and training for the bystander program. On Tuesday, the organization voted on the theme for the 2013 Health Fair. The choices were between “The Health Game: Bring Your Buzzers” and “Highway to Good Health.”
“The Health Game: Bring Your Buzzers” would be a game show-inspired fair, complete with noisemakers and questions, McKinney said. “Highway to Good Health” would involve students working their way through a road of health decisions, he added. Lacretia Brazzleton, a junior health studies major, said Tuesday was her first meeting. “I heard about it from one of my friends who are in this, and they convinced me to come since it was part of my major,” she said. The Peer-to-Peer organization will meet again at 7 p.m. Jan. 22 in the Oakland Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or rggaluski@eiu.edu
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Student Senate to seek 5 new members By Samantha McDaniel Student Governance Editor The Student Senate will be accepting applications until Jan. 18 to fill five open seats for the semester. Student Senate Speaker Mitch Gurick, a sophomore business major, said it is his goal to have the five seats filled by the second Student Senate meeting on Jan. 23. The secretary position is also open on the Student Senate. Students interested in filling out an application can fill one out at the student government website or in the Student Activity Center in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The Student Senate will have a table set up in the Union on Friday,
Monday and Tuesday to recruit members and provide information to students. Representatives will also have a table at Pantherpalooza on Jan. 16. Gurick said he and three other members are starting an educational program where they plan to inform and educate the new Student Senate members. “Instead of having one orientation before the first meeting, we are going to do different topics for about half an hour before each meeting,” Gurick said. He said the topics they will cover will range from legislation to the requirements of the Student Senate. “A lot of the existing people did a good job last time of helping transi-
Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
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of feel a sense of pride giving back to Eastern and the student body, trying to people,” Jacobs said.
tion the new people in so I see that being the same for this semester as well,” Gurick said. Student Body President Kaci Abolt, a senior communication studies major, said she wants to get some new people in the Student Senate to help brainstorm new ideas. “I hope we get some people who are new to the university, new to leadership and new to student government because that is just where all those ideas come in,” Abolt said. “I think transition has been really positive.” Gurick said they will have 10 new senators for the beginning of this semester, after they fill the five open seats. Gurick said applicants have to have
a minimum of a 2.5 GPA, complete a minimum of two office hours a week, be in good standing with the university, serve on a Student Senate committee and attend all weekly Student Senate meetings. Student Senate members also have to serve as a liaison to a registered student organization and relay information between the two groups. Gurick said the Student Senate members have to be active on campus. “We expect them to be doing things and advocating for the students first and foremost,” Gurick said. Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
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TUESDAY’S QUESTION Do you feel safe on campus and around Charleston?
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Yep! I personally think everyone here that I’ve met is friendly and the small campus makes me feel safe, if that makes sense. @sarahmungai
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s representatives of the Eastern comstudent organizations, one of the primary goals of munity, Student Senate should conJenna Mitchell, the student vice president for stuOUR POSITION stantly be putting the student comdent affairs. • Situation: Student Senate presented its munity first. This is an excellent idea as well, and will help goals for the upcoming semester. • Stance: Reaching out to the student body is In Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Eastern News, infuse Student Senate with new ideas. It will also a great start for Student Senate. Student Senate Speaker Mitch Gurick said one help keep the senate accountable and transparent of his main goals will be developing stronger as Mitchell said. communication between the senate and the As a bridge between Eastern students and the rest of the student body. administration, the senate should also make communication between the Gurick said he would do this through things such as the Student Outreach groups a priority. After collecting student concerns, the senate can present On the Road program. For the program, senate members collect feedback their findings to faculty senate or other administrators. from students while sitting at tables around campus. Similarly, Student Senate should make it a goal to explain faculty issues such This is how it should be. Student senators, like other public officials, as pensions and layoffs to students. These issues have a wide reach and will affect should be constantly seeking the thoughts and feedback of their constituents. students in ways they may not realize. The senate could spread this information As Gurick said, Student Senate should be advocating for students, and to students while seeking feedback from them during the Student Outreach On this can only be done effectively with constant communication between the Road program and could also publish it on their website. senate and the rest of the student body. The senate seems to have the right idea about its goals and what it should While this is a good first step for Student Senate, it is only the beginaccomplish during the upcoming semester. Ideally, the group will live up to ning of what should be done. When collecting feedback, senators should its potential and hopefully does not fall into infighting and frequent conalways be thinking of how they can apply student concerns to their work cerns about senate bylaws. and programs they put on. Not every student concern may require an entire The senate should realize its time is best spent serving the students in program of course, but when looking for new event ideas, Student Senate more direct ways through programs and advocacy, just as is the case of othshould be looking at student wants first. er public officials. Another way to make student activities a priority are to include other The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Gun control debate has more than two sides
This may be the most conservative column I ever write, so stay with me, because it’s about gun control. The United States is special. In almost no othEditor in Chief Managing Editor er country in the world do citizens have a constiTim Deters Rachel Rodgers tutional right to carry around artillery that could rival smaller national militaries. However, with Associate News Editor great power comes great responsibility. News Editor Seth Schroeder In my opinion, the conversation on this topRobyn Dexter ic has been tragically limited. Once again politicians have turned a complex social issue into a Online Editor Opinions Editor cage match, offering only two possible solutions Sara Hall Dominic Renzetti to frightened voters: more guns, less guns. Neither is correct, and both wholly miss the point. The data will show that the more guns people own in an area, the more people die from gun CONTINUE THE DEBATE violence. However, strengthen all the regulation your liberal heart desires and you still have the ONLINE mass shootings in Newton, Colorado, Virginia Tech, and every other mass killing that made the • Extended letters news in the last few years. Gun control keeps guns • Forums for all content out of the hands of law-abiding citizens, not criminals, gun control cuts down on inner-city viowww.dailyeasternnews.com lence, but we haven’t been talking about inner-city
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Mia Tapella violence. That’s what frightens us about these killings, the shooter looks like the guy who just delivered my pizza. I’m not worried about the pizza guy. My house is full of guns. We even have those highcapacity magazines the Democrats are so worried about. This doesn’t mean I’ll be at the next Tea Party rally with an AK-47 strapped to my back, but it also doesn’t mean I think distributors should be able to skirt background checks at gun shows. There is middle ground to be held in the gun debate. So, perhaps the issue isn’t really guns at all. There are two things nearly all mass-shooters of the last 30 years have had in common: lots of
legally-obtained firepower, and complex mental health issues for which they were not receiving treatment. Interestingly, in these last 30 years, gun sales have gone up and federal funding for mental health care has gone down. Chances are that the friendly pizza guy was unarmed, but he may very well have had a mental illness. In a country where some still go without basic health care, individuals suffering from mental disorders are often the first to slip through the cracks of our increasingly fragmented system. According to Scientific American, almost half of us will experience some kind of anxiety, depression, or other mental health disturbance at some point in our lifetime. Of those who do suffer from mental illness, 60 percent go untreated. The clincher, good citizens: it is easier (and less expensive) to get a gun than it is to get treatment for a mental health disorder. Mia Tapella is a senior English and political science major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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President to address annuitants Thursday By Stephanie Markham Administration Editor President Bill Perry will be addressing the state of the university during the EIU Annuitants Association meeting Thursday. The association was organized in 1971 and includes people who have retired from the university. Frank McCormick, the secretary of the association, said the group meets to keep retirees informed of events on campus and current legislation. “Now that state legislature is contemplating changes in pensions, our members can learn up-to-date information about the contemplated changes to their pensions and to their health benefits,” he said. McCormick said Perry’s speech normally covers the status of enrollment, finances, planned program changes or changes to the physical structure of the campus. “He gives us an overall picture of the health of the university,” McCormick said. “It’s just a way for him to communicate news about the university to retired faculty and staff.” Cindy White, the executive director of the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce, will also be talking about opportunities retirees and community members can participate in. McCormick said this will be the first time a representative from the Chamber of Commerce speaks to the association. “We try to get a variety of speakers; for example, we’ve had a representative of Coles County Habitat for Humanity speak before,” he said.
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He said the executive board of the association tries to keep their programs varied. “One time, we had a retired speech faculty member give his interpretation of Abraham Lincoln,” McCormick said. Steve Rich, the assistant vice president for university advancement, will be giving the group an overview of Alumni Services. Alan Baharlou, the legislative chairman and newsletter editor of the association, said Alumni Services provides many duties, including organizing meetings and keeping members in contact. “It’s going to be a collaborative, collective exchange of information,” he said. “It’s a very important function to share and keep EIU retirees of all levels connected.” Baharlou said the association also meets to discuss the scholarship awarded to a student every year, in addition to serving retirees. “It’s really a dynamic system of interaction that provides a lot of recourses,” he said. Julie Sterling, the president of the association, said there would be nothing voted upon during the meeting. “It’s a membership meeting, and essentially we have just a regular program,” she said. Sterling said the association has four membership meetings per year. The association will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Neal Welcome Center. Stephanie Markham can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.
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Andrew Methven, a biology professor and chairman of Eastern’s Faculty Senate, said he had concerns of responding without hearing from Watson or Chicago State’s Provost. Amy Rosenstein, an education professor and senate member, said the language used in the drafted response might be too strong. The Faculty Senate resolved to
continue to add to the response drafted by Grant Sterling, a philosophy professor and Faculty Senate member, and to add a disclaimer stating that their response applies only if the submitted statements are true. Stephanie Markham can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.
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Krishna Thomas, an assistant director of faculty development, said Wesch would be the first of the faculty development department’s series of “Visiting Scholars.” Wesch visits 30 campuses a year to give lectures and presentations on his latest anthropological research. While his presentation will focus on education in the “Age of Whatever,” he will also discuss the double meaning of the “end of wonder.” “In my talk, I will discuss the end of wonder in both senses of the word - as a historical end, where we can find evidence of a definite de-
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cline in wonder among our kids, as well as the end or purpose of wonder in today's world,” he said. Thomas also said the presentation was important because in the “Age of Whatever,” whie students have access to information, that information information has steadily been giving these students the feeling of being disconnected, tunedout and alienated. “Such problems are especially prevalent in education, where the Internet — which must be the most remarkable creativity and collaboration machine in the history of the world — often enters our class-
rooms as a distraction device,” she said. Wesch said the key to getting through the disconnection and alienation is the proper setting for students to learn. “We need to create environments that give students a sense of purpose, empowers them to make connections to new knowledge and to each other, and most importantly, gives them the freedom to fail,” Wesch said. Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or rggaluski@eiu.edu.
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The project director’s account – a savings fund from each previous fiscal year – funded most of the renovations in Lincoln and Douglas halls along with Stevenson Tower Dining reconstruction. Now, that fund is depleting because of Housing and Dining’s tightening budget. Between 2008 and 2011, that fund had anywhere from $4 to $5 million each year. This year the fund has $300,000. That amount of money could not
have funded the McKinney Hall project; this is where the bond entity comes in. Housing and Dining was able to fund the McKinney Hall project in large part because of the bond entity – a sharing of funds between the three organizations – which offers flexibility in financing special projects. Housing and Dining usually pays in about $1.1 million a year. Though these accounts give him some flexibility, Hudson admits he will
have to do things differently if enrollment does not reestablish itself. Carman Hall, the largest residence hall that typically houses freshmen, decreased by 400 students over the past five years. Chacour Koop can be reached at 581-2812 or cmkoop@eiu.edu.
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Eastern experiences lowest scoring outing ever By Alex McNamee Staff Reporter The Eastern women’s basketball team went 3-3 over the holiday break, winning all three games in a row and losing all three in a row. It was a holiday break full of streaks as the Panthers started at Wisconsin and lost to the Big Ten opponent by 29 points. Then, the Panthers toured Illinois, losing to Western and Northern Illinois in close games. The game against Western Illinois was a two-point loss for the Panthers despite an 18-point performance by senior forward Mariah King. Both teams were held to low scores in the Northern Illinois game, one that Eastern lost 48-38. The game was the fourth of the season in which the Panthers scored 47 points or fewer. The Northern Illinois score was the Panthers’ season low — and lowest ever — as they failed to score more than their previous low of 39 points earlier this season against Indiana State in a 30-point loss. The low scoring in the four games is unfamiliar territory for the Panthers, who never scored fewer than 50 points last season. In fact, the Panthers only scored in between 50 and 60 points six times last season. Payne emerging Red-shirt sophomore guard Katlyn Payne has set a career-high in points in two of the past four games. Her current career-high is 17 points, which she scored Saturday on the road against Morehead State. Payne averages seven points per game this season and has started every game. Her playing time has increased in the absence of senior forward Sydney Mitchell, who spent most of the first half of the season trying to play through injuries. Mitchell has been an integral part of the Panthers’ success in her career. She averaged 11 points per game last season. Nixon chasing record Senior guard Ta’Kenya Nixon is 257 points away from breaking for-
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Sophomore forward Sabina Oroszova fights for control of the ball with Bradley’s senior gaurd Katie Yohn during the game on Nov. 12, 2012 at Lantz Arena during the game against Bradley University. The Panthers face Jacksonville State Saturday at 4 p.m. in Lantz Arena. mer Panther Rachel Galligan’s alltime scoring record. Nixon averages 12.9 points per game this season. Her average has increased every season in her career. Last year, she averaged 16.3 points per game. OVC glance As the teams ready for full-time conference play, the Ohio Valley Conference standings are tight. Tennessee Tech leads the conference with the best overall record (97) and conference record (3-0). The overall record is only one win better than Eastern. Eastern’s upcoming opponent, Jacksonville State, is looking for its first win this season.
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Morehead State withstands SIUE MCT(Morehead, Ky.) - Five Southern Illinois University Edwardsville players scored in double figures Monday but a hot-shooting Morehead State team picked up the victory 75-72 in women's Ohio Valley Conference basketball action at the Johnson Center. SIUE's Valerie Finnin matched her season high with 16 points. Tierny Austin also poured in 16 points and added nine rebounds. "We had the effort necessary late in the game," said SIUE coach Paula Buscher. SIUE, which nearly erased a 17-point second half deficit, dropped to 7-8 overall and 1-2 in the OVC. Michaela Herrod recorded her first double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds. It was the eighth career double-double for the se-
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The Gamecocks are 0-16 this season and 0-4 early in their conference schedule. The Panthers are in the middle of the pack in the west division of the OVC. Eastern is tied with Southeast Missouri and Tennessee-Martin with 2-1 OVC records, though Eastern has the better overall record of the three (8-7). The Panthers return home after a long holiday season of road trips. They will play Jacksonville State at 4 p.m. Saturday in Lantz Arena.
nior from Alton. Senior Raven Berry, a Collinsville graduate, finished with 12 points, nine rebounds, and a career-high seven assists. Jazmin Hill, an Althoff graduate, was the only player off the bench in double figures. She scored 11 behind a team-leading three three-pointers. Three-pointers came much easier for Morehead State. The Eagles collected 11 in the game with nine in the first half. Buscher said the Cougars need to be hungrier at the beginning of the game. And that responsibility, she noted, lies with her. "I need to do a better job of getting us ready from the opening tip," said Buscher. "I have to have them more focused at the opening tip." Morehead State, 5-11 overall and
1-1 in OVC play, built up a 39-24 lead at halftime behind 56 percent shooting from the field and 9-of-14 shooting (64 percent) from three-point range. The Eagles shot 52 percent for the game and hit 18 of 20 from the free throw line. Eagle guards Almesha Jones and Terrice Robinson combined for 52 of Morehead State's 75 points. Jones was one point shy of her career high with 30 points. Robinson hit the 20-plus scoring mark for the fourth time this season. "You have to give credit to Morehead. They stepped up and made shots," said Buscher. SIUE, which shot 39 percent from the field, picked up a hot shooter in Finnin who finished 6 of 11 from the field.
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Lanerryl Johnson earned OVC Freshman of the Week for the second time this season. The red-shirt freshman guard averaged 13 points, 1.5 assists, one rebound and one steal per game last week. He began the week with his second 20-point performance on the year, hitting 42.9 percent of his shots and 6-of-8 free throws on his way to 21 points off the bench in just 22 minutes. The following game, Johnson earned the first start of his career two days later against Belmont. Johnson scored five points, recorded two rebounds, dished out two assists and had two steals against the Bruins. Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.
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Senior Dan Enge swims the butterfly during the meet against Ball State at Padovan Pool on Friday Nov. 9. The Panthers won their last meet against Evansville and go to Macomb on Jan. 18 for their next meet.
Long layoff leads to more practice time By Aldo Soto Assistant Sports Editor While most students headed back home to enjoy their winter break with friends and family, the Eastern swim team stayed on campus to undergo a mid-season training camp. Head coach Elliott McGill capitalized on the extended break and continued practices for both the women and men’s swim squads. “Similar to football and their training camp before the season, we used winter break as a training camp period to get ready for the secondhalf of the season,” McGill said. He said the swimmers did enjoy a six-day break, but still far less than
the three-week long duration of winter break. Senior Hailey Foss said the extra practice time was no big deal. “ O u r r o u t i n e h a s n’t r e a l l y changed,” Foss said. “Over break we came in and trained very hard, focusing on swimming fast at every practice.” Every member of the swim team came in daily and practiced two times a day. “ We had one practice in the morning and another at night,” McGill said. “The morning practice would last two hours and the night practice would also be two hours and sometimes two-and-ahalf hours.”
The Panthers are in the middle of a month-long gap between competitions. Since the men’s team picked up its first win of the season at Evansville on Dec. 15, the Panthers will have waited 34 days until their next opponent in Western Illinois on Jan. 18. The previous time the Panthers faced an extended time between meets came at their road meet against Evansville. The 15-day long break between competitions proved to be an advantage for the men’s team, as they captured their first win of the season. The women who have seen some success early in the season bounced back from their fifth-place finish at
the House of Champions meet in Indianapolis in the end of November to swim a close meet against the Evansville women’s swim team, only losing by 12 points. McGill said the major difference between Thanksgiving break and winter break was the rest period the swimmers experienced in November. “Thanksgiving break served as a natural rest for the swimmers,” McGill said. During winter break the practices were definitely more intense.” The Panthers have a two-day meet starting on Jan. 18 at Western Michigan where they will also compete against South Dakota. Foss said the winter workouts
took a physical toll on their bodies. “We did a lot of hard sets over the break and our bodies were very broken down,” Foss said. Earlier in the season McGill put the swimmers through grueling workouts that also left the swim teams tired as he expected. Despite the tired bodies at the time, the coach said he liked the times the swimmers put up during the early stretch of the season. The month-long layoff stands as the longest time between meets the Panthers will face this season. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu
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Panthers show promise in OVC; players heating up By Anthony Catezone Sports Editor There is not much promise in a 0-3 conference start, but the Panthers may have found one in senior guard Taylor Jones. In his three years as a Panther, Jones is producing more than he ever has. Head coach Jay Spoonhour said the increased playing Jones has received has simply been because of his play at the guard position. “Taylor Jones has been playing very well,” Spoonhour said. “He has gotten more playing time because he has earned them, especially since we have gotten into our league. The OVC has faster point guards than many other conferences. It’s rough, but Taylor Jones has really been doing a good job.” He is second on the team with 10 points per game in Ohio Valley Conference play. Jones is shooting 53 percent from 3-point range in his first three conference games (8of-15), as opposed to his 35 percent from 3-point range in non-conference games. Jones is not the only Panther who is on a hot streak from behind the arc. Sophomore forward Josh Piper has knocked down at least one 3-pointer in 14 consecutive games. He hit three in the loss at More-
head State, which marks five games this season that Piper has drained at least three 3-pointers. His season high is five against Toledo. Piper ranks sixth in the OVC in 3-point shooting percentage with 44.8 percent. Wisconsin recruit Head coach Jay Spoonhour has signed a post player from Wisconsin in Jake Verhagen. He is the first recruit of the 2013 class. Verhagen is a 6-foot, 6-inch forward at Appleton Wes High School. He averaged 16 points and seven rebounds per game his junior season – earning All-Fox Valley League honors. In his senior season, Verhagen is averaging 13 points per game. He is ranked as the 26th best player in the state of Wisconsin. Players of the Week M.J. Rhett, a sophomore forward from Tennessee State, received his first Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week honor as he stepped up in the absence of senior forward Robert Covington, out four to six weeks with a meniscus tear. Rhett and the Tigers won two conference road games last week over Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State, while on his way to averaging a double-double. He averaged 12.5 points, 14 rebounds and
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Taylor Jones, a red-shirt senior guard, prepares to pass the ball during the game against Trinity International on Nov. 5, 2012. The Panthers will take on Tennessee Tech on Thursday.
2.5 blocks per game, while registering a 72.7 shooting percentage. Rhett scored a career-high 15 points, sinking 4-of-4 shots and 7-of-11 free throws in a sixpoint win over Tennessee Tech last Thursday. The 6-foot, 9-inch, 225-pounder also hauled in 12 rebounds and blocked four shots. Two days later, he established an-
other career-high, this time in rebounds, pulling down 16 boards against Jacksonville State to go along with 10 points, one block, one assist and one steal. Rhett now ranks ninth in the OVC with 6.5 rebounds per game. Austin Peay’s junior guard Travis Betran nabbed his fourth OVC Ne wcomer of the Week honor
in his 2013 campaign. He averaged 26 points, 5.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game, while shooting 43.6 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from 3-point range. Not to mention, he also was a perfect 10-of-10 at the free throw line.
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