TOP CAT PROGRESSIVE PIZZA Women’s soccer player Meagan Radloff scored two With red-shirt sophomore Garet Christianson goals on her 21st birthday during the Panther’s game against Tennessee Tech.
on the men’s soccer lineup, the team has scored nine goals in three games.
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Noel-Levitz to conclude consulting period Buses Eastern’s student enrollment full for 15000 fall break By Jack Cruikshank Staff Reporter @DEN_News
By Samantha McDaniel Associate New Editor @DEN_News The two buses rented by the university to take students home over fall break have been completely filled. Susie Ray, an administrative clerk in the Ticket Office in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, said both buses were filled and not enough students are on the waiting list to get another bus. The university works with Monticello Bus Service, Inc. to provide transportation for students to Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Ray said they reserved two buses for the fall break based off of last year’s number of students who used the transportation, and will have three for Thanksgiving break. Tickets go on sale roughly two weeks before the bus is scheduled to leave, she said. “We try to accommodate everybody and let them know when tickets go on sale,” Ray said. “It is up to them if they really want to go home to try and get here in time to purchase a ticket.” Ray said if there are enough students on a waiting list to fill another bus, they can get one provided if the company has a bus available. If there are not enough students, however, the university will not usually get another bus. For students who are unable to get a ticket for the buses through the university, Ray said the Ticket Office provides some other alternatives for getting home. She said they tell students about the Amtrak and Greyhound bus service in Mattoon, and about the Dial-a-Ride program that will transport them to those stations. Brittany Welsch, a sophomore psychology major, said she is planning on using the buses during break to get home, and said she does not like that there are so few buses available. “There’s no way to get home if there isn’t another bus,” Welsch said. “I live three hours away, so I would have no way of getting home if I didn’t take the bus.” She said if the bus was full she would consider taking the Greyhound or the Amtrak, but would rather not. “I would probably just stick it out and go home on other breaks,” Welsch said. She said the university should consider getting more buses. “If everyone here decides to go home, three wouldn’t even be enough,” she said. Golene Thrush, a freshman early childhood education major, said she would be upset if she tried to get a bus ticket and there were none available. “It would be kind of stressful because I wouldn’t have a way home,” Thrush said. “My parents would have to find a way to come get me or I’d have to find a different way.” Molly Kearns and Bridgette Hearn, both junior sociology majors, have ridden the bus from Eastern before. Kearns said she does not like riding the bus because the drivers had to ask the riders directions for different areas of the ride.
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The university will minimize its relationship with an outside consulting firm due to the fall’s disappointing enrollment trends, a university official said. In November 2011, the Board of Trustees approved hiring the enrollment management-consulting firm Noel-Levitz to help reverse the trend of declining enrollment at Eastern. Now, after almost two years, the population is still declining and the time with Noel-Levitz is coming to an end. Blair Lord, the provost and vice president for academic affairs, said the consulting contract with the firm was originally set to expire on June 30, 2013, but because of setbacks, the contract will officially end around November. Eastern, however, will still retain some additional services such as a proprietary system that helps determine which admitted students have a high tendency to choose Eastern. “(The proprietary system that Noel-Levitz will still handle) is a fairly elaborate model to develop in house,” Lord said. “We were going to try to develop it over this past year, but we are not ready to do without Noel-Levitz’s assistance at this time. Hopefully we will get there soon.” The current total enrollment of 10,417 (8,347 of which are undergraduate students) is approximately 1,000 students less than what Lord said he would like it to be consistently. “The ultimate goal is to stem the declines that we have faced in enrollment and ultimately to reverse the trends of enrollment,” he said. “We want to stem that decline for a number of years so ultimately the numbers will start going back up again.”
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percent decline in students this year, Lord was quick to point out that in other areas, such as retention, Eastern is doing well. “Eastern’s retention rate compared to state norms is very good,” Lord said. “We retain students at a much higher rate than other similar universities.” Mary Herrington-Perry, the as-
sistant vice-president for academic affairs, is currently undertaking the application of Noel-Levitz’s ideas to Eastern’s recruitment system, including a strategic enrollment planning process that created a steering committee under her leadership.
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Talent show cut short, wins over crowd By Marcus Curtis Entertainment Editor @DEN_News The short “Showtime at the Apollo” themed talent show hosted by the University Board Mainstage committee resulted in a victory by two strong-voiced students. Shelaina Reid and Quavonna Hayes, both junior family and consumer sciences majors, won the acceptance of the crowd, and $125, with their cover performance of Jazmine Sullivan’s song “Need U Bad.” The theme of the UB Mainstage talent show was very similar to popular amateur talent show in Harlem, N.Y. “Showtime at The Apollo”.
Performers that stepped on stage got a chance to present their entire talent, however performers who did not get the approval of the audience would be escorted off stage by a loud siren and a man in a costume with a broom or a cane. The format of the Mainstage talent show was very similar to the
faction with the performance. The process would proceed with the sounding of an alarm and the appearance of the person known as “The Sandman.” “The Sandman” jumped on stage wearing a rainbow colored clown wig and yielding a broom. He swept at the performers
"The win was unexpected. I’m happy, excited." Shelaina Reid, Talent show winner original amateur night known in Harlem. There were various amounts of students who did not meet the expectations of the crowd. Audience members yelled “Boo” and waved their hands to show their dissatis-
feet, signaling the contestants to remove themselves off the stage while the crowd continued to yell “Boo.” At the end of the talent show, David Groves, coordinator for UB Mainstage and senior manage-
ment major, stepped on the stage behind all the contestants that survived the critical crowd. Groves held his hand above each contestant’s head while the crowd responded with screams and hand clapping to acknowledge their favorite act. The crowd’s reaction to Hayes and Reid’s singing performance resulted in them taking home the $125 prize. Reid said she did not expect to win the talent show, but said she is very happy that she did. “The win was unexpected,” she said. “I’m happy, excited. Everybody did good.” Hayes agreed with her singing mate.
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Student Senate to present Midterm-Mania By Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor @JJarmonReporter Student Senate members finished approving every member of the Student Action Team and announced an academic program to improve Registered Student Organization members’ GPA at their meeting Wednesday. The senate approved 19 more Student Action Team members. Executive Vice President Mitch Gurick, the chairman of the Student Action Team, formed the team in order to lobby in Springfield for Eastern issues. Gurick said the team is comprised of 23 members, but not all of them will be going to lobby.
Only 16 members will be able to go to Springfield on Oct. 23 to lobby. Gurick said the Student Action Team executive board will be deciding the best candidates for the trip if to many want to go. Lauren Price, the vice-chairwoman of the team and a junior biological science major, said they are looking for a person with communication skills. “I don’t need someone who is going to be nervous,” Price said. Gurick said he wanted as many people to join as possible to insure they would have a full team going to Springfield. “I still want their input on issues affecting Eastern,” Gurick said. “I am assuming people won’t be able to go because of their class schedules.”
The Student Senate academic affairs committee revealed that they are starting Midterm-Mania next week for the senate. Midterm-Mania is a program to improve academic success for students who are members of an organization. Shirmeen Ahmad, the committee chairwoman and a journalism and political science major, said the committee is starting the program using the senate members as a trial run to work out any problems that might arise. “We want to have something big that we can implement all around campus, but before we already do that we want to have a test,” Ahmad said. “Student government is our test.” Ahmad said they will be pretending each committee is a RSO.
Midterm-Mania is more of a competition between the committees in order to increase student’s grades. The committee who has a higher percentage of participants with a 3.25 GPA or more will win prizes. Ahmad said the committee will look at the highest GPAs and not just the percentages. She said they have not figured out the prizes for the team The GPAs will be tabulated after finals week. Student Senate will be meeting again at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Arcola-Tuscola room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.
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the future. The RHA programming committee members will be handling the banner and the spirit board for Homecoming. Christina Lauff, the RHA national/Illinois communication coordinator and adviser of the committee, said they have not met yet, but they plan to after the meeting to set up a time for the committee to meet to work on the spirit board. Lauff said Morrow has already designed the banner for the RHA. RHA members will also be talking
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By Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor @DEN_News President Bill Perry clarified what the government shutdown will mean for students and Eastern as a whole at “Pizza with the Prez” Wednesday in Taylor Hall. Students were able to have some free Little Caesars pizza while talking to Perry about their lives, as well as issues affecting students such as the government shutdown Monday. Perry discussed how the U.S. government shutdown will affect the campus and the importance of federal funding. “It is really unfortunate,” Perry said. “It has been almost 20 years since the last one.” He said that it is crucial it does not last too long because the federal government supplies grants to some faculty. “The longer it lasts, the more impact it will have,” Perry said. Perry said students should not have to worry about Eastern’s academic programs. “The instructional programs are
funded by, for the most part, state appropriations and tuition,” Perry said. He said other programs might degrade if the problem is not solved soon. Students offered their appreciation for Perry and the administration as a whole. “Right now, it looks like a real log jam and I don’t know what it will take to break it up,” Perry said. Miranda Mauk, a senior art and psychology major, said she was proud of how progressive Perry and the campus are towards sexuality. Mauk said she knew a student last year who had gender reassignment surgery that semester and halfway through the semester her instructors were emailed of the pronoun change for the student. “That was the first time I realized that I was very proud to be a part of this institution,” Mauk said. “That was a very progressive mindset.” For the in-depth version of this article go to:
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President Bill Perry jokes with the the Assistant Director of Bands, J. Corey Francis, after Pizza with the Prez Monday behind the Tarble Arts Center. Perry said he is excited for Eastern’s homecoming game, where he will direct the band as they play the university’s fight song.
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Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 2008, David Finch has authored a book detailing his life – a book that will be part of his presentation as he helps kick off the 2013 EIU Autism Conference. Finch will be presenting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $10 and a portion of the proceeds will go toward the advancement of the EIU Autism Center on campus. Throughout his presentation, Finch will be incorporating parts of his book, “The Journal of Best Practices,” as part of the keynote speech. His book, which is a memoir of his life with Asperger Syndrome, details aspects of how he has dealt with the syndrome – often with entertaining results, Gail Richard, the chair of the communication and disorder sciences department, said. Richard said Finch began having some idiosyncrasies in his life that became disruptive, and he made a concerted effort to figure out why. The idiosyncrasies ended up being a part of his Asperger Syndrome. After figuring out what exactly his syndrome was, he kept a journal, which helped, and began writing for publications
Students and faculty will get a chance to experience the sounds of Ritmos Unidos at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The events of Latin American Heritage Month continue with the free performance from Ritmos Unidos, the multi-genre Latin band. Ritmos Unidos, which translates to “united rhythms” in English, is a band that focuses in the genres of Latin jazz, afro-Cuban jazz and various other genre mixtures of Latin descent. Jamie Ryan, an assistant professor of percussion, said students and other attendees would experience quality music from a quality band. “[Students] will hear some of the best musicians in this genre,” Ryan said. “They’re all world class musicians.” Ryan said he anticipates students gaining an interest in a different style
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like The New York Times. Richard also said his novel, and approach, was more tongue-in-cheek than people would be used to. “It’s great to bring in somebody who’s pretty new, or novel,” Richard said. “That was one of the motivators.” Along with Finch, the 2013 EIU Autism Conference will also feature Tim Kowalski, who will host an allday training session on social pragmatic skills and personal interactions. Kowalski’s training will be Friday at 9 a.m. in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
was able to invite the band to perform at Eastern. Ryan said he got in contact with Dwight Vaught, he assistant dean of the Doudna Fine Arts Center, and they were able to book Ritmos Unidos to perform next Thursday. Other band members from Ritmos Unidos are Mike Mixtacki on drums and background vocals; Joe Galvin on violin and background vocals; Jamaal Baptiste on piano and keyboards; Pat Harbinson on trumpet and flugelhorn; Nate Johnson on tenor and soprano saxophone and background vocals; Joel Tucker on electric and acoustic guitar; and Jeremy Allen on bass guitar and string bass. Ryan said overall students will be entertained and will want to dance when hearing the sounds from Ritmos Unidos. “I think it will be an explosive performance,” he said. “It will be super-swinging. It’s great dance music.” Marcus Curtis can be reached at 581-2812 or mlcurtis@eiu.edu.
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of music. “I hope they get some new sounds in their ear,” he said. More specifically, Ryan said that his percussion students will gain some knowledge from the band, both at the concert and in the master class. He said Ritmos Unidos’ teachings and performance will give his students an idea of what they one day should become as a percussionist. “[My students] will see and hear what they’re working towards,” Ryan said. The Latin genre band is currently on tour and will be stopping at Eastern to perform. In addition to their performance, Ritmos Unidos will instruct a Latin music master class for music students who are interested from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Ryan said he thought of the idea to invite Ritmos Unidos to Eastern after his knowledge of them touring Illinois. Ryan said he is acquainted with Michael Spiro, who is the percussionist for the band, which is how he
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4 OPINIONS PAWS UP/PAWS DOWN GOVERNMENT: Congress and the White House met Wednesday and are no closer to resolving the government shutdown.
HOMECOMING: Eastern’s homecoming is in two weeks. Get ready for all the festivites.
DEATHS: Eight people died Wednesday when a church bus crashed in Tennessee.
FALL BREAK: Fall Break is next weekend, just in time for a well deserved break.
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Student Senate needs to prove worth This year’s Student Senate has been running for five weeks now and the students to seek a solution to the problem with diversity around their jobs and goals have been indistinguishable. the community. While they have hosted multiple events to promote school spirit, This is no small task for the administration, let alone the senate, they really have not done anything meaningful for the student body. but they have not even shown significant effort in trying to provide a They are planning to do a lot of activities to lobby for Eastern and service for students so they might feel more comfortable in Eastern. grab more support from alumni but they are just that, plans. The phrase, “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it,” cannot be used as an Last year, the senate activeexcuse for the lack of response from the senate. ly researched student’s opinions James Ochwa-Echel, an Africana studies professor, Our POSITION about the smoking policies through organized Coffee Hour; a meeting to allow students • Situation: Student Senate has not done a forum. to review the problems people are having. much other then plan. They found students were not Another forum like this would be beneficial for • Stance: Student Seante should show more of ready for a smoke-free campus and students and the senate. an effort to issues affecting students now. struck down a resolution proposing a Some senate members did attend the Coffee Hour smoke-free campus. but they have not given any sign as to what they will In this case, a problem was proposed to them and they acted be doing about the issues. accordingly. The senate will be hosting a mixer in the upcoming future, but it The same cannot be said for this year. seems to be a lackluster attempt to look like they are trying. Diversity issues around campus and the Charleston community Student Senate members are leaders on campus and they must be have been a hot button issue for many students but they have not act- held higher standard. They were elected to an important position with ed in response to this with any sort of discussion with students. a massive responsibility, being the voice of the student body. National PanHellenic Council even brought the issue up at a stuIt is nearly half way through the semester. They need to show more dent senate meeting two weeks ago. effort at this point. They are in the position to have a significant effect NPHC members said they hoped to co-host an event of some kind on the student body. to ease the tension as well as show that the “Barn Party” was an isolatThe daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of ed incident and had nothing to do with the black community. The Daily Eastern News. The senate still has not provided any sort of forum or activity for
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Names can make strange connections What’s in a name? An identity. A history confined within a combination of letters. Names have an inherent power over us, a power not necessarily apparent on the surface; it is a notion, a shadow present in the corner of your eye. Every one has a natural curiosity with one’s own name. The curiosity grows when you encounter someone carrying the same name. We Google ourselves just to see what pops up and then examine the lives of strangers that we have one singular facet in common with. I found a lawyer, a hockey player and a musician wearing the name Rachel Rodgers, scattered throughout the country living their lives. Discovering these strangers serves as a bit of fun, a giggly lens to peer through as if it were an alternate dimension. That’s all it was, until my name followed me here. Observing shells of these people presented no problem from a distance, but I discovered a strange feeling during my second year at Eastern when someone with the same name came to campus. The sense of curiosity remained the same, but this feeling of eeriness, of the uncanny, sprouted.
Rachel Rodgers Sigmund Freud examined the idea of the uncanny, and part of his writing identified a doubling theory. The theory spoke to how twins can seem creepy, that one must be good and the other evil. Obviously, having the same name as someone else does not compare to having a twin or a doppelganger, and, of course, I don’t think this person is evil, but it gave me an interesting perspective on the uncanny feeling. I thought the arrival of this person was an intriguing coincidence but didn’t dwell on it much. However, it’s a small world, and Eastern is much smaller. Every now and again, friends and colleagues would mention interacting with this person. I would build a connection with her without even meeting her through
the stories of others. I am a journalism major, and she is an English major so I know we must both share a passion for writing. I also discovered that because my name is often in print, it causes a lot of confusion on her end. A friend who had a class with her once told me that she would get annoyed with explaining to people that she did not work at the newspaper. She has also come up in conversation during my work. We had a photo of her during a campus event last year, and I even inadvertently interviewed her best friend just a month or so ago. When these strange occurrences turn up, I always wonder what it would be like to run into her and what we would wind up talking about. It is strange to have an ongoing connection with a person I’ve never met. Sometimes, I even think it might be better to never meet her and keep my curiosity wandering. Rachel Rodgers is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or DENopinions@gmail.com.
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freshman students this year rose approximately one point, from 21 to 22, while the average entering high school GPA rose from 3.07 to around 3.31. During the Sept. 27 Board of Trustees meeting, President Bill Perry said that while the campus academic profile is improving, the enrollment numbers still disappoint him. For this semester, the school admitted 2.5 percent more freshman, but the ultimate goal was to raise the freshman level by 10 percent. The number of transfer students also went down from last year. “We want to bring in the most well-qualified cohort of students that we can attract,” Lord said. “At some level, we would always like to have a slightly improving profile of students, but we are not going to get only people only qualified to Harvard. The improvements this year were grand, but I would like to see more improvements in the next few years.” Jack Cruikshank can be reached at 581-2812 or at jdcruikshank@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 Asha Hoover, a recreation administration major, came in third place by popular demand with the performance of her poem about the color of love, which received praise in last week’s “Brave Voices” poetry slam. Groves said the talent show was cut short because of a lack of students signing up to perform, There were only eight performers. Groves said despite the small amount of participation and attendance at the talent show, he was satisfied because the crowd was entertained. “We wish the event could’ve been longer, hopefully more students sign up next time,” he said. “As long as we have a crowd to entertain, we’re doing our job.”
She said she would ask a friend who lives in the area for a ride or have her dad pick her up. “Or I could just stay here, which would stink because it’s fall break and everyone goes home,” Kearns said. She said there are a lot of freshman who do not bring down their cars and depend on the buses to get home. Hearn said there are students who do not have parents who can come and get them to bring them home and a lot of students would be out of a way home without the buses. “They need more than two buses. This is a college campus and there are kids from all over that need to get home,” Hearn said.
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“I feel excited. I can’t wait to do it again,” she said. During Hayes and Reid’s performance, audience members sang along and encouraged them with words when they hit high notes. Some audience members even yelled, “You better sing, girl.” Despite the positive feedback from the crowd, Reid and Hayes said they were anxious. “I felt a little nervous, but excited,” Reid said. “I was also a little nervous, but I was eager to get it done,” Hayes added. The two talent show winners said they are going to pay their bills and put gas in their car with the $125. The runner-up contestant was Richard Rollings, a psychology major, who won second place by strumming the strings of a guitar to compliment his vocals.
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Goalkeepers battle for starting job By Michael Spencer Staff Reporter @DEN_Sports Sophomore goalkeeper Garrett Creasor started eight matches last season and posted two shutouts in two of Eastern’s three wins. But for four matches this season, Creasor found himself on the bench for the Panthers and Panther coach Adam Howarth said the starting goalkeeper position is up for grabs. Red-shirt freshman Ben Feltes has started for Howarth in every game for more than two straight weeks. However, in Eastern’s most recent match with IUPUI, Creasor got the start and conceded a goal as he was beaten at the near post by a shot from short range. It was the first time all season that the Panthers allowed only one goal. The race to be Eastern’s number one is close and the stats on each player are difficult to interpret. Feltes has conceded 16 goals, 9 more than Creasor, but faced 43 shots on goal during his four games for Eastern. Creasor has seen 23 shots during his three matches as the starter this season. Feltes has made 27 saves while Creasor has made seven, but Creasor’s goal against average is 1.5 goals better. For the Eastern coaching staff it goes beyond the numbers because picking a permanent starter is not an exact science, Howarth said. “I think it’s really form,” Howarth said. “Each week we evaluate it so everything is different in terms of each week. We look to see who is in the best form and who is in the best shape, and barring injuries, we will go with the best guy for that week.” Assistant coach Mark Hansen knows a thing or two about goalkeeping.
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Freshman goalkeeper Austin Miller is one of three goalkeepers competing to become the starter. The other two are Red-shirt freshman Ben Feltes and sophomore Garrett Creasor.
His name can still be found etched in the men’s soccer record book at Eastern. Hansen is the all-time leader in goals against average, letting up 1.17 goals per game during his four years in goal for the Panthers. He ranks sixth on the leader board for career saves with 183. As a coach, Hansen works primarily with the goalkeepers. “The biggest thing with collegiate goalkeeping is you have to be confident in yourself and the team has to feel confident in you and going forward we just want someone back there who is going to make all the plays they need to make, be confident and have a strong presence,” Hansen
said. He said that it is not just a twohorse race for the starting position. Freshman goalkeeper Austin Miller has made a start for the Panthers and saw a lot of playing time in the preseason. “I think all three (goalkeepers) have a lot of confidence,” Hansen said. “I think all three know they do things very well and they continue to work on the areas of the game that they know they need to improve on.” Hansen said that all three players will push each other to perform at a higher level. “During the season it is always
going to be an open battle,” Hansen said. “You want whoever is in the corps to be pushing to try to play. You don’t want somebody that’s there that doesn’t want to be the starter. I think that only makes whoever is starting better going forward.” Despite the competition the goalkeepers are keeping things in perspective. “The intensity that Creasor, Miller and I all bring to the table is just making each of us better each day,” Feltes said. “So, we are coming out and working on what we each need to work on and when it comes down to it we’re just going to do our best, all three of us, to
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help our team win games.” Creasor said he acknowledged the quality display put on by Feltes during his time as the starter and said that he and his teammates are battling every day. The competition is very real, but Creasor and Feltes have made it clear that it is not a coercive force in the team. “We’re all working together to see whoever has the best product to put on the field and that’s the guy who is going to get called,” Creasor said. Michael Spencer can be reached at 581-2812 or at tmspencer2@eiu.edu.
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Expectations now sky-high for Panthers North Dakota State or bust. It is early to say, but with the Eastern football team’s early play, that should be the expectations for the Panthers. For those who are not familiar with the Bison, they are the twotime defending national champions. They are 4-0 this season with a 24-21 road win over Kansas State of the Big 12 Conference, where Walter Payton Award Watch List quarterback Brock Jensen scored on a one-yard touchdown run with 28 seconds remaining in the game. The Bison also have a 20-0 win against No. 7 ranked South Dakota State — a team that walloped Eastern 58-10 in 2012, ousting the Panthers in the first round of the playoffs.
North Dakota State is the class of the FCS, but there is no reason Eastern, and its fans, should not have the No.1 ranked team in its sights. The Panthers are ranked No. 5 in both polls — and still climbing. They have two Walter Payton Award candidates in Jimmy Garoppolo and Erik Lora, and a candidate for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year in Dino Babers. Eastern after all beat an FBS opponent of its own in San Diego State 40-19 in the season opener. Eastern also lost to Northern Illinois, another FBS opponent, by just four points two weeks ago. Eastern’s 43-39 loss to what was arguably the best game that weekend in college football on the same
Anthony Catezone day that North Dakota State was the host for ESPN’s College Gameday, where the Bison beat Delaware 51-0. There is no question Eastern is capable of holding its own against the prominent figures in the FCS, and it has proved that in just five games this season. What fans believed was the fastest thing they have ever seen, in
Eastern’s offense last season, has been left in the dust by this season’s Panther offense. Eastern has had 13 touchdown drives in less than two minutes this season. If the Panthers were to reach the Bison in the FCS playoffs, it would be one of the premiere games this season. The definition of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object would be Eastern’s nation-best 598 yards of total offense per game against North Dakota State’s nation-best 244 yards of total defense per game. It would be the FCS version of Oregon versus Alabama — a matchup every college football fan has craved for years — and arguably
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comparable in excitement. A better script could not be written for Babers’ offense, scoring 43.6 points per game, trying to move North Dakota State head coach Craig Bohl’s defense, giving up just 7.8 points per game. A matchup against North Dakota State will expedite Eastern’s journey back to the forefront of the FCS, something Barbers has sparked since the day he was hired. Therefore it is not only the matchup that Eastern should want to happen; it is the match up that Eastern needs to happen. And maybe next season Eastern can be host to College Gameday. Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.
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Radloff celebrates birthday with win By Dominic Renzetti Managing Editor @domrenzetti Junior Meagan Radloff hit the field Sunday against Tennessee Tech after celebrating the team’s first victory of the season over Ohio Valley Conference opponent Belmont. Sophomore Molly Hawkins was able to score the team’s game winning goal to give the Panthers, who had lost seven straight before the conference opener, a 1-0 win on the road in Nashville, Tenn. But when Radloff took the field against the Golden Eagles on Sunday, she was celebrating something else too. Her 21st birthday. Radloff, who also wears No. 21 on her jersey, scored two goals in the Panthers’ 4-2 win over Tennessee Tech on her 21st birthday. Radloff has star ted all 11 matches for the Panthers this season, but was yet to score a goal. She said it felt good to finally find the back of the net, especially on her birthday. “It felt great,” Radloff said after Sunday’s match. “It’s taken awhile for the season, but it felt good to get it on my birthday.” The West Chicago native was named OVC Player of the Week by College Sports Madness for her performance. The Panthers are now 2-0 and in first place after the first week of OVC play. “Everything just finally came together in the past few games,” she said. “We’re finally starting to finish what we’ve been working on this season, so it feels good.” Radloff ’s first goal came in the 38th minute with the Panthers down 1-0. She fired a shot from
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Junior midfield forward Meagan Radloff scored two goals on her 21st birthday against Tennesse Tech. Her goals would give the Panthers a 4-2 victory
20 yards out to tie the match. The goal was unassisted. Radloff ’s goal jumpstarted the Panthers’ scoring, as the Panthers would score two more goals in the ensuing minutes, putting the team up 3-1 at half. Junior Allie Lakie scored in the 39th minute, and sophomore Hannah Miller would score in the 40th minute, topping the team’s season goal total in a span of a few minutes. Tennessee Tech struck back in the second half, scoring in the 48th minute to bring the score to 3-2. The teams battled back and forth, with the Panthers trying to hold off the Golden Eagles for their second win of the season. Radloff sealed the win in the 85th minute from 18 yards out
for her second of the day. Entering the weekend, the Panthers were 0-9, off to their worst start in program history. The team had managed just two goals in those first nine matches; one in the season opener against Oakland on Aug. 23, and another eight matches later against Valparaiso. Radloff said the team was tired of it. “Really, I think we just finally got sick of being 0-whatever, and starting conference always gets us pumped up,” she said. In t e r i m h e a d c o a c h Ja s o n Cherry said he was happy to see Radloff ’s hard work pay off. “I was so happy for her,” he said. “To get two goals, that’s phenomenal.”
Radloff, one of the team’s captains, has five points this so far season. “She’s one of our captains and one of the hardest working players on this team and it was great to see her hard work be rewarded,” Cherry said. Radloff only scored one goal last season, but has already surpassed her shots on goal total from last season, as well as points. The Panthers will take on Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky on Friday and Sunday at Lakeside Field. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.
Eastern to compete in Blue/Gold Invite After having three weeks off, the men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete in the University of Notre Dame’s Blue/Gold Invitational. The women’s meet consist of 27 teams including, Ohio Valley Conference foe Belmont. There will also be 10 regionally ranked teams competing. The men’s race will also feature 10 regionally ranked teams. The last three weeks have helped rather than hurt the team, Coach Erin Howarth said. “When you get a solid block of training time after a few early season races to see where you are at, it is a blessing,” Howarth said. “We’ve
The idea of an overnight trip also has the team in high spirits. “There is always excitement whenever we travel, even though we only travel five times a year, and have only had three overnight trips,” Howarth said. “Many freshmen will also be traveling, so this is an exciting trip for them.” This will be one the longer trips for the Panthers this season, as the trip from Charleston to South Bend, Ind., is an estimated four hours. Howarth said one of the most important expectations for this meet is for the whole team, rather than individuals to rise to success. “I just want to see our 1-5 gap on both sides tighter than it has been all season,” Howarth said. “We have yet to have a race where everyone competes extremely well.”
" I have no doubt that whether it is 90 degrees, 50 degrees, wind, rain or snow, we’ll be ready.” -Erin Howarth, Distance Coach found our weaknesses after our first race, done our homework for three weeks, and now it’s time for our next test.”
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Howarth said if the Panthers compete that way, she believes she will leave with a smile on her face. The weather for this Friday ap-
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Eastern cross country runners and those from competing universities, including Nothern Illinois University and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, stride during a meet Sept. 6 at the Panther Trail.
pears to have a 40 percent chance of rain, with high winds. No matter what nature will have in store for the meet, Howarth said her team is focused. “We’re ready to race fast and step it up from where we started,” Howarth said. “I have no doubt that whether it is 90 degrees, 50 degrees, wind, rain or snow, we’ll be ready.” Race time has not been determined as of Tuesday, but it should be
revealed by the end of the week. Following the race, the Panthers will have more than two weeks off until their next race. Following the Blue/Gold Invitational, Eastern will compete in the Pre-National Invitational at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind. Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.
Interim head coach Jason Cherry said after Sunday’s win over Tennessee Tech that he and the team sat down and discussed the importance of conference matches before the opener against Belmont. Apparently it worked, because the Panthers are off to a 2-0 start in the Ohio Valley Conference after previously losing nine straight. The Eastern women’s soccer team will try and prove that its not a one-week wonder after its two Ohio Valley Conference wins last weekend. The Panthers will take on Morehead State (2-7-1, 1-0) at 3 p.m. Friday and Eastern Kentucky (2-7-1, 1-0) at 1 p.m. Sunday. Both matches are at Lakeside Field. The Panthers are coming off a four-goal performance against Tennessee Tech, the first time the team had scored four goals since 2004, with junior Meagan Radloff leading the way with two goals. Radloff was named OVC Player of the Week by College Sports Madness. The Panthers scored more goals this weekend than any other team in the conference. Morehead State’s Jade Flory is coming off a big week of her own, scoring both goals in the Eagles’ 2-1 overtime win over Jacksonville State. Flory, who playing in her first OVC match after transferring to Morehead State from Youngstown State, was named OVC Offensive Player of the Week. She has six goals and three assists, leading the team. Morehead State’s only non-conference win came over Appalachian State on Sept. 22. The Eagles lost its season opener to nationally ranked Ohio State on Aug. 23 after the Buckeyes scored in the final seconds to go ahead 3-2. The Eagles, like the Panthers, have started a number of different players in goal this season. Red-shirt sophomore Hannah Seeman has started the most matches (four), for the Eagles, while red-shirt sophomore Elizabeth Floyd started the conference opener against Jacksonville State. Red-shirt freshman goalkeeper Kylie Morgan has been nursing a hand injury, making sophomore Cortney Jerzy see extending time in goal. Jerzy was named OVC Goalkeeper of the Week after she recorded her first career shutout against Belmont. Eastern has never lost to Morehead State in its nine meetings at Lakeside Field. The teams have tied twice. Eastern Kentucky, which also beat Jacksonville State, has also won its last two matches. The Colonels scored three goals in its last match against Alabama A&M, a season high. The Colonels had difficulty finding the back of the net throughout the season, scoring just three goals in its previous nine matches before the win over Alabama A&M. The Colonels gave up a season-high seven goals against the University of Kentucky on Aug. 30 in a 7-0 loss. Senior midfielder Kristan Paynter has scored two of the team’s three goals this season. S o p h o m o r e E r i k a Wo l f e r h a s g i v en up 24 goals this season, while making 40 saves. She has two shutouts this season. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu