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Macomb Balloon Rally prepares for takeoff NICHOLAS EBELHACK/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Macomb Balloon Rally participants arrive in Macomb today preparing for this weekend’s festivites. Balloons will fly in to Western Illinois University’s Vince Grady Field today at 6 p.m., followed by Saturday’s balloon glow.
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On Monday, Sept. 11 Western Illinois University’s Inter Hall Council (IHC) will release their long anticipated Rocky Cups. The Rocky Cups will sell at ten dollars per cup and allow students to receive a 40-50 percent discount off refills in the dining halls. According to IHC president Killian Tracey, the goal of the cups is to advertise the brand of the IHC, help students budget their meal plan, and raise money for the Rocky Memorial project, a memorial to all the people who served as Rocky mascots.
“For one thing, the cups get our (IHC) logo out there,” Tracey said. “It also allows us to raise money for the Rocky Memorial project over by Hanson Field. Also, we want to help as a meal plan saver because we know a lot of people like to run through their meal plans too quickly in the semester especially first year students.” Tracey reiterated the amount of money students would save in correlation with the mobility the cup allocates. “My pitch to students inquiring about the rocky cup is that it’s a cup you can put in your backpack as opposed to the current to go
cups with lids that easily pop off,” Tracey said. “You can take this cup with you and the dollars it saves you will add up; that 50 cents that you spend for two meals a day equates to one dollar a day, seven dollars a week, twenty-eight dollars in a month, it will add up.” Although the cups would save students money at various dining halls like CorbinOlson, Thompson, Bayliss and Henninger Halls, the cups use is prohibited at the various restaurants that in the University Union.
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On Wednesday, attendees sampled Indian tea and food while they learned about India during the Center for International Studies’ international coffee and tea hour in Horrabin Hall. “We wanted to try a new event,” said Dana Sistko, CIS assistant director. “I think that a lot of other schools have done something like an international coffee hour and I think it is a topic that many people are interested in and we have a great deal of students who can showcase their culture, so we’re going to do this one on India.” Shital Joshi, CIS graduate assistant from India, talked about the Indian tea culture and consumption as well as the production of tea in India. “Indians drink tea all the
time,” Joshi said. “The frequency of drinking tea is like four to five times a day. India is the second largest country in the world that grows tea and exports tea throughout the world. There are tea vendors throughout the country that runs their businesses out of tea. Also, we have states named Assam and Darjeeling, that is where we grow ourtea with all the crops there and the women would go and pluck the tea leaves, then goes through the process and sell it throughout the world and the nation.” Joshi said that tea is consumed all over India and it’s a way of life in India, especially in books, movies and even politics where Narendra Modi went from being a tea vendor to prime minister of India.
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From Lebanon to the United States of America, Nasser Zbeeb, a man with a deep appreciation for the human spirit and the will of humanity plans to eliminate obstacles and spread love during his life here on earth. “I’m the type of guy who likes to tackle obstacles,” Zbeeb said. “Even if it’s hard, I wouldn’t want to perceive it that way; if I keep a positive attitude, if I keep thinking, ‘I’ll be able to accomplish this obstacle,’ then there’s nothing hard at the end.” In addition to exemplifying the virtues of hard work and perseverance, Zbeeb plans
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to contribute to society and serve the citizens of Lebanon. “I want to serve my country,” Zbeeb said. “I plan on being a heart surgeon. Maybe I’ll actually apply some surgery techniques while I’m in the military, combatants get injured. I’ll be there to operate on them, treat them.” Zbeeb, a trilingual and multicultural American, attributes his moral and ethical values to his Lebanese heritage. “If I’m not going to interact with others, well, what’s the point of being human?” Zbeeb said. “The Lebanese like to get close to people; they like to speak to each other with their hearts. I find the conservative nature
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I adopted from Lebanese culture definitely helped me stay and maintain on my tasks.” Zbeeb’s Lebanese heritage allows him to compare and contrast Lebanese traditions and culture with American traditions ,which gives him a unique perspective of American prosperity. “In terms of ideology and policy, [Americans] go through with them, and they stand up for their people,” Zbeeb said. “On the other hand, you have the people of Lebanon who are very nice, very expressive people, but you have a government there that’s not able to care for its citizens. People in Lebanon don’t have 24/7 electricity or water, it gets cut
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off during the day.” Zbeeb understands the importance of literacy and written word and has a profound interest in the art of poetry. “Poetry, in terms of expressiveness, is the highest form of literature,” Zbeeb said. “I feel that people, if they really want to express how they feel or a message they want to get out to the public, the best way to do it is through poetry.” Zbeeb’s love of human connection stands parallel to his love of family, community, hard work and perseverance. “I had a lot of idols growing up,” Zbeeb said. “My parents. I learned a lot of my nice traits from my mom; everything, in
terms of spirituality, morality, and religion, she passed to me. My dad, on the other hand, urged me in a way where, everybody has to work in life basically. It wasn’t until he was 40 years old when he actually got his PHD. It just shows how much effort, how much work he puts into life. Anything can be achievable if you put the work and time into it.” One of Zbeeb’s favorite lines of poetry emanates from a work called “Tableau” by Countee Cullen, “That lightning brilliant as a sword, should blaze the path of thunder.” The work perceives the power of friendship over prejudice, and emulates his life's philosophy.
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“We looked at the possibility of the rocky cups being used at places like Burger King, Sabarro, and Einsteins,” Stacey said. “Unfortunately, we can’t do that it’s only going to be for the dining halls because of how the contracts work.” Stacey continued to stress the IHC’s disappointment with being unable to implement the rocky cups in the University Union.
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“(Modi) then elevated the level of tea vendors and ‘it’s not important to be in politics, even if I lose the elections, I can still have my own store of tea and survive,’” Joshi said as she quoted Modi. “And then, he brought up a campaign of ‘chai pe charcha,’ that is a discussion over a cup of tea that is reputable to talking about women empowerment and other issues of the country.” Joshi said that Indian tea is the same as the chai that is commonly served in the United States and emphasized that chai is the Hindi word for tea.
Friday, September 8, 2017 “With Burger King, once you buy one of their cups you can already refill as many times as you want, so it was the basis of could you always refill this or do you have to pay for it every time you get a meal,” Tracey said. “It’s never been done before so (administration) wants to see if it sells well.” Tracey reiterated the fact that the Rocky Cups will cause students to subtly save meal plan money, colloquially referred to as “swipe” and exhibited optimism about the future of rocky cups.
“We promoted the cups at the activities fair,” Tracey said. “All of the E-board is involved with other organizations and we’ve been talking to them about it and even with hall government and people seem excited about it so I hope it goes well. We have a certain amount now and if it goes well we’ve hopefully get more and distribute them out to more people.” The Rocky Cups can be purchased from Sept. 11-13 at Thompson, Bay/ Henn, and Corbin/Olson dining centers.
“Americans would say it as a chai tea, but that what it is, it’s chai, not chai tea,” Joshi said. “It’s like saying tea two times, it’s like (saying) ‘chai chai’” Sistko said that China would be represented in the international coffee/tea hour in October with Nigeria being represented in November and Saudi Arabia being represented in December. India, China, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia were chosen for the fall semester due to the large number of Western Illinois University students that came from those countries, so Sistko thought to start out the international coffee/tea hour with those countries first and then expand with other coffee/tea cultures
from around the world. “If anyone wants to present on their tea and coffee culture, we’ll be happy to have them or maybe there’s a country that we’re not familiar with that have a unique coffee and tea culture and we may feature them as well,” Sistko said. Sistko thought that the India tea culture event was successful with a mixture of both domestic and international students learned more about the Indian tea culture. “Hopefully they got a little bit of a taste of a different culture and now maybe they’ll be more interested in coming to additional events or maybe even talking to someone whey they many not really talk to at all,” Sistko said.
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Well imagine that, it’s just a quarter before midnight and you’ve just revised your essay for that undergraduate scholarship. This one’s got to be a winner. You start closing out a few tabs and shutting down your laptop when you hear some rustling in the hallway moving closer and closer to your door. The knob
fumbles a bit and drunkenly walks in your buddy Eric and mystery girl number 3 of this week. Here we go again. You already know what’s coming, Eric motions for the girl to wait outside and they exchange a sloppy swab of spit before she waits outside the door. This sight is absolutely disgusting.
“Hey buddy, I got a huge favor to ask.” And cue the reoccurring, “Dude, this girl is trashed right now, please, please give me the room for just a solid hour, my dude.” By now you’ve already gotten down the crossed arms, the tapping foot and eyes that say, “I can’t wait til’ the waiting list for a single room gets down to my name”. “I promise this is the last time I will ever do this again.” Of course, you remind Eric of how this is the third girl this week and how terrible
he is at keeping his promises. Nevertheless you, being obviously the better person, give in and spend the remainder of the night with a blanket and pillow in the 5th floor lounge watching Netflix off your laptop and slowly falling into a passive-aggressive slumber. We all have our bad roommate stories and maybe one point in time we’ve even been the bad roommate and just kept on with being absolutely terrible people and that’s something the whole world could use a little less of. It’s no secret that life is hard
and life sucks, but this is college. This should be the best four years of your life, albeit the most challenging, but undoubtedly the best. Why spend time setting up a war in what is essentially a sandboxsized room? I challenge those of you with roommates to not cross that line that finally puts one of you over the edge that makes you want to separate yourself so far from the other guy that the only time you two ever see one another is when you bump into each other at the Einstein’s line.
Gender equality activists are everything but equal I am aware it seems like a ridiculous question. It seems the answer is right there in their title: gender equality activist. However, throughout my teenage years I can recall countless times when someone who promotes the idea that women and men are equal does or says something that completely contradicts their supposed beliefs. To put my point in perspective, consider these questions:
Should a man pay for dinner on a date? Should a man open the door for his date? Should a man give his date his jacket if it is cold or raining? Should a boyfriend ask his girlfriend’s father for permission before proposing? Should a husband protect his wife? These questions are all ones that traditionally would be answered yes. I will come out and burst your bubble: if you answered yes to any of the following questions, you are not completely in support gender equality. Some things like paying for dinner, opening a door, or giving a girl a jacket, are considered to be gentlemanly, and some women have come to expect these things from a man. But how is that equality? In theory, someone wanting gender equality should believe that a woman should pay for dinner, open the door
and hand over her jacket just as often as her man should. Maybe you believe all these things are true. These instances are pretty trivial; however, we can now move on to a bigger question. Should a man ask a woman’s father for permission before he proposes to her? Personally, I believe the answer to this question to be yes. But for someone arguing for complete gender equality, the answer really should be no. A woman shouldn’t need a man’s permission to get married. A woman shouldn’t really need to be proposed to at all. Women should propose to men just as much as men propose to women, right? One last question: Should a man protect his wife? This is a question that more than likely, most people would answer yes. But why should he protect her? Why shouldn’t a wife protect her husband? Maybe in some cases, this is what happens, but the majority of the time, it seems that men protect women. This situation presents the subject of physical inequality. Though I know plenty of
women who are stronger or more physically fit than their male counterparts, the truth of the matter is that men have a biological predisposition to be bigger and stronger than women. They have larger frames and more easily put on muscle. I would be lying if I said I completely understood why this happens, but it can clearly be seen that it does happen. This type of inequality is not one that is easily changed. This is talking about biology, not mindset. My point is not that I am against gender equality. I am completely in agreeance that women are just as capable as men, and should be treated as equals in the workplace and before the law. However, it is hard to ignore so many traditions and common expectations in society that point away from complete gender equality. Many women today would consider it rude to go on a date with a man and him expect her to pay. Following this example, this consideration is contradictory to what gender equality promotes, yet it is a
common belief. So where does that leave us? For gender equality or against? As I previously stated, I wholeheartedly believe that women are just as capable as men are, and should be treated as equals in society. Yet I cannot ignore that fact that people who call themselves gender equality activists still share societal beliefs that promote the opposite. Additionally, the issue of physical form also throws a wrench in the quest for equality. All in all, unless our society is ready to make some extremely drastic changes very quickly, I do not see 100 percent gender equality being achieved for many more years to come.
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In June, President Donald Trump pledged the U.S. would back out of the United Nations Paris Accord which, According to an official U.N. press release, “Brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects.” The plan features various pledges by nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and take other measures to mitigate the industrial effects on our climate. Trump stated, “I was elected by the citizens of Pittsburg not Paris,” referencing the negative impact of upholding the Paris Accord. He means to prioritize American businesses over the looming monster of climate change. The president wasn’t entirely wrong. Historically our nation, among others, has relied heavily on the use of fossil fuels. The U.S. Energy Information Administration claims, “The three major fossil fuels —
petroleum, natural gas and coal which together provided 87% of total U.S. primary energy over the past decade — have dominated the U.S. fuel mix for well over 100 years.” The reduced use of these substances, among others limited by the Paris Accord, would have a large impact on energy prices, employment rates and the cost of living. But the president has failed to see the bigger picture. Climate change has profound and widespread effects on the weather and ecosystems of the world, the U.S. included. These consequences are far reaching and have drastic implications for our economy that we are only now beginning to recognize. Take, for instance, the forest sector of our economy. This industry has been hit hard by climate change already, and the devastation has only just begun. We use wood every day, it is a staple of American infrastructure. The higher temperatures
in winter seasons, along with the lack of sufficient cold snaps have resulted in the proliferation of pine beetles. These insects essentially live off pine trees, using them to house their eggs and feed their larvae. Because the mild seasons are not killing enough of the pine beetles, wide stretches of forest have become dead zones. The problem with these dead zones is that lumber industries simply don’t have the means to salvage all the dead timber. To make matters worse, most of the dead timber carries blue stain, a type of fungus the beetles carry that makes the lumber much less valuable or even unusable. The dead timber also poses a serious risk of massive wildfires. In some areas, more than 80 acres have been killed at once, leaving large areas of dry, dead timber waiting to burn. Wildfires can displace populations, disrupt employment, disrupt tourism, change the weather and more. And it can have devastating effects on local economies. If the climate continues to become more hospitable to the pine beetle, wildfires may not be delegated to the areas historically known for them, and the implications of such a large fires are truly unknown. Our nation is still reeling from
the desolation of Hurricane Harvey. Texas, along with a death toll of 60 people and counting, received massive sustained damage. Rising sea levels and warming water, among other factors, were principle factors in Harvey’s strength. The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions reported, “ sea level rise is likely to make future coastal storms, including hurricanes, more damaging. Globally averaged, sea level is expected to rise by 1-4 feet during the next century, which will amplify coastal storm surge. For example, sea level rise intensified the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which caused an estimated $65 billion in damages in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut in 2012, and much of this damage was related to coastal flooding.” The Congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment, a report compiled by scientists representing 13 federal agencies, stated in their most recent assessment, “Global mean sea level rise is primarily driven by two factors: 1) increased volume of seawater due to thermal expansion of the ocean as it warms and 2) increased mass of water in the ocean due to the melting ice from mountain glaciers and Antarctic
and Greenland ice sheets.” The report also claims that,” Human-caused climate change has made a substantial contribution to GMSL (Global mean sea level).” While it may seem like the agreements set forth in the Paris Accord limit our country’s economic potential and ability to compete in the global market, namely with large GDP countries like China who seem to disregard their contribution to climate change, the economic effect of discounting climate change will haunt us for generations to come. We are already beginning to see these consequences, ask anybody from Houston, they will know.
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The Lumberjacks put up an astounding 562 yards of total offense that led the Big Sky Conference. Sophomore quarterback Case Cookus threw for 306 yards. However, Cookus showed weaknesses in his first game of the 2017 season. He threw two
interceptions in the blowout loss to Arizona University. Northern Arizona is going to look to roll out their multifaceted offense with the impressive running back duo of Cory Young and Joe Logan. In the last matchup, wide receiver Lance Lenoir played a huge roll against the Lumberjacks setting a career record with 231
receiving yards. Lenoir was not the only one who set career-highs against the shaky Northern Arizona defense. Sean McGuire threw for 336 yards and 2 touchdowns and running-back Steve McShane rushed for 2 touchdowns and 155 yards. These two returning players look to have huge games to win their second straight game on the road and go up
2-1 in their matchup against Northern Arizona. This is the first time since 1935 that the Leathernecks have opened the season with three road games. After Saturday’s game against Northern Arizona, Western will be heading on the road again for a tough matchup against the Coastal Carolina University. Twitter: @devonseasonofrhye
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be coming into the invite with a 0-4 record. Terra Brooks leads the team with 26 kills, whereas Cierra Davis leads with 27 digs. This will be the first time both A&M and Western face off against each other. The last team competing in the invitational is Eastern Illinois University. Coming into this tournament the Panthers have a 3-3 record. EIU leads the all-time series with 28-14. This is the second, and last tournament
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The Cougars are coming to the Panther Invitational with a 4-3 record. Lauryn Dela Cruz leads the Cougars with 114 kills (4.22 k/set). Following behind is Carmen Carvajal with 105 kills (3.89 k/set). Alabama A&M will be the second competitors against the Leathernecks on the second day of the Panther Invitational. The Bulldogs will
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Leatherneck soccer back on the road By Bradley Piros
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Natalie Nagle winding up for the kick.
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Western Illinois University’s women’s soccer looks for their first team win over the weekend against SEC powerhouse, University of Kentucky Wildcats. Western has not scored a goal in their last four matches, but looks to turn things around this weekend. Although the Leatherneck’s record does not show, they are very optimistic heading into this weekend road trip. Western has been putting everything into each and every game this season so far; however, the matches are not coming out with the intended results. This weekend will be a good test to see if they really have what it takes to turn their season around. First, the Leathernecks make a quick stop in Lexington, to play the Wildcats, who are also having a rough start to their season with a 2-4-0 record. Western has not played Kentucky the last couple of seasons so this is going to be an opponent that they do not know a whole lot about, making for an interesting matchup. Kentucky just came off of a tough loss to
Florida State University , who is ranked number 8 in the country, to a score of 4-0. Kentucky was outshot 27-1, and 14-0 on goal, completely being dominated the entire game. It hasn’t been easy for Kentucky but they plan on snapping their losing streak against the Purple and Gold. This will be no easy task. Western is still hungry for their first win of the season. Beating Kentucky would be a big upset for them, giving them the much-needed momentum heading into their next match of the weekend against Eastern Illinois University. The EIU Panthers recently beat Chicago State University 5-1. CSU has had an equally rough start to their season as they have now dropped to 1-5 for the season; meanwhile the Panthers are off to a good start at 3-2-1. In that game, EIU outshout Chicago State 26-8, and 16-4 on goal, also leading them to a dominant victory as shown by the score line. Kentucky and EIU might seem like intimidating schools on paper and by their statistics they often seem like they have the upper hand, however Western will not be intimidated. The
Leathernecks want to turn their season around and this is the weekend to do it against two tough teams. Western hopes to come out with their first win of the season, and preferably back-toback wins. Four games into the season, the Leathernecks have yet to put the ball in the back of the net, however these two games they will be looking towards their star senior, Madeline Edwards and Natalie Nagle. Edwards has a recorded 11 shots for the season and Nagle has 7. Western knows they can’t win if they don’t start scoring goals, so they are looking to make a change towards the right direction. After this weekend, the Leathernecks only have one more game against Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and then they finally come back home after having played five long and hard away games. The Leathernecks will try and stick it for out a couple more games on the road as they travel to Lexington to compete and attempt get off to a good start against the Universtiy of Kentucky with a kickoff at 4 p.m. Twitter: bradjp08
Chicago Bears building for the future This Sunday, the Chicago Bears will kick off the regular season at noon against the defending NFC Champions, the Atlanta Falcons. During the offseason, the Bears made a lot of moves and decisions that were a start to a rebuilding process for an organization that has not won a Super Bowl since 1985. The most notable change occurred early in the offseason when the Bears decided to part ways with long time quarterback Jay Cutler and sign former Tampa Bay Buccaneer backup Quarterback Mike Glennon to a surprising three-year contract worth $45 million. During his time with Tampa Bay, Glennon started just 18 games over four seasons while holding a record of 5-13. The Bears posted a record of 3-13 in 2016, landing them with the third worst record
in the NFL. The poor regular season gave Chicago the third pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Going into the draft, most people believed Chicago would draft someone on the defensive side of the ball to help a withered secondary. Draft day came and the Bears made a selection that ended up being one of the most talked about decisions of the offseason. The Bears traded up in the draft for the second pick and took quarterback Mitchell Trubisky out of the University of North Carolina. Trubisky was projected to be drafted high but after the signing of Glennon, Chicago was not even in the conversation of taking him with their pick. Much of Chicago called this a “controversy” as the Bears went offensive in the draft and passed on a much-needed defensive play-
er. Jeff Joniak, the voice of the Bears, did not believe that controversy was the correct terminology. “To me it wasn’t a controversial pick at all,” said Joniak. “To me there was no controversy. He was going to be a high pick and I think the way it was taken by the media kind of chumped it up and made it seem worse than it was because in the end all they gave up was a third-round pick for Mitchell Trubisky. To me it was a smooth move and one that was important for Ryan Pace the general manager.” After the quarterback situation, the Bears added some key pieces on defense with the likes of cornerback Prince Amukamara and rookie safety Eddie Jackson. Jackson and Amukamara are two athletes who look to help bolster the secondary and help the Bears return to the stellar defense Chicago was always known as the Monsters of The Midway. “That’s way too premature,” Joniak said. “Obviously they would like to have a defense that plays like that, you know
physical and aggressive. They do have a good chance for the front seven to be highly ranked in that regard they have multiple weapons in the front seven that can be rotated by Vick Vangio to create pressure.” Joniak said that the defense is more of a veteran defense than a young defense, although the Bears are attempting to develop players such as Kyle Fuller and Eddie Goldmen. Second year running back Jordan Howard, who a season ago was the second-best rusher in the league behind Dallas Cowboy Ezekiel Elliot, is a guy that Jeff Joniak has his eyes on. “He’s a downhill thumper, those guys are always known for getting tough yards and that’s exactly what he did in college at UAB and Indiana and he did it in record fashion with the bears getting the single season rookie rushing record.” Joniak said. “The case could have been made that he would have won the rushing title if he had played all 16 games.” Entering the preseason, only
one question was on the mind of the Chicago faithful: who would start in week one of the regular season, Trubisky or Glennon? Head Coach John Fox from the beginning said that Glennon would begin the season as the starter and Trubisky would be the number two, but with impressive play from the rookie in four preseason games the decision proved not to be quite as easy as Fox had hoped. Trubisky in four preseason games would throw for 364 yards, three touchdowns, zero interceptions and a Quarterback rating of 106.2. Glennon, on the other hand in just three games, would throw for 243 yards, two touchdowns, two interceptions and a QBR of 70.5. Despite these numbers, Trubisky would be named the second-string quarterback behind Glennon. On Sunday, the Bears take the field and look to show that the future is now. Chicago’s hopes are bleak this season but with the right formula, the historic organization's future could be bright.
Monday, August 21, 2017
Western looks to stay undefeated against NAU By Devon Greene
assistant sports editor The Western Illinois football team is heading back on the road this week as they look to take on Northern Arizona University in the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, Arizona tomorrow. The Leathernecks started off the season strong with an impressive 41-14 win on the road at Tennessee Technical University. The Purple and Gold defense showcased a marked improvement from last year after allowing 34 points per game. They were able to record three sacks in the season opener showing hope for the rest of the season. Team captain and junior linebacker Quentin Moon put on an outstanding performance against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles and earned himself the Missouri Valley Football Conference Player of the Week honors. Moon finished with 10 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble. Head coach Charlie Fisher saw good things in the season opener but is looking to improve this week against
Northern Arizona. “In that 41-14 win we were sloppy at times, we didn't play our best. We got into a nice rhythm and played well in spurts. But we can play so much better," Fisher said. "We have some things we need to clean up. We have an idea on where we are at right now, we've got to keep marching forward and get ready to play a really good Northern Arizona team on the road next week." This will be only the third time the Leathernecks and Lumberjacks have competed against one another. The series is currently split at 1-1. Northern Arizona won the first matchup over 50 years ago in 1967 with a dominant 34-0 shutout victory. The Leathernecks got their long-awaited revenge last season with a 34-20 at home. Western is looking to shut down the highly versatile Northern Arizona offense and capitalize on mistakes that the underclassman quarterback may make.
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Junior linebacker, Quentin Moon celebrating Western’s season opening win.
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Western volleball looks to win in Charleston By Brie Coder courier staff
Senior, Shalyn Greenhaw helps the Leathernecks score witha spike.
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This weekend, the Leathernecks head out of town once more to compete in the Eastern Illinois University (EIU) Panther Invitational in Charleston, Ill. The event begins on Friday, Sept. 8 when Western Illinois University faces off against Chicago State University at 6 p.m. Two more matches will follow for the Leathernecks on Saturday, Sept. 9 beginning at 10 a.m. against Alabama A&M. The last event is later that same evening against Eastern Illinois at 7 p.m. Western recently came back from the UAB Blazer Invitational in Birmingham, Ala. with one win against Charleston Southern. The win for the Leathernecks had highlights from red shirt freshman Mackenzie Steckler, senior Shalyn Greenhaw and junior Shiah Sanders. Each player recorded 12 kills in the match, that lasted five sets. Junior setter Jaime Johnson logged 48 digs in the match. The invitational shifted in a different direction later in the invitational, for the Leathernecks, with two losses from Austin Peay University and host UAB. This made the score 1-2 for the Purple and Gold. On Sept. 4, after a tough two-day competition the Leath-
ernecks would then head to Cape Girardeau, Mo. to compete in a singles match against Southeast Missouri State. In the match the team was led by outside hitter Emma Norris with 15 kills, and 46 Johnson assists. Unfortunately, Western fell causing another loss for the team. Among the wins and losses, the Leathernecks have some strong players in the division that could benefit them this weekend at the EIU Panther Invitational. Sophomore outside hitter Claire Grove leads the league with 126 digs. Grove is also third in the league for digs per set at 4.34. Norris rounds out the top five in digs with 86, and is also fourth among Summit League players in kills with 80. Middle/outside hitter Steckler, is fifth in hitting percentage with a .323 clip. Johnson concludes the players to watch for, with assists per set at 8.62. Chicago State will be the first opponents of Western’s at the EIU Panther Invitational. This isn’t the first time that the two teams have competed against one other. The Leathernecks beat the Cougars 3-0 at the Hampton Inn Leatherneck Invitational on August 26th.
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