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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - Vol. 118 Issue 16
Mediator called for help Western and UPI still in negotiations By Nicholas Ebelhack editor-in-chief
For almost a year, the Western Illinois University chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois (UPI) have been unsuccessful in settling a contract, and now a federal mediator has been called in to assist in negotiations that have been ongoing since Oct. 5, 2016. Western announced that it would be requesting a mediator to increase productivity on Sept. 19 in a statement from University Contract Administrator Russ Morgan. “Unfortunately, we have yet to reach a consensus for a new agreement,” Morgan said. “The initial proposals from both parties were typical of the negotiations process and our hope was that both parties would move toward a compromise. After 10 months of discussion and agreement on certain non-economic issues, unfortunately, we have not made satisfactory progress or an agreement on substantive provisions.”
UPI declined to jointly request mediation with Western. As of Sept. 18, UPI and Western still contradicted. UPI’s proposal includes reduce Academic Credit Equivalents (ACEs) workloads while raising payment for ACE workload overload, instating an annual salary increase in the final three years of the contract that correlates to the Consumer Price Index and establishing a travel fund of $250,000 a year, or a fund equal to the travel fund used for administrators. In contrast, Western’s proposal includes a three percent salary reduction for the duration of the contract, the elimination of compensation for travel for distance delivered courses in FY 19 and the elimination of the automatic minima bumps/lanes, which serve to ensure faculty do not fall behind in wages, and replace it with an increase in bonus amounts that are given with promotions.
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Western rings in Founder’s Day celebration
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Western Illinois University celebrates Founder’s Day Wednesday afternoon with the ceremonial ringing of the bell by Lana Myer's (top right) used to signal the start of classes in 1902 on the steps of Sherman Hall. Trustee Cathy Early (middle) briefly speaks before former State Sen. Kirk Dillard delivers the keynote address inside of the Sherman Hall auditorium.
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Mayor Mike Inman (left) and Fifth Ward Alderman Gayle Carper (right) discuss a proposed agreement with Lifeguard Ambulance Service at Monday night's Commitee of the Whole meeting.
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assistant news editor Kickstarting the Macomb City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting Monday evening were discussions on the proposed Medical Transportation Employee Leasing and Administrative Services Agreement with Lifeguard Ambulance Service, LLC. According to Mayor Mike Inman, the initial discussion pertained to the City Council’s proposed agreement between the Lifeguard Ambulance Service to replace the hospital based ambulance service currently in place. “Our agreeing to lease them
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The mediator joined both parties Thursday with the goal of coming together on an agreement. In a statement from UPI, those negotiations continued to be unsuccessful. “The administration’s proposal permanently cuts salaries, adds furlough days, eliminates salary cost of living adjustments, reduces pay for summer employment, increases the number of courses faculty must teach, reduces notice for future layoffs, and nearly eliminates meritbased salary increases for professional achievement,” reads the press release. The statement continues that UPI will make sacrifices so long as proposed workloads are in-line with other universities and that Western supports travel for its members at the same rate as it does
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both building space within fire station one and fire station two and for us to also lease them personnel staff one of their ambulances on routine basis,” Inman said. “It sets forth the parameters on which we’re going to get rent from them and how much they’ll reimburse us for the use of our people.” Inman added that Macomb has implemented a dual response system for the Lifeguard Ambulance Service up until Monday. “Someone calling for an MS 911 event inside the city of Macomb would’ve got an ambulance from McDonough District Hospital along with support from the fire staff,” Inman said. “The fire staff support consists of at least
two people if not closer to three people at any given call. This will set the arrangement up where we will actually be riding with the ambulance when it goes on a call, it will be one of our people in there.” The policy changes and actual logistics warrant further discussion with city staff and lifeguard staff once they meet, but the foundation and groundwork for EMS compensation and work duty is finally implemented after fifteen years. In the midst of discussing the Administrative Services Agreement, Fifth Ward Alderman Gayle Carper raised concerns about the implementation of the agreement and it will prove beneficial to the
Macomb community. “I’m a lawyer so I always am a little pickier with contracts,” Carper said. “It wasn’t clear to me in the contract whether we would have to leave the firefighter at the station all the time and it seems that we have to have one available. Better to ask about the issue now when it occurs to me because maybe there won’t be enough firefighters to fight fires if we have to.” The City Council continued their brief meeting with discussions on purchasing a rotary lobe sludge pump for the Waste Water Treatment Plant from Zimmer & Francescon in the amount of $10,254.00 According to Inman, the Waste Water Treatment Plant needs a
for administrators. “UPI’s proposal reflects an understanding that the university needs some time to reset and also presents a hopeful future for Western,” said UPI Chapter President Bill Thompson. Morgan responded to UPI’s release on Friday, stating that even with the cuts that are being proposed by the university Western remains a competitive institution of higher education. “Professors and associate professors at WIU are currently 101102% of the national average in terms of salaries, as well as in the state (minus the University of Illinois system),” Morgan said. Even if a three percent salary reduction would be factored in, professors and associate professors at WIU will be within 99-100% of the national and state average, and WIU's wages would remain quite competitive. The fact that Western is close
to or above the national average is actually rather phenomenal given the recent fiscal crisis facing public higher education.” Morgan also states that the university is proposing to keep the status quo in regards to ACE workload to ensure students will continue to receive the services they need, stating that UPI’s proposal would force the university to hire an additional 50 faculty members at a cost “of at least $3 million.” In contrast, UPI argues that Western’s proposal does not compensate faculty sufficiently for their work, and would cause additional problems in the coming years. “UPI believes in a sustainable future for our students, university, and communities. WIU administration’s latest proposal would result in significantly less pay for more work and would negatively impact the student experience, cause further chal-
lenges in employee and student retention and recruitment, and result in a loss of over a half million dollars in sales tax revenue and 20 million dollars in consumer spending for the Macomb community over the next five years.” Even with appropriated funding for FY 18, higher education across Illinois is receiving a ten percent decrease in funding. Additionally, enrollment has continued to decline steadily at Western, as the latest enrollment statistics reveal a 9 percent decrease since last year as total enrollment dips under 10,000. While Western still looks to maintain fiscally conservative practices, UPI continues to seek potential benefits for its members following the end of the Illinois state budget impasse. Further information about progress towards a new contract between the two entities is expected at Friday morning’s Board of Trustee’s meeting.
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Monday, September 25, 2017
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V-Show brings stories to life
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Competing teams continued battling it out for the title of Homecoming champion at V-Show, where Alpha Sigma Tau, Pi Kappa Phi, Gamma Phi Omega and Theta Xi won the greek division, House Arrest II won the student organization division, and Tanner Hall won the residence hall division on Tuesday night at Western Hall.
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It’s Wednesday and I’m already burnt out on Homecoming Week, and I know that I share this sentiment with many of my fellow Greek community members. But the reason why I’m already begging for this week to end isn’t because I don’t want to participate, nor is it because I don’t like homecoming, because I do. Celebrating the traditions and activities of my college is something that I strive to do. But Western Illinois University’s Greek community is suffocating itself with overinvolvement. Once Homecoming Week is over, there won’t be a single day-off in October for the Greek community. Immediately after Homecoming are a slew of
philanthropy weeks, including Phi Sigma Sigma’s philanthropy week, followed by Delta Zeta’s Fall Fest, Chi Omega’s Wish Week, Alpha Sigma Tau’s Tau Challenge and Pi Kappa Phi’s War of the Roses. This also doesn’t include other Greek organization’s standalone events such as Alpha Gamma Rho’s Smoking Hog and Alpha Sigma Alpha’s Alpha Sync Battle, nor does it include university events such as Big Pink Volleyball, family day and dad’s weekend. This also doesn’t include events such as socials or fall parties, intramural games and community service events and then you also have Dance Marathon and the increasingly
voracious attempt to raise money through the entire year. It’s too much, and the Greek community needs to realize that they are putting too much pressure on other organizations to participate in their philanthropy events right now with the obsession over philanthropy weeks. From what I have noticed as both a participant and an administrator for a week long event, they are contributing to a widespread burnout toward event participation. When every event gets unnecessarily dragged out into a week-long ordeal, it devalues the two-staple week long events, Homecoming and Greek Week. Last semester I served as the community service and philanthropy chair for Greek Week 2017, and the main issue that that I heard from the Greek community was that people didn’t like feeling as though they had to participate in long events because it took them
away from doing things that they wanted to do. Eventually, discussion on this feedback began to shift towards whether or not it would be better to do a Greek weekend rather than an entire week of events. Nobody wants to feel obligated to participate in an event, but many Greek organizations on campus understand that it would be wrong to not participate in one organization’s philanthropy if they participated in yours. And that’s not a bad thing at all, so long as the money is being donated to reputable and compassionate organizations there is nothing wrong with philanthropy events. There also isn’t anything wrong with expecting organizations to participate if you participated in theirs because that’s just common courtesy. But the trend of philanthropy weeks needs to stop. Philanthropy weeks are long, stressful, and in most instances, unnecessary. I am asking for either the com-
munity or the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life to place a moratorium on Greek organizations hosting events longer than 3 days to combat burnout and allow for all Greek organizations to participate in each group’s philanthropy events without unnecessary overscheduling them. As much as I think that every organization’s philanthropy is worth a week’s worth of attention and a week’s worth of opportunity to receive donations, philanthropy weeks are an unnecessary fixture in the Greek community’s schedule. If all 11 fraternities and six sororities hosted a philanthropy week there would be no time for anything other than these events, and some organizations are already guilty of hosting more than one philanthropy week each year. It may be too late to change events for this semester, but for the sake of sanity, say no to philanthropy weeks in 2018.
There’s more to patriotism than standing Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past week would know that there has been a bit of a controversy involving kneeling football players, the national anthem and President Donald Trump. For those of us who have been out of the loop, what happened was that some football players last week knelt during the national anthem to protest racial and social injustices in the U.S., and Trump tweeted out condemning them for being unpatriotic, among
other things. Many people have come out joining the president in his condemnations, and many more have joined in support of the players. Frankly, this whole situation is rather absurd. Patriotism and respecting the flag has absolutely nothing to do with kneeling or standing during the national anthem. Trying to turn the discussion into a conversation about patriotism is detracting from the real world issues that these players have been protesting. It’s a tactic Trump and other right-
wing activists are using in order to avoid talking about the state of race relations in this country. If you find yourself upset with these players for not standing during the pledge, whether because you believe it to be unpatriotic or disrespectful to the flag, I think you ought to take a moment to reconsider your values. What does patriotism really mean to you? America is (or at the very least should be) about freedom: freedom of expression, of speech and of protest are all important tenets enshrined in our constitution, identity and our flag. Our status as citizens comes with certain obligations and civic duties. For some, these civic duties end at voting and community engagement. But I believe that there are
times when our civic duty calls upon us to protest injustices in our nation. During the 1800s, true dedication to the flag and the ideals of America called upon U.S. citizens to protest the institution of slavery later on it was women’s suffrage, and nowadays our civic duty call upon all of us to protest the massive amounts of racial injustices. What our civic duty does not call us to do is condemn people for fighting for justice. What our civic duty does not call upon us to do is hold arbitrary ideas of patriotism or respect above the ideals upon which our nation is founded: the ideals of equality, freedom of expression and the right to criticize one's government. A blind expectation of patriotism
that stifles peaceful protests is the antithesis of American ideals. Patriotism is not about demanding people stand for the pledge of allegiance, it’s about working hard to make your country a country where people want to stand for the pledge. The players who took a knee in order to call attention to racial and social injustices going on underneath our noses are far more patriotic than those people feel that pledging allegiance is an obligation, rather than a choice. If you are really that offended by people criticizing real issues in America, than perhaps you should focus your efforts on creating a country where criticism is not warranted, instead of trying so hard to stifle it.
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Although, it seems many of my classmates couldn’t be happier to be away from home, I will say I have a contrary opinion. Don’t get me wrong; I love it here at Western Illinois University, but I also really do miss my home and my family. So naturally, I was excited for Family Day so that my parents can come visit Western and see how I am doing here. However, I was disappointed to learn that the only event that seems to be going on is the football game and a 5K. Other than that, the agenda on the website had suggestions, like going to the golf course, family fun park, and the Donald S. Student Recreation Center, but these suggestions are to be paid on your own dime and don’t seem to be big events. I was saddened when I asked my roommate if her parents were coming to visit for the day and she replied, “No, they aren’t really into football.” Although my family enjoys watching and following sports, many families do not. It didn’t seem reasonable that there were not events to appeal to those who don’t tend to enjoy athletics. I did some research on some other colleges around us like Illinois State University, Northern Illinois Uuniveristy and Univeristy of Illinois and found that many of the other schools do have many large-
scale events going on, both athletic and not. Some of the events included interactive family game shows, art gallery tours, “Minute to Win It” challenges, bean-bag and disc-golf tournaments, concerts, family brunches and many more options,
almost all of which were free. I read through numerous pages of agendas — full of athletic and non-athletic activities — that lasted the entire weekend, not just Saturday as ours is here. Many of the events also took place more than once, so that way parents who may not be able to make Saturday or simply don’t want to stay an entire weekend could still get the complete experience. Western is a place I am proud to say I go to school, and I want to reflect that to my parents. When I was looking through all the events other schools had lined up for Family Weekend, I
will be honest in saying I was disappointed on how smallscaled our Family Day really seemed to be. I understand we are a smaller school than the others I listed above and therefore have less resources, but I think it is important that the parents of the students — many of whom are helping pay the tuition and fees that help keep Western running — are as proud to have children here as the children are to be here. Just as students come with an enormous variety of interests, their parents do, too. In order to have a successful Family Day, there needs to be events to fit the interests of many types of families. For those who do not enjoy athletics, a football game, golf course, 5K, and the recreation center probably won’t peak their interest and neither will having to pay for all those events (excluding the football game) on top of the inflated hotel costs for those who choose to stay. All in all, it is clear to me that to keep parents and students happy, Western is going to have to step-up its game. Keeping the students’ parents happy is important, as well as it could bring more students in the future with younger siblings. As previously stated, I have pride in my school, and I want my parents to feel the same. I would guess that many students can relate to that. Although it is surely too late for this year, I hope that fall of 2018 brings a fuller and more well-rounded agenda.
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When all hope was thought lost, the Leathernecks had an unexpected burst of momentum, going on a rally of seven points that gave them another chance at winning the game. When the score was 19-20, the Golden Eagles went on a twopoint rally that killed the final spouts of momentum coming from the Leatherneck side. Oral Roberts took the second game in a close 22-25 finish, the match score now being 0-2. In the third set of this match, Western Illinois came out with a fighting spirit that was unmatched by the Golden Eagles. The game began with
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The second half started out in Western’s favor, with a shot and Drake’s freshman defender Sam Nosler picked up a yellow card for unsportsmanlike conduct with goalkeeper Currie as the two had a nasty collision. The Leathernecks took this little
standard gameplay, both teams remaining within one to two points of each other. This quickly took a turn for the better, however, when the Leathernecks went on a six-point run, giving them a large lead over ORU unusually early in the set. The lead was sparked by a Golden Eagle service error, and it was upheld with strong offense coming from the Leatherneck side of the net. Western continued to push and maintained their lead for the remainder of the set. When the score was 19-15, the Golden Eagles went on a threepoint rally that put them back in the competition, but the Leathernecks did not give up the fight. They pushed through the last points of the game and
came out victorious over ORU with a 25-19 win, and a new match score of 1-2. The fourth and final set of this match brought chaos and panic to the Leatherneck’s because they allowed the Golden Eagles to go on a five-point run in the very first points of the game. It is a difficult feat for any team to recover from a lead like this so early on in a game, yet the Leathernecks fought on, going on a three-point run in attempt to stay within winning distance of their competitors. Western’s fight did not prove to be effective enough, however, because in response to the Leatherneck rally, Oral Roberts went on yet another long run that put them further in the lead. Leatherneck
defense struggled during this last set which only helped the Golden Eagles to push ahead. “We need to continue cleaning up our unforced errors so that we can keep the momentum on our side,” said head coach Kelly Richardson. Western lost the final game of the match by a total of 15 points, being completely dominated by Oral Roberts. The score of this game was 10-25, and the final match score was 1-3. Western did not show an aggressive presence on the court whilst playing the Golden Eagles, allowing Oral Roberts to take the victory in just four games. The Leathernecks were led offensively by freshman outside-
hitter Emma Norris, who earned a total of fifteen kills for the Leathernecks. Red shirt freshman middle hitter Mackenzie Steckler and junior right-side Emilee Dechat dominated at the net, each earning seven blocks individually. Leading the team defensively, senior outside-hitter Shalyn Greenhaw raked up a total of twenty-one digs for the Leathernecks. Junior setter Jaime Johnsen led the team with assists earning a total of twentyone, closely followed by freshman setter Cassie Hunt who had seventeen assists. The Westernvolleyball team will play the University of Nebraska Omaha today at 7 p.m. in Omaha, Neb. Twitter: @beccalangysxo
bit of momentum and scored the equalizer. The goal came from sophomore midfielder Romay as she slotted it past freshman goalie Kelsie Stone to tie the game 1-1. The goal came off of a beautiful through ball from junior forward Madeline Edwards in the 51st minute. For the rest of the game, neither team could properly gain any sort of momentum as the
ball went up and down the field quite often. After 90 minutes, the score was still tied at 1-1, which meant it was going into overtime. Overtime is split up into two 10 minute halves, and it is golden goal, meaning next goal wins. After this, if it was still tied it would have ended a draw, but that was not the case. The first period flew by as both teams came out fast and
furious, as opportunities went just wide of the post for both sides. The second period was essentially all Western, until one good counter attack from Drake. The ball cleared out from their defense third and sent out wide for a cross and then tapped in by the open Rebecca Rodgers for her second of the day, winning the game for her side. This is not the result Western
had wanted heading into league play, but a lot of things were learned and they now know what they need to improve upon for next time. The Leathernecks’ next game is this Friday against Oral Roberts University, for their first league game of the season. They look to start league play off right, as the game begins at 7 p.m. in Tulsa Okla. Twitter: @Bradjp08
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Taylor and McGuire earn conference honors MACOMB, Ill. – Western Illinois University football junior quarteback Sean McGuire and senior linebacker Brett Taylor have been named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Co-Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, the league office announced Sunday. The weekly conference honor is the fifth of Taylor's career, while McGuire scooped up his fourth such award. McGuire also earned CFPA National Performer of the Week. Both players were integral Saturday in Western’s 52-10 victory over the FBS Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers, helping the Leathernecks to their third 3-0 start in school history. This is also the first time in program history that the Leathernecks have scored three straight road wins to start a season. Including last year's win at Northern Illinois University, Western also won back-to-back contests against FBS squads for the first time since 2002 and 2003 (Northern and Eastern Michigan University, respectively). McGuire went 17-for-19 for 276 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions against the Chanticleers. He also caught a 9-yard touchdown from wide receiver junior Isaiah LeSure. McGuire's performance marks
the first time since 2010 (Matt Barr, six passing TDs, one rushing TD, 22-for-25) that a Western Illinois quarterback recorded more touchdowns than incompletions in one game. A native of Franklin, Wis., McGuire helped the Leathernecks tally 52 points, the most ever for any MVFC team against an FBS opponent. Western Illinois also registered its largest margin of victory against an FBS team in program history. Taylor led Western with eight tackles and tied for the teambest with two tackles for a loss against Coastal Carolina. The senior has now at least tied for the team lead in stops in each of the last eight contests, including all three games this season. The Macomb native helped the Leathernecks yield just 10 points, the fewest the program has surrendered against an FBS school since shutting out Northern Illinois on Sept. 7, 1996. Currently ranked at No. 19 in the FCS, Western Illinois will play their home opener this Saturday when South Dakota visits Hanson Field for Homecoming. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. as the Leathernecks look to improve to 4-0 for just the second time in the school's illustrious history. GoLeathernecks.com
Brett Taylor tackles University of Northern Iowa quarterback Eli Dunne last season.
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New faces in new places for NBA teams After an insane offseason that just seems to be going on forever, there are so many new faces in different places. Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving are now part of the Boston Celtics. Paul George and Carmelo Anthony moved west to Oklahoma City. Jimmy Butler is part of the Minnesota Timberwolves to add on to that powerhouse. Chris Paul joined forces with star James Harden in Houston. Dwyane Wade is out of Chicago and signed a contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers for a reunion with LeBron James. The Warriors did this to the NBA and while we don’t like all the super teams, it sure made out for an interesting offseason and will definitely shape up to be a fun and entertaining NBA season. The Western Conference has become ridiculously stacked with all the roster moves that leaves us wondering how all these teams will push their way into the playoffs. The Warriors are still far and away the best team in the NBA. That is a ridiculous sentiment considering how much better some
teams in the West just got. The Oklahoma City Thunder gained two bonafide superstars through trades. George has finally gotten back to his former glory after gruesomely breaking his leg with Team USA in 2016. Adding him to the Energizer Bunny that is Russell Westbrook and we may see a reasonably close replacement for Kevin Durant who left a big hole in the small forward department. However, the Thunder also added Anthony with a chip on his shoulder. Anthony was snuffed by ESPN’s ranking of the top 100 players in the NBA, placing him number 64 behind players like Los Angeles Lakers’ rookie Lonzo Ball, who hasn’t even played a game in the NBA yet, Houston Rocket Eric Gordon, San Antonio Spur Danny Green, Dallas Maverick Harrison Barnes, Philadelphia 76er Robert Covington, Utah Jazz Ricky Rubio, and more players that are far less players than Anthony and the NBA community feel he is. Anthony has become an afterthought in terms of being an NBA superstar. His time in New York came to a bitter end with the dump-
ster fire that is the Knicks. Phil Jackson looked like a senile old man trying to relive his glory days who was trying to forcibly shove the triangle offense down the Knick player’s throats after seeing for multiple seasons that it was not an effective offensive scheme. A change of scenery will do wonders for the disrespected superstar. However, the Oklahoma City based team is not without problems. Westbrook and Anthony are somewhat known for loving the ball a little too much and sharing with their teammates. How are they going to mesh? They should be an interesting team to watch. The Minnesota Timberwolves have so much young talent it is insane. Towns is the best young center in the NBA and if he continues at this rate, he could be a future Hall of Famer. He’s steadily improved in his time in the NBA and had one of the most underrated seasons last year posting a ridiculous 25 points and 12 rebounds per game. He is also one of the most versatile centers in the league. He can body anybody in the paint and he can step outside and shoot the three. He had the third highest threepoint shooting percentage at 37 percent. Andrew Wiggins is finally becoming the superstar we all expected him to be. He’s up his scoring and efficiency.
These two stars are already a formidable force and then the Timberwolves added Eastern Conference all-star Butler via trade with the Chicago Bulls. Butler played with head coach Tom Thibodeau when he was still the coach of the Bulls. Butler is one of the best defensive shooting guards in the league and is no slump on the offensive side of the ball. Butler scored 23 points per game last season and was a force to be reckoned with in the Eastern Conference. The Timberwolves missed the playoffs last season with a 31-51 record. They could easily get above the .500 mark this year with the added star. The Houston Rockets had one of the bitterest endings to their season last year. One of the people who had caught the most criticism was supposed leader Harden. Harden had one of the biggest choke jobs in recent memory in game six against the San Antonio Spurs. Harden posted an abysmal 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting with six turnovers and six fouls. After having one of the best seasons of all time and coming runner up in the MVP race to Westbrook. It was apparent that Harden needed help before the playoffs and it just became more obvious following his collapse. So, Daryl Morey went out and made a huge splash. Morey went all out in the trade sending
Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell, Darrun Hilliard, DeAndre Liggins, Kyle Wiltjer, a protected first-round pick next year and cash considerations to the Clippers for one of the most established point guards in the league, Chris Paul. Paul adds another piece to that offense that Harden didn’t have a second fiddle to last year and makes them a real contender against teams like the Spurs who they lost to in the playoffs. Pressure will be taken off Harden who was the anchor of the Houston Rockets last year. With all the drama in the West, the East took a substantial hit in star power. They lost four superstars while gaining only Gordon Hayward. The only top tier players they have remaining are Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James, Milwaukee Buck Giannis Antetokounmpo, Boston Celtic Kyrie Irving, and Washington Wizard John Wall. The struggling East looks like it will be a cakewalk for James and the Cavaliers to get back to their fourth straight finals. We’re going to have to struggle through some unwatchable playoff basketball in the East until the NBA decides to switch up their playoff system. We all love the NFL but it’s just biding time for basketball fans until the NBA and all its glory returns on Oct. 17.
Monday, August 21, 2017
Western volleyball loses second conference game By Becca Langys courier staff
TULSA Okla. – The Western Illinois University volleyball team (5-11) continues to struggle with turning around their negative record, taking another hard loss against the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles (5-9) this past Sunday, losing 1-3. The Leathernecks traveled to Tulsa, to face off against the Golden Eagles, making it their ninth road game, and their eleventh loss of the season. During set one, the Leathernecks came out strong against the Golden Eagles. The score was neck-and-neck for about half the set, until eventually Western pulled away with a comfortable five-point lead. Not a comfortable enough lead, however, because when the score was 17-12, the Leathernecks gave up five consecutive points, resulting from the combination of tough hits from ORU and defensive errors on the Leatherneck side that caused the Golden Eagles to be back within winning distance of the Leathernecks.
Oral Roberts tied up the game at 20-20, and then pushed ahead of the Leathernecks to secure the first win of the match, final score of 23-25, match score 0-1. Set two came with a new burst of momentum coming from the Leatherneck side, causing Western to have a 4-1 lead over the Golden Eagles. This momentum was quickly shot down, however, when Oral Roberts went on a sixpoint rally that gave them a two-point lead over Western. The Leathernecks struggled to pick their momentum back up after struggling with the ORU rally, and they remained close behind the Eagles for the next few points of the set, never being able to push past the threshold of taking the lead again. When the score was 9-12, Oral Roberts went on yet another long rally that put them eight points ahead of the Leathernecks.
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Cassie Hunt sets up a Leatherneck point at the BWW Invitational.
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Women’s soccr fall in double OT to Drake University By Bradley Piros courier staff
Bianca Romany looks for a pass against Missouri State.
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MACOMB Ill. – Western Illinois University men’s soccer fell to 1-8 for the season, while Drake University Bulldogs rose up to 7-3-1. Drake won the game in double overtime 2-1, but Western put up one of the strongest fights seen this season. They may have lost the game, but signs of improvement were beginning to show all over the field for the Leathernecks, and that is exactly what coach Eric Johnson would have wanted. “I think that we were absorbing some of that pressure and limiting some of the space that Drake was able to play in by doing that,” Johnson said. “It was kind of a way for us to play and counterattack using (sophomore midfielder) Bianca Romany and (freshman forward) Lauryn Peters and (their) speed.” It was a perfect pass and good timing on the run by Bianca, who was able to stay calm and composed to finish it over the keeper's hands. It was a big goal for us to score but unfortunately, we didn't get it done. We are taking those small steps towards winning games and scoring goals is a part of that. We have to now do that in league play, and Drake is like several of our league teams.”
This game was a well fought one by both teams, and it ended up being a nail biter toward the end of the game and heading into overtime because no one really knew which way it was going to go. In the beginning of the game it was all in favor of the Bulldogs. They were able gain most of the ball possession and take three shots before Western even got their first chance. Western’s first chance came from Peters’ corner kick in the 11th minute, which was ultimately wasted. Drake regained momentum taking some more shots and keep on the pressure that led to their first goal. In the 21st minute senior midfielder Rebecca Rodgers got a pass from senior defender Ali Smith, who took it with a great first touch, turning and putting the ball in the back of the net past senior goalkeeper Jennifer Currie. They took this lead into the mandatory water break. After the water break, on the unusual 90-degree September afternoon, Drake kept up the pressure but you could see Western beginning to figure them out. Drake dominated the rest of the first half, but the Leathernecks kept them from scoring any more goals, for now.
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