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Winners of the 2015 Homecoming Court pose for photos after the announcement on Monday in McAfee Gymnasium. In order from left to right: Shaun Hughes, Homecoming Prince, Astoria Griggs- Burns, Homecoming Princess, Kelsey Hosea, Homecoming Queen, and Darien Ghostone, Homecoming King.

Homecoming royalty crowned

By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor|@DEN_News Members of Eastern’s different registered student organizations cheered and applauded for their favorite nominees as they made their way across the stage in McAfee Gymnasium during Eastern’s Homecoming Coronation.

Darien Ghostone and Kelsey Hosea were announced as this year’s Homecoming king and queen, and Shaun Hughes and Astoria GriggsBurns were announced as prince and princess.

This year’s Homecoming royal court had a Roarin’ Twenties theme; before the event started, students were able to take a few photos in front of some of the different banners hung in

the gym or in the photo area designed in 1920s esquire apparel.

Hosea, a senior communication studies major, represented the Delta Sigma Theta sorority and said she was surprised to hear her name called for Homecoming queen.

“I feel like this is just phenomenal,” Hosea said. “I’m so ecstatic about being crowned Homecoming queen. I didn’t even see it coming.”

Hosea said the whole process has been about achieving goals and reaching them.

“You always think that you can’t do it, but that was the whole point of this whole thing was just setting new goals and being able to achieve what ever you want to put your mind to,” Ho-

sea said.

Hosea said her emotions were all over the place as she was waiting on stage to hear who would be crowned Homecoming queen.

“I was really nervous and I was sweating the whole time,” Hosea said, “I feel like it was a really good experience.”

Hosea said the campaign for Homecoming helped her open up and meet more people on campus.

“I’m really looking forward to getting our new students and our students who commute here more involved,” Hosea said. “So getting them excited about Homecoming as well as everyone else who is already here.”

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6 a.m. - noon Dirty’s Parking Lot Rotary Pancake Breakfast

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Edgar series to teach students about politics

By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman Students and faculty interested in politics will get a chance to talk about the upcoming 2016 presidential campaigns as a part of the Edgar Speaker Series at 7 p.m. Thursday in Buzzard Hall Auditorium.

David Yepsen, the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, will be talking about the presidential election campaigns and the upcoming Iowa Caucuses.

The Edgar Speaker Series was started with support from former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar and his wife Brenda, who both went to Eastern.

Richard Wandling, the chair of the political science department, said the Edgar Speakers committee chooses speakers for the series.

Wandling said Yepsen is a well-known journalist with years of experience.

As a political reporter for the Des Moines register, Yepsen has covered nine presidential caucus campaigns.

Wandling said it is important for students to have as much information as possible, and the event would be fun for students who follow politics on a daily basis.

“The greater impact is for the student who is just starting to pay attention to politics both state level and nationally,” Wandling said.

Wandling said he could remember presentations he went to as an undergraduate student that stuck with him, which had a life-long impact.

Wandling said it was his understanding that Edgar would be at the speech.

Edgar has spoken for the speaker series before.

Wandling said Edgar was a reasonable speaker and it was good for students to have the opportunity to hear from a former governor of Illinois, especially one who has not served any jail time.

“He’s a very civic-minded individual,” Wandling said. “He’s definitely a source of wisdom and expertise.”

This is the second time Yepsen has come to Eastern to give a speech.

“It will be fun to be back and come talk to students,” Yepsen said.

In previous speeches, he has spoken about Illinois politics, issues and reform.

In his speech this Thursday, he will discuss more national topics such as how he sees the presidential races so far.

Yepsen said both sides are searching for what they will stand for in the future.

“It’s about how far to the left do democrats want to go, and how far to the right to republicans want to be,” Yepsen said.

Yepsen said it was telling that outsider candidates that are doing well while traditional parties’ candidates are struggling.

“People want change, something new,” Yepsen said. “Something different from what they’ve had.”

Yepsen has spoken with the former governor and called Edgar a true statesman.

“The governor (Edgar) looks better and better with each passing successor,” Yepsen said.

Yepsen said he speaks to the former governor about politics.

“Both of us are interested in students and higher education, “Yepsen said.

While at campus, Yepsen hopes to get people involved in politics and even public service.

“Part of what we have to do is encourage people to roll up their sleeves, get in the arena, and get to work,” Yepsen said. “It’s not going to get any better if people walk away from problems.”

Yepsen said the talk would be good for political junkies and there will be a question part of the lecture.

“That’s the best part,” Yepsen said. “I like questions.”

Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.

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“It’s different ways to bring food on campus so we wanted to be creative with a lock-in.”

Wallace said the BSU is on campus to uplift the African-American community, but members also want to connect with the entire campus.

“It brings a sense of social unity, and that’s important because one of the biggest misconceptions about BSU is that it’s only for black people,” Wallace said.

Tylen Elliott, the president of BSU, said this year they are bringing hosting lock-in as a replacement of the usual Homecoming party BSU normally has. He said over the past couple of year’s people have not showed much of an interest to the union parties they usually host.

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Wallace said often those parties are canceled because of a lack of participation or tickets not being bought a head of time.

Elliott said many times students do not take advantage of the chance to get to know new people and network.

“It’s good to have events like this because it provides a social outlet for students on campus,” Elliott said. “A lot of the college experience is about getting to know people.”

Wallace said a student’s college experience is about getting to connect with people to build relationships equipped for both the workplace and someone’s personal life.

“A lock-in is something where people can wind down and just be themselves and they don’t have to put on a façade or act professional,” Wallace said. “Students can just be themselves and enjoy the experience.”

The Lock-in is free; food and games will be provided, and the lock-in will go on until 11 p.m.

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By Luis Martinez Entertainment Editor| @DEN_News Students and Charleston residents will be able to enjoy Bingo, inflatables and games during the “Family Fun Night” at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Taylor Spoonhotlz, the co-chair for the campus and community relations committee, said Tuesday night’s event is aimed toward the Charleston community members. “ Fa m i l y Fu n Ni g h t i s r e a l ly an event for the community to bring their children to,” Spoonhotlz said. “Whether that be staff and faculty or just community members from Charleston to bring their kids so they feel engaged within Homecoming week as well.”

Martina Austin, the other cochair for the campus and community relations committee, said they have plenty of games and activities planned for the event. “ We h a ve Bi n g o. We h a ve a bounce house; we (even) have a face painter,” Austin said. “ We have balloon artists and different (registered student organizations) are coming and they’re going to have

their own games to play.”

Spoonhotlz said the RSOs are able to create their own games by filling out an application and making sure their games follow the instructions listed in the application.

RSOs that filled out the application had the option to either create their own game or choose of the games listed in the application.

“The RSO can create their own game, so we have an application for them to fill out,” Spoonhotlz said. “There are options for them to choose games as well.”

Spoonhotlz said “Family Fun Night” is far different from the “Family Funfest.” “ They’re definitely different than the ‘Family Funfest’ that happened for Family Weekend only because that was geared more towards the parents and the students of Eastern Illinois,” Spoonhotlz said. “This one is geared more towards the permanent community and the staff and faculty and their children.”

Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.

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Henry Watson, age 4, and Rylie Rottiman, freshman political science major, play gold fish at Family Fun Night in October 2014.

Faculty Senate to hear proposal on referendum

By Cassie Buchman Administration Editor | @cjbuchman The Faculty Senate will hear a proposal from senate member Grant Sterling and appoint a member to the registrar advisory group at its meeting 2 p.m. Tuesday in Room 4440 of Booth Library.

Sterling, a philosophy professor, sent a resolution proposing Faculty Senate give the strongest possible encouragement to all faculty members to cast an informed vote in the referendum.

The referendum is the vote of confidence or no confidence in Blair Lord, the vice president for academ-

ic affairs.

The vote will take place Nov. 2 through Nov. 6.

Jemmie Robertson, the Faculty Senate chair, said no one has come up to endorse people voting one way or another.

“It will make for an interesting discussion,” Robertson said.

Robertson said Sterling is proposing the Faculty Senate discuss and adopt the resolution.

The vote of confidence\no confidence was first brought up at last week’s Faculty Senate meeting.

In the meeting, a petition was brought up to have the vote, which was signed by at least 20 percent of

the faculty.

Physics professor James Conwell and philosophy professor Gary Aylesworth talked to the faculty senate about the petition at the previous meeting.

Conwell said when he left, people approached him saying they had an opinion on faculty governance and transparency. He said the vote would be on whether or not Lord has done a good job over the last 12 years and if the faculty thinks he will do a good job in the future given the present circumstances.

The voting for the confidence vote will be online and the faculty will be able to log in to the voting site with

their university ID and vote on the referendum.

“We’re encouraging people to vote early and vote often,” Robertson joked.

Robertson said all faculty members could vote whether they were Unit A or Unit B faculty members.

Robertson said that he assumes faculty senate will know the results of the vote fairly soon if not immediately after voting is completed.

After the vote is conducted, the results are sent to the president, who reports them to the Board of Trustees.

“At the next board meeting I will also be speaking, so I will mention it then,” Robertson said.

Robertson said if the faculty votes confidence in Lord, the president would have affirmation that even though a vote happened, a large amount of the faculty supports the provost and understands there are other pressing things for concern.

“If it happened to be in favor of a no-confidence vote, that would be a different scenario,” Robertson said.

The other item up for discussion is appointing a Faculty Senate member to the registrar advisory group.

The Faculty Senate makes assigns someone to be on the group each year.

Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.

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Society puts up with ‘standards’ Why is there no “man slut walk?”

Are there any men who get ridiculed for having their shirts off?

Why can men dress how they please as long as it has some type of masculinity to it and women are put in a dress code box? Why can a guy take off his T-shirt and run and a woman can’t break out of her clothing into a sport bra without people turning their noses?

When women break the clothing rules they are either whores or rebels, but what is the counter argument for men?

Why are women often considered minorities when on Eastern’s campus they are a majority?

If you are a part of the majority, you obviously do not need protection.

We do not ask for heterosexual rights and white power because often the majority do not really face institutionalized oppression.

Often times when a female dresses provocatively she is labeled a variety of names.

They are denounced of being lady-like by fellow women and named an easy score by men.

The word “whore” is directed toward the female population, but we need to put the word ‘man’ in front of whore to talk about a male.

The double standard in today’s derogatory words puts a masculine spin on these words.

Possibly, there is not a man slut walk because men do not have to fight for their right to take off their shirts.

When you think of the term “whore,” the first gender thought of is female and it is because as a society we are OK with men having multiple partners.

Now we are not OK with it, but women often cry and then take the man back.

When a husband cheats on his wife, for years that woman has had to suck it up and mend their marriage.

But if a woman cheats, a man’s ego and pride is tarnished and often it is hard to get that man’s trust back.

Being a player in the eyes of some gets a positive light as opposed to a woman who has had many partners.

The answer to these questions and scenarios is that these double standards are another example of a generational cycle we have created as a society.

For years, women have unconsciously agreed to forgive a man for his infidelities.

Women deal with babies caused by men’s escapades while they are married and often times when the men have mistresses.

I know a few women who are knowingly dating guys who are in relationships. I feel these problems exist because of women like that. Now this is not to say most women get fed up and leave, because many do.

But there are also women who try to stick in through a relationship, and the reason there are “man whores” and not just whores is because this society tolerates it.

T’Nerra Butler is a sophomore journalism major.

She can be reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.

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Eastern will fight to stay open in future Students were expressing fears and concerns all over social media after hearing rumors of the university closing in the upcoming spring semester.

On Oct. 12 President David Glassman sent out an email to students, faculty and staff informing them Eastern would remain open the following semester and beyond.

While Glassman said students should not fear about the school closing, the school is still in financial crisis because of the absence of a budget in Illinois.

In Monday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News, an article titled “Administration explains university contingencies” explains the university’s efforts to use contingency plans to prevent the university from shutting down.

The university may be in an awful financial situation, but at least something is getting done to prevent this from occurring.

The plans consist of receiving funds from the state, using reserved funds and obtaining a loan from a bank.

The ideal plan would be to receive state appropriations, but this is not possible at the moment and this not only puts Eastern in a difficult financial situation, but other state schools as well.

Universities rely on state appropriations, but when Illinois cannot pass a budget, this puts everyone in a difficult situation.

Nine public state universities even sent a letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner urging to end the budget stalemate.

Glassman also said Eastern would be using its reserved funds, but according to the article in The News, these funds have already been in use for several year.

Not knowing how much funds are available could create fear in thinking about how much reserved funds are actually available and how long Eastern can rely on them.

The last option involves the school getting a loan from a bank that is large enough to loan the university money.

Therefore, the university would have to get

a loan for money that needs to be approved by the state, which would not even need to happen if there was a budget.

This is a situation that Eastern does not want to be in, but it is one of few options available.

As mentioned earlier, at least something is being done to keep the university open.

Eastern will continue to fight and stay open, and the university is not going down without a fight.

Glassman said in the article that students have nothing to be afraid about.

Ignore the rumors and stop helping spread the rumors of Eastern shutting down.

Everything is being done to keep this university alive and it will continue to be open for future semesters.

The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.

Homesickness can happen to anyone At the end of senior year, the only thing better than receiving my diploma and leaving my high school nightmare was leaving home.

As I was walked across the stage ready to snatch my diploma and tell my principal to shove it, I could not help but think about how great it would be to leave my one-horse town and head for another one-horse town just three hours away.

All I wanted was to get out of the house.

I treated it like it was condemned because as far as I was concerned that house was filled with black mold and the virus that would one day start the zombie apocalypse.

Now, after being away for two some odd months what I want more than anything in the world is to go back home.

When I first arrived at Eastern, I was convinced I was immune to homesickness because all I ever wanted was to leave home.

I tried harder to escape my house and my hometown than Steve McQueen and the other POWs in “The Great Escape”.

Whenever I would go on trips, I never felt homesick because I was thrilled to be out of the house.

However, the difference from those short trips and this long journey through college is that with the short trips I knew I was going to be home in a few days.

Thus, my confusion when I started calling home frequently and frantically searching for something familiar like drinking Abuelita

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It was a new sensation, an emotion that I have not experienced.

I thought it was a phase at first but when I started falling behind in school work and nearly flunked a few assignments I knew that my homesickness was a in fact a sickness.

The only remedy was to go back home, at least that is what I thought.

Despite this preconceived notion, however, when I went back home it only made matters worse because I did not want to leave. I was afraid to leave.

Homesickness is not a phase or something that should be ignored nor can it be cured with a few capfuls of Nyquil.

Homesickness can be emotionally harmful if

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not treated properly.

It has the power to brainwash students and convince them that the only safe place to be is home.

It will send students sprinting home where they will waste their potential and they might not return for another semester.

There are many ways to deal with homesickness, but one good way to cope is to stay involved without getting overwhelmed.

It is good to be a part of many RSOs, but when it gets to the point when you find it hard to breathe you find yourself searching for safety and comfort in a familiar place. What better place than at home?

That is why I wanted to go home.

I wanted my mom and grandma to defend me and fight my battles for me because I was afraid to face them on my own.

It is okay to miss home and want to rekindle with the familiar instead of facing the unknown because it’s absolutely frightening.

Make this school your new home.

Find what makes you happy and fill your life with it.

Surround yourself with artifacts from home but be sure to discover new things.

Homesickness can be cured with a lot of patience, faith and determination.

Analicia Haynes is a freshman journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Ghostone, a junior kinesiology and sports studies major and member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, was named as this year’s Homecoming king.

“I just feel blessed and thankful,” Ghostone said. “When I have doubted myself, people have believed in me all my four years here at Eastern and I’m just blessed to be a part of this here at Eastern Illinois.”

Ghostone said one thing he is looking forward to being able to represent Eastern everywhere he goes as the Homecoming king.

“I talk a lot so I try to go to a lot of events across campus whether that’s social or service events,” Ghostone said. “Just meeting new people and representing who I am as a part of Eastern to everyone on campus.”

Hughes, a sophomore a business major, said it was exciting to be Homecoming prince because of what he has been through lately.

“I’ve been trying to find who I am,” Hughes said. “It’s exciting to see the support I have from all of my friends, especially my fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon.”

Hughes said he came out four months ago, and he got a lot of support from his brothers at Sigma Alpha Epsilon, as well as his friends and family.

Griggs-Burns, a sophomore health administration major, said it was exciting and nerve-wracking being named Homecoming princess.

“I have so much adrenaline going through me,” Griggs-Burns said. “I thought if I won it would be a good platform to display my Eastern spirit and be that representation for the community.”

Catie Witt, the executive student vice president, and Stephen Simpson, the student vice president for student affairs, briefly described the selection process for the nominees, saying the final selections were comprised of the application, online vote, and individual interviews with the judging panel.

William Higelmire and Vanesa Landrus were named as this year’s Faculty king and queen, and Noah Daugherty and Ellie Shaw were named as this year’s little prince and princess.

Higelmire is the department chair of recreation administration and Landrus is a professor of foreign languages.

Daniel Hernandez and Kami Dally were announced as the runner ups for prince and princess.

Cassie Buchman contributed.

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Daniel Hernandez, the runner up for Homecoming Prince, and Kami Dally, the runner up for Homecoming Princess, share a hug after the announcement of their titles during Homecoming Coronation on Monday in McAfee Gymnasium.

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Jackson Avenue Coffee (J.A.C.) is a location to go blowoff steam, study for hours on end and socialize as the creamy fragrance of lattes, cappuccinos and hot chocolates stream though the air.

J.A.C., located at 708 Jackson Ave., may sound like an unusual place for a concert setting, but Dan Reible believes it is the perfect location for live music that has not been offered to Charleston in some time.

“In the Charleston area there is no place to relax and listen to music except for a bar,” Reible said. “I’d like a place where people can come relax, have a cup of coffee, sandwich, bagel and take it easy and listen to some good acoustic music.”

Reible and his wife Vicki are currently shuffling through papers in order to become the rightful owners of J.A.C.

Reible moved to Mattoon in 1984 after serving in the Navy and soon became a truck driver, traveling the nation with his wife.

Reible has played for various bands in the past and mentioned to his friend, Ryan Dawson and the current owner of J.A.C., he was looking for a place to host weekly concerts on Saturday evenings.

Dawson then asked Reible if he ever pictured himself owning a café. Reible expressed an interest, and soon, Dawson offered to sell the business.

Dawson said the Reibles’ have been his customers since J.A.C. opened nearly eight years ago.

“I planned on going back to school this summer to complete a degree in teacher’s certification,” Dawson said. “We were ready to move on to new things. I figured it is best not to run anything into the ground, so I offered to sell the place.”

Dawson has high hopes for

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the future of J.A.C. and feels as None of the performances the daily eastern news’ weekly arts and entertainment magazine The 7th Street Underground will turn as though hosting live musicians will come with a cover cost, matter if I personally like it or into night a concert venue at 5:30 as the every Saturday is only the tonight but instead a hat will be passed not. It’s whatever I think our Against Canceraround group hosts its for sec- donations, beginning Colleges of the growth J.A.C. around customers will like.” will see. ond Rock it for Relay concert. which go entirely to the artist.

Reible said his customers are The first The Saturday night willRobert is a musician an eclectic group, and notices benefit concert featureReynolds the three who plays Midnight, blues music from the performer local will be “Reverend” that he has a lot of high schoolers bands Good Morning Robert Reynolds Saturday from 8 ‘20s, ‘30s and ’40s, and is glad come there every evening. He said Cured by Fire and Madison’s Avenue, and to 10 p.m. at J.A.C. Reible is opening his doors to parents know it is a safe place. one solo musician, Jennalocal Jackley. musicians.

Reible said he is open to any Tickets are $5 at the door and said can hebehas known Reynolds style of music and musicians who purchased starting at 5 p.m.

Reible for a while because they are interested in performing the have been playing music together Saturday night events should All proceeds go to the Colleges Against w w w . d e n n e w s . c o m / v e r g e the years. come out to J.A.C. Open Mic Cancer’s Relay for Life through team, and will ul“It is good to play one close to Night every Thursday. timately be given to the American Cancer home. This is more intimate than These open mic sessions are Society. the festivals and blues bars I’ve used as auditions of sorts for the Kyle Swalls, guitaristbeen and vocalist for Reynolds playing at lately,” diverse music Reible hopes to Good Morning Midnight, hasplay witnessed said. “I electric when I’m incorporate with the Saturday with myhand. band, but this show will night performances. the devastation of cancer first Swalls be allagainst acoustic.”

In addition to the open mic said his grandma is fighting cancer.

The intimate setting offers a night artists, Reible searches “It’s a constant struggle dealing with place for begging and practiced the Web and various local it,” Swalls said. “A lot musicians of time the chemo alike. music hot spots in order to find won’t be as effective, andReible they wants will try a to show people performers. new method and stuff. in And so just knowCharleston music they may “I’m hoping to get a lot of have me heard before. music in here that people haven’t ing the constant strugglenot makes want to to for host various experienced before,” Reible said. do something like this andHe raiseplans money artiststhe from various “People may have heard blues, an individual who is having same, whogenres each weekend. but it probably isn’t the old delta is dealing with the same kind of suffering.”

“I’ve got things booked all the blues that (Reverend Robert) will This band along with by the Fireend is of June,” wayCured through be playing.” playing at Friends & Co. latersaid. in “It’s the mostly eve- people I Reible pHOtO COURtESy Of GOOD MORNING MIDNIGHt heardtwo in gigs the area Brad York can be reached at ning. were willing have to book in and a lot pHOTO COURTESY OfThey REVROBERT.COM Midnight members Elgin Combs (guitarist), Michael “Woody” Woodring (drummer), Kyle Swalls (vocalist and guitarist) and Chad Barton local musicians. We are Good open Morning 581-7942 or at band bayork@eiu.edu. one night support.

“Reverend” Robert Reynolds plays his guitar; He will play acoustic at 8 p.m. on Saturday at Jackson Avenue Coffee.to show their of (bass guitarist and vocalist) volunteered to play tonight at the Rock it for Relay event to help raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

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close to us have had it and, luckily, they Madison’s Avenue is another young alhave recovered from it.” ternative rock band from Charleston that ‘Hey there are all these other great bars in

By Brad york Many of the bands Verge playing are new to has been putting outand their music Editor town, not own just the ones for near Lincoln Eastern’s campus. Richardson said performeight months. The group has played all over (Avenue.).” ing at the concert would be an opportunity andtheinfeatured Centralia, Spring is a season that Charleston, brings a re- in Havana Many of acts will be the tonight trees be- willCharleston such as Mugto expose students to a freshing differentsmell kindinto of the lo- air asbut be one ofbased theirgroups first times gin to bud and the winter playing chills become wump Specific, Andy Van Slyke and Staff cal music. on campus. dormant. It is a time for new life to see Blues Band while others such as DJ Illith, Good Morning Midnight is an indie Givens, a junior elementary education the wonders of Charleston. With new life Poundcake and Ryan Arnold stem from and alternative rock band.

Beginning near- New major, said all the bandsthroughout are hardthe working comes new ambitions. ambitions locations state. ly a year ago and stationed in music, Marshall, and werethat booked because mean new and for Charleston “I figurethey this came was a recomgreat networking means new events. the group is fresh to the Charleston music mended by otheropportunity artists. for a lot of bands,” ChaplinsA fresh take onUnthe Charleston said. “WeCancer are pulling bands from the scene, but has played in the 7th Street Thefestival CollegeskiAgainst hasinraised scene is exactly what Scott Chaplinski has Kankakee area, and some musicians from derground before for a canned food drive. more than $5,000 through their fall breast been planning for nearly a year with the Champaign area. It’s bands that I like, Cured by Fire is aevent Charleston metal cancer T-shirt and salesI know and that other Square Fest. otherfundraispeople (like).” band. Megan Givens, the“I concert coordi-in February ers. They to said raisemost $8,000, started thinking that ithave pledged Chaplinski of them are was about timeto to Meget it going withacross every- campus younger bands that have only nator said the group sounds similar and different groups havebeen plaything going on with Celebration, Wooding for a year or two and that many times tallica or Godsmack and does a good job pledged to raise $70,000 for the American chuck Music Festival, there’s finals, there’s a band that has been playing for four to of getting a crowd going.

Their influencCancer Society. five years need a guarantee that they are Easter. I realized it was crunch time to get es come from those bands and Chaplinski others like Last year, the concert it going,” said. getting paid. drew a small Guns N’ Roses, Motley Square Crue Fest and will Black is hoping fordone more pub- like this begin atcrowd, 2 p.m.but Sat-Givens“Having never anything urday through 1 a.m. Sunday.

The event before I didn’t want to make promises to a Sabbath. lic support. will takeHigh place School on Charleston’s “What square atever bunch people that Jenna Jackley is a Mattoon little ofamount canI can’t put fulfill.” to- Chapthe bars Mother’s, Friends & Co., Mac’s linski said. student who plays the guitar and sings. wards the American Cancer Society will Uptowner and Top of the Roc. The event In fact, much of the money for pro“She is just memorizing to watch,” help in Givens said. was saved up by Chapwill cost $12 andMeallow patrons 21some and way,” ducing the event gan Givens said. “She isover in admittance high school, intosoany of the bars and linski himself. He hopes that the $12 covis enough to give some of the traveling she is still very young,performances. but the caliber of Colleen Kitkaercan be reached at 581-7942 Chaplinski said getting or thecrkitka@eiu.edu. bars inbands money to cover their gas costs and voice she has is just amazing.” volved was the first part of organizing the event, and after he explained the potential benefits they jumped on board.

“I kind of just threw it out there,” Chaplinski said. “They’ve given me good ideas, and they appreciate the ideas that I have. They’ve been very helpful with everything I’ve been doing.”

Chaplinski has been wanting to get the bars involved with a festival event for more than year and said he feels that now was the best time to bring it all together.

“We are hoping it brings a lot of business to the square,” Chaplinski said. “We hope it is going to be a nicer day. It’s a good window of a month and a half of good weather to show all these people,

without being too high to deter college students and community members from coming out.

One local musician, Mitch Davis, a senior management information systems major, saod he plans on showing the crowd some new tunes to commemorate the new event.

“I mainly like to get people dancing, but I also play some more chill stuff,” Davis said. “I don’t want people to get burnt out, so I’ll make new songs before the shows. New shows get me motivated to make new songs. (Square Fest) is going to be so new. There’s going to be so many different people playing at so many different bars. I don’t really know what to

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expect. That’s why I am expecting to play in front of a totally new crowd, so I really got to try to pump people up.”

With a wide variety of performances including blues, rock, jam band, electronic and rap everyone is beginning to develop expectations for the new event and Chaplinski is no different.

“I want to be able to be out on the square, outside the bars and see people

having a good time,” Chaplinski said. “I want to hear, sort of over-hear, what they did like and what they didn’t like. I just think there will be a lot of good vibes coming. Perfect conditions for me, is hearing that people had a great time.”

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By T’Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @DEN_News Students can learn about s a v i n g a n d h ow t o s t e e r through their future finances at “Money Smart: Facts, Figures and being LGBTQA+,” at 7 p.m. Oct. 28.

Mario McCart, a graduate assistant at the Life Center, has been planning this event for a month. He said it covers a little bit of everything when it comes to financial literacy. McCart said generally many minorities lack knowledge about finances.

“Anyone who is at risk should be learning about financial literacy and this program is to specifically help LGBT people realize some of the risk they may have in the working field,” McCart said.

McCart said in a recent article he read about the gap between heterosexual and lesbian women in earning. He said heterosexual women make 7 percent more than lesbian women.

The Life Center is trying to target many minorities on campus to aid them through some of their future finances, McCart said. McCart said when it comes to the LGBT community he wanted to plan something relatable to the individuals who fit in the group.

“We wanted to look at every letter and bring something to each of them so nobody feels left out,” McCart said.

Job security is often a problem in the LGBT community.

McCart said for people who are transgender, they need to save

more in an event something happens, such as the loss of medical insurance lack of funds to afford hormone treatments.

“There are places that are not accepting of people’s lifestyles and in Illinois you’re not required a reason on why you are going to be fired,” McCart said. “In some states it was legal to fire someone because they were gay and it didn’t fit under their morality clause.”

A morality clause is a contract that does not allow people to exhibit certain behaviors they often have in their personal life because it could hinder the company. Ben Wilburn, the LGBT resource center coordinator, said the event will be about making the LGBT community aware of specific issues or concerns they might to need to have on their radar before going into adulthood.

“If they’re looking for a job and they have to find out if the job has a non-discrimination policy,” Wilburn said. “They would need to see if they have same-sex partner benefits and this event will touch on that.”

The forum will be a refresher course on how important money is and what students can do to be more attentive.

The location of “Money Smart,” will be announced via twitter @LGBTQIA_EIU or @EIUlifecenter also on Face T ’NERR A BUTLER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS book at Literacy and financial BrandonSales Goodman, a graduate student, twists and turns The New York Times Syndication Corporation education center. down campus his hoverboard while heading home from 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y.on10018 the North Quad on Monday. Goodman said he is raffling off For Information T’Nerra Butler can beCall: 1-800-972-3550 a few boards20, before school lets out for winter break. He sells For Release Tuesday, October 2015 reached at 581-2812 or tabutler@eiu.edu.

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By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor| @BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern men’s and women’s cross country teams placed sixth and 14th, respectively, at the Bradley “Pink” Classic Friday in Peoria.

Both teams competed in the “Red” Division in the classic as top times were posted by members of each team.

The Eastern men were led by junior Riley McInerney and red-shirt senior Joe Calio as both runners placed inside the top 30.

McInenery posted a time of 24 minutes and 28.4 seconds, which placed him in 14th. Calio finished 21 seconds behind McInerney with his 24:49.3 time in the 8K course. Calio finished in 49th place overall.

Eastern coach Erin Howarth said McInerney has progressed extremely well since the season has started.

“With each workout, he gets a little hungrier to be great, a little more aggressive with his racing plans, and he 100% percent believe in what he is doing and what his capabilities are,” she said. “This is new territory for him and one that is so exciting for everyone that knows him and especially for him.”

The University of Illinois finished as the top team in the classic out of 27 teams overall. The Fighting Illini finished with 70 points and were paced

by Dan Lahrop, who had a time of 24:14.6 and placed fourth as an individual.

Illinois senior Paul Zeman was the second Fighting Illini to place in the top 10 with a time of 24:16.4. Sopho-

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Junior Riley McInerney finishes 21st out of 250 runners during the men’s 8k red race in the Bradley “Pink” Classic on Friday at Newman Golf Course in Peoria. McInerney finished with a time of 24:29. The men finished sixth out of 26 competing teams.

more Alex Gold finished eighth overall with a time of 24:17.4 for the Illini.

The University of Nebraska finished in second place as a team and had no runners in the top 10, but the Cornhuskers had three runners in the top 20.

Nebraska junior Jacob Olsen finished in 13th place overall with a time of 24:28.4. Sophomore Peter Sprinks and junior Matt Gilbert finished in 19th and 20th place, respectively, for the Cornhuskers.

Rounding out the top-five teams was another Big Ten school in Iowa

with 112 points. Illinois State scored 121 points and Dayton finished in fifth place with 193 points.

As a team, Eastern scored 202 points, coming in sixth.

Junior Reed Fischer from Drake University won the race as an individual with a time of 23:52.2. As a team

Drake finished in 16th place.

On the women’s side, sophomore Maria Baldwin paced the Panthers to a 14th place finish in the 6K course.

Baldwin’s time of 21.31.0 was one second off the school record.

Howarth has been impressed with Baldwin’s ability to improve all season.

“She is someone that given a race plan and particular people to beat will literally die doing it,” she said.

“She is such a fierce competitor, and that’s not something you can coach.

Given that, plus the amazing fitness that she keeps building, she is going to be unstoppable by the end of the season,” However, Eastern freshman Jocelyn Mendoza finished with a time of 21:54.8, which shattered the 6K freshman school record at Eastern by 16 seconds.

Illinois State won the women’s division with a team score of 162.

Oakland finished in second place overall with a score of 170.

Loyola finished in third with a score of 201. Kansas State was fourth with a 202. St. Louis University finished in fifth with a 204.

Eastern finished with a team score of 304, which was good for 14th overall.

South Dakota senior Amber Eichkorn won the race as an individual with a time of 20:11.8.

Both the men and women will be back in action Oct. 23 at the Illini Open in Champaign.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.

Men’s and women’s golf teams in last place in tournaments

By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor|@BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern men’s golf team is in last place at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate at The Links at Novadell Golf Course after the first two rounds.

The Panthers shot a 581 as a team at the par-72 course. Besides being in last place, freshman Alvaro Hernandez continues his hot stretch as he shot a 5-under, 67 and a 1-under, 71 in the first two rounds of the tournament.

Hernandez is tied for seventh place overall as an individual.

Junior Ryan Hughes also had a

good day as he shot a 2-under, 70 in the first round and a 2-over, 74 in the second round.

Senior Austin Sproles shot a 149 overall in the first two rounds with scores of 3-over, 75 and a 2-over, 74.

Ohio Valley Conference member Tennessee-Martin finds itself in first place after shooting 21-under as a team.

The Skyhawks, as a team, had seven rounds from their players that were under par for the day.

Tennessee-Martin had two players shoot 65’s. Hunter Richardson and Benn Reeves shot 7-under, 65 in round two of the tournament.

Richardson currently leads the en-

tire field with a 133 and Reeves is tied for fourth place with a 136.

Belmont, Western Illinois, Missouri State and Murray State round out the top-five teams after two rounds of play.

Belmont is tied for first place with Tennessee-Martin shooting a 555.

The men’s team will tee off at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Women in 15th place The Eastern women sit in last place out of 15 teams after one round of the Dayton Fall Invitational at the NCR North Course in Kettering, Ohio.

The Panthers shot 69-over par with a score of 349 as a team. Eastern is 12 strokes behind IndianaPurdue Fort Wayne and Detroit University.

Junior Chloe Wong led the Panthers with a 15-over, 85 after the first round of the tournament.

Sophomore Hannah Magda finished 17-over. Right behind Magda was junior Alex Pickens who finished with an 18-over, 88 and is in 72nd place overall.

Grand Valley State finds itself in first place after shooting 24-over as a team. Gabrielle Shipley finished with a 2-over, 72. Shipley pared 14 of the 18 holes in the first round

and birdied one.

Samantha Moss finished 4-over for the tournament after she shot even on the front nine and 4-over on the back nine.

The University of Indianapolis sits in second place, behind them is the University of Findlay. Oakland University rounds out the top-four teams for the first round.

Sophomore Kasey Petty from Findlay shot a 1-over 71 in the first round. Elle Nichols placed second after round one as well.

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Soccer coach recalls passions for game

By Maher Kawash Staff Reporter| @DEN_Sports Eastern men’s soccer coach Kiki Lara holds a passion for soccer stronger than most passions people have in their life.

Lara was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, which is where his love for the game of soccer began.

Lara said soccer became a vital part of his life when he was just threeyears-old; he recalled a special moment with his grandmother.

“My grandmother used to have us make these cool plates, and I remember the first thing I drew on mine was a soccer player with a ball and a net,” Lara said.

There is no question Lara has had a long history of soccer in his life as he began playing the sport at age 5.

“It’s been my passion for as long as I can remember,” Lara said. “Honestly I don’t remember a time where I didn’t think about the game.”

Lara had a storied soccer career as he played at the University of Incarnate Word and then went on to play professionally for the Minnesota Thunder and Portland Timbers.

Lara had a significant impact on his team in college as he was team captain from 2001 to 2003 and was named a NSCAA All-American in those three seasons.

“One of my favorite memories of my career is the time I spent at Incarnate Word,” Lara said. “We played with such a phenomenal group of guys, who just genuinely cared about the program.”

He led Incarnate Word to a 161-3 record in 2002, earning the school’s first ever NCAA Tournament Bid. Lara performed off the field and he was a two-time NSCAA Academic All-American during his time at Incarnate Word.

Lara was a member of the Thunder from 2004-2006, then a member of the Timbers from 2007-2008.

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Men’s soccer coach Kiki Lara is introduced as the new coach on March 10, 2015.

As well as exceeding expectations on the field and in the classroom, Lara gave back to his community often, leading him to being awarded his respective team’s Humanitarian award in 2006 and 2007.

Lara had many achievements throughout his playing career, but he always had his eye on coaching.

He began coaching at age 14 for a youth soccer club named the Las Cruces Strikers.

While playing with the Thunder in 2005, Lara also worked as an assistant coach for the Washington State University women’s soccer program.

Lara would then go on to be an

assistant coach for the Dayton Flyers men’s soccer team from 20092014.

One of Lara’s favorite coaching memories came from his time at Dayton as he recalled a moment when the team was about to be coconference champions of the Atlantic-10, until the Flyers tied the game in the final two minutes, and immediately in overtime to become sole conference champs.

He has enjoyed plenty of success throughout his coaching career as he was also named the Mid-Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the year in 2013.

Throughout a respectable career,

Lara could not single out just one person that has made an impact on his career.

“I think there are a number of people who have made a huge impact on my career, and rather than name them, I think they know who they are,” Lara said.

Lara comes from a family of soccer as his brothers both played in college while one played at the University of New Mexico, and the other at University of Kentucky.

With the decorated career he had, Eastern brought him in with hopes of turning the struggling men’s soccer program around.

“I think EIU presented such a

great opportunity to rebuild such an established program,” Lara said.

“After being in the position as an assistant, it was such a great opportunity for me to take the next step.”

As there are a total of 23 underclassmen on the team, Lara’s strong teaching skills were going to be necessary for him to turn this team around.

With that being said, Lara’s first season has been a learning experience for all involved as his team holds a 2-8 record heading into some crucial conference games.

Although the team holds a win percentage of .200, many players have bought in to Lara’s approach.

“I don’t think I have met my own expectations, because I think we have lost some games that we should have won,” Lara said. “I continue to learn that winning in D-1 soccer is not an easy thing to do.”

Many guys on the team feel that Lara has already began to turn the program around in his short time at Eastern.

“Coach Lara has had a huge impact on this team in just about every way possible,” sophomore Tyler Oliver said. “He has us playing a good style of soccer that will create success now and in the long run for this program.”

Just as Lara has impacted his team in a significant way, the players have given him a strong motivation as well.

“The impact that these guys have made on me is the main motivation for me to get up every day and come to work,” Lara said. “We have a lot of guys here who want to get EIU soccer back to where it needs to be, and seeing that keeps me motivated.”

Maher Kawash can be reached at 581-2812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.

NOTEBOOK | FOOTBALL

Church blessed with OVC weekly player honor

By Blake Nash Staff Reporter|@Banash5 Devin Church just keeps adding one good performance after the other this season.

The red-shirt junior running back caught the Ohio Valley Conference’s attention on Saturday, rushing for 125 yards and two touchdowns in a 23-20 overtime victory at Tennessee State.

He was named the OVC Newcomer of the Week on Sunday, a day after the Panthers moved to 3-0 in OVC play.

Only Jacksonville State and Eastern Kentucky have the same conference record.

It was the third straight multitouchdown game for Church, who had a season-high three touchdowns in a 40-16 victory at Austin Peay earlier this month.

He leads the entire league with eight touchdowns, including six on the ground. He also ranks third in the OVC rushing rankings, averaging 80.3 yards per game.

These accolades and stats haven’t distracted him from his ultimate goal of playing in the postseason.

“I want to play in that national championship game and win the OVC,” Church said. “I know we can

and that’s what I’m really focused on.”

If that is what he is focused on, both he and the Panthers will have to get through their next five games, which begins with a home game Saturday against Tennessee Tech, which will be the 98th Homecoming game in school history.

Jacksonville State junior quarterback Eli Jenkins was named the conference Offensive Player of the Week, after leading the Gamecocks to their 12th straight OVC victory at Tennessee Tech.

A total of 270 yards, 184 of which were passing, moves him into fourth place on the school’s all-time list.

The Gamecocks had 619 yards of total offense for the game, which gives them 17 consecutive games with at least 400 yards.

Jenkins scored three touchdowns all in the first half, on a four-yard pass, a 40-yard run and a 30-yard pass. He has never been beaten in an FCS regular season game.

And finally, the other undefeated team in the OVC, Eastern Kentucky had two players named player of the week. Junior defensive tackle Noah Spence had seven tackles, including 3.5 for loss in a 27-10 victory over Southeast Missouri.

The Ohio State transfer also had 1.5 sacks, and it was sixth straight

week with at least one. The OVC Defensive Player of the Week leads the nation in tackles for loss per game with two.

Australian punter Keith Wrzuszczak averaged 45.5 yards on four punts against the Redhawks. The sophomore also completed a pass on a fake attempt. He gained 16 yards on the pass, and gave the Colonels a first down.

His 43.5 yards per punt this year rank 10th nationally.

OVC players on watch list Jenkins and senior running back Troymaine Pope were named to the midseason watch list for the 2015 CFPA FCS National Performer of the Year Trophy.

But they are not the only OVC players that garnered notoriety for this award.

Eastern Kentucky quarterback Bennie Coney and Tennessee-Martin quarterback Jarod Neal were also named as candidates in the field of 32.

Coney has completed 63.8 percent of his passes, and gained 1,302 yards and scored 12 touchdowns through the air.

Neal has a completion percentage of 62.1 and totaled 1,473 yards

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Red-shirt junior running back Devin Church makes his way into the endzone during the Panthers’ 33-28 Family Weekend win on Oct. 10 at O’Brien Field. Church ran for 75 yards completing one touchdown during the game.

and 17 touchdowns. Not even Jenkins, who was named to the preseason watch list, has as many passing yards as Neal.

However, Jenkins completion percentage of 63.8 is greater than Neal’s. Jenkins has thrown for 1,117 yards and 10 touchdowns, and rushed

for 318 yards and four touchdowns.

His running back, Pope, leads Jacksonville State with 699 yards and five touchdowns on 80 carries.

Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.