‘COMING TO AMERICA’
SOFTBALL SWEEP
The African Student Association shows Eastern a modern-day vision of Africa during its fashion show Saturday.
The Panthers defeated Eastern Kentucky 1-0 in a 12 -inning game on Saturday. PAGE 8
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Monday, April 11, 2016
VOL. 100 | NO. 134
“TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID”
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Testing Center feels effects of staffing cuts By Cassie Buchman Associate News Editor | @cjbuchman
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Students throw colored powder into the air during Holi in the library quad Saturday. Holi is an Indian holiday that celebrates the beginning of spring.
Festival of colors returns to Eastern By Janet Pernell Staff Reporter | @DEN_News People raised their hands to throw different colors of powder in the air and on one another as Holi took place to celebrate the Indian tradition Saturday in the Library Quad. Despite it being 35 degrees, approximately 50 international and American students participated in Holi. This was the fifth Holi that was celebrated at Eastern. The event started around 11:40 a.m. and ended around 12:20 p.m. because of a shortage of colored powder, even though the set time was 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Before they were allowed to jump in the ring of flags set up for Holi, students were outside the library waiting to throw the powdered paint. A few students were already drenched in colors. When the Holi celebration began, people were in the ring tossing the colored powder and water on one another while screaming “Happy Holi.” Rajesh Venkata Goriparthi, president of the Indian Student Association, said Holi is a celebration back in India and he used the day at Eastern to hang out with his friends.
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Nazmi Turker, a graduate student in the school of clinical psychology, throws colored powder during Holi.
Though originally suspended on March 15 because of a lack of staff, the Testing Center will now be available through finals week with the help of a temporary extra help clerk. Before this, the services were still offered, but students who needed accommodations had to go through faculty to get them. Wendy Long, director of the Office of Testing and Evaluation, said they were able to generate money from testing fees to hire the temporary employee and they received President David Glassman’s permission to do so. Glassman said he approved this temporary hire because the Testing Center has provided and continues to provide an extremely valuable service for our students and faculty. “I am pleased we have been able to keep the center operating during this difficult time,” Glassman said. He said until a state budget is received, the university is doing their best to maintain important campus operations such as the Testing Center. “As we continue to assess critical short term and long term needs across campus, we will continue to use different types of staffing arrangements as we have always done,” Glassman said. “This includes working with the civil service system and various unions as we work together to provide our students with the excellent academic experience they expect and deserve.” Michelle Falada, a senior family and consumer sciences major, said she was angry when she heard the Testing Center was suspended, so she set up a petition online to bring the center back and met with Glassman. A week later, she received an email, saying the services are being set up for the rest of the semester. “I cried and sent (the email) to my friends,” Falada said. As a student with ADHD and generalized anxiety, she said she needs the Testing Center and that it has been a helpful resource to her during her time at Eastern.
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Tugs champions, overall Greek Week winners announced By Stephanie Markham Editor-in-Chief | @stephm202 An intensive week of Tugs culminated Friday and Saturday when three teams walked away with the coveted first place titles in this year’s “The Endless Summer” Greek Week. Teams that took first include Sigma Nu in the Big Men’s division, Lambda Chi Alpha in the Little Men’s division, and Alpha Sigma Alpha in the Women’s division. Second and third place winners were concluded after the consolidation rounds on Saturday. Second-place teams include Lambda Chi Alpha for Big Men, Sigma Alpha Epsilon for Lit-
tle Men, and Sigma Sigma Sigma for Women, while the third-place teams include Sigma Pi for both Big and Little Men and Alpha Phi for Women. After Tugs came to an end, the overall Greek Week winners were determined. In order from first to third, the sorority winners were Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta and Delta Zeta. From first to third, fraternity winners were Sigma Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The championship Big Men’s Tug featured Sigma Nu pulling Lambda Chi Alpha Tuggers to the ground with the snap; after finding their footing, the men of Lambda Chi Alpha kept up the fight until hitting the water at 1 min-
ute, 33 seconds. Mark Galvan, a Tugger on the Sigma Nu Big Men’s team, said his team “destroyed the snap” and made history for their fraternity, as they have never won in the Big Men’s division before. “We did everything to get here,” he said. “We trained; we worked hard, and it feels amazing.” After winning the semi-final Tugs against Sigma Pi on Friday, Galvan said his teammates almost lost hope before defeating their opponents at 3 minutes, 4 seconds. “The thing about it is it’s as much mental as it is physical,” Galvan said. “Because you can see the other team, and they’re just as charged
up as you are; it’s all about who wants it more.” Galvan said his teammates planned to celebrate their first-place victory by having a “huge party,” as they had been laying off drinking and practicing six days a week to prepare for the tournament. “The guys who get on your team for the ropes, they become like your second fraternity kind of, like you guys have a bond that no one else in the fraternity has together,” Galvan said. The Little Men’s championship Tug ended with Lambda Chi Alpha pulling Sigma Alpha Epsilon into the pond at 1 minute, 49 seconds. This Tug was anyone’s game, as neither team started off with a clear lead. TUGS, page 5