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The Eastern men’s basketball team defeated Division-II opponent St. Francis, 83-41, Friday in Lantz Arena.

The Eastern women’s basketball team began its season with a 97-54 win over Millikin Friday.

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By Kalyn Hayslett and Cassie Buchman Editor-in-Chief and News Editor | @DEN_News Days after they were shocked by Republican nominee Donald Trump winning the presidential race, students and community members convened on the Doudna Steps to protest the now President-elect at the Unity Rally.

Chants of “Dump Trump,” “No Trump, No KKK, No racist USA,” “When they go low, we go high” and “Love Trumps Hate,” resounded through the Library Quad.

Speakers came up on the steps to show support for the protestors and speak out against Trump.

In her speech, Meagan Ramey, a senior biological sciences major, said she cried twice after he was announced as the winner of the election.

Several other speakers said they were upset by the win, with one saying it was like being punched in the gut.

However, protestors encouraged each other during the rally to vote, remain politically active and spread love within marginalized communities.

“This is not to say that Trump is not my president, but to say that we can change,” Ramey said.

Ramey said being at the rally reminded her of being at home surrounded by love and warmth.

“It’s like being in bed and having that safe space. It’s us unifying and sayJASON HARDIMON | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS ing that we all believe he is not the right Juan Villarreal, a freshman undecided major, holds a sign that reads, “end racism - sexism - homophobia” Friday at the Unity Rally protesting Presidentelect Donald Trump. “It’s not that Trump won; it’s that people still stand against immigrants,” Villarreal said. “To see people so close minded, it’s more choice,” she said.

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Veterans Day ceremony recognizes students’ service

By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News Eastern veterans reflected on their time in the military, and the university honored them at its annual Veterans Day ceremony.

Students, veterans and Charleston residents filled the seats of the Cougill Foyer in Old Main to hear speeches, the national anthem and prayers for veterans.

The ROTC Panther Battalion Color Guard was in attendance in blue dress uniforms to present the flags of the United States and the state of Illinois.

Graduate student Paul Higgerson, who was in the Air Force, gave a speech reflecting on his time in the military and said he learned discipline.

He also summed up Veterans Day to the people in attendance.

“Today we honor veterans, their families and the communities that support them,” Higgerson said.

Andy Bell, a junior political science major, joined the Na-

tional Guard on Oct. 23, 2013 so he could start his military career and get his education at the same time.

Bell won the Soldier of the Year award for his battalion that consists of five companies.

He said his sergeant nominated him, and then he had to go in front of a board of senior officers where he was tested on his knowledge of the Army and the skills of an enlisted man.

TJ Prater, a junior communication studies major, served eight years in the Marines and two in the National Guard.

Prater said he joined because the men in his family have served and he figured it was his turn to serve, as well.

He also said the events of Sept.

11 pushed him to join the military.

Prater was deployed four times. For his first tour, he went to Southeast and Southwest Asia, Africa and Australia.

During his other three tours, he was sent to Afghanistan.

He said Veterans Day is important for a variety of reasons.

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Grade-school students from Jefferson Elementary School shake hands with Eastern veterans after the Veterans Day Ceremony Friday in Old Main.

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By Angelica Cataldo Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_News The theatre arts department will be hosting their 12th annual research symposium 7 p.m. Monday in the Lecture Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

In 2004, English professor Christopher Wixson and Christopher Mitchell, interim associate dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, organized the symposium as an opportunity for students to present their research in a public forum.

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“The topics of the essays are always wide-ranging. For example, this year’s panel features papers on William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest,’ the advent of female actors on the English stage during the Restoration and ‘Hamilton’ the musical,” Wixson said.

The symposium is supported by the theatre arts and English departments, as well as the College of Arts and Humanities.

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Trump decried in protests across US LOS ANGELES (AP) — A day after Donald Trump’s election to the presidency, campaign divisions appeared to widen as many thousands of demonstrators — some with signs with messages declaring “NOT MY PRESIDENT” — flooded streets across the country to protest his surprise triumph.

From New England to heartland cities like Kansas City and along the West Coast, demonstrators bore flags and effigies of the president-elect, disrupting traffic and declaring that they refused to accept Trump’s victory.

Flames lit up the night sky in California cities Wednesday as thousands of protesters burned a giant papiermâché Trump head in Los Angeles and started fires in Oakland intersections.

Los Angeles demonstrators also beat a Trump piñata and sprayed the Los Angeles Times building and news vans with anti-Trump profanity.

Marijuana, gun control, minimum wage hikes win at the polls Filling a void created by congressional inaction, voters in a scattering of states tightened gun control laws and approved increases in the mini-

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minder of the articulate and insightful research and argumentative writing taking place in the humanities,” Wixson said.

Every year, at the beginning of the fall semester, students are able to submit their research papers focusing on topics such as dramatic literature, theater history, theater theory and theater criticism.

In November, a panel of faculty judges selects which papers will be presented at the symposium.

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Wixson said the forum is one of the longest-running events of its kind on campus.

Senior theatre arts major Holly Allen, junior English major Sam Fishel and freshman middle level education major Lauren Mellott will be the undergraduate students presenting their submitted research papers at the forum.

Both Wixson and Mitchell will be coordinating and moderating the research symposium.

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California, Nevada and Massachusetts approved measures legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, while Florida, Arkansas and North Dakota voted to allow pot for medical purposes. A recreational pot proposal lost in Arizona. The outcome of another in Maine was too close to call.

Florida, where the medical pot measure was backed by 71 percent of the voters, and Arkansas became the first states in the South with full-scale medical marijuana programs.

The outcome will more than triple the number of Americans living in states where recreational pot is legal. The jurisdictions where that’s already the case have less than 6 percent of the population.

Gun control was on the ballot in four states, including California, which already has some of the nation’s toughest gun-related laws.

In Maine and Nevada, a group founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent millions promoting ballot measures that would require background checks on nearly all gun sales and transfers. The measure was approved in Nevada but was rejected in Maine.

With Congress unable to agree on an increase in the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, numerous states and cities have taken action on their own. In this election, Arizona, Colorado and Maine voters approved measures phasing in a $12 minimum hourly wages by 2020. In Washington

state, voters approved a measure raising wages to $13.50 an hour by 2020.

12,000 medical marijuana patients have spent about $28 million on the program.

Medical marijuana France marks 1 use grows slow, year since Paris steady in Illinois CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is attacks marking its first year of medical marijuana sales as more states voted on Election Day to allow legal use of the drug.

Despite anecdotes of medical marijuana’s positive influence on patients, broader data and randomized clinical trials of its use remain very limited, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Officials said there have been very few overt problems with the program since the first dispensaries opened in Illinois on Nov. 9, 2015. Police said they haven’t seen any significant complications and that no patients have had their licenses rescinded for using the drug illegally.

Opponents of the medical marijuana program continue to raise concerns about negative effects, harm from smoking, use by minors and increasing traffic crashes.

This year fatal car crashes involving medical marijuana doubled in Washington from 2013 to 2014 after it legalized recreational marijuana, AAA reported.

But Feliza Castro, founder of The Healing Clinic in Chicago, said she has seen many severely debilitated patients get the help they need. About

PARIS (AP) — Less insouciant, more policed — France is a changed place since Islamic State extremists killed 130 people in the country’s deadliest attacks a year ago. Fearing it’s becoming more divided, too, survivors and victims’ families marked Sunday’s anniversary of the violence by pleading for national unity instead.

At midday, hundreds of balloons were released to honor the memories of the victims; at dusk, paper lanterns were released into the Canal Saint Martin, bearing red, white and blue lights representing the French tricolor.

Some fear that France itself is adrift, its government unable to defeat the amorphous extremist enemy even as authorities encroach on liberties the French hold dear.

The coordinated attacks were a wake-up call for France and for Europe. They followed the January 2015 newsroom massacre at the satiric newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris and a Kosher grocery store that left 17 dead. But the complex planning behind the Nov. 13 attacks and the high number of deaths revealed a degree of French vulnerability not previously suspected by authorities.

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By Chrissy Miller Campus Reporter | @DEN_News From a spelling bee skit to stand-up sets, Comedy after Dark had a variety of acts Friday night.

The night started out with the Don’t We Boys comedy sketch group including Sonny Pandit as “Don’t,” AJ Schraeder as “We” and Joe Anderson as “Boys.” Their act combined sketch comedy with elements of stand-up.

Pandit, the newest member of the group, said that the group has been performing together for nearly five years.

“We just love it. It’s fun, it’s goofy and it’s a good time,” Pandit said. “The guys, they’re fantastic. They’re hilarious. They do nothing but make you better. I mean my stand-up has been a billion times better just from working with them. You just get a broader horizon of every sort of comedy.”

Pandit said he felt comedy was the right fit for him because he was good at making people laugh and selling people stuff. He said many of the skits performed have taken interesting turns in the past, including a freeze tag skit about a man being frozen in a game of freeze tag for decades.

“They have to put their fingers in my mouth during the frozen tag skit and we were in Sonoma, California and they actually had hand sanitizer,” Pandit said. “It was my first time doing the sketch and I thought it was going to be okay except they squirted half of it into their hands and I couldn’t make a face because I’m supposed to be frozen. There was nothing but hand sanitizer in my mouth. So, when I unfroze, it literally drooled out. It was super gross, but it was hilarious.”

Joe Anderson, founder of the group, said the group started when he quit The Second City Theatre and started writing sketches with people he met at stand-up shows and conferences. The group started performing with a few local shows in Michigan and continued by submitting to different festivals and going from there. Anderson said he decided to leave Second City because many of its members made unhealthy choices with drug

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AJ Schraeder, of the comedy group “Don’t We Boys,” performs his high-energy comedy act at Comedy After Dark on Friday night at 7th Street Underground. This free event featured two different comedic acts, and audience members were welcomed to make their own tacos.

abuse.

“People were doing cocaine during intermission and it was bad,” Anderson said. “It just seemed not the type of place I should stay at.”

Anderson said that bringing up meaning through his comedy is one of his favorite parts of being part of the group.

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familial that we can poke some holes into is the best,” Anderson said. “Whether it’s an ideology that one of us either really agrees with or disagrees with and being able to mess with that and stretch it or dismantle it, and using humor to do that is really powerful.”

Kadarrious Hooks, a graduate psychology student, experienced one of these skits up close by

participating in the spelling bee skit and using his psychology background to win a seemingly impossible word challenge.

Larro the Comedian ended the night with a stand-up set containing more adult-focused content.

Chrissy Miller can be reached at 581-2812 or clmiller9@eiu.edu.

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Children hear what we say on Facebook After the election results were announced, mixed attitudes popped up across the nation on Wednesday. Some voters were pleased with the results, while others found themselves confused or distraught over our chosen potential United States president. Regardless of these diverse attitudes, most people took to social media as an outlet for their frustration, their pride and their fears, and exploited any feelings they had about the election.

I found myself involved in political social media posts as well. However, when a few threads started getting out of hand, I realized not only how social media was adding more fuel to this political hate fire, but also how anyone with social media is able to view these posts and internalize what we say — including those who are not yet old enough to vote.

As an English major, I have constantly been preached to about the power that one has through word choice and how one conducts oneself through communication and rhetoric. When combining my English major into the study of English education, I learned more about how the power of these words is then translated into the perceptions of our youth.

From teaching English classes to high school students, I have learned that although students may not want to believe it, they are engulfed in a world of literacy. Our youth is constantly surrounded by subtle outlets on the internet for people to voice their opinions. As blessed as we are to have the freedoms to express our thoughts onto these social platforms, this opportunity also comes with an often overlooked responsibility. People too often confuse freedom of speech with the ability to say whatever comes to mind without any regard for the impact of one’s words. In reality, others reflect on everything that is said. Often ignorance is adapted from the repetition of someone else’s uninformed thoughts or opinions. By publicizing opinions onto social media, no matter how well-rehearsed they may be, there is a chance that our youth will read these opinions and misinterpret them. As a future educator, I want my students to form their own notion of beliefs by informing themselves and making decisions, not by choosing an entire political mindset because they viewed a hostile conversation on the internet.

Words matter, and even more so when smaller ears are listening. Children learn through imitation and modeling. As parents, future educators and role models, there is so much responsibility dismissed when it comes to our outward demeanor and presentation. Regardless of one’s political stance or affirmative beliefs on any socially combative topic, engaging in non-productive conversations, rants and arguments on social media demonstrates to our youth that this type of behavior is an acceptable way to channel one’s beliefs.

When I stand in front of a classroom and observe students begin to enter the room, I see them greeting one another, discussing their weekends, making jokes, etc. I would hate for my own disregard for publicizing my opinions to offend, marginalize or even perpetuate any of my students’ beliefs and create tension in the environment which my students currently and happily coexist.

No matter one’s career path or role in life, we serve as models for our youth. Our youth are always watching our interactions so that they may maintain similar successes as they get older. However, the want for our youth to succeed starts with positive representations of a successful and cohabitative society.

Sierra Falk is a senior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or stfalk@eiu.edu.

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Use your newfound political savvy for good The editorial staff of The Daily Eastern News has one weird tip for improving your current events knowledge. The solution will surprise you!

At our last news meeting, we spent some 15 minutes complaining about various Facebook posts we saw, about conversations we overheard and about people we spoke to. The common thread that tied our ire together was that in each instance, someone complained about “the media” controlling the public’s opinions and minds.

We came to the swift conclusion that we were so annoyed with these statements because we are, as journalists, part of the media. We disagree, however, with the monolithic representation that so many complaining Facebook posts and conversations characterize us as.

To begin, we, as members of the media, are individuals who all have different reasons for participating in the news process and who all have different interests within journalism. When separated to their requisite parts, you may find that all sections of the media are actually full of varied people who have very personal reasons for working in news and journalism. We do not live in a hive mind, working as one to create public opinion.

Beyond even that, we would like to dispel the idea that you presently hold of what the media is.

We believe that the public often conflates the influ-

ence of the media with influences from popular culture, modern society and any number of memetic influences. To be perfectly clear: The News staff considers the media to be only the various methods of news passage and journalism such as television news, internet news, print news and radio news. We believe that popular television and public opinion are not and should not be considered the media; in fact, it is unfair to pin toxic ideas from entertainment media on journalists.

This misguided mistrust of news media leads many people to find their news in new and inventive ways. Some of these methods are praiseworthy: if you find your news through dedicated and wellconstructed opinion outlets or through mobile applications, you probably have a good and balanced view on current events. However, other news outlets are much weaker than traditional news outlets.

Facebook is our main target at the moment. The reader should know that, even though Facebook has a news service and does often circulate newsworthy articles, it is not a stable or reliable source of news.

According to Annalee Newitz’s ArsTechnica article from Aug. 29, Facebook now relies entirely on an algorithm to curate and circulate its news articles.

While we are excited about what this means for the future of news, we are deeply concerned about the present news. Facebook has circulated several false

news articles in the past few months because it no longer uses human editors to fact-check its news before it circulates. This effect compounds itself because many Facebook users do not do their own fact-checking. Additionally, a number of these users only receive their news through Facebook, and so are at a great risk for seeing and believing false news articles.

The modern citizen has so many ways of finding, reading and understanding news. A good balance of traditional news and new media methods makes for a very informed reader. We believe that traditional media offers a good basis of knowledge, while new media provides important opinions on controversial and complicated topics, and reading the opinions of others is also important.

We would love for you to trust us. Our work is dedicated to improving your lives and to keeping you informed. Please do not paint us as a piece of a shadowy puppet organization or as a massive corporation. See us as we really are: a small vessel in a sea of information, passing and being passed by other ships of varying origins, shapes and sizes. Trust us; we are here for you.

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

Keep elders involved in holiday festivities The holidays should be happy times filled with family traditions that have been passed down from one generation to the next. Should that not mean that everyone should be happy?

The reality is that many people will feel isolated and alone during the holiday season. Especially mature individuals that once took care of large families, cooked from sun up to sun down and fed family and friends all that delicious food at the family dining table every holiday.

Losses in life are inevitable, we all will suffer some type of loss during our lifetimes, and many of these losses will be emotional in nature: loss of a spouse or parents, aging relatives that die, friends who become ill and are put in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Children who marry and move away to start their own holiday traditions can make it a very lonesome and isolated holiday for elders who will be left to face the holidays alone.

Children can be lifesavers when it comes to caring for the elderly over the holiday season, even though many adult children may feel stressed or too busy to pay much attention to grandma and grandpa. By concentrating on the really important

Cindy Huff things in life like your parents, you can make the holidays a happy time for everyone.

Reminding your elders that they are still a very important part of the family celebration will help them feel loved. Please do not act like you have invited them over because you feel it is your duty; they can tell sometimes from the tone of your voice or your body language. Always be considerate of their feelings and remind them that they are loved.

If you can make them feel needed you will have given them the greatest gift of all. Just asking them

to prepare a favorite dish that you loved as a child will brighten their day, and if they are not able to cook for themselves, ask for the recipe and prepare it yourself for the holiday table.

Spending time with our elders is very important especially during the holiday season, when we all want to be a part of the festivities. Enjoy them while you still have the time to do so.

Even though I know that your time is precious and that you may have a million things to do over the holiday season, nothing is more precious or more rewarding than spending time with your elders. Try to imagine what it would feel like to wake up alone on Thanksgiving or Christmas and know that this day was going to be just like all the other days of the week; nothing special, just you and the parade on TV. This is the scenario that faces thousands of elders over the holiday season. Do not let your family members be one of them.

Cindy Huff is an aging studies graduate student. She can be reached at 581-2812 or clhuff2@eiu.edu.

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Business school student ambassadors receive several opportunities Students offer feedback on gaining valuable skills

By Samantha Barileau Contributing Writer | @DEN_News Student ambassadors in the College of Business have the chance to develop skills and access exclusive internships.

These ambassadors are a volunteer group who conduct tours for prospective students as well as assist in events around campus.

Faculty members and previous student ambassadors recommend new students for the ambassador position.

The adviser for the student ambassadors, Kathy Schmitz, said the ambassadors are not given a minimum of events to help out at, so they end up putting more dedicated work into volunteer opportunities of their choice.

“They are the experts in the school of business,” Schmitz said. “They can talk to prospects about how they use the building.”

Schmitz said the ambassadors are a good representation of the college and other departments would benefit from having them as well.

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jor, said being an ambassador has helped her connect with her professors and get to know the building better.

“It is so rewarding, and it is a great way to give back to EIU within our major,” Cowger said.

Cowger became the intern for the Lumpkin Family Foundation.

She said it helped knowing the background of the foundation and the school from being an ambassador.

Schmitz said another student ambassador was able to become a Fletcher intern, which is an opportunity open only to ambassadors.

The Fletcher internship was created by a donor to the college for a student to be recognized for leadership.

The paid intern performs many tasks, including managing the social media accounts for the college.

Eric Bruce, a senior finance major, said he is gaining valuable skills from the program such as how to work with others as a team, learning how to relate to potential students and comforting parents.

Samantha Barileau can be reached at 581-2812 or smbarileauzamora@eiu.edu.

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Andy Bell, a junior political science major and National Guardsman, talks to Eastern President David Glassman about the “Soldier of the Year” award Bell recently received Friday after the Veterans Day Ceremony in Old Main. Bell won the award for his battalion, which consists of five companies.

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He said Veterans Day is important for a variety of reasons.

“It allows a lot of people who do not know a lot about the military to come out,” Prater said.

Eastern President David Glassman spoke about Eastern’s connection with American wars.

People such as Mary J. Booth joined the

Red Cross after World War I, and 11 people from Eastern saw combat.

During World War II, men were scarce on campus, Glassman said.

He said 1,400 students, faculty and staff served in the military during World War II, including a Medal of Honor recipient.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 When she was speaking, Ramey said she hopes that the participants leave with hope.

“Be inspired. Don’t fall under the pressure of your emotions, but take that passion and change the world with it,” she said.

Because the rally was held on Veterans Day, there were some moments dedicated to them by speakers.

Alicia Henning, a sophomore special education major, shared sentiments about the day because she comes from a military family.

During her speech, she read a letter from 23 Gold Star families addressed to President-elect Donald Trump, criticizing his attacks on the Khan family, who spoke about him at the Democratic National Convention.

“Regardless of how people feel of the military they make a huge sacrifice for families and we should respect them regardless of the campaign,” Henning said.

William Harrison, sophomore sociology major, spoke about the Black Lives Matter movement and how being an African-American male in American society can be discouraging.

“It’s sad I’m not as valued in this country but having this platform is comforting and empowering,” he said.

In his speech he addressed cultural appropriation and the deaths of African-American men by police officers.

“I want to see as much love and respect for black people as there is for black culture,” he said.

Along with speeches, several poems, including “America” by Allen Ginsberg, were read at the rally.

Siobhan Doherty, freshman sociology major, read one titled “I want a D*ke for President” written by Zoe Leonard.

“When I first heard the poem it shook me. I think it’s powerful and it covers a lot of marginalized groups,” Doherty said.

When Doherty read the line “I want a black woman for president,” the crowd yelled “Michelle Obama 2020” in response.

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“I’ve been stressed, confused and shocked. We need to work together to make sure (President-elect Donald Trump) doesn’t take away our rights,” Maya Lee, center, a sophomore psychology major, said as she held a sign reading, “Build bonds, Not Walls” at the Unity Rally protesting Trump.

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Olivia Maldonado, a sophomore marketing major, walks with the Puerto Rican flag drapped over her shoulders as she and other student protestors approach the soon-to-begin Unity Rally Friday next to Booth Library.

Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812 or scnusbaum@eiu.edu.

Olivia Maldonado, a sophomore marketing major, wore the Puerto Rican flag around her shoulders.

“It’s really important for me to show our culture,” she said. “It’s not OK to have a president who doesn’t accept our culture.”

Maldonado, who is half Mexican and half Puerto Rican, said she is not happy with Trump as he does not respect people.

Gladys Valentin, a senior Spanish major and vice president of the Latin American Student Organization, said she participated in the rally because she wants to establish unity on campus.

She said it personally breaks her heart to see people trying to kick her out of her own country.

“People think we are overacting, but honestly, this is bringing us closer as a community,” Valentin said. “I think getting together and sharing our feelings will accomplish a lot emotionally.”

To Shane Kennedy, a graduate student in the fine arts program, it is scary to see that over half the country agrees with Trump.

“Growing up I was always taught different that what Donald Trump was representing,” he said. “The ways he’s talking is really disappointing and scary. I just think it makes us look bad as a country and a people.”

Kristin Ploskonka, a Charleston resident and Eastern alumna, said she came to the rally to let people know there are people in the community who support diversity.

While Ploskonka is upset that America has elected a president with no political experience and no foreign experience, she said there is a bigger problem of people thinking they have the right to treat others with disrespect.

“I think there’s a lot of hate brewing. A lot of people are upset about the President-elect,” Ploskonka said, holding a rainbow flag in her hand.

“We need to focus on what we can do to make people feel safe.”

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7 Cross county teams end seasons at Regionals

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2016

By Kaitlin Cordes Cross Country Reporter | @DEN_Sports The cross country team ended its season at the Midwest Regional Saturday with three women finishing in the top 100 and two men finishing in the top 50.

Senior Ruth Garippo was the top finisher for the Eastern women with her 65th-place overall finish and a time of 21 minutes, 31.8 seconds.

Garippo was the women’s top finisher for three consecutive meets and finished seven seconds shy of her 6-kilometer school record.

Senior Ivy Handley finished 81st with a time of 21:41.8 followed by junior Maria Baldwin in 85th with a time of 21:44.7.

Baldwin said her favorite moment of Regionals was crossing the finish line and finding out how she and her teammates did.

“I was ready to see the damage we had done as a team because I knew we all finished close together,” Baldwin said. “I felt great when I crossed the finish line. It a very stress-relieving moment after a long season.”

Senior Rachel Garippo finished in the 106th place with a time of 22:01.2, and senior Julie James placed 161st, finishing the race in 22:41.1, making the two the final scored runners for Eastern.

Senior Emily Brelsfoard and freshman Sadie Elliott also compet-

ed and finished 170th and 193rd, respectively.

Baldwin said the portion of the race that was most challenging for the runners was the section of the course between the second and fourth kilometer because it was full of hills.

Seniors Riley McInerney and Paxson Menard led the men’s team with their top-50 finishes.

McInerney finished the race in 31:02.5, earning him 33rd place.

Menard placed 41st with a personal-best time of 31:09.0.

Menard said that when he crossed the finish line, the only thing on his mind was his teammates.

“As I crossed, I wasn’t thinking too much, but I focused on getting the team back together,” Menard said. “I found Riley because we finished around each other, and we congratulated other racers. I was trying to find the rest of the team to see how they were doing.”

Senior Tyler Yunk placed in the men’s top 100, finishing 90th with a time of 32:08.1.

Freshman Marcus Skinner and senior Juan Barajas were the final scored runners for Eastern. Skinner placed 137th with a time of 32:48.7, and Barajas finished 143rd with a time of 32:54.6.

Ju n i o r C h r i s O r l o w p l a c e d 149th, and freshman Robby Prescott finished 156th in the men’s

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Freshman Robby Prescott competes in the Bradley "Pink" Classic Friday, Oct. 14, at the Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Ill.

first 10-kilometer race of the season.

The Eastern women placed 20th as a team, earning 489 points. The men finished 16th with 423 points.

Karissa Schweizer of Missouri was the top finisher for the women’s competition, winning the race

in 19:54.4. Missouri was also the meet’s top women’s team.

Luke Traynor of Tulsa won the men’s race in 30:18.5, and Tulsa was the top team on the men’s side.

Menard said this meet and his entire senior season inspired him to emphasize the familial aspect of

Eastern cross country to newcomers and current runners alike.

“I want (them) to know that EIU isn’t just a team; it’s like a second family.” Menard said.

Kaitlin Cordes can be reached at 581-2812 or krcordes@eiu.edu.

Panther volleyball team falls in final matches

By Maher Kawash Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports With a five-game losing streak already looming, the Eastern volleyball team was dealt a tough task in its final two matches of the season.

First up was a matchup against first-place Murray State Friday followed by third-place Austin Peay Saturday.

The last-place Panthers got off to a solid start and earned a win in the first set of the weekend against the Racers.

It was a battle throughout that first set with Eastern as a slow start did not stop them from later going on a 10-3 run to gain momentum.

Murray State fought back to tie the match at 20, and the teams continued to battle as the two

were locked in 27-27.

The Panthers answered with the final two points of the match to earn a win, but the rest of the way proved to be the complete opposite.

Eastern was not able to gain off its first-set momentum and fell in the final three sets to drop another match to the Racers.

The second and third sets offered more of a back-and-forth affair, but the Panthers fell just short 25-21 and 26-24.

Fatigue may have come into play in the fourth set, with Murray State running away with the 25-12 win.

While the match was close throughout, the Racers managed to dominate the stat book against Eastern.

Murray State topped the Panthers with 20

more kills and assists, but Eastern was able to add five more blocks in the match.

Despite the loss, sophomore Taylor Smith was able to add a double-double with 21 digs and 17 assists for Eastern.

Saturday’s affair against Austin Peay was not as close, and the Panthers failed to top 16 points in any set.

It was a three-set sweep handed to Eastern, while also giving the team its seventh-straight loss in the final match of the season.

Freshman Maggie Runge proved what kind of impact she can have in the future, as she finished with a team-high eight kills to lead Eastern.

Junior Maria Brown closed the season with 13 digs to lead the Panthers, and Smith almost notched her second double-double of the season

with nine assists and 11 digs.

As what was a rebuilding season for Eastern now comes to a close, the Panthers finished far from their preseason prediction to finish 3rd in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Eastern wraps up its season with 2-14 conference record and a 5-26 record overall, while the team missed the postseason tournament for the first time since 2011.

It was not the season the Panthers could have expected, but they now turn their focus to the offseason.

Other teams in the OVC open conference tournament play Thursday.

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

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Crossland joins the other two transfers as guys who will be sure to crack any lineup for the Panthers.

He had just four points and five rebounds against St. Francis, but Spoonhour is sure all three will be an important part of the team.

“Those three guys are really important, and I mean they change a lot of stuff,” Spoonhour said.

It is clear how important those three will be for the team, and there is also one more to add to the list.

Logan Koch comes in as just a freshman on a team filled with upperclassmen, but he may just find his way in there sooner than later.

Along with his chance to hit the court at any time this season, Koch also has an opportunity to learn from the older guys on the team.

With the ne wcomers on the Panther team, as well as the returning starters, a special season could be in store for Eastern.

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

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Eastern dominates St. Francis in season opener

By Sean Hastings Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports One year ago, the Panthers barely were able to sneak by NAIA Division II opponent St. Francis (IL), but Friday night’s game proved which is the better team.

Eastern turned last year’s three-point victory into a 42-point 83-41 win this time around, and from the first play of the game, it seemed like it would be a long night for the Fighting Saints.

Last year when the Panthers played St. Francis, they struggled to guard the Fighting Saints’ guards, who coach Jay Spoonhour said are smart, good players who can score and cannot rattle them.

“We stole (a win) from Eureka,” Spoonhour said. “You weren’t going to steal it from these guys. We didn’t steal it from them. You’re not going to take it from them.”

Eastern’s junior forward Muusa Dama won the jump ball, but his tip went toward the St. Francis basket and was picked up by St. Francis’ Landus Anderson for what looked like an easy layup for the first two points of the game.

But 6-foot-9-inch, 225 lbs., Dama came up from behind and blocked the layup chance straight into the backboard, and it allowed sophomore forward Patrick Muldoon to hit a jumper.

“The first play of the game really wasn’t a good play,” Spoonhour said. “Muusa tips it and then goes down and blocks the shot. You just don’t see that kind of stuff too often. You just don’t see a 6-foot-9-inch guy who can run a 4:25 mile. He can do some unbelievable things.”

Dama added three more blocks throughout the game that contributed to the team’s seven overall in the game.

Eastern’s stats for the first half and the second half are near identical. The Panthers scored 40 points and shot 53 percent in the first half and scored 43 points and shot 56 percent in the second half, but the biggest difference was turnovers.

The Panthers turned the ball over 10 times

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Sophomore guard Casey Teson passes the ball to a teammate during the Panthers’ 83-41 win over St. Francis Friday in Lantz Arena. The Panthers will travel to take on Troy Monday.

in the first half, but that can be expected from the new Panther team, Spoonhour said.

Dama, junior guard Montell Goodwin and junior wing Ray Crossland each had two turnovers in the first half. But Spoonhour is happy with how the new guys are fitting into the Eastern program and are helping it become more “athletic.”

Eastern’s athleticism on defense led it to get-

ting down the court quick to set up its offense.

“We shot the ball well, so that erases some stuff,” Spoonhour said. “When you shoot it well it feels great; you think you played great.

And I don’t think we played bad.”

As the only senior on the Eastern roster, forward Demetrius McReynolds led the offense with 18 points.

And with the way the offense started roll-

Panther women win big in 1st game

By Mark Shanahan Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The Eastern women’s basketball team started off the season strong with a 9754 win over Millikin Friday night.

The Panthers had five players score in double-digits in the win, and everyone on the roster scored at least one basket.

The double-digit scorers were senior Erica Brown (14), junior Jalisha Smith (11), sophomore Brittin Boyer (10), and freshmen Allison Van Dyke (13) and Jennifer Nehls (12).

Brown said the win was a confidence boost for the team.

“Coming out in that first game the way we did, winning by that much,” Brown said, “that was a big confidence boost for us.”

Brown led the team with 14 points, eight rebounds and four blocks. The Panthers never trailed in this game and jumped out to a 7-0 lead early in the game.

Eastern finished the first quarter with a 25-16 lead, and Millikin stayed in the game thanks to the 3-pointer. Millikin went 4-5 from beyond the arc in the first quarter.

Millikin was able to stay within 10 points of the Panthers for the rest of the first half. The Panthers edged out Millikin on the score sheet in the second period 17-15.

Freshman Zharia Lenoir scored the final basket of the half for Eastern. She had nine points, three rebounds and two assists in her first collegiate game.

The freshmen Van Dyke, Nehls, Lenoir and Danielle Berry all played well in their first game.

Coach Debbie Black said they bring

ing, McReynolds said they were just having fun, and a lot of it stemmed off of McReynolds’ perfect toss to Dama for an alley-oop to give Eastern a 32-21 lead.

“That was my first time throwing an alleyoop,” McReynolds said. “It felt good.”

Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.

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Newcomers will provide important role

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Junior guard Grace Lennox attempts to dribble around a Millikin defender during the Panthers’ 97-54 win over Millikin Friday in Lantz Arena.

an edge that the team has lacked.

“I think that they bring us a different edge that we haven’t had ­— all four of them,” Black said.

Both teams shot 3-pointers well in the first half with Eastern going 5-for-8 and Millikin going 7-for-12.

The score at halftime was 42-31.

Eastern picked it up in the third quarter starting it off with a 9-3 run and pushed its lead to 30.

Eastern had 26 assists in the game, and Black credited the team for being unselfish.

“This team was very unselfish tonight,” Black said. “Right across the

board, no one really cared who scored.”

Brown left the game with a calf cramp in the second half and did not return, but Boyer stepped up in the 13 minutes she played.

The Panthers dominated in the paint, outscoring Millikin 47-18.

With everyone contributing for Eastern, they were able to get 44 points from their bench.

The women will be back in action on Monday night as they travel to take on Evansville.

Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.

There is plenty of experience on the Eastern basketball team this season, but there is another aspect that can help the Panthers take a bigger step forward.

That special asset is the addition of Eastern’s newcomers, especially junior college transfers Montell Goodwin, Ray Crossland and Muusa Dama.

The trio kicked off the season in a special way against St. Francis but not just on the stat sheet.

Even though it was not the toughest matchup for Eastern, the three Panthers showed their athleticism and physicality.

That is something that was missing in years past for the team, and it was also apparent in its short lived Ohio Valley Conference tournament appearance.

Goodwin’s offensive performance has been the first to note as he dropped 15 points in his first regular season game as a Panther.

With four of five starters returning from last season there is already a special amount of hype regarding this season.

But a quick and early 15-point performance from Goodwin just gives Panther fans a pleasurable sight to think about with him alongside Cornell Johnston, Casey Teson and Demetrius McReynolds.

“I think it fits all of us really good because we all can shoot and make plays, and we can just throw it to the rim with Muusa,” McReynolds said.

Dama does have a special ability at the rim at 6-foot-9-inches, and that was apparent with his nine rebounds in the first game.

“He can do some unbelievable things,” Eastern coach Jay Spoonhour said.

There already seems to be a more physical attack when the transfers take the court, and it helps that Spoonhour has a plethora of lineups to display night in and night out.

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