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The Eastern softball team will start the season this weekend at the Mardi Gras Classic in Louisiana.

The Eastern men’s basketball team won 78-74 against Southern Illinois -Edwardsville Thursday night on the road.

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“The Wiz” to be shown Friday night

By Andrew Paisley Campus Reporter | @Andrew_Paisley1 Students can enjoy a movie while learning about influential musicians during a screening of “The Wiz” on Friday.

“The Wiz” will be shown by the University Board at 7 p.m. in the Buzzard Hall Auditorium.

Before the film begins, a presentation about different African-American musicians who have shaped the culture of music will be given.

“The Wiz,” a remake of “The Wizard of Oz,” is a musical film made in the late 1970s starring an all African-American cast.

Jordan McLaren, vice chair of the UB, said they chose to tie an event to the movie to get more people participating.

“Our biggest problem we have is not many people want to come out just for a movie,” McLaren said. “That is why we chose to have a presentation before the movie, which will show the history of African-American musicians and how they evolved through the music industry, going from jazz music to rap music.”

McLaren said each audience member will be given a fact sheet with different information and a sheet with different questions about the movie.

“When the film is over, each person who has filled out answers to each question on the sheet can turn it in to us,” McLaren said. “Everyone who turns in a sheet will be awarded a gift basket.”

Tony Talley, public relations coordinator for the UB, said “The Wiz” is a perfect film choice for African-American Heritage Month.

When the movie was made, it was some time after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Talley said.

“People were starting to become more accepting of one another, which is always a great thing to promote on campus,” he added.

Talley said students can learn, decompress and wind down after a stressful week of school at the movie showing.

“I think that it will be a good learning experience for sure,” Talley said. “I know that it will be nice for all of us to kick back and enjoy this very entertaining movie.”

McLaren said the UB chooses to show a film each month that is somehow related to that particular month.

“Next month, we hope to show a movie related to women’s rights because it is Women’s History Month,” McLaren said.

Andrew Paisley can be reached at 581-2812 or at abpaisley@eiu.edu.

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Emma Welton, a graduate assistant in communication studies, organizes free condoms provided by the HERC at the Spreading the Love and Wellness event in the Booth House on Thursday afternoon.

Students learn about safe sex, personal health at open house

By Mike Santoria Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Students were offered a space to discuss sexual, mental and personal health; as well as, better nutritional habits Thursday afternoon during the Share the Love and Wellness Open House.

The open house was sponsored by the Health Education Resource Center. Emma Welton, a Health Promotion Coordinator, said it provided different activities for students to learn about their overall health.

Because the three-hour event was discussion-based, students were able to ask a lot of questions, Welton said.She said most presentations health promotion coordinators put on have been in Greek Court houses, dorms and during on-campus events, but this one

was more informal.

Welton said she and Breanna Rehor, another Health Promotion Coordinator, want to make more of a mark on campus and continue to think of new ways to reach students besides their normal presentations.

“Even if the students didn’t come to the event today, we still have a lot of resources (at the HERC) for them to learn about these topics,” Rehor said.

“If students are interested and want to take ownership of their own sexual health, we have presentations, as well as tabling sessions on sexual and mental health.”

The open house featured several different sections, with one of them being specifically on sexual health.

Students were given free condoms, safe sex pack-

ets and a small lecture on how they can promote their own sexual health.

Another section of the event was centered on nutrition. Students walked away with recipes and some ideas on how to boost their nutrition, Rehor said.

Ally Kuehn, a nutrition promotion coordinator, said the open house was a good opportunity for students to see what the HERC is all about.

One of the services Kuehn offers students is individualized, free nutrition counseling.

“I will work with a student on their personal goals, and everything I promote is evidence-based,” Kuehn said. “They’re getting proper nutrition knowledge and they’re being motivated to do any activity they want.”

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Woman of Achievement nominations now accepted Deadline to nominate someone is March 1 Staff Report | @DEN_News Nominees for the Woman of Achievement award are now being taken.

One award is presented to a community member and another is given to someone from Eastern’s campus.

The awards will be presented at the annual Women’s History and Awareness Month awards ceremony.

According to a press release, the awards are meant to recognize women who help improve the quality of women’s lives and advance the status of women in the area.

The awards ceremony also acknowledges and celebrates the achievements of students and others in the community.

“We have a community full of deserving women, and we want to honor them,”

said Jonelle DePetro, chair of the Woman of Achievement Awards Committee and a 2002 recipient of the award, in the press release.

Terry Coulton, “known to many for her work with the area’s underserved,” according to the press release, and Dana Gilbertsen, active in women’s issues at Eastern, won the Woman of Achievement award last year.

The nomination process includes filling out the nominee’s information and a brief description of her contributions to the community.

The form can be found at https://www.eiu.edu/

women/WHAM.php.

Another option is to describe the nominee’s contributions, with their contact information, and email them to lsashley@eiu.edu.

The deadline to nominate someone is Wednesday, March 1.

“It’s so important to acknowledge the contributions of women in our community,” DePetro said.

The News desk can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.

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Midnight shut down looming nearer WASHINGTON (AP) — With a midnight government shutdown creeping closer, both Republicans and Democrats grappled with internal party divisions in advance of hopedfor showdown votes Thursday night on a massive budget deal.

Frustrations mounted as GOP Sen. Rand Paul held up voting on the broad measure in hopes of obtaining a recorded vote on reversing its spending increases.

The Trump administration, which favored approval of the measure, was preparing for a "lapse" in appropriations, an official with the Office of Management and Budget said, commenting only on condition of anonymity. That suggested a short shutdown, if any, less than a month after the three-day interruption last month.

Agencies brought out now-familiar contingency plans. The partial shutdown would essentially force half the federal workforce to stay home, freeze some operations and close some parks and outposts. Services deemed essential would continue, including Social Security payments, the air traffic con-

trol system and law enforcement.

The legislation doesn't address immigration, though Republican Speaker Paul Ryan said again Thursday he was determined to bring an immigration bill to the floor this year, albeit only one that has President Donald Trump's blessing.

At a late afternoon meeting, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California made it plain that she wasn't pressuring fellow Democrats to kill the bill, which is packed with money for party priorities like infrastructure, combating opioid abuse and help for college students.

Cotton growers and dairy farmers would get relief courtesy of the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee, while popular funding for community health centers would be extended for two years, among myriad health provisions.

But the deal contains far more money demanded by Democrats than had seemed possible only weeks ago.

"We're not going to get DACA as part of this," said Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky, the top Demo-

crat on the Budget Committee. "So if we can negotiate a deal like I think we've gotten that essentially meets every other one of our priorities then I think that's where a lot of the Democrats are."

Combined with the Republicans' December tax cut bill, the burst in military and other spending would put the GOP-controlled government on track for the first $1 trillion-plus deficits since Obama's first term and the aftermath of the most recent recession nine years ago.

The deal is a framework that repeals tight budget "caps" from a failed 2011 budget agreement, but the spending won't take effect until Congress passes a follow-up omnibus appropriations bill that will take weeks to negotiate.

The agreement would increase the government's borrowing limit to prevent a first-ever default on U.S. obligations that looms in just a few weeks.

The debt limit would be suspended through March of 2019, putting the next vote on it safely past this year's midterm elections.

Chicago plan raises tempers after record school closures CHICAGO (AP) — Five years after the largest mass closure of public schools in an American city, Chicago is forging ahead with a plan to shutter four more in one of the city's highest-crime and most impoverished areas.

School officials are pitching the new closures around Englewood, a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, to make way for a new $85 million school they insist will better serve students and reverse low enrollment. But some parents, students and activists are skeptical, saying they're still reeling from the 2013 closures and the latest plan will make things worse, including the displacement of hundreds of mostly black and poor teenagers.

"The last thing they should do is close

our schools," said 16-year-old Miracle Boyd, a student at John Hope College Prep, which could close. "They aren't the ones sitting in those chairs five days a week struggling to learn because we don't have the necessities we need as students. ... Why not use the $85 million to improve our education and get our schools on the road to success?"

Like other cities, Chicago has long relied on closures to address underperforming and underutilized schools. Significant closures have taken place in Philadelphia, Detroit and St. Louis, but Chicago made history when it closed roughly 50 schools, affecting more than 12,000 students in mostly African-American and Latino neighborhoods.

Chicago Public Schools says nothing

is final until an expected Feb. 28 board vote. The nation's third-largest school district argues it's tried to boost enrollment and resources to the four schools, but it hasn't helped.

"We have to move these kids. They don't have enough support in these buildings," schools chief Janice Jackson said. "We can't sit by and continue to watch people leave."

The new school, which would open in 2019, will enroll only freshmen at the beginning, and upperclassmen will be left to attend nearby schools. The district expects to spend millions on the transition, including on individualized plans to help students at risk of dropping out, paid summer job programs and possible shuttle buses to transport students.

Limitations for Ill. legislation SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A bill has been proposed at the Illinois General Assembly that would put term limits on four legislative positions.

The legislation would limit the House speaker and the Senate president, along with the minority leader in each chamber, to 10 consecutive years in their roles. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett, R-Gibson City, The State JournalRegister reported.

Bennett submitted a similar bill last year but it never left a committee. But the Senate approved a resolution last year that limits the tenure of the chamber’s president and its minority leader to 10 years.

Democratic Sen. Julie A. Morrison of Deerfield sponsored that effort. She supports expanding the rule outside of the Senate but says the change would be more effective as a constitutional amendment.

Bennett also is sponsoring a constitutional amendment that would limit all legislators to no more than 16 years combined in the House and Senate.

Morrison said she’s supportive of term limits but said more debate and discussion is needed before they’re put to a vote.

"One concern I've heard from my constituents is that then the only permanent group with institutional and policy-expertise in Springfield would be lobbyists and bureaucrats," she said.

Ill. early voting starts, just for some CHICAGO (AP) — Early voting for the primary election is supposed to start Thursday across Illinois, but millions of voters won't have the option because of pending candidate challenges.

The state's four most-populous counties have delayed the start of in-person early voting, with Cook and DuPage waiting until as late as Feb. 21 in order to get final decisions on several candidate challenges. Lake County plans to start Feb. 16 and Will County election officials say they'll keep voters updated on their website and hope to be ready within days of a decision. But elsewhere, particularly in smaller counties downstate, clerks proceeded Thursday, offering caveats to voters who want to cast ballots. The result could be confusion for voters.

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Friday Focus: Graduate Student Advisory Council offers $300 scholarship to one student Staff Report | @DEN_News Editor’s Note: This is our weekly column where we highlight awards, grants and other accomplishments given to Eastern’s students, staff and faculty. If you have a new item you would like highlighted, contact deneic@gmail.com.

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Ashley Shamhart, a music education and psychology major, sets up tables and signs for an open house on campus Thursday afternoon at the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The open house is Friday and is for students that are registered for next semester.

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CAA meeting cancelled Thursday due to light agenda Staff Report | @DEN_News The Council on Academic Affairs meeting, originally set for 2 p.m. Thursday, was canceled because of a light agenda.

Per CAA Bylaw VII.4.d, the CAA chairperson has added FCS 2244, Textile Analysis; FCS 2245, Fashion E-Tailing; FCS 2300G, Personal and Family Financial Literacy; FCS 3200, Historic Costume; FCS 3244, Global Fashion

Forecasting; FCS 4380, Hospitality Leadership; FCS 4848, Cultural Aspects of Fashion; Apparel and Textiles, Financial Literacy, Hospitality and Merchandising option; FCS with Family Services option; fashion merchandising and design minor; deletion of print and textile design technologies minor; MUS 4541, Studies in Counterpoint; Music with a Performance option and GPA in Intercollegiate Activities to the agenda for a future meeting.

At its last meeting, the CAA approved

a new electrical engineering major.

Digital systems and design, signals and systems, feedback and control systems, semiconductor device physics, senior design and an electrical engineering internship program, which will hopefully be guided by the new faculty hire, were several of the potential courses that were proposed to the CAA. The News desk can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.

The Graduate Student Advisory Council will give a $300 scholarship out to one student this spring.

Applications can be found at this address: http://www.eiu.edu/graduate/ machform/view.php?id=27 and are due at 4:30 p.m. March 1.

Included with the application should be a Word or pdf document with 1,000 words or fewer talking about how the applicant’s campus, departmental or community involvement has helped to enhance their graduate education.

Applicants must be full-time graduate students in a degree-seeking pro-

gram at Eastern. They must be in good standing with both the graduate school and the graduate program. For this scholarship, financial need is not a consideration.

The selection committee is composed of the dean of the graduate school, the faculty adviser of the Graduate Student Advisory Council and one graduate representative from each of the four colleges. Anonymous applications will be given to the committee to make sure the selection process is fair, according to the university’s website.

Those chosen to receive the scholarship will be notified mid-March and be recognized at the Distinguished Graduate Student Ceremony scheduled for April 4, 2018. They will also be featured in the “Graduate Scholar-Journal of Scholarship and Recognition.”

The News desk can be reached at 5812812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.

Distinguished Senior Awards applications, nominations now being accepted Staff Report | @DEN_News Nominations and applications for the 2018 Distinguished Senior Awards are now being taken. The deadline for these is Friday, March 23.

Run by the EIU Alumni Association, these awards recognize 25 seniors each spring. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony on April 28. To be eligible, students must be a senior graduat-

ing in the Spring, Summer or Fall of 2018 with a minimum GPA of 3.0.

According to the university website, the association is searching for individuals who have demonstrated “outstanding character and leadership through academic achievement, campus and community involvement and/or extra-curricular honors or awards.”

The News desk can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.

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Analicia Haynes

Don’t just complain, try to solve the problem While sitting in one of my classes Thursday afternoon, a peer of mine made a rather interesting and incredibly accurate statement regarding individuals who complain.

Of course, I am going to paraphrase what she said. It was something along the lines of people and their incessant complaining, asking why they never seem to offer a solution.

After nodding and cheering in agreement, I really started to break down what she said and try to grasp the meaning.

Far too often, especially on Facebook, people are given outlets to voice their complaints.

Naturally, those complaints vary in description and magnitude. However, they all share one common trait: they have no solutions.

Now before anyone attacks me, I am not saying that it is bad to voice your opinion, regardless of how God-awful I presume it to be.

What I am saying, however, is if you are going to complain about something, whether that something has to do with the reckless driving you just witnessed or the latest political frenzy that is sweeping the nation, offer your insight on how to fix the problem.

Why sound like every other bozo out there complaining until they are blue in the face, when you can offer a glimmer of hope to a problem that many people have?

Perhaps people who complain are too afraid to offer a solution, which could explain why there are hardly any solutions proposed in those rants found in your news feed.

Maybe they are convinced that the solution they have in mind will never work, or that finding a solution requires too much thought, therefore complaining about it is the bare minimum.

However, what we fail to realize is that those solutions, regardless of how insignificant we presume them to be, are crucial in any opinion because they make the person posting the complaint worth listening to.

If you are able to identify a problem and cultivate a solution then congratulations, because you just practiced what you learned in high school.

You exercise your knowledge on a different level when you seek solutions, and you prove to those reading that what you have to say matters, and you make them want to listen to you.

Opinions are a beautiful thing, regardless of how obscure and flat-out ridiculous they may be. Do not neglect them by just regurgitating the same complaint in the bowels of social media. Offer some substance and who knows, people might respect you more.

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

Those interested can inquire at opinions.DEN@gmail.com for all opinion questions, submissions and letters to the editor.

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We at The Daily Eastern News want our readers and other students at Eastern to know that our publication, and all other student publications on campus, offer positions to every person as well.

We write an editorial about this almost every semester, but we find it necessary to remind everyone that their potential is present and has a place to flourish at The Daily Eastern News if journalism is their area of interest.

You don’t need to be a journalism or English ma-

jor in order to be a reporter, columnist, editor or photographer. Every student is eligible to join the staff and explore their budding talents at The Daily Eastern News.

While a newsroom may not be an environment that everyone is accustomed to, our staff is inviting and will help anyone develop their skills as a reporter, photographer or editor.

Believe it or not, at one point in time AP style was a foreign concept to us and interviewing sources for stories required a pep talk to calm our nerves. We are still not perfect, but we are still learning and we are here to help you learn too.

We want our publication to be able to reach out to and resonate with all of the different and unique students on this campus. The best way for us to do that is to include you, our readers, in our publication.

So whether you have a notebook on hand and are ready to report, or you have a letter you wish to send to the editor to be published, we encourage you to come to the newsroom at 1811 Buzzard Hall or contact us at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.

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

Posters should be regulated on campus A column published in The Daily Eastern News on Wednesday, “Free speech should not have to be ‘approved’” is gaining quite a bit of traction.

Kennedy Nolen, a very talented writer, takes a stand against the approval procedures a registered student organization or individual must complete before posting fliers in public places.

Nolen said this process hinders the individual’s right to free speech, as the university is cherrypicking what is shown and what is rejected. Nolen cites an incident from 2013 in which a victim was wrote a message on the Doudna Steps about her rapist still being allowed on campus.

The chalkings were later washed off because they were deemed inappropriate.

I do believe in a lot of what Nolen, and those who support her stance, are saying; however, I cannot jump on this bandwagon for a few reasons: My first reason is probably the most superficial and boring, but it is probably the most logistical. The university is a public entity that serves the needs of students. Posters in Coleman Hall, Doudna, the Union, etc., reflect campus life and events hosted by the university and the many RSOs. I believe that allocating these spaces to university-specific events is not only understandable, but necessary. If the approval process is removed, then anyone anywhere can post whatever they want, regardless of if the event or message is EIU-specific. Instead of posters advocating for Black History Month, flu shots provided by the Health Center, or RSO events, it could be cluttered with apartment listings in Mattoon.

Secondly, I would like to reflect on the statement, “You cannot filter content and only choose what you think is OK to be seen. You cannot tell

Abigail Carlin one person their flier or poster is deemed more appropriate than someone else’s just because you do not like what is on it” (Nolen). This is a completely conditional statement. While I agree with the sentiment in reference to the victim speaking out against the lack of legal ramification against her abuser, the situation could be reversed just as easily. We all know that racism, sexism and xenophobia are alive and well on this campus, and by allowing the floodgates to open for anyone to post whatever they please, we open the doors for obscenity.

Lastly, I believe that there is a difference between a university-regulated wall with thumbtacks advertising university events and the concept of free speech on a campus. I believe that individuals have a right to their opinion, but getting posters approved is a logistical formality.

The university is responsible for our safety, the events that occur on our campus and the reputation that follows that which we create. Students run RSOs and create events, and EIU gives them a space in which to advertise said events. The approval process protects the public space, and I do

not think that kind of censorship is as scary as some make it out to be.

To illustrate my previous point, I have a short anecdote. Just this month EIU FEM hosted an event where they screened a romantic comedy about abortion. Is abortion a controversial topic?

Yes. Does it offend people? Of course. However, the university approved our posters and we had them all over campus. I sneaked a peek at some more conservative students snatching a poster or two off the displays, but Eastern granted my club a space in which to speak about what is important to us despite the opinion of many of the students.

I do understand the frustration of conflicting ideals, as people should be allowed to exercise free speech, but there are protections and decorum in place to protect those who may not have a platform big enough to hold their own. Even The Daily Eastern News, the pillar of free speech on our campus, has rules in which I am allowed to write. I love the oxford comma and I prefer to use it in my own practice, but when I email this column to the editor, many of my commas will disappear.

The pursuit of free speech does not mean posting whatever one wants wherever one wants, but to ensure that every voice on the campus has an equal chance at being heard. As far as The Daily Eastern News is concerned, the sacrifice of the oxford comma is a small price to pay to have my voice printed every Thursday (well, Friday for this week).

Abigail Carlin is a junior English language arts major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or alcarlin@eiu.edu.

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Breanna Rehor, the heath promotions coordinator at the Health Education Resource Center creates a note at “Spreading the Love and Wellness” Thursday afternoon at the Booth House. Students could receive information on health-related topics, safe sex packets, information on nutrition and write notes to people on campus to thank them.

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Kuehn said her specialty is creating a healthy shopping list on a budget.

“I help (students off campus) with meal planning and grocery shopping.

I help them develop healthy nutrition while financing on a budget,” Kuehn said. “(With) people on campus, I can help them master the dining hall and be able to create a healthy plate with what options are in front of them from Panther Dining.”

Rehor said another activity students participated in at the open house was writing notes for the Random Act of Kindness Week.

The Random Act of Kindness Week is another event sponsored by the HERC. Rehor said the health promotion coordinators will be delivering personalized messages across campus next week.

“Students can send notes to faculty, staff or friends saying anything they want and we will send it to them for free,” Rehor said.

Mike Santoria can be reached at 581-2812 or mtsantoria@eiu.edu.

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Correction: In Wednesday’s article, “City Council approves tax increment financing,” it should have said the Charleston City Council approved $6,507 in TIF funding for Melfail Ilazi for improvements to a building he owns in which downtown restaurant Champ’s is located at 611-613 Monroe Ave. It should have also noted that Fili’s Station was not the exclusive occupant of that space over the past several years, and that several different businesses and business owners operated from that location during that time frame, with Fili’s Station having the most recent occupancy prior to Champ’s.

In addition, attributed quotes regarding Fili’s Station’s popularity and length of occupancy were incorrect.

The News regrets the errors.

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Fashion Tip Friday This week: How to beat the winter blues and still stay stylish

By Abiola Alafe Fashion Columnist | @DEN_News

definitely keep you warm. You can throw a pair of stocking or leggings under a pair of ripped jeans, or a sweater over a long sleeve T-shirt. The key to not looking over-layered is selecting the right pieces and layering them in the right order. A good rule is to start with the thinnest layers as your base and top it up with something thick as your last layer.

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But don’t worry — I have put together five simple things to help you be fashionable and beat the cold.

Do you have a blanket scarf, but don’t know what to do with it? Worry no more — you can style it up with a belt and look effortlessly chic.

Cozy and cute — the ideal combo!

1. Try statement scarves

5. Put a belt on your coat Add new life to your coat simply by belting it. This trick works with just about any coat style, either large or small. It will feel like a brandnew coat. You can style it up with different types and colors of belts.

4. Brighten the same boots you wear every day with fun socks

Statement scarves can help transform your look entirely in seconds, and still help keep you warm. They are super stylish and cool. Pick a scarf in a contrasting color to your outfit to make it stand out more.

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Softball team opens season in Louisiana

By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports With six seniors leading the way and a flurry of experienced younger players, the Eastern softball team puts that experience to the test this weekend at the Mardi Gras Classic.

The Panthers open their season against Iowa and Louisiana on Friday and follow that with a double header against Samford and Louisiana on Saturday. They wrap up their opening weekend against Evansville on Sunday.

Senior pitcher Jessica Wireman has handled a bulk of the pitching duties since she showed up on campus and hopes that this is the year that the Panthers get to the OVC Championship.

The Panthers have been able to find their way into the tournament the last three years in her career, but have yet to win it.

Eastern’s opening matchup, Iowa, struggled in 2017 going 19-32 and finished 9-14 in BIG 10 games.

The Hawkeyes return their most-used pitcher from 2017 as Allison Doocy is back for her sophomore season.

She put together a 9-15 record with a 2.80 ERA, as well as 119 strikeouts.

Iowa used two pitchers heavily, just as Eastern does with Wireman and senior Michelle Rogers, but Shayla Starkenburg graduated last spring.

Hitting wise for Iowa, its leading hitter Cheyenne Pratt returns for her senior year after hitting .275 last season. Iowa lost its two RBI leaders to graduation as Claire Fritsch and Kaitlyn Mullarkey, who knocked in 16 runs, graduated.

Louisiana, on the other hand, dominated in 2017 going 47-8 overall with a 23-1 conference record in the Sunbelt.

The Ragin’ Cajuns won the Sunbelt title with ease, but lost in the NCAA regionals to LSU in a best-of-three series. Louisiana won the first game, but LSU came back and won the next two.

In 2017, seven-of-eight position starters hit over .300, with the lowest of that group being

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Senior short stop Kiley Pelker fields a ground ball in the Panthers’ win over Tennessee-Martin April 2017 at Williams Field. Eastern opens its season this weekend.

.320.

One thing that was obvious for the Ragin’ Cajuns last year was that they score a lot and their two pitchers, Alex Stewart and Alyssa Denham did not give up a lot.

Louisiana outscored its opponents 454-125.

Luckily for Eastern, neither pitcher is on the team this season as Stewart graduated and Denham left after her freshman season.

The two combined for a 42-7 record.

Eastern’s Saturday opponent, Samford, finished

25-36 record overall and 10-8 in the Southern Conference (SoCon).

Samford’s top hitter, Shelby Maze, returns in 2018 after hitting .423 in 2017.

The Bulldogs, just like Louisiana, lost their top two pitchers from last year in 2017 to graduation.

Eastern closes out the weekend with Evansville for its lone game on Sunday.

Evansville may have only finished 20-33 overall and 11-15 in the Missouri Valley Conference, but its hitters sure can hit the ball out of the park.

The Purple Aces hit 36 home runs as a team with their leader Morgan Florey returning. She slugged nine home runs in 2017.

Evansville graduated its two other top home run hitters last season.

Experience wise in the circle, Eastern takes that in stride, but all four teams this weekend bring back a core part of their starting lineups.

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

Long road trip ahead for women's tennis team

By Dillan Schorfheide Women’s Tennis Reporter | @DEN_Sports

Eastern’s women’s tennis team has less time to celebrate its first two victories than it normally would because the Panthers have to get ready for three matches this weekend, instead of the usual two matches.

Eastern plays Indiana Friday, Bradley Saturday and Indianapolis Sunday.

This marks the first and only time this season the team has three matches in three days, and the first time the Panthers have a match on a Friday.

After starting the season 0-5, Eastern won both of its matches Saturday and Sunday against Western Illinois and Saint Louis.

The big focus for the team going into those

matches was winning the doubles point, after three of the matches Eastern lost could have been changed by winning the doubles point, Interim Director of Tennis Sam Kercheval has pointed out.

In the two wins this past weekend, Eastern’s three duos of freshmen Rachel Papavasilopoulos and Karla Contreras, senior Grace Summers and sophomore Stella Cliffe, and freshman Claire Martin and junior Srishti Slaria all won both days of their doubles competitions.

For her performance over the weekend, including her two singles wins, Cliffe was named the OVC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week.

She rides that title into this weekend for both her singles and doubles competitions as she and her team face the longest stretch of competition yet over one weekend.

Friday, the Panthers start their road journey by going to Bloomington, Ind. to face Indiana University.

The Hoosiers had an almost exact opposite start to their spring season, riding a six-match win streak to start 6-0.

Eastern is not the only opponent for Indiana on Friday, though, as Indiana will first play an OVC rival Eastern Kentucky at 1 p.m., before hosting the Panthers at 6:30 that evening.

Eastern’s task of defeating Indiana is made tougher by the fact that not only is Indiana undefeated at home, but that is where every match of theirs has been this season.

On Saturday, Eastern will travel back to Illinois to face the Bradley Braves in Peoria at 2 p.m.

Bradley has a younger season than Eastern and Indiana, with only four matches plated and a 2-2

record. Its two wins came against Northern Illinois and Chicago State, with its two losses coming against Wisconsin and another OVC rival of Eastern’s, Southeast Missouri.

Finally, on Sunday, Eastern closes its big road trip by going back into Indiana, this time Indianapolis, to face the University of Indianapolis.

The Greyhounds are in the earliest stage of its season out of Eastern’s three opponents of the weekend, only playing two matches, but winning both of them.

The Greyhounds’ two victories come against Valparaiso and Butler. Indiana also beat Butler.

The match on Sunday is set for noon.

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Junior Jajuan Starks jumps into the lane before going up for a layup in Eastern’s 75-56 loss to Jacksonville State in Lantz Arena. Eastern won 78-74 over Southern Illinois Edwardsville Thursday on the road.

Panthers escape with big road win

By Maher Kawash Basketball Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s basketball team is starting to adjust its play to overcome difficult obstacles, and that was enough for a 78-74 road win against Southern Illinois Edwardsville Thursday night.

The Panthers continue to hang onto being tied for that eighth and final spot of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament bubble, despite being down four gaurds.

Well, against the Cougars it was some familiar faces stepping up when it mattered most.

Freshman Mack Smith is proving his game is no fluke, notching 12 points as one of four Eastern players in doubledigit scoring.

It was not his most efficient night as he shot just four-of-11 from the field,

but in times like that, there are those veteran upperclassmen to pick him up.

Montell Goodwin continues to handle the ball on most possessions and follows it up with 21 points and seven rebounds.

This game offered up exactly what the Panthers needed, especially after a close home win against Tennessee Tech last game.

All year long Eastern has been searching for that complete game, and in some instances it has come, but there is not much of a better time to see Muusa Dama notch 17 points, a big part of the Panthers 28 down low this game.

But what also stands out is that the Panthers are no longer falling back on their defense in hopes of winning games.

Eastern has found its touch offensively, as shown in its 57 percent rate from the field.

Ray Crossland may be the biggest wild card of this Panther team though.

He has been able to provide a special spark for Eastern without always getting the credit for it, and that essentially speaks to his style of play.

Crossland finished with 17 points and seven rebounds against SIUe, and he can really do it from anywhere on the court.

In this one, he finished 2-4 from three-point land and an efficient 6-of-10 from the field overall.

Efficiency was lost in the final moments of the game for Eastern though as their lead diminished because of a three-minute scoring drought to end the game.

It was also a factor of Southern Illinois hitting all three of its final shots to end the game, but in the end the Panthers’ defense did just enough.

Eastern’s defense has proven it can

compete in this conference, but it was just waiting for that offense to step up in the absence of those injured starters.

That time has arrived and the Panthers holding the Cougars to 29 percent from deep allowed enough room for Eastern to falter in those final moments.

The Panthers will try for more of that in search of their third straight win, and that begins with a home affair against Austin Peay.

The Governors are fresh off a tough 84-63 loss to Murray State Thursday night, but have still played an impressive conference slate with a 9-4 record.

It will serve as one of Eastern’s toughest games in this final stretch, but a much-needed win if the Panthers are going to hang into that playoff race.

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

Eastern’s track and field team continues its lengthy road trip this weekend as it heads to Allendale, Mich. to compete for the Grand Valley State Big Meet.

This meet marks the final road meet for the team for the indoor season and the second-to-last meet before the indoor OVC Championship.

Last weekend, the team competed at Notre Dame in the Meyo Invite, where it fared well against the competition.

The team totaled eight top 15 finishes in each day of the two-day meet. Junior sprinter Shirley Jones opened the women’s track events for Eastern as she finished in 11th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.94, which also placed her fifth in Eastern history in the event.

Jones was pleased with her result in the meet, and how the team is looking going deeper into the indoor season.

“Me and my teammates are feeling pretty well at this point of the season.

We’re just taking it one race at a time and letting everything else handle itself,” Jones said.

The second day of the Meyo Invite also had many Eastern athletes place in their respective events highlighted by the women’s 4x400 team of junior Pedra Hicks, senior Darneisha Spann, senior Stephanie Dominguez and Jones.

The team earned the tenth best time in the Eastern ecord books with a time of 3:51.03.

There were three top 15 shot put finishes for the men’s team on the second day of competition. Graduate student Ryan Pearce and sophomore Colton Yeakley earned the eighth and twelfth spot respectively. There, teammate junior Clayton Turner, finished in fifth in the shot put with a toss of 53’ 5.00.”

Both the men and women finished in fourth place in a large field of schools last year. The meet begins at 9 a.m. on Friday with the running events.

Alex Hartman can be reached at 5812812 or aihartman@eiu.edu.

Women’s basketball eyes redemption over Austin Peay

By Kaitlin Cordes Women’s Basketball Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern women’s basketball team will seek redemption over No. 5, Austin Peay Saturday after losing to the Governors 59-69 back in December.

A lot has changed since the Panthers traveled to Tennessee earlier in the season. Coach Matt Bollant said Austin Peay will see a more refined defense and new players emerging as leaders on Eastern’s end.

“We played them early, so a lot has changed. Karle Pace certainly is playing a lot better now. We are better defensively as well,” Bollant said.

Bollant said in the teams’ first meeting, his team did not live up to its potential in the third quarter, which had a negative impact on the rest of the game. The Panthers had four turnovers, three fouls and seven missed shots in the third quarter alone.

Bollant said the strategy this

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Sophomore Danielle Berry looks to throw a cross-court pass in Eastern’s 60-57 loss to Tennessee Tech Saturday in Lantz Arena. The Panthers play Austin Peay Saturday at home.

time around is to put the team’s “all” into every quarter.

“The biggest thing is get off to a better start against them. (We) just

want to be consistent four quarters,” Bollant said. “We are doing a better job of handling the ball and getting more used to playing with-

out Grace Lennox; our freshman guards are getting more experience, which is helped as well.”

Austin Peay most recently beat No. 6 Southeast Missouri 61-50, a feat Eastern could not quite accomplish. Austin Peay’s Brianne Alexander had a big night against the Redhawks as she knocked down a career-high 26 points.

Much like Eastern, the Governors struggled in the third quarter, holding Southeast Missouri to eight points and only scoring 10 themselves. Much of their struggles after halftime emerged from a third quarter littered with fouls and turnovers.

While Alexander proved herself to be a player to watch for, Bollant said Austin Peay’s Fallon Baker is to be noted as well. Baker knocked down 12 points against Eastern in the December matchup and pulled down nine defensive rebounds as well.

Baker scored a season-high 25 points against Eastern Kentucky, and she is the second-highest scorer

on the team with 228 points on the season. She also has the third-most rebounds on the team with 79.

Bollant said he is hopeful for a game similar to Eastern’s matchup with Tennessee Tech, just with a different outcome.

“We played well against Tennessee Tech and put ourselves in a good position. We’re hoping to do that again (on) Saturday,” Bollant said.

Austin Peay has a losing away record this season as it sits at 5-7 on the road. Eastern has won just two of its 11 home games this season.

Eastern still sits at the bottom of conference standings with a 1-12 conference record and an overall record of 2-22. Austin Peay is 6-6 in the conference and 13-10 on the season.

Saturday’s game will start at 1 p.m. in Lantz Arena. This is one of Eastern’s last three home games before the end of the regular season.

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