2018.04.20

TOUGH COMPETITOR

TOURNAMENT READY

The Eastern women’s tennis team will take on Jacksonville State on Friday during the first round of the OVC Tournament.

The Eastern men’s tennis team will head to the OVC tournament Friday in Nashville and play against No. 3 Jacksonville State.

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WIU-UPI authorizes strike Union leadership can call for one any time after 10 calendar days Staff Report | @DEN_News Western Illinois University’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois voted to authorize a strike Wednesday.

The vote passed with “high turnout and an overwhelming majority,” according to a post on UPI Local 4100 WIU chapter’s Facebook Page.

According to Tri States Public Radio, Western’s chapter of the UPI has more than 600 members, made up of mostly faculty. Western’s UPI has been negotiating with the university administration on a new contract for more than a year and a half.

For seven months, these negotiations have involved a federal mediator.

In a statement, Western’s UPI president William Thompson said the union’s goal with contract negotiations is to move the university forward while “allowing it to retain and

attract quality faculty and academic support professionals.”

“Unfortunately, management is not yet on board with this plan, so we decided to have this vote to allow the bargaining team to call a strike if management continues not to listen to our united voice,” Thompson said in the statement.

In the spring of 2016, the UPI deferred a previously negotiated 3 percent salary increases, which led to a $3.2 million give back to Western from members.

“We additionally gave up a 1 percent raise (worth $470,000 a year),” Thompson said. “We aren’t asking for the world, but the university can afford to give us a reasonable contract that will allow us to keep and retain the high quality faculty and staff that will provide a better future for all of us and make Western Illinois University, the right choice for our students.”

On Tuesday before the authorization, per The Dispatch Argus, Western Illinois University’s spokeswoman Darcie Shinberger released a statement from Russ Morgan, Western Illinois’ associate provost and contract administrator, urging faculty “to vote against an authorization to strike, re-

main in the classroom and remain committed to our students.”

“Our students have entrusted their education to Western Illinois University,” the statement read. “With approximately four weeks remaining in the spring 2018 semester, we need to live up to our commitment to our students,” Morgan’s statement said. “The administration’s goal from the beginning has been to reach a sustainable and fiscally responsible agreement with UPI Local 4100.”

The Tri States Public Radio said passage of the authorization vote does not automatically mean there will be a strike.

Instead, it allows union leadership to call for one any time after a period of 10 calendar days.

The Western Illinois University’s chapter of the UPI and the university’s administration’s next mediation session is scheduled for Monday.

The Tri States Public Radio reports that “the two sides remain divided on a number of issues, including proposed salary cuts and changes to the salary minima structure.”

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

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EIU-UPI continues its contract negotiations Staff Report | @DEN_News Contract negotiations between the EIU-UPI and Eastern’s administration are continuing on, with several sessions scheduled for after the semester ends.

In a joint statement by Grant Sterling, lead negotiator for the EIU-UPI, and Amie Calvert, lead negotiator for the administration, they said both teams had four full-day sessions working through the process of “StraightUp Negotiations.”

According to a previous article in The Daily Eastern News, the general concept of the SUN process is that both the administration and the EIUUPI will work together to craft various ideas and suggestions into a package in which an acceptable successor agreement will be achieved.

“So far we have made good progress, and are significantly ahead of where we usually are at this time of the year,” the statement said. “We have tentatively resolved all of the non-economic issues raised by both teams, subject to final confirmation on language (and the ability to reach an agreement on issues with strong eco-

nomic consequences, which we have not yet discussed).”

Both sides are scheduled to meet again to discuss issues relating to workload on May 24, with a session after that scheduled in June.

“Both sides remain optimistic about reaching a mutually-acceptable solution,” the statement said.

On the EIU-UPI’s negotiating team is Sterling, vice president of the EIUUPI; English professor Lucinda Berry; Jeff Duck, an academic adviser from the Early Childhood/Elementary/ Mid-Level Education department; biological sciences professor Billy Hung and business professor John Willems.

The administration’s negotiating team consists of associate vice president for academic affairs Jeff Cross; Calvert, the director of Employee and Labor Relations; Doug Bower, dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies; Shellie Gregorich, chair of the music department and Austin Cheney, chair of the technology department.

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

Concert Comparison Feeding Fetty:

A look inside rapper’s contract

Kesha

Fetty Wap

Total Cost $80,000

Total Cost $75,000

Show time 60 minute set

Show time 70 minute set

Requests

• Dinner had to be served on china plates • One lavendar scented candle • Makeup station with lights surrounding the mirror

Requests

• Dressing room humidifier • Fresh cubed ice • Banana pudding, carrot cake, collard greens, one sixpack of Red Bull • Eight dozen new bath-sized towels

By Dillan Schorfheide Staff Reporter | @Eiu_journalist

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apper Fetty Wap has been guaranteed $75,000 from Eastern to perform at this year’s spring concert, according to the contract between the two parties.

The payment to Fetty Wap includes the artist’s opening act, travel, lodging and the artist’s fee.

Fetty Wap will headline and close the show, with a minimum 70-minute set. Eastern also

requested a 30-minute support set and Versatility, which is a group composed of two Eastern students, will be opening for the show.

Fetty Wap’s guaranteed pay is lower than that of Kesha, who performed at last year’s spring concert. Kesha was fully guaranteed $80,000.

Kesha’s payment also included the same parts as Fetty Wap’s: The lodging, travel, support act and artist fee.

Though Kesha had more money guaranteed, Eastern only requested a 60-minute set from her.

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Concert set for Saturday at Lantz

By Andrew Paisley Campus Reporter | @Andrew_Paisley1

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apper Fetty Wap will be coming Eastern’s way for the spring concert at 8 p.m. Saturday in Lantz Arena.

Mariah Marlar, one of the concert coordinators for the University Board, said the UB chose Fetty Wap to be the performer this year based on a student survey that was sent out in October.

“After viewing the responses to the survey, we used the data to determine who, and what genre of music to look into, for the concert,”

Marlar said. “We chose Fetty Wap because hiphop was the number one choice for genres on the survey. When we looked at the other artists, we decided as a whole that Fetty would be the best choice for Eastern because of his popularity.”

Marlar said that so far, the UB has sold around 800 tickets.

“We estimate that about 1,000 people will be coming to the concert,” Marlar said. “I am really glad with the turnout of tickets we have sold so far, and I am happy that we were able to choose something our student body can enjoy.”

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U.S. campaign to eliminate Isis from Syria has stalled WASHINGTON (AP) — The drama of U.S. and allied missile strikes on Syria has obscured a sobering fact: The U.S.-led campaign to eliminate the Islamic State from Syria has stalled.

The U.S. has 2,000 troops in Syria assisting local Arab and Kurdish fighters against IS, even as President Donald Trump resists deeper U.S. involvement and is eager to withdraw completely in coming months. Trump wants "other people" to deal with Syria, whose civil war has spawned the greatest humanitarian crisis since World War II in terms of refugees.

It is unclear whether Trump will go ahead with a total U.S. withdrawal while IS retains even a small presence in Syria.

Since January, when Trump asserted in his State of the Union address that "very close to 100 percent" of IS territory in Syria and Iraq had been liberated, progress toward extinguishing the extremists' caliphate, or self-proclaimed state, has ground to a halt and shows no sign of restarting. U.S. warplanes continue to periodically bomb remaining pockets of IS in eastern Syria, but ground operations by U.S. partner forces have

slowed.

"We've halted forward progress and are essentially attempting to avoid losing territory we've gained to date," said Jennifer Cafarella, an analyst at the Institute for the Study of War. She sees two potential solutions: send additional U.S. combat power to eastern Syria to take on IS more directly, or resolve a diplomatic dispute with Turkey that has largely sidelined the main U.S. military partner in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Now that Trump has upped the ante by attacking Syria directly for the second time in just over a year, Cafarella said in an interview this week, it is possible that Syria and its two main international supporters — Russia and Iran — will retaliate militarily against American forces and their Kurdish and Arab partners in eastern Syria "in an attempt to compel an American withdrawal by raising the cost of continued American involvement."

The U.S. began bombing IS in Syria in September 2014 and deployed an initial contingent of 50 special operations troops in the country the following year.

The anti-IS campaign gained momen-

tum in 2016 and made its biggest gains during Trump's first year in office.

The Trump administration has been saying in recent months that 98 percent of IS territory has been liberated, suggesting the campaign was close to final victory, although on April 3 the Army general overseeing the campaign, Joseph Votel, put it differently, saying "well over 90 percent" of the caliphate had been retaken.

Even so, eliminating IS in Syria remains the goal, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said after Trump announced the missile strikes to punish the Syrian government for its alleged chemical weapons use.

The barrage of 105 missiles launched by the United States, Britain and France last week to destroy elements of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal was designed to deter President Bashar Assad from repeating his alleged use of chlorine gas and perhaps nerve gas on civilians in a Damascus suburb. It was unrelated to the IS problem, except in the sense that it highlighted the jumble of actors involved and the absence of a broad U.S. strategy.

Chicago revises body armor ordinance

Illinois lawmakers grapple with school safety

House OKs Comptroller's payroll change

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago City Council passed a revised body armor ordinance that adds to the list of people allowed to wear the protective gear to include actors and journalists but voted to hold off on enforcing it until state lawmakers have a chance to pass a bill of their own this summer.

Wednesday's ordinance was passed after critics said an ordinance approved last month prohibited everyone but police officers, emergency workers and a few others from wearing body armor was unfair to shopkeepers and others that might need it for protection.

The council may not be done revising the ordinance. Alderman Patrick O'Connor says depending on what the state bill looks like, the council might discuss expanding it again to allow shopkeepers and others to wear body armor.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Legislation before the Illinois House would replace school-based police officers with social workers.

A group called Voices of Youth in Chicago Education says police officers are not equipped to handle behavioral health issues and commonly arrest students for non-violent behavior.

The plan would create a grant program to shift funding from school police to behavioral health specialists who who know how to de-escalate disputes and deal in conflict resolution.

But it is a tough sell after deaths of 17 at a Parkland, Florida, high school in February. Kip Heinle is a former president of the association representing school police officers. He says that police officers are "the best line of defense to keep students safe in school."

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The House has approved a plan pushed by the Democratic state comptroller to require Illinois governors to pay employees from their budgets, not those of other agencies.

Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced the plan in March. She noted that Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has an office budget of $4.9 million with 44 staffers. But with off-shored employees, he has 102 and spends $10.4 million.

Mendoza has feuded with Rauner but says it was wrong under Democratic governors past and will be illegal in the future. Governors who need additional help would have to seek more money from the Legislature rather than use money from the State Board of Education or Transportation Department.

The bill moves to the Senate.

Illinois to start program to boot retirement savings CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will soon begin a program requiring many employers to help create voluntary retirement-savings plans for employees and offer automatic payroll deductions.

Secure Choice could eventually cover 1.2 million Illinois residents, State Treasurer Mike Frerichs told the News-Gazette .

"This dramatically increases the number of people who are saving their own money for their retirement," said Frerichs, chairman of the seven-member board overseeing the program. "This is not a state defined-benefit program.

This is not Social Security. This is giving people the tools they need to invest in themselves so that they have a brighter retirement."

Businesses that have been operating for two years and have at least 25 employees must either create their own retirement plan or participate in Secure Choice, Frerichs said at a retirementplanning seminar Wednesday. Employers will not be required to contribute to the program or pay a fee to participate.

Employees will automatically have 5 percent of their income put into a savings account, but they can change that percentage, Frerichs said. Employees may also opt out of the program.

"The vast majority of people, when they're enrolled, stay enrolled," Frerichs said. "Everyone knows they need to save for their retirement. We just put it off because it's too difficult, it's complicated, it's confusing or I can't put the money aside today."

The state will roll out the program in several phases to work out problems and bugs, Frerichs said. The program will begin next month with employers who volunteered to participate.

The state's largest employers will be required to start the program in October, and medium- and small-sized firms will start next year.

The U.S. has a "pending retirement crisis," said Ron Pressman, CEO of financial services firm TIAA. Pressman said that about a third of Americans do not have anything saved for retirement, and a third of middleclass Americans fear they will "have to work until they die to sustain themselves."

TODAY ON ON CAMPUS: TODAY CAMPUS Celebration: A Festival of the Arts | 11:30 AM - 7:00 PM | Campus - Wide Event David Jien: Time Will Tell | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Tarble Arts Center, eGallery A contemporary spin on Persian miniature paintings combined with satirical science fiction references.

On View: The Way We Were | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Tarble Arts, Brainard Gallery This exhibition features the work of emeritus faculty from the past four decades.

Celebrate Herpetology | 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM | East Side of Life Science Building Students from the Biology department offering the opportunity to meet these animals up close. None of the species on display are venomous.

Brighton Beach Memoirs | 7:30 PM | Doudna, The Theatre

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By Olivia Swenson-Hultz Associate News Editor | @DEN_News Though their posters kept blowing ever ywhere because of the wind, Earth Wise and Students for Peace and Justice still decorated the Doudna Steps and passed out pamphlets to spread awareness about the atrocities of climate change Thursday afternoon.

Participants painted posters and displayed them on the Doudna Steps, with messages such as “Climate Change Causes Hunger,” “Climate Change Destroys the Environment” and “Make Polluters Pay.” A pamphlet was distributed advising people to be energy-efficient by trying tactics such as changing light bulbs to compact fluorescents or LEDS, eating wisely by buying organic and locally-grown foods, trimming waste by shopping smarter, composting foods, recycling and asking representatives to implement a carbon tax.

Doris Nordin, the adviser of Students for Peace and Justice, helped pass out the pamphlets to people, asking them if they believe in climate change and if they think it can be stopped.

“When we ask them if they be-

lieve in climate change they say yes, but when we ask them if they can do something to alleviate climate change they seem unsure,” Nordin said. “I don’t want people to lose hope.”

Nordin said the consequences of climate change include destruction to the environment, death to animals and hunger as a result of the damage caused by the melting of ice that creates flooding.

“We aren’t going to stop it altogether, but we can help to alleviate climate change. If we can’t stop it, we can slow it,” Nordin said.

Owura Kuffuor, the president of Students for Peace and Justice, said people may feel there is little that can be done, but a little bit of action can help to stop climate change.

“Most of the time when you think of climate change, you just think of the weather. Developing countries see the worst effects of it when you think of droughts and flooding,” Kuffuor said.

Cynthia Kmety, the vice president of Earth Wise who also helped to distribute pamphlets, said people need to be more aware of the fact that climate change is a major issue.

“Biodiversity and our environment as a whole is changing, so

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Stephanie Esparza (left), a sophomore kinesiology major, and Nellie Schalasky (right), a senior management major, sit on the Dounda steps that have been decorated for “I am Climate Change.”

people need to make changes, too,” Kmety said.

Nellie Schalasky, a senior management major, said it is important for people to be more conscious of

the environment, inside and outside.

“Climate change affects everyone, not just in the U.S. but everywhere,” Schalasky said.

Olivia Swenson-Hultz can be reached at 581-2812 or omswensonhultz@eiu.edu.

CAA approves accelerated law degree program with NIU

By Brooke Schwartz Administration Reporter | @brookesch_wartz The Council on Academic Affairs approved the accelerated law degree proposal at its meeting Thursday.

The plan includes an academic track, which would allow students to major in political science, and then

after three years at Eastern transfer to Northern Illinois University to finish their political science degree while starting on their law degree.

The program proposal’s advising path was revised since CAA first heard the plan at its April 5 meeting, which includes the official exemption of the senior seminar for students in this 3 +

3 program.

The council was confused about what to vote on when they first heard the proposal two weeks ago. It was decided the council needed to approve the framework for this type of accelerated program, and that was what it voted on at Thursday’s meeting.

The council voted unanimously in favor of the program format, as well as for a proposed change to the neuroscience minor, which involved deleting some classes that were not regularly offered from the minor course listings.

It was announced at the meeting that anthropology professor Don

Holly was chosen as the winner of 2018 Faculty Laureate Award.

According to Eastern’s website, the award “recognizes a faculty member for excellence in teaching general education classes.”

Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581-2812 or at bsschwartz@eiu.edu.

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Hive mentality

Refugees are people, not just topics of a debate Refugees and their plight are a heavy topic being discussed in the news and by this political administration. It can be easy, unfortunately, for some to stop seeing refugees as living, breathing, people and to only see them as a hot-button topic to debate.

However, this is not the case. Refugees are humans too. What they face daily and have to go through is not just something you read about in news articles or see on TV. They have children, parents, brothers, sisters—and they deserve our compassion.

This is why events such as “Walk a Mile in a Refugee’s Shoes” are so beneficial. At the event, organized by Students for Peace and Justice, students experienced a simulation of what it would be like to live as a refugee, alternating between six different stations, including a “border,” “shelter,” “education,” “food” and “water” station, which showed what it would be like to flee their home countries.

Simulations like these are valuable for the information they give students. Of course, it will never give a full picture of the true horrors refugees face. Unless someone has actually been a refugee, they will never know.

However, these simulations still give a glimpse into what it is like for refugees, and students can still learn from them.

One student quoted in The Daily Eastern News said it is “mind-boggling” the conditions refugees live in.

Another said “when you walk a mile in a refugee’s shoes, you start to understand what they’re feeling.”

“Living in an area with no space is an experience you don’t want to go through,” he said. “I’m blessed to live in the United States, but I feel for refugees in other countries.”

This is a great start. Hopefully, the compassion these students found will turn into action, and everyone involved in the simulation will be inspired to perhaps volunteer to help refugees in some capacity.

For now, the fact that they were able to open their minds a bit and experience life outside of what happens at Eastern is a step in the right direction.

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

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Sean Says: Time flies and the early years seem like only yesterday I will be honest. I do not think the scariest part about graduating is graduating itself, but moreso how fast the last four years have gone by.

It has really been hitting me lately that in two short weeks Eastern will be just a memory and come August, I will not be packing my bags to move back to Charleston.

But because of all that, it made me realize, as cliché as it is, to live in the moment.

And while it feels like even first semester was decades ago, there are pieces of first semester freshman year that I remember like it was yesterday.

I met my best friends at Eastern. And a majority of these “Sean Says” that I have written have been stories from my time at Eastern.

I wrote about how my friend Gary and I took the move-in bins in Lawson and flipped them over to turn them into soccer nets to play.

We were kicking rockets in the hallway until one errant kick hit the RA’s door, ending the game.

Same friend, another great idea a few months later: hockey in the hallway. I, for whatever reason, brought mini hockey sticks to school my freshman year and we took some trash cans and played one violent game of knee hockey.

Both of my roommates freshman year rushed, so I was kind of left in the dark as to how to go about the rest of college, let alone freshman year, the biggest step I have

Sean Hastings made in my life.

But meeting Gary, Dwight and Dan changed college and made it everything it was.

It is weird how much of a home Eastern became. Sit there for a second and just think about how when summer ends you pack up and go back to the same university and it is like you never left.

Your best friends are still there, people you have not seen in months are back, and even then it is like you are best friends again.

I talk about this with Dan all the time, but with the amount of NHL we played my freshman year, his sophomore year, it is a miracle we made it through the year with flying colors.

To put the amount of games we racked up: we played seven-game series with all but five teams in the league. Both playing with all of them.

Oh, and that was in the last two or three months of the school year. We would tell you we surpassed 300 games.

We would drop anything to play “a quick game.” That is all we needed to tell each other that year and the next two years to convince the other that we had plenty of time.

I may or may not have showed up to a couple Daily Eastern News meetings a little late.

If Dan and I remember nothing of our friendship when we are old and gray, we will remember some crazy game we played our sophomore and junior year.

And sadly enough, Dwight and I always talking about the future, is finally here. He is already working and I am about to.

There is not enough space in the newspaper for me to keep going on about this, but I will wrap it up with senior year.

Juan and I played guitar everyday this year and with Gary, Dwight and Dan leaving Eastern over the last year or two, Juan was a big part in getting through this year.

Now I actually can do something worth a damn on the guitar.

The thought of graduating is terrifying, but thinking about how fast the last four years have gone and how freshman year still sometimes feels like yesterday is unfathomable.

Sean Hastings is senior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.

Being organized takes practice, patience College sucks. But what sucks even more is going through college not knowing what the hell you’re doing.

Sure, your elders and other columnists from what it seems can tell you to prioritize and work on your own mental health and all that other jazz.

What they don’t tell you, however, is the truth.

Staying on top of things and being organized to the point where your planner is decked out with beautiful, colorful tabs and labels and you only write with over-priced gel pens is a hoax.

Good for those of you who have mastered this witchcraft.

But, if you are anything like me, who has dropped a few Andrew Jacksons at Office Depot because you thought those “staying

Analicia Haynes organized” tips on Pinterest would actually work, just know it’s not your fault.

Pardon the cliché, but this is a learning experience and learning to stay organized

and prioritize your responsibilities and assignments takes time and practice (another cliché, I know, please don’t stone me.)

Some of us may pick up on this faster but there’s nothing wrong if you still struggle.

Take your time and find what works for you, and don’t listen to that one person who brags about how great they are at life and school and whatever else they share on Facebook.

Odds are, they’re just lonely sobs who brag about themselves to capture the attention they need for survival.

Hang in there, folks, there’s always next year to learn how to stay organized.

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

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Jordan McLaren, chair of the University Board, said the funding for the concert comes from student fees and ticket sales.

A specific part of the activity fee at Eastern goes directly toward the concert, according to Eastern’s website.

McLaren said for the most part, the UB decides for itself how much money it will use for the concert and makes the contract with the performer.

She added that the Board will get the deals with performers and things of that nature approved through the business office, and works with the office before the

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deal is made.

On Fetty Wap’s side of the deal, he requested meals for days of the week for hospitality while he is at Eastern.

Part of the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday menu consists of the following items: Baked salmon (well done), baked or pulled barbecue chicken, collard greens, banana pudding, carrot cake and one six-pack of Red Bull.

Dillan Schorfheide can be reached at 581-2812 or dtschorfheide@eiu.edu.

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Kendell Scott and Timothy Alverson, the owner of Alverson Sound Inc., set up the stage for “Celebration: A Festival of the Arts”, Thursday evening outside of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Both Alverson Sound Inc. and Z’s Music & Sound came together for the sound and stage set up for the festival. The festival is all weekend and there will be food and live music.

Jordan McLaren, chair of the UB, said the cost of getting a performer for the concert is based on the available budget of student fees and projected income.

She said the UB spent a lot of time this year in picking the right artist.

“Hip-hop and rap were both rated top genres of music on the survey,” McLaren said. “Fetty is popular among both of those categories, and he is currently very popular as a whole.”

Fetty Wap rose to fame in 2015 when his Grammy-nominated, triple-plati-

num hit track “Trap Queen” reached number two on the U.S. Billboard “Hot 100” chart. The single eventually earned Fetty Wap two Grammy nominations for “Best Rap Song” and “Best Rap.” Tickets can be bought at www.universityuniontickets.com or by calling the Union Ticket Office at 217-581-5122.

They are $20 for Eastern students and $25 for the general public.

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

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Foods to help brighten your skin

By Abiola Alafe Fashion Columnist | @DEN_News

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ealthy skin is what everyone craves, especially when we are so interested in showing off our skin with a natural glow. Truth be told, healthy skin means bright skin.

While expensive creams and serums have the ability to even out our skin tone, reduce the appearance of spots and brighten up a dull complexion, there are many foods that are just as good. We’re talking about particular fruits, veggies and nuts.

Just like the rest of your body, your skin needs nutrition too. Light up from within with these six skin brightening foods:

1. EGGS:

Eggs contain amino acids and the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which not only protect skin

from harmful UV rays but also have the ability to produce new skin cells.

responsible for aging skin and skin damage. Just squeeze a lemon into some water and away you go.

Walnuts contain essential fatty acids that make up a huge part of our cell membranes. These membranes are what keep our skin feeling supple, moist and plump.

This tropical delight is one of my favorite fruits around. Aside from being high in vitamin C, pineapples also contain enzymes that help to reduce age spots and fine lines, and they leave your skin feeling supple. You can even rub it directly onto your skin for the same effect.

2. WALNUTS:

3. TOMATOES:

Keep your skin feeling tight and bright just by eating this red fruit. It produces collagen in the skin which will help to give you a natural-looking glow.

4. LEMONS: When life gives you lemons, eat them. They’re rich in ascorbic acid—a natural antioxidant. And by eating them, they can stop free radicals from developing. These free radicals are nasty things that are

5. PINEAPPLES:

6. STRAWBERRIES:

Strawberries are the ultimate nutrient-rich superfood, and they contain vitamin C that is crucial for collagen production which improves skin’s elasticity and suppleness, keeping you looking young and fresh.

Abiola Alafe can be reached at 581-2812 or aoalafe@eiu.edu.

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Spring football game to be held Saturday

By JJ Bullock Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports The spring intrasquad football game for Eastern is held every year to be a fun event for Eastern’s players to go out and have fun scrimmaging one another, but head coach Kim Dameron is expecting the players to be very competitive and try to beat each other, despite the scrimmage title.

The coaching staff has not decided what it will be yet, but the winning team on Saturday will receive a prize, which will add even more incentive to a team that is already highly competitive in practice.

“Even if there is nothing to play for these guys are competitive enough that they want to have

bragging rights,” Dameron said. “It is going to be live, so they are going to go. Obviously, I want them to go out and compete and play the game because that’s really the only way you know for sure who can.”

Neither the offense or the defense will be focusing too heavy on schematics on Saturday, but the game will still tell Dameron a lot about the team’s younger players and how they can perform in a game situation.

With four quarterbacks on the roster all trying to prove they deserve the starting nod come next season’s opener against Arkansas, the spring football game will be one of the best looks so far at which player might have the edge in that race.

“It’s another day of live work which obviously

the live scrimmages help in our evaluation,” Dameron said. “But other than that, it's one more practice, it's one more thing that we are using as an evaluation tool.”

Dameron also said that all four quarterbacks, Scotty Gilkey Jr., Johnathan Brantley, Harry Woodbery and Jaylon Banks, have been running the offense well to this point and that he is pleased with all of them to this point.

In addition to the quarterbacks, Dameron has seen strides from the receiving group and also said the offensive line is beginning to gel together.

The new fast-paced, air-raid, offense the quarterbacks have been running will be on display to the fans for the first time this spring and while there is no expectation at this point for it to be running

perfectly, Dameron has been pleased with what he has seen from it so far.

“I think it will show on Saturday that we will go out and execute very well,” Dameron said.

The offense will be up against a defense that is thin in the secondary and also has three starters out on the defensive line. But, young players have stepped up, and the defensive line is one of the areas on the team performing well in spring practices.

“Our secondary has really done a yeoman’s job this spring to stay on the field to allow us to practice because we have been so thin back there,” Dameron said.

JJ Bullock can be reached at 581-2812 or jpbullock@eiu.edu.

Eastern hopes to carry momentum against EKU

By Adam Shay Baseball Reporter| @DEN_Sports

Coming off a 17-13 win against Illinois State, the Eastern baseball team looks to move up the OVC rankings in a weekend conference series against Eastern Kentucky.

The Panthers have been improving as the season goes on in conference play, winning their last two games against Belmont. Moving up two spots, the Panthers have improved from being last in conference play to ninth with a 4-11 record (13-22 overall).

“This series is huge not only for momentum, but for our season in general,” senior closer Michael Starcevich said. “The rest of the OVC games are very important to ensure a spot in the OVC tournament.”

Eastern Kentucky is currently fifth in the OVC with a 9-6 record in conference play

and has been playing well against conference teams. Over their last six conference games, against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and Austin Peay, the Colonels have won four.

After Eastern’s offensive eruption against Illinois State, putting up 17 runs and a nine-run inning, the team is looking to carry that momentum against the Colonels.

“Wednesday’s win was great and it could be a turning point offensively for us if we take the same approach we had individually this weekend,” junior second baseman Jimmy Govern said.

The Colonels’ successful OVC play can be attributed to their high-powered batting as they rank third in team batting average.

With an average of .290, it is no surprise the team has produced some of the highest totals in the OVC: 389 hits, 244 RBI’s and

280 runs. “(Eastern Kentucky) has traditionally been a solid hitting club, so I’d say the pitching staff overall has to limit walks and avoid big innings,” Starcevich said.

Also, what has helped the Colonels' offensive efficiency is how well the team runs the bases. Eastern sophomore catcher Ryan Knernschield threw out a Redbird on Wednesday and will have his hands full with the Colonels sitting atop the OVC with 64 stolen bases.

When it comes to pitching for both teams, the Panthers and Colonels are nearly identical in the OVC rankings. Eastern has the slight edge at sixth with a team ERA of 6.07, whereas Eastern Kentucky’s ERA is 6.59, placing them seventh.

“As a team, we’re very confident in our pitching,” Govern said. “They’ve given us

a chance to win virtually every game this year, but now it’s time for the offense to step up. We feel really good about where we’re at after the adjustments made prior to yesterday’s game.”

If the Panthers can put together a solid outing from their pitching staff, as well as limiting their errors, the team believes they will win against the Colonels. With those components coming together, it’s all up to the hitting to put it all together.

“If our hitters can produce runs like they did (against Illinois State), we have a great chance of success going into this series,” Starcevich said.

The first game of the series is Friday at 6 p.m.

Adam Shay can be reached at 581-2812 or acshay@eiu.edu.

Panthers softball team set for four games at home

By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports

For just the third time all season, the Eastern softball team has lost back-to-back games, which is the team's longest losing streak of the year.

These two losses came in the same day, against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, and both ended on walk offs in the seventh inning.

In the first game on Tuesday, Eastern let a three-run lead slip away and in game two, came back, but was unable to push ahead.

Coming back home Saturday and Sun-

day with two doubleheaders against Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State has the Panthers fired up to start playing like how they are used to.

“We know that we’re a good team and there’s a lot of games left this season,” junior Maria DeVito said. “We aren’t going to let two games define the rest of the season. We are going to keep doing the same little things that we do that prepare us for each and every game.”

She said the two tough losses Tuesday motivate them more to get back on the field.

DeVito drove in one run in game two of the Panthers’ doubleheader against the Cou-

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Eastern has scored the third-most runs in the OVC this season and DeVito said the talent the team possesses will get them back in the win column.

“We have too much talent and we are ready to get back on the field,” she said. “We know that each one of us contributes something to this team and has attributed to all the success we’ve had so far this season.”

One of the biggest surprises to come out of Tuesday’s struggles was senior pitcher Jessica Wireman’s struggles in the seventh inning. Her ERA still sits below 2.00. It was

out of the ordinary for her struggles to pile on the way they did, but she is not worried about this weekend.

“Tuesday was definitely a game where we learned a lot,” Wireman said. “All it takes is learning from our mistakes and not making them again and TTU (Tennessee Tech) and JSU (Jacksonville State) will not be a problem.”

She said the biggest thing she has worked on was her spin and making sure everything is moving on her pitch.

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

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Panthers set for OVC Tournament

By Vince Lovergine Men’s Tennis Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern men’s tennis team is off to the Ohio Valley Conference tournament Friday at the Centennial Sportsplex in Nashville.

The tournament goes until April 22 and the Panthers' first match is against Jacksonville State.

Eastern finished with a record of 6-16 and 1-5 in the OVC in the regular season.

For seniors Jared Woodson and brothers Grant and Trent Reiman, the time has come to compete in their first tournament.

No. 6 Panthers will go against No. 3 Jacksonville State, who beat Eastern once this year to open conference play.

In that match, the Panthers earned a win 6-2 at the No. 2 doubles spot with Woodson, and sophomore Gage Kingsmith.

Woodson, in what could be his final match of his Eastern career, said that fact has not sunk in yet.

“It’s all still surreal," Woodson said.

“Just looking forward to the match and giving my all.”

While Eastern did not earn a point in singles action against the Gamecocks, that quickly turned around the last couple of matches.

In the last three matches, Eastern has combined to win eight singles matches, with some players winning more than one match.

The team has been looking to be on the same page, and they improved their win total from the previous couple seasons.

Also, if Eastern defeats the Gamecocks, they will not have to face Belmont, who locked up the first seed; instead it will be No. 2 Tennessee Tech.

The other match that will be going on is Eastern Kentucky and Austin Peay, which starts at 11 a.m., and the winner of this match will go on to

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Freshman Kaisei Kuroki looks to hit a forehand over the net in his singles match March 30 at the Darling Courts against Belmont. Eastern starts the OVC Tournament Friday.

face the Bruins.

Freshman Logan Charbonneau is ready to make the OVC tournament a priority.

“I’m mad excited and hope to make this a standard for years to come,” he said. “I want to get the experience of just how it feels so I’ll be ready for it again in the future.”

Coach Sam Kercheval said going to

the tournament is more of the same excitement, but having one big group is awesome.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to have come with the girls the last few years, so I feel I know what to expect from a schedule and atmosphere standpoint,” Kercheval said. “But it is exciting to be down here with both teams at once. We talked about that before our

practice when we arrived today, that getting to be here as a big group is not something that has occurred often.”

Kercheval also said no matter what the circumstances are, the team will be ready.

“At this point, there isn’t anything else to say other than to go compete and leave everything out on the court,” Kercheval said. “We want to

have put everything on the line so that whenever the season ends whether tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday or beyond, we will have no regrets.”

If the Panthers advance in the championship round, that would take place on Sunday at 10 a.m.

Vince Lovergine can be reached at 581-2812 or vplovergine@eiu.edu.

Women’s tennis ready for Jacksonville State

By Dillan Schorfheide Women’s Tennis Reporter | @DEN_Sports The first time Eastern’s women’s tennis team faced Jacksonville State on March 16, freshman Claire Martin found herself as the last singles match to finish, with the score tied 3-3.

After barely winning the first set 7-6, she was able to secure the win for Eastern with a 6-3 second-set win.

Interim director of tennis Sam Kercheval said the win was important, and it turned out to be. It was the conference opener for Eastern, and the win helped them get the five seed in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.

On Friday, Eastern will face No. 4 Gamecocks for the second time at 5 p.m. in the first round of the OVC tournament.

“I remember last time we had really long points,” Martin said about the first meeting. “So, I’m prepared for a long match.”

There will be some differences from the first meeting between the two.

“It’s a new match this time,” Kercheval said.

For one, sophomore Stella Cliffe, who has been solid this season at No. 1 in the lineup, had an off day on March 16 and lost in straight sets in her singles match.

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Sophomore Stella Cliffe returns the ball in her doubles match with partner Grace Summers against Belmont March 30 at the Darling Courts. The Panthers open the OVC Tournament this weekend.

“The first time we played Jacksonville State, it wasn’t Stella’s best outing,” Kercheval said. “She was in both sets but just never got over the hump which is hard to do when not feeling the ball great.”

The other difference is another freshman, Rachel Papavasilopoulos, will be in the lineup Friday. She missed the first meeting between the teams with an injury.

“The addition of Rachel back in

the lineup means that we likely will have new matchups at every spot in the singles lineup,” Kercheval said.

Even though Papavasilopoulos was not able to compete against Jacksonville State the first time, she

said by watching the match she got a really good sense of the way the Gamecocks competed.

“I think that as a team we all know the kind of energy we need to bring tomorrow in order to beat them,” she said.

Martin believes the change in the Panthers’ lineup helps give Eastern a “strong shot” to win.

“I’m not going to over think it too much because playing outside makes the conditions different,” Martin said.

Along with being prepared for a long match, Martin said, “(I) also remember that she liked to pull me really wide and I had to use the lob, so I’m going to try to use that as well.”

Papavasilopoulos said she is looking forward to playing a good match and getting to fight hard.

“Since I just got back, I’m going to really try to just enjoy playing and appreciate the fact that I was able to recover from my injury in time to play,” she said.

Because the matchups are different, Kercheval said the team cannot have the assumption that it will win again.

“If we play the way we are capable and keep our minds in a good spot, we can get another win,” he said.

Dillan Schorfheide can be reached at 581-2812 or dtschorfheide@eiu.edu.