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The Eastern women’s tennis team had two first places in singles and one first place in doubles at the Southern Illinois University Invite.

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The Tarble Arts Center will be holding many events throughout the semester relating to the roles of women in art, art history and art institutions.

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By Logan Raschke Staff Reporter | @DEN_News A memorial ceremony Tuesday morning will commemorate heroes and others who died on 9/11.

Eastern’s New Student and Family Programs will host the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at the north side of the library quad Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Skylar Farris, senior Military Student Assistance Center Veterans Affairs Work Study and RSO for student veterans, said the ceremony is focused on remembering the people who lost their lives on 9/11 saving others. “(The 9/11 Memorial Ceremony) is a day of remembrance,” he said. “There (are) so many people in the U.S. that pretty much gave their lives to help other people, and (we) want to recognize those people— whether they be police, firefighters, paramedics (or) ordinary people.”

The Army ROTC, University Police Department, Coles County Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Charleston BFW and Police Department are collaborating with the New Student and Family Programs for the memorial event, he said.

He said everyone is invited and encouraged to attend, including members of the Charleston community who are not directly a part of Eastern.

“We want people to remember what happened on this day (commemorating) it,” Farris said.

Beth Dunahee, assistant director of the new student and family programs, said the organizations collaborating with Eastern will put up about 200 small American flags around the library quad during the ceremony.

She said Blake Leitch will be speaking at the 9/11 memorial, and there will also be a wreath ceremony after the flags are put up.

Dunahee said it should only take about 45 minutes for all flags to get placed, but they will stay up for the entire day.

“Even if (students) miss the actual ceremony of putting the flags down, since they’ll be out all day, they can still go and pay their respects,” she said.

Farris said he was partly inspired by the Lakeland Veterans Program’s tradition of setting up flags for Veteran’s Day when he orchestrated the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony.

“I kind of want to do the same thing for Veteran’s Day later this year,” he said. “Being at a different location doing different things and then coming (to Eastern) and not having it done, I wanted to be the person who kind of spearheads it and keeps it going.”

Farris said one thing he has learned from planning the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony is how important it is to remember the people in uniform who died saving the lives of others on 9/11.

“In this community, there are so many veterans that are willing to help,” he said.

“We don’t want to forget (them) … and we don’t want to take life for granted.”

Logan Raschke can be reached at 581-2812 or at lrraschke@eiu.edu.

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Rosie Collins, a performance psychologist and sports psychology lecturer at the University of Winchester, participates in a leg raise exercise at the Rise and Grind fitness class Monday morning at Lantz Arena.

EIU-UPI members able to vote on contract Contract would make members’ raises based on enrollment

By Corryn Brock Staff Reporter | @corryn_brock Faculty and staff members who are academic service professionals and members of Eastern Illinois University’s University Professionals of Illinois are currently able to vote on a new contract that would change the way members of EIUUPI would receive raises.

Nancy Crone, an academic adviser, said in the past, raises were based on a set percentage.

She said under the new contract, raises would be connected to enrollment. If enrollment increases, raises increase, but if enrollment decreases, raises decrease.

Jennifer Stringfellow, vice president of EIU-UPI, says this contract comes after issues between the university and the state of Illinois.

“My impression of the contract, is that is trying to rectify what two and half years of no

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Members of Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois are in the process of voting to ratify their contract and Nancy Crone, an academic adviser, EIU-UPI President Jeannie Ludlow and EIU-UPI Vice President Jennifer Stringfellow, wait for members to drop off their ballots for the new UPI contracts Monday afternoon in Buzzard Hall.

budget did to our university, but also the economy across Illinois,” Stringfellow said.

Stringfellow said in her opinion there is not much of a negative impact coming from the con-

tract. “I think a lot of this was readdressing what had happened in the past several years.”

She said she is hopeful the contract will be ratified.

“If (the contract) is not right

and if the majority of the people do not want this contract ratified, that says something … We all have to go with that.”

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Florence exploded into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds up to 130 mph and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week.

Communities along a stretch of coastline that’s vulnerable to rising sea levels due to climate change prepared to evacuate. The South Carolina governor ordered the state’s entire coastline to be evacuated starting at noon Tuesday and predicted that 1 million people would flee. And Virginia’s governor ordered a mandatory evacuation for some residents of low-lying coastal areas.

The storm’s first effects were already apparent on barrier islands as dangerous rip currents hit beaches and seawater flowed over a state highway.

For many people, the challenge could be finding a safe refuge: If Flor-

ence slows to a crawl just off the coast, it could bring torrential rains to the Appalachian mountains and as far away as West Virginia, causing flash floods, mudslides and other dangerous conditions.

The storm’s potential path also includes half a dozen nuclear power plants, pits holding coal-ash and other industrial waste, and numerous hog farms that store animal waste in massive open-air lagoons.

North Carolina’s governor has urged residents to get prepared for Hurricane Florence as forecasters predict the state could be in the “bull’s-eye” of the storm.

(Sept. 10) Airlines, including American and Southwest, have started letting passengers change travel plans that take them into the hurricane’s possible path.

National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham warned that Florence was forecast to linger over the Carolinas

once it reaches shore. People living well inland should prepare to lose power and endure flooding and other hazards, he warned.

“It’s not just the coast,” Graham said.

“When you stall a system like this and it moves real slow, some of that rainfall can extend well away from the center.”

A warm ocean is the fuel that powers hurricanes, and Florence will be moving over waters where temperatures are peaking near 85 degrees (30 Celsius), hurricane specialist Eric Blake wrote.

And with little wind shear to pull the storm apart, Florence’s hurricane wind field was expected to expand over the coming days, increasing its storm surge and inland wind threats.

By noon Monday, Florence was centered about 1,230 miles (1,985 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, and moving west at 13 mph (20 kph). Its center will move between Bermuda and the Bahamas on Tuesday

and Wednesday and approach the coast of South Carolina or North Carolina on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Two other storms were spinning in the Atlantic. Hurricane Isaac was expected to lose strength as it reaches the Caribbean, and Helene, much farther out to sea, may veer northward into the open ocean as the 2018 hurricane season reaches its peak.

In the Pacific, Hurricane Olivia triggered warnings for multiple Hawaiian islands as it blew west toward an arrival over the state as soon as late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

Preparations for Florence were intensifying up and down the densely populated coast. Since reliable record-keeping began more than 150 years ago, North Carolina has been hit by only one Category 4 hurricane: Hazel, with 130 mph winds, in 1954.

Trump administration orders closure of Palestinian office

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The closure of the PLO office — the latest in a series of moves targeting the Palestinians — was centered on the fact that no “direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel” are underway despite previous warnings, the State Department said. It said the decision was also in line with U.S. law, a reflection of congressional concerns and consistent with U.S. policy to oppose and punish Palestinian attempts to bring Israel before the ICC. The administration had told the Palestinians last year that closure was a distinct possibility unless they agreed to sit to down with the Israelis. It has yet to release its own much-vaunted but largely unknown peace plan although it said it still intends to do so.

Instead of heeding the warning to resume talks, “PLO leadership has condemned a U.S. peace plan they have not yet seen and refused to engage with the U.S. government with respect to peace efforts and otherwise,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement. “As such, and reflecting congressional concerns, the administration has decided that the PLO office in Washington will close at this point.”

Bolton followed up in his address to The Federalist Society, a conservative, Washington-based think tank.

“The Trump administration will not keep the office open when the Palestin-

ians refuse to take steps to start direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel,” he said. “The United States supports a direct and robust peace process, and we will not allow the ICC, or any other organization, to constrain Israel’s right to self-defense.”

Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said the move was “yet another affirmation of the Trump administration’s policy to collectively punish the Palestinian people, including by cutting financial support for humanitarian services including health and education.”

The Palestine Liberation Organization, commonly known as the PLO, formally represents all Palestinians. Although the U.S. does not recognize Palestinian statehood, the PLO has maintained in Washington a general delegation office that facilitates Palestinian officials’ interactions with the U.S. government.

alliance — with roughly 40 percent of the vote each, portending what is likely to be weeks of uncertainty and complex coalition talks before a new government can be formed.

The Sweden Democrats, which has roots in a neo-Nazi movement but has worked to soften its image, won 17.6 percent, up from 13 percent in 2014, for a third-place finish. That showing is not strong enough for it to lead a government, but it reflects how deeply that Sweden, famous for its progressive policies, is being transformed by migration.

The country that is home to the Nobel prizes and militarily neutral policies for the better part of two centuries has been known for its comparatively open doors to migrants and refugees.

Sunday’s general election was the first since Sweden, with a population of 10 million, took in a record 163,000 migrants in 2015 — the highest per capita of any European country.

That had followed the earlier arrival of hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers.

Since 2015, the center-left government has sharply restricted immigration, but many Swedes complain that society cannot cope with integrating so many newcomers, many of them Muslims from Africa and the Middle East.

The growing strength of the Sweden Democrats also reflects how old taboos are collapsing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Monday and threatened sanctions against the International Criminal Court if it pursues investigations against the U.S., Israel, or other allies. The moves are likely to harden Palestinian resistance to the U.S. role as a peace broker.

The administration cited the refusal of Palestinian leaders to enter into peace talks with Israel as the reason for closing the Palestinian Liberation Organization office, although the U.S. has yet to present its plan to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinians accused the administration of dismantling decades of U.S. engagement with them.

Shortly after the State Department announcement, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, launched a broadside against The Haguebased International Criminal Court.

Bolton declared that the ICC “is already dead” to the U.S. He also threatened the court and its staff with sanctions if it proceeds with investigations into alleged war crimes by American troops in Afghani-

Sweden joins Europe’s backlash to migration STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has become the latest European country to have its political order shaken by a backlash against large-scale immigration, with voters giving a boost to a far-right party and weakening the more established ones.

Sunday’s election left the two rival blocs — a center-left group and a center-right

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Upcoming events at the Tarble Arts Center September events:

Later events:

Sept. 12 Tarble Talkback: Poetry on the Porch

Oct. 2 Tarble Reads: “Written on the Body” by Jeanette Winterson

Sept. 18 Tarble Atrium Cinema: “Real Women Have Curves” Sept. 22 Family Weekend: Art Extravaganza

Oct. 25 Tarble After Hours: College Night Nov. 8 Ugly Art Paint n’ Sip

Tarble to host fall programs

By Mercury Bowen Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_News The Tarble Arts Center will host a series of several programs throughout the fall semester.

The overarching theme of the programs is the roles of women in art, art history and art institutions.

Tim Abel, the museum education manager, said the fall programs will be treated as a full narrative, with the “In the Eye of the Beholder” exhibition at the core of all the events.

As a survey of women artists from 1968 to present, Abel said “In the Eye of the Beholder” gives voice to all the necessary topics from the past to the present.

“There’s artists from 1968 all the way up to artists working today,” Abel said. “A lot of it’s about that conversation that has started and is continuing in the dialogue of the old and the new and the transitional work.”

The show is co-curated by Rehema Barber, the director and chief curator at the Tarble Arts Center, and Erin Gilbert, the curator of African-American manuscripts at the Smithsonian Archives of American art.

“In the Eye of the Beholder” was in the works for two years, and Barber said she is grateful to have worked on the show with Gilbert and is very proud of the whole team that brought the exhibition together.

“I think that great art not only makes you think and is pleasing to behold,” Barber said. “It also stays with you and creates conversation. It’s something that you have to talk to someone about or share with someone.”

Going along with the women in art theme, In the Eye of the

“It’s art that challenges things that are beautiful … We’re playing with the idea that art doesn’t have to be beautiful.”

-Rehema Barber, director and chief curator, Tarble Arts Center Beholder includes works by well-known artists such as Marina Abramović, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Judy Chicago and Yoko Ono, as well as works by emerging artists such as Tanya Aguiñiga, Zoë Buckman, Bethany Collins and Mariu Palacios.

Following the theme of women in art, another program happening each month at the Tarble is the Tarble Cinema, which includes showing films that highlight this theme.

“I feel really good about having such a globally-situated film series this year,” Barber said. “I’m super stoked about that.”

Abel said he is really looking forward to the Ugly Art Paint n’ Sip in November.

“It’s art that challenges things that are beautiful but also brings up very challenging ideas,” Abel said. “That might seem ugly, so we’re playing with this idea that art doesn’t have to be beautiful.”

Some other programs taking place during the fall semester include Tarble Reads, poetry readings, and gallery talks.

“Every single thing that we’ve put together this year is going to be really amazing,” Barber said.

Mercury Bowen can be reached at 581-2812 or mjbowen@eiu.edu.

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New library dean plans to improve library services, engage students

By Jelan Buchanan Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Zach Newell, the new dean of Booth Library, said he wants to improve the library by engaging the students in more meaningful ways.

Newell said the goals for the library are to figure out what is working well for it and what could use some improvement to make the library stand out and be even better.

Beth Heldebrandt, the public relations director of the library, said specific goals include supporting the campus through library services. “(We are giving the students) the resources they need to be successful, such as books, articles, DVDs, anything we have in the building to help them,” Heldebrandt said. “Not just the stuff, but also the people we have at the library to help you look up your research for papers or anything else you need help with.”

Newell said he wants to accomplish helping students succeed by helping them realize new opportunities and new potential in the library field that translates to their success in the future.

In addition to being excited to help students, Newell said he is eager to work with the library faculty and staff.

“I’m excited about working with the faculty and the staff of the library because of the energy they bring to work every day,” he said.

Newell said he is most excited about engaging in more meaningful ways and moving the library forward by working with everyone that comes to the library.

Newell said he would love to hear back from students to figure out what he could do to better help the students succeed while they’re here.

Heldebrandt said she thinks Dean Newell brings good energy, good ideas, and will stay on top of meetings to figure out what needs to be improved.

She said that overall she thinks Newell is going to do a great job.

Jelan Buchanan can be reached at 581-2812 or jjbuchanan@eiu.edu.

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Suicide is not the answer As the country observed National Suicide Prevention Day yesterday, we at The Daily Eastern News kept in mind, just like we always have, the importance of suicide prevention.

Depression, anxiety, loneliness and other issues are all factors in what drives a person to consider suicide. We are in complete agreeance that this is an important issue that must be reiterated.

There are many college students who deal with depression on a daily basis or who experience the stresses of school and being homesick.

We feel that it is vitally important for anyone who feels that there is no way out of the darkness they are in to seek help.

Suicide is not the answer, despite what many people may think when they have feelings of depression.

There are counselors at the Human Services building who are more than willing to talk to you about what is going on and to help you get into a better place where these feelings no longer linger day in and day out.

Many people who commit suicide do not fully intend on doing it at first. Sometimes, it is just a cry for help.

We encourage everyone to be mindful of their peers who seem down and depressed. Talk to them, let them confide in you and help them so they do not get to that awful place.

People have often said that suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem, and we could not agree more.

We feel that everyone should have a safe place to go to when they are feeling down, and we also feel that everyone needs a shoulder to cry on or a friend to talk to.

Depression is a true disease that affects people very strongly, and we wish that anyone who suffers from depression feels that they can go to human services, talk to their friends or even go to their professors and explain what they are feeling.

There really is a better solution to treat the pain that we may feel inside at times, and we can assure you that suicide is not the answer.

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Desperate times mean getting a bike I am a few weeks in to this college life experience, and I realize now more than ever what I wish I would have brought with me from home and things that I really could have done without.

Before moving into my dorm room, I made sure that I had looked at Pinterest to get some college tips and tricks, but even Pinterest didn’t know what I needed. I thought that once I got to college, I would be able to walk everywhere I needed to go.

I can, but it’s so much more work than I thought.

Walking to and from my classes isn’t so bad, but my extra activities that I also am a part of require me to do more walking than anticipated.

I’m not against exercise either.

I just feel that if I’m going to work out and get sweaty, I will go to the gym.

I don’t want to be sweaty and gross just

from walking from one building to the next.

I’ve decided to bring something from home to ease the travel around campus for the day. I want to K ARENA OZIER be able to sit down, so of course I will bring my bike.

I haven’t rode my bike since I blew my back tire up in my face. Now I know that you might be thinking to yourself, “how is it possible to do such a thing” but let me explain.

I was tired and I wasn’t paying attention

to how fast the air pump was filling my tire up. By the time I realized that I had it a little too full, it blew up in my face.

That was the loudest noise I have ever heard and for a while after, the only thing that I could hear was the ringing inside of my ears.

I would like to think that I’m tough, but I will admit that I cried. My dad saw it all happen and was there to comfort me.

We looked at the shreds of tire scattered around the bike and the now bent rim. I got the tire replaced but have never looked at my bike the same.

Desperate times call for desperate measures though, so I will have to get over it and create better memories.

Karena Ozier is a freshman elementary education major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or at kmozier@eiu.edu.

Finding your identity is a lifelong process Identity is more than just a name you are given. It is something that evolves during a lifetime.

The search for identity usually begins as teenagers question who they are and where they came from. Some people find it sooner than others, while others never find it.

Identity is not something that once you find it, it stays that way forever. I personally struggle with my identity, like many other people.

I was adopted on Halloween, when I was one day old, and I went home dressed in a pumpkin suit that was a gift from the nurses who took care of me after I was born.

I was five before I understood that I was adopted, but my parents told me the story a lot starting when I was a baby.

It took a while to comprehend and at 20 years old I am still trying to comprehend it.

It’s hard to find your identity. I struggle with where I come from, like where do I fit in. I have always wondered what my genealogy background is.

My adoptive family has all these cool stories about their ancestors and all the exciting and historical escapades that they went on.

I always K ATE REHWINKEL wish I was blood related to my adoptive family because to me their history is so fascinating.

All I know about my birth mother is that she has two other kids from a previous relationship.

I know nothing about the history of her family, nor will I ever. Sometimes I just wish I knew where I get my personality traits and looks from.

Last Christmas my mom gave me an Ancestry DNA kit, which is something that I have always wanted, so I did the test.

I was hoping to be something exotic, but with my pale skin I figured that was a little farfetched.

When I got my results, it showed that I am 97 percent European (go figure, my skin could tell you that from how easily it gets burnt). The other 3 percent surprised me. I am part Scandinavian, Asian, and Middle Eastern.

I also discovered that this information doesn’t answer all of the answers that I wanted to know.

Unfortunately, that’s all I will ever know about my heritage. I am always envious of people who have these amazing accomplished ancestors because I wish I could have that part of me so I could feel honored to be related to that person.

As I got older I have realized that my family I have now is my real family.

They took me in when I had nowhere to go and no matter what I will always feel a connection to them, but part of me will never stop wondering where I came from.

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High stakes as 2-month sprint to Election Day begins

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump’s presidency are on the line as the primary season closes this week, jump-starting a two-month sprint to Election Day that will test Democrats’ ability to harness opposition to Trump and determine whether the Republican president can get his supporters to the polls.

For both parties, the stakes are exceedingly high.

After crushing defeats in 2016, Democrats open the fall campaign brimming with confidence about their prospects for retaking the House, which would give them power to open a wide swath of investigations into Trump or even launch impeachment proceedings. The outcome of the election, which features a record number of Democratic female and minority candidates, will also help shape the party’s direction heading into the 2020 presidential race.

Republicans have spent the primary season anxiously watching suburban voters, particularly women, peel away because of their disdain for Trump. The shift seems likely to cost the party in several key congressional races. Still, party leaders are optimistic that Republicans can keep control of the Senate, which could help insulate Trump from a raft of Democratic investigations.

History is not on Trump’s side. The president’s party typical-

The Coles County Board will be meeting Tueaday at 7 p.m. in the courthouse.

The board will be appointing 11 new positions, including different drainage districts and a fire protection district.

Drainage districts are sewers and ditches and include such cities as Humboldt, Mattoon, Whitley and others.

All drainage districts had one applicant and will only have one person for county board members to vote for.

The Lincoln Fire Protection District appointment will be decided on between three applicants during the meeting.

Authorizing of the Federal 5311 will also happen at the meeting.

Federal 5311, according to the Federal Transit Administration website, “provides capital, planning and operating assistance to states to support public transportation in rural areas with populations of less than 50,000.”

The board will also look at a tax sale resolution and authorizing an assistance grant for Dial-A-Ride.

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ly suffers big losses in the first midterm election after taking office. And despite a strong economy, Republicans must also contend with the president’s sagging approval rating and the constant swirl of controversy hanging over the White House, including special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe into Russian election interference and possible obstruction of justice by Trump.

Despite those headwinds, Trump is betting on himself this fall. He’s thrust himself into the center of the campaign and believes he can ramp up turnout among his ardent supporters and offset a wave of Democratic enthusiasm. Aides say he’ll spend much of the fall holding rallies in swing states.

“The great unknown is whether the president can mobilize his base to meet the enthusiasm gap that is clearly presented at this point,” said Josh Holmes, a longtime adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. “Because the middle won’t be there for Republicans.”

Indeed, Trump’s turbulent summer appears to have put many moderates and independents out of reach for Republican candidates, according to GOP officials. One internal GOP poll obtained by The Associated Press showed Trump’s approval rating among independents in congressional battleground districts dropped 10 points between June and August.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 EIU-UPI is currently under the previously-voted-on contract.

The membership voted to not go into negotiations and extend its current contract for a year. Negotiations for the contract currently being voted on began this summer.

Stringfellow wants to know that unions are in place to provide a better workplace for its members.

“Unions are not there to be prickly. They are there to provide equity … to make sure that there is justice in the workplace, and that’s true whether it’s a factory or a university,” said Stringfellow.

She said she believes unions are a way of bringing democracy into the workplace regardless of who said union represents.

“Without that, you have management or an administration that can do what they please, and you hope that

“Unions are not there to be prickly. They are there to provide equity … to make sure that there is justice in the workplace, and that’s true whether it’s a factory or a university.”

-Jennifer Stringfellow, vice president of EIU-UPI they are benevolent in that, but they don’t have to be,” said Stringfellow.

Stringfellow said that the thing she is hoping for the most is that people vote.

“I think everyone that is eligible to vote on this contract should vote,” she said.

Ballots went out to EIU-UPI members last week, and those voting should have their ballots turned in by Wednesday.

Ballots will counted on Thursday, and if the majority of

votes approve the contract, it will be voted on by Eastern’s Board of Trustees on Friday Sept. 15.

EIU-UPI President, Jeannie Ludlow, said she is hoping that after voting has concluded, the EIU-UPI and will have something to celebrate.

“We need everybody’s vote by Wednesday,” she said, “so we can count them on Thursday, so we can have a party on Friday.”

Corryn Brock can be reached at 581-2812 or at cebrock@eiu.edu.

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Working toward ‘critical mass’: Eastern still sees empty floors in residence halls

By Corryn Brock Staff Reporter | @corryn_brock Five of the 11 residence halls have closed floors and though there are plans to repopen the floors in the future, that will not be the case for this year.

The halls with closed floors are Andrews Hall, Lawson Hall, Thomas Hall, Taylor Hall and Pemberton Hall.

After the budget impasse affected Eastern in 2015, enrollment declined from 8,520 students in 2015 to 7,030 in 2017.

Mark Hudson, the director of Housing and Dining, said the critical mass on campus played a role in the floors closing.

He said because there was a decrease in the number of students on each floor, which Hudson referred to as the critical mass on each floor, the floors were closed.

This was also due in part because the students would not have a sense of community with less numbers on each floor.

Hudson said the critical mass of a floor contributes to the sense of community felt by students living on campus.

“If there were five people on (a) floor, it would be (disappointing). It doesn’t feel some sense of community,” Hudson said.

However, this year Eastern experienced an overall 7 percent increase in enrollment, jumping from 7,030 in 2017 to 7,526 in fall 2018.

Hudson said there are plans to reopen floors as the numbers of students living on campus increases, but he said the reopening of floors will not happen this year.

Aside from the closed floors in the five different halls, Carman Hall is not in use and has not been in use since 2013.

“The future of Carman is for it to not be here anymore,” Hudson said refering to the hall’s permenant closure.

He said since the hall is the farthest from the center of campus, funds are focused on the halls that are closer to where students are expected to spend the majority of their time.

“As we invest money, we want to make sure we invest it into the core part of campus,” Hudson said.

Corryn Brock can be reached at 581-2812 or at cebrock@eiu.edu.

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Austin Peay leading OVC volleyball

By Tom O’Connor Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports Much can change in one offseason, but some things, like Austin Peay’s presence in the top layer of the Ohio Valley Conference hierarchy, do not.

Not once did the Governors yield back-to-back losses last season, regardless of whether it was August or November.

So far, the same can be said yet again for this season. The Governors’ seven game winning streak, however, reached a speed bump this past weekend, as they lost 3-2 to Northern Kentucky.

Austin Peay has gone on playoff crusades in five of the past six seasons. The Governors claimed the Ohio Valley Conference championship title last season. Ashley Slay, who graduated last spring, achieved conference player of the year status in 2017, while Kristen Stucker, then a junior, earned a badge of distinction, garnering a setter of the year award.

Bouncing off its trip to the championship last fall, Austin Peay’s stockpile of offensive talents, which includes Stucker and senior Logan Carger, have given the Governors

flexibility on that end.

The team has hurdled over all other conference teams in kills, hitting percentage and assists. Carger and Stucker sport the highest rate of hitting percentage and assists, respectively.

While Austin Peay has carried over its achievements from last season, not all conference teams can say the same.

Teams that were once at the bottom of the conference standings last year have seamlessly traded places with those at the top. Fixed in the bottom three slots in the OVC standings, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Eastern Kentucky and Belmont are all peering at the playoff demarcation lines from the outside, despite reaching postseason play in 2017.

Belmont and Southern Illinois Edwardsville are still winless, making a .500 season seem ever more unlikely, let alone a spot on the playoff totem pole.

Once this weekend’s matches shape up for OVC teams, the season will be about half way over and, with conference matchups impending next week, teams have played anywhere from eight to 11 games over a month’s time. This will be the largest compendium of games over a matter

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Eastern junior Lexi May serves a ball in Eastern’s match against Iona this season in Lantz Arena. Eastern is 3-8 this year.

of four weeks.

But there is still time for teams to make a U-turn.

At the median of the 2017 season, Eastern, Eastern Kentucky and

Southeast Missouri lost more games than they won throughout the first 15 games which, for most of the conference, was the midpoint in the season.

All three teams would, nonetheless, make the OVC tournament.

Tom O’Connor can be reached at 581-2812 or troconnor@eiu.edu.

Women's golf team in last place in tournament

By Oscar Rzodkiewicz Women’s Golf Reporter | @ORzodkiewicz The Eastern’s women’s golf team began its season Monday at the two-day Northern Kentucky Fall Classic tournament, ranking last out of the 13 invited schools at +92 after two rounds.

On the par-71 Elks Run Golf Club, senior Daphne Chang led the way for Eastern with a first-round stroke total of 77 followed by a 74-stroke secondround to finish 9-over-par overall, tied for 14th among the field.

In her first season with the Panthers after transferring, Chang proved herself

as a leader last season after ending the year with a team-best 79.25 stroke average over 20 rounds.

Chang was named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer team in 2017.

Freshman Monique Peterson finished second for Eastern in the first day with an 83-stroke tally in both rounds for a +24 total on the day.

Peterson was slotted as the third seed for Eastern in her first contest for the blue and gray, but Peterson narrowly outplayed returning senior Katlyn Hasprey.

Hasprey recorded a 84-stroke first

round and an 86 in round two, ending the day +28.

Though she ranks 72nd individually in the tournament, both of Hasprey’s rounds were improvements over her 91.35 stroke average last season for the Panthers.

Hasprey’s 2017-18 campaign included a top-25 finish in the Butler Bulldog Florida Invite.

Clocking in fourth for Eastern was sophomore Mckenzie O’Brien with a two-round 177 stroke total after a teamhigh 94 in round two.

As a freshman last season, O’Brien competed in each of the team’s nine

events, recording a 90.15 stroke total.

Rounding out the Panthers team, sophomore Sara Guetersloh posted a 181-stroke total through 36 holes, a +39 mark.

Guetersloh played in only seven events last year for Eastern with a 93.94 stroke average.

Freshman Bailey Sharpmack also competed in the tournament, though her score did not count toward the team total.

Sharpmack finished +33 after a 175 day-one total.

Cincinnati led the tournament early and held steady throughout the day,

with each member of the team posting sub-156 stroke totals through 36 holes.

Sophomore Vanessa Manrique opened her year on a high note for the Bearcats, finishing ranked 1st with 140 strokes on the day, good for 3-underpar.

The tournament ends tomorrow with one final 18-hole round for the women.

Eastern’s next event, the Austin Peay F&M Bank Intercollegiate, takes place Oct. 1 and 2 at Clarksville Country Club in Tennessee.

Oscar Rzodkiewicz can be reached at 581-2812 or orrzodkiewicz@eiu.edu.

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Women’s tennis team shines in singles play

By Blake Faith Women’s Tennis Reporter | @BFAITH0024 The Eastern women’s tennis team began its season achieving its goals of winning, improving and becoming better as a team this week in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Invite. The team combined for two singles flight championships and one doubles flight championship.

“The biggest thing I wanted to see in this tournament is how we compete,” Head Coach Chris Tolson said. “What was their mindset and effort level going to be at. They met and exceeded my expectations on that. We have to work a little more on doubles before our next event but overall the team took a big step forward in our goal of being ready for conference tourney.

Rachel Papavasilopoulos finished 3-0 in singles play, winning the Flight one bracket. Papavasilopoulos won her first two matches in straights sets by identical scores beating Anouk Maajong of Western Illinois in the first round and Alina Munteanu of Southern Illinois Edwardsville in the second round. Both wins came by a score of 6-0, 6-1. In her last match Papavasilopoulos beat Cassie McKenzie of Saint Louis in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3. Papavasilopoulos also won in doubles Flight two bracket along with Claire Martin.

“It felt awesome to win both my singles and doubles flights,” Papavasilopoulos said. “Starting out the season on such a strong note definitely gives me the confidence and motivation to keep working hard to produce more great results.”

Emily Pugachevsky also finished 3-0 this weekend, winning the Flight four bracket. Pugachevsky beat Mary Bjelica of Western Illinois in the opening match 6-1, 6-3. She would come back to defeat Raillane Kamden of Southern Illinois Edwardsville in the second match by a score of 7-5, 6-4. In her last match Pugachevsky beat Ariana Rodriguez of Saint Louis in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 10-4 to win Flight four.

“Emily had a great weekend as well

winning her flight,” Tolson said. “She is a fighter on court and never gives up.

As we work on her game she is going to be tough to beat this year.”

Srishti Slaria and Claire Martin also came up with good weekends. Both won their first two matches in their flights before losing their last matches preventing the Panthers from securing four Flight brackets.

“I saw great things from both of them. Both of them had great games and were very consistent,” Tolson said.

“As we progress and work on their strength and conditioning, their tennis games are going to flourish this season.”

Martin had other thoughts on her performance and what she can improve on.

“In singles, I did come close, but I think in the last match I wasn’t able to figure out my opponent quick enough,” Martin said. “I think next time, I should take more time in between points. In the future I want to work on finishing more points at the net or setting up points in a way that can get me an advantage.

Martin also finished with a doubles flight championship along with Papavasilopoulos. This was their first time playing with one another in tournament play.

“We were really excited to win all three doubles matches. We had never played together, but I think we worked well as a team,” Martin said. “I think we would both agree that we need to continue working on being closer to the net and work to finish the points with our volleys.”

Overall the team finished 18-10 at the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Invite. Tolson got good results for his first invite with the team.

“I am extremely happy with how we performed overall as a team this weekend. The attitude and effort was great from every athlete,” Tolson said The Eastern women’s team will play next at the Illinois State Fall Invite on Sept. 28 in Normal.

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Eastern sophomore Rachel Papavasilopoulos returns a ball in a practice at the Darling Courts. She went 3-0 in singles play over the weekend in Edwardsville.

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Eastern too talented to play as they did on Saturday To give the Eastern football team’s 48-10 loss to Illinois State the perfect summation, only one word is required: ugly.

No matter how you dice the game up for Eastern, offensively, defensively, special teams, the game was downright heinous to watch. Last season the team was beat by Illinois State 44-13 at home in a game that coaches and players felt was one of the worst they had been a part of. This year’s loss was even worse.

Eastern has been blown out in both of its games this season, the first coming in a 55-20 loss to Arkansas. But at least in the loss to Arkansas, an SEC team, the team showed some good things on the field up front. In the Illinois State game, outside of running back Jamal Scott who had 99 yards rushing and one touchdown, there was nothing good Eastern can take with them from this game.

The bottom line is Eastern’s roster is too talented to play like they did on Saturday; that is what makes this game a particularly tough pill to swallow.

Granted Arkansas was an SEC school and Illinois State was the 19th ranked team in the FCS prior to the game, the way Eastern played on Saturday was entirely inexcusable, and that is a fact both coaches and players would readily admit to.

Eastern knew Illinois State was going to come in and play physical football in the trenches, and even with that in

JJ Bullock mind before the game, Illinois State’s offensive line still came into the game and pushed around Eastern’s defense with a tremendous amount of ease.

This domination by the Illinois State line is coming off a game for the Eastern defensive line where they actually played pretty well against Arkansas. Against the Razorbacks, defensive tackle Terrell Greer led the team with eight tackles, defensive end Josh Price added three, tackle Taylon Shepard had three as well and freshman end D’Mitri George had two tackles for loss and one sack.

Against Illinois State, the production from this was sparse. Price finished with five tackles on the edge and Greer had two. Other than that, there was little to behold from the defensive line. The unit produced no tackles for loss and no sacks. All game the line for Illinois State was moving the unit, creating holes for running back James Robinson to dart through on his way to a 154-yard performance.

The defensive secondary might have been even worse. The Panthers gave up

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Eastern quarterback Johnathan Brantley escapes a would-be tackler in Eastern’s 48-10 loss to Illinois State Saturday. Brantley was 9 of 15 passing with 52 yards in the loss.

numerous big pass plays in the game, including a 97-yard touchdown pass from Illinois State quarterback Brady Davis to wide receiver Spencer Schnell.

On that big pass play and all the other big pass plays one theme remained constant: The Eastern defensive backs were nowhere near the Illinois State receivers.

It was simply lapses in execution and just plain getting burned that led to these big plays. What is even more troubling is this was an issue against Arkansas as well. The play by the second-

ary was so poor in fact that it prompted head coach Kim Dameron to say after the game that the staff would be looking at every aspect of the secondary to figure out how to fix it.

Both the defensive line and secondary have talent. Greer is a good player that coaches were excited about in camp, the secondary boasts all-conference cornerback Mark Williams and the return of safety Raymond Crittenden from injury. Crittenden was also a guy whose name came up frequently in dis-

cussions throughout fall camp.

Both of those units are too talented to play how they did on Saturday, and perhaps one good sign about that is they appear to recognize this. So far, there have been no excuses being made by anyone; they know they have to be better.

The offense left a lot to be desired as well. Both quarterbacks competing for the starting job, Harry Woodbery and Johnathan Brantley struggled in getting the offense to move the ball down the field.

Woodbery finished the game 13 of 21 passing with 109 yards and one interception. The interception was a pass that seemed to go right to Illinois State linebacker Ty DeForest. From the press box, it appeared that maybe Woodbery did not see him there at all.

Brantley finished 9 of 15 passing with just 52 yards. He struggled to get the ball moving in the game; his longest pass went for just ten yards, and rushing the football, he managed just 47 yards on 11 carries for an average of 3.8 yards per carry.

Both Brantley and Woodbery are better than those stat lines, and like the defense, they will have a chance to prove it once again this weekend against a lowly Indiana State team that was 0-11 last season.

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