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The Eastern women’s soccer team tied with Tennessee-Martin Sunday, completing its four-game homestand.

Barbara Fecso, a former student and instructor at Eastern, won the 2010 Class of Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award and is now working for the United States Department of Agriculture.

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NACWC Snap, snap provides life-long bonds

By Madelyn Loellke Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Since 1896, the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs has existed to help develop young colored women to cultivate a strong bond with their community. Today, it is present on college campuses in all 50 states and the District of Colombia.

At Eastern, their mission is stated as working to benefit communities and empower young women to make the world a better place by educating them on how to be the best they can be.

Zaria Greene, NACWC treasurer and a senior political science major, said she joined because of the connections the club seemed to provide.

“You could tell that (the club members) were pretty close, professional but with personal connections, and I was looking for something like that,” Greene said.

The NACWC has multiple events every semester, including forums to help prepare both members and non-affiliated students for the professional world, such as the sessions they ran to prepare students for the Career Fair two weeks ago.

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(From left to right) David Camacho Jr., a freshman undecided major and a defender on the men’s soccer team, snaps with Mac VanOudt, a freshman kinesiology and sports studies major and a goal keeper on the men’s soccer team, and Vicki Forsythe, who will be attending Eastern next spring. The three were snapping while watching the women’s soccer game Sunday afternoon at Lakeside Field.

‘Rubber Lovers’ Textbook sale enters 4th year returns Tuesday

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By Logan Raschke Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The Health Education Resource Center will host an open session called “Rubber Lovers” for students interested in learning about safe sex on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Loft of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

said. “That safer sex packet just has maybe a dozen or so condoms, female condoms as well, and it’s all free.”

Ashton Beaver, another health promotion coordinator of HERC, said students can get a safer sex packet once a month for twelve consecutive months for free, providing they attend at least one Rubber Lovers open session.

"It’s OK. It’s not taboo. Safe sex is important."

Ashton Beaver, health promotion coordinator Other Rubber Lovers open sessions will also take place Oct. 16, Oct. 30 and Nov. 13, all at 5:30 p.m. and in the Martinsville Room of the Union.

Gage Dailey, a health promotion coordinator of the HERC, said students who attend any Rubber Lovers open session will be eligible for a year’s supply of Safer Sex Packets.

“People who attend Rubber Lovers actually become ‘rubber lovers,’ and they get a card that allows them to come either to the HERC or to the Health Services Building and get what we call a ‘safer sex packet,’” he

Beaver said everyone who wants to learn more about safe sex is welcome and encouraged to attend Rubber Lovers.

“It’s OK. It’s not taboo,” she said.

“Safe sex is important.”

Dailey said many college students did not receive an adequate sexual education course in high school, if any at all, so they attend college with lots of unanswered questions about safe sex.

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Textbook Rental will be having its fall semester discarded textbook sale October 1-5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This will be the fourth year Textbook Rental has held the book sale.

Discarded textbooks are being sold because when classes upgrade to a different book, the old books are no longer needed.

There is a variation of books that are included in the sale from textbooks to novels, and books that have not been used in classes for five years or more.

The book prices vary from 25 cents to $5 and can be purchased using cash, check or credit cards.

There will be a specific area at the front of the center that will have the books for sale to look through.

Students will need to bring their Panther Cards to purchase the books.

If students cannot make it to this book sale, Textbook Rental also hosts one in the spring semester with new titles for sale.

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Bangyuan Sun, a senior physics major during the Fall 2017 semester, chooses books to buy at the textbook sale in the Textbook Rental Center in Sept. 2017. “I am really interested in social issues and history, although I’m more of a science guy,” he said. “This is a good opportunity (and) the price is amazing. I’ll get more than 10 books.”

Christina Coffey, a staff member at Textbook Rental, said some people find books that they use for reference, for their personal library and others find books that they can

use in their future jobs.

Arielle Hockman can be reached at 581-2812 or aehockman@eiu.edu.

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Officials say White House is not 'micromanaging' Kavanaugh probe

Mayor charged for driving police car with lights flashing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Trump administration officials insisted Sunday that the White House is not "micromanaging" a new FBI background check of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and that senators are dictating the parameters of the investigation.

President Donald Trump initially opposed such an investigation in the face of sexual misconduct claims against Kavanaugh, but the president and Senate Republican leaders agreed to an inquiry after GOP Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona made clear he would not vote to confirm Kavanaugh without one.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said oversight of the investigation belonged to the Senate.

"The White House counsel has allowed the Senate to dictate what these terms look like and what the scope of the investigation is," she said. "The White House isn't intervening. We're

ALORTON, Ill. (AP) — The mayor of a southern Illinois city has been charged with official misconduct for operating a police vehicle with its lights flashing.

Alorton Mayor JoAnn Reed was charged late Friday, a couple of weeks after a driver told Illinois State Police it appeared a civilian female driver was impersonating a police officer.

The unidentified driver told police on Sept. 15, he saw a black police car with blue and red lights flashing and a sign on the driver's side door that stated "Mayor Jo Ann Reed." The car was traveling east on Interstate 64.

Alorton Village Board member Gwen McCallum, a frequent Reed critic, said the board had not given Reed permission to drive the car.

Reed's bail on the charge was set at $75,000, which she posted.

Reed could not be reached for comment. Her attorney, Justin Kuehn, declined to comment.

not micromanaging this process. It's a Senate process. It has been from the beginning, and we're letting the Senate continue to dictate what the terms look like."

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said the investigation will be "limited in scope" and "will not be a fishing expedition. The FBI is not tasked to do that."

Yet the precise scope of the investigation remained unclear.

Trump told reporters Saturday that "the FBI, as you know, is all over talking to everybody" and said "this could be a blessing in disguise."

"They have free rein. They're going to do whatever they have to do, whatever it is they do. They'll be doing things that we have never even thought of," Trump said as he left the White House for a trip to West Virginia. "And hopefully at the conclusion everything will be fine."

The president revisited the question

of "scope" later Saturday on Twitter, writing in part, "I want them to interview whoever they deem appropriate, at their discretion."

Sanders said Trump, who has vigorously defended Kavanaugh but also raised the slight possibility of withdrawing the nomination should damaging information be found, "will listen to the facts" of the FBI investigation. But she expressed confidence that no new information will be uncovered, noting that the allegations did not surface during the judge's six prior background checks for positions in the executive and judicial branches of government.

"I think we're all pretty confident, given that we've been through this process a number of times, but we would assess that at that point," Sanders said.

At least three women have accused Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, of years-ago misconduct. He denies all the claims.

Over 800 dead in Indonesia quake and tsunami; toll may rise PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers struggled Sunday to reach victims in several large coastal towns in Indonesia that were hit by an earthquake and tsunami, and authorities feared that the toll of more than 800 confirmed dead would rise.

With the area largely cut off by damaged roads and downed communications lines, military and commercial aircraft were delivering some aid and supplies to the hard-hit city of Palu on the island of Sulawesi, and others in the region.

But there was a desperate need for heavy equipment to reach possible survivors buried in collapsed buildings, in-

cluding an eight-story hotel in Palu where voices were heard in the rubble.

A 25-year-old woman was found alive during the evening in the ruins of the Roa-Roa Hotel, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency, which released photos of the her lying on a stretcher covered in a blanket.

At least 832 people were confirmed killed by the quake and tsunami that struck Friday evening, Indonesia's disaster agency said, with nearly all of those from Palu. The regencies of Donggala, Sigi and Parigi Moutong — with a combined population of 1.2 million — had yet to be fully assessed.

"The death toll is believed to be still

increasing, since many bodies were still under the wreckage, while many have not been reached," said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

Bodies covered in blue and yellow tarps lined the streets of Palu, and officials said they were digging a mass grave for at least 300 of the dead.

It was not immediately known when the burial would take place, but "this must be done as soon as possible for health and religious reasons," said Willem Rampangilei, head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. Most of Palu's residents are Muslim.

The cries from beneath the Roa-Roa Hotel, which appeared to have toppled

over with its walls splintered like pickup sticks, went silent by Sunday afternoon.

Officials had estimated about 50 people could be inside.

"We are trying our best. Time is so important here to save people," said Muhammad Syaugi, head of the national search and rescue team. "Heavy equipment is on the way."

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo toured Palu on Sunday and said rescuers were having difficulty reaching victims because of a shortage of heavy equipment.

"There are many challenges," Jokowi said. "We have to do many things soon, but conditions do not allow us to do so."

Las Vegas reflects, moves forward 1 year after shooting LAS VEGAS (AP) — A small bouquet of dried flowers was wedged inside the padlock on Gate 5 of the killing ground that was the Route 91 Harvest Festival one recent day, the only visible reminder that it was the site of the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

A peek inside the chain-link fence, covered in green sheeting to keep out prying eyes, revealed a sprawling patch of asphalt and little else. Tow-

ering above were the gold windows of the Mandalay Bay, where a gambler spent the last minutes of his life in room 32-135 taking the lives of 58 others in a meticulously planned slaughter.

Around Las Vegas, there are scattered remembrances of the horrors of that night a year ago.

Almost every week, there's another court-ordered release of police bodycamera videos that provide flashbacks

to the night the gunman turned the fun of the glittering Las Vegas Strip into a nightmare of death and despair.

And lawsuits by MGM Resorts International to force survivors to give up their right to sue the casino company that owns Mandalay Bay opened fresh wounds over the summer.

But the "Vegas Strong" T-shirts and car stickers have largely been put away. The original handmade white crosses for each victim have

long since been taken away from the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign to eventually reside in a museum in neighboring Henderson, though some new ones were brought in for the anniversary.

There has been no closure, at least officially. Authorities say they will likely never be able to determine what it was that turned a high-limit video poker player into a mass murderer.

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Former professor, alum now an award-winning economist

By Logan Raschke Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Barbara Fecso, a past student and instructor at Eastern, won the 2010 Class of Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award and is now working for the United States Department of Agriculture after a series of accomplishments as an economist.

Ali Moshtagh, associate professor and department chair of economics, said Fecso has a very important role in the USDA determining the prices of agricultural commodities. “(Fecso) is the person that has the most influence on the price of sugar in the United States,” he said. “(With the United States) being a major sugar user, (she) perhaps has some implication on the world’s price of sugar.”

Fecso does analytical work for the USDA and has proven to be an integral part of its operation, he said.

Fecso won the USDA’s Economist Group’s Economist of the Year Award in January 2017 for being “instrumental in the evaluation of, and potential modification to, the existing United States-Mexico suspension agreement governing sugar trade,” according to Eastern’s economics newsletter.

Since graduating from East-

ern, Fecso has also won the 2018 Farm Service Agency Administrator’s Award, the agency’s highest honor, for being on the Farm Bill Analytical Team and “providing both the House and Senate Agricultural Committees with timely, accurate, tothe-point analysis,” according to Eastern’s economics newsletter.

Now, Fecso stays in contact with Eastern and has communicated with the office of university development about funding scholarships for students, Moshtagh said.

He said Eastern is always happy to see when alumni have achieved much in their careers, and Fecso is no exception.

“We’re very proud of her,” he said.

For students majoring in economics, an important thing to learn from Fecso is the path she took to get where she is today, Moshtagh said. “(Fecso) was very dedicated to economics,” he said. “She strengthened her knowledge by doing a lot of quantitative analysis, and (she) is getting the rewards now.”

He said through hard work and determination, any Eastern student can achieve great things, and the university is proud when they do.

“We hope that other (alum-

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ni) who are successful in life let us know, too. We keep in touch with (them) all the time,” he said. “We want other people to know these are the things you can do with a degree in economics.”

Fecso received her Bachelor’s and Master’s in economics and taught at Eastern before she became a data analysis for the USDA, he said.

Moshtagh said Fecso taught principles of economics, macroeconomics and microeconomics when she taught at Eastern.

“Students loved to take her classes,” he said.

When Moshtagh first began working at Eastern, Fecso was already teaching, and he enjoyed being one of her colleagues.

“She was a very friendly, collegial person,” he said. “I remember all the friendly discussions and conversations we had … She was very appreciative of what Eastern had done for her.”

Getting award after award and growing so much as an economist is not easy—it takes a lot of hard work and dedication, but Fecso is proof that students at Eastern can do it, Moshtagh said.

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

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Chris Aghaei, a senior music major, practices Sunday afternoon in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

UB hosts transgender comedian Jeffrey Jay

By Mercury Bowen Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_News Transgender comedian Jeffrey Jay performed Friday night at the 7th Street Underground.

Though the show got off to a late start, Tess McArthy, the University Board human potential coordinator, said the event had a good turnout.

Jay said he was surprised at the turnout given the delay of the show.

“You all were really sweet,” Jay said to the attendees. “I can’t even believe that you all stayed.”

Jay opened the show with a few jokes about his voice and appearance, making clear he was not uncomfortable talking about his transition.

Jay also talked about his family, discussing coming out to his parents and how he interacts with his partner and his daughter.

For the question and answer session, Jay answered a few questions from the audience members and talked about some of the less polite questions he had received in the past.

Charlotte Williams, a junior marketing major, said she enjoyed

watching Jay’s performance.

“I really liked how it was interactive,” Williams said. “He was super open-minded and non-judgmental toward his audience, and that made it a really fun experience for everyone.”

Jurnee Evans, a freshman English major, said she heard about the show at a PRIDE meeting and was glad she attended.

“The storytelling was really cool,” Evans said. “You felt like you were along for the ride, like you were there.”

Part of Jay’s show involved discussion about his life before his transition and how he discovered who he was meant to be.

“I think you have very polite students,” Jay said of Eastern. “Sometimes that can be more difficult, because they’re so worried about creating a feeling or saying something offensive, which is nice, but then you don’t get to the juice.”

Jay said he was willing to speak about these things because it pertained to the show and he felt it could be informative and beneficial; however, he also said never to ask for such information from a transgender person because it could be considered highly offensive.

When he finished his performance, Jay put out an offer to the audience for anyone who wanted to speak personally with him about matters they were too shy or embarrassed to ask during the show.

Jay said if he could change one thing about the show, it would be the time he spent with attendees after the performance.

“I usually spend a lot more time hanging out after the show and getting to talk to people,” Jay said. “There are a lot of people who are too shy to ask.”

Of the performance, Jay said he enjoyed the back and forth conversation the most.

“I get to dive into things that are typically stories or something that’s not structured simply as a joke,” Jay said. “(I) get to be real, like being able to share a story about how loving my grandmother was. It’s really nice to be able to do that now with her just passing away and kind of get her memory to live on.”

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

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Say no

Don’t wait before it’s too late, seek help Having the power to just say no to drugs is something that everyone should be grateful for.

In today’s world, there are so many people whose lives have been taken over by drugs, and they struggle to break the habit and get sober.

We at The Daily Eastern News support anyone who can get the help they need and change their life for the better.

There are many people who feel that addiction is a disease, but others believe it is a choice.

We believe that temptation causes a user to make the choice to do drugs in the first place, but the addiction is a disease that is very powerful, and it can sadly take over one’s life.

There are so many outlets and organizations in the area to help a person who is struggling with addiction.

We believe that the first step a person needs to take is to admit that they do indeed have a problem.

Often, people know they have a problem, but their body is so addicted to the drug they cannot bring themselves to stop.

After admitting there is a problem, a person who is struggling with addiction needs to seek help from a rehabilitation center or some other kind of organization that can help the person to break the habit.

There have been many people in the world who have been through the dreadful disease of addiction, and some are lucky to break free.

We believe that it is possible to be one of those people to get out of the epidemic and lead a better lifestyle.

It has been pointed out by many recovering drug addicts that the addiction never goes away, but by getting help you can learn to avoid drugs and stay sober.

We at The Daily Eastern News encourage anyone who is suffering from addiction to seek help immediately.

You may not think that it is a problem in the beginning, but it is best to get help now before it becomes too late and you may not ever have a chance.

It is possible to just say no, but you have to want to say no, and you will have the power and strength to beat it.

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What being from southern Illinois means It has come to my attention, since I was a freshman here at Eastern two falls ago, that a lot of people from the Chicago area have no idea where I am from.

Not that I blame them any; us southerners visit Chicago because there are things to do there, no one says, “How about we go visit the corn fields of southern Illinois?”

If anything, my friends, and people I meet once, from Chicago may know where O’Fallon or Belleville are, or at least they know St. Louis. So I just say I am by those places.

My actual homestead is New Baden, population right around 3,300. Every time I mention that, everyone says, “That is so small!” Trust me, there are towns that have populations of 250 near New Baden.

More to the point, there are some common questions I receive from people about life down there, so I’ll address the biggest ones.

• How did you stay entertained?- No reactions or questions really irk me or “trigger” me when it comes to how rural my town is, but this one almost does after a while.

For some reason, it is a common belief that there is nothing down south.

My friends and I growing up did what most kids and teenagers do: hung out. Shocking, I know.

We may not be able to go to Chicago every weekend or every other weekend, but that is why you make friends. We would go to each other’s houses to chill, or to play video games, or to play

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When we were younger, we would ding dong ditch, or play man hunt (neighborhood hide and seek) in parts of town. There is a park in New Baden and, just 5 miles to the north, Trenton (these two towns made up my high school, Wesclin): both parks had many baseball and softball fields, as well as playgrounds and running trails. Then during school, we played sports, performed in the band, etc.

So, we did what any other kid does. We could also go to St. Louis for a day. We are not aliens down there.

• Are you a “redneck”- No, and while I know people who could be considered such, it is pretty funny to hear everyone assume we are all farm boys and girls. I will admit I have caught a southern drawl slipping out of my mouth every now and then, but we do not all talk like we are from the deep south or something.

For example, I know some people have never heard the phrase “pitch it” to mean to throw something away, which is odd to me admittedly. But, like I said, not everyone down there talks like (or even likes to listen to) Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney.

NASCAR is not on everyone’s television every Sunday. Life is pretty easy-going. We are normal.

Honestly, most of the people in my graduating class (and high school in general) never lived on a farm. I will give it to you, though, corn is everywhere. So, for your sake, I would not assume anyone is a “redneck” because the wrong person will not take kindly to that.

How would you like it if we assumed everyone from the Chicago area was stuck-up, snobby, a pretty boy or too rich to care about others, or too privileged?

Yeah, exactly.

This is not me bashing anyone from Chicago.

Like I said, I have friends from there and I love the city. This is just me addressing the two biggest questions I get about rural, southern Illinois.

It is funny and, it honestly catches me off guard, when someone assumes these things about where I am from and are shocked to hear that there is in fact life down there.

So, in conclusion, yes, we do have lives. No we are not all rednecks.

But, yes, corn is everywhere.

Dillan Schorfheide is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at 581-2812 or dtschorfheide@eiu.edu.

#MeToo is not enough, we need change now It is now nearly one year after the #MeToo movement swept the nation.

In the time since the #MeToo movement came to fruition, there have been dozens of reports of sexual assault and harassment.

Looking back, it is easy to see that the movement did have an effect.

That said, that effect has been both positive and negative.

People who were brave enough to share their stories have been mercilessly ridiculed and distained for their courage, with people forming teams to try to disprove their claims.

The worst part of this situation is that the logistics of the #MeToo movement make it terribly simple for those with the courage to post the hashtag to come under fire.

The phrase “Me Too,” used outside of the movement itself, is not thought of as a rallying cry.

It is not the fierce shout of brave souls prepared to fight for their rights.

“Me Too,” is the cry of an indignant child pleading for attention.

This is exactly why people find it so easy to ridicule those who use it.

Please note, I am not in any way saying this is

true of the brave people who used the hashtag to tell their stories.

I am simply saying that using #MeToo to tell one’s story is a good starting point, but nearly a year later people still have nowhere to go after.

There have been many isolated events in which abusers have been met with persecution because of the #MeToo movement, but they are just that: isolated.

Looking at the state of the nation nearly a year later, many of the same issues are still prevalent.

There is still a gender pay gap.

People are still attacked on social media for having the courage to talk about likely some of the

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most personal moments of their lives.

People are still discriminated against based on their gender.

To a certain extent, there will always be bias and discrimination in the world, however for the #MeToo movement to be truly effective these things should have been addressed on a much larger scale by now.

People should not have to live in fear of being attacked on social media for talking about such dark moments in their lives. #MeToo was not the answer to the issues that plague the country regarding the dark shroud veiling sexual abuse and harassment.

A movement like #MeToo may have been a good place to start, but the movement should have grown with a support system in place for those with the courage to speak out about their experiences. #MeToo has created some social change, but on a large scale it has given many of those who have used it the image of shame and ridicule, which is absolutely the last thing they need.

Mercury Bowen is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or at mjbowen@eiu.edu.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 A big event the club organizes is Sister-to-Sister, where they help younger students integrate into the collegiate community and start to develop themselves away from home, while simultaneously developing each woman’s professional skills.

T’amber Sherrod, the NACWC’s new member chair and a sociology major, said professionalism is an important topic for the club.

“Some of the biggest lessons we focus on are how to work with others and develop teamwork,” Sherrod said. “Two heads are better than one, and sometimes five are better than two. We are professional women, business women, so we try to focus and work on that every day by working on each other and working on ourselves.”

Greene said students just have to step out of their comfort zones.

“It can be intimidating to approach a group, but by learning to work with others now, we are opening a door to the professional world while making life-long friendships,” she said.

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they support one another, just as the original founders did two turns of a century ago.

Morgan Colvin, the co-vice president and a double major in political science and English, said that support has helped shape colored women and their influence on society for over one hundred years.

“The NACWC started in a time of discrimination against African American women and is the oldest organization to help in that movement. (Being a part of it is) exciting because it connects you with your history,” Colvin said. “It connects you with that passion … It’s just breathtaking to see the interaction.”

Colvin said the NACWC does more than just let her practice for her future careers.

“It also teaches me how to work in a big group with women in a world that is run by men. Women who look like me, are educated, succeeding and trying,” Colvin said.

The NACWC has worked to defy and change stereotypes for over a century, stereotypes of colored people and women by developing them on

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Even people who believe they know everything there is to know about safe sex should come to the session, he said.

“There’s a lot of stuff that might surprise some people, like the fact that there’s 18 steps to putting on a condom,” he said.

“A lot of people don’t know that, so even if people did have a good sexual education

in high school, there’s still some that they could learn.”

Attending Rubber Lovers sessions can help fill in the educational gaps high schools left, and it is a safe environment for discussion and questions, said Beaver.

“We want people to learn, so … the main portion of (Rubber Lovers) is inter-

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David Hagler (right), a junior business management major, helps Jessica Jimerson, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, blow up balloons Saturday night for a 90s-themed dance in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The dance was hosted by the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs.

an individual and communal level to something they all can and should be proud of, members said.

Morgan Colvin said she would sum up the NACWC in six words, in

what it stands for in our nation and in the young African American women who proudly claim membership for over one hundred years of trials, tribulations and, inevitably, tri-

umphs.

“It pushes us to be better,” Colvin said.

active, hands-on and participation,” she said. “It’s kind of conversational. You’re able to talk and ask questions, (and) it’s confidential. So, if you have questions about something very serious, we’ll talk to you about that and see what we can do to help.”

Dailey said he gets asked questions about every aspect of healthy, safe sex, and even he and the other health promotion coordinators learn new things every year.

“It’s just shocking what people don’t

know,” he said.

Dailey said anyone from Eastern including students, professors and staff can call HERC or come to their location at the Booth House with any questions or to set up a private appointment.

HERC also hosts a number of other informational open sessions about topics like healthy cooking, sex and consent, stress management, nutrition, healthy sleeping habits and alcohol education.

HERC hosts these open sessions every

week and everyone is welcome to attend, said Dailey.

Beaver said HERC is always available for students with questions about their health.

“We’re here to help,” she said. “I know that sounds cheesy, but we really are. We are a community on EIU’s campus, and we want to maintain that.”

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3 observations to consider after Panthers' 1st win

By JJ Bullock Sports Editor | @DEN_Sports It is tough to say if all the pieces finally fell together for the Eastern football team or if just a few of the right pieces fell in at just the right time as the Panthers picked up their first win of the season in a 52-38 win over Tennessee Tech on Saturday.

The offense looked good again as Eastern dropped a season-high 52-points on a Tennessee Tech defense that came into the game allowing 51 on average, but some of the demons that were to blame for Eastern’s 0-4 start to the season were still lurking in the shadows of Eastern’s win.

The win can come as a big sigh of relief for a team that desperately needed one after folding on a 21-point lead last week against Tennessee State.

Here are the three biggest takeaways from Eastern’s first win of the season.

Eastern has a very, very good quarterback problem.

These two guys just will not quit.

Since last Spring, quarterbacks Harry Woodbery and Johnathan Brantley have been locked in a quarterback battle for the ages. Both quarterbacks have been listed as the starting quarterbacks in four of the Panthers' five games this season, and every time one of them plays well, or bad for that matter, the other has matched.

Saturday’s game against Tennessee Tech was once again a demonstration

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Eastern quarterback Harry Woodbery drops back to pass against Indiana State on Sept. 15. The Panthers lost the game 55-41.

of the Panthers’ depth at quarterback.

Brantley was listed as the lone starter at

quarterback after he threw for 443 yards and four touchdowns in week three

against Indiana State. Against Tennessee State, Brantley exited the game and Woodbery responded by throwing for over 100-yards in the fourth quarter.

Saturday against Tennessee Tech, Brantley did not play because of an issue with his hip, leaving Woodbery alone in the driver’s seat at quarterback, and he delivered.

Woodbery completed 32 of 49 pass attempts for 339 yards and five touchdowns, rarely making a bad throw delivering a message to the rest of the OVC that Eastern definitely has two quarterbacks to be worried about.

So, while Eastern trudges forward into week six for a date with Murray State, still with no clear starting quarterback, Panther fans can rest easy knowing there are two very good options for Eastern to go to in any game.

The defense was not good, again.

The defense should take solace in the fact that the offense put up 52 points and 599 yards, creating just enough of a veil to hide that Eastern’s defense gave up 38 points and 526 yards to a team that came into the game averaging just 13 points per game.

Quarterback Bailey Fisher entered the game ranked last in the OVC in quarterback efficiency for Tennessee Tech, but the freshman picked apart Eastern’s secondary, which was without all-conference cornerback Mark Williams, for 383 yards and four touchdowns.

Eastern’s run defense was better than

it had been in weeks past and the pass rush was able to put up three sacks, two from defensive end Levi Watson, and keep Fisher uncomfortable for most of the game.

But the secondary struggled again with the same things it has been all season, getting beat in coverage and leaving players open in space all over the field.

Whew. They needed this one.

On paper, this was just a game between the OVC’s two bottom schools in the standings, but for the morale of the Eastern football team, the game meant so much more than that.

In week one Eastern lost to Arkansas in a game where it bizarrely coughed up five fumbles. Week two the Panthers were embarrassed by Illinois State on the road, week three the Panthers surrendered 51-point to Indiana State and in week four the real-gut punch came when Eastern gave up a 21-point lead to fall to Tennessee State in the conference opener.

Eastern all around was frustrated with its 0-4 start and especially after the Tennessee State loss, it felt like the Panthers could not catch a break on the field.

Although the Tennesse Tech game was not perfect, it cannot be overstated how important it is for this team to finally have a mark in the win column.

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

Men's soccer plays to scoreless draw with No. 4 Denver

By Dillan Schorfheide Assistant Sports Editor | @Eiu_journalist Jonathan Burke had been in the position to try and stop a penalty kick to keep Eastern in a soccer match.

In the season opener, which ended in a 2-0 victory for Eastern over Cincinnati, Burke, en route to a clean sheet, dove to his left and stopped Ryan Melink’s penalty kick in the 58th minute.

But Saturday on his team’s home field, with 21 minutes left in the first half, he looked the Division I leading scorer for men’s soccer in the face. Burke had a

chance to stop a penalty kick from the captain of the No. 4 team in the nation, the same team who has won at least a share of the last five regular season Summit League crowns.

Andre Shinyashiki, who has been a prolific scorer this year, even more so than last year when he was the 2017 Summit League Offensive Player of the Year, hit his penalty kick to his left.

And Burke stopped it.

“I was just planning to do my job, what (head coach Kiki Lara) said, be aware, be ready for those moments,” Burke, who grabbed his third clean sheet

of the season Saturday, said. “We watched film on him, so that’s how we scouted the PK, and kind of just off the judgment call really. But more than that just my feeling.”

Eastern’s defense kicked the rebound away from its box and out of bounds as Burke, his teammates and the crowd yelled their loudest and hyped the Panthers (2-5-3) for the rest of the game to a 0-0 draw with Denver (8-0-2).

Burke’s penalty kick save, though it was early in the match, was the tipping point for Shinyashiki, who was frustrated by Eastern the whole game.

“Particularly it was our main goal be-

cause he has scored 19 goals in nine games, and we knew that, just to give him like two or three yards he would have a chance to score a goal,” defender Edgar Mesa said.

Eastern had better chances to score than Denver, getting the same number of total shots (8), but five of them on goal.

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Even with the five shots on goal, Lara said he wants more chances to score from his team.

Mesa, Burke and Lara all said the draw and the way Eastern played will help the team going forward. “(Denver) is ranked fourth in the nation, so now we are hyped up because we know that we can beat a (ranked fourth) team,” Mesa said.

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By Adam Tumino Women’s Soccer Reporter | @DEN_Sports After losing to Belmont 3-1 on Friday, the Eastern women’s soccer team capped off their four-match homestand by playing OVC-leading Tennessee-Martin to a scoreless draw on Sunday afternoon.

On Friday, the lone Panther goal was scored by Angela Corcoran. It was her first career goal.

But the Panther defense could not contain the Bruins offense, surrendering all three goals in the second half.

Moving ahead, Sunday was senior day for the Panthers, with Maddie Lyon, Kayla Stolfa, Kate Olson and Elisabeth Held being honored in a pregame ceremony.

The game itself was a defensive struggle as Tennessee-Martin managed just four shots on goal. Eastern managed one shot on goal.

Neither team could find the net, and Tennessee-Martin, who entered the match on a five-game win streak, left Lakeside Field with that streak broken.

The match was physical for both teams. Eastern tallied 12 fouls and Tennessee-Martin added 15.

Three Panthers, Kate Olson, Pilar Barrio and Angela Corcoran, picked up yellow cards.

Head coach Jake Plant said it is important for the players to keep a level head in physical contests.

“Composure and professionalism is key in a game like that, because it’s very easy for it to get out of hand,” Plant said.

Even as the physical play continued into the over time perio d s , t h e Pa n t h e r s k e p t p u s h ing the ball on offense. “(The team) has done a great job of working their opponent and pushing all the way to the end,” Plant said. “On Friday too, de-

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Senior members of the Eastern women’s soccer team pose with family members during a pregame ceremony for senior day on Sept. 30. Left to right; Maddie Lyon, Kayla Stolfa, Kate Olson and Elisabeth Held.

spite the loss, they pushed all the way through to the final whistle.”

While the offense pushed, the defense held off Tennessee-Martin’s attempts to score.

Anchored by junior goalkeeper Sara Teteak and her four saves, the Panther defense earned their OVC-leading sixth shutout.

Plant said he thought the defensive play was “excellent” against Tennessee-Martin.

“They’re a very dangerous team with very good offensive players, and they didn’t score against us,” Plant said. “I think that’s a testament to what we’ve been working on in training. It’s a testament to the girls’ desire.”

Although they did not pick up a victory, Plant said he was pleased with the team’s weekend performance Sunday.

“On a weekend like this, with

senior day, you can’t ask for much more from the girls,” he said.

Junior forward Sarah DeWolf did not play in either weekend match. She was on the sidelines with her right ankle wrapped for both matches. She had crutches on Friday but was walking around the sidelines without them on Sunday.

The Panthers will be on the road for the first time in three

weeks on Oct. 7 to face Southern Illinois Edwardsville. It is Eastern’s only match that weekend.

Their next home match will be on Thursday, Oct. 11, and it will be their final home match of the season.

Adam Tumino can be reached at 581-2812 or ajtumnio@eiu.edu.

Volleyball team drops two matches, honors ‘98 team

By Adam Tumino Sports Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern volleyball team lost a pair of OVC matches over the weekend in Lantz Arena, dropping their conference record to 1-3. The team is 6-13 overall.

On Friday night against Southeast Missouri, the Panthers lost the first two sets in dramatic fashion.

The first set ended 30-28, and the second set ended 27-25.

Eastern jumped out to an early lead in the first set and led by as much as eight points but were unable to stop Southeast Missouri’s comeback effort. The Panthers then lost the second set before winning sets three and four to force a decisive fifth set, which they lost 15-11.

Laurel Bailey and Abby Knight each finished with 16 kills in the match and had 21 and 18 points respectively.

On Saturday afternoon, the Panthers played Tennessee-Martin. In attendance at Lantz Arena were members of the 1998 OVC-champion Eastern volleyball team. They were also recognized in a ceremony following the second set.

The Panthers dropped the first two sets once again, dropping the second set 25-12. But they won the third set 26-24 as the ’98 team

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Eastern sophomore Laurel Bailey dives in front of fellow sophomore Madison Cunningham to receive a Southeast Missouri serve on Sept. 28. The Panthers lost the match 3-2.

cheered them on.

How e v e r, Te n n e s s e e - Ma r t i n pulled away in the fourth set and won 25-19.

With the exception of the second set on Sunday, the scores were close near the end of every set.

Eastern head coach Julie Allen said that she thinks her team is capable

of finishing off those close sets.

“I need to express to (the team) how confident I am in them and their skills,” she said. “What’s exciting is we’re taking tough matches with tough opponents and we’re b r i n g i n g t h e m t o f o u r o r f i ve (sets).”

After losing the first two sets in

both weekend matches, Allen said the team will look to avoid repeating that in the future.

“That’s definitely something we need to work on this week,” Allen said. “But it’s great that they’re able to come back and fight in (sets) three and four.”

Allen also spoke about having

the 1998 team in attendance.

“They still have a ton of fire, and I love it,” Allen said. “I want us to have that, too.”

Kim Rosenlund was a sophomore outside-hitter on the 1998 team and said the team is still keeping in touch. “ S o c i a l m e d i a h a s h e l p e d ,” Rosenlund said. “We’ve gotten together one or two times over the years, but this is the first time all of us are together.”

Sunday was the first time the team had all been together at Eastern since the 1998 season, and Rosenlund said that they enjoyed sharing their experiences with the current team.

“What we had when we played was really special,” Rosenlund said.

She added that she and several of her former teammates coach now and have yet to experience a team with that same fire or chemistry. They told the current team not to take each other for granted and to enjoy what they do.

The 2018 Panthers are on the road for the next two weekends playing four conference matches.

They will be home again on Oct. 19 for a conference showdown with Eastern Kentucky.

Adam Tumino can be reached at 581-2812 or ajtumino@eiu.edu.