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WEEKEND LOSS

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Its season started strong, but the Eastern baseball team ended up being swept in a series at Georgia State.

The Eastern softball team’s 10-game winning streak came to an end on Saturday with a 6-3 loss.

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Cultural Connections GlobalFest came to Eastern for the first time in its 25-year run on Saturday. The festival is a program for Illinois high schools and middle schools, meant to celebrate different cultures and foreign language education.

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High school students from across Illinois participate in a parade of nations in Lantz Arena for 2018 GlobalFest, hosted this year by Eastern. The parade was lead by international high school exchange students who were carrying the flags of the country they are from.

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Eastern alumnus Chris Dennis teaches high school kids basic Russian in Coleman Hall at the 2018 GlobalFest on Saturday afternoon. Dennis’ sessions were always full and there was a line for the next one every time.

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Christiane Eydt-Beebe, (left) chair of the foreign language department, introduces Tanner Skym, (right) a senior history major, in Lantz Arena at the 2018 GlobalFest Saturday afternoon hosted this year by Eastern. Skym, an Elvis impersonator, performed for high school students from around the state that came for the event. Skym sang in German, Italian and English.

CUPB hears about Glassman’s higher ed testimony

By Brooke Schwartz Administration Reporter | @brookesch_wartz The Council on University Planning and Budgeting met on Friday to discuss newly added majors and Eastern President David Glassman’s most recent testimony to the state senate appropriations higher education committee.

The Council on Academic Affairs created and approved many new programs, provost Jay Gatrell reported.

He said a lot of the new majors or major options had been created using existing courses and faculty members.

“As you know, historically over the past three years, there has been a real commitment to creating new programs using existing curricula and courses, which obviously reduces the overall cost of delivery to the campus community,” Gatrell said.

Last Thursday, Glassman, accompanied by Gatrell and Paul McCann, the interim vice president

for business affairs, testified to the state senate appropriations higher education committee regarding Eastern and its past and future budgeting.

At the meeting, Glassman said he told the committee how Eastern adapted on its own and how the university had been retroactive in decreasing its budget, even before the impasse started two years ago.

Glassman said the committee asked him if he supported the proposed common application for all public Illinois universities, and he said he is

supportive of it. “(Committee members) wanted to know whether we support having a single application form that is a common app for all the public universities in the state of Illinois, of which I said I favor that, and I could see some advantages of that,” Glassman said. “(It) will allow students, all students, to learn more about each university to find their best match.”

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After Parkland, idle school threats get tough response MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fifteen students in one Florida school district are facing felony charges and prison time for making alleged threats since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre. Meanwhile, an autistic Minnesota high school student whose alleged threat led to a six-hour lockdown is in juvenile court and has received an outpouring of sympathy.

The Feb. 14 killings of 17 people in Parkland, Florida, have ignited a wave of copycat threats, as happens after nearly every high-profile school shooting. Most prove unfounded, but cause big disruptions to schools while tying up police for hours or even days.

Experts say authorities’ swift responses are underscoring a climate in which even idle threats will result in serious consequences.

“Kids make bad decisions and I think that in decades past those decisions would have been addressed behind closed doors with the principal and parents,” said Ken Trump, president of National School Safety and Security Services, a Cleveland-based consulting company. “Now they’re being addressed behind closed doors in the police station and the courtroom.”

The Volusia County Schools system in east-central Florida isn’t taking chances. Sheriff Michael Chitwood made it clear he had a zero-tolerance policy as threats began after Parkland. On Thursday, he went further, saying students or their families would have to pay the costs of the investigations — at least $1,000 and sometimes much more.

District spokeswoman Nancy Wait said the message is clear: We’re not joking around.

“Unfortunately that word didn’t get to the students and we started seeing more students making threats in the classroom, and that was frightening to their classmates,” she said. “Most of the time these students didn’t have access to weapons, but they were still making threats to shoot up their schools.”

Don Bridges, president of the National Association of School Resource Officers and a veteran of 16 years on duty at Franklin High School in suburban Baltimore, said the number of threats goes down when districts send a strong message that they won’t be tolerated.

The Educator’s School Safety Network, which tracks reports of school

threats and violent incidents across the country, has documented a spike since Parkland. The Ohio group counted 797 as of Sunday. Most (743) were for threats of various kinds, including gun and bomb threats. The threats were made mostly via social media (331) and verbally (119).

That amounts to about a sevenfold increase in the usual rate, director of programs Amy Klinger said.

“The mentality has shifted in a very short period of time from kids being kids to this is very serious stuff,” she said. She expects consequences of post-Parkland threats to be harsher than before.

“They almost have to be,” she said.

“Do we want to do this for the rest of the school year? Do we want to have this constant chaos and fear, and people being upset? How much learning is going on?”

Democrats seek to help wealthy, responding to tax changes CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — Resistance to the Republican tax overhaul comes with an ideological twist for some Democratic state officials: They’ve styled themselves as champions of the working class but are pushing hard for measures that would reduce taxes mostly for the wealthy.

Democratic governors and lawmakers in a handful of high-income, high-tax states are promoting policies that are intended to spare their residents the pain of the new $10,000 cap on deductions for state and local taxes. Connecticut, New Jersey and New York are even planning to sue the federal government over the new cap, which was a key provision of the Republican tax overhaul adopted in December.

The legislative workarounds have moved swiftly through state Senate chambers in California and New Jersey. A bill with similar components passed the Oregon Senate and House in the last two weeks. The concept is under consideration in Connecticut, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia.

Proponents say the cap on state and local tax deductions disproportionately affects states controlled by Democrats and raises the cost of living. They say that has the potential to drive well-off residents to other states.

California state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, a Democrat sponsoring the bill there, said the state budget would take a big hit if wealthier residents flee California because they pay the bulk of the taxes.

“We have to offer services like schools, like health care, like resources for senior citizens who have Alzheimer’s,” he said.

John Moorlach, a Republican state senator, finds irony in the Democrats’ efforts.

Last year, a Democratic colleague sarcastically thanked him for taking a stance that would protect yacht owners. This year, Moorlach had a retort: “It’s rich that you guys are trying to help the wealthy now in California,” he said at a January committee meeting. “So welcome aboard.”

No exemptions from tariffs, says White House WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration appears unbowed by broad domestic and international criticism of his planned import tariffs on steel and aluminum, saying Sunday that the president is not planning on exempting any countries from the stiff duties.

Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said: “At this point in time there’s no country exclusions.”

Trump’s announcement Thursday that he would impose tariffs of 25 percent and 10 percent, respectively, on imported steel and aluminum, roiled markets, rankled allies and raised prospects for a trade war.

While his rhetoric has been focused on China, the duties will also cover significant imports from Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Japan and the European Union.

The Pentagon had recommended that Trump only pursue targeted tariffs, so as not to upset American partners abroad. But Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Sunday that was not the direction the president would take.

“He’s talking about a fairly broad brush,” Ross said on ABC’s “This Week.” He rejected threats of retaliation from American allies as “pretty trivial.”

Few issues could blur the lines of partisanship in Trump-era Washing-

ton. Trade is one of them.

Labor unions and liberal Democrats are in the unusual position of applauding Trump’s approach, while Republicans and an array of business groups are warning of dire economic and political consequences if he goes ahead with the tariffs.

China’s Xi poised to make historic grab at indefinite rule BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping is poised to make a historic power grab as China’s legislators gather beginning Monday to approve changes that will let him rule indefinitely and undo decades of efforts to prevent a return to crushing dictatorship.

This year’s gathering of the ceremonial National People’s Congress has been overshadowed by Xi’s surprise move — announced just a week ago — to end constitutional two-term limits on the presidency. The changes would allow Xi, already China’s most powerful leader in decades, to extend his rule over the world’s second-largest economy possibly for life.

“This is a critical moment in China’s history,” said Cheng Li, an expert on elite China politics at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

The move is widely seen as the culmination of the 64-year-old Xi’s efforts since being appointed leader of the ruling Communist Party in 2012 to concentrate power in his own hands and defy norms of collective leadership established over the past two decades. Xi has appointed himself to head bodies that oversee national security, finance, economic reform and other major initiatives, effectively sidelining the party’s No. 2 figure, Premier Li Keqiang.

Once passed, the constitutional amendment would upend a system enacted by former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1982 to prevent a return to the bloody excesses of a lifelong dictatorship typified by Mao Zedong’s chaotic 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution.

“Deng Xiaoping’s abolishment of lifetime tenure for the leadership and more institutionalized transitions in power are very much in question,” said Li, the politics expert.

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Celebration needs participants Celebration: A Festival of the Arts is looking for people to participate in this year’s art show, scheduled for April 21 and 22.

After being canceled in 2016 and 2017 because of Illinois’ budget impasse, Celebration is making its return this year. The entire festival will be April 20, 21 and 22.

According to a press release, it will feature artists who work in a variety of media, including ceramics, pottery, drawing, glass, jewelry, photography,

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printmaking, sculpting, watercolor, painting, fibers and mixed media.

“We like to feature a wide range of art of festival guests,” said Celebration director Dan Crews, also the director of programming, publicity and promotions for the Doudna Fine Arts Center, in the press release.

Only original work is shown at Celebration. An online application is available at www.eiu.edu/celebration.

The press release states that festival organizers are also interested in showcasing artists who could demonstrate how they created their art.

Check out a collection of student art, photography, creative writing, poetry,

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Call (217) 581-2812 for information.

The festival has room for 50 art booths. Each booth will be given a 12foot by 12-foot area to display their art. The hours of the art show are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Along with the two-day art show, Celebration will also feature live music, theatre presentations, children’s art activities, exhibitions and food vendors.

Admission to the festival is free.

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By Maggie Runge Contributing Writer | @DEN_News For most incoming college students interested in Greek Life, the fall of their freshman year is where they begin their search. For a few students at Eastern, however, this was not the case.

Sammie Mackey, a junior elementary education major, joined Alpha Sigma Alpha, during the spring semester of her freshman year.

Like most incoming freshmen, Mackey originally planned to join Greek Life as an incoming freshman her first semester on campus. However, she said the fall recruitment process became too much for her and she withdrew herself from the process. Serena Clearwater, a psychology major who went through recruitment in the fall, said recruitment is a weeklong process where individuals interested in joining Greek chapters go from chapter house to chapter house, introducing themselves and getting to know current chapter members. For sororities, the first day is when everyone meets for an orientation to get the “dos and don’ts” of the process. On the second day, everyone is required to visit each chapter house so each chapter has a fair chance at new members. At the end of the evening, the chapters are put in order from most desired to least desired by each participant. This process continues until the final day, when participants have their “preference” round and choose the top few chapters they hope to join. Clearwater said the fall recruitment can be an “overwhelming recruitment process.”

Instead of going this route, Mackey tried Greek Life again, this time during the spring semester of her freshman year.

“Spring recruitment is very different

from the fall,” Mackey said.

According to Mackey, spring recruitment is less structured and consists of more informal open houses than the typical recruitment experience in the fall. During fall recruitment, the day-today activities are scheduled and planned out, while during spring recruitment, participants can choose which chapter houses they wish to attend. Mackey said this informal, “get-to-know-you” style of recruitment best fit her needs.

Clearwater herself has an unusual recruitment story, as she rushed later in her career at Eastern as a junior.

As a transfer student, Clearwater had no past experience with Greek Life, but she still came to Eastern from Lewis University her junior year with the desire to join a sorority. As a transfer student, she was the oldest in her pledge class.Being the oldest among her peers did not stop Clearwater. She saw the age gap as an opportunity for leadership and is now the vice president of community service for the Panhellenic Council. Clearwater said going through recruitment and joining Greek Life at an older age gave her a slight advantage. Having experience as a college student, Clearwater said she has a bit more knowledge about balancing the different aspects of university life. Clearwater has no regrets when it comes to her recruitment process, other than wishing she had gone to Eastern all four years.

She said the earlier one joins a sorority or fraternity, the longer they get to experience life with their letters.

Joining Greek Life is “not for four years – it’s for life,” Clearwater said.

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Be safe, even when going out College, for many, is remembered as a time of being carefree. A time of being young, and participating in the infamously crazy college parties that T.V. shows and movies have glorified forever.

Though as college students, we want everyone to have fun, throw back and get whatever we need to out of our systems before getting to the “real world,” our actions as students still have consequences. That means one wild, drunken night of mistakes could easily turn into a lifetime of reparations if things go too wrong.

During events such as Unofficial, or really any day when there will be partying and, with that, drinking involved, it is still important to be responsible and take responsibility for others.

One part of being responsible is making sure the people you’re with are OK.Make sure your friends are getting back safely and stick together when you go out.

For example, it is disheartening to see girls walking home alone from the bars when the only reason they are doing so is because their friends don’t want to leave the party. You can take the five minutes to walk your friend to a safe location. You never know— that five minutes you take could prevent any number of bad things from happening.

Your fun should not impede on anybody else’s right to have a peaceful night, nor should it impede on anyone’s safety. Pick up your trash at the end of the night and throw it away instead of throwing it on somebody’s yard.

Know how much you can consume, and make sure you drink responsibly. This means not getting so drunk you pass out in the middle of the road, but it also means not getting so drunk that you’re screaming and acting obnoxiously in a public place.

A night of fun is never worth anything that could harm your future or general well-being.

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Be careful when giving second chances I used to always think everybody who has wronged me deserved a second chance to be a better person. I’ve since realized that most people don’t have intentions on becoming and developing themselves into better people, so why give them a second chance to act the same as they did before?

I caught myself telling my sisters at my nephew’s birthday party recently that when people show you who they are, we need to believe them. I don’t know what the human fascination is with having such a persistent faith that those who suck are somehow “faking it” and are different than what they show us.

People constantly validate other individuals’ crappy actions by saying “that isn’t who he/she really is,” when that person is making it clear as day who they are and what their intentions are.

I’ve noticed that people like to hang on to this fascination and repeatedly end up hurt.

If a strange-looking woman broke into your house and told you they are a murderer and will kill you and your fami-

Liz Stephens ly, you should probably believe them, not make excuses of “maybe they just will change their ways and I’ll be the exception” or “maybe I can change them.” If you put this mindset into context, even though that scenario is extremely dramatic and fake, it sounds silly to make excuses for those who aren’t trying to hide who they are from us.

If someone tells you their intentions and shows you who they are, believe them the first time and accept it instead of hoping they will be different.

Liz Stephens is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or lstephens@eiu.edu.

Good habits to add to Sunday lists Sunday, the designated lazy day, is a staple in human culture. It is dedicated to catching up on television rather than getting a head start on the week’s anticipated responsibilities.

If you’re like me, how you start the week sets the tone for the rest of the days following will go.

As much as I love a day off from school or work, at the same time I struggle with adopting and embracing laziness.

I cannot just do nothing. I need to accomplish at least one thing off my mental checklist, no matter how small it is, to feel like I have some sort of grasp on the week waiting for me.

The activities on this checklist vary and are picked based on my energy level on that given Sunday. They are not directly related to school, like getting a significant lead on homework assignments and studying (I am not that ambitious, but, hey, it is all about baby steps).

Rather, they are little mental warm-up exercises to build me up to the serious, school-first mentality I need to cope with the stress and expectations Monday through Thursday.

In order of difficulty beginning with the easiest task to the most difficult, I recommend you add this to your Sunday routine: Make yourself a cup of coffee or tea right after you wake. This brings you out of bed and gets your veins pumping with a warm wake-up call.

Make your bed. Keep yourself from going back into the cocoon. Spread your wings a little and stay outside the covers.

Clean off your desk. Every weekend, I run through my room like a tornado, and my desk is always the biggest victim. It becomes a harbor for dirty clothes, garbage and many other items that prevent it from being available to be used for

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Make a Spotify playlist that is weirdly specific. Fill it with songs that are perfect for the current weather. Pick songs that will drag you out of the mid-week funk that looms every Wednesday when Friday still feels too far away.

Give someone a call from somewhere outside of Charleston or Eastern. My go-to people are my best friend Ryan, who goes to school at Marquette, and my grandpa, who lives in Michigan. Our conversations always put me in a good mood, whether we are telling each other that we miss each other or are sharing news from the previous week.

Find somewhere in your residence hall, house or apartment, or on campus, that is new. Bring a book you haven’t finished or one that you love to reread. Conquering a few chapters not only exercises your brain, but it also brings you to a different place mentally and physically.

Create. If there is any sorority stereotype that I am the poster child for, it is crafting —paddles, canvases, banners … you name it, I have painted it. I have several quotes saved on my phone

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Second chances should be thought through for those who recognize their behavior and are making an actual effort to change.

Everybody has their own ways where they fall short or aren’t the best. Some deserve grace, where we recognize we aren’t all perfect and can make mistakes.

People need to recognize the difference between people making mistakes and people taking advantage of them because they are consistently forgiven for those mistakes.

I had to learn the hard way, by loving an uncle with a drug addiction, that mistakes are accidents, and people who do things to hurt you but keep doing them after already being forgiven do so intentionally.

It is important to learn the balance of when second chances are deserved and when you are just giving someone a free pass to keep repeating their behavior.

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that remind me of my loved ones or myself that I choose to paint every week. It is therapeutic and it has a result that looks and feels beautiful.

Go on a walk. Embrace the “sun” in Sunday. I usually head toward the Charleston Square. It is a long enough walk that brings me a taste of different scenery without being too strenuous. If I am feeling really ambitious, I take a longer route and go to Starbucks, where I can reward myself with overpriced coffee.

Wash your bed sheets. More often than not, I fail to complete the second task on this list and I am tempted to spend all day in bed.

By stripping your bed, you strip away the ability to do this and you find yourself with the time to complete another one of these tasks while your sheets are washing and drying.

Plus, there is literally nothing better than hopping into a bed at night with fresh sheets. I dare you to challenge me and find something that comes close to this simple joy.

Rearrange your room or a room in your house.

I typically do this when I am procrastinating and usually, I end up putting the furniture back in its original positions.

Although the physical results may not seem impressive, it is an activity that gives you control for the outcome. It is comforting and gets you moving.

By doing one of these 10 things, you can break the drowziness of Sundays with a small activity that is fulfilling on a larger scale than expected.

Carole Hodorowicz is a junior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or cdhodorowicz@eiu.edu.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 This contradicts previous opinions voiced by faculty members on the effects of a common application, with some saying it would end up hurting Eastern in the long run.

History professor Bailey Young and economics professor Teshome Abebe helped plan a faculty senate forum that took place earlier this year, which looked at threats to higher education, such as the one application proposal.

During the forum, Abebe said the bill might look promising to students and parents, but he does not know who else would support it.

Young said proposed higher education changes, such as this common application, would be harmful to Illinois universities.

“My great concern is that the thinking, if it can be called that, behind this sort of legislation is ‘let’s save money by centralizing things on the assumption that one size fits all,’” Young said at the forum.

However, Glassman said he thinks Eastern would benefit from this type of legislation.

“I think that more individuals will know about Eastern, and what our programs are, and what a great value that Eastern is,” Glassman said. “We’re pleased to tell as many students as are out there, prospective students, what Eastern is all about.”

Glassman will be testifying to the house appropriations higher education committee later this week.

McCann said Eastern will stay within budget this fiscal year and will be receiving the $3 million promised from the state in 2017 sometime in March, while the other promised $18 million has no set release date.

Mentioned at the meeting was, Admitted Student Day, which took place last Saturday and included over 220 potential freshmen, 25 percent of whom have already put down a down payment for the 2018-2019 school year.

The next CUPB meeting will take place 9 a.m. April 6 in the Arcola/Tuscola room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, when it will be discussing athletics.

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

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Winning streak ends at 10 for Panthers

By JJ Bullock Assistant Sports Editor | @DEN_News The Eastern softball team’s 10-game winning streak came to an end on Saturday with a 6-3 loss to AlabamaBirmingham. With that, a losing streak began for the Panthers.

Alabama-Birmingham and the Panthers were tied at 3-3 in the top of the seventh inning when senior pitcher Jessica Wireman was replaced by senior Michelle Rogers on the mound after giving up a single. Rogers promptly gave up an RBI single, and then on the next better, gave up a two-run home run.

Eastern got two runners on base in the bottom of the seventh but were unable to bring them around to score; thus, beginning a losing streak for the Panthers.

Eastern left fielder Breya Cooper was 3-of-4 with an RBI in that game. Alabama-Birmingham’s catcher Sarah Crawford went 2-of-4 with four RBIs and was responsible for the home run hit in the bottom of the seventh inning.

"We learned a lot on Saturday as a team. There is a difference between playing to win and not playing to lose," Eastern head coach Kim Schuette said. "I'm glad we came back in the UAB game to tie it up. They got a big hit when they needed it."

In another late-inning loss on Saturday, the Panthers fell to Maryland 3-2 in an eight-inning game.

Maryland won the game on a walk-off single hit by sophomore Amanda Brashear. The run came unearned, as earlier in the inning Kassidy Cross reached on an error. Wireman was in to pitch for the Panthers when the walk-off single happened; however, it was Rogers who was credited with the loss.

"The Maryland game taught us a lot offensively with our approach at the plate," Schuette said. "We didn't have a lot of chances but (Haley Mitchell) leads up the seventh (inning) with a base hit and (Mia) Davis hits it over the scoreboard to tie it up."

"In this tournament they played international tiebreaker. It was a close one that stung a little bit to lose," Schuette said.

On Sunday, however, Eastern ended its short losing streak at two games when it beat Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis 8-4.

Catcher Andrea Roberts had three RBIs for the Panthers; she had a two RBI single in the fourth inning and

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Senior Kiley Pelker throws the ball to second to attempt a double play in a game in March 2017. The Panthers finished the weekend 1-3 after winning 10 games in a row before this weekend.

drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning.

Freshman pitcher Valerie Thompson was pulled in the third inning when Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis scored three runs in the third inning to take a 3-1 lead. She was replaced by Rogers, who pitched the final four innings giving up just one run.

Eastern scored four runs in the fourth inning to retake the lead 4-3, one that it would hold for the rest of the game.

The Panthers were shutout by Louisville 6-0 on Sun-

day to end the four-game tournament with a 1-3 record.

Louisville took a 5-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back. Wireman gave up all five runs in the inning. Louisville catcher Madison Cousineau hit a two RBI double off Wireman in the inning.

Two of the runs given up by Wireman were unearned as there was an error by Eastern on the first batter of the game.

Eastern’s record moves to 13-6 on the season after the tournament. The team plays again next weekend in the

Holy City Showdown in Charleston, SC. Schuette said the team doesn't worry about records or stats, they worry about games and wins.

"It's not about 1-3, it's about we really learned some things that will really help us in the days to come," Schuette said.

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

Women’s tennis wins 2 of 3 over weekend

By Dillan Schorfheide Women’s tennis reporter | @DEN_Sports

After having a weekend off from competing in any tennis matches, Eastern’s women’s tennis team had a three-match weekend and walked away with a pair of victories and a loss to DePaul.

Eastern swept its doubleheader in Champaign Friday, first defeating Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis 5-2 in the morning, then defeating the University of Illinois Springfield 6-1 in the afternoon.

Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis fell to 3-9 for the season, and Illinois Springfield dropped to 6-3 on the season.

Adding in the Panthers’ 6-1 loss on Sunday, DePaul improved to 5-5 with its victory, while Eastern came away from the weekend 6-9 overall.

Coach Sam Kercheval said the weekend off last week gave the team a chance to get extra

recovery time. Junior Abby Carpenter agreed, saying the time off helped them this weekend.

“Our whole team went into the matches well-rested and relaxed, which accounted for a successful weekend,” she said.

Unlike many of the Panthers’ matches earlier in the season, Eastern won both doubles points against its opponents Friday, something Kercheval said is important to do.

Freshman Claire Martin said it was a great way to start off the weekend.

Against Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis, Eastern won all three doubles matches for the point, and against Illinois Springfield, the Panthers won two of the three doubles matches to secure the team point.

Both points were not necessary, though, because the Panthers played well in the singles portion of the competition to secure the sweep of the doubleheader.

Three of Eastern’s singles points came

without much of a headache.

Sophomore Stella Cliffe, and Carpenter and junior Srishti Slaria all won their singles matches in straight sets, winning all their sets by an average of four points.

Sophomore Emily Pugachevsky had to battle a bit harder to earn her victory, winning a tiebreaking third set over Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis’ Samantha Mayer 6-2, 6-7, 1-0.

Almost in the same tune as Friday’s morning match, the Panthers won all of their singles points against Illinois Springfield in straight sets.

Cliffe, Slaria, Pugachevsky, Martin and freshman Karla Contreras won in straight sets by an average margin of victory of just under five points per set.

Cliffe had the closest of any singles match, winning both sets 7-6.

Sunday brought a complete opposite result of both matches Friday.

DePaul controlled the match from the opening mark, taking the doubles point by defeating all three of Eastern’s duos.

The Panthers’ solo point came from Carpenter, who defeated her opponent, Alina Kuzmenko, in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

Carpenter finished with a 2-0 record for the weekend.

“Personally, having more time to practice and work on skills these past two weeks allowed me to be more confident with my game and overall mental attitude coming into my two matches,” Carpenter said.

The next time the Panthers have a match is the weekend coming back from spring break, when the Panthers host their first home match of the spring and start conference play against Jacksonville State on Friday the 16th.

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Eastern swept by Georgia State in 3 games

By Maher Kawash Baseball Reporter | @DEN_Sports The Eastern baseball team saw its hot start to the season diminish after being swept in a three-game series at Georgia State.

The Panthers put their fivegame winning streak on the line, but that ended abruptly on the road with the toughest loss coming in extra innings in game three 6-5.

Georgia State got off to a head start with a two-run first against freshman Blake Malatestinic, who started things out on the mound for Eastern.

The Panthers finally hit their stride in the eighth inning, where they brought home four runs to notch a 5-4 lead after redshirt junior Hunter Morris sent out a grand slam to mark his second home run of the series.

Morris has torn it up at the plate to start this season, hitting .357 in 10 games with three home runs and 12 RBIs. But the late-inning pitching fell through for Eastern, as Georgia State answered with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth, which was followed by a gamewinning RBI base hit in the 12th inning off senior Dustin Wilson to give Georgia State the threegame sweep.

Wilson fell to 1-1 on the season with the loss, and the rest of the series followed somewhat of a similar trend as relief pitching was a struggle the whole weekend for Eastern.

I n g a m e o n e , t h e Pa n t h e r s jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, but that disappeared in a fourrun sixth inning, handing sophomore Alex Stevenson the loss in

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Senior Michael Starcevich delivers a pitch in a game March 2017 at Tointon Family Stadium against Kansas State. The Panthers were swept this weekend against Georgia State.

that one.

Stevenson allowed four runs in 5.2 innings pitched, but he also struck out a season-high five batters at the plate.

He even scored a run while going 2-for-5 on the day.

The Panthers had some bright spots in the weekend offensively, despite not having a very high amount of runs scored.

Most of the runs that have been scored can be credited to senior Dougie Parks as he knocked in two more over the weekend to put him at eight for the season.

Parks did see his eight-game winning streak snapped though, with a 0-for-4 appearance in game three, but he still boasts a .293 batting average.

The rest of the team has also

been pretty consistent offensively with five players hitting over .300, and another four with an average of at least .250 The Panthers now search for an end to their three-game losing streak, but they will have to do so against some tougher competition this week.

Eastern heads to Columbia, Mo. to face Missouri followed by

another SEC opponent in Ole Miss as the two battle in a threegame series over the weekend.

The Panthers have just six more games before the start of conference play.

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

OVC tournament attendance increased in 2018

By Maher Kawash Basketball Reporter | @DEN_Sports For just the second time in 24 years, the OVC hosted its annual men’s and women’s basketball tournament in a city other than Nashville, Tenn., but the new home of Evansville, Ind. brought in much more attendance.

The later rounds brought in more fans than early on as the men’s championship game between Belmont and Murray State had about 3,000 more people in attendance than last year, while the semifinal round had increased by about 1,000 people.

It did not come early on in the tournament, though, as the first few games had lower attendance at the Ford Center than the year before.

To compare, the first round of the men’s tournament last year brought in 1,043 fans in attendance, but this year that amount decreased by nearly 400 at the Ford Center.

The quarterfinal rounds were the low point of the tournament as just 900 people attended the game.

With an increase in fans offering some optimism for the conference, assistant commissioner for strategic communications Kyle Schwartz said one of the focal points of this move from Nashville to Evansville was to get more engagement from the local community.

That has been seen as unlike Nashville, Evansville posted two billboards and advertised the tour-

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Freshman Mack Smith attempts to drive around Austin Peay’s Zach Glotta during the second half Thursday in Evansville. Glotta and the Governors knocked the Panthers out of the OVC tournament with a 73-66 win.

nament through commercials as well, according to Schwartz.

He credited that to the bigger budget available in a smaller market.

“The local community has really embraced it, and certainly the civic leaders since we announced this a year ago have really gone out of their way to have a successful tournament,” Schwartz said.

Another notable part of the tournament being moved this year is that it offers a closer distance for some teams such as Eastern and Southern Illinois Edwardsville.

“It’s three and a half hours closer for us, so I like it,” Eastern coach Jay Spoonhour said. “It’s closer for almost everyone, and the arena is really nice.”

Many teams in the OVC are from

Tennessee, so the site of Nashville always made sense, but that left other few teams making much farther travels.

This year, Evansville offered a more central location with the average time of travel being around 3.5 hours.

Jacksonville State still has it the toughest, though, with about a 5-and-half-hour trip.

“I think in the end it balances out,” Schwartz said. “It’s drivable for a lot of schools, and that’s important so fans can get to the game.”

When the tournament has been hosted in Nashville, the Municipal Arena has been where games are played, but Schwartz said they consider the Ford Center to be an upgrade.

“The state-of-the-art facility is a big reason why we came along with the fact that they just wanted us,” Schwartz said. “I’d be hard-pressed to find a venue of this size somewhere else in our geographic footprint that is as nice.”

While the number of fans in attendance may fluctuate, the point of emphasis for the OVC remains to be elsewhere.

“It feels like an NCAA tournament in this stadium, and that’s what we want to give our student athletes,” Schwartz said.

The move for the conference tournament to be in Evansville is only for this season, as Schwartz said the board and president will look at everything after and decide the next step.

He said the conference is not ruling out a return to Nashville and could end up returning back there one day.

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