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TAKE BACK THE NIGHT

State owes Eastern $21 million Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a series of budget articles.

By Rachel Rodgers Administration Editor

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Sarah Thoren, a medical administrative assistant major at Lakeland, leads the Take Back the Night march through campus Thursday. Thoren has been to every take back the night since she was 1 month old. This will be her 21st year at Take Back the Night.

More than 350 march on campus

By Rachel Rodgers Administration Editor

Starting one month after she was born, Sarah Thoren has attended every “Take Back the Night” annual event, this marking her 21st march.

There were more than 350 people who marched throughout campus who held candles and chanted to demonstrate how they fight the aspect of sexual violence.

“For me, personally, growing up around this taught me about my rights as a woman, even as a little girl, and I think that it has educated me and empowered me,” said Thoren, a medical administration assistant major at Lakeland College. “I am my own person and I am so thankful for this wonderful community that shows their heartfelt support every year.”

Thoren said one aspect that made this year’s event more unique than previous years is the fact that it was the last “Take Back the Night” for the director of the Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Service before she retires.

Bonnie Buckley, who has been the di-

rector of SACIS for 33 years, said she thought this year’s event had the most impact on others.

“We had the best ‘Speak Out’ that we have ever had and this is the first time we have a special guest speak,” Buckley said. “It was wonderful to see how people could open up and share what has happened to them in their lives, and hear how they feel supported.”

The “Speak Out” occurred after the march, and it was a campfire-discussion where people could choose to speak about their history of sexual abuse.

Guest speaker Chong Kim, who was sexually trafficked in the 1990s, said she had been to many “Take Back the Night” events, but she felt this was the best she had experienced.

“I love that this gave the opportunity for other women to speak out and share their stories, and have the chance to assist them in their journey of healing,” Kim said. “Even for those who didn’t share, they can still know in the back of their minds that they are supported.”

Kim said she thought it meant a lot to her that there were a lot of men

present supporting an anti-violent cause.

“I think this event is crucial in that it gives victims the ability to get their voice back and not be afraid, and I love that feeling,” Kim said. “It gives them the reassurance that even though the world may fall apart, that we are still here standing.”

Kwame Patterson, a senior health administration major, said he thought “Take Back the Night” was a great way to give women confidence and show them that people out there care.

“It is also great that men can see what women have to go through and we can show them that we are supportive,” Patterson said.

Erin Williams, a senior psychology major, said the event provided a camaraderie with other people and gave everyone the chance to speak their peace and share their stories.

“It is definitely empowering,” Williams said.

Rachel Rodgers can be reached at 581-7942 or rjrodgers@eiu.edu.

UNIVERSIT Y R ANKING

Eastern 12th on best college list

By Shelley Holmgren Managing Editor

Despite enrollment struggles and financial strains, Eastern has been named one of the top public universities in its class by U.S. News and World Report for the 12th consecutive year.

Eastern is ranked the 12th among the public universities on the U.S. News’ “Best Colleges” regional list, an improvement from last year’s 14th spot.

Since 1983, U.S. News has been ranking universities all over the country for its annual publication.

U.S. News uses data from each university including campus and faculty resources, acceptance and retention rates and school reputation for the rankings.

To determine which category each university lies, U.S. News uses the Carn-

Academic break down • Retention- 25 percent • Faculty resources- 20 percent •Student resources - 20 percent •Student selectivity - 15 percent •Financial resources - 10 percent •Alumni giving rate - 5 percent

egie method that divides universities into several categories.

Institutions that offer a full range of undergraduate programs, some master’s programs but few doctoral programs, such as Eastern and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, are ranked regionally.

Other institutions, such as University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, that offer undergraduate majors, mas-

ter’s and doctoral degrees are ranked nationally.

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin make up the midwestern region of the list.

Private universities dominate the top of the list – only 11 public institutions break the top 50, and Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. was the only one to be ranked in the top 10.

Other public universities also saw a change in their rank this year. Western Illinois University dropped to No. 53 from No. 51 last year for the midwest regional rankings. Southern IllinoisEdwardsville experienced a substantial increase – jumping from No. 61 to tying with Eastern at No. 51.

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At this point, the state of Illinois has stopped making payments for Fiscal Year 11 and they owe Eastern about $21 million, said the university treasurer.

Paul McCann, treasurer, said they were told FY11 payments would be taken care of by the end of the year but they have not received FY11 payments for almost three months.

“Our total appropriation was about $47 million so they still owe us about 42 percent of that,” McCann said.

Even though the state is behind

on FY11, the FY12 payments of about $7 million have been made on time, he said.

“It is nice to see that they are making timely payments, but it really does not make a whole lot of difference because they still owe us, at any given point, almost $21 million,” McCann said. “We are not digging a hole further but it is still an awful lot of money from last year’s budget that they still owe us.”

McCann said the payment method for FY12 is opposite from what the state has done in the past. When the state was behind on FY10 payments, they paid those off before starting on FY11.

This year, they are paying for FY12 but not the remaining amount for FY11.

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Outdoor café open

Staff Report

The Martin Luther King Jr. University Union will be opening its newly constructed outdoor café today at noon.

The union’s Java Beanery and Bakery will be providing food and

beverages for those in attendance.

The café took less than a semester to build and is designed to provide students and faculty with a convenient outdoor seating area.

Giveaways will also be given to attendees.

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The Daily Eastern News will be changing its online provider Monday.

The new online provider is TownNews.com and the new website will be located at thedailyeasternnews. com.

The new website will allow more visual freedom and allow online advertising, which could be a potential

revenue builder, Online Editor Chris O’Driscoll said.

TownNews.com is an upcoming content manager for newspapers and is used professionally.

The same regulations and rules for commenting will apply for the new website.

The old website provider was College Publisher, which was made by MTV.

CLOTHESLINE PROJEC T

Colored shirts represent violence against women

By Samantha McDaniel Activities Editor

Eighty-four shirts mean 84 students who are speaking out against violence against women.

The Women’s Empowerment League is having the EIU Clothesline Project, a unification project to connect Eastern students against violence.

Jeannie Ludlow, an associate professor of English and women’s studies, said the Clothesline Project is a national project to support anti-violence.

Students who were victimized or know someone who was, were able to make a shirt to hang to show

their support for anti-violence.

Each shirt had a different meaning based upon its color.

White represents women who died because of violence; yellow or beige represents battered or assaulted women; red, pink and orange are for survivors of rape and sexual assault; blue and green represent survivors of incest and sexual abuse; purple represents women attacked because of their sexual orientation; black is for women attacked for political reasons.

“What’s cool is the color you can see symbolize all the violence people think about on campus,” Ludlow said.

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Make the difference Eastern is participating in a national day of service.

Eastern will be starting out its national day of service Saturday, instead of Oct. 22. The national day is on Oct. 22.

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(From left to right) Garth Baird, Lucas Thomas and Nick Alford, all of Charleston, do an interview in costume with WEIU-FM Radio to promote Downtown Get Down, a music event to take place at 6 p.m. until 1 a.m. Saturday, with various bands playing at Friends and Co., Mac's Uptowner, Top of the Roc, and Indio Cigar Factory throughout the night. The event is for people 21+, with the exception of 18+ admission at Indio, inclduing an after-party beginning at 1 a.m.

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Many events planned for festival

By Kathryn Richter Staff Reporter

The third annual Fall Festival will take place this weekend at the Lincoln Log Cabin in Lerna, offering various 19th century activities for all ages.

Lincoln Log Cabin’s Volunteer Pioneers are sponsoring the festival, which is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Susie Colgrove, president of the volunteers at Lincoln Log’s Cabin Mattoon, said it is her fourth year as a volunteer and she is also the portrayer of Sarah Lincoln.

“It’s just a nice weekend for the family to come out,”she said.

On Sunday morning at 10 a.m., a traditional 19th century church service will take place.

The Harris Education Center will be selling concessions including

ham and beans, cornbread, ice tea and lemonade throughout the weekend.

“Many people look forward to the ham and beans and cornbread, because we make all of that from scratch,” Colgrove said.

Activities planned for the festival include a cast iron skillet toss, a two-man saw contest, a threelegged race, hearth cooking, weaving, doll making and children’s games.

“We have some contest in the afternoon for anyone who wants to participate,” Colgrove said.

Colrove also said that the winners of the contests can take home a giftcard to the Linoln Log Cabin giftshop.

Colgrove said history administration students from Eastern volunteer at the event because the event is part of their curriculum.

The history students will be help-

ing out with the children’s games and will receive community service hours for their work, she said.

Vendors and craftsman are traveling from all over central Illinois to take part in the festival.

“The fall festival consist of period vendors coming in, we have approximately ten,” Colgrove said.

Colgrove said some volunteers at the cabin site are also historical reenactors who have made connections with various vendors and invite them to come out to the festival.

“We feed them good food and we spoil them,” Colgrove said.

According to the Lincoln-Sargent Farm Foundation, the actual log cabin at the Lerna site is actually a replica considering the original was lost in 1892 while being transported to the Columbian Exposition.

The log cabin that is present at

the Lerna site now was actually constructed in 1935 based off historical documents.

The original log cabin was home to Thomas Lincoln and Sarah Bush Lincoln, the father and stepmother of Abraham Lincoln, according to Lincoln-Sargent Farm Foundation.

Although Abraham Lincoln was working in Springfield as a lawyer and was married with a child at the time that his father and stepmother owned the cabin, he visited twice a year, Colgrove said.

The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Division of Historic Sites owns and operates the 86-acre historical cabin site, she said.

The Lincoln Log Cabin is at 402 South Lincoln Highway Road in Lerna, Ill. Kathryn Richter can be reached at 581-7942 or kjrichter@eiu.edu.

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Community HOPEs to end domestic violence

Students get fit with Zumba Students danced Latin dances such as the Cumbia, Salsa, Merengue and Reggaeton on Thursday at Zumba Fitness.

Zumba Fitness displayed these varieties of dances as part of Latino Heritage Month.

Juanita Cross, the chairwoman of the Latino Heritage Month committee, said she was excited about having Zumba as part of the Latino Heritage Month activities.

The Zumba class was in the basement of the Newman Catholic Center and was instructed by T.M. Linda Scholz, assistant professor of communication studies.

Since the Zumba class was part of Latino Heritage Month, Scholz said she hoped to have many students come to the class and get educated on Zumba Fitness.

Scholz said she wanted students to know Zumba is heavily influenced by Latin music.

“Zumba Fitness is very popular around the nation and a lot of people are doing it, but are not aware of the Latin American influence,” Scholz said.

Scholz said she is of Latin American descent and because of that has a deeper connection with Zumba and the music used during the workouts.

Scholz said she started taking Zumba classes in Colorado before she moved to Charleston a little more than three years ago.

“I do (Zumba) as a hobby, for fun, because I love fitness,” Scholz said.

Scholz said she was about to get a job in Colorado, when Eastern offered her a job at the university in communication studies.

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T.M. Linda Scholz, left, Zumba instructor and assistant professor of communication studies, teaches a Zumba class Thursday in the basement of the Newman Catholic Center. The event was part of Eastern’s Latin American Heritage Month celebration.

Scholz said she was just going to take Zumba classes instead of teaching them, but that soon changed.

Some of Scholz’s former instructors from Colorado suggested she get her license to teach a Zumba class and that is exactly what she did.

Scholz has been certified for two and a half years.

Along with Scholz, there was only one other instructor in the area at the time she arrived to Charleston. Scholz said she started teaching Zumba at the local YMCA. “I wanted a good workout and I wanted to get to know the women in the community,” Scholz said.

Scholz said in order to keep the class in Charleston she approached Dr. Brandon Combs, board certified chiro-

practic physician at Park Hills Spa and Wellness Center, about an open space for a Zumba class. Scholz talked to Combs and said he was excited about having the class at the spa.

Scholz now primarily teaches at the spa, but also teaches some classes like the one she taught on Thursday.

Abby Petrosky, a senior elementary education major, attended the class Thursday and said she enjoyed doing something different and learning a new kind of dance.

Two more Zumba Fitness classes will be offered as part of Latino Heritage Month on Oct. 6 and Oct. 13.

Amy Menghini can be reached at 581-7942 or ammenghini@eiu.edu.

Local community members can show their support against domestic violence at Jackson Avenue Coffee as part of their Night of HOPE today.

Night of HOPE is a charity event for the HOPE of East Central Illinois, an affiliate of Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

The event will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Dan Reible, owner of JAC, said he will be sponsoring Night of HOPE for his second year. Since he took over management, he said it has turned out to be the coffee shop’s biggest night of the year.

Reible said he is excited to be having a fundraising event for a charity that supports what he believes is a problem that people do not always see.

“We are really proud to have (HOPE) here,” he said. “It goes to a wonderful cause.”

HOPE is located in Charleston.

Their mission is to empower persons to live independent, non-violent lives through the provisions of Housing, Outreach, Prevention and Education, said Pauline Cade, program director for HOPE. “Our services include an emergency domestic violence shelter, transitional housing, legal advocacy, children’s programs, supportive counseling for all ages, community education, referrals and volunteer programs,” she said.

Friday night’s activities will in-

Night of HOPE What: Fundraising event for Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Raffle tickets for a blown glass vase will be sold.

When: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Jackson Avenue Coffee

clude live performances from local musicians Motherlode, Reverend Robert and Some of Us. Poetry group, Speak Easy, will also be performing readings.

In addition to live entertainment, there will also be a raffle for a blown glass vase made by local artist Randy Turner of Larksfield Glass.

The raffle tickets are $5 or five for $20 and can be bought at First Neighbor Bank in Charleston or at the event itself.

The night will end with the announcement of the winners of the silent auction, Reible said.

The items have been up for bid since Sept. 23 in front of JAC and will continue to be until 9 p.m., when Reible said the auction winners will be announced.

Reible said food and drink will be available at JAC all evening. He said their bread bowl bowls are especially popular with customers for the event.

Admission is free, and all proceeds will go towards the benefit.

Ethan Stephenson can be reached 581-7942 or etstephenson@eiu.edu.

MARCHING BANDS

High school bands to compete at marching festival

By Andrew Crivilare Staff Reporter

More than two-dozen high school marching bands will take at O’Brien Field field to compete in the 35th Annual Panther Marching Band Festival starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Alan Sullivan, the festival’s director and director of the Panther Marching Band, said the 29 high school bands will compete in the festival sponsored by Eastern.

“I have been coordinating all the aspects that come in to an event like this,” Sullivan said. “Preparation started last academic year, with the scheduling and

registration.”

Much of the execution of the festival will rely on assistance from Eastern’s music students, Sullivan said.

“We can’t run this competition without the help of all the students,” he said.

“They’re really looking forward to helping out.”

Olivia Brauer, a senior music major with a teacher certification, said the Eastern students will be responsible for doing everything from logistics to tabulating scores.

“The band guides are going to arrive and meet the band directors,” Brauer said. “After that, they’ll take them to the warm up field, get them to take pictures

and get them to the busses.”

Sullivan said competitions such as the Panther Marching Band Festival can benefit students as well as give them a chance to compete.

“This is an educational event, even though it is competitive,” he said. “Judges make coordinated comments during the performance and band directors use them to help their kids improve.”

Jennette Grau, a sophomore music major with a teacher certification and a judge’s assistant at the festival, said marching band competitions are an important source of pride for the high school students.

“This competition gives high school

bands something to work for and something to be proud of as music students,” she said. “Nothing makes students more happy than performing a show that they all have worked so hard on.”

Bauer said the Panther Marching Band will also be performing at the festival out of competition.

“We’re going to be doing a Latin show,” she said.

Bauer, who assisted in assembling the Panther Marching Band’s show as a drill technician, said the Latin show has been well received in pervious performances.

“There are solo performances,” Bauer said. “People really eat that up.”

Sullivan said he and the marching band are excited to perform and will continue to practice until the festival.

“Our performance level is really, really coming along,” Sullivan said. “By the time we perform on Saturday, this band is going to be on fire.”

The 35th Annual Panther Marching Band Festival will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at O’Brien Field. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens. Children under the age of five are free.

Andrew Crivilare can be reached at 581-7942 or ajcrivilare@eiu.edu.

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O pinions Rankings do not reflect value accurately Eastern was recently ranked as the 12th best regional public master’s institution in the Midwestern region by U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Colleges” publication. Great … what the heck does this mean?

It means we’re ranked the same as Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, ranked higher than Western, but not even considered as the same category as Illinois State University and Northern Illinois University. Wait, huh?

U.S. News ranks universities with doctorate programs and those with few or no doctorate programs separately – meaning Eastern is not actually ranked with University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana or Illinois State University.

Should this really be how universities are categorized? When a student is considering undergraduate programs, the fact that a school has a glamorous doctorate program in parapsychology probably won’t be a determining factor.

Instead, we propose that if universities are going to be ranked, it should be by degree programs. But again, this draws the question – can an educational experience ever be properly “ranked”?

For the ranking, U.S. News considers alumni giving as 5 percent of the overall score, because it is “an indirect measure of student satisfaction.”

Consider this – a student attends an institution, is satisfied with her education and decides to give back to the university that gave them four-ish great years. Awesome, makes sense.

However, there is a big difference between being able to afford donating an entire building (like many private university graduates can afford) and affording a small yearly contribution like many public grads will do.

Money talks, and in this case, can bully public universities on a regional ranking such as U.S. News’. Creighton University, which holds the coveted number one spot of the Midwestern regional rankings, received an endowment of $253 million last year, according to U.S. News. Eastern received $34.2 million.

We understand that funds are collected and used in very different ways at a private institution versus a public one. But honestly, we have no idea what those methods are. Even more so, we want to discover how much of a difference money makes in a ranking.

For 25 percent of the overall ranking score, U.S. News issues an academic peer-assessment survey to presidents, provosts and deans of admissions “to account for intangibles at peer institutions such as faculty dedication to teaching.” We want to find out what more of these “intangible” factors are. What we want to discover is what the true worth of an education is, especially one at Eastern. We plan on talking to Eastern graduates to discover how far an Eastern education has gotten them. We want to talk to professionals and find out how much of an asset they consider an Eastern grad to be.

We will try to get as close as possible to an accurate ranking of the value of an Eastern education relative to the rest of the schools in the state. We’ll get back to you with our results.

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Expressing opposition to Obama is not racism Ever since Barack Obama ran for President, the issue of racism has been an annoying offto-the-side conversation that explodes into the forefront every so often. Politicians have been criticized for getting caught up in improper use of terminology, misunderstandings have taken place when nothing bad happened, sweeping accusations have been hurled against diverse groups of people, and so on.

I am not saying racism is a non-issue.

America has had its battles with racial equality and prejudiced feelings, and those problems have not disappeared with the election of Obama. The issue I have is that the charge that someone is “racist” has been a card Obama supporters have played numerous times when the arguments opposing Obama stack up against him.

One of the most prominent examples would be the accusation that the Tea Party, and any Republican who is sympathetic to the faction, opposes Obama because he is the first black president, and only for that reason.

Purveyors of this argument use the example of an alleged majority of racially charged signs found at Tea Party rallies, and draw on the lack of prominent racial diversity at rallies and the widespread stereotype that Republicans are white and unintelligent rednecks to prove the corporate mindset of thousands of people.

First of all, the supposed majority of racist signs at Tea Parties have been said to be a result of narrowly focused media coverage. An

Greg Sainer October 2010 Washington Post article discussed this when it reported on UCLA graduate student Emily Ekins, who found only 5 percent of signs in a sample of 250 to make any mention of Obama’s race at the Washington, D.C., 9/12 Taxpayer March last year.

The article reported the conclusion of Ekins to be that, although racially charged messages are present, disproportionate media coverage gave the impression that a larger number of Tea Partiers expressed those feelings.

Secondly, the alleged lack of any racial diversity at Tea Party rallies has been shown to be untrue, most prominently when liberal firebrand Keith Olbermann posed the question to Tea Partiers if minorities ever had a showing at any Tea Party rally. YouTube videos quickly appeared from the Dallas Tea Party and other Tea Partiers displaying the multiracial participants in the Tea Party and the common ground they had in their opposition to Barack Obama.

But wait, there is more! Dare I mention

Representative Allen West and presidential candidate Herman Cain?

Allen West, a retired Army lieutenant Colonel, is the single Republican member of the Congressional Black Caucus and has been described as a Tea Party star thanks to his firm conservative stances and outspoken nature.

Herman Cain, who is admittedly unlikely to receive the GOP presidential nomination, was an early Tea Party favorite and recently shocked political observers by winning the Florida straw poll over Governor Rick Perry.

What makes these two unique is that they are black politicians who have received significant support from the very group of people accused of being racist over Obama: the Tea Party. While the Tea Party still only represents a minority of the conservative electorate, they have perhaps been the most vocal in their opposition to Obama.

If anyone opposes Obama simply because he is black, they are narrow-minded and ill informed, and do admittedly—and unfortunately—exist among the conservative electorate. However, just because people oppose the man who happens to be the first black president does not automatically make them a racist. Such is the life of politics: People oppose other people and their policies.

Greg Sainer is a senior communications studies major. He can be reached at 581-7942 or DENopinions@gmail.com.

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LET TERS TO THE EDITOR

Changes needed in politics, society If the deity that created all things wasn’t a true socialist, mankind would not be in existence. (Mathew 19:21-24) There are 7 bilion people in the world and over half live in poverty. Countries of the orld that cut funding because of budget deficits are going to increase unemployment and the world economy will decrease its overall GDP. Support for the rich and infamous class is moving from the old Christian coalition unto the newer u.p. the vote politics, along with the Earl-Grey Tea Baggers’ antics. A presidential directive or an executive order is needed in play-for-pay politics for a line-item veto of the American budget.

The needs of the many should outweigh the greed of the few!

Sincerely yours, William Wulforst Los Angeles

Vladimir Lenin asked, “what are we to do” about social issues, homosapiens, and the planet?

My answer would be that first we all need to know how we have gotten to where we are collectively at present. The old saw remains, “If we do not or cannot learn from our species history we are doomed to repeat its errors!”

Just now it appears the process becomes circular after a paradigm change of significant social direction e.g. maternalism to paternalism to patriarchy – to patriotism i.e. defending father and nation; nation e.g. organized under a single government, and who are they? The rule of a few! I.e. fascism!

From then until now is representative of 10,000 years of existentially manipulated behavior about erotic social dysfunction, hidden within the psyche, having the illusion of fulfillment but lacking the reality of it, hence the psycho damage and an unwillingness to acknowledge that damage contrib-

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They must be less than 250 words.

utes to the success of fascist overlords whom first acquired the addiction to erotic appetites created by “id” successes of character flaws permitting dichotomous same species murder, and the evolution of it continues apace both among the general world population and into dementia among social elites in every nation state, enhanced by rabid competition (Libya again), or it’s threat, revealing fascist thuggery and cancerous fear about social power and who prevails as the omega male-factor.

Homo-sapien males divined that social powers reflected brute strength and the control of material paradigms 50,000 years ago.

Since then the practice of dominance has rebooted.

Sincerely, Michael Strange, Effingham

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Hooping helps the heart, eases stress

By Rachel Rodgers Administration Editor

People have all kinds of different, unique hobbies to help them unwind and enjoy the small things like quilting, stamp collecting, flying kites, climbing mountains and much more.

In my case, I hoop.

This entails balancing and combining the force of spinning the hoop with a circling body movement.

I first started my hooping hobby during the summer when my friend, who is like a sister to me, began presenting her hooping progress to me, and I was absolutely mesmerized by her motions.

I discovered a new world of creativity through motion and music, and I wanted to be a part of it.

When I say I hoop, I do not mean just gyrating until the hoop falls down like children do with toy hula-hoops. Instead, I practice doing different sorts of tricks that involve not only my waist, but also my hips, knees, neck, chest, elbows and hands.

The hoops are different than normal hula-hoops you can buy at Wal-mart for $2.

Most hoopers make their own hoops with tubing of different weights and widths, and then the hoop is usually covered in decorative tape.

Tubing is usually found in a bundle at hardware stores, and one bundle can make several hoops. With all the materials, you can essentially make at least five hoops for about $35, and there are many different resources available like youtube.com where you can learn how to make one.

I have made two hoops, one of which has a larger diameter to serve as a practice hoop. The bigger the hoop, the more room you have and the less likely you are to hit yourself with it. Also, with a heavier hoop you can build more strength and agility to be able to do tricks faster and more accurately.

It’s a great workout, and it improves one’s balance and coordination, which is very helpful if you are as clumsy as I am.

There is also an immense level of satisfaction when the phase of smacking yourself with a fast-moving hoop ends and mastering a trick begins. However, hooping is a cycle and once you become proficient at one trick, you can continue the bruising process of practicing new tricks.

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Freshman journalism major Siti Asma twirls a hoop with her neck Tuesday in the Pemberton Hall parking lot.

Asma said she also practices different tricks like hooping with one leg, with her knees and her elbows.

I find solace in many of the benefits of hooping, and I am not the only one.

Siti Asma, a freshman journalism major, said she began hooping in January.

She said in her hometown of Dekalb, she discovered a hooping subculture at the House Café where people would hoop outside and also inside during open mic night.

“My favorite part of hooping would have to be learning new tricks, and it also ties into the hardest part of it, which is ty-

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ing the tricks together to make it a seamless, fluid motion,” Asma said.

She said it is hard to vocalize how she feels while hooping, but it has a very rhythmic feel to her and helps her relieve stress.

Asma said a friend of hers, who introduced her to hooping, told her that smiling while hooping would help her learn faster.

“She also taught me that when you pick the hoop up and put motion to it, it becomes an extension of your body,” Asma

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said. “It is so satisfying when you can put the tricks in a certain order and wind up making a story.”

The hooping community of camaraderie provides me with a great sense of belonging, and it is always great to find something, anything really, that causes contentment.

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Students dance to international music

By Seth Schroeder Verge Editor

Members of the Association of International Students will be putting more of a focus on performances and diversity during their “Sounds of the World” dance today.

The dance will feature international music and performances from a variety of cultures, as well as food and prizes. Some of the cultures represented include India, China and Nigeria. There will be a $1 admission fee.

It will start at 9 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union and is also organized in part by the department of international students.

A student worker at the department, Payge Schagemann-Jones, said the performances will change the feel of the dance, which used to feel like a high school event. “(The dance) had a growing interest in it,” Schagemann-Jones said. “More students wanted to

bring more to the table.”

Samyukta Ghimire, a junior accounting major and president of AIS, said the members of the association try to represent the cultures of all international students.

Sara Boro, a college student affairs graduate student and a graduate assistant at the study abroad office, said international students are asked to submit music from their home countries.

“Some of the international students that come here are just so talented- it’s cool to see what they can do,” Boro said.

Ghimire said there will be six student performances at the dance. She said most of the performances are choreographed dances, but new this year will be a Chinese instrumental performance with traditional instruments.

Ghimire also said the $1 admission fee is new this year. She said the members of the association want to have bigger, more frequent events so they need to raise

money.

“It’s only a dollar, so I don’t think it’s too expensive,” Ghimire said.

Boro said the dance is a great opportunity for everyone to come and hear international music.

“I go every year and always enjoy it,” she said. “It’s really cool to hear all the different music and see how people dance differently.”

Ghimire said the members of the association are hoping to get more of the Eastern community involved in the dance and to have more American students attend.

“We want more international students to get involved with American culture,” Ghimire said.

“Many American students don’t have any idea of international organizations. We want to promote diversity.”

Seth Schroeder can be reached at 581-2812 or scschroeder2@eiu.edu.

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Greives, Budo bring passion

By Sara Jacobsen Verge Reporter

Ever since I was given the opportunity to hang out with them on the 2011 Vans Warped Tour, hip-hop duo Grieves and Budo have been somewhat of an obsession of mine.

Their Rhymesayers Entertainment debut release “Together/Apart” quickly made it into my daily music rotation and I have reason to believe it’s there to stay.

The Seattle-based pair consists of Benjamin Laub (Grieves) and producer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Karp (Budo).

The two began working together toward the end of 2008 and “Together/Apart” began taking shape. Grieves delivered one of the boldest and most emotionally charged albums of 2011.

“Together/Apart” deals a lot with the idea of growing up.

More specifically, not growing up too fast. The album’s first track, “Light Speed,” is entirely about this idea.

In the song, Grieves paints a self-portrait detailing what growing up was like for him beginning “when mom was a religion and happiness was a fact” and ending at age 19 in Seattle “with a head full of drum beats.” Because “Light Speed” deals so much with Grieves’ own personal life, it perfectly sets the stage for the rest of the album.

“Bloody Poetry” may be one of the album’s strongest tracks, both lyrically and musically. The song shows off Grieves’ lyrical dexterity by featuring a dark yet undeniably catchy hook.

Somber piano chords and simplistic drumbeats coupled with vivacious horn flourishes, typical of Budo’s production, give “Bloody Poetry” a sound that is not often heard in con-

ventional hip-hop music.

Unlike “Light Speed” and “Bloody Poetry,” “Together/ Apart’s” third single, “On the Rocks” offers a more up-tempo beat.

Grieves uses a combination of synthesizer and bass to create a rhythm that will definitely catch the listeners attention.

Although the lyrics may not be the happiest, “On the Rocks” is one of those captivating songs that you’ll want to listen to on repeat.

Currently, Grieves and Budo are on a headlining tour in support of “Together/Apart.”

Having been witness to what these two are capable of on stage, I would highly recommend attending one of their shows if ever given the opportunity.

They are two of the most passionate musicians that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting and they bring that same passion on stage with them.

Sara Jacobsen can be reached at 581-2812 or sjacobsen@eiu.edu.

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Blink-182’s sixth album, Neighborhoods, is well worth the eightyear wait since the last album.

The band has seriously evolved in that time, writing music with deeper meaning than how many hot dogs their grandpa ate on Labor Day. Those eight years allowed a lot of changes to occur. Tom DeLonge created the electronic Angels & Airwaves, and Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker formed the poppunk +44. Neighborhoods embodies the mashing together of those two groups and matured understandings of music.

The album isn’t as upbeat as the band’s earlier work, or as serious as 2003’s self-titled album, which makes it has the perfect amount of spunk and mellow jams.

The first single, “Up All Night,” takes some getting used to. The band is actually, like, musically talented as a whole now.

Hoppus and DeLonge aren’t just yelling about first dates and naked girls anymore. They’re singing elo-

quent poetry about adulthood.

Every song has something different to offer. “Heart’s All Gone” is overpowered by Barker’s intense drumming. “Snake Charmer” has DeLonge’s eerie sound and lyrics.

“MH 4.18.2011” is full of Hoppus’s encouragement to “Hold on, the worst is yet to come.”

I’ve had the album on repeat for the majority of the week, and I can’t pick any favorites–just songs I love a teensy bit more than I love the rest.

This new Blink is fantastic.

Whether you were a teeny-bopper fan who grew out of it or have stuck with the band through its evolution, you need to give it at least one listen-through.

Ashley Holstrom can be reached at 581-2812 or alholstrom@eiu.edu.

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Dragway offers high-speed excitement Corey Ascolani Verge Reporter

Cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other types of vehicles get a chance to race at the Coles County Dragway.

Rod Viehland, co-owner of the drag way, said people race all types of vehicles.

“We have a guy this year driving a 2001 family style four-door Hyundai in second place for points,” Viehland said.

“Even motorcycles and lawnmowers are allowed.”

Coles County Dragway is a 1/8th mile, National Hot Rod Association series track, and offers ‘Friday Fun Night’ at 5 p.m. where anyone off the street can race.

“All you need is a running vehicle,” Viehland said. “Regular days' clothes work great (for racers), besides the restriction of a non-sleeveless shirt and pants, the only thing required

is shoes that cover your entire foot to race.”

Darwin Korson, the other co-owner of the drag way, said racers do not even need a helmet for “Friday Night Fun.” He also said passengers can be in the car being raced even though the car will be slower.

It costs $10 for spectators to get through the gate. The drag way has a concession stand, bathrooms, viewing stands and many race vehicles to look at.

“Spectators are allowed to bring their own grilles to cook, and bring their own drinks including alcohol, no bottles,” Viehland said.

Besides “Friday Fun Night,” the drag way offers a variety of races or brackets throughout the weekend. In some, like the “Big Money Brackets,” racers can win money in first, second and third places. Racers can bet against each other as well.

“We regularly have racers

that drive over two hours that come here week after week to race,” Viehland said, “We have racers from 8-year-olds to 60-year-olds.”

Some racers are in clubs, like the ‘Eastern Illinois Rat Racers’ or the ‘Lakeland College Auto club.’

Kassie Wilson, a junior special education major, drives without a team. She currently races her 1999 Camaro, and has been racing at Coles County Dragway more than six years.

“The racers are very friendly and helpful,” she said. “Most racers know each other by name.”

Wilson said racers help other racers as well. Viehland agreed with Wilson.

“Last week we had a guy who needed a starter for his car to continue racing for the night,” Viehland said. “We announced the part over the drag way speakers and within minutes

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Spectators and competitors examine a mid- '80s Ford Thunderbird during a cooldown period between races Saturday at the Coles County Dragway.

The drag way has races every weekend from April to late October.

the guy had three starters waiting for him to use to race.”

The Coles County Dragway has been around since the early 1960s.

It is a few minutes west of downtown Charleston on West State Road (State Route 316).

Viehland said depending on weather, they are open every weekend from early April to late October.

Corey Ascolani can be reached at 581-2812 or cjascolani@eiu.edu.

Downtown Get Down brings music to square

By Jose Gonzalez Verge Reporter

Downtown Get Down, Charleston’s newest music festival, takes over the town square this weekend.

The festival starts with a free pre-party today throughout Charleston’s town square.

Most of the musical performances will be throughout the day Saturday.

Mac’s Uptowner features bands like Hot Sauce Jones, Afternoon Moon, and Thinner Teed.

Indio Cigar Factory features bands like Muddy Grove and The Stationary.

Friends & Co. features bands like Moon Dogs, Deliver The Fallen, and Maylae.

Roc’s Blackfront features bands like J Boozer, The Staff Blues Band, and Mustache.

Pre-sale wristbands start at $10 and will be sold at Friends & Co., Mac’s Uptowner, Roc’s Blackfront, Indio Cigar Factory, and Positively 4th Street Records, today. They will be $15 at the door.

Lucas Thomas, promoter for

the festival, said his goal is to make Downtown Get Down its own identity as opposed to other Charleston music festivals such as Square Fest.

“It’s no different than past music festivals," Thomas said. "We’re trying to make it its own thing. It’s a good way to get Eastern students familiar with the bands and the downtown area bars.”

Thomas said the proceeds from the wristband and merchandise sales will go directly to the bands after initial costs are taken care of.

Kevin McGugan, owner of Mac’s Uptowner, said he has been providing Charleston a place to go listen to music for 15 years.

“We feel we started the music scene with Acoustic Sundays,” McGugan said.

McGugan said Downtown Get Down will not be his first festival, as he has hosted music festivals since starting the bar. He will feature all types of music.

“It sells the fact that they’re willing to put on shows that students want to see,” McGugan said. “It brings students in to listen to mu-

sic in Charleston.”

Kylie Knoop, assistant manager of Roc’s Blackfront, said they started having music on a regular basis in 2009. The majority of musicians came from Coles County.

“We didn’t want to be genre specific,” Knoop said. “The more local they are though, the more of a leg up they got, but we also wanted to take care of the local economy.”

Kyle Daniell, the drummer for Hot Sauce Jones, said Downtown Get Down will be his first time playing in Charleston.

Daniell said they have played at the Canopy Club in Champaign and twice at the Iron Post in Urbana, as well as performing an outdoor festival in Terre Haute, Ind. Daniell said the band’s name came from their keyboard player’s nickname.

“We needed a name and it stuck to us,” Daniell said.

Leslie Francis, vocalist for Muddy Grove, said she and her brother started Muddy Grove because their entire family was involved in music.

Francis said her and her brother started Muddy Grove in 2008 with her husband, Caleb, and drummer Jeremy McConnaha.

Unlike Daniell and Hot Sauce Jones, Francis said Muddy Grove has a following around Mattoon and Charleston. They have played at 7th Street Underground, Indio Cigar Factory, and Christmas on the Square.

Daniell said he hopes Downtown Get Down will help students and residents become more familiar with their music, and rise to a level like Thinner Teed is at.

“We’re trying to get our name out there and get a following,” Daniell said. “We’re the only jam band in Charleston since The Fuzz.”

McGugan said he is participating in Downtown Get Down for the interests of the community and the students.

“If we don’t do this for the community and students, then we lose the people," McGugan said. "We have to provide the entertainment needed to relax and go home safely. The purpose of this is the

awareness of good entertainment and that they keep the population here and safe. I don’t want to see anyone hurt, I want to see people around good entertainment.”

Knoop said they are all involved as a collaborative effort in order to work together and promote Charleston.

“It’s really our chance to work together and show what we have to offer,” Knoop said.

Knoop added Charleston’s music scene is considered safer than the surrounding cities.

“It’s safer, less travel, and you can support your local musicians,” Knoop said. “Each venue has a different genre. The music chosen fits our style and venue.

It’s more universally appreciated and it will feel more like a musical crawl.”

Jose Gonzalez can be reached at 581-2812 or jgonzalez@eiu.edu.

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RHA talks Prowl, debut leaders Council elects two new representatives

By Ryan Baffield Staff Reporter

The Residence Hall Association had a speaker discuss next year’s Prowl and debut leader recruitment at Thursday’s meeting.

The conclusion of the Resident On Campus Festival was declared a success, but a proposal to move ROC Fest later in the semester was also brought up.

Cordy Love, the assistant director of New Student Programs, said the hiring of Prowl and debut leaders is a critical part of enhancing the transition process of the incoming freshmen and transfer students.

Love said the people selected are a direct reflection of not only the student body, but the administration and school.

If hired, all debut leaders are required to live on campus for the summer. While living on campus for the summer, these student leaders will assist during visit days, orientations and much more.

“We’re looking for students who love Eastern and who are naturally great student leaders,” Love said.

Love said the goal of the job is to welcome all visitors and possible new Eastern students to campus while allowing them to feel at ease .

He said it is important for these student leaders to make a good impact on visitors and to encourage them to enroll at Eastern.

On Oct. 11, New Student Programs will be hosting an informa-

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Pemberton Hall resident Raquel Serrano, a junior nursing major, does a hall report Sept. 22 during a Residence Hall Association meeting in Ford Hall.

tional meeting for students interested in applying for this position.

Love said students should come with an updated resume with at least two references from two Eastern faculty members. “(If students) don’t have a resume, (they can) go to Career Services and they will be glad to assist you,” Love said.

To be considered a possible hire, all applicants must have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA, while being in good standing with the office of Student Standards.

“We only hire a total of 20 students, 10 debut leaders and 10 senior prowl leaders,” Love said.

During the hiring process New St u d e n t Pr o g r a m s f o c u s e s o n forming a well diverse staff, to

further relate to Eastern’s demographic.

The hiring process consists of three steps. Applicants first will have an individual interview, followed by a group interview and an individual presentation for finalists only.

Students who apply must submit their application by Oct. 19.

To apply for a position, students can stop by the New Student Programs office located in the Martin Luther King Jr., University Union or apply online at www.eiu.edu/ nsp.

The RHA meets every Thursday at 5 p.m.

Ryan Baffield can be reached at 581-7942 or rebaffield@eiu.edu.

STATE, from page 1 “Right now, the state is somewhat behind the eight-ball also because they know that state taxes increased by roughly 60 percent, and they know they have that money coming in eventually, but then they have to make business and political decisions of who they are going to pay first,” McCann said.

To get by, they have borrowed from certain other funds on a temporary basis, he said. This also includes not hiring faculty, secretaries or administrators as others leave the university and cutting expenses.

He said cutting expenses includes not buying supplies such as computers and not doing as much construction on-campus.

“Unfortunately, I think it makes it difficult for a lot of the faculty who are not getting all of the supplies they might need,” McCann said. “We play a balancing game try-

ing to keep enough money going into that process, but we do not always succeed.”

He said another aspect that is affected is when class sizes are expanded by an average of one person.

“At a cash standpoint we benefit by hiring less people, but at a student standpoint it’s a determent because there are more kids in each class,” He said. “We try to weigh that and make as little disruption as possible but we know, to some extent, that it is still present.”

McCann said they have borrowed from some unrestricted university funds to make up for the $21 million.

“Some of those might be some fee accounts that have accumulated over a period of time that we’d be able to use, but then at some point when we get the $21 million, we will reimburse those accounts,” Mc-

Cann said. “There are certain pools of money that have legal restrictions on them like the bond revenue money students pay for room and board, and we can’t use them in the borrowing process.”

He said they have been diligent in being conservative by not spending money until they have it in hand.

“When a normal business gets behind this much they have to go to the bank or something to borrow, and we do not have that ability so we have to make operational decisions to limit how much money we spend to hopefully cover that $20 million,” McCann said. “It is a moving target because we don’t know what the state is going to do to us and when they are going to pay the $20 million.”

Rachel Rodgers can be reached at 581-7942 or rjrodgers@eiu.edu.

The Council on Academic Affairs elected two representatives to serve on the Enrollment Advisory Committee and the Ad-Hoc Committee on Online Education at its meeting Thursday.

Lora Green of the Academic Advising Center was appointed as the CAA representative to the Enrollment Management Advisory Committee. This committee participates in enrollment management activities at the departmental, college and university level.

The CAA also appointed Debra Reid, a history professor, to the Ad-Hoc Committee on Online Education.

Blair Lord, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said the CAA is the

last organization to appoint a member to the Ad-Hoc Committee.

The CAA also welcomed a new student member, Kaylia Eskew, a sophomore journalism major and Student Senate member.

She was appointed by the student government at its meeting on Wednesday, and she is the second student member of the CAA. The grading methods for the Course Proposal Format were an item from the Sept. 22 CAA meeting to be acted on Thursday.

Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-7942 or redexter@eiu.edu.

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LIST, from page 1 President Bill Perry said although he is pleased with Eastern’s improvement on the list, the rankings are not a significant concern for university operations.

“The ranks are not our focus,” Perry said. “However, since other individuals do look at rankings and can influence the decision of where they will apply, it is always better to improve.”

Instead, Perry said the university will continue to seek improvement for all areas of the university – not just those ranked by U.S. News.

“Our focus is high quality education and to help students become lifetime learners and critical thinkers,” Perry said.

“The U.S. News and World Report system is fairly well understood, so the rankings come out based on the data.”

Blair Lord, vice president for academic affairs, agreed.

“The rankings are not the ‘be all, end all,’” he said.

Eastern continues to consistently boast high retention and graduation rates.

However, one category Eastern improved from last year was in the area of incoming freshman who were in the top 25 percent of their high school class.

For the 2012 rankings, Eastern reported 31 percent of top 25 freshmen, a significant jump from last year’s 12 per-

cent.

However, this increase is actually due to a clerical error last year. Lord said there was an error reporting the percentage because of a change in student record procedures last year. Once the error was spotted, the office of academic affairs submitted a correction to U.S. News.

However, Lord said by the time the correction was submitted, U.S. News did not have the time to deal with it.

Lord and Perry both said they were uncertain whether this error could have a significant effect of the rating. The freshmen 25 accounts for 6 percent of the total score.

Although Lord could not give the exact accurate percentage for last year’s freshman 25, he said there was still an improvement this year.

However, Lord said it was difficult to determine a reason why there was an increase.

As for national rankings for other Illinois public institutions, the U of I ranked No. 45, followed by Illinois State University at No. 160, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale at No. 170 and Northern Illinois University at No. 194.

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SHIRTS, from page 1 Luis Alarcon, the vice president of the Women’s Empowerment League, said he thinks that it is important to show support for women who were victimized. Alarcon said he believes that no women should be sexually victimized and that is why he supports the Clothesline Project.

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Rivalry renewed with greater fire Panthers look to build on best start since 2003 Both teams enter at 4-4-1

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By Rob Mortell Staff Reporter

Eastern’s men’s soccer team will renew what is now an even fiercer rivalry as it travels to Western Illinois.

The two teams have always been in-state rivals; however, the teams are now conference rivals as well.

The Panthers re-joined the Summit League this season after spending the past 14 seasons in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Both teams enter Friday’s game with identical records at 4-4-1.

However, this marks the first Summit League game for the Leathernecks, while Eastern is 0-0-1 in conference play. The Panthers tied Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis in their first conference game.

Head coach Adam Howarth said every team fights for their lives in conference games.

He also said the Panthers were just one shot away or one good pass away from being 1-0 in the Summit League. Sharpening up those aspects was the Panthers’ focus this week in practice.

The last time these teams met was last season at Lakeside Field.

The Panthers won with a late goal by senior Zach Piekarski. The Panthers hold a 32-11-5 record against Western all-time; however, they

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have not won in Macomb since 2006.

Western is led by Daniel Lewis, who has contributed three goals this season, one of which was a gamewinner.

Other offensive contributors for the Leathernecks are Nathan Bruinsma who has two game-winning goals this year and Charile Bales, who has tallied one goal and two assists this year.

Defensively, Western is led by goalkeeper Andy Ryan. Ryan has posted a 0.97 goals against average and three shutouts in nine games this season.

The Leathernecks also give up more shots than they take. This sea-

son they have shot 125 shots, while their opponents have fired 141.

Despite giving up a high number of shots, Western has allowed just nine goals all season. The Panthers have not been as solid defensively allowing 14 goals on 108 shots.

The Panthers offense is led by freshman forwards Jake Brillhart and Will Butler.

Both players have talied seven points each this season. Brillhart leads the team with three goals scored.

The rivalry is set to be renewed at 3 p.m. today in Macomb.

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OVC, from page 7 “I look at every conference game as a ‘must game;’ I’ve never thought of it any other way,” he said. “It’s a ‘must game’ because it’s the next one.”

The Panthers have allowed 1,601 yards of total offense so far this season.

Samuel called the Panthers’ defense solid. “(Eastern is) as solid as they’ve been and they’re really playing hard on defense,” he said.

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quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo for the second time and he says he’s much more experience, as well as an improved running attack.

“The quarterback is older; he’s more experienced,” he said. “I think they’re running the ball well.”

For the Panthers, they will be facing junior linebacker Blake Peiffer. Peiffer has 17 solo tackles this season and is ranked nationally in tackles-per-game.

Also for the the Redhawks will be junior running back Levi Terrell, who

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transferred from a Division-II school after the football program there was dropped.

The game is scheduled for 6 p.m. in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The Panthers will take on the Eastern Kentucky Colonels at home next weekend for the Family Weekend game.

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It w i l l b e a we e k e n d o f t h e Hawks for Eastern’s women’s soccer team, as it will hit the road and look to build on its 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference record. The team will head to Cape Girardeau, Mo., today and Martin, Tenn., Sunday for matchups with the Redhawks and Skyhawks.

Southeast Missouri is like Eastern, 2-0 in the OVC this season, having topped Austin Peay and Murray State on the road, triumphed by a combined score of 6-1 in the two games.

The Panthers hold a 9-4-3 advantage in the all-time series against Southeast Missouri, but head coach Summer Perala is 0-1-1 in her Panther coaching career against the Redhawks. Perala picked up her first career win over Tennessee Tech last week and will obviously be looking to do the same in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Following the match with the Redhawks, the Panthers will take on the Skyhawks of Tennessee-Martin.

The Skyhawks currently sit at 6-42 on the season and 1-0-1 in the OVC after battling to a 2-2 draw with Murray State last weekend be-

PANTHERS, from page 7 “The girls are ready to go, and we had a good week of practice, so we are going to use that to bring home two OVC wins,” Price said.

Eastern Kentucky holds a 7-8 overall record and an even 2-2 record in league play.

The two teams will meet for the 31st time this weekend, with the Panthers owning a 16-14 series advantage. However, they have lost the last seven matches between the two, which includes three consecutive contests going to five sets.

The Panthers are looking to break that streak and lead into Saturday with a victory.

Morehead State enters the weekend at 9-5 overall and a perfect 4-0 to open conference play.

Eastern and Morehead State will meet for the 29th time, with the Panthers holding a 15-13 advantage. However, Eastern has also lost the last eight contests to Morehead State.

Price said the team takes it one game at a time.

“We are not going to overlook Eastern Kentucky,” Price said. “We have to focus on one game at a time because they are a good team, too.”

The Panthers will return home this Friday and Saturday to play Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State. First serves are set for 7 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively.

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fore beating Austin Peay 2-0 in a pair of road matches.

The Panthers are 11-3-1 alltime against Tennessee-Martin and have outscored the Skyhawks by a combined 34-11 in those contests, which have included seven Panther shutouts.

Perala is 1-1 against TennesseeMartin in her career as the Panthers’ head coach, winning the last meeting between the two teams. Last year in Charleston, now-junior forward Kristin Germann netted the game’s only goal for a 1-0 Panther win.

This year is the first time since 2003 that the Panthers have started 2-0 in conference, and sophomore defender Brenna Vogel’s first career goal last week against Tennessee Tech was enough to earn her Adidas OVC Defender of the Week honors.

Vogel and freshman Brooke Sill both netted their first career goals last weekend, as Sill’s first goal came against Jacksonville State last Sunday at Lakeside Field.

After this weekend, the Panthers will be off for Family Weekend before returning to OVC action Oct. 14 and 16 at Lakeside Field against Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State, respectively.

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Rugby returns after week off

Team won 96-0 last season

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By Jordan Pottorff Staff Reporter

The Eastern women’s rugby team will be back in action this weekend when it will hit the road for the first time this season. The Panthers will travel north to Champaign to take on the University of Illinois Fighting Illini.

The Panthers have not been in action since hosting the Quinnipiac Bobcats in the first ever NCAA Division-I women’s rugby game on Sept. 18.

The Panthers were set to take on the Purdue Boilermakers last weekend, but because of traveling conflicts, the game to was rescheduled for Nov. 12.

The two-week break from game play was used to fine-tune the little things and work on the general parts of rugby to prepare for this weekend and the remainder of the season.

“We had a good week of practice and I think the girls feel better about themselves,” Graziano said. “I think that gave us a mental break about just thinking about beating someone every weekend. This was perfect for us.”

Eastern will kick off the road portion of its schedule this weekend against the Fighting Illini. The Panthers have had substantial success against the Illini throughout the years, and head coach Graziano looks for more of the same this weekend.

“I want to see how well our timing is,” Graziano said. “If the timing on our offensive plays works well then we can put up a lot of points.”

He said the team has performed well in practice this week.

The Panthers are 4-0 against the Illini since 2007, including a 96-0 win last year in Champaign. The Panthers will look to repeat that result again this weekend.

Despite the Panthers’ 3-0 record, they have had trouble putting a large number of points on the scoreboard this season and Graziano said they will look to change that on Saturday.

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two weeks,” he said.

Senior flyhalf Tine Crema agreed, saying the team needs to play at a tougher level.

“We want to play harder and get in the game and get going instead of playing down to our opponents level,” Crema said. “We want to strengthen our offense and score big this weekend.”

Crema said a key for the team is to

start the game off on the right foot.

“It’s really important that we get off to a good start,” she said. “We have been a little slow starting off this season, and we really want to use this game to build some momentum for the rest of the season.”

The team’s captain said she feels confident in the team’s chances over its rival.

“I’m pretty confident that we will get the win. We have had great suc-

cess against them in the past and it’s kind of like a hometown rivalry since we are so close to them,” senior Narissa Ramirez said.

Kickoff between the Panthers and the Fighting Illini is slated for noon on Saturday.

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The Eastern cross country teams will be heading to South Bend, Ind., for their meets at the Notre Dame Invitational today.

The women will start at 2 p.m. and the men at 2:45 p.m. Both the men and women will be represented in the gold division, and expect to improve from last year when the men took home 10th, and the women won seventh.

Red-shirt senior Brad LaRocque has been going through visualizations to prepare himself for the Norte Dame Invitational. This will be his third year competing in this competition.

“In the past years, I was too hyped up for each meet, so this year I have kind of a nonchalant attitude about it to keep me relaxed and chilled, so when race day does come, I’m not all exhausted” LaRocque said.

Senior Olivia Klaus said she is expecting big things from herself this year compared to last year when she finished 13th. She said she is more focused to race smarter, rather than harder, for the best outcome.

“My goal is top five, but I would be content with top 10,” Klaus said. “Definite goal is top five.”

Laroque said he expects his men’s team to finish in the top three.

Second-year cross country head coach Erin Howarth stressed that both the men and women teams have been completely devoted. She said she believes keeping up with classes, rest and the big workload in practice last week will be the key in both teams success.

Howarth, Klaus and Laroque are all in agreement that their success will be shown because of their extensive amount of depth on both teams.

Klaus said the women have been fortunate to not be hit with any season-ending injuries like the men have in Mike Hesslau with a stress reaction in his shin, and most recently freshman Joe Calio with an appendix injury.

“I think that just shows how well the girls, if something’s bothering them, they’re in the training room.”

Howarth acknowledged that the team’s biggest competition on the men’s side would be North Central, University of Illinois-Chicago and Grand Valley State. Northwestern, Bradley and Indiana State will be top competition on the women’s end, according to Howarth.

“This is one of the bigger meets and the fastest course we will encounter this season,” Howarth said. “The expectation is for both teams to finish between third and sixth.”

Nick Blankenship can be reached at 581-7942 or nrblankenship@eiu.edu.

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Panthers, Redhawks seek first OVC win Two key OVC

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The Eastern football team will hit the road again for the team’s second straight Ohio Valley Conference road game.

This weekend, the Panthers, currently 1-3 this season and 0-2 in conference, will take on Southeast Missouri. The Redhawks enter the game without a win this season, currently 0-3. One of the team’s losses were to an OVC team, falling to Tennessee Tech.

Despite not having a win yet this season, the Redhawks were a surprise to most last season when they won the OVC title.

Eastern head coach Bob Spoo said he is excited about playing two successful programs like Jacksonville and Southeast Missouri back-to-back.

“We lost to a very good Jacksonville State team and we’re going down to face a very good

Southeast Missouri team,” he said. “It doesn’t get any better.”

What needs to get better, according to Spoo, is the team’s consistency. “ We’ve b e e n i n c o n s i s t e n t ; we’ve had turnovers and penalties and those type of things don’t help winning football games,” he said. “Until we correct those things, we’ll continue to struggle.”

The Panthers have a total of six interceptions, four fumbles lost and 21 penalties for 175 yards so far this season.

Southeast Missouri head coach Tony Samuel, currently in his sixth year as coach, said he sees the Panthers as a major challenge.

“We’ve got a major challenge coming up with Eastern Illinois,” he said. “We all know their conditioning and the way they play hard, and they’re doing that again.”

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Sam Hendricks, a red-shirt freshman tight end, makes the catch for a touchdown on a throw from sophomore quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo Sept. 17 on O’Brien Field.

Samuel said this game against Eastern is a ‘must-win’ for his team.

“I think we’re still in the hunt and we’ve got to win this one to

stay in the hunt,” Samuel said.

Though he sees this game as a ‘must-win,’ he said he sees every game as ‘must-win.’

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The Panthers are now 4-11 overall and just under .500 at 2-3 in conference play.

After splitting last weekend’s matches, the Panthers look to take home two key Ohio Valley Conference matches this weekend.

Freshman Katie Kirby and sophomore Reynae Hutchinson had an impressive showing in Friday and Sunday’s games and those two will be key factors in the next two home matches.

Kirby and Hutchinson combined for a total of 42 kills and 43 digs last weekend alone despite their single overall scores.

Kirby has 138 kills and 99 digs while the female athlete of the week Hutchinson, has a total of 120 kills and 91 digs.

Head coach Kate Price said the team will feed off the momentum it got in Friday’s win to overcome the next two teams and get two victories at home.

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