February 23, 2015

SEALING THE DEAL

The Eastern women’s basketball team is going to the OVC Tournament for the second-straight year under coach Debbie Black.

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Models explore, remember African roots

By T’Nerra Butler Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Members of Glamourize Ladies and Men Modeling took lingering strides on a Tshaped runway in remembrance of their African roots on Saturday in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

The Untold Truth: We are Kings and Queens began the show with models walking and posing down the aisles of the audience.

The models used the entire room for this act; several models remained on stage clothed in all black with tribal fabric wrapped around their waist, dancing to a remixed version of Beyoncé’s «Run the World.»

Hosts Chris Hightower and Stephanie Jenkins revealed to the audience what each scene prevailed.

The second scene, titled “King Pres,” opened with the president of GLAM, Kendall Jackson, on the center of the stage with his back toward the audience clothed in African wear.

“King Pres” depicted the capture of African-Americans and their arrival to America. As Jackson took pursuit downstage, models threw flowers in his pathway.

Students presented live performances throughout the show.

Deja Dade, a freshman theater major, was the first performer and prepared a monologue as if she were a girl living in Africa.

“If someone ever makes you feel that you are unworthy, stick your chest out and bring your chin up and tell them excuse me for not being pale,” Dade said during the monologue. “Little African girl, you are diamonds and pearls, rubies and sapphires. You are a Queen.”

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Stephanie Jenkins, left, and Christopher Hightower, right, hosts of the GLAM fashion show, Untold Truth: We are Kings and Queens, discuss the next act in the show Saturday at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union in the Grand Ballroom. The show consisted of several scenes conveying different styles.

Dade said she used life experiences to get into character.

“When Kendall told me it was inspired by

kings and queens, I actually knew this lady in a braid shop who would tell me stories when I was younger about Egyptian kings

and queens, I embodied that as if were her daughter,” Dade said.

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Coles County Jail to implement virtual visitation for inmates

Online board helps create programs

By Cassie Buchman City Editor|@DEN_News Although the Coles County Courthouse and jails have many historic elements, new technology is being implemented to allow inmates to view their court proceedings and see visitors without leaving jail.

Sheriff James Rankin said a new virtual court system is in the works in which a room will be set up for the inmate to view a video screen of the court from inside the jail.

Normally, inmates are escorted from jail to court by at least two police officers through an underground tunnel that was built in 1958.

“The attorney will sit there with their client, and the judge will be up at the courthouse,” Rankin said. “The only time they’ll leave is for a jury trial, when they have to be taken to the courthouse.”

Lt. Lisa Tillis, a jail administrator, said people have been working on the virtual court system and virtual visitation for years now.

“Most law enforcement agencies are coming to this kind of system,” she said.

Tillis said most of the past week was spent installing equipment for the virtual visitation, and it would start in the next couple of weeks.

“This will make for minimal inmate movement, and make everything much easier,” Tillis said.

The way visitation works now, the officers have to move inmates to an area where they and

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Coles County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant and jail administrator Lisa Tills demonstrates how the virtual visitation room is used Friday in the Coles County Sheriff’s Office.

their visitors are on separate sides of glass and talk through phones. Visitors are only allowed to do this two days a week.

With virtual visitation, the inmates would not leave their cell, visits would be scheduled in advance, and they would be able to have visits several days a week.

It would be an automated system, where the visitor’s face would pop up on a screen so the inmates could see the person who is visiting.

After a 20-minute visit, the screen would shut down so the inmates cannot see their visitor anymore.

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Eastern created a temporary board in 2012 focused on putting together online degree programs for off-campus students.

Robert Augustine, the chair of the online board, said the board is a group of both faculty and administrators.

“People know it’s not one of our permanent committees,” Augustine said. “It’s a temporary committee that we have until the time we decided we want a more permanent committee.”

The focus of the board is to create online degree programs for students who are unable to come to campus to get their degree.

“We have students that want to come to EIU, but because they’re working or because of other reasons, they cannot come in the usual way,” Augustine said.

“They’re looking for online degree programs, and to be responsive to that, we have then brought the representatives of the departments together.”

The representatives come together to create the online programs, which then have to pass through the Council on Academic Affairs and the Council on Graduate Studies.

The online board then addresses any issues that may occur after the programs are created and passed.

Currently, the online board is addressing policy issues, which may deter students taking online courses.

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By Megan Ivey Associate News Editor|@Megankayivey From traditional Afro-Cuban hymns to medieval melodies, music spanning centuries was presented during the R&R Percussion/Trombone Duo Saturday in the Recital Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

The duet was part of the music department’s Faculty Recital Series. Assistant professors Jamie Ryan and Jemmie Robertson played percussion and trombone, respectively.

Robertson said the music for percussion and trombone can vary.

“We wanted to feature different colors of sound,” he said.

While introducing the fourth piece of the recital, titled “Stereogram No. 11- Miami,” Ryan said he wanted to give an accurate feel of the piece’s American-Cuban salsa tones.

“This is to sound like a two-person salsa, we hope,” he said.

Despite only having two members to perform, Ryan could be often found bouncing around from one percussion instrument to the next, making it seem as though more musicians were present.

Robertson said the term “stereogram” stated in the title gave the piece layers of sound and different registers.

“Stereogram No. 11-Miami” differed greatly from the compilation of three pieces titled “Three Medieval Dances.”

Audience members were able to experience sounds dating back to the 1400s.

Ryan’s percussion included instruments attached to the foot, and a tambourine.

To c o n t i n u e , e a c h m u s i c i a n played a solo piece.

Ryan said before his solo, Robertson deserved a rest.

“It’s time to give those lips a break,” he said.

Ryan played and sang a diverse solo, sourced from traditional Afro-Cuban styles, titled “Orishas.”

“Orishas” is derived from Cuba, as a form of religious music, which Ryan arranged as a solo.

He sang hymns while playing two different forms of percussion.

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In the beginning of the piece, Ryan’s voice was clear, echoing the walls of the Recital Hall; as the piece continued, Ryan’s voice became subdued, as his work on the congas took over.

Ryan said he is ver y familiar with this style of music, working with the genre for multiple decades.

“It has been three to four decades now,” he said. “I can’t believe how long it’s been.”

Ryan co-founded “El Can Destino,” an Afro-Cuban quartet and played congas and sacred bata drums, according to his biography on Eastern’s website.

Robertson said his solo, “Etude No. 7,” was originally written for the trumpet.

“It just happens to sound better on the trombone,” he said, as members from the audience laughed.

Robertson used the solo as a way to reflect on his teachings.

“When I teach, I put an emphasis on etudes, which I think students

tend to avoid,” he said. “It’s important to explore expressions.”

For two of the final three pieces, Robertson and Ryan joined together to tell two different stories.

The first of the two was to express the works of Shakespeare.

The two parts in the encompassed piece crossed centuries, with the first composer, Ambroise Thomas, being of the late 1800s, and the second, Radiohead, from 1986. “(The first piece) is to imitate Hamlet’s tortured speech,” Robertson said.

The second for the Shakespeare piece was composed for the 1996 Romeo and Juliet movie, and exemplified two lovers, Ryan said.

The final piece, “Ohio River Journal,” depicted different scenes of composer David P. Jones’ experiences on the Ohio River with a “big band jazz” flare.

Ryan said this was a piece he has been meaning to perform for a while.

“I was supposed to do this with an old friend, but never got around to

it,” he said. “(Robertson) was up to the task.”

Part three of the four-part “Ohio River Journal,” called “Latent Storms,” lent to an eerie feel, much like unfavorable or dangerous weather.

Robertson said he heard about one of the pieces, “Pair Up,” from a former student after the student showed it to him on YouTube.

“We stole it from him,” he said.

“Beware, students. We will ‘borrow’ your suggestions.”

Through most of the recital either Robertson or Ryan would take the lead to showcase one instrument at a time; however, “Pair Up” suited its title. Both Robertson and Ryan played with the same power simultaneously.

Robertson said he appreciated the audience and the “live experience.”

“This is a moment we all share together,” he said.

Megan Ivey can be reached at 581-2812 or mkivey@eiu.edu.

‘Black Power Mixtape’ to be shown, debated

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Jamie Ryan, an assistant professor in the music department, plays a percussion instrument in the Faculty Recital Series in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Saturday in the Recital Hall. Ryan performed a solo piece of work and duos.

The members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity will be showing the film “Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975,” which a documentary made by the Swedish during the Black Power Movement, at 7:11 p.m. Monday in the Phipps Lecture Hall of the Physical Science Building.

Following the film will be a discussion about the documentary at 6:11 p.m. Tuesday in the Phipps Lecture Hall.

The film focuses on what the culture was for African-Americans during the late ‘60s to mid ‘70s, which included scenes from prominent leaders of the movement such

as Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King Jr. and Huey P. Newton.

The film also features commentary from Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte and Talib Kweli.

One aspect of the documentary raises the question of drugs getting into the African-American community, which many would blame police officers and the FBI for doing.

Cyle Colbert, a senior communication studies major who is a member of the Kappas, said the organization chose this specific film because it wanted to help others understand how the Black Power movement was a pivotal point in African-American history and communities.

The Black Power movement was a movement from the mid ‘60s to

the mid ‘70s when African-Americans began to feel a sense of pride from where they came from. African-Americans during the movement celebrated their heritage and culture often raising their fists and wearing Afros in solidarity for the African-American identity. “ M a l c o l m X , D r. K i n g a n d Angela Davis, all stood up and wanted to do something for their community and was willing to fight to the death for it,” Colbert said.

Colbert said the overall meaning of the film is racism and how African-Americans during that time rose above the issue as well as discussing the Vietnam War and its connection with AfricanAmericans in the ‘60s.

The goals for the film showing are to raise awareness to the Black Power movement and what it meant historically for AfricanAmericans, and to take note of who the prominent leaders were during that era and how society viewed them, Colbert said.

Colbert said this moment for African-Americans is important to the culture because it allows people to see a deeper context of the movement and how the leaders influenced an entire generation with unity and self-love for the AfricanAmerican culture.

Roberto Hodge can be reached at 581-2812 or rlhodge@eiu.edu.

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Rossi siblings leave audience ‘Stagestruck’

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Melodies ricocheted off the Dvorak Concert Hall’s walls from the cacophony of strings and elongated groans of brass as Eastern’s Symphony Orchestra fine-tuned their instruments before commencing the “Stagestruck” performance Sunday afternoon.

After confronting February’s wind chill, families and couples of all ages stepped into the warmth of wind, string and brass.

Singer and dancer Regina Rossi, with her versatile voice engaging the audience, accompanied Eastern’s orchestra. The orchestra lingered with long pauses and rose—the bursts of brass, the rolls of the drums, the gust of wind instruments and the swelling trill of the strings—all joined in a chorus with Regina Rossi’s unwavering voice.

Regina Rossi’s versatility emerged in playful songs like “The Girl in 14G.” She roused laughter from the audience as she scatted, shimmied and snapped all while tapping her foot to a quickened, swing-like pace.

The song portrays a story of a young woman living in apartment 14G who endures her obnoxious neighbors above and below her.

While the persona of apartment 13G disrupts the young woman’s peaceful slumber with her strident, opera-like caterwauling, apartment 15G’s persona just as loudly and unashamedly expresses her love for jazz and swing.

In just one song, Regina Rossi swiftly alters not only her voice, but also her body language from one character to the next.

Regina Rossi’s personality continued to grow on stage in other pieces such as “Glitter and be Gay.” She ended her piece with an infectious cackle—all a part of the character she was portraying, which sent the audience into hysterics. Regina Rossi uses the space around her in a way that allowed room for her characters to come to life and roam freely.

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The singers from the performance “Stagestruck” sing “And this is My Beloved” from Kismet, Sunday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. “And this is My Beloved” was the only song that all four singers performed together.

nying pianist, introduced the touching tribute to their parents, “And this is My Beloved.” He mentioned the following song was their parent’s first duo in Broadway, and then Regina Rossi and a cannoning trio performed the piece.

Regina Rossi’s motherly rendition of “Not While I’m Around” from the musical “Sweeney Todd” was dedicated to her 19-year-old son.

Tears threatening her lashes, Regina Rossi said performing the tribute song to her parents was especially emotional for her now that the curtains have closed. She said she felt it was a wonderful sensation being back at Eastern and stated it had been precisely 13 years since her last performance at Eastern with her father when he was still alive.

Eric Luminais played his solo piece, which happened to be his first solo appearance with an orchestra,

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Regina Rossi, who was the soprano singer in “Stagestruck,” sings “Glitter and be Gay” from Candide.

due to his winning Eastern’s 2014 Concerto competition. Luminais’ flute fascinated audiences. Falling si-

Luminais’ performance left the audience members nodding at one another in approval. He spoke briefly about his jitters before waltzing out onto the stage.

“I was definitely feeling some adrenaline, but I felt good,” he said.

Richard Rossi encouraged the audience to stay for a surprise finale: a variation of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

Regina Rossi said this particular piece was the song that got her mother into Broadway.

The crowds then showered the orchestra with roaring applause, standing ovations and strings of compliments throughout and after the concert.

lent, the audience shifted further out of their seats to catch the hurried little breaths of the flute.

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Taking an ax to education

Letter to the editor Reginald Thedford Studies estimate that one in five women are sexually assaulted while in college. Only 13 percent of rape survivors report their assault. Campus sexual assault is a silent epidemic that is taking over schools across the country, and it is time we start talking about it.

The White House recently launched the “It’s On Us” Campaign, in partnership with Generation Progress, to bring a national awareness to this issue and end the culture of violence and silence that exists at colleges nationwide.

It is time to take responsibility on our campus here at EIU and change the mindset of how we look at sexual assault. We no longer need to be reactive; it’s time for us to be proactive.

While rape is an uncomfortable topic of conversation for many, it is quite literally on us, as students, to start the conversation. If we are able to talk about such an uncomfortable thing that occurs at our school, we can confront this issue head on.

Only in having an open discussion with all members of our community- the administration, faculty, counselors, students, and student groups- will we be able to be honest about sexual assault at our school.

We cannot be on the list of over 85 schools being investigated by the Department of Education for Title IX violations, accused of mishandling reported cases of sexual assault.

It is not only the duty of our school’s administration to make sure each and every case of sexual assault on our campus is prioritized and treated with sufficient care; it is also our duty as students to make sure we are holding our administration accountable.

There is no reason for any student, male or female, to feel unsafe on our campus. These atrocities are potentially occurring right here on our campus, at parties and in resident halls, and we need to make changes and recognize the severity of the situation.

No longer should reports be minimized or swept under the rug. We as a university need to start taking this issue seriously. We need to stop blaming the victim, not be a bystander, and get in the way before it happens.

It’s on all of us to change the culture, not look the other way, and to make campus sexual assault obsolete.

This is why we encourage everyone to join Student Government, Tuesday, February 24, at 6 p.m. in the CharlestonMattoon Room as we launch the “It’s On Us” campaign here at Eastern Illinois University.

It’s On Us: Take A Stand Against Sexual Assault.

Reginald Thedford is the student body president.

He can be reached at denopinions@gmail.com

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Midterms are an opportunity for redemption Wrapped up in the daily routine, students can often let major events in the future catch them off guard.

Midterms would be one of those events that always seem to come out of nowhere.

All of the sudden, classes are at the halfway point, and the realization that only three months will remain to boost grades, in order to receive that grade needed to get that GPA or even pass.

Midterms open up the idea that the semester is almost over, as well as making up a large percentage of the overall grade in much of the courses on Eastern’s campus.

There should not be a worry about these looming exams or projects though, because there is still time. March 5, the start of midterms, is still far enough away to study.

Students still have the chance to ensure they are receiving the grade they want by studying throughout the next to weeks to be prepared.

Even though it might sound like overbearing and obvious advice, studying is be-

coming increasingly rare. Students on average study only 14 hours a week, according to a University of California study. This is a major departure from the 24 hours a week placed towards studying in 1961.

We, as students, need to place more of an emphasis on not only studying, but studying early, especially for these types of exams, in order to retain the information for longer than the one to two hours it takes to finish the test.

Students are hopefully at this university to learn and retain information that will be beneficial to them in their career moving forward.

Studying this far in advance of these large exams will also allow for shorter periodic studying leaving room for more free time each day for other things, whether that be for other classes or social time.

Instead of cramming a half-a-semester’s worth of knowledge in one night before the exam, students can leave room to really comprehend and retain the informa-

tion they are studying through flashcards or other means.

Do not leave yourself in a place where they are regretting not studying earlier as they chug that third coffee in order to stay awake at 4 a.m. Save your body and mind the trouble of agonizing and stressing those brief hours before the test.

It is not easy to look for ward to big events, like midterms, especially in the fast-paced day-to-day that is college life, but it is necessary.

Midterms may signal a looming end to the future, but students should take this sign as a way to come back from the brink of failure and bump their grade up to where it should be.

The date is a reminder that there is still a second chance for students to make for any possible mistake made thus far in the semester.

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

Interdisciplinary teamwork should be encouraged Kaycie Brauer This weekend I was on various social media platforms, scrolling through posts, when I began to notice more and more people complaining about general education classes outside of their major or some people even attacking other majors as being “easy” or less than their own.

Too many times, it seems that people want to look at their education as a specific, narrow field, where they only need to know about the subject of their major and don’t need to incorporate ideas from other majors into their own interests.

People try to separate themselves from other disciplines. They don’t want to look for or find unifying similarities, when they really ought to.

For example, people usually place Chemistry and English at two complete opposite ends of the spectrum, but even these two can find common ground.

Chemistry is all about looking at the

part of the whole, the building blocks of the world. English too, looks at parts of the whole—often looking at how individual words can change the entire meaning of a piece, not unlike how Chemistry sees how one molecule or element changes the entirety of a substance.

The real world operates on a model of integrated ideas and networks. You would be hard pressed to find a career that deals strictly with one discipline with no relation to any others.

Instead of trying to separate ourselves and find the differences between our majors, passions, and otherwise, it would be most beneficial to our campus and our educations if we started to come together and find ways to integrate our individual skills and disciplines together.

If I’m writing a paper on a novel about how women were treated during a certain time period, I should feel comfortable talking to a History major to spark and develop ideas.

A Psychology major should feel comfortable asking a Math major for help with their statistics class. There’s nothing wrong with asking for help, especially when it helps bridge gaps and practice interdisciplinary cooperation.

Working together is productive and expands our thinking and understanding.

A good education is one that is whole and complete, which means that it is comprehensive and extends beyond a single specific area.

We all have to live in the world together and we all have the same goal of making it a better place to be in.

Working together and ignoring arbitrary boundaries that we create for ourselves can only be beneficial in the long run.

Kaycie Brauer is a senior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@ gmail.com.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Members of GLAM per formed a variety of modeling styles during the fashion show, The Untold Truth: We are Kings and Queens, on Saturday.

A scene titled “Pretty Hurts” explored African people being uncultured and deprived because of their captures.

Three models remained posed in the center of the room in graceful gowns, while others scaled around the sides.

Ti a r a Pi l l ow, a s e n i o r c o m munication studies major, and Destiny Winford, a senior family consumer sciences major, presented a creative piece called “And They Think.”

This performance intertwined s o n g a n d s p o k e n w o rd , w h i c h described black violence and misguidance with lines like, “36 people killed in a weekend, every victim the same color skin,” and “taught by a society that plans for our demise.”

During the intermission, the models strutted through the entire Ballroom to a dance routine to Ciara’s “Gimme Dat.” Jackson ended the scene with a v o g u e d e a t h d r o p, w h i c h i s w h e re t h e m o d e l d ro p s i n t o a pose on the ground with one leg behind them and one leg stretched out.

Throughout the show, three walk-offs occurred where the host rounded up two people from the audience.

One called for men, one called for women and one for children.

T h e l a s t s c e n e , t i t l e d “ Gl o ry,” told a story of how AfricanAmericans can overcome and thrive to become successful in

America.

Two male models were shirtless and sported shackles on their wrists.

Models in this scene were in dresses and one male model put on props that resembled an Egyptian Pharaoh.

The scene ended with a fist of black power then a bow.

The models all came back out with the last scene›s outfit and danced.

Jackson gave a departure speech thanking the models and summing up the show’s significance. “ Eve r yo n e o n t h i s s t a g e h a s been through a journey,” Jackson said.

Aaliyah Morgan, a freshman biology major, said GLAM makes a difference. “ G L A M d o e s n’t h a v e a s e t look; it welcomes anyone who is willing to put forth the effort to do what it takes to be a good model,” Morgan said. “It helps with character building because you’re able to take constructive criticism and make your weaknesses your strengths.”

Some of the model-wear sported came from Christopher & Banks in Mattoon and fabric from Jo-Ann Fabric.

Shakya Jarrett, a junior sociology major, said this is her fourth show with GLAM. “(GLAM) is truly amazing; I don›t know if I›ll find something else in life this fun because we

are the center of attention,” Jarrett said. “It’s definitely an egobooster.”

C h a r ré A r m s t ro n g , a n a u d i ence member and Charleston resident, said the show was refreshing, inviting and inspiring because of the show’s theme.

“It was a reminder of how you should remember your place in t h i s w o r l d d e s p i t e h ow s o c i a l media may display things because of people’s narrow mind sets.” Armstrong said. “You are someone and this was a celebration of being great—being kings and queens—and this show was a great explanation of that.”

Shaniyah Meyes, a freshman psychology major, said this was the per fect time for GL AM to show African-American pride. “ Tr a n s i t i o n t h r o u g h a t i m e from kings and queens to us treated merely as nothing is something to tell,” Meyes said. “ We a r e b e c o m i n g m o r e t h a n what we have been.”

Looking back, Jackson said he was in awe of the entire show, which will also be his final bow as president of GLAM. “I›ve been working on this show for almost two years and m y v i s i o n h a s c o m e t o l i f e ,” Jackson said. “My goal was to have the audience feel everything, every emotion.”

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“With current visitation, people have to work, and they can’t see the person they care about,” Tillis said. “Virtual visitation will open it up, and people will have more options.”

Tillis said it is always much safer when officers do not have to take inmates out of the building.

“It is much better from a security standpoint,” Tillis said.

Not having to take inmates out of the building would make for less of a risk for public officers, as well as less chances for potential escape attempts. It would also cut down on the chance of inmates seeing people they do not get along with, and people they had committed a crime with.

“This way there’s no friction created from people crossing paths,” Tillis said. “It would be safer for the inmates, safer for the public.”

Tillis said this safety is important, especially since it is not just violent offenders that pose a threat.

“A lot of officers have been killed when people have been desperate to get out,” Tillis said, giving the example of an officer who was killed by an inmate who had been held on a traffic citation.

She said a lot of misunderstandings have occurred between officers and the public, because the public feels like the officers treat them all like criminals.

“We treat them like criminals not because they are a criminal, but because you can’t tell,” Tillis said. “It’s not stamped on their forehead. When they put on their clothes, they look like you or I.” She said officers cannot always tell good people from bad, and this is the reason they treat people in a manner that seems brisk or insensitive.

“We function in a world most of the world doesn’t see,” Tillis said.

“If we do a our job well, you don’t see that part of the world. You can’t

make any assumptions.”

Though some offenders are unruly on their way to court, the officers know how to handle them without incident.

“We have very professional officers who conduct themselves very well,” Rankin said.

While a few escape attempts have occurred, none have ever been inside the tunnel or been successful.

“We have had inmates fashion keys out of staples, toothbrushes,” Tillis said. “We deal with people who are very creative, very intelligent.”

Rankin said tens of thousands of inmates have used the underground tunnel since it was built.

The tunnel is made out of brick and mortar, with some sections being recreated with concrete.

On any given day, the tunnel may be used to transport three to forty people to court.

At least two officers need to transport the offender, and they are belly belted and cuffed.

“They are searched when they get there, searched when they get out,” Rankin said.

Everyone who is going to court uses the courthouse tunnel, unless they have a physical difficulty. If the offender has physical difficulties, the squad car is used to take them to court.

Tillis said the temperature of the tunnel stays cool, and although it is not as cold as it is outside, it is usually wet.

The tunnel goes from the sheriff ’s department through to the courthouse, and is about a block and a half to two blocks long.

“The officers transporting the offenders get a lot of exercise going back and forth,” Tillis said.

Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “One of those policies that we’re working on is when a student currently stops out,” Augustine said. “Our online students tend to stop out more frequently than our face-to-face students, and we’re trying to make it easier and simpler for every student to simply come back when they’re ready to complete their degree programs.”

The board is also looking at creating a webpage to list all the current online degree programs. “What are they, how would I find out about them, who would help me with them, you have to go all over the place to find them,” Augustine said. “Soon, they’re going to be in just one place; you can see what they all look like, and then you can then get to the department chair to find out more about it.”

“Sometimes, there are reasons why we don’t want our face-to-face students to take our online courses,” Augustine said.

“We want them to be engaged in the classes here.”

Augustine also said the online board does not create more courses; it creates whole degree programs.

“We began our efforts to develop online programing for academic instruction in 2000 with the creation of CATS, Center for Academic Technology Support,” Augustine said. “That center was created specifically to help Eastern develop online courses.”

Augustine said one of the first steps toward including online courses was making sure the faculty had the technology to teach them.

Eastern differs from other public institutions in terms of online course availability.

Faculty members have to go through an online development before they can teach an online course; each course and degree program undergoes the same type of review process, and these courses are taught by Eastern faculty members, not other faculty hired by the university separately.

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By Blake Nash Staff Reporter|@DEN_Sports.

The five Eastern men’s basketball seniors were honored after the Panthers defeated Southeast Missouri, 73-65, Sunday in Lantz Arena.

Those five seniors include Dylan Chatman, Reggie Smith, Mat Piotrowski, Keenen Anderson and Josh Piper played in their last home game of their careers.

Those five were honored in a postgame ceremony, where they were presented with a framed jersey, and it was announced by the public address announcer that all five would graduate later t his year.

This feat pleased Eastern coach Jay Spoonhour.

“I’m so proud of them. The best thing, I wanted them to mention, is the fact they’re all going to graduate,” Spoonhour said. “I’m also really happy that this win secured a winning season because they put a ton of work in to not get one. I was glad they all got in the game, too.”

Eastern is now 16-12 and 9-6 in the OVC with one regular season game remaining. This is their first winning season since 2001.

Eastern trailed at halftime against the Redhawks which scared Chatman, but the result turned out the way the senior guard wanted it to.

“That’s definitely how I wanted to end my senior year,” Chatman said. “I’m going to miss playing basketball. I’m probably going to be in the Rec (Center) a lot now that I’m going to have too much free time.”

Chatman finished his last home game with seven points and six rebounds.

Fellow senior Josh Piper also finished with six rebounds, and helped lead the Panthers to victory with a few key defensive plays late. He said after the game that finishing with some points would’ve been good too.

“I wish my shots would’ve fallen, but I’ll take the win any day,” Piper said. “It’s never really fun not to take your shots, but I’ll take the win anytime that I can get one.

Piper finished with six rebounds and four assists.

The shots for falling for another senior, Reggie Smith, who finished with 10 points to lead all the Eastern seniors. He also had two rebounds and two assists to end his career at Lantz Arena.

“The ultimate goal was to just win the game,” Smith said. “It made the game better, the night a lot better, and seeing our family was great because we haven’t seen them in a long time. It was a special night for everyone.”

As for families, the seven foot, two inch Mat Piotrowski was met by his family after the game, including his brother Luke Piotrowski, who will be a senior next year. Mat said he may return next year for his brother’s senior day, but is going to miss the Eastern campus.

“I loved being a part of such a small campus,” Piotrowski said. “These last few years were fun, and it was great getting a win in my last home game.”

Spoonhour said the seniors helped lay a good foundation for the Eastern program, and that they’ll continue to get better because of them.

Piper finished his Eastern career having played in 109 games, which is the third most in program history.

“It’s been a lot of fun and a lot of change since I got here,” Piper said. “New coaching staffs, new players, new everything. It’s gone really fast and I can’t believe today is senior day.”

Smith said he is going to miss the family atmosphere at Eastern.

“The program changed so much since last year,” Smith said. “Every time you come here for every game, you know there is going to be people here supporting you.”

Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu

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Freshman pole vaulter Elliott Krause prepares to vault during the ‘Friday Night Special’ in Lantz Fieldhouse.

Track teams sprint to first place

By Mark Shanahan Staff Reporter | @DEN_news The men’s and women’s track and field teams each captured first place Friday at the Friday Night Special in Lantz Fieldhouse.

The women had a total of 110.50 points, which led them past Southern Illinois who had 57 and Indiana State with 53.50 points.

The men had a total of 83 points and Indiana State came in second with 49, Southern Illinois in third with 41.50 and an Ohio Valley Conference member, Murray State, had a single point with one competitor at the meet.

Freshman Nyjah Lane finished first in the 60-meter and 200-meter runs for the women.

Lane was focused the most on her starts for the 60-meter dash. “(Friday) I was just really working on my block starts, because my block starts haven’t really been too strong,” she said. “I practiced really hard (Thursday), so I felt confident coming into my race.”

Lane was happy about how her 60-meter dash

went and is uncertain, but hopeful that she will compete in conference next weekend.

“I don’t really think when I race. I just kind of just go, but I took off and I felt like I had a good start so I kept going from there,” she said. “I’m really happy about my time, and I’m really happy about my hard work and that it’s actually paying off.”

Her goal in the 60-meter was to have a good start, and that was what happened for Lane on Friday.

“I stayed humble and I stayed focused and it paid off in the end,” she said. “My goal is just to have a good block start and to come out and go fast.”

The men dominated the 60-meter dash having sophomore’s Jonathon Boey, Chris Ilunga-Matthiesen and Jamal Robinson finishing first, second and third, respectively.

Boey had a final time of 6.82 seconds beating his preliminary time of 6.88 seconds.

“I felt kind of nervous only because I felt like a lot of pressure was on me,” he said. “I’m trying to focus on going to conference and trying to break

a record, and set a new record at conference.”

Boey will compete in conference next weekend and said is happy about his 60-meter performance.

“During the race I felt great,” he said. “I had a little stumble off the blocks but after that, I picked it up and I just ran. Overall, I feel like I ran a good race.”

Junior Amy Yeoman had a first place finish in the 600 with a new personal best time of 1:37.44. Junior, Angelica Anyaogu is now fifth in school history in the long jump with her jump of 19-00.00 feet.

Both teams will now get ready for the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championship, which is held at Lantz Fieldhouse. Eastern will only be allowed to have 30 competitors.

Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.

Smith, Morris set new Eastern records

By Sean Hastings Staff reporter | @DEN_Sports Earlier in the season, freshman Amy Smith set a goal for herself, and it was to break the Eastern 100-yard backstroke record.

Smith did just that setting the record for the women’s 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.86 seconds at the Summit League Conference tournament on the campus of Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis.

She advanced to the “A” Finals where she placed seventh.

Smith said she did not even know she had done it, because the girl in the lane next to her shared the same last name as her.

“Once I realized though I was just so happy, because it had been my goal since the very beginning,” Smith said. “It was a great feeling to look up and see all my teammates cheering and to see I finally accomplished the goal that had been on my mind since the first meet.”

Junior Kaylee Morris also set a record for the Panthers in the women’s 50 freestyle with a time of 23.81.

The men and women’s swim teams finished their conference tournaments in sixth and seventh place, respectively The men finished the conference meet with a score of 235. University of Denver won with a score of 1099.

The women finished with a score of 165, and the University of Denver also won with a score of 996.

Despite the last place finishes, the Pan-

thers set a couple records for Eastern Illinois.

To go along with the records being set, the Panthers also had lots of top 10 times.

Freshman Steve Fishman made a top-10 improvement in the men’s 200 freestyle.

Fishman now has the third-fastest time in Eastern history with a time of 1.47.17.

Sophomore’s Brogan O’Doherty and Carolyn Belford both moved to fourth on the lists with times of 50.77 and 4:40.23 times in the 100-yard backstroke and 400 individual medley events.

Freshman Danielle DiMatteo (100 butterfly-59.54), junior Joann Wakefield (100 breaststroke-1:07.57), junior Kelsey Ferguson (400 individual medley-4:41.07), freshman Brandon Robbins (100 breaststroke/58.57), all moved to number five in the record books.

Freshmen Matt Jacobs, and Melissa Hepler, Steve Truchon, and Niki Beringer also are now in the top ten.

Head coach Jacqueline Michalski said she was very pleased with how Truchon swam.

“I’m very impressed by freshman Steven Truchon who in was in and out of the pool all year sick,” she said. “He has really stepped up huge this weekend, and posted some amazing times.”

The meet started Wednesday with the relay events, and Michalski said junior Bridgette Bowen set the tone.

“Bridgette Bowen set the tone for the meet day one with huge time drops,” Michalski said. “She has been an inspiration to the team and been a great spokeswom-

an.”

The Panthers finished sixth in the events they qualified for. Those races were the men’s 200-yard medley relay, and the women’s 800 freestyle relay.

To start day two, the men and women had fourth and sixth place finishes with times of 1.24.11 and 1:37.23, respectively.

Besides Morris’ record-breaking swim in the 50 freestyle, and sophomore Shane Witzki had a notable race in the men’s 50 freestyle. Witzki finished seventh with a time of 21.09.

Day three’s highlight consisted of Smith’s record breaking swim, and also O’Doherty’s top 10 finish, but the relay team of O’Doherty, Jacobs, Truchon and Witzki was also able to score points for the Panthers.

The final day consisted of the 200-yard stroke events and the 100-yard freestyle.

To go along with the top 10 record finishes, freshman Ashton Pollick finished 11th in the “B” Finals with a time of 1:54.93.

The Panthers had a solid end to their season, and for seniors Katie VanHootegem and Nikki Peck, this was their final time swimming as Panthers.

The younger swimmers will take what they have learned this year and bring into the 2015-2016 season and will keep improving.

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

@DEN_Sports tweet of the day: Final: #EIU defeats #SEMO 73-65. The Panthers are now 9-6 in the conference.

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Panthers run down Redhawks late in game

By Jehad Abbed Assistant Sports Editor | @Jehada The Eastern men’s basketball t e a m b e a t So u t h e a s t Mi s s o u r i St a t e Un i v e r s i t y 7 3 - 6 5 i n t h e Panthers’ last home game of the season Sunday at Lantz Arena.

Ju n i o r f o r w a rd C h r i s Ol i v ier led all scorers with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting in 27 minutes on the floor. Olivier and junior forward Trae Anderson combined to score 17 points and outscore the Redhawks (12-16) by 14 points in the second half.

The Panthers (16-12) came out of a timeout with less than eight minutes remaining in the game set up in a zone-defense Eastern coach Jay Spoonhour said they rarely use.

“It was kind of do-or-die time,” Spoonhour said. “It’s just something you try. Every coach does it. You just try something different and sometimes it works.”

Eastern’s defensive stop out of the timeout sparked a 17-3 scoring run to finish and win the game. The Panthers grabbed their first lead of the game with 5:06 remaining in the game when Anderson made a reverse lay-up off an assist from senior guard Dylan Chatman.

Senior forward Josh Piper drew a n o f f e n s i ve f o u l o n t h e Re d hawks’ sophomore guard Antonius Cleveland moments after Eastern gained the lead. Piper said he knew it was a big play. “ It re a l l y g o t u s e n e r g e t i c ,” Piper said. “Everyone was ready to go finish out the game.”

Piper finished with six rebounds and a team-high four assists.

The Panthers trailed South east Missouri the entire first half and until there were less than seven minutes left in the game when freshman guard Cornell Johnston

Baseball games canceled

By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor | @BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern baseball games, which were schedule to play at Central Arkansas Sunday and Monday, have been canceled because of the snowy conditions.

The Panthers were originally scheduled to play a round-robin format starting on Friday against Central Arkansas and Memphis, but that schedule was altered because of bad weather.

After the first schedule change, Eastern was scheduled to play Central Arkansas at 11 a.m., and Memphis at 6 p.m. Sunday, along with another game against Central Arkansas Monday.

The Panthers will travel to Manhattan, Kan., next weekend to play a three-game series against the Kansas State University.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.

sunk a pair of free throws to tie the game at 62.

Senior forward Jarekious Bradley scored five of the Redhawks’s last seven points in the first half to send Southeast Missouri into halftime with a 41-35 lead over the Panthers.

Bradley led both teams with 13 points and seven rebounds on 6-of-8 shooting in the first half.

He finished the game with 18 points on 8-of-15 shooting and a game-high 10 rebounds.

The Redhawks started the game with their first 15 points coming by way of the three-point shot.

“They played a small line-up a lot,” Spoonhour said. “It really gave us problems. They were faster than we are.”

Junior guard Isiah Jones connected on his first three attempts from behind the three-point line while scoring the first nine points of the game for Southeast Miss o u r i . Jo n e s s c o r e d 1 2 p o i n t s on the evening with all of them coming from behind the threepoint line. Spoonhour said Chatman was a big reason Jones only made one more shot after his first three. “(Jones) has really been playing great,” Spoonhour said. “(Chatman) just made a concerted effort to stay in front of (Jones) and not give up many more looks.”

The Redhawks doubled the Panthers’ offensive rebounding t o t a l s , w h i c h Pi p e r s a i d w a s a main reason the Panthers struggled early on along with defensive problems. “(Spoonhour) said if we got back on defense better in the second half then we were going to win the game,” Piper said. “I felt like we did that and we were able to pull It out in the end.”

The Panthers are now 9-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference af-

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Junior Trae Anderson is fouled by Southeast Missouri’s Isiah Jones during the Panthers’ 73-65 win over the Redhawks on Sunday at Lantz Arena. This is the Panthers’ second winning season, with the first in 2001.

ter starting conference play undefeated through six games that were part of a nine-game winning streak.

“I feel like this is one of the more talented teams we’ve had

here,” Piper said. “If we can get to playing like that again, I think we can really make some noise in the conference tournament.”

Eastern faces the top conference team in Murray State Uni-

versity 7 pm Thursday in the CFSB Center in Murray,KY for its last regular season game.

Jehad Abbed can be reached at 581-2812 or jaabbed@eiu.edu.

Panthers secure playoff spot with victory

By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor |@BobReynoldsDEN The Eastern women’s basketball team clinched a spot in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament with a 49-48 win over Southeast Missouri State Saturday.

With the game tied at 48, Eastern senior forward Sabina Oroszova was fouled

by Redhawk junior Erin Bollman and sent to the free-throw line with nine seconds remaining in the second half.

She missed the first free throw, but hit the second to give the Panthers a one-point lead.

Even though Oroszova gave the Panthers a late lead, she was not happy she missed that first free throw.

“I had the responsibility to go to the line, and I know I can make the shot,” she said. “It was like, I was a little nervous, so I missed it, but then I needed to get my head back into the game to make the second one to win the game or get the lead.”

On the next play, Southeast Missouri sophomore Brianna Mitchell drove to the basket and attempted a layup, but could not convert.

“I feel like we did a really good job of just staying there with our hands up,” Oroszova said. “We just got a big rebound and just kept the ball, so that was really important.

All week, Eastern coach Debbie Black talked about defense, and her team held the Redhawks to just 26.8 percent shoot-

ing from the floor, including 1-of-9 from three-point range.

“It’s funny how that all comes back to be true,” she said. “It’s why you start to harp on defense and that’s why they start believing you how important that is.”

The Panthers held the Redhawks to just 7-of-30 from the floor in the first half.

Alece Shumpert hit a 3-point shot to

give Eastern a four-point advantage with a minute remaining on the play prior to the Redhawks tying the game on Mitchell’s four made free throws in the final stretch.

Shumpert was held scoreless through the first 30 minutes but stepped up when she needed to, Black said.

“I think Alece came out a little bit tentative (Saturday),” Black said. “I think what

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Grace Lennox, a freshman guard runs the ball up court in the women’s basketball game Saturday in Lantz Arena against Southeast Missouri. The Panthers went on to win the game, 49-48.

she did do is step up at the end when we really needed her too. She made big shots for us. She didn’t let the first (30 minutes) affect her. That is big for a kid who really hasn’t played that many minutes.”

Shumpert finished the game with eight points on 3-of-8 shooting and 2-of-5 from three-point range.

Oroszova, on the other hand, led the Panthers in scoring with 25 points on 9-of-19 shooting and 3-of-5 from 3-point range. She also corralled 15 rebounds and had six blocks.

The win places the Panthers at 7-7 in the conference, and they currently are in seventh place. Eastern is 1.5 games ahead of Austin Peay, who is 6-9 in conference play and. Austin Peay does have the tiebreaker over the Panthers.

Eastern also has a chance at the sixth seed with Morehead State currently at 7-6 in the conference. In order for that to happen, the Panthers would need to beat either Tennessee-Martin or Southern Illinois Edwardsville in their final two games, and Morehead State would have to lose its final three games.

The Panthers will play Tennessee-Martin at Lantz Arena Wednesday and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in Edwardsville Saturday.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.