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VOL. 98 | ISSUE 42Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 “TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID”
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STAT ATTACKCheck out this week of sports by the num-bers, including stats from football, rugby, women’s and men’s soccer.Page 7
BANDS MAKE ‘EM DANCEThe Eastern Concert Band played its first concert of the semester on Tuesday.Page 3
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By Bob GaluskiNews Editor@BobGaluski
The chair of Eastern’s student teaching program is scheduled to appear in Douglas County Circuit Court Nov. 4 on two charges of fel-ony theft.
Jim Kestner, the chair of the De-partment of Student Teaching and Clinical Experience and a profes-sor in the Department of Second-ary Education and Foundations, has been charged in Douglas Coun-ty with one count of felony theft of more than $10,000 but less than $100,000 and one count of felony theft of more than $500.
Diane Jackman, the dean of the College of Education and Profes-sional Studies, said Tuesday that Kestner has been placed on an ad-ministrative leave of absence. She declined to comment further.
“That’s all I’m going to say about it,” she said.
Kestner was served an arrest war-rant on Sept. 25.
Both the Douglas County Sher-iff ’s Office and the Tuscola Police Department said a freedom of in-formation request would have to be filed before they would release in-formation on the arrest.
A temporary order of prohibi-tion signed by Secretary of State Jes-
se White on March 22 ordered Kes-tner to stop selling securities to peo-ple to fund a documentary film ti-tled “These Kids Today” because Kestner is not registered to sell se-curities with the secretary of state’s office.
Illinois law requires that people engaged in offering and selling se-curities be registered with the Illi-nois Securities Department, which falls under the secretary of state’s of-fice. The secretary of state’s office is in charge of regulating securities in Illinois.
The temporary order also stated Kestner allegedly provided potential investors with a “film prospectus,” which described the film’s plot, sto-ryline, budget and purpose.
The order also stated that inves-tors would receive their investment back, as well as 20 percent interest in six months.
According to the order, Kestner is subject to a fine of up to $10,000 per violation, cost of the investiga-tion, reasonable expenses, an order of censure and an order that perma-nently prohibits him from offering or selling securities in Illinois.
According to Kestner’s profile on Eastern’s website, Kestner is the di-rector of web-based and alternative teacher certification programs and has been since the programs’ incep-tion in 2001.
Kestner began working at Eastern in December 2001.
Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812
Eastern chair to face court for theft charges
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Training sessions on how to ef-fectively help improve campus will take place Wednesday and Thurs-day.
Alan Berkowitz, an independent consultant who helps colleges, uni-versities, public health agencies, military organizations and commu-nities design programs that address health and social justice issues, will host the workshops.
Accord ing to an emai l s ent out Friday by Dan Nadler, the vice president for student affairs,
Berkowitz is well-known for schol-arship and innovative programs, which address issues of sexual as-sault, gender, substance abuse and diversity.
Berkowitz’s first training session will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednes-day in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. Uni-versity Union. The session is titled “Student Organization Members.”
Berkowitz will also be hosting a community presentation at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Union.
His second workshop will be
from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Union. It is titled “Promoting a Civil and Accepting Campus.”
Nadler sa id Berkowitz’s lec-ture and workshop topics include changing campus, community and base culture, effective drug and sexual assault prevention strategies, reducing prejudice, racial identi-ty theory, multicultural issues, al-cohol and sexual assault, men’s re-sponsibilities for preventing sexual assault, developing alliances across differences, and understanding to-day’s youth.
“His workshops are designed to increase the personal and profes-sional effectiveness of faculty, staff, student leaders, athletes and coach-es, health professionals, military leaders and service members, and community members,” Nadler said in the email.
To confirm attendance, those in-terested in attending should email Sandra Cox, the director of the Eastern Counseling Center.
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Workshops to offer bystander behavior trainingTraining Sessions•First session2-4 p.m. WednesdayArcola-Tuscola Room of Union
•Community presentation6 p.m. Grand Ballroom of Union
•Second session1:30-3p.m. ThursdayArcola-Tuscola Room of Union
• Confirm attendance by emailing director of Eastern Counesling Center, Sandra Cox ([email protected]).
Jim Kestner placed on administrative leave of absence
By Laura HamlynStaff Reporter@DEN_News
Eastern’s Grand Ballroom was transformed into a funhouse Tues-day for the “Blue Bash: Family Fun Night,” one part of Homecoming’s weeklong celebrations.
Zach Samples, co-chairman of the Homecoming Committee and a se-nior history major, said faculty, their families and the community had been invited to attend the event.
“We always try to do something that can engage the community to take part in Homecoming festivities,” Samples said. “It’s not just about
Panther pride but giving back to the community.”
He said there were of variety of ac-tivities and entertainment offered.
“There’s bingo, a bounce house, all sorts of food and games that have been created by fraternities, sororities and registered student organizations,” he said.
“We have a balloon artist here, too, making all kinds of fun balloon animals.”
DeChira Mitchell, a sophomore pre-nursing major, assisted the Black Student Union in coordinating a game of hopscotch.
Mitchell said Homecoming events were a great opportunity to get in-
volved and bring the community closer together.
“We’re going to engage with all the children and parents here tonight and make sure they have fun,” she said.
Kappa Delta members provided a sack toss game for the children, with candy given out to the winners.
Regan Cronholm, a senior fami-ly and consumer sciences major, and Margo Ehorn, a senior kinesiology major represented Kappa Delta and said participating in Homecoming was a good way of showing school pride.
“It’s one week where you can real-ly be school spirited and have a lot of fun,” Cronholm said.
Blue Bash provides fun for community families
AMANdA WILkINSoN | THE dAILY EASTERN NE WSDavid Walsh, 4, throws a ring onto a peg during the Blue Bash: Family Fun Night on Tuesday in the Grand Ball-room. Children had the opportunity to play in a bounce house, play carnival games and play bingo at the event.
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FiLE PHOTO | THE DAiLy EAsTERN NE wsThe Bow-Dacious String Band from Urbana performs during Fright Night on Oct. 25, 2009 in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The Eastern Symphony Orchesta will be performing with the Alto High School Orchestra for Fright Night 6-8 p.m. on Oct. 27 in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
Orchestra to display frightening performanceBy Marcus Curtisentertainment editor@Den_news
The Eastern Symphony Orches-tra will be hosting a musical per-formance on Oct. 27 for the cam-pus as a way to bring in the Hal-loween spirit.
The orchestra will be performing at 6 p.m. on Oct. 27 in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center to help celebrate Hal-loween with their presentation of “Fright Night.”
The Fright Night concert will also feature the Alton High School String Orchestra.
The high school orchestra will be traveling from Alton, Ill., to perform some of their own musi-cal numbers.
The Alton String Orchestra will also team up with Eastern’s orches-tra to perform a couple group mu-
sical numbers as well.Both of the orchestras will per-
form a number of songs. Among the Alton High School’s
musical line-up are Bernard Her-rmann’s original production, “Psy-cho Prelude,” and “Rosin Eating Zombies from Outer Space” by Richard Meyer.
The Eastern Symphony Orches-tra musical lineup includes, “Rise of the Valkyries” by Richard Wag-ner and “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” by Benjamin Brit-ten.
Eastern’s orchestra will also be teaming up with the Alton High School orchestra to perform a few songs as well.
The two orchestras will come to-gether and perform “Star Trek” by Michael Giacchino and “Mars, Bringer of War” from “The Plan-ets, Op. 32” by Gustav Holst.
In addition to the individual and
joint performances at Fright Night, the Eastern Orchestra will be per-forming a couple of musical num-bers from the movie based on J.K. Rowling’s novel, “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone.”
The o rche s t r a w i l l pe r fo rm “Hedwig’s Theme” and “Harry’s Wondrous World.” Both of the songs from the Harry Potter film are original productions by John Williams.
Students who attend the Fright Night performance can also look forward to a costume contest.
The winner of the costume con-test will be awarded at the end of the concert.
Richard Rossi, the conductor for the Eastern Symphony Orches-tra, said the children who attend the concert could look forward to enjoying the music since it will be live.
“This music (wil l) touch the
hearts of the young children who will attend from the surrounding community,” Rossi said. “Nothing (more) rewarding than seeing these little ones so excited about music and experiencing it live.”
Rossi a lso said that students would enjoy this musical perfor-mance as well as learn something.
“There will be pieces that are new to them and other selections that they might have heard in a movie or commercial not realizing these selections were famous or-chestral pieces.”
Rossi said he expects the orches-tra’s musical performance to have an effect on the audience members.
“Such an experience can be life-changing," Rossi said. "Let’s hope so."
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AmAndA Wilkinson | The dAily eAsTern ne Ws(Left to right) Flute players Nikki Tselikis, Jennifer Antkowiak and Katherine Henry perform “Trio for Flutes” by Laszlo Zempleni at the EIU Concert Band and EIU Chamber Ensembles concert on Tuesday in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
staff report
The Charleston City Council ap-proved construction plans that will cause temporary lane closures on Ninth Street for almost a month.
The construction, which will be-gin on Monday and end on Novem-ber 24, is aimed at fixing the steam tunnels that run from the univer-sity’s Center for Clean Energy Re-search and Education.
Ninth Street is currently under-
going similar construction near Grant Avenue, though the approved construction plans will extend road-work to Cleveland Avenue.
The council also approved a bid award of $16,500 to Big Daddy’s Tree Services for the removal of trees at the Stone Arch Bridges, lo-cated on Sixth, Seventh and 10th streets.
Charleston Mayor Larry Rennels said the oldest of the bridges is 118 years old, and the root systems of
the trees are causing stress on their foundations.
The removals will begin in No-vember and resume next March.
The council also approved a pro-posal for an addition to the East-ern Illinois Professional Building at 6029 Park Drive.
Rennels said the addition will add more office space for Wells Far-go, as well as the accounting firm housed within the property.
The council also approved five
resolutions for mutual aid agree-ments with nearby communities, including Toledo and Mattoon.
The agreements provide mutual ambulatory aid and response in the event of emergency, Rennels said—a fairly common practice for the council.
The three remaining resolutions for mutual aid agreements—those with Shrader Ambulance Service, Mitchell-Jerdan Ambulance Service and Dunn’s Ambulance Service—
were tabled until the council’s meet-ing next week, as private companies necessitate different contracts with the city.
The council also approved Ren-nels’ appointment of Blair Lord, Eastern’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, to the Charles-ton Historical Preservation Com-mission.
Rennels said Lord has worked with the commission in the past and welcomed his experience.
Charleston City Council approves 9th Street road work
Concert band opens with first show of semester
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The EIU Concert Band and EIU Chamber Ensembles performed Tues-day night at the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
The Concert band played sev-en different jazz combos; which had three different conductors. The head conductor was Alicia Neal, the direc-tor of bands, who amazed the audi-ence with her work. There were two special guest conductors, Bryan Chesi and Michael Pond-Jones, both gradu-
ate students in the music department.The instruments that were played
in the performance were the picco-lo, flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxo-phone, bari saxophone, horn, trum-pet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, tenor trombone, percussion and bass trombone.
The audience did not know what to expect from the concert, but Neal did not keep the audience guessing.
Bryan Chesi conducted the first musical “Flourish For Wind Band,”
written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1939, which was a quick but enter-taining musical piece that got the au-dience going. The second musical was “Trio for Flutes,” written by László Zempléni in 1984. The piece was per-formed by three band members: Jen-nifer Antkowiak, Katherine Henry and Nikki Tselikis, each of whom had their own part in the composition.
The audience applauded the three band members for a well-played mu-sical.
Michael Pond-Jones conducted
the third musical and the audience seemed to have enjoyed the musical piece.
The fourth musical was “Fantasia” written by Paul Harvey in 1973 it was performed by four band members: Jenny Deisher, Christina Harmon, Lauren Humphrey and Danielle Zito.
The piece was performed with clar-inets.
The audience members were shak-ing their heads in interest that the clarinets were the only instruments performing.
From the reaction from the audi-ence, “Sleep” by Eric Whitacre, com-posed in 2003, was the most influen-tial musical.
The reaction the audience showed was that they liked this musical selec-tion.
The final piece, “Second Suite in F for Military Band,” written by Gustav Holst in 1911 included four pieces.
After the band performed, the mu-sical the audience gave a very loud standing ovation.
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You can’t be bored. It’s 2013; being bored is not allowed. There is far too much going on in the world for you to be anything similar to bored.
We live in an age where, through com-puters, we can see the Pyramids of Giza, and then, with a few clicks, we can see images of stars and planets lifetimes away. Thanks to Julian Asange, segments of the government are as wide open for us to explore as the Mar-iana trench.
Locally, there is a wealth of opportuni-ties to explore in the Charleston community. In the entrance to the County Fair Grounds, there is a small building with a statue of Abra-ham Lincoln and Steven Douglas standing in front of it.
This building is not only a small gem of local history; it is free to the public. The building marks the spot where in 1858 Lin-coln and Douglas debated for the Illinois Sen-ate seat. Inside you can find maps of Lincoln’s Illinois life, pictures, models, trivia and a
15-minute video explaining exactly what Lin-coln did with his time while in Charleston.
Fox Ridge State Park is also a local treasure. Located roughly seven miles from Charles-
ton, Fox Ridge is open to the public and has miles upon miles of trails and land waiting to be explored. It is filled with flat, tall-grass plains, steep ridges and hills, natural animal and plant wildlife, and campgrounds. If you’re interested in the natural history of the area, there is a small nature center located on the park’s grounds where you can learn about all of the living things from the area. The trails in the area can be quiet and calm, and there are
exciting trails that go along the backbones of very tall hills. There is even a trail with mili-tary-style challenges (rope wall, balance board, etc.) The park is so full of natural beauty that it would be a tragedy to miss out on it.
We live in one of the richest countries on the planet. We have access to the Inter-net, as well as television and a whole host of local attractions. We can all read. To sit in our houses/apartments and mope about being bored is truly asinine. Get ahold of your friends and go adventuring together.
All of the things listed above can be enjoyed either with a group or by one’s self, although it is much more fun when doing it with a group. For your social and physical health, get outside and enjoy your friends and the sunshine while you have the opportunity to still do so.
Taylor Davis is a senior communications major. He can be reached at 581-2812
As the government shutdown continues— as partisan bickering and debt ceiling debates hit new highs (or, really, lows) on the beltway—nine government employees actually returned to work.
This month, the Supreme Court returns to session, and, as per usual, they face a contentious and controversial docket.
Chief among those controversial cases? Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.
The case, which has been largely forgotten in the midst of the current shutdown, asks a rather basic, albeit fundamental, question: “Does an amendment to a state’s constitution prohibiting race or sex-based discrim-ination and preferential treatment in public university admission violate the Equal Protection Clause?”
Some background: In 2006, Michigan residents amended the state’s constitution to prohibit “all sex-and race-based preferences in public edu-cation, public employment and public contracting.” With a 58 percent majority, Michigan effectively discarded all previous affirmative action standards, notably at public universities throughout the state.
Of course, this is hardly the first time the Supreme Court has taken on the policy-wedge that is affirmative action—the issue has been a frequent visitor in the Court for the last 40 years.
Thus, debating in detail the advantages or disadvantages of diversity programs seems rather pointless—we’ve all heard the arguments.
No—we at The Daily Eastern News think that debate only fuels an already-divisive fire.
So, instead, we feel it more prudent to look at the nature of the prob-lem itself, or, even more appropriately, the nature of the Michigan mind-set altogether.
With that, we feel one point should be made, loud and clear: We do not live in a post-racial world.
Unfortunately, that sentiment—that racism is a matter of the past—is usually touted by those with little first-hand knowledge or experience of racism, thus marginalizing the voices of the very people who are truly
affected by institutional discrimination. By convincing oneself that racism is no longer a systematic problem in
this country blatantly ignores the many counterexamples to that claim.But more than anything—more than willful ignorance—this mentality
perpetuates that this nation has settled the score.It says that, while slavery, genocide, etc. did happen, those who benefit-
ed from the exploitation have repaid their debts in the form of 40 years of affirmative action programs.
We don’t think the inherent fallacy in that statement need be spelled out.
Even more so, hostility toward affirmative action programs (or, at least, the basic principles on which they are based) ignores the historical con-texts that put many minority groups at drastically higher risks for poverty, unemployment or crime rates.
And with the mere existence of those risks, another issue becomes apparent: for many minorities, the playing field simply isn’t level.
Thus, while we feel affirmative action programs should continue to alleviate the historical burdens of institutional discrimination, we also feel that help should start even before college admission offices.
Of course, that’s easier said than done. Nonetheless, refocusing our time, energy and resources toward strug-
gling school districts, unemployment and the poverty epidemic might, one day, negate the necessity for wide-spanning affirmative action pro-grams.
It’s true—we do not live in a post-racial world. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive for such idealism, and by
addressing the systematic afflictions that necessitate affirmative action, we can only move closer to that goal.
We don’t live in a post-racial world
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Ehorn said it was a good way to know more people, particularly be-cause it is the beginning of the school year.
With lines for the bouncy house and balloon artist, the activities and entertainment provided proved to be popular with the children.
Nine-year-old Stacey Zerbst said she was excited about being at the Family Fun Night.
“I’m going to play some games, win some prizes probably and bounce on the bouncy house,” she said.
However, her sister, Lilly Zerbst, 6, was more interested in the balloon flower, which had been made for her.
Balloon artist Troy Ganser, said the most requested creations at the Fam-ily Fun Night were swords, wiener dogs, hats and monkeys.
“It’s an honor to be of service and complement the festivities,” he said.
Ganser said he is normally a shy guy and it is fun to get out of his comfort zone and work at these types of celebrations.
For Shavon Francis, a junior ac-counting major, the Family Fun Night was her first official event as Homecoming Queen.
“I enjoy working with the youth, so it’s really fun to see everyone,” she said.
The highlight of Family Fun Night was a Bingo game.
Keeping in the spirit of the “Blue Bash” theme of the event, tables set up for the game and a variety of blue colored prizes were up for grabs.
The Family Fun Night was spon-sored by the University Board, Homecoming Committee and the Student Community Service Office.
Laura Hamlyn can be reached at 581-2812
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In Monday’s issue of The Dai-ly Eastern News in the article “New royalty crowned for Homecoming,” Melanie Kaderabek’s name was mis-spelled. The News regrets the error.
CORREC TION
By Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor@JJarmonreporter
Student Senate members will be vot-ing on a resolution at their meeting, which will approve the travel expens-es for the Student Action Team trip to Springfield on Oct. 23 to lobby for Eastern.
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Arcola-Tusco-la Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Student Action Team members are expected to lobby for more Monetary Award Program grants, increased ap-propriations for higher education and funding for the new science building.
The travel expenses for the lobbying trip on Oct. 23 will cost $583, which will cover gas for the trip, breakfast and a luncheon with alumni who work in Springfield and would be able to give advice on how to lobby.
Everyone on the Student Action Team has not personally lobbied but will be getting advice from those who
know how to approach the situation.The senate members will also be
voting on the resolution proposed last week, which will approve the travel ex-penses in order for Executive Vice Pres-ident Mitch Gurick to take four senate members to the Illinois Board of High-er Education- Student Advisory Coun-cil meeting on Nov. 2 in Springfield.
The expenses will cover the gas there and back, which will total to $155.
They will also be voting on a resolu-tion approving the expenses of $90 for food and general supplies such as de-odorant and combs for the senate and Big Brother Big Sister organization project on Tuesday in EIU Lanes bowl-ing alley in the Union.
The senate and Big Brother Big Sis-ter members plan to teach underprivi-leged children in the Charleston area basic grooming tips to help them for the future.
Student Senate Speaker Jesse Green said all three resolutions will probably be passed.
The Student Senate’s business affairs committee members also plan to pres-ent the option for student government to join the American Student Govern-ment Association.
Green said the topic has been brought up periodically for the last cou-ple of years.
“There are pros and cons to it, so we will see,” Green said. “It is a major or-
ganization; we just want to make sure it makes sense.”
To be a part of the organization, stu-dent government would have to pay $797 in dues.
Student government members would be able to go to conferences and get feedback on good ways to run their organization if they joined the associa-tion.
Hannah Edwards, the business af-fairs committee chairwoman, said it is brought up every year in order to see if it is worth it.
“We are just going to keep bringing it up and bringing it up just in case, so we can reevaluate and to make sure it is not something that we want to do,” Ed-wards said.
Green said they might also be pre-senting a resolution allowing for chang-es to be made to their constitution in order for the constitution to agree with their bylaws.
Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812
Student Senate to vote on resolutions C AMPUS
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By Jason HowellStaff reporter@thejasonhowell
Despite having a low number in attendance to have a quorum, the Faculty Senate met in Booth Li-brary to discuss a number of topics and have a vote on one.
The most pressing issue was elec-tion results to fill empty committee positions.
With a majority of the senate members away on other business, it was decided to have a vote at the meeting with a formal ratification at the next meeting.
Jeff Stowell, co-chairman of the 2014 North Central Association Self Study Team, presented a video that showed what Eastern has done and is doing in seeking re-accredi-tation.
The steps for accreditation are a self-study, a site visit and the report from the Higher Learning Commis-sion, which is made up of five cri-terion: mission; integrity; teach-ing and learning, quality, resources and support; teaching and learning; evaluation and improvement; and resources, planning and institution-al effectiveness.
Eastern is required to provide ev-idence ranging from the effective-ness of the university's mission to how ethical and responsible the in-stitution is.
After the video, Stowell gave a presentation of survey questions and their answers that were sent to employees, students, alumni, retir-ees and certain off-campus citizens.
Stowell showed that participa-tion among faculty and staff were highest at 49 percent. About 1,400
students responded at a rate of al-most 15 percent. A much smaller response rate made up external con-stituents.
Blair Lord, provost and vice president for academic affairs , also spoke to those in attendance about the success of Monday's open house.
Lord also mentioned the new in-terim director of admissions, Lou Henken, former president of the university, who replaced Brenda Majors, who was reassigned until the end of her contract.
The last item brought up by Lord was the Open Access to Research Articles Act, a bill signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn in August 2013. The law mandates that pub-lic universities in Illinois create a re-pository with documents submitted by faculty members to be accessi-
ble online and free of charge to the public.
Also discussed amongst those in attendance was whether the Facul-ty Senate, as an advisory board, was subject to the Illinois Open Meet-ings Act.
Items to be discussed at the next meeting include the new imaging software contract that will allow the creation of an online database of administrative documents and the process for electronic faculty port-folios.
The Faculty Senate will meet again at 2 p.m. Oct. 29 in the Booth Library Conference Room, Room 4440.
Jason Howell can be reached at 581-2812
or at [email protected].
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STAT ATTACK
RepoRting by Anthony C Atezone; photos by AmAndA wilkinson, R AChel RodgeRs And dominiC bAimA; design by sAR A hAll | the dAily eAsteRn ne ws
19stat Attack is a weekly feature that highlights the key statistics of sporting events. this week we feature football, rugby, men’s soccer and women’s soccer.
The Eastern football team has had
19 touchdown drives in less than two
minutes this season. That has made
up for half of the Panthers’ touchdown
drives on offense, as they have 38
total offensive touchdowns through
six games. The shortest drive by the
Eastern offense this season was only one
play in just 10 seconds when running
back Shepard Little broke off a 73-
yard touchdown run in the win against
Illinois State.
It has been 354 days since the Eastern
men’s soccer team has won a match. The
Panthers are 0-9-2 this season, coming
off a 3-1 loss to Fort Wayne Saturday. The
Panthers’ last win came on Oct. 27, 2012,
also against Fort Wayne in a 3-2 overtime
win. Eastern lost and tied its final two
matches of last season. Currently on a three-
game losing streak, Eastern will host Oral
Roberts at 1 p.m. Sunday at Lakeside Field.
47
9
The Eastern rugby team has scored a
combined 47 points all season through
its first six games for a 7.8 points-per-game
average. Dating back to 2007, the Panthers
have scored more than 47 points in a single
game 32 times. The Panthers scored a
season-high 17 points in their 33-17 loss to
Tennessee. Eastern did not score less than
20 points once in 2011. RUGBY
WOMEN’S SOCCER
FOOTBALL
Since entering Ohio Valley Conference play,
the Eastern women’s soccer team has scored
nine goals in six matches. The Panthers
managed to score just two goals in its first
nine matches combined. Their nine goals in
conference play rank the Panthers fourth in the
OVC. Forward Meagan Radloff is second in the
OVC in goals and points per game with .83 and
1.67, respectively.
Tennis season comes to closeby Aldo sotoAssistant Sports Editor@DEN_Sports
The Eastern women’s and men’s ten-nis teams played in their final competi-tions of their unofficial fall season dur-ing the weekend.
The men played in Carbondale at the Southern Illinois Classic, while two women represented Eastern at the In-tercollegiate Tennis Association Re-gional.
ITA RegionalsEastern women’s tennis players
Janelle Prisner and Sephora Boulba-haiem competed at the ITA Region-al hosted by Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., and recorded two wins.
The duo paired up in doubles play and picked up a win in its first round matchup against two Eastern Michigan opponents.
Prisner and Boulbahaiem battled past their first-round match, winning 8-5.
Prisner and Boulbahaiem then played a long match against two Youngstown state players, which they ultimately lost 8-7 after a 7-4 tiebreaker that decided the final game.
After finishing 1-1 in doubles play, Boulbahaiem competed in singles and earned a 1-1 record as well.
She won her first match in straights before losing in straights to a DePaul opponent.
Prisner was afforded a first-round bye but was not able to pick up a vic-tory in her second single’s match, losing in three sets.
SIU InvitationalThe Eastern men’s tennis team
played at the SIU Fall Classic in Car-bondale, defeating South Dakota State 5-2 and losing to Southern Illinois by the same score.
Sophomore Moritz Kandt led the Panthers, winning both of his singles matches Saturday and also picking up a win in doubles play.
Kandt defeated South Dakota State’s Andrea Boglic in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.
Three fellow sophomores also re-corded wins in their singles matches as Robert Skolik, Ryan Henderson and Rui Silva beat Parker Lawley, Mateus Moreira and Lovro Curcija, respectively.
All four singles wins for the Panthers came in straight sets.
In doubles play, Kandt teamed up with freshman Grant Thompson in an 8-3 win.
Silva and Henderson defeated Gary Notkin and Moreira 8-3 to secure East-ern’s win.
Eastern men’s coach Eric Stark said he was pleased with the Panthers’ per-formance.
“We fought hard, we played smart and our energy was the best we have had so far this fall,” Stark said in a press release. “I feel this was a very positive experience for everyone on the team.”
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MEN’S SOCCER
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By Dan HildebrandtStaff Reporter@DEN_Sports
The Eastern men’s and women’s golf teams finished play at the Aus-tin Peay Invitational in Hopkinsville, Tenn., on Tuesday with the men tak-ing 12th out of 14, and the women finishing 13th out of 14.
The men shot a 592 after the first two days, leaving them tied for 11th, but the team would eventually drop to 12th with a final score of 890.
For the first time this season, East-ern junior Brady Welsh was the low-est-scoring Panther, shooting a score of 222 over the course of three days, leaving him with a share of 42nd overall.
Freshman Ryan Hughes finished tied for 47th overall, shooting just one stroke more than Welsh leaving Hughes at 223.
Marcus Dahlin, another freshman, tied for 61st, shooting a 226.
Sophomore Oscar Borda took just one more stroke than Dahlin, giving him a 227, which gave him a share of 65th.
Coming off three straight tourna-ments with a team-best score, sopho-more Austin Sproles shot a 228, leav-ing him tied for 69th overall.
Sproles said he did not like the team’s overall performance. He not-ed that the team did not prepare enough in certain areas that they needed to leading up to the tourna-ment.
“We didn’t do very well,” he said. “Poor short game and we didn’t prac-tice that enough.”
With Austin Peay being the last tournament of the fall for the men, they will need to work on some areas of their game for the spring season. Sproles said some things the team will be working on in the offseason would be putting.
“A lot of short game,” he said. “And we can’t give away shots.”
Belmont took home the first place prize, while tournament-host Austin Peay finished tied for second.
As for the women’s team, it fin-ished with a score of 66,1 leaving them at 13th place.
For the third straight tournament, junior Tiffany Wolf was Eastern’s leader, shooting 160 during the two days giving her a share of 36th place.
Seniors Elyse Banovic and Emily Fitzgerald tied for 63rd with scores of 167.
Freshman Alexandra Pickens fin-ished just one stroke behind the se-niors at 168 and also tied for 66th.
Lexi Hammerton, also a fresh-man, finished tied for 74th with a two-day score of 173.
Jacksonville State took first place honors with a score of 607. Host Austin Peay finished seventh with a score of 624.
The Panther women will return to action starting Sunday at the Dayton Fall Invitational at the NCR Coun-try Club in Dayton, Ohio.
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Teams wrap up tourney
AmAnDA wILkInson | THE DAILY EAsTErn nE wsFreshman Emily Brelsfoard finished 40th at the Notre Dame invite in South Bend, Ind., with a time of 18:34.6 in the 5K. Brelsfoard, along with sophomore Victoria Quartion, were Eastern’s top runners for the meet.
Freshman runner bursts on sceneBy Blake nashStaff Reporter@DEN_News
At the beginning of the season, Coach Erin Howarth named sever-al runners she had high expectations for.
All of those runners were up-perclassmen. When talking about the freshman class, she mentioned the fact that the goal for the group freshmen is to get up to speed with the rest of the group — winning would just be an added bonus.
Freshman Emily Brelsfoard, a Bloomington native, has exceeded her coach’s expectations.
Brel s foard has a l ready made her mark in the Ohio Valley Con-ference, preceded by a great high school career in track and cross country. The state championship seemed to be a routine trip for Brels-foard in the past.
“As a freshman, I finished fifth in the 3200, and my first year in cross country as a sophomore, I finished
12th,” Breslfoard said. “I also fin-ished sixth in the 3200 and 1600 my sophomore year. My junior year, I was injured throughout the season, so I finished 11th in the 1600 and 12th in the 3200.”
Following a seventh place fin-ish in the cross country finals in her senior year, and 12th in the 3200, Brelsfoard was left with a choice on what university to attend.
Her hometown college, Illinois State, did not offer her a scholar-ship; Eastern, however, did.
“After high school, I decided to make my own way,” Brelsfoard said. “Eastern was close to home and was an easy decision to make.”
Since arriving here at Eastern, Breslfoard has already achieved most of her goals.
“My goals were to get a good feel for the program and finish maybe 18th,” Brelsfoard said. “By the time I graduate, I, like most people, want to compete in nationals.”
This year’s championships are at Indiana State University in Terre
Haute.Lately, Brelsfoard said she has be-
come the protégée of Gabi Duenas-Delaney and Emily Pedziwiatr.
These two red- sh i r t s en ior s have been through ups and downs throughout their careers and have become the leaders for this team.
“They’ve been good examples they’re just incredible,” Brelsfoard said.
Recent success would lead many to believe that Brelsfoard has be-come a leader herself, but she claims that is not the case.
“People may believe that, but right now, I’m just following typi-cal freshman standards,” Brelsfoard
said. “If the team needs me to be-come a leader, I have no problem doing that.”
Brelsfoard also plans on run-ning track in the fall, which the sea-son begins two weeks after the cross country season ends.
Those two sports, along with ac-ademics have created a tight sched-ule for her.
“I’ve navigated these challenges with hard time management,” Brels-foard said. “You need to use breaks to your advantage and not slack off.”
Despite having two first place finishes under her belt already as a freshman, Brelsfoard said she knows she needs to stay focused if she wants to see similar success in her next three years.
“There is so much to improve on,” Brelsfoard said. “I’ve got three years to get myself to my fullest poten-tial.”
Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812
EmILY BrELsfoArD
By Bob reynolds Staff Reporter@DEN_Sports
After falling to the Tennessee Vol-unteers, 33-17, the Eastern rugby team dropped 0-6 on the season.
Eastern coach Frank Graziano said this team is still staying positive and fo-cused despite the winless start to the season.
“In the postgame, we still had a good chat,” he said. “Typically, my postgame chats are five minutes, but we talked for 15 minutes after this game. Certainly the girls on the team at least understand where their deficiencies are. Our prac-tices have been good, so it appears we are learning it.”
Graziano said the team is still un-comfortable on game day because they are getting thrown into an unknown ev-ery game.
After the Panthers took a 7-0 lead against the Volunteers on a blocked kick by freshman Sara Fisher and a return by red-shirt freshman Emalie Thornton,
the Volunteers answered with a try of their own, making it 7-5.
Leading for only the second time this season, Graziano said the mood on the team was pretty good at that point.
“If you look at the film, half the team was jumping up and down,” he said. “Obviously, they were very excit-ed about doing such positive things. We were still winning with about six min-utes left in the half.”
Graziano said the mood was also very positive at halftime because the Panthers still had a chance to win the game.
After two quick scores by the Vol-unteers, Graziano said the team was struggling to recover, but he took some positives from the game when he was watching the film.
With three games left in the Pan-thers season, Graziano said this week they are going to talk about the posi-tives and what they did well to produce those positives.
Freshman Alivia Smithers had a good game, Graziano said. Smithers regis-
tered 19 tackles on the day, leading the team.
“She is starting to feel for what she is doing in there,” Graziano said.
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rugBY
Team stays focused despite winless season
k ATIE smITH | THE DAILY EAsTErn nE ws Rugby players wrestle one another to the ground to gain possession of the ball during a game against the Wisconsin All-Stars on Sept. 9 at Lakeside Field.