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AUGUST 25, 2009 THE DAILY VOLUME 94 | ISSUE 2

EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CHARLESTON, ILL. EastErn nEws DENNEWS.COM Veteran student Men’s soccer has final gives his advice tune-up before season Page 4 Page 8

LOCAL UNIVERSITY Local group Student Success Center completed hopes to curb underage drinking

Group hopes to involve Eastern, retailers By Stephen Di Benedetto City Editor

e Coles County Meth Awareness Coalition is in the process of taking on, arguably, a more difficult challenge than curbing methamphetamine use in the county. Ke’an Armstrong, president of the coalition, said the group would begin a campaign in at least a month to decrease underage drinking. e campaign would involve retailers placing stickers on their facilities that warn patrons of the legal implications of underage drinking. Armstrong said the coalition would also work with the Charleston Police Department, I Sing the Body Electric, which conducts surveys of issues affecting youth in Coles and six other counties in east-central Illinois, and Eastern. “We realized that with us living in a university town, that this is a problem,” Armstrong said. ERIC HILTNER | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS “We’ve spoken to the police department about Student worker Michael Baird and graduate assistant Katona Johnson walk through an office in the Student Success Center Monday afternoon. it, and they’ve notified that this is a problem. We decided to work hand-in-hand.” Site new home porary location at 1125 McA- comfort for students. academic warning. To be placed She said the coalition would also try to work fee Gymnasium into Ninth Street “McAfee had limited space and on academic warning, a cumula- with Eastern’s Health Education Resource Cen- for Student Hall June 15. little privacy and no classrooms,” tive GPA must be under 2.0. ter to start a joint campaign that would target e new site has an open com- Boyer said. “It was harder for stu- Boyer said she will have about college students. Success Center puter kiosk in the lobby. A video dents to relate, and I don’t like 144 students participating in the Eric Davidson, associate director of health screen shows schedules for the Ca- feeling I’m shutting the door on center who have been reinstated or service, said HERC would meet with the co- By Bob Bajek reer Center and academic work- any student.” are in the BOOST program. alition about working together after discuss- Associate News Editor shops. Three classrooms and a About 700 to 750 students go ing how Eastern addresses the issue of underage conference room are on the first Purpose on academic warning each year, drinking. The Student Success Center is floor. e Student Success Center as- said Jeff Cross, associate vice pres- e other part of the campaign is to analyze now operating at full force at its Cindy Boyer, assistant direc- sists students in the BOOST and ident for academic affairs. statistics of underage drinking in the county, new home. tor for the center, said the Ninth Gateway programs, reinstated stu- Armstrong said. e center moved from its tem- Street location allows for more dents and referrals, and those on See NINTH STREET, page 5 After the sticker campaign, the coalition will monitor the statistics provided by Body Electric to see if the warning labels deterred people from CAMPUS underage drinking and legal adults from buying alcohol for underage students and teens. Armstrong said the coalition is trying to re- New section added to AlcoholEdu cruit more retailers to participate in the campaign, adding that Gateway Liquors has agreed to use the stickers in its store. Sexual assault vironment. Last summer, the state of Il- e group plans to hold a meeting with local “I“Is AlcoholEdu “Is AlcoholEdu the magic bul- linois passed a law requiring all retailers, educating them about the campaign. training module let? No,” Davidson said. “(But) universities and community col- Armstrong did not specify what date the meet- statistically, we believe the pro- leges to provide sexual assault ed- ing would be held. the magic gram is working.” ucation to all new and incom- The Coalition Against Methamphetamine added this year Davidson said opening week- ing students. The university pur- Abuse conducted a similar campaign in neigh- bullet? ends have seen fewer alcohol-re- chased the sexual assault module boring Edgar and Clark counties the last two lated incidents since the pro- to fulfill this requirement. years during April, which is Alcohol Awareness By Sarah Jean Bresnahan No. (But) gram’s implementation in the fall Freshmen and transfer stu- Month. Campus Editor of 2006. He also said the number dents needed to complete part Kristin Chittick, president of CAMA, said the statistically, of alcohol violations in the resi- one of the AlcoholEdu program group did not believe the campaign would be a More than 95 percent of fresh- dence halls has been cut in half. before classes started Monday. If policy changer. men and 90 percent of transfer we believe the The number of liquor law vio- not completed, a hold is placed She said the campaign worked as a prominent students completed the first stage lations on campus decreased from on students’ records beginning advertisement, which can have greater influence of the AlcoholEdu program be- five in 2006 to zero in 2007, ac- Sept. 8. The deadline for part two on an individual the more times a person is ex- fore the Monday deadline, said program is cording to the Annual Security of the program is Nov. 1, and an posed to it. Eric Davidson, assistant director Report released by the Universi- additional hold will be placed on “We don’t have any grandiose ideas of cur- of Health Service. working.” ty Police Department in October accounts beginning Nov. 2. ing the issue, but we certainly know that peo- Davidson said Eastern contin- 2008. The number of drug-relat- The administrative hold bars ple have been aware,” Chittick said. “ ey’ve no- ues to use the program, now in Eric Davidson ed violations were also reduced students from adding classes to ticed.” its fourth year, because it expos- from 14 in 2006 to six in 2007. the spring 2010 schedule. es an entire population to the be- A new component to this year’s See COALITION, PAGE 5 haviors and consequences sur- AlcoholEdu program is a sexual rounding alcohol in a college en- assault education component. See ALCOHOL, PAGE 5 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009 2 DENNEWS.COM ISSUE 2, VOLUME 94 WEATHER TODAY 08.25.09 Tuesday

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CAMPUS BRIEFS Booth conducting tours

Booth Library is oﬀering library orientation tours from Monday through Sept. 30. Tours meet in the library’s north foyer at 6 p.m. Mondays, 11 a.m. Tuesdays and 5 p.m. Wednesdays. Sessions last approximately 45 minutes.

PHOTO BY DOUG T. GRAHAM | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Doug T. Graham begins his adventure outside as he arrives at ADVERTISEMENTS Postcard collection Heathrow Airport in London, England. exhibited in library The 34-hour day, part 2 “I perked back up when we started talk- Booth Library will have a display of more than ing about Cricket and Rugby and other 1,000 digitized postcard images of Illinois libraries. British sports, I was fascinated with the e exhibit highlights some of the postcards that rules and how they were slightly differ- relate to libraries, cultural heritage and education within Illinois communities. e exhibit will be on ent from the American analogs Baseball display in the Marvin Foyer through Sept. 30. and Football." Follow Doug T. Graham in this blog highlighting his study abroad experiences in England. Doudna meeting for BLOTTER theatre students April Lebensorger, 20, of than 0.08 after a 2:05 a.m. Sunday Charleston, was charged with driv- arrest at Greek Court, police said. ing under the inﬂuence of alcohol A meeting will be held ursday for majors, mi- after a 2:08 a.m. Saturday arrest Two separate cases of burglary nors and others interested in Eastern’s theatre pro- at Roosevelt Avenue and Seventh were reported Friday at Carman gram. Street, according to the University Hall, police said. e reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Move- Police Department. ment Studio, 1080 Doudna Fine Arts Center. A private property accident oc- Andrew Barzda, 20, of Mor- curred between a silver Chevy Co- ris, was charged with driving un- balt and a silver Chevy Monte — Compiled by der the influence of alcohol and Carlo at about 5:40 p.m. ursday Associate News Editor Bob Bajek a blood alcohol content of more by Taylor Hall, police said.

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CAMPUS CAMPUS Panther Nation Prowl G.I.V.E.s students scratches Blue Crew experience in community

New structure By Kayleigh Zyskowski “There’s been Activities Editor creates more some conflicts. opportunities After moving in Thursday, new I just wish Eastern students had little time to re- By Emily Steele lax before classes began. Prowl 2009 Student Government Editor started Friday and has been non-stop that the whole ever since. Prowl is a program on campus Blue Crew is out. Panther Nation way they have geared toward helping new students is in. make a smooth transition onto cam- After about five years of cheering gone about pus, said Kimberlie Moock, director at Eastern sporting events, Student of Prowl. Government disbanded Blue Crew redirecting the Students all over campus are famil- over the summer to make way for the iar with the program, but this year, new group, Panther Nation. program would some changes have been made while Student Body President Michelle other aspects remain as usual. Murphy initiated the change to re- “We had three new things this structure the group. have been year,” Moock said. “We moved Con- Murphy, along with Student Sen- vocation from after school started ate member Jarrod Scherle and Otis handled a little to the Friday morning before classes Seawood, the University Board spe- start so everyone can be involved, the cial events coordinator, wanted to better.” ‘Jump Start 2 G.I.V.E. Peace’ which make the group more productive. Carley Lambdin, was the community service Saturday “There was a negative stigma at- sophomore political morning and then the social issues tached to the former Blue Crew,” discussions (Saturday) afternoon.” Murphy said, recalling times when science major Prowl began with a welcome and 100 people would sign up for a game Convocation Friday morning in Lantz but a few would show up. Arena. Ryan Gilmore, director of market- Reed Benedict, the 2009-2010 Fac- ing and promotions for the athlet- was not informed of the change to ulty Laureate, spoke at the freshman ic department, worked with Student Panther Nation until three weeks ago. welcome and Jean Wolski, the 2003- Government to create a sustainable “There’s been some conflicts,” 2004 Faculty Laureate, spoke at the organization that would use a data- Lambdin said. “I just wish that the transfer welcome. base to keep track of current mem- whole way they have gone about redi- After the welcome and convoca- bers. recting the program would have been tion, the freshman students took part “Blue Crew was a good idea, a cool handled a little better.” in book discussions for EIU Reads. idea, we just didn’t have the infra- Lambkin still plans to support East- This year the book selected was KAROLINA STRACK|THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS structure set before,” Gilmore said. ern sports, but does not want to be in- “ is I Believe,” a series of short sto- Safetly harnessed Brittany Prysock, a junior therapeutic recreation major, The athletic department funded volved in Panther Nation. ries. jumps on the extreme trampoline at Jammin’ Jamaica themed Quakin’ the the project, while Student Govern- At the end of the school year, Mur- Charley Jaques, a Prowl leader, was Quad event in the South Quad Saturday evening. ment members organized the new phy held a meeting about the reorga- pleased with this choice. group. nization after contacting Blue Crew “I was in charge of one of the dis- Student Government set up “yell- members through Facebook, but re- cussion groups and I thought there ing Habitat for Humanity to going about seven residents dancing.” training” with the marching band di- ceived little feedback. was great feedback and good dis- to Douglas Heart Nature Center,” Heather Krueger, a freshman Prowl rector to coordinate the cheering sec- “I tried to involve them as much as cussion from the students about the Moock said. “We did a carnival over participant, said she was glad she was tion and publicizing the new group by I could, but if nobody responds until book,” she said. in Morton Park for Big Brothers Big given the opportunity. circulating interest sheets at opening after, there’s nothing I can do,” Mur- Both the freshman and the trans- Sisters. we also took a couple hundred “I thought a lot of it was kind of events. phy said. fers participated in “College Meet- students to the YMCA to help with boring, but we got to meet people so Panther Nation will be led by four e name Panther Nation was orig- ings.” their fall prep.” that was cool,” Krueger said. students, each taking a portion of inally a slogan idea for the athletic de- “ ey were able to learn a little bit e American Red Cross certified e Prowl leaders also encouraged the responsibility for organizing the partment, but was approved by Ath- about how their major fits into col- some students for C.P.R. students to attend the first weekend group, which Murphy said is one of letic Director Barbara Burke to use for lege and what colleges have to offer,” e students also helped out at sev- events such as “First Night,” the “New the major differences. the new organization. Moock said. “ e transfers then par- en different nursing homes where stu- Student Mixer” and “Up All Night.” “It’s a rigid structure we can keep For $20, students who join Pan- ticipated in small workshops called dent did everything from bingo to “(Sunday) finished our busiest day and not have to restart every year,” ther Nation will receive a member- ‘Transfer Connection,’ so they can talking to dancing. of the semester with the leaders giving Murphy said. ship card, which will be scanned at ev- learn things about the university that Freshman Jessica Ollerer partici- students tours to find their classes and Blue Crew originated through Stu- ery game, a T-shirt, a rally towel, a bag will then connect them to other ser- pated in the nursing home dancing. the hypnotist Frederick Winters per- dent Government as a Registered Stu- and a pint glass all with Panther Na- vices.” “Ours didn’t really work,” Ollerer formed,” Moock said. dent Organization. As an RSO, the tion or Eastern logos. One of the major changes this said. “We were supposed to do sun- Prowl Leaders will continue to in- group had a president and vice presi- Panther Nation will hold its first year for Prowl was the “Jumpstart 2 rise salsa and we were supposed to be fluence students to stay involved with dent system that would start over each meeting at 9 p.m. Thursday in 7th G.I.V.E.” program. there at 10 and that’s when all of the campus and athletic events through- school year. Street underground to prepare for the “Getting Involved with Volunteer residents were ready, but we didn’t out the next six weeks. At the end of the spring semester, first home football game Sept. 3. Efforts” included community service get there until 11 and all of the resi- Carley Lambdin, a sophomore polit- at 27 different locations across the dents gave up on us, so we had to go Kayleigh Zyskowski can ical science major, was set to be vice Emily Steele can be reached at Charleston and Mattoon area. around, room to room, and no one be reached at 581-7942 or at president for Blue Crew. She said she 581-7942 or at [email protected]. “We did everything from help- really came out. In the end we had [email protected]. This Space Unique Properties Hair Benders For Sale Now showing the old Delta Tau Delta house Salon & Day Spa •Prime Location 327 N Logan Mattoon, IL 61938 on 9th street. Call (217) 235-1225 for an appt. today! •On Campus (Look us up on the web) •Put Your business Missing your big city spa? Come in & Try us! in front of 10,000+ 2-6 bedroom We have messages, spa treatments, pedicures, nails, facials, & do hair all in one location. 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VIEWS THE DAILY DAILY EDITORIAL The daily editorial is the Words of majority opinion of the EastErn nEws editorial board of The Daily advice from a “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid” Eastern News. veteran Panther Dining changes good for students, if good for university budget

Housing and Dining Services completed a survey last Now, Eastern also offers more hours on the weekend fall to ask students what changes they would like to see with breakfast now beginning at 10 a.m. and Late Night Eric Hiltner with the operation of the dining centers. “It is Pizza served Sundays until 1 a.m. again. More than half of the surveys came back with a desire When deciding to fill out a survey, many students for more serving hours so students could have more times refreshing might wonder if anyone looks at the information and uses Please allow me to impart some of the to eat. the results in any positive way. knowledge I’ve gained over the past four years ese students’ requests have been answered with an to see the is being said, it is refreshing to see the results of a to you new freshmen out there. extra 21.5 hours of dining opportunity starting this se- survey to come in pamphlet form for the student body to mester. see. Do: is comes as both good and bad news. results of Many services across campus perform surveys every se- • Go to class but learn to live with missing a With more opportunity to eat, more students will be mester. To see the results in print and forward progress be- couple. It happens. able to take advantage of their meal plan and enjoy the a survey ing made from a student survey is a welcome move from • Get to know some of your professors on meals they are allotted each week but this will call for any organization. a personal level. I am not sure when it hap- more shifts and possibly more employees to fill these to come in While we commend their efforts, we still don’t want to pened but some genius decided to trick a large shifts. see the Housing and Dining Services stretch themselves number of outstanding people to come to East- e next question is — how much more money will pamphlet too thin. ern to teach. I literally cannot remember a sin- this cost the university to pay for the extra shifts? It goes without saying that on a campus with more gle lesson taught by some of the professors but ese numbers will not be seen for a couple weeks but form for than 10,000 students offers no shortage of potential work they have taught me so much outside of class one can assume it will make a difference. Whether or not force. However, one must question, with the current con- that I feel the education I received is invalu- this will hurt the budget of the Housing and Dining Ser- the student struction projects that seem to affect nearly every corner able. vices is yet to be seen. ough, with minimum wage at of campus, how fiscally responsible is the decision to add Then again, there are some real subpar nearly $8 per hour and 21.5 more hours to employ full more hours to dining centers? teachers out there, too — avoid them like the serving lines and kitchens, there may be an effect on the body to It can only be hoped that these additions do not cost plague. budget that may hurt the service in the long run. the university money it may need down the road for oth- • Get involved on campus in some form. While this may not be the best time economically to see.” er projects. Join one of the gazillion RSO’s or cre- add so many hours, it is still a better plan when compared With any system there are always improvements to be ate your own. Look into the Greek system. to some of the other schools in the state. made and changes that will benefit the majority. Striving • Attend Panther athletics. They are amaz- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale’s dining ser- to meet the needs and requests of the students is what the ing. While they may not offer annual nation- vices has four dining centers open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. university is meant to do. al championship contenders, they are very en- with one that stays open until midnight during the week. Too many times the ideas of the students go unheard joyable to watch. By comparison, Eastern has an extra hour with Late and overlooked, which benefits no one. Not to mention free to watch. And don’t Night Pizza served in omas until 1 a.m. By keeping the door open for input from the stu- think that no one goes to these games, we do. On the weekends, Southern Illinois University-Carbon- dent body, the services on campus can only improve. e Attendance has been up lately, which leads me dale’s dining centers do not serve breakfast and open at 11 changes to dining services this semester are a step in the to... a.m. and close at 7 p.m. right direction. • Join Panther Nation. • Learn to love the fight song. I cannot de- scribe how excited I get when I hear the fight FROM THE EASEL song after four years of touchdowns and home wins. • Side note for all you noobs — The football team has rushed toward the student section after games and sang the fight song to the students for the past few seasons and that is pretty cool. •Support local businesses. It feels good to help out the mom and pop.

Don’t: • Pack up and leave just because it’s the weekend. Eastern is not a suitcase campus and your family/friends/pets will still be there when anksgiving and winter break roll around. • Jump in any of the ponds around campus. Trust me on this one, it’s just not a good idea. • Waste your meal swipes or dining dollars early in the semester. You will get hungry some time and you will be regretting those Bosco sticks when you do. • Procrastinate. That makes me a real hypo- crite, because I pretty much always wait until the last minute to do anything. But pulling all- nighters sucks and it sucks harder when you pull them often. ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID THILL | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS • Hate on someone just because they are Greek or a GDI (or a goddamn independant). YOUR VIEWS ey are people, too. • Piss off your roommate/floormates. They are the closest thing to family you have here Check out (unless you actually have family here) and “Especially if I’m video responses will be there when you need them, unless you from students ate their food or are a nasty pig to live with. trying to study and concerning the changes to dining I am sure there is a lot I am forgetting but one last piece of advice: Love the hell out of this write a paper and I service hours. school. Eastern will provide you with an out- DENnews.com standing education and many fond memories get hungry, it leaves that may or may not be hazier than you like. We are what makes EIU so amazing. it open for me to go.”

Eric Hiltner is a senior journalism major. Get posted He can be reached at 581-7942 or at deno- Mical Bennett-Gray, [email protected] a freshman music major Vsit dennews.com and get involved in the conversation. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS ISSUE 2, VOLUME 94 DENNEWS.COM 5 COALITION, CAMPUS from page 1 First Night spirits crowd away

Kayleigh Zyskowski Cherise Murphy, prevention coordinator for the Activities Editor Coalition Against Methamphetamine Abuse, said the campaign did an excellent job of raising public About 600 students gathered awareness in the community. in the South Quad for “First Murphy helped the Coles County coalition initi- Night” Sunday evening. ate its campaign. This event is sponsored by the She said the campaign in Edgar and Clark coun- Student Government and occurs ties engaged the public and have been successful in every year the Sunday before getting people to think about the dangers of under- classes begin to celebrate new age drinking. beginnings and school spirit. Starting a similar campaign in Coles County will Ceci Brinker, faculty ad- be a different challenge because students and teens viser of Student Government, have greater access to alcohol, Murphy said. was pleased with the number- “It’s definitely a different crowd,” she said. of students who came out to the Murphy said college students, retailers, social ser- event. vice groups and law enforcement officials still have “I think this is a great way a great opportunity to deliver a strong message to to kick off the year by first of teens. all showing the importance of The Illinois Liquor Control Commission pro- school spirit,” Brinker said. vides the stickers to the state and local groups inter- Billy the Panther and Student ested in addressing underage drinking. Body President Michelle Mur- Armstrong said the Coles County coalition has phy hosted the event with a line- expanded its objectives in the last year, with an em- up of events promoting school phasis on engaging the Coles County youth and spirit. community. Rhythm & X-tacy danced its ALYCIA ROCKEY | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS She said methamphetamine abuse in the county first performance of the school Eastern’s marching band performs the fight song for the Quakin’ the Quad in the South Quad audience is still prevalent but has diminished over the last few year to a medley of songs, and Sunday. years, allowing the coalition to expand its outreach. the Panther Marching Band per- formed the school fight song Stephen Di Benedetto can be reached at 581-7942 while the Eastern cheer team and Eastern,” Ahrens said. “We also “At least 300 of these were shirts and it was on the Prowl or at [email protected]. the Pink Panthers danced. use it as a recruitment tool. We athletes and the Greeks probably schedule, but we really had a Mallory Ahrens, a member wear our Greek letters and try to added another couple hundred good time and it was nice to see of Sigma Kappa, was one of the meet the girls.” so there was probably about 500 everyone, too,” freshman Lauren students out to celebrate “First A raffle for a flat-screen TV to 1,000 students here tonight,” Wheeler said. Night.” and an iPod Nano was also held. Brinker said. ALCOHOL, “It’s a good way to show the Brinker said the athletes and Many freshmen also come to Kayleigh Zyskowski can Greeks are involved in the cam- the Greek community bring a lot “First Night” for the experience. be reached at 581-7942 or at from page 1 pus community and support of the students out to the event. “We came out for the free T- [email protected].

Davidson said approximately 400 to 500 col- check-up on students at least off course after holdups in con- Eastern is in the third year of the leges and universities in the United States use the NINTH once a month. struction supplies. $1.85-million, five-year grant. AlcoholEdu program, including Loyola Univer- “Steel delivery delays early in Cross said about $1 million sity. STREET, Construction the project forced us to do a lot went to construction, $345,000 Western Illinois University and Illinois State The project was a partnership of work in very cold winter con- for an endowment Eastern University are considering the program, he said. from page 1 between Christy-Foltz, Inc. of ditions, and final completion matched to fund the center, and The funding for the program comes from a Decatur and Eastern construc- was pushed past the end of the the rest went to support staff- combination of sources —fines from alcohol pol- tion trades, said Stephen Shrake, spring semester,” Shrake said. ing. icy violations, student fees for Health Service and These students are required to associate director of Design and Construction was completed To recognize the completed a grant in the first two years of the program, Da- take EIU 2919, a single-credit Construction in Facilities Plan- early this summer. project, the center will have a vidson said. course designed to help students ning and Management. ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:30 The Office of Student Affairs also contributes gain better personal responsibil- Christy-Foltz, Inc. completed Funding a.m. Sept. 4. funding for the program, he said. ity and master effective study the concrete and structural steel Eastern received a Title III skills. work for $399,142, while East- Strengthening Institutions Pro- Bob Bajek can be reached Six graduate assistants, led by ern construction trades finished gram grant from the U.S. De- at 581-7942 or at rtbajek@ Sarah Jean Bresnahan can be reached at Student Success Specialist Taisha the project. partment of Education to help eiu.edu. 581-7942 or at [email protected]. Mikell, instruct the course and Shrake said the center went fund the project, Cross said.

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most part inexperienced. e Panthers strength and conditioning for Eastern he was responsible for all the sports, currently have five tight ends on the athletics. While Fisher’s responsibilities but at Eastern they divvy up the sports roster, but zero seniors. lie solely with the football program, between all the staff. “The big thing we try and teach Cash oversees the strength and condi- “It makes it easier for me, but more with young players is technique and tioning program for all of athletics. importantly it benefits every other footwork,” Fisher said. “It’s really good Cash comes to Eastern after spend- sport,” he said. “The sports are what to do that because it makes up for any ing two years in the same position at benefit the most from it.” inexperience or lack of physical attri- Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C. butes they might have.” He said the biggest difference between Collin Whitchurch can be reached Eric Cash is the new head coach of the two schools is that at Presbyterian at 581-7944 or cfwhitchurch@eiu.

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHAN PASTIS

AUDREY SAWYER | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS FILE PHOTO Senior pitcher and designated hitter Richie Derbak slides into second base during a game on April 4, 2009, at Coaches Stadium. Derbak was one of 12 members of the 2008 team to compete in a collegiate summer league. Summer leagues give team exposure GET FUZZY BY DARBY CONLEY

By Collin Whitchurch the Orioles when it was discovered he Sports Editor would need surgery. With Borenstein and Recchia aboard, the Orioles were able to quali- e college baseball season ended fy for the American Amateur Baseball in the spring when the Eastern base- Congress Stan Musial World Series in ball team was eliminated from the Huntsville, Texas. Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Eastern head coach Jim Schmitz in Paducah, Ky. said when his players succeed in the However, that did not mean base- summer leagues, it gives him pride ball season was over for a number of to know they are helping the Panther players, as 12 members of the 2008 baseball program. OVC regular season champion Pan- “What we’re trying to do is to be- thers squad competed in various sum- come someone in the Midwest that mer baseball leagues, leagues where people can talk about,” Schmitz said. Crossword Edited by Will Shortz No. 0721 prospects from across the country go “Hopefully we’ll be going to more re- ACROSS 40 D-Day vessels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 to compete against one another dur- gionals and making this a more suc- 1 Almost half of 41 Desktop symbols 14 15 16 ing the college off-season. cessful baseball program and these U.S. immigrants 43 The Dapper Don Players traveled to as nearby as the guys have helped.” in 1840 45 With 55-Across, 17 18 19 Chicago suburbs and as far away as Schmitz said he has already fielded 6 Male tabbies message left by Massachusetts and Texas to compete calls from Major League scouts about 10 O.K. Corral figure 28-Across for 20 21 in leagues full of college players try- Recchia and junior pitcher Josh Mu- 14 Actress Thomas future explorers 22 23 24 25 26 27 ing to fine-tune their skills on a dif- eller thanks to their performances last 15 Smell ___ (be 49 Peeve suspicious) 50 ferent level. season and in the summer leagues. Geom. 28 29 30 31 Three key members of the 2008 Mueller was a member of the Ware- 16 Console used prerequisite squad actually found themselves on ham Gatemen in the East Coast’s with the game 51 “Aladdin” hero 32 33 Halo the same team with sophomores Zach Cape Cod League, which has been 52 Little Red Book Borenstein and Gerik Wallsten, and around for 114 years and was the sub- 17 Like stadiums writer 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 after touchdowns junior Mike Recchia all competing in ject of the 2002 book “ e Last Best 55 See 45-Across 18 Places to put 41 42 43 44 the Chicago Suburban League’s Lom- League.” briefs 59 Even more bard Orioles. certain: Lat. 45 46 47 48 20 New York Times Wallsten, however, was unable to 61 Diacritical This story headline of 49 50 51 52 53 54 compete for the Orioles because of a continues on 7/21/69 squiggle fracture he sustained late in the col- 22 Letters that 62 Sight in the 55 56 57 58 lege regular season. DENnews.com please angels Arctic Ocean He said he was all set to play for 23 Clumsy boat 63 When morning 59 60 61 ends 24 Hoagy 62 63 64 Carmichael lyric 64 “Silas Marner” “___ lazy river …” author TUNE-UP, from page 8 65 66 67 25 1988 Dennis 65 Whirling water Quaid/Meg Ryan 66 Anglo-Saxon PUZZLE BY DONNA S. LEVIN movie laborer get them significant minutes to get they were down. 5 Whom Hamlet 26 Handling the 44 Not pure 28 Subject of a 67 Opportunities, calls “A man that matter closer to that.” Senior defender Jeff Kupiec said 46 Julia’s “Seinfeld” photo beneath metaphorically Fortune’s buffets he was really impressed with the 27 Matures role Eastern won its first exhibition 20-Across and rewards / match of the season 3-2 Thursday mindset of the upperclassman team. 32 La ___ vita Hast ta’en with 29 Minneapolis 47 Inuit homes DOWN suburb against St. Xavier in Effingham. The “Usually, since I have been here 33 Old-time equal thanks” 48 Estevez of the 1 Mosque leaders Panthers started seven players who whenever we get down we hang our Norwegian 6 Sass, with “to” 30 Have the throne Brat Pack were not with the team the previous heads, we can’t bounce back,” Ku- skating sensation 2 Less common 7 McFlurry flavor 31 Archaeologist’s 53 Choice words season. piec said. 34 Soprano ___ Te 3 Like some find Kanawa patches 8 Large wine bottle 54 “Waiting for Saturday Eastern held its inter- “This time (when we got down), 34 Fuzzy fruit Lefty” playwright squad match with the upperclass- nobody said a word about it we just 37 Loses traction 4 Cabbage dish 9 They may come in sheets 35 Cupcake finisher 56 Bacchanalian man notching a 3-2 win in a rain- kept playing and we knew the goals revelry shortened affair. would come.” ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 10 ___ 67 (onetime 36 1970s James Montreal event) Garner TV title 57 “Dianetics” The underclassman held a 2-0 “The inter-squad game was great. TOMSWARTSDEJA role author ___ lead at halftime, but the upperclass- I thought the intensity level was re- 11 Forsakes Hubbard INITELIOTEXAM 38 Pleasure- 12 Reel’s partner man battled back behind the feet of ally high,” Howarth said. ETNABLAIRSPRY associated 58 D.E.A. seizure, junior forward Alex Harrison and Following Tuesday’s game the ROOTOFALLEVIL 13 Stores for G.I.’s neurotransmitter maybe junior midfielder Darby Kehoe. Panthers open their regular season PRUNESTAORC 19 Reluctant 39 Inscribed pillar 59 The Rail Splitter Harrison scored two goals and against Valparaiso on Sept. 1 at 1 SEEYACLOSER 21 Respites 42 Natty 60 G-man Kehoe scored onece, all within the p.m. at Lakeside Field. RATSTEMTHETIDE final seven minutes. The team then hits the road for ATRAANOTVAD For answers, call 1-900-285-5656, $1.49 a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-814- Kehoe said the intensity of the five straight games before return- LEAFTHROUGHESO 5554. game was high because the younger ing home at the end of the month PANCHOTRYON Annual subscriptions are available for the best of Sunday crosswords from the last 50 years: 1-888-7-ACROSS. HMSERSMYEYE guys really wanted to knock off the against Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne AT&T users: Text NYTX to 386 to download puzzles, or visit nytimes.com/ upperclassman. at 1 p.m. on Sept. 27. PLANTMANAGERS mobilexword for more information. He said he liked that the upper- SHOEERICAASIA Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 2,000 past puzzles, nytimes. EASETERMSTEED com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). classman had the mentality that they Dan Cusack can be reached at Share tips: nytimes.com/wordplay. would win the game, even when 581-7944 or at [email protected]. TREKSWEETESSO Crosswords for young solvers: nytimes.com/learning/xwords. @DEN_Sports tweet of the day: Voted EIU Football 23rd in the nation in The Sports Network’s preseason poll.

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MEN’S SOCCER | EASTERN VS. BUTLER EXHIBITION VIEWS

Dan Cusack Don’t sleep on these Panthers

The preseason poll for the Missouri Valley Conference men’s soccer came out this week, and it did not look too good for the Panthers. Eastern was voted by the coaches to finish last in the league after finishing 0-5 in conference play last season. On top of that, 10 new players will play for the Panthers this season. But do not worry Panther fans, champions are not chosen before the season starts. Last season, Missouri State was picked in the same spot Eastern was the year before. e Gold- en Bears shocked the rest of the league with a solid 3-1-1 record in conference play, including a tie against Creighton, who not only won the conference, but was a fixture in the top 10 in the national polls. Part of the reason the Panthers were picked to AMIR PRELLBERG | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS FILE PHOTO finish last was the unknown factor for this season. Freshman midfielder Ryan Childs takes a shot during overtime of an October 13, 2008 game against Oral Roberts at Lakeside Field. The Pan- In the Panthers preseason opener against St. Xavi- thers take on Butler in their final exhibition today at 4 p.m. at Lakeside Field. er (Chicago), Eastern started seven players who were not on the roster last season. No one knows the impact of the fresh faces, Final tune-up of preseason but this young group will get the opportunity to play a number of games together before the conference schedule. Another benefit for the Panthers will be the Eastern (1-0 preseason) will play looks, some good minutes for ev- Butler head coach Kelly Findley round robin format the MVC has adopted this Panthers take its final exhibition match as it hosts erybody. At the very minimum, we said the last thing he cares about in season. Instead of just one game against each con- Butler (1-0 preseason) of the Hori- want everyone to play for 45 min- the preseason is winning. His main ference foe, each team will play them twice once on Horizon zon League at 6 p.m. utes.” focus is that his team adapts to the away and once at home. Even though it is the final pre- He said the game will be the Pan- set system of play and he will rotate is should benefit Eastern because it has been League’s Butler season match, Eastern coach Adam thers toughest of the preseason and players while trying to find the best favorable at home the past two seasons. e cur- Howarth will not change his coach- this should allow them to see where lineup. rent senior class has compiled a 9-6-3 record at By Dan Cusack ing mindset from the rest of the pre- the team is. “We are looking to try sever- Lakeside Field over the past three seasons. Assistant Sports Editor season matches. e Panthers are full of fresh faces al groups together to find our best Finally, Eastern does have quality players with “We have had one of our tougher this season as they welcome 10 new lineup and get more organized, as experience and talent returning this season. The Eastern Illinois men’s soc- preseasons this year. We have real- players, including six freshmen. opposed to just winning,” Findley Junior forward Alex Harrison will most likely cer team is less than one week away ly pushed the guys hard,” Howarth Howarth said everything he does said. “Most of the players are not be the Panthers main scoring threat following a from the start of the 2009 season, said. “My philosophy is in the pre- in the preseason is making sure ready for 90 minutes, but we will breakthrough year last season. Harrison was sec- and they will have one last chance season, everybody plays. We want players are ready for the first game ond on the team with eight goals and first with to tune-up today at Lakeside Field. to try and get everybody some good of the season. TUNE-UP, page 7 seven assists. Already in the exhibition season, Harrison has ATHLETIC STAFF netted three goals in two games. Senior defender Chris Pearson, who was ham- pered with a leg injury for some of last season, Three added to staff over summer should be back to 100 percent to help anchor the backline with senior Jeff Kupiec. Sophomores Ryan Child and Mike Picinich By Collin Whitchurch roaming the sidelines as they enter hired as the team’s new special teams know how things are done,” Fish- should be solid for the Panthers in the middle af- Sports Editor the 2009 season. coordinator. er said. “It also gives me a level of ter impressive freshman campaigns. Three new coaches were added Fisher — who played wide re- pride in what we’re trying to do So while the Panthers may be picked to finish to the staff for the season, includ- ceiver for the Panthers in 2006 and here. I really care about how the last in the preseason poll, the team could turn a e head coach, defensive coor- ing 2008 Eastern grad Jason Fish- 2007 — said he was at first a little football team does and how EIU few heads before the season is over. dinator and offensive coordinator of er, who served as the offensive qual- hesitant about coaching a position does, not just as a sports team but as There may be some rough patches along the the Eastern football team make up a ity control coach last year, but has he was not as familiar with, but he’s a university.” way, but I would not sleep on the Panthers. combined 47 years of coaching ex- since moved to a full-time offen- given an added comfort level since Fisher’s biggest challenge as coach perience at Eastern alone. sive assistant coach, with his prima- he already knows the system he is is teaching a position that is for the Dan Cusack can be reached at 581-7944 But that does not mean the Pan- ry responsibility being coaching the coaching in. or at [email protected]. thers do not have some fresh faces tight ends. Matthew Smiley was also “I know our expectations and STAFF, page 7

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