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hostinga job to assist CareerServices will be fair EasternIllinois University'sacco untingmajors in en tering the workforce on Sept. 23 from 3 p.m to 6 p.m. This will beand virtual access to registration will bethrough Handshake under events,the virtual filter fursearch, and dicking register on thespecific job fair. The description forthis job fair includes, ''Ac countingMajo rs-Thisfair is forYOU ! Viewthe list of registeredempl oyersand sign up fur a 30-minute group �on or a 1:1 videosession with anemployer. sureyou have completed your Handshakeprofile Be anduploaded a resume so employerscan learnabout you!" ASHANTI THOMAS I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS There w_ill be 18 employers attending includ Ally Turner, a junior environmental biology major, practices for the Panther Marching Band in the Library Quad Tuesday afternoon. ing Illinois Department of Corrections, Illino� De Turner said she ls •writing guard solo for EIU Panther Marching: partmentof Human IllinoiS Department Services, of Revenue, BKD CPAs& Advisors, CapinCrouse, CliftonLarson Allen llP, Wmders & Co.llP, Uni versityof Illinoisat Urbana-ChampaignGies Coll ege of Buslne$, Universityof Illinois Springfidd,West & Company Crowe Doehring, Kemper UC, llP Faculty Senate talks·.C.OVID on campus CPA GroupLLP, Marathon Petroleum Company Hood,Office of the Comptroller of the By Adam Tumino LP,Martin Currency, RSM US SKDOP.C., and Editor-in-Chief I @adam_tumino llP, Larsson, Woodyard Henson & llP. To see morein funnationon company re The Faculty Senate met via Zoom on certain quirements furhiring and the job positionsavailable Tuesday afternoon, with the second half of (includingin termhi.ps.pan-time , andfull -rime jobs), the meeting being a discussion of COV checkout thejob fairposting. ID-19 on campus. Loc:arions furthese jobsinclude Illinois, Following committee reports and updates, Missouri, Indiana,Ohio, Minnesota, and Washingto n. guest speakers Eric Davidson, Interim Direc For further infonnation contact Diane Smith,a tor of Health and Counseling Services, and marketingand specialist career advisor, atdksmith2@ Sheila Simons, a public health professor and ciu.edu. graduate coordinator working with Eastern's contact tracing efforts,joined the meeting to Helena Edwards can be reached at or give the senate an idea of how testing and 581-2812 [email protected]. contact tracing are progressing this semester. Simons updated how many people have had to be quarantined dating back to the summer. "I was just looking at my list earlier, and if Homecoming we're looking at the current number of peo ple I've put in quarantine since July 1, 4 72 people," Simons said. Committee She said that of these 472 people, some became cases and needed to be isolated. SCREE NSHOT BY ADAM TUMINO Quarantine lasts 14 days and is for people Sheila Simons, public health professor and graduate coordinator working with Eastern's con meets online who have been in close contact with some tact tracing efforts, speaks during the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday afternoon. ByElizabeth Taylor one who has tested positive. Positive cases As.mate &ii.orl @DEN_news are treated differently. symptomatic," Simons said. improving by the 10th day. Nl'Yls "When we have cases, cases are put in to Simons added that sometimes symptoms According to Simons, there have also been With manyHomecoming plans to be fi isolation for a period of 10 days, and that is last longer than 10 days, but Illinois Depart instances of people breaking quarantine, and stillyet nalized,the Homecoming Committee hdd a virtual determined either from the date they were ment of Public Health guidelines allow for she said she received fourreports of people swabbed if they're asymptomatic, or the day isolation to end if the subject does not have

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Mos ly Cloudy Partly Cloudy By Jerry Nowicki vious day at 7.3 percent. three days to trigger such mitiga and the recovery rate is 96 percent t High: 77° High: 78° Capitol News Illinois That area, which is Region 4 of tions. for those 42 days removed from Low: 53° Low: 53° the state's reopening plan, must The other regions range from a positive diagnosis, according to SPRINGFIELD - The seven decrease its positivity rate to 6.5 2.6 percent in east-central Illinois' IDPH. day average statewide COVID-19 percent or below for three straight Region 6 to 6 percent in southern At the end of Monday, there test positivity rate stayed level at days before added mitigations Illinois' Region 5. were 1,4 5 5 persons reported hos 3.5 percent Tuesday as the Illinois in the region can be rolled back. IDPH also reported another 30 pitalized with COVID-19 in Illi Department of Public Health re Those mitigations include the clo COVID-19-related deaths in per nois, including 367 in intensive ported another 1,531 confirmed sure of bars and restaurants to in sons whose ages ranged from be care units and 153 on ventilators. THE DAILY cases of the virus. door dining and drinking. ing in their 30s to being older All of those numbers were slightly That was among 41,8�9 test re Region 1 in northwest Illinois is than 100. That brings the total above pandemic lows, where they EASTERN NEWS sults reported over the previous 24 the only other region with a pos number of casualties in the state have plateaued in recent weeks. "Tell the truth and don't be afraid.• hours, making fora one-day pos itivity rate exceeding 7 percent, to 8,486 since the pandemic be That left roughly 39 percent of itivity rate of 3. 7 percent. In the and it also sits at 7.3 percent. It is gan. hospital beds, 44 percent of ICU The Daily Eastern News Metro East area along the Mis not subject to added mitigations, There are now 277,266 con beds and 79 percent of ventila 1802 Buzzard Hall souri border near St. Luois, the because a region must have a pos firmed cases among more than tors unoccupied as of 11 :59 p.m. Eastern Illinois University • r o , rate remained level from thepre- itivity rate above 8 p.ercent for 5.1 million test results reported, Monday. Cha lest n IL 61920 217-581-2812 II 217-581-2923 (fax) Denied marijuana dispensary applicants News Staff Advertising Staff Editor-In-Chief AdamTumino will have chance to amen·d applications Faculty Advisers [email protected] EdltorialAdvlsw Lola Burnham By Raymon Troncoso

Photo Capitol News Illinois News Editor ' Adviser Brian Poulter Corryn Brock dennewsdesk@ SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritz Website Adviser gmail.com Brian Poulter ker announced changes to the licens ing process for marijuana dispensa Publisher ries Monday after weeks of criticism Lola Burnham Associate News from activists, lawmakers and appli Editor Business Manager ElizabethTaylor cants who were initially denied for Betsy Jewell dennewsdesk@gmail. the first round of 75 licenses. com PressSupervisor Now, failed applicants will have Tom Roberts an opportunity to amend their ap plications and receive more infor Night Staff Photo Editor for this lssue mation as to why they were denied K'rina Delgado . ,.._" ... .:1• �·Adam.Turwno .� points in the scoring process. •1ttl)�·��oaesk� @ Logan Raschke gma1.comP .1 In a.news release Monday, Pritzk

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Assistant Photo said they came to the decision af Copy Editor Editor ter a "careful examination" based on Logan Raschke Zach Berger "feedback from community leaders DENphotodesk@ Sports Designer gmail.com and stakeholders." AdamTumino The change allows denied appli PHOTO COURTESY OF BLUEROOMSTREAM.COM cants to resubmit their applications Toi Hutchinson, lead marijuana advisor to Gov. JB Pritzker and former state senator, speaks at a news conference or have them rescored after receiving Tuesday about changes to the licensing process for marijuana dispensaries. a "supplemental deficiency notice" that tells them which specific por tions of their application lost points riculture to grade applicants who IDFPR, the changes to the process to their communities. Get social with The Daily EasternNews and prevented them from reaching wish to receive license to grow, sparked backlash from some of the But after Pritzker's announce � the 252-point perfect score needed transport and infuse cannabis p�od 21 finalists who feel changing the ment, Hatchett said the state was IJThe Daily Eastern News to enter the lottery to distribute li ucts. rules afterqualifiers were announced moving things in a better direction. censes. The grow licenses have yet to be is unfair. Avis Bulbulyan, CEO of marijua dailyeasternnews Those receiving a perfect score af awarded, as the process has seen sig So Baked To o LLC and Suite na consultant group SNA Enterpris (l ter this process takes place would be nificant delays due to the coronavi Greens 'ric - two firms whose ap es, worked with a Black-owned busi @DEN_News added to the lottery for the first 75 rus pandemic. plications received perfect scores and ness that received a social equity des Visit our website: dailyeasternnews.com licenses. qualifiedfor the 75-license lottety - ignation when applying for a license. An applicant may not, howev Fwther changes possible released a joint statement Tu esday He and Hatchett said they are still About The EasternNews is produced by the students of er, change the owners or makeup of saying Pritzker's decision to make concerned that firms that are not Daily Eastern Illinois University. It is published daily Mon its ownership group on resubmitted Per the legalization law, IDFPR changes "clearly violates the Canna at least 51-percent owned by mili day through Friday, in Charleston, Ill. during fall and applications. Officials said the pro will also conduct a disparity study bis Regulation and Ta x Act in mul tary veterans will still be unable to spring semesters and online during the-summer term except during university vacations or examinations. cess allowing for rescoring could be evaluating the ethnic, racial and so tiple ways, and is, therefore, unfair achieve a perfect score and move Onecopy day is freeto studentsand faculty. Addi per wrapped up "this fall." cioeconomic makeup of the adult to the social equity teams that knew onto the lottety. tional copies can be obtainedfor centsSO each In the The announcement of changes use cannabis market. Pritzker on the rules." At the news conference Tu esday, StudentPublications Office in Buzzard Hall. comes after just 21 of more than 900 Tu esday noted lawmakers could They also opposed extending the Pritzker and his lead marijuana ad applicants received perfect scores in make changes to the law and appli amount of time it will take to award visor, former state Sen. Toi Hutchin ToAci-tlslng an advertisement or classified ad in The place Easter}I News, call the ads office at 581-2812 the first round of grading by an out cation process to ensure equity in licenses, as the process has already son, said such concerns could be ad Daily or fax 581-2923. Visit our online advertisements at side company. That meant no other the future as more than 300 licens been delayed fromits scheduled May dressed by the General Assembly dallyeastemnews.com/classifieds. applicants would be eligible for any es are still to be distributed in future release date due to the ongoing coro amending the legalization law to of the 75 licenses granted in the first waves. navirus pandemic. provide a cut-off range forapplicants Comments/Tips Contact any of the above staff members if you believe wave of the new program, which "I have already offered my sugges The Cannabis Business Associa to qualify for a license rather than your Informationis relevant sparked an immediate backlash from tions for how the General Assembly tion of Illinois, an industty advocacy only accepting the highest scores. Cornctlons lawmakers, applicants and activists. can change the law so that we can group for licensed marijuana busi According to Hutchinson, that The Eastern Newsis committed to accuracy In Its Daily The outside professional servic ensure even greater representation in nesses, issued a statement Monday would allow worthy applicants who coverageof thenews. Any factualerror the stafffinds or is made aware of by Itsreaders will be corrected es and auditing firm conducting the this industty, including capping the supporting the governor's changes. don't achieve a perfect score for rea as promptly as possible. Pleasereport any factual er first round of grading was KPMG, number of licenses or regions that sons such as not having a majority ror you findto Editor-in-Chief JJ Bullock at 581-2812. and they will once again be grading any one owner can apply for, and al Concerns over veteran veteran stakeholder to still advance

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» QUICK NEWS National Girls' Night CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 meetingTu esday night to share possi the 28th. ble event ideas. A Zoom meeting forthe candidates Homecoming week will almost defi will be held on Tu esday the 29th, and celebrated Tuesday nitely include vinualcompetitions with then the candidates will be allowed 24 prizes, as well as bowling, which was a hours to campaign. popular event The campaignperiod will also bethe lastyear. By Elizabeth Taylor Bowlingwill require advanced si gn-ups voting period. Associate News Editor I @DEN_news "I've had a few Zoom girls' nights. It was defi to make surethe event follows Ratherthan a typicalinterview p social dis rocess, tancingprotocols. candidateswil l berequired to write an es National Girls' Night occurs ev This year, Civic Engagement has ex sayas of theirappli cations. nitely interesting and honestly not as fun:' part ery year on Sept. 22 to encourage changedthe usual Socktober Drive event Thinypercent of the overall score for women to relax and spend time with -Sam Hennegan, junior out fora toy drive which RSOs canpar each candidate will come fromthe stu their friends. ticipate in. dent body's vote, 10 percent will come Between classes, studying, work, A Homecoming court will still be from the application itself, and 60 per and other activities, it can be dif crowned thoughthe processwill cent will come from the score on the es thisyear, ficult for college students to find a "It'll usually involve movies, video games haveto beadjusted. say,which will bejudged blind ly. time to have a calm evening when The coun will alsobe limited to king. The homecoming coun will likelybe their friends are available too, but and just catching up with them:' queen, prince andprinc ess, eliminating revealed in a videoon socialmedia. spending that time together can be thefaculty andli ttleprince and little prin therapeutic. -Grace Osborn,senior cesspositio ns. Taylorcan Bizabeth be reached581- at A "girls' night" does _not have to Applicationswill beav.Wable online on [email protected]. 2812 be gender-specific; while it tradi Wednesday, and willbe due on Monday tionally is a time for a group of fe Elizabeth Houck, junior graph well as rom corns. male friends to hang out, some peo ic design major, said that her friend Hennegan said her favorite is ple use the term to refer to the activ group usually has a more artistic ver White Chicks, while Houck said ity, rather than the participants. sion of the event. she tends to go with nostalgic Dis advises against In that sense, a girls' night would "We like to paint and watch mov ney movies. CDC be considered a chance to either go ies, mostly," Houck said. "We do a Scheduling issues can force girls' out and party or stay in, watch mov lot of dyeing each other's hair, too." night to transform into various Halloween activities ies and practice self-care. Especially this year, staying in is events. Sam Hennegan, junior English much easier- and safer- than getting "Our 'girls' nights' have turned StaffReport crowded parties held indoors, visit major, said that her friend group en dressed up and going out. into lunches with as many of us can ing indoor haunted houses, going on joys those typical activities. Grace Osborn, senior biology ma make it at that time," Houck said. The Centers for Disease Control hayrides, traveling to rural fall festi "I like to do facemasks, nails, and jor, said that her friend group likes "It's upsetting, because I miss hav and Prevention are cautioning indi vals outside of your community and watch funny movies," Hennegan to change it up sometimes, but nor ing the gang together, but eventually viduals from partaking in many tra using alcohol or drugs, which can im said. "Also, lots of food, especially mally stays in. it'll work out." ditionally celebrated activities during pair users' judgement or lead to "risky chocolate." "It'll usually involve movies, vid Social distancing and the lack of Halloween this year, such as trick-or behavior�," according to the CDC. However, the COVID-19 pan eo games, and just catching up with frat parties have made girls' nights treating. The CDC lists attending outdoor demic has made those plans difficult them," Osborn said. more difficult, but Zoom and Net There are several high-risk activi costume parties where people wear to organize. Movie viewing is one of the more flix Party can help to bring friends ties that should be totally avoided this masks and social distance themselves "I've had a few zoom girls' common girls' night activities, likely together despite the pandemic. year to prevent the spread of COV as a moderately risky activity. nights," Hennegan said. "It was def because of how accessible and easy it ID-19, according to the CDC. These initely interesting and honestly not is to stream something. Elizabeth Taylor can be reached at activities include: Tr ick-or-treats and The Staffcan be reached at News 581- as fun." 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Some of the thingswe thought about how CO VID-19 would p� on campusseem to betrue. Sheila Simons, a public health professor and graduate coordinator who working with Eastern's is contract tracingeffo rts, andEric Davidson, Interim Director of Health and Counseling Services, joined the Faculty Senate meetingTu esday afternoon and talked about contact tracing, testing efforts and trends theyhave noticedregarding COVID-19. Simons notedthat the seems to bespr ead virus ingas a result of off-campusgatherings rather than through interactions in residence halls and class rooms. IY ZACH llRGER The university can'tdo much about thesegather �. but those in attendance should beconscio us of socialdistancing and wearing masks. That isour re sponsibility as students in the midst of a pandemic. It comes down to students following the rules recommended by the university evenwhen they are Bethesda sale surprising, alarming not on campus. Even though the university can'ten force its rules off campus, the consequences from these actions still affecton- campuslife. Here's another tally mark to add to the have to worry about buying a console again. Also,it's importantthat students continue to pre shocking number of reasons why 2020 is And now that Microsoft is buying Bethes vent the spread ofCOVID-19 in residence hallsand probably one of the strangest, most unpre da, what I'd argue was the one triple-A inde classrooms by continuing the behavior that hasgot dictable years in history: Microsoft is buying pendent game studio that really set itself apart ten us thisfar. Bethesda. from everything else in the industry, what in Integrity is doing the right thing when there This means the game franchises we love centives are there to purchase the PS5? Be aren't any or professors watching. We at the dearly, such as The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and sides the PS5 exclusives? RAs Daily Eastern News believe holding yourself and DOOM among many more, will soo,n be The high cost of the PS5, the economic re others accountable is the most important thing we owned by Microsoft. cession and Microsoft's purchase of Bethesda can do to slow the spread of COVID-19 on cam That is very troubling. are likely going to decline Sony sales big time. pus. Microsoft announced Tu esday that it's slat What I'm most concerned about is the fate ed to purchase ZeniMax Media, the parent Logan Raschke of "The Elder Scrolls 6." I was already uncer company of Bethesda Softworks, for a whop tain after Bethesda's latest travesty, "Fallout Quote of the Day: ping $7.5 billion - $3.45 billion more than ery year. Monopolies are rarely in the con 76," but now I don't know what to expect. Disney paid for Lucasfilm, the company that sumers' best interest, but Microsoft still has In my Feb. 5 column, I mentioned how is the rarest thing in the owned the Star Wars franchise. lots of competition (at least for now}, as PC desperate I was for "The Elder Scrolls 6" to be Bethesda ranks third in a list of Microsoft's Gamer reports. great. While information about the game has world. Most people exist, that is largest acquisitions, according to GeekWire: In one way or another, I believe this is go still been sparse since its 2018 teaser, I don't II Microsoft purchased Skype for $8.5 billion in ing to really hurt Sony. feel very reassured that Bethesda will make up all. 2012 and Linkedin for $26.2 billion in 2017. Like other console gamers, I totally expect for the "Fallout 76" fiasco with "The Elder Osc After the announced purchase, Microsoft ed to purchase "The Elder ScroJls 6" and oth Scrolls 6." owns ·23 game studios, according to The New.' er Bethesda titles on the next PlayStation con It scares me that Bethesda is getting bought York Times. Sony, one of its biggest competi sole. From now. on, classic Bethesda game while the game is in development. tors, owns 15. franchises to release in the future will likely be In any case, Microsoft's purchase of Bethes Bethesda, a beautiful, unique feather, is Xbox exclusives. da is a huge change for the gaming industry. I now in Microsoft's enormous cap. Additionally, Sony's PSS, :which will be re hope it's a good one. Microsoft's eagerness to purchase game stu leased on Nov. 12, is going to cost $499. Letters to the Editor dios (and other companies} makes the coma Yikes. At that price, consumers might as Logan Raschke is a senior journalismmajor. • ny seem more and more like a monopoly ev- well purchase gaming PCs and (almost} never She can be reached at 581-2812 Inquireat opinions. Thoseintetested can DENogmallcom foNH.oplntonquestions, submisSlons and ...... to the 8dltor. a topublsh Pleaseallow week!rl-rltS let- to the Fleet Foxes' new album perfect for fall tars editor. Editor right to publish The reserves the not at fess If there was ever a band for the fall season, steadily drop. It's been less than 24 hours since letters.h Letters1 .. 250 ... . wlH longef will be be prtorltlzed.but ills it's Fleet Foxes. Prior to the Tuesday release of it was released, but I've spent my entire day en considered editorial by the boM'd. their new album, "Shore," I was only familiar joying what songs I have listened to. "Can I Please include yourname and phone num with some songs off of their 2008 self-titled al Believe You" is one of the best songs this year's ber to verify letters. bum. Their music is a bit of a departure from paeked field has to offer. Its most prominent For more Informationplease call what I'm used to, as their indie folk label tend feature is a simple chord progression from a 217-581-2812. ed to turn me away. clean guitar, and the pace that it sets is what Tu rns out there's more electric guitar than makes the song my favorite on the album so I thought, and some of frontman Robin Pec far. As I become more familiar with the Fleet knold's melodies are among the best I've heard Foxes' discography, I imagin_e "Can I Believe from the past decade's artists. I know Fleet You" will remain at the top of my list, along We're Hiring! Foices have been at the forefront of the 201 Os Ryan Meyer with "Blue Ridge Mountains" and "Mykonos," indie scene, but I just never considered listen more songs from the eponymous record. We have openings forthose who enjoy. ing to anything other than one of their most men also contributed to "Shore." Given my It's always fun to hear a record the day it Photography popular songs, "W hite Winter Hymnal." appreciation for these other bands, it doesn't comes out, especially when you're listening to " The band is a part of what seems to be an make sense that I never gave Fleet Foxes a real a band with an unfamiliar and open ear. I have Editing . extended indie rock family, including bands chance. no idea if "Shore" is any better or worse than Design .. • like the National, the Walkmen, and newcom Maybe "Shore" was the opportuniry I was its predecessors, and that may be why I'm en Opinions ers Muzz. Muzz, specifically, features drum looking for. The album was released at the ex joying it. mer Matt Barrick, who has drummed for Fleet act time of the autumnal equinox, which may

. Ryan Meyer is a sophomore journalismmajor • Call more Foxes on tour and was the drummer for the be what's telling me that Fleet Foxes are a band 581-2812 for Information. Walkmen. Hamilton Leithauser of the Walk- to listen to as the leaves turn and temperatures He can be reached at 581-2812

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doing so on Tu esday alone. get tested, and it takes a day or Davidson said there are several two to get the test results and they entry points for people on campus come in late Friday afternoon, regarding testing and contact trac you're probably not going to have ing. Some people, often students a notice sent out until Monday who commute from other coun morning," Davidson said. "By that ties, self-report positive tests that point in time, almost a week has they received from a health de gone by that they've been positive. partment in their home county. As far as where students are He also said that people who contracting COVID-19, Simons get tested at the clinic on campus said that she has not seen any cas allows for the results to be han es that seem to have originated in dled by Eastern health officials classrooms or in most places on rjght away instead of waiting for campus. the results to go through an out "What I'm finding on campus is side health department first. that people are not getting sick or Additionally, Davidson said that contracting COVID in the class some students are getting tested rooms, in the buildings. It's not off campus to Carle Foundation happening," Simons said. "When Hospital or Sarah Bush Lincoln I look at these cases, where are Health Center, and that can create they from?They're from off-cam a delay between the test results be pus gatherings and from one cam ing received and the student being pus group of individuals." isolated by Eastern. Davidson added that he was "If a student has a positive test worrying about clusters centered result, physicians at those two en around residence halls, but so far tities are calling the student to let that has not been the case. them know that they're positive," "The students living on campus Davidson said. "Well, there's a are doing a phenomenal job," Da lag time. The student may know vidson said. "By this point in time SCREENSHOT BY ADAM TUMINO Faculty Senate Chair Don Holly listens during the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday afternoon. hours, if not even longer, be in the game, I was really fearful fore Sheila knows or I know that that we would start seeing clus they've been positive." ters based upon residence, so you to be around people for an extend off their masks, they yell, that sa thing," Simons said. "It is some He said that once Eastern finds would start seeing it on a particu ed period of time, as was the case liva is projected, we're looking 24 thing that will actually prevent out about the positive result, they lar floor or a particular residence with several protests and rallies to 26 feet when that happens. So the virus from surviving on your send out an academic notice. But hall, and we have not really seen that happened earlier in the se we want to be sure that people are hands.". the lag time can make that diffi that." mester. protecting their eyes as well." cult. Simons said that, in addition to "As those protests happen, peo Simons said that washing your "If you have a student that masking, washing hands and so ple are wearing masks, but we also hands with soap and water is pref Adam Tumino can be reached at need for them to wear eye protec erable to using hand sanitizer. or [email protected]. starts feeling ill on Monday, and cially distancing, people should 581-2812 they wait until Wednesday to go wear eye protection if they need tion," Simons said. "People take "Soap and water is the absolute

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By Adam Tumino Editor-in-Chief I @adam_tumino

Like every other team on cam pus, the Eastern men's and wom en's track teams have had to ad just to the changes that COV ID-19 has brought to campus. After having their outdoor sea son canceled in the spring, both teams enter the fall looking ahead to the start of the indoor season starting in the winter. Brenton Emanuel, Eastern Di rector of Tr ack and Field, said that he has been pleased with what he has seen so far this semester. 'It's a much different fall that in the past," ,he said. "The teams are very motivated. A lot _of them worked out hard over summer and spring break during quarantine, so from a fitness standpoint I'm very happy with where we're at right now, it being week two of train ing." A major adjustment for the teams has been getting used to running while wearing a mask, but Emanuel said he thinks they are handling it well. "I think everyone's kind of ad FILE PHOTO I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS justed to wearing the mask while Marcus Skinner (left) and Dustin Hatfield (right) lead a pack of runners together during a distance event at the John craft Invite Jan. in the Lantz running," he said. "Workouts are EIU 18 Field House. already tough enough and then you put a mask on, its been pretty rough for them, but they've been grateful for, and we go around Emanuel also said that this se break up groups to just make sure ficult during the day. I feel like doing a great job." the group and talk abou that, be mester has presented some new we' re staying staying socially dis I'm norin the office very much, Another thing Emanuel said the cause last year was kind of a heart challenges for him in addition tant and not coming in too much so my office work and my emails team is doing this semester is re breaker for us, losing our season to the ones the teams are fac contact with each other," he said. are kind of piled up on me right maining positive, and they do so in the middle of it," he said. "I'm ing. Some of these challenges are "It's a lot on me, but at the same now. But we're getting through it by sharing something that they very excited for that and I'm very caused by having large rosters this time I'll do it for them. We're a and I think it's going well so far." appreciate. grateful for them for having posi year. very talented team and I think "Every day we start practice off tive energy throughout this whole "I have four (prat:tices} a day having that one-on-one time helps Adam Tumino can be reached at 581- with what's one thing that you're situation." Mondays and Thursdays, trying to us anyway. But it is a little bit dif- or [email protected]. 2812 � Services

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By Adam Tumino ers, " he said. "But they're all learn Editor-in-Chief I @adam_tumino ing from each other, like the return ers are learning from newcomers The Eastern women's soccer team too, so its been a good start so far. " is continuing with its slate of prac Although the season has been tices this semester as they look to pushed ahead to the spring, Plant ward the start of the season in the said that the goal for the team has spring. not changed, and he wants them to Head coach Jake Plant, now in remember that no matter when the his third year as head coach, said season begins, winning a champion that he was happy to have the team ship is their aim. on the practice field and they were "We don't care if its 10 days or able to hold a intrasquad scrimmage whether. its eight months time, recently, which he was pleased with. we have to keep that champion "Just happy to have them back, ship mindset, every week remind number one, and playing, especially ing them that's what we're trying putting them in their uniforms and to do, " he said. "So far its working. getting them on the game field was We haven't had to do it before, so nice, " Plant said. "Number one, its we'll see if it keeps going straight great to have them back. Number forward." two, they were surprisingly ready Throughout this semester, Plant to play to be honest. Te chnique said it is also important to find was good, tactic was good, fitness scorers that can step up. The top was good. Just an excellent day all two scorers from last season's team, around to be honest. " Sarah DeWolf and Lexi Ketterhagen Plant has a large team this season have since graduated. with 28 players listed on the roster. The Panthers' top returning scor There were 21 players on the team er is Haylee Renick, who scored last season and 22 the season before three goals last season. that. "The big thing is making sure There is a high number of both that these girls can figure out how returners and newcomers on the to score goals and us teaching them team, and Plant said that he thinks how to do it, " he said. "That's the the team will benefit from having key thing forus is making sure that, players with different levels of expe within the tactic that we're teaching rience. them, that we're findingpeople that "It's a lot of general stuff, teach are brave enough to shoot on goal ing concepts as a group together so and score. everyone can learn from each other, FILE PHOTO I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS so it's not been segregated in all in Adam Tu mino can be reached at Eastern midfielder Kenzie Balcerak fights for possession with an opponent in a match against Chicago State on 581- terms of returners versus newcom- or [email protected]. Sept. 2812 15, 2019.

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