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Those who knew her say Kaitlyn Chey-enne Franklin brought sunshine into their lives. The 19-year-old was as stylish as she was kindhearted, and as talented as she was determined to succeed.

A Madison County native, Kaitlyn at-tended Madison Central High School and was a freshman at Eastern. Ear-ly Sunday morning, Kaitlyn was found unresponsive in McGregor Hall. Madi-son County Coroner Jimmy Cornelison said Kaitlyn likely died in her sleep. The body was sent to Frankfort for an autop-sy by the state medical examiner. Cor-nelison said an official cause of death is unknown at this time, but he added that there were no signs of foul play.

“The worst possible news is the death of a student,” said Michael Benson, East-ern’s president. “Being a university pres-ident for 14 years, I’ve gone through a lot of them. They’re never any easier. They’re the most difficult thing I have to deal with.”

Kaitlyn was loved and admired by many. And it’s evident in the sorrow that was felt around campus and Madison County, where she attended high school last year.

At Madison Central, Kaitlyn played saxophone in the marching band, which she first began playing for in the 8th grade. Although shy when she first met new people, Kaitlyn made friends easily.

“Her friends were her life, and she had plenty of them,” said Tammi Franklin, Kaitlyn’s mom. “Those girls, they grew up together from first, second grade…they were her life.”

And those friends followed her to Eastern.

Brooke Eversole, 18, an undeclared freshman and Kaitlyn’s best friend and roommate, said the two moved into Mc-Gregor Hall in the fall to take on col-lege life together, something they had planned on doing for years. Like most

freshman, the adjustment to a new life was harder than anticipated for both, and they clung to each other for support.

“We had been close friends for so long so we knew it would be easy living with each other,” Eversole said. “We never had arguments; we literally never fought. We were like sisters so it was an easy deci-

sion to live together.”Some of her other high school friends

lived next door, always within reach to lend a helping hand.

“I must’ve knocked on their door once every day in that first semester,” said Jil-

By KASEY TYRINGkasey_tyring@mymail.eku.edu

Remembering Kaitlyn Franklin

Kaitlyn Franklin, 19, of Madison County, was found unresponsive in McGregor Hall early Sunday morning. The county coroner said the cause of death is still under investigation.

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By JACOB BLAIRjacob_blair50@mymail.eku.edu

Bicycle rally promotes clean transportation Council gives approval for $150 student fee

Eastern's Green Crew and the Office of Sustainability hosted a Bike Rally as part of their week-long Earth Week festivities. Students met at the Alumni Coliseum parking lot at 6 p.m. Tuesday and took a route around campus similar to the one taken by the Homecoming parade. They started on Eastern Bypass, biked up Lancaster Avenue, made their way to Main Street and back to campus. Jake Garrison, 21, a biology pre-dentistry junior from Manchester and secretary of Green Crew, said the rally was organized to emphasize the importance and accessibility of clean transportation.

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Campus elevators out of order are an annoyance for some students but for oth-ers, such as Mary Kennedy, they’re a real hindrance.

Kennedy, 21, a sophomore criminal justice major from Lexington, has brittle bones, a symptom of Bruck Syndrome. Kennedy uses a wheelchair to get around, so wheelchair accessibility on campus is important.

Accessibility is one compliance issue currently being assessed by a new initia-tive on campus, Colonels Comply.

President Michael Benson started Colonels Comply about 18 months ago to combat the university’s noncompliance with federal and state government stan-dards and regulations. Noncompliance could happen anywhere,

from age discrimination to the universi-ty’s tax responsibilities. Colonels Comply is in its early stages of implementation.

Creating web accessibility is the cur-rent focus for accessibility compliance, said Teresa Belluscio, director of East-ern’s Office of Services for Individuals with Disabilities (OSID). That means the university’s web pages are being designed to help those with seeing and hearing disabilities. But, physical accessibility probably won’t be on the list of upgrades, since all construction before 2008 is grandfathered under old regulations.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) now requires that public service and government websites be accessible, under Title II which details all techno-logical regulations and prohibits dis-crimination of individuals with disabili-ties.

Oftentimes, discrimination does not just mean treating someone in an unsat-isfactory way, but also excluding them from certain things. Inaccessible web-

By KELLI STOKESprogress@eku.edu

During this past winter's massive snowstorm, snow plow crews moved excess snow from some parking lots into handicap spots, causing handicap drivers to walk farther to class or work.

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Accessibility problems persist on campus

The $150 mandatory student fee was approved by the Council on Postsecondary Education at a Friday meeting they held to discuss the fee.

The fee will officially go into place on July 1 and will then go on every full-time, part-time, online, on-campus, off-campus and summer student’s bill.

Eastern students will be charged $150 per semes-ter to pay off debt services accrued from an approx-imately $60 million bond. This bond will fund ren-ovations to the Powell Building and a new wellness center.

The tuition increase plus the student fee totals $4,225 for an in-state student to attend Eastern in fall 2015, approximately 6.6 percent higher than tu-ition for fall 2014.

The fee had to be broadly discussed, voted on, re-quested by students and adopted by the Board of Re-gents, according to the regulations established back in 2011 by the CPE. All of which were met, accord-ing to the CPE.

Students that are not full-time, taking less than 12 credit hours, will be charged $12.50 per credit hour, according to the CPE request.

Students taking classes at regional campuses and online will also be charged the fee, according to the EKU Builds website. Students enrolled for summer sessions beginning in 2016 will also pay the $150 per-semester fee.

If the state legislature doesn’t approve a bond in 2016, then the funds will be set aside for project-re-lated expenses until the bond is approved.

Once the bond is paid off, the fee will end, ac-cording to the request.

DISABLED STUDENTS FACE DATED CAMPUS PROBLEMS, OLDER BUILDINGS NOT UP TO PAR

The Eastern Progress, Thursday, April 23, 2015Page 2

BRIEFSCAMPUSBRIEFSCAMPUS

BEATPOLICEBEATPOLICE

April 14

� A 19-year-old Rich-mond resident was cited for possession of marijuana at 1:22 p.m., outside Martin Hall. An officer found a marijuana blunt in his hoodie pocket. The man admitted he had just finished smok-ing the marijuana.

� A student report-ed his wallet was miss-ing at 2:39 p.m. The last time he saw the wallet was in his Ma-haffey Drive apart-ment before walk-ing to campus.

� A person report-ed being harassed by someone they knew in McGregor Hall.

April 15 � An Aramark em-

ployee reported the use of a counterfeit bill in the POD Market in-side the Fountain Food Court at 8:13 a.m.

� A person report-ed drug traffick-ing and possession of a controlled sub-stance at Todd Hall.

� A person re-ported they were a victim of menac-ing at Telford Hall.

April 16 � A Model student

reported his per-

sonal belongings were stolen from the Weaver Gym lock-er room at 3:05 p.m.

� A person re-ported an assault at Telford Hall.

April 18 � A student report-

ed their EKU park-ing permit was stolen.

April 19 � A student re-

ported being inap-propriately touched in Burnam Hall.

April 20 � A student report-

ed his iPad was sto-len from the Stratton Building. The student was able to recover the iPad later that day.

Local restaurant hosts fiction writers eventApollo Pizza, in asso-

ciation with the Bluegrass Writers Studio, will host the fourth installment of their reading series Pages and Pints at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 30. The event will feature read-ings by three of new stars in fiction writing: David Joy, Robert Gipe and Eastern pro-fessor Robert Dean Johnson.

Johnson will read from his recently published short story collection, Delicate Men.

In addition to the Decem-ber release of Delicate Men, he was recently named di-rector of Eastern’s MFA pro-gram, the Bluegrass Writers Studio, and his latest nov-el Californium has been ac-quired by Plume-Penguin Books. It is scheduled for publication in May 2016.

Jerry Lay

Country music duo to perform in the Ravine

The country music band, Sunday Best, will be com-ing to Richmond to cap off Alumni Weekend and will be a featured event in the Student Activity Counsel’s Spring Thing at 7:30 p.m., Sat-urday, April 25, in the Ravine.

The country music, formed by Nick Jamerson and Kris Bentley, are rising stars in the country music in-dustry. The Prestonsburg na-tives are known for the songs Home, Lily, and Until I Met You. Their latest album Sal-vation City debuted on the Top County Albums Chart at No. 22.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Taylor Riggs

Color guard auditions open in Begley

The EKU Marching Col-onels will host Color Guard auditions from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 25, in the Begley Gymnasium at Roy Kidd Stadium.

Eastern’s Marching Colo-nels are at the center of foot-ball game day activities and have been around since 1959. All students at Eastern are welcome to try out for the marching band, regardless of major.

Students wanting to try-out are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes and bring a flag and pole, a rifle (if rifle try-out is desired), water and a packed lunch.

Please direct all ques-tions to Director of Bands, David Clemmer at da-v i d . c l e m m e r @ e k u . e d u

Trenton Meade

Week of Nov. 13 – Nov. 19THE COLONEL’S CALENDAR

Week of April 23 – April 29

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAYNoon Pinterest Party: Create Your Own Flower Bomb 7:30 p.m. Trombone Studio Recital Brock Auditorium

9 a.m. Asian Studies in the Contemporary World Conference Kennamer Room 7:30 p.m. Australian Chamber Orchestra EKU Center for the Arts

10 a.m. Color of Maroon 5K Fitness and Wellness Center Parking Lot 7:30 p.m. Roseanne Cash EKU Center for the Arts 7:30 p.m. Sunday Best Concert Ravine

7:30 a.m. Destress for Success: Massage Chairs Crabbe Library, Main Lobby 7:30 p.m. Flute Studio Recital Gifford Theatre

6 p.m. Flashback Fashions Keen Johnson 7:30 p.m. Horn Chamber Music Recital Gifford Theatre

6 p.m. Baseball vs. Miami University (Ohio) Richmond 7:30 p.m. Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert EKU Center for the Arts

11 a.m. Brunch and Bingo Powell Lobby 1 p.m. Softball vs. Tennessee Tech Richmond 7:30 p.m.Choir Concert EKU Center for the Arts

THE COLONEL’S CALENDAR

To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.

Arts & SciencesHannah D. BurnettDestinee Lynn FisherKassandra R. GreerAshley M. HinkleZachary Matthew HollinsGabriel I Myers Cassandra Lauren O’Bryan Mallory Amanda PuckettAndrew Michael SchlerethMikalah Eudora SchmidtLacy Renee Schnitzler Molly Bess Whittaker

Business & TechnologyAndrew Scott AbernathyTosha Nicole Baker Charlene Y. Baldwin Jason McGill James H. Middleton Megan R. Moore Ryan J. Poynter Kelly M. TuckerEmily Breanna WilsonEstelle Florian Withrow

EducationBrittany S. Barrett Amy J. Foulkes Kayla M. Hibbard Emily R. Houk Lynoda G. Howell Morgan M. Pippin Bettina R. Rogers Leanna M. Rowlette Ruby R. Smith Lara K. Vance

Health SciencesAshley Faith Copas Katherine R. Duncan Melanie A. Ford Sherri L. Smith Lauren K. Willis

Justice & SafetyAbdullah H. Alotaibi Brice T Ansbro David J. Barnes Aaron M. Barnhill Emily C. Bartee Cassie Jeanette BriggsMackenzie Lynn DespainSalim Elfahim Pamela J. Gillman Jessica L. Juma Jennifer R. Lee Anthony N. Mudd Charles R. O’Neal Elizabeth A. Sharp Shelli L. Shoemaker David S. Sirianni Camila V. Viana Joshua S. Wilson

INDUCTION OF FACULTY AND STAFFDr. Laurie A. Carter, Executive VP, Student Success & University Counsel

Dr. Jonathan S. Gore, Associate Professor of Psychology Ms. Shelley S. Park, Executive Director, Retention & Graduation

CHAPTER FELLOWSHIP AWARDMs. Lauren Ruth Moore

Congratulations to EKU students, faculty and staff on their induction into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi!

Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society and is the highest academic honor society to which students at EKU may aspire.

INDUCTION OF STUDENTS

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lian Pittman, 19, freshman health service adminis-tration major. “I would go to her because she would give me the most straight-forward answer whether you wanted to know it or not. She would always help me. No matter how stupid it was, she would come up with an answer.”

Like most college fresh-man, Kaitlyn struggled ini-tially to find a major that suited her.

“She had trouble decid-ing what she wanted to do,” her mom said. “She tried multiple subjects, but her passion was always fashion and style.”

Her mother said she re-fused to leave the house if she didn’t feel right about how she looked, insisting that her clothes, hair and makeup look “just right.”

Her ultimate dream, her friends say, was to move to Los Angeles and start her own business in the fash-ion industry.

“We all say we are going to move to a big city, but she really was the only one who could’ve really made it,” Pittman said. “She was so brave, independent and strong.”

Friends say she had not only the passion, but also the drive to do it. While a student, Kaitlyn held down

two jobs—at the campus bookstore and at T.J. Maxx. Her co-workers remem-bered her for how happy she was.

“If you knew her, she was always in a great de-meanor, loving life and just totally happy,” said Kae-li Fletcher, 19, a co-work-er at T.J. Maxx. “When I first met her, I was so tak-en away by her beauty that I thought she was going to be this really snooty girl. But then I got to know her, and she was really down to earth and really awesome and we got close. She al-ways had a positive ener-gy at work, and she just seemed to be always loving life.”

Aside from her affinity for fashion, Kaitlyn was a normal college kid. Friends say she enjoyed binge watching Netflix, obsess-ing over Penatonix and the band Five Seconds of Sum-mer. She particularly liked reading, often finishing an entire series in one week-end, her friends said.

Her death left many of her friends stunned and confused.

“She was the sweet-est thing ever,” said Elijah Vaughn, 18, freshman sta-tistics major. “She was al-ways nice to everyone, she wouldn’t hurt anyone. I just don’t understand out of all the people, why her? It doesn’t make any sense. It wasn’t like it was karma. She would never do any-

thing to anyone.”The outpouring of sup-

port has also been over-whelming, her friends add-ed.

“She affected literally everybody,” Eversole said. “People that I didn’t even think knew her or gave her a second look have reached out. Completely random strangers have said ‘I know how awesome and beauti-ful she was.’ A lot of people have described her as vi-brant and that makes sense to me. You couldn’t walk by her without noticing her and feeling her presence.”

In addition to her par-ents, Shane and Tammi, Kaitlyn is survived by one brother, Austin Franklin; her grandparents, Ron-ald & Deanna Fugate, and Glen Slone; two aunts, Donna Cawood, and Shei-la Meyers; and five cous-ins, Brooks and Andre’ Cawood, Mark and An-drew Miller, and Ian Mey-ers.

Kaitlyn’s funeral is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, at Old-ham, Roberts and Pow-ell Funeral Home in Richmond. Visitation is scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, also at the funeral home.

Kaitlyn’s mother has started a Gofundme ac-count to raise money for funeral expenses. For more information, visit gofund-me.com/sf2bj2j.

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Energy efficiency increasingly plays central role on campus

For the last seven years or so, Eastern has quietly improved its energy efficiency – to the tune of more than $2 million in savings.

Flying under the radar of the majority of Eastern students has been a contract to im-prove buildings' energy efficiency, the over-all effectiveness of New Hall and the New Science Building and a plan set in place this year for the next 10 years.

All three aspects have an impact on the future of Eastern and will shape the way the campus operates for the next ten years.

Siemens and savingsTo counter issues with historic build-

ings, Eastern took a leap of faith in the ear-ly 2000s.

In 2008, retrofits – a component or ac-cessory added to something that was not originally manufactured – were completed to make Eastern as energy efficient as pos-sible.

The performance contract was with Sie-mens Building Technologies, Inc. that ex-pected to save them $7,000 to $8,000 a day in energy costs. That deal held up accord-ing to its standards, said Barry Poynter, vice president for finance and administra-tion.

“We do monitor that and look at that all the time,” Poynter said. “We have mea-sured that for two years now and I have re-ported to the board about those results.”

The deal was the first major perfor-mance contract in the state of Kentucky.

The $26 million deal was designed to benefit both parties. The debt that Eastern owes to Siemens for the deal is “guaran-teed to pay off” through the money saved, or Siemens will write Eastern a check for the difference when the 13-year deal ends in 2020-2021.

Costs are far less than what it could have been though, said Alice Jones, direc-tor of sustainability. Eastern chose to re-pair instead of replace the steam pipes be-cause of the cost.

“We told them not to, because it was going to be incredibly expensive,” Jones said. “So that project ended up being $26

million anyway, but would’ve been clos-er to $50 million if we had done the steam pipes.”

Poynter said the university has saved more than $2 million the past two years because of the retrofits.

“The thinking is you are going to save enough through those retrofits that will save enough to pay for those retrofits,” Poy-nter said. “We are on par, doing well and saving more than we guaranteed if we had not done anything.”

The new buildings New buildings are coming soon. A new

wellness center and three residence halls will be added in the coming years, along with a renovation to the student union.

But with new buildings comes more square footage. More square footage means another place to heat, cool and power, which means adding on to the $8.3 million utility bill. Where would the mon-ey come from?

“We are still trying to figure that out,” Jones said. “One answer could be better space use.”

“We are going to build those buildings differently than the ones we built in the 1960s,” Poynter said. “They won’t have to be retrofitted. We are going to build them sustainable from the get-go.”

Poynter said when looking at proposals for the buildings, the companies’ energy ef-ficiency reputation will come into play be-cause it is a state requirement now that all buildings be LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] certified.

In August 2014, Eastern was the first university to receive a gold certification from LEED for New Hall. Because of the natural light and other features, the 84,000-square foot building saves energy better than any residence hall in Kentucky.

The New Science Building was also constructed with energy efficient concepts, such as concrete floors and inside win-dows, according to Eastern’s website for Responsible Environmental Stewardship.

Move to geothermal?An alternative to coal and natural gas

is geothermal and, according to Jones, the time to make the change is right now.

Jones said that the best time to make the move to geothermal energy is in the de-signing phase of new buildings. Jones said with the new ones coming to Eastern, now is the time to make those moves.

“Our soils around here, our structure is actually great for geothermal energy,” Jones said. “We have great capacity for generat-ing geothermal energy. The expensive part is the upfront cost, but if you are digging holes in the ground and moving ground to build a building that is the time to install geothermal.”

Ball State University started the move to 100 percent geothermal energy. This was the first university to make such a move. Geothermal energy reduced its de-pendence on coal-fired boilers, such as the ones in the Ramsey Heat Plant.

The move saves the university more than $2 million annually, reduces their carbon footprint by half and heats and cools 47 buildings on campus, according to the university.

The project cost more than $80 million and required the drilling of 3,600 bore-holes into the ground. The project was completed in 2014, five years after the ini-tial drilling.

But who would make the decision to go geothermal? Jones said it would come from the project manager and design team, but the students play the most important role.

“It would really help if the students demonstrated that it is of interest to them,” Jones said. “If students said ‘I want part of my legacy as an EKU student to be I helped campus reduce our overall energy foot-print because I expressed that it was of val-ue to me’ then it will happen because you have a responsive president and a respon-sive facilities that will listen.”

Jones said that when she came to East-ern, the university in the late 1990s, the university was at the top of Kentucky in en-ergy efficiency, but regressed. But since the Siemens contract and the new plans, she sees a trend that she likes.

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sites are one type of exclusion. A simple HTML test completed by Tingtun Page

Checker reveals EKU’s main website front page and the Blackboard front page are both meeting most ac-cessibility requirements. The main website front page scored about 92 percent, while Blackboard scored about 99 percent. These scores are almost perfect, giv-en 100 percent is the best possible score.

Websites, such as Tingtun, test website accessibility to make sure a site’s HTML code is without error. They also check to make sure the site colors and fonts al-low individuals with low vision to see website materials optimally. Finally, all images on the site must have “alt attributes,” that is, words that appear when hovering over an image which describe the subject of the image.

All video content on a website should have closed captioning capabilities for individuals with hearing impairments, Belluscio said.

Art History Associate Professor Gay Sweely uses Blackboard for a lot of her assignments and she said she never has a problem using the website, even with her vision impairments.

“I am solid on Blackboard. All of my tests are on Blackboard,” Sweely said.

Sweely was diagnosed in 2004 with an eye disease, called Age-Related Macular Degeneration, which caus-es her to have poor vision in the center of her eyes. Sweely said everything she looks at must be at 200 per-cent while people with normal vision see things at 100 percent.

Sweely said the university has been accommodating to her. The main lecture hall she teaches in has a large-print keyboard so she is better able to see the keys. All faculty members are set to get new laptops at the end of the semester and Sweely said she will receive a special one due to her condition.

“As long as I have backup from my [department] chair and the disabilities office, I can do anything,” Sweely said.

Sweely has picked up a trick or two since her diag-nosis. She is able to zoom in and out on a computer screen by pushing down the control key and scrolling up or down. This way, she is able to enhance anything.

Compliance committee members, including In-terim Compliance Officer Mark Maier, were recent-ly tasked with going through a list of classes that have teaching materials made available online. Comprised in the list of classes which have online materials post-ed are 297 online-only courses and 217 non e-Campus courses. Maier said the learning materials should be in an accessible form and the university has its own tran-scription service to make access easier.

The ADA Tool Kit suggests putting materials in HTML or Rich Text Format so visually impaired peo-ple can use screen readers. PDF is problematic because it is an image-based format instead of text-based.

“The university is here to service our students and if our students can’t access certain information, then that is a problem,” Maier said.

Maier was uncertain when the committee would be finished reviewing the online materials because he just received them near the end of February, he said.

Maier and Belluscio said it was unlikely that older campus buildings would receive any physical accessi-bility improvements.

The ADA has been amended a few times since it was passed in 1990 and new physical regulations have re-cently been created. New buildings must comply with the most recent 2008 amendment. However, the ADA does not require older buildings be renovated just to follow newer regulations. Accessibility of facilities does not have to be fixed unless a sizable renovation is al-ready being planned for the buildings.

“Our newest buildings are very accessible,” Bellus-

cio said. “The problem is, we have a lot of old build-ings.”

Some old buildings have old elevators that are fre-quently out of order. Kennedy said, for instance, if the Powell elevators aren’t working, there is no way for her to get up to the second floor where Fresh Food Compa-ny is located.

One example Belluscio gave of a physical accessibil-ity issue on campus is the Begley Building ramps. The building uses ramps for access to all four floors instead of stairs, but the ramps would be considered too steep by today’s ADA standards.

The ADA has also begun requiring that swim-ming pools have accessibility options. A small pool must have either a very shallow entrance or a lift while a large pool must have two accessible entrances. The Weaver Building pool is completely inaccessible be-cause there are no elevators, ramps or other accessible entrances to the pool. The Alumni outdoor pool has a ramp to the pool, but no accessible way to get inside it.

Maier said the university would ideally make all of these renovations at some point, but it’s a difficult task addressing all of the accessibility issues.

“Certain modifications take time,” Maier said.Some problems may not be in the regulation books

and may not even be recognized before they arise. Ken-nedy said she usually does OK getting around campus, but she had problems during the snow storm in Feb-ruary.

“Snow is the hard part,” Kennedy said.She was stranded in her dorm for a few days because

of the snow accumulations on sidewalks and ramps, Kennedy said.

Rebecca Perritt, 21, junior ceramics major, had a similar problem getting around campus during the snowstorm. Perritt, like Kennedy, has brittle bones due to a disorder called osteogenesis imperfecta. Perritt also uses a wheelchair. She said most of the sidewalks were shoveled, but the ramp by her dorm, Walters Hall, was not.

“I mostly just stayed in my room,” Perritt said. Some handicap parking spots had mounds of snow

on them so no one could park there during the storm, said Department of English and Theatre lecturer Christina Lovin.

Lovin has back problems and uses a temporary handicap tag for campus. She said she consistently has trouble finding handicap parking spots on campus.

Belluscio said OSID works to correct accessibility problems for students and faculty with physical dis-abilities by sometimes relocating classes. For instance, if a student in a wheelchair wants to take a class that normally meets in the Weaver Building, the student can contact OSID. OSID will contact whoever is teach-ing the class and inform them the class must be moved to another building to accommodate the student in a wheelchair.

Kennedy said she has not had to ask for the reloca-tion of a class yet, but OSID has been helpful to her in other ways.

“They’ll help with anything, even if it’s something minor,” Kennedy said.

A disabilities letter is written up for all of her pro-fessors for the upcoming semester, naming any special accommodations she may need in class. Kennedy usu-ally has to go pick the letter up from the disabilities of-fice and hand-deliver it to professors.

“I think it’s also part of the student’s responsibility,” Kennedy said.

The compliance committee is looking to rectify oth-er areas of noncompliance around campus. Colonels Comply has a projected budget, most of which will be allotted for professional development, an ethics hotline and surveys, Maier said.

Maier said he is currently meeting with faculty and staff to determine weaknesses in compliance and the compliance committee is also trying to address any di-rect inquiries people on campus may have.

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Eastern’s Board of Regents approved increases in tui-tion cost, residence hall rates and student meal plans at its meeting Monday morning.

Eastern’s tuition will go up 2.9 percent for students liv-ing in Kentucky to $4,075 per semester. The residence hall rates will increase five percent, putting the cost of the cheapest rooms at more than $2,000 per semester. Student meal plans will also increase 3 percent.

Barry Poynter, vice president for finance and adminis-tration, gave credit to Lora Snider for working with Ara-mark to keep the increase lower as the company initial-ly wanted a 4.4 percent increase to cover extra labor and fuel costs.

Chairman Craig Turner informed the Board and at-tendees about the graduation commencement exercise at 7 p.m., Friday, May 15, in Roy Kidd Stadium.

“We are having our ceremony outside this year. Presi-dent Benson agreed that the weather will be fine,” Turner said jokingly.

When Benson addressed the Board, he told them of the concerns his office has received about the limited seating in the EKU Center for the Arts for the College of Business and Technology and the College of Education convocation ceremonies.

“Some newness brings some unease and trepidation,” Benson said.

Since the Center has only 2,100 seats, additional seat-ing with a live stream of the college convocation ceremo-nies will be available in BTC 049, the auditorium. The cer-emonies can also be viewed off-campus from the Eastern homepage. He said new banners promoting graduation will be displayed outside Alumni Coliseum.

He also held up a piece of paper with what he called the “No Little Plans” timeline and said the timeline will be re-vealed to the Board members at an upcoming retreat to be scheduled.

The EKU Gurus were also recognized during the meet-ing for being featured in University Business magazine.

“It’s a place that is welcoming,” Benson said of the Gu-ru’s locations. “Students feel like they can talk to their fel-low students and get the help they need.”

Benson also introduced Steve Lochmueller, the new athletics director and mentioned Eastern’s high ranking "A-" by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman for hiring Dan McHale to guide the men’s basketball team.

In other news: nThe Board approved awarding an honorary doctorate

degree to Kentucky’s Lt. Governor Crit Luallen. Luallen will be the commencement speaker at the university-wide ceremony.

nRichard Day, chair of Faculty Senate, told the Board about a tenure review policy they are working on for pro-fessors that fail to improve on deficiencies noted by the de-partment chair within three years.

“Tenure is not a guaranteed employment for life, not at Eastern,” Day said.

Day also suggested the university improve the search algorithm online to make finding web pages and docu-ments easier. He also brought up the possibility of the uni-versity having a “transparency portal” for documents and questions that are frequently asked about Eastern for use both within the university community as well as the gen-eral public.

nBoth Faculty Senate and Staff Council are completing two-year performance reviews of President Benson.

nThe Board also approved naming the university’s her-barium in Memorial Science 170 in honor of Ronald L. Jones, a foundation professor of biological sciences. Jones started teaching at Eastern in 1981.

By JACOB BLAIRjacob_blair50@mymail.eku.edu

Board approves tuition hike next year

Eastern's choir to perform in IrelandBy BRITTANY ELLISprogress@eku.edu

Eastern's choir sang recently in Keen Johnson. Next month, the choir, which has more than 40 members, is planning to travel to Ireland to perform in several cities across the country.

Eastern’s concert choir will make their voices travel to new places. Come May, the choir will travel abroad to Ireland to show-case their musical talents.

The choir will be leaving on May 18 to spend a week in Ireland singing in Killar-ney, Kilkenny, and Dublin. As well as sight-seeing while the students are there.

The concert choir takes a trip every year to sing and sightsee, but the trips are nor-mally stateside so this year the trip is extra special.

“This is the first international trip we’ve taken in a while,” Director of Choral Ac-tivities Richard Waters said. “This will be several students first time out of the coun-try and for some, their first time on an air-plane.”

Taylor Cochran, 19, freshman music education and political science double ma-jor from Oneida, has been in concert choir for two semesters and says she is excited to have the opportunity to go on the tour.

“[President] Benson financed a big part of the trip causing us to only have to pay $1200 per person and we originally had to pay over $3,000 per person,” Cochran said. “It’s pretty awesome to be able to travel and

sing in Europe my first year of college.”Waters mentioned the choir had orig-

inally considered traveling to Austria and Czech Republic but the trips were too ex-pensive especially while trying to accom-modate 12 students.

Ireland ended up being the cheapest op-tion for the 40 plus choir members.

Waters said the choir has been prepar-ing for this program all spring semester.

“We pulled some songs from last se-mester and the last couple of year’s con-certs to create an hour-long program,” Wa-ters said. “We are focusing on getting ready musically.”

Waters said this will be a great learning experience for his students.

“We can’t tour every year because it’s expensive, but if we could do this every four years that would be great for our stu-dents," Walters said.

Concert choir is the largest choir at Eastern and is non-audition. Eastern also has smaller audition groups including Chamber Singers and University Singers.

The Concert Choir will perform a selec-tion of their songs they plan to sing in Ire-land. The show will start at 5 p.m., at the EKU Center for the Arts and is free open to the public.

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Presidential hopefuls already racing towards 2016

“It's tricky because their campaign and what they say between now and then is a big factor. But if I had to vote today, it'd be Rand Paul. What he has stood for as a senator is what I feel like America should stand for.

Zack StoneHometown: WinchesterMajor: Computer Science and EconomicsYear: Sophomore

Who has your vote for the 2016presidential election?

"I probably wouldn't vote, honestly. I don't follow any campaign at all. I'm not even registered to vote. I don't know any of the candidates' views. I'm pretty much in the dark."

Victoria TerryHometown: MoreheadMajor: Deaf EducationYear: Junior

"Hillary Clinton. It's time for a woman to be up there and take charge. I like her views and I just think she'd be a really good presi-dent."

Tenille AlanHometown: BardstownMajor: NursingYear: Junior

"Rand Paul. He is a Republican and I have a lot of Republican views, and he's from Kentucky. But I'm not sure because I'm not politically involved."

Matt HannanHometown: FlorenceMajor: Police StudiesYear: Freshman

Campus Sound Off

Like me, most of my friends’ lives were shaped around video games. Our child-hood was left vacant of consoles that could harness next-to-realistic graph-ic design or cutting edge detail, but the millennial generation enjoyed what are now known as retro games and consoles. Now, GameStop is looking to re-invent the gaming market as they test out the buying and selling of retro gaming prod-ucts.

For years, GameStop has been an in-dustry leader when it comes to video games. Most video stores have gone out of business thanks to the digital down-load era, but GameStop has taken advan-tage of the ever-changing gaming mar-ket. They maximize profit from buying used games, consoles and accessories to sell them as used at a higher price.

Being able to buy used games allows the customer the option to save a few dollars instead of buying a new game at retail price. Personally, I love having this option. GameStop makes sure the used games they are buying are in great condi-tion. The only problem many others and I have is that GameStop is cheap when it comes to selling your own games and consoles.

For GameStop to start selling retro consoles and games, they first have to purchase them. In about two months, GameStop will start selling retro games and consoles in 250 stores in cities such as Birmingham, Ala. and New York City. If successful, they will start rolling-out the sales and purchases to other stores across the U.S.

I often wonder how this is going to work, because being a game collec-tor isn’t cheap. Finding deals on Craig-slist and at yard sales aren’t extinct yet, but they are getting more expensive and scarce. The best way to find classic games and consoles are from local yard sales, flea markets, Craigslist and some

gaming stores, though more people are starting to charge dealer and collector prices. If someone sells their old-school games and consoles to GameStop, they are going to get offered a lowball price. Many titles on the Nintendo Entertain-ment System and its predecessor the Su-per Nintendo are rare and can sell for a lot of money. Then there are titles such as the unwanted common sports games from 2004.

A lot of the more expensive titles have been reproduced, meaning they aren’t from the original manufacturer and of-ten have issues. These games are worth-less most of the time. I imagine that peo-ple will try to sell reproduced games to GameStop so they will get more mon-ey received, since fake cartridges are cheap to make. My question is whether GameStop will be able to identify which games are authentic and which are fakes?

The game vault has some classic ti-tles listed as “coming soon.” These are games that the warehouse have already had shipped in from the test stores, ac-cording to the retro vault page on

GameStop’s website. All games and con-soles purchased will be shipped out to a GameStop test facility like their current consoles.

I would like to acknowledge that I do not support GameStop for many reasons. Yes, I do like that their used games are in good condition, but everything else is lack-luster. I hate that GameStop is going to purchase and sell retro gaming prod-ucts and I hope they fail. I would rather support a local store or sell to collectors that don’t give me lowball offers and then resell for two-to-three times as much.

For a lot of gamers, GameStop might be the only option. That doesn’t mean you should let them take advantage of you with offerings of in-store credit. GameStop doesn’t care about your nos-talgic childhood moments; they only care about the business aspect and that is always how it has been.

But who knows? Maybe it’ll be more efficient than I believe. If you get the chance, make sure to revisit classic gam-ing. I recommend everyone at least gives it a shot.

Every four years I’m drawn back into an ugly world rooted in greed and deception. The overarching system is flawed and for the most part run by those who are be-hind the times. Its blatantly depraved na-ture retreats to the back of my mind, but by the time it does, the whole cycle starts again and my care is rekindled.

No, I’m not referring to FIFA’s World Cup.

Can you smell the decadency? The 2016 presidential elections are right around the corner and the contenders have already begun taking their corners. The Repub-licans have put forth two spitfire conser-vatives in Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, while Hillary Clinton has unveiled the worst kept secret in politics that she’ll be run-ning for the Democrats.

Meanwhile, rapper Waka Flocka Flame has announced his candidacy despite be-ing seven years too young to run. Serious-ly, check out Rolling Stone.

All we have so far are campaign an-nouncement videos and rebuttals from their opponents, and nothing can be gauged about their platforms or inten-tions other than their previous actions and political backgrounds. But what can already be seen is the tone of what each front-runner’s campaign will be.

Let’s start with what I first thought was a joke, but the punch line never came: Ted Cruz’s announcement video.

There’s nothing wrong with stand-ing by your religious principles and mak-ing them well known, but God, there was a lot of God in Cruz’s announcement. While I watched scenes of 1960s Amer-ican-dream family praying at the dinner table flash across the screen, all I could think of was how many groups were im-mediately being excluded from Cruz’s scope. If you were to base your views of Cruz solely on the video, you would think his target audience is white, straight, die-hard Christians.

Instead of discussing what he could do for America, he discussed what God has done for America and for his family. His opening statement in the commercial, which ran on Easter Sunday during ‘Kill-ing Jesus’ and ‘A.D.: The Bible Continues,’ is about “the transformative power of Je-sus Christ” saving his father. He couldn’t have targeted an audience more clearly.

Just remember, Ted: God is great, but he’s not eligible as a running mate.

However, Cruz isn’t the Republicans’ only hope for 2016. The other big wig out of the conservative camp is none other than Kentucky’s own: Rand Paul.

Most Kentuckians know of Paul’s ideas and some Kentuckians have mixed feel-ings about them. Boasting himself as “a different kind of Republican,” and prom-ising to “return our country to the prin-ciples of liberty and limited government.”

Of the previously named candidates’ announcement videos, Paul’s is the most intense. Rather than him doing the talking, he uses several clips from politi-cal talk shows and politicians giving him praise and citing him as what America needs. That, and showing clips of his past work in places like Detroit and his famous 13-hour Senate filibuster in 2013 (Ted Cruz gave a 21-hour filibuster later that year) makes him the only candidate to ac-tually showcase his accomplishments and explain what he can offer. But only time will tell just how different of a Republican Paul is going to be.

Of everyone in the race so far, there’s only one candidate who has already lived in the White House. The former First Lady Hillary Clinton.

The theme of Clinton’s announcement video can be summed up as inclusion. In

fact, you wouldn’t even know it’s a video about her because she doesn’t appear un-til the end. The approach is meant to show that Clinton puts the people first, and by that I mean all the people.

The video gives a more accurate depic-tion of modern America and includes sev-eral underrepresented minority groups, including immigrants and gay people; the latter of the two being the most talk-ed about portion of the video. In response, Republican leaders, including Paul and Cruz, of course, have lashed out at Clinton and her video. Cruz reasserted in a video that Clinton represents what’s wrong with America and that a strong conservative government is needed, with Paul arguing similarly. Her video seemed pretty inno-cent to me, but she’ll have to prove that she can do more for citizens than include them in a commercial.

The race is on, and besides Obama’s fizzling presidency, its all-political shows will talk about for the next year and a half. I for one am already popping my corn and reclining the Lazy Boy to watch the mad-ness unfold. But whether you vote Cruz, Paul, Clinton or Waka Flocka Flame, it’s sure to be a good show.

And just to reiterate, you can’t actually vote for Waka Flocka Flame.

GameStop's move to retro is bad news for gamers

Daniel Klapheke

Perspectives Editor

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Kayla Lasure, Editor The Eastern Progress | www.easternprogress.com Thursday, April 23, 2015 Page 6

Sometimes, the best form of educa-tion is through real world experience and for Kaeli Fletcher, a broadcasting and electronic media junior, getting the chance to direct a public service an-nouncement with a Hollywood actor was the opportunity of a lifetime, or at least her college career.

Fletcher won a chance to direct a promotional video she wrote to raise awareness for the Kentucky County Clerk’s Trust for Life campaign.

Associate Professor for broadcasting and electronic media John Taylor was contacted by the county clerk, Darlene Snyder and said Muse Watson, an actor with roles in NCIS, Prison Break and I Know What You Did Last Summer, was interested in making public service an-nouncements or commercials created in hopes of increasing the number of organ donors.

Taylor shared the idea with his TV

Production Class II and everyone was sold on the idea, Fletcher said. The stu-dents began to format their scripts and pitched them to Taylor.

Fletcher knew organ donation was a serious topic, but said she wanted to have something that would hook peo-ple. Taking a different approach to the situation, Fletcher chose the idea of an old western for her commercial.

“There’s no way he’s going to pick this,” Fletcher said she thought when she gave her pitch.

To her surprise, it was picked as the final idea for the commercial.

Taylor said he reviewed around 10 scripts, but Fletcher’s was the one that stuck out the most. He edited the clos-ing of the script with Fletcher and the directing process was set to begin.

With no previous directing experi-ence, Fletcher said she was anxious for the process.

“I like being behind the camera, but as far as everybody looking toward me to direct everything, it was just scary at

first,” Fletcher said. Adding the responsibility of direct-

ing a famous actor made Fletcher even more nervous.

“It was overwhelming at first because when you first look at [Watson], he looks really intimidating,” Fletcher said. “Once you get to know him, he’s got a good sense of humor and is a good guy.”

Watson went over the script with Fletcher and Taylor and had a lot of ideas to add for effect. Watson wanted to capture people’s attention while still being informational, Taylor said.

Taylor added that the process of be-coming an organ donor has changed. Before, a person would sign the back of their ID and get an orange sticker to put on it. Now, the ID is swiped into the sys-tem by the bar code that is on the back of ID and the person is entered into the system.

Students in his class came up with the phrase “Say yes” or a variation of “Save a life, say yes” to close the promo-tional video.

Currently, Fletcher and her team are working on the production that must be ready by May 5 and will begin to air on local stations in Madison County, Lex-ington and surrounding areas around June.

Her team consists of four Eastern students who are assisting in directing, camera operations, audio and perform-ing as extra talent.

The experience so far has been mem-orable for Fletcher.

“It definitely reassured me this is the right business,” Fletcher said. “This is what I want to do with my life.”

Fletcher hopes to continue her di-recting experiences into the summer and fall making short films. Her goal is to one day be featured on shortofthe-week.com, a website sharing submitted short films from millions of people.

Fletcher is open to any experience she could have in the filmmaking world because she said she knows it is her true passion.

By BRIANNA WHITEbrianna_white68@mymail.eku.edu

Broadcasting student wins chance to direct film star

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On April 17 people, both hearing and Deaf, of dif-ferent ages and many different backgrounds gathered in Brock Auditorium to see The John Maucere Show.

John Maucere is a Deaf man well known for his com-edy routines as well as writing, producing, and acting in the 2013 independent film No Ordinary Hero: The Su-perDeafy Movie. Maucere has been performing in front of live audiences since 1996 with the group Deafywood. In 2004 Maucere began his own show performing alone but emphasizes audience participation, often calling au-dience members on stage.

The American Sign Language Association (ASLA) hosted the event with funds granted to them from the Student Government Association (SGA).

”We really liked his show…[and] it’s an opportunity for hearing people to be exposed to Deaf Theatre” said Carli Heckaman, 22, a Deaf Studies and ASL to English interpreting major, and the president of ASLA. “We’ve been working since August on this event…and we’ve been meeting once a week…we even got a grant from SGA.”

Maucere’s show included pictures, videos and plen-ty of stories that gave a glimpse into Deaf culture. Sto-ries included going through airport security without being able to hear the metal detector, checking into a hotel and requesting an ADA (Americans with Disabili-ties Act) kit only to have it confused with the American Dental Association kit, using a public bathroom, pre-tending to dance to the radio only to realize it’s a talk

show, and hearing mannerisms vs. Deaf mannerisms. He even took a few minutes toward the end of his show to take selfies with the crowd and do a question and an-swer session with the audience. He hinted that hopeful-ly SuperDeafy part two would finish filming in 2016.

Students who attended Maucere’s show enjoyed his comedic performance.

“Hilarious…I was cracking up,” said Preston Spade, 20, a freshman in business management and interna-

tional business management from Clarksville, Tenn. “[my favorite part was] how hearing people react versus how Deaf people react [to different situations]”

“[The show] was awesome,” said Brendan Tibbs, 22, a senior in ASL to English Interpreting. “[My favorite part was] the selfies at the end.”

The show was free and was interpreted for those au-dience members who don’t know American Sign Lan-guage.

By JACOB HUNTprogress@eku.edu

Deaf comedian John Maucere puts comedic spin on his deaf culture experiences

Student group hosts events to spread awareness of modern day slavery

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Carli Heckaman, 22, a Deaf studies and ASL to English interpreting major and the president of the American Sign Language Association, was on stage Friday, April 17 with Deaf comedian John Maucere. Maucere is signing the word ‘wrong.’

The band, Humble Giants, played during a concert and was asked for an encore Thursday, April 23 at the SHINE event at the Ravine.

Muse Watson, an actor featured in NCIS and Prison Break, was the face of an organ donation public service announcement written by Kaeli Fletcher, a broadcast and electronic media junior.

Eastern’s Stop Human Injustice Enslavement and Exploitation (SHINE) organization had their annual SHINE week April 13 through 16.

SHINE week is dedicated to educating stu-dents about, and taking action against, modern slavery.

“Our goal is to educate our campus about the issues of modern slavery and human trafficking,” said SHINE president Halle Graham.

The week started off with a documentary view-ing of The Dark Side of Chocolate at Eastern’s Bap-tist Campus Ministry building. This gave viewers a view at the exploitation of African children in cocoa plantations on the Ivory Coast.

SHINE then hosted a 24-hour stand for free-dom on Powell Corner from 4p.m. Tuesday un-til 4 p.m. Wednesday. At the stand for freedom event, SHINE “stood for those who can’t stand for themselves,” handed out pamphlets, and even gave people signs to hold that read, “I’m A Mod-ern-Day Abolitionist.”

One of the highlights of the week was a con-

cert that took place in the Ravine. The concert featured bands from around the

Madison and Fayette county areas, as well as slam poets and a spoken-word piece present-ed by a local rape crisis counselor. Also present were representatives of the Caffeinated Colonel Coffee Company, who gave out free coffee.

“The Caffeinated Colonel really wants to support SHINE,” said manager Bethany Keith. “First, because it’s a student organization, and [we] want to encourage and support students who want to do good things in the world…the other reason is that we are part of The Wesley Foundation. There’s a really big Christian move-ment to end human slavery.”

Overall, the concert featured heartfelt perfor-mances by local artists who are passionate about this cause, culminating in an electrifying set by rockers Humble Giants. They had the audience gather onstage to have a face-to-face celebration during the encore, where the group played their new song “Shine.”

“I’d say that it is encouraging that other people are trying to make a difference,” sad an audience member.

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Fashion show to display styles across the decades

It Follows movie: Surprisingly creepy and suspenseful

I heard a lot of good things about It Follows, as I always do when the rare good theatrical horror film hits cin-emas. However, a few of the people giving these reviews were also guys who thought Annabelle was the scar-iest movie they’d ever seen, so I had to check it out for myself. I avoided all research on the movie and refused to read or watch critics’ reviews, all in or-der to have the purest viewing experi-ence possible.

So how does all my preparing fare for the viewing? Pretty good. In fact, It Follows is probably the best new the-atrical horror release I’ve seen since 2013’s The Conjuring.

The story revolves around a young woman named Jay Height, who con-tracts just about the worst STD pos-sible: a creature who will follow its victim to the ends of the earth. The creature follows its victim unless its curse is passed onto another via a sex-ual encounter. If the lead character, Jay, is unable to pass on the curse, she will suffer a most horrific death at the hands of “It”.

The lead actress, Maika Monroe, gives a rather memorable performance as 19-year-old Jay, bringing the charac-ter to life in a convincing way. Her first sexual partner, played by Jake Wea-ry, is also played very well--a classical-ly creepy messenger of doom charac-ter that can be compared to 80s stars

such as Friday the 13th’s Walt Gor-ney. The rest of the actors give medi-ocre-to-good performances, especial-ly Keir Gilchrist who plays Paul, Jay’s long-time admirer.

The writing is very well done. The plot is tight for the most part, but a few holes do creep in near the end. Di-alogue near the beginning seems a bit shaky, but as the film progresses the viewer grows used to Director David Robert Mitchell’s peculiar style.

However, there were two things that made this film truly worthwhile: music and cinematography.

The score is obviously inspired by the early synthesizer music of cult and

horror director/writer/composer John Carpenter, heavy with atmosphere and incredibly effective at most times. It’s also homage to Italian Prog-rock band Goblin. This is actually a soundtrack I would buy to listen to without the movie playing, which is not something I can say about most modern films, es-pecially modern horror. Though some-times the music comes in at odd mo-ments, the overall use is regulated well.

The cinematography also borrows heavily from Carpenter and his part-nership with Dean Cundey, the photog-raphy director for movies such as Back To The Future and Halloween. The shots are mostly minimalist, but cap-

ture fantastic and eerie scenery quite well. If the full aspect ratio had been used a little more, I think Carpenter himself couldn’t have done much bet-ter. There’s also a little Tarantino in-fluence running through, styling up the picture.

Overall, It Follows is creepy, thought provoking, and overall very successful at what it sets out to do. The film didn’t especially scare me, but it does cre-ate great suspense and it’ll leave most moviegoers pretty satisfied. Out of five stars I’ll give it three, which I think is darn good for a low-budget modern horror picture.

Fashion and history buffs alike will enjoy the upcoming fashion show Flashback Fash-ions, a show featuring outfits popular today but have been in-fluenced by past decades.

The fashion show is sched-uled for Wednesday, April 29 in the Keen Johnson Ballroom. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. The show is produced by Susan Kipp and her Visual Merchandising class of 20 students.

The show is as educational as it will be entertaining, said Kipp, professor of apparel de-sign and merchandising (ADM). She said the event will show how fashion recycles itself and becomes popular once again.

Angela Lauer, co-director of the show, said that there will be eight segments with 10 out-fits in each, making a total of 80 outfits displayed throughout the show. There will also be 37 Eastern students modeling in the show.

“We have come a long way from the beginning of the se-mester when we started plan-ning the fashion show,” Lauer said. “We have all worked real-

ly hard to make this event pos-sible.”

The show goes through from the 1920s to the 1990s exploring what was hot and what was not. ADM students were assigned partners and given a specif-ic decade to style for the show, the students were tasked with choosing looks that are stylish today, but have pieces that are strictly influenced by their spe-cific decade. For example, Lauer said her decade is the 1930s and has chosen to have some of the male models wear three piece suits and fedoras, a style that was all the rage in the 30s’ and remains popular today.

Kayla Shaver, 21, junior ap-parel design and merchandise major, from Marrow, Ohio, is a member of the class and is ready to show off what she has been working on the past semester.

“My partner and I got 1950s so we are going to focus on the housewife look,” Shaver said. “That has a lot of floral designs and polka dots. For the 1990s we are going to key in on hip hop and grunge looks inspired by shows like Fresh Prince of Bellaire.”

The show also has a service project tied to it. The class chose

to make Relay for Life their philanthropy and will be sell-ing raffle tickets to the audience. The tickets will go for a chance to win one of eight door priz-es from Dunkin’ Donuts, Relay for Life, Starbucks, Common Grounds, Michael’s, Orange Leaf and Penn Station.

A number of Richmond and Lexington retailers have offered to lend pieces to the show in-cluding Adorabelles, Olive You, J. C. Penney, T.J.Maxx, Forever 21, Entwine and Rue 21.

Susan Kipp and Angela Lauer both said they have taken great pride in making sure nothing goes wrong and that the show represents the students’ hard work and dedication to the class over the semester.

“A lot of work goes into the show both in and outside of the classroom,” Lauer said. “I think everything will come together nicely and the show will blow the audience away.”

This event is open to the pub-lic and is free of charge. Vis-it the sites on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to learn more.

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Eastern’s baseball team won its three-game series with Austin Peay State Uni-versity April 17 and 18 at Turkey Hughes Field. The Colonels took both games of the doubleheader against the Governors after losing game one of the series.

Game One: Eastern 3 vs. Austin Peay 17

A strong offensive attack by Austin Peay ( 21-16) and poor pitching by Eastern re-sulted in a 17-3 loss in game one on Friday.

The Governors scored three runs off four hits in the top of the first inning, thanks to back-to-back RBI doubles from sophomore Logan Gray and junior Josh Wilson. Eastern put one run back on the board in the bottom of the inning on an RBI double from sophomore Ben Fisher that brought in junior Mandy Alvarez.

Austin Peay scored nine unanswered runs to put them in the lead for good. Four of those runs came in the third inning, starting when sophomore Dre Gleason doubled to bring home Wilson and soph-omore Alex Robles. Gleason then scored, along with junior Patrick Massoni, on a single by sophomore Ridge Smith.

The Colonels made two final runs in the fifth inning off unearned runs, one by sophomore Taylor Blair and the other by fellow sophomore Blake Sides.

Game Two: Eastern 8 vs. Austin Peay 5

Five runs in the sixth inning led Eastern to a win in game one of the doubleheader against the Governors, 8-5. Junior Doug Teegarden scored the first run of the game with a home run in the third inning.

With the game tied 2-2, Blair singled and allowed sophomore Shea Sullivan to score. Junior Kenny Hostrander’s single in the sixth scored Blair and junior Luke

Wurzelbacher. Three batters later, junior Kyle Nowlin’s single scored Hostrander and sophomore Logan Starnes, pushing Eastern’s lead to 7-2. Nowlin finished 2-for-4 with a run, a walk and two RBIs.

A two-run home run from Patrick Mas-soni a triple by junior Wesley Purcell cut the Governors’ deficit to 7-5, but a score by Hostrander would seal the game for the Colonels. Hostrander went 2-for-4, scored twice and drove in two.

Game Three: Eastern 9 vs. Austin Peay 8

Despite falling behind by as many as six runs, the Colonels earned a 9-8 comeback victory over Austin Peay in the final game, winning the series 2-1.

The Governors scored three runs in the first and added three more in the second, which put them ahead 6-0. Eastern re-sponded with five unanswered runs, three in the third inning and two in the fourth. Fisher scored off a ground ball by Sullivan in the second, and Wurzelbacher scored on an Austin Peay throwing error later in the inning. Blair and Teegarden added two more, and Alvarez rounded out the scoring run for the Colonels in the third, cutting the deficit to 6-5.

Austin Peay extended its lead again on a home run by Patrick Massoni in the fourth, and he again helped add to the score with a double that brought in Josh Wilson in the sixth, pushing the lead to 8-6. The Colo-nels once again responded with three un-answered scores to help seal the comeback. Blair and Wurzelbacher both scored un-earned runs on a Governors error, and an-other unearned run by Sides gave Eastern its only lead of the game, 9-8.

The Colonels (14-22) lost at Ohio Uni-versity 6-0 Tuesday night but will be back in action at 4 p.m., Friday, April 24 against Eastern Illinois at Charleston, Ill.

Eastern’s women’s tennis team finished its 2015 sea-son with a trip to the OVC Championship on April 18 and 19. The trip was the Colonels’ fourth consecutive year of reaching the OVC Championship. The Colonels entered the tournament at No. 2 seed and defeated No. 3 Morehead State University in semifinals before falling to No. 1 Murray State University in the finals.

Semifinals: Eastern 4 vs. Morehead 2

Though the Morehead State Eagles (11-10, 8-2 OVC) started off with a one point advantage after

winning the doubles point April 18, Eastern quick-ly found its momentum in singles play. Senior Kristi-na Labeja tied the match with a straight set victory, winning her final 11 games at No. 2 singles to earn a point for Eastern.

Freshman Raquel Montalvo followed suit at No. 6 singles and also won her match in straight sets to give Eastern the first lead of the match. The match saw another tie overall when Morehead gained a point at the No. 5 spot, but sophomore Marina Marti (No. 3) and senior Marcela Jimenez (No. 4) each won their matches in straight sets to give the Colonels the fi-nal lead.

Championship: Eastern 2 vs. Murray 4

The Murray State Racers (17-3, 9-1 OVC) started the match by earning the doubles point and never looked back from there. After winning the No. 2 and No. 3 dou-bles, the Racers pushed forward in singles and kept East-ern at just two singles wins.

The only Colonels to gain a point in singles was Labeja and Marti. Both brought out a straight-set victo-ry, Labeja’s at No. 2 singles and Marti’s at No. 3 singles.

The Colonels ended the 2015 season with an overall record of 15-8 and an OVC record of 9-1. A group of four seniors will leave the Colonels roster: Amandine Faouzi, Melissa Gerritsen, Labeja and Jimenez.

Senior Katie Tackett put the pressure on the University of Tennessee at Mar-tin Skyhawks on April 18, as the catch-er led Eastern’s softball team to back-to-back victories.

The double header saw the senior knock out her fourth home run in the past six games. Tackett had a two-run homer and a team-high of five RBIs on the weekend.

Game One: Eastern 4 vs. UT Martin 1

Though the Skyhawks (23-20, 9-9 OVC) managed to tally a solo home run in the first inning, the Colonels jumped ahead with two-runs at the top of the in-ning thanks to Tackett’s two-run home run. Eastern added a third run to the board when junior Kayla Joyce’s RBI sin-gle scored freshman Sarah Jackson in the second inning for a two-run lead.

Tackett helped give the Colonels one final run in the seventh inning with an-other RBI to put the game out of reach for the Skyhawks.

Jackson went 3-for-3 in the first game of the double header while junior Sarah Fobbs helped the Colonels with two hits of her own.

Senior Leanna Pittsenbarger shut UT Martin down on the defensive side where the righty struck out 11 Skyhawks bat-

ters in her sixth complete game of the season.

Game Two: Eastern 6 vs. UT Martin 3

Tackett remained hot at the plate in game two of Saturday’s double header as she started the game off with a two-run single to put Eastern on the board first. Fellow senior Shannon McQueen added another two-run single in the same in-ning to give the Colonels a 4-0 lead right out of the gate.

UT Martin came within two after scoring a run in the second and third in-nings, but that was as close as the Sky-hawks could get. Joyce shut down any at-tempt at a UT Martin comeback with an RBI single in the fourth that put Eastern up by three.

The Colonels went on a four-run lead in the sixth inning when sophomore Krislyn Campos hit a solo home run. The Skyhawks single run in the seventh inning wasn’t enough to spark a rally as Eastern pulled off the second win of the day.

Up next, the Colonels (20-22, 9-6 OVC) return home for a series April 25 and 26, against Tennessee Tech Univer-sity. Eastern will face off the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in a double header starting at 4 p.m., April 25, then continue the series at 1 p.m., April 16.

Eastern’s track and field team split up April 17 and 18, and showcased noteworthy performances at both Centre Twilight in Danville and Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville, Va.

At Centre Twilight, junior Alena Galertová stood out in the women’s javelin and brought home second place after throwing a 132-1. Galertová’s toss is the second best in the OVC this season as well as sec-ond-best women’s javelin toss in Eastern’s history.

Freshman Jamaine Coleman also had a stand-

out performance for the Colonels where he won the men’s 1,500 meters. The 3:53.99 time ranks fifth in the OVC while sophomore Charlotte Imer recorded the fourth fastest 5,000 meters time in the OVC after winning the race with a time of 17:09.74.

In jumps, junior Ashley Woolum placed second in women’s high jump (5-5) while senior Alexandra Szarabajko and freshman Liz Marcirek each jumped 17-6.75.

Junior Andrew Ping won the title for the men’s tri-ple jump with a personal-best 42-0.5.

Meanwhile, junior Amos Kosgey broke records in his season debut in men’s 10,000 meters at the Vir-

ginia Challenge. Kosgey finished in second place in the event with a personal-best time of 29:10.87. Kos-gey’s time is the fastest time this season in the OVC and third fastest 10,000 meters time in Eastern’s his-tory.

Freshman Tom Koringo also delivered at Virginia Challenge, where he finished 14th in the men’s 1,500 meters. Koringo’s time of 3:45.72 was a personal best and second fastest in the OVC. The time is also the third fastest in Eastern’s history.

The Colonels will split again April 24 and 25, for the Bellarmire Classic in Louisville and the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Eastern’s men’s tennis team upheld the No. 1 seed name after winning the OVC Championship on April 19. The Colonels first beat No. 4 seed Jacksonville State University in the OVC semifinals April 18 before moving on to No. 3 seed Austin Peay State University.

Eastern went up against Austin Peay already this season and lost its only con-ference loss of the season to the Gover-nors. The Colonels returned against the Govs with a point to prove and will now advance to the NCAA Tournament.

Semifinals: Eastern 4 vs. Jacksonville 3

The Jacksonville Gamecocks (12-12, 6-3 OVC) started off the semifinals match April 18 with the first point after earning a win at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles spots.

In singles, sophomore Sebastian Muel-ler tied the match up with a straight set win at the No. 4 spot. The tie was short lived, however, and the Gamecocks went back ahead after taking the No. 3 sin-gles. Freshman Ramon van Flymen pulled through at No. 2 singles, also in straight sets, to put Eastern toe-to-toe with Jack-sonville once again.

Senior Juanjo de le Llera helped East-ern gain its first lead of the match after

winning the No. 6 singles, though that too did not last long. The Gamecocks won the tough three-set win in No. 1 singles to tie the match for the third time before sophomore Diogo Soares came through in the decisive No. 5 singles match with a straight set victory to move the Colonels on to the championship.

Championship: Eastern 4 vs. Austin Peay 2

Unlike semifinals, Eastern was the team to earn the opening doubles point. Junior Alex Álvaro and sophomore Diego Asis joined ranks at No. 2 doubles while Soares teamed up with van Flymen at No. 3 doubles to gain the point.

The Govs (14-8, 7-2 OVC) tied the match soon after doubles with a win at No. 2 singles, then quickly took the lead with another singles win at No. 1. Senior Daridge Saidi tied the match with a three-set win at No. 3 before Mueller fought off two match points in a second-set tie-breaker to win at No. 4 singles.

De la Llera came out with a two-set win at No. 5 to put the match out of reach for the Govs and put the NCAA Tourna-ment in perfect reach for the Colonels.

Eastern (18-7, 8-1 OVC) will move on to the NCAA Tournament, with the se-lection show airing through livestream at 5:30 p.m., April 28, on NCAA.com.

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Dance Theatre had its spring perfor-mance April 15 to 18, in the O’Donnell auditorium.

The 24 dancers performed 11 dance numbers including different styles such as hip-hop, jazz, tap, contemporary and modern.

This semester’s performance offered a lot more variety than some performanc-es in the past, said Marianne McAdam, an exercise and sport science professor and the Dance Theatre director.

The performance started off with a piece choreographed by Katrina Martir, an Eastern part-time faculty member. Matrir created Always Blooming, a piece danced to I Lived by One Republic. The number was performed by 18 members of the group ranging in age from two to 82.

“The intergenerational piece was to

touch peoples hearts,” McAdam said. “It was portraying to people that we need to live life to the fullest.”

McAdam said this semester Dance Theatre had four male dancers, allow-ing them to do some partner dances. The fourth piece, called On Fire, was a ball-room style dance with six women and three men.

Jake Whitaker, 22, a general studies senior from Harlan, said this was his first semester with Dance Theatre and he en-joyed dancing in the ballroom piece. The only dance experience Whitaker said he had prior to this semester was in his own room.

“I’ve always loved to dance,” Whita-ker said. “I watched Dance Theatre as a freshman and decided that since this was my last semester I would audition. Now I’m upset I didn’t start as a freshman.”

For Peyton Hammonds, 21, an ele-mentary education senior from Florence, this was her seventh semester dancing

with Dance Theatre. “I have enjoyed all of my semesters in

Dance Theatre and this one was as great if not better than my other experiences,” Hammonds said. “We had a wonderful group of dancers and the amount of ar-tistic expression through the entire con-cert was amazing.”

Hammonds choreographed the tenth piece of the performance called We’ve Gone Delirious. This number featured Outta My Mind by B.O.B and Delirious by Steve AOKI.

Hammonds constructed a hip-hop piece that depicted a classroom of un-ruly students who go into a dancing fren-zy whenever the teacher walks out of the room. To no surprise, Hammonds is the teacher in the scene and ended up join-ing the dancing students by the end of the piece.

“The inspiration behind my piece was that I’m ready to graduate,” Hammonds said. “I’m definitely in that delirious state

at the end of this semester and ready to have summer vacation.”

The performance concluded with a company piece inspired by the mov-ie Annie. This number included seven parts, including famous songs such as It’s The Hard-Knock Life and Little Girls. A Dance Theatre performer directed each section of the company piece.

Due to funding, McAdam said Dance Theatre has decided to take a semes-ter off from doing performances. She said most of her most experienced danc-ers and choreographers are leaving, so Dance Theatre is going to take the time to regroup and see what kind of funding the program can find.

“Most people don’t understand that we’re self-supporting,” McAdam said. “We had to go up in ticket prices because that’s what pays for the concert. I think people assume we get funding from the university and that we have a budget, but we don’t.”

By KAYLA LASUREkayla_lasure@mymail.eku.edu

Dance Theatre brings new material to the stage for spring concert

An Asian Occasion event to showcase new Asian Studies Program

Performers used fans to give the illusion of water during the Middle Eastern dance number, Aquamarine, choreographed by Nashwa Cahill, a faculty choreographer from Cairo, Egypt.

Top: EKU’s Dance Theatre performed a company number to songs from the movie Annie. Bottom: A dance piece called Always Blooming used dancers ranging from two years old to 82.

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Students can see what all the new Asian Studies Program has to offer by attending An Asian Occasion Thursday, April 30, in and outside Powell.

The event is hosted by Eastern’s Asian Studies Program and the Department of Languages, Cultures and Humanities.

The event exploring the cultures of Asia will be the second event out of three, celebrating the launch of the Asia Studies program, and the literary and cultural heritage of Asia.

The cultural experience kicks off with an Asian Read-In from 3 to 5 p.m. Stu-dents can read Asian literature in En-glish or volunteers can share from pro-vided material. This portion of the event could run longer based on how many participants there are to read. All readers are welcome to participate. The material

by Asian authors will be provided to all.The second part of the event will be a

culture fair in Middle Powell from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. This portion of the event will have food from Khin’s Sushi as well as Masala Indian Cuisine for free for stu-dents who use their student I.D. to swipe into the event. Café Meeples is providing Japanese board games for students to en-joy.

Official dress from Asian cultures as well as flags from Asian countries will be in Middle Powell for students to look at.

Participants and attendees are wel-comed and encouraged to wear Asian dresses or costumes, but it is not man-datory.

For more information about the event and the Asian Studies Program, please contact Minh Nguyen, director of the Asian Studies Program, at minh.nguy-en@eku.edu or visit the website at http://asianstudies.eku.edu/.

By HALEY GOULDprogress@eku.edu