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By Luis MartinezAdministration Editor| @DEN_News
Smoking and using tobacco products in any way will not be allowed on Eastern’s campus start-ing July 1.
The policy applies to all individual on campus property including students, faculty, staff, volun-teers, visitors and other members of the public, and is applicable at all times, according to an email sent Friday by Paul McCann, interim vice presi-dent for business affairs.
The state of Illinois passed the Smoke-Free Campus Act in August 2014 that prohibits the use of all tobacco products on state-supported institu-tions, including Eastern; the law will finally take effect in July.
The law defines campus as all property, includ-ing buildings, grounds, parking lots and universi-ty owned vehicles.
According to the act, the governing board of the university must implement this act and enforce policies in manners including but not limited to disciplinary action, fines and an appeals process.
President Bill Perry said the smoking ban would be a change for students who actively use tobac-co products.
“It’s the law in Illinois, all public universities campus have to meet the requirements of the law,” Perry said. ”We don’t have any choice, and I think
it’s a positive thing to do from the standpoint of health.”
Perry said the reason Eastern decided to tell its students and faculty about the change was because
it would give them time to think about how they will deal with it.
By Roberto HodgeMulticultural Editor |@BertoHodge
In the last 10 years, the number of Latino stu-dents at Eastern has increased by about 200.
In 2005, Eastern’s enrollment was 12,129, while the current number is 8,913, which is about a 26 percent drop in students.
As of fall 2014, the total enrollment of Latino students was 444.
Chris Dearth, the director of admissions, said Latino students have traditionally attended col-leges and universities at a lower rate than Cauca-sian and African-American students.
However, Latino students outnumber any of the other ethnic minorities in K-12 public insti-tutions. As of 2011, Latino students made up 24 percent of the enrollment in universities nation-wide.
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LAUGHS AT THE CATThe Charleston Alley Theatre performed Friday for the opening night of its play titled “The Curious Savage.”
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By Luis MartinezAdministration Editor| @DEN_News
With newly appointed president David Glassman set to take over the position on June 1, he has begun to lay out some of his plans to boost the minority student popula-tion at Eastern.
Glassman, who is currently the provost for Bradley University, said one way to help the enrollment troubles is to make sure the uni-versity remains affordable and available to mi-nority students.
“Continuing to enhance the culture of in-clusion among the campus community will be valuable in demonstrating to prospective mi-nority students that Eastern respects diversi-ty,” he said.
Glassman said it is important to provide a welcoming and nurturing campus.
“Minority students who are already attend-ing Eastern and having a positive experience are the best ambassadors for raising the num-ber of students by sharing their positive expe-riences,” Glassman said.
Glassman said reaching out to more stu-dents from other states could be one possible way of improving minority numbers at East-ern.
“(I would start by) proactively reaching out to prospective minority students across the state and beyond and sharing with them the benefits of an Eastern education,” Glassman said.
Glassman also said he would tell prospec-tive students about Eastern’s commitment to inclusion using specific examples and stories of minority students’ accomplishments.
With working with the different minor-ity organizations on campus, Glassman said he plans to meet and work with them to help bring more participation.
“I look forward to working with the minor-ity student organizations, collaborating with them on important issues and attending their events,” Glassman said.
Jason Blumenthal, Bradley University’s stu-dent body president, said Glassman is well liked at Bradley and is very interactive with Bradley students.
“The provost has been very much involved
with student planning and how to improve faculties,” Blumenthal said. “I know he at-tends almost every men’s basketball game, and he shows support by showing up to different events on campus.”
Cameron Greenbaum, a freshman kinesiol-ogy and sports studies major, said he hopes
Glassman can accomplish bringing in more minority students to Eastern.
“I believe Glassman has the right idea in mind; he seeks positivity and friendship among all fellow students of Eastern Illinois University,” Greenbaum said. “I believe he will do a great job as the new leader of the
school and do a great job in following Presi-dent Perry’s footsteps.”
Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812
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PHOTO ILLUSTR ATION BY KE VIN HALL | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Illinois college campuses will be enforcing a smoke-free environment starting July 1, 2015. Smoking cigarettes, cigars, and e-cigarettes will be forbade on campus once the act is in ef-fect.
KE VIN HALL | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS David Glassman, newly elected president of Eastern, speaks at a press conference introducing him as the new president at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union on March 2 in the University Ballroom. Glassman will begin his position June 1.
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Monday’s edition of The Dai-ly Eastern News will be the final printed edition until The News re-sumes publication when the fall 2015 semester begins on Aug. 24.
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The commencement ceremonies for students graduating from each of the four colleges will be Satur-day at Lantz Arena.
The ceremony for the College of Sciences will be at 9 a.m.; the College of Arts and Humanities will be at noon; the College of Ed-ucation and Professional Studies will be at 3 p.m. and the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences will be at 6 p.m.
Each graduating senior will be al lotted up to seven tickets for their respective ceremony. Ticket distribution will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. Universi-ty Union.
Those who cannot pick up their tickets then should email gradua-tion coordinator Marty Hackler, and their tickets will be held for pickup on Saturday.
If extra tickets become avail-able, they will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis after 1 p.m. Friday.
Graduating seniors can pick up their caps and gowns and a free copy of the Warbler Yearbook at the same time as their tickets in the Charleston-Mattoon Room of the Union. Only 900 copies of the Warbler are available, and will be distributed first come, first serve.
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The Charleston Alley Theatre had audiences laughing and enjoying them-selves at its performance of the play “The Curious Savage” Friday.
The play is about Mrs. Ethel P. Sav-age, who gets left $10 million by her late husband and then is committed to a mental hospital by her greedy step-children. The play opens with all of the patients of the hospital standing around waiting for her to arrive.
They are all anticipating her arrival eagerly, as she was reported to be a very wealthy and important person.
Part of the reason her stepchildren chose to put her in this hospital was be-cause she gave most of her money to charitable organizations and hid $10 million worth of bonds from them.
The mental patients waiting for her include Fairy May, a woman who is a compulsive liar and constantly wants people to say they love her.
“Say you love me; you don’t have to mean it,” Fairy May said. “I feel won-derful when people say they love me.”
Other residents in the hospital in-clude Florence, a woman who believes a doll she carries around is actually her son; Jeff, a military pilot who was shot down in the war; Hannibal, a man who thinks he can play the violin beautiful-
ly when he can not actually play at all; and Mrs. Paddy, an older woman who does not speak except by listing what she hates.
One of the things she hates most is electricity; every so often during the
play she shuts off all the lights.“The Curious Savage” has two plots,
one being the stepchildren’s search for the bonds and how Mrs. Savage resists telling them where they are, and the other about Mrs. Savage’s relationship
with the rest of the patients.Unlike the rest of the patients, who
can leave whenever they want, Mrs. Savage is bound to the hospital by her stepchildren, as well as Florence, who cannot leave either.
This leads to her having to decide at the end of the play, when the doctor de-clares her mentally competent enough to leave, whether or not she wants to leave.
Making her decision harder is the love she and the patients share, shown when Mrs. Paddy said she loved Mrs. Savage.
“I hate everything — but I don’t hate you, Mrs. Savage,” she said. “I love you, and I don’t want you to leave.”
Director and actress Marie Jozwi-ak said they were on a schedule to read four pages a night.
Pat Shannon, who played Mrs. Pad-dy, said this was her 17th play in 10 years.
“I want to do this the rest of my life until I die on stage,” Shannon said jok-ingly.
She said she liked that she did not have a lot of lines to memorize, as her character just listed off things she hates.
“At my age, it can be hard to learn a lot of lines,” she said.
The Charleston Alley Theatre will also put on the play at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Friday, Saturday, and May 11. The play will also be at 2 p.m. on May 10. Tickets are $10.
Cassie Buchman can bereached at 581-2812
By Cassie BuchmanCity Editor|@DEN_News
The Department of Family and Child Services might be affected by budget reductions if the cuts Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed to social ser-vices are implemented.
Rauner proposed cuts to social ser-vice agencies such as DCFS as well as higher education in what he called his “turnaround agenda,” which would equal a 12.5 percent reduction for DCFS.
Andrew Flach, a DCFS spokes-man, said the budget cuts would af-fect services to young adults.
“The proposed budget cuts would
require the Department of Children and Family Services to stop providing services to young adults aged 18-21,” Flach said.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Rauner said former state wards af-ter age 18 may seek public assistance through other agencies as other people living in Illinois do if they need help.
Flach said the 18-21 age group rep-resents approximately 2,400 young adults currently in their care.
The services provided to those aged 17 and younger would not change.
“Services to those 17 and young-er will not be impacted by this budget proposal – only those 18-21 would ex-perience a cut in services,” Flach said.
Other services that would be dis-continued would be preparation for adult living services, housing support, counseling and therapeutic services, educational support, vocational train-ing, scholarships and youth in college.
Flach said these are a small sample of the services that would have to be discontinued.
“We are currently working with private providers and other state agen-cies to implement a plan to ensure a smooth transition for these young adults,” Flach said.
According to the Illinois Observ-er the Child Care Association of Il-linois has called on the Illinois Gen-eral Assembly and Rauner to make
some policy changes to strengthen the state’s residential treatment centers and for a broader child welfare system for abused and neglected children.
These include strengthening DCFS-funded residential center front line workers, boosting support for fos-ter parents and overhauling Illinois’ DCFS monitoring system.
According to a document by the Child Care Association called “Illinois Child Welfare Reform Strategy,” the CCA proposes necessary reforms to the Illinois child welfare system.
The document states these reforms would improve the safety of all youth in care, identify problems in programs early and enhance treatment capacity
of residential programs, among oth-ers.
The Illinois Observer reported that CCA CEO Margaret Berglindmost said youth care staff entering the res-idential workforce are underpaid in the range of $9 to $11 per hour.
Among other things, CCA pro-posed increasing the baseline salary for front-line residential workers.
According to “Illinois Child Wel-fare Reform Strategy,” CCA proposed a minimum salary of $15 an hour for entry-level residential workers.
Cassie Buchman can bereached at 581-2812
Charleston DCFS could experience budget cuts
Audience laughs along at CAT performance
A JA TAYLOR | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSMrs. Paddy, played by Pat Shannon, and Hannibal, played by Alexander Yeck-Petty, lectures Fairy May, played by Leah Piescinski, in the play “The Curious Savage,” at the Charleston Ally Theatre Friday.
As the year comes to a close, I’m running through my last stretch of my senior year. As everyone is preparing for graduation: getting a head count for tickets, buying dresses and applying for jobs. I find myself not graduating.
After having an appointment with my adviser a couple weeks ago we finally decided that I would be graduating in 3 semesters (and maybe a sum-mer).
All my friends around this time are going through all those motions preparing to graduate, crying in class, and having their last day of work at the newspaper.
Meanwhile I’m trying to pass so I don’t flunk out of school, looking up classes to apply for and trying to figure out how to get this hold off of my account.
Not everyone graduates in four years. I’m not graduating because I decided to go from a vocal performance major, to a music education major, to a theatre arts major, to transferring schools, to come back to Eastern, then changing to a sociolo-gy major, to an elementary education major, to an early childhood education major, to only go right
back to being a theatre arts major.During the class role calls at events I go to, I
often hear that slightly embarrassed and exhausted “woo” from us “Super Seniors.”
Though I’m beyond exhausted with college, I am not embarrassed that I’m not graduating this year. In fact I’m excited that I get to stay a little longer and now feel I have something even hard-er to work for.
I struggled through college. My life fell apart numerous times, and to be completely honest I’m not the best student. But I know that once I do get out here that degree will mean more to me
because I have to work harder than most people to achieve it.
Being a super senior or for me, a super-super senior, may mean more time, money and effort to be put into college but I’m glad that I made the choices that I did during my time here.
By switching my major and devoting my time to so many extracurricular activities, I’ve learned a ton of both academic and life skills that I wouldn’t have gotten had I not tried so many things.
I’ve picked up photography, I’ve acquired comedic writing skills, I’ve learned how to live in a big city, and I’ve made great friends and connec-tions that I will have for the rest of my life.
So next year I vow to spend my days work-ing for the newspaper, doing my sketch comedy group, devote more time to my department, and do my best to get good grades.
So when my time comes to graduate, I will feel proud to know that I’ve gotten the most out of my extended college experience.
Chynna Miller is a senior theater arts major andcan be reached at [email protected].
Eastern is now at the most dreaded, yet an-ticipated week of the year. The only barriers be-tween everyone and summer are the tests and pa-pers that students are working on so diligently to finish and turn in for good.
At this point, many all-nighters have been pulled to make sure every last piece of informa-tion is crammed into brains in hopes that it can all be regurgitated out when it is time to take those finals.
Even though the want is to give up, this is the point in the semester where students get the chance to show everyone what they are made of and to make all the work done throughout the se-mester mean something.
Summer is calling, but it needs to be put on hold so everyone can finish what they started.
For many students on campus, there will still be more to do than just the finals and classes tak-
en thus far. So this is not a good-bye to Eastern. But for others, the time has come where all
that could have been done is done, and it is now time for those seniors and graduate students to walk across the stage to receive what they have been working so hard for: their degrees.
But before anyone parts ways, it is impor-tant to be around the people who have meant so much to you one last time for this year. More memories might come in the future, but it is time to take advantage of the present.
For the soon to be graduates, this is the time to say good-bye to the place you have called your home for a couple of years.
Even though it feels good to be leaving, there might still be some regrets if you do not take the time to officially say goodbye to everything and everyone.
We at The Daily Eastern News would also like
to thank all those seniors that have put so much of their time and effort into making themselves exceed, bringing their own personalities and put-ting in the hard work to allow Eastern to succeed.
You have all made a great impact and will be missed by many, especially those that were in-spired by the strides you took and the work you accomplished.
Most importantly, the comfort you gave off to those not knowing what they were doing when they walked onto campus will be greatly valued.
All of the tireless work, important actions and crucial decisions you have taken will not be for-gotten. Instead, they will be remembered for years to come and will continue to inspire current and future Panthers.
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Margorie Clemente
A formally written goodbye
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The memoir of an almost super senior
STAFF EDITORIAL
Usually, when it’s time for me to say goodbye I try to postpone it for as long as possible, and when I finally do say it I don’t always react well. So, rath-er than having to tell each staff member directly to their face that I will miss them more than they think I actually could, I’ll write it down instead.
Admittedly, I will miss the leap-tall girl and her remarkable tan—her warm, affectionate nature—the same girl who paused to tell me that my nervous tick reminded her of a Stephen King character.
I’ll miss the doe-eyed redhead who emphatical-ly suggested that I become the paper’s Opinions Editor in the first place—who edited my pieces for the Verge and greeted me with nothing but warm appraisal.
I’ll miss the one other Puerto Rican who tried translating “the toilet” to “el toilet” for another edi-tor.
I’ll miss the newsroom’s comedian who played Beyoncé incessantly.
I’ll miss the Multicultural Editor’s rants about the racists who dwell on campus, the razor-tongued Managing Editor and his biting cynicism, the girl who begged for chair racing on particularly late nights and binge-watched Scandal.
I’ll miss the boy who sat across from me and was patient enough to play the soundtrack to our night at my resquests--usually.
I’ll miss the giggler, my desk mate, the news-room’s ball of sunshine—the one who mistakenly told me to not count my horses before they hatched, and the one whose kindness was contagious.
I’ll miss the petite blonde, who sang too loudly to pop songs. I’ll miss the one who took photos and always told us she was only half joking when she said she couldn’t stand our bunch.
I’ll miss and forever admire the bravery of the silent poet who scrawled out his last several columns for the semester and revealed his lyrical writing skills.
I’ll miss the straightedge, mellow-faced editor—the one who so patiently sat down to edit my too-flowery features.
I’ll miss my clever cartoonists and dedicated col-umnists.
I’ll even miss the uncomfortable, over-sexual-ized jokes from the very editor who has now taken my place.
I’ll miss the girl who brought in her squirrely dog and our relentless supervisor who wouldn’t give in or up on crucifying the paper, but who also had no problem admitting when we were on top of our game.
I’ll miss those stupid computers that didn’t have the software to support Netflix whenever I was forced to wait on someone’s piece to come in, and I’ll miss casually twirling the previous Opinions Edi-tor’s shovel from time to time.
I’ll especially miss the Editor-in-Chief who squealed happily at the sight of rats and dogs—the one who, despite spending her hours slaving away like a dog, never took out her insecurities or frus-trations out on us and only grinned instead. She looked out for each of us without an ounce of judg-ment in her heart—whose patience and diligence trumped everyone else’s sour attitudes.
I’ll sincerely miss anyone and anything else I hadn’t mentioned in that almost-too-crowded news-room.
Here’s to cabin fever with you nut jobs and to graduating with some of you.
Marge Clemente is a senior English major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
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By Stephanie WhiteEntertainment Editor | @DEN_News
The Tarble Fine Arts Center chose a new director to take over for Mi-chael Watts, who retired after work-ing at Tarble for 29 years. Rehema Barber, current director of the Figure One of campus art center at Univer-sity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will be taking her position as director of Tarble June 15.
Barber said when she visited the school she was impressed at how in-volved students were with the muse-um.
“I love how involved the Eastern student are because it shows people how dedicated they are to their art and in their future in art,” she said.
Even though the schedule for the upcoming school year has been planned out, Barber said she still has plans for the arts center that involves the students.
“As I have said the students are in-volved with the Tarble, but I want them to even more involved,” she said. “I want them to have more of their art shows there and I want them to visit it more. They could get a lot from studying the artist’s work that is displayed, such as inspiration. It is just something that will help them in
their future as artists.”She said coming to Tarble will be
a new challenge for her and she is ready for what the art center has for her.
“I have worked at many differ-ent museums and at centers around the world and I am still excited to be starting something new in Charles-ton,” Barber said.
She said there is much she is ex-cited to learn from while working at Tarble -- not only from students, but from the faculty and staff of Eastern as well.
She said she knows the current staff of the arts center has worked along Watts for years now and she knows they have a lot of advice to of-fer her.
“I am looking forward to work-ing with the faculty and staff at Tar-ble because I know they will help me with the new environment and with any ideas they have for the museum,” she said.
Barber said she is looking forward to see not only herself grow but the actual center as well.
“I want to take what I have learned from my experiences in different art centers and apply them to Tarble,” she said. “I am excited to see the renovations to the Tarble as well. It should help the students, both from Eastern and the community, to learn about art.”
Barber said when she accepted the position she already had plans ready for the arts center. The plans are to help everyone who steps into the mu-seum grow as a person.
“I am happy to be given this op-portunity to work with new students and artists,” Barber said. “I hope to learn from students as much as they learn at Eastern.”
Stephanie White can be reached at 581-2812
Tarble director plans for upcoming position
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“I love how involved the Eastern students are, because it shows people how dedicated they are to their art and in their future in art.”
-Rehema Barber,incoming Tarble Fine Ar ts Center direc tor
In 2012, Latinos were the second largest minority group enrolled in col-leges and universities at 38 percent, ac-cording to the National Center for Edu-cation Statistics.
“Latino enrollment at Eastern could be hampered by the fact that we are in a more rural location and several hours from large urban areas,” Dearth said.
Dearth said many students in met-ropolitan areas tend to enroll at colleges closer to home because of the many op-tions in cities.
“One of the strategies is to get more Latino students to visit earlier in their high school careers,” Dearth said. “We are outreaching to various high schools and community-based organizations.”
Dearth said Eastern might look into sponsoring transportation to the cam-pus for open-house visits; he said many families in urban areas do not have ac-cess to their own vehicle, so assuming
they can attend an open-house program is not wise. Dearth said the goal is to get them to campus and explain the benefits of higher education.
“When it comes to the recruitment of under-represented groups, it is always wise to continue to look to develop new recruitment avenues,” Dearth said. “We should always be asking, ‘What more can we do?’”
Dearth said in an effort to reach out more to Latino students, Eastern has made a brochure written in Spanish and hired two bilingual admissions represen-tatives.
Aseret Gonzalez, a regional admis-sions counselor, said a committee called “Si, Se Puede” is in development that will focus on Latino recruitment and re-tention. She said the university started working on a variety of initiatives last fall and created action plans that will be pro-posed to the administration.
“Some of the action plans include in-volving Latino alumni in recruitment ef-forts, providing network opportunities for current Latino students as well as at-tending conferences,” Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez said institutions national-ly are doing a lot of research to address the recruitment and retention of Latino students. She said a lot depends on the student’s environment, and time will tell to what extent Eastern’s new recruitment efforts will attract more Latino students.
“If attending college is not promot-ed in the high schools or if the student’s home environment is lacking resources or knowledge of college, the likelihood of that student attending college is slim,” Gonzalez said.
Roberto Hodge can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
CHYNNA MILLER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSMikayla Needs, a junior accounting major, plays a game of “Ladders” during the End of the Year Luau Friday on the patio of Andrews Hall.
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“Part of the legislative attempt was for us to have a committee,” Perry said. “(We also) wanted to let people know as soon as possible about the change so people can plan accordingly.”
Perry also said faculty and staff need-ed to know ahead of time so they can plan for next year.
“People need to make plans,” Per-ry said. “Maybe they want to take ad-vantages of the smoking sensation pro-grams.”
Patrick Muhne, a freshman kinesiolo-gy and sports studies major, said he sup-ports the idea of Eastern being a smoke-free campus. He is also focusing on health studies for his major.
“Being a part of this campus I be-lieve it is a good thing that Eastern has become a smoke-free campus,” Muhne said. “That might be because I don’t
smoke, but for people that do I see why there might be some anger with the de-cision. I think it will be good to walk to class and not get the whiff of smoke. It will help the campus stay clean.”
Muhne also said he understands why Eastern waited until the week before fi-nals to let students know of the policy change
“I do not smoke. I do not see it as a horrible thing but in my life I see a couple of reasons of why I should not smoke,” Muhne said. “I want to stay healthy and I don’t want a stick in my mouth to take my health away.”
Muhne said another reason why he is in support is because of money.
“I’m a freshman in college that has many other financial responsibilities that need to come first, so paying $10 or more on a pack of cigarettes doesn’t work
for me,” Muhne said. Ryan Brown, a junior accounting ma-
jor, said he understand the new policy; however, he does not think the policy should include items like e-cigarettes or vaporizers.
“For students that do smoke a lot, it’s going to make life a lot harder because they don’t have anywhere to smoke any-more,” Brown said. “I don’t see a prob-lem or harm with e-cigarettes or vapor-izers. I thinking banning them is a lit-tle extreme because there aren’t as many proven health risks and there isn’t any second-hand smoke from those.”
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By Stephanie WhiteEntertainment Editor | @DEN_News
More than 500 people from Eastern and the Charleston com-munity came out Friday morn-ing at O’Brien Field to support the Area 9 Special Olympics.
Victoria Wilson, a junior spe-cial education major, said this event is perfect for all ages to be a part of whether you are in the games or volunteering.
“We had people of all ages join us for the games, more people than we expected,” she said.
Wilson said some of the vol-
unteers were paired with par-ticipants to help them train and cheer them on while they worked hard in the events.
“One Eastern student, who is also a fellow special education major, said the kid she was paired with reminded her of her broth-er and they hit it off right away,” she said.
Alexandria Ward, a sopho-more special education and early childhood education major, said her partner liked her right away and when she had to go, he was sad.
“The whole event was very
heartwarming. A lot of people were clapping and cheering and that was the goal of this event was to make it about them,” Ward said.
Wilson said after the group events, participants also took part in their own events, such as long jump, running long jump and softball throw.
“Every volunteer escorted the runners and coached the par-ticipants throughout the day to make sure they got there on time,” Ward said. “After each event individuals were awarded what they earned.”
She said the people did actu-ally train for the games and took them seriously before they came that day.
“Some of them could out run or out do the sports that people at college can do,” she said. “All the volunteers seemed happy to be there and happy to be helping the people.”
Wilson said the games were divided by ages so it would not be unfair.
Stephanie White can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected]
Special Olympics honors 10 years
PHOTOS BY KEVIN HALL | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS (Left) John Blue, a Charleston resident, makes a phone call after being involved in a car colli-sion Sunday on Lincoln Avenue in front of Fam-ily Video. There were no recorded injuries from the accident.(Top) Mac Spears, the son of one of the drivers involved, answers questions from officer Ryan Feder about the accident.
Accident on Lincoln Avenue causes no injuries
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2015 THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS | SPORTS 7
By Jehad AbbedAssistant Sports Editor | @Jehada
The Daily Eastern News staff has chosen East-ern men’s basketball coach Jay Spoonhour as the 2014-2015 Coach of the Year.
Spoonhour entered his third year as head coach for the Panthers with a returning core group of players along with three additions in freshman guard Cornell Johnston, junior guard LeTrell Viser and junior forward Trae Anderson.
Spoonhour led Eastern to an 18-15 record af-ter recording the school’s best Ohio Valley Con-ference start in more than 15 years when the Pan-thers went on one of the nation’s top winning streaks at nine games.
The Panthers took down Southern Illinois-Ed-wardsville, 78-66, in Nashville, winning their first conference tournament game since 2010 when Eastern beat Eastern Kentucky University, 68-61, at Lantz Arena.
Spoonhour led his team into the Collegein-sider.com tournament where the Panthers won Eastern’s first postseason basketball game in the school’s history as a Division-I program.
Spoonhour had 22 combined wins in his first two seasons as the Panthers’ head coach while los-ing 40 games between the two seasons.
This is Eastern’s first winning season since 2009-2010 when the team recorded 19 wins and 12 losses.
Spoonhour led the second-best defense in the conference this year.
The Panthers allowed just less than 65 points per game, just a point behind the top OVC de-fense in Eastern Kentucky which allowed an aver-age of 63.6 points per game.
The Panthers were a top team in most other defensive categories including field-goal percent-age defense, three-point percentage defense and blocked shots.
Eastern was the second-leading team in field goal percentage defense, forcing opponents to shoot under 42-percent on average and under 35-percent from behind the 3-point line.
Spoonhour’s defense averaged a conference third-best 4.3 blocks per game just behind South-east Missouri State University at 4.4 per game.
The Panthers’ offense was a top five team in the OVC for three-point percentage shooting over 37 percent on the year.
Spoonhour brought the spirit of Panther bas-ketball back to Lantz Arena when the Panthers hosted the eventual conference champion Murray State Racers on the tail end of their nine-game winning streak.
Lantz filled with students and citizens of Charleston to watch Spoonhour’s defensive minded Panthers take on the Racers, filling the arena like most current students have never wit-nessed before.
Spoonhour heads into his fourth season with the Panthers in the fall.
Jehad Abbed can be reached at581-2812 or [email protected].
Spoonhour leads team to 18-15 recordCOACH OF THE YEAR| JAY SPOONHOUR
SPOONHOUR SUCCESSES
18-15RECORD ON THE YEAR
1STPOST-SEASON WIN IN D-1PROGR AM HISTORY
1STWINNING SEASON SINCE2009-2010
22COMBINED WINS IN 2 SEASONS
2NDBEST DEFENSE IN OVC
KE VIN HALL | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Head coach Jay Spoonhour goes over a game plan with his team in one of the regular season games in Lantz Arena. Spoonhour and the Panthers ended the season with a 18-15 record.
By Bob ReynoldsSports Editor | @BobReynoldsDEN
After losing to Morehead State, 15-2, Friday, the Eastern baseball team came back and defeat-ed the Eagles, 11-9, Saturday to even the series at 1-1.
The Panthers would drop game three of the series, 20-14.
In the win Saturday, the Panthers got off to an 8-0 lead in the first two innings.
Senior outfielder Caleb Howell doubled to left field, which scored freshman Joe Duncan.
Red-shirt junior Demetre Taylor followed Howell with a double down the right field line, which scored Howell to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead.
Freshman designated hitter Bobby Wenthe followed up with a two-run home run to right center field to give Eastern a 4-0 lead.
The Panthers would add four more runs in the second inning after freshman second base-man Cale Hennemann singled home Duncan to give Eastern a 5-0 lead.
The big blow came when Demetre Taylor hit a three-run home run to right center field to give Eastern an 8-0 lead.
Red-shirt junior Craig Pearcy, who pitched just 1 1/3 innings and struck out one and walked one batter, allowed the eight runs.
Morehead State would start to chip away in the third inning after scoring a run in the bot-tom of the second.
Red-shirt senior Chris Robinson singled to right center, scoring sophomore Ryan Kent to cut the Eastern lead to 8-2.
After senior Robby Spencer singled home a run to make it 8-3, senior Clayton Meyer would double to center field to score three more runs for the Eagles to make it 8-6.
Senior Nick Newell would cut the Eastern lead to 8-7 after a RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning.
All these Morehead State runs came off East-ern red-shirt junior pitcher Matt Wivinis.
He pitched seven innings, allowed 14 hits and struck out five batters.
Wivinis would pick up the win and he is now 2-7 this season.
Sophomore Chase Thurston allowed a run in the ninth inning, but that would be all as East-ern would win the game, 11-9.
In the final game of the series, Eastern would give freshman starting pitcher Andy Fisher a 7-0 lead after two innings.
Eastern added two runs in the top of third to give themselves an 11-4 lead.
Fisher would be unable to hold the lead as he let up eight runs in 2 1/3 innings pitched and walked two batters and allowed 10 hits.
Senior pitcher Andrew Grahn replaced Fish-er and allowed 10 hits and nine runs, but only walked one.
Grahn would take the loss, as the Panthers were defeated 20-14 dropping their season re-cord to 11-31.
The Panthers have two more Ohio Valley Conference series left this season.
“We came back great after having it hand-ed to us Friday,” Eastern coach Jimmy Schmitz said. “Disappointing we had the momentum and big league and couldn’t hold it.”
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Panthers drop 2-of-3 against Morehead StateTaylor hits 3-run home run in 11-9 win
By Sean HastingsStaff reporter | @DEN_Sports
The Eastern softball team recognized seniors Bailey O’Dell and Hannah Cole for everything they have done in their four years as Panthers.
Both have mixed emotions about playing their last game here.
“It was a day full of mixed emotions,” O’Dell said. “Sad that this was the last home game but excited to have been through this experience.”
Cole said it still has not hit her yet this was her last game at Williams Field.
“I went into it holding nothing back knowing we had nothing to lose,” Cole said. “I wanted to make sure I did everything to make sure we could remember our last game at home exactly how we wanted to.”
The Panthers took on top seeded Southern Il-linois-Edwardsville in the series and regular sea-son finale.
Edwardsville came in with a 19-4 record and the Panthers were 12-10.
Sunday, both teams came in with one win in the series. Edwardsville clinched the top spot with its 7-2 win and Eastern clinched the sixth seed with a 4-3 win.
The Panthers won the rubber game 1-0 on a walk off hit by junior Kylie Bennett in the tenth inning.
Cole led off the inning with a double and Ben-nett followed right after her with a double of her own driving in Cole to win the game.
“To win in that way against that team with my fellow senior starting it off and being the winning run, I really couldn’t have been happier with how we left that field today,” O’Dell said.
It was a pitcher’s duel all throughout the game as freshman Jessica Wireman recorded the shut-out and win. Wireman went all ten innings strik-ing out six and allowing just seven hits. The win improves her record to 11-12 on the year.
The Panthers won the second of two games on Saturday, 4-3.
Freshman Michelle Rogers was on the mound pitching all seven innings and allowing just two earned runs. She is now 8-12 on the year.
The Panthers got down 2-0 in the first inning but in the third, O’Dell hit a two-run home run to deep left center field to tie the game.
Junior April Markowski gave the Panthers a 3-2 lead in the fifth after driving in junior Hay-lee Beck.
Fellow junior Katie Watson added a much needed fourth run on her single that drove in freshman Taylor Monahan as Chambers gave Ed-wardsville a third run in the seventh.
Wireman and Rogers both had solid final starts before the OVC tournament later this week.
“It’s huge that it’s coming on late in the year,” Eastern coach Angie Nicholson said. “That’s what it’s about, getting better at the end.”
The Panthers lost the first game of the week-end, 7-2. Wireman was on the mound but took the loss. She only had two earned runs in the game.
The Panthers’ season will continue on Wednes-day when they head to Edwardsville for the OVC tournament to take on Murray State.
Sean Hastings can be reached at581-2812 or [email protected].
Bennett, softball team clinch senior-day win
“I really couldn’t have been happier with how we left that field today.”
-Bailey O ’Dell,senior shor tstop
By Sean HastingsStaff reporter | @DEN_Sports
Senior shortstop Bailey O’Dell had an incredible final year as a Panther and has been named “Female Athlete of the Year” by The Daily Eastern News staff.
Coming into her final year as a Pan-ther, O’Dell wanted to make this year really count.
“I just wanted to do well and go out with a bang,” O’Dell said. “This is my last year playing softball ever. I wanted it to be a memorable year.”
During her standout season, O’Dell broke the Eastern record for home runs with 10. O’Dell and the rest of the Pan-thers will be in the Ohio Valley Confer-ence tournament this week so she will have a chance to add to it.
O’Dell has led the Panthers’ offense for much of the season along with fel-low senior Hannah Cole.
O’Dell is hitting .340 going into the conference tournament. Her 10 home runs lead the team. She also leads the team in runs batted in with 39 and runs scored with 30.
She and Cole are tied with 49 hits on the year.
Not only does O’Dell lead the Pan-thers in those categories, she is also in the top 10 in multiple categories in the OVC.
She is in the top 10 for runs batted in, doubles, slugging percentage and home runs.
She feels she has definitely improved her hitting since her junior year.
“From this year to last year, my hit-ting I feel like has been better,” O’Dell said. “I’ve never really been ‘the home run hitter’ and this is the most I’ve ever hit in any of my seasons I’ve had any-where.”
O’Dell’s top game came when she went 3-for-4 and drove in five runs against conference rival Austin Peay.
She said being a senior gave her a lit-tle extra motivation for this season.
“Being a senior, this is it,” O’Dell said. “This is the last thing you’re go-ing to remember. You’re not going to re-
member every little detail of your fresh-man, sophomore, and junior year. Se-nior year you’re going to remember a little bit more.”
All season long O’Dell was contrib-uting at the plate, whether it was get-ting a timely base hit and driving in a run, or scoring a run, and especially hit-ting those big home runs.
“Hitting a home run in crucial situa-tions, I’ve never been like that,” O’Dell said. “I’m usually just a base-hit hit-ter and when I can hit that home run when we need it, that’s probably the best feeling you can get.”
This was O’Dell’s year to leave her
mark at Eastern. She sure did that with her hitting, but she also wanted to leave behind a little bit more.
“Just for them to look up to me and think ‘I want to be like her,’ not even just as a softball player but as a person. I just want to be that role model,” O’Dell said.
She said that is something she has al-ways wanted and hopes she has done it for the younger players below her.
O’Dell has only two more guaran-teed games left as the OVC tourna-ment is double elimination, and she just wants to make the most of it and go out with a “bang.”
“I just want to know that I left it all out on the field and give it my all,” O’Dell said. “I don’t want to look back and regret anything.”
O’Dell has left her mark on junior April Markowski.
“Bailey has always stayed so calm and relaxed through all situations,” Mar-kowski said. “That will help me.”
Markowski is only one year young-er than O’Dell but still looks up to her.
“She is my best friend on and off the field,” Markowski said. “I think she is great leader. A lot of people look up to her and can always count on her.”
This past weekend O’Dell was hon-
ored alongside Cole on Senior Day, and the Panthers were able to win the game against conference rival Southern Illi-nois-Edwardsville. Edwardsville is the top team in the OVC.
O’Dell said it was a day full of emo-tions, but it will be something she re-members for the rest of her life.
O’Dell’s bat and leadership will be missed next season, but everything she has done for the team will stick with her and her teammates for seasons to come.
Sean Hastings can bereached at 581-2812
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@DEN_Sports tweet of the day: @EiuSoftball will be playing Murray State in the first round of the OVC tournament Wednesday at 10 a.m.
KE VIN HALL | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Senior Bailey O’Dell reflects on a successful season and personal development. Improving on many things throughout the season, O’Dell highlights her hitting as one of the main reasons she has had such success.
O’Dell leaves mark during final season
By Bob ReynoldsSports Editor | @BobReynoldsDEN
The Eastern men’s basketball team has been named The Daily Eastern News’ Team of the Year for its performance during its season.
The Panthers had a number of firsts this season. Eastern defeated Southern Illinois Edwardsville for its first Ohio Valley Conference tournament win in about 10 years.
Eastern was picked to play in the Col-legeInsider.com tournament for its first postseason appearance in school history.
The Panthers defeated Oakland in Michigan, 97-91, for its first postseason tournament win.
On March 23, Eastern hosted its first postseason game against Evansville, but its season ended after an 83-68 loss to the Purple Aces.
Freshman Cornell Johnston won OVC Freshman of the Year after his performance for this season.
Johnston averaged 10.3 points in 16 games started in the conference this sea-son. He was named to the All-OVC Newcomer Team this season averaging 34.6 points per game.
He ended the regular season playing 125 straight minutes. He set the East-ern freshman record for assists at Ed-wardsville on Feb. 14. He finished sixth on the Eastern single-season list with 156 assists.
Also, Johnston was named OVC Freshman of the Week four times and had a 3-point field goal percentage of 51.9.
Eastern had a season-long nine-game winning streak from December 13 to January 17.
The streak ended after a 77-62 loss to Murray State on January 22.
Eastern finished 9-7 in the confer-ence and 18-15 overall.
The Panthers had nine different play-ers who started games this season. John-ston was the only one to start all 33 games.
Junior forward Trae Anderson started 16 games and averaged 13.2 points per game this season.
Junior forward Chris Olivier, who is transferring, ended his career at Eastern averaging 13 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game.
Junior guard LeTrell Viser and guard Jake Verhagen are the two other play-ers that will be transferring to a differ-ent school for next season.
Eastern averaged 1,602 fans per home game this season in 14 games, which is the highest it has been in a couple of seasons.
As for the future of the Eastern bas-ketball team, three of its incoming high school players earned All-State honors in both Kansas and Missouri.
Lucas Jones, Marshawn Blackmon and Casey Teson earned first-team All-
State honors.Teson was named Co-Player of the
Year in Class 4A in Missouri averag-ing 20.5 points per game. He shot 41.3
percent from 3-point range.The Panthers will get its season un-
derway in the fall with a near-brand new team. Johnston will be the only re-
turning starter.
Bob Reynolds can be reached at581-2812 or [email protected].
Men’s basketball team named Team of the Year
KE VIN HALL | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Reggie Smith, a senior guard, attempts a lay-up in the game against UC Davis in Lantz Arena on Nov. 20, 2014. Smith finished the game with 2 points.
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR | BAILEY O’DELL
TEAM OF THE YEAR | MEN’S BASKE TBALL