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Former Gov. Jim Edgar will be visiting his alma mater to highlight how the education he received from Eastern enabled him to ma-neuver the political world of Springfield.
During the 7 p.m. “Unobstructed Views: Lessons Learned from Charleston to Spring-field” presentation, Edgar, who received his bachelor’s in history, will talk about how his extracurricular activities paved the road for his governor position.
According to an article in the Nov. 30, 2010 issue of The Daily Eastern News, Ed-gar was quoted as crediting his experience at Eastern and as the student body president with his career later in life.
“I don’t think I would have been governor if I didn’t go to Eastern,” Edgar said. “Here I was able to be elected as student body presi-dent, which I don’t think I could have done at bigger universities.”
This presentation will be a continuation of the Edgar Speaker Series that began in 2007, started by Edgar and his wife Bren-da Edgar.
The presentation will take place in the Lecture Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center and will also include a reception.
The event is free and open to both Eastern and Charleston community members.
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Former Gov.Jim Edgar to visit campus
By Robyn Dexter Campus Editor
Students will have a chance to get informed about the problems of victimization, dating violence and rape at the “Engaging By-standers” training session.
Anne Wend, the community educator and director of educa-tion at Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Services, will be speaking about topics surrounding victimization and helping spread awareness that these problems do exist.
Wend’s talk will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Martinsville Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
“The whole purpose of the by-stander intervention is to promote awareness and victim empower-ment through education and ac-tion,” Wend said. “We aim to shatter the silence of sexual vio-lence through targeted social and educational tactics.”
Wend said she will explain the different types of bystanders and what it means to be one.
“A bystander is a person who
witnesses an act of violence or sex-ual activities that occur without the victim’s consent,” Wend said. “We see this all the time on col-lege campuses.”
She said she will talk about dif-ferent circumstances in which out-side factors play a role in bystand-er intervention.
“Students will come away with an understanding of what a by-stander is and when it is appropri-ate to intervene, as well as identi-fying situations they can intervene in safely,” Wend said.
She said she wants to bring an end to sexual violence at parties and other social gatherings and to better define situations so students know when victimization is occur-ring.
Past examples, such as a case from 1964, will also be brought to light.
In the Kitty Genovese case, Wend said 38 people witnessed the brutal rape and murder of Genovese and did not call for help.
“All these people were standing around while this woman was be-ing beaten an eventually killed,”
Wend said. “On college campus-es, people see these things happen, but they just don’t intervene.”
The bystander effect will also be explained, which Wend defined as when more people stand by and witness an event, the less likely they are to call for help.
“I think people just aren’t aware of when to intervene and don’t know what to do about it,” Wend said.
She said people worry about endangering themselves or think they cannot do anything to help.
“When in doubt, trust your gut instinct,” Wend said. “If you think you need to intervene, you prob-ably should.”
Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812
Speaker informs students of rape, dating violence
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• What- Training session • When- 4 to 6 p.m. • Where- Martinsville Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union
SETH SCHROEDER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Rich Jones and Michael Bower perform as Jesus and Judas during a dress rehearsal of “Godspell” Monday in the Sanctuary of the Wesley United Methodist Church. “Godspell” will open at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church and there will also be a performance 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
By Rachel Rodgers Administration Editor
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment in a series of articles about public pensions in Illinois as the General Assembly grapples with a budget crisis.
As Illinois ranks 50th in the nation with adequately funding public pen-sions, two professors from the Universi-ty of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign cre-ated a pension-reform proposal suggest-ing a hybrid retirement system.
Robert Rich, a professor and the di-rector of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, and Jeffrey Brown, a finance professor and the director of the Center for Business and Public Pol-icy, explained their proposal on pen-sion reform during a forum Monday to a crowd of about 50 faculty, staff and annuitants.
The pension forum was the second of three scheduled by the Council on Uni-versity Planning and Budget.
President Bill Perry said the state pension issue facing employees breaks the triangle of trust between the em-ployee, employer and the state. The proposal of a hybrid system serves as a tool to start discussion with a problem that would affect the entire
university, he said. “If you break one side of that trian-
gle, then it is not going to support any-thing,” Perry said. “For those who put in their blood, sweat, toil and tears, pension provides a floor of compensa-tion for them.”
The hybrid system proposed by Brown and Rich, like those in Rhode Island and Georgia, would combine pieces of the defined benefit and de-fined contribution systems.
One of the hybrid suggestions is pro-viding a 1.5-percent replacement rate for each year of service instead of 2.2 percent, which would be a one-third re-duction to generate cost savings for the state. This system would rely on contri-butions from the employee and the em-ployer, being the university.
Brown said they do not expect the General Assembly to wholly adopt their proposal, but their hope is to influence the debate.
“I really think we are in the worst of all worlds right now in the situa-tion where the state has honored up to pay for all of these benefits, but there is so much political risk and uncertain-ty around it that those promises are not credible right now,” Brown said.
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By Amy Wywialowski Staff Reporter
The Student Senate will talk about the future of political par-ties and elect a new speaker of the senate at its final meeting of the semester.
The group will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Lu-ther King Jr. University Union.
Because of the election of a new speaker of the Student Sen-ate, Student Body President Ed Hotwagner will run the meeting.
At last week’s meeting, the senate tabled proposals to ban political parties within the stu-dent government, as wel l as to include a “vote of no confi-dence” option on the ballot for the next election during the fall semester and all future elections.
A “vote of no confidence” means the voter believes none of
the candidates are fit to fill the position.
Roberto Luna, a senior busi-ness major, is a sponsor of both bills. He said the voting propos-al is a change to the constitution and would have to pass the Stu-dent Senate with a two-thirds majority, and the sponsors rec-ommend that there be a referen-dum on the fall 2012 ballot.
Luna is also a sponsor of the proposed ban on political parties and says he will continue to em-phasize that the proposal is not a personal attack on the recently elected executives.
Matthew Hinton, a sopho-more political science major, is against the proposed ban, but said it is not an issue the Student Senate needs to be focusing on at this point.
“Political parties are necessary; it is a way to network and appro-priate resources to get elected,” Hinton said. “But I do think it is a problem that this issue is being held to more importance than issues and programs that af-fect the students directly.”
Brooke McMillin, a freshman political science major, said she is not completely against politi-cal parties, but that they current-
ly have no place.“When Michelle (Murphy)
came to speak and admitted she started her party selfishly, she convinced me we do not need them. I know her point was to say they are necessary, but she convinced me of the opposite,” McMillin said.
“I think they should come back only when they are ready to work for the good of the sys-tem.”
Bes ide s d i s cus s ing po l i t i -cal parties and voting, the sen-ate will also hear the State of the University speech by Hotwagner and the State of the University speech by Student Senate Speak-er Zach Samples.
Student Senate members will also vote on emergency propos-als concerning funding for First Night, as well as discuss the in-auguration of the new student executives, which will take place April 29.
Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812
By Avery Drake Staff Reporter
A Pepsi machine provides stu-dents with an opportunity to quench their thirsts, but Pepsi is also making an impact greater than satisfying people’s taste buds.
Dragonflies, a dance and dra-ma program for people with au-tism and special needs, received a $10,000 grant from Pepsi in De-cember 2011.
Pepsi is in the second year of their “Pepsi Refresh Project,” which has awarded more than 1,000 grants.
To Julia Boyd, director of the Dragonflies dance program in Charleston, said the grant is a dream come true.
“Our first purchase from the Pepsi Refresh grant were mats,” Boyd said. “The kids love them.”
During class, the red mats help keep her students comfortable while they are stretching and do-ing exercises on the floor.
“At first I laid the mats out for the students, but one day I decid-ed to let them pick them up and place them in their spots them-selves,” Boyd said, “It helps them connect with what we’re trying to accomplish here.”
Not only is the program being honored by Pepsi, but on April 3 the Charleston City Council de-clared April 22 “Dragonflies Spe-cial Needs Day.”
Boyd sa id the recognit ion comes at a great time for the or-ganization.
“It’s ( ‘Dragonf l ie s Spec ia l Needs Day’) the same weekend as ‘Celebration’ at EIU,” Boyd said. “This will be our first year at the event.”
With a boost from Pepsi and a day dedicated to Dragonflies, Boyd said her vision has become a reality and is excited for the pro-gram to grow.
“There’s a great need for a pro-gram like this in this area,” Boyd said. “The whole philosophy be-hind it is bigger than just one thing. It’ll be many things that ca-tered to the needs of autistic and special needs.”
Avery Drake can be reached at 581-2812
Student Senate to discuss future of political parties
Pepsi supports dance program
In Monday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News, Mark Hudson was misidentified.
The News regrets the error.
MARCUS SMITH | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSBryan Gates, assistant director of development, helps finish loading a trailer Sunday at Lantz Arena. The trailer was filled with tables and linens used at the athletic department's Spring Fling.
Senate to also discuss "vote of no confidence," vote on funding for First Night
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By Samantha McDaniel Activities Editor
Four Eastern dance groups will compete to take the top spot in Eastern’s Best Dance Crew Wednes-day.
The second University Board Eastern’s Best Dance Crew will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Kar l a Centeno , the cu l tu r -al arts coordinator for the Univer-sity Board, said the groups will be competing for trophies and mone-tary prizes.
Centeno said the groups who will be competing are former winners Rhythm & X-tacy, Boyz of Poison, Jolie Dance Team and Pure Inten-sity.
Each team can have between three to 15 participants.
Centeno said the groups also benefit from the competition.
“The dancers get to express their dance styles and make a name for themselves on Eastern’s campus,” Centeno said.
Centeno said she has seen the practices of the groups and is excit-ed to see the final product.
“I’m looking forward to watching the performances to see their hard work,” she said.
Centeno said the groups will have up to 8 minutes to impress the judges with their dancing skills.
Centeno said the groups’ score will partially be based on technique, which includes execution, level of difficulty and complexity.
Another area is performance, which includes attitude and audi-ence appeal.
The uniqueness of their routine
will also be a part of the score.The wardrobe of the group, its
appropriateness and theme will also be judged.
The score may also be reduced if the music a group picks is uncen-sored, if they go over 8 minutes or have an excessive number of people.
Centeno said she thinks the teams are excited to perform.
“They are really enthusiastic,” Centeno said. “I know I saw some talking about their friendly rivalry, so I’m excited to see what they will
bring to the show.”Design Dance Group from Chi-
cago will also be performing. The group will be opening and
closing the show with performers. One of the performers of Design
Dance Group will also be judging the competing dance groups.
Centeno said the first-place win-ners will receive $300, second place will receive $200, third place will receive $100 and fourth place will win $50.
Centeno said the audience can
look forward to seeing some good work from the groups.
“I fee l l ike the compet i t ion amongst the crews will entertain the audience,” Centeno said. “The friendly competition vibe amongst the groups will make for a good show.”
Centeno said the audience can re-ally show their support for a group during the show.
“It’s going to be very active be-cause audience members can get glow sticks of a color that represents
the team they are supporting,” Cen-teno said.
Centeno said she is looking for-ward to seeing what each group brings to the stage.
“It’ll be fun to watch them give their best and fight for the title,” Centeno said.
Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
By Samantha McDaniel Activities Editor
Celebrat ion Weekend is just around the corner, and one focal point of Saturday night’s events wil l be The All-American Boys Chorus, a group of singers ages 9 to 14.
The group will perform a wide range of American music during the “Salute to America’s Music” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doud-na Fine Arts Center.
Dan Crews, the director of pa-tron services for the Doudna Fine Arts Center, said the boys chorus is made up of 32 members. The group has been in formation for about 40 years with a rotating cast of members.
“Usually that’s the time boys be-gin to change,” Crews said. “That’s when the exit the crowd, because their voices begin to mature a lit-tle bit.”
Crews said the group has trav-eled around the world and have done a variety of songs. He is hap-py to have them as the last touring event of the school year.
“They are part of the festivi-
ties surrounding the arts festival,” Crews said. “They are just a good quality family entertainment type program.”
Crews said the group will be singing familiar songs.
“They are what I call those ‘text-book’ classic songs from Broad-way or those patriotic songs we all know,” Crews said. “I think that the version these singers will be singing will be spectacular.”
Crews said he thinks the group will be entertaining for the audi-ence.
“ W h e n w e c o n t r a c t e d t h i s group, one of the appeals to use was just the entertainment quality,” Crews said. “They don’t just sing, they are a really animated group.”
Crews said the choir does not only sing.
“They’ve developed a reputation not only for their singing, but also for theatrical type movements that they bring along to their show,” Crews said.
Crews said he thinks the skills of the group will surprise the au-dience.
“I think the audience will ap-preciate the artistry and the abili-ties that these youngsters will have singing” Crew said. “I think a lot of people always appreciate a choir because you have a blending of all those voices coming together.”
Crew said he is excited to see how the choir performs.
“This i s the f i r s t t ime we’ve had a choir like this,” Crews said. “We have done our own choirs here, but we’ve never had a tour-ing choir, and I’m interested to see how their show goes and what they bring to the table.”
Crews said the show is appro-priate for people of all ages.
“I think this is going to be a show that cuts across many gener-ations,” Crews said. “You are go-
ing to have everything from fam-ilies to retirees who come out to see the show.”
Tickets for the event are $7 for students, $12 for seniors 62 and older and $15 for general public.
Crews said he hopes the audi-ence members enjoy the concert.
“People enjoy the boys choirs because there comes a time when young kids like to sing, especial-ly for boys. As they get older they
drift away, think it’s not the thing to do,” Crews said. “When you have a choir of that many young people, I think the blending of the voices is absolutely beautiful.”
Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
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FILE PHOTO | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSMembers of the dance group Rhythm and X-tacy perform March 7, 2011, during the EIU Best Dance Crew Competition in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Groups to bust moves for best dance crew
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Celebration Weekend to feature boys chorus
SUBMIT TED PHOTOThe All-American Boys Chorus will perform April 21 in Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center as part of the festivities of Celebration 2012. The group will perform its Salute to America's Music including patriotic songs, popular Broadway numbers and songs by various American bands including the Beach Boys.
Group to perform wide range of American music
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Burnham Neal’s legacy lives on through us all
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COLUMNSTAFF EDITORIAL
The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
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“Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.”
Editor in ChiefShelley Holmgren
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News Editor Elizabeth Edwards
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Letters to the editor can be brought in with identification to The DEN at 1811 Buzzard Hall.
Letters may also be submitted electronically from the author’s EIU e-mail address to [email protected].
To me, comic book conventions are like Christmas, my birthday and Guy Fawkes Day combined. I celebrate my favorite creators, I award myself with gifts and goodies and there is a slight chance I will plot a revolution.
As I drove home from the Chica-go Comics and Entertainment Expo Monday afternoon, I felt the first waves of PCDS (Post-Con Depression Syn-drome) set in. There is such a rush from going to these conventions, and being surrounded by other people who also carry a Sonic Screwdriver in their pocket and will join you in shouting “Khan!!” on the floor on your knees. These are my people. My brothers in arms. Leaving them is never an easy task. As a coping mechanism for my PCDS (it’s a scientific thing … prob-ably) I wanted to regale in my tales of nerd wonder, but also share some nug-gets of expo wisdom, because some people really need to be hit with this knowledge, yo.
PRO: Cosplaying.Cosplayers are those brave, patient
souls who spend months crafting cos-tumes of their favorite comic, an-ime, videogame or pop-culture charac-ter and adorn them for conventions. I adore these people. But there is a lim-it to my love. For those who consider braving the time-honored tradition of adorning themselves with wings, leath-er, horns or claw, I salute you. Howev-er, have respect for the character and what an art form cosplaying is to do it right. Nothing saddens me more than seeing a half-assed costume. If you are going to dress up as grand mercenary supreme Deadpool, commit to it. This
may mean carrying tacos in your utili-ty belt next to your handgun. It’s what Wade Wilson would do.
Do your research and know your character. I have a deep-rooted respect for those who go the extra mile when they cosplay. For example, my favorite cosplayer of the weekend was a Skrull (that’s a green shape-shifting alien for you noobs) Ms. Marvel circa Marvel’s “Secret Invasion” story event. It was ex-ecuted beautifully. She deserved all the awards. All of them.
CON: The smell. Yes, conventions have a distinct smell. When my nerd-mates and I boarded the shuttle bus from the hotel to the convention, our nostrils were invaded by a putrid-smell-ing aroma. Eau de nerd, if you will. It’s a pungent combination of Taco Bell, body odor and regret.
For the love of Odin, abide by the 1-3-5 rule if you are attending a con-vention: One shower, three meals (and yes, Churros can count as a meal in my eyes) and five hours of sleep per day. It will make your life and the attendees around you much more agreeable.
PRO: Meeting your favorite cre-ators. This is the reason why I go into debt to attend these conventions. It’s the reason us nerds crawl out of our
Netflix caves and take a break from long box archiving. This weekend, I met some of my heroes - Gail Simone, Geoff Johns, Bill Willingham, Adam Hughes - the list goes on. Don’t chick-en out when it comes to meeting them. Bite the bullet. Tell them you appreci-ate their work. It’s the reason they do what they do.
CON: Disrespectful fans. At comic book conventions, the way creators are able to cover their costs just to have a booth is by taking commission orders. They will often spend the whole week-end at their table working on these re-quests. It’s unspoken comic convention etiquette not to bother an artist when they are in the middle of sketching. Rest assured, they will have a scheduled signing time. Recognize it.
CON: Those who don’t abide by convention rules. Too often at con-ventions I see people are far too dis-tracted by spandex and never-end-ing long boxes of comics to remember common sense. There are many guide-lines when it comes to meeting cre-ators and celebrities - so and so cannot do posed pictures, this creator can only sign five items, etc.
It’s logical logic. It only makes every one else’s life harder when you bring a giant stack of Green Lantern trades to Mr. Geoff Johns (nerd icon extraordi-naire) and expect him to sign them all. Harrumph. I will be the girl who also waited an hour in line for the signing giving you a vicious stink eye.
Shelley Holmgren is a senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-7942
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Nerd etiquette: ComicCon Pros and Cons
LET TER TO THE EDITOR
A long-time supporter of Eastern died in a fire on Thurs-day at his private residence.
Burnham Neal, 89, grew up in Toledo and spent his whole life giving back to Coles Coun-ty.
The Eastern community will miss Neal and is grateful for all his contributions to Eastern and higher education.
Many students entering Charleston for the first time have driven in on Route 16 past the Neal Welcome Center.
For many students, the cen-ter was their first experience with Eastern, though many stu-dents know little about the man behind the name.
Burnham Neal was perhaps the greatest philanthropist in this area’s history.
Neal made his fortune through Neal Tire & Auto Ser-vice, which he founded and built into a booming regional business.
A humble man by all accounts, Neal put his money back into the community.
Neal was truly a fighter for higher education and donated $2 mil-lion for the center.
Robert Webb, chairman of the Board of Trustees, told The News Neal understood that, in order to have a good education, students must have good facilities.
Neal did everything in his power to ensure that the students of Coles County had first-rate facilities in order to receive a quality education.
Not only were Neal and his wife, Nancy, supporters of Eastern, but the couple did more for the students of Lake Land College than anyone in its history.
Neal made many contributions to the community college, fund-ing dozens of scholarships per year and helping Lake Land improve its campus, and a building has been named in his honor, the Burn-ham Neal Building.
In Eastern’s history, few provided more financial support than Burnham and Nancy Neal, and they were recognized for their great contributions to the university.
In 1997, Eastern named its annual Philanthropy Awards after the Neals.
Neal won a humanitarian award for his gifts to Eastern and also received an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Eastern in 2003.
His daughter-in-law, Cindy Neal, said, “Burnham goes beyond giving. He is an anomaly of a person.”
As described by Bob Martin, vice president for university advancement, in a released statement, “Neal’s gifts are incalculable and Eastern will always be grateful for Neal’s forward-thinking gen-erosity.”
Webb said the university was shocked about what happened and believed Eastern and higher education had lost a great friend.
Indeed, students, faculty and residents have lost a friend—some-one who truly understood how important higher education is.
We have lost someone who loved this university at least as much as we do.
Neal invested his time and money into helping Eastern become the university we love.
We are part of his legacy, and it is up to us to make the most of his contributions.
We will miss you Neal, and thank you for all your contributions to this great institution.
Ann Romney more than ‘stay-at-home-mom’Describing Mrs. Ann Romney
as a “stay-at-home-mom” or “just a mom” is an unfair labeling.
The label suggests the image of a woman who is lazy, doing lit-tle more than watching soap op-eras and eating chocolate candy all day.
Let us instead think of her as a full-time homemaker.
Raising five sons cannot
have been easy, as Mr. Romney worked to support his home, act-ing as a man should to support his family.
The sociologist Eric Fromm, in his 1956 book “The Art of Loving,” notes that one could tell the difference between children who were given “milk and hon-ey” at home and others who were not.
My bet is that Mrs. Romney gave the milk and honey.
The benefits and blessings of this to society are far too good to disparage by punishing the exis-tence of the full-time homemak-er.
Truly Yours,
Leonidas MillerMattoon
Burnham Neal, local philanthropist and one of Eastern’s biggest suporters, died Thursday in a fire at his Mattoon home.
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By Kathryn Richter City Editor
The Charleston City Council will vote on an ordinance that will raise the water and sewer rates for resi-dents during today’s meeting.
During the last city council meet-ing, the ordinance was filed for pub-lic inspection and will raise the rates for water usage.
The rates would increase from $11.65 minimum charge for 1,000 gallons or less to $12.06. The ordi-nance would also increase the rates for the next 9,000 gallons from $11.65 per 1,000 gallons to $12.06 for those who live within corporate limits.
The rates will increase depend-ing on the location of the address, as well as a different increase for service to Eastern.
The council will also vote on a motion to approve the budget for the upcoming year.
The council will also vote on an ordinance that will raise the ambu-lance rates. The base rates for ambu-lance services for residents of the city will be raised to $385 from $372.40 for basic life support.
The rates will also increase de-pending on the level of the life sup-port, the medical supplies used by the patient, extrication services, as well as a per-mile charge.
During the last council meeting, Mayor John Inyart said the rate will be increased because of the growing cost for the city to provide the ser-vices.
The city council will also vote on an ordinance that will allow business owners located in the square to re-ceive money as a part of the Tax In-crement Redevelopment Plan.
Those who will receive the grant include Mike Ziebka, John Wil-liams, James DiNaso, Bob Murphy, Kathy Jenkins, Todd Cornwell, Tina Grissom and Shi Jie Gao.
Inyart will also appoint Cathy Ols to the Charleston Carnegie Library Board of Trustees and Inyart will also re-appointment current mem-bers Alan Lanham and Mary Droste.
Inyart will also proclaim the week of April 22 through April 28 as Ro-tary Group Study Exchange Program Week.
Kathryn Richter can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
Council to vote on water, sewer rates
FILE PHOTO I | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSTrumpter Cassandra Bugbee performs "Perdido" by Juan Tizol with the Vanguard Sextet during the EIU Jazz Combos Dec. 1 in the Black Box Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The EIU Jazz Combos will perform Thursday at 7:30 p.m., also in the Black Box.
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By Samantha McDaniel Activities Editor
Student jazz performers will take the reins in a student-coordinated, partially student composed con-cert to wrap up their work for the school year on Thursday.
The EIU Jazz Combos, com-prised of the Apollo Quartet, Van-guard Sextet, Birdland Quartet and Blue Note Quintet, perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in in the Black Box Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
Paul Johnston, the director of the Jazz Lab Band and coordinator for the Eastern combo program, said he is excited about the performance and seeing the combos for the last
time. “The program will include clas-
sic jazz compositions, along with some new compositions that the students wrote,” Johnston said.
Johnston said he is able to see the musical growth from the students first show on Dec. 1 until now.
“From my perspective, it’s just been exciting to see all the groups grow and improve in the past year,” Johnston said. “It’s exciting for me to be a part of that process.”
Johnston and Andrew Cheetham coached each group as these groups worked on pieces all year.
“This is the chance for students to really perform the music they’ve been working on all year for the au-dience,” Johnston said.
Johnston said with the differ-ent combos comes different ways of performing.
“I’m just looking forward to hearing all of the fellas perform and see what they do,” Johnston said.
Johnston said the thing that is re-ally important is what the students gain.
“The more frequently they per-form, the more comfortable they become,” Johnston said.
Johnston said he cannot wait to see how the combos perform in front of an audience.
“Performing for an audience, it adds a new dynamic,” Johnston said. “We spend a lot of time as musicians practicing by ourselves or with groups, but it’s new when
there is an audience there.”Johnston said musicians perform
because they love to, but want to show audiences what they can do.
“It’s just nice to have the oppor-tunity to share what you’ve done with others,” Johnston said. “
Johnston said he hopes the audi-ence will enjoy the last jazz combo of the year.
“I think audience will appreciate the variety of music and the vari-ety of performers,” Johnston said. “I think they will like the level of mu-sicianship of the students because they are amazing.”
Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812
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By Robyn Dexter Campus Editor
The sisters of the Delta Delta Delta sorority will have their big-gest fundraising event of the year to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on April 21.
The event, called Twist of Hope, will feature teams competing in Twister tournaments with increas-ing difficulty.
Olivia Dziedzinskyj, a member of Tri Delta and the coordinator of the event, said the tournament will begin at 11 a.m. on April 21 at the chapter house in Greek Court.
Sorority and fraternity teams will compete at 11 a.m., followed by family and friends teams competing at 12:30 p.m.
“All the girls in the house are re-quired to have a team, “ she said.
The first round will be normal Twister, but the rounds will get harder as the teams of four progress.
“The second round, we add soap and water, and the last round we’ll add baby oil to make it super slip-pery,” she said.
Dziedzinskyj said the winner will receive a trophy, and food will be available for purchase.
Tri Delta is accepting donations throughout the fundraiser, with all funds going to St. Jude’s.
“The goal is to raise as much money as possible for St. Jude,” she said. “Hopefully we’ll raise at least a few thousand dollars.”
Dziedzinskyj said that the East-ern chapter of Tri Delta has raised around $12,000 this year alone for St. Jude’s.
Dziedzinskyj said she hopes to beat the $15,000 the chapter was able to raise last year.
“The overall St. Jude-Tri Delta partnership has a goal of $15 mil-lion in five years, so we want to contribute to that as much as possi-ble,” she said.
Dziedzinskyj said Tri Delta has reached out to other sororities and fraternities on campus and has had several Greek teams sign up.
“I’m hoping there will be near 30 to 40 teams participating,” she said.
There will also be a silent auc-tion with baskets available to bid on with themes such as Starbucks, Mary Kay and Buffalo Wild Wings.
Dziedzinskyj said other activ-ities throughout the 2011-2012 school year have also benefited St. Jude’s, including Delta Dodgeball, can shaking outside of Walmart and letter-writing campaigns to families and friends.
“Next year, I ’m planning on opening (letter-writing) up to the whole campus,” she said. “I want the whole campus to be a part of this, not just Greeks.”
Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812
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Rich said their proposal came as an alternative to Senate Bill 512, which would nearly double an employee’s 8-percent contribution rate to more than 15 percent. They wanted to cre-ate a reform that did not overburden any one constituency, he said.
“(Senate Bill 512) was unaccept-able mainly because it placed the re-sponsibility for reform on the backs of employees, and it’s employees who would have to make the major cost for reform,” Rich said.
The “Fiscal Sustainability and Retirement Security: A Reform Pro-posal for the Illinois State Univer-sities Retirement System” report re-volves around three main goals that they said pension reform should provide.
Brown said the first, and most important, is to provide public uni-versities and community colleges with the ability to compete in or-der to recruit and retain employees.
Roger Beck, the chairman of the Council on University Planning and Budget, said the retirement numbers across the state are up 40 percent, and there are more than 100 peo-ple at Eastern who may retire with-in the year.
“The issue of losing faculty and staff on June 30 is having to recruit other employees who may look at our retirement plan and think that it is not up to what is being offered at other universities,” Beck said.
The other two goals consist of cre-
ating fiscal sustainability by redis-tributing the funding burden and creating a reform that is constitu-tional and will not be rejected by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Brown said they suggest phasing in an increase in contribution rate over seven years, which would not exceed 10-to-11 percent.
The constitutionality comes into play from a clause added to the Illi-nois Constitution about 42 years ago.
Rich said the benefits of current employees are protected by the non-impairment clause in Article XIII Section 5 of the state constitution, but it could be interpreted differently.
“The non-impairment clause says the pension benefit that you have on your first day of employment is the pension benefit you are guaranteed throughout your career,” Rich said. “However, this can also be interpret-ed that your pension benefit remains the same up until the day of pension reform.”
They also addressed the issue of the unfunded pension liability that could be more than $80 billion among the five Illinois pension sys-tems.
Brown said it is solely the respon-sibility of the state to pay for the pension under funding, and their proposal is meant to help with cur-rent and future budgetary concerns.
Rachel Rodgers can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].
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Brant Valach has also enjoyed a successful freshman campaign, as his .278 batting average ranks fourth on the team. Valach is also tied for the team-lead in RBI (18), strikeouts (9), and ranks fourth in hits with 32.
In the series against Eastern Kentucky, the Panthers posted a season-best .291 batting average in an OVC three-game series. A dom-inant, conference-leading pitch-ing stuff, plus a reliable offense, will have Eastern in contention for a conference title come May 26 if they continue to progress through-out the season.
Austin Peay continues to build on its impressive season as it re-corded a pair of wins against OVC-rival Murray State over the week-end. The Governors improved their overall record to 22-13 and remain in first place in the OVC with a record of 9-2.
The Jacksonville State Game-cocks remain in contention for the OVC regular-season crown as they also took two-of-three games against conference opponent Ten-nessee-Martin. The Gamecocks are just 14-20 overall but have drasti-cally improved in conference play with a record of 8-4, good for sec-ond place in the OVC.
The Pan the r s (14 -19 , 5-6 OVC) will be back in action on Wednesday, when they wil l host in-state rival Illinois-Urba-na-Champaign at Peterson Park in Mattoon. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.
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Maday, Mennenga make moves on mound
Eastern also had great pitching performances from the sophomore duo of Stephanie Maday and Hanna Mennenga. Maday picked up a win in the first contest. For the weekend, she pitched 8.1 innings while only al-lowing two runs on six hits and two walks. She also struck out eight Eagles en route to the victory. He record on the mound improved to 12-9.
Mennenga pitched 5.2 innings while only allowing one run on two hits and three walks. Mennenga is now 10-5 on the mound after her strong performance.
Tennessee-Martin leads OVC, Panthers third
After sweeping Tennessee Tech in its two game series, Eastern moved up
to third place in the OVC standings with its 12-6 conference record. Sit-ting pretty in first place is Tennessee-Martin, who improved its overall re-cord to 30-13 and its conference re-cord to 18-3. Eastern still has a three game series against Tennessee-Mar-tin later in the season, so it will have a chance to move up the standings. Jacksonville State is currently in sec-ond place in the OVC standing with a 17-7 conference record.
Eastern’s next game will be this Wednesday at Williams Field when they take on Southeast Missouri in the series finale, with the first pitch scheduled for a 5 p.m. start.
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The Eastern women’s tennis team dropped its regular season finale on Sun-day to Ohio Valley Conference oppo-nent Tennessee-Martin. The Panthers fell 6-1 to the Skyhawks at Darling Courts, bringing the team’s record to 9-10 on the season, and 5-4 in the OVC.
The Panthers saw only one win in sin-gles play, with junior Merritt Whitley defeating Johanie Van Zyl. Whitley se-cured the win, taking the sets by scores of 6-2 and 6-1.
Sophomore Janelle Prisner fell to Jodie Tiley, while senior Amanda Dibbs fell to Anna Winkelmann. Freshman Sephora Boulbahaiem was defeated by Ivon Simic, while senior Annie Egan lost to Anna Marie Herbold. Junior Kristen Laird fell t oAlice Laing.
In doubles play, the Panthers were swept in all three matches. Tiley and Simic took down Prisner and Whitley, while Laing and Winkelmann defeat-ed Boulbahaiem and Laird. The team of Dibbs and Egan fell to Tennessee-Mar-tin’s Katie McCall and Van Zyl.
OVC tournament field setDespite the loss, the Panthers still find
themselves in the OVC tournament, en-tering as the No. 5 seed. Eastern Ken-tucky is the No. 1 seed, while Tennessee-Martin is the No. 2 seed. The No. 1 and 2 seeds receive byes in the tournament.
Eastern will take on Austin Peay, who is the No. 4 seed, in its first match of the tournament. The winner will take on Eastern Kentucky.
No. 3 seed Murray State will take on
No. 6 seed Morehead State, with the winner advancing to play Tennessee-Martin.
The first round of the tournament be-gins Friday in Nashville, with the semifi-nals and championship taking place Sat-urday.
Tennessee-Martin won year’s regular
season championship, while Jacksonville State would win the tournament. East-ern has never won the OVC champion-ship in women’s tennis.
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Panthers enter as No. 5 seed in tournament
KIMBERLY FOSTER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Sophomore Janelle Prisner backhands a return March 24 during her single's match against Jacksonville State University's Raisa Guasti at home on the Rex Darling courts.
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By Jordan Pottorff Assistant Sports Editor
Although Eastern’s baseball team dropped two of three games to its Ohio Valley Conference rival East-ern Kentucky, the Panthers continue to improve on the offensive side head-ing into the stretch run of the regu-lar season.
Eastern has improved its team bat-ting average from the low .230’s to just under the .250 mark heading into its matchup against in-state rival Illi-nois-Urbana-Champaign on Wednes-day in Mattoon.
The Panthers have struggled to find consistency on the offensive side for the majority of the season but now have four players hitting above .275. The Panthers have also averaged just under six runs per game over the past three weeks after scoring just above three runs per game in the first month of the season.
Red-shirt senior T.J. McManus has been on a torrid pace of late, as he has seen his batting average climb 50 points over the past two weeks.
“The key was to keep adding on
runs throughout the game, and we were able to do that,” Eastern head coach Jim Schmitz said in a press re-lease. “T.J. McManus got some big hits on the weekend when we needed him to come through.”
In the series against Eastern Ken-tucky, McManus posted a .538 bat-ting average, belted three home runs and recorded five RBI in the three-
game series. For the season, McM-anus’ .340 batting average leads the team, and he also ranks first in home runs (6), RBI (18), doubles (8), and slugging percentage (.600). Junior Ryan Dineen has also posted solid numbers in 2012, as he is hitting .331 with two home runs and 15 RBI. He has recorded a team-leading 39 hits and has swiped a team-best 12 bases
in 16 attempts.Sophomore catcher Jacob Reese
has been a force behind the plate and a catalyst on the offensive side, as his .297 batting average ranks third on the team. Reese is also tied for the team lead in doubles (8), ranks sec-ond in RBI (17) and second in hits (35). He has also been a weapon be-hind the plate, as he has thrown out
18-of-30 base stealers, good for a 60 percent success rate. The Panthers also lead the OVC in steals, as they have surrendered just 14 stolen bases on the season. The second-place teams – Jacksonville State and Eastern Ken-tucky – have allowed 31 stolen bases this season.
DANNY DAMIANI | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSSophomore catcher Jacob Reese stares down the ball and prepares to swing during Eastern's doubleheader against Austin Peay Saturday, April 7, at Coaches Stadium.
Panthers finding offensive grooveMcManus Pacing Panthers at the plate
SOFTBALL
By Erik Jensen Staff Reporter
The Eastern softball team swept the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in a tightly contested conference se-ries. Eastern improved its overall re-cord to 22-17. The Panthers have now won seven straight conference games and are 12-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference after starting the season with a 5-6 conference record.
O’Dell continues hot hittingIn last weekend’s series, freshman
shortstop Bailey O’Dell was the top Panther hitter. She went five-for-eight at the plate with three runs scored and an RBI. Three of her five hits came in the form of dou-bles. With her great play this week-end, O’Dell was able to raise her batting average to .390, which leads the team. She also leads the team with 20 RBIs, 26 runs scored and 15 doubles.
Catcher Abby Wood and third baseman Ashleigh Westover also had big weekends at the plate for the Panthers. Wood went two-for-
five with two runs scored and a go-ahead RBI. Westover was also two-for-five with two RBIs and a run scored.
Melise Brown and Kaylie Pruett rounded out the offensive attack for Eastern this weekend with batting averages of .333. They both had an RBI and a run scored. Brown was three-for-three on stolen base at-tempts. For the season, she is 13-16 on stolen base attempts, which is by far the team high.
Eastern moves up to third place in OVC standings
Z ACHARY WHITE | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Sophomore Stephanie Maday throws out the runner at first to end the game at Williams Field on Sunday, April 15. The Panthers beat Tennessee Tech 7-2 in the first game of their doubleheader and won the second game 3-1.
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By Dominic Renzetti Sports Editor
To go along with the Eastern track and field team’s 11 first-place finishes, the Panthers also brought in a num-ber of top-ten finishes, as well as times that now rank among the all-time best in Eastern history. The Panthers com-peted at the Hilltopper Relays, host-ed by Western Kentucky in Bowling Green, Ky.
Following red-shirt sophomores Mick Viken and Jade Riebold’s fin-ishes in the men’s and women’s pole vault events, the Panthers had a num-ber of other competitors place. Fol-lowing Viken was red-shirt senior Joe Noonan in second with a mark of 17-feet, 0.75-inches. In third was soph-omore Dan Chalus, vaulting 16-feet, 0.75-inches. Noonan’s vault puts him at No. 2 on the all-time list, while Chalus’ puts him at No. 9 on the all-time list.
On the women’s side, junior Abi-gail Schmitz finished second behind Riebold, vaulting 12-feet, 3.5-inches. Schmitz’s mark puts her at No. 2 all-time on the Eastern list.
Sophomore Kaleel Johnson fin-ished in third place in the men’s 100-meter dash with a time of 10.61 seconds. Junior Erika Ramos finished third in the women’s 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:45.56, while fresh-man Bryce Basting finished in second place on the men’s side with a time of 3:55.97.
In the 800-meter events, freshman Ephraim Dorsey finished third with a time of 1:55.18. Junior Paige Biehler
also finished third, crossing the finish line in 2:18.13.
Senior Emily Quinones finished third in the women’s 200-meter dash with a time of 24.56 seconds, which is the No. 8 time on the all-time Eastern list. Sophomore Jalisa Paramore fin-ished third in the women’s 100-meter hurdles, posting a time of 14.21 sec-onds. Paramore’s time also cracked the Eastern best list, becoming the No. 5 all-time mark.
Sophomore Cody Boarman fin-ished in second place in the men’s 400-meter run with a time of 48.04. Boarman finished behind teammate Stefan Gorol, who finished first. Ju-nior Dominique Hall finished third in the men’s 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.37.
In field events, junior Bryce Ho-gan finished third in the men’s long jump with a mark of 24-feet, 10-inch-es. The mark puts Hogan No. 9 on the Eastern career list. Red-shirt soph-omore Tyler Allen finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 47-feet, 9.25-inches. Freshman Maura Cummins finished third in the wom-en’s high jump with a mark of 5-feet, 5-inches, while senior Queenie Ade-boyejo finished second in the tri-ple jump with a mark of 39-feet, 0.5-inches.
The Panthers will compete again next weekend at the Vanderbilt Invite in Nashville, Tenn.
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Panthers rack up finishes at Relays
