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By Kathryn Richter City Editor

The Charleston City Council approved the hiring of an engineer group to design an additional left turn lane at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Ninth Street on Tues-day.

During the meeting, a presentation was given by Brad Townsend, a strategic and financial ad-viser from Ehlers, Inc., on the results from the issues discussed during the city’s planning re-treat.

Townsend presented the priorities that each department had identified during the retreat, as well as the master list of the city of Charleston’s top 22 priorities.

“It is not just a master to-do list,” Townsend said. “It is really a set of self-imposed challeng-es.”

Out of the 22 items on the master to-do list, Townsend said 19 of those items have been completed, partially completed, or started.

Townsend also noted that the items on the list could be subject to change depending on the circumstances.

“You make it a working document, not a blind one that you just follow,” Townsend said.

Townsend also said the police reported alco-hol and drug incidents decreased and that 85 percent of the concrete streets in Charleston are in good shape.

Townsend also said he hopes the renovations of hotels in the area a sign the economy is taking a turn for the better.

Townsend said the hospitality and hotel in-dustry is usually at the forefront of economic trends, meaning when the economy is good, the hospitality and hotel industry see those benefits quicker, but when the economy decreases, the industry is the first to show that.

By Kathryn Richter City Editor

Joey’s Place and Haiti Connec-tion collaborated in a Tuesday event to raise $855 for the volun-teer group’s efforts in Haiti.

Haiti is the third poorest coun-try in the world and the poorest in the Western hemisphere.

Haiti Connection Member Molly Malec, a sophomore busi-ness management major, said var-ious paintings, baskets and two paintings made by Eastern stu-dents were auctioned off. Malec said all items, with the exception of a sculpture, were auctioned off.

Malec a l so sa id the group hoped to find sponsors for chil-dren in pre-school to elementa-ry school in Barasa, a rural Hai-tian village.

Amanda Korduck, a junior Spanish major, said she also spon-

sors a child through the Haiti Connection program.

Malec said the children write letters and send pictures to their sponsors, and sponsors some-times send letters and gifts to their “children.”

Malec said the cost of sponsor-ing a child for one year is $30.

Korduck said she could not think of a better way to spend Fat Tuesday than by eating greasy food and support ing a good cause.

Patti Bychowski, a senior fam-ily and consumer sciences ma-jor, said she came out to Joey’s to support the Haiti Connection.

Bychowski said she attends the Newman Catholic Center and also sponsors a child through the Haiti Connection program.

“Giving back is just something I would obviously want to do,” Bychowski said.

Malec said by sponsoring the

children of Haiti, people are al-lowing them to continue their education.

Other items that were available at the Haiti Connection event were hand-woven baskets, which were made of dried palm leaves, made by a Haitian man named Jacques—who is paralyzed from the waist down.

Catholic miss ionaries who taught Jacques to weave the bas-kets, Malec said.

Malec said all the proceeds from the event are going toward a new program called Espwa Pou Demen, which is a Creole saying meaning “hope for tomorrow.”

Hanna McHugh, a s en ior health studies major, is the per-son in charge of the new project.

“I think the best part about Espwa Pou Demen is it’s a mix-ture of all our other programs,” Malec said.

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By Dave Balson Opinions Editor

On Sept . 18 , 1858 , more than 12,000 people crowded into the Charleston fairgrounds to listen to a three-hour politi-cal debate.

Stephen Douglas, the popular incumbent senator, agreed to sev-en debates with his Republican opponent, an eloquent, some-what radical politician named Abraham Lincoln.

The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 are the most famous po-litical debates in American histo-ry; they served as an impetus for Lincoln's eventual 1860 presi-dential election and spoke to the larger national debate over slav-ery that later erupted into Civ-il War.

O n Tu e s d a y, f e w e r t h a n t w o m i l e s f r o m t h e s i t e o f the Charleston debate, mem-bers of the Eastern communi-ty crowded into the Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center to see LA Theatre Works' pro-duction of “The Rivalry,” Nor-man Corwin's play depicting the historic debates.

The dialogue is almost entire-ly drawn from excerpts of tran-scripts of the debates, arranging bits and pieces to turn 21 hours of oratory into 90 minutes of compelling drama.

There is no shortage of great lines to work with; both men were renowned for their pro-digious rhetorical abilities and

sharp wits.But “The Rivalry” is far more

than a “greatest hits” homage to the debates.

Corwin somehow managed to arrange a script that captures the intense emotions of the slavery debate, the motivations and ra-

tionalizations of the candidates, and the relationship, based in both enmity and respect, between these two giants.

Rebecca Mozo narrates the play as Adele Douglas, Stephen's wife, which holds the play to-gether by providing context and

perspective. History buffs will not mind

that her scenes are fictionalized, as they create a side plot that re-flects the overall moral rightness of Lincoln's argument against slavery.

Lincoln-Douglas ‘Rivalry’ returns to Charleston Historic debates retold in Doudna

SETH SCHROEDER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSAbraham Lincoln, played by Robert Parsons, tells a joke about Stephen Douglas, played by Josh Clark, dur-ing Norman Corwin’s "The Rivalry" performed by LA Theatre Works Tuesday evening in The Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

SHEA LAZ ANSKY | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSRecent graduate Daniel Orlando calls out to drivers on the corner of Ninth Street and Lincoln Ave in the hopes of bringing customers into Joey's to support the Haiti Connection's "Haiti Night" event on Feb. 21. The goal of the Haiti Connec-tion, a group through the Newman Center, was to donate 20 percent of earnings from dine-in and take-out purchases to Haiti.

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In the article “Musical groups combine to spread American music,” in Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News, information was incor-rectly given—the Four Freshman have played with symphony orchestras in the past.

The News regrets the error.

By Amy Wywialowski Staff Reporter

The Student Senate has no new or old business to address on its agenda.

Mitchell Gurick, a Student Senate member and the chair of the oversight subcommittee deal-ing with internal relations, said Student Senate members will continue to address internal af-fairs with a discussion about pro-cedure with aspects like bylaws for next year.

However, it will not present the results of the discussions until around March 7, Gurick said.

“We want to get the legislation just right,” said Gurick, a freshman career and technical education ma-jor.

The planning began last semester and the subcommittee chair mem-bers continue to discuss a way to present it.

The Student Senate will meet to-day at 7 p.m. in the Arcola-Tusco-la Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Student Senate Speaker Zach Samples, a sophomore history ma-jor, said the internal plan was bro-ken into three subcommittees each in charge of a different aspect of the process.

Samples said the purpose of the process as overlooking and seeing

how they operate and how they can improve it by creating an open di-alogue.

Gurick said his subcommittee went through all the bylaws one by one and discussed things they wanted to change like raising the GPA requirement to be a Student Senate member.

“We basically printed out our comments and filled out a work-sheet form explaining our rational and turned it into (Samples),” Gu-rick said.

Jenna Mitchell, a Student Senate member and a junior political sci-ence major, said the members gath-ered student feedback of what they knew about the Student Senate by setting up a table and sending out surveys.

Mitchel l sa id students did not know when the Student Senate meets, who is involved and what the organization or members do.

“We’re looking into higher re-quirements for our (members) concerning student interaction,” Mitchell said. “Possibly putting a table out every Wednesday with our proposals and agen-das was one of the ideas brought up.”

Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812

or alwywialowski@eiu.edu.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Senate has no new business on agenda

By Shelley Holmgren Editor-in-Chief

For the first time in recent histo-ry, members of Eastern's faculty and administration are taking a new ap-proach to contract negotiations.

Today, the negotiating teams from Eastern's chapter of the Universi-ty Professionals of Illinois, the union group representing Eastern faculty and staff, and the administration will meet with a federal mediator to be-gin the process of interest-based bar-gaining.

The difference between positional bargaining, the traditional approach, and interest-based bargaining is the fact that a federal mediator will be pres-ent at all sessions to facilitate the dis-cussion, said Political Science Profes-sor Grant Sterling, UPI/EIU's chief ne-gotiator.

“Each (negotiating team) comes to the table with certain issues they would like to have resolved, rath-er than asking for a specific change,” Sterling said.

To reach the current agreement, both teams endured almost nine months of rocky negotiations from June of 2010 to February of 2011 that were anchored down with concerns about furlough language and salaries.

And still, both teams were only able to come to a two-year agree-ment, as opposed to the traditional four-year contract. Perry said he had gone through interest-based bargain-ing training in the past.

“During the last negotiation, I heard some members talk about in-terest-based bargaining because they knew I had experience with it when I first interviewed for the president position,” Perry said. “I reviewed my

knowledge and came to the conclu-sion it would be worth a try.”

From his training, Perry said he learned that if both teams can find common interests, then it makes the process of coming to an agreement much more valid because it is inter-est based.

In the fall of last year, members of both negotiating teams met with Fed-eral Mediator Conrad Bowling, of the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service, to undergo interest-based bar-gaining training.

Before the bargaining took place, Bowling had to determine whether both parties could be amiable enough for interest-based bargaining to work.

Once both parties were given the green light to proceed with this new bargaining method, Allison said the UPI/EIU negotiating team be-gan conducting general membership

meetings and surveys to determine whether its members would approve of interest-based bargaining.

For the first session, both teams will begin laying the foundation and ground rules for the remainder of the bargaining sessions, as well as deter-mining what the central issues to dis-cuss will be, Sterling said.

“I would really like interest-based bargaining to work because I would like to work together with the ad-ministration to come up with ideas that make sense and would make the university a better place,” he said.

Shelley Holmgren can be reached at 581-2912

or deneic@gmail.com.

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SABRINA DUNC AN | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSTkeyah Ford, a sophomore mathematics major, bowls Tuesday at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union bowling lanes. Ford played with Michelle Taylor, a senior elementary education major.

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By Pablo Rodriguez Staff Reporter

The Student Organization Cab-inet met Tuesday to consider the acquisition of the “Student Or-ganization Management,” a web-based software program that could facilitate communication among the Eastern community.

Kaci Abolt , the student vice president for student affairs and a junior communication studies ma-jor, said “OrgSync,” which is short for “Student Organization Man-agement” would cost the universi-ty approximately $10,000 a year.

If purchased, “OrgSync” could offer administrators, faculty, stu-dents and student organizations a simple and effective way to com-municate with one another at any time of the day, Abolt said.

Abolt said she is in the process of introducing “OrgSync” to or-ganizations such as the Student Life Office and others on campus to then seek economic support to purchase it.

They are also consulting with

other state universities that have purchased the software to learn how they managed to bring it to campus, Abolt said.

Student Body President Ed Ho-twagner, a senior mathematics ma-jor, said the program would be easy for students to use.

“It will work like a social net-work kind of like Facebook, which a lot of people are familiar with,” Hotwagner said.

Hotwagner said the software also provides a feature to help stu-dents link their PantherMail ac-count to the website for easier ac-cess.

“OrgSync” was co-founded in 2007 in Austin Texas by entrepre-neurs Eric Fortenberry and Cayce Stone.

“OrgSync” is the leading pro-vider of organizational software and offers three different subscrip-tion options. Universities can sign up for one, three and five-year contracts.

Hotwagner said the best option for Eastern would be the three-year contract so there is time to

evaluate student responses on the new technology.

Hotwagne r s a id “OrgSync” would be perfect for counting at-tendance at events and that it may be useful to the athletic depart-ment.

If the program is purchased, it would take about two years to im-plement it, Abolt said.

The Student Organization Cab-net will meet on March 27 at 7 p.m. in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. Uni-versity Union.

Pablo Rodriguez can be reached at 581-2812 or jprodriguez@eiu.edu.

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Organizations address possible new technology

MIR ANDA PLOSS | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Kaci Abolt, student vice president for student affairs, speaks on the ben-efits of OrgSync during the Student Organization Cabinet meeting Tuesday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. OrgSync is a web-based organization management software primarily used by colleges and universities.

By Samantha McDaniel Activities Editor

Lawyer Greg Ray presented in-formation about issues of employ-ment laws at a Society for Human Resource Management open forum on Tuesday.

Ray has been employed at Craig & Craig Attorneys at Law in Mat-toon for 35 years and has dealt with issues in the field of employment law.

“I want them to get some appre-ciation, if they got into HR, what kind of issues they are going to have to face and address,” Ray said.

Giana Pickett, the SHRM presi-dent, said Ray’s presentation was in-formative and relevant to many dif-ferent students.

“Even if you don’t work in man-agement and are just a regular em-ployee, it is really important to

know what the laws are,” Pick-ett said. “To have him come in and speak about how things have changed, it is really interesting.”

Pickett is a senior management major.

Pickett said it is important to listen to speakers in order to learn about current issues and laws.

“(Laws) were written hundreds of years ago, and they have been in place so long, but they evolve and change over time,” Pickett said. “It is very important for us, as stu-dents going out into the workforce, to know what our rights are and to know how the law works.”

Ray talked about issues the re-volved around workers compensa-tion and what qualifies for workers compensation.

Ray said in the current work force, conditions that qualify for workers compensations include ac-

cidents that are related to hazard-ous work place and work related ac-cidents.

In the last few years there have been changes to the amount of money that is awarded for injuries to certain limbs, Ray said.

An example of this amount is that an injury to an arm is wages for 253 weeks, but there is a cap for those people who earn high wages and a minimum for those with low-er wages.

“To me, workers compensation is not routine, but it is also medically technical,” Ray said.

Another major issue that Ray dis-cussed was the wide topic of work-place discrimination.

“(The audience) seemed to have a lot of interest in what I had to say, especially related to discrimination,” Ray said.

Discrimination laws have been

something that has been focused on in past year by the Equal Employ-ment Opportunity Commission and other organization.

There are many issues with dis-crimination that human resource personnel have to deal with, wheth-er it is with race, sex, religion or sexual orientation.

Ray said it is important for hu-man resource personnel to know about all these different laws.

“H.R. people are called on to do many tasks and you have to be a jack of all trades than a master of a few,” Ray said. “That’s why you need an education, so you are ex-posed to a lot.”

One theory Ray talked about was Cat’s paw, which is the idea that a person encourages someone else to do something that benefits them, such as saying someone did some-thing to them to get them fired.

Elyse Banovic, a junior manage-ment major, said she has seen Ray speak before and was able to under-stand what he spoke about.

“I learned a lot more,” Banovic said. “I didn’t know about Cat’s paw. I also learned a little more about workman’s comp, it’s very rel-evant to Human Resources.”

Pickett said she likes the differ-ence of hearing a speaker compared to learning in a classroom.

“You can learn it from a text-book, but it is different to have that lawyer actually come in and talk about what is happening right now,” Pickett said. “It just gives you a really great viewpoint on law and a lot of it is exciting and important to know.”

Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.

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Employment law issues discussed at open forum

What is OrgSync?

• Student Organization Management• Web-based communication program• Cost university $10,000 a year• Offer Eastern community another form of communication, similar to social networking

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EI&U campaign expects, then gets, greatness

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A guy abruptly skirts to the edge of the couch cushion as testosterone surges and he pounds away at the buttons of a game control-ler, as if that would prevent his demise. With eyes glued to the electronic gateway of a realm of endless re-spawns and reloads, he watches his inevitable death again. And again. And again.

Growls of resentment ensue as he glares at the virtual figure that is his assassin. A flame of frustration transforms into an impulsive plan of retaliation, which translates into firing a rap-id spasm of curse words into a mic protruding from a headset.

His executioner responds with laughter, al-though not in a hardy chuckle like he was ex-pecting. It was lighter, more high-pitched, al-most like a giggle.

“Hey kid, what’s wrong; haven’t your balls dropped yet?” he spits into the mic.

With an unraveling grin of great satisfaction, I respond, “No, man. I’m a chick.”

Then, as if I had slashed him in real life in-stead of repeatedly in the game, he was dead si-lent.

Even though I find great amusement with the jaw-drop reactions of guys who unmask my secret gamer persona, I cannot help but think that the dramatics of it all are unnecessary.

Girls have the ability to beat guys at any vid-eo game, and we have the game stats and the body count to prove it.

I am not going to tell you that girls natural-ly excel at video games, (even though I picked up eight strikes in a row the first time I put my hands on Wii Bowling, which may have been a fluke) and I am not going to tell you that girls master the virtual world through superior in-tellect.

Everyone—whether a girl or a guy, age 7 or 70—becomes a video-game dominator through good old-fashioned practice and dedication.

Having grown up with two older brothers, I was introduced to video games as a child dur-ing the age of SEGA Genesis with the great en-tertainers like “Mortal Kombat” and “Sonic the Hedgehog,” among others.

Sometimes I miss participating in the tradi-tion of blowing the dust out of the game car-tridges and being yelled at for “accidentally” pressing the reset button with my foot when I was losing beyond a reasonable measure. Nin-tendo also played a part in the beginning of

my affair with video games, but I do not recall playing anything other than “Duck Hunt.”

My training continued with games on the Sony Play Station and Play Station 2 with games like “Twisted Metal,” “Crash Team Rac-ing,” and “Resident Evil.” Then something wonderful happened.

Instead of embarrassing myself too badly by failing to master button-and-stick coordination, I began to defeat my brothers often.

With each new generation of game consoles, it took time to adjust to new operations, graph-ics and stories, but that did not discourage me.

I found my love for first-person shooters with the “Halo” series, and that led me to my favorite stress relievers, like “Left4Dead2” and the “Gears of War” installments.

It may be flattering from time to time to awe a guy with my gaming skills, but it should not be surprising that girls commit themselves to the craft.

The moral of the story is to not assume that only guys are interested in video games and to not act so emasculated when a girl slaughters you on the gaming battlefield. Gamers come in different sizes, ages, nationalities and, of course, different genders.

Rachel Rodgers is a junior journalism major.

She can be reached at 581-7942 or DENopinions@gmail.com.

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After 15 months, the EI&U Expect Greatness Campaign fair exceeded its $50 million goal by about 6 percent with more than two years to spare in the campaign’s timeline.

The campaign was launched in Octo-ber 2010 and was scheduled to raise $50 million by July 2014. The money will go toward four main support areas: students, faculty and staff, capital improvements and programs.

The donations will be used for projects such as increasing scholarship opportu-nities, funding the construction of a new science building and supporting research and creativity of faculty.

The Eastern community owes a debt of gratitude to alumni, faculty, staff, admin-istrators and others involved for donating their money to this institution.

By their donations, Eastern can contin-ue to provide quality education to its stu-dents.

The state of Illinois has not been the most reliable with payments to colleges, so any donor support is a big help.

It is amazing that even with an unstable economy, donors are still making Eastern a top priority.

But, what is really amazing about this campaign is the faculty who donated their money.

Faculty contributions have increased 75 percent in 2010.

In 2011, a total of 581 faculty and staff members donated to the campaign and there even were 222 payroll deductions that contributed to the campaign.

With the state being broke and the pen-sions of state employees unsure, facul-ty members still believe in the educational mission at Eastern.

Employees understand how important persevering education at Eastern is and are willing to take money out of their own paychecks.

Even though professors are not the highest-paid workers they are still willing to donate their time and money.

As we have previously reported, the average professor made about $65,000-$75,000 per year.

Professors who donate some of their paycheck to help ensure a stronger, better future for Eastern show that their commit-ment to Eastern extends beyond the job requirements, and let students will know that professors truly care about our edu-cation.

The campaign was the largest fundrais-ing movement in Eastern’s history. East-ern should do everything in its power to ensure that this campaign continues.

Next time, you see a professor in the hallway treat them with respect because they are making sacrifices for your educa-tion and the preservation of this institu-tion everyday.

And what else could students ask for?

LGBTQA-related resources would benefit campusMy sole dream in life is to live in a society

where everyone is accepted, no matter what. This includes the LGBTQA community that exists, and is continually fighting for acceptance.

Knowing people who are different from me gives me an outward social perspective of diversity.

It also gives me a chance to look at things through a social prism. From my experience and interactions, I think having LGBTQA-related re-sources available on campus can be widely benefi-cial in the long run.

One reason is that LGBTQA resources can broaden diversity on campus.

I know what it feels like to be singled out, espe-cially for things I cannot control. For others, sexu-ality is one of those things.

Terri Fredrick, an English professor and PRIDE adviser, said the LGBTQA community is a part of a larger mission to help people become responsible citizens in a diverse world.

She said the campus not only has an LGBTQA advisory committee, but they have also brought back the Safe Zone program.

They have made it a purpose to provide stu-dents with LBGBTQA resources in Booth Li-brary for use. She said visible resources on cam-pus would attract other students, especially those within the LGBTQA community.

Having resources like these can help combat vi-

olence and discrimination, thus making people aware of these issues, according to Fredrick.

It gives LGBTQA students a place to seek ad-vice about all types of problems, whether they are spiritual, personal, academic, or social issues.

I haven’t been in the library that often, but I also have not seen LGBTQA books or other ma-terials circulated in the library since I have been here as a student.

I think having those types of materials avail-able can help erase the negative stigma that society likes to associate with the LGBTQA communi-ty, because discrimination of any type, for any rea-son, is despicable.

Students should have place on campus to identify as their own.

When I first came here, and for parts of my life before Eastern, I felt I had no place to go to make friends or meet new people, and I’m sure others

feel the same. According to Fredrick, having these resources

available on campus can help students find their place to socialize, become active, and feel accepted by others who struggle with the same issues.

According to campusclimateindex.org, some other universities that have available resources be-sides ours, at least in the state, are Bradley Univer-sity, DePaul University, SIU Carbondale, North-western University, Western Illinois University, and Northern Illinois University.

When I first heard of PRIDE, I didn’t have any clue what it was or what to think, but after meet-ing people in the organization, and then find-ing out I had friends who were different, it gave me a better perspective on how to view people as equals.

It also gave me a place to socialize, meet new and interesting people, as well as take part in an issue that is gaining traction in today’s world.

The years you spend in college are your own. I decided to use mine to help others who were dif-ferent, and I hope by someone reading, this col-umn I have helped someone out there who wants to take a stand.

Jose Gonzalez is a senior journalism major.

He can be reached at 581-7942 or DENopinions@gmail.com.

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Michael Skasick wants to exercise his right to bear arms.

Skasick, a freshman English major, said he is hoping to start a registered student organization called “Panthers for Concealed Carry” that will defend students’ rights to carry concealed handguns.

“I encourage anyone who believes in defending the Second Amendment to join,” Skasick said.

Last year, more than 18 states in-troduced bills that would allow stu-dents and faculty to carry concealed handguns, according to the National Conference of State Legislature.

Two bills passed, one in Mississippi the other in Wisconsin.

Fewer lives would have been lost in the Virginia Tech Massacre if stu-dents were permitted concealed carry on campus, Skasick said.

The Mississippi legislation allows people who have taken a course on how to handle handguns safely to carry guns while Wisconsin’s passed a law that allows concealed carry on college campuses.

Wisconsin’s legislation comes with the stipulation that gives campuses the right to prohibit weapons from entering buildings so long as a sign is posted outside of them.

Illinois is a no-issue jurisdiction state where private citizens are not al-

lowed to carry concealed handguns.“It is almost like Illinois does not

have a Second Amendment,” Skasick said.

Robert Zordani, an English profes-sor, has been a witness to the dangers of concealed carry and said he thinks guns would bring more harm than help.

Zordani said his former professor and friend at the University of Arkan-sas, John Locke, was shot to death by a “disgruntled” student.

“John was my friend and profes-sor. The man who killed (him) was my friend James Kelly,” Zordani said.

Zordani said after several years, Locke’s committee decided to kick Kelly out of graduate school.

Locke abstained. Kelly was disgruntled and he

brought a gun and rounds of ammu-nition into Locke’s university office.

From there Kelly locked the door to Locke’s office, murdered him and then turned the gun on himself, shooting himself in the head.

“Some of my old professors knocked on Locke’s office door, screaming ‘John, John are you OK?’” Zordani said.

Zordani said he has always been against guns, but his own connection to the violence people can cause once they are allowed to carry weapons re-affirmed his position.

“Guns are a recipe for disaster,” Zordani said. “Students’ tempers flare

and accidents happen.” Skasick disagrees.Skasick said the atmosphere with-

in a college would be more civilized if guns were permitted on campus.

“If there is proper training, psycho-logical tests and time the guns won’t cause problems,” Skasick said.

If everyone carried a gun, Skasick said they would be less likely to attack each other out of respect for one an-other.

“The right to concealed carry on college campuses is like America car-rying nuclear weapons,” he said. “Other countries know we have these powerful weapons, and we know they have their own, but no one will attack out of respect.”

Grant Sterling, a philosophy pro-fessor, said the argument that vio-lence will decrease if guns are allowed is implausible.

Sterling said school shootings are rare, and it is unlikely that any sig-nificant benefits would be obtained if some part of the campus were armed.

“If we armed a large percentage of the campus population, it might decrease incidence of some sort of crime, but that would mean putting guns into the hands of a large group of people who are untrained and un-prepared,” Sterling said.

Jaime Lopez can be reached at 581-2812 or jlopez2@eiu.edu.

Potential RSO could cause controversy Charleston City Manager Scott Smith said he was proud of the way his staff worked together.

“I think that bringing (Townsend) in has helped opened up the dia-logue in discussion,” Smith said.

The city council also approved the purchase of four power cots that would be placed in each ambulance belonging to the city.

Mayor John Inyart said each cot cost about $11,000 each and the city had received a grant of $46,000 in order to purchase the new equip-ment.

The city council also approved an

agreement with an engineering com-pany that would design the poles for overhead banners that would be dis-played at two different areas in town.

Inyart said the banners are a col-laboration with Eastern and would advertise both city and university events.

The city council also approved the ordinance that would outlaw park-ing within twenty feet of a crosswalk that would be located in a school zone.

Kathryn Richter can be reached at 581-2812 or kjrichter@eiu.edu.

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It helps that Mozo takes little liber-ties to make Adele charming and en-dearing.

It also shifts more of the focus on Douglas, giving a fuller picture of the senator than a quick history usually provides.

Corwin did not hesitate to use Douglas’ most repugnant remarks, of which there are many, and Josh Clark’s portrayal of Douglas allows the words to speak for themselves, rather than letting modern mor-al hindsight inject too much hateful zeal.

Robert Parsons captures Lincoln’s legendary brand of folksy intellect quite well.

He depicts Lincoln as a fidgety and nervous debater who develops a com-manding presence by the last few de-bates.

Lincoln’s awkwardness at the start of the debates is a bit distracting, off-putting and probably inaccurate.

But when Parsons throws his full inner-Lincoln behind the strongest lines of the debate, he has the effect of transporting the experience into the raw emotions of the original debates.

“The Rivalry” is the rare historical drama that rescues an intense, impor-tant, exciting moment in history from the dusty shelves and delivers it to the people who most need to remember it.

A crucial part of American histo-ry was written in Charleston in 1858.

In 2012, “The Rivalry” allowed the city to revisit that history and relive its better aspects.

Dave Balson can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.

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McHugh said the new program of-fers water purification systems, pro-viding education and literacy for mothers, new houses where the floors won’t turn to mud during the rainy season, as well as providing three dif-ferent sources of possible income for the family.

McHugh also said the different forms of income usually is established

through small animals such as roost-ers or chickens, crops, and learning a trade, such as basket making.

The program also includes a case-worker that will guide the family through the process and at least one meal a day, McHugh said

McHugh said that the money pro-vided to the family will decrease over time so when the family graduates

from the program, the family will be completely financial independent and self-sustained.

Malec said she estimated about 250 people attend the event.

“We feel great,” Malec said. “We’re really glad it was a successful night.”

Kathryn Richter can be reached at 581-2812 or kjrichter@eiu.edu.

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The Eastern women’s basketball team isn’t exactly flying high into the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.

The team is guaranteed one of the top two seeds in the tournament, but by the looks of the last three games, you probably wouldn’t guess that. It has lost two of its last three games after coming into this three-game stretch with an un-defeated conference record.

The difference in the three games was a combined 14 points with the Panthers’ lone win coming by one point against Tennessee Tech.

To be fair, I’m not just looking at the statistics in these last three games to come to a conclusion about the current state of the team. I have to offer some perspective.

Eastern is the No. 2 team in the con-ference and has been challenged this past week, playing Tennessee-Martin last Saturday, Tennessee Tech last Mon-day and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Saturday.

Tennessee-Martin is the No. 1 team in the conference, and Eastern lost in overtime on the road to them last Sat-urday after having beaten them earlier this season. Tennessee Tech is the No. 4 team in the conference and Eastern came from behind to win by one point on the road. Southern Illinois-Edwards-ville is the No. 3 team in the confer-ence.

No other team in the OVC had to go through that Murderer’s Row sched-ule (road vs. Tennessee-Martin and Tennessee Tech, then home vs. South-ern Illinois-Edwardsville).

Eastern just played three of the top four team in the conference (the fourth being Eastern) and barely lost two of the games.

As much as the team hates to lose, they should be looking at this three-game stretch as being a blessing in dis-guise.

My biggest question about this East-ern team prior to the three-game stretch was, “Does Eastern know how to win close games?”

The Panthers just hadn’t been in any tight games. Knowing they were go-ing to be a top seed in Nashville for the OVC Tournament, I knew they’d have to play in some close games.

So I think it’s good that Eastern played in these hard-nosed, close games before going to Nashville – there aren’t any do-overs in Nashville.

Yes, Eastern lost two of the three close games. The Panthers can’t hide from that, but they can learn from their mistakes and from the losses.

It’s like the question about if a col-lege basketball team is going to be un-defeated going into the NCAA tourna-ment, would it be best for them to lose a game – to experience the feeling and the game?

Well, Eastern wasn’t going to be un-defeated but it is going to benefit them from having been in these games.

In the three games, only a few plays separated the Panthers from a win or loss.

The Panthers had a three-point lead

over Tennessee-Martin with eight sec-onds to go in the game, but Tennes-see-Martin hit a Hail Mary three-point shot from 35 feet away.

The Panthers didn’t have a great of-fensive game against Tennessee Tech or Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; howev-er, they beat Tennessee Tech by one by shutting them down on defense with a few seconds remaining in the game.

Against Southern Illinois-Edwards-ville, the Panthers were down by eight early in the second half and fought back to trail by three points with a little over 20 seconds to go. The Panthers put the pressure on the Cougars and Eastern junior forward Sydney Mitchell near-ly caused a turnover to give the Pan-thers the ball back and a chance to tie the game.

The referee had a tough call on the play, which looked about 50-50 for who touched the ball last. If the referee would’ve called it Eastern’s ball, I’m sure you wouldn’t have heard gripes about it from the Cougars just as you don’t here Eastern griping about it this week. The call was that close.

So if you’re harshly judging Eastern on its last three games, lighten up. Yes, there are reasons to worry and clear-cut reasons why the Panthers lost those games, but no OVC team has had to go through the stretch Eastern just went through.

Knowing the players and coaches on this team as well as I do, having covered them for three years, you should expect the Panthers to learn from the last three games and be a better team because of it.

Alex McNamee can be reached at 581-7942 or admcnamee@eiu.edu.

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Team better off after losses

Alex McNamee

KIMBERLY FOSTER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSSophomore pitcher Stephanie Maday winds up to throw during a double header against Tennessee-Martin April 17, 2011, on Williams Field.

Around the OVCEastern Kentucky began the sea-

son on a high note with a 3-1 re-cord last weekend while partici-pating in the Quality Inn Classic championship in Troy, Ala.

Its biggest win of the weekend came against the No. 5 ranked team in the country, Missouri, who they defeated in 10 innings (6-5).

The player of the week for the OVC was senior catcher Kaycee Crow of Jacksonville State.

Crow had a game for the ages in a comeback win against Southeast-ern Louisiana.

In th i s g ame , sh e h ad two homeruns, four RBI, and went 4-for-4 at the plate.

Eastern’s own Morgan Biel was also nominated for the award.

Eastern Kentucky’s freshman Shaylon Robb got her collegiate ca-reer started on a good note as she was awarded the OVC pitcher of the week award.

Robb picked up the win against No. 5 ranked Missouri after pitch-ing the final eight innings of a 10-inning game.

For the week, she pitched 21 in-nings, had 15 strikeouts and post-ed a 1.67 ERA.

Eastern’s Stephanie Maday was also nominated for the award.

The Panthers will be back in ac-tion this weekend when they will travel to Birmingham, Ala., to play in the Samford Tournament.

Erik Jensen can be reached at 581-7942 or at eajensen@eiu.edu.

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All Accesswith Bridget Sanchez, track sprinter

VOLLEYBALL, page 7

SOFTBALL

SOCCER, page 7

By Anthony Catezone Staff Reporter

Senior track sprinter and psychol-ogy major Bridget Sanchez is with-out a doubt an accomplished indi-vidual. Whether it’s her 4.0 GPA, her outstanding track career or her vol-unteer work, this Eastern student-athlete is far from ordinary.

One of six recipients of the 2010-11 Ohio Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Award, Sanchez is also a part of the women’s 4x400-meter relay team that broke Eastern’s indoor re-cord this past weekend at the Grand Valley State Big Meet.

On top of that, she ranks second all-time in Eastern history in the 400-meter dash and fifth all-time for the indoor 200-meter dash. Out-doors, she holds the third best record in Eastern history for the 400-me-ter dash and the fifth best for the 200-meter dash.

Sanchez is a member of six OVC Championship teams, winning three indoor and three outdoor. She says her class is looking to become the first class ever in the OVC to win the con-ference championship all four years.

When it comes to academics, San-chez is as successful, if not more, maintaining a 4.0 GPA. She is also the president of Psi Chi Psycholo-gy Honor Society, a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Com-mittee and has been named to both the OVC Commissioner’s Hon-or Roll and Eastern’s College of Sci-ence Dean’s List in her three previ-ous years.

Sanchez credits much of her suc-cess to her background. Her family’s struggles to make it to America are what drive her.

“No one in my family has gone to

college,” Sanchez said. “I feel I have so many opportunities that my fam-ily fought for and got here for. I feel like I have a responsibility to uphold them. I do it because I’m investing in my future and taking advantage of all the opportunities that my family came to this country for.”

Sanchez said the extreme work-load of both athletics and academics helps her be so successful.

“I think track really does help me keep my life in balance,” Sanchez said. “I come in at 2 to get rehab, and then 3-to-6 I’m at practice, and from 6-7 I’m getting treatment for any injuries I have. So from 2-to-7, I know that time block is out. So because of that I keep my schedule so consistent.”

When she isn’t practicing or study-ing, Sanchez is helping with Upward Bound, a program that aids under-privileged high school students in the transition to a college lifestyle. She stays in Charleston for most of the summer to take part in this, and still keeps in touch with the people she has helped over the past three years.

Amazingly, Sanchez still is able to find time for a social life. She doesn’t have to go too far to find one, either. She said her track teammates are so close that they consider themselves a family.

“The track team is my social life,” Sanchez said. “We are a huge family and we’re all friends. So when we go to practice, lifting or meets we’re al-ways socializing. We take care of the business that we need to, but even on weekends we’re still talking to our teammates. We just can’t get away from each other.”

With the indoor season winding down, and the outdoor season ap-proaching, Sanchez said she wants to accomplish, first, as a team, win-ning their fourth OVC champion-

ships for both indoor and outdoor. Individually, she hopes to break the school record for the 400-meter dash outdoor event, which she noted, is .5 seconds away from. Sanchez also has her sights set on breaking the school record for the 4x400-meter relay.

“We took it indoors and we’ve been saying that since our freshman year that we were going to take it down, so it would be really nice to

get both 4x4 indoor and outdoor re-cords,” Sanchez said.

In academics, she plans on gradu-ating with her 4.0 GPA even though she has taken on more responsibili-ties this year. She is determined to finish what she started and end her college career on a strong note.

After she graduates college, San-chez plans to enter the workforce with her degree. She is interested in

By Erik Jensen Staff Reporter

The Panther softball team came out swing-ing to start the season with two wins and a loss in the Georgia State tournament in At-lanta Sunday.

They were led at the plate by sophomore Morgan Biel, who had five hits in 10 at bats. She also scored two runs and had one RBI.

Freshman shortstop Bailey O’Dell started her Eastern career on a strong note with three hits in nine at bats, to go along with a run scored and two walks.

Ally Seplak also had a strong tournament with two hits and a run scored.

Eastern head coach Kim Schuette said she was pleased with the team’s perfor-mance at the plate, but knows they can do better.

“We need to put the ball in play more of-ten with hard ground balls and line drives,” Schuette said. “It was the first weekend out and there is no need to panic, but we know we can be better at the plate. Individually, we all have things we want to do better and fix in preparation for the weekend to help out the team.”

The most interesting statistic for Eastern might be the number of players to get an at bat.

There were 17 Panthers with at least one at bat. That number demonstrates the trust head coach Kim Schuette has in her team.

It also shows Eastern’s abundance of depth. Stephanie Maday proved to be Eastern’s big-gest weapon of the season so far, winning her first two starts in the Georgia State tourna-ment.

She pitched 14 innings (two complete games), gave up 11 hits, four runs, three walks and struck out 13 batters.

WEEKEND, page 7

By Nick Blankenship Staff Reporter

The Panther swimmers earned fifth this past weekend in Rochester, Mich., at the Summit League Championships.

The Panther men scored 359 points while the women tallied 280, earning both teams a fifth place finish. Kelli Di-Canio was the lone Panther to make the Women’s All-League team. There were four Panthers who made the Men’s All-League team, as Joe Ciliak, Michael Lacine, Matt O’Hagan and Richie Waszak were each named to the team.

Around the Summit LeagueOakland’s men and women each

won the Summit League Champion-ship for the 13th straight year in a land-slide with scores of 1,040 and 1,041. Multiple Oakland swimmers were named to the All-League team. For the men, Alex Aceino, Adam Cone, Am-rel Sayed, Nick Evans, Tobias Hansen, Grant Harding, Anders Jensen, Zach Johnson, Matyas Keresztes, Tim Mon-tague, Jordan Moses, Joe Rodgers, Ma-rio Rusnak, Ben Vavra and Scott Yar-brough each made the team.

Vanessza Balough, Marcella Barret-ta, Alyssa Busch, Sandra Czerska, Jade Evink, Tricia Grant, Johanna Gustafs-son, Jennifer Larsen, Emily Ludema, Kyra Rietveld, Nicole Salmeto, Chris-

tine Seiple, Julieanne Stears and Alys-sa Vela were named to the women’s All-League team.

Both teams of South Dakota State won second place at the Summit League Championships, with the men earning 640.5 points while the women had 662.

Yann Desjardins, Connor Florand, Will Hogue, Clark Kocourek, Jack Morrow, Kyle Ochsner, Chris Schrei-er, Patrick Shea, Blake Yeager and Doug Ogilviequalified were named to the All-League team. The women’s All-League team was represented by Andrea Bu-dahl, Kaylin Caron, Jessica Ferley, Sa-mantha Fossum, Nicole Grimit, Kai-tlyn Hemmingson, MorganMcLain, Ashley Valdez and Emma Wright.

South Dakota finished in third place with 544 points for the women and 413 for the men. Mariah Anderson, To-rie Buberi, Elizabeth Hoffman, Molly Knowles, Shannon Moceri, Paige Stave-ly and Corey Wannamaker were named to the All-League team. Blake Freder-ick, Cody Horton, Terry Rolfe, Thad Stoddard, Jake Tempesta and Dane Van Arkel made it for the men.

Indiana University-Purdue Uni-versity Indianapolis’ men and women earned a fourth place finish with scores of 385.5 and 492. Tony Carroll, Adam Ferguson, Mitchell Gauger and Luke Green were honored for their perfor-

mances this season by making the All-League team. Margaret Barber, Lizzie Bourgeois, Lindsey Hurst, Chen Ni, Jenny Oleksiak and Peyton Zehner were named to the women’s All-League

team.Western Illinois came in last place

with the men having 313 points and the women totaling 186. Doug Ogil-vie was the only member of Western Il-

linois that made the All-League Team.

Nick Blankenship can be reached at 581-7942

or nrblankenship@eiu.edu.

Sanchez shines on, off trackPanthers have big weekend

KIMBERLY FOSTER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSSwim team members Jada Smith, Rich Waszak, Nikki Peck and Joshua Miller react Jan. 21 as junior Michael Bower races to the finish during the men’s 500-yard freestyle in Padovan Pool. Bower placed second as Indiana Universi-ty-Purdue University’s Luke Green eked out a win by a .02 second margin.

Panthers finish fifth at Summit League ChampionshipsSWIMMING

PHOTO ILLUSTR ATION BY KIMBERLY FOSTER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS Bridget Sanchez, a senior indoor track runner, is a psychology major with a 4.0 GPA. Sanchez ranks top five in Eastern history in multiple run-ning events. Sanchez named Albert Ellis as her favorite psychologist.