READ MORE ONLINE EASTERNPROGRESS.COM facebook.com/ TheEasternProgress @EasternProgress Residents of Telford Hall were evacu- ated around 6 p.m. on ursday after a water pipe broke on the 10th floor in a shampoo room. e pipe break left standing water in some rooms on the ninth and 10th floors. Excess water drained from side of the building. e fire log report said Eastern Police was dispatched to the hall for a fire alarm in the southwest elevator shaft. e of- ficer said a detector that activated after the cold water pipe burst caused the fire alarm. Kenna Middleton, director of Hous- ing, said Facilities Services alerted her about the incident. “It looked pretty bleak,” Middleton said. However, she said the damage was fairly small considering the magnitude of what happened. Water was cascading down the side of the exterior while students were evacu- ating the building. Middleton said water going out the side of the building helped save the interior of the building from further damage. One student was trapped inside an el- evator in Telford Hall. e fire log report said Zachary Burgy-Vanhoose was inside an elevator that stopped on the eighth floor. Middleton said the fire department Break in water pipe floods rooms inside Telford Hall Pedestrians struck while crossing Kit Carson Drive By JACOB BLAIR [email protected]SIXTEEN ROOMS LEFT WITH STANDING WATER THURSDAY BETWEEN 6 AND 11 P.M. By JACOB BLAIR [email protected]TWO SEPARATE ACCIDENTS OCCUR AT THE SAME INTERSECTION WITHIN TWO DAYS “What a philosopher calls an insight, a comedian calls a zinger.” e correlation between philosophy and com- edy was the subject of ursday night’s Chautauqua lec- ture, given by omas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. Cathcart and Klein are co-authors of a series of phil- osophical and comedic books. e focus of the lecture was based on their book Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar… Understanding Philosophy rough Jokes. e book simplifies different thoughts of philosphy by translating them to jokes. e book is a New York Times best-seller and also appears on best-seller lists in France and Israel. e book has been translated into more than 20 different Chautauqua brings audience to laughter By HEATHER STEPHENS [email protected]THOMAS CATHCART AND DANIEL KLEIN BRING BEST-SELLING PHILOSOPHY, HUMOR TO EASTERN AUDIENCE THURSDAY NIGHT TOPHER PAYTON/PROGRESS Michael Deaton (far right) and Andrew Beasley (foreground) presented their arguments before Student Court (left) at Deaton’s hearing in which he was accused of violating SGA policy. Letcher County and the Lilley Cornett Woods will soon become the new home to a high-level re- search center operated by Eastern. Melinda Wilder, manager of Lil- ley Cornett Woods, expressed her excitement for a new research cen- ter made possible by a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). “We are very excited for the proj- ect to go through, it really opens up a lot of opportunities for research,” Wilder said. Wilder is a co-director on the project along with Walter Borows- ki and Alice Jones who are profes- sors from the Department of Geog- raphy and Geology. Wilder said the new center will serve as a function- al research facility for regional sci- entists, professors and students. According to the NSF website, the foundation receives 40,000 re- search, education and training project proposals each year. Only 11,000 of those proposals receive a form of funding. In addition, the foundation receives several thou- sand applications for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. e web- site states the NSF has a long re- view process for its grants, which includes several peer-reviewd deci- sions. Eastern receives $300,000 grant to add to research center By CALEB COMBS [email protected]CAITLYN COOK/PROGRESS Malcolm Frisbie conducts fieldwork for the university’s biology program. Eastern received a $300,000 federal research grant, allowing the university to add to a reasearch center at the Lilley Cornett Woods. LILLEY CORNETT WOODS ONE OF 11,000 TO RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANT A proposal that would allow Registered Student Organizations to be autonomous entities, free from most aspects of univer- sity oversight, set off a dispute between SGA officials and its ethics administrator in recent weeks. e dispute culminated Tuesday night in a grievance hearing over whether the ethics administrator overstepped his au- thority when he sent out an unauthorized email alerting student senators of the pro- posal. e grievance was presented Tues- day night to Student Court, which deter- mines whether students violate university or SGA policy. At the center of the hearing is Michael Deaton, 21, a pre-med major from Dear- born, Mich., who serves as SGA’s Ethics Administrator. Deaton stands accused of sending an email to senators on Sept. 19 informing them that Michael Reagle, who oversees student life and also serves as an adviser to SGA, would be visiting the Sept. 24 meeting to present a potential policy change for Registered Student Organiza- tions (RSOs). “e goal of the revision is to eliminate the standard that all RSO’s must uphold the policies and procedures set forth by the university,” Deaton said in the email to the senators. SGA officials said they took issue with Deaton’s email because they agreed not to get into the specifics of the proposal be- fore Reagle had an opportunity to address the Student Senate—in hopes that stu- dents would get a clear presentation of the facts before voting. SGA officials also said that Deaton, in his capacity as Ethics Adminstrator, had no authority to inform senators of the proposal. “Michael Deaton was never asked to conduct an inquiry by any branch or member of [SGA],” wrote Andrew Beasley, chief of staff, who filed the initial griev- ance against Deaton. “at letter was a move that he deemed necessary, and as such, is unconstitutional.” Deaton, however, said he believed stu- dent senators should have been notified of an impending policy proposal so they might educate themselves prior to the meeting, particularly one over something as contentious as the university distanc- ing itself from RSOs. “As ethics administrator, I found this unethical,” Deaton said in an interview. “e Senate can’t represent the student body without knowing what they are vot- ing on.” e meeting Tuesday, in which Dea- ton’s alleged violation was heard by Stu- dent Court, drew a large crowd, many of whom were turned away from Library Room 128 because the room was filled to capacity. Many of those who didn’t get in T T HE HE E E ASTERN ASTERN P P ROGRESS ROGRESS Independent student publication of Eastern Kentucky University since 1922 www.easternprogress.com Thursday, October 10, 2013 WEIRD AL PREPS FOR EASTERN VISIT, B1 RAINY SUNDAY, A6 CAMPUS EVENT TO SHOWCASE SCHOOL’S TALENT, B1 FOOTBALL CRUSHES AUSTIN PEAY IN “MUST-WIN”, B6 RICHMOND LOOKS TO BE MORE BIKE FRIENDLY, A6 Dispute erupts over SGA proposal for student groups By TOPHER PAYTON [email protected]SGA ETHICS ADMINISTRATOR ACCUSED OF SENDING UNAUTHORIZED EMAIL Two pedestrians were taken to Baptist Health Hos- pital after a being struck by a vehicle at 3:49 p.m. Sat- urday. e pedestrians were walking east while crossing Kit Carson Drive next to the Wallace Building when a yel- low Ford Escape made a left turn from Park Drive onto Kit Carson Drive. e pedestrians, Cynthia Grey, 53, from Louisville and a juvenile female were in the intersection when the light turned green and the yellow Ford Escape, driven by Tyler Jordan, 22, from Florence proceeded to turn and failed to see Grey and the other pedestrian. Jordan stopped his vehicle after realizing he struck two people. Witnesses said the driver stopped at the light and waited for it to change prior to making his turn, but that he did not slow down until he made contact with the pedestrians, according to the traffic report. A water pipe burst inside a shampoo room on the 10th floor of Telford Residence Hall resulting in water seeping into rooms and out the exterior wall. JAMES HOSKINS/PROGRESS › SEE TRIAL, PAGE A3 › SEE PEDESTRIAN, PAGE A3 › SEE PIPE, PAGE A3 › SEE PHILOSOPHY, PAGE A3 › SEE GRANT, PAGE A3
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Residents of Telford Hall were evacu-ated around 6 p.m. on Th ursday after a water pipe broke on the 10th fl oor in a shampoo room.
Th e pipe break left standing water in some rooms on the ninth and 10th fl oors. Excess water drained from side of the building.
Th e fi re log report said Eastern Police was dispatched to the hall for a fi re alarm in the southwest elevator shaft. Th e of-fi cer said a detector that activated after the cold water pipe burst caused the fi re alarm.
Kenna Middleton, director of Hous-ing, said Facilities Services alerted her about the incident.
“It looked pretty bleak,” Middleton said.
However, she said the damage was fairly small considering the magnitude of what happened.
Water was cascading down the side of the exterior while students were evacu-ating the building. Middleton said water going out the side of the building helped save the interior of the building from further damage.
One student was trapped inside an el-evator in Telford Hall. Th e fi re log report said Zachary Burgy-Vanhoose was inside an elevator that stopped on the eighth fl oor.
Middleton said the fi re department
Break in water pipe floods rooms inside Telford Hall
Pedestrians struck while crossing Kit Carson Drive
TWO SEPARATE ACCIDENTS OCCUR AT THE SAME INTERSECTION WITHIN TWO DAYS
“What a philosopher calls an insight, a comedian calls a zinger.” Th e correlation between philosophy and com-edy was the subject of Th ursday night’s Chautauqua lec-ture, given by Th omas Cathcart and Daniel Klein.
Cathcart and Klein are co-authors of a series of phil-osophical and comedic books. Th e focus of the lecture was based on their book Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar… Understanding Philosophy Th rough Jokes. Th e book simplifi es diff erent thoughts of philosphy by translating them to jokes. Th e book is a New York Times best-seller and also appears on best-seller lists in France and Israel. Th e book has been translated into more than 20 diff erent
THOMAS CATHCART AND DANIEL KLEIN BRING BEST-SELLING PHILOSOPHY, HUMOR TO EASTERN AUDIENCE THURSDAY NIGHT
TOPHER PAYTON/PROGRESS
Michael Deaton (far right) and Andrew Beasley (foreground) presented their arguments before Student Court (left) at Deaton’s hearing in which he was accused of violating SGA policy.
Letcher County and the Lilley Cornett Woods will soon become the new home to a high-level re-search center operated by Eastern.
Melinda Wilder, manager of Lil-ley Cornett Woods, expressed her excitement for a new research cen-ter made possible by a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
“We are very excited for the proj-ect to go through, it really opens up a lot of opportunities for research,” Wilder said.
Wilder is a co-director on the project along with Walter Borows-ki and Alice Jones who are profes-sors from the Department of Geog-raphy and Geology. Wilder said the new center will serve as a function-al research facility for regional sci-entists, professors and students.
According to the NSF website, the foundation receives 40,000 re-search, education and training project proposals each year. Only 11,000 of those proposals receive a form of funding. In addition, the foundation receives several thou-sand applications for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. Th e web-site states the NSF has a long re-view process for its grants, which includes several peer-reviewd deci-sions.
Eastern receives $300,000 grant to add to research center
Malcolm Frisbie conducts fieldwork for the university’s biology program. Eastern received a $300,000 federal research grant, allowing the university to add to a reasearch center at the Lilley Cornett Woods.
LILLEY CORNETT WOODS ONE OF 11,000 TO RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANT
A proposal that would allow Registered Student Organizations to be autonomous entities, free from most aspects of univer-sity oversight, set off a dispute between SGA offi cials and its ethics administrator in recent weeks.
Th e dispute culminated Tuesday night in a grievance hearing over whether the ethics administrator overstepped his au-thority when he sent out an unauthorized email alerting student senators of the pro-posal.
Th e grievance was presented Tues-day night to Student Court, which deter-mines whether students violate university or SGA policy.
At the center of the hearing is Michael Deaton, 21, a pre-med major from Dear-born, Mich., who serves as SGA’s Ethics Administrator. Deaton stands accused of sending an email to senators on Sept. 19 informing them that Michael Reagle, who oversees student life and also serves as an
adviser to SGA, would be visiting the Sept. 24 meeting to present a potential policy change for Registered Student Organiza-tions (RSOs).
“Th e goal of the revision is to eliminate the standard that all RSO’s must uphold the policies and procedures set forth by the university,” Deaton said in the email to the senators.
SGA offi cials said they took issue with Deaton’s email because they agreed not to get into the specifi cs of the proposal be-fore Reagle had an opportunity to address the Student Senate—in hopes that stu-dents would get a clear presentation of the facts before voting. SGA offi cials also said that Deaton, in his capacity as Ethics Adminstrator, had no authority to inform senators of the proposal.
“Michael Deaton was never asked to conduct an inquiry by any branch or member of [SGA],” wrote Andrew Beasley, chief of staff , who fi led the initial griev-ance against Deaton. “Th at letter was a move that he deemed necessary, and as such, is unconstitutional.”
Deaton, however, said he believed stu-dent senators should have been notifi ed of an impending policy proposal so they might educate themselves prior to the meeting, particularly one over something
as contentious as the university distanc-ing itself from RSOs.
“As ethics administrator, I found this unethical,” Deaton said in an interview. “Th e Senate can’t represent the student body without knowing what they are vot-ing on.”
Th e meeting Tuesday, in which Dea-ton’s alleged violation was heard by Stu-dent Court, drew a large crowd, many of whom were turned away from Library Room 128 because the room was fi lled to capacity. Many of those who didn’t get in
TTHE HE EEASTERN ASTERN PPROGRESSROGRESSIndependent student publication of Eastern Kentucky University since 1922www.easternprogress.com Thursday, October 10, 2013
WEIRD AL PREPS FOR EASTERN VISIT, B1
RAINY SUNDAY, A6
CAMPUS EVENT TO SHOWCASE SCHOOL’S
TALENT, B1
FOOTBALL CRUSHES AUSTIN PEAY IN “MUST-WIN”, B6
RICHMOND LOOKS TO BE MORE BIKE
FRIENDLY, A6
Dispute erupts over SGA proposal for student groups
SGA ETHICS ADMINISTRATOR ACCUSED OF SENDING UNAUTHORIZED EMAIL
Two pedestrians were taken to Baptist Health Hos-pital after a being struck by a vehicle at 3:49 p.m. Sat-urday.
Th e pedestrians were walking east while crossing Kit Carson Drive next to the Wallace Building when a yel-low Ford Escape made a left turn from Park Drive onto Kit Carson Drive.
Th e pedestrians, Cynthia Grey, 53, from Louisville and a juvenile female were in the intersection when the light turned green and the yellow Ford Escape, driven by Tyler Jordan, 22, from Florence proceeded to turn and failed to see Grey and the other pedestrian.
Jordan stopped his vehicle after realizing he struck two people.
Witnesses said the driver stopped at the light and waited for it to change prior to making his turn, but that he did not slow down until he made contact with the pedestrians, according to the traffi c report.
A water pipe burst inside a shampoo room on the 10th floor of Telford Residence Hall resulting in water seeping into rooms and out the exterior wall.
Eastern’s Nursing Student Network will host a paper drive during the month of October for Hope’s Wings in Rich-mond. Th e group suggested items such as toilet paper, paper towels and note-book paper. Donation bins will be locat-ed in the Whitlock Building on the fi rst fl oor, in the Dizney Building outside of Room 116 and the Rowlett Building by the parking lot entrance.
on follow-up inspec� onAfter killing some insects, Java City
passed its latest inspection conducted by the Madison County Health Depart-ment.
Th e health department inspection said live cockroaches were found in the establishment. Even with cockroaches
present in the facility, Java City scored a 96 percent. Regardless of the score, Java City was required to have another inspec-tion after they were given time to exter-minate the roaches.
Java City took the necessary precau-tions to eliminate the insects and a fol-low-up inspection was conducted. Th e coff ee shop scored a 100 percent.
Th e recent incident was the fi rst time in eight years the store hadn’t passed its inspection, said Rhonda Wagoner, Java City manager.
“We hope to get all of our customers back,” Wagoner said. “We love our custom-ers and we hope you will come see us still.”
Th e failed inspection did not stop some students from visiting the shop on a regular basis.
“I go in there almost every day and or-der a Cookies ‘N Cream Javalanche,” Emi-lie Spangler, 19, a sophomore from Letch-er County. “Nothing is going to stop me from drinking them!”
Megan Hukill, 20, a sophomore from Marietta, Ohio, also visits the shop on a regular basis.
“I am a huge fan of their Great Pump-kin Lattes so I will still be visiting Java City,” Hukill said. “Besides, they passed their inspection so there is nothing to worry about.”
Jessica Burke
THE COLONEL’S CALENDARTHE COLONEL’S CALENDAR
10 a.m.Farmers MarketKeen Johnson
7:30 p.m.Mark Wellman “Climbing Back: No Limits to the Beauty of the Outdoors”O’Donnell HallWhitlock Building
8 p.m.“Weird Al” YankovicCenter for the Arts
4 p.m.Soccervs. Southeast Missouri StateRichmond
7 p.m.Volleyballvs. SIU-EdwardsvilleRichmond
2 p.m.Volleyballvs. Eastern IllinoisRichmond
All DayWomen’s TennisEKU Fall InvitationalRichmond
Fall BreakUniversity Closed
All DayMen’s Golf vs. Austin PeayHopkinsville
All DayWomen’s Golf vs. Austin PeayClarksville, Tenn.
5 p.m.Wellness WednesdayRec. Center
7 p.m.Eastern’s Got TalentBrock Auditorium
Fall BreakUniversity Closed
7 p.m.Volleyballvs. Wright StateDayton, Ohio
9 p.m.Noah, Singer/SongwriterPowell Underground
1 p.m.Soccervs. UT-MartinRichmond
Midterm grades due
BEATPOLICEBEATPOLICE
Oct. 2 � A staff member called
Eastern Police at 7:20 a.m. af-ter they discovered items had been burned on top of a pic-nic table outside of Keene Hall. Th e Richmond Fire De-partment responded to in-spect the scene.
� Eastern Police and the Richmond Fire Department responded to Telford Hall at 7:46 a.m. after a fi re alarm ac-tivated in a third fl oor room. Th e cause of the alarm exces-sive spray of cologne.Oct. 3
� Eastern Police was dis-patched to Burnam Hall for medical assistance. Upon arrival, the offi cer found Garrett Lavine, 18, from Means, on the ground be-ing tended to by people at the scene. Lavine was con-scious but incoherent. He
slurred his speech accord-ing to the police report. An offi cer searched Lavine and found a blue and white glass pipe. Th e offi cer said the pipe smelled of marijuana. Madi-son County EMS transport-ed Lavine to Baptist Health hospital. Lavine was charged with possession of drug para-phernalia and is scheduled to appear in court.
� An offi cer responded to a call at the Keen Johnson Building at 11:19 a.m. after an employee reported a 46” television was taken from the faculty lounge for the Teach-ing and Learning Center. An custodian that arrived the next morning said the lounge door was unlocked along with the exterior building doors. Th e value is estimated at $3,500. Oct. 4
� An offi cer responded to a call at Keene Hall at 12:06 a.m. after an RA reported a student was yelling at resi-dents. Th e student, Emily Williams, 18, from Florence, was staggering near the side-
walk by the Model base-ball fi eld, according to the police report. Th e offi cer said Williams had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and was unsteady on her feet. Williams failed the admin-istered fi eld sobriety tests and was taken to the Mad-ison County Detention Center. Oct. 6
� An offi cer stopped a Ford Mustang that was speeding on Kit Carson Drive at 12:16 a.m. Th e of-fi cer noticed the rear li-cense plate was not lit. Th e vehicle stopped at the parking lot of the Lancaster Road Church of God. Th e driver, Charlie Haynes, 23, from Richmond, talked to the offi cer and told him he was a former student. Th e offi cer checked his license and found a warrant for Haynes for failure to ap-pear. Haynes was given a warning for his rear license plate before he was tak-en to the Madison County Detention Center.
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either stood outside the doorway to listen or went to middle Powell, where a live stream of the meeting was broadcast (although about 20 minutes in, the live feed broke up and was lost). Some of those in at-tendance came to protest the action taken against Deaton and placed duct tape over their mouths.
“We are here to pro-test the fact that we be-lieve that Michael Deaton was brought up on charges that were completely ridic-ulous,” said Rachel Th ore-ly, 19, a paralegal studies major from Sulphur, Ky. “He exercised his right as a human to inform people of something that was al-ready public knowledge.”
SGA President Sarah Carpenter said the griev-ance against Deaton didn’t stem from the fact that he informed senators of the policy proposal but that he did so in his capacity as Ethics Administrator, which she said constituted an abuse of his offi ce.
Deaton said the infor-mation that he included in his email was nothing dif-ferent than what was talked in the SGA meeting, which was a public meeting and hence open to anyone.
Now that Student Court has heard the case, the six justices in atten-dance (two recused them-selves and one was absent) will have fi ve class days in which to render a verdict.
If he’s found guilty, De-aton’s punishment—which could be as little as a rep-rimand or as grave as im-peachment—will be decid-
ed by the Student Senate, SGA offi cials said.
Initially the dispute be-gan over university ad-ministrator’s proposal to SGA in which groups on campus would no lon-ger be subject to univer-sity rules and policies. Th e move stems from a larger dilemma nationwide that universities face in over-
seeing student groups, which as part of the uni-versity are unable to have any say in who may or may not join their group. Th is was reinforced by a 2010 Supreme Court decision, which said that universi-ties can legally refuse to recognize a religious or-ganization unless it’s open for all students to join.
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languages.One part of the routine that made the en-
tire auditorium laugh was when Klein posed a question based on a trip to Belgium.
“What does the bottom of a Belgium Co-ca-Cola bottle say?” Klein said. “Open other end.”
Cathcart said his favorite part about lec-turing is the performing. He said since he started lecturing, he has become a total per-
former. Klein likes lecturing for a diff erent reason. His favorite part of the job is meeting new people and making people laugh.
Cathcart’s favorite philosophers include many American philosophers, because they are very analytical and logical. He also enjoys what he calls the “murky European” philos-ophers, such as Heidegger, Sartre and Kant. Klein said his favorite philosopher was the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, because he emphasized the importance of enjoying life.
Cathcart and Klein met while they were attending Harvard and have been friends for 56 years. Th ey met the very fi rst day of their freshmen year. Th eir inspiration for the book
came from a revelation when Klein was tell-ing Cathcart a joke one evening. When they realized that jokes had hidden philosophical meanings, they decided to write a book about it. After a year of emails and phone calls, they had a book that was ready to publish.
Since their success, they’ve toured in vari-ous places giving lectures similar to the one they gave Th ursday. Eastern is the third col-lege they’ve visited and Cathcart said at the lecture that he thought Eastern was the larg-est audience they have ever addressed.
Students who attended the lecture were entertained through various jokes and en-lightened on their philosophical meaning. Rylan Cromer, 19, a freshman history major
from Rockcastle County said he learned a lot from this lecture and said that will be able to help him in his philosophy class.
Another student, Kara Andrews, 18, a freshman biology major from London at-tended the lecture as well. Her favorite part was the way the two speakers interacted with one another.
Th e next Chautauqua lecture is at 7:30 p.m. Th ursday, Oct. 10 in O’Donnell Hall in-side the Whitlock Building. Paralympian and motivational speaker Mark Wellman will give a lecture on the latest climbing equip-ment for disabled individuals titled Climb-ing Back: No Limits to the Beauty of the Out-doors.
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Cody Whittington (left) and Philipp Fox (right) wore duct tape over their mouths protesting the actions of executive cabinet of the Student Government Association. The tape represents Deaton’s punishment for breaking silence against SGA.
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along with DC Elevator was able to extri-cate Burgy-Vanhoose in less than 30 min-utes. She said removing the student was the fi rst priority for emergency responders before they let her enter the building to as-sess the damage.
Middleton said it is not often that pipe breaks similar to this happen. Some stu-dents may remember the pipe break that oc-curred in McGregor Hall in 2010. She said most problems with fl ooding inside build-ings, during her 19 years with Housing, were caused by sprinkler head vandalism.
Th e pipe that broke on the 10th fl oor was a normal water pipe, Middleton said.
Middleton said that property damage mainly occurred in one room where the water came through the ceiling on the ninth fl oor. Other damage to items on the fl oor in rooms was sporadic.
According to the fi re report, the police offi cer said 16 rooms had water inside of them.
Th e elevator shaft had to dry out from the water. Th is left only two operational
elevators on the opposite end of the build-ing during the weekend, Middleton said.
Students evacuated the building be-cause the fi re alarm had activated, but some didn’t think much of the alarm.
Dustin Munts, 20, applied engineering junior from Somerset, said he was on the 11th fl oor when he had to evacuate.
“We were chilling in the room and heard the fi re alarm go off ,” Munts said. “It was the third one in four days. We didn’t think anything of it. We didn’t even notice anything was wrong until we seen water coming down the side of the wall.”
Marc Whitt, university spokesman, said residents on the fl oors above the 10th fl oor were allowed back in at 8:45 p.m.
All residents were back inside the hall before 11 p.m., Middleton said.
Middleton said the Housing website was updated throughout the evening to inform residents about the situation and availability of access to the fl oors. She said the situation was handled really well, all things considered.
“It’s unbelievable how quickly a situ-ation can be dealt with,” Middleton said. “We had eight or nine hall directors over there removing water along with custodi-ans.”
Taking the lead on the project is Stephen Richter, associate professor of biological sci-ences, who also serves as the associate di-rector of the Division of Natural Areas at Eastern. Richter oversees properties in three diff erent natural areas.
“Lilley Cornett Woods has the longest preserved old-growth forest in all of Ken-tucky,” Wilder said. “Th e forest serves as a control group into the understanding of this older ecosystem in contrast with the sur-rounding ones.”
According to it’s website, the Lilley Cor-nett Woods consists of 554 acres of mixed mesophytic forest with approximately 252 acres designated as an “old-growth zone”, which means that the area has not been exposed to any manmade changes in 150 years.
Th e website said the Lilley Cornett Woods are called the perfect place to con-duct environmental and ecological studies.
Th e level of biodiversity in the region has in-creased the popularity of the Lilley Cornett Woods into one of the most visited sites for research with visits from other universities, federal agencies, and one private organiza-tion. Approximately 530 species of fl ower-ing plants and 700 breeding pairs of birds are present in the woods along with several animals and reptiles. Additionally, a total of 36 documented studies have been conduct-ed in the area since 2011 from archaeologi-cal assessment of rock shelters to small ani-mal studies.
“Th e new center will open the area up to a new wave of opportunities,” Wilder said.
Wilder said most of the research con-ducted in the Lilley Cornett Woods consist-ed of fi eldwork up until now. Th e new cen-ter will essentially maximize the effi ciency of research and work in the region.
Guided tours on the two designated trails of the Lilley Cornett Woods are made available to the public with options between a 2-hour tour and a 4-hour tour. Students and staff are encouraged to schedule ahead of time to see one of the most unique eco-systems in all of Kentucky.
TO: SGA Student Senate MembersFROM: Michael Deaton, Ethics AdministratorDATE: September 19, 2013SUBJECT: Mee� ng for Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Let me begin by congratula� ng you for beginning your journey as an ac� ve member of the Eastern Kentucky University Student Government Associ-a� on. Some of you will read this message as com-plimen� ng; others will receive it as encouraging. In either realm, your experience in SGA will undoubt-edly be s� mula� ng and rewarding.
The purpose of this email is to discuss the sen� -ments that will be on the agenda for the mee� ng Tuesday, September 24. On Tuesday, Dr. Michael Reagle will be approaching Student Senate with a policy revision pertaining to Registered Student Organiza� ons (RSOs). The goal of the revision is to eliminate the standard that all RSO’s must up-hold the policies and procedures set forth by the University. This is an opportunity for each of you to exercise your privilege as a student body repre-senta� ve and engage in a frui� ul conversa� on to disseminate what that means and how it will eff ect student-based organiza� ons in the future. I encour-age each of you, new and returning, to ask ques-� ons and get educated on the topic before calling to vote.
If you have any ques� ons, feel free to contact me by email or note them and ask during the business mee� ng on Tuesday. Thank you and have a pleas-ant weekend!
Michael DeatonEthics Administrator
Email that Michael Deaton sentto Student Senate members
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Grey and the other female were trans-ported by Madison County EMS to the Bap-tist Health Hospital for further evaluation.
Th e roadway was cleared for vehicle traffi c shortly before 5 p.m.
In a separate incident on Friday, anoth-
er pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in the same intersection at 3:20 p.m.
Th e pedestrian, Stephanie Million, 21, from Harrodsburg, was crossing the street at the intersection walking toward the Wallace Building when a green or black car made a left turn and struck her. Th e female driver stopped to ask Million if she was okay and the driver fl ed the scene, ac-cording to the traffi c report. Million said she was fi ne and declined EMS service.
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Tobacco ban smokes out dissentionZeynab Day, Editor The Eastern Progress | www.easternprogress.com Thursday, October 10, 2013 Zeynab Day, Editor The Eastern Progress | www.easternprogress.com Thursday, October 10, 2013 A4A4
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Scott Smith
With the recent announcement that the university will move to a tobacco-free campus next year, Eastern made a pro-gressive step toward protecting individu-als’ rights.
But in doing so, the university will also open itself to potshots and criti-cisms—largely because the change comes off as an edict from on-high, which inevi-tably draws questions about the motiva-tions behind it.
The ban will target all types of tobac-co use, but smokers is the main group af-fected. Administrators say no specific group is in the crosshairs, but it’s clear that cigarettes draw the most complaints and are the main driver behind the ban. Murky spittoon bottles or a pod of hoo-kah puffers on Powell Corner are minor annoyances, but hardly grounds for a campus-wide shift in policy. The upcom-ing “war on tobacco” really is a war on cigarettes and secondhand smoke.
So smokers naturally will be defensive and express distaste for the policy.
We don’t take issue with the ban. But we’d prefer to see it called what it is: a smoking ban.
Seven years ago, a committee be-gan this quest for a smoke-free campus. The committee devised the current to-bacco policy, which bans smoking with-in 25 feet of a building. It also restricts use of other tobacco products within res-idence halls, academic and service build-ings, athletic venues and non-designated smoking areas. Essentially, most of the proposed tobacco ban is already in place. The only thing that’s changing is that smoking will be prohibited everywhere on campus. Considering the fact that at any given time it’s possible to find some-one standing next to a doorway puffing on a cigarette, many non-smokers will welcome a clearing of the air.
President Michael Benson said he took up the cause after receiving what he per-ceived to be overwhelming support in favor of the ban. This goes along with a campus survey that found 64 percent of responders wanted to see a tobacco-free campus, said Renee Fox, co-chair of the tobacco-free task force.
That said, it can and should be ar-gued that Eastern should have made these steps years ago. Nearly 1,200 col-leges and universities across the nation are already tobacco-free. Large state uni-versities such as the universities of Lou-isville and Kentucky have been tobacco
free since 2009. Northern Kentucky Uni-versity is set to levy its own ban begin-ning next year, some five months before Eastern adopts its ban. President Benson said he attended Eastern’s football game on Morehead State’s campus, which is to-bacco-free. And what Benson saw there, he said, suggested that it’s also quite pos-sible at Eastern.
But it shouldn’t take the rest of the state to be tobacco-free for Eastern to make such an obvious move. Rather than being a leader on the issue when it began examining a tobacco-free campus seven years ago, Eastern ends up as one of the last schools to make the change.
When you weigh out the reduced lia-bilities to the university, it’s easy to see why Eastern is going tobacco-free. Uni-versity officials don’t have an exact fig-ure for how much money it will save, but President Benson said that, in time, nearly $1 million will be saved annually in insurance premiums. It won’t be im-mediate, but the fewer smokers and to-
bacco-users on campus, the cheaper the costs for Eastern to insure its entire pop-ulation.
Improving the quality of life for stu-dents, faculty and staff is great, and the university providing cessation tools such as nicotine therapy, as well as looking into other alternative methods shows the move isn’t completely about money. But it’s no coincidence that right after the university’s reallocations and restructur-ing, Eastern likewise makes the move to go tobacco-free, which will save money in the long term.
People should probably fi nd better ways to relieve stress or for indulgence rath-er than ingesting carcinogens. For smok-ers, note that this is not the same as fatty foods or soft drinks because you choos-ing to be unhealthy doesn’t aff ect the next person’s ability to breathe clean air.
Of course, there’s still the issue of en-forcement. For starters, the university will have to invest in campus-wide signs. Northern Kentucky University, for exam-
ple, has peppered its campus with signs pointing out the impending change. For Eastern, this could prove interesting, con-sidering that half the buildings on cam-pus aren’t clearly marked on their own. So additional signs could either be a chal-lenge or a welcome change (one that might shore up the lack of signs elsewhere).
Schools that have imposed bans on smoking have different levels of enforce-ment ranging from official citations to public reporting and enforcement. The only good aspect of lagging behind oth-er schools is being able to use those poli-cies as a guide for implementing Eastern’s policy, something that the university is doing, Fox said.
All of which is to say that the move to a tobacco-free university makes sense. Sure, it’ll have its hiccups, but that’s to be expected whenever a big change is made to university culture. And change, while daunting, is the only way to find out whether something new might work better.
Letter to the Editor Correction
The following list is every universi-ty with a Bulldog mascot:
• Adrian College• Alabama A&M University• Bowie State University• Bryant College• Butler University• California State University, Fres-
no• Concordia University• Cumberland University• Drake University• Ferris State University• Gardner-Webb University• Louisiana Tech University• McPherson College• Mississippi State University• Samford University• South Carolina
State University
• Southwestern Oklahoma State University
• Texas Lutheran University• The Citadel• Truman State University• Union College• University of Georgia• University of Minnesota Duluth• University of Montana-Western• University of Redlands• Wingate University• Yale University
The only way you could have been more unoriginal was to suggest we adopt the “tiger” as a new mascot.
We are proud graduates of EKU will always consider ourselves Colonel.
Anthony Whitaker and Josh Nicholas 2011 Eastern Graduates
Mascot change suggestions uncreative n In the Oct. 26 edition of The Prog-ress the article about City Fest incorrect-ly named J&R entertainment as the DJ
for the event. Ben Wilcox of 242 Enter-tainment was the actual entertainer. The Progress regrets this error.
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Campus Sound Off
“Being a non-smoker, I think it’s great for people’s health, but people who want to smoke will fi nd a way whether it’s banned or not. This ban is just oppress-ing them. It gives a good facade to the school, but I think it’s just going to cause discomfort.”
William BrantlyHometown: SharpsburgMajor: UndeclaredYear: Sophomore
“I like it because I am allergic to ciga-re� e smoke so I am going to feel be� er on campus. I am OK with a smoke free campus but not a tobacco free campus because dipping doesn’t distract my learning or eff ect me.”
Misty JohnsonHometown: LouisvilleMajor: Health Service Administra� onYear: Sophomore
“It really doesn’t aff ect me but I can see where Benson is coming from because nobody stays in the smoke boxes or abides by the smoking rules.”
“Smoking can’t be controlled. Everyone will probably rebel.”
Cur� s ConradHometown: GreenvilleMajor: Graphic DesignYear: Freshman
“Smoking is typically something I ignore because I don’t smoke. As far as air quality goes, it could benefi t the cam-pus. The ban is not a nega� ve, really, but it won’t change anything for me. I won’t miss it.”
“I would keep smoking on campus. I like my cigare� es.”
Arthur CookHometown: LexingtonMajor: Fire Protec� onYear: Junior
Over the past week or so the U.S. government has been in the middle of a shutdown. The term seems to strike fear in people as if it means that chaotic anar-chists will soon be running the streets, but that is not the case.
The government has actu-ally shut down several times throughout history, with the one last occurring in late 1995. A shutdown occurs when Con-gress refuses to pass a spending
bill that funds the government. This is currently the case as the left and the right try to come up with a budget, which is stuck in the mud because of funding for Obamacare (formally known as The Patient Protection and Af-fordable Care Act).
Obamacare has been the topic of heated discussion in politics, but many Americans are actually unaware of what the act will do. Obamacare will essentially re-quire that all citizens have health insurance, and will include a new medical device tax.
Republicans have fiercely op-posed the Democrat-supported bill to the point that Congress has refused to fund Obamacare. In turn, the U.S. government has ceased operation.
Depending on which per-spective the shutdown is viewed, there are varying levels of its ef-fect. Fortunately the military is still in operation, which pre-vents us from being defensively off guard. Social Security checks will also continue to be paid.
This asylum, however, does not extend to federal loans or permits, as the federal govern-ment cannot give out requested money if it cannot fund itself. Additionally, national parks are also currently shutdown, which will cause many disappointing field trips.
How does the government shutdown affect us students?
For those who depend on fed-eral student loans, rest assured that your funds will not cease,
but the downsizing of feder-al employees able to work will make getting answers about your loan difficult. If you have a research paper requiring the use of some federally-run web-site you will have to do more te-dious searching as federal web-sites such as the National Parks site is down.
For the short term there is not much to seriously worry about during this shutdown. If an agreement is met we could be seeing the government up and running in days. Th e issue is that there is no agreement in sight.
Republicans ferocious oppo-sition of Obamacare compared to the same level of support for the measure from Democrats lets us know there is no happy
medium that will satisfy both sides. Some temporary spending measure could be made for the sake of reviving the government, but that will not fully solve any-thing. It appears as if neither side will drop the case, so even when government resumes there will be the same degree of divi-sion and tension.
Severe government disagree-ment of any sort is detrimen-tal, but for now Americans can breathe easy for the most part. I for one certainly wish for a quick solution in which we will see an agreement that is for the better of the entire country.
Until then we must sit and watch the federal blame game between Republicans and Dem-ocrats drag on.
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Eastern students may have a better time commuting through Richmond on bicycles and on foot if the Richmond City Council follows through with suggestions for im-proving existing traffi c routes by installing bike lanes and multi-use trails.
City offi cials invited the audience to pro-vide feedback on the specifi c changes they would like to see at a Richmond City Coun-cil meeting on Sept. 25. One of the great-est concerns residents expressed was the lack of connectivity between residential and commercial areas in Richmond.
Th e council wanted to have alternate methods to get to places like the Richmond Mall and Kroger. Cyclists living close to East Main Street expressed troubles with
getting to places such as the Richmond Mall and Kroger. Th e installment of bike ped-ways along the Eastern Bypass was sug-gested to ease access to locations along the Bypass. Other suggestions included the in-stallment of bike lanes on Main Street and creating a way for bikes to cross the Eastern Bypass close to the Center for the Arts.
Jennifer Koslow, assistant professor of bi-ology, was present at the meeting. She sum-marized the problems of pedestrians and cyclists in Richmond.
“It is not a walkable community,” Koslow said. “We don’t have alternative transporta-tion as an option.”
Mike Hale, owner of Mike’s Hike and Bike, spoke at the meeting. He spoke excit-edly about the prospect of the city taking the idea of diff erent modes of transporta-tion seriously, but was concerned that many people do not know the laws that govern the traffi c for cyclists.
“We need to make drivers and cyclists aware of the law,” Hale said. “Cars are not allowed to drive on the sidewalks, just like
bikes are not allowed to be on sidewalks.”Hale said making Richmond friendly for
cyclists could bring economic benefi ts to the city. He mentioned the Virginia Creeper Trail, a 34 mile trail that connects the cities of Damascus, Va. to Abingdon, Va. Th ou-sands of cyclists come from other states to travel the trail, generating income for local businesses.
“Trails like that are easy to maintain and bring in money in tourism,” Hale said.
Some other members of the community also provided important feedback on chang-es the city needs to make. Alice Jones, di-rector of the offi ce of sustainability, voiced the benefi ts students would have if bicycle transportation became viable in Richmond.
“We will all benefi t if it is possible for students to live in the city without need-ing to drive,” Jones said. “We have, for in-stance, a large number of international stu-dents who may not have been used to drive in their home countries, and when they get here they feel isolated because they need to have a car to go anywhere.”
IN AN EFFORT TO EASE COMMUTE FOR CYCLISTS, RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES BIKE LANES
Students may be familiar with the na-tional television hit America’s Got Tal-ent that showcases a variety of acts from musical performances to stunt devils and dance teams.
Eastern’s spin on the show, “Eastern’s Got Talent,” will hold its annual compe-tition at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in Brock Audi-torium. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Auditions were held on Oct. 2 and 3. To audition, you had to sign up and per-form. After two days of watching acts and ranking them using score sheets, the panel of Residence Life Council (RLC) judges chose 22 acts that will form the competition.
“Students should come because it
gives them the chance to see the talents of other students and get involved within their school,” said Kelsey Hagan, 20, oc-cupational science sopho-more, from Fishers, Ind., who serves as the RLC programming chair.
For the competition, four or five judges will be selected from various campus organizations. Sar-ah Carpenter, SGA Presi-dent, as well as a repre-sentative from housing and one from student life have been selected. The other judges have yet to be named.
“It will be a really fun event,” Hagan said. “We had to cut so many great acts, so the competition really is the best of
the best. It will be great to see what other people can do.”
Each contestant or act will have one per-formance to impress the judges and crowd. At the end of the contest, the top three will be given awards.
First place is a $200 shopping spree, sec-ond place is a gift bas-ket valued at $100 and third place is another gift basket valued at
$50.“I think it will be exciting for people
to come and support the contestants,” said Bethany Jones, 19, nursing soph-
omore from Fish-ers, Ind. and RLC national communica-tions coordinator. “It takes a lot of cour-age to audition in front of your peers and get up in front of a huge auditorium of people to perform.”
The RLC will be running the event but Hagan expressed some concern about the
Weird Al Yankovich didn’t start out his career intending to be a parody musician. But after a few three-hour shifts at his college radio sta-tion, where he earned the name “Weird Al” because of his on-air hijinks, it dawned on him that the architectural degree that he was working on would not be put to use. Instead, he wanted to enter-tain people through music.
“My dad always said that suc-cess means making a living doing what makes you happy,” Yankovich said.
Yankovich followed his dad’s advice—and to great success, sell-ing more than 12 million albums over four decades of work and net-ting three Grammy’s and numerous awards for hits like “Eat It,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Fat,” and “Amish Paradise.” His hit song “White and Nerdy” remained number one
on iTunes for two months.Yankovich will perform at 7:30 p.m.
Th ursday, Oct. 10, at the EKU Center for the Arts. Tickets will cost $49 for orches-tra seats, $39 for grand tier seats. Yankov-ich will be accompanied by the 501st Legion Star Wars fan club for a Star Wars-themed portion of the show. Two Eastern dance club members will be performing as well.
Yankovich said music fi rst entered his life
when his parents bought him an accordion with accompanying lessons. He is also able to play other keyboard-based instruments, but the accordion was his fi rst.
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Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Student Ac-tivities Council (SAC) released the name for its fall concert.
Up-and-coming country sing-er Kacey Musgraves performs at 8 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2013 at the Center for the Arts.
Musgraves is a Nashville-based
singer-songwriter whose fourth studio album and label debut, Same Trailer Different Park, was released in March of this year.
She has recently been on tour with Little Big Town and Kenny Chesney as well as a European tour with Lady Antebellum.
SAC also considered other coun-try acts such as Florida Georgia Line, Gloriana, Jana Kramer, and Marie Cobb.
“We look for a decent response,” Ryan Poynter, SAC concert com-mittee chair. “It probably won’t be as big of a concert as the Phil-lip Phillips concert because he was a larger name. But Kacey is up and
coming, she’s getting bigger every day.”
Poynter said Musgraves was ex-actly what SAC was looking for when considering options for the fall concert.
“She had four dates left in her schedule and was rounding out a tour,” Poynter said. “We’ve not had a country concert in a few years so we felt she was a great choice.”
Tickets are on sale now and stu-dents can purchase them for $10-12 in the SGA office in Middle Powell from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Public tick-ets are $15-17 and will be on sale at the EKU Center for the Arts box office and online at ekucenter.com.
Working out more is a common New Year’s resolution. But how often do people make this resolution during the month of October?
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, Eastern Kentucky Uni-versity began its Ironman Challenge. This event tests the ability of Eastern students, faculty or staff and alumni members of the Fitness and Wellness Center to complete 2.4 miles of swim-ming, 112 miles of biking, and 26.4 miles of run-ning. People who participate have only 31 days to finish this task in order to be able to say that they have completed the Ironman Challenge.
Greg Corack, assistant director of intramurals and club sports, said that they thought the event would be a fun, competitive way to motivate peo-ple when the organization started this challenge three years ago.
“Participating in this challenge is an easy way to get in shape,” Corack said. “Not many people consider October to be a month to be getting in shape. It’s a great month actually for people to start; it isn’t very crowded and gives people the time and equipment they need to be healthy.”
Participants in the challenge can use the equipment in the Eastern Fitness & Wellness Center, Burke Wellness Center, and the Alum-ni Coliseum Pool. When utilizing these facili-ties, challengers must tell a staff member when they are working out for the challenge before be-ginning and after finishing that day. Contestants may also complete some of their distances out-side of these facilities if it is more convenient. All distances swam, biked, and ran must be en-tered online to the Eastern Wellness Center on-line tracking system.
“We use the honor system when it comes to people entering their distances into the tracking system,” Corack said. “We trust that people will enter the correct distances and be honest with their recordings.”
So far, 75 people have signed up to participate in the Ironman Challenge. Corack said 300 en-
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Up-and-coming country singer Kacey Musgraves performs at the EKU Center for the Arts on Oct. 8, 2013 sponsored by the Student Activities Council. Students can purchase tickets in the Student Government Office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Video games as a medium, and as a ve-hicle for stories, have advanced beyond the point of just being toys for children. They can tell stories that intrigue people as much as Shakespeare, and have graph-ics that look as gorgeous as a new Pixar movie. It’s pretty surprising, however, to see simplistic games such as the Rayman titles not only survive in the current mar-ket, but also thrive.
Rayman Legends, released Sept. 3, was developed by the Montpellier branch of Ubisoft and directed by series creator Michel Ancel who uses the same, beau-tiful cartoony atmosphere and presenta-tion as in the other games in the series.
Even though Ancel and the team that worked on Rayman Origins is present, Legends takes what Origins perfected and attempts to take it further, but it ulti-mately misses what made Origins a near-ly-perfect experience.
Set in a surreal world created by an old shaman-like character called the “Bubble Dreamer”, Legends features the titular character of Rayman, a limbless hero of sorts; his best friend, a blue frog named Globox, and little creatures called “Teen-sies” that jump back into action as the nightmares caused by the evil Teensies plague their world once again.
The group must traverse through dif-ferent worlds via magical paintings in order to save kidnapped Teensies and
magical sprites known as Lums from the Nightmares’ clutches.
As complex as the story may sound, it’s much like the one found in Origins, which is extremely cut and dried, and borderline random. There is only one line of discernible dialogue in the whole game, while the rest is comedic gibber-ish.
Legends is a basic 2D side-scroll plat-form game reminiscent of old Mario games with 4-player co-op, and has you jumping, punching, and floating your way through six themed worlds including a Medieval fantasy setting with dragons and ogres, and a mouth-watering food world designed after the Mexican holi-day, Dia de los Muertos filled with color-ful skeletons and cake.
Origins was noted as having incredibly jarring difficulty spikes so Legends ad-dresses this with more forgiving check-points and ample foresight into what you have to do in each level. This reduces the need for frustrating memorization. Leg-ends features new content such as a soc-cer mini-game, costumes, pets and daily challenges for those with internet access.
One major downside to Legends is the new “Murphy” levels, which need the as-sistance of a timed button-prompt to let the character of Murphy perform a nec-essary action in order to advance through the level.
These levels come from the game be-ing a WiiU exclusive, at first, and work well with a touchscreen but the PS3 and XBOX360 versions of these levels seem
tedious and slow down the fast pace that the games are known for.
One thing that Legends and other Rayman games do get right is the jaw-dropping presentation. The visuals of the game are some of the best-produced graphics with expansive, hand-painted backgrounds and environments, all de-signed by artists. Although sometimes they look “too” good because the char-acters are as detailed as the backgrounds which causes them to blend in instead of popping out like in Origins.
Another source of majesty in this game is the music which is scored by Christophe Heral and Billy Martin and features original tunes and some notable melodies. One of the highlights of Leg-ends is its newly introduced, “Orchestral
Chaos” levels which have the player per-forming actions to the beat of familiar songs, like a hard rock cover of Ram Jam’s “Black Betty,” or a flamenco style cover of “Eye of the Tiger.”
As good as the music is, it felt repeti-tive. Some of the more prominent songs from Origins were pulled into the game, and multiple levels will use the same track with little or no difference.
Legends is a fantastic title but it is no-where near the level of a complete expe-rience as its predecessor and feels more like an experimental expansion pack. But one should consider this experiment a success.
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Th e Legend of Sleepy Hollow returns, but with a surprising new twist.
Created by Phillip Iscove, Alex Kurtz-man, Roberto Orci and Len Wiseman, Fox’s new series, Sleepy Hollow, puts a new spin on the legendary story of Ichabod Crane. Crane, played by Tom Mison, dies during a mission for General George Washington in 1781, but then awakens in the year 2013 in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Crane is resurrected from a spell that was put on him by his witch wife Katrina Crane, played by Katia Winter. But he’s not the only one who is resurrect-ed. Th e Headless Horseman, whose head was chopped off by Ichabod, is also awake and seeks revenge by beheading innocent people.
Crane teams up with Lt. Abbie Mills, played by Nichole Beharie, to search for the Horseman and for the people responsible for bringning him back to life. If the Horseman is not stopped, supernatural forces will af-fect the Earth.
During the search and investigation, Crane and Mills fi nd that dark forces are be-ginning to stir around them, taking innocent lives and growing stronger every second.
Each episode is an hour long and is full of suspense and surprises. As Crane and Mills get closer as work partners, they both reveal more secrets about themselves to one anoth-er, that are linked to the case in more ways than one.
Despite only being on its fourth episode, the show has become a big hit and Fox has already renewed it for a second season. In its fi rst episode, Sleepy Hollow attracted 10 mil-lion viewers and USA Today gave it 3 stars out of 4.
Keeping a balance of funny and scary scenes, the show keeps the audience interest-ed with a good sense of humor and just the right amount of scary content to keep them on the edge of their seats. Th ese elements, along with brilliant character writing and twists, make Sleepy Hollow worth watching and should get just about anyone in the spirit of Halloween.
Sleepy Hollow airs at 9 p.m., Mondays on Fox.
for his freshman year, and then lived off campus for the remainder of his degree.“Th ey called it ‘Architorture,’” Yankovich said. “I didn’t really sleep as it was. It
was a state university so it wasn’t that expensive. I was able to get by without a part time job.”
During this time, Yankovich took shifts as a DJ for KCPR (his college radio sta-tion). He was known to play weird and humorous music on air. Also during this time, Yankovich recorded songs with his accordion and sent them to the Dr. De-menco radio show, where Yankovich was played and began to receive a following.
“My Bologna,” was aired on Dr. Demenco’s station and became a national sin-gle. Before Yankovich graduated college he had added another single, “Another One Rides the Bus.”
“It was a growing moment for me,” Yankovich said. “ Th e college radio was very important to me, it’s where I developed my personality and got the name ‘Weird Al.’”
Th is wasn’t work for Yankovich; it was pleasure. KCPR was Yankovich’s recre-ation on campus. Yankovich said that for three hours he just got to go crazy. His career is based on his love for pure entertainment.
“It’s something I’ve done since I was a small child,” Yankovich said. “I just never got out of the phase.”
Although Yankovich didn’t apply his architecture degree, he did follow his dad’s advice of doing what made him happy. Even with the debt that college may put on students, there are still opportunities there.
“It depends on what you want to do, it’s a personal choice,” Yankovich said, “If you enjoy what you’re doing in college then the debt shouldn’t be an issue.”
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The Saddle Club is a new club on cam-pus that is focused on bringing horse rid-ers and those who are interested in riding together.
Saddle Club President Hannah Rich-ardson, 23, agricultural business major, from Midway, gained approval for the club in February and strives to make the club a place to learn about the different kinds of riders and horse breeds.
Approval for the club was denied at first by student life because of conflict-ing interests with the Eastern Equestri-ans. The club is separate from the East-ern Equestrians based on its openness for all types of horses and riders.
The Eastern Equestrians’ main fo-cus is on saddle-seat riding. Richardson grew up riding many different breeds of horses and wanted to create a group that reflected the many different aspects of riding, competitions and overall love of horses.
The members of the Saddle Club range from experienced riders to those that have never been on a horse. Shelly Winstead, 23, business major, from Bardstown said the club was organized to connect students who cared about horses on a deeper level. Winstead also grew up around horses and felt the Sad-dle Club was a more comfortable expe-rience for people who were interested in other types of riding.
The Saddle Club is involved in main-ly off-campus events including; College
Scholarship Day at Keeneland and the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE).
NAILE is in Louisville and runs from November 9-22. The club is very excited about attending the NAILE rodeo on the Tough Enough to Wear Pink Night. The rodeo will be sponsoring breast cancer awareness by having the riders wear pink to show their support.
The Saddle Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday and the third Monday of every month. For more information on the club, contact Hannah Richardson or check out the Saddle Club’s Facebook page.
tries of activities were logged onto the Ironman Challenge webpage in less than a week.
Students, alumni, and faculty or staff can sign up for the contest at any point during the month. There is no fee to en-ter into the challenge.
Last year, the event had 275 partici-pants, with 107 people actually finish.
One of the contestants who finished was Kyle Reece, sport management se-nior.
“I started the contest last year just be-cause I wanted to begin the process to be-
coming healthier,” Reece said. “I dropped about 9 or 10 pounds during the chal-lenge month. You’re always staying ac-tive and having to do multiple workouts in one day to keep up with the distance requirements. You just have to keep tell-ing yourself to keep going.”
Reece, originally from Fishers, Ind., said that eight days into the challenge he has biked 30 miles and ran 9 miles. He said the hardest part of the challenge is the swimming portion. Reece said 30 laps in the Alumni Coliseum swimming pool equal one mile. He also said that he learned last year to pace himself in his distances and not try to get it all done in just a couple of days this time.
Jennifer Hoff, criminal justice senior, from Independence, said the hardest part
of the challenge for her is getting up and going to the gym. This is especially im-portant because she has a time limit on when all of the distances have to be done.
“Having a time limit of when I have to have the challenge completed by makes it hard and makes me get up and go to the gym because I know I can’t afford to put it off,” Hoff said. “This challenge is a good motivation to get into shape. So far I have biked about 40 miles in the gym and ran about 6 miles around my neigh-borhood.”
Hoff, who is attempting the Ironman Challenge for the first time, said being able to tell people that she finished the challenge is great motivation for her to keep going. Hoff said she would hate to have to tell people she couldn’t make it
and quit. People who finish the challenge re-
ceive a T-shirt and are put into a raffle to win prizes. Corack said iPads were one of the six items raffled last year.
Both Reece and Hoff said that working out with a friend eases some of the stress of trying to complete the challenge.
“I’m completing the challenge by my-self but I have actually motivated my friends to workout with me sometimes; it makes going to the gym a lot easier and encourages me,” Hoff said. “For those who are participating in the challenge; don’t give up and keep trying!”
To log in distances, go to http://www.campusrec.eku.edu/eku-ironman-chal-lenge .
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new location. “Since we are in a new auditorium we have to figure
out how everything works,” Hagan said. “We are work-ing the entire event from the sound, lights, and cur-tains. But I think it’s going to be very successful. Last year we had to turn people away because we filled the Student Success Building. You shouldn’t have to do that at a free event that is for the students.”
Matthew Hughes-HollandKatrina MaglioJohn MathreKim Prejeant
Chris Montoya and Faith CollinsBrittany StewartAngel Spurlock
Markisha WilliamsJade McClure
Hakeem MooreKristen GregoryBrandy Neelly
Zac and Eric ShoopmanJessica Casebolt
Aaron Fore, Andrew Fore, Jerry Hockensmith
After unseasonably warm weather in late September and early October, it seems like temperatures dropped overnight and summer has turned into fall.
While I was happy to see the leaves fi nally start falling off the trees, it seems other stu-dents have been left falling as well. As they grapple with what is or isn’t appropriate for this weather, I have to chuckle at some of the things I’m seeing students wearing.
I’m not sure if some people just refuse to put their shorts away in one last bitter at-tempt to hold onto their school-free sum-mer days, or if it’s just the hot-natured ver-sus cold-natured argument. Regardless, it’s comical to walk down the sidewalk and see the diff erences in wardrobe people have this time of year.
It’s time to retire the shorts, and bring out your jeans. Trade in your tank tops and tees for long sleeves and jackets. Summer is behind us, and winter is closer than we think, so get ready.
Say goodbye to pool days, and hello to brisk autumn mornings. It’s over people, so start dressing like it.
I’m a people-watcher by nature; so its al-most impossible not to notice these things. I am also one of those people who don’t un-derstand combinations like hoodies and shorts. It seems to me that if it’s cold enough outside to need a sweatshirt, then you might need to wear pants that cover your whole leg.
Th ere’s also the timeless union of Ugg
boots and shorts. Th at combo boggles my mind even more. Winter boots with lots of fur, designed for the cold and snow, paired with jean shorts.
Finally, I would like to address fl ip-fl ops. While it is the perfect shoe for a dorm shower or a day-spent poolside, this exposing footwear is not meant to be a
staple of your wardrobe during cold temperatures. Nothing both-ers me more than when people talk about how cold they are and I look down to see they’re wear-ing fl ip-fl ops. It’s common knowl-edge that you lose most of your body heat through your head and you feet, so when it’s cold outside, wear real shoes and if you’re bald maybe throw on a hat.
Maybe I’m a product of my up-bringing -- I was always taught growing up that there are specif-ic ways to dress for diff erent parts of the year and that this concept of changing out the wardrobe in your closet for each season is not only important but also absolute-ly necessary. Take the “no white shoes after labor day” rule we have in my family or the unspo-ken “no shorts after the fi rst frost” rule.
As I scuff my sneakers through the dried leaves, sipping a white hot chocolate from my hand just covered by the end of my shirt sleeve, I can feel that fall has fi -nally arrived. I’m just waiting for everyone else to catch on.
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Colonel CornerJohanna BoyerJohanna BoyerFreshman Johanna Boyer is an outside hitter for Eastern’s
volleyball team. Th e Colorado native is commonly referred to as Jojo and is majoring in Environmental Studies. After grad-uation, she said she wants to move to South America or Aus-tralia and help protect and preserve the ocean.
Q. What made you interested in volleyball?A. My mom forced me to go to tryouts in seventh grade. I wasn’t that great at fi rst, but I kept trying. I have played volleyball for a total of six years.Q. If you could have one wish what would it be?A. I really wish my family could be here. Colorado is very far from here and I never get to see them. I miss them a lot.Q. If you could be in a TV show, which one would it be?A. I would love to be on a crime show! I like CSI and NCIS and I would be the investigator that fi gures everything out.
Q. One thing that you can fi nd in your bag or purse?A. I like to keep inspirational quotes in my purse to keep me motivated.Q. Who is your favorite professor at Eastern so far?A. Eugene Palka. He teaches the athlete-orientation class. The class is laid back and fun.Q. What hobbies do you have other than volley-ball?A. I am decent at snowboarding. I wish I could get better. I also like to hike, but I haven’t been to the Pinnacles yet.Q. What is your favorite restaurant in Richmond?A. I like McAllister’s; we don’t have one where I am from. It is so good and I love the peach tea from there. Q. What is your biggest fear?A. I am scared of making big decisions; I don’t want to make the wrong one. I also want to be a good role model to my little sisters.
Johanna Boyer
Volleyball falls 0-3 to conference foe Austin Peay
Th e Colonel’s volleyball team (7-11, 1-3 OVC) traveled to Austin Peay State Univer-sity on Saturday, Oct. 5 for another confer-ence game and fell 0-3 to the Governors.
Austin Peay (6-13, 3-1 OVC) outblocked Eastern, 7-3. Senior Ashley Edmonds led Eastern with nine kills while junior Alex-is Plagens followed with eight. Sophomore Mallori Moff at led the Colonels with 11 digs and junior Dena Ott followed with nine.
Th e Colonels lost by scores of 22-25, 17-25 and 21-25.
“Instead of looking at the game nega-tively, I think we’re going to take it as a pos-itive and learn from it,” Ott said. “Do what-
ever we can to fi x some things.” Moff at said the team needs to work
better together during games and remain mentally strong and focused on the court.
“We just need to come back stronger from the loss,” Moff at said. “We just need
to stay focused and work through things together and come back stronger this weekend.”
Eastern competed with-out one of its regular start-ers, freshman Tori An-derson. Head coach Lori
Duncan said Anderson had an injury that the staff and team were un-aware of, and that an orthopedist had ad-vised her to remain off the court for the rest of the season.
“The only student athlete that we don’t have in the lineup right now is Can-dace Biltz and she had some medical is-sues, so we haven’t had Candace traveling with our group since we played at home on Sept. 2,” Duncan said. “You think, not a super huge deal, it’s only one kid. Then we lost the ability to compete with Tori Anderson.”
Duncan said competing with just 12 people took an emotional toll on the team during the match against Austin Peay.
“Th e fi rst set was tight until we got to a specifi c rotation and it’s a rotation that Tori would be in,” Duncan said. “We couldn’t kill a ball and we really struggled, so we switched that rotation for the second set. We didn’t have as many problems in that rotation, but we weren’t as strong in oth-
er rotations as well. I think the third set we even switched our middle to see if that could solve the issue.”
Despite the multiple rotation switch-es, Duncan said that without an adequate amount of time to practice these rotations before the match, they will not work.
Eastern will return to Richmond this weekend to play Southern Illinois Univer-sity Edwardsville at 7 p.m. on Oct. 11 and Eastern Illinois University at 2 p.m. on Oct. 12.
“A positive is we’ll be at home for a while,” Duncan said. “There’s nothing like being able to sleep in your own bed and get back into your own routine at home. Like I said, we’ve been traveling for six consecutive weekends and it takes its toll.”
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“It was a simple play that we run all the time, and I just did what I was sup-posed to and took off .” De La Cruz said.
An injury to the regular back up Kyle Romano left the Colonels with a problem, but De La Cruz stepped up.
“It was an amazing feeling,” De La Cruz said. “I’m glad the coaches be-lieved in me to do that. Th ey threw me
in there and I enjoyed every minute of it.”
“I’ve played about seven diff erent positions on this team since I got here, and when I ran to the end zone it felt unreal,” he said. “I never thought I’d get the opportunity to do it.”
Every aspect of the team played well, but one thing kept frustrating ev-ery Colonel fan and head coach Dean Hood.
Punt returner Stanley Absanon re-turned two punts deep into Governor territory, one of those for a touchdown.
Both were called back because of pen-alties.
“It’s frustrating,” Hood said. “If it’s clean on fi lm then I have new issues with it, but it has to be blatant. Disap-pointing, but that’s the way it is.”
On a side note, punter Jordan Ber-ry booted a 77-yard punt in the third quarter, just one yard short of Eastern’s record.
Eastern is off this week and will re-turn to the fi eld on homecoming week-end at 3 p.m. on Oct. 19 against Ten-nessee Tech.
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to practice.“Sofi e continues to play really well,” Whit-
son said. “She didn’t hit any balls until yester-day in the fi rst round of the tournament. She was not very prepared for the tournament and still played fairly well.”
Sophomore Anna Gleixner was next up for Eastern. She tied 19th with a total of 159 (+15). Freshman Emilie Simmons tied for 22 with a total of 160 (+16). Sophomores Becky Sharpe and Rachel Welker tied for 28 with totals of 161 (+17) to round out Eastern’s roster.
“Anna didn’t have her ‘A’ game this week,” Whitson said. “Everybody’s going to have a little bit of an off week every once in a while. She’s played so well for us this fall and I fully expect Anna to get to work on her game and be ready for Monday and Tuesday.”
Th e University of Toledo won the event with a total of 611 (+11). Host Ball State came in second with a 618 score.
Th e Colonels return to play during fall break at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate Oct. 14-15 in Clarksville, Tenn.
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feated teams like host Louisville, Mi-ami (Ohio) and Vanderbilt.
Th e men’s team was a diff erent sto-ry. Th e ‘B’ team went to Louisville, while runners like seniors Soufi ane Bouchikhi and Wade Meddles stayed home to rest. Th e Colonels ran in the men’s gold race.
Th e men’s ‘B’ team placed eighth out of 19 teams with a score of 230.
Th e top runner for Eastern was ju-nior Ben Toroitich, who placed 25 out of 163 with a time of 25:31.22. Toroitich is normally a top runner for the men’s team, but this event marked his fi rst race since last November. Toroitich has been recovering from an injury.
“Hopefully he (Toroitich) can keep going now,” Erdmann said. “Hopefully he can improve his condition and be a factor in the whole thing. Th at’s what we’re hoping for.”
Junior Sean Vandermosten (26) followed right behind Toroitich af-ter running the 8K race with a time of
25:31.63. Senior Adams Ronnoh (38) fi nished with a time of 25:42.49, soph-omore Ben Turner (38) ran a time of 25:52.03 and senior Kyle Burton (123) fi nished in 27:12.94.
Louisville won the event with a score of 53. Tennessee (2) trailed be-hind with a score of 81 and East Ten-nessee State fi nished third with a score of 175.
Both teams have next week off , re-turning on Oct. 19 at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (men’s team) and at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (women’s team).
CROSS-COUNTRY
Eastern’s soccer team (2-9-1, 1-2-0 OVC) dropped a weekend of con-ference games against Southern Il-linois University Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois University.
Th e game remained scoreless until the second half when Kayla Delgado made the fi rst goal for the Cougars at 54:30. Another South-ern Illinois goal followed at 78:14 to move the score 2-0.
Freshman Cassie Smith scored Eastern’s fi rst and only goal from 30 yards with just a minute left in the second half. Smith now leads the Colonels with six points on the season.
Senior Brittany Nomady led the team with two shots, aiding Eastern in its four shots against the Cou-gars’ 12 shots. Senior Nikki Don-nelly and Smith added one shot each.
Sophomore Erika Wolfer spent all 90 minutes in the net for East-ern, recording fi ve saves.
Eastern Illinois Th e Colonels dropped its sec-
ond game of the weekend to East-ern Illinois (4-9, 4-0 OVC) with a 1-0 loss.
With just three minutes left to play, the game was tied 0-0. East-ern Illinois grabbed a goal from 10 yards out at the 87:40 minute mark.
Donnelly led the team with fi ve shots. Sophomore Katie Bright added three shots while junior Devon Saini added two shots. Overall Eastern put off 12 shots, falling behind Eastern Illinois’ 20 shots.
Wolfer spent 66:42 minutes as goalie for the Colonels, but was re-placed after receiving a red card and exiting the game. Sophomore Samm Melton played the remain-ing 23 minutes in the net.
Eastern returns to Th e EKU Soc-cer Field to play Southeast Missouri at 4 p.m. on Oct. 11 and University of Tennessee at Martin at 4 p.m. on Oct. 13.
Colonels drop two games during weekend to OVC foes
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Freshman Cassie Smith scored Eastern’s only goal against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Oct. 4.
“I got three birdies, two bogies and thir-teen pars,” Hinton said.
Senior Stuart Witt shot a 228 (+12) and placed 47. Junior Taylor Riggs and Freshman Travis Rose tied for 57, scoring a 231 (+15). Ju-nior Patric Sundlof came in 49, tying with an-other player, shooting a score of 229 (+13).
Th e match had a late start because of rain and became too dark to fi nish the last nine holes. Th e last nine holes, along with the last round, were completed the next morning.
Hinton said he has high hopes for the next match.
“Everyone has played that course before, we should do well,” he said. “Austin Peay is re-ally good, they are one of the best in the na-tion.”
Eastern plays its next match on Oct. 14 at the F&M Bank Austin Peay Intercollegiate in Hopkinsville.
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The Colonels kept Austin Peay to just six net rushing yards. Eastern’s overall record breaks even at 3-3 (1-1 OVC) after the win Oct. 5.
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Eastern (3-3, 1-1 OVC) earned a timely win Saturday night against Austin Peay, 38-3.
“It was a must win for us today,” se-nior linebacker Anthony Brown said.
The Colonels got the win behind its running game and defense. East-ern’s stable of running backs car-ried the load on offense and their rush defense held the Governors to just six yards rushing on 25 carries. Eastern rushed for 321 yards on 46 carries.
Th e load was divided up between redshirt junior Caleb Watkins and redshirt freshman Jared Sanders for the majority of the game, and toward the end, redshirt freshman Th omas Owens and redshirt senior Ben De La Cruz carried the load for the Col-onels.
“You have to give the credit to the
off ensive line,” Watkins said. “Th ey played a great game.”
Watkins seemed to be dragging Governors on his back all night, and he said the coaches made that an em-phasis all week. Yards after contact would be key.
“Th at’s some-thing you have to do,” Watkins said. “You can’t go down with arm tackles. If you do that all game long, it’ll eventually wear them down and that’s what happened tonight.”
One missing piece of the Colonel off ense was redshirt freshman running back JJ Jude, who didn’t play because of an injury.
“We miss JJ and hope he can heal up this week,” Watkins said. “We have the mentality that the next man has to step up and they have to perform.”
Eastern took the lead with a touch-down run by junior quarterback Jared McClain in the fi rst quarter and nev-er really looked back. Th e defense kept forcing Governor punts and the of-
fense took advantage of it. A touchdown run by Watkins with
12:45 to go in the second pushed it to 14-0, and a fi eld goal eight minutes lat-er made it 17-0. A late drive by Austin Peay made it close to the end zone but was picked off by Brown.
“Johnny [Joseph] tipped it and it came in my hands,” Brown said.
“I tried to cut it back across the fi eld, but it didn’t work too well for me,” he said.
Th e second half was a lot like the fi rst. Austin Peay running back Tim Phillips, a Louisville native, fumbled into the hands of the Colonel defense on its fi rst drive. Eastern capitalized with a touchdown pass from McClain to fullback Roman Lawson.
Watkins had another touchdown run with 3:57 to go in the third quar-ter.
Th e big story in the fourth quarter was the play of backup quarterback De La Cruz recently converted from wide receiver to backup quarterback. De La Cruz busted out a 79 yard run, out-running every Governor defender to the end zone.
Junior quarterback Jared McClain scored one of Eastern’s four rushing touchdowns against the Austin Peay Governors on Oct. 5.
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Women’s golf nets third, thanks to Levin’s six birdies
Eastern’s women’s golf team tied for third place at Th e 2013 Preview in Fishers, Ind. on Oct. 7 and 8. Th e Colonels shot 632 (+56) at the 16-team event.
Th e 72-par, 6,127 yard event was played at the Hawthorns Golf Club. Th e teams played 18 holes to-tal in two rounds.
Head coach Mike Whitson said the team needs to work on its short game.
“We’re still throwing away more shots around the green that we don’t need to,” Whitson said. “Two or three putts we don’t need to have. We have to tighten those things up. If we do that, our scores will start to come down.”
Th e Colonels had a stronger score in the second round after shooting 323 in the fi rst and 309 in the sec-
ond. Whitson said weather conditions on Monday caused most of the teams to have worse showings in the fi rst round.
“We played the same level of play, just yesterday’s conditions were extremely diffi cult,” he said. “Yester-day was chilly and quite windy. Th e course was diffi -cult both days; it’s just a hard golf course.”
Freshman Sofi e Levin was the highlight for the Colonels. She placed sixth out of 94 with a two-round +9 total of 153. Levin shot 78 in the fi rst round and 75 in the second. She hit six birdies.
Whitson said he was especially pleased with Levin’s performance. Levin was sick with a cold the week before the tournament and didn’t get a chance
Men’s golf finishes in middle of the pack at 16-team invitational
Eastern’s men’s golf team came away with a three-round score of 901 (+37) in a two-day tournament on Monday at the Bearcat Invitational. Th e Colonels placed tenth out of 16 teams.
Austin Peay State University came out on top, shooting a score of 862 (-2). Marshall University came in second with 867 (+3) and Cincinnati fi nished third, shooting 871 (+7).
“Th e course was pretty tough,” senior Garrett Hinton said. “We didn’t play too well as a team, but there is always tomorrow. It’s hard to get warmed up when you’re freezing.”
Eastern placed eight shots behind SIU Edwards-ville and Northern Kentucky, and two shots in front of Detroit.
Th e match was played at the par 72, 7,100-yard Traditions Golf Club in Hebron, which is an hour and a half away from Richmond. It was a cold and windy two days with wet course conditions. Sixteen teams competed in the event.
“It’s a lot easier to play when it’s nice outside,” Hin-ton said. “It was the fi rst time this season we dealt with the elements.”
In Eastern’s fourth match of the season, Hinton made it into the top 20, tying for 13 place scoring 220 (+4).
Eason wins 5K, women’s team places third at Louisville event
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Junior Ann Eason was named the Ohio Valley Conference Female Cross Country Runner of the Week for the third time this season after her win on Oct. 5.
Junior Ann Eason found success with East-ern’s women’s team at the Greater Louisville Classic on Oct. 5. Eason won the women’s 5K Gold race. Th e women’s team placed third over-all and the men’s ‘B’ team fi nished eighth.
Eason was, once again, the highlight for the women’s team. She won the women’s 5K Gold race with a time of 16:51.39. She edged out her closest competitor, senior Cally Macumber from the University of Kentucky, by six seconds.
Macumber had topped Eason earlier this year at the Bluegrass Invitational.
Eason’s eff orts at the Greater Louisville Clas-sic earned her a third Ohio Valley Conference Female Cross Country Runner of the Week hon-or. She has earned the honor every time she has competed this season.
Th e rest of the Colonels were farther back
in the standings. Sophomore Ashley Svec was second for Eastern, placing 18 with a time of 17:54.81. Junior Una Britton (23) fi nished with a time of 17:58.76 and sophomore Anna Reddin (37) fi nished with a time of 18:16.75.
Sophomore Cecile Chevillard rounded out the scoring fi ve after placing 67 with a time of 18:26.31.
“Our fi fth girl was too far back,” head coach Rick Erdmann said. “We had some issues. We’re going to work on getting closer together and get-ting closer to the front.”
Eastern’s women’s team fi nished third with a score of 126.
Th e University of Kentucky (No. 6 in the Southeast Region) and Texas A&M (No. 3 in the South Central Region) tied for fi rst place with a score of 92.
Eastern went into the event ranked No. 5 in the NCAA Southeast Region. Th e Colonels de-
