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Officer Daniel Ellis, of the Richmond Police Department, was remembered by both the Richmond and Eastern com-munities for his service.

Ellis, 33, a seven-year veteran of the force and an Eastern criminal justice alumni, was shot in the head Wednes-day, Nov. 4, while investigating an at-tempted armed robbery.

Earlier that morning, a woman at the Gulf gas station on Main Street was re-turning to her car when a van pulled up next to her and a man jumped out and tried to grab her purse, ABC News re-ported.

When his attempts failed, the man

jumped back into the van and drove away. The woman called police to report the incident.

Two Richmond officers went to in-vestigate the suspect's home more than three hours later.

During the investigation, Ellis was shot by Raleigh Sizemore Jr., 34.

Ellis passed away from his injuries Friday, Nov. 6, at the University of Ken-tucky Medical Center in Lexington.

Ellis is survived by his wife, Ka-tie Elizabeth Gruenwald Ellis, an EKU College of Education alumni and assis-tant principal at Madison Central High School, their son, Luke, his parents, Kelly and Nancy West Ellis, two brothers and a sister among other family members.

Richmond businesses offered a num-

ber of services to honor Ellis and his family.

Ace Hardware bought $3,000 worth of blue lightbulbs and gave them away to light the community blue.

Partner's II Pizza closed Wednesday for the funeral services and hosted a spe-cial buffet that evening for the Ellis fam-ily and the law enforcement community to dine with no cost.

Purdy's Coffee closed to honor the services for Ellis.

Surge Promotions printed special T-shirts to sell and all proceeds went to the Ellis family.

First Gear sold T-shirts for $10 and donated the money to the family. Chick-fil-A bought 500 T-shirts and is selling

By BRIANNA WHITE & KASEY TYRINGprogress@eku.edu

Community supports Ellis family

The Richmond community con-tinues to mourn the loss of Officer Daniel Ellis. Various organizations around Richmond and Eastern are remembering him in many ways.

The Student Government Associ-ation (SGA) hosted a candlelight vigil at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Ravine. Student Body President Katie Scott organized the event.

SGA was initially going to host the annual Safety Walk, where stu-dents walk around campus with ad-ministration to identify areas that could improve in safety, but decided to change it to the candlelight vig-il. Scott said she decided to have the vigil after sitting in a meeting with administrators.

“It is a way to honor Ellis for stu-dents who don’t feel comfortable with attending the visitation,” Scott said.

The event began with a short speech by Scott, and then a moment of silence followed by a few words

from Bryan Makinen, executive di-rector of public safety and risk man-agement. After the speeches, the mi-crophone and stage were left open for any attendees who wanted to say how they felt.

Makinen said he felt the candle-light vigil was a success and a power-ful testament to how the community came together.

“It is a fitting tribute to universi-ty population in honoring one of our own,” Makinen said.

Although, Makinen did not per-sonally know Ellis, he said he was deeply saddened by the news of Ellis’ passing and was truly honored by the amount of support.

“Thank you for being here to hon-or law enforcement around the com-munity and nation,” Makinen said to the participants.

A few students shared how they felt about the vigil and their sadness about Ellis’ passing.

Cynthia Ferguson, 17, a freshman forensic science major from Lansing, Kan., said Ellis’ death really shocked her.

“It’s always hard to hear,” Fergu-

son said.Ferguson said the candlelight vig-

il was helpful in honoring Ellis, but wishes they had passed out pictures of the deceased. She said it would help people know the person they were gathering for.

Ferguson had advice for those who are continually struggling with the loss.

“We all lose people, there’s many people here to support you and we understand,” Ferguson said.

Adam Sparks, the public relations officer for SGA was happy they could honor Ellis’ life.

“It was very heartbreaking,” Sparks said. “It is very unfortunate that it happened to our little town. I do hate the fact that it happened.”

Sparks said there are many ways to handle the loss. Grieving students, he suggested, could reach out to the counseling center and workers in res-idence halls. Sparks said it would also be good to participate in events.

“It might be as small as holding a candle,” Sparks said, “But it is a good way to honor someone.”

By NOENA ZERNAprogress@eku.edu

National news isn’t pretty. The last few years have produced violence across the country and around the world, and fiery political debate has kept it all at full vol-ume. But it’s always somewhere else, and a new atrocity replaces the old within two weeks.

But on Wednesday, Nov. 4, Richmond was center stage of the latest American tragedy.

Richmond Police Department Officer Daniel Ellis, 33, husband to Katie Ellis and father to a 4-year-old son, went to a Ballard Drive apartment to investigate an at-tempted armed robbery at the nearby Gulf gas station downtown. Gregory Ratliff, 25, answered the door. He said there was no one else there and no weapons in the apartment. He allowed Ellis inside.

Raleigh Sizemore Jr., 34, was hidden in a bedroom. He told Ratliff he had spent half his life in prison and had no intentions of going back. Sizemore said he would shoot Ellis if Ratliff let him in.

Ellis searched through the apartment and made his way to the bedroom. He crossed through the door and Sizemore opened fire, shooting Ellis in the head. The of-ficer accompanying Ellis then shot Sizemore.

Sizemore, Ratliff and another criminal hiding in the apartment were sent to Madison County Detention Center, and Ellis was rushed to UK. He spent two days in the hospital, during which the Richmond community hoped and prayed he would come through.

But early Friday morning, Ellis passed.Richmond has mourned in the days since, and busi-

nesses and citizens across town have raised money in support of the Ellis family. Condolences have come from all over the state and across the country.

The line was long at Ellis’ visitation this past Tuesday at Alumni Coliseum. Law enforcement officials from ev-ery corner of Kentucky were present, as well as officers from Chicago and New York. The entrance was lined with bouquets of flowers and blue ribbons sent from lo-cal businesses and churches, and one arrangement was sent by the New York Yankees.

Past the flowers and down the hall, visitors waited si-lently to sign the guest book. Solemn gospel music grew louder with each step toward the floor of the arena.

On the arena floor, rows of white chairs faced the screen above, and images of Ellis and his family cycled through it. There were photos of Ellis with his parents as a child, he and Katie on their wedding day and him with his newborn son.

Visitors wrapped around the seating, and one-by-one they made their way toward the American flag-cov-ered casket up front. An officer stood guard on each side, hands grasped together and heads tilted down in respect.

The Richmond community leaves tokens of sympathy on Officer Daniel Ellis' police cruiser in front of the Richmond Police Department.DAN KLAPHEKE/PROGRESS

SGA hosts candlelight vigil

By DAN KLAPHEKEdaniel_klapheke@mymail.eku.edu

STUDENT DESCRIBES HUMBLING EXPERIENCE AT ELLIS VISITATION

Richmond will always remember

Blue ribbons were passed out to those who attended the visitation Tuesday night in Alumni Coliseum.

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BRIEFSCAMPUSBRIEFSCAMPUS

BEATPOLICEBEATPOLICE

Nov. 3 � A person reported be-

ing threatened in Sullivan Hall.

Nov. 5 � A student reported $20

was stolen from their vehi-cle at 3:44 p.m., in the Kit Carson Lot.

� A staff member report-ed the RHC parking sign behind Palmer Hall had been stolen at 7:02 p.m., in the Commonwealth Lot.

Nov. 6 � A student reported

they were being harassed at 2:36 p.m., in the John Grant Crabbe Library.

� A student reported damage to the driver’s side lock on their car at 4:04 p.m., in the Keene Lot. The student said it appeared someone tried to pick the lock.

� A student reported items were stolen from their vehicle at 5:22 p.m., in the New Residence Hall Lot. Two dollars in change, a Kicker subwoofer valued at $130 and a Kicker amp valued at $250 were miss-ing from the vehicle.

� A person reported theft of personal proper-ty at Bluegrass Stockyards Parking Lot.

� A person reported theft of personal property in the Powell Building.

Nov. 9 � A student reported a

male subject was standing in front of a window with an erect penis at 9:35 a.m., in Martin Hall. The resi-dent of the room stated he had come back from the shower and was cleaning off a top shelf in his room and that he was nude with the blinds partially open.

� An officer pulled over a vehicle in reference to a bag of garbage being thrown out of the driv-er’s window. A 19-year-old passenger from Lexing-ton had an active warrant and was transported to the Madison County Deten-tion Center. A 20-year-old passenger and the 19-year-old driver were cited and released for the marijua-na and drug paraphernalia found in the car.

Student group to discuss issue of human trafficking

The members of SHINE will host an in-formational event at 5 p.m. , Monday, Nov. 16, in Grise Auditorium about the organi-zation and the issue of human trafficking.

Speakers will present information on human trafficking and ways to combat it.

SHINE is a student-based organization that stands for Stop Human Injustice En-slavement and Exploitation.

SHINE also hosts meetings at 5 p.m. ev-ery Monday in Crabbe Library Room 201. President Alexandra Fehder, 22, a senior from Louisville, said interested students are invited to attend.

For more information on the event or the organization contact President Alexan-dra Fehder at alexandra_fehder@mymail.eku.edu.

Lisa Tourikian

Library event promotes productive work habits

EKU Libraries and Noel Studio will host “A Long Night Against Procrastination” starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the John Grant Crabbe Library Main Lobby.

Eastern’s librarians and Noel Studio consultants will be available to help all stu-dents participating all night, until 1 a.m. Coffee, pizza, smoothies and multiple mas-sage chairs will be available to students.

The “all-nighter” event is to encourage students to get all their work done in a fun and supportive environment. Students are even able to track their homework progress on #EKULNAP Procrasti-Meter through-out the night.

Students are welcome to come and go as they please. The event ends at 1 a.m., when the library closes. EKU Libraries will host the event again during dead week on Dec. 1.

For more information, visit the EKU Libraries Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ekulibraries/?fref=ts.

Ashley Franklin

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

Week of Nov. 12 – Nov. 18

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAYNoon Leadership Networking Luncheon Kennamer Room, Powell Building

7 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Coppin State Richmond 7:30 p.m. Canadian Brass EKU Center for the Arts

2 p.m. Football vs. Murray State Murray 3 p.m. Volleyball vs. Austin Peay State Clarkville, Tenn.

5 p.m. The College Games: Motivating Yourself to Come Out On Top Underground Powell 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, N.C.

12:20 p.m. Interviewing Workshop Whitlock Building, Room 468

7:30 p.m. Jazz Ensemble Concert Brock Auditorium

5 p.m. Cultural Dinner Jaggers Room, Powell Building

9 p.m. A Long Night Against Procrastination Main Library Lobby

1 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. University of Richmond Richmond, Va. 3 p.m. String Orchestra Concert Pearl Buchanan Theater

THE COLONEL’S CALENDAR

More than 200 students have already visited the EKU counseling center this se-mester – a number that has risen every year.

Stress“Anxiety, depression and feeling over-

whelmed with stress are the top three con-cerns we see, year after year,” said Kev-in Stanley, associate director of the EKU Counseling Center. “As you might imag-ine, those are often related to each other, and they frequently appear together.”

Mental health issues can arise with no obvious external cause, but situational fac-tors can contribute to students’ concerns, either by creating problems or by making existing problems worse, Stanley said.

Situational factors might be stress about family, academic problems, friendship and dating concerns, and difficulty adjusting to the major life changes from coming to col-lege.

“Another source of distress that is un-fortunately common for students is grief,” Stanley said. “We also see quite a bit of dis-tress relating to past traumatic experienc-es, such as having been abused or attacked, having been in a life-threatening accident or having been in combat.”

Assistant Psychology Professor Melin-da Moore attributes high levels of stress amongst college students to several factors including having less support than what

the student is used to, feeling the need to perform and produce good grades, finan-cial stressors and relationship issues.

“I know from my work with college stu-dents and clinical knowledge of this time in people’s lives that college can be a time of high stress for many individuals,” Moore said.

Mental illnessThese stressors can lead to the develop-

ment of mental illnesses.A 2012 National College Health As-

sessment showed 20 percent of college stu-dents had been diagnosed and/or treated for a mental health condition in the last year. The American College Health Asso-ciation survey included over 90,000 stu-dents at 141 schools.

Treating mental illness is a problem when students choose not to get help.

“I think we have to assume that a lot of students that develop a mental health con-dition of some sort don’t seek treatment, so the real number must be higher than that,” Stanley said.

“The stigma around seeking help for mental health concerns has been decreas-ing over time, but it’s certainly still there,” Stanley said. “Many people think of this kind of thing as something that you should be able to handle on your own, or even that it’s some sort of weakness or moral failing.”

Stanley attributes some students’ deci-sions not to reach out for help to the symp-toms they are experiencing.

“Depression tends to take away moti-vation and hope and anxiety can make the prospect of talking to a stranger about sen-sitive issues extremely intimidating,” Stan-ley said.

Moore also recognizes mental health is-sues can emerge amongst college students.

“Psychiatric disorders like schizophre-nia and bipolar disorder may emerge in early adulthood,” Moore said. “Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students nationally too.”

Seeking counseling is a sign of health. The increase in help-seeking counseling visits by college students shows Moore there is a better recognition among college students of the services offered on campus.

“This topic is fascinating and one that may have multiple causes or reasons be-hind it,” Moore said.

EKU CounselingThe counseling center also sees stu-

dents for non-treatment appointments like relaxation and meditation groups, Stanley said.

The number of appointments for this year is similar to where the counseling center was at this time in the fall semester every year since 2010.

The big jump occurred from 2008 to 2009. In 2008 the center saw about 130 students by this date, and in 2009 the num-ber grew to160. Student appointments have gradually increased since then.

It’s hard to say what has contributed the most to counseling center visits in colleges, but Stanley thinks the stigma around men-tal health is reducing.

“I also think we’re doing a better job getting the word out about our services," Stanley said. "It is possible that the level of need in the student population is increas-ing, but even that may not be all bad. It may mean that the services Eastern offers to students have improved, making it possible

for people to attend college who would not have been able to do so in the past because of their mental health concerns.”

For the past few years the counseling center has been seeing around 700-900 students per year for treatment, for a total of between 6,000 and 7,000 appointments per year.

The average number of visits for a full treatment is around six.

“Some students come for multiple courses of treatment while they are at East-ern, but because we are a limited resource we have to cap the number of sessions per academic year at 12, except in exceptional circumstances,” Stanley said.

Students take a survey at the end of a full treatment program at the counseling center.

One anonymous student learned tech-niques such as deep breathing and positive thinking to regain control over their anxi-ety issues.

“When I first came to counseling I felt very broken, like my life was spinning out of control and I had no way to stop it,” the student wrote. “My counselor helped me put things into perspective which helped me de-stress tremendously.”

In addition to the EKU Counseling Center, the Psychology Department hous-es a mental health clinic in the Cammack Building.

“They have a different model from us and they treat anyone in the community whereas the counseling center treats only EKU students,” Stanley said.

The clinic also focuses on testing and assessment, mostly with non-Eastern stu-dents.

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MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA DECREASES, APPOINTMENTS INCREASE

Students seek mental relief in counseling center

Eastern reaches top spot in online college courses

Eastern has been named the top univer-sity in Kentucky for online degrees in the 2015-2016 school year.

The ranking, awarded by Affordable Colleges Online, gives Eastern the top spot out of the 12 colleges in Kentucky that offer online degrees. Trailing just behind in sec-ond place is Murray State, with Morehead State coming in third.

Tim Matthews, director of e-Campus learning at Eastern, attributed the pro-gram’s success to hardworking faculty who advise and engage with students even with-out being able to meet face-to-face.

“What students appreciate the most is getting quality, meaningful and timely feedback,” Matthews said. “There’s a lot of rich discussion in online courses.”

There are now 14 to 15 undergraduate

and 12 to 15 graduate programs offered online, Matthews said.

“Approximately 15 percent of our de-gree programs are now available online,” Matthews said.

These programs focus on the skills that will help graduates find jobs, Matthews said. Degrees include child and family studies, education, corrections and juve-nile justice, fire, arson and explosion inves-tigation, psychology and nursing.

“The nursing program is off-the-charts popular,” Matthews said.

There are also two doctoral options on-line: a doctorate of nurse practice and a doctorate of occupational therapy.

Matthews emphasized the flexibility of online learning for working adults – the average online student at Eastern is 32 to 33 years old.

“Think about the school teacher that works a full day or the nursing student working in a hospital all day,” Matthew said. “Providing access to programs is re-

ally life-altering for them. The only way they’re going to get an education is online.”

The online program started in 2006 with just six students, Matthews said. There are now approximately 3,000 stu-dents enrolled in Eastern’s e-campus learn-ing program.

Matthews said the AC Online ranking is a testament to how much the program has grown.

“It’s a real honor for us because we focus hard on providing a real quality program,” Matthews said. “It’s grown really exponen-tially since our very first semester.”

To rank the colleges, AC Online uses data such as available financial aid, stu-dent-to-teacher ratio, graduation rate and degrees available. The site claims to oper-ate under a cost-to-quality metric, mean-ing Eastern is considered the best online school in the state for the most reasonable amount of money.

Eastern’s online program is getting rec-ognition elsewhere as well. The 2016 Guide

to Military Friendly Schools has named Eastern one of the top 25 online universi-ties in the country for military students.

Matthews said the program serves mil-itary students by not charging application fees, allowing up to nine credit hours for military service and offering benefits to military spouses.

“These students are part of what we as a nation need to embrace,” Matthews said. “These are the people who protect us.”

These accolades come in the middle of Gov. Steve Beshear’s “Distance Learn-ing Week,” Nov. 9-13, which celebrates how much online education and training has expanded opportunities for Kentucki-ans. To mark the occasion, throughout the week, EKU Online is sharing stories on so-cial media about its students and why they chose online education.

To view the stories, visit www.face-book.com/EKUOnline/ or twitter.com/EKUOnline.

By HANNAH COSTELLEprogress@eku.edu

them for $10, giving the Ellis family dou-ble the original amount of donation mon-ey.

Raising Cane's began donating pro-ceeds to the Ellis family on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and will continue to do so until Sun-day, Nov. 15.

Orange Leaf donated half of the pro-ceeds made on Tuesday to the Ellis family.

Madison County Schools canceled

school on Wednesday to allow students and faculty to attend the funeral service.

Madison Central High School created a GoFundMe account to raise donations for the family.

Eastern hosted Ellis' visitation Tues-day in Alumni Coliseum and the funeral on Wednesday, canceling classes starting Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 4:30 p.m. until 4:45 on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Alumni Coliseum parking lot was closed to compensate for visitor parking.

One thousand officers from around the country were projected to attend the services, Chief External Affairs Officer

Kristi Middleton said. Middleton added more than 7,000 people were expected to attend the two services.

Middleton also said the Lexington po-lice recruits were all in attendance to the visitation.

Model Lab also canceled classes for part of Tuesday and all of Wednesday for the funeral service. Model students also lined up along Lancaster Avenue Tues-day morning to pay their respects as El-lis' body was transported to Alumni Col-iseum.

Alpha Delta Pi sorority made T-shirts and sold them for $20, giving all proceeds

to the family.Kappa Delta sorority also asked for do-

nations for the family on Powell Corner Monday afternoon.

The Student Government Association hosted a candlelight vigil for Ellis in the Ravine Tuesday night, having a moment of silence and an open mic and stage for participants to speak about Ellis and his family.

A 100-mile-long funeral procession escorted Ellis from Alumni Coliseum to his final resting place in Adair County on Wednesday.

It’s eerie standing in front of a casket, but what’s worse is when it’s draped with red, white and blue. An earned respect comes with it, as it shows the man who lays under it devoted his life to protecting the people around him. There are few higher honors.

Later that evening, students held a can-dlelight vigil in the Ravine to honor Ellis. Across town, in front of the police station, Ellis’ cruiser sat illuminated. It’s been there since the fatal day, and covering it are flow-ers and notes from the community.

Respects have been paid across the na-tion and Kentucky hearts have mourned, and lives will soon return to normal, but Richmond will always be torn.

Richmond will always remember.

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VISITATIONFROM PAGE 1

KaLeigh Underwood, Editor The Eastern Progress | www.easternprogress.com Thursday, November 12, 2015

At first glance, Ben Carson looks like what Amer-ica needs: intelligent, grounded, not Donald Trump. However, Carson is nothing more than proof that one can be intelligent, but completely ignorant. His title of neurosurgeon is no longer impressive.

It isn't that Carson is a Republican. It's that Carson may actually be insane.

In case you don't believe this, Ben Carson at one point said "Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery."

Obamacare is the worst thing to happen. The

healthcare plan that is attempting to give the poor a chance at a healthy life is the worst thing that has happened. Not the internment camps created for Japanese-Americans or Pearl Harbor or 9/11. It's Obamacare. OK, Ben.

If that wasn't proof enough for you, let's look at an-other thing Carson has said recently: "A lot of people who go into prison straight and when they come out they’re gay, so did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question."

That's a good question, Ben. I have a question for you now. How did you become a presidential candi-date?

On top of his prejudice on homosexuals, he doesn't like Muslims. He openly said he would not want a Muslim to be president. He later backtracked on this statement, probably at the request of his PR team. I can't imagine how they feel right now (if they even exist).

His prejudice is not the only insane part of his

beliefs. In relation to gun control, Carson once said "there is no doubt that this senseless violence is breathtaking — but I never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away."

Carson is claiming here that his right to bear arms is more important than another person's life. It does not matter that gun violence is a huge issue within the United States. If a man wants a gun, he should be able to get it, no matter the cost. This is selfish more than anything.

A person could write a book on why Ben Carson is insane. All someone has to do is listen to the man talk for a few minutes and they would have all the content they would need.

Carson is a different form of insane from Trump. People do not see Carson as a joke. They're taking what he says seriously. To some degree, I feel like Trump knows his candidacy is a charade, but Carson believes 100 percent that what he is doing is right.

Students for Rand (SFR) at EKU had its efforts recognized by senior offi-cials in the Rand Paul presidential cam-paign. We are what the SFR national youth director, Cliff Maloney is calling, “The Standard Bearer” of Students for Rand Chapters across the nation. Cur-rently, our chapter is leading in phone calls made for the Rand Paul for Presi-dent Campaign. Our chapter has made 1,500 phone calls to Iowa talking to vot-ers about the upcoming Iowa caucus and why Rand Paul is the best candidate in the GOP field. We are listed on the leaderboard of the campaign website in phone calls made, but our efforts go well beyond that.

Our passion to elect a constitution-ally principled man as President has led members of our chapter to go above and beyond what is asked of us from cam-paign headquarters. For instance, our chapter has made over 4,000 phone calls to Iowa this month. That is over 2 times the 1,500 asked of us per month. This

success has been led by SFR at Eastern's phone bank coordinator and psychology major, Chelsey Cain. Our recruitment efforts, led by Recruitment Coordinator Hannah Robinson; a communications major, has also placed SFR at Eastern in the top five on the campaign website in number of members recruited. None of this could have been done without the hard work from our chapter dorm cap-tains, ROTC member Matthew Perry, band member Cole Wilson, high school education major Trevor Brown, ROTC member Elexis Hall, political science major Nolan Kirchner, Hayden Wilson and our newest addition, Brittany Fu-son.

To put our recruitment efforts into perspective, we have yet to even expand beyond campus and reach out to stu-dents that commute. This effort will be led by the SFR at Eastern, Coordinator and public administrations major, Abi-gail McQueen, who will organize door knocking events in the community. A huge thanks also goes out to our Rand Ambassadors, health science major An-gelo Carriero, criminal justice major Jesse Heard, psychology major Tamara Isaacs, Brittani Mason, Matt Whitt, and Dylan Davidson. Our chapter would also like to welcome Ariel Wilson as our social media coordinator/photographer.

She has already proven to be an incredi-ble asset to our team.

The individuals listed above have been nothing short of incredible. They have helped make Eastern the standard bearer of the nearly 400 other chapters across the U.S. Not only have they per-formed their duties with impressive re-sults, they have also gone beyond the call of duty and even helped our chapter raise money by cleaning up Common-wealth Stadium following the almost huge upset of University of Kentucky by Eastern. What other chapters here on campus can say they are this dedicated to their cause? This is something we are all so incredibly proud to be a part of, and you can to.

If opportunities to intern with a presidential campaign, earn college credit, and build your resume are not enough to persuade you to get involved with our chapter, perhaps this is. You will be playing a vital role in electing a liberty-minded candidate to the office of President. Rand Paul has been a long defender of civil liberties, and fiscal re-sponsibility. He thinks that what you do on your cell phone is none of the gov-ernment’s business, and that perhaps it’s time to have a more pragmatic ap-proach to foreign military involvement. He has been to Atlanta and Detroit

and has seen how the American crimi-nal justice system has disproportionate-ly affected poor black communities and that is something he wants to reform. He has not once voted to spend our gen-eration further into debt since taking his Senate seat in 2010. Rand Paul is a once in a lifetime candidate that can ig-nite real change in the Republican par-ty, and he is asking you to help him do that.

In a meeting of senior campaign of-ficials; Justin Greiss, the 1st Congres-sional Regional Director in Iowa for the Rand Paul Campaign, said Rand Paul asked which Students for Rand chap-ters were leading the way. Eastern was specifically mentioned as the standard bearer. Justin Greiss states that, “When the book about how Rand Paul won the 2016 Presidential election is written, Students for Rand members at Eastern Kentucky University will be mentioned by name in that book.” Students for Rand across the country are creating a legacy. We would love to have you be a part of ours here at Eastern.

To become a member of SFR at EKU, please email the chapter at students.for.rand.eku@gmail.com or call me at (859)-582-6136 to talk about how you can help us in our efforts on campus.

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There's a lot to be said about violence, whether it's in America or any other country. Gun violence in particular is a big part of our national conversation, mostly because we are one of the few nations with a constitution claim-ing that the right to bear arms is a right endowed by our Creator. Some agree with this, some don't, and it's entire-ly fine to have conversations about that aspect of Ameri-can life. You get to form your own opinion.

Having your own opinion, however, is an entirely dif-ferent concept than being anti-fun. Anti-fun is exact-ly what many corporate cinemas are being in respect to December's release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. In response to gun violence issues be-ing pushed recently from both sides of the aisle, theaters have decided to ban lightsabers, blasters and face cover-ings, while still allowing general cosplay.

If you're not such a Star Wars fan, you might be ask-ing yourself: what's the big deal? Well, there are a couple big deals.

First off, a Han Solo costume isn't a Han Solo costume without a blaster. Nor is a Boba Fett costume a Boba Fett costume without his signature helmet. Get my point? It spoils the fun of it. A lot of people cosplay when going to big events like this--theaters know it, but they don't care. For many people this entirely changes the experience. What would a Rocky Horror Picture Show be without a Frank N Furter costume? What would a showing of The Room be without a bunch of spoons? So what would be a Star Wars showing without proper cosplaying?

However, let's look at it on an even larger scale. Why would a movie theater want to ban blasters and lightsa-bers? Sure, there may be a few casual viewers who wouldn't want their movie interrupted by glowing la-ser-swords, but as I previously stated, who doesn't expect that? If that's what the theaters wanted to avoid, why not designate times for cosplayers to attend and other times for casual viewers? Instead, the decision was made to put a widespread ban on these accessories.

Why, then, is the widespread ban in effect? It comes from politics.

Gun-free zones are an interesting issue that deserve more space than I have to explore. The long-and-short of it is that theaters are gun-free zones and they like to take it to the extreme. That, of course, is apparent in their an-ti-blaster-and-mask activity.

The problem with it is, even assuming that guns do kill people, blasters don't. Firstly, they're toys. Secondly,

they look nothing like handguns or semi-automatic ri-fles. If one looks at a picture of a common rifle or even an AR-15, the blasters look nothing like them except in col-or. Even to make a gun look like a blaster, it would end up costing a pretty penny and would basically invent an en-tirely different firearm. One can't just dress up an AR-15 to look like a blaster without turning some serious heads.

Then there's the lightsaber. Why ban lightsabers? No one has ever been killed by a lightsaber to this colum-nist's knowledge. As previously mentioned, it would be easy to have a no-lightsaber show and a pro-lightsaber show, but instead they are banned entirely. The whole sit-uation just doesn't make any sense.

Star Wars is, without a doubt, the most successful film franchise ever. The series most likely has more fans worldwide than any other film out there. Considering that, one would think theater chains would do all they can to accommodate fans. Their total misunderstand-ing of cosplaying and breaking it down to a political is-sue is going to alienate a few fans, but the overarching reason they do this is simple: we'll let them get away with it. Theaters have us by the throats when it comes to this, because no matter what we are going to see the movie, and almost certainly in their establishments. It is nearly pointless to even argue for other accommodations con-sidering the circumstances, but it doesn't change the fact that theater chains want nothing more than our mon-ey--whether we have a good time or not.

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Do you think it’s too early to get into the Christmas spirit?

Why or why not?"No. It makes people happy!"Brently PatrickHometown: WilliamsburgMajor: Psychology Year: Freshman

"Yeah, because we should slow it down and do Christmas stuff after Thanksgiving. But I know some peo-ple who don't celebrate Thanksgiv-ing, so they can start Christmas."Hedi KoskelaHometown: WinchesterMajor: Aquatic biologyYear: Freshman

"Never. Christmas is awesome. You should start as soon as possible. The day after Halloween should start Christmas." Megan CantrellHometown: LouisvilleMajor: Political science Year: Sophomore

"Yes, it's still Thanksgiving. It's not even December yet. Hayden ElliotHometown: RichmondMajor: Applied engineering managementYear: Freshman

"No, I'm literally leaving right now to go buy Christmas decorations."Jessica BowersHometown: Madison, WIMajor: Biology Year: Junior

"Yes, I think you need to wait. Christmas is wonderful, but it needs to be a one-month thing. I'm already sick of Christmas and it hasn't even happened."Addison BradleyHometown: WinchesterMajor: Computer scienceYear: Freshman

"No, I am in the Christmas spirit. I actually have my Christmas tree all set up with Christmas lights in my room."Samantha GerekeHometown: Wasco, CAMajor: Accounting Year: Freshman

"No, not at all. I personally think it's the greatest time of the entire year. After Halloween is the most appro-priate time to start Christmas."Maddy EnzweilerHometown: ErlangerMajor: Parks and recreation Year: Junior

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The eighth annual Fall Pub Crawl will be hosted at 8 p.m., Sat-urday, Nov. 14, in downtown Rich-mond.

Pub Crawl is a community sponsored event hosted by Rich-mond’s local bars with proceeds going to Hope’s Wings Domestic Violence Shelter.

“We don’t get a lot of grant fund-ing,”said Lindsay Anderson, hous-ing specialist for Hope’s Wings. “It’s really helpful to get general donations; it helps pay for things like transportation costs and food for clients.”

Co-owner and General Manag-er of Paddy Wagon Irish Pub, Si-las Smith, incorporated the phil-anthropic idea into the pub crawl

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Eastern volleyball played its final set of home games for this season last weekend. With the regular season coming to a close and the conference tournament on the horizon, the Colonels needed wins to build momentum.

Eastern Illinois (15-13, 10-4 OVC) vis-ited McBrayer Arena on Friday evening, marking the only time the Panthers faced the Colonels this season.

The first set was a mainly back and forth affair with neither team managing to es-tablish a clear advantage. Eastern Illinois led 20-18 late in the set, though a kill and two Colonel errors put the Panthers up 23-18. Eastern (10-21, 8-6 OVC) would score the next three points, but Eastern Illinois closed out the set to win 25-23.

While the teams seemed to be even ear-ly in the second set, the Panthers scored five unanswered points while down by two to take a 13-10 advantage. The Colonels wouldn’t let it phase them, trading licks with the Panthers to tie the set at 21 a piece. Eastern Illinois got a kill to regain the lead, but the Colonels, led by senior Rachel Vick, scored four unanswered points to win 25-22.

Once again, neither team managed to establish a clear advantage in the third set. The Panthers scored the last three points of the set to win 25-21, taking a 2-1 lead in the match. Eastern Illinois took advan-tage of yet another back and fourth battle late in the fourth set, denying the Colonels a comeback by winning 25-23 to win the match 3-1.

Eastern was led by Vick with 14 kills, who hit .448 on the night. Celina Sanks and

Mallory Maxwell added on 14 digs each.The Colonels were left with no time to

hang its heads as Eastern took on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (7-17, 5-9 OVC) on Saturday afternoon.

Eastern simply dominated the Cougars in the first set, leading 17-8 at one point. While SIUE tried to make a push late in the set, the Colonels held on for a 25-20 victory.

The tables turned in the second set as the Cougars jumped out to the lead early and never looked back. Leading Eastern 21-17, SIUE scored the final four points of the set to tie the match at one all going into the locker room.

In a dramatic third set, the momentum flipped several times allowing both teams to score in bunches. With Eastern lead-ing 14-11, the Panthers scored seven unan-swered points and looked to put the Colo-nels away. With SIUE extending its lead to 20-15, Eastern fired right back and scored the final 10 points of the set to steal a 25-20 win.

SIUE had the upper hand in the fourth set, defeating Eastern 25-10 to force a de-ciding fifth set.

The teams traded points back and forth during the entire set; neither wanting to lose. The teams reached set-point several times, but both SIUE and the Colonels al-ways seemed to have a rally up its sleeve. With the set tied at 18, Eastern scored two points to finally emerge victorious 20-18 to get a 3-2 win on senior night.

Celina Sanks paved the way to victory for Eastern with 13 kills as Cassie Knutson added on 38 assists.

Eastern plays its final regular season game on Saturday, heading to Clarksville, Tenn. to play Austin Peay (9-21, 3-11 OVC) at 3 p.m..

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The teams traded baskets and free throws late in the game, but the Colonels lead re-mained safe. An impressive dunk from junior wing JaVontae Hawkins and four points from sophomore big man Greg King closed a rather lopsided game that the Colonels would go on to put away.

Mayo led the way for Eastern, scoring 17 points on 8-11 shooting and grabbing four rebounds in the process. Reischel contributed 14 points and dished 5 assists, while Haw-kins added 13 points and 2 assists.

The Colonels outscored the Bulldogs 44-28 in the paint, an area where McHale want-ed to see his team wear its opponent out. McHale was happy with the performance of his team, but he’d like to see an overall better effort in rebounding. Eastern was out-re-bounded by Union 41-31, something that won’t be acceptable in regular season play.

“We can’t give up 18 offensive rebounds and expect to win a game,” McHale admit-ted. “We’ve gotta worry about rebounding and finishing out games. When you’re up by 30 you can’t take the foot off the gas.”

McHale wants to see unselfishness from his players and create a sense of family. From 23 assists to the bench reactions, he was happy to see just how well the players were working together.

“I thought from top to bottom, guys are genuinely happy for each other which is phe-nomenal,” McHale said post game. “If we can become an unselfish team like we are, we’re going to win a lot of games.”

Eastern’s first regular season game will be at home Friday against Coppin State Uni-versity, with the opening tip at 7 p.m.

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“I thought, ‘okay this is it,’ we score, we go out, we get the stop we need on defense and get a short field,” Head Coach Dean Hood said when talking about the pick-six post-game. “So I’m like okay, lets go make this a two pos-session game and end the thing. We run it twice, don’t get anything. So we throw it and you know, that’s what happens.”

On the fist play of the game senior cornerback Stanley Absanon picked off a Skyhawk pass to give the Col-onels the ball at the U.T. Martin’s 37-yard-line. Coney found senior re-ceiver Jeff Glover wide-open down the right sideline for a 37-yard score on Eastern’s first offensive snap of the game to take an early 7-0 lead just two plays into the game.

Glover led all Colonels with 104 receiving yards and a touchdown on five receptions. Senior tight end Ben Madon recorded four catches for 72 yards and a touchdown, and junior slot receiver Bryan Green pulled in five catches for 63 yards and a 35-yard touchdown to give Eastern its brief 35-28 lead. Senior Joel Brown added a 30-yard score on fourth down during the third quarter.

Aside from Absanon, Kiante Northington, Kobie Grace and D’Von-ta Derricott all had one interception apiece for the Colonels. Junior defen-sive end Noah Spence had two sacks, three tackles-for-loss and seven total tackles. Northington led Eastern with 11 total tackles.

Spence came into the game ranked second in the nation with an aver-age of 2.0 tackles-for-loss a game and sixth in FCS with an average of 1.0 sacks per game.

Offensive production was almost equal as U.T. Martin accumulat-ed 467 yards of total offense to East-ern’s 442 yards. The Colonels had 364 yards passing to the Skyhawks 360 yards through the air, but U.T. Mar-tin gained a slight advantage on the ground racking up 107 yards to East-ern’s 78 yards.

The Skyhawks entered the game with the top-scoring offense in the OVC (37.4 ppg), while Eastern fea-tured the league’s second-best scoring defense (21.8 ppg).

After winning its first 20 games of the series, Eastern is now 3-3 against U.T. Martin in its last six meetings. The Skyhawks have won two in a row against the Colonels.

Eastern, now ranked No. 24 in the FCS standings, will look to bounce back from its two-game skid on the road against Murray State (3-6, 2-4 OVC) at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14.

The lady Colonels season tipped off Sunday as Ohio Valley Univer-sity traveled to Richmond for an ex-hibition game. The new NCAA rules were in effect for the first time, drop-ping the two half system and going to a four quarters format.

The Colonels came out aggressive, attacking the rim and putting the full court press on.

The Colonels were up 19-7 at the end of the first period. Eastern junior forward Jalen O’Bannon started out grabbing two steals and nine points in just six minutes of game action by the end of the quarter. O’Bannon fin-ished the game with 19 points, nine rebounds, six assists, four steals and two blocks in her debut.

The Scots outscored the Colonels in the second quarter 15 to 9. The Col-onels pushed through and managed to take a 28-22 lead into the half. Eleven Colonels saw action in the first half.

The Colonels started out the third quarter with a seven point run in just over a minute to put the Scots on its heels. The Colonel’s lead continued to grow all the way to 17 points be-fore Ohio Valley finally scored its first

bucket of the second half with just over five minutes in the quarter.

The Colonels scored 22 points in the paint and did not allow Ohio Valley to score once inside the lane during the quarter. Not only did the interior defense turn it up, but the Colonels got out and ran, doubling the Scots fast-break points.

The Colonels ended the third quar-ter outscoring Ohio Valley 28-13 to take a 21 point lead into the fourth.

The Colonels started the fourth quarter with a 17 to 4 run to extend the lead. The Colonels cruised to the finish, winning the game 81 to 40.

Eastern finished the game outscor-ing Ohio Valley 52-10 in the paint and did not allow the Scots to score inside the entire second half.

Head Coach Chrissy Roberts was pleased with how the team played.

“We had a long talk at half,” Rob-erts said. “I told them before the game that this game will set the tone for the season. I told them we need to play ball and they made that commitment to themselves and came out strong and never looked back.”

The Colonels will return at 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 15, as Eastern travels to Richmond, Va. to play the University of Richmond.

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Despite throwing his fifth touch-down pass to take a 35-28 lead with just over seven minutes left, junior quarter-back Bennie Coney and the Colonels watched U.T. Martin score 14 unan-swered points to ruin Eastern’s Senior Day, 42-35.

The Colonels honored its seniors before kickoff on the field at Roy Kidd Stadium, as No. 18 ranked Eastern (5-4, 4-2 OVC) played host to the Skyhawks (6-3, 5-1 OVC) in a battle between two of the Ohio Valley Conference’s (OVC) top teams. The Colonel logo at mid-field had its bow tie outlined in blue to

honor fallen Richmond city police offi-cer Daniel Ellis.

U.T. Martin took its first lead with 1:05 remaining in the game.

As time ticked off the clock, Eastern had no timeouts and was at the mercy of the Skyhawks, who held possession in field goal range. Expecting a run on third and five to keep the time rolling, U.T. Martin surprised the Colonels by going deep as senior quarterback Jarod Neal found his receiver Rod Wright on a 24-yard, game-winning touchdown pass.

Neal completed 24 of 51 passes for 358 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions. All four interceptions came during the first half as Eastern recorded its most interception take-

aways in a game since Oct. 17, 2009 against U.T. Martin.

“We knew that’s what we were going to have to do if we were going to come up big and just didn’t,” Hood said. “We needed five [interceptions] it looks like.”

The Skyhawks had two receivers pass the century mark in receiving yards as Caylon Weathers grabbed a game-high seven catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns and William Tan-ner tallied six catches for a game-high 119 yards. Wright added six catches for 99 yards and a touchdown as well.

Coney’s five touchdown tosses tied Eastern’s single-game school record for touchdown passes set by T.J. Pry-or against Jacksonville State in 2011.

Coney tied that record earlier in the season against Tennessee Tech. Along with the five scores, Coney completed 22 of 39 passes for a career-high 354 passing yards. The quarterback threw two interceptions.

Of the two interceptions, the most costly came with four and a half min-utes left in the game as Eastern led 35-28. Coney dropped back on third and 12 and was hit while throwing. The hit caused the pass to come out awkward-ly, and the ball landed in the hands of Skyhawk defensive lineman Deantae Glover. Glover returned the intercep-tion 41 yards for a touchdown to tie the game at 35-all.

Skyhawks fight back to spoil EKU’s Senior Day

Sunday’s opening exhibition game against Union College officially ushered in a new era of Colonel basketball. There was never any doubt that Eastern would win, doing so in dominating fashion by a score of 97-66.

Union won the opening tip, but the Colonels quickly struck as senior wing transfer Jarelle Reischel immediately came up with a steal and layup to give the Colonels a quick 2-0 lead.

Eastern Kentucky opened up with a 10-4 run over the Bulldogs, but Union would close the lead to three points thanks to a 3-pointer from junior guard Dalton Whitney. The Colonels quickly reestablished its lead by going on a 12-0 run. Union had no choice but to take a timeout with Eastern playing relentless defense. Eastern’s freshman guard Du-juanta Weaver picked up two quick fouls as the Bulldogs ended the Colonels’ run with a 3-pointer from junior forward Gerrard Newby.

After the under-12 minute media timeout, Reischel nailed a 3-pointer and hustled back on defense for a steal and a fast break dunk. A 3-pointer from soph-omore guard Paul Jackson put the Colo-nels up 30-10.

Union had an opportunity to cut into the lead with back-to-back sets of free-throws, though it would only manage to make one of the four. A layup from Jack-son put the pressure on the Bulldogs, forcing Union to take a timeout.

Eastern got its lead up to 35-11, but Union tried to make some noise by get-ting hot from the arch. With 8:44 left in the first half, Union’s senior forward T.J. Jones hit a 3-pointer that Eastern an-swered with a layup from freshman for-ward Nick Mayo. Union went right back down the court and hit another three to cut the lead to 20 points.

Junior guard Isaac McGlone quickly brought the Bulldogs back to earth, an-swering Union with a three of his own. Bulldog guard Sean Brown was called

for a charge, but Union would eventual-ly cut back into the lead to make it 42-21 with 7:17 left.

The Colonels hit threes on back-to-back possessions that gave Eastern a 48-23 lead at the final timeout. East-ern continued to keep the pressure on Union, forcing several bad passes and bad shots. Holding Union at bay for the remainder of the half, Eastern took a 56-28 lead into the locker room.

Eastern had a tremendous shoot-ing effort in the first half, hitting 6 of 9 three point shots and 20 of 30 field goal attempts. The Colonels took advantage of almost every opportunity it had at the free throw line, making 10 of 13. Union had one important advantage in the half, grabbing 21 rebounds to Eastern’s 14.

The second half opened with a burst of scoring from the Colonels. A quick jumper from senior wing Ja’Mill Powell and a steal leading to a fast-break layup from Mayo put the Colonels up 60-28.

McGlone hit his second three of the game with 17:10 left, giving the Colo-nels a 63-30 advantage. The teams be-gan to trade baskets as Eastern’s defen-sive intensity wasn’t near where it was in the first half. After a three from Newby, Eastern Head Coach Dan McHale called a timeout to grab his team’s attention after allowing Union to close the gap to 24.

As Eastern led 72-46 with 10:26 left in the game, Union once again tried es-tablishing some momentum to cut into its deficit. Eastern picked the pace back up and wouldn’t allow the Bulldogs to do much damage, hitting jumpers and taking advantage of several visits to the free throw line.

With the chemistry of the team once again evident, the Colonels’ well-established lead would grow to 82-56 after a dunk from fresh-man forward Anthony Pratt Jr. and a buzzer beating three from senior forward Jonathan Hood.

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JOHNNA SPEAKS/PROGRESS EKU wide receiver Bryan Green (8) sprints to the end zone during the Colonels 42 -35 loss to U.T. Martin.

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