Some Eastern students had the opportunity to get the behind-the-scenes story about working in the U.S. Congress from Representative Andy Barr during a course co-lectured by President Benson Monday afternoon.

Barr, a Republican from Kentucky’s 6th dis-trict, previously taught classes at the Universi-

ty of Kentucky and Morehead State University and Monday was the fi rst course he had lectured since becoming a representative.

While teaching in the Department of Politi-cal Science at UK, Barr said he taught a class in constitutional law, which he said is one reason he liked the idea of teaching this course with Presi-dent Benson.

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Eastern’s aviation program will introduce a new aerospace technology concentration this fall, that will allow students to study avi-ation online without having to travel to the Richmond campus, said Ralph Gibbs, direc-tor of Eastern’s aviation program.

Aerospace technology is the fi rst online degree opportunity that Eastern has intro-duced to its aviation program, which also houses the professional fl ight and aerospace management majors.

Professional fl ight majors train to gain certifi cation as pilots, for either private or commercial fl ight. Aerospace management helps students pursue careers at airports, airlines, or even government agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, and the National Transportation Safety Board.

Th is particular degree, however, is de-signed to be a degree-completion program

Library to reward student research

Aviation to offer new online courses

Eastern Kentucky Universities Libraries is hosting a campus-wide contest that will award $1,700 in prizes to those students w ho make the best use of the library’s research tools to aid them in a project or assignment. Th e contest, which is in its fi rst year, will present the Undergraduate Research Award, along with a $1,000 prize to the student who wins fi rst place. $350 will go to the second and third place winners.

Th e contest is open to a variety of research topics, as long as students utilize the library to help them with their project, the subject will not be a factor. To enter the competi-tion students must abide by three guidelines: a refl ective essay, a bibliography, and a sup-porting letter that is nomination received by the instructor.

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Board hears case for big time football

Eastern’s Board of Regents didn’t make any decisions, but it laid the foun-dation for the university’s future Tues-day, including the possibility of jump-ing into big time football.

Th e Board met with Eastern’s ad-ministration to discuss university busi-ness but did not make any decisions during its retreat in Frankfort. One of

major points of discussion the benefi ts of moving from Football Champion-ship Subdivision Football to Football Bowl Subdivision.

Making the move to FBS football is the best and fastest chance to take the university to the next level in 10 years, said Mark Sandy, athletic director and interim vice president for marketing and university relations.

“It defi nes in many ways how you are and where you’re going,” Sandy said of football and university athletics.

Sandy compared Eastern to Western Kentucky University before it moved to

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Eastern donates cansto help Habitat homes

A large house-shaped box has been placed next to the informa-tion desk in Middle Powell to raise awareness about the importance of recycling cans and the benefi ts recycling has on the surround-ing community.

Eastern has been donating alu-minum cans to Habitat for Hu-manity for more than 20 years, said Jair Short, su s t a i n abi l i t y coordinator and graduate assistant for the Offi ce of Sus-tainability. Eastern has donated enough cans to Habitat for Human-ity for the organization to build two houses, which includes buying the plot of land and buying the materials to build the house.

“We’re trying to heighten our rela-tionship with Habitat for Humanity,” Short said. “For instance this semes-ter we are doing volunteer days at the ReStore. We paired up with Student life to boost awareness about our re-

lationship with Habitat for Human-ity.”

Habitat houses are for families in the community who are put in a situation where they don’t have the

resources to get a place for themselves. Th e house will

be in Middle Powell for the duration of Recyclemania,

but afterwards Short said she would like to

see student organi-zations and Greek

organization use the house during their events.“I would just

love if our Greeks and any organization to take that

house to any place where they are using a lot of cans.

We would really love that and that way we could boost our can

intake and obviously our donation to habitat.”

Besides recycling cans, she would like to see more general recycling on campus, Short said.

“I would like to see campus as a whole; faculty, staff , all the way to the core: students shifting the behavior instead of just mindlessly putting a

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Digging into McGregor Alleyto unearth steam lines below

Facilities has begun work to replace some of the underground steam lines next to McGregor Hall, said David Williams, director of Facilities Services. Williams said the project will be done in two or three different phases and most of the major replacement work wouldn’t occur until after the semester ends in May. This is the first part of a project to repair the underground utilities. The replacement work will complete before the fall semester begins in August 2014.

President Michael Benson shows off artist renderings of plans for campus on Barnes Mill Road for his goals to make campus more vibrant.

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Feb. 18 � EKU Police and the Rich-

mond Fire Department re-sponded to Commonwealth Hall at 4:04 p.m. after a faulty smoke detector acti-vated on the 10th fl oor. Ap-proximately 100 people were evacuated from the building.

Feb. 19 � Damage to an eleva-

tor door on the 13th fl oor Telford Hall was report-ed by the RHC at 2 p.m.

Feb. 20 � An EKU Police offi cer was

dispatched to the Ramsey Building after a person was climbing on the heat plant stacks. Th e offi cer spoke with Troy Lewis, 22, from Lexing-ton, while entering the low-er level of the heat plant stack and cited him for trespassing.

Feb. 21 � An offi cer on patrol lo-

cated a damaged glass door

pane in the Weaver Building at 12:41 a.m. Th e value of the damage was $300.

� An EKU Environmen-tal Health and Safety manag-er responded to Alumni Coli-seum after a fi re was reported at 10:39 a.m. Upon arrival, burnt mop heads appeared to be on fi re but had been extin-guished. Th e Richmond Fire Department responded to in-spect the area.

� EKU Police and the Rich-mond Fire Department re-sponded to Model Lab School after a fi re alarm activated at 11:42 a.m. A malfunctioning heat detector activated, caus-ing the alarm. Facilities Ser-vices responded to replace the detector.

� An offi cer on patrol stopped in the Martin Lot after detecting the odor of marijua-na coming from a vehicle. Th e offi cer spoke with, Kyle Steele, 19, from LaGrange, Elizabeth Stills, 18, from Bardstown, and Bradley Th omas, 18, from Bardstown about the odor coming from the vehicle. After searching the car and fi nding a glass pipe and water bong, the offi cer cited all three for pos-session of drug paraphernalia.

Feb. 22 � An offi cer cited Laura Par-

ris, 18, from Hustonville, for possession of marijuana and possession of drug parapher-nalia at 11:28 a.m. after an of-fi cer detected an odor of mar-ijuana near the tennis courts behind Martin Hall. Another offi cer at the scene cited Jer-emy Reynolds, 19, from Mil-ford, Penn. for public intoxi-cation after Reynolds failed a fi eld sobriety test. Reynolds was taken to the Madison County Detention Center.

� An EKU Police offi cer re-sponded to Case Hall at 11:32 p.m. after a resident reported $50 missing from his room.

Feb. 24 � A faculty member re-

ported damage to two light switches in the O’Donnell Auditorium at 3:15 p.m.

Feb. 25 � An offi cer cited Timothy

Harding, 23, from Richmond at 1:25 a.m. for possession of marijuana after discovering it while performing a traffi c stop for having only one function-ing headlight.

Alpha Omicron Pi hosts Bowl-A-Thon

Eastern’s chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi will be sponsoring its annual philan-thropy event AOPi Bowl-A-Th on from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at the Galaxy Bowling Alley. Th e event will be $50 for a team of 5 and every team after that costs $20. All proceeds will go to Alpha Omicron Pi’s philanthro-py, Arthritis Research and Education. Th e sorority will also be raising money through T-shirt orders.

Th is event is open to the Greek or-ganizations on campus. For more in-formation contact Alpha Omicron Pi’s Philanthropy Chair Rebecca Smith at rebecca_smith251@mymail.eku.edu.

Kelli CainChi Omega sponsors

dodgeball tournament

Th e women of Chi Omega will host their annual Dodgeball Tournament beginning at 5 p.m. Feb. 28 and con-tinuing 10:30 a.m. March 1 in Begley

Gym. Admission is $3 and open to the public. T-Shirts will also be for sale for $8 each. All proceeds go to Stick It To Sarcoma foundation to help raise awareness for cancer.

For more information contact Chi Omega President Ellen Cawood at el-len_cawood1@mymail.eku.edu.

Jennifer HurstWomen’s rugby kicks off season

Eastern’s womens club rugby team will host its fi rst match of the season at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 1. Th e team will take on the University of Cincin-nati at the Intramural Fields.

College of Arts and Sciences off ers professional assistance

Eastern’s College of Arts and Sci-ences will be off ering students the chance to speak with an academic ad-viser from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 4 in the Roark Building lobby.

Th e college’s professional advising staff will be in the lobby along with professions from the Center for Career and Cooperative Education. Th ey can answer questions from declaring a ma-jor to the graduation process.

Free door prizes will also be off ered. For more information, contact Jennifer Miller at (859) 622-8922.

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Speaker highlights triumphant tale of conjoined twins

Being diff erent doesn’t mean people can’t be successful. Conjoined twins Mil-lie and Christine McKoy defi ed the odds as they were born slaves and died wealthy, owning the plantation their parents were enslaved on.

When looking at the American spirit re-fl ected in society during the 19th century, Linda Frost became interested in the phe-nomenon of “freak shows.”

“You would pay money to see them be-cause they weren’t you,” Frost said. Th ese diff erences continued to be the focus of the Chautauqua lecture Th ursday night.

While researching the phenomenon, Frost came upon two pairs of conjoined twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton, and Mil-lie and Christine McKoy, more commonly known as “Millie-Christine.” When writ-ing her second book, Conjoined Twins in Black and White: Th e Lives of Millie-Chris-tine McKoy and Daisy and Violet Hilton, Frost was unsure of how to write about these individuals.

Frost said the very defi nition of an auto-

biography comes from a single source, but this was diffi cult to do when considering conjoined twins that are realistically two separate individuals. Rather than combin-ing the twins into one persona, Frost want-ed to keep them separate.

Continuing the theme of the lecture, Frost gave the audience a brief history of Mille-Christine McKoy.

Millie and Christine McKoy were born as slaves in 1851 in North Carolina. When the twins were 10 months old, their own-er sold them so the McKoy twins could be shown in traveling sideshows and make a considerable profi t. Th ey were then sold again to a diff erent showman named Jo-seph Pearson Smith. Each time the twins were sold, they cost between $10,000 and $40,000, Frost said.

While being shown across the coun-try, the twins were kidnapped at the age of three and taken to Liverpool, England where they were shown by their kidnapper. Th e twins were found and brought back to the United States, where they were shown across the country until the Civil War.

After the Emancipation Proclama-tion was issued in 1863, the McKoy twins

were freed from slavery. Millie and Chris-tine chose to join circus shows and became known worldwide. Th e numerous shows they did over their lives made them wealthy enough to buy the plantation their parents labored on as slaves. Th ey eventually re-tired and lived on the land until their death in 1912.

“Th ey were an inspirational story,” Frost said. She referred to them as two women but one force who would never be separat-ed.

During their career, the twins also wrote poetry and sang as part of their act. Th ey made themselves normal when say-ing, “Two heads, four arms, four feet, all in one perfect body meet,” in a poem they wrote.

Th is poem was the conclusion of Frost’s presentation as she discussed the confi -dence the twins had about their diff erence. “Th ey asserted their uniqueness,” Frost said.

Tyehimba Jess then began his presenta-tion breaking down the poem by the McK-oy twins. He discussed the AABB rhyth-mic structure of the poem and what poetry meant to the twins.

“Th ey used poetry to describe how they were wondrous and beautiful,” Jess said.

To honor Millie-Christine’s life, Jess wrote a series of fi ve poems about their lives and gave copies of them to the audi-ence and explained the meanings of each poem.

Jess wrote his poems as if they were the twins themselves. Each poem is made up of two diff erent poems that met in the mid-dle creating one, representing the twins’ individuality that was united as they were conjoined. Th e poems could also be read backwards, again representing their to-getherness in life.

Jess tried to write in the persona of Mil-lie-Christine and capture their views of life as conjoined twins.

“Th ey believed they were evidence of a higher power, and not scorned by it,” Jess said.

Th e conclusion of the lecture left many with a new outlook on diff erences.

“Now I look at it a diff erent way. Th ey were happy being them and didn’t want to be separated by science or anything, even if they could have,” said Nicole Collins, 19, an undeclared freshman from London, Ky.

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search Award criteria, which are located on the web page, each guideline has a particular set of standards. In the refl ec-tive essay, students are asked to critically refl ect in 500 to 700 words about their proj-ect. Each student must de-scribe their research strategies and how they used the library to complete their project. Th e bibliography must contain all their sources and sites used, and the supporting letter from a faculty member who works in the subject fi eld for the stu-dent’s project. Th e faculty

member is asked to talk about how the project was relevant to the course and the depart-ment’s curriculum. Faculty are also asked to talk about any strengths and weaknesses of the project, and what lengths the student went to so the stu-dent could make sure their project was a success.

Th e award was designed to showcase students’ work, par-ticularly those with a heavy re-search component, said Kevin Jones, reference and instruc-tion librarian.

“Th e Undergraduate Re-search Award is an excellent opportunity to showcase the quality of undergraduate re-search we do at Eastern and how EKU libraries contributes

to that research,” Jones said.“Th e overall purpose of it is,

[the library] just wants to rec-ognize great research that our undergraduates are doing,” said Clay Howard, a reference and instruction librarian. “At the same time it’s a great way to promote the services of the libraries. How the libraries can work with students to help them get their research.”

Th e deadline for entrance is March 21, and winners will be notifi ed on April 4. An awards reception is scheduled for April 11.

To submit an entry for the Undergraduate Research Award, please visit www.en-compass.eku.edu/ugra.

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“I get a chance to really illustrate what I have taught in the past,” Barr said.

Barr said he encouraged the stu-dents to off er feedback during his lecture, taught in a more friendly, open environment.

“I feel like I get as much, as hope-fully the students get out of it [the lecture],” Barr said.

Th e course, Checks and Balanc-es: Th e U.S. Congress and the Evolu-tion of the U.S. Presidency, was open to students in the university’s Honors Program and students who are politi-cal science majors.

Damir Siahkoohi, 21, an honors program student majoring in politi-

cal science and history from Irvine, said he enjoyed the opportunity to hear from Rep. Barr.

“It’s not everyday you get an op-portunity to get a lecture from the president of a university and a con-gressman,” Siahkoohi said. “It’s a great fi rst-hand account of what goes on behind the scenes.”

Tatiana Cody, 22, a pre-med biol-ogy honors senior, said Barr present-ed good evidence during his lecture that it’s important for citizens to un-derstand the Constitution.

“We should pay attention to can-didates of both parties  before we vote and do  our part to make sure the  Constitution is  upheld and pro-tected,” Cody said.

Barr said he plans on teaching the course two more times throughout the semester.

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for community college students who want to pursue an education in this area. If they have taken avia-tion courses at their previous school, they are able to transfer these cred-its at Eastern, which will accept most, if not all, of the community college course credits.

“It’s a two plus two program that allows the community colleges to bring aviation to their students,” Gibbs said, adding that a “two plus two” program means students can take their fi rst two years at a commu-nity college, then take the next two through Eastern, whether that’s on Eastern’s campus or the community college’s campus.

Aviation technical degrees include airframes and power plants (A&P), two-year helicopter or airplane pro-fl ight degrees, and any 2-year career technical degree partnered with a fl ight school, Gibbs said. Th e course-work includes classroom instruction regarding airline and airport admin-istration, while also explaining the diff erent aircraft system types. Th e program also incorporates actual fl ight training into a student’s learn-ing experience.

Courses that teach administrative decision making for aviation profes-sionals, as well as techniques for ca-reers as aviation supervisors, are also off ered. Th ese courses focus more on the ground aspect of aviation, and help train students for careers in ar-eas like air-traffi c control.

Th e majority of courses required for community college degrees are technical courses, Gibbs said, and this new aerospace technology pro-gram is geared toward helping stu-dents with these courses further their education, even if they can’t

come to campus. Th e new program will overlay the

student’s community college degree and will open many doors of oppor-tunity for aviation students, Gibbs said.

Gibbs has already started working out agreements with community col-leges throughout Kentucky that will make the degree available to their students. So far, Somerset Commu-nity College, Hazard Community and Technical College and Owens-boro Community and Technical Col-lege are getting ready to launch the online degree this fall.

Th e new degree is split into three sections. Th e fi rst section includes associate degree courses, as well as Eastern equivalent courses. Th e sec-ond consists of bridge courses, which can be taken on campus at Eastern or at the corresponding community col-lege. Th e fi nal section’s courses must be taken at Eastern either online or on campus. With this online pres-ence, students ready to pursue aero-space technology have the opportu-nity to do so, even if they cannot be in Richmond.

“With this new degree, the com-munity colleges can tell students to pursue a degree in Aerospace Tech-nology, but stay here while you do it,” Gibbs said. However, Gibbs said this would not dilute students away from our on-campus program. Over the next 20 years there will be approxi-mately 460,000 pilot shortages across the nation. Th e FAA is also going to be looking to fi ll 3,000 air-traffi c con-troller jobs over the next two years, Gibbs said, and in expanding pro-gram’s reach, more students interest-ed in this fi eld will be able to pursue it.

“If there was ever a time to pursue a degree in aviation, now’s the time,” Gibbs said. “Th e demand is extraor-dinary.”

Chautauqua to highlight recycable wear

For anyone who can’t make it to the TrashFash 2014 show, a fashion show featuring clothing and art created out of recyclable materials made by students, there’s another chance to see these pieces and more at the Chautauqua lec-ture featuring designer and artist Nancy Judd.

Judd will give the lecture entitled Recycle Runway: Envi-ronmental Education Th rough Beauty at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, in the O’Donnell Auditorium inside the Whit-lock Building. She is known around the country as an en-vironmental activist and art-ist. She started designing fash-ion pieces out of recyclables in 1998.

“While working as the re-cycling coordinator for the city of Santa Fe,” Judd said, “I realized that art and fashion could be used to raise the con-sciousness of the public about recycling in a fun and positive way.”

Judd co-founded an event called the Recycle Santa Fe Art Market that held contests for recyclable fashion. As her collection grew, she traveled to diff erent parts of the country sharing her work with other recycling groups. To preserve the clothes from deteriorat-ing from wear, Judd no lon-ger does fashion shows but instead features them in exhi-bitions across the country.

Judd said she has a particu-lar aff ection for 1950s fashion and often emulates the styles in her work.

“I get most of my ideas from watching old movies and pour-

ing over fashion books from that period,” Judd said. “…I am looking in my vintage fashion books and  the two sources of information seem to come to-gether in a daydream and a dress is born.”

Her garments are made from a variety of materials in-cluding a dress made of cau-tion tape, a skirt made of bi-

cycle tires, and a coat made of cassette tape.

Judd could be an inspira-tion to students, said Melissa Vandenberg, assistant profes-sor of art and design.

“I am always inspired by art with a message, and in this case a very timely message,” Vandenberg said.   “Her cre-ative work, high craftsman-ship and successful career make Ms. Judd is a strong role model for students, even out-side of art.”

“Her designs are classic and very wearable,” Vandenberg said. “[Th e designs are] driv-en by a desire to inform an au-dience of our shared environ-ment and the ramifi cations of how we take care of that envi-ronment. “

As an art professor, Van-denberg said she uses all types of mediums including recycla-

bles for student projects.Judd said she likes the chal-

lenge of making what is essen-tially trash, into something el-egant and wearable.

“I love watching people dis-cover that what they thought was a glamorous dress, is made from garbage, and “recy-cling” classic clothing designs from the 1900s-1950s works to enhance that juxtaposition,” Judd said.

Judd has created dresses for brands such as Coke, Tar-get and Toyota and has one design in the permanent col-lection at Th e Smithsonian. Judd said having her Obam-anos Coat, a coat made up of Obama door tags from the 2008 election, in Th e Smith-sonian was one of the best ac-complishments.

Winning pieces from the TrashFash 2014 show will be on display during the lecture as well.

Th e Chautauqua lecture is a part of the Recycle-Mania events, a competition among universities around the coun-try to see what school can re-cycle the most compared to how much waste they produce.

“I love  Recycle-Mania be-cause it has been inspiring university students around the country for years to reduce their waste,” Judd said, “And combining that with a trash-fashion show is a perfect way to engage even broader cam-pus participation.”

In addition to the Chau-tauqua lecture, Judd will also be hosting a “Trash-to-Fash” workshop from 2 p.m. un-til 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 4 in Campbell Building, Room 320A.

“I get most of my ideas from watching old movies and pouring over fashion books from that period.”

Nancy JuddArtist and Designer

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As it stands, Th ursdays mark the beginning of the mass exodus away from the university, but why?

For one, there isn’t much to do in Richmond for stu-dents who live on campus. Richmond Mayor Jim Barnes recently hosted a forum to solicit student impact for ways to reincorporate campus with the town, which should help that, but the fact still remains that a large portion of en-rollment is non-traditional or commuter students who aren’t even in Richmond.

For students who do stay on campus, important servic-es such as dining shut down earlier than throughout the week and operate on the barest services; remaining open to serve the tiny population.

As a result Eastern doesn’t have to be open 24/7, but if it wants to step forward it has to become more student friendly on weekends, which requires more than just the city off ering new things to do.

Barry Poynter, vice president for fi nance and adminis-tration said he would like to see the university as vibrant on weekends as it is Monday through Th ursday but the situation is untenable for Aramark to stay open from a fi -nancial perspective. Poynter said it would cost Aramark to keep services open, which would increase the price of meal plans and other dining services, if say the Fountain Food Court were open and only served a minimal amount of students.

Many of the initiatives coming from administration and the Student Government Association look to address the issue of students being on campus throughout the week-

end. Whether it is revamping athletics, a new student cen-ter, building new dorms or developing a payment system for off campus, it will require fees and student feedback to make campus a place students want to spend Friday, Satur-day and Sunday.

Th is would require even more student involvement than there is now, so before closing a survey without giving any answers, skip an open forum or bash student government, remember nobody can listen to suggestions if there aren’t any to be heard.

Student feedback could boost weekend activity

Th e best way for American citizens to preserve our rights is to be politically ac-tive in ways that support democratic in-stitutions, traditions, and our fundamen-tal human rights, rather than relying on guns to protect these important values. In response to the letter by Sebastian Torres in defense of the current gun laws in the United States, I would like to raise several points in support of more restrictions.

First, he argues that an unarmed citi-zenry will be helpless against a tyrannical government. While it is possible that tyr-anny may arise in our nation, this seems unlikely, given the existence of democrat-ic institutions and a strong tradition of adherence to the rule of law.

Moreover, when we take into account the military might of the United States government, it is not clear how an armed populace would prevent such tyranny. If such tyranny did arise, the people could

successfully resist only if they had a stock-pile of weapons capable of matching the state’s fi repower.

If the justifi cation for the widespread possession of guns is to deter or resist a possible future tyrannical state, then by the same reasoning there would also be a right to possess tanks, missiles, and weapons of mass destruction, all of which would be needed to truly deter or reverse such tyranny. But surely this is wrong, be-cause of the potential harm to innocent victims if these weapons were widely pos-sessed.

Second, it is true that Chicago, a city which has very strict gun laws, also has a high level of gun violence. However, the case of Chicago does not support the claim that restrictive gun laws are ineff ec-tive. Instead, it shows the need for more widespread laws.

People who want guns can simply go

outside of Chicago, obtain them with ease, and bring them back into the city. Consider the fact that between 2008 and 2012, Chicago police recovered 1,375 guns that were used in criminal activities.

Almost 20% of these guns came from a single store, Chuck’s Gun Shop, located a few miles outside of the Chicago city lim-its in Riverdale, Illinois. Strict gun laws in one city will be ineff ective if the laws of the state in which that city is located are lax, as is the case in Illinois.

Th ird, the data show that strict gun laws do reduce violent crime. For exam-ple, there is a correlation between restric-tive laws and lower homicide rates with and without fi rearms, both within the United States and internationally.

A recent study published in the South-ern Medical Journal found that a gun in a home is twelve times more likely to lead to the death of a member of the household or

a visitor than an intruder.Finally, the right to own a fi rearm is not

absolute; its exercise should be dependent upon the individual meeting several im-portant conditions: a criminal and men-tal health background check, a required safety course, competency with a fi rearm demonstrated via a skills test, a regular renewal requirement, a minimum age re-quirement of 25, and some form of gun li-ability insurance.

Th is allows for those who are com-petent to own and use fi rearms for both sport and self-defense, and connects the right to own a fi rearm with the ability to properly and sensibly use it. Th is would make it more likely that each individual gun owner will be responsible, and that fewer people will die from gun violence.

Mike AustinPhilosophy professor

As a 90s kid I fancy myself a bit of a sa-vant when it comes to games, gaming and the community surrounded by electronic entertainment. The problem is that when you’re a child the world of your hobby is seen through glasses that become rose colored quick.

As an adult however it seems appar-ent that you have to take a step back and look at everything from a different per-spective. Growing up the enemy of vid-eo games was the emphasis of movie li-censed games, which reduced cinematic masterpieces to heaps of unplayable trite

with no other purpose than to baby-sit a uneducated child while the parents sup-port the industry of money grubbing movie studios.

In today’s video game scene licensed games still exist but they are not as preva-lent as they used to be. No, today’s enemy comes in the form of games that erupted with the advent of Facebook and the in-clusion of people with too much time and money on their hands. First we have mo-bile games which have no other purpose than being a way to spend time while in line for coffee or going to the bathroom.

An example being Angry Birds, harm-less at first and even an enjoyable experi-ence regardless of when you might play it, but the problem lies in the additions brought to the game. The simple, fun physics game quickly becomes another in a line of games that adopt the “pay to win” mentality that companies employ to squeeze every last penny out of grandma.

Sure, you could try again and again like the old days and come up with a win-ning strategy to beat a level with the tools you’re given in order to feel accomplished and engaged, which is the point of a game. Or you could just buy a bunch of giant eagles and super powers with real money and beat the level with your wallet instead of your brain.

Because of this we’re not only getting a generation of children that will think the only way to play a game is to pay for the end goal, but a generation of game developers who believe that putting mi-cro-transactions in their game is appro-priate when it isn’t. Other games like Fi-nal Fantasy: All the Bravest force you to spend money in order to get characters but doesn’t let you choose the character you want in a game where you basically tap on the screen to progress. And the worst offender in recent news is the game called Dungeon keeper, a mining simu-

lation game, that lets you mine a single block before forcing you to wait 24 hours for your next move, unless you pay for gems that remove the timer, but only for one time. It’s this type of atrocious, turn-key BS that keeps people from gaming and makes gamers in general look bad.

The real horror is the fact that this mentality has already permeated in to console games such as Forza 5, which will allow you to buy the fastest car with $100 purchase after you already spent more than $500 getting the system and another $60 to buy the game.

People have been and still are vocal to the garbage that is micro-transactions and pay walls so there is still hope, and as a games journalist I make it my ultimate job to educate the masses and make sure this trend dies quickly and stays dead.

Michael Emerson is a journalism ju-nior. Email progress@eku.edu.

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A new trend in gaming prompts players to spend more dollars on extras

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“If the university put on more weekend events and had longer food hours more students would stay.”

Dakota EldridgeHometown: LexingtonMajor: Criminal jus� ceYear: Freshman

“I go home on the weekends because of my family. Having more ac� vi� es on campus during the weekends would prompt me to stay on the weekends.”

Courtney NapierHometown: Leslie CountyMajor: NursingYear: Freshman

“I go home on weekends because there’s nothing to do here.”

Aleia MinterHometown: LouisvilleMajor: Criminal jus� ceYear: Sophomore

“I’ve gone home maybe once over the last two semesters. I do however with downstairs Powell had be� er hours on the weekend.”

Albert WhitneyHometown: LexingtonMajor: UndecidedYear: Freshman

“I stay in Richmond on the weekends, a lot of my friends stay on campus and it’s nice to hang out with them without wor-rying about classes.”

Kennedy ConveryHometown: Rockcastle CountyMajor: Graphic designYear: Freshman

Do you stay in Richmond for the weekends? If not, why?

“A � cket to Uganda costs $2000 otherwise I would go home every weekend.”

Douglas Lu� -MusisiHometown: Kampala, UgandaMajor: Master of public healthYear: Graduate Student

“The weekends I stay in Richmond are because of marching band and playing.”

Cassie BurkeHometown: FrankfortMajor: Forensic scienceYear: Freshman

“I would be more mo� vated to stay in Richmond if there were more off -campus ac� vi� es to do in the winter� me.”

Bri� any WilliamsHometown: GeorgetownMajor: Social workYear: Sophomore

“Football is the main reason I stay in Richmond. We players usually get extra work with each other or just chill.”

Ja’Tyvan LandingHometown: Clearwater, Fla. Major: Sports managementYear: Senior

“I go home every weekend because hon-estly I know no one will be on campus so instead of just si� ng in my dorm I prefer to go home.”

Shaela Chris� anHometown: CynthianaMajor: Social workYear: Sophomore

Growing up, I was the “well actually” kid.

Anytime someone would say some kind of fact and if it wasn’t 100 percent accurate, well-actually Wesley would parachute in and correct, amend, clari-fy or whatever the statement called for. That evolved into being pretty candidly outspoken on just about everything.

At some point in the latter part of middle school, two things happened: I started occasionally being wrong and I became the know-it-all nobody likes amongst peers.

Oddly enough the part about being wrong part wasn’t what really shook my confidence--I didn’t like being disliked. Even when I was certain something was wrong or had something I thought was interesting to add to the conversation, I swallowed my tongue and sat quietly so I wouldn’t receive the eye roll, disgruntled gaze or the varying levels of dislike.

This trend continued for through high school, reaching its worst levels in high school after I moved to Kentucky and thought new people meant people would appreciate me knowing random facts or having a better understanding about a subject than most others. Wrong.

The treatment for being the know-it-all was even worse because I didn’t know anyone and my new peers weren’t accus-tomed to having someone swoop in to correct everything or inject my opinion.

I stopped talking and just let things slide, with the lone exception being the

classroom where certain teachers would encourage me to speak up and speak out, no matter how right or wrong I was. Whatever their reasoning, to fill the void of an apathetic classroom or to challenge me to find my voice, it worked because I did both and am better for it.

Admittedly, I didn’t really become comfortable with being outspoken un-til college when people started to under-stand my quest for knowledge and ensur-ing the facts were straight. Google has also been key in regaining the confidence to speak up, but it also comes from being comfortable enough to reason, speak and communicate with my thoughts to oth-ers.

Yeah, I still avoid being outspoken on some topics (you’ll never catch me talk-ing sports unless I’m sure that person understands nuance or I just feel like arguing), but I almost always speak up because I see the value in listening and

being heard. I tend to be tone deaf when it comes to how my words sound to oth-ers, but I listen more so I can do a better job of explaining what I mean rather than what I sound like.

My outspoken nature has become my strongest asset in the profession I’m pur-suing and as an involved citizen. The les-son I learned is something everyone can learn from in this standpoint, stick to your convictions.

Who knows what opportunities I missed or what situation I didn’t affect because I stood by and watched rather than speak up or help somebody out by giving them the right information?

I definitely don’t have the right an-swers for life, but I’ve tried to crack the code and it’s through evolving as a speak-er and a listener.

Wesley Robinson is a journalism se-niro. Email wesley_robinson28@eku.edu.

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bottle or can or a big wad of paper, a note-book in a trash can but take that extra mo-ment to locate a recycling center,” said Short.

Short said her focus, as the sustainability coordinator, is to reduce waste on campus.

“Really the main focus that I’m focused on promoting this semester is really all about reducing waste that goes to the landfi ll be-

cause we’re paying people to take our waste to the landfi ll,” Short said, “if we reduce the waste we can donate more to habitat, we can do more with composting the waste, there’s a number of things we can with our waste in-stead of paying for it to build up in a landfi ll.”

Short said her own personal way to reduce is by taking the extra step and dividing her trash into aluminum, paper and plastic. She said getting used to fi ltering your own waste will help people think about the amount of waste they produce.

Student opinions’ mixed on changes to Living Learning Communities

Students have mixed feelings about changes being made to Burnam and Sul-livan Halls next semester, especially Bur-nam’s new status as a co-ed residence hall.

Sullivan Hall, which currently houses Eastern’s honors students, is set to become the new home for NOVA students, while honors students will make the transition to Burnam Hall.

Jane Tinsley, director of the NOVA pro-gram, which helps fi rst-generation col-lege students succeed, said she is excited about the move to Sullivan by NOVA stu-dents, who have been living in McGregor. She said Sullivan is so much closer to the Turley House, the home of the NOVA pro-gram, and will make planning activities, such as tutoring sessions and fi nancial aid assistance, easier. Upward Bound students also stay in Sullivan the summer before freshman year, so they will now be able to get acclimated to the same building they will be staying in as college students, Tin-sley said.

David Coleman, interim director of Eastern’s Honors Program, said these changes are being made because Sullivan has become too small to house all of the honors students who want to live in the honors community. Some honors students must live in Palmer and are, therefore, mis-placed from the rest of the honors commu-nity, Coleman said.

“It creates a feeling of separation,” Cole-man said about the students who are cur-rently not able to live in honors housing be-cause of the spatial issues.

Burnam seemed like the most practical

option for honors students because it had the advantages students like about Sulli-van: It’s next to the Ravine, close to the li-brary, and has historical value, Coleman said.

About 200 beds in Burnam will be re-served for honors students, with about 70 beds left for non-honors students, Coleman said.

Coleman said he understands how stu-dents currently living in Burnam might be upset with the decision and hates relocat-ing these students.

“I think it’s heart-breaking that there’s not going to be an all-girls dorm on cam-pus anymore,” said Mackenzie Flynn, 18, a freshman occupational science major from Somerset..

“I had hoped to live here [Burnam] all four years,” said Lauren Th omas, 18, a freshman nursing major from Louisville. Th omas has lived in Burnam since last se-mester and liked the fact it was a girls-only dorm.

“I don’t have to worry about getting hit on,” Th omas said.

Marie Costelle, 20, a middle school edu-cation sophomore from Louisville, said she was not worried about moving into a co-ed dorm, but hoped she could fi nd anoth-er suite.

Burnam conveniently off ers community and suite-style rooms so students can have a choice of a more economical room or a more private one.

“Everyone is so nice to each other.” “It’s like its own little community,” said Jessi-ca May, 19, an undeclared freshman from Russell, Ky.

While moving into Burnam means ev-eryone gets included in the honors com-

munity, not all honors students are com-pletely thrilled about moving.

Victoria Mings, 18, a freshman occupa-tional science major from La Grange, said she understands how moving to Burnam is a good idea, but will miss Sullivan.

“I can see how it’s better in the long-term,” Mings said.

Tyler Stone, 20, a political science junior from Winchester, said he was not sure why moving to Burnam is necessary. He would rather move there as opposed to anywhere else on campus.

“Sullivan needs some renovations des-perately,” Stone added.

Julia Nieman, 19, a freshman agriculture and pre-vet major from Crestwood, Ky., said she was excited about moving to Bur-nam. She likes the location, citing the prox-imity to the library, Nieman said.

“It’s for the betterment of the program as a whole,” Nieman said about the honors program.

Moving honors residents to Burnam would be benefi cial to the program as well, Coleman said, but there was one thing he knew everyone would miss about Sullivan: the front porch overlooking the Ravine.

“Th at’s the one thing we don’t get to keep,” Coleman said.

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Sullivan Hall, home to the EKU Honors Program Living Learning Community, will be used to house two floors of the NOVA program students and other students who are not part of an LLC in the fall.

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FBS Football. Sandy said Eastern had about the same enrollment as WKU prior to it mak-ing the jump from FCS to FBS football, but Western’s numbers took off afterward adding more than 3,000 students over the nine years while Eastern’s enrollment has hardly grown.

President Michael Benson said he recent-ly met with the presidents of schools in the OVC, who insisted the conference was a bas-ketball conference. Benson cited the overall popularity of college football as a reason for the move.

“Th e most popular spectator sport in America is football,” Benson said. “Th ey stat-ed unequivocally that they are a basketball conference.”

He also said the OVC is bringing in a low-er division school, Alabama State, into the conference, which also has less stringent ac-ademic requirements and does little to en-hance the conference’s profi le.

Benson said the Sun Belt Conference is considering taking on Eastern so that it can have a football playoff by 2015. He said if a move were to occur, it would provide much greater exposure than Eastern would get as a part of the OVC.

Ernie House, vice chair of the Board, said it wasn’t clear when WKU made the jump whether it would increase its profi le, but ulti-mately has proved its worth.

“Has it been successful for their program athletically?” House asked. “But it has been for their success as a whole.”

Th e Board also discussed the need for non-mandatory student fees to move to FBS football and improve athletics. WKU im-poses a student fee of $250 for athletics. Th e board also pointed to Radford University in Virginia, which imposes an $1,100 student fee for athletics.

Craig Turner, chair of the board, said the university must have an answer ready should a conference invite Eastern. He said the move is an opportunity for the university to raise its profi le.

“It’s like our Good Morning America piece—we can’t pay for that kind of advertis-ing,” Turner said.

Turner said no decisions have been made on the matter adding that the board wanted to fi nd out more information about the po-tential move and other major decisions at the retreat.

In other business at the retreat, the board also reviewed plans for capital projects and Master Plan improvements including a new Student Center, Model Lab and changes where the Combs residence hall is currently.

Sarah Carpenter, Student Government Association President and student regent, said SGA is working on plans to revamp the current student center exploring a non-man-datory student fee for Richmond campus stu-dents only.

Th e project would cost $25 million and

would take the student center completely out of service during renovations. If stu-dents go for a fee, the building would be fi nished by 2018. Carpenter said a student fee isn’t popular, but the new student cen-ter would incorporate more of what stu-dents want and leave a lasting impact on campus.

Benson also said the university is look-ing at completing the Model Lab and Col-lege of Education project in two phases to help alleviate initial cost burdens. Plans are also in place to revamp the university entrance at Barnes Mill Road. Th e plans take about 50 parking spots from the Mar-tin Lot, but provides new dorms and green space and makes campus more welcoming,

Benson said. Th e Board also visited the state’s Gen-

eral Assembly and spoke with Rep. Ar-nold Simpson, vice chair of the appropria-tions and revenue committee and Rep. Rita Smart of Madison County.

Simpson said he was pleased to see the Board at the capitol and encouraged them and the university to continue to lobby on Eastern’s behalf.

“My goal is to attempt to create mecha-nism where we can restore the 2.5 percent cut the governor recommended,” Simpson said. “We can’t lose track of aff ordability. Th at will be a deterrent to students. Resto-ration of the cuts is probably the most im-portant thing that we’re looking at.”

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“That meant more to me than anything. They show me love and I just get so excited over these athletes.”

Donna SowderEastern’s superfan

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When Brian Evans, an alumnus from Rutgers Univer-sity, contacted his Th eta Chi brotherhood seeking help to encourage a girl battling cancer, Eastern’s chapter decided to go out of its way to show its support.

Christina Marie, 6, has been battling leukemia. Her hair began falling out when chemo treatments began, and she said other students had picked on her at school.

Alex Cundiff , 21, a criminal justice major from Loui-siville and president of Th eta Chi, informed his fraternity brothers of the cause. Th e email from Evans asked if they would take a picture holding a poster with encouraging words on it. Th e brothers decided to go a step farther and shoot a video of them getting their heads shaved for Chris-tina to see.

At 7:30 p.m., Th ursday, Feb. 20, at A Salon, more than a dozen Th eta Chi fraternity brothers went under the clip-pers and had their heads shaved to honor Christina.

“I was nervous but not until I got in the chair. My hair used to be long,” said Kyle Johnson, a junior, recreational therapy and business major from Dayton, Ohio.

Steven Hagen, a senior fi re administration major from Chicago, said, “I’m happy that she’s being supported. It’s terrible people were picking on her for a condition that’s out of her control.”

When some brothers were hesitant on getting in the chair, Hagen encouraged them by reassuring them that it

was just hair and would grow back. After this reminder, Matt Ralenkotter, 20, a criminal justice major from Union, Ky., took a seat in the barber’s chair amid shouts of encour-agement from his fraternity brothers and friends.

Th at in turn prompted Samantha Stone, a sophomore police studies major from Lousiville, and a member of Chi Omega, to cut 10 inches off her hair to donate to Locks of Love.

“I’d rather cut my hair here for a good cause than any-where else,” Stone said. She said she is planning on grow-ing her hair back out immediately. “I hope it sends a mes-sage that bullying is never okay.”

Th eta Chi members said they made the video to sup-port Christina, and they added they could go down a simi-lar road in the future for philanthropy purposes . “A won-derful part of greek life is to do philanthropies and help the community,” said Michael Fletcher, Th eta Chi and Eastern alumnus and advisor. “We probably won’t do the same thing again, but we might do something similar to help another individual.”

After fi lming the video, the fraternity members held a sign that said, “We dig Christina’s new haircut. Th eta Chi loves you.” “We just wanted you to know that you’re beau-tiful and don’t let anyone ever tell you any diff erent,” Cun-diff said as the camera rolled. “We loved your haircut so much that me and my brothers decided to get the same style. We love you and hope this video makes it to you.”

To view the video made for Christina, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1QwdUUDKVM.

Fraternity shaves heads to support girl with leukemiaBy SARAH HURT progress@eku.edu

After a fraternity brother from New Jersey told them about a 6-year-old leukemia patient, Christina Marie, who was getting picked on after losing her hair, Eastern’s members of Theta Chi took the initiative to videotape themselves getting their heads shaved, which they then sent to the girl to show their support.

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If you’ve been to an Eastern sporting event, chanc-es are you’ve seen and heard Donna Sowder in ac-tion.

She’s known around Richmond as Eastern’s #1 Fan, and with good reason: Sowder attends nearly every game, whether it’s soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball, football, or basketball. She’ll out-yell anyone at a soccer game and be the fi rst to start a “defense” cheer at a basketball game.

“I don’t miss one of the games,” Sowder said. “I don’t go to tennis or golf matches though. I would if

I knew I wouldn’t get kicked out for being too loud.” When Sowder isn’t supporting the Colonels in the

stands, she’s usually found at the Matrix Tumble and Cheer Center in Richmond, where she works as a per-sonal trainer at her self-owned business “Work it out with Donna.” .

Sowder, 54, trains both men and women and has been working as a personal trainer for about 17 years.

“If I have a client to train during the time of an

EKU game, I’ll try to get one of my workers to take over for me,” Sowder said. “If they can’t, then I’ll just tell them I’m going to a game and we’ll have to do it an-other time.”

At 5 foot 2 inches and 140 pounds, Sowder is also a bodybuilder and enters competitions. She has been powerlifting and bodybuilding since 1995, she said. She has a strict routine on what days she concentrates on certain workouts and certain hours of the day she sets aside to work out. Monday’s are her leg days which she said she al-ways does for about two hours during the eve-ning. Howev-er, she said she broke her rou-tine and did her workout Monday morning in order to make the girls basketball game that night.

“I love lifting and being fi t,” Sowder said. “I’ll lift un-til the day I die. But if I ever miss a workout, it would only be because of a sport. I will never miss a game.”

Sowder said she understands the athletes’ need for support from others if they’re to do their best.

“Nothing will pick you up more than someone hol-lering your name when you’re on stage at a bodybuild-ing competition,” Sowder said. “Th e court or fi eld is the player’s stage. Even if they never won another game, I’d still come and cheer.”

Sowder said her love for Eastern started years ago when one of her personal training clients, the assistant coach of the women’s basketball team at the time, in-vited her to come out and watch a game.

“I was unsure about going, but decided to go any-way,” Sowder said. “I fell in love with it as soon as I went. I was hooked.”

Sowder’s steady presence and support doesn’t go unnoticed by the athletes, other students, or even East-

The face of Eastern athleticsFOR NEARLY A DECADE, DONNA SOWDER HAS BEEN A FIESTY FIXTURE AT SPORTS GAMES, EARNING HER THE NICKNAME ‘SUPERFAN’

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By KAYLA LASUREprogress@eku.edu

An innumerable amount of movies, books, T.V. shows, and plays have been dedicated to the events that transpired during World War II, but in this movie the story focuses on a more intriguing subject not often looked upon in media.

Th e Monuments Men, released on Feb. 7, 2014, is an American-German war fi lm produced and directed by George Clooney, and details the exploits of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program mem-bers, who return to service in the pursuit of retrieving and protecting art stolen by the Th ird Reich.

Th e Monuments Men is based off the novels of the same name, written by Rob-ert M. Edsel. Th e screenplay was written by Clooney and screenwriter Grant Heslov. Th e fi lm is home to a story that might have some movie goers scratching their heads at the notion of going into war torn territo-ry with the intention of risking their well-being to protect pieces of art. And therein lies the strength of the fi lm in both how it presents its characters and its overall mor-al on the importance of preserving culture.

Th e movie features the altered version of the book and the history it’s taking from but still represents itself as a non-fi ction period piece that tells a bloated yet poi-

gnant story of how a small group of men realize that art is more than just a fl eeting past time that doesn’t hold any importance. In a surreal self-representing metaphor the movie delivers the message that any and all art is not just a piece of paper, a carved rock or a collection of sounds but a refl ec-tion of the people who make it. Th e mov-ie asks a very diffi cult but ultimately soul-stirring question that is going to reach a lot of people, whether they like the movie or not: Whether art is worth dying for.

As melodramatic as the movie may sound it is still an enjoyable experience that has the ability to balance comedy from natural camaraderie and the dra-matic weight that comes with telling a sto-ry set in World War II. Th e fi lm’s cast, fea-turing a few known comedians, knows just the right amount of attention, infl ection and expression with every scene to make it fi t together nicely. Th e movie is also fi lled to the brim with memorable and timeless moments that people will most likely be referencing for the rest of movie history.

Th e Monument’s Men isn’t a ‘Triple A’ blockbuster, nor is it anyone’s dream proj-ect, but it feels like a home movie made among friends and fi lled with enough heart to warrant a second look. Not want-ing to make waves, the movie represents it-self better than anyone can say and if this was the intent then the fi lm makers have surely succeeded.

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TOP: Hunter Stocker, an Eastern student, encourages Andrew Muncie, 14, on the basketball court during the K.A.P.E. program. BELOW: Stocker and Muncie enjoy playing with the rainbow parachute at the Telford YMCA in Richmond.

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Leslie Dineen has been bringing her 17-year-old daughter, who has down syn-drome, to a special program at the YMCA where her daughter can take part in physi-cal activities and enjoy a swim in the pool.

Th e program, called the Kentucky Adapted Physical Education Program (KAPE), is overseen by an Eastern profes-sor and run through dozens of Eastern stu-dents, who provide one-on-one attention for all the special-needs kids who attend.

“It is a great opportunity for both the students and children to learn a lot through each other,” Dineen said, “[KAPE] keeps the kids safe and allows them to learn exer-cises to maintain good health.”

KAPE is designed to assist children with disabilities in preforming physical activi-ty at their comfort level. Th rough the pro-gram students at Eastern are trained to assist these children and therefore gain service learning credit in their various fi t-ness related majors (occupational therapy, special education, physical education, etc.).

Louisa Summers, the creator of the KAPE program at the Telford YMCA in Richmond and professor in the Depart-ment of Exercise and Sport Science at East-ern, said she modeled the program after a similar one at Oregon State University, her alma mater.

“Physical activity and exercise is impor-tant for all, including those with disabili-ties,” Summers said. “It is important to train students so they can deliver applied physical activity to people with disabili-ties.” Th e class is the only one of its kind in the area, Summers said. It teaches stu-dents how to deal with children in gym settings and help them to adapt their ac-tivities to suit children with disabilities. Th e program, which takes place on Friday nights from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., has about 30 children enrolled, ages 4 to 18, who at-tended regularly. Th e children are divided into three groups of ten and each child is paired with an Eastern student; some are paired with two depending on their specif-ic needs.

All the children get to experience a physical education program that is de-signed to help them develop their skills for 45 minutes through activities such as basic exercise, volleyball, soccer, and others. Af-

ter the children fi nish there, they are sent to the pool for another 45 minutes. “Th e children love it [swimming]. It is their fa-vorite activity of the week,” Summers said. “Autistic children crave the water [and therefore fi nd this activity very soothing].”

Th e program not only is benefi cial to the children and Eastern students, but the par-ents benefi t greatly as well, Summers said. Th e families come from all over to bring their children to the program. It is the only time that parents can have some time to their selves, knowing that their children are being left in a safe environment, Sum-mers said. One mother told Summers that this program saved her marriage because she was now able to spend time with her husband every Friday night, without hav-ing to worry about her child’s safety. Th is is “what it means to everyone involved,” Sum-mers said.

Th e program has been around for 13 years and in that time WHAS, a TV sta-tion out of Louisville, has funded it every year with a small grant through Crusade for Children, a program that collects do-nations to better the lives of children with special needs, Summers said.

Th e YMCA also off ers classes for adults with disabilities after they leave the youth

program. Eastern students also volunteer their time in these programs.

Eastern students can volunteer their time by emailing Summers at louisa.sum-mers@eku.edu. More information about

times and dates can be found posted on the door of Moberly 227 and more infor-mation about the program can be found on the Kentucky Adapted Physical Education Facebook page.

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Season three began on Super Bowl Sun-day after the show received the coveted post game spot. Th e post-game super bowl episode featuring Prince was watched by 25.8 million viewers. Prince contacted the staff writers of New Girl and asked for a guest spot on the show. Prince enjoyed watching the show every Tuesday at 9 p.m.

New Girl features all-star cast Zooey Deschanel, Hannah Simon, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfi eld and Lamorne Morris.

Deschanel plays the main character Jess, who moved into an apartment with three men after a hurtful breakup with her long-time boyfriend. Jess applied to become the guys’ roommate and with a little convinc-ing, became detrimental to their way of life.

Johnson plays Nick Miller on the show and the romantic tension between Nick and Jess has fi nally reached a climax this season. As the two take their relationship to the next level, they begin to realize that

living together as a couple with two other guys is not as easy as it may seem.

Th e show features real life issues and re-latable characters. Jess is quirky, nerdy and awkward in a way that draws viewers in with her childlike charm. Jess’ best friend Cece, played by Simon, and herself polar opposites. While Jess is a teacher and a bit out of place in social situations, Cece is a professional model with charisma and sex-uality.

Oddly enough Cece is in love with Greenfi elds character Schmidt. Schmidt is the typical example of a hipster always try-ing to fi t in with the “in” crowd. Th e other three members of the apartment have cre-ated a douchebag jar for when Schmidt gets out of hand. Schmidt became smitten with Cece in season one and attempted to se-duce her by impressing her with his popu-larity. After that failed Schmidt gave up on ever becoming romantically involved with Cece.

As Schmidt started to distance himself from Cece she began to miss his dorky and crude remarks. In a bizarre twist of fate Cece begins to fall in love with Schmidt. Th e two experience off and on relation-ships as their opposite personalities con-tinue to create issues.

As New Girl portrays realistic charac-ters the viewing audience is quick to re-spond. Th e cast interacts so well together that the on screen chemistry is very believ-able.

Th e show is suitable for young teens and adults as there are sexual themes through-out the relationships.

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Inclement weather has been an issue for weeks for stu-dents at Eastern. It interferes with transportation and class schedules. Th e roads are covered in ice making it nearly im-possible to travel anywhere other than by foot. Th is might make it hard for a trip to the gym for a workout to relax and get fi t.

Not so, it turns out. “On days where classes are delayed or cancelled, it’s ac-

tually busier here,” said Katie Redmond, 20, a junior, biolo-gy pre-med major from Maysville and a Facilities Supervisor for Campus Recreation. “Which I fi nd pretty strange.”

Time is a luxury that some students might not have. Resi-dence hall’s rooms can be utilized for some types of exercis-es. From most resident halls it’s a 15 minute walk to Campus Recreation. On days where classes are delayed or cancelled some students might have more time to catch a 15-20 min-ute workout, Redmond said.

“I worked out a lot in my room last semester because I didn’t have the time to work out, and I work here,” Redmond said. “I think it’s an amazing outlet for students who don’t have time for a long workout.”

Th e walk to Campus Recreation might not be that long. Some students just like to work out in their rooms because they’re right there.

“I workout in the dorm because of the convenience,” said Molly Bates, 20, a sophomore, biology pre-med major from

Pikeville. “Sometimes I run the stairs for quick cardio.”It might not be spacious but a lot can be achieved in the

residence hall rooms. Yoga mats and bars that fi t into door frames are popular tools for a quick workout.

“I do a lot of yoga,” Bates said. “At least once a day I get at least 30 minutes to an hour in. Other than that I’m just run-ning the stairs. I think very passionately that yoga is the best dorm room exercise.”

Depending on the weather, walking to Campus Recre-ation can be a relaxing trip or it could be frigid and unde-sirable. During winter the intense cold deters walking any-where, while warm sunny day walks are relaxing, Bates said.

Just because students work out in dorm rooms doesn’t mean they don’t have the time or way to get to the gym. Sometimes it’s a personal preference or a personal matter.

“I don’t like working out in front of people,” said James Deaton, 19, an applied engineering freshman from Mt. Ver-non. “But when I get more physically fi t I wouldn’t mind working out at the rec’ center.”

Th e stairs play a big part in exercise routines for anyone who doesn’t have the time or doesn’t want to go to Campus Recreation for a workout. Inclement weather changes stu-dent’s daily schedules and the choice of going to Campus Recreation.

“Th e walk itself is exercise in its own way,” Deaton said. “I do, however, wish that the shuttle would take people over there during inclement weather.”

Whether it’s the weather is forcing students to stay in their rooms, or they just don’t want to walk, there are plenty of options to get some exercise in from the residence halls without leaving.

“I mostly do strength training in my room and for cardio I walk up and down the stairs,” Deaton said. “All my running is done rushing to late classes.”

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ern’s athletic department. Sowder’s face even made a de-but on posters in the student section.

“Dan McBride [Associate Athletics Director for Ex-ternal Relations] called and asked me if they could make fathead posters of me for the Morehead game,” Sowder said. “I told him ‘Why sure honey! Anything for the players.’ ”

Eastern athletes love having Sowder in the crowd to cheer them on.

“Donna’s positive after a win or a loss,” said Michae-la Hunter, 19, a sports management major from Mount Vernon, who plays on the girls’ basketball team. “She’s there for us all the time and is as much a part of the team as anyone else. Usually she wants us all to eat healthy. But last night she knew I had a bad game, so she told me to eat some cookies that were off ered to me, to be happy, and then come see her and work it off .”

Hunter also said she thinks if Sowder didn’t come to games, it would hit all of the athletes pretty hard. She said Sowder is the leader at games; that she leads the cheerleaders and cheers louder than anyone in the crowd.

Sowder said her loyalty to Eastern was cemented, oddly enough, at a University of Kentucky Wildcats game. Before she rooted for the Colonels, Sowder was a loyal UK Wildcat fan.

“I went to an EKU and UK game about eight or so years ago,” Sowder said. “I didn’t know who I was going to root for. When the game started, I don’t know what came over me, but I knew in my heart I was for EKU and never stopped cheering for them during that game.”

Sowder said she even turned down season SEC tick-ets that were going to be given to her, since she was de-termined to go to the OVC games to cheer on Eastern.

And Sowder has also earned her place as something of a celebrity around Richmond. At the Eastern stu-dent athlete talent show, Jock N’ Roll, Sowder was asked to be a judge alongside President Benson and the head strength and conditioning coach, Jon-Michael Davi.

“Th e other two judges stood up and people cheered,” Sowder said. “I stood up when my name was announced and you wouldn’t believe how loud it was. I wanted to cry so bad. Th at meant more to me than anything. Th ey show me love and I just get so excited over these ath-letes.”

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Junior Leanna Pittsenbarger lived up to her second consecutive title as OVC Soft-ball Pitcher of the Week as she allowed just one hit against Louisville.

Only one Cardinal batter reached the bases in the fi nal three innings of play.

EKU 3Central Michigan 0

Eastern took on Central Michigan for the second time during the Cardinal Clas-sic on Saturday, Feb. 22. Th e Colonels bounced back and defeated the Chippewas 3-0.

Mitchell hit an RBI double in the fourth inning, getting an early jump on the Chip-

pewas. No runs were scored for the next few innings. Eastern jumped back in the seventh inning, where Ciolek and Tackett made an RBI each to lock in Eastern’s lead (3-0).

Pittsenbarger pitched her second con-secutive shutout in Saturday’s victory, giv-ing up one hit and zero runs.

Th e Colonels were scheduled to play a doubleheader Feb. 23 against Indiana Uni-versity-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Northern Kentucky Univer-sity, but both games were cancelled due to snow conditions.

Eastern returns to action Feb. 28 and Mar. 1 against Pittsburgh University, Uni-versity of Kentucky and Butler Universi-ty in the UK Tournament. Th e Colonels (6-6, 0-0 OVC) host the team’s fi rst home game at 2 p.m., March 4 in a doubleheader against Eastern Tennessee State University.

Monday’s event, while sophomore Shelly Harper added 14 and senior Marie Car-penter brought in 13. Maples also led the team in rebounds with nine. Freshman Michaela Hunter came off the bench to bring down fi ve rebounds of her own.

Eastern outrebounded Belmont 33-25.

EKU 79Austin Peay 71

Th e Lady Colonels won its third con-secutive road victory Saturday, Feb. 22 against the Austin Peay State University Lady Governors.

Eastern picked up an early jump on Austin Peay (9-19, 6-9 OVC) in the fi rst half and entered halftime with a nine point lead (38-29).

Th e Lady Colonels led by as many as 10 points in the second half when the

Lady Governors began fi ghting its way back into the game. With less than four minutes remaining, Austin Peay made its way within two points of Eastern.

Hunter took matters into her own hands, however, and scored the next 10 points. She also shot 6-for-6 from the free-throw line to push the Lady Colo-nels to an unreachable lead.

Carpenter led Eastern with 29 points and Hunter came in to add 20 of her own. Carpenter and Hunter also led the team in rebounds with eight each, while Ma-ples added seven.

Th e Lady Colonels made a season-low nine turnovers in Saturday’s game and shot 35.6 percent from the fi eld.

Eastern (15-10, 9-5 OVC) returns to action in its last stretch of home games at 5:30 p.m. Th ursday, Feb. 27 against Ten-nessee Tech University and at 4 p.m. Sat-urday, Mar. 1 against Tennessee State University.

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Eastern’s women’s golf team played its first match of the season in a two-day tournament at the 12th Annual USA Women’s Invitational on Feb. 24 and 25. The Colonels shot 919 overall, placing sixth in the 15-team tournament.

Eastern shot a 309 and a 305 for the first day, placing sixth. The Colonels stayed consistent with a score of 305 the second day, coming in fourth.

“We hadn’t had a chance to practice as much as we like to,” coach Mike Wit-son said. “It’s a sort of get-the-rust-off-week but at the same time I think we did a lot of good things this week, our scores

weren’t quite what they should be.” Sophomore Rachel Welker led the

team shooting a score of 225, tying sev-enth overall. Her previous personal three-round low was 241. 

“Over the winter I did a lot of real-ly hard work on my full swing and that really paid off,” Welker said. “I was hitting greens and I put a lot less pressure on my short game, I got back into a groove with my short game and it end-ed up being pretty good. I felt really good about

how I played especially with the winter we had.”

Welker said the weather was not a large factor in her performance.

“I had two birdies, I had a lot of pars so I cant really complain about it, it was great weather,” Welker said.

Freshman Sophie Levin shot a three round score of 231; tying for 20th. Soph-omore Anna Gleixner was another Colo-nel in the top 25. She shot a 232 and tied for 22nd.

Sophomore Becky Sharpe tied for 41st after shooting a 238 and freshman Emilie Simmons tied for 53 with a 242 to wrap up Eastern’s participants.

“I know we are going to have a great season and I love all these girls to death and I know that we can do amazing things,” Welker said. “We are going to

keep working hard and reach our poten-tial that we can get to.”

The University of Memphis won the event with a total of 905. The Colonels were one stroke away from tying Samford University, who placed fifth with a total of 918.

The event took place at the par-72, 6,071-yard Azalea City Golf Course in Mobile, Ala.

“When we are in cold weather our short game suffers quite a bit, that will be our main point of focus for the Florida event in two weeks,” Witson said.

Eastern will play its next match on Mar. 10 and 11 at the North Florida In-tercollegiate in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Eastern’s women’s tennis team fell 5-2 to Miami (Ohio) University on Feb. 22 after a se-ries of close matches. Th e loss marked Eastern’s fi fth straight loss.

Th e match began with the Colonels handily winning the doubles point.

Juniors Melissa Gerritsen and Kristina Labeja won the No. 1 spot 8-4. East-ern clinched the point after seniors Saioa Oscoz and Carmen Rodriguez took the No. 2 match. Junior Aman-dine Faouzi and senior Milena Poff o

were up 5-3 when the match was halted.Head coach Rob Oertel said the team’s dou-

bles play has not been very strong lately, so he said he decided to switch up the pairings.

“We were going to sweep the doubles and that doesn’t happen very often with our girls,” he said. “Th at’s our weak link. We played one of our best doubles matches of the year.”

Th e Colonels lost three of the singles match-es after dropping sets by one game.

Labeja dropped the fi rst set of the No. 1 match after going neck and neck with her op-ponent. She did not fare as well in the second set, losing 6-3. Faouzi dropped the No. 2 match 7-6, 1-6, 6-4. Oscoz fell in the No. 3 match 6-3, 7-6.

Rodriguez dropped the No. 6 match 2-6, 6-4, (11-9) in a tiebreaker.

Oertel said the team’s confi dence is low af-ter losing four matches in a row, which is af-fecting how they play when the score gets tight.

Poff o was the only Colonel to win her sin-gles match. She took the No. 4 match 7-6, 6-2.

Oertel said this match was a continuation of facing exceedingly strong opponents.

“I rarely sympathize with my teams when we lose,” he said. “We’re fi ghting hard. It’s easy to quit when your confi dence is low, but they’re not quitting.”

Miami, the 2013 Mid-American Confer-ence champions, are now 6-2 overall.

Kansas 6EKU 1

Eastern fell to the University of Kansas Jay-hawks 6-1 in the fi rst match of the weekend. Labeja was the only Colonel to win a match against No. 60 Kansas.

Kansas started the match by taking the dou-bles point. Oscoz and Poff o dropped the No. 2 doubles match 8-2 while Faouzi and Rodriquez lost the No. 3 match 8-0. Gerritsen and Labeja were keeping up with Kansas in the No. 1 spot, but the match was halted 4-5 after the other two matches fi nished.

Kansas continued to dominate in the singles matches. Labeja, however, was the exception. She defeated her opponent 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 2 spot.

Oertel said he hopes playing tough teams will help the Colonels out in OVC play. No OVC team is currently nationally ranked.

“Th ey’ve got nothing to hang their heads about,” Oertel said. “If we were just playing for a good record, I wouldn’t be playing good com-petition.”

Th e Colonels go on the road to play the Uni-versity of Louisville on Feb. 28.

Men’s tennis brought in a win in an intense match Friday, Feb. 21 against Lindsey Wilson College in the Greg Adams Tennis Center. Th e Colonels pulled out a 4-3 victory against the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders (2-1).

Lindsey Wilson was ranked No. 6 ac-cording to a National Association of Inter-collegiate Athletes (NAIA) national poll.

Senior Joao Maio won the deciding match in Friday’s event after the team was

tied with Lindsey Wilson, 3-3. Maio won his No. 5 sin-gles match 7-6, 4-6, and 6-3.

“I was very happy to have a veteran Colonel, a se-nior, out there for the clenching match,” head coach Rob Oertel said.

Sophomore Alex Alvaro fell in the No. 1 singles af-ter competing in a tiebreaker against Lindsey Wilson’s Edberg Espinoza. Alvaro pulled out a win in the sec-ond set but could not take his opponent down and lost his match 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Junior Daridge Saidi took a victory in the No. 2 singles against Lindsey Wilson’s Fabricio Morales, winning in two straight sets (6-3, 6-1).

Sophomore Florian Graskamp caused some uproar with his opponent in his No. 4 singles, where Lindsey Wilson’s Francisco Charters made several outbursts and complaints in response to Graskamp’s plays. De-spite Charters’ outbursts, Graskamp said he didn’t lis-ten to Charter and stayed focused to win his match 6-3 and 6-1.

Oertel said Graskamp obviously got under his op-ponents skin.

Oertel said the team’s doubles performances were pivotal in Friday’s match and can be credited for the win.

“We’re making huge strides in our doubles prog-ress,” Oertel said. “The progress we’ve made, the strides we’ve made, the huge strides we’ve made in our doubles is fun to watch.”

Eastern swept the doubles, taking victories in all three spots.

Junior Juanjo de la Llera and Alvaro fought in sync in the No. 1 doubles, using strong communi-cation to pick up an 8-6 win. Saidi and Maio pulled out the No. 3 spot with an 8-5 victory while fresh-men Diego Asis and Sebastian Mueller, newcomer to the tennis team, had an 8-5 victory in the No. 2 dou-bles.

Mueller is fresh out of Germany, having arrived last week for the Colonels, and competed in his first singles and doubles as a Colonel in Friday’s match.

Oertel said Mueller will be a great contributor and will boost the team’s depth as well.

“He’s a quality player,” Oertel said. “It’s great, be-cause we needed another big hitter.”

Friday’s win is the Colonels’ fourth consecutive win.

“I think right now we are pretty good,” Graskamp said. “We are confident. We are prepared and the fu-ture, I think it’s good for our team.”

Eastern (5-3, 0-0 OVC) will return at 6 p.m., Feb. 28 to compete against Kennesaw State University in another home match.

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Women’s tennis continues rough ride after loss to Miami (Ohio)

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Juniors Kristina Labeja (left) and Melissa Gerritsen (right) won the No. 1 doubles match against Miami (Ohio) University on Feb. 22. Eastern dropped the match 5-2.

Men’s tennis extends win streak with victory against Lindsey Wilson

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Junior Daridge Saidi won the No. 2 singles match in straight sets. The win against Lindsey Wilson is the Colonels’ fourth consecutive win.

learned a lot about myself from being up there.”Newton, the youngest coach on staff , says that he is still

active, and many people within the Athletics Department say that he can play golf better than most people.

Newton was on the varsity golf team at Campbellsville High School in the sixth-grade, but had a rival that he had trouble beating. His rival, J.B. Holmes, a PGA Tour golfer, played for nearby Taylor County. In 2006, Holmes was the fastest player ever on the PGA Tour to reach $1,000,000 in career earnings. Since their time competing when they were in the sixth-grade, the two have developed a great friendship.

While Newton was at UMass, he had the opportunity to go and stay with Holmes for the U.S. Open at Wingfoot.

“I went down there for two weeks and stayed with him, went to all the practice rounds with him, walked the course with him, it was awesome,” Newton said. “He’s the type of guy, he had a tee time at eleven in the morning and we were up until four, he’s very laid back.”

But Love turned Newton back towards the south af-

ter two years at UMass. He met his wife at Eastern, mar-ried her, and came back to Richmond to work for his dad, who owns Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken in Rich-mond.

“I thought I wanted to get out of coaching,” Newton said. “But I missed being part of a team.”

Th e urge made Newton pay a visit to Neubauer. At the time, Eastern didn’t have any spots open, but after a brief period, he was hired in 2008 as a Basketball Operations Assistant in 2008. He spent two years under that title, and in 2010 he fi nally got his seat beside Neubauer.

In addition to being a coach, Newton joked that he is the longest running scout team player in Eastern history. He still plays with the scout team in Eastern’s practices, as he did when he was a player.

Newton recruits, scouts other teams, and schedules all of Eastern’s games. He said that he loves his job and it has been a blessing that everything has fallen into place the way it has.

“I’m perfectly comfortable here,” Newton said. “I went to school here, my wife loves the area, and it’s close to family. If I could be the coach here one day, that’d be my dream job.”

Maybe one day Newton will be the one screaming at his Colonels at McBrayer Arena.

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EKU 2

LWC 3

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Thursday, February 27, 2014 B6The Eastern Progress | www.easternprogress.com Matthew Crump, Editor

SPORTSPotent shooting leads Eastern to OVC win Road to Richmond

was a fun ride for assistant coach

As Austin Peay found out Saturday, it’s hard to beat Eastern when the Colonels are shooting great.

Th e Colonels made 17 three-pointers and shot 57 percent from the fi eld to beat the Governors 96-75. Senior guard Glenn Cosey scored 27 points and fellow senior Tarius Johnson set a new career high with 24 points, making four 3-pointers.

“I was just feeling it and hitting some shots,” Johnson said. “It’s getting to be the end of the season, and I just have to turn it up a little.”

Even though Eastern allowed Aus-tin Peay to shoot 58 percent, the de-fense forced 20 turnovers. Th e Colonels defense added to its already impressive turnover margin by having 10 less than the Governors. Eastern is in the top fi ve nationally in turnover margin.

Eastern (19-9, 9-5 OVC) shot the high-est percentage from the three it had shot all season, 53 percent. Th e game got to be close in the fi rst half. Th e Governors led by two points with as little as two min-utes to go in the half, but Eastern scored eight unanswered to end the half and never trailed the rest of the game.

Even though Austin Peay (11-17, 5-9 OVC) has one of the worst defenses in the OVC with almost 78 points allowed a game, Johnson said he thinks it was more of the Colonels executing on off ense than the Governors being poor on defense.

Eastern will play Tennessee Tech at 7:30 p.m. on Th ursday, Feb. 27 for a chance to lock up the No. 4 seed in the OVC tour-nament. When the two played a couple of weeks ago the Golden Eagles won, which sets up a big matchup. If the Tennessee Tech wins, they will claim the No. 4 seed. What the Colonels need to do to win, Johnson said, is all about defense.

“Last time we played, we didn’t play good defense at all,” Johnson said. “We just have to play good defense and exe-cute off ensively and we will be fi ne.”

Th e Colonels will play at home for the last time this season 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 1 against Tennessee State.

Austin Newton sits on the bench beside Eastern head bas-ketball coach Jeff Neubauer every game. He is the quiet one, a calm soul beside Neubauer, who yells in-structions to his players every few seconds. Newton’s job and his place on the bench as an assistant coach is a challenging one. Th e journey to his seat has been long, hard work-ing, and full of memories that he said he would never give back.

In 2001, Austin Newton came to Eastern with a chance to walk on to the team with former Colonel and now-Oklahoma State head coach Travis Ford. Ford was the head coach at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Ky., where New-

ton is from (and where he set the all-time assist re-cord and second all time in points at Campbells-ville High School). When Ford was hired away from C a mpb el l s v i l l e

University by Eastern, Newton came with him and started what will be a life long love for Eastern.

“A lot of coaches want to move up and climb the ladder,” Newton said. “I want to be here.”

Th e road back to Richmond for Newton didn’t go through basket-ball. After graduating cum laude in 2005 with a degree in public re-lations, Newton followed the man he had been following for years. Ford accepted the head-coaching job at the University of Massachu-setts, and Newton went with him as a video coordinator.

Looking back, Newton said that the opportunity he had at UMass was a blessing.

“It was good for me to get away for two years,” Newton said. “It re-ally helped me grow and mature. I

Th e Lady Comets faced off against Bel-mont University on Feb. 24 in a battle for OVC East Division’s fi rst place title, falling to the Belmont Bruins 72-68.

Eastern capitalized on shooting in the fi rst half of play and quickly took control over Belmont (13-15, 10-5 OVC). A strong defensive front on the Lady Colonels’ side also held the Bruins off in the fi rst half.

“I just feel like the fi rst half we set the tone,” head coach Chrissy Roberts said. “De-fensively, we got after it and the second half we let our guard down a little bit. You know, we’re up 10 and we let our guard down.”

At halftime, Eastern headed to the locker room with a 10-point lead (34-24).

Belmont entered the second half with vis-ible urgency, following Taylor Mills to fi ght

back against Eastern’s lead. Mills scored a ca-reer-high 24 points against the Lady Colo-nels, with 17 of those points falling in the sec-ond half.

“I think they just wanted to set the tem-po,” sophomore Miranda Maples said. “Th ey wanted to fi ght back. Th ey knew they had to prove something. We’re the number one on our side, so everyone’s coming after us and we know that. I think we just let off our guard in the second half.”

Th e Bruins slowly shot its way within two points of Eastern with a little over 10 minutes remaining and then tied the score at 51 on its next possession. With nine minutes left on the clock, the Lady Colonels fell behind Bel-mont for the fi rst time.

Eastern continued to fi ght, but the Bruins continued to rack up points on every posses-sion and pulled away from the Lady Colonels to gain the fi nal lead.

“Th is is a very good Belmont team,” Rob-erts said. “You know, coming into this game, they, I think, had won six out of the last seven games. So, I knew it was going to be a battle.”

Maples led the team with 16 points in

By TYLER PHILLIPStyler_phillips33@mymail.eku.edu

Eastern’s softball team kicked off the Cardinal Classic on Friday, Feb. 21 with a doubleheader, ending the game one on a low note with a loss against Central Michigan University. Th e Colonels lost to Central Michigan by one run (6-5).

Th e Central Michigan Chippewas (7-5) picked up an early lead against the Colonels with four runs in the fi rst three innings.

Eastern made a rally off of RBI singles from junior Lauren Mitchell and soph-omore Kayla Joyce in the fourth inning and Central Michigan errors in the sev-enth inning, pushing fi ve runs across the plate to take the lead.

Th e lead was short lived, however, and Central Michigan regained the fi nal lead with a home run double in it’s half of the fi fth inning.

Junior Shaylon Robb and sophomore Hayley Flynn gave up two earned runs in game one of the doubleheader.

EKU 4UofL 0

Th e Colonels picked up the pace in game two of Friday’s doubleheader and took down the hosts of the Cardinal Classic, marking its fi rst win over Louis-ville since 2003.

Eastern had loaded bases in the third and fourth innings, but were unable to deliver any runs against the Cardinals (2-4). Th e seventh inning was Eastern’s pivotal inning. With two outs left, the inning seemed to be heading downhill, until junior Katie Tackett hit a three-run home run to move ahead of Louisville, 3-0.

Mitchell hit her fi rst home run of the season four pitches later to push the score to four runs.

Eastern senior gets to second round in online dunk contest

Belmont’s second-half comeback dooms Lady Colonels

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Belmont Bruin Taylor Mills (right) had a career-high 24 points against Eastern on Feb. 24.

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Senior Glenn Cosey contributed a game-high eight 3-pointers against OVC foe Austin Peay on Feb. 22.

By ASHLEY OWENSashley_owens46@mymail.eku.edu

› SEE BELMONT PAGE B4

Senior Tarius Johnson had a career-high 24 points against Austin Peay.

Pittsenbarger’s pitching leads softball to back-to-back wins at Cardinal ClassicBy ASHLEY OWENSashley_owens46@mymail.eku.edu

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Junior Leanna Pittsenbarger was named the OVC Softball Pitcher of the Week for the second week in a row after having two consecutive complete game shutouts against Louisville and Central Michigan. › SEE SOFTBALL, PAGE B4

EKU 5

CMU 6

By TYLER PHILLIPStyler_phillips33@mymail.eku.edu

AUSTIN NEWTON

› SEE NEWTON, PAGE B5

Senior Marcus Lewis has advanced to the second round of the “State Farm Dark Horse Dunker” contest.

Fans will pick who gets to com-pete in the State Farm College Dunk Championship during the 2014 Final Four by voting for their favorite on Facebook.

Lewis’ alley-oop dunk against Southeast Missouri last season made the No. 3 spot on ESPN’s SportsCen-ter and was a fi nalist for the GEICO Play of the Year.

Fans have until March 3 to submit their vote. Go to www.facebook.com/CollegeSlam to vote.

BU 72

EKU 68

Marcus Lewis

BRUINS PUSH PAST EASTERN’S DEFENSE WITH MILLS SCORING 17 POINTS IN SECOND HALF

COLONELS SHOOT 57 PERCENT FROM THE FIELD IN 96-75 WIN AGAINST AUSTIN PEAY GOVS