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Students venturing out to the library got a furry surprise in the Grand Reading Room on Tuesday. Spike, the therapy dog, and his trainer Steve Wilkins, spent a little more than two hours sitting by the room’s entrance. Students could come by, say hello, pet Spike and even take a pic-ture with him.

“A lot of people confuse therapy dogs with service dogs,” Wilkins said. “Service dogs help people with a specifi c challenge, like diabetes.” Service dogs can detect, for example, if some-one’s blood sugar levels are too low or too high, Wilkins said.

Th erapy dogs, like Spike, are for what Wilkins calls fur therapy–being that people fi nd pet-ting and rubbing the dog’s coat can help relieve stress and even off er a little consolation. Spike is one of many therapy dogs from Pawsibilities Unleashed, a volunteer organization in Frank-fort that helps dogs to become therapeutically trained. Th ey also fi nd homes for dogs that don’t have one, and with a willing owner, can also be trained for therapy or service work. Th e dogs can be trained in their new home or with the group, Wilkins said.

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Fluffy friend helps students relieve stress

Housing looking to lease off-campus units

Men’s basketball bracket-bound

The Eastern community gathered Sunday to congratulate the basketball colonels on winning the Ohio Valley Conference. The win over Belmont secured them a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Housing partnered with other campus offices to sponsor a bus ride for students with everything included. So many students showed up for a chance to get to the game that they had to acquire a second bus for students. For those students unable to get a spot on one of the two buses the Student Alumni Ambassadors is hosting a viewing party in Alumni Coliseum this Friday for fans to watch the game. Doors open at 3:30 p.m, the game starts at 4:10 p.m.

The upcoming Chautauqua lecture entitled On Beauty and Sublimity: You Can’t Taste the Candy Bar if It’s Always in your Mouth features Tori McClure, an explorer, author and the current presi-dent of Spalding University in Louis-ville. The lecture takes place at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 20 in the Brock Audi-torium, located in the Coates Building. The speech will be the keynote address for Women’s History Month.

McClure has obtained numerous de-grees from various colleges in the East-ern United States, such as Smith Col-lege, Harvard University, the University of Louisville and Spalding University.

Throughout her life, McClure said she has had a tendency to remove herself from civilization in an effort to get away from the injustices of society. She said she would do this by spending long pe-riods of time by herself in nature to ab-

sorb the true beauty of the world around her. McClure said it was a way of “navi-gating her own rage.” She said she feels safe and comfortable away from the cha-os of humanity.

She is perhaps most known for her ex-ploration that took place about 14 years ago, when she decided to row solo across

Therapy dog Spike helps Clarissa Arvin, 21, junior, from Stanford, like he has helped many other students who see him outside the Grand Reading Room in the library, de-stress from the life of being a student.

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Students looking for university housing may soon be moving into deluxe apartments off campus as soon as the fall semester.

With the closing of Combs and Commonwealth the university sought out proposals for existing properties to lease rooms to students through the university, said Barry Poynter, vice president for fi -nance and administration. Poynter said the pro-posals are being reviewed and still under negotia-tion, so a more defi nite timeline isn’t possible.

“Our timeline is pretty short here,” Poynter said. “We want to make sure students have options available for the upcoming fall.”

Any of the housing openings created by the new contracts would be open to upperclassmen, said Kenna Middleton, director of University Hous-ing. Middleton said the recontracting process would work as it normally does, giving priority to students by grade level adding that upperclass-

Explorer Tori McClure was the first woman and American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

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March 8 � EKU Police responded to

Keene Hall at 11:50 a.m. af-ter the odor of marijuana was detected on the 15th fl oor. Upon arrival, the offi cer made contact with Isaiah Hill, 18, from Louisville. Hill consent-ed to a room search where the offi cer found marijuana on the desk. Hill was cited for possession of marijuana.

March 9 � An EKU Police offi cer

stopped a vehicle on Lan-caster Avenue at 7:50 a.m. after the offi cer noticed the vehicle had only one func-tioning headlight. Th e offi -cer spoke with Tevin Clark, 23, from Richmond and he told the offi cer his license was suspended. Clark was taken to the Madison Coun-ty Detention Center af-ter being cited for operat-

ing a motor vehicle while having a suspended license.

March 10 � EKU Police and the Rich-

mond Fire Department re-sponded to Palmer Hall at 9:10 a.m. after a fi re alarm was activated in a fi rst fl oor closet. Upon arrival, the EKU police offi cer spoke with Fa-cilities Services workers who said they were grind-ing a pipe and the dust trig-gered the alarm. Richmond Fire Department inspect-ed the area and allowed for the alarm to be reset.

March 11 � EKU Police and the Rich-

mond Fire Department re-sponded to Martin Hall at 6:50 a.m. after the fi re alarm activated. Upon arrival, the fi re department could not lo-cate the cause of the activa-tion and allowed for the build-ing to be reoccupied. Th e fi re department also responded to Martin Hall again at 5 p.m. after a smoke detector acti-vated on the ground fl oor.

March 17 � An EKU Police offi cer

was dispatched to the Pow-ell Building at 12:24 p.m. af-ter a fi re alarm pull station was activated. Upon arriv-al, the offi cer was able to de-termine an unknown per-son had pulled the alarm for no reason. Th e Richmond Fire Department respond-ed and cleared the building.

March 18 � A police offi cer on patrol

observed Stephen Hicks, 23, from Irvine stumbling on a sidewalk in front of the Busi-ness and Technology Cen-ter at 3:09 a.m. Th e offi cer said they detected the strong smell of an alcoholic bever-age on Hicks and performed a fi eld sobriety test. Hicks told the offi cer he consumed two liters of whiskey. Hicks was taken to the Madison County Detention Center af-ter being cited for alcohol in-toxication and also having an active warrant out of Estill County District Court.

Protect your social media accounts

Th e EKU Library is hosting a series of events entitled “Th e Colonel Smart Se-ries.” “Avoid Becoming an #EPICFAIL: Protect Your Privacy on Social Media,” is an informative session that focuses on the protection of personal informa-tion on social media websites. Th is event is a part of the ColonelSmart series and takes place from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tues-day, March 25, in the Library Instruction Classroom (204 D).

Julie George, the coordinator of pub-lic services, said this session will off er some tips and strategies to keep infor-mation secure and to keep students up to date on constantly changing privacy policies. Proof of attendance can be giv-en upon request.

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Change wars to benefi t children

Eastern’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Ep-silon will host change wars for Paddy Murphy Week on March 24 outside of the Greek Towers. Th is event is a fund-raiser to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network.

For more information contact Sigma Alpha Epsilon Vice President Camron Kriz at [email protected].

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Mandatory mee� ng for SGA spring elec� on

Th ere will be a mandatory meeting for students interested in running for a Student Government Association posi-tion Monday, March 24 at 5 p.m. in Wal-lace 147.

Th e meeting is for any student inter-ested in running in the spring election. Th e positions being elected are student senator, Student Activities Council vot-ing member, vice president of RLC, bice president of SAC and the Executive Slate consisting of the student body president and executive vice president.

For more information contact Elec-tions Chair Jacob Wright at [email protected].

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7:30 p.m.Chautauqua lectureTori McClureOn Beauty and Sublimity: You Can’t Taste the Candy Bar If It’s Always in Your MouthBrock AuditoriumCoates Building

4:10 p.m.Basketball (M)vs. No. 2 KansasSt. LouisTelevised on TBS

8 p.m.SAC Movie Night:FrozenO’Donnell AuditoriumWhitlock Building

11:45 a.m.Student Life Volunteering at God’s Pantry Food Bank

1 p.m.Softballvs. Southeast MissouriRichmond

5 p.m.Mandatory SGA Elections meetingWallace 147

9 p.m.Basics of BoulderingFitness & Wellness Center Climbing Wall

9 a.m.Health Fair Powell Lobby

11 a.m.Tennis (M)vs. Morehead StateRichmond

2 p.m.Tennis (W)vs. Morehead StateRichmond

3 p.m.Baseballvs. OhioRichmond

7:30 p.m.Faculty Brass Quintet RecitalGifford Theatre

1 p.m.O’Leary Junior RecitalGifford Theatre

3 p.m.Sehmann/Hounshell RecitalGifford Theatre

7 p.m.Gabriel Fernandes Senior RecitalGifford Theatre

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Th e organization als o runs a shelter for dogs that need homes. If a dog is not paired with a person to begin its training, it will become available for public adoption. Al-most every dog that becomes available for adoption was fi rst selected to be a potential therapy dog, Wilkins added.

“It can work either way,” Wilkins said. “Th ey will adopt animals and fi nd place-ments for them, or other folks will come there with their own dogs.”

Anyone who wants to bring his or her own dog for the therapy training is also welcome, Wilkins said. However, success still depends mainly on the dedication of the owner and his or her willingness to help the dog learn what it needs to learn.

Wilkins, a retiree of six years, previous-ly coordinated the undeclared advising pro-gram at Eastern. Now he is part of the vol-unteer group and has helped train Spike to become the therapy dog he is today.

“We just adopted Spike about a year ago, and we realized he was perfect for this kind of work,” Wilkins said. “Spike’s training ended a couple weeks ago.”

Wilkins said the therapy dogs have been coming to Eastern for a few years, usu-ally around dead week. Th ey are there for students that are studying and stressed to come over to and sit with, just to de-stress. He said there should be more possibili-ties for therapy dogs on campus closer to dead week. Wilkins added that he just had the time to come to Eastern and thought it would be nice to come a little while before fi nals roll around again.

If anybody took a picture with Spike, the EKU Libraries wanted to see the pictures by tagging them in the picture at @ekuli-baries or #ekulibrary.

Wilkins and Spike will be in the either the Grand Reading Room or the Noel Stu-dio on Tuesdays and Wednesdays until fi -nal exam week.

To learn more about Pawsibilities Un-leashed, visit its website at www.pawsibili-tiesunleashed.org.

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the Atlantic Ocean. However, getting to this point was not a simple task. Mc-Clure said she tried out for the Olympic rowing team, but was too slow. Then she heard about an opportunity for a rowing race with a partner to go across the Atlantic Ocean, but it didn’t work out in the end. After being contacted by an Italian sponsor and with her own ambition to complete this task, Mc-Clure finally got the opportunity she had been looking for and was set to be the first woman and first American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

McClure said most people find it strange that she would enjoy being alone on the ocean for three months, but she enjoys being away from human-ity and gains a deeper knowledge in her

explorations. In her lecture, she will focus on the

beauty in her experience. McClure said her adventure can tie into the theme of beauty because “there is nothing more beautiful on the planet than watch-ing the sunrise from a row boat on the ocean the morning after a hurricane.” She added that, “beautiful moments [in life] come when you feel truly alive.” In her case, surviving a hurricane at sea.

After her exploration, McClure wrote a book about her experiences en-titled A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean.

McClure said she looks forward to the question-and-answer part of her talk, because she said she often gets bored rambling on about her experi-ences and that she would much rather the audience ask her questions that will take the discussion in an unexpected directions so she can see what they are truly interested in.

Tutors at Eastern are taking homework help to a new level by helping students with their studying techniques, writing assign-ments and even helping international stu-dents.

Lara Vance, assistant director of aca-demic readiness and testing, said more than 150 students are active tutors on cam-pus. Of these 150 tutors, about 100 of them are Level I certifi ed by the College Reading and Learning Association.

CRLA is a group that certifi es colleges and universities to train students in their tutoring program. Th e CRLA tutor certi-fi cation is recognized nationally. Accord-ing to Vance, students complete workshops and hours of training to earn certifi cations. Level I certifi cation for tutoring requires 10 hours of training. Vance said Level I tutors are trained in tutoring techniques, ethics and time management help, as well as oth-

er topics. Students can continue to become Lev-

el II certifi ed, but it is not required. Lev-el II certifi cation involves more in-depth training such as learning how to tutor in-ternational students and helping with writ-ing assignments. Vance said approximately 25 students on campus are Level II certifi ed.

Vance said some Lev-el II certifi ed tutors can even lead tutoring work-shops if they attend enough training work-shops and show an inter-est in it.

“Th e tutors like to see a peer that they know is in the trenches with them every day,” Vance said.

Some training topics, such as the ones mentioned earlier, are taught throughout all the tutoring centers, but each tutor-ing center has its own training material. If

there is no tutor training available in a stu-dent’s tutoring area, Vance said she often trains the student herself.

Vance said she doesn’t believe the tutors at Eastern are underutilized. She often gets requests for tutoring in subjects that do not

have tutors. She said she recently received a re-quest for a music theory tutor, but there are none for that course. Luck-ily, the student was just having trouble study-ing and all Level I certi-fi ed tutors are trained in studying techniques.

She said tutoring centers are busiest Tues-days through Th urs-days. Tutoring is most

popular in science and math topics, ac-cording to Vance.

Th e hours in each tutoring center vary and some depend on the amount of traf-fi c the tutoring website sees on specifi c

days, Vance said. For instance the math lab is open at the times their website sees the most traffi c. Some tutoring centers are only open at the times the tutors have availabil-ity. Th e Noel Studio is the only center open on Saturdays, according to Vance.

Vance said this year the tutoring cen-ters have begun presenting a tutor of the month, which awards students for their ex-cellent tutoring techniques. January’s tutor of the month award went to Jacob Bonta of the chemistry tutoring lab.

Vance said a good tutor should not sim-ply give out the answers, but should discuss the topic in a way that the student can fi g-ure out the answers on their own.

“Th ey can engage you more deeply in what you’re learning,” Vance said.

To fi nd a tutor, students can start by vis-iting Eastern’s tutoring directory at www.tutoring.eku.edu/directory-and-hours. Th e EKU GURUS also tutor in a multitude of diff erent subjects and have three diff erent locations on campus, which makes them a convenient tutoring choice.

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Tutoring helps Eastern students beyond just homework

“The tutors like to see a peer that they know is in the trenches with them every day.”

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men could mean everyone but freshman depending on the housing needs. She add-ed that freshman benefi t from the proxim-ity traditional on-campus housing provides, which is why off campus options won’t be available.

“Sophomore and above may mean upper-classmen.” Middleton said. “We feel like it’s really important to have traditional housing for freshman.”

Middleton said students have expressed a desire for more diverse housing options be-yond standard university dorm style hous-ing. Prior to the New Residence Hall the newest dorm was built about 42 years ago, which creates issues ranging from diff erent electrical specifi cations than in the past and privacy issues for students who don’t want to live in an open room and share showers with an entire fl oor.

Middleton said the university solicited for proposals to help meet this need and because Eastern had to move quickly with

the closings that were happening. She said housing will continue to off er aff ordable housing for students who may not be able to aff ord the higher sticker price of the New Residence hall or the contracted housing.

“We want to be a good value for stu-dents,” Middleton said. “I hope that we will be able to maintain competitive rates so students [continue to consider living on campus.]”

Poynter said there are plans to upgrade housing options on campus as well, but funding is an issue. He noted the Universi-ty of Kentucky’s partnerships with private entities and said Eastern would most likely not go that route, but is taking a nuanced approach to revitalizing campus housing in the current fi nancial market.

“We want to do more,” Poynter said. “I think this is part of an overall plan to achieve a strategic goal.”

Poynter said providing more options will help meet the demand for diff erent hous-ing styles than what Eastern currently has to off er, which could help make campus a more vibrant place on weekends.

“We’re just trying to make students’ resi-dential experiences better,” Poynter said.

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PPERSPECTIVESERSPECTIVESFor the fi rst time since 2007 Eastern’s men’s basketball is

headed to the NCAA Tournament. As one of 68 teams in the fi eld, Eastern drew a No. 15 seed

and is rewarded with the No. 2 seeded Kansas University Jay-hawks.

Th e Jayhawks fi nished ranked No. 10 in the country, led by freshman phenomenon Andrew Wiggins, so the road ahead is steep. Eastern will catch a break, as Kansas’ other superstar freshman Joel Embiid is unlikely to play.

Eastern’s long-shot lies in its ability to make long shots. Th e Colonels’ ability to shoot from three and Kansas’ poor defense on perimeter shooting means this Colonels’ hopes may likely live or die by the three.

One thing is for certain: Everyone on campus, in Rich-mond and across the Commonwealth, will be rooting for ma-roon more than he or she has in quite some time.

Which begs the real question: Does this tournament ap-pearance underscore the belief the university taking the step to the next level in athletics?

Making the tournament will provide some level of a litmus test. March Madness is one of the highest profi le sporting events in the country and Eastern will get its name out there in an invaluable way. Whether it dons the glass slipper or gets run over by a top-10 team, Eastern will get valuable informa-tion from the tournament exposure: How much attention do athletics actually buy a school from being on the big stage?

Th e reason it’s valuable is Eastern is gearing up for a ma-jor change in its athletics. University offi cials say they want Eastern to make the leap from the smaller Football Cham-pionship Subdivision to the big league Football Bowl Subdi-vision—a move that will cost the university tens of millions of dollars.

Football, however, is a completely diff erent beast than bas-ketball. Football rarely has a Cinderella story. When is the last time a small university made its mark on a national football stage, aside from maybe the win over Michigan University by tiny Appalachian State University a few years ago?

Also, consider that with a 68-team tournament, the odds favor that a college basketball team will at some point make the tournament and get a big boost in the school’s exposure. Playing with the big boys in football would make the universi-ty a doormat for awhile, and that means Eastern may have to wait decades before the expensive jump to the bigger football division begins to pay the dividends Eastern offi cials hope to see.

President Michael Benson postponed forums to discuss the future of Eastern athletics in lieu of the men’s basketball success. Th is is good. We’ll get to see how a lot of media atten-tion contributes to our university’s national reputation, and that can help inform the university’s discussion for jumping

divisions in football. But either way, come Friday afternoon, everyone with even

the loosest tie to Eastern should be sporting maroon and cheering his or her loudest for Eastern. Regardless of the out-come, those same people should speak up at the next forum seeking public input on the university’s proposal for athletics. Whether you favor it or oppose it, speak out. Let the univer-sity know where you stand and why.

However you want to slice it, your participation in univer-sity decisions is a lot like your show of support for the Colo-nels in St. Louis—it’s a critical piece to helping those you sup-port reach their goals.

Tourney exposure provides test-run for Eastern

Moving is hard. You pack all of your be-longings into suitcases, boxes, even gar-bage bags to haul from point A to point B with various loading and unloading points in between. Th en when you fi nally get ev-erything to the new destination, you have to complete the task of unpacking all the suitcases, boxes and bags and organizing all your possessions into their new places in your home.

Moving in the middle of the semester however, is even harder. Try doing all the packing and lugging, all while trying to

stay on top of coursework. Even the sim-plest of tasks, such as attending class, be-comes a struggle as you try to balance ev-erything you have to get done. Heaven help you if you’re like me and also have a part-time job. It takes multiple trips, a tank or two of gas, sore muscles and causes com-plete exhaustion.

So why subject myself to such tor-ture? Why place worry on my already thin nerves and add more to my already stress-ful life? Because after spending two years absorbing the culture that is the over glo-rifi ed dorm life, I was more than ready to move off campus. Since Eastern requires you to live on campus until you accom-plish 60 credit hours or turn 21-years-old, I have been stuck re-contracting for the past four semesters. However the time of shoe-box sized rooms, the wonderful communi-ty bathroom and people I don’t care to so-cialize with is soon to be over.

As soon as midterms were completed, my focus shifted to apartment hunting. I’ll admit that it soon became obvious to me why realtors still have jobs in our declining economy. Finding an apartment that fi ts your needs, in a good neighborhood and in your price range is an undertaking. But when you fi nd that perfect apartment, it’s a whirlwind and before you know it you’re signing the lease and moving in.

It’s kind of ridiculous to think about the amount of money I’ve paid to live in my residence hall is now going to waste. In a hurry to move out of the dorm and never look back, I can’t even be bothered to dwell on how I’m technically paying for two plac-es at once.

I know it’s not all just the negative as-pects. Th ere are people who love on cam-pus living, meeting and making friends within their dorm and the overall residence hall experience. It just wasn’t for me.

It’s not just the tiny rooms or sharing a bathroom, it’s silly things like getting a noise complaint for blow-drying my hair at midnight on a Saturday. Or only having one tiny and typically dirty kitchen in the whole building. It’s things like having to drag my laundry from the third fl oor to the basement with no elevator and then wait-ing for washers and dryers. Or dealing with noisy neighbors no matter the hour or day of the week.

I’m not even saying I’ve had the worst dorm experience. I’d bet that others have experienced way worse. I do get along ex-tremely well with my roommate, which is more than most people can say.

It was just my time to go and I am more than happy to bid farewell to the dorm days.

KaLeigh Underwood is a journalism sophomore. Email [email protected].

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Eastern’s men’s basketball earned its first OVC title since 2007 after the win against Belmont University in the OVC Championship Final March 8. The team will face Kansas University at 4:10 p.m. Friday, March 21. The game will be televised on TBS.

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“This one � me we went around knock-ing on our friend’s dorm doors and then once they opened it, we’d start squir� ng them with water guns.”

Elizabeth SearsHometown: Calvert CityMajor: Mathema� cs Educa� onYear: Junior

“A memorable experience was when I pulled a prank on him in which I told him there was a girl who really liked him, but the only way I would give him her name was if he ran from our dorm room in Case Hall to the Naked Man and back in his underwear using the front/main entrance door— and he actually did it. Except, it turned out this girl really only liked him as a friend and was not inter-ested in a rela� onship.”

Brady LearHometown: BrodheadMajor: History educa� onYear: Senior

A memorable experience we had was over spring break (2014) when my room-mate was kissing a girl on the beach and these guys in a condo above us— mis-taking my roommate for a girl because he has long hair— yelled out “ Get it Girls”

Jus� n KelleyHometown: Frederick, M.D.Major: Year: Senior

What’s a memorable moment with your roommate?“A memorable experience I’ve had with my roommate is all the arguments we’ve had about locking our dorm room door. Like I’d be in the shower (while he was s� ll in the room) but he’d leave and lock the door before I got back and then I wouldn’t have my key so I’d be stranded in the hallway in my towel because he locked the door when I told him not to.”

Domonick BrownHometown: ElizabethtownMajor: Social workYear: Freshman

“One � me she couldn’t run to the bath-room so she couldn’t run to the bath-room so she squa� ed and peed in a cup.”

Nikki BowersHometown: Nashville, Tenn.Major: Child developmentYear: Freshman

“As teammates on EKU’s Men’s basket-ball Team, we’ve bonded through our team’s prac� ces, games, and the magical experience we’ve had with out team win-ning the OVC Championships Title. ”

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Staying positive is something I struggle with---at least that’s what people tell me.

I’m told I view life’s proverbial glass as half empty. I say I see the glass at 50 per-cent, what it really is.

Whatever the case, I’m not pessimis-tic by nature, I just see things as they are. What I will admit: being a realist takes a toll on my psyche and I’m left mental-ly drained trying to solve problems that don’t have a concrete solution.

Usually I can turn to music, sports, my closest friends or a little quiet time

to provide an escape and recharge my in-ternal batteries, but lately I haven’t had much time for anything but school, work and The Progress. It’s been much more difficult to get through the daily grind as a result and I’ve had to rely on faith that it’s all going to work out.

While I may be running on faith fumes, one thing did help me get to this point and that was seeing that I wasn’t the only one going through the same troubles.

In late October Th e Progress staff went to the Associated Collegiate Press Nation-al Conference in New Orleans. All aspects of student media discussed, dissected and deconstructed, to help provide a respite for bustling college campuses and the high-stress environment of the newsroom.

I met dozens of other college news edi-tors, writers and advisers who were going through the exact same struggles I was

down to the T. I went to several forums where editors talked about the issues in the newsrooms.

The thing that stood out the most about the convention was its upbeat ten-or. It was very different than the hor-ror stories and bad press that has be-come typical of the newspaper/media profession. People were happy. Students had problems, but they were dedicated to their craft. Veteran advisers who’ve left the field and current professionals pitched solutions, innovative ideas and shared conventional wisdom.

It was a definite recharger after a dreadful semester.

I have learned to value events like this, because professionals going into a field need encouragement and a bright out-look. Hearing people talk about the pos-sibilities, not the plight, goes a long way.

When I hear about the gloom and

doom of journalism, I often wonder why the industry doesn’t invest in better pub-lic relations. Sure things aren’t perfect, but there are quite a few things worth talking about.

In my experience, the future looks bright. I’ve met many young, talented peo-ple who understand the value of old school journalism, while understanding the changing media. As we begin to take reigns of the industry, I feel you’ll see a shift away from looking solely at the profi tability of TMZ’s of the world to a more balanced, honest, nuanced approach to the news.

It won’t be a quick shift, but it will happen. It will take like-minded people getting together and working together on college campuses, in newsrooms and at professional conferences and events.

Wesley Robinson is a journalism se-nior. Email [email protected].

Retreats provide break from school life, recharge batteries

Campus Sound Off

Find out what interesting things fellow students tote around in their backpacks

Terrence Humphrey, 18, liberal arts senior from Louisville:

Humphrey carries a keychain for his fraternity, Omega Psi Phi. He became a member in 2012 and has proudly held on to the memento that represents brotherhood that can never be broken. He also carries his camera with him wherever he goes. You can often see him photographing students around campus or taking photos for the university. Humphrey said it gives him an opportunity to capture memories of his time at Eastern.

what’s in your backpack?

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While most students are just trying to pass classes, make friends and earn a reputation on campus, Kara Lynn is trying to make a name for herself nationally.

Th e 19-year-old music marketing freshman from Villa Hills, known by her stage name, re-leased her debut EP three months ago on iTunes.

Kara Lynn lives some-thing of a double life, a stu-dent by day and a musician at night.

“I was watching Hannah Montana and said, ‘I can do that.’ Th at’s honestly where my dream started,” Kara Lynn said.

Since she was 8 years old, Kara Lynn has been taking vocal lessons to strengthen her musical tal-ents. At 12 she started stay-ing in her room, hour on end, writing lyrics. At 15 she started learning to play the guitar.

“I told my dad, ‘I want to do this, I want to do this,’” Kara Lynn said. “He said that we have to just get the music out of my room and let people hear it. Th at’s when I actu-ally started getting studio work.”

Kara Lynn’s family has been very supportive of her pursuit into the music industry, she said. She writes music with her older brother, Matt Sturm, 27, on their frequent trips to Nashville.

“I go to Nashville to write songs,” Kara Lynn said. “Right now it’s just getting enough mate-

rial for the next time I record. For spring break my brother went with me to Nashville and we played at Th e Bluebird Café which is really hard to get into.”

Th e Bluebird Café is widely known to be one of the spots where musical artists achieve star-dom. Artists such as Kathy Mattea and Garth Brooks were discovered when they played a gig at the cafe.

“I was writing for fi ve hours on a verse and a chorus with one of my guitar players and my brother put my name in a drawing,” Kara Lynn said. “He ran back and said we might get a spot.”

On a waiting list of 100, Kara Lynn hit num-ber 27.

Defi ning the genre of Kara Lynn’s music is diffi -cult. Elements of pop, coun-try and some rock elements show in her vocal arrange-ment. Following her icons Demi Lovato, Carrie Un-derwood, Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, Kara Lynn’s music style straddles sim-ilar ground, but with her own sound.

“It’s just a mix of every-thing that I listen to,” Kara Lynn said. “It’s basically up to interpretation.”

Achieving fame and for-tune isn’t the goal Kara Lynn has in mind. Putting smiles on the crowd’s faces

and relating to their hardships is the goal, Kara Lynn said.

“My dad asked me what success means,” Lynn said. “I told him that it was singing to thousands of people and having them sing it back to me. I want to give other people the hap-piness that I get from music.”

By WYATT [email protected]

Freshman student releases debut EP on iTunesSINGING SINCE AGE 8, KARA LYNN MAKES TRIPS TO NASHEVILLE TO WRITE AND RECORD HER MUSIC

Kara Lynn frequently travels to Nashville to record and write music. She recently played at the Bluebird Cafe where Garth Brooks and other stars were discovered.

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Th e Lexington Comic and Toy Convention celebrated its third year at Heritage Hall in Rupp Arena with nearly 20,000 people were in attendance.

Attractions new and old littered the con-vention fl oor as con-goers came from all over and in some cases outside of the country for a chance to meet some of their pop-culture icons like Star Trek alumni William Shatner and George Takei.

“We came from Ohio,” said Kate Coldrun from Gallipolis Ohio. “Th is is my daughter’s

Christmas present, because she really wanted to meet William Shatner,”

Convention mainstays such as the ever-growing collection of Power Ranger actors such as Jason David Frank, Paul Schrier and Ja-son Narvy who played the infamous original Green Ranger, Bulk and Skull were there. Most surprisingly was Amy Jo Johnson, the original pink ranger, made her very fi rst convention ap-pearance and was a hit amongst the Ranger fa-natics. While she only offi cially appeared at her own event, it didn’t stop her from putting on a black cat costume and sneaking into the convention to surprise her fans.

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Words can hardly describe the experience that is, South Park: Th e Stick of Truth. True to the South Park form, the game is as raunchy as the show.

After several developmental push backs, Stick of Truth was re-leased on March 4. To no one’s surprise the game lives up to the South Park name in its entirety.

Developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Ubi-soft, Stick of Truth tells the story of a silent new kid whose name is chosen by the player yet the characters refer to him as “Sir Douch-bag” in true South Park humor, poking fun at one of the many RPG tropes.

Th ere is a standing war between the humans, led by Eric Cart-man, and the Drow Elves led by Kyle Brofl oski. Th e two teams are trying to gain control over an “ancient” artifact called the Stick of Truth, whose holder controls the universe. Th is is nothing more than a dramatization of the boys’ playing, since the story unfolds as a continuation of the Black Friday Trilogy from the TV show and blends incredibly well with the cleverly handled “Larping” RPG game play.

Th e player creates the character and can choose between four diff erent classes: Fighter, Mage, Th ief or Jew (yes, Jew.) Once a class is chosen you are taught the basics of combat and the specialties of your class as the player is introduced to the basic, turn based RPG combat system, all while being entertained by the tongue in cheek dialogue. Speaking of which, every aspect of the game from the look, the animation, voice acting and writing are perfectly rec-reated and feel like an interactive episode of South Park.

For starters the game isn’t technically a “licensed” game as it was managed and directed by the creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, along with the same studio that produces the show. Th e two take full advantage of the freedom that comes with making a video game in America and even the strong willed South Park support-ers will have to brace themselves for the things found in the game. Not only does the game feature some of the most disgusting shock humor possible, it has been censored for release in foreign markets due to the extremely off ensive material thought up by Stone and Parker.

Th at being said, the game still feels natural in its execution. Anyone who is a fan of South Park will know what to expect when picking this game up. Even if you are not a fan of the show it could still be worth a try as the game play is more than just an excuse for jokes. It takes notes from well-known RPG’s such as and the old Fi-nal Fantasy games. Mechanics like timed attacks and interactive actions keep every battle engaging and cannot be completed by just pushing the same button.

Th e game play is also deep in its execution giving the player new things to use throughout the campaign, creating a variety to choose however you want to play. Th at, coupled with four diff erent classes, a cavalcade of adjustable equipment, side missions and 17 years worth of South Park history make Th e Stick of Truth an early contender for game of the year and well worth the price.

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The end of winter is finally here. Spring felt like it would never come but in

the next few weeks, things will be heat-ing up fast. So break out your spring and summer wardrobes and add some pieces to make your outfit of the day on point this spring. Here are some of the top trends to keep you at the top of your

fashion game this season.A lot of cropped tops popped up last

summer and this year they’re available in even more mainstream stores. Target, Kohl’s and Forever 21 all carry a variety of cropped tops. While it’s not recommend-ed for classroom attire, they’re perfect for going out on the weekend or hanging out in casual settings. Obviously, the more skin showing, the farther away you want to be from a professional setting. My fa-vorite choice is the tops that show the least skin, paired with a high-waisted skirt. Even though you’re showing skin, it’s still appropriate for formal settings; think Keeneland and weddings. White and pastel colors make the look even classier.

A second trend you can find basi-cally anywhere, and for a reasonable proce, is white ensembles. All white, and black and white combination out-fits have been seen everywhere. From runways, to street style blogs and in the windows of stores every-where, white slacks, a white blouse and gold jewelry is the perfect spring outfit.

Find black and white geometrical printed skirts, pants and dresses and keep your accessories color-ful. For the spring, unlike winter, you can get more creative with bright colors in shoes.

To complete you spring ward-robe pick out some tropical prints. Similar to f loral but more palm leaves. The f lowers in these prints are unlike traditional f loral prints and only include images of f lowers from the tropics. This trend is for the bold and really requires some looking around. Not every store car-ries the print but its one of the most popu-lar prints for the spring season.

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Other live action stars including the original Hulk, Lou Ferrigno and T.V. actors Mellissa McBride and Amy Grossman the convention featured an appearance from esteemed voice actors. Veronica Taylor, known for her role as Ash Ketchum from Pokémon, shared her experience in voice acting and how she came to voice an icon of children everywhere.

“It happened on a bit of a whim, I was pushed towards the audition by my acting coaches and I stuck with it,” Tay-lor said.

Carlos Alazraqui, known for playing Rocko from Rocko’s Modern Life, celebrated his repertoire of voices with fans as he recited lines from Denzel Crocker’s Fairies! to his role as Deputy Garcia from Reno 911. Th e main attraction amongst the voice actors was Jim Cummings, who is the current voice of Pooh and Tigger and made his fans laugh with his signature lines from Darkwing Duck.

As usual the convention held booths of all kinds; from Indie comic creators and artists of all persuasions shell-ing pieces of highly detailed paintings to macramé assimi-lations, all centered on various genres of pop culture and fandoms.

Local celebrities such as Beaucoup Pop and the Comic Book Jerk were a collection of professional cos-players who make their living by creating crazy costumes such as Lee-anna Vamp.

“I founded the ‘I Love Nerd Girls’ group 6 years ago and I love gaming and geek culture to death and yes they are real fangs,” Vamp said.

Th e best part of any convention even if you’re low on cash is the cavalcade of costumes, animated props, deco-rations and events held throughout the convention. Th ey will keep both convention walkers and their cameras busy. Th is year saw the return of the Delorian as well as a 60s Batmobile, all ripe for photo-ops. A couple larger-than-life ghouls made it impossible not to stare.

Not to mention two, yes two, fully functioning R2D2s. Th ese props gave the Dalek and Th e Doctor’s TARDIS a run for their money.

Th e hall could barely hold the immense turnout. It took all the convention organizers and staff to keep it organized and civil even as people were standing shoulder to shoul-der.

Th e third year was by far the biggest and the best by tes-timony of the people and to the success of the convention over the three days. It’s safe to say that Lexington has long standing tradition on its hands.

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It’s that time of year again for Greek Life at Eastern. It’s called Greek Sing and to the Greeks at Eastern, it’s the competition of the year. Th is year’s theme is Big Cities and the defending champs, Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Chi, will be the chapters to watch.

Taylor Goodlet, 22, is an occupational therapy junior from Lawrenceburg and the Greek Sing Co-Chair.

“Greek Sing is a dance competition where the Inter-Fraternity Council chaptersn Pan-Hellenic Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council chapters are paired up to come up with a dance to show off to the rest of Greek community,” Goodlet said. “Generally there is one so-rority paired with one or two fraternities, depending on

chapter size. Each year the chapters get paired with a new chapter and it allows members to get know chapters they might not have reached out too before.”

Th e chapters are paired up to perform an eight to 10 minute dance number to a theme, this is a chance for Greeks to show off their creativity and bond with other chapters. Th is year eight sororities, 11 fraternities, Chi Beta Tau fi refi ghters and NPHC will participate in Greek Sing. Th e event is judged by four randomly chosen judges. Th e prize is bragging rights.

Greek Sing kicks off at 1 p.m. March 23 in the Brock Auditorium, located in the Coates Building. Th e Greek council moved the date and location from Friday, March 21 to Sunday, March 23 due to the men’s basketball game in the NCAA tournament. Greek Sing is open to anyone, Greek or non-Greek. Th e admission is $5 for non-Greeks and $3 for Greeks, doors open at noon.

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I never got to see dead people the way it was intend-ed.

All these years later I’m still pretty pissed I didn’t get to experience one of the better plot twists in a mov-ie I’ve ever seen. By the time I ended up watching The Sixth Sense years after the movie debuted in theaters, so many people had spoiled the movie it was ridiculous.

You might say I should have seen the movie when it first came out, but hear me out.

I went nearly six years without knowing the big plot twist that made the movie great and wrote M. Night Shyamalan the check he kept cashing for years with bad movies. This was long before “spoiler alert” became a part of popular etiquette when I was trying to figure my life out at the big school up the road.

Some loud mouth on the bus decided it was time to talk within earshot about the plot of The Sixth Sense and many other movies. I’ve never been more frustrat-ed at someone for not using their inside voice. (The only two movies I remember her spoiling were The Sixth Sense and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, so I guess I got off easy and can see the other films she ruined.) She was the first of many who just had to explain what hap-pened where I could hear it directly or indirectly.

For those who haven’t seen The Sixth Sense, I won’t ruin it for you because it’s not that hard to talk about movies without ruining them for people. I knew there was probably a big plot twist and I knew the key line people constantly repeated had something to do with it. When I finally did see the film, I understood why the movie would be so incredible to many people. I also felt like I had been cheated out of genuine chills for a great script and pretty original concept. Incidentally, this was probably Shyamalan’s best work. It’s been a tragic downward spiral since, but I don’t want to pile on.

Not everyone has the time, money or desire to see a movie when it’s new. Whatever the reason, just under-

stand what a spoiler is to people, it can mean different things to different people. It’s best to just be quiet if you can.

Personally, I have a strategy of going into movies knowing as little as possible. Something like the second Hunger Games movie was pretty amazing to me because I didn’t know a single thing about the movie, other than the premises left from the first one. I’m not the only one like this.

Other people read reviews to see whether or not a

movie is good. That generally gives away cast, major plot points, important scenes and everything short of the resolution. That works for other people.

I guess my point is, be respectful of people’s mov-ie watching preferences. Don’t be the guy or girl that tells the world Darth Vader is Luke’s Skywalker’s father. Spoiler alert.

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hind this is that it is much more diffi cult to fi ght back in games and hold leads. We trailed for all of 41 seconds in the OVC tournament. To most outside the team, that number may come as a surprise. But to our team it was our job and we simply ex-ecuted the plan.

When the fi nal buzzer rang at the end of the championship game against Belmont it was surreal moment, like a dream come true.

Growing up as a basketball player, play-ing in the NCAA tournament is the goal. From the time I was a kid playing college basketball video games to watching the tournament madness that happens every year around this time,it always stuck with me that I wanted to be a part of this.

When I’m around Richmond and peo-ple come up to me and ask whether win-ning the championship has hit me yet, my response is no, not yet. I don’t think my teammates, nor I, will be able to fully grasp how big of an accomplishment we had un-til we are much older, looking back on our

playing days. After the game was over and the cele-

brations at the gym had died down, a cou-ple of us players sat in a hotel room watch-ing SportsCenter and saw the highlights of the game we had just played. When the highlights were over we all looked at each other and one of the players said, “Do you realize what we just did?” We all looked at each other again and shook our heads in amazement. It was one of those moments that were too good to be true.

Everything that comes with being a con-ference champion has been awesome so far. Several forms of media have come in to talk to every one of the players on our team. Seeing our name on TV every night as one of the teams to have punched its ticket to “Th e Big Dance” was one of my favorites.

Th e city of Richmond seems to have an extra buzz of excitement going around. It’s rewarding to see people get so excited about Eastern basketball. Our next mission as a team is clear, to do whatever it takes to win one game at a time. It’s what got us here, after all, and who knows where it will take us next.

showed he could be a true closer for us.” Sitting with a 3-2 count after a strike

and a foul ball, Taylor fl ied out to right fi eld, ending the game.

Freshman Brian Mroz earned the win after a strong start, striking out six batters in six innings and only allowing one run.

Creamer earned the save. Th e fi rst two innings were scoreless,

but the Buccaneers pulled ahead with an RBI single in the bottom of the third in-ning. Th e Colonels responded with back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning from senior Bryan Soloman and sopho-more Luke Wurzelbacher over the left fi eld fence.

An RBI-double from Soloman in the sixth inning stretched Eastern’s lead to 3-1.

A single from freshman Ben Fisher drove Soloman home later that inning.

Soloman was the standout performance in Eastern’s lineup. He went 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs.

“We have one day where we pitch real good and then hit real good the next,” Sol-oman said. “We just need to fi nd a happy medium.”

Th e win comes after Eastern lost three straight games against Southeast Missouri

State University on March 14 and 15. “It was good after getting swept by

SEMO to get a game like this,” Hagen said. “Especially a close one, knowing we can grind it out against a good team like that.”

Th e Colonels will play on the road March 21 to 23 against Belmont Universi-ty before returning to the Turkey Hughes fi eld March 25 at 4 p.m. against Ohio Uni-versity.

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BASEBALLCONTINUED FROM B6

Women’s golf defeats five OVC teams in two-day tournament

Eastern’s women’s golf team came out on top in a two-day tournament at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate on March 17 and 18. The Colonels shot 625 overall in the 13-team tournament, beating five other Ohio Valley Conference teams.

Eastern shot a 318 for the first day. The Colonels then improved with a score of 307 the second day.

“It was extremely hard to get good contact on the ball and today [March 18] was a bit easier,” sophomore Anna Glei-xner said. “So today I didn’t think about the conditions and went out and played

and enjoyed the nice weather and tried to play well.”

Gleixner led the team, shooting a score of 153 and tying fifth overall indi-vidually. Freshman Emilie Simmons shot a 155, tying eighth individually.

“I’m really excit-ed about the win today,” coach Mike Witson said. “They didn’t play very well yesterday so I kind of got on them and they re-sponded very well to it and they played really well today. I’m real proud of them, they got off to a decent start today, they made some birdies and we were able to make a run and we played

very well.” Freshman Becky Sharpe wrapped up

Eastern’s top-ten performances after ty-ing for 10th after shooting a 156.

Sophomore Rachel Welker tied for 33rd after shooting a 164. Finally, sopho-more Becky Sharpe shot a 166, tying for 41st.

“I was expecting us to play really well this week but I didn’t know how the fin-ish would come,” Witson said. “But we had real good practices on Friday and Saturday and I was expecting us to play very well. They are doing a good job for a young team especially.”

University of Evansville placed second overall.

Evansville was four strokes away from

the Colonels with a score of 629. Indiana State University and Marshall University tied for third with a score of 631.

The 13-team event was held at the par-71, 5,803-yard Highlands Course at the Sevierville Golf Club.

“We all have a lot of potential to score well and play well,” Gleixner said. “Coach told us that we need to wake up and come out the second day ready to play and we are capable of winning the tournament and I think that pushed us to a level to where we really can do this and I think all of us have the right attitude today.”

Eastern will play its next three-day match beginning on March 25 in Flori-da against OVC foe Morehead State Uni-versity.

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Senior Bryan Soloman went 3-for-3, including hitting a solo home run, against ETSU March 18.


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pen to be two of Kansas’ worst. Th ey are ranked in the low-er third in all of division one in both opponents’ 3-point percentage and turnovers. Kansas being without Em-biid is huge; it takes away possibly the best rim-protec-tor in college basketball. Eastern’s guards can operate in the lane better without Embiid in front of the basket. For the Colonels to win, they will have to come out hot and make 3-pointers early to put pressure on Jayhawks. East-ern will have to force turnovers. Th e Colonels are sixth in the nation in steals per game, and have made the 3rd most 3-pointers in the country this year.

“Without Embiid it really hurts them,” junior forward Eric Stutz said.

How Eastern loses to Kansas Kansas is long and can shoot the ball extremely well,

and possess what might be the best player in college bas-ketball in Andrew Wiggins. Wiggins is a matchup night-mare for the Colonels. He stands 6 feet 8 inches and has a wingspan of seven feet. Who guards him? Th e Colonels’

best defensive player is OVC Defensive Player of the Year junior guard Corey Walden but he is 6 feet 2 inches and Wiggins could shoot over top of him.

“It’s defi nitely a challenge,” Walden said. “But I’m up for it and ready to go.”

Th e Colonels would need to run a zone to contain Wig-gins and the rest of the Kansas guards from getting in the paint but they shoot well so head coach Jeff Neubauer has a tough decision to make. Worse case scenario for the Colo-nels is that Kansas’ frontcourt dominates and their length on defense stops Eastern from making 3-pointers.

X-FactorFouls. Eastern was in serious foul trouble in the OVC

tournament. Against Murray State, Eastern had four start-ers foul out, and against Belmont, forward Eric Stutz and senior guard Tarius Johnson both fouled out. For Eastern to stay with Kansas, they can’t get in foul trouble and keep their regular rotation in the game. It would help Eastern immensely if they got Kansas’ big players in foul trouble, and when Eastern goes to the foul line they are one of the best in the nation (T-16th in free throw percentage).

Eastern’s softball team opened OVC play against Tennessee State University on the road Saturday, March 15. Th e team split a day of doubleheaders, taking a 1-0 win in game one and falling 4-1 in game two.

“We’ll take the wins,” head coach Jane Worthington said. “But in order for us to be consistent we’re going to have to hit the ball.”

Game 1The Colonel’s lone run came from

an RBI from junior Shannon McQueen, which pushed fellow junior Lauren Mitchell across the plate in the fourth in-ning.

Junior Leanna Pittsenbarger only al-lowed two Tennessee State Tigers to reach base as she gave up a lead-off walk in the third inning and a two-out double in the sixth inning.

Game 2Th e Tigers made a quick jump on the

Colonels with a two-RBI home run in the fi rst inning.

With a two-RBI single in the fourth in-ning, Tennessee State extended its lead to 4-0 over the Colonels.

Eastern managed to add a single run in the seventh inning.

Mitchell reached base on a fi elder’s choice to push senior Nicole Heitz across home.

In the loss, the Colonels stranded 10 runners on base.

“I think the diff erence is Leanna only gave up a one hitter in the fi rst game and we were able to get a run across the plate,” Worthington said. “It wasn’t that we hit the ball exceptional, but one run was enough to get that fi rst game because she pitched so well.”

Worthington said, bottom line, the team needs to improve on hitting if it wants to win games.

EKU 0South Carolina 8

Eastern fell to the University of South Carolina on Tuesday, March 11. Despite the loss, junior Leanna Pittsenbarger shined against South Carolina as she held the South Carolina Gamecocks scoreless through the fi rst three innings.

A solo run put the Gamecocks on the board in the fourth inning, while Eastern remained scoreless. With two outs, South Carolina scored six of its seven runs in the fi fth inning to capitalize on its lead against the Colonels.

UNCG 2EKU 5

Th e Colonels returned to play Th ursday, March 13 and defeated the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Senior Christina Ciolek earned a per-sonal high of three hits against UNCG and brought in three runs for the Colonels.

Eastern made its fi rst score when Ciolek

and junior Katie Tackett each hit an RBI in the third inning. Wild pitches and a two-run RBI from Ciolek gave Eastern a larg-er lead in the fourth inning. UNCG fought back in the sixth inning, but its two runs were not enough to take down the Colonels.

Pittsenbarger pitched the fi rst three in-nings and didn’t allow any hits and came back into the game during the sixth to earn the save.

Eastern will begin a home-game stretch at 1 p.m., March 22 with a doubleheader against Southeast Missouri State Univer-sity.

“It’s always fun to play at home,” Worthington said. “It’ll be the second time since we’ve been on the fi eld, because we’ve only had one practice up to this point on our fi eld. But yeah, it’ll be fun to play at home. Hopefully our lights will be up by then and we can start doing something.”

Th e team will continue home play at 1 p.m., March 23 against University of Ten-nessee at Martin and at 2 p.m., March 25 against Kent State University.

Softball splits opening OVC play in doubleheader against Tennessee State UniversityBy ASHLEY [email protected]

Eastern’s women’s basketball team made its fi rst appear-ance in the semifi nals of the OVC Tournament since 2005, passing by Eastern Illinois University and Tennessee State University to advance in the tournament in Nashville. Th e Lady Colonels fell 45-97 against the University of Tennes-see at Martin in game three.

“We were defi nitely excited,” senior Marie Carpenter said, “Especially looking back at the preseason ranking. I think the OVC ranked us to be fi fth on our side so we defi -nitely knew we had to earn our respect, because we didn’t really have any respect…no one really expected us to do anything well this year.”

Eastern Illinois 52EKU 75

No. 5 Eastern defeated No. 8 seed Eastern Illinois Uni-versity on Wednesday, March 5 in round one of the OVC Tournament.

After going on a 12-3 run against Eastern Illinois, the Lady Colonels entered half time with a 37-25 lead. East-ern Illinois made an 8-0 run in the second half, howev-er, and came within nine points of the Lady Colonels. That was as close as Eastern Illinois came the rest of the game.

With under four minutes remaining, freshman Mi-chaela Hunter knocked down a 3-pointer to help push the Lady Colonels further ahead. Another 3-pointer from senior Marie Carpenter put the lead at 17 for East-ern. The score kept rising and the Lady Colonels got as far as 20 points ahead of Eastern Illinois with few min-utes remaining.

Eastern shot 43 percent from the fi led with Carpenter

leading the team with 24 points. Hunter put up 17 of her own while fellow freshman Cierra Drake added a career-high 12 points. Sophomore Shelly Harper added 10.

“We knew, going into the tournament that the past three game we played before the tournament, we didn’t play so well going into the second half,” Carpenter said. “We started off slow, team’s came back and they would beat us. So we knew that was the main thing we had to fi x going into the tournament.”

Tennessee State 75EKU 79

After defeating Eastern Illinois, the Lady Colonels bat-tled No. 4 seed Tennessee State University in the quarter-fi nals of tournament play. Eastern defeated the Tennessee State Tigers 79-75 on Th ursday, March 6.

With the push of a 15-5 run, the Tigers held a large lead over the Lady Colonels in the fi rst half, but that lead was lessened to just seven points by the time the Lady Colonels entered the second half.

Eastern opened the second half on fi re with a 12-4 run, taking the lead at 16:06 with two free throws from Harp-er. Tennessee State took the lead back by four, but Eastern made 10 unanswered baskets to steal the lead.

Th e Tigers retaliated with eight unanswered baskets of its own with 8:05 remaining. From there, the two teams went neck and neck until the Lady Colonels fi nally moved past the Tigers for good.

Carpenter made a game-high 24 points and fellow se-nior Pilar Walker put up 14. Hunter added 10 points, while sophomore Miranda Maples pulled down nine rebounds for the Lady Colonels.

UT Martin 97

EKU 45Eastern made its way to the OVC Tournament semifi -

nals for the fi rst time since 2005, but fell to University of Tennessee at Martin on Friday, March 7.

UT Martin showed no mercy against the Lady Colonels in Friday’s event as it scored the fi rst 20 points of the game. Eastern was held to just eight shots in the fi rst half. Th e second half remained in UT Martin’s favor, while the Lady Colonels shot a season low 28.6 percent from the fl oor.

Freshman Mariah Massengill made a career-high 12 points. Maples and Harper led the Lady Colonels in re-bounds with six each.

Carpenter was also named to the OVC All-Tournament Team, which makes her the fi rst Lady Colonel to earn that honor since 2005.

Th e Lady Colonels fi nished the season with a record of 17-13, 9-7 OVC.

By ASHLEY [email protected]

Lady Colonels fall to UT Martin in OVC semifinals

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Eastern players cheer at the NCAA selection show after being selected at the No. 15 seed at the EKU Center for the Arts on March 16. Colonels from left to right: junior Corey Walden, senior Glenn Cosey, senior Tarius Johnson and senior Orlando Williams.

BEST OF LUCK IN ST. LOUIS, COLONELS!

TYLER PHILLIPS/PROGRESS

Senior Marie Carpenter was named to the OVC All-Tournament team.

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SPORTS

Marcus Lewis

COLONELS BOUND FOR BIG DANCE

The Colonels were welcomed home by a jubilant crowd in the Alumni Coliseum parking lot on Sunday after winning the 2014 OVC Championship on March 8. Players from left to right: senior Glenn Cosey, senior Tarius Johnson, sophomore Tommy Matthews, freshman Will Gary and junior Deverin Muff.


OVC win is starting to sink in for players

While most students were off to vacation destinations during spring break, the men’s basketball team had a busy week of our own.

Recently we went to Nashville for the OVC tournament. As I’ve written before, conference tournaments are brutally competitive and games are usually won by the smallest of errors.

Th e cool thing about our run to win the tournament was that in every game it was a complete unifi ed team eff ort. Diff erent players got into foul trouble during games and other play-ers had to step up.

I could tell from comparing last year’s team to this year’s, there was a diff erence in maturity. A lot of the players on our team last year were getting their fi rst taste of tournament competition. Th is year, with a year of experience under our belt, you could feel everyone’s focus and intensity to go out and win games.

Our goal for every game is to go out and get the lead. Th e reason be-

Senior Marcus Lewis won the 2014 “State Farm Dark Horse Dunker” Facebook competition. Lew-is will compete against eight other players.

Fans picked the winner by vot-ing daily on Facebook during the last fi ve weeks. Lewis defeated Jus-tin Simmons from the University of Nebraska Omaha with 58 per-cent of the vote in the fi nals.

Th e competition will take place at Southern Methodist Universi-ty’s Moody Coliseum.

Th e dunk competition will be held at 9 p.m. EST April 3 and broadcasted live on ESPN.

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DEVERINMUFF

Colonels hold off Buccaneer rally attempt Lewis wins spot in dunk contest


Freshman Brian Mroz allowed one run on five hits March 18 against Eastern Tennessee.

Eastern’s baseball team halts a three-game losing streak after a narrow 4-3 win against the Eastern Tennessee State University Buccaneers on March 18 at home.

Th e game was closest during the bottom of the ninth inning. Th e Buc-caneers, down 4-1, tried to rally with a two-run home run to catch up to the Colonels. Reliever, junior Cody Cream-er allowed two runners on base after a single and a bunt. A fi elder’s choice out

at home kept Eastern Tennessee at bay, but left two runners on base.

A wild pitch enabled Eastern Ten-nessee’s runners to advance to second and third base with one out left in the inning.

Creamer’s next two pitches against Buccaneer’s Jeremy Taylor hit the dirt around home plate, prompting catch-er, senior Sean Hagen to approach the mound.

“Cody’s nerves got to him a little bit,” Hagen said. “But I tried to calm him down. He battled through it and

By MATTHEW [email protected]

› SEE DEVERIN, PAGE B4 › SEE BASEBALL, PAGE B4

Eastern, a 15 seed, will play the Kansas Uni-versity Jayhawks in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Friday, March 21 in St. Louis, Mo. Th e No. 2 seed Kansas from the Big 12 conference is 24-9, and won the Big 12 con-ference regular season title for the tenth con-secutive year. Th e Jayhawks possess two of the top players in college basketball: freshman for-wards Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid. Embi-id will not play against the Colonels; he is out with a back injury for the fi rst weekend of the

NCAA tournament. Wiggins is likely the top pick in June’s NBA draft, and he is meeting high expectations as of late. Wiggins has averaged 31 points a game over the last three games. Kansas shoots the fourth best percentage in the coun-try, and averages a little over fi ve blocks a game. Even in Embiid’s absence, that number has only gone down under one block a game.

How Eastern beats KansasTh e Colonels force turnovers and make

3-point shots, and those two statistics just hap-

15 2EASTERN COLONELS KANSAS JAYHAWKS NCAA Tournament, St. Louis, Mo.

Sco� rade Center4:10 p.m., Friday, March 21, 2014

Televised on TBS

By TYLER [email protected]

› SEE NCAA, PAGE B5

VS.

Top: Junior Corey WaldenBottom: Coach Neubauer

STAFF REPORT

2013-20142013-2014Starter StatsStarter Stats

Glenn CoseyGlenn Cosey• • 42 steals42 steals• • .431 percent from fi eld.431 percent from fi eld• • avg. 3.2 reboundsavg. 3.2 rebounds

Corey WaldenCorey Walden: : • • 73 steals73 steals• • .495 percent from fi eld.495 percent from fi eld• • avg 4.2 reboundsavg 4.2 rebounds

Marcus LewisMarcus Lewis• • 53 steals53 steals• • .527 percent from fi eld.527 percent from fi eld• • avg. 2.1 reboundsavg. 2.1 rebounds

Tarius JohnsonTarius Johnson• • 29 steals29 steals• • .483 percent from fi eld.483 percent from fi eld• • avg. 3.6 reboundsavg. 3.6 rebounds

Eric StutzEric Stutz• • 27 steals27 steals• • .656 percent from fi eld.656 percent from fi eld• • avg. 4.7 reboundsavg. 4.7 rebounds

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