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Recent cold spells and extreme win-ter weather have turned what were small potholes into substantial craters.

One prominent example can be found on Park Drive near the Whitlock Build-ing.

“When we looked at it last week, it was probably about one foot wide and one foot across,” said Chris Pearl, assistant director for grounds and general main-tenance. “When we looked [Monday], it was probably two or three feet wide and six feet across.”

The massive pothole can’t be perma-nently solved with an easy fix either, be-cause the problem lies with the condition of the asphalt.

“Potholes are caused mainly by mois-ture,” Pearl said. “The material making up asphalt gets cracks from summer heat and the traffic passing over it. The heavy equipment on campus breaks it down even more.”

Once a crack is opened, water seeps into it and can freeze if the temperature is low enough. The frozen moisture ex-pands the crack and the cycle of erosion and expansion continues until the pot-hole is repaired.

Each year $150,000 is set aside for re-surfacing campus roads, Pearl said.

“That’s enough money for us to do one pass on campus,” Pearl said. The imme-diate concerns are repaired first, then additional areas across campus are re-paired over a series of time.

Pearl said the campus is divided into five zones. A different zone is focused on each year in order to make all the needed repairs, meaning all the zones are tended to after five years. Then the cycle starts again.

Potholes can only be securely fixed with a new layer of blacktop over the ex-isting hole, or a “hot patch” treatment, during warm, dry weather with mini-mal traffic, Pearl said. The kind of weath-er that only the spring and summer can provide.

“There are only small windows of the spring and summer we have to repair them,” Pearl said. “We do have a plan, unfortunately it revolves around Moth-er Nature.”

To make repairs quickly during these small windows, Pearl said they try to

have an asphalt contractor by spring break to survey the area while everyone is away from campus.

Ideally, the major potholes would be fixed over spring break, Pearl said. How-ever, if the conditions aren’t right, then the repairs are delayed until the summer. When new blacktop is finally applied, it is secure to last two or three years, Pearl said.

For now, the only thing facilities can do for a quick fix is a “cold patch.”

A cold patch can last only a few months, Pearl said, and consists of a limestone aggregate that is used to fill in the existing pothole. Facilities personnel try to tackle each pothole as they come up the best they can, Pearl said.

“It’s an ongoing battle,” Pearl said, but the main concern they have is the safety of the campus. “Our number one priority is having a safe environment on campus,” Pearl said.

Filling the potholes with the lime-stone aggregate until further repairs can be done would prevent cars from be-ing severely damaged or a student being harmed, Pearl said.

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The moisture from recent weather patterns has severly damaged campus roads, such as Park Drive. Permanent repairs can't take place until warmer, drier weather arrives.

Facilities begin patch work on campus roads

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Spring is known for many things around Eastern: an increase of peo-ple hanging out in the Ravine, f lowers planted by the tree in front of Burnam Hall and Student Government Associa-tion elections.

This year holds two student senators challenging another senator and a new-comer from the Interfraternity Council (IFC) for the positions of student body president and executive vice president.

The two slates running for the cabi-net positions are Bailey Cox and Hunt-er Wilks, the first serving on Senate and the latter serving on IFC; and Katie Scott and Collin Potter, two senators currently serving as committee chairs.

Karlee Tanel, the current associate vice president for programming in Student Activities Council, is running unop-posed for vice president of SAC.

Both the candidate teams said their biggest goals for next year are to bridge the gap between the students and the administrators.

“To work together for Eastern, to bridge that gap for progress,” Cox said. “Not to where (the students) give in or (administrators) give in, but to where we make a compromise.”

Scott shared similar feelings about the disconnect between students and administrators.

“Making students feel like they mat-ter on campus again, because I just feel for so long there’s been this huge dis-connect,” Scott said. “I really want to be that advocate for the students and build that bridge again between ad-ministration and the campus.”

Scott, chair of the ad hoc commit-tee Student Senate made for dining

services, and Potter, chair of the Reg-istered Student Organizations commit-tee, said they chose to run because of their leadership positions and they be-lieve they are more qualified because of that experience.

“We think we’re the most quali-fied people that can represent the stu-dent voice and student opinion to make EKU a better place for it’s students,” Potter said.

Scott said between the two of them they have five years in SGA with three of those years were spent serving in leadership positions.

Scott also added they were running for a safer and more social Eastern by allowing alcohol to upperclassmen dorms for students over 21, improving student safety and monthly student fo-rums for students to air their grievanc-es directly to SGA leaders.

Cox said student government is where his heart lies, and he feels like he can do great things with the office.

He also said this is a big time for the student president with the general as-sembly biennium coming up next year. He said one of his favorite things from former Student Body President Sarah Carpenter’s term was going to Frank-fort and helping her lobby on Eastern’s behalf.

Cox’s running mate Wilks, execu-tive vice president of the IFC, has never served in an SGA capacity previously, but Cox said this wouldn’t hinder his leadership abilities in any way.

“Rachael’s (executive vice president for SGA) greatest strength was that she was never in Senate,” Cox said. “When you get a fresh face you don’t have the same old political game of it, this is taking that away.”

Cox and Wilks want to increase the spirit of maroon on campus and in the community, increasing student safe-ty during the building process of new buildings and provide student ameni-

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BEATPOLICEBEATPOLICE

March 1 � A student report-

ed her identity was stolen at 1:30 p.m.

March 2 � A fire extinguisher was

found discharged at 10:21 a.m., on the second floor of Grand Campus Building 2.

March 4 � Joshua Moss, 22, from

Cynthiana, was cited for fourth degree assault at 4:07 a.m., in the 700 block of Brockton Apart-ments. Moss was trans-ported to the Madison County Detention Center.

� An individual reported

their belongings were tak-en from a locker at the Fit-ness and Wellness Center.

� Codey Cooley, 21, from Richmond, was cit-ed for violating an active Domestic Violence Or-der at 2:43 p.m., in the 700 block of Brockton Apart-ment. Cooley was trans-ported to the Madison County Detention Center.

March 9 � An individual re-

ported their cell phone missing at 2:14 a.m.

� A student reported her Nintendo 3DS was miss-ing.

GradFest to help prepare students for graduationEastern’s Spring 2015 Grad-

Fest will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, in the first f loor of the Keen Johnson Build-ing. The event will continue from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednes-day, March 18 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, March 19.

GradFest is an event held for graduating students to help pre-pare them for their graduation day.

The event takes only a few minutes, but provides necessary information to ensure the stu-dent’s diploma is correct and mailed to the proper address. These days are also the chance for graduating students to pick-

up their cap and gown in addition to buying invitations and class rings, have professional por-traits made and make arrange-ments to deal with student loans.

If a graduating student miss-es GradFest, there will be a last chance cap and gown pick-up from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 8, on the second floor of the Whitlock Building.

Undergraduate Research Award will recognize

three scholarly entrantsThe deadline for the Un-

dergraduate Research Award applications given through EKU Libraries has been ex-tended to Monday, March 16.

Made possible by the Friends of EKU Libraries, the award rec-ognizes and awards undergrad-uate students whose research makes expert and creative use of the services, resources and col-lections of EKU Libraries to pro-

duce a scholarly piece of work. The Libraries will award a

total of $1,600 to three win-ning participants. The first place winner will be award-ed $800, the second place en-trant will earn $500 and the third place entrant will earn $300.

For more information on how to enter for the award, visit http://encompass.eku.edu/ugra/.

Singer, actress to perform at EKU Center for the Arts

Six-time Tony Award-winner singer, actress Audra McDonald will be performing at Eastern at 7:30 p.m., on Thursday, March 12, at the EKU Center for the Arts.

McDonald is a soprano sing-er and will be accompanied by a small ensemble to perform her fa-vorite show tunes from Broadway, classic songs from the movies and original pieces from her Gram-my-winning solo recordings.

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Week of March 12– March 18

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1 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. Tennessee Tech Richmond 3 p.m. Baseball vs. Belmont Richmond

1 p.m. Softball vs. Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 1:30 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. Jacksonville State Richmond

Noon Adventure Program S’mores Powell Corner

7:30 p.m. Choir Concert Brock Auditorium

10 a.m. GradFest Keen Johnson 3 p.m. Softball vs. Dayton Dayton, Ohio

11 a.m. GradFest Keen Johnson 4:30 p.m. Live @ Your Library-Kentucky’s Women Katherine Phelps Caperton: Preserving a LegacyMain Library, Room 204D

3 p.m. EKU Symphony Orchestra Concert EKU Center for the Arts 6 p.m. Piano Studio Recital Gifford Theatre

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Eastern has been ranked a good school for vets time and time again, and a four spot jump from last year helps to solidify the accomplishment.

Eastern was just ranked third national-ly in the Best for Vets: Business is Schools 2015 survey by Military Times magazine. Eastern was ranked seventh in the same survey last year, and no other Kentucky schools were in the top 25 for 2015, ac-cording to a press release.

This magazine has also ranked East-ern first or second, for four of the past five years for doing the most to help veterans and their families pursue an education.

Schools that participated in the survey were judged in five categories, according to the military times website. The catego-ries were: university culture, student sup-port, academic outcomes and quality, aca-demic policies, and cost and financial aid.

University culture and student support counted the most, and financial counted the least when the survey results were be-ing evaluated, according to the website.

“This national honor verifies that we are committed to assisting veterans in gaining the knowledge and skills they need for exciting careers,” said Thomas

Erekson, dean of the College of Business and Technology. “At the same time, edu-cating veterans assists the School in ful-filling its mission to be a prime source for talent to help companies and agencies be successful.”

Erekson said there are several academ-ic programs in the school of business that he thinks are of interest to veterans.

Including programs in risk manage-ment and insurance, global supply chain management, international business, avi-ation, and construction management. Which he said aligns with veterans’ back-grounds.

There are also several professors and advisors in the school of business that can help to select majors, identify courses, and map the road to graduation, Erekson said.

“Overall, EKU is a great place for vet-erans as they reorient to civilian life,” Er-ekson said.

This comes from efforts from Opera-tion Veteran Success, which was started in 2010, as a series of initiatives to make Eastern an even more veteran friendly.

To see the complete 2015 rankings, go to www.militarytimes.com/bestfor-vets-bizschools2015.

Eastern officials showed loyalty to their campus, students and faculty re-cently by making an appearance at the Capitol in Frankfort to meet with legis-lators about issues impacting the East-ern community.

David McFaddin, executive direc-tor of government relations and re-gional stewardship, was in attendance at the event along with other members of the President’s Council, the Board of Regents and the President’s Leaders in Action Academy.

This is the second year in a row Eastern officials have met with legisla-tors for the event.

“It’s a good opportunity for us to take some of our key university stake-holders to meet with the General As-sembly,” McFaddin said. “Dialogue with state legislators about Eastern helps us figure out how they can help us move forward to accomplish our goals.”

McFaddin explained this year’s meeting wasn’t focused on budgeting, but rather more information sharing in relation to funding for higher edu-cation in general. Declines in state-lev-

el higher education have been cause for concern for Eastern, as well as other universities.

“This issue is important to us be-cause we have to consider how will this impact our campus, students, faculty and staff,” McFaddin said.

McFaddin explained that Eastern faces strains just like any other com-munity does, and this event was a chance to address those issues.

“The retirement system has an im-pact on the state as a whole,” McFaddin said. “We face issues on campus related to health care, education, economic de-velopment and job opportunities.”

An alumni reception at the event al-lowed people who worked at the capital to join Eastern officials and students to share stories and a meal together.

“The primary goal of the event was to put Eastern in the decision mak-ers’ mind when they pass a public pol-icy,” McFaddin said. “We want to build stronger relationships with decision makers by sharing issues we are facing to try to help each other.”

McFaddin would like to extend the program to key student organizations and key stakeholder groups such as Eastern’s alumni board and foundation groups.

“We want to make this an annu-al event for more Eastern community members to attend because we under-stand that what goes on in Frankfort

impacts what goes on at our campus, and we want to be a part of that pro-cess,” McFaddin said.

Colonels advocate for Eastern at the State CapitolBy BRITTANY ELLISprogress@eku.edu

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With spring break approaching, Stu-dent Life is offering seven alternative spring break options for students.

Eastern students will be traveling to:• Jacksonville, Fla.• Selma, Ala.• Charleston, S.C.• New Orleans• Washington D.C.• Outer Banks, N.C.• Caretta, W. Va.

Will Keaton, the assistant director of student life-community service, said the alternative break program is sev-en years old and offers alternative fall, winter, spring and summer break trips.

Keaton said each trip would have 11 students, two selected student leaders and one faculty/staff member. There are limited spaces left on all of the trips except the New Orleans and Out-er Banks, N.C. trips. The trips are first come first serve and started the first week of the spring semester.

Each trip planned is centered on a key social issue and a service project for the students to partake in, said Kea-ton.

“The trips are learning opportuni-ties,” Keaton said. “We try to have a wide variety of service issues. We make sure the issue relates back our region. Hunger is a big deal on this campus and in the region. They go and come back here, then want to do something about the issue here.”

Fifty percent of Student Life’s com-munity service budget goes toward these trips, Keaton said. The student fees help go toward paying for the rest.

The program usually plans five trips, but this year they planned eight, Kea-ton said. The eighth trip fell through because the community partner had a leadership change and could not host the trip. Those students already signed up were given the opportunity to transfer over to another trip. Keaton said trips were added because so many

students were signing up and were be-ing wait listed.

Jacob Garrison, 20, a biology junior from Manchester is signed up for his fifth alternative break trip and was se-lected as a student leader for Washing-ton D.C.

Garrison traveled on the 2012 fall trip to Washington D.C., the 2013 spring trip to Charleston, S.C., the spring 2014 trip New York and the summer 2014 trip to New Orleans.

Garrison said he thinks alternative trips are good for students to get in-volved with the service culture.

“It’s good to get out of your niche,” Garrison said. “The trips have helped me appreciate that everyone is differ-ent but at the end of the day we all need food, shelter and an education.”

Students participate in about seven to eight hours a day of service, Garri-son said. Around 5 p.m. or so the stu-dents can go out on the town, sightsee and experience the culture of the loca-tion.

“New Orleans has been my favorite trip so far,” Garrison said. “I learned a lot about being appreciative of your community and coming together to build a future after a catastrophe.”

The students on the summer 2014 New Orleans trip worked with the St. Bernard Project rebuilding organiza-tion. Garrison said they helped paint the exterior of a house, sand down the interior and other tasks to help com-plete the house.

“I felt really accomplished,” Garri-son said. “I did something that would make a lasting impact on the commu-nity.”

Keaton said he went on his first al-ternative trip when he was in his un-dergrad and loved it so much he ended up making it his career.

“These trips are good opportuni-ties for students to learn about them-selves,” Keaton said. “It’s an inten-sive way to look at service in a place that students wouldn’t have had the

chance to go to. An alternative break experience can change your life.” Prices range for the trips between $240 and $333.

Students can still sign up for the al-

ternative break. Contact Keaton at wil-liam.keaton@eku.edu.

ties like free laundry and more hydration stations across Eastern.

All three candidates will discuss their plat-form at the annual SGA Debate at 5 p.m. Tues-

day, March 17 in Li-brary 108. Students will be able to ask the candi-dates questions directly.

“The debate is an ex-cellent time to get in-formed about what the candidates represent and what they want to bring to SGA and to the student body for the fol-lowing year,” Committee on Committees Chair

John Perrin said. “Every-body should come and ask questions and be in-formed for the vote.

The vote will be Tues-day, March 24, and will be available for stu-dents all day online on the Eastern homepage and in person in Middle Powell.

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Our generation has been called many things for many different rea-sons. “Generation Y,” “Generation In-ternet” and my personal favorite, “The Party Generation.” The youth of this country are conscientiously being de-scribed by their use and acceptance of recreational drugs such as EDMA, “Molly,” Adderall and, most notable and wide spread, marijuana. While all of us have obviously heard of marijua-na, I feel comfortable in also saying most, if not all, know someone who has recreationally or medically used mar-ijuana at least once. This general ac-ceptance of the use of marijuana by our generation is a direct reflection on the progressing mindset of the Ameri-can community towards the country’s most passive illegal drug.

If you have been paying attention to the news over the past year to year and a half, you have seen how slowly states are making pushes in legalizing the sale and distribution of marijuana within state borders. The first of these states was Colorado on Jan. 1 last year, and last month the state released their first estimates on yearly tax revenue of a total tax profit of $56 million.

Let me put that into perspective: that is $56 million extra for the state of Colorado to legalize a naturally grown plant and allow its residents to con-sume it in any way they choose. When looking at the state of Kentucky, hav-ing stated that its greatest cash crop is marijuana, it seems to be an obvious-ly smart move. Yet, that has not been the case.

Kentucky in many ways has been on the forefront of drug task forces and drug prevention throughout the coun-try. With groups such as Operation UNITE, located in southeastern Ken-tucky, whose mission is to stop the cy-cle of drug abuse in the region, Ken-tucky has solidified itself as a state searching for ways to rid itself of one of its most crippling aspects. Because of this, Kentucky has blackballed practi-cally all drugs, forcing a drug like mar-ijuana to be persecuted in a manner that doesn’t befit itself. While I get that

Kentucky is attempting to protect its citizen’s from the evils of drug abuse, it seems that not enough Kentuckians are standing up and asking the better question of, “How can the legalization of marijuana help Kentucky?” The an-swer is clear and simple: taxes, taxes and taxes.

If the state of Colorado can obtain more than 50 million dollars in tax revenue from this plant, imagine the potential for a state like Kentucky that has the natural climate for growing, and has been growing it for decades. While the general tax revenue is one thing, an even greater amount of mon-ey could be earned from our prison system. In 2010, Kentucky released re-cords revealing that it costs $17,041 an-nually to house an inmate in Kentucky. Also, 34 percent of all crimes commit-ted in Kentucky that year were mari-juana-based offenses. If all of a sudden 34 percent of our criminals yearly were no longer seen as criminals, we would save an upwards of $17,000 a year on each of them and the state would see nothing but financial support.

A question I also want to ask is “Why is marijuana illegal?” Many peo-ple will spout out reasons such as it can

harm an individual, or that it is gener-ally bad for the user and a community. I call these reasons nothing more than propaganda-filled lies that have been circulating this country for more than a century.

There was a time in our country when marijuana and its close cous-in hemp were both legal and no one cared about the legal existence. How-ever, once it was discovered that there were new ways to mass produce hemp for clothing and other goods at a cheap price, the fat cats of the cotton indus-try did what big money individuals do best: ask their friends in Congress to help keep their stronghold on the mar-ket. This, added with a smear cam-paign depicting marijuana and its use as a racially fueled negative that equat-ed laziness and loss of control, lead to average Americans calling for the end of marijuana in the U.S.

This may seem too far for some, but I believe it is quite possible to say that the illegalization of marijuana was fu-eled by racial stereotypes and an over-arching greed by a select few individu-als who preyed on fear mongering and ignorance to get their way and to keep their cash cow afloat. Be educated on

why things are the way they are and why different things are illegal because if you look hard enough, sometimes the origin of these laws and the actions taken are shocking and revealing.

There will always be opponents to change, which is just a sad fact of hu-manity. There will be people that will fight against the legalization of mar-ijuana till the day it is legalized. Ken-tucky has been given an opportunity to be on the forefront of a change that is already happening. Now with multi-ple states, most recently Alaska, join-ing Colorado, the ship has already set sail on legalizing marijuana. With ev-ery year Kentucky wastes in denial, we as a state are losing money, losing po-tential jobs, increasing our prisoner total and following a historical status quo of Kentucky behind the change in this country.

For once, let us be positively differ-ent, Kentucky. As a 20-year-old Ken-tuckian who does not smoke marijuana, I beg for all smokers and non-smokers alike to realize the essential benefit of legalization and demand our congres-sional leaders to do something about it.

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Right off the bat, I would like to acknowledge the grotesque stupidity and unjustifiable ignorance of the so-called “men” of Oklahoma State University’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter. May they all rot with their backwardly racist practices.

If you haven’t kept up with the news, Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) chapter is under fire after a video was released Sunday night showing members from the fraternity cheerfully singing an extremely racist song on a charter bus. What’s worse is that the entire bus seemed to know the song by heart. It goes:

“There’ll never be a n----- in SAE/ There’ll never be a n----- in SAE/ You can hang him from a tree, but

he'll never sign with me/ There’ll never be a n----- in SAE.”

What the hell could justify that?Having said that, hatred is being thrown in the

wrong direction.By all means, show hatred towards the men of

that chapter. Not violence, but hate. Anyone ballsy enough to show that sort of blind hate this day and age should have it dished right back. However, in no way are those scum representative of SAE as a whole, or of greek life in general.

Scrolling through Twitter on the night of the in-cident, I was shocked. But the shock from the video wasn’t as powerful as what I felt seeing all the misdi-rected insults being thrown at SAE. “Bunch of rac-ist punks” here and “shut down the whole organiza-tion” there, along with a fair share of shots taken at the greek community as a whole. But to say all that is to be as ignorant as the lowlifes on that bus.

The video feeds the fire that all of greek life is cur-rently roasting over, and a lot of its fuel is misleading or plain false. The most recent example is of Rolling

Stone’s misinformation-filled article this past No-vember that managed to shut down all of the Univer-sity of Virginia’s greek community temporarily. The article’s information was found to be far from cer-tain, Rolling Stone issued an apology and Virginia re-instated greek life and the fraternity at the center of the issue.

This is the latest attack on SAE nationally, having gained the reputation as the “deadliest U.S. fraterni-ty ” from years of issues and at least 10 hazing-related deaths since 2006. In no way is that a happy statistic, but it also is not representative of the entire organiza-tion. If you think that every SAE is a privileged white boy whose favorite pastime is lynching, go out and meet some of Eastern’s own SAE chapter and move past the stereotypes that a small group of loathsome men created for a whole fraternity overnight.

People are out to get greeks; it’s no secret. But the target on their backs should be placed on the fore-heads of individual offenders. Don’t condemn SAE national, greek life, or Oklahoma. Save your spit for those who fully deserve it.

Actions of select few don't represent all Daniel

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“It would be cool to have places to nap. There are so many sleepless nights as a college student and there's no place to sleep on campus during the day if you live off cam-pus."

Breanna JohnsonHometown: Buffalo, N.Y.Major: Broadcasting and Electronic MediaYear: Senior

What does Eastern need most?

“Eastern definitely needs a new rec-reational facility. Weaver's not very good- it's a piece of shit. There's too many people in the Rec Center, usually.

Brian HareHometown: LouisvilleMajor: Broadcasting and Electronic MediaYear: Senior

“Mainly focus on fixing what they have before building anything new. We're using a lot of these buildings, yet we keep spending on new facil-ities. We might as well revamp for students already here.

Martin InglestonHometown: BereaMajor: Broadcasting and Electronic MediaYear: Junior

"A bunch of internal things, like water pressure and air conditioning. It's inconsistent. Some places have decent heating and air, some don't. Some dorms have good plumbing, some don't."

Emily VinsonHometown: GeorgetownMajor: English TeachingYear: Freshman

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Television can be more than entertainment

The series Parks and Recreation has come to an end, and although I'm sad to see my favorite cast of characters in their last hurrah I'm somewhat happy.

This show had a fantastic run and at the very least I can be satisfied that it's getting a proper ending on the terms of the creators unlike other shows. I think back to the first time I started watching and noticing all the similarities the show had to The Office.

I see now that the show did more for me than give me a few laughs. This silly show, the one that intro-

duced us to Leslie Knope a character who never gave up on her goals and taught me the lesson that when everyone around you is ready to give up you have to make a stand and say “no, I will not settle because we can do better.” The character of Ron Swanson, who taught me that change can always be scary and when the world changes you have to stay true to yourself. The character of Andy Dwyer, who taught me to love and live life to the fullest and when you feel you’re at your lowest there's always something to bring your-self back on your feet.

This show taught me to be who I am, to show the world a type of kindness that is slowly becoming rare these days and that I shouldn't be ashamed of what I hold dear. I'm watching the series finale, not because I know it will be great, not because I have nothing better to do and not because I need a laugh.

No, I'm watching the series finale because I owe this show more than I can imagine and while plenty

of people out there will say that Parks and Recreation or Sons of Anarchy, or Monk, or Psych or any other show I've come to love is nothing more than linear entertainment, I say it's more. From the 90's cheese of Family Matters, to the high class affair of Downton Abbey, these shows reflect us because they are made by real people and real people are more than their outward appearance.

Whether sad, depressed, angry or afraid we can rely on these shows to never let us down. I'm thankful for the years of joy I've felt from this and many other shows and I will look on towards the future and know that I could make something that just might make a future college student type a letter like this from their hearts. Thank you Michael Schur and Greg Daniels for creating this funny little show and thank you everyone involved for you have made something truly and wholly great.

MichaelEmerson

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“Better dorms. I would like more dorms like Telford and new dorms so you can have your own bath-rooms. I live in Walters and it's nice, but I'd like my own bathroom."

Morgan WisemanHometown: IrvineMajor: Occupational TherapyYear: Junior

“Dining services are pretty aver-age, or rather below average. But I would put residence halls above that. The Rec Center is nice but small, so I am excited about the fee."

Tyler SwaffordHometown: NashvilleMajor: Globalization and International AffairsYear: Freshman

“By the Dizney center is a lot of drainage in the parking lot, as in there's something wrong with sewage. If it's not in the sewer, my concern is if it's filling the sewage tank and mixing and getting to the surface.

Zach GraysonHometown: BardstownMajor: Environmental Health ScienceYear: Senior

"I mean, I feel like campus is run down in several areas, like dorms. Some of the buildings seem like they're caving in and ready to col-lapse at any moment.

Miranda MasseyHometown: LouisvilleMajor: Pre-occupational Science and SpanishYear: Sophomore

Kayla Lasure, Editor The Eastern Progress | www.easternprogress.com Thursday, March 12, 2015 Page 6

Downtown bakery and café offers homemade favorites

Behind the scenes: Working for the EKU Center

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Within walking distance of Eastern’s campus is a quaint busi-ness that sends the crowds running in with its sweet and savory scents. The Main Street Bakery and Café, previously known as Opal’s Bakery, is nestled between the stale aromas of a hearty Irish brew and tattooed skin.

It has been in business for four years and has changed owners in that time. Michelle Ratliff, 52, the current owner, bought the busi-ness from Opal in March 2013. Ratliff, a previous cake decorator at Opal’s, said her boss called her and said she was ready to retire after 35 years in the industry, justifying her action with the need to make more time for golf.

“I’ve always wanted to own my own business,” Ratliff said. She also said that her family had been trying to talk her into owning a restaurant for years, so she bought the busi-ness and started operating it with the help of her son.

Eastern student Sara Mould-er, 22, occupational therapy major from Lexington, has been working for Ratliff since August 2014, and is currently her only employee.

Since Ratliff was a little girl she loved to cook and bake. She still has a picture of her sitting the count-er of her grandmother, who was a prize-winning cake baker, helping her stir a cake.

“I’ve always loved feeding peo-ple,” Ratliff said.

This dedication is why Rat-liff comes in at 4:30 a.m. to make baked goods and food for breakfast and lunch for more than 100 peo-ple who come through her door

everyday. She said she has to pre-pare a lot ahead of time because her restaurant serves breakfast all day and lunch starts at 10:30 a.m.

Ratliff serves some of the same items every day, such as her famous sausage gravy, that she serves two gallons of daily. She also has broc-coli casserole, real mashed pota-toes, cookies, cupcakes, donuts, rolls and biscuits every day, among other items.

“Everything I can possibly do from scratch, I do,” Ratliff said.

Business is booming in the mornings, said Ratliff. These “splurts,” a term created by Rat-liff, usually come from her regulars who are dying to get their daily fix.

Like 60-year-old Scott Graves, from Richmond, who said he’s been coming in every morning for around 10 months and for the same meal, the best biscuits and gravy in town.

Graves may come for the good food, large portions and low prices, but he stays for the friendly service.

“[The Main Street Bakery and Café] makes you feel at home,” Graves said. “They know your name and what you want ahead of time. They say hello and always ask you how you are.”

He said he also likes the conve-nient location and the fresh, non-greasy food.

“I haven’t found anything I don’t like yet,” Graves said, and he has tried most places in town.

Moulder said this reaction is pretty typical of customers, espe-cially those who have never been to the bakery before.

“People are usually thrilled when they come in,” Moulder said.“We get customers who say

they have walked by a hundred times, but have never stopped in and then they get food and love it.”

The Main Street Bakery and Café also offers carryout, small catering and specialty decorated cakes, which Ratliff said is her fa-vorite thing to do.

Although Ratliff has found great success in her business, she would love to see a larger college crowd.

“I always like to see the younger students come in,” Ratliff said.

Ratliff said she has thought about staying open later some nights to get the bar crowds and selling T-shirts that say, “We aim to feed,” but hasn’t decided on any-thing yet.

Even Moulder said she is sur-prised that they don’t get more col-lege students.

“People really don’t know about us,” she said. “I’d like to get the word out more.”

Graves is confident that all it would take is one visit.

“If the kids would come down just once, they’d definitely come back,” said Graves.

By LEXI WALTERSalexia_walters29@mymail.eku.edu

By MICHELLE GODAprogress@eku.edu

The Main Street Bakery and Café, though its changed names, is in its fourth year of business and is nestled between Art Attack and The Paddy Wagon.

Store owner Michelle Ratliff, 52, makes all of the bakery and other food items she sells from scratch.

If you goHours: 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday; 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday; Closed on Sunday.Location: 144 East Main Street, Richmond, KY (between the Paddy Wagon and Art Attack)Phone: (859) 623-1212 www.mainstreetbakeryandcafe.com

Students can imagine what it’s like to work at the EKU Center for the Arts, bumping elbows with celebrities like Josh Turner and Jerry Seinfeld. But for Kelsey Dunn, 22, a senior music indus-try major from Fort Thomas, it’s not who she sees that makes the job worth-while, it’s the people she works with.

“We’re kind of like a family,” Dunn said. “Everyone’s very supportive and my bosses over the last three years have been great; writing me letters of rec-ommendation and are supportive of what I want to do.”

Dunn has served many of the vari-ous roles that student workers can ful-fill at the center, including supper club member, usher and greeter. Dunn now serves as an administrative intern and spends most of her time working in the box office answering phone calls, sell-ing tickets and copying materials. She said even these mundane tasks give her the experience she desired from the moment she pursued the position in August 2012.

Because of her major, Dunn said she has enjoyed watching many per-formances like jazz musician Gregory Porter. However, Dunn has most great-ly enjoyed being respected as a student in a professional setting.

“What we teach students here is how to be professional in any setting,” ex-plained Director of Business Opera-tions, Karen Peavler. “We mold you and teach you posture, non-verbal cues and how to approach people.”

Peavler also said that working there is more than just a job, it’s also a great opportunity to expand meaningful networks and become educated in a way students would not be able to any-where else in Richmond.

Peavler said as a performing arts center, the business strives to host a mix of not just major performanc-es, but also educational programs and

world art shows. The Center for the Arts’ mission is to have well-devel-oped and diverse packages for every-one to enjoy at least one event and find one you want to attend, said Peavler. The Center recognizes that sometimes their employees wish to enjoy the per-formances, and an employee perk is be-ing able to watch the show while work-ing.

For Matthew Bruegge, 19, a broad-casting sophomore from Florence, he was even able to meet one of his favor-ite stars, Alton Brown.

“It was kind of insane,” Bruegge said. “I had watched [Brown] on TV since I was a kid with my dad, and then I fi-nally got to meet him which was great.”

Bruegge said meeting Brown was very brief, but he had the chance to in-troduce himself, take a picture togeth-er and then was running off back to work. While this was one of his favorite experiences, he explained that an even greater experience was working with his great coworkers.

Another student that would consid-er himself a veteran of the Center for the Arts is Sam Elliott, 21, an aviation senior from Richmond. Elliott said he thoroughly enjoys getting to know the new members of the team and that it’s great teaching new blood how to help create an experience that patrons will never forget. Elliott stressed that stu-dents shouldn’t miss out on all the

great educational and fun experiences the Center for the Arts has to offer.

“Students need to look closer at the Center because we sell tickets for most shows for $15,” Elliot said. “These are Broadway shows and that’s kind of a steal.”

As an advocate of the arts, Dunn would agree that students should come to more performances and they can even make great date nights.

“Come to a show- it’s cheaper than going to the movies, now is the time to do it,” Peavler said. “These shows will give you an appreciation of things you never thought you would enjoy else-where. People bond over these experi-ences.”

LEFT: Kasey Dunn (left) works at the EKU Center for the Arts with Starr Smith (right), the patron services coordinator. RIGHT: Matthew Bruegge (right) worked the event for celebrity chef, Alton Brown, and posed for a picture with him after his visit to the EKU Center for the Arts in February.

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The Netflix series House of Cards just released its third season Friday, Feb. 27.

For those who haven’t seen the scandalous series, it is set in Washington D.C., and follows the life of Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a Democrat who is the House majority whip. With the help of his wife, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), Frank initiates de-vious plans to do whatever he has to, to move up in the White House. This series has tons of affairs, manipu-lation, politics and death that will keep viewers going onto the next episode to see what happens next.

For those who haven’t watched House of Cards or who haven’t caught up on the seasons, beware of read-ing on for spoiler alerts.

In this season, we see Frank right after his ascension to the office of President of the United States. He has risen to this position after means by which the word “dubious” doesn’t come close to touching. Frank is fig-uring out that maintaining power is like balancing an egg: delicate and challenging. To add to his troubles, there are numerous problems that are compounding on each other such as low approval ratings, global po-litical maneuvering, and dissension in the ranks.

Just thinking of how ruthlessly Frank is going to deal with these problems is enough to send a chill of excitement down anyone’s spine, and would proba-bly make even Machiavelli blush. Seeing him in action lives up to the hype, as he is in rare form, even with multiple assaults coming at him from all directions. He refuses to be dominated and like any American hero, will not go down without a furious fight. Howev-er, even the most powerful of men and women are sus-ceptible to this and Frank is definitely no exception.

Let us not forget the other half of the series, Frank’s rock on the shore, Claire. A she-wolf of many hats and every bit as ruthless as her husband, but yet, there is something still human about her that sometimes makes her question her role and whether or not the life she is leading is the life she really wants. This is ex-

plored in more depth as she sets her sights on the U.N. ambassador position.

This season does an extremely good job of show-ing how Claire and Frank are equals and delves more deeply into the partnership that they share. Not only are they husband and wife, but they prove themselves to be one of the most formidable teams in Washington D.C., feeding off of each other to become more power-ful than they ever could alone. Like many long lasting relationships, there are strains and the stresses of the presidency will push these two to their wits end, set-ting the stage for inevitable moments.

Viewers will also see some other fan favorite char-acters return. Spoiler alert: Doug Stamper (Michael

Kelly) will be making a return like a phoenix from the ashes. Seth Grayson (Derek Cecil) makes a return as Frank’s director of communications and even Remy Danton (Mahershala Ali) now has a job with the pres-ident. Jackie Sharp (Molly Parker) is still there, at-tempting to do the whipping that Frank so desperate-ly needs.

Many more beloved and despised characters still appear, just waiting for Frank and Claire to leave the door open long enough to attack. This season is a roller coaster, and with Frank continuing his policy of nar-rating to the audience, fans will not be disappointed with this new installment.

By TREVOR DENNEYprogress@eku.edu

The ruthlessness continues in Netflix series

New Nintendo 3DS re-defines third dimension

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By TRENTON MEADEprogress@eku.edu

The New Nintendo 3DS XL features improved functionality as well as a slight change to the chas-sis that its predecessor fell short on executing.

The New 3DS, released Feb. 13, 2015, though the same size and shape, is relatively the same as the old version, has some slight changes that were much needed.

The glasses-free stereoscopic 3D technolo-gy revolutionized gaming when it was first intro-duced in 2011 on the Nintendo 3DS. Without the use of 3D glasses or accessories, the handheld let you game with a new experience never seen be-fore.

This was the future of gaming. The technolo-gy produced an out-of-this-world experience and was loved… for the first few minutes of use. The glasses-free 3D technology was flawed. You had to keep your head and hands perfectly still to see the effects and might’ve wanted headache medication handy as eye-straining was a big issue.

The New 3DS includes super stable 3D technol-ogy that allows users to comfortably use the glass-

es-free 3D feature without worry. With the addition of a second camera above the top screen, it allows the system to track the position of your head in relation to the screen and adjust the 3D effect ac-cordingly.

The new camera tracking system works terrifically. You can adjust your position and not worry about having blurriness or screen lag interrupt your game. Keeping your head in the camera’s range will allow it to focus the 3D effect towards your eye posi-tion and when in low-lit areas, there’s a built-in infrared light that also works surprisingly well. At the touch of the dimension slider on

the right side of the top screen, you can switch be-tween 2D and 3D gaming.

The introduction of the new C-stick, a non-moving, touch-based button and the ZL and ZR buttons make the system more versatile. Though it seems a bit crammed, it actually feels great and works like a charm. The addition of the C-stick allows for better in-game control and cam-era controls in certain games. The ZL and ZR but-tons are features that a lot of users have waited for. The addition makes gaming styles more simplis-tic and in-game moves easier to remember. The fingertip-sized buttons have a slight gap between the shoulder buttons, letting the index fingers rest comfortably until they need to be used.

The New 3DS also houses a much improved processor, which helps games to load faster, gives users a non-clunky, fast operating system and in-terface and allows gaming to be smoother. The graphics had a modest improvement and the oper-ating system is working near flawless compared to the previous 3DS XL.

Built-in Amiibo support and NFC reader al-lows you to scan your Amiibo figure to get bonus items, content and character customization op-tions. These figures give you a bonus and are a nice collector’s item.

The stylus, slightly shorter and thick-er, slides out of the bottom of the system granting quick access when needed and is out of the way while gaming. The vol-ume slider being moved allows users to feel more comfortable and not accidentally blast volume in secrete locations. A few oth-er movement changes including the game card slot, power button and headphone port helped to make the New 3DS better than its older version.

Ashley Owens, Editor The Eastern Progress | www.easternprogress.com Thursday, March 12, 2015 Page 8

Eastern’s softball team took a hard hit at the UNLV Rebel Classic where the Colonels dropped five straight games in the series. Eastern started strong in each game, but late runs from opponents doomed the Colonels.

Game One The Colonels opened the classic against the Univer-

sity of Houston, where the second inning proved to be the game changer. Junior Sarah Fobbs started Eastern off with a solo home run in the first inning for a quick lead.

Houston (12-14) scored seven runs in the second in-ning, however, and then another run in the fifth to put the game out of the Colonels’ reach.

Senior pitcher Leanna Pittsenbarger took the loss for Eastern in her 2.2 innings.

Game Two The University of California, Santa Barbara handed

Eastern its second loss despite Eastern’s attempt at a late comeback.

Senior Shannon McQueen’s two-out RBI single put the Colonels ahead but that lead didn’t last long as UC Santa Barbara (6-19) put up two runs in the third in-ning to take the lead. UC Santa Barbara added two more runs in the fourth inning then three in the fifth and sixth to widen the gap between the Colonels.

Eastern tried to come back in its side of the sixth in-ning with a two-run double from freshman Johnkyria Alston, but the short rally wasn’t enough.

Game ThreeNo. 16 University of California had the momentum

the majority of the third game where the Colonels fell 9-2 to the nationally ranked team.

California pushed four runs across early in the first inning before putting two ore on the board in the sec-ond and two in the fifth. California added three more in the fourth and sixth innings to lead the Colonels.

Alston hit a two-run double in the fifth but the Col-onels weren’t able to get behind Alston’s rally attempt.

Game Four Eastern led halfway through the showdown against

host University of Nevada, Las Vegas but a Nevada

comeback put gave Eastern its fourth consecutive loss of the weekend.

Though Nevada (9-8-2) scored first, the Colonels tied the game with a run in the third inning. Freshman Sar-ah Jackson hit junior Kayla Joyce home in the top of the fourth inning for the lead, but Nevada then tied the game again in the bottom of the inning with its own run.

A Nevada solo run in the sixth inning ended the game, 3-2. Senior Shaylon Robb took the loss for the Colonels, throwing 5.2 innings.

Game Five The fifth and final game of the classic was Eastern’s

highest scoring game and a close matchup against Iowa State University.

Iowa State (13-7) scored four runs in the top of the third innings, but Fobbs, Alston and Jackson each had an RBI in the bottom of the inning to tie the game 4-all.

Iowa State added three more runs in the fourth in-ning and one in the sixth to stretch Eastern’s deficit. Fobbs retaliated with a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning and the Colonels added one more run in the seventh inning but couldn’t get enough runs for the lead

The Colonels (9-11, 0-0 OVC) open OVC play March 14 with a double header against Belmont University then competes in another Belmont matchup March 15, both in Nashville.

Eastern’s baseball team traveled to the home of Southeast Missouri State University on March 8 and 9, for a three-game road series with the Redhawks. The Colonels came away with a victory over Southeast Mis-souri (6-7, 2-1 OVC) in the first game, but were out-scored 25-7 over the next two games.

Game OneEastern’s lone win of the series came in its first game,

a 5-1 victory over preseason favorite Southeast Missou-ri.

The Colonel pitchers shined in this game, with senior Logan Hershenow allowing only one run in five hits, while notching six strikeouts in seven innings. Fresh-man pitcher Aaron Ochsenbein played the final two in-nings without allowing a hit and added five strikeouts.

The game was tied at 1-1 until the sixth inning, when sophomore infielder Ben Fisher hit a fly ball to center field, allowing junior outfielder TJ Alas to score what was to be the game-winner.

Game TwoThe second game of the doubleheader did not fall in

favor of the Colonels, who lost 12-6 to the hosting Red-hawks. Southeast Missouri scored the first five runs, which helped them build a 9-1 lead after three innings.

Eastern cut the deficit to six in the fifth inning, trail-

ing 9-3, but never got any closer. Junior outfielder Kyle Nowlin scored his second

home run of the season for the Colonels in the second inning, finishing 4-for-5 with one home run and three RBIs. Back-to-back doubles by junior third baseman Doug Teegarden and junior infielder Mandy Alvarez in the fifth inning gave a run for the Colonels, and Nowl-in’s single two batters later saw Alvarez run in for an-other.

Game ThreeThe final game’s result was the same as the second

for the Colonels, managing only one run in its 13-1 loss.Junior outfielder Clayton Evans got things going for

the Redhawks offense, which helped start the scoring with a two-run single in the second inning. Junior in-fielder Garrett Gandolfo contributed in the third in-ning for Southeast Missouri, notching a triple with the bases loaded to put them ahead 7-0.

Junior infielder Kenny Hostrander helped tal-ly Eastern’s only run of the game in the fifth inning, with senior Luke Wurzelbacher scoring from third on Hostrander’s ground ball.

The Colonels (5-9, 1-2 OVC) will play its first home series of the season at 3 p.m., on Friday, March 13, against Belmont University at Turkey Hughes Field. Weather permitting, the series opener is scheduled to go from March 13 to 17.

Junior Sarah Fobbs went 4-for-4 at the plate in the last game of the UNLV Rebel Classic on March 8 with four RBIs and a homer.PROGRESS FILE PHOTO

ASHLEY OWENSashley_owens46@mymail.eku.edu

Softball team ends four-game winning streak in Las Vegas classic

By TYLER BROWNprogress@eku.edu

Baseball drops two in series after early SEMO leads

Senior Logan Hershenow (21) allowed one run in five hits against Southeast Missouri State University on March 8.

PROGRESS FILE PHOTO

In a 36-hole showdown, Eastern’s men’s golf team took on several OVC foes and came out with third place at the Gro-ver Page Classic in Tennessee.

The tournament was scheduled to last March 9 and 10 but because of heavy rain the last round on March 10 was cancelled. Instead of a final round to determine the winner, there was a playoff round between leaders University of Ten-nessee at Martin and Tennessee Tech University.

UT Martin came through with the final victory in the playoff round with a total of 576.

This was the Colonels first tournament of the spring sea-son. Though other teams in the classic had already played in tournaments before Mon-

day’s tournament, senior Taylor Riggs said Eastern held its own regardless of being less prac-ticed than the teams in Tennes-see.

“We kind of viewed it as, if we take care of our business,

in the end we’ll be fine,” Riggs said.

Because of the snow the past two weeks, Riggs said the team’s practice time has been lim-ited, but said the team was able to travel to Georgia for extra practice which Riggs said he thinks helped prepare the team for Monday’s tournament.

Individually, East-ern had two Colonels finish in the top-5.

There was a three-way tie for first place, where Eastern senior Taylor Riggs tied with UT Mar-tin’s Brendon Cabellero and Murray State University’s Jor-dan Smith.

Riggs brought out a total of 141 with round scores of 71 and

70. “I’m pretty pleased for it be-

ing the first tournament of the spring,” Riggs said. “It was nice o get out and play because we haven’t been out a lot. I didn’t play my best, but I played well enough.”

Senior Patric Sundolf (142) tied fourth for the Colonels while junior Daniel DeLu-ca (147) and freshman Jared Brown (147) tied 23rd. Also for the Colonels, freshman Noah Combs (149) tied 28th and sophomore Travis Rose (153) tied 48th.

Eastern returns to Tennessee on March 14-16 for the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate, hosted by Tennessee Tech University. The Colonels will once again take on a number of conference teams, but Riggs said the team is more prepared with a tourna-ment under its belt.

“It’s all about building up to the OVC tournament for us,” Riggs said.

Women’s golf team falls to tenth after low third round

Men’s golf team places third in first spring tournament of seasonBy ASHLEY OWENSashley_owens46@mymail.eku.edu

Eastern’s women’s golf team finished day one of the UNF Collegiate at sixth place March 9, but a low-scored third round pushed the Colonels back to fin-ish in 10th place March 10.

The event took place at the par-72, 6,050-yard Jacksonville Golf and Country Club and was hosted by the University of North Florida.

Houston took the title for the tournament with a three-round total of 885, followed by Texas (900) in second and Delaware (907) in third place.

Eastern also took on OVC teams and took down conference foes such as Belmont University (15th), Austin Peay State University (17th) and Tennessee Tech University (17th).

Juniors Anna Gleixner and Becky Sharpe shared 30th place and lead the way for the Colonels, each with a three-round total of 233. Sophomore Sofie Levin ended day one in 18th place, but fell to 35th by round three after a final-round total of 82.

Junior Rachel Welker (235) tied 43rd and senior Nicki Henry (258) finished 97. Sophomore Emilie Simmons (249) competed individually and tied 87th.

The Colonels return to play March 16 and 17 in the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate in Sevierville, Ten-nessee.

By ASHLEY OWENSashley_owens46@mymail.eku.edu

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After two free throws by Belmont’s Evan Bradds, it was up to Eastern to make a big play with 25 seconds to go in the game.

Two timeouts later, Corey Walden went for a jump shot with two seconds left and it didn’t connect. The buzzer sounded and the hopes to defend the OVC championship were dashed. Bel-mont won 53-52 Friday night in Nash-ville.

At halftime, the Colonels looked great. They matched the Bruins (22-10, 11-5 OVC) evenly on free throws, made 4 of 11 3-pointers and shot nearly 64 percent from the field. During the first half, Eastern also had multiple 6-0 runs but after leading by seven with 13 min-utes left in the second half, Belmont began to charge and erased the lead in three and a half minutes with a 9-2 scoring run.

Senior forward Eric Stutz led the scoring charge for the Colonels with 14 points in the first half, but only added four points in the second half.

Senior guard Corey Walden, who sat out the last matchup against Belmont, scored three points in the first half and led the second half scoring for the Col-onels with nine points. He stole the ball from Belmont six times during the game.

Senior guard Timmy Knipp’s 3-point shooting, which was a key for Eastern’s success during the season, was shut down and he did not score on four at-tempts from behind the arc. However, Knipp led the Colonels with six defen-sive rebounds.

Junior guard Denzel Richardson scored seven points during 12 min-

utes in the first half, but went scoreless during the 10 minutes he played in the second half.

Walden, Stutz, Knipp and sopho-more guard Isaac McGlone scored only 19 points combined in the second half. Eastern shot 5 for 21 in the second half from the field and only made 1 of 8 3-point attempts.

Sophomore guard Taylor Barnette led the scoring effort for the Bru-ins with 14 points. Junior guard Craig Bradshaw managed 12 points and se-nior guard Reece Chamberlain scored 10 points.

Belmont also had a tough second half, shooting 9 of 28 from the field. The Bruins shot 3 for 15 on 3-point at-tempts.

The Bruins rebounding effort was led by the freshman forward Amanze Egekeze with eight, who also earned the last rebound of the game after the missed Walden jumper.

The Bruins go on to March Mad-ness tournament play after defeating the Murray State Racers 88-87 Satur-day night.

However, the Colonels (19-11, 11-6 OVC) learned Tuesday that the season is not quite over as the men’s basketball team will play in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tour-nament (CIT) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 in McBrayer Arena. Eastern’s oppo-nent will be announced Sunday, March 15.

Last year, OVC rival Murray State won the tourney and Eastern previ-ously played in the CIT in 2013, where they won the first round matchup against Gardner-Webb University but lost the second game to the University of Evansville.

The Colonels had some changes with its lineup against Bethune-Cook-man University on March 8 as players took on new roles. The changes paid off and Eastern picked up a 5-2 win against the Bethune-Cookman Wild-cats in a split weekend of matches on the road.

Eastern traveled to Florida and brought home the win on Friday then dropped the second match of the weekend on March 9 against Emb-ry-Riddle Aeronautical University in a close 3-4 loss.

Eastern 5 Bethune-Cookman 2

The Colonels made an early jump over the Wildcats (5-7) after switch-ing up its normal setup. Junior Flori-

an Graskamp paired up with sopho-more Diego Asis for the first time this season at No. 3 doubles and won the match while sophomore Diogo Soares and freshman Ramon van Flymen won the No. 2 doubles.

Senior Junajo de le Llera and junior Alex Álvaro led No. 1 doubles 5-4 when the match was called.

Eastern’s new setup continued when Soares moved up to No. 3 sin-gles after being at No. 4 most of the season. Soares joined Álvaro (No. 1) and Mueller (No. 4) in winning sin-gles play in straight sets. At No. 5, de le Llera won in three sets.

Eastern 3 Embry-Riddle 4

Though Eastern won the match-opening point in doubles, the Embry-Riddle Eagles (6-2) forced the

Colonels to just two singles victories. In doubles, Soares and van Flymen

teamed up once again for a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles. The win was the duo’s fourth consecutive doubles win to-gether. Álvaro and Asis helped East-ern earn the point with a tough win in No. 3 doubles.

The Colonels two singles points came from Mueller (No. 4) and de la Llera (No. 5). Muller pulled off a straight-set while de le Llera won in three sets. Both Colonels are on a three-match win streak in singles play.

Eastern (6-5, 0-0 OVC) opens OVC play at 1 p.m., March 13, against Tennessee Tech University then con-tinues its OVC home stretch at 1:30 p.m., March 14, against Jacksonville State University.

Eastern’s women’s tennis team opened its outdoor season by splitting a weekend of matches on a Flori-da road trip. The Colonels took on Bethune-Cookman University on March 8 and dropped the match 5-2, then fell back into the winning column with a 6-1 vic-tory against Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on March 9.

Eastern 2 Bethune-Cookman 5

Though seniors Amandine Faouzi and Kristina Labeja won the No. 1 doubles feat, the Colonels dropped the match-opening point to the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (6-5) after losing the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.

Faouzi and Labeja took down the Wildcats’ Chinat-su Kajiwara and Maria Sablina 6-2.

Labeja kept her momentum going in singles play as she grabbed one of Eastern’s two singles victories at No. 2. Sophomore Marina Marti recorded the Colonels second

point in No. 5 singles. Both points came in straight sets.

Eastern 6 Embry-Riddle 1

The Embry-Riddle Eagles (5-3) may have had the up-per hand in doubles points, but the Colonels dominated in singles play to shut the Eagles down.

Embry-Riddle won all three doubles matches, two of those matches being in a tiebreaker. Then singles matches started and the Colonels swept the board. Faouzi earned her ninth singles victory of the season at No. 1 with a 6-3, 6-1 win. Labeja won No. 2 singles in three sets while fellow senior Marcela Jimenez took the No. 3 singles in straight sets.

Marti (No. 4) and senior Melissa Gerritsen each lost only one game while freshman Raquel Montalvo (No. 6) won in a super tiebreaker. Montalvo lost the first set then came back with a win in the second, eventually fin-ishing off the match with the super-tiebreaker win.

The Colonels (5-6, 0-0 OVC) return home at 10 a.m., March 14, as it opens OVC play against Jacksonville State University.

By ASHLEY OWENSashley_owens46@mymail.eku.edu

Women’s tennis team returns to winning column after sweeping singles play

Senior Kristina Labeja was one of Eastern’s only two points on the road against Bethune-Cookman University on March 8. CHRIS BUNDY/PROGRESS

Men’s tennis team splits weekend road trip, falls behind in singles play versus Embry-RiddleBy ASHLEY OWENSashley_ownes46@mymail.eku.edu

Colonels end tournament with missed buzzer beaterBy JACOB BLAIRjacob_blair50@mymail.eku.edu

Senior Eric Stutz (42) led the Colonels with 18 points where he shot 85.7 percent from the floor. Stutz’s first 14 points came in the first half of play against the Belmont University Bruins.

CHRIS BUNDY/PROGRESS

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Students, faculty and the general public have the chance to run in the Color of Maroon 5K on Saturday, April 25, at the Fitness and Wellness Center parking lot. If you’ve never run in a col-or run before, here’s what to expect: lots and lots of col-ored powder coming at you.

The race is a non-com-petitive race, meaning there’s no time or place re-corded. It’s a walk or run 5K, for all ages and all skill levels.

“If you have never partic-ipated in a 5K this is your chance to try something new and have a great time,” said Greg Corack, assistant director of intramurals and sport clubs. “From novice, to seasoned marathon run-ner, we have a spot for all ability and fitness levels.”

Sections are set up along the course where peo-

ple have colored powder ready to throw at runners throughout the race.

For senior Amber Hyatt, the color run was as fun as it was not only because of the colored powder, but also be-cause it was a fun workout instead of a hard competi-tive workout. Hyatt ran in last year’s color run on cam-pus and said it was her first ever 5K.

“It’s such a better ex-perience to run with so many people and have col-or thrown all over you along the way,” Hyatt, 22 English secondary education major, said.

Registration for the Color of Maroon 5K is open now until April 23, as the actu-al event takes place April 25.

On the day of the race, event-day registration starts at 8 a.m., and lasts until 9:30 a.m., when Zumba be-gins. The start chute opens to first wave at 9:45 a.m.,

and then the 5K begins at 10 a.m.

Advance registration is $15 for any Eastern stu-dent, $20 for Eastern facul-ty, staff, military and Mod-el Lab students and family, and $25 for general public. Price categories are set to increase by $5 March 26 and by $10 April 24. Anyone 10 and younger can run for free.

All proceeds supports the EKU Event Marketing Stu-dent Organization and the four Registered Student Or-ganizations. These organi-zations will also be working the different color stations the day of the race.

“Bring your family and your friends to the most col-orful event this campus has ever seen,” Corack said.

Anyone interested can register online at Athlete-Pat h .com/t hecolorof ma-roon5K.

By ASHLEY OWENSashley_owens46@mymail.eku.edu

Registration for the 2015 Color of Maroon 5K is open from now until April 23. The event begins at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 25, at the Fitness and Wellness Center parking lot. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY GREG CORACK

5K brings splash of color to campus

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