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By Rachel Rodgers Administration Editor

Members of registered student or-ganizations will hear about the fea-tures and feedback of OrgSync, an online community management sys-tem, today during the Student Orga-nization Cabinet meeting.

The Student Organization Cabi-net is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. in the Arcola-Tuscola Room in the Mar-tin Luther King Jr. University Union.

OrgSync was founded in 2007 in Austin, Texas, and more than 200 or-ganizations and universities use the

web-based platform throughout the nation.

Kaci Abolt, a junior communica-tions studies major and the student vice president for student affairs, said the purpose of OrgSync is to integrate all organizations, offices and individu-als together to post and share resourc-es within the campus community.

“OrgSync has the capacity to put all communication of organizations in one place where students can find an easy way to balance all of their in-volvement,” Abolt said.

Informational materials about Org-Sync will be distributed to organiza-

tion members at the meeting and they will decide a date in April to host a webinar session with an OrgSync representative, she said.

“The information is new to all of us so if we all learn it together then I think we can make a sound, knowl-edgeable decision,” Abolt said. “This could be a viable tool for all organi-zations to have a paper trail of all of their resources available for both cur-rent and prospective students to use.”

Abolt said the first-year fee to pur-chase the system for Eastern would be about $15,000, and they are gather-ing student feedback to see if enough

organizations would be interested. If the majority of students were in favor of the system, then they would con-tact departments, offices and admin-istrators about their interest and see how the cost could be managed.

Student Body President Ed Ho-twagner, a senior math major, said he learned of the system about six months ago and contacted different universities that implemented Org-Sync to see if it would be a good fit for Eastern.

He said some of the institutions he contacted include: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, University

of Wisconsin at Stout, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Boise State University, Arizona State University and Georgia College & State Univer-sity at Milledgeville.

The feedback will be compiled and presented at the meeting, he said.

Some of the questions he asked the universities include how long the im-plementation process took, how will-ing different departments were to par-ticipate, how easy the system is for students, faculty and staff, and what some of the most useful aspects are.

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By Kathryn Richter City Editor

The Daily Eastern News reported approximately 1,477 students will receive scholarships from the Mon-etary Award Program grant for the Fall 2012 to Spring 2013 school year.

Unfortunately for students who did not apply for Free Applica-tion for Federal Student Aid before March 13, those students will not re-ceive MAP grants for the upcoming school year.

Monica Ganshirt, a junior special education major, said she was still able to receive the grant because her mom applies for financial aid early in the year, but she also said she thinks the situation for other students is unfair.

“I think (the state of Illinois) should give it out,” Ganshirt said.

Casey Hughes, a junior general studies major, said she also receives the grant and applied early for the grant.

“As soon as I get my taxes done, I do all my financial aid stuff,” Hughes said. “It’s just easier.”

Hughes said she would still be able to attend college if she did not receive the grant, but she would have to take out more student loans in or-der to fill in the gaps.

“I think it’s sad because it is really hard to get a job without a degree,” Hughes said.

Ryan Repking, a senior education major, said he is relying on the grant to attend school next semester.

“It’s disappointing if you didn’t register by that date,” Repking said.

Barbara Miller, a graduate stu-dent, said she was not surprised by the news of the shortened deadline for the grant.

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GREEK LIFE

By Toni Porter Staff Reporter

The sisters of Zeta Phi Beta sorori-ty started off their first event strong and powerful for their Division of a Finer Life, Z-HOPE Week 2012.

Zeta Phi Beta sorority had its first event on Monday in the Library Quad from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. called the Bail for Babies.

The ladies were outside in their soror-ity wear, chained together and chanting

“Bail for babies, help me get out of jail.”

Charisse Archie, a senior applied en-gineering and technology major, said the chains were to symbolize the cause for premature babies.

“It’s a creative way to raise money for the March of Dimes,” she said.

The sorority raised $400 surpassing its initial goal of $250.

The purpose of Bail for Babies was to raise money for the March of Dimes, a non-profit organization to improve the

health of babies. Today’s event, Twisted Tuesday, is an

event where students can enjoy some great free lemonade and sweet tea.

Jamesha Jeffries, a junior sociology major, said this year will vary from past years.

“Usually we just have lemon twist which is blue lemonade, but this year want to twist it up and have sweet tea as well,” she said.

The sorority will be providing a com-bination of blue lemonade and sweet tea

from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of Cole-man Hall.

Wednesday is Zumba with the Ze-tas, which will take place in the Campus Recreation Center in the dance studio from 6:20-7:20 p.m., and will be open to everyone.

Daija Murray, a junior psychology major, said she was very excited about Wednesday’s event because it is her fa-vorite workout.

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By Sharita Harris Staff Reporter

Eastern school fashions were trans-formed into runway fashions on Monday at the show GLAM Model-ing: F.A.M.E. University, hosted by Bad Girl’s Club’s Natalie Nunn.

The theme F.A.M.E. University was designed to give audience members an insight to college trends.

The students involved modeled avant garde fashion, but also showed the stereotypical lifestyle of an ordi-nary college student.

The models dressed in many out-fits that represented different stereo-types and cultures in the college en-vironment.

Many students speculated at the newspaper scene. Models walked down the runway draped in crafty newspaper outfits, each were different and unique in their own way.

The models displayed schoolgirl and schoolboy outfits, where they ex-pressed the idea of the geek.

The students performed as teachers,

each displayed a certain message, such as stay in school, for women carry yourself as a lady, and always be proud of who you are.

The students also displayed formal attire in their commencement from GLAM School.

Students were puzzled when Mer-issa Livingston walked out onto the stage, yelling out, “I run EIU,” which is a spin-off of the popular phrase that Bad Girl Natalie Nunn often used on the Oxygen show.

Jeniece Mitchell, a junior elemen-tary education major, performed “Hero” by Mariah Carey during the show.

Mitchell said she was a little ner-vous but felt she did not show it dur-ing the show.

“I sat in on some of the rehears-als and I’m amazed,” Mitchell said. “I think people will really love it.”

Livingston, a freshman family and consumer sciences major, was a Nata-lie Nunn look-a-like

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By Erica Aguilar Staff Reporter

A Latina comedian will enter-tain audience members using re-al-life experiences during her show today.

Cristela Alonzo will be perform-ing her stand-up comedy show at 9 p.m. today in the 7th Street Un-derground of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Shauna Miller, a senior Eng-lish major and the comedy coor-dinator for the University Board, said the theme for the event is La-dies' Night and prizes will be giv-en away.

Miller said that people should come out for fun and that they will have a great time.

Before the performance there

will be a “Happy Half Hour” at 8:30 p.m. in the 7th Street Un-derground where Miller said there will also be a donation box that people can place money in to help the HOPE of East Central Illinois charity.

HOPE is a women’s shelter that helps battered women get back on their feet.

Members of the Latin Ameri-can Student Organization on cam-pus are also helping Miller run the event.

Miller said she is excited for the event and cannot wait to see the turn out.

Alonzo has performed more then 100 shows at different colleg-es nationwide and was a finalist in 2010 on NBC’s Last Comic Stand-ing. This will be Alonzo’s first ap-

pearance at Eastern.Alonzo is from Dallas, Texas,

and has won awards for different short films she has written, includ-ing a second-place win for “Five Funniest Sketches of the Decade” on Latina.com.

She has also won best film at the Boston Comedy Festival for a mu-sical she wrote called "TGIF: The Musical.”

Alonzo said she is excited for the event.

“I like doing colleges a lot be-cause I get to meet more people doing shows at colleges than in clubs,” Alonzo said in an email. “I keep in touch with students on my Facebook or Twitter from schools I did two years ago.”

The Latina comedian said she has been a fan of stand-up her en-

tire life. She watched it obsessively as a kid and that she was naturally drawn to it.

Alonzo said she got her start nine years ago when she responded to a help-wanted ad that ended up to be at a comedy club.

“I love performing for audiences that are ready to have a good time,” Alonzo said. “The more loose the audience is, the more loose I am.”

Alonzo said her inspiration comes from her life.

“I can tell you that a lot of stuff I talk about are stories that real-ly happen to me,” Alonzo said. “I think the best laughs come from honesty.”

Erica Aguilar can be reached at 581-2812

or esaguilar@eiu.edu.

Comedian to perform stand-up for 'Ladies' Night'

SETH SCHROEDER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSJunior marketing major Zach Caskey and geology professor Diane Burns help sophomore political science major Lily Walton out of a creek dur-ing a geology field trip Saturday. Students on the field trip practiced geological techniques such as identifying rocks and collecting fossils.

The photo caption for the article “‘Music doesn’t have a gender’” in Monday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News incorrectly named the violinist. Sharilyn Spicknall, a professor of mu-sic at Indiana State University, performed dur-ing the Concert of Women’s music. The News re-grets the error.

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A slice of life outside of Old Main

SETH SCHROEDER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSPresident Perry sits with several students for Pizza with the Pres. Monday in Thomas Dining Hall. This is the first time Perry has had Pizza with the Pres. this semester.

By Ashley Gocken Staff Reporter

Nicole Kozeny will be working with Unite for Sight to Accra, Ghana to assist local ophthalmic nurses and optometrists in all aspects of eye care programs from May 10 to 12, a cause she is currently asking donations for.

Kozeny, a junior communication disorders and sciences major, was se-lected to be a Global Impact Fellow with the organization.

During her experience, Kozeny said she will be distributing medica-tion and eyeglasses prescribed by the local eye nurses and optometrists, conducting vision tests, help with data collection and analysis, as well as traveling to various schools to educate students about proper eye care.

All money raised will provide sight-restoring surgeries for patients living in extreme poverty, Kozeny said.

“The average cost of a cataract sur-gery is $50, which means that $50 will enable someone who is blind to have their sight restored, and $250 enables 5 people to have their sight restored,” Nicole said.

So far, Kozeny said she has raised

$765 and was able to buy 600 pairs of eyeglasses with $180 of the money.

She will be distributing them to the people in need while volunteering and said she hopes to raise a total of $1,800 before April 10.

Kozeny said she is in the process of setting up community fundraiser days at Buffalo Wild Wings and Monical’s Pizza to help with her donations.

“I really wanted to volunteer some-where,” she said. “My friend and I found this program and it just fit me well.”

Unite For Sight is a nonprofit or-ganization that has provided eye care services to 1.3 million patients, in-cluding 50,000 sight-restoring sur-geries.

Kozeny said the organization is world’s leader in socially responsible, effective volunteering and also a lead-er in providing high-quality, cost-ef-fective care to the world’s poorest peo-ple.

“Any help is appreciated, and no amount will go unnoticed,” Nicole said.

Ashley Gocken can be reached at 581-2812

or aegocken@eiu.edu.

Staff Report

The deadline to apply for the fac-ulty laureate award, which honors a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching general educa-tion courses, is today at 4 p.m.

All required materials can be turned in to Olaf Hoerschelmann in the communication studies depart-ment in Coleman Hall.

Faculty members can nominate themselves for the position or be nominated by a student, an admin-istrator or a faculty member.

The letter of nomination must be no longer than 500 words and a let-ter of recommendation from a for-mer student and a faculty member or administrator is required. Anoth-er requirement is for the nominee to write a statement of 300 words or less on the value of general educa-tion.

The nominee must also provide a list of courses and a record of evalua-tion from the last three years.

The faculty laureate can come from any academic discipline and is responsible for presenting a speech at Convocation to demonstrate the im-portance of general education and will be able to serve as a faculty rep-resentative on student committees.

The award recipient will also re-ceive a $500 stipend.

The nominee must be a full-time faculty member, and department chairs along with Unit A and Unit B members are eligible.

Previous faculty laureates include: David Smith, a professor of history; Cameron Craig, a geology professor; Keith Spear, who was posthumously honored with the award for his in-struction in English; Reed Benedict, a professor of criminology in the so-ciology department; and Melinda Mueller, a professor of political sci-ence.

Faculty laureate applications due today

SETH SCHROEDER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSNicole Kozeny, a junior communication disorders and sciences major, will travel to Accra, Ghana while working with Unite for Sight May 10 to 12. For her trip, Kozeny is asking for donations to pay for sight-restoring surgeries for people in need and in extreme poverty.

Student to raise funds for trip to GhanaUNITE FOR SIGHT

WOMEN’S STUDIES

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By Robyn Dexter Campus Editor

“My parents tell me I was born a fem-inist.”

Jeannie Ludlow, the director of wom-en’s studies, has been organizing and coor-dinating all the events for Women’s Histo-ry and Awareness Month.

“My dad swears I organized a protest when I was six,” she said.

Although she said she has no recollec-tion of it, her father has always told her stories of how she organized a protest when she was very young.

“He may be making it up, but I have very strong women in my life and my pas-sion stems from them,” she said.

Ludlow said she grew up on a farm,

and women had no time for sitting around and being housewives.

“No one ever said to me ‘you can’t do that because you’re a girl,’” Ludlow said.

When she started school as a young girl, she said she was surprised when there were certain expectations of girls.

She said her passion for feminism and women has been a part of her life ever since then.

“When I met my father-in-law for the first time, he asked me how I would de-fine myself,” she said. “I told him I’m a feminist, an academic and a mom.”

When he asked her if that was the or-der, she replied that was the order in which it happened.

Ludlow got her start at Eastern when the position of director of women’s stud-

ies opened up, and she transferred from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

This March has been her first year chairing WHAM, but she said she start-ed with the women’s studies program in 2008.

“It’s been exhausting, but it’s been re-ally fun at the same time,” she said. “I’ve gotten to coordinate with speakers and music and students doing projects.”

Ludlow said coordinating the month has been a collaboration between teach-ers, students, programs and other colleg-es coming to her with ideas.

“I think this month has been a great success, but I wish more students could have some to the faculty presentations,” she said.

Ludlow said she is looking forward to

the remainder of the month’s events, in-cluding the Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival and University of Illinois at Urba-na-Champaign Professor Fiona Ngô’s pre-sentation on women in punk rock.

Although she said she has enjoyed co-ordinating the month, she will not be chairing it next year.

“I’ll definitely still be on the committee next year, though,” Ludlow said.

Lynne Curry, a history professor, will be coordinating WHAM next year.

“I think the program really benefits from having a historian as the head,” she said.

Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812

or redexter@eiu.edu.

Ludlow: ‘Born a feminist’

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Ways to fund tuition without a MAP grant

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COLUMNSTAFF EDITORIAL

The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.

The DAILYEASTERN NEWS

EDITORIAL BOARD

“Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.”

Editor in ChiefShelley Holmgren

Managing Editor Samantha Bilharz

Online EditorDoug T. Graham

News Editor Elizabeth Edwards

Associate News EditorNike Ogunbodede

Opinions Editor Dave Balson Letters to the editor can be submitted at any time on any topic to the Opinions

Editor to be published in The Daily Eastern News. The DEN’s policy is to run all letters that are not libelous or potentially harmful.

They must be less than 250 words.

Letters to the editor can be brought in with identification to The DEN at 1811 Buzzard Hall.

Letters may also be submitted electronically from the author’s EIU e-mail address to DENopinions@gmail.com.

Since I was 16, I have been a minion work-ing in what I fondly refer to as Retail Hell. The cries and anguish over rain checks, expired cou-pons and out-of-stock baked goods swell and consume like fiery pits. The shackles *cough* uniforms always weigh you down like a mono-chromatic penance. Trust me, it never gets bet-ter.

In my time working at a chain grocery store, I have learned one clear, unobjectionable truth: working retail makes you really, really dislike people.

But first, some disclaimers—yes, I know I was very fortunate to be employed during one of the worst economic downturns in recent his-tory. However, being fortunate enough to be employed does not mean it gives someone the right to grow hooves and horns and breathe fire on retail employees.

So why did my career in retail inspire my loathing of the human race?

Gather round, kiddies. I call this tale, “Shel-ley Holmgren and the Notorious Heffalump Cuppy Cake Saboteur.”

In my two-year stint as a cake decorator in a grocery store bakery, I had been in many sticky (huzzah - a pun!) situations. But none stickier than the day I came face to face with the Noto-rious Heffalump Cuppy Cake Saboteur.

For a customer order, I labored for an hour to sculpt, ice and lovingly sprinkle cupcakes to arrange in the shape of a giant football. It was the Mona Lisa of decorated baked goods. It was glorious. At least I thought so, until 2 p.m. arrived and I saw a feral-looking woman ap-proach the counter. She merely pointed to my beautiful creation and barked, “Is that mine?”

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t expect tears of weepy joy every time I hand over one of my creations. But I also was not expecting the ver-bal assault that would follow.

“That better not be mine, because that is NOT what I ordered,” she screeched.

Even after I confirmed that every specifica-tion on the order form was correct, which it was, she continued to give me the stinkeye.

“I made this with love, you Heffalump!” I wanted to shout. (I have no idea where Heffa-lump came from.)

I’d like to note, I’m a pretty damn good cake decorator. I once did a complete portrait of Hellboy in frosting, if you need any indication of my artistry.

“Well, just give me the damn thing,” said the Heffalump.

Apprehensively, I handed it over to her and returned to my regular schedule of cupcake-ic-ing and Ludacris-rapping. However, five min-utes later she returned with my beautiful cre-ation. With the side of it caved in. My master-piece was ruined.

I examined the damage—and, according to the fancy quantum physics of cupcakery, there was no way in hell the side could have caved in.

I told her it would only take a few moments to repair it, but she simply grabbed the box and stormed to the customer service desk.

Turns out, Queen Heffalump made quite a ruckus, flapping her trunk until she received it for free. And that meant the Hammer of Thor was about to be brought down on me.

But before she could be allowed to ride off in the sunset with free baked goods, the store manager came over to the bakery to find out why they just got trampled.

However, our security guard saved me from being banished back to Asgard and dropped a little knowledge on us.

Turns out, the woman decided it would be in her best interest to take my beauty into an aisle. Open the container. And EAT one of the cupcakes—which explained how one of the sides caved in.

And luckily, all this was caught on camera.There are few moments in life I have found

as satisfying as my confronting the Cuppy Cake Saboteur.

My pearl of logical logic from this tale? Don’t be a Heffalump. I’d like to say this woman was the exception and not the rule, but I’d be lying. I’ve dealt with the likes of the Cuppy Cake Sab-oteur for years.

Trust me, treating retail workers like human beings instead of orcs will get you far in life (or at least get you some perks).

Don’t believe me? Stay tuned next week for when I let you in on some retail survivor tips.

Shelley Holmgren is a senior journalism major.

She can be reached at 581-7942 or DENopinions@gmail.com.

Shelley Holmgren

Shelley vs. the Heffalump Cuppy Cake Saboteur

LET TERS TO THE EDITOR

The state of Illinois has cut off the dead-line to accept applications for the Mone-tary Award Program grant. Students who are eligible for the award but did not apply until after March 13 will not receive the need-based financial grant.

We previously ran an editorial encourag-ing students to fill out their Federal Appli-cation for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible because we were aware of the Illinois’ precarious situation.

Hopefully many students took the advice of the office of financial aid and filed their FAFSA early.

Some students may have not taken our suggestion and will not receive a MAP grant for next academic year. But there is little use in feeling sorry for yourself, other than to buy a calendar and mark next year’s deadline in big, bold, permanent marker. For now, it is time to start looking at other possible solutions.

The director of the office of financial aid, Jerry Donna, said he will help students look at other possibilities such as fami-ly savings, student loans and community scholarships.

Students should immediately start look-ing at these options and start enlisting the help of the office of financial aid to ensure they will be able to stay enrolled at East-ern.

First and foremost, any help students can get from their families is great. Find out if parents or relatives can spare any extra cash. Even if students have to repay it, relatives tend to charge less interest than banks or the government.

The other source of free money is schol-arships. There are plenty of scholarships out there, one just has to invest the time in finding and applying for them.

Some have particular eligibility require-ments, some are very general. Many require a submitted application that details the students experience and accomplishments. Several require an essay of some sort, which is good news for students who have mas-tered the art. Start looking into communi-ty scholarships back home. Some towns or local businesses offer scholarships to resi-dents.

Students could start looking at scholar-ships in their departments at Eastern. Most departments offer scholarships to hard-working, promising students. Talk to peo-ple in the department or check its website for eligibility requirements.

There are a lot of websites that list national scholarships. These tend to take more time and have stiffer competition, but might be well worth the trouble.

If all else fails, one can still get a loan. But the less one borrows, the less debt one will drag off the stage on graduation day.

For most people, it is better to graduate with debt than not at all. Missing the dead-line isn’t a reason to despair, it’s a reason to get to work now on next year’s tuition.

Absentee ballots also an option for students

I’m glad The DEN point-ed out the low turnout the recent Illinois primary in a Thursday, March 22, edi-torial, “Low turnout unac-ceptable in November.”

I believe that everyone, especially students, should exercise their right to vote.

However, the Editorial Board didn’t explain about another method students have to vote: absentee bal-lots.

Illinois allows voters to file an absentee ballot with-out a reason as to why they can’t make it to their lo-cal polling place. The State Board of Elections has forms on its website that students can mail in to re-quest an absentee ballot be

sent to their dorm, apart-ment, etc.

I have done this both in the 2010 elections and this year’s primary.

Students may care more about their hometown pol-itics than Charleston’s, and considering they will even-tually go home and possi-bly continue to live in their home districts after East-ern, they have a stake in those local elections.

It should be known that students don’t have to choose between registering in Coles County and not voting at all.

Steve Anderson

Junior political science major

The dialectics of deviance [is] as fol-lows; first it’s sex, then food, followed by deviant behavior within the par-adigm, after the material mix of ac-cumulated symbiotic dirt and water, known as “mother.”

With “father” sky as a minor, but important, player, e.g. warm blood vs. cold.

Sex and food, the main players for all life and its evolution and acquisi-tion of both requires a study on prac-tice of deviant behavior, no matter how minute.

Matter, motion, and heat produce and reproduce all aspects of existence on this planet.

Only the well-fed and sexed survive into proactive existence, those who cannot disappear, as Darwin implies.

Well-fed means strength, and strength means aggression across a broad spectrum of deviant behavior to lay claim and use of everything accu-mulated in that activity.

Every species, known and unknown, are driven by deviance and an unsatis-fied lust to acquire and then store for the fearful unknown natural events that could, and will intervene, because the future is dictated by the past as a rote process of continuity, predilection and quantum reality within every form of material existence, excepting materi-al cannibalism.

Movement i.e. “a self-contained in-ner section of an extended composi-tion,” including nomadic behaviors and scavenging; a rudimentary practice by any entity with continuity capabil-ities, while constructing a “better” de-viance and a resulting “steadier” pow-er structure by any given, extant, liv-ing species.

Those who do not follow the para-digm become extinct.

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The University Board Singer-Songwriter contest “EIU’s Rising Star” will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the 7th Street Un-derground in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Danny Turano, the vice chair for the University Board, said the competitors will be performing pieces that they wrote for audi-ence members.

“It allows students to get their voice out there (and) to do some-thing they are passionate about,” Turano said.

Turano said it is a good event to see what other students can do.

“I think it’s going to be a great event for students to get their songs heard and the their voice out to the campus to show what they can do,” Turano said.

The competitors will be judged on creativity, performance, as well as other areas.

The winner of the compet i -tion will receive a music package that includes free studio time with professional musician and a free photo shoot.

“It’s a great event for those who are trying to get into the music business,” Turano said.

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Students to perform at singer-songwriter competition

MODELING, from page 1

Hotwagner said some of the pre-ferred features were: a calendar that combined all events and noti-fications of organizations, the abil-ity to send mass text messages to members, an attendance tracker that also records how long some-one was a member of an organi-zation, the capacity to post differ-ent documents and finance infor-mation, as well as website building feature.

The implementation process varied from two months to a year, and department willingness de-pended on if an online community

management system was already in place or not, he said.

“From the feedback, I found that students had an easier time transitioning to the system than faculty and staff, which might be because students are more apt to adapt to technology, and those I contacted had different opinions on what the most useful aspect was,” Hotwagner said.

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“The state of Illinois is in a bad position so it can’t pay its bills,” Millers said.

Despite the current economic situation within the state, Miller said Illinois should focus more of its budget and resources on educa-tion and human services.

Sean Cal l ihan, a senior spe-cial education major, said he does not receive financial aid or MAP grants, but his younger brother who attends private school does.

Callihan said it would be much harder for his brother to attend school if he did not receive the MAP grant.

Callihan said he was a under the impression the state of Illinois

would extend the deadline after the state reevaluated their finan-cial state.

Glenn Herring, a graduate stu-dent, said he applied for financial aid as a part of his graduate assis-tantship.

“Illinois doesn’t see it as mis-managing, they see it as appropri-ate,” Herring said. “The students are not the focus here.”

Kathryn Richter can be reached at 581-2812 or kjrichter@eiu.edu.

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Winner to receive free studio time, photo shoot

“Zumba is catchy, and not a lot of people know what Zumba is or have experienced it,” she said. “It’s fun and something people will easily get hooked on.”

Dabney Wright, a junior health studies major, said Thursday is one of the sorority’s fun days.

The soror i ty wi l l be hav ing a social at Dirty's Bar and Grill from 8-10 p.m. and will be sell-ing presale wristbands for $2, and will be $3 at the door.

The wristband will be for drink and food specials at Dirty's.

The money f rom the wr i s t -bands will be going to the waiters and bartenders.

Wright said attendees must be 21 and older to drink, but there will be mocktails for people that are under 21.

Tickets can be purchased from any Zeta Phi Beta member.

A party at the University Ball-

room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University will take place on Friday called “The Finer Things,” and will cost $3 for general public and $2 for Greeks.

Margery Scott, a junior fam-i ly consumer and sciences ma-jor, said attendees are expected to dress up.

“Since it’s entitled ‘The Finer Things,’ we do prefer people dress to impress,” she said.

The Union party will start at 10 p.m. and close at 1:45 a.m. or until it reaches capacity.

On their last day of Z-HOPE Week, the sorority will be having a barbeque and collaboration with Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity titled “Diamond Blue Barbeque.”

Scott said there will fun games for attendees.

The event is from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday at the Campus Pond.

Scott said everyone is welcome

to come and have a great t ime with Zeta Phi Beta sorority.

Toni Porter can be reached at 581-2812 or tkporter@eiu.edu.

WEEK, from page 1

DANNY DAMIANI | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSEdwina Frazier, a senior health studies major, stands handcuffed to the light pole in the Library Quad to try and raise money during Zeta Phi Beta's fundraiser "Bail for Babies" to support March of Dimes on Monday. Each mem-ber had a goal of raising $50 before they could be freed from the handcuffs.

“It was really fun,” Livingston said. “People already tell me I look and act like her so it was fun.”

Natalie Nunn from season four of the Bad Girls Club, came out after-wards to host the show.

“The show was great,” Nunn said. “GLAM did a really good job. I was entertained. It felt like walking back on my campus.”

Nunn graduated from the Universi-ty of Southern California with bache-lor’s in communications and sociology.

Mitchell said she loved the idea of F.A.M.E. University.

“I think the title is really neat,” Mitchell said. “I think it’s kind of cool that they are taking people to GLAM school.”

GLAM president Jeremy Nowell, a

junior journalism major and, said he was happy with the show’s turnout.

Nowell also said he does not mind being busy because he is able to do what he loves. “Hopefully, one day this will be a career field that I’m able to go into,” Nowell said.

Monique Hampton, a sophomore communication studies major and GLAM model, said being in GLAM helped her remember why she loves modeling.

“I used to do modeling for about five years before I came to college,” Hampton said. “It’s like painting a masterpiece and you just see every-thing come to life.”

Nowell said he was happy with the show.

“This just shows that when a group

works collectively together, it really pays off,” Nowell said.

Sharita Harris can be reached at 581-2812 or

saharris2@eiu.edu.

“It’s fun and something people will easily get hooked on.” Dabney Wright, junior health studies major

“I think it’s kind of cool that they are taking people to GLAM school.” Jeniece Mitchell, junior elementary education major

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By Erik Jensen Staff Reporter

The Eastern softball team will take on the Butler Bulldogs in a non-conference doubleheader at Williams Field today at 4 p.m.

Eastern, who enters the game with an overall record of 12-12, is looking to build on its recent split against Missouri State. Butler will arrive at Williams Field with an overall record of 5-19.

Eastern head coach Kim Schuette said sophomore ace Stephanie Maday will take the mound in game one against the Bulldogs. Maday has been a rock for the Panthers this year, and will enter Tues-day’s match-up with a record of 8-6 and a 2.31 ERA.

Butler will likely throw sophomore Leah Bry. Bry is 2-8 for the year with an ERA of 4.20 in 71.2 inning of work.

Schuette said she is happy with her team’s performance off the base paths this year, but feels it could still improve. The same holds true for its defense, but Schuette would like to see it solid for the entire game.

“We are running the bases pretty well this year, but we are still working on a few little things,” Schuette said. “We want to play a full game of good, solid defense, getting the lead out when possi-ble but a sure out when needed.”

Schuette has a clear goal of her expec-tations for Tuesday’s game against Butler.

“We would like to limit the base runners getting to second, or even past there,” Schuette said. “But if they do, we need to tighten up our defense to make the routine plays while making sure to get outs. We are working really hard on

seeing the whole ball in the batter’s box and really working hard at putting the ball in a play with a nice, easy swing.”

The Panthers play at the plate has picked up recently as they have begun to put more runs on the scoreboard.

Freshman sensation Bailey O’Dell continues to be the team’s star at the

plate. She will enter Tuesday’s games with a .416 batting average, three homeruns and 17 RBI. She has also ac-counted for roughly one fifth of Eastern’s 156 hits on the season with 32 by her-self.

Junior Melise Brown has a .416 bat-ting average for the season to go along

with 8 RBIs and six stolen bases.Sophomore Carly Willert, junior

Ally Seplak, junior Abby Wood and se-nior Hayley Pieper have also improved their hitting in the recent games. Will-ert enters Tuesday with a .277 batting average. Seplak has been a pleasant sur-prise for the team with her .333 batting

average. Wood and Pieper have both hit well in the past few games, and both en-ter the Butler games with a batting aver-age of .261.

Erik Jensen can be reached at 581-7942 or eajensen@eiu.edu.

Panthers ready themselves for games against ButlerSOFTBALL

DANNY DAMIANI | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSSIU-Edwardsville’s senior outfielder Lindsey Barron makes it past senior catcher Hailee Hanna to score the Cougar’s first run of the ninth inning during the first game a doubleheader Wednesday at Williams Field. Eastern lost the first game 4-0 but won the second game 4-1.

BASEBALL, from page 8The Panthers have also had tre-

mendous success in home openers, recording a record of 26-4 since becoming a NCAA Division I par-ticipant in 1982. Under skipper Jim Schimtz the Panthers are 16-1 in home openers. Eastern will be looking to add to its home success by knocking off its second nation-ally-ranked opponent after beating No. 14 Louisville 3-2 on Feb. 28.

Eastern head coach Jim Schmitz will turn to freshman right-hander Andrew Grahn to keep the Billik-ens offensive attack in check. Saint Louis enters today’s game with a team batting average of .304, and have six players hitting above .300 who have tallied 50 or more plate appearances. For the season Grahn has posted an ERA of 2.81, but has had limited run support, going 0-2 in five appearances (three starts).

On the mound, the Panthers could be the team that can si -lent the Billikens bats as they en-ter the game with the best ERA in the OVC. Eastern has recorded a team ERA of 2.77, which is more than two points lower than the sec-ond-best pitching staff in the con-ference. Austin Peay has recorded a team ERA of 4.90, good for sec-ond in the OVC.

Offensively, the Panthers contin-ue to struggle to score, recording a team batting average of .228 as only junior second baseman Ryan Dineen and sophomore catcher Ja-cob Reese boast averages above the .300 mark.

“On the offensive side, we have a lot of guys that aren’t carrying their weight, and its really wearing on the guys,” Schmitz said. “We have to make some lineup chang-es, and we have a lot of guys hit-ting under .200. We really need to make decisions and find a lineup that can work.”

Dineen is leading the offen-sive attack with a .361 batting av-erage to go a long with nine RBI’s and a team-best eight stolen bases. Dineen also leads the team in hits (26), total bases (31), walks (12) and strikeouts (3). Reese has also been putting up solid numbers, hitting .310 with 10 RBI’s and a team-best six doubles. He has also been solid behind the plate throw-ing out 12 base runners this sea-son.

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Staff Report

Alfonzo McKinnie has transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, according to an article in the Green Bay Press Gazette.

The sophomore forward will have to sit out the 2012-13 season due to eligibili-

ty rules. McKinnie will join former East-ern assistant coach Chrys Cornelius, cur-rently an assistant at University of Wiscon-sin-Green Bay and former Marshall High School teammate Keifer Sykes.

McKinnie averaged 10.2 points per game, along with seven rebounds for the Panthers last season.

McKinnie transferring to Wisconsin-Green Bay

Staff Report

The Dino Babers era will offi-cially begin as Eastern’s football team will begin its spring prac-tice today at O’Brien Field.

B y N C A A r u l e , t h e P a n t h e r s a r e a l l o w e d 1 5 practices throughout the spring semester. The practice sessions will include two team scrim-mages before playing the annu-al spring game on April 28 at 6 p.m., at O’Brien Field.

Babers announced that the two scrimmages will take place on Saturday, April 14 and Satur-day, April 21. These games will begin in the morning, but an of-

ficial time has yet to be deter-mined.

Panthers set to begin practiceNotable Spring Dates

• Tuesday, March 27- First practice• Saturday, April 14- First scrimmage game• Saturday, April 21- Second scrimmage game• Saturday, April 28- First game

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Jay Spoonhour

Staff Report

Jay Spoonhour, the first of f ive f inal i s ts for the Eastern men’s basketball coaching posi-tion, will appear on campus for a public interview today at 4 p.m. in the Lantz Arena Club Room.

S p o o n h o u r i s c u r r e n t -ly the head coach of Mober-ly Area Community College in

Mis sour i . He l ed the Grey-hounds to a 22-8 record, losing in the NJCAA Region 16 Tour-nament. Spoonhour has been the team’s head coach for the past three seasons.

As a head coach at the junior col lege level , Spoonhour has won 100 games, including the NJCAA National Champion-ship in 2001 with Wabash Val-ley College.

Spoonhour has also coached at Missouri, UNLV, Saint Lou-is, Texas-San Antonio and Val-paraiso.

By Jordan Pottorff Assistant Sports Editor

Eastern’s baseball team will play their first game at Coaches Stadi-um against a nationally-ranked op-ponent after beginning the season with a 21-game road trip. The Pan-thers enter the home opener with an overall record of 8-13, and post a 1-2 record in Ohio Valley Con-ference play.

The Panthers will host Atlan-tic 10 foe and No. 30 Saint Lou-is today at 3 p.m., and will look to avenge the 7-2 loss that the Billik-ens handed the Panthers in their 2011 matchup. The Billikens en-ter the game riding a program-best 13-game winning streak and have not suffered a loss since March 3.

For the all-time series, the Pan-thers hold a 23-19 lead, having won 12 of the 19 contests played at Coaches Stadium.

Spoonhour to appear First of 5 head coach interviews begins today

Babers announces spring football schedule

Panthers to face second nationally- ranked opponent

Panthers to host No. 30 Saint Louis in home opener

DANNY DAMIANI | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSSophomore forward Alfonzo McKinnie dunks the ball during Eastern's game against Maine in Lantz Arena Nov. 30. McKinnie has decided to transfer to the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay, where he will have to sit out for the 2012-2013 season because of eligibility rules.

Staff Report

The cha rge s o f agg r ava t -ed mob action and aggravat-ed battery against red-shirt ju-

n ior wide rece iver Malco lm Jackson were dropped at his March 19 court date. Jackson is currently facing a Class-A Mis-demeanor-Interference with a

Police Officer. Jackson had orig-inally been charged with aggra-vated mob action and aggravated battery on Feb. 26 following an incident at McAfee Gym.

Jackson’s charges droppedUPDATE

BASEBALL

AUDREY SAWYER | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WSRed-shirt senior first baseman T.J. McManus reaches for the ball to get an out April 12, 2011, during the baseball team’s game against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at Grimes Field in Mattoon. The Panthers will host No. 30 Saint Louis today at 3 p.m. at Coaches Stadium.BASEBALL, page 7