A county judge this week ruled this week that Eastern must release the majority of its re-cords involving its former director of the EKU Center for the Arts, Debra Hoskins.

Hoskins resigned last June after a host of complaints surfaced about her tenure as man-ager.

Hoskins and the university have 14 days to appeal the ruling or they will be compelled to turn over documents to the Lexington Herald-Leader, which originally sought the documents under a Freedom of Information request.

Attorneys representing Hoskins and East-ern both said neither party had decided whether they would appeal the ruling.

Th e documents sought by the Herald-Leader related to her tenure as director of the new $33 million facility, which opened last year. Hoskins resigned last year in June af-ter university offi cials overseeing the Center sought to have her fi red but were rebuff ed by the community operations board that oversees the center.

Previously withheld documents were re-leased in March included in the documents internal audit report, which detailed the mis-handling of credit card information, compli-mentary tickets, the underpayment of acts performing at the Center, overpayment of ser-vice contracts, issues with the Center’s procard and the sale and storage of alcoholic beverag-es.

Earlier this year, the university and Hoskins

Eastern has a new faculty regent as of Friday.

Amy Th ieme, an associate professor in the department of communications, beat the incumbent faculty regent, Malcolm Frisbie, in a run-off election. Th ieme received 293 votes, or 72 per-cent of the votes and Frisbie received 116 votes or 28 percent of the votes.

Bob Johnson, co-chair of the Elec-tions and University Nominations Committee, said the voter turnout was an improvement compared to past re-gent elections because of contributing factors such as the reallocations and upcoming change in presidency.

Th ieme said she has received a lot of congratulations and support from fac-ulty and fellow candidates who she said “showed a lot of character.”

She said Frisbie was the fi rst person she heard from after the election re-sults were made public and said “there is nothing but good-feelings between the two of them.”

“I really appreciate the work that Malcolm has put forth serving on the Board of Regents over the last six years,” Th ieme said. “Th at’s a big commitment and he and I share the same passion for

Th e Strategic Budget Reallo-cation Task Force addressed re-ports regarding specifi c areas that have been up for review on Tuesday.

An email sent by the task force said “the suggested areas had be identifi ed by the Task Force, the Financial and Strate-

gic Planning and Joint Council, and the campus at large via the Budget Task Force email and survey site.”

Th e Work Unit Reorganiza-tion plan is currently under dis-cussion and is to be completed by the end of April. Each unit is set to receive the information regarding job cuts and is set to be provided while the Volun-tary Buyout is still available.

Th e Voluntary Buyout plan

period ends May 20 and em-ployees whose positions are eliminated can apply online for other positions within the uni-versity.

Th e email also addressed concerns regarding the tuition waiver program and listed a number of proposed chang-es that included decreasing the number of credit hours to nine per term and allowing employ-ees to transfer nine credit hours

to spouses or children.Th e original tuition waiv-

er would have decreased credit hours to six per term and create a set rate for tuition waived.

According to the email, the changes would result in over $1 million in savings.

Th e Progress will be mak-ing updates online as they are made available at www.eastern-progress.com.

First Lady Michelle Obama has been announced as one of the keynote speakers at East-ern’s graduation ceremony.

Obama will be speaking at the College of Business and Technology and College of Ed-ucation commencement cere-mony.

Marc Whitt, university spokesperson, said the White House contacted Eastern about the opportunity to have Obama speak at commencement.

“We were contacted by the White House and advised that the fi rst lady had become aware

of EKU’s status as a military-friendly institution and of our No. 1 ranking in terms of pro-grams and services for veter-ans,” Whitt said.

Obama will be speaking as part of her Joining Forces ini-tiative, which supports veter-ans and military families.

Eastern has been ranked by several publications, including Military Times EDGE and G.I. Jobs, as one of the most veter-an-friendly universities in the country.

Eastern President Doug Whitlock said he felt a heavy sense of pride when he was contacted.

“Mainly I was tremendous-ly honored that someone in

Washington, particularly in the White House, had noticed what we were doing to serve the vet-erans,” Whitlock said. “She had become aware of what we were doing at Eastern Kentucky Uni-versity.”

Obama will be receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

“When we found out that she was interested in coming here, I asked if she was interest-ed in receiving an honorary de-gree,” Whitlock said.

Whitlock said there was an-other commencement speaker in the works, but he dropped out before Obama contacted the university.

He said the timeliness was

“serendipity” and could not have come at a more opportune time.

Details about security at the event are not being disclosed at this time.

According to a press re-lease, guests will be required to go through security screenings similar to that encountered at airports.

“Guests can anticipate heightened security measures,” Whitt said.

Jade Miles, 22, graduating communication studies major from Louisville, said she was in disbelief when she heard the news.

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First Lady Michelle Obama will be speaking at the College of Business and Technology and College of Education commencement ceremony May 11.

Sarah Carpenter and Steven Brad-ford have been offi cially named the Student Government Association (SGA) election winners.

With a total of 671 votes, Carpen-

ter and Bradford beat out two oth-er executive slates on Tuesday night. Th e newly elected duo said they look forward to tackling their platform is-sues head-on.

One of the fi rst things Bradford said they want to work on as part of their initiatives is the use of fl ex dol-lars off campus.

Th is would allow students to choose if they want to spend fl ex on or off campus.

“We’ll have an on campus fl ex

portion of the meal plan and an off campus fl ex portion of the meal plan,” Carpenter said.

Th ey are also planning on sup-porting the new advising model that has proposed professional advisers help students rather than faculty.

“We’re defi nitely in support of the new advising model,” Carpenter said. “Just because the current administra-tion is in support of it, doesn’t mean

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CARPENTER AND BRADFORD WON THE SGA ELECTION BY 155 VOTES TUESDAY.

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Sarah Carpenter hugs friends gathered in the Powell Student Center after hearing the election results, Tuesday.

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Sarah Carpenter & Steven Bradford 671Dan Hendrickson & Kourtney Chrisman 516Jacob Wright & Megan Holloway 395

Ryan Poynter 320

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Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Event provides students with adventure � me before fi nalsTh e Adventure Program will host

its third annual “Paddle at Lake Reba day” from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday April 28 at the Lake Reba recreation-al complex off Gibson Bay Drive.

Th e Adventure Program will al-low Eastern students and faculty who are members of the campus rec-reation center to paddle the lake free of cost with proof of a valid Eastern ID. Four canoes and four kayaks will be available for use that day.

“We use this day to raise and promote awareness about Adven-ture Program and the rental center at Presnell building,” Chris Cantrell, a 22-year-old junior from Stanford, studying recreation and parks ad-ministration said. He has been with Adventure Program for three years, and Cantrell is the rental center and equipment manager for with the Ad-venture Program.

Th e event functions to bring awareness about the inexpensive re-sources available to members of the Fitness and Wellness center, $15 a day for a kayak, and $12 a day for a canoe, Cantrell said it is a time to re-lax from the end of the year stress with your friends and the “light-hearted” Adventure Program staff .

Cantrell said it is rare for some-one to tip a canoe or a kayak in the lake unless it’s an Adventure Pro-gram staff member.

“We joke around a lot,” Cantrell said, referring to his co-workers. “And if you do tip your boat, we will paddle out and rescue you.”

Cantrell said participatns should wear comfortable clothes they won’t mind getting wet or dirty. Th ose who don’t want to get out on the water, can fi sh off the banks or enjoy free hamburgers and hot dogs at the pic-nic area, courtesy of the Adventure Program faculty.

Whether an experienced kayaker or a beginner, Adventure Program invites students, faculty and staff to attend this end of the year social to celebrate another great year of ad-venture.

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March 29 n A student reported the theft

of his car audio equipment, val-ued at $1,700. Th e student said someone entered his vehicle, via the rear zippered window on his Jeep Wrangler to steal the audio equipment. He said the vehicle was parked in the Lan-caster Lot from 6:30 a.m. March 29 until 4:10 p.m. March 30.

April 2 n Two students reported in-

struments stolen from their lockers in the Foster Building valued at $6,000. A saxophone belonging to one of the students and a trumpet and saxophone belonging to the university were

taken some time between 11 p.m. March 28 and 1:15 p.m. April 2.

April 3

n A faculty member reported her Blackberry phone valued at $700 stolen from a comput-er docking station in a room in the Burrier Building. Th e fac-ulty member said she was us-ing the phone to time presen-tations and she left the phone near where students were turn-ing in papers. Th e phone was taken while she was gathering her belongings.

April 5

n Brandon Guy was charged with felony receiving of sto-len property after a student re-ported the theft of his Xbox and laptop valued at $1,350. Th e student said Guy and another perpetrator took his residence hall room key while he was in the shower. When he returned to his room the laptop and Xbox had been taken. Th e stu-dent also said $45 had just been

charged to his credit card at a local convenience store.

April 8

n Brandon Guy was charged with second degree disorder-ly conduct after he pulled a fi re alarm in Martin Hall. Th e fi re alarm was pulled at 6:58 p.m. Shortly after the alarm was pulled, witnesses identifi ed Guy as the culprit. According to po-lice about 100 people had to be evacuated from the residence hall as a result of the false alarm. Guy was detained in relation to charges from April 5.

April 9 n A student reported her bag

stolen from the Samuels Track while she was running. Th e stu-dent said she set her bag down near the track and while she was running, two women were near the track’s bleachers. When she returned to retrieve her bag, she noticed that her phone, wallet and other accessories had been stolen. Th e total value of the bag’s contents was $361.

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11 a.m.Women’s Tennisv. Austin PeayPaducah 1 p.m.Softballv. Southeast MissouriCape Girardeau, Mo. 4 p.m.FootballSpring GameRichmond

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12:20Wednesday Workshop:How to be a SuccesssfulCo-op/InternWhitlock Building 463 8 p.m.EKU Theatre Presents:VanitiesGifford Theatre 8 p.m.Symphonic BandEKU Center for the Arts

2 p.m.Softballv. Northern KentuckyRichmond 3 p.m.Baseballv. Indiana UniversityBloomington, Ind. 6 p.m.Elijah PughGraduate TrumpetBrock Auditorium 8 p.m.Horn Ensemble ConcertBrock Auditorium

All DayWomen’s Golfv. Eastern IllinoisRichmond 3 p.m.Camry MasonFoster 100 7 p.m.Fletcher KauffmanGraduate PercussionBrock Auditorium

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“My friend had actual-ly told me about it and I didn’t believe her at fi rst,” Miles said. “I feel very honored to have Michelle Obama coming to speak at my graduation.”

Spencer Barrett, 22, graduating public rela-tions major from Lan-caster, said he thinks the opportunity to hear Obama speak will be special for everyone in-volved.

“I am really excited about it,” Barrett said. “I think it’s an excellent op-portunity for students and their families. A lot of people really don’t get the opportunity to hear a big speaker like this.”

Th ose participating in commencement will be permitted six tickets each.

Students, as well as the general public, can chose to enter a lottery online, which will allot up to two tickets per person.

“Students can go on-line and complete a form,” Whitt said. “Th ey will be notifi ed in terms of those that were selected.”

All lottery submis-sions are due 4:30 p.m. May 3. Th ose selected should be noticed by May 6.

Students can pick up tickets from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on April 22 to May 3 at the Athletic Ticket Offi ce. Th e offi ce will have extended hours until 7 p.m. April 22.

Allison Sernulka, se-nior offi ce associate for the College of Business and Technology, said stu-dents must pick the tick-ets themselves.

“It has to be the stu-dent and they have to have their ID,” Sernulka said.

Th e commencement ceremony will also be streamed live at the EKU Center for the Arts. No tickets are required to at-tend the live streaming.

Commencement will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11 in Alumni Coli-seum.

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the faculty and the students, so that’s why all fi ve candi-dates ran.”

She said one of the biggest challenges she foresees, as a regent, is the reallocation of the $23 million in the university budget.

Johnson said both elections went smoothly even with some regular bumps in the road throughout the process with no major problems occurring.

Frisbie said he looks forward to con-tinuing his faculty role within the depart-ment of biological sciences.

He said he still wants to make sure that the faculty has their voice heard on cam-pus.

“I think the university is at a very exciting time in its history, it’s a challenging time to be sure, but the univer-sity is poised to make some changes that are going to put it in a much stronger position for the future and its going

to take work on everybody’s part: administration, faculty, the board and yeah, I absolutely want to be part of that,” Frisbie said.

Frisbie said it was a great experience and it was a privi-lege to serve the faculty on the board of regents over the last six years.

Frisbie said as a regent, Th ime must “be herself and not be afraid to argue positions from using her heart and her head.”

“It’s a really good board,” Frisbie said. “Th e other board members are very much plugged in, very interested in the universi-ty, very interested in seeing the university succeed and do good things for students, so I think she is about to go to work with a great group of people that are really going to push Eastern forward.”

Th ieme said she hopes to serve the fac-ulty who elected her and set up faculty fo-

rums to make sure the faculty has its voice heard. “My legacy, so to speak, is people will look back and

say ‘I’m glad I voted for her: she listened to our concerns, she heard our concerns and she represented us well on this board,’” Th ieme said.

THIEME

Th e newly appointed ethics ad-ministrator for the Student Gov-ernment Association (SGA) said extra strides were taken leading up to Tuesday’s election.

Michael Deaton, 21, biology pre-med major from Dearborn, Mich., was appointed as ethics adminis-

trator Friday through a majority in branch vote.

Deaton said the ethics admin-istrator is the only position which changes seats during the spring term, prior to SGA elections.

Deaton said his responsibili-ties include evaluating inner-de-partmental complaints, arranging forms committees, and assist with the elections committee.

Deaton said strides were taken to prevent the type of miscommu-nication in past elections answering any questions the candidates had.

“We wanted to ensure clean, ef-fi cient and fast elections,” Deaton said.

Deaton said 11 people were ini-tially interested in the position which was reduced to eight. Th e top three were nominated by the

four branches within SGA and nar-rowed to two candidates.

Deaton said changes were sug-gested in the SGA’s recent congres-sional proposals that would change the date of appointment for ethics administrator from the spring se-mester to the fall semester.

Th e goal of the proposed chang-es was to give the ethics adminis-trator nearly a year of experience

prior to elections rather than elec-tions being their incoming respon-sibility.

Deaton said he feels honored to be selected for the position and plans to do the job to the best of his ability and remain unbiased and fair. He said his offi ce will have an open-door policy and anyone is welcome to discuss any issues con-cerning SGA.

The 30th anniversary conference of the Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education (KAB-HE) was held at Eastern Sunday through Tuesday.

The event brought more than 200 people which in-cluded students, faculty and administrators from throughout the state.

“The KABHE is a sup-port system for African Americans in the profes-sional field,” said Sandra Moore, the associate pro-vost for diversity planning. “The location of the con-ference rotates between places in the southeast re-gion. This is our [EKU] fifth time hosting the con-ference.”

Roger Cleveland, pro-fessor at Eastern and the keynote speaker at Tues-day night’s dinner, said he “wanted to keep the focus

on African American lead-ership.”

Cleveland said he speaks all over the world about “equity, diversity, leadership”, but “speaking for family [Eastern] is pret-ty special”.

He spoke about building leadership capacity within the organization and then how to sustain it among generations.

Ella Campbell, social studies teacher at Madi-son Central High School said she is involved with a group called Sisters of Col-or United in Leadership (SOUL) and was invited by Eastern staff.

“We wanted to come to the conference because we wanted them to have more leadership skills,” Camp-bell said.

“At the conference we went to informational ses-sions about Professional-ism, learning how to net-work, dress for success, learning how to mentor,

and be around people of color that are in the pro-fessional field,” Campbell said. “We wanted them to know that they are pro-fessional and they do have these jobs, because these kids don’t see that a lot.”

Campbell said she en-joyed the conference as it helps to build community and communication and the workshops were very

beneficial for her students and helped to build confi-dence. She said it gave her students a chance to meet college students and gain some insight into various careers.

“We all really enjoyed it and I think it was a positive experience for them, they are excited for next year,” said Campbell.

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it will happen without our support as well.”

She said a new advising model is something she has received a lot of feedback on from students during her campaign.

“It’s not the advisers fault,” Car-penter said. “It’s just that we need a new layout, basically a new advising model.”

“It will take the stress off the teachers,” Bradford said.

Senate is currently doing a by-law revision that will “change the appropriations process extensively” Carpenter said.

She said the appropriations pro-cess will be better for registered student organizations (RSOs) if the bylaws are passed next week.

Another major initiative they plan on tackling is student involve-ment and school spirit.

“We just want to increase the use of eRanks and possibly have a maroon Monday,” Bradford said.

Carpenter said a student in her class came up with the idea of a Maroon Monday to help make the school spirit found on Power of Maroon Day last all year.

Additionally, Carpenter said they are looking forward to work-ing with the newly elected Eastern President Michael Benson.

“We think that because we’re go-ing to be the fi rst Student Govern-

ment Association administration that he’s going to work with, I think that he is going to be really excited about that and be really supportive of us,” Carpenter said.

She said one of their goals is to be the student voice when it comes to reallocating the $23 million.

“Th is is not exactly in our con-trol,” Carpenter said. “But we hope to help with it.”

Carpenter said fi ve to seven dif-ferent SGA administrations have been working on the Fitness and Wellness expansion.

“It’s so important that we don’t just let their ideas fall through the cracks just because they left,” Car-penter said. “You only have a year to be president, for most students, you get a year to change this university

the best you can and if things don’t get accomplished then the next ad-ministration can pick it back up.”

Bradford said he thinks East-ern enrollment will be going up with the recent publicity of Mi-chelle Obama coming to speak at the spring commencement and the new Eastern president.

“Benson’s coming here, I just think enrolment is going to increase any ways because EKU is just going to get better,” Bradford said.

“We also think the advising pol-icy will help with retention because if students have the support that they need and are able to graduate in four years I feel like they’ll actual-ly stick around,” Carpenter said.

Another initiative Carpenter and Bradford are looking at is work-

ing on a new student center wheth-er that may be renovating the Pow-ell Student Center or expanding it to take the place of McGregor Hall.

Carpenter said they have also discussed getting a referendum about the new student center but on a ballot for students to vote on.

“We have some good ideas but we really just want to do what’s best for the student perspective,” Car-penter said.

Overall, Carpenter and Bradford said they are ready to begin their SGA administration.

“We just appreciate all the sup-port we got from the student body,” Carpenter said. “We’re just ready to have a great relationship with the students.”

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The Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education conference attracted more than 200 people to the event.

released some of the documents concerning her tenure, many of which highlighted concerns about the center’s questionable handling of customer’s credit card numbers and information from her former employer, Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts in Danville.

But several documents were withheld by Eastern, which cited a confi dentiality agreement with Hoskins and claimed that releasing

the remaining documents would vi-olate that agreement.

Madison County Circuit Judge William G. Clouse Jr. met with at-torneys for Eastern, Hoskins and the Herald-Leader on Tuesday to weigh whether the remaining doc-uments would need to be disclosed and what information could be re-dacted to protect the privacy of people unrelated to the case.

Ephraim Helton, an attorney representing Hoskins, said there were between 19 and 23 documents in dispute. And at a previous hear-ing on April 11, Judge Clouse said the only way he could address the

situation was to see the records and he would rule on each record indi-vidually.

Kif Skidmore, the attorney rep-resenting the Herald-Leader, said the documents related the end of Hoskins employment with Eastern will be released. Th e majority of the documents are to be given to the Herald-Leader. Some documents, however, will be excluded, such as those containing personal informa-tion of employees not related to de-cision making in the case and those that contain student information, which could run afoul with federal protections for student privacy.

“Th e judge went through each individual argument and consid-ered all parties arguments,” Skid-more said. “It was a very well-rea-soned decision.”

Peter Baniak, executive editor at the Herald-Leader, said the news-paper fi led the open records re-quest last fall and, at this point, is still waiting to learn what the docu-ments contain.

“We don’t know what’s in the documents, that’s why we feel strongly that they need to be re-leased,” Baniak said. “We feel like this information falls within the open records act and should be re-

leased so the public needs to know. EKU is a public institution, and it’s supported with public dollars. And it therefore falls under the state’s open record laws.”

Previously withheld documents were released in March included in the documents internal audit re-port, which detailed the mishan-dling of credit card information, complimentary tickets, the under-payment of acts performing at the Center, overpayment of service con-tracts, issues with the Center’s pro-card and the sale and storage of al-coholic beverages.

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Th e Residence Life Council (RLC) approved new revisions to the branch’s bylaws in its meeting Mon-day.

Th ese include a new rule that man-dates all chairs for RLC have at least one offi ce hour per week in the Stu-dent Government Association (SGA) offi ce in middle Powell.

Donovan Kearns, fi nance chair, debated the need for a mandatory of-fi ce hour. Kearns said the majority of his work is not dependent on a set of-fi ce hour, but rather when he gets in-formation.

Mariah Farran, associate vice pres-ident, said there is a need of offi ce hours to allow the RLC chairs to be more accessible to general members aside from established weekly meet-ing times.

“With the new bylaws, offi ce hours will give our branch more transparen-cy,” Farran said.

Farran said another revision to the bylaws required the associate vice president to do more tasks for RLC to hold the more accountable instead of being a fi gure.

A revision was also added capping the size of attendees possible at meet-ings in accordance with the room in which the meeting is to be held.

“We want everyone in the resi-dence halls to come to meetings, but if everyone came there would be a fi re hazard,” Farran said. “We do have a cap on the members who can vote, but people are welcome.”

Many of the other revisions ap-proved deal with the wording and grammar of the bylaws.

Kenna Middleton, director of Uni-versity Housing, was scheduled to be present at Monday’s meeting, but was unable to attend because of illness.

Eastern’s College of Educa-tion has implemented three new programs to encourage student success.

One of these programs in-cludes a peer educator pilot pro-gram launched last fall. Th is pro-gram pairs up upperclassmen education students with new ed-ucation students.

“Th is past semester we only had seven peer mentor - peer learner pairs,” said Ryan Wilson, academic adviser and peer ed-ucator coordinator for the Col-lege of Education. “Th e mentors and learners would meet once a week for at least 30 minutes and we also encouraged them to meet some place other than their dorm rooms.”

Sarah Morrow, a 21-year-old special education and elementa-ry education major from Bethel, Ohio, participated in this pro-gram as a peer mentor.

“My peer learner and I share a love for Starbucks,” Morrow said. “A typical meeting for us was spent sipping Starbucks on campus. I would start our meetings by answering any of the questions she had for me, if I didn’t have an answer for her questions I could typical-ly point her in the right direc-tion and help her fi nd someone who could. After covering what-ever business there was to cover we would sit and talk about the COE, what we liked and didn’t like, and swap stories about our favorite and least favorite classes and professors.”

Wilson said they had a 100 percent retention rate, and that all seven peer-learners returned back to Eastern this spring se-mester. He also said the group had an average of a 3.24 GPA.

Th e peer mentor positions are not paid and are completely voluntary. Th is program plans on hiring 32 peer educators dur-ing the fall semester.

“When presented with the opportunity to be a peer men-tor, I was really excited be-

cause it was something I wish I could have had my freshman year of college,” said Erin Wood, a 21-year-old special educa-tion learning behavior disorders major from Cincinnati, Ohio. “[Mentors are] someone to talk to about the typical freshman problems of being homesick and time management from some-one who had already been in my shoes instead of my peers who were going through the same is-sues with me.”

Morrow said this program

was as much of a help to her as it was to her peer learner.

“I was very fortunate to be matched with such a wonderful peer learner,” Morrow said. “We had an instant connection and got along great. I gained a friend through this experience. I look at my peer learner as an equal who could very possibly be a future coworker. It was nice to be able to share my experiences with someone, both the good and the bad, in hopes that it would help them have a better experience.”

Just like with any new pro-gram, this one worked its way through all the problems it may have ran into.

“Th e most challenging part of this experience was that this program was just taking off and our small groups of peer tutors were the fi rst ones to get this program up and running,” Wood said. “Th ere was no talking to peer educators before us or go-ing off of previous experiences. But Mr. Wilson was so helpful in meeting with us for progress checks every two weeks and let-ting us know what topics to cov-

er during our sessions and how to make our meetings eff ective.”

Another program the Col-lege of Education is putting into the works is the placement of fi rst-time freshman education majors in partnerships for their fi rst and second semesters. Th is would mean they would place students in classes that had oth-er education majors in them as well.

“We would place the students in a couple of the same classes, to give them someone familiar to study with or ask questions to if they have trouble,” Wilson said. “We would try to pair some of them in classes such as EDF 103, EDO 100, ENG 101, and the appropriate math course.”

Th e last program the Col-lege of Education is executing is the requirement of all fi rst-time freshman education majors who live on campus to live in a liv-ing learning community (LLC). Wilson said right now the LLC for education majors is located in McGregor, but will expand to Commonwealth as well in the fall. “We just really want the stu-dents to make connections with one another,” Wilson said. “We want to help them adjust to col-lege as easily as possible.”

Wilson also said that he hopes other colleges within Eastern Kentucky University start doing programs such as these.

“My goal for our programs, if they prove to be successful, is that is creates a model for other EKU colleges and departments,” Wilson said. “It doesn’t cost any-thing, so I don’t see why not to do it. I do admit, it’s a lot of ex-tra work, but I want everyone to know we are willing to put in ex-tra time to help students.”

Wilson said all of these pro-grams are a collective eff ort from the department to help with student success and reten-tion. He referred to the College of Education as the “COE fami-ly,” and wanted the same for the education students with the im-plementation of these programs. He said he wants the education students to feel like they were in a family connection atmosphere.

Th e New Science Building is cur-rently undergoing the fi rst instal-lation in Kentucky of a Sunpreme “SmartSilicon” solar panel system.

Th ese new-generation solar pan-els provide constant monitoring sta-tistics of the output, effi ciency, and energy production of the system.

Th is $10,337 project was made available with help from a Bluegrass PRIDE grant.

“While the energy savings these panels will produce is likely to be relatively small, as a demonstration it off ers a prime opportunity for the campus community and the region to learn more about the potential for solar energy, and to consider how solar might fi t into our energy mix

in the future,” said Alice Jones, Re-sponsible Environmental Steward-ship program director and geogra-phy professor.

Real-time monitoring will pro-vide continuous performance data. Th is data will be used for research and educational purposes.

Eventually, student Green Am-bassadors will translate the data into graphs, tables and other visu-al data that will be displayed on the fl at screen monitors used for depart-mental announcements located on each fl oor of the New Science Build-ing.

Th e solar panels will be installed on the third fl oor roof over the phys-ics section of the building. Th e pan-els can be seen from the fourth and fi fth levels of the building, as well as the sidewalk leading to the Brockton commuter parking lot.

Th anks to a new initiative by the Ken-tucky Agricultural Commission, Kentucky Proud and Eastern have teamed up to make locally produced food and other products available to students.

A ceremonial ribbon cutting took place Monday to kick off the new initiative called, Farm to Campus.

From now on, when students walk into the campus bookstore they will see a table completely devoted to products that are made by Kentucky producers.

Eastern is the fi rst school involved with the program; off ering Kentucky Proud prod-ucts in the campus bookstore, the POD and even in the cafeteria.

“I can’t tell you how excited I am to intro-duce and kick-off EKU’s involvement with Kentucky Proud,” President Doug Whitlock said. “I’m extremely excited to know that this is the fi rst campus to be so involved in this process.”

Kentucky Proud is a program that en-courages consumers to buy produce and other products locally.

Th e program educates Kentuckians on the many reasons why local products are better, including less travel time for food en-suring better taste, more nutrition and less emissions produced by cars which will in turn, help the environment.

Buying locally also boosts local and state economies.

Th e Farm to Campus program is an ef-fort to get Kentucky Proud products on the shelves and in the cafeterias of all Kentucky universities.

“Not only will this program reduce the carbon footprint,” said Kentucky Agricultur-al Commissioner, James Comer. “Not only will this provide fresher and healthier food

to students. Th is will also increase econom-ic development because you’re going to keep your money closer to your community and create revenue for our state.”

Kentucky Proud will not only be available in the bookstore but will also be in the Foun-tain Food Court in downstairs Powell in the POD and in the Fresh Food Company in up-stairs Powell.

“Our food provider, Aramark, has agreed to increase the volume of Kentucky pro-duced products,” Whitlock said.

Eastern was chosen as the location for the launch of Farm to Campus program for a number of reasons; one of them being that Eastern has an excellent agriculture program according to Comer.

“Th roughout my life Eastern Kentucky has always had an outstanding agriculture program,” Comer said. “It’s very fi tting that we announce this initiative today at East-ern Kentucky University because you have so many good students who are into sustain-ability. You have so many teachers and pro-fessors who are committed to educating stu-dents about agriculture and training future leaders in agriculture in rural Kentucky.”

Eastern’s commitment to sustainability, specifi cally eff orts made by the Green Crew was also a reason why the launch took place at Eastern.

One of the Green Ambassadors, Jacob Garrison, 19, a biology pre-med major, from Manchester, was a key player in getting the initiative started and involving Kentucky Proud, the bookstore, Aramark and the Ag-riculture Commission.

“Th e goal for Green Ambassadors is working on promoting initiatives on cam-pus for sustainability. My focus has always been on sustainable foods,” Garrison said. “Th at’s kind of how this got started. Once we expressed our interest in putting Kentucky Proud products in our bookstore, Kentucky Proud thought it would be a good idea to

make this an initiative for all Kentucky cam-puses.”

One potential concern some students may have about purchasing Kentucky Proud products is the price.

Th ese products are priced slightly high-er than average because local producers re-quire more funds to pay for their operations.

Garrison said he doesn’t believe price will be an issue when students look to buy the products.

“I think once students know the story be-hind the products and what it’s doing for the local economy they will buy the products,” Garrison said. “Everyone I’ve talked to from Aramark have been really supportive of the program and seemed to have been interest-

ed in doing it for quite some time now.”“No one was really against it,” Garrison

said. “Its kind of one of those things it’s hard to be against.”

Garrison expressed how benefi cial this program is to Eastern students.

“Th is program is great for a campus like this because, this is where students are learn-ing about what life style choices they want to make in their future,” he said. “We take in-formation from here and apply it later on.”

Available products include Jim Beam cof-fee, moonshine jelly, Ale-8 spicy salsa, choc-olate horseshoes, Kentucky Derby T-shirts and much more.

Check out the Kentucky Proud table lo-cated in the middle of the bookstore.

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James Comer and President Doug Whitlock perform a ribbon cutting in the Barnes and Noble Campus Bookstore.

“I was very fortunate to be matched with such a wonderful peer learner.”

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First Lady Michelle Obama is coming to Eastern.Obama will be speaking at the College of Business and

Technology and College of Education graduation cere-monies in May.

While students across campus are excited and look-ing forward to this memorable day, some have expressed concern because of increased security and the six-ticket limitation.

However, the value of the experience for the students involved and the university as a whole outweighs any in-conveniences Obama’s coming may cause.

What is typically one of the most memorable days in a person’s life will be even more memorable.

Th is is a huge deal. Regardless of any political affi lia-tion, the fi rst lady coming to speak anywhere is a major occurrence.

What makes this even more special is Obama chose to speak at Eastern. She wanted to come to this university. For her to include Eastern in her Joining Forces initia-

tive, which raises awareness of the needs for U.S. veter-ans and families, is an honor in itself.

But on a more personal level, this is a once in a life-time opportunity for the graduates and their families. Having the chance to witness someone of this caliber speaking is something many people across the world will never be able to experience.

More importantly, this can mean amazing things for the future of Eastern.

With our enrollment being on a steady decline for the last few years, Obama visiting here could have a major impact on this aspect of the university.

Obama could have gone to the University of Kentucky or the University of Louisville, but she chose to come here.

Th is could even positively impact student morale. Student involvement and getting people excited about being a student at Eastern has been a problem addressed through the administration and the Student Govern-

ment Association (SGA).Obama’s commencement speech will impact graduat-

ing seniors far beyond graduation night May 11. It also makes Eastern a nationally recognizable institution.

Th is means that students who wish to travel outside the state or even the country will be able to identify their university as something more than just the convenient choice. For several students, this event will make their education at Eastern something more meaningful.

As alumni of this university, students will be able to look back on their commencement ceremony and re-member the day they graduated from Eastern.

It will be something that will live on in their minds forever. It will be something graduating students tell their children about.

We at Th e Progress want to thank Obama for choosing Eastern as a place to speak and remind graduates that this will be a day in your life that you will never forget.

First lady visit benefits Eastern

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Poor campus elevator maintenance causes problems

My Turn: My Turn: KaleighKaleigh

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I’ve heard the stories all year. Students say, “Oh, the elevators in my dorm aren’t work-ing. My friend was stuck inside forever.” Or, “Yeah, the elevator stopped between fl oors and we had to climb out.” But I never thought it would happen to me.

Tuesday, I was stuck in the elevator in my residence hall. Palmer Hall has had some is-sues with the elevators this year, but it was not frequent enough to make me worry that it would malfunction with me inside. What

are the chances of that, right?But somehow that is exactly where I found

myself: sitting in the grimy fl oor of the eleva-tor trying not to lose my mind while I wait-ed for help to arrive. When I got onto the el-evator, I had pressed the fi rst fl oor button, the door closed, and I waited. I was texting, not paying attention to my surroundings, when I suddenly realized I hadn’t moved. I pushed the button for the fi rst fl oor again. It lit up for half a second then went dark again. So I pushed the button for the doors to open, but they didn’t budge.

Now, for some people this wouldn’t be an issue. But anyone who knows me knows I’m very claustrophobic.

Claustrophobia is defi ned by Webster as the abnormal dread of being in closed or nar-row spaces. Most people do not understand the complexity and severity of this fear. For me, even getting into an elevator is a struggle.

If the elevator has many occupants already in-side, I usually wait for the next one or I take the stairs. Some days I just can’t force myself to get into the tiny box of death and I take the stairs.

So there I was, trying to keep my cool, sit-ting in the fl oor of the elevator, trying to con-vince myself I did not want to be that girl who when help arrived and pried open the doors, was found in shambles. Although I could tell I was quickly becoming that girl. I kept telling myself to take deep breaths, and remain calm but I could tell it wasn’t working. Th is was my absolute biggest fear I was staring right in the face. I kept pushing the button to make the doors open, barely giving my fi nger time to release it before I was hitting it again. It wasn’t working. Going on six minutes and help still hadn’t arrived. I was almost ready to curl up in the fetal position when suddenly, the door opened up. I threw myself out, told the help

button I was safe, and booked it for the stairs.Now, I know there is no one to blame here.

Accidents happen all the time. But I will say that this shouldn’t have happened period. It shouldn’t have happened to me, nor should it have happened to anyone on campus that has found themselves trapped in one of the eleva-tors in Eastern’s facilities. While I’m sure reg-ular maintenance checks are ordered, I would like to be assured that next time I step into a tiny death box, I am going to arrive to my des-tination safely and without any more anxiety than I already had.

Some may say that I should just take the stairs all the time and save myself the trouble, and maybe they’re right. Fact of the matter is, we need to solve this problem so not only my-self but all of Eastern’s students, faculty, and staff can feel like their safe.

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FFEATURESEATURES

Sigma Chi’s inaugural Fight Night had the atmosphere of a heavyweight championship bout you might see originate from such sto-ried venues as the MGM Grand or Madison Square Garden. But it originated from Madison Indoor, Friday night.

Th e only things missing were cigar smoke and gambling.

Th e event raised $12,246 for the Huntsman Cancer Institute and the Children’s Miracle Network.

All proceeds from the $10 cover were donated to the cause.

Cody Williams, a biology major from Pikeville, and the USA Boxing Associa-tion, coordinated the event.

“Our other chapters at UK [Uni-versity of Kentucky] and West-ern [Kentucky University] have held events like this in the past, but this is the fi rst one in Richmond,” Wil-liams said.

Williams also said each of the eight fi ght-ers on the card have been training with the USA Boxing Association for the last month.

“Th is is a fully sanctioned event,” he said.Eight bouts between members of the

various Greek fraternities were featured. Th e bouts consisted of three one-and-a-half minute rounds with a one minute

break in between.

Waitresses from the Richmond Hooters acted as ring girls for the evening.

Additionally, sorority girls competed in sumo wrestling suits in between the match-es.

Th e crowd was very lively. Competitors represented either the blue

or red corner and wore either a black or white Hooters shirt.

During the matches, spectators were ei-ther catching up and chatting with friends or cheering for their favorite competitor in the bout.

Madelyn Street, a member of the Greek community, said it was hands

down the best Greek event she has been to during her four years at Eastern.

“It [Fight Night] brought together frater-nities and sororities,” she said. “Also, Sigma Chi partnered with a local business. Other organizations also got involved like ROTC, it wasn’t just the Greek community.”

Street also said the event was great be-cause of the signifi cant amount of money that was raised for cancer research.

the Right NiGHt to FIGHT

New monogramming business offers unique giftsTh e revolution is over. And vinyl has won.After years of drifting decline into bargain bin ob-

scurity, vinyl records, record players and record stores have made a signifi cant and meaningful resurgence. So much so that since 2008, the third Saturday of April has become an internationally recognized celebration of all things vinyl: Record Store Day.

Founded in 2007 by a group of record store owners to help boost business and celebrate the unique culture surrounding their establishments, Record Store Day “is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music,” according to its website.

Needless to say, it has been a rousing success. Vinyl sales have seen a major boost, and what was once a lost

Monograms have lately become the hot new trend. Monograms are two or more letters, typically a persons ini-tials, combined in a decorative design. Th ere is a new place in Richmond for anyone who enjoys this style.

Monograms Embroidery & Gifts, connected with Wright Leather Co. Custom Leather Goods, is a new store which off ers unique gift ideas.

Th e merchandise includes a variety

of things from apparel and jewelry to embroidery services, with a number of colors to choose from, and Lily Pulitzer products.

It is a family ran business, Lorri Wright co-owns Monograms Embroi-dery & Gifts with her husband, Van Wright.

“My husband and I are both from eastern Kentucky,” said Lorri Wright “We lived in Richmond for a few years while he was working for the Kentucky State Police. We moved back to Rich-mond in 2006 and love living here.”

Th e couple began discussing the idea of opening a business after mov-ing back to Richmond.

“I have always had a love for unique, personal, monogrammed gifts,” said Lorri Wright, “We actually went on a buying trip for the other part of our business, Wright Leather Co., and came across several items that had been personalized. Our daughter, Madison, wanted to buy everything. When we returned home, we ordered

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SIGMA CHI HOSTS FIGHT NIGHTTO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITYBy CHRIS MCGEEprogress@eku.edu

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Record Store Day celebrated April 20

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Sigma Chi’s Fight Night raised over $12,000 for the Huntsman Cancer Institute and the Children’s Miracle Network. Eight fighters trained with the USA Boxing Association for weeks in preparation for the fully sanctioned event. Matches that evening lasted three one-and-a-half minute rounds, and sorority girls competed in sumo wrestling suits between the bouts.

› SEE VINYL, PAGE B3

Sigma Chi’s inaugural Fight Night had the atmosphere of a heavyweight championshipbout you might see originate from such sto-ried venues as the MGM Grand or Madison Square Garden. But it originated from Madison Indoor, Friday night.

Th e only things missing werecigar smoke and gambling.

Th e event raised $12,246 for theHuntsman Cancer Institute and the Children’s Miracle Network.

All proceeds from the $10 cover were donated to the cause.

Cody Williams, a biologymajor from Pikeville, and the USA Boxing Associa-tion, coordinated the event.

“Our other chapters at UK [Uni-versity of Kentucky] and West-ern [Kentucky University] have held events like this in the past, but this is the fi rst one in Richmond,” Wil-liams said.

“Th is is a fully sanctioned event,” he said.Eight bouts between members of the

various Greek fraternities were featured. Th e bouts consisted of three one-and-a-half minute rounds with a one minute

break in between.

sumo wrestling suits in between the match-es.

Th e crowd was very lively. Competitors represented either the blue

or red corner and wore either a black orwhite Hooters shirt.

During the matches, spectators were ei-ther catching up and chatting with friends or cheering for their favorite competitor in the bout.

Madelyn Street, a member of the Greekcommunity, said y it was hands

nities and sororities,” she said. “Also, SigmaChi partnered with a local business. Otherorganizations also got involved like ROTC, it wasn’t just the Greek community.”

Street also said the event was great be-cause of the signifi cant amount of moneythat was raised for cancer research.

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With hotter weather comes hotter fash-ion trends. And this spring fashion season is looking to be quite the heat wave.

When it comes to spring, let your inner per-sonality shine.

While women will be bringing out the fl o-ral dresses and men will be pulling out the ripped blue jeans, I recommend using the warmer weather as an opportunity to be a little more expressive with your fashion choices.

Accessories are always an excellent way to distinguish oneself from the crowd. But this is easier to come by with the cardigans, scarves and coats brought by the fall and winter months.

Adding some jewelry is always a go-to for this season. Chain necklac-es, hemp accessories and louder earrings are all ex-cellent options for per-sonalizing your outfi ts.

Th ough it’s not the most professional or classy at-tire one can own, denim is a require-ment for every person’s spring ward-robe.

Simply keep it stylish. Don’t feel the need to slap a pair of jeans on with what-ever tee you can pull out of your closet the fastest. Spruce it up a little bit.

One popular trend that is always a fashion risk-taker is the denim jacket. It’s light enough to keep you from suf-fering a heat stroke, but risky enough to give you the edgy, alternative look that can set you apart from the crowd.

A personal fa-vorite accesso-ry of mine to use this spring season is a scarf.

Before jumping on the hater train, I’m not suggesting we wear Burberry scarves and peacoats in 80-degree weather. But a light scarf can defi - nitely al-low you to accessorize your outfi t, while re-taining some of that winter fashion. Th is also allows you to use those brightly colored

or fl oral printed scarves during a time where those styles are actually trendy.

All of these accessories can be picked up at stores like Forever 21, Rue21, TJ Maxx or

H&M.Th e biggest fash-

ion faux pas men have during spring is shorts. Th ere’s a lot more to spring shopping than picking up some cargo shorts from Old Navy or JC Penney.

Shorts are more than just something to cover up your underwear. Denim shorts always allow guys to show they have some sense of style. Even a slack-style short provides some much-needed class that can save a man’s outfi t.

And let’s be honest: it’s not summer yet, you can still slap on a nice pair of jeans.

Don’t use those discount cargo shorts as excuse to be lazy with your fash-ion choices.

Hit up a Buckle or Forever 21 and fi nd some fashionable pair of jeans to

wear this summer. It gives a lot of guys some much-needed fl air and attitude to keep it together this season.

And let’s not forget about shoes. Shoes are a huge, if not abso-

lutely crucial part of a person’s outfi t. Do not think fl ip-fl ops and sandals (and most defi nitely not Crocs or Skeletoes) are classifi ed as shoes.

Guys buy some Sperry’s, Toms, Converse or boat shoes. Th ey are a way for you to keep your outfi t casual, yet classy and so-phisticated this sea-son. Heck, you won’t even have to wear

socks.For girls, make sure you do the same

with a stylish heel or summer-style boots. I recommend anything neutral (whites, blacks, browns, silvers, etc.). But with boots, make sure you are wearing pants, or at least tights with some stylish shorts or

a skirt. Keep is classy and never forget that tights are not pants. Please.

Don’t just limit yourself to one fashion trend. When you open your closet door, think of it as opening a door to your person-ality.

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Bioshock Infinite: a flawed but worthy follow-up

Personalization key to fashion success this season

Th e original Bioshock was an unfor-gettable experience. Players explored the hauntingly beautiful underwater dystopia known as Rapture. Th is time, however, in Irrational Games’ follow-up, Bioshock Infi -nite, the world design has done a 180 and the new city, Columbia, fl oats in the sky.

Infi nite starts similarly to the original with our hero, Booker DeWitt, working as a private investigator that’s on a job to fi nd a girl named Elizabeth and return her to New York to settle an unexplained debt.

He is then inadvertently transported to Columbia via rocket chair and begins to explore the vast fl oating city for answers and gets wrapped up in a lot more than what he bargained for.

To say the world Irrational has creat-ed is beautiful is an understatement. Th e bright sunlit streets of Columbia are awash with citizens going about their business and towering buildings bobbing on the ho-rizon by the eff ects of gravity. Th e diff erent sounds abound with chatter, activity, and the haggling of vendors.

So yes the game looks good. But how does it play?

Th e gameplay is similar to that of the original for the most part, a fi rst person shooter with power ups that add variety as well as strategy for dealing with diff erent enemies.

Th e shooting portion of the game is lackluster; you’ll be trying your best to use the power ups for a more varied experi-ence. Th e power ups come in the form of “Vigors” which are basically “Plasmids”

from the original and come in diff er-ent abilities, such as sending a murder of crows to disorient your opponent or cast-ing a magnetic shield to defl ect bullets. Th ese powers are fueled by the substance known as “Salts” which work in the same way as “Eve” from Bioshock.

Th e game also sports several changes to game play, some good and some bad. Th e fi rst notably bad change is there are only two weapon slots, forcing players to choose only two weapons at a time. Th is was changed to give Infi nite a sense of strategy but this style dissolves the strategy seeing as you cannot predict what type of fi ght you might be in next.

A more positive introduction to the gameplay is your partner Elizabeth. Eliza-beth has the power to open “rifts” which change the environment for off ensive and defensive measures. She also revives you if you happen to die in battle. She will oc-casionally fi nd and give you ammo, money and salts when you need them and is a life-saver during heavy fi re fi ghts.

Th e game as a whole is defi nitely worth playing and has a lot to off er in both game-play and story. While the combat can get repetitive and occasionally tedious, the world you explore keeps you playing until the end. And the ending alone may be re-membered as one of the greatest moments in gaming. It may not be the game of the year, but it deserves to be played through at least once just to see what happens to these characters.

Verdict: B

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art and a collector’s oddity is now back in the mainstream. Th e holiday itself has become increasingly popular with each year as well, and it is now a full-blown daylong event at many places.

One such place is Lexington’s very own CD Central. Kicking off at 9 a.m. (though you can certainly ex-pect a healthy line hours in ad-vance), CD Cen-tral will feature live performances from Fifth on the Floor, Blood Pheas-ant, Italian Beaches and Palisades, food and drinks provided by North Lime Coff ee & Donuts and El Haba-nero Loko food truck, trivia contests hosted by Buster’s and Cosmic Charlies and, of course, tons of new and limited release records all day long.

Given the holiday’s increasing prom-inence, it only makes sense that it has attracted the attention of many famous musicians and industry bigwigs. Each year, an offi cial Record Store Day ambas-sador is chosen to kick off the ceremo-nies, and this year Jack White will hold the title. In addition to many of his label

Th ird Man Records releases, White will be reissuing his famous White Stripes album Elephant in honor of its 10-year anniversary, with black-and-red vinyl on one side, white vinyl on the other.

White is certainly not the only no-table artist contributing to this year’s

selection. Th ough a complete list is available at recordstoreday.com,

there are a number of standout releases hitting

stores this Saturday, including Big Star’s Nothing Can Hurt Me, the Grateful

Dead’s Rare Cuts and Oddities, Th e Band’s Th e Last Waltz, Bon Jo-vi’s Bon Jovi Live,

Grizzly Bear’s Horn of Plenty and soundtracks to the fi lms Dazed and

Confused and Drive. Th is hardly scratch-

es the surface, as there will also be plenty of singles from

the likes of David Bowie, Billy Bragg, the Avett Brothers, Cake, Mike Cooley, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Iron & Wine, Lonely Island, Mumford and Sons and much more.

Th is year’s celebration is set to be bigger than ever, and it’s never too late to start your collection. So make sure to swing by your local, independently owned record store April 20, have some laughs, make some friends and buy some records. It’s good for the soul.

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Hunter Wingate performed his junior classical guitar recital April 10 at the Pearl-Buchannan Th eater in the Keen Johnson building. Wingate’s performance included six classical pieces ranging from the years 1526 to 1935 including “Fantasia X” by Luis de Narvaez and “Capricho Arabe” by Fran-cisco Tarrega.

He was accompanied by Luke Jackson, a fellow classical guitar student, while play-ing “Bad Boy” by Toru Takemitsu.

Wingate, 21, a music performance major from Nicholasville, said he decided study the guitar because of his love for music.

“I’ve always had a passion for music, and upon learning that I could go to college for guitar, I decided to come here,” Wingate said.

“My teachers have been the most infl u-ential people thus far including Dr. Den-nis Davis here and Daniel Mulcahy in high school,”said Wingate, “Outside of my teach-ers, two other artists that have been partic-ularly inspirational to me are David Russell

and Marcin Dylla.”Dennis Davis, director of guitar studies,

shares his experience working with Wing-ate.

“Hunter is an excellent student,” Davis said. “He works very hard and this type of endeavor is very diffi cult.”

Davis said performance majors must perform two recitals in order to graduate.

“Not every student can do this; it is very diffi cult,” Davis said. “Th e same way student athletes play basketball or football games to measure the success of their practicing and preparation, guitar students need to play performances and evaluate those perfor-mances.”

Sarah Green, 21, a special education ma-jor from Versailles attended the event.

“I have a lot of respect for students that study the arts; they are choosing something they are passionate about and going for it,” Green said. “I try to support them when I can. Hunter did an excellent job.”

To fi nd out more about upcoming events and performances visit www.music.eku.edu.

Students perform classical guitar recital

Campus Outreach guest speaker discusses gender differences

By CANDACE ARNOLDprogress@eku.edu

By JACQUELINE THACKERprogress@eku.edu

Shane Terrell, pastor of Grace Presby-terian Church in America, in Danville, visited Eastern Tuesday night, April 9, as a guest speaker for Outreach.

Outreach is a college ministry that brings students together to learn and worship Jesus Christ.

His discussion was based around bib-lical manhood and womanhood. Terrell said that sin affects the lives of women in three ways: the tongue, the drama and the desire for control.

“Women create drama to draw us in,” Terrell said. “It’s a craving to be in the middle of things.”

Terrell has daughters of his own and said he knows all about their drama.

“The most important relationship on Earth: a man and a woman,” Terrell said.

He said he strongly feels that men and women were created to complement each other.

Men are supposed to be strong and courageous to embrace the responsibili-ties of life but also have a sensitive and compassionate side to engage in the rela-tionships of life.

“Biblical womanhood is to be a life giv-er not a life taker,” Terrell said.

Terrell compared women to spaghetti, stating that they have so many thoughts at one time, they don’t know what’s going on. He referred to men as waffles, every-thing in their life is compartmentalized. This got the audience laughing, and many shared stories of their own lives.

The overall theme for the night was the relationship between a man and a woman. While Terrell emphasized how a biblical woman and man should be, he did enforce that it is not about being per-fect, it is about doing your best, and giv-

ing all the glory to the Lord.Laura Rogers, 20, from Lexington, said

she tries to attend outreach whenever she can. Speakers like Terrell, really motivate her to try and make it out every Tuesday.

“To hear about how God loves me and is taking care of me really gives me strength to push forward,” Rogers said.

Kristen Frauenhoffer, 20, from Dan-ville, has been a long time member of Terrell’s church and is now a junior at Eastern.

“Those three points that Shane spoke on about women really are the things I struggle with the most,” Frauenhoffer said. “So, along with just a pure love for people I continue to go back to Campus Outreach to help me grow in my faith and relationship with The Lord.”

The large audience was very enthusi-astic and receptive to Terrell. Many even stayed after to talk to him. His personal-ity really showed through his enthusiasm for the topic.

“I could have spent a whole year on these topics,” Terrell said.

Terrell was born and raised in Ala-bama. He grew up playing football and going to church, but it wasn’t until college that he says he really found God. Before becoming a pastor, Terrell worked with Outreach for 17 years.

Outreach meets every Tuesday at 9:15 p.m. in Herndon Lounge, located in Pow-ell. Anybody is free to attend and stu-dents are encouraged to bring a friend. Any questions you have can be direct-ed to their Facebook page, Campus Out-reach EKU.

Outreach also has a summer project coming up in Sandusky, Ohio where stu-dents can stay for nine weeks. They will work a full time job while attending bible studies and other ministry trainings.

Vanities, the story of three Texas cheerleaders exploring their lives and friendships through high school and be-yond, will be the fi rst EKU Th eatre pro-duction in 18 years to be entirely student directed.

Th e play premiers at 8 p.m. April 24, in Giff ord Auditorium at the Camp-bell Building and run at the same time through the rest of the week, with a fi nal performance at 2 p.m. April 28.

Not only will the play be directed by a student, but every aspect of the play’s de-sign, from stage to costumes to makeup, is being handled by students.

“We are proud that our students have been so motivated to take on all of the major production responsibilities,” said James Moreton, head of Eastern’s Th e-atre Department.

Kelsey Weber, 21, theatre major from Lexington, is the play’s director. She said the theme of the play is meaningful to her.

“As the play progresses from high school to college, the girls discover the world has its restrictions and they can’t do everything they wish,” Weber said.

Weber is excited to be in charge, but this is far from her fi rst time in the di-

rector’s chair. Outside of her experience with Eastern, she has already led pro-ductions of Charlotte’s Web, Th e Velve-teen Rabbit and Steel Magnolias with the Gusto Th eatre Company, based in Lon-don.

Work began very early on the play with rehearsals beginning just after spring break. Th e entire play contains only three characters.

Th e part of Kathy will be played by Allison Smith, 22, a senior, English, the-atre major from Frankfort. Mary will be played by Brittany Webb, 21, a senior, English, theatre major from Richmond. Joanne will be played by Katie Barker, 20, a freshman English teaching major and theatre minor from Richmond.

“I feel that this show is wonderful to college audiences because we can relate to characters that are dealing with many issues that we ourselves are, but also to older generations because they remem-ber feeling this way,” Weber said.

Tickets can be purchased from the box offi ce on the second fl oor of the Campbell Building from noon until 4 p.m. on weekdays, from 7 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. on performance nights and 1 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. Sunday, the day of the fi nal performance.

Tickets are $5 for students and seniors (62 and older) and $6 for adults.

New EKU Theatre play Vanities headed to campus

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our fi rst embroidery machine, and that’s how Monograms began.”

“Our business is doing great and contin-ues to grow everyday thanks to our won-derful, loyal customers,” Lorri Wright said. “Monogramming popularity is on the rise with the help of Pinterest and Etsy. Possi-bilities are limitless with fabric, font, and

thread choices.”Lorri Wright went on to say they hope

to expand their business and are currently working on their fi rst website and always looking for new lines to add to their current gift selection.

Monograms Embroidery and Gifts is lo-cated at 104 Saint George St. Store hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call the store at (859) 608-3972.

“It’s a lot of fun putting everything to-gether,” Lorri Wright said. “It just puts peo-

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two-run double by Tennessee State’s Ash-ley Haynes.

Eastern grabbed another run in its half of the inning, keeping the lead at 10-5.

Th e Colonels completed the game in the fi fth inning after a double from redshirt freshman Haley Schenasi, Tackett and ju-nior Christina Ciolek pushed three more runs across the plate.

Leanna Pittsenbarger pitched fi ve in-nings, striking out 10 batters and allowed only two hits.

Game 3Eastern grabbed an early lead against the

Tigers and snatched a 5-3 victory.Tackett opened the game with a three

-RBI homerun, pushing Fobbs and Howes across the plate for the Colonel’s lead.

Tackett’s dinger put her at 10 total home runs for the season, which is a team-best.

“I think Katie’s hit was key,” Head Coach Jane Worthington said. Coach Worthing-ton also attributed Pittsenbarger’s pitching

eff orts as a key to Sunday’s victory.Pittsenbarger entered the game in the

fourth inning and struck out six Tigers, al-lowing only one hit in her four relief in-nings.

Tennessee State tacked a run on the scoreboard in the second inning after a walk, wild pitch, and fi elder’s choice play pushed a Tigers runner across the plate. Eastern followed up the Tigers’ run with an RBI run from freshman Kayla Joyce.

Two more runs pushed Tennessee ahead by only two runs in the third inning.

“We all agreed that they were a pret-ty scrappy team so we can’t take them for granted,” Katie Tackett said. “We just have to go out and play them like any other team.”

Th e Colonels kept the lead over the Ti-gers with three straight outs in the seventh inning to take the win.

“We’re always glad to go away with three wins and sweep somebody,” Worthington said. “But it wasn’t our prettiest eff ort.”

Th e Colonels will continue its season on the road with a pair of double headers against fellow conference teams, Southeast Missouri on April 20 and UT Martin on April 21.

Track and field team finds success in relays and high-jumps at Tennessee Sea Ray Relays

Women’s tennis earns regular-season OVC title

By MATTHEW CRUMPmatthew_crump3@mymail.eku.edu

By SETH GRAHAMprogress@eku.edu

Relays and high-jumps were the high-light for Eastern’s track and fi eld team at the Tennessee Sea Ray Relays on April 12 and 13.

Th e men’s distance medley relay (DMR) team placed second with a time of 9:52.53. Th e team consisted of senior William Marcum, junior Wade Meddles, sophomore Th ijs Nijhuis and freshman Mads Taersboel.

Th e men’s DMR defeated host Tennes-see, Indiana State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Purdue and Northern Kentucky. Th e team was topped by Wisconsin, who won with a time of 9:50.68.

Another relay team for Eastern, con-sisting of Nijhuis, Taersboel, senior Yosi Goasdoue and sophomore Ole Hesselb-jerg, placed second in the men’s 4 by 1, 500 meters relay with a time of 15:43.02.

Th e men’s team also found success in the high-jump. Sophomore Zack Hill fi n-ished fourth with a personal-best jump of 6-8.75.

“Th e fi rst two attempts were bad,” Hill said. “I wasn’t even close. But the third one, I kinda got the feel for it. 6-8.75 is my best ever.”

Hill’s jump is the second-best in the OVC and the fi fth-best in Eastern’s his-tory.

Th is jump is an improvement on his 6-7 jump that earned Hill second place in

the 2013 OVC Indoor Championships. Sophomore Daryl Rice from Tennessee

State is the only person in front of Hill in the OVC, with a jump of jump of 6-9.75. Hill said he is hopeful that he can tie for fi rst place in the OVC with more practice.

Th e women’s team also had a strong showing in the distance medley relay. Th e team, consisting of Eason and freshmen Julie Mathisen, Viivi Rantanen and Tash-uana Yapchung, placed third with a time of 12:23.20.

Mathisen said the team was happy they beat Southeast Missouri, the only other OVC team in the race.

Later that day, the Colonels placed third with a time of 19:17.38 in the 4 by 1500 meter relay. Eason, Rantanen, soph-omore Erica Wesstrom and freshman Ashley Svec made up the team.

In addition to the relays, Eason and Yapchung had strong individual perfor-mances.

Eason was the top collegiate fi nisher in the women’s 1,500 meters showcase race with a time of 4:30.42. Th is was her seaon-best time for the 1,500 meters.

Yapchung found success in the sprints. She placed third in the women’s 400 me-ters with a time of 55.48. Th is time was her personal best and the fi fth fastest in the OVC.

She earned another personal-best time after running 24.76 in the women’s 200 meters race.

Th e Colonels return to the track on April 19 to compete in the Jesse Owens Track Classic in Columbus, Ohio.

Two conference sweeps against Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois University Ed-wardsville ended Eastern’s women’s team’s 2013 regular season on a high note. Th e wins earned the Colonels the regular sea-son OVC title.

Th e match against Eastern Illinois start-ed out with the Colonels winning the dou-bles match. Sophomore Amadine Faouzi and freshman Danielle Kinnen defeat-ed their opponents 8-4 to start things off . At the No. 2 spot juniors Saioa Oscoz and Melina Poff o defeated their opponents 8-5 to follow up their teammates and take the doubles point.

Th e Colonels took all of the singles matches. Faouzi and sophomore Marce-la Jimenez at the No. 1 and No. 6 spots de-feated their opponents. Faouzi won 6-2, 6-4 and Marcela continued the work as she won 6-1, 6-2.

Th e win earned the team the regular sea-son OVC title. Th is is the second consecu-tive year and the third time in the last fi ve years the women’s team has earned it.

With not much time to celebrate the reg-ular season title, the Colonels traveled to

SIUE for their next match on April 14. East-ern won 7-0.

Again the match started with a doubles victory.

Sophomores Melissa Gerritsen and Kristina Labeja defeated their opponents 8-5. Following them, the tandem of Faouzi and Kinnen sealed the deal as they beat their opponents 8-3 for the doubles point.

Eastern swept its opponent in singles. Oscoz took her match without dropping a game as she won 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 3 spot.

Labeja defeated her opponent 6-2, 6-1 and was named the OVC player of the week for going undefeated in conference singles play and doubles play.

Faouzi won her match 6-1, 6-4 as she wrapped up her regular season by going undefeated in conference play.

“A special shout-out goes out to Faouzi as she went undefeated in conference play,” Coach Rob Oertel said. “Th is is not an easy accomplishment at No.1 singles.”

Th e Colonels wrapped up the regular season with a 17-6 overall record while go-ing undefeated in conference play, 10-0.

Th e Colonels will play in the OVC tour-nament this weekend in Paducah , as the No. 1 seed.

Game one Eastern hit the 30-run mark on its way to victory for

the second time this season. Th e Colonels took game one of their weekend series against the University of Tennessee at Martin 30-4 on Friday.

Th e Colonels scored in every inning, including fi ve runs in the second, third and fourth innings.

Junior catcher Sean Hagen and freshman third base-man Doug Teegarden had the biggest days. Hagen went fi ve for seven with seven RBIs and Teegarden was fi ve for six with three RBIs.

Game two With the win in the second game, the Colonels made

win number six out of their last seven games with a 7-3 win on Saturday against UT-Martin. Th e past seven games have been the best stretch all year for the Colo-nels as its hitting and pitching catch up to each other.

With the game tied in the eighth inning, senior Shaun Ball hit his eighth home run of the season to send the game in Eastern’s favor.

Sophomore Ben Gullo received OVC pitcher of the week for his performance Saturday. Gullo struck out a career-high 13 batters, a season high for a single pitcher this season for the Colonels. Gullo allowed just fi ve hits in eight innings.

Game threeDespite two decisive wins earlier in the series, game

three of the series went in UT-Martin’s favor. Martin went home with one win in the series after the 5-1 win Sunday.

Eastern scored one run, despite the off ensive out-burst it’s been on during the past week.

Eastern’s only run came in the ninth inning when freshman Luke Wurzelbacher hit a solo home run. Only four Colonels recorded hits. Ball and senior Austin Grisham had two hits apiece.

Th e loss dropped Eastern to 7-8 in conference play, making them sixth in the current OVC standings.

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Chris Cervantes, a freshman from Shelbyville, allowed five runs on six hits in two and one-third innings against Miami University on April 16. The Colonels’ home record drops to 4-9.

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By MATTHEW CRUMPmatthew_crump3@mymail.eku.edu

Colonel CornerKyle NowlinKyle Nowlin Freshman Kyle Nowlin is outfi elder for Eastern’s baseball

team. Th e Cincinnati, Ohio native was selected as the OVC Baseball Player of the Week on April 9. He has not declared a major.Q.) What made you interested in baseball? A.) I always liked it since I was a little kid. It just stuck with me ever since then. It’s just part of my lifestyle. Q.) If you could play any other sport in college, what would it be?A.) I’d say probably football. I played football through high school. It’s been my other sport.Q.) If you were stranded on an island, what one thing would you want to have with you?A.) I would say, probably, a 24-pack of Mountain Dew. Be-cause I live off of it, pretty much. It’s my favorite drink.Q.) What would you do if you had six months of no responsi-bili� es?A.) I would travel the country and visit every MLB baseball park.

Q.) If you could speak to any wild animal species and under-stand what they said back, what would it be?A.) Um…I would say, probably a bird. Because they can fl y around and I would like to see what they would think about all the time.Q.) If you could trade places with a famous person for a week, who would it be and Why?A.) I would say Mike Trout. He’s the outfi elder for the L.A. Angels, and everyone says I look like him. He’s one of my role models in baseball.Q.) If you were a car, what brand of car would you be?A.) A Dodge truck. I’m kinda built like one, and I’m from the country, so I love trucks too.Q.) If you could meet anyone from history, who would it be and why?A.)Babe Ruth. He’s pretty much, like, the face of profession-al baseball. I would want to see how everything looked back when he played.Q.) If you could have any fi c� onal character as a sidekick, who would it be and why?A.) I would say Shrek. He would always have my back because he’s a big guy.

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Colonels drop game to Miami University (Ohio) and likely lose pitcher Langfels to knee injury

Baseball team sweeps the University of Tennessee at Martin during three-game series

A rough game got even rougher during the last inning of Tuesday’s game against Miami (Ohio).

Trailing 19-2 in the top of the ninth inning, soph-omore pitcher Cameron Langfels ran toward fi rst

base to cover for the fi rst baseman, and stepped on the bag wrong.

Langfels immediately fell to the ground in pain, holding his left knee.

He was helped off the fi eld but put no pressure on the knee as he was being taken off the fi eld.

After the game, Langfels was on crutch-es with his left knee wrapped in ice and an intense, pained look on his face.

Langfels came into the game with the Colonels trailing 17-2, and allowed only two earned runs to the hot-hitting Red-hawks.

In two innings of work, Langfels allowed fi ve hits and walked none to a team that had 19 hits the previous seven innings.

Th e mood around the dugout after the game was quiet and one of sadness, not only because of the loss, but because of Langfels’ injury.

“It’s unfortunate,” Assistant Coach Steve Brown said. “He really works hard, and he’s had a really rough year so far as a sopho-more but I hope it’s nothing too serious. But by the way it looks, it’s looking like an ACL [injury].”

Freshman Chris Cervantes started the game for the Colonels and had some thoughts about the injury in the ninth in-

ning.“It always hurts seeing one of your team-

mates fall down,” he said. “He pitches a lot so he’s going to be a huge loss for us.”

Cervantes pitched 2.1 innings before the hot-hitting Redhawks bats took over.

Cervantes pitched a perfect second inning, but wild pitches in the third inning scored multiple Redhawks and forced Head Coach Jason Stein to pull him out of the game.

Eastern used fi ve pitchers during the game. Th ey gave up a total of 24 hits and had four fi elding errors that led to two Mi-ami (Ohio) runs. Catcher Steve Ferraro played the whole game behind the plate for the Colonels.

“Early on it was a little diffi cult for our pitchers to locate pitches,” Ferraro said. “Just leaving balls over the middle of the plate, missing their spots, but they were just

hitting the ball well too. We just couldn’t fi nd the zone early.”

Ferraro had to block many wild pitch-es during the game, and when asked about that he said that he did not want to give them too much trouble and that he just had to stay positive and give them positive body language.

“We’re only human, we make mistakes, so I just have to give them some confi -dence,” Ferraro said.

Despite the loss, the Colonels still have won six out of its last nine games and will have a big conference match-up this week-end at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. SIUE is currently 6-12 in the OVC with an overall record of 8-22.

Eastern will then go on the road Tues-day and play Indiana University in Bloom-ington, Ind.

Kyle Nowlin

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After losing notable talent after the 2012-13 season, such as NFL draft-prospect Tyrone Goard, the Colonels are hopeful that new players will step in and perform well.

The Colonels will have a spring game at the Roy Kidd Stadium at 4 p.m. April 20. Admission is free.

Sophomore Katie Tackett was named co-OVC Softball Player of the Week after she hit three home runs and eight RBIs against Tennessee State. This was the second straight week that a Colonel has earned the honor. › SEE SOFTBALL, PAGE B4

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springtime showdown

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Tackett belts three home runs in teams’ sweep over Tennessee State

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Eastern’s softball team battled Tennessee State this weekend, snatching a three game sweep against the Tigers, Saturday and Sunday. Th e Colonels are now 26-16 and 13-4 in the OVC.

Game 1 In the fi rst game, Tennessee

State put up a fi ght, battling to keep the score tied 2-2 until East-ern broke away in the fourth in-ning and cruised to a 9-2 win

Eastern earned all fi ve runs in the fourth inning while play-ing with two outs. Senior Raquel Howes got it started when she slammed a two-run single up the middle of the fi eld which was fol-lowed by a walk for freshman Sar-ah Fobbs.

Sophomore Katie Tackett drove them home with a three-run home run, putting the Colo-nels up 7-2.

In the fi fth inning, Eastern’s fi -

nal two runs came courtesy of a wild pitch and passed ball by Ten-nessee State, which pushed soph-omore Lauren Mitchell and senior Carissa Reisinger across the plate. Freshman Hayley Flynn pitched for the Colonels, striking out sev-en while giving up two runs.

Sophomore Leanna Pittsen-barger, the reliever, combined with Flynn for a total of 13 strike-outs against the Tigers.

Game 2In the second game, the Colo-

nels scored a run in every inning and pulled away from Tennessee State 13-5.

Th e Colonels tacked on two runs in the fi rst inning and one run during the second. In the third inning, sophomore Katie Tack-ett connected on a two-run blast, helping Eastern put six more runs on the board.

Th e Tigers didn’t give up the chase, scoring fi ve runs on one hit in the fourth inning thanks to two walks, a struck batter, and a

FOOTBALL TEAM SCRIMMAGES AGAINST ITSELF IN PREPARATIONFOR SPRING GAME ON SATURDAY

FOOTBALL TEAM SCRIMMAGES AGAINST ITSELF IN PREPARATION

Eastern’s football team traveled to Hazard for the sec-ond of its three intrasquad scrimmages April 13. Th e

scrimmage was held at Hazard High School and was fol-lowed by an in trasquad scrimmage by the University of Pikeville.

Th e scrimmage was largely situation based, so it did not allow for a lot of sustained drives.

Rising senior Jared McClain took the snaps at quarter-back with the fi rst team off ense and threw the ball well.

Redshirt sophomore Caleb Watkins and freshmen Jared Sanders and J.J. Jude got the majority of carries out of the backfi eld.

Th e off ense produced two touchdowns, a six-yard run

by Watkins and a 60-yard run by Sanders. Th e defense scored a touchdown of their own when

redshirt freshman LaJuan Smith picked off a McClain pass in the fl ats and took off untouched to the end zone.

Overall, the defense came out on top for the day. Th e next spring practice will be at 2:45 p.m. to around

5:15 p.m. on April 18.Th is is Th e Colonels will return to Roy Kidd Stadium

for the annual spring game April 20 at 4 p.m. All Eastern supporters are encouraged to come out

and get a preview of the 2013 Colonel football squad.