THE EASTERN PROGRESSIndependent student publication of Eastern Kentucky University since 1922www.easternprogress.com Thursday, September 4, 2014

Upcoming Chautauqua to discuss social behavior

Student fees face setback, still in future

Eastern’s 2014-2015 Chautauqua series continues Thursday night with Dr. Lee Du-gatkin presenting his lecture Evolution of Goodness at 7:30 p.m. in the O’Donnell Hall of the Whitlock Building, part of Eastern’s year-long Strategizing series.

Dugatkin will be visiting from the Uni-versity of Louisville, where he works in the Department of Biology where he focuses on

the evolution of social behavior.

He is currently re-searching the evolution of cooperation, aggres-sion, antibiotic resis-tance and risk-taking behavior. He is also looking into the inter-action between genetic and cultural evolution.

Dugatkin has spoken at more than 100 differ-

ent universities worldwide, including Har-vard University, The University of Otago (New Zealand) and Cambridge University (England).

“Dr. Dugatkin is a distinguished scien-tist and historian of science, and an accom-plished public speaker,” said Minh Nguy-en, Eastern’s Chautauqua coordinator. “A fast-moving, action-packed, fun-filled pre-

Unsightly work keeps ped mall in sight

The south side of the library looks like a war zone, but soon the space will be transformed into an outdoor reading porch for study-ing and a pedestrian mall for so-cializing, concerts and student events.

Construction workers have been conducting steam line main-tenance since the spring 2014 se-mester on the south side of the John Grant Crabbe main library. The maintenance work will ensure all is in order for the installation of the Noel Reading Porch and pe-destrian mall.

EKU Facilities Services is in charge of the steam line mainte-nance. Sidewalks and three sep-arate lawns in front of McGregor Hall occupied the space before construction began.

Students have traveled mean-dering paths since the beginning of construction.

Chain-link fences and con-struction tapeline guide students, faculty and staff through the con-struction. The steam line work will be completed early October, said David Williams, director of facilities services.

The plan is to build an out-door reading porch and pedestrian mall in the space, Williams said.

Ground will be broken this fall for the outdoor reading porch. The conceptual design for the outdoor reading porch is complete, said Ed Herzog, director of Project Ad-

ministration at Eastern. “It’s a pretty simple structure

when you look at it,” Herzog said about the plans drafted for the

College of Business and Technology welcomes ideas from new dean

He has only been on the job for a few weeks, but the new dean for the College of Business and Technology is settled in and ready to draft plans for the future.

Thomas Erekson joined the Eastern fac-ulty Aug. 1. Before be-ing assigned to the po-sition at Eastern, he served as the dean for the College of Busi-ness and Technology at Western Illinois Uni-versity.

A friend told Erekson about the open position after a nationwide search commenced at the beginning of 2014.

“He encouraged me to apply, and he said I’d be a good fit,” Erekson said. “The rest is history.”

Faculty and staff across the campus also welcomed Erekson to Richmond.

Provost Janna Vice was confident Erek-

Final water tower makeover marks ‘Colonel Country’

The last of four water towers was decorated with the Eastern Colonel. It is located across from the indoor tennis courts off Eastern Bypass. The budget to paint the towers was almost $30,000 as part of Eastern’s initiative to replace the street signs and building signs to beautify campus, help with university branding and to strengthen the relationship between the city and the university.

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Eastern students did not see the addition of two fees proposed last year after university offi-cials decided to delay the implementation of the fees until the next academic year.

President Michael Benson announced the im-plementation of a $50 athletics fee and a $50 cam-pus improvement fee both for Richmond students per semester last spring.

The initial reaction to the fees was negative from students, with a majority of students not supporting the athletics or campus improvement fee as shown in a survey of around 1,400 students conducted by members of Student Government Association’s Student Senate.

Scott Cason, vice president for marketing and communications, said the President’s Council has been in discussion recently about the best way to implement the fees and what amount students should be charged with each fee.

“We feel a sense of urgency to do this right,” Cason said.

The university could assess the fees by making it part of the tuition and mandatory fee increase for the 2015-2016 school year. The fee increase for next year will be capped at 3 percent after the Board of Regents approved a tuition increase of 5.1 percent in April.

The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Ed-Facility staff worked over the summer repairing the steam lines right outside the first-floor library windows, in preparation for the Pedestrian Mall.

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DEAN OF BUSINESS AND TECH PLANS FOR STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD AND OPEN DOOR POLICY

PROPOSED ATHLETIC AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT FEE WILL BE POSTPONED UNTILL NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR

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THE COLONEL’S CALENDAR

7:30 p.m.Lyle Lovett & His Large BandEKU Center for the Arts

7:30 p.m.Lee Alan Dugatkin “The Evolution of Goodness” ChautauquaO’Donnell Hall,Whitlock Building

11 a.m.First Friday ScreeningPowell Lobby

3 p.m.Volleyball at Wright StateDayton, Ohio

11 a.m.Volleyball vs. IPFW Dayton, Ohio (Wright State)

3 p.m.Volleyball vs. Nebraska Dayton, Ohio (Wright State)

3:30 p.m.Football at Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio

4 p.m.Outdoor Overdrive Intramural Field 2 8 p.m. Yoga Moberly Gym 102

10 a.m.Grand Gesture: Sublime Paintings by Boris Zakic Giles Gallery

5:15 p.m.CyclingMartin Hall

4 p.m.Outdoor Circuit City Intramural Field 2

6:30 p.m.ZumbaPowell Underground

7 p.m.The Hook-UpO’Donnell Hall,Whitlock Building

1 p.m.Soccer vs. Ohio University Athens, Ohio 7:15 p.m.Yoga Fitness & Wellness Patio

BEATPOLICEBEATPOLICE

BRIEFSCAMPUSBRIEFSCAMPUS

AUG. 31 � EKU Police respond-

ed to the second floor of the New Residence Hall at 1:33 a.m. after some-one reported a person ly-ing in the hallway. The officer spoke with the in-dividual, Joseph Romer, 21, from Williamstown, and the officer said there was a strong odor of al-cohol. The officer report-ed Romer also had blood-shot eyes, slurred speech and was unsteady on his feet once he stood up. The officer noted that Romer had scrapes on his leg and was incoherent. The offi-cer observed Romer plac-ing his EKU ID up to his ear and was talking to it like he was using a cell phone. The officer called for dispatch to respond Madison County EMS to

the building and to eval-uate Romer. He declined further medical evalua-tion, was cited for alco-hol intoxication and was transported to the Mad-ison County Detention Center.

� An EKU Police officer was dispatched to Sulli-van Hall at 9:28 p.m. after a student reported receiv-ing harassing communi-cations from her ex-boy-friend.

� An EKU Police offi-cer conducting a building check at 11:01 p.m. no-ticed damage to one set of doors at the Keen Johnson Building. There was wood chipping from the doors and both locking mech-anism were busted. The damage is valued at $300.

AUG. 28 � EKU Police and the

Richmond Fire Depart-ment responded to Mar-tin Hall after the fire

alarm system activated at 1:07 a.m. The cause for the activation was con-densation on pipes in the food storage area. Ap-proximately 300 people were evacuated.

� EKU Police and the Richmond Fire Depart-ment responded to the Moore Science Building after the fire alarm system activated at 1:47 p.m. The cause for the activation was a faulty detector on the northwest side of the building.

AUG. 27 � A resident from Clay

Hall reported a sexual as-sault attempt from 3:30 p.m. the previous day. The resident told an EKU Po-lice officer the self-de-fense classes offered through the university helped her defend herself.

ADVENTURE PROGRAMS OFFERS CAMPING CUISINE WORKSHOP

Eastern’s Campus Recreation Adventure Programs department is sponsoring a workshop Tues-day, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Pres-nell Building. The workshop will teach students how to use out-door camping stoves and different meals that can be prepared while using the stoves. The cost is free for students to attend.

CRABBE STREET PARKING LOT CLOSED FRIDAY

The Crabbe Street parking lot near the Foster Building will be closing at 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 for Kids Fest at the Irvine McDow-ell Park this weekend. The lot will reopen at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7.

DISCUSSION GEARED AT KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE

Eastern’s New Student Days will be offering a facilitated discussion for students about hooking-up.

The Hook-Up discussion will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9 in O’Donnell Hall, Whitlock Building, according to the New Student Days webpage. The discussion is a Ca-tharsis Productions Presentation.

The discussion will focus on the aspects of hooking-up, sexual as-sault, and bystander intervention.

Beginning with a discussion on the contribution gender stereotypes have on rape culture and harm sur-vivors, the audience will be walked through the practices of having a healthy hook-up rather than risking their safety, according to the web-site.

A crucial point of the discussion will be to falsify the myth that rape is a regretted sexual experience. Us-ing the information from the dis-cussions, new ways of bystander intervention will be created to de-crease the community’s tolerance for sexual predation, according to the New Student Days website.

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Madison Airport receives county funding for improvements

Student government works to revise Constitution

The Madison Airport is slated to get a face lift this fall after the county ap-proved new funds for the airport and Eastern’s aviation program.

Madison County approved $1.1 mil-lion of funding for the airport, said Ja-son Bonham, manager of the Madison Airport. Bonham said most of the mon-ey will go through the airport board, but $350,000 will be used to build a new hangar and enlarge the ramp for safety purposes.

The ramp, also called the apron, is the main area where aircrafts are parked. Bonham said a larger ramp is safer because it gives individual air-crafts enough space to move around.

“There’s more room to separate the aircrafts,” Bonham said.

Hangar space at the airport is limit-ed and there is a waiting list for storage in it, Bonham said. Private companies own the aircrafts and all of the univer-sity aircrafts are leased from these pri-vate companies. A new hangar will cre-ate more space for aircrafts to be stored and move out in the open.

Eastern’s aviation program is in charge of daily operations at the air-port, called the Fixed-Base Operations (FBO), even though the airport is tech-nically owned by Madison County. The aviation program won the bid for FBO in 2011 and now uses the airport as a training facility, Bonham said.

The airport has been in need of im-provements for safety and econom-ic reasons. University officials and the airport board have been asking

for funds from the state. Gov. Steve Beshear denied funding to the airport, Bonham said, which is when the coun-ty stepped in to provide funding.

Bonham said construction was al-most put on hold because bids for the hangar and ramp projects were com-ing in too high. This issue has since been settled and The Allen Company,

Inc., based in Louisville, has won the construction bid. With a construction company in place, work on the hangar and ramp should begin sometime this fall, Bonham said.

Bonham said he believes the airport improvements will benefit Eastern’s aviation program.

“We’ve been limited on growth,”

Bonham said about the student popula-tion in the program. Economic growth of the airport will encourage more par-ticipation in the program.

The airport has been open to the public since 1979, according to the Madison Airport website. It is locat-ed on Madison Airport Road in Rich-mond, near I-75.

By KELLI STOKESprogress@eku.edu

Due to the “vague” and “ambiguous” nature of the current Student Gov-ernment Association’s Constitution and Bylaws, a mass revision is f loating through the branches of SGA for the members to discuss.

A new, three-branch government and changes to the appeal process are the biggest changes in the current re-vision.

“[The current Constitution and By-laws] are very vague and ambiguous,” said Chief Justice Joshua Lang. “ And it causes more problems than it solves.”

SGA is currently at a four and a half branch system, with Senate, Student Activities Council (SAC), Resident’s Life Council (RLC), Student Court and Executive Cabinet, making up the “half ”.

One of the biggest changes Lang, Student Senator Damir Siahkoohi, and the other Constitution commit-tee members made was downsizing the three branches.

An Executive Branch will be com-prised of the Student Body President and other top elected and appointed Executive Cabinet members. The Leg-islative Branch will house Student Sen-ate; and a Judiciary Branch will house the Student Court and process any ap-

peals made to SGA.As for the other two branches, RLC

will transition to a Residence Hall As-sociation (RHA), a Registered Student Organization that will work under Uni-versity Housing. SAC will transition to be an Executive Agency of SGA under the same name.

An RHA is very similar to what RLC is now, Lang said. He said with the new change, it should help to litigate some

grinding that can occur when they are planing events.

As an Executive Agency, Lang said SAC should have more flexibility when it comes to planning their events, as they won’t have to pass legislation ev-ery time they want to plan an event.

“It doesn’t make a lot of sense for them to pass legislation,” Lang said.

SAC would still be affiliated with SGA and still have to follow all the rules, especially concerning budgeting

issues.The other big change to the doc-

uments is how the appeals process workes. After last year’s election cri-ses, it was apparent the process needed a lot of work. The results of the Student Body President election were appealed three times after people on both sides were not pleased with the result. Lang said the committee wanted to change the process to mimic the way it’s done across the U.S., where the appeals are based on procedural mishaps.

“A lot of people think that an appeal is a second bite of the apple,” Lang said. “Which it’s just a way to find if some-thing went wrong in how the trial was done.”

The committee wanted the ultimate last word of a trial to be with the stu-dents, after many people argued the advisers had a crucial say in deciding the results of last years Student Body President elections.

Lang said if someone wants a case to go to trial, Student Court could hear it. Then if something goes wrong in the proceedings, for example the student justices don’t let one of the parties give their closing statement; that group can then appeal to the next level, one time on that basis. If the appeals board finds there was wrongdoing in the trial and the justices really didn’t let them give their closing statement, they would send the case back to Student Court with instructions on how to fix the wrongdoing.

In this instance, Lang said the case would go back where Student Court would have to go through the entire tri-

al again making sure they hear all the closing statements. Once they hear ev-erything they needed to, they are free to make the same decision they made the first time, they just need to be sure they followed all the rules.

Lang stressed the point that it has to be procedural in order to get appealed, and no one can appeal the decision it-self made by Student Court.

There was also talk in the commit-tee to get rid of the position of Eth-ics Administrator, but they ultimately thought that it was a good idea to keep the position around as it represents an outside body to investigate cases of misconduct within SGA. However, the name of the position will change to In-spector General.

How the Inspector General is cho-sen is also subject to change with the new amendment. As it is now, the Eth-ics Administrator is chosen by vote of every member in SGA before spring elections, so they can investigate any wrongdoing in the elections.

The Inspector General will be ap-pointed by the Student Body President and confirmed by the Student Senate.

Each branch of SGA (Senate, SAC, etc.) has two weeks in their respective bodies to discuss the changes before coming back to another joint branch meeting to vote on the changes.

Lang said they want SGA to approve the changes in that time frame so SGA can submit the amended Constitutions and Bylaws to the Board of Regents for approval in their quarterly October meeting.

By TOPHER PAYTONchristopher_payto3@mymail.eku.edu

“[The current Constitution and Bylaws] are very vague and ambiguous...and it causes more problems than it solves.”

Joshua LangSGA Chief Justice

CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS TO BE PRESENTED AT BOARD OF REGENTS OCTOBER MEETING

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The Piper Seneca is parked on the ramp at the Madison Airport. The plane is used for professional flight aviation students working on multiple-engine certification as well as commercial flight and flight instructor lessons.

Eastern’s Cessna 172RG Cutlass (front) and three Cessna 172 Skyhawks (back) sit on the flight line at the Madison Airport. All of Eastern’s aviation fleet is outfitted with a maroon and white paint scheme.

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sentation on the evolution of goodness from an evolutionary perspective will definitely en-hance our series on the ‘strate-gizing’ theme.”

In his presentation, Dugat-kin will be discussing the roots of goodness and its evolution. The audience will be introduced to examples in nonhuman spe-cies, like studies on alarm calls in squirrels, reciprocal acts of goodness in blood-sucking vam-pire bats, and responses to injus-tice and inequality in monkeys.

Dugatkin will talk about what brain scans tell us about the evo-lution of goodness in human be-ings, as well. Why do both hu-mans and animals show such altruistic, self-sacrificial behav-ior? Scientists have been asking these questions for a long time and Dugatkin will be addressing these questions in his lecture.

“Dr. Dugatkin will bring us up-to-date on what we know and what we don’t know about the roots of goodness,” Nguyen said. “The audience will gain insight into why both humans and non-human animals are capable of kindness and generosity.”

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outdoor reading porch.The final concept designed

by architects will be confirmed by the end of September or early October, Herzog said.

A refurbished lobby leading to the outdoor reading porch will serve also as a gallery, display-ing student work. Faculty, staff, alumni and community mem-bers will also be welcomed to en-joy the space.

Herzog said the project would cost approximately $500,000. Ron and Sherrie Lou Noel, main contributors to the completion of the Noel Studio, have donated the initial $250,000.

The remainder of the funds will come from alumni, com-munity and online donations. Donors will be recognized as Friends of EKU Libraries, ac-cording to a university press re-lease.

Herzog said the outdoor read-ing porch has a tentative com-pletion date set for January or February of 2015.

Pedestrian mall construc-tion will begin after the outdoor reading porch is completed.

Steam line maintenance, the outdoor reading porch construc-tion and pedestrian mall con-struction are all being completed subsequent to each other.

“You must have a good struc-ture before you begin building a new structure,” Herzog said.

Facilities Services is in charge of steam line maintenance. Proj-ect Administration is in charge of overseeing construction of the outdoor reading porch and pe-destrian mall.

The idea for the pedestrian mall came after Eastern Presi-dent Michael Benson discovered a need for a renovation of the space, for which the designs have been completed, Herzog said.

The pedestrian mall will serve as a social space for students. The tentative completion date of the pedestrian mall is spring 2015, Herzog said.

These plans are just one step in Benson’s overall plans the beautify the entire campus, in-cluding the new street and build-ing signs, and the gardens that will replace the existing Martin Tennis Courts.

ucation implemented an eight percent tuition and mandatory fee cap for all state universities between the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 academic years.

However, the university could also have the fees tied in as a referendum vote during the SGA elections online in spring 2015.

Even though the President’s Council has not de-termined the best way to implement these fees, they hope to have at least one new fee implemented start-ing next year.

“There will be something next year,” Cason said.

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son would be a successful leader for the College of Business and Technology, according to a university press release.

Instead of sitting behind a bulky desk and a closed door, he wants to make a connection with students in the college and the university. He has an open-door policy— wanting to show students he is always accessible. Erek-son wants students to know the faculty is also human.

There are many accredited courses

of study, such as the aviation program, that are only offered at Eastern com-pared to other state universities. Erek-son said he wants to evaluate different aspects and disciplines of the programs offered.

As time progresses, Erekson said he would work to develop courses of study offered by the college. There are going to be many unique opportunities in the future regarding paths of study. Stu-dents will have an advantage over oth-er graduates in the state and across the nation, he said.

Erekson would also like to create a student advisory board to the dean. Students from each department with-

in the College of Business and Technol-ogy will comprise the board. He said students are the voice of the university.

“I want to get the pulse of the stu-dents. I want to know their needs, aspi-rations and goals,” Erekson said. “Stu-dents are responsible for their learning ultimately.”

Eastern has a strong need for men-torship, Erekson said. He also said mentorships are a wonderful way to build a relationship with students. Er-ekson wants students and faculty to form relationships that will help en-courage students to pursue their goals.

“Mentor-student relationships are critical for instilling intrinsic motiva-

tion,” said Erekson.Erekson said he is a strong believ-

er in having a good balance of theory and practice in, and outside the class-room. He also said outside-the-class-room experience is the factor that will make them successful, and a life-long learner. Internships will set any stu-dent apart from other job seekers.

Erekson’s long-term goal is for stu-dents to develop a sense of motivation that will take them beyond their goals, he said.

(Top) A giant hole spans the distance of McGregor Alley between Keen Johnshon and the library so that facility workers can replace the steam pipes. Completion of the project is estimated to be in early October. (Bottom) Two construction workers observed the hole outside the library windows over the summer. A chain link fence marks the meandering designated path safe for students to walk through.

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“The audience will gain much insight into why both humans and nonhuman animals are capable of kindness and generosity.”

Minh NguyenChautauqua coordinator

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PERSPECTIVES

Local news, gossip and incoming trends are passed in many different ways through social media sights. One of the most popular ways people exchange in-formation is through blogging.

Most of the news I get is through Facebook or just from watching TV. Then last year I took COM 301 and one of our projects was to make a blog site.

Even though I didn’t like the topic, making blog entries and seeing people like or follow my blog made me feel like a real writer.

While working on blog entries for that class I decided to make two more blogs for movie, game and anime reviews, and then another for my short stories. Both blogs have been slowly getting attention from other bloggers.

After I finished COM 301 I trashed the blog I made for it. I have, however, been updating and editing my review blog and short story blog since December 2013.

Through blogging, people can share information they hear from others or just share their own ideas with the world. Newspapers and magazines have made

blogs for their companies to get the latest news out quicker. Blogging has effective-ly replaced newspapers since social me-dia has become part of everyone’s normal routine. Every five minutes someone is checking Facebook, Twitter or whatever social media for news.

Having a blog on any social media site is a great thing. For me, it is a way to get my writing out there and maybe gath-er connections. On both my WordPress blog and my Twitter account I have sev-eral well-known and successful authors following me. They have not critiqued my work yet, but I am hoping one day they will.

While I believe Facebook is technical-ly a blog website, it is limited because of

how many words I can fit in the status. That was the main way I was getting my opinions heard on movie and video game news. Through WordPress I can give full descriptive detail of the subject and make it as long as I want, while adding visual media and making it my own. Every blog is unique and tells something about the blogger. Those who read a blog on what-ever topic can see how the blogger views the issue and voice their opinions, or add new or updated information the blogger didn’t have when they first made the post.

Either way, whether you’re blogging to discuss current events or just ranting about something you feel strongly about, blogging is a fun activity everyone should try at least once.

What blogging brings to the constantly-moving world

I consider myself a movie buff, but in the more casual sense of the phrase. I can’t quote entire movies, I can’t name 10 different actors who played the same part and I’m terrible at the Kevin Bacon game.

The trailer is one of the most import-ant jobs in marketing a movie to the pub-lic, but lately it seems as if every movie is trying to emulate a certain feeling. Then it hit me after watching the trailer for the

film adaptation of The Giver. Anyone who has read The Giver knows

that it’s a somewhat calm book about a boy discovering the previous world that his present leaders have deemed too dan-gerous despite all the joys that come with it. A quiet read, yet the movie’s trailer was packed with a spooky villain, conspiracy, heavy drama and a cool action shot of the main character dropping from a wa-terfall. What I realized after watching the trailer is that just about every movie is trying to emulate Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.

Ever since that movie came out all of its tropes have found their way into oth-er films, the most notable of which being the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Every movie the popular villain Loki is in sees

him captured halfway through the film only for it to be part of his plan all along. Sound familiar? How about corrupt good guys? This trope was brought to its apex in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which had people whispering “Hail Hy-dra” until they realized it was two steps away from parroting Nazis.

Adapting a movie and using popular tropes found in other films wasn’t creat-ed by the Batman film, but it is the most recent example of how s great film can be imitated. You weren’t watching Jim Carrey dance around in a neon green suit spouting riddles at another fictional character; you were watching a psycho-pathic madman terrorize an entire city, all in the name of chaos.

In the world of cinema there has al-

ways been a solid disconnect between fiction and reality, but what Nolan ac-complished was a breakdown of the fourth wall, bringing larger than life char-acters down to earth where they pose a real threat.

With that in mind, one could claim that Nolan in some way changed the world, or at least the world of cinema, by telling everyone that just because it’s fake doesn’t mean it can’t have a real effect. Sure, you can still watch a Disney film without batting an eye or rethinking your politics, but when movies allow them-selves to be more than flashing lights it makes seeing a movie all the more inter-esting.

The problem with every movie trying to be The Dark Knight

Our service region students, who mostly hail from white rural communi-ties, are placed in classrooms with mostly people like them. Many of our students can go semesters without ever being in the same room with a person of color, an international student or a student from an urban area.

Let me tell you about our small per-centage of black students. They hail from the urban centers of Lexington and Lou-isville. Our student-athletes, who make up a disproportionate majority of our black students, hail from areas with high minority populations. Most come from outside Ohio, Tennessee, Florida, Geor-gia, Mississippi, etc.

Conversations in the classroom be-come interesting if you happen to have black students. This is because there is

usually a racial distinction in perspec-tives. White students generally side with the officer and militarized police re-sponse – most black students support the protestors, detest the actions of the police, tired of seeing black people killed by police, etc.

You can imagine how interesting the classroom becomes when discussing something controversial like Ferguson. The classroom is where these conversa-tions need to take place, however, instead of being left in the hands of the media to unpack.

Why be neutral on a position? You can discuss both sides regardless of your perspective. As a professor of crimi-nal justice, I know the literature on po-lice practices and can discuss exactly why the officer responded as he did. I don’t

end the conversation there because to do so would be reckless, irresponsible and would totally ignore the literature I know about policing the black communi-ty, both historically and contemporarily.

Many of our students come from poor white areas where the police are harass-ing them. This is where defensive com-ments come from, such as: “Police aren’t racist, they harass us too,” or, “The issue is about class, not race.”

It’s really distracting to hear these comments because it detracts from what’s happening in Ferguson. I feel like as soon as I bring race into a conversa-tion my students immediately challenge it because they can’t see the world us-ing this lens. They are all happy and in agreement when I talk about poverty and government neglect in Appalachia,

but as soon as I talk about urban poverty they become defensive.

Eastern’s black students also have their own distinct reality that often gets ignored because it’s not the majority opinion at EKU. We have to be careful about dismissing the racial aspect of Fer-guson just because you don’t see it that way.

The black students in your class who don’t interact are not stupid, but uncom-fortable everyday having to assimilate to different ways of thinking. The unfair treatment of black people by the police is a reality even in Kentucky.

Dr. Kishonna L. GrayAssistant Professor

College of Justice and Safety

Racial diversity is a much bigger issue than you think, even at EasternL E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R

Michael Emerson

Guest Columnistprogress@eku.edu

“The Noel reading porch. I like to read and it will create a nice place for me to do so.”

Jack PageHometown: New Orleans, Louisiana Major: Justice and SafetyYear: Freshman

“The garden. That will look reallypretty.”

Mary Claire SchnierHometown: Fort ThomasMajor: Business MarketingYear: Freshman

Which campus construction project are you most excited about?

“The football stadium. It will bring more people to the games and a more diverse crowd.”

Melissa GloverHometown: Greenville, South CarolinaMajor: Fire Protection AdministrationYear: Freshman

“The science building. I’ll be spending most of my time there.”

Lee HicksHometown: IndependenceMajor: Veterinary ScienceYear: Freshman

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A recent study by Cornell University found that on average, college freshman gain about half a pound per week.

The majority of incoming freshman know of three, frightening words: “The f r e s h m a n 1 5 . ”

This particular saying is regarding first-year students who will be adjusting to the college life and food options available to them. The theory is, freshman will gain 15 pounds (or more) and will make unhealthy choices.

Harvey Kohn, 20, a chemistry junior from Fort Wayne, Ind. said before attending college he was in control of what he consumed, but after attending East-ern, his self-control went out the window.

“When I began my first year in col-lege, I went crazy with the

food in the cafeteria because it seemed

like an all you can eat buffet,”

Kohn said. “At the end of my fresh-men year I gained over 25 pounds because of my over-load in-take on food and snacks.”

K o h n also said he would go to the Provi-sions on De-

mand (POD) store on campus and buy potato chips, candy and doughnuts at least twice a week.

Kohn said he had unhealthy eating habits. He went on to say he wanted to achieve a stable and healthy weight range, however it was difficult for him because he was so used to eating tasty foods.

Talia Young, 19, a criminal justice sophomore from Danville, Va. said once she realized the university had a food court; she lost self-control by eating Chick-fil-A sandwiches and nuggets everyday.

“After my first semester I gained 17 pounds,” Young said. “I didn’t want to gain any more weight so I planned on keeping it off by not eating fast and fried food all the time and exercising a few times a week. I am now tak-ing advantage of the salad and fruit bar in the cafeteria and healthy options in the food court. So far, I lost the weight, it just takes discipline and motivation.”

Only three weeks into the school year, several first-year students are already noticing their weight gain.

Jediah Neely, 18, a history freshman from Cadiz said since attending Eastern he has eaten large amounts of food before going to bed and noticed that he is develop-ing stretch marks on his arms now. He never thought his intake of food would increase while attending school.

“I have the extra platinum meal plan which doesn’t limit me to the meals I want to eat in the dining hall,” Neely said. “So I feel like I’m in cuisine heaven. It’s dif-ficult to stop myself because the food looks delicious all the time. I admit that I need to do better for the purpose of my shirts are becoming tight.”

By PHLLIS DUNCANprogress@eku.edu

First semester frustrations: fighting the freshman 15

Campus rec shows students the ropes

Transfer students take on the Eastern experience

Freshman aren’t the only ones getting used to Eastern. Whether upsizing or downsizing, transfer students make up a large portion of the student body and view campus differently than freshman.

Every year as the fall semester starts, New Student Days are held for incoming freshman and transfer students to help them transition into college. Many of the activities, however, are geared toward freshman, not transfers.

Laura Norris, 21, a geology major from Somerset, said transferring to East-ern from Somerset Community College was a whole new experience for her. She said the new student days “[didn’t] em-phasize transfers” enough.

Devin Brewer, 20, a criminal justice major from Frankfort also said that it felt like a whole new experience, “but I didn’t feel like a freshman.” Brewer had previ-ously attended both University of Ken-tucky and Bluegrass Technical College so he was familiar with college life. Many transfer students already have college ex-perience and don’t feel like the activities offered during the new student days are helpful to their needs.

“BCTC was too small and UK was too big,” Brewer said.

About 60 percent of students attend-ing Eastern have some amount of trans-fer credits, according to the Student Out-reach and Transition website. While transfer credits from other colleges al-most always are accepted without con-flict, sometimes the students themselves

do not transition as smoothly as their credits.

“It took me like four months to make friends,” said Emily Sherlock, 22, a Crim-inal Justice major from Cincinnati. Sher-lock said all of her general education credits transferred from Cincinnati State Community College, but she didn’t know how to get involved on campus or what was offered.

Another transfer student, Chris Mar-tin, 21, an athletic training major from Fort Thomas said he wished someone would have told him about the mold in Combs before he moved in last Spring.

Although transfer students some-times take a while getting used to life at Eastern, students said they’re typically happy with their decision to transfer to Eastern.

“I don’t miss the 150 person classes, extra tuition money or parking at UK,” Martin says. He also said he believes Eastern is more personal, “I don’t think I ever spoke to a teacher at UK once out of class, and I have gotten to know all of my professors here.”

Andrew Brickner, 20, a criminal jus-tice major from Frankfort and transfer from BCTC, said Eastern is “a lot big-ger and there are more things to do.” He also agrees that professors here are great at developing relationships with students and are always “willing to help you.”

“I wish I had gone here from the start,” Brickner said.

Eastern recently teamed up with Ken-tucky Community and Technical Col-

Eastern students were shown the ropes while suspended 30 feet in the air at the grand opening event for the Cam-pus Recreation new Aerial Team Course (ATC). Groups of six to eight students were led up a series of obstacles, which included cargo nets, balance poles and aerial jumping planks.

The event kicked off Friday, August 2 and was scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. at the newly remodeled EKU Challenge Course Complex located off Lancaster Avenue.

Although there will be a participa-tion fee for the use of the course, Friday’s event was free for Eastern students and many students came out to take part.

“This is the only aerial-teams course

in the country,” said Brooke Morris, 20, Climbing Wall manager and EKU Chal-lenge Course Facilitator. “It was designed to bring groups closer together through teamwork.”

Morris said the developers want-ed to create a course that could be uti-lized by groups in order to help promote teamwork and as a bonding activity for local groups and organizations both on and off campus. She said the remodel was contracted by Phoenix Experiential Designs and was completed at the end of the summer. The course was bought out by Campus Rec and is now facilitat-ed though the Adventure Programs ser-vices, Morris said.

The aerial unit is composed of eight team elements. The first set of elements are approximately 15 feet off the ground and include a series of balancing beams and platforms, which are suspended by

rope structures. The highest elements are suspended 30 feet above ground and includes a series a tight ropes and bal-ancing structures.

Morris said the finale of the course gives participants the option of exiting via a 600-foot long zip line or the “Breath Taker” swing. The swing is a 30-foot drop from the highest platform in the course. Participants jump from the plat-form while attached to a bungee appara-tus and swing back and forth as a facil-itators waits below to help student slow down and exit the course.

Evin Fields, 21, a nursing senior from Louisville said her favorite part of the course was the “Breath Taker” swing.

“I knew I couldn’t think about it, I just had to [jump],” Fields said, referring to the swing. “It really does take your breath away. It lives up to its name.”

Participants are required to wear

headgear and a harness and are walked through a mini-course by facilitators in order to practice using the harness and balancing on ropes. Participants are also required to wear athletic shoes for safety purposes.

Adventure Programs are currently taking reservations for groups includ-ing: Eastern’s student organizations, church youth groups or military groups, small business and corporate employees, sports teams and youth service organi-zations. In addition to the Aerial Team Course, the Challenge Course also in-cludes a Low Ropes Course and the Tan-go Tower.

For more information and pricing vis-it the Campus Rec website at campusrec.eku.edu/challenge-course.

By ZEYNAB DAYzeynab_day@mymail.eku.edu

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A trend known as the “Ice Bucket Challenge” has made waves across campus with Eastern students, fac-ulty and staff dousing themselves with water in order to raise awareness for a disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

ALS, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progres-sive illness that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord, according to the ALS Association website. The website explains that patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed and it even-tually leads to the patient’s death.

The challenge includes taking a video of partici-pants getting ice water dumped on them, posting the video to social media then selecting others to partici-pate in the challenge. Once selected, those who choose to participate have 24 hours to record their challenge and donate $10 to an ALS-related charity. If people challenged do not participate, they are supposed to do-nate $100 to support the cause.

President Benson along with Janna Vice, Barry Poynter, Scott Cason, Matt Roan, and David McFad-din showed their support for ALS awareness by par-ticipating in the challenge Monday, Aug. 18. Benson was challenged via Twitter by Tyler Phillips, 21, a jour-nalism senior from Shelbyville. The women’s golf team stood behind those participating and used Gatorade buckets to pour ice water over the President’s Council.

Groups around campus including the volleyball, softball, cross-country, track and field and dance teams as well as other students have taken their turn with the trending challenge too.

Lauren Mitchell, 21, a management senior from Lexington, challenged her Eastern softball team coaches after participating in the challenge herself Fri-day, Aug. 22. Mitchell had two other softball players assist her outside of the campus recreation center. Af-ter her ice bucket bath, she said she went online to the ALS Association’s website to electronically donate her $10.

The Eastern softball coach, Jane Wethington, said she was glad to have participated in the challenge and dressed for the occasion in a wetsuit complete with a snorkel.

“I followed it on the news until I researched it for myself,” Wethington said. “This challenge has made more people, like myself, aware of the situation. I think it’s a great and brilliant idea. Hopefully it’ll cir-cle the globe. Even if everyone just donates $5 it’ll add up.”

Eastern’s dance team coach, Marisssa Parmer, said the team was nominated for the challenge by the Morehead State University dance team and completed their task Wednesday, Aug. 27.

Dance team member, Alexis Fox, 20, a psychology junior from Henderson, said she did the challenge on her own and then also with her dance team members. She said the reason she did the challenge is a more per-sonal reason as her boyfriend’s mom passed away from the disease in October.

“With ALS you lose your speech at first,” Fox said. “She was basically trapped in her own body even though mentally she was fine.”

Fox said she really likes that the ice bucket chal-lenge raises awareness for the disease. She said she thinks the feeling someone gets from the ice water is supposed to be somewhat similar to how people with ALS feels all the time because they don’t have control over their body.

“The ice water is cold when it hits your body,” Fox said. “Your body like freezes up for a couple seconds and you can’t really respond because of the initial shock.”

Fox said people just don’t understand everything about ALS and she understands someone won’t really get it until they witness it. She said from this challenge she hopes people research the cause and the challenge continues spreading across social media.

7The Eastern Progress, Thursday, September 4, 2014

Imagine the children’s television show Arthur, except centered around a washed-up celebrity who is also a horse, living off his royalties and try-ing to reclaim his “glory days” while

setting the precedent for world’s big-gest schmuck.

That’s the new Netflix Cartoon, Bo-jack Horseman, in a nutshell. While the premise doesn’t sound too creative, the execution is certainly surprising. The animated show takes place in a satirical reflection of reality, but the

world is filled with both humans and human-animal hybrids. The interspe-cies relationships are treated as normal and to that end, the concept is used for a good deal of visual jokes, such as bird people flying with ease and a cow wait-ress disapprovingly serving steak.

The hybrid concept does a good job of masking the slow pacing of the show about a character with no redeeming qualities. This isn’t a bad thing as plen-ty of shows feature terrible people in the leading role (such as Johnny Bra-vo). This works because it’s more en-tertaining to watch a bad person suf-fer than to watch a good person goes through trials and come out on top.

The show can lead itself to some surprisingly deep moments of charac-ter development, while also never tak-ing itself too seriously. A good balance of comedy and drama can make silly ideas work, but it also helps to have a star-studded cast of comedians and voice actors lead by Will Ar-nett, who plays the titular Bojack.

While the show is technically a 2-D animation, it isn’t very animated. Stiff cutouts that are reused in differ-ent shots, severe lack of depth and ba-sic flash animation techniques make the show almost hard to look at. Even

the animal designs aren’t that interest-ing because they’re just human shapes with an animal head slapped on.

The show won’t turn a lot of heads, but it’s another step in the right direc-tion for Netflix if they want to provide variety in the shows they produce.

Spotlight on frostbite: Ice bucket challenge takes campus

Netflix adult cartoon series horses around

Top: Eastern’s Dance Team poses before accepting the challenge from the Morehead State University Dance Team. Dance coach, Marissa Parmer, took it upon herself to donate $10 on behalf of every girl on the team.

Bottom: Michael Benson, Janna Vice, Barry Poynter, Scott Cason, Matt Roan and David McFaddin participated in their own ice bucket challege Monday, Aug. 18. Tyler Phillps, 21, a journalism senior from Shelbyville, challenged Benson via Twitter. Eastern’s women’s golf team assissted by pouring the ice water on the challengers.

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SPORTS

Eastern’s volleyball opened its 2014 season Aug. 29 and 30 at the Radisson UCF Invitational in Orlando, Fla. The Colonels split day one with a 3-2 victo-ry against Northeastern University and a 3-0 loss against host University of Cen-tral Florida. Eastern made a two-match sweep on day two with a 3-0 win against both Florida International University and Western Carolina University.

Northeastern University 2EKU 3

The five sets against the Northeastern Paws (3-0) stacked up a number of tied scores until Eastern picked up the fifth decisive set.

In set one, the Paws had an 11-4 lead that stretched to 17-9, then Eastern made a 6-0 run. The score tied five more times but the Colonels couldn’t jump back ahead of Northeastern. Eastern led the entire second set. A kill from sophomore Johanna Boyer ended the set with the Colonels in the lead.

Eastern capitalized with a 6-1 run in set two and cut the Paws’ 14-9 lead down to 15-15. The score tied six more times but the Colonels scored the final three points to grab the set. Northeastern won set four but in the final fifth set the Colo-nels took advantage of bad Northeastern sets and rested on kills from seniors Ab-bey Cvelbar and Alexis Plagens to finish the match.

Sophomore Johanna Boyer led the Colonels with 20 kills and Plagens fol-lowed with 14. Senior Dena Ott had 22 digs while Cvelbar had a match-best 49 assists. The Paws out-blocked the Colo-nels 11-6, however, Eastern committed

11 more attacks.EKU 0UCF 3

The Colonels fought neck and neck with the Central Florida Knights (4-0), but the Knights out-blocked Eastern 8-2 and the Colonels couldn’t come back. Eastern lost 3-0 with scores of 14-25, 15-25 and 20-25.

The first set’s lead went back and forth between the two teams after Eastern scored the first point, but Central Flor-ida broke a 5-5 tie and kept the lead for the rest of the set. The Knights grabbed an early lead in set two and never looked back. The Colonels came close to win-ning the third set, but Central Florida broke the 20-20 tie with a late 5-0 run and won the set.

Senior Rachel Vick led the Colonels with 11 kills, Plagens added nine and freshman Celina Sanks followed with eight. Cvelbar led Eastern in assists with 31. Ott led the team with 14 digs and freshman Mallory Maxwell had 13 of her own.

FIU 0EKU 3

Eastern kept a steady lead against the Florida International Panthers (1-3) in set one until the score tied up 23-23. The Panthers moved ahead twice be-fore Eastern made the last two point to win the set. The Colonels started set two with a strong 6-0 run and the Panthers could only come within five points of catching Eastern.

A 4-0 Eastern run began the third set. A kill by Vick pushed the Colonels further ahead. Eastern put the last two points on the board for the win.

Vick and Sanks led the Colonels with nine kills each. Maxwell had a team-best

Eastern volleyball sweeps day two of Radisson UCF Invitational in Orlando By ASHLEY OWENS ashley_owens46@mymail.eku.edu

Eastern’s football team opened its 2014-2015 season with a win Thursday, Aug. 28 against the host Colonials of Robert Morris University at Joe Walton Stadium in Moon Township, Pa. The Colonels exuded dominance on both sides of the ball as they rolled past Robert Mor-ris (0-1) 29-10 in what became the Eastern football pro-gram’s first season-opening road win in 22 years.

Eastern accumulated 407 rushing yards during the game to lead a Colonel offensive attack that produced 624 total yards on the night. Eastern recorded their highest rushing total since 2001, when the Colonels racked up 475 rushing yards against Glenville State. Ju-nior running back transfer Dy’Shawn Mobley did not disappoint in his fist appearance wearing maroon. Mo-bley led all Colonels on the ground, piling up 142 yards on 25 carries.

Mobley said he was not satisfied with settling over the win though, as his main goal is to “win the OVC championship and compete for titles.” He added he would like to improve on “attention to detail, focus and execution” after Thursday’s game.

Senior quarterback Jared McClain contributed 90 rushing yards on eight carries himself, one of which he turned into an 18-yard touchdown run. Redshirt soph-omore running back JJ Jude, who led Eastern in rushing last season, also added a very respectable 88 yards on 13 carries, plus one 11-yard reception.

Eastern’s first two drives of the game began with an interception and a three and out. The Colonels shifted the momentum in their favor with 4:16 left in the first quarter when starting quarterback and redshirt sopho-more Bennie Coney connected with his senior fullback, Channing Fugate, on a swing pass that Fugate took up the left sideline for a 42-yard score. Fugate led all East-ern receivers with 58 yards on three receptions and one touchdown.

Starting at quarterback in the second quarter of play, McClain stepped in to lead Eastern on an 11 play, 78 yard scoring drive that lasted two minutes and 42 sec-onds. On the drive, McClain scampered 18 yards to the end zone to give his team an early 14-3 lead.

On Eastern’s next drive sophomore wide receiver Devin Borders, 2013 OVC Freshman of the year, hauled in a 28-yard catch from McClain to setup senior kick-er Andrew Lloyd for the 34-yard field goal that gave the Colonels a 17-3 lead that they carried into halftime.

The Colonels showed poise opening the second half with a 14 play, 76-yard drive that resulted in another Lloyd 25-yard field goal. Two possessions later, Lloyd capitalized once again from 25 yards after a 10 play, 60-yard drive that ended with Eastern up 23-3 and near-ly three quarters of the game behind them. Due to his perfect 3 for 3 efforts Thursday night, Lloyd was named OVC Specialist of the Week.

Eastern’s defense allowed Robert Morris their first touchdown of the contest at 11:46 in the fourth quarter after a Colonel interception awarded the Colonials the ball on the Eastern 34 yard line. The Colonels respond-

ed with 6:26 left in the game by driving 69 yards on 10 plays on their way to the end zone, in which case red-shirt freshman quarterback Barton Mann rushed three yards for the touchdown that sealed Robert Morris’ fate 29-10. Both Mann and Fugate scored their first touch-downs of their college careers on Thursday.

Defense proved stout on their side of the ball, only allowing 28 yards rushing to Robert Morris on 24 car-ries throughout the game. In total, the Colonels only gave up 250 yards of total offense, while also holding the Colonials to an average of only 3.3 yards per play. Out of 15 total possessions, Eastern’s defensive unit forced Robert Morris into seven drives that ended with-out even one first down. Senior linebacker Tyrelle John-son led all Colonel tacklers with eight total tackles. Se-nior Blake Atzinger and junior Marquise Piton each recorded one sack a piece for Eastern.

The Colonels also committed four turnovers, as well as the 11 penalties that cost them 90 yards and scratched two touchdowns off the board during the third quarter.

Eastern (1-0, 0-0 OVC) will travel Saturday, Septem-ber 6 to Oxford, Ohio at 3:30 p.m. and battle against Miami (Ohio) University. The game will be televised on ESPN3.

Mobley said that fans could expect Eastern to show up in Oxford ready to compete and work hard for an-other win.

Eastern will play its home opener against rival More-head State University 6 p.m. September 13.

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nine digs while Cvelbar and Ott added six each.

WCU 0EKU 3

After three competitive sets, Eastern pulled off a 3-0 win by 30-28, 25-15 and 25-19 against the Western Carolina Cat-amounts.

Western Carolina (0-3) seemed to have the upper hand with a 25-24 set-point in set one but back-to-back kills from Sanks and junior Ally Peters kept Eastern in the set. Despite another West-ern Carolina set point, the Colonels put up three unanswered points for a 1-0 lead.

The Catamounts never lead in the sec-ond set. Eastern went on a 10-2 run to break a 6-6 tie and pick up the set. East-ern had a slight lead late in the third set then scored four unanswered points for the victory.

Cvelbar had a double-double with 15 digs and a match-best 35 assists. Cvel-bar and Sanks made the Radisson UCF Invitational All-Tournament team, and Cvelbar was also named OVC Setter of the Week. Plagens and Vick led Eastern in kills with 10 each.

The Colonels (3-1) hosted its home opener at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 against Marshall University.

JOHNNA SPEAKS/PROGRESSJunior running back Dy’Shawn Mobley (No. 7) led the Colonels with 142 yards on 25 carries. Thursday was Mobley’s first game as a Colonel after transferring from the University of Kentucky.

Senior Rachel Vick (No. 11) had a team-best 11 kills against Central Florida University in day one of the Radisson UCF Invtational in Orlando, Fla. Aug. 29.

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9The Eastern Progress, Thursday, September 4, 2014

Bennie Coney, 22, is a red-shirt sophomore from Plant City, Fla. Coney is an Eastern quarterback and trans-ferred from the University of Cincin-nati. As a criminal justice major, Co-ney said he has strong feelings about the public safety and justice for the American people. Ironically enough, he has never eaten a Coney hot dog.

Q: What brought you to Eastern?A: I was coaching at a high school in Florida and Dane Damron noticed me down there and asked me why I wasn’t practicing, thinking I was one of the

players. After he found out I was in college, it was history.

Q: Which state do you like more, Flori-da or Kentucky?A: It’s way better in Florida. It’s hot in the winter down there, and I prefer it to be hot rather than cold.

Q: What do you like to do in your free time?A: I like to play video games with my friends, specifically Madden on the Xbox One. I’m so happy they’re bring-ing GTA V to the new consoles. I was upset when I found out it wasn’t avail-able at launch.

Q: So what is your favorite food?A: Scrambled eggs! My grandma al-

ways used to cook me eggs every morning, and I always felt like she cooked them the best so I’ve stuck to them ever since. I found out a few years ago that you could cook them in the microwave, and that’s pretty sweet.

Q: What is your dream job?A: All my life I’ve wanted to help peo-ple. Being a police officer, I could help prevent crime and better the commu-nity.

Q: If you were a millionaire, what would your dream car be?A: If I had lots of money, I think I’d want the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. It’s what all the top dogs have.

Colonel CornerBENNIE CONEY

By COLIN COMPTONprogress@eku.edu

BENNIE CONEY

Early goal leads Eastern to record-breaking win in home-opener

In its home opener, Eastern soccer defeated Alabama A&M in terrific fashion with a 7-0 win against Alabama A&M on Aug 29.

Junior Amani Thomas scored the opening goal against Alabama A&M (3-0) as fans were still settling in, just 21 seconds into the game. The score was in record timing for Eastern’s soccer program, and the Colonels never looked back.

Eastern backed that goal up with goals by freshmen Emmi Carroll, sophomore Cassie Smith, junior Dani Cant and senior Ashley Ryan.

“I think last year we underestimated them,” head coach Melissa Barnes said. “This was a good game to get us ready for OVC play.”

Sophomore Mikayla Brillion starred in the shutout at the defensive end. “We put up a really good fight today,” Brillion said.

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Despite its efforts, Eastern fell 1-0 to the University of Evansville in a dogfight match Aug. 31.

The Colonel’s defense was put to the test as Evansville (3-1) bombarded the Eastern goal with 17 shots in the 1-0 defeat.

Defenders Brillion and senior Emily D’Italia went the distance playing all 90 minutes at the backline.

Eastern’s defense finally gave way in the 66th minute when Evansville’s Bronwyn Broswell finally broke the deadlock and scored the only goal of the game.

“Credit to Evansville,” head coach Melissa Barnes said in a press release. “They played well today and put us under a lot of pressure. Defensively, I am proud of our team as we absorbed a lot of pressure and defended hard. We will watch video and train hard this week to improve in preparation for our next game.”

The Colonels (2-1, 0-0 OVC) return to play at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5 at the University of Cincinnati.

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Library offers 3-D printing to Eastern students

Over the summer Eastern purchased a Maker Bot Replicator 2, a user-friend-ly 3-D printer that uses a bio-plastic corn-derived filament. The printer is cur-rently free for students to use and conve-niently located on the second floor of the library behind the circulation desk.

Jeremy Turner, library operations manager, is also a member of the Library PASS Committee. Which makes recom-mendations for purchases to the univer-sity based on student surveys, emerging and trending technologies and what oth-er academic libraries have purchased. He said this particular printer is the best fit for the university.

“We chose this model because it was user friendly, economical, similar to the two printers the Computer Science de-partment uses and it is also what is be-ing used at other universities and public libraries,” Turner said.

The library hopes students will be-come familiar with this growing tech-nology because it is applicable to the world students will be working in after graduation.

“3-D printers are currently being used worldwide by NASA, major manufactur-ers, artists, and designers,” Turner said.

The library allows multiple options for students interested in using the print-

er. Any .STL or .OBJ files can be used as long as it follows the policy located on the EKU Libraries homepage. Students can find files on web sites like www.thingiverse.com or if they have the right training, they can also create their own files.

The library also has several faculty and student staff members who can help students use the printer. Brandon Isaa-cs, 20, a junior and has worked in East-ern’s library for almost three years. He is experienced with the equipment and has personally made most of the objects found throughout the library including the little blue pencil holders.

“I have been using this printer for about three months,” Isaacs said. “The library wanted the staff to be well-equipped and knowledgeable in order to help students when they came in want-ing to print something, whether for per-sonal or academic use.”

Isaacs said the printer is easy to use, especially if the file is saved on a jump drive. He could even recall an occur-rence at Eastern where the 3-D printer came in handy.

“An anatomy professor was about to teach a class and the podcast she was us-ing recommended her to have a model of an infant skull,” Isaacs said. “The teach-er not owning such a thing, jumped on the computer, grabbed the file she need-ed, printed it off and suddenly she had

the hands-on model she needed to teach her students.”

To get an idea of how much money this 3-D printer can save, Turner said a model of a human skull could cost be-tween $50 to 100, but a 3-D printed one would only cost $4 to 5.

Turner said students interested in us-ing the printer should jump at the chance

now because it’s not always going to be free.

“In the future there will be a charge to cover the cost of the filament the mod-els are made from,” Turner said. “Follow-ing the example of other libraries across the U.S., a model’s price would be based on weight. A typical model would range in price from $1 to 2.”

CAITLYN COOK/PROGRESS

A new 3-D printer is available for students to use at the John Grant Crabbe Main Library. There is currently a waiting list for students requesting to have an object made on the 3-D printer. It is currently free for students but a charge will be implemented in the future.

By REBECCA WOODprogress@eku.edu