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Eastern is now on a short, but growing, list of colleges that have begun beer sales at home sporting events.

A trial run will take place during select home games this semester in order to measure its effectiveness. Sales will take place at the new Touchdown Terrace overlook-ing the north end zone, and will only be available at three home games: Sept. 26, Oct. 24 and Nov. 7.

Director of Athletics Steve Lochmueller said beer sales were introduced for two reasons: Increasing enter-tainment and increasing revenue.

"Part of what we are hearing in talks with students and faculty is that they are not going to games," Lochmuel-ler said.

This decision came after several discussions over the past few years between administration, students and the community.

“It comes only after years of thorough evaluation and numerous discussions about how best to implement this option for our adult fans without causing any undue problems," Eastern President Michael Benson said.

The Athletics Department looked at ways to bring peo-ple into the stadium and get them engaged, Lochmuel-ler said, and the department thought beer sales at select

home games had the potential to do that.Lochmueller made the point that the university is not

encouraging binge drinking, but instead providing a way for adult fans to enjoy the games in a controlled environ-ment if they chose to drink.

"It's not just going to be a big party," Lochmueller said.A lot of the times what happens at tailgating is stu-

dents drink as much as they can before the game so they can keep their buzz throughout the game in an alco-hol-free zone, Lochmueller said.

The university wants to shift students from a binge drinking mindset and instead encourage those of age who would normally chug a beer before entering the sta-dium to come inside and purchase a beer and drink with-out feeling the need to overindulge, Lochmueller said.

Fans who would like a beer during the game must be of legal drinking age and are only allowed one beer per transaction, and all beer must stay within the Touch-down Terrace. It is in this policy that the university hopes to encourage safer drinking.

ESPN reported since West Virginia allowed beer sales at their home football games, they have seen a decrease in alcohol related incidents.

Lochmueller said the trial run's purpose is to see how

The female population on Eastern's campus will now have special services tailored to their needs that could include breast exams, pregnancy tests and PAP smears.

EKU Student Health Services host-ed a grand opening Tuesday for the new Women's Health Clinic that is in part-nership with the Madison County Health Department.

The new clinic will be open every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Of the total enrollment of the univer-sity, 59 percent of the 16,940 students are female, warranting a need for additional health services, President Michael Ben-son said at the grand opening.

"It is important for women to come to a place where they feel comfortable and get the service they need," Benson said.

EKU Health Services saw the need for a female-centric health clinic after doing a survey in the spring semester and reached out to the Madison County Health Department, Nancy Crewe, pub-

lic health director of the Madison Coun-ty Health Department, said.

The Madison County Health Depart-ment is deeply connected with Eastern's alumni, faculty and students, offering co-ops and other opportunities to con-nect and learn. Members from the health department helped put together the clin-ic, even making curtains and decorating the rooms.

Crewe said she believes the partner-ship with the health department will let busy female students live their lives while having quality treatment by wom-en health-care professionals.

Student Body President Katie Scott said her family has always been passion-ate about women's rights and added she is eager to see Eastern do something for women.

"It's something that can help the fe-male Colonels of tomorrow," Scott said.

Students won't be denied services be-cause they may be unable to pay. A co-pay could be charged to students with private insurance, but the university will pay any co-pay that is assessed.

After months of hoping to become the twelfth member of the Sun Belt Conference, Eastern was spurned as the conference chose to go with Coastal Carolina University over the Colonels.

"Eastern Kentucky and New Mexico State both received very, very favor-able consideration," said Karl Benson, the Com-missioner of the Sun Belt Conference. "Both of those uni-versities possess many, many posi-tive attributes and would have been very good additions had we not gone the di-rection of Coastal Carolina."

Eastern, who currently resides as a founding member of the Ohio Valley Conference, is Divi-sion I in basketball, but a division below in foot-ball. A move to the Sun Belt would have raised the football Colonels up a level from the Foot-ball Championship Subdivision (FCS), to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

"We wish all the best to Coastal Carolina and the Sun Belt Conference as they move for-ward," said Steve Lochmueller, Eastern's Direc-tor of Athletics. "We are incredibly proud to be a founding member of the Ohio Valley Confer-ence and will continue to work hard, stay fo-cused, and improve ourselves, regardless of our conference affiliation. Our commitment has al-ways been securing long-term success for Colo-nel Athletics and providing a first-class experi-ence for our student-athletes."

Since Lochmueller assumed his role this past April, both he and Eastern President Michael Benson have made it a goal of the University to become Division I on both the court and the field.

"We are grateful to the Sun Belt Conference for the consideration the committee gave our campus and their decision only motivates us to continue to improve our facilities and programs

By TOPHER PAYTONchristopher_payto3@mymail.eku.edu

Eastern to sell beer at three home football games—although only in designated area

Women's clinic opens doors in Student Health Services building

Eastern rebuffed in its bid to jump to Sun Belt Conference

The new Touchdown Terrace will serve as the designated area for beer sales during three home games this season as part of a pilot program testing examining the impact alcohol sales at Eastern sporting events. The terrace overlooks the north end-zone.

Following a ribbon cutting ceremony, visitors were encouraged to tour the new Women's Health Clinic, which opened Tuesday, Sept.1, in the Rowlett Building.

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By BRIANNA WHITEbrianna_white68@mymail.eku.edu

By EVAN NICHOLSevan_nichols11@mymail.eku.edu

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Matthew White, 18, a freshman pre-med biology major from Lexington, and Rebekah Seifu, 23, a senior pre-med biology and chemistry major from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, added their signatures to the last structural beam for the new Science Building.

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Eastern’s revitalization process took another ma-jor step as the last beam of Phase Two of the New Sci-ence Building was lifted into place Monday.

This particular beam was painted white and signed by numerous faculty, staff and students. Plac-ing this beam completed the structure for the second phase.

Together, both phases add up to 340,000 square feet, a facility unlike anything else in the Common-wealth area, President Michael Benson said.

Dean of Arts and Sciences John Wade said he couldn’t be happier to see the last beam being put into place and is excited for the faculty who will soon be able occupy the building in a few years.

Phase Two will be home to geological sciences

By BRIANNA WHITEbrianna_white68@mymail.eku.edu

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Students and faculty leave mark on new science building

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BRIEFSCAMPUSBRIEFSCAMPUS

BEATPOLICEBEATPOLICE

August 24 � An Aramark em-

ployee reported a com-puter chair was tak-en at 10:30 a.m. from the Wallace Building.

August 25 � A student report-

ed money fell out of their wallet after lend-ing a friend $10 at 2:31 p.m. at the intersection of Park Drive and Kit Carson Drive. The stu-dent stated their friend should not be part of the investigation.

� A person report-

ed being harassed on Kit Carson Drive at the New Science Building.

August 26 � A resident student,

18, from Staffords-ville, was cited for pos-session of marijua-na and forced to pour out several alcohol-ic beverages at 11:09 p.m. in Keene Hall.

August 27 � A student reported

their bicycle was sto-len at 9:33 p.m. from the Powell Building.

August 28 � A person, 22, from

Winchester, parked their vehicle in the middle of Park Drive

at 11:26 p.m. Upon further investigation by an officer revealed the person had can-celed registration and no license. The per-son was cited for no/expired registration plates, failure to main-tain insurance, no op-erator’s license and improper parking/block traveled portion and was transported to the Madison Coun-ty Detention Center.

August 31 � A staff member re-

ported half of a door knob was missing at 11:16 a.m. in the sec-ond floor stairwell of the Rowlett Building.

Focus Groups give student voice

to campus master planning

The final two of three focus groups are taking place this week to gather student input on different aspects of campus.

Eastern’s Master Plan-ning Team will be ready to hear ideas for campus and Eastern experience im-provement at 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at Powell Corner.

A Commuter Student Focus Group will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Jaggers Room, locat-ed in the Powell Building. The EKU Master Planning

Team would like commut-ing students to attend and share how they get to cam-pus, what they do while they are on campus and what they think could be done to make the experi-ence better.

Participation is open to all students and light refresh-ments will be provided.

Lecture to discuss power-based violence

The Chautauqua Lec-ture Series will be present-ing its first lecture at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 3, in O’Donnell Hall, located in the Whitlock Building.

Executive Director of Green Dot, etc. Dorothy Edwards will be present-ing “What If We Could End Power-Based Vio-lence?: The Green Dot Revolution” to start off

this year’s lecture theme of “What if?”

Green Dot, etc. is a re-search and training center that provides intervention and prevention of pow-er-based violence, accord-ing to the press release.

Edwards is the author of the Green Dot, etc. strate-gy, which is a comprehen-sive approach to violence prevention that capitalizes on the power of peer and cultural influence across all levels of the socio-eco-logical models.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Atten-dance slips will be provid-ed for students.

For more information, visit www.chautauqua.eku.edu or contact Chau-tauqua Lecture Coordina-tor Erik Liddell at erik.lid-dell@eku.edu.

Week of Nov. 13 – Nov. 19THE COLONEL’S CALENDAR

Week of Sept. 3 – Sept. 9

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY11 a.m. Commuter Student Focus Group Jaggers Room, Powell Building 7 p.m. Football vs. Valparaiso Richmond

Noon Challenge Course Open House Challenge Course 4:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. University of North Florida Knoxville, Tenn.

7 p.m. Volleyball vs. University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.

Labor Day No classes

11 a.m. Pinterest Party Jaggers Room, Powell Building

8 a.m. Tasty Tuesday Powell Corner 6:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Northern Kentucky University Richmond

THE COLONEL’S CALENDAR

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Students, staff and faculty were encouraged on Monday, Aug. 31, to sign their names to the final structural beam that was later lifted into place for the New Science Building. The building, which is the second phase of a project to expand the science buidings on campus, is scheduled to open in the fall of 2017.

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patrons respond, namely if they purchase the alcohol and act responsibly.

At the end of the season Lochmueller said they will sur-vey the students and administration to decide whether to curb the service or possibly add more games, and depend-ing on how the preliminary sales go they will even consid-er adding wine to the menu next season.

"Where we can go from there, it's not just a given we'll go anywhere," Lochmueller said. "We would like to have enough information to at least present to the administra-tion where there might be opportunities in the future to bring in revenue for the athletics/university"

The ultimate goal of this bench test is getting people in the stadium and support the football Colonels, Lochmuel-ler said, and to find ways for fans of all ages to have the full enjoyable experience of a football-filled Saturday.

"This shouldn't be a big change of what people expect around a Saturday afternoon football game because that's part of our culture," Lochmueller said. "We love our sports and we love to go enjoy our sports and part of that is peo-ple participating in partaking of refreshments."

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among other subjects and will be the place of at least one in 10 credit hours stu-dents will have, Wade said.

Benson spoke on the benefits and importance of the project for students.

“This project is for [stu-dents],” Benson said. “With-out students, we wouldn’t be here.”

The revitalization proj-ects will not only freshen and improve the appear-ance of campus, but will make maintaining the facil-ities easier than the current 50 to 60-year-old buildings, Benson said.

Chair of the Board of Regents, Craig Turner and Benson were the last to sign the beam before it was lift-ed into the final space on the building.

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and provide an even better expe-rience for all our student-athletes at EKU," said Benson.

Some of those improvements have already begun to take place as the East wing (visitor's section) of Roy Kidd Stadium is currently under construction in what will be a series of renovations across the multiple sporting complexes on Eastern's campus.

"I'm disappointed, but not discouraged," said Lochmuel-ler. "I think once we continue to be successful on the field and get our facilities up to snuff, which we have a plan in place for, then I believe the knock will come one day."

According to Lochmueller, the future looks very bright for

Eastern Athletics."In this particular year in ath-

letics, we've already raised more money than we raised all of last

year," Lochmueller said. "We've got a plan, and we have the peo-ple in place to go execute on that plan and that's part of the reason why I'm here as a business man. We're going to run this as a busi-ness and take care of our stu-dent-athletes. That's the most im-portant thing."

Although making that step up to Division I can be a bold task, Eastern appears committed to-ward trending in that direction.

"If you don't have dreams, you can't move forward," Lochmuel-ler said. "These dreams are not fantasies. This is where we want to go, we know what we have to do and we're committed to it. It doesn't happen overnight and I think we should be very proud that we're sitting there with the likes of Coastal Carolina and be-ing considered for the Sun Belt in the last 48 hours."

“I'm disappointed, but not discouraged. I think once we continue to be successful on the f ield and get our facilities up to snuff, which we have a plan in place for, then I believe the knock will come one day."”

Steve LochmuellerEastern Athletic Director

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As students return to campus this fall they may no-tice a few design changes to parking lot signs and la-beling changes that should help clear up confusion about where to park.

The office of Parking and Transportation worked over the summer on a design overhaul of the signs and updating the letter correspondents to better reflect what demographic they serve.

Director of Parking and Transportation Mark Joze-fowicz said the letters were changed to make more sense and some new signs were added to help label the different types of lots such as Lancaster Lot.

“We feel like that helps out visitors and students,” Jozefowicz said. “In identifying the location of where they are especially when we have conferences.”

The new letters include the Employee lot, 'E,' the Commuter Lot, 'C,' Residential Lot, 'R' and Brockton Lot, 'B.'

For violations, such as not displaying a permit, park-ing out of zone, or improper parking, there is a $20 ci-tation. The cost of citations will vary according to the violation. Citations can be found on the Citations and Penalties page on Eastern's website under Parking.

Parking signs revampedBy TOSHA BAKERprogress@eku.edu

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New food options in Downstairs Powell offer students an eclectic tex mex experience and fresh wraps, but also take away a beloved food item by some students.

Where Jump Asian Express was once situated, is a col-orful mural framing the new Twisted Taco. Also replacing what was once The Wedge is now a similar option- Greens to Go.

Aramark's marketing department conducts surveys utilizing focus groups and peer-to-peer groups twice a year to evaluate what students feel is lacking in down-stairs Powell food court. Last year's survey indicated Mex-ican food as being the most popular among students, Ara-mark's Director of Operations Charlie Brubeck said.

Brubeck was attending a meeting in Tennessee with Resident District Manager Larry Puscizna. Both were told they had to try the Twisted Taco. Once Brubeck and Puscizna tried the taco combo, boom boom shrimp and Twisted Taco's nachos, it was settled.

"We are very picky eaters," Puscizna said. But after they tasted "the ultimate tex mex experience," they thought it would work well at Eastern.

Recently in Downstairs Powell, the line in front of Twisted Taco expands into the walk-way. Brubeck ex-plained during training week, Twisted Taco ran out of food due to the high demand from students and he's been pleased with the feedback.

Julie Jackson, 23, a senior therapeutic recreation major from Lexington, tried Twisted Taco for the first time.

"I like how you can mix everything together and cus-tomize and the portions are great," Jackson said.

Twisted Taco also offers vegetarian options."I got the tofu, it's a little spicy," said Jordan Roberts, 23,

a senior psychology major, about her second visit. "I can tell it's fresh."

When referring to her first visit to Twisted Taco, Rob-erts said the nachos fed her for two days.

There is no doubt Twisted Taco has had a successful de-but in Downstairs Powell, but what about Greens To Go?

At first glance it would seem not much has changed from its predecessor The Wedge. Greens to Go offers sim-ilar salad options as The Wedge in addition to soups and bread. However, wraps have been added to the menu. Por-tions are also smaller and baked potatoes have been taken off the menu to many student's disappointment.

"Nothing different, but they added wraps and took away the potatoes which is really sad," said Devon Robin-son, 19, a public health major from Louisville.

Brubeck and Puscizna take students' opinions serious-ly and work with Aramark's marketing department to en-sure customer satisfaction. The call for baked potatoes has been heard.

"We are bringing the potatoes back, hopefully by the end of the week," Brubeck said.

Students can also look forward to sweet potatoes as a possible seasonal special.

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New dining options add tacos, wraps to menu

Students have faced long lines thus far for the new dining option, Twisted Taco, which opened in downstairs Powell.

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KaLeigh Underwood, Editor The Eastern Progress | www.easternprogress.com Thursday, September 3, 2015

Kentucky made national news this week when Kim Davis, Rowan County Clerk, continued to refuse marriage

licenses to same sex couples. What do you think?

“She’s totally out of line. This is her job. She has had four divorc-es. The Bible says that anyone you sleep with post divorce is adultery. So she isn’t following religious rea-sons at all.”

Ashton BoykenHometown: WinchesterMajor: Criminal justiceYear: Senior

"It’s such a gray area. But it’s a little outrageous. When you’re em-ployed through the government, you’re personal beliefs should have no sway on your ability to execute your job.”

Baxter WilhelmHometown: BaltimoreMajor: TheatreYear: Sophomore

“I think it's her government duty; it’s her job. She needs to do her job whether she thinks it’s right or not. All she has to do is sign the paper, she doesn’t have to believe in it.”

Kat HulettHometown: LexingtonMajor: Elementary education Year: Freshman

"I understand that she has her own religious beliefs but she is taking away a right given to peo-ple by the federal government. I completely disagree with her. She’s completely selfish.”

Haley LeigebHometown: LexingtonMajor: Music industry Year: Freshman

Campus Sound Off

Students returning to Eastern probably noticed they arrived to campus a little bit later than in previous years. This is because the fall 2015 semester is 16 weeks long, one week shorter than previous semesters.

"Although EKU had a 17 week semester in the past, the federal government only requires a 16 week semes-ter with 16 weeks of instruction," said Kristi Middleton, chief external affairs officer. "The spring semester will remain a 17 week semester."

Middleton said the benefit of the change was a longer summer period and added flexibility for a winter class session.

This decision makes sense, and it's not the shortened semester that is the problem. The problem is the fact the shortened semester coincides with a hike in tuition and housing fees, making it feel like students are paying more for less.

The new shorter semester has caused professors to have to re-adjust their syllabi in order to fit all the con-tent into the new time frame. This could cause some classes to have to work through the content faster, pos-sibly making students stress and maybe not learn the material at all. It could also result in some content be-ing left out completely. We are all here to some degree because we want to learn, and we pay good money for that content, so the thought that I could be paying extra money for less of an education is really irritating.

The cost of housing has been the highest price hike, increasing 5 percent since last academic year. This in-crease in cost seems even larger considering that on-campus students are paying more money to spend less time in the dorms. This is another example of when we might be paying more for less. For me, at least, living in the dorm is the only time I get to be an adult as I can't afford to move out of my parents' house permanently. It bothers me that I get a week less of that freedom and a week less of on-campus life, and yet am expected to pay more than what I paid last year.

The new semester length may turn out to be the best thing for the students on campus in the long run, but for right now, the results are irritating. I understand that fees and tuition will always be increasing, but the decision to increase them and shorten the semester at the same time is still one that I don't agree with.

I think most people have distinct memories of hear-ing about horror movies in their childhood. Talking to the big kids on the playground or during lunch peri-ods, you'd hear things about a genre that seemed ut-terly taboo and out of reach. The horror icon I heard about most was Freddy Krueger, and from there I en-tered into a passionate relationship with the genre. It wasn't until I was 13 years old that I really knew who Freddy was, right after I watched A Nightmare On Elm Street. This started my obsession with horror, as well as with a man who died this past Sunday: the great Wes Craven.

Craven directed A Nightmare on Elm Street, and that's what he's most known for, but for horror fans like me he was more than a one-hit wonder. He created not only Freddy Krueger, but yet another horror icon in the Scream franchise's Ghostface Killer--in addition to di-recting all four Scream films. With both Scream and Nightmare, he saved horror from the depths of obscu-rity.

In addition, Craven directed the grueling forerun-ners of extreme horror, The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes; satirical masterpieces like The Peo-ple Under the Stairs and Shocker; and existential works like New Nightmare (another Freddy movie) and The Serpent and the Rainbow.

What I find most compelling in Craven's filmogra-phy is his personal connection to every work. Being an intellectual and spiritual seeker, he used his art to ex-press frustrations, motivations, and personal develop-ment throughout his life, as well as comment on the world at large. The Hills Have Eyes, for instance, wasn't an "inbred hillbilly massacre" movie. It was a movie

about the breakdown of the American family structure. Again, New Nightmare wasn't just Freddy Krueger be-ing crazy. It exposed the ramifications of Freddy being marketed to children over the years, and commented on life in the entertainment business.

When Wes Craven came along it was a shot of strong black coffee for American horror cinema. There was no doubt as to the importance it served, and its commer-cial value was never higher. By Craven's third decade in the business, he had started three franchises, published a novel, and made 21 movies. No matter what the Hol-lywood elite say and no matter how many fans point out his artistic flaws, Craven will remain--to me--one of the greatest men in film of all time. He never compromised. He never gave up on his vision.

I only hope this article can lead a few of our readers to watch some of his films and help his memory live on. This man is worth more than a puny eulogy on an un-known fan website. May Wes Craven, horror director for 43 years, rest in peace.

We’ve all heard the old adage that “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it," and it couldn’t possibly ring truer in the debate over the Con-federate flag.

Claims of Southern heritage and pride are used to soften the true meaning of the rebel flag, which is often a symbol of racism, intimidation and oppression. The Confederate flag emerged as a Northern Virginia battle flag during the Civil War, but wasn’t widely displayed or

paraded until the 1960s.The use of the rebel flag coincided perfectly with the

conception of the Civil Rights movement as a way to remind those fighting for equality that they needed to remember their place. The Ku Klux Klan also uses the rebel flag heavily in their rallies and propaganda, which should be enough to deem it a racist symbol. Interest-ingly enough, Neo-Nazis in Europe aren’t allowed to display the swastika, so they replaced it with the Con-federate flag, thus again proving its intent to intimidate and divide.

Discussions over the Confederate flag became more prevalent after the tragic shooting in Charleston this summer. The Confederate flag flies above the state cap-ital building in South Carolina, and lawmakers began debates over the cultural significance and necessity of that flag. As of writing this, the flag still flies. Other states, like Mississippi, have the Confederate flag incor-

porated into their state flag, and there have also been talks of replacing it with something more positive.

Proponents like to romanticize the meaning of the rebel flag, claiming it represents Southern culture and heritage, when I believe the southern United States is so much more than the Confederacy.

How dare we belittle the rich history of the South with a flag solely designed to exemplify white suprem-acy. Where is the pride in subjugating entire races of people? Where is the pride in dividing a nation? Where is the pride in numbing ourselves to the idea that hu-man beings could be enslaved, denied basic fundamen-tal rights and disrespected in almost every aspect of their being?

Rejecting the rebel flag isn’t denying your South-ern heritage; it’s embracing the fact that things have changed for the better, and there’s no reason to cling to an outdated relic.

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A record 433 women went through this fall’s Sorority Recruitment that be-gan Friday, Aug. 28, in Keen Johnson.

Around 265 women who participated in recruitment were placed into eight dif-ferent sororities Tuesday, Sept.1.

Eastern Greek sororities include Al-pha Omicron Pi, Alpha Delta Pi, Kappa Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Zeta, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Gam-ma Delta.

All of the Potential New Members (PNM’s) were able to visit each sorority over the course of the five day recruit-ment.

Lexie Toler, a pre-veteranarian fresh-man from Belfy, said she came out to re-cruitment because she wanted to find a place at Eastern where she would fit in.

“My sister was in a sorority at anoth-er school and I saw the great experienc-es and the amount of community service that she was involved in,” Toler said. “I just thought it was something really spe-cial to be a part of.”

To help the PNM’s through the pro-cess is a group called the Gamma Chis. Gamma Chi’s are sorority members who disaffiliate themselves from their chap-ters to help counsel the PNM’s without being biased, Wade said.

“The Gamma Chis disaffiliate from their chapters starting May 1,” Wade said. “They’re there to guide and coun-sel the PNM’s through recruitment. They are trained to be unbiased and not care if someone comes up to them and bash their own chapter. They know they’re not a part of that chapter right now and that they’re representing Panahellinic.”

During orientation night, PNM’s were divided up into 10 groups, with two Gamma Chis assigned to each group.

“They came and saw the recruitment

team,” Wade said. “They got the gist of what the schedule would look like, what to wear, just a rundown to answer any questions, and met their recruitment counselors.”

The Gamma Chis created a skit to demonstrate sorority stereotypes to show PNM’s that, that isn’t what Greek life is truly about, Wade said.

Saturday was the open house round of recruitment and started at 8:30 a.m. at Keen Johnson. In 35 minute incre-ments with 10 minute breaks in between, PNM’s rotated among all eight chapters to meet the active members.

At the end of the night, PNM’s were asked to write down their top five soror-ities of which they would like to revisit the next night. At the same time, chap-ters were picking which women they would like to invite back to visit their chapter.

“That’s called mutual selection,” Wade said. “Chapters have to want them and they have to want chapters.”

Sunday the PNM’s visited the chap-ters who invited them back for philan-thropy day with an allotted 45 minutes with each this time.

“We watched videos all about their philanthropy,” Toler said. “You could tell how passionate each chapter was about their philanthropy. What’s really spe-cial is each sorority contributes to other philanthropies as well.”

PNM’s were asked to cut their choices down to their top two to revisit Monday during the preference round when they were given an hour with each chapter on their list.

“Preference night is very different from all the other night,” Wade said. “The other nights consist of chanting and is very bubbly. Preference night is more serious. Some chapters will show you a little bit of their ritual within it. Some of the chapters will show their hard times and read stories of how their girls were there for them.”

As the women chose their top two choices, they were asked to sign a Mem-

bership Recruitment Mutual Acceptance Binding Agreement (MRABA).

“You’re signing to say that you un-derstand you’re rights as a PNM,” Wade said. “You say ‘I know that I will receive a bid from one of these two chapters and I know if I deny this bid I have to wait until a year to come through recruitment again.’”

Toler was only invited back to one of her two choices, she said. She said she was OK with only being invited back to one because she had the opportunity to bond more with the one chapter she re-visited during the preference round.

“[Monday] was the best night in my opinion,” Toler said. “The seniors would read something really special about the chapter. You could just tell by the girls faces how passionate they were about the girls in there and we really learned about how close the sisterhood is.”

At the end of preference, each chapter decided which PNM’s to give bids to as a sign to ask the women to join that chap-

ter. The chapters didn’t find out until the following day at the candlelight service who their new members were.

The last night of recruitment is can-dlelight and is a celebration for all eight sororities to rejoin each other in the ra-vine, Wade said. PNM’s received their bids at 9 p.m. from their chapters and were then considered new members of their respected chapters.

“We had all of them open them up at the same time,” Wade said. “They open up an envelope that has their letter shirt in it, a bid and what colors we pin them with of what chapter they’ll go back to.”

Candlelight is one of Wade’s favorite recruitment traditions, she said.

“It’s fun to see where people are placed and see them grow,” Wade said. “I’m ex-cited to see the new generation to come in and change either the stereotypes or the society. And with this group of 265 women that are strict on value based I re-ally think it’s going to change for the bet-ter.”

A passion for rock climbing brought several Eastern students together to cre-ate the first ever rock climbing team.

The team is open to all student climb-ers and was founded last semester by Chris Sumner, 22, a construction man-agement senior from Perryville, and Da-kota McLendon, 20, a math education ju-nior from Monticello.

Sumner said all the climbers at East-ern already knew each other and he thought they would work well together as a team.

“We didn’t know if any other univer-sity had done this before so we wanted to do something new and kind of incor-porate everyone that we normally climb with and bring it into something that’s more official,” Sumner said.

The duo will take their experience competing in individual competitions into their roles as founding members of the team.

Two team members placed at one such competition in Columbus, Ohio. McLen-don brought home second place and an-other teammate won first place.

McLendon said typical competitions

are based on a points system. Routes are set on a wall and each route is assigned a certain amount of points based on dif-ficulty. From there, McLendon said the routes are typically divided into a begin-ner, intermediate or advanced division.

“If a climber successfully completes a route without falling,” McLendon said. “They are awarded the points for that route. first, second, and third for each division are determined by who has the most points.”

Sumner said he wants to fill the team with experienced climbers, but for stu-dents who have less experience they have created the Climbing Club.

Sumner himself entered college as a beginner.

“I came in and had a terrifying fear of heights,” Sumner said. “I came in and people kind of pushed me up the first two or three times and ever since then I have conquered my fear of heights.”

The Climbing Club offers a fun way to gain experience and to join the team. It is for all skill levels and it will not compete.

“It’s kind of like another branch of the team itself so we can incorporate all lev-els whether its ‘I’ve never touched a rope before’ or ‘I’ve been doing this for 15 Years’ kind of thing,” Sumner said.

McLendon said he likes the way rock-climbing engages both the climbers mind and body as well as the community that it builds.

“Climbing is the most competitive, non-competitive sport because every-body is trying to out-do you,” McLendon said. “But the second you have trouble

you’re biggest rival will be like ‘Hey, try this’, ‘Hey, put your foot there’,” Mclen-don said.

For students interested in joining the team, tryouts will be 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Rec Center, but spaces are limited .

By KAYLA LASUREkayla_lasure@mymail.eku.edu

By KRISTEN LOCKARDprogress@eku.edu

Hundreds of women turn out for sorority recruitment

Climbing team takes competition to new heights

Women gather in Keen Johnshon to listen to what all the different sororities have to offer to begin their recruitment process. Recruitment started Friday with 433 participants.KAYLA LASURE/PROGRESS

Chris Sumner, a founding member of the new climbing team, competes on an advanced climbing course.

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The switch to value-based recruiting started last year when current Panhellenic President Danielle Wade served in Panhel-lenic Council as Recruitment Chair.

“We started to change the process of recruitment last year,” said Wade, a se-nior therapeutic recreation senior from Ft. Thomas. “Before that recruitment was just all about outfits, and hair.... just based on kind of what you look like. So last year we changed recruitment to be value based.”

One of the ways Greek Life leaned away

from relying on appearance during recruit-ment was to have all the PNM’s wear the same T-shirt during the open house round of recruitment Saturday.

“Everyone looked alike so you couldn’t say ‘Remember that girl in the yellow dress?’ You actually had to get to know them and their name,” Wade said.

The initiative also includes a night titled “High Value Trumps High Heels” during which the women going through recruit-ment were encouraged to wear sneakers or flats. This started last year after a woman in a wheel chair was unable to where heels during recruitment, Wade said.

“This year we decided to continue the [night with sneakers] to encourage that ‘get to know me, not my face, get to know me, not my wedges or of if my hair is curled, Get to know my heart. [attitude].”

The recruitment team, which includes officers in Panhellinic Council and Gam-ma Chis, disaffiliated sorority members tasked with counseling girls through re-cruitment, are donating their sneakers to a local charity once recruitment is finished,

Wade said.One Gamma Chi, Sarah Schklar, 21,

middle school education senior from Fort Thomas said she uses the new Value-Based initiative to share what it’s really like to be in a sorority.

“We’re trying to get the new girls to un-derstand that the stereotypical sorority girl is not what we are,” Schklar said. “We’re women with high values, great morals, who just want a community together and to put our good values to a greater cause with our philanthropies and everything.”

The Gamma Chis went a step further to encourage Potential New Members to be themselves.

“We went without make-up for a day to show our true selves and we didn’t want to put up a front for them so they wouldn’t try to put on a front for us,” Schklar said.

Schklar remembers her experience go-ing through rush three years ago and though she enjoys dressing up, she remem-bers the anxiety she experienced.

“It was a lot of pressure you know I was thinking, ‘what if my hair isn’t right, are

they going to like me or judge me?’, Schklar said.

Wade said the feedback she’s had from different sororities has been positive, she said most agree that value-based recruit-ment opens the door for Potential New Members to ask questions about the so-rorities and not just conform to how they think they need to act and look.

During their recruitment training in the spring, each sorority was given training for value-based recruitment.

“The main message during the training was people join people,” Wade said. “Peo-ple don’t join organizations, they join the people that is in this chapter.”

Last year’s trial of value-based recruit-ment went well but this year’s initiate went deeper, Wade said.

“We really wanted to start the initiative with the girls going through recruitment because they’re gonna be the ones that can change what the Greek community looks like,”Wade said. “They can go into these chapters and want to impact them.”

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Among other notable transfers is Adam Lane, a sophomore running back who played at the University of Flori-da. Lane will join the Eastern squad this season and compete with sopho-more back Kentayvus Hopkins to help ease Mobley’s workload this season. Lane saw limited action at Florida until his final game where he earned MVP of the Birmingham Bowl by leading the Gators with 109 rushing yards and a touchdown. Somewhat ironically, Lane also led Florida in rushing when they met the Colonels down in Gainesville last season.

“We’ve definitely got depth at running back,” said Mobley. “I think we’ll be pret-ty good this year. We just have to stay fo-cused, minimize our mistakes, and keep

going forward with 100 percent.”D’Vonta Derricott, a junior trans-

fer from Kansas State University is ex-pected to start at middle linebacker for Eastern this season and help anchor Hood’s defense.

There is a lot of excitement and buzz following the Eastern football team this season, and that excitement will fi-nally come to a head at 7 p.m. Thurs-day, Sept. 3 when the Colonels host Valparaiso at Roy Kidd Stadium to open the season.

On Wednesday, Sept. 2, students can come out to Roy Kidd Stadium to participate in Tradition Night. Stu-dents will learn traditions, be able to start their own, and learn cheers and school songs. Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded at the event. Students must be present to claim the scholar-ships, which are being funded by the President’s Office.

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The men of Sigma Alpha Epsilon are hosting their second annual Children’s Miracle Network Golf Outing on Friday, Sept. 25.

The men of Sigma Alpha Epsilon are hosting their second annual Children’s Mir-acle Network Golf Outing at Kearney Hills Golf Links in Lexington on Friday, Sept. 25, when students do not have class.

In addition to being a Teacher’s Assur-ance of Learning Day, the event coincides with Family Weekend so participants have the chance to experience the outing with their families before other planned events.

After participating in philanthropy events he said were quite embarrassing, founder Austin Molen, a professional golf management senior from Florence, realized a golf scramble would better profit SAE’s national philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network.

“I’ve been to Cincinnati Children’s Hos-pital and seen our money making a differ-ence,” Molen said. “I knew that with a golf outing, the sky is the limit.”

The 18-hole team scramble registration is $200 for each four-person team and reg-istration will begin at 9:30 a.m.. For those not wanting to golf, attendance is free and a silent auction will feature items from Vineyard Vines, Simply Southern Tees, and Keeneland Race Track.

As their biggest philanthropy event of the year, Molen is anticipating more than 70 players and $10,000 in donations. A “Cham-pion Family” from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital will be at the event to share their personal story about the care given to them through Cincinnati Children’s and Chil-dren’s Miracle Network.

T-shirts for the event will be sold for $13 and $3 of each sale will go directly to the Children’s Miracle Network. For those who cannot make the outing, a GoFundMe ac-count under the name “SAE Annual Golf Scramble” has been opened for donations.

Speak with any member of SAE on cam-pus to receive player registration forms. Contact Austin Molen, Sigma Alpha Epsi-lon’s philanthropy chair and event found-er, at austin_molen2@mymail.eku.edu or (859) 547-9707 for more information.

After claiming their title as 2014 OVC champions, Eastern’s men and women’s cross country teams earned high praise in this year’s preseason voting poll. In a poll that consists of 12 coaches, the EKU men received 11 first-place votes while the EKU women received 10 first-place votes.

“It’s nice, but I don’t like predictions. Ev-ery season, we want to win the OVC. Men and women,” Eastern Track and Cross Country Coach Rick Erdmann said.

Both teams are familiar with the top spot in the OVC, and with key runners re-turning from both teams, Coach Erdmann and the Colonels hope to achieve their goal of winning the OVC.

“I think we have good returners from both teams that help make up the nucleus [of the team],” Erdmann said.

The EKU men have 2014 OVC Male Runner of the year, Amos Kosgey, along with Luka Ndungu, and Ambrose Maritim returning this year to hopefully make up part of the nucleus of the team. The EKU

women lost key runners in Una Britton and Anna Eason, but look for seniors, Julie Mathisen, Anna Reddin, and Ashley Svec, to step up and be the center of the team.

Despite having key players that form the “nucleus” Erdmann believes that cross-country is a “team-oriented” sport, and the team is only successful if everyone is on the same page.

The EKU men are working towards their 10th consecutive OVC title, and the women work towards their fourth consec-utive title. The EKU men have also secured the 22nd ranking in the national poll ac-cording to FloTrack, a preseason national poll.

The Colonels kicked off their season with a dual meet against Kentucky at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Masterson Sta-tion.

Both the men and women’s cross coun-try teams came out victorious over the Wildcats on Tuesday evening.

The women’s team narrowly edged out Kentucky in the 4K races by a score of 26-31, while the Eastern men’s team ran away with a 21-39 victory.

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After a solid 2014 campaign in which the Eastern football team won nine games (the most wins in a sin-gle-season of Head Coach Dean Hood’s tenure in Richmond), finished second in the Ohio Valley Conference stand-ings, and reached the first round of the FCS Playoffs; the Colonels have their sights set even higher for the upcoming 2015 season.

On a team that won its first six games a year ago, and saw its best start to a season since 1990, Eastern returns eight starters on both sides of the ball. Along with bringing back an expe-rienced core, the Colonels were able to add depth and talent at mul-tiple positions with the addi-tion of its 2015 recruiting class and incoming transfers.

“We’ve got a lot more veteran players this season,” said Hood. “We’ve proba-bly got more depth than we have ever had since I’ve been here with guys with playing experience. Whether that’s our big senior class, or that’s our under-classmen who got to play early because they were talented, or that’s transfer-ring in some guys with some playing experience from other schools. I would probably say if you totaled it all up, we have more games under our belt, top to bottom on our football team than we’ve ever had.”

Eastern enters the 2015 season ranked No. 17 in the FCS Coaches Poll, and picked to finish second in the OVC standings this season behind Jackson-ville State by OVC media members in a recent poll. In another poll decided by OVC coaches and media relations contacts, Eastern was picked to finish third in the conference standings be-hind Jacksonville State and Eastern Il-linois.

Four Colonels, including running back Dy’Shawn Mobley, defensive back Stanley Absanon, and offensive line-men Trey Shelton and Brett Eyckmans, were named to the Preseason All-OVC team. Mobley and Eyckmans were also chosen on the STATS FCS Preseason All-America Team. Mobley was a first team selection, while Eyckmans was a third team selection.

Mobley, the 2014 OVC Offensive Player of the Year and a 2014 All-Amer-ican, returns for his senior season at Eastern. The 6-foot, 225-pound tail back set a new program record, while also tying a conference record last sea-son against OVC foe Murray State with six touchdowns in the game. During

that game, Mobley accumulated 324 all-purpose yards to go with his six scores. After a season in which the tail-back led the conference in rushing at-tempts, rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns, Mobley still believes that there is a lot left to accomplish.

“Our goal is to win the OVC and compete for a national championship,” said Mobley.

Mobley needs 1,524 on the ground this season to make his way onto the Eastern career top-10 rushing list.

“ D y ’ Shaw n is a complete player,” said Hood. “We’ve said it several times. He’s not just the OVC Offensive Play-er of Year or a great ball car-rier, which he is; he’s a great teammate and he has a great chemistry with his line because he’s a physical runner. He’s a tough run-ner. He makes plays when

they don’t make perfect blocks. He’s one of the hardest workers on the team and guys see that. He’s a great leader.”

With a full season at Eastern under his belt, the Colonels hope that junior quarterback Bennie Coney will bring stability and experience to the team under center. Last season, Coney led Eastern in both passing yards and pass-ing touchdowns, throwing for 1,185 yards and seven scores; all while split-ting time at the quarterback position with now graduated Jared McClain.

“I’ve really liked the work ethic this year,” said Coney. “Everyone put in a hard summer. The summer is where you actually build your team and I would say this summer really helped us out as far as instilling a good work eth-ic.”

Coney has been working hard to im-prove his game during the offseason.

“I’ve really been working on my footwork and eye discipline,” said Co-ney. “Looking off safeties, getting clues from the defense, knowing where to go with the ball. My coach has been ham-mering me a lot about my feet and my eyes so I’ve been drilling myself on that.”

The Colonels also return its two leading receivers from last season in senior Jeff Glover and junior Devin Borders. Borders led Eastern with five touchdown receptions, while also serv-ing as a dual threat on special teams. The 6-foot-6 wideout blocked three field goals and one punt in 2014.

“The biggest difference that I’ve no-ticed between last year and this year is the intensity,” said Glover. “People like to compete out here. Everyone is f lying around. There’s just a lot of talent out here.”

Glover said that fans can expect to see a lot of excitement on the gridiron this season.

“Fans can expect to see some big plays, some explosive plays, and a lot of touchdowns,” said Glover. “It’s going to be a fun year this year.”

On defense, the Colonels hope to be stout once again as Coach Hood has as-sumed defensive coordinator responsi-bilities this season. Hood, who is enter-ing his eighth season head coach, served two years as defensive coordinator for Eastern during Hall of Fame coach Roy Kidd’s tenure on the sidelines.

“We have a lot of team speed,” said Hood. “We’ve got explosive players at every level. At the D-Line level, the linebacker level, the secondary level. We’ve got guys who can really run to the football and have a desire to get to the football. It’s one thing to be able to run, but it’s another have a desire to run and get to the ball and once you get there, be in a nasty mood. We have a group of guys who that’s their M-O.”

Absanon will look to lead the Colonel defense this sea-son after a year in which he snatched four interceptions and recorded 56 tack-les. Absanon stepped his game up when it mattered most and grabbed two in-terceptions during East-ern’s upset over FBS op-ponent Miami (OH). The other two came during the Colonels’ playoff game against Indiana State. Ab-sanon also blocked a field goal and returned it 75 yards for a touchdown against Tennessee Tech.

Joining Absanon on defense this season is ju-nior defensive end Noah Spence, a 6-foot-3, 261-pound transfer from Ohio State. Coming out of high school, Spence was the No. 1 ranked player in the state of Pennsylvania and two-time big school defensive play-er of the year. Spence earned his rating as a five-star r e c r u i t , as well as the No. 2 ranked de-fensive end prospect in the country. He was also ranked as top-five prospect his senior year by ESPNU and MaxPreps. As a sophomore at Ohio State, Spence started 13 games at defensive end and was named first team All-Big

Ten by the media and second team All-Big Ten by the coaches. Spence was sec-ond in the Big Ten with 8.0 sacks and sixth in the Big Ten with 14.5 tackles-for-loss. Eastern hopes that the Harris-burg, Pa. native will be a big time play-maker at the line of scrimmage in 2015.

Among other notable transfers is Adam Lane, a sophomore running back who played at the University of Flori-da. Lane will join the Eastern squad this season and compete with sopho-more back Kentayvus Hopkins to help ease Mobley’s workload this season.

By EVAN NICHOLSevan_nichols11@mymail.eku.edu

(From left) Brett Eyckmans, Stanley Absanon, Deshawn Mobley and Jeffery Glover (below) are just a few of the players expected to have a big impact on the gridiron for the Colonels this season.PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHRIS RADCLIFFE

Colonels looking Forward to fall

“Fans can expect to see some big plays, some explosive plays, and a lot of touchdowns. It’s going to be a fun year.”

Jeff Glover,Wide Receiver

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