The Alestle Vol. 73 No. 31

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The Student Voice Since 1960

vol. 73 no. 31

A statue outside Saint Boniface Catholic Church on N. Buchanan Street in Edwardsville sports a face mask, blending into the current landscape.

GETTING RELIEF: All about financial help offered to students | page 2

NEXT MOVE: Medical school hopefuls rethink their futures | page 4 & 5

FULL STOP: Pandemic shapes exercise science projects | page 7 | Dominick Oranika / The Alestle

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Multiple sources of financial aid available for SIUE students DAMIAN MORRIS, GABRIEL BRADY reporters

As Congress debates passing the HEROES Act, which would provide a second round of stimulus checks, many college students are continuing to face financial hardships, especially those who did not receive a check from the first round.

Junior special education major Ashlynn Balentine, from Chicago, said not receiving a stimulus check left her without income.

“It’s been kind of rough. I work two jobs and I can’t go to either of them, so I have no income coming in. Thankfully my boyfriend does, but both of us relying on him for rent and groceries is a bit rough,” Balentine said.

Senior business economics and finance and business administration major from Pawnee, Illinois, Alex Cooper is another student struggling from not receiving the stimulus check.

“When they announced it, I was expecting to get [the stimulus check] because I was under the impression it was going to be every single adult who filed a tax return,” Cooper said. “It would give me a little bit more security if that check would be enough to pay my rent for three months.

Although I’m working now, I did just watch 24 million people go unemployed, and I can’t help but think [about it] in the back of my mind.”

Emergency Assistance Fund

SIUE offers several opportunities for students to get financial help alongside the refunds the university has sent out.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple said there are several sources of funds for students, the first being the SIUE Emergency Assistance Fund.

“That can go towards food, some overdue rent or essential utilities, wireless hotspots or technology to help complete [students’] studies, travel related to it or a death in the family,” Waple said.

This emergency fund was available to students prior to COVID-19 and will still exist after the pandemic, according to Waple. In order to receive money through the SIUE Emergency Fund, students have to fill out an application for it.

CARES Act Another resource is the CARES Act, which is money for dealing with the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dean of Students Kara Shustrin said another one of the main differences between the SIUE Emergency Assistance Fund and the CARES Act is the amount of money available.

“The CARES Act came from about $4.8 million that the government gave out to offset the financial burden of transitioning online and to help deal with being moved from campus,” Shustrin said. “The SIUE Emergency Assistance Fund, however, is just from donations we’ve received.”

Shustrin said students who are eligible

Creativity born out of necessity: Local businesses take up mask making JOHN MCGOWAN reporter

business takes on this additional role during the shutdown.

Seams for the Soul Boutique, another During the pandemic, many local busi- shop located in Edwardsville, has also been nesses have been trying to stay afloat while struggling. also doing their part to support the comThe shop opened in June 2019, less munity, especially in one specific way: mak- than a year before it was shut down due to ing face masks. the pandemic. While they are continuing Alexandra’s Alteration Shop, an Ed- sales through online shopping along with wardsville shop that shut down along with making masks, shop owner Cara Miller said many others near the end of March, has al- sales aren’t as good as they used to be. ready made over 1,000 masks.

“We’ve definitely seen a decrease in our The shop first started making masks daily revenue,” Miller said. about a month ago, after shop owner Carol Another shop Seibold’s son-in-law that has started recommended she selling masks is Af“I’m part of this society, make masks for a saneh’s Alterations school district in St. Edwardsville, a and I know lots of people. in Louis. staple of the town “He said, ‘Hey, that’s been in busiIf I can do any help I’ve got an idea for ness for 33 years. to keep them safe, you: Why don’t Afsaneh’s mask you make masks?’ output is much I’d be happy to do that.

And I’m like, ‘No, smaller than AlexI don’t think I want andra’s, but shop AFSANEH KHAZAELI to make masks,’ but owner Afsaneh owner of Afsaneh’s Alterations then it became apKhazaeli said she’ll parent that people do whatever she needed them,” Seibold said. can to help.

The masks they make follow CDC “I’ve been in the business for a long guidelines. They’re made of tightly woven time,” Khazaeli said. “I’m part of this so100 percent cotton fabric. Seibold said they ciety, and I know lots of people. If I can do aren’t professional masks, but they work, any help to keep them safe, I’d be happy to and they are available to anyone. do that.”

“It’s not like a nurse’s quality mask, but Like Alexandra’s, Seams for the Soul’s it’s the kind that you can go shopping with, and Afsaneh’s masks are free. and it helps people keep their distance,” The masks made by these shops have Seibold said. “I keep them free. If anybody been especially crucial since Illinois resineeds one, I’d like them to be able to get it.” dents have been required to wear masks in Alexandra’s Alteration Shop distrib- public areas throughout the month of May, utes these masks by either mailing them a mandate that was put into place when the when they supply masks to school districts, stay-at-home order was extended at the end or by just leaving them on the front porch of April. of the shop for locals to pick up.

Contact Alexandra’s Alteration Shop While businesses have been able to at 618-656-1100, Seams for the Soul Boumake some good out of the shutdown, it tique at 618-623-7325 and Afsaneh’s Aldoesn’t change the fact that many are los- terations at 618-656-3366 to inquire on ing money. Seibold relies on donations to masks. Readers who want to learn more purchase materials and keep her employees about how to make their own masks at paid. However, she has managed to keep home with proper materials can visit the the rest of the shop employed while the CDC’s website.

for the CARES Act would have received an email stating that they can apply. She also said there were many students that haven’t applied yet, but can.

“Students that are available for the CARES Act got an email and also a text with a link to more information,” Shustrin said. “There are a lot of students available for the CARES Act that haven’t done anything, even though they have been notified.”

How They Compare Waple said the CARES Act has more rules about its uses than the SIUE Emergency Assistance Fund.

“It can only be used for food, housing, such as to move off campus, course materials, health care, child care, technology related expenses like having to buy a computer or iPad because of being moved to online and that’s about it. So it’s limited to those things,” Waple said.

However, in order to receive any money from either source, Shustrin said students have to have filed a FAFSA. “If you filed a FAFSA, that means you’re Title IV eligible, which is just a fancy way of saying you’re allowed to receive grant money from SIUE or the government,” Shustrin said. “If students didn’t file one for this academic year, they can go to Financial Aid and file one now.”

For more information go to the SIUE Student Affairs, Financial Aid or CARES Act websites.

What aid do I qualify for?

SIUE student files FAFSA to become Title IV eligible

Received an email with a link to apply for the CARES Act

Did not receive an email

The CARES Act consists of money that the government gave to SIUE of roughly $4.8 million. There is much more money in the CARES Act than in the Student Emergency Assistance Fund.

Can apply for the Student Emergency Assistance Fund The Student Emergency Assistance Fund is from donations to SIUE.

Note that these grants are unrelated to the Student Fee Refunds. The Student Fee Refunds are meant to be reimbursement for not having a full semester at SIUE, but the grants are supposed to offset the financial burden of being removed from the SIUE campus and moving online.

Data collected from www.siue.edu & an interview with the Dean of Students, Kara Shustrin.

New life still enters a seemingly lifeless world: Pregnant women face new complications GABRIEL BRADY reporter

While COVID-19 is rapidly taking the lives of thousands in the U.S., pregnant women are still giving life, but are met with unprecedented challenges.

Nursing Instructor Amy Reed said the entire healthcare system has had to make drastic changes in order to adapt to the pandemic, which affects prenatal care.

“When a child’s ultrasound is taken, it’s usually a very happy time, where the mother brings her significant other, and they get to hear that child’s heartbeat for the first time,” Reed said. “Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, the new rule is that only the pregnant individual is allowed into the visit.”

Associate Professor Mary Barron has been a nurse practitioner since 1986, and she said changes to pregnant women’s bodies can make them more susceptible to illness, making a pandemic especially scary for theses individuals.

“Your immune system changes in order to protect the unborn fetus,” Barron said. “So, since your immune system is altered, the body is more viable for disease.”

Even if a pregnant individual doesn’t contract COVID-19, Barron said some typical symptoms of pregnancies can be misconstrued as something more insidious.

“The ribs flare during pregnancy, in order to make space for the baby, which can lead to shortness of breath,” Barron said. “And shortness of breath is also a symptom of the coronavirus. So even if the mother is healthy, she could still be stressed by the idea of maybe having coronavirus.”

Nursing Instructor Kendra Howell works at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Illinois, and has been a nurse for 20 years.

She said although she hasn’t seen any pregnant people who have tested positive for COVID-19, that doesn’t mean they have been free of struggle. Taking care of mothers and their children after the child is born is just as important as the prenatal care.

“We haven’t seen any COVID positive mothers [at Anderson Hospital] so far, ” Howell said. “Right now, our focus is that

it doesn’t get transmitted to our babies. As for the delivery of the child, it can’t be as family-oriented as usual. Although, hospitals have taken other measures to let grandparents and family share the moment, like allowing them to come up to the window with signs for the mother and the child.”

According to Reed, the most important thing to do for someone who is pregnant or who has recently given birth is to check up on them and make sure they are adapting well.

“We need to be aware that there are some groups that don’t have the resources they need,” Reed said. “This is a problem in nursing that we are aware of regardless of the pandemic, but the pandemic makes these problems more severe. We have to make sure we’re all checking on people to make sure they have food, shelter, that they are safe from domestic abuse. We always try to make sure of these things, but we need to do it now more than ever.”

Reed said postpartum depression is always a concern, but it is an even bigger concern during a pandemic.

“We recommend that mothers try to wait to introduce their child to grandparents because, as we know with this pandemic, older people are more at risk,” Reed said. “Unfortunately, with less access to family members, because of both hospital regulations and social distancing, postpartum depression may see an increase.”

Howell said there are new guidelines for individuals who enter the facility, such as checking people’s temperatures and ensuring everyone wears personal protective equipment. This makes trips to the doctor seem more like an ordeal than assistance.

“At our doors, we are checking everyone’s temperatures: all staff, physicians, midwives, mothers, patients, anyone,” Howell said. “Any temperature that’s higher than 100 degrees, they aren’t allowed into the unit. We also ask if they have symptoms. We always wear PPE masks, but now we’ve been asking all people to wear them as well.”

For anyone struggling with postpartum depression, contact the International Postpartum Support hotline at 1-800-9444773.

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WSIE in jeopardy of shutting down, tries to raise funds SIUE Police ISOBEL ABBOTT-DETHROW reporter

SIUE runs the risk of losing WSIE, a staple for the university and jazz radio enthusiasts.

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all on-ground campus resources and buildings, WSIE was greatly affected.

WSIE is now in a rush to gather enough funds by June to keep the station running for the foreseeable future.

According to WSIE general manager Jason Church, the radio station already does not receive state funding and the station already struggles with self-sustainability. When the radio station first lost state funding, the money pool continued to decrease.

“This year, we were on track for bringing in the lowest net loss we’ve had in the last five or six years,” Church said.

“In March, we started to see a lot of our regular underwriting partners pull back funding completely because of the stay-athome orders in Illinois. They either had to close their businesses entirely or reduce their services.”

Along with the loss of underwriting partners, WSIE began to see a decrease in donations from regular listeners because of COVID-19. According to Church, the listeners no longer have the extra money to donate because of the loss of income created by the pandemic.

“They just didn’t have the extra money,” Church said. “Also, when you look for corporate donors, they have other charitable causes and things a little more urgent right now in a pandemic than a radio station, unfortunately.”

Located in the basement of Dunham Hall, WSIE offers internships opportunities for mass communications students and the chance for students to volunteer with the station. SIUE’s Department of

Mass Communications is in a partnership with WSIE. Mass Communications Department Chair Musonda Kapatamoyo said the potential loss of WSIE could impact the department greatly.

“The partnership has been going on for several years,” Kapatamayo said.

“With the partnership, our students are able to go and work for WSIE and get experience.”

According to Kapatamayo, WSIE is an important part of the mass communications curriculum.

“The last year and a half, we actually made a course taught between a mass communications instructor and [Jason Church],” Kapatamayo said. “Students going through that program are taught the entire section of radio station management.” This class would no longer be possible without the partnership with WSIE. Senior mass communications major Nathan Mackin, of Swansea, Illinois, volunteers with WSIE. Mackin said the possibility of WSIE shutting down has really impacted him, as the radio station allowed Mackin to be himself on the air. Mackin had previously worked at a radio station while attending Southwestern Illinois College, and he said he was able to build on this experience at WSIE. “Going back to SWIC and Blue Storm Radio, that was a great experience and exposure,” Mackin said. “But, WSIE bumped it up to a whole new level. They give you a platform, plenty of opportunities to board for basketball and football games and become your own personality on the radio station. [WSIE] has given me a way to blossom, and I really appreciate Jason Church and everyone at the radio station for what they do.”

The radio station has launched a national campaign, “#saveWSIE,” to make the community aware of its dire financial situation. WSIE has until June 30, the end

receive cybertips for illegal pornography viewing DAMIAN MORRIS reporter

WSIE has launched a national campaign to raise donations in the hopes of keeping the jazz station, housed in the basement of Dunham Hall, alive. | Photo courtesy of Jason Church

of the fiscal year, to gain more funding.

“We need to take full responsibility to get this money covered,” Church said.

“There is no way I would like to see this place shut down, especially on my watch.”

There are many different ways that the SIUE and surrounding communities can help support WSIE. “The main space where listeners can donate to help our cause is through the WSIE website,” Church said. “Instructions to send a check through the mail are also on the website … If you are not able to donate, sharing [WSIE’s] information with friends and family is huge. If someone happens to work for a larger company that might be able to make the corporate donation, that would be fantastic, too. We are also still relying on underwriting support.”

Church said he has confidence that WSIE, its workers and the community will pull through and raise the money needed to keep the station running.

SIUE Police Sergeant trains in cybercrime with Secret Service DAMIAN MORRIS reporter

With the help of the Secret Service, the SIUE Police Department was able to send one of their members to receive training in the field of computer forensics.

Computer Forensics Training SIUE Police Sgt. Mark Ferrell works with the campus investigations division.

He also works with the Secret Service and any other department in the area who may need assistance on cases dealing with cybercrime and financial crimes, such as money laundering and identity theft.

Ferrell has been trained to cover cases of possession, distribution and production of child pornography as well as criminal and predatory criminal sexual assault. Other cases he has assisted with include the possession and distribution of controlled substances.

According to SIUE Police Lt. Lisa Johnson, it took the department two years to get Ferrell approved for training from the Central and Southern Illinois Financial and Computer Crimes Task Force.

Ferrell said most of his cases have been in surrounding areas of the community, rather than at the university, due to the low crime rates on campus.

“My SIUE cases have been very few, which is a good thing. We don’t want a lot of crime running around campus,” Ferrell said. “So far this partnership has really been great in exposing us to our surrounding community.”

Ferrell said surrounding departments without computer forensics capabilities will often send him computers that are part of an investigation for assistance in finding information relevant to the investigation.

Johnson said she started developing

this goal through the Secret Service to train Ferrell as well as provide free equipment to the department.

“I had heard, kind of in the law enforcement circle, that the Secret Service will sponsor officers from local and county departments and put them through their forensic institute with a caveat, and it almost seemed too good to be true, that you get all the training and equipment, but if they need help, you have to respond,” Johnson said.

The Secret Service has provided Ferrell with a large amount of equipment since he started training.

“So far I’ve received just a little bit over $50,000 worth of equipment,” Ferrell said. “That didn’t cost the university a dime.”

According to SIUE Police Sgt. John Wayne, there are only one or two other people in the area who do what Ferrell does.

Johnson said the department didn’t have any special assignments prior to Ferrell’s Secret Service training.

“I took over investigations five years ago, and we had nobody in any special assignment. By special assignment, it means anything outside of the police department,” Johnson said.

Tackling Cybercrime Alongside the computer forensics training Ferrell received, Johnson said she wanted to implement a team to investigate more instances of cybercrime.

“We don’t have a lot of crime, so I thought we would move more towards a cyber-based [unit], because I found every case we were working on involved a mobile cell phone or it involved computer records, bank records, and it just became so frustrating to not be able to find people to work on these things because we’re not

certified,” Johnson said. “You have to have certifications and go through schools.”

Wayne and Johnson had training in Fall 2019 through another program which specifically focused on cell phone forensics.

“Myself and a sergeant have gone to cell phone forensic training, and then we have a female detective that does network intrusion with the FBI, so that’s her specialty,” Johnson said. “So we each kind of have our little niche, and I’m trying to build a little cyber group back there.”

Wayne said the training was through a company called Cellebrite.

“Cellebrite, what [Johnson and I] do, it’s a private company who came up with this software, so it costs quite a bit of money to go through and pay for the support and everything,” Wayne said.

How to Get into Computer Forensics Ferrell said those interested in computer forensics do not need a background in the field.

“I don’t have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or anything like that,” Ferrell said. “I had an associate degree in criminal justice when I started at SIUE, and during my employment, I did finish my bachelor’s degree, but it wasn’t in computer sciences or computer information. It was just more along the administrative of justice route.”

Ferrell said it was a simple interest in computers that got him into a position to receive this training.

“Just by having an interest in computers, even just understanding hard drives and knowing what’s fastest and USB ports,” Ferrell said. “That little bit of interest on top of a few weeks of training, I got to where I am.”

For more information, visit the SIUE Police Department website.

The SIUE Police Department doesn’t monitor on-campus pornography viewing, despite what some may think.

A workshop for Greek organizations raised questions about how the police responds to, and becomes aware of, illegal pornography viewing within the SIUE community. According to SIUE Police Chief Kevin Schmoll, campus police only get involved when pornography viewing involves child pornography or violates ITS policies.

“We’re more concerned if it’s child pornography, which is illegal. Then we would get involved,” Schmoll said. “We would possibly take the initiative if it’s an SIUowned computer, [it would probably be] an employee or even a student at an SIU computer, then there’s no right to privacy on that. It’s owned by the university, so we can take that without a search warrant.”

SIUE Police Sgt. Mark Ferrell said service providers, rather than campus police, monitor child pornography online.

“It’s not even on us to monitor, it actually comes down to internet service providers as to who would actually generate the cybertip,” Ferrell said.

Ferrell said they prefer to not even use the word ‘monitoring’ due to the varied definitions people have.

“Monitoring is kind of a tough word because people view monitoring in different ways,” Ferrell said. “It’s not someone on the other side of the computer just monitoring each webpage you go to. No one’s just sitting there viewing that live. It’s just specific hashes that are monitored, and if they are downloaded or shared, that triggers a flag basically.”

When they get these flags, the service providers are required to give cybertips to the local police departments if they come across child pornography viewings through their service or someone reports an image to the provider.

“The way it would be monitored in that sense is if that picture was downloaded across an internet service provider, that internet service provider is required by the law to report that to law enforcement,” Ferrell said. “That process is called a cybertip.”

Ferrell said service providers give their cybertips in the form of what they call ‘hashes.’

“You take any picture, let’s say a picture of your favorite sports logo. That picture on a computer is going to have a hash,” Ferrell said. “That’s a very long, completely computer-generated number. If that was say, a child pornography image, and that becomes known to law enforcement, that’s entered into a database.”

Ferrell said the service providers send notice to whichever police agency is closest to the location of the viewing.

“Let’s [say] picture number one is a bad picture, is a child pornography picture, and you have Charter internet or you use Facebook even, and you share that image,” Ferrell said. “You either download it or you send it to someone, then Charter would flag that and say that’s a known bad image and they would produce what’s called a cybertip and that would go to the local jurisdiction.”

According to SIUE ITS Chief Information Security Officer Jeff Laughlin, ITS also doesn’t monitor pornography viewing or allow outside services to monitor content within the university’s network.

Laughlin said they do assist the SIUE Police Department with investigations as required by a warrant from any other law enforcement agency.

For more information visit the SIUE Police Department and ITS websites.

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COVID-19 complicates complicates medical medical school school application application process process COVID-19

NICOLE BOYD copy editor Application season for medical schools is upon us. However, COVID-19 has shattered the plans of hopeful medical student applicants.

Students who are interested in applying to medical school this cycle are finding the process disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Joy Williams, a senior biology major from Decatur, Illinois, has been filling out her application but said COVID-19 is changing her experience in a lot of ways.

“It’s made it extremely hard to get clinical experience because a lot of the places that were offering those experiences are now not allowing volunteers or new people, or shadowing or anything of the sort, which you kind of need to have on your application for med school,” Williams said.

Williams will be participating in a mentorship program this summer under Dr. Paul Nguyen, cardiologist and founder of the Sudden Cardiac-death Awareness Research Foundation (SCARF), but said she is unsure if she will be able to use that experience as clinical hours.

“The [SCARF] program has changed a lot because of [COVID-19], so I don’t know exactly if it’s going to count for clinical experience now,” Williams said.

Williams said most students aim for 100 clinical hours or more. Students may count hours for a program they are currently involved in, even if they have not completed those hours at the time of filling out the application.

“Right now I have probably 20 or 30, but … for M.D. applications you’re allowed to put up until the point you [enroll],” Williams said.

Grant Fuerstenau, an SIUE alumnus from Taylorville, Illinois, will begin his first year of medical school in August at the University of Louisville. Fuerstenau said clinical experience is an important part of an application for medical schools across the country.

“Clinical experience is very important for medical school admittance, not only just to have the exposure in the clinical setting, but schools really want to see that not only are you academically able to handle medical school, but they want to see that you actually have a legitimate interest,” Fuerstenau said. “The best way to prove that as an undergraduate student is to … do shadowing, and then also to volunteer and work in a clinical setting.”

According to Fuerstenau, many clinical positions previously available to undergraduates are now being cut.

“Some of those positions are being cut because obviously funding is all messed up right now, and [there are] PPE shortages.

It is worrisome to think about what would happen [if another outbreak of COVID-19] were to occur again, and we weren’t more prepared,” Fuerstenau said.

Additionally, Williams said the pandemic has affected how she will take the MCAT, the required entrance exam for medical schools.

“I’ve had to reschedule my MCAT three different times because of it, because they keep

Top and bottom: Senior biology major Joy Williams, of Decatur, Illinois, prepares for her first day as a medical intern to an electrophysiologist at Elite Cardiology Solutions, LLC in Elgin, Illinois. | Jordyn Nimmer / The Alestle

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they pushed back when they’re sending the applications to the schools. I guess to give students more time to fill out the application.”

Richardson said schools typically review the applications in July before sending interview offers.

canceling MCATS, pushing it back, and then they changed the MCAT to a shorter format. Now, they have three MCATS a day and so now my MCAT is at 6 p.m. instead of 8 a.m.,” Williams said. “So that’s a big adjustment, because I’ve been preparing for something very different.”

Williams said she must now apply to medical schools before MCAT scores are released.

being scheduled.

“There’s a lot of inconsistency with regards to testing centers being open in certain regions of the country, which affects who can take the test for one, which would limit — if schools opt to continue using the MCAT for this cycle — which applicants can apply,” Richardson said.

How-

“If I applied this cycle, I would have to apply before I knew my MCAT, so then I might apply to schools that are way beyond my reach. But I don’t really know what to expect for my MCAT, because now I have to take it in July, and you have to submit your application May 28,” Williams said.

Jacob Richardson, an SIUE alumnus from Springfield, Illinois, will be attending University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria for medical school.

Richardson said he is concerned with how the MCATs are

ever, students may GRANT FUERSTENAU now receive SIUE Alumnus more financial assistance and more time “Beginning of July, usualto apply, according to Williams.

“They did increase the lim- ly, that’s when schools are able it for the fee assistance program, to review those applications and which is good because a lot of make interview offers to students people are struggling right now, … After that, usually people and it costs a lot of money to start getting, if they applied earapply, and even more if you get ly, they’ll get some interviews in interviews and stuff and have to maybe August, September and travel,” Williams said. “And then onward,” Richardson said.

Williams said her plan for what will happen next will be affected by whether or not she is eligible for the fee assistance program.

“My plan is to see if I can get the fee assistance so that I can apply to a certain amount of schools for free. If I do, then I probably will apply, but if I don’t then I don’t think

said.

that, given all the circumstances, that I can be ready now,” Williams said.

If Williams takes a gap year, she said she will apply next cycle and use the time to gain more experience.

“I would just spend a lot of time getting more clinical experience and writing my personal statement and being more prepared. Hopefully I won’t have to take the MCAT again,” Williams

because she wants to be able to make an informed decision.

“If I did end up getting interviews and stuff, then it would be really hard if they were still conducting interviews online, because then I don’t really get to see the school and I would be worried about making a decision that I wasn’t fully knowledgeable about,” Williams said.

To learn more about the fee assistance program and the application process, visit the Association of American Medical Colleges website.

“Clinical experience is very important for medical school admittance, not only just to have the exposure in the clinical setting, but schools really want to see that not only are you academically able to handle medical school, but they want to see that you actually have a legitimate interest.”

According to Williams, many of her pre-med peers are now deciding to attend physician assistant school, which is two years shorter than medical school, has no required residency and does not require students to take the MCAT. Looking forward, Williams said the uncertainty of what the future holds raises some concerns

REVIEW: ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ illuminates issues of racism and classism

Reese Witherspoon walks the red carpet at the 83rd Academy Awards.

JORDYN NIMMER lifestyles editor In the opening scene of “Little Fires Everywhere”, Elena Richardson, played by Reese Witherspoon, watches curbside as her family’s home burns to the ground.

Elena’s life was no less than the picture perfect American dream, right down to the white

picket fence, until even the fence went up in flames.

The binge-worthy Hulu original series “Little Fires Everywhere” is a masterful adaptation of Celeste Ng’s novel, which infuriates as well as captivates its audience through the exploration of themes such as racism, classism and homophobia.

Set in the upper class white-washed eutopia of Shaker Heights, Ohio, in the 1990s,

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the eight-episode mini-series follows the lives of two families: the Richardsons and the Warrens.

Elena Richardson, washedup journalist and wealthy mother of four teens, emanates an undeniable sense of superiority which bleeds even into actions of supposed kindness, such as her deciding to rent to the homeless Warren family at the start of the series.

The Warren family, head-

ed by single African-American mother and artist Mia Warren, played by Kerry Washington, expertly exists in direct opposition to the lifestyle and privileges experienced by the Richardson family.

As Mia’s teen daughter becomes entwined with the Richardsons, tensions rise between the two families. While Pearl is desperate for the approval of and the privileges privy to the Rich-

ardson family as a result of their wealth, Mia is reluctant and skeptical of their motives.

As tension builds throughout the series, social issues are at the forefront, expertly encapsulating the concerns of society today and how they gradually gained momentum.

Although the series shows how far we’ve come since the ‘90s, its emphasis on microaggressions and appropriations over more direct forms of racism and classism adds not only relevance to the current social climate but also highlights how even seemingly progressive-minded people can perpetuate stereotypes and supremacy.

While the series starts slow, the pace is justified by the need to build context and tension between the many characters.

Overall, the casting for the series was spot-on. Reese Witherspoon is infuriating in her role as Elena Richardson — her snark and smug comments make her the perfect villain.

Kerry Washington as Mia Warren is priggish and seething with animosity, seemingly misguided at the start of the show.

However, as it progresses, it becomes exceedingly apparrent that Mia’s distain for Elena is adequately placed.

The series is a tale of caution with shocking twists and turns and a cohesive theme built through the tension and angst of the characters — watch before you start little fires of your own.

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Support local businesses, from a safe distance THE ALESTLE STAFF editorial board After months of being unable to visit our favorite retail stores, having many of our friends far away and worrying about our income being in jeopardy — if it hasn’t been lost all together — many of us are craving a taste of normalcy. With many restaurants opening their dining rooms soon, it’s not surprising many eager customers will be rushing in.

But just because restaurants’ dining rooms are allowed to open, and slowly more and more stores are doing the same, doesn’t mean it’s the safest option. Even with gloves, masks, increased sanitation procedures, single-use menus, cart wipes and social distancing, the reality is we are still weathering a pandemic, and it’s likely far from being over.

We at The Alestle are all for supporting local businesses; many of us come from towns like Ed-

wardsville and personally know the small business owners that keep the communities thriving. Some of us grew up embracing St. Louis’s expansive dining scene, so much so that our hearts hurt everytime we see another post about businesses that have had to permanently close due to the pandemic.

The small family-owned businesses at higher risk of closing could use extra support in this uncertain time. The money spent at these locations goes towards raising families and reaching goals, instead of to millionare corporate managers.

Supporting from a safe distance is still an option, and, quite frankly, it’s the best option.

Almost every restaurant that has reopened in the St. Louis area for dine-in is still offering curbside and/or delivery, while some are choosing to remain closed and offer curbside and/or delivery only.

Many are encouraging consumers to take advantage of those options.

We at The Alestle are, too. Order for carryout or delivery and leave a large tip. Share positive reviews on Facebook. Join social media groups, such as “Support STL Restaurants.”

Many businesses post specials they are offering, as well as updates as to how they are moving forward in the midst of the pandemic.

Yes, there is something special about visiting your favorite restaurant and sitting down with friends and family, but foregoing the atmosphere of dine-in is an incredibly small sacrifice to keep people safe, including restaurant staff and owners. If you can still get great food from your favorite spots while staying safe, why not take that road?

According to STL Public Radio updates, on Thursday, just days after many St. Louis shops, restaurants and bakeries reopened their doors to the public, Missouri reached its highest COVID-19 death toll so far, and, according to the report, the actual numbers may be much, much

higher. While it would be ignorant to blame this on people dining in at restaurants and flooding stores alone, we must remember that as more and more places open, more and more people venture out, and not all those people are taking proper precautions.

We at The Alestle are proud of the businesses who made the careful decision to reopen with every possible precaution in place, but those owners and staffers cannot control the actions of others.

You never know the experiences of those you’re around — another dine-in customer could have a child sick at home and be forgoing the safety of others to enjoy a meal at a bar with their friends. You could be feeling fine, but still have been exposed to COVID-19, and therefore you could spread it to others.

So, just play it safe and support local businesses while minimizing the amount of contact with others as much as possible.

Ou r ‘ n orm al ’ i s n o l o ng er good enough: I t ’s t i m e to m o ve fo rward , not backward MACKENZIE SMITH multimedia editor

Living in the midst of a pandemic is far from what we consider normal, but maybe it’s time for a new normal. This is our chance to acknowledge the areas of our day-to-day lives that need improvement.

Since Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Illinois’s stay-at-home order on March 21, people have been impatiently awaiting the return to normal life. This normalcy includes a life where entertainment, retail and cosmetics are open to the public.

Author, poet and speaker Sonya Renee Taylor has a great quote that we should all consider as restrictions are being lifted: “We will not go back to normal.

Normal never was. Our pre-corona existence was not normal

other than we normalized greed, inequity, exhaustion, depletion, extraction, disconnection, confusion, rage, hoarding, hate and lack. We should not long to return, my friends,” Taylor said.

Being at home has shown us that the privileges we once had may not be as important as we think. Although I, like many others, am eager to get back to my hair stylist, there have been positive outcomes of living with simpler lifestyles for the past couple months.

Families and friends have had the opportunity to connect by staying at home together or hopping on a Zoom call. Living with someone does not always mean there are chances to spend time together. The fast-paced environment we live in can cause priorities to shift away from the people we surround ourselves with.

Now, with many working from home, we have more opportunities to spend quality time with loved ones.

Society is also taking time to recognize the hard workers living within their communities.

This does not have to end when COVID-19 is over. It takes small amounts of time to show appreciation for the people, like healthcare workers and police officers, who contribute to the overall well-being of our respective communities.

This reigns true with other essential workers as well. These workers are human. They may make mistakes or enforce rules you don’t agree with, but that does not make their lives any less valuable. Be patient, kind and understanding with them. Continue to support local businesses, from a safe distance like our staff edito-

rial states, because Wal-Mart will always be there. Show your gratitude by leaving a little money in the tip jar if you can. A simple thank you goes a long way if financial means are not as feasible.

It is equally important to remember that not everyone has the chance to return to normal. Many people will face the effects of losing their jobs or even a loved one.

As of May 21, The Washington Post reported more than 38 million Americans had filed for unemployment. With substantially less – or even no – income, the hardships will continue for many long after the lockdown is lifted.

Compassion and support, among others, are qualities that our old normal often lacked. As the country begins to open up again, let’s normalize viewing the world as bigger than ourselves and continue to move forward.

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Exercise science research projects paused during pandemic GABRIEL BRADY reporter

While some members of the SIUE community were worrying about getting their final grades in, other professors and students were trying to finish work on research projects, such as those in the exercise science and physiology programs.

Junior chemistry major Andrea Frerker, of Maryville, Illinois, was part of an exercise science research project that was affected by COVID-19. The project’s name was “Parameters of the Male Athlete Triad.” The triad it refers to is bone density, reproductive hormones, and energy availability.

“Low energy availability, impaired or decreased reproductive hormones and decreased bone density is the triad we did testing on in male athletes ... in the lab,” Frerker said. “That triad is the basis that we compared to an already known and studied female athlete triad.”

The research portion of the project was completed before SIUE was closed, which Frerker said was very lucky, as some projects weren’t finished before then. The downside, according to Frerker, was that she was unable to present the information.

“We went to a conference in Washington, D.C. [in July 2019}, and presented the information there. But, I couldn’t present the research myself,” Frerker said. “I was working on going to present at the URCA Symposium at SIUE [in April], which was disappointing to have to miss.”

Frerker’s research project was done with the help of Associate Professor Brianne Guilford in the applied health department, who said there was a wide range of male student athletes that were used for the study.

“We had recruited and tested about 46 male athletes, and we had at least one from every sport at SIUE,” Guilford said.

Guilford said she was most worried for students who were using exercise science projects as their theses, because those students would have incomplete research now.

“We had a student that was working on a study where she was looking at resistance training during the menstrual cycle and how it impacts hormones.

WIRE: NBA says it is talking with Disney about resuming season in Florida DAN WOIKE Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The NBA confirmed what’s been reported on and speculated about for the past week — that the league, along with the players union, is in discussions to restart the NBA season in Orlando, Florida, later this summer.

In a statement Saturday morning, NBA spokesman Mike Bass said the league and players are engaged in “exploratory conversations” with Walt Disney Co., about restarting the season in late July at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida as a single site.

In the statement, the NBA referred to the Orlando site as a “campus” that would contain “games, practices and housing.”

“Our priority continues to be the health and safety of all involved, and we are working with public health experts and government officials on a comprehensive set of guidelines to ensure that the appropriate medical protocols and protections are in place,” Bass said.

The plan to resume play is still fluid, with teams unsure who will actually be required to participate. While there’s still a desire to play as many games as

possible by bringing all of the league’s 30 teams back, there are also concerns about forcing a team well out of the playoff hunt to go through strict quarantine and testing procedures during a month of training only to play a handful of games.

In recent weeks, the idea that a more select group of teams would return has gained momentum, though the mechanics of that are still iffy. The NBA could bring back only the 16 teams that would qualify for the playoffs based on their current records. It could also conduct some sort of play-in tournament for the final spots in the playoff picture.

Disney World has more than 25 hotel options on property, with eight classified as “deluxe” on the company’s website. Calls to Walt Disney World for comment were not returned.

Orange County, where Orlando is located, has had 1,744 confirmed coronavirus cases resulting in 38 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker.

Disney owns ABC and ESPN, two of the league’s top three broadcast partners.

The Wide World of Sports campus has three buildings that can be used for basketball, including a pair of indoor arenas and a multi-use space.

There are still samples to analyze in the lab,” Guilford said. “This was her grad project, and she had to go back and change a lot of it in order to finish it. She had to rewrite her thesis, which is something a lot of students had to do.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has done more than affect current projects.

Chaya Gopalan, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing, said she has been careful about planning research projects for next semester because of possible cancellations.

“For a new project, you need to work with students, and since I’m not sure how we will be in the fall, I don’t know what the plan is,” Gopalan said. “Just to be prepared for the fall, I have already lined up my students and assigned them out for what they will do for a future project. They are reading about it, and they will be given training, and they will hopefully be helping me with it.”

As for the spring semester, Gopalan said she had a project that was left incomplete because of the pandemic, which could cause a ripple effect for future research projects.

“I was studying obesity, intermittent fasting and fatigue. I have behavioral data that I need to have analyzed. All the tissue I collected are in the freezers [at SIUE], and I haven’t been able to finish the project,” Gopalan said. “It’s all halfway through. We still have to process and analyze a lot of things, and we will have trouble applying for new grants to get new supplies without finished projects.”

The lack of completed research affects grant money but also, according to Guilford, some of the understanding of injuries and physical health of athletes. Guilford also said the most important thing for all students and staff to remember is this will pass eventually, and then research can begin again.

“It’s hard for everyone,” Guilford said. “The athletic world wanted results to help understanding, and we needed to finish publications. We’re all just trying to adapt quickly, like everyone else. It has become the new normal. At first, it seemed like too much, but [now] I’m so used to all these changes.”

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WIRE: Senators eager for football to start, but maybe not as eager as Trump CLYDE MCGRADY CQ Roll Call (TNS)

WASHINGTON — It’s been more than two months since a major American sport has held a contest. March 11 was the day the NBA suspended play indefinitely after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus. The NHL followed suit, as did Major League Baseball, postponing opening day while it works on a plan to start the season, possibly without fans in the stands.

But professional and college football are perhaps in the best position of all the leagues, having ended their seasons just before the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up in the United States.

Football, the nation’s No. 1 sport, is as close as it gets to a money printing machine. The NFL generates billions in revenue from ticket sales, television broadcast deals and advertisers who are eager to partner with the league because of the eyeballs it draws.

Meanwhile, college football conferences rake in millions with television deals. It’s hard to overstate how important the sport is, particularly in the South and Midwest. It’s an economic engine for schools, a recruiting tool and the center of identity and so-

cial life for many of its fans. Anyone who’s ever seen University of Georgia fans greet each other by barking and yelling, “Go Dawgs” knows this.

The political implications surely aren’t lost on President Donald Trump, who has attended several college games while in office. The return of football could restore some semblance of normalcy on weekend afternoons and boost the national mood, particularly among constituencies crucial to his reelection this fall.

“It’s a shame when 50 years from now, when you look at records and you see a dead season, it’s a shame,” Trump said earlier this month on Fox News, praising the NFL for releasing a complete schedule for the 2020 season, however aspirational.

The NFL season should start on time, the president said in an April conference call with major sports commissioners, according to ESPN. “I want fans back in the arenas,” Trump later said during a briefing at the White House.

“I think it’s ... whenever we’re ready. As soon as we can, obviously. And the fans want to be back too. They want to see basketball and baseball and football and hockey. They want to see their sports. They want to go out onto the golf courses and breathe

nice, clean, beautiful fresh air.”

On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are eager to get the seasons started too but acknowledge there’s still a lot of uncertainty about what that would look like.

There may be no bigger football fan in the Senate than Marco Rubio. Following the recent NFL draft, the Florida Republican even changed his Twitter avatar to a photo of former University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, the Miami Dolphins’ first round pick.

Rubio says he’s been in touch with the Dolphins franchise, but stresses that the team is at the mercy of league officials.

“They’re dependent on what the league allows them to do. ...

I think they intend to play a season,” he says. “Whether it’s a full season is the open question.”

Right now teams in the NFL have permission to open their facilities so long as they abide by “governing state and local regulations, are in compliance with additional public health requirements in their jurisdiction, and have implemented the protocols that were developed” by the NFL’s chief medical officer. That means no more than 50 percent of non-player staff, up to a total of 75 each day. see FOOTBALL on page 8

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In a press release, Madison County announced its meetings would be held via teleconference.

University leadership announced a new pass/no credit grading option.

Students have until 4:30 p.m. May 18 to request that their courses be

Pritzker announced Illinois schools would remain closed for the rest of the academic year.

Partial refunds were announced for parking permits, student fees and