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MAKING HISTORY. More than 30,000 anxious and excited Blues fans gathered in Memorial Plaza in downtown St. Louis on Sunday, June 9, hoping to celebrate a Blues Stanley Cup win against the Boston Bruins. The Blues lost 5-1 to Boston and will be moving on to Game 7 for the Stanley Cup Finals’ series’ game.

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Spring 2019 Sustained Dialogue sessions come to end Semester-long program seeks to address different diversity issues on campus DARIAN STEVENSON reporter

As Sustained Dialogue come to an end this semester, student moderators within the program talk about their experiences encouraging students to address controversial topics discussed within diverse groups.

Sustained Dialogue allows students to build and transform relationships within the SIUE community through meaningful dialogue used to express opinions while learning about contentious matters.

The Sustained Dialogue were held in the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion and began January 14.

Five groups of 10-12 students met with two student moderators on a weekly basis.

The discussion allows opportunity to foster a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of others within society using the Sustained Dialogue 5 Stage Model, which focused on the “who,” the “what,” the “why,” the “how,” and the the “now.”

Sophomore psychology and sociology major Takiera Parnell of Springfield, Illinois, said she

feels Sustained Dialogue made a would talk about how race, dis- world according to the Sustained difference in the student’s lives of ability and how age affects it,” Dialogue website.

Parnell said she was a those who attended the meetings. Gardner said. “Our topic was “The students that we had class, but [our group] did touch co-moderator with Gardner in this year encouraged other stu- on other main topics that were the class and socioeconomic status group. She said she did dents to do it as well, benot originally want to be cause it definitely helps “Religion is a sensitive topic in the class and socioecoout and it definitely gives status group, but people who don’t know when it comes to discussing nomic she is now happy she was. much [about a topic] a “Class wasn’t a part of better opportunity to it in a group because people the one I wanted to do. I learn more about what is tend to get really head-driven originally wanted to do actually going on in the world,” Parnell said. and stuck on their beliefs and race and ethnicity or gender and society, but I’m Each group was asit’s hard to have that conversa- actually really happy they signed for the semester me in the class secto study the options were tion without getting frustrated put tion because I learned a class and socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, about what someone said... lot more than what I knew about it,” Parnell said. “I religion, mental health, SHEMRA LARRY really did enjoy talking gender and society.

Senior sociology major of Chicago about it with [Gardner] Sophomore busiand also enhancing the ness administration major Emma Gardner, of Decatur, offered in the Sustained Dialogue knowledge of the students within our group.”

Illinois, said her group’s topic program.”

Senior sociology, with a conwas class and socioeconomic staStudents were offered incentus. tives to join such as a free Sus- centration in criminal justice,ma“Every week, my co-moder- tained Dialogue T-shirt, money jor Shemra Larry, of Chicago, ator and I talked about different at the completion of the program co-moderated the religion group. sections and how that affected and light refreshments served at He said religion can be a hard [class and socioeconomic status], each session throughout the 10- topic to discuss.

“Religion is a sensitive topic so, like, week two we would talk week program. about gender and how someone They also had the chance when it comes to discussing it in viewed socioeconomic status re- to make an impact on the SIUE a group because people tend to garding the pay gap and then we community and shape a changing get really head-driven and stuck

on their beliefs, and it’s hard to have that conversation without getting frustrated about what someone said or being questioned and things of that nature,” Larry said.

Larry said it is important for people with different religious backgrounds to have civil conversations about their differences and understanding that not everyone has the same beliefs.

“In college you tend to have to network and relate to people that come from different backgrounds, not only religion,” Larry said. “With Sustained Dialogue, it helps people understand that and not only can you connect and open up but you can also reflect on things that you learned and better yourself as an individual so that you are able to better deal with diverse backgrounds.”

Assistant Director of the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion Tarsha Moore and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple did not respond for comment.

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Sustained Dialogue moderators open up about their experiences within program MADISON LAMMERT managing editor

During Spring 2019’s Sustained Dialogue program, student moderators had the opportunity to lead fellow students in discussions surrounding difficult topics.

Senior political science and French major Amanda Jandernoa of Woodstock, Illinois, said she decided to become a peer moderator after participating in the program through one of her honors courses.

“I thought that the dialogue that was happening was important and that [being a moderator] would make me become a more mature and well-rounded person as well,” Jandernoa said.

Like Jandernoa, junior psychology and criminal justice major Mahoggani Pickett of Springfield, Illinois, and junior studio art major Kylea Perkins of St. Louis, also experienced Sustained Dialogue before becoming moderators. These three moderators’ roles in the program differed greatly from their pre-

ipants were divided into groups getting people involved because if vious experiences as participants that met on a weekly basis for people are interested enough in a in Sustained Dialogue. Perkins a minimum of one hour. Each certain topic, they’ll be more likesaid being a moderator was more group focused on a particular ly to join,” Jandernoa said. “I also about facilitating the dialogues topic, such as race and ethnicity, felt that it allowed for us to go than participating in them. ability, gender and sexual orientamuch deeper into the topic. But, “As a moderator you have a lot of the groups talked to step back and focus on about other topics as well, facilitating the conversa“It really just helps level the usually always connecting tion and listening and not it back to the main topic.” putting too much of yourplaying field and get evJandernoa and Pickett self into the conversation,” both led groups surroundPerkins said. “My job is eryone more comfortable ing mental health, while not to sit there and particwhen the moderators are Perkins and her group ipate, so that’s a different centered around gender experience.” students. It’s also a great and sexual orientation.

Perkins said she saw Through being a moderaadvantages to using peer leadership opportunity for tor, Pickett said she learned moderators. Perkins said those students who are how to navigate talking the Spring 2019 program’s about tough topics. use of peer moderators almoderators.

“Mental health is not lowed participants to open always something that is up more than they would KYLEA PERKINS talked about, and when it in a classroom.

Junior studio art major of St. Louis is talked about it’s kind of “It really just helps tion, class, mental health or relihard to start those conversations level the playing field and get evgion and faith. because they’re not [often] talkeryone more comfortable when Jandernoa said she thought ed about,” Pickett said. “I’ve also the moderators are students,” having each group tackle one cenlearned how to bring those conPerkins said. “It’s also a great tral topic allowed for greater inversations out of other people so leadership opportunity for those terest in the program and deeper that there’s more dialogue.” students who are moderators.” conversations.

Before they were able to lead Unlike previous Sustained “I thought it was helpful for their groups, the program’s peer Dialogue sessions, 2019 partic-

moderators went through extensive training. Jandernoa said the training focused on question-phrasing, as well as the moderators familiarizing themselves with their topics.

“We would go through like ‘What are effective ways of wording questions?’ ‘What are ones to actually help people respond so that they aren’t too open-ended or too broad or like create only a yes or no response?’” Jandernoa said. “A lot of the training was also ourselves going through the dialogue of each section and each topic as well so that we were familiar. Also, just training on how to respond to people so that they feel like they’re being heard and understood.”

More information on the Spring 2019 Sustained Dialogue program can be found on Student Affairs’ website.

MADISON LAMMERT 650-3527 @madison_alestle mlammert@alestlelive.com

Brief: MCT to change two shuttle line changes Madison County Transit will be making some changes to their routes in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon this summer due to recent travel patterns.

SJ Morrison, MCT’s director of marketing and planning, told the Edwardsville Intelligencer that a twoyear survey of SIUE students indicated a change in ridership patterns for the Cougar Shuttle, which runs along Route 17.

“To create a culture of public transit, there has to be seven-days-a-week service,” Morrison said.

The changes will take effect in August and include the following: MCT will operate a bus from Cougar Village to Peck Hall every ten minutes between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. From 7 to 10 p.m., buses will run every 20 minutes, and from 10 p.m. to midnight there will be a bus every hour.

MCT will maintain hourly Saturday service between Cougar Village and Peck Hall, as well as a Sunday hourly service, and will maintain hourly service on breaks and during the summer. Currently, there is no weekend service.

A new route line, No. 22, will run from campus to downtown Edwardsville and Esic Drive, using parts of the Cougar Shuttle’s old route. There will be stops at Greenhill Apartments, Cen-

tury Apartments and Axis Apartments.

Morrison said these changes will add service to more than 1,200 students.

“We are hopefully going to create an aggressive marketing and outreach campaign strategy for this,” Morrison said. “We are fortunate to operate a bus service that is nimble enough to make adjustments as demand warrants.”

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news in brief 06.04.19 The police activity blotter reported a hit-and-run traffic accident at approximately 12:20 p.m. The entry states the location as parking lot four.

The police activity blotter reported a hit-and-run traffic accident in parking lot B. The police received a report of a suspicious person being in a lab room in the Vadalabene Center that was supposed to be locked. However, the door was found to be unlocked.

06.05.19 The Police Activity Blotter reported a hit-and-run traffic accident in parking lot B.

Police arrested Ahmed Alqahtani, 25, on a charge of obstruction of justice. Alqahtani was then taken to the Madison County Jail and placed on a felony hold. The blotter lists the entry as aggravated fleeing/eluding.

06.06.19 An officer responded to another report of a person entering a lab room that is supposed to be locked in the Vadalabene Center.

06.07.19 An officer responded to reports of two active fire alarms at 510 Cougar Lake Drive. The alarms were said to be caused by wax from a cleaning company. There was no smoke, fire or damage.

An officer responded to a disturbance call of a possible fight in East St. Louis, Illinois. The officer advised that a group of people were having a verbal disagreement that did not escalate into a physical fight.

An SIUE police officer assisted the Illinois State Police with securing a scene during a subject search in East St. Louis, Illinois.

06.08.19 An officer assisted the Edwardsville Police Department with clearing a building due to an alarm call.

06.09.19 An officer responded to a report of a person banging on doors and allegedly threatening harm in the Science East Building. When police arrived, the subject allegedly ran from the officer. Police later arrested Husam B. Diab, who was charged with resisting arrest by a peace officer causing injury, and criminal damage to government-supported property.

Police conduct fraud investigation SIUE establishes new On May 29, the SIUE police side source, not from within the master’s of public health received a report from Accounts university.

Accounts Payable also folPayable about alleged fraudulent activity. This is the subject of an lows a series of controls to pre- degree ongoing investigation.

When questionable activity is detected, the accounts payable department notifies the police, the university’s internal auditing system and ITS, according to Patty Kloostra, assistant director of accounting and business systems.

Because of the ongoing nature of the investigation, specific details of the case cannot be discussed according to SIUE Police and Kloostra. However, Kloostra said most of the time questionable activity comes from an out-

vent fraudulent activity, including restricting access to checks and the ability to write checks to select employees, according to Kloostra.

“Things like this happen few and far between,” Kloostra said.

“We have controls in place that typically catch these things. We still are investigating this situation, and hopefully we will get some resolution on that.”

The Alestle will continue to update as more information arises.

SIUE announced the establishment of a new master’s program, a master in public health.

The MPH degree program will be offered through the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s Department of Applied Health.

According to MPH Graduate Program Director Michelle Cathorall, the degree is an entry-level management degree which focuses on combining public health knowledge with leadership skills.

“Students who graduate from the program will get the foundational public health skills in all of the core health areas, but they’ll also get those leadership skills.

[Students] will be trained to use the knowledge from the public health classes that they have to make leadership decisions.”

Cathorall said.

Students in the MPH program can expect to find leadership positions in settings such as community organizations, local and state health departments and nonprofit organizations, among other settings, according to Cathorall.

The degree was implemented to offer students in the area a lowcost alternative to St. Louis University and Washington University public health degree programs, Cathorall said.

Returning to SIUE, Elza Ibroscheva will be the next associate provost. Her duties will include academic planning, accreditation and assessment.

Ibroscheva previously served as a faculty member, department chair and graduate program director for the Department of Mass Communications over her 13 years at SIUE. For the past two years, she served as an associate dean at the School of Communications at Webster University.

The search committee was

co-chaired by Joel Hardman and Mary Weishaar.

Provost Denise Cobb said in an email she is confident in Ibroscheva’s ability to make a significant impact in her office and for the university.

“She is a true teacher-scholar.

Her commitment to student-centered education and quality and her recognition of the importance of research and scholarship will be true assets to our team and the campus,” Cobb said.

Ibroscheva will fill the position beginning July 1.

School of Dental Medicine confers 58 graduates in 2019 Elza Ibroscheva back to campus as The SIU School of Dental dean for clinical affairs. Savo- associate provost

Medicine graduated 58 students who completed their doctor of dental medicine degrees on Saturday, June 1.

SIUE alumnus Danny Savoca said the graduates were not only ambassadors for the dental profession but also for the school, and suggested ways for them to support both going forward.

Savoca was hired as an assistant professor at SIUE in 1976 and later earned a master’s in educational administration from SIUE. He also served as head of operative dentistry and assistant

ca retired in 2006, but remains a member of the SIU School of Dental Medicine Dean Bruce Rotter’s advisory board.

“This is the beginning of a new day,” Rotter said to the class.

“You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever. In its place is something you have left behind. Let it be something good.”

Rekowski said ‘everything unraveled’ for fake attorney after failing bar exam in February SCOTT COUSINS The Telegraph/TNS

EDWARDSVILLE (Tribune News Service) — Members of the Madison County Board’s Judiciary Committee got an update regarding the firing and criminal charges against a former assistant public defender who had been practicing without a law license.

Madison County Public Defender John Rekowski said they were looking at approximately 80 cases handled by Kelcie Miller, who had been fired and charged with several felonies after it was discovered she had failed to pass the bar exam.

Rekowski told the committee Miller’s cases are being reviewed by both the public defender’s and state’s attorney’s offices.

“We’re notifying every client that we know of,” he said. Rekowski said the office has received eight calls from Miller’s clients and expect “a lot more” over the next few days.

Rekowski said that, starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, his office

will be meeting with seven inmates who have been sentenced to prison time and would be brought back to Edwardsville.

He noted the most serious was someone who pleaded guilty to two felonies and received eight years, but had four felonies dropped.

In all cases, both he and First Assistant Madison County State’s Attorney Crystal Uhe, who was representing that office at the meeting, said Miller’s clients would be given the opportunity to reaffirm their original pleas and sentences or start over.

“They either get the deal they got, or start over,” Rekowski said, noting those who opt to start over could face tougher sentences.

He also discussed Miller’s situation, saying search warrants had been served on her, and that all county-owned property and case files have been accounted for.

A judge discovered Miller was not licensed when looking up the correct spelling of her first name.

Miller has been charged with felony theft of over $10,000, false impersonation of an attorney and forgery. Her bail was set at $100,000. The theft charge is the most serious and carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. The theft refers to money and benefits she received while being $57,000 per year.

The forgery charge alleges Miller produced falsified documents on May 20, apparently after being confronted about the status of her credentials and texting a fake license to Rekowski.

At Friday’s meeting, Rekowski said that, at one point, she told them in February she was attending a funeral but was actually taking a make-up bar exam in Chicago. She failed that exam.

“If she had passed in February, we probably wouldn’t have caught it,” he said. “When she failed in February everything unraveled.”

He also noted that moving forward they now require “Certificates of Good Standing” for every attorney in the office.

“I have no excuse for what happened,” he said.

In other business the committee approved the purchase of 48 “suicide preventative mattresses” at a cost of $5,131.20.

Deputy Sheriff Maj. Jeff Connor said they have made such purchases before, but it required approval because it went over the $5,000 threshold.

The mattresses are designed to make it difficult to be torn apart into strips that could be used by inmates to hang themselves. The large purchase is because inmates are being housed in the Alton Police Department’s jail, and the county agreed to pick up additional costs.

Connor also reported that 18 of the county’s 313 inmates in custody as of Friday were being housed in Alton because of ongoing renovations at the Madison County Jail. © 2019, The Telegraph.

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Kevin Jones, left, assistant chief of the Prairie du Rocher Volunteer Fire Department and village maintenance man Spencer Bachelier add sandbags to a sand boil seeping through the Prairie du Rocher Levee into a cornfield along the Mississippi River on Thursday, June 6, 2019. Boils happen when water seeps through weak spots in the levee, compromising its structural integrity. Jones said they are working with dozens of boils near the village of about 700 people, adding sandbags and barrels to equalize the water pressure.

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Metro-east sees record-setting water levels MIRANDA LINTZENICH editor-in-chief Rising waters have flooded metro-east cities to a level not seen since 1993, as local towns reroute traffic and pile on the sandbags to protect themselves from the flood.

This weekend marked the river’s crest, so things should be looking up for these communities.

Much of the Metro-east has been under flood warning since early May, but officials say the river crested over the weekend and will begin to go down within the next week.

“But once the waters recede, we’ll have another challenge,” Alton Public Works Director Robert Barnhart told KMOX. “Water levels have been up now for some time now, two to three weeks now, and all that’s going to do is deposit a lot of debris, mud

and driftwood in the area, and the clean-up effort’s going to be very demanding.”

The Alton flood wall near Ardent Mills gave way on May 30.

However, the current city of Alton flood wall has held.

City workers have set concrete blocks and sandbags up to reinforce the flood wall. Flooding in Alton is common, but compared to previous years, this year has been one of the worst.

The flooding affected daily life, as roads have been rerouted and stores along the river have been forced to close. Frew’s Bridal is holding a 50 percent off flooding sale, Raging Rivers is inaccessible, and the Argosy Casino is underwater.

Farmers in the area, railways, highways and hundreds of barges transporting cargo have been affected.

“It’s sort of like Mike Tyson’s quote, ‘Everybody’s got a plan until you get punched in the face,’

Kevin Jones, assistant chief of the Prairie du Rocher Volunteer Fire Department, takes a water break after joining about a dozen volunteers as they strengthened sand boils seeping through the Prairie du Rocher Levee along the Mississippi River on Thursday, June 6, 2019. Boils happen when water seeps through weak spots in the levee, compromising its structural integrity. Jones said they are working with dozens of boils near the village of about 700 people, adding sandbags and barrels to equalize the water pressure.

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right?” Chris Boerm, a transportation manager for a large agricultural commodities dealer, told Bloomberg. “Every day we come in and we’ve got a plan. But then it rains three inches somewhere overnight where it wasn’t expected, and the plan changes.”

In Grafton, business has dropped 80 percent, according to Grafton Mayor Rick Eberlin.

Two Grafton residents told Fox2Now their businesses are dead in the water. Dan and Brenda Bechtold currently own three businesses on Main Street, and all are flooded.

“I’ve never seen a time when I’ve flooded three times all in one year,” Brenda Bechtold said.

The flood stage was 38.2 feet as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 11, according to the National Weather Service of St. Louis. At press time, there was still a flood warning in effect.

In St. Louis County, Route 267 is closed from Adelia to Al-

abama avenues. In the city, the I-55 northbound ramp to River City Boulevard/Carondelet is closed, and Route H (Riverview) between Hall Street and Scranton is closed.

However, the floodgates in Alton will soon be opening, and Alton Mayor Brant Walker credits preparation and hard work as the reasons why it wasn’t worse.

Walker and the mayors of New Madrid, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri came together recently for a press conference call to discuss the flooding.

Walker said Alton’s treatment facility helped keep stormwater and sewage separate, which was very important. This was the third worst flood in the city’s history. However, of the top 10 floods in Alton history, four of them have been in the last two years. “[It] seems like we’re doing this more frequently than we ever have,” Walker said.

Now that the flooding is going down, the next step is to assess the damages in Alton. This will not be completed until the waters completely recede and the mess can be cleaned up.

Walker said there have been mudslides and sinkholes as a result of the rain and rising water.

“We have to clean up, assess damages and tabulate all our expenses by the flood,” Walker said.

“If all the counties do that and it reaches that amount, we qualify for federal relief.”

In Missouri, Gov. Mike Parson has approved the process to collect federal dollars for flood cleanup.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has sent National Guard patrols and has also applied for aid.

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Barge traffic moves north on the Mississippi River just south of St. Louis as seen about 12:30 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Thursday that the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers were closed to “all vessel traffic due to extremely high water levels and fast-moving currents” near St. Louis. It is the second time this year the river has been closed to barge traffic.

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REVIEW: ‘Booksmart’ proves to be top-grade movie MADISON LAMMERT managing editor With a 97 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, “Booksmart” was bound to be a solid movie — and it is. The movie has all the characteristics of a good coming-of-age drama, and it refuses to fall into the trap that so many in this genre have done before.

The concept of the movie is a feminist’s dream, as it has strong female leadership.

Olivia Wilde is the director and Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins and Katie Silberman are the writers. The movie also has two strong, smart and sensible female characters: Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever).

Having gone in with high expectations, I began to worry at the start of the film. It seemed as if all the funniest parts were in the trailer, and I wanted to see new content.

Luckily, the middle-to-end of the film delivered. When Skyler Gisondo entered as Jared, I knew there were more funny moments to come.

Unlike other coming-of-age drama, “Booksmart” doesn’t fall into the trap of portraying individuals as a single stereotype, which is unrealistic. Each character is complex, as the two protagonists Molly and Amy learn. The girl who enjoys giving blowjobs is

smart, too. In fact, she’s heading to Yale in the fall — the same Ivy League university as Molly. The guy who failed a grade twice is a tech wiz and is anticipating starting a job at Google.

The same stands for the main two characters. They are dynamic and cannot fit into a single box with a single identity. Sure, Molly fits the mold of the kiss-ass, 4.0 class president, but, while she is loyal, she can be selfish. She can also be attracted to the hottest, coolest boy in school without suddenly becoming dumb like she views the rest of her classmates (with the exception of her partner-in-crime Amy).

Amy plasters her feminist identity all over her bedroom walls and refuses to call her classmate Annabelle, who gives guys “roadside assistance,” by her derogratory nickname “Triple A.” Yet, she is not immune from idealizing her doll-like body, a result of hallucinogens that Gigi — a rich and mysterious girl — gives her and Molly.

Molly and Amy’s friendship adds to the refreshing edge this film brings.

Unlike in other movies, the downfalls in their friendship are not based on them being jealous of each other, but in character flaws.

They complement each other in a ridiculous, yet cute, way, going back

and forth gushing about how good the other looks. It’s nice to finally see a friendship between two girls that isn’t based on ulterior motives.

Perhaps the most satisfying aspect of the film’s plot is how Amy’s sexuality is not a huge deal. Amy identifies as a lesbian, but this isn’t the main focus of the film.

Her love life gets just as much stock as Molly’s, and she’s not seen as strange for being attracted to women. The movie doesn’t center around her sexuality.

For once, a movie shows two women talking about their own pleasure. They do so in a way that’s judgement-free, without subscribing to the heteronormative, misogynistic script found in so many other films. Its portrayals of sex are honest: Amy’s first time is less than ideal (I won’t spoil this part), and the movie doesn’t shy away from anything.

The one thing that boggles my mind is that this is the first movie of its kind or, at least, that I have discovered so far. Could it be that a female director and a team of all-female writers are the reason for this?

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This season, the Blues locker room is humming with a familiar 80s tune, “Gloria” by Laura Branigan.

Alexander Steen, Joel Edmundson, Robert Bortuzzo, Jaden Schwartz and

Robby Fabbri were in a Philadelphia Bar watching a football game when the DJ kept playing “Gloria,” Edmundson told stlouisblues.com that they quickly decided to make the song their post-

STL hockey makes a comeback after 49 years MIRANDA LINTZENICH editor-in-chief

Bringing St. Louis together, Blues fans have been on the edge of their seats as the team returns to the Stanley Cup Finals after 49 years. With only one game left against the Boston Bruins, the team will have to fight hard for the title.

The Blues have only made three previous appearances in the finals, in each year from 1968-w70.

The Bruins, however, have won six championships, tied for fourth in all-time wins and tied for second in American wins with the Chicago Blackhawks.

The season had a rocky start. Head Coach Mike Yeo was fired, and interim coach Craig Berube from Canada was brought in.

Berube previously played in the NHL for 17 years with the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, Washington Capitals and New York Islanders.

In 2016, Berube coached the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League, which is the affiliate of the St. Louis Blues.

In 2017, he was named an assistant head coach for the Blues, and in November 2018, when Mike Yeo was fired, he stepped up.

For most of this season, the St. Louis Blues could be deemed the underdogs.

Halfway through the season, they were in last place. At the beginning of Berube’s watch and into January, the Blues were 1518-4, the worst in the league.

But the season picked up when they got to 30-10-5, which included their franchise-record 11-game winning streak. This launched St. Louis’ new chant and theme song, “Gloria” by Laura Branigan. The team ended as third seed in the Central Division, but advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.

The later part of the season also saw the return of David Perron after his upper-body injury left him out for 24 games.

Perron said he was ready to get back on the ice.

“I shed a few tears for some reason in warm-ups,” Perron commented during a

win anthem.

The team first played the tune in February after a 3-2 win against the Panthers.

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press conference after his first game back.

“I was just too excited to be out there, and that kind of took the stress away from me there. I just played after that. I’ve never had that before, but that’s kind of what happened.”

Goalie Jordan Binnington came out of nowhere to save the St. Louis Blues from their own destruction. With almost 40 saves in Game 5 of Round 4 against the Bruins and a save percentage of .927, the Blues might be nowhere without their rookie goalie.

“I’ve just been a hockey player,” Binnington told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

“I was fortunate that I was able to focus on my hockey career. I was in a ton of goalie schools growing up. I put my time in, and my dad did a lot of work for me. As you get older you realize just how much he did. I’m happy I can make him proud and hopefully win one more series here,” Binnington said.

The first round went well against the Winnipeg Jets with a 4-2 lead, but the second round went to seven games, and the Blues clutched the win in double-overtime.

In Round 3 against the San Jose Sharks, a hand pass caused the Blues to go 4-5 and lose Game 3. After the pass, the team outscored the competition 122. Blues fans created tweets, memes and posts, but the Blues used it to push them to win the whole round, and the Western Conference Finals’ series.

Officials refereeing the games have been criticized throughout the Stanley Cup Finals series, including criticism from both Bruins and Blues fans and coaches. The Blues had minor penalties going into the last round, but during the first three games, they had five penalties, of which Berube was not a fan.

“We were the least penalized team in the first three rounds, and now all of a sudden we’ve taken 14 penalties in one series,” Berube said, according to CBS Boston. “I don’t agree with all the calls.”

One call earned Ivan Barbashev to be suspended from Game 6 in Round 4.

Now the Blues face the Bruins and are currently tied at 3-3 at press time. On May 21, the Blues won a Stanley Cup Finals’

Jordan Binnington From Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada 2 seasons (2015-16, 2018-19) Goalie 32/33 Games Played 5 Shutouts .927 Save Percentage

Ryan O’Reilly

More than 30,000 excited Blues fans gather in Memorial Plaza in downtown St. Louis on Sunday, June 9, hoping to celebrate a Blues Stanley Cup win against the Boston Bruins. | Spencer Peck / The Alestle

Blues fans cheer “One more!” while waiting for the game to begin. However, the Blues fell to the Bruins 5-1 on Monday. | Jakob Ruffner / The Alestle

game for the first time in franchise history by defeating the Bruins 3-1 in overtime.

The last time they were at the Finals, they were swept. They led the round until last Sunday, when they gave up the game 5-1 at home. A city-wide rally, watch parties and fans from everywhere filled Market Street to cheer on the home team, but despite the loss, fans are still hopeful the team will win the Cup afterall.

Fans aren’t the only ones weighing in.

The Boston Globe came out with a post bashing St. Louis and the food, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch came back with support for St. Louis. Regardless, Blues and Bruins alike have one goal in mind: to watch their team take home the cup. The winner will be determined tonight, 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 12 in Boston.

“(The Bruins) have to find the speed game that they generated in the first period,” NBC Sports NHL analyst Mike Milbury said. “The problem with that is I don’t think they can do it against St. Louis.

St. Louis defense is strong, much quicker than we thought, their exits are easy, simple, they’re getting it in deep, and the pressure of the forwards of St. Louis has been incessant. I don’t know if they can get the job done.”

Left-winger Patrick Maroon is ready for game seven.

“It’s do or die now,” Maroon said, according to the St. Louis Blues Twitter account. “It’s an achievement to get this far and it’s exciting. But everyone wants to win.”

From Clinton, Ontario, Canada 10 seasons, (2009-19) Center 82/733 Games Played 77/499 Points 5/25 Game-Winning Goals

Jordan Binnington (50) stops a first period shot by the Dallas Stars on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. (Tom Fox/Dallas Morning News/TNS)

Ryan O’Reilly (90) skates for the puck against the Florida Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov (16) during the second period at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (David Santiago/ Miami Herald/TNS)

Vladimir Tarasenko From Yaroslavl, USSR 7 Seasons (2012-19) Right Wing 76/497 Games Played 68/418 Points 5/35 Game-Winning Goals A statue of Pierre Laclede is one of three statues in the plaza wearing Blues gear for the watch party. | Spencer Peck / The Alestle

Kyle Taylor of south St. Louis County, raises an inflatable Stanley Cup high as he prepares to watch the St. Louis Blues play Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on Sunday. | Spencer Peck / The Alestle

Vladimir Tarasenko (91) celebrates after scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday, February 17, 2019. (Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Blues vs. Bruins Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Blues defeat Minnesota North Stars 4-2

Blues defeat Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2

Bruins defeat New York Rangers 4-2

Bruins defeat Chicago BlackHawks 4-0

Final Bruins sweep Blues 4-0

1970

Finals 2019

Game one: Bruins beat Blues 4-2 Game two: Blues see first Stanley Cup Final Game Win, beat Bruins 3-2 in overtime Game three: Bruins beat Blues 7-2 Game four: STL ties series with 4-2 win Game five: Blues beat Bruins 2-1 Game six: Bruins tie series with 5-1 win, force game seven

Quarter Finals

Blues defeat Winnipeg Jets 4-2

Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3

Semi Finals

Blues defeat Dallas Stars 4-3

Bruins defeat Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2

Game 7:

Blues v. Bruins in Boston Wednesday, June 12 7 pm

2019

Source: HockeyReference.com

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Servers deserve more recognition MIRANDA LINTZENICH editor-in-chief

For most of my life, I’ve watched my mother work two to three jobs to put food on the table as a single mom.

For her, being a server was just what she did, and now that I’ve begun serving on the weekends, I’ve been able to see the benefits and hardships the job entails.

To start, I’ve repeatedly been called, “the help.” I get it. I am there to take an order, bring out food and refill drinks as needed, but, where I work, it is crazy and fast-paced. In one situation, I was ringing someone out and asked how their meal was. I told this person my favorite meal, and their response was, “Oh, it’s good to know the help eats here, too.”

Maybe I’m just sensitive, but to be honest, it kind of hurt.

Servers are often demeaned and looked down upon because of their choice to work in the food industry, and people forget they are human, too.

When working in the food industry, there is also a sacrifice of time. A server is usually expected to work almost every holiday because those are the busiest days for the restaurant. It’s not that they are greedy but if they want to keep their job, it’s a must. So, especially on holidays, respect the server.

In addition, people generally feel the need to insert themselves into my personal life. I constantly get asked if I am still in school or if I have children. It’s almost like they expect me to give them this sob story about being a college drop-out who got knocked up… because why else would I be serving? The truth is I have three jobs to pay for summer classes

and rent. Not everyone’s story is the cookie-cutter stereotype, and people shouldn’t treat them as such.

And servers who didn’t have the option to stay in school or maybe family life started a little earlier than planned shouldn’t be made to feel any less than someone going the college route. All of our stories look very different, and there is no shame in working hard.

Finally, please don’t forget that tipping is how that person is making their living. Servers rely on tips because the states allow them to be paid far below minimum wage. When they get stiffed, in Illinois currently, they are being forced to work for only $4.95 an hour.

They are expecting a certain number of tables and trying to pay their bills. If that customer sits in one of their tables for three

hours, they should tip accordingly or over-tip them. The standard should be 15 to 20 percent if they did a great job. Treat them as such.

And if they didn’t give exemplary service, please understand there may be reasons beyond incompetence. Sometimes they are just incompetent. That could definitely be the case. However, it’s more likely the case that they are understaffed, backed up in the kitchen or it’s just a bad day.

Never forget that those in the service field are people, too.

Maybe they chose a different career path than what you deem to be respectable, but there is absolutely no shame in that. No one should be made to feel less than anyone else because of their job.

Everyone wants to make money, support their kids and pay the bills. Just treat others the way you would want to be treated and have some compassion.

alestle view Changes in journalism create new challenges, struggles THE ALESTLE STAFF editorial board

As student journalists, we try our best to live by a code of ethics. For that reason, when starting a job at The Alestle, one of the first things we learn is to remain objective when covering stories.

We have to look at all the sides before going forward with a story or angle. We see potential stories all the time, and have to use our news judgment to decide if they follow the characteristics of newsworthiness and if they are factually based.

This past month, The Alestle covered stories involving the Faculty Association and the administration’s negotiations for a fair contract. It’s easy to get wrapped up as writers and provide coverage for issues that interest us as individuals. When people speak up about their passions as hu-

mans, we want to take sides and give people a platform.

But, as professionals, we have to hear everyone out. There is always another side to the story, a fresher perspective or an outside look.

In the article, there was a discussion on if they could speak to the press, but the only way to know who is correct is seeing the agreement between the two parties.

Sometimes getting that information can be difficult. People are unwilling to release records and agreements — even though doing so would not only make our lives easier, it would also ensure everyone has the information they need to make their own decisions.

We cannot completely rid our publication of bias, but we at The Alestle do our best to try. Ultimately, our goal is to serve our university — to make it a better,

more informed place.

We can let both sides express themselves, and we can share the facts. Our job isn’t to speculate or to hold a timer to anyone’s head.

Our job is simply to share the story.

Another example of a challenging topic we cover is with the Board of Trustees. For both SIUE and SIUC, there has been a lot of tension when it comes to BOT appointments and funding.

Staying objective is not unique to our coverage, but can be seen at a national level, as well.

When the news first broke of the Covington boys, assumptions were made before the full story came out. As reporters, we should strive to get the full story — and get it right — the very first time.

It is our job as a publication to tell those stories and let others decide for themselves.

No matter the example, we at The Alestle want our community to know and understand why we cover the stories we do.

We are humans, and we make mistakes. We are students learning how to perfect our writing, interviewing skills and conflict management. We want to cover what is happening on campus. If that is a dumpster fire, new lawsuit or the start of the Honey Bee Association, we want to cover all of it.

We are thankful for those willing to help us tell those stories. Every person who has agreed to an interview, carved out an hour of their day, picked up a copy of our paper or listened to our podcast — we are so thankful.

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