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Carbondale to borrow Edwardsville money to maintain operations TRENT STUART Alestle Reporter SIU President Randy Dunn and SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembrook addressed a room full of SIUE students, faculty and staff March 30, to answer questions about Dunn’s recent proposal to borrow money from Edwardsville to keep the SIU Carbondale campus operational. Dunn announced his decision March 29, in his column, “The System Connection,” which also said Carbondale will have to make around $30 million in cuts. He said Carbondale is projected to be in deficit spending within the next month. Dunn said he can identify the $30 million worth of cuts Carbondale has to make.
“If I was put in a room and told to do it, I know it can be done,” Dunn said. Although the campus will definitely have to make around $16 million in cuts next year assuming a budget will not pass, Edwardsville is in much better shape. The money Carbondale will be borrowing will come from Edwardsville’s unrestricted funds, which Dunn said should not have any impact on the day-to-day operations of the Edwardsville campus. According to the Bellville News-Democrat, SIUE has $70 million in unrestricted reserves available for Carbondale to borrow. Dunn assured the SIUE community that Carbondale will pay back the money. The time frame is not confirmed yet, but Dunn said it depends on whether or not the state
SIU President Randy Dunn speaks to Edwardsville faculty, staff and students in a Q&A session regarding the budget crisis, March 30, in the Science Building East auditorium. | Caitlin A. Lally / Alestle
provides stopgap funding to the university. “You’re not going to see us draining these funds,” Dunn said. BUDGET | pg. 3
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Campus adds new staff, reinforces awareness efforts
MIRANDA LINTZENICH Alestle Reporter With new coordinator for Sexual Assault Prevention Education Samantha Dickens, SIUE is striving to make Sexual Assault Awareness Month better than before. Dickens was brought in after a grant was approved for SIUE to further educate college students on the topic of sexual assault back in October. Dickens was hired in February. With this new outlook, SIUE plans on making changes regarding the topic. According to Dickens, some faculty will undergo training during the summer with Green Dot for sexual assault awareness, the campus as a whole will strive to be more collaborative and SIUE will be getting rid of the online Haven program that students were required to take. “My role is going to be a lot of coordination,” Dickens said. “There are so many great events going on at this campus around sexual assault awareness [and] domestic violence awareness, but there are so many happening that people don’t know. So we will get a few people at each event — my job is to be the person that knows all of that and can talk to people.” Dickens said she will be facilitating a response team that will work together on policy revision and programming. She also aims to ensure that SIUE is actually preventing sexual assault and domestic violence on campus. Criminal Justice Professor Trish Oberweis said sexual assault can be anything from kissing someone when it is unwanted to touching someone anywhere a swimsuit would cover.
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Left, senior psychology major Samantha Hinshaw, of Wood River, and practicum counselor Alyssa Lazzeroni host the Clothesline Project April 5, in the Goshen Lounge. The event, in which people decorate white t-shirts and hang them, is one of many being held for Sexual Assault Awareness Month throughout April. | Caitlin A. Lally / Alestle
SIUE freshman Khiry Taggart was fatally shot and found in a crashed car in North St. Louis at 2 a.m. Tuesday, April 4, according to St. Louis County Police reports. The 18-year-old Chicago native was pronounced dead at the scene located near New Halls Ferry Road and Greengrass Drive. Taggart was accompanied by two women in the car. One, a 19-year-old, also had a gunshot wound and was transported to a nearby hospital, where she remains in stable condition. The second was uninjured. The SIUE community received an email Tuesday afternoon from Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple. “As we mourn the loss of this young man, our entire SIUE community sends its condolences to Khiry’s family and friends,” Waple said in the email. Students may talk to Counseling Services, the email said, by calling 650-2842 or by visiting the office located on the lower level of the Student Success Center. According to police, the investigation continues. No suspects have been identified at this time. Anyone with information can call police at 636-529-8210 or CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477.
“When we think of sexual assault, we think of rape, and while it is, there are a lot of other behaviors,” Oberweis said. “Statistics have shown that 1 in 5 all the way to 1 in 3 women experience sexual assault during their college career, and 5 to 8 percent experience rape, and it is usually during that first semester that has the highest risk window.” Oberweis said it is usually the same offender that repeatedly commits sexual assault. She also said alcohol is the nation’s leading date rape drug by a mile. This problem affects SIUE in her eyes, but also affects every other college campus, too. “Without a doubt, every college campus faces sexual assault,” Oberweis said. “But SIUE isn’t special in that sense. SIUE is probably more responsive than
other schools.” According to Oberweis, SIUE’s ability to handle sexual assault efficiently is partially due to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple. “One of the first things [Waple] moved to address was the understanding and preventing sexual assaults,” Oberweis said. “There has been a lot of movement on campus this past twelve months and that has been because of him.” With a program coordinator, SIUE will be able to accomplish more as a whole. Events are hosted by the departments of women’s studies and theater and dance, various student services and University Housing frequently, but there hasn’t been one individual to unite or connect them — until now. “Instead of having a pile of puzzle pieces, now it can be the
full picture,” Oberweis said. According to Dickens, SIUE won’t necessarily be having more events this month, but rather more collaboration. “In years past, with the Clothesline Project, Megan Denton is a counselor with Counseling Services, she has done that [for several] years,” Dickens said. “The voices event — that has been done two years previous to this one. Lindsay Serrano, our confidential adviser, has really been the facilitator for that.” Dickens said other events will include the Walk-a-Mile event at Lindenwood University in Belleville, the Silent Protest Against Sexual Assault and Denim Day. Below are the Sexual Assault Awareness Month events listed with dates and locations:
Voices Choices presentation from 7 - 9 p.m. Monday, April 10, in the MUC Conference Room
Silent protest against sexual assault at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, on the Stratton Quadrangle
Walk a Mile in Her Denim Day all day Shoes event at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 26 Saturday, April 22, at Lindenwood University in Belleville
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Four organizations branch out to SIUE Support the Girls, Student Action, Sigma Tau Delta, Beta Gamma Sigma await senate approval TRENT STUART Alestle Reporter Four organizations — Support the Girls, SIUE Student Action, Sigma Tau Delta and Beta Gamma Sigma — await Student Senate approval after being recommended by acclamation by the Student Organization Advisory Board, March 31. At the SOAB meeting, representatives from each organization met with the SOAB members to explain what their organization is about. Support the Girls Alicia Alexander, chair of the Department of Applied Communication Studies and director of Support the Girls — Edwardsville, said the international organization supports women in need through donations of bras and feminine hygiene products. There are 48 affiliates of the organization across the country, including one in Edwardsville. Alexander is the director of the Edwardsville affiliate and wants to better organize donation efforts at SIUE for women in need. “I think it would really be nice for SIUE to have this kind of outreach in the community,” Alexander said. If Support the Girls is approved by the Student Senate, it will be the first university affiliate in the nation. Alexander said the
organization is excited to start branching out to universities. According to Alexander, Support the Girls has donated over 95,000 bras to women in need since its start. SIUE Student Action SIUE Student Action is an organization for students to connect with Illinois politicians to make sure the voice of SIUE students is heard when decisions need to be made in the state government. The organization was represented by sophomore political science major Zack Nunn, of Granite City. Nunn said Student Action is a bigger organization based out of Chicago, and it wants to branch out to universities in Southern Illinois, like SIUE. “The goal is to get students to act more in politics,” Nunn said. The SOAB suggested that Nunn communicate with other political groups on campus to organize events and coordinate lobbying sessions in Springfield. “We generally have more organizations involving student issues here at the university level, so we don’t really have many organizations that try to do it on more of a global scale with what’s happening in our legislation today,” sophomore Student Senator Matthew Butler, of Dorsey, said. “I think it’s really great that someone’s trying to educate the students about that.”
Sigma Tau Delta English majors and minors will have another involvement opportunity through Sigma Tau Delta, an honor society that includes all English majors. Sophomore English education major and representative from Sigma Tau Delta Noah Wojcikowski, of Homewood, said there are already two organizations for specific English majors on campus, but neither includes all English majors. “We really don’t have one honor society that encompasses all English majors and minors, so that’s sort of the niche we figure we will carve out for ourselves,” Wojcikowski said. Fellowship of English Education Students and Teachers and the English Language and Literature Association are already at SIUE, but according to Wojcikowski, neither are considered honor societies. “This is not only branching the divide between [English Language and Literature Association and [Fellowship of English Education Studies and Teachers], but also just promoting a higher standard of education and being able to network with equally devoted and interested individuals,” Wojcikowski said. Sigma Tau Delta is a national organization, and the SIUE chapter already has 18 members with
Middle, Organization Relations Officer Chase Tiffany meets with the four organizations March 31, to hear their pitches. | Alestle File Photo
more being inducted in the future. Beta Gamma Sigma The honor society for business students, Beta Gamma Sigma, has been at SIUE for the last four years. Recently, the national organization has been attempting to focus on making the organization more service-based. According to Ariel Belasen, economics and finance associate professor and Beta Gamma Sigma adviser, the organization is looking for access to CollegiateLink, which requires it to be approved by SOAB and the Student Senate. Belasen said over the past few years, Beta Gamma Sigma has taken part in food drives, job shadows for its members and other
activities for the community, but is looking to better organize and promote these activities through CollegiateLink. “All in all, it’s been a really valuable asset for both the School of Business as well as the student members themselves,” Belasen said. Beta Gamma Sigma, along with the other three organizations, will find out whether or not they will be approved by the Student Senate at its meeting 6 p.m. Monday, April 10, in the Goshen Lounge. Contact TRENT STUART Call 650-3527 Tweet @tstuart_alestle Email tstuart@alestlelive.com
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Online service helps students plan classes TRENT STUART Alestle Reporter Coursicle, an online service and new app available on the iOS App store and GooglePlay, is open to students at universities across the country, including SIUE, to help them plan out their schedule before registering for classes. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate and Coursicle co-founder Joe Puccio said Coursicle has two main services for students — an easier way to schedule classes with a calendar and a notification service to show when spots open for a class. The calendar schedule planner is on Coursicle’s website, and the notification service is an application available for download on iOS and Android phones. “Students can track one class for free and they can pay $2.99 to upgrade to premium, which will let them track unlimited classes for the given semester,” Puccio said. Puccio said he came up with the idea before heading into his freshman year while choosing classes for his first semester. He said he took five hours to plan out his classes, but ended up getting into only one of the five classes he planned on taking. As a computer science major, Puccio was able to figure out a way to notify himself when a spot opened up in a class he was trying to get into. “Most universities have public
course data that’s just available on their website. So, we wrote scripts that extract that data and pull all of the courses Students can create a mock schedule using the Coursicle app. of the | Lauren Lowe / Graphics Manager university into our system and then display them in a Coursicle to help visualize and nicer way to students so they can have backups for her schedule before registering. plan easier,” Puccio said. “It’s more helpful than Puccio opened the service up to other students at UNC at writing it all down because you Chapel Hill, and now, 80 percent can see all the differences, and you of its students use the app to help can make multiple schedules,” Howard said. them plan out classes. Puccio graduated last May, Since its start, Coursicle has opened up the scheduling so he said he has been looking service to over 200 colleges and for ways to sustain the business universities, and the app is open for the future. Additionally, he to over 130 universities and is trying to expand the service as much as he can. colleges throughout the nation. “Right now we want to get Puccio said the service has over 50,000 users, some of which as many students on the platform are from SIUE. Sophomore mass as possible across all the schools communications major Oluyemi we support as well as expanding Akindele, of Chicago, said he will to more,” Puccio said. “We be using the app to be notified have around 400 requests from when spots in the class he did not students who want us to add support for their school.” get into open up. Class registration has already “It’s pretty effective and makes it way easier than opened for many SIUE students, Cougarnet for searching for and classes can be selected up and planning out your classes. until the beginning of the Fall I’d definitely recommend it,” 2017 semester. Akindele said. Contact TRENT STUART Freshman psychology major Call 650-3527 Abby Howard, of Wildwood Tweet @tstuart_alestle Mo., said she has been using Email tstuart@alestlelive.com
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Aside from lack of state funding, Carbondale’s situation has been affected by a lower student enrollment and failure to make proper cuts in the past. “Even if we come back with a sizable cash infusion on a stopgap, and we get a [2017-18] budget, Carbondale has to go in and do these things anyway,” Dunn said. Edwardsville, on the other hand, has had increasing enrollment numbers and has made cuts over the past couple of years, putting it in a slightly better position. The decision did not sit well with some members of the SIUE community, like Institutional Research and Studies Director Phil Brown. “I find this incredibly demoralizing,” Brown said. “After all these years of SIUE cutting, being efficient and doing more and more with less and less, it’s just hard to face another round of cuts when the impression is Carbondale hasn’t done any of this.” Dunn said he understands the frustration, and he knows Carbondale will have to make much bigger cuts than the $20 million it has cut over the past two years to deal with the structural budget problem the campus has. “They have to tackle this structural deficit of having too much program for too few kids.
As enrollments dropped over the years at Carbondale, the inventory has not been adjusted with it. In fact, it’s almost been ignored,” Dunn said. Another concern was brought up by Student Body President Luke Jansen. Since both Dunn and Pembrook’s announcements were only sent out to faculty and staff, Jansen said he was concerned with the lack of communication to the students on campus. “Students did not receive either of your statements, and that concerns me a lot, considering that we’re talking about student money,” Jansen said during the Q&A. Pembrook said there has been question about the best way to deliver this kind of information to students in the past, but he can send emails out to students as long as it is effective. Besides the student communication issue, Jansen said he understands the need for SIUE to help SIUC. He said the schools are like a family, and they need to work together to keep each other going. “Essentially, it’s not exactly ideal for us. However, this is what part of being in a system of schools is. We’ve got to help each other out,” Jansen said. The Board of Trustees will address the new proposals at its meeting 10 a.m. Thursday, April 6 in Carbondale.
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Left, junior theater performance major Luis Aguilar, of Hillsboro, and senior theater performance major Gracie Sartin, of St. Louis, share an intimate moment during a dress rehearsal of “Almost, Maine” April 2, in the Metcalf Theater. | Sam Kitchen / Alestle
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SETO performs ‘Almost, Maine’ MIRANDA LINTZENICH Alestle Reporter
Junior theater performance major Luis Aguilar, of Hillsboro, rehearses for “Almost, Maine” April 2, in the Metcalf Theater. | Sam Kitchen / Alestle
The Student Experimental Theater Organization presents “Almost, Maine,” with shows running from Wednesday, April 5 to Sunday, April 9 . The production itself is composed of only four actors, but even with a small cast, those putting it on hope to have a big turnout. The director of “Almost, Maine” is junior theater performance major Summer Baer, of Derby, Kan. According to Baer, there are four actors who play 19 separate characters spread out during nine separate scenes. Baer said the story is about a small town called Almost, Maine and the people who live there. “It is a show that explores human emotion. Especially love and all the shapes and forms it comes in,” Baer said. “The hardest part is that it’s hard to give a synopsis — there’s no clear story line.” According to Baer, the four actors include senior Gracie Sartin, junior Eboné Knowles, junior Luis Aguilar and senior Evan Willmore. The four each have multiple parts throughout the show, but Knowles plays six of them. “One of the biggest things that I find difficult is figuring out all the different ways that the characters walk and talk,” Knowles said. “It’s about making sure you keep that in mind when performing a scene.” Knowles said her favorite character to play has been the part of Gale.
“She is a little sassy and from first watching [Almost, Maine], you think, ‘She really has an attitude,’ but figuring out why she has an attitude is exciting,” Knowles said. “I wouldn’t say I’m a sassy person, so playing a character that is the opposite of yourself makes it a lot more challenging.” Baer said she wants her peers and faculty to know how much work the actors, tech people and others have put into the production. “There has been a lot of passion and dedication put into this show,” Baer said. “From the tech people with design, to the stage managers, it’s going to be an amazing show.” Knowles said the show is different than traditional shows in the past. “I guess from reading and watching it, you can tell this play is very literal,” Knowles said. “I think that is what I like about it. The literal aspect gives it a different aspect from most plays, but it still makes sense.” Students can get tickets beforehand at the box office to secure their seats or can get free admission with their Cougar Card at the doors. The general public may purchase tickets for $5 each. The show opened Wednesday, April 5, and runs through Sunday, April 9. From Wednesday to Saturday, the show opens its doors at 7 p.m. and begins at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, the show will open its doors at 1:30 p.m. and begin at 2 p.m. Contact MIRANDA LINTZENICH Call 650-3527 Tweet @mlintz_alestle Email mlintzenich@alestlelive.com
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KENDRA MARTIN Alestle Managing Editor It seems like the time of Kendrick Lamar may soon be upon us. Kendrick wiped his entire Instagram clean on March 23, leaving only the mysterious photo of a black background with the Roman numerals IV. As expected, fans began to speculate if this was a possible way of Kendrick telling us that a new album may be in the works. That night, Kendrick broke the internet, releasing a new song, “The Heart Pt. 4,” continuing his Heart series, and I must say, he did not disappoint. There are so many things about this track that caught my attention — the many beat switches, Kendrick switching his flow multiple times and that incredibly subtle direct second verse where Kendrick just goes in. Many are speculating he is either directing the verse toward Big Sean or even Drake, but that is all up for interpretation since no names were dropped. That’s not all, though — Kendrick ends the song with the cryptic lyric, “You know what time it is/Ante up, this is in forever/Y’all got till April 7th to get y’all s--- together.” This leads me to wonder if Kendrick Lamar is about to drop something big. When I first heard the song and him saying that, I was hyped. There is nothing I want more than a new Kendrick Lamar album, especially since “To Pimp a Butterfly” was so successful. I am insanely curious to see what Kendrick is going to do with his third — technically fourth — album. But being the music fan I am, something
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is telling me we will not be getting that new album this Friday. There have been many times when rappers have name dropped dates in songs and have not pulled through. The most recent one I can remember is when J. Cole and Kendrick released those Black Friday tracks in December 2015. Kendrick hopped on the beat for “Tale of Two Citiez,” and J. Cole hopped on “Alright.” For years, J. Cole and Kendrick have teased the idea of a collaborative album and in the song J. Cole released, he rapped, “But this February, bet s--- get scary when I f--- around and drop,” and then the song ends. When February of 2016 came around, there was absolutely nothing from Kendrick Lamar or J. Cole. This could be the same situation. I hope not, but I’m just saying I will not be shocked if Kendrick doesn’t bless us with a new album since rappers are famous, in my opinion, for not following through. However, from the promotion of this song and the fact that it has been two years since “To Pimp a Butterfly,” fans are hungry for a new Kendrick project. Whether it is coming in two weeks or a few months, it is guaranteed that Kendrick has been working, and we should be expecting something great. I’ll be ready for whatever he drops. Contact KENDRA MARTIN Call 650-3527 Tweet @kmartin_alestle Email kmartin@alestlelive.com
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SIUE loans money to SIUC — What does this mean for us?
Students, faculty and staff have been adjusting to cuts and it seems unreasonable that SIUE has to take another hit to our already depleted funds. If SIUE is going to lend money to SIUC, then it is reasonable to ask what it is that they are going to do with those funds. It’s unfair to SIUE that is continuously making cuts to adjust to this budget and now we have to make another cut in regard to SIUC. As students, we deserve to know what the university is doing with our money. If they are using it toward something unnecessary like a new building, then that is inconsiderate, and quite an insult to SIUE. Students are also rightfully wondering how this will affect us. Since this directly affects us, it is baffling that students were left in the dark about this situation. We didn’t even receive an email about this, which makes it seem as if our opinion on this situation doesn’t even matter. Attending SIUE has become frustrating, and this is just another reason why.
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MIRANDA LINTZENICH Alestle Reporter Churches appear hypocritical Many times, churches say, “Don’t judge others,” but when push comes to shove, it seems to be the other way around in most cases. There are so many rules to follow, and instead of being there when times get tough, many Christians push people away. People will let you down, but the argument for most is that God won’t. In the midst of hypocrisy, it’s important to realize that people are flawed, and just because they are Christians, doesn’t mean that they will be perfect witnesses. No applicable life help For many of college students, the churches they have known only have bible school for children or the main service for mar-
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Why feminism is flawed I am writing to explain why today’s feminism is flawed. The Webster’s dictionary definition of feminism is “the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.” This would mean that the goal of feminism would be to make women and men equal. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case among many women. Many times, modern-day feminism excludes women of color, who are gay or who like “traditional” roles. This exclusion means that many of these movements only support straight, white women. Women in America are worried about a pay gap that can’t exist because of legislation passed in 1963 (the Equal Pay Act) and in 2009 (the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act), but women in India and the Middle East are worried about upsetting a man and hav-
ing acid thrown on them. Women in the western world are concerned about women being viewed as homemakers while women all over the rest of the third and developing world have no other choice. “Feminists” also pit women against women because it makes those who aren’t as comfortable with being in charge and powerful feel like they are lacking. It makes women who like going out and bread winning feel superior to those who would rather stay at home and raise kids. Causing fighting between women isn’t a way to create any sort of equality for women, because equality should include the option to be a “breadwinner” and/or “homemaker.” Finally, women today still don’t want to be truly equal with men. They don’t want to be included in the draft, because they
think that takes away individual freedoms, but they also are not fighting to repeal the draft for men. Women also still complain about doing physical labor and think it is below them to do a lot of manual labor, and certain jobs like a garbage collector and truck driver. Women aren’t fighting to be equal with men, nor are they trying to help the issues that men face. They are instead fighting over problems that exist for many people male and female, and issues that are meaningless to women outside of first-world countries. Selective equality does not help anyone or achieve anything, and that is precisely what today’s feminist movement is.
JOCELYN DORETHY Edwardsville jodoret@siue.edu
Millennials dismiss religion completely With newfound freedom and lots of critical thinking, many millennials seem to dismiss religion during their college years. Below are a few reasons as to why that could be the case, fitted with rebuttals:
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ried couples, with no applicable lessons on what they are going through. In college, we face a lot of decisions with classes, getting a job, drinking and relationships. These things can change our lives for better or worse, and they often don’t get talked about enough. But there are groups on campus who strive to make up for that lack of a college ministry. These can be found on CollegiateLink. Life experiences For someone going through the loss of a loved one or a parent’s divorce, it can be easy to question God’s part in their life. It’s easier to place the blame on him than deal with the problem at hand. Some argue he uses the toughest battles to make the strongest people. The rebuttal would be they are strong enough without God. That has to be an individual’s decision. The argument would be God doesn’t make life easier, but with him it makes those hardships bearable. Cultural expectations Many millennials see religion as a setback. Being a “Righteous
Randi” is not the best label, and those who are around that person will not enjoy their time. Most Christians don’t want to be the judgemental zealot of the group, and for that they push religion away altogether. Let’s face it, atheism is dominant on campus. So why would someone defy the norm for something they don’t fully understand or believe? But if you feel your religion is an important aspect of your life, others shouldn’t keep you from sharing what you’re passionate about in a respectful and loving manner. Politics If you choose to identify yourself as a Christian, there is a stigma that Christians need to be ultra-conservative. Biblically speaking, Christians are called to be loving, generous, and accepting to an extent. These characteristics, depending on your interpretation, can fit with either the Republican of Democratic Party. There is no perfect party that shares all of the Christian ideals. Additionally, just because a Christian has a personal belief doesn’t mean they feel the same way from a legal standpoint.
Rebellion When someone has been raised with Christianity, it can sometimes feel like something mandated. After years of being fed their parents’ ideas, some may want to dismiss religion to get away from that feeling. It takes time and research. Everyone has to decide for themselves what they believe and how they are going to apply religion to their life, if at all. However, believing there is a rhyme and reason for everything and that everything comes back to one entity, that isn’t an unintelligent thought, but some people will disagree with you. That is OK. The bottom line is that there are unnecessary stigmas that follow religion, deserved or not. If an individual is passionate about their faith, they should follow it. But if someone doesn’t care for religion, there should be an understanding. All religions are based on different principles, making each one valid in its own way. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but should respect others’ interpretations and beliefs.
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Cougars freeze Purple Aces, drop three in conference play to Belmont
KEEGAN GAUWITZ Alestle Reporter SIUE baseball began last week with a win at Evansville March 29, followed by a conference series against Belmont University resulting in three losses. Following the win and three losses, the Cougars’ record dropped to 14-13 overall and 4-8 in conference. The mid-week win against the Evansville Purple Aces took 11 hits and the combined effort of five Cougars pitchers. Junior pitcher Brendan Miller started, throwing four innings and giving up four hits and three runs. He was relieved by sophomore left-hander Michael Shereyk, who threw two-and-a-third innings, earning the win. Redshirt junior Mike Miller, redshirt freshman Brian Coulter and junior Mason McReaken all faced batters in relief as well. At the plate, senior second baseman Alec Skender led the Cougars with 3 hits and 2 RBIs. Skender doubled to lead the game off and was driven in by a base hit from junior outfielder Dustin Woodcock. Skender moved from batting second to the leadoff spot earli-
er in the season, and has been a catalyst at the beginning of the Cougars line-up. “You only really lead off once a game, so it wasn’t a huge change for me,” Skender said. The Purple Aces responded with two runs in the bottom of the first before a single from senior designated hitter Keaton Wright brought the game back to 2-2. Evansville picked up another run in the fourth and held a 3-2 lead until the sixth inning, where the Cougars posted five runs and took the lead for good. Woodcock and Wright finished with two hits apiece in the 8-7 win. Friday, the Cougars opened up their series against the Belmont University Bruins with an 8-6 loss, dropping to 4-6 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Junior right-handed pitcher Brock Fulkerson started for the Cougars, tossing six innings and striking out seven while giving up five runs on eight hits. Belmont posted two of those runs in the bottom of the third, following a one-run inning from the Cougars after an RBI single from Wright. The Cougars responded
with two runs of their own in the fourth after a solo home run from sophomore catcher Brock Weimer, and an RBI single from redshirt freshman center fielder Eric Giltz gave SIUE the 3-2 lead. The one-run lead didn’t last long as the Bruins responded with a three-run fifth inning, taking a 5-3 lead. The back-and-forth offensive contest continued into the sixth as Wright ripped a bases-loaded double, scoring Skender, Giltz and redshirt senior infielder Jordan Stading for a 6-5 lead. “[Keaton] is swinging the bat well. He’s gotten some big hits for us here in the last few weeks,” Head Coach Sean Lyons said. The Bruins tied the game in the bottom of the sixth with a sacrifice fly. After holding SIUE to a scoreless seventh inning, senior Bruins infielder Tyler Walsh hit a two-run shot to give Belmont the 8-6 win. Saturday, in game two of the series, the Cougars out-hit the Bruins 9-7, but a ninth-inning, bases-loaded walk gave Belmont the 3-4 win in a tight ball game. Junior right-handed pitcher Nelson Martz started on the mound for the Cougars and threw
for seven innings, striking out six while allowing five hits and three runs. Two of those runs came in the third inning, and one came in the fifth inning. Heading into the sixth down 3-0, the Cougars responded with a two-run homer from Wright, scoring Skender. Martz kept the Bruins scoreless in the sixth and seventh, and the Cougars tied the game at 3 in the eighth following an RBI single from Woodcock. In the bottom of the ninth, McReaken allowed a leadoff single, followed by a wild pitch. The next hitter laid down a sacrifice bunt. The Cougars tried to make the out at third, but the throw was late. An intentional walk loaded the bases before McReaken walked the next batter, giving Belmont the 4-3 win. Sunday, the series wrapped up with a third win for Belmont, completing the series sweep. Despite a productive day offensively, the Cougars fell to the Bruins 8-5 in the final game of the series after another back-andforth game. Each team posted one run in the third inning and one in the fourth, followed by a three-run fifth inning for both teams.
For SIUE, the runs came from a solo home run from junior outfielder Marty Brunk in the third, an RBI double from Stading in the fourth, and a three-run homerun by Wright in the fifth. Sophomore pitcher Danny Ehrsam started for the Cougars, throwing four and one-third innings, allowing nine hits and five runs. Ehrsam was relieved by right-hander Mike Miller before being relieved by junior Tristan Walters in the seventh. Walters allowed three hits and three runs in the seventh, was was given the loss as the Bruins took the late 8-5 victory. “Belmont played a good, clean weekend. There were times in each game where we just didn’t play clean baseball, and it was hard for us to overcome those defensive lapses,” Lyons said. The Cougars are back in action at 6 p.m. Friday, April 7, at the Simmons Complex for another conference matchup against Eastern Kentucky.
is good,” Montgomery said. The game was tied at zero until the top of the third when redshirt freshman infielder Zoe Schafer had a leadoff base hit, and then on second after a bunt. Freshman third baseman Kalei Kaneshiro produced another big RBI single, bringing home Schafer to make it 1-0. Senior infielder Allison Smiley and junior infielder Haley Adrian also scored in the third. In the top of the seventh inning, sophomore outfielder Alyssa Heren secured the game on a three-two count dinger that made the game 4-0. The Cougars produced five hits in their win over the Salukis, improving their overall record to 26-6. The Cougars played again April 1, in a doubleheader contest against the University of Tennessee at Martin Skyhawks.
Montgomery said she credited the Skyhawks and knew her team had to play hard to keep a one-game advantage in the OVC. “[UT Martin] is a good team. They play very similar to us, so we [had] to play very well,” Montgomery said. In the first game of the doubleheader, the Cougars took the 5-0 win. Chambers-Book got her 15th win of the season by shutting out the Skyhawks and only allowing one hit. Chambers-Book also collected two hits in the game. The Cougars started their offense early in the first inning with a double down the foul line by Heren. Chambers-Book stepped up to the plate and collected a single RBI. SIUE collected four more runs and five hits in the bottom of the third from Heren, Chambers-Book, Schafer and junior
catcher Tess Eby. The Cougars had a total of eight hits in the first game, and three different players had an RBI. SIUE improved to 27-6 overall and to 4-1 in the conference as they headed into the second game. In the second game, freshman pitcher Emily Igles was on the mound as the Cougars tried to sweep the Skyhawks. Both teams were tied until the third inning when the Skyhawks scored first. Sophomore utility player Jane Smith evened up the score after a Chambers-Book RBI. The Skyhawks scored two more runs which ended Igles’ afternoon with four-and-a-third innings pitched and eight strikeouts. The Skyhawks scored four more unearned runs in the top of the seventh inning due to
Cougar errors. Senior infielder Sarah Lopesilvero singled in the bottom of the seventh and scored a run off of an RBI Chambers-Book, making the score 7-2. Schafer picked up an RBI single in the inning, but two runs is all the Cougars could produce and they fell 7-3. Montgomery said her team did not play well. “They outplayed us. They out hit us, and we did not stick to our game plan offensively or defensively,” Montgomery said. The 28-7 Cougars play the Eastern Kentucky University Colonels in a three-game series starting at 12 p.m. Saturday, April 8 in Richmond, Ky.
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Cougar softball leads OVC in overall wins ZEKE TORRES Alestle Reporter The Cougars kept their momentum going as they traveled to the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Salukis for a 4-0 win, and then came back to Cougar Field for a doubleheader against the University of Tennessee Martin Skyhawks. The Salukis faced pitcher Haley Chambers-Book March 27. Chambers-Book has won her last three games. In her most recent, she shut out the Salukis, allowing only four hits while striking out 11, earning her 14th win of the season. Head Coach Sandy Montgomery said she likes the way Chambers-Book has been playing lately. “[Chambers-Book] is a great pitcher, and throws really well for us. Our pitching staff as a whole
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