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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019

SIU creates new scholarships with AIM HIGH grant Emily Cooper | @ecooper212

Jodee Harmon | @jlharmonphotography Abigail Wheetley, Saluki Success coordinator at SIU, shares her story with students in order to help them in their future. One of her classes, held at Faner Hall Jan. 22 introduced the needed tools to help students transition to college.

“Failure is not the opposite of success – it’s part of it”

Failure to fruition: Abigail Wheetley shares story of failure to inspire success Austin Phelps | @austinphelps96

Abigail Wheetley failed out from the university but stayed determined to succeed – she is now teaching with the Saluki Success Program, this time around with two master’s degrees.

As part of the curriculum for her University 101 classes, Wheetley openly shares her story of failure

with her students; guiding them to campus resources that she was unaware of during her time in school.

“Failure is not the opposite of success – it’s part of it,” Wheetley said.

The Beginning Wheetley was raised in Ithaca, New York before moving to Carbondale when she was 16. Her parents both received their master’s degrees from Cornell University and

moved here after her mother had received a job offer at SIU. “I had a very granola upbringing,” Wheetley said. “My mother was the first wave of feminists in the 70s and so she decided to go to school because she thought [...] if she was happy and had a fulfilled life, her children would also be happy.”

Southern Illinois University will be creating two new scholarships for incoming students with the help of a state grant designed to attract and retain Illinois students.

SIU will be awarding two new scholarships to incoming freshmen if they meet certain criteria – the SIU AIM HIGH Award and the Saluki Scholars Award – both funded through the AIM HIGH Grant, a $25 million dollar state-funded grant intended to help Illinois public institutions recruit students. $25 million put towards the grant is being split up between Illinois' 12 public institutions, Jennifer DeHaemers, associate chancellor for enrollment management, said.

“The amount of money [each school received] or was eligible for in that pool was based on how much [the school was] awarded in 2017," DeHaemers said.

SIU received over $1.9 million from the grant, which is expected to be used over the course of five years.

“We will keep awarding this as long as the state of Illinois funds it,” DeHaemers said. “If they choose not to fund this creates some challenges for everybody, but we have structured it in a way so that we can best fulfill the promise we are making when we award this scholarship.”

Dee Rotolo, Interim Director of Financial Aid, said the goal of this scholarship is to increase enrollment to keep Illinois students going to Illinois schools – hopefully to SIU. “Anytime you’re awarding more money to students to help them pay for the cost, it should increase [enrollment] and bring more students [to the university,]” Rotolo said.

Each school is able to set their own criteria to determine how the award could be used best for their institution, Rotolo said.

“Some institutions have chosen to put that out there that they [are meeting tuition costs with the grant],” DeHaemers said. “When we look at the data about how much financial aid SIU has been awarding students, we meet 87% of the students’ need – if they fill out a FAFSA and have need.”

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Student health center director named in abuse lawsuit against Ohio State Brian Munoz | @BrianMMunoz

The director of SIU Student Health Services has been blamed, in a federal lawsuit against his former employer, for failing to protect students from sexual abuse by an Ohio State University doctor in the late 1990s.

The lawsuit, filed by former Ohio State students in November, does not name Ted Grace, director of the SIU Student Health Center, as a defendant. It alleges the late Dr. Richard H. Strauss abused an estimated 1,500 to 2,500 male students from 1978 to 1998 at Ohio State University and claims

Grace knew of Strauss' misconduct and failed to act.

Grace declined to comment on his role in the case on the advice of his counsel.

Rae Goldsmith, Southern Illinois University spokeswoman, declined to comment. The lawsuit names Ohio State as the defendant and seeks damages to

be determined at a jury trial.

Grace served as the director of the Ohio State Student Health Center for 15 years, according to according to an SIU press release from when he was hired in May 2008.

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during the exam, according to the lawsuit.

"I want to assure you that we had never received a complaint about Dr. Strauss before, although we have had several positive comments," Grace then wrote to Snyder-Hill in a January 1995 letter following the call, according to the lawsuit.

Snyder-Hill said he didn’t know there had been previous complaints because, the lawsuit claims, Grace falsely told him no one had complained about Strauss.

The allegations date from the period 1979 to 1997 and were reported to an independent team of investigators by former athletes – including varsity men studentathletes in 14 sports – and by former patients of Student Health Services, according to a July OSU press release.

During his time at Ohio State, Strauss treated student-athletes from several varsity sports, worked at the medical center and treated patients at the student health center.

To date, more than 440 former students and university staff believed

to have information concerning allegations involving Strauss have been interviewed, according to the Ohio State University Office of Compliance.

Investigators are also exploring allegations that Strauss abused patients at a private practice in Columbus in the 1990s and whether Strauss examined high-school athletes during his time with the university, Columbus-Dispatch journalist Jennifer Smola reports.

The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into Ohio State University’s handling of allegations of sexual misconduct involving Strauss in August.

The investigation at Ohio State follows other high-profile cases such as the case of Larry Nassar, the Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor convicted of molesting athletes under his care.

Before taking the reins of the health center at SIU, Grace served at the senior director of disaster preparedness and health safety at Ohio State.

freshmen – the SIU Dean’s Scholarship and the University continued from Excellence Award. Both can be The overall financial aid the stacked with the SIU AIM HIGH university awards students totals Award. approximately $43 million a Students eligible for the Dean’s year from institutional aid alone, Scholarship have an ACT score DeHaemers said. of 24 or better and can receive “We are providing more aid than $4,000-$6,000 from it, according to most institutions in the state or that DeHaemers. we compete with in the region,” “In an effort to attract more of DeHaemers said. “We are trying to those students, we added the AIM manage our resources, and do it in HIGH award of $2,000 a year that a strategic way that’s going to help can be stacked with the Dean’s enrollment as well as help students Scholarship,” DeHaemers said. make the education affordable.”

Students who receive the Dean’s DeHaemers said the awards Scholarship and meet AIM HIGH given by SIU are intended to be criteria are granted this award renewed for a total of four years automatically with no additional as long as the student continues to application. meet the qualifications.

Not all AIM HIGH funding Eligible students must be a will go to the AIM HIGH Award graduate of an Illinois high school, because the school’s eligibility for a U.S. citizen or permanent resident the grant is based on how much and have a family income of not scholarship money was distributed more than six times the poverty to Illinois students in the Fall 2017 threshold for a family of a specific semester, DeHaemers said. size, according to the SIU website.

The university has to keep their The student must also maintain a scholarship spending at the same 3.0 GPA while at SIU to keep the level as the 2017-2018 school year award. to continue receiving grant funding.

SIU currently offers two merit“In order to do all of that, we based scholarships for incoming came up with another scholarship

award called [the] Saluki Scholars Award, valued at $1,500 a year,” DeHaemers said.

This scholarship is available to new freshmen and transfer students starting in Fall 2019, DeHaemers said.

“At the present time, the university doesn’t award academic scholarships to students that have less than a 23 ACT or the corresponding SAT score; and that’s a population of students we get a fair number of,” DeHaemers said.

“We thought that being able to offer scholarships to that group would be helpful.”

To be eligible for this award, new freshmen must have an ACT of 2123/SAT 1060-1150 and a 3.0 GPA, as well as meet the AIM HIGH criteria. Transfer students must have at least 30 credit hours and a 3.25 GPA in addition to meeting the criteria.

DeHaemers said the scholarships will give students considering SIU a stronger reason to choose the university.

“I think it will help some students make a decision and [to] others it will just reinforce their decision,” DeHaemers said.

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Campus Police Blotter January 2019 JAN. 26: Rohan S. Patel, 19, Mt. Vernon, IL, was arrested for underage posession of alcohol, posession of drug paraphanalia and the use of a false I.D. He was issued a Carbondale City notice to appear citations and released.

JAN. 26: Ashton R. Crawford, 19, Benton, IL, non SIU student; and Dakota Wayne Wilson, 20, Benton, IL, non SIU student, were arrested for underage consumption of alcohol on the 900 Block of University Ave. They were issued Carbondale City pay by mail citations and released.

JAN. 26: Joseph A. Aviles, 20, Leland, IL, a non-SIU student, was arrested for underage consumption of alcohol in Parking Lot 45 and criminal damage to a vehicle. He was issued Carbondale City notice to appear citations and released JAN. 26: Jacob D. Hinesley, 20, Bloomington, IL, a nonSIU student, was arrested for aggravated assault at Warren Hall.

He was issued a Carbondale City notice to appear and released The two victims, both SIU students, were not injured JAN. 24: Henry P. Heyman, 19, Carbondale, IL, was arrested for posession of cannabis (10 grams and under)and drug paraphanalia at University Hall. He was issued Carbondale City pay by mail citations and released.

JAN. 18: Patrick John Nitzki, 19, Lisle, IL, was arrested for posession of cannabis (10 grams and under) and drug paraphanalia at University Hall. He was issued Carbondale City notice to appear citations and released. Two student were referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities for a drug law violation.

JAN. 17: Campus police arrested Amarriel Kaprice Dickens, 18, Chicago, IL, for stealing a textbook from the bookstore. She was issued a Carbondale City notice to appear and released.

JAN. 16: Alexander S. Hadley, 19, Bloomington, IN, was arrested for posession of cannabis (10 grams and under) in Brown Hall.

He was issued a Carbondale City pay by mail citation and released.

JAN. 15: Two students were referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities for a drug law violation at Wall and Grand JAN. 15: Four students were referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities for a drug law violation at University Hall.

JAN. 14: Two students were referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities for a drug law violation in Pierce Hall.

JAN. 4: Ahmed Hussein Naser 35, Carbondale, IL, was arrested at Evergreen Terrace and transported to the Jackson County Jail for the aggravated battery of a child. The 15-year-old victim was treated and released from Carbondale Memorial Hospital.

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In the lawsuit, Steve Snyder-Hill, who was a student at Ohio State in the 1990s, claims he reported his abuse by Strauss and said Grace did not act.

Snyder-Hill said he went to see Strauss after noticing a lump on his chest, according to the lawsuit.

In an interview with the Columbus Dispatch, Snyder-Hill said he recalls Strauss examining his genitals before examining the lump on his chest.

When the physician did examine his chest, Strauss allegedly pushed his body against his and Snyder-Hill felt Strauss had an erection.

Strauss insisted both a testicular and rectal exam were necessary and he performed both on SnyderHill before checking the lump in his chest, according to the lawsuit.

Snyder-Hill said that he felt uncomfortable about what had occured and reported the incident to a nurse. Later that month, SnyderHill said Grace called him saying Strauss “was just doing his job”

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Jodee Harmon | @jharmonphotograhy Abigail Wheetley, the Saluki Success coordinater at the university, teaches her class about the importance of failure and how it leads to success Jan. 22 inside Faner Hall.

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Beth Lordan, Wheetley’s mother and former creative writing professor at the university said Wheetley became unhappy after leaving New York.

“We had taken her away from all of her friends, everything that she knew,” Lordan said.

“She was pretty miserable the first day of school, so I took her out of school and she got her GED.” Wheetley said she was bullied at school and unhappy.

The transition from one high school to another was not a smooth process, so she decided to be homeschooled.

“Getting a GED was the only way to graduate at that time if you didn't attend public school,” Wheetley said.

Growing up, Wheetley wanted to either be a teacher or a writer, she said. She was influenced by her parents being involved in the same field.

“Writing was the only thing that I was good at, so I wanted to find some way to do that,” Wheetley said. ‘I don’t think I had any specific plans and I think that was part of the problem.”

Lordan said she remembers suggesting Wheetley write movie reviews.

“She said ‘No ma, I want to hang out with my friends and go to movies and I want to do this for a job,’” Lordan said.

Entering College and Failing Out Wheetley said when she applied to college, it was just the next step for her.

“I don’t think I thought about it critically or really invested too much of what any of it meant, it’s just the next thing you do,” Wheetley said.

Wheetley said that there were very high expectations on her success in college. “[There was a] feeling of independence – that I was going to do this myself and I was going to succeed and I was going to do well,” Wheetley said. “I just assumed I would figure it out as I went along... but I didn’t.”

Wheetley said she majored in English because she wanted to be a creative writer.

“So I took a literature class, English 101, history and something else. Maybe health?

It doesn’t matter – I failed them all,” Wheetley said. “I think that my expectations were that I would come here, take classes and be happy [...] but the details of that were very fuzzy.”

Wheetley said she didn’t know how to go about asking for help, so she would wander around the library for hours.

“There were people here to help me, I just didn’t know who they were [or] how to access them,” Wheetley said.

“I just got really depressed and I started realizing it was pointless to try, so I stopped trying and just waited it out and left.”

Naomi Arseneau, coordinator of clinical placements and Wheetley’s best friend of 25 years, said it seemed like Wheetley had fallen into having freedom like a lot of college freshman do.

“You don’t know how to balance freedom with this actual academic side of school,” Arseneau said. “And what’s more fun, the academic side of school or the social side?

Usually the social side.”

Wheetley said she first noticed she was going to fail when she got an “F” on her history assignment and is when she realized she could choose her life's path and one of the options was to stop going to college.

She said failure meant a way out.

“It was an escape hatch – I could just bail out of this,” Wheetley said. “I had done what I was supposed to do, it hadn’t worked and now we could all just talk about something else.”

Five Years of Retail After failing out of college her first time around, Wheetley spent five years working numerous retail jobs.

“Those were the lost years,” Wheetley said. “I will say that I have never been so poor. I have never worked so hard.”

Wheetley said she traveled for a while after failing out and was on the road hitchhiking, having a kind of Jack Kerouac experience. When that got cold and unpleasant, she moved to Mt. Vernon.

“I got a job at Dairy Queen, I was fired from Dairy Queen, I was a terrible worker at Dairy Queen,” Wheetley said. “I moved back to upstate New York, got a job at Sears and I gave birth to a child who was born severely disabled and terminally ill.”

Wheetley said when her child Anastasia died at the age of two, she was an extremely difficult time and mourned deeply.

“I will say that her life and time in my family humbled me in ways I never would have imagined, while also revealing to me what I was made of,” Wheetley said.

Wheetley then had her second child, Dexter, who is now a freshman at the university.

A Second Chance With a son to raise, Wheetley said she decided that working for $5 an hour wasn't going to cut it and she needed a college education. She was given an opportunity by one of her mother’s friends who was a professor at the university.

Wheetley would audit his class for a semester and if she passed, he would give her the grade she earned that year in the following semester.

“That was what I needed, I needed someone to just give me a chance,” Wheetley said.

“I internalized failure that first semester and I thought I was bad at school or that I wasn't smart [...] so that semester gave me the opportunity to prove to myself and everyone else that I was good at this.”

Wheetley would graduate from the university in 2004, 10 years after she had received her GED. Wheetley said failure now provides information; when she fails at something now, she identifies what went wrong, what mistake she made and any communication problems there may have been.

“Do not internalize failure – ever,” Wheetley said. “This is never evidence that you are not good enough or smart enough.

It's evidence that something went awry, and that can be a variant of factors, most of which you have control over.”

Saluki Succession Wheeley said she shared her story of failure when interviewing for her position as a professor in the Saluki Success Program.

“I thought there [are] so many students that are going to be able to relate to that or are going to see themselves in the things that Abby experienced,” said Nick Wishenskey, coordinator of the Saluki Success Program.

Wishenskey said since the spring semester began, there has been a revolving door of students in and out from Wheetley’s office and a student even brought his father to the school in order to introduce him to Wheetley because she had made such an impact on his life.

“If I can play any part in the role in helping a student become successful – it's worth all of it,” Wheetley said. “I have never been happier."

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Stalking: How to spot it, what to do Kallie Cox | @ @KallieC45439038

Nearly 1 in 6 women and 1 in 17 men have experienced stalking victimization at some point in their lifetime, according to the Stalking Prevention, Awareness and Resource Center.

Stalking affects a large percentage of the population, and is all too common. But what is stalking?

Emery Johnson-Miles, lead medical and legal advocate at the Carbondale Women’s Center, said stalking can be identified as any action that controls you, tracks you or frightens you.

According to Illinois statutes, stalking is a class 3 felony and is punishable by 1-3 years in prison and fines up to $25,000.

Johnson-Miles said when someone realizes they are being stalked, they should document everything.

“Put a note in your phone with the date, because whenever you do a protective order or a police report, you are going to have to prove that these incidents happened,” Johnson-Miles said.

Kay Doan, SIU’s Title IX Coordinator, said there are multiple ways a student can report stalking. She said students can report to the police, the Title IX office, or both.

“They can come in here in person, they can call us on the phone and we would schedule an appointment to meet with them, and they can also go online which is really the most common way that folks report,” Doan said.

To make an online report with the Title IX office, visit www. safe.siu.edu.

Doan said when a student reports online, the report goes directly to the Title IX office and the office will then reach out to the student and ask them how they wish to proceed. They will also send the student a safe brochure with information covering resources available at SIU. Doan said what happens after a student files a report is up to them.

“They could just come in here and say they don’t want an investigation,” Doan said.

“They just want it on file, they just want us to be aware of it, and maybe they want to take advantage of some of the resources that would be available to them.”

Doan said if a student does wish to proceed with an investigation, the office would write a formal complaint for the student’s approval, and then they would call the accused party and ask them to come in for an interview.

If they choose not to come in, the office will use the information provided by the victim.

Many individuals are afraid to come forward about issues such as stalking or harassment because they fear retaliation. Doan said SIU has a policy prohibiting any form of retaliation against a student who files a report.

According to Doan, when an investigation is complete, the student is sent to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

If a student feels uncomfortable filing an official report about stalking, or they want to confidentially find out if what they are experiencing is stalking, they can speak to Rebecca Gonnering, the campus confidential advisor.

In addition to reporting services and confidential advising, SIU can help students modify their class schedule, solve living or dining accommodations, issue a no contact order for an individual not affiliated with the campus, or potentially set the student up with an escort from DPS. Doan said Gonnering is the person that works with students who may need a modification in their schedules or accomodations. Rebecca Gonnering can be reached at +1

(618) 453-4429.

The Department of Public Safety becomes involved when stalking reports are made to the police, interim restrictions or no contact orders are implemented or other law enforcement actions are requested or needed, said Benjamin Newman, SIU’s director of public safety.

Students who do not wish to report to DPS or SIU can discuss their options with a counselor or advocate through the women’s center.

The women’s center can shelter you, help you receive time off of work without suffering repercussions while you handle a stalking situation, offer legal advice and advocacy services, provide free counseling, and help you get out of your lease with no penalties if your stalker knows where you live.

Legal advocates at the center can also help you apply for a stalking no contact order.

In order to receive a stalking no contact order (SNCO) those applying for the order must meet four requirements. According to the center’s pamphlet on this, these requirements are: #1: The offender is following, monitoring, observing, surveilling, threatening, communicating, or interfering with the victim.

#2: The offender has committed the above actions on two or more occasions #3: The victim did not give consent for the above actions or told the offender to stop. #4: The offender’s actions would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or suffer emotional distress.

Initially, SNCOs will be granted for a short period of time while a court hearing happens. This court hearing will determine whether or not the order is extended.

Stalking can be hard to recognize and it is easy to downplay what is happening to you. In order to help with this, Johnson-Miles said when recording incidents, individuals should ask themselves how they would feel if what was happening to them happened to one of their friends.

If you are unsure if what you are experiencing is stalking, contact one of the counselors at the Women’s Center.

Counselors at the center are confidential and not obligated to report to SIU or the police.

If you would like more information on how to apply for an SNCO, Emery JohnsonMiles can be reached at +1 (618) 549-4807, ext. 236.

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Esports arena, makerspace placed on hold due to funding Austin Phelps | @austinphelps96

Plans for the creation of an esports arena and makerspace at SIU have been placed on hold due to insufficient funding.

Carlo Montemagno, late SIU chancellor, spoke about the esports arena and makerspace at a Board of Trustees meeting in September, 2018. He said that the arena should be fully operational by the end of the semester.

“I think we were a little too optimistic in terms of the cost and it was significantly more expensive than what we expected it to be to get the physical space going,” said Jim Garvey, vice chancellor of

research.

Garvey said there is a problem getting internal funding from the university due to budget concerns.

“My job this semester and the past semester has been to go out and find external donors who are going to be helping us raise money for this space,” Garvey said. “We’re working on it; it’s just things take longer than you want them to take to get there.”

Garvey said the makerspace is more than just a space – it requires people.

“What we really want to try to do is to incorporate more students into it and make it more grassroots [and] studentoriented,” Garvey said. “The

students can tell us, from an organic perspective, what they want, what they need and then we can build it based on that.”

Garvey said that he hopes to see a time-frame on the project soon with hopes of having a more comprehensive idea by the next fall semester.

The esports arena and a teaser makerspace were supposed to be located in the former SalukiTech store in the student center, while the majority of the makerspace would be located in the basement of the student center.

Tena Bennett, student center director, said she was not aware of any current plans to move forward with the project at this time.

with foam insulation and layering the bottom with straw.

Another option, for those who can do it, is to let feral cats wait out the worst of the cold in a spare room or even a screened porch.

"With the wind chills we're facing, even if it's (minus) 40 degrees on your porch, if they're protected from the wind, that can save their lives," Maxwell said.

Other species don't get that sort of consideration, but they're equally adept at enduring unforgiving conditions.

Lawrence Heaney, the Negaunee curator of mammals at the Field Museum, said hibernating animals like chipmunks have adequate body fat and insulated hiding places that allow them to survive the cold. But animals like deer, squirrels and coyotes that stay active during the winter could be in trouble.

Monday's relative warmth, soon to be followed by a deep freeze, means their shelters could end up coated in ice, he said.

"The places where they hide under the brush, it's all getting wet, and now it's going to drop down to close to 20 below," he said. "That combination is really, really hard on them."

But even if there is a significant die-off in some species, he said, the populations will quickly grow once winter passes. Fewer deer, for example, means more food for those that remain, giving their babies a better chance at survival.

"Pretty much every species produces more offspring than is needed to replace their parents," he said. "Even with bad weather, disease or predation, they fill in the space really quickly."

The same is true, regrettably, with insect pests.

Jeffords said while the stink bugs that emerge during mild winters could be "knocked back" by extreme cold, he would expect their numbers

to rebound swiftly. Mosquitoes, meanwhile, protect themselves by spending the winter in urban sewers and steam tunnels.

Insects like the emerald ash borer that gnaw their way into trees are even harder to kill. Phil Nixon, a retired entomologist with the University of Illinois Extension, said they won't die in substantial numbers until the temperature drops to 30 degrees below zero.

He noted, though, that one insect can be endangered by extraordinary, long-lasting cold.

"Three consecutive days with highs no higher than 20 degrees below zero will kill most overwintering gypsy moth eggs," he said. "The Chicago area came close to that in the mid-1980s, and (the) gypsy moth was severely impacted.

(A single) overnight low of minus 21 will have little effect on them."

On the other end of the animal kingdom, a few species might actually enjoy record-setting low temperatures.

Both the Lincoln Park Zoo and the Brookfield Zoo say they will allow their polar bears to remain outside during the worst of the chill (they'll still have access to heated spaces indoors). The animals are native to climes that experience cold well below zero, so the week's freeze won't be anything they can't handle, said Mike Murray, curator of mammals at the Lincoln Park Zoo. "It really doesn't get too cold here in Chicago," he said. "Even with the arctic blast coming up, they'll be outside."

Brookfield Zoo has other hardy species like snow leopards and bison that will have the chance to brave the cold, too, but other animals, such as kangaroos and wallabies, will be barred from going outside, said Bill Zeigler, senior vice president of animal programs for the Chicago Zoological Society.

Polar bears at the zoo will love the arctic weather, but other Chicago animals could face fight for survival

John Keilman | Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO – The brutal cold expected to descend upon Chicago this week could be deadly for many animals that live outdoors, but experts say it's likely that the populations of everything from stray cats to stink bugs will escape lasting damage.

That's because animals have strategies to endure all manner of harsh weather, even cold that might break Chicago's record low of 27 degrees below zero. They bore into trees, burrow beneath the frost line or find refuge in abandoned houses.

And even if they don't make it, plenty of others will, and they'll rapidly restore their numbers once the weather improves.

"These things have been here since the glacial times," said Michael Jeffords, a retired entomologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey.

"Their genetic memory is like, 'Ah yeah, this will pass.' If we had (extreme cold) for weeks and weeks, it would have an impact, but I think they'll be OK." Feral cats are among the critters endangered by the cold. There are an estimated 200,000 in Chicago alone, and some are cared for by "colony caretakers" trained by organizations like PAWS Chicago.

Laurie Maxwell, PAWS' director of community outreach, said cats are exceptionally resilient, finding shelter under cars or dumpsters and inside vacant buildings. During extreme cold, they save energy by hunkering down and remaining still.

Even so, people who care for strays can increase the animals' chances of survival by making sure they have food and water – heated water bowls prevent freezing, as do bowls that are exceptionally deep – along with rudimentary shelter. Maxwell said people can build a cheap and simple cat refuge by cutting a small hole in a plastic storage tub, lining it

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Arts & Entertainment

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

File image by the Walt Disney company.

You’re Dumb and Wrong: Don’t ask film buffs about movies, you’ll be stuck listening for hours Jeremy Brown | @JeremyBrown_DE

The university’s College of Mass Communication and Media Arts encompasses both the Cinema & Photography and Journalism majors. Meaning, within my building I bump into film majors daily.

It’s not that they’re rude, though they sometimes are; it’s not that they enjoy movies in a pretentious way, though they sometimes do; it’s whenever I ask about a movie, they give me a one-man-band live podcast, missing the pause button.

I call myself a film buff as a way of masking how I don’t get out much. You name a famous movie from the 60s to the 80s – I’ve probably seen it. When I watch a movie I like dissecting it in my head before ever saying a word on it.

The things I can say off the bat are my complaints—it’s why my girlfriend says I’m no fun to go to the movies with.

They’re nitpicks, but when there’re 100 of them for a movie I actually enjoyed and I say all of them on the walk to the car, it’ll just sound like I’m saying I wish we didn’t go to the theater. Sorry, babe.

However, when you ask a true cinephile about a movie, someone whose passion is cinema, you get all the garbage that comes with it. Most of them have a lot to say about any individual movie and they’re ready to tell you about it each time.

Especially the ones they haven’t seen. Rotten Tomatoes scores don’t count as your opinions, people. You know who you are.

Some film buffs have an issue because they’re expected to be well-versed on movies. They feel a need to give a specific hot take nobody has said yet.

If they find one they like, you’ll hear that point repeated throughout the conversation.

It’s one of a few disparate parts they fully believe, so it’ll reappear verbatim in their Letterbox review, shared on Facebook.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Everyone’s first reactions to a piece of entertainment are a bungled mix of feelings and mood which make immediate critical thinking really hard to do.

The problem for cinephiles is they have so much more to

However, when you ask a true cinephile about a movie, someone whose passion is cinema, you get all the garbage that comes with it. say, because they’re trying to take in account every aspect of a movie: camera movement, CGI, acting, directing, set design, choreography, animation, makeup, costumes and a million other things I can’t take into account.

It’s a blessing for them to be able to enjoy movies for so much longer than the approximate two hours of runtime, and it can lead to conversations I just can’t follow.

Take 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War. I had a stupid amount of complaints about this movie and tried to cook dinner while ranting to my friends.

Not a single thought was an extension of the previous one.

Me, an idiot: “How would Thanos have ever found the Time Stone hidden as a star?”

Friend: “Yeah, I’m not sure, maybe one of the other stones would’ve helped.”

Me: “Why did Gamora give up after like 10 seconds of Nebula being tortured? She’s a robot! Her pain is fake! Who cares!”

It’s frustrating for anyone else in the conversation, because they can’t give another new thought to the discussion of any particular facet of the movie. If you’re the film schmuck in the room, be self-aware — while you're chatting with someone and they say “Ah” with a single head nod, know that means

you’ve probably said enough to make them lose interest.

Oddly enough, that happens to me every time I tell someone about these columns.

Editor's note: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of The Daily Egyptian, its staff or its associates.

You’re Dumb and Wrong is a weekly column about video games, movies and popular entertainment from local film snob Jeremy Brown. Brown can be reached at jbrown@dailyegyptian.com.

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

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Opinion: Picking favorites is important when you write reviews

Jeremy Brown | @JeremyBrown_DE

When a friend suggests to you that you need to watch a movie, or need to binge a show, you might immediately agree to do so because you trust their recommendations.

You might also refuse their suggestions because you know that their tastes are stupid and bad, completely different from your really intellectual ones.

You need to have favorites in entertainment to find a concrete baseline for any of your reviews and criticisms of said entertainment.

To avoid a lot of vague nouns, I’m going to use Aquaman as our example.

Love it, hate it or anywhere in between, Warner Bros.’

Aquaman was a tidal wave at the box office.

We’re on the first article and I use that pun? Kill me, now.

Everyone is entitled to any opinion they want on Aquaman, but when making a review, they need to back up their opinion with evidence from the movie itself.

As an example, I think Aquaman plays to its strengths

by leaning heavily on largescale, detail oriented action and an equivalent dose of cheese. It feels like it knows the script is just a weak excuse to see Jason Momoa punch and stab his way into making Aquaman less of a dweeb.

To prove my point, there are five conversations in Aquaman that are interrupted by an explosion or ambush.

The expositional dialogue is cut short and shoved out of the way by some bombastic underwater set piece. The movie knows that both you, the audience, and itself doesn’t want to waste time on people talking, and the movie is better for it.

But, here’s the important part- you might totally disagree with this. You might think this makes the movie worse because characters don’t develop. You might say my entire argument is stupid from the start.

For most readers, this is where you’d stop reading and tell a friend how moronic my writing is. You wouldn’t be wrong in doing so.

But to be able to make this assessment on why I enjoy Aquaman, it’s important that

You need to have favorites in entertainment to find a concrete baseline for any of your reviews and criticisms of said entertainment.

I know my own tastes before making these judgments.

Movies like Die Hard, The Lego Movie and Ocean’s Eleven are all some of my favorite movies of all time.

They know how to keep a story moving quick enough so you have no choice but to strap in and enjoy.

I find their high quality as, in broad terms, “action” movies to be based in their ability to show something that any action movie can do but in a new perspective without slowing down unnecessarily.

Die Hard never skips ahead in time, constantly moving in real time; The Lego Movie hits you with jokes anytime it can;

Ocean’s Eleven splices scenes of planning and execution together to move through each of the more mundane section twice as fast.

Aquaman fits this subjective standard of quality I’ve set for my critiques as a moviegoerand for a movie that’s about two and a half hours long, it damn well should.

I had my complaints- half of the jokes don’t land and the Pitbull song didn't need to be in there at all- but because I had that concrete viewpoint of what I wanted to see to enjoy it, Aquaman succeeds much more than it fails.

By having a specific viewpoint, you don’t limit

your enjoyment watching a movie. It helps to know what you like and why you like it. You’ll have a better understanding of why you think any entertainment succeeds or fails. If you don’t, it’s much harder for anyone listening, or reading, to trust your reviews.

Now I can go back to raging at the Golden Globe winners. Bohemian Rhapsody?

Seriously?

Arts & Entertainment Editor Jeremy Brown can be reached at jbrown@dailyegyptian.com and on Twitter at @JeremyBrown_DE.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 The Polar Bear celebration began over a decade ago when Corona Beer teamed up with local business Pinch Penny Pub to help with winter sales, Anthony Greff said in a 2017 interview with the Daily Egyptian. As a result, he said, a winter weather event was created that transformed into a yearly and highly anticipated holiday for Carbondale residents and regional college students.

“It became like a winter weather homecoming sort of speaking,” Greff said.

Greff said alumni, students and other neighboring townspeople typically travel to Carbondale for this celebration.

He added that the revenue for local businesses is important for their survival, especially because the university’s enrollment has declined. The large scale event in the past has usually been met by a heightened presence of city and university law enforcement.

Corrin Hunt | @CorrinIHunt Cookies are thrown into the crowd at a Polar Bear gathering on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, on West Main Street in Carbondale.

Isabel Miller | @Isabelmillermedia Partygoers mingle during a Polar Bear gathering on Saturday, Jan 26, 2019, on West Main Street in Carbondale.

Christian Jaimes, of Dallas, Texas, dances on a table at a Polar Bear gathering on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, on West Main Street in Carbondale.

Carson VanBuskirk | @carsonvanbDE

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Partygoers mingle at a Polar Bear gathering on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, on West Main Street in Carbondale.

Isabel Miller | @Isabelmillermedia Martell Ruiz plays beer pong during a Polar Bear gathering on Saturday, Jan 26, 2019, on West Main Street in Carbondale. Ruiz said that he is “just having fun.�

Carson VanBuskirk | @carsonvanbDE

Corrin Hunt | @CorrinlHunt A police officer walks a girl to his car at a Polar Bear gathering on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, on Freeman Street in Carbondale.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Commentary: Is masculinity toxic or under assault?

Cathy Young | LA Times

Is there a war on men and maleness in America?

Last week, a new Gillette razor company ad inspired by the #MeToo campaign was quickly denounced for supposedly slandering men as boorish and abusive. And earlier this month, the American Psychological Association was attacked for its new guidelines on male mental health, which critics said were biased against masculinity.

Both controversies, which are still raging, have pitted "woke" progressives against defenders of traditional manhood. But each side is mired in its own stereotypes while missing the complex realities.

Take the now-infamous Gillette ad, "We Believe," which offers a parade of men and boys behaving badly as an unseen voice speaks of bullying, sexual harassment and "toxic masculinity."

A chorus of dads chimes in with "Boys will be boys." Then, after a montage of #MeToo news and a call for change, the ad shifts to "good" men, shown caring for their children, stopping fights, standing up to the bullies and jerks.

The ad's defenders argue that the message is inspiring, not insulting. As the tagline puts it, it's about "the best men can be."

Some of the angry responses to the ad were over the top, and yet the detractors have a point.

Take the way the ad exhorts men to start doing and saying "the right thing," and then continues: "Some already are. But some is not enough." This suggests decent men are a minority while brutes are the norm.

What's more, some of the "toxic" behavior shown is pretty innocuous, such as teenage boys ogling bikini-clad babes on television. (Should we shame girls who drool over cute male pop stars?) The ad also blurs the line between fighting and roughhousing, implicitly condemning the physical play styles more common among boys.

The APA guidelines are a more complicated story. Some of the critiques take aim at things it doesn't say – such as "toxic masculinity," a phrase that never appears in the document. The guidelines have also been assailed for claiming that "traditional masculinity – marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance and aggression – is, on the whole, harmful." However, that statement comes not from the guidelines themselves but from an essay about them on the association's website.

The actual guidelines, nonbinding recommendations to clinical practitioners, are a mixed bag. They

acknowledge problems that disproportionately affect men and boys, from poor school performance to suicide, substance abuse and violence.

One section extensively discusses the benefits of father involvement, including activities that promote healthy competition.

While the guidelines do take a negative view of many masculine norms, they also emphasize helping patients understand "diverse and healthy" expressions of masculinity. Therapists are urged to be sensitive to typically male attitudes and behaviors (including how depression may manifest itself in men), but are also warned not to assume that all men fit that mold. The text even notes that men can be victims of partner abuse by women and that abused men may be denied help because of stereotypical assumptions.

One problem is that while there is helpful content, it often drips with gender-studies dogma. There's much talk about "traditional masculinity ideology," sometimes questionably defined.

(Religious traditionalists will be surprised to learn that "traditional masculinity" includes sexual promiscuity.)

Sex differences in behavior are treated as entirely the product of socialization, even though the

question of nature versus nurture is far from settled. Psychologists working with men and boys are advised to address male "privilege and power."

This is difficult to square with the empathetic advice in other sections: Try explaining male privilege to a male spousal abuse victim whom the cops are treating as the perpetrator, or a divorced dad struggling to stay afloat and be an involved parent.

Clearly, the would-be reformers of masculinity have their ideological blinders.

But many of manhood's defenders have limitations too. Conservative critics such as National Review columnist David French argue that what the APA calls "masculinity ideology" is simply male nature.

Yet, despite some constants (males are more physically aggressive than females in virtually every society and in most mammal species), norms for everything from male emotional expression to aggression levels vary among cultures and subcultures, just as actual male behavior varies among individuals.

Some men are risk-takers or driven achievers; plenty are not. Even if average trends for men and women are linked to biology, that's no reason to label leadership as "masculine" or caring as "feminine."

Gender norms have undergone dramatic shifts in our time. Work and achievement as well as family are essential goals for both sexes now, and egalitarian marriage and involved fatherhood are widely shared ideals. Unfortunately, along with values that emphasize equal partnership, we have seen the rise of a polarizing feminism that fixates on male misconduct _ including such trivial offenses as sitting with knees apart – while ignoring women's capacity for bad behavior.

Amid cultural upheaval, there is a very real need for constructive messages about maleness – including criticism of "toxic" attitudes that confuse bullying with manliness or scorn help-seeking as unmanly.

But the key word is "constructive."

The wellintentioned Gillette ad lapses into male-shaming that undercuts its positive point.

The APA guidelines get bogged down in ideological shibboleths that contradict their own malefriendly language.

If traditionalist claims about male nature don't capture the reality of many men's lives, neither do progressive claims about male power. Beyond the stereotypes, the simple truth is that men, like women, are human.

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

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Sports

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE Freshman Emilyee McGiles, of Orland Park, drives the ball March 25, 2018, during the 24th annual Saluki Invitational at Hickory Ridge Golf Course in Carbondale.

Ring Chasers: Saluki women’s golf in search of first conference title since 2007 Adam Warfel | @warfel_adam

After a fall season and their first under head coach Danielle Kaufman, Southern women’s golf team is looking to put the Missouri Valley Conference on notice.

The Salukis open up their season at the Battle at Boulder Creek Invitational in Las Vegas next month and for sophomore Emilyee McGiles the tournament play is something to look towards.

“Its [important] to get back in the swing of everything and see how we’re working as a team,” McGiles said. “We all worked pretty hard in the offseason so it’ll be fun to get back into competition.”

As for junior Erica Kerr she looks forward to coming home on March 24th and 25th and avenging the team’s loss in the Saluki Invite last year.

“Coming off of a loss from last year, I think this year is redemption,” Kerr said. “[We want] to bring back the trophy and show the fans back home we’re here to win.”

Southern finished fourth of nine during the MVC Fall Preview in October.

The Salukis finished behind Illinois State, Bradley and Missouri State.

“We had teams beat us that we thought would never really pull out in front of us,” Kerr said. “Hopefully [we] make it to the top this season.”

McGiles said she feels like the October tournament wasn’t the team’s best and feels like they can do better.

“I can say for myself, I did not play my best golf and I know a lot of us didn’t,” McGiles said.

“Seeing how close we were to being at that top spot pushes us

even harder.”

Kaufman said the team is not at the height of what they can and will be this season.

“We haven’t even peaked yet as a team – being in fourth place [isn’t] bad,” Kaufman said. “We were just barely behind Illinois State, I think we have a run for it.”

The mentality of the team is far beyond just fourth place in the Valley, for a team seeking it’s first conference title since 2007.

“We all want it really bad,” McGiles said. “Our group chat name is Ring Chasers – we all want to leave with a ring so we’re going to get it done one way or another.”

Both the men and women’s golf programs are looking to claim the MVC title this season and the opportunity for both programs to bring a trophy home would be substantial for Saluki Golf.

“I think that would be huge, we’re trying to make these programs better and make more people interested,” Kerr said. “Bringing home the trophy with both teams would bring a big crowd.”

Kaufman played golf at SIU from 2007-2008 but was unable to bring the title home as a player. She said the chance to bring a trophy to Southern would be huge.

“Since I was here, I never did get that ring so that would be huge,” Kaufman said. “I would love that more than anything – that’s my goal.”

The Salukis finished eighth in the Missouri State Invite during the Fall season, but by the last tournament in October they finished second.

“I think [we] just grew as a team, they needed to adjust to me and my philosophy and what

I believe in,” Kaufman said.

McGiles said she recognized team chemistry as a big part of what led to their success at the end of the fall season, as the team got closer the results got better.

“Bonding was a big part of it,” McGiles said. “Working together as a team – it just started to click at the end.”

Looking at the conference field, McGiles, Kerr and Kaufman all concurred the Missouri State Bears are their biggest competitor in the Salukis chase for a ring.

“Like coach said, we haven’t peaked yet and we’re not peaking at the same time,” Kerr said. “Once conference comes around and we peak at the right time, I think we actually can pull it off.”

As far as the Saluki Invite on March 24th and 25th, the women said they enjoy the opportunity to get to play on their home course in front of Southern fans.

“We only get one home tournament,” McGiles said.

“We have a lot of other friends that we go to all their games [and] to have them come out and support us and all of our fans from the community – it’s awesome.”

Kaufman said the Saluki Invite this year will be a great opportunity for the Southern community to come out and support women’s golf.

“I think the Salukis this year are going to be bigger and better,” Kaufman said. “We are reaching out to the community to get more involved [and] that’s very important to me.”

The Southern women’s golf team will begin their quest for the ring in Las Vegas on February 11th and 12th.

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Mosby: Top five commercials leading up to Super Bowl LIII Tamar Mosby | @mosbytamar

This coming weekend, we will be graced with this year's pinnacle of the professional football season – Super Bowl 53.

The Super Bowl not only showcases the current year’s best American Football teams, it allows family and friends a chance to come together bond over tasty foods and laughter.

Growing up, I didn’t know the most about football, but I was always overjoyed to attend my uncle’s annual Super Bowl party. My favorite cousins would be there to play with me, I got to eat some of my most favorite foods, and not to mention, my mom allowed me to drink as much soda as I desired.

Besides my cousins and the unlimited soda, my favorite thing about the Super Bowl was the commercials that would play in between timeouts. Some would be heartfelt and sweet and others would be funny and sometimes crude. I'm going to share my top ten my favorite Super Bowl commercials, in no particular order.

1. Mother, Son and Boyfriend Dorito Commercial This hilarious commercial features a mother preparing for a date with her boyfriend and her son in the living room with Doritos. When the boyfriend comes into the house to pick up the mother, he reaches for a Dorito, but is immediately slapped by the little boy. After slapping the boyfriend the boy says, “Put it back!

Keep your hands off my mama. Keep your hands off my Doritos!" I remember watching this particular commercial several times after it aired for Super Bowl. I like this commercial because it’s very funny and it reminds me of several of my younger cousins.

2. Budweiser Beer “Lost Dog” Commercial This heartfelt commercial features the iconic Budweiser Clydesdale horse who befriends a small puppy that lives on the farm with him. The commercial shows the puppy accidentally wandering into a shipment trailer and being taken away from the farm. It then shows the farmer consoling the sad Clydesdale and posting lost dog signs all over town.

The puppy eventually finds its way back to the farm only to be confronted by a growling wolf. Suddenly, we see the Clydesdale break out of the barn to come to the puppy’s defense and scare the wolf away.

The commercial then cuts to the heartbroken farmer break into a smile as he sees his clydesdales and puppy running toward his house. The farmer cleans and hugs the puppy and all is well at the farm again. The first time I saw this commercial, it tugged at my heartstrings and of course made me want a puppy. This commercial was very well made and did a great job at targeting its audience because who doesn’t love a puppy reunion story?

3. Dorito Ultrasound Commercial This hilarious commercial features a woman and her husband at the OB/GYN looking at an ultrasound of their soonto-be-born child. During the ultrasound the husband is eating a bag of Doritos and realizes that the baby is following the chip in his hand as he moves it.

He continues to move the chip teasing

the baby and the baby continues to hit its head on the insides of the mother’s stomach.

After teasing the child, the father does one last fake out toward the wall, but realizes the way he moved the chip would lead the baby out of the womb.

Suddenly, we see the baby disappear from the ultrasound screen and we hear screams from both parents and the doctor. Doritos continues to make great and humorous commercials that are different every single time. Of course this situation could never happen in real life, but the idea of the baby having a mind of its own and chasing a Dorito could make almost anyone laugh.

4. Amazon “Alexa Loses Her Voice” Commercial Many of us are familiar the Amazon’s latest invention of Alexa. She can play your music, call your friends, read you recipes and order online purchases.

In this 2018 Super Bowl commercial, Alexa loses her voice and is unable to speak so Amazon chooses various celebrities to try out for Alexa’s job by connecting them into random customers Alexa devices.

The celebrities in this add include Chef Gordon Ramsay, who screams at his customer for asking how to make grilled cheese, rapper Cardi B, who plays only her music regardless of what the customer asks Alexa to play and actor Anthony Hopkins, who refuses to call his customer’s significant other and proceeds to scare her with his Hannibal Lecter voice. The add ends with Alexa regain her voice and taking her job back. This commercial is in my top five because it features many of my favorite celebrities and I found it funny watching these celebrities do their best Alexa impersonation.

5. Snickers Marilyn Monroe Commercial My last pick for my top five list is the Snickers Marilyn Monroe commercial. Many of us are familiar with the “You’re not you when you’re hungry.” Snickers commercials. This commercial is apart of the series and features Green Goblin actor Willem Dafoe in a white dress standing on a subway grate. The dress is being blown up into his face and Dafoe begins to yell and complain to the director about the scene.

A member of the crew then hands Dafoe a Snickers bar and he immediately turns into Marilyn Monroe and complete the famous dress scene as the screen reads “You’re not you when you’re hungry.” This commercial is very cool because the producers were able to add an actress who had passed away in the ad and make it seem like she was actually there. Not to mention, it was hilarious seeing the man who played the Green Goblin in Spider Man yelling in a dress.

The Super Bowl is not just a time to cheer on your favorite football teams, eat great food and drink unlimited soda but it is also a time to watch and laugh at ridiculous, hilarious and sometimes heartfelt commercials with your family and friends.

Sports reporter Tamar Mosby can be reached at tmosby@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @mosbytamar.

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Laurie Skrivan | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Warfel: Top 10 Super Bowl foods of all time Adam Warfel | @warfel_adam

If you were born in the United States, or you’ve lived here long enough, you probably know the Super Bowl is America’s unofficial national sporting holiday. For people who are not fans of football, the Super Bowl is an eating experience that could be compared to the likes of Thanksgiving or Christmas where everyone indulges themselves in plenty of gourmet food like smoked sausages or sliders.

Taking into consideration two items which are high on the list of importance for any college –time and money – I look ahead on my top ten Super Bowl foods for the college student’s budget.

10. Pulled Pork I’m only putting pulled pork on the bottom of this list simply because of the time it takes. For good pulled pork you’re looking at eight to 12 hours of cooking time per pound. You’re also looking to spend $6 to $10 per pound on the pork used to make the pulled pork.

While a tasty treat for a college student – it’s a tough sell.

9. Sliders Sliders are come in at number nine just ahead of pulled pork. The good thing about sliders is you can choose whatever you wish to put in them, whether it’s beef or even

tofu for vegetarian fans. If you’re looking for a cheeseburger slider, some may recommend going to your local White Castle, but the nearest one is in Cape Girardeau.

Average cooking time for sliders is 15-20 minutes and the price would be closer to three to $5 per pound.

8. Seven Layer Dip It’s not a good Super Bowl party without dip. Seven layer dip is fairly easy to make with the average prep time being no more than 20 minutes. I’m sure the way each person makes their seven layer dip is different but essentially consists of refried beans, sour cream (mixed with cheese and taco seasoning), guacamole, salsa, cheese, green onions and olives/tomatoes. The ingredients for seven layer dip tend to be affordable – usually costing no more than $10.

7. Bacon Wrapped Smoky Links One of my personal favorites – you take little the small versions of hot dog, wrap them in bacon and throw a little brown sugar on top. You know have a delectable treat to share. Baking time for these is 25-30 minutes, cooking at 375 degrees. The average cost is between $4 and $8.

6. Meatballs Meatballs are great, because

you can eat them by themselves or throw them on a sandwich.

Meatballs take 20-25 minutes to cook. Meatballs are very affordable – you can go to the store and get a whole bag for less than $5. Of course that does not include the barbecue sauce or marinara sauce to go along with it.

After adding the sauce you’ll be looking at about $3 more.

5. Nachos Nachos are great and they are synonymous with any sporting event you watch. Nachos are also easy to make and very cheap. All that goes into prep time is just browning the meat, whichever you choose to go along with it. After no more than five minutes to cook the meat, you’ll take more time deciding what toppings to put on your nachos than you will actually cooking the meat. Average price to make nachos comes out to about $7, with the meat being the most expensive part of it.

4. Mozzarella Sticks Sticking with the cheesy trend after Nachos, another personal favorite for any Super Bowl party are the infamous mozzarella sticks. The average cooking time for mozzarella sticks is nine to 11 minutes, being careful not to let too much of the cheesy goodness slip out otherwise you have bread with cheese. You can grab a bag of

mozzarella sticks from your local grocer for anything from $3 to $5.

3. Cheese Ball Chugging right along on the cheese express is the cheese ball – an instant classic at any party. For those of you who think you have to make your own cheese ball, the prep is pretty easy with cheese, sour cream and bacon if you so choose. Now, if you’re running late to the Super Bowl party and need something to come with, you can pick up a cheese ball for no more than $5 or $6. Don’t be that guy and show to the party with just the cheese ball, unless you want to be referred to as cheese head at every party you go to. Crackers are an essential to go with the cheese ball and you’re looking at another $3 to pay for a box of crackers.

2.Pizza The great thing about pizza is you can go to the Super Bowl party, forget the food and then remember you have this wonderful item called a cell phone. You can use said cell phone to call the pizza delivery place of your choice whether that be local favorites such as Quatro’s or Primo’s or national chains such as Domino’s or Papa John’s. The average pizza price comes in about $10 but the prep time is nothing for you, you can watch and enjoy the game in peace knowing the pizza is on its

way.

1. Wings If there is one food that has Super Bowl party written all over it, it’s wings. Whether you prefer the boneless wings because there is less mess or if you plan to get down and dirty with the traditional wings – it’s purely your choice.

You can get wings at a grocery store for less than $5 a pound, once you add in the sauce of your preference you’re going to add in about $3. So you’re looking at a price of $8 and an average cooking time of 45-50 minutes.

While this may seem like a long time you could always choose to get carry out from Buffalo Wild Wings, however the price will go up for that preference as you will be looking at $11 for the boneless wings alone.

Whatever food you choose to christen your Super Bowl party with, I hope we’re entertained by the matchup featuring the perennial Patriots and the welcome back Rams in a rematch of Super Bowl 36.

Super Bowl 53 is set to air at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday February 3, so sit back and enjoy your Super Bowl snacks.

Sports editor Adam Warfel can be reached at awarfel@dailyegyptian.com.

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In the War Room with Warfel: Super Bowl LIII storylines Adam Warfel | @warfel_adam

Super Bowl 53 will be a matchup of the most hated team in the NFL and the upstart Rams on Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

For anyone who lives in the area, this is the one Super Bowl matchup fans were not looking forward to – the New England Patriots third straight Super Bowl appearance.

For the average southern Illinoisan, it may be hard to root for the Rams after the team left St. Louis after the 2015 season at the urging of owner Stan Kroenke. Any fan who followed the Rams before their tenure in Los Angeles might remember the greatest show in turf era from 1999-2001, more commonly known as the Kurt Warner years.

Fans of the Patriots have had long tenured success under Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick with their first Super Bowl appearance in 2001 which marked the first ring for Brady and was the last time the Rams made an appearance on the big stage.

Every year the NFL comes up with “storylines” to promote the Super Bowl and this year, of course, it’s talk of the Super Bowl 36 rematch. One which marked the end of a dynasty for the St.Louis Rams and the beginning of a dynasty for the Patriots.

To go along with Super Bowl rematch hype, several people turn to the coaches to make their predictions. Anyone who knows anything about professional football knows the names Sean McVay and Bill Belichick.

The matchup between the 33-yearold offensive guru and the grisly, experience-laden Belichick will have

fans on the edge of their seats. Aside from the coaching, the fans will be watching the quarterback matchup and for the Patriots,’ Tom Brady will be headlining.

However, for the casual fan who tunes in for the Super Bowl and makes their pick based off the team’s colors or which team has the cuter coach or players, they probably don’t know Jared Goff.

This year marked the third year in the NFL for Goff – one where he threw 4,688 yards on a 64.9 percent completion percentage to go along with 12 interceptions.

In the NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints, Goff had 25 completions on 40 attempts for 297 yards.

Looking at the stats, the coaching matchups and the quarterbacks who do I think will walk away with the Lombardi Trophy and be crowned Super Bowl 53 champions?

Well, throughout the whole postseason, I’ve doubted both of these team’s chances. I thought the Ravens and the Chiefs would take down the Patriots and bring an end to their postseason dominance. As for the Saints, I thought

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Drew Brees and company would bring enough offensive firepower to overcome the Rams.

If there is one thing I’ve learned this postseason it’s to not count either of these teams out. While my heart wants to be with the Rams and root for the end of the Patriots, logic tells me otherwise. I believe the Patriots will once again walk away victorious for the their second time in three seasons and Tom Brady will retire with another ring.

Sports editor Adam Warfel can be reached at awarfel@dailyegyptian.com.

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