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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020

VOL. 103, ISSUE 20

Play that funky music:

The Deciders bring music to Carbondale Bethany Rentfro | @BethanyRentfro

Illinois flushes out bathroom discrimination with new law Erin Denae Douglas | @cornbab

Juniper Oxford | @JuniperOxford

All single occupant restrooms in Illinois must now be marked as gender neutral.

The Equitable Restrooms Act, Senate Bill 556 was passed

by Gov. JB Pritzker and came into effect Jan. 1.

This act requires that “Every single-occupancy restroom in a place of public accommodation or public building shall be identified as all-gender and designated for use by no more than one person at a time or for family or assisted use.”

It specifies that the signage should indicate that the restroom is marked as a restroom, that it is single-occupancy, and that it “does not indicate any specific gender.”

Vernon Cooper, SIU’s LGBTQ Resource Coordinator, said Illinois passed what was already supported by the International Plumbing Code, which was updated in 2018 to include specific signage requirements.

“SIU has recently passed, or agreed upon, standard signage that, I believe, it says ‘restroom’ and has the accessibility symbol and has signage to indicate that it’s accessible by all genders,” Cooper said.

The process for making the signage standard to law on campus is underway, but not yet completed. Cooper said all single-occupancy restrooms on campus are currently for any gender, despite any outdated signage that says otherwise.

“Once we became aware of the legislation last fall, or I guess when it passed last spring or last summer,” Scott Keith, Supt. of Building Maintenance, said. “It was effective Jan. 1, 2020. Last year, last fall, we started doing a survey of campus facilities to determine how many restrooms fell into

the definition of the new legislation.”

Keith said a total of 84 were found across campus that required updated signage in order to comply with the new Illinois law.

The signage is currently on order and, when it comes in, will be installed on those restrooms.

“It looks as if it is supposed to happen as soon as possible. We expect to have it completed in the next month or two,” Keith said. “The legislation is very specific and the legislation specifically says that the signage should be replaced with text either noting either ‘Restroom’ or ‘All Gender Restroom’” The Equitable Restrooms Act is just one of the few laws that affect the LGBTQ Community that went into law on Jan. 1 and Cooper said progress should not stop there, nor should it ever.

“You should never be satisfied that you have done enough,” Cooper said. “You should continue to look for and double check that the things you set up five years ago are still the best option.”

Refuge is an app available on the Apple app store that shows nearby gender neutral, single-occupancy restrooms using your location and their map. For SIU students who feel most comfortable using a gender neutral, single-occupancy restroom, Refuge will be able to assist.

Reporter Juniper Oxford can be reached at joxford@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @JuniperOxford.

The Deciders are a Carbondale band with a relaxed attitude and a funky take on jazz and blues Band members Chris DiBiase, Robert Russel and Jimmy Beers are three friends who share an interest in making music.

DiBiase, bass player of The Deciders, said one thing that makes their band unique is they don’t operate on an organized schedule. They know how to let loose and have fun.

“We often get kinda loose in this band,” DiBiase said. “Other bands are a little more regimented, you know. We are working on a loose band. We have fun with it.”

The band is working on their first CD and will be releasing it at the Varsity Theatre. The release date is still unknown, but the band members said it might be out by this spring or summer.

DiBiase said he got his first bass guitar at the age of 14 and has been playing ever since.

Russell, lead guitarist and singer for the band, said his grandmother bought him a guitar when he was 9 years old.

Beers, drummer for the band, graduated with his master’s in music performance from SIU Carbondale and performs with several bands in southern Illinois.

Beers talked about his musical background and how he landed in that field of study.

“When I came to college, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do,” Beers said. “I started in Mass Comm and then in theatre, and ended up getting involved with the music department. I continued to play with bands in town and I still do that.”

Both Russell and DiBiase said they started off as a duo and played together for about two or three years. Beers eventually joined the band and they’ve been performing as a trio ever since.

DiBiase said they struggled to find a permanent drummer for their band before Beers joined.

Both band members said Beers has been a great addition to their group.

“He’s a great drummer,” DiBiase said. “He has a master’s in performance and he plays in almost every band in Carbondale. We’re lucky to have him when we do. Out of the 30 years I’ve been here, he’s the best. He’s really good.”

The band said the most unusual experience they’ve ever had at a gig was when they played at PK’s in Carbondale during a rugby reunion.

“They were really drunk by the time it was over,” DiBiase said. “It was kinda nuts.”

Both Russel and DiBiase described the style of their music as an interesting combination of jazz and blues.

“We do a lot of different things,” Russel said.

“There’s a lot of original music and we try to stay away from 12-bar blues.”

The members of the band said they enjoy Please see DECIDERS | 3

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Paul Simon Institute springs into spring 2020 Juniper Oxford | @JuniperOxford

The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute has announced its spring event line up, along with two major initiatives that are centered around statesmanship and the future of the state of Illinois.

The Paul Simon Institute will be hosting seven events this semester on Feb. 10, Feb. 13, Feb. 19, March 23, March 25, April 2-3 and on April 23.

“We have a Pizza and Politics event that we do in our lobby in the Institute. We are going to be hosting the local state representative Terri Bryant on Feb. 10,” John Shaw, director of the institute, said.

Events like Pizza and Politics give members of the community and students of SIU the opportunity to see presentations by prominent political experts and get their perspective on the topic of choice, Shaw said.

“Terri Bryant has chosen current events as her topic for Feb. 10,” said Shannon Schroeder, the Assistant Director of the Paul Simon Institute. “It is open to the public and geared towards students at SIU and we really want to get them in for free food, free pizza and get conversations going about whatever topic the guest speaker chooses.”

These events are open to all SIU students and admission is free.

“This upcoming event with Terri Bryant will be amazing! She is a great lady and she always has something interesting to say,” Josh McCray, a senior studying political science, said.

Shaw said the Paul Simon Institute will be focusing on two major initiatives this spring semester, with events to introduce these topics.

“The two major initiatives that we are highlighting this spring, first is called Renewing Illinois.

That will be a summit of Illinois students on April 2 and 3, in Carbondale,” said Shaw.

The summit was hosted for the first time last year. The event had 35 students from nine colleges and universities in attendance. This year, the Institute hopes to have as many as 75 from 20 schools, Shaw said.

“This is an event in which we bring students from all across Illinois to discuss issues facing the state,” Shaw said. “The main theme this year is called 'One Illinois: Noble Aspiration or Impossible Dream?'”

The event will look at regional differences in Illinois focusing on Chicago and down state tensions and sense of divisions.

The second major initiative is called Restoring American Statesmanship.

The Institute will be releasing a book in mid-February called "Restoring American Statesmanship: A Citizen's Guide."

It will discuss leadership challenges in the country and suggest a new way to approach leadership in the United States.

“I will be giving my first talk on Sunday to a group in Carbondale,” Shaw said. “I am going to continue to talk in Carbondale, in Springfield, Peoria, and Chicago, in Washington and elsewhere.”

On Feb. 13, a President’s Day event will be hosted by the Paul Simon Institute, discussing President Kennedy and President Lincoln.

“At this event, I will be working with the Illinois state historian by the name of Sam Wheeler. Sam is an expert on Lincoln and I have written two books on Kennedy,” Shaw said.

The discussion will focus on the lives of the two former presidents, from their private lives to their public personas.

“We are going to have what should be a fun conversation describing the two men, trying to take the mystique from them and talk about their backgrounds, their education, their parents, their wives, their siblings, how they govern, what they read, how they relax, that sort of thing,” Shaw said.

On Feb. 19, there will be an event called “Decision 2020.” This event will be from 5-7 p.m. and will have pizza, as well as free t-shirts to the first 40 attendants.

“It is an event hosted and organized by our registered student organization, the Institute Ambassadors,” Schroeder said. “We are trying to help the public better understand some current topics and issues within the political election right now.”

The three main topics that will be discussed during the Decision 2020 event are healthcare, education and climate.

The event will be focused on the facts regarding the pressing political issues, with SIU professors giving presentations over each topic.

“The plan is to have SIU professors who are experts in these areas give opening presentations on each of those topics and then to have a town hall meeting in which people can ask questions of professors,” Shaw said.

Decision 2020 serves a purpose, to better educate the public on some of the top issues that currently affect the United States and, more specifically, Illinois, Schroeder said.

Another Pizza and Politics event will be taking place this semester, Schroeder said, but the information regarding that event has not yet been finalized.

Reporter Juniper Oxford can be reached at joxford@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @JuniperOxford.

Uplifting women’s voices through art:

University Museum to offer new exhibit Keaton Yates | @keatsians

The university museum will be highlighting women’s voices through the work of 23 different artists Feb-March.

The opening reception will take place on Feb. 7, 2020, from 4 p.m to 7 p.m. and the exhibit opens on Feb. 4 and goes until March 21.

The exhibit titled “Women’s voices… the need to create” is meant to to open the eyes of the viewer and help others to realize how diversity, creativity and thoughts are our longevity, a way of life and a way of creating a feeling to share with others, according to the release by Teresa Fix, one of the artists included in the exhibit.

“Everyone’s method of creating is a method of personal characterization,” Fix said.

Each piece is created by a different artist and displays a unique perspective on life, based off of the creator's experiences. The artists strive to make the spectator feel something personal, even though the piece is based off of the artist’s personal experience.

“We all build narratives, even if we are not aware of it, visual artists often develop some sort of narrative in their work serving as a symbol, when words are not enough,” Fix said in the release.

Every individual artist showcased in the exhibit is telling

their own story.

“There is a freedom that guides us to find ourselves with the power of imagination It doesn’t matter if your work is dark, heavy and dramatic or vivid, playful and happy, each piece is unique and has its own language,” Fix said. “The sense of freedom is always there ensuring that every individual interpretation has an avenue to tell a story, a message in the work.”

Museum hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m to 4 p.m and Saturday 1 p.m to 4 p.m.

Staff reporter Keaton Yates can be reached at kyates@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @keatsians.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Sexual assault reported

in Neely Hall

Kallie Cox | @KallieECox

An 18-year-old SIU student reported to police on Jan. 26 that she was sexually assaulted at Neely Hall, according to the SIU daily crime log.

The incident occured on Jan. 25 and police have identified an 18-year-old SIU student who is an acquaintance of the victim as the suspect according to the crime log.

DPS reported that the general area of the incident was Neely Hall and that a referral has been made.

For some instances of sexual assault in compliance with the Federal Clery Act SIU sends a mass email via their alert system when a possible sexual assault is reported on or near campus. While the university noted the incident in their crime log, they did not send out an alert about this incident to students.

Deciders continued from

Chief of DPS Benjamin Newman said no alert was sent to students or staff because the incident was ruled not to be an ongoing threat to campus.

“The Department of Public Safety has internal processes, which often include consultation with legal counsel, to ensure that we are in compliance with the university’s responsibilities under the Clery Act,” Newman said. “The safety and security of campus is the top consideration in every decision we make.”

The university issued email alerts to students about sexual assaults that took place on campus on Sept. 3, 2019 and March 3, 2019.

News Editor Kallie Cox can be reached at kcox@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @KallieECox.

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Bethany Rentfro | @BethanyRentfro Chris DiBlaise, Jimmy Beers and Robert Russell playing and singing their original songs on Saturday at PK’s.

performing in Carbondale because of the rich music community in the area.

“We’ll play together and it’s good to connect with the other bands sometimes,” DiBiase said. “Robert and I hang out with other bands too that we haven’t seen or people come see us and we go see their bands. It’s a good music community. That’s why we like being in town. We hook up with older friends too sometimes.”

All three of the band members said they believe the blues scene in Carbondale is still vibrant and is still going strong.

“I think it has been going pretty good,” DiBiase said. “I think its been pretty strong and pretty steady. There’s always blues bands playing here.”

Beers said he is really proud of the way the band pays tribute to the jazz and blues genres.

“I’m proud of the tribute that we pay to the music that sort of serves as the basis of what we do,” Beers said. “Particularly, blues and very early rock and roll. [And especially with these two guys], we write our own music with those sorts of elements in mind, but we do try to make it our own thing.”

The Deciders performed Saturday, Jan. 25 at PK’s in Carbondale. They will be performing again at Tres Hombres on Jan. 31.

Staff reporter Bethany Rentfro can be reached at brentfro@dailyegyptian.com.

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Southern Illinois sends off its soldiers

Jared Treece | @bisalo Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker addresses the members of the Illinois National Guard 2nd Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment before their upcoming mobilization on Tuesday in the Banterra Center.

Southern Illinois said goodbye to the 2nd Battalion of the 130th infantry of the National Guard on Tuesday. Gov. J.B. Priztker and other state officials were in attendance along with the family and friends of the soldiers.

Roughly a thousand people packed into the Banterra Center to say goodbye. The ceremony included speeches from the governor and high ranking officials like Brig. Gen. Richard R. Neely and Maj. Gen. Michael Zerbonia.

“You raised your right hand, you said ‘I’ll be deployed’ and you stepped up to it,” Neely said in his speech to the battalion. “You, the 1 percent, goes to war so the other 99 doesn’t have to. That’s true dedication. That’s true Americans, and that’s something, on behalf of a grateful nation we say thank you to.”

Adam Warfel, former Daily Egyptian sports editor and specialist in the 130th Infantry, said the battalion has known about this deployment for a while and this deployment of troops is not response to the drone strikes on Iran military officials, instead the battalion is going to Afghanistan.

Warfel said he joined the National Guard as a way to serve his country and it helped pay for his education.

He has one semester left before graduating from SIU. “I saw the whole SIU basketball team [at the sendoff] and some of the women’s basketball team,” Warfel said.

“It was really cool seeing the Saluki Athletics, as a whole,

being there to represent and support us.”

Many of the speakers thanked the soldiers and veterans but also the friends and family who came to support their troops.

“You are an extension of the National Guard and an extension of the national defense, and as somebody who has deployed multiple times, I couldn’t have done it without my family,” Neely said.

Larry Long-Croteau, a member of the Mount Vernon VFW Post 9233 who served in the Navy from 1964 to 1968, said he is really happy to see the send-off these troops are getting.

“We wish them the very best and we look forward to them coming home,” Long-Croteau said. “We didn’t have that when we came home. I don’t want those guys to go through what we did.”

Sherrill is a native of Colp and is a graduate of SIU. He is part of the active guard in Marion, so he helps soldiers with everyday needs as far as career progression and getting them into schools and courses they need.

The ceremony concluded with the battalion visiting with their friends and family on the Harry L. Crisp Sr. court.

Staff reporter Jacob Lorenz can be reached at jlorenz@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @jtlorenz6.

Jared Treece | @bisalo Friends and family members become overwhelmed during the mobilization ceremony on Tuesday in the Banterra Center.

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Jared Treece | @bisalo Members of the Illinois National Guard 2nd Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment sit as they are address by varies speakers including Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday in the Banterra Center.

Members of the VFW show their support during the mobilization ceremony on Tuesday in the Banterra Center.

Jared Treece | @bisalo

Opinion

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Letter to the Editor: ‘Eliminating departments is still a bad idea’ Submitted by Dave Johnson

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We are now more than two years into the restructuring process, which was originally to take less than one year.

A year and a half has passed since the untimely death of Carlo Montemagno, who single-handedly launched this process.

The mood among the many faculty I meet across campus ranges from disinterest to demoralization to anger.

Brave and principled faculty and students have spoken up against the universal elimination of academic departments, the central feature of restructuring, and clear majorities have voted against it in the faculty senate, the graduate council, and in undergraduate and graduate student government.

In that time a whole series of administrators, most serving in an interim basis, has failed to take the obvious and prudent decision: figure out how to make the first set of new schools work, where they have faculty and student support, and then see whether schools work well enough to be adopted by the rest of the campus.

By this point, most faculty are resigned to restructuring moving forward and are doing the responsible thing on behalf of their programs and their students: seeking the least bad new arrangement.

Where possible, faculty simply redefine their current departments as schools, reducing restructuring to a name change— though one that hands the administration more control over who runs the unit and how it is operated. Others try to limit the damage by seeking the least painful merger partners.

Despite the sense of resignation on campus, I am going to make one last effort to say why eliminating departments will harm SIUC. I owe that much to the people I’ve worked with over the last two years to defend our academic units.

I’ll do so by addressing the memo recently sent to faculty in my college, Liberal Arts, calling for our input on how best to eliminate our departments. The memo itself can be found on the FA website.

The memo admits that reorganization will have no immediate influence on enrollment; instead, it simply asserts, without any particulars, evidence, or argument, that “we [administrators] believe” that restructuring will have undefined “salutary effects” on enrollment. This is a fancy way of saying “do it because we say so.”

We are next told that restructuring would “create a more efficient administrative structure.” If this is a claim that it will save money, we long ago learned how phony that claim was; Carlo Montemagno himself called it “fake news.”

If it means increasing administrative power, as I believe, then we must ask: to what end? What will this administration do with more power?

The memo claims that the plan will “facilitate synergy” by re-aligning programs. If you don’t know what “facilitate synergy” means, good for you.

It’s the sort of jargon people use when they don’t know what they want, or don’t want you to know what they want.

If “synergy” means interdisciplinary cooperation, faculty in CoLA proposed ways to promote that through flexible, low-cost academic centers, the approach employed by most good research universities.

Our administration rejected that approach out of hand.

The administration also wants to “eliminate barriers to creating innovative programs,” a nod to Carlo Montemagno’s belief that this rusty Yugo of a university needs an infusion of new ideas.

But our faculty have been developing new programs and new approaches to old but still vital fields of study.

Unit boundaries can sometimes hinder innovation, but restructuring will not eliminate such boundaries: it will simply redraw them.

The memo also claims that restructuring will facilitate interdisciplinary research. Our faculty already do interdisciplinary research.

No one has ever questioned the value of my research published in philosophy journals, or delivered at

“But destroying all our departments to mash them together in new combinations isn’t going to help us rebuild. It will attract no new students.”

- Dave Johnson associate professor of classics president of the SIUC Faculty Association

political science conferences, though I’m not in the philosophy or political science department. This is a solution without a problem.

Restructuring, we are told, would “highlight our programs for students and help students recognize pathways to reach career goals.”

But how would housing philosophy within a school of humanities or political science in a school of social science help students find philosophy or political science? Terms like “humanities” and “social science” are less clear and less marketable than “philosophy” and “political science.”

SIUC faces real challenges. We do have many understaffed programs. Targeted mergers could be one way to address that problem.

But destroying all our departments to mash them together in new combinations isn’t going to help us rebuild. It will attract no new students.

Restructuring has meant two years of wasted effort, and promises at least one more year of the same. It will destroy many solid departments, and create unwieldy and unwanted new structures. I fear that it will only accelerate our decline.

Dave Johnson is an associate professor of classics at SIU and president of the SIUC Faculty Association.

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Oscars 2020: How to watch the Best Picture nominees Kyler Guebert | @kguebert88

One of the biggest complaints against the Oscars is that they nominate and celebrate films mainstream moviegoers haven’t seen. This year seems to be somewhat of an exception.

A majority of this year’s nominees received wide releases and cleaned up well at both the domestic and worldwide box office.

“Joker” made $1.07 billion worldwide and became the highestgrossing R-rated film of all time.

“Little Women,” “1917,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Parasite” all grossed more than $100 million worldwide, and many of the films are getting put into more theatres post-nominations.

“Marriage Story” and “The Irishman” have been available to stream on Netflix, and both have brought a lot of chatter with them, specifically regarding their performances.

So, if you haven’t been able to see this year’s nominees yet, here are some ways to see them before the ceremony.

1917 (In Theatres) Sam Mendes’ one-shot war epic about two soldiers attempting to stop a British attack that will lead thousands of their fellow soldiers into a German trap has been an awards frontrunner since its premiere in December.

It’s performing exceptionally well at the box office after winning the Best Director and Best Drama prizes at the Golden Globes and continued on to get 10 nominations.

It seems to be the favorite to win Best Picture this year after winning the top prize at the Producers Guild Award, and will definitely be a huge competitor in this year’s race for the top prize.

Ford v Ferrari (Available Digitally, DVD Feb. 11) This Christian Bale/Matt Damon film follows a race car driver and an automotive designer’s quest to design a Ford motor that can outpace Ferrari’s to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.

It’s a tightly editing and crowd pleasing film that highlights Bale in another great performance.

The sound design on the film is incredible, and those categories will likely be the film’s best shot at a win on Oscar Sunday.

The Irishman (Streaming Exclusively on Netflix) Directed by Martin Scorcese, this film follows Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran and his experiences working in organized crime over the span of 50 years, specifically related to Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino).

The film is expertly made, acted and edited, and its 10 nominations

show the Academy loves the film.

Steam has definitely been lost in its race to win the top prize, with many crediting its three and a half hour runtime as a major deterrent for Academy voters, but love for Scorcese and this film could still put it on top.

Jojo Rabbit (In Theatres, Digital Feb. 4, DVD Feb. 18) A satire set at the end of WWII Nazi Germany, Jojo Rabbit follows Jojo, a Nazi Youth who discovers that his mother is keeping a Jewish girl in their attic.

The film is surprisingly hilarious, and writer/director Taika Waititi balances the comedy of the film with the tragedy of the times expertly. The cast is sensational, especially lead Roman Griffin Davis and Thomasin McKenzie.

The film has proved to be a crowd pleaser this year, and could pull off an interesting upset for Best Picture.

Joker (Available Digitally & DVD) Todd Phillips’ take on the legendary Batman villain, played expertly by Joaquin Phoenix, has sparked nonstop conversation about the film, both from people who love the film and those that massively dislike it.

It’s proven to be the most controversial of the Best Picture nominees, but the love from the Academy for this film is clearly strong, considering its 11 nominations (the most of any film this year).

It’s clear that support for the film is there, but considering its lack of wins from other awards guilds (save for Phoenix and the masterful score

by Hildur Guðnadóttir), a Best Picture win is probably unlikely, although enough support could push it to a surprise win.

Little Women (In Theatres) Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, this new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel breathes new life into a story that has been told at least eighteen separate times between television and film.

Her screenplay is gorgeous and balances the lives of the March sisters perfectly and, paired with her direction, gives the classic characters and story a new depth and beauty.

Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh are standouts in the amazing cast, and Pugh is turning into a surprise underdog in the Supporting Actress category.

A Best Picture win for Little Women seems unlikely, but Gerwig’s projected win for her screenplay should keep the film from going home empty handed.

Marriage Story (Streaming Exclusively on Netflix) Noah Baumbach’s story of the end of a marriage has received

acclaim and love since its premiere, and that love for the film translated over to the academy to the tune of 6 nominations.

Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Laura Dern all earned nominations for their work, with Dern the projected winner for Supporting Actress this year.

Driver and Johannsen could still pull off upsets in their categories, and Baumbach is one of three writers competing for a win in Original Screenplay. However, it doesn’t seem like the film has enough support to take home the top prize.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Available Digitally & DVD) The ninth film by director Quentin Tarantino brings 1960s Hollywood back to life in a story following actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) as they navigate the changing industry of Hollywood with the quiet, looming threat of Sharon Tate’s (Margot Robbie) murder looming in the background.

Tarantino’s film received 10 nominations this year, with Pitt expected to take home his first acting Oscar for his work. A few technical categories could swing the film’s way, and Tarantino is a looming threat in the Original Screenplay category.

The Academy loves films about Hollywood, and Tarantino’s love letter to one of the golden eras of Hollywood has the love and momentum to earn Tarantino his first Best Picture win.

Parasite (In Theatres, Digital, & DVD) Master director Bong Joon-Ho’s film about a poor family who slowly infiltrate the lives of an incredibly wealthy family has received massive amounts of praise since its premiere at Cannes and its unanimous Palm d'Or win, and has continued to ride that love all the way to the Oscars, where it became the first South Korean film to be nominated for Best Picture and received a total of six nominations.

The film is a lock for Best International Feature Film this year, and is expected to be a fierce competitor in the Editing, Director and Screenplay races.

Parasite is almost universally loved and respected, and, especially considering it’s huge wins at the Screen Actors Guild Award and ACE Editing Awards, it could very well become the first International film to win Best Picture in the Academy’s 92 year history.

Staff Writer Kyler Guebert can be reached at kguebert@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @kguebert88.

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Jack McCarthy, of Carbondale, pours a drink for a patron Sunday at Hangar 9 bar in Carbondale.

McCarthy said in addition to bartending, he also books live music for the bar.

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Sports

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Saying farewell to Kobe Bryant

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant, speaks with members of the media, before his team’s game against the Chicago Bulls, at the United Center, in Chicago, on Feb. 21, 2016.

Tāmar Mosby | @tamarmosby

A bomb dropped on the sports world this Sunday, when the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna was announced via social media.

After several false reports were released, it was finally confirmed that Bryant and his daughter, along with seven others, were killed in a helicopter crash on the way to a basketball event.

This news for me personally was heartbreaking. Kobe Bryant was not only my favorite basketball player, but an enormous inspiration to myself and many others across the globe.

Large parts of my childhood were spent watching him on TV and trying to perfect his turnaround jump shot.

He impacted the lives of millions of people with his work ethic, attitude, and love for the game of basketball.

He was the true embodiment of passion and willpower, teaching each and every single one of his fans to persevere and put their heart and soul into the things they loved.

It wasn’t until I saw his picture everywhere on my social media that I realized Kobe had touched people from so many different walks of life, from models and designers to actors, football players and track runners.

In just a single day, millions of pictures had been posted filled with messages of love for this iconic man and his family.

You didn’t have to play basketball to love Kobe or admire him because his dedication to his craft and his work ethic could be applied to any part of your life.

I can’t count the number of iconic and upcoming athletes who have named Kobe Bryant as their inspiration. So many players in high school, college and the NBA have modeled their game after his and I hope this will continue.

playing for the University of Connecticut's women’s basketball team.

It saddens me to know that she’ll never be able to achieve those things because her life has ended before it truly even began.

Besides his contribution on the court, Bryant was a father, son and husband among many other things. He was a philanthropist and an individual who was truly dedicated to bettering the world around him.

“You didn’t have to play basketbal to love Kobe or admire him because his dedication to his craft and his work ethic could be applied to any part of your life.”

- Tāmar Mosby Sports editor

Bryant was fearless and determined when he stepped onto the court and this inspired me to approach everything in my life the same way.

His daughter, Gianna, planned to continue his legacy and pursue a career in basketball as well. In several interviews, Bryant spoke of his 13-year-old daughter and her dream of

While he left an enormous impact on the world, he also left behind a great deal of pain for us to deal with. Much of this pain falls onto his wife and three remaining children.

What hurts most about this tragedy is thinking of the heartbreak his remaining family members are experiencing after losing two loved ones simultaneously.

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When we think of our favorite athletes or celebrities, we see them as larger than life and surreal. When these same individuals pass away unexpectedly, it seems like a hoax.

The death of Kobe Bryant is anything but a hoax and it’s saddening to think that generations in the future will be unable to see him actively living out his life with purpose, passion, and drive.

Although this is true, the life Bryant led up until now is enough to inspire lifetimes of people.

Even in death, he’s pushing so many individuals to continue his legacy by putting forth an extreme effort into following their dreams and to never surrender these dreams in times of adversity.

Bryant’s death shows us that tragedy does not discriminate and that life is short.

From Kobe Bryant’s time here on earth, I learned about determination, passion, and hard work, but from his death, I’ve learned to cherish the life I have and the people I care for because it could all be over in an instant.

Even if you aren’t familiar with the name Kobe Bryant, situations like these should push you to lead with love and express continuous gratitude for the small things in life.

Sports editor Tāmar Mosby can be reached at tmosby@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @mosbytamar.

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Saluki MBB climbs valley standings after defeating ISU and No. 1 UNI

Karrington Davis guards the ball from an opposing team member from Northern Iowa in the Bantera Center on January 22.

Brooke Buerck | @bbuerck25

The SIU men’s basketball team revealed that they had what it took to be an MVC contender when they brought the number one team in the conference, the University of Northern Iowa, down and later defeated another Valley opponent during the weekend.

Southern earned the hard-fought 68-66 win over UNI on Jan. 22 at Banterra Center.

“It was a great win for our program,” Saluki head coach Bryan Mullins said. “I’m proud of our guys you know we’ve been getting better every single day and I’m just happy for the guys to be able to get this result. I thought they played extremely hard and really stuck to the game plan.”

The Panthers started the game on a 6-1 scoring run within the first minutes of the period one, but from then on the Salukis took charge with a career-best performance from freshman guards Lance Jones and Trent Brown.

“Obviously we got the first free throw to go in,” Brown said. “It just took one to go in to find rhythm and show that we can play with people. Obviously 6-1 jumps out at the beginning of the game, but it is really only a five point deficit so it can kind of be misleading at the beginning but once we kind of get up and down we can go with the best.”

Jones led the Salukis in scoring with 20 points (14 in the first half ) and Brown chipped in 11.

Freshman guard Marcus Domask also

contributed 11 points along with six assists, while graduate student Barret Benson tallied 13 points and six rebounds.

An 8-0 scoring run for Southern gave them their first lead of the game with Jones leading the run with four points.

Southern would keep on hanging on to its 28-24 lead with 3:35 left to play in the first half with the help of three 3-pointers from Jones.

“I’ve been working on my three point shot,” Jones said. “It may not show in the game, but I’ve been working my threes for the past few weeks in practice so it was all about confidence for me. Coach preached on that in pregame, just playing with confidence and once I see my first one go in it gave me great confidence”.

Southern’s offense dominated in the second half as Jones would make another three extending their lead 55-39 with just over 10 minutes left to play.

A 16-2 Northern Iowa scoring run over the next six minutes to get within just two points of SIU bringing the lead to its knees.

The Panthers looked to score in the final seconds of the game, but the Saluki defense proved to be tough as UNI (16-3, 5-2 MVC) was unable to get to the basket.

Brown would defend UNI’s sophomore guard AJ Green on the final shot of the game for the Panthers which helped the Salukis win the game.

“He caught it off the top,” Brown said.

“He took a few left hard dribble drives and I just did my best to stay with him. He is a phenomenal player and he shoots the ball almost on top of his head which is really hard to contest, so you just have to do the best you can and luckily for us it rimmed out.”

The game ended with a pair of free throws from Saluki senior guard Eric McGill, who went one-for-two from the line. The free throw from McGill allowed Southern to cinch the 68-66 win.

A 58-55 win over the Illinois State University Redbirds on Saturday allowed the Salukis (11-10, 5-3) to take a third place ranking in the Missouri Valley Conference, tied with Bradley and Drake.

“I just thought we got off to a slow start in that first half and then we just kept finding some ways to make some plays in the second half to stay in it, to stay close,” Mullins said.

Illinois State held the lead at the half 23-17, with the Redbirds shooting 11-for-29 from the field while the Salukis went 6-for-25.

With less than eight minutes to play Southern was able to tie the score 40-all, and a 15-point performance in the half from senior guard Eric McGill gave SIU the surge they needed to push ahead.

“Eric was big the second half. He was struggling in the first half - he wasn’t being as aggressive as he normally is, and he really just put his head down and he kind of willed us in the second half and then [freshman guard Marcus Domask] made some big shots to

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bring us home,” Mullins said.

Domask led Southern Illinois with 19 points, 16 of which fell in the second half.

“I got a couple of good looks, and even when I hadn’t been hitting coach was still trusting me. He ran a play for me that saw the ball go in and once I saw it go in it just kind of builds that confidence,” Domask said.

After shooting 5-for-26 from the 3-point line against Loyola on Jan. 16, SIU saw an improved performance by finishing 9-for-23 at the 3-point range against Illinois State.

A Domask 3-point basket gave SIU a slight advantage with minutes remaining, and the Salukis were able to hold out until the end after a strong defensive performance.

“I thought we did a really good job at executing in the last three to four minutes of the game, and that obviously proved to be the difference,” Mullins said.

After this weekend’s win and defeating the Missouri Valley Conference’s current number one team earlier in the week, SIU has climbed the Valley standings and proved they are a force to be reckoned with.

The Salukis will take on the MVC’s current number two seed, Loyola University Chicago, on Wednesday Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. at Banterra Center for the Blackout Cancer Game.

Sports reporter Brooke Buerck can be reached at bbuerck@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @bbuerck25.

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Where’s Barry? The whereabouts of Barry Hinson and a few reasons why he deserved better from Saluki fans

Tamar Mosby | @mosbytamar

There wasn’t a dry eye in the room when former Saluki basketball head coach Barry Hinson emotionally announced he was stepping down last year after Southern had a very disappointing season and an even more disappointing Arch Madness appearance.

Hinson announced his resignation immediately after Southern’s first round tournament loss to UNI and promptly left his post as head coach.

After his resignation, several rumors floated around about Hinson leaving coaching behind to move down south and become a politician.

It has almost been a year since the charismatic coach said goodbye to SIU and if you’re anything like me, I’m sure the thought “Where the heck is he?” has crossed your mind.

I was able to track down Hinson and, much to my surprise, he had not become a politician.

While the rumors of his political career taking off were untrue, the talk of him moving south was, as he is currently living in Oklahoma and is employed by the Oklahoma State University men’s basketball program.

The former head coach works for the Cowboys as an analyst. The job requires him to observe games and practices while taking note of adjustments that can be made on the court.

As far as his new job, Hinson said he is no longer interested in head coaching, but he is happy to be working for a new program and entering into another family environment.

“I’m not done coaching, but I am done being a head coach,” Hinson said. “There’s a time in your life where you have to transition and during this time in my life, I’m trying to be the best advisor I can be. I’m very fortunate to be able to come home and work for the school I graduated from and where

my coaching career started. I can’t wait to go to work every day and I’m blessed that I have the chance to be learning around young people every day.”

Moving away after resigning forced the former head coach to leave behind the house and land he and his wife had spent seven years renovating.

Hinson said adjusting to Oklahoma was not a hard task, but leaving Southern and his home behind was.

“The adjustment of living in Oklahoma has been fairly easy because I grew up here,” Hinson said. “Both of my daughters live here and its put me where I can be

closer to my grandsons. The only adjustment that has been hard is not being able to see the people of Southern Illinois and the players that I recruited and coached. My wife and I really miss the people.”

During his time as Saluki head coach, Hinson compiled a 116-111 record with the team’s best performance being in 2018 when they reached the Arch Madness semi-final.

Currently, four of Hinson’s former players are still on the roster at SIU; these include senior guards Eric McGill and Aaron Cook, junior forward Brendon Gooch and redshirt freshman forward Sekou Dembele.

As far as what the future holds, Hinson cannot see himself coming back to SIU to work, but is determined to return occasionally and visit the place that he says became his second home.

“I won’t come back to Southern Illinois to work, but I will, as much as time will allow, come back and visit,” Hinson said. “I left SIU with zero animosity and I have no issue; [...] that was a home to my wife and I for seven years and it will be home in a lot of ways to me until the day I die.”

Despite his love for the people of southern Illinois, Hinson left SIU with a less-than-respectful send off.

Several fans celebrated his resignation and bashed him online, while others went so far as to hold up signs and wait after his final game to “boo” him off of the floor after his radio interview.

This behavior was crass and unnecessary. While SIU did not have immense amounts of success under the Hinson regime, this was no excuse for Saluki fans to treat him the way they did.

I’ve had the opportunity to see the way Coach Hinson conducts himself off of the basketball court and he is warm, kind and very respectful.

He took time to remember Erin Denae Douglas | @cornbab reporters' names at press conferences Hinson said he has struggled and was always friendly and sociable with being unable to contact outside of these areas as well. his former players due to Many times, fans tend to forget present circumstances. that coaches and players are people “There’s an unwritten rule in too. They make mistakes. They are coaching that you aren’t allowed imperfect and, more importantly, to have contact with your former they have feelings. players. If anything has hurt me, To be frank, Barry Hinson it’s that I can’t have communication deserved better from SIU fans. with those guys I coached,” Hinson What happens on the court should said. “From the moment they hired stay there and the success of a team, Coach Mullins, out of respect, or lack thereof, does not give any I haven’t contacted any of those fan the right to behave indecently players. Aaron and Sekou got toward coaches or players. injured and I couldn’t reach out to them. Eric had a really good game Sports editor Tamar Mosby can be the other night and I couldn’t reach reached at tmosby@dailyegyptian. out to tell him that. That’s been the com or on Twitter at @mosbytamar. really hard part.”

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Jarnigan speaks on Saluki athletics’ plans for 2020

Isabel Miller | @IsabelMMedia Athletic Director Liz Jarnigan congratulates players after the game on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 after the Salukis’ 76-65 win against the Tennessee Tech University Golden Eagles.

Brooke Buerck | @bbuerck25

Saluki athletics have been busy in the past several months since Liz Jarnigan was named new athletic director in September 2019.

Now in 2020, SIU doesn’t intend to slow its progress as it takes on issues within the department to improve the success of their programs.

Jarnigan said in the upcoming week or two the department will roll-out their newly-clarified mission statement and vision.

“These are our core values, and we’re calling them ‘Saluki standards.’ [At] the roll-out, we’ll talk about integrity, toughness, and champions,” Jarnigan said. “[We] have been working on clarifying our mission, developing a vision.

The vision and the mission is rooted in who we’ve been as we redirect ourselves in who we want to be.”

Jarnigan said one of the big hurdles for the department this year is overcoming budgetary issues.

“With our lower student enrollment and the escalating cost to run an athletic department across the country and trying to keep up with our counterparts even within our conference, we’re at a crisis mode with our budgets,” Jarnigan said.

Three ways that Saluki athletics

plans to address these issues include fundraising, maximizing revenue and being smarter with how money is being spent by eliminating waste, Jarnigan said.

“We’re taking a hard look at [the fact that] we haven’t increased prices for tickets in a long time and now we’ve just got hit with an increase in minimum wage. Concession-wise, we’re identifying areas where we’re losing money and not even breaking even,” Jarnigan said.

In terms of fundraising, the department announced on Dec. 27 the introduction of four new funds: the Sport-Specific Giving fund, the Student-Athlete Well-Being fund, the Women’s Initiatives fund and the AD’s Excellence fund.

“We’re trying to broaden the avenues that people who might have an interest in thinking philanthropically about Saluki athletics to give,” Jarnigan said.

Jarnigan said the StudentAthlete Well-Being fund will help support the high cost and need in the department’s strength and conditioning, athletic training, and nutrition areas.

“The hope there might be that someday we can afford to hire a sports psychologist to address the vast array of mental health needs that general students and our

student-athletes as well are in need of,” Jarnigan said.

Another area where the department looks to improve is in the salaries of its coaching staff members, Jarnigan said.

“If we really are investing in the success of our student-athletes, quality coaching staff are part of that,” Jarnigan said. “I know it’s odd to hear that, and typically coaches get high salaries, but in terms of the market rate, we are lagging far behind in general.

Our football staff is the lowest paid staff in the conference.”

Jarnigan said in addition to addressing budgetary issues, the department needs to take care of a few HR-related items.

“That’s been another one of our big challenges, to be able to work within our state-required processes, but also make hires that are appropriate that allow us institutional control,” Jarnigan said. “We’ve left our financial aid position open all semester long, so that’s a real priority for us - to get our staff in order with people who are committed.”

One position that has been filled so far this new year has been the department’s designation of Saluki softball head coach Kerri Blaylock to Jarnigan’s previous position as

senior woman administrator.

"I'm humbled that Liz thought of me and hope that I can help in any way that is needed," Blaylock said in a Jan. 9 press release. "The administration understands and embraces that SIU softball is my priority, but I am confident that I can also work hard and help with these additional duties."

Jarnigan said that by designating Blaylock, the department was able to save some of the cost that would be needed to hire someone outside of the university.

“Designating Kerri allows us that cost savings, but more importantly she’s been here over 30 years, she is a leader in this department, she has expressed an interest in getting her feet wet on the administrative side, so it made a lot of sense to give that designation to her. Now, in no way will we be taking away from her leadership with the softball program,” Jarnigan said.

Instead, funds were used to elevate senior associate athletic director Jimmy Karayiannis’ and Jeff Jones’ salaries, as well as Blaylock’s, Jarnigan said.

Renovations to athletic facilities such as Davies Gymnasium are another area the department wants to work on, but are also very costly, Jarnigan said.

“Given that, we need to come up with a strategic plan for facilities and we definitely need to fund raise a significant amount of money. We do have some ideas in the works with possibly working with the REC center for some more indoor facility opportunities,” Jarnigan said.

One recently-added facility that will be put to use this semester is Itchy Jones Stadium, where the 2020 MVC Baseball Championship Tournament will be hosted.

“It brings notoriety to the school, [...] and one of the things we want to do is work hard to represent this institution and this community in the most positive light that we can,” Jarnigan said. “In terms of the community, there are multiple teams who will be here, eating at our restaurants, staying at our hotels… it can only be a positive jolt to the community in that regard.”

The tournament will be held May 19-23.

Sports reporter Brooke Buerck can be reached at bbuerck@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @bbuerck25.

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