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A look into University Museum’s spring exhibition

Tapestries hang from a new art exhibit in the South Hall of the University Museum Jan. 25, 2022 at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. Sophia Rogers | sophia.rogers@siu.edu Jamilah Lewis | @jamilahlewis

The Southern Illinois University (SIU) Museum is hosting several diverse galleries with artifacts, photographs and sculptures running from older to recent, giving insight into the artistic process.

“On display in the North Hall are three exhibitions, two of which are generated from the University Museum zone collection and one of them is from retiring faculty members from SIU Art and Design and Cinema Photography programs,” Weston Stoeger, curator of the University Museum said.

In the North Hall, Mitchell Gallery has works from Professor Jerry Monteith from the School of Art and Design and Professor Daniel Overturf from the School of Arts and Media.

Both professors retired over the past year.

“Dan and Jerry have come together to put together a truly unique exhibition,” Stoeger said.

Overturf’s art hasn’t been shown to the public before this exhibition, but

Artwork sits on display as part of a new exhibit in the North Hall of the University Museum Jan. 25, 2022 at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. Sophia Rogers | sophia.rogers@siu.edu

Monteith’s art has been displayed in previous museums, Stoeger said.

According to the SIU website, the Continuum Gallery displays contemporary and historical light fixtures created for a church.

They noticed the light fixtures as he and fellow curator Susannah Munson explored the museum’s archives, Stoeger said.

“We had some really cool, interesting and different lighting features from all around the world,” Stoeger said. “We thought it would make a really interesting exhibition paired with the retiring faculty.”

Stoeger and Munson chose the name of the Curator’s Choice gallery Passages.

“It’s just collections of [more] rarely

A new tapestry that is part of one of the University Museum’s new exhibits hangs in the south hall Jan. 25, 2022 at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. Sophia Rogers | sophia.rogers@siu.edu

seen works that feature doorways, hallways and some sort of passage through something,” Stoeger said.

The Southern Illinois Gallery showcases local artifacts of plants and animals found and some native to the region, Stoeger said.

“Everything is like the geologic history of the region,” Stoeger said.

“There’s invertebrate fossils, there are plant fossils, there are castings of animal skulls that were native to this region.”

Some of the artists show the community history of Southern Illinois with objects from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Stoeger said.

“They were a government program that was responsible for doing things like building giant city-state parks and doing a lot of the road construction around here,” Stoeger said. “They also made models for the University Museum as teaching pieces.”

The Big Muddy Film Festival will be hosted alongside the Saluki Gallery.

The film festival will show selected films for the first time to the public,

according to the SIU website.

“They display independent films, and it’s a juried competition,” Stoeger said. “So people submit to it, their films are selected and they’re played at one of a number of venues throughout the town.”

This year, most of the film showings will be held at the Varsity Theater over the span of a few days, Stoeger said.

The Mid-Century Modern Gallery was a connected exhibition with the School of Art and Design and the University Museum, Stoeger said.

Stoeger said it was also connected to a conference where retirees and alumni come back to Carbondale to take lectures and go to various events around the city.

“It gives students that are graduating from art and design the chance to meet professionals in that industry,” Stoeger said. “And that exhibition will be designing sketches that the [Art and Design] department recently got to pair with mid-century modern furniture pieces from the museum’s collection.”

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Black organizations get ready for Black History Month Janiyah Gaston | @DEJaniyah

Black organizations at Southern Illinois University (SIU) will be hosting events starting Feb. 1 to celebrate Black History Month. The theme is “Black Health and Wellness Strong.” Seminars, discussion groups, and more are planned throughout the month.

Charah McKinzie, the coordinator of the Black Resource Center, said the center’s main purpose is to help Black students feel comfortable at SIU. “​I would like to describe the Black Resource Center as a home away from home for many of our students,” McKinzie said. “​The Resource Center is a place for students to just be without judgment or false pretense.​” Having these resources gives Black students a space to embrace who they are and talk to someone if they need to, McKinzie said.

This kickoff will allow African Americans a chance to think about everything we have accomplished as a people, Mckinzie said.

“The BHM kickoff is a time for us to reflect and recognize the many accomplishments of Blacks/AfricanAmericans in the country,” McKinzie said. “​This year our BHM​kickoff speaker will be Dr. Ngozi Ezike […] the first Black woman to lead the Illinois Department of Public Health.”

Grace Gunn, the president of the Black Affairs Council (BAC), said people who haven’t learned about the many aspects of health find it harder to improve.

“I know so many people who are unhealthy in a financial sense because they have to keep working until they literally can’t because they don’t have enough retirement income,” Gunn said. “Building the knowledge about how to actually be healthy and not just telling one another to be healthier is our goal.”

Gunn said these events will teach people to educate themselves on how to plan for their future, be successful

in the workplace and live a healthier life.

Networking opportunities will also be available, Gunn said.

“The Black Affairs Council is in charge of the Black grad luncheon, which is an event where we have lunch for students on Monday and Thursday,” Gunn said.

“They can meet other Black faculty and students who are in their masters or PhD or EDD program so they can learn more about what it takes to do things like going to med school or law school.”

Kourtney Sims, the president of the Black Togetherness Organization (BTO) said these events will allow Black students to share what makes their culture so special.

“There’s a large population of Black students here at SIU. I think it’s important that we know ourselves and that we’re able to share our culture and history, just to make it a more educated and loving community on campus,” Sims said.

Sims said this event will allow students to reflect on their health and possibly make healthy changes to their lives.

“I hope that they’re able to identify issues and stuff that we discuss, and they’re able to relay or share this information with their own loved ones, or take care of their own health or even, just maybe, inspire them to create changes in their own communities,” Sims said.

Sims said being able to encourage people to talk about how they can improve their health and then share it with the community is important.

“I believe having programs such as the Black History Month Kickoff enhances and promotes community.

The late Maya Angelou said it best, ‘We need joy as we need air. We need love as we need water. We need each other as the earth we share,’” McKinzie said.

Staff reporter Janiyah Gaston can be reached at jgaston@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @DEJaniyah.

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Rainbow’s End staff: COVID-19 protections have been effective Jamilah Lewis | @jamilahlewis

The Daily Egyptian received an anonymous tip that Rainbow’s End daycare was not following COVID-19 safety guidelines.

Upon hearing the negative concern, Rainbow’s End Director Karen Samuel said she was not aware of any complaints from parents, guardians or staff on how they’re handling COVID-19 at the daycare.

“We wouldn’t be quarantining kids,” Samuel said. “In fact, if anything, parents are complaining that we’re too strict because they’re missing work.”

All the protocols put in place have mostly stayed the same since the beginning of the pandemic, Samuel said.

“I was having a hard time this morning because [a parent’s] son was exposed to his grandma a couple of days ago,” Samuel said. “Now she’s got to quarantine, so she was in my office really upset because she’s having to miss classes and that we can’t do anything.”

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, parents weren’t allowed to come into the building. Samuel and a student worker had to pick up children from the parking lot to bring them into the building, she said.

“When the parent came into the entryway, we took the child and the parent’s temperature before they ever came in the building,” Samuel said.

“If they had a temperature [over 100] they weren’t allowed to come in.”

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Rainbows End Preschool features an array of playground equipment Jan. 26, 2022 at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. Tiffany Young | @photographybytiffa

Now, children are escorted into their classrooms and checked in by their teachers. Everyone in the building, including children over the age of two, is required to wear masks, Samuel said.

“It’s a little bit more of a challenge with the two-year-olds, but we do have to encourage them to leave them on,” Samuel said. “The only times they don’t have to wear them are when they’re outside […] or when they’re eating or napping.”

At the height of the pandemic, it was easy for kids to space out in the daycare because many parents kept their children at home or found other

care services. Now that the daycare is nearly operating at full capacity, serving around 100 children daily, they can’t space the children out, Samuel said.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic they would intermix classrooms, something they had to stop doing to prevent spread from one class to another, Samuel said. Student workers are limited to contact with two rooms during the workday.

“If someone does come down with it, then they won’t have infected the whole building,” Samuel said.

The staff emphasizes sanitization of

things in the daycare and the daycare itself, Samuel said.

“We also put away a lot of the toys in the room, so there’s not as much of a chance for germs to spread,” Samuel said. “We had to leave things out for the kids to play with but we tried to minimize the toys in the room too.”

Taylor Griffin, who teaches a class of three-year-olds, said adapting to the COVID-19 protocols wasn’t too bad for the children.

“I can tell they don’t like wearing their masks, but they do really well,” Griffin said. “If they ever pull it down below their chin, we just have to give

what we did last semester with more information about the donor himself,” Stoeger said. “It’ll provide the viewer with a backstory into why he’s interested in calligraphy, [and] why he wanted to come from China to study at Southern Illinois University.”

The Global Mengagrie exhibit located in the International Gallery hosts selected international collections from the University Museum, Stoeger said.

“Animals are a ubiquitous art form.

All cultures have some sort of animal iconography,” Stoeger said. “We have in there stuff from tribes from Mexico, from Vietnam, from Nepal… New Guinea, China, Africa and I think Egypt as well.”

Receptions and artist talks for the exhibits are to be announced as the Museum works with organizers to set these events up in February and March, Stoeger said.

Monteith and Overturf gave insight into how their art complements each other for the Mitchell Gallery.

Monteith’s sculpture, Tuckasegee Rocker, was a component for Carpenters and Other Good Men made in 1995 for the Museum of Contemporary Art in St. Louis, according to the description of the sculpture.

Monteith’s inspiration for the sculpture was his late father Olin C. Monteith, who owned a barbershop, and his uncles Andrew Queen and R.L. Haskett, who were both builders.

David’s Dream is Monteith’s other sculpture made in 1992 for the Eagle Gallery at Murray State University, according to the description of the sculpture.

The piece is inspired by the Wall Family, Monteith’s childhood neighbors. It symbolizes David’s journey throughout the world as a developmentally disabled child.

“I thought the two pieces would work well within this space,” Monteith said. “As it turned out, I think it’s a really excellent show. [I like] the combination of our two works and the way that they sort of interact with the space.”

Monteith describes his artwork as stories about home and the people in his life. “[I’d] pick a topic you know, quite often something about my father or some of my relatives or people that I knew,” Monteith said. “I would come up with these sculptures that,reflected my interest and respect for and interaction with these people that I knew.”

Monteith doesn’t see the exhibit as

a symbol of his retirement from the University, he said.

“I’m sure both of us would be fine with showing where it began,” Monteith said. “It’s just the idea of us kind of, formally cutting the ties and going back into our private lives.”

Monteith appreciates the imagery of his art and the moments of his life they represent, he said.

“I just think it’s a really interesting one visually,” Monteith said. “I mentioned my interest in people from my past and this work that has a background narrative, and I think Dan is also very drawn to that place.”

Overturf’s art collections consist of photographs mostly from 2021 and some older ones that haven’t been seen on exhibit before.

“There’s quite a few subcategories or collections within the show,” Overturf said. “There are two sets that were primarily shot flash last year in 2021, and a lot of which was shot last fall.”

Overturf said the collections can be clearly separated by their different looks.

“There’s a black and white vertical set [of] structures, kind of what I consider something like my own version of postcards from Southern Illinois,” Overturf said. “I have been able to be aware of different little

them a quick reminder, and they pull it right back up.”

Griffin said the children practice handwashing, and some of the children talk about COVID-19, having been pretty well educated on how they can keep themselves safe.

“We are constantly bleaching toys and cleaning everything and changing out extra masks if their masks get too wet,” Griffin said. “A lot of times they chew on it, or they’ll have runny noses.”

While in class, Griffin monitors the kids for symptoms. If anyone notices anything, the staff will notify parents and recommend the child be tested.

Senior student worker at SIU Gloria Stoltz said everyone in the building has been handling protocols well.

Stoltz said everything has been pretty easy with all except the youngest children.

“We try to keep the mask up, and we let them know we’re in a pandemic and we’re trying to keep everybody safe,” Stoltz said.

With good communication between staff in the daycare, everyone is up to date with any adjustments to safety protocols, Stoltz said “We have good bosses who tell us all the information that we need to know, and they keep us updated on all the information in the protocol as I go around,” Stotz said.

Staff reporter Jamilah Lewis can be reached at jlewis@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @jamilahlewis.

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In the West Gallery Women’s Voices 2 is opening to the public on Feb. 1 showcasing art from 24 local female artists, Stoeger said.

“We worked with a guest curator, Teresa Fix, to help establish that group and get that exhibition going,” Stoeger said. “Each exhibition features a whole new list of people. No one is a repeat, and it’s an annual exhibition every spring that the museum puts on.”

The Hall of Art hosts Convalescent Care opening in February putting a spotlight on Black people in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, Stoeger said.

“We’re going to be highlighting a group called the Flying Black Medics, which came down to Cairo, Ill. in late 1969 and left in early 1970,” Stoeger said. “[They] provided medical care during the riots and unrest that was happening down there.”

Panels will display various medical artifacts and medical inventions made

by Black people, Stoeger said.

According to the SIU website, Study Gallery will host the “It’s an Honor” exhibit about SIU alumnus Dr. Cho-Yee to highlight some of his donations to the University Museum.

“It’s a pared-down exhibition from

towns and places in Southern Illinois and just kind of made mental notes of them for years.”

Many of the photos in the exhibit will be featured in a book in the process of being published by the SIU Press, Overturf said.

Overturf said he sees retirement differently for people in art professions.

“I think artists, writers, and musicians might be some of the people who find retirement to be one of the easiest transitions that they’ll ever experience,” Overturf said.

For artists they still continue making art after retirement, just not on a teaching schedule, Overturf said.

Overturf said working with Monteith on the exhibition was a great way to bring their art styles and what they’ve learned as professionals and professors here at SIU together.

“I photograph a lot of places and things,” Overturf said. “So I’m admiring the form, admiring [the] shape and admiring a lot of various aspects that Jerry is looking forward to discussing in his work.”

Staff reporter Jamilah Lewis can be reached at jlewis@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @jamilahlewis.

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‘Calvin Can’t Fly’ proves magic of reading isn’t limited to written words

Joel Kottman | @JoelKottman

An adaptation of the childrens’ book “Calvin Can’t Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie” seeks to bring the joys of reading to children who have struggled with conventional literacy.

Sarah Michaelson and Michael Herzovi, a Southern Illinois University (SIU) alumnus, incorporated American Sign Language (ASL) and a variety of media effects to make the story more accessible for children with various disabilities.

“Working with job seekers who were deaf, I witnessed how the lack of reading skills limited employment opportunities for many of the talented candidates I worked with,” Michaelson said.

After retiring, Michaelson volunteered with Open Books, a Chicago non-profit that provides literacy programs, and saw how engaged kids would become from stories. Michaelson saw how they related to the plot and characters even though they struggled with reading the words, she said.

“The battle to understand written English was similar to what I had witnessed as an employment counselor,” Michaelson said.

The original children’s story was

written by Michaelson’s cousin, Jennifer Berne and published in 2015.

In the book, Calvin, the starling, finds he’s different from the rest of his flock. Calvin prefers to read while the rest of his siblings fly.

When it comes time to migrate, Calvin realizes he can’t fly. His sisters, brothers and cousins carry him into the air.

On the way south, the flock is beset by a hurricane, and Calvin is able to save them because he read about hurricanes in a book. “[It’s] being true to who you are,” Michaelson said.

Michaelson was inspired to start the project after hearing Herzovi, her “life partner,” do voiceover for a documentary by Crom Saunders, an associate professor in the ASL Department at Columbia College Chicago.

“Michael and Crom had such amazing synchronicity in feeling, pacing, expression and tone,” Michaelson said.

Michaelson met Saunders through Second City, a comedy theater and school in Chicago, where he taught a workshop incorporating ASL. “(Crom) made language come alive in a way that I hadn’t

experienced before,” Michaelson said.

Michaelson pulled together a team of Chicago artists to work on the project, whose unique skills brought the story to life she said.

“Dianne Lee’s animation added so much life to the story. John Erickson’s music brought delight and emotional resonance. We were so lucky to find Liz Tannebaum, who co-created and performed the ‘ASL Flying Lesson’ that was the second part of our video presentation,” Michaelson said.

Shuling Yong filmed the second part of the video, and Matt Lauterbach edited and provided audio.

“Calvin Can’t Fly is a story about inclusion, told by a group of inclusive artists. Like Calvin’s contribution to his family, everyone gave their best to bring this video to life,” Herzovi said.

Herzovi hopes he is able to raise awareness about people with disabilities living and working in Southern Illinois and everywhere else, he said.

“Usually, when you have a disability, you’re behind the crowd, a minority among minorities.

Unfortunately, it’s still very hard to say to the world, “give me a chance,” Herzovi said. “My father always said,

‘Where there’s a will there’s a way’.”

The Calvin video, and the ones that come after, say, ‘Don’t question what I can do. Here’s what I’ve done.’”

Saunders said representation is vital for individuals with disabilities.

“I have an ongoing online project called Ink-Stained Fingertips, which I began around five or six years ago, translating written poetry into ASL videos to make it more accessible for deaf readers, and then I started branching out into short stories and children’s books,” Saunders said.

“This story was fun to do, and I was very pleased with the outcome.”

Calvin Can’t Fly serves as a model for understanding and connection with people who learn differently from others.

“It serves as a bridge to connect people. We are inviting everyone to the table. Everyone belongs,” Michaelson said. “It doesn’t have to be so hard if, like Calvin’s brothers and sisters and cousins, we make the effort to recognize each other and celebrate our differences.”

One of the moments Michaelson loved most from presenting the video happened at a screening at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library.

“The father and mother helped their children to learn the signs as

they were presented. The first ASL lesson, taught by Liz Tannebaum on our video, was about ‘Name Sign’s, and the audience members were encouraged to identify the sign names for Crom Saunders, for Calvin and for Liz herself,” Michaelson said.

There are different ways of spelling people’s names in the sign language world which is different from spoken English.

“Michael and I watched the little girl, who seemed shy but determined, imitating the sign names with the help of her dad. At the end of the program, with her father’s encouragement, the little girl walked up to Crom and signed to him using the name sign she just learned, ‘Thank you, Crom!’”

Michaelson said.

This interaction demonstrated the universality of sign language and how powerful it can be by crossing borders of identity.

People who are interested in bringing Calvin’s story to their community can request a screening on the website: https:// calvinaslstorybook.com/screeningrequest/ Staff reporter Joel Kottman can be reached at jkottman@dailyegyptian. com and on Twitter: @JoelKottman.

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SIU Craft Shop hosting Valentine’s Day Craft Sale

Kamaria Harmon | @QuoteKamariaa

For more than 30 years, the Craft Shop has been hosting holiday craft sales of products contributed to by local artists and craftsmen, to allow the community, students and staff to have access to these businesses.

The Craft Shop is taking applicants for this year’s Valentine’s Day Craft Sale until Feb.11.

This year’s Valentine’s Day Craft Sale will be on Feb.14 at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Art Gallery, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s on the first floor of the SIU Student Center near the escalator. It is free to attend and open to the public.

This year, new artists decided to take part in this Valentine’s Day Craft sale, as there wasn’t one last year. The shop decided to bring the sale back to help people find unique gifts for their loved ones.

Stephanie Dukat, coordinator of the Craft Shop and organizer of the sale, said this is the third one she’s been in charge of but has been attending since 2013.

“It is an important event in our community to host craft sales, to give people the opportunity to showcase their work at SIU,” Dukat said.

“Without it, I don’t think we would have as much access on campus to handmade and locally made goods.”

Dukat is also an SIU Alumna of the Master’s Program in Ceramics and said the shop will be selling some of the crafts students made in their downtime.

“When we are preparing for a class, we’ll make some examples, or if we have downtime, we’ll make items to sell at different craft sales,” Dukat said.

She also had a message for artists, saying their crafts don’t necessarily have to exemplify love.

“They can have more of, a unique gift or have a unique item.” Dukat said.

Arionne Smith, a recent SIU alumna with her B.A. in Fashion Design and Merchandising and owner of Custom Dreams, said it is her first time participating in the sale but not her first time attending.

Custom Dreams is a home spa experience, where Smith makes organic products to help relax at home and she also personalizes unisex loungewear. She has her own YouTube account where she takes people through her entrepreneurial experience behind the scenes creating a small business in a small town.

“I sell body butter, candles, bath soaps, and personalize onesies for women and sweatpants and t-shirts for men,” Smith said, “My website is ShopCustomDreams.com, and my YouTube is Custom Dreams.”

Smith said her products help with stress and stress-related illness. She offers specific products that she said help with anxiety and depression and even offers a ‘Women’s Health Bath’ designed to help women with cramps.

Handmade pencil pouches, made by the SIU Craft Shop student staff, sit on a table Jan. 27, 2022 at the SIU Craft Shop in Carbondale, Ill. Dominique Martinez-Powell | @dmartinez_powell.photography

“For Valentine’s Day, I am very excited. My brand has a lot of aphrodisiac ingredients in it. It’ll be great for couples,” Smith said. “I am going to be bringing organic shower steamers. They’re like a little pod that has essential oils and little ingredients to help with headache relief and sinus relief.”

Smith is looking forward to the sale to increase the exposure of her business and meet with customers one on one to help accommodate their specific needs.

“I’m going to be helping the community. A lot of people are in high-stress environments right now. It will help build more awareness in the area,” she said.

Smith won’t be the only vendor selling handmade candles. 618 Candle Company is participating again this year.

Meghan Buehner and her husband own The Printing Plant here in Carbondale, where they have a gift shop in the front of the store known as 618 Candle Co. “One of the products we decided to start at the beginning of Covid was a candle company. I spend my days making products and making candles and seeking wholesale accounts,” Buehner said.

Since the expansion of the gift shop, 618 Candle Co. created a full line up for the Valentine’s Day sale.

“We’ll be bringing special Valentine’s Day gift baskets,” she said.

“We will also have local products that we carry in our gift shop, locally made seasonings and barbecue sauces, locally made root beer, and coffee. Also, we are licensed to sell SIU merchandise: farmhouse Saluki

100% soy wax melts made by 618 Candle Co. sit for sale Jan. 27, 2022 at the Printing Plant in Carbondale, Ill. 618 Candle Co. is one of the many businesses that will have products up for sale at the SIU Valentine’s Day Craft Sale. Dominique Martinez-Powell | @dmartinez_powell.photography

signs, luggage tags, and picture frames featuring the Saluki logo.”

These craft sales help local businesses venture out and find new customer bases.

“We built you know, numerous relationships with new customers and worked alongside other businesses.

It’s been absolutely invaluable to get the exposure from the craft shows.”

Dukat said.

Since the show is organized locally, the vendors do a lot of collaborating with one another to help with growth.

“Exposure is the best thing that comes with the shows and recurring customers. Just getting our name out there and building relationships with other businesses, and keep encouraging us to shop local and

support each other,” Buehner said.

Self-employed southern Illinois local Jessica Lynn, who administers a local grassroots nonprofit, is a farmer and an herbal medicine maker who will have items for sale.

Her company, Restorative Roots Herbs, accompanied by three others, Bridget Ryan, Adriane Koontz and Ellen Esling, make seed to bottle small medicinal batches of herbal products they grow on their individual farms.

“Herbal tinctures, fire cider, herbal teas, several types of herbal salves, a facial serum, clay herbal facial masks and incense herbs,” are what to be expected at the sale this year, Lynn said.

“My herbal remedies are all about caring for ourselves, each other and

the earth,” she said.

Lynn said outreach will be the most positive attribute she looks forward to gaining this year.

There is still room for more vendors to come showcase their work and meet other local artists, craftsmen and business owners.

People looking for a gift for a loved one, or even for themselves, can stop by the Art Gallery on Feb.14.

For more information, visit the Craft Shops website https:// studentcenter.siu.edu/activities/craftshop/craft-sales.php.

Staff reporter Kamaria Harmon can be reached at kharmon@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @ QuoteKamariaa.

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Job and Internship fair coming back to Carbondale Janiyah Gaston | @DEJaniyah

Over 100 organizations will be coming to Southern Illinois University (SIU) to take part in the job and internship fair. The fair will be held on Feb. 15 in the Student Center ballrooms from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sheila Colombo, the employee relations coordinator for the Career Development Center, said the fair has been around since the 1980s. This year, they have 101 organizations coming to the event.

“Employers are recruiting for internships and career opportunities, and we have a few graduate schools attending,” Colombo said. “SIU’s School of Law will be available to answer questions about their Juris Doctor program and SIU’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute will be on hand to share information about legislative internships.”

The organizations coming will be Toyota, WSIU, Girl Scouts of America and many more.

Colombo said the Career Development Center has a variety of services to help students get ready for the

upcoming event.

“We offer resume critiques, we offer one-on-one counseling. […] Students should always be prepared to engage employers in conversation and to be able to convey their skillset, education and background,” Colombo

to see different options that are available to them. Giving them an opportunity to see all the potential that they could have in these sectors is very intriguing and important,” Eayrs said.

Eayrs said the School of Law

Eayrs said Earys said being able to get students working with a judge and showing them how the court process works is what makes SIU’s law program unique.

Tina Carpenter, the CEO of the local Boys and Girls Club

Students should always be prepared to engage employers in conversation and to be able to convey their skillset, education and background.”

- Sheila Colombo Employee relations coordinator for the Career Development Center

said.

According to Colombo these services will allow students to see what it will be like when preparing for an interview and give them a chance to network effectively with organizations.

Akami Eayrs, the Director of Admissions for the SIU School of Law, said the fair allows students to get a chance to network and talk to people in their field.

“I hope that they are able

helps students by getting them placed with someone in the legal profession who will show them how the judicial system works.

“One of the placements could be working with a judge, so our students will learn about the legal system, and they’ll learn about the judge, work in their chambers and hone their research and writing skills and basically learning how the judge makes decisions and observing court proceedings,”

said the Boys and Girls Club allows students who want to work with kids a chance to help them.

Her organization offers hands-on experience for anyone who is interested in helping kids achieve their goals, Carpenter said.

“What’s really important to us is that anyone that comes to work for us, or even volunteer for us, has a passion for young people. The work is extremely

hard, but it’s extremely rewarding,” Carpenter said. “I can guarantee that when you leave here, you will be tired.

But, there will be something in your day that was rewarding, and you’re having an impact on our future leaders.”

Carpenter said her organization also prides itself on having programs that help kids learn helpful skills they can use in life.

“We have a theme, and this semester is FAME, which stands for futures, achievements, mentoring and excellence. We’re just kind of giving kids different opportunities and access,” Carpenter said.

The programs offer kids a chance to learn new things such as conflict resolution and setting goals to use them in their everyday lives.

Registration for the fair is ongoing from now until Feb. 11 through the handshake website.

Staff reporter Janiyah Gaston can be reached at jgaston@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @ DEJaniyah.

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Saluki Safety Update convenes to improve safety of students, staff and community

Joel Kottman | @JoelKottman

Crime, COVID-19 and mental health access were among the topics at the Saluki Safety Update, a virtual forum made up of panelists representing Southern Illinois University (SIU) students, university and community leaders on Jan. 25.

“As promised, we wanted to make sure that we had the Safety Committee, some good updates and to invite, not only folks that are inside SIU, but also we have our partners here with us as well,” Chancellor Austin Lane said.

“The panelists would give a lot of background on their efforts to enhance campus safety and answer as many questions as time allowed.”

Dianah McGreehan, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council (GSPC), referenced the death of four students last semester.

They were Keeshanna Jackson, Joseph Ermel, Jacob Jurinek and Daniel Lobo.

“Fall semester was very interesting with different experiences for SIU students and different traumas and tragedies they experienced,” McGreehan said.

Ben Newman, chief of police at SIU and director of public safety, said the number one crime on campus is theft.

“We work hard to keep our campus a safe environment. We have a full service law enforcement agency as well as providing coordination with housing and the Dean of Students office in order to keep students safe and well informed,” Newman said.

SIU continues to send Clery Act notices as required by federal law, but the police also have a working relationship with the city of Carbondale, Newman said.

The Clery Act originated in 1990, after the rape and murder of Jeanne Clery in 1986.

It is a federal law requiring

colleges and universities participating in federal financial aid programs to maintain and disclose campus crime statistics and security information.

Carbondale Police Chief Stan Reno said his department works closely with campus police.

“In cases that include students or university faculty staff, we follow up on those things. We talk about what’s happening and the facts of the case,” Reno said.

Crime is down for the year of 2021 compared to the prior year, Reno said.

“We did unfortunately have some very serious and violent crime

state’s attorney’s office.

The CPD is also restricted on what information it can provide and share until it’s the right time in the investigation to release that information, Reno said.

“I just want to reaffirm and reassure everyone that we are still working on these cases, and we hope to bring all of them to a successful conclusion,” Reno said.

Jeff Burgin, vice-chancellor for Student Affairs, said after a student protest in December, SIU wanted to make sure it enhanced communication with students.

“At the request of the Chancellor and student leaders our safety

a conduit for any student who is experiencing distress or any issues that get reported to them,” Heslinga said.

It has a website where people can make a referral, Heslinga said.

“Anyone can refer a student to Saluki Cares whether that’s the student themselves, faculty, staff or even a community member,” Heslinga said After being contacted, administrators follow up with the students and get them the proper resources they need.

Dr. Andy Riffey, the medical chief of staff at student health services, addressed Covid issues.

“We work hard to keep our campus a safe environment.”

Ben Newman Chief of police at SIU, director of public safety

incidents, and we continue to follow the trend that we’re seeing nationwide where crime is down but violent crime has increased,” Reno said.

The Carbondale Police Department (CPD) has recently made some key arrests that they feel will slow down some of the violent incidents that have occurred over the last few months, Reno said.

“As far as gun violence and specific cases that were referenced, those investigations are ongoing and CPD is committed to working on those on a daily basis,” Reno said.

Those cases don’t often progress as quickly as they’d like, Reno said, but the CPD has to work within the guidelines that they’re provided through the justice system and the

committee was formed,” Burgin said. “It created an opportunity for us to have a deeper dive into dialogue about the safety issues and concerns that our students have here on campus and in the community.”

Jennifer Jones-Hall, the dean of students at SIU, said the university works jointly with Newman to make sure every weekend he knows which fraternities off campus are hosting events and parties.

“Party hosts are making sure that they’re allowing in only students with their student IDs,” Hall said.

Amanda Heslinga, director of Saluki Cares, explained how the program works for people who may not be familiar with it.

“Saluki Cares is an early alert initiative for all students and is

“I’m proud of our students and how they’ve been vaccinated and want to encourage those who have not been vaccinated to go ahead and get vaccinated,” Riffey said.

There was some push back during the question and answer session with someone asking how the administration can assert its doing all it can with COVID-19 when classrooms don’t allow for distancing, proper masks and vaccination aren’t required and masking isn’t enforced.

It is required in compliance with the governor’s orders to wear a mask in a public, indoor setting, Newman said.

Another participant asked why students don’t have the option to attend virtually.

Lane pointed out all students

attended virtually the first week to ensure all students were getting tested as needed.

Abby Bilderback, director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), spoke about access to mental health help on campus.

“Some of the biggest misconceptions that have been voiced or expressed by students is that there’s a wait list, that CAPS isn’t available, and I want folks to hear that we’re not on a waitlist at all right now,” Bilderback said.

CAPS has increased its staffing and also had some funding sources available to waive door fees for students that have a financial need, Bilderback said.

CAPS has looked at expanding its group and individual therapy services and student feedback is important to them, Bilderback said.

Someone asked if the position of confidential advisor had been filled since Rebecca Gonnering, the former Confidential Advisor for Survivor Support Services, left.

The Confidential Advisor assists survivors of sexual assault, misconduct, domestic violence, stalking and rape.

“We have employed Dr. John Massey as the confidential advisor at this point in time,” Hall said.

In terms of overall safety concerns, Lane said, there are so many groups that are meeting, talking, discussing, listening, adjusting and changing almost on a day-to-day basis.

“We’re not always going to make everybody happy, I’m learning that this pandemic makes it almost impossible to make everyone happy.

It’s impossible but we do the best we can with the information that we have to try and make decisions and so far we’re cautiously optimistic,” Lane said.

Staff reporter Joel Kottman can be reached at jkottman@dailyegyptian. com and on Twitter: @JoelKottman

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Larry’s House of Cakes

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Caitlin Mikula takes an order for a birthday cake Jan. 28, 2022 at Larry’s House of Cakes in Carbondale, Ill. Dominique Martinez-Powell | @dmartinez_powell.photography

Eat cake sign decorates the wall behind the counter Jan. 28, 2022 at Larry’s House of Cakes in Carbondale, Ill. Dominique Martinez-Powell | @dmartinez_powell.photography

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Caitlin Mikula ices cupcakes Jan. 28, 2022 at Lar cakes, cupcakes, brownies and donuts. During “It’s not one of those boring jobs. I like all my co

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Sugar cookies rest on racks Jan. 28, 2022 at Larry’s House of Cakes in Carbondale, Ill. Dominique Martinez-Powell | @dmartinez_powell.photography

Mikula puts cupcakes out in the front display case Jan. 28, 2022 at Larry’s House of Cakes arbondale, Ill. “I love working here. It’s honestly my favorite job I’ve ever had. It’s just really n,” Mikula said. Dominique Martinez-Powell | @dmartinez_powell.photography

Rows of cupcakes sit in a display case Jan. 28, 2022 at Larry’s House of Cakes in Carbondale, Ill. Since it’s opening, Larry’s House of Cakes has opened a second location in Carbondale, Ill. Currently Larry’s House of Cake is no longer owned by the original owner, but by his sons. ominique Martinez-Powell @dmartinez_powell.photography

rry’s House of Cakes in Carbondale, Ill. They have many products with varying flavors ranging from cookies, certain holidays they have specialty confectionary foods like chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine’s Day. oworkers so It’s a really fun job,” Mikula said. Dominique Martinez-Powell | @dmartinez_powell.photography

Caitlin Mikula preps icing for decorating cupcakes Jan. 28, 2022 at Larry’s House of Cakes in Carbondale, Ill. Dominique Martinez-Powell | @dmartinez_powell.photography

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A diver practices his technique before his event Jan. 22, 2022 in Carbondale, Ill. Julian Castillo | @julcastillophotography

Saluki Men’s, Women’s Swim and Dive earn victories on senior night

Joseph Bernard | @ojobernard2001

The Saluki Men’s and Women’s Swim and Dive teams both earned wins Friday evening against the Panthers on a night that honored ten different seniors for their dedication to the program. The men won on a 213 to 47 final score while the women had a 210.5 to 512.5 final score.

Seniors Kyle Campbell, Abbey Desmet, Sierra Forbord, Eden Girloanta, Drake Manuello, Zander Minano, Laura Mircea, Deven Speed, Anna Stephan and Zheng Yang Yeap were all honored for their time spent towards the swim and dive program.

Overall, the Women swept every event on the night and highlighting the team was Celia Pulido, who earned firsts in three of her solo events on the afternoon, the 200-free (1:50.96), the 100-free (50.85), and the 100-intramural (59.12). Pulido also was a swimmer in the 200 medley that also earned first tonight with a 1:44.18 time.

Junior Lucia Romero was also a contributor tonight, earning two firsts in the 50-backstroke (26.12) and the 100-backstroke at (56.41).

She was also the front leg in the 200 medley with Pulido.

Girloanta ended her senior night with a bang as she earned first in the 1000 freestyle, her first all season. She also participated in the

100 intramural where she earned tenth (1:04.63) and in the 100 freestyle at fourth place (54.00).

As for the men, they also swept every event on the night.

Highlighting them included Yeap.

On his senior night, he earned two different first-place finishes in the 200-free (1:42.45) and the 100-intramural (52.04). Yeap also earned second in the 100-free (46.99).

Sophomore Trey Smith earned his very first first-place title in the 100-butterfly (51.31). He finished second in the 50-butterfly as well as the third leg in the 200-medley B team.

Junior Adam Cernek, sophomores Gustav Perrson and Donat Csuvarszki, and Minano were all legs of the 200-medley.

They earned first in that event with a 1:31.69 time, over four seconds faster than the runner-ups.

The Women will have a while to train before they are back in action in Iowa City at the 2022 MVC Women’s Swim and Dive Championships on February 1619, while the men will host the 2022 MAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships on March 2-5.

Sports reporter Joseph Bernard can be reached at joseph.l.bernard@ siu.edu or on twitter @ Jojobernard2001.

A Saluki swimmer races against Indiana State in the 500m freestyle Jan. 22, 2021 in Carbondale, Ill. Julian Castillo | @julcastillophotography

An Indiana State swimmer competes in the 200m breaststroke against the SIU Salukis Jan. 22, 2021 in Carbondale, Ill. Julian Castillo | @julcastillophotography

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Athletic Director search delayed; Kupec to continue as interim AD

Brandyn Wilcoxen | @Brandyn_2020

Matt Kupec knew the Athletic Director job would be temporary from the day he was named interim in September 2021. Southern Illinois University hired Parker Executive Search to find suitable candidates for the role, but heading into the new year, Kupec remains in the seat.

“There was a bunch of interviews, and from my understanding, no one rose to the level where we wanted to make an offer, and bring someone on board,” Kupec said.

January was the target date for finding a permanent replacement for former AD Liz Jarnigan, who was fired in September 2021. Now, the search continues into the spring.

“Somewhere in March, that’s where it’s looking right now. We’ve got a lot going on between now and then,” Kupec said.

Attempts to reach the Chancellor’s Office were redirected to a university statement: “The search for an athletic director continues. We will notify the public and the news media when we have information to report.”

Kupec reassured that he has full trust in Chancellor Austin Lane to make the right decision.

“He’s a great leader. I admire his vision for this place, what he’s done in the short time he’s been here.

“There was a bunch of interviews, and from my understanding, no one rose to the level where we wanted to make an offer, and bring someone on board.”

- Matt Kupec Interim athletic director

I have full confidence under his leadership where we’re gonna go,” Kupec said.

Kupec has not been involved in the process to find a new Athletic Director, citing his commitments to both the athletic department and the SIU Foundation, of which he continues to be CEO. “I’ve been kinda outside of that,” Kupec said. “I’ve got enough to do running this place. I have not been involved at all.”

Kupec’s tenure as interim AD has come in perhaps the most uncertain period in recent memory for athletic departments across the country. As the omicron variant of COVID-19 has swept the nation, teams are seeing games canceled and postponed due to the virus.

Two men’s basketball games in early January were postponed to later in the month, causing the team

to play six games in 12 days. Along with potential fatigue, this put them at a competitive disadvantage in terms of preparedness from game to game.

“You always, as a coach, always want more practice time,” men’s basketball head coach Bryan Mullins said. “For the kids, you want them to be one-hundred percent mentally and physically.

It’s just not realistic.”

COVID protocols are determined by the NCAA, the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), the university, and local Jackson County health officials. Kupec and Mullins worked with the MVC to reschedule canceled basketball games against conference opponents Drake and LoyolaChicago.

“I think we made the right call,” Kupec said. “It was tough. Coaches want to compete. Student athletes

want to play… We’re trying not to lose games.”

Players and coaches alike have adjusted to the constantly changing circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic as it enters its third year.

“It’s bizarre, and someday, I’m gonna look back when I’m old and tell my grandkids,” graduate student softball player Jenny Jansen said. “It’s pretty wild to think about it in the scheme of things, but at this point it just feels like normal life, and who knows when we’ll ever be out of it.”

Kupec has observed student athletes continuing to closely follow safety protocols in order to avoid missing any more games. A challenge heading into yet another semester is avoiding COVID fatigue and remaining committed to protecting themselves and each other from spreading the virus.

“Be diligent, and we’ll get through this,” Kupec said. “I’ve applauded the attitude about that. You’re in the weight room, you have a mask on. That kind of thing. I think we are, as a nation, we’re kind of tired of it. But it is what it is, and we’ve got to deal with it.”

On the positive side, the 2021-22 sports season has seen the return of fans at full capacity after being limited or missing the previous year entirely.

“That continuing support just

means the world to us,” sophomore men’s basketball player Dalton Banks said. “We appreciate everybody that shows up and cheers for us. It really makes a difference.”

Mullins played for the Saluki basketball team from 2006-09, when the program was arguably at its peak.

He acknowledged the crowd, as well as the Dawg Pound, as a vital part of the gameday environment.

“That’s what makes this place so special, is our community, our fans, the student section. The Dawg Pound’s been great,” Mullins said.

Although players and coaches are still subject to protocols, the return of fans to the stands has made this season feel the most like normal since the pandemic began.

“Those guys missed all that last year,” Kupec said. “They played a season without fans. And now, here, you’ve got the place rocking and rolling. It does feel good. It does feel more like normal.”

Although Southern Illinois is still searching for its next Athletic Director, the Salukis continue to navigate uncertainty in hopes of bringing success on the courts and in the community.

Staff reporter Brandyn Wilcoxen can be reached at bwilcoxen@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @Brandyn_2020.

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Dawg Pound hits the road to Normal

Brandyn Wilcoxen @Brandyn_2020.

The Dawg Pound packs section 105 of the Banterra Center every time the Salukis play at home. On Saturday, when the men’s basketball team visits Illinois State, the Dawg Pound will be joining them at Redbird Arena.

Funded by a alumni donors, 40 students will be taking a bus trip up to Normal, Illinois,to watch the Salukis take on the ISU Redbirds. Tickets to the game, as well as transportation, are free to students due to the financial backing of the aforementioned donors.

“I’m very blessed to know that we have great community backing and a great support group from everyone on campus and just everywhere. It’s truly a blessing,” Dawg Pound President Dylan Chambers said.

Normally, athletic programs go through stretches where they have to

rebuild, whether it be due to a poor recruiting stretch, a change in coaching staff or any number of other factors. For the Dawg Pound, it’s due to not being able to go to games.

When the COVID-19 pandemic cut the 2020 basketball, baseball and softball seasons short, fans were left without Salukis to cheer for. As basketball returned in winter 2020-21, fans were not allowed to attend games due to COVID protocols, and football games in the spring were played at very limited capacity.

Football season in the fall 2021 marked a return to the stands for all Saluki fans, including the Dawg Pound.

It was the first time in a year and a half that a sense of normalcy returned to Saluki athletics.

“I think when football started, and we were averaging 2-3,000 students per game, it was perfect,” Chambers said.

“And now, doing the same thing for basketball, filling that Pound, it’s just a complete shock to me.”

Saturday’s bus trip to Normal is another milestone in the return of the Dawg Pound. While trips to road games have been common in the past, this will be the first since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

“I think we’re gonna have a great experience and a great time,” Chambers said. “We’re on the road to success.”

The Dawg Pound has been consistently cited by men’s basketball coach Bryan Mullins as a vital part of Saluki basketball. The team is 8-3 this season at the Banterra Center, two of those losses coming with a one-point margin.

“It’s been special this year,” Mullins said. “It’s a big part of our campus, it’s a big part of our community, our university, is how much everyone

supports each other.”

Mullins was on the 2008 Saluki team that hosted ESPN College Gameday at the then-SIU Arena. A challenge Mullins set out to Saluki fans is to recapture that atmosphere from the program’s heyday a decade and a half ago.

“It means a lot that those students are coming,” Mullins said.

The modern Dawg Pound recognizes the impact it can have on a game, and aims to meet that challenge every time the Salukis step onto the court.

“I think the Dawg Pound plays a big factor in everything, like that ‘sixth man’ should do,” Chambers said. “Trying to do their best to be another body in the game.”

“Our fans are amazing. We played a couple road games in the Valley, and right now, it doesn’t even compare,” sophomore guard Dalton Banks said.

Chambers has plans for future trips,

including one for the upcoming Arch Madness tournament where the Salukis will play for a Missouri Valley Conference championship and a chance to join the field of 68 at the NCAA Tournament.

“We’re planning on doing another one for March to go to St. Louis,” Chambers said. “I think we’re gonna do another one for football, and then we’re definitely gonna do one for Murray State when we play them next year.”

As the Dawg Pound hits the road to Normal, they make another step towards a return to the pre-pandemic experience that college athletics offers.

It’s a step towards what students expected when they chose Southern Illinois University.

Staff reporter Brandyn Wilcoxen can be reached at bwilcoxen@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @Brandyn_2020.

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SIU senior basketball leaders focus on season goals

Cole Daily | @cdaily_de

After a dominant win over Illinois State, the first place team in the MVC at the moment, the realization that the end of the road is approaching sunk into the minds of senior basketball forwards Abby Brockmeyer and Mackenzie Silvey.

Silvey was closing in on the all-time leading scorer mark for the Salukis, previously held by Cartaesha Macklin with 1779 points. Silvey eventually broke that record on Jan. 22 against the Bradley Braves.

Silvey currently holds the record with 1780 career points and counting.

Head Coach Cindy Stein said Silvey’s excellent play over her years with the program has helped SIU reach its full potential year in and year out.

The basket she scored to break the record came at a crucial time for the Salukis to distance themselves from Bradley.

“You can’t say enough about Mack, right?” Stein said, “It was neat for her to get that shot here and at that time.

We really needed that basket.”

Before she broke the record, Silvey said she had been trying not to think about it too much.

“I’ve just been trying to win honestly. I haven’t really thought about

it because it made me nervous a little bit. I really just want to do what helps our team win,” Silvey said.

While Silvey has been cutting through defenders on the perimeter in her senior season, Brockmeyer has been holding down the paint during her tenure with the Salukis.

Brockmeyer is currently averaging 15.9 points and 10.2 rebounds on the season. Stein said she is incredibly impressed with Brockmeyer’s play this season as well.

“Abby does so much. She challenges and changes shots, she’s tough on the boards, she’s tough to guard down low and she still takes charges,” Stein said. “Those are things that a seasoned veteran does and she does all of them.”

Brockmeyer usually lands the opponents’ best interior defender nearly every game. Brockmeyer said the fact she is a veteran helps handle that burden because she can use the tips that she has learned from Stein over the years.

“Every post I go against in the valley is going to be very good. But I just need to be ready, focused and not let one mistake get the best of me,” Brockmeyer said.

Not only have these two seniors been playing well, but other seniors

like center Gabby Douglas and guard Caitlin Link have helped the team tremendously, too. Stein said Justin Walker is incredibly important when Silvey and Brockmeyer can’t get their shots to fall.

“Obviously, Gabby is a big part of our offense, and she and the rest of the team know it,” Stein said.

Link and sophomore point guard Quierra Love have been the defensive force on the perimeter for the Salukis this season. Link’s veteran awareness and Love’s non-stop tenacity can give their opponents major issues on offense.

“I’m really proud of our depth on defense. We have Quierra pressuring the ball the whole time, while Link and Payton (McCallister) get out in the passing lanes,” Stein said, “Our defensive grittiness can keep us in games.”

Most of these players will be graduating in the spring. They are not alone. Stein announced before the season she would be retiring alongside her senior class.

“I know in my heart it is time and I want to be open and honest in this decision as we move into the academic year,” Stein said. “I want this year to be focused on this team, the great group of seniors and returners and the talented

incoming freshmen,”.

Stein said she tries not to think too much about this being her last season.

She wants to remain focused one day and game at a time.

“We just gotta get better every day,” Stein said. “We have to focus on improving or else you can’t even get there [conference championship].”

That message is echoed throughout the program. Brockmeyer said the team needs to be more efficient shooting the basketball. If players could improve their three-point percentages, it could open up the entire offense even more.

“We definitely could get better at knocking down the three. That’s not a strong suit of ours right now,” Brockmeyer said. “We need to have a better outside presence.”

While the players want to improve their percentages, Stein said the team does little things as well.

“Our team has done a great job of really reading all the scouting reports and studying their (opponents’) personnel,” Stein said.

However, the conference championship is very present in their minds. Brockmeyer said winning the conference championship would mean the world to her and her teammates.

The Salukis have put themselves

in a position to do so. The Dawgs are currently 10-6 and 5-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Silvey said although her team has lost a few this season, the Salukis have the confidence that they could win every game the rest of the way.

“We can run the table the rest of the way. Everybody is going to give us their best shot because they know we have been playing well,” Silvey said.

The talent in the Missouri Valley runs very deep this season. Illinois State sits at the top at 10-8 (MVC 6-1) right now, with Indiana State and Missouri State close behind. Southern Illinois is tied for second with the Sycamores.

According to Stine the Salukis believe they have the special recipe of chemistry, leadership, skill and potential that will make them a conference opponent’s nightmare come March.

“We can’t relax. The players and coaches in this league are just too good so you can’t overlook anybody,” Stein said. “Someone is bound to throw something at you that you aren’t ready for. But the secret for us is staying humble and staying salty.”

Sports Reporter Cole Daily can be reached at cdaily@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @cdaily_de.

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Silvey sets new SIU Women’s Basketball all-time scoring record Joseph Bernard | @Jojobernard2001

Fifth-year SIU starting point guard Makenzie Silvey has written a new page in the SIU record books recently. Silvey surpassed former SIU point guard Cartaesha Macklin as the new SIU Women’s Basketball scoring leader at 1,780 points.

Entering Jan. 22, SIU’s game against Bradley, Silvey needed at least 17 more points to put herself on top in the record books, and she earned exactly that number to put herself in SIU history forever.

Silvey nailed a jump shot assisted

by Abby Brockmeyer early in the fourth quarter to seal the deal, and the celebration began from there.

Silvey said the record had been on her mind for quite some time now, but it wasn’t the main goal she had set out to achieve.

“I felt obviously excited but mostly relief. I’ve been thinking about it for a little bit. We’re obviously just trying to win right now. With us sitting at the top of the conference, that’s really on the front of my mind but you can’t really not think about this also. I was glad to get it done, and I was excited,” Silvey said.

Silvey’s performance helped her surpass previous record holder Cartaesha Macklin.

“I’m just honored to be in a list of names with the greats. I know Rondo and Cartaesha were one and two on that list and those were girls

that were here right before me so I’ve seen them play and practice a little bit. It’s really surreal to have scored that many points. It still doesn’t seem real that I’m actually at the top of that list. But we got more work to do with the conference season,” Silvey said.

After the first timeout, the first person she went to was coach Cindy Stein, who’s been with Silvey through all of her five years at SIU, and Stein said she couldn’t have been prouder of Silvey.

“We know how hard she works and she’s gotten better and better every year, and it’s neat to see somebody, that all those blood, sweat and tears, all those things are paying off for her. We were all just genuinely happy for her,” Stein said.

Not only did the points scored on the shot give Silvey the new record, but it was the start of a 12-2 run for the Salukis that helped them clinch the home win over Bradley to give the women their 10th win of the season and fifth of their last six games.

Silvey said her biggest focus on the night was just trying to keep winning.

“We got more work to do with the conference season. It was almost nice to get this record over with because my main goal is to win.

I know my role on the team is to score so I wasn’t really concerned about when I would get it, as long

as it would come in a win. I wanted to do what we had to do to win,” Silvey said.

Stein can attest to Silvey’s selflessness for the team. Stein said Silvey has a lot more that means to her than just this record.

“She’s very humble. I know breaking this record is almost embarrassing to her. She obviously enjoys it but team recognition has always meant more to her. She’s always had great character. She comes from a great family with morals and values. She came in a tremendous kid, but she’s become a better leader and become more giving. She’s been a tremendous person to coach,” Stein said.

Stein also happened to coach the previous points leader for SIUC in Cartaesha Macklin, who broke the record back in 2016. She’s seen firsthand what it takes to break records like this. Stein said getting to that point takes a big effort and time in the gym and on the court.

“It just takes a lot of hard work. I mean they both spent a lot of time in the gym. It’s simple, but that’s what it takes. If you want to be that good you got to spend a lot of time at it. Ball don’t lie,” Stein said.

Macklin was just as ecstatic about Silvey breaking the record as everyone else has been. Macklin said it is a lot more than just a tally of points.

“I was just Saluki proud.

Anytime you put on a uniform

that’s representing something more than yourself, it makes you feel extremely connected to the community and the program. This is a lot more promotion for young girls around to see the Salukis,” Macklin said.

Macklin was given the opportunity to practice with the Salukis even after her graduation in 2016 and saw for herself what traits gave Silvey to get this record.

“I was already a fan of hers after practicing with her. She’s just such a great shooter. I loved her mentality and attitude. She’s a made version of what you want to see out of a student-athlete. She’s great in the classroom and on the floor and a great teammate. I’m proud and excited for her, and I know the hard work she had to experience to get that. She should be proud of herself, the team and what it does for the program itself,” Macklin said.

Silvey and Macklin’s relationship has grown even though they never played together at the same time and on the same team. Through certain appearances at practices

by Macklin, Silvey has gained another fan in one of the greats at SIU. Silvey said Macklin has been cheering her on to break her record for a while now.

“There’s been a couple of times after games that she’s been in town to watch us play and she mentions it to me and encourages me that I can

get it. She wants me to get it because she likes watching me play and she’s practiced with us a couple of times before since she’s been retired and she’s still real tough so it’s an honor to even be in the same sentence as her because she was one of the best to ever play here,” Silvey said.

Macklin compliments coach Stein in producing such great athletes like Silvey and paying attention to what Silvey needs to improve upon and succeed in her later years. Macklin said Silvey’s extra two years that she’s had with Stein gave her an upper edge over the competition.

“It was a huge advantage.

Getting to see her in high school and knowing what she needed in those early years of college was so potent to her later career. Just how coach Stein is, I know how strategic she is with her player’s placements on the court and she knew what she needed to do to develop her into what she is now.

It’s good to plant a seed and watch it flourish, and that’s what she did with Makenzie,” Macklin said.

Silvey will have the opportunity to expand even more on her record through the rest of the season and look to keep their good vibes going throughout the last 11 games of the season.

Sports reporter Joseph Bernard can be reached at joseph.l.bernard@siu. edu or on twitter @Jojobernard2001.

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