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The ‘wired’ war

Reactions from the digital front

Annie Hammock ahammock@dailyegyptian.com

While Russian aggression has so far been limited to the boundaries of Ukraine, the world’s most recent war is being fought in a new way on a new front: the digital territory.

Conservative political commentator Thomas L. Friedman calls it “World War Wired - the first war in a totally interconnected world.”

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has taken to Facebook video to plead with Russian citizens to denounce their own leader’s actions and to appeal for understanding and peace. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media sites are filled with images in the “strong azure” and yellow of the Ukrainian flag, indicating thoughts and prayers are with the besieged nation across the globe.

Here in Carbondale and the surrounding area, the sentiments are much the same.

But the responses are much more complex than the ubiquitous statement “I stand with Ukraine.”

The Daily Egyptian posted a question to its own Facebook page and the WTF Carbondale page asking people to share their thoughts.

The responses are filled with condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. They use words like “thug,” “war criminal” and “megalomaniac.”

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Russia is the bad guy, and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t

William Box | @William17455137

Since December of 2021, information has been released by sources in both the American and Ukrainian governments to the international press regarding Russian intentions to exert its dominance over Ukraine.

Since the release of the first reports, the world has watched with bated breath as Russia turned down the idea of peaceful negotiation in favor of outrageous demands he knew would not be granted by the European Union (EU) and its allies within the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). While these negotiations were taking place, thousands of Russian troops began massing on the Ukrainian border and began building infrastructure like

supply depots and field hospitals.

Putin has additionally expressed in his own writings on the Kremlin’s official website detailing in exhaustive fashion the historical and cultural links between modern Russia and Ukraine and blaming the lack of “spiritual unity” on a change of identity forced on them

by NATO-allied forces following the fall of the Soviet Union (USSR).

Many here in the U.S. are unfamiliar with the precipitating events that led to the conflict.

While the history of the two nations stretches back across centuries, the seeds of the current conflict were first planted with the fall of the USSR in 1991, establishing the modern nations of Russia and Ukraine.

An NPR report by staff writer Becky Sullivan on the history of the two nations summarizes the precipitating events and provides context for the current crisis.

Ukraine gave its nuclear stockpile, leftover from the Soviet era, to Russia in exchange for a recognition of territorial sovereignty in 1996.

Since the dissolution of the USSR, Russia and NATO have fought for influence within the region. As the population protested, rebelled and later overthrew the post-Soviet regime in favor of a pro-NATO government, Russians exerted pressure on Ukrainian leaders and annexed the Crimean peninsula in March 2014 after labeling the revolutionary government illegitimate.

When the Russian annexation concluded, the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donbas and Luhansk declared their independence after Russian-supported rebel forces captured their governing capitals, citing a desire to maintain closer ties with Russia.

The fighting led to the signing of the Minsk Agreement, which was intended to act as a ceasefire, but fell apart in less than a year, reigniting the fighting in eastern Ukraine. A second peace deal, known as the Minsk II Agreement was signed in 2015, but it too fell through and fighting has continued in the region since.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

SIU changes mask policy

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Chancellor Lane issued an announcement via email on Thursday Feb. 24 that wearing masks will be optional in some areas on campus beginning Feb. 28.

Masks will still be required in classrooms, on Saluki Express and at Student Health Services.

“On Monday, Feb. 28, masks will be optional in most shared indoor spaces such as lobbies and hallways and event or gathering spaces like Morris Library, Banterra Center and the Student Center.

However, masks will still be required in classrooms, labs, health care settings and public transportation, such as SIU Student Health Services and Saluki

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Express,” the email said.

The statement said the university will keep the mask requirement in place for classrooms and labs through March 28 (two weeks after spring break) while it assesses all data, including campus and regional hospitalizations, positivity rates and to recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Any changes will be announced prior to March 28, the statement said.

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“Facebook user Hannah Chapman said the invasion is not only an attack on Ukranian sovereignty, but on humanity.

“In the Age of Social Media, we are able to see how deeply rooted Putin’s hatred of opposition is.

Committing war crimes against the people of Ukraine, arresting Russian citizens who are standing up against him and his extremist agenda, and threatening NATO countries with violence if intervention precedes is something that will not be tolerated in 2022,” Chapman wrote.

Andrew Fredric Erbes said the Russian aggression is an “absolute travesty.”

“Vladimir Putin has proven beyond any doubt but he is nothing more than a thug. A terrorist. A megalomaniac who does not value the lives of others,” Erbes wrote. “He’s doing it because he knows that most likely, no one or nation will take the necessary and ultimate steps to stop him. I fear what the future of the world looks like if that is indeed what unquestionably comes to pass.

Isaac Ludington, who wrote about Ukraine and Russia in a Letter to the Editor published by the Daily Egyptian, posted to Facebook calling the invasion a “blatant injustice.”

“Putin and Russia should rightfully be treated as the rogue state that they are and I hope the war is quickly brought to a peaceful conclusion that respects the borders and sovereignty of Ukraine,” he wrote.

Ludington also urged NATO and other Eastern European countries to “quickly take action to mitigate the risk of Russia attempting such aggression again.”

Joshua Hellman, however, posted his fear that U.S. and NATO involvement could have dire consequences.

If the conflict goes nuclear, he wrote, it would threaten the survival of the human species itself.

“All sides must work to end this conflict as quickly as possible before that [worst] case scenario is allowed to happen,” he said.

While the nuclear threat diminished greatly after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the intense uncertainty of the Iron Curtain era is raising its familiar head. Facebook poster Chet Lunsford calls the invasion the “beginning of Cold War II.” Facebook user Victor Ludwig suggested there is plenty of blame to go around.

“The opposition of Russia and NATO has caught Ukraine in the middle. Russia has created an evil in the form of NATO encroachment just as NATO has created an evil in the form of Russian Totalitarianism.

And each side has valid concerns. However, as the people of Ukraine would tell you, “Imperialism has a human cost,” Ludwig said.

It’s the people of Ukraine and Russia that are most on the minds of the commenters.

“Russian soldiers have been thrust into a war of

aggression and Ukrainian citizens are fighting for their lives all while Russia uses the opportunity to gain power and NATO strong arms Sweden and Finland into the fold,” Ludwig said. “ I caution everyone to be as critical of the US and NATO as it is of Russia.

Neither side is on the right side of history. This tragedy should not be an opportunity to siphon humanitarian aid into military coffers. I won’t be assured of NATOs good intentions until every refugee is housed, every hospital is supplied, and peace and Ukrainian Sovereignty is assured.”

Chapman said, “President Zelensky and the people of Ukraine are brave and resilient, and deserve every ounce of recognition they are receiving. Seeing the raw heroism exhibited by the people is astonishing to see.

The world is standing with Ukraine. Слава Украине (Glory to Ukraine)!

Kevin McCarty, whose now deceased grandparents were from Ukraine, said he grew up around the nation’s language and culture.

“I have been awake watching the news horrified but also in awe of the courage and strength of the Ukrainian people as they fight against this futile invasion,” he wrote.

Rachael Sophia Paull weighed in from Hungary, where she lives about an hour’s drive from Ukraine.

“I feel angry the the certainty of safety and a normal life can so swiftly ended for so many because of the ravings and desires of one psychopath in power, and that threat can extend immediately anywhere in the world because of nuclear capabilities.”

She is impressed with the Ukrainian people, Paull said, how resilient and clever they are in resisting a much bigger world power.

“I’m sad for the innocent people on both sides being forced to kill one another for the benefit of so few. It all seems so pointless.,” she said. “I can’t decide between being angry, scared, or sad. Mostly, just numb.”

Shadi Frick noted war is an archaic monstrosity for such modern times.

“Here we are in the 21st century in the age of virtual everything, yet very REAL wars are still happening, killing REAL people. It just goes to show no matter how far “forward” we have supposedly gone as a human race, we continue to be barbaric, willing to kill.”

The geopolitical impacts of the invasion will be widespread and long-lasting. But the human cost, in real time, is of little concern to the people guiding the troops from afar, Austin Hoffman wrote.

“All war is outrageous in an age where there are larger problems at foot,” he said. “Humans are so selfish and it has been the rich leading the blind for generations.One day I hope every civilian truly drags its oligarchs, monarchs, and dictators STRAIGHT INTO HELL!” Faculty Managing Editor Annie Hammock can be reached at ahammock@dailyegyptian.com.

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Murky standards for reporting workplace illness in Illinois colleges’ COVID cases

Jason Flynn | @dejasonflynn

A cursory look at how COVID has been publicly reported by Illinois public colleges reveals a variety of online dashboards all with different formats varying specifically.

For the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign (UIUC) campus, online visitors can pour over a series of refreshable data tools and interactive charts that display things like COVID positive tests since the beginning of the pandemic, broken into categories like “student,” “grad,” or “faculty/staff.”

At Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU), most of the same information is available, but reformatted from a spreadsheet and laid out plainly.

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The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) campus has far less detail. COVID data is aggregated, so there’s no way for the public to easily see what groups are primarily being impacted.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) records showed smaller colleges, with less resources and staff, often logged significantly less incidents of illness from COVID-19 exposure at work. The Daily Egyptian obtained these records through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, Campus administrators at UIUC logged 124 incidents of workplace illness due to COVID-19 exposure between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021.

Incidents are logged in Form 300, which

state and city public institutions are required to send to Illinois OSHA every year.

Campus administrators at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) logged 67 incidents in the same time frame. SIU logged one incident in those two years. SIUE and UIS logged zero.

Staff at these colleges, aided by local departments and state officials, recorded hundreds, in some cases thousands, of positive COVID cases among university employees since the start of the pandemic.

UIC campus recorded 3,643 employees tested positive for COVID through by the end of January 2022. UIUC recorded 2686 COVID-positive employees in the same time period. SIUE recorded 416, SIU 314 and UIS 168.

The variance is, at least in part, certainly a reflection of staff size. UIUC, which is the largest college in the state, had an average of 22,234 employees in 2020. UIC is the third largest, and had an average of 16,294 employees the same year.

SIU, SIUE, and UIS combined don’t have a staff the size of UIC. Yet, even given the differences, it’s unclear how university administrators at SIUE and UIS determined there were no incidents of illness that resulted from COVID exposure in the workplace. It’s unclear how SIU administrators determined there was just one in the same time period.

by NATO allies, Putin promised to pull back some of the forces, but left tens of thousands. This spurred Zelynsky to meet with the new president to establish a timeline for NATO membership, which ultimately failed to occur.

The process of initiating Ukraine into NATO has been put off for years, with leading nations fearing a direct conflict with Russian forces.

Unfortunately, this has allowed Russia to maintain a dominant presence in Ukraine, ultimately allowing them to claim their current efforts to invade the country are peacekeeping measures seeking to pacify conflict at their border.

Prominent NATO members, like French president Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have expressed support for the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Biden has expressed similar sentiments, but such sentiments ring hollow when his administration has directly refused to provide military aid to Ukraine, who fears their country will fall prey to Russian expansionism without international help.

The Biden administration has struggled to maintain popular support due to COVID-19 continuing to ravage the country, rising inflation spurring discontent among working-class voters and the public relations disaster of the end of the war in Afghanistan, leading Republicans to aim at taking back the majority in the House of Representatives and Senate in the upcoming 2022 elections.

This newfound opportunity has exposed a division within the Republican party centered around its love/hate relationship with its de facto leader, Trump.

Trump appeared on the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show, a conservative talk radio show, on Tuesday, Feb. 22. While on the show he made comments calling Putin’s declaration of support for the Donbas and Luhansk regions, the primary justification for his current invasion, “genius” and “savvy.”

Trump has a well documented history of fraternizing with authoritarians and has gone out of his way to carry out explicitly authoritarian actions and policies like using tear gas to disperse protestors for a photo opportunity and repeatedly directing violence toward members of the press at his political rallies. But despite, or perhaps because of, his trend toward authoritarianism, he still finds support among a broad swathe of the ostensibly freedom-loving Republican party electorate.

There is a faction within the party, led by Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, to distance the party from Trump during the upcoming 2022 elections and since the onset of the Ukrainian crisis this faction has expressed their support for Ukrainian sovereignty while simultaneously decrying Biden’s as too little and too late.

However, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. this past weekend, the largest gathering of conservative politicians, activists and donors in the US, a survey of 2574 attendees gave Trump a 99% approval rating for his previous term and 85% supported a future bid for the presidency in 2024.

We saw how Trump went from political outsider to dominating the Republican party almost overnight in 2016, flipping formerly vocal opponents like Senator Ted Cruz and even McConnell himself after receiving the Republican nomination. If the same were to happen in 2024, recent history shows we should be wary of the reliability of Republicans in excising the most radical elements of the party.

The real division exposed by the Russian incursion seems to be an ongoing power struggle

within the Republican party between Trump’s strength-posturing populism and the more ideologically motivated faction led by McConnell in the Senate. The party agrees on lines of nationalist domestic policy and protectionist economic policy, but differs on foreign policy and the role the party should take in influencing global politics.

Trump’s foreign policy seems to depend on whatever he feels rallies his base most, like assassinating Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on Iraqi soil, nearly sparking another war with both powers. Trump’s willingness to decide and act unilaterally, even against the advice of his advisors, in matters of foreign policy and utilize the military to do so place him alongside other authoritarians he’s publicly praised like Kim Jong-Un and Putin.

The division of the party not explicitly aligned with Trump prefers an isolationist approach, maintaining positions of authority in various multinational organizations like NATO and the United Nations (UN) but not acting on the global stage unless a specific national interest is at stake.

This is why the party can openly decry the violence being perpetuated by Russia while remaining silent when it comes to helping the refugees seeking to flee the conflict, including thousands of international students from various African countries like Nigeria, Morocco and Ethiopia who remain stranded without a path of escape.

Putin’s newest invasion of Ukraine is the work of a man driven to restore Russia to the “glory” it once had. He hearkens back to the same blood and soil justifications that so rallied nations in the early half of the 20th century and served as the pretext for the German invasion of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, claiming that shared cultural heritage outweighs a nation’s desire for self-governance.

A significant portion of the Republican party, with Trump as their leader, have a significant chance of becoming the dominant political influence in the country in 2024. This contingent, which openly praises authoritarians and stormed the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021 in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, has shown a disdain for the democratic process and a penchant for anti-intellectualism.

We must hold our nation up to a mirror and examine its weaknesses. Its vulnerability to misinformation, its deep political divisions, and its weakness to strongman populism historically point toward balkanization and bloodshed.

America claims to be better than Russia, so we must work together, as one nation, to make that happen.

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Over the next five years, a new president was elected, current president Volodymyr Zelynsky, who asked then-president Donald Trump for aid in moving away from Russia’s economic sphere of influence. This resulted in Trump famously asking Zelynskyy for “a favor” in investigating the son of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden’s connections with Burisma, an energy company based in Ukraine, while threatening to withhold regular military aid as a bargaining chip. Zelynsky initially agreed but ultimately refused to follow through, citing popular dislike in Ukraine for interfering with US affairs.

Since Biden’s 2020 election victory, little additional news came out of the country until Russian troop deployments began building on the border in April of 2021. When initially confronted

Staff reporter William Box can be reached at wbox@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @ William17455137.

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Circuit court judges puts spotlight on Southern Illinois in new novel

Jamilah Lewis | @jamilahlewis

Southern Illinois University (SIU) Alumnus and Cook County Circuit Court Judge James Varga is writing a novel called “Tombs of Little Egypt” based on a crime trial in Southern Illinois.

According to Varga’s description, “Tombs of Little Egypt” is about two grave robbers ,Lou and Duke, who turn a small town in Southern Illinois upside down and are arrested and are brought to court for their offenses.

Narrator retired Sheriff Sam Carter documents a log of events to help his town be painted in a positive light for the future.

The description goes on to say, “Beneath the retired sheriff’s wry narration of the investigation, arrests, and trial lies a fundamental question bound by neither place nor time. The truly good person is not the accuser but the accused, not the historian but the criminal, condemned between the pages of history in a tomb void of the dreams and hope of tomorrow.”

“At the end, what it’s basically about is, who is a truly good person?,” Varga said. “ That’s kind of like the existential, fundamental question…why is that person good?”

Varga graduated from SIU in 1975 and the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1978 and started his career as a prosecutor, he said.

“I was assistant state’s attorney when I began [in] prosecution,” Varga said. “What you do is you work your way up…you start with

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misdemeanors, and then you wind up at the felony courts… that’s where the big criminal cases are.”

Varga said he got a great jumpstart on his career being assigned to the case of John Wayne Gacy, better known as the Killer Clown, by Chief Prosecutor Will Kunkle.

“I didn’t have to put in a lot of years… after I did that [case] I kind of catapulted fast,” Varga said. “ [Kunkle] let me participate in the trial, take care of all the evidence, and put on very minor witnesses, like a tow truck driver or family members.”

Getting on the Gacy case was humbling and challenging, but he was grateful to Kunkle for giving him a opportunity to open doors for him at such a young age, Varga said.

Varga became a judge in Cook County’s Circuit Court in 1994. He said when judging he puts his bias aside and believes if you think it’s bad you shouldn’t do it.

“Sometimes you do run into some questions as a judge many times I used to,” Varga said. “I recognized as a law judge that I know the law, and if I finally share the law… I just interpret the law [and] apply the law.”

Varga always tells himself and the jury before starting a trial that you have to apply law even if you don’t agree with it and not to favor anyone, he said.

“We have the rule of law, and it’s supposed to be above everybody to apply to a president, to a judge, to everybody,” Varga said. “That’s what

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The Daily Egyptian reached out to the SIU administrators successfully, but did not receive a comment by publication time.

Erik Kambarian, the acting director of Illinois OSHA, said recording workplace illness incidents due to COVID isn’t a totally black and white proposition.

Employers are required to report incidents that meet certain criteria, such as those that require medical attention, “beyond first aid,” Kambarian said.

Incidents where employees have to quarantine after coming into contact with a coworker that’s tested positive for COVID don’t need to be recorded on OSHA injury and illness logs.

Incidents where an employee tested positive for COVID after exposure in the workplace, but was asymptomatic or had mild symptoms, are a bit of a gray area because many people don’t seek medical treatment for mild cases.

The clearest cases would be one where an employee is hospitalized.

“State and local government employers in Illinois must report in-patient hospitalizations for work-related cases of COVID-19 within 24 hours by phone at 217-782-7860,” Kambarian said in an email.

But, even then, contact tracing generally doesn’t produce results precise enough to determine where, exactly, someone who contracted COVID was exposed.

Division Director Paula Clark, of the Jackson County Health Department (JCHD), said contact tracing in Jackson County is near the best in the state, but in many cases there isn’t always just one place a COVID-positive person was obviously exposed.

The advice given by Illinois OSHA officials is to record incidents that, “most likely,” occurred due to workplace exposure since there may be no

way to be 100% sure.

DE reporters have documented a variety of workplace COVID incidents at SIU. At least one dining hall employee and a group of students were told to quarantine in 2020 after being exposed to COVID in Trueblood Hall, according to a Daily Egyptian (DE) article from Sept. 9 of that year.

The Daily Egyptian newsroom had to close for two weeks following a staff member’s positive test, according to a DE article from Sept. 12, 2020.

Two classes, including a graduate assistant and professor, were exposed to a COVID positive student, according to a DE article from Aug. 25, 2021. The graduate assistant reportedly heard about a dozen similar cases.

To the best of our knowledge, none of those incidents resulted in staff requiring additional medical attention.

Clay Awsumb, the president of Graduate Assistants United, said in an email that, of graduate assistant claims that have been filed with SIU, “GAU has not encountered nor heard about any denied or otherwise challenged COVID-related workplace claims from graduate assistants.”

The only recorded workplace illness COVID reported to OSHA from SIU Carbondale was from October 4, 2020, when a campus police officer needed 22 days off work after being exposed to COVID at Trueblood Hall.

Jason Flynn can be reached at jflynn@ dailyegyptian.com, by phone at 872-222-7821 or on Twitter at @dejasonflynn. To stay up to date with all your southern Illinois news, follow the Daily Egyptian on Facebook and Twitter.

Jason Flynn can be reached at jflynn@ dailyegyptian.com, by phone at 872-222-7821 or on Twitter at @dejasonflynn.

String of HBCU bomb threats throughout U.S

Janiyah Gaston | @DEJaniyah

gives us our freedom.”

Varga said he views trial court as a place to interpret and law and apply it, and not make it your own.

Along with being a judge he is guest faculty at the University of Notre Dame Law School, Varga said.

“I go once a semester to preside over a jury trial for the law students and they were conducted at the St Joseph County Courthouse and then I’d critique them,” Varga said. “It’s called the intensive trial…they’re taped, so they can see themselves [so] it’s tough.”

Varga has no plans of moving up courts enjoying where he is in trial court, but encourages students in law school to work had, he said.

Tombs of Little Egypt is scheduled to come out later this year. Varga said his objective is always to look for the moment of happiness and sadness at the same time with his writing.

Varga said the reader in the beginning will start to like the deputy, but by reading and analyzing the symbolism the reader should be able to sympathize with the suspects.

“There are all kinds of narrators and some are trustworthy, some are not.” Varga said. “ I’m not so sure Sam Carter’s a trustworthy narrator.”

Racial tensions in the United States have increased to the point to where HBCUs (historically black colleges) have now started to recieve bomb threats.

So far, more than a dozen HBCUs across the U.S. have received bomb threats, including Howard University in Washington D.C, Coppin State University in Baltimore, and Jackson State University in Mississippi, Fort Valley State University in Georgia and more.

On Feb. 1, Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) received a bomb threat. The university released a statement that advised students to stay in their rooms due to the recent threat.

The tweet read: “ALERT! XULA has received a bomb threat & is working w/ authorities. Campus will be remote until 12 p.m. today. Residential students should stay in their rooms until further notice.”

XULA is not the only school dealing with threats. On Feb. 8, Spelman College in Atlanta, GA received a bomb threat and had to lockdown the campus.

On Feb. 8, @SpelmanCollege twitter page tweeted: “This morning, @SpelmanSafety and @Atlanta_Police responded to a potential bomb threat at Spelman. The campus was on lockdown for four hours while officials completed a thorough sweep of the campus. Classes are canceled for today and the campus is closed to visitors.”

On Feb. 18, Morgan State University President Dr. David Willson testified at a congressional hearing to make congress and law enforcement understand the gravity of this situation.

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

Assistant to the Editor Janiyah Gaston can be reached at jgaston@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @DEJaniyah.

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The SIU Day of Giving provides an opportunity for every member of the Saluki community to help move the university forward — together. On March 2 make a gift at siuday.siu.edu and watch the Day of Giving livestream on the SIU Alumni Association Facebook page: facebook.com/SIUAlumni.

On March 2, visit siuday.siu.edu. If you would like to give now, visit siuf.org and indicate “SIU Day of Giving” on your donation.

You may also help spread the word about this important day on social media by using the hashtag #SIUDAY.

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Members of the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Phi Delta Dance Sorority raise their fists in the air during their dance performance at the Afro-Centric Fashion Show on Feb. 27, 2022 in Guyron Auditorium in Carbondale, Ill. Tiffany Young | @photographybytiffa

Afro-Centric fashion show celebrates Black Beauty

Janiyah Gaston Jamilah Lewis jgaston@dailyegyptian.com Jlewis@dailyegyptian.com

The Carbondale branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Southern Illinois University (SIU) Black Resources Center hosted their second annual Afro-Centric Fashion show at Morris Library in Guyon Auditorium on Feb 28 from 3 p.m-4 p.m. During the show there were two types of themed attire the models wore: African Inspired and Celebrating Our Melanin.

Robin Johnson, a member of the Carbondale NAACP branch, said 2020 was the first time they held the Afro-Centric fashion show.

“The first one we originally did was in 2020 and then the pandemic came, so we were not doing it. I was shocked, but pleased when Dr. Flowers said we’re on schedule with the SIU calendar for the fashion show, so we were excited,” Johnson said.

Due to the pandemic, they were not able to host the fashion show the year after, but after finding out they were on the SIU Black History Month schedule they were excited to bring it back, Johnson said.

To kick off the fashion show volunteer Matthew (Matt) Wilson sang a song.

The emcee of the event, Akiaya Thomas, then introduced Charah McKinzie, the program coordinator for the Black Resources Office who thanked everyone for coming out to the event. Thomas then introduced the first clothing set: African Inspired.

Debra Woods, vice president of Women for Change and Kate Heist,

One of the participants looks at his fashion show partner while modeling his African American inspired clothing at the Morris Library on Feb. 27, 2022 in Carbondale, Ill. Tiffany Young | @photographybytiffa

a fellow member of the organization, helped design the outfits for the fashion show.

Woods said Black History Month is more than just about talking about famous African American figures throughout history.

“Black History Month is about discovery and I looked at some of the designs here, some of the T-shirts, and my creative juices started to flow.

And that’s what I think Black History Month is about [...] thinking about things other than yourself and your own well being,” Woods said.

According to Woods, Black History Month should be about sharing ideas with other Black people and helping us improve as a people.

Heist said she enjoyed working with the different colors and fabrics to be able to create something beautiful.

“I love color and the colors of those

fabrics [...] they just send me right up to heaven almost. Beautiful clothing and as far as Black History Month goes, it’s like I always learn something.

The more I participate, the more I learn,” Heist said.

Before the second half of the fashion show, the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Phi Delta Dance Sorority Inc. performed a dance. After the dance, the models came out in their final outfits. The theme was “Celebrating Our Melanin.”

The fashion show concluded with closing remarks from Robin Johnson.

According to Johnson, the fashion show is not the only way Black children can embrace themselves. The AfroAcademic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) is a great way for Black high schools to show off their talents.

“You had classical, you had Ballet,

Janelle Thompson struts down the aisle as she models her African American inspired clothing during the Afro-Centric Fashion Show on Feb. 27, 2022 at the Guyon Auditorium in Morris Library in Carbondale, Ill. This event was held by SIU’s Black Resource Center and Carbondale’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in honor of Black History Month. Tiffany Young | @photographybytiffa

you had hip-hop, you had theater, you had it all. But it was even greater to see the artists, to see the scientists, to see the culinary, too [...] and they all look like me and you,” Johnson said.

Johnson said ACT-SO allows Black high school students to compete for various scholarships and other prizes.

Johnson said it was important to have the fashion show because, for a long time, Black people did not feel that their skin was beautiful.

“I’m just hoping that they get from it to be proud of who they are and proud of their skin because you and I both know for so many years and even now, we have so many Brown and Black children that are not proud

of their skin. And that’s what I’m hoping that they get from it is that, ‘hey, I am amazing. I am here my black is beautiful.’” Johnson said.

Johnson said the event will help remind Black boys and girls they do not have to live up to a certain beauty standard pushed on them and they can be themselves.

“Our melanin is amazing, and we come in all different shapes. We are beautiful, and we are unique,” Johnson said.

Assistant to the Editor Janiyah Gaston and Staff Reporter Jamilah Lewis can be reached at jgaston@ dailyegyptian.com and jlewis@ dailyegyptian.com.

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The members at the Furbowl event gather in front of the lanes to pose for a photo in the Student Center bowling alley Feb. 27, 2022 at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. “All of the costumes that I have I made myself mainly for cost reasons. If you commission one from a professional maker you’re at least spending upwards of $3,000,” said Tyler Knupp, founder of the Saluki Furry Society. Sophia Rogers | sophia.rogers@siu.edu

Saluki Furry Society gather for Furbowl event

Ethan Braun ebraun@dailyegyptian.com

The Saluki Furry Society, is a “family friendly [registered] student organization (RSO) for those in the Furry Fandom.”

The Saluki Furry Society hosted an event at the SIU Student Center called the Saluki Furbowl on Sunday, Feb. 27 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., where members of the Furry community could come out and bowl in full fursuit or plain clothes.

Attendees of the Furbowl event could be seen wearing a variety of different fursuits. One of the most prominent among them was a tall, green Husky fursuit worn by founder of the organization and coordinator of the event, Tyler Knupp. Like many in the community, Knupp said he handmade this suit, a process which can be arduous but rewarding in both experience and value.

“All of my fursuits I’ve made myself,” Knupp said. “The process takes a long time, but it’s definitely worth it. It’s very satisfactory to have something this huge that you’ve made yourself, because otherwise if you commissioned it from a more professional fursuit maker, you’re spending upwards of $3,000, and those prices are going up every year. So, after making my own, I only spent maybe $300 in materials. Lots of work went into it, but [it’s] much cheaper.”

Natalie Daniel, current vice president and a member of the Furry Society since 2018, was also in attendance. Daniel’s fursona, a term used to refer to the persona someone assumes as a furry, is an orange cat named Star. Unlike Knupp’s fursuit, Daniel’s fursuit is a refurbished hoodie. She said she spent a significant amount of time reworking the hoodie with all of the facial and aesthetic details

Two members of the Saluki Furry Society stand next to founder Tyler Knupp (middle) before the “Furbowl’’ event in the Student Center bowling alley Feb. 27, 2022 at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. “I started this club my freshman year, in spring 2018,” Knupp said. Sophia Rogers | sophia.rogers@siu.edu

of a fursuit.

“I really like to do sewing in my free time but I’ve never worked with foam or anything,” Daniel said. “I made a Star hoodie where the hood is her head instead of a big foam head and I made star sweatpants to go with the hoodie and I made a nice big cat tail to go with everything. [...] I made it all without a pattern, just eyeballing things and using my own clothes for reference.”

A couple of lanes over was Jasmine

Parker, a member since 2018, whose fursona, Cotton Candy, was accompanied by a pink and white headpiece. She said this was the second iteration of this fursuit, as she unfortunately lost her first suit in a house fire in 2021. Another fursuit maker graciously helped Parker remake the headpiece.

Rebekah Brinton, recently promoted treasurer of the Furry Society, sat watching from the seating gallery. While

not in a fursuit herself, Brinton had ideas for what she’d like to incorporate into a future design for a fursona. “[My design is] based [on] two Pokemon: Umbreon and Toxtricity,” Brinton said. “I designed it myself, and I was really happy with it, but I wanted to change it up a little bit and make it a little more original. I wanted to make something that was really different, and hasn’t really been made before, which is very, very hard. [...] I appreciated

the work [...] before I started working on it. But, after working on my head, I appreciate fursuit makers so much more.”

Seated in an aisle behind Brinton was Zynn Moore, who’s been a member of the Society since their freshman year.

Moore similarly was without a fursuit, but not without a fursona.

“Right now my main character is a chimera, which is a Greek mythical monster,” Moore said. “It’s a little bit different because I think it’s been stylized differently. I bought it a couple of years ago as an ‘adopt,’ which is when an artist makes a character design and sells it to people.”

The one common sentiment among group members was that the Furry Society provides a great sense of community.

“Everyone is super nice and friendly,” Daniel said. “I didn’t even know what a furry was, and everyone was super welcoming. Everyone was super nice.

That’s how I made all my friends here.”

“I think our club’s definitely very friend-oriented,” Brinton said.

“Everyone’s very friendly. Everyone’s very open and accepting of everybody too, which is something that definitely helped me out mentally while being here.”

“I was dragged here by a friend and was really enamored with the art scene and creativity of it, and the sense of community,” Moore said. “So I would say if you’re interested in things like character design, making art, being creative or delving into fantasy [...].

We just like to create and be weird dog people on the weekend.”

Staff reporter Ethan Braun can be reached at ebraun@dailyegyptian.com.

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Vigil for Amir Locke held amid c

Joel Kottman | @JoelKottman

People in the Carbondale community gathered on Feb. 27 to remember Amir Locke, a 22 year-old Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police executing a no-knock warrant on Feb. 2.

“It’s sad to me that we’re here again after we did this for George Floyd, we all have to come together like we’re doing tonight,” said Chastity Mays, the director of A Gift of Love Charity.

Social justice activists need to speak out against atrocities and keep uniting over the needs of the community, she said Nancy Maxwell, the director of Carbondale United said, “Are you aware that it’s been three years since Breonna Taylor, 10 years since Trayvon Martin, 63 years since Emmett Till and still there’s no justice.”

“I have a goal that the only marching we will do is in a band in a parade. I have a goal that there will not be a need for counseling or funeral arrangements [for] a traffic stop,” Maxwell said.

Maxwell said, “I have a goal that victims of the system like Amir Locke, and so many others get real justice and not watered down injustice.”

Autumn Mays, daughter of Chastity Mays, read an original poem dedicated to Amir Locke’s memory.

“Amir is gone but never forgotten. Again we have to say ‘Rest in peace Amir’ [...],” Autumn

Mays said.

She said her generation is here to make it a better place for the next.

“We don’t want any more Amir Lockes, we don’t want no-knock warrants anymore, we honestly just want the world to be a just place,” Autumn Mays said.

That sentiment was echoed by Ashley Harvey, a third year Southern Illinois University (SIU) student majoring in civil engineering who is in the process of starting a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter at SIU. Harvey said the current generation is going to be relentless and will rise up to give voice to people who don’t have theirs anymore, she said.

“Standing with your community matters, being present every day, and focusing on that here, that moment that you’re living in, it matters,” Harvey said.

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

Matt Wilson sings at the Amir Locke protest Feb. 27, 2022 at Ill. Sophie Whitten | @sophiewhitten_

Adah Mays, a senior at Carbondale Community High School, reads her poem “Amir’s Story” at a protest honoring his memory and speaking out against no-knock warrants Feb. 27, 2022 at Turley Park in Carbondale, Ill. Sophie Whitten | @sophiewhitten_

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continued calls for racial justice

Participants in a protest for Amir Locke hold candles in his memory Feb. 27, 2022 at Turley Park in Carbondale, Ill. Sophie Whitten | @ sophiewhitten_

A protest participant stands in solidarity on Feb. 27, 2022 for the death of Amir Locke and pushing for the removal of no-knock warrants at the Lenus Turley Park in Carbondale, Ill. Trevor Reaman | treaman@dailyegyptian.com

t Turley Park in Carbondale,

Protestors come out to protest no-knock warrants and the death of Amir Locke on Feb. 27, 2022 in Lenus Turley Park in Carbondale, Ill. Trevor Reaman | treaman@dailyegyptian.com

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‘Euphoria’ becomes one of the most engrossing pieces of pop culture

Zaden Dennis | zdennis@dailyegyptian.com

In the summer of 2019, “Euphoria’s” first season debuted and quickly became a highly acclaimed addition to the HBO pantheon of consistently stellar dramatic TV series. It garnered a lot of attention at the time, due to its boundary pushing narrative and content. It served as one of the first mature performances of former Disney star Zendaya. But the success it saw in its first season seems microscopic when compared to the unprecedented explosion in popularity it would see between the first and second season. Two and a half years, two “special episodes,” and one pandemic later, in Jan. 2022, we finally got the follow-up to the massive cliffhanger that closed season one.

The season two premiere seemed to give everything the fans had been waiting for and more and served as an immensely satisfying return to the moody neon drenched world of Director Sam Levinson’s “Euphoria.”

The shocking final moments of the season premiere seemed to play a major part in the still escalating popularity of the show, largely in thanks to the show’s fanbase on Twitter.

In the two months that “Euphoria” has been back, it is without fail #1 on the trending page of Twitter every Sunday night, even going as far as out-trending the Super Bowl and more recently the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Twitter has now officially stated that it’s the decade’s most tweeted about show, with over 30 million tweets since the start of season two. This kind of fervent discourse each week has also seemingly reestablished the week-to-week episodic format as the best way to keep a show popular and relevant, in an era where most platforms will simply drop entire seasons at once. More than any show in recent memory, “Euphoria” begged to be watched right at 8 p.m CST, every Sunday night, or one would risk being left out completely.

From the very start of this season, it was clear this was a step up in almost every way from the first season. One of the most striking differences that can be noted is that this season was shot entirely on film, which is becoming increasingly rare for any modern production, especially television. The first season was known for its slick and confident camera work, as well as its more reality bending, fantastical, music video-esque sequences.

The second season doubles down on this and shows that Levinson has sharpened his technical skills past his already impressive work in 2019. Between seasons, Levinson also directed a feature film, “Malcom and Marie,” in 2021 for Netflix. While the film’s critical response was underwhelming, it still marked growth for him as a director, working on a large production. It also serves as the bridge in his work from 2019 to 2022. “Euphoria” also went bigger in terms of its narrative choices, which seemed like an impossible task considering how high stakes the first season was. While season one still is a highly emotional and dramatic look into the modern high school experience, this season starts to go toe to toe with the likes of shows such as “Game of Thrones” or “Breaking Bad,” in terms of the scale of its intensity. Each episode, I was actively anxious watching events unfold and episodes like “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” (season two episode five) left me feeling like I had just finished running a marathon. This season truly felt like anything could happen to any character at any moment and made every episode exhilarating, albeit extremely stressful. The episode that got most people talking about award worthy

performances, was episode five “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird”. Zendaya gives what is likely her best performance to date and will remove doubts from any naysayers still seeing her as the Disney star she used to be.

The whirlwind of emotions she pulls off and the number of times the audience’s opinion is swayed within the episode’s 54-minute runtime rivals even seasoned actors who’ve been in the industry for triple the time she has.

The events of the season are so intensely dramatic that, while undeniably exciting, at times it can feel a bit unbelievable. A common criticism that the show receives is that the lives of the character’s are unbelievable when considering that they all are still in high school. This season especially conjures those feelings. While every episode had me all in, once I took a step back, it could feel like a bit too much. Something that put this into perspective is when my 15-year-old younger brother, a freshman in high school, told me he had been watching the show. The idea of this shocked me because even though he’s in the same age bracket as these characters, it feels far too mature for him to be watching.

I think the show does a good job of showing the consequences to bad behaviors, most prominently drug use and the effects of generational trauma. But on the other hand, I feel that it tends to romanticize toxic relationships. While being a prominent voice for the current generation, it can create a false, highly dramatized idea of what high school is, or rather, should be like. This creates the question on where the line should be drawn for something that serves as a commentary on adolescence that teens will no doubt latch onto, but still needing to function as an entertaining piece of television. I don’t feel that this is necessarily the responsibility of the showrunners, or anyone involved, but rather something to think about before letting someone under 18 watch the show. High school is a setting that filmmakers often latch onto because of how emotionally raw it is. But when someone like Levinson, who is 37 years old, attempts to create an image of the modern teen, there is some level of responsibility that needs to be taken to handle these subjects carefully. I think the show generally does a good job in accurately representing the current youth, but it can be a dangerous line to walk.

So, with all that context aside, I truly did fall in love with this show over the course of these last eight episodes. The opening of the premiere, “Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door” (season two episode one) starts with the backstory for the character’s Ashtray and Fezco. “Euphoria” assures audiences that it’s making good on what made the first season so polarizing.

Before we even hit the five-minute mark, we see full male and female nudity, cursing, violence, and drugs, all to the tune of Billy Swan’s “Don’t Be Cruel.” The show quickly differentiates itself from the first season, with a new color palette and visual flair.

Throughout the season we see the return to many of the fantasy sequences that filled the first season but are even more ambitious here. While I think these dreamlike moments are beautiful and highly unique, they often felt confusing in what was really happening and what wasn’t. I think this was likely the intention, but I often found myself being pulled out trying to decipher reality, especially in “The Theater and Its Double” (season two episode seven).

The main heart of season two relies on the fact that we already got to know all these characters on a basic level and most of them are in some vulnerable and raw place right from the start. Characters like Lexi played by Maude Apatow, Cal played by Eric Dane, and Fezco played by Angus Cloud, who took more of a backseat last season or felt a bit underdeveloped, get their chance to shine this season. We also see McKay, played from season one disappear almost completely, but are introduced to Elliot, played by Domminic Fike, who is a newly introduced character. Another big change we see is that the show shifts away from Rue and gives a lot more screen time to other characters. A point of contention for a lot of people is that pretty much everybody kind of sucks this season. Not in the way of bad writing or acting, but that they all do some genuinely awful things to each other, and the show resists having clear good or bad characters. This personally is one of my favorite parts about season two, because it feels more genuine and real. It doesn’t shy away from showing characters we have come to love, like Rue, at their darkest moments.

Every actor had a chance to truly shine and give more than a few stellar performances every episode. Apatow as Lexi and Dane as Cal especially impressed me, and I can’t wait to see where their characters will go after this season. One of my complaints with the structure of the season was that it had

so many upsetting moments every episode and felt like they needed to keep dropping melodramatic bombs in order to keep up the show’s momentum. I was always fully engrossed, but I found it to be overwhelming at times. But even though the show is very abrasive and intense, it’s chock full of quiet, sweet, sad, and contemplative moments that helped ground it when things start going overboard. Even some of the most critically acclaimed shows of recent memory struggle to pull this off. The season is relatively short, at eight one-hour long episodes, which I think is the perfect length for the show. It never overstayed its welcome.

“Euphoria” season two came and went remarkably fast, considering how long the wait between seasons was, but it valued quality over quantity in a way. Hopefully we don’t have to wait quite as long for the next season, because myself and many others can’t wait to see what Sam Levinson has up his sleeve next. Although it gets distracting at times, there were countless moments that blew me away and each week I found myself stuck in my seat once the credits hit, staring in awe. I think “Euphoria” is truly a special moment in pop culture and one of the few takes on coming of age that is truly of my own generation in a way that doesn’t feel disingenuous.

Staff Reporter Zaden Dennis can be reached at zdennis@dailyegyptian.com

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Saluki men’s basketball team hopes for Cinderella run in MVC

Cole Daily | @cdaily_de

Southern Illinois will travel from Carbondale to St. Louis on Friday, March 4 to compete for a shot in the NCAA tournament. The tournament, nicknamed “Arch Madness” (a play on words from “March Madness” due to St. Louis’ historical landmark, The Gateway Arch), will give the Dawgs its first shot at a conference title since 2007.

The Salukis, currently seeded sixth, would need to win three straight games in the Enterprise Center against (presumably) higherranked opponents to bring home the conference championship.

“We’ve played some high-level basketball over the past couple weeks.

I told the team, ‘we’re not there yet,’ [and] ‘we’ve still gotta improve over this next week to get to where we need to get to before St. Louis,’” Saluki Basketball Coach Bryan Mullins said.

Junior guard Steven Verplancken said everything the team has done this season has all led up to this tournament in St.Louis.

“This four-game winning streak we had is really coming at the perfect time. But we know we haven’t peaked yet, so that’s the good part,” Verplancken said.

The Salukis played their last home game against seventh-seeded Illinois State where they routed the Redbirds 90-69. Senior forward Ben Coupet Jr. said the team showed its versatility in the win on Wednesday night.

“When we go out there and put five guards out on the court we can do it all. We can shoot, switch off the ball, rebound and then push the ball up the floor,” Coupet said. “When the other team has a big in the game we try to play faster.”

Mullins said he was incredibly proud of the way his players had competed on senior night.

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“They came out ready to play.

They were excited to come and play for the seniors to be back at home one last time and play in front of this community and the Dawg pound,” Mullins said, “Overall, they came out the right way and shot the ball extremely well.”

To go along with the sweet taste of a victory on senior night, this was SIU’s fourth straight win.

“I think the momentum we have right now is huge. Everyone is confident, but we’re not satisfied. We still have lots of ways to get better,” Verplancken said.

Coupet said he feels SIU is playing its best basketball right now.

“We’re headed in the right direction right now. If we play our

best basketball on Saturday, we can prove we can beat anyone in this conference,” Coupet said.

Unfortunately for Southern Illinois, their four-game win streak came to an end at the hands of Drake, after junior forward Marcus Domask missed a bucket to tie.

The Salukis are set to play the third-seeded Drake in the first round of the tournament on Friday. SIU is currently 0-2 against the Bulldogs, but Mullins said he thinks this is the time they turn it around.

“We have to execute. Our guys are excited, it’ll be a great challenge,” he said.

Verplancken said the week-long break the Salukis have will help get the players’ minds and bodies right.

COVID rescheduling forced SIU to play multiple games a week in early-mid January.

“When we went through that stretch, that was definitely really tough on our bodies,” Verplancken

said, “When you get that week before the tournament, it gives you the time to prepare mentally, physically, feel sharp and feel good about your game.”

Mullins said the Salukis are lucky they have multiple high-level scorers in Coupet, Domask and junior guard Lance Jones.

“I think those three guys have done a great job these last couple weeks just playing in rhythm, being decisive, playing with poise,” Mullins said.

However, SIU still has areas to improve. The Saluki guards have been working on their post defense in the practices before the playoffs, Coupet said.

“We do a lot of work on that because we go to that small mineup so much. We need to be able to switch on the bigs and we need to protect the paint,” he said.

If the Salukis manage to play to their fullest capabilities, there’s a chance SIU could be the new

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“Cinderella” team in the Big Dance.

“You always dream of it as a little kid, so it would definitely be a dream come true,” Verplancken said. “That’s what we’re focused on and all we talk about is March.”

However, Mullins said it’s important to keep their eyes on the prize and take it one game at a time. If you start looking ahead, he said, that’s when other teams can sneak up on you.

“We talk to the guys about every single game, the next game’s the biggest game. Not looking forward.

For me, preparation wise, I don’t ever watch another team until after the game’s over,” Mullins said.

It’s safe to say both the coaches and the players are determined to put their best foot forward come March.

“Whenever we play on Friday, we’ll be ready. That’s for sure,” Mullins said.

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

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Saluki women head to Moline with a chance to ‘hang a banner’

Anika Svancarek | @sw.an.ika

Brandyn Wilcoxen | @Brandyn_2020

Hanging around the rafters of the Banterra Center are maroon and white banners, each signifying a historic season of Saluki basketball.

Seven maroon banners in the northwest corner of the gym represent some of women’s basketball’s greatest campaigns. They raised a banner in 2007, the last time the team won a regular season conference championship. Next to it is the 1992 banner for the team’s last trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Over the next few weeks, the 2022 Saluki women have several opportunities to hang banners of their own. They have already clinched their first unbeaten home record since 1987 and are on the inside track to emulate those banner-hanging teams of decades past.

Cindy Stein announced in July that she will be retiring as women’s basketball head coach at the end of this season. She was hired in 2013, inheriting a team that had won just five games the previous year. Now, nine years later, the program has been built to one that is competing with the top teams in the Valley.

The 2022 squad features six outgoing seniors, including four starters. Not only is this year’s team setting a new high mark for success not seen since the twentieth century, but for most of the team, this is the final chance for them to bring everything together. So far, it’s worked.

Makenzie Silvey is one of the leaders of the program. A fifth-year senior, she broke Saluki Hall of Famer Cartaesha Macklin’s all-time scoring record in January. The Glen Carbon native now sits 56 points away from becoming the third Saluki of any gender to reach 2,000 points, joining Charlie Vaughn and Kent Williams.

With the end of her Hall of Fame collegiate career on the horizon, Silvey is looking to keep it going as long as possible.

“I’m just trying to enjoy every day,” Silvey said. “I do know that my career’s coming to a close, but hopefully it’ll be in mid-to-late March instead of in a couple weeks in Moline. I really just want to keep a good thing going.”

The MVC’s Jackie Stiles Player of the Year award, given to the conference’s best women’s basketball player, could be awarded to Silvey.

However, the frontrunner for that award is teammate Abby Brockmeyer, who is averaging a double-double with 17.7 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.

Brockmeyer is also facing the end of her collegiate career and had high hopes coming in that the team could achieve greatness.

“We knew that this year was gonna be our year,” Brockmeyer said. “We didn’t necessarily know that we were gonna finish at the top, but we knew that we were gonna make it the best year we’ve had.”

Silvey and Brockmeyer join fellow starters Gabby Walker and Caitlin Link, as well as Payton McCallister and Awa Keita, in wrapping up their college basketball careers this season.

The six outgoing Salukis combined for 81% of the team’s scoring in 2022.

“Our seniors are huge…” Stein said. “We’ll lose a big chunk of our team, people that are record-breakers, that have made us better in every single way. Hard workers, great families, I mean, you can’t say enough about this group of young ladies.”

Postseason play is something Stein is very familiar with. As head coach at Missouri, her Tigers made the NCAA Tournament three times, last in 2006, and the WNIT four times. In her nine years at SIU, the Salukis received invites the Women’s Basketball

Invitational twice, in 2016 and 2017.

While Silvey has received much attention for her breaking of the alltime scoring record, Brockmeyer is currently sixth on that list. She recently broke the 1,500 mark in career points, as well as the 1,000 mark for rebounds. She is 27 points away from passing Amy Rakers for fourth on the all-time list.

Rakers was a key member of the Salukis of the late 80’s and early 90’s, leading the team in scoring three times including a record for points in a season in 1990 that still stands today. While Brockmeyer is chasing Rakers individually, her team is trying to follow in the footsteps of those teams.

SIU has not won a conference tournament since 1990 and has not been to the NCAA Tournament since 1992. They have a golden opportunity to do both. They sit at 14-2 in MVC play, one game ahead of Missouri State with two more regular season games to play.

Their final games against LoyolaChicago (17-10, 9-7 MVC) and Valparaiso (10-17, 8-8 MVC) will determine whether or not Southern Illinois will wrap up its first regular season championship since 2007, and the top seed in Hoops in the Heartland, the Valley’s conference tournament in Moline.

ESPN’s latest bracketology has SIU as a No. 13 seed, making the tournament as an automatic qualifier. Because the Missouri Valley Conference is a mid-major conference, it will likely take winning Hoops in the Heartland to make it to the dance, since it is difficult for midmajor programs to receive at-large bids.

With the inside track for the top seed, the Salukis would play either the eighth or ninth seed in the first round of Hoops in the Heartland if

they finish the job this week. Their potential opponents would likely be a team below .500.

Southern Illinois is likely to claim that top spot, but there are no guarantees in the Valley. If they slip up in these final games, Missouri State will assume the top spot due to winning the tiebreaker in the conference standings. The players know quite well what’s at stake in the coming days.

“We’re not facing the top of the conference right now, but that doesn’t matter,” Brockmeyer said. “Every team’s out to get us, they’re out to play as hard as they can every game they play us, so we’ve just got to be ready to go.”

Outside observers would note that the Salukis being on the verge of winning the regular season conference championship is a surprise result. In recent years, SIU had posted several records slightly above .500 before bottoming out at 9-16 in 2020-21.

However, last year’s team was hampered by an early injury to Brockmeyer and COVID derailing many other players’ seasons, including Silvey. Stein believes that the team’s ability to run it back without facing those same issues has greatly improved the result.

“We’ve said it before, this is the team we thought we had last year, we just weren’t able to play,” Stein said.

“We only had four kids make it to every game, and two of them were freshmen last year.”

The Salukis’ struggles last year led them to be picked eighth in this year’s Missouri Valley Conference’s preseason poll. All season long, SIU has been able to prove that assessment wrong.

“Everyone picks us eighth, so we weren’t supposed to be here. We’ve already went against the critics,” Stein said. “We’re just trying to enjoy this,

enjoy every victory and don’t take it for granted. We want to stay humble, and we want to make sure that we stay focused.”

Although COVID derailed the women’s team last year, it also gave several players another chance to make a run thanks to the NCAA’s extra year of eligibility. Silvey, Brockmeyer, and Walker are each fifth-year players who have stretched their career for another shot at the storybook ending.

“I think it’s just experience, and we don’t have to deal with COVID anymore,” Silvey said. “We haven’t really had to deal with injuries. I think that’s just what’s bringing it all together. We know, a lot of us, our careers are coming to a close, and we just want to go out with a bang.”

Seemingly every game for the rest of the year comes with a potential milestone, and SIU has its sights set high as it inches closer towards history.

“We’re all trying to win a ring, hang a banner,” Silvey said. “That’s really all we’re focused on right now.”

With so many key players on their way out and a head coach in her last year, Hoops in the Heartland will be the culmination of many careers. It may be the program’s best chance for a while to earn their way to an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time in decades and a fitting final act for several pillars of the program who will go down in the history books.

Under the pressure of finishing strong and surviving an upcoming gauntlet at Moline, the Saluki women are ready for the challenge. This is their “Last Dance,” and they will fight to make sure they will get one final encore before the curtain closes.

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

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Saluki Women’s Hoops earn sixth win in a row against Indiana State

Joseph Bernard | @Jojobernard2001

The Saluki women’s basketball team earned their sixth win in a row against Indiana State Thursday night. SIU won the game with a 63-46 final score as they didn’t allow a single Indiana State player to earn double-digits in scoring on the night.

Graduate Student Abby Brockmeyer said the team is ecstatic as ever after their sixth win in a row.

“We’re super excited. We just got our wheels a-turning, and there’s no slowing down now.

We’ve got all the confidence in the world.

We’re making the right plays, we’re playing good defense, we’re just executing our plays well,” Brockmeyer said.

Highlighting the performance on the night for the Salukis were graduate student Makenzie Silvey as well as Brockmeyer. Silvey led the team in points with 21 on the night. She also tallied six rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block. Surprisingly, Brockmeyer did not earn a double-double off the performance, with just one rebound off earning yet another one for the year. Brockmeyer still tallied nine rebounds with her 17 points, six steals, two assists and one block.

Brockmeyer said their communication was key to the big defensive effort throughout the game.

“I think to begin, we were getting nailed with screens, so just our communication, as well as the posts helping out the guards that

are getting nailed on screens and the guards working to get around them,” Brockmeyer said.

Silvey said the team is excited about earning their sixth win in a row, but said they’re looking forward at the moment.

“It feels good. I couldn’t have told you we’ve won six in a row, I just know we won our last game. But we’re really just trying to focus on Evansville now, and get ready to just finish this weekend strong,” Silvey said.

A jumper by the Sycamores started the scoring off, and it went back and forth throughout the rest of the first. Later, a layup by graduate student Gabby Walker earned Southern Illinois University Carbondale SIU their first lead and some free throws quickly after added to that for a 6-3 lead. But a 6-2 run put the Sycamores up once again at 12-8 after some missed threes by the Salukis. However, Payton Mccalister would right the ship and earn the first three of the night for the Salukis to go up 13-12 into the second frame.

Despite missing some threes early on, Silvey said it ended up being a positive later on in the game.

“We know that every team’s probably gonna double on our post at some point, or chop them, or do something to try to disrupt them.

That three-point shooting really opened it up for everybody. They can’t help off when we’re hitting threes, so that really gets the whole offense flying, and we were able to do that in

the first half,” Silvey said.

The second was the start of better things for SIU as they earned the first six points of the frame. A layup and a jumper for the Sycamores put it within three soon after, but then two threes by Silvey and sophomore guard Quierra Love put them back up by seven. Some Brockmeyer free throws added it for a nine point lead at 27-18. A 6-2 run to finish the half kept it respectable as the lead was cut to five at 29-24 heading into the half.

The second half started with a Sycamore jumper, getting things within three once again, but some free throws and a Brockmeyer jumper put it at a seven point lead once again early. They kept that lead for three full minutes before another basket was made by either team.

A layup by Silvey put it at 39-28 late in the third and some free throws by Brockmeyer and senior guard Caitlin Link finished the third off at a 42-32 Saluki lead.

The fourth was where things really went into the Salukis favor. Some layups by Indiana State got it within nine points early, but it wouldn’t get any closer the rest of the night as the teams traded baskets most of the rest of the game. At 50-39, SIU would go on a short 6-2 run after some free throws to put them up 15 with just over three minutes left and it was too much for the Sycamores there as SIU would clinch the win off their largest lead of the night at 63-46.

Brockmeyer said the team’s second half performance came down to a couple of things.

With the win, SIU now controls their own destiny for their seeding in the rest of the conference. Their play the rest of the way will determine if they earn that #1 seed or not.

Coach Cindy Stein said they’re enjoying the moment right now, but still staying on the mission.

“It’s just kinda executing our plays, setting good screens. They’re a good defensive team.

They’re constantly following our guards around, our posts, they’re all over us. Really setting good screens and getting our players open and just taking care of the ball and not making bad p asses that create high ball turnovers,” Stein said.

Something Stein has seen to be motivation for the entire season so far has been their eighth place ranking before the season. Stein said they look back on it all the time.

“This is the team we thought we had last

winter.

year, we just weren’t able to play. We only had four kids make it to every game, and two of them were freshmen last year. This is kinda that season I think that’s like, we learned so much about how bad we wanted to play basketball. It kinda brought our kids’ passion back, because we didn’t get the chance to properly show ourselves,” Stein said.

The next time the Salukis suit up will be the senior night for a lot of the graduate students and seniors, with it being possibly their last home game for SIU. Silvey said she knows the night is going to be as emotional as ever.

“I know I’ll cry because I’m a crier, but that’s for after the game. We know that we have a good chance to go to the postseason this year, so even in Moline, hopefully our season won’t be over, so I haven’t really thought about that.

We just want to focus on getting the win and then going from there,” Silvey said.

Stein said they’ll be missing a huge part of the team next year with a lot of the seniors being gone.

“We’ll lose a big chunk of our team, people that are record-breakers, that have made us better in every single way. Hard workers. you can’t say enough about this group of young ladies. I think they’re handing out towels, and I think they’re doing it because everybody’s gonna be crying. It’ll be a tough day, but we will definitely celebrate after the game,” Stein said.

Brockmeyer said they’re looking beyond the senior night and wanting to play a lengthy end to the season.

“I know it’ll be my last game here at the arena, but I still get to play a couple more games, then we go to Moline, and then hopefully move on past there. It’ll be sad, bittersweet, but I’m ready for what’s next.

We’re sitting top of the conference now, so we just gotta finish strong. We were a little shaky to start this game. We can’t come into every game like that, can’t let the other teams take advantage of us,” Brockmeyer said.

Senior night for the Salukis was this Saturday February 26 at 2 p.m against the University of Evansville. They honored their seniors after the game with a special ceremony.

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

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Salukis throws first combined no-hitter in program history Cole Daily | @cdaily_de

The Saluki Baseball team has finally achieved a feat that had previously never happened in Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) history. A combined no-hitter using four different pitchers was thrown on Feb. 22 against Austin Peay for the first time in program history.

It’s also the first no-hitter thrown for the Salukis since 1979, in which Paul Evans pitched only seven innings.

The pitching performance was ruled by newcomers, with three of the four pitchers for the Salukis making their team and division 1 baseball debut. Junior transfer Ben Riffe started and went six innings, handing it off to junior Tanner Lewis in the seventh, followed by junior Jordan Gould in the eighth and junior Kaden Peterson in the ninth to finish it off.

“Just to be able to go out there and pitch that well under those kinds of jitters with it being their first outing was pretty cool to see,” said Coach Lance Rhodes. “I think it shows the potential those four guys have along with the rest of our staff that we have the capability of pitching pretty well this year.”

Riffe, the starter, said he was playing to the best of his ability.

“Of course the nerves are going to be there.

You want to go out and show everyone on the team what you can do. We just want to win as many games as we can. I just wanted to perform as good as I could do,” he said.

Riffe managed to get past the sixth inning before being pulled by Rhodes due to pitch count. However, Riffe said he was confident that he could have gone longer.

“I would have kept going as long as they would have let me. I just go out there until they tell me I’m done to get as many outs as I can to get us in the best position to win the game,” Riffe said.

A lot of the decision-making with pulling Riffe came down to how early in the season it was, the weather, and how much experience Riffe had going deep into pitch counts. Rhodes said he didn’t want to push anything too far and felt confident in his other guys to finish the game off.

“He had around 89 pitches at the time so to send him back out, he would have ended up with well over 100 pitches, which he never did in the preseason. It was a pretty cold night too, so I didn’t really think it was a smart move thinking long term for the season. It would be different if it was in the middle of the season as well as in the eighth inning when he left, but just no reason to push things,” Rhodes said.

With all the change between pitchers in the later innings, there was one constant: their catcher, Zack Jensen.

Jensen, who is also a newcomer to the 2022 Salukis, said the pitching staff deserves all the praise for such an amazing performance.

“I’ll give all the credit to the pitchers and that staff. They’ve worked so hard all this fall and

spring and it showed the other night. Everyone looked extremely sharp there and it was such a great time,” he said.

Jensen knew the situation that was happening before he entered the game but said he kept quiet.

“I was watching all of it from the fourth inning on through the rest of the way. I kept following it quietly. Nobody wanted to mention anything and nobody wanted to jinx anything.

I’m not even sure if most guys knew what was going on because there were guys on base all night,” Jensen said.

But the performance did not go without its fair share of scares of ruining the no-hitter opportunity and letting a run go. Three different errors occurred throughout the game, five different batters got walked, and even a bases-loaded top of the ninth occurred. It was Jensen’s job to keep his pitchers in the game no matter who was on the mound. Jensen said he did whatever he could to keep his pitchers in the zone.

“I just told them to stay calm whenever something happened and do what they did all fall: Throw some strikes and have some fun with it,” Jensen said.

Something that may have contributed to the performance of the Saluki pitchers, was the circumstances of the game. Originally, it was going to be played in Clarksville Tennessee, where the Governors reside, but due to some weather conditions, both teams agreed to move

the game to Carbondale at the last minute.

“Any time you get an opportunity to play at home, it’s a big advantage, Rhoades said.”

Making up games in baseball is just hard so most teams are pretty flexible with things like this. It was great to continue the flow of playing multiple games every week so we’re really glad they were willing to switch it up and come here.”

This type of performance could be seen by many to be a “statement” by the Saluki pitching staff as to how the rest of the year will go, but Rhodes said he doesn’t necessarily think of it that way.

“To me it was mostly one of those things where every guy on the mound was taking control in the short amount of time they were out there and it just happened to be a no hitter by the end of the night. I don’t think anybody planned to do it or tried to do it, but we executed a lot of good pitches and got that type of result,” he said.

The Salukis will look to keep their pitching staff performing this well as the season progresses. They’ll play their first weekend homestand at Itchy Jones Stadium this weekend from the 26 of this month through the first of March followed by another road trip the following weekend over at Little Rock Arkansas against the Trojans.

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

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Ben Coupet Jr.’s 22 leads Salukis past Redbirds on Senior Night Brandyn Wilcoxen | @Brandyn_2020

Southern Illinois University (SIU) (1613, 9-8 MVC) dominated the Illinois State Redbirds (11-19, 4-13 MVC), scoring a season-high in points on their way to a 9069 victory on Feb.23, 2022 at the Banterra Center.

The Salukis’ 90 points was the most since a 2019 game at Evansville. Propelled by a firsthalf offensive explosion including a 19-5 run to close out the half, the Salukis led wireto-wire, and never led by less than 13 in the second half.

Seniors Ben Coupet Jr., Anthony D’Avanzo, Will Keller, and Sekou Dembele were honored before the game. It wouldn’t be the last time Coupet received a standing ovation on Wednesday, as he led his team in scoring with 22 points along with five rebounds.

“Being able to get the win, that’s all I can really ask for,” Coupet said. “Just going out

“Our whole thing is we want to keep getting better.

We don’t want to have a letdown, we don’t want to have a setback.”

- Bryan Mullins Head coach

with a win in my last game in the Banterra Center.”

Juniors Lance Jones and Marcus Domask also turned in solid performances with 16 points each, and Steven Verplancken Jr. added 12 off the bench.

“I think you’ve gotta have three doublefigure scorers on a team,” head coach Bryan Mullins said. “I think [Coupet, Jones and

Domask] have done a great job these last couple weeks just playing in rhythm, being decisive, playing with poise.”

As a team, the Salukis shot 10-13 from three in the first half, and finished the game at 57% from the field. Where SIU thrived the most was in points off turnovers, a battle it won 29-4 over the Redbirds.

The win does not do much for Southern Illinois in the Missouri Conference standings. While still mathematically alive for the fifth seed, the Salukis are essentially locked into the sixth seed. For them, these final few regular season games are about working towards getting the team prepared no matter what Valley foe ends up as their opponent in Arch Madness.

“Whenever we play on Friday, we’ll be ready,” Mullins said.

SIU would play whichever team comes third out of Loyola-Chicago, Northern

Iowa, Missouri State, and Drake, who are all within one game of each other entering the final weekend of the regular season. The Salukis are a combined 0-7 against those teams, but have played close in nearly every contest.

The Dawg Pound joined the Salukis in St. Louis, hosting its third bus trip to watch the team play on the road. Mullins has frequently credited the Dawg Pound for providing a home-court type atmosphere whether they’re playing in Carbondale or across the Midwest.

“It’s what makes Southern Illinois so special,” Mullins said. “It’s why I love this place. It’s why my experience as a student was so great.”

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