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DAILYEGYPTIAN.COM MARCH 3, 2021 VOL. 104, ISSUE 7
Salukis defeat No. 1 North Dakota State
‘Equality Act’ passes U.S. House of Representatives George Wiebe | gwiebe@dailyegyptian.com
The United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, also known as the “Equality Act,” Thursday Feb. 25. The bill, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, narrowly passed 224-206 and almost entirely along party lines, with the entire Democratic party being joined by three Republicans in passing the new legislation. The Equality Act had previously passed in the House in 2019, but was rejected by the Republican majority senate. Since then, the Supreme Court had ruled on Bostock v. Clayton County, in which Gerald Bostock, a gay man working for the State of Georgia, had been fired for “conduct unbecoming of its employees.” The 6-3 decision in favor of Bostock meant that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act could protect employees from being discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation. Several Republican legislatures voiced opposition to the bill due to its perceived infringement on religious freedoms as well as the Supreme Court decision, which they felt had covered what H.R. 5 would cover. The day before the House vote, Illinois Congresswoman Marie Newman, whose daughter is transgender, put up a transgender flag outside her office. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose office is right across from Newman’s, hung a sign reading “There are TWO genders: MALE AND FEMALE. Trust The Science!” in response. Greene has faced criticism within the Republican party for this latest action; Representative Adam Kinzinger from Illinois, who today voted against the Equality Act, condemned Greene saying the video of her putting up the sign “represents the hate and fame driven politics of self-promotion at all evil costs.”
Continued on pg. 13 Saluki junior, Qua Brown, pushes the ball back on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, during the Saluki’s 7-21 loss against the North Dakota State Bison. Isabel Miller | @Isabelmillermedia
Staff reporter George Wiebe can be reached at gwiebe@dailyegyptian.com
SIU faculty and staff present deep rooted salary inequities at committee meeting
Keaton Yates | @keatsians
With the ongoing budget crisis, SIU’s Faculty Senate Budget Committee compiled data of salaries which resulted in large disparities and, for the first time in SIU’s history, non tenured faculty are making more than tenured faculty. Southern Illinois University’s Faculty Senate Budget Committee met Friday afternoon in a Town Hall meeting to discuss policies related to budget equity and issues with the budget within SIUC. “For decades SIUC has considered equity and antidiscrimination with regard to
faculty hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, and treatment to be critical to the success of faculty and of the university as a whole,” the committee said in a budget equity report card. However, SIUC’s budget equity policies do not address compensation and financial disparities in tenuretrack and non-tenure track faculty. “No SIUC policy addresses a commitment to remedy pay and service disparities between faculty and administration or between tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty,” the report reads. SIUC has been in a financial crisis for the past five years, Jacob Haubenreich, FSBC’s chair and
associate professor in Languages, Culture, and International Trade, said. Based on data provided by the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance, Institutional Research and Studies, and SIU Interactive Fact Book online, tenured track salary, undergraduate and graduate assistant salaries and academic unit chairs and director’s salaries have decreased significantly. Non-tenured track numbers and upper administration and management numbers have remained relatively stable. Nontenured salary has decreased by 3% while upper administration and management has decreased by 11%.
“People are leaving,” Haubenreich said. “This impacts my everyday life, it impacts the education I can offer.” Jennifer Brobst, FSBC member and associate professor of Law, was recently tenured and said she was excited to be a part of a small faculty, but soon realized people were being paid more for the same services she’s doing. “I don’t expect faculty to be martyrs about it, to ensure everybody has a fair playing field, but I do expect administrators, leaderships and department chairs to take the lead and have policies in place to keep working at remediating this,” she said. From 2011 to 2020, the provost
saw an 11.6% salary increase and the associate provost for academic provost had a 15.1% increase. The salary for the interim chancellor position increased 40% between 2015 and 2020. Chancellor Austin Lane is currently on his Listening and Learning Tour, as he settles into his new role. Through the tour Lane hopes to learn more about SIU’s strengths and weaknesses. In regards to the FSBC, he is interested in conducting a salary study. Staff reporter Keaton Yates can be reached by email at kyates@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @keatsians.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Bad blood between LGBTQ men and donation bans
Danny Connolly | @DConnollyTV
I donated blood for the first time last month. While preparing the needle, the nurse said to me, “You’re a really good candidate for donating blood.” I laughed a little to myself while putting my earbuds in, queueing up my playlist and squeezing the stress ball. The nurse was right to some degree; I am a healthy person with type O positive blood, a normal blood pressure and very defined veins for a nurse to push a needle into. But one thing didn’t appear in my application: I’m gay. Since 1983, all men who have had sex with a men (MSM), or women who have knowingly had sex with a man who previously had sex with a man, were barred for life from giving blood due to risk of HIV transmission. In 2015, the FDA changed it to a year wait since having sex, and in April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing a shortage in blood, they changed it to a 3 month wait. Even deferring 3 months from sexual activity, this ban from MSM is discriminatory and outdated. For example, two LGBTQ men in a committed sexual relationship are banned from donating blood by the FDA. Even if they both are HIV negative, even if they wore protection. If they have had any oral or anal sexual activity in the past 3 months, they cannot donate. Compare that to a heterosexual man or woman, who can be unsafe with multiple sexual partners, and still donate. The blood donor pool isn’t necessarily any safer by not allowing sexually active gay and bisexual men; it’s simply smaller and more heteronormative. Even with donors not knowing their HIV status, all blood undergoes both antibody and nucleic acid testing for a variety of diseases before being given to a patient, including HIV. While all blood tests are not perfect, the blood test for testing HIV has a false negative rate of under 1 in a million. In a 2020 research paper published by Blood, researchers found there was no statistically significant increase in HIV presence in donated blood after the FDA implemented a one year deferral policy. The Human Rights Campaign, a non-for-profit LGBTQ advocacy group, supports a more personalized look at a potential donor’s sexual behaviors to determine eligibility to donate blood. “HRC has strongly encouraged FDA to revise the donor
“HRC has strongly encouraged FDA to revise the donor questionnaire based on an individual risk assessment of sexual behaviors upon which all donors are evaluated equally, without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity.” - Human Rights Campaign website
questionnaire based on an individual risk assessment of sexual behaviors upon which all donors are evaluated equally, without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity,” it says on their website. Even the Red Cross acknowledges that this policy has caused more harm than good. “The Red Cross recognizes the hurt this policy has caused to many in the LGBTQ+ community and believes blood donation eligibility should not be determined by methods that are based upon sexual orientation” they say on their website. “However, as a regulated organization, we cannot unilaterally enact changes concerning the MSM deferral policy.” The Red Cross has recorded a decline in giving blood due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between March and June 2020, over 37,000 blood drives were cancelled, leaving hundreds of thousands of blood donation appointments unfulfilled. According to America’s Blood Centers, a national organization overseeing independent blood centers, 4 of their 19 blood centers in the Midwest have less than a one day supply of blood. 6 have a 1-2 day supply of blood. “[Centers] with only a 2-day supply are running low and need blood donations. Centers with a day or less of blood are critically low on blood and need donations as soon as possible.” America’s Blood Centers’s website reads. This is on top of the fact that the Red Cross estimates that while 38% of all Americans are eligible donate blood, only 3% do. A community that blood banks can tap into is MSM who have not been sexually active in 3 months. Yet, the public health community may need to put in more outreach than just loosening restrictions. When posting on social media about donating for the first time, two gay SIU alumni privately commented about me donating blood. One assumed I lied about
my sexual history to donate blood, and the other mentioned that he would never donate blood due to the ban. To the first alumnus, I assured him I did follow all FDA guidelines to donate blood. To the second, any civil disobedience of refusing to donate blood will only hurt people in need of transfusions, not the intolerant policy makers. I do understand both of my friends though. I remember reporting on a blood drive for River Region Evening Edition and interviewing the organizer. She recommended donating blood after interviewing and I stammered through a “I have to get back to work” excuse, too embarrassed to say the real reason why I couldn’t donate blood. I really enjoyed donating blood, saving lives and eating a good cookie for being a good cookie. Reflecting on it, I have wondered if it is worth it for me to be abstinent to donate blood again, or to lie if I am sure I am still negative for all STDs. Weighing these consequences have made me very jealous of my straight and lesbian friends. I am glad I was able to donate blood and help save lives, especially in this time of extreme healthcare disparities, but in the future, I would like to donate blood regardless of my choice of safe sexual behaviors, just like my heterosexual peers. The CDC recommends everyone sexually active to be tested for HIV, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. To get tested in Jackson County, you can call the Health Department to set up an appointment at (618) 684-3143 ext. 155. SIU students can also get tested at the Health Center and can call (618) 536-2371 for an appointment. Staff reporter Danny Connolly can be reached at Dconnolly@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @ DConnollyTV.
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Carbondale officials discuss problem, efforts to assist population of people without homes Courtney Alexander | @___Courtney_alex23______ Carbondale city officials discussed investing in programs for the homeless community if the city receives additional funding from the state and federal government. Carolin Harvey, a city councilwoman of Carbondale, said the city has made contributions to the homeless community, but there’s currently no long-term plan to end homelessness since local organizations assist the homeless population. “I don’t think there’s a formal longterm plan for ending homelessness that the city has, but the city is contributing to the end of that by helping the Warming Center. The building that the Warming Center is in is actually a city-owned building,” Harvey said. Local organizations that assist the homeless population are: the Good Samaritan Ministries of Carbondale and the Women’s Center. Carbondale Public Library also offers mental health services. Harvey said investing in more programs is limited due to funding, but the Warming Center could seek additional funding from the state and federal government. “If that’s what the funding was designated for, you can get funding for housing and job programs. A better scenario would be the Warming Center applies for those funds on their own so it doesn’t have to be funneled through the city, so they have full control of those funds,” Harvey said.
A Homeless military veteran, who did not wish to give his name, sits outside of the Carbondale Warming Center Feb. 25, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. “Most people here have got some kind of story,” he said. Sophie Whitten | @swhittenphotography
Carmalita Cahill, the executive director of the Carbondale Warming Center, said the center is a place where guests can find shelter and additional resources during the winter season. “We started as a warm and safe place for people to sleep and get connected to resources from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. throughout the winter months. When COVID-19 hit, we went to 24 hours,” Cahill said. Cahill said her job as the executive director includes finding funding for the center since the center relies on donations from the community. “As the executive director, I work on trying to find funding to keep us going
and I work day-to-day. [...] One of the ways to make donations is going to our website, cwcentered.org,” Cahill said. “Community members that would like to donate can use the donate now button, we’re always in need of the things we go through often like, disposable plates, silverware, cups.” The Warming Center also offers groups for men and women and there’s a program for employment opportunities. “We established a men’s empowerment, a woman’s empowerment, a goal orientation program, and a jobs program,” Cahill said.
Lee Fronabarger, a city councilman of Carbondale, said if the city receives additional funding from the state and federal government, there can be more investments in homeless programs. “We need help from the state government and we need help from the federal government to help solve homelessness. We also need help from local health agencies and other organizations in the community to help tackle this problem,” Fronabarger said. Fronabarger said homelessness is an issue the community must tackle together, but the city did make an effort to tackle the problem by opening
the Warming Center two years ago. “It’s not the city’s total responsibility to tackle homelessness; you heard the expression it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to tackle problems like homelessness,” Fronabarger said. Diana Brawley Sussman, the director of the Carbondale Public Library, said the Warming Center was created to assist the homeless population during the winter. “The city has done a lot for the Warming Center, we’re in a city-owned building which they brought up to code for free and they don’t charge us rent,” Sussman said. “The Warming Center currently doesn’t have any ongoing annual grant funding the way the other shelters do. We’re entirely dependent on donations so we can’t afford to be open 365 days a year with our current funding sources.” The center relies on donations from the community. “The community has been outstanding in its support of the Warming Center, when we get to the end of the season, we’ll have to decide to what extent we can continue to provide services before next winter,” Sussman said. “We don’t know for sure what that looks like, we have a meeting planned within the next couple of weeks to determine what we’ll do.” Courtney Alexander can be reached at calexander@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at ___Courtney_ alex23______.
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Illinois Food banks cope with unprecedented demand
Jason Flynn | @dejasonflynn
Steve Ericson, the executive director of Feeding Illinois, said he’s never seen any disaster that comes close to having the same devastating impact COVID-19 has had on the communities he serves. Ericson has been involved in food banking for almost 30 years, getting his start around the time of the Great Flood of 1993 which devastated communities along the Mississippi River valley “from Canada to the Gulf ” and he said even that crisis didn’t come close to impact of the pandemic. “We’ve never seen anything like this, and, you know, it basically shut down supply chains, shut down, obviously, all businesses everywhere short term,” Ericson said. At the beginning of the pandemic calls for services, like assistance applying for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, and requests for food skyrocketed. “Initially, we were seeing 500% increases,” Ericson said. “It was so off the charts, we didn’t, I’m not sure we were even capturing them all because it was just phone message after phone message.” The demand was driven primarily by people who had never previously needed any kind of emergency food service and didn’t have any idea of how to navigate the system, Ericson said. The calls have since plateaued and come back down but demand at every food bank remains high. The St. Louis Area Food Bank, which also services southwestern Illinois, distributed nearly 35 million meals from the middle of March to the end of December in 2019 according to Advocacy Manager Teresa Schryver . In 2020 that number rose to over 48 million meals, a 38.6% increase. Greater Chicago Food Depository wasn’t able to provide figures for the 2020 calendar year, but in their fiscal year, which ran from July of 2019 to June of 2020 they distributed 77.5 million meals, a 24 percent increase compared to the previous fiscal year according to Associate Director of Communications Greg Trotter. The Central Illinois Food Bank, based in Springfield, distributed over 8 million meals in 2019, and increased distribution to nearly 10 million meals in 2020, a 22% increase according to Executive Director Pam Molitoris. Tri-state food bank, which is based in Indiana and services 16 southeastern Illinois counties, saw a 6% increase in meals distributed in its Illinois counties from 2019 to 2020, according to Executive Director Glenn Roberts. “Like many other food banks, I’m sure, we saw a dramatic increase in need when the pandemic hit, and we’re continuing to serve a higher than normal level of people,
Terresa Craig, one of the volunteers at Victory Dream Center’s food pantry, organizes packaged food on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, at Victory Dream Center in Carbondale, Ill. “I feel happy to work here and serve the people I feel really satisfied,” Craig said. Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks
A Carbondale community member pushes her cart at the Victory Dream Center’s food pantry on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks
considerably higher,” Trotter said. The increases in food bank distribution are monumental, but they don’t capture the full distribution effort or demand for food around the state because the food banks only track what comes through their system. Programs like the Farmers to Families food boxes, and food drives that don’t involve the food bank can go largely unaccounted for in food distribution data though they provided tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions, of pounds of food throughout the state Ericson said. “A lot of those distributions are totally off our radar,” Ericson said. The silver lining of the pandemic is the new relationships which the food banks, pantries, and volunteers have developed to cope with the massive increase in food insecurity Trotter said.
“People and organizations have come together in ways that just weren’t happening,” Trotter said. “Organizations that are, like, entrenched in the neighborhood. They are deeply respected and trusted, they know the families that are coming in the doors.” One example Trotter gave was a pantry in the Bronzeville neighborhood in Chicago at Chosen Tabernacle Ministries which was on the verge of closing down when a team from the University of Chicago stepped up to assist with food distribution. Communities in southern Illinois also faced volunteer crises when older members couldn’t make themselves available due to the health risk posed by COVID-19. Megan Austin, director of the Murphysboro Food Pantry, said in a November interview that the pantry had been operating through
John Barsky picks up some bread at the Victory Dream Center food pantry on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. “This has been the huge support [during the pandemic]. The food is fresh and good too,” Barsky said. Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks
the pandemic with basically half the volunteers it would normally have, or less, because older members were at risk. Kendra Mitchell, the serve director at Little Chapel Church in Harrisburg, Illinois said in a February interview that the church had an influx of new, often younger, volunteers many of whom weren’t
even church goers that filled in potential gaps and they never ran short on people as a result. “Those guys are heroes in my opinion,” Ericson said. Staff reporter Jason Flynn can be reached at jflynn@dailyegyptian.com, by phone at 872-222-7821 or on Twitter at @dejasonflynn.
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REACH bill aims to require inclusive, comprehensive sex education in Illinois
Elena Schauwecker | eschauwecker@dailyegyptian.com
Sex education is not required in Illinois public schools, but in early February, Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill that will provide every K-12 student with a comprehensive sex education and implement a curriculum inclusive to LGBTQ students and nontraditional families. The Responsible Education for Adolescent and Children’s Health Act, or REACH Act, is sponsored by Democratic State Sen. Ram Villivalam, who spoke in a press release about the rapid increase of child sex abuse scandals, sexual harassment in the workplace, sexual assault on college campuses and the bullying of LGBTQ students. “Now more than ever, they need medically and factually accurate information as well as a safe environment to develop the skills they need to navigate our modern world,” Villivalam said. The bill would require the curriculum begin as early as kindergarten. While this has been a particularly controversial component of the legislation, State Rep. Kathleen Willis maintains in a press release that it is essential to begin teaching children about their bodies while they are still young. “It is not too early to start teaching children as young as preschool and definitely by kindergarten about healthy relationships. We are hearing more and more about kids that get bullied at a young age and that is something we need to take a step forward on,” Willis said. O.J. Duncan, an activist from Carbondale’s Rainbow Café, agrees with Willis about the importance of teaching consent to children as early in life as possible. He said it will help children to recognize sexual abuse and vocalize any inappropriate behaviors to which they are victims. “Consent does not apply to just sex. It applies to anything involving them and their bodies and should be taught early,” Duncan said. Duncan stressed his belief that children
should not be forced to give hugs, so they can learn they are never obligated to let someone touch them. Another major component of the bill is the implementation of sex education inclusive to LGBTQ students and students from “nontraditional” families, such as homes with single parents, same-sex parents or adopted children. “If you teach about a traditional family, you immediately tell people in a non-traditional family that they are less than other families. Everyone deserves to learn that they are normal, no matter what their family looks like,” Duncan said. While the bill says 93% of parents support sex education in middle and high school, not everyone shares Duncan’s enthusiasm for the new proposed curriculum. The Illinois ProFamily Alliance has spoken out against the bill, claiming the curriculum may undermine religious beliefs on controversial issues like abortion and pre-marital sex. It is clearly outlined in the bill that all parents may choose to opt their children out of the program. Molly Malone Rumley from the ProFamily Alliance said she would rather parents be able to “opt-in” than “opt-out,” and she believes the curriculum will prevent parents from monitoring their children’s learning. Kim Oswald, a junior social work major at SIU, said she agreed with all the actions put forth by the bill but does not believe it is extensive enough to cover both the physical and emotional issues within sexual education. “They should go deeper into the emotional part of it,” Oswald said. “Like the bond that you create, or how you can regret it.” Oswald said all the sexual education she received in high school was focused on heterosexual relationships and the practice of abstinence. She said she believes a more diverse curriculum with a more realistic approach to safe sex will go far in preventing teen pregnancy, STDs and rape. Staff reporter Elena Schauwecker can be reached at eschauwecker@dailyegyptian.com.
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SIUM Guest Column
Reasons for optimism, pessimism in battle against COVID-19
Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH |
Dean & Provost, SIU School of Medicine
As the burden of COVID-19 cases in our region and in the U.S. declines, there is widespread optimism that the pandemic may be waning. There is good reason for optimism. And some reason for pessimism. Optimism: Prevention. We have learned how to live in the presence of this coronavirus. With the appropriate use of preventive measures, there has been very little, and much less than predicted, transmission of the virus in healthcare and educational settings. Most of the spread has been in congregate gatherings in the community and the home. Though there is still uneasiness with the measures we take at this time, it is far more palatable and there is far greater certainty than in April and May last year. Optimism: Vaccines. We have excellent vaccines. Just as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines received Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA, a former FDA official gave the vaccines a grade of A+ for efficacy and safety. These vaccines have now been widely deployed, and they have fulfilled and exceeded expectations. There is a growing body of information that the first dose of each vaccine provides a higher degree of protection than first thought, up to 90%. Also, it appears that the second dose may provide a higher degree of protection than originally reported, up to 97%. Those few who are vaccinated and are
“It is now a time of vital importance to ‘be there for the person.’ We must be there for our patients, for our learners, for each other and for all those in our community. In the face of this pandemic, it is necessary that we steadfastly stand together for each other, … working together, supporting each other, covering for each other, so that we meet our collective and individual needs while we protect ourselves and those close to us...” unfortunate enough to contract COVID-19 very seldom become severely ill, and none have been reported to have died. New grade: A++. Optimism: Vaccination Rates. The rate of vaccination is rising. Since vaccine distribution began in the U.S. on Dec. 14, more than 65 million doses have been administered, reaching 13.6% of the total U.S. population, according to CDC data released last week. More than 1,800,000 shots are administered in the U.S. each day, exceeding the modest goal of the present administration by 80%, and exceeding the daily rate in December and January by more than 250%. In Illinois, 14.1% of the population has been vaccinated, which ranks 19th among states. Vaccines are in short supply now, but on February 11, the federal government announced deals to purchase 600 million vaccine doses from Pfizer and Moderna, to be delivered by the summer. Pessimism: Inequitable Vaccine Distribution. According to a Feb.16 CDC publication, race and ethnicity is known for 55%
of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, in the U.S., “the vaccination rate among White people is over three times higher than the rate for Hispanic people (10% vs 3%) and twice as high as the rate for Black people (10% vs. 5%). White people have a higher vaccination rate compared to Hispanic and Black people in all reporting states, but the size of these differences varies widely across states.” While the reason for this disparity is multi-faceted, these statistics once again shine the bright COVID light directly on the racial inequities and injustice in the U.S. Pessimism: COVID-19 Variants. Variants occur when there are amino acid mutations on the spike protein of the coronavirus. Variants are not new strains; they are the result of minor variations. According to a recent report from the CDC, many new variants have recently arisen, and one now causes significant concern. From the United Kingdom, the B.1.1.7 lineage variant has the potential to increase the U.S. pandemic
trajectory in the coming months. At present, more than 15% of cases in Florida are attributable to the B.1.1.7 strain, and the strain has now been reported in California. From Lehigh Valley Health Network, here are simple facts about this variant: 1) It’s more contagious than the original strain and other variants. 2) Risk for complications from the infection is similar to the original strain. 3) It is probably more widespread than we realize, and 4) Vaccines provide protection against adverse outcomes and death from B.1.1.7. The increased transmissibility of the B.1.1.7 variant warrants universal and increased compliance with mitigation strategies, including distancing and masking. Some good news within a pessimism paragraph: Herd immunity will significantly limit the development of new variants. Also, genomic sequence analysis through the National SARS-CoV-2 Strain Surveillance program will enable a targeted approach to identifying variants of concern in the United States. Dr. Keith Gagnon in SIU’s
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Carbondale is a world-class COVID-19 genome sequencer, and will keep us informed. Pessimism: The Heavy Personal Burden of COVID-19. Well, this really isn’t pessimism, it’s just human nature. We are a year into the pandemic. Our lives have been altered. Many of us have been put in high pressure situations, 24/7/365, that we haven’t experienced before. We have stress in our family units – child care, virtual learning and WebEx meetings, altered work schedules. I could go on and on. The stress is very real, sometimes quite noticeable and sometimes invisible. Let’s be mindful of this, and show the grace and kindness that we have throughout the pandemic. In my March 13, 2020, COVID-19 message to our campuses, I wrote this: “It is now a time of vital importance to ‘be there for the person.’ We must be there for our patients, for our learners, for each other and for all those in our community. In the face of this pandemic, it is necessary that we steadfastly stand together for each other, … working together, supporting each other, covering for each other, so that we meet our collective and individual needs while we protect ourselves and those close to us...” We’re getting through this together, and optimism now certainly outweighs pessimism. Keep up the great work!
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Rainbow Cafe: Serving the LGBTQ youth of southern Illinois Diksha Mittal | dmittal@dailyegyptian.com Rainbow Cafe was founded by some of the local, LGBTQ friendly churches in Carbondale about 20 years ago. It started primarily as a small drop-in and support group for LGBTQ youth and allies. For the first 17 years, it focused on programming for young people. It was in 2017 that Benton Goff, who is now the manager, decided to take the lead in expanding programming and services to include transgender youth. Goff has been associated with Rainbow Cafe since he was 15 years old and was responsible for the success of many of its initiatives like Transitions and Elevate Groups. Transitions is a group that creates a welcoming and supportive environment for transgender, gender non-conforming and questioning youth while Elevate group focuses on older LGBTQ youth and allies between the ages of 18 and 25. Tara Bell- Janowick , the Community Relations Director with the Rainbow Cafe has been associated with it for the last six years and has helped organize and facilitate the Southern Illinois Pride Festival. The Pride Festival was started in 2018 featuring bands, community tables, bands and speakers and evening benefit shows. The festival has grown quickly, even during the pandemic. The previous festival, which was held last June, featured a drag show and a drive-by pride event where the participants decorated their cars and drove through the city. “The purpose of a Pride event is to raise awareness about the LGBTQ community and to establish a presence and create a safe space for all LGBTQ individuals,” Bell said. “So for an area such as Southern Illinois, where many of our
regions are rural and our participants are coming from small towns, this is a pretty big deal for us. So we have been excited to be able to host that festival these past few years.” Bell also facilitates Unconditional which is primarily a group for parents of LGBTQ youth and adults that support LGBTQ family units. Unconditional offers, “education, resources, and a chance for increased understanding of LGBTQ issues, identities and support” to its members. “We have done meetings that focus on […] foster care, the need for foster parents for LGBTQ youth [and] helping LGBTQ families to become foster parents,” Bell said. “We have also had programming that focuses on things such as how to support our LGBTQ teenage children and transgender community.” They focus on adult issues like situations where one parent is accepting but the other is not. Bell, who identifies as bisexual, said personal experience drives her dedication and service towards Rainbow Cafe. “When I was teaching at Rend Lake College, I got very involved with GSA [Gender and Sexuality Alliance or Gay, Straight Alliance] there and started working with a few young folks particularly helping them to move through things such as the conversion therapy stories […] around the same time, my own son was starting to explore their sexual identity and came out to me first as gender fluid and then as trans,” she said. This motivated her to provide a helping hand to these students whose needs are often neglected by society. ‘‘I am a transgender [man]. I became really interested in activism […] after I came out to my parents and I got an unsupportive response. The reason I feel so drawn to Rainbow Cafe and queer activism is because I want to revive the same
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community that I myself needed at that time,” Goff said. The Rainbow Cafe is also a space for “chosen families” to blossom and conducts events like annual summer camps and weekly events. ‘’Chosen family is essential for a lot of trans youth and queer youth. It is a reality that our [...] biological families will not be affirming of our identities and that is really disheartening,” Goff said. “[In such cases], friends become our family that we need.” The Cafe administrators have also worked in collaboration with legislators in order to devise new ways to safeguard LGBTQ rights. For example, one of the progressive initiatives that the Rainbow Cafe is working on in conjunction with Planned Parenthood and Equality Illinois, which is a Human Rights Activist Group in Illinois, is the REACH Act. The REACH Act was developed to ensure ageappropriate, comprehensive and inclusive personal health and safety education to be taught in public schools in grade K-12. One of its aims is to develop an educational curriculum that is inclusive of LGBTQ individuals. Administrators are working to get the Inclusive Curriculum Law in the schools across the United States. This Act, which was passed in 2020, aims at granting recognition and acknowledgment to LGBTQ individuals in history which are included in the curriculum. “It would be important to include more trans theory, and trans feminism in our higher education
courses,” Bell said. Bell said other problems in the southern Illinois region are workplace discrimination against trans people and unequal access to housing. “When I am in my classes outside of my classes of gender theory, a lot of my peers at SIU don’t understand trans people,” Goff said. “One of the things that I want to see in southern Illinois is that people are more affirming […] of trans people. The legislators at the moment are not super queeraffirming or oriented towards queer rights.” Still, there are signs of slow progress. Goff applauded the legislation that was passed in 2019 wherein single-occupancy public bathrooms were labeled as gender-neutral in southern Illinois. Yet, there is still a gap in public infrastructure and education. For example, the long and costly process of changing the legal name of transgender individuals and lack of LGBTQ characters in children’s story books point to the deliberate neglect towards the LGBTQ section of our society. This points to the need to raise awareness at all levels about LGBTQ individuals and the need to address controversial debates about LGBTQ rights in the media. At the end of the day, Bell said, “We are human beings. Transgender individuals exist and these are not theories that can be debated based on someone’s perspective. These rights apply to actual human individual people.” Staff reporter Diksha Mittal can be reached at dmittal@dailyegyptian.com.
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samaritan of the week
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Keep Carbondale Beautiful
Keaton Yates | @keatsians
Anne Krippenstapel, executive director of Keep Carbondale Beautiful, has been working hard to make caring about the environment a priority for Carbondale. Starting in 1987 as “Carbondale Clean and Green,” Keep Carbondale Beautiful is a nonprofit organization focusing on litter control, recycling, environmental education and cleaning the Carbondale community. With a community full of committed scientists, conservationists and all around nature loving folks, Krippenstapel said working with the people is the best part of the job. She said her goal is trying to make being an environmentalist fun for other people. “When a citizen is observant and engaged, they will feel more compelled to be a good steward to their land,” Krippenstapel said. For the entire month of April, Keep Carbondale Beautiful will be hosting their second annual 30 Day Litter Pickup Challenge. They are also preparing for their biannual spring native tree sale that will occur on April 3. Currently, Keep Carbondale Beautiful has Grab N Go Litter kits available at Hickory Lodge. People can pick from small, medium or large kits with bags, disposable gloves and a route map of the city. Litter grabbers and yellow safety vests are also available by request, Krippenstapel said.
“We love when people tell us about where they went, how many bags they hauled out and if they saw anything cool,” Krippenstapel said. “Wildlife sightings or unusual trash finds are always neat.” In late summer and early fall, Keep Carbondale Beautiful will be hosting an event called Dash for Trash, a motorcycle ride to natural areas to pick up litter and then go back for a raffle. Keep Carbondale Beautiful also has a student program through the Sustainability Office called the “Environmental Ambassador” award. With a minimum of 30 service hours, the award will be added to a student’s transcript. In the future, Krippenstapel said she would like to see more engagement in reducing grass monoculture lawns by planting native pollinator gardens. “We appreciate when people report seeing an uptick in litter debris in new places,” Krippenstapel said. “We need more eyes and ears on the ground to help us.” To become involved, Krippenstapel can be reached at keepcb1326@gmail.com or by phone at (618) 525-5525. Litter pickup kits are available at the screened in porch of Hickory Lodge, 1115 W. Sycamore. Staff reporter Keaton Yates can be reached by email at kyates@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @keatsians.
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Marching Salukis adapt practices with COVID-19 restrictions
Kathryn Pugh, a senior majoring in chemistry, practices COVID-19 regulations and the tuba in Altgeld Hall on Feb. 22, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. Madison Taylor | @the.madisontaylor Madison Taylor | @taylorm08
The Marching Salukis practices have looked a little different this year due to the pandemic. The band has been directed by Dr. George Brozak for the past five years. Due to COVID-19 regulations, the band has been social distancing, but is still able to get together and do what they do best, play music in harmony.
They wear masks designed to play their specific instruments. Some have holes in the front for instruments like baritones and clarinets while others have holes going on the side of the mask for instruments like the piccolo. The Marching Salukis gather every Tuesdays and Thursdays this semester at Altgeld Hall and practice while staying socially distanced.
They played pop songs like Allstar by Smashmouth, Bad Guy by Billie Eilish and the Saluki Fight Song in preparation for the next home football game on February 27, at the SIU Banterra Center. Staff photographer Madison Taylor can be reached at mtaylor@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @taylorm08
Peyton Schnurr, a senior art major and Luiie Barrera, a sophomore mathematics major, play “All Star” by Smashmouth to get ready for their upcoming performance at the next football game on Feb. 22, 2021, in Carbondale Ill.. Madison Taylor | @the.madisontaylor
Ariana FullerMoutell, a senior majoring in music, plays the clarinet outside Shryock Auditorium on Feb. 22, 2021 Carbondale Ill. Madison Taylor | @ the.madisontaylor Emily Gallagher, a senior majoring in music, and Alex Troue, a sophomore studying informational systems technology, practice “Saluki Men” outside Shryock Auditorium on Feb. 22, 2021 Carbondale Ill. Madison Taylor | @the.madisontaylor
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Rubby Zollner, 22 months, smiles after daycare on Friday, Feb. 25, 2021 at Pagliai’s Pizza in Carbondale, Ill. Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks
Indoor dining options remain open in Carbondale amid COVID-19
Elizabeth Hamilton | ehamilton@dailyegyptian.com
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, daily life was altered, including dining at restaurants. Since restrictions were put in place by the government, restaurants have offered many alternatives to stay open for business to consumers such as food delivery, no-contact pickups, and socially distanced takeout. As COVID-19 numbers in Jackson County have decreased in the past few months, restaurants in Carbondale are beginning to open for dine-in. These restaurants include but are not limited to: Bandana’s Bar-B-Q Bandana’s is located at 309 E Main St, Carbondale, IL 62901 and the hours of operation are seven days a week from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Bandana’s manager, John Dickerson spoke about the importance of safety for employees and customers alike and how Bandana’s is committed to providing safe and enjoyable dining. “Our customers have to be at least six feet apart, so we’ve got every other table blocked off,” Dickerson said. “For our banquet room, we can do banquets for up to 50 people. It’s no more than 10 people per table and tables have to be six feet apart.” In addition to this, Bandana’s is also maintaining other state safety guidelines such as requiring customers and employees to wear masks and ensuring extra sanitizing
Michael Zollner spends some quality time with his family on Friday, Feb. 25, 2021
Melissa Parsons, the owner of Pagliai’s Pizza, welcomes customers with half of the original capacity of 166 persons to maintain safe social distancing on Friday, Feb. 25,2021 in Carbondale, Ill. “We have been sanitizing all the items, wearing masks all the time and taking temperatures of the staff in order to make them feel safe,” Parsons said. Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks
machines are around the restaurant. Quatro’s Pizza Quatro’s Pizza is located at 218 W Freeman St, Carbondale, IL 62901. The hours of operation are seven days a week from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. The manager Blake Morrison also provided information on how Quatro’s is making employee and customer safety its top priority. Some of the safety measures include keeping tables six feet apart, mask requirements for employees and customers and increased cleaning of all surfaces and menus. In addition to dining in, Quatro’s also offers no contact delivery and pick up for customers. Hunan Chinese Hunan Chinese is located at 710 E
Main St, Carbondale, IL 62901. The hours of operation are seven days a week from 11:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Human Chinese is currently serving at 25% capacity. The tables are spaced apart according to the Phase 4 guidelines set by the state and customers must be masked at all times unless they are eating. Hunan Chinese also provides additional masks and gloves at the door should customers not have their own, according to the manager. Don Sol Don Sol is located at 715 N Giant City Rd, Carbondale, IL 62902. The hours of operation are MondayThursday 11 a.m. -9:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
at Pagliai’s Pizza in Carbondale, Ill. “It’s Friday so we are spending some quality time here with my family. We came from Marion,’ Zollner said. “The ambience of this place is awesome and friendly for the children. Also, the delicious pizza here entices us.” Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks
Don Sol is serving at 50% capacity, while maintaining six feet apart social distancing. The staff also provide additional sanitizers around the restaurant. Employees must wear masks at all times during their shift, and customers must wear masks when not seated and eating at their table. Tres Hombres Tres Hombres is located at 119 N Washington St, Carbondale, IL 62901. The hours of operation are Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m.-12 a.m.. and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. -2 a.m. Employees must wear masks at all times and customers are asked to wear masks when they are moving around the restaurant. The staff works hard to complete cleaning
and sanitizing after every person. Many of the health regulations, such as thorough cleaning, were required prior to COVID-19. Other restaurants in Carbondale that are open for dine-in include Pagaili’s Pizza, the Underground, Applebee’s, Chili’s, Fazoli’s, Fujiyama, Golden Corral, Moe’s, Taco Bell and Buffalo Wild Wings. For more information on safety requirements for dining out in Illinois please visit the following website, State of Illinois Reopening Guidance and Mitigations - Illinois Restaurant Association (illinoisrestaurants.org) Staff reporter Elizabeth Hamilton can be reached at ehamilton@ dailyegyptian.com
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Annual community winter market continues despite restrictions
Sara Wangler | @sara_Wangler
Carbondale’s annual Winter Farmers market looks a bit different this year. A new location and fewer vendors are some of the changes made to ensure the safety for vendors and customers. Libby Ervin, the market manager of the Winter Farmers Market, has worked with the community and vendors in trying to provide a safe and efficient winter market. “This year we tried to abide by COVD-19 protocol to make sure we could provide the community with the produce and goods they want, but in the safest way possible,” Ervin said. By implementing new rules and regulations, there were cuts made to the amount of vendors present, Ervin said. “We cut back the amount of vendors that are featured every week; typically we have 24 vendors, though, as of now we have 12 each week,” Ervin said. University Mall was open to Derek Ervin of Glacier’s End discusses the differences between each flavor of his unique vinegar syrup Saturday, February 27, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. having the market and there was “The berry ones go great with vodka. They all go good with rum … I guarantee ya, you try one you’re gonna be hooked,” Ervin said. James B Allen | @ enough room to host the event skyclopsphotojamboree safely and the location for the market this year was well thought Anna, has been participating in out, Ervin said. farmers markets for four years. “The market is located in the Glays and his wife own a small movie theater wing in University family owned farm offering a wide Mall, it gives customers and vendors variety of poultry. plenty of room to browse and talk “We provide certified animal in a safe manner,” Ervin said. “Our welfare grass fed lamb and goat old location was at the high school, as well as pastured poultry, our since the school can no longer host chickens are slow growing and we separate events indoors or out, we use a non-GMO grain, ” Glays set up shop at the mall. The set up said. “It’s pretty fancy lamb, coincides well with the rest of the chicken and goat.” mall, mall goers can browse at their Producing poultry in the right targeted stores then make their way way is the most important thing to to the market.” Flock Farm. An online ordering system was “We wanna eat meat, I didn’t also introduced last year, Ervin said. want to give it up but I wanted to “We now offer online purchasing do it in the right way,” Glays said. of goods and curbside pick up, we “We took the time in getting the have a program through our website right amount of land, providing where customers can order their adequate shelter and making sure products and schedule a preferred the animals always have access to pick up time,” Ervin said. “It’s an fresh water.” additional safety measure that’s Despite changes in the past year worked really well.” business for The Flock farm hasn’t In addition to the online ordering slowed down, said Glays. system SNAP benefits are now “We’re used to having outdoor accepted by the market. markets, it’s different, but the The Community Farmers market invites patrons to come to shop the wares of a coalition of local farmers and “Through the online option outcome has been great,” Glays community members Saturday, February 27, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. James B Allen | @skyclopsphotojamboree we now offer SNAP benefits to said. “Everyone was apprehensive purchase goods, in doing this we at first, but everyone has been grow naturally on our property,” can provide more people with respectful. We haven’t had any Derek Ervin said. fresh and local goods,” Ervin said. issues at all.” As far as the cooking and making “Rather than paying through the Winter markets are generally of products, Derek Ervin does it all. website, customers using SNAP will slower compared to the spring “We are what’s called cottage pay in person.” and summer markets, according to food, it allows farmers to create In the winter months, many Glays. food products in their own kitchen people think fresh produce and “It is a new location, so getting then sell them at farmers markets quality meat aren’t available, that’s the word out is the biggest only,” Derek Ervin said. “There is a totally false, according to Ervin. obstacle,” Glays said. bill coming to the Illinois legislature “Vendors offer everything from There are fruit and vegetable that will expand that. That would local produce, chicken, pork, bison, farmers making homemade allow us to mail our products within beef, and fish to hand made crafts fruit, vegetable and flower based state lines and open up more room and locally harvested honey,” Ervin products at the market. Derek “We have everything from A lot of the products made by for new customers.” said. “ Access to these types of Ervin and event coordinator pepper jellies to hot sauces to fruit Glaciers End are made from native products is still available in harsh Libbey Ervin got married and then syrups,” Derek Ervin said. “We plants that grow on the Glaciers Staff reporter Sara Wangler can be weather conditions like we’ve had.” inherited a farm from a family grow a lot of Elderberry, since it’s End property, Derek Ervin said. reached at swangler@dailyegyptian. Brent Glays, a poultry farmer member Glaciers End farm, where local to the area, it’s one of our “We use a lot of honeysuckle and com or on Twitter at @sara_ from The Flock Farm based in they operate from. most popular items.” blackberry, a lot of the ingredients Wangler.
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Feature
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From Ireland to the United States International student pursues glass blowing at SIU
Leah Sutton | @LeahSutton_
Living 3,916 miles from home in a different country is hard enough, but trying to do so during a world-wide pandemic is much harder. Sadhbh Mowlds, an international student from Dublin Ireland, is in her second year in her MFA in glass blowing at SIU. Mowlds came to the United States to study glass blowing because it was “affordable and North America the best glass blowing school reputation.” Before attending SIU in 2014, Mowlds received her bachelor’s degree in glass at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. After school in Dublin, she worked at a small glass studio, Berlin Glas, for five years where she took commissions with artists and designers and instructed outreach programs and workshops. “I would have really liked to have gone home for winter, but it just wouldn’t have been possible,” Mowlds said. “I managed to get back to Europe during the summer when everything happened and I was able to get back into Ireland just because I have citizenship there, but it took me a long time to get back into Germany. I tried to get a flight from Ireland into Germany and that didn’t work, they wouldn’t let me out.” After coming back to the U.S. in the fall of 2020, Mowlds said she had to quarantine after reentering the country and wasn’t able to go back to Ireland for winter break. “It’s weird having Christmas here alone and Zooming with my family on Christmas Day. I’m not a big Christmas person, but I miss people,” Mowlds said. Mowlds said she spends most of her day in the glass blowing hot shop at SIU. “It’s pretty intense here. We have to work 20 hours, we have other classes and if you have a three hour blow slot, you have to assist someone else for three hours so it’s like nine hours in the hotshop is actually 18 hours and then trying to do your own work with your spare time,” Mowlds said. Although the U.S. has a lot of fine art glass opportunities, Mowlds said she would like to return to Ireland after school. Mowlds said she misses the music, the Irish traditions and little things about Dublin. “The people in Dublin are so funny. Irish people are really funny and I only just realized that when I left,” Mowlds said. Photo Editor Leah Sutton can be reached at Lsutton@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @LeahSutton_
Sadhbh Mowlds, a second year MFA student from Ireland, works in the glass blowing hot shop at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. Feb. 12, 2021. Mowlds said that she had a rough summer in regard to travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic. She said was able to get into Ireland because she has citizenship there, but had trouble getting into Germany. “When the borders went down, I was able to get into Germany to see my friends,” Mowlds said. Leah Sutton | @leahsuttonphotography
Sadhbh Mowlds, a second year MFA student from Ireland, works in the glass blowing hot shop at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. Feb. 12, 2021. “It was really last minute that I decided to get a master’s. I was just feeling like I was in a rut and North America has the best reputation for glass schools,” Mowlds said. Leah Sutton | @leahsuttonphotography
Sadhbh Mowlds, a second year MFA student from Ireland, uses a jack in the glass blowing hot shop at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. Feb. 12, 2021. Jacks can be used to separates the blowpipe from the molten glass. Leah Sutton | @leahsuttonphotography
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Salukis prepare for Arch Madness
Ryan Scott | @RyanscottDE.
With the regular season of play now over, Southern Illinois men’s basketball will spend the next few days preparing for postseason play at the Arch Madness Missouri Valley Conference Tournament held at the Enterprise Center in Saint Louis. The Salukis finished their season 11-13 overall and 5-13 in the MVC, finishing eighth out of the ten MVC teams. The eighth seedfinish earns them a Thursday at 5:00 p.m. matchup against ninthseeded Bradley University. SIU has played Bradley twice with both teams winning one game out of the series. The Braves took the first game on Feb. 6, 74-66 and the Salukis took the second game the next day 69-68. The Salukis’ head coach Bryan Mullins spoke on the difficulty of playing Bradley, who won the last two MVC championships. “Obviously an extremely tough game for us to start Arch Madness against the team that’s won it the last couple years, a team that we played last year and a team that just had a great win [against Drake University]. We’ll have our hands full,” Mullins said. The winner of the SIU-Bradley matchup will face the nationallyranked No. 22 Loyola University Chicago Ramblers Friday at 11 a.m. SIU faced LUC the weekend before the tournament on Feb. 26 and 27 at Gentile Arena, dropping the first game by eight points and the second by seven points in overtime. Following the series in Chicago, Mullins discussed the team’s defensive efforts as heading into postseason play.
Southern Illinois Saluki Guard, Lance Jones, defends his team against the Bradley Braves during the Missouri Valley Comfrence at the St. Louis Enterprice Center. The game ended with Bradley beating Southern 64 to 59 on Friday, March 6, 2020. Nicole Tillberg | @Nicoletillberg315
“I think our guys are competing and they’re being more connected defensively. I think our defensive effort gets better every week since the fall. You’re not going to win or compete in St. Louis if you can’t guard,” Mullins said Sophomore guard Lance Jones, who has been averaging 13.7 points per game for SIU, said the team has been playing hard recently and hopes to see it carry over into the tournament. “We’re playing hard and with complete confidence, we just can’t take any steps back and we’ve got to keep moving forward. We have to have good practice this week
and just go out there and play a conference,” Jones said. Southern’s top performers aside from Jones this season have been sophomore guard Ben Harvey, who is averaging 9.4 points, senior center Anthony D’Avanzo, who agerages 7.3 points per game and sophomore guard Steven Verplancken Jr. with a game average of 6.9 points. Mullins confirmed on Monday that the Salukis’ leading scorer Marcus Domask, who hasn’t played since their Jan. 4 game against Drake due to an injury, will miss the MVC tournament. “He’s gonna be out this weekend.
He’s done everything he can to try and get back. It’s in his best interest long term to get healthy and have a great season next year,” Mullins said. Last year in the conference tournament, SIU lost to Bradley in their opening game. The Salukis last won the conference tournament in 2006 and haven’t made the NCAA tournament since 2007. The Thursday play-in round will be finished off with the No. 10 seed Illinois State Redbirds (7-17, 4-14 MVC) playing the No. 7 seed Northern Iowa Panthers (9-15, 7-11 MVC), with tipoff at 8:08 p.m. The winner will take on the No. 2 Drake Bulldogs (24-3, 15-3
MVC) on Friday. The two final matchups on Friday will be between the No. 3 seed Missouri State Bears (16-6, 12-6 MVC) and the No. 6 seed Valparaiso, and the No. 4 seed Indiana State Sycamores (10-17, 7-11 MVC) and the No. 5 seed Evansville Aces (9-15, 7-11 MVC). Below is a full schedule of the Arch Madness Tournament. Thursday, March 4 Game #1 – #9 Bradley University vs. #8 Southern Illinois University – 5 p.m. Central (MVC TV Network) Game #2 – #10 Illinois State University vs. #7 Valparaiso University – 8 p.m. Central (MVC TV Network) Friday, March 5 Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. #1 Loyola (Chicago) -- 11 a.m. Central (MVC TV Network) Game #4 – #5 Northern Iowa University vs. #4 Indiana State University -- 2 p.m. Central (MVC TV Network) Game #5 – Winner Game #2 vs. #2 Drake University -- 5 p.m. Central (MVC TV Network) Game #6 – #6 Evansville University vs. #3 Missouri State University -- 8 p.m. Central (MVC TV Network) Saturday, March 6 Game #7 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #4 -- 12 p.m. Central (CBS Sports Network) Game #8 – Winner Game #5 vs. Winner Game #6 -- 3 p.m. Central (CBS Sports Network) Sunday, March 7 Game #9 – Winner Game #7 vs. Winner Game #8 -- 1:10 p.m. Central (CBS Sports) Sports reporter Ryan Scott can be reached at rscott@dailyegyptian.com or on twitter @RyanscottDE.
Salukis defeat No. 1 North Dakota State 38-14
Ryan Scott | @RyanscottDE
North Dakota State’s 39-game winning streak has been ended by the Southern Illinois University Salukis (2-1,1-1 MVFC), who pulled off the 38-14 upset victory against the winners of eight of the last nine FCS championships. The Saluki defense allowed only 14 points over the course of four quarters of play to the Missouri Valley No. 1-ranked Bisons (2-1,11 MVFC). A dominant defensive start along with a few big plays by Avante Cox got the Salukis out to a 17-point lead, which they maintained throughout the entire game. SIU Head coach Nick Hill said the turnover margin was the biggest difference in the game. “Turnover margins are the key to winning a football game, it’s the number one stat of winning a football game,” Hill said.“Win the turnover battle and you’re gonna win a lot of games.” Hill discussed the defense as well and said not many teams have done
what they did to the Bison. “There’s not a lot of teams that dominate the line of scrimmage against North Dakota State in the last, I don’t know how many years. I felt like they had the right mindset and had a great plan moving around a lot and guys made plays and put them in more predictable down and distances,” Hill said. SIU opened the game with the ball and drove past midfield, but weren’t able to put points on the board. The Bison then punted after getting one first down on their opening possession. The Salukis went on an over seven-minute drive that was capped off by a 39-yard field goal by senior kicker Nico Gualdoni to open the scoring. The Salukis would take that 3-0 lead through the end of the first quarter. NDSU would go three and out at the beginning of the second quarter and the Salukis were able to score once again after a 93-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run by sophomore running back Romeir Elliot putting the Salukis up 10-0.
Another Salukis defensive stop set up a 65-yard completion for the Salukis from former high school teammates sophomore quarterback Nic Baker to junior wide receiver Avante Cox, putting the Salukis inside the Bisons’ five yard line. NDSU was able to force SIU to a fourth down and goal play, but the Salukis were able to find the endzone after a one yard run from Javon Williams Jr. moving ahead 17-0 with 55 seconds left in the first half. The first touchdown for NDSU came off a 37-yard pass from senior quarterback Zeb Noland, which was caught by redshirt freshman wide receiver Jake Lippe on the last play of the first half, cutting into SIU’s lead at 17-7. The late touchdown by the Bisons left SIU discussing in the locker room at the half how to maintain their momentum. “We’ve been in this position many times in the past going into the half with a lead and came out of the half and ended up losing the game. So the focus right there was
to make sure that everyone stayed focused, never too high, never too low,” senior linebacker Bryce Notree said. A critical moment in the game came with just over a minute left in the third quarter, with the Salukis up 17-7, when sophomore safety Clayton Bush got a strip sack that was recovered by the Salukis. Notree also spoke of the importance of that play and the offense scoring right after, and said it was huge for the win. “It’s huge, Coach talks about it every week. We have to win the turnover margin every week, […] we won the turnover margin today and won the game,” Notree said. In the fourth, the Salukis were able to go up 24-7 after a scoreless third quarter and on a pass where Baker connected with senior wide receiver Landon Lenoir for a touchdown. After the game, Baker said it’s huge having playmakers like Avante Cox and Lenoir. An interception by senior safety Roderick Campbell set up yet
another Saluki touchdown and a three-yard Williams Jr. touchdown run put the Salukis up 31-7 putting the Bison in an insurmountable hole. Late in the game the Salukis added another touchdown, giving themselves the 38-7 advantage, but the Bison would score for their second and final time with 2:16 left in the fourth quarter. The Salukis, still ahead 38-14, ran out the clock to seal the win. After the game, Hill spoke on the huge win and said the team should be excited but needs to prepare for next week. “Really, in the locker room after the game, I told them this is a week 2 win; we’re 1-1 in the Missouri Valley so [we’re] never taking winning for granted,” Hill said. The Salukis will look to carry over the momentum from this huge win next week as they faceoff against Youngstown State in Ohio. Kickoff is at 11 a.m. Sports reporter Ryan Scott can be reached at rscott@dailyegyptian.com or on twitter @RyanscottDE.
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SIU middle Blocker, Imani Hartfield (16), leaps to meet the ball as it falls mid-air Sunday, February 21, 2021, at Davies Gym in Carbondale, Ill. Hartfield is a freshman studying biology in the pre-med track with a season high of 14 kills in a game. “A kill is when you hit the ball and the other team isn’t able to pick it up and bring it back over,” Hartfield said. “Essentially it lands on the ground and that’s what leads to a kill and those points eventually add up.” James B Allen | @skyclopsphotojamboree
Freshman Imani Hartfield stands out for Saluki volleyball team Janae Mosby | @mosbyj Freshman middle hitter Imani Hartfield is a new addition to the Salukis women’s volleyball team and she has already made a big impact on the team. Hartfield went to high school in Sanford, Fla. where she hit .369 with 203 kills and 48 blocks as a senior. She made the All-Conference first team in 2019 and Orlando All-Area second team in 2018. “[My mom] forced me to do volleyball and I hated it at first, but I kept playing and I realized I loved it,” Hartfield said. Hartfield comes from an athletic family; her mom played basketball and her dad and brother played baseball. She said her family’s support is very important to her and they attend her games often. “They come to my games all the time, though it has been a little tough with the pandemic. Their support is what keeps me going hard on my toughest days,” Hartfield said. Hartfield is studying biological sciences in pre-med and said she is enjoying the SIU campus. Hartfield’s volleyball career at SIU started in 2021 and she has been an impactful addition to the team. She has a total of 89 kills, averaging .320 kills a game, along with 30 blocks
Hannah Becker (8) and Imani Hartfield (16) prepare to receive and block their opposing team, University of Iowa, on Feb. 22, 2021, Carbondale Ill. Madison Taylor | @the.madisontaylor through the 10 games they have played this season. “She’s a really positive player and she is very level headed as well. When we need her to get a point when it’s a really tight set, she is always cool, calm and collected,” teammate senior setter Rachel Maguire said. Maguire said it has been really good having Hartfield on the team and she really helps out in the middle.
Hartfield’s best game so far in this season was against Valparaiso on Feb. 14. She had 14 kills, four digs and eight blocks. “[Her kills] are super important because when she hits, she can get up there like no one else can and whenever she kills it, it is dramatic, the other team feels her hits,” Maguire said. Maguire said Hartfield is a dynamic player and it has been really
good having her on the team. “I know if I need to get a point, I’m going to Imani,” Maguire said. Hartfield said she was very excited when she found out she was going to be playing for SIU. Her favorite part about playing is her teammates and their encouragement and energy. “I hope to see the team continue to give their 100 percent and be able to trust in one another to do their jobs efficiently, so the rest are able to
do their own jobs to the best of their ability,” Hartfield said. Right now, Hartfield said she is working on deep corner shots and being more consistent in blocking. “I think I can definitely improve on my blocking and my distance from the setter and staying behind her. I think those are my two biggest things,” Hartfield said. Hartfield said she is striving to work hard and better herself for her team so they can win more games and hopes they will be undefeated in future seasons. Hartfield said head coach Ed Allen has helped a lot in improving her volleyball skills. “He’s done a ton. He’s changed almost everything I’ve done for the better. He’s changed my footwork, the way I use my hands and the way I see the court,” Hartfield said. Since Hartfield is only a freshman, she has more time under Allen to keep improving and honing her skills. “I think she is going to improve a lot. She’s already doing great as a freshman, throughout the four years, especially under Coach, I can only see her going up,” Maguire said. Staff reporter Janae Mosby can be reached at jmosby@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @mosbyj.
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