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Daily Egyptian wins big at annual ICPA conference
Janiyah Gaston | @DEJaniyah
The Daily Egyptian won 19 awards at the Illinois College Press Association (ICPA) annual conference in Chicago, held from March 18 to 19. ICPA has been hosting their annual conference for 30 years as a way to celebrate students in the journalism field. Collegiate, student-run newspapers from across Illinois attended the event such as University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and more. The event was spread out across two days with various sessions for journalists to learn new skills, network and discuss current issues in the field. The sessions covered topics such as media ethics and photography critiques. Oreoluwa Ojewuyi editor in chief for the Daily Egyptian and Annie Hammock Faculty managing editor were panelists for the mental health in the journalism field panel. On day one, sessions ran from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The first session was a photo competition presented by John Plevka, advisor for the Illinois State University newspaper, The Vidette. The debrief of the contest proceeded a lighting seminar by Greg Copper, assistant professor of photojournalism at Eastern Illinois University. The theme for the photo competition was “block story,” and participants were tasked with telling a story within one city block. The next three sessions to follow were a crash course in how to use digital software to improve newspapers’ reach, an editor’s roundtable and a critical thinking seminar. During the editor’s roundtable, advised by Shelly Hendricks and Wes Sanderson of the Northern Star newspaper from Northern Illinois University, editors-in-chief from different newspapers discussed the highs and lows of running a newspaper. The primary topics discussed during the roundtable were issues regarding hiring new people and different areas of funding for the various papers. The final sessions of the day were seminars on public relations, college newspapers and how they are being funded and a forum on mental health in journalism. The day ended with a newspaper critique, where the different newspapers received helpful criticism about their papers. Parallels between journalism and public relations were analyzed in the public relations seminar led by Greg Rivara, chief of
The Daily Egyptian won 19 awards including second place for General Excellence in Print.
communications for the Illinois State Treasurer’s office. Rivara said platforms should know what their message to their audience is, and should not add too much into lead sentences. The final day of the conference started off with a photo critique for the photojournalists who participated in the contest the day before. Sophie Witten the photo editor for the Daily Egyptian received an honorable mention. Other sessions following the critique discussed improving stories’ visual appeal online and the
structure of news stories at Springfield. The closing sessions were on how to make sports stories more engaging, and the challenges when dealing with media ethics. In the media ethics session, Andrew Ventimiglia, assistant professor of communication at Illinois State University, talked about how media ethics is vital to journalists today. Ventimiglia discussed how misinformation and the mistrust of journalists have made the job of seeming neutral when
presenting news to a broad audience more difficult. The conference concluded with an award ceremony. The Daily Egyptian won six first place awards, four second place awards, two third place awards, and seven honorable mentions. Assistant to the Editor Janiyah Gaston can be reached at jgaston@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @DEJaniyah.
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Day of service at SIU gives back to the community
Joel Kottman | @JoelKottman
The Big Event, Southern Illinois University’s (SIU) annual day of community service is starting up again March 26. The Big Event is part of a program that helps benefit the community by hosting different volunteer sites throughout Carbondale. Michael Holtgrave, director of site leaders, said this event has been around for years and continues to make an impact. “In 1982, Joe Nussbaum, the Vice-President of the Student Government Association at Texas A&M, started The Big Event as a way for students to say thank you to the surrounding community,” Holtgrave said. Marketing executive Tadzia Lee said the movement was shared across the nation. “Now hundreds of universities at home and abroad participate in The Big Event,” she said. To become a site for the Big Event, organizations have to register through SIU’s Center for Service-Learning and Volunteerism. They can also reach out to the director of sites. “Each interested site must go through a screening process to ensure they possess sufficient insurance coverage, and each site must be a certified non-profit organization,” Holtgrave said. Laurie Geiger, a board member of St. Francis Animal CARE, said Holtgrave emailed her with questions, and after a few back and forth emails, they met briefly at the shelter to look over the area to be worked on. “St. Francis is grateful to be selected because shelter work is hard work, and our staff spend their days taking care of our numerous cats and dogs,” Geiger said. “We rely on volunteers to help with large tasks that would be costly and time-consuming, so getting our parking lot and landscaping ready for spring is huge.” Lee said students can partake in many volunteer opportunities. “Students take the day to volunteer at different locations in the area picking up trash, painting, packing and organizing,” Lee said. Some of the current sites for this year include Rainbow Cafe, Wesley Foundation, Brehm Preparatory School, For Kids Sake, Touch of Nature and St. Francis Animal CARE, Lee said. Geiger said that there will be eleven volunteers at her site. Sites compile a task list for volunteers and provide
information such as dress code and location. “At St. Francis volunteers will be spreading gravel, pulling weeds, spreading mulch, and digging up large edging rocks and resetting them,” Geiger said. If there’s time after that, the volunteers will spend time with the big dogs, Geiger said. “We had eight volunteers last year and it was a great group of students who did the same thing and they got the job done and done well,” Geiger said. Jeremey Robbins is the head of Brehm Preparatory School. “We have hosted groups of SIU volunteers in the past, and it is exciting to host Big Event volunteers. It is a pleasure getting to know each of the students, and their work will have a big impact on our campus and our students and school community at Brehm,” Robbins said Holtgrave said select individuals who applied to be in charge of supervising volunteers are elected site leaders. “The process includes an application and an interview as well as training,” Holtgrave said. Site leaders check volunteers in, make sure they know what the tasks are and provide overall supervision. “There are morning and afternoon shifts. The morning shift goes from nine to twelve and the afternoon shift goes from one to four,” Holtgrave said. Holtgrave said all participants must attend SIU and no visitors or students from other programs or schools can participate. “SIU students who wish to volunteer can sign up by registering through the volunteer portal” Lee said. Robbins said the web portal to recruit volunteers was easy to use, and the University staff coordinating activities were friendly and helpful. “As a retired teacher, I feel volunteering is a vital part of growing up and becoming a productive citizen. I incorporated it into my classroom curriculum, so I think The Big Event provides an excellent volunteer opportunity as well as helping individuals learn to work as a group,” Geiger said. Robbins said Brehm Preparatory School and OPTIONS Transitions to Independence have had long standing connections with SIU since Brehm was founded in 1982. “Some of our students and graduates go on to SIU, and many Salukis have had jobs or done field work in our programs,” Robbins said. Staff reporter Joel Kottman can be reached at jkottman@ dailyegyptian.com and on Twitter: @JoelKottman
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Library to host Climate Change Teach-In Jackson Neely | jackson.neely@siu.edu
The Lorax once said, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” When tackling the wicked issue of climate change, true mitigation can only be achieved by a unified partnership of all different backgrounds. Some of the most significant problems facing the globe today are rising sea levels, ecosystem collapse, severe wildfires and intense droughts. While all are consequential issues individually, all stem from the overwhelming net of stressors influenced by climate change. For human life on Earth to continue, global cooperation must persist. Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) is hosting a worldwide Climate Teach-In at Morris library Wednesday, March 30 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. The Teach-In encourages all to attend, offering different perspectives through a combination of student lead activities and interdisciplinary SIU faculty discussions. Disciplines range from environmental studies, geography, art and zoology. Each provides listeners with a specific discipline viewpoint, engaging discussion
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and unique climate solutions. More information can be found at ess.siu.edu/climatesolutions containing a full list of disciplines, discussion topics and session times. “The SIU Climate Solutions Teach-In is part of a worldwide teach-in with universities and schools from around the world, taking part to discuss climate change and possible solutions,” says Dr. Leslie Duram, Director of Environmental Studies. Dr. Duram started the initiative to develop a Climate Change Teach-In in the summer of 2021, emphasizing the cooperation between all fields. In total, faculty and students from 30 different participating departments will be in attendance, working in harmony to better understand climate change and possible solutions across all perspectives and sectors of society. Dr. Duram hopes individuals take away the severity and range climate change disrupts our daily lives. “For example, the cost and availability of food will be affected. Our housing, transportation, and businesses will be affected. The military will be affected. Many species of plants and animals will be harmed. Our
coastlines will continue to be affected. How we communicate about climate is super important,” says Dr. Duram. Why should students, SIU faculty and other participants attend the event? Dr. Craih Anz, Interim Director and Professor Architecture & Interior Design says, “Climate change, and particularly its significant effects on our equitable quality of life are significant issues of our time.” It is evident that environmental degradation is a direct response to the increased damaging anthropogenic actions and shortcomings of policy initiatives. “Policy responses to climate change have often adopted a top-down approach based on decisions made at national and international levels. However, the inadequate progress that has been made through these top-down approaches has highlighted the need to pay more attention to bottom-up and decentralized approaches, starting from our towns, cities, counties, etc,” said Dr. Kofi Akamani, an Associate Professor of Forest Recreation and Conservation Social Science. To create sustainable climate solutions, local communities need to establish awareness, education, and
motivation on a grassroots level. Climate change education to the youth and students is imperative, as both can influence the required policy changes through a “key role as change agents,” Dr. Akamani said. The Climate Teach-In presents students with a unique chance to obtain more information on current consequences and contribute to possible future solutions. Why is cooperation across all disciplines necessary to achieve climate change mitigation? Policy responses to climate change fall under two broad categories: climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation. Climate change mitigation aims to reduce the causes that influence climate change while adaptation research how societies, cities, and communities respond to climate change impacts to minimize threats. For both, the approach has relied on bio-physical sciences and engineering ways out of issues, ultimately somewhat neglecting the social sciences, governance aspects, traditional knowledge, and social responses to climate change. “Thus, the integration of knowledge across diverse disciplines, as well as the integration of local and traditional
knowledge offers opportunities for gaining a more holistic understanding of the complexity of climate change, as well as the social and institutional requirements for dealing with the challenges it presents,” says Dr. Akamani. Climate change is a multidimensional wicked issue, targeting all disciplines at once biological, ecological, social, cultural, economic, etc. To fully solve these multi-dimensional issues, humanity must unite by responding “in equally complex and systematic ways,” Dr. Anz said. The Climate Solution Teach-In acts as a beacon of hope to all, igniting a spark of cooperation and awareness behind every one of us. Signs of the Earth’s environmental degradation are all around us; we must open our eyes to the truth. Currently, taking no action is simply an option we cannot afford to continue. Our daily actions must be accountable as they all influence our shared future. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, climate change is not going to get better. It’s not.” Contributing writer Jackson Neely can be reached at jackson.neely@ siu.edu
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Seth Martin | @seth.mart
‘Drive My Car’ is one of 2021’s best films
Zaden Dennis | letterboxd.com/ Zadenator
While foreign filmmakers have been making excellent work since the creation of the medium itself, it has been a long and arduous journey to get them fully recognized or appreciated in the West. Director Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” changed the Academy Award landscape by being the first foreign film to ever receive the Best Picture award. “Parasite” wasn’t just recognized in awards circuits. Today it is all over lists of “the greatest films of all time” and can be found as the current 35th highest rated film on IMDb as well as the No. 1 highest rated film on Letterboxd. This kind of unanimous praise has since opened doors for all kinds of foreign films to be discussed as best of the year contenders. The 2022 Oscars continue the trend with the Japanese film “Drive My Car” also being nominated for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Best International Feature. “Drive My Car” is from director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and is a loose adaptation of the works of the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. It follows the protagonist Yûsuke Kafuku portrayed by actor
Hidetoshi Nishijima, a playwright who is dealing with the unexpected death of his wife while directing a production of “Uncle Vanya”. The film immediately distinguishes itself as a highly emotional work, exploring the complex dynamics of marriage and love, among many other equally daunting subjects. Kafuku finds himself struggling to come to terms with the secrets that his wife has left behind, two years after her death. Although she is not present in most of the film, her shadow is constantly looming over him. Kafuku has a strong relationship with his bright red Saab 900, a luxury car that is the titular piece of iconography of the film. We see many amazing extended sequences of the car driving along highways, which immediately communicates to the audience why driving is so cathartic for him. Early on he is designated a driver against his will, which creates one of the most striking relationships of the film. The car also is one of the few pops of color we see, which makes it even more appealing to the eye. The film doesn’t truly “start” until about 40 minutes in, when the title sequence finally begins. This first 40 minutes can be considered the prologue, which is one of the many
aspects that set it apart from other films that I have seen this year. It is structured as an epic but defies most of the traditional genre trappings of other films within the same category. “Drive My Car” runs at almost three hours long, but every moment felt meaningful and necessary, I was never bored at any point. It takes place in Hiroshima, Japan, and boasts a seemingly endless stream of beautiful landscapes that compliment the film’s quiet and somber tone. The camerawork and framing are tight and precise, but still extremely emotive. There are many shots of rooms and landscapes that have so many lines of symmetry it’s guaranteed to give the viewer a boost of serotonin at the sight of them, which is greatly appreciated when juxtaposed with the mostly somber story. But even aside from the beautiful countryside of Hiroshima, it manages to even make things as banal as a trash compactor seem beautiful, thanks to the amazing cinematography by Hidetoshi Shinomiya. The score is also a standout, done by composer Eiko Ishibashi. It’s an orchestral piece with a lot of jazz influences and compliments the film’s laid-back nature. Although it’s used sparingly, it makes it pop
even more when it does come in. I’ve already listened extensively since finishing the film and only appreciate it more with each listen. Scenes are filled with gaps of silence, which is not commonly found in most modern filmmaking, so it was a breath of fresh air. But the silence never felt boring or pretentious. There was always emotion packed into these moments, as they were commonly placed before or after something striking being said or shown. Another aspect that made it stand out for me is its relationship with sadness and grief. It has a distinct melancholic tone and has a lot to say about how different people react to traumatic events in their life. Its depiction of emptiness in the wake of tragedy was especially heartbreaking. It doesn’t shy away from the gut-wrenching moments but can simultaneously be sweet and beautiful, which is a hard trick to pull off. Depending on who you are and what experiences you bring with you into the film, you may relate to it in a completely different way than someone else watching it. This made me really connect with the film on a personal level, more than anything else I’ve seen in the last year. The performances are what really
allow these heavy themes to feel genuine and are the best part of the film. Actresses Park Yu-Rim and Tôko Miura, actor Masaki Okada, and Nijima all give standout performances and command every scene they are in. Each character is going through different struggles and are in very different positions, and their performances all make them distinct. There are many extended scenes that progress exclusively through dialogue and each actor can carry the audience through these scenes with their talent alone. You could watch the movie and only focus on a single character each time and be able to pull something different out of it than before. “Drive My Car” is a challenging yet satisfying film and I would recommend anyone interested in foreign or Japanese cinema to give it a chance. It may not be the most crowd-pleasing film of the year, but it most certainly is one of the most memorable. Upon finishing it, I immediately knew that it was something special and has quickly become one of my favorites of 2021. Staff reporter Zaden Dennis can be reached at zdennis@dailyegyptian.com and you can find his other reviews at letterboxd.com/Zadenator.
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Attention to detail matters in artistic fashion
Aaron Elliot | @aaron.elliott_
I took a trip to the St. Louis art museum recently, as I was in need of a little bit of artistic nourishment. Upon entering the first gallery I was overcome with emotion. I don’t know why as it was nothing I hadn’t experienced before, but something took over me. Unable to articulate to anyone how I was feeling, I rushed to grab my best friend’s hand and brought it to my chest. My heart was beating wild. Although words were not flowing out of my mouth, my blood was rushing fast within. At the sight of the gold leaf frames and cracked oil paintings, all I could hear was the symphony of noise thumping beneath my Ralph Lauren turtleneck ticking faster and harder than I had ever experienced before, making it almost hard to breathe. I couldn’t control it, but my heart felt as if it had leapt from my chest and was flopping around on the oak floors beneath me. That is what art is supposed to do. It is supposed to make you feel emotion in some sort of way. It is what I wish for with every outfit that I pick out. I want a reaction, a story, or a memory.
I want art. Whether the emotions inflicted by what I am wearing are good or bad, it is completely up to the person perceiving it. I’ll be honest, I don’t dress for myself, and neither do you. We are all guilty of wearing an outfit because it will make us fit in, or to get the job or simply to appear to be as normal as possible. Wearing clothing within itself is not just shielding you from the elements of the cruel world, it also serves as a picture without the need for words. When you have no words, it speaks for you. Fashion can be a boisterous laugh, but it can also be a cry for help. Everyone sends signals through it or tells stories with it, much like any oil painting or bust does. It tells a story and portrays its wearer’s innermost emotions and thoughts. That is why clothing is my everything. Not often do I stand silent, but when I do, you will know how I am feeling by taking one good look at what I am wearing. The sight of me is always a capture of what my inner workings are doing. Not only do I get to control what I am wearing, I am subconsciously controlling how you are perceiving me.
While standing beneath an outlandishly large and quite pompous painting of Charles the I of England, I felt the need to curtsey. If you are a history person, I know you are questioning my sanity, but hear me out. When presented such a master work of art, and seeing the beauty of the meticulous placement of everything, I couldn’t help it. Everything was controlled and thought out, not only in the painting, but down to what that very dead man was wearing. It gave a sliver of sight to what he probably felt like behind the oil. It made me imagine what royal regalia would feel like. I like to imagine that it is the same feeling as stepping into a pair of Manolo Blahniks. Untouchable. It seemed strange staring at a painting of this treasonous man but not giving him the respect that his outfit demands. His dress very much catered to what he wanted as opposed to the thoughts of those who viewed him.It seems narcissistic, but we all do it. Example: On this particular day, I wanted to be seen as a person who enjoys art and museums, so of course I opted for a cape. The red gloves and hat only added to the vision. When you wake up in the morning
and look at the rack of clothing you have available, you look for what will be most appropriate for the day’s tasks. It’s so easy to not focus on the details and get lost in comfort and trendy fads. We lose ourselves and our stories on a normal day to day basis because we lack the detail. Not a single soul isn’t guilty of getting into a daily routine of just throwing on some random outfit without really putting any detail into it whatsoever. In recent times, it’s become more apparent due to the fact that now people never know what is appropriate for some settings. On those more special days, you lay out what you are wanting to wear the night before. You think very hard on that decision and pay extreme attention to detail. That is art. That is showing off what you are to the people who surround you. One time while meeting someone’s parents, I wore the most spectacular white rabbit fur coat. I felt extremely pretty and youthful, and that’s what I thought that outfit portrayed. It didn’t help that I had a Clara Bowesque bob at the time and plucked my eyebrows down to a thread, but I imagined that I looked like the vision of an extremely fashion-forward
person. I stepped into their home and was immediately observed as the most overdressed, but I showed them who I am. If you know me, you know that a big over the top fur coat just screams my name. Perhaps the outfit is just a summary for the real book you are about to read? Art isn’t the real story, it’s just a depiction of what the artist wants you to see. You are the artist, and your body is the canvas. Clothing is just the art you put on it. When an outfit is boring and fast fashion, it is reminiscent of mass produced print “paintings” from Target. When you buy nice and classic garments that are timeless, you can be comparable to Gainsboro, or Rembrant. You can add expression and fine details, as Frida Khalo did not only through her brilliant works of art, but also through her clothing. Anyone can do it, you just have to learn how to bring your art to life. Clothing is a direct line of expression, why not spice it up and make it enjoyable to look at and perhaps inspire emotion? Staff reporter Aaron Elliot can be reached at aelliott@dailyegytiam.com or on instagram at aaron.elliott_.
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“Don’t Say Gay” bill sparks debate over queer representation
Jamilah Lewis | @jamilahlewis
Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, better known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, was passed on March 8. The passing of the bill sparks debate over queer representation in America’s classrooms. According to a poll of registered voters from POLITICO/ Morning Consult poll, 56% of voters had some knowledge of the bill with 44% not knowing much of the bill at all. 37% of national voters support the bill in banning the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms from K-3rd grade with 23% strongly opposing. 58% of voters strongly support limiting the teaching of these things in a classroom and parents suing a school if they feel it violated the bill. 52% of voters strongly oppose both. People in opposition of the bill believe it will limit the expansion of inclusivity for everyone in the education system. Southern Illinois University (SIU) professor in Women, Gender and Sexuality studies Patrick Dilley said it would only present one view of relationships as examples in the classroom. “It extends beyond sexuality and talks about sexual identity and it talks about it in a way that eliminates anything that is not heterosexual, normative coupled representations of family life,” Dilley said. “That’s what is going to be most apparent to the kids who would be reading these books that some students are going to say, ‘I’m not represented in this’.” Dilley is a gay historian and was at SIU when the school started the WGSS programs. Dilley has a different point of view as an educator in higher academia, he said. “As a tenured faculty member, when I’ve taught issues of sexuality and sexual identity, I have had students complain almost every year,” Dilley said. “My response back to them is [that] I’m an expert in this field, and I am a tenured professor here and this is what we’re studying.” Dilley said K-12 teachers don’t have the same teaching privilege because they have no protection over what they teach in the same way. Dilley said he would ask the school administrators if they had pictures of their family on their desk. Most would yes and he’d tell them by doing that they promote a certain sexuality by doing so. “Gay faculty are not going to be able to say that they’re married; lesbian faculty are not going to be able to say they have children,” Dilley said. “Bisexual faculty are going to be able to say that they had these experiences that brought them to this understanding of who they were.” Dilley said students trying to figure out who they are might feel silenced, but not learning about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classrooms won’t stop students from looking for information to express themselves. “The maturing non-heterosexuals over the past [...] century and a half, have historically sought out information to try to figure out who they were and what their feelings and experiences were,” Dilley said. “[Today] it’s more likely that there is some information that’s going to be accessible to all students.” For people going into a career of teaching at the elementary level, this could possibly limit how they connect with students in the future. SIU student and teacher candidate Morgan
Peyton Cook | pcook@dailyegyptian.com
Kozlowski is in the teachers education program studying to teach elementary school students and said as a member of the LGBTQ community she is shocked that legislation like this is being passed in 2022. “It’s harmful to students and it’s teaching students to be, dare I say, hateful towards that community,” Kozlowski said. “It’s causing unwarranted hesitation and othering of the LGBT community [...] especially in a classroom environment, which I think l has to be an inclusive and safe space for all learners.” Kozlowski also pointed out the limitations to how teachers can connect their lives to their lessons. “From the student perspective, the only adults that they really have in their corner fighting for them are their parents and their teacher,” Kozlowski said. “If their teacher isn’t allowed to connect with them on any kind of personal level, then the motivation for learning isn’t going to be there for the student’s part.” A law like this would immediately put limits on students questioning who they are and targets them, presenting the notion of questioning one’s gender and sexuality as a negative thing, Kozlowski said. Kozlowski expressed her distress at other southern states following in Florida’s steps with some places banning books with LGBTQ characters in them. “Not only are they not going to be able to hear about it in history classes but even like recreational times in the library. They’re not gonna have any exposure because they’re pulling books from libraries,” Kozlowski said. Some students aren’t able to fully express themselves in their home environments and might choose to do so in school, but a bill like this one pushes a certain narrative, Kozlowski said. “I know a lot of the push for this bill is coming from conservative parents so I think it’s just kind of forcing that mindset,” Kozlowski said. “It’s kind of censoring that open learning environment to fit what the conservative parents want.” Kozlowski brought up that certain European countires like France teach sex-ed at a kindergarten level and see lower rates in sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy as a result. Dilley said he does believe the bill could be passed into law, and Kozlowski hopes
for pushback on what seems to be an unconstitutional law, she said. “I think the Republican base is strong enough and they have been attempting other legislation to curtail the rights and freedoms of particular classes of Americans,” Dilley said. “There is a push to try to do this to get it to a supreme court to try to get a ruling that would
allow them to [pass] even more draconian legislation to affect these classes of people.” Staff reporter Jamilah Lewis can be reached at jlewis@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @ jamilahlewis. To stay up to date with all your southern Illinois news, follow the Daily Egyptian on Facebook and Twitter.
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Baker’s Big Day: SIU wins War-of-the-Wheel
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Headlined by Quarterback Nic Baker and Wide Receiver Avante Cox, SIU captured a win in their first game of the season against close rival Southeastern Missouri. The night was ruled by the connection between Baker and Cox. Baker completed 25 passes on 34 attempts for a staggering 460 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception. Cox was responsible for 187 of those yards, which included a record-setting 99-yard touchdown catch and run on the first play from scrimmage. Senior Wide Receiver Landon Lenoir, Freshman Wide Receiver Izaiah Hartrup, and Junior Tight End Tyce Daniel also had a touchdown catch themselves. Sophomore Running Backs Justin Strong and Javon Williams Jr. highlighted the ground game. Strong rushed for 61 yards on 11 carries with a touchdown and Williams rushed for 29 yards on 11 carries and also added a touchdown. The defense contained SEMO’s offense fairly well with four total sacks, seven QB hits, six tackles for loss, and a fumble recovery. Senior linebacker Bryce Notree commented on their ability to get so much pressure on SEMO’s offense. “We have depth, especially at the defensive line, linebacker, and in the secondary. The most stifling thing right now is knowing that we’re able to put the pads on and really rush the quarterback,” Notree said. Senior linebacker Qua Brown spoke on the Salukis reaction to the win. “It felt great, but obviously there’s a lot more we could have done out there. We had one takeaway, and we were looking to have more in this game. We just need to lock in and find ways to get more next game,” Brown said. Brown said the game plan going in was to disguise their coverages. “We knew they were a big team as far as attacking deep down the field, so we were trying to do a pretty good job at disguising coverage pre-snap and then moving to our spots quickly post-snap so the linemen can get their pass-rush on,” Brown said. Southern Illinois’ defense had a big stop to start things off at the SIU 36 yard line to keep SEMO out of the endzone. The drive included a touchdownsaving tackle by Senior Safety Qua Brown to keep SEMO from getting a quick score. Three plays later, SEMO was forced to punt from the SIU 36 yard line. The punt backed SIU’s offense all the way to the 1-yard line, but that wasn’t too tall of a task for the Saluki offense. Baker hit Cox in stride for a 99-yard long touchdown pass, a new SIU record. The touchdown put SIU up 7-0 right away and set the tone for the offense the rest of the way. SEMO came right back with a score of their own from Junior Quarterback CJ Ogbonna and Graduate Wide Receiver Zack Smith to tie things up 7-7. A touchdown catch late in the first quarter by Daniel put the Salukis up for good and made the score 14-7. By the end of the first half, the Salukis were already up 28-7 after a touchdown catch by Hartrup and a rushing touchdown by Strong. Baker finished the first half already with an impressive 14 catches on 18 attempts for 294 yards passing and 3 touchdowns. Cox also finished with an impressive first-half stat line with four catches for 142 yards receiving and a touchdown. The Salukis received the ball to start off the second half. That drive led to a 28-yard field goal by Senior Kicker Nico Gualdoni to make it 31-7. Left: Avante Cox (11) receives a ninety-nine yard pass from Nic Baker (8) to score the first touchdown in a game against Southeast Missouri State University Sept. 2, 2021 at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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A rushing touchdown by Williams and a pick-six from Nic Baker put things at 38-14 at the end of the third quarter. The pass went in and out of the hands of a Saluki receiver and ended up in the arms of Junior Linebacker Mike Matthews of SEMO and walked into the endzone for their second score of the day. Baker kept cooking with yet another touchdown pass to Lenoir to start the fourth quarter. After that, Baker got the rest of the night off and was replaced by Freshman Quarterback Stone Norton for the last three SIU drives of the night. Norton led the offense to a field goal on the next drive to make the score 47-14. SEMO managed to score with under two minutes left on a touchdown pass from Junior Quarterback Christian Perez to Junior Wide Receiver Garrett Todd. This made the score 47-21 which ended up being the final score of the night. The Salukis continue their season Saturday in Manhattan, Kan. against the Kansas State Wildcats with a 6 p.m kickoff time.
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Sports reporter Joseph Bernard can be reached at joseph.l.bernard@siu.edu or on twitter @Jojobernard2001.
Top left: Justin Strong (5) runs the ball into the end zone to score for the Salukis in a game against Southeast Missouri State University Sept. 2, 2021 at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Strong’s touchdown put the Saluki’s ahead of the Redhawks, 28-7. Chris Bishop | @quippedmediallc
Top right: Tyce Daniel (3) receives the ball in the War for the Wheel game against Southeast Missouri State University Sept. 2, 2021 at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Chris Bishop | @quippedmediallc
Bottom left: Landon Lenoir (17) celebrates with Jerron Rollins (4) after scoring a touchdown Sept. 2, 2021 at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Chris Bishop | @quippedmediallc
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The quartz rocks section of the Makanda Trading Company Mar 21, 2022 in Makanda Il. Julian Castillo | @julian_castillo24
Brian Beverly: The Man Who Brings the World to Southern Illinois
Carter Walton | carter.walton@siu.edu
At the bottom of a valley, on the road to Giant City State Park, a small boardwalk looks and feels straight out of time. At the north end of the walk, sits a small brick storefront with a yellow wooden board that reads, “OPEN, Makanda Trading Company.” On the sign, an arrow beckons to the door. Up the concrete steps and past the large flower beds that line the walkway, the door has a golden Masonic Square and Compass and a copper pyramid with the All-SeeingEye of the Freemasons laid in gold. Upbeat cultural music and the smells of homemade soaps, incense and earthen metals fill the air when one walks through the door. Shelves, tables and cabinets are placed throughout the store, each jam packed full of unique rocks, handcrafted wood and metal works, and crystals of all kinds. Customers mill about the store, picking up various items to inspect and show to their fellow shoppers. Behind the counter, a bearded man opens a rectangle box that houses a ceramic pig, with the different cuts of pork painted on its body. The man’s blonde-white hair is pulled back in a bun, and his fingers deftly
open the box with the skill of an experienced business owner. He softly bobs his head to the music as he works. This man is Brian Beverly, the sole proprietor of Makanda Trading Company. He has owned and run the store for 21 years since he graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. “Three days prior to graduating, a
on the Makanda Boardwalk. “And I was like, ‘Ok,’ I mean I had a degree in anthropology, where was I going to work? Walmart?” Beverly jokes. When Brian was 5 years old, his uncle took him arrowhead hunting for the first time. Beverly fell in love with the hobby and the history behind it. This love developed into a love for rock collecting and a passion
“Brian has been to about 55 countries to gather all the items here in the shop, and he’s been here on the Boardwalk for over 20 years.” - Aidan Tunison Makanda Trading Company Employee
neighbor asked if he could see the amber I had brought back from Mexico,” Beverly says. As the neighbor went to leave, Beverly showed him the silver and ceramics he had brought back from his travels as well, and the man asked if he wanted to open a shop
for collecting anything he found fascinating from his travels. “I first went abroad when I was 14,” Beverly says. Since then, he has been to over 50 countries buying and collecting items to bring back to the Makanda Trading Company.
The process of acquiring these goods is similar, but each country offers unique challenges to getting these goods and getting them back to the United States to be sold to excited customers. Beverly peruses markets usually held on Wednesdays or Saturdays to buy goods from street artists and artisans. Other times and in other countries, he attends festivals. Sometimes they are held for seasons, sometimes for holidays and sometimes just to have a festival, but all these events have one significant aspect in common: goods can be bought. “I’ve sat on the back of a scooter and taken way out to remote villages to buy stuff,” Beverly says. “You just never know where it’s going to be at.” On weekends, two twins work at the shop. Quinn and Aidan Tunison, both 19-year-old men, stand over 6-feet-3-inches tall, with long wavy hair and a vested interest in the shop and its goods. “We basically grew up on the Boardwalk,” Quinn Tunison says as he carefully straightens a group of golden handcrafted ceremonial knives in a display case. Quinn Tunison has worked for Beverly at Makanda Trading Company for two years. His brother, Aidan Tunison, started around eight months ago. As children, they
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Two shoppers looking at the rings on display at Bronze Art Sculpture the Black Smith Shop at the Makanda Trading Company Mar 21, 2022 in Makanda Il. Julian Castillo | @ julian_castillo24
spent a lot of time on the Boardwalk and in its many unique shops. Their mother, who also has a passion for collecting rocks and other goods Beverly sells, sparked the interest in her boys for collecting as well. Through this constant exposure and interest in the store and its owner, the twins secured their positions at the Makanda Trading Company. “Brian has been to about 55 countries to gather all the items here in the shop,” Aidan Tunison says, sweeping his right hand over the display cases and shelves. He pushes a lock of hair behind his ears. “And he’s been here on the Boardwalk for over 20 years.” Both twins love their job and respect their employer’s work to bring such a unique store to this community. “It is a very coveted job,” Quinn Tunison says with a smile. His brother nods in agreement. “It is a very unique place and Brian definitely brings an aspect to this community that no one else can.” But bringing these cultural experiences back to the store to sell is not always easy. Beverly has had things “disappear” through customs agencies and other times had goods flat out stolen from him. He even has had run-ins with the police. “In Laos, it is illegal to package, ship and sell Buddha (statues) for decorations,” Beverly says, shaking his head in slight frustration, recalling the experience. “Which is strange because they’ll sell them to tourists who do the same thing and that is fine. But you can go to prison for it!” On this particular trip to Laos, the Laotian police approached him and informed him of this law. When they stepped away, Beverly made his “escape.” “So I walked- no actually I moved very quickly- down to a boat, and went to Vietnam,” he says. Vietnam had no such laws prohibiting Buddha from being packaged and sold, and pretty soon, Beverly was back in the United States with authentic Buddha statues to sell to his customers. “I don’t want to say smuggling, but I guess it was smuggling,” Beverly said with a shrug. Beverly has had people from all over in the shop. “I’ve had Japanese tourists, German
tourists and a huge Polish family- I’m talking like 100 family members- come through here before,” Beverly says, taking a handful of assorted nuts from a small bowl on the counter. The door opens, and he says hello to a mother and daughter who enter the shop. He asks them where they are from, as he always does when customers enter. “I live here but my mother is from the Chicago suburbs,” the daughter says. “Which one?” Beverly asks. The mother answers and Beverly informs her that he is from Joliet, Illinois. They have a brief chat about Joliet, as well as the local area and some of its history. Beverly studied anthropology at SIU, and he earned a scholarship to travel to Mexico City while in school and can speak Spanish. He has picked up on other languages in his travels but just enough to be able to trade with vendors in the countries he finds himself in. “I usually stay for 1-3 months in these countries and pick up enough of the language to ask for wholesale, reductions, stuff like that,” Beverly says with a nod. “But once I come back, it all goes away until I travel again.” Today’s goods in his store are varied, from expertly carved water buffalo bone and statues of Ganesh to exotic tapestries and tie-dye shirts. But the store initially started with items that Beverly himself found particularly interesting. He has a passion for rocks and crystals because of their uniqueness and natural beauty, which he finds amazing. To him, the rocks are like baseball cards, each is unique and others are extremely rare. “Some are super rare- like a Mikey Mantel or something- and some are more desirable like your Jordan cards.” Beverly says. Pointing to a basket on the counter, he continues, “For here the Jordan cards would be like local fluorite, there was mines here until the 90s and people just love it.” The rocks in the basket are varied in size and shape. The fluorite is no longer mined locally and has become rare all over. If one can find blue fluorite, which is extremely rare, they could sell it for a very pretty penny. “These pieces can sell for 3-4 thousand dollars,” Brian says. “And, of course, I cannot get any of it,” he chuckles. Beverly has a deep passion for all things
culture. He loves languages, beliefs, religions, foods, dances, customs and music. Every year, a music streaming platform called Spotify compiles data on each user to curate specific playlists for their listeners as well as provide them with an overview with specific percentages of each listener’s year in music. Last year, he was in the top 1% of listeners who listen to the most varied types of music on Spotify. A short, stocky man with heavy metal earrings and piercings all over his face enters the shop. He is a regular, and the man explains to Beverly that he is moving into a Pagan temple in Metropolis, Illinois. At this statement, Beverly asks if he would be able to come to visit sometime to see how the temple operates and study their customs. Brian grabs a notebook and jots down the information as the man explains how he can do this. After the man leaves, Beverly sits down in a computer chair behind the counter. “When I hear something like that, I just have to learn about it,” he says with a smile. “These kinds of things are just so cool and I don’t want to just read about it, I want to experience it.” The original purpose of the Makanda Trading Company was not simply for Beverly to pursue his passion for culture but to bring the world and its culture to Makanda and the surrounding communities. He wants people who enter his shop to leave with an authentic item that they otherwise only could have gotten if they had made the trip to its place of
origin themselves. Beverly has received some criticism for selling the goods he found on his travels. But he said he has no ill-intentions behind his shop or the things he sells. “Sometimes now people are limiting things,” he says. “Like, ‘You can’t appropriate culture.’ I’m not even sure I know what that means. It’s good to be conscience of what you’re doing but I’m trying to spread different cultures and ideas and make people be worldly and more so than just in their heads.” The shop can provide precisely the type of items to pique one’s interest in learning about the world and the people who live in it. The Makanda Trading Company is absolutely a gem, much like the ones sold in the shop, for people to discover and start a flame inside to learn about the world uniquely. “Like Quinn said, he brings an element of the world to the area that no one else can,” Aidan Tunsion says. This tiny cultural portal to the world is open seven days a week from 10-5. One will walk through the Masonic Emblemed door into a treasure trove of wonders and stories that people can only experience in the countries they came from or right here in the small village of Makanda, Illinois. All thanks to Brian Beverly, the man who brings the world to southern Illinois. Contributing writer Carter Walton can be reached at carter.walton@siu.edu
Walking sticks carved with strange faces at the Makanda Trading Company Mar 21, 2022 in Makanda Il. Julian Castillo | @julian_castillo24
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SIU softball splits games against Missouri State in conference clash
Cole Daily | @cdaily_de
Southern Illinois traveled to Springfield, Missouri, to take on the Bears of Missouri State on Wednesday, March 16. This doubleheader was the Salukis’ first time against a Missouri Valley Conference opponent. The first game was a grueling fifteen innings long. The Salukis eventually came out on top, 6-2. SIU managed to get on the board with one point in the first inning. Both teams hit a dry spell until the fifth when MSU managed to tie the game, 1-1.
The rest of the first seven innings weren’t much to be excited about. Neither team scored until the 13th inning, where both teams put one more point on the board. Heading into the 14th, the score became 2-2. In dire need of a score, SIU junior Tori Schullian stepped up to the plate, bases loaded. At the top of the 15th inning, Schullian cracked the bat for a grand slam, giving the Salukis a 6-2 lead. The Bears couldn’t manage to score, which left SIU with the win. Schullian had an RBI of four, the next being senior Jenny Jansen with two. Senior
Women’s Basketball Cinderella Season ends in WNIT Round 1 vs Purdue Joseph Bernard | @Jojobernard2001
SIU Women’s Basketball’s spectacular 2021-22 campaign has come to an end after their round 1 game against Purdue in the WNIT tournament. The Salukis fell with a 82-60 final score, marking the end of their season and the last game for coach Cindy Stein’s career as well as many other seniors on the roster. On the bright side for the Salukis, performances from graduate student Gabby Walker, Abbey Brockmeyer, and Makenzie Silvey shined for them. Walker led the team in points with 19 as well as putting up nine more rebounds, three steals, and a block. Brockmeyer wasn’t far behind with 17 points, nine rebounds, two steals, and two assists. Silvey topped it off with 10 points, five rebounds, four assists, and four steals. Her 10 points put her over 2,000 career points, the only women’s basketball player in SIU history to ever eclipse that mark. The Boilermakers jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the first five minutes of play and only expanded it to get to 11-4. A jumper by Silvey and a three-pointer by sophomore Quierra Love quickly turned it to just a two-point deficit, but some free throws for Purdue and a missed three by Silvey allowed the Boilermakers a six-point lead at 17-11 heading into the second frame. A layup and some free throws by Brockmeyer started the second for the
Salukis, but the Boilermakers quickly took on the next 10 points for themselves to go up by 14 midway through the frame. Silvey responded with a jumper, but Purdue would respond back with a three and a jumper of their own, making it 38-21. The Salukis headed into the locker room down even more at 43-23 and needed answers quickly. Inching towards answers, a couple of free throws by Brockmeyer and a layup by Walker made it a tad closer at a 17 point deficit, but another 10-2 run for Purdue would follow, giving them a 25 point lead late in the third. Walker would finish the frame with another layup, but still down by 23 points going into the final quarter. Getting closer and closer, a jumper by Walker put things back down to a 15 point deficit with under six minutes remaining, but another run of 9-3 for Purdue would keep things out of reach. It put them up by 21 points with three minutes to go and it was too much for the Salukis to come back from as SIU would go down swinging and make it 82-60 before the final buzzer sounded. The 2021-2022 SIU Women’s Basketball team finishes with a 21-10 final record, while earning rights as the regular-season Missouri Valley Conference Champions. Sports reporter Joseph Bernard can be reached at joseph.l.bernard@siu.edu or on twitter @Jojobernard2001.
Ashley Wood even managed to steal a base in the game. The second game was less eventful, with Missouri State coming out on top, 2-1. In this game, SIU managed to get players on base but wasn’t able to bring them home. Neither team scored until the fifth, where the Bears put up two points in their column. SIU answered in the seventh, but only with one point. With Southern Illinois not being able to match Missouri State, the game ended at the top of the seventh. This puts the Salukis at
11-9 on the season. Sophomore Rylie Hamilton managed to have the only RBI of the game. Sophomore Elisabeth Huckleberry hit a double for the Dawgs in the game. The Salukis hope to sweep their series against another conference opponent in Northern Iowa this weekend. The games will take place from March 19-20. Sports Reporter Cole Daily can be reached at cdaily@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at cdaily_de
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Nashville Hornets win IHSA Class 2A State Championship Brandyn Wilcoxen | @Brandyn_2020
In the tournament that calls itself “the original March Madness”, the three-thousand person town of Nashville had plenty to go mad about, as their Hornets left the State Farm Center in Champaign on Saturday with a state championship. The final game of the Class 2A boys basketball tournament against Monticello came down to the wire. The Hornets’ Saxton Hoepker gave his team a 32-31 lead with just twenty seconds to go. Hoepker then blocked Monticello’s attempt at a game-winning shot to seal the victory. “I didn’t even know what to do,” Hornets senior Isaac Turner told Section618.com. “I was so excited, I just sprinted back to the bench and just wanted to celebrate with my brothers.” Hoepker and Turner were named to the AP All-State Second Team and Honorable Mention respectively, but both struggled on Saturday. They combined to 4-for18 with just 10 points. Kilten Gajewski picked up the slack, posting a double-double with team-high 14 points and 11 rebounds. Gajewski was a perfect
5-for-5 from the field and 4-for4 from the free throw line. His performance came at a time when his teammates needed it most. “For that [block] to seal the game, that’s huge,” Hoepker told The Southern Illinoisan. “Kilten had a great game and carried us most of the way, but that block at the end felt great.” For the Hornets, it’s their first state championship in boys basketball since 1978, which they won in the same building as their 2022 title. They finished second in the 2019 tournament to Rezin Orr Academy in Chicago, which had also won the previous two championships in Class 2A. “We’ve been here before, no need to panic,” Nashville head coach Patrick Weathers said. He was an assistant coach for Nashville’s two previous state runners-up in 2014 and 2019. The 2019 state finals run was also the last time the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) hosted a completed state tournament. The 2020 iteration was cut short midtournament due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in America, and the entire postseason
was canceled in 2021. “To be able to look on the back of this, and it says ‘State Champions’,” Gajewski said to Section618.com, referring to his medal. “I’ve got two of them at home that say ‘Second Place’.” Nashville Community High School also saw its football team make a deep run in the IHSA Playoffs, finishing as the runnersup in Class 2A in 2019 and 2021. Postseason experience both on the court and the gridiron has given both teams an edge when it comes to performing on the biggest stages. “Not many teams get the opportunity to do that, and I’ve been lucky enough to be able to do it,” Turner, a member of both teams, told The Southern Illinoisan. “It’s a huge factor because when it’s your first time playing on the state tournament, you’re going to have nerves. Since I’ve been a part of four of them, it helps me stay calm and just play it like another game and not do too much.” All but one of the players who logged minutes for the Hornets in the state championship game are seniors, and this championship provides a storybook ending to their
Nashville careers. “My last game as a Nashville Hornet, I get to be a state champion,” Nolan Heggemeier told Section618.com. “It’s a great feeling.” Weathers entered 2021-22 as a first-year head coach, taking over duties from a retiring Wayne Harre, who led the Hornets for four years and the Hornets girls basketball team for 15 years. Patrick Weathers is the son of Brad Weathers, who coached the Hornets from 20092017. Patrick and Brad are believed to be the first father/son duo to each win IHSA state championships, Brad’s coming in 1989 for Carlyle. Brad is also an assistant coach for the Hornets. Nashville Hornets basketball has experienced much success in the past ten years, sporting a 24767 record to go with eight regional titles, three state finals appearances, and this year’s championship. The Hornets stand as one of the most successful 2A teams in southern Illinois, and virtually clinched that designation with their win in Champaign. Class 2A had not produced a
state champion from the southern Illinois region since 2013, when Nashville’s conference rival Harrisburg won. Runners-up from the region since then include the Hornets in 2014 and 2019, and Mt. Carmel in 2017. Breese Mater Dei were not eliminated from the 2020 tournament that ended before the state semifinals without a champion crowned. Nashville’s path to a state championship ran through the DuQuoin regional and Carterville sectional, before crushing Teutopolis 44-18 at the Banterra Center to advance to the state series. The Hornets beat DePaul College Prep in a double-overtime thriller to earn a spot in the championship game. They won the final Saturday for their second boys basketball championship in school history. Nashville has seen several teams in multiple sports end their seasons on the verge of greatness; but now, the three-thousand person town can now call itself a city of champions once again. Staff reporter Brandyn Wilcoxen can be reached at bwilcoxen@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @
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Baseball players weigh-in on season thus far Cole Daily | @cdaily_de
Saluki Baseball currently sits at 13-4 in the 2022 season with losses against ULM, Western Michigan, Arkansas at Little Rock and UT Martin. SIU won the other games in the series by a combined 32 runs. Junior pitcher Jordan Gould said the Salukis have a lot of confidence this season based on their play. “We’ve started off pretty well. Every team is going to lose games but we just need to learn from it,” Gould said, “We have a really solid team with a lot of team chemistry. I’m excited to see what we can do this year.” The Salukis have a lot of pressure on their shoulders after their 40-20 season last year. Junior infielder Cody Cleveland said the Dawgs are living up to the hype. “When we play our best game, we’re better than every team we’ve played thus far. We firmly believe we have more talent than anyone else on the field,” Cleveland said. The Salukis are coming off of a loss against University of Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday, March 15. Senior outfielder JT Weber said the team didn’t feel great after the loss. “We have to take a step back and learn from it. We can’t take any games for granted, so we need to come out with more intensity and passion,” Weber said. Weber was just recently awarded the Missouri Valley Conference’s player of the week. He said he appreciates the recognition. “I caught fire last week and got pretty hot, so it felt good to help the team win some games,” Weber said. SIU’s momentum is only growing as the team keeps multiplying its wins. This is important as the conference schedule begins in just over a week. “The conference games are really hard. The intensity in those games are just different. I think it all just depends on how we react to it,” Cleveland said, “But if we rise to the occasion, then we’re going to do exactly what we have been doing since the beginning of the year.” According to Cleveland, this success is sustainable. The Salukis believe they can beat any team on any given day. “You want to be playing your best baseball as soon as conference starts. I don’t think we’re quite there yet, but we have some time to get there,” Cleveland said, “We envision ourselves being very, very good by the end of May.” That includes teams in the Missouri Valley. Weber said SIU envisions themselves at the top of the conference. “When we play hard we’re as good as anybody. We have a real shot to win the conference schedule and, hopefully, win a
regional,” Weber said. Regionals are essentially the deciding factor for playing in the College Baseball World Series. The best teams in the region are seeded 1-4 in a double-elimination tournament, and will play multiple games to see who comes out on top. If the Salukis win the regional, they will join 15 other schools in playing for the super-regionals. From here on out it is more of a single-elimination bracket format. Southern Illinois’ manager Lance Rhodes is a big part of this teams’ success according to the players. Cleveland said SIU has put itself in position for this success due to Rhodes’ eye for talent over the years. “He’s an incredible recruiter. The amount of talent he brings in whether it’s JUCO or other transfers is just amazing,” Cleveland said. Weber said Rhodes has untapped SIU’s potential. “Coach Rhodes is great. He manages the game very well and he has done a great job of finding different roles for everyone on the team,” Weber said, “He’s a coach that’s always prepared. Which makes us feel confident heading into games.” Despite SIU’s impressive play, the players still understand they have room to grow. Weber said the team needs to be better when it comes to their toughness and consistency. “On the field, things are going to come around,” Weber said, “But when we get on the field we need to be ready to play and play with energy. There have been a few days where we have been caught sleeping.” If SIU puts all of the pieces together, the players agree the Salukis have an incredibly high ceiling. “The sky’s the limit. I think we’re capable of anything we want to accomplish,” Gould said. In SIU’s next matchup, the Salukis host the University of Illinois in Itchy Jones Stadium from March 18-20. A staple win over a Big Ten opponent would be huge for the program. “We’re really looking forward to this weekend against Illinois. We’re going to come out and be much more present than we were in our last game. We want there to be more intent behind everything we do,” Cleveland said. Weber agrees this will be a good weekend to right the ship. “It’ll be a good test for us to see where we are at in this point of the season. If we go out there and win the series, that should be a big momentum swing for us and give us more confidence heading into conference.” Sports Reporter Cole Daily can be reached at cdaily@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at cdaily_de.
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Summer Positions Available Teachers Science: (1 available position) English: (1 available position) Spanish: (1 available position) Teachers will meet Monday-Friday for 5 weeks providing instruction and assessments to high school students. Teachers should be prepared to designed project and skilled-based curriculum using core standards and real-life situations to provide instruction.
Work Study Teachers Architecture: (2 available positions) Engineering: (2 available positions) Business: (2 available positions) Art: (2 available positions) Work study teachers are scheduled Monday-Friday for 4 weeks providing support and assistance to high school students and classroom teachers.
Residential Staff Overnight Monitor- (2 positions available) 10:00pm -6:00am Residential staff (except overnight) will live in dormitories with students monitoring and coordinating student activities.
Minimum Qualifications: Tutor/Counselors- Junior standing in college Teachers- Graduate students preferred Overnight Monitor- Must be able to stay awake overnight and monitor the students.
To Apply If interested in applying visit: https://projectupwardbound.siu.edu/
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APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL ALL POSITIONS ARE FILLED. To ensure full consideration, please submit all materials by 5/6. Questions? Email markida@siu.edu or call (618) 453-3354.