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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020

SIU Carbondale develops confidential SIU student COVID-19 reporting system for Fall 2020 Employment Brooke Buerck | @bbuerk25

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SIU has developed an anonymous system for students to report suspected cases of COVID-19 to SIU’s Department of Public Safety.

The reporting form was created as another way to keep the university safe, according to Chief of SIU’s Department of Public Safety Benjamin Newman.

“We established that form and other resources to report potential exposures and issues relative to COVID-19 for our campus community,” Newman said.

Newman said after each form is submitted, health officials are notified.

“In the event you submit a form entry on yourself and indicate that you are positive, since you are a student who lives in Jackson County, we would notify the Jackson County Health Department and coordinate to help with contact tracing,” Newman said.

On many occasions, the health department is already aware of a case, Newman said.

“It allows us the opportunity to figure out where a person who has tested positive has been on campus and to ensure cleaning and notification protocols if needed,” Newman said.

When filling out the form there are options available that specify whether or not one is reporting a student, supervisor, employee, instructor or other and whether or not you are reporting yourself, a student, an employee or someone else.

The person filling out the form must specify why they are reporting someone and whether or not they are reporting someone who received a positive test result, a person who has symptoms and has not been tested or is waiting on test results, a person who has been exposed to someone who received a positive test result and an option called “unknown.”

The form can be accessed on SIU’s website or found here.

According to Newman the form could be abused.

“With this being an online service the opportunity to abuse the form could arise, but we haven’t had any problems so far,” Newman said.

SIU has adapted its student conduct code to include and specify student’s responsibilities during the pandemic.

A recent press release about these changes said some of the new offenses include “failure to wear a face mask in public or in a university classroom, failure to social distance, attending,

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holding, or sponsoring a gathering with an attendance greater than permitted by law and university guidelines” and “failure to isolate or quarantine as ordered by a public health official or the university,” Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Lori Stettler said.

Depending on the situation, failure to abide by these rules may result in expulsion. Along with SIU, the city of Carbondale has implemented a fine for not wearing a mask; fines can reach upwards of $750.

“Our goal is to make sure they know they are accountable for following through,” Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Stettler said. “We have a range of options for students who are referred to our Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, which oversees the disciplinary process. First and foremost, a student has a right to due process, when they can accept responsibility or opt for a hearing.”

Stettler said after the from is completed, it goes to her and Newman.

“The Chief works with the Jackson County Public Health Department to contract trace. I share the appropriate information with the Dean of Students who handles it from a Saluki Cares perspective,” Stettler said.

Saluki cares will partner with the Student Health Center to determine students’ testing options, Stettler said.

“The Student Health Center provides medical care to students who are symptomatic and those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19,” Stettler said.

The form was designed to help students, not be punitive, Stettler said.

“Each report that is filed by the student themselves or by someone who believes an exposure has occurred, will be evaluated individually. Given the seriousness of the virus, I would hope that no one would want to risk spreading the virus by refusing to be tested. We all share in the responsibility to conduct ourselves in ways that minimize the spread of the virus,” Stettler said.

Students and alums took to the Daily Egyptian Facebook page to express their concerns about the process.

“That seems like it could get out of hand very quickly, some people are going to jump the gun and make others’ lives a living hell,” Andrea Green a SIU alumnus said.

Staff reporter Sara Wangler can be reached at swangler@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @sara_Wangler.

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Employers across campus are dealing with the reality that the pandemic has taken away many student job opportunities.

According to Heather RF Casner, the supervisor for SIU student employment, the university has seen a large decrease in the number of students employed compared to last year.

As of Aug. 11, there are currently 738 student jobs that are filled, with 467 of them being new students working in new positions, Casner said, with more students to be added to this number once reactivated in the office of student employment’s system.

In August of 2019, there were 961 new students added to work in new positions.

Casner said the first six weeks, or three pay periods, following the start of the semester is the time frame in which many more students apply for and fill more positions on campus.

Last year, by Sept. 21, 2019, 824 additional students were added to work in new positions.

Casner said the number of students added to new jobs over the summer has decreased as well.

“Last summer, most weeks were putting in on average 50 new applications every two weeks.

This summer, [we added] an average of about two every two weeks,” Casner said.

Handshake, the app that allows the office of student employment to post job offerings for students to view and apply for, has also seen about half of the usual amount of job postings available as well, Casner said.

Benefits for student employees Back in March as the pandemic caused a statewide stay-at-home order, many students lost the opportunity to work and earn money as facilities and services across campus shut down or reduced operations.

SIU, however, announced via SIU Alert email on March 19 that “students will be paid through the end of the spring semester regardless of whether their jobs are no longer needed due to a closure of a service or they are not returning to campus.”

Casner said the funds came from federal sources. “[The university was] concerned about students [who] relied on the money and they don’t have it, so the Department of Education said [to] go ahead and pay [federal work study students],” Casner said. “And if we’re paying our federal work study students then, they decided they should go ahead and pay the other students also just for the end of the semester.”

Casner said in the event of facilities and services closing down across campus once more this fall, students will not receive paychecks again if their job is no longer available.

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Fermentation Institute produces hand sanitizer for SIUC students Janae Mosby | @mosbyj

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During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the price of cleaning supplies such as hand sanitizer and other disinfectants have been driven up due to high demand.

The SIU Fermentation Science Institute decided they wanted to do something about this issue.

Fermentation Institute director Matt McCarroll has produced “Saluki Sanitizer” to combat the high price of store bought disinfectants.

McCarroll started to look into the process of manufacturing hand sanitizer in April after the American Distilling Institute sent out information about producing homemade sanitizer.

Institute lab manager, Amanda Rothert, mentioned that the supplies for making the hand sanitizer were hard to come by at the beginning of the project.

“The chemical that we used to denature it [...] was out of stock from all the different chemical suppliers,” Rothert said.

One gallon containers were also out of stock and it took some time before they were able to secure these materials, Rothert said.

The process of making Saluki Sanitizer is relatively simple and only takes three hours to make a single batch, McCarroll said.

“It is a mixture of 95% pharmaceutical grade ethanol, glycerol, and a little hydrogen peroxide and water to balance it to the right concentration,” McCarroll said.

McCarroll mentioned that the ethanol is a class three flammable liquid, so special precautions were taken when making it.

“The mixing of it had to be done

in a closed loop system. If it was mixed in an open container, there would be so much vapor coming off it [that] it would be dangerous,” McCarroll said.

There are currently two people working to produce this sanitizer, McCarroll and Rothert.

The collaboration between these two involved purchasing the equipment, measuring, mixing, and packaging the sanitizer.

When campus opens again, McCarroll hopes to get more students involved in the process and make it a learning opportunity for them.

The first batch of Saluki Sanitizer was produced early this month and it is currently being distributed around campus.

“We are producing it in 55 gallon drums, they are picked up and delivered centrally,” McCarroll said,

“They are refilling smaller containers and these are distributed across campus.”

At the moment, SIU has purchased a commercial hand sanitizer that is being distributed around campus, but will soon make the transition to only Saluki Sanitizer.

McCarroll also hopes to sell Saluki Sanitizer to other outlets in the community and stay competitive with other brands after sorting out product pricing.

“We are working on the details for doing that right now, but we hope to have this for sale to the community,” McCarroll said.

Reporter Janae Mosby can be reached at jmosby@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @mosbyj.

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SIU student employment Continued from 1

New Student Programs student worker, Jamie Stephens, sophomore, directs students Francesca Mburkett, junior, and Gabriella Mburkett, freshman, in a Saluki Adventure scavenger hunt around campus on Saturday, August 15, 2020. Nicole Tillberg | @nicoletillberg315 “[Last semester, the pandemic crisis] was not something anybody had ever thought about or was prepared for,” Casner said. “So, this semester, people kind of know more of what is going on and they’re pretty much told that, ‘You will be working and you will be paid while you’re working, but if something happens, then that’s just going to be the end of it because you are aware that at some point in time, if a crisis hits, that we might have to close.”

In the event that a student worker is to remain at home on quarantine or isolation orders from a COVID-19 exposure or positive result, Casner said students can use up to two paid weeks from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in order to make up for the gap in pay.

“They are eligible to apply for FFCRA funding which can pay up to two weeks of salary at their average salary rate, and the benefits are limited to two weeks in total from now to Dec. 31,” Casner said.

Students are back, but job opportunities have decreased Casner said while job opportunities for students have decreased, they are not completely absent.

“So far, no [department] has said that they are not going to have student employees,” Casner said.

“As far as we know, everyone will still be hiring some, there are places that will hire fewer, of course.”

One student employer on campus, Morris Library, has decreased student staffing to about half of what they normally employ.

“We think we had 65 students at the start of spring semester,” Susan Tulis, associate dean of Morris Library, said. “We have calculated that if all goes well for fall semester, we probably will have between 30

and 35 students, about half the number.”

The decrease of operations at the library has limited the ability to have students working.

“From March to May, [...] we had one or two students who were able to come in in April and [who] did some work for us, but it was behind-the-scenes work. Most of our students work in the public areas, but that was completely shut down,” Tulis said.

Tulis said she believes they are hiring one new student in circulation and two new students in records management, but the library also feels obligated to hire returning students before new students, if they can bring them back at all.

“We’ve had a horrible scenario and I am one of them as well where I’ve had to tell a student worker, ‘I don’t have a job for you for the start of fall semester,” Tulis said.

Tulis said there aren’t necessarily new jobs created at Morris Library because of the pandemic, but the job descriptions for some employees may expand to include keeping a count on the number of people in the open space in the library and making sure that guests are wearing masks.

As far as new opportunities to hire students, library staff members are looking into creating new projects for student employees to work on, and a possible addition of a curbside book pickup service could see more students return to work as well.

Saluki Athletics, which employs students for almost every aspect of their operations, including live events, ticket sales, concessions, facilities, administration, tutoring, equipment, athletic training and managers for teams, has seen a decrease in employment opportunities as well.

“If we’re not hosting events,

obviously we won’t have quite the need or ability to employ people because the fewer events we have, the more revenue and budgetary issues we face,” Jimmy Karayiannis, SIU associate athletic director for external operations, said. “So, having student workers employed that [...] don’t have a job to do, it’s definitely not a luxury we can afford.”

In March, Karayiannis said even the top administrators in the department were sent home to work remotely.

“We didn’t have any contests, we didn’t have any tickets to collect, we didn’t have any concessions to sell or vend, so most of our student workers were sent home,” Karayiannis said.

Liz Jarnigan, SIU director of athletics, said the amount of students working for the department varies throughout the year, but typically sees between 60100 student employees working at varying levels of hours through the fall and the end of the men’s and women’s basketball seasons.

Jarnigan said as of Aug. 17, there are less than 10 students currently working for the department in athletic training, equipment, the business office and tutoring, but more will most likely be added to that number. In addition, the department has cut two-thirds of the graduate assistants working.

The department is uncertain of if or when it can bring back more student employees, particularly to work at live events and in concessions.

“As far as what we’ll need or be in the position to hire will be dictated by things that are still a very fluid situation from big Power 5 conference even down to MVC athletic departments. We’re still waiting on more clarity as to what if any kind of events we’ll be hosting,”

Karayiannis said.

With Saluki football, volleyball, soccer and cross country seasons being slated for spring now instead of fall, there aren’t currently fall games scheduled for any SIU athletic teams.

In addition of lack of available work for students, the department’s budget situation hinders the ability to hire students as well.

“We have been charged with drastically cutting our budgets, so we are no longer in a position where we can hire extra help over and above the funding we’ve been provided,” Jarnigan said.

As athletic events resume on campus, Karayiannis said this is one opportunity to bring back more student employees.

Following COVID-19 guidelines and keeping student employees safe For events of student employees being exposed to or testing positive for COVID-19, Casner said the university is following guidelines from the Centers of Disease Control and the Illinois Department of Public Health.

“Neither [the CDC nor the IDPH], at this point in time, are requiring follow-ups,” Casner said.

“So, if you test positive for COVID, they say go home, if you feel better in two weeks then you’re okay and you can come back.”

According to Casner, employers across campus cannot enforce a policy that students have a negative test result before returning to their campus job.

“I understand that some people on campus are concerned, as they very well should be, and would probably like to have everybody having negative tests, but that is not required at SIU for enrollment, for students, for staff, for student workers… they can’t enforce that,” Casner said.

At the library, Tulis said they are staggering working shifts to keep student workers at less risk of exposure, and the decrease in staff size also helps with this.

“We are limiting the number of people who are coming in. Most people are coming in 40% of the time,” Tulis said.

In addition, weekend operations reopening for the library expands work opportunities and limits the amount of students in the space by stretching workers out.

Student employees working the book drop will also have gloves and other personal protective equipment available if they choose to use it, Tulis said.

Jarnigan said the athletic department has implemented social distancing, mask wearing, limiting the number of employees (full-time and students) present in facilities at a time and testing protocols into place to help protect members in the department.

Any employee who comes into direct contact with Saluki student-athletes, including student employees, such as those who work with athletic training for football, have to be a part of the weekly testing protocol, Jarnigan said.

“We have to be very careful about bringing students from outside of the bubble we’re trying to create into it as we try to prevent COVID from occurring within our studentathletes, and to this extent we have done a very good job,” Jarnigan said.

The SIU office of student employment has updated their hours to being open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays to accept student job applications.

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

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Meet Austin Lane: Q&A with the newest SIUC chancellor Oreoluwa Ojewuyi | @odojewuyi

Editor’s note: Some of these answers have been condensed for clarity.

Austin Lane was appointed as chancellor of the Carbondale campus on May 29 and he began his appointment on July 6.

The Daily Egyptian spoke with Lane for a Q&A session, asking Lane about issues such as social justice, COVID-19 and budget goals, as well as his feelings about the Southern Illinois region.

DE: What initially interested you about becoming SIU’s newest chancellor?

Lane: “The campus was always known for being very diverse and doing things [ahead] of its time,” Lane said. “It’s a beautiful campus and the students are fantastic, so I’m excited to be here.”

Lane said SIU had potential to “move to new heights” as a large economic engine in the southern Illinois region.

DE: How do you feel about being appointed as the first Black chancellor in the university’s 150-year history?

Lane: “It tells me that I am not working and doing this for me,” Lane said. “I am actually doing this for 150 years of people who have been either disenfranchised or discriminated against that came here to SIU with a hope and a dream of succeeding and making their lives better.”

DE: How do you plan to address the needs and concerns of Black, Indeginous, and people of color (BIPOC) students on campus?

Lane: “I’m always willing to listen, to advocate and to stand up for students of all colors if they feel as if they don’t matter,” Lane said.

DE: What can you say about current social justice issues in the nation?

Lane: “Black lives do matter. I can say that. That doesn’t mean that other lives don’t.

It just means that Black lives do matter,” Lane said.

Lane said George Floyd, whose death in March sparked the beginning of worldwide protests, grew up right across his campus at Texas Southern University.

“It’s refreshing to see the advocacy and the peaceful protests from our students,” Lane said. “I think that they should have the right to do that and express themselves without being penalized.”

DE: What do you hope to accomplish as chancellor?

Lane: Lane said he has begun working on campus and community wide events like the Listening and Learning tour.

“I’ll meet with [groups] and ask two things.

What do they love about SIU, and what do we need to do to change some things or enhance some things?” Lane said. “We’ll take

all that information and we’ll craft our top five priorities. Whether that’s student success and completion, whether it’s culture, you name it.”

Lane said he wants to lay the foundation of the next 10 years at SIU and the strategic plan with the campus and Southern Illinois community.

“We’re looking at efficiencies. So I just met with the chancellor’s budget and planning committee that consists of faculty and staff and students as well,” Lane said. That committee gives me ideas about some cost cutting measures.”

DE: How do you plan to address enrollment?

Lane: “We’re working with superintendent of K-8th Dr. [ Daniel] Booth to establish some partnerships with our university so we can recruit his students as early as the third and fourth grade.”

Lane plans to build relationships with high schools and community colleges in the southern Illinois region as well.

“I understand the importance of the pipelines that need to exist between two and four year institutions,” Lane said.

Lane wants students in the Southern Illinois area to be involved in on campus events including summer camps, programs and other on campus activities.

DE: What are some of your budget

goals and concerns?

Lane: “Enrollment obviously, [...] another area is facilities,” Lane said. “If you look at some facilities, we want to make sure that those that are in good shape stay in good shape and those that aren’t, we want to make sure that we put some attention on those facilities going forward.”

Lane said he is focused on areas like academic programs and ensuring instructors have access to the resources they need keeping in accordance with COVID-19 precautions.

DE: How do you plan to keep the SIU community connected in the midst of a national health crisis?

Lane: “If we can keep the communication lines open, we can ensure that you know when we know something whether it’s from the Jackson County Health Department, the federal state or federal government [. . .] so that we can all stay safe,” Lane said.

Lane held his first zoom meeting on Aug 7. with COVID-19 updates. Lane said he plans to hold another meeting in late August or early September to provide the SIU community with more information and updates regarding the pandemic and university precautions.

Staff reporter Oreoluwa Ojewuyi can be reached at oojewuyi@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @odojewuyi.

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River Region Evening Edition’s Fall 2020 Team Matthew Alleyne | malleyne@dailyegyptian..com

At first glance, River Region sounds like the nickname for a beautiful region of water, but it’s the name of SIU’s student run television news program.

“We are an entirely student run evening newscast,” executive producer Danny Connolly said. “Everything from the reporting and writing, to the anchoring and directing is done by students.”

Since 1970, SIU has had a live student newscast through WSIU-TV, a broadcasting network that was licensed to the SIU board of trustees. Through this station, River Region Evening Edition is able to broadcast four days a week.

But the current COVID-19 pandemic has meant that they have to make some changes both behind the scenes and to their programming.

RREE is changing from a four days a week program to a once a week program, and this isn’t just for the safety of the news team, but for the benefit of the viewers as well.

Maggie Lathem, news director for RREE, said in the past, the news program has had some issues with connecting to viewers. “My biggest goal,” Lathem said. “is to start more connections through social media and features on local businesses. Making sure they know we’re listening.”

Jordan Smearman, a director and anchor for RREE, said SIU’s decline in enrollment has affected the size of their staff.

“With SIU’s enrollment going down, there hasn’t been a lot of people coming into the [Mass Communication and Media Arts] program,” Smearman said. “[Making this change] is necessary because while the RREE staff that’s currently working can make a daily show, working on only one a week will allow for a higher program quality.”

Even with these challenging times, RREE intends to thrive not only as a newscast, but as a learning experience as well. They hope that new people will see this as an opportunity to get real world news experience and join the team.

Lathem said another goal they have is to, as news director, “give everyone the opportunities to learn and grow in the organization while we produce the best content we can.”

“We are an entirely student run evening newscast. Everything from the reporting and writing, to the anchoring and directing is done by students.”

- Danny Connolly River Region Evening Edition executive producer

Zoom interviews, feature stories and more Carbondale news, relevant to both students and the local community, is the plan for the reworked Evening Edition, Connolly and Smearman said.

Sportsview and Late Edition, two additional programs that River Region broadcasts, will continue with the same schedule as last semester with Sportsview premiering twice a semester and Late Edition running Monday through Friday for three minutes from 10:57 p.m. to 11 p.m.

All three shows will be broadcasted live on WSIU Channel 8, and then uploaded to the River Region Evening Edition YouTube Channel.

You can also find RREE on Facebook and Twitter at SIU River Region Evening Edition and River Region News, or on their website riverregionnews.wordpress.com.

Staff reporter Matthew Alleyne can be reached at malleyne@dailyegyptian.com

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SIU dining halls adapt new procedures amid pandemic Jamilah Lewis

times until a student is seated and ready to eat.

When the student is ready to leave they must put their mask back on before they get up for seconds, or to put their dishes away.

Students who are quarantined or isolated will receive one-onone personalized attention and instructions from the Culinary and Nutrition Services and staff. During this time it will be important for the student to answer phone calls and look at their SIU emails to keep in contact for the best care possible.

Housing has measures in place to monitor occupancy and promote social distancing.

“We monitor the use of our dining facilities through students swiping their IDs at the entrance,” Jon Shaffer, director of University Housing, said. “We encourage students to choose various times to eat in order to spread themselves out if they notice many students eating at the same times every day.”

Shaffer said he has been going through plans with the faculty and staff in case of a rise in COVID cases on campus.

“In the event we start seeing COVID cases on campus, we will go to phase 3 of the plan, which Ronan Lisota | @r_lisota calls for carry-out only,” Shaffer

The housing staff at SIU have developed a protocol for new and returning students to keep service both safe and efficient amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students will be allowed to eat in the dining halls, but will not be allowed to get their own food and utensils. Those will be given to them by the staff.

The Culinary and Nutrition staff will make the plates of food and give them to the students. Students will be handed condiments, utensils, drinks, etc. so they aren’t touching items other students may have had.

Masks are required to enter the dining halls and must be worn at all

said. “We had a successful operation in the spring semester which we have used to formulate our fall plans.”

Leah Hall, a resident assistant at Neely Hall, was one of the few students who stayed on campus when COVID cases rose in Illinois during the spring semester.

Hall said SIU didn’t implement precautions in the spring immediately but she feels they are fully capable of making sure students are safe.

“I know that they just spent all that money last year trying to get the Mongolian grill up and running,” Hall said. “So I understand why they still have to find some way to serve people both for financial reasons and also for students who have no other choice but to eat in the dining halls.”

As new students arrive on campus and move into residence halls and apartments and upperclassmen return, the effectiveness of the protocols will be tested.

Ryan Rednour, a freshman living in Pierce Hall, said she has eaten in the dining hall a few times already and it was exactly what she expected.

“I would say [it’s going] pretty well with them cleaning everything and keeping us 6 feet,” Rednour

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said. “I mostly see everyone with masks on and [they] stay spaced out so that’s good.”

As school starts the housing staff has made more precautions like keeping up with the number of students with student IDs and they plan to deeply cleanse their utensils at a high temperature for the best clean.

“These are the plans right now and how we anticipate opening,” Shaffer said. “We remain nimble so that we can adjust to whatever circumstances occur next knowing that things can change rapidly at times.”

Staff reporter Jamilah Lewis can be reached at jlewis@ dailyegyptian.com.

Ronan Lisota | @r_lisota

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On-campus learning 2020: What important student resources are still available?

Tiffany Young | @tiffany_young__

COVID-19 is still a threat and because of this many campus resources and their availability are seeing new modifications to meet the needs of students and staff.

With support from the SIU Foundation, the Saluki Cares Emergency Fund was created by the Dean of Students Office to help provide students with financial stability.

On-campus resources provided

by Saluki Cares include financial assistance for textbooks and technical assistance such as hotspots, webcams, and laptops from the Morris Library.

Saluki Cares provides aid to students in distress by helping them connect with the Counseling Center, Disability Support Services, the Student Multicultural Center, Confidential Advisers, professors, academic advisors, as far as assisting students with technology needs.

“The major thing that has changed is making sure we are meeting the needs of our students who may not have the resources to beat the technology divide,” Dean of Students, Jennifer Jones-Hall said.

“Probably the most popular program we have is the collaboration with Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and the Morris Library to provide laptops to students who are truly in need.”

Because of donations from SIU Alumni and the University Foundation, Saluki Cares is able to offer assistance to students in an emergency fund.

This resource also helps students cover rent and utilities.

Saluki Cares, along with the Student Center, work together to run the Saluki Food Pantry, which is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Food donations are accepted during business hours and after hours if taken to the Sustainability Hub or the Student Center Administration Office.

In the Student Center, the University Bookstore is open as well as the ID card office for students to

collect their ID’s.

The food services and marketplaces in the Student Center are also open with safety guidelines in place. Subway will not be reopen until late August.

“We have plexiglass in all of our food service areas. There is no more grab and go from the foodservice lines, mainly that affects ChickFil-A. [...] It’s all preserved food from behind the lines and handed to you in a bag,” Tena Bennett, Director of the Student Center said.

Another well-populated site on campus is Morris Library. Since students visit daily to borrow books and study for their classes, the library has implemented new safety precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

New seating and table arrangements have been put in place for the fall semester. Group

study rooms, as well as print course reserves for instructors are no longer available.

Due to the coronavirus, visitors are not allowed to get into the library stacks. Fortunately, online resources will be available at all times. Students can request a book through the form on the Morris Library webpage.

John Pollitz, Dean of Library Administration, said the library is trying to protect people and their staff.

Once a book is requested, library employees will pull the book from the inventory. All books requested will be covered in paper to conceal titles and offer privacy to students.

After a book has been returned, workers at Morris Library will isolate the book for 72 hours to reduce the possibility of spreading pathogens to other patrons who

may check the book out.

Although many places are being shut down due to the Coronavirus, the SIU Health Center remains open for business.

“We will certainly take care of people who are sick but we will be prepared to handle them perhaps differently,” Paul Bennett, Medical Chief of Staff, said.

While appointments will no longer be available to schedule online, they can now be scheduled through a phone call. All appointments will be screened for either telehealth or phone visits, rather than face to face. A COVID screening is required for all students who enter the building.

“Someone with a fever, per instance, will not sit in the waiting room; they will be taken directly to the exam room. Someone who we believe has COVID based on

a phone interview, will be taken straight to our isolation room,” Bennett said. “We’re trying to anticipate both the patients’ needs as well as the safety of the patient and the safety of our staff.”

Despite transitioning to mostly telehealth, on-campus mental health services remain busy, as they have been throughout the summer.

There will still be service after-hours and Counselors of the Achieve Program.

For students who will not be living on-campus this semester, Counseling and Psychological Services, Morris Library, Saluki Cares, SalukiTech, Student Health Services, and Students Legal Assistance are all available remotely.

Reporter Tiffany Young can be reached at tyoung@dailyegyptian.com

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Recent News

Homicide on Monday in Carbondale Keaton Yates | @keatsians

Carbondale police officers responded to two reports of shots fired, one at around 3:34 p.m. and another around 6:22 p.m.

The two incidents were reported within two miles of each other, according to a release from the Carbondale Police Department.

The first report was on the 900 block of North Almond Street and was reported as a dispute between acquaintances, according to the release. No one was injured and there was no property damage but the suspect fled from the scene in an older silver vehicle.

Later, at approximately 6:22 p.m. officers responded to another shots fired report on the 1000 block of North Robert A. Stalls Ave. where they found a gunshot victim.

While life resuscitation measures were attempted, the victim passed away at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, the victim’s identity is not being released at this time.

Four men fled the scene in a black four door Dodge Charger, according to the Carbondale Police Department.

The shooting is believed to be tied to the incident on the 900 block of North Almond Street mentioned above.

Any tips or information should be sent to Carbondale police department at (618) 549-2121. An anonymous tip can be left at (618) 549-COPS (2677).

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

COVID-19 Ill. Updates

Jackson County Health Department reported 13 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.

The cases included two individuals under the age of 10, one pre-teen, one teen, four in their 20s, one each in their 30s and 40s, two in their 50s and one in their 60s.

Statewide, the Illinois Department of Health reported 1,773 confirmed cases on Monday and 12 additional deaths.

As of Monday, there have been 789 confirmed cases in Jackson County and 20 deaths, according to the release, and 677 individuals have been released from isolation in accordance with CDC guidelines.

Franklin and Williamson Counties reported 26 new cases and one death Monday.

Statewide, the Illinois Department of Health reported 1,773 confirmed cases on Monday and 12 additional deaths.

The Jackson County Health Department asks all residents to follow public health guidelines by wearing a mask in public, maintaining social distance, avoiding social gatherings, washing hands frequently and working with health department officials as they conduct contact tracing.

If you are experiencing fever, cough, difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle aches, loss of taste or smell, nausea or diarrhea, you should contact your healthcare provider for further guidance.

The Daily Egyptian’s News Desk can be reached at 1-618-536-3329, by email at editor@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @dailyegyptian.t

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Election Day - November 3rd, 2020 | 76 days Register in person

Election 2020 The DE’s guide to voting in Illinois

August 19, 2020 | Graphic 1: Voting by Mail

Vote by Mail How do I obtain a vote by mail ballot?

Voters must ďŹ ll out an application for mail-in ballots.

Voters can obtain the vote by mail application from their voting authority, in-person or online.

When can I apply?

Vote by mail applications are accepted 90 days before the election.

When does voting by mail actually start?

Voters can mail in their ballot 40 days prior to the election.

Source

elections.il.gov See future editions of Daily Egyptian and visit dailyegyptian.com for continued coverage.

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Opinion

Remote learning resources: Five keys to online classes

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Dustin Clark | @dustinclark.oof

Janae Mosby | @mosbyj

Among the many aspects of daily life that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on, education has seen a significant change in how students meet, learn from and communicate with teachers at all levels.

This semester many classes are going to be online. For incoming freshmen who are new to college and seasoned upperclassmen who have never attempted remote learning, online classes may be hard to navigate.

Below are five tips on how to be successful while taking an online course.

1. Take time to learn how to navigate and work Zoom and D2L Information for online and inperson classes for SIU are all located on D2L or “Desire 2 Learn”.

On D2L, you can find course materials like lecture notes, syllabi, assignments and articles. This is also where you will take most, if not all of your tests and quizzes if you are a remote learner.

An easy way to find D2L is to search the words “mycourses siu” on Google.

Another way to access D2L is to log on to SalukiNet and search “mycourses”.

Your classes will be listed on the right hand side of the homepage on D2L. When you click a course, it gives you a variety of options to

look into with a few being: content, assessments and resources.

It may take awhile to figure out where everything for your class is located on the site, but practice makes perfect. If you are having trouble, be sure to reach out to your professor.

Another important online tool is the Zoom application. Zoom is a video conference software that helps you to talk to multiple people at a time with special features like screen sharing for presentations.

If you have an online course, it will most likely be required of you to make a Zoom account. For practice on how to use the software, I recommend making an account and video conferencing with friends or family to check out feature usage.

I also recommend downloading the app onto your phone in case of computer malfunction. Please note that you may be unable to screen share on a smartphone.

2. Communicate with your professors I would say from experience that it will be nearly impossible to succeed in your online classes without communicating with your professors and forming a solid relationship with them.

Use the first week of class to introduce yourself separately to your professor and let them know your goals for the course and a little bit of information about yourself.

This will help in getting them to

remember who you are when you do need help and it will also show them that you are dedicated to being a good student.

When you have a question, I encourage you to not be shy and reach out to your professors.

If you don’t ask questions, you risk missing points on assignments, missing class events and completing assignments you may not need to do.

Even if your professor does not take attendance, I recommend emailing them to inform them of your absence anyway, that way they know that you are committed to your learning experience.

3. Connect with members of your class Reaching out to classmates and asking for their contact information can also be very beneficial when you are learning online.

When you are unable to make it to class, having someone in that class you can contact allows you to reach out and catch up on what you missed, whether it be a new assignment, class updates or just regular lecture notes.

If your class requires you to complete a group assignment, already having your classmates’ contact information will make it easier for you to find a partner or group.

You could even contact your classmates about having a virtual

study session when you have a big test coming up. Their study tactics may be something you haven’t seen before and they may prove to be helpful to you.

4. Stay organized This tip is one of the most important keys to staying on top of your online classes. You must stay organized at all times.

To me, this means creating different folders (either physically or on my computer) for my assignments, lecture notes and study materials, and writing down assignment deadlines in my planner and on my calendar.

Organizing your materials into different files and folders will make them easier for you to find and keep you from losing anything important. When placing items in different folders, make sure to name each one specifically so that you can locate it effectively.

For study materials, I use virtual notecards on Quizlet. This keeps me from losing information and wasting paper. On Quizlet, you can separate notecards by class and learning topic and you can access the materials on your computer and phone when you download the app.

Having a planner is also very helpful and can be for any student, whether you are remote or inperson. It allows you to write down assignment due dates and test days so that you won’t forget or miss them.

Planners can be helpful for extracurriculars as well and are a great way to keep track of your activities.

5. Use your time wisely With an online class, it can be easy to procrastinate and let your work build up because you aren’t physically being given the assignments and many of them will appear on D2L. The best way to prevent this from happening is by managing your time in a wise manner.

A good way to manage your time is to make a schedule. First, you should look on D2L to see when all your assignments are due for the week and what else you may have on your plate for that week.

Then, set aside time everyday to do your school work. I recommend that you get it done earlier in the day because the longer you wait, the less motivation you will have.

If you don’t have much school work for the week, you could use the extra time you have to work ahead.This allows you to eliminate the stress that procrastination causes and may even free up time for you in the future.

Try to turn in your assignments before the due date if the dropbox is open, so that way you can start working on the next one.

Sports reporter Janae Mosby can be reached at jmosby@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @mosbyj.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

How to make a homemade mask Rana Schenke

SIU is requiring all students to wear masks while in indoor public places on campus. If you have some time on your hands and access to a sewing machine, you can try making your own masks to wear.

The following are easy sewing directions for making your own homemade mask.

Materials: ¼ yard of fabric (Woven fabric such as quilting fabric works best; a knit, or stretchy, fabric will be difficult to work with) Elastic (2 pieces, 7-8 in length, ¼ in width) Coordinating thread to match fabric Pins Paper Ruler Pencil Sewing machine Ironing board and iron Steps: Draw a rectangle 7.5 inches by 5.5 inches on a piece of paper.

Make sure the corners are at a 90 degree angle. Cut it out.

Fold your fabric with the finished edges together. Pin the rectangle to your fabric with the short edge parallel to the finished edge of the fabric.

Cut out the fabric around the edge of the pattern. Make sure you are using sharp scissors and cutting cleanly so the edges are straight and unfrayed. You should have two rectangles now. (Optional: cut a third rectangle to insert in the center for an extra layer.)

Put the right sides of the fabric together and pin the two layers. If you are new to sewing, you may want to mark a line around the edge of the wrong side of the fabric, ¼ an inch from the edge. You can also put a piece of tape on your sewing machine marking ¼ from the needle position to guide the placement of the fabric.

Sew the fabric on the long edge at ¼ inch seam allowance.

Sew the other long side of the fabric, but leave a 2 inch opening in the middle of the seam to allow the mask to be turned right side out later.

Insert the two pieces of elastic into the short ends of the mask, pinning the ends of the elastic at the corners. Make sure the elastic is not twisted.

Sew the short edges of the mask, over the elastic. Backstitch over the ends of the elastic to secure them.

Trim the corners of the mask and any loose threads. Turn right side out; tug the elastic to pull out the corners.

Press the seams and corners flat with the iron. Make sure your iron is set to the proper setting for your fabric type so you don’t singe your

mask. Your mask should look like a fabric rectangle with two elastic loops.

Now you will pleat the fabric.

Fold the fabric in, starting at the top of the mask, by about ½ inch. You should have a top panel ¾ to one inch in width, and a half inch pleat.

Pin the pleat.

About ½ inch from the edge of the first pleat, fold in the second pleat so the foldedunder edge is in line with the top fold. Pin the second pleat. Don’t let the two folds overlap or you will have too many layers and your needle could break when you are trying to sew them.

Adjust the pleats as needed to get them even and spaced the way you want them.

When you are wearing the mask, the pleats will unfold, so spacing is more of a personal preference. If the pleats are crooked, however, they may make your mask uncomfortable to wear. Your pleats should be folded downward when wearing. Make sure if your fabric has a print with a clear up/ down direction that the pleats are facing

correctly.

Sew along the edges of the mask, over the pleats, at ¼ inch seam allowance. This should also close the opening you left for turning the mask right side out. Make sure to backstitch.

Trim any loose threads.

(Optional: Press the finished mask so the pleats are nice and crisp.

Avoid pressing the elastic because it could melt.)

Managing Editor Rana Schenke can be reached at rschenke@ dailyegyptian.com.

Chloe Schobert | @chlo_scho_art

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10 movies that were unable to be released in theaters as a result of COVID-19 outbreaks Nick Hasenstab

Since March, students have adjusted to living amidst COVID-19 with the help of media entertainment in the form of Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and YouTube, but one form of entertainment that was noticeably absent were new cinema releases. Due to restrictions on the amount of people allowed to be in a group, it was only logical that movie theatres were required to shut down in order to decrease the amount of infections. Because of this, many movie production companies, including Disney, Warner Brothers and 20th Century Studios have been forced to push back their summer movies to a later date if they are going to be released in theatres.

While these films are still waiting for their chance to be released, the movies that were already in theatres before the shutdown have been released either digitally or on DVD. Here are 10 movies that were unable to be released in theaters.

Black Widow The next installment into the Marvel Cinematic Universe was originally set to release on May 1 and was going to be Disney’s summer Marvel movie, similar to 2019’s ”Spider-Man: Far From Home.” As of date of publication, the new release date has been set for Nov. 6, 2020 and will star Scarlett Johansson in the lead role, which will mark 10 years since her debut in “Iron Man 2” which released on May 7, 2010.

The Hunt “The Hunt” was originally set to hit theatres on Sep. 27, 2019, however before its release the big plot twist of the movie was leaked, and prominently sparked outrage over the message of the movie.

The big twist centers around the idea that the people that are being hunted are people with more conservative viewpoints, and the “villains” of the movie were people with liberal viewpoints that were trying to purge these people with “unideal” beliefs.

The reason this movie was cancelled was that it would have been released in the wake of the two mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and Austin, Texas as well as the point of the movie being completely misinterpreted by conservative media outlets like Fox News, and even the President.

When the reveal of the movie was leaked, reporters at Fox News misinterpreted the meaning of the movie, believing that the message was about how people with conservative viewpoints are meant to be hunted for sport, and even Trump tweeted about the movie, claiming that Hollywood is racist, and that this movie is simply meant to cause chaos.

Eventually “The Hunt” was

rescheduled to release on March 13, and the advertisements for the movie paraded the fact that this movie was so brave and controversial, when it was really just a subpar action movie that was misinterpreted by Fox News.

The King of Staten Island “The King of Staten Island” stars Pete Davidson as a man whose father was a firefighter and died in the line of duty. Davidson now lives at home with his mother and is regularly drinking and doing drugs until his mother finds a new boyfriend who is also a firefighter played by Bill Burr. Davidson gives a great performance in this movie, and his comedic talent is really shown throughout the movie, not to mention Burr also does a fairly good job.

The movie focuses on Davidson’s struggle and his dilemma between what he wants to do with his life, if he wants to make something of himself and follow in his father’s footsteps, or if he wants to keep his current nonchalant life and become a tattoo artist. Overall the movie has some good performances and a good story, so if you’re a Pete Davidson fan, then this movie will be for you.

Onward Disney Pixar’s “Onward” is a coming of age story about two brothers, voiced by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt, working to find a way to see their dad one last time in a fantasy world mixed with modern technology. To be honest,

this movie is nothing special, it was good but it didn’t quite feel like a true Pixar movie and felt more like one of the more generic movies the Dreamworks would put out. “Onward’s” unique world does create some opportunities for some interesting scenarios, and so all around it’s good but nothing groundbreaking.

Impractical Jokers: The Movie “Impractical Jokers” is a hit TV series that has been on air since 2011 and consists of four best friends from highschool: Q, Joe, Sal and Murr as they compete to embarrass each other to their over 1 million fans. “Impractical Jokers: The Movie” is the film version of the show, and by that I mean the movie is basically just the show but with a higher budget than normal.

While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it may very well drive away people who don’t enjoy the show.

In which the “story” bits, which are little more than just sketches and an extremely loose plot to explain why the movie centers around a road trip, probably doesn’t help those people. All in all, if you’re a fan of “Impractical Jokers” then you should watch this movie; if not then this movie can be skipped.

Wonder Woman 1984 The Sequel to the 2017 blockbuster “Wonder Woman” starring Gal Gadot in the lead role was originally set to release in June 2020, but was delayed along with the rest of the theatrical summer releases. “Wonder Woman 1984”

is currently slated to release on Oct. 2 and will continue to star the two main leads, Gadot and Chris Pine, and will also be directed by Patty Jenkins, who was the director of the first “Wonder Woman.”

Scoob “Scoob” is a computer animated movie which is based on the classic cartoon “Scooby-Doo”which to many is a nostalgic show from their childhood. “Scoob” has multiple stars in its cast, including Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried and Gina Rodriguez, which seems to be the only thing going for this movie.

Upon its release, “Scoob” received average to below average reviews from critics and was a commercial failure, mostly because of the missed sales because of COVID. Mulan The latest addition to the Disney live action remake movie line up was going to be “Mulan,” which would have undoubtedly made Disney a hefty sum at the box office like last year’s “The Lion King,” which made over $1 billion dollars at the box office. It is fair to say that, regardless of quality, the “Mulan” live action remake would have smashed at the box office, if it was able to release in theatres. Despite the loss, Disney still has plans to release “Mulan” on Disney+ but for $30 extra, on top of the existing $6.99 monthly subscription fee.

Trolls World Tour The Sequel to 2016’s “Trolls” starring Anna Kendrick and Justin

Timberlake released on March 11 and was shortly released digitally after theaters were forced to shut down. The sequel has continued to expand the cast of stars by adding big names such as Sam Rockwell, Kenan Thompson, Rachel Bloom and even Rock and Roll icon Ozzy Osbourne.

“Trolls World Tour” is an example of a movie that’s trying too hard to seem young and hip, especially with the inclusion of techno music and k-pop, and the idea of giving a movie that was mostly just average a sequel is rather baffling.

Bloodshot “Bloodshot” was released in theatres on March 13 and was released on DVD on May 5. The movie stars Vin Diesel as the lead is about a super soldier who is given fake memories about the murder of his girlfriend so that he will hunt down and assassinate the man he is made to believe is the murderer.

“Bloodshot” was a commercial failure, as it failed to make up for its $45 million budget, and only made $31.2 million dollars at the box office. Most would blame this shortcoming on COVID, and while their not wrong, the movie is also just flat out bad, with a below average performance from Diesel, as well as the rather awful action scenes.

Staff reporter Nick Hasentstab can be reached at nhasenstab@ dailyegyptian.com

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Sports

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Missouri Valley Football votes to push season to spring Tāmar Mosby | @mosbytamar

On Friday, the Missouri Valley Football Conference Presidents Council voted to push back the upcoming football season to spring of 2021 due to the continuing threat of COVID-19.

Despite this delay, MVFC teams are permitted to play up to three non-conference games this fall.

The MVFC now joins

several other collegiate football conferences who have chosen to delay their season until the spring.

“The tipping point for the MVFC came on Thursday, when the Big Sky Conference and Pioneer League both canceled fall football, effectively eliminating the postseason. Previously, the NCAA said there would need to be 50 percent of eligible teams playing in the fall to justify a postseason tournament,” an SIU athletics

statement said.

It is uncertain whether SIU will compete against other nonconference programs, but Jarnigan is exploring the possibility as the team has currently rescheduled its game with UT Martin for an open date in 2025.

“This decision to move to the spring comes with the expectation that our student-athletes will have an opportunity to play in the FCS Playoffs,” Jarnigan said.

“The feedback we received from our student-athletes was that they want to compete for a national title. That was the rationale for our conference’s decision.”

Practice began for the Salukis in late July, but coaches are now reconvening due to the new schedule changes. A new start date has not yet been given for the MVFC spring season.

Southern’s football program has undergone a series of three

coronavirus tests with no positive results to date.

Saluki head football coach Nick Hill said that the health and wellbeing of the players is the primary concern of himself and his staff and that they are taking the time to hear each of their concerns.

announced the postponement of fall conference seasons and championships due to the pandemic.

The sports at Southern that have been affected by this are volleyball, football, men and women’s cross country and soccer.

Associate athletic director Tom Weber said that in order to keep the athletes separated during the testing, the department implemented a gating procedure.

“We have what we call a gating procedure that we started back in July. The first gate that came through was a group of about 50 football players, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball players,” Weber said.

These teams in particular normally begin workouts before other programs at SIU and this was the primary reason they were selected to be in the first gate,

Weber said.

The second gate included 40 more players from these sports.

Following gates were made available for sports that start at a later date.

“The football team has been tested upward of four times already.

Whereas teams that are coming to the later gates, like baseball players and softball players, have not come through their gates yet,” Weber said.

By the time classes begin, all the athletes will have been tested.

The volleyball, soccer, and football teams began testing weekly when they were considered in season.

Football training camp started July 31, but it is unknown whether camp was completed due to the push back of the upcoming season.

The COVID-19 nasal swab tests given to the athletes were conducted

by SIH. After the test, the swabs are sent to the lab for results which

come back within 2-4 days.

So far, two athletes have tested positive for coronavirus and both were asymptomatic.

When someone tests positive, a protocol set up months in advance by the athletics department, is implemented to keep the virus from spreading.

“The Jackson County Health Department [...] does contact tracing. People that they have had contact with go into isolation as a precaution. The person who has tested obviously quarantines,” Weber said.

Besides testing and gating, several other protocols have been put in place to keep athletes protected.

Before any athlete can go through their gate and get tested, they are required to isolate for five days.

During those days they undergo multiple temperature checks.

After emerging from quarantine

with no fever or symptoms, they are given a COVID test. If the test results come back negative, they are allowed to access the facilities.

The facilities are currently limited to athletics staff and student athletes, and of course, masks are required while inside the building.

“Football had safety shields installed on their masks, so when they [breathed] they weren’t breathing out particles.” Weber said.

Weber said that they have very thorough cleaning procedures for equipment or furniture that has been touched.

Teams are no longer meeting in large groups, they separate into smaller groups or meet virtually.

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

Weekly COVID-19 testing implemented to keep SIU Carbondale Saluki student-athletes safe Janae Mosby | @mosbyj

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SIU athletics department is taking every precaution in order to keep their athletes safe.

To ensure the safety of the athletes at Southern, each sports program will be tested weekly to ensure that the athletes are COVID free.

Across the globe, athletic conferences, organizations, and teams had to postpone their seasons or cancel them all together due to the threat of coronavirus.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has imposed new restrictions on sports this year. Some fall sports have been classified as high risk and were postponed.

Pritzker said the state will be “restricting youth and adult recreational organized sports” beginning Aug. 15.

The Missouri Valley Conference

Sports reporter Janae Mosby can be reached at jmosby@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @mosbyj.

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DE team says farewell and good luck to staff adviser after 16 years Gus Bode | @dailyegyptian

Editor’s note: He isn’t dead.

The Daily Egyptian is saying goodbye to its faculty adviser and managing editor of 16 years.

Eric Fidler, announced his decision to retire via Twitter on July 31. He plans to stay at the DE until Sept. 1.

Fidler is leaving the DE to homeschool and care for his daughter Maddy.

“She needs someone to not just juggle all of her medical appointments, but to push her and be there for her all the time,” Fidler said.

“I can’t do that and work too.”

Fidler was always there to help a reporter or editor look over a story, think of a quippy headline or crack a joke to countless editors and reporters on the verge of a mental breakdown.

He always had some kind of instrument in his office and could occasionally be heard blasting super old music or playing his mandolin. He was always quick to judge the staff’s ukulele skills and music taste.

Fidler said before he began working as the adviser to the DE, he had no idea there was such a thing as a college media adviser.

“But what a great gig it’s been. I’ve worked with some of the smartest, most interesting people I’ve ever known over the last 16 years,” Fidler said. “I am constantly in awe of you guys. To see former students out in the world doing good, whether in journalism or not is just so fucking rewarding. I’ve learned so much from my students.”

Fidler would often fix problems with print, a story, or some issue on staff without the rest of SIU ever finding out, it was as if an occult hand just solved the problem out of nowhere.

Seth Richardson, who graduated from SIU in 2014 and is the chief political reporter for The Plain Dealer and http://cleveland.com, said it is hard to put into words how much Fidler helped him during his time at the DE. “There’s a reason so many of us keep in contact with him to this day,” Richardson said. “I can’t imagine I’d be anywhere close to where I am currently without his tutelage.”

Anyone can write but Fidler teaches you how to be a reporter, Richardson said.

“I remember when I started at the DE I was pretty nervous. I’d done interviews and such before but never really worked a beat or anything like that. Eric helped me sniff out stories in places I never would have even thought to look. He taught me to not take guff from somebody just because they’re in a position of power,” Richardson said. “He’s a reporter first and foremost, and that’s what made his guidance so vital.”

Athena Chrysanthou, the DE’s Editorin-Chief 2017-2018, said Fidler’s door was always open for advice.

“His unprecedented experience and consistent support is what drove me to make the newsroom better everyday. The DE would not be the newsroom it is now without him,” Chrysanthou said. “His words and wisdom is something that I carry very close with me in my career following the DE, and it’s his advice I think of when making hard choices that are faced every day as a journalist.”

Abbey La Tour, a DE staff member who graduated from SIU in 2019 and is a copy editor and paginator at the News-Enterprise, said she can’t imagine the DE without him.

“Fidler always was there for the J school students but especially DE staffers,” La Tour said. “Whether that was to teach you something by telling a story from his past experiences; listen to you rant or cry when you were stressed about classes, the DE or your future; give advice on the best places to eat in town; bring his dog in to make us smile; and of course edit your work.”

La Tour said he was the only person who’s advice really mattered to her when she accepted her first journalism job.

Tyler Davis, a 2016 graduate and former EIC at the DE, said Fidler was and continues to be a tremendous resource for him as a young journalist.

“His experience as a reporter and editor helped me, and dozens of others, know this is exactly what I want to do, and I thank him for that,” Davis said.

Fidler said this is not the way he had hoped to leave.

“But it’s the way it is.

I’ll miss that newsroom and I’ll be cheering for its inhabitants,” Fidler said.

Staff Reporter Gus Bode can be reached at 1-618536-3329, or by email at editor@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @ dailyegyptian.

Chloe Schobert | @chlo_scho_art

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