After the death of her grandfather George V, Queen Elizabeth’s uncle was next in line. Not even a year later, Edward VIII abdicated from the throne without a coronation, triggering a constitutional crisis. The intricacies of this crisis are not
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have criticized her or the monarchy are few and far between. It is impossible to really know the true feelings of British subjects outside of the United Kingdom because the contemporary sources are all from a pro-monarchist perspective.
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relevant here but the overall impact of it on both Elizabeth and her father is. His wife, the future Queen Mother, believed that the crisis and pressures of the crown are what contributed to George VI’s early death in 1952.At the time, Elizabeth was 25 years old and far from home on a royal tour in Kenya as princess, but by the time the plane touched down on English soil, she was Queen. Fourteen months later, the Coronation took place at Westminster Abbey in London. Millions of people tuned in to watch the first televised coronation in history, with some even buying their first television sets to watch the
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Outside of the United Kingdom, she contributed to the long standing legacy of English colonialism. The Mau Mau rebellion for example, was an uprising against the British government in Kenya from 1952 to 1960 that ended with thousands of Kenyans being detained in concentration camps, not all of whom were involved in the rebellion. Queen Elizabeth stood back and remained silent, breaking a declaration of service to Kenya she had made in her 21st birthday speech years earlier. This is only one of many examples.
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As Britain’s longest reigning monarch, she shied away from political controversy, but embraced the role of ceremonial head of state. She was known for her brightly colored outfits, large hats and beloved corgis.Below, columnist Aaron Elliott share’s his personal memories and life-long love of the Sittingqueen:inthe brown and pink polkadot child size recliner at the bottom of my parents bed, I remember asking, “Who is that?” while pointing to the box television in the wall. “The Queen,” my mother said while applying her makeup in a little hand mirror.
The reluctant monarch: Remembering Queen Elizabeth II
Whileevent.this would imply that response to her reign was universally positive, sources from other countries that might
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8, 2022. She had reigned since the age of 25, when she ascended the throne in 1952. At the time her commonwealth included the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
And therein lies the problem of her legacy. Some might argue that Elizabeth II did everything that was expected of her by carrying on long standing traditions, while also ushering in a new age of monarchy. As the first Queen Regnant since her greatgreat-grandmother, Victoria, her reign brought a new sense of progressivism to a historically male institution, shining a light into the haze of post-war Britain.
English perspective, her reign has been considered to be long and peaceful. Since the role of Monarch is more of a public figurehead instead of a real head of state in modern times, Her Majesty was well received by the English public.
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I was no more than five or six years old, at home sick from school and watching the news coverage of the State Open of Parliament. My eyes fixated on the sight before me as I peered into a world of grandeur that my little self had only ever imagined as fairy tales. This was a glimpse into an almost forgotten world of impressive pomp and circumstance, and I was immediately enthralled by it. The lifestyle, the clothing, but most of all Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
With the growth of tabloids, a rather ordinary but lucky woman was propelled to a type of global celebrity that a British Monarch had never seen before. From an
Born as Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor to the Duke and Duchess of York, later known as King George VI and The Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother), she was never meant to bear the weight of the crown and was born a princess, third in line to the throne.
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With class back in full swing, SIU has gotten a much needed influx of students. The number of first year undergraduate students is up 6.8%, according to the University, with 1,518 of them
“We’lldone. continue our focus on yielding more freshman, transfer, graduate and international students. We’re continually examining programming designed to help students be successful and retain them as Salukis. We will analyze the data further and see where we can improve, especially as the recruitment cycle for fall 2023 gets underway,” he said.
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He said students who come here have an opportunity to explore and build a better version of themselves and make SIU their home away from home.
He said, with more jobs wanting employees to be more experienced internationally, this is the perfect opportunity for students.
Wendell Williams, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, said SIU offers students more than just an education.
where a student will register a class at SIU, but we’ll take those courses abroad. So they will be graduating on time. So that’s how they [get their] academic experience and they will be learning in different higher education settings. So that’s a different knowledge that they’re going to gain over there,” Neupane said.
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Jim Hunsaker, the Associate Director of Housing, said, last year, because SIU had such an influx in first year students, it could no longer offer single rooms for every student this year, so first year students have a roommate by default.
Lane said there is still more work to be
“If you’re from a city in China, a small city of 3 million you know, that’s what Carbondale is to them and so being able to be in an environment that has more of a park or a natural field is really important,” Bandy said. “At the same time for them to be able to participate in those clubs, meet new people and then really find themselves as well.”
According to Neupane, study abroad has many opportunities for students like short and long run exchange programs and a variety of scholarships.
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“The city of Carbondale and the surrounding areas that we have, is a great place for you to find yourself. That’s even before we start thinking about the great professors that we have, the great support team,” Williams said. “[...] The things that we hear the most from students, is that they fall in love with the area, they fall in love with the climate. They fall in love with SIU.”
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“All of the towers are being used, all of the Wall and Grand apartments are being used. There’s been an expansion of the Evergreen Terrace, our undergraduate furnished apartments, and our grad and family apartments,” he Hunsakersaid. said having new students come to SIU benefits current students in many ways.
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“I would say for international students once they get here and meet the students, the faculty and the staff that really makes their experience and so you get one student who has a fabulous experience and is similar with domestic students,” Bandy said
“This study abroad experience is going to help them to achieve that, to have that global mindset, because they are going abroad and learning about different cultures and people. So when you go into the workforce setting, then you have that experience working with different cultures,” Neupane said.
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that we can get the better. [...] Plus, with the budget cuts, it always comes at the state level and with the challenges with funding higher education,” Williams said.He said, dealing with budget cuts is hard and they are always coming up with new ways to deal with them, but getting more students at SIU helps a lot to counteract those cuts.
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Ramesh Neupane, associate director for the study abroad program said, study abroad has been around for years, and has been a great way for both domestic and international students to see different cultures and continue their education.“SIUdoes a lot of exchange programs
While Lane called it “stable,” total enrollment is down 1.4%, but that is considerably better than the precipitous drops of the 2017-18 period.
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She said, when her department goes through the admissions applications, they go based on oldest to newest and try to prioritize applications based on what deadlines are coming up.
Williams said, having more new students not only helps SIU, but the entire Carbondale community as a whole.“Who knows one of the students enrolled this semester or may already be here, maybe making the next cure for cancer. They may be the first person to step foot on Mars. So the more students
He said the program gives students a chance to learn about different cultures and how other countries’ norms are different from theirs.
Sam Bandy, Interim Director for the Center for International Education, said international students benefit from coming to SIU because they get to see and experience what it is like outside of their home country.
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“For the third year in a row, we have increased our freshman class – for the first time since 2004,” Chancellor Austin Lane said. “In fact, this class is the largest in six years, and we are enjoying a second year of stable enrollment.
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Brockelsby reached out to the coalition after researching details behind Navigator’s project.
If the project is approved and completed, CO2 emissions from facilities in five states would be captured, transported along a 1300 mile pipeline, and buried about a mile underground at a site in Christian County, Illinois.Karen Brockelsby, one of the landowners opposed to the project, said folks in the Christian County farm community were quick to mobilize their neighbors against the project after representatives from Navigator began reaching out with financial offers for owners in the 33,000 acre sequestration area.
On Aug. 31, Sangamon County became the first county to file a “Petition to Intervene” with the Illinois Commerce Commission.
“They were already miles ahead of all the rest of us in terms of understanding what pipelines were all about and what the dangers were,” Brockelsby said.
“There are two examples in the state of Illinois where natural gas is stored below a cap rock, [and] it migrated up,” Richards said.
Landowners in Illinois have reached out to elected officials at various levels around the state, and spoken to some of their teams, including staff members from Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Sen. Dick Durbin’s offices.
The project would be, “a new interstate carbon capture, pipeline transportation and sequestration system,” according to Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC’s application to the Illinois Commerce Commission.
The Denbury Gulf Coast Pipeline ruptured after heavy rains triggered a landslide, according to a 269 page report by the US Department of Transportation.“Whenthe pipeline ruptured, it created a crater in the ground 40 feet deep, and erupted with this gas that then began to travel towards the town of Satartia,” Richards said. “An entire area of 200 people, some say 300, had to be evacuated. Nearly 50 went into the hospital, and if it had happened that night, as people slept through it, they would have died.”
and additional payouts for each year of storage, but they weren’t very compelling. If the sequestration project goes forward, critics fear it could have serious health, environmental and financial repercussions.
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The leak in Champaign County was the source of a 5-year class action lawsuit against People’s Gas, which was settled in June 2022, according to a story by Mark Schenk for the
“At one of the early meetings my son asked the engineer of the Heartland project what amount of carbon was going to be created in the construction and operation of the pipeline,” Brocklesby said. “We have never gotten an answer to that question. So, I suspect they create more of a problem than they solve.”
The leaked CO2 caused people to lose motor function and pass out, and made emergency response especially difficult as gas-powered vehicles were inoperable in the low-oxygen environment and emergency teams didn’t have enough respirators for responders.
Landowners from 13 Illinois counties have formed a group in opposition to a proposed CO2 pipeline. It’s called Citizens Against Heartland Greenway Pipeline, and members filed a “Petition to Intervene” with the Illinois Commerce Commission.
“In a farm community, pretty much everybody knows who farms what pieces, and, so, they [landowners] went and talked directly to people and got commitments from about 90% of the people in the sequestration site that they would not voluntarily sign anything with Navigator,” Brockelsby said.
The other was in Champaign County, where a leak contaminated the Mahomet Aquifer, the largest source of freshwater in Illinois, and has since been sealed, according to People’s Gas Light and Coke Company.
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The offers included some money up front,
Pam Richards, the co-director of EcoJustice Collaborative, which has been helping the opposing landowners organize against Navigator, said other sequestration projects have had major consequences.
“I have worked with Joyce on mining related issues,” Richards said. “I know her well from all kinds of interactions we’ve had over the years, and when she says, ‘you gotta get involved,’ I say, I better listen to this.”
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against Navigator after Joyce Blumenshine, a conservation co-chair for the Illinois Chapter Sierra Club’s Heart of Illinois Group, brought the pipeline to her attention.
“We never ever got to directly speak with the senators, and those aides seemed sympathetic to our information,” Brocklesby said. “They seemed to have concerns, and said they would shareDespitethat.” the concern, Brockelsby said she’s worried government officials will still be prone to signing off on any climate change mitigation proposal, and less inclined to look into whether those proposals are too good to be true.
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If a similar rupture happened in Illinois, it would be very difficult to respond to, Brockelsby said. “Our largest town has a population of about 12,000, and it’s the only community that has a [...] paid full time Fire Department.”
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One is a methane leak as a result of gas buried in Livingston County by Nicor Gas, which has, apparently, been ongoing for years according to a story by Mark Maxwell for WCIA.
The coalition has looked into a number of city and county mechanisms for stopping, delaying, or making adjustments to the proposed pipeline construction path, including establishing zoning setbacks and utilizing road crossing rules.
The CO2 pipeline, which differs from oil and gas pipelines, has the potential to be even more dangerous to people and animals living nearby the line and the sequestration area, Richards said, and pointed to an explosion of a CO2 pipeline in Satartia, Mississippi as evidence.
“Usually it is at least 40 hours a week, sometimes more depending on if it’s like planting season all year long.
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Paulson said Farm Crawl offers more than just touring different farms, but is a great way for people to think about all the different career paths available to them.
Organizer Amy Dion said the purpose of the crawl is to allow people from all over the Carbondale area to meet local farmers.When the pandemic was at its peak, people were thrown off by the grocery shortages struggling to get food, Dion said.“When the restaurants shut down and more people were shopping, they were looking for a lot of the fresh items through COVID. Also some [people] were stressed and so not everybody was able to get their items in store and I know for the Co-Op, we were able to fill that gap by working with our local farmers,” she said.
Aldridge, the owner of MeadowBrook Farms said her grandfather started it about 100 years ago and it was passed down to her in 2010. She said, when they found out goat soap helped clear up their daughter’s eczema, they decided they wanted to sell it to others.
how our food is produced.”
Amanda Roberts, owner of Bloomridge Farms, said, her place started out with a small zinnia patch and decided to expand. She said running a flower farm on such a big scale takes a lot of time and effort.
Roberts said being a part of the Farm Crawl, helps get local farms exposure so that more people can know about them and know where to buy organic products.“Ithink it helps people to see the amount of work that goes into it and then that makes you appreciate those farms even more and makes you want to buy local and support these local people that are trying to run these small businesses to keep their families going,” sheMelaniesaid.
said people can pick up their baked goods fresh the day they order them.
Angie Kuhel and her brother Colin Kuhel, who run Angie’s Farm, said, because their honey is locally sourced, people are getting more of the nutrients they need from it compared to storeboughtFarmershoney.were not the only people who had good things to say about the crawl. Laurie Power, a Marion resident, said, since she is a first time gardener she was excited to be able to tour different farms and learn from the experts.
“We have university students who are coming out to learn about sustainable agriculture or design in some way. And then we also have lots of people from the community who are interested in maybe knowing how to garden a little better or maybe they’re thinking about getting into agriculture as a profession,”
Kathy Ward, co-owner of La Colina Linda, said her and her partner’s farm has been around for about 10 years. They specialize in root vegetables, organic foods and medicinal herbs. She
sustainable,” she said. “It also teaches a lot about soil quality. A small hog farm can produce quite a bit of heat, destroying the land or putting toxins into the soils or the waters.”
Eight farms were a part of last year’s crawl. This year there were 15 farms participating, some familiar, such as Wichmann Vineyard and Rolling Oak Alpaca Ranch and some new, such as Mulberry Farms, Bloomridge Farm and Meadow Bluff Farms.
Volunteers Amie Trojnar and Abbie Kruse, said being able to buy local food not only helps the farmers out, but reduces the exploitation of labor in other places where produce is harvested.Paulson said, “It’s a really wonderful event, because, in the end, everybody eats. So, everybody has a connection to agriculture. And we just want to create a weekend where people can get even more.”
The Neighborhood Co-op introduced new farms to its annual Farm Crawl on Sept. 10 and 11.
Jennifer Paulson, executive director of Food Works, said the organization’s main goal is to provide Southern Illinois with fresh locally-sourced food.
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“I think there’s a great opportunity to just educate a lot of people in our area, just what we do have in our backyard and how much it can provide just for our region, which makes us more
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According to Dion, those farms are a great way for the community to get locally grown produce, and see how it is grown and get to know the people who run the farms.
“It is this really unique place where we are making real concrete changes towards a stronger food system and we’re doing it from many different angles. It includes farmer training programs, everything from how to grow food to how to run your business successfully,” she said.
Food Works sponsors events such as Farm Crawl to get the community involved with these local farms and to help Carbondale become more food sustainable.“It’sanopportunity to see farming firsthand. It’s a really special thing to be able to go onto a farm and have the farmer there. Take the whole day and talk with people about how they do what they do,” she said. “They give tours, they’re there to answer questions and have conversations with people, and it’s an opportunity to really see
There’s maybe two months that I’m not doing something, either starting seeds indoors or watering or fertilizing or getting the beds ready or pulling old stuff,” Roberts said.
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The “X” pose that the people are painted in is meant to have a dual meaning. It is representative of both Project Human X and also joy.
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and vibrant, and they showcase many different styles of art, race, religion and even characters. There is a painting of Jesus, a Marching Saluki, Shrek, Spiderman and some that are simply painted blue or yellow or green.
“It leaves me speechless to see how unique everyone is but also how similar we are as well,” Scoggin said. “We kind of create these barriers like skin color [...] but truly, we all are human. And I feel like art is a great way for us to be able to see, not only those differences,
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Project Human X set up camp outside of Morris Library on Friday, Sept. 9, to begin adding the finishing touches to a student mural the artists’ collective has been working on in collaboration with SIU.
Since it has all of the different colors of the individual people, Scoggin wanted the background to be neutral to allow for each painting to shine.
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but also the similarities that we all have, so it really gives me this greater sense of humanity and recognizing that there’s so much beauty, there’s so much potential in each human being and this community.”OnceSIU determines where the mural will hang, Scoggin said there will be an unveiling ceremony where participating students will be invited to finally see their work as a finished piece.
“One of the biggest parts was they wanted it to represent unity, diversity, inclusion and bringing the students together, and really giving each of the students the opportunity to feel like they really contributed beauty to this campus and this canvas,” Scoggin said.
challenges we’ve had here in America, that divide, and I think that gray is a perfect way to symbolize, ‘Yeah, we’re bringing everyone together.’”
As a large supporter of art as a mode of expression, Scoggin said watching the community come to Project Human X to create art is “the most beautiful experience ever.”
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“We come in different colors, different shapes,” Scoggin said. “We have different beliefs, but at our core, we’re all human, and we’re here to learn how to appreciate the difference that we all have and [...] art is one of the greatest ways to bring human beings of all kinds together and [the mural] is a perfect example of that.”
“We ended up doing gray,” Scoggin said. “I love that we chose gray […] every color has its own symbolism and I think that gray really symbolizes black and white coming together and that’s been one of the biggest
said.Scoggin’s final message was to celebrate one another’s differences.
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“I think that humans having their hands raised is very symbolic of joy, it’s symbolic of freedom, they’re holding hands as well, so it’s symbolic of that togetherness” Scoggin said. “I think when humans have their hands up and they’re just stretching themselves out, really taking up space, it’s a very empowering pose for humans to be in.”The individual paintings are colorful
The artist behind the mural and co-founder of Project Human X, Marquez Scoggin, said Project Human X has collaborated with SIU already, so SIU thought it would be a perfect fit for the “[SIU]project.asked us to create a project where we could have up to 300 students paint on the same canvas,” Scoggin said. “For us, that was mind blowing. Right? How are we going to make that happen? Three hundred students?”Scoggin thought about it for a while and decided on a paper-dolllike-pattern of people circling “SIU” with their arms raised above their heads. He said he wanted to “use the human form and allow the humans to fill it in however they would like to” so that each painter can express their own individuality on the mural.
“We’ll really send a positive message to the entire SIU student body that we’re all united and everyone is welcome here to be yourself and you have a part at this university,” Scoggin
Ikner was initially born in Chicago and grew up there until he graduated from high school and moved to Southern Illinois. He was incarcerated for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, a nonviolent offense in his younger years. After his state and federal jail stints, he committed to community activism and started a moving company with his
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family. Ikner has not had any further encounters with the law since then. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2019 on the same day as his son.
“It’s the middle-class and welloff people who actually have time to think about the census. Most people in my neighborhood are trying to figure out how to pay the lights and are off to the food pantry,” he said.
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As enthused as Ikner is about the elections within the district, he also recognizes the likely inaccuracy of the census results.
The current redistricting cycle has led to several lawsuits alleging racial gerrymandering. That is a process in which district lines are drawn to prevent racial minorities from electing their preferred candidates. Although the 2020 redistricting cycle has been challenged in court, the district lines remain intact.
“We can never get an accurate picture of the census when we don’t have everybody participating,” he said.Ikner said he knew COVID possibly impacted census involvement because, in the past, people were more willing to open their doors, but not during a globalLastly,pandemic.Ikner implied middleclass constituents would be more willing to fill out a census than economically challenged locals.
The opportunity for Ikner to work with everyone is essential to his“Regardlesscandidacy. [of] if you’re a Republican, Democrat, Green or independent, I want an opportunity to represent all of us here in Southern Illinois. I want to bring people to the table to form a power structure that allows us to experience group economics and politics,” Ikner said.
The redistricting of District 118 could impact who wins state representative race
The upcoming general elections are slated to take place on Nov. 8. Here, in Southern Illinois, the 118th district state representative race will occur after the approval of a controversial redistricting plan.The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States. It is mandated by the U.S. Constitution to take place every 10 years. The controversy arises when not everyone in a specific geographic area has been accounted for during the surveying.Thecommunity effects of completing a census survey have massive implications. For example, the government bases its allocation of federal funding in education, public health and transportation based on survey numbers.The data is also used to determine the distribution of congressional seats to states. Specifically, the data is used to define legislative districts, school district assignment areas, and other important functional government areas.
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“I hadn’t given it any real consideration, especially given the nuances about my experiences that sort of allowed me to disqualify myself early on,” he said. “I had to validate I am the person for this opportunity.”Ontheother side of the race is incumbent State Representative Jacobs. He currently represents the 115th district and has been in the position for a year. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1965 to 1971. Jacobs received his doctorate of Optometry and owned an optometry practice in Southern Illinois for 41 years. He also founded the Von Jakob Winery in Alto Pass, from the ground up, 24 years ago.
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The Daily Egyptian reached out to candidates in the 118th district state representative race. On one side, you have Democratic candidate Van Ikner and on the other is Republican Paul Jacobs. While we were able to interview Mr. Ikner, Mr. Jacobs could not make himself available for an interview before our publication deadline, due to what his office referred to as prior commitments. So, let’s provide you with a background of both candidates.
Ikner is a newcomer politician who began this path about a year ago when a friend suggested he consider running for office.
Our attention now shifts back to the redistricting plan.
When asked about his thoughts on the changes for voters in district 118, Ikner said, “I think that not only made the district more competitive, but I think it is a better reflection of the people in the community. And it’s one of the main reasons I got involved because, for the first time, I feel we not only can compete, but we can win.”Ikner also recognized the importance of having someone who can fully represent every constituent due to the recent district plan changes.
Ikner does not oppose the approved redistricting plan. He views it as an opportunity to bring out more voters. If voters feel they are being unaccounted for, it will hopefully motivate them to vote, he said.
So why does all of this matter to the 118th district? Before the 2020 redistricting cycle, the 118th district had more cities represented within its boundaries. However, today the district has been nearly shrunk in half. For example, the black community in East Saint Louis was divided into three separate districts under the new redistricting cycle: districts 112, 113 and 114.
The CEO of CHOICES, Jennifer Pepper, said, despite some protests, the Carbondale community has been mostly positive towards her and her clinic moving to town.
“We started working to build relationships with folks late last year, and have really been pleased with the warmth and the wellness that we’ve experienced from the Carbondale community,” Pepper said. “I think people really understand. It’s not hard to understand the gravity of what’s happening.”Pepper said CHOICES performed its last abortion two weeks ago, after 48 years of serving the Memphis community. Along with abortion services, it offers a wide range of reproductive services.
“I think it’s important to know that, you know, these bans don’t stop abortion. Abortion will always be needed and will always exist,” Gallegos said. “Unfortunately, these bans just add additional burden.”
Cafe, University Honors and the Southern Illinois Reproductive Justice Network (SIRJN).
With Carbondale being located in a rural area, Pepper said, she’s grateful to give these services where they’re usually not given.
Gallegos said, overall, Carbondale has been a welcoming environment and a refreshing one, compared to the more conservative environments of Texas and Oklahoma.“Something that, as an abortion clinic, and whether you’re in a friendly state or an unfriendly state, there’s always anti’s and they find you wherever,” Gallegos said. “I haven’t experienced that yet [here]. And in fact, it’s been really refreshing to know that, you know, Illinois is gonna allow us to be a state where we can just provide health care.”
She said she’s surprised that geography has become a disadvantage to bodily autonomy.
Gallegos said a lot of providers from abortion-banning states had to choose to either relocate or close down, which is a big decision. Since she had the opportunity to relocate, she made sure to make it happen.
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Loos said the addition of the clinic will be a positive one, but the circumstances of why they’re coming are not ideal.
“We have hired people all local to Carbondale. They were beginning to work with us, some of them have already begun to work with us, others are beginning this week, Pepper said. “We will train them and support them and we will also listen to them when they say what this clinic needs and what this community needs.”
“We really hope that our presence helps increase access to services that are needed in the community,” Pepper said. “So that folks in the area don’t have to travel as far to access really critical and important health care for them.”
Loos said, the “Forced Birth movement” is an act of violence and has been for a long part of America’s history, but as for this area, the clinics are in a predominantly safe environment.“Nomatter how popular, you will always be able to find some sliver of people who are opposed to it,” Loos said. “That’s true of this, but the community in Carbondale was overwhelmingly supportive.”
“My feeling was that their comments in many cases, not in all cases, amounted to veiled threats,” Loos said. “In those instances, I have pushed back pretty vigorously against that.”
As the Supreme Court was deliberating over Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health this past summer, these clinics made the plan to relocate to Carbondale to continue giving safe abortions legally.
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Of course, there will always be people in the community that will object to them relocating because
Reproductive and abortion clinics to open in Carbondale
“If the court had not overturned Roe v. Wade, then these clinics would not have to leave,” Loos said. “I think that Carbondale would benefit from having at least one abortion provider, but you know, it’s not ideal, I think, for people to have to travel the way they’re going to have to travel.”
CHOICES is relocating from Memphis, Tennessee, which had a “trigger” ban following the most recent Supreme Court decision.
In her speech, Pepper said, when she heard that the Supreme Court would be considering Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, she knew abortion would be at stake and started looking at the Carbondale area as soon as possible.
The reasoning for relocation to Carbondale is because there’s not much access to abortions in Southern Illinois and it’s important to still be available to the bordering states that no longer have access to these services, Gallegos said.
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of their stance on the topic. Some protestors are already standing vigil at the planned sites with signs saying “babies will be murdered here.”
“It went from starting in September of 2021 in Texas, when the drastic legislation went into effect with SB8, and slowly we’ve seen access deteriorate across the country,” Gallegos said. “So we really lived what a post-Roe country was going to look like.”
The executive administrator of Alamo Women’s Reprodictove Services, Andrea Gallegos, said being in one of the first states to pass bans on abortions, she saw services disappearing first-hand.
Near the end of September and early October, Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services and CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health plan to open in Carbondale.
gender-affirming care for folks, family planning services, basic wellness services,” Pepper said. “For us, it’s really about serving the community as a health asset.”
Gallegos spoke about her father’s time as an OBGYN and how, after not being able to save a patient from an illegal abortion, he knew the importance of making sure people had access to safe abortions.
The Memphis clinic will be staying open to the public with its operating birthing center, Pepper said.“We know that our community in Memphis and around Memphis needs us now more than ever to provide all the other services that we provide,” Pepper said. “We are really, I think, proud is the right word, to be able to continue to serve our Memphis community, but to also pivot and innovate and open a second clinic in order to keep some level of abortion access.”
“Abortion access is a critical component of what we do, but, you know, we also will be offering
Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services was originally located in Texas and Oklahoma, two of the first states to put bans on abortions.
Both women spoke at a Sept. 6 event in Morris Library’s Guyon Auditorium about the state of reproductive care in the United States.The event was sponsored by Southern Illinois University’s Young Demorcrat Socialist of America (SIU YDSA), Rainbow
“I believe that we can come back together and it may take time, but we can do something even better than Roe,” Gallegos said. “I think one of one of the biggest issues that we’ve always had with the topic of abortion is, you know, most people don’t even want to speak the word. Abortion, abortion, abortion, it’s normal. We need to normalize it. It’s healthcare and it takes everyone doing that.”
City Council member Adam Loos said there have been people from outside of Carbondale that have come to council meetings to voice their concerns on the clinics opening down here.
Annual Farm Crawl gives residents a close up
A puppy waits for visitors to reach inside the kennel to give them kisses Sept. 10, 2022 at Echo Valley Farm in Carbondale, Ill. Carmella Schuman | @CarmellaSchumanPhotography
Some tomatoes ripen under the sun Sept. 10, 2022 at Echo Valley Farm in Carbondale, Ill. Carmella Schuman | @CarmellaSchumanPhotography
Rows of the three sisters (corn, bean and squash) soak in the afternoon rain shower Sept. 10, 2022 at Mulberry Hill Farm
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A sign greets visitors of the annual Farm Crawl Sept. 10, 2022 at Red Hen Garden in Carbondale, Ill. Carmella Schuman | @CarmellaSchumanPhotography
A cow grazes their afternoon away as visitors come and go Sept. 10, 2022 at Angie’s Farm in Carbondale, Ill. Carmella Schuman | @CarmellaSchumanPhotography
Small business “P&G Design” co-owner Penny sells the earrings and charms she makes with her grandmother to the visitors of the annual Farm Crawl Sept. 10, 2022 at Angie’s Farm in Carbondale, Ill. Carmella Schuman | @CarmellaSchumanPhotography
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look at local farms
As the years of her reign passed, she did little. Of course there were duties to be undertaken, but she never did anything quite monumental. She was what her role intended for her to be, a mascot for the United Kingdom. Never wanting to take a real stance on anything political, she remained opinionless on both good and bad things.
things like that,” Melissa Waun said. “We sampled [them] on all of our friends and our neighbors and family members helped us as far as recipes and things that would taste good and the names of things for the menu.”
The Queen is now remembered for both her reputation of formality and a stiff upper lip, but also for her personal touch in style of dress and her good sense of humor. Most of us only remember her in brightly colored outfits and hats to match, making
Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her eldest son Charles Prince of Wales was declared King Charles III of the United Kingdom and his wife Camilla will now be referred to as Camilla, Queen Consort.
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“Carbondale thankfully has just done away with that fee and has done away with a couple
In my childhood, I would often play as if I was at my own coronation. I would drape a queen size shabby chic blanket off my shoulders and down my back as if I were cloaked in armine fur. I would have visions of grandeur and imagine I was walking the halls of a gilded palace with servants by the dozen. It is easy to get swept up in the glamor of anything resembling the old world, and she is one perfect example of a bygone era of
Queen Elizabeth II was the longest reigning monarch in British history, serving for 70 years. 15 prime ministers worked under her throughout her time on the throne, and 16 presidents came and went in the United States. While the world changed and progressed on without her, she remained a pillar of sorts.
and still appreciate the aesthetics of the Monarchy, but you cannot appreciate the beauty of their lavish life and its ways without bringing to light the many years of unfair rulings and exploitation of its colonies that lead them to their status.
She said, while they have been around for almost two years, they are still learning as they go along.“We have set up in the rain before. It may or may not even be profitable because we’ve set up in the rain before, [at] one of the wineries and we expected it to be a large crowd and there was nobody there. We literally sold no bagels that day, so we’re living and learning,” Melissa
WaunAccordingsaid. to David Waun, he enjoys being able to do events at Southern Illinois University and is happy to try and live up to Winston’s name.
“We’ll have so many students that come up and they’ll be, like, ‘my mom or dad came to SIU and they said I needed to find the bagel guy.’ Obviously they’re talking about Winston. But with me being the next thing since Winston is retired. It’s awesome to hear that,” David Waun said.
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Pillars usually have a purpose, but some are just purely decorative. Her position was much like that, interesting to look at but serving no structural purpose.
rather paint her out to be a jolly woman with no specific take on anything, which I have no doubt that she was, but even the best people are still human and we still have to hold them accountable, even afterThedeath.space that the modern Royal Family is working towards now, and has been for years, is comparable to what the Kardashians have made of themselves, a family of celebrities. We all wait to see what they are wearing, or who they are marrying, all for the sake of entertainment. Traditions are still upheld, but they are no longer as important to the state, and are more important to those who follow the every moves of the Royals.
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Melissa Waun, co-founder and David’s wife, said it took a lot of trial and error to come up with bagel“Wetoppings.actually started doing sample bagels and stuff here at the house and grilling them and trying to figure out grills and
Carbondale.“Wewanted something that was a cart so that customers could see their meals or sandwiches being cooked right there in front of them,” Waun said. “We would be able to socialize with them and when you’re in a trailer, you’re not really able to do that, in my opinion, and so we knew that we wanted to do something simple and something small.”
He said when it comes to deciding what events they go to, price plays a big factor.
has been parceled out, and the powers have been distributed to the other parts of theSincegovernment.thebeginning of her reign, Queen Elizabeth witnessed a lot of change in the establishment that she inherited, whether she thought it was good or bad, we will never know. She saw to the modernization of the Royal Family with her husband Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, to whom she was married for 73 years. This made a once unimaginable, intimidating and mysterious position a bit more personable, light hearted, and most of all,Partlikable,ofthe reason the beloved Queen had as much support as she did is because of the media representation of her. She was and is painted as this untouchable, almost God-like being, which is quite fitting as she served as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. No matter how bad the scandal, the news media and Anglophiles would always
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her easily recognizable anywhere she went. She was known to crack a joke from time to time, and make silly faces occasionally, but mostly when cameras caught her unaware.
Waun said being able to have an environment where he and his wife can interact with customers is a big part of why customers come back.
In my circle of friends, the question of “What is the point of a monarchy in 2022? If there is a point, where does it fit in?” is posed quite often. Over the course of time, the role of the monarch
David Waun said he and his wife thought about the idea of doing a bagel stand for a while, but what really drove the idea home was the retirement of Winston’s Bagels owner Winston Mezo.He was known as the Bagel Man and had a huge impact on the Carbondale community. Seeing how much the community loved Winton’s Bagels, made Waun want to bring that back to
He said the fees food vendors have to pay to set up their stand are necessary to be a part of the food vendor business.
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All of this could lead to many mixed feelings about her death, as it has for me.
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Dave’s Bagels is a local food stand that has been around for almost two years and is bringing a new flavor to the boiled dough concoctions. David Waun, cofounder, said the stand specializes in grilled bagels with a variety of toppings and specialty options.
It is off putting to see a world without someone that felt so permanent in the woven fabric of our society. Not only the United Kingdom, but the world, lost an integral part of itself this past Thursday, that is now documented in history books for years to come. The woman was much more than just a simple woman named Elizabeth Windsor, she was also a mother, a grandmother, and great grandmother, but also a Queen.
of their rules and regulations to make it a little bit easier for food vendors. But some cities, and everything, charge and, just for instance, Vienna, the city of Vienna has $300 a year [fee] to be able to set up in their community,” Waun said.
Touching base with Traxx
The bar currently allows patrons aged 19 and older to access the club. However, you must be 21 or older to order drinks at the bar. The bouncers give wristbands to people that are 21 or older.In the past, Traxx allowed people who were 18 or older to gain access to the bar. However, the bar decided that 19 or older was a more appropriate age range due to recent fines for underage drinking.“The situation involved one particular person. I’m not going to say much about it, it’s dealt with, but the city council supported us in the matter, Woodruff said.”
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Gabe Hasan wrote, “Traxx is a great bar, cheap drinks and good times!” While Dominic Caracci said, “Best bar in town, fast service, good people and always the best music.”
“We made it through COVID, and the business has been going since the late 80’s nonstop,” Woodruff said.
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the town needs. We need things that help bring students to town and give students something to do,” Woodruff said.Woodruff acknowledged it was great being the only popular bar around for a while because it was great for the business financially. Conversely, Woodruff felt that being the only popular bar could be exhausting and hectic.“Ifyou go to any place nonstop, you get burned out. So it’s good to have places
In recent months, however, the city of Carbondale has been buzzing about the emergence of Stix. Stix is another bar located on Illinois Street that is beginning to develop a following with town locals. When asked about Traxx’s stance on Stix being nearby, Woodruff provided an interesting take, “It’s what
“Whenunique.you walk-in, it doesn’t look like it’s just a pot. It’s a nice place to try,” Woodruff said. “We keep the bar clean and try to have friendly staff and good drinks, and there’s a nice atmosphere for people hanging out.”
Traxx’s current location is 610 S. Illinois Ave., and it has been there since 2017. However, the bar has been around since the late ‘80s, under the name of Sidetracks. The older bar was located across the street from where Wiseguys pizza currently resides on MainWhenStreet.describing the meaning of the bar’s name, Woodruff said, “It used to be called Sidetracks, but everyone called it tracks for short.”
When it came time to move to a bigger space, the owners wanted to keep the representation of what the old place was but have a new name to highlight its latest iteration. Thus, the name Traxx wasTraxxborn. is open Tuesday through Saturday from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. every night except for Saturdays, when it closes at 3 a.m.
So, what do the people of Carbondale think about Traxx?
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Most college towns across the country have bars and nightclubs that allow students to relieve their stress. Whether you just turned in a term paper or completed an exam, the college nightlife is an outlet to let loose and forget about your worries. Carbondale is noOndifferent.Illinois Street, there are several bars where students congregate while celebrating the weekend, one of those bars is BryanTraxx.Woodruff, co-owner of Traxx, believes that the interior design makes the bar
where you mix it up,” Woodruff said.
On Google, Roger Powell wrote, “Now that Stix is open, Traxx is slower.
Whenever similar businesses are nearby, the question of longevity will come to the owner’s mind. In Traxx’s case, Woodruff believes the bar will always be around.
However, it’s the place to go if you like a low-key crowd and not that many people.” While Kaitlyn Allen said, “I love going to Traxx! It’s amazing.”
If you’ve been alive long enough to watch at least a handful of movies, you’ve probably already seen “Jaws,” or at least heard of it. But for most moviegoers, it’s commonplace in any discussion of the greatest and most influential films of all time.
Despite the film having been released nearly fifty years ago now, it still has had a lasting impact on the way movies are made, and especially marketed. Likely any theater that you will step into today, you can thank “Jaws” for. Its unprecedented success led to the term “blockbuster” and was a pivotal moment, showing how much impact a single film could have. This eventually contributed to the establishment of multiplexes, as well as the current model of how films are released.
months which has put many theaters in tough positions to try and get people into seats.
The studio’s answer to this is to re-release films that already have a track record of being highly successful. In my personal experience I can’t say this is working all too well as my screenings of both “E.T.” and “Jaws” were relatively empty on the weekend of their re-
release. But if it gives movie lovers a chance to re-experience these classic films on the big screen, then I am all for it.
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The themes of the film have become even more poignant today as well. Dealing with a mayor who refuses to accept the danger that is being posed to the town’s citizens, prioritizing profits from tourists over their safety, “Jaws” is a prime example of the idea that less is more. The characters and dialogue are simple and work with little exposition of what has happened prior to the shark attacks.
By far the most impressive aspect of the film today is the grip it still can maintain on the audience all these years later. Even with the advancements made in technology, nothing can take away Spielberg’s innate understanding of an audience. This is likely somewhere around my thirtieth time seeing the film and even still, the shark attacks
For those uninitiated into the cult of IMAX, it’s a premium large format screen that is only available in select theaters across the country. The standard IMAX screen measures 52 feet wide, 72 feet tall. The auditoriums also boast an audio system with more speakers and is much louder than the standard auditorium. This is likely the largest screen that “Jaws” has been widely shown on since its release.
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This is also true for how the shark itself is shot. “Jaws” has become the blueprint for how to utilize any monster in a film. To show as little as possible to keep it mysterious and scary, then finally giving the audience that catharsis, as well as terror, of finally seeing it up close. For a film that is credited for kickstarting the period of excess in Hollywood filmmaking, it’s highly restrained, even by 1975 standards.
This past Labor Day weekend, “Jaws” came back home to these multiplexes it helped build and is bigger than ever. This new re-release is specially formatted for IMAX screens, and there is a 3D version.
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The format lends itself greatly to the grand and cinematic way in which Spielberg crafts his films. Full of breathtaking wide shots, intense moments of terror, and the iconic John Williams score, swelling to fill the room completely.
“Jaws” was not the first of Spielberg’s masterpieces to receive this treatment, as “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” was also rereleased to IMAX screens, less than a month ago on Aug. 12, 2022.
They all are likely being re-released during this time, as August and September are traditionally slow periods for film releases, but this year has been especially dire. Very few major releases have been slated for these
are truly terrifying and I still find myself hoping Quint will make it out alive.
One thing all these films have in common is that, upon their initial release, they were extremely successful blockbusters, with “E.T.,” “Jaws” and “Avatar” all having been the highest grossing films of all time at one point in their releases.
Whether it’s your first time watching or the hundreth, it’s impossible to not recommend seeing classic films such as “Jaws” on the big screen (or biggest screen in the case of IMAX) in the way they were intended to be viewed. Although the screening I attended was relatively empty, just seeing the film in a theater allowed me to better imagine what it was like for audiences in 1975.
“Jaws” is not the only classic film to be re-released this August/September movie season. The aforementioned “E.T.” had been released just three weeks prior as well as “Spider-Man: No Way Home” being rereleased this past Labor Day weekend. This is especially strange, as the film had only been originally released just nine months prior. Later this month, on Sept. 23, the 2009 film “Avatar” will also be re-released in IMAX theaters.
“Three Thousand Years” is a highly hypnotic experience, utilizing lots of psychedelic aesthetic choices while simultaneously blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. It’s a film that operates more on atmosphere and vibe than a strict plot structure, although the stories told throughout are still highly compelling.
these fantastical locations with a precision and movement that makes you feel like you’re trapped in these places with the Djinn“Threeyourself.Thousand Years” is also about storytelling and how it brings us together with joy, sadness and allows a greater understanding of the people we care for, or even ones we may have never met.
The film excels in these chapters of the Djinn’s past, with stories and set pieces that feel equally authentic and fantastical. The set design is one of the most unique examples I’ve seen in years and compliments Miller’s eclectic style perfectly.
has taken yet another detour with “Three Thousand Years,” a romance/fantasy film that is a love letter to fairy tales and myths.Itmay seem like a departure from his previous work, but it’s truly something that only Miller could have made and has proven to be one of the most original films this year.
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Entertainment Column: George Miller triumphantly returns with “Three Thousand Years of Longing”
She inadvertently releases the Djinn from his bottle, which he has been trapped in for hundreds of years. He offers her three wishes, but in her content life, she can not think of anything to wish for. The rest of the film then follows Alithea and the Djinn as they swap stories of their past, attempting to find what she wishes for through long flashback sequences, most of which take place in the ancient Middle East, following tales of commonly known folklore and fairy tales, told from the Djinn’s perspective as a fly on the wall.
Overall, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” is easily one of the best films of the year so far. Concentrating George Miller’s unique voice and aesthetics into a story that may feel familiar but is still unlike anything before it. It may feel a bit too strange or vague for some audiences, but once you give yourself into the world it creates, it’s an extraordinary experience.
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Miller, not being one to be pinned down by preconceptions or expectations,
Nearly ten years ago, director George Miller released what would become known as his masterpiece, with 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Miller has since taken a long hiatus, with rumors of a follow-up to “Fury Road” popping up every few Seeminglymonths.out of nowhere, around three months ago, a trailer for his newest feature dropped, titled “Three Thousand Years of Longing.” For many fans, this came as a surprise as the film had very little marketing build up and was quickly being shown in festival circuits following its first Whiletrailer.itmay not have been the “Mad Max” sequel that fans had been waiting for, the film seemed perfectly aligned with Miller’s notoriously eccentric style. His varying zigs and zags are often pointed to as one of Hollywood’s strangest careers.
Elba and Swinton give powerhouse performances that are highly vulnerable and delicate, while still carrying a level of gravitas that has made them consistently excellent throughout their careers. Their chemistry on screen is palpable and really sells the love story that brings the whole thing
At its core, the film is about the varying relationships and types of love one can experience in their lifetime. Each tale centers around either the Djinn or Alithea falling in love throughout their lives and how it has since informed who they are today.The film’s third act, while still highly emotional, felt a bit rushed. It would have been preferred to see a more gradual progression between the Djinn and Alithea’s relationship, but it felt as though it was gone before you could truly wrap your head around it. Where the film lands in its final moments are truly perfect, but with ideas of themes that can be quite complex, it may be something that would benefit from multiple viewings.
The camerawork compliments this, at times literally blurring the edges of the screen to great effect. It follows through
Since then, he has also directed “The Witches of Eastwick,” “Babe: Pig in the City” and both “Happy Feet” films. Saying that Miller has an interesting career would be an understatement. The “Mad Max” films are known for their high-tension, post-apocalyptic and violent action, then the rest of his films are mostly lighthearted children’s movies.
Thetogether.scorefrom Tom Holkenborg also helps carry the films’ themes, heightening the more intense sequences but also supporting the tender ones as well. It uses instruments from ancient Middle Eastern music, while blending it with more modern sounds, electronic and orchestral.
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It stars Idris Elba, who has had one of the busiest periods of his career, with this being his fourth major role just this year.
Miller has directed all four “Mad Max” films, which are easily his most successful and well-known, which kick started his career in the late 1970’s.
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Elba plays a Djinn (or genie) who has been released from his bottle by our second lead played by Tilda Swinton. She plays Alithea, a scholar and author who lives a life of solitude as she ages, with no family or relationships to speak of.
The stories being told are deeply human, with tales of love and betrayal that anyone could relate to, and the movie is not afraid to still include mythical creatures and magical powers. Most of these stories include characters that are commonly known in previously established folklore and history, including the Queen of Sheba and the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire.
However, Leonard acknowledges SIU will not be as competitive against Big Ten or SEC schools.
“I feel like we’ve got an advantage just because of our location, and the type of university this is, and the people that have come to school here,” Leonard said. “It means so much to them, that there’s a lot of support for us.”
When it came time to talk about
Being a rural college town, Southern Illinois athletics draws people from around the area, especially in sports such as football and basketball that aren’t served in the professional market by nearby St. Louis.
“I know what it means to the people in this area,” Leonard said. “The Salukis are a big deal in this part of the state, so you feel a responsibility to make sure that you take good care of the department, and try to build a winner, but one that’s gonna do it in a manner that will make people proud. I do feel like there is a lot of pressure in that sense.”Some of that pressure has been alleviated thanks to the success Saluki athletics has experienced as of late.
Since Leonard took the AD job at Towson University in 2013, Southern Illinois has gone through four permanent Athletic Directors and two interims. For Saluki athletics, the first priority might just be finding stability.
Saluki athletics has a few high points in its history, most recently in the mid2000s with several NCAA postseason appearances in football, men’s basketball and softball. Leonard believes the current state of athletics allows it to reach similar heights and beyond in the near
need to make this more of a conversation, because it feels more real, instead of talking to a camera about just some of our interests’ and stuff like that,” Bernard said.
Before coming to Carbondale, he also worked at Southern Methodist (SMU) in Dallas, and Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando. Going from several professional sports markets to an area without many was a positive step for Leonard.“Thisis who I am. I love this type of a setting and this type of an atmosphere,” he said. “You’re trying to promote college athletics and you’re always going up against the Dallas Cowboys or the Baltimore Ravens. You’re never gonna win that Leonardbattle.”got his start in administration work as the director of annual giving at Illinois State from 1992-97. His knowledge of the area made the decision easy when the ISU Redbirds’ conference rival called his name.“I was thrilled when they said, ‘the President chose a couple folks he wants to interview, you’re one of them,’” Leonard said. “I knew, literally when I first got in the interview with [Chancellor Austin Lane] and Matt Kupec, that within 10 minutes I knew, A) I wanted the job, and B) I had a pretty good chance of getting the job, just because I felt like we just clicked.”
“Myfuture.vision is to have the best mid-major athletics program in the country,” Leonard said. “In terms of how we look, in terms of how we operate, and in terms of defining success. That’s a big goal and a big statement, but I think that’s what you’ve got to try to do.”
Football head coach Nick Hill and baseball head coach Lance Rhodes both received five-year contract extensions over the last month due to their respective programs’ accomplishments in recent Leonardyears.compared hiring coaches to drilling for oil; it’s expensive, and you won’t know whether you’ll “hit a gusher, or if you’ve got a dry hole.”
In the ever-changing landscape of collegiate athletics, a big issue the department will need to tackle in the near future is dealing with name, image and likeness (NIL). In the year since student-athletes were permitted to make money off licensing deals, it has drastically changed the dynamics of athletics at every level, most notably among larger conferences like the SEC and Big WhileTen.SIU has not had a player take an NIL deal yet, Leonard said there are plans in progress to have those opportunities in place.
Daily said people who did not have that much of an interest in sports before, or who want to get caught up on what happened with past games, will like this segment.
“We had a pretty bad first take, I’d say, at least from my perspective, but then once I got used to kind of how to talk and all those sorts of things, it all kind of clicked and I really felt like it flowed really nicely,” Daily said.
the football season so far, Daily and Bernard had a lot to say. Bernard said in the first week’s game against Incarnate Word, the offensive line made one too many fundamental mistakes.“Idon’t expect a dud like last week. Last week, it just pretty much looked like they didn’t really practice... I would say just all around specifically with the offensive line. I would hope that they figured out some ways to do better,” Bernard said.
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Nearly a year after Liz Jarnigan’s firing from the athletic director position, Southern Illinois University has found a permanent replacement in Tim Leonard. The university announced in late July that Leonard would be taking the job beginning on August 1.
Leonard has experience as the AD at Towson University in Baltimore from 2013-2021. A native of Twin Falls, Idaho, Leonard says SIU was exactly what he was searching for in a job.
“I’m not even thinking about just staying in the job for a year. I’m really thinking I’ve found a home,” he said. “I’m thinking ‘where are we going to be in five years, and what can I get accomplished in that time period?’ I’m not looking to cut corners so I can try to look flashy and get out of here, but I’m also not looking to just twiddle my thumbs and do nothing.”
get a collective going. We’ll do some things that will allow our kids that opportunity.”Leonardadded that he did not believe NIL will impact the results of recruiting players as much as it does the process. Ultimately, NIL is viewed as a necessity to remain competitive, and will likely be the standard across the NCAA as the systems settle into place.“Everybody in the league is gonna try to do the same thing we’re trying to do, and we’re all gonna be at about the same level,” Leonard said.
“It is what it is, just bros chatting about sports. I think people will like how real it is. You mentioned the “Told You So” segment, so I think my most exciting part will be in the next couple weeks when
Bernard also said this segment will be fun because people get to listen to him and Daily have a regular conversation about sports and get to hear their thoughts.
The trick is to not get left behind in the mid-majors. Perennial football powerhouse North Dakota State has 13 players with NIL sponsorships. In June, Bradley men’s basketball established what is believed to be the first NIL collective in the Missouri Valley“We’reConference.gonnahave to do something, and everybody else is gonna try to do something,” he said.
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I kind of be like ‘Hey, Cole, I said this a couple weeks ago and I was right,’” Bernard said.
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I have to come in right off the bat, try to be hiring some of your high-profile coaches right away,” Leonard said. “That’s tough, because I need to be able to learn and understand SIU; the existing culture, as well as the culture I want to instill, and get all of those pieces in place before you think about trying to go out and hire a coach.”
predictions went wrong or right.
“I think we’re close to having some stuff finalized,” Leonard said. “We’re already moving with trying to
“Hiring coaches is risky, so I’m glad that I’m not in a position where
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When first recording the podcast, Daily got an assist from sports editor Joseph Bernard. The podcast’s first interview was with women’s soccer coach Craig Roberts. Bernard said it took some adjustment to go from a typical post-game interview to something podcast specific.
Daily said the reason he believes the soccer team is doing better this year is because of the new attitude brought on by the new coach.
According to Bernard both the women’s soccer and volleyball teams are doing great and have a bright future if they keep working the way they are.
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With so many sporting events going on this semester such as the War for the Wheel and the big homecoming game, our assistant sports editor Cole Daily has founded the Daily Egyptian’s sports podcast, insiDE Sports.
Leonard is looking beyond just sticking around.
“We realized, ‘Oh, hey, we
“I’m pleasantly surprised with the soccer team right now. Like they’re doing amazing, I think, by their standards. They’re not the best team ever, but I mean, certainly, they’re moving in the right direction. I love the coaching hiring that they did,” Bernard said [...] “Volleyball, I think they’re moving in the right direction as well. Maybe not as fast as soccer.”
a financial standpoint on that whole NIL/collective, compared to what we’re gonna be able to do,” Leonard said. “You can put a Super Wal-Mart between what we can do and they can do.”As the Leonard era begins in Saluki athletics, the Idahoan acknowledges the challenge that awaits him. The passion that the region has for Saluki athletics may be a source of pressure for the new AD, but it is also what drew him to Carbondale in the first place. In the early months, the excitement for what is to come drowns out all of those concerns.“It’snot gonna be an easy job by any stretch, but, okay,” Leonard said. “It’s a great environment to work in, first and foremost. It’s a great area to live in. And the rest of it, we’ll work hard to make it happen.”Nowis the time to settle into the position and get to working on what both Leonard and the university hope to be a successful partnership.
Daily, however, is more optimistic the Salukis will ramp up and says week one is only just the start of the season and cannot be an accurate assessment of how they will do Dailyoverall.andBernard were not only excited about this podcast episode, but their follow up segment, the next “Told You So.” They will look back on games they talked about this time around and where their
“Because the resources they’re gonna be able to give those kids from
“[My wife and I] wanted to be in a rural environment, and one where the athletics department is a big deal to the people in the community and for the university,” he said. “I feel like I’ve found a homeLeonardhere.”says Carbondale reminds him of his hometown, which had a population of around 21,000 when he lived there. The rural setting and ties to the community across the region makes the university and its athletics a point of pride in Southern Illinois.
“Me and Joey tend to come up with good questions for us to answer at the “Told You So” segment. Everybody’s taken an underdog and we may be wrong on some of them. It’s a fun idea to talk you into it,” he said. “It’ll get you excited about gaming and you might be pumped up.”
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For at least the next 370 days, the Wheel will reside in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The SEMO Redhawks (11) claimed the trophy for the first time since 2019 with a 34-31 victory over the SIU Salukis (0-2) in Carbondale on Saturday.The90th all-time meeting between the two rivals saw nine lead changes and 31 combined points in the fourth quarter. The final of those changes came on a Redhawks touchdown with just 11 seconds left in the game.
Those late-game penalties were just some of the 13 penalties SIU had been flagged for on Saturday night. In a contest where the teams were evenlymatched in nearly every other aspect, that undisciplined display served as a crucial difference between them.
“You don’t want to be 0-2, but that’s
Also notable is the team’s lack of turnover creation to this point. While the offense played a clean game this week, the defense has yet to get the ball back in either of its first two games.
Williams had more of a focus in the second half, seeing some action out of the Wildcat formation as well as lining up as a receiver. The latter put him in position for a crucial catch in SIU’s final drive to set them up in enemy territory.
Redhawks take the Wheel with 11 seconds left; Salukis fall to 0-2
a heck of a player,” Hill said. “He’s a great young man, and there’s no one out there that wants to get him the ball more than I do.”
Twice the Salukis, as well as the crowd at Saluki Stadium, felt that they had prevailed, only for penalties to delay and ultimately derail the celebration.“Especially the first one, or many the second one, there was three of them; I was jumping up and down,” Cox said.
Williams in particular was a point of interest for his lack of touches early. By halftime, he had only two carries for one yard. Southern Illinois’s crowded running back room has seemed to make it difficult to work the All-MVFC player
That game-winning drive for the Redhawks was characterized by two issues that had plagued the Salukis all game: pass defense and penalties.
The Saluki offense had a much stronger showing on Saturday than it had in week 1. Nic Baker threw a clean game, with 248 yards and two touchdowns to his name. Those scores were both thrown to Avante Cox, as he and his twin brother D’Ante’ finished
“We didn’t talk anything about bad
“I thought the game was over with, so all we have to do is go take a knee.”
Southern Illinois had its own goahead score late in the game, which saw Southeast Missouri State suffer from some of the same issues that would cost the Salukis later. It started off with a 33-yard completion from Saluki quarterback Nic Baker to Javon Williams Jr., and was followed up with pass interference against the Redhawks to set SIU up near the red zone.
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The biggest sore spot for the Salukis so far this season is its defense. After letting up 64 points against Incarnate Word last week, it allowed 34 to SEMO. It has been particularly weak against the long pass, something both opponents took full advantage of. DeLaurent finished his day with 332 yards and four touchdown passes and had a completion streak of 16 straight passes that spanned nearly the entire first
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Justin Strong would punch it in to give Southern a four-point lead with just under three minutes left in the game. That would be just enough for SEMO to take the lead back, thanks in large part to those two fourth-down penalties.“They’re a great defense, so I don’t think we were really trying to milk the clock,” Cox said of the offense’s lategame strategy. “We were just trying to move the ball and play our game.”
“We’vehalf.
SEMO quarterback Paxton DeLaurent threw for the sticks several times as they marched down the field. The largest of those plays was a 28-yard pass to Ryan Flournoy, who finished with 10 catches for 145 yards, to set SEMO up at the SIUThat23. pass to Flournoy had a flag thrown against the Salukis for a late hit out of bounds, but the penalty was picked up. It served as an omen for things to come, as the Saluki defense twice stopped the Redhawks on fourth down only for defensive pass interference calls to give them four more shots at the end zone.
“I don’t know if there’s probably a team out there in the country that has not created a turnover in the first two weeks. They’re probably 0-2,” Hill said.
“When you get twelve chances at the goal line, it’s bound to go in,” Saluki receiver Avante Cox said.
with 11 catches combined for 131 yards.
“He made a heck of a play late,” Hill said. “This is the first time we’ve really put him at wide receiver… We script the first 15 plays of the game. That was on there early. Just the flow of the game never allowed that playcall to get called.”
where we’re at,” Hill said. “We have to own that. There’s nothing that we can do. As a leader, you can’t sit around and feel sorry for yourself, as much as sometimes that’s the human nature.”
The Salukis will travel to Evanston on Sept. 17 to take on the Northwestern Wildcats (1-1) of the Big Ten in their final non-conference game of the season. Their next home game will be the following Saturday as they host North Dakota in their first matchup of the Valley schedule.
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calls,” Hill said. “We’ve got to win the football game before we let referees decide the outcome of the game.”
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On the ground, the Salukis ran for 132 yards, splitting a majority of carries between Ro Elliott, who had the longest play of the night with a 42-yard rushing touchdown, and Strong, who scored SIU’s final go-ahead touchdown. Baker and Williams also saw action mixed in.
just given up way too many passing yards,” Hill said. “It doesn’t matter if you give up too many rushing yards or too many passing yards. It’s about playing good team defense. We’ve got to get that fixed.”
Eventually, the Redhawks capitalized on their opportunities, as DeLaurent found Damoriea Vick in the end zone for what would be the game-winning touchdown. While the penalties, controversial calls among the Saluki faithful, seemed to determine the result, head coach Nick Hill says the Salukis needed to not let the game come down to those calls.
The loss puts Southern Illinois, which came in as the No. 9 ranked team in the FCS, at an 0-2 record for the first time in the Nick Hill era. Having lost its home opener and biggest rivalry game of the season, it’s hard to see positives early in the year as the Salukis limp out of the gate.
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