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Nathan Bonner, from Energy, a graphic designer for the Student Center’s marketing department, dresses up for Halloween Wednesday to participate in the Student Center’s Costume Contest. Beth Alongi, assistant director of marketing, said this year’s contest drew a larger crowd than last year’s. “We had to make a list to keep up with all the people who were entering the contest,� Alongi said. “It’s a great way for faculty and students to participate in a really fun event.�

1HZ YLFH FKDQFHOORU FKRVHQ 6,8 UHFUXLWV %UD]LOLDQ VWXGHQWV (/,=$%(7+ =,1&+8. 'DLO\ (J\SWLDQ A new campus administrator is coming home to the Midwest to raise money for SIU. James Salmo was named the new vice chancellor for development and Alumni Association by Chancellor Rita Cheng on Monday. He will start his new role Nov. 28. Cheng said the position has been vacant since summer 2011, and the candidate search took more than a year. Salmo, whose father is from Herrin, said he is familiar with the southern Illinois area. He said he has had close friends graduate from the university and has always been fond of it.

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“I knew a fair amount about SIU,� he said. “I have always had a favorable opinion about SIU and have read only good things about it professionally.� Salmo said he was offered the position around Oct. 10. “When the opportunity came up, I jumped on the

chance to be a part of the SIU community,� Salmo said. He has served as vice president for college advancement since 2010 at Rhode Island College. Before his time in Rhode Island, though, Salmo said he was the director of donations at Southeast Missouri State University. He has also worked in similar positions at the University of Missouri in Columbia, St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Whitfield School in St. Louis. “This will be a very positive change for me,� he said. Salmo said since RIC is a smaller college, SIU will be a exciting challenge for him. Please see SALMO | 4

5,/(< 6:,1)25' 'DLO\ (J\SWLDQ Students from Brazil may soon trade their view of the Amazon rainforest for a view of the university’s Thompson Woods. Cheryl Barnett, international recruitment coordinator, as well as Cheryl Ernst and Patricia Krejcik, faculty from the Center for English as a Second Language’s department of linguistics, visited Brazil three times in the past two months to meet with various government leaders and discuss ways to recruit students from Brazil. The trio said they met with the Department of Commerce and the Department of Education, and they attended a Brazilian government-sponsored commercial affair for recruitment purposes. They also met with thousands of Brazilian students during September and October as a part of the university’s recruitment efforts.

“We are hoping to see some of these students arrive for the spring semester,� Barnett said. She said the three chose to go to Brazil because of the country’s booming economy. Brazil ranks with India and China, she said, as having one of the top emerging international economies. Barnett said SIU hasn’t had a large Brazilian presence, which was another reason the trips were planned. She estimated fewer than 10 Brazilian students attend SIU, and she would like to see a more diverse student population. “We want students from all over the world in all our colleges so they can interact with our students,� she said. “It’s good for our population and good for (the other countries’) population. It’s a winwin.� Please see BRAZIL | 4

/RZ WXLWLRQ JUDGXDWLRQ GHEW PDNH ODZ SURJUDP D VWHDO .$567(1 %85*67$+/(5 'DLO\ (J\SWLDQ The university’s law school has been recognized as one of the best valued programs in the country. In the September 2012 issue of The National Jurist, a national law publication, the university’s law school received an A- grade based on factors such as average student

debt and job placement. Nathan Rice, a third-year law student from Jonesboro and Student Bar Association president, said the rating is appropriate. “If you look at some of the schools we’re in company with — University of Florida, University of Arizona — it’s great company to have,� Rice said. Other schools honored include

Brigham Young University and the University of Iowa. The University of Alabama placed first, with job placements at 90 percent. Rice said the equation for the recognition adds together in-state tuition, average post-graduation student debt, the percentage of employed graduates nine months after graduation and test passage rates. “It’s really every key factor

included in legal education in one behemoth of an equation,� he said. According to the article, new American Bar Association employment data changed this year’s calculation. The ABA’s data was released for the first time last spring, and the information caused several schools, including Brigham Young, to drop ranks. Rice said the United States has

more than 180 accredited law schools, and only 47 schools made the list. He said 65 schools made the publication’s list in 2011. Blaine Tisdale, a second year law student from Coal City and president of the Graduate Professional Student Council, said the honor exemplifies the law school’s mission statement. Please see LAW | 3

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