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Chancellor to Higher Learning commission: ‘We do not plan to close’
BILL LUKITSCH | @Bill_LukitschDE
Interim Chancellor William Bradley Colwell informed the university’s accrediting agency by letter last week that officials do not plan to close SIUC in the coming months. The Higher Learning Commission asked all 12 public universities and community colleges last month to submit detailed plans if they expect to close or suspend operations in spring 2016 because of the on-going state budget impasse. Colwell shared his response with university employees via email Thursday. “No public university can operate entirely without state support, but SIUC can do so for the rest of the fiscal year,” Colwell wrote. “We do not plan to close.” The letter lists measures taken to reduce spending last year. The university has largely avoided layoffs thus far by cutting $13.5 million — 6.4 percent — by not filling vacant positions. But the budget impasse has depleted a large portion of the university’s liquid reserves, Colwell said. He said as of Jan. 31, the Carbondale campus had about 43 percent less cash on hand than it did during that time last year. “The university has incurred more than $92 million in salary expenses that will be paid using appropriated funds in the event of a state budget resolution,” Colwell said. SIU President Randy Dunn informed employees via email Wednesday that he is asking budget staff to draft plans in response to the governor’s proposed $40 million spending reduction in fiscal year 2017. The Carbondale campus would lose $25.4 million under that plan. Dunn asked budget staffers last week to draft additional cut lists that would ensure basic operations through Dec. 31. Those cuts indicate SIU is in “fiscal triage mode,” Dunn said. A call to Dunn’s office requesting additional details on the cuts and what could happen if a state budget is not approved by Dec. 31 was not returned as of Friday afternoon. John Charles, SIU’s executive director of governmental affairs, said Thursday university officials are still hopeful an appropriation for fiscal year 2016 will come through. Charles and Dunn will appear before an Illinois Senate committee for higher education appropriation on March 10 to detail the financial state of the SIU system. Bill Lukitsch can be reacher at blukitsch@dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3329.
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Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka Jacob Hays, who performs as Veronica J. Belle, gets ready for a drag show held by the Saluki Rainbow Network on Saturday in the Student Center. Hays has been performing in drag for seven years. For more, please see page 4 and 5.
As budget impasse nears its ninth month, more SIU programs in danger of closing TYLER CROTZER | @TylerCrotzer_DE
Services and research at SIU continues to be affected as Illinois nears its ninth month without a state budget, leaving many to scavenge for alternative funds to operate. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democratic Legislature have been unable to negotiate on a budget since July 1. Here are five examples of how the state’s historic stalemate is altering SIU’s operations and research. Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders The center will close if state funding is not established to provide a grant from the Department of Human Services — which usually provides about 90 percent of the center’s funding — before June, said Valerie Boyer, the center’s director. Located in the Wham Education Building, the center provides speech and behavioral therapy for children with learning disabilities.
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“Over the course of 2015, we were able to supplement about 25 percent of our annual budget with a combination of billing, fundraising and other types of revenue,” Boyer said. As of July 1 the center had four fulltime staff members and one contracted psychologist, but without promise of funds, many of its highly qualified staff have left in search of more secure jobs, Boyer said. The center now employs two full-time staff members, which has directly affected the number of graduate students in the program. “We are a pre-professional training program, so right now we have six graduate students working at our center for course credit as part of their master’s program,” Boyer said. “Typically there would be nine, but we are down due to lack of supervision.” The lack of staff this semester has also forced the center to stop accepting new patients — Boyer said CASD is only helping about half of the people it did in last year.
Sara Hazel, whose son has been using the center for nearly two years, organized a fundraiser in September that raised about $10,000 for the center. “At the autism center, they specify his needs and it’s always one-on-one, which is exactly what a child with autism needs,” Hazel said of her son’s experience with the center. ThinkFirst Illinois Program The program, which has worked for the last 25 years to provide Illinoisans with road safety information, will cease to exist by the end of February. It informed 14,000 individuals through 316 programs and events across Illinois in the 2014-15 school year on a budget of $270,000, which came from an Illinois Department of Transportation grant. Eleventhousand of the individuals reached were teens, said Karen Carlson, a spokeswoman for SIU’s School of Medicine in Springfield. Please see BUDGET | 2
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Jacob Wiegand | @JacobWiegand_DE Rebecca Gerdes, a junior from St. Louis studying cinema and photography, takes a Snapchat as she plunges into a pool of water at the Polar Plunge on Saturday at the Recreation Center. The Polar Plunge is an annual event to raise money for the Special Olympics. Gerdes said events like the plunge are important because they help educate people about the Special Olympics. “It also helps to add a fun aspect to raising money for the organization,” Gerdes said. She said this is her first year taking part in the plunge and she plans to continue in the future.
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The Department of Surgery, to which the program is attached, has been supplying the program with funds this school year, but can no longer bear the burden, Carlson said. The program has two full-time faculty. Carlson said one of the faculty members, Nancy Kyrouac, was laid off. Danny Hicks, the other one, was lucky enough to be relocated to the Department of Family and Community Medicine in Springfield where he filled a vacant position. “We sincerely hope that we can reinstate the program when funds are available,” Carlson said. Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders SIU HealthCare and the neurology department at SIU’s School of Medicine in Springfield have been funding the center, which serves downstate Illinois, in the absence of the $1.5 million that is normally supplied annually by the state, Carlson said. Substantial “scale backs” have been made to the center in areas such as patient and family education, data collection for research and outreach through the center’s 93-county primary provider networks. The Memory Clinic in Carbondale
will not experience any cuts and will continue to offer services, said Dr. Sharon Smaga, assistant director of the SIU Family Medicine center. Illinois Department of Natural Resources-funded research Grants supplied by the department have been suspended until state legislators pass a budget. Sustainability and environmental research programs, which can be found in any of the schools at SIU, rely on these grants. One of the groups affected was conducting invasive species research in the Shawnee National Forest. The group worked to stop the spread of invasive species, which is a “big problem” in southern Illinois, said Jim Garvey, SIU’s vice chancellor for research. “The direct impact is not just on our researchers, but it’s also to the resources in the whole region,” Garvey said. While department grants totaling $1.5 million have not been distributed this year, he said, “it’s not as dire as everyone makes it out to be.” On average, SIU’s overall research budget is about $70 million. The research infrastructure at SIU is very strong and diverse, Garvey said. The research programs often find funds from outside sources, which helps protect research when the state encounters hard times like this. “Honestly, grant support here at SIU
has been up $12 million, relative to last year,” Garvey said. Illinois Clean Coal Institute The institute was suspended with little warning in April when a state grant from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity failed to provide funds, Garvey said. The institute supplied a wide range of research for the Illinois coal industry, from finding alternative uses for coal to improving the safety of mines. One project that came out of the institute was Thermaquatica, which converts coal into a liquid form to create biodegradable plastics. Garvey has been able to support graduate students in their research, and helped the 10 full-time faculty of the institute either relocate within the university or find jobs elsewhere. He said this was possible because the overhead that has come back on various grants that SIU research brings in. However, Garvey said he is nearly unable to provide graduate support because of other commitments. “The problem is a lot of these people had worked for ICCI for over 10 years,” he said. “We would be starting from scratch if this program is ever reinstated, and that is a tragedy.” Tyler Crotzer can be reached at tcrotzer@ dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3325.
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Forging into syrup season Addison de Lisle, a master’s student in blacksmithing from Maine, forges a hook during his presentation on Sunday at Touch of Nature’s Maple Syrup Festival and Pancake Breakfast. The event featured artisan vendors, a pancake breakfast, musical performances and a tree identification hike. “I spent last year working for a metalworking company outside of Paris,” de Lisle said. “I came to SIU because it is the only school in the country that offers a blacksmithing master’s degree. I love the artistic process of blacksmithing. It is seemingly primitive, but it’s actually very complicated.” De Lisle forges objects such as hooks, axes and knives. “I want to teach blacksmithing or own my own shop one day,” he said. Autumn Suyko @AutumnSuyko_DE
National tree award rekindles woods management debate ANNA SPOERRE | @ANNASPOERRE
Deciding how much greenery to clear is part of an ongoing debate over how the university should manage the wooded areas on campus. But the university is seeking a solution to soon end the dispute concerning campus woods’ purpose and function. Phil Gatton, director of physical plant, said he met with the SIU’s Applied Research Consultants earlier this month to finalize a survey about Thompson Woods and Campus Lake as part of a maintenance plan he is developing later this spring outlining a management strategy for SIU’s natural areas. “We’re just soliciting opinions from the campus community to see what people think about the lake and the woods and whether or not we should change our methodology,” he said. He said right now, the procedure is to mow along the edge of the paths in Thompson Woods and around the lake to reduce weed growth. Gatton said the survey brings to question how the areas should be maintained in addition to concerns and suggestions about whether or not it should be cared for more like a park or allowed to grow freely. Beginning Tuesday, Gatton said a group of students will ask survey questions in the dining halls, lake and woods to continue resolving the landmanagement debate. University arborist Jason Tabor, who cares for and surveys the woods
on campus, wrote a tree-care plan — a set of rules for grounds maintenance and future construction — that designates safe zones surrounding the more than 7,000 trees on the groomed campus as part of the requirements for the 2015 Tree Campus USA designation. This year, SIU became the 254th campus in the nation to receive the recognition through the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management. “I like the native plants’ diversity and don’t want to see it disappear by clearing things out too much,” Tabor said. However, he said sometimes removing natural growth is necessary. Tabor said he’d prefer to let nature run its course for teaching purposes, but usually finds reason to do some maintenance. There’s a safety concern with having so many trees, Tabor said. “Some of the wooded areas can be dark and make hiding places,” he said Ashley Bergman, a junior from Edwardsville studying forestry, said the natural scenery on campus was a reason she chose SIU. “The Tree Campus USA certification shows we are moving in a sustainable way to take care of our trees on campus and it helps start the process of SIU becoming a more sustainable campus,” said Bergman, a student representative on a tree advisory committee with Tabor. She said the woods should remain mowed for increased safety at night but she agrees with many of her professors that the area around the
lake should be allowed to grow more naturally. Forestry professor Charles Ruffner said before the May 2008 derecho — which wiped out more than 1,500 campus trees and caused $5 million worth of damage, administrators estimated at the time — he would use grassy areas in Thompson Woods to teach students about controlled burns. Since then, Ruffner said the structure and density of the forest has largely changed, making it difficult for the administration to manage it the same way it previously could. “It’s created some tension within some of the campus communities as far as feeling that we should leave it completely natural and [allow] whatever time it take to restore it,” Gatton said. Ruffner said he is pleased the university is seeking a public viewpoint, but thinks the wooded areas should be managed as educational and research tools for faculty and students. “The public feels like it has to have a say in how [the lake and forest areas] should be managed and how [they] should look, but the university’s job isn’t to provide recreation for visitors,” Ruffner said. Instead, he said the university should provide a safe space for students and visitors to enjoy the university’s outdoor areas. Anna Spoerre can be reached at aspoerre@dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3325.
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Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka Jacob Hays, performing as Veronica J. Belle, collects money from attendees Saturday at the Student Center.
Drag show brings color to campus LUKE NOZICKA | @LukeNozicka
Peyton Kross took the stage Saturday at the Student Center, illuminated by a single spotlight, while friends and fans hollered in excitement. The 18-year-old from Sikeston, Mo., who performs drag under the name Lady Boi, began to sing and dance as people of all ages handed him dollar bills. The drag show, an event put on
by the Saluki Rainbow Network, Student Center Programs and the Latino Cultural Association, brought a near full-house to the Student Center Ballrooms, where drag kings and queens swayed their bodies to uptempo music. Some performers arrived nearly four hours before the show began, putting on makeup and getting dressed in a bathroom across the hall
from the ballrooms. One of Kross’ friends, Chad Holloway, 23, helped him get ready by tightening his corset and lacing up his high heels. “I got into drag just because I was friends with a bunch of drag queens,” said Kross, who has been performing for about seven months. “I tried it one night and looked awful, but I just kept going with it.” Attendees raved when hostess
Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka Drag show attendees walk up to the stage and hand dollar bills to performers Saturday at the Student Center.
Julie Socorro, who has been in and out of drag for more than nine years, introduced Da’Veon Coria Burtin, a junior studying theatre who performs as Rain Foxx. “It’s an adrenaline rush,” Burtin said before the show. “It’s so much fun — I enjoy entertaining the audience.” Four amateurs, who all performed for their first time on Saturday,
went on halfway through the show. One of them was Janet Schmidt, a sophomore from St. Joseph studying psychology, who, after taking pictures with spectators, described the experience as exhilarating. Luke Nozicka can be reached at lnozicka@dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3325.
Julie Socorro, of Murphysboro, prepares for her opening performance in a ba of drag for more than nine years, performs as Faim Lee Jewls.
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Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka Morgan Bishop, a sophomore studying fashion design merchandising from Reedsburg, Wisc., takes a dollar with her mouth from Janet Schmidt, a sophomore studying psychology from St. Joseph, both of whom performed for the first time at the drag show on Saturday at the Student Center.
Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka Makeup brushes and cosmetic tools can be seen on a counter before performances begin Saturday at the Student Center.
Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka Nathaniel Washington, a junior studying musical theatre from Evansville, Ind., performs as Coco Skyler during a drag show Saturday at the Student Center.
Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka athroom Saturday in the Student Center. Socorro, who has been in and out
Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka Peyton Kross, right, 18, of Sikeston, Mo., laughs while getting ready for his performance Saturday at the Student Center. Chad Holloway, 23, Kross’ friend, helped Kross — who has been doing drag for seven months — get ready for the show.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
SIU men finish ahead of women at MVC Championships BRENT MESKE | @BrentMeskeDE
SIU track and field won five individual titles — four men’s, one women’s — but fell short of a team title on the men’s side at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships. The men’s team, which scored 132.5 points, finished second to Wichita State, which scored 141.5 points. SIU was picked to finish fourth before the weekend. SIU was led by junior jumper Kyle Landon, who was named the MVC Most Outstanding Male Field Athlete of the meet. He won his fifth high jump title in as many tries on Sunday when he set a personal best of 2.25 meters. Landon also finished third in the long jump, earning All-MVC honors, with a personal best jump of 7.36 meters. Louis Dotson and Franklin Adams followed Landon with fifth and sixth place finishes in the long jump. Dotson set a personal record with a jump of 7.25 meters. Day One was highlighted by six top-three finishes in five events — including a championship from senior thrower Brad Sauer — for the Saluki men. Sauer won his first MVC title with a throw of 21.54 meters in the weight throw. His teammates, sophomore Issac Ingram and senior Josh Freeman, finished third and fifth, respectively.
Carrington Spires | Daily Egyptian Senior thrower Alexus Scott performs in the third flight of the women’s shot put event during the Don DeNoon Invitational on Feb. 6 at the Recreation Center. Scott finished with a 15.75-meter distance, placing her at second place in the contest.
Ingram earned All-MVC honors with his throw of 19.79 meters while Freeman set a personal-best of 18.99 meters. The men also earned points in the long jump and pole vault. Junior Nathan Schuck finished runner-up to Indiana State senior
Connor Curley, 5.30 meters, in the pole vault after clearing 5.03 meters. Senior Jon Walsh and junior Chad Weaver finished third and fifth, respectively. All three were tied for fifth in the conference entering the weekend. SIU ended Day One with a
13.5-point lead over Wichita State. The Saluki men added three more event titles Sunday but it was not enough to stay ahead of the Shockers. Sophomore Cal Urycki started the day by finishing off the Heptathlon win after setting personal bests in all four events he completed in on
Saluki baseball sweeps in-state rival Leathernecks
Dominant fourth quarter leads women to win TED WARD | @TedWard
record for the first time since April 21, 2014. The sweep was its first since May 9 to May 11, 2014 against Mississippi Valley State. The Salukis will face SEMO at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Itchy Jones Stadium. Senior Bryce Sablotny (0-1, 15.75 ERA) will pitch for SIU. Thomas Donley can be reached at tdonley@dailyegyptian.com.
Ted Ward can be reached at tward@dailyegyptian.com or 618-534-3303.
Yenitza Melgoza | @YenitzaM_DE Sophomore infielder Logan Blackfan warms up during SIU’s 4-1 win against Western Illinois on Friday at Itchy Jones Stadium.
Junior righty Jacob Williams, and freshman left-handers Seth Hackett and Mitch Townsend provided three innings of scoreless relief for SIU. Sophomore left fielder Greg Lambert and sophomore second baseman Connor Kopach led SIU with two hits apiece. Lambert and junior center fielder Braden Mosley each collected a game-high two RBIs. Southern Illinois has a winning
Brent Meske can be reached at bmeske@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3333.
SIU women’s basketball used a big fourth quarter Sunday against Indiana State to stay in the hunt for a regular-season conference title. The Salukis (19-9, 13-4 Missouri Valley Conference) outscored the Sycamores 22-11 in the fourth quarter en route to a 62-58 win. Despite SIU leading by as many as eight points in the first half, Indiana State looked ready to pull away in the second half on Sycamore Senior Day. ISU used a 14-0 run to gain a 47-38 lead late in the third quarter before a jumper by Saluki freshman guard Olivia Bowling kickstarted a 7-0 run at the start of the fourth. SIU regained the lead with under two minutes remaining on senior guard Cartaesha Macklin’s free throws and hung on for the win. With the win, SIU clinched a top-four seed in the MVC Tournament and could grab a regular-season title if it beats Northern Iowa and Drake later this week. The Sycamores (13-14, 9-7 MVC) entered the fourth quarter with a seven-point lead before the Salukis defense limited the opposition to just five made buckets. Redshirt junior guard Rishonda Napier scored eight of her 16 points in the fourth. With a 3-point basket by Macklin a minute into the second quarter, the Salukis broke the single-season record for the most 3-pointers made with 190. The previous record was set by the 2011-12 team. Macklin scored 21 points and senior center Dyana Pierre notched 11 points and 14 rebounds, giving her 14 double-doubles on the year. Senior guard Cierra Ceazer led Indiana State with 19 points. SIU remains in a second place tie with Missouri State and Drake and is a game behind first-place Northern Iowa. The Salukis host UNI at 6 p.m. Thursday at SIU Arena.
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The Southern Illinois baseball team continued its domination of Western Illinois on Sunday as it picked up its first series sweep since 2014. The Salukis (4-3) scored in each of the first four innings to back a stellar outing by sophomore right-hander Michael Baird. The Leathernecks (0-6) committed three errors and collected three hits in a 9-0 loss. Baird (1-1) pitched six shutout innings, striking out a career-high nine batters and walking none. “I was able to throw my fastball early in the count,” he said. “Just being able to attack them early on in the count and not get behind them.” SIU struck first, scoring a run on an RBI single by junior right fielder Jake Hand before WIU sophomore lefty J. T. Baksha (0-1) could record an out. The Salukis loaded the bases with nobody out, but Baksha struck out the next three hitters. “They knew I wasn’t happy,” coach Ken Henderson said. “You might not score there, but you’ve got to put the ball in play. You can’t strike out in those situations.” SIU picked up five runs in the fourth inning, led off by a solo home run by junior shortstop Will Farmer. “I was just trying to put a good swing on it,” Farmer said. “Luckily I got a fastball to hit early in the count, put a good swing on it, and it went out.”
Saturday. He won the event — his first MVC title — with 5,138 points, 77 ahead of Wichita State’s junior Kyle Troxler. Freeman won the shot put, his sixth MVC title of his career, with a throw of 19.67 meters — nearly two meters ahead of the second place finisher. The Saluki women finished sixth in the team score after being picked fifth before the championships began. Senior thrower Alexus Scott won the shot put and added a team-best third place finish in the weight throw. Her win in the shot was her first individual title. She won the event with a throw of 16.43 meters. Junior Alex Morgan finished third with a throw of 14.74 meters. The senior finished third in the weight throw with a throw of 19.48 meters on Saturday. Junior Freya Block had a fourth-place finish and a throw of 19.43 meters. Participants at the NCAA Indoor Championships, the next meet of the season, will be announced within the next couple days. The NCAA Indoor Championships begin March 11 in Birmingham, Ala., and the outdoor season begins March 17 when the team competes at the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa, Ala.