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SIU considers massive cuts

SIU President Randy Dunn said SIUC would eliminate hundreds of positions, classes and student positions if budget impasse continues More than 400 classes would be eliminated More than 300 student employment positions would be eliminated Morris Library would be closed for up to 28 more hours each week, including all of Saturday More than 180 faculty positions would be eliminated The campus would see a reduction of $22,856,000 The campus would eliminate its menʼs and womenʼs tennis teams saving $688,000 (For more on possible cuts to Saluki Athletics, see page 8)

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The university could be forced to cut nearly $23 million from faculty, staff and programs should the Illinois budget impasse continue until December, according to a university report released Wednesday. SIU President Randy Dunn unveiled a proposal drawn by budget staffers in response to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s suggested cuts to higher education during fiscal year 2017, which begins July 1. There are 180 faculty and staff positions and 300 student employees that could be eliminated if the state does not resolve the higher education funding crisis in the coming months.

“Obviously, we still are working collectively with the other public institutions for a solution that will allow us to avoid implementing these reductions,” Dunn wrote in an email sent to university faculty and staff. University spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith said Dunn’s message is not a concrete plan, rather “an exercise to show the potential damage that could happen if we don’t get state funding.” “We’re not closing,” Goldsmith said. “We are trying to figure out how to manage through this budget crisis to ensure that we are fulfilling our primary mission, which is education.” The 180 university faculty positions on the chopping block include a mixed bag of 80 vacant

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administrative, faculty and civil service jobs that make up $5.5 million in spending. As many as 400 classes would be lost as a result and some academic programs could be eliminated. Losing 100 of the university’s more than 5,000 faculty and staff members would bring overall employment to its lowest point in a decade. A detailed list of the programs and positions at risk is available at dailyegyptian.com “It just worries me that measures are being considered that could really change what’s so great about SIU,” said Rachel Stocking, president of the university’s tenure and tenure-track faculty union. “To be in the situation

to reinvent the place under a big, huge gun, doesn’t bode well for the way the reinvention is going to happen.” Stocking noted the deep cuts to research and resources for underrepresented students at the university, saying the proposal could potentially change dramatically how it looks. “I hope very much that the administration will work with the unions to deal with this in a way that doesn’t destroy the mission — to figure out how to meet the challenge without ruining people’s lives or ruining what SIU has to give,” Stocking said. Peggy Wilkins, president of the university’s non-tenure track faculty union, said “sounding the alarm” for

professors would be premature. “We need to be concerned, but I don’t think people need to be so concerned to lose sleep at night,” Wilkins said. Reorganization of academic structure is also being considered to save slightly more than $1 million. Four separate colleges would merge into two, eliminating dean positions and associated office support. The university did not disclose which colleges are being considered for a merge. Goldsmith said the funding crisis has raised concerns from both prospective and current students, but the consolidation of colleges would not necessarily result in the discontinuation of academic programs. Please see BUDGET | 2

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How the Internet reacted to Dunn’s proposed budget cuts TYLER CROTZER @TylerCrotzer_DE

As the budget impasse transitions through its ninth month, SIU President Randy Dunn announced via email Wednesday that the campus will eliminate 180 faculty and staff positions, 400 classes and 300 student employment positions if Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s fiscal year 2017 budget is passed. People in the community took to social media to express their unrest with the proposed plan, which would reduce campus spending by nearly $23 million. “This is brutal for @siuc,” Paul Pabst, a SIU alumnus who works on the Dan Patrick Show — a radio and television sports show — tweeted about the proposed cuts. “Good school and people about to be decimated.” Ashley Broshears, a junior from Columbia studying social work, said on

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The university is also bound by its accreditation standards to finish teaching students currently enrolled in any program. “If we enroll a student in a program, we have to teach you out,” she said. Johnathan Flowers, president of the graduate assistants union on campus, said the potential merging of colleges is disconcerting and hopes student government and union leadership will be involved in a “larger campus discussion.” “I’m a little bit concerned as to what will happen with the graduate education should some departments merge into other departments and the resources that graduate students use for their research are no longer available,” Flowers said. Under the proposed cuts,

Facebook: “This is just ridiculous and extremely scary. I just want to graduate and get out of this mess!” “At this point, I am considering moving out of Illinois and transferring into a school in Oregon because this budget impasse is ridiculous,” Paloma Navarro, a junior studying political science, wrote on a Daily Egyptian Facebook post. “Its [sic] not fair for students.” On Twitter, SIU alumnus Todd Ellis called Dunn’s proposed elimination of programs and services “long-term bad news for the region.” The budget stalemate between Rauner and the Democratic-led Legislature has also caused the men’s basketball team to opt out of playing in the postseason tournament this season. Daily Egyptian reader Bryon Johnson commented on the absence of the men’s basketball postseason on Facebook, saying “SIU has to worry about funding while UofI just spends $20 mil on lovie smith.

Does that make sense?” “That’s ridiculous and it must be politics,” Andrew DeJong, a SIU alumnus, commented on the Daily Egyptian’s Facebook post about the postseason. “Does SIU somehow support Madigan and his cronies?” SIU basketball fan Chris N Michelle Hess also commented on the story, saying, “How is that possible? Revenue producing sport? They will make that up in the NIT at worst if they don’t make the NCAA…I hope politics are not involved with this…” As Daily Egyptian reader Daniel Bareit put it, “What a fucked up state that cuts education funding first.” Join the conversation by sharing your thoughts regarding the university’s budget crisis with us on Facebook and Twitter. Your comments may appear in a future story.

about 7 percent of student jobs, including undergraduate and graduate assistantships, would be discontinued to save $3.8 million. The university would also cut a range of non-academic services and research-oriented institutions to balance disinvestment from the state. State support for the Center for Dewey Studies, Touch of Nature, university press and university museum would be eliminated to save about $1.1 million. All research support would receive an across-the-board cut of almost $900,000. The university’s law school, the SIU Foundation and SIUC Alumni Association would forgo all state support to save about $5.7 million. System-wide cuts would include $14 million to SIUEdwardsville and $8.8 million to the School of Medicine. Public universities and community

colleges have received no funds from the state since July 1, 2015. The eightmonth stalemate between Rauner and the Democratic-controlled Legislature has caused several public universities to implement contingency plans for continued operations. Dunn said the cuts would put SIU in a similar position as Eastern Illinois University, Chicago State University, Northeastern University and Western Illinois University. “If nothing changes on the political front anytime soon — and we don’t plan for reduction actions today to stem our own tide of red ink — SIU will find itself poised on its own fiscal cliff in not that many more months down the line,” Dunn said.

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Early voting commences

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms William Albee, a second-year law student from Galena, casts an early ballot Wednesday at the polling precinct in the Student Center. “It is a tremendous asset to the university that students have the ability to vote early on campus,” Albee said. “Voting is a huge right that we have as citizens. People can’t complain about the result if they didn’t exercise that right.” The early voting will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 9 to 11 at the Student Center.

Sanders shocks Clinton in Michigan while Trump bucks GOP backlash JOE GAROFOLI SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

The mainstream political establishment wakes up badly rattled this morning. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders shocked the Democratic establishment Tuesday by upsetting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Michigan, defying her large lead in the polls with a narrow victory. While Clinton swamped Sanders in Mississippi on Tuesday, racking up another victory in a Deep South state with a large share of African-American voters, Sanders won by appealing to Midwestern voters who feel crushed by two decades of free trade deals. The victory energizes his campaign just as voters in similar upper Midwestern states of Ohio and Illinois — as well as Florida — prepare to cast ballots on Tuesday. "What tonight means is that the Bernie Sanders campaign — the political revolution we are talking about — is strong in every part of the country," Sanders said Tuesday. "And our strongest areas have yet to happen." Meanwhile, the Republican establishment missed badly in its attempt to derail Donald Trump's march to the GOP nomination — he handily won the Michigan and Mississippi primaries Tuesday. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won the Idaho primary. Trump also won the Republican caucus in Hawaii. After weathering millions of dollars worth of attack ads in recent days funded by mainstream Republicans terrified by the possibility of him

becoming the party's face, Trump defiantly jutted out his chin Tuesday night at the establishment, including 2012 GOP nominee and Michigan native son Mitt Romney, who recorded robocalls urging voters there to reject Trump. "Mitt was vicious," Trump said during his victory speech. "I wished he'd used that same energy against Obama. I think he would have won." Both parties' races in Michigan were shaped by the frustrations of voters left behind in the economic recovery. Sanders pointed out to voters Clinton's support of trade deals that have helped to send jobs overseas, a major issue in the nation's automobile manufacturing capital. "What we're seeing on both sides is a frustration with the mainstream candidates," said Jeremi Suri, a professor of public policy at the University of Texas at Austin. "The appeal of both a Trump and a Sanders shows that voters feel that the mainstream candidates are not serving them well. "Voters in Michigan were saying that free trade and globalization are harmful to their state," Suri said. Clinton's ongoing challenge remains her trustworthiness. According to exit polls of Michigan voters, 6 in 10 Tuesday found her to be honest, compared with 8 in 10 who said the same of Sanders. Tuesday's results won't change the mathematical contours of the Democratic race, as Clinton has a large lead in the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination, largely because she has secured the pledges from the vast majority of

superdelegates — elected officials and party officials. Because delegates are allocated proportionally, Sanders scored slightly more than half of the 130-delegate haul from Michigan while Clinton took home the bulk in Mississippi. On the Republican side, Trump rolled on. Propelled by less-educated whites who believe the New York billionaire speaks to their economic insecurity, Trump's victories force the campaigns of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich to the brink of extinction. In Michigan, Trump dominated in Macomb County, which has long been been identified as the iconic home of the Reagan Democrats, conservative Democrats who left the party 36 years ago to vote for Ronald Reagan and never returned. In Macomb, Trump received more than twice as many votes as Kasich, his closest competitor. "The central question is: [In the general election], is he going to be cutting into the white voter that went Democratic for Obama?" said Steve Phillips, author of the new best-seller "Brown is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority." Kasich, who has yet to win a contest, needs to win his home state of Ohio to have any hope of remaining viable. He finished third, just behind Cruz, in Michigan on Tuesday, despite spending so much time campaigning there that he joked that he would have to start paying taxes. For more, please see www.dailyegyptian.com

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Opinion

THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016

As budget cuts look ugly, Springfield sits pretty DAILY EGYPTIAN EDITORIAL BOARD

It has come to this. Thanks to political posturing and empty rhetoric in Springfield, more SIU jobs could be lost and an already bleeding state university system may go into full hemorrhage mode. SIU President Randy Dunn announced Wednesday via email that the university will cut programs and eliminate 180 faculty and staff, amounting in nearly $23 million if Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s fiscal year 2017 budget passes. While this is a “what if ” situation, it is a doomsday circumstance that would disfigure the face of SIU. For those who have not followed the budget stalemate, Rauner and the Democratic Legislature, for more than eight months, have been unable to settle on a state budget. The sides play chicken with each other, toying with social services and public higher education funding in the name of political power. Professors we know and love will be the new victims of this frustrating, prolonged game. Eighty vacant positions won’t be filled and 100 faculty layoffs could lead to 400 fewer classes offered to students. That means longer waits to graduate, and more money out of students’ pockets. But what’s it matter to Illinois’ leaders? Their jobs are not in danger

even though our classes are. The governor won’t lose his position just because our favorite history professor will. And the lawmakers’ sweet cherry on top is the possibility of MAP grants being underfunded. No wonder nearly 40 percent of Illinois’ graduating high schoolers are leaving for other states’ universities. State leaders’ attempt to cut into the opposite parties’ power — and both sides are to blame for this fiasco — have done nothing of the sort. Instead, they have turned the public against them, and the budget book against university employees. Dunn said because of SIU’s status as a system with multiple campuses, the university would be able to stave off the heavy layoffs Eastern Illinois University is facing and or the possible closure Chicago State University is dealing with. But in reality, anyone with knowledge of the situation knew this day would come. The damage, after years of previous cuts, is irreparable. And this is just the beginning. If this doesn’t unsettle students, faculty and the southern Illinois community at large, we’re not sure what will. This is the time for students to take action. Not tomorrow, not next week — now. Protest in Springfield, make your feelings known on social media and talk to traditional media. Professional staff aside, student

jobs are in an equally precarious position. If you think working on campus with the university’s nonsense 20-hour cap is bad, just wait until 300 student positions and assistantships for graduate students are eliminated, as Dunn proposed. More students will have to find work off campus, and jobs that give students experience in their desired field will fall by the wayside. Call the people who represent you. Hold them accountable. Need some help reaching them? Rep. John Bradley, D-Marion, can be reached at 618-997-9697. Rep. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, 618-242-8115. To reach Sen. Gary Forby, D-Benton, call 618439-2504. Sen. Dave Luechtefeld, D-Okawville, can be reached at 618-243-9014. If professors and students themselves can lose their jobs, why are the politicians who have allowed this to happen safe? Dunn and administrators will ultimately get the blame for these cuts. It is Dunn’s name signed on these emails, but it isn’t exactly his fault. His tenure as president has dealt with criticism, some from this very publication. But these cuts that could forever alter our university will undeservedly tarnish his legacy. Dunn has appeared to be making the best of a worst case scenario. The guy is trying to make lemonade with a urinal

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cake, and legislatures just keep pissing. No matter what he does, the final product is going to be terrible. Most of the legislators on both sides are products of public universities in Illinois, including more than a dozen former Salukis. How can any of them sit idly by and watch the state’s higher

education system burn. If anyone deserves to lose their jobs, its the folks sitting in the State Capitol. Talk to us about your thoughts regarding the university’s financial situation — feel free to email editorials or comments to editor@dailyegyptian.com.

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Three Dawgs set for nationals BRENT MESKE | @BRENTMESKEDE

The SIU track and field team will send three men to the NCAA Indoor Championships beginning Friday, but one of them is fighting a major injury. Senior shot putter Josh Freeman suffered a grade two sprain of his left ankle on Feb. 28 at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships. He stepped in a pot hole after exiting the team bus and two-and-a-half hours later he won his sixth MVC title with a throw of 18.29 meters. “The trainers did a really good job of making sure when it swelled, I kept mobility so it didn’t stiffen up,” he said. “I think they said it was $4 or $5 worth of tape [to stabilize the ankle], so that was one casualty — besides my ankle.” Freeman, who is wearing a walking boot on the injured ankle, said he is doing about eight hours of rehabilitation a day and team doctors told him the injury is healing faster than they expected. For rehabilitation, Freeman said the main goal is to maintain mobility in the joint and keep inflammation away. He said he has been doing pool therapy — including simulated box jumps, lunges and side squats to build explosiveness — to avoid full body weight on the ankle. The Fox River Grove-native said the ankle is about 70-to-75 percent healed, but as long as he is mentally ready, he should be able to perform his six throws at 2 p.m. Saturday. “We’ve done a really good job of maintaining the mobility in the joint,” he said. “It definitely feels better than it probably is.” Freeman has been able to return to a full practice, but soreness slows him down and his brain is the last obstacle to hurdle before he throws at the national meet. “My brain won’t let me put as much

weight as I want on it or turn as fast as I want to,” he said. “The more practices I can get under my belt before now and Saturday, the more comfortable I can get, and the more successful I’ll be.” The injury has not changed Freeman’s throw at all, other than causing him to make sure he’s more careful of hitting his spots to avoid re-injuring the ankle. Freeman said he hopes to throw 20 meters at the meet — something he has never done during the indoor season. He said if he can hit 20 meters, he would be happy given the circumstances. Texas senior Ryan Crouser leads the nation with a throw of 21.73 meters. Freeman is seventh at 19.67 meters. The second to fifth competitors have also thrown more than 20 meters this season and the top-10 is within 2.28 meters of each other. “It’s going to be about how close we can get it to 100 percent before this weekend,” Freeman said. “It’ll be how well the ibuprofen works and how well I can put one together on Saturday.” Fellow senior thrower Brad Sauer will compete in the weight throw after winning his first career MVC title with a throw of 21.54 meters. He will be the first of three Salukis to compete at nationals when he steps in the ring at 5 p.m. on Friday. Sauer is seventh in the nation with a throw of 22.06 meters, 1.83 meters behind Purdue senior Chukwuebuka Enekwechi — who leads the nation. Sauer said his biggest competition will be himself in the meet. “Sure you have someone throwing next to you, but they don’t alter what you do,” he said. “I have to get out of my head, know that my body is prepared and let my body do the work.” Sauer said he wants to break the Valley indoor record of 22.66 meters set by SIU throws coach J.C. Lambert in 2012. The senior said Lambert has been

pushing him to break the record. “He’s been dangling it in front of me like, ‘You know you want it,’” he said. “He wants one of his kids that he’s been working with for years now to take it.” Sauer said only focusing on weight throw for the last week and a half has eased his mind. He said not only is it nice having shorter practices, but less wear and tear on his body will pay off when it comes to nationals. “It’s nice getting in there and focusing on one event and not expending energy on another event,” he said. “Knowing I don’t have to tear my body up [in shot put], I’ll be at a peak level for nationals.” Conversely, junior jumper Kyle

Landon said he would rather be working on multiple events during his preparation for nationals. He won the MVC title in high jump for a fifth consecutive time this season after clearing 2.25 meters, a personal best. Landon also participated in the long jump and triple jump during conference but finished 116 and 222, respective, nationally in the events. The top 16 from each event make nationals. “It’s been weird because I actually respond well to jumping another event before high jump,” he said. “It gets my muscles firing … it gets my body out of a lethargic state.” Landon said his biggest competition

will be Texas Tech senior Bradley Adkins who is tied for the national lead with a height of 2.29 meters. The Chester-native said he wants to improve on last season’s indoor nationals in which he finished seventh with a height of 2.20 meters. He became the Salukis’ 150th All-American by doing so, and it was his only finish of the indoor season outside the top-two for high jump. Landon will be the second of the three to compete when he jumps at 7:55 p.m. Friday.

Southern Illinois (19-11, 12-6 MVC) enters the tournament as the No. 4 seed and will face No. 5 Loyola (14-15, 10-8) at 2:34 p.m. Friday. The Ramblers were the only team to sweep the Salukis in the regular season. “Everyone’s been telling our team how they got beat twice by Loyola," SIU coach Cindy Stein said. "I just want people to continue talking about that, because, obviously, it ticks us off a little bit." The Salukis have three players — junior point guard Rishonda Napier, senior guard Cartaesha Macklin and senior center Dyana Pierre — who were named to the All-MVC first team. Their task will be to stop Loyola's two first teamers, junior guard Taylor Johnson and junior forward Taylor Manuel. “I don’t know if anyone in our league has stopped them yet," Stein

said. "If you watch all their games, those two have dominated every single game. We’ve got to play better defense. They got us back on our heels the second game at their place, and we know that they’ll look to continue that type of attack." The Ramblers' two Taylors combined to average 30.3 of Loyola's 65.1 points per game in the regular season — the thirdhighest percentage of points by two players in the conference. In contrast, only Indiana State relied less heavily on its top two scorers than SIU. Napier and Macklin contributed 28.4 of the Salukis' 69.0 points per game. Each of the top-four teams in the MVC beat at least three of the other top-five teams during the regular season. Loyola came within a regulation basket of beating Missouri State in a Feb. 12 overtime loss, which would have given the Ramblers the same such distinction.

After a 6-25 campaign in 201415, Loyola's 4-7 nonconference record prevented it from finishing the 2015-16 regular season with a winning record. The Ramblers' signature win of the season came Dec. 21 in an 88-75 win over No. 15 DePaul, which beat SIU 105-61 Nov. 13. "We match up with Southern very well," Loyola coach Sheryl Swoopes said. "They match up with us very well. There aren't a lot of teams in the Valley that have a true center like we do in Manuel and they do in Pierre. I think it's going to be one of those games where the team that comes out ... playing their best basketball is probably the team that's going to come out on top." Northern Iowa (20-9, 15-3) enters the tournament as the top seed. The Panthers swept their season series with Drake, but split with No. 3 Missouri State (21-9, 14-4), SIU and Loyola.

UNI will put its eight-game winning streak on the line when it faces the winner of No. 8 Wichita State (8-21, 5-13) and No. 9 Bradley (8-21, 4-14) on Friday. The Panthers were a combined 4-0 against the Shockers and Braves in the regular season, winning by an average of 16 points per game. Coach Tanya Warren said her team cannot afford to rest on the strength of those victories. "Everyone's coming in 0-0," Warren said. "It's a new season, and anything can happen. We have to be able to understand that what happened in the regular season has nothing to do with this tournament." It all starts with Wichita State and Bradley at 4:04 p.m. Thursday in Moline.

Aidan Osborne | @AidanOsborne_DE Senior thrower Josh Freeman practices throwing shot put Tuesday in the Recreation Center in anticipation for the NCAA Indoor Championships on Friday at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. While walking off of the bus Feb. 28 at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships, Freeman stepped in a pothole and sprained his ankle.

Brent Meske can be reached at bmeske@ dailyegyptian.com or at 536-3333

Parity reigns in MVC women’s tournament THOMAS DONLEY | @TDONLEYDE

The Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament opens Friday at the iWireless Center in Moline, and without one dominant team, the championship is anyone's for the taking. The Valley's top four teams entered the final weekend within a half game of each other. With no teams in the top 90 of the NCAA Rating Percentage Index, the MVC will likely only receive one bid in the NCAA Tournament. "There's so much balance in this league," said Drake coach Jenny Baranczyk. "You've got to be able to defend the ball. You've got to be able to rebound the ball, and you've got to be able to score and have balance. That's what I think our league has been able to do all year." Drake (21-8, 14-4) is the second seed in the conference tournament and was 1-1 versus the Salukis this season.

Thomas Donley can be reached at Tdonley@Dailyegyptian.com or at 618-536-3307

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Budget issues could end SIU men’s and women’s tennis

Sports

THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016

Saluki men’s basketball to decline postseason invitations

SEAN CARLEY | @SCARLEYDE

The Illinois budget issues that have plagued public universities could threaten one of SIU's longest-running athletic programs. Men's and women's tennis could possibly be eliminated next season under Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed FY17 budget, according to a press release sent out by SIU President Randy Dunn. The men's tennis team has competed since 1924 while the women have competed since 1974. Cutting the two programs would save the school $688,000 and those are the only explicit mentions about athletics in the proposed cuts. Officials at SIU-Edwardsville announced in February it would cut men's tennis and women's golf at the end of the school year. Saluki senior Jonny Rigby expressed his concern about the future of the program and said he wasn't informed of Dunn's proposal. "On my part it was frustrating hearing about it from [the Daily Egyptian]," he said. "It would have been nice for someone who's making the decisions to talk to us because it affects other people's lives." If the teams are cut, a combined 17 players, 10 of whom are international, and two coaches will be without a sport or job. Director of Athletics Tommy Bell said Dunn's proposal is just an early discussion and not an official plan of action. "We would do everything possible to reduce spending rather than cut a sport," he said. "We've already taken cuts from the appropriated funds and done some belttightening. Because of Title IX, if a men's sport is cut a women's sport must be cut, and vice versa. Bell stressed that the athletic department has not made its own proposal on how to deal with the budget crisis, and creating one is an ongoing process. The key to the ongoing process is finding a sustainable solution. Bell said that whatever cuts and arrangements are made cannot be one-year fixes. With men's and women's tennis failing to generate revenue, according to information obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request, the teams seem like easy targets to be cut. But Rigby said there's more to the sport than money. "We know we're not like basketball where everyone is crazy about you, but we worked our entire lives for this," he said. "We worked 110% to bring everything we got to the program. It would be a real disappointment to have everything we worked for go away." Both tennis teams hold a winning record to this point in the season. The men's tennis team has won eight matches in a row and is 8-1 overall while the women's team is 8-6. Rigby, the lone senior on the team, is second all-time at SIU with 128 total wins between singles and doubles. He and his doubles partner, junior Michal Kianicka, are ranked No. 47 nationally. "This has been the best four years of my life," he said. "I got an education that'll last me for the rest of my life. It's frustrating to know others may miss out. It'd be really sad to have this be the end of it." The men's tennis team has one NCAA championship, which it won in 1964, as well as 16 conference championships. The women's team has also had a successful history with two team conference championships and 24 individual conference champions. Rigby said it's too early in the process to organize any form of protest or plea to the university, but hopes officials can find other ways to cut spending. "This is our lives," he said. "I don't know the other ways the university to save money, but if the university knew the people involved then they I think they would think twice because it'd be a good program to have." Men's tennis coach Dann Nelson would not comment on the proposal, and women's coach Audra Anderson could not be reached. Sean Carley can be reached at scar@dailyegyptian.com or at 618-536-3307.

Sarah Gardner | @rabbitearz93 Junior forward Sean O’Brien and senior guard Anthony Beane exit the press conference stage after the Salukis’ 66-60 loss to the Northern Iowa on March 4 during the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis.

SEAN CARLEY | @SCARLEYDE

The fate of Southern Illinois basketball postseason has been up in the air over the state's budget impasse, and the picture got cleared up Wednesday. Saluki men's basketball will not participate in a postseason tournament this season, according to a Saluki Athletics press release. Coach Barry Hinson said there was not one single factor that led to this conclusion. “We carefully considered a host of factors before reaching the decision to end our season,” he said. “Chief among them were the health and welfare of our players, as well as the budgetary implications of hosting games on our campus during spring break.” After the team's Missouri Valley Conference tournament loss to Northern

Iowa, Hinson said his team would not pay to play in a postseason tournament "as people are getting ready to lose their jobs." SIU finished the season at 22-10, its best record since 2006-07. The Salukis were likely under consideration for one of the four minor postseason tournaments, which would have been the first since Hinson came to Carbondale. Some tournaments such as the College Basketball Invitational and CollegeInsider.com Tournament require an entry fee as well as the money needed to host a game. For example, the CBI requires a minimum ticket guarantee of $35,000 for first-round games. All gate receipts and concessions received at the game would go to the host to cover the cost. Even if the financial power was available, the manpower may not be. These tournaments are all scheduled to

begin at the tail end of the SIU's spring break next week. The SIU athletic department agreed with Hinson's decision. "There wasn’t one overriding factor that led to this decision, but the sum of the parts led us to determine it was in our best interest not to play," SIU Director of Athletics Tommy Bell said. The decision means that seniors Anthony Beane, Ibby Djimde and Deng Leek have officially played their last game in a Saluki uniform. Beane finishes as the No. 3 all-team scorer in SIU history (1,917 career points) and tied for the all-time leading scorer (885 points) in SIU Arena history. This story will be updated. Sean Carley can be reached at scar@dailyegyptian.com or at 618-536-3307.

Three women named to all-conference team TED WARD | @TEDWARD_DE

Three more SIU women's basketball players have been recognized as the All-Missouri Valley Conference teams were announced Wednesday. Redshirt senior guard Cartaesha Macklin, senior center Dyana Pierre and redshirt junior guard Rishonda Napier were named to the 11-player All-MVC first team. This is first time since the 1994-95 season that SIU had three All-MVC

players and the first time there were three Salukis on the first team. Pierre was also named to the All-MVC defensive team for the second time in her career after leading the conference in rebounds with 11.4 per game. She is just third player in Valley history to lead the league in rebounds all four seasons. This is the third time Pierre has been named to the first team and Napier's second. Macklin was named to the

honorable mention team after the 2012-13 season. This season, Macklin led the league in free-throw percentage making 89 percent of shots from the line. She averaged 12.6 points per game and became SIU's all-time leading scorer in points. Napier lead the team in scoring with 15.1 points per game as well as 3-point percentage and 3-pointers made with 75. That tied her for third all-time in SIU history.

Napier along with junior forward Kim Nebo and sophomore guard Kylie Giebelhausen were named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team Tuesday. The three players are slated to play against Loyola at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the MVC Tournament in Moline. The Salukis are the fourth seed in the tourney. Ted Ward can be reached at tward@dailyegyptian.com or 618-534-3303