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First open forum sets tone for chancellor search Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka The first of four open forum interviews for the chancellor vacancy began Tuesday morning with Susan Ford, the campus’ interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. While six people representing different constituent groups on campus asked questions, Ford, who has worked at SIU for more than 35 years, explained why she should become the Carbondale campus’ next chancellor.

An administrator and anthropologist committed to graduate studies Ford, the only internal finalist for the position, spoke significantly about working with all the campus’ constituents to make financial decisions regarding Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget, which she said would cause dramatic changes to SIU. She said she has thought about the campus’ budgetary issues a lot, and agrees with President Randy Dunn’s plan to not make cuts across the board. She said administration has made

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cuts like that year after year, thinking the next year would be better. “I heard one person talk about it as death by a million cuts. At some point, you stop cutting fat and you start to cut meat,” Ford said to the crowd in Guyon Auditorium. “Consider what is the core. This is what the president has been talking about, and I think this is what we need to do.” Ford said the university has to honestly confront the issues facing it, which can only be done if everyone is involved. “I study dead monkeys. ... If you

ask me to describe and draw what the ankle bones of what all those new world monkeys look like, I could do it,” she said. “If you ask me to come up with the perfect plan to solve the economic problem of higher education in the United States, I don’t think I could do that. ... But I do think that I may be able to get all of us really smart people on this campus to work together... to find solutions that will work for us.” Ford, who was appointed interim dean of the Graduate School in December 2012, spoke highly of working with graduate students.

She received an award from the Graduate and Professional Student Council because of her work with the Graduate Council. “I’m particularly cognizant of... the graduate students in terms of union issues and student work situations,” she said. “I was also very aware that when students decide to walk across campus to talk to a complete stranger about a problem that they’re having... there must be something seriously wrong there, because that’s a pretty big step for a student to take.” Please see FORD | 5

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evaN JoNes| @EvanJones_DE April 2 was World Autism Awareness Day. It is typically a day of reflection, but this year, the day was celebrated by Gov. Bruce Rauner’s announcement to freeze funding for the cause. The announcement directly impacts The Autism Program of Illinois, or TAP, which funds 19 centers across the state, including SIU’s Center for Autism and Spectrum Disorders. Lisa Schippers, a graduate student who works in the center, said it could close as early as June 30, and three of the four professional speech pathologists and behavioral analysts have received termination letters. The center serves 150 families in southern Illinois with early intervention in children as young as 2. There are 17 children enrolled in intensive speech and behavioral therapy programs, and the same number of adolescents and adults enrolled in rehabilitation and counseling programs, said Valerie Boyer, the director Center of Autism and Spectrum Disorders. The majority of funding for the center comes from TAP. With no state funding, the program will no longer be able support Illinois autism centers, meaning families would need to travel as far as Paducah, Ky. or Indianapolis for treatment. Sarah Hazel, whose son is in the center’s early intervention program, said it is essential. “I have a son who was non-social,” said Hazel, who lives in Marion. “It’s like bringing your kid to school twice a week — but he’s too young for public school so this is all the help that we can get.” Schippers, a graduate student in speech pathology from the Quad Cities, said one of the main reasons many students chose SIU is because of the center’s location on campus. Rauner’s decision, and the impending closure of the center, could force prospective students to attend out-ofstate universities. Please see AUTISM | 3

N athaN h oefert | @NathanHoefert_DE Fans wait for rapper Lil Wayne to enter Levels nightclub Monday in Carbondale. Tickets were $50 to $100 and fans waited more than four hours after the doors opened for Wayne, who performed for about 20 minutes. “Waiting for like three or four hours for him to show up for that like five seconds [of performing] and then to get covered up by the audience was pretty [bad], because they paid that much money,” concertgoer Riley Wyans said. Please see page 6 for the story.

Supercomputer soups-up research potential sam Beard | @SamBeard_DE In the age of information, data rules. A new supercomputer has been installed in the basement of the Wham Education Building to keep SIU on the cutting edge of technology. SIU is the second Illinois state school to have a clustered supercomputer available to the faculty, said Rustomji Vania, deputy director of research computing and cyberinfrastructure. There are other clusters on campus, but this is the only

one that is not department specific. The supercomputer, which is actually 40 computers wired together, is centralized, meaning it is available to any researcher or faculty who demonstrates the technological need, Vania said. The high-powered computer will sharply increase storage capacity and computation efficiency for its users, allowing for larger and more comprehensive research projects. The “research overhead” fund allocated by the chancellor’s office covered the

$356,000 cost of the machine. “This is a Ferrari,” Vania said. “In terms of computers, it’s some of the best gear you can possibly have.” Vania said the centralized supercomputer will enhance research prospects for all departments on campus. The computer has four terabytes of RAM — about 500 to 1,000 times more than the average laptop. It is open source, meaning there are no inbuilt restrictions to what can or cannot be done with it. Please see COMPUTER | 5

@daiLyegyptiaN Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist and New York Times best -selling author, will speak at 7:30 p.m. today at the Student Center.

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First undergraduate behavior analysis major begins at SIU JEssica Brown | @BrownJessicaJ The College of Education and Human Services’ new undergraduate major, behavioral analysis and therapy, will be the first of its kind offered as a bachelor’s program in the country. The program, administered by the Rehabilitation Institute, will be the third and lowest level of the degree SIU has in addition to the pre-existing master’s and doctorate programs. “Behavior analysis is all about applying scientific principles to changing behavior of individuals who might have clinical disorders,” said Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, a

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professor at the Rehabilitation Institute. Examples of these disorders are autism, intellectual disabilities and traumatic brain injury. Behavior analysts also focus on applying behavioral principles to developing people like children and parents, as well as improving environmental and community problems. There are four classes in place for the fall semester, including Skeptical Thinking 200, Applied Behavior and Analysis I 312, Ethics in Behavior Analysis 440 and Therapy and Autism/Intellectual Disabilities 445H. Courses in behavior management

Schippers said there are misconeptions about the scope of autism. “A lot of people think that children with autism can get the help they need when they’re enrolled in public school and that’s just not true,” she said. “It’s not the schools’ fault, the earlier you make the diagnosis the better chance they have of improving their social skills.” The center holds its sessions twice a week for an hour and a half. But it is recommended that children are helped for 20 to 30 hours a week. For the other 27 hours, the center educates the parents for work outside of the sessions. The center has a

“Behavior analysis is all about applying scientific principles to changing behavior of individuals who might have clinical disorders.” - Ruth Anne Rehfeldt professor

and therapy have been offered through the rehabilitation services major in the past. However, Rehfeldt said undergraduate students requested increased specialized training in the subject. “They wanted more instruction in behavior analysis than [the

“A lot of people think that children can get the help they need when they’re enrolled in public school and that’s just not true.” - Lisa Schippers graduate student employee

plethora of literature and resources for parents to learn strategies and apply them while working with their children at home. Providing students clinical experience is another one of the ways the center works with SIU. More than

rehabilitation services major] could give to them,” she said. Despite the added courses, the new major will not cost the university any money. “It was constructed in a way that our existing faculty would be able to cover the courses,” Rehfeldt said.

Having a specific major for behavior analysis will make the transition into higher levels of education a smoother process. Individuals who complete the major will be well-qualified candidates for entry into behavior analysis master’s programs on a national basis, she said. Because of this, increased enrollment in the College of Education and Human Services is a strong possibility. “It is [an opportunity] that will likely allow our program to recruit more students who want to have real employment opportunities following graduation,” Carl Flowers, director of the Rehabilitation Institute, said.

100 students, in fields including speech pathology and childhood psychology, are involved in observational focused training, and 25 students work with the professionals in counseling the children. “We were diagnosed in the fall of 2014,” Hazel said. “My son’s made so much progress since he’s gotten here. He was non-social, now he can interact with the counselors, and really enjoy his time here.” More than 3.5 million Americans live with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and about 1 in 68 children have been identified with it. Autism services cost U.S. citizens between $236 billion to $262 billion annually, according to autism-society.org. D aily E gyptian F ilE p hoto

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Ford, who has received a teacher of the year award three times by the College of Liberal Arts, said she first became interested in studying new world monkeys after an adviser at the University of Pittsburgh — where she received her doctorate in 1980 — said she should do her first paper as a graduate student about them. That paper is still her most widely cited one, she said. “From that day forward, I have spent my life committed to studying the primates that live in South America, because they are such a fascinating and diverse group,” she said. “One of the biggest lessons that [my adviser] taught me was not to be afraid to climb out on a limb. ... It taught me to be a risk-taker.” Daughter, wife, mother and Saluki family During her 15-minute introduction on Tuesday, Ford was personal with the crowd, showing pictures of her family and talking about her childhood. “On my mother’s side of the family, I’m not only a first-generation college student, I’m a first-generation high school graduate,” said Ford, who received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Roanoke College in Salem, Va. “My mother had to drop out of high school because it was the Depression and her father died.” She said when she began college, she had a love for medieval studies, but decided there was not much of

a future in it. “I talk about this to let you know that I do have a background love of the arts and humanities as well as the sciences,” Ford said. “I was your true exploratory student.” Ford, whose two children graduated from SIU, said she has a Saluki family. Her husband, who has two degrees from SIU, worked as acting director of information technology for five years, she said. Growing up, Ford was interested in music, theatre, French and math, something she described as an odd mix. “For those musicians in the room, I want you to notice how great my hand positions are in this particular photograph,” she said about an image on the screen. Ford said she spent her summers volunteering at a hospital and a reading program for inner-city youth, and worked at a camp for children with disabilities. “It really exposed me to the fact that everybody is alike on the inside,” she said. “Everybody has the same hopes. We just come into life with more or fewer advantages behind us.” Ford said her biggest influencers are her parents. She said her 93-year-old father, who gave her interviewing tips on Sunday, called her every day leading up to the submission of her application for the chancellor position. “I had been looking forward to retiring largely to spend more time with him,” she said. “He called me every day, ‘Have you sent it in yet? You need to do this. Get it done, Susan.’”

e llen B ooth | @EllenBooth_DE Rustomji Vania, deputy director of research computing and cyberinfrastructure, left, and Babak Ahsant, doctoral canidate in electrical engineering, pose near one of the two centralized supercomputers at Illinois public universities on Monday in the Data Control Center in the basement of SIU’s Wham Education Building. The other supercomputer is located at the University of Illinois. “This is a Ferrari,” Vania said. “In terms of computers, it’s some of the best gear you can possibly have.”

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Vania, the supercomputer facilitator, said he is glad that computer is open source as opposed to running on a closed system, because it is ideal for research. “You’re not trapped by a [software] vendor’s decision to do something you don’t agree with,” Vania said. “I can sleep at night because I can regression test it all day and night to make sure it’s going to work.” Aside from faculty and researchers, students can utilize the power of the rig, too. “This is a very big move for the university,” said Babak Ahsant, a doctoral candidate in electrical engineering from Iran. “There used to be some other clusters [on campus] but they were not well maintained.”

Ahsant said this was a wise purchase, and he is excited for the computer to go online this summer. Several faculty members are being given accounts on the machine in order to undergo a variety of operational tests and an outside specialist will be brought in before it goes online. Given the half-life that technology has, the supercomputer will remain state-of-the-art technology for about half a decade, Vania said. “If it was on a five-year replacement cycle that would be good,” he said. “Technology is twice as fast and twice as cheap every two years.” The prized rig is backed up by an outdoor diesel generator and will never lose power unless the building collapses. There are also two air conditioners and a ventilated floor to keep the equipment cool, Vania said.

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Lil Wayne’s short-lived performance produces split opinions Chase Myers | @chasemyers_DE It was 1 a.m. Tuesday and the crowd was getting anxious at Levels nightclub as everyone was waiting for Young Money’s founder to walk through the side door. While Lil Wayne did make an appearance, proving wrong numerous people who doubted the multi-millionaire would show, others who attended question whether they got their money’s worth. Tickets for the event ranged from $50 for general admission to $100 for VIP, but only included about 15 minutes of performance, as the rapper entered the bar at roughly 1:15 a.m. and was back on his tour bus by 1:30 a.m. Some concertgoers said they were disappointed by waiting to see Wayne for hours after his tour bus itself arrived at 10:15 p.m. “Waiting for like three or four hours for him to show up for that like five seconds and then to get covered up by the audience was pretty [bad], because they paid that much money,” Riley Wyans, a concertgoer said. Greg Knoob, owner and DJ at Levels, took to Facebook shortly after the performance to share his thoughts.

“The set that he did went straight to the point. Once he hit that door, it was pandemonium.” - Michael Blakemore Event Planner

N athaN h oefert | @nathanhoefertDE Rapper Lil Wayne performs on stage at Levels nightclub early Tuesday morning after fans waited hours for the artist to step on stage.

Mass anxiety was kicking in around 1:10 a.m. with no sign of Wayne in the building, but the only distinct altercation in the crowd occurred at 11:30 p.m. and was just verbal. While some feel the performance did not live up to expectations, others see this as a positive night for

the bar and just the beginning of more high-caliber performances in Carbondale. “There is more to come,” said Cory King, a bouncer for Levels and Saluki Bar. “We put a new stage in, so we’ve had people come sing in Saluki Bar. We’ve had a couple good artists come in … and there’s going

to be a lot more coming soon.” Michael Blakemore, one of the event planners, felt the show was more than what the average person could expect when you see a name like Lil Wayne in Carbondale, he said. “Just to have him do what he did, is a statement in itself,” Blakemore

said. “It was a good night.” Even though his time on stage was short, Wayne utilized every second with a high energy performance. “The set that he did went straight to the point,” Blakemore said. “Once he hit that door, it was pandemonium.” In the meantime, Knoob is trying to figure out a way to compensate concertgoers who paid for their tickets, he said. “I’m going to get part of the money back, hopefully,” he said. “It might take a while, but all that money is going back to the people that came, not to me.” From what he saw, the majority of people were happy with the performance, he said. “A $50 ticket, you’re never going to get anywhere near an artist that big, but this is still not what it was supposed to be,” he said.

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Lecture expresses the importance of heroines Jacob pierce | @JacobPierce1_DE Mulan, Martin Luther King Jr. and Star Wars will all come together in a lecture about the importance of heroes called “The Chinese Heroine Mulan,” a lecture presented by Melinda Yeomans, of the Women’s Resource Center, who are co-hosting the event. The lecture, which is at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Missouri Room in the Student Center, springs from the course she teaches titled “Leadership through the lens of the hero and heroine’s journey.” Mulan is based on a ballad written between the years 286 and 584. It discusses a woman who goes to war in place of her father, fighting for both her family and her land. The story spawned an animated Disney film, named from the title character various novels and a future live-

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action film. Yeomans said the heroes in her class could be fictional or historical. In the presentation, figures such as Joan of Arc and Rosa Parks will be discussed along with Luke Skywalker and Mulan. “We celebrate these heroes and heroines of all cultures because they exemplify the characters that we admire and help bring out the potential in our own character,” she said. Mulan represents a key archetype, as she serves as the warrior princess who is compassionate, but willing to stand up for her country. Women are sent mixed messages through the media, because for so long, Disney’s princess tales show an objectified version of many female stories. Cinderella and other 1950s adaptations have women forming identities from marriage, she said. “It is not OK to tell young girls that your value comes from the man you marry,” Yeomans said. The Asian stereotype of a woman is someone reserved, an individual who keeps to themselves and does what is expected of them. Mulan sheds the role and transcends what many think of an Asian woman, Yeoman said. Society has a need for the Mulan archetype, she said, because a majority of the protagonists in the modern media are white and male. The culture has been whitewashed and the

stereotypes need to be questioned, Yeomans said. Fang-Yu Li, a lecturer in the department of languages, cultures and international trades from Taiwan, said it needs to be remembered that Mulan may be just a character, and not a real person, because there is no physical proof of her existence. The author of the ballad was anonymous. No one knows whether Mulan was an actual person or someone made up for an epic poem. There are some debates of whether the tale is even fully Chinese, Li said. She said the hero serves as someone who can battle society, even today. Mulan counters many ideals of both Western and Eastern culture. “It is a character that is a symbol for a female or Asian raised to counter the patriarchal system,” Li said. At the same time, the character does not break all boundaries, Li said. The original poem still shows a heroine making decisions according to what society says. Mulan fights for her family and she fights for her country, but she only does it because her country says its right. The leaders say it is what to do, so she does it. “Her clashing gender roles is for a patriarchal system,” Li said. Nathan Stephens, the director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence who is co-hosting the event, said the lecture is being held during Asian American Heritage Month, one of the several specialty months held by the center celebrating diversity. The months are a way to let people with different heritages know SIU recognizes them, Stephens said. He said events like these also educate those who are unfamiliar with the various cultures around campus.

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Tearing down gender constructs Jessica Brown | @BrownJessicaJ Gender policing — the imposition of “normal” gender expressions on an individual who does not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth — has become an issue within the LGBTQ community as traditional gender roles continue to diminish. Sam Dylan Finch, an LGBTQ — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer — educator, spoke about what it means to be genderqueer on Thursday night in Lawson Hall. Genderqueer is a non-binary category for gender identities that are not exclusively masculine or feminine. “[Gender] is so deeply entrenched in culture,” Finch, a biological female, said. “From the time you’re an infant, you’re automatically assigned a gender role.” His gender identity is often met with confusion, discomfort and in some cases, denial. Many refuse to acknowledge genderqueer as an option, dismissing it as uncertainty. “As if you’re not allowed to be unsure,” Finch, of San Francisco, Calif., said. “As if you’re somehow invalid because you’ve identified as one way before and you identify another way now.” His identity is not only questioned by cisgender people — those who identify with the gender they were

“[Gender] is so deeply entrenched in culture,” Finch, a biological female, said. “From the time you’re an infant, you’re automatically assigned a gender role.” - Sam Dylan Finch

LGBTQ Educator assigned with at birth — but by those in the LGBTQ community. People do not always accept him as transmasculine because he is not taking hormones and is not sure if he wants to medically transition into becoming a biological male. Finch said this attitude is a problem because it does not only set the individual back personally, but the LGBTQ community as a whole. “The idea that we should limit people’s choices or tell them their gender isn’t something they can selfidentify is counterproductive,” he said. “We’re trying to reclaim what we think of gender.” A mission of gender redefinition is not one without adversity. Finch has encountered many uncomfortable

situations because of reactions to his androgynous appearance. Strangers will often stare at him openly, asking things like, “What are you really?” or “Do you think you’re a boy?” The harassment is not strictly verbal. He has been spit on, physically threatened and was nearly intentionally ran over by a van full of men screaming homophobic slurs. “People think they’re entitled to information about my body they would not ask a cisgender person,” he said. “There’s a big difference about asking my pronouns because you don’t know how to engage with me, and asking to provoke or intimidate me.” Leslie Delgado, a sophomore from Elgin studying English literature, is in the process of redefining her pronoun.

After coming out in May 2014, she said altering her pronoun to something more reflective of her identity will increase her self-comfort. Delgado, a student worker at the LGBTQ Resource Center, said disclosing the pronoun an individual feels comfortable with when meeting others should be implemented in everyday exchanges to avoid misgendering. Misgendering is not only a reality for people who are genderqueer. Yaya Heller, a junior from Chicago studying political science, experienced a mistaken gender identity when she was in the bathroom at Morris Library. “A lady ran in and asked me, ‘Someone reported there was a guy in here, have you seen him?’” said Heller, a cisgender lesbian woman. “I was like, ‘Ma’am, I think they were talking about me.’” Finch said it is important that victims are not afraid to correct people if they or others around them are being misgendered. He said this is a teaching moment. “If we create this culture where gender policing is OK, what we’re saying is it’s OK to bully people who don’t conform to standard gender stereotypes,” he said. “Being complicit isn’t any better than being the aggressor.”

Cisgender Denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity conforms with the gender that corresponds to their biological sex; not transgender.

Transmasculine Is a term used to describe those who were assigned female at birth, but identify as more male than female.

Genderqueer Denoting or relating to a person who does not subscribe to conventional gender distinctions but identifies with neither, both, or a combination of male and female genders.

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NICE HOUSE, QUIET AREA, Approx. 5 minutes from campus.6 bdrm, 2 bath all appl incuding w/d avail Aug., 2015 $330-$245/student, for 4-6 students. 806-1799.

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1 BDRM APT. on Park Street near SIU. Gallery kitchen, spacious living room, lovely apt. Starting $440/mo. Call 457-4422. universityedge.net

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4 BDRM, 4 BATH, CLOSE TO campus, washer/dryer, dishwasher, cats considered, heat/air, free parking, $1560 ($390 each), www.alpharentals.net, 457-8794

6-12 Bdrm, info call 549-4808

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VERY NICE SELECTION of clean 2 and 3 bdrm single and double wide homes. 1 mile from campus. Available June or August. No pets. (618) 549-0491 or (618) 925-0491. MODERN, MANUFACTURED HOMES 2 bdrm, 2 bath, w/d, d/w, a/c, energy efficient, (618) 924-0535 www.comptonrentals.com NEWLY REMODELED, 2 BDRM, water, trash, & lawn incl, lg spacious lots, starting at $300/mo, call 549-4713, www.grrentals.com

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WALKERS BLUFF IS now hiring , event intern, event & office assitant, servers, food runners, and cooks. E-mail resume to info@walkersbluff.com PIZZA COOK, ARE you an experienced pizza maker used to a high activity environment? Part Time, some lunch hours needed. Apply at Quatro!s Pizza, 218 W. Freeman SALES CLERK, PT, must be 21yrs, apply in person, SI Liquor Mart, 113 N. 12th St., M!boro. Please no calls. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSITANT* progressive church, computer literate, 10 hours per week. Resume, cover letter, 3 references to COGS, 515 Orchard Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, or pastor@goodshepherd-ucc.org

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902 W. MILL duplex, 716 S. James House. Updated 5 bdrms, 2 bath, W/D, AC, DW, New tile or wood floors. Low utilities 559-5245. campuscolonial.com

NICE 5 OR 6 bdrm, c/a, w/d, close to SIU 2 kitchen, 2 bath, 700 W Freeman. 529-1820 529-3581

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ULTIMATE GYMNASTCS AND cheerleading of C-Dale is looking for a part time pre-school gymnastics instructor. Enthusiastic, welcoming, and loves working with ages 1-6. Great opportunity for edu majors. Required hours some evenings and possible Sat mornings. Beg May 15th. Contact 618-351-6296 or e-mail ultimategymnastics@hotmail.com for further information.

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Saluki in volunteering for the long run Brent Meske | @brentmeskeDE Collegiate athletics lasts up to five years, but volunteering and succeeding academically live on long after running spikes are hung up for the final time. Senior distance runner Tori Parry has volunteered her time at places like Marion Veterans Medical Center, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and the Victory Dream Center in her four years at SIU. Parry said being the daughter of a pastor, an important part of her life is helping others have a better quality of life. “I’ve never had to question whether or not I would have food on my plate,” she said. “So seeing people in need tugs on my heart.” Parry said she spends one or two hours a week volunteering and has had to learn to say, “no” to some opportunities to avoid added stress. She made the decision to cut back on volunteering this year because her academic load increased. She maintained a 4.0 grade point average last semester and was named co-physical education major of the year on April 11. “[Distance] coach [David] Beauchem will emphasize doing one major event a semester or season,” Parry said. “If we had more time, we would love to do more.” Because of her major, Parry tries to incorporate sports into her volunteering. She said it will likely be the case when she travels with teammate senior Sadie Darnell, and her dad to El Salvador this

A JA G ARMAN | @ajagarman_DE Tori Parry, a senior from Jackson, Mo., studying physical education, poses for a portrait Monday at the Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex. Parry, who is one of the Salukis’ top female distance runners, is active in volunteer work and is also the cross-country representative for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.

summer for a mission trip. “I’m sure we will play some soccer and get our butts kicked a little bit because they are really good at soccer,” she said. “Mainly we are going to be working with kids, doing prayer walking and in churches sharing our testimonies.” The trip is facilitated by Fruitland Community Church in Jackson, Mo., where Parry’s father is a pastor. Darnell said she volunteered in

the past and is looking forward to the summer mission trip because she has never left the country. “I have been volunteering in food pantries and working with kids,” she said. “I have done stuff through my church at home and I also volunteered time for [National Honor Society] in high school.” Darnell and Parry also volunteer at the Vine Church nursery. Parry said it is important for student

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athletes to give back to the community because those are the people who help pay for their scholarships. “Everything we do in training is to make SIU track and cross-country be successful,” she said. “With everything athletics gives us and the community helps us with, there’s a value to wanting to give back to people in the community as well.” Parry is a representative for the Student-Athlete Advisory

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Committee and helps plan volunteer opportunities with her teammates. Coach Connie Price-Smith said Parry gets teammates participating in volunteerism. “It is important for them to do community service and be good role models,” she said. “It’s important to the program and the department... [Parry] does a good job at [leading] it.” Parry said she tries to encourage teammates to volunteer without forcing them. “You want people to volunteer because they want to be there,” Parry said. “If they are doing it because they have to or they feel obligated to, it is really the wrong heart.” Parry and 10 teammates traveled to Long Mont, Colo., during spring break to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and help build homes. Price-Smith said she notices a lot of athletes doing it because they want to, not because they have to. “They like helping people,” she said. “A lot of them like to take the initiative and do it on their own.” In her final season as a Saluki, Parry — who hopes to score in the 10,000-meter race at the Missouri Valley Conference meet — said the hardest part will be saying goodbye to teammates she has developed relationships with for the past four years. Parry said she will not competitively run after graduation, but plans to become a physical education teacher and help children combat childhood obesity.

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B RENT M ESKE | @brentmeskeDE Sophomore pitcher Shaye Harre swings and misses Tuesday as rain falls on Charlotte West Stadium. The Salukis’ game against the University of Tennessee at Martin was canceled after one inning and the game will not be made up. SIU will look to avoid the predicted showers for a 5 p.m. Wednesday game against University of Evansville.

Saluki baseball players keep occupied during a rain delay Tuesday before their game against Southeast Missouri State. #siuc #salukisinspring #baseball #vsco @dailyegyptian

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WEDNESDAY, ARPIL 22, 2015

Saluki women’s golf finishes third at MVC Matt Wells | @mattwells_DE The Saluki women’s golf team placed third at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, which was played from Sunday to Tuesday at the Spirit Hollow Golf Club in Burlington, Iowa. Of the 10 teams that competed at the 6,024-yard, par-72 course, the Dawgs finished behind Wichita State and Missouri State, which scored 924 and 937 respectively. Wichita State won the tournament for the second consecutive year. SIU’s team score of 948 was two strokes ahead of Illinois State’s 950. The team was picked to finish sixth before the tournament. Women’s golf coach Alexis Mihelich said the team performed worse than expected leading up to the conference championship. Mihelich said she is ecstatic with the team’s overall third place finish. “I was going to really be happy with fourth or better, maybe top five,” she said. The team, comprised of sophomores Brooke Cusumano and Xianmei Jin, senior Kris Grimes, junior Mattie Lindner and freshman Hannah Netisingha, had no SIU golfer place lower than 23rd of the 50 participants. “I knew we were better than Bradley and Indiana State, so I kind of figured, in my head, it would be between Wichita State, Missouri State, Illinois State and SIU,” Mihelich said. She said those have been the teams

S TEVE M ATZKER | @stevematzker Sophomore Brooke Cusumano tees off during practice on Thursday at Carbondale’s Hickory Ridge Golf Course. Cusuamano finished second overall in the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Golf Championships.

in the last few years that have always finished in the top-four. Mihelich said ISU played well on Tuesday and her team had to hang on to hold off the Redbirds.

She said it all came down to Cusumano, who birdied holes 16 and 18. Cusumano led the way for the Salukis, finishing in second with a

S TEVE M ATZKER | @stevematzker Sophomore Xianmei Jin hits from the fairway during practice on Thursday at Hickory Ridge Golf Course. Along with fellow Salukis Mattie Lindner and Hanna Netisingha, Jin finished 23rd overall in the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Golf Championships.

score of 228. She shot 75, 79 and 74 in the three rounds. Her total score was six strokes behind Wichita State senior Alejandra Arellano, who shot 222. “It’s really exciting,” Cusumano said. She finished 21st in last year’s MVC championship. “Going from 21st to second [place], that’s a big jump,” Cusumano said. “It was a great day.” Cusumano was also named MVC All-Conference and was given the Elite-18 Academic Award because of her 4.0 grade point average. Grimes ended her career at SIU scoring 239, placing 15th. She shot 74, 85 and 80 in the three rounds. She was the only golfer to get an eagle in the tournament. “That was probably the highlight of round one,” Michelich said of Grimes’ eagle. “She hit a perfect driver and a perfect 3-hybrid to six feet and then made the putt [on a par five.].” She said since it was on the last hole, it helped the team jump into second place. Three golfers tied at 23rd place for the Salukis. Jin, Lindner and Netisingha all shot 243.

Netisingha shot 77, 87 and 79 respectively. Mihelich said the firsttime MVC championship performer played like a senior. Lindner shot 76, 86 and 81 in her three rounds and Jin shot 78, 82 and 83. Going forward, Mihelich said the team has already started talking about next year’s conference championship, because of the number of seniors lost by the competition. “Illinois State will lose three players, Wichita State will lose three players and Missouri state will lose three players and Indiana State will lose four players,” she said. SIU only loses one senior in Grimes. Mihelich said the number of upperclassmen Wichita State and Missouri State have led the teams to the top of the standings. “You win championships with seniors and obviously with Missouri State and Wichita State with so many upperclassmen, they clearly had an advantage,” Mihelich said. The team will not have organized practice until August, but players will compete in tournaments individually this summer.

Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Golf Championship Individual Scores 2 15 T-23 T-23 T-23

Round: Sophomore Brooke Cusumano Senior Kris Grimes Freshman Hannah Netisingha Junior Mattie Lindner Sophomore Xianmei Jin

1 75 74 77 76 78

2 79 85 87 86 82

3 74 80 79 81 83

Total 228 239 243 243 243

Team Scores Wichita State Missouri State Southern Illinois Illinois State Bradley

Round:

1 301 310 302 318 315

2 311 313 332 321 325

3 Total 312 924 314 937 314 948 311 950 320 960