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Brian Munoz | @BrianMMunoz Chancellor Carlo Montemagno poses for a portrait Aug. 28, 2017, in Anthony Hall.

Deconstructing the reconstruction As Montemagno’s first year as chancellor comes to a close, his reorganization plan seems far from the finish line ANNA SPOERRE | @AnnaSpoerre

As Carlo Montemagno’s first year as chancellor of SIU’s Carbondale campus wraps up, his academic reorganization plan is anticipated to head well past the

initial spring 2018 end goal.

Montemagno’s plan — now in its third draft — takes SIU from eight colleges with 42 departments to five colleges with 20 schools, including the proposed education school,

which would be unique in that it would have its own dean and act as an independent entity.

The chancellor unveiled his plan in October with the goal of presenting a final plan to the Board of Trustees by

February, with a budget based on the reorganization prepared by April. As the school year winds down, none of the proposed schools have been approved by all voting parties.

SIU President Randy Dunn said

in many ways Montemagno bet his chancellorship on the success of this reorganization, calling the initial deadline bold and aggressive, but almost impossible.

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'He cared a tremendous amount about people,' tenth anniversary of Rendleman's death KIT FRESA | @KittFresa

“Devout Christian, photographer, writer, editor and friend” are the words written on a plaque resting in front of a redbud tree planted ten years ago in dedication to Ryan Rendleman, photojournalism student at SIU from Batavia and a photographer for the Daily Egyptian.

April 29th, 2008 marks the ten year anniversary of Rendleman’s passing. He was 22-years-old and a few weeks from graduation when returning from an assignment for the Daily Egyptian, he was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer on Highway 127 in Washington County.

“Ryan had already been hired

by The Southern to be their photo intern for the summer and would probably move on to be a full time photographer for them,” William Recktenwald, a senior lecturer in the School of Journalism said.

Family members accepted Rendleman’s diploma posthumously during commencement ceremonies during the spring of his passing.

Recktenwald said when the announcement of his accident was made in the Daily Egyptian newsroom, the staff were inconsolable.

“Ryan was very popular with everybody in the newsroom, he didn’t make any enemies,” Recktenwald said. “He was just a really nice person and they were being told he was dead.”

Phil Greer a photojournalism professor from SIU who taught Rendleman said he was passionate, concerned and grew by leaps and bounds during his time at SIU. “Sometimes I think I learned as much from Ryan as he did from me,” Greer said. “He picked

journalism because he wanted to help people.”

Greer said he worked extensively with Rendleman and the two were very close.

“He cared a tremendous amount about people," Greer said. "One thing about him, he was always giving and he was very very involved here on campus, with the paper and with the stories that he did.”

Greer said on the day Rendleman died, he came up to him in his class and explained he had to leave for an assignment for the Daily Egyptian. Rendleman was offered a handout photo by the family who was being covered by the story but he chose to take photos in person instead.

“He always wanted to really tell people’s stories, visit their world and share their world with others,” said Sean McGahan, a past employee of the Daily Egyptian who worked with Rendleman. “So when I heard that he was on his way, going out of his way to visit this young child with Tay-Sachs disease that didn’t surprise me at all.”

Rendleman died on his way to that assignment.

McGahan said Rendleman took the extra time to follow his heart and do the right thing, making sure he got a unique story and contributed to sharing other people’s experiences.

On March 30th, 2009 Rendleman’s name was added to the Journalists Memorial at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. where he became the first student journalist to be honored beside 1,900 fellow professionals who gave their life as a journalist.

Recktenwald went to the memorial when Rendleman was added to the wall.

Recktenwald said every journalist that was honored by the memorial that year had their photograph and stories put on the wall until their memorials go into a database. In the database people can search for certain journalists and see the memorial they were given.

Recktenwald who worked with Rendleman for the better part of four years, said he was a quiet student, had a good sense of humor and worked hard. He said somewhere along the line Rendleman became very religious and followed his faith as a Christian.

“That was a huge part of his life,” McGahan said. “He was not shy about talking about his faith with anyone, he was not shy about inviting everyone to come to church with him, he was not shy about talking about any of his convictions.”

Recktenwald said one of Rendleman’s goals was to go to Africa to do mission work.

McGahan said he talked with Rendleman often about traveling to other countries, especially several countries in Africa.

“He was getting ready to graduate when he passed away and he was always thinking about what can he really do to stretch himself and stretch the people around him to understand the plights of others,” McGahan said.

A scholarship was created in memorial of Rendleman called The Ryan Rendleman Scholarship. It was funded by faculty and Rendleman’s parents and continues to be open to donations, the first recipient of the award was Emily Sunblade.

Features editor Kitt Fresa can be reached at kfresa@dailyegyptian. com and on Twitter at @KittFresa.

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Corrin Hunt | @CorrinIHunt Freddy, a two-year old yellow lab, looks onward to her trainer April 25, outside of the Agriculture building. "My favorite part of working with these dogs is that I get a chance to change someones life for the better," said Casey Buchanan, Freddy's handler from S.I.T. Service Dogs.

Service dogs to help students de-stress during 'Dawgs and Dogs' RANA SCHENKE | Daily Egyptian

Morris library on May 3 and 4 will have trained service dogs from SIT Service Dogs to help students take a break from the stress of finals.

The dogs will be in the library’s browsing room from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both days.

This event will be organized

by SIT Service Dogs, a service dog company based in Ava, in partnership with SIU’s Saluki

Service Dawgs RSO. “[SIT partners with] the students in Saluki Service Dawgs to help them train their service dogs to be placed nationwide,” Service Dawgs President Lauren Murray, a junior studying forestry, said.

The Dawgs and Dogs event is one of SIT’s community outreach events and is meant to help students de-stress before finals Murray said.

“There’s a lot of research and studies shown on the relationship

that dogs and people have and how even just petting a dog for a few minutes can really calm a person down,” Murray said. “[SIT] bring[s] in their younger litters, so they get some of that socializing experience, but then also the students benefit because [they get] to de-stress from sitting for finals and the end of the semester.”

Members of Saluki Service Dawgs work with the dogs on campus during the week.

“We teach them their basic

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 commands and then anything else they need to know,” member Sydney Connolley, a sophomore majoring in social work said. “It helps [SIT] because they have more trainers available to train the dogs, and it allows the dogs to be more around people.”

Members take the dogs around campus to places like the Student Center and classes.

“Some dogs are going to younger children, so [taking them to classes gets] them accustomed to school, how a school kind of works, like sitting through class periods and [having] commotion around,” Connolley said. “It’s just another way to get the dogs desensitized to the public, so they can focus on their handler.”

Murray said having the dogs working with SIU students is beneficial for SIT and allows the dogs to socialize and be trained.

“I think it’s also good for students on campus who aren’t in the club to [become] educated on what a service dog is and how important they are and how important it is to not distract them from the job they’re doing,” Murray said.

Before beginning to work with the dogs, members of Saluki Service Dawgs have to go through training.

“When you first join the club, you spend a semester in like class, basically,” Connolley said. “You learn the commands, you learn about different laws that protect you as a trainer, you learn about what [SIT does] with the service dogs, like which dogs they train, and then you start getting handson, like teach[ing] them how to sit [and] how to teach them to go down.”

At the end of the semester members take a public access test before starting to work with the dogs.

“If you pass [the public access test], then that allows you to be able to take the dogs to campus and start training them yourself,” Connolley said.

The dogs also have to pass a

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public access evaluation but first they have to go through rigorous training. Most of the dogs SIT trains were bred by the company Murray said.

When the dogs get a little older, they move on to the next step in their training – therapy training.

Therapy training is the initial process of desensitizing the training service dogs Murray said.

“They are acting as therapy dogs, getting used to people being around them and not startled by things, and then they themselves go through public access training," Murray said. “So, where we have our students go through and make sure that they can handle different situations and things that arise, the dogs go through the same thing.”

The dogs learn the basic commands of sitting, waiting and keeping a focus on their trainer so that when they are in public they will behave themselves.

The public access training and evaluations are based on standards set out by Assistance Dogs International Murray said.

Assistance Dogs International is a worldwide organization made up of many smaller organizations that train and place service dogs.

“SIT places seizure response dogs, mobility assistance dogs, medical alert dogs, and then service dogs for traumatic brain injury or other neurological issues,” Murray said.

Each of the dogs is trained for a specific type of work.

Medical alert dogs are trained to

detect when their handler’s blood sugar is low based off of scent.

Some dogs are trained specifically to work with children with autism.

All dogs trained by SIT are paired with clients based on needs and on personality.

Pairing dogs with trainers works in a similar way, in that trainers are matched with dogs based on personalities.

“Lex and Daniel, the people who own [SIT], they’ll pair you up with a dog who they think you’ll work best with,” Connolley said. “It’s a lot of guesswork, so you just spend the semester with the dog, and if it doesn’t work out for you, [because] sometimes your personality and the dog’s personality doesn’t match… then you switch dogs.”

Joining Saluki Service Dawgs isn’t difficult Connolley said. The best time to join is at the beginning of the semester since that is when they start training new members.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Connolley said. “It gets stressful, it does, because they’re dogs, sometimes they don’t listen, sometimes they refuse to listen because they want to get away with things, but overall it’s really fun. It’s really rewarding.”

For more information on SIT Service Dogs or Saluki Service Dawgs, like the SIT Service Dogs Facebook page or email Lauren Murray at lrmurray14@siu.edu.

Staff writer Rana Schenke can be reached at rschenke@dailyegyptian.com.

“It gets stressful, it does, because they're dogs, sometimes they don't listen, sometimes they refuse to listen because they want to get away with things, but overall it's really fun.

It's really rewarding.”

- Sydney Connolley, sophomore

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Cinema, theater student remembered for love of dancing, passion for others KITT FRESA | @KittFresa

Image courtesy of Carrington Spires

Friends, family, and faculty gathered in the College of Mass Communications and Media Arts on Monday to celebrate the life of theater and cinema and photography student Aaron Banez.

Approximately 200 people united together and expressed stories of Banez’s passion for the people around him and his deep love for skateboarding and dancing.

Banez passed away in the early morning on April 29, when he was struck by a freight train near the East Pleasant Hill Road overpass.

One by one, people walked up to the front of the room and shared their memories of Banez.

“We were always really close,” Acie Roxas, Banez’s older sister said to the crowd. “He was always that kid that was just so silly. I can’t stop thinking about his smile. He always knew how to make us laugh even when I wasn’t ready to.”

Roxas was joined by Banez’s older brother, sister and mother who received countless condolences during the event.

Leading up to her brother’s passing, Roxas said he had called a lot of people, some of which he hadn’t spoken to in over a year.

Roxas who hadn’t seen Banez in around a month said to the people who saw him in the last week to please honor that.

“Him reaching out was his way of telling you that he loved you,” Roxas said.

Michael Morones, a close friend of Banez’s and freshman year roommate said Banez transformed his life.

“Aaron, the one thing I really wanted to say was he never let me say a bad word about any person,” Morones said. “Anytime I was

like ‘yo Aaron this person rubbed me the wrong way’ he’s like ‘hey man you don’t know where they’re coming from. He hardly said a bad word about anybody."

In Morones’ speech, he praised Banez for working hard with him on projects — sometimes working until 7:00 a.m.

Morones said there are no words for how good of a friend Aaron was.

“He just always came to me frustrated that he couldn’t be doing more, that he couldn’t be making more and that he couldn’t be out of school creating and helping other people,” Morones said. “He wanted to do dance videos, he wanted to film them in Chicago for a dance company and then give the money to kids who couldn’t afford dance school in poor communities — that was like his life goal, one of them, he had many goals.”

Jeff Mugrage, a senior in cinema and photography, said what very little he did know about Banez, he wished he got to know him more.

“He was always very open and left an impact on me and when I found out last night I was, I did not react well,” Mugrage said.

Mugrage said Banez was extremely generous, kind and open to him. He said to the crowd to remember that whatever you want in this world, no matter how small you feel or how big, you are a part of it.

“You leave impacts on people’s lives whether you realize it or not and I think that’s the best thing you can do as a human being,” Murgrage said. “That’s the best gift I think you can give another person, I truly believe that, and Aaron gave me that gift.”

During his time at SIU, Banez was also an resident assistant for campus housing, the secretary

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Image courtesy of Carrington Spires

of Movie Camera Movement, involved in Southern Illinois Dance Company and countless theater performances. Carol WestermanJones, the cinema and photography academic adviser said that Banez frequently took over 18 credit hours a semester on top of his other time commitments.

Counselors with the SIU Student Health Center also attended and offered to help to anyone in need of assistance.

“If you feel at all that you need some kind of counseling, that you’re feeling too depressed or too disoriented in the world, please we have people in this university that will help you,” HD Motyl, Interim chair of the Cinema and Photography department said.

A memorial in the front of the CP office is being formed in honor

of Banez.

Anyone who has items such as pictures or certain items they relate to Banez are being encouraged to bring it to the Cinema and Photography office to go on display until the end of the semester.

Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. there will be a memorial event in the Old Main Lounge at the Student Center. Before the closing of the evening, attendees will write letters of encouragement to Aaron's family that will be sent after the event.

A free, 24/7 confidential service that provides support for people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress can be reached at 1-800-273-8255 or by texting 741-741.

Features editor Kitt Fresa can be reached at kfresa@dailyegyptian. com and on Twitter at @KittFresa.

“We were always really close. He was always that kid that was just so silly. I can't stop thinking about his smile. He always knew how to make us laugh even when I wasn't ready to.”

- Acie Roxas, Sister of Aaron Banez

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Festival celebrates 47 years of Rend Lake JEREMY BROWN | @JeremyBrownDE

The Rend Lake Water Festival kicks off at 6 p.m. on May 2 with a carnival on the northeast corner of the Benton Public Square.

This year’s festival theme is “Journey Through the Decades.”

A parade on May 5, beginning at 10:02 a.m. will showcase the festival’s theme.

Member of the festival planning committee Karen Mullins said the festival commemorates the opening of Rend Lake.

“This year marks the 47th anniversary of the Rend Lake Water Festival,” Mullins said. “It's a relatively recent body of water, but it definitely helps the community have a consistent water supply.”

Rend Lake is one of the reasons the surrounding area is called Little Egypt, Mullins said.

“This area would have floods and droughts,” Mullins said. “Rend Lake helps better control our water supply for our farmers.”

While the festival celebrates the anniversary of the lake, the events take place in downtown Benton which is located not too far from the lake.

Lauren Johnson, another member of the festival planning committee and president of the Benton/West City Area Chamber of Commerce said hosting the actual events at Rend Lake doesn’t succeed as well as hosting in the downtown area. “[We don’t typically have water events,] which you would think since it’s a water festival,” Johnson said. “We’ve had it at Rend Lake in the past but did not have as good of a turnout.”

This year the festival's planning committee reached out to Benton residents for theme ideas through Facebook, Johnson said. The committee selected the top three and

had the community vote on their favorite on Facebook also.

“We have floats that are representing the 80s era, the 70s,” Johnson said. ”We thought it'd be a lot of fun for everybody to choose what decade they want to represent.”

Johnson said any organization, business, church or group can enter a float into the parade and is encouraged to participate in the theme.

“It’s really up to that individual organization to decide how they want to implement the theme onto their float,” Johnson said.

“Everybody usually has a lot of fun with it.”

John Metzger is commander of the American Legion Post 280, which has been in the parade for many years.

“This year we’re going to try and march in the parade,” Metzger said. “Usually we’re just riding in a truck, but we got about six of us who we think can walk that far, about a mile.”

The American Legion is a national wartime veteran service organization aimed at advocating patriotism according to the official website.

Metzger said the parade gives organizations exposure to the community, helping people see what the organizations are about.

“Instead of just sitting in there drinking and gambling, we’re out [at the parade,]” Metzger said.

“Remember, we’re veterans.”

Metzger said the best part of the festival is not just the parade but the community surrounding it. “[The] best part is all the kids, coming out and watching with their families, tossing [them] candy, waving at everybody in the excitement,” Metzger said.

Metzger said he’s been to the carnival with his grandchildren in previous years but doesn’t take part in all the activities.

“But you know I'm not going to ride the rides,” Metzger said.

“I'm 72.”

Mullins said the Rend Lake Water Festival is a great celebration that’s been one of the keystone events of the Benton/West City community.

“It marks the end of the school year [and] the start of summer,” Mullins said. “It's a great opportunity for businesses and organizations to have fun, especially with how miserable this winter has been. It's a nice way to reconnect with people."

Staff writer Jeremy Brown can be reached at jbrown@dailyegyptian.com.

“It marks the end of the school year and the start of summer. It's a great opportunity for bussinesses and organizations to have fun, especially with how miserable this winter has been. It's a nice way to reconnect with people” - Karen Mullins Member of festival planning committee

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'May the fourth be with you,' how to celebrate Star Wars day RANA SCHENKE | Daily Egyptian

Star Wars Day is May 4 and prepare to hear “May the fourth be with you,” as Star War movie fans make a pun from the movie quote, “May the force be with you.”

According to the official Star Wars website, the Star Wars holiday took off when Star Wars fans began connecting over the internet.

Star Wars Day has been embraced by fans worldwide, and everyone has a unique way of celebrating it.

Here are some of the best ways you can celebrate Star Wars Day this year.

One fan-favorite way to celebrate Star Wars is to have a Star Wars movie marathon.

You can watch Episodes I-VII on

TBS, starting at 2:30 a.m. May 4 with “The Phantom Menace” and ending with “The Force Awakens” at 8 p.m. and again at 11 p.m.

If you don’t want to wake up that early, come to the Student Center May 2 at 8 p.m. and watch “Episode VIII: The Last Jedi”, shown by the Student Programming Council.

You can also hold your own marathon; if you don’t own the films, both Morris Library and the Carbondale Public Library have copies available to borrow.

Star Wars Day is an opportunity to revisit the previous films before the release of the newest film, “Solo: a Star Wars Story,” in theaters May 25.

If you’d like to explore more of the space fiction, Morris Library and

Carbondale Public Library have a large selection of Star Wars novels, including novels set before the prequels, novels based on particular characters and novels that expand on the new films.

You can also visit Campus Comics or Castle Perilous and check out the latest Star Wars comics, including new issues in the Poe Dameron, Darth Vader, and Doctor Aphra series.

Additionally, Castle Perilous is holding a free comic book day on May 5, where all customers will receive two free comic books from the selection.

Star Wars Day is also a great excuse to get some new Star Wars merchandise.

Maybe you’ve been eying a cool action figure or phone case, or maybe you just want another Star Wars t-shirt.

Many companies that sell licensed Star Wars merchandise are having special sales for May 4. The official Star Wars website has curated a list of companies and sites offering discounts for May 4.

Some of the companies on the list include Hot Topic, Kohl’s, Petco and Target. Be sure to take note of the sale days; some sales are for multiple days and some are only for May 4.

Many fans make Star Warsthemed snacks or food on May 4.

The official Star Wars website has a recipe page that includes snacks such as Chewbacca Noodle Rolls, Porg

Puffs, and Crystal Fox Scones.

Star Wars may take place in a galaxy far, far away, but you can enjoy our galaxy at the SIU Carbondale Physics Department’s public astronomy viewing May 6 from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Neckers observation deck.

The event is free to the public and telescopes are provided.

Stop by the Marketplace Food Court in the Student Center on May 4 for a Wookie Cookie, while supplies last.

Now you’ve got some ideas for celebrating the day. May the Force be with you!

Staff writer Rana Schenke can be reached at rschenke@dailyegyptian.com.

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But Computer Science Chairman Shahram Rahimi said he’s happy the chancellor is addressing program structures. Rahimi said in the past 17 years as a faculty member during a steady enrollment decline, he was expecting something to change and it never did until now.

“The past three years have been devastating for the university budgetwise, and yet zero things happened other than the regular cuts.”

Rahimi said this reorganization will set the SIU community up for its new reality.

He said since 2014, between 40 and 60 students have been unable to enroll in computer science classes required to begin the major because the department hasn’t had the capacity to teach them. There are currently 13 faculty teaching about 330 students. For this reason, he said, across-the-board cuts have been harmful to his program’s ability to teach all interested students.

Rahimi said the chancellor’s plan has been changing constantly and though he doesn’t agree with every aspect of the plan, he generally is in favor of it and anticipates it can

help enrollment within computer science grow.

Eliminating chairs and departments Montemagno said in an emailed statement in many departments, faculty are struggling to shoulder all departmental responsibilities.

“We are spending too much time and money on administration, and not enough time on teaching and research,” he said. “Adding to this challenge are outdated ways that our departments function, limiting innovation and collaboration, particularly around efforts to create multidisciplinary programs, team teach and co-mentor students.”

Management Chairman Peter Mykytyn said in proposing a reorganization, Montemagno is trying to break down some of the silos, or barriers, for students in order to make cross-disciplinary training and collaboration more accessible.

“We’ve been mired in tradition and bureaucracy for decades at most universities,” Mykytyn said, adding that though he has no guarantee that this reorganization is going to work, he recognized the chancellor

is doing what the Board of Trustees hired him to do.

When it comes to graduate students, Flowers said reorganization shouldn’t be handled in a “one size fits all” manner.

Speaking on behalf of GPSC, Flowers said there is concern that losing departments would show an inability to provide resources and makes graduate programs at SIU seem less elite.

“We need to address these things, otherwise we’re just shuffling around furniture in a burning house,” he said.

Johnson, the Faculty Association president, said the possible loss of a middle man — or chair positions — is troubling. He said it will be more difficult to represent faculty up the food chain if school directors appointed by deans replace facultyelected chairs.

“It’s a way of sort of mediating what could be a more confrontational relationship in some ways between faculty and administration,” he said.

Johnson said changes including mergers and program closures are necessary, but suggested this proposed

rearrangement is “inflicting the maximum amount of disruption and chaos while delaying the hard decisions about where we prioritize our resources going forward.”

He added that if proposed schools are formed, faculty will be faced with mundane tasks such as forming new college committees, deciding on new school names and creating new letterhead.

Though he does not object to the faculty who do want schools, he said insisting everyone undergo a restructuring doesn’t make any sense.

What’s next?

Last month, two college counter-proposals created by various departments across campus in response to those outlined in the chancellor’s academic reorganization plan were introduced to Montemagno and the Board of Trustees during the public comments section of the board meeting.

A faculty proposal for a College of Social Sciences and Humanities is under review by the provost now, and a College of Communication, Design and the Arts is undergoing

final draft phases, said Jennifer Smith, interim chair of languages, cultures and international trade.

DiLalla said the chancellor plans to take time to carefully review and discuss the faculty proposals in the hopes of finding common ground and a positive outcome for all parties involved.

Meanwhile, DiLalla said he’s hesitant to put a timeline on approval for the chancellor’s proposed schools, but he did say the administration won’t push out program change plans to be voted on over the summer because faculty will be on break, and therefore not under contract.

However, he said, it is conceivable that both the Faculty Senate and Graduate Council could choose to meet over the summer and vote on the proposals already approved by faculty.

But until any proposal is passed, departments and deans will maintain their status quo, DiLalla said.

Staff writer Anna Spoerre can be reached at aspoerre@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter @annaspoerre.

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Column: Dissolve the Board of Trustees SAM BEARD | Student Trustee

About a year ago I was elected Student Trustee by my peers.

Openly campaigning against the wild incompetence of our school’s administration, I won in a landslide victory by a nearly two-toone margin against my opponent.

The students were pissed off at the ineptitude of our university’s leaders, need I remind you leaders who were not elected by the people, and most of whom has absolutely no business governing a university.

If this past year of “leadership” has accomplished anything, it is the cementing of SIU’s legacy as an institution being violently run into the ground by a small and powerful group of severely detached elites.

Things in Carbondale are getting so bad so fast (something people on right and left seem to agree with) that the most reasonable course of action is to dethrone SIU’s ruling class and restructure from below.

I have said this before and I will say it again: most — but definitely not all — of the administrators I’ve worked with over the past year, as best as I can tell, have noble intentions at heart. They honestly want to see SIU and the surrounding regions prosper, specifically those on the Board of Trustees.

With that said, they are entirely unable to get us to anything remotely resembling prosperity.

The board holds a near monopoly on all of the institutional power of the SIU system, an institution whose health determines the wellbeing of all of southern Illinois. As such, this small group of people controls the fate of the entire region.

This way of structuring power is not only inherently unstable and irrational, but is at its very core unjust and fundamentally undemocratic.

A small group of people who, because of their social capital or perceived prestige within their community, were appointed by the Illinois governor to the SIU Board and now, as a result, wield ultimate power over the university.

These people have final say on tuition and fees, policies, budgets, academic reorganization, university personnel and more. And while the university’s president and chancellors wield substantial power too, they ultimately must report to the board.

But besides their proximity to campus and

an SIU degree, most members of the board are not directly involved with the day-to-day operations of the university, as many of them have day jobs to attend to.

By its very nature, the Board of Trustees, this removed group of preoccupied working professionals that meet five or six times a year, do not possess the time or knowledge to steer our ship. Plain and simple.

In all honesty, it wouldn’t even be fair of us to expect them to make wise decisions. How are they supposed to know what is good or bad for SIU if they don’t even spend their days on campus?

The more you think about it the less sense it actually makes.

Because of its detached nature, its existing as an outside governing body, the board is understandably ignorant of what professors actually need, of what this university needs and especially of what it means to be a student in the twenty-first century.

The reason SIU is crumbling before our very eyes is because the system itself is fundamentally flawed.

We operate within a structure where those in charge of all of the big decisions, those with the final say and the most influence, are people who, for the most part, know nothing about running a healthy and just institution of higher education.

The whole thing is asinine.

This institution is predicated upon a profoundly toxic hierarchical system in which the decisions being made affect everybody except for those making them and the actual stakeholders have no say in the matter.

And while the board members are not paid, they clearly have no problem shelling out the big bucks to hire random people from out of state to make the decisions for them, as is evidenced by the zealous piety of the Carbondale trustees when dealing with all things Carlo — insisting everyone just back off as the chancellor turns SIU into Ingenuity Lab 2.0.

To one’s surprise but everyone’s detriment, as our school and community collapse the toppaid administrators reward themselves with hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Student researchers get laid off by the dozens as our upstanding chancellor invents new positions for his daughter and son-in-law so his family can get even richer.

Brian Munoz | @BrianMMunoz Sam Beard, Southern Illinois University Carbondale student trustee poses for a portrait Feb. 2018, outside of the communications building in Carbondale, Illinois.

It is the same old bullshit happening everywhere else, from Wall Street to Washington DC — the ruling class destroys everything we have come to love, everything we have worked so hard for, and then walks away unscathed to go do it somewhere else.

Why should we trust administrators who command hundreds of thousands of dollars for their so-called service?

Why should a small group of people, many of whom are not even academics, wield ultimate power over the university, over our university?

The personal vendettas and drama between those on top is enough to cause our university to lose what little footing we have left. As I said earlier: this way of structuring power is fundamentally unstable.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

The solution to this madness is really quite straightforward — dissolve the SIU Board of Trustees, fire the chancellor and create a democratically elected, rotating body of students, staff, faculty and community members to run the university.

We don’t need any more lavishly compensated administrators walking all over our school like a damn stepping stone for their careers.

We don’t need some self-righteous, allpowerful Board of Trustees in order to thrive.

In fact, quite the contrary.

Are we really that unqualified as academics, researchers, students, scientists, staff, scholars, professors and community members to not be entrusted with the task of determining what is best for our own university and the community in which it is situated?

Strictly from the standpoint of reasonable governance and, well, common sense, the academy must be run by those deeply embedded in the day-to-day functioning of it — people intimate with the complex relationships between faculty and staff, teachers and students, students and knowledge, the university and the culture of its community.

Overall, my experience as Student Trustee has been a pretty insufferable one, but it has taught me one thing: those in power at SIU have literally no idea what they are doing and if we don’t get organized, rise up and take back that power their reign will be the end of SIU, taking the entire region down with it.

No more Pharaohs in Little Egypt.

Student Trustee Sam Beard can be reached at samuelrobert@siu.edu or by phone at (618) 453-8418. His office is located in the Registered Student Organization Suite on the third floor of the Student Center and his office hours are Mondays and Thursdays: 12:30 pm – 2 pm or by appointment.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Editorial: An editor's farewell ATHENA CHRYSANTHOU @Chrysant1Athena

No amount of experience deems any new editor-in-chief of a college newspaper ready for the job when they start.

At the Daily Egyptian, the rise to lead the newsroom is usually one that involves starting as a reporter and working your way up.

I took over as Editor-in-chief eight months ago from editors before me who were reporters, then desk editors and had multiple high-profile internships.

My situation was different.

I came to the U.S. from England four years ago as a student-athlete on the tennis team working towards a degree in journalism. Last February when the tennis team was cut, I had the option to stay or to transfer and play my final year.

This was not a decision I took lightly – tennis had been my life for 14 years and what I owe my opportunities and successes to.

I took every single experience from being on the tennis team at SIU and applied it to my role in the newsroom. These past eight months have tested me on many levels, but only increased my passion for journalism and working with others.

This job is not necessarily about the qualifications or level of experience, it is about having the willingness to learn but also perseverance in times of low morale and high stress.

Sitting in the editor chair, you make a choice. That choice is to put your staff before yourself and realize that it is not about you anymore.

This essentially means sacrifices. You sacrifice your own developments as a reporter, photographer, or designer to help make others work as good as it can be.

I have had the privilege of being able to do both this year, but have taken more pleasure out of seeing my staff succeed and feeling I had a role in their successes. Watching people grow as journalists and seeing lifelong friendships form in the newsroom is what has made this job worth it.

My position means you have to make many decisions on a daily basis, and that includes finding a balance between being a boss, mentor, leader and friend.

I can’t say I found the perfect balance, but I don’t believe there is one.

It is easy for some to forget we are also students, some seniors, some with another job, and others who are just starting out in journalism. I have seen many come through the newsroom, and have used it as a platform to figure out if this is the career path they want to take.

Some quickly realize they hate journalism, but others stay and from the Daily Egyptian have gone on to lead lifelong careers in the industry.

For members of the editorial board, there has been some days in the newsroom the past year where tension is high and stress at a peak.

Arguments, disagreements, late Sunday night meetings and keeping up with deadlines come part and parcel with being on the editorial board.

I cannot be more proud of how fellow editors have, at the toughest times this year, come together as a unit and worked through disagreements to find a collective solution.

While these moments have been a regular occurrence, it is these moments that help us grow not only as an editorial board, but as friends.

Some of my best friends I have made in college, I have made in the newsroom.

This is something I have reiterated to my staff this semester. That when you leave the Daily Egyptian, it is not the stories you have written, or the photos you have taken that you will remember.

It is the people and the memories made in the newsroom that you will think of when you look back.

There have been some days where I have been in the newsroom for hours, extremely sleep deprived and wondering how I will get everything done.

In those moments, I would stop and remember how lucky I am to be part of the legacy of the Daily Egyptian and share my experiences with some of the greatest people I have had the privilege to be able to work with.

The nature of my position has

meant I haven't been able to leave the newsroom much, but have gotten to know the community and the university so well through the work and stories my staff have done.

The beautiful thing about being an editor is, it allows you look deep into the worst parts about yourself, but also make you realize the qualities you have.

Sometimes it can be a very lonely job, but one that brings something new every single day.

No student newsroom runs without the supporters of an academic advisor and other senior staff. Without the experience and consistent encouragement of mentors within the DE and journalism faculty, we would not be where we are.

Balance in life is not my strong suit.

My senior year of college has been dedicated to the Daily Egyptian, and doing everything in my power to uphold the standards set by those before me.

Not once this year have I viewed my position as my job, but something that has given me the vital tools I need to move onto the next steps of my career.

The Daily Egyptian gave me back a sense of identity and purpose that I lost when tennis ended. Leaving it behind is going to be hard, but I am excited to move on and work on my own career in journalism.

A professor once told me everyone owes a part of their time to the upgrading of the profession to which they belong, this resonated with me on the days I felt confined to the newsroom and unable to shoot or write.

One might think I am crazy to say this, but if I could do this year again, I would.

I would do it all again to have the privilege of being a part of something so critical to the community and everything journalism strives to be.

I am proud to have been able to experience the Daily Egyptian on the good days and bad days, and spend my last few days in the U.S. and at SIU with my staff.

So, to the Daily Egyptian and those who have supported us this year, I thank you and bid farewell.

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Jessica Jansen, Saluki softball's number one fan DILLON GILLILAND | @DillonGilliland

Jessica Jansen, sister of freshman infielder Jenny Jansen, has proven to be an inspiration for her sister and for the rest of the softball team.

The 21-year-old Jessica Jansen was born with Down Syndrome.

"She is a big light in our family," Jenny Jansen said. "She keeps everybody on their toes."

“She is a big light in our family.

She keeps everybody on their toes.”

- Jenny Jansen, Freshman

Jessica Jansen involved herself with Jenny Jansen's softball career by becoming the team's motivational speaker before games.

"I just try to pump them up," Jessica Jansen said. "I'll also bring them brownies, cookies and whatever else they might want."

The tradition originated with pep talks for Jenny Jansen's high school softball team, the Warrenton High School Warriors.

"She wanted to get involved somehow," Jenny Jansen said.

"The best way for her to do that was for her to start giving pep talks before our games."

Jessica's mother Laurie Jansen said that in her three years of cheering on her younger sister, the tradition had brought the sisters closer together.

Jenny Jansen said that although she feels that she has always been close with her sister, she is just

grateful that Jessica can stay involved with her softball team.

"We have always been pretty close," Jenny Jansen said. "I just think it is cool that she gets to be a part of something that I am a part of. She does not get to play softball, so it does bring us closer together in that aspect. She really enjoys it and so do I." The tradition carried over to collegiate softball after a short conversation between Jessica Jansen and head coach Kerri Blaylock over the summer.

"She came up to me and asked me if she could give a pre-game talk and I said yes," Blaylock said.

"She said 'how do you know' and I said because I am the boss' then she made me pinky swear."

Blaylock went on to say that Jessica Jansen was very wise and was a good spirit for the team.

Jenny Jansen noted that Jessica was an inspiration to her and the team.

"She really gets us motivated," Jenny Jansen said. "When we are tired and sore or anything else, she comes up and makes you really forget about all that stuff."

Blaylock agreed with her infielder.

"You see her and how happy she is and how much she enjoys life," Blaylock said. "It makes us full. She has really been great for the team."

Jessica Jansen comes to all of her younger sister's home games, where she sits and reads her book and waits until Jenny steps up to the plate to cheer her on.

"I love to read the Harry Potter Books," Jessica Jansen said. "I've read all of them but the last one and I am working on it now."

Outside of just coming to the games to give a pep talk, Jessica said that the team also takes her along to eat after the game at fast food places and even bakeries.

Jenny's sister is not just a fan of sports, she also plays sports as she

Image courtesy of Tony Mcdaniel / Saluki Athletics

competes in the Special Olympics.

Jessica began competing in the Special Olympics around the age of seven and takes part in a variety of sports including track, bowling, basketball, volleyball along with other competitions.

Since competing in the Special Olympics Jessica has earned some notable awards including Athlete of the Year in the State of Missouri.

"She competes in just about everything," Laurie Jansen said.

"She has been an absolute blessing, and she has achieved far more than we had ever imagined."

Jessica Jansen said she will likely return to Carbondale on May 5, to help cheer on her sister when they take on the University of Northern Iowa Panthers in their final home series of the regular season.

"She loves the game of softball," Jenny Jansen said. "She loves to come out here and pump us up.

It's not just a big part of the team, I think it is a big part of her life as well."

Sports reporter Dillon Gilliland can be reached at dgilliland@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @DillonGilliland.

“You see her and how happy she is and how much she enjoys life. It makes us full. She has been really great for the team.”

- Kerri Blaylock Head coach, SIUC softball

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Dawg talk with Dodd: A semester in sports NATHAN DODD | @NathanMDodd

When the spring semester began on Jan. 16, multiple SIU sports teams were in the midst of their seasons while others had yet to begin.

Men's and women's basketball highlighted the teams in session as students returned to Carbondale following the winter break.

The women's squad, led by senior guard Kylie Giebelhausen, posted a 17-14 record, including a respectable 11-7 mark in Missouri Valley Conference play.

Although they were eliminated by Drake in the semifinals of the MVC Tournament, the Saluki women proved why they should be a contender in the league for years to come.

The emergence of freshmen forward Abby Brockmeyer, guard Makenzie Silvey and sophomore guard Nicole Martin displayed a strong, young core for head coach Cindy Stein's squad.

Both Giebelhause and Martin earned First Team All-MVC, while Silvey and Brockmeyer received All-Freshman honors. Brockmeyer also took the top honor of MVC Freshman of the Year.

On the flip side, the men's team put together a fairly impressive season with a short bench and a roster that battled injuries virtually all season.

With a 20-13 (11-7 MVC) record, the Salukis secured their second 20win season in the past three years and reestablished the hope of postseason play for fans of SIU basketball.

Led by recipients of multiple league awards including junior guards Armon Fletcher and Sean Lloyd, junior center Kavion Pippen and senior guard Tyler Smithpeters, the Salukis were still unable to secure a postseason berth.

The overtime loss to Illinois State at the MVC Tournament marked the

With a 20-13 (11-7 MVC) record, the Salukis secured their second 20-win season in the past three years and reestablished the hope of postseason play for fans of SIU basketball. end of the season for Southern and sparked the public's backlash of head coach Barry Hinson, who finished third in the Coach of the Year voting.

Southern should still be on pace to rank near the top of the Valley next season as the Salukis return their starting lineup and should get back forward Thik Bol after he sat out the entire 2017-18 season.

The most recent season finishes came on the links as the men's and women's golf teams completed their seasons at the MVC Championships earlier this month.

Led by senior Hanna Netisingha, the Saluki women finished in the top 10 in every tournament of the season including three tournament victories in the fall.

At the MVC Championships, the Salukis placed third but saw Netisingha and senior Alice Ho earn a nod to the MVC All-Conference team. Freshman Moyea Russell took the title of the MVC Newcomer of the Year.

The men's golf squad suffered a similar fate at the MVC Tournament as the Salukis fell just short of the title with a second-place finish.

The Salukis had their share of ups and downs throughout the season, however, the one consistent factor in the lineup was junior Peyton Wilhoit.

An All-Conference recipient, a top-10 finisher in six tournaments

and eight nods as the league's Golfer of the Week earned Wilhoit the MVC Golfer of the Year title, the first in school history.

Fellow junior Luke Gannon joined Wilhoit as a member of the AllConference team after he topped Southern's scorecard with a 5-overpar in a tie for fourth place.

Still in season are the Saluki softball and baseball squads, each of which will close out the season in the coming weeks.

The softball team, which won the conference last season, currently holds a record of 27-20 (10-11 MVC) at the time of writing.

With just one series left before the MVC Tournament kicks off, the Salukis are in a position to finish as high as third in the Valley but are tied in the win column with four other teams.

Much of SIU's success thus far can be attributed to the performance of junior pitcher Brianna Jones. She currently boasts a record of 22-7 with a 2.19 ERA to go along with 22 complete games, four shutouts and 192 strikeouts.

On the offensive side, the Salukis have gotten a spark from various members of the lineup.

Sophomore catcher Katelyn Massa has provided a consistent source of power and average as she leads the team with nine home runs and 45 RBI. She also has 11 doubles and is

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hitting at a clip of .313.

Along with Massa, sophomore infielder Maddy Vermejan and freshman outfielder Jenny Jansen have been catalysts for the offense as they own batting averages of .365 and .325, respectively. The duo has also combined for 12 homers and 50 RBI. Sitting in fourth place in the Valley at the time of writing, the Saluki baseball team still has three series to play until the MVC Tournament.

To this point, the top of the Salukis' lineup has been a consistent factor in the team's 24 wins, while the pitching still remains in question.

At the time of writing, senior first baseman Logan Blackfan and shortstop Connor Kopach tie for the team-lead with a .353 batting average. Blackfan has also tacked on 10 homers and 52 RBI. Kopach has ranked amongst the league's and the nation's top shortstops as he has slugged four homers, four triples, 12 doubles and driven in 33 runs. He also leads the team with 25 stolen bases.

Recently sophomore pitcher Dylan Givens has been a hot hand for the rotation in midweek games as his record sits at 4-0 with a 2.50 ERA. He has racked up 28 strikeouts compared to only eight walks.

The aces of the pitching staff, however, have been senior Michael Baird and sophomore Brad Harrison.

Through 11 starts, Baird has compiled a 4-3 record and holds a 2.99 ERA. He has thrown two complete games, one of which was a shutout.

Harrison has secured five wins in his 11 starts and has an ERA of 3.53.

Following the conclusion of the MVC Baseball Tournament, the athletic calendar will conclude for the spring semester. However, most teams will begin to work out this summer and will feature their newest signees next season.

Sports editor Nathan Dodd can be reached at ndodd@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @NathanMDodd.

Daily Egyptian file photos.

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