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SIU students go up, up and away

Abbie Iyun | Daily Egyptian Taylor Johnson, right, and Chazla Johnson go up in a hot air balloon at Saluki Palooza organized by Student Programming Council Special Events on Saturday at Sam Rinella Field. To give participants a hot air balloon ride experience, the balloon rose approximately 20 feet off the ground with five people riding at a time. Taylor Johnson screamed down at her friends while in the air, “I’m doing this for you!”

Hard work pays off for USG president evan Jones | @EvanJones_DE Some say the harder you work the luckier you get. If that is the case, then Undergraduate Student Government President Kevin Gettis is one of the luckiest men in Carbondale. “Ever since he was a young boy I told him — you can’t control how tall you are or how short you are,” said Kevin Gettis, father of the newly elected student official. “But what you can control is how hard you work. Just don’t get out worked.” Gettis, who will be inaugurated Thursday, said he has big plans for his candidacy. He plans on giving students a stronger voice when it comes to decision making. “I want to make the USG a household name,” said Gettis, a senior from Belleville studying history. “I want

to reach out and connect with students, get a feel for what they want on campus.” Gettis grew up as the middle child in a working class family. He remembers coming home on summer nights with his older sister, Kristen, and younger brother, Clayton, with bumps and bruises from the day’s activities. Growing up in an active family led the younger Kevin to be competitive in everything he does, he said. “We competed constantly, I remember beating [Clayton] in the video game Madden football 124-6,” Gettis said. “I don’t think he will ever live that one down.” Sports were a staple in the Gettis household. He was raised following the St. Louis Rams and Cardinals and was a Los Angeles Lakers fan. He looked up

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to athletes such as Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson and Muhammad Ali and labels himself a sports fanatic. He could also perform on the field as well. Gettis played outside linebacker for McKendree University in Lebanon in 2012. His brother, a senior at O’Fallon Township High School, just signed his letter of intent to play football for Milikin University, a Division III program located in Decatur. The elder Gettis took the role of coach early in his son’s life. He started playing soccer when he was younger, then made the transition onto the football field. “He took to the sport like a duck to water,” Kevin’s father said. “Kevin’s very competitive, but he is able to keep his head held high in a loss.”

That positive attitude spanned in social clubs as well. In high school, the younger Gettis competed in football, basketball and track, and was a member of the young Democrats group, National Honor Society. He was elected to homecoming court three times and took four years of French. Gettis is scheduled to graduate in 2016 and plans on attending law school after. Although he is involved in university politics, Gettis is not planning on pursuing a career in it. “I know I don’t want to be a politician. It’s way too stressful,” he said. “I’m just hoping to finish my term without any gray hairs.” He said he learned valuable life lessons throughout the process of

getting elected, often working 12hour days during the campaign. Ashley Banks, his campaign assistant, saw this first hand. “It was a rigorous process, but Kevin kept the same humble composure throughout,” said Banks, a senior from St. Louis studying mortuary science and funeral services. Although Gettis has not officially taken office yet, he is trying to make his mark at SIU. He wrote a letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner asking to give the student trustee a vote in administrative decisions. Gettis urges students to come in and have a conversation with him and discuss their thoughts on university policies. “I want to get involved and be more knowledgeable about an individual’s experience at SIU,” Gettis said.

Chancellor candidate Pam Benoit will speak at her open forum at 8:45 a.m. today in Guyon Auditorium.

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Remembering 1970 protests: silent to violent Chase Myers | @chasemyers_DE Forty-five years ago, the SIU students protested President Richard Nixon’s 1970 plans to invade Cambodia, and in the process, created one of the most active demonstrations on Illinois campuses. Steve Brown, a student and reporter for the Daily Egyptian at the time, saw the events unfold first-hand. Brown said the trigger for the major protest were the shootings on May 4 at Kent State University in Ohio, paired with the threat of being drafted into an unpopular war lingering in the minds of young men. “People were still mildly angered at the war and mildly angered about college students being shot and killed on another campus,” Brown said. “There was just a lot of emotion." The Kent State shootings were not protested by college students only. Gary Kolb, former chair of the Department of Cinema and Photography, was attending high school in Cleveland at the time, about 40 miles south of Kent State. He was at an honors banquet during the night of the shootings. “On my way home that night, I just remember there were riots in the streets,” Kolb said. “It was a bizarre

night because it was this celebration for us, but then this huge, terrible thing that happened not too far from us.” In the days following the shooting, several of Kolb’s fellow classmates wore black armbands to school and conducted rallies in support of the college protesters, he said. The days after Kent State brought college-aged protesters into the national eye. Being a reporter, Brown was very involved in covering the events as they unfolded and the atmosphere in the newsroom was exciting, he said. Several large news organizations relied on the student reporters at SIU to help cover such a national event, Brown said. “I think the coverage… was pretty good coverage given the fact that a lot of the reporters had a personal stake in the whole thing,” he said. “You probably were against the war and probably didn’t want to interrupt your life to go serve.” A curfew was imposed on students during the weekend as protests continued and the National Guard began crowd control. The SIU campus was shut down for three days starting Monday of the following week. Brown said there was heavy police supervision at night, making

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it difficult to travel home after work. He encountered two officers one night after leaving the office, both of which were physically and emotionally exhausted. Heavy activity began to take a toll on officers and as tension grew, fear turned to anger and tear gas was eventually deployed, he said. “The fact that students blocked the road wasn’t much of a reason to go tear gas people,” he said. “Police weren’t used to it.” As the summer of ’70 came and went, the college towns were still feeling the aftershock of the protests and incoming students were aware of the impression spring had left on the campus. Georgia Wessel, who started her freshman year in the fall of 1970, said she felt sympathy for the college protesters. “From my perspective, it was a little scary, but I felt like it needed to be done,” Wessel said. The focus of protesting has remained the same with the changing times--invoking change where change is needed, she said. “At that time it was a war and this time… it’s a different kind of war, but that’s always what it takes to get change,” Wessel said. “That’s what it takes, for people to come out on the street and say no more.”

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Professor fights to save sturgeon from extinction Austin Miller | @AMiller_DE Finding a pallid sturgeon is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Ed Heist, associate director of the Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Science, is leading a genetic identification program on larval pallid sturgeon, which has been on the endangered species list since 1990. Pallid sturgeon can grow between 30 and 60 inches long and weigh nearly 85 pounds. These prehistoric fish date back to the Cretaceous period, more than 75 million years ago. Their skin, more green and brown than the typical silver tinge of fish, is boney and platy, looking more gator than goldfish. Their long snout, with the mouth underneath, lets them feed on smaller fish along the bottom of rivers. The fish are native to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, and over-harvesting for caviar and changes to their habitat have caused a drop in population. “This is a fish that lives in flowing, murky water,” Heist said. “When you replace that flowing, murky water with a clear reservoir, that’s no longer their habitat.” Heist said the fish have always been rare, but human activity has lowered the population even more. Damming rivers into reservoirs within the last 80 years has decreased their chance for survival in the wild. To help restore the population, Heist said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has raised the fish in captivity and stocked rivers with them since they

became endangered. Once they grow to finger-length size — about 6 months old — they have been found to survive. So, Heist’s lab is trying to find fish that have aged between birth and 6 months old for research and breeding. Heist said wild adults have been found to be more than 50 years old, dating them back to when the dams were built during the 1950s and ‘60s. The fish can live up to 100 years. He said when the sturgeon spawn, the eggs sink down to the bottom of the river and sit there for a few days, before the larvae float up and ride hundreds of miles down the river. With more reservoirs being built, the larvae get stuck in the sedentary water and are buried under sediment. To identify the exact species of sturgeon, Heist and his lab are performing genetic tests on small clips of the fish’s fin, about the size of the nail of a pinky finger. Heist and his team look at genetic markers called micro-satellites, which are passed from parents to offspring, and are as specific as a human fingerprint. He said half of all tagged fish lose their tag Decrease in Sturgeon population in Mississippi-Missouri river stystem is due to over fishing and the destruction of their habitat.

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A idAn O sbOrne | @AidanOsborne_DE Ed Heist, associate director of the Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Science displays a pallid sturgeon Wednesday. Pallid sturgeons are one of three species of sturgeon that can be found in the Mississippi River. They were placed on the endangered species list in 1990 because dams along the river were destroying their habitat.

when they reach maturity. If a fish was re-captured, the test is accurate enough to determine the sample is identical to a previously caught fish. They compare the newly caught fish to the parents used for brood stock to find if the fish is the product of hatcheryraised fish, or one that reproduced in the wild. The wild fish are bred providing greater genetic variability for the next generation. “You’re not going to get the same fingerprint by chance,” he said. Kevin Kingsland, a doctoral candidate in zoology from Wyocena, Wis., said the testing they are doing is the same as what is used by a crime lab. “The same micro-satellite analysis that

we do on sturgeon is the same test they do on ‘The Maury Povich Show’ to find who the baby’s daddy is,” Kingsland said. These tests are vital to differentiate the pallid sturgeon from another, similar fish. A cousin, the shovelnose sturgeon, looks similar to the pallid and is not as rare in the wild. Heist said shovelnose sturgeon can be caught in the winter by anglers using night crawlers as bait. Aside from their physical similarities, the two species have successfully bred together, creating hybrid sturgeons. Kingsland said the two species were likely separated during the last glacial period, more than 10,000 years ago. He said there are 19 different markers on the

fish’s genome to differentiate between a pallid and a shovelnose. So far, among more than 1,000 larva samples, they have successfully identified three pallid sturgeon larvae. Kingsland said he did not have any genetic experience before this project; he instead looked at behavioral patterns in fish. When working on a literary review on sharks during his undergraduate degree, he used several papers written by Heist, who studied the conservation biology of sharks before sturgeon. The sturgeon and shark are both ancient fish with skeletons made of cartilage, meaning they have no bones. “These are primitive fish,” Heist said. “They are fish that have characteristics that evolved long before the bony fish. They are pretty unique, which gives them a high conservation value. We don’t want to lose something that unique.” Kingsland said his interest in sharks grew after seeing “Jaws” for this first time and begin fishing. He still owns the first shark documentary he ever saw on VHS and keeps a few toys on his desk. This year, larval sturgeon will be released in the wild for the first time to try and find where survivors are living. “There’s about 30 species of sturgeon left in the world and almost all of them are endangered,” Heist said. “Sturgeon are among the most endangered species in the world. We have three species in the Mississippi River, so we don’t want to lose them.”

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Composer creates aesthetic experience chase Myers | @chasemyers_DE

a BBie i yun | Daily Egyptian Andres Corral, a sophomore in paralegal studies, hurriedly devours chicken wings at the Saluki Plaooza chicken wing eating contest Saturday. Corral signed up for the competition with his roommate and friend, Eddie Villa. Villa said Corral was determined to compete in the wings contest. “I did this for fun, I did it for the wings,” Corral said.

Secrets do not make friends — or fiancés DE After Dark Branda Mitchell | @BrandaM_DE One day in late March of 2013, I was pumping gas at a shady station when I received a text. “Click this link. Your boyfriend isn’t who you think he is.” At first, I chuckled. Clearly, this person did not know me. It was a random number not saved in my phone and I didn’t have a boyfriend, I had a fiancé — everyone knew that. With half a tank left to fill and a rush of anxiety, I clicked on the link. It took me to a website with my husband-to-be’s face next to a screen name I have now blocked from my memory. I stopped filling up my car, sat down in the driver’s seat and began to process what I was seeing. Next to his photo was a description of himself along with a list of services and prices for various “massages." My fiancé was a sex worker. Experts approximate there are one million to two million prostitutes working in the U.S. at any time. However, because of the culture surrounding the industry, that number is considered a conservative estimate. My fiancé got dragged into the industry out

of desperation for money. Sex work is a lucrative industry and college is expensive. The underground sex economy generated an estimated $39.9 million to $290 million in 2007, according to a study conducted by the Urban Institute, a public policy and research organization. This was by far the weirdest thing I had ever experienced in my life. Before I could finish my thoughts, my phone rang. My fiancé's best friend was calling, laughing as he told me about this weird text message he had just gotten, except his didn’t include a link. His just said, “Your best friend is a prostitute for other guys.” I laughed it off, said one of our other friends must be playing some joke and hung up. Armed with a single screenshot of the website and a mix of emotions I could not process, I picked up my fiancé and made it three blocks before I pulled over and confronted him. Not expecting his secret to get out, he looked at me like I had just told him Santa was not real. Choking on tears, he told me it was not a joke and he had been lying to me for months. He begged for my forgiveness, said he would stop and apologized profusely. He told me he owed his pimp money and the text messages were his way of getting back at him. After a long conversation, I told him I needed space to think.

I went home alone and processed my life. I was 18, in my first year of college and my fiancé’s pimp had just used me for extortion. This chapter in my life sheds light on underground sex work and the risks involved with a lack of education and resources. In Illinois, prostitution related charges range from a misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony, perpetuating a cycle that often includes other crimes. Engaging in sex work is a high-risk lifestyle. Fifty-five percent of subjects reported having a substance addiction prior to getting involved in the industry, according to a study published in 2012 by the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Completely oblivious to what was going on in my relationship, I was monogamous to my significant other. I didn't get any life altering diseases, but not everyone is so lucky. There are many risks associated with the illegal sex work industry and resources are needed for those who engage in prostitution. In hindsight, I wish I had dealt with the situation differently. Clearly my significant other needed help getting out of a world he had never intended to get into, but I was not prepared to handle it at the time. I never thought I would become involved in something like that, but it can affect anyone. For more information and resources, visit www.traffickingresourcecenter.org

While some composers stop at what pleases the ear when crafting a piece of music, one SIU artist branched out to different art forms to satisfy multiple senses. Kyle Dixon, a graduate student in music composition from Henderson, Ky., created such an experience during his graduate composition recital on Friday at Altgeld Hall Room 110. “The idea [for the recital] is structure and chaos,” Dixon said. “There is going to be a lot of randomized improvised elements and then a lot of really organized elements.” The recital included his thesis composition of nine piano preludes, as well as an improvisation flute quartet, a clarinet quintet, a flute/clarinet/trumpet trio, a hand pan and drone flute duo, a cello solo and an electronic piece. It also featured a live art gallery presentation from Kendra Stenger, a graduate student in fine art from Syracuse N.Y., who painted during each piece. "[It is] a big, crazy, wide range of mediums and styles and instruments," Stenger said. Dixon and Stenger are involved with the ensemble Improvisation Unit, which is led by Eric Mandat, a clarinet professor. Mandat said improvisation is a key element in music because it allows the musician freedom over the piece. "If we're connected by the natural impulses we have, it is completely logical, as musicians, to use that natural impulse as a means of expression," Mandat said. This recital was similar to Dixon's undergraduate senior piece because it incorporated obscure elements one wouldn't expect at a classical concert. “This one was easier to plan,” he said. “This one has been a whole lot less stressful, strangely enough, but the music is harder.” Dixon composed more than an hour of music for the recital with no intermission, which became difficult when it came to pacing, he said. “The piano preludes really bump up the time, but [there are] just a lot of different mental settings to write each piece,” Dixon said. He was accompanied by different instrumentalists, including Max Johnson, a junior in Music Business from Plainfield, who played the hand pan. "Kyle really did a really good job of setting all of this up and making this a beautiful experience," Johnson said. He was pleasantly surprised by the recital's creativity, because he had not heard anything but his feature duet prior to the show. "[Dixon] is not only a great composer, but I would say he's a great music and improv facilitator," Johnson said. "He's just a great musical mind." The addition of the hand pan added to the tasteful obscurity of the recital, being a non-traditional instrument in a classical setting. “I just want to write pieces that are interesting,” Dixon said. “[I wanted to] kind of do something different all the time from what I’ve done before and not just have people play on stage.” Dixon said he wanted to create a fully artistic experience and for people to take away a new appreciation for the arts. “Art, music and poetry are all connected and can all exist happily together,” he said.

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Sounds from the Closet Vol. 5: Old Toby

I saIah C otton | Daily Egyptian Watch the fifth installment of Sounds from the Closet with a performance by Old Toby. Members are: Sam Schall on guitar, Robert Schmidt on banjo, Dakota Yeck-Petty on mandolin, Austen Sloan on bass and Andrew Smaligo on guitar.

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destination. Plan changes and take action after 6/14. Prioritize to protect what (and who) you love. New romance heats up the autumn after 10/13. Personal discovery, spirituality and growth appeals after 10/27. Focus on love. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- A deadline looms. Something that looks good in theory doesn’t work in practice. Changes require adaptations. Listen to an expert. Focus on the job at hand and let family know if plans change. Good work grows your reputation. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Invent the next phase together. Pay off bills before getting a treat. Take advantage of an opportunity without risking great expense. Check out the competition. Invest in a shared dream. Build solid infrastructure. Slow and steady wins the race. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Balance new work with old responsibilities. Don’t let someone cute talk you into being bad. Avoid

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slow progress. Continue to hold your standards high. Persuade them with a dream. Focus on all things new. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Creativity blossoms along with profitable new opportunities. Share your concerns with someone who always tells the truth. Don’t worry if you don’t know how. You can do it. Learn what you need. Keep costs down. Keep the faith. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- A turning point arises with your personal priorities and obligations. Clarify what you want. Write down some objectives. Make plans now for action later. Overcome an old worry by improving your skills. Keep track of earnings. Plant seeds. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 5 -- Emotional release provides freedom. Reassure someone. Don’t ask for favors or take risks now. Take time to plan. Meditate on the desired result. Ritual and symbolism add beauty and meaning. Let your optimism

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rise. Experience an awakening. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Get invited to participate in a new phase of a group project. Don’t take on more than you can complete. The competition is strong. Save funds to upgrade equipment. Get together and plan out who could do what. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 6 -- Work could interfere with family time. Your professional status is on the rise. Take leadership. Cut the fluff. Postpone travel. Get your team involved. Contribute to a good cause together. Gentle effort is enough. Results can be sweet indeed. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 7 -- Plan an educational journey. Handle a financial consideration. Finish previous work, so you’re free to begin. Guard against technical glitches. If annoyed, take a walk outside. Achieve a new level of understanding. Adapt as you go along.

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Salukis take final series of season, finish No. 5 in MVC Brent Meske | @brentmeskeDE It was a busy weekend for the Saluki softball team, who celebrated senior day, played the annual Black Out Cancer game and hosted a “Be The Match” promotion. Through it all, SIU came away with two wins on Saturday. The Salukis won game one 5-4 with the difference maker from senior right fielder Meredith Wilson’s 3-run, 2-out home run in the bottom of the third, giving the Salukis a 5-2 lead. Wilson said she was not trying for the home run but on senior day, it was a nice surprise. “Best case scenario,” she said. “I was trying to hit the ball hard and I’m glad we could get it done.” The Bears started the scoring in the first inning when sophomore first baseman Mary Stephens hit a leadoff home run well past the leftcenter-field wall. Freshman center fielder Erika Zimmer followed with a double later scored on senior right fielder Chelsea Jones’s double two batters later. SIU answered back with a run in the bottom of the first on backto-back doubles from senior center fielder Kalyn Harker and sophomore first baseman Shaye Harre. After Wilson’s home run in the third, Missouri State scratched out 2 more runs, but could not catch the Dawgs. Senior pitcher Katie Bertelsen won her 13th game, which tied the Missouri Valley Conference lead.

P eter r ogalla | @PRogalla_DE Junior Kelsey Gonzalez sprints toward third base during the first of a three-game series against Missouri State University at Charlotte West Stadium on Saturday. SIU walked away from the weekend with 5-4 and 10-2 wins Saturday, and a 4-1 loss Sunday against the Bears, earning them the No. 5 overall spot in the MVC.

Bertelsen finished with 4 earned runs on 7 hits, 4 strikeouts and 3 walks. In game two, the Salukis struck early and got out to a 4-0 lead through 2 innings en route to a 10-2, 5-inning victory. Missouri State answered back with 2 runs of its own in the third inning but that was all it would manage. SIU tacked on 4 more runs in the

fourth with a 2-out, bases clearing double from sophomore Brook Womack to extend the lead to 8-2. Harre came up in the fifth with the chance to run-rule the Bears and earn the pitching victory. She did so by singling in junior shortstop Kelsey Gonzalez, who walked earlier in the inning. In Sunday’s 4-1 loss, the long ball elevated the Bears to a win.

Bertelsen was back in the circle for Sunday’s game and had to work out of a first inning jam. The Bears singled twice, drew 2 walks and left two runners on base, but not before senior left fielder Rebecca McPherson sacrificed Stephens in. In the bottom half of the inning, Harker singled to extend her hit streak to 12 games and collected her 44th career stolen base — and the

third of the weekend — to move to No. 8 all-time at SIU. Gonzalez collected a single in the third to extend her reached base streak to 17 games, which is the best for the Salukis this season. Harre tied the game in the fourth with a leadoff home run, her fifth of the year, to left-center field. For more on this story, please see www.dailyegyptian.com.

Senior softball players Dawgs start slow, win two MVC awards drop conference Brent Meske | @brentmeskeDE

n athan h oefert | @nathanhoefertDE Senior Katie Bertelsen pitches the ball April 6 during the 6-7 loss against St. Louis University at Charlotte West Stadium. Bertelsen ranks in the top 10 alltime at SIU for innings pitched, appearances, wins and complete games.

After the SIU softball season came to a close Sunday with the Salukis in fifth place in the conference, two seniors were confirmed as the best in separate Missouri Valley Conference categories. Center fielder Kalyn Harker and pitcher Katie Bertelsen finished atop the league leaders in batting average and wins respectively. Harker, who has a career batting average of .308 and a season average of .355, finished No. 1 in the Valley with a .466 batting average in conference games. She is the third player in program history to lead the league in batting average. Lauren Haas and Krystal Stein were the others in 2008 and 2005 respectively. Harker also finished the season with a team-high 36 runs, 50 hits and 11 doubles. Bertelsen, who finished tied for the league lead with 13 wins with Northern Iowa junior Chelsea Ross, is the sixth SIU player to lead the MVC in conference wins. The last was Danielle Glosson who had 16 in 2010. She finished the year with a 1715 record, 4.21 ERA and pitched 22 complete games allowing 221 hits and 138 runs. She struck out 89 while walking 82.

series to Evansville thoMas donley | @tdonleyDE The SIU baseball team (11-38, 6-12) lost its second straight Missouri Valley Conference series, dropping two of three at Evansville (26-19, 8-10). A slow start hurt SIU in Friday’s series opener, a 4-3 Evansville victory. The Purple Aces scored 4 runs in the first 5 innings against Saluki sophomore starter Chad Whitmer (0-4), who suffered his second consecutive loss. SIU pushed across 2 runs in the sixth and 1 in the seventh against Evansville freshman starter Brodie Harkness, but junior reliever Conor Gilligan and junior closer Brent Jurecka closed the door in the late innings. Harkness (6-3) earned the win. Jurecka picked up his eighth save of the season. Freshman center fielder Braden Mosley led SIU with a game-high 3 hits. Sophomore designated hitter Max Foley led the Aces with 2 hits and a game-high 2 RBIs. Evansville prevailed 6-5 in a back-and-forth contest Saturday that saw five lead changes. Both starters lasted 5 innings but left the decisions to the bullpen. SIU freshman designated hitter Logan Blackfan collected 2 doubles and drove in 1 run with a hit by pitch, picking up a game-high 3 RBIs. An eighth-inning sacrifice fly by junior third baseman Jonathon Ramon against SIU freshman reliever Ryan Netemeyer (1-4) gave Evansville its final lead. Jurecka (3-2) earned the win in relief. Netemeyer suffered the loss. Five players picked up 2 hits Saturday. Ramon’s RBI double in the third was the Aces’ only extra-base hit. SIU salvaged a 5-4 victory in Sunday’s series finale. The Salukis jumped on Evansville junior starter Connor Strain (3-5) early, touching him for 4 runs in the only inning he pitched. Saluki coach Ken Henderson said Sunday’s first inning was an improvement over Friday’s slow start. “We came out ready to play,” Henderson said. “That’s something we’ve talked about all season, not giving up the first two or three innings.” The Aces scored 3 runs in the fifth off Saluki sophomore starter Kyle Pruemer on 2 hits and 3 walks. For more on this story, please see www.dailyegyptian.com.

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Pruitt and Agnew earn NFL contracts, Hadfield receives camp invitation Brent Meske | @brentmeskeDE The NFL held its draft beginning Thursday in Chicago, and all former Salukis were still on the big board when Saturday came around and teams made their picks for rounds four through seven. With the 143rd pick of the draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected former SIU tight end MyCole Pruitt in the fifth round. Pruitt became the first SIU alumnus to be drafted since 2011 when cornerback Korey Lindsey was drafted in the seventh round by the Cincinnati Bengals. Pruitt was also the highest draft pick since running back Brandon Jacobs was selected 110th by the New York Giants in 2004. Pruitt, who will leave for Minnesota on Thursday, said his agent handed his phone to Pruitt when the call came in. “I really can’t even explain it, it was surreal,” he said. Pruitt joins a Vikings team with five tight ends already on the roster but a team that relies on the pass. Last season, Minnesota passed for 3,566 yards and rushed for 1,804. Tight end Kyle Rudolph was seventh on the team in receptions and sixth in receiving yards with 24 and 231, respectively. In a blog post on the Vikings website, team Executive Vice President and General Manager Rick Spielman said Pruitt will work nicely in offensive coordinator Norv Turner’s offense. “[Pruitt] has very good hands, he’s aggressive as a blocker,” Spielman, an SIU alumnus, said. “As [Turner and I] sat there and talked about [Pruitt] through the draft meetings, we felt that

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we can do a lot of different things with him and play him at a lot of different positions.” Spielman said Pruitt is an athletic halfback type fullback. Pruitt said he does not know what the plan is for him in the Vikings’ offense. The Vikings offense struggled last season averaging 315.5 yards per game, 27th in the league. Minnesota averaged 20.3 points per game, 20th in the NFL. Pruitt said he is looking forward to doing whatever he can to help the team and is excited about working with quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. “He is a great quarterback who is trying to make a name for himself,” he said. “I feel like we can grow

together and make this thing work for a long time.” Pruitt finished his SIU career with the all-time school and Missouri Valley Football Conference records among tight ends for career receptions, 211, receiving yards, 2,601, and receiving touchdowns, 25. He is No. 2 all-time at SIU for career receiving yards and receiving touchdowns among receivers. In his 44 career games played, Pruitt caught at least one reception in 43 games. Pruitt finished as a three-time All-American in 2012, 2013 and 2014, was named an All-Conference pick all four years, two-time College Football Performance Award Football Championship Subdivision Tight End

of the Year and was named the best tight end in MVFC history for the league’s 30-year anniversary. When the Draft commenced, teams quickly scrambled to find unsigned free agents to add to their rosters. This is when running back Malcolm Agnew received a call from the Green Bay Packers. Agnew tweeted at 6:12 p.m. Saturday to announce he was the newest member of the Packers. “Man! God is so Amazing! Blessed and honored to be the newest member of the Green Bay Packers! #GoPackGo,” he tweeted. Agnew transferred to SIU after his first two years at Oregon State University. With the Beavers, Agnew

rushed for 692 yards and 6 touchdowns. In his first collegiate game, Agnew collected 223 yards and 3 touchdowns. With the Salukis, Agnew added 1,708 yards and 16 touchdowns in 19 games. He also caught for 329 yards and 3 touchdowns. Agnew joins a Packers backfield with Eddie Lacy, who was No. 7 in the league last year with 1,139 rushing yards. The Packers had the sixth best offense in the league, averaging 386.1 yards per game. Green Bay was No. 11 in the league with an average of 119.8 rushing yards per game. The Packers were not done yet with former Salukis. Green Bay invited former SIU long snapper Thor Hadfield to their rookie mini camp. Hadfield was a walk-on his freshman year but made the team based on his resilience. Hadfield did not play his freshman year after redshirting, and played in two games his sophomore year. In his junior and senior years, Hadfield played in all 24 games. Hadfield was the starting long snapper for all punts, field goal attempts and point after attempts his junior year and the starting long snapper for all field goals, extra points and punts his senior year. Hadfield will leave for Green Bay on Thursday for the rooking mini camp beginning Friday and would find out more about contract information when he is there. Former Saluki quarterback Kory Faulkner was invited to mini camp for the Vikings as well beginning Thursday. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

Saluki trades jersey for lab coat as career ends Brent Meske | @brentmeskeDE Saluki softball played its final game of the season Sunday at Charlotte West Stadium, and on Saturday the team bid farewell to its five seniors.

Center fielder Kalyn Harker took her final regular season at-bats with the Salukis and finished her senior year with the Missouri Valley Conference batting title. Harker finished the regular season with a .466 batting average in Valley play. She said her last

a idan o sBorne | @AidanOsborne_DE Senior center fielder Kalyn Harker fields a ball Sunday during the Salukis’ 4-1 loss to Missouri State University at Charlotte West Stadium. Harker has the best batting average in the conference and received the MVC batting title.

home game at SIU was bittersweet, but the title was the perfect way to end her career at SIU. “I am finishing a great career and it’s something I will remember and cherish for the rest of my life,” she said. “I’m moving on, going to grad school, and becoming a big girl, an adult.” When the MVC Tournament ends for the Salukis, so will Harker’s softball career. After majoring in biological sciences, Harker was admitted to the physician’s assistant program and will begin in June. She said she hopes to work with kids when she is done with the program. “I want to work in a hospital somewhere, hopefully in neonatology,” she said. “I really like the little kids and babies.” Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics consisting of medical care for ill or premature newborn infants. Harker said she is not tied to southern Illinois and will go anywhere she can get a job she wants. Senior pitcher Katie Bertelsen, who is Harker’s roommate, said the two were not close freshman year but became friends when both needed a place to live sophomore year. “It’s been a journey with [Harker], I love it,” she said. “We both didn’t have a roommate so it was kind of a ‘You want to live together?’ kind of thing.”

They have lived together for three years now. Harker and Bertelsen both have leadership roles on the field as center fielder and pitcher. They both said their communication off the field leads to success on the field too. “It’s huge. I can trust her, I can count on her for everything,” she said. “She’s a leader and she takes control. She’ll go after everything, and she makes all kinds of plays.” Bertelsen said the two are polar opposites. While Harker fills her daily planner out to perfection, Bertelsen scribbles. The opposition is perfect for them, Bertelsen said. “She’s OCD about stuff, and I’m like ‘Oh, that’s OK, whatever, I don’t even care,’” she said. Terri Harker, Kalyn’s mom, said she is happy with the choice of SIU for the connections she has made but also because of coach Kerri Blaylock. “She has had everything from stitches in her chin, a broken hand and kidney stones,” she said. “[The staff] has taken her to the hospital and taken care of her like she’s their kid.” Terri said it is easy to see Kalyn move on because of how excited she is for her professional career. Currently, Harker has career totals of a .308 batting average, 102 runs, 39 extra-base hits, 53 RBIs, 198 total bases, 10 stolen bases and 3 errors.