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Vol.101 Issue 22 @daIlyegyptIan
SIU professor assists Harvey rescue efforts MARNIE LEONARD | @marsuzleo
SIU professor Erin Perry and her canine partner Zorro have been engaged in rescue efforts in Houston since Thursday in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey, which has resulted in catastrophic flooding throughout the city and at least eight deaths, according to Texas officials. “It’s really overwhelming,” Perry said. “Quite frankly, it just makes us more and more determined not to leave until the job is done … we just want to save as many lives as we possibly can, and we’re literally working as hard as we possibly can.”
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Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Daredevil Cyrus Nock, of Sarasota, Florida, balances on a wheel prop Friday, during a performance of “The Nerveless Nocks Daredevil Circus,” at the DuQuoin State Fair. "My family has had the company since 1840 – I’m an eigth generation daredevil,” Nock said. “We’ve traveled the world performing, I just love seeing the faces of the audience during the stunts.”
Montemagno settles into new role as chancellor CORY RAY | @coryray_de
Two weeks into his tenure as chancellor, Carlo Montemagno said this is the best job of his life. “I have fallen in love with our community,” he said. Montemagno assumed his position Aug. 15, but he said it was through a friend’s email that
he originally heard of the open chancellor position. “It’s been an experience so far that has widely exceeded my personal expectations,” he said. During his time at SIU, Montemagno is expected to address a range of issues facing the university, including the lingering effects of the state's over two-
year budget impasse, diversity and inclusivity on campus and balancing science and math on campus with the humanities. Budget When he was applying for the position, Illinois lawmakers had not passed a state budget in nearly two full years, and Montemagno had to address student, faculty and
community concerns about how the historic impasse would affect SIU when he visited campus for a series of forums on June 14. “The budget never concerned me at all,” he said. “It never was really an issue. It established some of the challenges that I knew we would face, but ... resources do not define your vision.”
That phrase is one Montemagno has repeatedly said since he first visit on campus, saying cuts still being felt at the university after the adoption of a state budget do not “define who we are as an institution.” “I’m accused of being the eternal optimist,” he said at a July 17 meeting following his appointment. Please see MONTEMAGNO | 4