de AUGUST 30, 2017
sInce 1916
Daredevil defies dangerous heights
DAILYEGYPTIAN.COM
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.”
Please see HARVEY | 7
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
Page 2
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Hoop, there it is
Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko Nicyah Hastings-Atkins, 9, right, plays with a basketball as Malachi Suggs, 10, center practices his moves and A’Niyah Black, 13, watches outside of the Eurma C. Hayes Center Wednesday in Carbondale.
Contact Us
Editor-in-Chief: Managing Editor Campus Editor:
Photo Editor: Design Chief: Sports Editor:
About Us
Email: editor@dailyegyptian.com Athena Chrysanthou (618) 536-3397 achrysanthou@dailyegyptian.com Abbey La Tour alatour@dailyegyptian.com Marnie Leonard (618) 536-3326 mleonard@dailyegyptian.com
Brian Munoz (618) 536-3327 bmunoz@dailyegyptian.com Reagan Gavin rgavin@dailyegyptian.com Denton Giovenco (618) 536-330 dgiovenco@dailyegyptian.com
Faculty Managing Editor:
Advertising Chief:
Ad Production Manager: Information Technology Manager: Classifieds Manager:
Business Office: Business and Advertising Director:
Eric Fidler (618) 536-3306 Donald Caraway (618) 536-3336 dcaraway@dailyegyptian.com Camille Ticheur cticheur@dailyegyptian.com Eric Gire (618) 536-3310 Brey'onna Mong-Delane (618) 536-3399 classifieds@dailyegyptian.com Arunima Bhattacharya (618) 536-3305 Devin Miller (618) 536-3309
The Daily Egyptian is published by the students of Southern Illinois University Carbondale 43 weeks per year, with an average daily circulation of 11,000. Fall and spring semester editions run every Wednesday. Free copies are distributed in the Carbondale and Carterville communities. The Daily Egyptian can be found daily at www.dailyegyptian.com.
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Salsa dancers spin at Sabor on Saturdays JOE MCLAUGHLIN | @jmcl_de
Every Saturday night, a restaurant on the Carbondale Strip comes alive with the sounds of congas, bongos, horns, guitar and maracas — the rhythms of salsa. Sabor de Mel, a local mainstay that serves traditional Brazilian dishes, hosts salsa night every week from 8 p.m. to midnight. Though Sabor has only been in Carbondale for two and a half years, the salsa club has been rotating around several different local spots for 17 years. “I started here when Sabor de Mel was a coffeehouse in 1999,” said Aur Beck, who now hosts the weekly dance night. “We’ve been around every bar and every coffeeshop in town.” For $5, newcomers can take beginner’s lessons from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. After that, everyone is welcome to stay, and the restaurant’s back room tends to gradually fill up with dancers as the night goes on and veterans mix with novices. “This is my first time,” said Demetrio Antunez, a senior from Lincoln studying art. “The hardest part is learning the steps – keeping in time, knowing what I have to do and what my dancing partner has to do.” Amber Walgamott of Carterville has been coming to salsa night for about four years. She said a good partner is key. “To be as smooth as some people, it takes a long time,” Walgamott said. “You have to trust your partner.” The club was originally started by two Americans, one from Champaign and one from Kentucky, Beck said. On any given Saturday, salsa night can see an attendance of nearly 100 people, and Beck said
Brian Muñoz | @brianmmunoz Salsa dancing instructor Demitri Gray, of Chicago, speaks to beginner dancers Saturday at Sabor de Mel on the Carbondale Strip.
his favorite part is the diversity of those who come to dance. “Every nationality is represented,” Beck said, pointing to dancers from Honduras, Mexico and the Philippines around the room. Exposure to other cultures has been bringing 2013 SIU alumna Christina Causarano around for the past 10 years. “I love Latin culture, the people, the dance,” said Causarano, who helps with instruction. “I can’t speak the language … but [I] get into the music.” Another instructor, Demetri Gray, was drawn to salsa for a different reason. “It was a girl,” said Gray, a Chicago native who now lives in Carbondale. A girl he had a crush on gave him a tape of the popular Latin band Aventura 15 years ago, and he said he has been dancing salsa ever since. He started teaching the steps at salsa night three years ago. “Expect the basics,” Gray said of the lessons between his calls of “1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7” to the gathered salsa learners. He said the idea of learning something new can be frightening to some. “You want to try something new, but you are afraid to fail,” Gray said. Though there were a few who were reluctant to jump in and dance at the beginning of the night, as the music picked up the energy and rhythm in the room soon had everyone following Gray’s dance instructions. As the night wore on, the DJ kept the atmosphere lively with rhythmic Latin music. Seasoned dancers twirled with ease and newcomers at times struggled to find their footing, but the room was filled with laughter nonetheless. Beck attributed the festive mood to Gray’s energy. “He’s our Energizer Bunny,” Beck said. Staff writer Joe McLaughlin can be reached at jmclaughlin@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @jmcl_de.
Page 3
Page 4
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
MONTEMAGNO CONTINUED FROM
1
Montemagno said he’s optimistic because he believes all things are possible, and that philosophy has been a driver of his research. “For me, I always like to look at what it is that other don’t see that is there that we can capitalize on,” he said. But he said when he researched the university, he saw many opportunities that weren’t being utilized. One such asset he said he hopes to capitalize on is community involvement with the university. “There is a tie here of long-term investment of the success of SIU with the community,” he said. Vision of shared governance “Shared governance is power,” Montemagno said. According to University Spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith, there are around 20,000 faculty and students at SIU. Montemagno said the thousands of minds combined can bring more ideas than he or his cabinet ever could. Montemagno said he wants everyone at
the university to “work together to promote those ideas.” “I [am engaging] in dialogue with the major constituency groups and the community as a whole directly to hear what they have to say and take those into account in making decisions,” he said. “I don’t make decisions or my team doesn’t make decisions and somehow spend all our energy trying to sell you on the idea.” He has consistently brought up the idea of creating a vision of what the university should look like by 2025 since his initial visit. Sunday, students and alumni were sent a survey asking for their inputs of what that vision should be, as a part of Montemagno’s plan to establish a “shared governance” throughout the university. Students have until Sept. 8 to complete the survey. One of the biggest challenges when it comes time to release a public vision will be conglomerating all submitted ideas into an overarching goal, Montemagno said. Montemagno said his personal vision for the university is to “establish SIUC as a destination institution.”
Elements of that include increasing SIU’s recognizability across the nation because of its educational and social experience quality as well as continuing to act as an economic driver of the region. STEM background and humanities Though he has a background in science, Montemagno said the humanities are vitally important to retain at SIU. “I have no plan, vision or idea to transform SIU into a poly-tech [university],” he said. Currently, seven programs at SIU are in discussion to be removed, including four which are humanities-based. That list was released prior to Montemagno’s appointment. Montemagno said, however, his support of both STEM- and humanities-based programs does not mean all programs will be retained. “There are things that are going to have to go away,” Montemagno said. “They’re going away not because we’re cutting budgets but because we’re going to allocate resources in different areas.” As a student at Cornell University, Montemagno said he was not pleased with
his degree in engineering when he graduated, saying his curriculum never included a design class to learn the code involved in engineering jobs. "I had to take a whole bunch of courses that seemed non-relevant to being an engineer,” he said. “I was kind of grudging about it. Somehow, I thought I was short-changed.” Years later, as a faculty senate member at Cornell, he said there was a concern the university was losing its competitive edge in engineering to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He said a survey was conducted that showed MIT graduates with engineering degrees had one more job offer and made $3,000 to $5,000 more in starting salary within their first year of graduation compared to Cornell graduates. But five years after graduation, the same survey showed more Cornell students were serving as project leaders and managers than those at MIT. Montemagno said he attributes the difference to an education that required more humanities-based courses. MIT requires only eight hours of
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Page 5
Brian Muñoz | @brianmmunoz Chancellor Carlo Montemagno poses for a portrait Monday in Anthony Hall. “Resources do not define your vision or define your ultimate goals," Montemagno said. "They establish a framework for the path that you have to travel, but they don’t define who we are as an institution. My vision is that we establish SIUC as a destination institution – that people from across the country and around the world know of us and want to come here because of the quality of the educational experience the students get.”
humanities-based courses for a bachelor of science, whereas Cornell requires a minimum of 18 credit hours of “liberal studies” for a degree in engineering. The SIU core curriculum requires no less than 28 credit hours of humanities and social science classes. “We’re educating the leaders,” Montemagno said of SIU faculty. “We’re not educating to get a job.” Diversity Montemagno said he has met with the Diversity Council, formed in 2016 by then-interim Chancellor Brad Colwell, and said he plans to “imbed and accelerate the culture of inclusiveness” as part of the university’s identity. “When you’re a Saluki, you come in all different sorts of flavors,” Montemagno said. But he said he questions the effectiveness of round table discussions, saying it can devolve into people simply yelling at one another without listening to either side’s views. Instead, he wants to bring students together through “shared experiences.” “It happens through getting to know each other, working with each other, valuing each other, respecting each other,” he said. To implement his ideas, Montemagno said he is still designing the specifics, but he plans to expand intercollegiate and scholastic competitions, activities which will bring students across from different
universities together. Background Montemagno was most recently a professor in engineering, chemical and materials engineering at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. From 2002 to 2006, Montemagno served as chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UCLA, which had experienced a 50 percent decrease in state funds over the past 10 years. The school was also facing enrollment issues. He compared those issues to ones currently being faced by SIU at his public forum in June. Seven years later after he started his chairmanship, he said he helped to increase all external funds by 40 percent, student enrollment by 25 percent, graduation rates and research expenditures. In 2006, Montemagno accepted a position as a dean of the College of Engineering, and later the College of Applied Sciences. In 2010, Montemagno became founding dean of the converged College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where he worked until 2012. Montemagno succeeds interim chancellor Colwell and is the first permanent SIU chancellor since Rita Cheng left the position in July 2014. Staff writer Cory Ray can be reached at cray@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @coryray_de.
Page 6
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
CARBONDALE LARGE 1 bedroom, all utilities included in rent, $450/month. 105 S. Forest, available now or fall, carpet, air conditioner, appliances and laundry. 618-529-3581 REFRIGERATORS $250, STOVES $150, Washers $150, Dryers $150. All excellent re-condition with 90 day warranty. Able Appliance, serving Southern Illinois for 22 years. 618-457-7767
Back to School Deals!!! Bikes, Video Games, Computers, Laptops, Minifridges, TVs, Jewelry, Microwaves, Tools, DVDs!! Priced 1/2 of new!! Guaranteed to work! Midwest Cash 1200 W. Main (Rte.13) Carbondale. 549-6599 Cash for Students! facebook.com/midwestcash
CARBONDALE, SUPER NICE 1 bedroom house,very close to campus, on walkup ave, washer/dryer, air-conditioner, nice yard. $475/month, includes water, trash and yard. No pets, available now. 618-534-7029.
BIG WAREHOUSE SALE, 25¢ party supplies. Aug 31st- Sept 2nd: 8am-6pm, Sept 3rd: 8am-2pm. Across from Herrin Bowl, Energy, IL.
NICE, CLEAN 1 bedroom, available now, carpet, air conditioner, $295 /month, summer or fall, no pets, you pay utilities. 509 S. Wall, 313 E. Mill. 618-529-3581 Suitable for THREE or FOUR PERSONS. Four Bedroom, Two Baths, ONE block from SIU. Washer/Dryer. Very large yard, central heat and AC, Off-Street Parking. Call Liz at 618-924-1965 for appointment. COME SIGN A LEASE! NOW SHOWING 1,2,& 3 BEDROOM UNITS ACROSS FROM CAMPUS SCHILLING PROPERTY 805 E. PARK STREET OFFICE HOURS: MON/FRI 9-5 549 -0895 - 529-2954 schillingprop.com schillingprop@yahoo.com
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 bedrooms. Houses & apartments, walk to campus, washer/dryer, 2 bath. 618-549-4808 www.campusviewrentals.com
TOWNE-SIDE WEST APARTMENTS AND HOUSES Cheryl Bryant Rentals 457-5664
BARGAIN RENTAL PRICES NEAR CAMPUS: 1 & 2 Bdrm Apts and Luxury Studio Apts. CARBONDALE AREA: (7-10 Minutes from SIU-C) 1 Bdrm Apts under $300/Mo and 2 Bdrm Apts under $400/Mo. NO PETS. Call 618-684-4145. Address list in front yard of 408 S. Poplar NICE 1,2, OR 3 bedroom apartments available now, close to campus. Bryant Rentals 529-1820 or 529-3581 LARGE 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT & 4 bedroom home for rent, $400-695/month. Apartment partially furnished, includes utilities. Call Heins Agency. 618-687-1774.
AVAIL NOW 1 bdrm, across from SIU. Hi-speed Internet, satellite TV, laundry, parking, water & trash. Free pizza for a year with lease! Call 618-529-4763. CARBONDALE, 1 block from campus, 3 bedroom, $595/month, studio, $295/month, water and trash pick up included. Call 618-967-9202
1,2,3,4,5,6 BEDROOM HOUSES & apartments. Pick up list at 508 W. Oak. Call Bryant Rentals at 529-1820 or 529-3581
BARGAIN RENTAL PRICES NEAR CAMPUS: 2, 3, & 4 Bdrm Houses, W/D, Most C/A, Free Mow. Also, Geodesic Dome CARBONDALE AREA: (7-10 Min. from SIU-C no zoning): SPACIOUS 2 & 3 Bdrm Houses , W/D, Most C/A, 1 3/4 Baths, Carport, Patio or Huge Deck, Free Mow. NO PETS. Call 684-4145. Address list in front yard of 408 S. Poplar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 bedrooms. Houses & apartments, walk to campus, washer/dryer, 2 bath. 618-549-4808 www.campusviewrentals.com
PCDC IS HIRING full and part-time staff, if interested please contact us at pcdcdaycare@firstprescdale.org. Positions will remain open until filled.
AUTOMOTIVE DETAILING, 6am-12pm, Monday-Friday, must have own transportation. Call 618-353-4425 for more info.
HELP WANTED: MUST be 21 years old, MUST be available: Evenings and weekends. Apply in person at Old Town Liquors: 514 S. Illinois Avenue
PART-TIME TASTING room staff for weekend, some weekdays, mature, responsible, reliable & have a knowledge of wine or willingness to learn, weekday afternoons, friendly, outgoing, detail oriented, apply at owlcreekvineyard.com, 618-893-2557.
DAILY EGYPTIAN NOW HIRING Account Sales Reps Competitive spirit, excellent communication skills, outgoing personality. Sales experience preferred, outside sales a plus. --Must be enrolled at SIUC at least 6 credit hours for fall and spring semesters, and 3 credit hours for summer semester. --Must have a valid driverʼs license. Reliable transportation preferred. --Federal Work Study is preferred, but not required. E-mail your interest in filling out an application to: devinmiller@dailyegyptian.com or stop by the front desk of the Daily Egyptian, located in the Communications building, Room 1259, between 9:00am - 2:30pm. M-F
Kennel Technician is Looking for a highly motivated, animal loving person to fill an open Kennel Tech position. Person must be able to perform basic cleaning tasks, follow direction, handle small to very large dogs and have a flexible schedule. Holidays and all school breaks are a MUST without exception. We can work around school schedules and appreciate experience with animals. Please BRING resume to Indian Creek Kennel on giant city rd. Please email or call with questions or drop off resume during business hours. Reliable transportation is required.Email indiancreekkennelcarbondale@gmail.com
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Page 7
Man charged for early morning arson CAMPUS DESK | @dailyegyptian
Carbondale police said Monday a man has been arrested and charged with aggravated arson following a house fire Sunday morning. After arriving on scene at 523 E. Burke Street, officers found the back door of the residence in flames, according to a news release from the Carbondale Police Department. All occupants were able to exit the house without injuries. Officers arrested Keelan R. Bush, 46, of Carbondale, with aggravated arson. Police said Bush, who is now being held in Jackson County Jail, was an acquaintance of a resident of the home. Police are asking anyone with information contact the police department at 618-457-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 618-549-COPS. The Daily Egyptian’s campus desk can be reached at editor@ dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3397.
Robert Gauthier | Los Angeles Times | TNS Jesus Nunez carries his daughter Genesis, 6, as he and numerous family members flee their flooded home, walking nearly four hours to the safety of a relative's house Sunday, as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to cause major flooding throughout Southeast Texas.
HARVEY
CONTINUED FROM
1
When it touched down in coastal Texas on Friday, Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane that ripped through towns, collapsed buildings and pummeled Houston with 25 inches of rain in two days. Another 25 inches of rain are expected to fall by Saturday, according to the Weather Channel. Perry, a member of the animal science department who has also been a canine handler with the Department of Homeland Security for 14 years, is a part of the search-and-rescue team Missouri Task Force One. She said the task force was activated Thursday night and they drove all through the night, arriving in Texas late Friday. The team got to work straight away, Perry said, initially performing rescues in Rockport, Texas before moving to southwest Houston. They are mostly engaging in swift water rescue operations, which occur when residents are trapped and have to be rescued or evacuated from their homes. Perry said oftentimes, the rescues are sitting on the roof of their houses because the water has gotten so high that it is no longer navigable by vehicle. At that point, rescuers have to go in by boat, she said. “We sometimes rescue entire neighborhoods,” Perry said.
Perry said the federal effort has so far made several hundred rescues. On Monday, the team had to evacuate a nursing home and save the residents from flooding, she said. “We’re constantly being given new information about critical areas,” Perry said. “We’re trying to respond to all of it as quickly as we can.” Missouri Task Force One is a 45-member team that consists of physicians, structural engineers, canine handlers, firefighters and paramedics, Perry said. Perry said many have asked her what they can do to help the people in Houston and the surrounding areas who are being affected by the storm. She said she encourages everyone to donate to their favorite charity. “The people in Texas are going to need your prayers and your support,” Perry said. “Whatever way you can help, it is definitely needed and certainly appreciated.” Despite the emotional toll the evacuation efforts have taken on all those involved, Perry said the outpouring of support for Texas has been “fantastic.” “Nobody’s worried about religion, nobody’s worried about politics, nobody is worried about anything, truly, other than saving lives right now,” Perry said. “When we’re going through our very worst of times, you see the very best of people.” Campus editor Marnie Leonard can be reached at mleonard@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @marsuzleo.
Carbondale police arrest suspect in stabbing CAMPUS DESK | @dailyegyptian
Carbondale police said Monday they have charged a suspect with aggravated battery and attempted murder following a stabbing that occurred Sunday morning about two miles from campus. Police said they have arrested 36-year-old Nathan D. Bowles of Carbondale, who is an acquaintance of the victim. Bowles was charged with aggravated battery and attempted murder and is being held in Jackson County Jail, police said. Police said Bowles stabbed the victim, whom they did not identify, following a dispute in the 400 block of East Sycamore Street. The victim remains in the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and is being treated for life-threatening injuries. The investigation is ongoing. Police are asking anyone with information contact the police department at 618-457-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 618-549-COPS.
Page 8
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Page 9
Column: an anti-racist institution would never cut Africana Studies Fall classes had been in session for a little over three hours Monday and there was already a student-led demonstration underway — a group of students were protesting the proposed elimination of the Africana Studies department, a move one demonstrator called appalling. About a month ago, SIU President Randy Dunn said to me personally that his rationale for cutting the department was its low enrollment. But, as contrary as this may sound in a world as calculated as our own, not all things can best be described with numbers. The document outlining these proposed cuts is called the “Financial Sustainability Plan,” and it states that the departments on the chopping block — as well as those that are not — have been entered through an algorithm and undergone quantitative analysis to determine who should stay and who should go. However, during a July meeting with the press and the Board of Trustees, Dunn said the decision will not end with this numbers game. He described a “qualitative” analysis the departments will be awarded to ensure we cover all of the bases before entering the elimination chamber. Specifically, he said just because he wants to cut the departments outlined in the plan “doesn’t mean there won’t be a continued discussion on campus about what ultimately happens with them.” Well, it appears that conversation got a bold kick-off the first day of school with a group of young people marching from the Student Center to Anthony Hall chanting “KEEP AFRICANA STUDIES.”
We live in a time of immense racial turmoil and polarization (to say the least). And no, it is nothing new. Sure, the Civil War might have ended on paper, but the battle for racial justice still continues today. Chattel slavery formally ended, but dominant forms of oppression continuously reinvent themselves through time to provide the masses with the illusion that things are getting better. Slavery turned into tenant farming and Jim Crow, which turned into segregation, which turned into the War on Drugs, which turned into mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. Right now in America things are still not getting better — only this time, it’s a tad more obvious. In fact, things have gotten so bad that people have to stand in the middle of an interstate and scream “Black Lives Matter” just to get the point across. And yet, they still get run over. SIU has an entire month dedicated to black history to make up for the fact that white people have systematically erased it. This erasure will continue into the future without organizations, groups and departments dedicated to resisting it. An anti-racist institution would never cut Africana Studies. And in a world like the one we are facing today, it is clearly the time to be investing in it. Having a healthy, well-funded department will help ensure black history will no longer be subordinated to a narrative of whiteness. I speak for at least some of my constituents when I say that people are pissed — pissed that
Daily Egyptian file photo
a group of predominantly white administrators want to cut black studies because it is not making them enough money. That continued discussion on campus about what ultimately should happen with the department is all around us. All you need to do is listen and, well, care.
Student Trustee Sam Beard can be reached at samuelrobert@siu.edu or by phone at (618) 4538418. His office is located in the Registered Student Organization Suite on the third floor of the Student Center and his office hours are Mondays/Wednesdays: 11:00 am – 12:50 pm, Thursdays: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, or by appointment.
USG welcomes students back to campus Dear Saluki Family, We are incredibly excited to start this new school year with you! This year is full of many new challenges, and hopefully rewards. As a student, Undergraduate Student Government is your communication line to the administration of SIU. Our goal as USG is to promote change in health, accountability, and involvement at SIU this year while celebrating all the accomplishments of our students. However, this will not be possible without you. Together, with the student body, we hope to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment at SIU that may at times challenge you but that is comfortable for every student. So this year we welcome everyone to get involved in USG. Be a senator, attend a constituent meeting with your senators, or attend senate meetings. Get involved and help us change SIU for the better this year! With Saluki Pride, USG President Joshua Bowens
Page 10
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Professor spotlight: Izumi Shimada JOE MCLAUGHLIN | @jmcl_de
The Daily Egyptian is publishing a series of Q&As to feature professors in different fields throughout the university. This is the first in that series; meet Izumi Shimada, a professor in the anthropology department. Where are you from? I am a permanent resident of the United States and I am still a citizen of Japan. I grew up and studied until the junior year of high school in Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto is the old capital of Japan before it moved to Tokyo, and it is known as the cultural and education center of Japan. I’ve been in the U.S. — and it’s scary to think this way — but it’s something close to 55 years, 54 years. So I’ve been in the U.S. longer than many Americans. What brought you to the United States? Actually, I just accompanied my father who was invited to be a professor at Princeton University. Was he an anthropologist as well? No, he was an art historian and he taught there for many years. He and my mother went back to Japan when he retired and just by coincidence, I think it was only two years after my father retired and left Princeton, I actually began teaching at Princeton. Was Princeton your first teaching job? I taught for one year [as a] visiting/assistant professorship at the University of Oregon in Eugene and the next position was at Princeton. What was it that drew you to anthropology? It’s not so much anthropology as [it is] archeology. As I mentioned, my father was an art historian, so there were always things that were of certain age, historical things. So I am very much used to that and I grew up surrounded by things of tradition and so on. From that perspective, from that experience, I came to sort of think of Japanese culture in a historical manner. This is what led me to wonder, even as a fairly young child, why there is so much concern with time among Japanese. Japanese are known to this day as very punctual, very precise. I do go back, pretty much every year to spend some time with my extended family and relatives, as well as to take care of my professional work. We always agree on a meeting time. We say, “let’s meet at 12:15,” it’s not around 12:15 but we mean 12:15, exactly 12:15. So we would say, “you should be able to get to such and such in about 10-11 minutes,” because things work in such a precise, reliable manner, whether it’s the taxi or the subway or whatever. We can say down to one minute. So this concern for time is what led me to really
Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Professor of Anthropology Izumi Shimada, of Carbondale, flashes a smile for a portrait Monday, at his office in Faner Hall. Shimada has been studying the Peruvian subculture, which he named the "Sicans," for the past 38 years. “You have to learn how to take care of human remains,” Shimada said. The skull that Shimada is holding is a replica of a skull found while excavating in Peru that was 3-D printed at the Tokyo Metro Police Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
think, “why is it that we are all concerned about time?” Can we actually reverse the position and say “I can just go anywhere in time?” That’s why [I chose] archeology. Archeology is one of those disciplines that allows me to decide where to go in time and place. You’ve done work in Peru — what is it that drew you there? I was actually originally interested in central Asia — that’s what I was studying until my junior year when I was studying at Cornell. A new professor came in, a very well known scholar, and I took his seminar. Even though it was a graduate seminar, I was allowed to go in and he was a very charismatic person. He was a specialist of the Inca Empire. What he presented really fascinated me to the point where I said, “that’s what I want to study,” and not pursue the central Asian prehistory or archeology. So, from the junior year of my undergraduate
studies, I began focusing on the Andean area. Of course to study [the Andean area], Peru is the large complex to go. I wanted to get to Peru to seek some research opportunity, and in fact, that’s what happened. From the first year of graduate school, that’s what I’ve been doing for the last almost 40 years, I guess. I’ve spent a ton, at my last count, 23 or 24 seasons of fieldwork, and that would last anywhere from 12 months to one month. What interesting things have you found in your work in Peru? Well, probably looking back all those years, I think that most people would say the things that I’ve done that I’ve contributed to the broader view of the study. One is the discovery and investigation into the technology of metallurgy, ancient metallurgy in the Andes. We have excavated workshops that revealed how the metals were smelted and worked for the
first time, and I continue to investigate the ancient metallurgy. I’ve given lectures to various parts of the world and been involved in various exhibits featuring metallurgical technology. That’s one. Another one is the excavation of, let’s say, the “sumptuous” royal tombs. That got a lot of public attention. While investigation into metallurgical technology is a little more low-key, when you deal with royal tombs and many many gold objects and so on, it's inevitable that it gets a lot of attention. So, that's probably what I am known for, those two things. The reason why I excavate these tombs, is not that I am looking for sumptuous, impressive tombs, but I am using tombs and the way that people treat the dead, as a way of learning about the ancient beliefs, religious beliefs and how people treated the deceased in different ways depending on their social position or status and roles. What I am doing then is
Wednesday, august 30, 2017 excavating tombs, as a means for an end — the end being studying and reconstructing ancient beliefs and social organization. I know Machu Picchu particularly is one of those sites that people point to for the ancient astronaut theory. One, what do you think about the ancient astronaut theory and two, in your research, have you been able to disprove it? Let me answer your first question by saying that those individuals are promoting and presenting these ideas in programs featuring this ancient astronaut theory and extraterrestrial contact. They do a great deal of disservice to human beings as a whole because essentially they negate and dismiss our own originality and creativity — that we do things in a very creative and original way and that we can resolve so many difficult things. That is what archaeology has shown and, in a way, has disproven, by revealing how ingeniously, how originally, how creatively ancient people all over the world have dealt with challenges of all sorts. In the case of the famous Nazca desert markings, they have been drawn so large that people can see them flying in airplanes and so on. Well, the truth of the matter is, a decade of investigation by archaeologists utilizing satellite imagery and so on have shown that there are indeed thousands of markings — literally thousands. The Nazca area is where the largest number are concentrated, but it is by no means the only place. Furthermore, it has also shown but they were made in certain, limited time periods. We know now that initially, they were created relatively close to where people resided. In fact, they were created on sloped places, on hillsides. As they ran out of space, they began to put these drawings or markings farther and farther away and into flatter areas. We also know that this move away from the slopes coincided with environmental and climatic change. It coincided with the gradual drying of the whole area to the point of critical drought. So, we now know in order to see things in a flat area, they actually constructed platforms at one end of the markings that you only have to elevate yourself five feet, maybe as much as 10 feet, and you can pretty much see everything. Furthermore, we have seen from these platforms that they were also used for offerings, presumably to deities, and they all seem to be offerings related to water. in other words, it seemed to a large extent in response to the worsening drought. They were pleading for rain, for water, but the drought continued despite all the offerings and all the markings they created. People began moving away to the point where
Page 11 literally the whole area was deserted. All of that information exists, and I think it is quite convincing. The Peruvian government on at least two occasions has given you awards. What were they for? The first one was from [President Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique] of Peru, and it essentially recognizes my scientific contribution to Andean prehistory and Andean archaeology. It was really triggered by a series of excavations of royal tombs I conducted. After the excavations, we did a series of exhibits in Peru that created quite a sensation. The second one, later on, was by the Peruvian Congress. Congress passed a resolution to bestow an award on me. It was for a similar reason, for the enrichment of the knowledge of the Peruvian past and Heritage. How did that feel? It's very humbling — certainly I feel really tremendously honored. But I also felt something else from very early on in my career, and this is something you would not find if you searched for it. When I was a graduate student, I had an opportunity for two years to work with youth of your age, from somewhere around 17 to about 25-year-old Apache Indian fellows. As many as 25 of them were under my command to do work and I basically looked out for them. We lived together. During that time, I really came to learn the tremendous and difficult circumstances under which they lived. Not only is the reservation really awful, they have no opportunities, economic opportunities. This was in Arizona, and they were actually bussed away to Oklahoma or Arkansas. That's where they studied, completely detached from families. The point is, they have a very hard life and I worked with them and learned about their life. Archaeology, for them, is really alien. They had no interest in archaeology, so I would spend time teaching what archaeology is and what it is good for, and so on. I learned this fact: that any scientist or anybody in the academic world has to really recognize their role, their place in the broader society. It's our obligation to share knowledge. It is something I really learned as a young graduate student. I think they recognize what I was trying to do and they were really faithful to me. So, learning from that, when I arrived to Peru and every year I worked in Peru I made certain I did free public lectures. For local village people, I went to the local schools to give lectures. In fact, a local town of about 15,000 people have an annual festival celebrating their cultural heritage. Kindergarten and preschool children had a costume contest where they dressed up as the culture I study,
called Sicán warriors, princesses, princes and so on. I am oftentimes asked, when I am there, to serve as a judge. It’s good to see that sharing our knowledge, the insight and so on with the public. What classes do you teach here? Basically, I teach the whole array of courses in anthropology. Personally, each semester I try to offer one course at the undergraduate level and one course at the graduate level, mostly archeology-related. If a student was to come into your class, what could they expect from you as a professor? What is your teaching style or philosophy? I try to infuse my teaching with as much personal insight and information from my own research. I direct two international projects that incorporate nuclear physics to geology to botany and so on. I work cross-cutting different fields. So we are going to basically talk about my personal experience to pretty much every kind of analysis, methods and interpretive framework archeology uses today. I think it gives a personal touch and hopefully greater depth to my presentation. Every time I teach Introduction to Archeology, the comment I usually get is they find I am very knowledgeable because I bring in this personal experience and insight. That’s my style: try to give what you can’t get out of textbooks — the personal touch, so to speak. What would you advise to someone who is considering anthropology as a major? I’d like people to think of anthropology as a very comprehensive discipline that can actually serve
many purposes. People may think of anthropology as an exotic discipline that you don’t have much use for when looking for a job. The reality is it serves multiple purposes for anything from pre-med, studying the human body, to adaptation, where you learn about and appreciate the other cultures. That can even be within the U.S. because this is, after all, a very diverse mix of society. In many ways we are currently seeing all of these issues of different ethnicities and different racial groups and so on. Anthropology gives you a very valuable point of view of how to appreciate, how to study, how to communicate or interact with different societies. This is why the armed forces quietly have employed many anthropologists working in different countries. They have to learn about where they are going, and anthropologists are the very first people to go there. Archeologists can work anywhere from the museum setting to what is called “contract archeology,” which is to say they would be working with historical societies or various state and national agencies dealing with Indian groups, land management, et cetera. The U.S. Forest Service, for example, deals with cultural heritage, historical places that are found within the forest area. All of those are positions for anthropologists. It’s really quite versatile and flexible. Staff writer Joe McLaughlin can be reached at jmclaughlin@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @jmcl_de.
Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Professor of Anthropology Izumi Shimada, of Carbondale, holds a 3-D printed skull replica of a Peruvian nobleman Monday, at his office in Faner Hall. The replica skull was printed at the Tokyo Metro Police headquarters and then carefully painted by a team of archaeologists.
Page 12
Tuesday, augusT 30, 2017
Cutting Africana studies sets a ‘dangerous precedent’ AMELIA BLAKELY | @AmeilaBlakely
As Africana studies students, faculty and staff come to terms with the administration's recent decision to cut the program, many are taking it as a sign university leaders don't know what students want. “They are cutting things students care about — that they need and there’s a want for,” said Bethany Peppers, a junior from Urbana studying political science and Africana studies. “I see it as setting a dangerous precedent and starting down a slippery slope.” The undergraduate degree program is on the chopping block following Board of Trustees approval of the “Financial Sustainability Plan” in July. This plan would cut about $26 million from the university, including seven degree programs. The bachelor’s in Africana studies is one of these. Peppers said having classes about the history and culture of African-Americans and other Africans is especially important in today’s racial climate. “Being culturally competent is extremely important,” Peppers said. “Especially when you consider all the things that are affecting our students — there is so much hate and division, and a lot of it just miseducation and ignorance.” The decision to cut programs was “based on a significant history of low enrollment and substantially weaker comparative performance on other metrics,” according to the plan. Pamela Smoot, a clinical assistant professor in the department, said enrollment numbers shouldn’t be a major factor in the determination to axe a program. “Those can be improved,” Smoot said. “This is not the only department where the enrollment is low.” Father Joseph Brown, a professor in the department who has been at SIU since 1997, said university policy made the Africana studies enrollment numbers appear lower than they were. If a student does a double major, their second major is not accounted for in that department’s enrollment numbers, Brown said. When the decision to cut the department was made, Brown said the department’s viable majors were tallied at eight, but in reality, they had 26 students majoring in Africana Studies along with another program. “The data that they have utilized to justify the elimination proposal is suspect and does not hold up under scrutiny,” Brown said. “The proposed cuts are a deliberate misrepresentation of reality.” Brown said the Africana studies Department has consistently lacked institutional support.
Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena A banner stating "don't cut Africana Studies" sits outside the Student Center Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Students and alumni gathered outside the Student Center to protest the removal of the Africana Studies program from SIU.
When department was created in 2010, it had six teaching faculty, Brown said. Now it has three. “We have begged for replacements,” Brown said. “It’s obvious we are not institutionally supported to be able to do the job we are required to do. We don’t hire faculty, we request them.” Two university program reviews conducted in 2010 and 20112 found that the department needs seven to 12 faculty members to carry out its academic mission. No additional faculty have been hired since the reviews were carried out, Brown said. Brown said with the department being understaffed, it is nearly impossible for faculty members to take sabbaticals. He said these are crucial for research, building one’s portfolio and mental health. “It’s not because we don’t want to take time off,” Brown said. “There’s no one to replace us in the classroom.” Leonard Gadzekpo, an associate professor in the department, said cutting Africana Studies will be detrimental to students.
“It undercuts the intellectual development of students,” Gadzekpo said. “Given that we are living in a diverse society, it is important that the students at least have intellectual contact. Africana studies gives them that.” Students staged a demonstration Aug. 22 to protest the department being cut, but many faculty members and students were upset that the Africana studies department wasn’t contacted to participate. “Independent actions are wonderful but collaborative action is powerful," Brown said. “I know one thing about community organizing — you work on behalf of, not instead of … you learn what is important to them and you help them to do something.” Smoot echoed that sentiment. “My question is always: how many courses in Africana Studies have they taken?” Smoot said, referring to the protesters. “If the people protesting were actually taking the classes, then there wouldn’t be a problem of enrollment numbers.”
Tuesday, augusT 30, 2017
Page 13
Wednesday, September 6 at 7 p.m. SIU Student Center Ballroom B
LECTURE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Katherine Cramer is the director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service and a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work focuses on the way people in the United States make sense of politics and their place in it. She is known for her innovative approach to the study of public opinion, in which she invites herself into the conversations of groups of people to listen to the way they understand public affairs. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, Vox.com, USA Today, and the Guardian. She has spoken with people around the globe to share her insights on public opinion and prides herself on speaking frequently with groups of people who want to achieve justice and democracy for all.
Individuals with disabilities are welcomed. Call SIU Disability Support Services at 618/453-5738 to request accommodations.
Page 14
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Answers for Wednesday >>
Brought to you by:
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www. sudoku.org.uk
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Page 15 FOR RELEASE AUGUST 30, 2017
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
Today's Birthday (08/30/17). Reap an abundant harvest this year, and bring the bounty home. Try a new path with your health and fitness, leading to valuable philosophical or spiritual insights. Transitions and shifting circumstances next winter inspire and energize your work. Communication can work miracles. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Adventures flower with disciplined focus. Revelations and unexpected discoveries line the road. Follow your plan, but allow for deviations. Sate your curiosity.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- You and your partner are on the same page with financial priorities. Take action for shared goals. Consider unscheduled opportunities. Watch for synchronicity. Gemini (May 21June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Opposites attract. Collaborate for shared benefit. Draw upon hidden resources to keep the ball in play. Your practice is paying off. Forge ahead. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -Physical action gets results today. Keep practicing your moves. Disciplined efforts win unexpected reward. Put some great music on and go for it. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -Today is an 8 -- Now's the time to make your move. Someone looks especially fine. Show off what you've been practicing. Include the unexpected. Weave your magic. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -Domestic duties require action. Throw yourself into a project and the results are better than expected. Power on for home and family. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Get your message out. Edit it tightly first. Discipline with words and creative expression earns fabulous
results. Communications go further than expected. Scorpio (Oct. 23Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Profitable opportunities require sweat equity. Put your back into it! Cash flow increases with steady action. Physical magnetism is part of the fun. Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- You're growing stronger, and a personal dream beckons. Stick to triedand-true routines. Fitness practices yield outsize benefits. Physical action wins. Nurture yourself. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Peaceful productivity unfolds in private settings. Consider plans for upcoming adventures. Quiet your mind and meditate. Rely on your partner's strength. Organize for effective coordination. Aquarius (Jan. 20Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Participate with your community. Public events, parties and meetings provide powerful results. Keep practicing together. Disciplined teamwork pays off in a big way. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- The spotlight is on, and it's your turn to shine. Perform the moves you've been practicing, and smile. A professional goal is within reach.
ACROSS 1 Brigantine’s pair 6 Necklace globule 10 Touch gently 13 Sneezing sound 14 Grade for exceptional work 16 “Gross!” 17 Student’s allnighter 19 Links figure 20 Trek on a trail 21 Lots 22 Martini garnish 24 Keats’ “__ on Indolence” 25 Dessert with a caramelized top 27 Verbal 29 Former “Inside the NFL” host Dawson 30 Correctional 32 Issuer of bulls 35 Bridge support 39 Course of study that may include forensics 42 Trail 43 Sports figures 44 __ fit: tantrum 45 Tie-ending qtrs. 47 Boot 48 Like a mid-17th century English government 54 Letter after upsilon 57 “Spider-Man: Homecoming” actress Marisa 58 Je t’__: French “I love you” 59 Cookware material 60 Bygone U.K. record label 61 Car’s impactabsorbing structural feature 64 Suitable 65 Comic/writer/ activist Izzard 66 Solitary sort 67 Ed.’s acquisitions 68 Italian wine region 69 Latin clarifier DOWN 1 Virile 2 Bitterly pungent 3 Seal the deal
8/30/17
By Jacob Stulberg
4 Heavy reading? 5 Signal of distress 6 Moisten while roasting 7 __ salts 8 Dress named for a letter 9 Electronic music’s Daft Punk, e.g. 10 Dilation target 11 Tequila source 12 Red billiard ball 15 [Bo-ring!] 18 Rank between marquis and viscount 23 __ fringe: fanatical extremists 25 Colombian city 26 __ cheese 28 Make emphatically, as a point 30 Angel dust, for short 31 Significant stretch 32 Sketchbook, e.g. 33 __ Navy: discount retailer 34 Comfy lounging wear
Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved
©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
36 Like aggressive investments 37 IV units 38 “Listen up!” 40 Body part with a bridge 41 It’s just over a foot 46 __-baked potatoes 47 Film critic Pauline 48 Third-stringers
8/30/17 08/30/17
49 Escapades 50 Passes over 51 Praises highly 52 Maximum 53 Macao Science Center designer 55 Sharpens 56 Like noble gases 59 Polo maker that’s a Polo rival 62 Nutritional abbr. 63 Philanthropist Broad
Page 16
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Flaxseed, fowls, cancer SIU scientists research ways to help prevent ovarian cancer in women CORY RAY | @coryray_de
On one innocuous day in 2006, Dale Hales was in a Whole Foods grocery store and a lightbulb went off in his head; he had an idea about how to help prevent ovarian cancer in women, and he was going to need two things — chickens and flaxseed. Hales, a physiology professor, said he noticed something odd: there were eggs on the shelves with Omega 3's, which are not naturally abundant in chicken eggs. He set out to discover what the hens were fed to produce such eggs, and found it was flaxseed. It's been widely accepted in the scientific community since the early 2000s that inflammation is a precursor to identifying cancer, and since then, many scientists have began to study antiinflammatories — such as Omega 3's — as cancer prevention methods. Flaxseed is the richest vegetable source of Omega 3's, according to Hales. "I think the fact that we are empowered, that we could affect our chance of getting a disease by what we eat, I think that's a fantastic understanding," Hales said. Hens lay one to two eggs a day for two years, and many then develop ovarian cancer, Hales said. This process is known as ovulation, an event which wounds the ovary. The ovary then undergoes "a tear and
repair" cycle, and after many repetitions of inflammation, the ovary becomes susceptible to cancer. Hales said the "hen laying-egg" model more closely resembles human ovarian cancer than any other model, aside from the fact human females ovulate just once a month. Although many mice are used in scientific studies related to humans, Hale said he would have to engineer mice to get the cancer, whereas hens and human females naturally acquire it. According to the American Cancer Society, the five-year survival rate of ovarian cancer is 45 percent, and Hales said that rate is so low because in many cases, ovarian cancer is not detected until it is in its last stages. Hales said early detection is difficult because the early stages of the cancer have no visible symptoms. "I feel like the women feel like they're a ticking-bomb," he said. "So the women are highly motivated. If you could do something as simple as eating flaxseed to prevent you from getting ovarian cancer, why not?" Because the late stage is so prevalently observed, it has been the focus of more studies, and not many have been conducted about ovarian cancer's early stages, Hales said. For his research, Hales buys hens that have been used for about two years to lay
eggs. He said around that time, about 50 percent develop ovarian cancer. He puts some of those hens on a diet consisting of flaxseed and others on a diet consisting of corn or other feed. The latter hens are used as a control group, or a group that should replicate the high incidence of cancer naturally. About 25 percent of the hens in each group had ovarian cancer, Hales said. The chickens fed flaxseed were only in the early stages of cancer, while the group fed corn were experiencing the late stages of cancer. During the initial readings of these results, Hales and a graduate student of his at the time discovered a beneficial curveball: it wasn't just the Omega 3's in flaxseed acting an antiinflammatory, there was also another component called lignin contributing to prevention of the cancer. Lignin metabolizes estrogen into a compound that kills cancer cells, Hales said. In 2015, nine years after Hales' initial trip to Whole Foods, clinical trials began at the SIU Medical School in Springfield. Today, collaborators at the medical school issue flaxseed to women in ovarian cancer remission, and those women each must have a specific portion of flax each day. Hales said one woman who has been 80 percent compliant in taking the flaxseed has been in remission for 27
Wednesday, august 30, 2017 months now, a result he finds significant because the cancer usually recurs after 16 to 18 months in 75 percent of women. Clinical trials are now set to be expanded to the University of Southern Alabama at Mobile, and Hales said with that extra resource, trials can increase from the smaller number of patients they have in Springfield to hundreds. His research has seen some obstacles along the way. Hales applied for federal funding but was denied the grant until he provides data using placebos, or women who would be be told they were being fed flax to cure cancer while in reality they are fed a non-working substance, similar to the study where some chickens were fed corn. "I personally am a little bit conflicted about this," Hales said. "Because we have something that we are pretty sure will prevent the disease from reoccurring, but we don't give it to them?" Hales said it could breech an ethics question to give women in remission false hope. "By now, there are millions of women unfortunately who have had ovarian cancer," he said. "On average, we know how long it takes to recur, so we think if we give them a treatment that exceeds that recurrence rate, then that would indicate that it's doing something." One of the projects in his lab is to identity early detection markers of ovarian cancer. "We're able to target our therapy at prevention," Hales said. "I believe that the cure for cancer is prevention." Hales and researchers have discovered four different biomarkers that have mostly been able to be replicated in clinical studies. Kara Starkweather, a senior from Springfield studying physiology with a pre-med route, has been working in Hales' lab since Jan. 2015, when she was a freshman. "Coming to SIU, everybody talked about research," she said. "Timidly, I walked in [to Hales lab] not knowing what I was getting myself into, but I just fit right in." It was a busy first week in the lab for Starkweather, who said she and the rest of Hales' team went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to
Page 17
Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko Senior physiology major Kara Starkweather, left, prepares to split some cells under the supervision of Professor of Physiology Dr. Buck Hales in a Life Sciences II lab Friday in Carbondale. The duo is using hens, which ovulate similarly to women, to research flaxseed as a dietary intervention in preventing ovarian cancer. “We understand that the major cause of ovarian cancer is the inflammation associated with ovulation,” said Hales. “Our goal is to turn ovarian cancer into a disease that women can live with instead of die from.”
perform autopsies on 800 chickens. Since then, Starkweather has begun to study cancerous human cells from ovaries and even received a grant from the Simmons Cancer Institute to continue her research. "Most students at larger universities won't get the opportunity to work at the bench and do these experiments," she said. "They may read about them, but there's nothing better than to learn it at the bench-top." Starkweather said she is studying to become on oncologist and is planning to attend the SIU School of Medicine in the fall of 2018. She said she has considered continuing her research with the study in the clinical trials in Springfield.
Senior physiology major Kara Starkweather, left, prepares to split some cells under the supervision of Professor of Physiology Dr. Buck Hales in a Life Sciences II lab Friday in Carbondale. The duo is using hens, which ovulate similarly to women, to research flaxseed as a dietary intervention in preventing ovarian cancer. R YAN M ICHALESKO @ PHOTOSBYLESKO
Page 18
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99 Meade Smith, 8, of Carterville, runs for a touchdown between freshman wide receiver Sam Thompson, left, and freshman wide receiver Charles Benton Thursday, during Fan Fest at Saluki Stadium.
Fans, Saluki football hit the field at the seventh annual Fan Fest JACOB SELSOR | @jacobselsor_DE current employee said. “The football
Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99 Karsen Hexamer, 6, of DeSoto, throws a football to his father Thursday, during Fan Fest at Saluki Stadium. “I like baseball better,” Hexamer said. “I would be rather be a catcher for the Cardinals.”
players have been great. They’re very The SIU Football team, cheerleaders energetic.” and Saluki Shakers took part in the seventh annual Saluki Fan Fest Thursday night at Saluki Stadium, “It's great to be out giving hundreds of fans in attendance here with all the kids a chance to hit the field just a couple weeks before the official start of the and watch them have 2017 season. a great time.” The fest hosted activities of all sorts for younger fans, including a bounce -Austin Olsen house, free ice cream, a Lego building senior offensive lineman station and chances to get autographs while participating in field drills with Saluki players. Many of the players threw footballs to With the help of Saluki players, the kids and lead tackling drills into foam many young fans in attendance took pads. the opportunity to suit up in game “It’s great to be out here with all the pads, helmets and jerseys — hoping kids and watch them have a great time,” that in the future they can do so as a senior offensive lineman Austin Olsen member of the Southern football team. said. “I’m having an awesome time too.” “We’ve had a great time,” Lynn Saluki coach John Van Dam, in his Moore, a 2009 SIU graduate and second season as offensive coordinator,
voiced high praise for the event. “It’s great,” he said. “Hopefully we can continue to keep this going on. It’s good to see people happy to be out here.” Coach Van Dam noted that the fans who attended the fest made it apparent they are looking forward to a winning season from the Salukis after the team's strong finish in 2016. He said is looking forward to showing the fans how the team has kept the momentum and is moving in the right direction. “Definitely a lot of excitement for the team and its fans,” Van Dam said. “Now we gotta go out and do it.” SIU's home-opener is on Sept. 9 at Saluki Stadium against nonconference opponent Mississippi Valley State. Kickoff for the ‘Maroon Out’ game is scheduled for 6:00 p.m., with a fireworks show following completion to cap off the night.
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Page 19
Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99 Kane Stephens, 7, of Christopher, pushes freshman wide receiver E’Mare Hogan out of the way Thursday, during Fan Fest at Saluki Stadium.
Page 20
Rehab Unlimited
Wednesday, august 30, 2017
Rehab Unlimited strives to provide consistent, compassionate care to SIU community members.
Carbondale A service of Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Common Services Offered: • Orthopedic Rehabilitation • Sports Medicine • WORKready • Stroke Rehabilitation • Vestibular Rehabilitation • Aquatic Therapy • Speech Therapy
Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy An alliance between the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Southern Illinois Healthcare gives southern Illinoisans access to the same rehabilitation care that earned AbilityLab the ranking of “Best Rehabilitation Hospital in America” by U.S. News and World Report every year since 1991.
Be a part of our online community! Find us on Facebook at SIH Rehabilitation.
Questions? Call 618.549.0721 305 W Jackson Street Carbondale, IL 62901 Providing rehabilitation services in partnership with the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Hours 8:00 am – 5:30 pm 2017©