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Photo credit for the front cover: Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz A protestor holds two upside-down American flags with "No Justice, No Peace" written on them Saturday in St. Louis. The protests occured a day after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty in the fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith.

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New library hours frustrate campus community FRANCOIS GATIMU | @frankDE28

For some on campus, Morris Library’s new hours have caused a bit of inconvenience.

In March, the university announced that due to financial constraints, $400,000 would be cut from the library’s budget. This has resulted in reduced hours, including the main building being closed on Saturdays.

“It’s not pleasant not being able to be inside, or to study somewhere where it’s not quiet,” said Nicholas Sanislo, a graduate student studying psychology who was one of many doing homework outside the library on Saturday morning.

Sanislo said Saturday is his designated “catch-up” day, and having to study outside has made it harder for him to absorb his lessons.

“I am learning a lot of new information,” he said. “I’ve never been exposed to this information before and so I have to cut out the distractions and focus on this one thing.”

The library is also offering shorter hours on weekdays, staying open from 7:30 a.m. to midnight on weekdays and 1 p.m. to midnight on Sundays.

Susan Tulis, the library’s associate dean for information services, said these changes were the best case scenario after lengthy deliberations with library administration as they tried to come up with a way to create minimal inconveniences for students.

Though the main building remains closed on Saturday, Tulis said as a compromise, the library decided to keep the coffee shop common area near the main entrance open from noon to 4 p.m.

Still, Sanislo said the changes are frustrating.

“They are treating the university purely like a business,” Sanislo said.

Tulis said Saturday was the day chosen to be closed because it has relatively lower student turnout compared to Sunday.

“We sought every avenue to ensure the least amount of disruption for students,” Tulis said.

Much of the backlash, Tulis said, has come from people unaware of the changes who come to campus on Saturdays with the intention of using the library only to find it closed.

She said the situation is not ideal for anyone.

“We’re just as unhappy as the students,” Tulis said, “We had to make tradeoffs with the recent budget cuts.”

Dominique Johnson, a library affairs graduate assistant who works the Saturday shift at the library coffee shop, said she has received a lot of backlash from non-student patrons.

“A professor or guest might walk in looking for a quiet place to study only to find the main building closed,” Johnson said. “They’re really frustrated, especially if they drove a long way to get here.”

Johnson said the frustrations over shortened library hours have been unduly directed toward library staff, as they had to make do with the budget cuts they were dealt.

The shortened library hours have caused some to question the university’s dedication to research, leading some like Jason Cramer, a junior from Anderson, Indiana studying architecture, to label the decision “hypocritical.”

“If you’re going to cut crucial library hours, you might as well not call yourself a research institution,” Cramer said. “I do understand that some programs don’t make money as others do, but university cuts

should go beyond just surveys.

Cuts should incorporate a deeper understanding of their effects on students.”

Many students are now relegated to using the tables outside the library before the coffee area opens on Saturdays at noon.

Bill McGraw, a retired businessman from Chicago and 1969 alumnus, currently serves on the Board of Directors at the SIU Foundation.

McGraw is a “Friend of Morris Library,” an organization dedicated to the promotion and support of the library. He arrived Saturday morning only to find the library doors closed.

“We were horrified when we walked in and it was closed,” McGraw said. “We didn’t expect it.”

Bill McGraw and his wife Gale, who are also university donors, had come down from Chicago for their regular board meeting on campus.

“We thought it was sacrilege,” Gale McGraw said in reference to the library’s new hours. “If nothing else is open, that should at least be open because that’s where students learn.”

As a psychology student who studies cognitive brain science, Sanislo said the library changes could have a major impact on students accustomed to studying in the library.

“If you’ve been coming here and sitting in the same chair on the same floor, this can really affect your study habits,” Sanislo said. “It gets scary when they normalize placing less priority to things such as the library that are pivotal to education.”

Staff writer Francois Gatimu can be reached on Twitter at @frankDE28 or at fgatimu@dailyegyptian.com

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Students studying bioluminescent squid to understand immune system CORY RAY | @coryray_de

Hunting for glow-in-the-dark squid in the middle of the night on the coast of Hawaii might not be how most students on campus spent their summers, but for some

microbiology students it was a chance to further their research.

Kate Shields, a senior from Vandalia studying microbiology, spent 10 days this summer on the beaches of Oahu searching for the Hawaiian bobtail squid, which at

its largest is about three inches long.

"I was on a plane for roughly 14, 15 hours," Shields said. "Then we went squidding that night. It was crazy."

The species of squid is unique because it forms a symbiotic relationship with a bioluminescent

bacteria that mimics the moonlight, but the light is so dim that human eyes can't register it.

However, microbiology professor Bethany Rader said predators can see them, and the squid use the bacteria to mask a

faint shadow cast by moonlight.

By pointing a special organ filled with  light-producing bacteria toward the ocean floor, the nocturnal squid are able to mask their shadow and hide from potential threats.

"Squiding is really an abstract thing to think about until you do it. You go out in your poncho and a pair of swim tights or leggings and swim shoes. You have a head lamp, you have a flashlight in one hand and a net you're dragging over your waist. " - Kate Shields senior

Wednesday, september 20, 2017 Shields said she and masters microbiology student Katie Melton would go out each night anywhere between dusk and dawn and would wade in the water, hunting for squid.

"Squiding is really an abstract thing to think about until you do it," Shields said. "You go out in your poncho and a pair of swim tights or leggings and swim shoes.

You have a head lamp, you have a flashlight in one hand and a net you're dragging over your waist. " After hours of searching for squid, the pair would find one and scoop it up in the net. Over the course of their time in Hawaii, they found 16 squid.

But Shields said she thinks the squid move offshore in the summer, because an outing in the winter season yielded around 64 squid.

While the lab doesn't have any squid right now, Rader said she is planning another catch around November.

The squid live for around three to four months in the lab, and though Rader said they have not raised any offspring bred in the lab, she wants to try.

Shields' research involves involves a two-step process: first where she mutates and studies bacteria and then she inserts that bacteria into the squids' light organs.

Shields said the process of creating a mutant bacterium took around seven months.

"We use mutants to see how they react against wild type, which

is something that acts as it is in nature," she said. "If we want to see what a certain protein does or what the absence of a certain protein does, we make a mutant where we kick out that protein so everything about that cell is exactly the same as the wild type cell in nature except for one thing."

The squid are born without the bacteria, but upon hatching, the bacteria colonize in the squid's light organ for the rest of their life. Rader said the squid "sneeze" every morning and expel around 95 percent of the bacteria, which will build back up by night.

Rader, who has been studying the squid since 2007, said the bacteriasquid relationship can be useful in understanding how humans form relationships with many bacteria, most commonly found in the gut.

According the Nature, there are about as many bacterial cells as there are human cells in the body, which can make for a lot of interactions. Rader said the Hawaiian bobtail squid model is one of the easiest to study because it's a simple relationship with only one species of bacteria.

"The better we understand how we form these beneficial relationships with these bacteria, the easier it's going to be to prevent opportunistic infections," Shields said.

Inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis commonly infect

page 5 the intestinal tract. Rader said there's also been evidence gut bacteria can lead to Type II diabetes and obesity.

Since her research at SIU began, Rader has expanded the project with psychology Professor Michael Hylin, who studies traumatic brain injury by using rats.

"With our squid model, we're asking how do these things happen," Rader said. "With our rat model, we're asking, 'Can we utilize that knowledge to the betterment of humanity?'"

The two are trying to use a certain gut bacterium called Lactobacillus to treat brain injuries.

"What's really exciting is when we give these animals Lactobacillus, it decreases the inflammation in the brain at the injury site," Rader said.

Shields, who has been working with Rader since her freshman year, said she has been with the project since it began at SIU, and by the time she graduates in May, she hopes to cap her research by publishing her findings on the mutants.

"I got really lucky because it was Dr. Rader's first semester as it was my first semester," she said.

"Getting to see this project come from nothing into something has been incredible."

Staff writer Cory Ray can be reached at cray@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter @coryray_de.

Law school dean steps down DAILY EGYPTIAN CAMPUS DESK

Cynthia Fountaine, dean of the School of Law, is stepping down from her position effective Sept. 15.

She has occupied the role since 2010.

The position will be filled temporarily by Christopher Behan, an associate dean at the law school.

Behan will serve as acting dean until the search for an interim dean is completed “in accordance with the school’s operating paper,” according

to a university news release.

“Associate Dean Behan's leadership and knowledge of the school will serve him well in this new role,” Chancellor Carlo Montemagno said in the release.

Montemagno said the national search for a permanent dean will begin later this semester.

Behan, who has been at the law school since 2006, previously served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Army and an associate

professor at his alma mater, the Judge Advocate General’s School in Charlottesville, VA. Behan earned his undergraduate degree in English and his juris doctorate from Brigham Young University, as well as a master of law degree from the Judge Advocate General’s School.

The Daily Egyptian’s campus desk can be reached at 618-536-3397 or editor@dailyegyptian.com.

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Touch of Nature to begin second year of community trail-building event ISABELLE ROGERS | @isabellarogers

When Steve Gariepy first started working at Touch of Nature four years ago, the grounds had no trails.

Gariepy, who serves as the environmental education program coordinator, said he had to take school groups to Giant City State Park to hike rather than staying on the 3,100 acres the environmental center owns.

Inspired by this, Gariepy said he decided to initiate Trail Stewardship Days last year. These allow students and community members to come to Touch of Nature to help build a 12-mile stretch of trails in exchange for volunteer hours.

This year’s Trail Stewardship Days will go from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. every Sunday starting Sept. 29 through Nov. 19.

leaders go over safety precautions, how to use equipment and tools and how to walk on the trail.

Training is followed by a fifteen minute hike out to the trail, where volunteers work for about an hour, take a break and work for another hour, Coyce said.

Gariepy said he likes to lead a group meditation during the break, adding that every guide prefers something different.

“I like to just encourage lively conversation,” Coyce said. “That’s my favorite. Or I like to tell everyone to shut up sometimes and just see how many things you can hear. There’s a lot of sounds out there, but none of them are from people.”

Eventually, Gariepy said the center has much bigger goals than just building trails on Touch of Nature grounds — they want to connect their trail to a trail that stretches from coast to coast.

“I really just love that the students and the community members are... part of something bigger.”

- Steve Gariepy environmental education program coordinator

Volunteers will first receive training, which the center calls “ground school.” Logan Coyce, an environmental educator and sophomore studying horticulture, said during these sessions the trail

The center owns a plot of land behind Crab Orchard Wilderness Area that connects to the River to River Trail, a path that links the Mississippi River to the Ohio River, Gariepy said.

Ideally, hikers should be able to follow Touch of Nature’s trail onto Crab Orchard and Giant City property, where the River to River trail is located. Gariepy said from there, hikers will be able follow the River to River trail to connect to the coast-to-coast Transcontinental American Discovery Trail.

“I really just love that the students and the community members are … part of something bigger,” Gariepy said.

Student volunteers that work on the trail through Registered Student Organizations get the chance to camp at Touch of Nature for free, Gariepy said.

RSO members can come camp free-of-charge the night before their Trail Stewardship Day shift, and trail guides meet them at the campsite the next day to guide the trail building, he said.

Anyone interested in volunteering can sign up by calling the center or visiting the Touch of Nature website. Gariepy said everyone is welcome.

Coyce said anyone who wants to participate will be able to get something out of it.

“Digging a trail has a pretty permanent impact on the landscape,” Coyce said. “So that 10-foot section that they dug is going to be there throughout the time that they’re at this university and probably until they have their kids coming here. At any point, they can go back out on that trail and say, ‘Hey, I dug this.’”

Staff writer Isabelle Rogers can be reached at irogers@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @isabellarogers.

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Column: SIU students need to get political The year was 1970, and all hell had broken loose at Southern Illinois University Carbondale as thousands of heavily armed police and guardsmen swarmed the city to quash a student uprising.

The rebellion was in response to injustice at home and abroad.

The anti-Vietnam War movement was at its peak when the National Guard opened fire on the students of Kent State University in Ohio, murdering four students on May 4.

This, coupled with the presence of the newly-opened and highly controversial Center for Vietnamese Studies on campus had our student body furious.

For Carbondale, the days following the massacre came to be known as the Seven Days in May, because for a whole week the students of SIU raged against the machine that was sending young American men around the world to fight an inhumane war.

That week, the students of SIU hit the streets in demonstrations of all shapes and sizes.

One of the biggest was a march of several thousand students from Morris Library to the intersection of Route 13 and Route 51, which they occupied until the National Guard indiscriminately lobbed copious amounts of tear gas, inciting a riot.

In response to the unrest, the chancellor and mayor issued a joint curfew forbidding students from walking their own streets after 7:30 pm.

People’s houses — particularly those of dissidents — were being broken into left and right by police in warrantless raids, and any on-campus gathering of over 25 students was outlawed.

The disorder culminated in an unprecedented move by the Board of Trustees.

On May 12, they closed the university indefinitely.

This may sound like something out of a dystopian fiction novel, but this is a part of our local history.

The heavy-hitting philosopher Friedrich Hegel said that we need to study history in order to go back in time to rescue things that have

gone missing.

The problem lies with the fact that this history is being kept from us.

So many SIU students will never be taught these facts. But by relearning this history, we can begin to learn from it.

Why did or didn’t the tactics of the student movement succeed?

Will those same tactics, if employed today, yield similar results or are new strategies needed? What would a successful student movement look like in 2017?

It’s not like mass demonstrations and social movements have disappeared from the political landscape or anything. One needs only to look two hours east, to the protests in St. Louis over the past week.

However, the depoliticization of the college campus is a very real threat to the betterment of society.

Universities are supposed to be hotbeds of political activity, places where the brightest young minds can challenge the status quo and its dangerous assumptions, where

they can build networks to solve the pressing issues facing humanity and the planet.

Unfortunately, the federal restructuring of the university into an elaborate debt machine has made us docile, with the looming threat of loan repayment keeping us all in line.

Nowadays, older folk love to call millennials apathetic. Apathy, however, is one of the most reasonable responses to contemporary society.

Everything sucks and we all feel powerless in our ability to change it.

The good news is that there are more than enough of us who want to make the world a better place to actually accomplish it. There are so many ethical and passionate college students and townsfolk in Carbondale who want to change our community for the better.

Of course, the question becomes “How do we do that?”

For starters, we need to pick sides and get organized, stay educated on national and global social movements without becoming lost in the endless

news cycle and finally, just show up.

No doubt there will be protests happening all around us for the rest of our lives. Join one or, even better, start one.

The trick is to take action for whatever cause you want in whichever way you find appropriate.

Today, just as the '70s, there will be people who vehemently disagree with us on our march towards justice.

That’s OK — ignore them.

Because if we don’t resist the exponentially increasing violence, exploitation and oppression of the modern world, things will only get worse.

And ain’t nobody got time for that.

Student Trustee Sam Beard can be reached at samuelrobert@siu.edu or by phone at (618)-453-8418. His office is located in the Registered Student Organization Suite on the third floor of the Student Center and his office hours are Mondays/Wednesdays: 11 a.m. – 12:50 p.m., Thursdays: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., or by appointment..

Letter to the editor: Eliminating Africana studies is eliminating SIU's history Southern Illinois University, home of the Salukis, cannot get rid of Africana studies, for its core spirit culture is based on an African culture.

Have you ever been to the basement of the Student Center, Saluki Stadium or Grinnell Hall?

These places feature significant symbols in ancient Egyptian culture, like hieroglyphics, to house student activities and promote student engagement.

We are the home of the Salukis — we hold Africa close to the Saluki spirit of student engagement. Every day the school references an ancient African culture; how can university administration not care if students

are knowledgeable of what it means to be a Saluki in the context of the university’s own history?

Salukis are royal and proud, and I certainly would hope SIU is proud of what it represents.

King Tut, a saluki dog, was SIU’s patron mascot for many years, and after his death he was buried like Egyptian royalty under his own pyramid in front of the Saluki Stadium, where many students recognize his importance to this campus.

SIU wants its students to be unified as one, as Salukis, together and strong. Eliminating Africana studies can't be an actual option to save SIU from sinking. By eliminating it, we

would be eliminating the history of our own Saluki culture.

If salukis are just a symbol, then are we any better than the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which went through changing their mascot because it was disrespectful to the actual culture it represented?

On the other hand, perhaps SIU also values its student population as well, because many have also shown interest in its majors and courses. But it has been reported that advisors are the ones telling students to stay away from a sinking department.

If Africana studies is sinking, so is our school spirit, and a needed academic unit for SIU. SIU should not take

something students want and need.

Let's take a look at things that we should never consider doing because the value of education at SIU is very important to the administration and students.

SIU should not get rid of the Africana studies department for its value to education and to the university's core spirit culture. SIU administration should never reject town halls with the chancellor for students to voice concerns of the campus because students pay bills around here and student input is important to the administration.

SIU administration should never minimize faculty and student

concerns. SIU should never make ANYONE feel unwelcome.

These things should not have happened in our past and should not happen in our future.

SIU is using Egyptian culture to represent what makes us great. WE ARE SALUKI STRONG. We are fighters and we will not give up. But if the university eliminates Africana studies, it has given up on education, students and itself because without Africana, there is no Southern Illinois University, home of the SALUKIS. Marissa Jackson is a senior from Urbana-Champaign studying Africana studies.

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Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz English and creative writing professor Pinckney Benedict works with students during a beginning fiction class Tuesday at his classroom in Faner Hall.

From farm to fable Pinckney Benedict's journey from Appalachia to academia, authorship JOE MCLAUGHLIN | @jmcl_de

Though he grew up on a dairy farm in West Virginia, Pinckney Benedict always knew the family business was not in his future.

“Everybody was delighted when I decided I was going to be a writer and an academic,” said Benedict, a professor in the English department.

“I was a hellishly bad farmer.”

He said his interest in writing was sparked by something simple: when he was a kid, there just wasn’t much to do.

“When I was growing up in the 70s, we basically got two and a half channels of television,” Benedict said. “So all there was for me was reading and imagination. If we went to a movie three times a year, I’d be astonished.”

Still, Benedict said he was always

left wanting more when he was through with a book.

“I’d read a book and I’d love it, but then the book was over,” Benedict said. “So I just sort of imagined what would happen next.”

Benedict said he eventually started coming up with new worlds inside his head and putting them down on paper.

His stories feature ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, Benedict said.

So far he has written four books of fiction, three collections of short stories, a novel and the screenplay for the feature film “Four Days.”

Benedict has also received numerous awards for his work, including a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Chicago Tribune’s Nelson

Algren Award.

One of his short stories, “Miracle Boy,” served as the basis for the critically-acclaimed short film of the same name.

Award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates was another early influence on Benedict’s work. Oates served as a mentor and tutor for Benedict during his time as an undergraduate at Princeton College in 1986.

Though he said the training he received at Princeton was invaluable, the environment was something of a culture shock for the rural transplant.

“The people around me were people like Jeff Bezos, who is now one of the five richest men in the world, [Prince] Kyril of Saxe-Coburg, Brooke Shields was in the class just below mine,” Benedict said. “It was a star-studded world and I was not

Wednesday, september 20, 2017 from a star-studded world.”

After he received his bachelor’s degree, his next stop was the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1988. It was during his second year in Iowa City that Benedict found himself in front of a class as a teaching writing fellow.

Though Benedict said he previously always saw himself as an author, not a teacher, he had a revelation in his new role. “[Teaching] is a great thing to do in addition to my own writing,” he said. “Now, of course, teaching is the center of my professional life.”

In his 30 years as a professor, Benedict has taught students at Ohio State, Davidson University, Princeton and, for the past 11 years, SIU. Throughout his teaching career, Benedict said he has developed a simple outlook on writing: there is no philosophy, only the truth.

“All I try to do is tell people the truth about their writing,” Benedict said.

His Beginning Fiction class is R-rated, he said. Benedict said he expects students to deal with mature themes because they’re adults.

“I know that our society treats people that come to college like they are children,” he said. “I don’t understand that … Everybody’s there by choice, nobody has to be there.”

Though Benedict doesn’t insert violence, sex and profanity into his lesson plans just for the sake of it, he said literature often naturally contains these themes.

“With any luck, that subject matter in the service of good art,” Benedict said. “It’s a grown-up class and we are going to deal with grownup material and grown-up subject matter and grown-up themes.”

Benedict said students in his classes learn that the subject matter itself is of little importance — the goal is just to make good art. As a professor, Benedict said he tries to be as truthful as possible when looking over a student’s work.

“Leave your ego at the door, as

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Dylan Nelson | @Dylan_Nelson99 English and creative writing professor Pinckney Benedict leads an exercise with his students during a beginning fiction class Tuesday at his classroom in Faner Hall.

much as that’s possible,” Benedict said.

The project consuming most of Benedict’s time outside of the classroom concerns the future of storytelling — virtual and augmented realities.

Benedict said this growing

technology is a new medium for both writers and readers that can allow them to experience new things and environments from the comfort of their own homes.

“You can go to Tokyo or you can go to the Grand Canyon,” Benedict said. “For a writer, think of how

useful that tool is. When I want to write about home, Greenbrier Valley, I can’t go there physically, but I’ll just go and be there virtually.”

The idea, Benedict said, is to use the technology to immerse the reader into the story.

“This is going to be where new

literature is made,” he said. “This is going to be as big as film, this is going to be as big as gaming. This is how we are going to tell stories.”

Staff writer Joe McLaughlin can be reached on Twitter @jmcl_de or jmclaughlin@dailyegyptian.com

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Local animal shelters taking in animals displaced by hurricanes TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_

In the clamor to escape the hurricanes that recently battered the United States and Caribbean Islands, four-legged storm victims were often left behind.

Some southern Illinois shelters have kept these forgotten pets in mind and taken it upon themselves to rescue the animals left stranded

by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Christin King, event coordinator at St. Francis CARE Animal Shelter in Murphysboro, said St. Francis rescued animals from a shelter in Houston using a transport bus with built-in kennels.

King said by taking in animals from Houston, the local shelter was able to take in more animals displaced by the hurricane flooding.

St. Francis, along with Midwest Animal Rescue, transported 55 dogs and cats from Houston, with St. Francis taking in 37 of them, King said.

“We actually just kind of make room for these animals,” King said.

“We just set up more temporary kennels for them, and just kind of worked around the fact that we were already full.”

She said they haven’t had any issues getting the dogs adopted.

“We’ve already adopted eight dogs that came back with us from Houston,” King said.

She said animals easily get overlooked during natural disasters.

“Obviously the people are very important, but the animals are important as well since they can’t help themselves,” King said. “We just wanted to show support from the southern Illinois community.”

She said shelter workers asked the community for donations to take to the shelters in Texas and they were very proud of the response. They were able to take dog food, cleaning

Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE Assistant director of conference and scheduling services Sarah VanVooren of Carbondale, holds Jaz’s face, a 3-year- old rescue from Wright-Way Rescue, Saturday at the Murdale Shopping Center farmer’s market. “We have a dog at home that we adopted, and so we like checking out the puppies just in case we ever find one,” said VanVooren.

supplies and money, King said.

Wright-Way Rescue Shelter in Murphysboro also utilized outside help to make their efforts a success.

Christy Anderson, the shelter’s executive director and founder, said Watermark Ford of Marion donated a vehicle and gas to transport over fifty dogs they rescued from Texas.

Alaskan Airlines also offered reduced rates for flying the “Harvey Dogs,” she said.

“We’ve been able to do all of these things extremely efficiently, which is important so we can use each donated dollar to the fullest extent,” Anderson said.

Wright-Way is the largest rescue shelter in southern Illinois, with over 80 transfer partners throughout the Midwest. They save about 5,000 dogs and cats every year, Anderson said.

Anderson said prior to their trip to Texas to rescue animals, the shelter started soliciting foster homes outside of their normal base, and as a result it was able to welcome 50 new foster homes to its network.

“Housing them became possible through those efforts,” Anderson said. “Otherwise it probably would’ve become a problem.”

Every rescue needs to go through a two week quarantine to make sure any medical issues it could’ve been exposed to prior to being taken in have been addressed by veterinarians, Anderson said.

The animals that were rescued will become eligible for adoption this week, and Anderson said they don’t anticipate have any issues placing them into homes.

Wright-Way Rescue is currently on trip number four to rescue animals affected by Harvey, and Anderson said they also have plans to rescue dogs in Florida who were displaced by Hurricane Irma.

Anderson and King said the best way to help is through volunteering, adopting and donating to the shelters.

Staff writer Tierra Carpenter can be reached at tcarpenter@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @tierramc_.

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Law students holding gender and name change clinic AMELIA BLAKELY | @ameilablakely

Law students are hosting a workshop through Sept. 30 to assist adults and minors who have parental consent seeking to legally change their name and/or gender on their birth certificates.

The Transgender Name Change and Gender Marker project, which is in its second year and is held by the School of Law, provides free legal assistance for residents of Jackson and Williamson counties.

Simba Woodard, a transgender student who used the service last year, said the workshop gave him greater confidence about his identity.

Woodard, a senior from Nashville studying sociology and journalism, said he initially emailed the clinic to start the process in October of 2016, and he was able to officially change his name last April.

"As time goes on, it will become a bigger and bigger community of supportive people."

- Beth Malone project founder

If it weren’t for the clinic, Woodard said he would’ve had to wait a long time to change his name legally.

“It costs too much for a college student,” Woodard said. “It would’ve taken me years to get my legal name changed.”

Beth Malone, of Murphysboro, is a third-year law student and the founder of the project. Last October, Malone said the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance reached out to her about setting up the project. The alliance operates out of Chicago and holds a similar clinic in Cook County.

In August, the Birth Certificate Modernization Bill passed the Illinois General Assembly and was signed into law. This legislation allows

transgender people to change their gender markers without having to undergo surgery, a development Malone said is important because medical treatment to change gender is expensive and not everyone is medically able or willing to have surgery.

The bill also allowed the project to assist people who haven’t had gender reassignment surgery to change their genders legally, Malone said.

The clinic receives no funding, she said, and the law students and local attorneys are all volunteers. Law students who participate receive pro-bono credit, which is required for graduation, in addition to first-hand experience interviewing and representing clients, Malone said.

Though the legal assistance is free, the workshop doesn’t pay for the name-change court filing process, Malone said.

Malone said state law allows any individual filing a name or gender change case that fits the need-based financial requirements to have court fees waived.

If individuals do not qualify for the waiver, Jackson County Circuit Court name-change fees total $177 and the Williamson County Circuit Court filing fees are $215.

During the workshop’s inaugural semester in the spring of 2017, Malone said four clients were able to change their names. Three out of those four previously had trouble changing their name before they were able to get assisted by SIU law students, she said.

Interested applicants should send an email request to outlawtranslegal@gmail.com by Sept. 30.

Malone said volunteers will then work around clients’ schedules. In the spring, the court date is set for all the applicants to officially change their names or gender markers.

Even though the paperwork is something that can be done without a lawyer, Malone said the law students and local attorneys are able to provide both assistance and comfort to applicants throughout the process.

“In the transition process, everyone is in a different place,” Malone said. “It can be very painful.”

Malone said she has become close to the clients she helps.

“They are my clients and I will treat them as such,” Malone said. “But I’ve developed a kinship with them because they knew that I cared.”

Woodard said the clinic was welcoming and provided a family-like environment.

“The lawyers were so amazing,” Woodard said.

“They made us feel really comfortable.”

After a client’s name is officially changed in court, the student and local lawyers hold a rebirthing party at the Carbondale

Unitarian Fellowship to celebrate the birth of the client’s new identity and the end of the client’s “dead name.”

This year, the project organizers plan to invite previous clients to the rebirthing party.

“As time goes on, it will become a bigger and bigger community of supportive people,” Malone said.

Staff writer Amelia Blakely can be reached at ablakely@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @ameilablakely.

Jack Havemann | @_redgear_

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S TOC KLEY VERDICT:

'NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE'

A protest organizer directs the flow of traffic Saturday in St. Louis. The protests come the day after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty in the fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith.

P Nick Cannon, TV personality and former husband of Mariah Carey, left, marches alongside of hundreds of protesters Saturday on the Delmar Loop in St. Louis.

Story and photos by: Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz

rotests erupted Friday in St. Louis after white former police officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty by a judge in the fatal shooting of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith.

Over the weekend, demonstrators gathered in various areas throughout St. Louis. Though protests were largely peaceful during daylight hours, every day as night fell the scene turned violent as police reported protesters vandalized area businesses and threw objects at officers.

Police responded by pepper-spraying the gathered crowds and arresting approximately 140 people from Friday to Tuesday night. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens deployed the National Guard into the streets of the city Thursday in anticipation of the verdict.

Monday night, demonstrators chanted “No justice, no peace, no racist police,” and police officers later

responded with “Whose streets? Our streets,” a chant commonly used by activists during the Ferguson protests in 2014.

Stockley shot Smith after a police chase in December 2011 over a suspected drug deal, according to court documents.

After a confrontation with Smith and a three-minute high speed chase, the pursuit ended when Smith drove into oncoming traffic and was hit from behind by a police car being driven by Stockley’s partner, Brian Bianchi.

Former St. Louis city alderman Antonio French said in court that he saw the officers approach the car and one fired four or five shots into it. Smith’s cause of death was a combination of the gunshots to the chest and internal bleeding, according to medical examiners.

Protests continued into their fifth day Tuesday.

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Candidate for Missouri's St. Louis-based 1st Congressional District, Cori Bush, center, protests alongside hundreds Saturday in St. Louis.

Hundreds of people protest the verdict of the Stockley case Saturday on the Delmar Loop in St. Louis.

A protester open carries a weapon while marching down the Delmar Loop Saturday in St. Louis. The protests come the day after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty in the fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith.

A woman grimaces as fellow protesters help her stretch her leg after allegedly being hit with a vehicle while protesting Saturday in St. Louis.

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Local businesses feel effects of SIU's low enrollment university officials.

Local businesses are starting to feel the effects.

Following a decades-long enrollment decline, “This past year has probably been one of the SIU’s student population this year decreased by worst we’ve seen in years,” said Rick Reeve, nearly nine percent from last fall, according to the owner of Shawnee Trails Outfitters. “This GABBY PETTYJOHN | @gpettyjophn98

LOW ENROLLMENT AND LOCAL BUSINESSES STUDENT ENROLLMENT DOWN 9% Less than 15,000 students currently enrolled, continuing a decade long trend.

LOCAL BUSINESSES SEE EFFECTS OF ENROLLMENT “It’s not just students -- with less enrollment comes fewer professors and other support staff. The impact adds up ... this summer was probably the worst we’ve seen it in the last ten years.”

- William Lo General Manager at New Kahala Josie Arnett | @JosieArnett

January was probably the worst January we’ve ever had.”

Reeve said his revenue has consistently dropped along with enrollment over the 36 years he has been in Carbondale.

“When you remove up to 9,000 students from your customer base, that’s huge,” Reeve said. “We have had at least a 25 percent decrease in gross sales.”

William Lo, the general manager at New Kahala, echoed his sentiment.

“We definitely have noticed a drop in revenue compared to the last few years,” Lo said. “It’s not just students — with less enrollment comes fewer professors and other support staff. The impact adds up … this summer was probably the worst we've seen it in the last ten years.”

Lo said when there are fewer people in Carbondale, local businesses are on their own.

“All the business owners are concerned about the drop in enrollment, it affects our ability to grow and function as a local business,” Lo said.

“We do not have the financial backing of a large corporation to wait out the effects of decreased enrollment.”

Some businesses owners attributed the steady enrollment decline to the city’s attempts to rein in Carbondale’s big party weekends like Unofficial Halloween. For 15 years, city officials placed restrictions on the weekend following violent riots and property damage in 2000.

The university also prepares for the weekend by restricting visitors in residence halls during Unofficial, Polar Bear and Solar Bear.

Business owners say this has diminished the party school draw of SIU. “SIU is a really good school, it’s a beautiful area, but it used to be known nationally as a good school to go to because of the social life,” said Mike Ricci, owner of Mike’s Music.

Lo said instead of trying to contain the parties, the university should focus on making them safer.

“College students will party regardless of what SIU says,” Lo said. “Why don’t we focus on letting them party safer and providing a better education? That will be the biggest draw.”

Ricci, who has run his business for 24 years, said

business was booming at the university’s peak.

“At its height, there were about 22,000 students in Carbondale,” Ricci said. “About ten percent would definitely come into the store.

Now there’s about 12,000 students on campus, and 10 percent of that number is a lot smaller of a number than 10 percent of 22,000.”

Bryan Woodrough, part-owner of Traxx bar, said if the university goes, local businesses will go with it.

“The college is the biggest boost for business in this town,” Woodrough said. “So anytime you see the numbers go down you have to get worried.”

Lo and Woodrough said the university and Carbondale need to work in conjunction to get SIU’s enrollment back up.

“You have to make an atmosphere for students to want to be here, and Carbondale doesn't really have much to offer, entertainment-wise,” Woodrough said.

Reeve said one of the best ways for SIU to increase enrollment would be creating stability within university administration.

“There is such a constant turnover of leadership that nothing can get accomplished,” Reeve said. “Those in positions of power should not treat their job as a stepping stone to something better, but should actually care about SIU and want to be here.”

Some local businesses have had to make changes to remain open despite the lack of customers.

“As students have started to leave we’ve had to shift to doing more online sales because of the lack of foot traffic coming into the store,” Ricci said.

Reeve said his store has cut down on both stock and employees, going from six workers to one.

“It sucks because if you don’t have something people are looking for they will be more likely to go online,” Reeve said. “Or they’ll go somewhere else that does have it.”

Staff writer Gabby Pettyjohn can be reached at gpettyjohn@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @gpettyjohn98.

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You pay $6 for legal assistance — what does that include?

JOE MCLAUGHLIN | @jmcl_de

Going to court is expensive.

Between hourly rates for legal assistance, retainers and court costs, charges could pile up to a couple thousand dollars before even stepping foot into a courtroom. For a student especially, that price tag could be hard to manage.

That’s where Students’ Legal Assistance comes in. Tucked into every student’s bursar bill is a $6 fee that gives them access to legal advice and representation on a number of legal issues.

The law office is on the fourth floor of the Student Services Building in room 493. Julian Watkins, an attorney on staff there, deals with the number one issue the office handles: city ordinance violations, especially drinking tickets.

“I actually go to court with them and represent them and do negotiations between them and the prosecutor to help resolve those issues,” Watkins said.

University lawyers can also help students with adoption matters and simple, uncontested divorces with no children, two issues Watkins also handles.

Students having landlord-tenant disputes can also get help from the law office.

“We want students to talk to us before they sign their lease,” said Lori Bryant, the director of the legal office. “We want students to bring us their lease before they sign it to allow us to read it so they know exactly what’s in there — no surprises later.”

Throughout the year, lawyers

on staff hold various workshops and presentations so students can learn their rights. One of these presentations advises students to start looking for apartments in the spring when there are more available.

such as parking tickets received on campus.

The office also endeavors to make students aware of the other consequences of violating ordinances, Bryant said.

“I actually go to court with them and represent them and do negotiations between them and the prosecutor to help resolve those issues.”

- Julian Watkins, university attorney

In the fall, Bryant holds another presentation called “Security Deposit Return: How to Get Your Money Back.”

“We do what’s called ‘Preventive Legal Education Workshops,’” Bryant said. “The idea is to inform of rights and responsibilities beforehand, so when they confront those issues they know how to act or they know what they can or cannot do.”

Workshops are often held for incoming students to raise awareness of the legal services they are able to access through the fees they pay.

Bryant said it is important to note that, while the $6 fee will provide a student with legal counseling and representation, students are required to pay any court related costs, such as filing court documents.

Some issues require outside representation, she said. These include student-versus-student cases and disputes against the university,

Bryant said if a student violates the law off-campus and the university finds out, it gets reported to the Office of Student’s Rights and Responsibilities. If that office finds the student’s actions break the student conduct code, the student could be disciplined.

“Students may not understand that once you get a ticket and go to court, that’s not the only impact you may have,” Bryant said. “SIU considers their students [to be] students wherever they are.”

Bryant said half the battle is making sure students know that legal assistance exists to help them.

“We try to let students know we’re here before they need us,” Bryant said.

More information about Students’ Legal assistance can be found at studentlegal.siu.edu.

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Undocumented students say other Illinois universities are being more supportive than SIU MARNIE LEONARD | @marsuzleo

Though the administration has begun to put supports in place for undocumented students affected by President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that shielded them from deportation, some say SIU is lagging behind other Illinois universities.

“Since the undocumented body of students is smaller [here], the urgency is lower,” said Martha Osornio, an undocumented student and a senior studying cinema and photography from Chicago. “Other universities are all doing workshops and things to help their larger populations of undocumented students."

There are 24 undergraduate and two graduate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients on campus, according to university officials.

The University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, with a fall enrollment that is over three times that of SIU’s, doesn’t keep a specific number of total undocumented students, though the campus Latino resource center, La Casa Cultural, sees about 50 to 60 DACA students during a semester, according to center director Gioconda Perez.

The University of Illinois system’s flagship campus has a website dedicated to providing resources for undocumented students, open.illinois.edu. Here, students can find information about what DACA is; who it includes; frequent student concerns; information for faculty, staff, students and community allies; legislation related to immigration; and places on campus for students to go to seek support.

SIU doesn’t have a dedicated website, but on the dean of students website, http://dos.siu.edu/, students can find information about DACA renewals.

Jennifer Jones-Hall, SIU’s dean of students, said the Hispanic/Latino Resource Center is working on creating a webpage with an updated list of resources for undocumented students.

She said the university is also planning to host an online seminar Sept. 26 for the campus community to learn how to support DACA students.

UIUC also has ally trainings for members of its campus who want to know more about DACA and learn how to better support undocumented students, Perez said.

Perez said the training is for faculty, staff, students and campus departments, and it ranges from one and a half to three hours long. Since beginning the workshops in 2015, she said they have taught 300 people about undocumented students.

They also invite undocumented students to sit on panels to tell their stories to the campus and community, Perez said.

“It helps to educate other students about the realities of our undocumented students,” Perez said. “We want to eliminate the misconceptions out there about who they are.”

Perez said the university also hosts “know your rights” workshops for the community in which immigration experts are brought on campus to provide information about what undocumented immigrants are entitled to.

The center is also working on vocalizing its support for immigration legislation that would benefit undocumented students and making sure any student who needs to renew their DACA permit has the ability to do so.

“We are where we are because the students have voiced their concerns loudly and clearly,” Perez said. “We are doing what we are supposed to do — helping them when they have asked for help.”

SIU held a meeting Sept. 13 for undocumented students to provide them with information about where they can go on campus to seek support, Jones-Hall said.

She said during that meeting it was emphasized that students in need of information or support can go to either Counseling and Psychological Services or the office of Hispanic/Latino Resource Center Coordinator René Poitevin, whom she said will

Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena A poster hangs outside the pavillion at Gaia house Tueday, Sept. 5, 2017, during a vigil held for DACA students.

be the university’s DACA point person.

DACA student Jonathan Ramirez attended the meeting, and said the administration is trying but he thinks undocumented students need more encouragement.

“What can you say?” Ramirez, a senior from Chicago studying industrial management, said. “I can't work without DACA, so why am I going to continue spending the limited resources I have continuing my education if I don’t know for sure I’m legally going to be able to work? What’s keeping me here?

I would’ve liked someone to tell us to keep doing what we’re doing, to not stress and keep going to school.”

Ramirez said the meeting didn’t tell the 16 undocumented students in attendance anything they didn’t already know.

DACA beneficiary Oneida Vargas, a junior studying political science from Chicago, said the university could help students to pay for their education by providing them a list of scholarships that undocumented students are eligible for, or even creating funds specifically for DACA students.

Vargas pointed to schools like Loyola University Chicago and Northeastern Illinois University, which both have internal scholarships to specifically help DACA students pay for their education, as undocumented immigrants are not eligible to receive state or federal financial aid. “[These universities] have either formed a department designated for undocumented students and/or have a scholarships available,” Vargas said. “I don't think SIUC is doing this

Wednesday, sePtember 20, 2017 because they don't believe we have support from the students, alumni, and/or donors to fully commit to helping out undocumented students.”

Jones-Hall said the university has not looked at creating a scholarship or fund for undocumented students, but the Office of the Associate Chancellor for Diversity has scholarships that undocumented students are eligible for. She said a list of scholarships for DACA students will soon be included in a DACA “tip sheet” online.

She said the university has tried to be as helpful and available as possible, but she thinks part of the problem is that students aren’t sure what to ask.

“We are available as a resource, it’s just a matter of whether they want to take advantage,” she said.“I think the other thing is students are very concerned, but they don’t necessarily know what questions to ask since it’s so up in the air right now. That’s a bit of the struggle for them right now.”

At Illinois State University, a committee exists to support undocumented students and their families called Committee Assisting Undocumented Student Achievement. This group consists of students, faculty and staff that seek to raise awareness and educate the campus about DACA, according to its website.

Beth Hatt, an ISU professor in the education department and the group’s founder, said it started in 2016 because there was no institutional support for DACA students.

“All that I can say it, they are more aware than what they used to be, but in terms of having a good support network, I would say we don’t have one,” Hatt said.

Because of CAUSA’s advocacy, Hatt said ISU has designated an admissions counselor and a financial aid scholarship counselor specifically for DACA students, two positions SIU does not currently have.

Hatt said the two most important things a university can do for its undocumented students are to

provide a specific person on campus they can go to for any and all concerns regarding their legal status, and to provide some form of legal support.

The committee partners with the local Immigration Project to host “know your rights” workshops for undocumented students on campus. ISU also provides a website with legal and financial resources for DACA students, as well as a page dedicated to debunking immigration myths.

“Something universities don’t really understand is that a lot of undocumented students are experiencing trauma,” Hatt said.

“If we had other groups of students we knew were experiencing trauma, we would put special supports in place … Just like we put supports in place for students who experience sexual assault. It’s a small number of students on campus but we put those supports in place because we know they need them.”

Jones-Hall said she has tried to look at other universities for programs and resources to provide SIU’s undocumented students, but she said the problem is that larger universities have more resources than SIU. “I’m looking at big institutions, U of I, Indiana University, Purdue, you name it,” Jones-Hall said. “They have more resources, more staff members than we do, but I’m just trying to garner ideas … We’re doing everything we can.”

Vargas said although the university tried to reassure DACA students during last week’s meeting, she isn’t convinced anything is taking place beyond those reassurances.

“There has been more acknowledgement of undocumented students coming from the university and faculty,” Vargas said. “While I think that is great, besides the meetings held by Dr. René, there haven't really been any actions taking place … We need more support than that.”

Campus editor Marnie Leonard can be reached on Twitter @marsuzleo or at mleonard@dailyegyptian.com

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Today's Birthday (09/20/17). Tonight's New Moon in your sign blesses a year of new beginnings.

A two-year creative boom dawns this autumn.

Patient discipline benefits your home and family.

Adapt to winter changes thoughtfully before a high action phase. Following your passion pays off.

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 -Discover fresh energy and vitality with this Virgo New Moon. Keep your partner in the loop, especially today and tomorrow. Share some sweetness together.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 --

This New Moon in Virgo sparks a family, fun and passion phase. Maintain healthy routines over the next two days. It's all for love.

Gemini (May 21June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Love is the bottom line today and tomorrow.

Home and family have your heart this month, with Venus and the New Moon in Virgo.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -Beautify your space over the next few days. Adapt your communications to a new story, with Venus and the New Moon in Virgo.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- New prosperity develops under this Virgo New Moon.

Venus, also in Virgo, supports financial growth.

Indulge your curiosity and learn quickly today and tomorrow.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) -- Today is a 9 -Profit from your passions in a personal growth phase initiated by Venus and the New Moon in your sign last night. Today and tomorrow get lucrative.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -Discover something new about the past. Begin a philosophical, spiritual and mindful phase with last night's New Moon.

Apply that personally through tomorrow.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Relax and recharge for two days.

Take a group endeavor to new levels this month with Venus and the New Moon in Virgo. Enjoy your friends and community.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Social activities benefit your career today and tomorrow. Creativity infuses your work for a professional boost this month, with the New Moon and Venus in Virgo.

Capricorn (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Explore new subjects this month, with the New Moon and Venus in Virgo.

Research and investigate.

Take on an exciting challenge.

Aquarius (Jan. 20Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Your family fortune grows with care this month. The New Moon and Venus, both in Virgo (with Mercury and Mars), incentivize profits. Explore new routes through tomorrow.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -Your partnership grows this month under Virgo New Moon and Venus, in a mutually profitable collaboration. Review the numbers over the next two days.

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Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Raphael Leonard, of Starkville, Mississippi, poses for a portrait Monday at the Daily Egyptian photography studio. Leonard is a recent transfer from East Mississippi Community College and was on the Netflix original documentary series, “Last Chance U.”

Player profiles: WR Raphael Leonard travels from 'Last Chance U' to SIU JACOB SELSOR | @jacobselsor_DE

The sound of rock ‘n’ roll music blaring throughout Saluki Stadium during a weekday practice was interrupted by the sharp blast of an air horn, signaling the end of practice and

sending most players to the showers.

Junior wide receiver Raphael Leonard remained on the field to perfect his routes in preparation for gameday, highlighting his determination to be one of the best ever at his craft — and a feared weapon on the offensive side of

the ball for SIU. Raphael, or Ralph as he prefers to be called, grew up on the sports fields of Starkville, Mississippi.

“I always played football, basketball and baseball for as long as I can remember,” Leonard said. “Pretty

much anything with a ball.”

Leonard did not just play sports, he excelled at them. He helped lead the Starkville High School Yellow Jackets to a 2014-15 6A State Championship as a guard in his senior season, recording a double-double with 11 points and 11

rebounds in the championship game.

Despite his success on the court, basketball was not his best sport in high school. Leonard was a twotime All-State wide receiver for the Yellow Jackets on the gridiron, finishing his senior season in

Wednesday, sePtember 20, 2017 Starkville with 60 receptions for a total of 1,147 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns to earn himself a spot in the prestigious 2014 AlabamaMississippi All-Star Classic.

The young receiver shined in the all-star game, catching two touchdown passes thrown by Starkville High teammate Brady Davis in the first quarter on his way to a total of five catches for 59 yards in the showcase.

Leonard claimed the MVP award for the Mississippi side in the game.

Early in January 2015 during the Yellow Jackets' state basketball championship run, Leonard took an official visit to Florida Atlantic University. FAU was actively recruiting the young receiver for the football team, and despite his love for more than just football Leonard knew he was built for success on the gridiron.

“We won a state championship in basketball, but I wasn’t as tall as I wanted to be to continue playing basketball [in college],” he said. “I was better at football than basketball anyway.”

Leonard committed to the FAU Owls later in the month, and signed his letter of intent in February.

He saw action in 11 games his freshman year at Florida Atlantic, splitting time between the offense and special teams. He made an impact in the annual Shula Bowl game between Florida International University and Florida Atlantic University, recovering Florida International's onside kick attempt to allow FAU to run out the clock and secure its 10th Shula Bowl win.

Leonard’s time at Florida Atlantic was short lived however, only staying for one season. While he received playing time in 11 of the season's 12 games as a freshman, he only managed one reception for a total of eight yards. The young receiver came to the realization that FAU — and Florida as a whole — was not the right fit for him at the time.

“I got a little homesick," Leonard said. "I wasn’t ready for all that at that point in my life. When I was down there I wasn’t myself and I had to get myself back together.”

In an effort to find the right path, Ralph returned home to Mississippi

to play football for one of the premier junior colleges in the nation, East Mississippi Community College.

EMCC is a three-time NJCAA National Champion, winning in 2011, 2013 and 2014. The Lions are also five time MACJC/NJCAA Region 23 Champions, winning in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016.

Its alumni network consists of 14 past and present professional football players, including Philadelphia Eagles running back and two-time Super Bowl Champion LeGarrette Blount.

Situated in Scooba, Mississippi — a rural community with a population of roughly 700 — East Mississippi CC's success on the football field coupled with its small-town roots led to a Netflix original series titled "Last Chance U". The show focuses on the student-athletes that represent the

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The Netflix series was preparing to film its second season when Leonard chose to transfer from FAU to EMCC, but this did not play a role in his choice to join the Lions.

“I already had ties to them from before,” the wide receiver said. “When I decided to leave [FAU] they contacted me, so I already was going there.”

Leonard is shown in the first episode of season two making a spectacular touchdown reception, which would become something of a habit during his time with the Lions.

While the cameras rolled non-stop on campus and the football field, he led EMCC in its 2016 NJCAA Region 23 Championship season with seven touchdown receptions, catching a total of 23 passes for 357 yards.

“It was pretty cool." Leonard said

on the filming of the 2016 season.

"Sometimes it got annoying, but after a while I got used to it.”

Following the 2016 season, Leonard received offers from Southeast Missouri State University, Troy University and SIU. It was head coach Nick Hill's dedication towards recruiting the young receiver that ultimately convinced him to continue his career at Southern.

“I already knew coach Hill", Leonard said. "He had talked to me in high school, and then he offered me again when I was at EMCC. When he gave me another offer I knew he really had faith in me. He knew I could do something here.”

So far Leonard has only proven Hill correct. Through the first two games of the 2017 season, the Saluki wide receiver has caught five passes for a

total of 68 yards for an average of 13.6 yards-per-catch. More impressive is his team leading two touchdown receptions — one in the home opener victory over Mississippi Valley State and one in the Salukis win against SEMO on the road.

Despite being a junior this season, Leonard is already a journeyman in the college football ranks. In his third different offensive program in three years, he understands he must remain a dedicated student of the game in order to reach his full potential.

“If I’m not getting better, I’m getting worse,” the SIU wideout said.

“I like to perfect my craft.”

Leonard credits an older cousin with serving as a role model and instilling such a strong work ethic into him while he was growing up.

“He just kept me going,” he said.

“He just kept motivating me to actually be somebody, not just a regular person.”

Now that Leonard has found a home at SIU with offensive-minded coach Hill, he is firmly focused on showcasing his talents in the maroonand-black for NFL scouts. He will get his next chance Saturday when Southern travels to the University of Memphis — where former Starkville High QB Brady Davis currently resides — for its third game of the season.

“NFL is the plan," he said. "It’s my only plan and I'm not even thinking about anything else. I want to be known.”

If the first two games of his junior season are any indication, Leonard may very well be on his way to sparking NFL draft conversations with his receiving talents. For now, coach Hill and the rest of the Southern football team are just happy to have the talented wide receiver listed on SIU's depth chart as a weapon in the passing game while the Salukis look to ride the momentum of a 2-0 start to the season all the way to their first MVFC Championship since 2009.

Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Raphael Leonard, of Starkville, Mississippi, poses for a portrait Monday at the Daily Egyptian photography studio. Leonard is a recent transfer from East Mississippi Community College and was on the Netflix original documentary series, “Last Chance U.”

Sports writer Jacob Selsor can be reached at jselsor@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @jacobselsor_DE .

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The Saluki Formula Racing team is the fastest RSO on campus RYAN DEMER | @RyanDemer_DE

One of the more technical registered student organizations on campus resides in the Engineering building on the south side of campus. Utilizing engineering principles and ideas learned in the classroom, coupled with sponsorships from companies well-entrenched in the automotive industry, the SIU Formula Racing Team creates an open-wheel race car from the ground up.

“It is a real-world application,” sophomore president Justin Grady said. “Engineering students, for four years in the classroom, would have never ran into problems we face — and we’re being thrown right into it.”

The racing team is a member of Formula SAE (Society of Engineers), which is an international engineering and design competition where students build and race a car in accordance with FSAE competition rules.

Formula SAE is very similar to Formula One racing, with the only difference being the restrictions that limit the car’s speed. Each year, hundreds of teams from across the globe compete in various locales, but the Salukis only participate in events located in North America. In the three competitions in North America, only university-run student organizations are allowed to enter.

The Salukis have fared well in the competitions they have entered. They are ranked 220 out of 550 schools at the international level, despite limited funding. Some fellow U.S. schools will spend roughly $80,000 on each of their vehicles, with others in Europe pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into their teams.

“We only have the budget to put $10,000 into our cars, and that puts us in the very bottom bracket for cost of car,” the Saluki racing president noted.

“In our price range, we are actually ranked first or second best.”

Designing all the parts to the car can sometimes take up to a year while physically building it after the design is done can take about six months. Welding the chassis (the internal frame of the car) is the first step in the process, and the team requires a new chassis for every competition.

Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Old designs offer little help to the team when A single seated race car "Saluki KA" sits in the shop Friday in the engineering building. This car took two years to build, and cost $13,000 to make. there’s a new chassis, as everything about the car is

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“All of the sponsors, we have to go out and search for ourselves,” Grady added. “We go talk to businesses, fill out online forms and gather information to try to get in contact with them.”

Companies such as Solidworks, Matlab, and PTC Creo give the team licenses to their software — which can normally run upwards of $3,000 for a year-long subscription — as part of their sponsorship agreements. According to Grady, many companies they work with are willing to offer these small sponsorships "without the blink of an eye", because $500 on the scale of a company like auto parts-giant NAPA is insignificant.

The SIU Race Team is required to place the sponsoring company's stickers on its car in return for the assets received, not unlike professional race teams in the Formula One racing series and NASCAR. They also promote the companies on the RSO's social media pages.

Junior vice president Tyler Hoffman believes the engineering RSO is one of the most rewarding RSO’s that SIU has to offer, as it gives members hands-on experience while building business connections that can last a lifetime.

“What you put into it, you will get out,” he said.

“You can get job placement, resume building and job interviews.”

Grady added that job interviews are a lot easier after working on a car and learning all of the different terminology that is attached to the build; Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena being able to speak in the right terms means a lot to The hood of the race car "Saluki KA" displays sponsorship stickers in the shop Friday in the engineering building. employers during an interview. He also notes that job placement after working in the Saluki Formula completely different when the chassis changes. Grady said. “This allows us to get some of our are other skills such as marketing, finance, Race Team has an impressive track record.

With limited members, it is an uphill battle for the people out to events doing things since we may not business budgeting and communication that are “We have excellent placement into careers for team to build a car to compete each year. be competing this year.” vital to the success of the team. One aspect of everybody in our organization,” Grady said. “We’ve “When all the work is loaded on seven or eight The Saluki Formula Racing team typically works the organization that requires these networking sent people to Tesla, Fiat, Chrysler and Honda for guys, it can take up to two years to build the car,” incredibly long shifts to finish a car in time. As the and business skills revolves around obtaining internships.”

Grady said. “If we get a big enough team, we will day of competition nears, there are numerous long corporate sponsorships.

Building a race car from scratch is extremely have no problem designing and building a car each nights put in by the team members. difficult for any career auto mechanic, and these year to compete.”

“Our teams will pull all-nighters,” Grady college students are working their tails off to do it.

When Grady arrived at SIU, there were only said. “We’ve had guys who've come and brought Grady summed up the numerous hours spent from “You get a really good three returning members from the team. The changes of clothes, and we have a little mattress initial design through build completion in a few sense of camaraderie president from 2016 recruited more members, and that you take turns sleeping on. Then you go to words — “A lot of blood, sweat, and tears.” between everyone the total grew to about 20-25 builders. This year class the next morning.”

When employers see that you have been involved they are seeing about 40 people who are attending Although this usually occurs only during the in SIU’s Formula Racing team, they understand working together. each of the meetings and are active in the group. two weeks before a competition, members can the dedication that goes along with it. Grady and Everyone’s facing the The team is currently designing a new car, with be found in the Engineering building garage up Hoffman stress that joining this RSO will not only the goal of having the frame of the car built by to midnight on regular school days throughout provide an opportunity to make lifelong friends, same problems, so you December and — depending on budget constraints the year. but it can provide a brighter future for your career. really just understand and a little luck — completed in time to compete “You get a really good sense of camaraderie For more information, the team’s website this season. In the meantime, they are already between everyone working together,” the everybody and it’s a great can be found at http://siuformulasae.wixsite. designing a car for next year’s competition in hopes team president said. “Everyone’s facing the com/siuc. They also are active on Facebook at environment to be in.” of forming a sustainable schedule for future builds same problems, so you really just understand SIUCFormulaSAE. so the RSO can compete yearly. everybody and it’s a great environment to be in.”

- Justin Grady sophomore president “This year we are looking to go to a career The student run organization does not require Sports writer Ryan Demer can be reached building conference for SAE in Detroit, Michigan,” you to be an engineering major to join. There at rdemer@dailyegyptian.com

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Valpo brings 17 teams to MVC, filling voids left by Wichita State NATHAN DODD | @nathanmdodd

When Wichita State left the Missouri Valley Conference for the American Athletic Conference in April, MVC schools were left wondering who would replace the Shockers in their athletic schedules.

SIU and other universities were not left waiting long for their answer.

The MVC offered an invitation to Valparaiso as Wichita State’s successor. It was rumored Valparaiso was seeking to join the MVC when Creighton departed to join the Big East in 2013, leading many insiders to assume that Valpo was still open to the move in 2017.

“The opportunity to be in a conference with the history and tradition of the Missouri Valley was one we needed to pursue.”

- Mark LaBarbera, Valparaiso athletic director

The university accepted the league’s invite in May and became an official MVC member July 1. Located in Valparaiso, Indiana, the Crusaders had competed in the Horizon League since 2007.

Valparaiso brings with it 17 total collegiate teams and a winning

COMPARING CONFERENCE FINISHES: Valparaiso replacing Wichita State

Wichita State

Valparaiso*

Southern Illinois

Baseball

5th

4th

4th

Basketball

T-1st

T-1st

T-3rd

Golf

1st

4th

5th

Track & Field

1st

5th

3rd

WOMEN’S Basketball

5th

9th

4th

Golf

2nd

5th

6th

Softball

4th

3rd

3rd

Track & Field

1st

8th

3rd

2nd

6th

4th

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Volleyball

*Standings from Horizon League Reagan Gavin | @RGavin_DE

Wednesday, sePtember 20, 2017 pedigree. The Crusaders have seen their men’s and women’s basketball teams reach the NCAA tournament in recent years. Also earning NCAA tournament bids in recent seasons are the men’s and women’s soccer team, men's baseball team and women’s volleyball team.

It was announced Valparaiso will not join the Missouri Valley Football Conference for the foreseeable future. The Crusaders will continue to participate in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League.

"The opportunity to be in a conference with the history and tradition of the Missouri Valley was one we needed to pursue," Valparaiso athletic director Mark LaBarbera told the Chicago Tribune in May. "It's a tremendous opportunity for our program and student-athletes, and it's good for the university as a whole to elevate our national reputation."

The decision for Wichita State to move on from the MVC came mostly in part from the success of the men’s basketball team.

The Shockers’ basketball team has been no stranger to postseason play as of late. Since 2010, Wichita State has made five consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including the Final Four at the culmination of the 2013 season. It’s worth noting that SIU defeated Wichita that season, marking the last time the Salukis defeated the Shockers.

Three players from Wichita’s historic Final Four team now play professionally in the NBA. Valparaiso is well-known nationally for its men’s basketball program for good reason. Since the 2010-11 season, the Crusaders have captured a postseason tournament bid each and every year.

In 2016, Valparaiso basketball shared the top record in the Horizon League and attained a position in the NIT tournament.

"They have a great pedigree in men's basketball,” SIU athletic director Tommy Bell told The Southern Illinoisan.

“They really match up with a lot of comprehensive athletic

“They have a great pedigree in men's basketball.They really match up with a lot of comprehensive athletic departments, and they really match up with Missouri Valley-sponsored sports.”

- Tommy Bell, SIU athletic director

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departments, and they really match up with Missouri Valleysponsored sports.”

Valparaiso brings in teams neither Wichita State or Southern Illinois offer at the NCAA level — men’s and women’s soccer. The Crusaders will also transfer the men’s and women’s tennis teams to the MVC, which SIU recently cut from their collegiate athletic program.

The men’s tennis team at Valpo captured the Horizon League title in both 2016 and 2017, but will not have the chance to do the same in the MVC as the Valley discontinued men's tennis in the conference due to lack of participating institutions. Instead, Valparaiso joined the Summit League with MVC-castoffs Illinois State and Drake University.

Valparaiso will replace Wichita State in virtually every other MVC sport including baseball, cross country, golf, softball, track and volleyball.

One of the most successful teams Valpo has offered in recent years is its baseball team. Crusaders baseball reached the NCAA tournament in both 2012 and 2013 after taking the Horizon League crown.

Valparaiso joins the MVC following a season where five teams won 10 or more conference games including Southern Illinois and Wichita State.

On the softball field, the Salukis will face fierce competition when they meet the Crusaders. The 2017 MVC Champion Salukis will take on the 2016 Horizon League Champion Crusaders. Valparaiso has claimed three

conference championships since 2012, earning automatic bids into the NCAA tournament.

“We are thrilled to join the Missouri Valley Conference," Valparaiso President Mark Heckler told USA Today. "This is an important step forward for all of our athletics programs and an opportunity to advance the national standing of Valparaiso University."

The first time that the Salukis and Crusaders will compete head-to-head as conference opponents will be on Sept. 25 when the Crusaders’ volleyball team travels to Carbondale to play their first ever road match as a member of the MVC. Only time will tell how Valparaiso’s addition to the conference will affect the future of the MVC. After finding success amongst various programs in the Horizon League, Valpo hopes to find similar success in the near future as members of the Valley.

The addition of Valpo to the MVC brings the balance of public to private institutions in the conference to an even 5-to-5 ratio. And while there has been suggestions around the league that the MVC will be active in considering the addition of more teams to the current total of 10 in the conference, Valparaiso holds the distinction as the newcomer to the Valley for the foreseeable future.

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

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