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Vol.101 Issue 61 @daIlyegyptIan

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Town Square Market pg. 4 | Book review pg. 6 | Sam Straub pg. 10

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Elliot Palm (right), a junior with Air Force ROTC, practices rifle training Friday. When asked about the mentality a person has to have to train, Palm said, “People in today’s society seem to have the misconception that you either fail or achieve at something, when in reality that’s not it at all.” He proceeded to talk about his own struggles when he began training, “I’ve got a few scars from not catching the rifle when I was starting out. So in reality, you fail, you fail, and you fail and by overcoming those failures you succeed.”

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Local political Green Party supports alternative to university's restructuring plan AUSTIN PHELPS | @austinphelps96

Rich Whitney, chair of the Shawnee Green Party Chapter and candidate for Jackson County Board District 4, said the Green Party supports a positive alternative to university Chancellor Carlo Montemagno's restructuring plan.

The local Shawnee Green Party Chapter is a grassroots political third-party that supports cost-free higher education, the legalization of marijuana, non-violence and a universal healthcare system.

The alternate plan includes lower tuition, adding programs for disadvantaged and minority students and removing changes regarding credits from two-year educational institutions which are factors that reduced enrollment.

“We’re very concerned about this university,” Whitney said. “We support efforts to create a positive alternative to the chancellor's plan which we think is pretty misguided.”

Whitney said green values are actually majority values.

“You look at public opinion polls most people don’t like war, most people really favor a Medicare-for-all type healthcare system, most people actually favor tuition-free highereducation,” Whitney said.

Randall Auxier, a professor at the university and a Green Party candidate for the 12th district United States Congress, said the Green Party was formed around sound environmental issues and civil rights.

When it comes to education the Green Party supports more than free tuition, Whitney said. Books and room and board should also be included.

“Some countries have that and we should be able to do it here,” Whitney said. “If we cut the military budget by a significant, substantial

amount we could pay for things like free college education.”

Travis Washington, president of College Democrats at the university, said Democrats he knows also support free in-state tuition.

Washington said he believes the sole purpose of the Green Party is to help the Republican Party win an election by taking votes away from the Democrats and the Green Party cannot win an election.

“For example, the Green Party is not on the ballot in all 50 states,” Washington said. “Meaning the Green Party cannot win a presidential election under any circumstance.”

The Green Party’s stance on marijuana is to legalize it federally while decriminalizing all other drugs, Whitney said. Marijuana would help boost the economy and one thing southern Illinois can do is grow weed.

“In a time when Illinois is struggling with its budget it makes an awful lot of sense to legalize cannabis,” Whitney said. “Where we really need to go is legalize it federally.”

The Green Party embraces nonviolence and they support a cut in military spending.

“Over 90 percent of what our military budget is about has nothing to do with defense,” Whitney said.

“It has to do with domination, it has to do with aggressive acts of war and that’s wrong.”

The military spends over 1.3 trillion dollars a year on military spending, Whitney said.

“It’s disgraceful that a place like Flint, Michigan can’t even have leadfree water,” Whitney said. “Yet we’re spending over 1.3 trillion dollars to attack people in other countries and maintain all these military bases.”

Whitney said the Green Party supports a federal minimum wage of $15 per hour for workers along

with guaranteed paid vacation, paid maternity leave and paid sick leave.

“Every other developed country in the world has these things,” Whitney said. “The United States is the only developed country to not adopt these practices.”

Whitney said what separates the Green Party from other parties is their stance on not accepting corporate donations.

“We firmly believe that in the long run that will be to our benefit as more and more people come to understand that we’re a party of principle, not a party that's going to sell out to the highest bidder,” Whitney said.

The process for running for office is different for a third party rather than a Democrat or a Republican, Auxier said.

“We have to physically go out to shopping centers and festivals and stuff and get people to sign their names saying that we should be on the ballot,” Auxier said.

Despite the disadvantages, a third party faces you should vote for who you think the best candidate is, Auxier said.

“Vote your hopes, not your fears,” Auxier said.

Whitney said the Green Party is the only party offering real change.

“We have to move and take the brave step of voting for people that are actually going to represent our values,” Whitney said.

Whitney said he would be open to student internships in his campaign.

“I am actually looking to hire a quarter-time campaign assistant for my campaign for county board so there is actually a limited paid opportunity there,” Whitney said.

The Shawnee Green Party Chapter meets twice a month. Public meetings are on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Varsity Center.

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Allie Tiller | @allietiller_de The front door of the Town Square Market in Carbondale, Thursday.

Community spotlight: Town Square Market EMILY COOPER | @ecooper212

Standing in front of a brickcovered road, a tall brick building lies on the corner of Washington and Jackson Street.

It's one of Carbondale’s best-kept secrets, Town Square Market.

The Town Square Market has been in business since October 2006, Jennifer Pellow, general manager of the Town Square Market, said.

“Our mission at Town Square Market is to promote sustainable living in all areas of life,” Pellow said. “It’s primarily focused on food, food availability, teaching people how to afford good food, growing organic food and supporting local business.”

Keeping the store Non-GMOs and organic The Town Square Market has a careful selection process for sourcing

the foods, Pellow said.

Elaine Ramseyer, general manager of Longbranch Cafe and Bakery, said Pellow has done a lot of work to make sure the companies that are represented really do support labeling non-GMOs and organic.

“It’s a really small store where everything on the shelf you can buy with confidence.”

Pellow said they take every item in the store and not only test the

Wednesday, september 26, 2018 products for GMOs, but also test the producing company and the parent company.

“Do our values align with their values as much as possible?” Pellow said. “Specifically do our values align with their values in terms of how food is created grown and the conditions which it is sourced in?”

The Town Square Market has a list of brands that are researched and can’t be on their shelves anymore, Pellow said.

“For example, we want food to be grown non-GMO,” Pellow said “We want people to not [use] slave labor and child labor when they are making [products.] So, we had to get rid of a lot of different types of chocolates because they couldn’t guarantee some of those practices.”

Pellow said the chocolates are beautiful organic brands.

“I would eat them if it were up to me, but I’m trying to have a store that shows the sense of values behind it also,” Pellow said.

Working with locals The Town Square Market tries to work with as many local people as they can, especially for produce because that’s probably the easiest thing, Pellow said.

“We try to use as much local produce as we can, but the majority our produce comes from larger suppliers,” Pellow said. “Two main suppliers are Indianapolis Fruits Co. and a smaller distributor called Cusumano’s & Sons, Inc., they’re a small family that lives north of here.”

Pellow said one of the best ways the Town Square Market tries to keep the food cost as minimal as possible is by using local volunteers in the store.

“We tend to get a lot of SIU students, especially from the health department and hospitality department, but we are open to anybody,” Pellow said.

Pellow said the students from the health department have helped to figure out the nutrition value in some of the deli’s soups.

“We have signs that list all of the ingredients in our soups, and

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Allie Tiller | @allietiller_de Saxon Metzger, deli and catering manager at the Town Square Market, 23, of Carbondale helps a customer at the front desk, Thursday. “It’s [the Town Square Market’s mission statement] to provide good, quality, healthy food and household supplies to our community as cheap as we can and to educate people about some of the topics we are trying to focus on,” Metzger said. They focus on teaching people about health, nutrition, the environment and labor practices.

about half of them have [nutritional analyses] that were done, but SIU nutrition students [did those] nutritional analysis,” Pellow said.

Pellow said students help package, make the store look prettier and unpack products onto the shelves.

“We just want to get people involved in local business,” Pellow said.

Deli “About two years ago, we decided that we wanted to offer a deli that was made with organic and natural foods,” Pellow said. “It’s not 100 percent organic because there are some foods that would be so cost prohibitive.”

The deli began because the store

wanted to start a catering business because there wasn’t another organic and natural caterer in town, Pellow said.

The deli has fresh soups and entree specials every day, Pellow said.

Pellow said the Town Square Market has taken some of the classics like sloppy joe’s and meatball subs and made them organic out of their homemade bread.

“The Longbranch supplies the Town Square Market with freshbaked bread,” Ramseyer said. “They have a great deli a lot of people don’t know about. So, customers can buy bread from the deli or buy from the loaf.”

Pellow said the Town Square Market is sister businesses with the Longbranch Cafe. “[Longbranch supplies] their bread and bakery case, and [Town Square Market supplies] us with research,” Ramseyer said. “Jennifer is really good at helping me stay on top of things, like plastic straws.”

Keeping the costs low “Of course, the cost of organic food is challenging,” Pellow said. “We know that, and we’re trying to help educate people.”

One way the Town Square Market is educating people is with cooking classes.

“We’ve created a class that’s called

“Our mission at Town Square Market is to promote sustainable living in all areas of life.”

- Jennifer Pellow General manager, Town Square Market

‘How to Eat Healthy on a Budget,’” Pellow said. “It’s a class that we give any time. Pretty much people ask me for it, and all we ask is for them to get a friend.”

In her class, Pellow provides general tips on what consumers can do to afford to eat better food, what are the more expensive items in the store and how they can eat a reasonable amount so they can afford to eat organically.

Pellow said for most people, it really comes down to choice. The bigger costs of organic food in terms of if you don’t eat organic food, there are two things: what are you doing to the earth? What are you doing for your kids, your grandkids and all of the people coming after you?

“For some people, they genuinely can’t afford much more,” Pellow said.

“For a lot of us, it really comes down to choice. Could I give up a vacation?

Could I give up an expensive coffee?

Could I give up some extra clothes?

What would that effect be in my community, and in the world?”

Pellow said most people are aware that the chemicals in foods and GMOs can affect their health.

“I also talk to people about really their personal views of organic food,” Pellow said. “You can either spend a little bit more now or you’re going to spend a lot more on medical bills later.”

Grabbing SIU Student’s Attention “It’s hard to get the attention from a lot of students because they don’t really leave campus that much,” Pellow said. “They get kind of a small world around the campus area."

Pellow said they used to spend a lot more time trying to promote to students.

“They’re here for a few years, and then when they leave then we would try to promote to a new batch, then they would leave,” Pellow said. “That has been a little bit challenging to just reach out to students and let them know we’re here.”

Staff reporter Emily Cooper can be reached at ecooper@dailyegyptian.com.

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The Window book review: Sisters and Secrets RANA SCHENKE | Daily Egyptian

Jess’s twin sister Anna died after falling from her window. Everyone thinks Anna’s death was accidental except Jess.

Jess knows Anna was going to meet a boy.

Title: The Window Author: Amelia Brunskill Genre: Young Adult Thriller/ Mystery Page count: 352 pages Release Date: April 2018 Can be found at: Carbondale Public Library and at Barnes and Noble.

Overall grade: B+ This is Brunskill’s debut novel, a compelling book that drew me in from the start.

Jess learns of her sister’s death in the first chapter; the author doesn’t waste time with a lengthy prologue or character introduction.

I appreciate that because a lot of authors feel the need to load a bunch of backstory in the first couple of chapters, which is often unnecessary, particularly when it’s done in suspense novels.

The chapters are all six pages or less, so it doesn’t get monotonous.

This book is definitely Jess’s story.

It’s interesting to watch her character develop throughout the book. She steps out of her comfort zone to find out what happened to Anna, going to places like a bar or a basketball game.

Jess also exhibited signs of potentially being on the autism spectrum; she doesn’t like being physically touched and often struggles with interactions and reading people, but it’s never explicitly stated whether she is or isn’t.

The author left that up to the reader to determine; it makes it easier for more readers to identify with Jess and see themselves in her.

One of the things I loved about the book was although Brunskill didn’t go into much depth about Anna as

One of the things I loved about the book was although Brunswick didn't go into much depth about Anna as a character, she did preface many of the chapters with Anna's thoughts before she died. a character, she did preface many of the chapters with snippets of Anna’s thoughts before she died.

Even though she’s dead, Anna still “has input” in the telling of her story, and I enjoyed that. In most of the mysteries I read, the victim is essentially a body with a backstory, not a character.

That makes sense since they’re dead, but having Anna’s thoughts presented makes her as much of a character as Jess and gives a different perspective on Jess’s investigation.

The reader is figuring out what happened to Anna piece by piece along with Jess, but Anna’s thoughts give a little hint of the next part of the puzzle that readers get to know but Jess doesn’t.

Sometimes I got a little bored with the pace, but then Anna’s thoughts would add something new and I’d be drawn back in immediately.

I also liked how the thoughts weren’t explained (i.e., they came from a diary or a letter), but instead left up to the reader to interpret. In the very last one, Anna says she knows the listener is probably asleep and she’ll tell them everything in the morning.

Many of the thoughts, however, sound like things Anna wouldn’t be saying aloud, so I believe they’re things she wanted to tell Jess but never got to say.

Jess spends a lot of time focusing on one suspect, who she heard had a “special relationship” with Anna.

The idea of a romantic relationship between Anna and her teacher needed something else;

either he needed to be suspected of murdering her (more suspenseful) or the relationship should have actually existed (more interesting).

Instead, we have a bunch of chapters where Jess watches him through his window and debates the ethics of his relationship with Anna, which probably would have had more meaning had it actually been based in fact.

These chapters are interspersed with ones where Jess actually does find more information (intriguing!) and has a romantic interest in a guy who used to like her sister (less intriguing and a little creepy!)

Romantic subplots tend to annoy me if I’m not expecting them, and this one was no exception. It did get more interesting when Jess got closer to figuring out what happened, though, since the guy did have a connection to Anna’s death.

The ending of the book was not terribly surprising, mostly because the middle dragged out enough that I had time to think about it more, and also because, as in most mysteries, it isn’t the first person you expect.

The Window was definitely an interesting read; I wouldn’t call it a thriller per se since it wasn’t actionpacked or incredibly suspenseful. It reminds me a bit of old film noir from the 1940s; a lone investigator uncovering a mystery, even if that means the pace slows down.

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

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Honorary Degrees & Distinguished Service Awards Deadline for Nominations: Wednesday, October 24 Letters of nomination must be accompanied by a two- to three-page résumé, curriculum vita, and/or a biographical sketch of the candidate that includes a description of the unique contributions of the nominee.

Please specify the nomination to be in support of either an honorary degree or a distinguished service award. For further definition of these awards, please refer to universityevents.siu.edu. Strict confidence about the nomination, including with the nominee, must be maintained until completion of the review and approval process.

Please direct all inquiries and nominations to: Leslie Mills Office of the Chancellor Anthony Hall 116 Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, IL 62901 618/453-2341 FAX 618/453-5362 lesh@siu.edu

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Racist propaganda found at John A. Logan, Montemagno responds to news of SIU student accused of Nazism KALLIE COX & FARRAH BLAYDES

On Sept. 18, fliers with the heading “It’s alright to be white” were placed on the windshields of vehicles at John A. Logan Community College.

The flier said white Americans are “nature’s finest” and should be proud of their culture and inheritance. The flier also said white Americans should not be ashamed of the “imagined sins of their forefathers.”

The flier is recruitment propaganda for a white supremacist group known as the Church of Creativity, and has a website address to the Creativity Alliance at the bottom of the poster.

In response to the fliers Steve O’Keefe, the director of college relations for John A. Logan, released a statement in regards to the recruitment propaganda that showed up on campus Sept. 18 on students car windshields.

“John A. Logan College prohibits the dissemination of fliers of any kind on automobile windshields,” O'Keefe said. “Fliers that were placed on a limited number of cars on Tuesday, Sept.

18 were promptly removed by campus police. The fliers from an outside group have no connection to the college.”

The Daily Egyptian asked the Church of Creativity if the fliers were theirs and if they ordered someone to place the fliers.

“Why would the person who put the flier out need to be taking orders?” The Church of Creativity

“The views of white supremacists, any other group promoting hate, and all those who seek to demean and marginalize others are abhorrent. They do not align with the university's mission or values, and they do not represent what we stand for as a campus community.”

- Carlo Montemagno Chancellor, SIU

said. “Perhaps the person did it because he (or she) wanted to?

It is good to see somebody at least trying to spread pro-white thinking. Have any laws been broken?”

Numerous social media accounts identified the person that placed the fliers as an SIU student, however the Daily Egyptian has not been able to confirm that.

In response to the accusations on Twitter, Lori Stettler, vice chancellor for student affairs, released a statement saying all students share the right to free speech, even speech that expresses views most would condemn.

“All students share the right to free speech, even speech with which we strongly disagree,”

Stettler said.

While some on social media called on SIU to revoke the student’s financial aid, Stettler said the university would not do so.

“As a public institution, we cannot and do not ask about political or social views when admitting students or awarding any type of financial aid. Doing so could lead to perceptions of bias and illegal discrimination,” Stettler said.

Stettler said the university encourages all students to comply with the Saluki Creed: “As a Saluki, I pledge to forward these ideas and ideals: I discourage bigotry and celebrate diversity by striving to learn from differences in people's ideas and opinions.

I will embrace the ideals of

Wednesday, september 26, 2018 freedom of civilized expressions, intellectual inquiry and respect for others.”

In response to the fliers the Carbondale Racial Justice Coalition released the following statement: “The Racial Justice Coalition wants everyone to know that the days of ignoring hate groups like the neo-Nazi Creativity movement, in order to deprive them of the attention they crave, are over.”

The Church of Creativity, or the Creativity Movement, has been around for decades. One of its leaders, Matthew Hale, graduated from the SIU School of Law, before being refused a law license by the State of Illinois due to his poor character.

In 2005, Hale went to federal prison for encouraging an undercover FBI informant to murder a federal judge.

After the fliers placed at John A. Logan appeared, new fliers from a group known as the Knights of the Flaming Circle, an antifascist group, were found around Carbondale and circulated on social media.

The Knights of the Flaming Circle released a poster containing photos of the accused student and provides contact information for the group, encouraging anyone who has information on the student to contact them.

“We plan on using that information to obstruct [the student’s] ability to engage in white supremacist organizing,” Knights of the Flaming Circle said.

On Thursday, SIUC Chancellor Carlo Montemagno sent out an email with the subject “Discouraging bigotry and celebrating diversity” to students in response to a flier that has been circulating social media accusing an SIU student of being a Nazi.

“The views of white supremacists, any other group promoting hate, and all those who seek to demean and marginalize others are abhorrent,”

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Montemagno said. “They do not align with the university’s mission or values, and they do not represent what we stand for as a campus community.”

Montemagno said he encourages students to start a dialogue to address issues of racism and bias.

“Our obligation to comply with and respect the law does not prevent any of us from proactively speaking out against racism and bias,” Montemagno said. ”It does not prevent us from focusing on education and dialog about addressing these serious issues.”

Montemagno said residence life staff will be holding town hall meetings beginning in October to discuss current events, issues relating to diversity and to allow students to discuss the events from this fall semester “A new diversity event calendar, housed on the Office of the

Associate Chancellor for Diversity website, is being developed to help you stay up-to-date on events and activities,” Montemagno said.

At the end of the email, Montemagno said students who are aware of threatening statements or behaviors should report their information to the SIU Department of Public Safety.

The SIU Department of Public Safety can be reached at (618) 4533771 or at 911 in an emergency.

Staff reporter Kallie Cox can be reached at kcox@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @KallieC45439038.

Staff reporter Farrah Blaydes can be reached at fblaydes@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @Farrah_Blaydes.

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Meet Southern’s passing protege Sam Straub ADAM WARFEL | @warfel_adam

Senior quarterback Sam Straub has shown to be a dependable passer in his third year as quarterback for the Salukis.

Straub reigns from Chicago, but calls Ames, Iowa home.

"I moved when I was two years old to Ames, and I grew up there.” The senior said. “I moved because of my dad’s job.”

He is the oldest of his siblings with two younger sisters, one of which attends Ole Miss.

The Iowa native is the second member in his family to play college sports. His dad, Scott Straub, played college baseball in Michigan.

Straub began playing tackle football in fifth grade, first playing as a wide receiver.

He was a three-sport athlete at Ames High School playing football, baseball and basketball.

It was not until high school that the Iowa native found a niche in a sport.

"Probably going into junior year of high school,” Straub said about when he knew football was for him.

Straub had success as the quarterback for Ames High School setting records in passing completions, yards and touchdowns.

The senior credits his high school coaches and other resources for teaching him game basics.

“People helped me out with learning, and teaching me my fundamentals,” Straub said The quarterback received several scholarship offers coming out of high school.

"I had offers from South Dakota State and Missouri State,” Straub said.

“South Dakota State was my first offer.”

Straub said he also considered trying out as a walk-on at Michigan State or Iowa.

Straub liked the area of Southern Illinois as well as the coaching staff.

“The homey feel, I liked the community,” Straub said. “The

coaching staff at the time was different, but I was a big fan of the coaching staff.”

When he first came to play in 2014 at SIU, the senior chose to redshirt due to the fact that there were some other players ahead of him and it gave him time to grow as a player.

In 2015 he played in one game against Missouri State.

“It was in the fourth quarter,” Straub said. “I was still extremely nervous, obviously something I will never forget.”

In his 2016 sophomore season, the first with Nick Hill as head coach, he played in five games and started the final three.

He was comfortable starting even as a sophomore as he threw for a 57.9 percent completion rating, 1,155 yards and seven touchdowns.

“I felt I could have played at anytime that year," Straub said. "I had a lot of support from the team.”

After starting three games his sophomore year, Straub looked to improve in every aspect of his game going into his junior year and continuing on the success he had in his 2016 season.

Straub started the first eight games of his Junior year leading the Salukis to a four and four record before sustaining an injury to his throwing hand during the game against South Dakota.

“It was a third and four,” Straub said. “I was running to my right in the pocket trying to find someone to throw to, and after the play ended I landed on my right wrist.”

He broke his scaphoid bone in his hand, which requires healing time and pins to fix.

“Maybe not the pin, but I still do feel it a little bit,” Straub said. "If I take a hit in the game and maybe land on it in that same spot it doesn't feel very good.”

The quarterback said the injury put into perspective how much each game matters to him as a player now

Allie Tiller | @allietiller_de Senior quarterback Sam Straub preparing to throw the football to the receiver during Southern Illinois University's first home game of the 2018 fall season, Sept. 15.

as he reflected on this season starting this year.

Three games into the 2018 season it does not look as if the injury has prevented Straub from putting up

solid numbers.

In the Murray State game, Straub had 16 completions on 29 attempts throwing for 107-yards and one interception.

He continued to put on a solid passing game at Ole Miss, his sister's school of choice, having 29 completions on 47 attempts throwing two interceptions and 382-yards.

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“I have a house, it's almost kind of like saying it's my home. It'll be tough to leave when that time comes, it's helped me grow up and become a man. ” - Sam Straub senior quarterback

Getting the opportunity to play at an SEC school and see all of his family at that game was a surreal moment for Straub, one that he would not forget for quite a while.

“It was awesome,” Straub said. “It was a really cool opportunity for my family to get together and tailgate in the Grove.”

In the most recent game against Southeast Missouri State Straub had 27 completions on 43 attempts passing for 338-yards, while having three interceptions.

After the SEMO game, head coach Nick Hill expressed his confidence in his quarterback.

"On the first two picks, I didn’t have much to say to [Sam]," Hill said. "Sam went to the right guy.”

Hill credited the fact that Straub placed the throws where they were intended to be.

The senior credits Hill as one of three coaches at Southern that has made him the player and person he is today.

“Coach Hill has had my back through the thick and thin, the ups and the downs of the last five years he has been with me," Straub said.

Straub also gave credit to John Van Dam, the Salukis offensive coordinator last season, as well as Meade Smith, the strength and conditioning coach as big influencers to him.

Straub and senior wide receiver Raphael Leonard established a connection in the offseason, which has benefited the team thus far.

"We work all the time at practice since I first got here basically,” Leonard said after the SEMO game. “The beginning of this season, we’ve been working on fade balls, and winning the one-on-one battles.”

Straub and Leonard have connected for 19 completions so far this year with a completion percentage of 54 percent and 264-yards of offense.

Prior to the first home game of the year, the senior wanted to recognize how important the fans are.

“We can’t wait to have you guys out, we need all your support, the more fans here the better we will be as a team,” Straub said.

The quarterback has lived in Carbondale for five years and enjoys being here.

“I have a house, it’s almost kind of like saying it’s my home,” Straub said.

"It’ll be tough to leave when that time comes, it’s helped me grow up and become a man.”

Straub is currently in a master’s program at SIU after graduating with a bachelor’s degree this past spring in sports administration.

He is hoping to get the opportunity to play professional football, after that the Iowa native plans on looking into coaching.

Up next the senior will be in play against South Dakota for family weekend on Sept. 29.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. in Saluki Stadium.

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Column: In the Dawg Pound with Dillon Running Redbirds playoff chances on the brink

DILLON GILLILAND | @DillonGilliland

With the MLB's 2018 season winding down to a close, the St. Louis Cardinals find themselves just barely in a playoff spot with two key series games left to play.

At the time of writing, the Cardinals sit third in the National League Central trailing the Milwaukee Brewers by two and a half games and the Chicago Cubs by four and a half games.

In the wildcard standings, the Brewers lead the way and the Redbirds hold the second spot, leading the Colorado Rockies by only a game and a half.

After the All-star break, the Cardinals became the hottest team in baseball putting up 22 wins and only

six losses in the month of August, the best in the league.

A lot contributed to the massive run, including the new management, the red-hot pitchers and the impressive offense led by first baseman Matt Carpenter.

After firing former manager Mike Matheny just prior to the break, Mike Shildt took over and led the team to a potential playoff spot.

In the red-hot month of August, the organization announced that Shildt would no longer be the interim manager and offered him a two-year deal as the official manager of the Redbirds.

I think that this was a poor decision by the organization and they just got caught up in the heat of the moment.

However, I do believe the Cardinals should have waited until the offseason to see what their other options were rather than going ahead and committing to someone.

Since then, St. Louis has not necessarily done bad, rather they just are not playing at the same caliber that they were when Matheny was first relieved.

By no means is this completely Shildt's fault.

You could put some of the blame on the pitching that has been giving up more runs, or the offense that has not been scoring as many runs, but you cannot entirely blame the manager.

After finishing off August taking three out of four games, the Cardinals opened up the month of September

with three straight losses.

The Redbirds then went on to drop three out of four games to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Prior to the Dodgers series, I was sure that the Cardinals at the very least would take a wildcard spot and make the playoffs, but after losing the first three, I became worried for the remainder of the season.

After recently sweeping the San Francisco Giants, I have regained a bit of confidence in the team, but still uncertain.

On the positive, despite starting September 14-11, the Cardinals are still in the running for a top spot in the central league.

Although highly unlikely, it is still possible.

In the six remaining games, St.

Louis will take on the Brewers first and then the Cubs.

The Brewers have been one of the better teams in September as they have pulled out 13 wins in 20 games at the time of writing.

If the Cardinals were to sweep the Brewers, it would solidify a playoff appearance for the organization.

Meanwhile, the Cubs, who are still one of the best in the National League, have won 12 games out of 21 this month.

If the Redbirds were able to pull off a miracle and sweep both teams, they would not only make the playoffs but possibly even take the central league and would be one hell of a statement heading into the post-season.

However, the problem with the Cardinals taking on two very talented

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Curtis Compton | Atlanta Journal-Constitution St. Louis Cardinals' Jose Martinez scores past Atlanta Braves catcher Tyler Flowers on a sacrafice fly by Jedd Gyorko during the eighth inning on Sept. 19 in Atlanta, Ga.

teams is the Rockies, who are breathing down their necks, have an easier final set of games.

Colorado will take on the Phillies in four and the Washington Nationals in three.

While those two teams are nothing to joke about, they do not

match up to the teams that the Cardinals will be playing.

Theoretically, if the Redbirds were to lose both matchups and the Rockies were to win both of theirs', then the Lou will be looking at their third straight season without a playoff appearance.

If there was a time for the Cardinals to get hot again, it would be now as they need these final games now more than ever.

The pitching has to step up and put away batters.

The offense has to be on point and drive in some runs.

The defense needs to be cleanly fielding the ball and avoiding all errors.

Everything needs to go right for the Redbirds in their final games of the season.

Cardinals will be going up against the Brewers on Monday.

After an off-day, they will then

head to Wrigley Field on Friday where they will take on the Cubs.

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

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