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Colwell’s career in higher ed

William Bradley Colwell may have just moved into town, but he’s no stranger to SIUC. Colwell officially starts his new job as the university’s interim chancellor Thursday, an appointment effective through June 30, 2017. He will make $295,000 annually without benefits. But for Colwell, being interim chancellor of SIUC is about more than a promotion and a pay increase. “I couldn’t be more excited,” he said on the phone Sunday morning, as he drove a 26-foot rental truck toward Carbondale with all of his worldly possessions in tow. “This is coming home.” Colwell hails from Bluford, a town of 700 residents nestled in the eastern ridge of Jefferson County. His family roots in the area span three generations. Education is a part of the Colwell family backbone. His father taught at Webber Township High School for 49 years, where he was known for exemplary skills in basketball

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In a budget cut sickness that affects all of SIUC campus, services at the Student Health Center may only be facing a few symptoms. Jim Hunsaker, associate director of the Student Health Center, said the only cut — $72,000 — will come from the Counseling Center. Because the Counseling Center is state-funded, Hunsaker said the $8.5 million in revenue from student fees the Health Center receives will remain unchanged. The $72,000 cut is roughly equal to the salary of one psychologist. Although no staff members will be cut, the Health Center is will use student fees and leave unfilled staff positions vacant to cover the cost of running the Counseling Center. The Counseling Center’s cut is recurring, so it will continue to receive a 10 percent cut each year. Despite this, Hunsaker does not expect the cost of student fees to rise. In fact, he said fees have only increased once in the last few years to accommodate for medical cost inflation. Students are charged $219 per semester in fees that help fund the Health Center. Hunsaker also does not expect the $6 student visit fee to increase. “For the forseeable future, we don’t see those [numbers] changing,” Hunsaker said. “We’re not going to pass this cost onto our students.” Hunsaker said unfilled staff positions will be used to combat costs instead of cutting staff members. Additionally, some technological upgrades will be postponed. “We’ve anticipated these cuts coming,” Hunsaker said. “We’ve really tightened our belt on expenses other than salary … The counseling services are vital to our students, and there’s absolutely no way we could cut even one staff member and not have the students feel that.” Hunsaker said maintaining staff is important so students don’t have to wait for long periods of time to see counselors. Previously, SIU System President Randy Dunn said graduate students could receive some of the hardest hits from the budget cuts.

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and as a coach of the Trojans basketball team. His uncle served as the district’s superintendent. After graduating from Webber, Colwell enrolled in Anderson University, a Christian college

located about 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis, where he received his bachelor’s degree in political science in 1990. He said the small liberal arts school was fitting for what he wanted from his undergraduate

student experience and education. Colwell gained his first leadership position in a higher education setting at Anderson, serving as the student body president for two years. Please see CHANCELLOR | 2

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A reduction of graduate assistantships at the Health Center because of the budget has not been reported. Hunsaker said the center has lost only one graduate assistant because the Wellness Center, which employed the student, is short on staff that supervises and trains graduate assistants. On average, Hunsaker said the Health Center employs four

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In 1993, three years after finishing his undergraduate degree, Colwell earned both a juris doctorate and a master’s degree in educational administration from University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign. During that time Colwell first met his wife, Mary, a native of Sullivan and a graduate of SIUC’s early childhood education program. As a doctoral candidate, Colwell spent his days practicing education law as an attorney for Miller, Tracy, Braun & Wilson, Ltd. in Monticello and his nights studying to complete his Ph.D. He married in 1994 and had the trying experience of balancing a job, his education and marriage. “Those were interesting times,” Colwell said. “I enjoyed it though. I loved being in the campus community — there’s just something about higher ed that I love.” Colwell began his career in academia as an assistant professor in SIUC’s department of education administration and higher education in 1996, with an office across the hall from now-SIU System President Randy Dunn. From there, Colwell and Dunn collaborated on published works and public lectures concerning issues in university administration, education and law. It was the beginning of a professional relationship founded on trust and mutual respect. During his 14-year career at SIUC, Colwell worked as an associate professor, a professor,

graduate assistants at a time. Jaime Clark, director of the Counseling Center, said it employs six full-time equivalent psychologists and four master’s level counselors. It also includes training programs such as internships and practicums. As a further measurement of state cuts, the Illinois Department of Central Management Services recently stated university employees may soon have to pay out of pocket for health services. University Spokesperson Rae

Goldsmith said this will not affect student services at the Health Center. Hunsaker said the state of Illinois is 13 months behind on paying claims to providers, and the recent Central Management Services statement is an extension of what providers are already experiencing. “I see us absorbing all of these things,” Hunsaker said. “Working hard with less is generally what we’ve been doing the last few years anyway.”

the chair and director of graduate studies in the department of educational administration and higher education, and served as the associate dean for academic and student affairs for the university’s College of Education and Human Services. Colwell left the university in 2010 to become Bowling Green State University’s Dean of The College of Education and Human Development and a professor in the school of educational foundations, leadership and policy. Bowling Green State had a 14 percent freshman enrollment increase in fall 2015 and an 85 percent retention rate. He fancies himself a fairly wellliked guy there, too. “’Student-friendly’ was the term I heard over and over, and that does make you feel good,” he said. Caldwell says the overall financial state of SIUC isn’t pretty, but is also not worse than other publicly-funded institutions because of national disinvestments in higher education. Enrollment numbers have continued to drop in the past 10 years, but he’s staying optimistic about the future while remaining realistic about options. “I’m not going to be Pollyannaish about it — I understand I can’t print money,” Colwell said. Illinois’ budget impasse has waned on nearly four months past the end of fiscal year 2015, and it is something Colwell says must be resolved soon for the sake of the state’s citizens. “It’s time for state legislators and our governor to come together and get this thing figured

out, because people are suffering,” he said. “We have no choice, we have to figure this thing out.” He said he plans to clock a minimum of 60 to 70 hours per week on campus managing dayto-day operations and working to formulate strategies for improving enrollment, retention and financial efficiency. Colwell said he thinks the university is too often overlooked by students in the region. He hopes working closely with superintendents of local school districts — some of whom studied with Colwell nearly 20 years ago — can reinvigorate southern Illinoisans and remind them of the nationally acclaimed research university in their backyard. “We’ve got to continue to tell that story and let people know that here, in little old Carbondale, we’ve got a diamond in the rough.” Colwell can apply for the permanent chancellor position when a national search begins in about a year, but his employment contract only guarantees a tenured professorship at the university. Colwell said that’s not a concern and he is focused on the task at hand. “I’m acutely aware that I’m interim — I get that — but I can’t let that deter us; we’ve got to turn things around and we can’t wait for two years,” he said. Now that he’s returned to the region, Colwell said he wants to give back to the community he came from and see SIUC succeed. “I will do my best to make sure everyone understands the rules of the game and feels like their voice was heard,” he said.

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It’s still OK to read a book JOHN M. CRISP | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

I harbor a fond nostalgia for the technologies of my youth. I keep six or seven old typewriters in my office, long after I typed the last word on any of them. In one closet I store an old-fashioned slide projector. And a turntable that will play 78s. A box camera that shoots film. A View-Master. And from one generation further back, a stereoscope and a couple of kerosene lanterns. That sort of thing. But mostly I have a lot of books. None of them is particularly rare or valuable, although some are so old that the cover price is 95 cents. In fact, I’m not a book collector. My bulky printed database is an incidental accumulation born of decades of reading and a mild hoarding instinct. These paragraphs probably peg me as a citizen of a certain age who is wistfully considering the twilight of a 500-year-old technology — the printed book — in the face of the efficient, logical digitization of

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text in the form of e-books. Well sort, of. But an interesting report in the New York Times last week suggests that news of the death of the printed book may be premature. If you care about print, a few years ago things looked bad. Between 2008 and 2010, e-book sales exploded by 1,260 percent, and when Borders booksellers declared bankruptcy, bookstores and publishers of printed books across the country were looking nervously over their shoulders. But, the Times reports, signs indicate that some readers of e-books are returning to print. During the first five months of 2015, e-book sales fell by 10 percent. And the American Booksellers Association lists 2,227 bookstore locations in 2015, up from 1,660 five years ago. At BookPeople, in Austin, Texas, sales are up 11 percent over last year, making 2015 the store’s most profitable year since its founding in 1970. These figures may represent a minor, temporary ebb in the once seemingly inevitable flow that will sweep the printed

book into the past, along with the anachronistic technologies I mention above. But I hope not. E-readers have their virtues, of course. You can read them in the dark. You can adjust the font. And when you come across a word that you don’t know, you can access a dictionary with a touch. And they’re remarkably efficient: you can download and store hundreds of books in a device smaller than a printed copy of “Billy Budd.” Still, the physicality of a printed book has virtues and pleasures that e-readers can’t embody. Each printed book is a work of art, or — not to overstate it — at least an artifact, designed by someone down to the last detail of cover art and font. Every book invites the potential reader to pick it up, heft it, flip it over and fan through the pages. Maybe even admire it. Individually, each book is an object that rewards consideration, even before you get to the text. Put enough of them together and they become furniture, but in the best sense

of the term. While an e-reader can hold volumes, even a small library of printed books represents hundreds of pounds of impedimenta that turns moving day into a burdensome undertaking. Still, nearly every book on the shelves that surround me _ even the ones that haven’t been opened for decades — not only tells a story, but has a story, evoking a period of time, an event, a person, an insight that can be recalled merely by observing the art on a book’s spine. Reading printed books provides other subtle pleasures, as well. I like the analogous shift in weight from your right hand to your left as you progress through a book. Or the satisfaction of hefting a really substantial, just-finished novel by, say, Charles Dickens. E-books versus print? The jury’s still out. But there’s some evidence that the physical pleasures of the printed book may persist for a while. Just because a really fine technology can be replaced by another, doesn’t mean that it should be.

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Trump’s tax cuts could cost US trillions of dollars, experts say MICHAEL FINNEGAN AND JAMES F. PELTZ LOS ANGELES TIMES

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump proposed a major package of tax cuts Monday, but offered few specifics on how to pay for them — and experts predicted they would cost untold trillions of dollars. Trump, who has faced pressure to offer a detailed campaign agenda, vowed to simplify the tax system, with four individual income tax brackets: 25 percent, 20 percent, 10 percent and 0 percent. The highest of the seven current brackets is 39.6 percent. Trump would also lower the 35 percent corporate rate to 15 percent. But businesses would lose tax breaks on earnings overseas and various unidentified “loopholes that cater to special interests.” Millions of individuals who earn less than $25,000 a year, or couples who make less than $50,000, would no longer pay income tax, Trump said. They would instead send a one-page form to the Internal Revenue Service stating, in characteristic Trump fashion: “I win.” Trump, the billionaire real estate developer, acknowledged that tax rates on the wealthy would drop, but said his plan would result in a vastly simpler tax code. “My returns go up to the ceiling and beyond, which is ridiculous,” he told reporters at a news conference in front of the lobby escalator at Trump Tower in Manhattan. Beyond his boast, though, how his plan would accomplish any of his predictions

remained murky. Tax experts said it would cost the government trillions of dollars in lost revenue. How many trillions is unknown, they said, because of Trump’s lack of detail on which tax breaks he would wipe out. “He’s very specific about the nature of the tax cuts, but very vague about the nature of the tax increases,” said Howard Gleckman, senior fellow at the nonpartisan UrbanBrookings Tax Policy Center. “Politicians of both parties have been playing that game forever, and he’s just doing it too.” Trump’s tax cuts appear to be substantially larger than those recently proposed by his Republican rivals Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, experts said. The plan also hews closely to standard Republican fiscal policy despite Trump campaign rhetoric that has hinted he might challenge party orthodoxy on taxes. It’s clear the cuts would benefit the wealthiest Americans more than anyone else, Gleckman said. Trump’s plan would eliminate the federal inheritance tax, a cut that could produce a windfall for his own children. The tax applies to estates of $5 million or more for individuals, and $10 million or more for couples. Trump vowed to keep personal income tax deductions for mortgage interest and charitable giving. He also called for abolishing the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was initially aimed at ensuring that the wealthy pay their fair share, but has proved costly to more and more middleclass taxpayers. At the same time, Trump said he would reduce or eliminate most deductions and loopholes available to the very rich. He

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provided no details. Elimination of some deductions, like the one for state and local taxes, could adversely affect people in high-tax states such as California, said Edward McCaffery, professor of law, economics and political science at the University of Southern California. “The devil is in the unspecified details,” he said. Release of Trump’s tax proposal came 12 days after a Republican presidential debate in which Trump was notably less detailed on federal policy than a number of his opponents. One of the methods Trump proposed to pay for his tax cuts would be to end the

deferral of income taxes on corporate profits earned overseas. He would offer a one-time “repatriation” of money held abroad, taxing those earnings at a discounted 10 percent tax rate. President Barack Obama proposed a similar tax this year, at a 14 percent rate, and the idea has gotten bipartisan support, though at lower rates than Obama’s plan. Kyle Pomerleau, an economist at the nonpartisan Tax Foundation in Washington, said it was highly unlikely that the overall plan would cost the government nothing, as Trump asserted. “Even accounting for additional economic growth from the plan,” he said, “it still wouldn’t be able to claw back the revenue losses.”

Financial aid changes coming for college-bound students JANE STANCILL THE NEWS & OBSERVER

Applying for federal financial aid each year is often a mystifying, excruciating process for collegebound students and their families. It starts with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, a confounding document with roughly 130 questions about a family’s finances. For years, policy makers have talked about simplifying the process. Several tweaks have been made in recent years, but now big changes are on the way. This week, President Barack Obama announced a major shift in the timeline for the FAFSA, which could simplify the process and provide students with financial aid notifications earlier. In the past, definitive financial aid offers would arrive months after students applied and were admitted to college. Starting in the 2017-18 year, students are likely to be in a better position to choose a

college with solid financial aid awards in hand. The news came on the heels of the administration unveiling its new College Scorecard, which gives the public more information about individual colleges’ student outcomes and other performance indicators. Education Secretary Arne Duncan touted the new FAFSA schedule on a bus tour of the Midwest this week. Some changes had already been implemented. The online form has been streamlined so that it skips questions that aren’t relevant to particular students. The form now takes about 20-25 minutes to complete, Duncan said, or about a third of the time it took a couple of years ago. The earlier schedule, he said, would allow students and their families to make more informed decisions. “We think this small step that makes people’s lives easier could have a huge impact over time,” Duncan said. “We estimate that over the next several years, literally hundreds of thousands of additional

students will actually gain access to critical student aid each year, because more students and their families will find it easier to apply for that aid. That’s financial aid that students absolutely need and deserve, and that historically, sadly, they were leaving on the table.” Though FAFSA simplification does appear to have bipartisan support, some warn of the undetermined costs of many more students applying for federal aid. “But make no mistake, this announcement comes at a cost to taxpayers, and it seems the administration has no responsible plan to pay for it,” the statement said. “We need reforms to higher education that serve the best interests of both students and taxpayers, and the best way to achieve that goal is to reform the law. That continues to be our priority, and, as we have said repeatedly, it’s time the administration joined that effort.” Consumer advocates and financial aid experts cheered the move, though there are still

questions about implementation. Shirley Ort, UNC-Chapel Hill’s associate provost and director of scholarships and student aid, said the FAFSA overhaul had been discussed for years. “It is a big change, but I think it’s going to be positive change for both institutions and parents and students,” she said. “It will take a lot of the wrinkles out of our current system.” The shift may present challenges to some colleges that don’t have generous financial aid budgets, Ort said. But the competition will be a boon to students looking for the best buy. “It’s likely that families will have more time now to really study differences in aid offers,” she said. Here is a rundown of the changes: What’s different about the FAFSA? Beginning in the 201718 academic year, students will be able to fill out the FAFSA starting on Oct. 1 of 2016, as opposed to January of 2017. Previously, financial aid decisions lagged admissions decisions, so students

deliberated about colleges without knowing exactly what kind of aid they could get. Now, financial aid award notifications should be more aligned with the admissions process. What’s the big deal about the new time line? The new schedule means that students will submit financial information based on their parents’ income for what’s known as the “prior prior year,” or two years before they enroll. Under the current process, students were submitting financial data in the winter or spring before the fall semester -- based on the prior tax year. The problem with that was that parents’ tax returns often weren’t done in time, adding stress to the process. The new schedule will allow families to use an IRS retrieval tool that will automatically pull data from the last completed tax return. Are colleges going to change their deadlines, too? That remains to be seen, but many colleges and universities have indicated their intention to do so.

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‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ surprisingly isn’t bad JACOB PIERCE | @JacobPierce1_DE

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Who would have imagined Adam Sandler making a new film that is not completely horrible. “Hotel Transylvania 2,” directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and starring Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez, entertains in an era of offensive, unfunny and poorly made Sandler movies. This film does not reach the levels of recent Pixar and Disney movies, but it does continue an average, slightly non-pandering children series. Most of the characters are unexpectedly well-developed and loveable. Mavis in particular is a character that has grown, yet keeps important traits. Her arc through the series has been growing up.

First she falls in love and now she is having a child. With this advance toward adulthood, she has become responsible and overbearing. But at the first chance she gets, her inner-child comes out and you see the conflicting motifs. This film being funny serves as a complete surprise. Sandler, who also was a screenwriter on this project, has become known for a cringe-worthy, bullying type of humor as of late, but “Hotel Transylvania 2” is the exception. The jokes are all low-hanging fruit, but

it is not a deterrence. This kind of humor gives simple laughs and that is all it needs to do. Random and irrelevant humor reaches the whole audience. One of the ways this movie fails is with the main plot. Even for the most straightforward of kids films, this is the worst kind of retread. It is the same thing again. Dracula sees his child growing up, gets scared and overacts. It hits a lot of the same story points as its predecessor, which hurts everything the movie does well.

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Picture perfect: Social media galleries might hold clues to a happier future ALISON BOWEN | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Instagram feeds — those treasure-troves of personal photo galleries — often are bonanzas of decadent meals, brilliant sunsets and perfectly poised centerpieces. These slices of life might be authentic moments, but often our daily life doesn’t resemble these carefully curated slide shows. Is it possible to use our posts on Instagram — or any other social media platform — to craft a life more in line with the ideal we show others? In fact, experts say, our Instagram feeds might serve as clues to what we need more of. Similarly, jealousy or an eye roll toward others’ postings might signal things we wish existed in our own lives. Being mindful of all of these things — as well as creating a more authentic portrayal of ourselves online — can boost happiness. “Remember, nobody’s life looks like their Instagram,” said Kelley Kitley, a licensed clinical social worker whose Chicago private practice is Serendipitous Psychotherapy. But what you gravitate to online can feed — positively, she promises — into authentic happiness, she said. “I look at Instagram as [a] kind of a scrapbook. We don’t put pictures in a photo album that we dislike.” Think of your postings as a sort of scavenger hunt to what you enjoy most, or when you feel most content. This often creates a virtual photo feed of the best moments of any given day,

fashioning a feed of bliss. While ideally this is rooted in genuine delight, it also can be motivated by social pressures. “People feel pressure to be fabulous, to look like they’re fabulous,” said Stacy Kaiser, psychotherapist and editor at large of LiveHappy.com. When people jot down a status or upload a photo, it might also be an acknowledgment of goals — consciously or not, said Dr. Pamela Rutledge, who teaches media psychology at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, Calif., and directs the Media Psychology Research Center in Newport Beach, Calif. “They’re posting their desirable self, or their aspirational self or their ideal self, in a way, so that they are reminded to strive for that,” Rutledge said. And whether we intend social media to drip into our psyche, what we post and view online affects us, experts say. Kitley said clients often reference others’ social media posts during sessions. One client, struggling in her own marriage, mentioned a friend’s cheery anniversary message. “She said it just made her have a pit in her stomach about the choices she’s made,” Kitley said. So, how to harness social media for a more fulfilling life? Suggestions from the experts: Use it as inspiration. “A lot of this posting becomes similar to an idea board,” Rutledge said, “where you’re exploring things that you like ... or the kinds of things that you’d

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like to do. I think we can look at these things as aspirational, and self-exploration.” Banish the negativity that often accompanies scrolling — the petty jealousy about a friend’s lavish Italy photos, the eye roll over a high school friend’s gushing blog post, the anger because that jerk from college seems to be having more fun. Kitley said she used to avoid social media, “feeling like it was a really inauthentic capture of what everyone’s lives were like,” she said. Now, she relishes Facebook posts that inspire her, like a sunrise in her neighborhood she hadn’t noticed because she was too focused on rushing to work. Another photo

of a newborn spurred nostalgic, affectionate memories with her four kids. “I think there can be some real positivity that comes out of it,” she said. Use it to boost your self-image. Even posting images of yourself at your best can have a positive psychological effect. Rutledge recently researched selfies, finding that most people took a selfie because they really liked something about themselves — a fantastic outfit or fierce hair. “They’re markers to them of these high points,” she said. “It becomes a very positive, reinforcing thing.” Blips of posting happy moments can have a cumulative positive

effect, too. “They allow us to document the process of life,” Rutledge said. “This little amount of appreciation, cumulatively, has a big impact. ... All of these images we’re posting, these bits and pieces of life, are essentially these moments of gratitude.” Use it as a map for the future. The things we’re drawn to on social media can be signposts for things that we should incorporate into our lives, Kaiser suggested. “If you’re finding yourself drawn to pictures of beautiful sunsets, you should be going to more of them,” Kaiser said, adding that social media can be used as a puzzle piece toward pursuing a happier life.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Pare down to practical financial priorities. Use what you’ve learned to cut costs. You’re more patient with money management over the next few days. Advance your agenda through careful budgeting and scheduling. Anticipate surprises. Set long-term goals. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Negotiations resume. You don’t have to do everything. Let somebody else direct the show for a few days. Accept a promise. Learn from each other. Work together today and tomorrow. Physical magnetism is part of the fun. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Concentrate on a new assignment today and tomorrow. Focus on providing meticulous service. Make sure your team has what they need. Walk and talk. Alternate between physical exercise and quiet reverie. Replace something volatile with something secure.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 7 -- To raise your game, get a good coach. Discover secrets and tricks of the trade. The more you learn, the easier it gets. Practice what you love today and tomorrow. Someone finds that attractive. Relax and play. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Family comes first today and tomorrow. Get into a domestic cycle. Clean, renovate and repair your infrastructure. Set up systems to conserve resources. Beautify your surroundings. Add color and composition to your design. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Intuition reveals the correct choice. You’re especially clever with words today and tomorrow. Catch up on reading and research. Apply what you’re learning. Act on what you hear. A revelation provides an opportunity. Study developments.

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Pettit vacates associate athletic director position TED WARD | @TEDWARD_DE

Andy Pettit

SIU Associate Athletic Director of Facilities Andy Pettit announced last week he will step down from his current job to take a sales manager position with Timberline Fisheries in Marion. Pettit said his family is the biggest motivator in the decision, even though he was not actively

looking for a new job. “It’s a great opportunity for me to be closer to my 5-year-old and 2-year-old boys at home and have more quality time with them,” Pettit said. “It was just something that came up talking to some people I knew. And in the end, the compensation made sense as the hours would be better. It’s a brand

new challenge for me to pursue.” Pettit has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and master’s degree in business administration from SIUC. As a student, he kept score at volleyball games and was an events coordinator during his graduate assistantship. He worked as the Director of Athletic Facilities from

2005 to August of 2012 before starting his most recent position in September of 2012. Pettit said his job was not threatened by impending budget cuts. “I have a 12-month rolling contract at SIU.” Pettit said. “I’m very fortunate with everything SIU has offered me.”

Saluki basketball adds walkon to team SEAN CARLEY | @SCARLEYDE

The Saluki men’s basketball team added former John A. Logan College player Bobby Mannie as a walk-on Monday. Mannie, a Herrin native, will be the seventh new player and the fifth junior college transfer for the Salukis this upcoming season. He will have junior status immediately. Mannie is listed as a 5-foot-11inch, 180-pound guard. He started 21 games for the Volunteers last season, averaging 3.3 points, 1 assist and 1.5 rebounds per game.

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Bears trade Jared Allen to Panthers DAN WIEDERER | Chicago Tribune

After just 18 months, Jared Allen’s days as a Chicago Bear appear to be over. The Tribune confirmed Allen has been traded to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for a conditional draft pick. Fox’s Jay Glazer, a close friend of Allen’s, originally reported the deal. It registers as a significant move for both the team and the player, a parting of ways between a veteran in the home stretch of his career and a team in the very early stages of a massive rebuild. Allen, who was asked to make a change from defensive end to outside linebacker

when the Bears shifted to a 3-4 defensive system last spring, was without a sack through the first three games. He has been credited with five total tackles but hadn’t emerged as an impact playmaker for a defense badly needing one. The Bears originally signed Allen in March 2014, giving him a four-year, $32 million deal in which $15.5 million was guaranteed. But that signing was made by former general manager Phil Emery. After Allen struggled through his first season as a Bear, recording a career-low five sacks, the transition to a new position only toughened his efforts to regain his form as a significant pass-rushing threat.

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Get to know the new Saluki track and field coach SEAN CARLEY | @SCARLEYDE

There will be a familiar face leading the Saluki track and field teams this year. Kathleen Raske, a 1990 SIUC graduate, was hired as Director of Track and Field/ Cross Country to replace Connie PriceSmith on Aug. 11. Price-Smith was hired as the coach at University of Mississippi on July 21. Previous Experience: 2003-2015 Director of Track and Field/ Cross Country - Sacramento State 1997-2003 Track and Field Head Coach Central Michigan University 1992-1997 Assistant Coach - Miami (Ohio) 1990-1992 Assistant Coach - SIU Why she came back to coach at SIU: “I am a born and bred Saluki. This is where I started out as a student-athlete. Connie and I were actually teammates ... So I followed the program. When [athletic director] Tommy Bell gave me a call, it was absolutely something I had to look at.” On her new coaching staff: “I’m very excited about this staff. We have Connie’s protege J.C. Lambert on throws ... David Beauchem didn’t leave so we have a carry-over from previous years and distance runners are taken care of ... coach [Terry] VanLaningham has been hired [for jumps]. Coach [Alishea] Usery has been hired [for sprints and hurdles]. I’ve been excited to

bring these people into Saluki track and field because they’re quality people and quality coaches.” Raske’s vision for track and field program: “First and foremost it’s about building a team atmosphere. In our sport unfortunately, there’s not a huge emphasis on team ... I think what’s important to collegiate studentathletes is to have a team experience. Someone’s got to win that team title, and I’m known for building teams. I expect them to be great teammates ... hopefully they’ll live that out in action.” On recruiting in Illinois over California: “California is a great talent pool, so we didn’t have to go very far there ... but you’re in central America here. You’ve got great talent right here. I plan to [recruit] all over, but obviously we need to have a great contingent of Illinois athletes. We had to hit the ground running because we were behind the 8-ball, and we still are. Differences in program between her time as an athlete and now: “The crazy part is, when I ran here, I ran and trained in different facilities. So it’s the changes in Saluki athletic facilities. This is a new track and a new throws area,new building, new locker rooms, new football stadium, and the renovations in [SIU] Arena. It’s very much a change, but it’s very exciting the amount of support they give Saluki athletics.”