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'We were very much numb': SIU alumnus across the street from Las Vegas mass shooting
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MARNIE LEONARD | @marsuzleo
When Steven Berczynski woke up early Monday morning to news that a mass shooting took place Sunday night right across the street from the Las Vegas hotel where he is staying with his wife, he panicked. “Immediately we were so concerned with our safety, and we didn’t really know what to say or where to go or what to do,� said Berczynski, a 2013 photojournalism alumnus from Batavia. “The best word to describe it would be numb. We were very much numb to it. Not numb in the sense that it didn’t affect us, but we didn’t really know how to feel.� At least 58 people were killed and over 500 were injured in the attack, police said, making it the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. The gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, fired bullets into the crowd of a Jason Aldean concert around 10 p.m. from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas police said. Berczynski, who now lives in Chicago and went to Las Vegas on his honeymoon, said he and his wife arrived early Sunday morning and, after a full day of exploring the Strip and visiting casinos, they retired back to their hotel early. Around 9:30 p.m. he said the concert could be clearly heard from their hotel, MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. When Berczynski left the hotel room for the lobby casino around 10 p.m., he said it had gone silent. “I went down to the casino a half hour later and you could not hear the concert anymore,� Berczynski said. “I didn’t really think anything of it.� He said he went back up to
Marcus Yam | Los Angeles Times | TNS A curtain blows out of a broken window where a gunman opened fire from an upper story of Mandalay Bay resort on a country music festival across the street on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night, leaving at least 58 dead and more than 500 injured, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
the room shortly thereafter. He and his wife didn’t realize what had happened until about 3 a.m. when their loved ones back in the Midwest started calling and texting them to see if they were OK. “We said to them ‘Yeah, of course we’re okay, why wouldn’t we be?’� he said. “It was the first time we heard of it.� By the time police responded to the gunman’s hotel room, he was already dead. Local officials say they believe he killed himself. His motive remains unclear. “I can't get into the mind of a psychopath,� Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said at a press conference Monday morning. Police found 10 or so guns inside the gunman’s hotel room, all of which appear to have been purchased legally, according to law enforcement officials. Berczynski said he hopes this will be a catalyst for politicians to enact gun reform legislation. “I hope, yeah, but I have my doubts,� Berczynski said. “This seemingly
happens every other month.â€? Though police have yet to confirm the type of weapon Paddock used, initial reports convey suspicions that one of the rifles found in his room was altered to function as an automatic weapon. “I don’t see a reason why anyone would need a weapon like that,â€? Berczynski said. “Certainly I want to respect their Second Amendment rights, but I don’t see why anyone needs a weapon like that for personal use.â€? In the aftermath of the shooting, Berczynski said Las Vegas has come together to try to help the victims. “People are running out of their homes to donate water, drop off food, donate blood,â€? he said. “The lines to donate blood were out the door at like 6:30 this morning ‌ Vegas is really rallying together to do whatever is needed.â€? Campus editor Marnie Leonard can be reached at mleonard@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @marsuzleo.
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Campus officials say Montemagno's academic reorganization plan will benefit students, faculty The reorganization will also form a of Science declined to comment enter, leading different colleges to new School of Sustainability and Earth until the chancellor releases more compete for students. Some campus officials say Science, which merges agriculture and details about the plan. “Bringing us together makes Chancellor Carlo Montemagno’s plan life science programs. Kinesiology program chair absolute sense and quite honestly, it to reorganize academic programs into new colleges will give individual units greater opportunity to collaborate and “My focus is looking at the opportunities for collaboration [like] support one another. building programs and academic opportunities for students that The plan — which Montemagno we currently don’t have or can build on. What we’re trying to do revealed during his State of the University Address on Sept. 26 — calls is align things where there are connections, and where we can for restructuring existing academic support each other.” programs to consolidate them with similar programs into new colleges. - Lizette Chevalier This would include the creation of Associate provost a new College of Health and Human Services, combining allied health and public health programs into one unit Eleven program heads and Julianne Wallace said students should have happened a while ago,” rather than the three colleges they are professors in the College of in health programs are often Wallace said. “I think we’re moving currently spread out over. Agricultural Sciences and College confused about which college to in the right direction.”
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Wallace said this move should lead to increased collaboration between students and faculty. “I see a lot of opportunities for research to evolve out of this, which further creates more opportunities for students,” Wallace said. Assistant professor of public health Justin McDaniel said the combining health programs into one college will be positive for students in two ways. “I think students would benefit from not only the opportunity to get involved in new interdisciplinary faculty-led research projects, but also from the opportunity to hear perspectives from students in adjacent programs and take classes with professors of various healthrelated programs,” McDaniel said.
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Another aspect of the reorganization plan includes structuring University College to move some sub-departments to Academic Affairs and some to Student Affairs. Associate provost Lizette Chevalier said the split will help students by making departments more accessible and fitting programs into departments that better align with their missions. “My focus is looking at the opportunities for collaboration [like] building programs and academic opportunities for students that we currently don’t have or can build on,” Chevalier said. “What we’re trying to do is align things where there are connections, and where we can support each other.” Exploratory student advisement and the university’s core curriculum departments will go into Academic Affairs, Chevalier said. New student programs, disability support services and career services are among the programs that will
be be added to Student Affairs, said Lori Stettler, interim vice chancellor for student affairs. Stettler said the chancellor’s plan is in line with the university’s mission. “The opportunity to recreate a team that will work in unison and collaboration to assist our students in achieving their goals through purposeful and engaging programs, resources and spaces is central to the vision we are creating as a whole,” Stettler said. Montemagno said in his address the reorganization will save the university $2.3 million in administrative costs while eliminating program redundancies. “Imagine the synergy, energy and strength we could build — and duplication we might avoid — if we broke down walls and brought programs and faculty together for joint exploration of knowledge,” Montemagno said. Though the redirection of administrative costs may mean the loss of some administrators, Chevalier said she prefers to think
positively. “I look at the ‘Is the glass half full or half empty?’ as an inefficient design,” Chevalier said. “I view it from the other prospect of ‘What can we do?’ … Change can be a little intimidating, I get that, but change can also be invigorating. It is all about reinventing ourselves and enhancing student experiences, services and engagement.” Montemagno said in his address this reorganization will create fewer colleges on campus, leading a larger resource base for the remaining colleges. Though no final decisions have been made, new drafts of his “straw man proposal” will be released throughout October and November to provide more details about the plan, Montemagno said. Montemagno said he will share his finalized plan with a goal of enacting the new system by July 1, 2018. Staff writer Isabelle Rogers can be reached at irogers@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @isabellerogers.
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Women in aviation programs fly toward industry equality KITT FRESA | @kittfresa
For Sophie LeGore, a junior from DeForest, Wisconsin studying aviation technologies, flying and working on planes is in the blood. However, although her dad, grandpa and uncle are all in the aviation field, LeGore rarely sees any other women. “Walking into a classroom and seeing maybe one other girl in my class was very intimidating,” said LeGore, who is one of eight women out of the 128 students enrolled in her program. “I’ve had only male instructors except for one. There’s only one female instructor in my program. So not only are my peers mostly men, my instructors are also men.” Of the 441 students enrolled in all aviation majors, 52 are women, according to university data. LeGore is making an effort to change this, and she isn't alone. She serves as the president of the SIU chapter of Women in Aviation, called the Saluki Aviators. Women in Aviation International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing and encouraging women in aviation studies, and different chapters across the world work together to achieve their goals, LeGore said.
women in the aviation industry.” LeGore said she never doubted that she wanted to be in the aviation industry, and she often attended camps as a teenager that showed her the different pathways she could take within the field. “Having that exposure to it early on life made me think about it a little bit more,” LeGore said. “I realized that's what I wanted to pursue because that's something I’m very passionate about.” Rachel Piacentini, a senior from Steger studying aviation management and a part-time instructor in the program, said she has never had a female instructor herself. “It's kind of weird at first, because you go into the classes and sometimes you're the only girl,” Piacentini said. Still, Piacentini said she has never felt unwelcome as a woman in the program. “That was one of the reasons why I actually came here,” Piacentini said. “It's a really supportive community in our department and we all push to make each other better.” LeGore said it could be scary for some women at first to jump into an unfamiliar field.
“I’ve had only male instructors except for one. There’s only one female instructor in my program. So not only are my peers mostly men, my instructors are also men.” - Sophie LeGore junior
“Our chapter does a lot of community outreach,” LeGore said. “The organization reaches out to younger people and older women as well. They provide a network of mentors and career opportunities for
“The biggest first step is just getting in there,” LeGore said. “Once you make that first step, it becomes a lot less scary.” Though both found the lack of women intimidating at first, they said they now feel more at home.
Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE Senior aviation management major Rachel Piacentini, left, of Steger, and sophomore aviation flight major Olivia Vincent, 19, of Rushville, pose inside flight deck, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, at the SIU Aviation Technologies Hangar in Murphysboro.
“I didn't fully know what to expect,” LeGore said. “But when I got in I realized that it was just a really great community of people who all love the same thing … We’re all just a bunch of geeks out here at the airport, just having fun with airplanes, learning a lot and hopefully we’re going to be able to transfer that to the industry and make some impacts.” She said everyone in the program, regardless of gender, is trying to learn as much as they can. “Nobody is going to hire you if you’re not qualified,” LeGore said. “You're still set to the same standards as men.” Mike Burgener, the department chair for aviation technologies, said he thinks women might be hesitant to get into aviation field because it’s traditionally male-dominated, but companies are looking to hire women to balance out
their staff. “Organizations like Women in Aviation are critical for getting the word out that these are viable occupations for women, and not only viable occupations but employers are really seeking out women because it is such a nontraditional field,” he said. Although the industry can still be challenging for women to go into, Burgener said the environment is improving as more women enter the field. “I think it's inevitable that it's more challenging for women when they’re at an imbalance like that,” Burgener said. “It's good that there are women within the organization at all levels, not just as students but also as faculty and staff.” Bergener, who is also an instructor in the program, said the important thing is
to keep recruiting students, regardless of gender. “I wish it wasn't such an imbalance but it's typical of a lot of these fields I think,” Burgener said. “We just have to do our best to get the word out that these are extremely viable fields.” The program instructors play a big part in making the women feel at-ease, LeGore said. “They have really helped me get comfortable with the idea that this is a male-dominated field and it's just something you have to get used to,” LeGore said. “Hopefully that will change in the future, but as for right now it's definitely an adjustment.” Staff writer Kitt Fresa can be reached at kfresa@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @kittfresa.
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Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Austin Salsman, a senior from Central Indiana studying agricultural systems and technology management, lines a tractor up to spread barley seeds Thursday at University Farms.
Fermentation science program continues tapping into its potential KITT FRESA | Daily Egyptian
SIU’s Fermentation Science Institute is looking at ways to expand and start selling its student-made beer around town and at campus events. Students in the program work out of a small brewery in the McLafferty Annex, and program director Matthew McCarroll said they are coming up with ways to make it completely student-run and licensed to sell its finished products. “We’d like to set that up as a studentrun brewery where the students can develop their own recipes and make internal decisions on what to brew,”
McCarroll said. “Then the idea would be to have an SIU tap at, say, Hangar 9 or something.” McCarroll said ideally, this would happen within the next six months to a year. The process can be lengthy due to the licensing involved to commercially brew and sell products, he said. The program would then give students both brewing experience and hands-on training of the business practices that go into selling beer, he said. “Learning all of that, that's the tricky part for new breweries when they start up,” McCarroll said. “If we get this going, our students will come out
already being familiar with that.” Associate professor Katherine Witrick said the brewing system students use is a smaller version of what big beer companies use so that students can learn how the equipment works without everything being automated for them. “They need to have that background of understanding what's going on,” Witrick said. “So if you were to go to something like Anheuser-Busch, where everything is completely automated, you need to understand why this valve is suddenly turning on and opening up, what’s going on.” The pilot brewery is a half barrel
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Matthew McCarroll, director of the Fermentation Science Institute, inspects the field after barley seeds had been planted Thursday at University Farms. A THENA C HRYSANTHOU @C HRYSANT 1A THENA
Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Logan Hosick, a junior from Cisne studying crop and soil science, throws barley seeds on a tractor Thursday at University Farms.
system that is small enough to be were selling their products. operated regularly without costing a The Board of Trustees approved a lot of money, but McCarroll said they measure last December to allow for the could get bigger equipment if they sale of alcohol at campus events, so the
fermentation science program is now looking into selling beer at campus events as other beer companies do, McCarroll said. “We now have the ability to serve beer … it would be great if that was a campus-produced beer.” McCarroll said. As part of a $120,427 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture the program received in August, students are also growing malting barley on campus. The barley, which was planted Thursday near University Farms, is a part of a malting facility the program is creating. The facility will be housed in a section of the annex currently under construction. McCarroll is hoping to have it completed by the end of the academic year or possibly early summer. “We’re trying to basically encourage the growing of malt, and other cereal
grains that can be malted, to try and spur a micro-malting industry in the area,” McCarroll said. Members of the fermentation science program teamed up with University Farms to plant the barley in a plot a little under four acres. They will go back in the spring to plant more, and McCarroll said the barley will be harvested late next summer. “If things go well, we’ll end up with a decent amount of barley that we can use to malt in our facility,” he said. “We’ll use that for brewing within the program, but we can also bring that to market to some of the local breweries in the area in conjunction with other farmers and brewers in the area that will be growing grains that we’ll malt in our facility as well.” The program isn’t limited to just beer; students can learn how to produce almost anything that is fermented. Foods like wine, liquor, bread, cheese and sauerkraut are all
made by fermentation science students, McCarroll said. The program was established in 2014 and was moved into the McLafferty Annex in 2016. McCarroll said the program has “just started tapping into the potential of the building.” The annex houses everything the students use to perform their experiments, from microscopes to specialized walk-in coolers and machines that can analyze the alcohol content of beer, wine or spirits, McCarroll said. McCarroll said they also operate a service lab to which companies from all over the world can send in their samples for testing and analysis. This usually involves finding problems with the product, such as contaminating microbes or harmful bacterias, he said. “It’s really starting to take off.” McCarroll said. “For the first part of the year, we’re averaging about thirty to forty analyses per month. For September, we haven’t finished yet, but we’re at 319 analyses.” The service lab has been working closely with local wineries, which McCarroll said is convenient for them because they can receive their results within a day or two. "We think we’re going to revolutionize the wine quality in southern Illinois,” McCarroll said. “Sometimes we get same day turn-around, but usually it’s nextday answers … They can really get quick decisions.” Students wanting to test products are required to get to a certain level in their coursework and training beforehand, McCarroll said. This is because the lab is certified by the Federal Tax and Trade Bureau, meaning the program needs to maintain certain standards to be able to test outside products, he said. “We have this kind of dual mission of helping the local industry, but also when we do that we’re helping the academic program as well,” McCarroll said. “Our students are getting exposure to that, both to our lab and also working with the other wineries.” Staff writer Kitt Fresa can be reached at kfresa@dailyegyptian.com.
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Battling on the pitch since 1972 JACOB SELSOR | @jacobselsor_DE
Rugby at SIU is one of the school’s many hidden traditions, with roots firmly planted in the 1970's — known as the "Me Decade". But there is no "me" in rugby, only brothers- and sisters -in-arms on the pitch. The men’s team is currently taking part in its fall 15s season, where teams of 15 players battle for 80 minutes on a 100-meter-long field known as a rugby pitch. During the spring and summer, they take part in 7s, with seven players on each side. Two years ago the team advanced to the 2015 USA Rugby College 7s National Championships at the University of Denver in Colorado for the first time in program history, finishing in ninth place among twelve teams. The men are a part of the Gateway Conference, which includes teams from Central Missouri, Missouri S&T, Principia, SLU, Southern Illinois and UMKC. Twice a year the teams meet in the Gateway Conference Championships — once for 15s in the fall and again for 7s in the spring — with the winner earning a bid into the national tournament. Last year the team finished second in the conference tournament, just barely missing nationals when they fell to the Principia Thunder Chickens in the championship match. Despite last year’s second place conference finish, the Salukis began this season by beating the rival Thunder Chickens 46-28 Sept. 16 at home on the upper arena pitch. “They’ve been a competitor for the last four years that I've been playing for SIU,” senior captain Kris Coleman said. “We’ve had a lot of success with the guys that come out every season. A few of us played in high school but most have learned the sport through our club.” The same can be said about the women’s team, which is the self-proclaimed most-diverse registered student organization. “We’ve had a lot of people that had no experience come in and do just fine,” junior treasurer Alexis Simpson said. “Everyone here all gets along ... we love anyone no matter what race, gender or orientation.” The women’s team is currently taking part in
its 15s season in the Illinois Collegiate Women's Rugby Conference (ICWRC). “Last spring we experienced a big turnaround,” sophomore social chair Samantha Kupitz said. “When we first started out we had 10 new people playing, so we had no idea what we were doing the first game. As the season progressed we got better and better and eventually took second place in a tournament in New Orleans.” One common theme among rugby players, or ruggers, is their adherence to tradition. Every spring the alumni from both the men’s and women’s team come back to SIU for an annual event called “Old Loads.” According to Coleman, Old Loads is a funfilled weekend that has roots dating back to the formation of the SIU rugby organizations. It features a bar crawl Friday night followed by a friendly match between the current players and alumni Saturday. “Old Loads is the best time of the year for rugby,” Simpson said. The bond that exists between alumni and actives extends to other teams as well. “We hang out [with other teams] before and after games,” Kupitz said. "Sometimes they even let us stay with them. It’s super-friendly, almost like a sorority.” SIU rugby hosts a tournament every year called the All Fools Rugby Classic — with the 28th annual coming this spring — which features around 16 teams. Both Southern teams walked away last year with the traditional bull horn trophies that go to the champions of the Classic. Men's president Coleman stressed that in order to continue the great tradition that is SIU Rugby, the teams need players. Information on practice times and scheduled games can be found on SIU Mens Rugby Club facebook page and the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Women's Rugby Club page. “They just need to come out to rugby practice,” Coleman said. “we’ll get them out and throw them right in the mix.” Sports reporter Jacob Selsor can be reached at jselsor@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @jacobselsor_DE.
Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Salukis senior outside center Jake Soriano, center, darts past opposing teammates Sept. 21 during a men’s rugby practice at the SIU Upper Arena Pitch in Carbondale.
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Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Freshman lock Marissa Ziegler, left, and sophomore wing Gabriella Johnson attempt to stop an opponent Saturday during the Salukis’ 27-15 win against the Western Illinois University Leathernecks at the SIU Upper Arena Pitch in Carbondale.
Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz during the Salukis’ 27-15 win against the Leathernecks at the SIU Upper Arena Pitch
Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Salukis senior inside center Andrew Canedo receives a pass from a teammate Sept. 21 during a men’s rugby practice at the SIU Upper Arena Pitch in Carbondale.
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'Like I'm not wanted': Students respond to Trump's new travel ban FRANCOIS GATIMU | @frankDE28
President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 24 a new order to indefinitely ban almost all travel from seven countries: Iran, Somalia, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Chad and North Korea. For many students from those countries, the order sends a signal. “Since I’m from Somalia and I’m Muslim too, Trump’s war against Muslims makes me feel like I’m not wanted in the country,” said Aweis Osman, a junior studying information technology. “The United States is my home and the things that Donald Trump is saying deeply hurt me.” The policy replaces the previous ban — which restricted travel from from six Muslim-majority countries — and adds Chad and North Korea to the list
while placing certain restrictions on visas from Venezuela. When Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. would also cut its number of refugee admittants by more than half, administration officials said it was necessary to “ensure national security.” Osman again felt targeted. He was born in a refugee camp in Kenya after his parents fled war in Somalia. In 2004, they moved from the camp to the United States, he said. He and his family were trying to sponsor his aunt, who Osman said is still living in the refugee camp, to come to the United States. “Her case got held up by the first travel ban,” Osman said. “But now it will be impossible to bring her.” Trump administration officials said
those in the country with valid visas will not have them revoked, but when visas expire those people will be subject to the ban. This has left some international students uncertain if they’ll be able to stay in the United States to finish their studies. “The laws have gotten stricter for us international students from Iran,” said Kourosh Teimouri, a graduate student from Iran studying computer science. “I don’t see a bright future for us in this country.” Teimouri, whose has a single entry visa, said he doesn’t know when he’ll be able to see his family back in Iran again. “I am afraid to leave the country to see my family,” Teimouri said. “It’s really hard not being able to go home for this long.” Immigration law professor Cindy Buys said this ban will be more difficult to challenge in court than the previous one, which expired Sunday and is under consideration
by the Supreme Court. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the president couldn’t unilaterally issue an unconditional ban on the entry of entire nationalities without specific reasoning. Buys said the Trump administration could not claim to have fully assessed the previous ban for the security issues it was meant to address. “This will make it harder to make the legal case that the administration hasn’t done their work by reviewing the actual threats like before,” Buys said. “Now they have tailored the program to address security risks more narrowly.” With the addition of North Korea, six of the eight countries included in the new ban are Muslim-majority. “The original ban … had as a big component the religious issue,” Buys said. “The fact that he’s not only targeting countries with Muslim populations removes that element from it.” Some say the issue at hand isn’t security at all, but discrimination.
“Why did they give us visas in the first place if they thought that we’re a security threat?” said Alma Sabet, a doctoral candidate in geology from Iran. “It has little to do with security and more to do with not wanting us here. It seems xenophobic to me, labelling us ‘a security problem.’” Though the Trump administration has denied that the ban targets Muslims, Osman said there is clearly prejudice against them in the order. “Just because we are Muslim doesn’t mean we come here to harm anybody,” Osman said. “The U.S. is a nation of immigrants from all backgrounds and religions and I feel like he’s saying ‘except Muslim’.” The new order will take effect Oct 18. It is not an executive order, but it still has the same force as one, Buys said. “I don’t think it will much affect the students who are already here,” Buys said. “A student, however, might not get a new visa to continue their education beyond their current degree.”
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Column: SIU’s shot at humanizing America’s shameful school system
The student debt crisis seems to point to the fact that America’s system of higher education is doing more harm than good. They all told us that if we don’t go to college our prospects will be dim. But a lot of us feel more hopeless post-diploma than we ever could have imagined back in the distant days of our adolescence. According to the Federal Reserve, outstanding student loans in the United States top 1.45 trillion dollars ($1,450,000,000,000), a figure which is entirely incomprehensible. However, student debt was not always a thing. At least it never bore a resemblance to what it is and how it operates now, that is, until rather recently. Common are the stories of babyboomers working part-time summer jobs to pay for college. But that reality is long gone. Generally speaking, since the ‘60s and ‘70s the burden of paying for school has been increasingly shifted onto the backs of students. Moreover, actual wages have stagnated, and by some accounts dropped, while the cost of living has increased. This means millennials have to work longer hours for less pay than those born mid-century to pay for college. According to CollegeBoard.com, since 1977 the cost of schooling has risen more than 370% (adjusted for inflation). An analysis of the figures shows a correlation between the decline in state/federal funding for higher education and the proliferation of student loans. And a lot of us feel like we never even had a choice in the matter. For some, college offers the only
escape from unsafe home lives. And for the rest, attending college is painted as the only option if we want to live the good life. The limited menu features 3 entrées, college, the military or being stuck working crappy jobs for the rest of our lives. One thing they don’t tell is that even if we go to college, a lot of us will still be working miserable jobs. Only now, we are tens of thousands of dollars in the hole. They say if we do what we love we will never work a day in our lives. Except the other thing they don’t tell you is that if what you love doesn’t generate capital, you better forfeit those dreams fast and start doing something that does. And the minute a graduate complains that they are stuck working at Starbucks, they are blamed for having studied what they were passionate about, what they thought was important. “This is your fault! Who is going to pay you to work in gender studies or Africana philosophy? How dare you go to school for art history.” As if our only purpose in life is to do only what the bosses will pay us for, what the economy places value upon. Some people go to school for what they feel will land them a decent-paying job, and I don’t blame them, life is hard and looking out for yourself seems like the only option sometimes. But some of us believe we can do it differently than that and refuse to debase ourselves to the economic forces governing life itself. Maybe we are just naïve. Or maybe, just maybe, we know another world is possible. A world where freedom, knowledge and
culture stand out as the highest values of society, a world where the social order doesn’t determine what you can or can’t do with your life. That’s why some of us are here, because we have a vision for a better world and we insist upon making it reality. So, how about that vision for what SIU should look like by 2025? Maybe that vision ought to aim at figuring out how to make that better world possible, how to break the invisible shackles that so many of us feel are holding us back from achieving our dreams. But when those shackles come in the form of the all-consuming status quo that the university finds itself situated within, we need to be creative. What does SIU have the power to do? For starters, transform the entire region. Transform it into a place that shatters the contradictions of the twenty-first century. Transform it into a place so free and economically self-sufficient that other communities model themselves after us. If it’s true that one of southern Illinois’ highest values is independence from outside forces and the ability to exist on our own terms, then let’s make the research and pedagogy of regional freedom and autonomy the core work of this beautiful university. 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.
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Sneakers for cheaper: SIU alumnus opens high-end shoe store with focus on affordability TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_
One SIU alumnus is working to make Carbondale more fashionable through a high-end shoe store on Illinois Avenue. East St. Louis-native Trevondo Crockett, the 27-year-old owner of Kickaholics, opened the storefront in August after selling online for nearly a year. He said student accessibility to his store and lower prices set it apart from other fashion boutiques in the area. “I’m the closest [to campus],” Crockett said. “I may not be as developed yet, but that will come with time.” Crockett, who graduated from SIU in 2014, said he wanted to open the store because when he was a student there weren’t many options for shoe-lovers like himself. “A lot of people would end up having to travel to Chicago or St. Louis,” Crockett said. “So I knew it was something that would do well
here and give students and local residents the opportunity to shop.” Although he studied automotive technology, Crockett said it was always his dream to own a shoe store. After he graduated, Crockett moved to Chicago to work for a company called Ally Financial, where he still serves as a billing and collections analyst from home. He said his time in Chicago opened his eyes to the opportunities in the shoe industry. “I had no idea there were conventions and things like that,” Crockett said. “There were more stores in the Chicago area, so I was able to build relationships with people and see how other stores were operated.” Crockett said he would work his corporate job during the day and turn his attention to shoes at night. He decided to turn his hobby into a business when other people started coming to him for help with starting their own shoe businesses, he said.
Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Trevondo Crockett, of East St. Louis, poses for a portrait among his merchandise Friday at his store "Kickaholics" on the Carbondale Strip. "When I was younger, I wanted shoes that looked good," Crockett said. "Even though I wasn't able to get them I still knew everything I could about them." Crockett, a SIU Class of 2014 alumnus, is the owner of Kickaholics, a new collector's shoe store located on the Carbondale Strip.
He said his wife was another source of motivation. “She encouraged me to do it on my own and just see how it would be, seeing that so many people were interested in me helping them with their business,” Crockett said. In December 2016, the Kickaholics website was officially launched. The website, which Crockett said has grossed about $100,000 in online sales, had unexpected success. He attributed that success to the demand for the products he sells and his prices. “That brings a lot of interest and keeps people coming back,” Crockett said. He said this is the same model by which he runs the storefront. “My main thing is if I want to be successful I want to have a lower price than the competitor, same shoe, same quality, but gain interest from customers by coming in seeing this same product that other people have for a better price,” Crockett said. Colton Newlin, a sophomore from Marion studying psychology, said prices are a big reason he shops at Kickaholics. “Let’s say Jordan’s drop at Finish Line and you can’t get them, he might have them and you can pay just around retail price for them, which I think is fantastic,” Newlin said. Crockett said people also like his store because of the “comfortable” atmosphere. “It’s not set up in a way where you’re pressured to buy something,” Crockett said. “It’s a place where people would come to hang even if they aren’t purchasing anything, which I don’t have a problem with.” Although Kickaholics primarily sells shoes, Crockett said he’s looking to bring more clothes into the store. He sells local clothing brands already, including his own Kickaholics line and One Race, a shirt line created by SIU students Marquez Scoggin and Joshua Bowens to promote diversity and equality. Bowens, a junior from Chicago studying political science who also works at the store, said its relaxed nature draws people in. “I loved the atmosphere I received when I [first] walked in the store,” Bowens said. “It was like no other store in the area.” Crockett said business has been better than expected so far, and he expects it to pick up throughout the year. “It’s always an assumption that the first year is going to be bad for most new businesses,” he said. “I think that with some of the plans that I have and things I’m developing, that won’t be the case for me.” Crockett said he doesn’t know how long he himself will stay in Carbondale, but he wants Kickaholics to remain a part of the community. “I hope to grow to the point where I don’t have to be here and I can expand and open a store somewhere else,” Crockett said. “My goal is to have Kickaholics be a shoe store at different college campuses.” He said ultimately, his store is for the students. “I’m bringing something to Carbondale that I wish was here when I was here,” Crockett said. Tierra Carpenter can be reached at tcarpenter@dailyegyptian.com or @tierramc_.
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Spirits, family guided Joseph Brown so he can do the same for students ISABELLE ROGERS | @isabellearogers
Many of Joseph Brown’s major life events have been guided by spiritual voices. When he was sitting at a friend’s funeral in 1990, Brown, a professor of Africana studies, said he heard her voice say, “You know you need to go to New Orleans.” This guiding voice inspired him to take an administrative job he had been offered in Louisiana, he said. It happened again while he was planning his father’s funeral in 1978 and he said he heard him say, “I told you to get all the education you could.” Immediately, Brown said he knew he had to go back to school to get his doctorate. “When people talk to me on a spiritual level, then I have to listen to them,” Brown said. Brown, who is also a priest at the Newman Center and Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit in Carterville, was born in East St. Louis in 1945 and lived there until he was 12 years old. His family then moved to Wisconsin, and he and his sister transferred into a new school, where they found themselves the only black students enrolled. Brown said that when they walked into school the first day and nobody knew what to do with them, they adapted the best they could. Though he said his parents raised him to be culturally conscious, Brown said being the only black boy in school for years was traumatic. His skin color directed a lot of unwanted attention onto him, Brown said, which makes him shy away from the spotlight even today. “I’m not going to be paralyzed by [my trauma,]” Brown said. “If somebody said can you do something, or will you do something, or go do it, yes [I’ll do it.]” As he was growing up, various figures in his life, including his own parents, pushed him into joining the seminary. “I was never inspired to go into the seminary,” Brown said. “I was manipulated into it. The question is not what inspired me to join, but what grace I found to stay for 55 years.” Though Brown never wanted to become a priest, he said he still appreciates the push his parents gave him and that they made the right choice, even if he didn’t get a say in the matter. “This is something I’m always telling people, but in your circle of support, the only thing faith means is if there are people you respect and trust and they tell you something that you don’t really understand, listen to them,” Brown said. “People can see things in us that we can’t always see.” After seminary, Brown received his bachelor’s in philosophy and letters from St. Louis University in 1968, his master’s
Ellen Booth | @EllenBooth_DE Africana studies professor Joseph Brown discusses enrollment in the program Monday at his office in Faner Hall.
from Johns Hopkins and Yale University in 1969 and 1983 respectively and his doctorate from Yale University in 1984. Brown said that most of his life, people have been pushing him to do the things that made him successful. Brown said that his job at SIU is the only job he has ever applied for. “I don’t have the personality to say, ‘What would I like to do?’ and then go do it,” Brown said. “If someone asks me to do something, then I go do it.” As a professor, Brown’s students say he pushes them too. “He will find a way to make sure you have what you need,” said Bethany Peppers, a sophomore from Urbana studying Africana studies and political science. “He wants us all to get our degrees. He wants us to not only get our piece of paper, but grow while we’re doing it.” Peppers said she probably wouldn’t still be attending college at SIU without Brown’s help, adding he has always been willing to listen to anything she has to say and help her transition to college life. Along with Peppers, Marissa Jackson, a senior from Champaign studying Africana studies, said she learned a lot about what she wanted to do in the future from Brown.
When she left home, Jackson said she thought she wanted to go into education. Brown made her dig deeper into her own personal interests, and she said she realized she wants to work in an administrative position, filling a role such as director of student engagement, diversity affairs or student affairs at a university. “He taught me a lot about how to help people, but also through that he taught me how to help myself with self care and how important self care is when it comes to helping other people,” Jackson said. “He just really taught me how to help people, how to listen, just be a warrior for you and for the students who need you.” Both Peppers and Jackson said the support Brown has given his students is one of the most inspiring things about him. “No matter what field you're going into, no matter what career you want, no matter what you’re studying, it’s important to have that [support system], and he’s that for so many people,” Peppers said. Staff writer Isabelle Rogers can be reached at irogers@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @isabellearogers.
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Today's Birthday (10/04/17). You're the star this year! Begin a lucrative two-year phase. A group effort reaches a turning point this winter, leading to a lovely moment for your family. Change directions with your career next summer, before your team takes the game to new levels. Share passion. 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 an 8 -- You have plenty of confidence today and tomorrow, but there's no need to confront authority to no purpose. Use your persuasive arts and go further. Taurus (April 20May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Finish up tasks for two days. Something you try now doesn't work. Don't make
assumptions. Be patient with a resister. Steady, gentle pressure works. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Your team's routine may get tested. Things may not go as planned. Make sure what you build is solid. Share the tricks you're learning. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -Professional responsibilities have your attention through tomorrow. Don't overextend. Resupply locally. Measure thrice, cut once. Weigh the pros and cons before committing. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Expand your territory for a few days. Stay patient. Things may not work as planned. Keep or change your agreements to maintain steady forward momentum. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- The game is to earn income faster than your family can spend it, especially today and tomorrow. Pace yourself, and ask for their collaboration. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -Partnership is key, especially through tomorrow. Avoid silly arguments or bickering over who's right. Stay patient, despite obstacles or breakdowns. Listen generously. Bend a little. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -Prioritize your physical health and well-being. Slow down to
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finish faster. Bend your knees with a heavy load. Flexibility makes a difference. Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Relax and enjoy time with someone sweet over the next few days. Postpone travel; delays or breakdowns would spoil things. Savor simple pleasures. Capricorn (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Family comes first. Can you work from home? Find ways to make things easy for yourself and others. Tempers may be short. Serve comfort food. Aquarius (Jan. 20Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Dive into a research project through tomorrow. Avoid confrontations with authorities; there's a low sense of humor going on. Investigate and explore something new. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Dive into a research or writing project through tomorrow. Avoid confrontations with authorities; there's a low sense of humor going on. Resolve misunderstandings as they occur.new. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Dive into a research or writing project through tomorrow. Avoid confrontations with authorities; there's a low sense of humor going on. Resolve misunderstandings as they occur.
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Sophomore radio, television, and digital media major Czarina Tinker, of Nashville, Tennessee, left, and sophomore psychology major Ariahn Hunt, of Chicago, far right, kneel during the national anthem Saturday before the Salukis' matchup against the University of Northern Iowa at Saluki Stadium. President Donald Trump publically criticized NFL athletes who kneel during the National Anthem to protest police brutality, last week. B RIAN M UÑOZ @B RIAN MM UNOZ
Taking a stand on one knee DENTON "GIO" GIOVENCO @DentonGiovenco
While a crowd of 9,112 fans removed their hats and stood at attention for the National Anthem prior to last Saturday’s SIU vs. UNI showdown in Saluki Stadium, three Saluki cheerleaders used the public stage to take a knee in protest. Sophomore cheerleaders Czarina Tinker, Ariahn Hunt and Alaysia Brandy were unsure of how the rest of the squad would react to their intent to kneel during the anthem, so they decided not to share their plans.
“We actually had protests during the National Anthem ... we were being told to stand up from our squad,” Tinker, the radio, television and digital media major said. Hunt, a psychology major, explained her reasons for kneeling during the anthem. “It’s not a protest against the flag. It’s not a protest against Donald Trump,” the Chicago native said. “It was a protest for our civil rights that we are still fighting for, that we have been fighting for, for hundreds of years and we’re not getting any justice.”
Brandy, a pre-Med student studying biological sciences, mirrored Hunt’s sentiments. “Just because it’s 2017 and we’re still fighting for our civil rights that our ancestors have been fighting for, for years,” she said. “Black people and minorities as a whole have still been trying to become equal in society, and it has not changed.” Tinker’s reason for kneeling focused on how minorities are treated by law enforcement. “I did it because we still haven’t had justice against police brutality,” the sports media student said.
“Nothing has been done and it needs to change ASAP.” Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, Tinker has been active in protesting police brutality in her home town. “We do a lot of Black Lives Matter walks and stuff to inform people that we are still fighting and police brutality has to end,” she said. The most recent protest she took part in organizing was for Eric Garner, a 43-year-old man whose death during an altercation with a New York City Police Department officer was ruled a homicide. “When he was choked out and he
died, that’s when we were like ‘This is not right’; he clearly said he couldn’t breathe and nothing happened [to help him],” Tinker said. “The protest started small with a couple of my friends and we passed out fliers and said ‘Hey, we’re walking across downtown [Nashville]’ and then it just happened. It turned into a lot of people showing support.” Hunt is also active in fighting against social injustice as a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People through the SIU chapter, as well as volunteering in the surrounding area.
Wednesday, OctOber 04, 2017 “We go out and we have protested before,” she said. “We always are active in the community. We help clean up Carbondale; anything that’s going to help benefit our community as a whole.” Brandy shares a similar history with her squad mates. “I volunteered in a few protests back home in Chicago,” she said. “And I’ve also done community service and just cleaned up our communities, and volunteering at the Boys & Girls Club.” All three proclaimed that they fully intend to continue their protests during the anthem going forward. “I will kneel until this protest continues if that’s what I have to do,” Hunt said. Brandy further explained what they strive to achieve with their future protests. “Just for the fact when people say ‘Kneeling doesn’t stop police brutality’, the same way we wear pink to support awareness for breast cancer we’re trying to get awareness for what’s happening in the black communities still,” she said. “Because it’s such a controversial thing and how people are upset that we aren’t standing for the flag — because they feel like we are disrespecting America — it shows awareness and brings attention to our cause. So until the problems are solved, we’re going to continue to kneel.” As far as having an adequate voice on campus is concerned, the spirit squad members believe their position in front of the public eye affords them a proper platform for their protests. “They recognize you even outside of campus,” Hunt said. “It happens all the time.” Brandy agreed. “All the time,” the pre-Med major said. “At Walmart, when you’re walking down the street, people are like ‘Oh, you are the cheerleaders’, so now we’re going to be the cheerleaders they recognize after today.” The cheerleaders plan on discussing their choice to protest with the rest of the squad in hopes to foster better understanding of their their motives and educate on the underlying societal issues. “The best way for them to understand where we’re coming from, we will tell them the background because most people don’t know unless it’s what the
media tells them,” Brandy said. “The media portrays black people in such a negative light, like if someone gets shot its ‘Oh, he was a gang-banger’ or ‘He was a thug.’” Brandy plans to explain in detail what she sees as it pertains to how minorities are portrayed in the media. “They always show mug shots and never show the graduation pictures like they do when people of the majority commit crimes and they have their graduation pictures up,” she said. “They always show us in a negative light. So just to show them what the community is and show them why we’re fighting for this, and maybe they’ll understand.” Hunt stressed that they are not looking to incite arguments and divide the squad. “You always have to be peaceful; this is a peaceful protest,” she said. “No matter what, people do have their right to their own opinion and we respect that. But we will stay calm and we will let you know with a calm voice what our point is and we will get across.” In regards to expectations on how the discussion with the rest of the cheerleading squad will go, Tinker said “We’ll find out at practice.” With the three Saluki cheerleaders planning on continuing their protests in the future, they want to make clear that their actions do not mean they are unpatriotic. “This wasn’t a protest against the flag,” Tinker said. Hunt elaborated on the sentiment. “We definitely support our country,” she said. “We definitely support the people that fought for our country. We just want support also.” Brandy finished with a statement that she believes sums up what all three of them are striving for with the protests. “We just want the equal respect we give to America, we want America to give to us,” she said. “We want society to look at us as equals and that’s all we’ve ever been asking for. And Black Lives Matter.” Sports writer Denton “Gio” Giovenco can be reached at dgiovenco@ dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @ DentonGiovenco.
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SIU drops first conference game, looks to rebound at SDSU NATHAN DODD | @NathanMDodd
Family Weekend at Saluki Stadium did not go as planned for the SIU football team. In their first game on the conference schedule, the Salukis fell to the University of Northern Iowa Panthers by a score of 24-17. Down by 14 points at halftime, SIU held No. 20 UNI to a singular touchdown in the second half as the Salukis tried to climb their way back into the contest. Despite winning the second half, the two Saluki touchdowns were not enough to overcome the Panther's early lead. "After watching the film yesterday, I feel like that was a game that we needed to execute in certain areas in order to win," SIU head coach Nick Hill told reporters on Monday at his weekly press conference. "The guys came out with the right attitude. We had the right game plan. A lot of players had really good games." The Salukis were able to once again find a fair amount of success on the offensive side of the ball. Junior running back Daquan Isom accrued 126 rushing yards, surpassing the 100-yard mark for the first time this season. Throwing for 276 yards and two touchdown passes was junior starting quarterback Sam Straub. He played behind an offensive line on Saturday that went another game without allowing a sack. "They continue to do a good job, and Sam Straub does a good job," Hill said. "It was another game we didn't give up a sack, which is always an emphasis ... but there's a lot of room to improve." Catching one of Straub's touchdown passes was junior wide receiver Darrell James, who finished with 97 receiving yards Saturday. The scoring connection with Straub was their fifth on the season. The Saluki defense saw a major improvement over the 42 points they allowed the Panthers last season in
Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz SIU football head coach Nick Hill watches on Saturday during the Salukis’ 24-17 loss to the University of Northern Iowa at Saluki Stadium.
Iowa. SIU's defense consistently applied pressure to the UNI passing game, gathering two sacks in the game. "Our defense continues to take steps forward," Hill said. "We're improving. We did some things that we expect to be better in games like that to win." The Salukis now turn their focus to Saturday's road game against the No. 9 South Dakota State Jackrabbits (3-1, 0-1 MVFC). A season ago, SIU played a tight contest against SDSU in Carbondale, but ultimately came up short in a 45-39 loss. "They're an outstanding football team," Hill said. "They have the player of the year [QB Taryn Christion] coming back in the conference. They do a great
job defensively at understanding what they do and why they do it. They have talented players on both sides of the football." SIU looks to earn its first conference win of the season and move its overall record above .500 in Brookings, South Dakota, in the annual SDSU Hall of Fame Game. Kickoff for the contest is scheduled for 6 p.m Saturday. "It will be a great test for us on the road," Hill said. "It will be a great crowd. It will be a similar type of atmosphere, maybe not quite as many people, but a similar atmosphere as we were in at Memphis. We have to be willing to go up there, accept the challenge and play well if we want to get a win."
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Player profiles: RB Daquan Isom is one tough Saluki NATHAN DODD | @NathanMDodd
The word “magic” typically circulates around everything that has to do with Orlando, Florida, invoking its professional basketball team or a towering castle at a kingdom that serves as every child’s dream vacation. For fans of SIU football, their taste of magic is lined up in the backfield every Saturday wearing jersey number five—Daquan Isom. The man they call “Ice” has proven his value to the Salukis through his proficiency as a runner, pass-catcher and return specialist in the roughly two years he has worn the maroon and white. Growing up, Isom’s friends tried to recruit him into playing basketball but his passion for football kept him away from the court. “The love of basketball was never there for me,” Isom said. “I felt like football was just me. I knew from the jump that it was me.” Between first and second grade Isom began playing sandlot football, stating the sport was something that he found on his own. “We moved to this neighborhood and
everybody was always just outside playing football,” Isom said. “When I finally played, I found a love. After that, I couldn’t go in any other direction.” After years of playing and learning about the game, Isom began to make a serious commitment to football between his fourthand fifth-grade year of school. His junior high years were when he realized that he had the ability to go on to play collegiate football. “I realized that this is what I want to do,” the junior running back said. “That’s when I started finding out about the NFL, college and other players that I wanted to be like.” Yet, Isom’s football career did not always require him to run the football. He explained that he had to make the move to cornerback when he joined his first “good” team. “The running back there had way more experience than me,” Isom said. “I watched and learned from him, though, and felt like I could do that too. I just had to transition my game from sandlot ball to actual football.” He accomplished this task in no time, and as a sophomore in 2012 Isom played
Dylan Nelson | @Dylan_Nelson99 SIU junior running back Daquan Isom (5) runs under the pressure of University of Northern Iowa junior running back A.J. Allen on Saturday during the Salukis’ 24-17 loss against the University of Northern Iowa Panthers at Saluki Stadium.
Wednesday, OctOber 04, 2017 a pivotal role in leading the Apopka High School Blue Darters to the Class 8A State Championship game. Two touchdown scores by Isom in the game helped crown the Blue Darters state champions. Isom described the state title as a journey that took him from the bottom to the top. “I realized that it’s not about how you start, it’s about how you finish,” Isom said. “We came together and we found a way to win.”
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Following a senior season in which Isom ran for 1,440 yards and 17 touchdowns, the running back was named to the Central Florida Super60. The list is compiled annually and features the top 60 recruits in the central Florida area. Along with being part of the Super60 list, Isom was named as a Class 8A All-State honorable mention. His impressive offensive stats placed Isom as the 56th-ranked all-purpose player in America.
File Photo | Daily Egyptian Sophomore running back Daquan Isom takes the ball down the field during the Salukis’ 30-22 win against Southeast Missouri on Saturday at Saluki Stadium.
Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Junior running back Daquan Isom rolls Maddox Brown, 3, of DuQuoin, in a tackle ring Aug. 24, during Fan Fest at Saluki Stadium.
Following his official visit to SIU, Isom’s dream of playing college football came true when he committed to Southern. “I knew from how the recruiting process went that I would most likely come here,” Isom said. “Coach Hill is a good recruiter and is going to make you feel like he wants you here. Nobody else was doing that. Other schools were telling me that they want me, but they weren’t showing it the way SIU was.” Isom made an immediate impact for the Salukis in his freshman year, collecting many honors along the way. He was selected as the MVFC Newcomer of the Week twice, finishing the season with the honor of being chosen as a member of the MVFC AllNewcomer team. As a return specialist, Isom was selected as second-team All-MFVC. On pace for another remarkable season as a sophomore, Isom was leading the team in rushing — averaging roughly six yards per carry through the first five games — before his season was cut short by a hamstring injury. “I never had an injury that made me sit out a whole season,” Isom said. “I feel like it made me stronger overall, because I didn’t give up.” In his junior season this year, the running back has picked up right where he left off before the injury. He currently leads the
Salukis with an average of 80 rushing yards per game on roughly five yards per carry. The determination and grit that Isom has shown in getting back to game shape encompasses exactly what the SIU junior wants to prove to anyone that watches him play. “I want to go down as one of the toughest Salukis,” Isom said. This season, Isom’s main focus is on proving everyone that picked SIU to finish at the bottom of the MVFC wrong. The junior explained that he is not worried about earning any personal achievements, just helping lead the Salukis to the top of the conference and making Saluki Stadium “light up” for a playoff game. As his collegiate career draws closer to a conclusion with each contest, Isom keeps his focus on improving his game and doing whatever it takes to help his team win. “Wherever college takes me, that’s what it will be,” Isom said. “Everybody wants to play at the next level, but it’s all about the work you put in. That’s what you’re going to get out of it.” Sports reporter Nathan Dodd can be reached at ndodd@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @NathanMDodd.
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