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Vol.101 Issue 63 @daIlyegyptIan

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HPV pg. 4 | GPSC pg. 8 | Anthony Gay pg. 10 | Golf pg. 18

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Carson Vanbuskirk | @carsonvanbDE

Junior Frankie Thomas, of Chesterfield, Mo., left, practices his driving at the SIU Men’s Golf practice at Hickory Ridge Golf Course on Oct. 3.

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A Race in Place

Carson Vanbuskirk | @carsonvanbDE Frank Bijlsma, left, of Herrin, races Alan Bryan, right, of Pickneyville, at the All Out Dyno Drag race at Black Diamond HarleyDavidson on Sunday. All Out Dyno Drag’s owner Scott Frazier said, “[Dyno Drag racing] is a safe way for guys to get on here, get strapped down, feel safe, and be able to run their bikes as fast as they can possibly run it, without doing it on the streets and taking a chance at having an accident.”

Bag sale promotes local soup kitchen FARRAH BLAYDES | @Farrah_Blaydes

Last weekend, the SPIN organization hosted a community bag sale in hopes of raising money for their soup kitchen.

“Charity starts at home, in your city and town,” Cherrie Green, the corporate financial officer for SPIN, said.

Supporting People In Need, also known as SPIN, is a not-forprofit organization dedicated to helping those in the surrounding communities by providing volunteer services.

Cherrie Green and her husband Gary Green are both graduates of SIU and serve on the community member board for the SPIN soup kitchen along with various community members and SIU staff.

The charity donates various items to those in need ranging from food to clothes.

“We provide household goods, furniture, appliances, clothes, toys, books, blankets, glassware and other items one might need,” Cherrie Green said.

On Oct. 5 and 6, the organization hosted a bake sale located at the couple’s thrift store. The thrift store is located at 822 Industrial Park Road in Murphysboro.

According to the SPIN organization, the thrift store serves as a storage facility for items they give away. The money made from the thrift store pays for expenses of the soup kitchen such as utilities, water, insurance and so forth.

“We don't receive a penny, all of the money goes to our soup kitchen,”

Cherrie Green said.

The event will be a two dollar bag sale, all of the proceeds will go to the soup kitchen.

“It can get a little pricey, we try to get everyone fresh fruits and vegetables,” Cherrie Green said.

SIU’s Social Work Club is partnering with the organization to support the bag sale and future events the organization might hold.

Alyssa Sokolowski, a senior majoring in social work and member of Social Work Student Alliance, is one of the volunteers for the event.

“Social work student alliance is so grateful to have the opportunity to volunteer at SPIN,” Sokolowski said.

They do a lot within the community such as summer programs for kids, and job training programs in the fall, Sokolowski said.

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FDA extends age threshold for HPV vaccine, students can get vaccinated at Student Health Services your child because you know [...] as a parent we all kick ourselves The Food and Drug somehow thinking that our kids Administration expanded the are different,” Kurt said. use of Gardasil 9 against HPV to Jodi Robertson, Student Health adults up to age 45.

Center administrative nurse, said Dr. Martin Kurt, a physician at the HPV vaccine can also prevent Memorial Hospital of Carbondale vulvar, throat, and penile cancer in center for medical arts, said he males and females. hopes people will continue to get “HPV is transmitted through vaccinated throughout their lives. intimate skin to skin contact,” “The increasing age might Robertson said. protect more people,” Kurt said.

Robertson said Student Health Kurt said HPV is a virus that Services offers the vaccine. takes many years or decades to Robertson said to screen for develop into cancer and getting HPV, women have a diagnostic vaccinated can prevent both procedure or pap smear test at age cervical and anal cancer.

21 and every three years, if the “It’s basically a sexually initial test is normal. transmitted cancer,” Kurt said. “By “There is no routine screening vaccinating, you reduce the risk of test for anal or penile cancer people acquiring the virus.” because more information is still Kurt said HPV is so common needed to find out if those tests are because people often transmit it effective,” Robertson said. without knowing they have it.

Robertson said there is no “If somebody acquires HPV at approved test to find early signs of age 80, their risk of developing oropharyngeal cancer. cancer is pretty low,” Kurt said.

“Visit [your] health provider for a Kurt also said somebody in their general health screening and discuss 40’s can transmit to somebody starting this important vaccination younger and risks would be higher. series,” Robertson said.

“People are acquiring new Brielle Lawrence, a junior partners after the age of 40 because studying radio-television, said of divorce, serial monogamy, [...] she was about 16 years old when that obviously increases the risk as she received the HPV vaccine they go on,” Kurt said. at Northwestern Hospital in Kurt also said the vaccine is Chicago. universally recommended for “I didn’t know what [HPV] was children and if parents think it's or what [the vaccine] was for, but time to vaccinate their child, they now that I’m aware at this age, I’m probably waited too long. grateful that I started getting it at a “We want to make sure we get young age,” Lawrence said. people vaccinated before they When she went to Northwestern become sexually active, not after,” Hospital, Lawrence said her doctor Kurt said. “I can’t tell you the disclosed reasons why vaccination amount of people who said, oh it's at age 16 is recommended and it too early, we don’t really need to made sense to her. do that.”

“It was comforting to know that Kurt said it happens at all different I’m in a sense protected against ages and socioeconomic classes.

[HPV,] like starting at an early “Saying it won’t happen to age because I don’t know if it’s

CLAIRE COWLEY | Daily Egyptian

Isabel Miller | @IsabelMillerDE The SIU Student Health Center, Monday, in Carbondale, IL.

gotten worse [among the American population,]" Lawrence said. “But, I’m glad that it's something my parents made me do.”

Lawrence also said now she is aware and thanks God for early vaccination.

“Other than you being able to get [HPV] sexually, that was

my biggest concern because my parents wanted to me be safe out here,” Lawrence said. “So that if anything happened, at least that would be taken care of.”

Lawrence said she is educated on things she wanted to know more about after her doctor visit.

“Now, I [can be sexually active]

“It’s basically a sexually transmitted cancer. By vaccinating, you reduce the risk of people acquiring the virus.”

- Dr. Martin Kurt Physician, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale

with expectations and I know how to prepare for them,” Lawrence said. “I think that is one of the major things that being vaccinated helped me at, like being able to protect myself.”

Lawrence said she thinks the national age expansion is an excellent idea because with all these other things going around, people can never be too careful.

“I’m glad that adults at that age can get vaccinated for things that they probably ended up getting,” Lawrence said.

Students can make a clinical appointment online, in person or over the phone with Student Health Services to receive the HPV vaccine.

Staff reporter Claire Cowley can be reached at ccowley@dailyegyptian.com.

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Carbondale hosts Halloween events, first time officially in 18 years EMILY C OOPER | @ecooper212

After 18 years without Halloween fun, Carbondale is bringing back the holiday’s spirit with familyfriendly activities.

Starting on Friday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. Carbondale will host a two-day event full of family-fun activities.

According to Steve Mitchell, the Carbondale's economic development director and Halloween Committee Chair, and Amy Fox, Public Relations Officer, the earliest known Carbondale Halloween parade took place in 1914.

The real party began on Saturday, Oct. 31, 1978, Fox and Mitchell said. Bob Dylan played at SIU Arena that night as part of SIU Homecoming, and after the concert, crowds filled the Strip, also called S. Illinois Avenue.

Fox and Mitchell said the planning for this Halloween began on Feb. 14.

This is the first time for the event, they wanted enough time to put their ideas into action, Fox and Mitchell said.

Fox said after the eclipse last year, the city spent time investigating with local staff and residents along with businesses and organizations.

“During these sessions, people continued to say we need to bring the fun back to Carbondale and plan more events,” Fox said. “That’s

when the lightbulb went off.”

This year’s Halloween will include food, movies, a 5K, trickor-treating, a pumpkin glow, and live music from bands like Los Straitjackets, who were previously showcased on Conan O'Brien's show "Conan."

“We wanted to make sure there were family-friendly activities as well as events students and adults could attend,” Fox and Mitchell said.

Mitchell said there are a lot of community partners involved in bringing Carbondale Halloween back.

One of those partners includes Carbondale Main Street, an organization helping to improve and promote the downtown district of Carbondale.

“Halloween is a Carbondale thing,” Reed Hoekstra, assistant director at Carbondale Main Street, said. “People know Carbondale Halloween, so I think it’s great to bring festivities back and have a control over the activities and provide for the community and make it a happy experience again.”

Hoekstra said back in the '80s, Halloween in Carbondale used to be more lively. After riots and liquor were taken away from Carbondale during this time, Halloween had stopped in general.

“This year will be the true year when the city and other organizations begin to make it hyped again, by creating a large

event behind it,” Hoekstra said.

Optimistic Halloween will bring out a crowd of both locals and college students, Hoekstra said he hopes it will make them more excited about it being back.

“I hope the festivities have a great impact and make people less scared of Carbondale’s Halloween,” Hoekstra said. “It’s going to be a new experience that I think Carbondale is ready to have.”

Fox and Mitchell said the strip will be open while the activities are going on downtown.

“We [PK’s] got limitedly back in 2006,” Curtis Conley, manager of PK’s, said. “Some people on the strip had to stay closed. However, if you were 21 and up you were able to be open.”

The history of the '70s and '80s were wild partying, Conley said.

“Everyone has seen the pictures and heard the stories. A lot of people bring up the bad ones with the cars being flipped over in the riots,” Conley said. “Most of them were pretty safe and a good time.”

Conley said he supports anything that tries to bring people downtown.

“This Halloween looks really good,” Conley said. “I saw the lineup for the outdoor shows and it’s just phenomenal. It should be a good time.

Fox and Mitchell said the proceeds from most of the

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events will be used to help fund organizations like Carbondale Boys & Girls Club, the I Can Read Program, Green Earth, Carbondale Crime Stoppers, and many more.

“Any time we can bring people to Carbondale, show off our community and roll out the red carpet, it’s a good

thing,” Fox and Mitchell said.

For more information about Halloween festivities, visit www.carbondalehalloween.com.

Staff reporter Emily Cooper can be reached at ecooper@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @ecooper212.

Vegan options at non-vegan restaurants: Are they any good?

FARRAH BLAYDES | @Farrah_Blaydes

Being vegan in a college town proves difficult for most people.

As if announcing you're vegan at every restaurant wasn't already

annoying, most restaurants have nothing for you to eat aside from salad and water.

(Editor's note: There's more to the diet than salad and water.)

Most restaurants aren't vegan-

friendly, but for the ambitious restaurants who try to accommodate the no-meat, non-dairy, and nonanimal byproduct diet, we applaud your effort.

Searching for the perfect middle

ground where you can have vegan food and your friends still enjoy their non-vegan food, I decided to test the vegan options from non-vegan restaurants.

Chango’s Bar and Grill

Chango's is a restaurant in Carbondale located on the strip. The restaurant serves mexican cuisine and is a big hit with students on campus. For non-meat eaters the restaurant offers a tofu option as a substitute for meat.

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Curious about the quality of the food, I ordered tofu nachos with salsa verde, olives, tomatoes, rice, and other various toppings. Surprisingly I stayed under budget, including the delivery.

After 20 minutes a delivery driver dropped off my order and the mouthwatering aroma wafting from the bag hit my nose. The salsa came in a small container for consumers to pour or dip as they please.

At first glance the nachos looked appealing. The only problems I had were the chips losing their crunch after a while and the tofu was bland, missing seasoning. Overall the meal was still pretty great.

Primo’s Pizza Primo's Pizza is a great pizza parlor located across the street from University Hall. Unfortunately they didn’t have a vegan menu so I had to improvise.

The menu entailed tons of options so I decided to go with a pizza bowl.

A pizza bowl is a bowl that has your choice of veggies or meat and a thick layer of cheese.

I decided to ditch the cheese and order a pizza bowl with green peppers, banana peppers, olives, spinach and jalapeños.

If you think this bowl comes with pizza crust, think again. The bowl came in a tin container filled with sauce and my toppings of choice. Talk about a misleading name- I had to use tortilla chips to eat this, and used the rest of the meal as pasta sauce later.

Although the title was misleading the sauce and veggie combination served as a great dip rather than a pizza. On the bright side it was under ten dollars.

Burger King The “Have it your way” restaurant surprised me with their own version of the “impossible burger.”

Almost every restaurant has a version of this burger. It’s an attempt to make a guilt-free and tasty burger without that pesky beef.

I ordered the burger with a side of

fries. I honestly should stop ordering sides of fries, it’s defeating the purpose of this diet.

The burger resembled the advertisement, which was a relief and a surprise. Usually they come smashed in the packaging, but this burger was fantastic. I requested it with most the condiments off, and opted for ketchup and mustard instead. Simple, but they backed up the patty well.

Denny’s With Denny’s being famous for its breakfast food I decide to order from that menu, rather than any lunch or dinner options.

Normally oatmeal is a boring dish on its own but I decided to spice it up by ordering a side of fruit and brown sugar to mix in. Sliced apples paired well with the oatmeal, brightening the palate.

Although I decided to play it safe with this restaurant, for those looking to relax before class or just somewhere to grab a simple vegan breakfast I suggest going to Denny's.

S&B Burger Joint S&B Burger Joint is an '80s Rock themed burger joint located in University Mall.

The restaurant resembles a cool sports bar. It's riddled with TVs where music videos from the '80s play and walls are adorned with records people were enjoying their meals.

The menu was filled with food with cool names like the Frenchman, but once again I was more interested in their impossible burger.

I decided to order the impossible burger with a side of fries. The protein plant-based patty makes a good foundation for a burger with the usual lettuce, tomatoes and onions. Surprisingly my food arrived to the table pretty fast. The fries were crispy and the burger was decadent.

For now, if you really want to try out a lot of restaurants, maybe reconsider a vegan diet. I know I already am.

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

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GPSC vice president of graduate school affairs election null and void EMILY C OOPER | @ecooper212

The previous election of Graduate and Professional Student Council vice president of graduate school affairs is now null and void, according to GPSC president and election commission chair Clay Awsumb.

Awsumb said during the latest GPSC meeting the previous special election of Alex Davenport for vice president of graduate school affairs was appealed six times, and the election commission found errors in the way that election was held.

“Members eligible to vote must have attended at least one of the three meetings prior to the election,” Awsumb said. “There was an error in the application of that rule.”

In the previous meeting members were told if they had not attended both the Sept. 4 meeting and the Sept. 18 meeting, they would be barred from voting in the election, Awsumb said. Some in attendance could have thought they were not allowed to vote when they actually could.

In the Sept. 18 meeting, three candidates were nominated for the position: Jordan Maddox, a third year law student, Abdulsamad Humaidan, a graduate student studying education curriculum and instruction and Alex Davenport, a graduate student studying communication studies.

Clay Michael Awsumb, GPSC president said the first vote count was 12 for Davenport, 12 for Maddox and three for Humaidan.

Awsumb said in the event of no one candidate receiving 50 percent or more of the votes, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is dropped and a revote is started.

The final vote was 15 votes for

“Members eligible to vote must have attended at least one of the three meetings prior to the election.

There was an error in the application of that rule.”

- Clay Awsumb GPSC president

Davenport and 12 for Maddox, Awsumb said.

The special election will be voted on again in the Oct. 16 meeting.

There were no new nominations, so the nominees are Maddox, Humaidan and Davenport.

Emilia Russo, a graduate student studying philosophy resigned as a Graduate Council representative.

A special election was held this Tuesday for a replacement.

“I express some sorrow for Emilia not continuing on as a representative,” Awsumb said.

“Ultimately the resignation is for the pursuit of her own academic career.”

Emily Vajjala, a graduate student studying communication studies, was voted in unanimously by a vote of exclamation since she ran unopposed.

Dianah McGreehan said

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the career development reimbursements, or the travel fund for short since that is its primary use, dropped from approximately $19,000 to $10,000.

“We were able to have that large [amount previously] because of Johnathan Flowers commitment and giving back [his] wages,”

McGreehan said.

Being that Flowers gave half of his income, nearly $10,000, McGreehan said, GPSC has requested a matching gift from the alumni association.

“If they’re going to match it exactly, it gives us still that wiggle room to get back up to those numbers we had last year,” McGreehan said.

If the funding requests are met,

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“Last year we spent about $16,169, and we are cutting that to $6,600,” McGreehan said.

Last semester, Undergraduate Student Government and GPSC proposed to split the student fees fund between USG and GPSC to 75 percent and 25 percent, respectively, as opposed to the

previous split of 80 percent and 20 percent.

McGreehan said the paperwork for this was signed by both USG and GPSC members and given to Lori Stettler, but for some reason it wasn’t processed.

“We have not seen that fully demonstrated in the budget we were released,” McGreehan said. “That little smidgen will help us a lot.”

McGreehan said when the funds

were reallocated this year, the split gave GPSC 22.5 percent.

“I am hoping to sit down and see what might’ve been missed,” McGreehan said. “[I hope to] meet with Lori Stettler and Lorrie Lefler to see if we might be able to readjust that.”

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

HRC Commissioner responds to allegations of disruptive, confrontational behavior at City Hall RANA SCHENKE | Daily Egyptian

At the monthly Carbondale Human Relations Commission at City Hall on Monday, Ted Gutierrez, commissioner, said there were allegations made against him by city officials about his conduct at City Hall prior to the roundtable on Sept. 13.

According to Gutierrez, the commission had submitted a press release to the city Aug. 22 and again on Sept. 6. The statement still had not been sent out by Sept. 7, so commission chair Jerrold Hennrich asked Gutierrez to stop by city hall and ask about it.

“Upon Jerrold’s asking me to come by city hall, I spoke with [HR assistant] Courtney Beverly and he indicated the press release did in fact go out that morning,” Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez said the press release sent out that morning was not the same one voted on and approved by the Human Relations Commission, so he contacted Amy Fox, Carbondale public relations officer.

“She met with me [at] the Human Relations Office [...] with Courtney [...] and I asked her why the HRC press release was not released,” Gutierrez said.

“Only the first paragraph of the press release issued by the HRC was released.”

“City administration was under the impression that this issue was resolved weeks ago and at this time have no further comment.”

- Amy Fox Carbondale public relations officer

Gutierrez said Fox told him she did not know why only the first paragraph was released. She agreed to release a corrected version later that day.

Gutierrez said on Wednesday, Sept. 12, Hennrich informed him that city councilman Navreet Kang explained to Hennrich he was told Ted Gutierrez was at City Hall being disruptive, confrontational, and belligerent with City of Carbondale staff on Friday.

Fox said in a statement provided to the Daily Egyptian, the City of Carbondale is aware of the conversation with Mr. Gutierrez and the Human Relations Commission.

“City administration was under the impression that this issue was resolved weeks ago and at this time have no further comment,” Fox said.

Gutierrez said he visited Kang’s business on Sept. 14 to ask about the comments. Kang told him the council members were told about the alleged behavior, and did not say

who made the allegations.

Gutierrez said he then met with Beverly, who had been at the meeting.

“I asked him in his opinion if I was disruptive, confrontational, belligerent, or anything else towards him and Amy,” Gutierrez said. “He shrugged his shoulders and said no.”

Gutierrez then attempted to contact Fox, but was unable to reach her and left her a message.

Gutierrez said city manager Gary Williams told him he did not specifically write a memo about Gutierrez and his behavior.

The Daily Egyptian contacted Williams for comment by phone and email and received no response from him at time of publication on Oct. 3.

Gutierrez said Williams told him he was only protecting his employees, and he shouldn’t have used the word belligerent when he explained the situation to city council.

“I explained to Gary that I work very hard to be clear and levelheaded whenever I’m dealing with

anybody in the public, unlike our mayor, who twice publicly berated HRC commissioner Dr. Joseph Brown,” Gutierrez said. “Gary’s reply was that was the Irish in him.”

Gutierrez said he told Williams this was not acceptable behavior, and he was not sure why there is such animosity between the mayor toward the Human Relations Commission, and he does not take part in this.

“I make it a point to remain objective at all times despite my personal beliefs or views,” Gutierrez said. “I reminded Gary that I consciously make the effort to be pro-Carbondale.”

Gutierrez said he told Williams he might appear at the council meeting to rebuke the claims made against him, and Williams told him not to worry because people have short memories.

“I disagree with him because it is my reputation at stake, and he would do the same thing if it were him,” Gutierrez said. “And people around

here don’t have short memories. Things like this will follow people around.”

Gutierrez said he presented because it gave attendees and commissioners perspective of some of the obstacles that were leading up to the forum. “[Gutierrez’s interaction] is a gauge of the human relations in this community and how the leaders at city government respond, not only to the commissioners […] but also the citizens they’re supposed to serve,” Hennrich said.

Hennrich also experienced issues with city government officials regarding the forum, including being told by the mayor that he was being essentially fired and should not come to the next meeting.

According to commissioner Dora Weaver, members of the public have been concerned about the commission since the mayor’s announcement.

“People have been calling me asking what can they do to make sure […] we don’t lose our chair,” Weaver said. “I’ve just been directing their phone calls to [commission chair Hennrich].”

Hennrich said the best option for citizens to do is to contact mayor Henry, since he has the ability to reappoint.

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

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Originally charged for stealing hat and $1, Anthony Gay released after 22 years of solitary confinement KALLIE COX | @KallieC45439038

Anthony Gay went to prison for 24 years and spent 22 of those years in solitary confinement. He was released from prison on Aug. 27. He is now 44 years old.

Gay was originally sentenced for robbery when he was 20 years old, during a street fight in which he stole a hat and a dollar bill from another man he was fighting.

After pleading guilty to robbery, Gay was placed on probation. During this period of probation, he purchased a vehicle and was pulled over.

Gay did not have a driver's license and was sent to prison for seven years for violating his probation.

Gay said his mental health declined after being sent to prison.

“I rapidly deteriorated,” Gay said.

“I instantly deteriorated, and started experiencing symptoms of mental illness and instead of removing me from the environment, or providing adequate mental health treatment, they punished me for it.”

After his mental health deteriorated, Gay was sent to the Tamms Illinois supermax prison, about 37 miles from Carbondale.

The prison was shut down January 2013.

“I ended up going to segregation.

And I just couldn’t tolerate it,” Gay said. “It brought out the worst in me.

It was like I was stuck in a ditch and instead of offering me a rope to pull me out the ditch, they just buried me more in the ditch.”

Gay said after being placed in solitary confinement, he started cutting himself.

Gay said he was isolated in a wing with another man who was an extreme self-mutilator. Whenever this man selfharmed, a team of nurses and guards would extract him from his cell.

“I felt like I was left out because I

Photo provided by Anthony Gay.

was in isolation and I didn’t see that kind of attention,” Gay said. “So it indicated to me that this is how you can get people to respond because I

was locked in the cell 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”

At first, Gay said he would scratch himself. The guards would brush him

off and not take him seriously.

“Then I started, for lack of better terms, getting better and better at it,” Gay said. “It got to the point where

they didn’t want to help me. They wanted to punish me, so they started doing things like putting me on an unappetizing diet called Meal Loaf.”

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“I ended up going to segregation.

And I just couldn’t tolerate it. It brought out the worst in me. It was like I was stuck in a ditch and instead of offering me a rope to pull me out the ditch, they just buried me more in the ditch.”

- Anthony Gay

Gay said if the guards saw blood on the floor they would restrict his diet to Meal Loaf which he describes as ground-up ingredients that look like feces and taste like dog food.

“Instead of seeing the big picture, that it was the psychological torture zone, they just tried to up the ante,” Gay said. “Like beating me up, jumping on me, taking all my clothing and all my property, putting me on that unappetizing Meal Loaf.”

Gay said the guards' objective was to punish him for self-harming.

“I was so desperate, I couldn’t stop. It got to the point where I could tolerate the physical pain, to try to alleviate the psychological pain,” Gay said.

At one point Gay had cut himself and blood got on the floor, he said. He tried to clean it up because if they saw the blood they would put him back on a diet of Meal Loaf.

“A lieutenant was in my cell, looking around my cell. He saw one speck of blood,” Gay said.

After this, Gay said he cut off his testicle to go to the hospital, so he would not have to eat the Meal Loaf.

“[Meal Loaf] was so disgusting. It was hard, it made me weak like some kind of bad medicine,” Gay said.

Gay said while he was in solitary confinement, becoming infatuated with his psychologist helped to alleviate his psychological pain. “[While] I was in the Tamms there was a psychologist,” Gay said. “All of me was full of hate and the only way I could offset it, was to love somebody so I became infatuated with her.”

After becoming infatuated with his psychologist, Gay was transferred from the Tamms to the Dixon Psychiatric Unit. At this point, Gay said his out date was 2005.

Gay said Dixon was a more therapeutic environment.

“I did everything I was supposed to in Dixon Psychiatric Unit. And then for some reason, somebody decided to transfer me back to Pontiac, which was the place that sent me to Tamms in the first place," Gay said. "They pulled me out of the ward and it was just like everything re-emerged.”

Gay said he thought if he could get back to Tamms to be around his psychologist, she could help alleviate the psychological pain.

“It was like I was delusional,” Gay said.

In an effort to return to the Tamms supermax facility to see his psychologist, Gay acted out and threw human waste at the guards in Pontiac Correctional Center.

“I would throw liquids at officers in an attempt to get back to the Tamms,” Gay said. “Not knowing that they were about to try to take the rest of my life away.”

According to Belleville NewsDemocrat, 99 years were added to his sentence after these actions.

Once he returned to the Tamms, Gay said he was isolated even more.

This time, however, there were two nurses to whom he would write letters.

Gay said instead of self-mutilation, writing became his refuge.

“They used to read my letters and encourage me to write,” Gay said.

With their encouragement, Gay said he went on to write several books and a screenplay while in prison.

Page 11 Gay said now that he is out, the thing that helps him heal is advocating for those he left behind.

“Even though I have been released and I am at home,” Gay said. “I know so many guys that were prosecuted for their mental illness that might never see society again unless somebody throws them a rope to pull them out of that ditch. So, I am trying to contact lawyers, to file […] for a lot of those guys still trapped.”

Gay said he believes solitary confinement should be illegal in the United States, and guards should be better trained in how to deal with mental health issues in prison.

“They should become more compassionate because they are aggressive and mean, for example in prison, if you feel like harming yourself or harming others, you can ask to speak to a crisis team that will put you in mental health [ward] for the most part,” Gay said.

He said instead of the guards calling a mental health department, they will often refuse to call anyone.

In response to inquiry about Gay’s treatment the Department of Corrections said they remain focused on ensuring mentally ill men and women receive the necessary treatment.

The Department of Corrections said they are implementing new programs to improve outcomes for mentally ill inmate rehabilitation.

These steps include: staff training, adding the position of correctional treatment officer, reducing segregation time, adding programs for mentally ill inmates, and creating treatment centers.

Gay said in order to put a face to the issue of solitary confinement, he is writing a book called “Life on Impulse: The Physical Effects of Solitary Confinement in America.”

Gay said he hopes to publish this book

by January.

Gay said by advocating he hopes to achieve two things: to spread awareness, and for the people in society to reach inside solitary confinement and offer those guys hope, because it can mean a lot to them.

“I am hoping that people in America will reach out and correspond with those guys,” Gay said. “Because even though it was as psychologically dark as the inside of a cow in there, there were people who wrote me.”

One of these people was the Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield, who wrote to Gay for his last three years in prison.

Marlin-Warfield said Gay first wrote her in 2013 when he recognized the name of her church, the Church of Peace, in a newspaper.

Marlin-Warfield said in his first letter, Gay wrote, “I want to become a true story of hope and inspiration.

They say a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. I think associating with Christian-faith people is a significant step."

Marlin-Warfield said she is deeply concerned for those whose lives are affected by the criminal justice system.

“One problem with our prison system is that it removes individuals from their families and communities and essentially hides them in warehouses,” Marlin-Warfield said.

“Now if you or I don't happen to know someone who is locked up, it is

“I know so many guys that were prosecuted for their mental illness that might never see society again unless somebody throws them a rope to pull them out of that ditch. So, I am trying to contact lawyers, to file […] for a lot of those guys still trapped.”

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entirely possible for us to go through our days and forget about those who are incarcerated.”

Marlin-Warfield said the church has an obligation to reach out to those who are at risk of being forgotten.

“I believe that we need to end this practice, especially the practice of subjecting individuals with mental illness to solitary confinement,” Marlin-Warfield said. “Human beings are designed for relationship. We all need other people. Cutting someone off from interaction is dehumanizing, dangerous and cruel.”

Marlin-Warfield said Gay would be speaking at Church of Peace on Oct. 28 to introduce a pen pal ministry with those who are incarcerated.

Scott Main, now an attorney with Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern, began working on Gay’s case in 2010.

Main said it took many years for Gay’s sentence to be reduced.

“The appellate courts rejected most of my appeals,” Main said.

“We ultimately were able to work with Livingston County prosecutors to come to an agreed resentencing structure in his case.”

Main said he cannot begin to imagine the long-term effects of solitary confinement.

“I cannot say that some of the things that Anthony did while locked up were okay,” Main said. “I also do not think the way Anthony was treated was okay. I am heartbroken to see examples where we criminalize manifestations of mental illness.”

Main said he is grateful the county prosecutor’s office ultimately joined them in correcting Gay’s sentence, and he is very happy that Gay is home.

“I can’t tell you the rational response to being locked up for a relatively minor offense and then ultimately sent to a supermax prison,” Main said.

“I could not believe that Anthony had wound up with a sentence that exceeded any person’s lifetime.”

Gay's original release date was 2095, with his solitary confinement release date being 2152. His confinement release date surpassed his release date even after he was granted a sentence reduction.

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Sunrise Highway book review: A well-spun web of lies R ANA S CHENKE | Daily Egyptian

In 1977, a Long Island high schooler is found brutally murdered. With the help of a troubled kid named Joey T as a witness, the prosecutor on the case is able to put away a high school football star who claims he’s innocent.

Forty years later, Joey T is chief of Suffolk County police department. A body washes up on NYPD territory that NYPD detective Lourdes Robles suspects is part of a bigger pattern, one that stretches back over fifteen years and crosses into Suffolk County territory.

Title: Sunrise Highway Author: Peter Blauner Genre: Thriller Page count: 352 pages Release Date: September 2018 Sequel to: “Proving Ground”, released 2017 Overall grade: B+ The biggest suspense in this book isn’t the identity of the killer; it’s whether Lourdes will be able to successfully prove the killer’s crimes without him killing her first.

The killer’s identity is revealed early on. The reveal was handled well because it wasn’t the typical “here’s the guy committing the murder,” it was the events immediately preceding the murder, then the discovery of the body.

A lot of times the author is trying to go for shock value with detailed descriptions of how the killer carried out the murder and their thoughts while committing it. In this book, the shock value comes from the fact that this man is a seriously disturbed individual who commits multiple violent murders and the entire community just turns a blind eye.

The chapters in the book alternate between Lourdes’ viewpoint in 2017 and the killer’s story starting in 1977 and working its way up to the present day.

It’s pretty sickening, but it’s also thought-provoking: What if this was your community, your neighbor, your boss or coworker?

Would you know? And if you did, would you do something about it?

The chapters in the book alternate between Lourdes’ viewpoint in 2017 and the killer’s story starting in 1977 and working its way up to the present day.

There were two consistent narratives instead of one narrative where the investigator discovers all of the information piece by piece. It’s shown firsthand, which makes it more impactful and more disturbing because you learn exactly what the killer was thinking.

The only issue I had with the switching between narratives was since the second narrative took place over a span of 40 years and a lot of chapters skipped forward a few years from the previous one, it was sometimes confusing to remember when they were taking place.

Then again, I’m not really one for reading chapter names or subtitles unless I think they’re extremely relevant to the plot, like in books where the viewpoint changes between more than two characters.

I did like that the main character was female and Hispanic. I felt that gave a unique perspective for the story, and I don’t think

I’ve read a thriller or mystery where the investigator had those characteristics.

I can’t really give an opinion on how accurately the author represented Hispanic women with Lourdes, but I thought she was an interesting character and she brought a perspective to the investigation that was different and interesting.

Lourdes was the only female and non-white officer on the case, and the killer is a racist, white supremacist, and misogynist.

Throughout the book, he fixates on her, almost like he’s drawn to her, the exact antithesis of his views and beliefs.

It’s interesting because throughout the book, he seems to be trying to prove himself, trying to prove that he’s better than women by dominating them and murdering them, trying to prove he’s part of “the superior race” by jailing and killing people of color.

The problem is, he always preys on people in tough situations who can’t fight back and are on their own, people no one will miss. So when he tries to take on Lourdes, it’s more than he can easily handle.

I found it interesting how the evil in the book went beyond the killer into a whole web of conspiracy, blackmail, and lies. It added a lot to the story because he wouldn’t have been able to get away with it

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Isabel Miller | @IsabelMillerDE Staff writer, Rana Schenke, reads the thriller “Sunrise Highway” by Peter Blauner, on the SIU campus, Sept. 25.

all for so long otherwise.

It also allowed the author to show him abusing his power, like when he has Lourdes arrested for a phony charge and all the blackmailing he did using information acquired from his job.

I would have to say that one of the things I didn’t like about the book was the amount of minor characters who were a part of the conspiracy or interacted with the killer. Many of them were introduced in the

beginning flashback chapters and then not seen again until much later in the book.

For example, one of the characters is introduced in chapter five, a flashback chapter from 1977 when he and the witness, Joey T, are kids. He isn’t reintroduced until toward the end of the book, at which point I got pretty confused because I didn’t remember who he was.

There were a couple nice things

about the extent of the conspiracy, though, like when he blacklists a cadet for asking a question about serial killers and later Lourdes meets the same person in the present, and he had quit the police force and became a bartender.

It really gave a sense of how the killer’s actions ruined so many people’s lives. That was one of the things that really struck me when I was reading the book, how many people’s lives were destroyed

because they encountered this singular person.

It wasn’t just his victims, it was their families, the people he pulled over for no reason other than their gender or the color of their skin, his stepchildren who had to grow up in the same house as him.

The expanse of his impact was enormous, beyond even the reaches of the web of conspiracy he reigned over, so I found the ending slightly lacking.

It is satisfying, but I wanted more fallout. I wanted co-conspirators being led away in handcuffs or even victims coming forward and sharing their stories.

This book is an excellent thriller, in the vein of James Patterson and Harlan Coben. I’m hoping to read more from this author soon.

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

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Kill brings in new hires and new ideas as southern’s athletic director TAMAR MOSBY | @TAMARMOSBY

University athletic director Jerry Kill’s arrival in Carbondale is proving itself to be a turning point for Southern Athletics.

Kill is originally from Cheney, Kansas which is a small town of 2,000, 45 miles outside of Wichita.

Besides being the Dawgs’ athletic director he is a father of two and a grandfather of one.

“I’ve got two beautiful girls,” said Kill. “One is 30 years old and teaches special education at Carbondale High and my youngest is a speech pathologist in Paducah, Kentucky.”

Although this is Kill’s first year as SIU’s athletic director he is not a stranger to Carbondale or the athletics department.

Kill described his special connection with the athletics program and the city of Carbondale explaining Southern was his first Division I football coaching job.

“I think the people treated me well and we had a lot of success here,” said Kill.

Kill coached the Salukis from 2001 until 2007.

During this time he led the Dawgs to a 55-32 overall record, five Football Championship Subdivision title games and three straight Gateway Conference Championships.

He was also the recipient of the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Award in 2004.

Besides his winning record and other accolades from his time coaching Southern, Kill explained that he had an even deeper connection with the university outside of sports.

“I started a cancer fund when I was coaching at SIU,” said Kill. “I had stage four kidney cancer when I was

here and so we kept the fund here.”

The Kansas native expressed his long term involvement with the Carbondale community and even kept his house on Lake of Egypt, which is 40 minutes from Carbondale, after leaving for Minnesota.

Despite big differences between the cities, the athletic director found the transition from busy Minneapolis back to quiet Carbondale fairly easy due to his familiarity with life in a small town and his history at SIU. “Southern Illinois is certainly much slower than Minnesota,” Kill said. “But it’s a beautiful area with a natural forest.”

He went on to describe his preference of Southern’s smaller student population size over the much larger Minnesota student population.

“The school size fits me better because you get to know people on campus,” he said. “It’s harder to do that with 48,000 students.”

Kill’s experience with coaching and athletic directing has not been limited to Saluki Athletics.

He has coached at every level of football including high school in Webb City, where he led the team to a state championship and Division II at Pitt State, where he led the team to a national championship.

Kill’s Division I experience stretches from the University of Minnesota, to schools like Rutgers and SIU. “I got a lot of experience being in the Power Five Conference,” Kill said. “I was also associate [athletic director] and worked with football at K-State. That’s probably where I got most of my experience.”

Before his career in coaching and directing, Kill played football himself.

“I played at a small school in Kansas at Southwestern,” he said. “I played under Coach Franchione and he kind of got me into coaching.”

Kill said working with the athletes and taking on a new challenge is what motivates and excites him about his new job.

The challenge of becoming Southern’s new athletic director has already inspired the former Saluki football coach to develop new ideas and strategies to help better SIU athletics.

He shared his biggest goal as director is to organize and restructure the athletics department by bringing in new department heads such as Jeff Jones and Liz Jarnigan.

Outside of Jones and Jarnigan, Kill has brought in around 30 new hires to the athletics program.

“We had a lot of jobs that people had left that year,” Kill said. “We had to do a lot of hiring to keep the place running. We’re correcting a lot of mistakes that have been made.”

Kill went on to talk about the vision he has for Saluki Athletics to be a “true Division I program” which is inspired by the idea of thinking bigger and establishing a winning tradition.

“Kids want to come to a school a lot of times because of winning programs,” Kill said. “I hope to get us back on track.”

Another change the Kansas native has made to SIU’s athletic department is a new fundraising team to help with the finances of the athletic programs.

Associate athletic director Tom Weber, who has known Kill since 2001, expressed his excitement about the director’s passion for athletics and skill with fundraising.

“I am most excited about his

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Daily Egyptian file photo Jerry Kill, associate athletics director at Kansas State, looks on Sept. 10, 2016, during SIU football's 30-22 win against Southeast Missouri at Saluki Stadium.

passion for Saluki Athletics,” Weber said. “He is very competitive and has been very good at fundraising. He’s always been able to get the best out of people.”

Weber identified Kill’s head coach mentality as a major factor

that strengthens his abilities as an athletic director.

“He brings a head coach’s mentality to the AD position,” said Weber. “He knows what coaches need to be successful.”

Head coach of the SIU football

team, Nick Hill, also describes his former coach as a mentor and someone who has great passion for Saluki athletics.

“I’m most excited to have Coach Kill’s passion back here,” said Hill.

“He loves this school, the region,

and our football program. He is a mentor to me.”

Hill has also noticed the new directors ability to bring people together, while selling his new vision of the athletics department.

“I think Coach Kill has brought

everyone together,” said Hill. “He has a clear vision of where he sees the athletic department going.”

Staff reporter Tamar Mosby can be reached at tmosby@dailyegyptian. com or on Twitter at @tamarmosby

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

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

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

Wednesday, OctOber 10, 2018

Meet the men of Saluki golf chasing records A DAM W ARFEL | @ WARFEL _ ADAM

The Salukis men’s golf team has had an up and down season so far this fall.

The SIU men’s golf team placed first at the Fuzzy Zoeller Intercollegiate at Indiana University.

“It was the first tournament of the year and we were all very excited,” Matthis Besard, a freshman studying management, said.”We all played at a high level, everything went right.”

They then finished eighth in the tournament held at Iowa, and 14th in their last tournament at Northwestern.

“We obviously got off to a hot start,“ head coach Justin Fetcho said. ”[We] didn't play quite as good as we could have in the second one, and the last one we had some issues we hadn’t had.”

The team was very disappointed in their lack of consistency during each tournament, having gone from first to 14th in a matter of three weeks.

“When you play three in a row, some things can creep in,” Fetcho said. “It just happens where we didn’t have a lot of practice time.”

The weekend of Oct. 7 and 8 at Notre Dame was the first opportunity the team had to go out and prove they were better than their last performance.

“It’s been good to have a little bit of a break, we went three in a row,” Fetcho said. ”These nine or 10 days we’ve had since the last event have reenergized us a little bit.”

Those nine or 10 days helped the team out a lot along with a familiarity of what the course would look like.

“The course is pretty similar to the two other courses we’ve played.”

Besard said. "We’re motivated to show who we really are, we want to show that we can play good.”

The Salukis were able to finish tied for 10th in the Fighting Irish Classic with Northern Illinois University.

The team finished with a total score of 851 over all three rounds shooting a 289 in the first round, a 279 in the second round, and ending the tournament with a round score of 283.

What this golf team looks like has yet to be fully developed this fall, but expect a team that will compete each weekend.

“This team can be special,” Fetcho said. “We’ve got a group that wants to work hard, the talent is there, it’s just a matter of believing in ourselves.”

The mentality of this year's team is much more competitive amongst each other, and the team is more connected to each other.

“The team chemistry is a lot better, we all get along,” Luke Gannon, a senior studying finance, said. “Qualifying is a lot more competitive, you have to play pretty good in the qualifier just to make it on the team.”

The dynamic of this year's team is multicultural as five of the nine men on the team are international students representing the countries of Norway, Belgium, Iceland and England.

“Being international means they don't have cars, so we get to spend a lot more time with them,” Gannon said. “They’re all really good as freshmen.”

Besard, one of the new freshmen, comes from Belgium and was able to transition into life in Carbondale seamlessly.

“I have a really good coach

and good teammates,” Besard said. "They gave us a really good welcome, and the university of SIU is great.”

Besard enjoys the approach Coach Fetcho has to the game and how he chooses to motivate his players.

“He’s fair and he’s tough,” Besard said.”You see that he has a lot of experience and that he knows what he has to do.”

The Salukis added five men to their team this spring and they have been able to compete at a high level as freshmen.

“All of them had great tournament experience across the board,” Coach Fetcho said. “The thing you don’t see on paper, these five guys just jumped right in.”

The freshmen on the team were able to join and compete from the beginning as Besard was the top qualifier in the first tournament of the year.

“The team dynamic has been very fun to be a part of,” the coach said.

“These guys came in with a hard work ethic, and a lot of talent.”

Besard has had much success playing in all four tournaments.

Golfing is something more than just a hobby to the freshman, he loves doing it and he has passion in it.

“At the age of seven I combined [golf ] with soccer,” Besard said. “At the age of ten I chose to only play golf and since then it has become more than a hobby.”

Southern’s men’s golf program is one on the rise, which gives it the ability to garner international interest.

"Four years ago we were high in the 200’s and last year they finished 120,” Besard said. “We’re a rising program and we can still do better.”

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Carson VanBuskirk | @carsonvanbDE Freshman Vikar Jonasson (right), of Iceland, and Junior Sean Mullan (left), of England, practice their short game at the SIU Men’s Golf practice on Oct. 3.

Chemistry is key for success in any sport, especially when only five of the nine men on the team are able to compete in each tournament.

“We try to stay competitive with each other, we’ve got to be supportive of each other,” Fetcho said. “Only five guys get to travel, there’s always going to be four guys that are disappointed.”

Fetcho makes sure to foster an environment that allows for that chemistry to grow and for each player to come into their own.

“We’ve got nine guys that treat each other like brothers,” Fetcho said. "We practice together everyday, some guys have classes together and some live together.”

This team has the potential to be very good and

fans of SIU should expect to see them compete.

"Sometimes it takes hard work and gelling together to figure out what we can accomplish,” Fetcho said. “We’ve got the ability to be able to do some things that’s maybe never been done before.”

The SIU men’s golf team will be in action making their bid for history November 2nd

through the 4th at the Kaanapali Collegiate Classic at the University of Hawaii.

Sports reporter Adam Warfel can be reached at awarfel@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @warfel_adam.

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Wednesday, OctOber 3, 2018

CANCER WAS A DETOUR. NOW JUANITA IS ON HER WAY.

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Thankfully, she had the advantage of the SIH Breast Center and SIH Cancer Institute to coordinate her care. Board certified surgeons and physicians, state-of-the-art technologies, comprehensive support services, and all of her treatments close to home.

Juanita’s journey began with a mammogram. Then she navigated through surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and rehabilitation. The path wasn’t easy, but the destination made it all worth every minute.

Juanita beat cancer. You can beat cancer too.

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