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Plants preserving history pg. 3 | Centralizing advisement pg. 5 | Globe-trotter Estrada pg. 23

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Biologists aim to preserve history through plants CORY RAY | @coryray_de

For almost two years, senior Marisa Szubryt has been busy making a family tree.

But not her own family tree — she has been making one for different species of the same type of plant.

“We can see the actual consequences of speciation,” said Szubryt, an undergraduate research assistant from Mokena studying plant biology.

Szubryt and plant biology professor Kurt Neubig are working to outline the evolutionary history of a type of plant known as Euthamia.

“Our goals are to document biodiversity, because we’re losing biodiversity quickly,” Neubig said.

“If we don’t document what exists in biodiversity, then we will never have known what had existed.”

Euthamia is a group of closely-related plant species, almost like cousins to an immediate family group that represents individual species.

The plant blooms yellow flowers related to sunflowers that can be found natively throughout most of North America, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Szubryt said she questions the number of species of Euthamia, because past studies have relied on simply looking at the plants rather than studying their genetic makeup.

“Even if we don’t understand or see the differences,” Szubryt said, “the world around us often does, and it has meaningful ecological implications.”

Szubryt, Neubig and four other students create what are known as phylogenetic trees, maps akin to family trees that show how related species are.

“It’s kind of like a jigsaw puzzle where there’s no picture,” Neubig said. “All the pieces fit together in a very similar way … People piece this jigsaw puzzle together differently.”

Szubryt said they have brought a couple

Cory Ray | @coryray_de Marisa Szubryt, a senior from Mokeno studying plant biology, examines the flower of a plant known as Euthamia Tuesday at her apartment in Carbondale. “Working with the data has been really interesting in a way that I hadn’t been exposed to before,” Szubryt said. “That’s all very exciting, being like, ‘Okay, so this thing groups with this other thing, and oh, they look similar because of this and that’s why.”

of species “back from the dead” through the naming process. They’ve been able to delineate between species that were previously considered to be hybrids. “[One name] was only ever mentioned in 1902,” Szubryt said. “It was almost immediately put as a synonym, but it comes out as distinct both genetically and when you look at it.”

She said she stumbled upon one species considered to be a hybrid while working over the summer in the Great Lakes, and she has since studied them on the genetic level and found the two are distinct.

“There is a lot of the world that we walk around every single day, and we just sort of take it for granted sometimes,” Szubryt said. “There is a lot more complexity, grandeur and beauty in seeing how complicated and sophisticated everything is.”

Neubig and his team have also identified a unique relationship between the plants and a species of fly that only

lays eggs on these types of plants.

“That specificity is remarkable,” Neubig said.

When female flies lay eggs, they also deposit a fungus that newly-hatched larvae use as food, Neubig said. In the relationship, the fungus digests the plant without detrimentally hurting it.

Neubig said through also studying the fly species, they’re managed to identify a diversity that has never before been documented.

The research has taken Szubryt everywhere from Louisiana to Wisconsin to various sites in southern Illinois, she said.

Szubryt said she will continue her work in Neubig’s lab following her graduation in December, at which time she will begin her master’s degree in plant biology.

“I like looking for little pieces,” she said. “I like to bring things together.”

Staff writer Cory Ray can be reached at cray@dailyegyptian.com.

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Administration to make academic advising more 'centralized'

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KITT FRESA | @kittfresa

Chancellor Carlo Montemagno is working on a plan to make the university’s academic advising process more “centralized,� he said in a speech last month.

Associate provost Lizette Chevalier said this new plan is expected to be fully implemented

by Jan. 1.

The new advising department will have four responsibilities, Chevalier said. These are determining students’ academic majors, making a plan of study for each student, ensuring students know where campus services are and helping students complete degrees on time. “What we want to do is see that the experience of students and what advisers provide to students really do have all the core elements,�

Chevalier said.

The university’s plan will include separate academic advisement centers, Chevalier said. “If you’re in a degree program that’s serviced by that center, that’s where you go,� she said. “We will try to get you in with the same adviser.�

Though the idea will be to keep students with the same adviser throughout their time at SIU, Chevalier said there could be circumstances in which a student’s adviser could change. “You may change majors, an adviser may advance in their career or take other positions or retire,�

Chevalier said. “We can’t assure that the adviser that you come in with does your graduation clearance, but that’s the idea — to build those relationships.�

"What we want to do is see that the experience of students and what advisers provide to students really do have all the core elements."

- Lizette Chevalier Associate provost

Chevalier said the centers will likely be led by the chief academic adviser of each individual department “to ensure that we’re doing all of these outlines of what we need to do to have advisement excellence on this campus.� “They’ll also be the critical people for doing an assessment of our processes and to implement change where we need to improve what we’re doing,� she said.

Under the new advisement system, Chevalier said it's possible that advisers’ offices could be moved. “If we start realigning into new colleges and new schools, of course logic tells me there may be some physical movement on our campus in terms of where programs are going to be and where these advisers are going to be,� she said, referring to Montemagno’s plan to reorganize academic programs into new colleges. “So centralization allows me to look at the quality of the service and maintain the service while we go through all these changes.�

The new advising department will make sure advisers have accurate information about academic programs and the students they see, Chevalier said. “I should be able to, at the beginning

of the semester or halfway through the semester, say ‘Here are the students in that program, here’s their GPA, here’s the curriculum,’� she said. “They need to have up-to-date information on the curriculum and how it's changing.�

The administration is also looking to work with the Center for Teaching Excellence to improve adviser training and help them stay up-to-date on SIU policy and procedures, Chevalier said.

She said these changes are more about improving student experience than saving money. “We’re not taking away positions or adding positions or anything like that,�

Chevalier said. “This is about retaining our students and providing first class service to students in terms of academic advisement. I think the bigger challenge is to fill the open positions and to prepare ourselves for growth.�

She said Montemagno’s plan doesn’t stem from a problem with the current advising system, but rather it is a strategy to keep improving existing structures. “We’re going to take a look at those assessment points of continuous improvement and improve what we’re doing,� Chevalier said. “If the university is going to go through an exciting time of change, let the advisers be apart of that change and make it successful.�

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Poetry reading to showcase two alumni books AMELIA BLAKELY | @AmeilaBlakely

The creative writing master’s program is holding a poetry reading at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 12 in Morris Library to showcase two newly published books of poetry written by two graduates of the program.

Allison Joseph, the director of the program, said the reading is also a release party to celebrate the publications.

One of the poets, Elisabeth Meyer, published her book “The word b-i-r-d” this year.

Meyer, who is from and currently lives in Paducah, Kentucky, graduated from SIU with her master’s in 2007.

She said she’s never been the type of person to make deliberate actions to meet a specific end, and she originally came to the university 13 years ago knowing little about the local artistic culture or campus atmosphere.

Even coming in with limited knowledge of the region, Meyer described her years at the university as enriching, nurturing and supportive.

“I feel like I just got lucky on having found it,” Meyer said. “I was so glad that it became real.”

Her book is a compilation of different themes, including miscommunication, longing, loss, hope, language and the cycle of time, she said, adding that misunderstanding is one of the central messages.

“Sometimes it’s just a desire to

“Sometimes it’s just a desire to articulate something. Or maybe a disagreement to desire to celebrate or honor something.”

- Elisabeth Meyer poet

articulate something,” Meyer said.

“Or maybe a disagreement to desire to celebrate or honor something.”

The subject of birds is recurring throughout the 26 poems in the book. In some, birds symbolize a certain theme present in the poems, she said. In the last poem of her book, birds are a symbol of hope.

“I feel like birds sing the world back into being,” Meyer said.

“Sometimes the world ends at night and … birds singing in the morning saves the world.”

Some of her poems — for example, the first one in the book — were inspired by her experiences at the university, she said.

In several other poems, Meyer said her personal experiences and formal class writing experiments were foundational.

Meyer said she is also influenced by works of literature. One poem came about after she read a translation of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” she said.

“I kind of developed a crush on

Quasimodo, and it’s called ‘A Love Song to Quasimodo,’” Meyer said.

Meyer said some of the poems published in her book were written for her MFA thesis, which took her three years to write. Others were written as recently as 2014, she said.

Some poems were written in one or two sittings, but she said others have been revised for years.

“I keep working on it if I really think it’s promising,” Meyer said of her writing process.

Meyer’s book is part of a series published by Joseph called the Chapbook series. Meyer’s book is the second in the series after Joseph’s “Surviving Artistry.”

The other poet being featured during the reading is alumna Lesley Brower. Her book of poetry “Salt Lick Prayer” was also published in 2017.

The reading is free and open to the public.

Staff writer Amelia Blakely can be reached at ablakely@dailyegyptian.com.

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Reactions mixed over Montemagno's plan to shake up academic departments CORY RAY | @coryray_de

Chancellor Carlo Montemagno sent an email to deans early last week detailing the first draft of his plan to reorganize the university’s academic units, which would result in a massive overhaul of every college on campus.

As it stands, the plan — known as the “straw man” reorganization plan — would consolidate the number of undergraduate colleges on campus from eight to five.

The plan follows the July approval of the Financial Sustainability Plan, a proposal from System President Randy Dunn which reduces the number of academic colleges on campus by one.

Under Montemagno’s plan, all colleges would be affected by the reorganization in some way.

The College of Science, which was referenced as a potential target for being merged into other colleges in the Financial Sustainability Plan, is drafted to be split between the College of Agricultural Sciences and the College of Engineering.

Life sciences would be absorbed into the College of Agricultural Sciences, while physical sciences would be transferred to the College of Engineering.

Both colleges would then undergo name changes to represent programs within them.

The College of Mass Communication and Media Arts would be absorbed into the College of Liberal Arts, which would then be called the College of Liberal and Performing Arts.

“The object is not just financial,” MCMA Dean Deborah Tudor said. “It’s a way to put programs together that logically belong together.”

However, Faculty Association President David Johnson said he questions if departments will truly use the reorganization effort for the reforms Montemagno said he intends to put in place.

Journalism student Brandon Kyles, an undergraduate student government senator and senior from Chicago, said he worries where many departments could end up.

"At the end of the day, they’re different — the focuses are different,” Kyles said. “Why are we trying to mush everybody together to have one joint focus when that’s not that case?”

The College of Education and Human Services would be dissolved, with the induction of a new College of Health and Human Services.

This would also create a freestanding School of Education, which would still have its own dean.

I

SU THE FIRST DRAFT Chancellor Montemagno’s first draft for academic reorganization.

The first draft only includes colleges and schools.

Each college and the School of Education would have a dean.

Each school would have a director.

Engineering, Physical Science and Technology Homeland Security Transportation and Technology Engineering Physical Sciences

Health and Human Services Human Services Clinical Studies

Agriculture and Life Sciences Integrated Plant Science Production Agriculture Sustainability and Earth Science

Liberal and Performing Arts Social Sciences Humanities Media and Performing Arts Architecture and Art & Design

Business and Analytics Accountancy and Finance Management and Marketing

School of Education (freestanding, not under any college)

Changes will be made only after the full participation/involvement of deans, chairs, directors and faculty, the draft says.

Josie Arnett | @JosieArnett

The College of Applied Sciences and Arts will also be dissolved under the new plan, with some programs potentially falling under the College of Health and Human Services and the also newly-established College of Engineering, Physical Science and Technology.

“I am terrified, in all honesty, for the students that come after me,” Kyles said. “I do not know how this will produce better students.”

USG Vice President Emily Buice, however, said the changes make sense.

“As we move forward, we’re becoming SIU as we need to be instead of SIU as we were,” said Buice, a senior from Tallassee, Alabama studying public relations and history.

During his Sept. 26 State of the University address, Montemagno said the restructuring will save $2.3 million in administrative costs.

Johnson said this accounts for about one percent of the school’s overall budget.

He said the restructuring could “have some good effects in some cases” but could also be

disruptive and a large undertaking.

“All the work that people could be doing to improve their programs, a lot of the service energy, service work that faculty could be doing is … all going into this reorganization,” he said.

“Is that the best use of our time and energy?”

Right now, colleges like MCMA have schools, which house individual departments. Other colleges, such as the College of Science, contain no schools, and are only divided into departments.

Under the chancellor’s plan, every department would belong to a school, which will be lead by a director.

“It’s kind of a one-size-fits-all approach,” Johnson said.

Johnson said he has issues with the draft because Montemagno was not in close contact with faculty or student groups when organizing the plan.

“If people in the units decide what makes the most sense for them, then great,” he said.

“But just telling everybody you’ve got to merge with somebody is problematic.”

The plan is a first draft of the reorganization, and it may change before any permanent decisions are made. Further, the draft does not specify where specific programs may end up.

Montemagno said in his speech the second draft will be published in November following input from constituency groups.

Still, Johnson said it’s a “top down” approach, as opposed to a bottom-up approach in which Montemagno would come to academic units first for input.

The finalized draft is scheduled to be implemented

by July 1, 2018, according to Montemagno’s speech.

Buice said the best way for students to be involved is to communicate to USG senators, professors and other students about their concerns.

“Change is scary,’” she said. “It’s just a part of life … But once we get past that and we look at this, we start putting our voices forward and saying, ‘Yes, this is what we want. No, this is not what we want.’ That’s when we’ll able to make collaborative changes that will substantially help the university.”

Campus editor Marnie Leonard contributed reporting.

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

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Kenneth K. Lam | Baltimore Sun/MCT A sample of an intact demilitarized AR-15 assault rifle and the shredded remain of a second one used for display at e-End, is seen Jan. 2, 2014, in Frederick, Md.

Woman uses Facebook to out FBI mole in Chicago assault weapons case:

'Snitches get stitches and found in ditches' DAVID BOROFF New York Daily News

An Illinois mother of seven is accused of encouraging Facebook followers to kill a gang member-turned-FBI mole in a stolen weapons case after writing "snitches get stitches and found in ditches."

Iesha Stanciel was initially busted after being found with one of the brand new AR-15-type assault rifles stolen from a Chicago freight train in September of 2016, according to a federal complaint obtained by The Associated Press.

Brian Stafford was arrested the following month after allegedly telling the informant he had the rifles in his possession two days after the theft.

It was Stafford's arrest that led Stanciel to start posting the threats on social media, including the informant's name, according to court papers.

"Snitches get stitches and found in ditches," one posting allegedly said, followed by 11 handgun emojis.

Another message included the informant's photo and asked if anyone ever sees him: "If so (shoot) his head...."

Stanciel wrote in a letter to a federal judge that the postings were fantasies, not serious threats.

Facebook is "a cyber fantasy community where you can live out any fantasy with no real means or intent of carrying anything out," she wrote. She admitted that she had "a bad attitude" but wrote that she is "less dangerous than it looks."

The judge denied her request to be released pending trial, and said she was potentially dangerous.

Stanciel, 38, faces federal cyberstalking charges as well as a gun charge, and Stafford was hit with a gun charge.

Both pleaded not guilty.

The weapons had been loaded in Atlantic City two days before the train stopped in Chicago. The thieves swiped six assault rifles and 27 pistols, and also took several TVs. The theft angered residents in the crime-plagued city because it took place one year after the theft of more than 100 weapons that fell into the hands of gangs.

The informant agreed to pay Stafford $4,000 for three rifles, according to court filings. The informant wore listening devices during the exchange at Stafford's home and Stafford was busted the same day.

Stafford said in a phone call from jail cited by prosecutors that the informant's performance in the sting was worth an "Academy Award."

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Professor brings multicultural perspective to design department TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_

Tao Huang discovered her passion for design as a teenager growing up in Guangzhou, China.

The assistant professor of design decided to start a comic book club at the age of 16 with her sister and a friend in 1992, which Huang said she believes was the first of its kind in China.

Because of China’s strict publishing laws, she said the venture was risky.

“We had to be very careful with what we were going to say in the publication,” Huang said.

The group wasn’t able to apply for a publishing license because they couldn’t afford it, and because comics were so new in China at the time that she said they likely wouldn’t have been approved anyway.

Huang said they took the risk of being prosecuted or having their comic books confiscated because they were young and didn’t realize what kind of trouble they could get into.

“We didn’t publish anything that was against the government, so we didn’t feel that we would get in trouble ourselves,” Huang said. “We actually put some selfcensoring on ourselves because we didn’t want to get into trouble.”

Now, with over 15 years of experience in the field, Huang said she could probably work with anyone on any kind of design.

Throughout her career, she has worked in design research, product design, interior design and other areas, but she said she specializes in sustainable design.

She said she loves the work because the field is constantly changing and developing.

“It keeps you on the edge all the time because you have to be really mindful of what’s going on and what’s new in terms of new terminology, in terms of the art world,” Huang said. “It’s very hands-on.”

When she was attending the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts for graduate school in 1999, she opened a bookstore with a couple of friends that she met through the comic book club.

“When you’re young, you’re just like, ‘I’m going to start something,’” Huang said. “‘I don’t care what the outcome is, I don’t care if I’m going to make a living.’”

At the same time, Huang was also part-owner of a post-production advertising company, and she decided she wanted a change; she wanted to move to the United States.

She started attending Virginia Tech in 2003 as a PhD student. She said it was very similar to Carbondale, with a diverse amount of people that she still keeps in contact with today.

“It dawned on me again that people can be so different, but we can also be so alike too,” Huang said. “It’s not that you just get to know teachers from all over the world, but you get to know people from all over the world. I would never have had that experience if I stayed in China.”

Huang got her first job as a professor at Columbia College in Chicago in 2007, where she worked for almost eight years. She said the transition from designing in China to designing in the U.S. was difficult, especially from a teaching perspective.

“I was not brought up in this society, so I have no idea what my students don’t know or what they do know …

I spent a few years trying to figure that out because I didn’t know what they were learning when they were in high school,” Huang said.

By the time she came to SIU about two years ago, Huang said she had learned how to overcome those cultural barriers.

Her students said one of the biggest things she’s done as a professor was planning a trip for them to visit her hometown in

Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Assistant professor of design Tao Huang poses for a portrait Monday at the design studio in Pulliam Hall.

China for a design camp last winter.

Anthony Bux, a senior from Algonquin studying industrial design, has taken two of Huang’s classes and went on the trip to China.

Bux said Huang helped students from different countries connect despite cultural differences by helping them work together on their designs.

He said incorporating her multicultural design perspective is something Huang also does in class.

“She does have that x-factor of she knows the difference between cultures and how one product can affect the whole world and not just the U.S,” Bux said.

Ashley Booth, a senior from St. Joseph, Michigan studying industrial design, said Tao is a very insightful professor.

“She listens to us and allows us

to work in ways that are best for us,” Booth said.

Huang said part of her method isn’t all about teaching students what to learn; it’s also about how they learn.

“I want to make my students to be visionaries, innovative and actually happy about what they’re doing, and also collaborative,” Huang said. “I think that’s very important as well. …

I’m not just teaching them skills, I’m teaching them how to think.”

Booth said Huang does this by not always giving students direct answers to questions, and instead guiding them through the process of figuring it out for themselves.

“She’d help us investigate our solutions and our concepts, but she won’t completely tell us the way,” Booth said.

“A lot of that will make us as students turn to research more or to ask each

other and figure it out for ourselves.”

Bux said Tao always encourages her students to learn outside of the classroom.

“You’re always trying to improve yourself and figure out new ways to solve problems,” Bux said of Huang’s classes. “She’s always really open and helpful.”

Huang said she came to SIU because of its similarities to Virginia Tech and the excellence of the work done on campus by faculty, staff and students.

“I think this university has a long legacy of doing a lot of great things,” Huang said. “This kind of environment is absolutely amazing, and I don’t think you can replicate it very easily elsewhere.”

Tierra Carpenter can be reached at tcarpenter@dailyegyptian.com or @tierramc_.

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Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena Jess Will of Murphysboro inspects a host of bees Sunday at Dayempur Farm in Anna. “It is real calming to be able to sit there and watch them do their thing,” Will said. “Kinda therapeutic.”

What's all the buzz about?

An effort to save the bees and enforce sustainable living ATHENA CHRYSANTHOU @Chrysant1Athena

On the 100 acres of lush green that makes up Dayempur Farm, thousands of bees buzzed around pastel-colored boxes Sunday afternoon.

That sound might cause some to panic or run, but for the beekeepers on the farm it is a sound that should be celebrated, because the bee population

is declining due to harmful pesticides and farming practices, beekeeper Mark Fletter said.

Honeybee communities with five or more colonies went down by eight percent from 2016 to 2015, according to a survey by the United States Department of Agriculture.

"Certainly over the past 20 years or so we have seen a lot of loss in the beekeeping community," Fletter

said. "A lot of beekeepers have lost their bees.”

One of the biggest pests affecting the bee population right now is the Varroa mite, which Fletter said kills honeybees.

Fletter said other challenges bees face are related to large-scale farming practices, which include spraying pesticides on fields, leaving no weeds for bees to pollinate.

"All that can grow on those fields are genetically modified or roundup-ready corn or soybeans," Fletter said. "There is really no flowers in those hundreds and hundreds of thousands of acres of conventionally managed crop. So we have depleted their natural forage, natural food."

Fletter organized a three-day beekeeping workshop at Dayempur Farm from Friday to Saturday that

featured bee expert and author Michael Bush, who wrote "The Practical Beekeeper: Beekeeping Naturally."

The workshop addressed topics like queen bee rearing and tips on how to raise healthier bees.

"The bees and the natural beekeeping workshop has been a wonderful way to share with people part of those sustainable living practices," Fletter said.

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A bee sits on top of a display cabinet Sunday at Dayempur Farms in Anna.

Jess Will of Murphysboro inspects a host of bees Sunday at Dayempur Farm in Anna.

Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena A set of gloves sits on top of a ventilated beekeeping suit Sunday at Dayempur Farm in Anna.

ATHENA CHRYSANTHOU @CHRYSANT1ATHENA

Terry Hickey, the general manager of Dayempur herbals, said the farm is part of a wider community project to encourage people to learn about farming, gardening and connecting with nature.

The medicinal garden Hickey manages produces plant-based medicine that is sold in Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and Missouri.

"We grow about 50 different medicinal herbs to make medicine,"

Hickey said. "It's plant-based medicine, it's making use of leaves and roots that have been for thousands of years used to be medicine for people. Everything prior to the pharmaceutical companies."

Hickey said she believes humans are losing touch with the earth and have grown accustomed to eating processed food, therefore forgetting the necessity of botanical medicine.

"Medical schools used to teach

botanical medicine, but the [American Medical Association] came along and said ‘If you don’t stop teaching botanical medicine we will decertify you,’" Hickey said. "So that was where the allopathic medicine and original medicine parted, so botanical medicine lost credibility because it wasn’t industrialized or scientific enough."

Dayempur Farm has been raising bees for fifteen years, but Fletter said

only the last couple of years have been focused on how conventional methods of beekeeping may harm the bees.

Fletter said natural beekeeping is different from conventional beekeeping because it does not require the beekeeper to control what is happening within the hive, and instead allows the bees to develop their own immune and ecosystems to be more in tune with their environment.

Many beekeepers are now on a mission to save the bees, Fletter said.

"While that awareness and intention is fantastic, we also need to acknowledge bees have been on this earth for more than 50 million years," Fletter said.

"Bees are survivors. They know how to survive if we just give them the chance.

What we need to do as people is take responsibility for the challenges that we have caused them."

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How Congress can pursue a reasonable gun debate CHICAGO TRIBUNE Columbine High School in Colorado: 13 dead, April 20, 1999.

Virginia Tech: 32 dead, April 16, 2007.

Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.: 26 dead, including 20 first-graders, Dec. 14, 2012.

Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla.: 49 dead, June 12, 2016.

Now Sunday's atrocity in Las Vegas: at least 59 dead, more than 500 injured when a sniper took aim at outdoor concertgoers from his perch in a 32nd-floor hotel suite.

The geography of American slaughter by firearms spans the nation, while the timeline stretches back at least to the 1966 University of Texas bell tower shootings.

Just since Sandy Hook, by one count, there have been 29 shootings in the U.S. in which three or more people were killed.

You probably remember the Charleston church murders (9 dead), but what about

the Roseburg, Ore., spree (also 9 dead)?

After each of these horrors, the question of what can be done? to prevent mass shootings arises. Then it's dispensed with because the country appears hopelessly divided over gun control. That's what happened after Sandy Hook: All those children and teachers murdered in their school, yet Congress refused to adopt any meaningful restrictions on gun ownership.

So why would this week's carnage in Las Vegas be the catalyst?

Maybe it won't. Maybe Las Vegas, the worst mass shooting in modern American history, has no impact beyond its place in the roll call of tragedies. But that would be wrong, because the country is long overdue for a serious debate about firearms and murder.

Let that debate begin with an affirmation that America is suffering from a crisis of gun violence. You see it in mass shootings in public spaces across the country, and you

see it neighborhoods in Chicago, where the number of homicides this year has surpassed 500. Nothing will outlaw killing, but doing nothing shouldn't be an option.

The obstacle is American gun culture.

Three in 10 American adults own a gun, and most of those people say gun ownership is essential to their freedom, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. That belief is supported by law: The Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the Second Amendment guarantees individuals the right to own guns for self-defense.

It's safe to say repealing the Second Amendment isn't on the horizon -- even after Las Vegas, in which the gunman reportedly brandished an arsenal of 23 weapons. Gun culture is so deeply entrenched in America that putting broad restrictions on ownership, such as banning assault weapons, won't happen any time soon.

The gun lobby is powerful and most

conservatives embrace ownership as a fundamental right. Certainly, voters have rewarded Republicans in Congress who support gun ownership. Republicans put forth no new legislation after Las Vegas but, tellingly, they shelved for now a National Rifle Association-backed bill that would ease regulations on silencers.

Democrats, who may instinctively wish to ban certain weapons or even limit the number of firearms per household, don't have the votes, and they alone won't change the culture. Yet there are steps Congress can take that won't run afoul of the Second Amendment but could reduce the opportunities for a madman with an arsenal to kill with impunity. Among the possibilities: --Require background checks for every gun purchase, including those at gun shows and transactions between private parties.

--Limit the capacity of magazine clips to, say, 10 rounds. That would

force an assailant to frequently reload or switch weapons, buying time for victims to escape and law enforcement to arrive.

--Require gun makers to modify semiautomatic rifles and pistols so they can't be fitted with devices that convert these firearms into machine gun-like weapons.

Perhaps none of these steps would have stopped the Las Vegas gunman, though they may have slowed him down. What's more, tightening federal restrictions on gun ownership and sale could slow the carnage in Chicago. Many weapons used by street gangs are stolen. Others, though, are bought illegally by straw purchasers in nearby states. Expanded background checks could disrupt the flow.

Mass shooters are unhinged. No effort to eradicate all violence will succeed. But if there's a chance to stop some killers, or slow them down until help arrives, the nation should act.

We are confronted daily it seems with questions about race. Just saying a few words -- Charlottesville and confederate statues, or kneeling during the national anthem during NFL games -- is likely to prompt a visceral reaction.

But too often the discussions that emerge from them have offered few constructive thoughts or actions for improvement. They instead devolve into shouting matches to see who can scream their thoughts the loudest.

We need to have talks like the ones that will happen next month at the "Analyzing and Understanding Systemic Racism Workshop," held by the Springfield Coalition on Dismantling Racism in conjunction

with Crossroads Anti-Racism Organizing and Training.

SCoDR's roots were planted locally more than a dozen years ago by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, which made a commitment to becoming an anti-racist organization. That led to the founding of SCoDR, an organization with a mission to work with groups to develop policies and practices that promote racial justice and racial equity, with a vision of dismantling institutional racism in the greater Springfield area (SCoDR's leadership team includes Kenley Wade and John Allen, who are both community members of the SJ-R's editorial board).

One of the most important

things SCoDR has done for the past several years is hold workshops where local residents can not only learn about the history of systemic racism, but talk about ways to eradicate it. The next workshop is scheduled for Nov. 2 to 4 at St. John's Lutheran Parish Life Center.

During the three days of the workshop, participants will look at the historical development of racism in the U.S., how it manifests itself today, and how it affects both people of color and white people.

Hundreds of people throughout the area have taken part in past workshops, including employees from city hall and District 186. SCoDR members stress the workshops are conducted in an atmosphere of

mutual respect and safety, and are not based on confrontation, guilt, blame or judgment. The aim, they say, is to lay a foundation to address racism in institutions and in society in general. Contact Kelly Hurst at kelly@crossroadsantiracism.org or call 217-341-7483 for information if you want to help make that a reality.

We must stop hesitating to have conversations about race. We must include people of all races when these talks do happen, so we can begin to understand each other's perspectives. The path to a truly equal America starts with each of us making a commitment to be accountable for ensuring that happens. Are you ready to join the journey?

Issues of race need to be addressed head-on THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER

For change to occur we must first must acknowledge a problem exists.

That holds true for any issue we seek to overcome, but it seems particularly fitting when it comes to race in America. Discussions about race relations seem to be everywhere these days -- but too often, they are a reaction to an incident, instead of something we decided was important enough to tackle when it wasn't at the forefront.

That's unfortunate, because the country needs to have an honest conversation about race relations, an issue the country has struggled with since its inception. We are not yet the land of equals.

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Assistant director of conference and scheduling services Sarah VanVooren of Carbondale, holds Jaz’s face, a 3-year- old rescue from WrightWay Rescue, Sept. 16, at the farmer’s market at Murdale Shopping Center. “We have a dog at home that we adopted, and so we like checking out the puppies just in case we ever find one,” said VanVooren.

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From dogs in dorms to clinics and shelters: the story of Wright-Way Rescue TIERRA CARPENTER | @tierramc_

Christy Anderson was a sophomore in 2002 when she decided to make it her mission to save animals from being euthanized.

Anderson said she was living in a West Campus dorm room when she and her roommate visited a local animal control facility, where they were told half of the animals would be killed by 3 p.m.

They immediately took it upon themselves to save one of the dogs, Anderson said.

She started rescuing one animal at

a time and housing it in her dorm for a few days until she could find it a home with her friends, family or an acquaintance. She said when she ran out of people she knew she started using PetFinder to advertise the animals she had up for adoption.

By 2004, Anderson opened up Wright-Way Rescue in Murphysboro to dedicate her time to saving animals. “[I] sort of just by accident made the connection with pairing animals from rural communities with adopters seeking them in urban areas,” Anderson said. “Wright-Way just kind of very organically and

unintentionally became a rescue.”

Wright-Way isn’t only a rescue shelter; it also features a veterinary clinic called TimberTrails, with a critical care center just a couple miles away. There is a second location in Morton Grove, which houses their adoption center and another veterinary clinic.

“All of those services are geared towards preventing pet overpopulation and keeping pets in homes that they already have,” Anderson said.

Anderson said the Morton Grove facility supports a larger number of adoptions, which is good because

business is continuously growing. The rescue expects to save a total of 5,000 pets this year, she said.

It’s been about 15 years now since Anderson rescued her first dog, and she said her passion for animals keeps her going.

“I can’t imagine doing anything else,” Anderson said. “I absolutely love being able to do what I do everyday, and the motivation to continue is the positive change that I’ve seen in the decrease of adoptable animals being euthanized.”

Anderson said animal control is a lot better than it was when she first

started rescuing, although the pace of change has been slow.

“Things have improved for the better in terms of euthanasia rates and the amount of compassion that’s shown to homeless animals, and I think the amount of homeless pets coming in has also slowly declined,“ Anderson said.

She said she thinks this change comes from people spaying and neutering their pets more often.

“I think people are starting to think a little bit more about why that is both important and convenient,” Anderson said.

Wednesday, OctOber 11, 2017 Over the years the rescue has faced setbacks, including an incident in 2013 in which a school bus ran into the original Wright-Way adoption center in Niles. The facility had to close down, Anderson said.

She described that event as a devastating.

“It was a 7,000 square foot building and the roof collapsed,” Anderson said. “It was deemed uninhabitable. It was an absolute miracle that nobody was killed or injured.“ She said recovering from that was one of the most challenging times of her life.

“What we had built for ten years was gone in two seconds,” Anderson said.

They had to work out of temporary facilities for a year, and she said a week before the anniversary of the crash they were able to reopen in Morton Grove.

Anderson said Wright-Way is run on the hard work of more than 300 volunteers and paid staff members.

She said people can contribute to that hard work in a number of ways, including training and grooming animals, fostering animals, interning and joining their professional board.

One of Wright-Way’s long-standing volunteers contributes her time in a different way; she opens up her home to animals as a

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foster owner.

Desoto-native Pam Eaton, 68, has been fostering animals for Wright-Way since 2011.

Her first foster experience was with a litter of chihuahuas and their mother. She said it was a lot of fun to have them, and it wasn’t easy giving them up.

“I cried so hard that they finally handed me a roll of paper towels,” Eaton said.

She said she loves all of the dogs she has fostered, and some are harder than others to see them go, but she knows she has to make room for others that need her.

“Especially if it’s a single or an orphan puppy that you’ve had to raise by hand, those are often really difficult to give up,” Eaton said.

She said she would would recommend fostering for many reasons, one of the most important being that it simply helps these animals stay alive.

"It’s hard to say goodbye. It’s hard to see them go,” she said. “But it’s even sadder to see them die.”

To learn more about Wright-Way Rescue or to browse the animals they have available for adoption, visit their website wright-wayrescue.org.

Tierra Carpenter can be reached on twitter @tierramc_ or at tcarpenter@dailyegyptian.

Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE Charity, a 1-year-old brindle hound mix, looks through the fence of a yard Sept. 22 at Wright-Way Rescue Shelter in Murphysboro.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

Today's Birthday (10/11/17). Money comes easily over the next two years. Jump a community hurdle this winter, before falling madly in love.

Discipline with home renovation pays off. The resolution of professional challenges next summer leads to a big win for your team. Pursue your 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 a 6 -Focus on matters close to home for a few days. Keep a philosophical outlook and positive attitude.

Everything works out, despite frustrations. Slow down.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 --

Communication is key.

You can get whatever you need; let others know, and people are happy to contribute. Avoid hasty assumptions. Listen and learn.

Gemini (May 21June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- More income is possible. Discipline and patience are required.

Track numbers to avoid expensive mistakes.

Don't throw your money around. Keep your sense of humor.

Cancer (June 21July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- You have the power to make things happen.

Don't push too hard, or risk breakage. Gentle persuasion works better.

Let the little stuff go.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Slow down and think things over. Clean old messes before making new.

Review where you've been.

Avoid travel or fuss, and take it easy.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) -- Today is a 7 -Friends get you where you want to go. Avoid provoking jealousies or upsets. Keep promises, and don't rock the boat.

Another's suggestion proves valuable.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -Professional efforts may not work as planned. Stay flexible, and look for other

options. Persistence pays off in the long run. Keep your cool.

Scorpio (Oct. 23Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Expand your territory while making time for deviations.

Consider consequences. Delays and unexpected obstacles could slow the action. Draw upon hidden resources.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- A lack of funds threatens your plans. Establish efficiencies and cost-saving measures. Costs may be higher than anticipated.

Collaborate with your partner for solutions.

Capricorn (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- You and a partner could seem to work at cross purposes. Avoid sharp words. Take time to resolve misunderstandings. Have patience with each other.

Aquarius (Jan. 20Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Stick to the routines you've been practicing, and play strictly by the rules.

Move carefully to avoid sharp objects or accidents.

Watch for unexpected obstacles.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -Romance and fun are distinctly possible if you can avoid silly arguments.

Breakdowns require patience. Discover the divinity of forgiving (including with oneself).

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Saluki football still in search of first MVFC win as Homecoming approaches NATHAN DODD | @NathanMDodd

After falling to 0-2 in Missouri Valley Football Conference play last Saturday, SIU football turns its attention to a Homecoming match-up against the Illinois State University Redbirds.

No. 15 ISU travels to Carbondale with a 4-1 overall record and will try to remain unbeaten in MVFC play, as they come into Saturday's matchup 2-0 in conference matchups.

The Redbirds field a stout defense that ranks second in the MVFC in points allowed to opponents. Teams facing ISU are only averaging 14.4 points per game in 2017.

"Illinois State has a great defense, one of the best ones that we've seen," Saluki head coach Nick Hill said at his weekly press conference. "Coach [Brock] Spack does a great job with those guys. A lot of guys are back from a really good defense last year.

The linebackers are different, but up front and in the secondary they're pretty much the same."

For SIU, turnovers have to be limited to have success against a strong ISU defense. On offense, ball protection starts with junior starting quarterback Sam Straub, who has thrown two interceptions in each of the last two contests.

"You have to have a short memory, whether it's a game or a bad series," Hill said. "It starts in practice. You have to have that connection; you have to have that timing. You have to strive to be perfect during the week.

We have to do a better job of doing that throughout the week, and it will carry over on Saturday."

Hill, a former SIU quarterback, preached how important it is for

Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Coach Nick Hill calls out plays Aug. 19, 2017 during the second scrimmage of the season at Saluki Stadium.

Straub to be efficient in order to run a successful offense.

"Completing 50 percent of your passes is not a winning formula," the Saluki coach said. "We have to get that changed. That's my job as a coach. Sam knows that and we have full confidence in doing that. Some of that is on us, giving him some things to get him in a rhythm. We also have to be accurate with the football.

When we have the throws, we have to make them. We have to complete it at a higher percentage. Our goal is 65 percent, and we're not close to that.

We still have six more games to go.

For us to start winning some of these games, we have to complete a higher percentage of throws."

In last weekend's game at South Dakota State University, neither the SIU offense nor defense was able to get a leg-up on the Jackrabbits — losing the game 49-14 after only two

field goals prevented the Salukis from winning the 2016 matchup between the two squads.

"They [SDSU] just dominated the football game in every area," Hill said. "That's up-front, in the secondary. The few things we got going we didn't sustain. They beat us in every area, and you have to tip your cap to them. They're a good football team. But I know we have a better football team than what we showed on Saturday. It's our job to go prove that. We can talk about it, but we have to go out there and get it done."

The SIU Homecoming game against Illinois State will take place at Saluki Stadium on Saturday. Kickoff for the contest is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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

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Swimming & Diving with head coach Rick Walker JACOB SELSOR | @jacobselsor_de

The SIU Swimming & Diving team returned to the pool Sept.

22 against the Evansville University Purple Aces, marking the official beginning of the 2017-2018 season.

So far it has been a fairly successful season, with a fourth place women’s team finish at the CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championship, which featured senior Bryn Hadley winning the individual event. The Salukis have also notched a win for both men and women at Evansville, and a loss each to Missouri State last weekend.

Head coach Rick Walker is back at the helm of the Salukis for his 31st year as a swimming coach at SIU, and he is ready to get things going.

“It feels great,” Walker said. “It feels like I just started.”

Coach Walker and the Salukis are coming off of a fairly successful 2016-2017 season which saw the women’s team finish second place to Missouri State in the MVC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, while the men’s team notched a fifth place finish at the MAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

Despite being unable to come out on top last season, Walker said the Salukis remain confident they can find first place this season.

“Heads never really got down,” the swimming coach said. “They’re close enough to reality to understand that things fluctuate. That one moment we’ve got a fighting chance, another moment that might be taken away.”

While Walker and his staff try to keep the team grounded in reality, they encourage the student-athletes to set high goals to strive towards.

“We also try and teach them to dream and follow those dreams," he said. "Try and alter the way those things might go, could go, and are going.”

This year the Salukis are dreaming of first place conference finishes in the men's MAC and women's MVC. Right now the women’s team is ranked second in the MVC and the men are ranked fourth in the MAC, but that does not phase Walker and his team.

"I think our program is a much better team when we’re in the hunt for something rather than being on top and trying to keep that spot,” he said. “I think we are a very very strong, healthy team when we’re fighting to get something or take something away. Just like a true 'dawg'."

Southern retained several swimmers and divers from last year’s successful campaign. The men’s team returns two of the four swimmers from the 200-yard Medley Relay team that finished second in the MAC Championships last year, setting SIU program and Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium pool records in the process.

Sophomore Kai Hoffman-Dussome, the 2017 MAC Freshman Diver of the year, also makes his return to the platform.

The women's team returns several strong swimmers from the team that finished second at the MVC Championships last year,

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including Hadley, junior Jordan Ries and senior Nicole Fuller — all of whom won their events at the conference championships.

Hadley took gold in the 200-, 500- and 1650-yard freestyle as well as swimming legs with Ries and Fuller on the team that won the 800-yard freestyle relay.

The Salukis also return junior swimmer Audrey Snyder and senior diver Rachel Williams, who were both selected to the MVC All-Conference First Team last season.

Southern boasts impressive newcomers this year, such as sophomore diver Baobao Ji — September’s MVC Diver of the Month — and her twin sister, sophomore diver Beibei Ji. Walker has liked what he has seen so far.

“We’re off to a good start,” he said. “There’s a lot of of good Daily Egyptian file photo work going on.”

The Salukis look forward to using the fall portion of the season The SIU swim & dive teams have their next meet Oct. to prepare for the Conference championships in the spring, where 21 in Edwardsville against Truman State University and both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams hope host McKendree University. The first event is scheduled to begin to earn some hardware to bring home to Carbondale. at 12 p.m.

“That’s the only place you find excellence ... it’s not out where everybody can get to it," Walker said. "If it were, then everyone Sports reporter Jacob Selsor can be reached on Twitter at would have it and there’d be no need to be excellent.” @jacobselsor_DE or at jselsor@dailyegyptian.com

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Former Saluki Sean O'Brien's basketball career far from 'finnish'-ed NATHAN DODD | @NathanMDodd

There are 4,594 miles separating Carbondale from Uusikaupunki, Finland. For SIU alumni Sean O’Brien, a long flight is a small price to pay when it comes to climbing the ranks of professional basketball.

O’Brien spent four years on the court at SIU before signing a professional contract with the Korihait basketball team of the Korisliiga league — the top professional basketball league in Finland.

"He told me when he got here that he wanted to play professional basketball and we went after it," SIU assistant coach Brad Autry said about O'Brien. "I told him you

better be really good and you better be really tough."

O'Brien took his coach's advice and finished his career at Southern ranked eighth in rebounds, 12th in blocked shots and 25th in scoring all-time, proving his value on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball on his way to earning 2017 Missouri Valley Second-Team AllConference honors.

His impressive play and work ethic helped him develop connections at SIU — most notably Autry — that were vital in getting the Mundelein native to where he is now.

“Coach Autry is the one that actually set me up with my agent, Benjamin Stevic,” the former Saluki

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cager said. “A couple of offers came in from Finland and Switzerland. I had to evaluate both options and Finland just happened to be a better opportunity. It’s a better league and the top league in Finland.”

The transition from America to Finland required O’Brien to make cultural adjustments. He said such a drastic move gave him a “new-found appreciation” of the United States.

“I was in culture shock the first two weeks,” O'Brien said. “The weather’s cold and rainy. I’ve gone frisbee golfing for fun a couple of times but there’s not too much to do, which is OK because I can just focus on basketball and there aren’t any distractions.”

Luckily for the rookie, he has found guidance from some more "well-traveled" veteran players on the Korihait squad. Former Western Kentucky Hilltopper Juan Pattillo, for one, has helped make the transition simpler for O’Brien.

“He’s mentored me and taken me under his wing,” the former Saluki said. “Out of all the guys on the team, I’m probably closest to him. Some days get rough and lonely all the way out here and he always reminds me that it will all be worth it.”

Through the first three games of his professional career, O’Brien has already begun putting together an impressive stat line.

Playing primarily as Korihaits' starting small forward, he leads his new team in points per game (16.7) and minutes played per game (33.3) while contributing significantly in rebounds and assists.

O'Brien's impressive play has led to him being featured on a soda can distributed in local Finnish grocery stores. The soda is called “HaiCola” — translating to "Shark Cola" in English.

“Our team put the American players on soda cans,” the

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professional forward said. “I haven’t drank it yet. I’m not a big soda drinker so I think I’m just going to keep it on my shelf.”

Getting his face on a soda can is one way for O’Brien to get his name out to other professional European leagues and organizations, but the rookie wants his play on the court to be what represents him.

“I want to give it my all and do my best and hopefully I can put up some good enough numbers to where I can move up and get into a higher league,” O’Brien said. “ Korihait didn’t make the playoffs last season, so it would look really good on my resume if we could bring the team back to the playoffs. Plus, it would be a fun team experience to go to the playoffs.”

While he is excited to be playing professionally, O’Brien is not only focused on this season but the development of his game and career in future seasons.

“It’s cool to be a pro but I’m still not where I want to be,” he said.

“Finland is a good place to start, and hopefully I can play well here and get to a higher European league where the teams are more well known and you get to travel around

from country to country. I hope to use this a stepping stone to further my career.”

While O'Brien toils in the European professional ranks and strives to one day return the the U.S. to play in the NBA, there are people back home in the states that continue to root for his success — especially coach Autry.

"I absolutely love Sean ... I'm really proud of him," the SIU assistant coach said. "I'm proud of his toughness. He's a really talented player, but I'm proud of who he is and that he has traveled halfway across the world, and still be who he was at SIU in another place. I'm really excited and happy for him."

Mirroring Autry's sentiment, good luck to O'Brien as he works to climb the professional basketball ladder while he serves as an overseas ambassador of SIU both on and off the court. Hopefully one day we will be able to take a short drive rather than a long flight to see the former Saluki play professional basketball — in the NBA. Sports reporter Nathan Dodd can be reached at ndodd@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @NathanMDodd.

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Player profiles: Globe-trotting senior volleyballer Andrea Estrada DILLON GILLILAND | @DillonGilliland

From Colombian national team captain to academic success while climbing the all-time kills ranks at SIU, senior outside hitter Andrea Estrada has built herself an impressive multi-national resume in athletics and education.

The redshirt senior was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, where she attended Colegio Santa María.

Estrada competed in several sports growing up including tennis, soccer and horseback riding. However, the Colombian native found her success in volleyball — which she has played since she was nine years old.

The young volleyball player was inspired by her mother, Silvia Jaramillo, who is a hero in the sport in Colombia. Jaramillo was captain of the Colombian national team and was also a member of the first Colombian team to ever qualify for the World Cup of Volleyball in 1991.

"She is a big deal in Colombia," Estrada said. "There wasn't video recordings of her playing, but I would see pictures of her playing and it really inspired me to play.

Athleticism in the family also extends to her brother, who plays soccer in Colombia. Her brother also played one year of volleyball during his senior year of high school.

Prior to coming to SIU, the Colombian volleyball star served as captain of the Colombian under-20 junior national team. She led the team to a qualifying bid into the FIVB Junior World Championship in the Czech Republic in 2013 — the first championship the Colombian team had qualified for since her mother captained the 1991 national team to a tournament — finishing 13th in the world.

"It was awesome," Estrada said. "It was so gratifying knowing that I got to play against the best players in the world."

The philosophy major also competed in the 2013 Copa Latina held in Peru, where she led the junior national team to a first place finish, to go along with a third place finish at the 2013 Junior Pan American Volleyball Cup. Transferring to SIU was not the first time Estrada visited the United States, as she took part in a foreign exchange student program in her junior year of high school that landed her in Texas — where she also played club volleyball.

"The whole college thing was new," Estrada said. "But I was used to the culture and knew what to expect from people so that made the transition smooth."

Although Hofstra University and the University of Northern Texas were looking into recruiting Estrada, it was former Saluki volleyball head coach Justin Ingram who convinced the Colombian star to take a serious look at SIU. "He saw me playing on the internet and then added me on Facebook," Estrada said. "That was how the recruiting process started."

The Colombian native debated between Hofstra University and SIU, finally choosing Southern for its architecture program. Estrada later changed her major to philosophy.

During her freshman year at SIU, Estrada was forced to redshirt and sit out volleyball for a year due to the different grading scales at the high school level between Colombia and the United States.

Even though she was an exchange student in the states for her junior year of high school, she returned to Colombia to graduate high school. The NCAA forced her to sit out athletic competition for a year – an academic redshirt — to see if she could handle college-level education.

Estrada went on to achieve a 4.0 GPA her freshman year, allowing her to play volleyball the following season.

In her first year of college volleyball,

Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE Senior outside hitter Andrea Estrada reacts to a play Sept. 30 during the Salukis’ 4-1 loss to the University of Indiana Sycamores at Davies Gym.

Estrada led the Salukis in kills with 322 and was named to the 2014 MVC AllFreshman Team.

"I was just ready to play," the outside hitter said. "I wanted to show what I can do."

Estrada continued to find success with the program in 2015, earning AVCA All-Region, All-MVC First Team, MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention and MVC Player of the Week honors. She was also named to the All-MVC Second Team in 2016.

"Even though I did good things in the past, its all about right now," she said. "Every year is a new year and

anyone can do anything."

Estrada has carried her success over into her final year of volleyball as she leads the team in kills with 150 on the season. She continues to climb the alltime ranks in kills at SIU with 1261 as of writing, putting her at seventh alltime in the program — only three kills away from sixth on the list.

During volleyball season the outside hitter said she focuses most of her free time on her school work.

"I don't have time to watch Netflix or stuff like that," Estrada said. "If I'm not on the court, I'll be somewhere on campus like the the library or even in my room just studying."

The Saluki student-athlete's diligence has already garnered her enough credits to graduate with a bachelor's in philosophy, but decided to stay one last year to play volleyball.

Estrada said she has no intentions on pursuing a professional career in the sport, as she will be heading back to Colombia to start law school in Jan. of 2018. In the meantime, her focus is helping lead the team to be the best they can be this season as they strive towards a conference championship.

"I just want the team to be more confident and play to our full potential," Estrada said. "We can do more but we don't show it sometimes."

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