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Daily Egyptian WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2016

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Celebrating a century of the Daily Egyptian

WILLIAM FREIVOGEL | Professor at SIU School of Journalism

The editor who started The Egyptian student newspaper 100 years ago was associated with the Ku Klux Klan. The editor who started this centennial year was Tyler Davis, the first African-American editor of the DE. The path from Klansman to African-American editor marks a century of change as SIU has grown from a normal school to a research university. The Egyptian became the Daily Egyptian in 1962. Although everyone still calls it the DE, it publishes on paper weekly. The rest of the time it is digital.

And the DE is now a “converged newsroom” that houses and collaborates with River Region Evening Edition, the daily TV news program produced by students of the Department of Radio, Television and Digital Media. The convergence reflects changes in the news business and lays the groundwork for a state-ofthe-art newsroom that will be built — if Illinois ever has another capital budget.

Davis is a poor kid from Chicago who, like a lot of students of modest means, got through SIU on scholarships and his DE salary. Davis now works as a producer for the Des Moines Register.

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Top left: Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet Joshua Kocemba, a sophmore from Lisle studying biological sciences, falls into the pool Jan. 30, 2014, at the Edward J. Shea Natatorium during the submerged equipment removal portion of the Combat Water Survival Test.

George Lamboley | Daily Egyptian Middle left: Wayne Coyne, 50, member of The Flaming Lips surfs atop the hands of eager fans April 29, 2011 at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tenn. The band, which has become a staple at live music festivals uses large balloons, lazers, a giant bear, and a revolving cast of dancing aliens and Disney characters to complete their live show.

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The way in which Davis’ career has taken flight illustrates how young people make the leap from freshman to professional journalist after a few years of immersion in the DE. The rundown, windowless newsroom, with its filthy, tattered carpet, its broken clocks, its abandoned press and empty pizza boxes is home for the DE staff members during their university years.

It is the place where student journalists learn to write, think, tweet, shoot photos and develop the skills and instincts for recognizing a story and distinguishing facts from rumors.

It is where they meet their best friends and sometimes their boyfriends, girlfriends, wives and husbands.

There also have been tragedies, like the death of promising Ryan Rendleman, killed in a car crash in April 2008 on his way to cover a DE story. Rendleman didn’t have to make the car trip to get the story. He went to get a better story and photograph — the thing journalists are supposed to do — and it cost him his life. The staff cried, gathered in a large circle outside the School of Journalism and planted a redbud tree that still reminds us of him.

The DE’s first woman editor was chosen in the 1930s. In modern times women and men who graduated from the DE played important roles at their news organizations. Kathy Best led the Seattle Times to Pulitzer prizes.

Jackie Spinner headed the Washington Post’s Baghdad bureau and escaped from an attempted kidnapping at Abu Ghraib. Marcia Bullard was editor of USA Weekend. Donna Korando, Lisa Eisenhauer and Deborah Peterson played important roles at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. And Monique Garcia is the Chicago Tribune's Springfield reporter.

The life of the DE is the life of the university. The university community sees landmark events through the words and images of DE journalists.

- The DE campaigned in the early 1950s to persuade university officials that SIU shouldn’t play football with racist Arkansas State when that team insisted that SIU leave its black players home. Arkansas State backed down.

- DE reporters documented Walt Frazier’s Salukis as they won the NIT in the 1960s.

- DE photographers captured the image of fire destroying “Old Main” during the Vietnam War protests.

- DE reporters wrote about the closure of the campus after the Kent State riots.

- A DE project detailed the plagiarism of a dissertation by the university president.

- DE photographers and reporters covered the deadly 2012 Leap Year tornado in Harrisburg, transmitting their work to the Chicago Tribune and then publishing a book.

A glorious moment for the DE was the 2014 #savetheDE effort to persuade the university’s Board of Trustees to

approve a student fee for the DE to keep it publishing. The trustees had balked at the last moment. Facing the possibility of going out of business, the outgoing and incoming editors, Kayli Plotner and Sarah Gardner, organized a Twitter campaign of DE alums. Administrators’ inboxes filled with testimonials from alums about how important the DE had been to their lives. Other alumni who had gone the political rather than journalistic route applied pressure in Springfield. The trustees quickly reversed themselves.

It’s safe to say there won’t be a print edition of the DE in 2116. There probably won’t be one in 2026.

But newsprint and ink and a printing press are not essential to gathering news, telling stories responsibly and transmitting them to readers, viewers and listeners.

The DE will continue to be that university home for budding journalists, the place they find friends and lifelong companions. And it will continue to be the place to learn and practice the fair and responsible journalism that serves as the eyes, ears and conscience of the university community.

William Freivogel is a professor at SIU's School of Journalism.

Editor's Note: As the Daily Egyptian celebrates 100 years of publishing, the paper will post stories and editorials throughout the week online about its history and future.

Jennifer Gonzalez | Daily Egyptian Bottom left: Larry and Gina Cometto, of Coulterville, share a kiss April 20, 2014, at Bald Knob Cross of Peace in Alto Pass during the 78th annual Easter Sunrise Service. It was the couple’s first visit to Bald Knob Cross.

Jacob Wiegand | JacobWiegand_DE Top right: Senior guard Cartaesha Macklin kisses her son, Carson Verhines, who will turn 2 in April, after SIU’s 74-56 win against Evansville on Jan. 16 at SIU Arena. During the game, Macklin became the top scorer in Saluki women’s basketball Genna Ord | Daily Egyptian Middle right: Members of the Beta Theta Phi fraternity, a community service and academics-oriented organization, relax in one of the waterfalls Aug. 21, 2011, at the Spillway near Kinkaid Lake.

Jess Vermeulen | Daily Egyptian Bottom right: Ronnie Harper, of Granite City, chokes out Nick Porter, of Canton, during the second bout of the Battle at the Blast 7 Feb. 5, 2011, at Sports Blast.

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Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre SIU’s 2015 homecoming queen, Taylor Johnson, embraces a smiling Beryl Span, a senior studying criminology and criminal justice, after crowning her this year’s homecoming queen during halftime of SIU’s homecoming game against Indiana State on Saturday at Saluki Stadium.

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69 years later, former DE editor remembers his influence on Carbondale's black community CORY RAY | @CoryRay_DE

Alongside Hollada, that writer helped desegregate Carbondale.

At the time, housing in the city was segregated between whites and blacks, but the columns helped change that.

The city's housing office removed houses unwilling to rent or sell to all races off the market, cutting the list of available homes in half, he said.

It is the goal of most journalists to spark change in their community, and that's exactly what Bill Hollada did.

Hollada entered the Daily Egyptian newsroom in 1947 and eventually became the managing editor before ultimately becoming the paper's editor-in-chief.

"We wanted to have a newspaper that had some input and that would bring about some changes," Hollada said.

And he brought those changes — in fact, they were arguably some of the most prolific changes in Carbondale at the time.

Hollada said many students and faculty on campus in 1950 were accepting of African Americans, but SIU was home to several black - Eric Fidler students whose voices he believed Daily Egyptian's Faculty Adviser should be heard.

Upon becoming editor-in-chief, Hollada brought on a black columnist "That was one of the things we didn't to write for what was then called The intend to do, necessarily," Hollada said.

Egyptian about racial issues. The "But it got finished."

Daily Egyptian could not confirm the This wasn't the only instance writer's name as of Monday. where Hollada furthered racial

“This was 1950.

He was pretty far ahead of his time, I think.

That's really remarkable.”

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Former Editor-in-Chief Bill Hollada and his wife, Roberta Hollada, pose for a portrait Friday during a newsroom tour in celebration of the Daily Egyptian's 100-year anniversary.

equality in the city.

In October 1950, Arkansas State University requested that SIU sit its black players out of a scheduled football match.

Soon after, Hollada wrote an editorial urging the university to enact a drop card against Arkansas State, which would ban them from any further games against SIU for a number of years.

The first few lines of his editorial read: "All Southern players whose last names begin with 'S' will not be allowed to play in the grid game Saturday. Suppose one of Southern's opponents were to send the above message to Southern's athletic department. Certainly, a howl would be raised..."

Two weeks later, SIU announced it was handing Arkansas State a drop card. The university was banned until 1957, according to an anniversary book published this month called The Daily Egyptian: The First Century.

"This was 1950," Eric Fidler, the paper's current faculty adviser, said Friday at a celebration of the news outlet's centennial anniversary. "He was pretty far ahead of his time, I think. That's really remarkable."

Of all the alumni present, Hollada's time with the paper stretched back further than any of the former staff at the weekend's celebrations — 69 years.

Despite praise nearly seven decades later, Hollada and the The Egyptian were not without opposition when he published the editorial. Some faculty and students accused staff of writing about problems that they did not believe existed.

"But we thought we were writing problems and stories that did exist," said Hollada, who's wife, Roberta, jokingly refered to him as a "rabble-rouser."

Hollada returned to SIU on Friday for the paper's 100th anniversary,

File photo Editor-in-Chief Bill Hollada at his desk in 1950.

stepping foot in a newsroom he had not seen for 15 years — a newsroom much different from the house used as the organization's headquarters during his time as a student.

"It's great," Hollada said about being back. "It's a little bit bigger than what we had in the 1950s."

He was completely unaware his influential writing and editorial decisions were recorded in The Daily Egyptian: The First Century until he was shown a copy with an entire section dedicated to his efforts. As Hollada looked at the pages, he was unable to hide a smile.

Hollada was later honored during the celebration by being officially

inducted in the organizations's Hall of Fame.

Bill Recktenwald, a senior lecturer and journalist-in-residence in SIU's School of Journalism, was the man who nominated Hollada for the award. Recktenwald said the former editor deserves the award for his actions against racial injustice as well as eliminating alcohol and cigarette ads from the paper.

"It's one of the best examples of journalistic excellence — taking on something like that," Recktenwald said.

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

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Behind the spook: SIU students, alumni spare no screams with horrific haunted houses HANNAH COOPER | @HCooper_DE

From small-town haunts to worldrenowned attractions, SIU students and alumni are in for the scare.

Chittyville School Haunted House, a horror attraction located about 30 minutes north-east of Carbondale in Herrin, is a real — and supposedly haunted — school abandoned in 1989.

In 1913 — the same year the school was built — a custodian heard screams coming from the boiler room, according to the haunted house’s website. Rumor has it, he went to investigate, and never returned.

Husband-wife duo, Sammie and Mike King, purchased the building in 2004. The school has been a sanctum of screams and a hotspot of horrors ever since.

Chittyville School is an abandoned and dilapidated building in the middle of an otherwise pleasant rural neighborhood.

A gray metal building houses the waiting area, where dozens of giggly, twitchy and nervous customers waited to be let in Saturday night.

A few doors away inside the makeup room, rows of grotesque masks watched as SIU student Patrick Burke painted a glowing pink smile on his face beside a cobweb-lined windowsill.

Burke, a junior from Los Angeles studying theater, described his character, a Tim Burton-esque clown, as “his baby.”

This was Burke’s second year working as an actor and makeup artist at Chittyville. While going through the house three years ago, he liked it so much he asked how he could work there.

A week later, he was back — but this time, as a clown.

Before attending SIU, Burke was a makeup artist at Rend Lake College. He said the actors would often come to him for help with their get-ups.

A similar dynamic showed at Chittyville, where — equipped with an

Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko Patrick Burke, a junior from Los Angeles studying theater, poses for a portrait in the Clown Room on Sunday at Chittyville School Haunted House in Herrin. “It’s fun scaring people,” he said.

earpiece — he directed the actors on where to go.

Many of the actors had a similar motif of white faces, dark eyes and red blood, but the level of gore varied from character to character and from room to room.

Some of the rooms included a demented dentist’s office, a foggy swamp and a vertigo-inducing, spinning tunnel called “the Vortex.”

“All these people come in,” Burke said as he searched for his jar of fake blood.

“And they see things they don’t expect.”

A pitch black maze, a wall that delivers an electric shock to whoever touches it and copious amounts of fog turned an abandoned gym into a hectic, disorienting experience.

To plan all of this, Burke said he begins preparing for the haunt about six months in advance by purchasing new supplies, making new costumes and refining his character and makeup.

But for owner Sammie King, Halloween has no off-season.

They change about 25 percent of the rooms every year, with the exception of favorites such as the dark maze and

clown room. King described Chittyville as a “labor of love,” investing all the profit from the venue into the following year’s show — with 2017 being Chittyville’s 13th year in the scare business.

But SIU’s involvement with the haunted house industry goes back even further.

“Southern Illinois University is the reason I started doing haunted houses,” said John LaFlamboy, a 1998 theater graduate and owner of Zombie Army Productions in Chicago.

After graduating, he moved up to Chicago and rented a house alongside some other theater students from SIU. From there, they began making revolutionary haunted houses that were “rock ‘n’ roll, in-your-face, assaults on your senses” and “took the science of scaring people seriously,” he said.

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TNS Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton shake hands on stage after the second debate between the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016 at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

Presidential election holds significant consequences for women, SIU experts say

she could be anything she wanted to be science professor at SIU, said a Clinton when she grew up. presidency could potentially encourage With the first female major party “But then I wondered if I was lying more women to enter politics as well. presidential candidate running against to her,” Tigerlily said.

According to a report from the a man many have labeled a misogynist, Center for American Women and this year’s election has moved women’s Politics at Rutgers University, women issues into the spotlight. represent fewer than 26 percent of The two candidates diverge on elected officials in state and federal both the policies and behavior that government. involve women the most. Three SIU At the state level, women hold professors weigh in on these issues and 24 percent of executive offices and the possible effects for women in the comprise 25 percent of legislators, aftermath of the election. ” according to the report.

Women in politics Nineteen percent of U.S. Senators Democrat Hillary Clinton’s and Representatives are women.

- John Jackson political science professor candidacy alone has great implications “The idea that it’s a ‘man’s business’ for women in the United States, said has been deeply ingrained in the Diana Tigerlily, a professor in SIU’s She said a Clinton presidency would American culture,” Jackson said. “But women, gender and sexuality studies communicate to younger generations we could certainly see that change with department. that intelligence and job qualifications a woman president.”

Tigerlily said when her daughter was matter more than gender.

Reproductive rights younger, she made a point to tell her John Jackson, a visiting political Jackson said one of the biggest MARNIE LEONARD | @Marsuzleo

“The idea that it's a 'man's business' has been deeply ingrained in the American culture.

Wednesday, OctOber 26, 2016 concerns for women with this election is the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade.

This landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court case made it unconstitutional for a state to regulate or outlaw abortions, citing a woman’s Fourteenth Amendment right to privacy in making her own medical decisions.

As it stands, the Supreme Court is divided, with four conservative justices and four liberal justices. One seat remains vacant and will be filled by the newly elected president in 2017.

Individual states often try to test their limits on abortion regulations, and these cases wind up in the Supreme Court, Jackson said.

He said if Republican nominee Donald Trump becomes president, the “attack” on Roe v. Wade will continue.

In a September letter to supporters, Trump pledged to appoint antiabortion Supreme Court justices if elected. He also promised to defund Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides abortion services as well as cancer screenings, STD tests and general healthcare services for women.

While Trump’s stance on this issue echoes the Republican party line, Clinton’s views on abortion are more leftist than usual Democratic candidates, said Ken Mulligan, a political science professor at the university.

During the final presidential debate, Clinton said she would not support a ban on partial-birth abortions because she does not believe the government should have a hand in making that “heartbreaking” decision for women and their families.

Mulligan said Clinton’s position is “about as extreme as it gets.”

In Tigerlily’s view, Clinton’s support of abortion and Planned Parenthood demonstrates a higher regard for women’s autonomy and reproductive health.

Childcare Clinton and Trump also differ in their plans for childcare and paid leave.

A Trump presidency would modify the tax code to let parents deduct childcare expenses from their income taxes for up to four children, according to his campaign website.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., criticized this plan in August, tweeting that it gives “billionaires with nannies a tax break while millions of low-income households get nothing.”

In a September speech, Trump also announced a plan to grant six weeks of paid maternity leave to mothers who receive no such leave from employers. This compensation would be equal to unemployment benefits.

Clinton’s campaign website lays out her proposal, which would guarantee 12 weeks’ leave from work

Page 7 for new parents, and requires that make it so no one is required to buy Tigerlily said the way GOP leaders parents are paid 66 percent of their insurance, according to his campaign responded to Trump’s actions has current wages during the time off. website. connotations of its own.

“[Trump] had made it very clear from the beginning that he is misogynistic and racist and classist and homophobic and ableist. The majority of the GOP establishment has basically gone along with it.”

- Diana Tigerlily women, gender, and sexuality professor

The campaign also unveiled Clinton’s intention to increase the child tax credit to $2,000 for every child 4 years old and under, a deduction she said would help low-income families with rising childcare costs.

The cost of this policy is estimated to be $150 million to $200 million over the course of a decade, which Clinton said she would offset with tax increases for the top 1 percent of income earners.

Obamacare The two candidates have contrasting strategies for how to proceed with the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, which was signed into law

by President Barack Obama in 2010.

This law requires all Americans to have healthcare coverage, and includes subsidies to make insurance more affordable for the low-income population by bringing younger and healthier people into the insurance system, which was designed to reduce premiums. The law also mandates insurers provide options for those with pre-existing medical conditions.

Jackson said the Affordable Care Act is not without its problems. Numerous setbacks and delays have plagued the law’s rollout, including a malfunctioning website and enrollment deadlines being pushed back.

Marketplaces where Americans can compare costs of health insurance providers have experienced rocketing premiums because of insurance companies pulling out of the system, leading to a lack of competitive pricing, TNS The New York Times reported earlier Reality TV personality Omarosa Manigault and other Women for Trump members endorse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally this month.

Trump’s plan is to repeal the law and at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016.

The Clinton campaign’s website lays out a plan to reform and expand the existing law rather than eliminate it, citing the 20 million people insured under the healthcare plan as a reason to keep it in place.

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the number of low-income women either going without or delaying medical care has decreased by 3 percent, according to a June 2016 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

That same report says there has been a 3.8 percent increase in the number of low-income women with a source of usual care since 2010.

Jackson said because of the law’s problems, Congress must deal with Obamacare in some way regardless of who is elected president. But its termination would have enormous implications for everyone, Jackson said, especially these low-income women who would have to find new sources for insurance.

Personalities Mulligan said policy stances aren’t the only thing affecting women’s impressions of the candidates.

“This election is a lot more about the candidates’ personalities and weaknesses,” Mulligan said.

Trump, who faces allegations of sexual assault and has come under fire for objectifying women and criticizing their appearances, demonstrates that he does not value women, Tigerlily said.

“He is the most toxic embodiment of masculinity that we have ever seen,” Tigerlily said.

“[Trump] has made it very clear from the beginning that he is misogynistic and racist and classist and homophobic and ableist,” Tigerlily said. “The majority of the GOP establishment has basically gone along with it.”

Since The Washington Post published a 2005 video in which Trump speaks about groping women, Trump has been condemned by prominent Republicans such as House Speaker Paul Ryan, Sen. John McCain and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Mulligan said Clinton’s lead with women is not due to any of her own actions. Women are uncomfortable with Trump as a person, he said.

“They don’t feel that he could represent them or be respectful of them and support them as president,” Mulligan said.

Jackson said a Trump presidency’s effect on women is more difficult to predict than a Clinton presidency because his policies tend to be vague.

Tigerlily agreed, and added that although it isn’t entirely clear what may happen if Trump is elected, Clinton would be significantly better for women, she said.

“If [Trump] continues to spew the kind of hatred that he does, I think he will be negatively affecting not only people in the U.S. but also people around the world,” she said. “I find it frightening what he might do.”

Staff writer Marnie Leonard can be reached at mleonard@dailyegyptian.com.

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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms World War II veteran and U.S. Masters swimmer Thomas Maine, of Carbondale, swims breaststroke Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, during practice at the Recreation Center.

91-year-old Carbondale swimmer inspires all ages MORGAN TIMMS | @Morgan_Timms

In his 1943 high school yearbook, Tom Maine said his life’s ambition was to become a professional swimmer. Seventy-three years later, at 91 years old, he believes he has finally achieved that goal.

Maine was inducted into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame on Sept. 23, reaching

what some consider the apex of an adult swimming career.

“It was an honor and quite a surprise,” he said of his induction. “I had no idea it was in order at all.”

Given Maine’s host of athletic achievements, however, his induction is far from surprising. A 19-year member of U.S. Masters Swimming, the national organization for swimmers older than 18, the Carbondale resident has set 27 FINA

Masters World Records.

For 20 consecutive years, Maine has been ranked in the U.S. Masters Swimming Top 10.

He has broken 17 world records in the 90 to 95 age group, nine in the 85 to 89 age group and three in the 80 to 84 age group.

Of these world records, 13 still stand.

Maine’s swimming career began in Des Moines, Iowa, where he took swimming lessons at a local YMCA when he was 8

years old. From there, his commitment to swimming earned him a place on the varsity swim team at Roosevelt High School.

As a Navy recruit, Maine continued to swim as a member of the military base swim team in Norman, Okla., and at a naval air station in Corpus Christi, Texas. He served four years as a naval aviator in World War II before he found himself in Iowa State University’s pool as a varsity swimmer once again.

Wednesday, OctOber 26, 2016 “It’s just kind of relaxing to swim, both mentally and physically,” he said. “You can dream your way around the pool.”

After graduating from Iowa State in 1952, Maine took a 35-year hiatus from swimming, during which time he raised four children and worked for McDonnell Douglas, an aerospace manufacturing

corporation. Besides some intermittent recreational swimming, the sport came to a halt in his life, he said.

But his competitive swimming days were far from over. The sport resurfaced in Maine's life in 1987, when he retired and moved to Carbondale with his new wife, Shirley. “[Shirley] got me a membership

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Shirley Maine holds a framed Carbondale Times article about her husband's induction into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame on Monday, Oct 17, 2016, in the couple's Carbondale home.

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“Between them, I became interested in competition again.”

He started with the Senior Olympics, and moved on to Masters swimming a decade later. Now, he and his wife leave home at 8 a.m., five days a week, to drive to SIU’s Recreation Center.

Maine spends these weekday mornings in the Edward J. Shea Natatorium pool, concentrating on his strokes and training himself to swim more efficiently. After warming up with some light breaststroke, freestyle and backstroke drills, the 91-year-old works up to swimming full pool-lengths of butterfly, which he calls his “bread and butter” stroke.

And rightly so — seven of Maine’s 13 current world records are in butterfly.

“Tom really sets the bar high,” said Clay Kolar, head coach of the Saluki Masters Swim Club. “It’s a lot of fun to see someone who’s 91 years old still have some fire in their belly for the next competition and want

to strive to see what they can do.”

Kolar said Maine’s speed and determination serve as an inspiration to all who visit the pool, young and old.

“You know, a lot of people are hanging it up at my age,” the 67-year-old coach said. “I look at Tom, and now I’m going to try and be like him when I grow up.”

When he isn’t training, Maine travels nationally and internationally to compete in Masters swimming meets. At every meet, Shirley is right there by his side. “[Thomas] would like for me to be a swimmer too,” she said. “I don’t know though, I see my job now as to kind of go to the swim meets and keep the records and be with all the other wives out there on the sidelines.”

The pair have been married nearly 30 years.

Like other elderly athletes, Maine’s swimming career has not been without its challenges. The biggest of which, he said, was his hip replacement surgery at the end of 2011.

“Recovering from [the surgery] was sort of like learning to swim all over again,” he said.

As he was starting to get back into shape, Maine broke his leg and was forced to stay out of the pool another six weeks.

“After all that, it’s been a slow reconditioning,” he said.

Friend and fellow Masters swimmer Mary Pohlmann believes it’s Maine’s resilience in the face of such struggles that makes him a role model in the community.

“Tenacity is the virtue that I think most describes Tom,” said Pohlmann, a Carbondale native.

The swimming events he chooses, she said, along with his “doggedness” in returning from illness and surgeries, exemplify that attribute.

As for Maine, he credits swimming with preserving the youthful appearance his friends frequently speak of.

“I think that probably, without swimming, I wouldn’t be here in the shape and condition I am today,” he said.

Photo editor Morgan Timms can be reached at mtimms@dailyegyptian.com or 618-563-3327

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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms World War II veteran and U.S. Masters swimmer Thomas Maine, of Carbondale, dives beneath lane ropes Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, while helping lifeguards reorientate the lane ropes for short course practice at the Recreation Center.

Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms World War II veteran and U.S. Masters swimmer Thomas Maine, of Carbondale, swims butterfly Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, during practice at the Recreation Center.

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Though Hillary Clinton ranks above Donald Trump in DE poll, SIU students are not happy with their options SHANNON ALLEN @ShannonAllen_DE

Almost twice as many SIU students prefer Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over Republican nominee Donald Trump for a spot in the presidential seat, according to a recent Daily Egyptian poll.

Nearly 87 percent of the students who responded said they already voted or plan to vote in the general election, with 47 percent of those students choosing Clinton.

The poll — conducted via SurveyMonkey and funded by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute — collected 1,054 anonymous responses between Oct. 15 and Friday regarding how students might vote in the upcoming election. It was accessible to all students through SIU online.

Trump came in second with 28 percent of student votes. Libertarian Gary Johnson came in third with 13 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein came in last with 4 percent.

"Young people today just don’t care enough."

- John Jackson visiting professor

Clinton has an 86 percent chance of winning the election, while Trump only has a 14 percent chance, according to

a Saturday election forecast by FiveThirtyEight, a website that focuses on opinion poll analysis.

This prediction is also in line with The Associated Press’ Electoral Map Analysis, which on Saturday said Clinton will get 272 votes while Trump will have 179.

John Jackson, a visiting professor at the Simon Institute, said he predicts voter participation will be about the same as the 2012 presidential election between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney.

“The turnout will be decent, but not record breaking like the 2008 election,” he said.

Jackson said the Daily Egyptian’s poll results were nearly identical to that of the institute’s state-wide poll taken at the beginning of the month, where Clinton came in first with 54 percent and Trump in second with 28 percent.

“The only reason I’m voting for Secretary Clinton is because Mr. Trump is constantly displaying conduct unbecoming a president of the United States…,”one student wrote in the Daily Egyptian survey’s comment section. “If Bernie Sanders was a presidential candidate he would have my vote.”

Another said there needs to be a change from the last eight years under the Obama administration.

“Clinton will be a continuation of his failed policies and may even be worse,” the SIU student wrote.

“Trump promotes a much different agenda that promotes job growth, immigration reform and energy independence. It’s time for a change in Washington so get out and vote!”

Jackson said although young people

may feel they are choosing between the lesser of two evils, voting is still necessary.

“Young people in 1974 were more actively involved in voting because they knew they could be drafted in the war, and this prompted them to take a stance,” Jackson said. “Young people today just don’t care enough.”

But when looking at what topics they do care about, the poll revealed candidates’ stances on education, immigration and tax reform are the most important to students.

Abortion and refugees ranked among the least influential issues.

Many students are still questioning the abilities of Clinton and Trump.

“This election has become a reality show and as we watch history unfold, our descendants will be hard pressed to see the logic and provide a suitable dialog to frame and describe this low point in American politics,” one student wrote.

“I’m sad I waited 18 years to vote to pick between the two current candidates,” another student wrote.

For those who said they would not be voting, 42 percent blamed it on a dislike of all candidates.

Others indicated they were too busy, didn’t believe in voting or didn’t not know where to vote or how to register.

But Jackson said these aren’t reasons to forgo voting.

“Those who say they don’t know enough about the candidates or their vote won’t matter just aren’t bothering to do their research,” Jackson said.

Staff writer Shannon Allen can be reached at 618-536-3326 or sallen@dailyegyptian.com.

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Today's Birthday (10/26/16).

Prioritize peaceful reflection and inner discovery this year.

Create visions for the future, after considering the past.

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Get help from friends.

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20) -- Today is a 9 -- Now is the time to make your move.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Dig deeper into a favorite subject. Ask questions to engage in an illuminating conversation.

Study something you love. Put things together newly. Write and share your discoveries.

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22) -- Today is a 9 -- Keep in action, and produce great personal results. Beat your best record! Others cheer you on. Manage an endurance challenge with regular breaks and good fuel.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Lay foundational groundwork and organization to support an upcoming event or trip.

Plot and schedule actions.

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Make reservations and preparations.

Peaceful planning sets the stage.

Imagine the performance.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Apply physical energy to a team effort. Work out the plan of attack, and then take your positions. Collaborate for great results. Others appreciate your decisiveness.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- An opportunity for a rise in professional status requires quick action. Stay in communication. Accept the invitation. Handle responsibilities with your team. Walk the talk.

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Explore and investigate.

Extra action earns a fat bonus. Learn through direct experience. It's an excellent day for discovery.

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From youth football to SIU: 3 Salukis were on same field as children

Wednesday, OctOber 26, 2016

SIU men’s basketball picked fifth, women’s fourth in Missouri Valley preseason poll

TYRA WOOTEN | @TWooten SEAN CARLEY | @SCarleyDE

Three Salukis were rather familiar with each other before throwing on the same uniform this season.

Growing up within 30 minutes of each other, SIU sophomore wide receiver Jimmy Jones, junior linebacker Kyron Watson and junior cornerback Craig James often played on the same fields before coming to Carbondale.

Jones and Watson played for the JJK Flames little league team for two years together during their Pop Warner days in the St. Louis metro east area.

Jones’ father, Jimmy Jones, Jr., knew Watson’s parents and brought the boys together to hang out, which started their friendship.

James, an Edwardsville product, also has very close childhood ties with Watson and Jones. He played alongside Jones and against Watson at Lincoln Middle School in Edwardsville and at Edwardsville High School.

Tiffany Valentine, Jones’ mother, said she sees Watson and James as her sons.

“The same way I yell at Jimmy, I also yell at Kyron and Craig,” Valentine said. “They go so hard in football and they turned out to be great men.”

Watson, an East St. Louis native, transferred to SIU from Kansas last season because he said he wasn’t satisfied with the football atmosphere.

He had committed to the Jayhawks as a four-star recruit.

After given the opportunity to come to SIU, Watson immediately connected Jones, who he considers a brother.

“Growing up, Kyron was one of the good guys on the team and we kind of [clinged] together,” Jones said.

Jones said the two now hold each other accountable on the field and in the classroom.

In the spring semester of his

Autumn Suyko | @AutumnSuyko_DE Junior cornerback Craig James, center, and junior linebacker Kyron Watson, right, teach children drills Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, during the sixth annual Saluki Fan Fest at Saluki Stadium.

The SIU men’s and women’s basketball programs are expected to finish in the middle of the pack after coming off bounce-back seasons.

Saluki men’s basketball was picked to finish fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference while the women’s team was picked to finish fourth, according to the conference’s preseason polls announced Tuesday.

The men’s team is returning eight players from last year’s 22-10 team, but will have to replace 30 points and 15.5 rebounds per game of production in graduated senior Anthony Beane and transferring center Bola Olaniyan, among others.

Wichita State was selected as the favorites on the men’s side for the fourth straight year, earning 37 of the 42 firstplace votes and 413 points. SIU earned 228 points in the poll, edging out Indiana State’s 219 for fifth place. Illinois State (4) and Northern Iowa (1) earned the other five first-place votes to finish second and third, respectively.

UNI senior guard Jeremy Morgan was selected as the Preseason Conference Player of the Year to headline the preseason First-Team All-MVC team.

He averaged 11.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game last season.

SIU senior forward Sean O’Brien was named to the All-MVC second team and is the team’s leading returning scorer (12.1 points per game) and rebounder (6.0 per game).

Meanwhile, the women’s team is returning three starters from last year’s 2013 squad. SIU earned its first postseason bid in nine years last season.

Drake was picked as the MVC women’s basketball favorite with 34 first-place selections out of 40 ballots cast and 394 points overall.

SIU finished narrowly behind No. 2 Northern Iowa (four first-place votes, 317 points) and No. 3 Missouri State (two first place votes, 313 points) with 306 points.

Senior guard Rishonda Napier was selected to the All-MVC team after averaging 15.5 points, 3.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game last season.

freshman year in high school, James always go there.”

— who was playing alongside Jones Watson played for East St. Louis and against Watson — transferred Senior High School, where he faced off to Hazelwood East High School in with James.

St. Louis. The former Football Bowl “Me and Kyron always played against each other,” Watson said. “It was nice coming to SIU so we could “The same way I yell use our forces together.”

Jones said one of his fondest at Jimmy, I also yell at childhood memories was of the Kyron and Craig. They Oklahoma drill, where players lined up go hard in football and and ran directly at one another.

“We were the hardest hitting dudes they turned out to be on the team,” he said. ”So if somebody great men.” got in trouble, they would have to go against us in the Oklahoma drill.”

- Tiffany Valentine James’ brother Cameron said seeing JImmy Jones' mother all three of them is something special to watch since the three had yet to wear Subdivision player transferred to SIU the same uniform. this season to be closer to his family.

“They play with a lot of passion,” “Jimmy lived down the street from James said. “It’s nice getting all them File photo me,” James said of his bond with Jones. together on the same team and seeing The Saluki women’s basketball team celebrates Feb. 6 after defeating top-ranked “Anytime I needed something, I could what they can go.”

Drake University 81-76 at SIU Arena.

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Scouting the Missouri State Bears SEAN CARLEY | @SCarleyDE

After a brutal loss at homecoming to an Indiana State team in the bottom half of the conference, SIU football gets another chance against a lower-half conference foe.

The Salukis will travel to take on Missouri State at 2 p.m. Saturday in Springfield, Mo. Last season's matchup resulted in a 73-26 decimation of the Bears, who didn't have a single win in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

However, this year's Missouri State team is much improved from last season.

The Bears are currently 3-4, 1-3 in the MVFC. Their one win came from last week's opponent Indiana State in the first week of the conference season.

Missouri State also came within a field goal of upsetting No. 13 Western Illinois two weeks ago but was embarrassed by Northern Iowa on Saturday 61-7.

The season has not come without some controversy for the Bears though as their starting quarterback Breck Ruddick was suspended by the team for the season after being accused of abusing a friend's dog.

His replacement, senior Brodie Lambert, has been a serviceable replacement. He has throw for 854 yards with nine touchdowns in the six games he's played.

Lambert has a tendency to be a bit reckless with the football though, as his seven interceptions are tied for the most in the MVFC.

Overall, the Bears offense is not that great. It ranks last in the MVFC in total offense (316.9 yards per game), ninth in scoring offense (25.0 points per game), ninth in rushing offense (133.6 yards per game) and eighth in passing offense (183.3).

The Saluki defense will likely have the opportunity to steal the ball for the offense as Missouri State's 17 turnovers lost is the worst in the conference.

Nevertheless, SIU's offense will have to be careful as the Bears have 15 takeaways of their own.

Senior linebacker Dylan Cole has been a turnover specialist for Missouri State with three forced fumbles and two interceptions this season.

Cole is keeping himself in

team with the second-worst scoring defense in the conference, I would have predicted a resounding victory for the Salukis.

The final piece of a complete game was finally there. Then the other two pieces went missing.

SIU’s offense looked stagnant.

Granted, four key offensive players — wide receivers Jimmy Jones and Connor Iwema as well as running backs Daquan Isom and Jonathan Mixon — were held out with injuries, but the depth at those positions should keep the Saluki offense afloat.

Saturday’s leading rusher for SIU was sophomore quarterback Matt DeSomer, a rushing quarterback that rarely throws the ball.

The synergy that made Southern Illinois have such an electric offense looked gone, resulting in a seasonlow 366 yards of total offense.

Saluki special teams underperformed as well on Saturday.

Freshman kicker Matt Sotiropoulos missed two kicks, one within 30 yards. He had been perfect on field goals before that.

The Sycamores made myriad errors in the game, be it the fumble on its opening drive or the bad snap on a punt that made the punter drop to his knees or its kicker’s total of four missed kicks (two field goals and two extra points).

Good teams seize momentum and take advantage of plays like that. SIU didn’t. The Salukis only scored on drives after two of those six opportunities.

Every team faces rough games where things don’t go its way entirely, but as coach Nick Hill said after Saturday’s performance, “good teams are able to win those.”

I’m not sure how to do it, but the Salukis need some form of cohesion between units.

Next week’s game at a much improved, but still not great

the conversation for Conference Defensive Player of the Year as his 11.3 tackles per game is fourth in the Football Championship Subdivision.

The Bear defense as a whole is a middle-of-the-pack unit as far as scoring (sixth) and total defense (fifth).

Twenty-five points appears to be the breaking point for the Bears. They're 3-0 when allowing less than 25 points and 0-4 when they allow more.

Junior wide receiver Deion Holliman can be a potential gamebreaker on special teams as he is 11th in the country with 538 combined kick return yards.

The Bears have always been a well-disciplined team. Its 45 total penalties last season were third-best in the FCS and this team's 38 is

No. 23.

In summary, the Bears are a team that isn't great at anything but also isn't that bad at much.

SIU can beat Missouri State, but it will require a diligent, complete effort in all facets of the game.

A win in Springfield would be a bit of a band-aid on the Salukis' wounds.

A loss will be a shaker's worth of salt rubbed in.

With games against No. 7 South Dakota, No. 15 Youngstown State and No. 13 Western Illinois as the remaining games on the docket, this will be the best chance for a Saluki win in conference play.

Sports editor Sean Carley can be reached at scar@dailyegyptian.com.

Column: Saluki football lacks cohesion needed to be legitimate MVFC contender SEAN CARLEY | @SCarleyDE

SIU football’s homecoming loss to Indiana State on Saturday showed a lot about this year’s squad.

It had already become clear that a Missouri Valley Football Conference championship was an unlikely venture, but now it appears unsure whether or not SIU will leave the cellar of the league.

The logic behind this is now clear. SIU has yet to play a complete game where the entire team has played well.

Watching Saturday’s matchup made me feel like I had entered a bizarro world because the Saluki defense actually did an acceptable job yesterday.

It held the opponent to 22 points. The last two times it performed at least that well, the game resulted in victory.

If you had told me that SIU would allow only 22 points to the

Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko Sophomore quarterback Matt DeSomer (7) works to land a touchdown during the Salukis' homecoming match up against the Indiana State Sycamores on Saturday at Saluki Stadium. SIU lost the game by a score of 22-14.

Missouri State will be a test to see games this season. A loss may signal what the rest of the season will hold. a possible winless Missouri Valley SIU got punched in the gut Saturday. conference season.

A win in Springfield, Mo., will show this team can shake off big Sports editor Sean Carley can be blows and maybe win two more reached at scar@dailyegyptian.com.

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Moments of Homecoming Full photo gallery online at dailyegyptian.com

INSIDE: Youth football friends reunite at SIU pg. 14 | Scouting the Bears pg. 15