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Students say chancellor won't listen Pg. 4

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Smoking research pg. 3 | Drag Show pg. 10 | SIU's twin divers pg. 18

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Researchers inspect brain waves to predict smoking habits CORY RAY | @coryray_de

Some scientists on campus are conducting research to clear the air on whether they can predict if people will become heavy smokers. Emma Johns, a sophomore from Champaign studying physiology, is helping conduct a study with psychology professor David Gilbert to examine the brain waves of social smokers aged 18 to 24. “I feel like on college campuses, people are at pinnacle age where make a lot of decisions like, ‘This is where the parties happen,’ and they socially smoke,” Johns said. “They’re on this peak where they either don’t smoke or they progress.” She began her work in the lab on her fourth day on campus. “Right now, I think it’s really important for people to value research,” Johns said. “Nobody really notices the magnitude of what goes on.” Gilbert said he’s been performing smoking-related research at SIU since 1985. Since then, he said technology has advanced so far he is able to expand his research to study genes. “We study a number of genes, some of which will be neurotransmitters in the brain,” Gilbert said. “One of the transmitter-related genes is found to predict progression to heavier smoking.” Participants are recruited to the lab for an 18-month study, in which the goal is to ultimately predict whether individual people are more likely to quit smoking, smoke less or smoke more by the end of the trial. A total of 108 participants have taken part in this study since 2014 as part of a grant from the National Institutes of Health, researcher John Lindt said. Like Johns, Britt Peyton — a freshman from North City studying physiology — began working in the lab when she first came to SIU. The lab has 10 undergraduate researchers and two graduate researchers, Gilbert said, and many

Cory Ray | @coryray_de Emma Johns, a sophomore from Champaign studying physiology, directs a participant to align under a dome of cameras in order to image his head Thursday in Life Science II. “I wanted to go somewhere that I could be involved in research, especially at a young age,” Johns said. “I didn’t want to wait until I was a senior.”

of them start within their first or second year at SIU. “We’re seeing that know what they want,” lab manager Norka Rabinovich said. “They have a vision of themselves. They know what their next step is beyond undergraduate.” To conduct the study, Johns and Peyton place a net with 128 tiny suction cups on the participant’s head. Those suction cups act as electrical conductors which can measure brain waves, Gilbert said. The brain waves are then depicted in a chart that will collect four hours of data. Variations in the chart can tell the researchers everything from if a participant blinked to how breathing nicotine in affects them. The researchers also observe personality traits such as impulsivity, which Johns said can be indicative of a person progressing to becoming a heavy smoker. “We can take all these predictors, correlate with each other and combine them in certain ways and then see which of these predict 18 month changes,” Gilbert said. The participants are placed in a

room where they perform a series of tests, such as watching a screen flashing with different images where they have to press a button when they see a certain image. Lindt said mind tests can last up to 12 minutes each. From there, Johns, Peyton and other researchers in the lab can determine aspects like how long it took participants to respond to something. Then, a cigarette is burned in the chamber — the only place on campus where smoking is permitted — and the participant breathes in the smoke using a machine Gilbert designed in 1989. After that, the tests are repeated. The machine gives different participants the same amount of nicotine across trials because some people respond more sensitively to it than other, Gilbert said. “Since everybody smokes differently, this gives us the control if everybody was going to be smoking the same,” Lindt said. Staff writer Cory Ray can be reached at cray@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @coryray_de.

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Student leaders say chancellor isn't open to input, particularly from women and minorities MARNIE LEONARD | @marsuzleo

Since Chancellor Carlo Montemagno unveiled his plan to reorganize SIU’s academic units in September, some student leaders said he has not been receptive to their input — particularly input from women and minority students. Johnathan Flowers, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council, said the way the chancellor responded to students during an open forum Oct. 19 and the way he has seen Montemagno interact with women during meetings makes it clear the chancellor behaves “in a way that at best is disrespectful and at worst openly hostile toward marginalized members of our SIU community.” “I am deeply disturbed by the level of disrespect and contempt that he engaged with these members of the university community,” Flowers said. “It’s not too much of a stretch to say that a chancellor that engages contemptuously with marginalized members of the university community … does not bode well for creating the kind of inclusive climate the chancellor claims to value.” Despite many attempts, Flowers said graduate students have been unable to get Montemagno to attend a GPSC meeting to discuss their concerns about his plan, with the chancellor telling them their concerns could instead be addressed during the question-and-answer portion of the open forum. “He’s making himself available in very specific and limited ways,” Flowers said, citing meetings Montemagno has had with Undergraduate Student

Government president Joshua Bowens and presidents of Greek organizations on campus. University spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith said via email the chancellor “values and respects the opinions of all who are invested in the university, especially students.” GPSC’s request for a meeting was turned down in favor of the campuswide forum because the chancellor’s schedule is “extremely challenging,” Goldsmith said. Goldsmith said Montemagno meets regularly with students for lunch in residence halls and other locations, and has bi-monthly meetings with constituency heads, including student government leaders. Montemagno has set up a meeting with students concerned about the possibility of eliminating the Africana studies major, she said. Because of those concerns, Goldsmith said the chancellor has delayed any decisions about Africana studies for a year to allow for more input. Flowers said Montemagno’s informal lunches with students should not be substitutes for public student forums. “If you can claim to meet with students and do so in a way that is shielded from public view, you can make particular claims about the needs of students without having a consensus from the student body,” Flowers said. “This, to me, presents a very narrow view on communication with students … and represents a very selective engagement with the student population.” Lauran Schaefer, a GPSC representative on SIU’s Graduate Council and a graduate student in communications studies, echoed

Flowers’ frustration at being unable to get Montemagno to attend a GPSC meeting. She said during public forums the chancellor tends to call on faculty members over students. “Even in the spaces that we do have access, we are denied,” Schaefer said. “The students who show up are predominantly African American and a lot of women, and it seems to me that the denial of questions from them is also indicative of the lack of cultural competence that he claims to care about at this university.” During meetings in which student representatives are present, Schaefer said the chancellor often seems dismissive of their concerns. During the Oct. 19 open forum, Schaefer asked Montemagno to provide evidence that his reorganization would attract more students. Montemagno responded by asking her what proof she had that it wouldn’t attract more students. “It’s very dismissive but also, to me, it’s a very paternalistic thing,” Schaefer said. “It’s like, ‘If you don’t have something to offer, don’t speak, or ‘If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t speak.’” Schaefer said the problem is systemic, which is why Montemagno thinks he can “gets away with it.” “The system as a whole is unwilling to make changes to the ways in which they treat what they refer to as ‘diverse bodies,’” Schaefer said. Though she said she isn’t sure why Montemagno would be less open to student input, she said it could be that faculty are more likely than students to move to a different university because they don’t like the reorganization.

Wednesday, november 1, 2017 “He needs to acquiesce to faculty more than he does to students,” Schaefer said. The chancellor could also be more willing to meet with undergraduates because he senses graduate students will ask harder questions, she said. “He doesn’t appreciate criticism,” Schaefer said. “The graduate students haven’t been given answers, and we have no idea what’s happening. We’ve proven we’ll push back.” Brandon Kyles, a senior studying journalism from Chicago and the coordinator of Registered Student Organization affairs for Black Affairs Council, said the chancellor’s behavior is a “spit in the face” to students. “I think he understands that students might not have the best feelings toward his changes, and so he won’t publicly talk to students, go on camera,” Kyles said. “I do not believe that the chancellor is actively trying to hear student opinion.” The chancellor urged the campus community during his open forum to submit input regarding his academic reorganization via chancellor.siu.edu/vision2025. Kyles said that isn’t enough. “Setting up a website doesn’t do anything,” Kyles said. “Plus, the fact that he had this open forum at 2 o’clock is ridiculous. We all know many students are in class at this time. I was fortunate enough to be excused from my professor.” Kyles, who is also a USG senator and a member of the Diversity Council, said he, too, has seen the chancellor behave in “disrespectful” ways toward women and minorities in various campus settings. During the open forum, Kyles said he intended to ask the chancellor how he plans on making cultural competency a central focus in SIU’s curriculum. However, despite his hand being up for the majority of the Q&A session, Kyles said he was never called on and he had to seek Montemagno out afterward to ask his question. Kyles said during the forum

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Cory Ray | @coryray_DE Daniel Drummer, a sophomore from Chicago studying hospitality and tourism administration, expresses his concerns that the Academic Reorganization Plan does not include any specific mention of Africana studies as a major Wednesday during an open forum at Parkinson Hall. “A school where you’re bringing in a police academy but not putting as much focus on Africana studies is only perpetuating that we’re fighting against,” Drummer said.

when Montemagno talked about turning majors like Africana studies into minors, the chancellor showed a disregard for the things minority students want on campus. “That, plus the way he interacted with women, the way he interacted with students of color who had genuine concerns about this institution, was problematic,” Kyles said. “There is no way I can dance around that.” Students at SIU are “tired” of not having a say in their educations, Kyles said. “I’m tired of students not being able to know or actively have a hand in the changes of this institution, and so are other students,” Kyles said. “That tiredness is what the chancellor is getting.” Student Trustee Sam Beard, a senior from Naperville studying philosophy, said it’s apparent from Montemagno’s reactions to student and faculty input that “challenges to the legitimacy of the [reorganization] plan won’t be taken seriously.” “The frustration I’ve been hearing from students is people feel

as if this has been kind of decided behind closed doors and imposed on the campus community,” Beard said. “This is opposed to a more horizontal planning committee about what students and faculty feel would address their needs.” Though other campus administrators have been better about meeting with students — including Associate Provosts Lizette Chevalier and David DiLalla and interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Stettler — Flowers said Montemagno, as the top campus administrator, needs to lead by example. “This is not a popular thing to say about an incoming chancellor, but I would be remiss in my duty if I did not make clear the way I find it unbecoming of the chief executive of the campus, particularly if he is presenting inclusion as one of the core values of the institution,” Flowers said. Campus editor Marnie Leonard can be reached at mleonard@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @marsuzleo.

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Some students say they welcome chancellor's academic reorganization CORY RAY | @coryray_de

Though many have expressed concerns over Chancellor Carlo Montemagno’s academic reorganization plan, some students believe their programs are being restructured in a way that will promote student success. The restructuring reduces the current eight colleges to five and eliminates academic departments and their chairs. It also proposes the addition of a School of Homeland Security with a police academy. Nathan Bryan, a senior from Troy studying criminology and criminal justice, said the addition of a police academy would allow the school to better train future law enforcement officers. “That will increase our knowledge of the field before we get to the field,” he said. He said research has shown the more educated a police officer is, the less likely they are to act violently toward civilians. Additionally, Bryan said it will make SIU graduates more attractive to police departments while also weeding out those who are not fit for the job before they can begin working in the field. “A lot of people when they graduate — even though they went to a four year university and got a bachelor's degree — still don’t have a realistic interpretation of what the job will entail,” Bryan said. Although he thinks of himself as knowledgeable, Bryan said he believes his preparation would have been more complete if he had been through a police academy before his upcoming May graduation. “Anything that increases our education and makes us more aware of what we are getting ourselves into, can only — if it stays true — increase the caliber of police coming out of SIU,” he said.

Meanwhile, some students have criticized Montemagno’s decision to implement a police academy while potentially removing the Africana studies major. "A school where you're bringing in a police academy but not putting as much focus on Africana studies is only perpetuating what we're fighting against," Daniel Drummer, a sophomore from Chicago studying hospitality and tourism administration, said at an Oct. 25 open campus forum. Alaina Boudreau, a senior from Kankakee studying rehabilitation services, said she looks forward to her program becoming a part of the proposed College of Health and Human Services. She said she’s mainly excited about the opportunity for more resources that could be provided through a college containing related programs. “It gives people the opportunity to collaborate with majors that have to do with each other,” she said. Right now, her program is a part of the Rehabilitation Institute in the College of Education and Human Services, and Boudreau said she’s often questioned why she’s in the education college. “I think it would make a lot more sense for us to be under an umbrella specifically for human resources,” she said. Boudreau, also a campus tour guide, said she’s noticed confusion even from prospective students when she tells them what college her major is in. Though she will graduate in May, she said she plans to stay in Carbondale and be active in reorganization. “I think it does help the students to be in a more open place to collaborate with each other,” she said. Sarah Stipp, a senior from Champaign studying sports administration, is also currently in the College of Education

Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Southern Illinois University Chancellor Carlo Montemagno waves to the audience after his "State of the University" speech Sept. 26 at Shryock Auditorium. Montemagno spoke on his vision for the university and the steps administration plans to take to increase enrollement numbers.

and Human Services and said she welcomes a change. Under Montemagno’s current proposal, sports administration would be in the College of Business and Analytics. “I’d always questioned why it wasn’t more toward the business side,” she said. Because Stipp said she has to take many business classes already, so she believes the transition from the Department of Kinesiology is a logical one. She said students in her major will benefit from being surrounded by other students they already see in the classes they take. Although she understands kinesiology is tied to some aspect of sports administration, she said being

in a business college would be more relevant for the administration side of her career path. Boudreau said her biggest concern is how new students will transition once a restructuring system is implemented in the fall. “I do feel for this incoming freshman class because it’s going to be a lot of getting used to what’s happening,” Boudreau said. Boudreau said she’s also seen concern and confusion from current students regarding the chancellor’s proposal, but she believes the university must undergo change. At last week’s open forum, some questioned Montemagno’s quick actions and said he did not understand the university

like those who had been here for years; Boudreau, however, said Montemagno has to implement ideas quickly. “I think it’s important to come in and show, ‘Hey, I’m going to work for this. We are changing. We are going to figure it out,’” she said. For Stipp, she said she understands why students can be concerned, but she said the first draft of the plan is a good jumping point for future revisions. “We need to start somewhere, and I think this is a good starting point,” she said. “We can always work to make it better.” Staff writer Cory Ray can be reached at cray@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @coryray_de.

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Film professor hopes to impart 'intensely humanist' aspects of movies on students KITT FRESA | @kittfresa

Though in his teenage years he always thought he would be an engineer like his father before him, in college Walter Metz discovered his true passion is in film. Metz, now a film professor, said he was always steered toward science and math classes throughout his adolescence. “Really smart kids in high school are pushed into STEM disciplines because all the [Advanced Placement] classes are in STEM disciplines and not humanities discipline,” Metz said. “So [film] was never an option to me; I didn’t even know there were other jobs that weren’t STEM jobs.” When Metz was in his second year of college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he realized teaching was an option. “I was sitting in … a Renaissance history class and I looked at my teacher in the class and I said, ‘He reads books for a living,” which I didn't know was a job.” Metz said. “I said, ‘I want to be like that guy.’” Metz said his dad wouldn’t continue paying for his school unless he continued on as an engineering student, so he compromised by double majoring in film and engineering. Once he graduated, Metz said he received a job in the semiconductor industry but decided instead to complete a master’s at the University of Iowa to fulfill his dream of becoming a professor. “When I started doing it, it was for selfish reasons,” Metz said. “Reading books all day, writing, inventing new ideas about humanities — once I started teaching, which I started right away … I discovered that I loved it, which was a huge surprise to me. The most rewarding aspect of teaching is “transforming student lives,” Metz said. “You get a lot of students coming to

college not knowing what they want to do with their lives,” Metz said. “What I tell them is that you have to do things that you’re passionate about.” Metz, a self-professed difficult grader, said he also tries to prepare students by keeping academic standards high. “What I tell students is, ‘If you can get an A, or a B, or even a C in one of my classes, you’ll do well in your other classes and you’ll do well in life,’ because one thing I teach students how to do is study really hard,” he said. Regardless of the field students eventually go into, Metz said being held to rigorous standards now will only help them in their futures. “I don’t care whether they go to become a realtor, a business person or whether they go to work at a radio station, one’s boss is always going to give you assignments that you have to do on time, that you have to do well, under incredibly stressful conditions,” Metz said. “So the kind of teaching that I do can, if the student engages with it, really transform their skills.” This semester, Metz is teaching a class on Islamic cinema, which he said he chose to do because of the ways in which Islam is represented by the media. “The most complex cinema tradition in the Islamic world is Iranian cinema, and of course all you hear about Iran is that they’re making nuclear bombs to blow up Israel,” Metz said. “But Iranian cinema is actually beautiful, humanist cinema made by real human beings who aren’t trying to blow up Israel.” Metz said one of the great things about film is how much it can teach an audience about a culture or lifestyle they have no experience with. “Movies are intensely humanist operations,” Metz said. “They tell stories about people, and a bunch of those people are very different from

Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99 Professor of cinema and photography Walter Metz is pictured Tuesday in his office in the Communications Building.

you. Movies, when they’re properly functioning, build community.” This, Metz said, is the “civic function” of movies — to expose viewers to new perspectives. “When I was a kid, everyone read newspapers,” Metz said. “But now that people have been getting incredibly selected information. Your Facebook feed doesn’t look like my Facebook feed because it's matching what it thinks you want, so essentially it's just reinforcing what you already think about the world. We’ve lost any kind of civic organization.” Though he is well-versed in film criticism, Metz said he stays away from actual filmmaking. “I always say to students, ‘I make the world worse when I pick up a camera,’” Metz said. “My hand is always on the zoom lens, and the kinds of footage I tend to shoot …

tends to make people sick because I’m on the zoom lens all the time.” H.J. Lee, a teaching assistant in Metz’s contemporary media class, said Metz is a good scholar with attention to detail. “He always tries to make some point between film and other media,” Lee said. Others say it’s obvious in Metz’s classes that he loves what he teaches. “It’s a historical approach, but at the same time it analyzes the principles of photography and teaches the students to think outside of the box,” said Gavin Glass, a junior studying cinema and photography. Giovanni Galindo, a junior studying cinema and photography who took Metz’s media studies and photo class, said Metz takes analysis to levels other professors don’t.

“He literally shows us some of the earliest photographs ever, where to our eyes it’s basically a black screen, and he finds some deep way to analyze and say how its awesome,” Galindo said. When students finish a semester in one of his classes, Metz said he hopes he’s made a lasting impression. “I’m hoping they’re on kind of a lifelong trajectory of watching movies in a different before they encountered me,” Metz said. “But there’s no real magic trick. It’s a lot of practicing writing things, watching things and coming up with new ideas about what you’re seeing.” Staff writer Kitt Fresa can be reached at kfresa@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @kittfresa.

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Drag royalty takes the stage

Kara Belle, a drag queen from Champaign, performs Saturday during the Steam Punk Drag Show in the Student Center. Kara Belle has been performing for fifteen years. “I try to tell a story with every performance and I try to make sure that every time I step on stage people understand who I am as an entertainer and what I try to present,” Belle said. “They understand I am not just about beauty, but the allure, the performance and just make sure they are having a good time.” Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena

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Left: Jacob Hayes, also known by her stage name Veronica, smokes a cigarette during a break Saturday at the Steam Punk Drag Show in the Student Center. Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena

Bottom left: Kara Belle, a drag queen from Champaign, applies makeup Saturday before the Steam Punk Drag Show in the Student Center. Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena

Bottom right: Julie Baldwin performs as her stage presence Faim Lee Jewls Saturday during the Steam Punk Drag Show in the Student Center. Ellen Booth | @EllenBooth_DE

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Movie Camera Movement, a 'playground' for students to write, produce films KITT FRESA | @kittfresa

Since November 2010, an increasingly large group of students have been coming together to write, produce and edit movies. All students are welcome and collaboration is encouraged. This is Movie Camera Movement, a film-centered Registered Student Organization with 64 members, a number which President Michael Page said is growing every year. “MCM is a student-run organization that tries to implement the process of how a studio film is made in the industry,” Page, a cinema and photography student from Chatham, said. Every member has a role to play, Vice President Davide Tomei said. “The officers and board members are really the rudder, where we’re making sure we’re heading in the right direction,” Tomei, a cinema and photography, political science and communication studies student from Naperville. “But the students and the membership as a whole, they’re the ones generating the scripts, they’re the ones producing the films, editing the films, getting them together.” The group is led by four officers: a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. MCM also has a board with five members, each with their own consulting role in either design, cinematography, writing, production or editing. Students in the group have the opportunity to see every aspect of filmmaking, Page said. “In the beginning, we will start with scripts,” Page said. “MCM has a writers’ room in which scripts are written, then those scripts are pitched and the producers will put together crews and a team to make that movie. Then we will send it into pre-production, into shooting the film on set, actually making it, then sending it into post for editing, and then finally premiering it.”

Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99 Senior cinema major Michael Morones, of Cary, Illinois, directs the camera crew Friday on the set of "Better" in Carbondale.

Each year is a cycle of four rounds, with two rounds each semester. These are production periods, and Page said every round tends to feature two narrative short films. However, sometimes the mold is broken, and rounds can include film types ranging from comedic skits to music videos, commercials for businesses or just a

larger singular film for one round. MCM currently is in the midst of making two films: “Where They Know Your Name,” and “Better.” When the RSO first started, Page said everyone had to pull together whatever film equipment they personally owned. Slowly, as the group has grown able to make money through merchandise,

events and fundraisers, the group was able to begin buying its own equipment. “We are almost majority selfsustaining,” Page said. Tomei said MCM is the reason he still goes to school at SIU. His freshman year, Tomei said he was filling out applications to transfer. He talked to his parents and people

he knew in the film industry about his decision to leave. “They just said, ‘Your college experience is going to be what you make of it,’” Tomei said. “I realized part of the issue I was having was that I’ve got to branch out a find my niche here … This became a prime reason why I stayed and why I’m still here.”

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Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99 Senior radio and digital media major Matthew Levy, of Northbrook, assembles a spotlight Friday on the set of "Better" in Carbondale.

“Better,” which is written and directed by MCM’s writing consultant Davey Peppers, is a science fiction film about a young girl confronted with a better version of herself. The plot follows how her family reacts to her

changing throughout the movie. Peppers, a sophomore from Brentwood, Tennessee, studying cinema and photography, came to SIU last year and joined MCM. He said he worked on a film called “A

Page 13 Sensible Senseless Killing,” which he said people seemed to enjoy. “I was lucky enough to be able to do that again, putting together this film called ‘Better,’” Peppers said. “Because of the high production value that would be required, the film is set a little bit in the future, we decided to put together an Indiegogo fundraiser for the film and we’ve been lucky enough to raise over $2,000.” He said the film is a bit unusual for MCM but experimentation is one of the benefits of being a part of the group. Page agreed. “MCM always felt like a sandbox,” Page said. “A playground where there are resources, collaborators and opportunity. The stakes are kind of high … but it was a sandbox — if you destroy the sandcastle, it’s OK, it’s just sand.” The leeway to fail makes the educational experience that much better, Tomei said. “Inevitably, something will go

wrong on set,” Tomei said. “Seeing how people react, and how people improvise and learn in a trial by fire where it’s OK to fail, that is one of the most beautiful things that I can see.” Though the information film students are learning in the classroom is invaluable, MCM helps students put it into practice, Page said. “The outlet to be able to apply what we were learning in the classroom and show what we can do with it instead of it just remaining in our heads, is just a great feeling,” Page said. “Otherwise the ideas just swim around in your

mind like crazy.” Though the hands-on film experience vital, Page said one of the best parts of MCM is the friendships members make. “Some of my closest friends I’ve met through MCM,” Page said. “Anytime that you’re given the opportunity to collaborate with people, especially collaborate in an artistic way, it’s almost impossible not to build friendships.” Staff writer Kitt Fresa can be reached at kfresa@dailyegyptian.com.

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Today's Birthday (11/01/17). You're in expansion mode, with Jupiter in your sign this year (and next). Keep generating income, especially through winter, when communications require focus. A professional shift leads to flowering domestic renovation. Next summer brings new adventures, before domestic changes and a career breakthrough. Take charge. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Don't force a charged issue. Avoid cockiness or arrogance. Arguments could arise that come back to bite. You're in a strong position. Don't step on anyone.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 5 -Breathe deeply. Take time to sort things out. Stay in; don't go out. Avoid impetuosity. Consider responses before making them. Keep confidences and secrets. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Make sure what you're building is solid. Get feedback from talented friends. Teamwork makes a difference. Only keep the cleanest, simplest, best parts. Cancer (June 21July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Handle professional matters, and stay below the emotional radar. You may need to do a job more than once. There's still a way to win. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Outings and escapades could lead to deviations. Obstacles, roadblocks and illusions line the road; and could get expensive. Find the path of least resistance. Virgo (Aug. 23Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Apply gentle, steady pressure rather than brute force. Finesse your way through financial conversations and transactions. Consider a call to action to support others. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -Listening gets you further than speaking. You and a

partner can really make something happen if you can avoid stupid arguments. It could even get romantic. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- The excellent work you've been doing reflects you well. Don't push things. Hang back and observe. Nurture your physical health and well-being. Bide your time. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Follow your heart. Slow down to avoid accidents. Avoid conflict or controversy, and indulge your appetite for fun, romance and deliciousness. Lighten up. Capricorn (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -Enjoy household projects. Don't be hasty or pushy. Avoid provoking short tempers. Give your partner exactly what he or she wants. Cook up something tasty at home. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- Lay low, and dig into books and studies. Satisfy a curiosity. Get inquisitive. Learn through another's experience. Research, and discover an unexpected bonus. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -Hold on to your earnings. Circumstances could get horribly annoying. Collect on an old debt. Guard against technical glitches. Walk outside when needed.

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Column: What about us?

By insisting on a top-down approach to restructuring the university, our newest manager's reorganization strategy undermines what we do as academics by subverting collective inquiry and collaborative problem solving. The restructuring of SIU must be done in a democratic fashion, on the terms of the actual stakeholders, not at the whims of one individual. Yes, Chancellor Carlo Montemagno has so graciously allowed for email feedback on the plan, but he has made it pretty clear that departments and chairs are going bye-bye and the feedback will be considered if it is about the specific location of programs and things of that nature. None of us are against change. As forward thinkers, many of us embrace it, but change must be done on our terms, since, well, we are the ones that make this university a university. We all see obvious potential in encouraging cross-disciplinary collaboration and synergy. It should be stated, however, that crossdisciplinary intellectual pursuits are already happening at SIU in strategic, holistic approaches to discovery and knowledge creation. The chancellor's desire to see more of that is most certainly a welcome one. But it's a shame, because this whole campus reorganization thing could be really exciting. Instead, for a lot of us it is pretty scary. Firstly, robust and distinct departments are so incredibly important for attracting

quality faculty and graduate students and furthering disciplinary studies that the proposal to dissolve all of them has left many of us scratching our heads. Well-defined and respected departments encourage inter-institutional knowledge sharing, providing networking opportunities for undergraduates and graduates alike. Furthermore, individual departments are the bodies that secure much ofÂ the outside funding for their fields of study and allocate those funds within their degree programs to ensure the prosperity of the entire department and all who reside within it. To remove departments and consolidate into schools will open the door for an inequitable distribution of resources among the academic programs housed within them. Departments will no longer have autonomy in decision making. That privilege will be passed upward to the heads of the individual schools, people who may fancy their discipline over others, purposefully or not. Eliminating departments and chairs has a stated savings of $2.3 million (which is less than one percent of the $370 million 2018 operating budget). I hate to call $2 million a drop in the bucket, but it is, comparatively, and is not an ample justification for this much academic disruption. We have yet to be shown evidence that this move will boost enrollment. That is the priority, is it not? Moreover, scrapping the department-

based model that SIU (and nearly every other university) uses in the wake of highly publicized money troubles will lead the public to believe that we are in an uncontrollable crisis. And a crisis it may be! But a move like this will scream to highschool guidance councilors, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed and anyone else keeping up with the universities of the Midwest that SIU is so screwed that they eliminated all of their departments just to save a buck. The optics alone are a good enough reason to question this thing. A true straw man proposal would not only be open to rigorous debate and critique, but if deemed necessary, it could be torn down in its entirety and something completely different could be put up in its place. But, by snapping at those who question his master plan, the chancellor has shown himself to be unwilling to consider the notion that this restructuring strategy is not well thought out. Not only this, but in his dramatic unveiling of the plan on Oct. 19 he said â&#x20AC;&#x153;[i]f we can get this done by April to demonstrate how we will generate savings, the budget will include salary increases.â&#x20AC;? I am not entirely sure what to make of that, but it seems to speak for itself. When we are in crisis; the powers that be use it as an opportunity to pass agendas that

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would otherwise be unpalatable and met with great resistance. We see this time and time again at the national level, but recently it has come to SIU. The chancellor has said we must move quickly on this. But a lot us feel like we need to move thoughtfully and in an informed manner, which could naturally put us past his hurried Nov. 6 deadline for accepting feedback. Student Trustee Sam Beard can be reached at samuelrobert@siu.edu or by phone at (618)453-8418. His office is located in the Registered Student Organization Suite on the third floor of the Student Center and his office hours are Mondays/Wednesdays: 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m., Thursdays: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., or by appointment.

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Meet Saluki divers Beibei and Baobao Ji JACOB SELSOR | @jacobselsor_DE

SIU's twin sophomore divers Beibei and Baobao Ji have taken the MVC by storm this season, claiming wins in nine of their 10 combined dive competitions for SIU since arriving from Taiyuan, China just a few years ago. There is a lot of differences between Carbondale and Taiyuan. Known as the Dragon City, Taiyuan is home to 4,201,591 people and is approximately 7,032 miles away — taking an entire day to travel there from the midwestern U.S. Despite these differences two things remain the same, diving boards and pools. Twins Beibei and Baobao have made that very clear this season. Beibei and Baobao — originally known as Jiarong and Jiaxin respectively — came to Carbondale in 2014, but it was not until this season that they were considered eligible by the NCAA. The twins learned of SIU's diving program from their coach at Shanxi Vocational College of Sports in China, where they received much of their dive training. Their mother, Xiaoxia,

decided SIU was a good fit and sent her daughters to America. “[There was] a little bit [of shock coming to America], but we’ve adapted,” Beibei said. “Carbondale is not too bad,” Baobao added with a smile. If the twins have had to face any hardships since arriving in Carbondale, it certainly has not shown in the pool. Since becoming NCAA-eligible this season, the twins have picked up all sorts of accolades. Beibei was named MVC Diver of the Week for her performance against Missouri State early in October. She posted a 286.00 to secure the top spot in the threemeter dive — a personal best — while placing second in the onemeter dive with a score of 270.90. Baobao took MVC’s September Diver of the Month honors when she won two events and placed second in another two during the month. She won the three-meter against Lindenwood University with a score of 288.80 and placed second in the one-meter with a score of 279.30. She flip-flopped later in the month against Evansville University, winning the one-meter with a score of

Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Sophomore Saluki diver Jiarong "Beibei" Ji, of Taiyuan, China, practices diving off of the 3 meter board Wednesday in the Dr. Edward Shea Natatorium.

Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Sophomore Saluki diver Jiaxin "Baobao" Ji, left, and twin sister Jiarong "Beibei" Ji, both of Taiyuan, China, pose for a portrait Wednesday in the Dr. Edward Shea Natatorium.

278.62 and taking second in the three-meter with a score of 269.17. Aside from the honors they have earned during the season thus far, it seems the two are always finishing in the top two spots in whatever event they participate in. In Saturday's matchup against Illinois State University, Baobao and Beibei finished first and second respectively in the one-meter dive event while placing second and third in the three-meter — the first event this season where neither diver claimed first place. Despite consistently edging each other out for higher spots on the podium, they claim there’s no sibling rivalry. “I focus on doing my job great and winning the championship,” Baobao said while Beibei nodded in agreement. The twins give a lot of credit to their coach Chunhua “Joy” Zhao.

Zhao, who is also of Chinese descent, has coached at SIU for 15 years. The Ji sisters said having a coach here at SIU from their native country helps "quite a bit", especially with communication. “There’s no language barrier," Baobao said. "We can always understand what she’s asking us to do.” “She helps us focus on the small things and clean up the details,” Beibei added. “We still have a lot of room for improvement.” Coach Joy has equally high praise for the twins. “They were already a pretty high level when they got here, so they were pretty good before,” Joy said. “I could not coach them when they arrived because they were ineligible; but since they became eligible I have seen a lot of improvement.” Joy attributes their dominance this season to their competitiveness, which the coach says has been contagious

throughout the whole team. “They’re very competitive,” Joy said. “They treat every single day like a competition. They’re bringing the competitiveness, as well as excitement, to their teammates and we’ve really improved a lot.” Joy also has high praise for their excellent work ethic. “They never stop, they just keep going and going, doing and doing,” Joy said. “They’ll stop when they’re good enough in their eyes.” Beibei and Baobao — along with the rest of the Saluki swim & dive team — return to competition at 4:00 p.m. Friday inside Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium when they host Kentucky, Missouri, and Northwestern in the Saluki Invite. Sports writer Jacob Selsor can be reached at jselsor@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter @jacobselsor_DE

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SIU football looks to reclaim winning ways against Missouri State NATHAN DODD | @NathanMDodd

Following the trouncing that SIU football received from the University of South Dakota, the Salukis return to Carbondale Saturday to face off against Missouri State University at Saluki Stadium. Southern has a chance to claim its third victory in four contests on home turf this season. A win against the Bears will improve the Salukis' record to .500 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, keeping SIU's playoff hopes alive. Missouri State (2-6, 1-4 MVFC) is in the midst of a down year but is coming off its first Valley victory against Indiana State University Saturday in Springfield, Missouri. In 2016, MSU edged out SIU 38-35 on a 32-yard field goal with ten seconds left in the game. MSU's sophomore quarterback Peyton Huslig brings a winning pedigree to the Bears' offense. In 2016, Huslig piloted Garden City Community College to an undefeated 11-0 season, culminated by winning the NJCAA national title. "He's a really good runner and a good enough of a passer to beat you," SIU head coach Nick Hill said. "You have to prepare specifically for them, and they fit his strengths." Despite a losing record, Hill said the Bears have played well on offense in nearly every competition this season. "They have had a couple close ones that they didn't win," Hill said. "They could easily be sitting here at 4-4 like us."

"It will be a battle on Saturday, Coach [Dave] Steckel does a great job with those guys, and they're wellcoached. It will be a tough one for us. " - Coach Nick Hill

Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz Coach Nick Hill calls out plays to members of the Saluki Football team Aug. 19 during the second scrimmage of the season at Saluki Stadium.

After suffering an injury in the first half at South Dakota, SIU junior quarterback Sam Straub will miss Saturday's tilt against MSU — along with the remainder of the regular season. "Right now it's a broken bone," Hill said. "It's 4-6 weeks for that, but they want to take an extra look. There are ligaments in there that may require surgery." Sophomore quarterback Tanner Hearn gets his first chance to start — since joining the Salukis — Saturday against the Bears. Hearn took the reigns of SIU's

offense at South Dakota following Straub's injury and was intercepted four times in his relief appearance. Two of Hearn's interceptions were returned by USD for touchdowns. "Most people wouldn't say this, but he did a lot of good things," Hill said. "He's definitely a little bit different than Sam, but you saw him make plays outside of the pocket. He extended plays with his feet." Despite South Dakota scoring 42 points over the weekend, coach Hill said he was happy with his team's defensive effort against the

Coyotes. USD was only able to muster 280 total yards on offense and was granted another 148 yards from Saluki penalties. "For the entire second half, they had 81 yards of offense," Hill said. "Our defense came away with some confidence. It's 42 points, but if you watch the film or were at the game, that wasn't the feel you got." For SIU to emerge victorious against MSU, the Salukis cannot take the Bears lightly and must bring the same defensive effort of recent weeks.

Coach Hill also stated that his squad must keep turnovers to a minimum. "It will be a battle on Saturday," Hill said. "Coach [Dave] Steckel does a great job with those guys, and they're well-coached. It will be a tough one for us. " Hill said Southern is still hopeful they can earn a bid for a playoff spot. More than likely, the Salukis must win-out the remainder of their MVFC schedule, beginning with MSU. SIU's matchup with MSU kicks off at 1 p.m. Saturday inside Saluki Stadium, where the Salukis look to inject life into their playoff hopes. "We have a three-game season to get to 7-4," Hill said. "This is the biggest game of the season. Our playoffs start right now." Sports writer Nathan Dodd can be reached at ndodd@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @NathanMDodd.

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