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Board of Trustees sees multiple changes over past week

| Graphic by JoAnn Weaver / The Alestle MADISON LAMMERT reporter

Board of Trustees votes for Student Fee Increase

Students will see a 2.9 percent increase per credit hour when looking at the consolidated General Student Fee starting Fall 2019.

The Board of Trustees voted last week to implement this increase, which will bring the GSF to $103.20 per credit hour compared to the current $100.30 per credit hour.

The GSF structure began in Fall 2018, outlining charges for students at a consistent rate regardless of whether they are enrolled in on-campus, off-campus, online or hybrid courses. SIUE Student Trustee Molly Smith said

this structure is less confusing for students and their families.

“We used to have student fees where it was very complicated [and] nobody could understand it, so we made a compact formula,” Smith said. “This went through last year, so it was already in place for that whole year, where it’s just a flat fee per credit hour.”

The increase will go toward updating buildings and infrastructure. According to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple, one major factor in this is the 21st Century Building Plan, which includes the construction work currently being done in Founders Hall.

Information Technology Services will benefit from the fee increase, which Waple said will help meet the wants of students.

“Students want more bandwidth and more Wi-Fi access,” Waple said. “They want increased speeds, so the fee has to support that.”

Renovations and the expansion of Accessible Campus Community and Equitable Student Support will begin this summer, according to Waple. Changes include flexible testing spaces, providing more room for staff, as well as other updates. This is necessary as the number of students ACCESS serves grows.

“When I started here in 2015, we were serving about 200 students in what was then called Disability Support Services,” Waple said. “We are now upwards of 700-plus, and if you’ve been in Disability Support Services, it’s packed.”

the vehicle. So, the number one precaution I could say is lock your car doors every time. Roll the windows up, lock the doors, don’t leave valuables in sight,” Schmoll said. “If you can’t take it into your room with you, lock it up in your trunk. I can’t stress enough to lock up vehicles.”

Schmoll said he believes locking doors would have stopped the events entirely.

“Fortunately, we recovered this stolen auto and have charges on the individual for stealing the vehicle, but it could have been avoided. Every one of these could have been avoided by simply locking the doors of your vehicle,” Schmoll said.

Elijah Hughes, junior nursing major from Waverly, Illinois, a former resident assistant in a freshman residence hall and now Cougar Village RA, said RAs don’t always check parking lots during busy schedules. “[Resident Assistants] don’t really keep an eye on parking lots in the [Freshman] residence halls.

For Woodland, Bluff, Prairie and even Evergreen, the RAs don’t have to do their rounds while on duty outside; they only do inside rounds,” Hughes said.

Hughes said he knows it can be difficult for some RAs to see the parking lots due to lack of vis-

ibility, but RAs will always try to look for lost or stolen possessions.

“It’s hard for RAs in Woodland and Bluff to monitor the parking lots for any issues, since they aren’t directly by the building like they are for Prairie and Evergreen,” Hughes said. “RAs can always try their best to be on the lookout for any possible lost or stolen items.”

Freshman secondary English education major Kaylee Bochenek, of Schaumburg, Illinois, said she feels uneasy over the recent crimes.

“It does kind of make me feel unsafe because it means my possessions could be stolen at any time, even if it’s like my car. It’s a lot of money. It could happen to anybody, but you don’t ever actually think it would happen on campus right outside of your dorm room,” Bochenek said.

Bochenek said she will be more cautious in the future.

“I grew up in a place where like we do know to lock our doors and make sure our possessions are with us, and all of the drill. For sure, I’ll be keeping an eye out [from now on],” Bochenek said.

The GSF fee increase will also allocate funds to other parts of the Student Success Center, Student Government, Counseling Services and Health Service, the Career Development Center, Athletics and the Morris University Center.

While BOT Chair Phil Gilbert doesn’t find increasing the GSF ideal, he said it’s necessary.

“I don’t want fees to increase for any student, but unfortunately there’s inflation,” Gilbert said.

“This is basically just to try to keep up with inflation so that we can provide these services to the students. Would I like to have no student fees? Absolutely, but that’s not realistic. So this is a 2.9 percent student increase, and I hope that this is the last increase for a long time.”

Smith agrees the board took necessary action in approving the fee increase.

“They were always challenged to stay under a three percent increase, so they’re doing that and some of these fee increases have been needed for a while,” Smith said. “They wouldn’t be brought forward if they weren’t necessary.”

Not all students are opposed to the increase, including sophomore graphic design and mass communications major Praither Williams, of East St. Louis, Illinois, who hopes to see and benefit from the changes being made as a result of the increase.

“Two dollars and some change is not really that much; as long as it’s getting put to some use on campus, I’m not too angry

about it.” Williams said. “I’m willing to put forth some of my money to help campus, but that’s not the same for everybody else.”

Gov. Pritzker removes two BOT members Gov. J.B. Pritzker made the decision Tueday Morning to remove Ryan and Britton from the BOT. Thomas Britton and Marsha Ryan will no longer be serving on the board per Pritzker’s decision.

Britton and Ryan were appointed to the board under former governor Bruce Rauner. Britton was appointed in April 2018 and Ryan was appointed in Jan. 2018.

Both were never officially confirmed by the Illinois State Senate, giving Pritzker the authority to remove them. As of now, knowledge of Ryan and Britton’s replacements are not known.

Pritzker has the authority to replace three other trustees who are at the end of their terms: Shirley Portwood, Joel Sambursky and Randal Thomas.

On Thursday’s meeting, Portwood was unanimously elected vice chair, while Sambursky was re-appointed secretary by majority vote. No decisions have been announced as of yet on their fate.

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Reports of stolen cars, parking passes The Alestle brings home a broad range of awards from ICPA convention TREVOR OLIVER lifestyles editor

Grand Theft Auto may be a popular game series, but at SIUE, a recent string of crimes has made the game a reality.

SIUE’s police blotter notes the theft of a motor vehicle occurred on Jan. 24 in the Prairie Hall parking lot. Police followed up on Jan. 29, ending when arrest charges were placed on Dylan Owens. On the same day, a parking tag was stolen from a car in parking lot F. A separate vehicle was broken into the following day in the Bluff Hall parking lot.

SIUE Chief of Police Kevin Schmoll said multiple vehicles have had parking passes stolen from vehicles, which is a common issue.

“We’ve had several vehicles where hang tags were stolen out of and one car that was actually stolen off campus from one of the residence hall lots, and we recovered it near Bella Milano at 157,” Schmoll said.

Schmoll urged students to lock their car doors and keep possessions out of sight.

“Every one of these, and the stolen auto, the doors were unlocked on the vehicles, and the stolen auto, the doors were unlocked and the keys were left in

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The Alestle won 14 awards at the recent Illinois College Press Association’s Convention and Awards in Chicago. The awards were in a broad range of categories for in-depth reporting, design, multimedia, special supplements, photography, sports writing and headline writing.

The Alestle staff was recognized for its work in in-depth reporting, taking second place in the non-dailies with a campus population over 4,000 division.

The staff also won second place in the special supplement category that is in the open division in which all schools, regardless of size, compete.

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Former Alestle Sports Editor Trent Stuart won third place in Sports Game Story and an honorable mention in Sports Page Design.

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Feb. 19, as they were never officially confirmed by the Illinois State Senate. No replacements for the removed trustees have been announced yet.

Because of this uncertainty regarding the state of the board in the coming weeks, past President of SIUE’s Faculty Senate Marcus Agustin said the timing of the elections is strange.

As it currently stands, the majority of the board members have ties to the Carbondale campus. According to Faculty Senate President Sorin Nastasia, this has been a concern for some Faculty Senate members.

“There are members in the faculty senate at SIUE who have been concerned in the past few years with the way in which members of the Board of Trustees were voting for one issue or another,” Nastasia said. “They were always pertaining to Carbondale’s interest.”

Gilbert said he is not concerned with Pritzker’s possible changes to the board.

“I trust that Governor Pritzker will appoint people into our system that are dedicated, that have experience and if he does make a lot of changes, I look forward to working with the new board,” Gilbert said.

The Alestle will provide updates to any changes made.

Student Government addressed complaints about payby-space machines with Parking Services.

Parking Services Committee Representative and Senator-at-Large Stefan Jones brought suggestions for changes at the last Student Government meeting.

“There was a lot of complaints about people waiting outside at the meters with [the] weather,” Jones said. “We thought about just bringing something in [The Morris University Center] for people to pay.”

Parking Services Director Tony Langendorf said pay-byspace meters don’t work as efficiently in the cold.

“If you go to a gas pump, and you pay at the pump when it’s really cold, it’s slow. That’s just technology in the really, really cold,” Langendorf said.

To bypass the pay-by-space machines, students, faculty and staff can take advantage of the Whoosh! app, which allows individuals to pay for parking with their smartphones.

Parking Services is also considering new ways to advertise parking policies and permit prices.

“That’s still one of the biggest issues and reasons behind why a lot of students are getting citations,” Jones said. “They’re citing that they’re unaware that their parking pass doesn’t work at this spot.”

Student Government Secretary Magalene Price said there needs to be more knowledge of the Whoosh! app around campus.

“I know there’s a convenience fee, but I feel like people would be willing to pay it when it’s raining or really cold outside,” Price said.

Langendorf said figuring out how to use the parking machines can be tedious for some students.

“They do take some time,” Langendorf said. “You do have to read the instructions to make sure that the transaction process is right.”

This transaction process involves registering a vehicle and credit card information on the app, but once it has been downloaded, students can register multiple vehicles for easier access.

Along with convenience, the app also gives reminders and an option to extend time.

According to Langendorf, there are plans to upgrade eight of the existing machines with a better interface, the funds for which, will be provided through Parking Services. Currently, Lots A, E and F have the upgraded machines.

While the technology on the inside of all the machines is the same, the buttons on the machines in Lots A, E and F are less prone to getting stuck in the cold.

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Sophomore business major Nathan Peery (left) of Highland, Illinois, fits a vest onto freshman biology pre-med major Mackenzie Gould (right) of Highland, Illinois during Fresh Check Day on Feb. 12.

Both students are involved in the ROTC program on campus. “We saw the fresh check day raising awareness for mental health and saw our section being at ease with talking about the veteran side of this, too. A lot of people don’t understand how many students we have that also have military backgrounds or are currently in the military,” Peery said. | Jakob Ruffner / The Alestle

Board of Trustees names new chairman declining enrollment in Carbondale. Gilbert said one of his main New chair will replace goals is to forge connections between the campuses during his Sholar.

Phil Gilbert has recently time as chair. He said he does been elected chair of the Board of not believe that splitting the campuses will be in the Trustees. Along with othfuture. er new leadership appoint“We have simments, Gov. J. B. Pritzker ilar missions … also has the ability to re[and] each have move and replace board their strengths,” Gilmembers. bert said. “We need As The Alestle previto capitalize on our ously reported, the board strengths. We need elected Phil Gilbert to be to make sure that the chair, Shirley Portwood as New Board system stays strong vice chair and reappointed of Trustees together because we Joel Sambursky as board Chairman Phil are stronger together secretary. Former Chair Gilbert than we are apart.”

Amy Sholar was the only In order to help one to disapprove of the decision both SIUE and SIUC maximize regarding Gilbert and Sambursky, while Portwood was appointed their full potentials Gilbert said there needs to be a collaborative vice chair unanimously.

According to his biography effort between the board and on the Board of Trustees’ web- state legislators.

“We need to work with our site, Gilbert has been a resident of Carbondale his whole life. Gil- legislators and try to get funding bert has an extensive law career for capital improvements for all under his belt and currently holds our campuses,” Gilbert said. “We senior status as a federal court need to work with our legislators to get the maximum operational system judge.

SIUE Student Trustee Molly expenses so we can grow proSmith said she believes his back- grams.”

Pritzker may replace Portground as well as past performance as a trustee ensure he will wood, who attended and taught at SIUE, and Sambursky of be a good chair.

“I think he’s a good trustee,” Carbondale, along with RanSmith said. “He’s always respect- dal Thomas, who also attended ful, he has good opinions, and SIUE, as they are nearing the end of their terms. he’ll be a good chair.”

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Student organizations request funds from Student Government DARIAN STEVENSON reporter

02.13.19 An officer responded to an active fire alarm in 530 Cougar Village. The officer advised the alarm was activated due to a hair dryer. No fire, smoke or damage was reported.

02.14.19 An officer responded to a report of a suspicious cannabis odor in Woodland Hall. The officer was unable to locate the source.

02.15.19 An officer took a report of a suspicious person from a student who claimed a male subject was watching her while she attempted to take a test in the Student Success Center.

An officer observed a vehicle off the roadway on Yellow Hammer Crossing and found cannabis in the vehicle. After a consented search, the officer issued a city ordinance for possission of cannabis under 30 grams to Joe Lu.

02.17.19 An officer observed a vehicle crossing the fog line and speeding.

Tyler S. Marr was arrested for driving under the influence. State citations were also issued for speeding and improper lane usage. The subject was transported to the police department where he was fingerprinted, photographed, processed and released after posting bond.

02.18.19 An officer took a report regarding a male subject exposing himself to a juvenile on the East St. Louis Campus.

The investigation is ongoing.

For programming, activities and travel, there are certain steps to be taken before student organizations can receive funding.

Student Government provides several channels through which student organizations may request funding which includes programming, allocations and travel.

According to a member of the Marxist Student Association, a new student organization on campus, they requested allocation funds from Student Government at the beginning of February and were told organizations could no longer be funded due to missing the request deadline.

Organization Relations Officer Adam Aldabe, a senior pre-medical biology student from Orland Park, Illinois, said the organization couldn’t receive funding because they did not follow the funding manual deadlines. “[The funding manual] is open to anyone, and the manual requires certain steps to be taken [by organizations] before they can receive funding,” Aldabe said.

Financial Officer Diego Espinoza, a sophomore computer management and information systems student from Round Lake, Illinois, explained where funding from organizations come from.

“The funding comes from students and student fee dollars go to Student Government for student organizations and to [Campus Activities Board],” Espinoza said.

A form of funding for student organizations are allocations, provided by Student Government, to recognized and registered student organizations. Allocations fund general operating expenses such as office supplies, copying, printing, postage and items organizations need regularly. Organizations may request a maximum of $200.

If an organization is recognized before Nov. 1, they are allowed to request $200.

Organizations recognized between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31 may request $125, organizations recognized between Jan. 1 and the end of February may apply for $75, and organizations recognized after March 1 may apply for annual allocations for the following fall and spring fiscal year.

Requests for March 14, 2019 annual allocations were due by March 14, 2018.

If organizations missed the spring deadline, they may apply for single semester allocations in the fall.

The new deadline will be announced by the Financial Officer.

Organizations wishing to request program funding from Student Government must first meet with Director of the Kimmel Student Involvement Center Kelly Jo Karnes 12 weeks before their scheduled program. The organization then must submit a program request form and a budget plan to the Student Government Financial Officer 10 weeks prior to their program.

Karnes said students meet with her for a consultation about how student organizations can receive funding.

“They meet with me, I talk them through the funding manual, give them a copy, we talk about what they can and cannot request and I answer any questions that they have,” Karnes said.

Karnes said after meeting with her their forms are reviewed and approved by two other entities.

“Once it’s submitted it may be a week, maybe two weeks before it is heard by the Finance Board and once it’s approved by the Finance Board, then it has to go to Student Government,” Karnes said.

Espinoza said the Finance Board makes sure to discuss the process of program funding with the organizations so they understand how to properly use their funds.

“The reason why we discuss it with them is because we want to make sure they are using the funds correctly and getting enough money for their event and using their money wisely,” Espinoza said. “With that being said we have rules and regulations about what you can use the money for and what you cannot.”

Student organizations wishing to host programs prior to Oct. 1 have to apply for funding prior to the last spring semester Senate Meeting. Student organizations that request funding must be recognized for at least 90 days and be in good standing with the Kimmel Student Involvement Center and Student Government.

Karnes said at least 10 weeks are needed for the program funding process due to things that need to be taken care of for the programs.

“Once it is approved by Student Gov-

Cable crew sparks power outage in Cougar Village HANNAH MILLER sports editor

A cable crew brought out to replace a TV cable line struck an underground electrical line in Cougar Village, causing a power outage at the upperclassmen apartment complex three weeks ago.

The Edwardsville Fire Department responded to a call of the possibility of construction equipment on fire at 9:37 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1 to 522 Cougar Village. When the fire department arrived, there was no power to building 522 and the TV cable had been completely burned through.

Upon investigation, fire department officials discovered that an underground boring machine used to access the TV cable line made the cable line come into contact with the electrical line. This crossing of wires caused an electrical short, which created an arc of electricity.

This electricity burned through the TV cable line and insulation in building 522, according to Edwardsville Fire Chief Rick Welle.

“Electricity on an arc will create heat, and it can cause a flash, and it can catch other things on fire. That’s why we were on the scene so long — we were making sure that there was nothing in the framework of the building that was impacted by this,” Welle said.

A small fire inside an apartment

was extinguished by the resident of the apartment, according to the SIUE Police Department blotter from that day.

The electrical arc also left carbon residue damage to the floor of an apartment.

The contractors digging on campus were subcontractors working under the university’s cable provider, Spectrum Business, according to Director of University Housing Michael Schultz.

The subcontractors asked for a locate for all the electrical and cable lines, Schultz said. A locate tells the subcontractors where these lines are so they can avoid potential problems while digging, which they are supposed to have by law.

Hitting the power line was simply a mistake, as the locates were all properly marked on-site.

The subcontractors were no longer at the scene when the fire department arrived. Schultz said University Housing was unsure why this was the case.

“We don’t know if something happened after and it just took time for it to happen or if they got scared. We just don’t know,” Schultz said.

Facilities Management electricians arrived around 10 p.m., and temporary power was restored to building 522 by 4 a.m. Residents were asked to find friends or family to stay with so they did not have to wait in cold buildings without power, Schultz said.

“We didn’t know how long [repairs]

were going to take. It was cold out, and we didn’t have power to that building.

We told [residents] it was going to take us a little bit of time [to restore power], so if they wanted to stay with a friend to go ahead and stay with a friend and we would get the power back on as soon as we could,” Schultz said.

The university has contacted the cable company to be reimbursed for the repairs, according to Schultz.

A message left on doors of 522’s residents said Facilities Management replaced the temporary powerline for a permanent line on Feb. 14.

Director of Facilities Management Craig Holan said all repairs were complete except for replacing grass seed where digging took place, which will have to wait until the weather warms up.

“We’re all done. The cable and everything is replaced,” Holan said.

Welle urged anyone who plans to dig anything, even to plant a tree or shrub, should be aware that there may be gas or electrical lines hidden underground. These individuals should call 1-800-892-0123 ahead of time for a utility locate to ensure they don’t accidentally hit any utility lines.

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ernment, that process just takes a long time which is why they need 10 weeks, and those 10 weeks includes the actual approval of it but then most of it is back and forth with agents, performers, speakers, artists and getting contracts signed so that we can have checks cut the night of the event.”

If a student organization wants to host a program all requests must be submitted together and may not exceed the amount of $4,000.

The last funding option for organizations is the travel requests. Travel covers any costs associated with attending or participating in an off-campus convention, conference, program or academic competition.

Karnes said the organizations can fill out applications in the Student Government office and online.

“For travel funds there is a form [student organizations] can pick up in the Student Government office, and I believe online, and they complete that with the help of [Student Government Account Technician] Vickie Sumner; she helps them fill it out and starts that process with them,” Karnes said.

All forms submitted for travel requests have to be submitted and dated by the Student Government Account Technician or Office Support Associate at least 45 days before the organization’s departure.

Student Government will pay for expenses related to lodging, transportation or registration fees up to a maximum of $600 per organization once per fiscal year starting July 1 to June 30.

Although every organization recognized for 90 days and in good standing is allowed funding, not every organization will be able to receive funding.

“The money that we fund is first come, first serve,” Espinoza said. “Any registered organization can request funds, but if you are new you have to wait 90 days for programming and 60 days for travel.”

For more information, students can look up the Fiscal Year 2018 Funding Manual on the Student Government homepage.

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honorable mention awards in the Multimedia category.

The Alestle competed with 33 Illinois colleges and universities in 15 open categories.

Additionally, The Alestle competed in 18 categories against 10 non-daily student newspapers on campuses with more than 4,000 students including Columbia College in Chicago, Loyola University, University of Illinois Springfield, DePaul University and others.

Almost 1,200 entries in the competition were judged for excellence by working journalists across the country.

The Alestle competes nationally against many other newspapers from across the country.

Statewide, The Alestle competes regularly against such student newspapers and schools as the Bradley Scout at Bradley University, Columbia Chronicle at Columbia College, DePaulia at DePaul University, Chicago Flame at the University of Illinois-Chicago, The Journal at University of Illinois-Springfield, the Loyola Phoenix at Loyola University and the Independent at Northeastern Illinois University.

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The Alestle staff visited four locations in the Metro East that specialize in sushi. We scored each restaurant in categories including presentation, taste, texture, originality, shareability and price-to-portion ratio. Also taken into consideration were the variety of flavors offered and the atmosphere of the restaurant.

Blue Ocean’s pop culture-inspired decor compliments their fantastic sushi dishes Boasting an awesome atmosphere and fresh-tasting food, Blue Ocean is a perfect compliment to the diverse set of restaurants in the Delmar Loop.

After coming in, guests ate greeted with an interior adorned with pop-culture icons materialized by fantastic posters, stickerbombed walls and painted murals.

Neon signs and white christmas lights were hung everywhere in the restaurant, set to the tune of low-fi hip hop that wasn’t too loud.

The bar seating was comfortable and there were other options like booths and tables throughout the establishment. The moody lighting helped set the vibe along with “Akira” posters and Godzilla art, which established a 21st century Tokyo atmosphere.

We ordered some of the restaurant’s unique rolls — the AK 47, created by the restaurant’s founder and the Blue O, a fried delicacy.

The AK 47 came topped with some exquisite slivers of fried

sweet potato and a drizzling of sriracha sauce, which preserved the freshness of the roll, while adding some interesting crunch from the sweet potato without a controversial frying — sometimes frowned upon by sushi fanatics. On the other hand, the Blue O did come fried, garnished with diced scallions, sushi sauce and some kick in the form of wasabi mayo.

The AK 47 came loaded with spicy tuna, cucumber and cream cheese. On top, it had divine slivers of eel under the layer of sweet potato and sriracha. It’s one not for the faint of heart, or those easily bothered by heat.

Don’t be fooled by the small servings — their servings are enough food. Here’s the hardest part: their signature rolls aren’t cheap. Both cost $13, which isn’t affordable for most college students.

For The Alestle, the amazing quality, service and relaxed atmosphere at the restaurant are well worth the price.

If customers are able to stom-

ach the price, which is fair for such good quality, they’ll be treated to a virtually religious experience. It’s phenomenal and worth the trek to The Loop.

The rolls came served on a minimalistic wood platter. We aren’t going to claim to be hardcore food critics or art students, but it does help draw attention to what’s ordered. The perfectlyprepared rolls are art and are just as aesthetically pleasing as they are tasty.

After a quick palate cleanse with pickled ginger, it was time to feast on our works of art. Both of the rolls were extremely fresh and prepared at a dedicated sushi bar, where people can choose to sit if they’d like to watch the action.

Coming out of the fryer and onto our plate, the Blue O’s crunchy outside gave way to a delicate inside of crab salad, avocado and shrimp. It’s uniquely blended set of flavors and airy toppings cooled things down a bit after the AK 47.

On top of the amazing su-

shi, the service was fantastic. Our waiter was relaxed and sociable.

Most importantly, they left everyone to themselves and never bothered a soul.

6335 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112 314-726-6477 www.blueoceanstl.com

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Roll over to Kampai Sushi Bar for a great time We walked into Kampai Sushi Bar on a Tuesday night when their heat was not working properly. The temperature outside was around 20 degrees, not including the dreaded wind chill. We took one of the empty tables, when our friendly waitress turned on a side space heater for us.

We looked around and noticed other customers had them as well. Their consideration for not turning us into popsicles while handling chopsticks was appreciated.

We ordered the shumai, an appetizer with bite-sized steamed shrimp dumplings and three sushi rolls. The Yummy Roll is complete with spicy tuna, crab and avocado wrapped with soy paper and deep-fried with ponzu and honey wasabi sauce on top of it. The Fire Dragon, which is true to its name, has spicy tuna and topped with eel.

Our waitress offered us complimentary house salads and miso soup. The salad was different than the salads we are used to. It

came with the usual lettuce, sliced carrots and sliced cucumbers and their special house dressing. The shock came when we took the first bite, promptly realizing they had just taken our salads out of a freezer. It was actually quite refreshing.

One miso soup came normally: tofu, seaweed and scallions. But the other contained mushrooms instead of tofu. The tofu miso soup was good because the flavors were balanced. The texture of the mushrooms in the miso soup was unpleasant.

Getting back to the sushi, the Vegas Roll has eel, cream cheese, cucumber and avocado on the inside, then the whole thing is deep-fried. The piquant combination of eel sauce and spicy mayo on top just sets the whole mouth ablaze with the pleasant flavors of the roll’s contents. We inhaled this roll in less than five minutes; it was so satisfying. We asked for more spicy mayo on the side, but ended up not using it because everything was spiced

to perfection. Patrons will hit the jackpot with this roll.

The Yummy Roll was overall a wonderful bite of sushi, but the taste was slightly strange.

The honey sauce-fried exterior with the juicy crab and tuna on the inside mimicked a perfect bite of a sauced fried chicken bite.

We couldn’t stop eating it. Be warned: this one is sticky from the sauce it was cooked in.

The Fire Dragon Roll will breathe fire onto the taste buds if you eat it too quickly. However, with the two “sweet” sushi rolls we consumed before this one, the spiciness with this roll helped balance our meal. Soy sauce also helped cut down on the spice of this roll.

The shumai cost $4.75 and the rolls came to about $30, so with tax it was around $40. If patrons don’t try a bunch of rolls like we did for this review, then this can be a moderately priced place for sushi.

Kampai Sushi Bar is located 30 minutes away from campus. If

anyone is ever around the Central West End area in St. Louis and want to indulge on quality sushi, this is the place to check out.

4949 West Pine Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63108 314-367-2020 kampaistl.com

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Edwardsville Wasabi isn’t that hot Wasabi Wednesdays have gathered quite the hype at SIUE, but The Alestle decided to check out their other locations to see if it lived up to its fame.

Tucked in the corner next to Gliks and CVS, Wasabi in Edwardsville is underwhelming upon first look. Even at 4 p.m. on a Tuesday, it was quite dimly lit and sparsely decorated. There was hardly anything visually interesting in the restaurant at all. The simplistic red and Asian theme was perhaps a little too relaxing, making us want to fall asleep.

The one thing keeping us awake, however, was the midvolume ‘80s music playing. If they were going for ambiance, this surely wasn’t it. It wasn’t even good ‘80s music but instead an obscure, pop-type that was headache-inducing.

The menu was quite large and offered a variety of options ranging from a classic $6 Vegetable Roll to decadent $16 rolls that

are practically works of art. We had a great number of options to choose from. Picking was hard — they all seemed so appetizing from the concise descriptions.

Eventually, we decided on two rolls to try — the Bonsai Roll and the Crunch Roll. The Bonsai Roll was $7 and seemed like a vegetable roll on steroids. It included sweet potato, spring mix, carrot, agave, asparagus and avocado. It was large, with a burst of color in the center, surrounded by white rice with the seaweed on the outside.

We expected to be dazzled by an array of flavor as we bit in, but to our dismay, it didn’t taste really any different from a vegetable roll.

We decided that next time, we would spare ourselves a dollar and get ourselves a vegetable roll over the bonsai because there really wasn’t a difference — that extra dollar clearly wasn’t going toward flavor.

We also picked up a Crunch

Roll, which cost $6.50. From the moment we set eyes on it, we knew it was going to be a love affair. It consisted of three simple things — crunch, cucumber and wasabi mayo. Yet the way they were combined was stunning.

It was topped with crunch and mayo, with more crunch tucked away inside. Visually, it looked absolutely immaculate.

When we bit in, we were confronted by the perfect mixture of soft and crunchy and the flavors of the rice, crunch and wasabi mayo mixing together to perfection.

It almost made up for the disappointment of the Bonsai Roll.

Despite our appreciation for the Crunch Roll, we have decided that we will stick to Wasabi Wednesdays over venturing out to the restaurant itself. The overall experience was relatively lackluster and frankly wasn’t worth the 10-minute drive, just to be greeted by a boring interior, annoying music and an overpriced vegetable

roll. However, if we do ever decide to go again, the Crunch Roll will definitely make its way onto our plates.

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BLK MKT Eats is pretty good, everybody BLK MKT Eats caters to people who want something a little different. For those looking for nachos made of sushi, this is the place you go.

BLK MKT Eats is right by IKEA in St. Louis, which is convenient if you want to get a big stuffed snake at the same time as your big sushi like we did. The first thing you’ll notice is how small the restaurant is. There’s one table that seats four to six people, and another built into the windowsill that seats only two. Because of this, the inside is typically crowded and always a little dirty.

The back of the store did appear to be significantly cleaner than the front.

The decor, layout and atmosphere of the store are more akin to fast food than a typical sushi restaurant, with self-seating, selfserve fountain drinks and only a waist-high partition separating the front of the store from the back. Customers pay before receiving their food.

The menu is small, contain-

ing twelve entrees and three sides, which is fairly typical for a shop that specializes in novelty food and makes a difficult decision easier.

Their signature items are their burrito-sized sushi rolls. The size allows more room to create complicated flavors than ordinary sushi, so BLK MKT Eats does not bother with simple rolls; each roll has a unique variety of vegetables and sauces. There are nine varieties, any of which can be sold as a bowl or salad, and three of which are available as nachos. Their side items are wonton chips, tofu nuggets and shrimp tempura.

We decided to split two rolls, starting with the Swedish Fish.

This comes with salmon, slaw, cucumbers, avocado, asparagus, fennel and mayo. The salmon flavor is not strong, and is nearly drowned out by the fresh vegetables, but this works in the roll’s favor, providing a light compliment to an already-delicious vegetable roll.

The second roll, the Holy Shiitake, contains only their veg-

etables, which we consider a slight improvement to the formula. It is made with shiitake mushrooms, slaw, cucumbers, avocado, asparagus, daikon, shallots and unagi sauce. We tend to love anything with unagi, and the vegetables are fresh and compliment each other very well.

It feels great to have just finished one of their rolls, like getting some actual nutrients. While we would comfortably recommend both rolls, the Holy Shiitake was a much better value, costing only $9.50 where the Swedish Fish cost $13.50.

The downside is that sushi and burritos are two very different foods, and the ease with which one normally eats a burrito does not translate. The rolls are cut in half and wrapped in paper, but they are still open on each side like sushi; only the paper holds the rice together at the bottom.

Eating one of the rolls will likely start to get messy, especially for those who drizzle soy sauce into the roll. When we left, our fingers

100 S. Buchanan St. Edwardsville, IL 62025 618-655-9880 wasabisushibars.com

were sticky.

Every sushi fan in the area should check out BLK MKT Eats at least once for the gimmick, and those who do are likely to want to go back and try it again. They also give out free rolls after five visits.

9 S. Vandeventer Ave. St. Louis, MO 63108 314-391-5100 blkmkteats.com

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Media literacy is more important now than ever Despite being popular in meme culture and a staple within President Donald Trump’s tweets, fake news isn’t a laughing matter.

As journalists and media consumers, being able to decipher what news is real or fake is important because it shapes the way we are informed and view the world.

Social media has made it easy for anyone and everyone to have a voice. It’s easy for false information to spread when it can be created by anyone, and it’s the ability to recognize the signs of false information that makes a difference.

At The Alestle, our primary goal is to uncover the truth and present such in the most objective way possible. It’s our goal to get the truth out, and when people

spread fake news, it undermines our credibility.

We understand the apprehension associated with believing what’s been stated by the press; as a reader, everyone is allowed to decide what they take seriously.

Journalism isn’t a game. Our job is to inform the public as objectively as possible. We are not supposed to base our stories on bias, nor should we be jaded by hidden agendas.

We encourage everyone to check the facts. With all the information readers are given, they are able to research it, and they should do so. A big news story will have been reported by multiple credible sources. A good way to check an article’s accuracy is to use sites such as Snopes and AP Factcheck.

Also think about whether an article makes you angry, is poor-

ly written or if the photos don’t make sense — these are signs that something may be fake.

Some organizations, such as New Literacy Project, are focused entirely on teaching people how to utilize their ability to gain knowledge and become informed members of society.

We do make mistakes. Journalists are not perfect; it is possible for us to get something wrong, but when we mess up we publish corrections and acknowledge our mistakes. Sometimes sources misspeak or give reporters the wrong information.

There are many reliable sources, such as NPR, who do their best to get the facts out and let their listeners form their own opinions about the information.

Then, there is Facebook, which is a virtual powerhouse

for fake, misconstrued articles and statistics. A lot of pieces circulating on Facebook are clickbait. Companies simply want to receive the most views, so they pull people in with a misleading headline.

It doesn’t help that any time President Trump sees his name in something he doesn’t like, he screams to the world that “fake news” has been released.

This causes many people to second-guess the facts presented in a piece or at least second-guess their validity.

Journalists are doing their best to keep our country informed and therefore free. The freedom of the press gives everyone freedom to make up their own minds after being introduced to verifiable, concrete facts.

From college to post-grad — the importance of staying informed BRIDGET CHRISTNER managing editor

As a student, especially one who is not heavily involved on campus, it is easy to cast things such as Student Government or Board of Trustees meetings to the wayside. Unless something major happens, there is no reason to keep up with them.

While being a student in media enables a little bit more knowledge when it comes to this sort of thing, it’s important to be educated on the happenings of our college campuses and local government regardless of backgrounds or majors.

Personally, I’m terrible about this. I don’t care enough about politics and government to follow along, even when the lines are clearly drawn for me.

In part, that’s why what we do here at the student newspaper is so important. We are a student voice and an outlet for people to express their opinions, but we’re

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also here to educate others on important events on campus.

Our governing bodies can be complicated, and it can be difficult to understand what they are responsible for or the types of decisions they make for everyday people and students. It’s all about accessibility and the ability to interpret the information given — a responsibility that tends to fall into the hands of journalists.

The BOT met last week and while it’s easy to be apathetic, there is so much that goes on at these meetings. We need to be paying attention.

SIUE is raising fees for students in the Fall 2019 semester, changing programs and electing new officials — officials who will now be the voice of the student body.

Looking at the numbers, the fee increases may not seem like a big deal; however, when they are multiplied by the number of students, the number grows exponentially.

It’s the hope that students would be at least the slightest bit curious as to where this money goes. It is our money after all.

It is not only important to be aware of this increase but also where it is going. In this case, the funds will go to different campus renovation projects aimed at improving areas like Information Technology Services, ACCESS and various buildings on campus.

Whether or not that money is worth spending is up to the student body, but please know that every student does have a voice. There is an opportunity to make concerns heard.

It may seem like a hassle, and some will question whether it is worth the time it takes, but I promise staying informed will never be a negative thing.

Right now, it’s campus affairs, but once graduation rolls around, I hope students continue to keep up with what’s going on in the world around them.

So whether it’s the SG pres-

ident of SIUE, the newly-appointed members of the Board of Trustees or even the President of the United States, we could all make it a goal to keep up with these people — our government, whether it be on a small or large level — by regularly checking up on things that are happening.

This could be as easy as reading articles from media outlets — such as your local or student newspaper — and following up with invitations to attend meetings.

Now is not the time to be apathetic. Now is the time to be passionate, and for those uninterested in politics — hey, I get it.

They’re not mine either, but for my sake and everyone else’s, I am willing to try.

Hopefully everyone else is too.

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Every time we are with other people and you feel a fart coming on, we make a choice. Will we endure the gastrointestinal pressure from holding it in or the social pressure from letting it out?

For women, the choice can have quite an impact, so it’s important to make the right call.

On average, women hold their farts more than men.

Holding in farts is uncomfortable and can have negative side effects such as abdominal distension and bad breath. When the time comes to inevitably pass gas, the pressure can cause the farts to build up, becoming louder, larger and smellier than anticipated.

The alternative to clenching, however, is considered by many a far worse fate.

Public spaces are often filled with people who would prefer not to hear or smell farts. A person who willingly lets out a stinky fart is choosing their own physical comfort above that of the people around them. There is also a chance someone will bring attention to the fart, adding to the potential for humiliation.

Discussions of farts often carry an atmosphere of awkward embarrassment even for people who didn’t fart. Sometimes the topic is raised for the sole purpose of shaming whoever farted.

For women, public farting is an act of transgression against the male gaze. To have normal bodily functions without giving oneself intestinal pain is considered gross and unfeminine. For a woman to hold in a fart is an act of submission, both to the people in the immediate area that might not like to smell farts and to the patriarchy. She censors herself by shielding others from the reality of her farts — farts which likely contain an increased number of volatile sulfur compounds, which increase alongside stress levels and make farts smell even worse.

While many people choose to avoid farting around certain people for years, there is no longterm strategy to holding in farts.

It is a widely known fact that everybody farts. Some people fart more often than others due to medical issues outside of their own control. Nobody would fart if they didn’t need to, but because we do, the best thing to do is normalize it.

It is up to us to choose between a world that smells bad sometimes and a world that unfairly polices women’s anuses.

Public spaces will continue to be dominated by the farts of men until they are met with an equal adversary. Do it for equality.

Just go in the other room if I’m eating.

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Club volleyball hosts home tournament

Men’s A-team places second overall HANNAH MILLER sports editor

Men’s club volleyball’s home tournament featured four teams comprised of SIUE players. At the end of the day, Missouri Baptist University prevailed in the bracket final against SIUE’s A-team.

The tournament featured two pools. Pool one was made up of SIUE’s A-team, Ball State University and SIUE’s Alumni A-team. Pool two was comprised of SIUE’s B-team, SIUC, Missouri Baptist and SIUE’s Alumni B-team. All teams moved forward into bracket play.

SIUE A rose to the top of pool one, defeating Ball State 2515, 25-21, 15-10. They went on to overcome Alumni A 25-12, 25-16, 15-10.

“I think it’s just our chemistry,” captain of SIUE’s A-team and senior outside Joe Brammeier said of the team’s win against the Alumni A-team. “We’ve been playing together for almost a year now and just getting to know each other and what our weaknesses are. We can pick each other up and just stay positive throughout the game.”

SIUE A took a bye into bracket play to face SIUE’s B-team in the semifinal round.

In pool two, Missouri Baptist came out on top after a tight 25-16, 27-25 win against SIUE’s B-team.

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Freshman libero Evan Howard, of SIUE’s B-team, sets up for a serve during their match against Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

The Cougars lost both games of the set 26-24.

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SIUE’s B-team fell to the bottom of their pool after a close loss to Carbondale, going 24-26 in both sets. They also faced a narrow loss to the SIUE Alumni B-team, 25-23, 25-22.

“We struggled today. We gave [Carbondale] a lot of free points, missed some of the serves,

just the little things. We thought we blocked them pretty well, but overall there’s a lot of areas we can improve in,” sophomore middle Ryan Hembrough said after the SIUE B-team’s pool play defeat against Carbondale.

Alumni B took third place in their pool after two wins and

one 25-23, 25-13 loss to Missouri Baptist.

Nick Niemerg graduated in 2015 with a masters in public administration and is the current Assistant Director of Alumni Relations on campus. He said it was awesome to be able to come back to play with SIUE. “It’s really cool to see our club team grow so much, because when I started it was only seven or eight guys, and now they’re able to field two full teams. It’s awesome,” Niemerg said. “We came here to have fun and support the club team here. They’ve been very gracious to us to let us come and crash their practice and work with us to get our skills back up to par because some of us haven’t touched in a few years, as evidenced by the loss.”

A bye into the bracket placed SIUE’s A-team up against the B-team in the semifinals after the B-team took revenge on Carbondale for a first-round win. In the end, the A-team took the lead for a 25-17, 25-21 win.

Missouri Baptist took advantage of Ball State in the semifinals, going for three sets. The final scores came out 25-21, 10-25, 15-9 in favor of Missouri Baptist.

This meant SIUE A would play Missouri Baptist for first place. While SIUE kept within range during the first set, they slowed their pace in the second, and Missouri Baptist left the Student Fitness Center champions after a 25-19, 25-10 win.

Men’s club volleyball will move onto their next tournament March 9-10 at Western Illinois University, and the team looks forward to competing at the Midwest Plains Volleyball Conference April 6-7 in Shawnee, Kansas.

SIUE Standings MEN’S BASKETBALL OVERALL OVC

Belmont Murray State Austin Peay Jacksonville St. Eastern Illinois Morehead St. UT Martin Tennessee St. E. Kentucky SEMO SIUE Tennessee Tech

21-4 21-4 19-8 19-8 14-13 10-17 10-15 8-18 11-16 9-18 8-18 7-20

12-2 12-2 11-3 11-3 7-7 6-8 5-9 5-9 4-10 4-10 4-10 3-11

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OVERALL OVC

Belmont Tennessee Tech UT Martin Morehead St. Austin Peay SEMO Jacksonville St. SIUE Murray State Eastern Illinois Tennessee St. E. Kentucky

20-5 13-1 18-7 10-4 18-7 10-4 19-8 10-4 13-12 8-6 12-13 7-7 12-13 6-8 11-14 6-8 10-15 6-8 10-15 4-10 4-22 4-10 0-14 2-23

Women’s basketball’s Sydney Bauman breaks blocking record DARIAN STEVENSON reporter

As a senior with a lot on her plate, including school, work and basketball, Sydney Bauman, center on the women’s SIUE Athletics basketball team, gives her all on the court and for her team.

Bauman, a 6 feet, 3 inches tall senior history education major from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, broke the single-season record with 63 blocks, set a career record with 133 blocked shots and currently is the all-time leader in blocks per game at 1.4. She became the 21st player in school history to pass the 500-rebound mark in her collegiate career during the 2018-19 season.

Guard Nakiah Bell, a senior psychology major from St. Louis, said Bauman setting a record makes sense with all the hard

work she has put in.

“She puts in a lot of work, she does a lot of extra conditioning, extra basketball workouts so her setting a record isn’t surprising,” Bell said.

Bauman said she is proud of the accomplishments she has made in the four years she has played for SIUE. “I think it’s really cool setting a record, but I am just proud of the work I have put in,” Bauman said. “I just happened to be at the right place at the right time [on the court].”

Head Coach for the women’s basketball team, Paula Buscher, said that Bauman has been a good defender.

“One of the things she has always been able to do for us is being that person that’s been that lockdown defender and a great rebounder, and obviously blocking shots as well,” Buscher said.

“This year we have asked her to do a lot more as far as scoring and leading and I think she’s doing a great job.”

Buscher said Bauman works hard off the court as well.

“She is, like most seniors are, super busy; she’s up early and goes straight to student teaching, then comes straight to practice, she has one evening class and then goes straight into lesson planning for the next day,” Buscher said.

Bauman said she enjoys watching Netflix and spending quality time with those she cares about.

“I’d be lying if I said doing anything but watch Netflix [during my free time], but I love to hang out with my friends, love to hangout with my teammates outside of basketball and really spend time with people that I care about because that’s so limited to me,” Bauman said.

Bauman has played basketball since she was four years old and said her mother put her in basketball so she could find strength in what made her stand out.

“I was always in the 99 percentile for my height and my mom put me in basketball because she wanted me to use what made me different to be successful and find pride in what made me different,” Bauman said.

Buscher was the reason Bauman decided to play basketball at SIUE. “Coach Buscher is the reason I came here; I met her, and I had been recruited by a decent amount of schools, but when I came [to SIUE] I felt how much she cared,” Bauman said. “I knew that she cared about my future, she cared about me as an individual and about my individual growth.”

Teamwork is what Bauman said she loves most about playing basketball.

“You have to work so hard with four other people and I don’t think there is anything quite like making a good play or celebrating a good play with your teammates,” Bauman said. “It’s not necessarily about putting the ball in the hole yourself, but about coming together as a team with one common goal in mind.”

Buscher said Bauman has become a leader in the years she has played for SIUE. “She has really taken on, especially this season, a lot more leadership of the team and she’s

willing to do whatever it takes for us to be successful,” Buscher said.

Bell said playing with Bauman over the years has been fun.

“I like playing with her, it’s been a good three years. She is a good teammate, and off the court she is a great teammate. She’s fun to talk to and fun to be around,” Bell said.

Players will come and fill old positions, but Buscher said she’ll miss Bauman as more than just a player. “[I’ll miss Bauman] as a person,” Buscher said. “There will always be someone else to play defense and someone else that can come in there and do certain basketball skills, but you miss the personalities and the people the most.”

Bauman said playing for SIUE has been a great experience.

“It’s been a complete blessing and I wouldn’t want to spend my four years doing anything else with anyone else,” Bauman said.

“I love my teammates, I love my coaching staff and I know that everyone has everyone’s best interest at heart.”

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