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Concert Choir, faculty union perform songs about labor, action DARIAN STEVENSON reporter

Grown from a need to protect the common interests of workers, the American labor movement was a revolutionary event where organized labor unions pushed for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions, and one of the most popular ways to express this need was through song.

With the recent teacher union strikes that have occurred throughout America, a call for action has risen and a need for old labor music was generated in Faculty Association President, Kim Archer.

The SIUE Concert Choir performed several works at their concert Tuesday night including a set of five labor songs called the “Songs of the American Labor Movement.”

Associate Professor of Composition and President of the Faculty Association Kim Archer said she wrote this particular arrangement for the choir to perform because the Faculty Association unionized.

“The reason I [wrote this arrangement] was because the faculty unionized two years ago and they elected me as their first president, so I thought if I was going to do the job well, I should learn about labor history, about teacher unions and things like that,” Archer said.

The Faculty Association represents about 400 tenure track faculty members at SIUE and is chartered under the National Education Association and the Illinois Education Association. SIUE’s Faculty Association was certified in December 2016, making them the most recent employee group to form a union at SIUE. The Faculty Association is in negotiation with SIUE for a full contract regarding their salary. The proposal was submitted 11 months before the university’s economic counter-offer.

Archer traveled to West Virginia and Kentucky to study labor

music after becoming president of the Faculty Association.

“I studied what the major music was the people used to rally to and when I came back I thought, this music is really powerful and in the 1910s, 1940s and 1960s it was used as protest music but also done in concerts and recorded on albums,” Archer said.

The songs arranged for the concert were “Which Side Are You On?,” “Banks of Marble,” “Casey Jones—The Union Scab,” “Solidarity Forever” and “Union Maid” to capture different areas of the labor movement.

“Between the five movements you get different perspectives and, as such, different melodies to convey those perspectives,” Warren Frye, a junior music education student from Tinley Park, Illinois, The Concert Choir performs Johannes Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Waltzer” series in Dunham’s concert hall said. “I think [Archer] really did Tuesday night. Throughout the concert, the choral choir would leave and rejoin the group to perform a good job at approaching unions pieces as a combined choir.

| Jakob Ruffner / The Alestle and their labor songs.”

The song “Solidarity Forev- it has a timeless quality to it.” ers, nurses and teachers and public we’re doing it with the piano for er” is written as a love song and Archer believes the music res- servants in general with this idea the choir concert, but I think the is based on a performance by the onates with people today because that if we stand together we can fact it is originally acapella shows National Education Association the music brings people together. make all of our lives better.” the bareness of the woods and the President Lily Eskelsen Garcia.

Other arrangements included vulnerability of the song,” Peters“This music came from a time The Faculty Association where you really could be killed eight songs from the “Liebeslie- en said. collaborated with The St. Lou- at work and when there wasn’t der Walzer” set and songs such as Frye enjoys the “Liebeslieder is Labor Tribune to “The Road Home” by Michael Walzer” set because of the way it advertise the concert Dennis Browne, “Please Stay” was written.

“I kind of hope [the as a union communiby Jake Runestad and per“I have a soft spot for the arrangement] gives the ty-building event. formed with the Choral Soci- ‘Liebeslieder Walzer’ and I have With recent strikes ety, “Praise Your Holy Name” always really enjoyed them, even students a sense of value and protests across the and “Winter Dusk” written by before we put them on for the country, and the FaculSIUE concert choir member concert,” Frye said. “I think it proto what they are doing, ty Association contract Renae Eldridge. vides a lot of moments for artistry because it matters. You negotiation with the Lydia Petersen, a junior and I think it really shows off the university, Archer demusic education student, from different areas of the choir just in can be in the choir at a cided to use labor muLitchfield, Illinois, said she en- the way that melody can be placed sic as a way to express university and do something joys “Winter Dusk” because in not just the soprano line, but it labor culture. it shows the talent within the can be put in the tenor, sometimes that is socially relevant and choir.

“We seemed to in the bass and sometimes in the have lost it as a mu“‘Winter Dusk’ is by our alto.” culturally important. sic that we own, as a own choir members and I “These [concert choir] stuKIM ARCHER folk music,” Archer think it just goes to show the dents are very talented and they President of the Faculty Association said. “So, now that talent we have in the composi- worked very hard,” Archer said. things are starting to tion area of the music depart- “I kind of hope [the arrangement] turn again where we’ve had the a weekend, vacations and you ment,” Petersen said. gives the students a sense of value Occupy Wall Street movement, didn’t have health insurance and Petersen said the song has a to what they are doing because it the #MeToo movement and the people decided to stand together sense of atmosphere. matters. You can be in the choir women’s marches, I thought may- for what was right,” Archer said.

“It evokes a feeling of an eve- at a university and do something be it would be a good idea to start “This, then, simultaneously has ning winter night in the forest and that is socially relevant and culturbringing that music back because since spread into police, firefight- it’s supposed to be done acapella, ally important.”

URCA recruits students for 2019-20 research projects ALEAH GLODICH reporter

Sophomore biology and psychology major Lauren Ferris of Danville, Illinois, discusses her paper on ‘Caffeine: The College Student’s Friend or Foe?” The purpose is to study college student’s sleep and how it is affected by caffeine. | Spencer Peck / The Alestle @thealestle

The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Program’s new research year is right around the corner, and they are diligently searching for students to participate in their 2019-2020 Associate Cohort.

URCA is a program on campus that pairs students with faculty members to conduct research. According to URCA’s webpage, “The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Program at SIUE encourages, supports, and enables students to participate in research and creative activities at the undergraduate level.”

As reported by URCA coordinator Laura Pawlow, there are two different programs that allow students to participate in the program, called the URCA associate cohort and URCA assistants.

“URCA associates are a very elite group of only 10 junior-year or senior-year students per year who are selected to complete their own project over the course of a year,” @thealestle

Pawlow said.

According to the URCA webpage, associates are chosen after submitting proposals for their own research ideas and, if chosen, will conduct their research under the supervision of faculty mentors for one academic year.

As stated on URCA’s website, students obtaining positions in the program receive up to $500 to assist with their projects, $400 for travel expenses if their project is chosen to be presented at a conference and an extra $2400 award for the year they are working in the program.

“Applications are judged based on the importance of the proposed research project, whether the applicant appears to have a solid understanding of the topic and the best means of researching it, if the project is feasible in terms of time and resources needed, and the overall professionalism of the proposal,” Pawlow said.

According to Pawlow, URCA assistants consist of a group of 150-200 students who work with faculty for one semester. In the The Alestle

assistant program, the research is faculty-led and, in the beginning stages, faculty must apply first. The faculty applications are judged on their research plans and how they will mentor potential students working with them.

Once the research has been conducted, it can be used in a number of ways, from being presented at conferences to being published in journals. Some students and professors in the program even go on to win awards for their research.

According to the URCA webpage, associates’ projects from the 2018-2019 year were conducted with topics in chemistry, exercise science, biology, nursing and more.

Most of these topics also reflect the majors of the students leading the research.

“The research that URCA students have worked on in the past has culminated in 24 students presented posters or talks during the past four semesters I have been involved in the program. In addition, I have see URCA on page 3 alestlelive.com

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EUE Grant permits food consortium on campus MADDISON LAMMERT reporter

Students were asked to reflect on service-learning opportunities and their awareness of food-related efforts on campus through an emailed survey.

The survey was sent out to begin a food sustainability consortium, otherwise known as an association. The consortium recognizes there are many food-related classes and initiatives on campus, and starting a consortium could better help them thrive.

Professors from the English, nutrition, sociology and criminal justice departments, along with the Kimmel Student Involvement Center and the Goshen Market decided to pull their efforts together in the food sustainability consortium.

Jennifer Zuercher is one of the co-founders of the consortium and is also an assistant professor and Program Director of Nutrition According to Zuercher, they submitted an Excellence in Undergraduate Education proposal for fiscal year 2019 in hopes of achieving this goal.

“We somewhat randomly found out that we were all doing related projects, but we weren’t working together; there was no synergy between the projects,” Zuercher said. “We realized that we would be serving ourselves, the students, as well as the campus better if we worked together

and brought all of these different projects, activities and classes together.”

A survey sent via email to students on food awareness and curriculum study was the first step. Zuercher said the survey will gauge student awareness and involvement in food-related courses and projects.

“We are really trying to get a sense of what students are familiar with related to food projects, food-related classes and such on campus,” Zuercher said.

Zuercher said the results will help her and the other co-directors determine their next steps.

“We are trying to pull together what is out there on campus related to food and students’ practicum learning opportunities,” Zuercher said. “We are also pulling together a list of the courses that offer food-related and sustainability-related learning opportunities. We are using [the survey] as an opportunity to bring everything together.”

The survey specifically asks about awareness of the Cougar Cupboard food pantry, Campus Kitchen, Beet Box, the Natural Connections Garden, the Rooftop Garden and the Goshen Market on campus.

Senior nutrition major and president of Food and Nutrition Club Aubrey Kamp, of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, finds the Beet Box to be an especially helpful tool for students, as it makes eat-

First year community engagement graduate assistant Brittany Buchanan, of Chicago Heights, Illinois, works to fill up weekly lunches for those in need of the campus kitchen.

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ing healthy affordable.

Kamp recognizes the concept of food awareness is complex and said it includes many aspects, extending beyond the food-related projects discussed in the survey to one’s own dietary decisions.

“You have the aspect or more of an understanding of what you should be doing and what you should be eating, being aware of what you’re putting into your body and things like that,” Kamp said. “Then you have food awareness on campus in understanding that not everybody has the resources and the availability to get all the nutrients and things that they need.”

For Kamp and senior nutrition major and vice president of FAN club Abigail Hinthorne, of Oneida, Illinois, service learning

in relation to food awareness is second nature to them.

“For one of our classes now we are going to other food pantries in Collinsville or the Glen Ed Food Pantry,” Hinthorne said.

“Our professor didn’t want us to work stacking cans; she wanted us to come up with a project for them — something to aid in their food pantry like pamphlets or a recipe video. So that’s more of the service part.”

For more information on the project, the Food Sustainability Consortium EUE Proposal can be found at http://www.siue.edu/ eue/awards.shtml.

future director.

“I want to develop some type of training or transition plan for the new director to pass on the knowledge that I have of this department so that the next director will have a successful start,” Schultz said.

Sidarous said Schultz has made many accomplishments and hopes to help the new director be just as successful.

“I think that [Schultz] has done an exemplary job, but I also think it is important to look forward and be excited for this next person and help them be successful and not expect them to be [Schultz], and they’ll be different and that’s okay,” Sidarous said.

“We want to really be able to support them and help welcome them to SIUE and to our housing community as well.”

Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Miriam Roccia will hire the next university housing director. She said deciding who will become the new director depends on if the next person can move university housing forward.

“We know where university housing historically was, where it grew and where it is now,” Roccia said. “We begin to start thinking forward about what are the qualities, experiences and skills that we would look for, for someone to carry university housing forward for the next 30 years of housing,” Roccia said.

According to Roccia, anyone who qualifies for the position, either on campus or off campus, can apply for the job.

“We are looking for folks with extensive experience in a university housing or residential

life program,” Roccia said.

Along with housing experience, a potential director would also need experience in working with contracts and occupancy, student growth, learning and residential curriculum and facilities management.

The Association of College and University Housing Officers – International awarded the Parthenon Award to Schultz, the president of ACUHO-I, due to his achievement in his profession, outstanding service, leadership and contributions to the field of campus housing.

Schultz said being president has been a great way to give to his profession. “[As the president of ACUHO-I] I have been able to lead and give back to my profession as part of my involvement with ACUHO-I. I have been able to teach in eight different institutes, passing on knowledge to other housing professionals around the world. It’s given me the opportunity to teach in South Africa four times and [once] in Australia,” Schultz said.

After his retirement, Schultz plans on looking for a position elsewhere to further his profession and is keeping his options open.

“I’m looking for another position where I can continue to contribute to my profession, but maybe with a little less stress,” Schultz said. “I’m too young to retire so I am still looking at an opportunity to be active.”

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Director of University Housing to retire at the end of the year DARIAN STEVENSON reporter

After 30 years of making his mark in SIUE housing Michael Schultz will retire after the end of Spring semester.

Due to the way SIUE’s retirement system works, Schultz said it was the right time for him to retire.

“At a cerMichael tain point you Schultz, are not working Director of for any comUniversity pensation, so Housing you max out your retirement,” Schultz said. “[SIUE] is a great school, but I’m not willing at this point in my life to work at no cost.”

Since Schultz was hired in 1989, Prairie Hall, Bluff Hall, Evergreen Hall and Woodland Hall were built and renovations were made to Cougar Village.

“I think that the role that I have led this department in has changed this university for the better,” Schutz said. “We went from just having what was Tower Lake apartments and is now Cougar Village apartments to building Prairie, Bluff and Evergreen and renovating Cougar Village; that has transferred SIUE from a commuter institution to a residential campus.”

Associate Director of Housing - Operations Mallory Sidarous said working with Schultz for the past 10 years has been a good experience.

“It’s been a privilege to work with [Schultz]. He is a really

great supervisor in that he pushes us to be better professionals and to grow and he also wants to see people succeed and helps us find opportunities to do that,” Sidarous said. “He really has been a great mentor, professional and friend and I am very grateful for the opportunity I have had to work for him.”

Before SIUE, Schultz worked at St. Louis University as the Associate Director of Housing. Schultz was hired with ideas to transform SIUE housing. “[SIUE] was the next progression within my professional goals; it was an opportunity to really come to a young institution and help develop traditions and transform a university,” Schultz said.

Schultz said he has mixed feelings about retiring from SIUE. “There are some great staff within university housing and some great university partners that remain here that will do great work in the future, so I will miss those relationships, but I won’t miss the stress,” Schultz said. “The late-night phone calls and worrying that everything was prepared behind closed doors on move-in day and those unexpected issues that pop up in a residential setting, I won’t miss that part.”

Before Schultz retires, he plans to finish projects such as renovations in Woodland Hall, renovating air and heating units in Cougar Village and receiving an innovation grant for an esports arena in Bluff Hall.

Schultz also plans to create a transition plan to acclimate the

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FSL creates new position to enhance Greek Life ALEAH GLODICH reporter

02.28.19 An officer responded to an active fire alarm in 409 Cougar Village. The officer advised the alarm was from an unknown cause.

A warning was issued for a defective windshield on North University Drive near Circle Drive.

An officer received information regarding a student needing assistance in East Alton. The East Alton Police Department was called to assist.

An officer took a report regarding harassment by email and text messages in Peck Hall. The investigation continues.

An officer responded to a report of a suspicious odor of cannabis in 510 Cougar Village. Consent to search was denied.

03.01.19 An officer responded to a call regarding a traffic accident/reckless driving in Parking Lot 5. The investigation continues.

An officer took a report of tools being stolen from the Construction Training Program on the East St. Louis Campus.

An officer responded to an active fire alarm in 506 Cougar Village. The officer advised the alarm was activated due to an unkown cause. There was no fire, smoke or damage.

A debit card was found in the Morris University Center.

An officer took a report of a cell phone found in the Morris University Center.

03.02.19 An officer assisted Edwardsville Police Department with removing a subject from a vehicle that was overturned.

A debit card was found in the Woodland Hall parking lot.

A credit card was found in the Morris University Center.

An officer responded to a report of a suspicious odor of cannabis in Woodland Hall. The officer advised no odor was detected.

An officer responded to a report of a suspicious odor of cannabis in Bluff Hall. The officer advised they were unable to locate the source.

03.03.19 An officer responded to a report of a suspicious odor of cannabis in Bluff Hall. The officer advised no odor was detected.

An officer responded to a report of money and medication being stolen from a dorm room in Bluff Hall.

03.04.19 A warning was issued for driving with one headlight on Circle Drive near Residence Drive.

In an email sent to SIUE fraternity and sorority members and advisers, Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Tyler Manning announced Kimmel Student Involvement Center was given permission to hire a Coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life.

Members of FSL on campus are awaiting the arrival of the new position, which was just announced on Feb. 20.

According to Manning, FSL is provided direct advisement from one full-time staff member and two graduate assistants.

The Coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life was created to enhance the support the Kimmel Student Involvement Center is able to provide to fraternities and sororities. This position will work directly with the National Pan-Hellenic Council and the United Greek Council.

“The coordinator position helps to address the growing community as the Kimmel Student Involvement Center continued to see more students joining the fraternity and sorority experience at SIUE,“ Manning said.

“I think it is really good that they’re gonna have someone that can just focus on us because these two councils have completely different needs and concerns than the needs and concerns of the other two councils,” UGC President Garrett Yadro, a senior nursing major from West Frankfort, Illinois, said.

Manning said that among higher education qualifications, it is also preferred that candidates have had some affiliation with UGC or NPHC organizations as well as one to two years of experience with Greek Life organizations. FSL is hoping to have the position filled by July 1.

“I am very excited for this position and honored to serve in it. One of my main goals is to increase the presence of Greek Life on campus. I want to expand the FSL community so we can have a bigger impact on the school and community,” Interfraternity Council President Cole Eg-

land, from O’Fallon, Illinois, said.

“We are small and we need more direction right now because of that, so I think it’ll be really good that someone will come in new, fresh, with new ideas of how to support us and how the two councils can support each other,” Yadro said.

Since this position is at the beginning stages of its search, there are no plans in place for risk-management or community initiatives.

According to Manning, the position will oversee risk-management programming which could entail hazing prevention and alcohol management. They will also supervise philanthropic programming and community service.

“This position will also provide and plan diversity, inclusion and cultural competency programming for our fraternity and sorority members. Based on this programming component, I believe this position will have a strong partnership with the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion,” Manning said.

“I think my biggest thing is that I would never want UGC or NPHC to die down because that’s where SIUE’s multicultural life comes in. It’s gonna be good because it will give us a bigger face on campus and we can reach out to more minorities if we have that support. If we have that support from the person who is going to help us, it will allow us to not focus on just trying to run a council but it will allow us to focus on what a council is really for,” Yadro said.

According to Manning, FSL is in the process of launching an assessment for the fraternities and sororities at SIUE. The organization is also adding a new IFC fraternity to campus, beginning in Fall 2019.

An NPHC fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., has been meeting with FSL representatives on campus to reestablish the Zeta Pi chapter.

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Sophomore nursing major Shane McKenzie, right, of Quincy, Illinois and freshman nursing major Justin Gill, left, of Franklin, Illinois relax between classes in the Kimmel center. Both students belong to Alpha Kappa Lambda’s chapter at SIUE.

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URCA provides research opportunities

URCA | COVER

presented the work in three posters and two talks at conferences and have submitted two articles to peer-reviewed journals that are awaiting decisions,” Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department Kevin Tucker said.

“URCA is designed to be a win-win opportunity for both faculty and students. Students get excellent mentorship and hands-on experience in their field and faculty get assistance with their research lines. In fact, URCA students have served as co-authors on 86 professional publications and over 500 international, national, regional, state and local presentations,” Pawlow said.

Many students in the program finish with a wealth of knowledge that they can take with them into the future.

“Considering going through the grad school process and everything like that, I think it makes a huge difference on resumes and just having the experience on things like that,” senior psychology major Amanda Denhof, of Wheaton, Illinois, said.

Denhof is currently working on a project over the quality of students’ sleep and how it is affected by caffeine.

Working on research in the URCA program not only benefits the students,

Senior psychology major Alizeja Gipson of Romeoville, Illinois, left, discusses the effects of caffeine on minority groups with senior psychology and sociology major Gabrielle Ellis of Hazelwood, Missouri (right).

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but also the professors.

“The greatest benefit to professors working in the program is the access to a structured program that funds a student to work with you on a project for a semester,” Tucker said. “Many projects don’t have funding to pay students for their work and this is a mechanism to encourage students to take on this additional work through financial reward.”

URCA allows students to acquire knowledge by working hands-on with professors and take that knowledge with them

wherever the future may lead.

“This May will mark the completion of the 10th year of the URCA program. As we enter our second decade, I hope more students and faculty will consider participating — I would love if every student would participate in URCA before graduating,” Pawlow said.

ALEAH GLODICH 650-3527 @aleah_alestle aglodich@alestlelive.com

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Farrell from ‘M*A*S*H’ portrays global warming climatologist in ‘Dr. Keeling’s Curve’

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From left to right Actor Mike Farrell, playwright George Shea, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Greg Budzban, chair of Political Science Kenneth Moffett, professor of criminal justice Dennis Mares and assistant professor of geography Alan Black discuss the effects of climate change during a panel following the presentation. | Spencer Peck / The Alestle

MADISON LAMMERT reporter “M*A*S*H” and “Providence” star Mike Farrell told a packed Dunham Hall about the history and dangers of climate change through the portrayal of the late climatologist Charles David Keeling last week as part of this year’s Arts & Issues series.

Keeling devoted his life to measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, and his findings credited him with sounding one of the first alarms of climate change.

Playwright George Shea said he was first introduced to the problem of climate change by renowned science-fiction author Kurt Vonnegut during a magazine interview in 1988.

According to Shea, this conversation sparked his interest in the growing problem, leading him to discover Keeling’s contributions.

“Later on I did a whole lot of research, and the one name that kept coming up and coming up was Keeling, and I thought, ‘Gee, if I could tell Keeling’s story in an entertaining sort of way, I could explain climate change,’” Shea said.

From there, Shea enlisted the help of Mike Farrell to begin the process of telling Keeling’s story.

“I lived near Mike Farrell

in Studio City and one day I was graces, all he ever wanted was to walking past Mike’s house,” Shea measure carbon dioxide. He was said. “I looked around and I saw obsessed with it, and thank God Mike taking out his garbage and for him,” Shea said.

I said, ‘I have to do this,’ so I ran The play has been presentup to him and said, ‘What do you ed for over seven years, so Shea think about global warming?’ said he has had to revise the script and he said, ‘I think it’s terrible,’ to keep up with current rhetoric and that started [the play].” surrounding climate change. CliThe whole production is mate change and sciences have written in Keeling’s voice, as if come a long way since 2013. the climatologist is directly telling the audience about his research and that of those before him.

S h e a said the portrayal of Keeling in the production was not a direct reGEORGE SHEA flection of Playwright of ‘Dr. Keeling’s Curve. his character, and that these deviations were necessary in keeping The panel at the end of the the audience’s attention. production included SIUE fac“I’ll tell you the truth, if we ulty, Shea and Farrell introduced put the real David Keeling up on the audience to how climate this stage, I don’t know that we change intersects with many othcould hold an audience for very er issues faced both locally and long,” Shea said. globally.

Shea said that Keeling was Panelists criminal justice asa man who focused on bettering sociate professor Dennis Mares the Earth. and professor and chair of the “He was a very driven guy, department of political science he didn’t care much about social Kenneth Moffett discussed their

“He was a very driven guy, he didn’t care much about social graces, all he ever wanted was to measure carbon dioxide. He was obsessed with it, and thank God for him.

research on how climate change impacts crime rates.

“In looking at homicide rates in different countries, the thing that we found was that each degree Celsius increase, relative to the average, gives you a six percent increase in homicide rates worldwide,” Moffett said.

According to their findings, they showed an increase in crime rates beyond homicides in St. Louis with the increases in temperatures, including crimes of rape and vehicular theft.

Adding more to their findings, Mares said communities of low socioeconomic status are hit the hardest when it comes to the correlation between climate change and crime rates.

“The higher the poverty rate is in a neighborhood, the larger the effect of climate change will be on crime rates,” Mares said.

By not being able to afford comfortable conditions at home, people have to spend more time outside, thus adding to the crime rate overall.

“We think that has a lot to do with the issue of not being able to afford air conditioning, so people end up spending more time outside, which translates to higher crime.”

Also hitting close to home, panelist and assistant professor or geography Alan Black found that St. Louis drivers are more likely to experience car crashes during winter precipitation than drivers

-Kenneth Moffett, chair of the department of political science in other cities.

“The risk is highest in St. Louis compared to the north and I think it’s because people there are more experienced in driving in snow,” Black said.

The show discussed the ways that students can get involved in the issue, such as using renewable energy, being conscious of what they eat and using their right to vote to make a change. With climate change being an issue currently, it’s important for people to understand.

During the panel, Shea suggested students contact media outlets to urge them to acknowledge issues that result from climate change.

“Something that everybody can do is write letters. Send letters to CBS, ABC and CNN and ask them why don’t they connect the dots on climate change,” Shea said. “The term is rarely mentioned on network television, and that has a great deal to do with the general ignorance.”

For more on Dr. Keeling’s Curve, check out the official website at http://www.drkeelingscurve.com/ to learn more about the play, Keeling, upcoming shows and actors.

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What I wish you knew

Being a first-generation Peruivian immigrant

Micaela Maco, a junior secondary English education major of Centralia, Illinois, dancing Photo Courtesy of Angie Garces TREVOR OLIVER lifestyles editor

Micaela Maco, a junior secondary English education major of Centralia, Illinois, is a first-generation Peruvian immigrant. Her parents first came to America in 1990, years before she was born.

The experience of being a child to Peruvian immigrants has shaped her culture and life.

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She wishes that people knew what that experience is like.

“I wish people knew that I am a first-generation immigrant child. I’m bilingual. That, in itself, presents language barriers at times,” Maco said.

Being bilingual and Peruvian has presented challenges for Maco, especially when she tries to express both American culture and her Peruvian heritage.

“It builds a different commu- more people that I can talk to nity, and it causes almost a split in Spanish. So I do get to keep identity within oneself, I feel. that part of it here while I’m at Part of you is with the society SIUE,” Maco said.

The Peruvian community is and community of your American culture that you’re surround- relatively small around this area, ed in, and then another part is which presents challenges with with your family, your ancestors, representation. There aren’t many resturants that serve specifically your ethnicity and more of your racial and ethnic culture apart from American,” “The Peruvian commuMaco said. nity is, relatively, really Maco has never tried to hide her heritage, and, small. So, it is more difin fact, wears it proudly.

“I think, you know, ficult to relate to Peruthere’s always that racial vian specifically. portion [to me]. Anywhere I walk, people are going to MICAELA MACO think that I’m not white or Junior secondary English education not totally ‘American.’ They major of Centrailia, Illinois can tell by looking at me,” Maco said. “Other than that, I Peruvian food.

“A lot of the times, being wear a lanyard that says Peru on it, which is where my parents are Peruvian specifically can be pretfrom. I have a Peruvian flag on ty hard because there’s not much my car hanging from the front. representation, if any, besides me So, it’s not like I try to hide my and a couple other people who are Peruvian on campus, comculture.”

Maco gets to express her pared to other ethnicities and culheritage with the Hispanic Stu- tures that have restaurants around dent Union and she gets to speak the area or have bigger communities in the area,” Maco said. “The Spanish frequently with friends.

“I think I do get to talk Peruvian community is relatively about my heritage a lot. I’m in really small. So it is more difficult the Hispanic Student Union here to relate to Peruvian specifically, on campus, so with that I do get but there is a larger Latin culture

that I can relate to and talk to with my friend and such.”

Maco, with the Hispanic Student Union, gets to participate in fundraisers, get-togethers and volunteer work to spread heritage. “[The Hispanic Student Union] does a lot of get-togethers. We’ll all hang out with each other, share experiences. We also do little cultural fundraisers here and there and we’ll sell traditional foods that are traditional Latino or Mexican or whatnot. We also do volunteer work around the St. Louis area that is Latino-centered,” Maco said.

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Review: ‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ proves to be a great time.

TREVOR OLIVER lifestyles editor

“Kingdom Hearts 3” is not for everyone, but for fans who have stuck around since 2002, it’s a great conclusion to a nearly 20-year-old story arc.

The gameplay in “Kingdom Hearts 3” is stellar. It is the most fluid the series has ever been, even if a reliance on new commands called attractions is a little much.

These attractions, which are based on rides from Disney World, tend to pop up every 20 seconds or so, allowing main character Sora and his friends to control a ride and wreak havoc on enemies. These are fun in the beginning but it would be much better to control your own character.

The basic gameplay is largely the same; players travel to Disney worlds, such as “Tangled,” “Frozen” and “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and run through the world taking out Heartless, Nobodies, Unversed and other bad guys.

With a strong reliance on player movement this time around, players are given a multitude of options to keep combat flowing. Players can switch between three Keyblades while in battle, and players can even move while casting magic. Players also have most movement abilities unlocked from the onset — dodge roll, airstepping and blocking are unlocked immediately, rather than later in the game.

The bread-and-butter gameplay of fighting Heartless is phe-

nomenal. The game runs smoothly with few dips in frame rate on the base Playstation 4. Mashing your way through hundreds of enemies is a blast. Teammates Donald Duck and Goofy are also much more helpful this time around — Donald doesn’t die randomly and Goofy actually hits things.

The stories of the Disney worlds this time around are rather poor, but overall enjoyable. The “Frozen” world is quite literally just a retelling of the movie’s plot — even including a cutscene playing the entirety of “Let It Go.” The Pixar-based worlds take some welcome liberties. The “Monsters, Inc.” world is fun and acts as a sequel to the original movie and is even considered to be a canonical story to the original.

The “Toy Story” world is fun and engaging as well. The voice actors, while not the original cast, sound just as great as the original cast. On top of this, the story for this world is absolutely hilarious. Sora and friends are running around a toy store, and enemies jump into large robot toys to fight. On top of this, Sora can also jump in them to fight.

There’s even an entire section where it is all robots on robots, which is a new take on the general Keyblade-wielding action.

It is a fun new take on a world.

This is a high point in the series for worlds, and it is a shame that other worlds don’t have any gimmicks that are as intriguing.

Each world also features hidden Mickeys — quite literally a concept out of Disney World —

with 90 to find overall. If players find a large amount of these (60 for the standard difficulty), they can view the secret ending, which leaves a lot of questions, but sets up the future of the series well.

Traveling through the Disney worlds is odd. “Kingdom Hearts” is a series with a ton of story — over the course of nearly 20 years, this story arc is finally coming to a close. But the actual story isn’t really fleshed out until the last five or so hours of the game. The Disney worlds offer little to no main story, which is a bummer. A ton of threads are set up, but never fleshed out.

The game sets up a large plot line around Roxas, for example, but it never really comes to fruition — it just sort of happens at the end, and then the story is brushed off.

It happens with Kairi and Axel as well, who are new Keyblade wielders, but don’t get a lot of screen time.

“Kingdom Hearts 3” may be challenging to enjoy for new players because of this. While the gameplay is engaging, if players are unfamiliar with Roxas or Xion, or don’t know the difference between young Xehanort and Terra-nort, there isn’t much to help them understand who these people are.

The game has a large plot point around the “power of waking,” and if players don’t understand why this is important for Sora, there’s not a lot to explain this. There are small recaps, but they don’t do much to help fill in the hours of storytelling from previous games.

Sora holds Master Eraqus’ keyblade on the beaches of Destiny Island in ‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ Photo Courtesy of Square Enix

The final hours of “Kingdom Hearts 3” are everything a longtime fan could hope for. The final confrontations are, by far, the best boss fights in the entire franchise. In particular, the penultimate boss fight left me smiling the entire time — it’s something I’d only wished for, and I cannot believe we finally got a boss fight of this caliber.

The post-game is lacking significantly though. There is no critical mode — a super hard difficulty that has been a staple since 2007’s “Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix” — which is a bummer. The secret boss is also significantly easier than any other secret boss in the series. There’s no Sephiroth fight and no Final Fantasy

characters at all, both mainstays of the series. It’s a shame, really. Hopefully some story-related downloadable content will fix this issue, but currently, these omissions seem odd.

In all “Kingdom Hearts 3” is a blast to play. The moment-to-moment gameplay is engaging and fun, and the worlds are outright gorgeous. For people who have stuck with the franchise, this is a fitting end to a story that has been in the work for decades.

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Spring break can’t fix mid-semester stress We are at the point in the semester where students are practically begging for a break — midterms have us over our heads in stress, and all we can think about is the fact that spring break is around the corner.

It is no secret that school can be incredibly overwhelming and we tend to dream of the weekend or break.

It can be so mentally draining that we feel as if we absolutely need that break or weekend because otherwise, we may actually snap.

In fact, according to Harvard Medical School, three out of four

college students had experienced at least one stressful life event in the past year, and one in five college students had experienced six or more events that caused them high stress.

Furthermore, stress is connected to mental health diagnoses, self-harm and even suicidal thoughts. Harvard also says one-fifth of college students have thought of suicide, another onefifth has self-harmed and almost one-tenth has attempted suicide.

It is clear that the effects of stress on a student’s life are not a joking or laughing matter and instead something serious affecting a large amount of the college population. It is no wonder that we look forward to breaks like we

do.

tion if they’re in need of Halal food. The problem is: they only have one permanent option on campus, as of now. Downstairs in the Morris University Center is Sammiches, which serves a chicken shawarma sandwich.

As the only certified-Halal meal option, this is a step in the

to stick with vegetarian meals or they don’t get those hearty meals that they miss — if they live on campus, especially. I’m pretty sure that one meal option they have just started last year; no student should go without having a decent meal,” Naser said.

SIUE markets their meal plan well, requiring students to purchase it for at least their first year on campus if they live in a freshman residence hall.

As the school has an increasing number of non-white students from Asia, the Pacific islands and other regions, should on-campus meal options not reflect those changing demographics? This is especially true for freshmen who must have the meal plan.

Muslim students are not the only disadvantaged group here.

Jewish students seem to have a complete lack of Kosher options, and Hindu students don’t have many options for their dietary restrictions either.

It appears that Dining Services is slowly making strides to make campus more attractive for prospective international and non-white students, though

While it is clear that something needs to be done on the university level — and sadly, it is unlikely that will happen anytime soon — there are ways we can take care of ourselves during this break and throughout the year.

Whether students are at work, at home or on vacation, they should take some extra time out of their days to take care of themselves so they don’t come back to school as stressed out as they left it.

Students should take time to do the things they enjoy, whether it is running, binge-watching their favorite shows or movies on Netflix or hanging out at a coffee shop with friends.

Yes, it is true that school doesn’t stop just for spring break, but we have more free time on our hands, and we should make good use of it.

We should also incorporate these things into our lives as often as possible because even though school is important, we need to try and care for ourselves as well.

Breaks just offer a particularly big chance to take some time away from the rush of our lives to care for ourselves.

If students are struggling with stress or mental illness, they should consider reaching out to a therapist or a helpline such as the NAMI HelpLine at 1-800-9506264 for additional resources.

Campus’s Dining Services needs more inclusive options JAKOB RUFFNER multimedia editor

In a campus with a good population of international students, food options should strive to support its growing and diverse demographics.

If students were to take a look at SIUE’s current 2018 factbook, published each year, they would find one overarching theme in the student demographics section: the university has a steadily growing international and non-white population — 27.8 percent.

Often, international students hail from cultures that have different dietary customs than those in the United States.

For example, many Muslim students need — or prefer — Halal food options on campus; these are meals that are prepared according to traditional Islamic law. For example, a “Muslim person should perform slaughter” and that slaughter should take place away from where pigs are slaughtered, according to the Halal Food Authority.

Luckily students have an op-

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right direction for catering to the Muslim population on campus, though more needs to be done.

Students are voicing their opinions as well — it is not a small issue, either. Even though she’s an off-campus student, Muslim student and senior pre-dental major Rana Naser, of Youngstown, Ohio, said she eats in the MUC often.

“I feel like those students really struggle because they have

this is happening slower than it should.

Chicken shawarma being the only Halal option is not acceptable and gets pretty boring after the 20th time.

Students that have diverse dietary needs would surely feel more welcome on campus and even those that do not belong to those in-need groups would be exposed to a much more interesting world of food in the MUC. The good thing is that the chicken shawarma tastes amazing so Dining Services is far from being out of luck.

Dining Services has taken great strides to making the MUC’s food court more acceptable to vegetarian and vegan students, though for religious students and those that are from non-western cultures, they have a bit to go.

Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and other student groups need more options on campus.

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With parking oversold and students forced to walk long distances through campus during the cold season, pay-by-space parking has become a must for many students. The only issue is waiting to pay at machines with technical difficulties in freezing weather.

It is no secret that students have had their issues with payby-space machines and parking services in the past, especially during the winter. There have been complaints about waiting to pay for parking spaces outside, the machines not taking money, credit and debit cards and freezing in the middle of transactions.

The next best option: the Whoosh! app. It allows students, faculty and staff to pay for parking using their smartphones.

Once students, faculty and staff get past the registration, which includes registering a vehicle and credit card information, the app provides easy and quick access for payment, lot and space selections.

The Whoosh! app is the best alternative to using a pay-by-space machine. Students not only don’t have to wait for other people to use the machine, but the app also keeps their credit or debit cards on file.

A perk of using the app is receiving reminders when their time expires, allowing users to extend their time. The app also gives a faster paying experience and allows patrons to save their receipts.

Although some may prefer the app, there has been an issue while using it. If the Wi-Fi is not working during a transaction, it may not to go through. The app has been known to work better than pay-by-space machines.

Although the pay-by-space machines having technical difficulties is not always the reason students receive parking citations, it is still part of the problem.

Parking tickets start at $20 and increase by $10 every time another parking citation is issued, capping at $40 after the fourth ticket. Each unpaid citation will also increase by $10 after two weeks, capping at $100 if it is not paid. Students try to appeal their tickets first to parking services and if denied, then to the Parking and Traffic Appeals Committee.

Very few tickets are appealed, even with pay-by-space machines malfunctioning.

Students have been asking for other options such as pay-byspace machines inside of buildings for better access, shuttles to pick up students from lots that are far away from classes and a better explanation of the Parking Services rules.

Although Parking Services has plans to upgrade eight of the existing machines with a better interface, the Whoosh! app has proven to be a more efficient way to pay for parking space.

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Preview: spring sports prep for 2019 DARIAN STEVENSON reporter

With SIUE approaching the middle of the spring semester, some spring sports are just starting and some are nearing an end.

Here’s where each sport stands.

Track and field

Men’s and women’s track and field wrapped up their indoor season. Held in Birmingham, Alabama at the Birmingham Cross-

Plex, the two teams ended the 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Feb. 21.

The team took home three gold medals including freshman Ethan Poston in men’s high jump, Nichyria Byrd in women’s long jump and John Barnes in men’s weight throw.

Byrd said she feels this accomplishment is well-deserved after struggling at the beginning of the season.

Due to the former assistant coach Joey Pacione leaving, Byrd believes her performance this year was not what it should have been due to a lack of training. “ [ Pa c i o n e ] ended up leaving two weeks before school started, so for about two months, we didn’t have a coach but

then [Doug McDannald] came in and we started working out with him and doing his workout, so we were a little behind in training,” Byrd said. “[It affected my indoor season] because I wasn’t in shape and it was hard to try and perform where I should have been.”

The track and field teams will open up the Spring 2019 outdoor season at the Bill Cornell Classic March 22-23 in Carbondale, Illinois.

Basketball

Men’s basketball will compete in the OVC Championships tournament on March 6-7 after finishing eighth in conference with a 6-12 record.

This is an improvement over last years’ No. 11 finish.

The men’s basketball team currently has 10 wins and 20 losses overall.

Women’s basketball finished ninth in conference this season with eight wins and 10 losses, while during the 2017-18 season they finished in third place.

The team will not advance to the OVC tournament this year.

The women’s basketball team currently had 13 wins and 16 losses overall this season.

Wrestling Junior forward Brandon Jackson leaps up to shoot in the March 2 game against Jacksonville State University. Jackson contributed 19 points for the Cougars, the team high for the night. | Spencer Peck / The Alestle

Former infielder Jared McCunn | Alestle File Photo

Wrestling is in last place in the Mid-American Conference.

The team has one win and six losses in the MAC and has two wins and 13 losses overall.

The team switched to MAC a year ago after finishing their 2017-18 season with the Southern Conference, where they had competed since 2013.

Wrestling will compete in the MAC tournament March 8-9 with a standing in spot seven.

Freshman Justin Ruffin is among the top in his weight class for the country and is projected to compete at NCAA Nationals. He is tabbed No. 25 in the coaches ranking and 33 in the ratings percentage index.

Baseball

Baseball is starting the season in the seventh OVC spot, while in the 2018 season they were in the eleventh spot.

The team currently has three wins and five losses.

Baseball’s head coach Sean Lyons said the team is looking to improve on scoring more runs than the previous season.

“We need to have more run production, out of our offense, we just need to score more runs,” Lyons said. “That has been the main focus. The goal in preseason practice is just finding ways to increase our run production.”

From 3:30-6 p.m., the team’s typical practice is daily throwing, defensive work and offensive practice with batting.

Lyons said the newly recruited class has been well-acclimated to the team.

“I think our older returning veteran players have done a great job of taking the new guys in and they’ve really meshed well with the rest of the players, and I think the chemistry is good and I think everybody is on the same page moving forward,” Lyons said.

The expectations for the team’s season is to work toward a top spot in the OVC. “Our goal for the season is to improve upon last year and get ourselves into the mix, towards the top of the Ohio Valley Conference,” Lyons said.

Softball

Softball is seventh in the OVC while last year the team was fifth in the OVC. The team currently has five wins and five losses.

Interim Head Coach Jessica Jones said the team’s expectations are to win the OVC Championships.

“Obviously, our program is a veteran program and we are expected to win, and our goal every year is to win the conference tournament,” Jones said.

According to Jones, the team is working on run production from the past season.

“One of our main focuses was trying to increase our run production offensively and that is something I think we are on the right track of doing and I am very proud of our kids from an offense perspective,” Jones said.

Senior outfielder Alyssa Heren said Jones’ coaching style is serious and fun.

“I think that [Jones] has a lot of positive vibes and she is really nice, but can definitely lay down the law when she needs to,” Heren said. “[Jones] is friendly and stern at the same time.”

Due to weather conditions, the Cougar Classic was canceled.

“We have one of the best fields in our conference. When it comes to playing turf, our dirt is the same dirt that they have on the [St. Louis Cardinals’] field.

Unfortunately, we haven’t had a

dry week in order for us to turn it over,” Jones said. “The preseason games, you either play them or they kind of get lost. We tried to get into a tournament this weekend, and we unfortunately got turned down about six times.”

Jones said the team now is just looking forward to their Hawaii Spring Fling and Rainbow Wahine Classic tournaments, March 9-11 and 13-15, respectively.

“Spring break we always go somewhere warm for a week and this year we were fortunate enough to raise enough money and we got a guarantee from Hawaii to get our kids out there,” Jones said. “We are going to play some very tough competition out there and it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Golf

Golf just started their spring season.

For the 2018 Fall season, the team averaged four over par with an average team score of 289.43.

Senior Kyle Slattery was named OVC Player of the Week three times and won three tournaments in the fall season.

The team finished the Loyola Intercollegiate, the start to their spring season, with a final round score of 285, among the 20 lowest team scores in school history.

Tennis

Tennis had an 0-20 overall season last year, but is making ground under their new head coach, Adam Albertsen.

The team currently has four wins and five losses among non-conference games.

This record places them eighth out of nine teams in the OVC. The team defeated Northern Illinois 4-3.

Senior Ann-Christine Link broke the 3-3 tie between the teams and won after three sets to win the dual for SIUE. The tennis OVC Championships are April 26-28.

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Softball ready to make home runs in Hawaii over spring break JUSTIN NUNN reporter

Softball will be heading to Hawaii for two tournaments over spring break.

Set to play nine games, the Cougars will be competing in the Hawaii Spring Fling and the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu. The team will play against Alabama State, University of Utah, University of Hawaii at Manoa and Niagara University.

The cost to send the softball team to Hawaii ranges from $20,000 to $25,000, according to Deputy Athletic Director Jason Coomer.

That amount is split between air fare, hotel rooms, meals and ground transportation. This year, that money came from an online fundraising initiative started last

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The initiative is called the #HeadedtoHawaii fundraiser.

Its purpose was to encourage fans and sponsors to donate money through an online donation site.

The goal of the fundraiser was $25,000. Coomer said the team was able to raise nearly $30,000.

“The campaign was focused on making up the difference to be able to take the team on this trip,” Coomer said.

The softball team relies on a group of sponsors during fundraisers to contribute the bulk of the money. This group consists of former players, parents of current players and fans of the softball program on campus, according to Coomer.

“Without the help of our donors, our fans and our supporters, we would not have been in a

position to send our team out to this tournament,” Coomer said.

Part of the funds come from the University of Hawaii’s guarantee money.

This is money allocated from the University of Hawaii’s own travel budget, according to` Interim Head Coach Jessica Jones.

“Their travel budget is pretty much given away for guarantee money for other schools,” Jones said.

Guarantee money can be cash, but can also be sent in the form of hotel rooms and other amenities, according to Coomer.

The team will have one day dedicated to recreation, during which time players will be learning more about Hawaiian culture, senior outfielder Alyssa Heren said.

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man infielder Sammie Ofoia, sophomore infielder Alana Cobb-Adams and junior catcher Kalei Kaneshiro are originally from Hawaii so the tournament will be a return home for them.

H e r e n said she is most excited to play against Alabama State.

They have always been known to be a powerhouse in softball, so finally getting on the same playing field as them is a really Junior catcher Kalei Kaneshiro is one of three exciting oppor- players who will return to her home state of Hawaii tunity for our to play in two tournaments over spring break. team,” Heren | Photo Courtesy of SIUE Athletics said.

Jones said takes place April 9-11 and the the team has been training hard Rainbow Wahine Classic will take for the tournament and is excited place April 13-15. Softball will to face this year’s competition. enter the tournament with a 5-5 The Hawaii Spring Fling overall record.