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Daily Egyptian staff brings home 22 SIU offers single Illinois College Press Association awards rooms for price Staff Report | @DailyEgyptian

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Daily Egyptian staff earned 22 awards at the annual Illinois College Press Association conference Saturday.

31 Illinois university newspapers attended and submitted more than 1,000 entries for competition.

Entries are judged by the Illinois Press Association, an organization composed of various newspaper professionals from around the state. The IPA assigns those professionals as judges from within the

organization’s structure.

Entries are split up by publication frequency and overall student enrollment.

The Daily Egyptian falls under daily publication with enrollment above 4,000.

SIU’s independently run student newspaper scored nine first place awards, five second place awards, four third place awards and four honorable mentions. Of the 22 awards, the Daily Egyptian advertising department took two awards, reporting staff took twelve awards and the photography staff took home eight awards.

Brian Munoz, The Daily Egyptian editor in chief, said he was excited with the staff's achievements the past year.

"I'm proud of our staff persevering through any challenge thrown at them and growing into fine journalists," Munoz said. "The recognitions we receive are a friendly reminder that the work we do is important for our community and university. While our program may not be the largest, our journalists have the passion and drive to make us stand out from the crowd."

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Isabel Miller | @isabelmillermedia Jacob Janicki, a senior majoring in plant biology, prunes and places plants on Tuesday inside the Plant Biology Greenhouse and Conservatory.

Janicki, a student worker, Is planning on working at the greenhouse next semester. “I enjoy it, it’s therapeutic,” Janicki said. “It’s definitely experience that I may not need with my degree but it’s something that will be helpful in the future.”

Governor signs minimum wage increase; SIU projects cost of $6.9 million in 2025 Rana Schenke | Daily Egyptian

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a statewide minimum wage increase into effect Tuesday, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 – a raise that will cost the university an additional $6.9 million per

year by the end of 2025, according to university spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith.

Wages will increase gradually until hitting $15 in 2025. According to the bill, the first increase would be from the current minimum wage of $8.25 to $9.25, followed by an increase

July 1, 2020 to $10. Minimum wage would then increase by $1 per year until hitting $15 on Jan. 1, 2025.

“We currently have about 2,300 student employees and about 600 staff who make less than $15 an hour,” Goldsmith said.

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of doubles, plans to reopen Neely and Mae Smith Staff Report | @DailyEgyptian

SIU Housing announced they will be offering all students living in University Housing residence halls the option to live on their own, for no additional cost, according to an email sent to students Thursday.

"Traditionally, two SIU students have shared a residence hall room," the university said on the housing website. "With this new initiative, two students will share a suite; two rooms adjoined by a bathroom. This added luxury will be provided at no additional cost [...] you’ll get a private room at the traditional double room rate."

The university says they are in a unique situation to provide something that other schools cannot.

"Offering single rooms for all residence hall students makes being a Saluki all that more unique and special," the university said. "University Housing will continue to offer this great perk as long as space will permit."

Housing said they plan to house on-campus residents at Thompson Point and plan on reopening Neely Hall and Mae Smith Hall. Both Lentz and Trueblood dining halls will also be used.

The iconic towers, consisting of three 1960s-era high rises, were closed in 2018 after a continued decline in enrollment at the university.

Late chancellor Carlo Montemagno said the decline in enrollment made the move possible, but the change was pushed to build engagement and enhance the university’s retention rate, according to the release.

“As we rebuild enrollment in the years ahead, we will always have the option of having students on both sides of campus again,” Montemagno said in March 2018. “For now, we can best serve students by making sure that they are part of a vibrant and active community.”

Location of designated Living Learning Communities will be moved and students that have already contracted living arrangements may have to select new rooms, according to the release. Students who have requested to live with a roommate will be paired together as suitemates.

The Daily Egyptian’s news desk can be reached at 618-536-3397 or editor@dailyegyptian.com.

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Obituary: Tracy “Lee” Bryant III

Tracy “Lee” Bryant III, a longtime teaching assistant at the School of Medicine, died Friday at the age of 66.

Bryant was born Aug. 29, 1952, at Camp Cooke, California, now Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Bryant attended Southern Illinois University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physiology.

He served in the U.S. Army and was a member of the Illinois National Guard for 26 years.

He worked for the SIU School of Medicine for 36 years as a teaching assistant.

His family said he loved being outdoors, camping, fishing and hunting. He was a member of Ducks Unlimited, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Elks.

Bryant is survived by three sons, Alexander Bryant, Andrew Ehrhardt and Vincent Ehrhardt; a sister, Gwen Lazowski; and one grandson, Ryker Ehrhardt.

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Two-year-old Zoe Cuenca, of Chicago, swings on Friday at the Seneca Playlot Park in Chicago, IL. Zoe played at the park with her mother, Lana Cuenca. The two have been staying at a hotel, “She wanted to get out,” Cuenca said. Cuenca hopes that her daughter will be back at home before she turns three in March.

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Opponents of the bill have raised concerns about how the increase would negatively affect the university and the greater southern Illinois community.

“If the Governor signs this legislation, I’m certain that Southern Illinoisans will lose jobs, that businesses will close, and that our costs of living and educating our kids will go up,” State Representative Dave Severin (R-Benton) said in a press release on Thursday.

Goldsmith said it’s possible the university would have to cut student positions but they are looking at other alternatives as well.

“Student jobs have several values; [...] they provide work experience for students, they provide financial benefits to the students and of course they provide work for the university to help the university operate,” Goldsmith said. “We don’t want to cut student jobs, of course.”

Proponents of the bill say not raising minimum wage keeps workers working a 40 hour work week at current minimum wage below the federal poverty level.

“We’re keeping people in poverty on a national level,” Senate majority leader Kimberly Lightford said. “That is why you see so many states moving the minimum wage.”

Goldsmith said a wage increase would be a benefit to student employees and to the staff members who make less than $15 an hour.

The bill includes proposed tax breaks for businesses which pay employees minimum wage, however, as a non-profit institution – SIU is not eligible for these tax breaks.

Goldsmith said the state could choose to recognize the additional cost by increasing state appropriations and the first

“We’re keeping people in poverty on a national level. That is why you see so many states moving the minimum wage.”

- Kimberly Lightford Senate majority leader

hope is for the state to cover the costs.

Goldsmith provided a breakdown of the calculated additional cost per year, as seen below. Cumulative totals in parentheses are reached by adding base additional cost to new additional cost.

Additional Cost Breakdown

by Year, SIUC Jan 1. 2020: $664,000 July 1, 2020: $585,000 (cumulative $1.25 million) Total additional cost for 2020: $1.91 million Jan 1: 2021: $817,000 ($2.07 million) Jan 1, 2022: $912,000 ($2.98 million) Jan. 1, 2023: $1.05 million ($4.03 million) Jan. 1, 2024: $1.31 million ($5.35 million) Jan. 1, 2025: $1.61 million ($6.96 million) SIU Carbondale is not the only university facing this predicament. Illinois State University released its own estimation, saying the increase would cost them $600,000 for the first part of 2020 and a cumulative $7.5 million by 2025.

Eric Jome, Director of Media Relations at Illinois State, said Illinois State employs between 4,000 and 5,000 student workers a year who would be affected by the increase.

“It’s just looking at student positions that would be most impacted by them being minimum wage jobs,” Jome

said, “and [calculating] that increase based on the general numbers of student employees that we’ve got.”

According to the Illinois State University website, student employees at the university work an average of 10 hours a week but can work up to 28 hours. Student employees are paid – at least – Illinois state minimum wage.

At SIU, student employees are restricted to a maximum of 20 hours a week. Starting wages are $8.25 an hour and the maximum a student employee can make is $8.75 an hour. A total of 2,900 SIU employees would be impacted by the increase.

Attempting to keep small businesses in mind, the law creates a tax credit to help businesses with 50 or fewer employees, the Chicago Tribune reports. Employers will be able to claim a tax credit for 25 percent of the cost in 2020, and the credit will scale back annually, then eventually phase out.

“This is only the beginning of J.B. Pritzker’s war on taxpayers and small business,” said Tim Schneider, Illinois Republican Party Chairman . “Nearly doubling the minimum wage will destroy entry-level jobs, raise prices for consumers, and bust budgets at every level of government. Pritzker pledged to govern differently and listen to all parties and stakeholders, but those turned out to meaningless words."

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Kill appointed permanent athletic director, special assistant to the chancellor Staff Report | @DailyEgyptian

EDWARDSVILLE – Jerry Kill, former interim athletic director and assistant to the chancellor, has been approved to take the helm as SIU's permanent Director of Intercollegiate Athletics while continuing to serve as a special assistant to the chancellor.

The SIU Board of Trustees approved the change to Kill's job title during today's board meeting in Edwardsville.

Kill has served as a special assistant to the chancellor since February of 2018 and will be paid $215,000 a year, according to his contract.

The duties of acting athletic director for Saluki Athletics were added in April, after former athletic director Tommy Bell was terminated.

"We are grateful for Coach Kill's strong leadership and effective management of Intercollegiate Athletics and his continued role in working on enrollment and outreach for the SIU Carbondale campus," said John M. Dunn,

interim chancellor. "I have received considerable positive feedback from a wide range of campus constituents regarding Coach Kill's stewardship and I am excited about his continued service to our campus."

Kill previously served as Southern's head football coach from 2001 to 2007, leading the Salukis to five-straight appearances in the Football Championship Subdivision and winning three-straight Gateway Football Conference Championships. He went on to make successful coaching stops at Northern Illinois and Minnesota and was a three-time national Coachof-the-Year before retiring from coaching after the 2017 season.

"I spent some great years here in the coaching profession, and if it wasn't for Southern Illinois University taking a chance on me, I wouldn't have had the same opportunities in my career," Kill said.

"I didn't know for sure what I wanted to do when I returned to SIU a year ago, but I've talked it over with my

wife, Rebecca, and I think I can help this university move forward and try to get us back where we need to be."

After assuming responsibilities as athletic director nearly a year ago, Kill hired SIU's first-ever women's soccer head coach in Grant Williams, track & field head coach Rosalind Joseph, volleyball head coach Ed Allen and women's golf head coach Danielle Kaufman.

He also reorganized the department's administrative structure, adding Senior Woman Administrator Liz Jarnigan and Associate Athletic Director Jeff Jones to help oversee day-to-day affairs.

"I think we have made great strides in the short time I've been here, and we have a lot more to make," Kill said. "It's a tough challenge and I see it as a 3-to-5 year project. I said the same thing about Saluki Football when I first arrived and we did it in three. I faced difficult situations throughout my coaching career, and this isn't any different."

“Wrapped in Love” event warms Carbondale Kallie Cox | @KallieC454369038

Concerned members of the Carbondale community gathered at the Carbondale Public Library Saturday to combat the cold.

SIU social work interns, the Black Graduate Student Association and the Carbondale Public Library co-sponsored a warming event and made over 60 no-sew scarves for those in need.

Shyenda Jacobs, a graduate student studying social work and one of the coordinators of the event, said the goal was to make as many scarves as possible to distribute throughout the community.

Over 28 volunteers helped accomplish this goal and were stationed at various tables with a specific job to help make the scarves quickly and efficiently.

There was a station for cutting where colorful fleece was measured and cut to size, stations where volunteers knotted the scarves to keep them from fraying and a table

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that tied cards to the final product.

Some of these tags contained messages of hope, such as “Spring is coming,” others contained words of affirmation and encouragement, such as “You are seen,” “Stay warm, you matter” and “I hope this scarf keeps you warm.”

Joy Greer-Medley, one of the organizers of the event, said the social work interns had never done an event like this before and she thought it was really successful.

More volunteers attended than anticipated, Greer-Medley said, despite the snow and weather.

Greer-Medley also said she thought it would be important to plan an event that would give back to the community, while including those who may not have had the opportunity to help otherwise.

“Families who wouldn’t necessarily have a vehicle or a method for actually touching the homeless population in town, it would allow them an opportunity to do something nice for people

who they see in the library and don’t necessarily come into contact with,” Greer-Medley said.

Morgan Bates, a graduate student studying teaching English as a second language and a member of the Black Graduate Student Association, said she believes the scarves will really mean something to people.

“I think it’s really important to just give back,” Bates said. “It’s really cold outside and I think these scarves will mean something good to the community [and to] people who are out there who may need them.”

Renee Eldridge, President of the Black Graduate Student Association, said the event is a way of extending a message to the homeless community that they have friends both on campus and in the community.

After the event, several of the scarves were tied to trees and lamp posts around the library and the rest were distributed to the Carbondale Warming Center, Good Samaritan House and the Women’s Center.

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Daily Egyptian file photo Trustee Marsha Ryan listens to the synopsis of a presented resolution on May 30, 2018, during the Board of Trustee’s special meeting at the SIU School of Medicine auditorium in Springfield.

Pritzker removes Britton, Ryan from SIU Board of Trustees Staff Report | @DailyEgyptian

Gov. JB Pritzker has removed Thomas Britton and Marsha Ryan from the SIU Board of Trustees on Tuesday morning.

The two trustees were appointed by former Gov. Bruce Rauner but never formally went through approval from the Illinois Senate The SIU Board of Trustees elected J. Phil Gilbert to serve as the board chair for the 20192020 year, Thursday.

Shirley Portwood was elected to vice-chair and Joel Sambursky was appointed as

board secretary. The vote for the appointments was almost unanimous, except for Sholar's vote against Gilbert and Sambursky.

Gilbert is a lifelong resident of Carbondale, Illinois and graduated from Carbondale Community High School in 1967.

"Without reliving the past year which has been rocky for the SIU System, I want to concentrate on the future of SIU and its two outstanding universities with many exceptional parts to each of them," Gilbert said in a written

statement.

Two of the trustees elected to leadership positions today could be removed by Gov. JB Pritzker, if he so chooses to do so in his appointments to the board in the near future.

Gilbert was appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2015 and will serve on the board until 2021 but Portwood and Sambursky are in their final year as trustees; each one serves on a six-year term.

Pritzker could choose remove the two and Randall Thomas as their trustee tenure closes at the end of the year.

Her visit was part of a series of trips to counties in Central and southern Illinois to “see what's working and not working in other counties” and to share that information, she said.

Zahorik wants to work with Democratic county chairs across the state to recruit candidates and have full ballots with competitive races as well as election judges and poll watchers.

“Every county in Illinois matters for Democrats,” she said.

Although McLean County has remained strongly Republican, it had a net gain of two seats on the county board in the November election.

After Donald Trump's election as president, “we saw a lot of pop-up groups” with no particular party affiliation rallying around various issues, said Zahorik.

The next step is “moving from that angry activism” into active roles, she said.

“What we see today is people, women in particular,

being motivated and engaged to provide some civic duty beyond just voting, … not only running for office but also engages in other parts of the process,” said Zahorik.

The Democratic County Chairs' Association provides training for county organizations and a threeday intensive “boot camp” for Democratic candidates.

The boot camp “gives them the tools they need to be successful,” said Zahorik, noting that it might take more than one run to win an election.

“We certainly have our work cut out for us,” she said.

Even if they aren't elected, the boot camp gives candidates “knowledge they can share with other people in their communities,” she said.

Getting the word out about the boot camp and resources available through the county organizations is important because people are more likely to run for office if they know they will have a support system, said Zahorik.

IL Democratic leader seeks more candidates to ride ‘blue wave’ Lenore Sobota | The Pantagraph

BLOOMINGTON — After a “blue wave” that swept many Democrats into Congress and governorships — including J.B. Pritzker in Illinois — the new leader of the Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association is looking for stronger county organizations and more Democratic candidates to keep the momentum going.

Kristina Zahorik, who became president of the association five months ago, said she is “very optimistic” about the 2020 election.

Before the 2018 election, “perhaps I was holding my breath and now I can breathe,” said Zahorik, who also is chair of the McHenry County Democratic Party.

“We're working to move in the right direction.”

Zahorik was in Bloomington on Monday to meet with McLean County Democratic Party Chair Erik Rankin and the party's executive board.

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Strong Survivors: Cancer Rehabilitation providing better lives for everyone involved Adam Warfel | @warfel_adam

The Strong Survivors Program means so much more than giving cancer patients in the Southern Illinois area a place for rehabilitation.

Philip Anton, founder and director of the program, said that his tight-knit relationship with his cousin Julie inspired him to launch the program.

“We were kind of like two peas in a pod,” Anton said.

When the pair were teenagers, Julie was diagnosed with cancer in her right leg and began a five year battle.

“Her immune system [became] so ravaged, especially by the chemotherapy, that she got an infection and went into septic shock and fell into a coma,” Anton said.

Anton drove down from the school he was attending so he could be with Julie when she passed away.

“She was easily the bravest person, just tough, and I thought [I] need to do everything that I can do with my life,” Anton said. "I wanted to do something with my life to honor her memory.”

Upon finishing his master’s degree at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Anton said he realized he wanted to teach but looked towards other universities to advance his education. ”I participated in some cancer related stuff [while there] – Relay for Life, Race for the Cure and never really felt like I was doing enough,” Anton said.

Anton decided to continue his education at University of Northern Colorado, working towards his doctorate. While at UNC, Anton was paired with Dr. Caroline Dennehy as a mentor for his dissertation.

“She [asked me] what direction I wanted to go research-wise,” Anton said. "I didn’t give her a satisfactory answer, so she finally asked, ‘Have you ever heard of cancer rehab?’”

Dennehy told Anton about the Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute, which had recently been established at Northern Colorado.

"Basically what [it does] is use exercise as a therapeutic tool to help cancer survivors get through their treatment and recovery period,” Anton said.

Anton said he was excited to learn about the program because it gave him the opportunity to use exercise to help people like his cousin, Julie. When Anton came to SIU, he established a similar program to help residents of the southern Illinois area.

“I took their model with their permission and I brought it here to SIU,” Anton said.

Bringing students into the program One of the core parts of the program Anton implemented at the university was having student staff members work with program participants.

Sam Cohen, a senior studying

Jodee Harmon | @jlharmonphotography Sam Cohen, a trainer for the ‘Strong Survivors’ program, helps Fran Benson, of Carbondale, on Feb. 11 in the SIUC Cancer Rehabilitation Laboratory. Cohen works with cancer survivors like Fran Benson in helping them build their strength.

exercise science, is one of the student staff members working in the Strong Survivors program. He said first heard of the program in one of Anton’s classes.

“I had Dr. Anton in a class and my mom knows him,” Cohen said. "[My mom] said ‘Hey, you should look into this,’ and I’ve had a history of cancer in my family, so I was like, ‘Oh I’d be interested in doing that.’”

Fran Benson, one of the participants in the program, said she first heard of Strong Survivors in the newspaper around 2006.

“My first episode of cancer was in 1979, I had it again in 2002, but much more serious,” Benson said.

“A few years after that was when I read about this program, so I attended the second class they had and I really felt it was helpful.”

The program now has two locations – one at John A. Logan and one at the SIUC Cancer Rehabilitation Laboratory.

“We have been advertising in oncology offices ever since we started the program back in 2004,” Anton said. "I would say 60 to 70 percent of the participants we have had have come to us via word of mouth.”

Benson agreed the community support of this cancer rehabilitation program is overall very positive, especially among the participants.

“Of course the people I associate with are in the program, we’re supportive of each other, we’re glad we get to know each other, plus I think it’s just helped everybody

that’s participated in it,” Benson said.

Local partnerships Anton also recognized Southern Illinois Healthcare's willingness to support this program has helped build assurance of the program in southern Illinois.

He said before SIH began supporting the program, he struggled to recruit new participants from oncology offices.

“When I went back into those offices with the letters SIH above my head, it definitely helped to get more participants in the program,” Anton said.

Cohen recommended this opportunity students have to get involved in Strong Survivors program, not just as something to put on your resume, but to build interpersonal skills.

Currently within the program, both at the John A. Logan class in Carterville and the program at SIU, new participants within the last year sit at around 60 people.

Cohen has seen the participants he has worked with over the past two years change throughout their time in the program.

“When I do their first assessment, they’re usually not as outgoing, so week by week you can see them kind of open up more,” Cohen said.

Looking back at what he’s been able to put together in the Strong Survivors program here at SIU since 2004, and remembering his cousin Julie, Anton thinks there are still things to be done.

Jodee Harmon | @jlharmonphotography Sam Cohen and Fran Benson smile as Benson lifts up weights during her workout at SIUC Cancer Rehabilitation Laboratory inside Davies Gym Feb. 11. As a cancer survivor, Fran Benson is very grateful for this program and how strong it’s made her.

“We could do a better job of getting people involved here in this region of southern Illinois,” Anton said.

Looking ahead The program is trying to raise money with the intent of moving into the Motor Behavior Lab, which is currently unused, to further expand the program's abilities.

Anton hopes with the money raised during the SIU Day of Giving on March 6, the lab will able to move into that space and rename it in honor of Julie.

“One of the things I’d really like to see is that space be named

the Julie A. Honerkamp Cancer Rehabilitation Lab, or something to that effect,” Anton said. “Something that would be a permanent honoring of her bravery, toughness, her legacy, and what that has engendered here in southern Illinois as far as Strong Survivors goes.”

For more information on the Strong Survivors program, visit the program website at strongsurvivors.siu.edu.

Sports editor Adam Warfel can be reached at awarfel@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @warfel_adam.

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Arts & Entertainment

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

‘thank u, next’: ranking Ariana Grande’s fifth studio album Kyler Guebert | @kguebert88

Ariana Grande, whose personal life has been under close watch since the release of her last album, “Sweetener”, debuts a more personal side with her fifth studio album “thank u, next” – her second new album in less than six months. “thank u, next” tells a complete story from beginning to end focused on love, heartbreak and growth invites the world into her life and feelings.

Each track focuses on a different aspect of a relationship and her own participation in her love life and in the world as a whole in a way Grande has never done before.

The album is easily her best, showing lyrical growth and production value unlike anything any other pop artist could pull off. In what proved to be a nearly impossible task, I decided to rank each track on the album based on lyrical content, production and overall appeal.

12. bad idea: The beat feels uninspired with this track, which is easily one of the more heavily produced songs on the album. The song focuses on finding someone random and running away with them.

The lyrics also don’t resonate well and Ariana’s vocals don’t get much of a chance to shine, save for the final chorus. The interlude at the end is great but the rest of the song makes it hard to get to the point in the song.

I never thought I’d be one to say this, but perhaps throwing another artist onto this track for a verse could have helped it reach the full potential the song clearly shows it has.

11. make up: This song is forgettable for me. Focusing on dealing with the ups and downs of a relationship, this track comes right before the emotional epicenter of the album. The track seems to scream “ignorance is bliss” throughout by showcasing Grande’s love of making up with her lover after a fight. The lyrical content and production value work well but the track doesn’t seem to inspire to be anything more than it is. It leaves everything on the table in a way other songs on the album don’t and unfortunately works against this song.

10. thank u, next: Maybe it’s because of the mass exposure this song received but it doesn’t hit the same way it used to. This isn’t to say it’s a bad song, just easily one of the weakest on this album. That says a lot because “thank u, next” is one of Ariana’s quintessential songs, focusing on moving on and self love more than any other track she has done. Still, the lyrical content and production value is easily the weakest on the album but the message still holds strong, especially with its placement right near the bottom of the album.

9. bloodline: Arguably the

most pop sounding song on the album, “bloodline” focuses on finding someone and having a good time with them without wanting commitment. It’s a great radio hit and, if the album has the legs it seems to, it will be huge this summer. The song is reminiscent of “sweetener” in so many ways but it still works very well for this album. Still, it doesn’t have the weight other tracks on the album do. It sounds like an “Ariana Grande song” – in this case, puts it near the bottom of the pack despite being a certifiable pop hit.

8. 7 rings: The rich cousin of “thank u, next”, “7 rings” is an incredibly strong track and one of her best singles. So why is it so low? Frankly, it doesn’t help the rest of the album. This song lacks the emotional weight other songs on the album have and in an album relies heavily on emotions, it kind of drags the track down.

Ariana spitting bars will never get old and the production is heavy and amazing. Compared to the other tracks on the album, it doesn’t hold water.

7. imagine: The strongest of the pre-album release tracks, “imagine” starts out the album with haunting production and strong lyrical content.

Grande wishes for love is far from the limelight but realizes this love is unattainable for her. Many believe this track to be about Mac Miller, Grande’s ex who died last September.

It’s beautiful without understanding the real life correlation but having an understanding of Grande’s life is what makes this album work so well and this track is proof Grande has range as an artist in so many ways.

6. ghostin: Ariana Grande has always been good at creating emotionally charged tracks. After all, she is the “girl with a whole lot of baggage.” Her haunting vocals on the track sound ghostly and the production, filled with strings and minimal electronic sound, make this song stand out above the rest as the emotional core of the album. It’s one of her most personal and emotional tracks and it showcases Ariana’s true capability as an emotional artist.

5. NASA: This song is a grower. It started out near the bottom of the album for me but it slowly made its way onto my favorite list on the album. The production is slick and Ariana’s vocals are strong, but restrained.

This would be a perfect choice for a single later down the line.

Independence and space are both showcased in the lyrics, allowing the celestial sounds make up the track to blend well and create a true experience when listening makes you want to cancel all your plans and dance by yourself all night. My only critique would be I still wish there was a more prevalent bass line in the chorus.

4. break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored: Talk about a certifiable

bop. Based on the title, it seemed like the song would be trying to ride a fine line between being funny and being snarky. Instead, what we get is a cool 90s pop/rhythm and blues closer for the album perfectly shows us exactly where Ariana is going from here: changed, confident, powerful and ready for the world.

It feels like a self-confidence track wrapped up in a perfect package all but forces you out of your seat. It’s the most fun track on the album and it’s probably one of the songs I’ve listened to most from the album.

3. fake smile: From the moment the song starts with a sample of “After Laughter” by Wendy Rene, you get a perfect feel for where the track will go. Focusing on dealing with the pressures of appearing happy all the time, Ariana gives a full anthem for anyone who is tired of having to act like everything is fine. The production on the track changes multiple times and the lyrical content is incredibly strong and relatable. This song feels like Ariana Grande covering Paramore, exuding joy and sadness while never allowing the upbeat rhythm to be taken over by the sadness lies at the heart of the song.

2. needy: A true gut punch of a record, “needy” shows a side of Ariana we haven’t gotten to see. It’s full of apology for loving someone – sometimes in ways someone could never possibly fulfill. The haunting and simple production never overpower the incredibly strong lyrics and allow this song to ascend above the other “slow” songs on the album. It gives us a look into who Ariana truly is beyond the fame and the material substances and allows for the simple theme of loving someone, often too much at times, to rise above everything else exists in the song.

1. in my head: The crown jewel of the album. This track begins with a voice memo which perfectly sets up this emotionally charged record.

The production is strong and steady, accompanied by some of Grande’s best and most powerful lyrics centered on understanding people are not what we perceive them to be.

Opening with a voice recording tells us exactly what to expect, the first verse speaks to discovering someone is bad for you despite everything you thought. The post chorus contains easily her strongest lyrics center on realizing the person you loved is someone you created in your head. It’s the perfect anthem for this generation obsessed with appearing as someone you aren’t truly. If there’s one thing this song accomplishes, it shows we need to try and see people for who they really are instead of who we want them to be.

Arts & Entertainment columnist Kyler Guebert can be reached at kguebert@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @kguebert88.

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You’re Dumb and Wrong: Listening to audiobooks does not count as reading Jeremy Brown | @JeremyBrown_DE

If you say listening to an audiobook is “reading” – you may as well say watching someone else play a video game is playing it. You are not the one in the driver’s seat – you were there when the action happened but you didn’t do any of it – don’t take credit for it.

The form in which you absorb entertainment isn’t interchangeable between media, which is why listening to an audiobook, while having its own merits, is not the same as reading the book it’s based on.

I’m not arguing that written books are better than audiobooks. I’m just tired of getting excited when someone on Facebook asks “What are y’all reading? Here’s mine” followed by a freaking Audible hyperlink. I see you, Trevor.

Processing entertainment Have you ever seen a performance of the play Hamlet or watched Kenneth Branagh’s word-for-word five-hour film version? If yes, have you now read Hamlet?

No, you haven’t.

The biggest difference between listening and reading is that while reading, you set the pace in which you will understand something.

Example – I once read an old novel called “Rabbit, Run.” In the book, there is a line that says: “If you have the guts to be yourself, other people’ll pay your price.”

I must’ve reread that 10 times over. It still hits home for me because I’m another midwestern middle-class white male who’s had the same existential crisis as Rabbit. Go figure.

If I were listening to the audiobook, I’d hear that

sentence with the same weight as the rest of the chapter. I invested more time into that sentence than if I heard it spoken once. My comprehension of the book is better for it.

Plus, you’re not going to rewind an audiobook. The rewind button takes you back an entire 15 seconds and, ugh, you just don’t have that kind of time, right?

Reader agency Some audiobooks have great narration, like how my mom read “Holes” to me when my bedtime was still 8 p.m. This meant her narration limited my ability to interpret the information my own way.

Your emotions are based not just on the text that you’re reading when it’s an audiobook – the voice of the narrator is set and the emotions of the scene are strictly set as however the audiobook reader says them.

If you think that’s not a big deal, you need to give yourself more credit for independent thought.

Interpreting an originally written work by reading it, you think more on the story and its themes.

In non-fiction, authors have implicit bias with the way they write about a true story. With an audio version, the narrator compounds this with another layer of bias that could influence how you see the story, differently than how you’d see it if you’d just read for yourself.

Authorial intent “But the author is the one who did the audiobook, so I know how it’s meant to be told,” said someone illiterate, probably.

You want to know how an author wanted to tell their story? Through a book, because they originally wrote it as a book. That was the form they chose – it’s the same reason people have obnoxiously told

you “the book was better” about a movie adaptation.

Sometimes their narration sucks. Do not listen to The Fran Lebowitz Reader over reading it. When reading, the voice is that of a hilarious, sexy socialite ready to insult everyone.

Lebowitz is an older woman and when she narrates these same columns they lack the brutal impact you’ll feel when reading her work. She is a fantastic writer and the picture she paints from that writing is more colorful than her voicework.

Authorial intent isn’t the most important thing in the world. In fact, sometimes you can find a meaning in text that the author never intended. Their intent shouldn’t invalidate whatever you’ve gained from their work.

Discussing this article with a friend, he told me that listening to audiobooks is still better than not reading at all. I agree, but for crying out loud, read also.

In high school I would just Sparknotes the “jist” of so many novels. When I finally would read a full book, it was like my third eye was opened.

Considering how often these columns fall on deaf ears, I think my third eye is just as nearsighted as the other two.

Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of The Daily Egyptian, its staff or its associates.

You’re Dumb and Wrong is a weekly column about video games, movies and popular entertainment from local reader Jeremy Brown. Brown can be reached at jbrown@dailyegyptian.com.

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Opinion

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

cooper: Hands-on work helps students GROW more than classroom grades Emily Cooper | @ecooper212

Doctors need to go to school for the required eight years, but students in hands-on programs should continue their education to get hands-on experience where the learning goes beyond the classroom.

Lately, I have been discussing and overthinking this idea of hands-on experience and its effects on students’ futures versus just receiving a diploma with little to no hands-on experience.

Hands-on experiences have given me the opportunities I have now in order to expand and share my ideas into the world with my peers – whether it’s online, through platforms like the Daily Egyptian or my own website.

Classes are the foundation to success. Sometimes they become redundant and the students believe they don’t have to attend – but that is not the purpose.

Those who want to succeed will find a way to succeed, through hands-on experience.

Ryan McCarthy, a senior studying advertising, said he feels

like he got a stepstool to doing actual work at the university.

“I feel like if I had just gone to classes and got A-Bs and graduated in four years, I would be upset with myself that I didn’t do more,” McCarthy said. “I would have half of my resume and none of my online portfolio if I had just done classes and had not gotten involved.”

The work isn’t over just because you learn in class – being successful takes time. College is the point in our lives where we learn in the class and choose to take it beyond to test our knowledge. If we fail, we have the option to start over again and again until we get it right... or until we graduate.

McCarthy said he took Journalism 202, “Creativity Across Platforms” which got him his website on Wordpress.

“It’s super low-key but that pushed me to start publishing online and creating content outside of just for a grade,” he said.

After taking a look into different departments across the university, I can’t help but to express how pleased I am for

continuing my education here.

Every class I have taken, I have met and been taught by well-known professors who have also experienced the realworld situations classrooms just can’t teach students. They provide us with the information we need to build upon in our own creative way.

H.D Motyl, Interim Chair of Radio, Television, and Digital Media and Cinema and Photography departments, said it’s important to be hands-on in the classroom as well.

“The introductory classes are actually touching equipment immediately,” Motyl said. “We also encourage students to use that stuff– whatever they learn in the classrooms – in extracurricular activities. That can be anywhere from River Region Evening Edition to Movie Camera Movement.”

Primarily, hands-on experience gets everybody on the same level pretty quickly, Motyl said.

“I think it’s really helpful in terms of immersing the students in their chosen field,” Motyl said. “It

really just cements that this is their love and this is what they want to do – their passion. The other thing it can do is it can show them that it is not what they want to do.”

I have always been the student who goes beyond the classroom to experience what I was learning in a real-world way, however I still to this day wonder if one matters more than the other.

When students work in labs, studios and clinics, they’re applying the theoretical knowledge to the discipline, said Michael Behrmann, Chair of Automotive Technology.

The best real-world experiences come from internships. It’s another way for students to get hands-on experience which is needed to flourish in certain departments.

“We have numerous paid corporate internships for our students, starting even from their freshman year,” Behrmann said. “We encourage our students to gain and participate in as many of those internships as possible as they’re going through the curriculum.”

The industries heavily recruiting

our students also value real-world knowledge, Behrmann said.

“Those real-world situations we are duplicating those in the clinics, labs and studios,” Behrmann said.

“The industries values that as well as us. We’re trying to best prepare our students for going out and doing good in the industry.”

Hands-on experiences are customized for students. A teacher can explain all day about how the real world will be and what a student needs to know for their career.

It’s something to consider the explanation is an explanation of one person’s perspective on said career, rather than the overall trend for it. Every person has a different perspective.

When we get hands-on experience, we are finally able to experience our very own perspective on the career paths we plan to pursue – exposing us to the real world.

Staff reporter Emily Cooper can be reached at ecooper@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @ecooper212.

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Sports

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In the War Room with Warfel: The Valley is vicious Adam Warfel | @warfel_adam

The Valley is vicious. Any team can win on any given night, without any team really staying consistent throughout the entirety of the season.

Men’s basketball sits at 7-7 as of Tuesday afternoon and they are in a four way tie for second place in the Missouri Valley Conference.

There is a three-way tie for first place with Drake, Loyola, and Missouri State all sitting at 9-5. There is a group of four sitting at 7-7 fighting to stay out of the opening day of matchups at the Arch Madness Tournament in March.

The Salukis looked like their season was in collapse after a loss to then last place Braves of Bradley back in January – SIU reeling with four straight losses.

Since then, Bradley has won six out of their last eight games while the Dawgs have gone 5-3 with losses against Loyola, Missouri State and Drake.

If Drake, Loyola or Missouri State win out the rest of their schedules, they will finish conference play with five losses, which is practically unheard of.

Comparing the Missouri Valley

to Power 5 conferences – the Big Ten’s top team is Michigan State, sitting at 12-3 and in the ACC, Duke sits at 11-1.

Even comparing the MVC to another mid-major conferences like Conference USA, the conference’s leader is Old Dominion with an 11-3 record and Western Kentucky sitting in second at 9-5.

You have Bradley, Illinois State, Southern Illinois and UNI sitting at 7-7 while Valpo has fallen to 6-8 in the conference.

In preseason polls, voters thought Loyola would outpace the rest of the conference with Illinois State next, then Southern and Evansville finishing in last.

Out of those four teams, the only one that I would feel confident in saying might match their preseason prediction would be Evansville, while the Aces have played better than expected but still sitting in last with a 4-10 record.

The Aces have a tough road ahead of them to avoid finishing in last with Loyola, the surging Bradley, the suddenly steady Southern team and Valparaiso to end the season.

The Missouri State Bears are the hottest team in the

Brian Munoz | @brianmmunoz Southern Illinois Salukis guard Aaron Cook attempts to keep the ball from Indiana State Sycamores center Emondre Rickman on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, during the Southern Illinois Salukis’ 88-73 win against the Indiana State Sycamores.

Valley having won seven out of their last eight games that has

propelled them straight into a tie for first after defeating

Loyola on Sunday.

Saluki fans might ask where I see Southern finishing in the rat race that is the Missouri Valley Conference – I can’t give a definitive answer.

Southern’s road to a two or three seed in the Valley is in their own hands as they travel to Valparaiso on Wednesday, then play Loyola in Carbondale next Sunday. The Salukis then go to Evansville and finish their season at home against instate rival Illinois State.

If SIU manages to win out that would put them at 11-7 which I believe would be good enough for them to finish third in the conference, this would mean they would play the number six seed in Arch Madness.

I’ll say it again – relax. There is still a light at the end of the tunnel and there is still hope that SIU could finish fourth and become the next UNI. tough as this season has been there is still light at the end of the tunnel, there is still hope that SIU could finish fourth and become the next UNI. Sports editor Adam Warfel can be reached at awarfel@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @warfel_adam.

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softball wins big in Mexico The next run in the fourth came on an RBI from Jansen to send another Saluki to home plate.

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico – SIU Softball Jansen later crossed home herself after senior swept four games during this weekend’s Puerto Jordan Spicer hit a single.

Vallarta College Challenge in Jalisco, Mexico.

The Bears hit a small surge in the fifth After the tournament, Southern is on a seven inning as a walk gave them two-on with no game win streak and has achieved several outs. Coach Blaylock then substituted Jones milestones within the program. into the game for Miller.

These milestones include the team’s first time Jones immediately forced a pop up, ground knocking off a ranked opponent since 2013 and out and a strikeout to keep Southern out of sophomore Katelyn Massa becoming the fifth trouble. Additional runs in the fifth and sixth Saluki catcher in program history to earn All- innings sealed the deal for the Dawgs and they MVC First Team honors and the second to do so left the field with a 6-0 win against the Bears. in the last 20 years.

Game 3 (Sacramento State): The Dawgs Massa was also just named MVC Player of the played two games to finish the tournament Week for her performance in last week’s matchups. Saturday. The first game of the day was against the Game 1 (Mississippi State): The Dawgs took Sacramento State Hornets (3-4). on the Mississippi State University Bulldogs (4-1) The first four innings of the game were scoreless Thursday – a team that was ranked 25 in the nation. for both teams. It wasn’t until the fifth inning that Senior pitcher Briana Jones lead the Saluki charge Southern got going scoring three unanswered runs. in this game only allowing one run on five single Megan Brown kicked off scoring in the fifth hits for the game. Prior to the game, the Bulldogs inning with her first home run of the season. Jenny averaged six runs and nearly eight hits a game.

Jansen then hit a pitch to center field to bring in her This victory gave the senior her seventh win teammates Sidney Sikes for a run. and moved her up to number three on the SIU AllMassa furthered the lead as she hit a Time Wins list. deep fly ball to score Vermejan, who was Southern’s defense was the noteworthy previously walked. highlight of the game making several gritty plays The Hornets managed to score one run in to put outs on the board. the sixth inning but the Salukis silenced any These plays include a diving catch into foul talk of a comeback as Massa and Jansen hit territory by freshman Sidney Sikes, a run down back-to-back home runs in the seventh to ball in centerfield by junior Susie Baranski and finalize the victory at 6-1. freshman Ashley Wood combining with junior Game 4 (North Dakota State): The last game Maddy Vermejan turning a 4-6-3 double play. of the tournament was a hard fought battle for “I thought Bri threw extremely well,” said Kerri Southern as they took on the North Dakota State Blaylock, Southern Illinois head coach . “The University Bisons. strikeout of Mia Davidson to start the game set the In the game, the Dawgs had to fight their way tone. I also thought we came up with a couple of back from a five run deficit. exceptional defensive plays. We turned a double The beginning of the game went seemingly well play with Maddy and Woody, Sidney Sikes played for the Salukis, scoring the first two runs of the great and Susie Baranski had a great catch on a ball game in the second on scores from Ashley Wood that was lost in the sun.” and sophomore Meredith Wernig.

Massa and Wood led the way for SIU at the In the bottom of the second, the Bisons batting plate as both went two for three on the game. took over the game scoring five runs to take Wood notched an RBI double and one run scored, the lead at 5-2. while Massa tallied two RBI’s and one home run.

Wood attempted to keep SIU afloat batting in The score was tied in the third inning of the her teammate Jansen to add another run to the game and remained that way until the Dawgs Saluki score. North Dakota responded to Wood in caught fire in the sixth inning. the bottom of the third scoring three more runs and Massa lit the fuse hitting her first solo extending their lead to five. homer of the season against the nationally Southern was not phased by the Bison lead and ERA ranked Mississippi pitchers. The next came right back at them in the top of the fourth runs in the sixth came from Wood and Jones inning scoring four runs to bring them one point on a double and two walks. away from their opponents. These runs were The Bulldogs were held to just a single run scored when Vermejan was walked with the bases for the rest of the game and SIU clenched the loaded and Jansen forced the NDSU pitcher into win at 4-1. an overthrow.

The win marked Blaylock’s 19th career win Vemejan scored again in the sixth inning as she over a Top-25 foe. This win was SIU’s first win stole three bases to cross home plate and tie the over a SEC opponent since 2011. score at 8-8.

“What we talked about is that we need to With the bases load in the seventh inning, Jansen play consistently this way, that this is not a smashed a 2 RBI single into the middle of the field one time thing,” Blaylock said. “We need to to give the Dawgs a lead at 10-8. keep playing consistent no matter if we are Despite the Bisons scoring one more run in the playing the 25th-ranked team in the country bottom of the seventh, SIU was able to hold onto or whoever we are playing.” the lead thanks to consecutive groundouts forced Game 2 (Northern Colorado): Southern took by Jones. The run by NDSU put the final score of on the Northern Colorado University Bears (1-6) the game at 10-9 with the Salukis coming out of Friday, sweeping the team, 6-0. the game triumphant.

In this game the women achieved a season Southern (7-2) ended the tournament with a 4-0 high of 11 hits. Pitchers Briana Jones and record and had three players awarded with AllClaire Miller combined for an allowance of Tournament honors. just two hits and no runs.

The awarded included Briana Jones who was The Dawgs scored in four of the six innings they named Tournament MVP, and Ashley Wood played, tally one run in the second, one in the fifth, and Jenny Jansen who were voted onto the Allone in the sixth and scoring three in the fourth.

Tournament Team. Wood went 8 for 13 on the Baranski led the way for the Salukis, going weekend and Jansen went 7 for 17. three for four with two doubles, two runs scored, a Southern will be back in action at the stolen base and a RBI. Wood chimed in also going Frost Classic in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

3 for four with two runs scored.

The tournament begins on Friday, Feb. 22 Sophomore Jenny Jansen notched her second and the Salukis open against Ohio University multi-hit game of the season going 2-for-4 with a (Athens) at 11 a.m. stolen base and a RBI-double.

The bottom of the fourth inning proved to be the Sports reporter Tamar Mosby can be reached at best for SIU as they scored three runs. Baranski hit tmosby@dailyegyptian.com a double to send her teammate Vermejan home. or on Twitter at @mosbytamar.

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